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Southbank Centre announces conservation project for Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery following Arts Council England Grant
Arts Council England is to fund the repair and maintenance of Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery with a £16.7m grant. Starting in late 2015, the building conservation project will address a £24m backlog of repairs. The Arts Council grant will meet 70% of the budget, with the remainder to be raised from trusts, philanthropists and audiences.
Southbank Centre is still working to resolve the funding of a wider scheme for the Festival Wing, which will deliver new space for art and culture, alongside major public realm and service improvements. It expects to make recommendations on this scheme in late 2014.
Rick Haythornthwaite, Chairman of Southbank Centre, said: "We are very grateful to Arts Council England for so generously supporting the urgent repair and maintenance of these iconic 60s buildings. This is an important step for Southbank Centre following the delay to our Festival Wing scheme in February.
"We still aim to create new space for our artistic and cultural programmes, once we have found a way through the substantial remaining funding challenge. This will enable us to meet the huge demand for our work following the refurbishment of Royal Festival Hall."
Alan Davey, Chief Executive of Arts Council England said: "The Arts Council is pleased to be able to safeguard the future of this vital part of London's artistic and tourist infrastructure through this capital grant. This grant will enable the Southbank to carry out essential work to enhance its existing space, giving them the right buildings to deliver their fantastic artistic and cultural programme and to bring multiple benefits to the millions of visitors the centre attracts each year."
Simon Hickman, Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas at English Heritage, said: "These uncompromising brutalist buildings reflect radical changes in British society and culture during the era of their design and creation. Their conservation could not be further delayed and we are delighted that Southbank Centre and Arts Council England are prepared to invest in them. This will enable the public to appreciate the buildings and their significance. English Heritage looks forward to working with Southbank Centre and sharing our expertise in the detailed development of the proposal."
The new building conservation project will improve essential services, environmental performance, infrastructure such as workshops and backstage areas, and disabled access for audiences and artists. It will restore the buildings' interiors to their original appearance and repair exterior terraces to maintain a key part of the site's outdoor landscape. It will also replicate the iconic Hayward Gallery Pyramid Roof to allow controlled natural light into the galleries as originally conceived.
The project will include an extensive, permanent programme of learning and participation. This will allow people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with the history of these important buildings, helping to change attitudes to 20th century architecture.
Southbank Centre continues to work on its Festival Wing plans with neighbours including the BFI and National Theatre, the GLA and Lambeth Council. It will be making every effort with skateboard groups to resolve their future in the Queen Elizabeth Hall undercroft, which is the subject of ongoing legal challenge.
For more information please contact Patricia O'Connor, Head of Press, Southbank Centre firstname.lastname@example.com/020 7921 0632
Southbank Centre withholds Festival Wing in final search for alternative funding model
Southbank Centre's Board will withhold its planning application for the Festival Wing, following Mayor Boris Johnson's statement (15 January 2014) that the skate park should be retained in its current position in any redevelopment. The Board will now undertake a final search for an alternative funding model to keep the widely supported Festival Wing redevelopment scheme alive, along with the promise of free art and culture for millions each year.
The Mayor has the final say in the planning process and the scheme is therefore unlikely to gain planning permission without the retention of the skate park. The Mayor made clear that he supports the overall ambition of the Festival Wing scheme and understands the funding challenges faced by Southbank Centre.
The Festival Wing project would deliver major benefits, including full refurbishment of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery, which are in desperate need of repair. It would provide free art and culture for two million people each year, including educational opportunities for 150,000 young people, while creating nearly 700 new jobs. It would include important new art spaces for musicians and artists.
Southbank Centre has consistently said that – even with no new buildings – the refurbishment of the 1960s buildings would require new commercial income. It planned to achieve this in large part by moving the skateboarders 120 metres along the riverside to a bigger, better space to make way for new restaurants. This model of commercial partnership proved successful with the redevelopment of Royal Festival Hall, transforming the South Bank for all to enjoy.
It is far from clear how the scheme might now proceed without exposing Southbank Centre to unacceptable levels of financial risk but it has committed to a final three month search with all parties, including the Mayor's Office, Lambeth Council and the skateboarders. The aspiration is to find concrete and practical alternative ideas for funding the public realm works that comprise an unusually high proportion of the Festival Wing project but will not attract funding from the philanthropic or sponsorship community.
Rick Haythornthwaite, Chairman of Southbank Centre, said:
"This is a big setback to a scheme which would serve millions if completed. The case for closing the project down right now is compelling but we feel we owe a last ditch revival attempt to the many people that have supported us over the past four years of planning, not least the Arts Council England. Boris Johnson and Lambeth Council have both made clear that they wish to see the scheme proceed and we look forward to hearing their ideas.
"But we are under no illusions. We have been handed a massive challenge and we don't yet see how we will make it work – it is not as if we haven't already explored numerous options. Our battle has never been with the skateboarders, whom we have welcomed and guaranteed a future on our site. The battle has always been against the economics of bringing a set of crumbling and inefficient buildings into the 21st century, in the context of declining public funding.
"If we are to have any chance of finding new answers then we need, over the next three months, the help of everyone with an interest in putting the final touches to a world class South Bank cultural quarter. If we all fail to find a solution, the buildings problems do not go away. But the needs of the new people attracted by our success over recent years would have to wait to be met until a yet more radical solution to this hitherto intractable problem emerges."
Lemn Sissay: 'A letter to Mayor Boris Johnson'
'Southbank Centre will continue working with and for minorities and marginalized voices. Southbank Centre will give the majority the quality experience we have come to expect. Southbank Centre will continue to offer its free spaces and keep up its conversation with London and the world not least through its diverse artists and audience.'
The Stage: Simon Tait defends Southbank Centre's Festival Wing in response to Boris Johnson
'The Mayor of London has been a doughty champion of Kelly's plans to open up the QEH, Hayward Gallery and Purcell Rooms and give even more free public space on the Southbank site, but as Lambeth's preliminary planning meeting opened last week, he spiked it with yet another gesture towards the street cred he so desperately wants and (look at him!) can never have. He has told the hearing that the scheme should go ahead, but with the skatepark remaining at its heart. And he has the final say on planning in London.'
Southbank Centre responds to Boris Johnson's statement on Festival Wing
We are surprised by the Mayor's unexpected statement. We look forward to hearing how he intends to fill the financial gap that now stands between us and our ability to provide free art and culture to millions of Londoners. In the meantime the Southbank Centre Board must consider the implications for the future of the project if he fails to do so.
Jude Kelly interviewed on BBC London 94.9
Jude Kelly, Artistic Director of Southbank Centre talks to Paul Ross and Penny Smith on BBC London 94.9 about skateboarding, the new skate spot and the Festival Wing. Listen here


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Starting on April 25th, you can bring a small
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This change has people heated and sparked views on both
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"I would like to see them focus on other things,"
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TSA estimates four tons of knives are confiscated each month
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CATEGORIES DVDsIt's a weak seven days for home video, with two releases that cater to very specialized audiences: 'Dear John,' a sentimental tearjerker directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried as lovers separated by war and distance; and 'The Road,' starring Viggo Mortensen as a dad trying to protect his son from the ravages of a post-apocalyptic landscape. One for the gals, one for the guys. We'll have better luck next week with 'Alice in Wonderland.' 'Dear John'
What It's About: Based on the novel by best-selling author Nicholas Sparks, this is the story of John Tyree (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave, and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), an idealistic college student he meets and falls in love with during her spring vacation. Over the next seven tumultuous years, the couple is separated by John's increasingly dangerous deployments overseas. While meeting only sporadically, they stay in touch by sending a continuous stream of love letters overseas -- until John gets his last "Dear John" letter.
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What It's About: Based on Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this dark, dreary post-apocalyptic tale follows the journey taken by a father (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee) across a barren landscape blasted by an unnamed cataclysm, searching for safety while battling starving stragglers and marauding packs of cannibals.
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Why the Re-Release?: John Ford's enduring masterpiece gets the Blu-ray treatment and special edition by The Criterion Collection. Though not the first adult big-screen Western nor the first film to star John Wayne (those milestones go to Raoul Walsh's 1930 'The Big Trail'), this certainly put Wayne on the map and gave Ford the crown as indisputable chief of horse operas. Beautifully shot, with outstanding performances by Claire Trevor, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, and, of course, Wayne, the film is hiked up several notches (if that's possible) by hi-def.
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New London - The city has apologized for inadvertently including Social Security numbers on police reports provided to The Day under a Freedom of Information request.
The information was posted online at theday.com with a column by David Collins on Friday about the police department's canine program. The documents were removed from the website when editors became aware that the Social Security information was included, said Timothy Dwyer, The Day's executive editor.
Zak Leavy, executive assistant to the mayor, said standard procedure is to redact Social Security numbers when documents are made public.
"This was just an error by secretarial staff at the police department when they were compiling the information. This is just an oversight," Leavy said. "The city apologizes for this unintentional error."
Collins had requested five years of police reports pertaining to incidents involving dog bites by police dogs and copies of the complaints involving police dogs. Several Social Security numbers were included in the police reports.
Dwyer said it is The Day's policy not to publish personal information such as Social Security numbers.
"In response to a Freedom of Information request, the city inadvertently provided us with documents that contained Social Security numbers for some individuals. Once we realized the documents contained this personal information, the documents were removed from theday.com," Dwyer said.
"The Day's policy is to not edit documents released to us under a Freedom of Information request, so we filed a second Freedom of Information request this week. The request is pending," Dwyer said.
Thomas A. Hennick, the state Freedom of Information Commission's public education officer, said the commission historically orders the redaction of Social Security numbers on a document that would otherwise be released under state law. It does not order release of Social Security numbers.
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Tough week guys no one picked all four correct, so we go down to who had three of four and that left us with five for the divisional championship weekend. .
Only two will advance to the Super Bowl picks week, so I'm adding a few tie breaking rules if necessary. Of coarse pick your teams as usual followed by the tie breaker picks.
Tie Breaker
1) Point Spread - State what you think each of your picks will win by, how far your scores off will go against you in the tie breaker on both games. Example I pick the Colts to win by 21 and they win by 14, I would receive 7 points against me and pick the Saints to win by 7, and they actually win by 10, 3 points against me for a total of 10. The lowest total on the tie breaker advance
2) Hopefully we don't need another tie breaker but just incase also pick the player you think will score the first TD in each game, it doesn't have to be a player on the team you picked to win.
Even though I'm out I'll make my early predictions, of coarse anybody is welcome to make their predictions and opinions. And good luck to McArthur, Diceman, MMAChamp,GOLDIGGAH & Amos14.
Vikes by 3 pts. first TD = M.Colston(Saints)
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Hi, I am 17 and just reverted to Islam, what do I need to do now?
Congrats BRO :) Allah will make ur path easier and guide you more.
yes u have to do things
Shahada Shahada is the declaration of faith, i.e. the professing that there is only one God (Allah) (monotheism) and that Muhammad is God's messenger.[9] Kalima is a set statement normally recited in Arabic: 'La 'ilaa-ha 'il-lal-laa-hu mu-ham-ma-dur ra-soo-lul-laah "I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except God and Muhammad is His Messenger." ; it is a key part in a person's conversion to Islam.[10]
1) Beliefs a)Believe in Oneness of God .There is No god But Allah.None of them worthy to worship except Alllah. for refer Read Quran Chapter 112 Surah Ikhlas also. b)Believe in Prophet Muhammad as a Last and Final Messenger of Allah after that no messenger will come after him.Believe the Holy Quran revealed on Prophet Muhammad S.A.W is the final revelation by Allah. c) Believe in the Judgement day means this world is finished one day and everything became dead and then allah alive all the dead person and audit them and then sent them to heaven or hell basis on their deeds.for going Heaven A Person should be a Muslium.(mandatory)
d)Believe All Previous Messengers & books came before Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. There are several books by name these are mention in quran (Turait, Zaboor, Injeel)same as for Messengers by name only 22 names are mention in Quran.
e) Believe in Angels, Genes are the Creation of Allah.
Prayers 2 Salah: Daily Prayer Five times{Fajr (dawn), Dhuhr (noon), Asr (afternoon), Maghrib (evening), and Isha' (night)} 3 Zakāt (Charity) to poor Muslium people Once in a year it is obligatory for those who have savings per year. 4 Sawm: Fasting one Month (Islamic Calendar Ramadan) Once In a Year 5 Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca once in a life is compulsory if u have enough money/health to bear it. 6 Jihad : Striving in the way of Allah These are few basic thing about islam search details about it and read it slowly and gradually gain knowledge about it and for reference or checking refer to quran and hadith and if u r in doubt refer to a Islamic scholar.
Assalam o Alaikum..
Congratulations first of all that you are on the right religion now.
Brother, becoming a Muslim and proving to be a Muslim are two different points. Well done that you have converted but now you need to do all that what is prescribed by the Holy book and the Sunnah of all 24 prophets mentioned in the Quran. Read Quran and try ur best to understand it and practice the teachings of Quran in ur practical life. Moreover, pray five times a day and seek guidance from Allah, verily He helps and loves everyone. If you take one step towards Allah, He take 10 steps towards you, if you walk towards Allah, He runs towards you. So strengthen your faith by reading Quran and practicing it in ur life, then once you have got the knowledge, start preaching it to others too.
May Allah be always with you and shower His Blessings on you.
Fi Aman Illah..
congrats my brother,am also 2 months in islam,u will enjoy this religion.allahamdulilah
First of All, I want to congratulate you for reverting to Islam. It feels like if I got a sibling back :-).
As other people have already given you idea about what you have to do next. I just want to quote a verse from Holy Qur'an and it summarizes what you have to next,
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah , the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.
And, one thing more. To gain knowledge of Islam.
I would advice you to search for Islamic Lectures on Youtube. As these Audio and Video lectures provide the quickest method to learn about Islam. My favorite speakers are Zakir Naik, Noman Ali Khan and Yousuf Estees.
However, The best sources are free islamic books which are in abundant on internet and It would be better if you take some time out to read islamic books. Some of my favorite and free sources include,
answered Jan 26 '13 at 11:35 believer ♦ 1.2k●1●6
Thanks bro to quote such a beautiful verse of Quran . it refresh my Belief/Iman. Thanks BRO
(Jan 26 '13 at 17:12) rehanalam
As salaam alaykum. All praise be to Allah subhana WA taala for your embracing Islam. My advice to you along with what has already been said . Is take steps at a time. Once you learn something apply it. Then go on to the next and so on and so forth. Having just the knowledge is only a small part. You want to apply it all to your life and act upon it subhana Allah.
Thank you all very much for your answers! They have been very useful on getting me on the path to Islam. You have all made me feel very welcome so thanks :)
answered Jan 26 '13 at 18:00 KaneMackle1 20●3
talk to Allah by praying for guiding you.
answered Jan 27 '13 at 00:43 hizballah 0●1
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Brandon Meriweather saw decent playing time in Week One, rotating in at free safety for a few series in the second half only about a week after joining the team. We were hearing that he was on the fast track to cracking the starting lineup, and Chris Harris' hamstring injury could speed up that process even more. Chicago beat out other interested teams for Meriweather's services when he hit the open market earlier this month after roster cutdowns. They paid him a $1 million bonus and $2.25 million base salary on a one-year deal. That is a significant boost from the $1.65 million he was in line to make this season before the Patriots cut him. The Bears didn't sign him to take anyone's starting job, but they certainly viewed him as more than just an insurance policy. With Harris missing practice Wednesday and Thursday, Major Wright could slide to strong safety to clear a spot for Meriweather in the starting lineup vs. the Saints.
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Already an owner at Palmetto Dunes or considering a primary or second home at our beautiful Hilton Head resort? Then, come enjoy our annual celebration of homeownership by celebrating the very best of the resort: the ocean, golf, tennis, biking and more. We invite you to the Owner/Guest Tournament Weekend Feb. 7-9.
What's on tap for this weekend of fun? On Friday, enjoy tee times at all three of our championship South Carolina golf courses throughout the day. Each course offers a different playing experience and beautiful views to boot. Dunes Marketing Group will also host a tour of open houses of Hilton Head properties for sale within the resort. Be prepared, you just might fall in love!
A tennis round robin will take place from 3-5 p.m. at the Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center, which has earned us the designation of top tennis resort in the Carolinas from Tennis Magazine, and then attend a complimentary reception and dinner with cash bar at Centre Court Pavilion.
On Saturday, we'll host a special golf tournament for our owners and guests at the famed oceanfront Robert Trent Jones golf course. There will be a shotgun start at 9 a.m. with scramble format with tee gifts before and prizes afterward. After the tournament, enjoy a BBQ lunch buffet at Big Jim's BBQ, Burgers & Pizza restaurant at the Jones Clubhouse and then head out on Dunes Marketing Group's complimentary open house tour from 3-5 p.m.
On Sunday, enjoy your favorite activities. If you love tennis, head over for some time on one of our 25 Hilton Head tennis courts or, if you're a golfer, enjoy one more Hilton Head tee time. Guests can also feel free to bike around the resort, enjoy local shopping, kayak or canoe our 11-mile inland lagoon or enjoy a dolphin cruise or fishing charter. We're never short of something to do here at Palmetto Dunes!
Be sure to RSVP for this amazing offering by Feb. 1. Contact Ross Javornik at 843-686-9624 or by email at email@example.com.
We're kicking off 2012 with four wonderful tournaments for all our golf and tennis friends out there. While we know many of you are stuck in snow and ice, why not head to Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort and spend a little time outside in milder temperatures at one of these entertaining events.
On January 21, we'll hold the Martin Luther King Golf Tournament at our Arthur Hills course. Locals will invade our golf course to play in honor of the great Martin Luther King Jr. Next, during the first weekend in February, the Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center will host the No-Snow Tennis Classic from the 3rd – 5th of the month. Grab your racquet and head down to Hilton Head for some great tennis play with a guarantee of no snow!
We'll also honor all those in the food and beverage industry in Hilton Head with our annual F&B Golf Tournament on February 16. This will be the tournament's 8th year at our George Fazio course and you can enter now by simply clicking here. This tournament is all about the locals and at least one person from your team needs to be in the food and beverage industry.
The 26th Annual "Luck of the Irish" Doubles Tournament will bring us into March with tennis teams that are sure to please. We hope to see lots of men's, women's and mixed doubles team this year. It's only $45 per person for one event or $55 a person for two events. You can register your doubles team by clicking here and filling out the entry form.
We feel very lucky to have such amazing events happening this winter season and to be able to engage with all the Hilton Head locals and out-of-towners through these events. Whether you "love" tennis or golf, we hope this blog post got you on "par" with some tournaments to enjoy this year!


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Joe Gambles is the unofficial full-distance Ironman champion of Boulder.
It just took a calendar year for the Australian triathlete to dominate for 140.6 miles on the course at Boulder Reservoir.
Gambles repeated as the Ironman 70.3 Boulder champion on Sunday, crossing the finish line with a winning time of three hours, 44 minutes and four seconds.
The Boulder-trained Gambles broke his own course record of 3:45:35, set in 2011.
"Joe is just phenomenal on this course," said Jordan Jones of Golden, who finished second on Sunday with a time 3:47:41. "Every year he just blasts this course."
Gambles was the ninth man out of the water after completing the 1.2-mile swim in 24:02. But the respected competitor, affectionately known as "Smokin Joe" for his lively pace on the bike and run, didn't disappoint.
Gambles shredded the 56-mile bike Phinney-style, completing the leg in 2:00:21 to take a comfortable lead. He finished the 13.1-mile run in 1:17:33 to hold off Jordan's late push.
"I haven't been riding as well as I did last year and I wanted to see if I still had it, so I pushed it on the bike," Gambles said. "I just wanted to pace myself on the run and hopefully not drop off too much."
Gambles could probably have shattered his own record if he would have really pushed himself on the run, but he made a conscious effort to save some gas in the tank for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship Sept. 9 in Las Vegas.
"I think I probably ran it too hard last year in setting the record," Gambles said.
Jones was 5:62 behind Gambles entering his run and passed nine other competitors on the way to the podium. He never did get the champion in his sights though.
"I was being conservative early and just wanted to come on strong at the end. All in all I kind of exceeded my expectations," Jones said. "Joe's not the type of guy to blow up. I wasn't really that worried about catching him."
London's loss was Boulder's gain in the women's race.
Liz Blatchford, who was extremely disappointed that she was not selected to represent Great Britain in the Olympic triathlon on her home soil, took some of her frustrations out by breaking the tape at Boulder Reservoir in a time of 4:07:48.
Australia's Melissa Hauschildt (4:09:44) was second, and Great Britain's Leanda Cave (4:10:55) settled for third after leading the race through the first two disciplines.
"I just didn't want to throw up," Blatchford joked of surviving a 70.3 event at altitude as she makes the conversion to longer distances from International Triathlon Union (ITU) racing. "My plan was to be conservative on the bike and just gradually build on the run."
Blatchford out-ran Cave by 4:44 while tracking her down. Hauschildt also had a strong run (1:24:28), but it wasn't enough to make up ground on the champion.
"I had a terrible swim. I don't know what happened, I was far behind," said Hauschildt, who was about four and a half minutes off the pace when she hit the beach at Boulder Reservoir. "I felt really good on the bike and just haven't got my run back yet after an injury.
"It's a good course. I guess the altitude makes it really tough."
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1. Joe Gambles, 3:44:04; 2. Jordan Jones, 3:47:41; 3. Ben Hoffman, 3:48:22; 4. Joe Umphenour, 3:40:10; 5. Santiago Ascenco, 3:50:49; 6. Leon Griffin, 3:52:09; 7. Matty Reed, 3:53:19; 8. Marcus Fernandes, 3:53:44; 9. Josh Rix, 3:55:44; 10. Brian Fleischmann, 3:56:38; 11. Bryan Rhodes, 3:56:54; 12. Mario De Elias, 3:58:31; 13. Michael Fox, 4:04:57; 14. Ryan Rau, 4:05:50; 15. Mark Hillers, 4:06:46.
1. Liz Blatchford, 4:07:48; 2. Melissa Hauschildt, 4:09:44; 3. Leanda Cave, 4:10:55; 4. Elizabeth Lyles, 4:20:52; 5. Katy Blakemore, 4:22:02; 6. Uli Bromme, 4:24:21; 7. Whitney Garcia, 4:25:45; 8. Mandy McLane, 4:26:18; 9. Danielle Kehoe, 4:29:45; 10. Madeline Oldfield, 4:31:43; 11. Christine Anderson, 4:33:28; 12. Trish Deim, 4:33:43; 13. Jeanni Seymour, 4:38:19; 14. Sonja Wieck, 4:38:19; 15. Terra Castro, 4:40:38.


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By Maureen Hayden
CNHI Statehouse Bureau
Legislation that would allow more people the opportunity to erase their criminal records if they could show they'd redeemed themselves passed a critical vote Wednesday.
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee voted to send the bill on to the full House, after hearing testimony from ex-offenders who said their long-ago convictions made it hard for them to find work and access other opportunities often denied to people with a record.
Among them was 66-year-old Bob Wilson of Indianapolis, who said he's been out of prison and out of trouble since 1973, after serving time for a robbery he committed when he was 19.
"My question is: When do you stop being an ex-con?" said Wilson. "I've been out for 40 years and done everything expected of me."
Under the legislation, authored by state Rep. Jud McMillin, R-Brookville, residents with long-ago arrests or convictions could petition a judge to expunge their records if they meet certain conditions.
Indiana currently has a criminal records "sealing" law that allows people with long ago, low-level arrests or convictions to get a court order to shield that record from public view. But it only applies to certain misdemeanors and Class D felonies.
The expungement bill goes further: It allows judges to expunge — or virtually erase — some class B and class C felonies from the records. Arrest and conviction records that are eligible to be sealed under the current law would also be eligible to be expunged.
There are limits: There is a waiting period of at least five years after a sentence is completed; violent crimes and sex crimes couldn't be expunged; and the person seeking the expungement would have to show they'd stayed out of trouble.
Similar legislation has failed in the past, with some lawmakers arguing that employers have a right to know someone's criminal history.
Disadvantage cited
But bill supporters argue that since Indiana is one of the few states without a criminal-records expungement law, it puts Indiana residents with a record at a disadvantage when seeking work.
Andrew Cullen, legislative liaison for the Indiana Public Defender Council said someone from another state who had his criminal record expunged could pass a criminal background check, while an Indiana resident with a record couldn't.
Cullen also argued the bill offers an incentive to people with a criminal record.
"This is the type of bill that not only reduces recidivism, which assists the criminal justice system, but it gives people who've committed a crime the hope, that one day, that's going to finally be behind them if they follow the rules."
The bill has also earned the support of the Greater Indiana Chamber of Commerce. Angela Smith Jones, the chamber's director of public policy, said the cost of high unemployment among ex-offenders takes a toll on communities.
"It deteriorates the community — structurally, economically, emotionally and socially," she said. "For all of those reasons, it's important for those who've remedied themselves and are on the right path, to give them opportunity to get back into the workforce, get trained and contribute to the community."
Maureen Hayden covers the Statehouse for the CNHI newspapers in Indiana. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.