1 00:00:00,660 --> 00:00:05,059 Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ben Howell. Pope Leo told 2 00:00:05,059 --> 00:00:07,449 Speaker 1: the mayors of Bloomington and Normal their authority must be 3 00:00:07,449 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: understood as one of service. A delegation of the Illinois 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,439 Speaker 1: Municipal League had an audience with the Pope in Rome today. 5 00:00:13,670 --> 00:00:17,479 Speaker 1: Members included Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady and Normal Mayor Chris Kos. 6 00:00:17,659 --> 00:00:20,659 Speaker 1: The Pope, a Chicago native, said public officials have a 7 00:00:20,659 --> 00:00:24,290 Speaker 1: duty to reduce and alleviate suffering and hardship. Quote, You 8 00:00:24,290 --> 00:00:27,719 Speaker 1: must strive to know people's aspirations as well as their challenges. 9 00:00:28,829 --> 00:00:31,870 Speaker 1: The city of Bloomington and Central Illinois Regional Airport both 10 00:00:31,870 --> 00:00:34,150 Speaker 1: say there are no plans for a data center at 11 00:00:34,150 --> 00:00:37,629 Speaker 1: the site of a proposed development in southeast Bloomington, but 12 00:00:37,630 --> 00:00:40,750 Speaker 1: City councilmember Abby Scott says there have been some instances 13 00:00:40,750 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: where the city has been approached for a data center location, 14 00:00:43,750 --> 00:00:47,708 Speaker 1: not specifically on the property that was discussed, but enough 15 00:00:47,709 --> 00:00:50,069 Speaker 1: that it's, it's important to start to have those conversations 16 00:00:50,069 --> 00:00:52,630 Speaker 1: in public. Scott says the council and city staff will 17 00:00:52,630 --> 00:00:54,950 Speaker 1: talk soon about what rules they would place on any 18 00:00:54,950 --> 00:00:56,049 Speaker 1: proposed data center. 19 00:00:56,930 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: Bloomington's Jeff Gerald recently won a national body transformations Challenge. 20 00:01:01,319 --> 00:01:04,790 Speaker 1: Gerald lost over 100 pounds and earned a $10,000 prize 21 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:07,730 Speaker 1: through Farrell's Extreme Body Shaping gym, where he spent a 22 00:01:07,730 --> 00:01:10,169 Speaker 1: lot of time getting in shape. Most weeks I was 23 00:01:10,169 --> 00:01:12,370 Speaker 1: there 6 days a week, uh, at least one class, 24 00:01:12,449 --> 00:01:15,849 Speaker 1: if not two, sometimes a day. Gerald plans to use 25 00:01:15,849 --> 00:01:17,989 Speaker 1: the money to take his family to Disney World. 26 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,199 Speaker 1: A group using art as a recovery tool has work 27 00:01:21,199 --> 00:01:23,919 Speaker 1: on display at the McLean County Arts Center through April. 28 00:01:24,199 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 1: Brush it off facilitator George Woodworth says painting has been 29 00:01:27,199 --> 00:01:29,839 Speaker 1: a key to his 4 years of sobriety. He says 30 00:01:29,839 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: participants value a positive creative space to express themselves. 31 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,279 Speaker 2: Recovery doesn't have to be a 12-step meeting. Recovery doesn't 32 00:01:36,279 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: have to be, you know, you have to do it 33 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,750 Speaker 2: this way or you're going to die. Recovery is really 34 00:01:40,750 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 2: your own recovery, and you can make it as cool 35 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:43,639 Speaker 2: as you want. 36 00:01:43,839 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: The show is a mixture of drawings, paintings, and mixed 37 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 1: media pieces. 38 00:01:48,150 --> 00:01:50,379 Speaker 1: And a bill to make solar power more accessible to 39 00:01:50,379 --> 00:01:53,470 Speaker 1: renters and others who face barriers to the alternative energy 40 00:01:53,470 --> 00:01:56,870 Speaker 1: source is moving through the Illinois Senate. Capital News Illinois 41 00:01:56,870 --> 00:01:59,910 Speaker 1: reports the plug-in solar bill allows people to install small 42 00:01:59,910 --> 00:02:02,550 Speaker 1: solar panel systems that can be plugged into normal wall 43 00:02:02,550 --> 00:02:05,790 Speaker 1: outlets for personal use. Instead of a rooftop, the panels 44 00:02:05,790 --> 00:02:07,839 Speaker 1: could be set up on a balcony, in a yard, 45 00:02:07,940 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: or on a porch or patio. I'm