Bruce Borders encourages Jasonville residents

The Greene County Daily World reports on State Representative Bruce Borders’ activities encouraging the residents of Jasonville despite recent flooding.

Borders agreed with Cox and French that having the Lakers still playing in the baseball tourney has been healing and encouraging to the town.

"This could be our year. We've got a good chance of winning the whole thing. I'm not just saying that. The Lakers are really peaking at the right time. They have really gelled at the right time," the Republican state representative said.

Most of the town's restaurants have been closed since Saturday.

Borders said LaPlaza Mexican Restaurant re-opened after Borders did some checking through his legislative sources in Indianapolis and found out that they could operate as long as proper water heating and hand washing took place.

"Mario (the owner) came to me the other day and said the closing was really hurting him because this is how he makes a living. So I called (his) legislative assistant and they got in touch with some of the folks with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and got copies of the paperwork that told him what he needed to do. I honestly think the restaurants can be open as long as they sterilize their water," Borders said. "They (the other restaurants) closed because I think they were under the impression that they had to close."