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AMONG OPINION.
IT'S JUST OVER A MONTH
UNTIL JUDGE LORETTA RUSH
BEGINS HER JOB WITH THE
INDIANA SUPREME COURT.BUT
FIRST, AS NEWS 18'S KELLY
ROBERTS REPORTS, SHE PLANS TO
FINISH UP BUSINESS IN
TIPPECANOE COUNTY.. WHICH
INCLUDED A STOP AT JEFF HIGH
SCHOOL.#@NATS OFF THE TOP.
KELLY: IT CERTAINTLY ISN'T
THE CHAMBERS OF THE INDIANA
SUPREME COURT.BUT THE NEWEST
MEMBER OF THE STATE'S HIGHEST
GROUP OF JUDGES, TIPPECANOE
COUNTY JUVENILE JUDGE, LORETTA
RUSH, VISITED THE JEFF 92
MORNING SHOW WEDNESDAY.A VISIT
SHE SCHEDULED IN THE MIDDLE OF
HER FINAL DAYS AS A TIPPECANOE
COUNTY JUDGE.LORETTA RUSH:
17:48:19-:33 WHEN I GOT THE
APPOINTMENT I CAME BACK AND IT
SORT OF STARTED SINKING IN.
THEY ASKED WHEN CAN YOU START?
I SAID IT WOULD TAKE ME A
COUPLE MONTHS. IT WILL TAKE ME
A COUPLE MONTHS TO TRANSITION
MY COURT. I STILL HAVE CASES
I'M HEARING. I'M LIVING HERE
AND GOING TO COURT.
17:48:37-:40 MY FIRST PRIORITY
IS GETTING MY COURT READY TO
TRANSITION.KELLY: JUDGE RUSH
WILL START HER JOB IN
INDIANAPOLIS AFTER THE
ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.ALTHOUGH
SHE HAS A MONTH TO SPARE.. SHE
SAYS SHE IS ALREADY PREPARING
FOR WHAT IS TO COME. RUSH:
17:48:59-:10IT'S OVERWHELMING
SOMETIMES THE THOUGHT THAT
I'LL BE TRANSITIONING TO THAT
POSITION. I'M PAYING MORE
ATTENTION WHEN I READ THE
SUPREME COURT CASES RIGHT NOW.
I'M WATCHING THE CASES THAT
COME OUT, AND WATCHING THE
CASES THAT ARE WORKING THEIR
WAY THROUGH THAT I WILL BE
HEARING. 17:50:30-:39 I KNOW
CHIEF JUSTICE DICKSON, I KNOW
JUSTICE DAVID, I'VE KEPT UP
WITH WHAT HAS GONE ON IN THE
SUPREME COURT, BUT IT IS A
WHOLE NEW JOB.KELLY:
GOVERNNOR DANIELS IS CURRENTLY
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE
TIPPECANOE COUNTY JUVELINE
JUDGE POSITION.THOSE
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE OCTOBER
10TH.REPORTING IN LAFAYETTE,