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Sunday night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. East Fork White River High Friday .............................85 Low Friday ..............................70 Rainfall past 24 hours ..........0.00 Rainfall for the month ...........3.53 Rainfall for the year ............20.07 Sunset today ................9:14 p.m. Sunrise Sunday ...........6:20 a.m. CELEBRATIONS Today Birthdays Vivian Bowers Tony Davis Dee Dee Krebs Anniversaries Ed and Charlotte Kasting Sunday Birthdays Macey Moss Keith Bode Anniversaries Clay and Cara Schepman GRAIN PRICES The local closing grain prices Friday were: Change Price Corn 6.76 Soybeans 15.74 Wheat 5.93 LOTTERIES Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the Hoosier Lottery: Daily Three Midday 3-6-7.

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We believe in these advantages so much, we even honor pre-arrangements made at other funeral homes. You can transfer your arrangements to ours without losing any benefits. We believe choices are why we give you so many. YOU STILL HAVE A CHOICE. honor all existing burial plans Luedeman said the small park will improve the area visually and is another way the city is working to revitalize the downtown.

Funding for the project is from a $50,000 state grant, with the rest coming from several local community partners, including Seymour Main Street, JCB and Seymour Rotary Club. The bulk of the cost will be the purchase of the properties, which is still in negotiation, Luedeman said. Another donation for the project came from Dr. Robert Stephens, husband of the late Sarah (Steinker) Stephens, whose family owned the former Steinker Meat Market building on South Chestnut Street adjacent to the future park. Sarah Stephens died in October 2011, and Luedeman said the area will be named Steinker Plaza in her honor.

Luedeman said he hopes construction can begin in August, with a grand opening during this Okto- berfest, set for Oct. 3-5. Bids (CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1) are hoping to announce in the next few days that the Carter House has a new local Some in the community are hopeful the building can find a new use, perhaps as a historic site. The building, also known as the Travis Carter House, was erected in 1852 and is considered the oldest building constructed as a residence still standing in Seymour. Carter was the first postmaster, and for a while, the home doubled as the Seymour post office.

It most recently served as home for the Jackson County Chapter of the American Red Cross, which moved earlier this year into the Community Agency Building in downtown Seymour. The sale raised concerns for people interested in preserving the historic building, including Greg Sekula of Indiana Southern Indiana division. It holds a covenant on the property. That covenant was announced to potential buyers during auction. Marianne Pardieck and Ruth Ann Rebber of the Main Street board of directors were the only people to attend the auction.

They did not offer a bid. Pardieck said she hopes the building will maintain its historic integrity under whoever ends up owning the property. love to see someone buy it, maintain it and let it continue to be a useful building for the community, whether that be another nonprofit or someone in the private she said. would make anyone a nice office Anable shares that concern. hoping perhaps another charitable organization could make use of she said.

want to see it in good, local One idea offered by Bill Bailey of Greater Seymour Chamber of Commerce is for the property to become a center of local history. is very disappointing that the oldest residential home in Seymour has fallen to the auction block with apparently no Bailey said Friday. that there was only one bid, perhaps now the Red Cross and the community can discuss ways to return the building to the community for a much needed historical It would pair well as a historic site with the visitors center along the CSX Transportation railroad tracks off Broadway Street, Bailey said. building (the Carter House) is where it is for a reason the city developed because of the he said. The house sits on the east side of the Louisville Indiana Railroad in the 400 block of Indianapolis Avenue.

Anable said she could support idea for returning the property to a local nonprofit. would agree, and I think the intention of the Red Cross, to make that property very affordable for local she said. why the minimum bid was set so low at The covenant on the property is a result of a $30,000 loan given to the then-Seymour Heritage Foundation to help rehab the building, according to the records on file in the Jackson County office. The covenant was originally recorded Dec. 7, 1990, and was amended Feb.

12, 1999, when a mortgage on the property was released. time we loan money to nonprofits, we include a covenant in Sekula said. owner must maintain the property in good, proper condition and contact Landmarks about any The covenant also blocks demolition of the house, which was rehabilitated in the 1980s by Seymour Heritage Foundation and eventually deeded to the Red Cross. Landmarks possesses an opportunity to match any legitimate offer for the property, according to the covenant. Sekula said Friday that Landmarks could have an interest in buying the property even for a short term.

would depend on what the intentions of the buyer Sekula said. may have an interest depending upon what we learn about the The Red Cross moved out of the Carter House because it no longer met its needs, was not handicapped-accessible and was expected to require maintenance work outside the budget, Anable said earlier. The two-story frame house has an rating in the Jackson County Architectural Survey, which would make it eligible for a nomination to the National Registry of Historic Places, Sekula said. The Red Cross took ownership of the building in November 2006 after renting it since 1990. Preserving the history of the Carter House is important to the community, former Seymour Heritage member Polly Schneck of Seymour said for a recent story.

like to see it kept the way it she said. really worked hard in that place. It was a disaster when we started. That house is something Seymour ought to be proud of and House (CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1) ANABLE BAILEY ABOUT THE AUCTION Williams Williams Real Estate Auctions received one bid for $1,000 when it conducted an auction Thursday to sell the Travis Carter House at 410 Indianapolis Ave. in Seymour.

The house is considered the oldest home standing in Seymour. It once housed the first post office and most recently was home to the Jackson County Chapter of the American Red Cross. ABOUT THE RED CROSS Jackson County Chapter of the American Red Cross has relocated to the Community Agency Building, 131 N. Chestnut Suite 302, in downtown Seymour. The office is staffed three days a week, from 9 a.m.

to 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and other times by appointment. Local programs and services coordinator is Amanda Blackburn. For information, call the Seymour office at 522-3888 or the Columbus office at 812-379-9551..