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Classifieds Comics Nation Obituaries Opinion Record book Sports State TV listings Switchboard: 812-522-4871 Toll-free: 800-800-8212 CALL US INDEX North Vernon Jerry Wayne Brashear 57 Betty Marie DeWitt, 90 Seymour Peggy A. Davis, 76 John William Lubker, 96 Harry H. Luedeman, 85 Mary Ann Smith, 45 Vallonia Edna Mae Smith, 85 Elsewhere Betty Barker Smith, 81 Lowell N. Stout, 65 WEATHER Today Skies: Cloudy Temps: High 42; low 28 Detailed A2 DEATHS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013 75 cents tribtown.com JACKSON COUNTY, INDIANA HE RIBUNE GAME TIME Seymour ready for Brownstown Our purpose Connecting people, building community and improving life YOU SHOULD KNOW Have a story idea? Do you have a story idea like to see in print? Share it with The Tribune newsroom. Call 812-5237051 or send an email to Story ideas may also be submitted online at www.TribTown.com.

DAILY ANUARY ETZEL TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER For more than two months, Tobias has made his home at the Humane Society of Jackson County in Seymour. Shelter staff are hoping the big, fluffy cat will be adopted by a loving family before Christmas. The same goes for Punkin, a short-legged female basset mix that has the coloring of a fall pumpkin. But until new owners come along, there are a few things Tobias, Punkin, and the other cats and dogs living at the animal shelter need this holiday season. The Humane Society is staging its annual Bring Christmas to the Animals Open House from 1 to 4 p.m.

Saturday at the shelter, 1109 Avenue West in Freeman Field. People can stop by to tour the facility, play with the animals and bring in supplies or cash donations. Refreshments will be served. Some of the most needed items at the shelter are bleach, paper towels, puppy chow, dog and cat treats, Purina kitten chow and laundry detergent, said Ellen Mirer, volunteer and member of the Humane ANUARY ETZEL TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Jackson County will have access to new funding and a network of resources to help increase the number of students earning post-secondary degrees or certification. The Lumina Foundation, an independent and privately funded group focused on improving higher education, announced Wednesday a partnership with 20 cities throughout the country to increase the percentage of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025.

Only 23.5 percent of adults in Jackson County older than 25 have obtained some type of workforce certification or a two- or four-year college degree, said Jackie Hill, director of workforce development for Jackson County Industrial Development Corp. very she said. you go back and look at our graduating classes, we have a high number of students that go on to college but never Dan Hodge, director of the Jackson County Education Coalition, said the partnership is a great avenue for communities across the country to work together to solve educational attainment issues. have to understand why our numbers are so low before we can change he said. Program pushes adult education Jackson County tagged by Lumina Foundation as part of nationwide study HILL Humane Society slates annual holiday open house, fundraiser JANUARY TRIBUNE Punkin is a retriever-basset mix that hopes Santa brings him something special for Christmas this year at the Humane Society of Jackson County in Seymour.

A FURRY CHRISTMAS WHAT: Humane Society of Jackson County annual Bring Christmas to the Animals Open House WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday WHERE: At the shelter, 1109 Avenue West in Freeman Field, Seymour A UBREY OODS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER BROWNSTOWN The search for a new executive director for the Jackson County Juvenile Center will begin Tuesday. A search was made necessary after executive director John Long recently announced his intention to return to work as a Brownstown police officer. Commissioners president Jerry Hounshel, who also is a member of the juvenile advisory board, said Wednesday morning that board is scheduled to meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the department to begin the process of searching for replacement.

He said the board likely would look at finding replacement from among present staff at the 28-bed center, which opened in July 2011 and is designed to hold youths between 10 and 18 years old. that mean we look at an outside Hounshel said. Long, who served as director of the center from 2003 to 2007 before joining the Brownstown Police Department, said his decision to return to Juvenile center in need of director LONG velyn Bunch was never much into fashion. Married for 62 years, the 82-year- old Seymour resident spent most of her life as a homemaker and stay-at-home mother. But since being diagnosed with disease almost four years ago, she has been encouraged by her doctor to pick up a hobby to help battle depression that often sets in with the disease.

Bunch chose to lavishly, yet inexpen- sively, dress up mannequins and dress forms that now inhabit the rooms of her home off Freeman Avenue on the south side. find deals at Goodwill and family members will give her old fur coats. In turn, change out the dress forms, styling them the way she wants. Sequined blouses donated by friends, a 40-year-old vintage wedding dress worn by her daughter and strings of pearls bought for a dollar at thrift shops are just some of Seymour woman battles with creativity Evelyn Bunch adjusts the jewlery on one of the decorative mannequins around the home where she and her husband, Jim Bunch, live in Seymour. Evelyn has disease and decorates mannequins around her home to keep herself active.

Current chief plans return to police work fighting disease with FASHION HODGE (SEE HUMANE PAGE A2) (SEE PROGRAM PAGE A3) (SEE DIRECTOR PAGE A3) STORY BY WHITNEY RIGGS PHOTOS BY AARON PIPER (SEE FASHION PAGE A2) want to give up. If I get in that wheelchair, totally done Evelyn Bunch Discussing her therapeutic hobby Donations to annual Basket Fund top $1,000 Donations totaling $250 pushed the 68th annual Christmas Basket Fund past the $1,000 mark Wednesday. The fund, sponsored by American Legion Post 89 in partnership with The Tribune, will supply gift cards from Jay Food Stores to residents in need throughout Jackson County. The balance stands at $1,050. Donations can be left at The front desk or at PNC Bank in Seymour.

Donors can contribute anonymously and can dedicate their donations to others. The deadline to submit Christmas Basket applications is Dec. 15. They can be submitted to American Legion Post 89, Christmas Basket Fund, Post Office Box 566, Seymour, IN 47274. donations include: John and Sharon Wells, Merry Christmas, $100; in memory of Francis and Andy Elsner, $50; Chris and Steve Letsinger, in memory of Gerald and Mildred Graves, $50; from his mother, in memory of David Colvin, $50.

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