The Tribune from Seymour, Indiana • A1

Switchboard: 812-522-4871 Toll-free: 800-800-8212 CALL US Seymour Rosemary Findley, 82 Patricia Arlene Looper, 73 North Vernon James A. Coleman 53 Sandra Reeves, 59 Rebecca K. Smith, 72 Elsewhere S. Bernard Durbin 79 DEATHS TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017 75 cents tribtown.com JACKSON COUNTY, INDIANA DAILY YOU SHOULD KNOW Volunteers needed to install smoke alarms The Red Cross of Southern Indiana will join the Seymour Fire Department and the Medical Reserve Corps to make sure area residents have working smoke alarms on every level of their home. As part of the Home Fire Campaign, volunteers are needed Saturday to help install free fire alarms and teach residents of Village Green Mobile Home Park off of South Street in Seymour about fire safety.

The first shift of volunteers will be trained from 8 to 9 a.m. in the third- floor conference room of the Community Agency Building, 113 N. Chestnut Seymour, and then canvass the neighborhood from 9 a.m. to noon. A second shift will have their training from 1 to 2 p.m.

and canvass from 2 to 5 p.m. Lunch will be provided. smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home fire in said Duchess Adjei, regional communication director for the American Red Cross. goal of the Home Fire Campaign is to build resilient communities that will be prepared in the event of a home For information or to sign up to participate, call 812447-5055 or email Maria Carrasquillo at maria.car- Seymour grad crowned Miss Indiana Earth Lutisha Gregory, 19, a 2016 Seymour High School graduate and student of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, was crowned 2017 Miss Indiana Earth United States at the Central Regional Pageant in Cincinnati on Sunday. Gregory is the daughter of Doug and Sara Gregory and granddaughter of Hubert and Betty Gregory, all of Seymour.

She is studying health science. She will compete for the title of Miss Earth United States in Washington D.C. in August. It is the preliminary for the worldwide Miss Earth pageant in October in the Philippines. ACH PICER HE RIBUNE BROWNSTOWN Get ready to put your utility task vehicle in gear in Brownstown.

The town council recently passed the third and final reading of an ordinance establishing traffic regulations for the registration and operation of off-road vehicles on streets and alleys in the county seat. Once a legal advertisement is placed in the newspaper, the ordinance will be valid 10 days after publication. The ordinance also will be placed on the website, explorebrownstown.com. UTV owners then can pay a $25 registration fee at town hall and call the police department to set up an inspection. During the inspection, the owner, who must be at least 18, ANUARY UTHERFORD HE RIBUNE Many parents and caretakers struggle with the costs of keeping children fed when school is out for the summer.

But Seymour Community School Corp. want to see kids go hungry. why it is again offering the free Summer Food Service Program this year. All children and teens ages 2 to 18, regardless of family income, can eat breakfast and lunch for free, either at Margaret R. Brown Elementary School at 550 Miller Lane or Seymour Middle School at 920 N.

St. The eight-week program will start June 5 and run Monday through Friday until July 28. Hours still are being worked out and will be announced at a later date, said Stacey Driver, registered and food service director for the Seymour school corporation. There will be no meals served July 4. Students who want to eat do not have to register or fill out an application.

All they have to do is show up, Driver said. a great meal option for busy Driver said. prep time, no cleanup and no also a good option for day cares and sports teams, she added. Adults can eat with children but must pay $2 for breakfast. Lunch prices for adults have not yet been set and may increase UTV inspections to begin soon Brownstown town council passes ordinance for traffic regulations GREGORY Schools offering free breakfast, lunches for students setting THE STAGE ACH PICER HE RIBUNE only performing arts theater started after a meeting at Steak Shake.

Betty Baute and her daughter, Kathleen Baute, of Brownstown and Michelle and Mich Callahan of Seymour met in July 2013 at the Seymour restaurant to get Actors Community Theater of Seymour up and running. sat down, we nailed down what we wanted and we hired an Betty Baute said. wrote up our bylaws, our constitution, our articles of incorporation and helped us secure the 501(c) The first show, was presented in March 2014. Four other shows have been performed since then, and the sixth one is planned for the next two weekends. Bet Your a suspense comedy production written by Fred Carmichael and presented under special arrangement with Samuel French will be the first full-length production at the not-for-profit new location in Suite 208 at Shops at Seymour.

The group did a series of monologues there in December, but for all other shows before that, they rehearsed in another suite and had to set up a stage at nearby Celebrations in Suite 101. would tape out the shape and size of the stage with masking Actors Community Theater set for production at new location TAKE IN A SHOW What: Actors Community Theater of production of Bet Your When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and again April 7 and doors open at 7 p.m. each night (seating is limited to 50 patrons per night) Where: Shops at Seymour, 357 Tanger Suite 208, Seymour Cost: $12; may be purchased by credit or debit card online at seymouracts. ticketleap.com or reserved by texting or calling 812-498-2127; concessions will be available preshow and during intermission Cast: Jeremy Hendrix as literary agent Greg Larson; Zach Thompson as Matt Stoddard, friend and soap opera writer; Kathleen Baute as Stacy Kingsley, secretary; Elyse McGill as the cook; Brett Hays as the plumber; Ashley Browning and Tim Gordon as the folksy neighbors; and Sherrie Wittenbring as the strange, otherworldly authoress Pictured: From left, Zach Thompson, Sherrie Wittenbring, Kathleen Baute and Jeremy Hendrix rehearse a scene from Actors Community Theater of production of Bet Your ZACH SPICER THE TRIBUNE (SEE STAGE PAGE A2) (SEE INSPECTIONS PAGE A3) (SEE SCHOOLS PAGE A5) HE RIBUNE PLAY BALL! Capsules, schedules for area softball squads SPORTS B1, B3.