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Switchboard: 812-522-4871 Toll-free: 800-800-8212 CALL US DEATHS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020 JACKSON COUNTY, INDIANATHE TRIBUNE Our purpose Connecting people, building community and improving life DAILY ON THE WEB Join us online Stay in touch with the news and happenings in Jackson County through The Facebook and Twitter pages. also a good way to share your thoughts on stories that appear in The Tribune and online at tribtown.com. facebook.com/ SeymourTribune twitter.com/ SeymourTribune LOCAL NEWS Cold Night Out delayed until January First Baptist Church collecting food boxes for those in need Pictured: Pastor Mike Lyon with First Baptist Church in Seymour helps fill bags with food items in March for the COVID-19 Rapid Response outreach. The bags were distributed to families with children and the elderly through a drive through pickup. TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO Funding needed to purchase partitions to keep guests, volunteers safe Christmas Basket Fund reaches up to $2,200 BY ZACH SPICER THE TRIBUNE The third season of the Jackson County Cold Night Out Shelter was supposed to start Saturday.

Director Sondra Gentry, however, said she have enough host sites. As a result, the Cold Night Out board recently voted to move the opening date to Jan. 2, 2021. The original closing date of Feb. 26 will remain the same.

do not have an intake site for Saturday or Sunday, so there will be no new guests accepted on the weekend. Only nine guests can be housed per Gentry said. were difficult Despite the delay, Gentry did have some good news: A volunteer in Indianapolis has offered to help keep guests and volunteers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic by building plexiglass partitions between the cots at the sites for the over- night emergency shelter. While the man is volunteering the work, Gentry said the materials have to be purchased. Each partition costs $140, and nine are needed.

Anyone interested in helping cover that cost may contact Gentry at 317-590-2595. When the shelter opens, there will be COVID-19 policies in AT A GLANCE For information about Jackson County Cold Night Out Shelter or to serve as a host site, call the Rev. Sondra Gentry at 317- 590-2595 or visit facebook.com/ coldnightout.GENTRY MYERS STAFF REPORTS The annual Christmas Basket Fund grew to $2,200 on Monday with recent donations. The newest donations are: In memory of loved ones, $100, from the Abel family In memory of James A. Byrns, $50, from Terry, Nancy and Lana Byrns $1,000, from Mr.

and Mrs. Will Hackman In memory of all of our veterans, $500, from Sons of the American Legion In memory of Richard and Delena Beavers and Henry and Opal Beineke, $100, from Kevin and Dee Beavers, Stan and Karen Taskey and families In memory of Aaron Taskey Sr. and Mike Taskey, $50, from Stan and Karen Taskey and family In memory of Donnie Cooper, Dan Sturgeon and Dennis Riordan, $50, from Don Pridgen Donations may be mailed to or dropped off at American Legion Post 89, The Tribune or any JCB branch. Donors and their dedications are published daily in The Tribune. Donations allow for $50 JayC Food Stores gift cards to be distributed to less-fortunate people in the area whose applications are approved.

Requests for assistance will be ac- cepted through Dec. 15. In order to receive one of the gift cards, people must live in Jackson County and submit a letter stating their need for assistance. Requests should be mailed to American Legion Basket Fund, P.O. Box 566, Seymour, IN 47274.

There is a limit of one gift card per person and one per address. Requests that list a post office box address will not be accepted. Businesses, corporations, service groups, churches, individuals or families may donate. Donors may contribute anonymously if they BY LORI MCDONALD THE TRIBUNE Christmas is less than a month away, but the Christmas spirit is already alive and well in Jackson County. Even a pandemic cannot crush the spirit of giving and helping others in need, es- pecially around the holidays.

First Baptist Church in Seymour is leading the latest effort to provide food to families in the community. we will be reminded time and time again over the coming weeks, this is the season of giving, not because of the gifts we give or receive from one another, but be- cause of the gift of Jesus said the Rev. Jeremy Myers, lead (SEE BASKET PAGE A6) BY TOM JEKEL For The Tribune tepping into Diner is like stepping back in time. Nostalgia lines the walls with memora- bilia from the 1940s when it began as Sandwich Shop through the 1990s when posters, paintings and photo- graphs of Seymour favorite son John Mellencamp added to the atmosphere. The downtown Seymour restaurant has been operated since 1974 by two generations of Lar- risons, starting with Ed and his wife, Jan, who ran it through their 1996 retirement.

when their Still a favorite Diner serves meals and memories Pictured: Diner in downtown Seymour is shown Oct. 14. Liz Larrison is the owner of Diner. CARLA CLARK FOR THE TRIBUNE Hanover Tammy R. Johnson, 47 North Vernon Elizabeth Ann Bridges, 77 Douglas Hatcher, 67 Garry G.

Wilber, 73 Seymour LaDonna Kay Barnard, 77 Richard Allen Brackemyre, 82 Walnut Street closure planned for Wednesday A Louisville and Indiana Railroad maintenance project will require a one- day closure Wednesday of Walnut Street (State Road 11) at the Freeman Field spur railroad crossing. The crossing is just south of the Walnut Street and Avenue entrance to Freeman Field. The work, which is weather dependent, is set to start at 8 a.m. and must be completed within 12 hours, according to a news release from Seymour Mayor Matt office. Local traffic will be allowed to access their property or business, but some additional difficulty getting to those locations should be expected.

For information, contact city Engineer Bernie Hauersperger at 812-522- 4020 or seymourin.org. 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 812-523- 7051 or send an email to com. Milestones Check out family milestones such as anniversaries, engagements and wed- dings each week in The Tribune. You can download forms to submit your own family milestones online at tribtown.com.

For informa- tion, call Aubrey Woods at 812-523-7051. (SEE DINER PAGE A4) (SEE FUNDING PAGE A2) (SEE FOOD PAGE A2) COX GLITTERS Seymour star named top county boys soccer player SPORTS B1.