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Switchboard: 812-522-4871 Toll-free: 800-800-8212 CALL US ObitUArieS Thursday, March 2, 2023 tribtown.com $1.00 JACKSON COUNTY, INDIANAThe Tribune Our purpose Connecting people, building community and improving life Daily LOCAL newS Floyds Knobs Linda K. Bourne Seymour H. Leroy Strong, 78 standing with Ukraine We at AIM Media stand with the Ukrainian people to support their freedom and sovereignty. Please visit AIMMediaCares.com/Ukraine or scan the QR code for links to organizations working to help the Ukrainian people in their time of need. SUPPORT UKRAINE www.aimmediacares.com PEACE FOR UKRAINE www.aimmediacares.com PEACE FOR UKRAINE www.aimmediacares.com www.aimmediacares.com help save www.aimmediacares.com www.aimmediacares.com SUPPORT UKRAINE www.aimmediacares.com STAND WITH UKRAINE www.aimmediacares.com www.aimmediacares.com SUPPORT UKRAINE IN -3 51 31 08 1 store hours Monday tuesday 10-6; closed Wednesday; thursday Friday 10-6; saturday 10-5 closed sunday LIVING ROOM CENTER located 1 mile west of seymour on highway 50 523-6018 huGe selection oF neW iteMs all sale Priced ashley best hoMestretch Jackson and dutchcraFt beddinG.

Pennies on the dollar. SpOrtS b1 Making a difference Seymour senior announces donations Former junior volunteers may apply for scholarship The Schneck Guild is accepting applications for the Kim Quilleon Varnell Memorial Scholarship. The guild awards up to three $1,000 scholar- ships annually to past junior volunteers who are graduating high school seniors. To be eligible, a candidate must be a past junior vol- unteer at Schneck Medical Center and com- pleted the minimum 28-hour requirement for the summer, a graduating high school senior and enrolled in college plan- ning a career in the health care field. Applications for the schol- arship are available at schneckmed.org/volun- teers.

Applications must be completed in their entirety and submitted online on or before March 31 to be eligible for con- sideration. For information, contact Amy Cockerham at 812- 522-0439 or acocker- Library offering national Craft Month programs To celebrate March as National Craft Month, adults are invited to attend a variety of craft pro- grams at the Jackson County Public Library on various dates. Yarn crafters will meet at the Seymour Library on March 7 and 21 for Yarn Artists, a new ongoing program held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 2 p.m. Crafters are invited to bring their own projects or get a pattern from vol- unteer Kathi Linz. Make a bunny garland at 4:30 p.m.

March 8 at the Crothersville Library. Registration is required by March 6. Create a cute gnome at noon March 25 at the Seymour Library. Registration is required by March 23 with a limit of 10 attendees. Register online at myjcli- brary.org/events or call 812-523-4636.

By Erika MalonE The Tribune Widely known as the Crossroads of Southern Indiana, Seymour is a mecca of many railroad crossings. But with recent events, railroad safety has been a topic that has not derailed. The issue of rail acci- dents and how to respond to them has received national attention in recent weeks after dozens of freight train cars derailed in an Ohio town earlier this month, including 10 cars that were carrying hazardous mate- rials, The Associated Press reported. The derailment Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, prompted evacuations when toxic chemicals were burned after being released from five derailed tanker rail cars carrying vinyl chloride that were in danger of exploding, according to The Associated Press.

The derailment and its aftermath have left resi- dents there questioning the potential health effects even as authorities maintained they were doing their best to protect people. Dozens of trains, car- rying different materials and chemicals that are considered hazardous, pass through Seymour each day. Although plans of action and mitigation in the event of a train derailment are in place, impossible to determine when an accident will occur. The Federal Railroad Ad- ministration, which enforces rail safety regulations, including the transporta- tion of hazardous materials, cannot provide a list of haz- ardous material shipments due to security concerns. It also does not monitor train Off the rails Emergency responders and officials establish plans for train derailments Pictured from top: A train switches from the Louisville Indiana Railroad to the CSX Railroad line south of Tipton Street in Seymour.

Tribune file phoTo In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk South- ern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at midday on Feb. 4. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a package of reforms to improve safety on Feb. 21 two days after he warned the railroad responsible for the derailment, Norfolk Southern, to fulfill its promises to clean up the mess just outside East Palestine, and help the town recover. AssociATed press (SEE derailMenTs PaGE a6) By Erika MalonE The Tribune Terry Burns has been vis- iting Townhouse Cafe since its opening in 1962, and with that, he brings new meaning to the motto you like something, stick with it and life will be Burns was born and raised in Corydon in Harrison County and found a fascination for engineering when he was 9 after a semitrailer crashed into a bridge and went into a ditch in 1949.

The following year, he would watch intently from the play- ground across the street as the construction workers built a temporary bridge, and he sometimes sneaked his way onto the construction site for a closer look. was always kicked off the site because they want a kid there, but that is what got me interested in civil engi- Burns said. After graduating from Co- rydon High School, he took his interest to Purdue University, where he studied civil engi- neering and began working part time for the Indiana Department of Transportation while still in school. In 1962, he started his career at Seymour District, which was just about when 61 years and thousands of biscuits later Man enjoys local restaurant since 1962 (SEE biscuiTs PaGE a2) By Zach SpicEr The Tribune As it does every year, the Seymour City Council approved an ordinance to allow borrowing from the municipal sani- tation utility. This year, though, there were two differences.

The ordinance was introduced a little later than usual, and it was shared which city depart- ment would benefit from the as-needed funds. Mayor Matt Nicholson said when he was on the council before becoming mayor, the or- dinance was the first one voted on each year. This year, it was Ordinance 5, Council Bill 6. Councilman Chad Hubbard said in previous years, he Council approves borrowing from sanitation fund (SEE borrowing PaGE a2).