Seymour Tracy Burrell, 50 North Vernon Richard Fenton, 75 Elsewhere Patsy Lea Powell, 74 DEATHS Our purpose Connecting people, building community and improving life YOU SHOULD KNOW Bluegrass jamboree set for Conservation Club Norman Station Conservation monthly bluegrass jamboree will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Performers include Norman Station, Bluegrass Express, New Terrain and Sure Shot Turkey Dusters. The public is invited to the free event, and the kitchen will be serving homemade soups, sandwiches and desserts. The club is located in northwestern Jackson County on County Road 450N, a tenth of a mile east of County Road 1250W (Norman Road).
Club memberships can be purchased for $10 a family per year and sent to the club at Norman Station Conservation Club, P.O. Box 27, Norman, IN 47264. Camping is available at the club, which also features a lake. Band members interested in performing at a may contact Fred Norman at 812-8345184. County road closed for U.S.
50 bridge project The Indiana Department of Transportation closed County Road 975W at U.S. 50 in western Jackson County on Wednesday morning to make way for construction of a traffic runaround for the east-west highway at a bridge replacement site. INDOT officials contacted the only resident on County Road 975W affected by this two- to three-week closure. Alternate access should minimize inconvenience to that property owner, according to the state. Force Construction of Columbus is the contractor for this $3.4 million bridge and small structure replacement project that will construct a single- span 90-foot-long concrete bridge on U.S.
50 over Clear Spring Creek 3.35 miles west of State Road 235. A nearby drainage structure also will be removed and replaced. The runaround will allow continuous traffic flow on U.S. 50 while crews remove and replace the Clear Spring Creek bridge. U.S.
traffic count at the site is 4,080 vehicles per day. SATURDAY-SUNDAY, AUGUST 19-20, 2017 tribtown.com JACKSON COUNTY, INDIANA HE RIBUNE WEEKEND $1.50 WEEKEND KICKING OFF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL B1 Area teams in action under Friday night lights TAFF REPORTS Two health insurance providers recently announced they plan to expand their offerings on the federal health care marketplace to provide options for residents of Jackson, Decatur, Grant and Wayne counties. The four counties were previously at risk of having no provider options beginning in 2018 after Anthem and MDwise announced plans in June to pull out of the federal health care marketplace. Earlier this week, CareSource and Managed Health Services, notified Gov. Eric J.
office and the Indiana Department of Insurance of their decisions to expand coverage to the four counties. commend CareSource and MHS for stepping forward to ensure that these four counties will have options for Hoosiers seeking a health insurance provider on the federal Holcomb said in a news release. is a prime example demonstrating the way states like Indiana are better positioned than the federal ANUARY UTHERFORD HE RIBUNE Seymour High School students who speak more than one language now have the opportunity to earn a special certificate from the state when they graduate. The Indiana Department of new Certificate of Multilingual Proficiency is available to those students who attain a high level of proficiency in a world language that is sufficient for meaningful use in college and career paths. Diane Altemeyer, director of federal programs for Seymour Community School presented information to school board trustees last month about the certificate.
our students enter a global workforce, this certificate will serve as validation of their language skills and make them marketable to Altemeyer said. The certificate can be earned by English- speaking students who become proficient in other languages, including French, German, Latin and Spanish, which are taught at the school or by students who are learning English, but speak another language, such as Spanish or Japanese. have the ability to assess all the languages currently represented in Seymour Schools including American Sign Altemeyer said. To earn the certificate, students must have eight credits of English language arts, pass the ACH PICER HE RIBUNE Fundraising for the 2017 Relay for Life of Jackson County recently wrapped up. Event leaders reported 20 teams combined to raise $44,256, falling short of the $50,000 goal.
They also had hoped to have at least 25 teams. There were 238 participants (goal of 260), 64 survivors (goal of 80) and 10 American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network members (goal met). After expenses, the event season total was $42,140. The 20th annual Relay for Life of Jackson County, County gets health care options 2 insurance providers will offer marketplace choices to residents Relay for Life wraps up 2017 fundraising Pictured: Survivors walk a lap May 5 during Relay for Life of Jackson County at Seymour Middle School. TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO Seymour to offer language certificates FUTURE FOCUS EDUCATION ACH PICER HE RIBUNE DUDLEYTOWN or years, the congregation of Emanuel Lutheran Church has kept one Bible verse close to heart.
Luke 12:32 says, not, little flock, for it is your good pleasure to give you the etched in concrete just above the entrance to the church along South County Road 750E just past the junction of state roads 11 and 250 in Dudleytown. a part of a hymn that church members have recited. also on commemorative bookmarks as the church celebrates 160 years of serving area residents. Marcia Snyder, who grew up just down the road from the church and has gone there for LONGEVITY celebrating EMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH Pictured from top: Emanuel Lutheran Church in Dudleytown is celebrating 160 years of service. The church and its school are shown in 1910.
The church has several stained-glass windows. ZACH SPICER THE TRIBUNE; SUBMITTED PHOTO Church set to commemorate 160 years INSIDE A2 More about the 160 year celebration (SEE LONGEVITY PAGE A2) (SEE RELAY PAGE A5) (SEE HEALTH PAGE A3) (SEE FUTURE PAGE A3).
