Chamber champions
Thumbs-up to those who received awards during the 88th annual Greater Seymour Chamber of Commerce dinner March 8 at Celebrations in Seymour. The award winners were Rose Acre Farms, Corporate Citizen of the Year; Mindy Roeder, Rising Star Award; Kelly Reasoner, High School Teacher of the Year; Jennifer Miller, Middle School Teacher of the Year; Martha Bloch, Elementary School Teacher of the Year; B.loved, Small Business of the Year; and Marshall Royalty with Crane Hill Machine and Fabrication, Citizenship Award.
Date Knight
Thumbs-up to all of the moms who took the time to attend the fourth annual Mother/Son Date Knight on March 2 at the Boys and Girls Club of Seymour. The event, sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Police Donald M. Winn Lodge 108, involved about 150 mothers with their sons gathered for a night of dancing, games, snacks, photos and a bundle of fun.
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Leaving a legacy
Thumbs-up to those who recently established the Tracy Bullard Memorial Endowment to provide an annual grant to the Boys and Girls Club of Seymour. That grant will help provide members with scholarships and other assistance to club members. The effort, which began after Bullard’s death Dec. 19, 2018, was led by Doug Prather, David Earley, Kevin Gabbard, Darrin Boas and Brett Sciarra, who came up with a list of people to send letters to asking for donations to the endowment. Bullard was a member of the club’s board of directors for 20 years and was awarded the National Service to Youth Award from Boys and Girls Club of America.
A return on reading
Thumbs-up to St. Ambrose Catholic School alumni Lauren Fleetwood, Chloe Baker and Abby Lemming who recently returned to the school to take part in a Read Across America Week activity at the Seymour school. By doing so, the three girls showed reading is just as important to them today as it was when they were students at the school. A related thumbs-up to Seymour City Councilman Matt Nicholson, Jackson County Sheriff Rick Meyer, Seymour firefighters Ryan Sterling and Mitch Noelker and Jackson County United Way employee Ashley Caceres, who joined the girls for the activity.