Talent pays off
Thumbs up to the students and staff at Seymour Middle School who participated in the annual "SMS Has Talent" show at the school. The Feb. 20 event, which featured lots of singing and a whole lot of fun, raised $1,642.40 to benefit the Don and Dana Myers Cancer Center in Seymour.
Filling a need
Thumbs up to tattoo artists Kyle McIntosh, Kansas Yount, Martha McCoskey, Lillie Jones and David Miller for volunteering their time to do tattoos during the second Food 4 Tattoos event Saturday at Beauty from Ashes Tattoo Parlor in Crothersville. At the end of the 12-hour event, 128 people had received tattoos, and 19,500 nonperishable food items were collected for local food pantries.
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A champion
Thumbs up to Seymour High School senior Trevor Layne for earning a berth in today’s preliminary rounds of the Indiana High School Athletic Association boys swimming state finals by capturing the top spot in the 100-yard breaststroke with a career-best time of 58.02 on Saturday in the Floyd Central Sectional. Good luck, Trevor.
Very special Valentine’s Day
Thumbs up to 17-year-old Payton Yeager of Seymour who made sure the clients at Jackson Developmental Industries in Seymour had a very special Valentine’s Day. The Columbus North High School senior organized dances for those clients Feb. 14 at JDI at Freeman Field during the afternoon and at the North Vernon Amvets. The dances were part of her senior project.
Helping out
Thumbs up to the employees of a Seymour auto parts store who helped nab a man who had just grabbed more than $800 in merchandise and fled to his awaiting vehicle. The actions of the employees at O’Reilly Auto Parts at 1111 E. Tipton St. made it possible for police to arrest Justin D. Sparks, 28, of Aurora, who faces robbery, theft and battery charges as a result of the incident.
Lifesaver
Thumbs up to a Seymour police officer who is being credited for his quick actions to stop a man from bleeding to death in the parking lot of a local convenience store. Officer Tim Toborg, a 29-year veteran of the Seymour Police Department, was the first on scene at Circle K, 300 E. Tipton St., where a man reportedly had slashed the throat of a man at about 9:25 a.m. Feb. 13. He used QuikClot combat gauze to pack the wound on Henry Stamper’s neck and applied pressure to staunch the blood flow until Jackson County Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived. While Toborg said he doesn’t want any special treatment or recognition for doing what he is trained to do, many others think he deserves both.