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The Press-Dispatch Home Life Wednesday, April 10, 2019 C- 7 To enter the Birthday Club, email your name, ad- dress, phone number and birthdate to birthdayclub@ pressdispatch.net. Only the person's name, town and birthday will appear in the paper. As an added bonus, one lucky person each month will receive a free three month Press-Dispatch subscrip- tion. This month's birthdays have a chance to win a free $25 gift certificate from The Country Garden, in Washington. THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS Kerry Meadows .......................... Spurgeon ........4/11 Daniel Cavins ............................ Petersburg .......4/13 Delphia Howard........................... Winslow .........4/13 Derek Ruppel (Parent: Kristi Summers) ....Petersburg 4/13 Conrad Stinson...........................Evansville .......4/13 Arthur Harker ........................... Petersburg .......4/14 Hunter Russell .......................... Petersburg .......4/14 Jack Brock ................................ Petersburg .......4/14 Mary Sandra Brock ................... Petersburg .......4/14 Sharon Clary ................................ Otwell ..........4/14 Debbie Leslie ............................ Petersburg .......4/15 THIS MONTH'S SPONSOR Country G A R D E N T H E 2107 State St., Washington • 812-674-0078 www.facebook.com/thecountrygardenwashington Sweet's Column by Barbara Sweet COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT PROPERTIES Hardware store ready for new owners. Fully equipped with display shelving, key cutter, glass cutter, lots of inventory to get new owner started. Building has new roof, gutters with metal siding on east and west gable ends of building. Lots of extras! Oakland City. $165,000. MLS# 201650829 WE HAVE CLIENTS LOOKING FOR HOMES! • LIST WITH US TODAY! RENTAL PROPERTY 31.98 acres prime field tilled farm ground. High in pot ash, nitrogen and phosphorus for good soil fertility. MLS#201912317. Looking for a wooded building site? One acre located just past I-69 on Shady Lane, off of State Hwy. 61. MLS#201908241. One bedroom apartment with stove, refrigerator, water/sewer included. Patoka Valley Apartments, Winslow. SALE PENDING! Small country farm with 24+ acres of land. MLS#201902235. Eddie Boyd, Principal Broker Kay Helfen Associate Broker 812-582-1145 Addey Boyd Associate Broker 812-354-5599 Keith Shoultz Associate Broker 812-664-6640 602 E. MAIN, PETERSBURG BOYD REALTY & DEVELOPMENT LLC 812-354-8893 SIAR CHOOSE BOYD FOR Personal SERVICE! WILL SELL ON CONTRACT! Great Winslow Main Street business location. Lot of updates and improve- ments. Separate upstairs apartment. Large area upstairs to add additional apartments. Owner had new roof installed and gutters in November 2017 with warranty. MLS#201801669 FEATURE OF THE WEEK! Rare opportunity to purchase. 62.34 acres isolated and private for hunting, fishing, camping, 4 wheeler paths. Located on a dead end county road with access to electric and Pike Gibson water. Small hidden lake to fish or swim. Lots of deer and rabbits accessing this property. Lots of trees and open areas to enjoy outside recreational activities. $154,850. MLS #201838768 WOULD CONSIDER SELLING ON CONTRACT! This is a great property for a contractor that needs a build- ing location to store materials and equipment or a repair shop. Great location on 1.15 acres on State Rd 57 at the edge of town. This was for- merly Jim's Auto & Glass with a shop area of approx. 1,150 SF and 540 SF storage area. In 1999 a 40X22 building with 2 overhead garage doors was constructed and attached to the shop. There is a two bed- room area that was used as the living area for the owner with a full bath, kitchen,and dining room area. Lots of area in the rear for expansion and for a storage yard. $69,750. MLS #201904770 SALE PENDING! NEW LISTING! Looking for a small country farm with 26 plus acres? Great location! Nice three bedroom home with eat-in kitchen, modern kitchen with two baths. Hall bathroom has a new whirlpool tub. Half basement with lots of built-in storage shelves.12'x26' carport with handicap ramp. $215,000. MLS#201902235. Hi stars and welcome to this big stage all lit up in bright, colorful lights and decorated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of April 11- 17. Come on up onto this big stage and take a bow. April 11 - Brianna Kay Green turns five years old. April 13 - Madyson Ann Hegedus turns 17 years; Roy Henderson; Del- phin Howard; Benny and Lanora Kel- ly will celebrate 28 years. April 14 - Stacy Holmes turns 44 years. April 15 - Courtney Tuell turns 16 years; Kelly Bailey Hamilton; Melvin Decisto; Gary and Linda McCandless will celebrate 51 years. April 16 - Amanda Meyer turns 27 years; Michael Boyles turns 31 years; Kyle Hartley; Diana Dudes turns 48 years; Theodore Pfeiffer McDonald turns one year; Bob and Karen Bass will celebrate three years. April 17 - Ashley Atkins turns 35 years; Terry Nichols. May all our stars have a really great day and may all your wishes come true. Keep in your heart and in your prayers all our stars who need that card, visit, phone call and that daily thought of them to have a brighter day. We all know stars who have colds, allergies, viruses and the aches and pains of everyday life. EVENTS April 8 -12 - Pike Gibson water will flush lines. Watch as you wash your clothes because the water may not be clear. The water pressure might also be low. April 13 - Moose Lodge will host an Easter egg hunt at Petersburg Horna- dy Park at 1 p.m.; Otwell Easter egg hunt will be at the community center at noon; Petersburg Little League pa- rade begins at 10 :30 a.m. April 14 - Palm Sunday. April 15 - Winslow Volunteer Fire Department training at 6:30 p.m. at the station house. April 17 - Spurgeon Mon- roe Auxiliary will meet at 6 p.m. at the station house. April 18 - Winslow Lions Club at 7 p.m. at the commu- nity center. April 19 - Good Friday; Oakland City Lions will have a fish fry at IGA from noon to 6 p.m. April 21 - Easter Sunday. Winslow seniors meet on Monday and Tuesday at the community cen- ter. Petersburg seniors meet on Mon- day, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday in the courthouse basement. There were no postcards this week at Sweets Column, Winslow, IN 47598. Winslow Patoka River is still high with rain that we just had, and more rain will fall in the coming days. The really great thing that has begun last week is that the temps have risen in- to the 60s and 70s with nighttime temps of 40s and 50s. I guess spring has sprung, and I don't want it to be a doubter, but I have seen Easter in April before with winter weather. I hope not this time. Some have said we had our last frost, but the 15th isn't here. The flow- ering trees and bushes look beautiful sitting in the yards with those green clumps of grass. The white trees I be- lieve are cherry blossoms, the orange are Goldenrod and the Lilac and Tulip trees have buds that will bloom soon. The peonies are sprouting up and the daffodils are still in bloom. The ground cover of white flowers are blanketing the yards now, and we have seen the purple and purple-white beginning to spread. The little yellow flowers should come into bloom next. So if you decide to start mowing your lawn before Easter, you will cut up all the Easter egg hiding places. The colorful little flowers that look so great in the patch- es of yard will be gone. We looked out and saw the blue truck covered in red from the tree it was sitting under, and when I said covered, Norm swept out the bed. You couldn't even see where the bed was because of so many buds. There was a funny sight I saw the other morning as I was awoke by a thump on the window. A female car- dinal was trying its best to get inside the house through the window pane. It tried and tried, and I was sure it was going to break its beak. This has gone on for a month or so, and it doesn't give up so easy. The other day we had to make our way to Otwell Chamness station for a tire change. We got a spare, and when we finally got past the 40 m.p.h. limit, we felt the worst shimmy we had ever felt. We went back to the station and put on the spare. Now it is smooth sail- ing. Our spare is the bad tire until we find another one. The Easter egg hunts are beginning, so to all the kiddies, we hope you have loads of fun as you search for those eggs hid by the Easter bunny. To all the youngsters who are about to play the game of softball, have fun, fun, fun. It doesn't matter what the score may be if you had fun playing with your friends. The Winslow sports league will begin after the parade on April 27. The lights are about to dim on this week's ramblings of Winslow. Keep and eye on family and friends, slow down and enjoy all the wonders in your area, always smile, wave and say "hi" to everyone you see this week. BEARS Continued from page 5 What's worse is that now, as the fi- nal season of "Game of Thrones" be- gins, a tattoo artist friend of mine has just opened up her own shop with two massive dragon statues in the front yard. Has she no concern for her fel- low citizens? I can only hope that we, as a culture, have learned enough from the Targaryens to handle the dragons when they come — because, obviously, they are on their way. How could they not be? Everyone knows that decor summons. Luckily, it's not all bad. Sure, my lit- tle cove in the wild is about to become inundated with bears, dragons, kid- napping rabbits and leprechauns, and chimney-sliding T. rexes, but there are good forces at work here, too. At my house, at my son's school and in many other corners of our town, fairy gardens are thriving. Naturally, they, too, must be summoned. If "FernGul- ly" taught me anything, it's that fairies can take on some pretty huge beasts. I also feel confident that the singing fish above every grandpa's mantel will summon singing fish that will total- ly be on our side — perhaps singing such a great tune that the dragons and bears decide to have a dance-off rath- er than destroy the town. In these heated and contentious times, I hope we can all agree that for every evil creature-summoning piece of decor you place in your yard, you must place two other good-sum- moning items of greater or equal val- ue. If you must have a scorpion stat- ue by your koi pond, please add two lightsaber-wielding garden gnomes to keep the scorpions in line. For now, I will be refraining from going on picnics, will put padlocks on all our garbage bins and will remove all honey from my house. The bears are coming. 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