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C-4 Wednesday, October 16, 2019 The Press-Dispatch HOME LIFE TO ADVERTISE: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: ads@pressdispatch.net Visit: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Deadline: 5 p.m. on Monday Youth First Today by Grace Wilson, Youth First, Inc. Brewster Estate AUCTION 3967 E. SR 364, Winslow, IN SATURDAY, OCT. 19 10am EDT Follow on Auctionzip.com • ID# 46613 • Tools, Antiques, Furniture, Glassware and Household Items LOCATION: REAL ESTATE SOLD AT NOON 2 bedroom, 1 bath brick house that sits on almost four acres with a pole barn. View photos on auctionzip.com ID# 46613. Hope to see you there! 2 master bedrooms and 3 bathrooms with solid wood doors and hardwood trims. 4 bedrooms with one master bedroom and 3 bathrooms, including a family room with a fireplace. Luxurious 5 bedroom home. Save $40,000 on three of Baird Homes' finest homes. 814 NIBLACK BLVD., VINCENNES • 1-800-743-7004 • WWW.BAIRDVINCENNES.COM HOMES APPLE PUMPKIN MUFFINS MEALS IN Monica's MINUTES Share your favorite recipe! www.facebook.com/mealsinminutes Monica's Meals in Minutes PO Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567 mealsinminutes@pressdispatch.net FACEBOOK MAIL EMAIL By Monica Sinclair As promised a few week ago, I have another pumpkin reci- pe for you. I have an incredibly easy recipe for pumpkin muffins that I shared several years ago. However, when I saw this reci- pe, my mouth started watering. I will definitely be trying it this season. I never thought of put- ting apples with pumpkin, but it sounds delicious. Enjoy! INGREDIENTS • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour • 2 cups sugar • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg • 2 eggs • 1 cup canned pumpkin • 1/2 cup vegetable oil • 2 cups finely chopped peeled tart apples DIRECTIONS 1. In a large bowl, combine the first seven in- gredients. 2. In a small bowl, combine eggs, pumpkin and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apples. 3. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 30 -35 minutes or until muf- fins test done. Cool for 10 minutes before remov- ing from pan. Source: www.tasteof home.com The conversation around marijuana is a hot topic in our society these days. Most folks seem to choose one side or the other and not many fall in the middle. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mari- juana is the most used il- legal drug in the United States with 36.7 million users (youth and adult) in the past year. This num- ber is alarming because not everyone is aware of the physical and mental health risks, especially for our youth. In a 2014 study, it was re- ported by Lancet Psychia- try that teens who smoke marijuana daily are 60 per- cent less likely to graduate from high school or college than those who never use. They were also seven times more likely to attempt sui- cide. A human brain is not ful- ly developed until the age of 25. When marijuana use is started at an early age, there will be damaging ef- fects to the long term cog- nitive abilities of that indi- vidual. Marijuana has many damaging effects on the brain. It can affect the parts of your brain responsible for memory, learning, de- cision making, emotions, reaction times, and atten- tion. These effects could look different in each per- son. Different factors can come into play, including the potency of the mari- juana, how often it is used, if other substances were used along with it, and at what age the individual be- gan using marijuana. Many people believe marijuana use can calm anxiety and relax an indi- vidual, but frequent and heavy use can actually bring on more feelings of anxiety or paranoia. What are some of the other risks of using mari- juana? First, marijuana is addictive. According to the CDC, about 1 in 10 marijua- na users will become ad- dicted. That number rises to 1 in 6 if they began using before the age of 18. Some signs of addiction can include unsuccess- ful efforts to quit using, giving up activities with friends or family because of marijuana, and contin- uing to use even though it has caused problems with work, school, and home. Marijuana also elevates the heart rate, causing it to work even harder. This is especially the case if other substances are used along with marijuana. It can al- so cause respiratory prob- lems, including chronic cough. While marijuana use has not been found as a direct link to cancer, many marijuana smokers also use cigarettes, which do cause cancer. According to the Nation- al Institute on Drug Abuse, 71 percent of high school seniors do not view regu- lar marijuana use as being harmful, but 64.7 percent say they disapprove of reg- ular marijuana use. Now is the time to start the con- versation with your child around marijuana. Here are a few tips to help you get started: 1. Do your research on the topic and know how marijuana will affect your child's health. 2. Find a comfortable set- ting to have the conversa- tion. 3. Keep an open mind. Your child will be less re- ceptive if they feel judged. 4. Stay positive and don't use scare tactics, as they are counter-productive. 5. Don't lecture; keep the conversation flowing free- ly between the two of you. Stay involved in your children's lives by keep- ing the conversation open, and let them know they can come to you without fear or judgment. This can make a world of difference when having a discussion with them about marijuana. This column is written by Grace Wilson, program co- ordinator for Youth First, Inc., a local nonprofit dedi- cated to strengthening youth and families. Youth First provides 57 Master's level so- cial workers to 78 schools in 10 Indiana counties. Over 38,500 youth and families per year have access to Youth First's school social work and afterschool programs that prevent substance abuse, promote healthy be- haviors, and maximize stu- dent success. Drought continues for the moment at home, but a whole lot of crops are facing much more soggy conditions to our north and west. A lot of those crops received a dose of freezing conditions over the weekend or may in the very near future. Of those crops see- ing a freeze, a rather large number of them are not yet mature. Across the nation, the National Agriculture Statis- tics Service releases a week- ly Crop Progress and Condi- tion Report. These are com- piled from individual reports from staff around the state and partner agencies. The reports are then released with state level averages, usually every Monday after- noon. For October 6, we see that 56 percent of Indiana's corn crop is rated as mature, and 66 percent of soybeans are dropping leaves, a sign of near maturity. For com- parison, 30 percent of Wis- consin corn is mature. Min- nesota is at 39 percent ma- ture. South Dakota's corn is 36 percent mature. Nebras- ka is 74 percent mature, and Iowa is 52 percent mature as of Oct. 6. Soybeans are a lit- tle further along in all these states but not close to 100 percent by any means. Enter the forecast. A win- ter storm was predicted for this past weekend in much of the non-corn growing ar- eas of the northern plains. The cold following the storm was more widespread. Most of the plains likely received at least a frost, if not a freeze. Iowa predictions were for freezing temperatures. The cold dissipated heading east, protecting much of Il- linois, Indiana, and Ohio. With all those acres receiv- ing that blast of cold air, how will crops respond? Luckily, most corn in the US has reached dent stage, that stage being where a vis- ible dent is seen in kernels on the ear. Dent stage means about 75 percent of final yield is protected. For corn just reaching dent stage and receiving a freeze, the per- cent leaf area affected deter- mines any yield loss. Com- pletely frozen leaves up and down the plant are consid- ered similar to 100 percent defoliation after a hail storm, which takes about 23 per- cent of yield away. The more leaf area unaffected, the bet- ter yield possibilities. Grain quality may be the bigger is- sue for many in the northern corn belt, as frost or freeze damage halts kernel devel- opment, resulting in low test weights and small, spongy kernels. Damage acts simi- larly in soybean, with small- er seed that takes longer to dry. Across the nation, we are currently on track to have the slowest maturing corn and soybean crop in recent record. Southwestern Indi- ana remembers how 2009 stayed wet throughout the year, slowing both plant- ing and harvest. For Iowa and states to the northwest, this year has been very sim- ilar. As harvest continues, we think about our neigh- bors, and do not complain too loudly about how dry it has been. For more information, contact Hans at hschmitz@ purdue.edu or 812-385 -3491. Down on the Farm By Hans Schmitz, Purdue Extension Educator All eyes to the north Up in smoke–marijuana and teens

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