The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, April 17, 2013 D-5 Sweet's column By Barbara Sweet Hi stars and welcome to the brightly lit and decorated stage to celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of April 1824. So come on up to the stage and take a bow. April 18—Kelly Meyer will turn 51, Lanora Kelley will turn 72, and Jessica Sasser. April 19—Pamela Meyer will turn 63, Sky-Lynn Travis will turn 11, Michael and Kathleen King will celebrate their 28th anniversary. April 20—Darrell Meyer will turn 61, Joshua Virden will turn 34. April 21—Debbie Meyer will turn 58 and Avery Atkins will turn 8. April 22—Kaeda Boyles will turn 24, Brian Kinman will turn 50, Frank and Rachael Heuring will celebrate their 63rd anniversary. April 24—Kayla Willis will turn 19, Daniel Grubb, Dan and Amy Carnahan will celebrate their 14th anniversary. May all our stars have a great day and all your wishes come true throughout the year to come. Keep in your heart all our stars in the hospital, nursing home or at home for several reasons: Charlie Crane and Irene McDonald at The Timbers in Jasper, Christine Toms at Good Samaritan Home, Ruthie Hayes, Ernie and Marilee Hume, Charlie and Virginia Norrick, Paul and Alene Poehlein, George and Opal Fiscus, Edwin McDonald, Jr., Benny Kelley, Larry Meyer, Annabel Richardson, Katy Aldridge, Sylvia Wheeler, Arvle Wade, Tom Sailaeu, Margie Hart, Dagmar Brossman, Betty Sullivan, Botsy Woolsey, Terry Nichols, Jeanette Wheeler, Vernon Arnold, Connie Tiberand, Mildred Virden, Teresa Nicholson, Laura Hensley, many stars going for more tests and therapy. May all our stars and yours feel better and be back with their loved ones and friends. Events coming in Winslow and the surrounding areas: April 18—Winslow Lions Club at 7 p.m., Pike County Leo Club at 8 p.m., both at The Trading Post. April 22—Earth Day and Winslow Town Hall meeting at 7 p.m. April 23—Winslow Beautification Committee 6:30 p.m., Winslow Economic and Development 7:30 p.m., both at Community Center. April 24—Administrative Professionals Day. April 26—Arbor Day. Winslow Senior Citizens meet at the Community Center on Monday and Tuesday. Petersburg Senior Citizens meet in the courthouse basement on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. No postcards this week. Address is Sweets Column, Winslow, IN 47598. Mowers can be heard over the neighborhood and spring flowers are being planted and give color in the midst of all the green grass. Other colors I have seen are purple, tangerine, gold, white trees and bushes, yellow and white lilies. The rose bushes are loaded with leaves and peonies and shooting up more. Tulips are about to bloom and have you seen the little purple flowers in the grassy areas? No, not the clover. More and more trees and plants for this spring season will show their colors just for you to enjoy, so open your eyes and see their beauty. The cold temps we had last week could have stayed away, but Mother Nature had other ideas for us instead and now the temps have risen a bit in the 70s but for how long? I hope it isn't going to be that cold weather again. I love to open a window and get that fresh air inside and not have to turn on the heat until late fall. Norm and I have been busy learning how to build some double doors, a single door and some steps onto the cabin and if I say so myself, I think we did an amazing feat for not knowing how to build them. At least they serve the purpose they were made for and they do look good. Kay Drury lived in the Brownstown part of Winslow near the wooded area and her family had a celebration of life, where quite a few of her friends came by and shared their memories of Kay with her children. I know she loved to see the deer and squirrels come into the yard and lots of animals, but like me, she didn't like the snakes, no matter if they were the garden kind or not. Kay will be missed but not forgotten in our hearts with memories. Wrestling teams The Winslow Fire Dept. hosted the Tri-State Wrestling teams Saturday night at the Winslow Community Gym. The teams put on a show for the big turnout that consisted of all ages. There were no ring girls but there were three ladders used between five wrestlers who fought each other to get the briefcase that was hung on a rope strung across the gym. One match was a title belt and the title match will be conducted again by those two wrestlers next month in Pike County. There was also a match where about eight wrestlers competed to win a $5,000 check, if he was the only one left in the ring. The Tri-State Wrestling will be back in Winslow sometime in September. As the lights begin to dim this week, I hope you keep an eye on family and friends and do what you can for them, even if you listen to what they have to say. As the kids play their games, slow down and make sure they don't dart out in front of you. Slow down anyway and enjoy your surroundings and always smile, wave and say "hi" to everyone you see this week. "Sit with a loved one." Picking a great pencil Gage Morton picks a pencil from a selection of pencils available for the kids during registration for the Pre Kindergarten Round-up at Petersburg Elementary School last week as his mother Kayla Morton watches. Melanie Ennis directed the kids through registration and sent them on to testing with PES staff members during this required exercise for kids who will be in Kindergarten next fall at PES. Only about 50 kids went through the Round-up and many more were expected. 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