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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, September 16, 2020 B-11 Sweet's Column By Barbara Sweet 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 birth- day will appear in the paper. As an added bonus, one lucky person each month will re- ceive a free three month Press-Dispatch subscription. This month's birthdays have a chance to win a $25 gift certifi - cate to BathBombsPetersburg. THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS Kreigh Robinette ....................... Petersburg .......... 9/19 Debra Wise ............................... Petersburg ...........9/20 Valerie Nolan ................................ Otwell ..............9/22 THIS MONTH'S SPONSOR BathBombs Petersburg 714 E. Main Street, Petersburg • 812-789-3054 www.bathbombspetersburg.com For questions, contact Kaleb Claridge 812-789-6761 View photos on AuctionZip.com, ID# 46613 The Fiscus estate will be at the auction barn for a fine auction! This auction is featuring a four-wheeler, grain truck, lawnmower, tools, very nice furniture, appliances, antiques, glassware, household items and more! Come out to the auction barn and see the items for yourself, and have fun! FISCUS ESTATE AUCTION Saturday, Sept. 19 • 10am EDT at the Auction Barn 2667 E. C.R. 400 S., WINSLOW • 6 acre private country setting with large pond and beautiful views • Spacious 4+ bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home with walkout basement and over 5,000 sq. . • 2 detached garages measuring 40'x48' and 30'x40' • Priced $80,000 under recent appraisal • MLS#202021792 6381 E CR 550 N, OTWELL For more information, go to www.daraoneil.com NEW PRICE $369,000 MOTIVATED SELLER! C D O'N 126313654 NICE ONLINE ESTATE AUCTION Otwell, IN ~ Address will be given to winning bidders September 23 ~ 7:00pm EST Lots start closing on Wednesday at 7:00pm HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC; 1990 Lincoln Mark VII Bill Blass; White Outdoor LT542H Riding Lawn Mower; MTD Self Propelled Push Mower; Sentry Gun Safe; Pine Gun Case; Gun Cabinet; Maytag upright Freezer; Leather couch & chair; China Cabinet; Ornate Dresser w/ mirror; Elect. Fire Place; Craftsman Sockets; Playstation 4 Star Wars Edition w/ (1) Controller; 3-Drawer Rolling Tool Chest; All American Rolling Tool Chest; Garden Tools; Hand Scythes & Other Tools; Jaguar 1972-1980 Haynes Repair Manual; Peugeot 1974-1980 Haynes Repair Manual; and much, much more! REGISTER & START BIDDING TODAY at www.graberauctions.com! Owner: Estate of Larry Alsop Graber Auctions ~ 812-254-2220 Mark J. Graber, Auctioneer | AU19400133 406 E North St., Winslow Check out this cozy, 2-bedroom home nestled right in the heart of Winslow! With new flooring, fresh paint, a new HVAC system and a new metal roof, this home is move in ready! MLS#202027345 $49,900 Sale Pending! 2526 W. Division Rd., Petersburg 5 bedroom, 3 bath home was newly built in 2015 and truly has it all! $399,900 Sold! 5955 Fiesta Drive, Newburgh Updated 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath Cape Cod style. MLS#202028534 $235,000 ATTENTION HOME BUYERS I can show you ANY home on the market, including homes NOT listed by me or Keller Williams. Call Jessica Mason – 812-582-0246 SIAR Hi stars and welcome to the big stage all lit up in colorful, bright lights and decorated to help cele- brate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of September 17-23. Don't be shy. Come up onto this stage and take a bow. September 17-Carlie Mae Perry turns 14; Steve Schreifer turns 53. September 18 –Annabel Richardson turns 85. September 19 –Jay Raney turns 32; Diane Sasser; Mary Ennis turns 73; Tim Bolin; Lucretia Crossley Miller turns 22; Tim and Sandy Bolin cele- brate 11 years. September 20 –Tyler Simmons, Jr. turns 14; Courtney Robertson turns 17. September 21–Mark Messmer; Bri- ar Bruce Turns 9. September 22–Josh and Jada Tinsley celebrate 2 years. September 23–Dale and Karen McK- inney celebrate 59 years; Tommy and Kendra Woolsey celebrate 3 years. 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 are needing that TLC from their loved ones, thos who have COVID-19, those recover- ing from surgery and therapy that fol- lows, those with seasonal allergies, and those with the aches and pains of every- day life: Ted, Terri Ann, LaNora, Ben- ny, Angie, Sue Ellen, Annabel and Ma- rie. EVENTS September 17-Winslow Lions and Winslow Park Board meet at 7 p.m. at the Community Center. September 19 -15th Annual Light-up parade was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions, there were just too many to make it possible. We are so sorry we had to cancel this event. September 26 -13th Pike County Tractor Drive leaves from Whitehead Motors, Petersburg for the 28 -mile trek. Winslow and Petersburg seniors will not meet again until Governor Holcomb gives the okay. Sweets Column, Winslow, IN 47598 received no postcards this week, but we do have one point of interest. Sweets Column has been giving you some enjoyment as you read the goings on in the Town of Winslow and the ar- eas around this small community for 17 years, since September 23, 2003. We hope you all enjoy what is written and we hope to continue to inform you of the happenings for many years to come. Thanks for reading. Winslow Patoka River is low again, but it might rise again over the week- end of September 11. The temps over the Labor Day weekend was so nice, with temps in the middle 80s, but the humidity was gone. The windows were opened Friday, but closed again on Monday night, when the humid air came in from the south. Lawns were mowed all weekend long. The two hum- mingbirds love to chase each other, our deer has been seen in the early morn- ing hours, and the dog and cat really loved the cooler temps. Have you heard that snow is coming into the mountains and into areas north to south in the west central states? Have you seen the woolly worms? They are black all over, so that means a cold winter. Labor Day weekend was so beautiful, we had to get away and enjoy this nice weather, so off we went on a road trip. The morning was cool, but it wasn't long and that cool breeze turned in- to some nice temps when we got into the truck with the windows down and the sunroof open, and the wind blow- ing through our hair. Now, the question was, after we fueled up, which way to go. There is one place we had on our minds to see and that was the lon- gest historical covered bridge in the United States. I had it marked on the map, you know the paper ones that some peo- ple have trouble folding back up. Now, we wanted to take a leisurely scenic road trip, so the map showed it was off Route 50 in Indiana by a small town called Me- dora. So, off we drove, north on 57 to Washington and took 50 through small towns, like Shoals, where the hills be- gin with sharp curves all through for- est areas. Parts of these hills would go farther down and it reminded me of Tennessee hills without as much ele- vation. When you came up on top of a hill, you could see more of the Nation- al Forest areas and many open fi elds. Really large houses sat high on some of those hillsides. We passed by a big parking lot with a large American fl ag hanging from an arm of a large crane, where there was a vehicle show of cars, old and new, tractors, motorcycles and lots more motorized machines. Sever- al yard sales were along the way and quite a number of yards being mowed. The next big town we stopped in was Bedford, to stretch our legs. There were several roads coming into the town, but our route went straight through the town square, with shops all along the way. Then it wasn't too long until we came to the road to Medora. Now, this is a small town with several building that were empty and the rail- road tracks went through the south- ern half of the town. Lots of houses, a few businesses and a school were locat- ed there. We went east for a few more miles and came upon the east fork of the White River, where the red covered bridge is located, spanning the river. The Medora Historic Covered Bridge was built in 1875 and spans 431 feet, with a 16 ft overhang on each end. It has hand hewn logs that make up this bridge, with three large arches, red plank walls, no windows, and the ceil- ing is massively high, with crossed beams. You can walk across this lon- gest covered bridge and several of us onlookers did. Families and couples were there and we all kept our dis- tance and some got their fi shing poles out. We also saw a deer cross the road from one fi eld to another. Before we left, we took our fi rst selfi e. We then got back on Hwy 50, where we decided to see what Brownstown looked like and we stopped at an antique shop across the road from the big water tower. We found a two-sided star that is hang- ing in the garden spot. Since we live in the Brownstown part of Winslow, we had to make a stop. We weren't too far from Seymour, the home of John Mel- lencamp, but we didn't see any signs of his home place until we left town on I-65, John Mellencamp Way. We drove around parts of Seymour and saw parts of the old shopping area, where the vis- itor center was located in a train de- pot station. The town is really spread out. From I-65, we traveled south to Scottsburg to pick up Hwy 56 and drove through more little towns, with logs of fi elds, but there were more cows in this area. We went through bigger towns, like Salem, Paoli, West Baden and French Lick. We drove through the National Forest area into Hays- ville, then Jasper, Ireland and then took Winslow-Cato Road to Winslow. When we got home, we were tuckered out, but told each other we wished we could have went to another area because we didn't want to come home so soon. We did have a great road trip and hope you all enjoyed it with us. Sun- day, we took a smaller trip through Holland to Dale, all on the backroads until we got to 231 South, across the big suspension bridge and on to Ow- ensboro, where we got gas for $1.82 a gallon. We drove past the blue bridge and we saw part of the area by the riv- erfront, and turned around and came back to Indiana on 231 to Huntingburg. We stopped at the remodeled old shop- ping area, where the streets are brick. The center has a drain for all the water and the parking is shared with fl ower boxes. Several shops are empty now, only a few are still in business. Norm mowed all the yards on Labor Day morning and it was already start- ing to get humid. We were getting hun- gry for lunch, so we went to the Jasper Arby's and ate our roast beef sandwich- es at the riverfront. The river had gone down several inches. The Ohio was up to the tree lines. The White River was up a little and limbs piked by the pillars. Limbs were piled on the Jasper Patoka. The Winslow Patoka still has limbs stick- ing out of the low waters. We stopped at French Lick, where there are loads of animals in an area by the shop. I love the large rooster, di- nosaurs on the tops of a mountain and so many more. I bought a coat hanger with a crown attached. Monday afternoon, we passed sev- eral boats, but mainly campers com- ing back from their weekend getaway. Everywhere we had been, masks were worn and distance was kept, but not too may stars were at the places we were at. We had a great weekend and felt refreshed to see places we had never seen before and we met the nicest peo- ple. Another nice person we saw last week was Sherry, who we had to tell in person that the parade was cancelled. However, we cheered her up by Norm doing some odd or unusual thing of im- portance online. She said, and I agree, "Only Norm could come up with that reasoning." Have you tried the sodas in the machine at Petersburg Hard- ware? Little cakes and Orange Crush, and lots more bottled drinks are there. Wayne needed to have his truck battery jumped and he had his granddaughter, Kendra, with him. She has gotten tall- er. We saw Jim and Jeanette, and Tim turned another year older. Then, I saw Laura and she said she was in Sell- ersburg to fi nd Laurence Meyer Way, but she will try again. One yard in the neighborhood has a fall decoration out and that reminded me to tell Winslow town citizens of the Sweets Column Yard Decoration coming up on Hallow- een night, where I give out a small treat for decorating, whether it's just items or if they are lit. Decorations are for fun and to see the children and adults smile at what they see. Third St. is getting milled and receiv- ing new pavement. It is just one of the streets set to get new pavement. Have you been stopping at the new stop signs? There are three sets in town. Our Winslow children are in school, but they are also learning from home. I heard half the children go to the school the fi rst two days of the week, but the other half goes the last two days of the week. They all learn from home the rest of the week. Time to dim the lights for this week. We hope you check in on family and friends to be sure they are fi ne. Slow down and see all the wonders in your area. Stop for school buses and those in crosswalks. As always, smile, wave and say "hi" to everyone you see this week. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Paul Perry conveys to Dalynda Frederick Hyatt, real es- tate as recorded in Pike County. Dalynda Frederick Hyatt, FK A Dalynda S. Frederick quitclaims to Dalynda Frederick Hyatt, real estate as re- corded in Pike County. Marvin L. Godrid conveys to Josh Reuter, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Michael R. Mehringer, executor, and Estate of Helen M. Mehringer convey to Michael R. Mehringer, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Susan Christopher conveys to Stephen T. Christopher and Heather A. Christopher, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Jerry Guth and Jeanie Guth convey to Nicole I. Evans, real estate as recorded in Pike County. David W. Kinman, Vina D. Kinman, Phillip B. Kinman, Tamara Kinman and Patricia Dillin Wright convey to Nich- olas R. Schitter, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Ronald L. Uppencamp conveys to Clinton D. Uppen- camp, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Phillip B. Kinman conveys to Jamen Keith Frederick and Megan Lynn Frederick, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Eric James Pollock conveys to Lana J. Braukoff, real es- tate as recorded in Pike County. Petersburg Redevelopment Commission conveys to Da- vid L. Polen and Wanda L. Polen, real estate as recorded in Pike County. James Cutler and Rebecca D. Cato convey to Robert L. Crews and Lori Crews, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Michael J. Howes and Melanie J. Howes convey to Wil- liam B. Manning, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Trent A. Whitehead conveys to New Hope Development Services, Inc., real estate as recorded in Pike County. David E. Neidige and Mary Jo Neidige convey to New Hope Development Services, Inc., real estate as record- ed in Pike County. Kevin D. Brock and Diana L. Brock convey to Kevin D. Brock and Diana L. Brock, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Community Foundation accepts art scholarship apps The Community Founda- tion Alliance is seeking ap- plications for original art- work to display on the cover of our annual greeting card. Applicants may submit a pho- tograph, illustration, or com- puter graphic that depicts giv- ing, gratitude, thankfulness, or the impact of giving with- in your community. Graduating high school se- niors with a minimum 2.5 cu- mulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale, who are plan- ning to attend any accredited college, university, or techni- cal/vocational school are eli- gible to apply. Artwork must depict a sub- ject matter from one of our nine counties, including: Da- viess, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Van- derburgh, or Warrick County in Indiana. Applicants will be evaluated on expression, com- position and creativity. To learn more about this scholarship, visit the website CommunityFoundationAlli- ance.org/available-scholar- ship-opportunities/. 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