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C-4 Wednesday, October 2, 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 Diane Braun, Youth First, Inc. Katiedid vs... by Katiedid Langrock The plight of a whistleblower 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 Get your home before they take to the skies! OCTOBER 5 - 8:30 a.m. EDT Public Auto Auction All consignments must be in by ursday, Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. Preview and Inspect on Friday, Oct. 4. Expecting over 100+ vehicles! 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State Rd 257, Washington, IN Lots will start closing Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. AUTUMN PEAR BREAD 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 I like making homemade bread, especially when you can just throw the ingredients in the bowl, mix it and bake it, with no waiting on it to rise. This week, I found a new and interesting bread recipe I want to try using pears. If you know people who like pears, loaves of this bread would make great gifts. Enjoy! INGREDIENTS • 2 cups all-purpose flour • 1 cup sugar • 1 teaspoon baking powder • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg • 1/2 cup cold butter • 2 large eggs, room temperature • 1/4 cup buttermilk • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1 cup finely chopped peeled ripe pears DIRECTIONS 1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; cut in but- ter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. 2. Combine the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla; stir into the flour mixture just until moistened. Fold in pears. 3. Spoon into two greased 5 -3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 35 -40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 4. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Source: tasteof home.com The month of Octo- ber brings Red Ribbon Week, an event sup- ported by the Nation- al Family Partnership as an anti-drug cam- paign. Since 1986, this campaign has brought awareness to the gener- al public about the dan- gers of drug abuse, in- cluding alcohol, pre- scription drugs and marijuana. Did you know the greatest influence on young people's decision to begin drinking alco- hol is the world they live in? This includes their family, friends, schools, the larger community and socie- ty as a whole. Alcohol use by young people is often made possible by adults. A fter all, teens can't legally buy alcohol on their own. Alcohol is the most used and abused drug among teenagers in America. Ac- cording to the Center for Disease Con- trol and Prevention, 31.5 percent of all high school students in America report they have engaged in "binge drinking," which is when someone consumes five or more drinks in one sitting. On average 11,318 American youth ages 12-20 try alcohol for the first time every day. Youth who begin drinking alcohol by the seventh grade are more likely to have academic problems along with substance use and delinquent be- havior in both middle and high school. By the time they reach adulthood, it will often lead to criminal activity and violent crimes. Youth who drink make this choice because they want to take risks or en- gage in risky behaviors that are taking place among their peer groups. They might have less connection to their parents and more independence to use alcohol. Alcohol might be a stress-re- liever, or they might simply have a lack of information about the dangers of al- cohol. The risks associated with underage drinking range from physical effects (such as hangovers) to death from al- cohol poisoning. Major risks include exercising poor judgment to drive while impaired and engaging in risky behaviors. Most importantly, a growing brain can be harmed by alcohol use. With the brain continuing to develop into the 20's, damage done by alcohol can cause major problems. What can a community do to change this? If we create friendly, alcohol-free places where youth can gather, the pressure to use alcohol will diminish. Providing programs, including volun- teer work, where young people can grow, explore their options, succeed and feel good about activities without alcohol are proven to prevent use. Educating young people on the dangers of "doing drugs" and show- ing what healthy choices can do to im- pact their lives is essential. Providing resources to youth who are involved with underage drinking helps by let- ting them know that it's never too late to stop the abuse and start making smarter choices. Encourage young people to become involved in athletics and after-school activities such as clubs. Create oppor- tunities for older teens that have made the commitment to be drug-free to be- come mentors to younger students, showing by example how to make smart choices. Parents, know your teen's peer group. Who are they spending time with? What are they doing? By focusing on the positives of pre- vention rather than scare tactics, youth will make decisions that will benefit them long-term without experiencing the effects of alcohol abuse. This column is written by Diane Braun, project manager for Youth First, Inc., a local nonprofit dedicat- ed 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 fami- lies per year have access to Youth First's school social work and after-school pro- grams that prevent substance abuse, pro- mote healthy behaviors, and maximize student success. "My teacher says we need to pro- tect the whistleblowers," my 7-year- old said. These kids, I thought. They know everything. My son talks about Donald Trump and politics casually with his friends the way I do with mine. It unnerves me. I grew up right outside of Wash- ington, D.C., and I don't recall being this informed at his age. "How do you feel about that? " I asked him. "Makes sense. When you spit on a kid, he may want to kick you or some- thing." "Um, what? " I asked. I was looking for the metaphor. Kids are amazing at metaphors. But I wasn't seeing it. "You need protection," he said, "from being kicked when you're a whistleblower and you spit on kids." He pursed his lips and tried to whis- tle. I was immediately showered with spittle. "Oh! " I said, wiping my face with the bottom of my shirt. "Yes, yes, God save all the whistleblowers." My son has been obsessed with learning to whistle for some time. For now, I'm just happy that his strife is kid-related, not political — the angst of keeping up with his friends as he comes of age, when the importance of learning to whistle cannot be un- derstated. They're not pretty, my son's whis- tling attempts. I often think of the Kate McKinnon skit on "Saturday Night Live" in which she harnessed her inner Lauren Bacall and said, "You do know how to whistle, don't ya? ... You just put your lips together and blow." When she pursed her lips and blew, out came a sound that was some- thing between an elephant trumpet- ing and earthshaking flatu- lence. My son's whistle at- tempts are made with much gusto but very little vol- ume. The lack of sound ir- ritates my child to no end. It's more of a deep and flum- moxed exhale than a zip-a- dee-doo-dah. I know his pain. I have never learned to whistle properly. My family is full of canary singers. My dad, brother and many cousins all puff out a single cheek and slowly — melodically — breathe out, whistling a tune, exhaling the song, the beauty, the warning. I have only ever been able to make a short, high-pitched whistling sound as I breathe in. And one can only take in so much before she has to release, exhale, breathe out. And here, despite all my best efforts, I am always silent. Take in the sharpness, the noise; re- lease a whisper, a hum. "Gum," I said to my son. "Perhaps gum will help." My son looked at me suspiciously. "I can't blow a bubble, either," he said. "I know, but it's gotta be the same process, right? Put your lips together and blow. Maybe having the gum in your mouth will give you something practical to practice with. And you'll learn to blow bubbles and whistle at the same time! " I had no idea whether there was any truth to what I was suggesting, but I figured it was worth a shot. We went to the local pharmacy and scoured the gum section. There were many op- tions, but I didn't see the cotton can- dy-flavored Hubba Bubba of my youth that earned me so many de- tentions in middle school. We settled on some orig- inal-flavored Bubble Yum and headed home for prac- tice. It didn't take long before my first grader was wailing through his frustrations. It's so hard! He can't do it! What will his friends say? Now he was upset not only because he couldn't whistle but also because he couldn't blow bubbles. In my efforts to fix the problem, I compounded it. "These things take practice," I said. "I still can't whistle." My son informed me that the only thing harder than whistling is not be- ing able to whistle. "Try again," I said. I bent down, eye level with my kid, ready to offer advice in real time. He blew. A wad of chewed- up Bubble Yum went flying out from his lips and slapped against my eye- brow before falling to the floor. My son cracked up laughing and apologized as I wiped my face once again. I picked up the gum from the floor and threw it into the trash. "That's enough whistle practice for to- day," I said. My son agreed, but he's not giving up. "Think the guy who tattled on Don- ald Trump knows how to blow a bubble and that's how he got so good at whis- tleblowing? " my son asked. These kids, I thought. They know everything. Like Katiedid Langrock on Facebook, at facebook.com/katiedidhumor. Teen alcohol use: A call to action