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The Press-Dispatch Home Life Wednesday, October 2, 2019 C- 5 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 Kuttin' Loose in Petersburg. SEPTEMBER WINNER And the winner is... Fran Lewis from Petersburg. Fran won a $25 gift certificate from Petersburg Moose Lodge, and a three-month subscription to The Press-Dispatch. Congratulations! THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS Kristi Summers ......................... Petersburg .......10/2 Ellen Brasher .............................Petrsburg ........10/3 Carol Miley................................ Petersburg .......10/4 Marilyn Bailey ........................... Petersburg .......10/5 Roger Chickedantz ...................... Plainville ........10/5 Amy Bolin ................................... Winslow .........10/6 Karen Cannon ........................... Petersburg .......10/7 Amber Russell ......................... Oakland City .....10/7 Gibson Carlisle, Jr. .................... Petersburg .......10/8 Josie Hill ...................................... Otwell ..........10/8 THIS MONTH'S SPONSOR 610 E. Main St. Petersburg • 812-354-9268 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. New Price $145,000. MLS# 201650829 Storage Building units for Rent. Located on 808 Collins Street, Winslow. 8X12 unit $60/Month. 31.98 acres prime field tilled farm ground. High in pot ash, nitrogen and phosphorus for good soil fertility. MLS#201912317. 3 bedr,. 2 bath modular in nice subdivision. Priced below appraised value at $59,900. Over 1500 sq. ft on 1/2 acre lot. Large great room with fireplace, open kitchen dining room and large master bedroom with private bath. MLS#201939750. Looking for a wooded building site? One acre located just past I-69 on Shady Lane, off of State Hwy. 61. New Price $19,500. MLS#201908241. WISH LIST! WE NEED LISTINGS Looking for a $200,000, three-bedroom home with a two-car garage, located in Petersburg with a small lot. Looking for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom home with a garage, in the price range of $100,000. Looking for a three to four-bedroom, two-bathroom home with a basement in the price range of $150,000. Fantastic 3 bedroom home with 2.5 bathrooms located at the edge of town. Extremely well maintained home. Eat-in kitchen with island bar. Very large living and family room area with cathedral ceiling. Located on .99 acres yard area with a gazebo to sit in and enjoy the lazy days of summer. Three car garage with 2 yard barns to store yard and garden equipment. A 35X16 pole barn to use as a storage area or a garage for au- tomotive repairs,work shop,or many other projects. Priced Reduced to $205,000. MLS#201921149 Looking for a country property with 3.68 acres? This is it, a 3-bedroom home with nice size rooms. The property is partially fenced with a 40X60X14' horse barn with stalls. Great spot to have horses, cow, chickens with a nice area for a garden. It also has an insulated and heated studio building. Priced at $112,000. MLS#201920960 Looking for a country home? This is it. Owners started renovation work on the interior. Replaced the windows with new tilt down insulated units, painted and started renovation of the bathroom and kitchen. The home has the original hardwood floors, interior doors and casing. rooms are large. Eat-in kitchen like country folks enjoy. This home has a lot of country character. Lots to see. A little work and this home will be complete. The upper level has three rooms. Two of the rooms could be used as bedrooms and a bonus room with some additional work. Priced to sell at $99,000. MLS#201929337 WE HAVE CLIENTS LOOKING FOR HOMES! • LIST WITH US TODAY! 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! NEW PRICE! SALE PENDING! WILL SELL ON CONTRACT! Great Winslow Main Street business location. Lot of updates and improvements. Separate upstairs apartment. Large area upstairs to add additional apartments. Owner had new roof installed and gutters in November 2017 with warranty. New Price $41,500. MLS#201801669 SALE PENDING! SALE PENDING! SALE PENDING! Sweet's Column by Barbara Sweet Hi stars and welcome to this big stage all lit up in red, white and blue lights and decorated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anni- versary in the week of October 3-9. Come up onto this stage and take a bow. October 3 - Kristy Russell; Dana Klipsch turns 64; Chris and Aimee Radford celebrate 4 years. October 4 - Paula Gilmour; Clint Russell; Dave Overton turns 77. October 5 - Thomas Kirby. October 6 - Levi Poehlein turns 31; Amy Bolin turns 44; Gayla Gurden; Donald Boger. October 7 - Leroy Balback turns 61. October 8 - Fred Williams; Sharon Culbertson turns 47; Uncle Charles E. Loveless turns 73. October 9 - Hope Hall; Kend- ra Sutt turns 14. May all our stars have a re- ally 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 wonderful week: Le- roy, Lanora, Virginia, Katy and Mick, and those with seasonal allergies and viruses, and the aches and pains of everyday life. EVENTS October 3 - Winslow Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Com- munity Center. October 4-5 - 5th Spurgeon Fall Festival at Jordan Park, with food, games, music and lots more fun for the whole family. October 4-5 - Pike County Fall Clean-up, where you can get rid of appliances, bulky items and tires. Pike County residents only, show proof of residency. For information, call 812-354-2924. October 6 - Spurgeon Monroe Fire Dept. meeting at 7 p.m. and training at 5 p.m. at the station house. October 7 - Winslow Fire Dept. meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the station house. October 14 - Winslow Town Hall at 7 p.m. at the new town Hall, located in the old bank across the street. Winslow seniors meet on Monday and Tuesday at the Community Center. Petersburg seniors meet on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday in the courthouse basement. There were no postcards in the mailbox. Winslow Pato- ka River is still low and we only had rain showers last Monday the 23rd in the early morning hours, which brought in some colder weather in the 80s to low 60s at night for a few days. It was comfortable enough that we could open up the windows and shut down the air condition- er but by the weekend, the mug- gy and 90s temps were back in our area again. Have you ever seen a tree frog on a window? I have seen two frogs now that are seen every night on the window, and yes, on the outside. There was only one, but now he has brought along his friend for us to enjoy. The two humming- birds are enjoying the feeders of sugar water that I will have to fill again soon. Isn't wildlife great to watch? Last Friday, the 20th, was busy for everyone trying to get the final works done for the fes- tival. The flea market spaces were marked off, the big tent was set up and it was really heavy, but the seven of us got it up. It was used Friday for the Queen and King Pageant and was enjoyed a whole lot on Sat- urday for those who sat and lis- tened to music. The pageant re- sults, as of now, have not been revealed, but I hope to find out. Saturday, the 21st, was a long but enjoyable day for ev- eryone involved in this fami- ly-fun event on our 14th year. The Winslow Masons sold ice cream that hit the spot on a hot day. The Winslow Fire Dept. had some ballgames going on at the Winslow Sports Field in the afternoon. On Main and Center streets, the Winslow Beautifica- tion held their flea market and frozen T-shirt contest, where you could see lots of wet "I chilled out" shirts being worn. I didn't make this year's event to get my shirt, but maybe next year. The inflatables were a big hit with all the kids, games of all kinds and one game, the fish- ing, was also manned by Kyana, who was a big helper all day and night. Music was the Gadabouts and then you could enjoy some karaoke. Freedom and Fire, Winslow Naz- arene and House of Mercy had food, games and the kid- die train. There were pictures with a car, the Igloo set up and there was another church that had popcorn. The Winslow second and third graders colored a pic- ture "Under the Sea," where the winners got crayons and a col- oring book as a prize. The pic- tures were hung in the old Ber- tram Feed store. I have no infor- mation on the winners, but they were all fine colorings. The Kayak Mafia was able this year to float down the Pa- toka River, from the 2-mile float bridge, south of Goose- hill. There were 25 floaters all day long and my granddaugh- ter, Kyana, was one of the first- time floaters. Riverside Park also had Jim's Tractor Works, who had 18 trac- tors from around the area to compete and show off their pret- tiest tractor, which went to Ron Cromer for his 1964 John Deer 4020. Ugliest tractor was Kavin Gayhart's Allis Chalmer; and the oldest tractor was Rodney McDowell with his 1948 Ford 8N. I was told by Norm to look on two of the tractors, where I saw the dash plaque from last year's parade was permanent- ly put on their tractor. What a cool idea. The Winslow Lions were also at Riverside Park serving break- fast and lunch, a bike was raf- fled off without the money raf- fle. The winner was Gavin Ea- gers. We also held a silent auc- tion that only auctioned off two handmade baby blankets. Our musical groups were Lowell Thomas with Steve Edwards, and then Gary and the Out- laws. These two groups were her last year and we hope to see them again next year. They were so great with the songs we all know. Since our Lions club president Leroy Balback couldn't make it this year, our club's vice-president Lion Mike Gamble and Lion Henry Nelson presented the Lion of the Year to Lion Pat Moore and the cit- izen of the year to Stacy Mc- Candless, where pictures were taken and you could have seen them in last week's paper. The Lions also had a few kids ride the kiddie train driven by Li- on Lucy. I mentioned that Kyana was a helper on the fishing game, but she also helped on sever- al things with the Lions, and we are thankful for Paula Nel- son for her all day help, and for Mike and Crit who came. Also, we are thankful for Sam, who stayed all night to watch over the park and all Lions. I was also surprised to see two of my cousins, who stopped by, one was Levi Poehlein, who I haven't seen in a few years, and he has grown taller. I had to look up to him. The other cous- in was Don Meyer, who stopped by when he read in the column that the festival was going on. He lives in Sellersburg. Norm couldn't decide how to light up the truck for the Light- Up Winslow Parade for our 14th year. So, after wracking his brain, he decided to use some red solar lights around the bed of the truck and it worked. Kya- na threw out candy. Norm said the line-up was very respectful and it flowed so easy as every- one came in to decorate their item or put on the finishing touches. I walked around a lit- tle and saw so many friends that come every year. I got to hug our friends, Senator Mark and Kim Messmer. The 21st was his birthday, so happy birth- day from your Winslow family. Our grand marshal this year was a float with the Conner family to honor Kendra Con- ner, who was a big part of the Beautification committee and helped Winslow to have a won- derful festival. Their float had a trailer with a motorcycle with Kendra's grandchild as the rid- er. Their float was also the Peo- ple's Choice winner. The trophy for the Most Use of Lights went to Dustin Cummins' pontoon float, with the American flag lit up. The trophy for Most Origi- nal Theme went to David and Tina Gayhart, who had a camp- ing scene. I loved the toilet pa- per on the tree and the camp- fire. Again this year, we were greatly surprised with all the kids we saw all along Main St., not only uptown, but all the way through Winslow to the Sports Field. I got to wave at all the stars along the east side of Main St. and some on the oth- er side. It was so great to see all our stars who came out for this enjoyable event. We extend our appreciation to everyone who was in the Light-up Parade and to all who made this 14th year so amazing. Even though the festival was over for this year, there was the tear down of everything we had set up during the week. Some of the tear down was on Sat- urday, such as the inflatables and the big tent. At the River- side Park, the Lions closed up when no one came down to the park and the floaters were fin- ished. Most of the tear down was on Sunday, which includ- ed the stages and their tents. The streets looked great, with no candy or other items to pick up. One of our church groups did a fine job. Last Monday, the 23rd, was my 6 -month doctor check-up and all is okay, but good old Arthur is something I have to deal with and that's okay, be- cause it's just another old age thing we all have at one time or another. Last Thursday, late at night, I heard some howling and some of it was the neighborhood dogs, but most of it was a dif- ferent howl. I have heard this before, but farther away, not across the road in the woods. I believe it was coyotes, but no sure. I stepped out on the porch with a flashlight and the howl- ing stopped, but I could see a set of eyes on the hill. Then, there was nothing else the rest of the night. Maybe I scared them away. Are you ready to put down the column for this week? Well, my hand is getting tired a lit- tle, so the lights will begin to dim for this week, but keep an eye on family and friends, slow down and enjoy your area. Stop for school buses. Then, always smile, wave and say hi to ev- eryone you see this week. Oh yes, the Pike County Tractor Drive will be mentioned in next week's column.