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C-4 Wednesday, December 11, 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 Ashley Hale, Youth First, Inc. Hume Estate AUCTION 2667 E. CR 400 S., Winslow, IN SATURDAY, DEC. 14 10am EST Follow on Auctionzip.com • ID# 46613 • LOCATION: is is a large auction. It will last several hours. Indoor sale and seating available. Trailer, Lawnmowers, Tools, Antiques, Furniture, Precious Moments Collectibles, Glassware and much more. Auctioneer Note Hoffman & Mullen Realty For All Your Real Estate Needs, Call: 1-800-599-3766 or 812-482-5000 www.HoffmanAndMullenRealty.com FOR SALE 67.35 acres in Patoka Twp. in Pike County. Is south of Winslow and north of Arthur Jct. on the southeast corner of Co. Rd. 350 E & Co. Rd. 450 E. is creek bottom farm is highly productive and has deep topsoil. Presently there are approx. 52 acres tillable with more acres being prepared for cultivation. Most of the bottomland is tilled. ere is a good building site on the high land with public water and electric available on an improved county road. MLS#201717232 is well maintained, manufactured home is located at 9113 E. CR 325 N near Otwell and has 5.3 acres in a country setting. Home offers 1,456 sq. . with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a large living room and a large dining or family room. e current access is by an easement from CR 325 and there is an owned strip of land that goes to SR 257 N. e acreage is a combination of open and wooded land and the setting is excellent. MLS #201949357 HOUSE & LAND Price Reduced! COCONUT CRANBERRY YUMMIES 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 It's week two of Christmas cookies. While trying to find cookies out of the ordinary, I came across this week's reci- pe. It definitely uses festive in- gredients and will surprise an- yone on your gift-giving list. Or you may choose to bring them to your Christmas party. They take less than half an hour to make so you will be able to get other things done in- stead of spending all day in the kitchen baking. Enjoy! INGREDIENTS • 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk • 1 package (14 ounces) sweetened shredded co- conut • 1 cup white baking chips • 1/4 cup ground almonds • 1 teaspoon almond extract • 1 cup chopped fresh or frozen cranberries DIRECTIONS 1. In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients; mix well. Stir in cranberries. 2. Drop by tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto parch- ment-lined baking sheets; gently shape into mounds. 3. Bake at 325° until edges are lightly browned, 10 - 12 minutes. Cool for 3 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Source: tasteof home.com Encouraging regular school attend- ance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success in school and in life. An estimated five to 7.5 million students miss 18 or more days of a school year, which averages two days per month. Some challenges are unavoidable, such as illness or family emergencies. However, it's important to be aware of the impact absences from school can have, especially if they are frequent. Having good attendance sets your child up for a strong future by assist- ing them with better grades, healthier life habits, the ability to avoid danger- ous behaviors, feeling more connect- ed to the community, developing im- portant social skills and friendships, and giving them a better chance for graduation. You can help your child prepare for a lifetime of success by teaching them to make school attendance a priority. If your child is struggling to attend school, the first step is to understand the depth of the problem, whether physical or emotional. There are many common reasons children do not want to go to school, such as academic struggles, trouble with bullies, family separation anxi- ety, and family challenges at home. It can be difficult to understand why some children avoid school or do not want to leave home. The following are some ways you can help eliminate chronic absentee- ism: Make getting to school on time every day a high priority. Make it an expectation. Talk with your child about the importance of showing up to school every day as well as the nega- tive effects of too many absences. • Create a safe space for your child to share what is keeping them from participating in school on a regular basis. Find out if your child feels en- gaged in their classes and feels safe while at school. Be aware of their so- cial contacts. Peer pressure can of- ten lead to skipping school, while stu- dents without many friends may feel isolated. • Have a back-up plan for getting your child to school when there are difficulties with transportation, fami- ly illness, or other challenges. • Schedule doctor and other ap- pointments for after-school hours whenever possible. Don't let your child stay home unless truly sick. Common occurrences of headache or stomach ache may be a sign of anxi- ety. • Monitor your child's school at- tendance to make sure they are in class every day. • Contact your child's school to discuss support services that can help them maintain regular school attend- ance. Know the school's attendance policy. Talk to their teachers if you no- tice sudden changes in behavior and ask them to contact you if they notice changes. • Encourage your child to partici- pate in afterschool activities, includ- ing sports and clubs. Being involved in extra-curricular activities is a great way to feel more involved in the school and to make new friends. As a parent, you are on the front line of an attendance problem. The good news is that it is possible to change things for the better and increase the chances for success. This column is written by Ashley Hale, LCSW, school social worker for Youth First, Inc., a local nonprofit ded- icated to strengthening youth and fam- ilies. Youth First provides 59 Master's level social workers to 81 schools in 10 Indiana counties. Over 39,000 youth and families per year have access to Youth First's school social work and afterschool programs that prevent sub- stance abuse, promote healthy behav- iors, and maximize student success. There is something making its way around so- cial media called the "Woman's Never List." The premise is that every wom- an has a mental list, personal and unique to her, of things she will never do. The idea isn't that these are things the wom- an would like to do; rath- er, they are things she has recognized she will not do, despite any inherent desire. At its essence, it is supposed to be, I think, a list about self-acceptance, about being able to ad- mit we all fall short some- where. It's a list that seeks camaraderie in airing out secrets. I'm all for self-accept- ance, so I eagerly read the lists popping up. I expect- ed fun misfit tales, such as "I will never be able to tell my identical twin nieces apart" or "I will never be able to grow back my eye- brows after aggressively over-plucking them in the '90s." I thought that per- haps I would read some- thing scandalous, such as "I will never stop find- ing Count von Count kin- da attractive" or "I will nev- er stop loving Nickelback." Instead, the lists that filled my social media feeds read like this: I will never separate my whites and colors in the laundry. I will never make my chil- dren eat all their vegetables. I will never get the kids out of the house on time for school. I will never fit into my high school jeans again. I will never bake cookies for a bake sale. I will never figure out how to put on eyelin- er effectively. Oh, so that's why it's called the "Woman's Never List" rather than just the "Never List." But also, why are we women so eager to fill out this list? Why, at least on my feeds, do the authors of such lists seem giddy with their mischievous- ness of placing such push- backs online? How are we not past this point? Holy cannoli, I wish we were at a place where something called the "Man's Never List" would include every single one of the items above and the "Woman's Never List" would include more about toilets and spi- ders. Because isn't that the direction the world is turn- ing? Perhaps I've grown wea- ry of roles and expecta- tions and "do this and do that" and "be this and be that." It's nearly 2020, and I just want to get to know people on a new kind of personal level, away from where they feel they are letting down cultural ex- pectations and more to- ward, well, where they think they are letting down themselves. That's where the juicy stuff is. I could not care less about whether you separate your laundry, but I do care considerably if you can't tell your identi- cal nieces apart. OK, in full disclosure, I can't tell my identical niec- es apart, either. I've tried for years. (Sorry, Rose and Violet.) I accept this addi- tion to my list because I've always had a problem tell- ing apart twins. Once, in college, my exception- ally good-looking room- mate hit on me — which was confusing because we were just friends, until he reminded me that he was not my exceptionally good-looking roommate but rather his identical twin brother. It's perhaps long overdue that I get my eyes examined. In honor of an upcom- ing new year, let's try a new "never" list — one that doesn't enforce gen- der roles but lets you pro- claim, loud and proud, the failures you have accept- ed in yourself. Failures by your own standards. Fail- ures that are not really fail- ures because you've em- braced them. I'll start: I will never be able to spell Armegeddon. Ar- magedon? Armeggedon? I will never not sorta kinda always believe in ghosts. I will never not think about that time my friend got a raisin lodged up his nose every time I see a bran muffin and then, con- sequently, get too grossed out to eat said bran muffin. I will never be in a situa- tion in which I don't think Birkenstocks are the ap- propriate footwear. I will never not call you "bro" and instantly turn bright red when I can't re- member your name. I will never stop think- ing I am an untrained Parselmouth. I will never remember any of my passwords or usernames. I will never go a month without not being able to open my car, throwing a huge fit in the parking lot and then realizing my actu- al car is one row over. That was fun. What are you owning in the new year? Like Katiedid Langro- ck on Facebook, at http:// www.facebook.com/katie- didhumor. Encourage school attendance Katiedid vs... by Katiedid Langrock Woman's never list