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B-6 Home Life Wednesday, June 10, 2020 The Press-Dispatch Great investment property. The duplex is located in a very private area with no tariff. The access city street is a dead end road. Renters will feel like they live in the country. Property includes an additional lot that could be used for future development. MLS#202004171 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 Great location, great hard-to-find, two-bedroom home. This is a charming home that has lots to offer with an open concept kitchen, dining room and great room area with hardwood floors. The view to the backyard is unbelievable.This property has a fantastic backyard area that has lots of shade trees and a fantastic area to have a garden or let your animals roam. MLS#202020560 Great property to live in or use as a rental. Two bedroom with eat in kitchen. Lots of cabinets. MLS#202005630 Need a spot to put a mobile home or modular? Here is a .56 acre lot located on St. Rd. 57 in Rolling Acres. Corner lot with electric, water and gas available. MLS#201952272 - Listed to Sell $10,000.00 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! WE HAVE CLIENTS LOOKING FOR HOMES! • LIST WITH US TODAY! WISH LIST! WE NEED LISTINGS Looking for a two-to-five acre country lot with available electric and water. Looking for a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home with garage. Stick built or modular for $95,000- $110,000, in the Petersburg area. This home is one of the quality homes built in Winslow during the 1930 era. The woodwork and quality of workmanship will amaze you. This home has a lot to offer. Two bedrooms on the main floor with large almost walk-in closets. Everything has been well-maintained. The living room has a cozy fireplace that opens up into a large sunroom with a separate HVAC unit. The basement has a fireplace for bedroom or office that has a walk-out door that accesses the two-car garage. The attic area has a wood stairway for access into a very nice storage area. Large yard area. Lots to see. New 96% gas furnace installed January, 2020. MLS#201946973 SALE PENDING! Three bedroom, one bathroom on State Road 356. Features large living room, some new carpet and new furnace. $72,500 MLS#202005839 SALE PENDING! SALE PENDING! Hidden Treasure. This 3 bedroom with 3 full bath home is unbelievable. The entire main level has designer oak trim and oak doors. The base board trim is 5 1/4 solid oak. The main family room area has solid 3/4 hickory flooring. The custom made kitchen cabinets are also made of hickory. Kitchen counter tops and bath room vanities are made of granite. The windows are Anderson Therm pane. Walls are 2X6 with 2.5 inches foam insulation and batt insulation. High efficiency gas furnace and hot water heater. Bonus 16X22 enclosed sun room. Three car garage that has a shingled roof that matches the house. Most all of the remodeling and improvements are 3 years old or less. Lots more to see! $209,000. MLS#202013352 SALE PENDING! NEW LISTING! SALE PENDING! Looking for property in the country to hunt,camp,or build a new home that has available water and electric available? THIS IS IT!! LOOK ON FURTHER. This is 16.5 acres parcel located on a blacktop road in the country five minutes from town. Property soil has been tested and approved for a septic system. Ready to build your house. Small pond stocked with fish. Approx.5 acres fenced with hog 16' panels to pasture horses, goats or cows.MLS#202020597 NEW LISTING! AREA HAPPENINGS Celebrate Recovery–Will meet every Monday at 6 p.m. at the River of Life Church, 342 E. CR 300 N., Pe- tersburg. For more information, contact Pastor Jim at 812-354-8800. Pike County History Center—Will meet the fourth Monday of each month at the History Center, 1104 Main Street, Petersburg at 6:30 p.m. New members welcome. For more information, contact Jeannine Houchins at 812-766 -0463. History Center hours Monday,Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. DAR—Local chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution meet the second Monday of each month September through June at 6 p.m. at the History Cen- ter in Petersburg. Free Clothing Bank–Oak Grove Church in Oakland City offers a free clothing bank each Tuesday 9 -11 a.m. (Oakland City time) for everyone. They carry new and used clothing. Location is on Morton Street, just past Chuckles. Come to the gymnasium door located at the back of the church. Winslow Alcoholics Anonymous – will meet ev- ery Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Call 812-789 -8535 for location of the meeting. Al-Anon meeting – Meetings are each Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., located at 424 W. 7th St. in Jasper. For more information, call 812-887-0349. Narcotic Anonymous – Every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at River of Life Fellowship Church. Gathering Place—Will be open every Thursday from 2-4 p.m. at 207 Lafayette Street, Winslow for the Food and Clothing Pantry. For more information, call 812-582-5210. Odd Fellows IOOF Pacific Lodge #175 meet- ing–the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. All ar- ea members are encouraged to attend. Otwell Ruritan–will have its monthly meetings the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Pike Lodge #121 F&AM regular stated meet- ing–the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. All area Masons are invited to attend. Jefferson Township Community Center of Ot- well–will have its monthly meetings the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Pregnancy Care Center of Washington–Night of Praise, from 7-8:30 p.m. on June 12 at the Harvest Community Fellowship church located on 200 W. Main Street in Washington. Weather permitting, the worship band will be playing outside. If it is raining, it will be moved inside of the church. Bring your own lawnchairs. They will also be having a 5K Life Walk on Satur- day, June 27. The walk begins at 9 a.m., with registra- tion opening at 8:15 a.m. The walk starts and ends at the Eastside Park Kiwanis Cabin in Washington. Cost to benefit the center is $20 per adult and $10 for chil- dren 12 and under. Registration forms are available on- line at Facebook.com/washpcc, and at the Pregnancy Care Center, 705 Troy Road, Washington. Phone 812- 257-1041 if you have any questions. Katiedid Versus by Katiedid Langrock Life on the road "Let's get a boat. I've been in a boat," I said to my hus- band. "You want to buy a boat? Have you ever driven a boat? " he asked. "OK, fine. Then let's get an RV." "Have you ev- er driven an RV? " he asked. "No." "Have you ever even been inside an RV? " he asked. "No," I replied. "But I'm sure there's nothing to it." And that is how we be- came the proud owners of a used Forest River Sunseek- er. Actually, the conversation went a little more like this. "Let's get a boat," I said, curled in a fetal position on the couch about midnight. "We can't get a boat and sail away just because you are angry with your coun- try," my husband replied. "Why not? Moana did! " "Yes, but she was a car- toon," my husband replied. "And she sailed away to save her country. We should stay and fight for what we believe in." "OK, fine. Then let's get an RV." But seeing as I'm repeat- edly told this column is to be a respite from the bleakness of every other part of the news, I'll leave that part out. As we walked to the office to sign the paper- work, I turned to my husband. "I won't have to merge or anything, right? " "What do you mean? " "I'm scared to drive this thing. I don't want to merge or turn or go above 15 miles per hour," I said. "Can I just stay in the right lane forever? " "You do realize we just bought a house on wheels, right? "Right. And we'll just be able to stay in the right lane indefinitely? " "I don't think you under- stand the concept of driv- ing." We didn't really intend to buy a motorhome. It was a pipe dream still, really. We needed to move our bodies, to feel as if life wasn't con- trolling us anymore. We wanted to show our children the country, to show them the good and the bad, the beauty of contrast, the to- pography, the diversity. We wanted to show them peo- ple and places unfamiliar to them, to stretch our wings — or push out our sides, in RV-speak. Many Americans must feel somewhat similarly, be- cause RVs cannot stay on the lots. We drove three hours to a dealership that had nu- merous motorhomes I want- ed to look at. By the time we arrived, all had sold — ex- cept for one. I guess it was impulsive. It was 7 p.m. when we got the keys to our RV. We were intimidated by the prospect of driving it in the dark, and it had just begun storming. When we were driving to the dealership, I had envi- sioned what my first night in a camper would feel like. I thought about how we'd pull up to a shady campground, where fellow nomads had set up their lots with twinkle lights and bonfires. There would be soft music playing and cold beer in the fridge. We'd tuck the children in to bed and sit outside under the stars, and my husband and I would look with wonder in- to each other's eyes, amazed we just did this crazy thing. Instead, we slept in the dealership's parking lot. Not quite so romantic. We had neglected to buy a surge protector, so we couldn't plug in during the lightning storm that loudly pounded down on our RV. And for the life of me, I could not figure out how to get the water to flow from our fau- cets. So instead of the ro- mantic evening I'd envi- sioned, we had a smelly toi- let, unwashed hands and, with no air conditioning, a stiflingly humid first night. It was shockingly uncom- fortable. I guess change al- ways is. The next morning, when the dealership opened, I asked why we could not get water to flow in the RV. The worker calmly walked over to where our hose was at- tached to city water and turned the knob, letting the water flow in. Oh. Right. "Not everything is gonna be done for you, little girl," he said. He showed me how to fix the things I didn't know or didn't understand, and we were out of the dis- comfort of staying still and into the discomfort of going places. When I finally took the wheel on our drive, I turned to my husband, pleadingly, and said, "Look at the map ahead. Are there any merg- es or lane changes you see? " "Baby," he replied, "of course there are. That's all part of moving forward." Let the journey begin. Katiedid Langrock is au- thor of the book "Stop Farting in the Pyramids," available at http://www.creators.com/ books/stop-farting-in-the-pyr- amids. Like Katiedid Lan- grock on Facebook, at http:// www.facebook.com/katiedid- humor.

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