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B-8 Wednesday, July 8, 2020 The Press-Dispatch 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 Fish Hut Pizza, in Petersburg. THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS Marilyn Kinder .......................... Petersburg ............. 7/3 Sonja Osborn ........................... Monroe City ............ 7/8 Jennifer Woods .......................... Petersburg ............. 7/8 Hunter Blades ........................... Petersburg ............. 7/9 Chris Schatz ................................. Decker .............. 7/10 Mara Mounts ................................ Otwell .............. 7/11 Todd Dowden .............................. Winslow ............. 7/11 Tom Hill ....................................... Otwell .............. 7/13 Carol Sue Sutton ....................... Petersburg ........... 7/14 THIS MONTH'S SPONSOR Corner of 9th & Sycamore, Petersburg 812-354-9046 REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Norma J. Hughart conveys to Darlene F. Peyronnin and Nancy L. Schneider, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Michael E. Branam and Kimberly S. Branam convey to James H. Manning and Lindsey L. Manning, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Kenneth W. Hart conveys to Kenneth G. Gercken, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Brian M. Wagner and Allison Wagner quitclaim to Bri- an M. Wagner, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Adam Benefiel conveys to Aaron Steven Benefiel, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Caleb T. Weisman, Mark E. Weisman and Stacey L. Weis- man convey to Caleb T. Weisman and Tanna R. Weisman, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Kyndall Jane Meece FK A Kyndall Jane Coleman quit- claims to Kyndall Jane Meece and Joel Paul Meece, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Joshua J. McDonald and Kelli T. McDonald convey to Ka- leb Cole Claridge, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Glenda J. Barrett conveys to Tara Beth Yager, real es- tate as recorded in Pike County. Robbin L. Stephens and Michael J. Barrett convey to Tara Beth Yager, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Debbie A. Lemond conveys to William T. Garland, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Jerry Van Stephens and Jennifer R. Drew convey to Dan- iel A. Reutepohler and Nancy S. Reutepohler, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Joe W. Craig and Lorraine K. Craig convey to William K. Claridge and Tricia Ann Claridge, real estate as record- ed in Pike County. Joshua J. McDonald and Kelli T. McDonald convey to Steven P. Vaughn and Kathy E. Vaughn, real estate as re- corded in Pike County. Timothy Miles Jochim conveys to Rachelle L. Buffen- barger and Travis Buffenbarger, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Hi stars and welcome to the big stage all lit up in red, white and blue lights and dec- orated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of July 9 -15. Don't be shy. Come up onto this stage and take a bow. July 9 - George Virden turns 66; Lynetta Wiseman turns 103. July 10 - Morgan Barrett turns 33. July 11 - Joe Warner turns 44; Taylor Atkins turns 16; Gertie Mae Warner turns 8; Robert and Mary Hume celebrate 63 years. July 12 - Grant Meyer turns 18; Mike Miller; Donnie Pancake. July 13 - Damien Mans; Creek Sullivan turns 15; Shelley Schapker. July 14 - Frieda Bolin turns 83. July 15 - Baley Crane turns 21; Mer- cedes Saddie Dillman turns 18; Steven Nelson turns 54; Chris Schapker. 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 sick,recovering, going in for tests, surgery and therapy, those with aches and pains of everyday life and seasonal allergies. Tim got one eye worked on and is doing well. Jeanette got some back teeth pulled and is healing nicely. Janet Fithian is recovering nicely from a fall. She had to have surgery done on her hip, but is walking with a cane and will soon go back to work. Dee Warner has double pneumonia. I opened up the paper and was shocked to read about Robert Rhoads, of Otwell, who passed on June 13, 2020, at the age of 70. To his wife, Rosemary, and the fami- ly, remember all the great times and share your memories, and more memories will be added. When I used to clean houses, Robert and Rosemary, plus Pete and Evalyn, needed my help sometime. At the July 4 celebration, I would see him serving or cooking the food with the large group. I know he will be missed in the Otwell com- munity. EVENTS July 9 - Petersburg Lions will meet at 6 p.m. at the Village Inn. July 10 - Pike County property taxes are due. July 11 - 30th Spring Poehlein Bass Tourney from 5 a.m.-5 p.m. You can fish as a single or doubles. Contact Greg at 812-789 -3778; 4th Annual Clog the Pato- ka. Millers Field will have camping spots, as well as behind the American Legion. Breakfast served by the Winslow Lions at Millers Field and lunch at Riverside Park. In the evening, supper will be at the Le- gion. July 13 - Winslow Town Hall meets at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall. July 14 - Winslow Beautification at 6:30 p.m. and Winslow Economic at 7:30 p.m. at the Winslow Community Center. July 15 - Income taxes are due. July 16 - Winslow Lions Club and Winslow Park Board will meet at 7 p.m. at the Community Center. July 18 - County-wide Yard Sale. Dead- line to place your ad in the paper is July 13 at 5 p.m. Winslow and Petersburg seniors may meet on their days, but check with your leaders before making the trip. The Winslow Senior Citizens has stopped delivering their home-cooked meals to Pike County seniors and the handicapped. Frieda Bolin said they will be closed the month of July to deep clean. Sweets Column, Winslow, IN 47598 re- ceived no postcards this week. Winslow Patoka River is still low and from the looks of it, with not enough rain, it will be low for now. Winslow should get some rain soon, but when it comes into our Southern Indiana area, it goes south of us or into Kentucky. We have heard thunder in the distance several days, but no rain. The last time we had any rain was on a Friday night, June 26, which wasn't that much to water the plants. Last Tuesday, June 30, was the stormy day, but we were sup- posed to have rain the rest of the week. The temps were hot in the 90s with high humidity. If your air conditioner isn't on, it should be. Our unit has an energy saver setting and it's fine, but overnight sometimes feels hot because the temp in the house hasn't gotten to a cool temp yet. But through the day, it's on and off to keep the house cool. The flowers must love this weather, or some do, because the Black-eyed Susans are getting taller with their yellow petals and black center. My Dogwood tree still has its blooms, mostly on the top. Those orange lilies along the roadway are still in bloom, but I have one lonely one that has bloomed in its space. The ferns are loving this heat, but the rose bushes aren't doing too well. The red lilies and pink lilies look happy with their colors. The cornfields are growing taller, the bean field have just begun to grow and the winter wheat has been cut and baled, and covered up until they are used. Have you looked in a win- ter wheat field and seen the large or even the smaller bales dotting the field, and say "that looks really neat to see? " But that might just be my outlook on what I see as beauty. We have seen a deer grazing in the field, but only one deer. Some blend in with the field until it moves. Our squirrels are around as they play in the trees and dig up the nuts they have buried. The chip- munks I haven't seen around so I guess one of them stayed at George's house. Well, it happened again with the water, but this time it was later and Norm was already in bed at the cabin. I had heard the sound of a water break and went to where the noise was and the water heat- er had water coming out of the overflow spout. I didn't want to wake Norm, since he had to go to work on Friday, but I had to. By the time he got up to the house, the leak had stopped, but the floor was wet. I filled some jugs for water in the morning for coffee as he went to shut off the wa- ter line. The next morning, Friday, Norm took his first day off of work and started to take water lines off. Then, after some- time, the old water heater was outside. Now, to find a place to buy another one to fit in this small space of 18 inches and not too much higher than 45 inches. Peters- burg Hardware had water heaters, but the smallest was 23 inches, way too wide. We have a water pipe that is in the way and we don't want to change the pipes if we don't have to. So off to Otwell and theirs was too wide. The Tractor Home places are in Evansville and that was our last re- sort. So, our next stop was Home Depot in Jasper, where the smallest was 19 inches and 47 inches high, so that was our best buy. Back home to install our new water heater in its area. The floor was dry from the fan and now to get the new one inside. Norm and I wrestled for some time think- ing of new ways to get this heater lifted up and maybe over this pipe, lifting half- way up. We finally got it in and now to in- stall all the fittings on the heater. Water was turned on again and after the heater was full, we spring a leak again, this time a hose blew. So water off again and now to Petersburg, where a hose was bought, but now we needed a fitting to go over a pipe that has no threads or not many anyway. They has just the right fitting, so now back home. Again, the fix was done and water on again and after 11 hours of fixing and hunting, we have water in the house again. Norm does great work, but I helped a lit- tle by holding the flashlight. We can go inside the bank again, but on- ly a few at a time and when we were at the teller, the drive-up teller came over and joked as she said, "you don't want to use the drive-up window now? " We joked back, saying, "we don't want to leave any teller out. We have to use each one." Received a call from Mom, who is feel- ing fine, but had to hear our voices and see if everyone was fine. She will be her on Ju- ly 4 for two weeks and maybe she can see more relatives this visit. Saturday, we took a drive to get out of the house and stopped by Tim and Jea- nette's house to see how they are doing and they are fine. We had stopped at the Winslow Masonic Lodge to get our pork chop dinner with baked potato, green beans, corn, roll, tea and cherry dump cake. Our Sunday breakfast was Eggo waf- fles, our first time eating them, and they were great with butter and syrup. You warm them up in the toaster. Later, we decided to go for a Sunday drive. When we got to Arthur Jct., we saw that the road closed signs were taken down, so we drove Hwy 64 east. The scenery is still pleas- ant all along the way to Pappy's in Eck- erty, a grocery and gas station that has served that area for years. We met Kyana and Daniel there and it's been a long time since we have hugged our granddaughter. She is going to be a freshman when their school starts on August 4. She is learn- ing to drive and she has a car that they are working on when she get her license in about a year or less. They both are look- ing great and we all took a drive to see how the Patoka Lake area along the high- way was. The water level is also low. If it drops a few more inches, you will be able to see the church steeple from the under- water town. It was great to see Kyana and we hope to see her again before too long. When we got back into Winslow, we had enough time to make the meeting with the Winslow Lions Club and the Winslow American Legion so we could make plans for the serving of food on July 11 for Clog the Patoka. Something new for all of us is the distancing and how to serve all our stars or floaters. Breakfast will be served at Riverside Park and Millers Field. Lunch will be at Riverside Park and supper will be at Millers Field. Keep an out for the sounds of the un- healthy Sarahan dust that is in our areas. Check next week's column for my re- view of 4th of July events. Hope you all had a great holiday and you got to see some kind of fireworks, even if it was the spar- klers. We have been asked if the Light-Up Winslow Parade will be happening and as far as we are concerned the parade will go on with distancing in place all along Main St. We need to share more smiles and waves in this small town of Winslow. Everyone we have seen wants to have this big event of cheerfulness with lights ga- lore. I guess you all have seen that whatev- er you may buy, like gas, any kind of food, appliances and much more, has gone up in price. Some say it's because of everyone staying at home and nobody working. That may be true but some of it is something else, help keep our community going. Winslow has lost another star who served our community for quite a long time as our town marshal. Steve English passed away July 1, 2020, and to his wife, Tammy, and family, please remember all the great times and share with others. More memories will be added. Steve En- glish will be missed greatly in our Town of Winslow and Pike County area. The lights are about to dim for this week. 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