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times makes saying yes that much sweeter. 4. Encourage generos- ity. Teach them that there are others less fortunate. Donate a new toy, give used clothes to charity or adopt a family in need. Emphasize that although they may have outgrown something, it may meet another child's needs. 5. Find a mission proj- ect. Once the pandemic is over, older children can vol- unteer or participate in mis- sion trips. Actively helping someone in need inspires thankfulness for your own blessings. A fter seeing a hungry family while serv - ing at a soup kitchen, a child may be more appreciative of the food at their own table. 6. Downplay gifts during the holidays. Put more em- phasis on celebrating and es- tablishing traditions – mak- ing cookies, attending wor- ship, visiting family. If you adopt a family for the holi- days, shop for online gifts with your kids or have them create something handmade. Consider putting half of your child's gifts away after the holidays to bring out as rainy day surprises throughout the year. Teaching gratitude re- quires patience. It doesn't develop overnight but takes many months and years of re- inforcement. You will be re- warded, however. Teaching your child to be grateful will help them enjoy making oth- ers happy and can lead to a fulfilling, optimistic life. This column is written by Jana Pritchett, Communica- tions Manager for Youth First, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening youth and fam- ilies, provides 64 Master's lev- el social workers to 90 schools in 11 Indiana counties. Over 60,000 youth and families per year are served by Youth First's school social work and after school programs that pre- vent substance abuse, promote healthy behaviors and maxi- mize student success. To learn more about Youth First, visit youthfirstinc.org or call 812- 421-8336. As Thanksgiving approach- es, and a reasonable individ- ual gets all the fixings prepared for those strict- ly within their pandemic bub- ble, talk about the turkey increases. Turkey produc- tion around the nation is big busi- ness, and Indiana production factors heavily into supplying enough for the dinner table. Turkey is not the only ag product that gets heavier rotation in Novem- ber, however. In a given year, Indiana's ag- ricultural standout is duck pro- duction, another poultry prod- uct which northeastern Indi- ana's Maple Leaf Farms domi- nates to the tune of leading the nation in production. In the re- cent past, Indiana also led the nation in popcorn production, a phenomenon related to Orville Redenbacher's influence in the state. Today, Nebraska produc- es a few million more pound of popcorn per year, but Indiana runs a strong second place at 352 million pounds according to the 2017 National Ag Sta- tistics Service Census. Mean- while, other poultry production outside of ducks is still strong in the state, with Indiana rou- tinely placing in the top five states in the nation. For turkey production, In- diana sits third for production measured in pounds produced. Only Minnesota and North Car- olina produce more pounds of turkey, although they both pro- duce hands down much more than Indiana. Minnesota is sec- ond in the nation with 300 mil- lion more pounds of turkey produced in 2019 than Indiana, although Indiana still produced 804 million pounds. When one changes the measur- ing unit to number of head of turkey pro- duced, Indiana los- es a spot to fourth in the standings, with Arkansas raising 30 million head to Indiana's 20 million in 2019. This switch-up makes Indiana turkeys starkly heavier than a finished Arkansas prod- uct, which can partially be ex- plained by the differences in cli- mate between the two states. Arkansas has a lot more heat stress to mitigate than Indiana. Another main difference might be the choice of gender of birds produced. The adult male tom turkey tops out at 40 pounds, while a hen averages less than 20 pounds. The thanksgiving turkey tends to weigh in at 15 pounds or a little less, some- thing typical of a hen. The other metric that can be analyzed on turkey is dollars of production, with Indiana re- suming third place in the na- tion here at 465 million dollars and change of production. At 20 million birds produced, that di- vides out to $23.27 per bird in value, a retail value one would not expect to translate to money in the contract grower's pock- et. Like many large-scale ani- mal agriculture ventures, farm- ers for the vast majority of tur- keys in Indiana provide housing at their own expense and sign contracts to receive income for providing a pre-arranged number of turkeys to process- ing companies in Indiana and neighboring states. A recent machine learning experiment by careers company Zippia turned their experience with analysis of Google search- es to Thanksgiving side dishes, and Indiana stands out with a uniquely most popular side dish in deviled eggs. While neigh- boring states chose mashed potatoes (Illinois), green bean casserole (Michigan, Ohio), or broccoli casserole (Kentucky), Indiana's pick highlights anoth- er agricultural product from our state in eggs. In 2019, Indiana was second in the nation in egg production measured by the in- dividual egg at 9.862 billion. The national leader, Iowa, pro- duced 16.839 billion eggs, but their leading side dish is a little more representative of another leading product for Iowa: corn. For more information on agri- cultural topics, contact Hans at hschmitz@purdue.edu or 812- 838 -1331. D-2 Wednesday, November 25, 2020 The Press-Dispatch Down on the Farm By Hans Schmitz, Purdue Extension Educator Please pass the turkey 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 from Huntingburg Merchants Association. THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS Kire Epley .................................... 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Hi stars and welcome to the big stage all lit up in bright au- tumn lights and dec- orated to help cel- ebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anni- versary in the week of November 26 -De- cember 2. Come up onto this stage and take a bow. November 26 -Elayna Brum- field turns 25; Nancy Warner turns 46; George and Deby Virden celebrate 17 years. November 27-Barbara Featherston turns 79. November 28 -Abigail Ei- laine Popp turns 8. November 29 -Taryn Houch- in; Josh McDonald turns 40 ; Caden Lamey turns 16; Josh- ua and Magan Braunecker cel- ebrate 10 years. November 30 -Tiffani Ann Dreesman; Jamie Abell turns 29; Andy Barrett, Jr.; Sara Ep- ley Cottington turns 42; Art and Mary Lou Kixmiller cel- ebrate 63 years. December 1-Lori Goodman Lind turns 42; Riley Moore turns 15; Koda Sutt turns 13; Maggie Rose Bruce turns 6. December 2-Dylan Cole- man turns 24. May all our stars have a re- ally great day and may all your wishes come true. I received a phone call this week from cousin Don Meyer, who has a big smile and proud to welcome his granddaugh- ter, Sophia Josephine Hall, who was born on November 1. Mom and Dad are Tiffany and George Hall, great-grand- mother is Mima Lou Meyer, uncle and aunt are Brian and Janna Meyer. Welcome, So- phia Josephine, into our Lau- ra Meyer family relatives. Keep in your heart and in your prayers all our stars who need that card, visit if possi- ble, phone call and most of all that daily thought of them. Those who are going to have surgeries, recovery and those who will go through treat- ments. Colds and the flu are here, and the aches and pains of everyday life: Terri Ann, Ted, Tim, Jeanette and Benny. EVENTS November 26 -Thanksgiving Day with family and friends. December 3-Winslow Li- ons Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the Gamble home to en- joy our Christmas meal made with love from our fine cooks. We will have fun as we roar to- gether. December 5 -Christmas pa- rades may or may not be do- ne this year. Winslow Mouse House may or may not be hap- pening for the kids. December 7-Pearl Harbor remembered. Winslow and Petersburg se- niors will not meet again un- til Governor Holcomb gives the okay. Sweets Column, Winslow, IN 47598 received no post- cards this week. The Winslow Patoka Riv- er dropped to half full, but more rain came on Sunday morning, Nov. 22. The temps have been close to the normal range for this November of 55 days and 45 nights, but we did have one night last week that was in the high 20s. The winds on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14 and 15, and Thursday, Nov. 19 started out as 5 -15, but got stronger as the day began with 20 -30 mph winds, with gusts of 40 -50. The colors in the trees are now gone and on the ground to be raked up or mulched to put over your flowers and garden spots for winter nourishment. Besides the leaves on the ground, the winds have taken some limbs out of the trees and dropped them on your yard to be picked up and used for the night when you want to roast hot dogs and marshmallows with family on that cold night. The blue jays I have seen, but the swarms of blackbirds can be seen going from one set of trees to anoth- er. Since the deer season has begun, I hope to see our one deer come into the yard again this year. We have seen them near the woods in the area as they try to stay out of the hunt- er's aim. Friday, Nov. 13, Terri Ann and Ted stopped by to see Mom before she went back to Illinois and they had a really great time. Terri helped Mom with some of her packing so her luggage could be packed in Ava before it got too dark. Mom got some more birthday gifts of a rose and box of cup- cakes, all in a big bag with a scenic picture on it. As the three of us left town, we saw an orange sunset and ate at McDonald's as we travelled the interstates, stopping at the rest areas on the way. I guess since it was Friday night, we had never seen so much traf- fic on I-64. It is usually empty when we travel. It was nice to have Mom here for two weeks, but she could only see Aunt Jean and she really wanted to see her cousin, Janice, but at this time, with certain places to visit, it was better for her to send Janice a card with a note. Coming back, the traffic wasn't heavy, but when we got halfway on I-64, we saw flashing lights ahead, so we slowed down and passed a big deer on the side of the high- way, with two police cars on each side of the roadway driv- ing slow like they were look- ing for something. This area is full of woods. One of our friends was sell- ing his log splitter, so Norm and Steve looked at it togeth- er and as Norm was pulling the string to start the ma- chine, it pulled back on him and his wrist was swollen for a few days. Icy hot and Ibupro- fen were his friend to keep the hurt and the swelling down. He is now able to see the wrist bone again, so it is healing. Oh yes, we did buy the log split- ter for those logs the mull can- not split. It's been some time since we got a truck load of wood from our wood guy, and he was thrilled to see us and how we are doing. He had been keeping busy with more cut- ting, other than logs, but all is fine and he and his wife are doing fine these days. Tuesday morning, when Norm got up to go to work, I had not heard the heater come on and Norm had said it was a bit chilly. So, he checked the heater and saw the pilot light was out and no gas was go- ing to it. So, later that morn- ing, he called Benner Heating. One of their guys, Mike Mid- dleton, stopped by to see what was wrong and it was an igni- tion switch that was bad. But the switch he had was not go- ing to work on our heater, so one had to be ordered. Now that Tuesday night, the temps dropped into the 25 -29 range. Norm slept at the cabin and I couldn't walk down there, so I covered up with two cov- ers and stayed in the house with the animals. It was a big cold inside when I got up in the night to sit on a cold seat. This brought back the mem- ory when growing up you had no inside plumbing, so the outhouse was where you would go, but this time, even inside, it wasn't that cold. The part was installed Wednesday after Norm got off work and Mike stopped by to install it. When the heater came on, I said, "I just love that sound." Now, the house is warm again. Thank you, Mike and Benner Heating. Winslow had more stop signs put up this week on North St. and over a hill going south on Collins, so look out for all the new stop signs and a "Caution, Slow, Children" sign near Winslow-Cato Rd. I saw where some stars have run the stop signs because they were just put up, so if you haven't been in Winslow this year, you should slow down and watch for the several new stops. Indiana Highway 64, from Hwy 57 in Oakland City to CR 550 E. as you come into Pike County, has been closed this past week to replace four cul- verts, but it should have been open on Friday, Nov. 20. Since the many roads have been worked on this year, now the roadways are not as smooth riding anymore. It sounds like a flat tire coming when you drive, but it's the road. For Veteran's Day, did you all give a donation to get your poppy? My dad, Bill Virden, belonged to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and every year, when the VFW men were out, we always gave and got our poppy. It has a saying on the "Buddy Poppy" to wear it proudly and I have it fastened on my purse, along with the Lions pins and the American Flag cross. Most of our areas all around us have a no burn ban and since the wind is blowing strong, you shouldn't burn anyway. So the lights are beginning to dim for this week. Keep an eye on family and friends. Slow down and see all the won- ders in your area. Watch out for deer during this hunting season. Wear that mask and keep your distance when out and about. As always, smile, wave and say "hi" to everyone you see this week. Oh yes, have a happy Thanksgiving Day with family. ATTITUDE Continued from page 5 net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net