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Sweet's Column By Barb Sweet SATURDAY, MARCH 30 • 10am EDT at the Auction Barn – 2667 E. CR 400 S., Winslow Auction pick-up available! KALEB CLARIDGE AU11700062 Follow on Auctionzip.com • ID# 46613 • CALL TODAY TO SCHEDULE YOUR AUCTION! No Buyer's Premium. AUCTION PUBLIC This auction will have all types of antiques, col- lectibles, cast iron cookware, pocket knives, large sports memorabilia collection (all types of cards dating back to the 50s, partial sets, autographs from HOFers and much more), glassware, furni- ture, several silver coins, including Morgans and others, tools, household items and much more! Wm. Keith Hill IN #AU01020879 (812) 789-6367 or Jason Keeker (812) 354-2419 A Hwy. 257, Otwell • hillsauctionservice2@gmail.com hillsauctionservice.com Visit our website for pictures and listing Online Only LEMOND ESTATE AUCTION BIDDING OPENS March 25 at 3 p.m. EDT BEGINS CLOSING April 10 at 5 p.m. EDT Beautiful 3-bedroom, 2-bath, split-level home on 0.58 acre +/- located at 613 S. Chestnut St., Huntingburg. 2-car attached and 2-car detached garage with concrete drive. This one-owner 2028 sq. ft. home was built in 1975. Personal Property: starts closing at 6 p.m. 2014 Lincoln MKX, v6, AWD, loaded w/92k 2001 Ford Ranger, ext cab, 4x4, auto, v6, w/154 k Owner: Estate of James Lemond NOW TAKING ITEMS Lic. #AU10800006 CALL OR TEXT Johny Ray at 812-598-3936 now to get your items on this sale! Friday, April 2 • 10 a.m. CDT TOOL & EQUIPMENT AUCTION Tractors, Trailers, Vehicles, Implements, Equipment, Tools, Lawn and Garden Items and More. Auction Center • 114 E. SR 68 • Lynnville, IN 47619 Katiedid Versus By Katiedid Langrock Pandemic safety Hi stars and welcome to the big stage all lit up green bright lights and decorated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of March 18 -24. Come up onto this stage and take a bow. March 18 -Brian Meyer turns 59. March 19 -Britni Meyer turns 36; Delmar Garretson turns 92. March 20 -Wendell McGe- hee; Kinley Nixon turns 11; Natisha Lynn Slunder; Clif- ton Gish turns 38; Zack and Amanda Vickers celebrate 13 years. March 21-Sidney Crane turns 18; Sondra Erwin Rain- ey turns 61; Jean Lane turns 59; Jesse Nixon turns 41; Kyle Mills turns 32; Latisha Bennet Dillman turns 32; Yulin Cum- mins; Bill McKinney turns 71. March 22-Wesley McLain turns 30 ; Alice Altmeyer turns 50 ; C.J. Coleman turns 22; Chris Radford. March 23-Louis Russo; Bill Meece turns 69; Sherry Stew- art turns 64; Bud and Frieda Bolin celebrate another year. March 24-Willa Alcantara. 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 have COVID-19 or are recov- ering, those undergoing sur- geries and therapy after- wards, and those with a cold, flu, allergies or the aches and pains of everyday life. Winslow just lost another star Wednesday, March 10. Janice Sucech, 93, passed away. You would have known her from the Igloo for 21 years with Mel, her husband, who has also passed. Then you may have known Janice at the Corner Book Shoppe, where she loved to read and there were a lot of books from which to choose. She was al- so a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend to every- one she met. To Janice's fam- ily and friends, remember all those great times you all had and share your memories, and more fond memories will be added. Janice is already missed by Winslow stars. EVENTS March 17-St. Patrick's Day. March 18 -Winslow Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Gambles' house. March 20 -Spring begins. March 22-Winslow Town Hall at 6 p.m. March 28 -Palm Sunday, Passover. 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 or notes of interest this week. Winslow Patoka River last week was over its banks at Riv- erside Park, but since we got more rain starting Thursday, March 11, and into the week- end, with two inches or more, what water had receded, will rise again. Some of the rivers all around the areas were go- ing down, but now they will rise again. Evansville still has some streets that flood. Hwy 69 and Compton is one of them. When our Patoka Riv- er is overflowing, we all know that the Ayrshire bottoms are impossible and if it rains heavy, Hwy 64 at the Pike-Gib- son line may have water over it. The March winds are here, most of the days, the wind speed is 5 -10 mph, but then there will be a gust of 20 -30 mph, especial - ly when a storm comes to town. Last Friday, March 5, our truck, Blue, wouldn't start, even with gas added, so Ava came to the rescue. Ava was driven by me, who nev - er pulled another vehicle be- fore. I was always in the one pulled. Anyway, there was no other vehicles on the roads, so I drove slow and we both made it across town to home just fine. Then after Blue sat awhile, Norm was able to get it started. It just needed a drink. Steve and Amy are fin- ishing up a room and need- ed some supplies picked up at Menards, so Norm and I helped out with the trans- portation of those supplies to their house. We haven't seen the room yet, but it should look great with the paneling that was picked out. The barn is all cleaned out and ready to use, so Ava was given a bath and since she is clean and the rain is coming, she has a new place to keep dry and stay clean. Flowers in the yards are starting to grow, like the daf- fodils and the irises and flags, but Norm came in with the first dandelion that he found in the yard. The mosquitoes are not dead, but they are lit- tle and black, and they are re- ally felt when they bit. So, no doors open unless you have a screen door. Pike and Perry counties are in the blue, so we are do- ing great to keep COVID down, and other counties are decreasing their COVID numbers also. If we all keep wearing our masks and still social dis- tance, we may, in time, be able to gather again in larger groups and not be afraid of the other person. Last week, about a dozen eateries in Evansville sold $ 6 strombolis as a fundrais- er. Then, in Owensboro, at the riverfront, they are bring- ing back the "Friday after 5," where music can be heard. So social distance there too. Saturday, Mom is coming for a visit. However, this time, she will stay with Terri and Ted. Before Mom unpacks at the house, we are all going to eat Mexican food in Washing- ton to celebrate my 73rd birth- day. The rest of the day is up in the air. I'll talk about that next week. Robert saw on the web where Brian Meyer has set up a memorial for Lawrence Meyer, my uncle and Mom's brother. I haven't seen it, but Laura said it's great. So, if you know my uncle, check out this memorial site. The lights are about to dim for this week. Keep an eye on family and friends. Slow down and enjoy all the wonders in your area. Keep wearing your mask for others' safety and keep your distance. As always, smile, wave and say "hi" to ev- eryone you see this week. AREA HAPPENINGS Celebrate Recovery–Will meet every Monday at 6 p.m. at the River of Life Church, 342 E. CR 300 N., Petersburg. 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. History Center hours Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until further notice. 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 Center 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 every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Call 812-789 -8535 for location of the meeting. Narcotic Anonymous – Every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at River of Life Fellowship Church. Odd Fellows IOOF Pacific Lodge #175 meeting–the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. All area members are encouraged to attend. Otwell Ruritan–will have its monthly meetings the sec- ond Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Pike Lodge #121 F&AM regular stated meeting–the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. All area Masons are invited to attend. Jefferson Township Community Center of Otwell– will have its monthly meetings the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Perinatal Loss Support – Expectant parents who sud- denly lose their child often experience a wide range of emo- tions and grief. Memorial Hospital and Health Care Cen- ter offers support to assist those who have experienced the loss of a child (conception to one month of age) through the grieving process, and provide an atmosphere of confiden- tiality and comfort. For more information about Perinatal Loss Support, con- tact Theresa O'Bryan, Pastoral Care, at 812-996 -0219 or to- bryan@mhhcc.org. Indiana 15 Regional Planning Commission-The March 23 meeting of the Executive Board has been can- celled. Advance notice will be sent for the next scheduled meeting. "You got any dogs? " the woman running the alligator ranch and swamp tour asked. She was giving me the rules for setting up our motorhome to spend the night in her park- ing lot. "No," I said. "If you got dogs, you gotta tell me." "We don't have any dogs," I reassured her. "Little dogs? Quiet dogs? " "No dogs." "'Cause you can't have dogs goin' out to go potty in the middle of the night." Goodness gracious, what is this lady's problem? "Our 14-foot alligator, Bubs," she continued, "likes to take walks around the parking lot at night." Oh, that's her problem. "He's a roamer, and he's an eater. He'll eat your little dog if you let it out to go potty in the middle of the night." "We don't have a dog," I said. "Only kids. And I prom- ise I will not let my 5 -year-old out to go potty in the middle of the night." She didn't laugh. I wiped the smile off my face. "Don't do that, either." "Yes, ma'am." When you become a par- ent, you become open to con- stant suspicion and judgment. When you become a parent parenting during a pandem- ic, it's as if you're wearing a sign on your back that says, "Kick me (emotionally)." I've been judged for having my kids wear masks during hikes. "Trying to give them an asthma attack? " I've been judged for pulling them out of school and taking them on this adventure. "Are you try- ing to spread the virus across the country? " Not that I am without my own judgment. The alligator woman asking me whether I had a dog had multiple signs outside her building saying, "No entry unless wearing a mask." She, however, wasn't wearing one — which said to me, "I want you to protect my health, but I'll do nothing to protect yours." Or, perhaps more accurately for this spe- cific lady, "I care more about your dog's life than yours." Man, I'm ready for this vi- rus to be over, for the exhaus- tive fog of judgment to lift. "It's just so individualized," my cousin said as we met in a park. My children had bare- ly been near another child in a year, let alone played. "Ev- eryone is trying to do what's right, but what's seen as right is so unique to the individual." This is true. I hear the risks my friends are taking with their kids, and I think they are be- ing complete- ly reckless. My friends, howev- er, think I'm the reckless one. Maybe we're both right. Or both wrong. "I had to send my kids back to school. The kids were getting weird," my cousin said. "And weird runs in our family, so if I'm noticing the weirdness, you know they were getting super weird." Yesterday I signed my kids back up for school next year. I'm hoping we will have herd immunity by then. I'm hoping we will be back to normal. But not old normal, a new normal. A better normal. My kids want a dog when the virus is over. They're looking for a new, bet- ter normal, too. "What are you gonna tell kids at school about our trip? " I asked my son. "I'm gonna tell them how I was attacked in the middle of the night by a giant alligator while I was trying to go to the bathroom! " "But that didn't happen," I said. "But it could've" he said. "But it didn't," I said. At the anniversary of schools closing be- cause of a pandem- ic, there are a lot of things that could've happened that didn't. There are a lot of things that could've happened that did. Some- where between the did and the didn't, we have to find what to focus on. I'm trying to teach my kids to focus on the good things that did and the bad things that didn't. I'm trying to teach myself, too. "I guess I can tell them about the time I was holding a baby alligator and it slapped me across the face with its tail. And when I got bit by two wild prairie dogs. And pinched by a crab at the beach." "Perfect! " I said. "You know, everyone is gon- na think you're a really reck- less mom for letting these things happen to me," my son said. I can live with that. Katiedid Langrock is author of the book "Stop Farting in the Pyramids," available at cre- ators.com/books/stop-farting- in-the-pyramids. Follow Ka- tiedid Langrock at instagram. com/writeinthewild. B-2 Wednesday, March 17, 2021 The Press-Dispatch 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 Kuttin' Loose, in Petersburg. THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS Brian Houtsch ........................... Petersburg ........... 3/17 James Houtsch ............................. Otwell .............. 3/17 Alexander Eversoll .......... Weiden in der Oberpfalz . 3/17 Stacey Wilson ............................ Petersburg ........... 3/17 Hunter Allen ..............................Evansville ........... 3/18 Delmar Garretson ...................... Petersburg ........... 3/19 Shirley Edrington ........................ Winslow .............3/23 Evyn Fisher .............................. Washington ..........3/23 Misty Willis ............................... Petersburg ...........3/23 Tyler Cannon ............................. Petersburg ..........3/23 Jackson Burkhart ...................... Petersburg ...........3/23 THIS MONTH'S SPONSOR 610 E. Main St., Petersburg 812-354-9268 REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Aimee M. Guy AK A Amy M. Guy quitclaims to Chad R. Guy, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Vinod C. Gupta quitclaims to Juan Moran and Dora A. Nenez Moya, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Sheila McFarland Hill conveys to Frederick J. Davidson, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Susan Sullivan PR, Chella Stenftenagel PR, Estate of Roger Willis, and Roger Willis, deceased, AK A Roger D. Willis, deceased, convey to Wesley T. Willis, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Melissa S. Horrall PR, Estate of Trent D. Horrall and Trent D. Horrall, deceased, convey to Melissa S. Horrall, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Joshua J. McDonald and Kelli T. McDonald convey to Ethan Bolin, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Debbie Hale conveys to Jessica L. Newkirk, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Robert J. Grable, Jr. and George M. Cockerham convey to Robert J. Grable, Jr. and Cynthia L. Grable, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Dakota Brown quitclaims to Stephen E. Keith, real es- tate as recorded in Pike County. Wesley M. Capehart and Cheryl L. Capehart AK A Cher- yl L. Graff convey to Wesley M. Capehart and Cheryl L. Capehart, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Michael A. Anson and Marsha Kay Anson convey to Brandi E. Kabrick, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Brett A. Bell conveys to Roger L. Hume and Levi H. Hume, real estate as recorded in Pike County.