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The year's best offer. There's never been a better time to upgrade to Carrier ® quality and efficiency. For a limited time, you can claim up to $1,650 in Cool Cash rebates on a new system or receive up to 60 months of 0% financing.* Don't wait. Cool Cash is only available for a limited time. *Purchase of qualifying products required. 0% financing cannot be combined with Cool Cash. ©Carrier Corporation 8/2017. A unit of United Technologies Corporation. Stock symbol UTX. COOL CASH $1,650 REBATES UP TO ON A QUALIFIED HOME COMFORT SYSTEM BY CARRIER PH: 812-743-2382 HEATING & AIR-CONDITIONING Perry ' s LLC Serving the area since 1950. Perry ' s Perry ' s 303 Breckinridge Rd, Monroe City Email: perryshvac@gmail.com Craig Perry Vance Perry Chase Perry Katiedid Versus By Katiedid Langrock Cookie sales "You wouldn't believe it," my friend typed over group chat. "There was a little Girl Scout walking up and down the long line of cars waiting to get COVID tests, selling cook- ies! Going up to the windows of potentially sick people and hawking her goods. It was out- rageous! I mean, I bought four boxes, but still! Outrageous! " Selling Girl Scout Cookies ain't what it used to be. At least the cookie seller in the COVID-19 line harks back to the old days of setting up tables in front of groceries and car washes. (Not that I — or, I imagine, the Girl Scouts of America — condone put- ting our youths in direct con- tact with the potentially ill. In fact, I'm pretty sure we're both emphatically against it.) Most of the cookie sales I've been privy to over the past few years have come from online. For over a month now, I've been receiving auto-generated email after email from kinder- gartners asking whether I'm interested in supporting and securing the future of females through the purchase of Do- si-dos. "Share the joy. Change the world," the first email in- structed. Or was that the fol- low-up email? As a big fan of both sharing joy and chang- ing the world for a friendlier future, I found that the mes- saging certainly hit its mark. I may be a proud feminist, but I'm an even prouder cookie lover. And after a year that's felt as if we've all been pelted with lemons, those Lemon- ades are looking mighty deli- cious. But still. Something about the new selling technique leaves me a tad queasy. Staring at the avatar of my friend's ador- able 5 -year-old reminding me through an elegant and per- sistent email campaign that it's not too late to buy one more box is as effective as it is unsettling. (Luckily, I've got my box of Thin Mints to settle an upset stomach.) I suddenly understand my grandpa Bill's asking me why I didn't just get myself a nice paper route when I was a kid. His nostalgia for the way things used to be done overpowered his accep- tance for the way things are today. Maybe I'm just getting old, I think to myself, biting into a nice shortbread Trefoil. Why did I ever think these were the lame cookie? As a kid, I loved cookie sea- son, but only during those years when I was not an actual Girl Scout. The years I donned the brown vest, cookie season was filled with anxiety and overeating. (OK, OK, every cookie season includes over- eating.) Even the delicious taste of Tagalongs couldn't make me want to tag along on those cook- ie-selling mis- sions. No mat- ter how much I yelled out from behind the foldout ta- bles to the par- ents picking up their kids from school, I felt as if the efforts were fu- tile. We were rewarded (dare I say judged — in one partic- ular troop at least) based on how many boxes we sold. My fellow Brownies had parents who would sell their cook- ies to co-workers. My dad, a teacher, thought it inappropri- ate to attempt to sell my cook- ies to his students — no mat- ter how many times I pleaded. And my mom, a psychologist, was of a similar opinion that ending her one-on-one ses- sions with clients in her pri- vate practice ought not include an offering of a tissue and the Girl Scout Cookie order sheet. The nerve! Back in the day, cookie sea- son just meant lost Saturdays and sore throats from yelling at strangers. Maybe if I'd been more creative about where I set up my cookie business, the early entrepreneurship experience would have been more enjoyable. Outside a hos- pital (or a line of cars waiting for COVID-19 tests) might not have been the wisest, but per- haps outside an OB- GYN's office? Even as a kid, I under- stood that my preg- nant neighbors were likely to be my best customers. This year, unlike the past few, I understand more than ever the attempt to sell cookies online. It's social distancing-friendly. And for as much as I'm a tad weirded out by the avatars of my friends' kids, at least I get to see them in some capacity. Next year, however, I hope to have them knock on my door with a wag- on full of boxes like the good ol' days. ( Just call me Grand- pa Bill.) Until then, I'll just enjoy my box of S'mores and look for- ward to the day we sit around the campfire together. Katiedid Langrock is au- thor of the book "Stop Farting in the Pyramids," available at creators.com/books/stop- farting-in-the-pyramids. Fol- low Katiedid Langrock on In- stagram, at instagram.com/ writeinthewild. The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, March 24, 2021 A-5 CHICKEN NOODLE OR CHILI FRIDAY Roast Beef Manhattan $ 8.99 Roast Beef Smothered in Gravy on Mashed Potatoes and Bread with Green Beans or Corn and Drink * Parmesan Baked Tilapia $ 8.99 Baked Potato, Bread and Drink * Stromboli $ 8.99 Our Own Special Stromboli Served with Grippos (Plain or BBQ), Side Salad and a Drink * CHEESY CHICKEN BROCCOLI OR CHILI Chicken and Dumplings $ 8.99 Plate of Chicken and Dumplings, Green Beans or Buttered Peas and Carrots, Baked Apples, Roll and a Drink * WEDNESDAY Boneless Pork Chop $ 8.99 Tender Pork Loin Baked with Special Spices and Parmesan Cheese served with Baked Potato, Green Beans and a Drink * *Your Choice of Regular Co† ee, Tea or Coke Product. Specials and menu items are subject to food availability from suppliers. /RandysAmericanaCafe Like us on Facebook! 7TH & MAIN STREETS • PETERSBURG MARCH 24 - 30 MONDAY VEGETABLE BEEF OR CHILI Spaghetti $ 7.99 Cheesy Mozzarella Toast, Side Salad and Drink* Cheeseburger & Chili $ 8.99 Cheeseburger with a Cup of Chili, Chips and Drink* Pancakes $ 7.99 Choice of Side and Drink* CHILI Biscuits and Gravy $ 7.99 With Your Choice of Bacon or Sausage, Two Eggs and Drink* SATURDAY Stromboli $ 8.99 Our Own Special Stromboli Served with Grippos (Plain or BBQ), Side Salad and a Drink * daily Dine-in & Carry-Out THURSDAY CHEESY POTATO OR CHILI Ham Steak $ 8.99 Thick-Sliced Ham Served with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Green Beans or Buttered Peas and Carrots, Roll and a Drink * Meatloaf $ 8.99 Green Beans or Buttered Peas and Carrots, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Roll and Drink * TUESDAY Turkey Manhattan $ 8.99 Turkey Breast Smothered in Gravy on Mashed Potatoes and Bread with Green Beans and Drink * Polish Sausage $ 8.99 with Sauerkraut Served with Cornbread, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, and Drink * HAM & BEANS WITH CORNBREAD OR CHILI Mon-Fri 7AM-8PM Saturday 7AM-2PM 812-354-2004 Spring break bike fun Serena Cloe and Finian Cloe were out riding bikes in the neighborhood on the first day of Spring Break for Pike County Schools. They had a mostly sunny day in the 60s, with a prediction of more warm days to follow on their break.

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