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Sweet's Column By Barb Sweet My So Called Millennial Life By Stephanie Hayes net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net Get your news anytime and anywhere! SATURDAY, DEC. 11• 10am EST 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 WINSLOW ESTATE THIS AUCTION IS LIKE GOING BACK IN TIME! What a great estate we have to finish 2021 off right! We are finding things dating back to the early 1900s! is auction is featuring all types of antiques, collectibles, prim- itives, antique barber chair, several pieces of cast iron, pottery/stoneware (Uhl, Hull, McCoy and others), glassware, 50+ nice pieces of furniture, vin- tage toys, jewelry, large collection of records, Longaberger baskets, vintage video games, ammo, household items and much more! C-2 Wednesday, December 8, 2021 The Press-Dispatch To enter the Birthday Club, email your name, ad- dress, phone number and birthdate to birthdayclub@ pressdispatch.net or fill out the form at www.pressdis- patch.net/birthday. Only the person's name, town and birthday will appear in the paper. As an added bonus, one lucky person each month will receive a free three month Press-Dispatch subscription. This month's birthdays have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Downtown Emporium, in Huntingburg. THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS Cheryl Grannan ......................... Petersburg ...........12/8 Joyce Dewig................................Haubstadt ...........12/9 Wyatt Elenbaas .......................... Petersburg ......... 12/10 Larry Evans .............................. Petersburg ......... 12/11 Adam Onyett ............................. Petersburg ......... 12/14 Alize Padgett ................................ Otwell ............ 12/14 Jody Hoover .............................. Petersburg ......... 12/14 THIS MONTH'S SPONSOR EMPORIUM DOWNTOWN 407 E. Fourth St, Huntingburg 812-683-0123 Hi stars and welcome to the big stage all lit up in bright fall lights and deco- rated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of December 9 -15. Come up onto this stage and take a bow. BIRTHDAYS December 9 -Josh Tindall turns 38; Kim Messmer; Eric Messmer; Jake Mi- chael Sherman turns 6. December 10 -Shane Dillman turns 34; Isiah Travis turns 18; Linda Miller turns 78. December 11-Kristal Aldridge; Carl Knight turns 21; April Hartley; Cary Bai- ley turns 56; Oscar Moore; Rene Bolin turns 78. December 12-Kiesha Merritt turns 27; Ellie Pancake turns 19; Sian Edwards turns 23; Twyla Flint. December 14-Breyanna Dawn McAtee turns 13; Kathy Loveless turns 51; Clay- ton Dwayne Sanders turns 26. December 15 -John Heuring; Aaron Al- dridge; Izaiah Michael Lemond turns 15; Keegan Simmons turns 23; Mary Barrett turns 64. 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 have this new COVID and the recovery afterwards, those who are having surgeries, treatments, test- ing and more, and those with allergies, and the aches and pains of everyday life: Katy, Mick, Annabel, Benny and those homebound while they heal. EVENTS December 9 -Petersburg Lions Club Christmas at 6 p.m. December 11-Winslow Winter Wonder- land and Santa Claus at old Town Hall from 4-7 p.m. Santa will hear your child's request and give them a treat. There will be several Christmas decorations to see from many stars and hot chocolate for your thirst. December 13-Winslow Town Hall at 6 p.m. December 14-Winslow Beautification and Economic starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Snyder Community Center. December 21-Winter begins. December 25 -Christmas Day. December 26 -Kwanzaa begins. December 31-New Year's Eve. Christmas in Hornady Park will continue from 6 - 9 p.m. every night until the end of December. Come and see all the displays set up for your enjoyment. Winslow senior citizens are meeting on Monday and Tuesday at the Com- munity Center. Petersburg seniors meet in the court- house basement. There were no postcards this week at Sweets Column, Winslow, IN 47598. Winslow Patoka River is less than half full and the rain we have had was less than a half inch. It was mostly showers. We have had more foggy mornings, but one evening, the fog came in the area ear- ly, then lasted almost all night. The temps have been in the 40s and 50s during the days and a couple of days, it reached the 60s. The night temps started out in the high 20s, then reached the middle 40s. The winds have blown the leaves off the trees and onto the ground to rake up or mow them into mulch. The yards are torn between the Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations, but this week, it should change over to all Christmas, with Santa on the rooftop, nativities, snow- men, Grinch, skeletons with red scarves, and the 57 Bones family are decorating the tree. One yard has a big horse with a wreath around its neck. There are drag- ons, reindeer and lots of colored lights on houses and more for you all to smile at or drive slow to see it all. In our cor- ner lot, we have a Santa in his sleigh with his reindeer taking off from the lighted runway of solar lights. Many towns have their Main St. light posts decorated and some businesses have dressed up their building. In Winslow, we have wreaths and banners, and the Winslow Library has a lighted nativity that's new. The Flower Pot has little decorated trees and the Quick Pick has colored lights. The Winslow Post Office has a big wreath and across the street, Debbie has decorated with garland wreath and lighted trees. When you all get out of the house, look and see all the beautiful decorations set out in your area of town, you might see a new item that catches your eye. In Evansville, on the corner of St. Joe and Maryland, there are some Christmas lights set up in tribute to Charlie Stocker, the Garden Guy, who passed this year and this is what he was planning to do, but couldn't, so his friends made it happen. Francisco still has the road closed barricades up with de- tours. In town, by the school, there is a big pile of dirt cover- ing the highway, and I knew another way out, and it has also changed with only two houses, but it used to have five or six fam- ilies living there in the 50s and 60s when I grew up in Francisco. This project is to have the detour into the next year. More of our Pike County stars are get- ting their first shot of Moderna and oth- ers are getting the booster shot. Thurs- day, we were there and we hear that in the times of 8 -9, they had a long line, but when we got there about 11, there were only a few coming in every 15 min- utes. All along the window sills are lots of potted plants, all different, but the two Christmas cacti have blooms and they are both different in leaves and blooms. One is purple with dark red purple blooms and the other is green with red blooms. A f- ter we left the Health Dept., we stopped at a local store and we weren't the on- ly ones. We saw three other stars who stopped there after getting their shots. The store owner was excited and ready for the Christmas parades that were to be on Saturday, Dec. 4 in Winslow and Petersburg. Mom went out for a ride through Jas- per, Huntingburg, Ferdinand and Por- tersville Rd. In Jasper, she noticed that a business sat higher than most of the other businesses and we hadn't noticed that. She is still at Terri and Ted's house. Not much more to talk about, so the lights are about to dim for this week. Keep an eye on family and friends. Slow down and see all the wonders in your ar- ea. Don't be in a hurry when planning your events with family and have loads of fun as you shop for that special gift for family. As always, smile, wave and say "hi" to everyone you see this week. SATURDAY, DEC. 11 at 11AM EST CUTE 2 BED, 1 BATH HOME with DETACHED GARAGES on NICE CORNER LOT; Plus: 1930 MODEL A COUPE; GREAT SELECTION OF ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES; LAWN TRACTORS; TOOLS; HOUSEHOLD MISC & MORE! Property & Live Auc on Loca on: 108 E. WALNUT STREET in PETERSBURG, IN 47567 812-467-0227 SOHN & ASSOCIATES, LTD Large Live Public Estate Auction Real Estate & Personal Property in Petersburg, IN 812-467-0227 Auc oneer: Trent Sohn #AU19700067, AC#30000226 Direc ons: From Evansville, go North on I-69, Take exit 46 for IN-56/IN-61 toward Petersburg/Jasper, Turn le onto E. Illinois St., Turn right onto S. 1st St., to right onto Walnut St. Seller: Estate of Guy Cockerham; Bonnie Cockerham Visit our website for HUNDREDS of photos at SohnAndAssociates.com Shipping delays? Give kids your old jeans Pregnant... or think you are? Call:1-877-257-1084 or Locally Call: 1-812-354-2814 • Free pregnancy testing • Free counseling and info. on pregnancy options. • Confi dential counseling for women & men who are suff ering from post-abortion syndrome. • Residential Care • Health and assistance referrals. • Training and education. • Assistance in getting baby and maternity clothes washpcc@sbcglobal.net www.washingtonpregnancycenter.com REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Pike County Auditor, Joshua Harper and Roger L. Harp- er convey to Mark A. Norrick, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Stephen W. Evans and Patricia A. Evans quitclaim to Patricia A. Evans, Stephen W. Evans, and The Stephen and Patricia Evans Living Trust, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Stephen W. Evans and Patricia A. Evans quitclaim to Patricia A. Evans, Stephen W. Evans, and The Stephen and Patricia Evans Living Trust, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Stephen W. Evans and Patricia A. Evans quitclaim to Patricia A. Evans, Stephen W. Evans, and The Stephen and Patricia Evans Living Trust, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Pike County Auditor, Paul Sollman and Rosetta Risley convey to Linda Jones and Gary Traylor, real estate as re- corded in Pike County. Donald E. Alley and Lisa L. Alley convey to Christopher D. Boyd, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Phillip Keith Roy, Juanita Roy, Juanita Roy AIF, Juanita May Roy and Juanita Mae Roy convey to Larry D. Fergu- son, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Jason Andrew Query conveys to Hulen Bryant, real es- tate as recorded in Pike County. Lisa A. Traylor conveys to Joseph Hetman, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Steven D. Powell and Steve Powell convey to Steven D. Powell, Julie D. Powell and Steve Powell, real estate as re- corded in Pike County. Charles A. Schwindt quitclaims to Charles A. Schwindt and Fonda S. Schwindt, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Bowman Family Holdings, Inc. conveys to Steven D. Pride and Lana S. Pride, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Linda C. Stanley and Jimmy D. Stanley convey to Makay- la D. Stanley and Jagar P. Gladish, real estate as record- ed in Pike County. Charles W. Shoultz and Shelba J. Shoultz convey to Josh- ua E. Smith and Sarah R. Smith, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Marquette K. Cook quitclaims to Marquette K. Cook and Jacqueline Floyd, real estate as recorded in Pike Coun- ty. Marquette K. Cook quitclaims to Marquette K. Cook and Darren Cook, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Dustin Bosse and Kayla Bosse convey to Johnny Ray Blackmon, real estate as recorded in Pike County. First things first. Santa exists, and his reindeer say hello. Well, except Blitzen. Blitzen is missing again, be- cause Blitzen "likes to have a good time." Are the children still there? Are they looking over your shoulder with podcast- ing equipment, trying to un- furl a secret? That's what my colleagues say happens when they write about Santa Claus, who is not fake at all. Children, who rarely con- sume news, become global citizens the moment a piece about the true existence of Santa Claus appears. Then the journal- ists get lots of, uh, friendly holiday corre- spondence. Santa is a fact supported by scientif- ic study! Okay, please tell the kids to go away. They will be fine, just give them a screen. It's time to talk about what to get them for the holidays. Current shopping conditions require a Faustian bargain. If you have not ordered presents by now, or exchanged part of your soul, you might be in trouble. High-tech stuff is still cool. Tamagotch- is — those tiny electronic pets that die if you neglect them and brought down child- birth numbers among millennials — are back. Or consider the Star Wars Galac- tic Snackin' Grogu, a Baby Yoda who eats but does not require around- the-clock care. Better! Clos- er! Warmer! But the toy scene has a dif- ferent vibe in this 100th year of our pandemic. Kaleido- scopes and puzzles are mak- ing hot toy lists. An analyst from the retail research firm NPD Group has predicted a desire for "toys with a strong focus on sharing and playing, as well as toys with a hint of nostalgia and sustainability." Even children want to go back to sim- pler times. They have spent one too ma- ny days in school asking each other who their parents voted for. They just need to be kids, and that means eating dirt and stuff. If (oh, geez, they're back) Santa is stumped by the elfin supply chain, con- sider colonial toys such as marbles, hoops, a length of rope, haunted dolls and that wooden ball-in-cup game. They provide hours of joy but also send a mes- sage, and that message is, "have your fun at 4 a.m., because soon it is time to har- vest the peas." Speaking of crops, a potato is a time- less present. It's a pocket warmer! It's a baseball in a pinch! It's a great way to in- jure your brother! When little Felix asks why Santa brought a spud, act like you can't believe he hasn't heard of the po- tato trend. Kids hate getting clothes, but have you seen how they're dressing lately? Young people are wearing pleated mom jeans and embroidered teacher shirts. They are wearing Dr. Martens, slouch socks, claw clips, tiny sunglasses and pieces of Arby's uniforms circa 1996. They are dressing like the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Just go into the depths of your closet and wrap everything up, I a.m. telling you. Board games are fun, but why not in- troduce children to mind games? No, no, it's fine. They have to learn sometime. Tell them Santa left gifts in a hidden location, and they must answer a series of questions, create a map on the back of an old scroll and organize a team of ex- plorers, each with different talents, but all inevitably expendable. This will give you — er, Santa — the time to get holi- day gifts by February. Stephanie Hayes is a columnist at the Tampa Bay Times in Florida. Follow her at @ stephhayeswrites on Facebook, @ stephhayes on Twitter or @ stephrhayes on Instagram.

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