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Sweet's Column By Barb Sweet My So Called Millennial Life By Stephanie Hayes CLAM CHOWDER FOR ONE By Jennifer Vallee Although my husband adores my cooking and has, in fact, gained a couple pounds since marrying me, he will complain about one aspect of my cooking — I have a hard time cook- ing for small numbers. I freely admit this is a problem from which I suffer. I learned to cook in a family of six. I was breakfast and din- ner cook at a nursing home for a short time before having my son. Cooking for large parties doesn't deter me at all, but somehow, cooking for just one or two people has be- come a thorn in my side. Thankfully, my good friend and workmate, Cindy Petty has come to the rescue. Due to circumstances beyond her control, she has become the chief cook and bottle washer for her household while her hubby recovers from surgery. Being the independent woman she is, she didn't resort to take out, but has begun to widen her repertoire of dishes and has become a rather impressive home cook. She let me in on one of the secrets of her success recent- ly and it is a website called One Dish Kitchen that helps to bring recipes for the single household. I took a look at the website myself and it is quite impressive. The woman that runs it has a box which allows you to put in the number of people you are cooking for and adjusts the recipes accord- ingly. I was able to change the amounts in the recipes from 1 serving to 500 + servings without many calculations. In honor of her helping me find this site, I am offering up the recipe to one of Cindy's favorite lunches. I give you Clam Chowder For One. Enjoy! INGREDIENTS • 1 slice bacon • 1 celery rib , chopped • ¼ cup chopped onions • 1 clove garlic , minced • 1 small potato , peeled and cubed • ½ cup low sodium chicken broth • ¼ teaspoon dried thyme • ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt • ⅛ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper • 1 ½ tablespoons all-purpose flour • ¼ cup, plus 2 tablespoons half-and-half , divided • 1 (6.5 -ounce can) chopped clams , with the juice DIRECTIONS 1. In a 2-quart saucepan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to a paper towel to drain; set aside. 2. Saute celery and onion in the drippings until tender, about 3 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. 3. Stir in the potatoes, broth, thyme, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncov- ered, until potatoes are tender, 12-15 minutes. 4. In a small bowl, combine flour and half and half until smooth. Gradually stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. 5. Stir in clams, clam juice from the can, and 2 tablespoons of half-and-half; heat through (do not boil). Pour into a bowl, crumble the cooked bacon and sprinkle over the top of the soup. 6. Enjoy hot. Source: onedishkitchen.com Book banning is having a moment, and unbelievably, it is not even the '90s! This is the most retrograde trend since mom jeans came back. Or may- be scrunchies. And yet, here we are. School lead- ers, egged on by parents and political groups, are pulling library books that deal with race, LGBTQ issues, social movements, gender, sex and the vio- lent history of the world. It's happen- ing from Texas to Oklahoma to Flor- ida. A school board in Tennessee re- cently banned "Maus," a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust. Lessons on the horrors of genocide were fine, apparently, but the eight bad words and a nude cartoon mouse were a bridge too far. Parents in one Florida district have started reading passages of books they deem objectionable at school board meetings, excerpts that are surely inflammatory without context. Last week, another district took 16 books off the shelves for review, from Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" to Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner." Two bills that would give parents more control in the book review process are moving through the Florida Legisla- ture. Folks leading the charge always say it's not about censorship, and, uh, sure, Jan! The ordeal suggests that school libraries are brimming with porn (heads-up: that's on the little handheld computers in kids' pockets). In reality, media specialists work hard to review literature and place it according to de- mographics and maturity levels. Some schools already give parents electron- ic control over what their children can check out. The moral panic is very "Fahrenheit 451," a cau- tionary tale that ends in total wartime chaos with intellectuals hiding in the woods. That tracks. Instead of having parent- and educator-led conver- sations with nuance, get into the brush behind a Dairy Queen to figure out hard stuff like normal! But for the sake of argument, let's assume this new wave achieves its de- sired effect. It is a truth universally acknowledged that whenever grown- ups get draconian, the youth fall in line without question. For instance, when adults are all, "Whatever you do, don't dare open the armoire with the magical MacGuffin or a great misery will befall you," and then the adults leave, the children will not, under any circumstances, open the armoire. These are just the facts of science. Similarly, when Stacy's parents said, "Robert is not welcome under this roof," Stacy absolutely did not date Robert for the next 14 months. She was definitely spending the night at Alicia's because of all the big tests. There were a suspicious number of ex- ams that year. "Enough with your hypotheticals," some may scream, gripping the school board-approved "18 Exciting Uses for Buttons." "What about the re- al world? " Great point. We can all agree that as soon as parents started decrying violent video games, teens switched to Xbox battles about chaste side-hugging. "Grand Theft Auto" was replaced by "Ad- ventures in Pleasantries." Obscenity warriors have tried to mute rap and rock music for decades, with acts from 2 Live Crew to N.W.A. to even the Beatles falling victim. Those artists en- joyed no increased record sales, no certified gold club bangers, no major Hollywood biopics. Absolutely zero attention came to the banned book "Where's Waldo? " — sit with that briefly — when a sliver of side boob was discovered in a beach scene. That scandal tanked "Where's Waldo? ", thank the maker. And no one has ever heard the term "Streisand effect," coined when Bar- bra Streisand tried to hide photos of her house and made everyone look in- stead. Certainly not "Maus" author Art Spiegelman, who did not reference such effect when sales of "Maus" skyrocket- ed more than 700 percent as news of the ban spread. The attempt to scrub the materials in no way opened the story to a new generation of readers who can now process the atrocities of the Holo- caust and generational trauma in a pro- foundly accessible way. Oh, wait. That's exactly what hap- pened. Stephanie Hayes is a columnist at the Tampa Bay Times in Florida. Fol- low her at @ stephhayes on Twitter or @ stephrhayes on Instagram. Something newsworthy? Let us know at 812-354-8500! C-2 Wednesday, Feburar y 23, 2022 The Press-Dispatch Go ahead, ban books, see what happens To enter the Birthday Club, fill out the form at www. pressdispatch.net/birthday. Only the person's name, town and birthday will appear in the paper. 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AUCTION JASPER IN, DUBOIS COUNT Y R E A L E S TAT E Wednesday, March 2 nd @ 6PM Offered in 5 Tracts 57 ± Acres AUCTION LOCATION: Knights of Columbus Hall, 5103 West Walnut St, Ireland, IN 47545 DIRECTIONS: From Jasper IN, at the jct of Hwy 231 and Hwy 56 at the "Triangle" take Hwy 56 west 5 miles through Ireland to Co Rd W 300 N turn left 1.1 miles to Co Rd N 750 W, turn south and proceed 4 miles (turns into Co Rd W 50 N) to Co Rd S 900 W turn south 1 mile to the auction property. INSPECTION DATE: Tues, Feb. 8th • 11AM -1PM BUYER'S PREMIUM: A 4% Buyer's Premium will be added to the final bid price and included in the contract purchase price. • 40+/- Tillable acres, Woods • Potential Building Sites • Public Water Available • 7 Miles West of Jasper • Jasper School District • Combine Tracts to Create Your Own Desired Property OWNER: Jason & Heather Burkhart AUCTION MANAGER: Brad Horrall, 812.890.8255 (800)451-2709 SchraderAuction.com AC63001504, AU1052618 Hi stars and welcome to the big stage all lit up in bright colorful lights and dec- orated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of February 24 to March 2. Come up onto this stage and take a bow. BIRTHDAYS February 25 -Keshia Wilson Gerber turns 31; Les Nixon turns 65; Claira Jayne Dunn; Mike and Lena Truelove cel- ebrate 12 years; and Les and Julie Nixon celebrate 45 years. February 26 -Melissa Meyer turns 40 ; Gordon Hadlock turns 96; Eric Hill turns 49; and Aurora Grace Rowe turns 8. February 28 -Charity Sullivan turns 48; David Key turns 65; and Noah James Hamilton turns 3. March 1-Madison Warner turns 20 ; and Sienna Kay Nowark turns 17. March 2-Emily Carrico turns 23; Lane Michael Cummins turns 15; Wrex Ever- soll turns 70 ; Bradley Robert Segert turns 34; Nevaeh McGee turns 12; and Della Virden Darringer turns 85. 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 need that card, visit, phone call and that daily thought of them to have a better day. And also those that are going through surgeries, treatments, tests of all kinds, those with allergies, and the aches and pains of everyday life. We are sad to hear of the passing of William Boyd Wineinger, age 91, who passed on February 5, 2022. Remember all the great times and share your mem- ories and more will be added. EVENTS February 28 -Winslow Town Hall at 6 p.m. March 1-Mardi Gras. March 2-Ash Wednesday. March 8 -Winslow Beautification at 6:30 and Economic at 7:30 at the Snyder Community Center. March 10 -Petersburg Lions Club at 6:30 p.m. March 13-Daylight Savings Time be- gins, so set your clocks ahead one hour. Winslow senior citizens are meeting on Monday and Tuesday at the Snyder Community Center. Petersburg seniors meet in the courthouse basement. Send postcards and notes of interest to: Sweets Column, Winslow, IN 47598. The postcard show a big building of brown and yellow windows with a dressed up mouse eating a big wedge of cheese. A welcome sign with Igor the Mouse to wel- come cheese lovers. A bigger sign standing high says Cheese Mousehouse, deli sandwiches plus cheese, beer, gifts, fudge all at the Mousehouse (wedge of cheese), Wisconsin. Igor the Mouse also has his sandwich "Igor's Big Belly Deli." "Hello Sweets, my brother and I came back to northern Wisconsin to ride snow- mobiles again. The trails were great. We rode 477 miles in four days. We stayed in St. Germain, Wi." -Max and Rex Carlisle. P.S. We stopped and bought cheese here. Rex and Max, thanks for this postcard and it sounds like you both had a great trip of snowmobiling and the miles you traveled must have been exciting to get in the open air and lots of snow. Igor the Mouse must have had a great selection of cheese. The note of interest is- Steve Nelson, Mike McGregor and Ray Brooks took a crisis intervention team in Evansville, and on February 15, this team graduat- ed from CIT Training. Tell these fine men congrats. Winslow Patoka River has rose to the rim, but fell a little. With the melting of the snow and ice we had, and the two to three inches of rain on Thursday the 17th, our rivers will rise more or maybe overflow. Our temps started in the 30s to a high of 60s for two days, the low start- ed in the teens and rose to the 50s, then dropped into the 20s. Winds were 10 -20 mph, until the rain came and then gust were 40 -60 mph with a marginal risk of storms. We were at Twin Pitts and saw some picture taking views- light dew and fog, on the thinly ice covered lakes and a fog of white with snow around the edg- es of the water, with some snow in shad- ed ares. My new phone isn't set up yet, because of not enough signal in this area, we live in a low spot of town. Speaking of phones, on Superbowl Sunday, we couldn't see the game, because we don't get channel 25 or 14. So Norm got an update on his phone to see how the game was going and the score. The winner was the L A Rams, 23- 20, over the Cincinnati Bengals. No, we didn't see the half-time show. On Valentine's Day the five of us went out to eat at Stoll's on Boggs Lake, which also had a skim of ice on the lake. Mom (Mildred), Terri Ann, Ted, Norm and I enjoyed some good filling food and desserts as we got caught up on life. Candy, a kitten and a unicorn was just the gift for a smile, plus a jar of apple butter. Laura was sleeping for work that night, so she still has her gift here. Our gift to each other was to be together, and we were, and we had a great day. Hope your day was extra pleasant with family. Our garden of star lights and other items that don't light up, we rearranged the rope lights to shine on the windmill and also draped on item, like a fence. Winslow has their wreaths still up on Main Street, but I guess the lift truck or whatever is used, must have been broke, but they do give off a sense that winter is still here. Everything now has caught up with some other cities, as we did our grocery shopping we saw where we spent more this month than we ever spent. Grocer- ies were high, but gas went up and now down. The bills have went up, but we did have several days in the single digits and we had to turn it up a degree. The gas bill may go down a bit, if the temps stay in the teens again in the next billing period. I'm writing this column on a rainy day. We may have gotten close to three inch- es, since we had our own little ponds, small streams and several rivers flow through the yards, some of them had overflowed. We are suppose to have a winter mix. Earlier, I saw drops of rain hang on the tree limbs and glistened in the light. Have you also seen the trees bud? Some trees do that early or the trees are being fooled, "no early spring." There were nice days a jacket wasn't worn, but this time we all should have on our win- ter coats and gloves. 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 area. Always smile, wave and say "hi" to everyone you see this week.