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Sweet's Column By Barb Sweet 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. As an added bonus, one lucky person each month will receive a free six month Press-Dispatch subscription. THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS Brenda Stillwell ......................... Petersburg ........... 3/10 Dan Miller ................................... Winslow ............. 3/13 Carolyn Myers ........................... Petersburg ........... 3/14 Sylvia Potter Stone .................. Oakland City ......... 3/15 THIS MONTH'S SPONSOR The Press Dispatch PIKE COUNTY'S NEWS NETWORK 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg 812-354-8500 • www.pressdispatch.net Five Generations Pictured left to right: August Dotterweich held by Austin Dotterweich (father), Emmett Dotterweich held by Susan Gregory (grandmother), Brenda Green (great-grandmother) and Deloris Murray (great-great-grand- mother), all of Petersburg. Pictured left to right: Hamilton Dotterweich held by Chase Dotterweich (father), Susan Gregory (grand- mother), Brenda Green (great-grandmother), and Deloris Murray (great-great-grandmother), all of Petersburg. Hi stars and welcome to the big stage all lit up in bright green lights and deco- rated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of March 10 -16. Come up on- to this stage and take a bow. BIRTHDAYS March 10 -Colton Hickman turns 16; Amanda Hickman turns 42; Grayson Lawrence Meyer turns 4. March 11-Richard and Linda Brawdy celebrate 57 years. March 12-Abigail Elizabeth Gayhart turns 13; Michael Smith turns 39; Tasha Cato turns 31. March 13-Barbara Sweet turns 74; Daniel Hensley turns 41; Amanda Nowark turns 30 ; Glenna Russo turns 77; Ruth Flick turns 80. March 14-Josh Caluya turns 35; Ron- nie Travis; Andrew Miller turns 31; Ata- lissa Kae Lamey turns 4. March 15 -Amanda Meyer turns 38; Blake Lamb turns 31; Danny Stone; Car- la Clark turns 33; Catherine Clark turns 33; Susan Wheeler Brittain turns 60. March 16 -Dexter Mathena turns 30 ; Jenna White; Tonda Dixon turns 62. 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. Two more of our Pike County stars have passed. Carroll Edrington passed on Feb. 16, at age 85. Marilyn Pancake passed on Feb. 18, at age 74. To the families of Carroll and Mari- lyn, remember all those great times and share your memories and more memo- ries will be added. They will be missed in the Winslow area of Pike County. EVENTS March 10 -Petersburg Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. March 13-Daylight Savings Time be- gins, so set your clocks ahead one hour. March 14-Winslow Town Hall meets at 6 p.m. March 17-St. Patrick's Day- wear your green! March 20 -Spring Equinox Winslow senior citizens are meeting on Monday and Tuesday at the Commu- nity Center. Petersburg seniors meet in the courthouse basement. Send postcards and notes of interest to: Sweets Column, Winslow, IN 47598. There weren't any postcards, but there was a birth. Layla Ward was born on January 27, 5lb 3oz, 19" long. She is welcomed into the home of Brandy and Dakota Ward and Mia Powless. Welcome Layla Ward. Winslow Patoka River is over its banks, but now falling. At Riverside Park, the water had covered half of the circle drive, and Da Goo, the Eskimo, had been moved to higher ground, the water had gotten almost up to where he is sitting now. The shelter house stayed dry, but several ponds of water were seen in the park. The field across highway 61 had large lakes of water; and Millers Field sets up higher, so it was spared from flooding. The back way out of Winslow, at Goosehill south had flooding across the road north of the bridge. On highway 57 you can see the flooding all along the low wooded areas. The White River at Pe- tersburg overflowed into the fields, and the Wabash River and Little Wabash Riv- er caused flooding in many of the fields. Even when the water was there, the oil pumps still kept pumping. Some field looked like big lakes or an ocean of water. Our temps rose from the middle 30s to the high 60s and one day was 70 degrees. The night temps started in the middle 20s, but most of the days it stayed around the middle 20s to 40s. The wind speed got up to 20 mph, but most of the days it stayed around 5 to 10 mph. February 23, we had another storm alert, but not as bad as the week before. It was all clear by the weekend, but sloppy to walk on the ground. George and Josh- ua are truckers, while making their deliv- eries, they ran into bad weather. George called me to see how our area was and it was icy, so he decided to take another Northern route to miss some of the bad areas. He went to Ohio in the north, and Joshua went to the New England state. In Dubois County, with cities of Jasper and Huntingburg, there are bird farmers that have to start over, because of the Avi- an Flu that was noticed on a fourth farm. They hope the farms in this county are fine. School Fundraisers are what grand- parents love to do to help their grand- children. We helped our granddaughter reach her goal. I wanted to get more, but what was ordered will help a lot; as she will take a limo ride. Kyana brought her cousin Isiah Brooks with her, he is Da- na Myer's grandson. The kids love piz- za, so they ate before they had to leave for home. Sunday, February 27, Norm and I got out for a ride. While he pumped gas, I started to clean my glasses and to my sur- prise, the frame broke in half. I needed to get my eyes checked, but hoped to do it later. No way now. Norm called and got me an opening at Shoultz Eye Care in Petersburg; where Dr. Clint Shoultz and his team were real- ly helpful to help me see again. My old lenses were put in a frame to help me see until the new glasses come in; and so that I can see to write the column. My eyes needed this up- grade. The test of dilating the eyes was a first, so for several hours I needed to have a dark sunglass shield when outside and the sun was bright. I will get my new glasses in about seven to fourteen days. To the Shoultz Eye Center stars, I am so happy that you could fit me in, and now I know that when my new glasses come in I will be able to see so much more. Our squirrel was seen in the yard from the cold winter days; and at Twin Pitts we saw turtles on the tree stumps get- ting some sun; and we heard the frogs, spring peepers, in the western section of this area; and also in the wood section on highway 61, by the State Forest Road, highway 364. A couple species of gulls can also be spotted in, and flying over, the flooded fields. Winslow streets are not the only roads that have potholes. The Logtown Road is half paved and the other half is rock, how- ever hardly any rock remains in some ar- eas. Those areas are now mud. The water has made ruts and a crater that could re- ally damage your vehicle. However, there had been a tree that hung over the road that is now cut up. Wayne says he is getting older when he has some hurting in his hip, that slows you down. We heard from cousin Don, who has pictures of family to be mailed. We also heard from nephew Ethan, who is planning to move to Indiana soon, and they will stop by for a visit. March came in like a lamb with lots of sunshine and the temp was 65, which helped out every- one enjoy being outside. It felt like spring time. We are all hoping for spring and even the plants, like the daffodils, have started to bud and grow this week. Well, not much more to talk about, but we hope all of our stars in Ukraine get to hold on to their country from Russia. And we are so proud that their citizens care so much for their country, as they defend it for their freedom. 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. Don't forget the time change, one hour ahead. QUICK AND EASY QUICK AND EASY MAC AND CHEESE MAC AND CHEESE By Jennifer Vallee When I was growing up, I could often tell the seasons by my father's tastes in food. Daddy loved to eat, and grew up the son of farmers. He learned a lot about what foods were ready at what time of year by growing and harvesting with his family. Today, we would call most of what they ate "locally sourced" and if you ask me, it is the best food on the planet. In addition to the foods that were grown, there were also foods that were either cheaper or more prevalent at certain times of the year. Around this time, because of the Lenten season, fish and seafood was often put on sale and we would always get a box of frozen cod. Cod can be a bit pricey, but they would look for the sales and it was one of my favorite times of the year because cod is one of my all time favorites. Alongside the cod, mom would usually fix potato salad, but once in awhile, she would make a big pot of mac and cheese. It was creamy and delicious and I always liked it best when she didn't have time to make potato salad. Through the years, mac and cheese has become one of my go to side dishes because of how many people, including myself, truly love it. It is one of the dishes that all my kids and now grandkids would eat and so I made sure to make it rather often at holidays and cookouts. My mac and cheese isn't fancy, but I like it and so does my family. I hope yours will as well. Enjoy! INGREDIENTS • 2 pounds elbow macaroni • 1/4 block processed cheese food ( Velveeta) • 1 block cream cheese • 1/2 c, to 1 c, 2 % milk • 2 Tbsp. salt • Pepper to taste (optional) DIRECTIONS 1. Pour salt into 3 quarts of salted water in a dutch oven or other large cooking pot on top of stove. 2. Stir salt into water and place on high burner until water begins to boil. 3. While waiting for the water to boil, dice cheeses into ap- proximately 1/2 inch cubes and place to the side. 4. Once the water is boiling, stir in macaroni and allow to boil for 3 minutes before turning off burner and cover- ing with lid. 5. A fter 10 minutes, check macaroni for doneness. Mac- aroni will continue to cook as long as it remains in the hot water. 6. Once macaroni forks tender, drain off water and add cheese cubes and 1/2 c. milk. Turn burner to low and stir constantly until all cheese is melted through. 7. Use clean fork to taste with and add pepper at that time if you like. I don't add it when the grandkids are over, but sometimes do with some of my pepper loving friends. 8. Serve while still hot. Source: Jennifer Vallee's Kitchen D-2 Wednesday, March 9, 2022 The Press-Dispatch