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My So Called Millennial Life By Stephanie Hayes Finding joy in a pair of Robber Baron shoes Sweet's Column By Barb Sweet other 202200592 202206003 202209179 for potential and be a Park year rest cut. with a bathrooms Results Results SATURDAY, APRIL 2 • 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 • AUCTION Call Today to schedule your auction! No Buyer's Premium. PATTY JONES ESTATE Featuring 75+ pieces of quality and antique furniture, all types of antiques and collectibles, several dinner bells and weathervanes, all types of glassware: Fenton, Fiesta, vintage Pyrex, Corningware, china sets, pink and green depression and others, cast iron, gold jewelry, silver coins, pottery, household items and much more! The house is packed full. Who knows what we will find! Hi stars and welcome to the big stage all lit up in colorful lights and decorated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of March 31-April 6. Come up onto this stage and take a bow. BELATED BIRTHDAY A belated birthday to An- nie Birdsong who turned 39 on March 6. BIRTHDAYS March 31-Roberta Meyer turns 65; Franklin Marshall turns 90. April 1-Larry Smith turns 41; Stacy Russell; Jonathon Ice turns 15; Shirley Schum; Melissa Meece Stokes turns 43; Ashley Maxfield; Kathy Mills Johnson turns 69; Josh and Elizabeth Gibson cele- brate 5 years. April 2-Larry Meyer turns 66; Kyler Louis Cottingham turns 10 ; Jerry and Becky Grissom celebrate 12 years. April 3-Mary Gayhart turns 30 ; Mark Mason. April 4-John Vinnedge turns 52; Robert and Linda Harp celebrate 35 years. April 5 -Staci Ann Rhoder- ick; Karen Miller; Lois John- son; Datsun Lane Ashby turns 1; Mike and Lucy Gamble cel- ebrate 53 years. April 6 -Mandy Nicholson Sullivan turns 35; John Gay- hart turns 36. 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 are going through surgeries, treatments, tests of all kinds, those with allergies, and the aches and pains of everyday life. EVENTS April 1-April Fool's Day. April 2-Open Fun Horse Show at noon, at Rockin' G. Saddle Club, south Highway 257 from Otwell junction, contact Matt Gamble at 812- 789 -6430 or Dallas Gamble at 812-582-9661 for more infor- mation. Concessions will be available from Winslow Lions. April 7-Winslow Loins Club meets at 6 p.m. at Mike and Lucy Gamble's house. April 9 -Oakland City Lions' Big Easter Egg Hunt. There will be fish sandwiches avail- able. April 10 -Palm Sunday. April 11-Winslow Town Hall at 6 p.m. April 12-Winslow Beau- tification at 6:30 p.m. and Economic at 7:30 p.m. at the Snyder Communi- ty Center. April 14-Peters- burg Lions Club meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Village Inn. April 15 -Good Friday; Oak- land City Fish Fry at the IGA grocery store. April 17-Easter Sunday. Winslow senior citizens are meeting on Monday and Tues- day at the Snyder Community Center. Petersburg senior cit- izens meet in the courthouse basement. Send postcards and notes of interest to: Sweets Column, Winslow, IN 47598. We received no postcards this week, but we did receive two notes of interest. We re- ceived a card that had a paint- ing by a 'mouth artist,' titled "Blushing Beauty." A vase of carnation-like flowers of yel- low, red, white and purple in a glass vase sitting on a table draped in a see-through ma- terial. It sits next to a window looking out onto a yellow path going to a beach by the sea, with trees on the hillside. In- side it reads: "Hi, Sweets! Hap- py Easter. Janie Tormohlen." Janie, I love the flowers and Happy Easter to you. Our second card has a birth- day cupcake with a candle lit, with colored beads draped overhead. The cupcake has white icing and sprinkles on a chocolate cupcake in a pur- ple polka dot wrapper. In- side it reads: "Thank you, Barb Sweet. Enjoy your col- umn. May God bless you. Happy Birthday! Like to put a Happy Birthday in for Mar- go Townley, 80 years old. Big 80." Thank you for your kind words and the birthday cup- cake. Happy Birthday, Margo, who turned 80 on March 25. Winslow Patoka River has gone down, but since we re- ceived over an inch of rain on March 22, the Patoka should rise again like the White Riv- er had started to recede, but now it might overflow again. Our yards have streams and puddles, but the ditch that was cleaned out is now taking that rain water down to the woods and then to the river. The rain had some thunder and lightning, and the winds were breezy. Our temps stayed in the 60s and 70s, with lows in the 40s, but by the weekend, it should have that cold feeling again, with more breezy days to follow. A note to the Winslow Lions Club, which will meet April 7 at Mike and Lacy's house, this is the bring in monthly meal. Members, if you would like an office, this is the time to put in your name. Norm has kept himself busy and one place was our woods that had limbs and sticker briers, but now it looks like a wooded area that will welcome several chairs in the area to enjoy the quiet time and hear the robins, cardinals, wood- peckers and see the flowers grow. The maple trees and the poplar trees have red buds of different shades of red colors, and some have begun to drop off onto the truck and porch areas. The lilac bush has small green leaves, some wooded areas have white blooms on trees, similar to the Dogwood tree. The flags, irises, day lil- ies, purple or purple white lit- tle flowers on the ground are appearing. Rose of Sharon have their pods opening to scatter more seeds. The fields have either green grass or a start of purple clover. I haven't been out much this past week, but several yards must have something in their yard that is eye-popping, like the purple flowers on the tulip tree. St. Patrick's Day was enjoy- able to be outside and at the Winslow Lions Club. Every- one had some green on, as we all had a roaring time to- gether. Laura took me out to eat on Saturday for my birthday, as we drove to an Italian restau- rant in Evansville. We drove through spots of rain all the way there, but it was clear on the way home. I had nev- er been to this restaurant and they were crowded, but the seating was spaced to not be so crowded. The food was fill- ing and I should have had what Laura ordered, grilled salm- on with steamed broccoli, but I had a plate of chicken Par- mesan, Alfredo fettuccine and lasagna, plus we both shared a salad and for dessert, we shared a chocolate cake with a chocolate and white mousse, with a fudge icing with tiny chocolate chips. Our part of Brownstown in Winslow is growing again with Master Kendle on his small quad runner and his big sister Ava, who ride to the cor- ner and back to the house, but Master Kendle does a great job as he drives backwards. Another family was out walk- ing with a pre-teen, pushing a small girl in a stroller and a small lad on a bike made for his size. We also have teenag- ers in another family. It's nice to see our area filled with chil- dren again. Ethan and Annie have been cleaning up, ordering supplies and food, plus other items be- fore they have a grand open- ing at a restaurant in Celes- tine. While they are out, we have Zoe, who loves to play fetch every waking minute with either a stick or the pink pig or the stuffed ram. She is still young, but she has the smarts to learn new things. I hope I didn't talk too much, but 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. Spring has sprung. BREAKFAST PIZZA BREAKFAST PIZZA YOUR WAY YOUR WAY By Jennifer Vallee I mentioned earlier that cheese pizza was a staple during Lent when I was in school. It met all the dietary require- ments and let's face it, the majority of kids love pizza! As we become adults, pizza oftentimes becomes a go- to for the nights when cooking seems impossible with our busy schedules, or when we are feeling a little lazy and want something that will be both popular with our family and we won't have to slave over. Although there are a number of great pizza options in the Tri-State area, my family does enjoy a good homemade pizza from time to time. My mother makes one of the best home- made pizzas of all time, and although I do plan to share that recipe soon, I would like to first share a recipe that we have be playing with for breakfast pizza. The best thing about making a breakfast pizza for yourself is that you have complete control over what you put onto it, and if you have picky eaters, you can make allowances for that by putting different ingredients on different quarters. You can also use a lot of the ingredients that otherwise might go to waste. Leftover scrambled eggs, ham, sausage, bacon, even veggies can be put on as toppings, which helps to control food waste. I have found that I can use peppered gravy mix or melt- ed butter as equally delicious options for a top-notch break- fast pizza. I hope you enjoy making and eating your pizza attempts as much as our family does ours. So easy and so delicious! INGREDIENTS • Crust ingredients: • 1 2/3 cup baking mix (think Bisquick) • 1/2 cup hot water • Olive oil • 1 cup of prepared peppered gravy mix (use instruc- tions on package) or 1 stick melted salted butter • Remaining ingredients to be used as you see fit. These are ingredients that I use for my family depending on what is in the fridge or pantry at the time. The sky is the limit. Possible ingredients are: • 4-6 scrambled eggs • 1/2 cup of ham chunks • 1/2 cup crispy bacon crumbles • 1 bag shredded cheese (mozzarella or colby jack are my go-tos, but use whatever you like) • 1/4 cup green onions diced • 1/4 diced tomatoes DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 450ºF. 2. In a medium bowl, mix together baking mix and water just until combined. 3. Drizzle dough with a little olive oil. Cover with a towel and allow to rest in a warm place for 5 minutes. 4. Roll out dough on a pizza stone or pizza pan. Top crust with gravy or melted butter, cheese and toppings. 5. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until cheese is melted and crust is browned. Source: plainchicken.com I used to dress well, the way an extro- verted retiree in Boca dresses well. I've al- ways favored glitter, animal prints, big jew- elry, faux fur, highly sculptural hair and anything that resembles a peignoir. While I admire chic, minimalist style — for in- stance, a bare-faced French woman in an olive-green sack dress riding a vintage bike — I have never succeeded in being that woman. I am powerless in the pres- ence of, say, a T-shirt with a whimsical ti- ger wearing an Elizabethan ruff and horn- rimmed glasses, accompanied by a snap- py feminist phrase. Or a baseball cap that says Tarpon Springs in all rhinestones. La mystique feminine! It is who I am! On this hill I die! But I lost track of my personal style during the pandemic, went from stomp- ing around an office to being one with the couch. My flippy dresses and crisp jackets metamorphosed into local brewery tank tops, leggings and fear. La misere. Now, life has settled somewhere in the middle. I go to the office a bit and venture out more, but the energy is still crackling on a bad connection. So much has changed in two years, and fashion has left many of us behind. The vibe has shifted. The word "cheugy" became cheugy. My once fun Boca-lady clothes feel outdated and grumpy, like a Judy Greer character in a 2000s romcom. Just dozens of Judy Greers in the form of skinny jeans and de mode tops staring at me. Je suis vide. I am empty. And this is how I found myself recent- ly whimpering at the feet of tacky shoes. We were in the kind of shoe store with rows of boxes and a utilitarian selection of wide sizes. We needed new sneakers for my stepchild. A modest quest, not an indulgent trip. But voila! There they were, bathed in fluorescent big-box light. Cream-col- ored, iridescent faux snake, ankle strap, wave-stitched rainbow threading, and — gasp choke die — plastic gems. The heels were mir- rors. Do you hear me? The heels were mirrors. I tried them on, know- ing they would be foot prison, but they felt pillowy, comfortable, adorable. Are you watching "The Gilded Age" on HBO? In these shoes, I was Bertha Rus- sell, the new-money wife of 1800s New York City robber baron, George. She is tacky, and, um, representative of modern economic inequality. But if you can get past that, she is fantastic. She dares to drink from cups of colored glass. She shows cleavage. She arrives uninvited. She will plot the demise of everyone around her while wearing multiple peacock feathers. Were the shoes expensive? That's what you want to know. I know it is. I'm not going to give a dollar figure because it doesn't matter. It will mean something different to everyone and lead to EMAIL S and @ SIGNS. I was not exactly in a Gucci store. But these pointless shoes cost more than I would normally spend on pointless shoes. I walked away. I believe my husband spied some- thing flicker in me, the way George Rus- sell oozed pity when Bertha hosted a ga- la with food for hundreds in her garish manor and no one showed. A tiny flame of tackiness. May- be a lick of yearning for my old self? "Throw them on the pile," he said, holding the child's sneakers and some shoes he had chosen for himself that resembled, well, lizard skin. We were all losing it. "No, you don't have to..." "Let me do something nice for my wife," he declared, heroically, proudly, as if wearing a silky cravat and not a Tam- pa Bay Lightning T-shirt. He was buying out the inventory of the ladies' charity bazaar because those old crones had in- sulted his wife! He was noble! I swooned! Now, you are saying, if you are mar- ried, don't you share money? Yes, mostly. But shut up, please, that is not the point. At that moment, we chose ugly shoes. We decided to accept a bit of excess in an age when any sort of unessential joy feels apologetic and wrong. Our shoes, our weird, pointless shoes, were a tiny door leading us back to a place of person- ality, of color and form, of joie de vivre. No, I have not worn them yet. But when I do, watch out. I will show up un- invited. Stephanie Hayes is a columnist at the Tampa Bay Times in Florida. Follow her at @ stephhayes on Twitter or @ stephrhayes on Instagram. Monday 8-7 • Tuesday 8-noon • Wednesday 10-7 • Thursday & Friday 8-5 eye exams • dry eye solutions prescription lenses • eye disease treatment Call to book your appointment today for safe in-offi ce treatment. Don't Neglect Your Eye Health. We're Open to See You Now! Dr. Clint Shoultz 715 S. 9th St., Petersburg 812-354-9400 Locally Owned and Operated Pregnant... or think you are? 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