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VIRGIN WATERMELON VIRGIN WATERMELON MARGARITA MARGARITA By Jennifer Vallee Cooking Columnist news@sgstartimes.com Despite being raised in an area that truly loves their liquor, I am not that much of a drinker. Occasionally I will imbibe on special occasions, but I have found that there is not much difference between drunk and sober Jennifer except the hangover that I will most definitely have the following day. Not given to inducing any more pains than my aging body throws my way, I have mostly given up on alcohol. That said, I don't have to give up on delicious drinks just because I don't want to have a three day headache. Mocktails, as they are known, are delicious, non-alco- holic versions of their racier cousins. They are delicious and perfect for those in your family or on your guest list that also don't imbibe. They are also great for children's parties once they get too old for the Kool-aid Jammers. Here is an easy one to get you started. Enjoy! INGREDIENTS • 1 medium seedless watermelon, cut into chunks • .5 cup fresh lime juice • 4 tsp agave (can be substituted with simple syrup, corn syrup, molasses, honey, and many other sweet syrups if agave cannot be obtained at the local mar- ket). • 5 tbsp sparking water DIRECTIONS 1. In a blender, puree enough watermelon chunks so that you have 4 cups of watermelon puree. 2. Add lime juice and agave and mix again. 3. Pour into 4 cups. 4. Top with sparkling water. Source: FoodDoneLight C-2 Wednesday, August 10, 2022 The Press-Dispatch Sweet's Column By Barb Sweet Hi stars and welcome to the big stage all lit up in colorful lights and decorat- ed to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of August 11 to August 17. Come up onto this stage and take a bow. BIRTHDAYS August 11-Florence Huddleston turns 48; Debbie Lamb turns 67; Carol As- trike turns 87; Billy and Sarah Thomas will celebrate 15 years; Tom and Sherry Arnold will celebrate another year. August 12-Alec James Nowark will turn 19; Jarred Carlisle; Lillian Jean Deffendoll turns 15. August 13-Janaet Fithian turns 77; Damien Maier turns 12; Brigitte Cham- ness turns 78; Chris Downey turns 26; Bob Bass turns 62. August 14-Kyana June Hensley will turn 17; Cody Cunningham turns 35; Sarah Woods turns 35; Bella Willis turns 20. August 15 -Seasons Barrett turns 20 ; Shannon Nelson turns 32; Troy and Kel- ly Hamilton will celebrate 7 years. August 16 -Christopher Meyer turns 37; Jessica Cummins turns 35; Katie Altmeyer turns 29; Jayda Lynn Vickers turns 14; Francis K. Loveless turns 76; Christopher James McAtee, Jr. turns 6. August 17-Kala Huddleston turns 25; Christine Huddleston turns 25; Mabel McCrary turns 17. May all out stars have a really great day and may all your wishes come true. Keep in your hear and in your prayers all our stars who have a form of Covid, allergies of the season, surgeries, treat- ments, doctor visits, and aches and pains of every day life. Terri Ann, Ted, Laura, Hubert, Ray, Winnie, Mildred, Kurt, Melvin and Katie. We have just learned the passing of Ray Bolin on Saturday, July 30, 2022. He was a volunteer fire fighter in Winslow and also a town worker. You may have seen the house and yard decorations on Halloween and Christmas . Ray was a husband to Pam and father and grand- father to his family and friends. Please remember all those great times and share memories, and more memories will be added. Ray Bolin will be missed an Winslow. EVENTS Events coming up in Winslow the surrounding areas are: August 11-Petersburg Lions Club meet at 6:30 p.m. August 11-13-56th Oakland City Lions Sweet Corn Festival. Sweet corn sold by the dozen, bingo, parade, Saturday, August 13, at 10 a.m., chicken or pork chop dinners, music by Lowell Thomas, Descent, Black Stone, Just Us 4 Band. The parade is set on Saturday at 10 a.m., plus fried chicken or smoked pork chop dinners with loads of fun for the entire family. August 14-80th Poehlein Family Re- union starts at 12:00 p.m.; (Pike County Time) at the Snyder Community Center with a catered meal so all you will be bringing is a salad or dessert and write down that recipe to share. Don't forget to bring a picture of military heroes Lots of laughter, smiles, hugs and the fun we all have each year with family. August 18 -Winslow Lions club meet at 6 p.m. at the Gamble's. August 20 -Open Fun Horse Show starts at noon with several obstacle events where you can see the fun ev- eryone has. Food and drinks served by the Winslow Lions Club. Bring our lawn chair and enjoy the fun. August 22-Winslow Town Hall at 6 p.m. at the town hall. August 23-Oakland City Lions Club meets. August 28 -47th Meyer Family Re- union meets at Temple Hills Shelter House. Bring a covered dish where the prayer begins at noon (Pike County Time).Laughter and loads of fun with the family. Winslow Senior Citizens meet on Monday and Tuesday at the Snyder Community Center. Petersburg . Pike County Farmer's Market will set up every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon beside the courthouse in Petersburg. Postcards and notes of interest at Sweet's Column, Winslow, IN 47598. There were none this week. The Patoka River in Winslow was high last week, but since then we have had come more severe thunderstorms come in the tri-state area. In a week's time, Winslow has had 2.75 inches of rain thunder that was heard from one end of the area to the opposite end, light- ening strikes that were flashing more than usual, winds were also strong with gusts up to 60 mph. Winslow and Pike County was spared from the downed trees and power line outage from Route 50 in Illinois and Indiana to Kentucky area,with flooding in that area, also. The big brush pile, from the storm be- fore, has been set on fire and the smaller piles of limbs were burnt as we sat down to watch the flames. Our neighbors on Second Street, had a big burn pile that they were burning the same day. By the next morning all that was left was white ashes to fill in holes or ruts in the park area. The flower garden of black-eyed Su- sans will have to be saved for its seeds since the winds have knocked them all down and some have started to die. The Resurrection Plant of a pink bloom has appeared in another flower area and the orange lily has stopped its blooms. One Hummingbird still visits the many Rose-of-Sharons of purple. Butterflies that love to land on us and the mosqui- toes are still a pest in the afternoon. The humidity has been high, the heat index is 100 -105 with the temps of high 80s to low 90s. The air conditioners are on, the nights have some humidity, but the temps stay in the 70s. Some days you could sit outside on the porch and we have seen new vehi- cles pass by, but we also see the young- sters in the area on their bikes and skateboards. Have you ever had an item that you have had for a long time and then lost it? This happened to Norm as he carries a lighter in a holder and it was misplaces somewhere in the house. He decided to get another holder, but after a few cays his lighter holder was found. The new holder came in the mail the next day, so now I have a lighter holder to carry with me for emergencies. The water tower on half mile hill has the tank part up, but not yet finished with the top. Since it sets on a hill you can see it as you travel Route 61 going north or south. Laura, Norm and I went out to eat in Vincennes, but the Steak and Shake had no inside eating. We ate at Fazoli's inside and enjoyed a good meal of pas- ta. A fter we ate we took a drive down Hwy 41 to see that the White River was high and overflowing in the lower areas. At Princeton we took a right on Hwy 64 and crossed the high Wabash River into Mt. Carmel, pass the bridge con- struction. We drove around some of the northern streets to see if they had tree damage, but found none. We raveled to Albion and all along the area it looked like everything was okay. There were no signs of damage from the first storm that came through a week ago. They hay have damage now. When we came back into Indiana at Francisco, we took the back roads past Wheeling into Oatsville and this time we didn't get lost. In Brownstown, there is an area that grew up for two years and had turned into an area of wheat. It has been mowed and looks nicer than before. The lights are about to dim on this week, but more storms are on their way with humidity and some high temps. He is still waiting to repair the cabin roof and the and the wetness from the rain makes it hard to repair. Keep an eye on family and friends, slow down and enjoy your area, school starts soon. So stop for the buses and all the kids going to and from school. Wear you mask when in an area of crowds and always smile, wave and say hi to every- one you see this week. Preview by appointment, Call Vernon at 812-787-1733 MORE AUCTIONS COMING SOON! Don Eck Antique Auction No. 1 315 lots – online only THIS IS AN ONLINE ONLY AUCTION Items consist of: Nice farm primitives including, name brand hatchets, axes and hammers, railroad lanterns, license plates and more!!! BIDDING ENDS ON Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 6 p.m. Pick-up on Aug. 12 from 1-5 p.m. at Landmark Auction Center on Hwy. 58, across from the Odon Locker. AUCTIONEERS J. Yagle AU1037688 812-890-1466 Vernon Graber AU09200190 812-787-1733 Elam Wagler AU19500162 812-257-9700 LANDMARK AUCTIONS & REAL ESTATE Get registered today and start bidding at https://hibid.com/catalog/387144/ don-eck-online-antique-auction-1 Believe it or not, it's almost time for class to start again. That means it's also time for parents to lean close to the mirror and ask, "Is this a new liver spot? " For adults, this moment brings plentiful intersections of anxiety. Gun violence, po- litical reindeer games, teach- er shortages, money woes, Marissa from the P TA with the ballet flats. While these issues all affect children, it helps to get inside their sweet, malleable minds for perspective. While we ready for our to- talitarian future, let us board the mental Wayback Machine and remember that the di- lemmas of youth are typically timeless, precise and bizarre. We may never know our kids experienced these defining moments until the day their adult variants admit that, in eighth grade, they kept nail clippings in a Sprite can, or wrote all the Savage Garden lyrics in ballpoint pen on their thigh, or hid a Hot Pock- et under the bed to create a superspecies of ants. We have a new middle schooler in my house, which is hard for me to wrap my degenerating cells around. I would like to believe I was just there, though it has been (unintelligible) years. This transition is trigger- ing memories of my sixth- grade year. The must-have fashion items were Calvin Klein overalls (God help you if yours were from Walmart), baby- doll shirts from The Limited and miniature backpacks atop regular back- packs. Stop asking questions! We needed that many back- packs! I owned none of the above. Instead, I wore a silk sunflower vest and matching cloth shorts and fake Keds. That year, my oral history states I also hoarded metal spoons. My parents packed brown bag lunches with Jell-O cups and spoons from the kitchen drawer. In theo- ry, I was supposed to bring the spoons back. But I was 11 and concerned with vests, so I stacked the spoons in my locker and pockets of my backpack. Why? I already told you, kids have soft brains. And why didn't my parents ask where all the spoons were? I don't know. I probably came home reeking of Love's Baby Soft, moody about a boy who wore the same Marilyn Manson shirt thrice weekly and never washed his hair. I wouldn't talk to me either. I was a freak who collected spoons! Eventually, the spoon stockpile was too big to face, like the dai- ly news. I had to bring them home, but how to casu- ally get 16 spoons into the house? The problem was feeding on itself (with a spoon). Avoidance, the only answer. The spoon collection grew unwieldy, and utensils started rappelling off my person like a Universal movie monster made of cut- lery. One day on the way to class, I heard a clink. A spoon had sprinkled from my East- pak ( JanSport was the cool backpack) and landed on the pavement. I halted in horror. It's one thing to have the wrong clothes, but it's anoth- er thing entirely to be Spoon Girl. I had to play this off. "Hey, is that your spoon? " I asked a student. I don't know what I thought would hap- pen. That she would be like, "Wow, thank you, I have been looking for this spoon," and then I could be popular? No. I don't remember her name, but I will remember her reply and withering smirk on my deathbed, words bursting in my head as my last two good cells vie for victory. "I don't have any spoons." I asked my mother recent- ly if she had any memory of me hoarding spoons, and she said, "Not at all! " Exactly. As school gets go- ing, do the basics to ensure the children don't end up cry- ing in an investigative Netflix docuseries. Then, give them space and grace to sit on a commodity of silverware and work the problem out on their own. Know they have their own proverbial locker of spoons. These are the nec- essary steps to becoming a fully formed person who can battle both tyranny and Ma- rissa's autocratic snack sign- up sheet. The cycle starts over now. Stephanie Hayes is a colum- nist at the Tampa Bay Times in Florida. Follow her at @ stephhayes on Twitter or @ stephrhayes on Instagram. My So Called Millennial Life By Stephanie Hayes As school starts, just remember the kids AREA HAPPENINGS Celebrate Recovery – Will meet every Monday at 6 p.m. at the River of Life Church, 342 E. CR 300 N., Peters- burg. For more information, contact Pastor Jim at 812- 354-8800. Pike County History Center – Will meet the fourth Monday of each month at the History Center, 1104 Main Street, Petersburg at 6:30 p.m. New members welcome. History Center hours Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until further notice. Free Clothing Bank, CLOSED – Oak Grove Cloth- ing Bank in Oakland City is now closed. No other free clothing bank location available in Oakland City. Winslow Alcoholics Anonymous – will meet every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Call 812-789 -8535 for location of the meeting. Odd Fellows IOOF Pacific Lodge #175 meeting – the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. All area members are encouraged to attend. Otwell Ruritan – will have its monthly meetings the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Pike Lodge #121 F&AM regular stated meeting – the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. All area Masons are invited to attend. Jefferson Township Community Center of Otwell – will have its monthly meetings the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Perinatal Loss Support – Expectant parents who suddenly lose their child often experience a wide range of emotions and grief. Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center offers support to assist those who have ex- perienced the loss of a child (conception to one month of age) through the grieving process. For more information about Perinatal Loss Support, contact Theresa O'Bryan, Pastoral Care, at 812-996 -0219 or tobryan@mhhcc.org. Grief Support Series – The death of a loved one, a child leaving home, overwhelming changes in one's per- sonal life – each can cause profound grief and suffering. To offer reassurance and comfort, Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center has developed a free support program called "Grief Support Series." Call for the next five-week program. Programs will be at 6:30 p.m. in Me- morial Hospital and Health Care Centers Chapel. This program is free and space is limited. Pre-registration is necessary, call 812-996 -0219. Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Caregiver Sup- port Group – Memorial Hospital's Caring Hands Senior Services sponsors an Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Caregiver Support Group. Meeting dates have changed to the first Tuesday of every month, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Medical Arts Conference Center, located in the lower level of the Medical Arts Building at 721 W. 13th St. in Jasper. For more information, visit Memorial Hospital's website at www.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes and Events." If you would like more information on dementia and being a caregiver, call 812-996 -0218. Pre-registration is not necessary. Living with COPD – If you or if someone you care for is living with COPD, join us for an educational meeting on the second Tuesday of each month, from noon-1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center Mary Potter Meeting Room, located inside the hospital at 800 W 9th St., Jasper, IN. For more information, visit Memorial Hospital's website atwww.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes and Events," or call 812-996 -5232 or 812-996 - 1528. Pre-registration is not necessary, and there is no cost to attend.