The Press-Dispatch
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sweet's column Monday Tuesday Wednesday ursday Friday 1 Dr. Neahring 4 5 Dr. Holsworth Dr. Umali Dr. Walter 6 Dr. Finch Dr. Gurram Dr. Neahring Dr. Rao Dr. Reid 7 Dr. Gilson Dr. J. Samuel Dr. Umali 8 Dr. Neahring 11 12 Dr. Holsworth Dr. Jani Dr. Umali 13 Dr. Chacko Dr. Gurram Dr. Neahring Dr. Rao Dr. Reid 14 Dr. Gilson Dr. Jani Dr. J. Samuel Dr. Umali 15 Dr. Neahring 18 19 Dr. Holsworth Dr. Umali Dr. Walter 20 Dr. Finch Dr. Gurram Dr. Neahring Dr. Rao Dr. Reid 21 Dr. J. Samuel Dr. Umali 22 Dr. Neahring 25 Dr. Jairath 26 Dr. Holsworth Dr. P. Samuel Dr. Umali 27 Dr. Chacko Dr. Gurram Dr. Neahring Dr. Rao Dr. Reid 28 Dr. Gilson Dr. J. Samuel Dr. Umali 29 Dr. Neahring By Barbara Sweet Hi stars and welcome to the big stage all decked out in colorful lights and dec- orated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birth- day or anni- versary in the week of July 30 to August 6. So come on up to the big stage and take a bow. July 31—Haley Lynn We- tern will turn 6, Robyn Shel- ton will turn 26, Lacy Hurt will turn 18. Aug. 1—Phillip Meyer will turn 50, Kailee Russell will turn 17, Wanda Russell. Aug. 2—Michelle French will turn 26, Alfred Cooper will turn 56. Aug. 3—Lisa Poehlein will turn 51, Chase Wil- liams will turn 9, Ryan Stalcup will turn 26, Car- olyn McGehee, Ernie and Laura Futrell will celebrate their seventh wedding anni- versary. Aug. 4—Debbie Russell will turn 54, Joretta Nich- ols, Dixie Toms, Carolyn Perry will turn 37. Aug. 5 —Jalen Stephens will turn 21, Don and Delo- res Hensley will celebrate their 35th wedding anni- versary. Aug. 6 —Lincoln Poehlein will turn 28. May all our stars have a great day and all your dreams come true through- out the year to come. Our stars to remember in your heart and prayers are Janice Sucech, who re- cently returned home from a long stay in the hospi- tal, Mildred Virden, Lau- ra Hensley, Ted and Teresa Nicholson; Irene McDonald and Bennie West in Amber Manor; Christine Toms in Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Brian Maxfield in Select Hospital, and many others suffering from aller- gies and other illnesses. Events com- ing up in Win- slow and sur- rounding areas are: Aug. 1-2— Zoar Mosquito Fest. Aug. 7—Win- slow Lions Club at 7 p.m. at The Trading Post; Dubois County schools start. Aug. 8 —Pike County schools start. Aug. 10 —73rd Poehlein reunion at Winslow Com- munity Center starting at noon. Theme will be "Car- nival" with booths set up for the kids and adults, plus a cake walk, then an auction to help raise funds for the 75th year. Aug. 11—Winslow Town Hall meeting at 7 p.m. Aug. 12—Winslow Es- kimo Dinner Club 6 p.m., Winslow Beautification 6:30 p.m., Winslow Eco- nomic and Development 7:30 p.m. Aug. 16 —Winslow Riv- erside flea market from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; Brian (Fuzzy) Maxfield benefit and live auction at Miller's Field in Winslow—gates open at 2 p.m., bounce house for kids, dunking booth, corn- hole tourney starts at 3 p.m., live auction from 5 -7 p.m., rock band Broken Si- lence at 8 p.m., barbecue chicken dinner and oth- er refreshments for sale. Bring your own beverage. Winslow Senior Citizens meet on Monday and Tues- day at the Community Cen- ter. Petersburg Senior Cit- izens meet on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday in the courthouse basement. Postcards received Our first postcard No. 600 has a caribou standing in a field with snow covered Mt. McKinley in the back- ground located in the De- nali National Park, Alas- ka. Mt. McKinley is North America's highest moun- tain, 20,320 ft. tall, and De- nali's more than six million acres encompasses a com- plete ecosystem with large mammals such as caribou (reindeer), grizzly bears, wolves, Dali sheep and moose. This postcard reads: "Hi Sweets, my wife, Cher- yl and I are on vacation in the 49th state. It's beautiful but the temps are in the 60s everyday." Max and Cheryl Carlisle, Stendal. Postcard No. 601 shows a statue of Santa Claus, and he is reading the list of chil- dren and checking it twice. He's a giant 48 ft. Santa, the largest of North Pole's land- marks; there is pictured the red and white North Pole in a garden of flowers, then a sign which reads "Welcome to the North Pole, Alaska 99705." Other words with the photos say "Welcome to Santa Claus House, North Pole, Alaska, where it's Christmas everyday." On the back of this post- card is a seal—Santa's of- ficial mail—North Pole, Alaska and the postmark is stamped from North Pole, Alaska. The card reads: "We didn't make it all the way to the North Pole, but we did stop in North Pole, Alaska. We visited the Santa Claus House." Max and Cheryl Carlisle, Stendal. Max and Cheryl, we thank you for the "cool" postcards from our 49th state of Alaska. It is a beau- tiful area, and to know that Santa Claus and his wife live there is pretty cool for all the kids, knowing there is a real North Pole. By the way, did Cheryl get to sit on Santa's lap for a picture? We also got a note that reads: "Barb, thanks for the news in the paper. A friend of mine sent in a birthday last week or week before when Jesse Wilis was sent in but Lacy Hurt wasn't in there, she was going to be 18 on July 31 and Jesse was 22 on July 20. If you can cor- rect this, thanks. Keep up the good work and I appre- ciate the men who fixed the hole in the street in front of my house on Collins Street. That was a very dangerous thing because a child could have fallen into it. God bless you, Chris. P.S. I sure miss the ice cream at The Igloo." Chris, thanks for the note and Lacy Hurt's birth- day is in this week. I take the dates of Thursday to Wednesday each week, so this week is from July 31 to Aug. 6. The town work- ers did a great job filling those holes, or in some cases, they were craters and we all appreciate what they do. The Igloo has new owners and they are keep- ing The Igloo name. After completing the remodeling, they plan to have the sweet treat again. Notes, postcards and any other info may be mailed to Sweets Column, Winslow, IN 47598. The storms Saturday eve- ning and night were strong enough to bend and whip the tress around, which brought down limbs, but mostly leaves. Then the rain came down in buck- ets, with thunder and light- ning, which told you ahead of time the rain was com- ing. We have picked up enough limbs to have a bonfire soon with hotdogs and marshmallow, maybe. The summer temperatures aren't always the hottest, but the nights so far have sometimes been on the cool side, not cold. Friends are great, and thanks to Fred and Dee, our lawn doesn't look like a field of tall grass, we can see the ground again and also see more limbs that were hid. Norm and I start- ed the mortaring on the outside of the cabin and we laid in more metal lathe. Ky- ana helped with a lot or two but she had fun filling in the corners with mortar. We have also started to batten up the eaves, at least half of an eave. The cabin door has two more signatures, Fred and Dee. The Swamp Billy Band played at the 4-H Fair Mid- way Saturday evening be- fore the rains came down and received donations to- ward the Wounded War- riors Fund, $111 and change. We appreciate those in attendance and those who donated to this fund. September has many events planned and I know it's a full month away, but if you don't know what's com- ing in our area ahead of that date, then it's too late for ev- eryone to come have loads of fun in our own Back Yard. Sept. 6 is the Spurgeon Festival, and George Roy Memorial Car Show and Open Poker Run with breakfast and dinner. Sept. 20 is the Winslow Commu- nity Festival and Light-Up Parade at Riverside Park and Main St. Sept. 27 will be Pike County Tractor Drive. Participants should be licensed drivers. Tour starts at Trading Post, reg- istration begins at 8 a.m., drive begins at 9:30 a.m. EDT. Trading Post will be open for breakfast before drive. Lunch will be dutch treat prepared by Pike Co. Young Farmers. For more information, contact Jim Lamey 812-789 -2688, Ross Brittingham 812-304-3492, Mike Krieg 812-749 -4836 or Ross Elmore 812-582-2628. 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