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sweet's column By Barbara Sweet Hi stars and welcome to this big stage all lit up in colorful lights and dec- orated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or an- niversary in the week of Sept. 4- 10. So come on up to the stage and take a bow. Sept. 4—Sar- ah Stone. Sept. 5 —Ray Bolin, Wayne Gish will be 56, Tim Wheeler will be 63. Sept. 6 —Alyssa Virden will be 23, Ernie Futrell will be 56, Dave Gilmour, Cher- yl Erwin will be 56, Jona- than McGehee will be 34, Alan Nelson will be 72, Bri- an and Janna Meyer will cel- ebrate their 33rd wedding anniversary. Sept. 7—Jonathon White will be 8, Phyllis Head will be 48, Sandy and Jennifer Smeltekup will celebrate their 12th wedding anniver- sary. Sept. 8 —Deidre Mills will be 53, Emma Mae Guthrie will be 6, Sam Dixon will be 49, Charles and Shirley My- ers will celebrate their sev- enth wedding anniversary, Eric and Lynn Meyer will celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Sept. 9 —Angie Leathco will be 49, Dave and Steph- anie Gilmour will celebrate their wedding anniversary. Sept. 10 —Ethan Virden will be 41, Danny and Lin- da Willis will celebrate their 33rd wedding anniversary. May all our stars have the greatest of days and may all your wishes come true throughout the year to come. Keep in your heart and prayers all our stars who are confined to their home or at another home where help- ful certified people care for their needs, many stars have breathing problems with the humidity so high, allergies are back and the aches and pains of everyday life. Tim Wheeler is recovering from surgery on his nose, Kyana got bit on her baby toe. To the family of Janna Nel- son, who has gone to a much better place with no suffer- ing, keep the memories of her and share them with friends and more memories will be added to the great times of how Janna's life af- fected others. Winslow will miss this very fine lady. Events coming up in Win- slow and the surrounding ar- eas: Sept. 4—Winslow Lions Club at 7 p.m. at The Trad- ing Post. Sept. 6 —Poehlein Fall Bass Tourney from 5 a.m.-5 p.m., limit six fish. For more information, contact Greg at 812-789-5405. Sept. 6 —Spurgeon Mon- roe Township Volunteer Fire Dept. Community Fes- tival with the George Roy Memorial Car Show and Open Poker Run. Dewayne Spaw will be the featured singer, plus the Swamp Bil- ly Band playing for dona- tions for the Wounded War- riors, and more local bands. Games and inflatables for the kids, with flea market vendors. Breakfast will be from 7-10 :30 a.m. Lunch will be around noon. Meth- odist Church will serve din- ner and Masons will have ice cream. Donations accepted to purchase gear, equipment and fire truck. Sept. 7—Grandparents' Day. Sept. 8 —Winslow Town Hall meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 9 —Winslow Eski- mo Dinner Club at 6 p.m., Winslow Beautification 6:30 p.m., Winslow Economic and Development 7:30 p.m., at the Community Center. Sept. 13—Winslow Li- ons Pageant at 6 p.m. at the Community Center gym with admission of $ 3. Come out and cheer on our neigh- borhood girls ages 3-15 as they show their beauty in the talents they have. Sept. 20 —Winslow Com- munity Festival and Light- Up Winslow Parade—Win- slow Lions will serve break- fast and lunch at Riverside Park. There will be lots of games for the kids, kiddy train, tractor show, Heritage Handcrafters new this year, and more for all ages. Shut- tle service will be provided by the tractor drive again this year. Flea market spaces avail- able, see Town Hall for forms to fill out, cost is $10 for 10x10 space, you fur- nish table and chairs. Win- slow Girl Scouts to paint hair and have games, Christian Church will sponsor a car show, House of Mercy will have a kiddy train. Main Karaoke con- test will be on the main stage for those who sign up, in- flatables for the kids. Dif- ferent music groups will perform at Main and Center streets, and Riv- erside Park. There will be an auction at 1 p.m. for sever- al paintings of Winslow Cov- ered Bridge, Big Red Drag- line, Augusta Pit with High Wall, Sunset Cemetery Pit and Entrance to Pike State Forest, painted by Mil- dred Poehlein Ashby in the 1960s. The Light-Up Parade will begin at dark from Union Street north to Winslow Ball Field. Line-up will be- gin at Winslow Vol. Fire Dept. Anyone can partici- pate in the parade, but you have to be lit up in some way other than headlights. Use your imagination. I know this year will be one of the best parades since it start- ed nine or 10 years ago with Norm in charge. Sept. 27—Annual Pike County Tractor Drive tour- ing southeastern Pike Coun- ty, leaving the Trading Post at 9:30 a.m. Winslow Senior Citizens meet at Community Cen- ter on Monday and Tues- day. Petersburg Senior Cit- izens meet at Courthouse Basement Monday, Tues- day, Wednesday and Friday. No postcards this week. Send mail to Sweets Col- umn, Winslow, IN 47598. It has hot and humid all week in Winslow. The light- ning south toward Evans- ville must have been spec- tacular to watch. Norm and I took a stroll in the show- er and it felt refreshing from the 90 degree heat we had earlier. When we started walk- ing, we used our big um- brella but as we got to Main Street (Hwy. 61) the show- ers quit and started up again, then we got under a roof. One thing I saw this year was the heavy fog that was left for most of the Au- gust nights. There is an old saying, I think, about the foggy nights and the winter snow. Have you heard this saying? If so, let me know how it goes. To the relatives of George and Laura Meyer, the re- union is on Sept. 14 at the Pike State Forest shelter house with a carry-in meal to begin around noon. We hope to see the 21 grandchil- dren and their families, and not to leave out our parents who are still with us from the five children—George, John, Mildred, Albert and Lawrence. This year will be the 40th Meyer reunion. When you slow down and look around, you might see the Formosa trees in bloom, snow ball bushes start to show off their colors and have you seen the wild flow- ers of purple and the big sun flowers in several yards and smaller ones along the road- ways? I just love to see Janie Davis' yard with new flow- ers, including the old flow- ers I used to see in Grand- ma Laura's yard—she had lots of flowers everywhere in her yard. There are other yards in Winslow that are re- al great to see, so slow down and see the beauty in your home town. Can you believe that sum- mer is almost gone with La- bor Day already here? I know several of you are thankful to have fall weath- er begin, but that will end al- so and the winter months be- gin, so enjoy the weather we have now because the swim- ming pools will have to be covered soon and we will want this hot weather back. It really hasn't been too awful, well maybe a little, but if you don't have air con- ditioning, try to keep cool with a fan and hope the wind blows even a little bit— that is how our parents and grandparents lived. We hope Labor Day was not too exhausting as you had a cook-out, or attended several events in your area or some other relaxing time on this national holiday. Guess what! It's time to dim the lights on this week's rambling, but as always, check on family and friends, slow down and smile, wave and say "hi" to everyone this week. 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Back row: Gavin Chanley, kylie Jenkins, keiara Poselwait, Brett Sollman, Emma Hunt, kylee Baker and Jack Edrington. Hoosiers encouraged to take action during Preparedness Month Governor Mike Pence has declared September as Preparedness Month. The focus of this month is to educate and empow- er Hoosiers to prepare for and respond to all types of emergencies. Hoosiers can take some simple and inexpensive steps now to be more prepared, accord- ing to the Indiana Depart- ment of Homeland Securi- ty (IDHS). A disaster or emergen- cy, such as a winter storm, flooding, tornado, natu- ral disaster or terrorist at- tacks, could leave house- holds without electricity, heat and clean running wa- ter. There is also a possibil- ity that communication to police, fire or rescue per- sonnel might not be imme- diate. Hoosiers remain large- ly unprepared for disasters and other life-threaten- ing emergencies. Experi- ence shows that preparing ahead of time can help peo- ple better respond to, recov- er from and lessen the phys- ical, emotional and financial impact of a disaster or other emergency. Officials from IDHS rec- ommend Hoosiers turn awareness into action and adopt the goal of be- ing self-reliant for at least three days, in the event of a disaster or other type of emergency. To start getting prepared today, follow these four steps: • Get a Kit. Make sure to have one gallon of water per person per day. Stock non- perishable food that can last up to three days. Include first aid supplies into pre- paredness kit. • Make a Plan. Create a family emergency plan in the event of a fire, tornado, flood or any other potential disaster. • Be Informed. Stay up- to-date in emergency situ- ations with weather radios, local media and online. • Get Involved. Once you and your family are pre- pared for emergency sit- uations, go out and teach someone about prepared- ness. IDHS, Indiana Geological Survey at Indiana Universi- ty, the American Red Cross, local emergency manage- ment and other public safe- ty agencies want everyone to be prepared. Preparedness Month is a nationwide effort held each September to raise public awareness and to encour- age Americans to prepare for disasters and emergen- cies in their homes, busi- nesses and schools. For more information on how to get prepared, visit GetPrepared.IN.gov. D-8 Wednesday, September 3, 2014 The Press-Dispatch