The Press-Dispatch
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C-6 Local Wednesday, September 30, 2015 The Press-Dispatch Sweet's column By Barbara Sweet Hi stars and welcome to the big stage all lit in colorful bright lights and decorated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of October 1- 7, so come on up to this big stage and take a bow. Oct. 1 – Chris Nowark, George Boost will be 81, Andrew John Carlson will be one year, Gary and Crys- tal Smith will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary, Kevin and Amy Bolin will celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary. Oct. 2 – Faye Johns will be 68, Susie Stilwell will be 57. Oct. 3 – Kristy Russell, Dana Klipsch will be 60. Oct. 4 – Paula Gilmour, Clint Russell, Dave Overton will be 73. Oct. 5 – Thomas Kirby. Oct. 6 – Levi Poehlein will be 27, Amy Bolin will be 40, Gayla Durden, Donald Bo- ger. May all our stars have a really grand day and may all your wishes come true throughout the year to come. Keep in your heart and your prayers all our stars who are in places where caring stars help in their needs, many have or will come down with colds, aller- gies, and many will have ap- pointments to help with what is ailing them. Cards, vis- its, phone calls and the dai- ly thought will help them in their recovery to know they are still not forgotten. Events coming up in Win- slow and the surrounding ar- eas: Oct. 1 – Winslow Lions Club will meet at 7 p.m. at The Trading Post. Oct. 2-3 – Pike Coun- ty Fall Clean-Up – Friday 8 a.m-4 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.- noon. See their ad for details in this week's issue. Oct. 2 – Winslow volun- teers will help on out the fourth attempt to get a cen- sus to apply for a wastewater grant from Region 15. Oct. 6 – Winslow Econom- ic Group will host a meet and greet the Winslow candi- dates at 7 p.m. at the Com- munity Center. This will help all Winslow residents to know who might be voted in on the Nov. 3 election for Winslow Town Council and Winslow Clerk-treasurer. For me, I don't know all the candidates and this will help me know who they are and what their plans for Win- slow and all its citizens are going to be, so if you're con- cerned about your Town of Winslow, this is the place to be. Oct. 10 – Charley Aldridge Benefit at the Winslow Com- munity Center. Chicken din- ner served 4 to 7 p.m., ad- vance ticket $ 8, or $10 at the door. Live music 4:30 -7 p.m. and silent auction. For ticket information, call 812- 354-5437 or 812-789 -6199; auction info call 812-789 - 5405; monetary donations 812-789 -6199. Winslow Seniors meet at the Community Center on Monday and Tuesday. Pe- tersburg Seniors meet in courthouse basement Mon- day, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. No postcards this week but we did get in an inter- esting piece of info. The note says, "Hi Sweets," Greetings from Chillicothe, Ohio, I am sending you guys informa- tion about an outdoor his- torical drama called Tecum- seh (I am lucky to keep mov- ing places that honor the na- tive American culture). It is about the life of the legend- ary Shawnee leader as he struggles to unite all native American tribes in an effort to drive the colonials from their homeland in the Ohio territory. Enjoy! Janie Tor- mohlen. Janie, the pamphlet you sent looks like the outdoor drama was a real experience to enjoy and I'm glad to see that history is still out there for all to see. The stage looks like it is pretty big with three sections of stage and the seating is huge. Thanks Janie for an Ohio native American drama on Tecum- seh. The Winslow weather has had hot days and cool nights with a chance of rain, but all we got was a few drops and we really do need the rain. The trees are still changing into the dark red or a burnt color, some have orange leaves, some have a start of yellow but not quite there yet. Some have gold leaves but mot trees are green. It is now autumn and we should see more leaves fall which causes the rakes to be used more often. I have seen the fields of corn being harvested in the past few weeks. The Pike County Tractor Drive was last Saturday that took in the northwest part of Pike County with a stop at the geographical popula- tion center point of the Unit- ed States. I would have liked to have gone, but maybe next time. Did anyone who went take a photo? If so, send me a postcard. I didn't know Pike County was so much in the United States history but Indiana is the crossroads of America. The Eskimos Grocery and Deli hours are Monday-Sat- urday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m-6 p.m. and the deli sec- tion has meat and cheese plus hamburger that was delivered after the Saturday opening. You can use your snap card, debit or credit card now. The shelves have something for all of us, so check it out and keep our grocery store going. Volunteers are needed if you want to survive in a town, a business and any- thing you want done, so to everyone anywhere, volun- teer your services and you will feel better for that and I also hear that companies love to see volunteering on a job resume. Vernon, Dixie, Norm and I went to Oakland City for a pizza and then to Junee Bees for our last shake and sundae before they closed Wednesday for the winter. Norm and I were walk- ing up town when we were stopped by a star who used to live in Winslow, but now lives in Princeton. She was visiting Geneva Deen and just wanted to say hi and get a hug from us. Her name is Sylvia (Loveless) Downs. It's nice to see stars who have moved away. Speaking of stars, the fes- tival had lots of stars who come every year that have moved away and then there are new stars we have met that help out when needed. This year, we all needed that extra help so thanks to ev- eryone who did their part to make this festival a great time to everyone and thanks to the stars who worked all day and night. Joy at the Circle K will sing and play guitar again at the Bob-Inn on Saturday, Oct. 3 and Oct. 31. Come out and cheer her on. Sweets Column Hallow- een Yard Decoration is on for this year and some yards have already deco- rated for the fall season, and one house has Hallow- een lights already and looks great. Have fun and get the kids to help decorate. They always love Halloween. Are you a voter and need to register or change your address? Norm or any candi- date can do that for you. The time is closing in so don't be left out to vote for the candi- date you feel will be the right one to run your town for the good of its citizens. The light are about to dim for this week's rambling but keep an eye on family and friends, slow down, stop for school buses, and always smile, wave, and say "hi" to everyone this week. Technology Solutions by Scott Hartley Your iPhone could save your life It's a bright, sunny, crisp fall day. You roll your car windows down as you back out of your driveway, allow- ing the fresh air to fill your car.Your radio blares your favorite song from a local radio station. It's a great day for a short road trip, you think to yourself as you pull onto the highway. About twenty miles into your ex- cursion, suddenly a wrong-way driv- er slams head-on into your car. You had no time to react, no time for de- fensive driving techniques. Your airbag deploys while your car spins non-stop in the middle of the busy highway, striking another vehi- cle. Your head slams against the driv- er's side door. Pain radiates through your body. You feel woozy. Then you black out. Emergency responders quickly ar- rive, extricate you from your vehicle, and rush you to the nearest emergen- cy room. You have no awareness of the events around you because you're unconscious. Effective treatment of life-threaten- ing injuries requires emergency pro- fessionals to know as much vital infor- mation about you as possible – your past medical history, medications you're taking, allergies and more. If you're alone, they also need to know how to contact a close friend or relative to inform them of the sit- uation. In days gone by, medical ID brace- lets and keychains worn or carried by individuals used to provide critical in- formation to emergency personnel. Not so much anymore. But what if this vital, life-saving information were available on a device that you most likely car- ry with you everywhere? Your cell phone. Apple introduced the new Health app in iOS8 for iPhones. This app al- lows to you store critical medical information, such as: • Your name • Date of birth • Medical conditions • Medical notes • Allergies & reactions • Medications • Emergency contacts • Blood type • Organ donor status • Height and weight • Photo First responders and medical pro - viders can easily access this infor- mation, regardless if your phone re- quires a passcode or fingerprint. Here's how to quickly set it up on your iPhone: 1. From the iPhone home screen, choose the "Health" app. It's the app with a white box with a pink heart in the right corner. 2. You will notice a "Medical ID" option in the tool bar along the bot- tom of the screen. 3. Tap "Create Medical ID" in the middle of the screen. A screen will ap- pear with field for you to enter your information into. 4. If you have a pass- code on your iPhone, en- sure that the "Show When Locked" feature is enabled to guarantee this informa- tion can be accessed from your lock screen. (A green dot should appear next to this line when en- abled.) 5. Click Done in the top right corner to save your information. 6. Once complete, test the feature by swiping the lock screen, tapping "Emergency" at the bottom left, and then tapping "Medical ID" on the next screen. "Unfortunately, many people who come into the emergency department don't have medical ID set up on their phone or don't have an iPhone, but I always look," says Colyn Barry, BSN, RN, CEN, an emergency nurse at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Life-threatening emergencies can happen anytime. Why not take a few minutes now to set up your medical ID on your cell phone? It could save your life! Scott Hartley is the President/CEO of Calibre Computer Solutions in Princeton. For computer tips, infor- mation, and free software tools, check out our website at http://www.calibre- forhome.com. Letters to the Editor The truth will set you free We need to stop! Think what is our future, the children. Our school sys- tems try to teach but can't because they have way too many children in the classrooms. Teachers get over- whelmed. They can't work with stu- dents that need extra help. So they started a program that takes the kids that need extra help to another class- room with smaller numbers of stu- dents, but they still have eight or nine children. And they still get over- whelmed because they can't teach all the children in the 30 to 45 minute ses- sions the school system allows. Why is this? I keep being told we don't have funding to make class sizes smaller by hiring more teachers. On the news you hear of how they want to shut smaller schools down and com- bine them into other schools in other counties. We as a state and every com- munity in Indiana need to stand up and make this heard. Because who this is hurting is everyone: rich, poor, home- less and neglected. When these children that need ex- tra help don't get it, they get discour- aged. Then they turn to us for answers we can't give them ourselves because we are kept in the dark. Where is our money going? Why does it cost more for our children to get an education? My opinion on this is that this has been an ongoing thing and that most of our younger generation has fallen in this hole of not getting the help they needed when in school. They got dis- couraged and found something to help by turning to teenage sex, drugs, alco- hol and on and on. Rehab, detox and teen pregnancy programs are good programs, but this is not the fix. We have to dig deeper and find the real problem. Stop and think what do you do when you get discouraged? Me, per- sonally, I smoke cigarettes one after another. Is that good for me? No, but something about it calms me down. It is our nature to find a fix to help discour- agement, whatever it may be. But back to the issue, we need to find out where our money is going. From an insider, I hear that the state highway workers love the winter because of the overtime. They scrape the highways for one mile, then lift the scraper for two miles, then scrape the highways again. This leads to not being able to get them done during their shift, caus- ing overtime. If this is true, the workers should stop and think. Common sense tells me that the money is more important than our children in the state. This is very selfish. The children are our fu- ture! We need to stop the state from spending money frivolously for selfish- ness and help our future, the children! Signed, the mother of a special child that needs extra help, Autumn L. Nicholson For women over 39, a screening mammogram is one of the best ways to detect breast cancer. In recogniƟon of NaƟonal Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), the DCH Women's Health Center Imaging Service is providing screening mammograms at a reduced rate to women. Early detecƟon is the key to BeaƟng breast cancer. 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