The Press-Dispatch
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C-10 Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Sweet's column By Barbara Sweet Hi and welcome to the brightly lit and decorated stage to celebrate with all our stars who will soon have a birthday or anniversary in the week of March 15-21. Now don't be shy and come on up onto the stage and take a bow. Amanda Meyer on March 15 will turn 28-years-old; Blake Lamb on March 15 will turn 21-years-old; Dan- ny Stone on March 15; Car- la Clark on March 15 will turn 23-years-old; Catherine Dove on March 15 will turn 23-years-old; Cath- erine Ann Lough on March 15 will turn 23-years-old; Susan (Wheeler) Brittain on March 15 will turn 50-years-old; Dexter Mathena on March 16 will turn 20-years-old; Jenna White on March 16; Morgan Moll on March 17 will turn 14-years- old; Stacey Taylor on March 17 will turn 38-years-old; Bri- an Meyer on March 18 will turn 50-years-old. Britni Meyer on March 19 will turn 27-years-old; Bill Co- chren on March 19 will turn 85-years-old; Wendell McGe- hee on Marh 20; Natisha Lynn Slunder on March 20; Sidney Crane on March 21 will turn nine-years-old; Sondra Er- win on March 21 will turn 52-years-old; Jean Lane on March 21 will turn 50-years- old; Kyle Mills on March 21 will turn 23-years-old; Tish Bennett Dillman on March 21 will turn 23-years-old; Yulin Cummins on March 21. Zack and Amanda Vickers on March 20 will celebrate four years of wedded bliss; Donald and Reta Goodman on March 21 will celebrate 42 years of wedded bliss. May all our stars have a great day and may all your wishes come true throughout the year to come. Keep in your hearts all our stars who are in the hospital, nursing home or at home for many reasons. George Vird- en, Delores Hensley, Lend- on Toms, Lloyd Campbell, Annabel Richardson, Deby Dillman, Margie Hart, Char- lie Crane, Charlie and Vir- ginia Norrick, Irene McDon- ald, Kay Drury, Stacy Russell, Tim Wheeler, those who suf- fer with migraines or sinus infection, many with a cold or the flu. May all our stars feel better soon so you can be back with your loved ones. We are sorry to hear of the passing of Jim McCrary. Our hearts are with Kate McCrary, Kay Meyer, and all the family and friends. It may help a lit- tle to share those memories with others. Events coming up in Win- slow and the surrounding ar- eas are: March 15—Winslow Lions Club at 7 at The Trad- ing Post; March 17—St. Pat- rick's Day—look for times in the paper to attend the St. Pat- rick's Day parade in Ireland and wear your green; March 20—Leo Club at 7 at the Win- slow Fire Station; March 21— Spring begins; March 26— Winslow Town Hall meeting at 7 p.m. on March 27—Win- slow Beautification 6:30 p.m., Winslow Economic and De- velopment at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Center; March 30-31—Flea Market at Win- slow Community Center from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., vendors are needed, $25 per ta- ble. For more info call Glenna Russo at 789-5287. Winslow Senior Citizens meet on Monday and Tues- day at the Winslow Community Cen- ter. This week's post- card is #534 with four points of interest: "Aloah from Kauai" the Napali Cliffs, Kilauea Falls, Polihale Beach and a wild rooster. On the oth- er side it said: Barb and Norm: They call this the Garden Isle . . . It reminds me of Pike Coun- ty, except with whales."—Al- lan Thank you Allan for this fine postcard and "Garden Isle" looks like it was too beau- tiful to leave with cliffs, falls, beaches and the wildlife crea- tures. If you have a card to share with all our stars the address is Sweets Column, Winslow, IN 47598. When the hail passed last Friday, some autos were dam- aged, but all is now okay. The area was so pretty when it snowed. Winslow got about 1- 1/2 to 2" and Ferdinand got 3". I took Kyana to the bus stop and before the bus came to a complete stop it slid for a few inches. In the coming weeks find out more info about the April 21 Morel Mushroom contest at the Riverside Park, and April 23 Culpepper and Meriweath- er Circus in Winslow for all the Pike County kids. Contact any Winslow Lion member. St. Patrick's Day celebra- tion in Ireland this Saturday will be a big family time to- gether and see the first pa- rade of the year. Lucy Gamble, Norm and I recently traveled to Corydon to cast our vote to represent the Winslow Lions Club. When you changed your clock forward an hour last week, how many got that ex- tra sleep we lost and went to bed early on Saturday. Don't feel bad, I think I lost more than an hour of sleep. The lights are about to dim for this week, but as before keep an eye open for family and friends and do what you can to help them out. Slow down and enjoy what nature is out there to see, and as I will always say smile, wave and say hi to everyone you see this week. "Happy St. Patrick's Day." OES celebrates Blue Ribbon award for March For the month of March, Otwell Elementary celebrated their Blue Ribbon award on Wednesday. Each month the students are awarded for their accomplishment. The students received cookies with blue ic- ing and the adults a meat and cheese tray with blue and white bread, and some deli veggie chips, cour- tesy of Norm's Market of Jasper. Above: Principal Rick Fears, John Thomas, Dr. Mike Harding, Martha Wiscaver and Doris Harris were sharing the sit down luncheon provided by Norm's Market of Jasper. The Press-Dispatch Students took a break at the end of the day to enjoy their Blue Ribbon cookie, compliments of Norm's Market of Jasper. Front row (l to r): Hunter Capehart and Emma Leighty; second row (l to r): Blayne Mayhew, Noah Rus- sell, and Johnathan Wamser; third row (l to r): Emma Camp, Nathaniel Melvin, and Charlotte Duden- hoeffer; fourth row (l to r): Steven Krieg, Gracie Gilley, Sam Ballard, and Colton White. Pike-Gibson Water special membership meeting On Thursday, March 29 at 6 p.m. at the Wood Me- morial High School Cafe- torium, the Pike-Gibson Water Company is hold- ing a "Special Member- ship Meeting" for the pur- pose of opting out of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC). Pike-Gibson is one of only 85 water utilities still under the IURC jurisdiction. The other 362 cities and towns and 80 not-for-profit mem- ber owned water utilities have opted out of the IURC. One of the reasons the Board has decided to opt out of the IURC is increas- ing costs due to IURC reg- ulations. An example is the 2008 rate increase that was needed to maintain and ef- ficiently operate the water system. This rate increase cost the utility approximately $20,000 for IURC approv- al. The process took sev- en months, which caused Pike Gibson Water to draw from reserve funds. Re- serve funds are established to fund emergencies, capi- tal improvements and pay back loans. By opting out of the IURC, required rate in- creases would be at a low- er percentage, because the rate increase would not need to include addition- al costs to obtain IURC ap- proval nor pay an annual fee of $1451.04 to be a mem- ber of the IURC. Pike-Gibson Water is managed by a nine mem- ber Board of Directors elected by the membership at the Annual Membership Meeting. The board mem- bers serve for three years and elections are staggered with three elected annually. The elected Board Mem- bers and staff monitor the financial status of the util- ity to insure the utility is Praise and worship service March 25 The Gentle Shepherd Church of God is holding a Praise and Worship service at 6:30 p.m. CDT on Sunday, March 25. The church is located at 8350 E. County Road 350 N. (just west of Oatsville on the Oatsville/Wheeling road) in Gibson County The Bradshaw's Next Generation from Carmi, IL will be featured. If you like Southern Gospel, you will thoroughly like this group. The public is invited. Something Newsworthy? Give us a call–354-8500 Offices in Vincennes, Washington & Petersburg financially sound, as well as being audited annually by a Certified Public Ac- countant. They know first- hand what it takes to op- erate the system efficient- ly; and their responsibility of providing safe drinking water. 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