The Press-Dispatch
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C-8 Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Sweet's Column brightly lit and decorated stage to celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of July 26 to Au- gust 1. So, don't be shy and come on up onto the stage and take a bow. A belated birthday to Gertie Rae War- ner on July 11 as she became a citi- zen of Pike Coun- ty. Hi and welcome to the By Barbara Sweet on July 22 turned 62 years old; Leilani (Meyer) on Ju- ly 26 will turn 42 years old; Benny Kelley on July 26 will turn 70 years old; Alene Poe- hlein on July 26 will turn 84 years old; Theresa Hill on July 26 will turn 47 years old; Matthew Gamble on July 27 will turn 42 years old; Aar- on Meyer on July 27 will turn 24 years old; Jeremy Deffen- doll on July 27 will turn 36 years old. Gerald Dent on July 27 Mike Gamble will turn 39 years old; Talyn Meyer on July 28 will turn 6 years old; Destiny Bolin on July 29 will turn 14 years old; Betty Futrell on July 30; Patrick Harrison on Ju- ly 30 will turn 37 years old; MacKenzey Dunn on July 30 will turn 10 years old; Hal- ey Lynn Western on July 31 will turn 4 years old; Robyn Shelton on July 31 will turn 24 years old; Phillip Meyer on Aug. 1 will turn 48 years old; Kailee Russell on Aug. 1 will turn 14 years old; Wan- da Russell on Aug. 1. A belated anniversary to Kevin and Robyn Goins on July 20 celebrated 11 years of wedded bliss; Kavin and Brittany Gayhart on July 26 will celebrate 4 years of wed- ded bliss; Fred and Donna (Dee) Fiscus on July 28 will celebrate 5 years of wedded bliss. May all our stars have a great day and may all their wishes come true through- out the year to come. Keep in your heart all our would love the great Smoky Mountains. The back of the postcard read: "Thought you would like this." David and Tina Gayhart. Thanks for #534 postcard. Postcard #555 had a doz- en or more stal- lions galloping in- to the water from the brush with a saying… thou shalt fly without wings… Ken- tucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. The back of the card said "Mural over entrance to the Visitors Information Center—has graced the main entrance since the park was built in 1978. The card read: "Norm and Barb, thought we would send this you! David and Ti- na Gayhart. Thanks for #555 postcard. Postcard #556 has a long The Press-Dispatch view of the countryside of a few trees and houses and a black iron fence to mark as a cemetery. The history is: Last Stand Hill at Little Bighorn Battlefield Nation- al Monument marble mark- ers indicate where the bod- ies of Custer and his men were buried in great haste on June 28, 1876. Only the officers' graves were identified, and now the markers bear their names. The remaining markers are for unidentified sol- diers. The postcard read: "We stopped and checked this out, seeing lots of sights in Montana, Wyoming, Ida- ho and Utah, Yellowstone and the tetons were great." James and Ruth and Max Carlisle, Stendal. Thanks for postcard #556. The next four postcards Team members from Otwell included: Kevin, Denise and Damon Schnarr, Denny and Vicki Weisman, Adam and Jamie Seitz, Janet Gray, Jan and Rita Hollis and Pastor Wes and Nancy Garris. Mission trip to South Dakota will be in next week's col- umn. We were out one night last the Otwell area and 7 from Mt. Vernon First United Methodist Church recently visited Mission, SD from July 7 to July 14. While out there they worked at the Tree of Life Ministries which serves the Native Americans on the There were 12 people from stars who are in the hospi- tal, nursing home or at home for many reasons—Ethan Virden, Deby Virden, Lloyd Campbell, Rufus Lemond, Jr. at Amber Manor, Opal Fiscus, Annabel Richard- son, Kay Drury, Charlie Nor- rick, Irene McDonald, Sylvia Wheeler, Margie Hart, Lau- ra Hensley, Vernon Arnold, Teresa Nicholson, Ted Nich- olson, Lendon Toms, Ruthie Hayes, Charlie Crane, Katy Aldridge, and many who have to stay inside because of the heat and humidity. Events coming up in Win- Club at The Trading Post at 7 p.m.; Aug. 4—Gospel bands from the area at Win- slow Market Place parking lot at 7:30 p.m. Winslow Senior Citizens cards last week, but not all the cards will be put in the column this week. Postcard #553 has a 3-sto- We received eight post- ry house with basement with a few green leaf trees around. The history of this house was on the front—Ju- liette Gordon Low's birth- place and childhood home, founder of Girl Scouts in the USA. The house known in Savannah as the Wayne-Gor- don home, was built in 1818- 1821 and is a fine example of regency architecture. Now owned by the National Girl Scout organization, it is a liv- ing memorial to Juliette-Gor- don Low and a center for the Girl Scouts of the USA. On the back it read: "Pike slow and the surrounding ar- eas: Pike Co. 4-H Fair will continue throughout July 28 at the 4-H fairgrounds at Hornady Park; July 27— Winslow Roller Skating from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Commu- nity Center gym; July 28— Tri-State wrestling at the community Center gym at 7 p.m. Proceeds to benefit the Winslow Fire Dept. to purchase needed equipment; July 28—Poehlein reunion meeting at 9:30 a.m. at the Corner Book Shoppe. Aug. 2—Winslow Lions week (Sunday) and we took pictures and videos of the colorful sunset I saw in the sky clouds of a big butterfly overhead, a bird setting on a nest and a swordfish. Did any of you see objects in the clouds? The next thing we saw as Rosebud Reservation. Some of the work they did was painting homes, cutting hair, working in the local nursing home, food pantry, thrift shop, food kitchen, lay- ing tile in the one of the dor- mitories and setting trusses and framing work on a new storage facility. The county where we were working is the second poor- est county in the U.S. with 80 percent unemployment and an average annual income of $7,800. On Wednesday, July 18 we did some sight-seeing, trav- Extreme drought spreads across Indiana, but relief in sight By Keith Robinson we waited for the Northern Lights, which didn't show up, we saw two small clouds far away competing to see who could produce the best lightning ever seen and this lasted for a short time. The lightning was silver and one cloud made its show my making an arch as a strike. So somewhere some town had a storm and rain. Winslow did have some rain and a few mowers came out of hiding. The flowers on some rose bushes have bloomed again and to my surprise there have come up some white petunias by the limo and two purple pe- tunias along the flower gar- den. Janie Davis reported she has some in her back- yard and they are wild pe- tunias. Last Saturday was the Riv- erside Park Flea Market and the weather was real kind to us all day long, not as hot and no humidity. The Win- slow Lions served breakfast and lunch. The next Win- slow Riverside Flea Market and the last one will Be Aug. 18. The community Festival and Light-Up Winslow Pa- rade is Sept. 15. The lights for this week is meet on Monday and Tues- day at the Community Cen- ter. worsened in much of Indiana the past week, there is po- tentially good news on the horizon: rainfall chances for the remainder of July are im- proving. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration's Climate Prediction Center moved Indiana out of the below-normal rainfall category into normal for the next two weeks. This is something that While drought conditions averaging 4.10 inches of rain. Scheeringa noted that parts of Indiana received heavy rainfall Thursday, July 19. Scorching heat, however, broken down at times recent- ly, increasing dew points and humidity. "Cold fronts from our is expected to continue at least through July. "Extreme, high temperatures don't ap- pear to be going away soon," Scheeringa said. Indiana hasn't received hasn't been forecast in a long time," said Ken Scheeringa, associate state climatologist based at Purdue University. "This is encouraging news." July annually is the wettest month of the year in Indiana, much rain this summer be- cause a high-pressure sys- tem essentially shut off the flow of humidity and mois- ture from the Gulf of Mexico to Indiana and the Midwest. "The air was very dry, and north and west are reach- ing Indiana more often and can use this atmospheric moisture to trigger rainfall that is gradually increasing in amounts and area cover- age," Scheeringa said. Still, the U.S. Drought eling to Mt. Rushmore, Cra- zy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park and the Badlands. The trip was organized by the Otwell United Methodist Church and was possible by several generous donations from church members and local organizations. corners, encompassing 54 percent of the state. The remainder of the counties are in other levels of drought. Parts of Vander- burgh and Posey counties in the Evansville area along the Ohio River remained in ex- ceptional drought, the high- est level of dryness. Indiana is 7.56 inches be- incoming fronts had virtual- ly no moisture to work with to produce rain showers," Scheeringa said. He said that system has Monitor update on Thursday (July 19) painted a worsen- ing picture of drought con- ditions in Indiana in the past week. Three areas of extreme drought - the sec- ond-highest level of dryness - in last week's drought map now are joined in one large area that stretches from the southwest to the northeast Dr. Kris Gunn Urologist Center. Dr. Gunn received his medical degree at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. U about to dim, so until next week keep an eye open for your family and friends and do what you can do, slow down and see all the wan- ders around you, and like I always say smile, wave and say hi to everyone you see this week. "Rain, rain, come again!" H Personals Continued from page 6 rologist Kris Gunn, M.D. was recently appointed to the Medical Staff at Memorial Hospital and Health Care low normal precipitation so far for the year. The state typically gets 22.8 inches July 19. More information about the drought is available on the Purdue Extension drought website at http:// www.purdue.edu/drought Writer: Keith Robinson, 765-494-2722, robins89@ purdue.edu He completed his residency in urology at Washington University Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri and completed a research fellowship at University of North Carolina School of Medicine's Division of Urologic Surgery in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Gunn is a member of the American Urological Association. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call Memorial Urology Associates at 996-5850. the Union Store on Wednes- day evening. Attending were Becky Newton, Sue Muncy, Jenna White, Carol Slinker, Liz Thompson and Kay Re- neer. Co. Girl Scouts visited the Juliette "Daisy" on Thurs- day, July 5, 2012. After learn- ing about her life and history as Girl Scouts, they conduct- ed a special pinning ceremo- ny—they became "Sisters of the House." Thanks for #533 postcard. Postcard #534 has a wood- ed area with an old barn with a rusty tin roof and standing there in true form is a black long horned bull. The saying is—No Bull. Ya'll Garland of Petersburg, Mi- chael and Penny Garland of Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Garland and Spencer Jackie Garland, Rayce and Teegan, all of Washington and Carol Cummings of Car- lisle attended the Woodall and McClure reunion in Ot- well. It was very well attend- ed. There were many others in attendance. If you have some news for This past Sunday, Steve Woodall-McClure reunion the paper you can call me at 354-6502 or 766-3498 or email me at pikepersonals@ wildblue.net or mail it to me at 7438 W. State Rd. 56, Ha- zleton, IN 47640. 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