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The Press-Dispatch Home Life Wednesday, May 24, 2017 D- 7 Tech Solutions by Scott A. Hartley What you should learn from 'The Day The Earth Was Hacked' Pike County Personals by Judy True BIRTHDAYS May 27 – Cornelia Bane May 30 – Terry Hightower; Peyton Wright turns 14; Aria Dickman turns 3; Ella True turns 2 May 31 – Tracey Berthiaume; Neely Held June 5 – Barbara Ford PERSONALS CARD SHOWER FOR VINSON A card shower is being held for El- len Vinson. She is a patient at Amber Manor and would love to hear from her friends. To mail a card, send to: 801 E. Illinois St., Room 130, Petersburg, IN 47567. UNION SCHOOL REUNION The Union School Alumni Gathering will be held on Sunday, June 4, from 1-3pm EDT at the Union Community Building. Refreshments will be served. If you have any old photos, bring them to share with everyone. Anyone who at- tended the Union School is welcome to attend. HAZLETON ALUMNI BANQUET JUNE 3 The Hazleton High School Alumni banquet will be held on Saturday, June 3 at the Hazleton Community Center. Social hour will be held from 4-5:30 p.m. and the dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $13 in advance or $15 at the door. Make checks payable to Beverly Belcher and mail to 842 E. State Rd. 56, Hazleton, IN 47640. For more infor- mation, call Beverly at (812) 784-2346. MT. OLYMPUS ALUMNI BANQUET JUNE 17 Mt. Olympus alumni banquet will June 17 with ha social hour at 4 p.m. and dinner at 5 p.m. catered by Schnit- zelbank Restaurant of Jasper. The cost is $14 for the meal with a reservation, or $15 at the door. Checks with the graduation year on them can be sent to: Mt. Olympus Alumni, P.O. Box 236, Princeton, IN 47670. For more infor- mation, call Patty Craig at 812-385 - 8228 or 812-779 -7409. RITA'S NEWS Rita McGuyer had her car worked on Monday and Tuesday. Tish and Mike Johnson took Rita to the movies last week in Princeton be- fore dinner at Applebees. On Tuesday, Mike and Tish took her to lunch at Fish Hut. Last Saturday, Rita had her hair do- ne at her daughter Tish's before tak- ing her sister Faye to Zach's Dinner in Vincennes for dinner. Rita plans on making noodles this weekend for a BBQ cookout being held at her granddaughters home. Rita also reported that she recent- ly got to meet her new great-grand- daughter. RUTH'S NEWS Lucy McKannan and Thomas Schatz went to yard sales on Friday. They ate lunch with Alan and Tina Barrett. Lucy and Thomas put out solar lights that they gave Ruth Morrison for Mother's Day. Debbie Alexander and Todd and Audrey Morrison visited with Ruth on Saturday. Todd and Audrey Morrison and a friend attended the Chicago Cubs game on Friday in St. Louis. Mother's Day was held on Sunday on Hart Street. Those attending were Ronnie, Patty, Tylar, Noah, Lily, So- phia, Ruth, Todd, Audrey, and Justin Morrison, Frieda Mason, Karla Schro- eder, Alivia and Marleigh Wright, Da- mon and Angie Pugh, Scot and C.J. Ke- noyer, Lucy McKannan, Leslie, Jake and Thomas Schatz, Doug Kincaid, J.T., Tonya, Kaidyn, GraceLynn and Dawsyn Krieg, Debbie, James, JoAnn, Harley and John Alexander, Paige Bar- row, Cali Alexander, Parker Jacobs and Alan and Tina Barrett. Everyone en- joyed the beautiful day. Last Tuesday, Todd, Audrey, Ron- nie, Patty and Tylar Morrison and Ti- na Barrett visit with Ruth. Lucy McKannan, Leslie, Jake and Thomas Schatz and Doug Kincaid went to the Colvin Funeral Home on Thursday for the visitation of Charles Dale McKannan. Tina Barrett, Ruth Morrison and Lu- cy McKannan visited with Jackie and Dixie Gourley in Mt. Carmel on Tues- day afternoon. Ruth has a doctor's appointment on Tuesday in Evansville. WEEKLY TIDBITS A birthday party was held for Maddy Waple who turned 16 this past Wednes- day. Her parents Joeldon and Jennifer Waple hosted the party and meal for family and friends. Last week Beverly Belcher drove Betty Cain to Lexington, Kentucky to spend time with Betty's granddaugh- ter Natalie Rothemeyer. Maggie True Armstrong is back to work and feeling better after having strep throat, a sinus infection and lar- yngitis last week. Jeff White and his daughter Brittany White and Barbara Potts spent Moth- er's Day with Vera Potts. Luella White's grandson Devin and his wife Diane Williams picked her up for a cookout at their home on Satur- day. They served steak and all the trim- mings! Others attending were Donald Williams and his grandsons from No- blesville, Kaden and Rylan Williams. Sharon Williams arrived a little later when she returned from Louisville. We had a great time visiting and sitting out on the porch in the swing. Sharon drove Luella home after the festivities. On Mother's Day Luella White's daughter Nina Holderbaugh picked her up for church at Bethel Memori- al church. A fter worship service, they went to dinner at a local restaurant with Donald and Sharon Williams. The girls gave Luella beautiful gifts in her honor. Sarah Harris of Holland, spent Sat- urday visiting with Vera Potts. Ray Friedenbergue of Mackey went with Vera Potts to the Cousin's Day in Evansville on Tuesday afternoon. Peg- gy Driscoll, a patient at Bethel Manor, also attended. On Friday, Maggie True Armstrong had lunch with friends Courtney Shut- tle and Neely Held at Little Italy's in Mt. Carmel. Marvin and Sue Ellen Barton and their son Derek Barton went to the Vil- lage Inn for lunch on Sunday to cele- brate Mother's Day. A fterwards they visited Marvin's mother Bonnie Bar- ton. On Tuesday, Marvin and Sue Ellen Barton went to the funeral for Diane Jines at Colvin Funeral Home in Princ- eton. On Saturday, Randy and Maggie Armstrong had lunch at 423 Smoke- house in Petersburg. Marge Tharp was invited to Beulah White's home in Union for a Mother's Day dinner. Marge said it was so nice and the meal was delicious. Richard and Sherry Kinney went on a short trip over Mother's Day week- end. Alice Whittington went to Dayton, Ohio with her three daughters and two granddaughters for Mother's Day. When Alice came home, her and Le- on went to Evansville for dinner. On Tuesday evening, Alice attended the Daughter Salad Supper accompanied by her three daughters and two grand- daughters at the First Baptist Church in Princeton. Dessi Waple and a few friends went to the Franklin Street Bazaar on Wednesday. Dallas and Jeremy Ducharme host- ed a Mother's Day dinner and a birth- day party for Nancy Wheatley last Sunday. Those attending were Rick and Nancy Wheatley, Cyi and Niko- li Schmidt, Kaela Kell, Josie Ducha- rme, Luke Ducharme and girlfriend Cisi and Tim Frederick. The menu in- cluded hamburgers, brats, potato sal- ad, baked beans and macaroni salad. Desserts were peach pie and strawber- ry cream pie. Caleb True and his pitching ma- chine baseball team played on Friday evening in South Knox. Those attend- ing were his parents, John and Melis- sa, brother Isaac, sister Ella, grandpar- ents Dave and Joni Ice and aunt Mag- gie True Armstrong. Caleb's team lost, but all the kids had a great time. On Mother's Day at Steve and Patty Sherman's home, those visiting were Stephanie Warren, Jacob Hopf and Ja- mie, Stacey and Maddy Ivers. Margie Wheeler enjoyed company on Mother's Day from her sons Bill and Bob Sloan and their wives, grand- daughter Terra and her daughter Judy and Dan Robb. Everyone enjoyed the yummy carry-in dinner. On Tuesday, Margie Wheeler's son took her for a hair cut before going out to dinner. Donna Horrall and her family have returned home from Texas after a week and a half stay. On Saturday, Donna, her daughter and granddaugh- ter went shopping in Jasper. Betty Jo Wright babysat her two grandchildren on Friday afternoon. Jim and Inez King enjoyed visits from John and Tina Harrington, Hel- en Morton and Cindy Wyant last Sat- urday. Everyone enjoyed dinner and were later joined by Judy Elber and Terri Merle. Lorrayne Perry had a few drop-in visitors on Mother's Day. Dessi Waple went with a few friends to the Germania Manechor on Satur- day evening. SUBMIT YOUR NEWS If you'd like to see your news and events in the Personal's Column, please call Judy at 812-354-6502 or email your notes to pikepersonals@ wildblue.net. My mailing address is 7438 W. State Rd. 56, Hazleton, IN 47640. We'd love to hear from you and share your happenings. FARM Down on the The spring safety talk By Hans Schmitz Extension Educator Gibson County Purdue Extension The other major farm pub- lications have already print- ed their farm and road safety articles, hoping to get ahead of the glut of the work in the northern Midwest whilst missing the first couple of weeks/months of work in our neck of the woods. No worry for us, though, as the re- minders need to occur a little fur- ther along in the season, when some setbacks have occurred and deadlines seem a little closer for optimal stands this year. "Hurry makes worry," as the old adage goes. The May 10 estimate for optimal potential yield on corn has come and gone. The June 5 prevented planting dead- line for corn seems a touch too close, while the June 20 deadline for beans is much easier to stomach. Wheat is beginning to look a little dri- er, and the game of estimat- ing when harvest might be- gin on that crop is well un- derway. All this to say, agri- culture is right in the thick of things, with much accom- plished but much more yet to accomplish before prop- er sleep patterns can be ob- served. Meanwhile, increasing day length and heat units al- so mean more exists to do in the yard and other loca- tions outdoorsy (e.g. your very own county park). We all tend to commute with our personal vehicles to and fro, increasing traffic on the roads when the temperature is nice for travel. Meanwhile, the truck traffic persists, and the farm traffic remains heavy when the weather is agreeable for action. Now, add in major road closures for summer construction (e.g. IN 65 north of Owens- ville, resulting in a mad search for a commute that does include at least a whiff of a swine production facili- ty). Finally, let schools con- clude for the summer, allow- ing teenagers the freedom to visit a little more frequently. Suddenly, drivers of all lev- els of experience are driving around the county in varying levels of rushed hurriedness down roads that even experi- enced drivers may not be ac- customed to traversing. NO ONE IS TRULY SAFE OR SHOULD HAVE THE ILLU- SION OF SAFET Y WHILE BEHIND THE WHEEL. To save our very lives, we follow the rules of the road a little more closely. We stop at stop signs and when appro- priate for sirens. We use the left lane to pass and only to pass, so help us. We put the cell phone down and add an ex- tra hand to the steering wheel. We turn on the headlights dur- ing rain, but we turn off our bright lamps for passing traffic. Likewise, trac- tor operators on the roads are going to try to keep to their lane, but it's not always an option. As such, commut- ers have to have some pa- tience and extra caution. Remember, your car might head that way daily, and the dull monotony of it might crush your very soul. Mean- while, the farmer whose truck traverses the high- way every day might only be pulling a planter down the same path once a year. Giv- en the turnover in the trac- tor being driven every so of- ten due to wear and tear, that farmer doesn't have all that much more experience on the road in that rig than the compact car cruising along with "Student Driver" writ- ten on the side. Not that farmers aren't just the coolest, because they are. When it comes to performing in the field and producing a harvestable, safe, high-quality crop on just about every inch of pos- sible land they have, I will put my money on any farmer in the area. Meanwhile, we all share the roads, whether in- experienced generally, try- ing out a new vehicle, dis- tracted by the soul-crushing monotony of the daily com- mute, or passing everything in sight whilst simultaneous- ly talking on a cell phone and searching the internet on said cell phone for the lead singer of '90s grunge band Soundgarden. It's Chris Cornell. He was a great mu- sician. EYES BACK ON THE ROAD! For more rants about roadways (let's talk roundabouts!), contact Hans Schmitz at the Purdue Exten- sion office via hschmitz@ purdue.edu or 812-385 -3491. Europol, the intelligence agency of the European Un- ion, called it a "cyberattack of an unprec- edented lev- el." Starting early Fri- day, May 12, a massive ransomware infection called Wan- naCry quick- ly spread to hundreds of thousands of computers in over 150 countries. It crippled entire hospi- tals, car manufacturers, tel- ecom companies, and even affected U.S.-based FedEx, demanding a $ 300 ransom to be paid in Bitcoin for the data files it held hostage. FAILURE TO DO THIS LEAVES THE DOOR WIDE OPEN Why did this ransom- ware inflict so much damage when it could have been eas- ily prevented? First, companies and indi- viduals failed to keep their computers updated with the latest security patches. Microsoft discovered the vulnerability exploited by WannaCry and issued a patch back in March. Com- puters with the update in- stalled were not affected. Yet, an enormous num- ber of PCs obviously weren't updated, providing an open door for the cyberattack. In my experience, most small business and home users neglect to regularly install the ever-important Windows Updates. They ei- ther don't know how or nev- er think about installing them. Worse yet, many refuse to allow a knowledgeable IT provider to take care of these tasks for them at a mini- mal cost. THE ANTIVIRUS MYTH Second, most of the affected PCs used ineffective or no antivirus protection. The first question I al- ways get asked after a cli- ent's machine becomes in- fected is, "Well, I have [in- sert name of a popular an- tivirus program, usually a free one]. Shouldn't it have prevented this? " Truth is most antivirus programs sold today use ancient, 25 -year-old tech- nology. They simply don't protect against how today's threats attack and infect computers. In the previous column two weeks ago, my Direc- tor of Service Operations, Christian Hinojosa, warned about the inadequacies of free antivirus programs – like AVG, Avast, and Avira. These are some of the worst protection when it comes to ransomware like WannaCry. But even many of the paid antivirus programs fail to block deadly viruses and malware. Only a slim handful of paid antivirus software ef- fectively blocks many of the behavior-based, ze- ro-day threats regularly at- tacking your computer. And they're not ones you find on the shelf at Walmart or Best Buy. AT HOME OR AT WORK – YOU'RE AT RISK Are you a home user who only checks email and browses Facebook? Are you a small business owner with one or more computers critical to run- ning your daily operations? Do you work in an office, warehouse, or other organi- zation with computers? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you have computers at risk for the next big attack. It would be wise to make sure you're well-protect- ed before disaster strikes. Keep in mind these six tips: 1. Regularly update all your computers with the lat- est patches. 2. Install antivirus soft- ware designed for today's threats. 3. Implement edge protec- tion to build a wall around your home or business net- work that will keep unwant- ed hackers out. 4. Provide on-going train- ing to family members and/or employees that helps them identify phish- ing email, scams, fake web- sites, and other malicious at- tempts to infect your PC or steal personal information. 5. Maintain regular, auto- mated, OFF-SITE backups of all important documents and data on your computer. 6. Consult with a knowl- edgeable IT professional to provide these five solutions for you. If they can't, find an expert who is educated and able to offer complete secu- rity. It really is cheaper than the alternative. THE WORST IS YET TO COME While WannaCry's reach rapidly extended throughout the entire civilized world, it only lasted a few days before it was stopped in its tracks. The purchase of a sim- ple $11 domain name by an observant security expert broke the criminals' code. Those thieves know ex- actly what they did wrong. You can bet they're already working on a version 2.0 that won't be stopped as easily. Scott A. Hartley is the Pres- ident/CEO of Calibre Com- puter Solutions in Princeton. For computer tips, informa- tion, and free software tools, check out our website at www. calibreforhome.com.