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The Press-Dispatch Home Life Wednesday, July 5, 2017 C- 9 THE DEADLINE FOR ALL REAL ESTATE ADS IS 5 P.M. EVERY MONDAY To enter the Birthday Club, email your name, ad- dress, phone number and birthdate to birthdayclub@ pressdispatch.net. Only the person's name, town and birthday will appear in the paper. As an added bonus, one lucky person each month will receive a free prize from a local business and a free three month Press-Dispatch subscription. This month's birthdays have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Sarah's Stride Rite & Family Footwear. JUNE WINNER And the winner is... Susan Norrick from Petersburg. Susan won a $25 gift certificate from Bambini's and a three-month subscription to The Press-Dispatch. Con- gratulations! THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS Kirstin Asbell ............................ Petersburg .........7/4 Oneida Fair ............................... Petersburg .........7/5 Tyler Asbell .................................. Jasper ............7/6 Debra Cavins ............................. Petersburg .........7/7 Cori Sharp .................................. Winslow ...........7/8 Sonja Osborn ........................... Monroe City ........7/8 THIS MONTH'S SPONSOR Sarah'S Stride rite & Family Footwear 1702 Hart St, Suite B, Vincennes 812-886-4803 • HOLIDAYS THIS WEEK July 5 Work-a-holics Day July 6 National Fried Chicken Day July 7 National Strawberry Sundae Day July 8 National Blueberry Day July 9 National Sugar Cookie Day July 10 Teddy Bear Picnic Day July 11 Cheer up the Lonely Day Source: HolidayInsights.com Pike County Personals by Judy True SWEETS Continued from page 5 FARM Down on the Celebrating our independence By Hans Schmitz Extension Educator Gibson County Purdue Extension We enjoy many benefits living in the United States, including the freedom to strive for inde- pendence. Not just independ- ence from for- eign lawmak- ers, from un- due taxation, and from put- ting the letter "u" in all sorts of words like color, honor, and the like, but also independence from foreign energy, for- eign water, and foreign food, should we decide to make such goals a prior- ity. Agriculture remains at the forefront of such endeavors. Take digesting manure as an example. Through the conversion of methane in animal manures by mi- crobes that operate in the absence of oxygen (an- aerobic digestion) to bio- gas, this gas can then be used to power generators that create large amounts of electricity. In this way, Biotown Ag in Reynolds, Indiana, provides energy to the grid for, potential- ly, thousands of homes. Likewise, dairy and swine farms around the state have the potential to use the same conversion pro- cesses to save money and provide power to the elec- trical grid in their locality. Potential exists for beef, broiler, and turkey oper- ations to produce power as well. In addition to pro- ducing electricity, opera- tions like Fair Oaks near Rensselaer have trucks that run on the biogas produced in these reac- tors, run through addi- tional processing to be- come nearly pure meth- ane, or compressed nat- ural gas. Meanwhile, farms are where the wind turbines are located that produce loads of renewable ener- gy in the same area as Bi- otown Ag. Farms are also utilizing solar energy in large tracts, with new pan- els having recently gone up south of Poseyville in an interesting contrast to the grain bins along- side. Solar fencing for cattle has been used for years, with the sun providing the charge to keep livestock with- in pasture lim- its. More tradi- tionally, farm- land has been a large part of the ground ac - quired for the surface mining that is integral to Gibson County, and farm- ers are the ones that re- claim the ground when its returned as well. Finally, oil wells have dotted the landscape in local areas, usually not in oil fields like Texas but amongst the corn and beans. All this energy, crude or refined, produced in the rural landscape, mixed with the food in the fields, produced with the water from rainfall or underground aquifers, en- sures an abundance of re- sources by Americans for Americans. We should al- so not forget that, for all the goods that we enjoy, the raw materials for their production often come from farms or rural are- as. Imports and exports are also still crucial to fill in the gaps and provide for additional or exotic resources. Ethnocentrism is a hubris that precedes a fall, as a favorite teach- er of mine once taught in words much easier to un- derstand. For more in- formation on agriculture and natural resources, contact Hans at the Pur- due Extension office at 812-385 -3491, ext. 103, or hschmitz@purdue.edu. UPCOMING DATES • July 9 -15: Gibson County Fair at the fair- grounds in Princeton. Come see all the games, food, and fun plus the new Toyota Event Center. BIRTHDAYS June 26 – Cliff Ingram June 27 – Donna Parker June 28 – Debbie Ford June 29 – Andrew Carroll turned 30 July 1 – John Thorne turned 77 July 2 – Carol Linweiler July 3 – Chris Russell turns 68 July 6 – Corrayn Oglesby turns 11 July 7 – Stacy Coomer Pierce July 9 – Jessica Carey; Lynn Shoul- ders; Sandy Melton July 10 – Peggy Pierce turns 61 July 14 – Tony Schroeder turns 59 July 16 – Susan Hyneman Baker; Tanner Cornwell July 17 – Wesley Ice July 18 – Jaelyn White July 20 – Suzy Ernst; Leon Whit- tington July 24 – Courtney Nelson Shuttle ANNIVERSARIES John and Melissa True will celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary on Ju- ly 19. LITTLE MISS SWEETCORN CONTESTANTS WANTED Gamma Omega Chapter of the Tri-Kappa is seeking contestants for the upcoming Oakland City Sweet Corn contest. The contest will be held on Friday, July 28, at 7 p.m. at the Oak- land City Elementary cafeteria. Con- testants must be five to eight years of age at the time of the contest. There is a $40 sponsor fee. Contestants must perform a talent and theme attire in ad- dition to a short interview. Space is lim- ited, call Tammy Schroeder at (812) 664-6648. CELEBRATION HONORS COLLINS The Hazleton United Methodist Church is hosting a celebration on Sun- day, July 23 in the church basement in honor of Hazel Collins' 98th birthday. Cards will be accepted and cake and punch will be served. Worship service will be at 9 a.m. and the celebration will follow immediately afterwards in the church basement. The public is invit- ed to attend. Those unable to attend, can mail a card to: Hazel, c/o Gibson General Hospital, Rm. 577, 1808 Sher- man Drive, Princeton, IN 47670. CARD SHOWER HONORS LEVRON A card shower is being held in honor of Ida Mae Levron, who turned 89 on June 30. To send a card, mail to: Riv- erOaks Health Campus, 1244 Vail St., Princeton, IN 47670. CARD SHOWER HONORS PERRY A card shower is being held in honor of Lorrayne Perry's 92nd birthday on July 21. To mail a card, send to: 719 E. McCoy St., Apt. 2, Petersburg, IN 47567. WANDA'S NEWS On June 11, Bro. Wayne Rowland presented Dude and Shirley Edwards a clock he had made for their anniversa- ry. The board the clock was made into read, "They said it would never last, on- ly time will tell! " Happy 70th, and yes I said 70th Anniversary, Dude and Shir- ley Edwards. Since they have always loved horses and riding, the hanger was made of a horseshoe. Their chil- dren had a reception that afternoon for them at the Lion's Club. Not many peo- ple can say they have remained faith- ful and together for that many years! Father's Day the church gave each Dad a beautiful cup and card. We took our Dads out to eat after church that day. The church has taken Tommy Wa- terman as our soldier to support. Gi- na Perkins Waterman, Tommy's Mom, was Wayne's secretary years ago when she was in college. Tommy is fighting in A fghanistan. We hope to send box- es of cheer to he and his troop to let them know we are supporting them back home. There are still young men and women fighting and dying there, we just don't hear as much of it in the news. Seems the news is covered with all the bickering and fighting here over small things, and only when someone dies do we then hear an inkling about the war. So sad that so many are proud- ly serving us and not remembered. We hope to remedy that in our little corner of the world! WEEKLY TIDBITS On Friday Luella White picked up her daughters Nina Holderbaugh and Sharon Williams to go to Evansville. They enjoyed a nice steak dinner at a local restaurant. The girls had a great time and enjoyed doing something dif- ferent. Betty Jo and Charlie Wright went to church at Bunker Hill Baptist Church in Vincennes on Sunday. Dessi Waple went to watch her friends practice for their roller derby bout on Wednesday evening. Marvin, Sue Ellen and Derek Barton and Gloria Reinhart attended the Bill Anderson concert that was held on Sat- urday at Oakland City University. A f- terwards they watched the fireworks in Oakland City. Gentle Shepherd Church of God held a concert featuring Ralph Clark with Southern Gospel Music. Marvin, Sue Ellen and Derek Barton and Glo- ria Reinhart attended. A week ago Saturday, Marvin and Sue Ellen Barton attended the Mt. Olympus Alumni Banquet. They al- so performed a few songs during the banquet. Vera Potts attended the BBQ Social at the home of Glenda Hope last Sat- urday. Betty Cain enjoyed visits from Curt and Debbie Cain and Larry and Candy Hunt last weekend. On Monday, Leon and Alice Whit- tington went to Giro to visit with fam- ily and friends. A fter their visit, they went to Union for lunch. On Wednes- day, Alice and Leon went to Twin Riv- ers Restaurant in Mt. Carmel where they met their friends Lois and Fred Braselton. Leon also reported that he got his first tomato from his garden last week. Billie Lowling visited with Jim and Inez King last week. Maddie Ivers and her friend Kaylie spent a few days at her grandparent's Steve and Patty Sherman home. John and Melissa True and their children Isaac, Caleb and Ella returned home after a vacation to Gatlinburg last week. They enjoyed going to ma- ny attractions including Dollywood. Al- so spending time with them in Gatlin- burg were Melissa's parents Dave and Joni Ice. A.J. Alldredge and girlfriend Kara Moyer stopped by on Wednesday eve- ning to visit with friends Randy and Maggie Armstrong. On Thursday, Dessi Waple called her aunt Judy True to check in with her. They had a nice chat. Betty Jo Wright helped her son Da- vid on Friday morning by watching her grandchildren. Richard and Sherry Kinney made a stop at the grocery store on Friday. They noted it was their only "adven- ture" all week. Ollie and Sue Doublemount went to Indianapolis for the day on Friday. On the way home, they visited with Shir- ley Graham. Dessi Waple was booked to the max on Saturday doing hair. She had colors, cuts and trims all day. Joe Waple went to a doctor's appoint- ment on Thursday in Evansville where they gave him a shot for his back. Janie Arnold enjoyed visits last week from Dave Ice, Gary Arnold and Elea- nor Gladish. Junior Arnold and Gary Arnold went to the visitation for Denver Sullivan last week at Doyle Funeral Home in Princeton. Adam Peil visited with his grandfa- ther Dale Beadles on Friday afternoon. Nila Blanton Sharp visited with Marylee Sullivan on Friday. Randy and Maggie Armstrong went to dinner at La Fiesta in Vincennes on Friday evening. SUBMIT YOUR NEWS If you'd like to see your news and events in the Personal's Column, 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 hap- penings. write it hasn't happened yet so to all our stars we hope you had a blast of fun. We have a twofer on parades one in Otwell and the second is Vincennes with our friends the Messmers. Norm's guitar playing is coming to- gether as he tries to tweak the sound he already had. Sounds really good to the ears. The kids – Laura, Daniel, and Kya- na left Thursday and came back Sun- day on a vacation south of here where they rented a car to make the trip, it's a light pea green Kia Soul. Laura left her car here for Norm and I to use but we just stayed at the cabin instead for now and looked after the animals. I know where they went but I believe the post- card will tell the story, but I did receive a photo that showed white sands. Saturday night most of Winslow had fireworks going off and the sounds were beautiful to hear. Usually we hear them sooner than July 1, but this year the sounds of July 4 began Saturday. Hey Diane, the skirt is really ador- able and I was wondering what to wear on the 4th of July. Now I know, thanks and I love it. This goes out to my sister Teresa and my brother George as their birth- days are here, Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you and I love you both. The lights are about to dim on this week's ramblings but keep an eye on family and friends, slow down, and en- joy all your surroundings, smell the roses so to speak, and as always smile, wave, and say Hi to everyone you see this week. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Michael L. Jerrell and Pamela S. Jer- rell convey to Michael L. Jerrell, Pame- la S. Jerrell, Carrie L. Jerrell Miller, Brooke L. McKasson, and Matthew R. Jerrell, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Steven L Whitehead C/A Commis- sioner and John O Lane convey to Jean Lane, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Fannie Mae and Federal National Mortgage Association AK A convey to Jeremy Hay, real estate as recorded in Pike County. David M. Jenkins and Hannah Jen- kins convey to Tyler Stone Foust, re- al estate as recorded in Pike County. Ryan Nalley conveys to Gunner Mar- cus Wellman, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Randy Anders and Nikki Miller quit- claim to John Roe and Chelsea Roe, re- al estate as recorded in Pike County. Angela D. Furman conveys to Cen- tel Investments Inc., real estate as re- corded in Pike County. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC con- veys to David Neidige and Mary Jo Nei- dige, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Charles K. McCandless and Max McCandless convey to Joel Wells, re- al estate as recorded in Pike County. Brent Pfister awarded Certified School Risk Manager Designation Brent Pfister, Commer- cial Lines Agent at German American Insurance, was re- cently awarded the Certified School Risk Manager (CS - RM) designation from The National Alliance for In- surance Education and Re- search. Brent is among 700 CS - RMs, an elite group of pro- fessionals, within the coun- try. To earn this prestigious designation, he successful- ly completed a rigorous in- surance education program. Brent has worked in the insurance business for 16 years and has been with German American Insur- ance since 2014. He resides in Jasper with his wife, Heather, and their two chil- dren, Calvin and Colleen. Brent Pfister VU offers variety of classes during July for kids VU Jasper Kids' College will offer: Design, Innova- tion and Manufacturing Ex- perience (DIME), July 10 to 14 from 9 a.m. to 3p.m., for students entering grades 7 to 10 ; Problem Solving De- tectives, July 10 to 12 from 8:30 -11:30 a.m., for students entering grades 4 to 8. What Lies Beneath?, July 17-20 from 8:30 -11:30 a.m., for students entering grades 4 to 6; Coding for Kids, Ju- ly 17- 19 from 9 a.m. to noon, for students entering grades 4 to 8; Experimazing! , July 18 -20 from 1-4 p.m., for stu- dents entering grades K to 3. Autodesk Inventor: Intro to Solid Modeling and 3D printing, July 17, 18, 20 and 21 from 9 a.m. to noon, for students entering grades 5 and up; Dessert and Cookie Making, July 22 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., for students entering grades 3 to 9. For complete course de- scriptions, fees and other de- tails go to www.vinu.edu/vu- jc-continuing-ed. For additional information call 812-481-5937 or send an email to vujcce@vinu.edu.