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D-2 Home Life Wednesday, August 23, 2017 The Press-Dispatch 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 Route 56 Antiques & Treasures. THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS Mya Furman................................Hazleton ........8/27 Toni Matthewson ....................... Petersburg ...... 8/28 Angela Furman............................Hazleton ....... 8/29 THIS MONTH'S SPONSOR 3329 W. State Road 56, Petersburg (Near Bowman on State Road 56) 812-354-5645 • Like us on Facebook Pike County Personals by Judy True BIRTHDAYS August 8 – Brittany White turned 26 August 15 – Curt Jolly August 23 – Kyla Horrell Krieg August 24 – Stacy Mallory Ice; Char- lie Woodruff; Andrew Dill turns 18; Marleigh Wright turns eight August 26 – Thomas Schatz turns 8 August 27 – Joan Williams turns 60 August 28 – Byron Sherman; Randy Hurst turns 47 August 29 – Dallas Paul Collins turns 81 August 30 – Terri Kolb Sullivan September 1 – Sue Mounts; Trish Goffinet September 2 – Matt Robbins Septmber 8 – Melissa Tharp All- dredge; Kellie McKannan September 9 – Carrie Willis Brogan ANNIVERSARIES Randy and Valerie Hurst will cele- brate their 25th wedding anniversary on August 30. RUTH'S NEWS Ruth Morrison had minor surgery on August 10, at Good Samaritan Hos- pital in Vincennes. Damon and Angie Pugh both had doctor's appointments in Evansville on Friday. He will be having foot sur- gery sometime later. Todd and Audrey Morrison, Lucy McKannan and Thomas Schatz ate dinner with Ruth on Sunday. Rachel Hurst had surgery in Carmel, Indiana on last Thursday. She went to her doctor on Tuesday for a follow-up. Kay Pierce's sister passed away on Saturday in Hawesville, Ky. The ser- vice was held on Wednesday, August 16. Ronnie, Patty, Tylar and Todd Morri- son visited with Ruth on Monday. Tonya Krieg was on vacation this week from work. Tina Barrett, Todd and Tylar Mor- rison, Lucy McKannan and Jake and Thomas Schatz visited with Ruth on Tuesday evening. RELAY REVUE AUGUST 26 Gibson County Relay For Life will host it's first annual "Relay Revue: An Evening of Entertainment to Fight Cancer" at the Princeton Theatre And Community Center at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26. The revue will feature more than 15 local performance artists includ- ing musicians, bands, vocals, improv, stand up, a short film, monologue and other acts. Two ticket options are available, for the show only the cost is $15 or show including dinner is $ 35. The catered dinner menu is roast beef, mashed po- tatoes and gravy, green beans, cole- slaw, roll, fruit cobbler and drink. Tickets may be purchased at https:// tix.extremetix.com/webtix/4108/ event/72551. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. and the per- formance at 7 p.m. All proceeds donated to the Relay for Life of Gibson County/ American Cancer Society. For more information, contact Ryan at 812 475 -9486 or ryan.bixler-rigg@ cancer.org. CARD SHOWER FOR BARTON A card shower is being held for Mar- vin Barton, who is recovering from sur- gery and would enjoy hearing from his friends. To mail a card, send to 5671 W. Co. Rd. 100 South, Petersburg, IN 47567. Bette Coomer is now a patient at Gibson General Hospital in Prince- ton to continue her recovery and ther- apy. Bette would love to hear from her friends. To send a note or card, mail to: Bette Coomer, c/o Gibson Gener- al Hospital, Room 5529, 1808 Sherman Drive, Princeton, IN 47670. WEEKLY TIDBITS Barry and Sandy Bane attended their grandson Tate Bane's soccer game at Moutoux Park in Evansville on Wednesday evening. On Monday and Tuesday, Rita Mc- Guyer went to dentist appointments in Evansville. Dessi Waple was sick and missed work for two days this week. She's feel- ing better now. Luella White's daughter Sharon Wil- liams took her to a doctor's appoint- ment in Princeton to have some plac- es removed. Then she went to Gibson General Hospital to have xrays of her knees done. Now she is waiting on re- sults from both from the doctor. On Monday, Luella's daughters Sharon and Nina Holderbaugh stopped by to do her laundry. The girls also brought dinner and they had a nice meal and visit. On Friday Luella and her daugh- ters went to downtown Princeton to eat lunch before going to visit her cousin at River Oaks Health Campus who was celebrating her 102nd birthday. They had a great visit! A fterwards Luella went to the Waters Nursing Home to visit her sister Betty Jones as she was celebrating her 82nd birthday. They had a great visit and Luella ordered her supper for her birthday. Leon and Alice Whittington went to Colvin Funeral Home for the visitation and funeral for Barbara Blaize. On Monday, Debbie Cain visited with her mother-in-law Betty Cain at her Princeton home. Vera Potts enjoyed a visit from Don and Bonnie Siekman of Mackey. Sandy Bane enjoyed lunch with friends in Evansville on Friday. Ann Wirey and her daughter Lee- ann of Montgomery, Texas visited with Gerald and Cornelia Bane last week. Beulah White returned home last weekend to have a family dinner and visit before returning to Gibson Gen- eral Hospital. Jim and Inez King had visits last week from Tom Dhenar of Newton, Illinois and his grandson Tim Strong and two granddaughters Stephanie and Victoria. Betty Jo and Charlie Wright went to church on Sunday at Bunker Hill Bap- tist Church in Vincennes on Sunday. A fterwards they stopped by Good Sa- maritan Hospital for a few tests. Joeldon and Jennifer Waple went to the movies on Saturday evening in Evansville. Michael Salm and a few friends went to Evansville for dinner on Saturday night. On Wednesday, Courtney Shuttle and Maggie True Armstrong enjoyed lunch together in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. Gary Arnold and Curt Cain visited with Betty Cain on Wednesday. Rosemary Harbison visited with a few friends at River Oaks Health Cam- pus in Princeton last week. Betty Cain visited with her sister Margie Shouse at a Madisonville, Ky., nursing home. Donna Horrall went shopping for school clothes with a few of her grand- children on Sunday. On Monday, she went to Princeton with her daughter- in-law Helen. Donna also took her sis- ter Wilma to Bingo with the cousins this week. On Thursday, Mitch Earles deliv- ered a fresh, homemade strawberry cake with cream cheese icing to his friends Courtney Shuttle, Neely Held and Maggie True Armstrong at work. The girls loved the cake and even shared a few pieces with co-workers. Peggy Hyneman and Joan Eisele vis- ited with Patty Cross Welder in Evans- ville on Wednesday. Sharon Rumble enjoyed visits from Jessie Hornby and her mother Mary- Ann. The girls brought lunch and they had a great meal. Richard and Sandy Melton of Francisco also visited before Sally Turner stopped by after lunch. Recent visitors of Bob and Elzena Strain were Jeff and Rose Blaize, of Knob Noster, Mo., Jason Blaize, of To- lar, Texas, Glenda Alexander, of West- land, Mich., Tim and Eli Strain, of Bicknell, and Nora Johnston, of Fran- cisco. James and Inez King enjoyed com- pany on Thursday from Jim Johns, the deacon of their church. Bob and Elzena Strain went to Evansville recently and had lunch with Rev. and Mrs. Bill Reed. Debbie Waple visited with Dessi Wa- ple, Tylan Jackson and Joeldon, Jenni- fer, Logan and Maddi Waple over the weekend in Evansville. In the past two weeks, Theresa Love- less has been in and out of the hospi- tal. Over the weekend, someone broke into their back porch and stole a few items. She would like for those items to be returned. Margie Wheeler went to see her great-great-grandbaby, Josh Slone, who recently turned two weeks old. SUBMIT YOUR NEWS If you'd like to see your news and events in the Personals 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. music, food, car show, fine eats and lots more. Winslow seniors meet on Mondays and Tuesdays at the Snyder Communi- ty Center. Petersburg Seniors meet on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in the courthouse basement. Postcards this week at Sweets Col- umn Winslow, IN 47598 is one. Postcard # 634 has a white polar bear in the blue water at the St. Lou- is Zoo – Animals Always. Polar bears make their home on islands, coast- lines, and floating on ice blocks of the Artic. Their webbed paws and stream- lined body form help make them ex- pert swimmers. Kaii is at the St. Lou- is Zoo. It reads – "Hello Sweets! Greetings from Winslow Girl Scout Families! We kicked off the year with a weekend ad- venture up inside the Arch, yum food at Old Spaghetti Factory, and a day at the St. Louis Zoo! Amazing time with some amazing girls! Thanks for the support! Winslow Girl Scout Troop 211/296 Families." Thank you, Winslow Girl Scouts and families, for Postcard # 634 from the St. Louis Zoo and polar bear Kaii. I know you all had a great time from see- ing all those pictures and those places you went to is only part of the St. Lou- is beauty. We are glad you all had fun. Winslow's Patoka River is low right now and the rain we have had, which is hardly nothing this past week, the riv- er will drop more. I think. The trees have started the falling of leaves, the fruit trees are ripe and dropping to the ground, the squirrel, I saw, is bring- ing small branches into the tree, and the rose bushes may bloom again from the humid weather. Yes, the humidi- ty is still around so watch yourself as you do the yard work. Speaking of yard work, Norm mowed and I reset the so- lar lights and the other objects on the corner lot, I have a new object by the rooster and it's a Donkey with the cut- est smile and it's made of tin with a spring for the head to bobble. Monday Kyana turned 12 years old with a party with friends and family. Cake, ice cream, gifts, a piñata star and lots of fun. Sunday was the sign-up time for the Winslow Lions Club Pageant to be held on Sept 9 at 6 p.m. at the Snyder Com- munity Center Gym. Girls have loads of fun and enjoy this event. Friends help friends so besides help- ing out with the Winslow Lions we will help out at the Spurgeon Monroe Fes- tival also. It's going to be fun to see ev- eryone again and I always have lots of fun enjoying the festivities. This just in! On the sign-up for the Winslow Lions Club Pageant, there will be some more time to sign up for girls 5 -16 and a new entry for babies, so if interested, contact Linda Nelson at 812-766 -0734, the entry fee is $25. Saturday, August 19, the Winslow Riverside Flea Market had eight ven- dors plus the Winslow Lions serving breakfast and lunch. It was a light turnout but close to the noon hour the crowd began to come out. I think the chance of rain was the culprit but a few sprinkles here and there and it went east, no rain the rest of the day. We could have used the rain cause the hu- midity was high. When things go wrong, they go wrong at the wrong time. Laura was going to work and Norm went with her so we could have the car and before they got halfway to Jasper it happened, the catalytic converter went out, so Daniel came to the rescue with his car. So right now, all is okay and do you know anyone who has this part? If so, Laura would be very happy to get her car back again. Also, Norm had come down with something but he is feeling better each day now. The total eclipse was Monday and Norm and I are going to a place in Illi- nois to see it. I'm writing this and it is Sunday, August 20, more to come next week on our adventure. Well the lights are dimming on this week's ramblings, but keep an eye on family and friends, slow down, and en- joy what is all around your areas, stop for the school buses and always smile, wave, and say Hi to everyone you see this week. FARM Down on the USDA crop reports affect farmers By Hans Schmitz Extension Educator Gibson County Purdue Extension The August crop pro- duction report released from the USDA two weeks ago still has some farmers shaking their heads. Even Purdue Agri - culture Econo- mist Chris Hurt is quoted as saying the sit- uation is "just depressing" by Hoosier Ag Today. The numbers released were 173 bushels per acre ex- pected production for In- diana corn and 55 bush- els per acre for Indiana soybeans. The corn num- bers remained the same as last year's production, while expected soybean production dropped by 2.5 bushels. With the relative- ly stagnant numbers, why would the situation be de- pressing? To answer that ques- tion, we have to answer two others. First, is the USDA number realistic? Second, what does that mean in the bigger pic - ture of American produc- tion? The first question is the immediate shock. With considerable mois- ture in pockets of north- ern Indiana, particularly the Northeast, flood con- cerns have some acres un- able to have been planted, while others were replant- ed multiple times and may be susceptible to an ear- ly freeze. We in the south have a better outlook, al- though disease concerns have been prevalent. Us- ing district estimates from the crop report, southwest Indiana anticipates 179 bushels per acre on corn and 56 on soybeans, above the state average to reflect more favorable growing conditions than other ar- eas. Northwest Indiana gets the best estimates, at 180 bushel corn and 58 bushel beans. Maybe we can get to a 179 average, which would reflect a 21.6 bushel per acre jump over the 2016 average. Howev- er, legitimate concern ex- ists for not reaching that average. Here is why. Traders, farmers, and grain buyers all have an estimate of what they would produce in a given year. Crop prices, what farmers receive for their crop, vary with these es- timates. The USDA re- port is considered one of the most reliable esti- mates, so prices may fluc- tuate greatly based on these reports. This crop report is very favorable for a great corn and bean crop, which means more quantity is supplied with- out a change in the quantity demanded. Prices fall. With harvest coming very shortly, the quantity supplied is about to spike, which sends cash grain prices into a bit of a tumble. Bad news, like a great corn crop nation- wide, prior to the normal annual drop causes the tumble to be a bit steep- er. Meanwhile, there's this problem called car- ryover. American farm- ers overproduce, and that old crop carries over into the next year. Demand for new crop is less when a whole bunch of old crop is still around to market. That lessens the quanti- ty demanded resulting in lower prices. One USDA crop production report projecting great yields causes, in conjunction with all of these factors, a depression in the market over the long term. Farmers have to accept this kind of report. The only way to overcome low prices is to produce more bushels per acre. Since the acre is a fixed unit, 200 bushel per acre corn is always more profitable than 150. So, farmers try harder, get better yields, which, barring new mar- kets from opening, wors- ens overproduction and carryover, lowering pric- es. But new markets can open. NAF TA negotia- tors started meeting last week. China started ac- cepting American beef in June. All this to give a quick reason why your lo- cal farmer cares intently about national news. For more ramblings on this or other topics, contact Hans at the Purdue Extension – Gibson County office via hschmitz@purdue.edu or 812-385 -3491, ext. 103. UPCOMING DATES • Wednesday, Aug. 23: Updated deadline to sign up for Master Gardener Basic Train- ing Classes in Princeton. Contact Hans at 812-385 - 3491, ext. 103, for more in- formation. • Monday, Sept. 21: Beekeepers of Southwest Indiana meeting at VU- Fort Branch at 6 p.m. This will be the first meeting of the group that hopes to provide education and or- ganization to bee enthusi- asts in Southwestern Indi- ana. SWEETS Continued from page 1