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D-2 Home Life Wednesday, September 6, 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 Mandy's Mums. AUGUST WINNER And the winner is... Doris Schmitt from Haubstadt. Doris won a $25 gift card from Route 56 Antiques & Treasures and a three-month subscription to The Press-Dispatch. Congratulations! THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS Larry Seymour .......................... Petersburg .........9/8 Peyton Ruppel ........................... Petersburg .........9/8 Lonnie Rusher ......................... Oakland City ...... 9/9 THIS MONTH'S SPONSOR Mandy's Mums 4590 S. Royalty Rd., Winslow North of Arthur Junction off State Road 61 812-789-5213 or 812-789-2174 Pike County Personals by Judy True Sweet's Column by Barbara Sweet BIRTHDAYS September 8 – Melissa Tharp All- dredge; Kellie McKannan September 9 – Carrie Willis Brogan; Dessie Sherman September 14 – Debbie Waple; Kaylee Minkler September 17 – Valada Peil September 18 – Donna Corn Horrall; Susan Ice September 20 – Michael Salm ANNIVERSARIES Marvin and Sue Ellen Barton cele- brated their 62nd wedding anniversa- ry on September 2. Greg and Stacey Bane will celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary on Sep- tember 18. Joe and Bette Coomer will celebrate their 62nd wedding anniversary on September 24. BANE'S NEWS Barry and Sandy Bane attended two cross country meets recently at Evans- ville State Hospital. Their grandson, Devin Bane, is running cross country for St. James Catholic School. They al- so attended soccer games at Moutoux Park in Evansville to watch another grandson, Tate Bane, who plays on St. James' soccer team. Barry and Sandy visited the Lincoln National Park in Lincoln City, Indiana on Sunday afternoon. Later that eve- ning, they enjoyed a cookout with their son and daughter-in-law Greg and Sta- cey Bane in Haubstadt. Brad, Lexi and Quinn Bane had din- ner with Barry and Sandy on Wednes- day at their home. Ann Krieg of Evansville visited with Sandy on Tuesday afternoon. RUTH'S NEWS Lucy McKannan and Austin Dill ate lunch with Ruth Morrison on Friday. Alan and Tina Barrett, Todd Morri- son and Debbie Alexander visited lat- er in the day on Friday. Ruth called her sister, Shirley Todd who lives in Liberty, Texas to see how were things were in her home. Shir- ley has flood waters in her area and a leaky roof. Lucy McKannan, Todd and Audrey Morrison, and Debbie Alexander had lunch with Ruth on Sunday. Ruth went to her doctor's appoint- ment on Monday in Vincennes. Ronnie and Todd Morrison did a few repairs on Ruth's enclosed porch on Tuesday. Ruth reports that they did a great job! The Morrison's are planning a cele- bration on Labor Day after the parade in Princeton. Tony, Faith and Sherrie Royal are vis- iting his mother Janice Royal and fami- ly. They live in Pennsylvania. WEEKLY TIDBITS Donna Horrall and family had a im- promptu "Cousin Reunion" in Washing- ton on Monday since cousin Bill Everly was home visiting. They had 23 in at- tendance and had a great time visiting. On Sunday, Donna Horrall went to Bridgeport, Ill to visit with a few cous- ins. She's looking forward to Labor Day when she'll visit with the Ken- tucky cousins. Rodger LaMar recently passed away. He was a 1947 graduate of Mt. Olym- pus High School. Peggy Hyneman and Nancy Hope have returned home from vacationing at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. On the way home, they spent three days in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tenn. On Saturday, Dessi Waple took her son, Tylan Jackson out to dinner in Evansville. Charlie and Betty Jo Wright went to worship services and bible study on Sunday at Bunker Hill Baptist Church in Vincennes. Betty Cain attended the Ice Reunion last Sunday and had a wonderful time visiting with family. The reunion was held at the Hazleton Community Cen- ter. Also attending were Janie Arnold and Vera Potts. Rita McGuyer attended the "balance class" for senior in Petersburg on Tues- day. On Thursday, Rita and friends Ter- ri, Joye and Fran went to Evansville to do some shopping before she had lunch with Tish in Vincennes. Alice and Leon Whittington went to Patoka Lake to visit with Fred and Lois Braselton and attend church. A f- terwards, they went out with the Bra- seltons for dinner before going to French Lick. Cindy Wyant and Terri Merle, daugh- ters of Jim and Inez King, and Inez's sister Helen Morton all visited on Wednesday. On Saturday the Kings went to Montgomery for dinner to cel- ebrate Cindy Wyant's engagement. Margie Wheeler went to the visi- tation of her son-in-law Dan Robb at Colvin Funeral Home in Princeton on Thursday. Lorrayne Perry enjoys her friend and neighbor JoAnn coming to check in with her almost every day. She real- ly appreciates her friendship. Michael Salm hosted dinner on Mon- day at his home in Evansville for fami- ly and friends. Dale Beadles enjoyed his grandson, Adam Peil and granddaughter, Amber Barker visiting with him last week. Janie Arnold enjoyed a visit from her friend Marylee Sullivan last week at Golden Living Center. Derek Barton attended his high school class reunion on Saturday. Rick and Nancy Wheatley went to Princeton on Friday to do some shop- ping. Harrison Bergerfn Abels was born on August 31, 2017. He weighed 9 lbs., 12 oz. and was 21 ¼ inches long. He is the son of Seth and Colleen Abels and great-grandson of Joe and Bette Coomer. Ollie and Sue Doublemount went to Branson, Mo., for a week and enjoyed every minute. Recent visitors of Sharon Rumble were Carol Rumble and grandson, Colton, of Missouri. On Monday, Sha- ron enjoyed a visit from Sally Turner, of Owensville. Becky Beadles went to the Fall Mar- ket Days in Owensboro, Ky., on Satur- day. 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. Brighter Side by Janice Barniak Famine fashionable The great thing about being fat is the insulation. Women around me are so cold and need so many layers, and me, I am the Yeti cup of people. In a children's science museum, I once walked in front of a screen that shows your body's temperature col- or coded as though you're a weath- er map. I could see to the right and left of me the people all yellow, their heads a little red. Compared to them I was scalding, a planetary pear of red human climate change. I am a Viking, built for Antarctica, like the noble, graceful polar bear. Of course I'm aware it's not the heyday for fat women; there hasn't been a heyday for that since the last famine, but my history professor friend, Emilee, assures me we would have been fashion plates at the time. There's a poem, she says, with a sensual description of how the man anticipates his sweetheart's arrival because the ground shakes as she walks close due to her size. By that standard, I'm really only halfway to reaching my most beau- tiful famine self. To think, I almost sacrificed that power at my last job when I got punch drunk on the power of having excellent insurance. Basically, I could do any- thing with that insurance. Day 31, the day my insurance kicked in, opened up all sorts of pos- sibilities for me—I could skydive from tall build- ings, reinstate the five- second-rule for dropped food or open an alligator hatchery. I did none of those things, but I did consider weight loss surgery. I thought it might take the pressure off. When you're thin and you think you're beautiful, for some reason everyone dislikes you, but when you're fat, there's a pressure to think highly of yourself. Every morning I decorate my Eas- ter egg of a self so I will look em- ployable. Even when I feel tired and like the newspaper at the bottom of the birdcage, I also have to pretend I feel great about myself, and I can never acknowledge my true identity as a fat person, because people will think I'm indulging in pity. I'm in shape. That shape is round, a natural vase-like shape. Imagine if we were required to act like that about other things. You wake up one morning, and, because everyone's decided it's a virtue, sud- denly you have to pre- tend to be good at piano. "Ugh, I feel so bad at piano today," you might say. "My concer- to sounds terrible." No, no, your friends would pipe up. Your concerto is beautiful; all con- certos are beautiful. Cruelly, you might make them listen to a few more. I decided not to have the surgery and now, on only regular insurance, the danger has passed. (As has my tolerance for the five-second rule.) Instead, I am just over here, wait- ing for the famine to make my fig- ure fashionable and luxurious again. Unless, of course, they eat the fat people first. FARM Down on the Beef summit lessons learned By Hans Schmitz Extension Educator Gibson County Purdue Extension Beef cattle longevity can mean beef cattle prof- its. What a simple idea to say that live, productive ani- mals are better than dead ones. However, when herd health fo- cuses on get- ting more milk out of a cow or marbling on a hide, impor- tant factors like strong feet and legs or calving ease can be overlooked. The Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky Extension pro- grams put on the Midwest Beef Summit last week, fo- cusing on building a prof- itable cow. The speakers from all over the Midwest had some key insights in- to cattle production worth repeating. Matt Spangler with Uni- versity of Nebraska start- ed the day talking genet- ics. Of course, for a cow conference talking cow longevity, genetics is the first factor that comes mind. His first point was to pay more attention to the daughters as poten- tial replacements and to factor in all of the daughters and their an- ticipated costs, not just the frac- tion anticipated to be kept as re- placements. In practice, this means paying more attention to the diversity of bulls or semen on the farm as well. In selecting a bull, paying attention to the expect- ed progeny differences (EPDs) is becoming more and more recommend- ed due to the increasing amount of data available. Finally, economic indi- ces are available for se- lection lines and should be incorporated into de- cision-making. The next speaker, Carl Hi stars and welcome to this big stage all lit up in bright colorful lights and decorated to help celebrate with all our stars who will have a birthday or anniversary in the week of Septem- ber 7 to the 13, come on up onto this big stage and take a bow. September 7 - Johnathon White turns 11 years, Phyllis Head turns 51 years, and Sandy and Jennifer Smelt- ekup will celebrate 15 years. September 8 – Deidre Mills turns 56 years, Emma Mae Guthrie turns 9 years, Sam Dixon turns 52 years, and Charles and Shirley Myers will cele- brate 10 years. September 9 – Angie Leatheo turns 52 years, and Dave and Stephanie Gilmour will celebrate another year. September 10 – Ethan Virden turns 44 years, Danny and Linda Willis will celebrate 36 years. September 11 – Bill Miller, Susan Wood turns 48 years, Marie Lemond turns 71 years, Xander Madix McAtee turns 9 years, Stella Melheiser, Alyse Carr turns 27 years, and Edwin Mc- Donald Jr turns 83 years. September 13 – Gary Smith turns 32 years, Lucy Gamble turns 68 years, and Butch and Rita Rogers will cele- brate 49 years. May all our stars have a really great day and may all your wishes come true. Keep in your heart and in your prayers all our stars who really need that card, visit, phone call, and that dai- ly thought. We just heard that Arvle Wade is now in Mt. Carmel, IL. Many more of our stars like Shannon Nelson, Mildred, Janice, Teresa, Laura, Lucy, and many more stars, the allergies are still around, and the many aches and pains of life. Tim Wheeler had surgery on Tuesday. Events coming up in Winslow and the surrounding areas are: September 7 – Winslow Lions Club at 7 p.m. at the Trading Post. September 7 – Parks Board at 6pm at some loca- tion in Winslow. September 7 – Pike Coun- ty Moms Group will meet at 10 a.m. at the Otwell United Methodist Church. September 9 – 28th Annu- al Poehlein Fall Bass Tour- ney from 5 a.m.-5 p.m. Fish as a single or as a double at your favorite fishing hole. Contact Greg Poehlein at 812-789 - 3778. All the fun is at the Poehlein Cab- in on Winslow – Cato Road just east of Winslow. September 9 – Winslow Lions Club Pageant at 6 p.m. at the Old Gym at the community center. Admission fee and loads of fun to see your neighborhood star as they show their talents. Con- tact Linda Nelson for more info 812- 766 -0734. September 8 – 10th Trucks 4 kids at the Gibson County Fairgrounds in Princeton. Activities for the entire family and proceeds benefit Lil Bud- dies Programs. Admission fees, mu- sic, cruise in, monster trucks, off road obstacle course, mud and dirt drags, plus much more. September 10 – Grandparents Day September 10 – 43rd George and Laura Meyer Reunion at Temple Hills with the carry in meal to begin around noon (Pike County Time). For those who don't know where Temple Hills is, Aunt Jean has directions just give her a call. Hope to see all the 21 cous- ins and their families, not to leave out the children who are still with us like Mildred, Jean, Mima Lou, and Donna. Bring your smile, laughter, and have the best fun with family and friends. September 11 – Winslow Town Hall at 7 p.m. at the Snyder Community Center. September 12 – Winslow Beautification at 6:30 p.m., Winslow Eco- nomic at 7:30 p.m. at the Snyder Community Cen- ter. September 15 and 16 – Petersburg Buffalo Trace Festival – 200 years of be- coming a town. Check the Press – Dispatch for times of activities. September 16 – 12th Annual Winslow Community Festival and Light up Winslow Parade. We will have a lot going on in Winslow to con- tinue this day and night at the Winslow Riverside Park with the Winslow Li- ons and we will have sack races, Ka- raoke, and Winslow Talent, Tractor Show, blown up slide, and more fun games, plus breakfast and dinner, Bake off, Chili Cook Off, and much more. Main Street with the Beautifi- cation and Economic of Winslow have continued the flea market and petting zoo, music, games for the kids, blown up rides with loads more like a frozen T-shirt contest. At the Patoka River Fit- ness there are weight lifters to Millers Field with the ponies and in another ar- ea paint balls will be used. Oh, and on the Patoka River the Kayak Mafias will float you down the river. Now some of these activities may charge but it will not e a lot of mon- ey. All of us in the Winslow Communi- ty Festival are not here for our profit but for the children and the Winslow Community for these past 11 years to have fun. We all have many groups in town with more entertainment for the kids. I hope to see all my stars that have See SWEETS on page 6 Property Auction November 22, 2014 • 10:00 am Petersburg, Indiana 47567 Pictures available online at chipsparksauctions.com "Incredible Service Every Time!" 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