Orchids to …
• Eagles 741 for honoring two great guys, Larry Kelley and Bud Seymour, for all their hard work, from all your friends.
• Joyce and Dennis for being the best neighbors ever.
• the sheriff deputy reserves who took care of a person who was being very disrespectful at the concert Saturday night.
• the person in Hope who found our lost keys Sunday morning and turned them in at the police department.
• Jan Harris, a wonderful friend, for all of her encouraging and kind words.
• David Fields for helping us pick up the door.
• Ryan Edgecomb for always helping us with car and pool things.
• local law enforcement for the great job at the Hospice concert and allowing responsible adults to have fun.
• Daniel and Diane at Salt Creek Inn for your hospitality, kindness and support, from Rachael.
• Dale Sechrest for sharing his musical talent, from The Cross of Hope.
• Doug Showalter for all of your articles, but especially the great one on Sept. 5.
• Rhonda Elam for your hard work picking the delicious tomatoes for us, from Kim and Paul.
• gas stations north of town for having gas 50 cents cheaper than the west side of town.
Onions to …
• the large factory that tells people they have a job, but after orientation says there are no positions.
• Columbus for not having sidewalks on 10th Street, forcing people in wheelchairs to travel in the middle of the road.
• the car dealership with poor customer service.
• the lady who threw a dead calf into Clifty Creek without consideration for children and adults in the water downstream.
• the government for trying to take our Social Security.
• the big box store that ran out of meat on a holiday.
• squirrels for leaving empty corn cobs all over the streets.
• the officer who was directing traffic before the concert Saturday afternoon for being rude and unprofessional.
• The newspaper’s sports section for not mentioning a JV football player for his two interceptions but mentioning the varsity player who had two interceptions.
• people who want to take credit for everything, when they don’t spend as much time dealing with something as somebody else does.
• any business that disrespects its cleaning people when they make sure the offices are clean for them.
• the big clothes store in the mall that lists your whole name on your receipt after you swipe your card.
• The newspaper for editing my Onion and changing its meaning.
• the soon-to-be forest of tall signs as they will certainly cheapen the image of our town.
• the people near State Road 46 West and Wolf Creek Road taking cats from the neighborhood as many are neutered/spayed feral cats, but some are family pets.
• people who think they can be rude to a person just because they have a better job than another person does.
• neighbors who are constantly calling officials about other neighbors.
• failing to properly secure the area for the disabled with a fence at the Hospice concert while the VIP area was fully fenced in.
• The newspaper for not saying anything about the invitation-only Don Felder meet and greet until after the event already happened, causing me to miss out on getting an autograph.
• those not realizing if you have photographs for sale that makes you a professional and you probably shouldn’t enter contests for amateurs.
• person who yelled at me for asking whether a child was allergic to a certain spice.
• people who knowingly get in other people’s way in the stores by zig-zagging, just to upset them.
• the person who sent an Onion about bicyclists yelling “on your left!” because it’s a courtesy on a shared path.
• the co-worker for bashing the manager about attending a meeting.
• those who are more concerned with this so-called art instead of caring how many taxpayer dollars go into it.
• the elected officials who ran on the conservative party’s ticket, yet they were voted in by liberals and vote like liberals.
• grown adults who still go by their childhood nicknames.
• the non-profit organization that thinks certain employees should donate all of their time instead of getting paid for it while others do not donate or volunteer for anything.
• people who do not do anything to repair or clean their homes and then use this as an excuse to mooch off of others.
Happy Birthday to …
• Steven Lane.
• Karen Clark, from St. Peters, your family, Pat and Donna.
• Melba Toops, from your family and Donna.
• Charlotte Frazier-Bey, from your family and Donna.
• Jim England, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• Haley Webster.
• Charlotte Frazier-Bey.
• Debi Ayers, from Pam, Cheryl, Tim, Terry, Brenda, Elizabeth, Tim, Luke, Katie, Heather, Josh, Mikayla, Parker, Byron, Tanya, Ian, Owen, Ava.
• Steve Ketner, from Raquel, Abbi, your family and friends.
• Jean Freeman, from Janet.
• Daniel Morrow, from Dad, Mom and Michael Morrow.
• Gunner Busby, from your family.
Belated Wishes to …
• Deborah Blair from Pastor Lewis and The Who So Ever Will Community Church.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Janet and Greg Burns from your family and Donna.
• Leon and Norma Jean Hitchcock.
• Paul and Pauline Fox on No. 65, from all of your family.
• Greg and Stephanie Hensley, from Mom and Dad Hensley.
