Orchids to …
• Harry Cooper’s support of youth substance use prevention.
• Thomas Crawford and your veteran buddy for paying for my breakfast at Waffle House on Wednesday, from Don.
• the person who paid for our drinks at the Starbucks on the west side. We paid it forward to the car behind us.
• the lady who gave me the last sugar cream pie.
• the lady who gave my granddaughter her sugar cream pie on Wednesday, from a grateful grandmother.
• the Republic carrier in Hope for always delivering our paper close to the door, from the Gardners.
• Beth at Kroger for being sure that I got the whipped cream with my pie.
• Chris the schoolteacher who paid for the rest of my groceries at Kroger when I didn’t have enough money. God bless you for your kindness, Shirley.
• Faith Ministries for an awesome community meal at Love Chapel, from a client.
• Don Ward for all you do for me. I could not have moved without your help, from Carolyn Burton.
• Jeanie Gravins for being such a good friend and taking me too much, from Carolyn Burton.
• everyone working at the White Castle on Thanksgiving, for the wonderful, efficient service. Really appreciate it.
• Lisa Pein and Diane for resolving the Thanksgiving dinner meal dilemma, from a grateful recipient.
Onions to …
• employers for eliminating jobs around holiday time.
• those not revealing the true employment rate of way over 28 percent.
• the retailers and shoppers who are destroying the true meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday.
• the local radio station that plays ads making fun of people who die in car wrecks.
• whoever authorized the $750 bonus to cover insurance for the county employees.
• the doctor that has left many patients hanging and in a bind trying to find other care.
• the high school that is like a ghetto and the police officer who sits in the office wasting our tax dollars.
• those who see the legal right to cross party lines in a primary as “subversion.” Find a new ax to grind.
• the husband who won’t leave his deer stand to take care of his poor sick wife.
• the doctors in the emergency room who don’t act like they believe a word you say and act like it’s a big joke when you try to tell them how sick you are.
• the local radio station for not giving a complete description of the suspects in the murder of the pastor’s wife in Indianapolis.
• the people who are responsible for the lights at U.S 31 and Haw Creek Boulevard. You have to wait 1 minute, 50 seconds before it changes.
Happy Birthday to …
• Joan Trilling, from your family and Donna.
• Jackie Maschino, from everyone in the Maschino and Allman families.
• Janet Clouse, Tori Magner, Martha Shaffer, Linda Kidwell and Lisa McCartney, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Marley Shepherd.
• Logan Hart.
• Natasha Cowan.
• Destiny Lonaker.
• Elijah Downey, from Elsie.
• Vicki Robertson, from your family.
• Martha Shaffer, from the lunch girls, Carol, Joanne and Gloria.
• Vicki Robertson, from your favorite nephew.
• Mechelle Ritchison, from Mom, Dana, David, Curt and Joy.
