Orchids to …
• the library for being a pleasant, clean, safe and creative environment to take my grandchildren.
• Barbara Herold for making little hats for newborns at the hospital.
• the hostesses, musicians and clowns who make birthday celebrations at Mill Race Center so great.
• The Yard Barbours for helping their community and volunteering their time at Sans Souci on Wednesday as your help was tremendous, from all your friends at Sans Souci.
• Mary Lou from centralized scheduling at Columbus Regional Hospital for always being so pleasant.
• Jeff at Marsh pharmacy for being kind and caring to a new customer.
• Eric at Summers Heating and Air Conditioning for recommending we switch to a tankless water heater and to Eric, Denny and Daniel for a wonderful job installing it, from Mark and Carletta White.
• the best meatloaf on Wednesday thanks to the cook at The Sandwich Shop which is a great place to eat, from a meatloaf lover.
• First Lutheran Church for the wonderful Living Last Supper production, from Connie.
• Lee and Rick for the wonderful breakfast meals they share.
• the great broasted chicken and friendly customer service at Skooters on State Street.
• our neighbor on Griffa Avenue for delivering an important piece of mail to us, from your neighbors on Marr Road.
• the nice lady in the white minivan who paid for my breakfast about two weeks ago at McDonald’s; I will pay it forward.
• Judy Wagner for taking such good care of me last week while my husband was gone, from Pam.
Onions to …
• those who think that saving a person’s life with Narcan is enabling the addictive person as there needs to be more compassion and not less.
• historic barn owners who let these beautiful barns fall into decay and collapse instead of preserving their history or selling them to someone who will.
• the bridge contractor who left behind all the construction signs and assorted debris on State Road 9 after the bridge work was completed.
• newly elected official for spending our hard-earned money on wasteful efforts to reward cronies.
• politicians who waste our tax money on unrealistic causes.
• adults who spend more time and money on their animals than they do with their precious children.
• whoever is responsible for cutting the gas pressure back making our home hard to heat and causing us to turn up the thermometer.
• adults who get fired and decide to spend their lives drinking and doing drugs.
• the great-grandparents who tried to take over their great-grandchild’s life by keeping him away from other family members.
• those who condemn Donald Trump when he is the only one trying to help America, and we need help.
• those who don’t understand the Democrats have ruined our country.
• drug users who believe Narcan will be their safety net if they overdose.
• hard-hearted people.
• the families who know their family and friends are selling/using the heroin and don’t turn them in when they need to stop this chain reaction in Bartholomew County that is killing our young people.
• the newspaper for editing the Onions when sometimes a little longer message is better.
• those who don’t criticize Hillary Clinton after reading her book, “Hard Choices.”
• this compassion-filled culture that thinks we have to protect everyone from everything including bad judgment with the use of drugs.
• people worried about how many bricks are in a church when there are so many more problems in Columbus we should be focusing on.
• people who think a tax on cigarettes will make people quit smoking and if they do quit, that tax revenue will stop coming in.
• those who can’t remember the drug culture of the ‘60s and ‘70s where people overdosed, died and then drug use went down.
• those who think a dollar tax more on cigarettes is fair when alcohol and junk food should also be taxed since they also contribute to ill health and death.
• the older woman working at a busy pharmacy who talked to me without ever once looking at me, making me feel as though I was interrupting her and making for rude customer service.
Happy Birthday to …
• Chuck Baker, from Trish.
• Dylan Hodson, from Pastor Lewis and The Who So Ever Will Community Church.
• Pic Hadley, from Pastor Lewis and The Who So Ever Will Community Church.
• Mason Imlay, from Grandma and Grandpa Perdue.
• April Retz, from Chris, Braelynn, Dad, Missy, Katie, Tommi, Lily, Uncle Sam, Aunt Misty, Logan, Garrett, Grace and Grandma.
• Charles Baker, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Ben Harker, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Colleen Zollman, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Harold Sims.
• John E. Harker.
• Casey Miller.
• Anna Sneed.
• Tim Froedge, from your friends Ray and Dee.
• Karen Patrick, from Mom, Kathy, Kim, Mark, Joan, Aunt Anna, Wilma and Uncle George.
• Diana Davidson, from Suzie Prather.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Andy and Judy Spencer, from Pastor Lewis and The Who So Ever Will Community Church.
• Nancy D., from Jerry.
