Around Town – May 8

Orchids to …

• Amy Artis for being a tremendous director of the nutrition site for Thrive Alliance.

• Paul, Ed and Pam for their hard work at the Thrive Alliance nutrition sites, from a client.

• Bethel Holiness Church for a tremendous 40-year celebration on Sunday.

• the amazing Auto Maintenance Team at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church for their tireless efforts with the Auto Clinic, from Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center.

• Karen Loy and Kathy Thompson for giving a stranded person a ride.

• Theodora Saddoris and Mark Duwe for their very good opinion articles on addiction in Wednesday’s and Friday’s papers.

• the Yard Barbour’s for the great job with our landscaping project which was a real pleasure from start to completion, from Tom and Bev Hall.

• REMC for their last two speedy responses to our outages on County Road 265N.

• Kirk Johannesen for his timely article on abused and neglected young people and on the drastic need for local volunteers to help them.

• Lee Hamilton for his insightful thoughts and observations on the current presidential administration.

• the city employee who was cleaning all the storm drains on Carr Hill and Terrace Lake roads.

Happy Birthday to …

• Makenna McCord, from your family and friends.

• Amanda Manning, from Grandma Weddle.

• Jayde Vincent, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.

• Rayetta Mize.

• Marla Batt.

• Chet Rooks, from your family and friends.

• Brittany Fluder, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.

Happy Anniversary to …

• Harold and Debbie Sims.

ANOTHER beautiful morning