Orchids to …
• The Jeff Schroer family for their Hoosier Hospitality, hosting the Bartholomew County Democratic Annual Picnic — great friends, delicious food and lively conversation.
• Shorty’s Restaurant for having great tenderloin and great food again, from Shorty’s cheering squad.
• those who want to mount a campaign against the three county council members who voted against the county providing needed services to the community.
• Bartholomew County Highway workers for a great job putting in a culvert and ditching on County Road 600E.
• Lisa Cohen, Debbie Garber and Tracy Jarrett, for all the kindness and caring during our troubled time.
Onions to …
• the local scouting organization who rejects children who don’t have its religious beliefs.
• those on the county council who voted yes to the new tax because you will be remembered at election time.
• the president’s overuse of executive orders because he can’t get anything done with his own Republican party.
• mail delivery after dark.
• those benefiting from the local tax increase, cheering on the elected officials to seize more of our money for them.
• groups not willing to acknowledge positive components of conversion therapy for LGBT individuals.
• gun-rights advocates who think strict, big-city laws aren’t overshadowed by state and federal laws allowing guns to move freely into those cities but ignore that strict national laws reduce mass shootings.
• those who don’t realize that it is against the law to put tires in a landfill; they must be recycled.
• anyone advocating cutting city/county employee take-home pay while increasing their out-of-pocket cost for health care.
• those who think the proposed U.S. tax plan won’t benefit the president, because it will save him $31 million with the abolishment of the alternative minimum tax, plus millions in corporation taxes and estate taxes when he dies.
Happy Birthday to …
• Gloria Hodson.
• Bev Grimm.
• Chris Herr, from your family and Donna.
• Rosanne Klakamp, from your family, Marilyn and Donna.
• Dale Schrader from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Aaron Sweet from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Haylee Acton.
• Martina Jackson
• Arlene Dailey.
• John Mercer.
• my brother Jerry Lucas, from your sister, Penny.
• Eunice Tays, from Debbie.
• Sheryl Tracey from Julie, Pat, Debbie, Valeria, Sheila, Eris, Carole, Cindy, Anne, Nancy and Jane
