Orchids to …
• John Krull for so eloquently describing our 2018 Hoosier legislative performance.
• Sharon Long for the beautiful Easter cards and candy, from Sandy and Lily.
• Henry Logston for clearing and salting the back church steps, from Sandy.
• gun-control advocates for understanding that owning a gun designed to explode bone before creating softball-sized exit wounds in dozens of people per minute is not a God-given right.
• Sandy Hammons for her letter to the editor.
• Tina of Amari Arrangements & Gifts for the lovely flowers and palm fronds for our Palm Sunday service, from The Outreach.
• Alivia at Lowe’s for her outstanding personality and kindness and going the extra mile to help in a department that wasn’t even hers, from Loretta Pruitt.
• the highway crew for the nice job they did on the mailboxes on County Road 450S.
Onions to …
• people who undo all of your work reorganizing their kitchens, making it impossible to find anything.
• those who don’t realize that without freedom of speech, you don’t have freedom, which is why the First Amendment is the most important amendment.
• the owner of the red Chevy pickup truck driving too fast Saturday and passing on Middle Road.
• whoever thinks people who have had several traumatic brain injuries should be allowed to drive a car and be a potential threat to others.
• the person driving the midnight snowplow, from someone who really enjoys sleeping.
• the liberals who believe killing hundreds of thousands of children per year by legal abortion is OK but legal guns are not.
• people who never offer to drive and expect you to drive but never offer gas money.
• whoever set off the emergency alert system for the little snow event at 4 a.m.
• people who think children walking out and protesting is not a crime.
• gas stations that no longer have attendants to pump gas for elderly people.
• the postal worker who jammed my packages into my mailbox with the other mail instead of bringing the package to my front door.
• the mobile home court for not cleaning the sidewalk or roads for the elderly or anyone in the community.
• the new manager who accepted the position and isn’t gracious enough to inform the workers.
• those in our government who allow the NRA to pay no taxes.
• the business on Brentwood Drive that closed down, leaving its trash behind at the neighboring fence line.
• trimmers who cut all of our privacy trees, on and off our property, which left us a lovely barrage of wood chips, chunks, logs and more trash.
• those spiteful enough to purposefully not include a family in on a birthday submission.
• Congress and the president in passing a massive spending bill that adds to our massive national debt.
• the gun culture for ignoring the definition of “well-regulated” — to bring under the control of law to adjust for accuracy of operation, uniformity and proper functioning.
• those who should tell me again the AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle and not a weapon of war, as it was designed to be.
• the unsettling individual open-carrying a handgun at the grocery store.
• lawmakers for not raising the driving age to 18, which would help prevent accidents, injuries and deaths.
• people who hide their drugs in other people’s yards.
Happy Birthday to …
• Mike Bova Jr., my wonderful husband, from Diana.
• Mary Arnholt, from your family.
• Nate West, from Evelyn and Charise and the Outreach.
• Paula Prather, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Victoria Leonard.
• Kilee Wright.
• Jim Hamilton.
• Taylor, from Grandma Ross and Rick and all the family that care about you.
• Charlotte Conden, from Shirley and Ed Misner.
Belated Happy Birthday to …
• Donny Idol on No. 33 from Mom, Junior, Jacob, Tiffany, Rodger Sr., Wilma, Rodger, Jr. Dawn, family and friends.
• Casey Jacob Dickerson, from Grandma Hege.
• Jeremy Collins.
• Jon Griffin.
• Xavier Mercer.
• Caroline Christine Tuell.
Belated Happy Anniversary to …
• Brother Eli and wife Patsy Johnson on March 25, from Betty and the Clifford Revival Full Gospel Tabernacle.
