Orchids to …
• Unified track team members for the great track meet at East High School.
• Indiana State Police 1st Sgt. Matt Burkhardt and Columbus Police detective Chris Couch for staffing the drug take-back event Wednesday; four and a half bags of medications won’t end up on the streets or the water supply, from ASAP.
• Best Friends Animal Care — Dr. Chaille and all the staff for their kindness and compassion they gave Paula in the passing of her beloved Peanut.
• all law enforcement agencies for helping to run the scum out of town; keep up the good work.
• Kenneth at Autozone for replacing my turn signal bulb.
• Gladys Rizline for the homemade doughnuts at the men’s fellowship at New Hope Christian Church.
Onions to …
• people who place political signs in their yard without consulting their spouse.
• poorly designed narrow county roads with no shoulder and with drop-offs deep enough deploy airbags or worse if you veer off the road.
• to the individual who thinks that shooting off his guns every evening in the neighborhood has something to do with his Second Amendment rights.
• the 2017 tax bill because new reporting shows that only 13 percent of the benefits go to average Americans; the rest goes to the wealthy and to business.
• city department that first repaved large sections of 25th Street and then tore them up to repave them again — taxpayers’ money.
• the rude person who made me cry and then said I should be able to pay my bills since I wear acrylic nails.
• those misleading children who walked out of class, implying it’s good for their future.
Happy Birthday to …
• Shyam Dharmarajan Vasudevan, from your wife and co-workers.
• Robin Hannah, from your family.
• Marvin Brown, from Trinity Baptist Church.
• Tiffany Tyree Peterman, from Grandma Hege.
• Drew Runion.
• Cathy Schroer, from Joseph Hart chapter, DAR.
• Lil sister, Dana Jo Hall Shelton — have a fun-filled fabulous day, from your oldest big sister, Amy.
• Dr. Rick Chaille — cheers to many more! love, your family.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Marvin and Brenda Brown, from Trinity Baptist Church.
• Jeff and Jennifer Vincent, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.