Orchids to …
• the Douglas R. Wilson Ophthalmology staff for great customer service when we were in a bind.
• Mark Barr and staff for going above and beyond, thank you for calling and checking on our family to make sure we were staying healthy.
• RaNae Isaak for the well deserved honor, from the Kims.
• Broadmore Housing Addition kids and adults, your sidewalk art is amazing and your loving quotes of inspiration are appreciated, from a daily walker.
• those who realize poor leadership for decades has caused nature to unleash droughts, earthquakes, rising temperatures and plague as a result of our failure to properly manage our environment.
• everyone trying to stay positive in this challenging time, smiles and politeness go a long way!
• Bill Kendall for his letter to the editor which is the absolute truth.
• Mark Duwe for the spot-on letter about the incompetent handling of this crisis and stating that the whole country needs to be shut down to conquer it.
• Tony Belefsky, our Cummins Environmental Services Support, for always being a step ahead of knowing what our staff’s needs are before we even ask and helping keep us safe, from Cummins.
• WZZB and 99.1 radio.
• all my friends at Just Friends, from Irene.
• all my friends at Mill Race, from Irene.
• Columbus Optical for their quick, excellent service for my husband’s broken glasses, from Caroline.
• the Rev. Jon Carlstrom for saying the accurate thing.
• Zach who was driving the Mini Cooper and helped the lady who was being attacked by the goose.
• Mark Duwe for his honest and thankful letter to the editor.
• all those who cleaned up the horrible racist graffiti in so many places.
• Pastor Carlstrom’s truthful letter.
• the truthful, tell it like it is, letter from Mark Duwe.
• the Rev. Jon Carlstrom for the wonderful letter in Wednesday’s paper.
• Republic Sports Editor Ted Schultz for his wonderful article on J.R. Moffett.
Onions to …
• individuals who hit up multiple meal sites and take advantage when there are families that depend on this food — taking multiple meals from different sites causes shortages.
• someone saying teachers need raises when they get paid year-round despite being off five weeks during the school year and two months during the summer.
• the doggy day care staying open with their employees needlessly mingling with the public.
• the parents of teenagers and college kids letting them hang out with each other — we will not stop the spread with this behavior.
• the letter writer who thinks we have the police manpower to go shop for his medication.
• those who haven’t figured out that when the federal elected officials don’t have the facts, they uses “alternative facts.”
• those who are saying impeachment diverted attention from coronavirus concerns as they are really saying that some federal officials just can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.
• the federal elected official for his reluctance to use the Defense Production Act in full force to direct industries to produce ventilators, testing, equipment and protective gear to keep our our first responders, doctors and nurses, and the general population from dying.
• the letter writer who sounds like he has never held down a job his whole life — even an easy one like the glass factory.
• the letter writer who is salivating for martial law who needs to be careful what you wish for.
• those who daily bash the “federal elected official” since their comments demonstrate they have not learned a thing from daily briefings by keeping their head in the sand.
• the federal elected official who gives preferential treatment to requests from governors who stroke his ego.
• the federal elected official for acting like a carnival barker rather than the statesman our country so desperately needs in this time of crisis.
• the greedy private club continuing to charge a membership fee, minimum food purchase and gratuity on top of carry out.
• the letter writer who attempted to write a service message which was clearly a political-biased letter which helps no one in this trying time.
• those who blame the federal elected official for everything and never give him credit for anything.
• the onion writer berating the eloquently written truthful letter just because the onion writer doesn’t want to face reality.
• the federal elected officials’ opponents for not warning us about the pandemic.
• those who do not ascertain the facts for themselves and continue to blindly follow the federal elected official who is the cause of much misery.
• those who keep telling people to take a walk during a time of shelter in place.
• the letter about the federal health official.
Happy Birthday to …
• Susan Ketring, from your family and Donna.
• Melodee Hand, from Melinda.
• Debbie Malone, from your family and friends.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
