Orchids & Onions (September 13, 2012)
- Updated: September 13, 2012 at 8:15 am
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Orchids to
• Clifford Fire Deptartment for bringing food to our home after the fish fry on Saturday, from Dottie and Bill.
• Allison Roberts for the great color guard performance, from the family.
• everyone who came out and supported the amazing United Way Campaign kick-off breakfast at Amazing Joe's, from United Way of Bartholomew County.
• Northside Middle School eighth-grade boys football team for an amazing display of heart and sportsmanship, from the Gentry family.
• Dave Miller at the Hope Library for reading to the students on Stick Your Nose in a Book Day, from kindergarten students and teachers at Hope Elementary School.
• Natalie Harrison for the fresh diet Coke Wednesday morning, from Debbie Greene.
• Snappy Tomato Pizza in Hope for hosting a great stop for our ride, from ABATE of Decatur County.
• Sarah from Columbus Police Department for bringing the Humane Society ladies the yummy cupcakes.
• everyone who supported and helped the Bethel Baptist fish fry, and Rob Briner for frying the fish, from Brenda.
• Onions to
• high school coaches who forget that teenagers are still kids and push way beyond the boundaries.
• companies that don't provide new employees with an understanding of the custom of tipping for good service.
• the local cable channel for broadcasting football games in Spanish.
• parent who allowed children to ride their bikes through the water being flushed from the fire hydrant.
• city and town that does not advertise its festivals in the Indiana State Festival Guide.
• The Republic for not putting anything in the paper about tall trees in Columbus being dangerous.
• hospital that continues to allow employees to smoke on nonsmoking grounds.
• The Republic for printing an opinion about a movie some place other than on the Opinion Page.
• city workers who dangerously flushed hydrants into Third Street during rush hour traffic.
• residents east of town for burning trash with the smell forcing neighbors to close windows and not enjoy the cool evening air.
• newspaper for not giving the how, when and where information on absentee ballots in Monday's article.
• law enforcement officer who cut across all three lanes of traffic on Central Avenue to get to 10th Street without signaling.
• people who don't realize that Obama is a multimillionaire.
• downtown project which is not going to benefit the average Columbus citizen.
• church that pretends it's not a church by not displaying a cross.
• those who constantly complain about a free service offered to them by a local business.