Orchids to …
• the great CNAs at Miller’s Merry Manor, from Brent.
• the Rob Likens family for taking care of our leaves as you are truly special neighbors, from Jack and Lynn.
• Lowe’s Home Improvement Store for always giving military discounts, and it doesn’t matter if it is a sale item or not, from Vickie Scroghan.
• all my workout buddies at Mill Race Center for the going away party, and I will miss you as well, from Beth.
• Tamara Kiel for her letter to the editor.
• for dinner and the great crowd of people attending our meeting at Arni’s restaurant Saturday night, from Bob and Nancy Vance and Bob Vance Ministries.
• the kind couple who found my billfold at Arby’s and returned it to my home.
• Captain Jodi and Captain Allen of Salvation Army Corp. for holding a memorial service, and for John Tabor and Larry Fisher of Fisher’s Flower Basket who donated flowers.
• DAR Joseph Hart Chapter for baking cooking for veterans at the senior center on Nov. 11.
• Barb Hjelter for delivering vases to assisted living and long-term care facilities in Bartholomew County for our veterans, as there were 171 delivered, from the DAR Joseph Hart Chapter.
• Jackie Speaker and Cathy Amos for making all the vases with flowers and flags for the veterans in the assisted living and long-term care facilities in Bartholomew County, from the DAR Joseph Hart Chapter.
• the senior center for the lovely Veterans Day program on Nov. 11, from Cathy Amos.
• Tamara Kiel for the great letter to the editor which was very enlightening.
• Dr. Stoner and Dr. Vermillion and all the vet techs at the Columbus Animal Hospital.
• Columbus Salvation Army Corp. for having 59 persons attending the Sunday services.
• Dr. Melissa Almarales at The Eye Place for coming to her office on Sunday evening and seeing me for what could have been a potentially severe eye problem.
• Marilyn Brackney for organizing a bigger, better than ever Deja Vu Art and Fine Craft show.
• Tamara Kiel for her five-star letter to the editor, from Lee Trout.
• George Morales for having the courage to run for county commissioner, from a neighborhood friend.
• Eric DeBusk for the delightful plane ride on Sunday afternoon, from Charisse and Evelyn.
• Tristan Mathers and Ashley Hauser for making the gold honor roll, from your family.
• Sarah Campbell and Robin Gratz and the youth of the First United Methodist Church for a wonderful youth Sunday performance, from members of the First United Methodist Church.
• Jeremy Beck of North Vernon for finding my wallet at Ricker’s and turning it in, what a great person.
Onions to …
• The Republic for giving child porn, difficulty breathing, a car dealer sign and a Thanksgiving dinner front page and terror attacks buried in the paper.
• the driver of the pickup truck at the entrance to the east side Walmart in the straight lane, who turned the same way I did, almost causing an accident.
• The Republic for putting a small story about the terrorist attack on page A6 when it should have been front-page news.
• co-workers in the lab who use my pencil sharpener all the time and don’t clean up after themselves.
• those responsible for school safety as an erratic person got in and he just as easily could have been armed and harmed people.
• those who think that hiring five new people a year for two years calls for a tax abatement.
• letter writers who don’t have their facts straight when submitting a letter to the editor, proving they are uninformed.
• a member of a local commission for confirming with an applicant that it’s OK for them to continue the applicant’s request when the applicant has outstanding compliance issues over 10 years old.
• for the people who abuse the service and rake the leaves into the street.
• people writing letters to the editor who really don’t know what they are talking about.
• the two stores for not honoring a military discount except on select items.
• the elected officials who decided to give county employees a taxable bonus rather than use the money to decrease the cost of county employees’ health insurance.
• the school that had bingo on Friday night for selling hard nacho chips with too little cheese that was awful and had to be thrown away anyway.
• family members for bringing up family issues when trying to go out and have fun.
• the person who put in the Onion about the county employee bonuses.
• The Republic for not putting the Paris attacks on the front page.
• the city for many streets in Columbus without curbs as this is a safety issue.
• the trailer court that does not take care of the 10 vacant lots around me.
• the person for an unprofessional presentation to county employees regarding health insurance.
Happy Birthday to …
• David Krueger, from your family and Donna.
• Britney Burton, from Pastor Lewis and The Who So Ever Will Community Church.
• Elizabeth Carrigan, from Bethel Baptist Church.
• Matt Hunter.
• Papaw Henderson, from Riley, Leylani and Christopher.
• Joshua B. Miller.
• Monica Johnson.
• Hayden Hill.
• Charlie Hummer, from Grandpa G. and Kim.
• Julie Mathis, from your family.
• Dane Whitlock, from Dick and Betty.
Belated Wishes to …
• Airn Anderson, from Dove Ministries.
• Autumn Elkins, from Tim, Jenny, Peggy, Joy, Shawn, Adam, Lily and Grandmother.
