Orchids to …
• Second Baptist Church for a fantastic community meal on Monday.
• the young couple who gave us a ride home after our tire blowout early Friday morning
• the kind young man who helped me change my tire in the parking lot at Village Pantry.
• Mama Deanna for the wonderful things she has done for many years for promgoers.
• the BCSC student who sent the message and stayed in the classroom on Friday with the original intention to learn and better themselves.
Onions to …
• the people who believe guns are more important than their own children.
• the closed-hearted, closed-minded people who refuse to be tolerant of those who have pride in who they really are.
• school administrators who don’t realize that being kind and caring to one another needs to start with them.
• the people who walk their dogs in Oakbrook Park and do not pick up after them.
• whoever is responsible for the glob of concrete under the bridge on West Jonathan Moore Pike that hasn’t been cleaned up for several months.
• the school system and principals who believe the way to discipline a disruptive student is by sending the teacher home.
• young people who protest gun rights, not realizing that the shooters in most of these cases has been a young person, instead of reaching out to fellow peers who are having difficulties.
• those who still support the electoral college process, which demonstrated to us all that it should be eliminated in future elections in favor of the popular vote.
• the new homeowners who cut down the corner clematis — a plant that is supposed to grow on old wood — because it was the most beautiful attraction piece in the neighborhood.
• the city for wasting money on 25th Street by patching several places before grinding off the pavement and hauling it away.
• people that hate the country, because maybe they should just leave.
• all who call for so-called sensible gun laws, because the only reason you have your freedom is because a firearm freed us and keeps us free from tyrannical rule.
• educators and parents that say “no” to students in using their cellphones in an educational setting.
• those who want respect for their cause, but fly a anti-Trump flag, disrespecting those who elected him.
• locals, especially school officials, who encourage children to engage in gun walkout events when a Texas boy was killed by a truck as his school held a walkout on guns.
• yard hoarders.
• those who created larger fines for yard trash.
• inappropriate and unfair reprimands regarding the student and substitute teacher incident.
• the expert that subtly implies that American workers aren’t intelligent and have bad work ethics.
• those so concerned about securing school buildings and then exposing groups of students by letting them walk out last Friday.
• the president who ridiculed congressional members of his own party for not standing up to the NRA, and then backed down on following through with efforts to work on sensible firearm regulations.
Happy Birthday to …
• Abby Shute, from Mrs. Erickson.
• Jim Lazzell, from Bill, Chris and Billy.
• Wayne Freeman, from Aunt Marion, the Millers and the Kirbys.
• Katelin Nading, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Ed Hendershot from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Daylynn Dean, from pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Mike and Linda Kidwell, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Dale and Sharon Shrader from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Brandi on No. 8, from Frankie.
