Orchids to …
• Brandie, Sonja, John at All Saints, the Cummins volunteers and all of the special women who worked hard making our grounds so beautiful for all of us to enjoy — your hard work is appreciated.
• Lori at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles for excellent customer care.
• the Columbus police officer who unlocked my car in the Target parking lot on Tuesday afternoon.
• local atheists helping keep religion out of public schools.
• Bartholomew County Right to Life, on May 1, Facts of Life of a human baby.
• Brenda Hotopp for her gracious gift of time, from Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center.
• W.D Richards amazing PTO for a week of fun and yummy treats for Teacher Appreciation Week, from the staff.
• for Dee and Dorothy on Wedgewood for your hospitality in giving a weary walker a place to rest and friendly conversation.
• Life Skills staff at Columbus East for the great work and help they provide to the life skills classes.
• everybody on Five Tower at Columbus Regional Hospital for taking such good care of me during my surgery and to Dr. Tannenbaum, thank you from Beverly Ellis.
• Sonnie and Wendel Deckard for their kindness in helping two families with furniture they donated.
• all of our neighbors on Caldwell Place for helping out with lawn chores during a difficult time.
• Dr. Jack Scherer, for working me in early Wednesday morning, from Judy.
• the Christian Youth Theater for their great production of “Pilgrim.”
Onions to …
• the city for converting two full car lanes into bike lanes on Rocky Ford.
• people who don’t use their turn signals when wanting to turn and to those who do use them but leave them on for an extended period of time.
• those who camp in left lanes of travel, which are for passing only.
• whoever designed and implemented the terrible reconfiguration of driving lanes on Rocky Ford Road.
• concrete company that hasn’t shown up once in more than a month to finish the job, leaving the neighborhood looking terrible.
• the president giving us a growing trade deficit.
• judges who fail to issue sentences commensurate with the offense.
• gas stations that rush to raise their prices 30 cents per gallon.
• the ridiculous change on Rocky Ford Road from two lanes each way to one — good job slowing down traffic; unacceptable.
• city officials for wanting to $1 million of in tax dollars to update a downtown building for the university owner.
• whoever thought making Rocky Ford Road a race track with bike lanes was a good idea; something bad is going to happen here.
• whoever thought it was a good idea to reduce Rocky Ford to one lane each way for vehicle traffic, and install bicycle lanes when there are perfectly good sidewalks along Rocky Ford for bicyclists.
• people who are so worried about a Confederate flag -– get a hobby or a life.
• the president’s capitulations to China on trade.
• people who have toters in the city of Columbus who leave them sitting along the highways and streets all week long.
• city government for allowing Rocky Ford road to be converted into a bike path for such a few riders, when a wide path is adjacent for bikers and pedestrians, and for constructing hazards in the middle of the road.
• the city for turning Rocky Ford Road into a four-lane road, then turning it back into a two-lane road with useless bike lanes that look ridiculous.
• those who don’t realize that a tractor in the middle of a county road at around midnight is next to impossible to get around and tractors at night should be out in the field doing their work and not interfering with cars going down the road.
• all these people in jail on opioids who should get a job and pay all the money back that was spent on them when they were using.
Happy Birthday to …
• Lucy Gibson with love, Dad and Darla.
• Leslie Bruno.
• Adam Brouse, from Leah, Claire, Noah and all your family.
• Tucker Dickerson, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Mary Williamson.
• Leah Roth.
• Jamie Nading.
• Uncle Alex Nasby, from Sophia and Journey.
• Aunt Leach Goins, from Sophia, Journey, Alex and Abby.
• Paula Rice, from her friends.
• Mary Wathen, from Joseph Hart Chapter, DAR.
• Denise Williams, from Joseph Hart Chapter, DAR.
• Pam Albert, from Evelyn.
Happy Birthday to …
• Paul Henry Fox, from Michael and family and friends.
• Joyce Pittman, from Evelyn.
Happy Anniversary to …
• John and Lisa Long.
• Jackie and Dale Maschino, from everyone in the family.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
