Orchids to …
• Lyndsay Burton from Smith staff for the amazing first-aid backpacks.
• Sherry Grimes for her well-written response to questions raised by a previous letter writer.
• Sherry Grimes for telling the truth about the left.
• our granddaughter, Emily Page Ketterer, for her front-page article in Saturday’s Republic.
• Hope First Wesleyan for accepting me into their church.
• Bud Herron for his insightful column about loneliness.
• Amy, a medical assistant at a local clinic, who came to the aid of a young man outside the hospital who fell down and had a seizure; she was in the emergency room with her child.
• Sherry Grimes, for her articulate letter to the editor in Saturday’s newspaper.
• Kyra at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles for a pleasant, helpful visit on Thursday.
• the associate behind the pharmacy counter at the the east side Walmart for helping me and getting me a cold drink of water.
• the generous person who paid our bill Saturday evening at Amazing Joe’s as we were celebrating Karen’s birthday, from the Whipkers.
• all the people who use carbon monoxide detectors in their homes to protect their families year-round.
• the person who purchased food at the JayC store in Edinburgh for me, it’s much appreciated, from Bill.
• special thanks to the west side firefighters, the EMTs, the police, witnesses who stopped to offer assistance and friends and family who came to my assistance after my van was hit almost head-on on Goeller Boulevard.
Happy Birthday to …
• Andie Simpson, from your family and co-workers.
• Lillian Weddle.
• Anthony DePoy and Angie Templeton, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Edwin Stone.
• my son, Timothy Scott Weddle, from your family and friends.
• Klaire Bevis, from Grandma Jean.
• Kim Anderson, from a secret admirer.
• Jeff Vincent, from pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• Joe Turner, love, your family.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
