Orchids to …
• Chick-fil-A for the surprise lunch donations, from Community Downtown.
• Lance and Jordan at Barker Brothers Plumbing for fixing my leak in a fast manner, from the Hewitts.
• Dave, from the meat department at Kroger, for giving me the two hamburger patties for giving him a helping hand.
• the highway workers for doing an excellent job in Jackson Township.
• people who leave their blooming wildflowers unmowed until mid-October for migrating Monarch butterflies and other pollinators, from Doug Johnson.
Onions to …
• people who lump all the political left or right in the same complaints.
• people who complain about city and county employees’ pay, who should just get a job at one of those places.
• the delivery person for breaking a pot of flowers.
• motorists who use East 22nd Street as their own personal drive strip.
• the city that wants to spend $8.6 million on people sitting around a waterfront looking at logs.
Happy Birthday to …
• Marilyn Hodson
• Randy Denton
• Jean Abrams
• Easton Gates on his 5th birthday, from Mom, Dad, Kaydence, Steven, Stephanie, Grandma Jenny, Jessica, Skyler, Mason and Ryder.
• Easton Gates.
• Norma Jean Hitchcock.
• Gabbe Nobbe.
• Belated Happy Birthday to…
• Tonya, from her grandmother Betty, her mom Roberta, her dad Randy.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Glenn and Betty Poynter, from Connie, Bill, Matt, Lori, Brittany, Cole, great-grandkids, Brantley and Audryanna, Sandra, Kevin, Cierra, Skylar and Harley and Shaley, Dave, Megan, Nick, Madison, Luke and Brayden, and from your extended family and the congregation of Lowell Baptist Church and all friends.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
