Orchids to …
• Jenny for your fine work at Rindo, from two loyal customers.
• David, who stopped Monday on I-65 to change a tire that failed on my wife’s car and then escorted her to safety to get the tire changed.
• Caleb Tennis for your letter to the editor on salary increases for three top-appointed city officials who are overcompensated.
• off-duty deputy Greg Duke for changing a tire when it blew out.
• the woman for buying my bread at the store when my card was not working.
• Paul Bruner for always being an over-the-top maintenance man, from a happy tenant.
• Kevin Rich of Frank Anderson Tire for great customer service and for getting the van done on time, from Dave.
• the folks at Excel Auto Glass for excellent customer service.
• Rick Bush of Bush’s Market for loading up my straw and pumpkin for me, from Dave
• Officer Wright and other officers who found my bike after it was stolen on National Road a few weeks ago.
• the people who helped me Wednesday afternoon after my car accident at National Road and Washington Street, and those who tried to help my son’s little dog, who died, and the EMTs, from Kathy Rudd.
Onions to …
• people who fail to realize that this “short-term” trade war hurts American farmers, but they should be grateful for socialism in the form of a $12 billion handout.
• people who don’t understand traffic lights and don’t realize they work on pressure pads and cross-walk buttons.
• the train engineers at 4 a.m. and 5:55 a.m. Thursday who blasted their horns from Deaver Road to downtown.
• people who do not understand the global economy allows Americans to spend more money on services and/or put more money into investing or savings.
• anyone who thinks inhaling chemicals into the lungs is anything other than a really bad idea.
• socialists masquerading as freedom-loving Democrats, whose goal is power at any expense to true democracy.
• people who tell others to drive slow instead of watching out for their own children.
• the president’s economic advisor for saying they will address reform on Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid in 2019 after giving huge tax breaks to the rich.
• the president who fires anyone he thinks is not being loyal to him when their job is supposed to be serving the citizens of the United States.
• the woman in the black SUV at 10th and Washington streets around noon Wednesday for being too busy on her phone to see the green turn arrow so none of us could turn, then staying on her phone down Washington Street.
• people who steal from elders and tear their fences down.
• hypocritical Republicans who claim you now have to “follow the process” when it comes to Supreme Court nominees, since they did not even give a well-qualified judge nominated by Barack Obama a hearing.
Happy Birthday to …
• Sherry Burton
• Donnie Hadley
• Davey Willard
• Perry Crippen, from friends and family at Bethel Baptist Church.
• Melissa Dishinger, from The Outreach.
• Madelyn Kleinhenz, from Mrs. Erickson.
• Levi Garrison, from the Morrows.
• Kara O’Brien, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Cody Wilson, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Dorothy Hanner.
• Carsen Dean.
• Kim Thayer Miller.
• William McIntosh.
• Mark Hatfield, from your wife, love you, Jan.
• Debbie Clark, from the Browns, Burtons and Clarks.
• Carol Banks, from her daughters -– Pam Staublin, Lisa Colen, Linda Perkins and Teresa Green.
• Brother Eli Johnson, from Betty and the church congregation in Clifford.
• Carrie Carothers, from Steve, Peter, Mandy, Max and Graham.
• Marty Kochert, from Ron.
• Vilma O’Neil, from her family.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
