Orchids to …
• The Waffle House in Taylorsville for all the support at the Randy Knapp celebration of life.
• all the people that make the Taylorsville Waffle House a true second home.
• those who care as much about babies at the border as they do about those in the womb.
• Ken Fudge for his letter to the editor on potential pay increases for select city employees.
• Dexter Fravel for his letter to the editor about the Brett Kavanaugh appointment.
• the helpful officer who came out to catch the little possum in my kitchen and put him back outside where he belongs.
• those who passed the opioid bill, 98 to 1.
Onions to …
• the president for telling audiences that the opioid bill passed with little Democratic support.
• the female cashier for being rude Monday, from a regular customer.
• a president that called himself a nationalist and the people that forgot what that means.
• inconsiderate drivers who blind oncoming traffic with their super-bright headlights and multiple bright lights and fog lights that are on when it’s not foggy.
• those who think people donate to churches and charities because of a tax deduction.
• the president and the people who blindly follow him, ignoring truth, which hurts all Americans.
• the president’s trade policies hurting local farm families by driving down commodity prices and driving up prices on supplies.
• the mother who will not let her children see their great-aunt or grandmother.
• the Orchid writer who believes we should vote Democrat to save the American democracy, because we live in a Republic.
• the president who makes unfounded claims about immigration.
• Republicans running campaigns on fear and falsehoods.
• taxpayers who gripe about getting a tax deduction because they’re afraid they won’t have enough deductions for their taxes.
• politicians responsible for trade agreements that have badly hurt farmers.
• the administration making tax cuts permanent for the top 1 percent and businesses, while refusing to make them permanent for lower and middle classes.
• the political candidate who runs on keeping taxes low but voted to raise our taxes last year.
• the city, county and schools for spending tax dollars on wants, not needs.
• Republicans and Democrats who keep taxes high and ensure the working man must work a little bit harder.
• the Senate incumbent who stands for open borders and “guilty until proven innocent.”
Happy Birthday to …
• Alice Gross.
• Bob Decker, from your family, co-workers and Donna.
• George DeLay, from your family, Gerry, Judi and Donna.
• Bev Gray-Sellers, from your family and Donna.
• Brody Hege on No. 7, from Grandma Hege and friends at the Moravian Church.
• Sandra Dosterglick, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Martha Sebastian, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Debbie Drysdale, from Scott, Greg, Dani, Cambry, Xavier, Adam, Leah, Noah, Claire and all your family.
• Margaret Clark, from her family on No. 90.
• Margaret Clark, from Rick, Rhonda, and family.
• Harold Daily, from your family.
• Belated Happy Birthday to…
• Virginia Finley, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
