Orchids to …
• Ken Fudge for revealing information on deals being made by this administration.
• Linda and Tim McNealy for your beautiful open house Sunday, from your grateful friends at Petersville United Methodist Church.
• the Trump administration for a continued decline in coal employment.
• the Orchids and Onions feature in The Republic for giving me a good laugh every day.
• Parkside Baptist Church Band for the beautiful “Little Drummer Boy” song.
• Ray Gibson for his letter to the editor on the failure of socialism in Saturday’s paper.
• Matt at Auto Zone for being kind and helpful to an elderly woman.
• David Webster and all the characters in his play, “The Well House,” at Willow Leaves in Hope.
• Ed and Cathy Tower at Tower’s Christmas Tree Farm and Dave and Joni Crites for making our experience getting a Christmas tress so special for our granddaughter and her friend, from Doug Southern.
• Ken Patton of Patton Homes for the use of your fans, from Central Heights Church of God.
• Parkside band and the special solo Sunday at church.
• Ken Fudge and other letter writers for shining a light on our city administration’s finances.
Onions to …
• the bank for its ATM machine that has no covering for rain or sun.
• the letter writer that condemns hatred in one breath and spews it in the next breath.
• the hateful letter to the editor about another letter writer: stop the name calling.
• places that under-staff during lunch hours.
• the writer of the hateful letter to the editor.
• people who post bad reviews online without telling the whole story.
• the 10:01 p.m. train horn Saturday night.
• the neighbor who has had a trailer with rocks and wheelbarrows parked at the cul-de-sac entrance for more than a month, making it a challenge to enter and exit.
• the homeowners association that still hasn’t taken care of the leaves.
• city officials for purchasing property they do not need.
• local tax-and-spend Republicans.
• those who don’t realize that uncoordinated traffic signals slow down 10th Street speeders.
• the mean-spirited man in the local store Saturday in speaking to the cashier.
Happy Birthday to …
• Johnny Fife, from your family and Donna.
• Betty Whittington, from friends at Bethel Baptist Church.
• Jordan Turner, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• Quentin, Woody, Scottie and Billy O, from all who love you.
• Belated Happy Birthday to…
• Draven Martinez, from Crystal and Mira Martinez and Gary and Marilyn Cheek.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
