Orchids to …
• Calli Duncan and Riley Coers from Columbus East High School for winning first place in the HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) conference, from Grammy and Papaw.
• Billy Bettner and the Columbus North printing department for the awesome NASA badges, from LF Smith Elementary.
• Susan Gobert for the kind and thoughtful welcome card, from Bob and Karen.
• Greg at Voelz Body Shop for providing excellent service, from Chelsea.
• Officer B. Harris for being so kind and helpful when two blown tires left me stranded on the side of the interstate, from Chelsea.
• PromptMed, Southern Indiana Orthopedics (Drs. Marshall and Federle), Columbus Regional Hospital and Columbus Specialty Surgery Center for fixing my broken finger, from Norm Blizard.
• Don Demas for bringing bulletins to a disabled person.
• for John at All Saints for the great job he did on my apartment, because we would be lost without him.
• the vast majority of all postal carriers that work hard and take a lot of complaints from customers who don’t bother to find out how extenuating circumstances affect their delivery times.
• the more than 70 organizations, and close to 100 sites in an unprecedented seven-county area, who participated in Denim Day 2019, from Turning Point Domestic Violence Services.
• Mayor Jim Lienhoop for joining Turning Point Domestic Violence Services for Denim Day programming, and presenting a proclamation declaring April “Sexual Assault Awareness Month” and April 24th “Denim Day” in Columbus.
• Bucceto’s Pizza and Pasta for supporting Turning Point Domestic Violence Services during Denim Day 2019.
• Reema at Target CVS for all your help transferring Lucky Dog’s prescription.
• the sheriff’s deputy who was patrolling our road and scared off a suspicious car idling on our property.
• all the people who helped me Wednesday in the Goodwill parking lot when I was locked out of my car, from Fern and Lexie.
• Julie Schuette who is always so willing to help in so many ways for so many people, from Aunt Elsie.
• the plumbers at B&B for getting the job done like champs, even in knee-deep water.
• Graham Rooks for being freshman of the year at IU, and to IU-bound wrestlers.
• Dale Fleetwood, for all the beautiful daffodils we’ve long admired on U.S. 31 and for the hard work in planting them, from Sherry Fisher.
• Pat Bryant for daring to show common sense, from Ruth.
Onions to …
• the letter writer who thinks border issues are petty, when in reality it’s a border crisis negatively affecting all legal American citizens.
• the company that stopped (after many years) sending flowers to employees for Administrative Professionals Day, leaving those employees feeling invisible and unappreciated.
• the president for saying that guns are great, while the Secret Service bans them during his speech at the NRA convention.
• the school district for failing students by keeping verbally abusive and aggressive elementary students in the classroom.
• the school board that allowed public comments about the block schedule, but not letting the comments affect the outcome.
• those who tolerate and enable corruption, deceit and lies from our leaders regardless of political party.
• person warning about screen time but is also responsible for putting Chromebooks in front of early elementary students.
• the president, vice president and governor for speaking at the NRA convention while our children have to learn to protect themselves against the potential of school shootings.
• the modern day pharisee who should read Luke 6:1-11 before casting stones at the minster who mowed his lawn on Easter Sunday.
• those for releasing the Coast Guard lieutenant accused of planning to kill prominent Democrats.
• neighbors on a court on the east side of Columbus who don’t mow their yard.
• the person criticizing the pastor for mowing on Easter Sunday and maybe not knowing the circumstance, commitments or needs of the pastor.
Happy Birthday to …
• Shyam Dharmarajan Vasudevan, from your family and co-workers.
• Tiffany Tyree Peterman, from Grandma Hege.
• Marvin Brown, from Trinity Baptist Church.
• Drew Runion from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Tiffany Tyree Peterman, from Grandma Hege.
• Robin Hannah
Happy Anniversary to …
• Marvin and Brenda Brown, from Trinity Baptist Church.
• Jennifer and Jeff Vincent, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
