Orchids to …
• Steve and Columbus Industrial Electric for making things right after problems with my pool pump, showing they are a great old-school business: knowledgeable, skilled and honest.
• Wayne Meyer of Wayne Meyer Electric for being prompt, knowledgeable, skilled, fair and fun to work with.
• The Ridge for offering Celebrate Recovery, a wonderful program for recovery and spiritual healing.
• Chuck Wells and Will Watts for their uncanny but not unexpected continued domination of the golf tournament.
• Michelle Carman of Columbus Massage & Salon for bringing her wicked hair and massage skills back to Columbus.
• Fisher’s Flower Basket and Matt for the sweet bouquet, from a CRH volunteer.
• lifelong dog lovers who are finally waking up and joining the cat lovers.
• the county council members who are putting the breaks on the runaway spending initiated by city officials and all the irresponsible unbudgeted spending.
• those who do not listen to what the president says, but watches what he does.
• the Mill Race Center prayer group on Tuesday for its thoughtfulness, from the Hausers.
• Cummins Inc. for its wonderful recycling day.
• the tellers at First Financial Bank in Hope for giving and going above and beyond for their customers.
• the great guys at the Columbus Fire Department for their assistance with the American flag at the west-side Walmart.
Onions to …
• the people who don’t yield to oncoming traffic when they are coming out of side streets and parking lots on International Drive.
• companies the need to educate their foreign-born employees on Indiana driving laws.
• the woman on Carr Hill Road passing on a double yellow at 55 mph.
• people who think they are more important than others because of where they work.
• those who do not realize that criminals usually will not go to the FBI.
• this president for taking credit for the economy and the stock market.
• the company that is making employees work so they can’t enjoy the company’s celebration.
• the person who thinks it’s a good thing for someone to bring foreigners to fill job openings in Columbus when thousands of legal citizens born and raised in Indiana have lost their jobs, because they should get those jobs.
• those who continue to deny the president’s immoral behavior even after the recent detailed letter to the editor.
• those who do not like the truth being told about the president because this is still a free country and the truth can still be told.
• the president saying he would accept information from a foreign nation regarding his opponents in an election.
• whoever is responsible for mowing grass on north U.S. 31, because someone is going to get hurt or killed if the grass is not mowed soon.
• those who mischaracterize a cogent political opinion as a rant just because they cannot factually refute president Trump’s achievements.
Happy Birthday to …
• Ben Johnson, from your family and Donna.
• Mary Beth Wood, from your family, Mary Beth and Donna.
• Mingh Nguyen, from your family and Donna.
• Barb Harmon, from Jean, Kim, Mark, George, Deb and Donita.
• Shannon Murphy Gillian, from Uncle Bill Sr.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Todd and Karen Baxter.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
