Orchids to …
• Mill Race Players for putting on a great show, with fantastic casting, appropriate costuming and putting on an all-around great play.
• the gentleman behind me at Petco who overheard me say I was stocking up for my third set of foster kittens (from Columbus Animal Care) and handed me money to pay for supplies.
• The Republic for publishing a Bartholomew County 4-H Fair supplement.
• all the volunteers who helped with the demolition derby this year, from the Kroot Corporation.
• Brian Ballard and Mark Boswell for all the time and energy put into the demolition derby.
• Craig Ladwig for his column on hypocrisy.
• Annette Hoover at Centra Credit Union for such great member service and for being so kind, from a very thankful member.
• the wonderful staff at the Little Clinic.
• Jim and Judy for taking me to the hospital on Wednesday to get X-rays taken, because it was appreciated, from Tom’s Judy.
• those who remember the preciousness of democracy.
• those of us who are leaving the Republican Party because of our party’s lax take on race, which is leading us down a dangerous path.
Onions to …
• Congress for inaction on extending the coal company excise tax, which was the primary means of funding the Black Lung Trust.
• the company that did nothing keep its employees safe during this excessive heat watch and warning.
• the alumni association for its questionable Hall of Fame selection process.
• the one-party-controlled county offices that will not publish elected officials’ email addresses in an attempt to dodge constituents and the expectations of transparency and access.
• those who claim Donald Trump is not dividing this country because all you have to do is look at our local Orchids and Onions.
• people that can’t see the subtle pictures and signs around them that it seems only to be racism if you’re white.
• those people who think everything that happens on the face of the earth is about racism, because it’s not.
• people who think they can come here illegally and take what they want, because they should follow the law.
• the city and county administrations for not having cooling centers in the city and county.
• political correctness and thin-skinned politicians.
• the president who is taking and ruining our democracy.
• state legislators for diverting tax dollars from schools and spending it on a field house.
• people who are still leaving their dogs out in this awful heat with hardly any shelter, tied under a tree by the railroad tracks.
Happy Birthday to …
• Joyce Willis.
• Belated Happy Birthday to…
• Donna Roll on July 18, from Allen Roll and Betty Roll and families.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
