Orchids to …
• Bud Heron for his column about Wallace, which is so timely and frighteningly similar to what is happening today, from a reader.
• Ron’s Tree Service for patience and expertise in taking out the tree and stump, from the Bennett family.
• the Bartholomew County Historical Society Museum on Third Street for its wonderful new exhibit.
• family and friends for driving to Lebanon for my 90th grand birthday party and for the 115 cards I received, because it was all greatly appreciated, from Mary Lou Washler.
• Petersville United Methodist Church for helping Clifty Creek Elementary School pack their student take-home folders and helping provide the staff breakfast.
• Athens Church for helping Clifty Creek Elementary get their new teacher rooms ready and for the Popsicles provided for the open hose.
• researchers whose studies show immigrants have a lower rate of criminality than those born in the U.S.
• the generous members of Fairlawn Presbyterian Church who collected school supplies and delivered 22 big boxes to every teacher at Smith Elementary School.
Onions to …
• a politician who foolishly boasted about trade wars being “easy to win.”
• those that don’t realize that once a state road enters the city, the responsibility for it remains with the state.
• those that don’t realize that it’s U.S. companies and consumers who pay the tariffs, not the Chinese.
• Washington politicians killing gun-safety legislation.
• the president for reading a speech that has nothing to do with everything else he’s done and said over the time preceding it.
• the judge giving a sentence of 20 years to one of the president’s followers who sent pipe bombs to prominent Democrats.
• the two mass shootings that included the deadliest hate crime against Latinos in modern American history.
• those who create presidential campaign ads using the word “invasion” to describe illegal immigrants as a growing threat.
• those who think the right of every person to own a rapid-fire killing machine is more sacred than the lives of those killed.
• the city for waiting until the week before school starts to redo Westenedge Drive, which will cause a lot of problems and disruptions for kids and parents taking kids to school.
• people who don’t understand that it’s the shooter, not the gun.
• the Democrats who are against the border wall but have no answer to the question “What is your solution or plan to control the influx of illegal migrants?”
Happy Birthday to …
• Angie Westerfield, from your family and Donna.
• Faiyaz Shaik, from your family and co-workers and Donna.
• Charlene Luker, from your sisters.
• Mary Deppe, from your Daughters of Isabella sisters.
• Angie Tauer, from friends a the Moravian Church.
• Mike Hayes.
• Angela Harker Tauer.
• Sharon Page Owens.
• Connie West, from family and friends.
• Steve Shumard from all your family and friends with love.
• Debra Greene, from Mom and Tom.
• Linda Adams, from pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• Carole Cox, from Mary Lou Washler.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Richard and Carole Cox, from Mary Lou Washler.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
