• Aug. 21
Orchids to …
• Barkes Weaver & Glick Funeral Home for always being so accommodating.
• people who paid attention in school and who understand you cut interest rates when the economy is weak, not when it is strong.
• those for the lovely flowers downtown on Washington Street, especially the ones that look like they have lace around the flower basket, because they are just gorgeous.
• Kristen Brown for fighting for 2.5 years for something that should have been given to her instantly with no questions asked.
• Central Middle School’s Chargers cross country team, which ran well Saturday at their first meet.
Onions to …
• Republicans that cry socialism and believe more tax cuts will help stagnant wages.
• the hospital who hasn’t fixed the broken elevator.
• people who blow their grass out into roadway.
• the school that creates a traffic jam after school, and the only way around the traffic jam is also closed.
• people so emotionally fragile they feel hurt and intimidated by nearly everything.
• city officials for breaking the public access laws and wasting so much money trying to keep public information secret.
• the woman in the exercise class who needs to mind her own business and stop chatting with people during exercise, disturbing others.
• city officials who think they have the authority to restrict access to public records.
• the city for wasting $110,000 trying to hide their dirty laundry.
• people who are supposed to be friends who forget others when they’re down and out.
Happy Birthday to …
• M’Liss Fier, from your family and Donna.
• Dana Drake-Cox, from your family and Donna.
• Thirapan Thiragirayuta, from Warittha and Donna.
• Keith Dick, from your family and Donna.
• Don Huckaby from Kristy, Tyler, Sadler, Jude and the rest of the family.
• Steve Carroll, on No. 71, from Karen, kids, grandkids and all the family.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Cody and Rikki Hege, from Grandma Hege.
