Orchids to …
• all the staff, cooks and nurses at Silver Oaks for the wonderful Thanksgiving buffet prepared and served to its residents and guests on Sunday.
• for Keegan at the east side Walmart store– you made an “old lady’s” day, I smiled all the way home.
• the Rev. Timothy Streeval.
• Nathan Patrick from Comfort Professionals for coming out on a Sunday morning to diagnose and fix our furnace, he was prompt, professional and gave honest advice for how we should best care and maintain our HVAC system.
• Ali Bergman for teaching and presenting to first graders at Smith how to better brush their teeth.
• former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch for displaying true integrity and patriotism for putting her service to and love of the U.S. above all else.
• the Rev. Harry Isbell on his really great article.
• private and charter schools which are an asset to students and the community.
• the manager at CVS, National Road, for going out of his way to find the weekly planner calendar I wanted — much appreciated!
Onions to …
• a varsity coach at a banquet who could only spout stats and didn’t have anything personal to say about seniors who’d played for four years or more.
• an administration that attacks a witness on social media in the midst of testifying as a way to intimidate a witness.
• an administration that has another close ally convicted of lying to investigators and facing 50 years in prison for their role the 2016 election.
• the school corporation for the huge disparity between teachers’ salaries and administrators’ salaries.
• the organization hosting a free educational event for diabetic patients and offering lots of cookies for refreshments.
• Democrat CEOs preaching leftist political climate crisis idealism.
• abusing teaching positions to protest wages that teachers agreed to.
• superintendents who should be held accountable for their high salaries and wasteful spending.
• the person driving a pickup truck with a big Confederate flag.
• people who leave their pets outside in cold weather; they are supposed to be part of the family, so just don’t get a pet if you can’t afford it or raise it in a good loving home.
• landlords who allow multiple families to live in their single family dwellings.
• semi truck use of County Road 325W to bypass town.
• those who don’t realize The Crump was never a cinema palace, such as the Paramount in Anderson.
• those who don’t realize visitors leave when they discover there isn’t much parking near The Crump.
• those who don’t realize that if you did away with your $100-a-month cell plan and $200-a-month cable bill you might find time to read a book or two.
• those who have forgotten Nixon was impeached for weaponizing parts of the government against his political enemies.
• the president for calling honorable men and women who serve the country terrible names.
• a local school district for encouraging employees to get their specialty medicines from a source that is not FDA-regulated.
• obtuse people who don’t know or won’t acknowledge that the President Trump did supply weapons to Ukraine for defense, while Obama sent only blankets.
• the person who wanted even more gravel on Hillcrest Road when we already had a very well-kept blacktop road — now it’s nothing but loose gravel.
• the proposed school social media policy that infringes on the constitutional rights of the people.
Happy Birthday to …
• Joellen Criswell, from your family and Donna.
• Sandy Benefield, from your family and Donna.
• JoElla Small, from your family and Donna.
• Belated Happy Birthday to…
• Teresa Webster, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Carol Dingledy, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Gabby, from Uncle Dylan, Uncle Sammy, Mom, Katelynn, Zach, Nana, Papaw, Grandpa, Aunt Retha, Becky, Jan, Bridget, Teresa, Jimmy, Uncle Ronnie, and the rest of the family.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Rhonda on our 14th, from Jack.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
