Around Town – December 31

Orchids to …

• Cabela Streeval for the gift card, from John Tinkey.

• Harry Crider, the offense lineman from Columbus East High School who will be playing with the Indiana Hoosiers in the Gator Bowl football game on Thursday, for making us all proud.

• the young guy on Central for pushing me out of the road.

• the lady on Central for letting me keep my car in her drive overnight.

• Sherm and Jacquie from Stant for the TLC of my Gad, from Sharon.

• all the people who sent cards, flowers, phone calls, and best wishes for my birthday, from Jenny.

• Tim and crew at Acra Automotive for being the most understanding and fairest people to deal with, from Bill Boef.

Onions to …

• the local business person who sold me a gift card to his restaurant, which I was pleased to give as a Christmas gift, only to find out he closed the business without much notice four days prior to the holiday.

• the people complaining about being kicked out of a bar because they were Republicans.

• Democrats who are a disgrace to our constitution country and the American people.

• the writer of the article pertaining to his unnamed local library, and not the ones in Bartholomew County, as he should air his grievances to his local library board members.

• the Dad and two teenage boys who left their trash at their seats in the Richard Jewell movie and the one who kicked my seat several times, from an unhappy grandma.

• local Democrats who obviously have not read the Mueller report about spying on the Trump campaign.

• the person who found my four-prong cane at a local shopping center; I hope you needed it more than me.

• the so called lead at the grocery store, you are a very rude man and need to find another line of work, from an unhappy customer.

• Trump supporters who think it’s OK for us to pay taxes when he doesn’t.

• anyone who thinks this is The United States of Jesus.

• the cheap Christmas light display downtown with only half the lights lit.

• the parents of the child at church who were doing nothing when he was being extremely loud and disruptive.

• the person that hit and killed my little brown dog in Elizabethtown last night.

• a school official getting a $10,000 car allowance on top of their $187,254.49 salary.

• the basketball team about 30 miles west of here where the coach blew halftime leads, went flat, and destroyed the second half.

• Happy Belated Anniversary to…

• Rev. Marcus and Jennifer Barr Speer.

ANOTHER beautiful morning