Around Town – January 5

Orchids to …

• Steve and Jolinda, with respect to The Garage Pub and Grill incident, for bringing the issue to light in their excellent letters to the editor.

• Brian and company at B&B Plumbing for their excellent service — we totally recommend them, from Kim and Marshall.

• the state lawmaker who is again proposing to block taxpayer money from schools that discriminate against LGBTQ+ students or employees.

• Mactac and Carl Holt III for providing the Angel Tree and for supplying gifts for 26 of our kids, from the Child & Family Department of Centerstone.

• Colt Fischvogt for his inflatable holiday display north of Scipio.

• Heather at Kroger pharmacy for helping me with my prescriptions, from Larry.

• whoever fixed the holes in the road at the Petersville landfill.

• Angela Burton for your help with the afghan, from Autumn and Susan.

Happy Birthday to …

• Jacob Smith, from your family and Donna.

• Joshua Kelly, from your family and Donna.

• Retha Greathouse, with love from Becky, Jan, Ron, Dylan, Christina and the rest of the family.

• Esther Hedrick, from Bob and Charlotte.

• Becky Hoang, with love from Ron, Jan, Retha, Dylan, Curt, Christina, Jimmy, Monica, Henley, Teresa, Steve, and the rest of the family.

ANOTHER beautiful morning