Around Town – February 7

Orchids to …

• President Trump for the best speech ever.

• everyone who stopped to help us and followed us home from the Petersville Convenience Station, from Val K.

• the best president this country has ever seen and to all that believe in him and give him the respect he deserves.

• the man who stopped to help me and my grandbaby Wednesday when our car stalled at the intersection of Indiana Avenue and Gladstone Avenue.

• Michael Carson for retrieving my cane.

• Sen. Mitt Romney for upholding his oath and putting his country ahead of his party and own self-interest.

• the impeachment guaranteeing our president another four years of leadership.

• Sen. Mitt Romney for his moral courage in voting President Trump guilty of abuse of power.

• Sen. Mitt Romney for demonstrating a moral center, courage and integrity.

• Sen. Mitt Romney for being faithful to his oath of office and his allegiance to country and Constitution.

• Sen. Mitt Romney who would have been a much more principled and moral president.

• the wonderful lady in the Kroger pharmacy for making several prescriptions much more affordable.

• to all the sweet staff in radiology surgery who called so many welcome times to check up on me after my surgery, from Loretta.

• Sen. Mitt Romney for putting his faith into action.

• Bill at Columbus Industrial Electric who fixed my mother’s cherry blossom lamp.

• the senator who voted with his own mind.

• Sen. Mitt Romney for putting ethics above party.

• Dirtbuster Car Wash for its wonderful services in helping me get my car clean on Monday.

• Sen. Mitt Romney, who did what he had to do for U.S. citizenship and maintaining our democracy.

Onions to …

• the temper tantrum shown at the State of the Union address.

• all of the people who comment here politically, particularly those who submit two to six onions a day as you change nobody’s mind!

• all the constitutional corrupt elected officials.

• the architect who designed the white elephant on a local street.

• all the federal elected officials who continue to support a corrupt government.

• the school corporation referendum which doesn’t solve the real problems of the district.

• those that don’t agree that impeachment should just be about wrongdoing and everyone’s political party should not be a factor or consideration.

• the “federal elected official” onion writers.

• those who don’t realize that if a previous president had the current Congress, he wouldn’t have resigned.

• the neighbor who has turned their property into a dump.

• people who can’t comprehend covert age discrimination is alive and well and it’s so much cheaper to hire foreign workers.

• the political party for condemning the federal elected official for tearing up a copy of the speech but not condemning the federal elected official for tearing up this country.

• the federal elected official, as heaven knows what he’ll do next trying to get even with those who he feels have wronged him.

• the politician who tore up the speech.

• the police officers who do nothing about the drivers who speed through the town of Flat Rock every day.

• the federal elected officials for the gross misconduct of a cover-up in U.S. history.

• false and misleading claims about the federal elected official’s plans for health care and social programs.

Happy Birthday to …

• Logan Cline from your family and Donna.

• Adalyn Malanoski Lucas on No. 10, love Grandpa and Grandma Malanoski.

• Kali Schwering on No. 8, from Mommy, Daddy, Koby, Kinsey, and Nanny and Pappy Schwering.

• Kara Carroll on No. 38, from Dad and Mom.

• Ellen Petro on No. 88, from Karen Carroll.

• Patsy Battin, from Jayson, Brandon, Rylan, Mom and Dad Hitch, Betty, Kirt, Marilyn, John, Penny, Charlie, Donny, Sammy, Sisko, and all the rest of your family and friends.

• Ambra Burns, from Lisabell, Mom, Ashley, Mamaw and Papaw Vannice, Royce, Taylor, Granny and Pappy Hitch, and all the rest of your family and friends.

• Miss Greene, we love you and appreciate all you do to help us out, from Grandma Judy and Pappaw Tom.

Happy Anniversary to …

• J.B. and Jeanette Freeman, from all your friends.

• J.B. and Jeanette Freeman on No. 61, from Marian and Imogene.

ANOTHER beautiful morning