Orchids to …
• Kylaina Ping Walker for being named Teacher of the Year in New Albany.
• the onion writer regarding hearing the same songs over and over again on local radio, and yes to the no-repeat work day.
• Dan Boyer for the ride on Wednesday morning, from a disabled person.
• the Trump administration for the great job keeping us informed about the coronavirus.
• the Trump administration for giving us precautionary steps we can take to be safe.
• all the businesses and churches disinfecting door handles before opening and also the churches using sanitizer in the pews.
• Troy, for all he picked up yesterday and took to the dump, from John.
Onions to …
• people who have figured out how to work two plus months less per year than most Americans and still get paid time off with benefits when they are working.
• government for allowing gas companies to milk money from consumers’ pockets.
• thieves who utilize their small children, who do not yet know any better, to help them steal.
• those who doesn’t understand it was then-Gov. Mike Pence’s responsibility to protect public health during the HIV crisis in Scott County and mismanagement made the problem worse.
• voters who do not attend school board meetings to really understand school corporation issues and the value of an excellent educational system for all of our children.
• the referendum document that does not legally guarantee teachers or drivers a pay raise without a new collective bargaining agreement.
• people who don’t understand that the taxpayers are the teacher’s employer and if a raise is needed for them to do their jobs to enable our children to have a better life, then that is exactly what we need to do.
• the federal elected official who is still shaking supporters’ hands after having been in contact with allies who were exposed to a virus-infected person and has not yet been tested for the virus.
• the local gas station that still has gas at $2.30 a gallon when it is $1.90 everywhere else.
• those who believe the current administration is trying to make a profit when the president has never taken a salary.
Happy Birthday to …
• Victoria Kerns on No. 18, from Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa Willis.
• Rylee! You have come a long way! We are so proud of you, love Mom, Dad, Lexie and Kloey.
• Bonnie Decker, from Jan.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
