Orchids to …
• the employees at PNC Bank on 25th Street for always greeting customers with a smile and going the extra mile, they genuinely make their customers feel appreciated.
• all the courteous and intelligent people wearing masks until we get through this virus outbreak.
• Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett for requiring masks when in public, all counties need to follow that example.
• prayers being said for our daughter Cheryl Thompson, from her parents, Jim and Wanda Ferguson.
• Matt of Montgomery Appliance Repair in Seymour for being prompt and honest.
• Sharon Mangas and Mike for her column, it’s precisely what some of us needed.
• Patriotic Auto Parts on U.S. 31 for their great service fixing my car, from a patriotic customer.
• Dascal Bunch.
Onions to …
• the federal elected official who on a daily basis shows his careless and utter disregard for the health, safety, and the rights of U.S. citizens.
• the top official whose only goal is to get re-elected.
• inconsiderate neighbors setting off loud fireworks every night, scaring the elderly, people with PTSD and dogs.
• those who don’t see the similarity between ISIS tearing down historical art in Iraq and what’s happening in our own streets.
• the previous federal elected official who showed nothing but disdain for the Constitution.
• government having public meetings with only indoor meeting spaces and no online options putting seniors at risk.
• the federal elected official using the Lincoln Memorial, a church, a shrine, West Point graduation and Mount Rushmore as a political photo op backdrop.
• the official who states the coronavirus will just go away.
• those making a short-term need to wear masks into a personal liberty issue.
• the local religious congregation mailing out written letters harassing residents about their beliefs.
• rioters, looters and those tearing down art.
• using $650,000 in a year to prop up a failing golf course that was dumped on the city by a big business.
• those who decry “once a Marine always a Marine” except when it pertains to the federal elected official.
• taking ownership of three failing golf courses and then wondering what to do with them because they continue to fail.
• those who don’t understand if you would go back to 1960 prices for a round of golf you would have more business than you could handle.
• the fact that hysteria is a faster spreading virus than Covid-19.
• store workers who are wearing their face masks on their chin or with their nose hanging out.
• those who have nothing to do but complain about those not wearing a mask or gloves.
• the federal elected official who is more concerned about protecting our Russian enemies than U.S. soldiers.
• the federal elected official and his failed leadership in this outbreak whose ignorance and incompetence has resulted in Americans being banned for travel to Europe.
• having to choose between law and order or socialism.
• the federal elected official pushing the court to eliminate the Affordable Care Act and pre-existing conditions in a pandemic.
• those complaining about not enough test sites, they need to learn to take care of themselves and go to the hospital or family doctor to be tested.
• the business not giving any Fourth of July holiday to their workers just because it’s on Saturday.
• the city and state that removed a Christopher Columbus statue.
• those who beat up Catholics praying at the statue in St. Louis, Missouri.
• the restaurant whose staff is not wearing masks although the local COVID-19 task force requires it.
• those caught up in the Black Lives Matter movement only further dividing us when the bottom line is that all lives matter.
• those who think observing courtesy markings in checkout lanes is mandatory and use a cart to shove people.
• the church that should investigate and research the goals of Black Lives Matter.
• the religious group that has a political sign in their yard.
• churches that should stick to religion.
• federal elected officials who want to block senior citizens and retirees that worked all our lives from getting the second stimulus package.
• the local business for never answering their phones and when they do, they just pick up and hang up.
• the federal elected official who has done nothing to make our country great as we are in the middle of a pandemic, recession, and record unemployment.
• federal elected official who needs to be removed from office because American lives depend on it.
Happy Birthday to …
• Andrea Kahlenbeck from your family and Donna.
• Sherry Elkins from your family and Donna.
• Courtney Condon, from Jalen.
• Courtney Condon, from Mom, Dad, Jalen, and family.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Dean and Kay Burton, love your family.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
