Orchids to …
• the kind person in the silver Chevrolet for buying our lunch at McDonalds on Monday, from the couple behind you.
• customer Carolyn and express cashier Peggy for offering me a penny to make exact change at the west-side Walmart Monday, it was very much appreciated.
• Dr. Julie Bilz and James Persinger for having the backbone to vote against the BCSC reopening plan.
• Ruben Guthrie for understanding the realities of teaching and substitute teaching and that traditional school during a pandemic won’t work, from your former teacher who is very proud of you for speaking out.
• surgeons and health care workers wearing masks all day long to protect patients and not whining that it is inconvenient.
• James Persinger and Dr. Julie Bilz for efforts to do the right thing for our community and keep students and staff safe.
• the Columbus Youth Camp staff for providing a magical summer experience for my son, as well as a chance to experience camp myself, during a fun-filled, well-organized Community Day.
• everyone who thinks to themselves, “If I can save one life wearing a mask, then I will wear a mask.”
• those willing to stand up against authoritarian actions being taken by our government.
• Dale Clegg, the best neighbor one could ever have to help doing things.
• the party who brought my breakfast last Saturday morning, it was appreciated.
• Superintendent Jim Roberts and all the BCSC administration for trying so hard to do the right thing for our students.
• Dirk for being an excellent tractor wingman on my recent John Deere purchase.
• the two very nice men at the Dairy Queen who helped me when my car overheated.
Onions to …
• those who won’t acknowledge eLearning equals no-learning.
• people not realizing kids would be safer in school after seeing them dragged all over town unmasked every day.
• the local official for not respecting quarantining when their family member has the virus.
• the local health care facility for devaluing loyal employees and upper management not caring.
• the local health care facility for selling out a service line to a third party –survey results: highly unsatisfactory.
• the school corporation for being willing to sacrifice the health and safety of teachers and students with in-person learning.
• the school administrator who removed her mask while speaking during a meeting, not modeling compliance behavior that will be requested of students and staff.
• the school administrator who took off her mask during the meeting after extensive discussion of the importance of masks.
• the political party wanting to include a five-year liability protection “stay out of court free” card for employers in the next coronavirus bill.
• local leaders thinking about a mask mandate four months too late.
• officials wanting us to wear masks indefinitely.
• local officials thinking about a mask mandate — the one size fits none approach doesn’t work.
• school corporation leaders blatantly showing lack of care and concern for their teachers.
• the school corporation leader who couldn’t keep a mask on to speak for five minutes.
• the school corporation catering only to parents and students.
• the school leader referring to teachers as “their (the union’s) members” and not “our teachers.”
• the school district for not adding a 14-day self quarantine when teachers and students travel to COVID-19 hot spots.
• the school system for publicly proving again how little they care for and value the teachers, staff, and students in the community.
• those with no investment in the community’s schools, staff, or children and just want their children out of their hair instead of keeping them safe during the pandemic.
• people not following the science that the virus can only travel 6 feet so if you stay 6 feet away, there is no need to wear a mask.
• sports teams testing daily when those tests are desperately needed in states with rising cases, sports are not essential.
• the federal leader who absurdly believes that increased testing spreads the virus — greatly increased testing is necessary for virus control.
• the federal elected official who is more interested in protecting traitors who fought against us in the Civil War than patriots who are fighting for us today.
• husbands who are always too busy on the weekends to spend time with their wives — that’s what divorces are made of.
• those who don’t realize if a person writes a hateful letter that pretty much means they’re a hateful person.
• authoritarian secret police arresting protestors.
• stores that do not require customers to wear a mask.
• teachers for not wanting to do the job they were hired to do, especially after getting the referendum they wanted passed.
• teachers who want to take taxpayers’ money but do not want to teach taxpayers’ children.
• the store manager who took all the chairs and benches out that the elderly used to make it through their shopping trips and claimed it was to protect against the virus.
• the school leader who removed her mask during the meeting, way to set an example.
• all the protestors causing strife and making trouble for everyone.
• the candidate who thinks police are the enemy and should be defunded.
• people who keep complaining about other people not wearing a mask.
• the school corporation for not considering starting school after Labor Day, then skipping fall break and shortening Thanksgiving break.
Happy Birthday to …
• Jimmy Baker, from your friends at Eagle Group.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
