Around Town – July 31

Orchids to …

• Sharon Krieg for her letter.

• the Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp. superintendent, administrators, secretaries, technology department, food service, maintenance and custodians for the time and attention in getting the staff and buildings prepared for the school year.

• Josh at Cintas for helping the lady in the white Ford Explorer on Wednesday.

• Billie Ebenkamp for always checking up on me and being a wonderful friend! from Tammy Laine.

• those who understand that wearing a mask protects those around us which helps our overworked healthcare system and will eventually allow us to reopen our country.

• Victor Allen or his letter.

• Terry Marbach for his spot-on letter.

• John Krull’s opinion column.

• Todd Kessler for helping me out through a difficult time, it is so appreciated beyond words, from Larry and Kathy.

• Attorney General Barr for supporting the federal response to civil unrest by violent rioters and anarchists, from Carol.

• dedicated doctors who have been so nice during the pandemic.

Onions to …

• all those who believe the rioters are peaceful while buildings are burning.

• those continually making false statements about the leader of our country.

• anyone who thinks the candidate is capable of leading the country.

• people who need to trade their shiny new cars instead of begging for school supplies — priorities.

• local drug treatment program lacking housing resources once the program is completed.

• the leader who doesn’t realize asking people to speak plain English is offensive and could be seen as racist.

• those refusing to wear masks in stores requiring them, endangering older shoppers who have medical conditions and who shop these particular stores because they require masks.

• state elected official wearing pantyhose on his head, choosing to make a joke out of wearing a mask, while people are dying.

• the political party that wants everything to be free and equal, so why work or try to be successful.

• those who don’t agree that the political party’s Heals Act is more like a “Heels Act.”

• the state elected official for continuing with the shame of a shutdown.

• marrying someone who has already been divorced four times.

• needing a reminder we have no obligation to anyone and doctors and nurses are obligated to do the job that they signed up for.

• the classless federal elected official who declared he would not attend the memorial service for the late civil rights leader.

• the federal elected official’s poor leadership, resulting in more than 150,000 Americans dead from the killer virus.

• leaders who say it’s too dangerous to vote but perfectly safe to send children to school.

• the federal elected official ignoring the National Security Council when they begged him to do something about the bounty put on America military personnel in Afghanistan by Russia.

• the schools for wanting to open up when Indiana has seen its highest spike in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.

• abbreviated phone directories that do not have the numbers for the electric and gas company.

• city officials for allowing trees to be cut down at high rate, contributing to global warming.

• the human resources office that never answers their phone.

• the store who refused to make a family with three children wear their masks.

• the flooding at Central Avenue and Parkside Street because when it rains hard, people have to walk out into the street to get where they’re going.

• the political party that believes in socialism, illegal immigration, no borders, abortion, defunding the police, government-run health care, that most Americans are racists and trillion dollar green new deal.

Happy Birthday to …

• Dennis Sweeney, from Mom, Dad, and sisters.

• Bill Kimball on No. 65, from Mom, Mark, and Debbie.

ANOTHER beautiful morning