Around Town – September 17

Orchids to …

• the politicians who embrace science because science helps us in our every day lives.

• all of my former first grade students for making it to their senior year, love Miss Spangler.

• Kevin Johnson for flying the POW/MIA flag during the month of September.

• Jim and Karen Sollenberger for collecting the newspapers while we were in North Carolina.

• Jordan Johnson for stopping by while we were gone for two weeks.

• Emily and Jocelyn Vogel for their interest in history and composing a booklet about Atterbury and Bakalar, from Carol Gardner.

• Voter Registration employees for doing an outstanding job of mailing out ballots.

• Della at Gateway Apartments for swiftly finding the creepy man bothering residents.

• a senior Department of Defense official who confirmed Jeffery Goldberg’s story.

• our military men and women who are serving our country.

• the nice person in the drive-thru for buying my lunch on Tuesday at the Third Street McDonald’s.

• Karen at Jewell-Rittman Funeral Home for the beautiful poems that she has wrote for me, from Marie.

• the deputy sheriff for paying for my lunch on my birthday at McDonald’s.

• Marilyn Richards for superior care of State Road 58 cemetery next to the little white church.

• the big box stores that enter one door and take temperatures before being allowed to go into the workplace.

• the little pantry downtown that has food and dry staples, it is very much needed.

• Emma for her caring and compassion, from Sandra.

• President Trump and his America-first, capitalist agenda.

Onions to …

• officials not following the logic if you are doing everything you can to avoid the China virus then logically you will reduce flu, colds and other winter problems.

• the federal elected official who lies and misleads to cover up his incompetence and failures.

• the candidate who is nothing more that a Trojan Horse for his running mate.

• those who don’t understand that when someone says “no one talks about this” that’s likely because it’s just not true.

• people complaining about the senate adjourning when the house has done it twice without any deals.

• the federal leader who apparently believes no lives matter.

• the federal elected official who knows he is losing so badly that he has to cheat in order to win an election.

• the federal elected official for telling us what crime he is going to commit and then doing it.

• the federal elected official who is trying to disenfranchise millions of votes.

• the thief who stole my political yard sign.

• everybody who listens to fake news and calls it the truth.

Happy Birthday to …

• Brenda Hill, from Kevin, Justin, Keith, Pam & Kenny, Cheryl, Debi, Tim and Terry.

• Grandma Erma Wickstrom, love the Reinbolds in Rosstown.

• Andrew Reinbold

• Grandma Erma Wickstrom, love the Reinbolds in Rosstown.

• Brenda Hill, from Keith, Kevin, Justin, Pam, Cheryl, Debi, Tim, Terry, Joe, and family.

Happy Anniversary to …

• Brian and Missy Fleetwood on No. 26, love Mom and Dad.

ANOTHER beautiful morning