Orchids to …
• the couple who bought popcorn and made a donation to YES Cinema, from the YES Cinema staff.
• the Bartholomew County Health Department staff for meeting community needs with the drive thru flu shot and testing clinic, fantastic job!
• Dave Cleland for his wise, honest, and spot-on letter regarding our current elected official.
• Dave Cleland’s very well-written and factual letter to the editor, thank you for being brave enough to state the truth!
• county employees who deserve a pay increase for faithful service to the citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• early voting, no chance those ballots will end up in a ditch somewhere.
• Joe Biden for his calm, effective, and presidential appeal for national unity at Gettysburg Tuesday.
• the vice president’s top aide and member of the coronavirus taskforce leaving the administration because of their lying to the American people and unethical handling of the virus.
• Papa’s Deli for great customer service, from Linda.
• David Bird for his cemetery restoration work in Rockcreek Township, from the Rockcreek Township Board and Trustee.
• Ginny and Lee Ann for hosting the Tuesday Ladies’ Golf League banquet, it was delicious.
• all those that voted to help Greenbelt open, your efforts are appreciated.
• Dave Cleland, Michael Leppert, and Ann Jones for speaking the truth and trying to help us make good choices.
• Becky at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles for paying for my driver’s license after someone stole my billfold.
• invoking the 25th Amendment for a president who violates the public trust on so many fronts.
• President Trump who protects our religious liberties.
• making a change, one vote at a time, voting literally for our lives.
Onions to …
• the organizer of the Saturday flag waving at the courthouse for allowing a Confederate flag, proving that it was never about “patriotism.”
• people not seeing the endless similarities between two weeks to flatten the curve and the two weeks to flatten the Taliban.
• the virus spreader in chief who needs to quarantine and stop the photo ops and tweeting.
• people forgetting the county and city have never worried about struggling taxpayers so why should they start now?
• the White House for becoming a coronavirus hotspot due the irresponsible elected leader and lack of leadership.
• the city using the abandoned mall for a variety of purposes just so doing the bare minimum will become “look at what we did.”
• the federal elected official for refusing to follow CDC guidelines to combat the coronavirus and becoming a super spreader infecting White House staff and military personnel.
• not allowing Windrose Health Network Mobile COVID-19 Unit to park for six hours in the mall parking lot giving free COVID-19 tests.
• all the people believing every conspiracy about the federal elected official even though all have proven untrue.
• those continuing to support the candidate who has now been proven to have been involved in spying against the current official.
• the federal elected official who thinks his perceived image is far more important than his health.
• the county elected officials for not allowing a raise for county workers during COVID-19 — that didn’t stop the referendum.
• those who don’t realize hiding in the basement won’t magically make the virus go away.
• those who conveniently forget that original projections were 240,000 COVID-19 deaths within the year.
• the letter writer who needs to relax because we had to be silent and endure 8 years of the worst president and he can survive four more of this one.
• not mentioning two of the worst symptoms of the virus, fear and stupidity.
• the virus spreader-in-chief who has gone completely crazy by wantonly infecting anyone close to him.
• spending $35 million and still having to listen to train horns.
• those who had touted the Russian hoax.
• the political party falsely calling another political party “radicals” and claiming they want to defund the police.
• those complaining that the state elected official has no date to end his state mandates.
• the fullest manifestation of performance narcissism in political history.
• the retirement center for always serving cold, uncooked food.
• people who don’t realize that we have choice between two cheaters and pathological liars.
• the lady who stole my purse out of the store bathroom.
• the federal elected official ending negotiations for a virus relief package, refusing to help struggling Americans now when they need it.
Happy Birthday to …
• Rachel Parmley from your family and Donna.
• Jennifer Jutte from your family, Roxie and Donna.
• Jeannie Sitterding, from Al, Lady, and family.
• Belated Birthday to
• Margaret Hedrick, love your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, family and friends.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
