Around Town – June 4

Orchids to …

• the letter from the Heritage Fund Group.

• the young man shopping at TJ Maxx with his mother that helped me load suitcases into my car, thank you.

• Denny Kubal for showing true common sense in his letter.

• the wonderful authors from the Heritage Fund Racial Equity Committee for their great letter.

• Megan for being a great neighbor, from Granny.

• Greg Dinkins for his letter, well said!

• Dr. Richard Newton’s staff for saving the books for Tammy.

• the kind person who put my Republic paper on my porch glider Thursday morning, you are appreciated very much.

• those who know you can’t have such a thing as civilization without conscience.

• those who are getting their vaccines to protect not only themselves but their family and friends.

• the political party that has given us a good economy and is getting ready to put funds into accounts of families with children.

Onions to …

the former president who will never lead his party or America to greatness.

• those who deny the need for Critical Race Theory in classrooms and probably also deny the Holocaust ever happened.

• the over-dramatic letter.

• the water and sewer rates increase.

• wasting taxpayer dollars to remove parking meters downtown to increase business traffic only to turn around and waste taxpayer dollars to put in parking meters to increase business downtown.

• those who don’t want a commission to learn why our democracy was attacked on Jan. 6.

• the elected official who ignores science and insists on putting our college students at risk.

• people who don’t realize it’s the lies the top virologist fed us for the last 14 months that is the reason I and millions more will get an experimental jab.

• whoever is responsible for timing traffic lights at Seventh Street and Hawcreek Boulevard because anyone heading east has to wait way too long.

• the elected officials who have managed to outdo themselves in cowardice, which is quite a feat.

• the politicians who fear the man who cost them the presidency and both houses of Congress.

• the letter writer not doing research on the definition of a vaccine or checking the deaths reports from vaccinations.

• Birthday wishes to

• Albert Tolen, from Paul and  Sarah.

• Gary Morlow, from Mary, Michael and Danny.

• Mollie Clark, from Ginger, Natalie, Reid, Frank, Katie, Taylor and Dad.

• Irma Ramsey, from Margie.

• Brian Banister, from your family and Donna.

• Wanda Jaggers, from your family and Donna.

Judy Wood, from Sandy and Lily.

Happy Anniversary to …

• Krista and Nate Hagerty, from Grandma Hagerty and all your family.

• Belated wishes to 

• Bob and Mary Foster, on No. 38, from Charlotte and Bob.