Around Town — Dec. 17

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Dec. 17

Orchids to

the young couple at the Seymour Cafe who paid for our lunch, from two grateful elderly ladies.

Jim Coleman for his letter.

the lady who brought unexpected groceries to my door on Wednesday, I greatly appreciate the blessing and the food and will pay it forward.

Michael Carson for the calendars.

Brian for the breakfast, from a friend.

all the local businesses supporting our community.

President Biden for putting Putin on notice that aggression toward Ukraine will not be tolerated.

Kayli Ketner for everything you do for our baby girl and for all you do for me, thank you, Thomas Daniel.

the crew of South Central Roofing for doing such a great job.

The Republic for the editorial on the proposed legislation that undermines our public health.

schools requiring masks for athletic events attendance and enforcing their own policy.

Helen Deppe for the nice surprise of having paid for our lunches on Wednesday, from Ruth, Judy, and Colleen.

those who know that a no-vote is a vote for.

the fabulous job that was done on the Taylor Road construction project.

Onions to

the ex-federal official trying to carve out an alternate reality after turning over thousands of document pages that prove otherwise.

the lawmaker who apologized for failing to overturn the will of the American people and failing to overturn the results of the election.

the car that made the u-turn in front of Wendy’s Wednesday morning.

the people who are confused about the big lie, that there was no fraud in the last election.

state for forcing people to pay back federal unemployment benefits when they were supposed to let the people keep it.

state lawmakers who need to promote vaccinations and other precautions rather than “wishing it (COVID) away.”

the former federal elected official, if he thinks he won the election twice then he can’t run a third time in 2024.

anyone that thinks this vaccine is working good enough to be the only path back to normalcy.

the article on diversity, when perhaps nowhere else in the world has inequality been so elaborately constructed as in the institution of caste in India.

the local representative who voted against holding the former chief of staff in criminal contempt for refusing to testify about efforts to subvert our democracy.

our representative who cares more about worshiping our ex-leader than discovering the real truth or about his own brother.

drivers following you so close at night that you don’t even need your own headlights.

drivers who fail to turn on their headlights when it’s dark.

the representative voting against the contempt charges against people involved in the insurrection as we need to know the truth to protect our nation.

the Jan. 6 committee for not investigating the individual who shot an unarmed person.

the car that raced through two stop signs Wednesday night, running about 40 to 50 miles an hour.

Happy Birthday to

Tony Beach, from Leta, Joyce and Donna.

Happy Belated Birthday to

Janet Homann on No. 80, from a friend.