Around Town – May 25

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May 25

Orchids to

Amanda Sinclair for bringing me a Diet Coke after such a busy morning at work and Amy Henderson for remembering it was Coke and not Pepsi!! You guys rock!! From Cindy

Elza Karunakaran, Larry and Debbie Hanson, and the children at Fairlawn Presbyterian – Chris, Elliott, Kiera, Nico, and Nora and their parents – for cleaning up the limbs at church, from the Fairlawn congregation.

Steve of Steve’s Locks and his delightful workshop.

Duke Energy and REMC workers for a job well done, restoring power to residents can be a very difficult and exhausting job.

Tom Smith Glass for having the best service people.

Kylie Petro for your strength and bravery in battling your addiction and for your grace in telling your story so that others might benefit.

Onions to

the employee who argued with us when we reported a concern when all we asked her to do was pass it on to the person in charge.

letting children play on the fallen tree in the park.

former elected official who thinks vote counting should be stopped when it shows his candidate is ahead.

the store selling furniture that looks like it’s 10 years old in one year.

Happy Birthday to

Tiffany Fu, from your family and Donna.

Aimie Heltman, from your family.

Sabrina Johnson, from your family and Donna.

Wayne Kimberlin, from friends at Bethel Baptist Church.

Pat Wilkerson, from family and friends.

Jane Johnson, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.

Nakia White on No. 21, from Nana, Laya, Uncle Timothy, Alisha, Mom, Johnny, and Steven.