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Oct. 22
Orchids to
the Bartholomew County Public Library for refusing to be bullied and for supporting citizens’ rights to freely explore different thoughts and ideas.
Leo Morris for his Thursday column.
Becky Church, the flower lady!
Bloomington for making available funds to help women exercise their reproductive health care choices.
candidate for pushing our school board for more transparency and efforts to increase parental influence in the education of their own children.
Cate Hyatt for an excellent letter to the editor, from Steve.
Cate Hyatt and Herman Fields for great letters, from Lee Shipman.
John Krull for another great column.
the volunteers from Sam’s Club who worked at Orphan Grain Train sorting and packing clothes that are headed for the border mission in San Benito, Texas.
school board candidates interested in improving schools, not starting their own or funneling money to private/charter schools.
the big yellow dog on West Lowell Road.
the fellow across the street who had initiative to come over to my house and in minutes had my storm door installed which I was having problems with.
the city for mowing the abandon house’s yard on Sycamore Street.
Onions to
small-minded people threatened by different perspectives in books thinking everyone should be as small-minded as they are.
the city unable to lower the tax rate despite a 13% hike in assessments.
the school corporation for indoctrinating our children instead of educating and forcing them to watch “woke” videos even during their resource periods.
early morning train horns.
those that want to live in a theocracy but only if it’s their brand of religion.
local politician for sending a text to vote for him.
our country that doesn’t care about their own people anymore.
anyone listening to the elected official’s version of Jan. 6 when it was told and made clear by the recordings shown on TV.
poor street lighting.
the car that made a blind u-turn at U.S. 31 and Middle Road.
the city for another foolish tax expenditure on Second Street, we need no more roundabouts.
our extremist local state representative and state senator whose stated preferences for a total ban on abortion.
the politician who thinks the answer to inflation is to not have any children.
Happy Belated Birthday
Julie Johnson, from Pat and Mike.
