Around Town – April 29

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April 29

Orchids to

Mr. Lewis, a nice young man with the Columbus North athletic department for very kindly offering to take us to our car after we attended the baseball game, we were very appreciative, from Patsy and Don Harris.

Megan Erickson, W. D. Richards Elementary School art teacher, for an amazing student art show.

Raymond at Chevrolet of Columbus for all your help with the rear wiper for the Equinox, your people skills are top notch, from Betty Jean Beshear.

BCSC modeling itself after Brownsburg schools.

Dollar Tree in Columbus Center and its customers for donating hygiene products to the Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center.

Peggy at Kelp’s nursery in Gnawbone for all her hard work and having such a beautiful array of flowers and vegetables, thank you for your assistance in selecting plants for our garden.

Kelsi Wildridge for the excellent senior project and presentation, love Grammy.

Onions to

state lawmakers who are willing to pay for training teachers to shoot guns but make teachers pay for their own required CPR training.

new HOA that is surprisingly more disappointing than the original one, now we pay several hundred dollars a year to open our windows and look at overgrown lots.

massive new raises for a few county employees months after a study was used to make pay balanced for all county employees.

the neighbor who doesn’t mow or use a weed eater on the back side of his fence.

governor who is picking a fight with Mickey Mouse, his state’s largest employer and who generates billions in economic activity.

jury deliberating in case against the Proud Boys, while the former leader, who told the Jan. 6 crowd to “fight like hell,” has not been charged but is his party’s presidential front runner.

the political party that refuses to raise the debt ceiling without bowing to their MAGA demands.

the local representative who supports a misguided MAGA political agenda that will cause economic havoc on our country instead of agreeing to pay debts already run up by the previous administration.

the car speeding down Central Avenue.

the car that blew the light at Third and Lafayette.

federal bureaucrats who released migrant children to unrelated and unvetted adults.

Happy Birthday to

Pat Thomas, from friends at Bethel Baptist Church.