Orchids to …
• volunteers from Housing Partnership’s ramp builders for the work they did for Orphan Grain Train at the warehouse site in Jonesville and helping load a shipment of clothes bound for Haiti.
• the staff of BCSC Health Clinic for working me in when I scheduled myself ahead by one week.
• Columbus Regional Hospital ICU and Tower 4 nurses for the great care while I was in the hospital, from Gerald Coy and family.
• Jim Lienhoop for your support as a board member for the hospice.
• Sibyl Mahaffey for the delightful lunch, from Sara and Nancy.
• Diane for the stuffed kangaroo with the baby in the pouch and the big, pink stuffed bunny rabbit, from Chandler.
• William Scarbrough for your great letter in the paper, which was music to my ears.
• Columbus City Utilities for excellent customer service, from Sara Gifford.
• Bob Pittman for hitting the nail on the head, from a former city employee.
• the person who found the small white dog at the cemetery on River Road and took him to the animal shelter, from a grateful family.
• my children, grandchildren and friends for making my birthday extra special, from Ruby.
• Mayor Kristen Brown for turning the economy around, resulting in low unemployment for Columbus.
• Adam at Kroger Pharmacy for following up on my medication concerns.
• the restaurant that added a range safety officer to assist patrons who choose to carry while dining.
• Tom and Becky Smith and the southern Indiana chapter of the Well Armed Woman for offering handgun training.
• Bob Pittman, a true voice of reason, for his excellent and thoughtful letter to the editor, from an average, ordinary Joe.
• William Scarbrough for another accurate letter.
• Barry White for doing an outstanding job as secretary of three different Masonic Lodges, from all your brothers.
• First Christian Church for an amazing week of mega sports camp, from a thankful parent.
• Kevin for paying for my lunch at Bob Evans on Thursday, from a Vietnam veteran.
Onions to …
• nothing being done about the boarded-up office complex eyesore sitting at the corner of 25th and National Road since the flood of June 2008.
• the newspaper for continually printing the same old boring anti-gun, anti-everything letters.
• the basketball announcers who know more about the game than the players or the coach and just keep talking all the time.
• a government leader who wishes to provide $1,500 more per child to attend a charter school than to attend a public school.
• government leader who bullies people.
• the person who thinks because you once voted Democrat you cannot vote for an individual and not a party.
• people who complain of animals being mistreated but don’t report it to the authorities.
• the restaurant showing favoritism by giving a lunch discount to only one company.
• the divisive people wearing tacky, negative campaign bracelets.
• replacing an existing People Trail with a bridge to nowhere.
• those starting fundraisers for some injured in accidents but not others.
• unwanted automated weather-alert telephone calls to my home.
Happy Birthday to …
• Marie Campbell, from Dot.
• Dorothy Shireman, from Terri Trimpe and her family.
• Logan DuLong on No. 9, from Mom, Dad, Tobi, Grandma, Grandpa and Judy.
• Dorothy Shireman, from the Spencers.
• Adyn Dempsey.
• Marie Campbell, from Marie.
• Ava Dempsey.
• Dot Amrehein, from your friend Marie.
• Rhonda St. Clair, from Mom, Jack, the Comptons, the Fleetwoods and the Snyders.
• Nanny Hammack, from Parker.
• Charles Gross, from Pastor Lewis and The Who So Ever Will Community Church.
• Margie Hammack, from your family.
• Dorothy Shireman, from Stacy, Robert and Clayton.
Belated Wishes to …
• Gina Littiken, from Josh, Dawn, Kamryn, Zach, Courtney, L.J, Hailynn, Jayden, Dylan, Mom, Odie, Dad and Shelby.
• Frank White, from your family and your purchasing co-workers.
• Vennisa Redicker, from your mother, sister and brother, Joe, BJ, Brittany, Mandy, Lonnie and Norah.
• Pat Parks, from Dove Ministries.
• Belated Anniversary wishes to …
• Michael Clemenz, from your wife Pamela.
