Around Town – January 9

Orchids to …

• the line clearing crew of Asplundh hired by Bartholomew County REMC, for kindness in the care shown when trimming back the spruce trees bordering my property, from Judy Greiwe.

• Dr. Gausmann for the phone consultation from a patient currently out of town, from Bruce.

• Jessica at Best Buy on Sunday for all your help with my smartphone.

• Bogdan Minut for putting together a wonderful concert series for St. Bartholomew Catholic Church’s concert season.

• the lady in line at the northeast Starbucks, because I was thinking about gratitude when I found out the person in the white BMW ahead of me paid for my coffee.

• the little princess at FFY, because she is so pretty.

• the professional care and kindness of Columbus Regional Hospital’s ER on Saturday evening and 2 Tower for all their kind care during my stay.

• Tipton Lakes for cleaning up the common area on Tuesday and doing an excellent job.

Onions to …

• people who enjoy killing wildlife.

• those who go to the effort and expense of a survey which is only designed to get the answers they want to hear.

• the current administration where more coal-fired power plants have been deactivated in Trump’s first two years in office then in Obama’s entire first term.

• the person who made an Orchid about undocumented aliens and crime rates, because illegal entry to this country to this country is a crime, and cities and towns that have more illegals have higher crime rates.

Happy Birthday to …

• Karen Ferguson, from your family, church family and Donna.

• Faye Law, from your traveling friends and Donna.

• Patsy Cardinal, from your family, Tammy, Frank, Bob, Gabrielle and Donna.

• Angie Owens, from your family, Leta and Donna.

• Shelby Skinner on No. 17, love, Mom, Dad, Shana, Shane, Judy, Benji, Bella and Buttercup.

• those individuals whose family forgot them on this day.

• Belated Happy Birthday to…

• Molly Richards on Jan. 8 from Mrs. Erickson.

• Madelyn Speer, from a Columbus North Bull Dog fan.

ANOTHER beautiful morning