Orchids to …
• Nancy Speer for her beautiful musical presentation at the morning service at St. Peter’s Lutheran Sunday.
• the staff and youth for the beautiful, meaningful, well-presented children’s Christmas program Sunday morning at St. Paul’s Lutheran (Clifty).
• Jessica Sandifer and the service staff at Columbus Chevrolet for the skillful work on the Buick Lucerne working out the needed warranty on the car to the satisfaction of the customer.
• St. Paul’s Lutheran Church for the outstanding Christmas concert featuring the Beecher Singers and Orchestra from Indianapolis which included a very enthusiast carol singalong and beautiful harp prelude.
• Harold and Karen England for the delicious coffee cake at Sunday school class at Columbus free Methodist Church Sunday.
• or maybe poinsettias, to the neighbors of Forest Park for another beautiful display of Luminarias — Merry Christmas!
• Thurman at Kroger for always being very friendly and helpful when I am shopping; if I don’t see him, I will not buy anything from the meat/seafood department — he is the best employee in the store, from Susan
• the couple — including the fellow in the red IU shirt — who paid for our lunch in east Columbus on Saturday at the Mexican restaurant — we thank you and we’ll pass it on.
Onions to …
• the most disgraceful person to ever occupy the Oval Office.
• Trump and the Republicans for continuing to push the lawsuit to end the ACA, a move that will cause millions to lose healthcare and affect the entire U.S. healthcare system.
• Democrats, for once again showing their inadequate leadership skills.
• people who seem to have forgotten that Russian President Vladimir Putin has his finger on the button of at least 6,500 intercontinental missiles, many with multiple warheads, all of which are nuclear and many, many times more powerful than the one we dropped on Hiroshima.
• the school district that cries poor and wants to raise our taxes after giving $200,000 in total on raises for administrators when that money could have been used to hire three or four new teachers or given every existing teacher a raise.
• the major businesses in the shopping center near I-65 and State Road 46 not showing American flags.
• the Democrats.
• the person giving praise to a dictator in the orchids column.
• the letter writer who believes that Obama’s administration spied on Trump.
• the person who doesn’t want anyone singing, whistling or anything around them having to do with Christmas; wear earplugs.
• persons you know who lie about you, lie to you, and steal from you, and then claim to be your loving relatives.
• the onion writer who doesn’t seem to know the difference between supporting our President and worshiping God, and doesn’t comprehend that in doing so Christians are trying to keep evil from ruling our country.
• the letter writer who took a beautiful time of the year (Christmas) to be so negative about our president who has put the American people first and made great strides with all of our friends abroad.
• anyone stupid enough to think Putin is on our side.
• the grandchild that shoved her grandmother at the shopping center.
• the family that flies a faded and tattered U.S. flag.
• the people that wear their representative button on their left shoulder rather than over their heart on their right shoulder.
• the city for taking on too many very expensive projects at once and wasting time and money.
• Holcomb who claims to be a Republican when he seems to be a Democrat to the bone.
• the thief who stole our Christmas card for city sanitation workers on Box Turtle Court; P.S.: we have cameras.
• our state leader who has opted Indiana into the federal program for placing refugees.
• the modern refugee program — it’s nothing but slavery.
• House Democrats — where’s the rush? You’re an embarrassment to our government.
Happy Birthday to …
• Nikki Burton from your family and Donna
• Dorothy Shelton on Dec. 25, from Linda.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
