Orchids to …
• Lee Hamilton for his call for a return to civility by all, particularly as we work to find agreement in these times of “win at all costs” politics.
• Ray Gibson for his sweet memory of Martin Luther King Day!
• The Rev. Roger Lee for an awesome sermon Sunday evening.
• Tommy Greenlee for the candy at church Sunday evening.
• Clayton and Beckett Nolting for the special delivery on Valentine’s Day of chicken Chik-fil-A minis for our breakfast, from Richards Elementary School office staff.
• Don Demas for retrieving my cane.
• Laura Voll and Richards Elementary PTO for all the special treats provided for the “Stock Your Lounge” staff appreciation event, from Richards teachers and staff.
• Angel from Best Buy Geek Squad for coming to my house and suggesting and putting together a terrific sounding surround sound.
• Kevin from Best Buy Geek Squad for installing my surround sound Saturday morning and answering all my silly questions that I had about it, from Dave M.
• the person who turned in my lost black GM key at Circle K.
Onions to …
• the letter writer who made fun of a former federal elected official’s followers.
• donating supplies to a Communist country creating a shortage of items here in the U.S.
• school corporation for giving administrators a bigger pay increase than any teacher got, then saying they don’t have enough money to pay teachers well.
• teachers wanting more pay when they already get paid more than a lot of other college graduates, who don’t get two months off during the summer and five weeks off during the school year and don’t get raises.
• the federal elected official for diverting without congressional authority billions of dollars from the defense of the U.S. for the wall that Mexico was to build.
• the apartment complex that never emptied or covered the pool leaving it to freeze.
• stores that remodel but don’t stay closed long enough to do it correctly.
• school officials who bully teachers into retiring early, then claim they can’t keep teachers.
• test buses causing premature wear and tear on city streets.
• people who do not stop at the three-way stop signs in front of the elementary school when picking up and dropping off their kids.
• the federal elected officials who think they are fooling the American people, you are all going to reap the whirlwind.
• the person who does nothing to the people who let their dog stay out and bark all day.
• the university basketball team masquerading as a basketball team.
Happy Birthday to …
• Betty Nolting from your family and Donna
• Linda Iwamuro from your family, Sheryl, Edith and Donna
• Jim McKinsey, from grandma, Ace and family.
• Reagan Medaris on No. 18, from Mom, Dad and Sophie.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
