Around Town – March 15

Orchids to …

• Columbus Regional Health and The Republic for keeping our community safe during the pandemic by providing us with vitally important information.

• Love Chapel for your concern to keep the community and volunteers safe and the two girls who greeted us and explained the procedure to get food.

• President Trump and Vice President Pence for assembling the private sector and doctors to work together for the Americans’ safety.

• Brian Jasper for his very informative letter on how our referendum money will really be spent.

• Brian Jasper of Hope (not a BCSC community) submitting a very well-written letter to the editor opposing BCSC’s referendum to increase teachers’ pay — who helped Mr. Jasper learn how to write so well?

• Brian Jasper for his letter to the editor.

• Brian Jasper for a well written letter exposing the truth.

• President Trump and Vice President Pence for keeping us up to date on the coronavirus.

• Brian Jasper for his great letter.

• Brian Jasper for his spot-on article about the BCSC referendum being a scheme as most of us taxpayers agree and will vote against it this May.

• all medical personnel who don’t continually whine about their pay, work evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, get called in extra to cover when a coworker is sick, work 50 weeks a year and knowingly expose themselves to deadly diseases.

• former city official who understands that we already are paying a special property tax for the school corporation’s buildings making another special property tax for the school corporation’s operations totally unpalatable.

• those recognizing it’s a fine line between reacting expeditiously and overreacting causing undue panic.

• the stars lining up just right to make being a hermit a trendy thing!

• Indiana’s online sports books FanDuel and DraftKings who, along with IHSAA and despite all sports being canceled, continue their saturation advertising so local TV and radio station owners don’t suffer revenue losses.

• Robin at CVS National Road for going the extra mile to find the Static Guard for me, from Gloria.

• the salesperson at the Dollar Store on State Street for helping me deliver my papers.

• Bishopp’s Appliance for sending an employee to my home to help with my microwave.

• Anita for helping me with my hair this week.

• Brian Jasper of Hope for his letter to the editor on the referendum.

• Brian Jasper for his well-written letter concerning the referendum.

• Brian Jasper for his spot-on letter with the actual truth and not the so-called truth from BCSC for needing more property tax revenue for the referendum.

Happy Birthday to …

• Kurt Nunemaker, from Kim, Randy, and Sarah.

• Rory Glick, from your family and Donna.

• Cindy Fillenworth, from your family and Donna.

• Glyn Price, from your family, Billie, Adeleye, Thamara, Gabriel and Donna.

• Amy Lian, from your family and Donna.

• Senator, from Mike.

ANOTHER beautiful morning