Orchids to …
• EMS, fire department and emergency room staff for helping when my mom fell, from Darrin on Indianapolis Road.
• John and Anna, for letting us visit your amazing flower and vegetable garden, from Common Ground Garden Club.
• Juli Johnson, for the delicious blackberries, from Sandy.
• President Trump for putting America first.
• COVID-19 test crew at the National Guard Armory in Columbus for the quick, easy, and efficient test process.
• the Litter Box Kitty Rescue for help with the feral kitten, so happy he went to a caring home!
• Dawna Grimes for rescuing us when our Jeep broke down on Sunday.
• Skooters, goodbye and thank you for the best biscuits and gravy in town, I will miss you.
• those who realize the time for weak leadership is over.
• John Gieleniuk and his mother for allowing the Common Ground Garden Club to visit his absolutely beautiful garden, it was amazing!
• Dana in Hope for flying her Trump flags proudly.
• Dane Whitlock for doing a great job on fixing our dryer, from Dick and Betty Dodd.
• Amy Mock for sharing with us the peaches she got from the Georgia Peach truck, from Kathy and Larry Rudd.
Onions to …
• pressuring schools to reopen too soon, putting children and teachers at risk from coronavirus.
• the candidate who supports defunding police.
• those wanting school to be online only after our taxes have been increased — parents don’t have time to work and teach children.
• those not realizing there isn’t enough money or time to protect everyone from everything — life is full of risk.
• people tearing down beautiful, old trees and ruining the road.
• red tape for how many days and city employees it takes to put up a simple road sign.
• the city for extremely poor audio quality of streamed meetings.
• the downtown church still promoting separate but equal status regarding another church on their property.
• those worrying about “eviscerating” golf tourism — with a course already losing $370,000, there is no real tourism to “eviscerate.”
• churches, synagogues, mosques, and others who pay no taxes but take federal COVID-19 funds.
• road crews installing the 200-300 speed bumps on U.S. 31 between Taylorsville and Franklin.
• the administration wanting to close a very popular golf course while having no problem using city money on consultants for every decision made.
• people who believe that any political party supports rioters.
• everyone who wants to keep the golf courses open, when it’s obvious there are not enough paying customers to make them profitable, or at least break even.
• those who think teachers don’t want to go back to work — trust me, we do — we want to go back with proper precautions so that we, and your children, can be safe and healthy.
• the administration punishing someone who tells the truth and then pardoning a liar.
• the hospital system not complying with CDC guidelines.
• mayors for painting Black Lives Matter on city main streets.
• inconsiderate people refusing to wear face coverings.
• not doing eLearning for nine weeks, then re-evaluating and deciding whether or not to open schools.
• using tax-free status towards overly-extravagant additions.
• vendors not wearing masks.
• coaches for touching thermometers to athlete’s heads and not wearing masks properly.
• coaches not wearing a face mask correctly, potentially spreading disease.
• the coach with his mask worn incorrectly.
• the leader for using his powers in a corrupt way to settle personal scores and protect his friends.
• anyone who thinks the candidate is a competent person for the White House.
• those demolishing houses that could be used to help lower-income families and replacing them with high-end properties for the elite few.
• any business valuing money over morals and doing the right thing by continuing to do business with a country whose goal is world domination and is responsible for COVID-19.
• those who think the candidate would make a good president.
• people wanting to keep schools closed.
• those who don’t realize the recent rally cancellation was not about “weather” but “whether” enough people would attend as to not embarrass him.
• people still shooting off fireworks instead of saving them for November when a new president is elected.
• the federal elected official for being the least honest and least caring president in history.
• parents, and school decision makers, who are so willing to send children back to school way before the first wave of COVID-19 has passed.
• schools that can’t even control head lice, how will they control a virus?
• the mainstream media for not going hysterical when a former federal elected official granted commutations and pardons.
• those pushing for students and teachers to return to schools while prisons are releasing prisoners because of astronomical coronavirus infection and transmission rates.
• the federal elected official ignoring information that the Russia leader had put bounties on the heads of American troops in Afghanistan.
• the local official for not adding in cameras in his budget and again relying on the county council to bail him out on whatever he wants.
• government for ridiculous planning for decisions being made when there is no money.
• individuals who stole a bird bath on camera, if you return it, there will be no questions asked.
• those who believe a certain candidate is articulate.
• the field full of weeds that needs to be cut or sprayed.
• those who think Greenbelt should be a wonderful public park when it will end up with a bunch of homeless people.
Happy Birthday to …
• Chris Buzzard from, Mom,Matt, Callie, Gus, Angel, Jack and Oreo.
• Kathy Sprague from your family and Donna.
• Jerry Klingner from your family and Donna.
• Robin Knoef from your family and Donna.
• Linda Forster, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Terry White, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• Brenda Forgey, from Dirk, Betty, and Rosa.
• Ronnie Hampton, from Dirk, Betty, and Rosa.
• Tabitha Fish.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
