Orchids to …
• Doc Dearmitt for being such a great friend! from Ami.
• The Sanctuary Church for the cookies for staff on the first day back to school, from Clifty Creek Elementary School.
• Dr. Chambers and Missi at Southern Indiana Orthopedics for being compassionate and providing superior patient care, from the Neal family.
• REMC for working to nearly 8 p.m. to replace a power line and pole that fell in our yard, and removing the large branch, from a customer on County Road 600N.
• those who know if you don’t trust your mail carrier, you can just march your ballot to the clerk’s office.
• the super letter by Rick Eikenbary to save Greenbelt.
• Rick Eikenbary for his excellent letter to keep Greenbelt open.
• Noel Taylor’s Wednesday letter for listing facts.
• Kamala Harris, who will shred her opponent in the October debates and prove women in politics are more intelligent and think better on their feet than their male counterparts.
• Officer Brian Plummer for great detective work identifying the Indianapolis officer who knocked on my door late the other night by mistake, my family and I appreciate you, from Diana.
• the nominee for vice president who is proof of the value of immigrants to America.
• Tim Grimm’s letter, which hopefully will soften the hearts and minds of those not wearing masks to do so for their fellow man.
• Tim Grimm for his letter.
• the man who paid $20 on our meals at one of the Mexican restaurants on Tuesday, it will be paid forward.
• our federal leader who needs four more years to secure our borders and protect our freedoms.
• all the workers and planners of the new railroad overpass.
• all my family and friends for helping me move, greatly appreciated, from Linda Rhoades.
Onions to …
• the constant lies and created crisis of this administration, making decisions for only their benefit, not the betterment of the country or its citizens.
• the federal elected official who thought he was winning the interview but showed he has considerable cognitive deficiency — he couldn’t even understand his own graphics.
• the school system’s plan to hide from public knowledge any and all cases of COVID-19 in schools.
• those who still can’t catch on that COVID-19 numbers increase every day and there is science to prove masks aren’t working.
• people using per capita infection rate for school decisions when they should be looking at a per student infection rate.
• the anti-science and anti-health care administration for doing such a poor job protecting Americans during the pandemic.
• not realizing if hospital workers are infected, either they are doing something wrong or the masks and protective equipment don’t work.
• anyone still clinging to the myth that there was Russian influence in the election.
• the federal elected official who is a most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, a promise breaker and the owner of not one good quality.
• people who blast their motorcycles on residential streets between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. knowing there are babies, sick and terminally ill people trying to rest.
• the federal elected official who only goes to church for photo ops and yet questions other people’s religious convictions.
• the letter writer who thinks forgiving student debt doesn’t affect taxpayers.
• the school corporation for not protecting students and staff, by putting metrics in place and then not following them.
• those who run for office as one political party, but are really another.
• not realizing we will never move forward with all this fear of the sniffles.
• people not asking, if a lockdown was supposed to beat this virus and a mask keeps people safe, why are the numbers still going up?
• anyone considering a mask inhumane because not wearing a mask could make you the cause of someone having an inhumane ventilator down their throat.
• the restaurant for suddenly charging a $1.89 for gravy with the food.
• people who text during the night when people are trying to sleep.
• those building their big mansions and moving off, leaving their pets.
• the so-called family who abandoned an elderly woman and only showed up when the cops came and asked what was going on.
• a busy store in a local shopping center for not enforcing the mask mandate and 6 feet distancing and people for not wearing their mask.
• people dense enough to compare COVID-19 with the flu.
• not taking action to alleviate post office slowdowns being used for voter suppression and causing medicine to be delayed and late charges to be added.
Happy Birthday to …
• Mark Baker, friends at Bethel Baptist Church.
• Sandie Goodwin, from family and friends.
• Veda Wade, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Joyce Mead, love Cindy, Cade, Lou, Hayden, Chloe, Mitzi and Callie.
• JoAnne Anness, from Diane.
• Michael, from Nana and Papaw.
• Peggy Lloyd, from Roger Clark.
• Bob White, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• Greg Majied, from all your friends.
• Amanda McFarlane, from the Bailey’s.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Kim and Jon Griffith.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
