Orchids to …
• last week’s Democratic Convention with plans of hope and progress for the future of our country.
• my grandson, Jason Phelps, for his team having a great success in the soccer tourney over the weekend.
• Estep & Co. for donating gift certificates for our students who are showing great effort, from LF Smith Elementary Title 1 reading teachers.
• Downtown Dairy Queen for helping us recognize students who are making effort to become great readers, thank you for the gift certificates, from LF Smith Elementary Title 1 reading teachers.
• the W.D. Richards PTO and Texas Roadhouse for the baked potato lunch, we appreciate your care for us! from the teachers and staff.
• Jeffrey Blanz and his team for hard work to drastically improve a walking trail between Blackhawk and Bittersweet Woods at Tipton Lakes, it was a great Eagle Scout project that will be used by many.
• the everyday hardworking silent majority.
• the Democratic National Convention with a remarkable array of speakers every night and Michelle Obama for her remarkable speech.
• Richard at Best Buy who is always so helpful and knowledgeable and is a great support person.
• Ron Greathouse for being a great neighbor, from Autumn Ridge people.
• the Republic for so quickly resolving the problem on Taylor Road, from a grateful senior customer.
• Indiana State Police Officer Chris and Brown County Sheriff’s Department for rescuing me when my van broke down and getting me back home.
Onions to …
• people not realizing our physicians will have to start entering a new cause of death on death certificates — “public policy.”
• people who won’t accept another’s opinion.
• blaming the candidate for violence taking place under the federal elected official’s watch.
• the pet owner making his dog run in extremely hot weather as he rides his bike to pick up his child from school.
• people who want to know every positive COVID-19 case in every school building, just trust the schools to do their job.
• parents standing outside school doors waiting for kids without face masks on.
• to the rude customer at the country store for throwing a tantrum over honey ham.
• those blindly voting for the candidate without knowing what he’s all about.
• the official using educational jargon because she doesn’t have a response to a question.
• those who are quick to judge when it takes a child a few tries to develop new habits and routines after being out of school for many months, please be patient and encouraging.
• political party for claiming the opposition party wants to defund the police.
• those who don’t realize a true leader would admit when they were wrong rather than double down.
• the federal elected official who says he supports law and order but hides his tax returns because they show he does not believe in law and order.
• the city for the water problems, letting things get this bad and taking over a year to address it.
• the runner who would not get over for traffic, almost getting herself hit.
• the state elected official’s COVID-19 plan which has no exact data point to be used to end the ongoing state mandates.
• businesses with dirty, hot working conditions expecting employees to reuse their face masks.
• anyone who believes this federal leader’s record of overwhelming lies, death and division makes a case for re-election.
• the federal elected official basing a campaign on racism versus anti-racism and defending the Confederate flag with racially-divisive tweets.
• anyone stirring up trouble by claiming a falsehood that any political party favors rioters, late-term abortions and socialism.
• those who do not realize that the virus is not interested in our freedoms and liberties, it is only interested in killing us all.
• the city putting up Christmas lights but can’t have the street lights maintained.
• people wanting reparations.
• the local medical facility who doesn’t check the qualifications of doctors before hiring them.
• removing rose bushes from as far back as 1913 that were so colorful and the blooming cherry trees so the elected official could be seen.
Happy Birthday to …
• Karlie Moss.
• Dixie Mellis from your family and Donna.
• Lucretia Sims from your family and Donna.
Happy Birthday to …
• Isabel White on No. 18, from Papaw and Nana.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Josh and Reegan Littrell from your family and Donna.
