Orchids to …
• the confident and caring staff members of Four Seasons Rehab, from Diane.
• James Kubal for the heavy dose of reality in his letter.
• Greg and Voelz Body Shop for the super job on an 11-year-old car.
• all the nurses for taking such good care of me while I was in the ICU, from Edna.
• Alexa at Foundation for Youth for going above and beyond to locate an important medical device, from a grateful mom.
• the grand jury for not caving in to the court of public opinion and making the right decision.
• our military who are heroes regardless of what anyone says.
• vaccine CEOs issuing a safety pledge, saying they will only submit for approval or emergency use authorization after demonstrating safety.
• the Lincoln Project’s new ad.
• everyone who is going to observe Halloween and let the kids have some fun since they’re wearing a mask anyway.
• James Kubal’s spot-on letter to the editor.
Onions to …
• the person who thinks other opinions are drivel.
• people wanting more overpass guardrails, maybe they should drive the posted speed limit.
• any other guidance beyond the Constitution impacting any Supreme Court decision.
• herd immunity which might not work and is likely to up the U.S. death total by 10 fold or more.
• kids who need to learn the video game Grand Theft Auto is not an instruction manual.
• the letter writer who watches and believes too much fake news.
• the federal elected official saying he will not honor or recognize mail-in/absentee ballots if he loses the election — thus destroying our democracy.
• the person(s) stealing political signs from yards.
• federal elected officials giving speeches wearing no masks and reaching out to people standing shoulder and shoulder, contributing to the spread of COVID-19.
• the federal elected official for suing a state that expanded vote by mail.
• the federal elected official who embraced a conspiracy theory group whom the FBI has labeled as a potentially domestic terrorism threat.
• those who let their mean dogs get loose.
• law enforcement not doing traffic watches and violations all hours of the day and evening.
• the restaurant serving raw conies and had salt in the coney sauce.
• those who hold criminals up as martyrs.
• caring more about police firing bullets into a wall than those same police firing bullets killing a Black woman.
• everyone who has believed the exaggerated lies about the actual number of virus deaths.
Happy Birthday to …
• Karen Dobbs, from your family, co-workers and Donna.
• Julie Huber, from your family and Donna.
• Sherry Smith, from your family and Donna.
• Duane Burton, from friends at Bethel Baptist Church.
• Debra DeBusk, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Christine Taylor, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Nick Baker, from Jay Baker.
• April and Amber Seifert, from Jay Baker.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Missy and Rich McNealy from your family, Tammy and Donna.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
