Around Town – May 25

May 25

Orchids to …

• Pastor Rebecca Milne, Chris Kimerling, the choir, Amy Ogilvie, Kathy Bush and the Petersville United Methodist Church Worship Team for the wonderful outdoor worship service.

• Linda McNealy, Chris Kimerling, Karen Mize and Kathy Bush for the delicious brunch on Sunday, from the Petersville United Methodist Church congregation.

• people happy to get their vaccines and grateful to the last administration for getting them in a timely manner.

• the good old days when most people appreciated our democracy and respected the Constitution regardless of political affiliation.

• Ray Gibson’s letter.

• Kimber Knapp for her street corner ministry and the wonderful article about her, from a fellow Christian.

• Greensburg and Seymour for installing baby boxes.

• Columbus Internal Medicine, Dr. Anderson, Jaime, and the staff, thank you.

Onions to …

• those with no experience of racism, try sitting down with some people of color, and listen with an open mind.

• letter writer rejecting the certified national election simply because his “tribe” lost — even internal GOP polls showed their candidate had extremely high negatives.

• letter writer ignoring the truth about the election validated by a GOP attorney general, move on and get a life!

• those spewing conspiracy theories and lies instead of educating themselves about the truth.

• the county phone alert service that begins calls with an ear-splitting screeching sound.

• saying there is abundant and overwhelming evidence the election was stolen but never actually producing any to support that claim.

• the letter about defunding the police.

• paying the highest condo fees in town and getting no maintenance done.

• putting in parking meters downtown when we already had them and removed them.

• the people on the lake putting sand on the beach, killing the fish and polluting the lake.

• claiming there is no racism, turn on a news channel that is not spreading false narrative and learn the truth.

• claiming the former federal elected official is the most honest in American history, when we know that’s untrue.

• the hypocritical political party that has lost touch with reality.

• not understanding the difference between claiming election irregularity and actual evidence.

• the former leader falsely promising to repeal the health care law, and to replace it with something cheaper and more effective.

• the representative who scurried away with his brother who the mob wanted to hang, yet doesn’t want an investigation into the insurrection.

• Christian columnist reveling in sadistic torture-porn (“quivering ribbons of bleeding flesh,”) while pretentiously weeping over our ignorance.

• not believing the election was fair while admitting courts and media agree the conspiracy theories are “baseless accusations, without foundation and evidence.”

• the political party that has lost the moral high ground on integrity.

• the store that sells burnt and sour foods.

• the letter writer and his alternative facts.

• the city for not picking up a large, dead raccoon blocking our storm drain after I called 911 and was told no one would come out until Monday.

• the former elected official who continues to mislead on the contents of recent voter laws in several states.

• the school that cut that girl from the cheer squad then added her back after the mother complained.

Happy Birthday to …

• Wayne Kimberlin, from friends at Bethel Baptist Church.

• Tiffany Xu, from your family and Donna.

• Aimie Heltman, from your family and co-workers.

• Jane Johnson, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.

• John Stivers, from your family.

Happy Birthday to …

• Jerry McDonald, from JoAnne and Dennis.

Happy Belated Anniversary to

• Ronald and Nancy Murphy Speer.