Around Town – Aug. 1

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Aug. 1

Orchids to

the dramatic shot of the lightning strike near the courthouse taken by Logan Worton.

the Blazing Starts CISMA (Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area), dedicated to removing invasive species from parks in Bartholomew County.

the Columbus North High School football players who helped the cleanup of Mill Race Park.

the man who turned in the wallet at McDonald’s on State Road 46.

Nikki and staff at Taylorsville Elementary School for giving retired staff and teachers a wonderful tour and trip down memory lane.

Rust-Unger Monuments for resetting the family headstone again!

Onions to

quoting a governor of Washington state as if he’s an authority about climate science, when he’s simply a typical attention-grabber/pot-stirrer type of politician.

anyone trying to justify the clearly documented starvation of children and adults in Gaza as Hamas talking points, expand your selection of news sources.

the just plain dumb EPA deregulation proposal on greenhouse gas emissions stating it’s what everybody wants, except most everybody wants breathable, clean air.

the local representative who is bragging about passing a law that will leave thousands of Hoosiers without health care.

TV commercials that don’t make any sense.

having so many trains.

the “leader” who promised to protect Medicaid and instead cut it by $1 trillion, made a promise to protect Social Security and now his treasury secretary is threatening to privatize it.

the “leader” who made a promise to release the Epstein files and instead has broken his promise to his own base.

U.S. senators who perform antics on the Senate floor instead of doing anything to help their constituents.