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Jan. 21
Orchids to
Toyota Material Handling for providing the T-Rex facility for the VEX Robotics State Qualifier and for assisting with the technology setup, your support created an incredible opportunity for students to learn, compete, and grow through hands-on STEM experiences, from BCSC Robotics.
now when people say “Hoosiers,” they won’t just be talking about basketball!
Larry Shade for a very accurate letter of the disastrous consequences of the MAGA legislators failing to restrain their boss’s destructive policies.
Larry Shade for his letter regarding Congress standing up to Trump.
Mill Race Center for showing the movie “The Butler” on MLK Day, an excellent movie that should be a required viewing by all, children included.
Onions to
the federal elected official that did not even mention Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday’s federal holiday.
the federal official’s petulant, childish, boorish letter to the Norwegian prime minister, which shows why he shouldn’t even be considered as a candidate for any peace prize.
the elected official doing to Minnesota what Putin is doing to Ukraine.
the present administration causing the USA to regress to the pre-civil rights era.
the dangerous “I want it all” power grab by the White House and the fact that the whole world is watching while he shreds our alliance with the free world.
out of control ICE for operating above the law with a force growing in number, and a budget growing as well, very closely imitating the Gestapo of Nazi Germany.
the disgraced former news anchor who led a group of thugs in disrupting a worship service, which is a violation of the federal FACE Act.
Happy Birthday to
Henry J. Phelps on No. 83, from your family.





