FILE - A woman types on a laptop while on a train in New Jersey, May 18, 2021. A trial of a four-day workweek in Britain, billed as the world’s largest, has found that an overwhelming majority of the 61 companies that participated over six months last year will keep going with the shorter hours and that most employees were less stressed and burned out and had better work-life balance. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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Aug. 4
Orchids to
ABC Cutting Contractors for their help at the United Way Center.
Kathryn Jean Lopez for a great column.
Asbury Church for the wonderful “The King’s Brass” program.
Petersville United Methodist Church for all of the breakfast casseroles and fruits on Teacher Day, from Clifty Creek Elementary.
Kathryn Jean Lopez for her column in Thursday’s paper.
Nancy Ray for her letter Wednesday.
Onions to
those who don’t realize that a person is considered innocent until proven guilty.
drivers who treat county roads as one way because they are not.
temporary classrooms in the elementary gymnasium that are not conducive to learning.
another exclusive “community” event priced so as not to be inclusive.
the school corporation for requesting another referendum.
the former leader who committed the gravest crimes against the United States and to all of the citizens who continue to support him.
community leaders tasked with identifying vulnerabilities to solve problems but have no idea what the needs of residents are and actually don’t care.
spending taxpayer dollars in consultant fees to attract the wealthy and not caring about the people who actually live here and what they can afford.
the administrator at the senior assisted living facility who doesn’t come out of her office and greet the residents.
the inconsiderate lady who took my parking spot that I was waiting on at the hospital.
the death of constitutional America.
the former governor who has revealed his true colors by bowing before the elites.
people who don’t tell the truth.
Happy Birthday to
Rama Yepuri, from your family and Donna.
Brent Peters, from your family and Donna.
Lisa Knies, from your family and friends.
Evelyn Pence, from your many friends and colleagues.
Happy Anniversary to
Robert and Judith Ritz on No. 60.
