Cheers for helpful museum staffers, and jeers for Stockyards parking

Cheers: To the Lowe’s store in Lake Worth for providing parking for veterans up front in the lot. That is a very good gesture, and I salute them every time I park there.

Jeers: To the parking-lot meters at the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District. Please install a large sign at eye level to indicate that the machines don’t make change. The $20 bill I inserted to pay a $7 parking fee will leave you with $13 to help pay the cost of the sign.

Cheers: To Green Pine Tree Service for a great job removing a huge tree and grinding the stump. Those are some hard working men. Fast service. Reasonable price. I highly recommend them. Awesome job, everyone.

Cheers: To the Dallas Mavericks professional basketball team for a spectacular and very fun-to-watch game March 23. I can’t wait for the next season.

Jeers: To the lousy idea of sticking big billboards in the Fort Worth Cultural District. Every square inch of that once-serene area (including the Fort Worth Botanic Garden) will soon be nothing but a mass of ugly signage, paid parking and ticket takers.

Cheers: And thank you for your chivalry and courtesy, Jerry in a white Acura at the Arlington Costco on March 24. You were parked beside me. How kind of you to load my cases of bottled water, potting soil bags and TV. You reminded this independent gal to accept a gentleman’s assistance.

Cheers: To the All-City Choir of the Azle Independent School District for a wonderful concert recently. Also, cheers to the accompanists and directors of the choir, and to Azle High School and Cross Timbers Elementary School. It was a lovely concert.

Cheers: To a former educator in Burleson, Paul Uttley, who received his doctoral degree from Baylor University and is now the superintendent of Paradise Independent School District. Job well done, Dr. Uttley. You and your family are to be proud. We are.

Cheers: And gratitude to David McMillan, head of security, and two other men on the staff at Kimbell Art Museum, who immediately came to my rescue after taking a scary fall. First aid and ice packs were provided, as well as the all-important care and concern that I was going to be A-OK.

Jeers: To KTVT/Channel 11 for showing a pit bull dog as the pet of the week on March 20. Hasn’t there been enough said about pit bulls and the damage they are capable of doing to both humans and other animals? You sure don’t have to show one as the pet of the week.

Cheers: And great thanks to the kind man who came to our home and gave us a check that we dropped at the bank. He told me this was his good deed for the day. Good deed, indeed.

Cheers: To attorney Tracey Schlake of North Richland Hills for her outstanding service. It is appreciated.

Cheers: And blessings to the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program’s tax assistance, the Burleson Public Library, the Burleson Recreation Center (the BRiCk), the Burleson city Service Center, the Burleson Senior Activity Center and the Cleburne office of the Texas Department of Public Safety for their helpful understanding and patient assistance to disabled senior citizens.

Cheers: To Tim of Tim Darnell Plumbing in Keller for coming out on one of the coldest, wettest, most miserable days to handle my emergency plumbing problem. He delivered great service and a great price, and it was great to have him available.

Cheers: To the very kind and generous person who paid for my dinner at Cotton Patch Cafe in Mansfield on Feb. 26. That was an unexpected and pleasant surprise for me. I couldn’t thank you in person because the waiter would not point you out, so thank you.

Jeers: To a local bowling establishment. The temperature in the building is never more than 60, and the staff says it can’t be changed except by a “phone call.” I need a sweater, gloves and a hat. No more bowling there for me.

Jeers: To the major online ordering giants’ often independent contract delivery drivers for taking a picture of one’s delivered merchandise on the porch and attaching it to “delivery status,” instead of actually knocking on the door or ringing the doorbell to announce delivery.