Orchids to …
• Jack and the crew at Midas for the great service on short notice done on my GMC truck Saturday afternoon.
• everyone who gave us bags for Love Chapel, from Rick Moss.
• Doug Showalter for his spot-on opinion of the Grammy Awards.
• Columbus North cheerleaders who work tirelessly to keep school spirit and excitement up game after game, from Maxine Littrell.
• Columbus Regional Health for its WellConnect educational class offered and in the professional manner in which it was conducted, from Clarine Baker.
• Hope fifth- and sixth-grade cheerleaders for a great season and an amazing job cheering all day at the tourney, from Coach Jes.
• Judy Lee, Tom F. and all in finance who helped with online ticket sales for the D-Vine Wine and Beer Festival to make it a great event, from DSI.
• Amy, Tom and Alycyn for all the hard work you put into pulling off another great D-Vine Wine and Beer Festival to raise funds for our clients at DSI.
• Roger Keller for fixing my car, from Betty Lou.
• the lovely gentlemen in the white BMW for helping me get my yellow lab, from Sharon Larson.
Onions to …
• the driver of a tan SUV for speeding on Nugent Boulevard and making it unsafe for the locals wanting to enjoy the nice weather.
• the local attorney who needs to realize who was at fault in an automobile accident.
• those who don’t believe there are too few job seekers as we are with record employment and little need of new businesses since we can’t keep the ones that are already here.
• those who don’t realize there hasn’t been significant business growth in Columbus for over 20 years.
• the man who has a large truck parked in his front yard with a for sale sign on it for the past six months.
• the driver of the small dark gray vehicle driving on Marr Road near Armuth Acres at 7:10 a.m. with no headlights even after several oncoming vehicles flashed their lights to notify you.
• The Republic carrier who doesn’t know how to put the paper in the box and throws it on the ground to get wet; and to The Republic carrier who puts rubber bands so tightly around the newspapers, making it difficult to get off and read the paper.
• people who become volunteers only to degrade the poor people asking for help.
• the managers of the big box companies who do not know how to operate or manage a place of business.
• those who work third shift and don’t do their jobs.
• The Republic for its new paper size, which is too small and thin; and for its Sunday paper, which contained a whole page of pictures of a week-old funeral and a large feature article.
• nurses who are mean, nasty and inconsiderate to other nurses.
• local politicians who got beat last fall and are still upset.
• those who can’t seem to be able to cross the street the old fashioned way by looking both ways to see if it’s clear before proceeding, without the implementation of a crosswalk to stop motorized traffic in the middle of the block.
Happy Birthday to …
• Pam Mills Compton, from your family and Donna.
• Dale Anderson, from your family and Donna.
• Cathie Martin, from your family and Donna.
• Don Weddle Sr., from your family.
• William Summers, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• Michelle Albright.
• Laura Mahoney.
• Roger Dale Keller, from your friends at DSI.
• Nick Curd, from Grandma Jean and Grandma Joan.
• Alice Heck, from your families.
• Anna Couch, from your families.
• Maxine Robbins.
• Alice Heck, from Marsha Sebastian.
• Eric Lux, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Adycin Rager, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Ashley Chambers, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Anna Couch, from Marsha Sebastian.
• Anna Couch, from Pastor Lewis and The Who So Ever Will Community Church.
• Marcia Sebastian, from Pastor Lewis and The Who So Ever Will Community Church.
• Pam Steinke, from Pastor Lewis and The Who So Ever Will Community Church.
Belated Wishes to …
• Martha Bell, from your Daughters of Isabella Sisters.
• Jimmy Lucas, from Aunt Diane and Uncle Tim.
• Caylee Marie Brown, from Grandma and Grandpa Brown.
• Mary Grasson.
• the Rev. Robert Baldwin, from the Sixth Street General Baptist Church.
• Chris Burton, from Pastor Lewis and The Who So Ever Will Community Church.
