Orchids to …
• Kroger and Donuts n’ Coffee for supporting the Columbus North High School Bull Dogs with your generous donation of doughnuts so our football players could take a bite out of the O’s.
• the James Goddard family for their gratitude.
• Sue, cashier at Kroger Marketplace, for going above and beyond the call of duty by saving the receipt for the tax-exempt, not-for-profit purchases that I forgot, from a grateful customer.
• the Cummins volunteers who helped clean and organize the kitchen at the Turning Point Domestic Violence Services shelter Wednesday.
• Blue & Co. volunteers who helped clean and organize on Thursday at the Turning Point Domestic Violence Services shelter and those who helped prepare for the prevention presentation.
Onions to …
• the newspaper for not having a single word in Thursday’s paper about Wednesday’s tornadoes.
• people who always say “like.”
• those who don’t realize that no information will be released about the storms until the information is known.
• people who evidently believe there is a public safety fairy who will keep us from harm even when we under- fund our local agencies.
Happy Birthday to …
• Anne Williams.
• Anna Poland, from Bethel Baptist Church.
• Angela Rogers, from your family and Donna.
• Saundra Bush, from Aunt Donnella, Uncle Rick and Cousin Stella.
• Mike Todd, from Pastor Lewis and The Who So Ever Will Community Church.
• Rodney Schuette from Aunt Elsie.
• Lorena Gibson
• Larry Wheeler
• Tara Sims
• Dakota Dickey
• Emily Kirk, from Dad, Mom, Casey and Owen Kirk.
• Marli Schrougham, from Nana and your family.
• Raylan Smith George from Daddy, Mamaw Battin, Mamaw and Papaw Hitch, Betty, Marilyn, Penny, Donny, Sammy, Charlie, John, Kirt, Sisko and all the rest of your family and friends.
• Belated birthday wishes to …
• Nick Spaugh, from Aunt Jean.
• Stephanie Albaugh, Garret Conner Jr., Jean Glick and Sara Searcy, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Roger Burke.
• Rita Hull.
• Jess Kuncer.
• Mark Sneed.
• Jessica Alyee.
• Tony Whittington.
• Belated anniversary wishes to …
• Lynn and Donna Glick, on No. 66, from a friend in Hope.
• Lynn and Donna Glick.
• Bryan and Marissa Trotter.
• Dennis Colvin, on No. 44, from Jane.
