Orchids to …
• the staff at the Columbus Regional Health Cancer Center for dressing up for Halloween because it added some fun to a not-so-fun day of treatment.
• the gentleman in Broadmoor who always gives out drink pouches/boxes for Halloween, from a child who looks forward to trick-or-treating there.
• the nice teller at the First Financial Creekview office for giving her umbrella to a handicapped person in a wheelchair going down to the street in the rain when I walked in to see if they had an extra umbrella.
• The Republic newspaper for their section where people can go and voice their opinions in the Onions and Orchids.
Onions to …
• those who attempt to rewrite the history of the Civil War and pretend that the money, trade and commerce of the confederacy was not built on slavery.
• those who want prayer in state-funded events, and then refuse state-sanctioned same-sex marriages.
• the dark van on 27th Street that should have been slowing for the stop sign but instead laid on the horn twice.
• those who re-tweet the lies of Russian trolls without fact-checking: the Civil War was about slavery.
• the numerous elderly drivers who I’ve nearly avoided accidents with this past week.
• those who complain about daylight saving time every six months.
• the letter writer who thinks 644 federal agencies is reasonable.
• those who profess a high knowledge and certainty of hatred by others while choosing to ignore their own.
• the gas station for doing away with a certain brand of beverage on the soda pop machines.
• the person who thinks money and trade weren’t the cause of the Civil War.
• people who use the word “we” when posting an Onion about people they don’t agree with.
• people who don’t realize the Civil War was not about slavery because it was about states’ rights.
• the adults who think that selling alcohol to raise money for a youth organization is a good idea or a good life model.
• the newspaper for not making it known that the Mingle ‘N’ Jingle was canceled.
• the organization that didn’t give equal raises across the board, making it clear union is the way to go.
Happy Birthday to …
• Jim Byford, from your family and Donna.
• Theresa Handley, from Bethel Baptist Church.
• Dinah McCartney, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Suzanne McClain, from friends at the Morvian Church.
• David Wiwi, from friends from the Morvian Church.
• Josh Shepherd.
• Danielle Eberhart.
• Joseph Kidwell.
• Sophia Farmer.
• Cookie Stroup.
• William Marshall Stone.
• Larry Kirk, from Jeff, Melissa, Shelley, Lisa, Joe, Emily, Tyler, Casey and Owen.
• Anna McKinney, from Jean and George.
• Vicki Mahoney, from Bill.
• Jordan Scott on No. 19, love Mom, Dad, Allison, Matthew, Judy and Kaye.
