Around Town – October 24

Orchids to …

• Columbus code enforcement

• all the people who helped raising $2,048 for the Hope Food Pantry.

• Kristen Welker, who did the best job moderating of all the debates.

• L.B. Electric/Levi Brown for his excellent service.

• U.S. District Judge Sarah Evan Barker for her ruling on mail-in ballots.

• the article telling the truth that your vote is important.

• Petersville United Methodist Church for the staff treats, from Clifty Creek Elementary School.

• Michelle Carr for good sleuthing.

• Athen’s Church for donating classroom supplies for teachers, from Clifty Creek Elementary School.

• our electoral college, secure borders, and legal immigration.

Onions to …

• sending the National Guard to all the nursing homes eight months into a pandemic.

• school secretaries who sit in the staff lounge and put down teachers.

• yelling shots fired for sympathy votes before knowing the entire story.

• those not realizing that the only way to have health care for all is to have socialized health care.

• those that don’t agree the federal elected official’s debate rebuttals were full of sound and fury.

• those praising the new three-way stop — you must not be noticing all the drivers blowing right through it.

• false and exaggerated claims of gunshots being fired.

• stacked elections.

• people who claim to be pro life but are indifferent with separating babies from their families.

• candidates who think it’s fine to lie to get votes.

• the federal elected official who knocks others for wearing masks and social distancing.

• the federal elected official’s speech that derided the honor, virtue, and integrity of our military generals and admirals.

• authorities closing the case on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

• people who live off the government and sit at home and complain about the federal elected official.

• the lady in the red car dumping her dead tree at the end of a city street.

• the federal elected official for calling the reporters dumb.

• the church who is going to totally reopen in November.

Happy Birthday to …

• Robert Decker, from your family and Donna.

• Bev Gray-Sellers, from your family and Donna.

• Debbie Drysdale, from Adam, Leah, Claire, Noah, Greg, Dani, Xavier, Kambry, and all your family.

• Vicki Marlene Gilham, from PJ.

• Margaret Clark, from Roger, Ginger, Natalie, Mollie, Taylor, and Frank.

ANOTHER beautiful morning