Orchids & Onions (November 9, 2012)

• Columbus East Marching Band for being full of goodhearted, fun-loving and kind students and for having a safe and accepting environment for everyone, from parents who notice the important stuff.

• Marilyn at Tannehill for taking care of Be'Be Whitis during my surgery, from Laurie and Troy Whitis.

• Seymour gas stations for having their prices 25 cents lower than Columbus.

• Hope Elementary School PTO for the lunch during conferences, the books for our classrooms and everything else you do to make our school a great place to be, from Hope Elementary teachers.

• Alex Cornn on finishing the season as the third-leading tackler for the Bull Dogs, from Bull Dog fans.

• Starla at Lowe's for being very professional and a great saleslady, from two very pleased customers.

• Ray's Automotive Center for being so kind and promptly repairing my car, from a first-time customer.

• George Albers for his excellent Letter to the Editor.

• Dr. Gardner at Columbus Regional Hospital's ER for finding my dad's aneurism and arranging for him to be flown to Methodist Hospital so quickly, from Amy Niedbalski.

• Ali Horn for making Silver Honor Roll, from Grandma Fields and all the family.

• Jason Walls for buying the wonderful dinner for your co-worker.

• Kelly Hoffman for all that you've done for me, from a grateful client.

• Kathy Dobbs for taking care of my dog, from mom Nick.

• The Republic carriers for getting everything delivered Thursday morning in the fog, from Bertha Maple.

• all the hard workers at the voting precincts, who had an especially long day, from a former worker.

• George Albers for the great letter to the editor.

• voters who persevered and waited in line for two or more hours to vote.

• William Pumphrey II for the enlightening letter to the editor, from one of the 18 percent.

• all Americans who unite now to move our beloved country forward.

• getting Sharon Randall's column back in the paper.

• Teresa and Lynn at Superior Court I for everything you do, from Rick.

• Cadence Branham, Mary Hyatt and Peyton Brown for making the honor roll, from Nana and Papaw.

• Onions to

• high schools who won't allow children to work on their homework on the resource floors after their lunch.

• The Republic for being a worse newspaper than The Daily Prophet.

• school corporation that did not delay school because of the fog on Thursday, putting its students and teachers in danger.

• the United States that lacks respect for its elected leaders.

• the election board for making voters who live on Goeller Boulevard go miles up the road to Bethel Christian on North U.S. 31 to vote.