• Editor’s Note: The deadline for Around Town items to appear in Sunday and Monday editions of The Republic is now noon Saturday. Around Town submissions made by either phone or email on Sunday will be considered for Tuesday publication. Instructions on submissions appear on Page A2 every day.
Orchids to …
• Sherri Grimes for her excellent analysis exposing “the left” including names, just in time for the election, from Bob Valek.
• the local fire department for coming so quickly and being friendly and thorough when there was a gas leak Wednesday night.
• to Linda W., a volunteer at CHIRP, for remembering the folks at All Saint’s Apartments; your kindness and hard work is appreciated.
• Sherry Grimes for her letter to the editor in Thursday’s edition of the paper.
• Democrats for their leadership of helping to create a fair and balanced economic and just social system that makes America great.
• city employees for their professionalism, dedication and skills that make Columbus a safe, clean and high-performing world-class city.
• John J. for his excellent job of keeping the shopping carts up at Walmart, from an everyday shopper.
• the family whose tattered American flag shows love, respect and peace for those who fought so gallantly for our independence, from a grateful American, SRW.
• Tosha Markwell at Columbus Regional Health for checking on me after my hospital stay and her excellent personality and advice, from Loretta Pruitt.
• Sherry Grimes for her well-written letter to the editor in Thursday’s paper.
• Lana Smith, for my much-appreciated gift cards when I was off work with surgery, from Loretta Pruitt.
Onions to …
• any Columbus residents who aren’t working together to make areas around Brighter Days and Love Chapel cleaner and safer instead of crying “not in my backyard.”
• the U.S. government for the massive failure in administering the do-not call program, as I am getting an average of five telemarketing calls per day.
• Republicans who can’t run on the economy because of ballooning deficits, flat wages and farmer bailouts, so instead try to scare everyone with Kavanaugh and caravans.
• a president too small to stand up to Russia or Saudi Arabia but big enough to bully women.
• the trains and their overly loud horns for waking me up the third night this week.
• Republicans who wanted gridlock under Obama but rubber stamps under Trump.
• the school that wants teachers to dress more professionally, but doesn’t want to pay them more professionally.
• the letter writer who makes snide remarks then asks us to come together and agree on something.
• the president’s administration for raising our national debt to even higher levels.
• law enforcement for using the shooting range all hours of the night.
• the school bus that ran a stop light on Westfield on Friday morning.
• the letter writer who still does not understand that sworn testimony and witnesses are evidence.
• those who want to turn our country into a fascist society rather than a democratic society.
• people who don’t realize that Jimmy Carter was president in 1980, not George Bush.
• the letter writer who doesn’t understand that the commitment from NATO allies for increased defense spending occurred years before President Trump was in office.
• our administration that has caused our allies to go to Russia and China to make deals instead of the United States.
• people in the mobile home community throwing cigarette butts out on the edge of the road into dry grass.
• mean people who abuse children and animals.
Happy Birthday to …
• Joyce Smith.
• Sophie Jaggers on her ninth birthday, love, Daddy.
• Belated Happy Birthday to…
• Jerry Edward Wade Sr. on Oct. 19 from your brother, Rick.
• Nate Hagerty from great-grandma Hagerty and all your family.
• Nate Hagerty, from grandma Hagerty and your family.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Ron Placek, from your wife after 28 years, Cheryl.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
