• 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.
• Oct.25
• Orchids to
• Columbus Veterinary Services and the three Drs. Chaille for doing low-cost spay and neuter surgeries for 28 cats this past Sunday, from the CARE spay/neuter team.
• Tom Lane for his thoughtful and kind letter clarifying his position, from Bob Valek.
• Tom Lane for his clear, concise and accurate letter.
• the honest person who turned in my prescription to the lost-and-found when I left it in a shopping cart at Walmart.
• the woman who stopped and picked up the little squirrel that had been hit on U.S. 31.
• the counter worker at Arby’s on 25th Street for selling me a sandwich for the coupon price when I didn’t have a coupon.
• Amy at American Legion Post 24 for helping me peel 100 pounds of potatoes for the Zoo’Opolis Benefit Dinner Saturday.
• Onions to
• the company that placed about 30 flags in our yard for over a week and decided to dig on our property with no notice.
• young people who have no respect for anything.
• people who don’t know you can only have four clear front lights on at one time while on the road, including headlights.
• people who complain about the current administration yet do not vote.
• people who condone and perhaps practice the words and behavior of Donald Trump.
• those who don’t care about Medicare and Social Security until they realize they too need it.
• Republicans campaigning on protecting pre-existing conditions when they support an active lawsuit to get rid of those protections, and have voted many times to do so.
• anyone who finds humor in political cowards sending bombs to anyone.
• the company that removed 70 adult trees in Columbus, from a neighbor.
• the administration quoting the arms sales to Saudi Arabia as hundreds of billions of dollars when in fact it is $3 billion.
• the current administration announcing a new policy making it easier for states to opt out of providing coverage for pre-existing conditions and essential health benefits such as emergency room visits, ambulances, prescriptions, rehab and maternaity.
• people who rent to drug dealers and don’t do anything about it.
• spending $5 million for soccer fields, when that money should be used to fund needed upgrades to the school system.
• the proposed sports complex that will never be profitable, leaving taxpayers footing the bill.
• Happy Birthday to
• Tressa Blanton, from your family and Donna.
• Anthony and Rachel Depoy, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Aunt Jean Thompson, love you, from Hailey
• Brian Blanton – Happy Birthday, Dad. Love Skyler, Savanna, Blaich and Caitlin.
• Charles Dale Franke, from an older former Azalia resident
• Lois Vice, from Linda and Joan.
• Burt Powell, from your wife.
• Belated Happy Birthday to
• Bertha Studler, from Mary and Elsie.
