Around Town – February 5

Orchids to …

• the check-out clerks at the west-side Walmart, who were very helpful and kind.

• Joe Cole for his important letter to the editor calling out a columnist for his opinion of the president and for explaining dangers of socialism.

• Canadian supreme court for ruling that LGBT rights come before religious beliefs.

• Bed Bath and Beyond, from American Legion Post 24, Columbus.

• Sharon at Captain D’s for being so wonderful to all of her customers, from Lora.

Onions to …

• the letter writer who thinks the president is attacked with unproven statements, when he is recorded on tape.

• people who call themselves Christians who find it so easy to hate and so hard to love.

• people who live nowhere near the southern border who think they know it all about what happens there.

• the president for needing to do more research on the difference between climate and weather.

• the beggars at the store who refuse to work and trash up the place.

• people that think a traffic reconfiguration will magically make people pay attention.

• those for the midnight train horns over the weekend.

• the law enforcement official that will not make his officers enforce speed limits.

Happy Birthday to …

• Leslie Baker from Mom, Mike, and Grandma.

• Paul Milligan, from your wife and family.

• Katie Gater Clark from Paul, Kim and your work buddies.

• Judy Johnson, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist church.

• Jacob Hege, from Grandma Hege and friends at the Moravian Church.

• Cathy Barga from friends at the Moravian Church.

• Seleah Settle from friends at the Moravian Church.

• Jackson Shipley from friends at the Moravian Church.

• Wendy Christy from friends at the Moravian Church.

• Julian Baldwin from friends at the Moravian Church.

• Patrick Walters from friends at the Moravian Church.

• Belated Happy Birthday to…

• Harold Holcomb.

• Brooke Sneed.

• Suzie Norman

• Dane Konetzka.

• Jeff Whittington.

• Jeff James.

Happy Anniversary to …

• JB and Jeanette Freeman, on No. 60 from Marian, the Kirbys, the Millers and Imogene.

• Matt and Amanda Zeller, from friends at the Moravian Church.

ANOTHER beautiful morning