Orchids to …
• our great neighbors for the chicken wings and pumpkin squares, from Kenny and Pat.
• Amanda on the north hall of Four Seasons Health Center for all the kind loving care she gives to patients and for calling my wife Sunshine.
• the great and accurate letter from Terry Brock about supporting Trump.
• the use of the beautiful Christmas lights on the trees downtown.
• the Columbus Democratic Party for hosting such a wonderful fish fry for all of our city council candidates; it’s great to see such a positive community spirit and hopes for a great future.
• Terry Brock for his opinion, from a walk-away Democrat and forever Republican.
• Donna Darcy and Rolf Loescher, Julie and Paul Furber, Amy and Ken Kaiser, Sarah and Jon Rohde and Veronica and Kyle Turner for being great contestants on the Not-So-Newlywed Game, from Mickey Kim.
• all who came to my rescue when I was sick on Thursday morning, from Patsy S.
• a cable morning show host refusing to show parts of the president’s rally.
• Terry Brock, for standing up for the truth.
• Sen. Mitt Romney for speaking the truth with courage and conviction.
• the arrest of two foreign co-conspirators of Ukraine-gate.
• the nice Christian lady at St. Peter’s having surgery this week.
• Terry Brock for telling it like it really is.
• and kudos to Terry Brock for his letter in “Your View.”
Onions to …
• the same people who constantly write Onions about Barack Obama being divisive then, when forced to acknowledge Trump’s rhetoric, especially about women, say they didn’t vote for him because he was nice.
• people who think every neighborhood park and green space needs to be paved and/or fenced in for sports.
• Democrats for giving everything away to illegals, yet can’t find funding for a decent Social Security allowance raise to those who earned and deserve it.
• the person who thinks marijuana is a gateway drug because, you know what, it is grown from this earth.
• the 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. train horns that were used in excess.
• the inexperienced manager who opened a self-scheduling computer site without letting all employees know of the change.
• whoever hit and destroyed my mailbox on the dead-end street on the west end of town.
• the misguided letter in Friday’s paper.
• the cable company for taking Turner Classic Movies out of its channel lineup.
Happy Birthday to …
• Wilma Houshour, from friends at Bethel Baptist Church.
• Jenna Boewe on your 16th birthday, from Mom, Dad and Brendan.
• Danny Anderson From Kelli, Rylee, Lexie and Kloey Anderson.
• Jessica Curd, from Grandma Jean, Grandma Joan, Mom and Dad.
• Belated Happy Birthday to…
• Howard Wayne Eden on Oct. 11, from family.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
