Orchids to …
• Chelsea Spartz at Columbus Cancer Center for her kind, caring, upbeat and uplifting attitude when patients are down and stressed, from Cindy Jines.
• Johnson Witkemper for donating gift cards to be given to participants who disposed of 300 pounds of medication on National Drug Take Back.
• Jackianne Strong for being so thoughtful, from Dawn and Diane.
• The Republic for the front-page article about the very long-time CRH Food Services employees, and to the ladies for jobs well done.
• Sveni Thalor for a successful National Drug Take Back day senior project.
• those next week who will promptly take down political signs from their own property and elsewhere.
• Chuck and Brandon at Overhead Door for saving me on Sunday.
• Newbern United Methodist Church on Wednesday evening for the good food, special event and enjoyable evening.
• Ashlynn Dunham, for making the honor roll again, from your Pappy, your Mommy and all your family.
• the nice man that helped me down the steps last night at the ball game, from Linda.
• all of the local businesses that contributed to the Columbus Rock Gem Halloween party for our raffle.
Onions to …
• the owner of the eyesore trailer park for letting it become so dilapidated and to the county for allowing it to happen.
• the city for not changing the trick-or-treat night when surrounding communities managed to do so.
• the city employee, who, when questioned why the mayor wouldn’t consider changing trick-or-treat night, responded by saying the date was set a long time ago.
• the city for not delaying trick-or-treating until Friday.
• a local education association for settling on a lousy teacher contract.
• people that also need to focus on bicyclists having proper lighting at night and obeying all traffic laws such as stopping at stop signs.
• the eyesore house truck junkyard east of 25th Street.
• the woman who dumped two cats in a local neighborhood.
• homeowners who allow their friends to come over for parties to park in the middle of the road when residents are trying to get to their own houses in the subdivision.
• the president saying he was going to fix the economy amid news of slowing economic progress.
• the lieutenant colonel who’s taking advantage of the situation to make a name for himself.
• those who don’t know that President Trump did send weapons to the Ukraine for their defense while president Obama only sent them blankets and kind words.
• the president going to a boxing match in New York Saturday to amuse himself at the expense of taxpayers.
Happy Birthday to …
• Barb Day, from friends at Bethel Baptist Church.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
