Orchids to …
• Larry Bledsoe and his coworkers for keeping our church, Community Church of Columbus, in pristine, clean condition.
• those willing to go big in investing for the future of our great country.
• Ian for his generosity and brightening our day! from Cindy.
• The Republic’s photo editor Mike Wolanin for a superb shot of the “City of Wichita,” the aluminum pterodactyl that’s been in our skies the last few days.
• the local, county and state police for their respectful and professional situation in our neighborhood of Forest Park on Sunday.
• Joe at Long’s Mattress in Columbus for exceptional customer service, from Wanda.
• Scott Keen’s great letter.
Onions to …
• referring to a person as “white trash,” which is an aberration of civility and morality.
• the communications group that has no interest in promoting the biggest preparedness weekend of the year.
• the sore loser who calls his opponents cheaters, the scoreboard defective, the referees unfair, and tells everyone that he won.
• the former national leader that remained silent during the impeachment proceedings, but now defends the outcome of our election.
• naming a race track after a driver who was responsible for causing the death of another driver.
• poor maintenance of the city parking lots on Franklin Street.
• cleaning up after neighbors’ cats that keep coming into my backyard.
• the systemic racism letter that’s part of the problem.
• officials not realizing Columbus is not in near the financial shape it was 10 years ago and yet plows ahead with wasteful “look at what we did” projects.
• the girl for dragging her goat by the horns because that can cause a lot of damage to the horns and to the goat’s health.
• the county for removing the white lines on County Road 450.
• all the businesses that got free government money that did not need it.
• leaving six hiring signs at a county crossroad which is ridiculous since everyone knows everyone is hiring and people don’t want to work.
• anyone who thinks that someone who believes in abortion has true Christian principles.
• not knowing nearly all COVID-19 deaths in U.S. are now among unvaccinated people.
• drivers of off-road vehicles speeding in the housing addition, endangering children and families walking and parents with baby carriages.
• the socialist-Marxist concept of reparation.
• the hate-filled letter to the editor.
• people that park their cars in front of their neighbor’s house instead of their own.
• those who push false critical race theory and systemic racism while ignoring the real problems that affect minorities.
• all show and tell, show up for picture ops and tell all lies.
Happy Birthday to …
• Heather Weddle, from Grandma Weddle.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
