Gratitude is a feeling of thankful appreciation. This Thanksgiving, our gratitude was toward our first cousin, John Paul Christoff. He hosted 40-plus members of the first cousins’ families. His food prep helpers were the Burgess girls, Carol, Barb, Maryanne, Theresa and LuAnne. It was the greatest cooking and togetherness ever.

I am a 94-year-old person who held her nose the first time I voted for Donald Trump and found I had to do it again! In this big wonderful country, both political parties wouldn’t, couldn’t or just didn’t find better candidates for president. I voted for what I thought was the best of two very bad choices.

What do you do when where you live with many residents is bought by a company that hides behind an internet site?

A look at today’s editorial cartoons:

House Bill 445 and Senate Bill 293 will make a significant change in current law that now says Ohio school districts “may” adopt time release for religious education policies to “shall” offer time release for Christian education.

I just finished reading the article about Matt Huffman and Issue 1. Wake up people! Matt Huffman should be ashamed for spending $8 million defeating this issue.

A look at today’s editorial cartoons:

A few roses and thorns seemed to have popped up, even with frigid temperatures hitting a little earlier than normal:

It’s so funny listening to anyone who stands up for Donald Trump. It’s funnier when they say he did good the first time.

I recently read Lima’s revised “improvement” plans for Cable Road. The new plan will reduce southbound to one lane from UNOH to Windsor. It will have a median from Windsor to Latham and left-turn lane from UNOH to Windsor.