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online: nwobserver.com e-mail: grinsandgripes@nwobserver.com Grins & Gripes are published based on available space and editor’s discretion. GRINS to...

 Joey Blackburn at Blackburn Insurance in Stokesdale for being the most patient and best insurance agent around.  NWHS senior parents and the PTSO for the recent scavenger hunt – the kids had such a fun time and the challenges were so creative!  Everything the local restaurants and businesses do to support our local communities and high schools. Stay local and give them a second chance.  The lady ahead of me in the checkout line at Food Lion who kindly paid for part of my grocery purchase.  The gent with the white Ford pickup and Stihl chainsaw who was out on N.C. 68 Saturday morning, cutting fallen trees that were blocking the road. Thank you! You’ll never know how much your efforts are appreciated!  The Scouts who came out on a cold, rainy, icy Saturday morning to pick up food. Thank you for helping our community!  Jason Moody, Nate Adkins and Duke Energy. Amazing job during the power outages. Many of us are thankful for being at home with power and trees cleared thanks to you.  The quality and professional service provided by Tire Max in Summerfield.  All the volunteers, neighbors, firefighters, Duke Energy crews, utility crews and others who worked in the frigid, wet temperatures to clear the roads of downed trees and restore our power and internet.  Our beloved hometown grocery store in Stokesdale. Food Lion has kept the shelves stocked and our families fed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic while wearing facemasks and encouraging the health and safety of employees and customers with social distancing and sanitization.  All the linemen who risked their lives in this horrible weather to restore our power. You are to be commended for what you do. May God bless and watch over each and every one of you.  The neighbors who checked on neighbors and offered assistance during the recent ice storm. Politics and other differences were set aside and people just showed concern for others – can we get a little more of that?

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 “Stand Up for Summerfield” for spreading lies pertaining to Summerfield Farms. Summerfield Proud elected officials campaigned on “it’s the responsibility of the builder, not the citizen” to put in water and sewer and the developer will be responsible for water/ sewer installation.  The people who have started their own version of “Oak Ridge Easter Horse Show.” The original nonprofit has been working diligently on planning and just because you don’t like those plans doesn’t mean you can steal their show!  All the drivers who do not turn their headlights on while driving in rain, fog or inclement weather. You are hard to see and make driving dangerous for all. You should be ticketed.  People who toss cigarette butts out

their car windows – and, it is probably a good idea to not throw them out in the heart of Oak Ridge when you have your company name all over your vehicle.  The towing company that caused damage to my fence and denied any responsibility. If your chains break and you cause a car to damage a fence, make it right!  The man in a blue Subaru who got out of his car at a red light and confronted my wife who was stopped behind him at the light for “following too close.” We have video.  The leadership at a local elementary school for using Spirit Day activities to bully children into donating to charity. Peer pressure and pay-to-participate tactics do not build a charitable spirit. You might victimize the same children you aim to help.  People who don’t know what to do at an intersection when traffic signals aren’t working, and then make obscene gestures at others for treating it like a four-way stop like they’re supposed to. The following reader-submitted GRINS and GRIPES express opinions about state and/or national topics, and have been separated from the other grins and gripes as a courtesy to those who do not want to read others’ opinions on state and/ or national political and other non-local topics in a local newspaper. GRINS to...

 Sen. Burr for his courageous condemnation of the former president’s attempted violent coup. Unlike others, Burr did not hide behind unproven Constitutional technicalities. He voted country, not party.

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 MSM brainwashed about Jan. 6. I was there. For the record, BLM and Antifa breached the Capitol, not Trump supporters. Media is finally reporting that. But let’s look at liberals rioting and breaching SCOTUS during Kavanaugh hearings. Hypocrisy much?  Republicans not accepting the outcomes of the 2020 election. Us “snowflakes” didn’t storm the Capitol building when Hillary lost. It’s immature and borderline concerning how dedicated you are to a man who only cares about himself.  The griper who quoted statistics. MSM lies. Of those statistics, they included car/motorcycle victims, gunshot victims, anything to boost their numbers. So where did the flu go?! Even the CDC admitted masks increased catching COVID. Wake up, people!  Those who want the racist “woke” agenda taught in schools. If you want to abuse your children that’s on you, but don’t dare tell my black children they gotta work five times harder than white kids for the same success.  Our government for fooling us all. COVID numbers are greatly exaggerated. So all of a sudden, there is no more mention of flu? If masks worked, all of the U.S. should not have surged in cases. Stop being brainwashed.  The Stalinist purge of Trumpists from the military. Suddenly, conservative comments on social media (speech) constitute “extremist behavior.” But a Muslim army Major in Fort Hood murdering 13 colleagues produced no such witch hunt. I wonder why...  Our new president. Forty-plus executive orders in two weeks does not sound like there is a consensus. The difference between World War II Germany and now is that we don’t have an America to save us.  People who disrespect other people’s views on all the pandemic issues. Don’t go into the stores and businesses if you are going to be rude to other people who don’t share your Socialist views. Stay home and be a sheep.  Sen. Tillis for his failure to hold Trump accountable for provoking violent supporters to overturn the election, the Constitution, Congress, and the U.S. Government by attacking the Capitol Jan. 6.

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