Hopefully the holiday season was a good time for you to spend with family and friends. A visitor to my office used a quote the other day that I will paraphrase — So often we get too caught up in looking for the perfect that we miss the good. Very rarely will anything be perfect and if we are disappointed when something is not perfect then we really will miss some of the best experiences in life. As we wind down the designated time of Thanksgiving this year, feel free to list on this blog the things about Newport and Jackson County for which you are thankful. No we aren’t perfect, but there are a lot of really good things in our community!