Take Me To Post Comment Form I am an optimist. This "sunny side of the street" mentality drives some of my loved ones crazy; they say I'm just setting myself up for disappointment, but my belief in the inherent goodness of people was vindicated this week and I'm here to tell you the milk of human kindness flows through Sylvania.

As we all prepared for the effects of Hurricane Hanna this past week, Register, too, made preparations to deal with possible prolonged power outages and damages from wind and water. What worried us the most is that we didn't have a generator to power the main well's pump should we lose power. People can do without lights and A/C fairly well, but water is essential. So Mandi Pilz, our town administrator called Sylvania's manager, Carter Crawford, to see if they could lend us a generator for the duration of the weather emergency.

The City of Sylvania GAVE the Town of Register a generator more than capable of operating the town's water system! But, wait! There's more! They BROUGHT IT TO US! Then, as their town hall is located in a former bank--with vaults--they offered to take our permanent records for safekeeping until the emergency passed.

I'm ordinarily a very measured user of exclamation points, but the amount used in the preceding paragraph serves to underscore our gratefulness for Sylvania's kindness and generosity toward our little town. We are truly thankful and so blessed.