Special thanks to Margaret Bernstein for her wonderful piece today at Cleveland.com celebrating Mort's birthday. At 86 years, Mort is as grateful as he's ever been to serve and support our great community. With today's dedication of "Flowers on the Plaze" to the Ronald McDonald House, we're thrilled to be able to continue that tradition.

In case you didn't realize it, your town has been greatly spruced up thanks to Mort November and his wife Iris. They have improved the local landscape from east to west, by donating funds to build gardens, libraries, hospital wings, theaters and public art installations.

But they outdid themselves this week, unveiling a giant spray of colorful tulip sculptures at Ronald McDonald House on Euclid Avenue that's already bringing smiles to the faces of sick kids and sparking a can't-help-it jolt of joy for us grumpy motorists and RTA riders heading to work.