76-year-old Salvation Army bell ringer has been at it for a decade-plus
James Merrigan’s wife told him to find something to do with his time.
So the retired Air Force veteran left his Old Aberdeen Road home in Columbus and showed back up a little while later. When he did, his wife, Vicki, asked what he had found.
“Well,” he said, “it’s seasonal.”
That was 13 years ago. He’s been doing the thing he found ever since.