Sounds like there will be big doings in DeSoto County at midnight tonight as Horn Lake resident Donny Counts lowers a giant New Year’s Eve ball in front of his home.

According to an article in last Friday’s newspaper, the crystal ball he’ll use is actually 6 inches larger in diameter than the one that’s used in Times Square in New York.

Which actually makes sense, if you think about it.

After the way they’ve been shirking responsibility for helping clean up the Memphis metro area’s pollution problems, I think it’s fair to say that nobody drops the ball like the folks in DeSoto County.

Happy New Year!