Since Ohio’s schools have been closed, Litter Media has been following to Huntington Local Schools’ messages to their students. Each week a different inspirational message in cups along the fence facing the Rozelle Creek Road/Ohio 772 intersection.
As the pandemic has forced school districts to modify their graduation ceremonies, Huntington took the opportunity with their fence message to dedicate the last two weeks to The Class of 2020.
The long awaited haircut, style and spa appointments got a bit closer today as did dining other than carryout.
During his daily news conference Thursday, Governor Mike DeWine released the next dates for getting Ohio’s economy back on track.
Barbers, hair salons and day spas can reopen May 15th. Restaurants can also begin serving customers with outdoor dining on the 15th, then service indoors can resume May 21st.
Of course, as expected, there are many stipulations the businesses and consumers must adhere to. Click the links below for greater detail.
HAIR SALONS, DAY SPAS, NAIL SALONS, BARBERSHOPS & TANNING FACILITIES
MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTIIN & CONSTRUCTION
Meanwhile, Ohio’s total cases for COVID-19 is 22,131 with 4,140 persons hospitalized and 1,271 total deaths.
The Vinton County Health Department reported its ninth and tenth cases after lasting several weeks as the final of the state’s 88 counties without a positive case.
Ross County rose to 44 total cases with 445 patients being tested. Those numbers have remained a consistent 10% positive result since testing began. Chillicothe Correctional Institution had its first positive test among staffers in Thursday’s Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Corrections report.
COVID-19 NUMBERS:As of 2pmET Thursday, statewide total cases number 2is 22,131 with 4,140 persons hospitalized and 1,271 total deaths.
Cases by county in the Scioto Valley Region: Fairfield, 162; Fayette, 23; Highland, 11; Hocking, 20; Jackson, 7; Pickaway, 1,841; Pike, 4; Ross, 44; Scioto, 15; Vinton, 10.
LOCAL PRISONS: CCI: 4 inmates in isolation, 4 testing positive, 0 pending resultsRCI: None affectedPCI: 102 staff testing positive, 1 death, 56 recovered, 484 inmates testing positive (1,546 Tuesday’s report), 24 confirmed deaths, 12 pending results and 1,172 recovered (99 Tuesday’s report). See all the ODRC numbers here
The North Entrance to the Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center is reopening Saturday May 9th as well as the Forrest E. Everhart Memorial Golf Course.
Both have been shutdown since the Ohio Stay At Home Order was issued in March.
According to a news release by the Chillicothe VAMC, all veterans, visitors and staff are to wear a mask while on the VA campus when social distancing is not possible.
“Moving forward together, we will continue to provide exceptional care to our Veterans” stated the release. “Your trust is in VA is paramount. Safe care is our mission and our continuing commitment to you.”
Effective Saturday, May 9th, Chillicothe VAMC’s North Entrance will reopen to incoming and outgoing traffic. The Golf Course will also reopen May 9th.
Urgent Care will return to normal operating hours on Sunday, May 10th.
What began as a simple act of dedication to a mentor, Kindergarten educator Adam Peterson explains the six principles for Be The Yellow and the effect random acts of kindness have on others.
Peterson tells Litter Media the story of honoring his mentor, Honor Trotter, and how the message has spread like wildfire across America and into other countries worldwide, including Chillicothe.
Honor’s son is Dr. Ben Trotter, a Chillicothe transplant.
Watch Litter Media’s interview with Peterson below.
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Chillicothe based photographers Barb and Jerry Jividen have added “author” among their titles.
Barb says “MOM, in the dictionary between Laughter and Noise” was scripted nearly 20 years ago as observations she made while watching her family.
The manuscript was tucked away in a drawer and she’d forgotten about the project. But during the pandemic, she came across the manuscript and decided to give it new life.
She says the 62-page book is somewhat of a devotional for mothers. The book is slated for a wide release in early June.
Photos by Jerry Jividen
Learn more at www.alpinemountainbooks.com
One of America’s longest serving sheriff’s passed away Wednesday morning. Longtime Pickaway County Sheriff Dwight E. Radcliff was 87.
Radcliff served 12 consecutive terms as Pickaway County’s Sheriff, spanning 48 years. His career began as a deputy under his father Charles Radcliff who served in the position from 1931-1960. In 2013, current Pickaway County Sheriff, Robert B. Radcliff, succeeded his father Dwight.
“He was an icon among Sheriffs” Ross County Sheriff, George Lavender told Litter Media. “Longest serving, and the positions he held from the Buckeye Sheriffs’ Association to the National Association… and his family. I have nothing but the upmost respect for the Radcliff’s. If I remember correctly, he was the last Sheriff to live at the County Jail. He was just an icon.”
As per the Pickaway County Sheriff’s statement on Facebook, funeral arrangements are pending.
The organizers of the Southern Ohio Forest Rally (SOFR) and American Rally Association (ARA) have been forced to postpone the event, with the hope to still have the event on the 2020 schedule.
After a couple of years as a May event, SOFR was scheduled for June 19-20 this summer. The pandemic however, forced the group to set the event back.
In a news release late Tuesday, SOFR said “the recent decision made by the state of Ohio to extend its ‘Stay Safe Ohio Order’ order until May 29, 2020, coupled with the postponement of the necessary permitting from the state’s Division of Forestry” was the reasoning for the postponement.
“We are disappointed that we will not be able to make our much-anticipated return to the national schedule in June,” said Event Chairman Jeremiah Johnson in the release. “We are looking at additional dates, and working with the ARA and other national events to find a plausible solution to host SOFR this summer.”
The SOFR was the next event on the ARA’s 2020 National Rally Championship schedule. The last event was held in January, the Sno Drift in Michigan. Since then, the championship events in Missouri, Oregon and Washington State have been wiped from the schedule due to the pandemic.
The ARA, and its parent company USAC, are working with all of the organizers on the 2020 schedule on how to best handle each event and those needs specific to each region and event. USAC, a member of ACCUS, has been at the forefront of finding solutions to get motorsports events back up and running as soon as possible.
“We believe that there are some immediate opportunities for us to get rally back quickly,” said USAC President Kevin Miller. “We have developed several new procedures to help events not only manage their event on-site, but also show local and state authorities how we can mitigate the spread of the virus. There have been many positive changes to how states are handling this pandemic, and we are working hard to find the right solution.”
For now, the next opportunity for race teams will head to Maine and New Hampshire for the New England Forest Rally July 31st-August 1st.
The Ohio Department of Transportation’s District 9 is constructing two roundabouts north of Chillicothe along Ohio 159, where the new Ohio 207 connector intersects and at Ohio 180.
ODOT Public Information Officer Matt McGuire says the work should be complete in 2020.
“There’ll be a new connector connecting the existing 207 over to State Route 159” said McGuire “and there’ll be two roundabouts, one at the new connector and 159 and a roundabout at 180 and 159.”
Studies show roundabouts achieve a 44% reduction in all crashes and a 72-87% reduction in fatal injury crashes when converting a two way stop intersection into a roundabout. READ MORE FROM ODOT
There are nearly 200 roundabouts in the state. Jackson has a roundabout at McCarty Lane and Acy Avenue just west of US 35 and another near Ohio University’s Convocation Center in Athens.
Litter Quality Propane’s Operation Whiskers has reached a new milestone of $201,086.91. Operation Whiskers is a program sponsored by Chillicothe based Litter Quality Propane, the parent company of Litter Media.
A portion of every gallon of propane sold is turned into a donation to area animal shelters throughout the Litter Quality Propane service area.
In the photo above you’ll see the shelters which are benefactors of Operation Whiskers.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OPERATION WHISKERS
As Ohio transitions back to work after weeks of the stay at home order, the state moves into the next phase during the coronavirus pandemic.
Thursday, Litter Media’s Dan Ramey will host a forum with leaders from the Ross County community to discuss where we are and where we’re headed in the move forward.
We’re reaching out to our viewers and followers for your questions for our panel. Submit your questions to littermedia@littercorp.com. The panel session will be available Friday on the Litter Media YouTube channel.
