The Ross County NAACP Scholarship Committee has opened the 2020-2021 application period for the Robert J. Robinson Sr. Scholarship. This Scholarship is for Chillicothe High School Seniors only & all guidelines & criteria are listed on the application.
Applications are available at the Guidance Counselor’s office or go online where the scholarships are listed on the school website. All applications must be submitted no later than Monday, April 26th.
(CHILLICOTHE) – As announced by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine earlier this month, Adena Health System will serve as one of 15 mass vaccination clinic sites throughout Ohio significantly expanding regional access to COVID-19 vaccines. Adena is set to receive the one dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to begin administration as a mass vaccination clinic site on Wednesday, March 31 at the PACCAR Medical Education Center, located on the campus of Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe.
Each regional mass vaccination clinic will be locally operated with support from the Ohio Department of Health and Ohio Emergency Management Agency. Adena’s clinic will be equipped to administer thousands of vaccines a day depending on supply and demand.
“As a rural health system with a mission of being called to serve our communities, it is a tremendous honor to be asked by the Governor and assist our state officials as one of Ohio’s mass vaccination clinic sites,” said Jeff Graham, Adena President & CEO. “Vaccines are our best defense against COVID-19, and it is a privilege to collaborate with our healthcare partners across the region and state in this coordinated effort to ensure all individuals have an opportunity to receive the vaccine as it becomes available.”
Adena’s mass vaccination administration is by appointment only.
Vaccination appointments can be made by individuals 18 years of age and older by calling 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634) or visiting gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov.
The vaccine is being offered at no cost.
WHERE: PACCAR Medical Education Center
446 Hospital Road Chillicothe, OH 45601
Parking – FREE
WHEN:Starting Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Tuesday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Individuals with appointments to receive their vaccination through Adena are asked to bring photo identification and be prepared to wait approximately 15-30 minutes following their shot for monitoring. This is not a drive-thru vaccination location.
In Highland County, the county health department, Highland District Hospital, Highland Health Providers and several other community organizations have partnered to provide a large COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic on Thursday, April 1 from 9AM to 7PM at the Hillsboro YMCA. This clinic includes over 150 evening appointments.
Appointments are available to anyone 18 years old and older, and pre-registration is required. Registration can be done online at https://highlandcovidvax.timetap.com or over the phone at any of the following numbers:
(614) 881-1882
(937) 981-1121
(937) 393-3406
(937) 393-6377
Operators are standing by to get people registered!
(COLUMBUS) – The Division III and IV girls basketball All-Ohio teams were announced Monday by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association.
The Division I and II All-Ohio teams will be announced Tuesday, followed by the Ohio Ms. Basketball Award on Wednesday. The boys basketball All-Ohio teams will be announced starting next Monday, April 5.
2021 Division III Girls Basketball All-Ohio Teams
Player of the Year: Zoe Miller, Berlin Hiland
Coach of the Year: Ourtney Bryant, Warrensville Heights
Mya Leach, Sarahsville Shenandoah, 5-8, fr., 14.2; Emily Siedel, Bowerston Conotton Valley, 5-4, sr., 14.5; Maddie Powers, Malvern, 5-8, so., 16.0; Sophia Knight, Tuscarawas Central Catholic, 5-8, sr., 12.9; Kelsey Harlan, Hannibal River, 5-6, fr., 12.4; Kara Ramsey, New Matamoras Frontier, 5-6, so., 10.0; Makenna Phillips, Beallsville, 5-11, sr., 11.0; Curstin Giffin, Belpre, 5-9, sr., 14.0; Mackenzie Suprano, Waterford, 5-6, jr., 15.9; Jayne Six, Glouster Trimble, 6-2, jr., 15.3; Desiree Simpson, Symmes Valley, 5-9, fr., 13.6; Brooke Kennedy, Manchester, 6-0, sr., 16.9; Lilly Gray, Peebles, 5-10, sr., 12.0; Kame Sweeney, Franklin Furnace Green, 5-10, sr., 12.0; Claire Dettwiller, Portsmouth Notre Dame, 6-0, sr., 8.4; Emily Blevins, Berne Union, 5-7, sr., 9.0; Ellie Bruce, Fisher Catholic, 6-1, fr., 7.7; Paige Gavin, Fisher Catholic, 5-6, sr., 6.5; Jenna Grabans, Fairfield Christian, 5-6, fr., 12.0; Alexanderia Majers, East Knox, 5-5, jr., 11.3; Brynn Peddicord, Newark Catholic, 5-7, sr., 8.0; Ella Proper, Danville, 5-7, fr., 12.8; Azyiah Williams, Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington, 5-5, sr., 24.3; Dana Rose Fort Loramie, 6-1, sr., 11.3; Kathleen Ahner, Xenia Legacy Christian, 5-8, sr., 15.2; Angie Smith, Yellow Springs, 5-6, jr., 22.9; Mallory Mullen, Springfield Catholic Central, 6-0, jr., 14.3; Sabrina Delbello, Cincinnati Country Day, 5-7, sr., 13; Grace Forrest, Mechanicsburg, 5-6, sr., 20.3; Elise Champagne, Columbia Station Columbia, 5-7, fr., 10.0; Haley Domen Middlefield Cardinal, 5-1, jr., 16.0; Alex Rosson, Willoughby Cornerstone Christian Academy, 5-5, jr., 8.8; Lati Fleming, Ashtabula St. John, 5-7, sr., 12.0; Averey Lavinder, Columbia Stadion Columbia, 5-9, Sr., 9.7; Olivia Eldridge, Fairport Harbor Fairport Harding, 5-10, Jr., 10.3; Tess Denning, Dalton, 6-1, sr., 11.9; Shalen Guilliams, Loudonville, 5-8, jr., 15.0; Zahra Cunningham, Windham, 5-9, jr., 15.0; Emma Whaley, Sebring McKinley, 5-5, sr., 19.0, Marissa Ventura, Maplewood, 5-5, jr, 16.2; Belle Zirzow, Bristol, 5-9, jr., 19.8; Sophia Costantino, McDonald, 5-7, sr., 15.5; Janae Hoying, Minster, 5-8, sr., 12.0; Elle Schmitz, Mansfield Christian, 5-7, sr., 17.9; Madison Brown, Pioneer North Central, 5-5, jr., 14.9; Aubrey Bouillon, New Riegel, 5-5, jr., 13.8; Abi Lammers, Miller City, 5-6, jr., 15.8; Sammy Hoelscher, Maria Stein Marion Local, 5-9, jr., 12.4; Alli Vaughn, Fort Recovery, 5-10, sr., 11.4; Morgan Leffel, New Knoxville, 5-7, sr., 13.1.
More about the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association is posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/news/OPSWA. The OPSWA was created in 1972 to support, promote and recognize coverage of high school sports across Ohio and is endorsed by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. OPSWA members are invited to assist with selecting the all-district teams, with those award winners eligible for All-Ohio consideration.
The Planning Commission of the City of Chillicothe will hold a regularly scheduled meeting in April that will be in-person and outdoors.
The Wednesday, April 14th session will be at 3:30pm at the Lion’s Shelter in Yoctangee Park. This meeting is open to the public and you may attend and be heard if you are interested and so desire either in person, or by agent and/or attorney.
Most all of the City of Chillicothe’s various governmental meetings have been done virtually since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With improving weather conditions and dropping COVID-19 numbers in Ohio, the Planning Commission has decided to conduct this outdoors in-person public meeting. While the notice of the meeting did not state it, it is assumed that current Ohio public social distancing guidelines will be in place for those attending the April 14th meeting.
You can also watch our Litter Media video tour taken on March 17th.
An open house date has been set for the community to view the inside of the new Fayette County Jail.
Sheriff Vernon Stanforth and the Fayette County Commissioners will host a ribbon cutting at the new Fayette County Sheriff’s Office & Jail on Friday, April 2nd at 11am.
Following the ribbon cutting, an open house of the jail facility will be held from noon until 5pm.
Inmates could be moved to the new complex within a few weeks.
According to researchers, about three out of every five older adults take their prescriptions improperly. Approximately 140,000 older Americans die each year as a result of taking medications improperly. Listen closely when your health care professional prescribes a medication for you, and always follow your doctor’s directions when taking your medicine.
The Ohio Department of Aging has the following information:
Ask your doctor or pharmacist about directions you aren’t sure about, such as “take with food,” “on an empty stomach,” “once/twice/three times/four times daily,” and “as needed.”
When you receive your prescription medications, check the label to make sure that the drug name, dosage, and directions are the same as what your doctor told you.
Do not take prescription medications that were not prescribed for you by one of your health care providers.
Do not share your prescription medicines or take someone else’s medications. Different people can react differently to the same drug. In some cases, sharing your medication may also be against the law.
If you think you are experiencing side effects from a medication (particularly after starting the medicine or increasing the dose), talk to your doctor or pharmacist immediately.
Don’t stop taking your prescription medication, skip doses, or otherwise change the amount of the medicine you take without talking to your health care provider (even if you feel better or think the medication isn’t working).
If you cannot afford your prescribed medications, ask your health care provider or pharmacist if there is a less expensive alternative.
If you cannot read your medication label or have trouble opening the container it is in, ask your pharmacist about alternative labels and packaging.
Read the information that your pharmacist includes with your medicine. If you don’t understand something, ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain.
If you have trouble sticking to your medication schedule, ask your doctor or pharmacist about ideas and products to help, such as linking medicines with daily routines, using a pill organizer, computer or smart phone reminders, and more.
The Ohio Department of Aging reminds is to always take medication as prescribed or according to manufacturer’s instructions. Consult with your doctor, pharmacist or other health care provider before changing your medication habits.
Photo Courtesy of Pike County Solid Waste Management District
The Pike County Solid Waste Management District has scheduled a series of county wide collection events that will receive old appliances, electronics, hazardous materials and tires for disposal.
The first event will run between April 5th-16th and will have district crews coming to you- if you have an appointment.
The second event is a household hazardous waste and small appliance collection at the Pike Government Center in Waverly on April 24th.
The third event is a Spring Cleaning Event, which will focus on scrap tires over a four week period to include each of the townships of Pike County.
For more information, call Kelsey Chapman at (740) 947-4104.
Information on each of the event posters can be found below:
Talking with an older person about their driving is often difficult. Most of us delay that talk until the person’s driving has become what we believe to be dangerous. At that point, conversations can be tense and awkward for everyone involved. But there are things you can say and do to make those conversations more productive and less tense.
Learning How to Understand and Influence Older Drivers will help you support an older driver’s needs, as well as find community resources that can help put your older-driver plan into action. If you have decided to initiate a conversation with an older loved one about driving safely, take these three steps:
For more tips on how to handle the delicate subject of driving safety with much older loved ones who are still driving, go to our link to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration website on the following link.
Goodwill of South Central Ohio is opening a new store in Logan, April 1st. The new location at Hocking Mall is similar to new stores recently opened in Chillicothe and Athens.
The former Fashion Bug location has 5,000 square feet of space and will be opened 9am-9pm Mondays through Saturdays and 10am-6pm on Sundays.
Donations will be accepted inside the store during business hours, starting April 1st. You are asked not to drop off items before then.
For more information, go to www.GWISCO.org or go to the Goodwill of South Central Ohio Facebook page.
(COLUMBUS) – The jobless rate dipped slight last month, according to data released by Ohio Jobs & Family Services, Friday. The February county-by-county numbers will be released on March 30th.
Here is what the statewide figures currently show us:
Ohio and U.S. Employment Situation (Seasonally Adjusted) Ohio’s unemployment rate was 5.0% in February 2021, down from 5.3% in January. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased 8,400 over the month, from a revised 5,304,300 in January to 5,295,900 in February 2021.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in February was 289,000, down from 306,000 in January. The number of unemployed has increased by 10,000 in the past 12 months from 279,000. The February unemployment rate for Ohio increased from 4.7% in February 2020.
The U.S. unemployment rate for February was 6.2%, down from 6.3% in January, and up from 3.5% in February 2020.
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased 8,400 over the month, from a revised 5,304,300 in January to 5,295,900 in February, according to the latest business establishment survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics) in cooperation with ODJFS.
Employment in goods-producing industries, at 889,400, decreased 600 over the month with losses in manufacturing (-300), mining and logging (-200), and construction (-100). The private service-providing sector, at 3,661,700 decreased 8,000 as losses in educational and health services (-12,700) and professional and business services (-1,400) outpaced gains in leisure and hospitality (+4,300), trade, transportation, and utilities (+900), financial activities (+400), other services (+400), and information (+100). Government employment, at 744,800, increased 200 as gains in state government (+400) exceeded losses in federal government (-200). Local government did not change over the month.
From February 2020 to February 2021, nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased 314,000. Employment in goods-producing industries decreased 47,200. Manufacturing lost 36,600 jobs in durable goods (-34,300) and nondurable goods (-2,300). Construction lost 8,900 jobs and mining and logging employment decreased 1,700. Employment in the private service-providing sector decreased 216,600 as losses in leisure and hospitality (-89,600), educational and health services (-59,100), professional and business services (-36,800), other services (-22,800), information (-5,500), and trade, transportation, and utilities (-3,100) outweighed gains in financial activities (+300). Government employment decreased 50,200 with losses in local (-30,700), state (-18,700), and federal (-800) government.
