Daily Archives: August 2, 2021

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Local Youth Headed To Disney For Dream Factory Experience

Presented By Hometown-Motors, Inc.

Dream Factory of Southeast Ohio, the local chapter of Dream Factory Inc. is granting seven-year-old Jace Branham his dream of a Disney adventure.  He leaves for Disney on August 6, 2021 and The Dream Factory will be having a sendoff party for Jace and his family on August 5th at Triple Crown Family Fun Center at 6pm.  

Jace’s dream has been waiting for over two years and had to change due to COVID. Originally he was scheduled to go to see the New England Patriots but that didn’t happen due to the COVID-19 restrictions.

When our Litter Media cameras caught up with Jace and his mother Kelli in January of 2020, his Type 1 diabetes required him have four insulin shots each day and his glucose levels needed to be checked throughout the day and night.

The Dream Factory of Southeast Ohio is always seeking donations to assist other children realize their dream of some type of experience. 

To volunteer or to make a donation, call (740) 542-1254 or (740) 649-3353. You’ll also find them on Facebook, search The Dream Factory of Southeastern Ohio.

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Quinn Chapel AME Celebrating 200th Year In Chillicothe

Presented By McDonald’s, I’m Lovin’ It!

As early as 1796 Methodism was known in the area. Meetings were held in private homes. By 1803, when Chillicothe became the first capital of Ohio, meetings were held in a log house at the northwest corner of Second and Walnut Streets or in the State House with other congregations.

In the beginning, both African American and White Methodists worshiped together in a small brick church, which stood on the north side of Second Street, between Paint and Walnut Streets. This was the first Methodist Church in Chillicothe and the two races worshiped together here for a number of years. In those days they dressed plainly and wore no jewelry. They could be identified anywhere by their dress. The male members wore broad-brimmed hats and shad-bellied coats. The women wore Quaker-like bonnets and habits.

The African American Methodists of Chillicothe were destined to experience the very conditions, which caused the founders of the A.M.E. Church to walk out of St. George Methodist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1776. St. George’s African American members increased greatly, resulting in their being moved to the gallery. This made it difficult for them to get to the altar prayer segment of the service. By the time African American members arrived at the altar, prayer was over, at which time they were pulled from their knees. They walked out – in a body – never to return. Similarly, the number of African American Methodists in Chillicothe grew tremendously and they also were moved to the gallery and compelled to wait until the White Methodists had communed. This was the principal cause for the subsequent separation. The African Americans had contributed their share to the support of the ministry and helped defray the expenses of the church. Naturally, they wanted to enjoy equal rights and privileges with their White brethren. In 1821, the African American members severed their connection with the White Methodists and went out to organize an independent church under the leadership of Richard Allen. For a number of years, they went under the name Allenites.

On May 30, 1821, at the home of Rev. Peter James – on the south side of Fourth Street, between Mulberry and Paint Streets – the first A.M.E. church –Quinn Chapel– was organized by Reverend William Paul Quinn, who later became Bishop Quinn. This made Quinn Chapel the oldest A.M.E. church in the state of Ohio and the oldest African American Church west of the Allegheny Mountains.

(History provided by Quinn Chapel AME website)

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Congressional 15th District Party Nominees Being Decided In August 3rd Special Primary Election

Presented By Atomic Speedway

Tuesday, August 3rd is the date for the Special Primary Election for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District, necessitated to select nominees to fill the vacancy of this congressional seat due to the resignation of former Congressman Steve Stivers.

Stivers resigned his U.S. House seat to become the president of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.

The 15th Congressional District includes Clinton, Fairfield, Hocking, Madison, Morgan, Perry, Pickaway and Vinton counties, as well as portions of Athens, Fayette, Franklin and Ross counties.

According to the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office, here are the following times for in-person voting at your county boards of election:

EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING HOURS FOR AUGUST
August 2 (8am-2pm)

August 2: Mailed absentee ballots must be postmarked by this date.
August 3: General Election: Polls are open from 6:30am-7:30pm.

August 3: Voters are able to drop off absentee ballot at their county board of elections office until 7:30pm.

August 13: Last day for boards to receive mail-in ballots that have been postmarked on or before August 2.

The special election primary winners in the Democrat and Republican parties will face each other in the November General Election to fill the vacant seat.

The Candidates in each party are listed below in alphabetical order:

Democrat Candidates are: Greg Betts and Allison Russo.

Republican Candidates are: John Adams, Mike Carey, Eric M. Clark, Thad Cooperrider, Ruth Edmonds, Ron Hood, Tom Hwang, Stephanie Kunz, Jeff LaRae, and Bob Peterson.

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Kids & Cops Day Returns To OU-Lancaster Campus

Presented By Classic Brands

(Lancaster) – Ohio University Lancaster’s Law Enforcement Technology Program, the Lancaster Police Department, and the Lancaster Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association will host its fifth annual Kids and Cops Day on August 14th from 10am to 2pm. Kids and Cops 2021 is a free event and will be held in the North Parking Lot of the Ohio University Lancaster campus.

Kids and Cops Day gives children and community members the chance to connect and interact with local law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and other first responders, as well as community organizations. This allows children to learn more about the local agencies, see equipment firsthand, and shape a positive view of local law enforcement officers and first responders.

“The Kids and Cops Day partnership was created to provide an opportunity for kids of all ages to interact with first responders in a positive way,” said Lisa Taylor, associate professor of instruction for the Law Enforcement Technology program at OHIO Lancaster. “Each event has been extraordinarily successful and upwards of 2,000 people have attended each year. Kids not only get to interact with officers, firefighters, and EMT’s, but kids have the ability to see various first responder vehicles and ask questions about what they do.”

Children will have the opportunity to learn about equipment and technology used by first responders. Agencies throughout the Fairfield County and surrounding areas will attend with cruisers, helicopters, Air Evac, S.W.A.T. vehicles, patrol cars, motorcycles, a smoke house, and much more.

“We are so excited that we get to have this event even though we had to move our date from May to August,” said Debbie Probasco, president of the Lancaster Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association. “I would like to thank Ohio University Lancaster and all the agencies for coming to our event. But more importantly I would like to get thank all the businesses that have made this possible through their wonderful donations.”

Children will receive a free a gift bag and other giveaways. Local organizations will provide various child safety and promotional items. The first 500 children in attendance will receive a free t-shirt.

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Crying Can Be Helpful To Your Health

Presented By Rathkamp Financial

(Ohio State University) — How many times have you been told you have to keep it together? Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons told us “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” Miranda Lambert tells us to “Hide your crazy… and never let them see you cry,” and let’s not forget Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own, telling us “There’s no crying in baseball!” Movies, songs, friends, family, customs, and sometimes our culture tells us crying isn’t an acceptable reaction.

Crying is a natural response to an array of emotions from sorrow and frustration to joy and happiness.

The tears that we release due to our emotions offer several health benefits:

Reduces Stress. When you cry emotional tears there are traces of stress chemicals which could mean that crying decreases the stress level in your body. There is also research that indicates emotional crying stimulates your body to release endorphins which create a happy feeling as well as activates the parasympathetic nervous system allowing you to relax and recover.

Lowers Blood Pressure. According to Aging Care, “Crying has been found to lower blood pressure and pulse rate immediately following when someone cries and is able to vent.”  High blood pressure increases your chances of heart attack, stroke, kidney damage, and a hypertensive crisis.

Strengthens Relationships. To cry in front of others can leave you feeling vulnerable, ashamed, or even embarrassed. This vulnerability allows others to see a side of us that humanizes us and can allow for deeper bonds to be created between us and our friends and family. Marlo Sollitto says it best, “Crying serves an important social function. It communicates the strength and nature of relationships, elicits sympathy and even assistance, and draws individuals closer to one another.” It is through this emotional connection that we are able to acknowledge our emotions, learn to empathize and embrace our humanity.

Crying is one way to accept and value your feelings. The University of Illinois recommends asking yourself the following questions:

  1. What is this feeling?
  2. What is this feeling telling me about this situation?
  3. Why is this feeling happening now?

As you learn the connection between your emotions and the situation that leads up to the emotion, you are better able to address the emotion with a healthy approach.  Many times our emotion is not a direct result of the actual event, but rather our interpretation of that event. Each individual comes with their own perspective due to past events, culture, and bias that results in each of us interpreting an event very differently. When addressing the emotion, is best to stop and think about it. Are you filtering, overgeneralizing, assuming something, or looking at the event in all or nothing thinking? Examining your thoughts and interpretation may help you better understand your emotional reaction.

So, go ahead and have yourself a good cry.