News briefs: Adena now offering flu shot clinics
CHILLICOTHE – Avoiding the flu this season takes one simple step, getting an influenza vaccine. Adena Health System offers many flu shot clinics, making it easy for you and your family to be vaccinated.
Adena is offering flu shots by appointment at any of its family medicine, primary care and pediatric locations. Flu vaccinations are also available at all Adena urgent care locations in Chillicothe, Circleville, Hillsboro, Jackson and Waverly.
Adena is offering curbside flu shots at a number of its clinics on selected dates. For curbside services, credit/debit cards will be accepted for self-pay and insurance cards taken for others. No scheduling is required.
Adena experts recommend getting flu shots as soon as possible in order to prevent contracting the flu, which could leave people more susceptible to Coronavirus infection and serious illness. A flu shot not only protects the individual, it protects others by limiting the chances of spreading the flu virus.
For children older than six months and adults, the flu shot can prevent them from getting sick, prevent flu-related hospitalizations, and potentially lessen symptoms or length of illness should they get a strain of the flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone six months of age and older, including the elderly and pregnant women, receive an annual flu shot. Flu shots taken by pregnant women can protect their babies from the flu after birth.
Most insurance companies cover the cost of a flu shot, but patients may want to check with their insurance provider if they are unsure.
Together, we can protect ourselves and each other against the flu by getting a flu shot today.
To schedule a flu shot, call your primary care provider or stop by one of Adena’s six urgent care locations. Need a family doctor? Let Adena help you find one by calling 740-779-FIND.
Goodwill partners with scouts for Fall Good Turn Day on Nov. 5
CHILLICOTHE - On Nov. 5, scouts across Ohio will be visiting Goodwill stores to earn a special patch for the Fall GoodTurn Day.
All nine of the Goodwill of South Central Ohio stores will participate in the special event. The idea of Good TurnDay is to provide Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts an opportunity to do a “good turn” in their community by collectingused clothing, books, housewares, and other items to donate to Goodwill.
“We’re excited to participate in Good Turn Day again, and we appreciate what the scouts do for Goodwill,” saidGoodwill of South Central Ohio CEO Marvin Jones. “The scouts’ efforts will help Goodwill with its mission asa nonprofit organization to partner with individuals with disabilities and challengers to help them lead the livesthey envision across our eight-county region.”
Our stores have awarded more than 700 patches over the last seven Good Turn Days! Scouts earn a patch bydonating a large trash bag (or equivalent) of items or volunteering for an hour in one of our stores.
Those scouts wanting to volunteer must schedule a time by emailing jona.ison@gwisco.org or calling 740-702-4000 Ext. 135 no later than Nov. 1. Scouts just wanting to donate don’t need to RSVP and can show up atany of our stores in Athens, Chillicothe (Zane Plaza and Western Avenue), Circleville, Jackson, Logan,McArthur, Washington Court House, and Waverly between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Nov. 5. A list of storelocations can be found at www.GWISCO.org/stores
Meetings
The Area 20 WIOA Workforce Development Board meeting will be held at the Ross County Service Center, 475 Western Ave, Chillicothe, Ohio on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 9:00 a.m.
Trick or treat
Huntington Township's Trick or Treat will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.
Hoggard Trail Fall Color Walk at Buzzard's Roost 2022
The Hoggard Trail* in Ross County's Buzzard's Roost Preserve has both natural and historical scenery. In the forest are remnants of 200 years of human alterations: a public road, house ruins, mico-quarries, pine plantations, a graveyard…and periwinkle, which do not originally plant itself.
Join Kevin Coleman from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, for a walking tour of the last 330 million years of pre/history as falling leaves color features of the rugged terrain and abandoned farms atop sandstone hilltops and shale slopes.
It will be $10 for adults, $5 for students, and $15 for families (three or more family members with children). Pay "at the door" at the with cash or check. Park where you can and gather at the start of the Hoggard Trail at the gate to Buzzard's Roost.
Message Coleman through FB, email ihs@horizonview.net, or call 740 / 775-4036. You can call or text my cell phone close to tour time at 740-771-8574.
The practical limit on the tour is about 20 people as we walk to the Hoggard Cemetery and back.
First come first served, and reservations are not required - but you can contact Coleman to be at the top of the attendance list and so I can let you know if plans change.
Dress for the weather and outdoor conditions on level to rolling earthen trails in woodland. If it's too rainy to go without an umbrella or to cold for a medium jacket, will notify all who have made a reservation of cancellation. There is no weather date.
Free diabetes self-management program available soon
Are you living with Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, caring for someone living with diabetes, or are you someone who just wants to learn more about healthy living? Would you like to gain confidence and new skills to manage your diabetes and feel healthier? The Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. (AAA7) is excited to bring a special evidence-based Diabetes Self-Management Program to local residents.
Participants in the Diabetes Self-Management Program, a Self-Management Resource Program with the Self-Management Resource Center, will gain needed support in addition to a number of other benefits including:
Learning practical ways to deal with pain, fatigue and depression
Discovering ways to be more physically active
Learning how to eat healthier and manage your diet
Learning better ways to talk with your physician and family about your health
Monitoring your blood sugar
Finding ways to relax and deal with stress
The program is available at no cost and open to those age 60 and over. The free six-week workshop will soon be offered in Ross County at Hopeton Terrace, located at 55 Sunrush Boulevard in Chillicothe. Sessions over the six-week period will be held each Wednesday from Nov. 2 through Dec. 7. Each session will be from 10 a.m. until 12:30 pm. Those participating should attend all six sessions.
Participants in the Diabetes Self-Management Program can represent individuals living with diabetes, be a caregiver of someone with diabetes, or be someone who simply wants to learn more about healthy living.
Pre-registration is required by Oct. 26 by calling the AAA7 toll-free at 1-800-582-7277, extension 284, or e-mail info@aaa7.org.
The CAC will be hosting craft fair event
PIKE COUNTY - The Community Action Committee of Pike County (CAC) will be hosting a Craft Fair Event at the Senior Center (402 Clough Street in Waverly) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
This fundraising event will provide local craft vendors and artists the opportunity to rent a table space to showcase and sell their merchandise. Items available will range from kitchen items, handmade jewelry, floral arrangements, polymer clay sculptures, crocheted crafts, soaps, lotions, Jet’s Gourmet Popcorn, cotton candy, sweets, Color Street Nails, seasonal items (Fall and Winter), and More!
There will also be food available for purchase during the event with proceeds going to the CAC’s Events Committee to assist in funding upcoming community events (e.g. Trunk-or-Treat, Reindeer Games, etc).
The Craft Fair Event is open to the public and no admission is required.
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