CCHD announces next phone bank for COVID-19 vaccination scheduling for ages 75 & up
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WILMINGTON – The Clinton County Health District (CCHD) will host its next phone bank to schedule COVID-19 vaccination appointments for those individuals 75 years old and older.
Beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday, Jan.
22, Clinton County residents may call 937-382-3829, option 0 (zero) for appointments for the week of Jan. 25.
CCHD will be providing the Pfizer brand vaccine. The Pfizer brand of vaccine is a 2-dose series given approximately 21 days apart and requires a special ultra-cold freezer to store safely. The Board of Clinton County Commissioners used CARES funding to purchase this equipment.
HealthFirst to fund 8 local projects
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WILMINGTON – HealthFirst for Clinton County announced they will provide funding for eight local health-related projects that promote the good health of residents in Clinton County through education, innovation, and patient care support.
Organizations that will benefit from HealthFirst’s recent grant cycle, which concluded in late December, include the Clinton County Trails Coalition, Blanchester Senior Citizens Center, Clinton County Community Action, Clinton County Regional Planning Commission, Energize Clinton County, Health Alliance of Clinton County, Talbert House Prevention Services in Warren and Clinton Counties, and the United Way of Clinton County.
In 2020, HealthFirst for Clinton County has granted more than $111,000 to local organizations to support their health-related projects. The organization also awarded grants to four local organizations for COVID-19 related community projects.
Local providers detail vaccination info for those age 80 & up, and info for future vaccinations
By Tom Barr - tbarr@wnewsj.com
Locals are encouraged to sign up for Clinton County’s emergency notifications at https://co.clinton.oh.us/departments/EmergencyManagement .
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WILMINGTON It’s time to “Step up and be a vaccine hero” for your family, friends, yourself “and all of Clinton County.”
Those were the words of Dr. Brian Santin at Thursday’s countywide virtual press conference about the roll-out of local COVID-19 vaccinations in Clinton County.
Clinton County surpasses 2,500 COVID-19 cases overall
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This is Clinton County’s COVID-19 dashboard as of Friday afternoon. The death toll is 40, one fewer than the previously reported total due to a death being reassigned to another county, according to the Clinton County Health District.
This is Clinton County’s COVID-19 dashboard as of Friday afternoon. The death toll is 40, one fewer than the previously reported total due to a death being reassigned to another county, according to the Clinton County Health District.
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This is Clinton County’s COVID-19 dashboard as of Friday afternoon. The death toll is 40, one fewer than the previously reported total due to a death being reassigned to another county, according to the Clinton County Health District.
Seeing 2020 (Oct-Dec.) and charging into 2021
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Wilmington’s Claire Burns would advance to represent Clinton County at the state tennis tournament at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. Burns would be the first girls tennis player from a Clinton County school to participate in the state tennis tournament.
In this composite photo, at left, in the Region 16 semifinal versus Waverly, the game came down to the leg of Clinton-Massie’s Trevor McGuinness who drilled a 24-yard field goal as time expired to give Massie a 31-28 win; at right, Wilmington players and coaches celebrated as Isaiah Rigling raced 43 yards for the first touchdown of the game as Wilmington defeated Marietta 56-14 for the first-ever playoff football win in WHS history., The Board of Clinton County Commissioners recognized Paul Butler as a recent inductee with the 2020 Class of inductees into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame. The proclamation expresses the commissioners’ gratitude “for Paul’s dedica