May 8, 2021
Southern Local’s annual District Showcase is back, but there are changes in store in light of COVID-19.
Activities are set from 5-7 p.m. May 20 and an outdoor affair is being organized for attendants. Organizer Laura Krulik, district director of special education, said previous events were held in March but the event is now occurring later.
She added that teacher displays may look a little different but everyone’s favorite activities will still take place. A dozen community agencies are set to appear while the football boosters will provide a takeout-only pasta dinner fundraiser for the team from 4-6 p.m.
Orange you glad I didn’t say banana again?
Humor. We all need it for a slew of reasons. We have talked before about laughter being the best medicine. The truth of the matter is that, sometimes, life gets heavy and we become so consumed with dealing with the difficulties that we forget to look on the light side, to count blessings instead of troubles, look for the silver lining in those dark clouds. We forget that the bad days will pass. We don’t remember what Grandma said, “There isn’t a road that doesn’t have a bend in it.”
Orange you glad I didn’t say banana again?
Humor. We all need it for a slew of reasons. We have talked before about laughter being the best medicine. The truth of the matter is that, sometimes, life gets heavy and we become so consumed with dealing with the difficulties that we forget to look on the light side, to count blessings instead of troubles, look for the silver lining in those dark clouds. We forget that the bad days will pass. We don’t remember what Grandma said, “There isn’t a road that doesn’t have a bend in it.”
Family Recovery Center publicist
In a perfect world, agencies like Family Recovery Center would not exist because there would be no need for them. In a perfect world people would have all the right skills in their life-coping skills toolbox. Everyone would have good common sense and practice loving kindness to each other. Everyone would have inner peace and contentedness. In a perfect world no one would self-harm.
Last week the Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Learning Network reported that stimulants and opioids used together are causing a rise in deaths per CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) data. The article states that, in 2019,76 percent of cocaine-related overdose deaths in the U.S. also involved opioids.
djohnson@mojonews.com
After training together all week, police officers, a dispatcher, a certified peer supporter and the CIT expansion coordinator were honored with a graduation ceremony at the Dutch Village Inn â Best Western Plus in Columbiana. (Front from left) Patricia Reynolds, CIT expansion coordinator; patrolman Jeff Wilson, Salineville; patrolman Vincent DeRose, Salem; patrolman Danny Wallace, Wellsville; patrolman Josh Jackson, St. Clair Township; Sgt. Brandon Smith, Salem; patrolman James Briggs, St. Clair Township; dispatcher Crystal Sicklesmith, county Sheriffâs Office; Nick Wade, certified peer supporter; (back from left) patrolman Mike Wirker, Salem; patrolman David Young, Salem; patrolman Matt Cochran, Salem; Sgt. Brandon Brown, county Sheriffâs Office; Sgt. Danny Green, Salem; deputy Brian Deack, county Sheriffâs Office; patrolman Vance Brothers, Salineville; patrolman Dakota Mitchell, Washingtonville; and patrolman John Shaughnessy, Wellsville.