Jan 22, 2021
Buckeye Chuck is set to poke his head out of his burrow in Marion, Ohio on Groundhog Day, February 2, 2021 in his, first ever, VIRTUAL EVENT!
By proclamation of the State of Ohio in 1979, Buckeye Chuck is Ohio’s official weather prognosticating groundhog. This is his 41st year!
Chuck has been studying weather patterns, jet stream anomalies, computer models, and napping in order to procure Ohio’s most accurate springtime forecast. Buckeye Chuck is preparing to emerge from his personal den, in the woods behind the studios of WMRN Radio in Marion, to deliver Ohio s annual forecast. Not since the creation of the Doppler Radar has any weather-related event been talked about with such anticipation. Legend says if Buckeye Chuck sees his shadow at sunrise, Ohioans will have to deal with 6 more weeks of winter, so we’ll be hoping for a cloudy morning on Tuesday, February 2nd.
Pastor shares his advice for bringing divided towns together 01:50
The enforced isolation of the pandemic had disrupted some of the momentum in Hamburg that had allowed for a community of people across all faiths and beliefs to unite over shared concerns, but he held out hope that people would once again come together in its wake. There s that hero stage and then there s the disillusionment. And then after people kind of, you know, shake the dust off their feet a little bit, they say, OK, now, now it s time to get work done. And so this, too, will pass. The pandemic will pass, the contentious election atmosphere will pass, or at least there will be a time where we can take a step out of it.
Food banks and pantries in Corvallis continue to be available for those facing food insecurity, with modifications in place to distribute resources safely.
Since the pandemic began, the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry provides boxes of food for clients to pick up.Â
For those facing food insecurity, Kim Anderson, purchasing agent for the pantry, said people can visit the distribution area outside the building to pick up food, with the help of volunteers. She noted that everyone who visits the pantry must wear a mask.
âNow, they do have some choice in what they can get, but basically itâs a standardized box of necessary items - three or four days-worth of food, per person,â Anderson said.
Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler said the items included canned goods and non-perishable foods.
He said that because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the annual door-to-door Scouting for Food collection event could not take place this year. Tina Barnard, a board member with the Glen-Ed Food Pantry, contacted the county and asked if they would be interested in holding a food drive.
“We didn’t hesitate to say yes,” Prenzler stated in a press release. “Employees did an outstanding job.”
Prenzler and County Board member Erica Conway-Harriss of Glen Carbon delivered the items to the Glen-Ed Food Pantry on Dec. 17 with help from the Facilities Department employees.
Madison County employees collect 2.5 tons of canned goods for food pantries
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Madison County Board Member Erica Conway-Harriss of Glen Carbon and Interim Facilities Director Chris Milton deliver food and non-perishable items to Glen-Ed Food Pantry Thursday morning. Madison County employees collected 2.5 tons to be donated to local food pantries this holiday season.For the Intelligencer
EDWARDSVILLE Food pantries are benefitting from donations made by Madison County employees this holiday season.
“Our employees collected 2.5 tons of canned goods and other non-perishable foods this month to donate to local food pantries,” Chairman Kurt Prenzler said.
Prenzler said because of COVID-19, the annual door-to-door Scouting for Food collection event was unable to take place. He said that Tina Barnard, a board member with the Glen-Ed Food Pantry contacted the county to see if the county would be interested in holding the food drive.