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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, our guests this morning, and we are going
to get our month of May public health update. The
doctor has rolled in and it's doctor Julie Chea, who
is the health commissioner locally at Richland Public Health.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Good morning, it's great to see you.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Good morning, Aaron, great to see you too.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Yeah, thanks for coming in. We always appreciate you telling
us what you're seeing, what's happening here in the county.
And the good news is it's warming up.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
That's right, hooray, it's time to get outside and enjoy
that sunshine, get some more vitamin DALs and you're right absolutely.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
People talk about, you know, the winter. To me, it
feels like winter and those colder months hang on longer
and longer.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
They really do. I don't know why, but let's take
it while we can get it.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Yeah, well, Memorial Day, you know all that arriving summertime funds.
We have a lot of things to share this morning,
and you are here to tell us that the calendar
in the county and where there's multiple things could be
for seniors, could be for kids. We have a lot
headed our way this week. You have several things going on.
Let's begin May twenty first, something for seniors.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
That's right. So we have the Senior Extravaganza happening on Wednesday,
May twenty first, from ten am to two pm at
the Ontario Center, so the Ontario Center, just to make
sure everybody's aware, aka the Richling Mall, So you'll want
to come out there ten am to two on May
twenty first. All senior citizens and caregivers are welcome to
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at ten We'll have lots of fun, giveaway items and
all sorts of different services available, so you'll want to
come and check that out.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
They don't need to say, hey, I'm coming, the need
to show up.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Lyn, You just come show up and enjoy all the fun.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Yeah, and again that is a reminder. For many years
called the Richland Mall now the Ontario Center, so people
don't get confused, where is that. That's our the new
name former Richland Mall. All right, Doctor Julie Chay is
with us again, health Commissioner at Richlan Public Health. She's
shining a spotlight on what's going on locally in the county.
We are going to talk about out, you know, some measles,
vaccine clinics a little bit later on in a variety
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of other things. We'll even and get into a ticks
and mosquitoes here in just a bit. But there's another
event going on this week, and I believe this is
at Arlan Field in Mansfield.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
That's correct, So the annual Peace on My Block event,
which is a great way for our community to really
promote unity as we fight every day to stop violence, bullying,
and racial discrimination. So all students between kindergarten to eighth
grade are welcome to attend at Arlin Field on Thursday
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May twenty second from five thirty pm to nine pm.
Just make sure that you are accompanied by an adult
when attending the event. There's going to be lots of
different fun activities and freebee giveaways. Plus there's an F
sixteen fighter jet from the Ohio Air National Guards one
hundred and eightieth Fighter Squadron that's going to do a
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flyover as well as the Northeast Pyrotechnics Company will be
putting on a fabulous fireworks show at dusk, so you
won't want to miss it.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, how about that a flyover? Huh?
Speaker 1 (03:10):
That's very right around the corner here from the radio
station Arlndfield. I know they did this last year. They
had fireworks and talking with Stan Jefferson other school officials.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Was a really big hit.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I know they had bounce houses and different things for kids,
and they bring in food trucks. So this has really
become a big event for the school district.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
It is, and it's all that and even more this year.
So you definitely don't want to miss.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
This one, all right with the Mansfield City Schools and
of course Richland Public Health, you guys will be there
as well then correct.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Absolutely, and we'll have all kinds of fun freebee giveaways,
so you won't want to miss it.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
And so Richland Public Health out and about very much
this week, the Senior Extravaganza on the twenty first, twenty
second piece on my Block. And we are learning this
morning about a lot of great things happening, a lot
of events planned in May, and we're even going to
talk about coming up in June. As doctor Julie Chea
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is with us in studio this morning. She is the
health commissioner locally at Richland Public Health. So you told
me toward the end of the month there's going to
be a NAMI walk, that's what the National Alliance on
Mental Illness.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Can you share about that.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
That's absolutely right. So NAMI is going to be hosting
a walk on Saturday, May thirty first, from eight am
to twelve thirty pm at Marshall Park in Ontario. So
the whole purpose of the event is to provide mental
health awareness in our area as well as raise money
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to help with programming. So their goal is to try
and raise eighty thousand dollars for this year to really
make sure that all the necessary programming and resources are
available to Richland County residents. So far, according to their website,
they have raised just a little over eighteen thousand, six
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hundred dollars, so they got a long way to to
get to that eighty k. So anyway that anybody can
help out, feel free to visit nami's website or to
come out to the event on Saturday May thirty first,
where there will be a five k walk as well
as all sorts of different family fund that includes games
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and food, trucks and vendor tables and whatnot. So that's
another opportunity to come out and support NAMI and really
help them reach their fundraising goal.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
And you're hearing from doctor Julie Chaya this morning with
Richland Public Health she's the Health Commissioner. I'll have to
reach out to Nami and have them give us more
information about that event you mentioned on May thirty. First,
if people are not aware, the month of May is
mental health awareness. That's right, all right, So a big
event planned, hoping to raise a lot of money and
again hopefully we'll have them in soon. Here for more
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information on that event. Let's stay in Ontario. Let's move
to June. Something for children, correct, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Very popular event that just keeps getting bigger and better
every year is the Ontario Children's Festival. That's happening on Saturday,
June seventh, from ten am to four pm at once
again the Ontario Center aka the Richly Mall, where there's
going to be lots of family fun. Check out the
rich and Public Health booth. We will be providing free
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bike helmets to children who are in need of one
this summer. We're limited on supply, so you'll want to
come early to check that out as well as we
will have lots of dental health backpacks as well, so
if you're in the market for a free toothbrush, toothpaste, floss,
anything else like that to keep your mouth sparkling healthy
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and clean. Come and visit us during the Ontario Children's
Festival and we will hook you up all right.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
So that again is on June seventh.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
One more thing you told me, as we get a
little bit later into June, doctor Julie Chao with the
Health Department locally Richland Public Health, the farmers Market's going
to start up to Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Any CICS farmers Market is back again this year, and
this is one of our favorite events to be at
annually every summer and fall here in Richland County. So
any CICS Farmers Market will begin on Thursday, June twelfth,
from four pm to seven pm at three eleven Bowman
Street and Mansfield. So the farmers Market runs from June
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twelfth to September twenty sixth this year. So you'll want
to come out every Thursday from four to seven at
three eleven Bowman Street to check out all the different
vendors fresh produce, fresh bake goods, handcrafted items and food trucks.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
All right, sounds good.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Love those farmers' markets, some great fresh items you mentioned.
Thursday's put it on the calendar. We've been listing about
a half dozen events that you'll be at here in
just you know, so many weeks and the Health Department
is going to be at all of these.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
We're going to be.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
At all of them, and for the most part, we
are big sponsors for a lot of these events as well.
We are very proud of our local community and we
really want to try and support local as much as possible.
So be sure to come out and join us and
help us to support everybody in our community.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Yeah, make sure you get there because Julie usually have
as many freebies as she can as possible. Right, So
you get there and take advantage of some great stuff
absolutely well before I let you go. Doctor Julie Chay
a health commissioner at Richlin Public Health. She joins us
in studio at least once a month, kind of carves
out that time for us and to give us a
monthly public health update. We've been hearing a lot across
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the country about measles. We've been hearing some in Ohio
or hoping Richland County will have still no cases.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Yeah, knock on wood. I want to keep it that
way as much as possible, especially as we're going into
the summer and people are out and about enjoying the
great outdoors. Make sure that again you keep washing your hands,
sanitizing them. If you can't wash them, cough or sneeze
into your sleeve or into a tissue something like that,
and be sure to keep washing, washing, washing your hands.
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And if you're not feeling well, please please please stay home.
That's the best way we can prevent from any of
these communicable diseases from spreading in our area.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Recently, you had measles vaccine clinics. Your mobile unit was
all across the county. You told me that went well, Yeah, it's.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
Been a very successful event. We've been seeing a lot
of people to either get vaccinated or to at least
get educated or to talk about alternatives if they can't
get vaccinated. So our mobile unit will continue to be
out and about in the community, not just for measles,
for all sorts of other events like we just mentioned
here today, as well as other pop up events as well.
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So just be on the lookout for our mobile unit
in your neck of the woods.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
If somebody wants to get vaccinated for the measles, they
can get a hold of the health department and come
to the health department.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Absolutely, We're open Monday through Friday from eight to four thirty.
So all you need to do is just come stop
by or give us a call at four one nine
seven seven four four or five zero zero and we
will hook you up with all your different public health needs.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
All website richlndhealth dot org for more information unfortunate news
you need to share. Everybody, for many, many weeks, months
and even years now, have been getting those free test
kits for COVID. You know at the health department you
have some, but this is the last kind of batch
you're getting there.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
Yeah, with many of the federal level cuts that have
been transpiring over the past couple of weeks, that has
really been diminishing many of our different programs and services
that we can offer. And one of those that I
want to make everybody aware of is our COVID nineteen
test kits. We see people every day coming in to
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grab a test kit, because again, if you're not feeling well,
it's better to you know, know, than not and to
try and save you some money from you know, having
to run to Walmart and buying one of these test
kits for yourself for fifty dollars, or having to visit
your healthcare provider if you don't necessarily need to. So
we just received our last COVID nineteen test kits, so
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we have a limited supply right now. Again, if you
need one, come and see us. I'm going to try
and figure out a way to try and continue that
program somehow, just because it's so popular. But man, these
federal cuts, they're really starting to affect us on a
local level. And many of the things that we've been
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talking about today, Aaron, you know I'm able to support
and sponsor because of federal level or state level support.
So please just keep in mind that, yeah, we need
to get things straightened out, especially fiscally and financially across
this country. But also just know that it does affect
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us here locally, especially when it comes to your health, wellbeing,
in quality of life.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
All getting our monthly public health update here in May
from Richland Public Health and Health Commissioner at doctor Julie Chea.
Before I let you go, and no time is running
out here we are. We mentioned Memorial Day getting close
summer weather. We've seen it warm up nicely. Unfortunately that
means ticks mosquitoes. I know we'll talk about that more
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next month when you're back, But what can you remind people.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Right they are out in full force, and I feel
like the mosquitoes keep popping up earlier and earlier each year,
and a lot of that has to do with the
amount of standing rain water that you have on your property.
So if you want to prevent the bugs from biting
you this summer, be sure to either visit us at
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one of these local events, look for our mobile unit,
come see us at the Health Department, or give us
a call at four one nine seven seven four four
five zero zero. We have bug bag kits that we
want to make sure that you have so that if
you do encounter ticks or mosquitos, that you're not encountering
any of those nasty bloodborne pathogens that they can transfer
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over to you.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
All right, So when you're back next month, we'll talk
more about tics, mosquitoes and things like that. And there's
a lot happening with the Health Department. They're going to
be out and about in the next several weeks. They're
always out and about actually, but a lot of events
coming up that they're going to be at, So make
sure you check the website you mentioned, Richlin health dot
org for more information. Doctor Julie Chea our guest this morning.
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Against She is the health commissioner at Richland Public Health.
We always appreciate you coming in informing us what's happening
here in the community.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Thank you for being with us today.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Thanks for having me