Our 5 ^th Annual Spring@ the Bing CE event this year was a great success. Our

Conversation About Opioids event topic drew a crowd of almost 100 attendees. Our largest attendance at a CNE activity in many years. Dr. Jody Hurt kicked off the event with a discussion on understanding the 'person' who presents addicted that widened the vi ews of many attendees who find themselves caring for patients with addictions. Sherriff Detectives James Clark, Mark Edwards, and Jacob Smith, from the HOPE Task Force provided the audience with an overview of their lives on the street - handling overdoses and reaching out to those with addictions to provide education and resources. They shared with us after the presentation that this was the first community-based presentation they had done. We would have never known it!!! Many attendees remarked on their evaluations that these three could have spoken for the entire evening, they had so much to share! Our own Nancie Bechtel, Asst. Health Commissioner at Columbus Public Health Department closed the evening by sharing some startling statistics about opioid/fentanyl/heroin usage and deaths in Ohio. The statistics were not good, Ohio indeed has a drug addiction problem. Big shout out to the CE Planning Committee for such a thought provoking and educational event!

Sheri Southworth, Chair Margaret Burns Pam Dickerson Deb Napier Michelle Rubertino Joe Hauser Karen Barr Jeanette Chambers Shirley Funt Phyllis Scheiderer, Board Liaison