In The Know
The Weekly Newsletter of
The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
Friday, October 15th, 2021
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A Message from the Chamber President
As you may already know, I will be leaving the Chamber at the end of 2021, after seven years in this role. It will be a bittersweet departure, but it's time to move on and re-focus on my own businesses and projects, which have taken a backseat for a long time.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the Chamber - the incredible people I have gotten to know, the relationships that were sparked or strengthened, and the work that we have done together. The challenges and successes I have shared with so many of you, especially in the past couple of years, have left me very humbled and inspired by our local business community. And I'm prouder than ever before to call Jefferson County my home and to own a business here.
I thank you all for the great memories I'll take with me and I look forward to continuing our work in making the area better and stronger.
Remember that there's still time to get tickets for next Wednesday's 113th Annual Awards Dinner & Meeting at St. Florian Hall. Come out for great food and drink, exciting speakers and an evening celebrating our members and their importance to the local business community.
Sincerely,
Tricia Maple-Damewood
President
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This Week's Featured Video
Covid-19 Kids' Vaccine Sparks Contrasting Opinions in Parents
From Wall Street Journal: As the FDA nears a decision on authorizing Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children 5-11 years old, public-health officials and pediatricians are sharing research with families to assure hesitant parents of the shot's safety. Watch the video by clicking "play".
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Have You Ever Considered Hiring a Veteran?
Commit to hiring qualified veterans. It's the smart choice. A quick internet search shows articles from many recognized business leaders who endorse hiring veterans as a good business practice.
Why? Veterans bring the following attributes and characteristics to the workplace:
- Proven leadership and leadership readiness
- Mission-focused approach to work
- Experience working in diverse teams and organizations
- Adaptable and immediate contributors
- Strong work ethics
- Strong performance under pressure
- Creative problem-solving
- Self-starter
- Integrity
For more information about veteran hiring, please click the button below or contact:
Dan Wilson
Workforce Specialist, Office of Workforce Development
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Steubenville, OH 43952
Cell 740-564-7428
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113th Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner Set For October 20th
Tickets Still Available Through Monday At 5 p.m.
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Don't miss the Chamber's long-time tradition - the 113th Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner. This year's theme is "The Long Road Back: Business In A New World" with an impressiveve duo of presenters lined up from two of the hardest hit industries during COVID-19: food-service and travel.
Hear from Cameron Mitchell of the Columbus, Ohio-based Cameron Mitchell Restaurants and Paul Hoback Jr., Chief Development Officer for the Allegheny County Airport Authority, that operates both the Pittsburgh International Airport and the Allegheny County Airport. These dynamic and interesting business leaders will discuss how they navigated through the past 18 months and what the future looks like in a post-COVID world.
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Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Time: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Location: St. Florian Event Center, Wintersville
Cost: $65 per person
Tables of 8 available for $500.
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The Chamber would like to thank the 2021 Gold Sponsors of this important Chamber event that include: |
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Silver Sponsor
Bronze Sponsors:
Voto Manufacturers Sales Co., First Choice America Community Federal Credit Union, Barium & Chemicals, Inc., Capital Healthcare Network - Carriage In of Steubenville, Exquisite Creations by Joel, Valley Wine Cellar, Inc., Main Street Bank, Encino Energy, and M & M True Value Hardware.
A limited number of sponsorships are still available for Chamber member businesses. Please call the Chamber offices for details at 740-282-6226 or click the button below.
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LuLaRoe with Susan Costantini
Open House!
Who is ready for a day of shopping? There will be a LuLaRoe Open House on Sunday, October 17th, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
We have sizes for everyone! There will be dresses, skirts, tops, sweaters, and more.
This Open House will be held at Susan's home located at 735 Longvue Drive, Wintersville. Watch for a sign on the front lawn. For more information, call 740-275-2543 or for a downloadable flyer, please click the button below.
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Pink Power Night ReImagined!
Pink Power Night's purpose is to bring women together for an annual event to raise awareness for breast cancer-related causes.
You will have 48 hours to join in on the fun!
There will be LIVE events, informative content, entertainment, games, education, prizes, and much, much more!
Don't miss out! Register for FREE by clicking the button below.
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Trunk or Treat in Toronto
There will be prizes for Best Costume and Best Decorated Trunk.
Please call 740-537-9500 or click the button below to reserve your trunk space.
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The Sycamore Youth Center is hosting “The Jeweler’s Shop,” a play by Karol Wojtyła/Pope St. John Paul II. A number of students and staff at Franciscan University will be performing in this play about human love and Christian marriage.
Over the course of three acts, Wojtyła puts before us three couples that embody human love in its various shapes and shades.
The performance will take place in the Sycamore Youth Center October 21st through October 23rd at 8 p.m.
For more information, please contact Bobbyjon Bauman via email here or 740-409-2986. Sycamore Youth Center is located at 301 North 4th Street in Steubenville.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and tickets (by donation) will be available at the door. Please come early to ensure you have a seat. We hope to see you there!
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Indian Creek High School Job and College Fair
Join representatives from universities, colleges, career technical schools, and apprenticeships, in an exhibit-style format promoting your business or organization. This is a great place to put your business in front of future employees and answer questions about careers that you may have to offer. No charge to participate.
Date: Tuesday, Nov 2nd
Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Where: Indian Creek High School Gym
200 Park Dr., Winterville
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Trunk or Treat
On Wednesday, October 27th, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Dixon Healthcare Center will be holding a "Trunk or Treat" at its facilities located at 135 Reichart Ave.in Wintersville. Bring your ghouls and goblins for an evening of Halloween fun.
Wear your best costume and stroll through trunk loads of treats while enjoying music by DJ Chelsea Matta Househoulder.
Prizes will be awarded for best decorated car. This event is FREE and open to the community.
Please contact Michelle Howard, Director of Public Relations, at 740-264-1155 or via email with any questions.
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Commercial Building & Personal Property Auction
by Gary W. Cain Realty & Auctioneers
Stop by an impressive auction hosted by Gary W. Cain Realty & Auctioneers on Saturday, October 30th, at 10 a.m.
The location is 512-518 Main St. in Wintersville. Items to be sold include a van, forklift, numerous tools, furniture, and special collectible items.
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Member Morsels are free and an easy, fast way to reach hundreds each week. It reaches the entire Chamber database each Friday - that's over 850 local business owners, managers, and employees.
Remember to visit individual member websites by clicking on the business name or logo. Submit your Member Morsel by clicking the button below.
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AROUND THE STATE. AROUND THE COUNTRY. |
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Introduction of Two New Bills Reflects Continued Momentum for Ohio Chamber's Fall Pro-Business Agenda
Last month, during our 2021 Policy Conference at Salt Fork State Park, the Ohio Chamber released its updated Fall 2021 Legislative Agenda. The list includes ten major policy initiatives we are prioritizing for the remainder of the year.
Last week was a good week for our Top Ten. Senate Bill 1 (#10 on the list), which ensures that students will be equipped with an adequate level of financial literacy upon graduation, was finalized by the Senate and awaits Gov. Mike DeWine’s signature before becoming law.
Also, bills that address two other priorities were formally introduced, and both were referred to committees today so that lawmakers can begin deliberations on them.
Read the article in its entirety
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Medical Innovation Happens Across America
America is where innovation thrives, and cutting-edge medicine is no exception. Right now, scientists are conducting more than 140,000 clinical trials across all 50 states to explore the potential of the therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics, and cures we need to fight disease—from coronavirus to cancer.
There’s no question that life-changing, lifesaving solutions are on the way - as long as we keep the path from mind to market as smooth and obstacle-free as possible. Because, as the data shows, the path is already treacherous enough.
Today, investing in new drug development requires between $1.7 billion and $3.2 billion upfront - and there’s little guarantee for success. For every 25,000 drug compounds that start in the laboratory, 25 make it to clinical trials, 5 make it to market, and only one recoups the costs invested.
Read the article in its entirety
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Great Books About Business With Just A Click
Your link to success begins at the library. With each week of "In The Know,"
you to a business book or magazine that will inspire, teach, inform, or elevate you, professionally and personally. This week:
Surrounded by Bad Bosses (and Lazy Employees):
How to Stop Struggling, Start Succeeding, and Deal with Idiots at Work
by Thomas Erikson
Internationally bestselling author Thomas Erikson has helped changed how the world thinks about behavior using a simple 4-color behavior analysis system. In Surrounded by Bad Bosses, he applies that same system to revolutionize the workplace. Everyone has had a bad boss. You might have one right now. You might even be one. Bad bosses are a fact of the workplace, whether they're short-tempered, unclear about expectations, or too disorganized to manage so much as a stapler. But how do you not only survive a difficult boss, but help your career thrive despite them?
Click here to borrow a copy of this book.
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Questions about Oil & Gas?
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Today in History
- October 15, 2004 -
"Funeral coaches" exempted
from car-seat law
From History: On October 15, 2004, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rules that hearse manufacturers no longer have to install anchors for child-safety seats in their vehicles. In 1999, to prevent parents from incorrectly installing the seats using only their cars’ seat belts, the agency had required all carmakers to put the standardized anchors on every passenger seat in every vehicle they built. Though it seemed rather odd, most hearse-builders complied with the rule and many thousands of their vehicles incorporated baby-seat latches on their front and back passenger seats.
However, the year after the agency issued the rule, one of the largest “funeral coach” manufacturers in the United States petitioned for an exemption. “Since a funeral coach is a single-purpose vehicle, transporting body and casket,” the petition said, “children do not ride in the front seat.” In fact, typically that seat is empty—after all, most people do try to avoid riding in hearses. On October 15, the agency agreed: All funeral coaches (now officially defined as “a vehicle that contains only one row of occupant seats, is designed exclusively for transporting a body and casket and that is equipped with features to secure a casket in place during the operation of the vehicle”) were permanently exempt from all child-safety provisions. According to this formulation, those rare hearses that do have rear seats are not technically funeral coaches; therefore, they are subject to the same child-restraint rules as every other carmaker.
To read this entire article, please click here.
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People either love or hate candy corn, but there's no question it's a mainstay of the fall season.
Did You Know?
- Candy corn was invented in the 1880s by George Renninger, an employee of the Wunderle Candy Company in Philadelphia.
- The Goelitz Confectionery Company, now called Jelly Belly Candy, started making candy corn at the turn of the century, the longest run by an existing manufacturer.
- When Goelitz first produced candy corn, it was called "Chicken Feed." The boxes were illustrated with a rooster logo and copy that read: "Something worth crowing for."
- In 1950, the price of candy corn was about 25 cents per pound. Today Jelly Belly sells it for $8.99 a pound.
- About 9 billion kernels of candy corn – more than 35 million pounds – are sold annually, according to the National Confectioners Association.
- In one eight-hour shift, Jelly Belly makes 28,000 pounds of candy corn.
- One kernel of candy corn is about 5 calories. A one-ounce serving has 110 calories.
- After chocolate (68 percent), candy corn, at 10 percent, is the favorite Halloween treat, according to the National Confectioners Association.
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Tricia Maple-Damewood
President
Contact Tricia with suggestions, input or feedback on member programming, how to get involved on a committee or special project or with questions related to Chamber membership.
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Hannah Ward
Administrative & Membership Coordinator
Contact Hannah with changes to your membership information, questions regarding events or programs, or assistance with scheduling an Eblast or Member Morsel.
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Craig Cribbs, Reso, Inc.
Billing Support
740-275-4940
Contact Craig with invoice or billing questions and to make a dues, event or sponsorship payment.
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Contact Us
The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
630 Market Street
Steubenville, OH 43952
Phone: 740.282.6226
Fax: 740.282.6285
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