Preble to vaccinate school staff on Feb. 25, 26
The two-day vaccination clinic will be held at Eagles Point in Eaton from 12:30-6 p.m.
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PREBLE COUNTY Preble County Public Health will hold a two-day vaccination clinic for the staff of all five county schools at Eagles Point in Eaton on Feb. 25-26.
Eligible K-12 employees, including teachers and long-term substitutes, bus drivers and cafeteria workers, environmental and building services workers as well as other adults in school district such as office personnel, aides, non-teaching staff, coaches, etc., will be able to sign up for a vaccination time between 12:30-6 p.m. through a scheduling portal provided by PCPH.
PC Public Health seeking additional funding
By Eddie Mowen Jr. - cmowen@aimmediamidwest.com
EATON On Monday, Feb. 1, Preble County Commissioners met with PC Public Health Commissioner Erik Balster and PC Auditor Lavon Wright to discuss the placement of a public health levy on the May election ballot.
According to Wright, Balster had emailed stating the health department would need $600,000 to have a “sustainable” budget.
“I want to again express my gratitude again to you for listening to our rationale, and our organizational process, and really what we are excited to do and some of the challenges we’ve had in doing those things,” Balster added during the meeting.
Issue with health department continues for WA resident
The trailer park in Glenwood was torn down in January.
Submitted by Jerry Wick
Submitted by Jerry Wick
EATON Preble County resident Jerry Wick spoke to commissioners during their meeting held Monday, Feb. 1, providing more information regarding his ongoing sewage debate surrounding the Glenwood area also known as Sewer District 6.
According to Wick, the trailer park located there has been demolished and the debris has been hauled away. He also shared photos of the area taken over a course of two weeks, and an email he had received from the Preble County Health District denying a public records request he had made for copies of sewer complaints, as well as Wick’s response to the denial questioning, “who was the Preble County Health Department protecting when it comes to the trailer park, Sewer District 6 and sewage plants in the county.”
Tri-County North School District administrators praise teachers, Board of Education members
By Anthony Baker - abaker@aimmediamidwest.com
The Tri-County North School District Board of Education held its first monthly meeting of 2021 on Monday, Jan. 25.
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LEWISBURG Tri-County North School District Board of Education members held their first monthly meeting of 2021 on Monday, Jan. 25.
K-4 Principal Joe Finkbine praised TCN’s elementary school teachers for providing helpful feedback to parents.
“I get the pleasure each quarter of going through the comments our teachers make, and I really want to commend them,” Finkbine said. “They do a good job of putting comments in rather than just grades.”
COVID-19 vaccine available to elderly residents in Preble County on Thursday, Jan. 21
By Anthony Baker - abaker@aimmediamidwest.com
Preble County Public Health will administer COVID-19 vaccinations to those 80 and older on Thursday, Jan. 21. The vaccines will be administered by appointment only at Residences at Eagles Point, located at 307 N. Cherry St. in Eaton.
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EATON Preble County Public Health will begin distributing approximately 200 doses of Pfizer, Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, Jan. 21. The vaccines will be administered primarily to local residents aged 80 and older, according to Public Health Commissioner Erik Balster.
“We hope to hold a clinic the following Tuesday if we get more [doses], but we know for sure we’ll be doing one on Thursday,” he said said.