Yellow Springs, Ohio – January 14, 2021 – Gery Deer, managing partner and creative director of GLD Enterprises Communications, Ltd. in Jamestown, has been unanimously re-elected chair of the Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. This is the entrepreneur’s third term as the leader of the chamber’s governing body since he joined the board of directors in 2017.
“While I’m not a resident of the village, I have family and have been doing business in town for more than 20 years and care about the people, the community, and the businesses,” Deer explained. “I’m happy to serve a community that has been so supportive of me and my company, helping in whatever capacity I can, and this seems to be the best way at the moment. I also want to thank my fellow board members for their continued confidence in my service.”
Deer’s company, GLD Enterprises Communications, Ltd., is a marketing communication, public relations, and creative production shop founded in 1998. The firm specializes in creating content and managing earned media for companies all around the U.S. and supports business executives through success coaching services. More information is available at http://www.gldcommunications.com.
Gery L. Deer of GLD Enterprises Communications, Ltd.
Phase 1A Ongoing; Phase 1B To Begin The Week of Jan. 19, 2021 Pending Vaccine Availability
January 13, 2021 – GREENE COUNTY, OH — In conjunction with Ohio’s statewide efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to Ohioans in Phase 1B starting the week of January 19, Greene County Public Health (GCPH) officials and the Greene County Emergency Management Agency (GCEMA) are partnering to lead the vaccination efforts. The combined knowledge and decades of training will allow these agencies to continue to serve our local community as we work to vaccinate Ohioans in our community.
Vaccination to individuals in the Phase 1A groups are currently ongoing. These groups include healthcare providers, individuals with developmental disabilities and those with mental health/substance use disorders who live in group homes and residential facilities and staff at those centers, as well as EMS. Public Health is not providing vaccination to hospital workers or those who live or work in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities. Those vaccinations are being provided by hospital systems and by local pharmacies.
Governor DeWine recently announced plans for the state to begin rolling out Phase 1B beginning the week of Tuesday, January 19, pending vaccine shipments and availability. Below is the breakdown of the phase by date:
Week of January 18: Individuals age 80 and older can be vaccinated
Week of January 25: Individuals ages 75 and older can be vaccinated, along with individuals with severe congenital, developmental, and early onset of medical disorders.
Week of February 1: Individuals ages 70 and older can be vaccinated, along with K-12 schoolteachers and staff only for schools that elect to be in person or offer a hybrid model by March 1.
Week of February 8: Individuals age 65 and older can be vaccinated.
According to Noah Stuby, Deputy Health Commissioner for GCPH, “Our partnership with GCEMA and years of professional training, developing plans, and preparations make us uniquely qualified to lead this effort in thecommunity. It is important that residents have the most up-to-date information available to make their own educated decision about getting vaccinated”. Rosanne Anders, Director of GCEMA agrees “Once our residents have the facts about the vaccine, it is our hope they will receive the vaccine to protect their health and that of their family members, friends and neighbors”. These agencies remind residents that the roll out of this phase will be very slow due to limited vaccine availability.
In order to make it easy to know when you can get your vaccine from Greene County Public Health, please visit https://healthalert.gcph.info/COVID19/signup and click on Phase 1A (blue box) or Phase 1B (purple box). You will then be notified by public health officials when and where there is a GCPH vaccine clinic available for you to receive the vaccine. This is not for any other local providers that may be offering vaccine, only those vaccines provided by GCPH.
Public Health officials will announce additional information on new phases as information becomes available through the local news media, our social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @GreeneCoPH and our website www.gcph.info. Public Health asks for patience as we work through the Phase 1A and 1B priority groups.
The Jamestown Comet. 