Barb chats with the three founders of the East Palestine Community Foundation.  In 10 years, the Community Foundation has funded projects ranging from a splash pad to a disc golf course.  They talk about some of the various funding projects they have tried and some that they will never try again!   They have followed their mission and worked to provide funding for improvements and projects which will benefit the community.

Join with Barb as she talks about the lessons to be learned about emergency preparedness from the recent 2023 East Palestine train wreck.  The town's residents were faced with a potential life and death situation when the train wrecked, and chemicals caught fire.  No one was prepared for an evacuation.  

Threshold Residential Services is a lot more than just the Corner Store.  CEO Chris Page talks with Barb about the numerous programs TRS provides for the developmentally disabled citizens of the area.

Barb will be chatting with Karen Christian about the decisions and choices you may be facing when your parents start needing assistance.  They will walk through the different types of care available and some of the questions you need to ask along with various resources to get help.  To stay young at heart, you must have a plan, to do whatever you are able, for as long as you can.  No one likes to talk about this part of aging but if we live a long life, we will all have to face some of these issues.  

Today Barb is chatting with Lyddy Jones, an independent insurance consultant, about Medicare.  If you are turning 65 this year, you will have to make some Medicare insurance decisions.  There are many options available, and it is definitely not a "one size fits all" decision.  Hopefully this chat will help prepare you for when that 65th birthday comes around or just serve as a refresher course on Medicare and supplements in general.

Today Barb is meeting with Noreen McBride, a librarian from the East Palestine Public Library.  They will talk about the variety of services that a library offers today compared to the past when it was just a place to check out books.

I am a retired Baby Boomer living in a small rural town in NE Ohio. My goal is to remind my community of all the good things that we still have even though we have lost most of the jobs and businesses in our town. Some of my podcasts will be education or informative. Some will be success stories of the many grassroots programs we have going for us. I like the phrase "Gee, I didn't know that" and hope that you say that at least once while listening to Claybrook Chats with Barb. Thank you and Happy Trails!