Ray Horner Show

:17 - With Jeanne Destro in for Ray Horner, she spoke with US Senator Sherrod Brown about protecting the workers of Ohio during the pandemic.

5:44 - The nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been hit the hardest with this virus. How can this be handled so there will be fewer cases and casualties? Jeff Wilhite discussed his nursing home reform task force.

11:00 - Kendra Williams and Sherri Neubert are with the Akron Community Foundation, and they mentioned the recent Four Women From Home fundraiser they were a part of.

16:51 - Ethan Karp is with MAGNET, and he talked about how local businesses pitched in during the lockdown to donate their product’s services.

Contact tracing has been an interesting topic, especially as folks head back into offices and factories for work. Donna Skoda from the Summit County Health Department gave the listeners some extra info on contact tracing and its effects.

What drives groups online to lean towards misinformation? Psychologist from the University of Akron, Dr. Cathy Faye, explains.

The nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been hit the hardest with this virus. How can this be handled so there will be fewer cases and casualties? Jeff Wilhite discussed his nursing home reform task force.

With Jeanne Destro in for Ray Horner, she spoke with US Senator Sherrod Brown about protecting the workers of Ohio during the pandemic.

:17 - For the first time since World War II, the All-American Soap Box Derby will not be happening in 2020. After much thought, and due to large crowds of people from all ends of the earth, they couldn’t risk having the event this year, according to Mark Gerberich.

4:44 - A bill is floating around congress set out to protect workers when they head back to work. Rep. Tavia Galonski talked about the possibility of this bill getting passed.

10:22 - Though businesses and much of Ohio is reopening, the lockdown has had an effect on Americans’ mental health. Dr. Toni Cooper is a local psychologist, and she talked about dealing with stress and how to push away bad behavior that resulted from the shutdown.

15:22 - So you were let go from your job or forced out of work due to the pandemic, and whether or not you received a stimulus check, you haven’t worked for ten weeks. And now your rent is due, yet you don’t have the money to pay it. What happens? Steve McGarrity is the executive director at the Community Legal Aid Services, and if you’re going through this, he is here to help.

20:33 - We talked earlier about farmers markets, so we revisit that topic with Nora Logsdon from Meals on Wheels.

A bill is floating around congress set out to protect workers when they head back to work. Rep. Tavia Galonski talked about the possibility of this bill getting passed.

For the first time since World War II, the All-American Soap Box Derby will not be happening in 2020. After much thought, and due to large crowds of people from all ends of the earth, they couldn’t risk having the event this year, according to Mark Gerberich.

Though businesses and much of Ohio is reopening, the lockdown has had an effect on Americans’ mental health. Dr. Toni Cooper is a local psychologist, and she talked about dealing with stress and how to push away bad behavior that resulted from the shutdown.

So you were let go from your job or forced out of work due to the pandemic, and whether or not you received a stimulus check, you haven’t worked for ten weeks. And now your rent is due, yet you don’t have the money to pay it. What happens? Steve McGarrity is the executive director at the Community Legal Aid Services, and if you’re going through this, he is here to help.