In The Know
The Weekly Newsletter of
The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
Friday, November 12th, 2021
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This Week's Featured Video
How Companies Like UPS Are Launching Holiday Hiring Blitzes
From the Wall Street Journal: As companies begin to staff up for the holiday season, they face one of the tightest labor markets in decades. To attract employees, some companies like UPS are offering sign-on bonuses and additional benefits as well as creative incentives. Watch the video by clicking "Play".
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Mark Your Calendar Now For
2021 Holiday Coffee & Connections
& Holiday Open House!
Coffee & Connections is casual, fun, and the perfect way to share news about all that your business or organization has to offer. After a delicious hot breakfast, each attendee gets the opportunity to give a brief commercial about their business or organization and distribute business cards, brochures, coupons or other promotions. Be thinking about your ugliest sweater too, and compete for a full year of complimentary admission to Coffee & Connections in the ugly sweater contest.
Later in the day, from 11 a.m. until 3, don't miss the Chamber's Holiday Open house generously sponsored once again by Apollo Pro Cleaning & Restoration. The location is Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in downtown Steubenville. There will be live music, amazing food and a visit from Santa himself. Watch your email for more information and details.
What: December "Coffee & Connections"
When: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 - 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. (Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.)
How Much?: $15 Per Person. $20 for walk-ins.
What: Holiday Open House
When: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
How Much?: No charge. RSVP strongly encouraged. Watch your email for details.
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How to Recruit and Retain Women in Ohio’s Manufacturing Industry
Women today account for fewer than 1 in 3 manufacturing workers, despite representing about half of the overall workforce.
Therefore, manufacturers have a tremendous opportunity to expand their workforces through a focus on women.
On Tuesday, November 30th, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. ET, the Ohio Manufacturing Workforce Partnership and The Manufacturing Institute will present a webinar titled: How to Recruit and Retain Women in Ohio's Manufacturing Industry.
In this virtual STEP Forward event, industry leaders will identify best practices for building and strengthening the female manufacturing workforce in the Buckeye State. Please register by clicking the button below.
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26th Annual
Ohio State-Michigan Tailgate Party
Tickets are just $60, and the reverse raffle includes drawings for cash prizes, large screen TV viewing of the game, and food and beverages for two.
Winner need not be present and proceeds benefit the Steubenville Lions Club charities. For details on the reverse raffle, please click the button below.
Tickets: Contact Domenick Mucci at 740-381-7928 or from any Lion’s Club Member.
Tickets are also available at Downtown Bakery and Froehlich’s Classic Corner.
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Take Control of Your Health
Trinity Health System now offers a Comprehensive Blood Draw Analysis Program. This program gives you the opportunity to have a group of blood tests performed for $40.
Programs of this type are responsible for detecting early signs of health problems and monitoring treatment of known problems. Additional tests are also available for an additional charge. Community blood draws are offered at the following locations during the month:
Twin City Medical Center
1st Wednesday of the month
819 N. First Street, Dennison, OH
7 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Prime Time
2nd Wednesday of the month
300 Lovers Lane, Steubenville, OH
6 a.m. – 12 p.m.
ExpressClinic
3rd Wednesday of the month
82424 Cadiz-Jewett Road, Cadiz, OH
7 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Medical Plaza
4th Wednesday of the month
106 Plaza Drive | St. Clairsville, OH
7 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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Have an Instrument in Need of Repairs?
Expert technicians at the Center of Music and Art have years of experience repairing instruments. Drop off your instrument for a free estimate anytime.
Dave Smith - all woodwinds and brass instruments.
Norm Keyser - guitars, banjos, mandolins, and ukes.
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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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Chamber Priority Bill
Signed into Law
On Thursday, Governor DeWine signed Senate Bill 1 into law. SB 1 would require students to take a one-half unit course in financial literacy, which schools can choose where best to incorporate this. This bill has been a major priority for the Ohio Chamber for many general assemblies.
SB 1 would also require teachers to obtain a license validation for them to be able to teach financial literacy. These two requirements will provide a strong uniformity to Ohio’s educational standards as it relates to the application of teaching financial literacy.
The bill would also create the “High School Financial Literacy Fund,” which would be housed under the state treasury.
Read the article in its entirety
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4 Factors Driving
Food Price Inflation
Labor shortages. Supply chain disruption. Higher energy prices.
These aren’t the things that come to mind when people think about Thanksgiving. But when they head to the grocery store to do their food shopping or go to a restaurant with their family for their Thanksgiving meal this year, those three issues will certainly be evident in the cost of their bill.
“Anyone who has purchased food lately knows that food prices are rising and rising pretty sharply,” said Curtis Dubay, senior economist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The cost of eating out at a restaurant is about 4.7% higher than it was at this time last year, for instance, while grocery store and supermarket purchases are 5.3% higher than a year ago.
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:
I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse
by Michael Franzese
You gonna make money being a sucker? Fuggedaboutit! Here's a tip: You've got to get a plan, work it hard, work it smart, and surround yourself with people who know how to help you reach your goals--people like Michael Franzese.
Franzese was a capo in the Colombo crime family. He ran rackets that earned millions a week. And then he walked away and went straight. He served his time and now schools everyone from executives to small business owners about how to get the most from their businesses--and how to do it on the level.
Filled with hard-won experience, street smarts, and just a pinch of philosophy, I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse delivers the goods:
Click here to borrow a copy of this book.
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Questions about Oil & Gas?
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Today in History
- November 12th, 1979 -
Jimmy Carter shuts down
oil imports from Iran
From History: On November 12, 1979, President Jimmy Carter responds to a potential threat to national security by stopping the importation of petroleum from Iran.
Earlier that month, on November 4, 66 Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran had been taken hostage by a radical Islamic group. The alarming event led Carter and his advisors to wonder if the same or other terrorist groups would try to strike at American oil resources in the region. At the time, the U.S. depended heavily on Iran for crude oil and Carter’s cultivation of a relationship with Iran’s recently deposed shah gave the radicals cause, in their view, to take the Americans hostage. Not knowing if future attacks were planned involving American oil tankers or refineries, Carter agreed with the Treasury and Energy Departments that oil imports from Iran should be discontinued immediately. This ended America’s formerly friendly association with the oil-rich nation.
The U.S. and Iran had previously enjoyed a healthy diplomatic relationship; Carter had even enlisted the Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s help in reconvening peace talks between Israel and Egypt. Carter also sought Iran’s help in supporting nuclear non-proliferation talks with the Soviet Union. Carter and the shah affirmed their desire to collaborate on alternative energy and oil conservation. He even once toasted Iran under the shah as “an island of stability” in the Middle East.
While Carter and the shah planned closer collaboration on energy issues and the Middle East peace process, an Islamic revolution was brewing in Iran. The shah, who was reviled by the revolutionaries as catering to evil Western influences, was deposed in January 1979 and replaced by a clerical regime led by the Ayatollah Khomeini.
To read this entire article, please click here.
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Saturday is Sadie Hawkins Day
Did You Know?
- On November 15, 1937, cartoonist Al Capp, creator of the Li’l Abner comic strip, introduced the idea of a day in fictitious Dogpatch, USA, when all unmarried ladies, including the character Sadie Hawkins, could pursue their men.
- If the men were caught, marriage was unavoidable.
- The idea took off in real life in November 1938, when the first recorded “girls-ask-boys” Sadie Hawkins Day dance was held.
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In 1939, Life magazine reported that more than 200 colleges had held Sadie Hawkins Day events.
- Although it had not been his intention, after the Sadie Hawkins Day debut and subsequent popularity with his readers, Capp included the event in his comic strip every November.
- A similar tradition is associated with February 29 in leap years. Long ago, Leap Day also was known as “Ladies’ Day” or “Ladies’ Privilege,” the only period of time when women were free to propose to men.
- It is thought that this event may have been based on a Scottish law in the 1200s or on an Irish legend, but no one knows for certain.
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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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