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WYSO Weekend: March 23, 2014

In this edition of WYSO Weekend:

  • The state’s unemployment rate dropped in the last month, and is now below the national average. But Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports that not everyone is looking at jobs numbers in the same way.
  • Miami County Health Commissioner Chris Cook has agreed to become the new CEO of Springfield's Rocking Horse Center. WYSO's Wayne Baker reports that the center's board of directors announced Wednesday that Cook will start his new position on April 21.
  • The Brookville City Council put two zoning ordinance votes on hold this week.  Approval of those zoning changes would have brought the plan to move the Montgomery County Fairgrounds to Brookville closer.  Instead, the votes were put on hold until funding for a requested access road on the proposed property could be found.
  • For the most part, winter weather seems finally to have given way to occasional warmth and sunshine, and that has many people looking ahead to summer. But as Ohio Public Radio’s Karen Kasler reports, for some, that’s not about putting together summer vacation plans, but about considering how they’re going to get a basic need met during those months away from school.
  • Smokers need not apply. That's part of the new policy 'Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County' handed down in January. The move is an effort to increase employee health and reduce healthcare costs, and to find out more of the details, we spoke with Jim Gross, Health Commissioner at Public Health, Dayton and Montgomery County.
  • Bill Felker offers clarity to the living world around us with Poor Will's Miami Valley Almanack.

Jerry began volunteering at WYSO in 1991 and hosting Sunday night's Alpha Rhythms in 1992. He joined the YSO staff in 2007 as Morning Edition Host, then All Things Considered. He's hosted Sunday morning's WYSO Weekend since 2008 and produced several radio dramas and specials . In 2009 Jerry received the Best Feature award from Public Radio News Directors Inc., and was named the 2023 winner of the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Best Anchor/News Host award. His current, heart-felt projects include the occasional series Bulletin Board Diaries, which focuses on local, old-school advertisers and small business owners. He has also returned as the co-host Alpha Rhythms.<br/>