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Zanesville High School alum, MCCF Summer Scholarship

Jason Adams among recipients announced

speakers during annual dinner MCCF Announced That The Follow- rial Scholarship - Brooklynne Hamersley;

ing Scholarships Have Been Awarded: Leasure Family Scholarship - Macken-
by Lynette Dotson Anne Gilbert Visual Arts Scholarship zie Garber, Kiersten Mitchell; Leckrone
- Ryleigh Lawhorne and Adrian Griffin; Legacy Scholarship - Elya Taylor; Lora
Brauning-Sammons Education Trust Dawson Davisson Memorial Scholarship
Fund - Maranda Prouty; Charles And - Ryleigh Crooks; Marc Cooper Scholar-
Mary Lou Heck Educational Scholarship ship - Tyhesia Butcher; The Muskingum
Forest M. And Meryl C. Cale Scholarship Area Math Teachers Scholarship - Mack-
Violet And Ralph Hennessey Educational enzie Garber; Zack Smith O.P.O.T.A/
Scholarship - Reagan Bailey, Matthew Law Enforcement Scholarship - Landen
Baldwin, Hannah Beane, Emma Briggs, Pettet; Zanesville Country Club Schol-
Michael Burkhart, Maddux Burkhart, arship - Jacob Allen, Allison Baughman,
Autumn Burkhart, Cheyanne Dailey, Ryleigh Crooks, Ashley Dinan, Nora
Lyla Fisher, Lillian Gensor, Adrian Grif- Dunn, Elijah Felumlee, Ryleigh Graves,
fin, Carlee Hankinson, Tillman Hawk, Haven Jenkins, Hailey Lepi, Camden Mc-
Allison Hill, Graci Kelley, Emily Lawson, Govern, Riley Mckenzie, Rori Pletcher,
Austin Mirgon, Kiersten Mitchell, Lexus Olivia Rapol, Evan Rector, Sadie Rice,
Oldfield, Abigail Slack, Rachelle Sny- Stephen Sagan, Emily Ward, Jacie West,
der, Hannah Steil, Judith Valcin, Parker Christopher Wilson; ZMHA George F.
Wickham, Gabriella Williams, Rachel Kramer Scholarship - Shantel Snodgrass
Wofter; E.N. Dix Educational Fund - Abi- and Chelsey Mcintire.
gail Slack; Helen Vandenbark Endowed For more scholarship information visit
Scholarship - Matthew Baldwin, Aliahya www.mccf.org.
Dansby, Erin Mccoy; John Earhart Memo-

Candidates Elliot Forhan for Attorney General, Jason Adams for House District 97, Dr. Laura Sirot for
Muskingum County
Senate District 31, and Dr. Amy Acton for Governor. Lynette Dotson
nor. She grew up in Youngstown but now Prosecutor’s Office Provides
Four politicians were invited to speak Dr. Amy Acton is running for Gover-
during the Muskingum County Demo-
crats annual dinner held at the Zanes- lives in Bexley, Ohio. She is well known
ville IBEW on Saturday, August 16. for the work she did during the COVID-19 $10,000 to Support Local
Jason Adams, a Zanesville High Pandemic as the Director of the Ohio
School graduate is running for House Department of Public Health. After her Recovery Program for Women
District 97. He was recently elected Pres- time as part of the DeWine administra-
ident of the Muskingum County Young tion, Amy helped found the Center for submitted
Democrats. Human Kindness at the Columbus Foun-
“When I was 15 years old, I lost my fa- dation.
ther and I began to look at the world dif- “I can tell you that you don’t try to take
ferently. I saw my family struggling. I saw care of 11.7 million patients during CO-
other people worse off than we were. I VID because that’s how it felt. And not
saw my friends getting ready to get up fall in love with the state,” said Acton.
and move away because of stagnation in “A lot of people think, ‘is she tough
this area. Moving away for a better job, a enough for this?’ Okay, I didn’t get
new life, and a fresh start. Well, I say it’s through that childhood. I didn’t do the
time for a fresh start here in Muskingum work I’ve done my whole life. Do the little
County,” Adams said. COVID thing. Raise a family, take care of
Elliot Forhan is seeking the office of aging parents, all of it, if I wasn’t tough
Attorney General. He is an Ohio lawyer enough. But see, people keep mistaking
and former state representative who kindness for weakness. And that is a big
grew up in Southeast Ohio, attended mistake. Kindness is an age-old endur-
law school at Yale, and currently lives in ing principle in every single religion. It’s
the Village of Brooklyn Heights in North- what we teach our kids. It is a commit-
east Ohio. ment, a deep, fierce, fierce commitment
“I’m here to do two things. Tax the to justice and to seeing the God in one Muskingum County Prosecutor, Ron Welch, presents a $10,000 check to Foodworks Alliance Director
rich and stand up to bullies,” Forhan ex- another, seeing the humanity in one an- Amy Aurore for their Recovery with a Purpose program. Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office
plained. other. ... You will never see me intention-
“I’m running for Ohio Attorney General ally create chaos or be cruel. Because I Last month, Muskingum County Pros- only ones who see that.”
to apply the law equally to everybody, in- believe the biggest thing I have to fight ecutor, Ron Welch, presented Recovery The partnership between Foodworks
cluding the rich and the powerful,” stat- for, the biggest North Star this time, is with a Purpose, operating under Food- and the Prosecutor’s office was brought
ed Forhan. getting us back to one another and not works Alliance, with a $10,000 check. to fruition with the help of Aurore and
Dr. Laura Sirot is seeking the office giving up on one another,” Acton Ex- Recovery with a Purpose, established Kasi Stewart, the diversion coordinator
of State Senate in District 31. She is a plained. in 2020 and in partnership with Naomi for the prosecutor’s diversion program,
Professor of Biology and Department More information about the Musk- House, is a community-based 12-week DART. The two further established a
Co-Chair at The College of Wooster. She ingum County Democrats including paid training program that helps women community partnership with individuals
obtained her Ph.D. from the University of meeting times and how to join can be in recovery re-enter the workforce. The who participate in our office’s DART pro-
Florida in 2004. found on their website muskingum- program hires two trainees at a time gram and Recovery with a Purpose.
“So I’m running to represent every- dems.com or on their Facebook and Ins- and offers them hands on kitchen skills Aurore highlighted that it’s important
body in district 31. I’m running as a tagram pages. and real-world work experience as they for the community to know that the Re-
working mother. Who’s very concerned work to reclaim their lives in recovery. covery with a Purpose program is open
about current and future Ohioans ability The money provided to Foodworks to referrals from mental health profes-
to thrive,” explained Sirot. “I grew up in a allows for court sponsorship for Food- sionals and providers of the like as ap-
family of four children and our parents work’s third annual Pickle fest event plicants are required to have a referral
raised us to respect everyone, no matter and sponsorship for Recovery with a source for their recovery to ensure their
who they were, where they came from Purpose’s two new kitchen trainees. readiness to re-enter the workplace.
or what their situation was in life. And The check was presented to Amy Au- “Redirecting proceeds from drug for-
I carried this sense of responsibility into rore, local food advocate and Executive feitures into programs like this is true re-
adulthood.” Director of Foodworks Alliance. storative justice,” highlighted Musking-
“We know that there’s several, many Aurore highlighted that Foodworks, um County Prosecutor Ron Welch. “The
problems that we can’t solve, but there with the support of the Muskingum $10,000 provided to FoodWorks Recov-
are a lot of challenges facing Ohioans County Prosecutor’s Office, had a ery with a Purpose is two-fold; investing
that we can do something about. And “healthy feeling of legitimacy after ap- in the women rebuilding their lives and
that’s why I’m running. I want to work to plying for grants and to be backed by an providing support in prevention of drug
solve problems,” Sirot continued. office that’s a pinnacle of the commu- related recidivism—providing the means
“I want to bring people together around nity gave them a realization that what to stay in treatment, learn a trade, and
common issues. And the slogan for my they’re doing is working and if this entity contribute positively to our community
campaign is finding common ground to sees that and is showing their support in Muskingum County.”
work for the common good,” said Sirot. Jason Adams speaks before the crowd at the financially it must mean we aren’t the
annual Democratic Dinner. Lynette Dotson