Wednesday, November 18 2020

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Hello Wednesday! Chelsea here.

Starting tomorrow, a curfew will be in place in the state of Ohio for the next three weeks. Governor Mike DeWine announced the curfew as part of an effort to slow down the spread of coronavirus in the state. Lt. Gov. John Husted called the curfew a slow down instead of a shutdown. 

Navigator Feature Story: 

Gov. DeWine Issues 10 P.M. Curfew For Ohio

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The Best BBQ In Columbus

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Anyone else craving some barbecue? I think it's a combination of the cold weather and the general mood of 2020, but I could definitely use some comfort food. If you're looking to grab some carryout, treat yourself to one of these fantastic spots around town.

The State-Of-The-Art Boys & Girls Club In Milo-Grogan Is Going To Be Incredible

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Wanna hear some good news? The Milo-Grogan neighborhood is getting a fantastic new Boys & Girls club. This place looks like it's going to be so beautiful and the community couldn't deserve it more. 

Headlines 📰 

I expect holiday lights

to be a big deal this year, being outdoors and all. We'll have our big guide soon, but to tide you over

here's a quick roundup

. (Experience Columbus)

This is a nice trip report

to Fairfield County, with

lots of outdoor finds and activities

. (Columbus Family Adventures)

An optimistic note

as the 2020 election season winds down: a large majority of Ohio school and library levies

were approved by Ohio voters

. (WOSU)

A new Microsoft Flight Simulator

was released earlier this year. It's always amazing to me how stunningly they render the world, as you can see in these two short landing videos: Landing

in Ohio Stadium

and Landing

in MAPFRE Stadium

 (YouTube)

Weather:

45 and sunny

Coronavirus Updates 💊

7,079 new cases

, 368 new hospitalizations, 30 newly reported deaths. "

The bad news is that our situation here in Ohio is deteriorating.

" - Gov. Mike DeWine. Trend graph

. The hospitalization trend chart

.

Columbus hospitals

are returning to their "no visitors" policy (with some exceptions, like maternity, minor patients, etc.) that we

last saw months ago

. (NBC4)

We've linked this risk assessment planning tool

for gatherings before, but

it's even more jarring now

. For a 10 person gathering in Franklin County there's currently a 21% chance someone in the room would be infected. (Georgia Tech)

The numbers are going up

so quickly in Cleveland that they were

unable to release new case figures yesterday

. (News 5 Cleveland)

For some reason earlier today

I remembered that Dr. Amy Acton took so much heat for projecting 8-10k cases per day if things went poorly, and now, here we are, so this article was timely: 

Of Course Dr. Amy Acton Was Right

(CleveScene)

Sponsored by Easton Town Center. For over 20 years, Easton has brought families and friends together to celebrate the magic of the holidays. While things may look differently this year, we hope you’ll visit and experience an enchanted holiday season at Easton. Easton's number one priority is keeping guests and workers safe. 

Check out this link to learn more safety measures and more on what they have planned for the holidays this year. ❄️🎄

Today's Photo 🤳

I think we've plugged prints from Phantom Photos before, but this gorgeous overhead of Capital Square reminded me I should do it again with the holidays upcoming. Every one of these prints would look great on you wall -

check them out here

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