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08-04-2025
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Reflecting on the Total Solar Eclipse one year later
AVON LAKE, Ohio (WJW) — One year ago, a Total Solar Eclipse passed directly through areas of Northeast Ohio giving residents here and visitors a spectacle which, for many, will be a once in a lifetime event. What is Issue 2 on Ohio's May 6 ballot? That event was preceded here by planning that started in the spring of 2021, with the expectation of drawing as many as one million people to the state of Ohio from around the world, tens of thousands of them converging on Lorain County. Among the concerns were the problems associated with the mass exodus of people leaving the area all at the same time following the eclipse. The planning was modeled after experiences in Tennessee and Kentucky following a previous eclipse With the eclipse here happening about 3:00 in the afternoon, the concerns included having school children trapped on buses in traffic for hours, the ability of emergency services to navigate streets if traffic became backed up, and what might happen if there was a fender bender, a breakdown or a medical emergency in traffic. Other contingencies included preparing for the unlikely event of a bad actor creating casualties in a crowd and what might happen if gas stations were to run out of gas. 'There was a lot of meetings, we got a lot of people together that normally don't sit in the same room,' said Lorain County Emergency Management Agency Director Dave Freeman. 'It was a huge team effort and everyone in the communities came together fantastically, I mean there were people meeting in these rooms that had never talked to each other. So I think the biggest thing that came out of this was that we developed those relationships and those carry over to everything else that we do,' said Freeman. The agency staged emergency services at various locations to help expedite their response in the case of an emergency. Freeman says he was able to view traffic and crowds at different events in real time using drones. 'Destroy them before they hatch' in Ohio But the traffic congestion never materialized. The crowds were not as large as expected Reflecting back on the event one year later, Freeman believes part of the reason the crowds were smaller than anticipated was that the day started off cloudy While the weather here ended up being perfect in time for the eclipse that afternoon, it did not start out that way so a number of hotel reservations across the area were cancelled the day before. 'So people, I think what they were doing was booking probably five or six locations with the expectation that we are going to go to a place that is going to be the best weather,' said Freeman. Another thing that might have helped was that there were so many events spread out across the region. 'Crusher stadium had an event, the Science Center had something, the Guardians had something, all the Metroparks both in Lorain, Cuyahoga, there were events everywhere,' said Dr. Jack Dibee, Assistant Superintendent of Avon Lake Schools who participated on the planning committee beginning three years before the eclipse. While the high school stadium did host a public event, school was not in session that day to help relieve any traffic problems. But Freeman also believes a part of what went right is that many local residents actually followed his advice and stayed at home, watching the eclipse from the comfort of their own back yards. Man sues North Ridgeville over wrongful harassment conviction amid utilities dispute 'Failing to plan is planning to fail. I would much rather be over-prepared, if there is such a thing, than to be underprepared and that's the question I had. Do you think you over-prepared? I said you are going to have to define that for me, what does overprepared means? It didn't happen. That doesn't mean you were over-prepared, that means you were prepared appropriately,' said Freeman. Economically communities invested tens of thousands in events and preparation. In Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties it was all hands-on deck for sheriff's offices. Numerous law enforcement agencies were staged to help direct traffic. Communities invested in their eclipse events. Some of those costs were reimbursed by the state. But not all. 'They were allowed to report overtime money, money they spent on traffic control devices, tent rentals, generators, stuff like that and I think the biggest one that I probably had come in was around $50,000 or so,' said Freeman 'Not insignificant but not huge and they were reimbursed for a portion of that, not the entire thing. There was a significant cost. Now is that reciprocated by the visitors coming in? I don't have a good answer for you. I don't know. But yeah it cost some money, but the cost of being unprepared is worse,' he added. By one estimate, those who did come to the area for the eclipse spent as much as $24 million dollars here during their stay. 'What it ended up being was a really great plan, a really great exercise without the trouble that would have come if we had the influx that we initially expected,' said Freeman. 'It absolutely was once in a lifetime and for those of us old enough to have at least lived through some partial eclipses and see that to see what we saw one year ago today was amazing,' said Dibee. 2 plead in 'gun battle' outside Saint Malachi Parish 'I was just blown away it leaves you speechless when you look at that and think of everything that lined up for an eclipse to happen,' He hopes those planning for the next total eclipse here will learn from the lessons of this one. That will happen in 2099. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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03-03-2025
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QNB Corp. to Present at the Banking Virtual Investor Conference March 6th
The company invites individual and institutional investors, as well as advisors and analysts, to attend online at QUAKERTOWN, Pa., March 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QNB Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: QNBC), the parent company of QNB Bank, based in Quakertown, PA, focused on Banking, today announced that Dave Freeman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Jeff Lehocky, Chief Financial Officer, will present live at the Banking Virtual Investor Conference hosted by on March 6, 2025. DATE: March 6th TIME: 11:00 to 11:30 Available for 1x1 meetings: Thursday (3/6), Monday (3/10), and Tuesday (3/11). This will be a live, interactive online event where investors are invited to ask the company questions in real-time. If attendees are not able to join the event live on the day of the conference, an archived webcast will also be made available after the event. It is recommended that online investors pre-register and run the online system check to expedite participation and receive event updates. Learn more about the event at Recent Company Press Release QNB Corp. Reports Earnings for Fourth Quarter 2024 - QNB Bank About QNB Corp. QNB Corp. is the holding company for QNB Bank, which is headquartered in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. QNB Bank currently operates twelve branches in Bucks, Lehigh and Montgomery Counties and offers commercial and retail banking services in the communities it serves. In addition, the Company provides securities and advisory services under the name of QNB Financial Services through a registered Broker/Dealer and Registered Investment Advisor, and title insurance as a member of Laurel Abstract Company LLC. More information about QNB Corp. and QNB Bank is available at About Virtual Investor Conferences®Virtual Investor Conferences (VIC) is the leading proprietary investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for publicly traded companies to seamlessly present directly to investors. Providing a real-time investor engagement solution, VIC is specifically designed to offer companies more efficient investor access. Replicating the components of an on-site investor conference, VIC offers companies enhanced capabilities to connect with investors, schedule targeted one-on-one meetings and enhance their presentations with dynamic video content. Accelerating the next level of investor engagement, Virtual Investor Conferences delivers leading investor communications to a global network of retail and institutional investors. CONTACTS: QNB CorpDavid W. FreemanPresident & Chief Executive Officer215-538-5600 x-5619dfreeman@ Jeffrey LehockyChief Financial Officer215-538-5600 x-5716jlehocky@ Virtual Investor Conferences John M. ViglottiSVP Corporate Services, Investor AccessOTC Markets Group (212) 220-2221johnv@
