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Columbus Air Show is back!
Why Supporting Small
Business MATTERS!
Dear Neighbor,
As a State Senator, small business owner, and nonprofit
CEO, I am keenly aware of the vital role that
small businesses play in our communities. In honor
of Small Business Month, I am calling all Ohioans
to get out and support their favorite small business
as your support plays a significant role in a
creating vibrant, flourishing communities. Small
businesses are the backbone of our local economy,
fostering job creation, innovation, and a unique
character that defines our neighborhoods. Beyond
their economic contributions, small businesses
have an unparalleled capacity to make a meaningful
impact on our communities through their commitment
to giving back.
When small businesses succeed, they generate
employment opportunities, helping to reduce unemployment
rates and improve the standard of living.
Every local store, restaurant, or service
provider that thrives contributes to a more robust
and resilient economy. Moreover, small businesses
often source their products locally, ensuring economic
benefits circulate within our community
and supporting other local enterprises and suppliers.
The impact of small business extends beyond economics.
I have witnessed firsthand the intersection
between business and philanthropy. Many small
businesses partner with local charities, sponsor
community events, and support local schools and
community initiatives. Such acts of generosity and
community involvement foster a sense of unity
and shared purpose, making our neighborhoods
more vibrant and cohesive.
Join me in supporting our local small business
community. Your patronage helps these companies
expand, create more jobs, and continue their
invaluable community support.
Enjoy a meal at a local restaurant, shop at a local
neighborhood store, or use a local service
provider. Whatever you choose, just know that
your support will have a direct impact on Ohio’s
economy. By supporting our small businesses,
your investing in Ohio’s economic health and contributing
to the social fabric that makes our communities
strong.
Results matter so let's make a difference together.
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The Columbus Air Show will be held June 14-16 from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. at Rickenbacker International Airport, 2241 John Circle
Drive, Columbus.
The Columbus Air Show was reorganized as a newly formed
show in 2023. The 2024 show will feature the U.S. Air Force
Thunderbirds as the headline performers. The event attracts more
than 50,000 guests.
Event organizers recently announced the initial lineup of aircraft
participating at this year’s show. The list is headlined by an
array of modern military fighter aircraft, massive transport aircraft,
and the hometown KC-135 from Rickenbacker Air National
Guard Base.
“The Columbus Air Show is a family-friendly and immersive
experience, in the air and on the ground,” said Herb Gillen, president
of Herb Gillen Airships, producers of the event. “Having as
many static displays as we do gives people a chance to talk to the
people who fly and maintain the aircraft, understand how the
planes perform and their significance to the Air Force, Navy,
Marine and Air National Guard bases.”
The full list of static aircraft includes:
• USAF KC-135 Stratotrainer - 121st AROW (Rickenbacker)
• USAF F-35A Lightning IHI 33rd FU (Eglon)
• USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon (x2) 112th FU (Toledo)
• USAF F-15C Eagle - 159th FU (New Orleans) (2)
• U.S. Navy F/A-18E - VFC-12 (NASH Oceana)
• USAF C-17 Globalister IIWI - 445th AW (Wright Patterson)
• USAF C-130 153rd AW (Cheyenne)
• USAF T-38 Talon (x2) - 509th BU (Whiteman)
• U.S. Navy T-6B Texan IHI (x4) - NASH Whiting
• C-47D "Hairless Joe"
• P-51 Mustang "By Request"
• B-25J Mitchell "Georgie's Gal"
• Beech 18 "The Grimes Flying Laboratory"
• Dreaming Entertainment (F-18 "Toping Theme" Fighter
Cockpit)
The Fairfield County Beekeepers Association
marked its fifth anniversary with a new meeting
place and full Beginner Beekeeping classes.
FCBA formed in 2019 to give beekeepers in
or near Fairfield County a place to mingle with
other beekeepers, learn about best management
practices, provide outreach to the community
about honey bees and the environment, and
attract and train new beekeepers. When the
club was told last November that it needed to
find a new meeting place, the Central Ohio Coon
Hunters Club, on Coonpath Road, offered their
club house as a meeting place and a big open
field for FCBA’s apiary. The Coon Hunters Club
does conservation projects and plans to create
an insect-friendly field of wildflowers. They were
hoping to attract some bees and other pollinators
to their property.
Each November, news about the FCBA Beginner Beekeeping
Scholarship goes out to schools, 4-H and agriculture groups, and
to military veterans. The club offers scholarships covering a class,
hives and bees, plus year-long mentoring for the scholarship recipients.
Then in early spring, before the bees come out of their winter
clusters, FCBA offers day-long educational trainings about how to
begin beekeeping. The club helps newcomers get their woodenware
hives and order bees. Once spring weather comes, the club
offers twice monthly training in their training bee yard (apiary)
for the new beekeepers. Experienced mentors are also assigned to
those “NewBees” that want them.
• PT-26 CAFE Buckeye Wing
• L-39
• Scottish Aviation Bulldog
• CAFE Minnesota Wing- Rise Above P-51 Mustang Red Tail
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Jet Demonstration Team and
U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Demonstration Team lead a
world-class lineup of performers who will take to the skies at the
Columbus Air Show. In addition to the Ohio ANGI KC-135
Stratotrainer, other military aircraft flying will include two F-15
Eagles, the U.S. Air Force F-35A and World War IHI-era planes
such as the F4U Corsair, P-38 Lightning, P-51 Mustang and many
others.
The event will also feature Battlefield Europe, a WINI battle
reenactment that will help commemorate the 80th anniversary of
D-Day, as well as the second annual STOLA Drag Columbus Cup
Air Races.
To keep up on the latest Columbus Air Show news, sign up
online to be an “Air Show Insights” member on the show’s Web
site. Subscribers are the first to receive news updates about the
show, its performers and more.
Visit ColumbusAirShow.com and the show’s social media channels
for information.
Beekeeper group marks its fifth anniversary
Crowd at the bee yard.
The club meets monthly, providing an educational
speaker at each meeting, a chance to win a
bee related door prize (all donated) and time to
hang out and talk bees with other beekeepers.
FCBA member volunteers do many outreach
activities, like presentations for adult or young
people’s groups and provide a huge display of
hands-on artifacts about bees, activities for kids
and a live observation hive at many festivals and
fairs around Fairfield County.
FCBA will have a live demonstration in the
bee yard and a booth of hands-on artifacts for the
Central Oho Coon Hunters Family Day in June.
FCBA also sells raw, local honey from its members.
FCBA meets every month except December on
the third Tuesday of the month, at 7 p.m. The
training bee yard is scheduled to meet at the club apiary on the
property, at 6 p.m. on the Tuesday of the club meeting. There is
typically another training yard demonstration on another
Tuesday in the month, at 6 p.m. as well. Information about scheduled
bee yard dates are on the group’s Facebook page.
Visitors are welcome to attend a meeting to learn more.
Information can be found on the club website at fairfieldcountybeekeepers.org
and on the Facebook page,
https://www.facebook.com/groups/fairfieldcountybeekeepers.org.
Yearly membership is $15 for a single and $25 for a family One
can join online at Square store, tinyurl.com/fcbashop. You don’t
have to be a beekeeper to join.