Chamber calendar
Tuesday, June 24: Special forum by the Community Development and Advocacy Committee on the mandatory sick leave proposal, featuring Tony Fiore of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Ross County Service Center, 4 p.m.
Thursday, June 26: Board of Directors, Ross County Service Center, noon.
Wednesday, July 16: Business After Business, at Herrnstein Chrysler Plymouth Mitsubishi on Marietta Road, co-sponsored by Huntington Bank and Herrnstein Hyundai, 5-7 p.m.
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Author provides new take
on this globalization thing
By Marvin Jones
President and CEO
Every once in awhile you run across an item that grabs you and makes you think. Makes you think about your world in a different way, in a better way.
In the May 12 edition of Newsweek, author Fareed Zakaria writes about “The Rise of the Rest.” It’s taken from his book, “The Post-American World.” In this era where 
Americans lament the loss of manufacturing jobs and feel our way of life is threatened by foreigners, Zakaria has a much different perspective.
He says we are living through the third great power shift in modern history:
- The rise of the Western world around the 15th century produced revolutions in science and technology, commerce and capitalism and industry and agriculture.
- The second was the rise of the United State in the closing years of the 19th century. “For the last 20 years, America’s superpower status in every realm has been largely unchallenged – something that’s never happened before in history, at least since the Roman Empire dominated the known world 2,000 years ago.”
- The accelerated global economy and expansion is the driver of this latest power shift – the rise of the rest (of the world).
He says the world has shifted from anti-Americanism to post-Americanism. He points out 124 countries grew their economies at a rate of more than 4 percent in each of 2006 and 2007. “Over the last two decades, lands outside the industrialized West have been growing at rates that were once unthinkable.”
But, he warns “the traditional mechanisms of international cooperation are fraying. The UN Security Council has as its permanent members the victors of a war that ended more than 60 years ago. The G8 does not include China, India or Brazil – the three fastest-growing large economies in the world – and yet claims to represent the movers and shakers of the world economy.”
“Americans – particularly the American government – have not really understood the rise of the rest. This is one of the most thrilling stories in history. Billions of people are escaping from abject poverty. The world will be enriched and ennobled as they become consumers, producers, inventors, thinkers, dreamers and doers,” he claims.
“Generations from now, when historians write about these times, they might note that by the turn of the 21st century, the United States had succeeded in its great historical mission – globalizing the world. We don’t want them to write that along the way, we forgot to globalize ourselves.”
Read the entire article: www.newsweek.com/id/135380
Ohio chamber expert to help demystify sick pay proposal
Tony Fiore, the human relations and labor director for the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, will present the facts and answer your questions at Tuesday’s special session of the Community Development and Advocacy Committee’s open forum. Employers with 25 or more workers would be forced to provide seven sick days a year to all full-time employees and a pro-rated amount to all part-timers under a proposal expected to be on the November ballot. This issue would affect all employers, including cities, counties, school boards, non-profits and the private sector. The forum is open to the public and begins at 4 p.m. in the Ross County Service Center. No reservations required.
Carlisle, other initiatives in spotlight at downtown meeting
David W.T. Carroll, the attorney for the investor group planning to renovate the Carlisle Building, told the more than 80 in attendance at this week’s town hall meeting that work on the fire-ravaged landmark could begin later this summer. He said inspectors had not found any evidence of a problem with mold. In addition to Carroll, several others gave presentations on the progress made since the release of the HyettPalma Downtown Chillicothe Economic Enhancement Strategic Plan a year ago. A complete progress report appeared in a previous issue of Weekly Update: Downtown progress. Also, information on the plan itself and other aspects of the historic district are always available at www.downtownchillicothe.com.
Horizon unveils new recording service at BAB
Digital video recording (DVR) services now are available in the Horizon View package from Horizon Chillicothe Telephone. The new service was announced at Wednesday’s Business After Business hosted by Horizon at its downtown location. The Building Industry Association of South Central Ohio co-sponsored the event that attracted about 150 for the complete fish and tenderloin dinners from the Evening Lions Club and lemon shake-ups where the proceeds benefited the Downtown Mural Projects. A gallery of photos will soon be available on the chamber’s photo site: www.chillicothe-chamber.smugmug.com
Short takes from here and there
- Mistakes in completing state government forms now won’t cost you. Gov. Ted Strickland signed a law this week that waives fines and penalties for small businesses for the first paperwork violations, unless those violations could cause serious harm or involve a criminal offense. This includes paperwork for agencies such as the Department of Taxation, EPA and Department of Natural Resources.
- A new partnership means better care for stroke patients in the region. Adena Regional Medical Center and Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus plan to collaborate on treatment that permits “quick, seamless transfer of patients requiring more advanced care to Riverside Methodist. Once stabilized, these patients will return to Adena for care and rehabilitation close to home.”
- Kirk Miller and Jim Parker recently became Fellows of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a designation held by only 7,500 in the nation. Miller is operations officer of Physician and Regional Services for the Adena Health System while Parker is director of Managed Service Organization Services there.
- The annual Adena Health Foundation golf outing is Saturday, July 26 at Valley Vista Golf Course near Bainbridge. The entry fee is $100 per person with proceeds going to the new PACCAR Medical Education Center’s scholarship fund. Sponsorship opportunities also are available. Register online at www.adena.org or call Joni Staggs at 779-8244.
- The annual food drive for the Good Samaritan Network is under way at The Gift Post at 601 E. Main St. through July 3. All donors receive a hand-held American flag. Non-perishable food items and monetary donations are accepted.
- The annual Tri-County Trail Bicycle Adventure Tour is set for Sunday, Aug. 17. Rides ranging from 14 to 75 miles are featured, with all beginning at the Brad Lightle Park in Frankfort. Trail officials also report the extension from the end of the present trail in Austin to the Fayette County Trail is planned in August. Info on the tours: http://tricotrail.tripod.com or call 775-9322.
Newest chamber members to welcome:
- The Ashley House, 17380 Ohio 104 (across from the VA north entrance), by Brooke Boydston, banquet hall, 773-5779, chamber members and others invited to a ribbon cutting Monday at 11:30 a.m.
Seminars, workshops, etc.
- Mandatory Sick Pay Proposal, by the chamber’s Community Development and Advocacy Committee, 4 p.m., Tuesday, June 24, Ross County Service Center, no reservations required.