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Archive for August, 2011

Plain City Druggist Providing Free Backpacks and School Supplies to Area 1st and 2nd Graders.

For the third year, we will be providing backpacks filled with selected school supplies to Jonathan Alder first and second graders. Using the school supply lists located on the Jonathan Alder School web sites, we chose items that we thought would be most needed by the students.

The backpacks are free. They are our way of thanking the community for continually supporting us.  All that is required to obtain a backpack is to have a parent or guardian stop in the pharmacy and sign for the child. There is a limit of one backpack per child. Supplies are limited, so don’t wait!

Please drop by the pharmacy beginning on Tuesday, August 16, to pick up a backpack filled with supplies for your proud student. The smell of crayons will instantly put you and them in the “back-to-school” mood. It did us!

Dublin Irish Festival Arrives with a Jig This Friday Through Sunday.

The Dublin Irish Festival dances its way into the heat of August this weekend. The Festival runs from Friday, August 5 to Sunday, August 7. You can find a complete schedule of events online: Dublin Irish Festival

Tickets are $10 for adults at the gate. But if you purchase your tickets before midnight tonight (August 4) online, you can save a buck. To buy online tickets, go HERE.

I have lots of memories of the Dublin Irish Festival. It has grown tremendously since we first started going there in 1996 (or close to it). It used to be a relatively small event, but it is so large now, you have to be bussed in from area parking lots. We actually haven’t been in a few years, because the crowds have become so massive and I also tend to wilt in the August heat.

In 1997, I had back surgery and I still remember walking around the Irish Festival with my parents, Joe, and Bobbie, as well as Joe’s cousins, Larry and Phyllis. I had to wear comfy stretch shorts, because the wound on my back had not healed and I was leaking a mysterious fluid that turned out to be cerebral spinal fluid. Not long after that weekend, I was back in the hospital to have the fluid flow stopped. Surprisingly, that memory doesn’t dim my fondness for this Festival–probably because I love all things Irish!

One of my favorite things to do at the Dublin Irish Festival is watch the Irish dancers. The Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance always features wonderful children and young adult dancers.

Additionally, if you enjoy traditional (and sometimes not so traditional) Irish music, there are always a ton of wonderful artists performing on various stages throughout the Festival. For a full list of groups that will be playing, please go HERE.

Looking for a kilt, Celtic artwork, or some lovely crystal? Now is the time to find it without crossing the pond. The Festival has a huge number of vendors selling anything and everything Irish. To see a complete list of marketplace vendors and what they sell, go HERE.

May the sun shine warmly on your back this festive weekend (and it undoubtably will-so pick up some sun block at the pharmacy before you head to Dublin).

Walter Grover Shows Off His Signed Ralph Stanley Banjo Shirt. Have You Had Any Brushes with Celebrities?

Walter Grover was in the pharmacy recently sporting his signed Ralph Stanley banjo shirt.

For those of you, like me, who don’t know too much about bluegrass music or Dr. Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys, you can visit their web site HERE.

If you’ve ever met a famous person or had your photo taken with a “star,” we’d like to hear your stories.

Send me an email (pcqueen@columbus.rr.com) with a photo and your star struck story and I might share your tale on the blog (but it has to be good–and no photos of yourself with Joe when he was “Elvis.” That does not count). 

Joe’s pharmacist friend, Ed, recently met James Carville at the Amerisource Bergen conference we attended in Las Vegas. Joe also got to meet the New Orleans democrat, but didn’t have his photo taken with him.

If we come across any other photos of the drugstore staff with famous folks, we’ll post those in upcoming blogs.

Meet Our New Pharmacy Student, Jon McClymont!

Since Kelly knew she would be leaving us to take a pharmacist job in St. Louis, she carefully helped us choose a new pharmacy student to take over for her. While no one will ever replace Kelly, her pick, Jon McClymont, has been doing a good job learning the ropes at Plain City Druggist.

Jon is a third year (P3) pharmacy student at The Ohio State University’s College of Pharmacy. Since he is a P3 student, Jon has another year of class work and then a year of rotations working in pharmacy venues to learn practical stuff they sometimes don’t teach in school. Because he is just entering his third year, we should be able to keep Jon on staff for at least two more years before he graduates, becomes a pharmacist, and heads off to Nebraska.

Jon is originally from Nebraska and hopes to some day open his own independent drugstore back in his home state. Jon and his wife, Andrea (pronounced “On”-drea), and their little girl, Chloe, are making Columbus their home temporarily so Jon can finish pharmacy school. Andrea is also finishing a Masters degree as Jon works towards becoming a registered pharmacist.

Jon also is very interested in compounding, as he has an extensive background in lab work. You’ll probably see him mixing and weighing out lots of interesting concoctions for Midwestern Compounding Pharmacy.

We hope you’ll stop by and get to know Jon while he is with us. Jon is usually sporting a big smile, which you cannot miss.

There is one other thing you cannot miss–Jon’s ride to work. If you see a behemoth pick-up truck parked out behind the pharmacy, you’ll know Jon is inside somewhere helping patients, filling prescriptions, and working to become the best pharmacist ever!