Cell Phones Banned in Ohio Schools
Ohio has decided that students and their cell phones should take a break during school hours, as the Senate just voted to implement a ban starting September 1st. While supporters argue this will boost student engagement and minimize distractions, opponents are concerned about how kids will communicate with parents during emergencies. Honestly, it's almost like they forgot that we used to have landlines for that. In other news, Cedar Point is attempting to spice up its live entertainment by bringing in comedians who probably have more talent in their pinky fingers than I do in my entire body. Spoiler alert: I’m not lining up for tickets. So, buckle up as we explore how banning phones and questionable comedy shows are the latest happenings around here.
Takeaways:
- The Ohio Senate has passed a bill banning cell phone use during school hours, effective September 1st.
- The bill allows exceptions for health concerns or emergencies, but defining an emergency could be tricky.
- Many districts are already enforcing similar bans, citing reduced distractions and better engagement in classrooms.
- Social media's impact on youth mental health was discussed, with some teachers claiming it's a societal disaster.
- Cedar Point is revamping its entertainment, featuring comedians known from national shows, which might be interesting if you like waiting in lines.
- In bizarre news, a raccoon was found with a meth pipe, proving that reality can be stranger than fiction.
Links referenced in this episode:
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- Man dies after shooting in Akron McDonald's parking lot
- Akron Police Punch Detained person in the face
- Cedar Point adds comedians to its live summer entertainment lineup
- Ohio Senate votes to ban cellphones in schools
- ALDI announces Grand Opening date for Akron West Market Street store
- 2 males hospitalized Sunday after Firestone Park shooting
- Ohio woman arrested after being caught in disturbing act with 'Chewy' the Raccoon inside car | Daily Mail Online
- Akron woman hospitalized after stabbing and pit bull attack | wkyc.com
- Akron man shoots into crowd with rifle, hits 2 including teen
- Akron woman hospitalized Saturday after being stabbed, attacked by dog
- 19-year-old man arrested accused of meth, fentanyl trafficking
- akronpodcast.com/events
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00:00 - Untitled
00:18 - Untitled
00:36 - Cell Phone Ban
02:18 - Comedy Comes to Cedar Point
03:56 - New Aldi Store Opening
04:31 - Meth Smoking Racoon
05:22 - Akron Police Continue to Punch People in the Face
06:43 - Crime Report
07:52 - Free Self Defense
08:16 - Channel 5 Weather Guy Fired
08:55 - $30 Tickets at Blossom
10:05 - Event Calendar
Speaker A
Sorry, kids, you gotta leave your cell phones.
Speaker A
Well, not in the classroom.
Speaker A
There is a bill that the Ohio Senate has voted to ban students from using their phone during school hours.
Speaker A
The bill requires districts to implement the ban starting September 1st with exceptions for learning health concerns and emergencies.
Speaker A
That's going to be really interesting to see.
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What is considered an emergency.
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Supporters cite increased student engagement and reduce classroom disruptions, while opponents worry about parent child communication during, again, you guessed it, emergencies.
Speaker A
Because when I was growing up back in the day, yeah, if there was an emergency, they called home, they called the phone where somebody was.
Speaker A
Now today, if there's an emergency, the office can call the parent on their cell phone.
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No need for the student there.
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The debate highlights concerns about the mental health impact of of excessive cell phone and social media use on children and teens.
Speaker A
And I got to tell you, I've talked to a few teachers and they say that basically social media is pretty much the death of society.
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As Of December, about 41% of districts had banned phone use entirely, while 45% restricted it to certain times of the day.
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So we shall see what happens.
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Akron Public Schools, for example, give students yonder bags to lock up their phones.
Speaker A
Good.
Speaker A
Get it out of the classroom.
Speaker A
They're supposed to be learning, you know, reading, writing and arithmetic.
Speaker A
Good for you, senators.
Speaker A
This one I just kind of makes me scratch my head because, you know, when you think Cedar Point, you think comedy, right?
Speaker A
Yeah.
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Cedar Point has announced that it's shaking up its live entertainment options.
Speaker A
Does anybody go to the live shows?
Speaker A
Is that what the grandparents do while the kids are riding the rides?
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But the shows are going to feature nationally traveling comedians, including some who have appeared on shows like America's Got Talent and Late Night talk shows.
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Park spokesman Tony Clark said the show is in partnership with the Secret Society Comedy Club in Cleveland.
Speaker A
It's so secret I've never heard of it.
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That organizes shows at different venues.
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The Cedar Point shows will be on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings June 6th and is running through August 31st.
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The shows that are included with the park admission at 7pm and 8pm will be appropriate for those ages 14 and older.
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So don't take the young kids.
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And while the 9pm show will be geared towards guests 21 and older, so look at your ticket.
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The list of comedians slated to appear on the Cedar Point stage include Learn more.
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Jonasi, a finalist and golden ticket winner on America's Got Talent, Jeff Sheen, featured on the Late Late show with James Corden and Northeast Ohio's Mary Santora, who was a regular personality on wmms.
Speaker A
Yeah, let's just say I'm not going to be waiting in line for any tickets.
Speaker A
If you're a fan of Aldi stores, a new one is opening up May 22.
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The store is located at 1890 W.
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Market St.
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In the former Essence Beauty Mart location and that particular, the Essence Beauty Mart.
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They move next door into the former Pat Catan's.
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Aldi will open at 8:30am on the first day.
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And again, that's May 22nd.
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And the first 100 customers will receive a gift bag filled with Aldi exclusive products and along with a gift card.
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So that's exciting.
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If you're into Aldi's.
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This is kind of a old story, but if you haven't heard it, it's a weird one.
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A woman had a warrant for her arrest and was driving on a suspended license.
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And what was interesting on a pawn, they, you know, approached the vehicle.
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The officer made contact with the driver, who was then detained without incident.
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That's good.
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However, things took an unusual turn when the officer turned to the car and he observed a raccoon named Chewy sitting in the driver's seat with a meth pipe in its mouth.
Speaker A
Long story short, the raccoon has found a new home and the woman is, you know, going wherever people that have, you know, meth smoking raccoons go.
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Now, this one was not great.
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I told you about a guy that had been.
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People were worried about how this man had been handled by the police.
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He had a warrant.
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He had ran from them.
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So I said, hey, you know, if you got a warrant or just in general, don't run from the police.
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It usually doesn't end well.
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And the video is now out.
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I'll put a link to it in the show notes where he's being held down.
Speaker A
Now, this guy's obviously drunk or high or both or something.
Speaker A
And they're like, put your hands behind your back.
Speaker A
And I don't know what he was doing, but, you know, all I know is he's on his stomach, they've got his arm, and he's apparently not doing exactly what they asked, but they held his arm.
Speaker A
And the one, both of them just punched him in the face like four or five times.
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And I'm just like, look, I get it that the guy is not, you know, doing what he's supposed to be doing, but there's no gun involved and there's two of you and one of him and you gotta keep punching him in the face.
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And I'm like, you know, I'm starting to wonder why.
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Remember we had that whole committee of normal people that were gonna help audit these things.
Speaker A
You don't need to audit it.
Speaker A
It's like, yeah, I'm pretty sure punching people in the face when you got them held down is not in the handbook.
Speaker A
It has not been.
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The last couple weeks have not been great for crime.
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A 19 year old was arrested.
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Well, this was good.
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Accused of trafficking meth and fentanyl.
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That was great.
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But a woman was hospitalized after being stabbed and attacked by a dog.
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A Akron man shot into a crowd and hit two teenagers.
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And the one I just read, a man.
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1800 block of Merriman Road.
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And I'm like, isn't that where the new Aldi's is kind of going in?
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Was shot and killed in the McDonald's parking lot.
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That was.
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He was 23.
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Two males were hospitalized Sunday after a Firestone park shooting.
Speaker A
And I've put these on the map out in the resources.
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There's a map I put, and it's not 100% accurate, but anytime somebody gets shot, I try to put it there.
Speaker A
And it's just, you know, it's the kind of news I kind of hate to cover.
Speaker A
But I'm trying to keep people safe and I'm trying to remind people that there are other things and other ways to handle conflicts than pulling out a gun and shooting each other.
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And if you're worried about crime, well, then what you need to do on Tuesday, March 20 at 7pm, go to Copley High School for another free women's self defense class.
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You can come and learn.
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Practice verbal and physical techniques that can help keep you safe.
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This is from the Summit County Prosecutor office.
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It's free meteorologist Mark Johnson.
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And if you're like, wait, who is this?
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Channel 5.
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He's been there for three decades and nobody's really saying why, but they canned him.
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And they're like, yep, you're out of here.
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And when asked like why, they're all like, yeah, we can't really comment now.
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So this is definitely a.
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Probably more to come later.
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I know Mark has lawyered up and we'll see what happens.
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But it's weird when it's just like no real description.
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Nobody's talking.
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It's just like, yeah, he's gone.
Speaker A
Well, if you like to go to Blossom, here's some good news.
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Live Nation is to offer a $30 ticket deal to some of the Blossom concerts.
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And this is starting May 21st.
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The following shows of Blossom are included in the promotion.
Speaker A
And this is the one I can never say Cessanetta Halsey, the Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and more.
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James Taylor, Keith Urban, Pantera, Keisha, Big Time Rush, Cyndi Lauper.
Speaker A
I wouldn't mind seeing Cyndi Lauper, Nelly, Toto with Christopher Cross and Men at Work.
Speaker A
The Offspring sticks with the Kevin Cronin Band and Don Felder.
Speaker A
Kevin Cronin is from REO Speedwagon, and Don Felder was the guy that got kicked out of the Eagles, the Black Keys, Weird Al Yankovic, the Doobie Brothers with Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band and others.
Speaker A
Live Nation says only a limited number of of $30 tickets will initially be available, but says more will be added in the coming weeks.
Speaker A
Because who can afford to go see a concert when it's, you know, 90 bucks a ticket?
Speaker A
Speaking of concerts, here's what is coming up.
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If you go to akronpodcast.com events, you'll see these Breaking Benjamin and Stained.
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That's a Blossom.
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That's on the 19th.
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On the 23rd, Jason Aldean.
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The the Full Throttle Tour.
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That's the 23rd.
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Also at Blossom Music Center.
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This is the one I just mentioned.
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A $30 ticket.
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Cessanta V2.0, Primus, Pucifer and a Perfect Circle.
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That's at Blossom.
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That's May 25th.
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Also Dave Matthews.
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That's at Blossom.
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That is May 30th.
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Going into June, we've got the Akron State of the City.
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That's downtown at Lock three at five o' clock if you want to go hear the mayor talk.
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Comedian Sarah I'm going to butcher her last name Millikan on the Late Bloomer Tour.
Speaker A
That is the Connor palace at Playhouse Square.
Speaker A
So that's up in Cleveland.
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That's June 7th.
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June 14th, the Allman Betts Band.
Speaker A
That's at MGM Northfield.
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Ryan Adams will be at the Goodyear theater.
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That's on June 25 and June 26 at the MGM Northfield.
Speaker A
That is collective soul.
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So that's what's coming up in about the next month and a half.
Speaker A
Hey, over the weekend I was one of those people.
Speaker A
There were like 60,000 people in Northeast Ohio that lost power.
Speaker A
That was not a fun time, but hopefully we all made it through okay.
Speaker A
I know I woke up and there was a tree branch about three feet from my car and I could not figure out what tree dropped it.
Speaker A
That was the other weird thing.
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But I wanted to give a shout out to the power company because they texted me on a regular basis letting me know.
Speaker A
They said worst Case scenario would be Monday, and it went out Friday, about midnight, and it came back on about 9 o' clock on Saturday.
Speaker A
And they let me know immediately, I want to give a shout out to AT&T.
Speaker A
And I don't get paid for this.
Speaker A
I wish I did, for I use them for my Internet.
Speaker A
And they said, hey, we know the Internet is out in your area and we have determined when the Internet went out and we will figure out when it came back on and you will get a refund for the amount of time that you did not have the Internet.
Speaker A
And I'm like, yeah, but when I didn't have the Internet, I don't have any electricity either.
Speaker A
So it doesn't really.
Speaker A
It's not really your fault if I can't power up the router.
Speaker A
But I just thought that was great customer service, keeping everyone informed.
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I know when I went out Saturday, trying to find a place to eat, it was crazy.
Speaker A
And it was really weird where there were a couple McDonald's that were out, but they had traffic lights right in front of the restaurant that was working.
Speaker A
And then I finally went to this one and found a McDonald's and they had traffic going out the driveway.
Speaker A
They actually had a worker come out in direct traffic.
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It was crazy.
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But I saw many different working crews out there restoring power.
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And so I know those guys work around the clock in situations like that.
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I just want to let them know that I appreciate it.
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And if you still don't have power, hang in there.
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Because I've seen a lot of people both restoring the power and B, cleaning up the debris that's everywhere.
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It was crazy.
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So I hope you came through as well and you're safe.
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And hopefully we got sunnier skies coming to us in the future.
