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...The month of March is designated as "Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month" to increase public awareness of bleeding disorders, which are rare genetic disorders that prevent the blood from clotting properly, and to encourage the enhancement of care and treatment options available for patients living with a bleeding disorder.

...The last full week of June is designated as "Pollinator Week," to promote pollinator health and to recognize the importance of pollinators to ecosystems and to the economy.

...The twenty-third day of October is designated as "Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency Awareness Day."

...The month of May is designated as "Food Allergy Awareness Month."

...The month of March is designated as "Triple Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month."

...The twenty-first day of February is designated as "Rascal Flatts Day," in honor of the country music group consisting of Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney.

...The twenty-fourth day of May is designated as "First Responders' Appreciation Day" to recognize individuals who risk their own safety on a daily basis in the execution of their duties to protect the public.

...The twelfth day of September is designated "Jesse Owens Day," in honor of Jesse Owens, a track and field champion and national hero, who was born on that day in 1913. Known affectionately as the Buckeye Bullet, Jesse Owens, representing The Ohio State University, set three world records in the 220-yard dash, the 220-yard low hurdles, and the long jump at the Big Ten track and field finals on May 25, 1935, and, repres...

...The month of September is designated "We Card Month" to encourage retailers to ask for identification from each person who attempts to purchase age-restricted products in order to prevent sales of those products to minors.

...The month of April is designated as "Sarcoidosis Awareness Month."

...The third day of February is designated "Charles Follis Day" in honor of the first African American professional football player who was born on that day in 1879, and who played for the Shelby Blues.

...The month of April is designated as "Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month."

...The month of July is designated as "Sarcoma Awareness Month" to raise awareness of sarcoma, a type of cancer that affects humans and canines.

...The tenth day of November is designated as Armed Services, Peace Officer, First Responder, and Dual Service Recognition Day for individuals who have served, or who are serving, in the armed services and also have served, or who are serving, as a police officer or other first responder. These individuals, twice the servants, shall be recognized and honored on the tenth day of November.

...Beginning in 2018, and every year thereafter, the full week beginning on the first Monday in May is designated as in-demand jobs week. Every year during in-demand jobs week, the governor's office of workforce transformation, in collaboration with the departments of job and family services, education and workforce, and higher education, shall organize activities to raise awareness among educators, students, and par...

...The seventeenth day of February is designated as "Annie Glenn Communication Disorders Awareness Day."

...The month of September is designated as "Pain Awareness Month" to raise public awareness and understanding of physical pain and pain management.

...The seventeenth day of May is designated as "Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day."

...The month of May is designated as "Drive Ohio Byways Month" because May is the start of tourism season in Ohio.

...The eighteenth day of February is designated "Toni Morrison Day," in honor of the American novelist, essayist, and teacher, who was born on that day in 1931. Chloe Anthony Wofford Toni Morrison, born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, was a recipient of the Nobel prize in literature and the presidential medal of freedom.

...The seventeenth day of August is designated as "Eugene 'Gene' F. Kranz Day."

...Every Saturday afternoon is a legal holiday, beginning at twelve noon and ending at twelve midnight. No section of the Revised Code and no decision of any court shall affect the validity of any check, bill of exchange, order, promissory note, due bill, mortgage, or other writing obligatory made, signed, negotiated, transferred, assigned, or paid by any person, corporation, or bank upon said holiday, or any other tran...

...Any financial institution doing business in this state may outside of regular banking hours on any day, or at any time on a day which is in whole or in part a holiday, pay, certify, or accept negotiable or nonnegotiable instruments including a demand instrument dated on the holiday on which it is presented for payment, certification, or acceptance, and transact any other business which would be valid if done on a bus...

...Any bank under the supervision of the division of banks, national bank, federal reserve bank, building and loan association, savings association, federal savings and loan association incorporated pursuant to the "Home Owner's Loan Act of 1933," federal home loan bank, or any branch of any of the foregoing financial institutions may remain closed on any certain week day designated by the board of directors of such fin...

...The seventh day of August is designated as "Ohio Purple Heart Day," in harmony with national Purple Heart Day, and in honor of the service and sacrifice of combat wounded veterans.