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Strickland takes in some art in Hamilton
From today’s paper:
Gov. Ted Strickland took in some art Thursday, April 1, when he made a stop in the city for a “mini-vacation.”
His stop was a private one; not on his public schedule. He was on his way to a Cincinnati suburb to tout job creation there.
“This existed 1,000 years before Christ,” Strickland marveled, inspecting a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy at the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park.
With the governor pushing him in a wheelchair, Pyramid Hill owner Harry Wilks — who recently fell and broke his hip — proudly showed the museum’s collection of ancient sculpture.
“One of the finest collections in the Midwest,” said Wilks, a local attorney and philanthropist who has spent much of his life assembling it.
Strickland stooped by a Byzantine mosaic depicting a boar surrounded by predators. “Here I am,” he said in jest, pointing at the pig. He then pointed at the others: “Here are my (critics).”
After touring the ancient sculpture museum, they lunched before motoring through the 250-acre park’s scattered modern sculptures in a modified golf cart dubbed an “art cart.”
They also planned on visiting Wilks’ famed underground pyramid house, not open to the public.
“It far exceeds what I had expected. It’s a major accomplishment,” Strickland said of the park.
Strickland said he is a fan of art, but he’s no art critic.
“I’m not a person who has a deep knowledge about the arts, but I know what I enjoy,” he said, noting his main reason for visiting was “to spend a little time with my friend Harry.”
Strickland was on his way to Woodlawn, north of Cincinnati, where he talked about a state investment to create 50 jobs at TSS Technologies with a 50 percent job creation tax credit.
The visit followed a Quinnipiac University study released Wednesday, which found that more than half of Ohioans disapprove of his job performance, but he holds a 5-point lead over Republican challenger John Kasich.
Over lunch, Strickland said he preferred the ancient art to the modern stuff; and found an enduring message for modern politicians in the images from the past: “This, too, shall pass.”
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By Molly
April 3, 2010 7:51 AM | Link to this
I hope the Gov. noticed the streets and how shabby they are. But, I guess if your driving in a limo you wouldn’t notice. His remarks about our lovely art and his visit to the all time slum lord of Hamilton just lost him a vote.
By Jef
April 5, 2010 10:19 AM | Link to this
You’re not going to vote for him because of his comment about art? You don’t sound like you are very intelligent.