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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Want to vote for Ohio’s statue in the Capitol? Here’s how
Voting will start at 36 sites across Ohio on March 20 to get public input on which Ohioan should represent the state in Statuary Hall in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Voting will run through June 12.
The sites, announced on Wednesday, March 3, include these in the Dayton area:
*Dunbar House, Dayton
*National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce
*Fort Ancient, Oregonia
*Fort Recovery, Fort Recovery
Ohioans also will be able to vote online at www.legacyforohio.org. Information on the 10 finalists is available at www.ohiohistorycentral.org.
“I think we’ll show due deference” to the voters for who should represent Ohio, Sen. Mark Wagoner, R-Ottawa Hills, chairman of the National Statuary Collection Study Committee said.
The committee expects to make a recommendation in July from among 10 finalists. The legislature is expected to vote up or down on the committee’s recommendation when it returns in the fall.
The 10 finalists are:
*Wright brothers, aviation pioneers from Dayton
*U.S. Rep. William McCulloch, civil rights champion from Piqua
*Thomas Edison, inventor
*Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and author
*Jesse Owens, Olympic gold medal winner
*Harriet Taylor Upton, women’s suffrage activist
*James M. Ashley, Toledo congressman and abolitionist
*Judith Resnik, Akron astronaut who died on the Challenger
*Albert Sabin, Cincinnati, creator of oral polio vaccine
*Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president and Civil War general.
Candidates must be deceased to be considered for Statuary Hall.
The winner will replace former Gov. William Allen. Allen’s pro-slavery and anti-President Abraham Lincoln views caused state officials to decide his statue should be removed and returned to Ohio.
Each state gets two representatives in Statuary Hall. Ohio’s other representative is President James Garfield.
Here’s a list of other Ohio sites where people can vote:
Adena Mansion & Gardens 847 Adena Rd. Chillicothe, OH 45601 www.ohiohistory.org/Adena
Armstrong Air & Space Museum 500 Apollo Dr. Wapakoneta, OH 45895 www.ohiohistory.org/Armstrong
Buckeye Furnace 123 Buckeye Park Rd. Wellston, OH 45692 www.ohiohistory.org/BuckeyeFurnace
Campus Martius 601 Second St. Marietta, OH 45750 www.ohiohistory.org/CampusMartius
Cedar Bog 980 Woodburn Rd. Urbana, OH 43078 www.ohiohistory.org/CedarBog
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal 1301 Western Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45203 http://www.cincymuseum.org
Cooke House 1415 Columbus Ave. Sandusky, OH
www.ohiohistory.org/CookeEulett Center 4274 Waggoner Riffle Rd. West Union, OH 45693 www.cincymuseum.org/exploreoursites/edgeappalachia/eulettcenter.asp
Flint Ridge 7091 Brownsville Rd. SE Glenford, OH 43739 www.ohiohistory.org/FlintRidge
Fort Hill 13614 Fort Hill Rd. Hillsboro, OH 45133 www.ohiohistory.org/FortHill
Fort Meigs 29100 West River Rd. Perrysburg, OH 43552 www.ohiohistory.org/FortMeigs
Fort Recovery One Fort Site St. Ft. Recovery, OH 45846-9314 www.ohiohistory.org/FortRecovery
Grant Birthplace 1551 State Rt. 232 Point Pleasant, OH 45157 www.ohiohistory.org/Grant
Grant boyhood home 318 W. State St. Georgetown, OH 45121
Hale Farm & Village 2686 Oak Hill Rd. Bath, OH 44210 www.halefarm.org
Harding Home 380 Mt. Vernon Ave. Marion, OH 43302 www.ohiohistory.org/Harding
Hayes Presidential Center 1 Spiegel Grove Fremont, OH 43420 www.ohiohistory.org/Hayes
Museum of Ceramics 400 East Fifth St. East Liverpool, OH 43920 www.ohiohistory.org/Ceramics
Newark Earthworks 455 Hebron Rd. (State Rt. 79) Newark, OH 43056 www.ohiohistory.org/Newark
Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Ave. Columbus, OH 43211 www.ohiohistory.org/OHC
Ohio River Museum 601 Front St. Marietta, OH 45750 www.ohiohistory.org/OhioRiver Ohio Statehouse 1 Capitol Square Columbus, OH 43215 www.ohiostatehouse.org
Our House 432 1st Ave. Gallipolis, OH 45631 www.ohiohistory.org/OurHouse
Rankin House 6152 Rankin Hill Rd. Ripley, OH 45167 www.ohiohistory.org/Rankin
Schoenbrunn Village 1984 East High Ave. New Philadelphia, OH 44663 www.ohiohistory.org/Schoenbrunn
Serpent Mound 3850 State Route 73 Peebles, OH 45660 www.ohiohistory.org/SerpentMound
Shaker Historical Museum 16740 South Park Blvd. Shaker Heights, OH 44120 www.ohiohistory.org/Shaker
Harriet Beecher Stowe House 2950 Gilbert Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45206 www.ohiohistory.org/Stowe
Wahkeena 2200 Pump Station Rd. Sugar Grove, OH 43155 www.ohiohistory.org/Wahkeena
Western Reserve Historical Society Museum 10825 East Blvd. Cleveland, OH 44106 www.wrhs.org
Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor 151 West Wood St. Youngstown, OH 44503 www.ohiohistory.org/Youngstown
Zoar Village 250 Main St. Zoar, OH 44697 www.ohiohistory.org/Zoar
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TweetRR upgrades coming to three intersections
Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation Inc. got the go-ahead from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to install flashing lights and road gates at grade crossings in Montgomery, Butler and Warren counties, the PUCO said Wednesday, March 3.
The upgrades will occur at Sellar Road in Moraine and Alex Bell Road and Elm Street in West Carrollton in Montgomery County, Fairview Road and Lower Carlisle in Carlisle in Warren County, Taylor Road and Ringwood Road in Oxford Twp. in Butler County.
Norfolk Southern has until June 1 to submit cost estimates to the PUCO and until Sept. 3, 2011 to complete construction. CSX has until June 3 to submit cost estimates and until March 3, 2011 to complete construction. Norfolk Southern will use federal funds; CSX will share the costs with the state.
Over the past two decades, the annual number of train-motor vehicle crashes in Ohio has decreased significantly, from 412 in 1988 to 55 in 2009, according to the PUCO.
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TweetDems pick Alicia Reece for Ohio House seat
Democrats have chosen Alicia Reece, a former vice mayor of Cincinnati, to replace Tyrone Yates in the Ohio House in the 33rd district.
Reece will be sworn in today, March 3, a press release said.
“Ms. Reece has an impressive record in public service and her willingness to work and desire for the job were strikingly clear,” Rep. Stephen Dyer, D-Green, screening committee chairman, said in a press release.
She replaces Yates who resigned to take a seat on the Hamilton County Municipal Court.
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TweetKasich hasn’t endorsed in GOP primaries
Ohio Democrats are trying to fan the flames in the hard-fought campaign for the Republican nomination for state auditor between state Rep. Seth Morgan, R-Huber Heights, and Delaware County auditor Dave Yost.
State Democratic Chairman Chris Redfern on Wedneday, March 3, fired out a press release asking which candidate John Kasich, the GOP candidate for governor, favors in the race.
Kasich “hasn’t endorsed candidates in the primaries,” Rob Nichols, Kasich’s spokesman, said in an e-mail.
Redfern’s inquiry came after the Cuyahoga County Republican Party on Tuesday endorsed Morgan over Yost, the state GOP-endorsed candidate.
Yost’s campaign has it’s own endorsements, including state Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, and 15 other state senators.
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