[…] college with a B.A. in English. She currently lives in New York with her family. Before the Ever After explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed. ZJ’s dad is a charming and talented former pro football star, as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring fans. […]

[…] as was the second annual Readers’ Choice Award, to be chosen by Ohioana members and the general public from among the thirty award finalists. • Ohio’s FY2018-19 biennial budget was passed by the Ohio General Assembly and signed by Governor Kasich. Ohioana was granted $175,000 for FY2018 and $180,000 for FY2019 as recommended by the governor. Support from members, authors, […]

[…] as was the second annual Readers’ Choice Award, to be chosen by Ohioana members and the general public from among the thirty award finalists. • Ohio’s FY2018-19 biennial budget was passed by the Ohio General Assembly and signed by Governor Kasich. Ohioana was granted $175,000 for FY2018 and $180,000 for FY2019 as recommended by the governor. Support from members, authors, […]

[…] of excellence. We congratulate all the finalists. As for the winners—you can see that it is truly a stellar list. Since our last newsletter, a new state budget has been passed. We are grateful to both the Governor and the legislators for their continued support of the Ohioana Library. In his proclamation honoring Ohioana’s 85th anniversary, Governor Kasich recognized us […]

[…] episode. But Serling was far more than just the creator of The Twilight Zone and the winner of a record-setting six Emmy Awards. As a writer, producer, teacher, speaker, and passionate champion for social justice, Serling left a legacy that grows larger with each passing year. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Serling’s birth on December 25. The Ohioana […]

[…] to plunge into being housewives and househusbands. Where would we have been if Lewis and Clark or Daniel Boone had done the same? How would we have found the Northwest passage or got through to Cali­ fornia? “All the intellectual women in the coun­ try are worried to death about the house­ husband. A househusband is a man who gets […]

[…] evidently looked forward to some exciting development. Fre­ quently he paused to greet some total stranger with cordial familiarity or to wave an enthusiastic greeting to the occupants of a passing carriage. Q Another reader to write to us about “the Immortal J. N.” is Charles E. Robison of Spencerville who culled the following extracts from the files of the […]

[…] twenty years my life was a succession of vicissitudes. I tried various branches of commerce, but they all proved unprofitable, doubtless because my whole mind was ever filled with my passion for rambling and admiring those objects of nature, from which alone I re­ ceived the greatest and purest gratifica­ tion.” In 1809 he had married Lucy Bakewell, daughter in […]

[…] marked the beginning of a new era for the State Library. The Library is charged with greater responsibilities and leadership in the State under a new library law which was passed by Ohio’s General Assembly in 1969. The new law, Senate Bill 262, was developed from a new library master plan, The Ohio Library Development Plan, which in turn was […]

[…] Taylor’s lively discussion of the famous Credit Mobilier scandal left this reviewer with greater reservations about Representative Garfield’s innocence than he previously had. Taylor concluded that even with the ” passing of a century” it is not easy to resolve the conflicting testimony of Garfield and Oakes Ames in this affair. The author concentrates extensively on Garfield’s military career dur­ […]