Quinnipiac poll: Ohioans support gay marriage
Ohioans now support gay marriage by a slim margin, though Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman saw his approval rating dip because of his reversal on the hot-button issue last month. According to a survey released this morning by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, more Ohioans support same-sex marriage than don’t by a margin of 48 percent to 44 percent.
Mark your calendars, American Girl fans: The new American Girl store will open at Easton Town Center on June 22.
Here’s a new kind of “Where’s Waldo” for you: Can you spot the Ohio State students who might actually be headed to class?
It’s stormy in Columbus right now, but yesterday the skies were clear and sunny, and Buckeyes took advantage of the summerlike weather to lounge on the Oval.
Photo by Dispatch photographer Eric Albrecht
Carla Hale, who worked at a Columbus Catholic high school for 19 years, said she was fired after an anonymous parent complained that an obituary for Hale’s mother listed the name of Hale’s female domestic partner.
The dismissal caught attention after students and other supporters started an online petition on Monday to seek her reinstatement. The change.org petition had gathered more than 9,000 signatures by early yesterday evening.
The latest news in this story: Her firing would be a violation of a city ordinance if a complaint were filed and investigators determined the dismissal was based on her sexual orientation.
A lesson in hog butchery at Columbus’ North Market is among the classes introduced two years ago by Cheryl and David Smith and their 24-year-old daughter, Jamie, in response to requests from customers eager to learn more about meat cuts and cutting techniques.
The family has raised hogs, goats, lambs and cattle in Marysville for decades; and, for the past 17 years, used the livestock to fill its cases at the North Market.
Class participants count themselves among the growing number of do-it-yourselfers who want to make everything from scratch. Others view the offering as more of a social event and take part for the camaraderie of like-minded people interested in the sources of their food.
Online petition seeks reinstatement of fired teacher
Students and others are rallying behind a teacher who they say was fired from a Catholic school in Clintonville after listing her female partner’s name in her mother’s obituary. A petition posted yesterday on change.org seeks the reinstatement of Bishop Watterson High School physical-education teacher Carla Hale.
“Nothing away from the other batboys, but we love Jake,” Hilliard resident Melinda Brant, 35, said as she stood in line for his “autograph” with her young son.
The golden retriever, who stole the spotlight at Sunday’s Columbus Clippers game, delivers the game ball to the pitcher, retrieves bats, and takes bottled water to the umpires between innings.
He will attend about 30 games in all this year, including a few at Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians — his first and only major league gigs.
Photos by Dispatch photographer Brooke LaValley
Love it or hate it, the redesigned Ohio license plate now is available for purchase.
The “Ohio Pride” license plate was launched yesterday. Designed by Columbus College of Art & Design students, the plate features 46 gray slogans on its background with bold blue numbers and letters.
Dayton, Ohio native Jonathan Winters died yesterday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes, said Joe Petro III, a longtime family friend. Petro said Winters was surrounded by family and friends.
In the 1950s, before he moved to New York City, the comedian performed on WBNS-10TV in Columbus as “Johnny Winters.” In this WBNS file photo, a young Winters is shown making a pitch for Gambrinus beer.
Bet you didn’t know April 11 was a Columbus holiday.
Once upon a time (in 1914, when these ads ran in The Columbus Dispatch), April 11 was “bock day” — “bock” being a type of ale. Learn more about it in the Dispatch’s “Look Back” blog!
