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Outlaw Demo Derby Part 1 - Chillicothe Ohio

The first event of the night at the Chillicothe Fairgrounds. A lot of very solid cars laying down some good hits. This is Part 1 of 2. Took place ...

Demo Derby Parts Swap Meet- Chillicothe Ohio

Lots of engines and parts here!! We went to a derby swap meet so my friend could find new mud tires for his first derby car.

Outlaw Demo Derby Part 2 - Chillicothe Ohio

Amazing fight to the end! Don't miss it. See who took home the win.

Who’d Make a Good Statue? [Great Ohioans]

So there’s this kind of weird thing in the US Capitol that a lot of people don’t know about: the National Statuary Hall . Every state is allowed two people to represent that state, which is kind of a cool idea. The problem? Most of these statues were chosen a long, long, long time ago, which means that a lot of them are:

Ohio has two statues: James A. Garfield ( eh ) and William Allen , a now-obscure 19th century politician from Chillicothe who almost ran for president, hated Abraham Lincoln, and thought slavery was just fine with him. Though Garfield is not exactly George Washington himself, at least he was president (for a little bit), so Allen is getting the boot.

There’s a group trying to decide on a new Ohio statue to replace the noble Mr. Allen. They’re going to select 10 finalists today. Right now, there’s more than 90, and a lot of them are pretty stupid. Here’s the Enquirer’s list of some nominees, with my helpful annotation:

I like entertainment as much as the next guy, but come on. Annie Oakley? Bob Hope? Now, Jesse Owens is a pretty cool idea, especially if they used this photo as the model. Owens is saluting during the Star-Spangled Banner while receiving his gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, while all those Nazis give the “Heil Hitler.” Any statue that retroactively ticks off Hitler is awesome.

How about Anthony Muñoz? Or Ickey Woods? Or Barry Larkin? Or even better: Ohio’s statue can be a giant baseball card featuring the entire Big Red Machine.

Meanwhile, Hawaii will just laugh at us, since their statues feature a king (Seriously! An actual king!) and, as if that wasn’t enough, a saint . That’s right: a saint, Father Damien, who dedicated himself to caring for lepers and died of leprosy himself.

So, to recap: Hawaii’s statues are a king and a saint, and Ohio wants to honor a guy who was barely president and someone else who just happened to be good at sports. What is this – a high school student council election? Let’s try a little harder.

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