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Timber-framed barns get new uses
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - People are dismantling, moving and rebuilding some timber-framed barns to preserve the old structures, many of which have been lost due to neglect, housing developments and natural causes.
Rudy Christian has a family business in Wayne County that dismantled a Civil War-era barn in the Dayton suburb of Miamisburg and moved it to George Rogers Clark State Park near Springfield. He estimates at least one-third of Ohio's timber-framed barns - many of them built in the late 1800s - have been lost.
"They represent really the peak of ... one of the trades that this country was built on, and that's timber framing," Christian said. "It represents such an important part of our cultural heritage."
The construction method involves heavy timber usually joined with wooden pegs. Today's barn construction typically uses smaller lumber fastened with nails.
Steve Gordon, formerly of the Ohio Historical Society, estimates 35,000 timber-framed barns built in Ohio before 1910 survive.
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Cuyahoga vote audit matches scan results
CLEVELAND (AP) - A hand-count audit of a sample of presidential primary votes in Ohio's largest county matches the results delivered by a machine that scanned the same paper ballots, an election official said Monday.
Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Deputy Director Pat McDonald said the audit reviewed 7 percent of ballots cast during the March 4 election, including 30,814 paper ballots from 99 precincts. They were hand-counted by teams composed of Republicans and Democrats last week.
The hand count was compared to a fresh scan of the same ballots and finished Friday. On Monday, the county's staff was comparing the outcome of the audit to tallies arrived at on Election Day.
The recheck of the voting was not due to any challenge or concern that vote totals were wrong. Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner had asked Ohio counties for voluntary audits to help determine consistency and performance of the voting process.
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Casino backers pitch benefits to Ohio
By JOHN McCARTHY
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Backers of the latest attempt to bring a casino to Ohio are trying a new marketing approach: glitz, local government payouts and inevitability.
Two ads for the $600 million casino proposed for the November ballot have been running. One shows a map with a blackened Ohio surrounded by colorful states that either have casinos or are considering legislation authorizing them.
The other shows actress Vicki Lawrence in her "Mama's Family" garb pointing to an Ohio map and saying, "What's missing? A casino."
The ads are designed to help a campaign to collect 402,275 valid signatures of Ohio voters to get the issue on the ballot. If successful, the issue would allow the construction of the casino in Clinton County about 45 miles north of Cincinnati.
The pitch is designed to educate voters that Ohio tax dollars are "leaving the state at 65 mph" for places such as southeast Indiana, Detroit and Wheeling, W.Va. The casino backers are touting the idea as a destination site for tourists "complete with a five star hotel, golf course, spa, local gourmet restaurants, a full scale convention center, live entertainment and music," in addition, of course, to slot machines, blackjack and craps.
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Two found dead
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - Athens police have released the names of two students found dead early Saturday at an apartment near Ohio University.
Police say the bodies of Kelly Armbruster of Powell and Christopher Theil of Athens were found inside an off-campus apartment. Both were 22 years old.
Arbruster was a student at Ohio University in Athens. Theil was a student at Hocking College.
in nearby Nelsonville.
Athens police say they were called to the complex at 6:18 a.m. on Saturday. They are not releasing other details of their investigation.
The Montgomery County Medical Examiner's office is conducting autopsies.
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