Observations: The atomic age and me
"My father was a Japanese language officer, who interrogated prisoners and translated captured documents in the Pacific. He also went into Nagasaki after that bomb obliterated the city."
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Commissioner Carpenter talks PIT count, possibility of ‘resource hub’ at OASH meeting
Oxford Area Solutions for Housing talked about the point-in-time count, a proposal for a resource hub in Hamilton and a city ordinance at its regular meeting Feb. 16.
Media Matters: Wil Haygood – ‘Solo Voyager’
I first met Wil Haygood, a 1976 Miami University graduate, in spring 2013. He delivered Miami’s commencement address, beginning his talk with the trailer for “The Butler.”
On My Plate: Pecans
"Pecans were first cultivated in North America in the 1770s. Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson had pecan trees on their farms in Virginia."
Oxford mayor’s court established
The Oxford City Council unanimously approved an ordinance establishing a mayor’s court in Oxford during a meeting on Feb. 17.
Miami alum studies coral spawning in Colombia to support reef restoration
Miami University alum Stephanie Costagliola spent 10 days diving off the Santa Marta coast this summer, collecting coral spawn in an effort to better understand and restore some of the ocean’s most threatened reefs.
OxACT presents ‘12 Angry Jurors’
Oxford Area Community Theater is performing a three-act drama, “12 Angry Jurors,” starting Feb. 20.