winter touristing

On this rare sunny day, the crew drove about Licking and Knox counties. Some of the sites were not fully available in the winter snow. We went on the 3rd, since then it has been sunny each day, and cold, very cold. It has barely moved above 20°F. In Newark, the county seat of Licking there is a totem pole carved by an Alaskan. The Amerindians of the coastal northwest have totem poles. The Delaware had been in central Ohio, and "Licking" is an anglicisation for "where the flood waters recede".

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Here is the funny part: as the foto shows, the pole is to remind people of the flood of January 1959, and somehow prevent another one. The pole has been cared for, and protected..

Mike Major. Johnny Clem. 1999. Newark.

The youngest soldier in American history joined the Union Army as a nine year old. He was born in Newark, and served with the 22nd Michigan. He retired in 1915 as a brigadier general. Johnny started as a drummer boy, had trouble enlisting, and became a major general after retirement. He was twice wounded, and was a prisoner of war. He deserves a statue, but his face looks like a cast of paper mâché.

Gary Lee Price. Mother Teresa, Great Contributors Sculpture. Newark.

Ohio State has a branch campus in Newark. Throughout campus there are benches with historical figures. Traipsing through campus was not a welcome pursuit with gym shoes in the snow. I'll be back. Price has many bronzes, and sells copies. This series is currently at thirteen. Teresa is number eleven. The campus also has other pieces by him. 

In Mount Vernon (county seat of Knox County) there is a dog fountain, modelled after one in Toronto, both by Claude Cormier. It is less than two years old, and the central piece has rusty patches.Besides the dogs, there is a cat, a pony, and two birds. The dogs are facing a central fountain with the two wee bids, and a big golden bone.

Victoria Woodhull Clock on time, but the wooden statue was a no show. Victoria Woodhull was born near by in Homer. She was a sexual abuse survivor, and then a 15 year old bride to a bad first husband. She ran for president in 1872. Part of the scandal was her support for "free love", which she later changed opinion. Sometime after 1976, a clock, a statue geared to appear on a balcony was built in Granville. After a time, all of it decayed. All of it has since been replaced. The second statue was carved by Granville's Larry Nadwodney *1938. Nadwodney has carved many Santa Clauses, loons, and ducks.

Diane Powell. Once Upon a Time. Granville Public Library.

Pivoting on the same spot from viewing the Woodhull Clock, one can also see this sculpture. The dog has a bandana, and the people are wearing surgical masks.