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Thursday October 12, 2017
Fall Bucket List: 55 Things To Do In The Buckeye State 🍂
Almost to the weekend. Let's do it.
We're running a fun contest to help you live life to the fullest this fall season in Columbus. It's the Columbus Navigator Fall Bucket List, and it's full of all the things we love about living in central Ohio in the fall. The contest is super easy to enter, all you need is an Instagram account, and we have some very fun prizes, including a $250 Easton gift card just in time for Christmas shopping, 2 Lexus Lounge seats to a Blue Jackets game, and more. Check it out and tell all your friends.
Navigator full story: Fall Bucket List: 55 Things To Do In The Buckeye State [Wiley]Bonus: To kick off this contest, we're giving away two A deck tickets to the Ohio State - Illinois game taking place November 18th. Very easy to enter and win, just follow us on Instagram and tag a friend: Check it out!
Thursday Weather 🌡68. Cloudy, chance of fog in the morning, small chance of drizzle. 30% chance of precipitation. ☁️
Navigator Originals ✏️New Baby Rhino At The Wilds Is Very Excited To Go For A Walk With Her Mama [Wiley]I feel like I'm saying this all the time in this newsletter, but the world's a heavy place, and so it stands to reason that you should take a quick break and watch the new baby rhino at the Wilds.A New State Based Law Enforcement Training Program Has Been Introduced In The Wake Of High Profile Police Altercations [Miller]Better training and standardization of departments both seem like obvious responses to what has been going on with the Columbus Police Department of late. Zoey has a look at a state training program that could be helpful.Edith Espinal Issues A Challenge To Ohio Politicians Shortly After Returning To Sanctuary [Miller]Espinal, the mother of three who took sanctuary at a Clintonville Mennonite Church, has returned to sanctuary after being told she would be deported. She plans to stay there for as long as it takes for her deportation orders to be rescinded. Espinal is asking for Senator Portman or Governor Kasich to come to the church to hear her plea personally.The 10 Best Cocktail Bars In Columbus [Miller]If the baby rhino didn't do it for you, perhaps this will. Do you agree with Zoey's list?A Controversial Clintonville Mural Is Being Repainted… Again [Wiley]An impressive mural in Clintonville was evidently not well loved by neighborhood residents and was recently painted over. Chelsea has the artist's reaction, as well as Baba's plans for the wall going forward. Very timely given the article from yesterday's newsletter on whether Columbus is driving away it's artist population.The 11 Bizarre Takeaways From The First GOP Governor’s Forum, Including A Fight In A Church Lobby Between A Candidate And A Candidate’s Wife [Arney]Things got strange at the first governor's forum on Sunday, including some shenanigans in the lobby of the Baptist church where it took place.Lesley James Is Stepping Down As Program Director At CD102.5 [Wiley]This is surprising news. By all accounts, CD102.5 has thrived during James' tenure. No reason has been announced for the move.
Coming Up 📆🍿 10/12: Nightlife 614 Outdoor Movie Series: Clueless🎸 10/12-15: School of Rock📚 10/12-15: The Big Book Sale - Columbus Library Downtown🎷 10/12: Columbus Jazz Orchestra 2017/2018 Opening Night🌮 10/13: Grandview Foodie Fest🎃 10/13-15: Chillicothe Halloween Festival🛍 10/14: Moonlight Market🌶 10/14: Dublin Chili Cook-Off🎃 10/14: German Village Monster Bash🍿 10/14: Shock Around The Clock: 9th Annual Ohio 24-Hour Horror Marathon👟 10/15: Columbus Marathon🎃 10/15: Westgate Mums & Mummies
Around Town 🏘The Palace Theatre may be in serious financial trouble. A shared HVAC system with LeVeque Tower was recently replaced, leaving Palace Theatre with expense renovation needs. They've applied for historic tax credits to help, but it sounds dire. [Business First/Navera]The Big Give was a big success this year. $18 million was raised this year, a new record. [Dispatch/Price]Do you do any buying and selling on Craigslist, Facebook, or one of the numerous selling apps that exist? If so, this will interest you: the city has now set up five monitored Internet Purchase Exchange Zones. They will be monitored by city owned surveillance cameras to facilitate a safe experience buying and selling online. Check out the locations at the link. [ABC6]These are the 100 highest performing high schools in Ohio, scored purely by student performance on a series of tests administered by the state. It's certainly not a comprehensive methodology, and not a way I would personally rank schools, but could still be of potential interest. [Cleveland.com]
Longread 🔪This story of a California con artist terrorizing a family, also available as a podcast, is guaranteed to be the one of the most bananas thing you'll read all year.LA Times: Dirty John (the navigation is a bit unintuitive - you may find this link that links to all parts to be friendlier: Dirty John)