Art of Glass
Artist Rod Sounik talks about the spontaneity of glass blowing and shaping.
Boy Scouts of America
Ohio Scout Leaders Urged Vote To End Ban On Openly Gay Boy Scouts
Delegates from the Simon Kenton Council of Boy Scouts of America were given guidance prior to vote on allowing openly gay scouts
With the help of votes from Central Ohio delegates, leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to allow openly gay boys for the first time. Simon Kenton Council spokeswoman, Jen Koma, says local leaders were given guidance prior to the vote.
Boy Scouts Proposes To Allow Gay Youth
Boy Scouts of America has proposed to allow gay youth into the organization.
The Boy Scouts of America proposed Friday afternoon to allow gay youth membership into the organization, but decided to maintain its current ban adult gay Scout leaders.
Former Hilliard School Teacher On Boy Scouts’ “Perversion Files”
23 Central Ohioans are among the names of about 5,000 former Boy Scouts of America volunteers expelled from the organization for alleged sexual abuse during the past seven decades.
Records say Michael Shriver Highman, an Eagle Scout, was banished from the organization in 1984 for four separate occasions of alleged sexual misconduct, including fondling a Scout at a state park. 25 years later, Highman was teaching and coaching at Hilliard Weaver Middle school when investigators found child pornographic pictures in his home.
Ousted Lesbian Den Mom Delivers Petition To Scouts
Jennifer Tyrrell
An Ohio woman ousted as a den mother because she is a lesbian has delivered a petition with 300,000 signatures to the Boy Scouts of America headquarters urging the organization to reinstate her.
