A PREHISTORIC NATIVE AMERICAN TABLET THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A LENGTHY LEGAL DISPUTE WILL BE DISPLAYED AT A MARIETTA MUSEUM NEXT YEAR AND THEN RETURN TO THE OHIO HISTORICAL CENTER IN COLUMBUS.THE 5-INCH-BY-3-INCH CARVED STONE TABLET DEPICTING TWO HUMAN FACES IS A RARE ARTIFACT FROM THE ADENA CULTURE AND HAS A VALUE ESTIMATED AT UP TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE LATE EDWARD LOW FOUND IT AS A CHILD WHILE PLAYING ON A HILL IN PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA. HE LATER ENDED UP IN A LEGAL BATTLE WITH THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NOW CALLED THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION, OVER WHETHER HE LOANED OR DONATED THE TABLET. THE HISTORY CONNECTION'S DIRECTOR SAYS THE DISPLAY WILL BE THE END TO THE DISPUTE.
AN OHIO COLLEGE HELD A SERIES OF EVENTS TO MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOSTING A SPEECH BY THE LATE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER THE REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR.
ON TUESDAY, THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON OFFERED A DISCUSSION AND SPECIAL READINGS FROM THE NOVEMBER 29, 1964, SPEECH WHEN DOCTOR KING SPOKE TO MORE THAN 6,000 PEOPLE ON RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICA, NON-VIOLENCE AND THE POWER OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
THE VISIT CAME JUST DAYS BEFORE KING ACCEPTED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AT AGE 35. HE WAS ASSASSINATED LESS THAN FOUR YEARS LATER. THE UNIVERSITY PLANS TO HAVE MORE KING-RELATED EVENTS AROUND THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY HOLIDAY IN LATE JANUARY.
OHIO AND INDIANA ARE TEAMING UP WITH AN OHIO COLLEGE TO FLY DRONE MISSIONS AIMED AT HELPING FARMERS BOOST CROP YIELDS.
THE OHIO-INDIANA UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, AND OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ARE TEAMING UP TO FLY A SMALL DRONE THAT WILL GATHER SENSOR DATA FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.
THE DATA GATHERED WITH THE SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM WILL BE ANALYZED TO ASSESS VARIOUS THINGS SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING CROP GROWTH.