Beth Beatty - The Scioto Society
The outdoor drama Tecumseh! has been open for a week and Beth Beatty, Executive Director of The Scioto Society says it’s been a great week for the 39th season of the epic life story of the legendary Shawnee Chief Tecumseh and his struggles to unite the various tribes in an effort to drive the encroaching whites from their sacred homelands in the Ohio country during the late 1770’s. The outdoor drama has added an official Facebook fan page, allowing fans to ask questions of the actors and earn discounts on admission. Visit www.tecumsehdrama.com to access their Facebook page. Beatty adds there’s a hands on props workshop for kids age 7 and up coming in late July.

2011 CAPA Summer Movie Series
Rich Corsi of CAPA says tours of the beautiful Ohio Theatre in Downtown Columbus are available as a part of the 2011 CAPA Summer Movie Series. Spectators will learn how The Grateful Dead helped save the theatre as part of its storied history. Clark Wilson and the “Mighty Morton” Theatre Organ will perform and of course the stars of classics are on the silver screen. As part of this year’s line up, 23 films covering practically every genre… action, suspense, romance, comedy, drama, mystery, musicals, horror and even a little Hitchcock… all at very affordable prices. It begins this weekend with “The Wizard of Oz” and continues with “Gone with the Wind”, “The Grapes of Wrath” and the 2011 Fan Favorite Film “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Friday July 8th is a special Fright Night Doubleheader, hosted by Fritz the Nite Owl from 10tv featuring “Bride of Frankenstein” and “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein”. There are two Cartoon Capers presentations of your favorite Warner Brothers cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and more. Get complete details at www.capa.com.

OSU EcoCAR Challenge
In a follow up to the EcoCAR Challenge entry for Ohio State, this message was posted on the group's Facebook page following yesterday's judging in Washington D.C.: Great Awards night! We ended the night with 3 Engineering awards and 3 Outreach Awards! Katherine Bovee won Women in Engineering, OSU won Bosch Diversity Award, Freescale Innovation Awards, Best Collaboration with Clean Cities, Best Social Media Program, and we ended up 2nd Place Overall in Outreach! Congrats on a great year Outreach Team!! On that team, Chillicothe's John Krukenberg, Beth Brezaire who we first talked to about the project three years ago and Abby Underwood, who we visited with earlier this week. Congratulations and GO BUCKS!


Coming Monday: OU-C’s Ken Breidenbaugh talks about the upcoming performance of “The Zoo Story”, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Ranger Brandi Nunnelee talks about the Park’s Summer Solstice presentation and former Chillicothe Paints pitcher Perry Cunningham presents details about his “To the Top Performance” baseball instructional videos.