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Lock ’em up and throw away the key is an old adage that people apply to prosecutors, but it really couldn’t be further from the truth about what we do every day. Sure, we prosecute violent offenders, murderers, rapists and the like, and we do lock them up. But we do that because that’s where they belong and law permits it. But as prosecutors, we also work within the court system to help offenders stay out of prison and achieve rehabilitation if the offender is ready.

The constellation Leo is slowly fading from the sky because of urban light pollution. While it still shines brightly, we can understand why the ancients honored it with a place in the nighttime sky.

Today Ohioans on Medicare are saving money on insulin every single month. And we are fighting to extend those cost savings to everyone.

Happy National Library Outreach Day! Today we celebrate Library Outreach and the dedicated library professionals who meet patrons where they are. Today in our “Back to the Basics” column, we’re going to talk about library locations, which also includes our mobile library – the Bookmobile!

Tomorrow, April 7, kicks off National Library Week — the annual week designated to celebrate all things “library.” Within the week, there are other special days of celebration for specific topics like reading (Monday), library workers (Tuesday), outreach (Wednesday), and library advocacy (Thursday).

It’s time to think of writing something for this week. I have a couple of ideas. They are about Belly Busters, the pizza place where we go. And also about getting older as these months seem to be passing by faster and faster. And I’ll have to add to those two things that my computer is not working very well.

Recently, NASA announced that a “new star” may soon appear in the constellation Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown.

This spring break our family decided to do a staycation. We wanted to have time together doing fun activities, but we did not want our daughter to always expect a vacation during school breaks.

Last week in this column we began a series called “Back to the Basics.” I’ve worked at the Delaware County District Library for over a decade now, and many of the things we routinely do are no longer new to me. It’s easy to forget that our everyday activities within a library are also brand new concepts to someone who is just entering a library for the first time.

In some ways, Easter is a strange holiday. For one thing, its date bounces around the calendar. Small children search for eggs and worship a large rodent. This year, the highest holiday of the Christian calendar is followed the next day by the less reputable April Fool’s Day.