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Another memorable concert of the Central Ohio Symphony took place on Sunday, March 17. A broad panoply of composers, musicians, and musical styles was represented. For traditionalists, listening to Dvořák’s dramatic Symphony No. 7 in D minor was a moving experience. The second half of the concert was dominated by lively Hispanic and Latin American rhythms and tunes, exemplified by trumpeter Pacho Flores.

In any location of the Delaware County District Library, we track foot traffic – that is, the amount of people who come through our doors every day. Did you know that our website has a similar tracking mechanism also called “traffic?” Everyone who stops by the library website at www.delawarelibrary.org is also accounted for, just like those who walk into our buildings.

“Why don’t they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.”

The sixth assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a colossal work over eight years compiled data by the world’s leading climate scientists from around the globe, ends with a bitter clear language: “There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future of all … at the latest before 2025.”

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.