Ohio Governor Dedicates State Park to Jesse Owens

Ohio Governor John Kasich has named the state's largest park and wildlife area after Olympic great Jesse Owens. Owens was a world record-setting sprinter at Ohio State University and won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He died in 1980 at age 66. "He's one of my heroes,'' Kasich said at the ceremony, accompanied by two of Owens' daughters. Achievements of "heroes'' such as Owens should be preserved to inspire others to...

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