1. Metro&StateSection B | The Columbus Dispatch | Sunday, June 12, 2016
By Emily Tate
The Columbus Dispatch
Sure, New York, San
Francisco and Washington,
D.C., attract their fair share
of people. But according to
a new report, Columbus is
among the best destinations
for new college graduates.
The top cities on the
list compiled by Trulia
LIVABILITY STUDY
Columbus
is great
for grads
By Jennifer Smola
The Columbus Dispatch
NEWARK — A marijuana
decriminalization group is
hoping to place an initiative
on the ballot this fall that
would eliminate penalties for
possessing small amounts of
marijuana in Newark.
The proposal by the East
Central Ohio Decriminaliza-
tion Initiative would remove
penalties for possessing less
than 200 grams of marijuana
in the city. Under the initia-
tive, possessing less than 200
grams would constitute a
minor misdemeanor, and no
fines, incarceration, proba-
tion or “any other punitive
or rehabilitative measure”
would be imposed.
If organizers gather
enough signatures and meet
BALLOT ISSUE / NEWARK
Group
hoping to
ease pot
penalties
Ohio’s rattlesnakes
endangered species / B2
Peace march winds through
North, South Linden / B3
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“There were a few kids here,
and two German soldiers walked
by, and they said, ‘Don’t you
wish you had a rifle?’ “ McCol-
lum recounted, laughing
good-naturedly.
The days of rifles and animosity
were long over for the 90-year-
old World War II veteran. Besides,
McCollum spent most of his time
in the Army helping people in the
Medical Corps.
Most of the restored equipment,
vehicles and uniforms at the Knox
County D-Day Re-enactment near
Mount Vernon were familiar to
McCollum, though he hadn’t seen
most of the items since he was an
18-year-old on foreign soil. This
year’s re-enactment, the third
MILITARY HISTORY
Knox County invasion
Re-enactors refight D-Day in central Ohio, honor veterans
Re-enactors walk to an inspection site after being summoned during the third annual D-Day re-enactment held at the Knox County Airport on Saturday.
TYLER STABILE/DISPATCH PHOTOS
Veteran Preston McCollum, 90, of Mount
Vernon, awaits the start of the re-enact-
ment. McCollum was a corporal in the 118
Evacuation Hospital in World War II.
M
OUNT VERNON — It was a sweltering summer day
as Preston McCollum sat in an airplane hanger and
watched men in German officers’ uniforms walk by.
By Emily Bohatch | The Columbus Dispatch
SEE KNOX, B5
SEE POT, B6
SEE GRADS, B6
&StateSection B | The Columbus Dispatch | Sunday, June 12, 2016
BALLOT ISSUE
Group
hoping to
Ohio’s rattlesnakes
endangered species / B2
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