Liberty Day events celebrate Patrick Henry, founding fathers

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HARVARD Roger Erber is all for the celebratory nature of Liberty Day weekend. But his true hope is to send off those who attend the Harvard conference with some lasting perspective.

"It's more than just a party," Erber said. "We have a vision here."

Erber and other Liberty Day organizers will put that vision into motion at the conference this weekend at the Starline Factory. Festivities kick off with a concert Friday night, followed by a conference during the day Saturday before evening activities, which include entertainment, reenactments, a fashion show, costume parade and dance.

The yearly event celebrates Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death," speech, and examines the founding fathers' views on a given topic. This year, speaker Paul Jehle will address America's foreign policy.

The hope is that attendees will get a feel for the way our founding fathers would approach modern issues of foreign policy, Erber said.

"At least if we are thinking straight on some things, if nothing else it will affect our votes and how we think about things," he said.

Liberty Day didn't start out so ambitious.

The first year, Roger and Maggie Erber gathered their family of eight children in their living room to recite speeches and sing songs to celebrate Henry, a figure the family has always held dear.

"Everyone had an assignment to do something just to stir our hearts to liberty," Roger Erber said.

Those they told about the day expressed interest in attending the next year. For several years thereafter, Liberty Day was an event spread mainly by word of mouth the Erber's invited those in their church and other homeschool families they knew.

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HARVARD Roger Erber is all for the celebratory nature of Liberty Day weekend. But his true hope is to send off those who attend the Harvard conference with some lasting perspective.

"It's more than just a party," Erber said. "We have a vision here."

Erber and other Liberty Day organizers will put that vision into motion at the conference this weekend at the Starline Factory. Festivities kick off with a concert Friday night, followed by a conference during the day Saturday before evening activities, which include entertainment, reenactments, a fashion show, costume parade and dance.

The yearly event celebrates Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death," speech, and examines the founding fathers' views on a given topic. This year, speaker Paul Jehle will address America's foreign policy.

The hope is that attendees will get a feel for the way our founding fathers would approach modern issues of foreign policy, Erber said.

"At least if we are thinking straight on some things, if nothing else it will affect our votes and how we think about things," he said.

Liberty Day didn't start out so ambitious.

The first year, Roger and Maggie Erber gathered their family of eight children in their living room to recite speeches and sing songs to celebrate Henry, a figure the family has always held dear.

"Everyone had an assignment to do something just to stir our hearts to liberty," Roger Erber said.

Those they told about the day expressed interest in attending the next year. For several years thereafter, Liberty Day was an event spread mainly by word of mouth the Erber's invited those in their church and other homeschool families they knew.

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Edison edges ice-cold Liberty

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Liberty played the type of game it wanted to play against a difficult opponent on its biggest stage of the season at home Tuesday.

But one thing about basketball: No matter what, it's tough to win if you don't put the ball in the basket.

Liberty didn't, not often enough, and the No. 2 seed Patriots lost a 39-35 decision to No. 6 Fresno-Edison in a Central Section Division I semifinal.

"The pace was perfect; the defensive effort was exactly what we wanted," Liberty coach A.J. Shearon said. "We just didn't make shots we've made all year."

Edison (25-7) ended the game on an 11-2 run. Jamont Wilson scored on a putback, a layup and two free throws to make it 34-33 Tigers, and then Braxton Hicks stretched the lead to three with a pull-up jumper with about a minute left.

Liberty (20-8) cut it to 36-35 with a spinning, acrobatic baseline drive by sophomore Aaron Marcus, but then Daylon Potts hit two free throws -- the second one banked in -- and Kyle Ferreira missed a 3-pointer with less than a second left.

"We finally made some free throws, and Braxton made a big, big shot," Edison coach Tim Wilkins said. "If you'd have told me we scored 39 points and won, I'd tell you you were crazy."

The pace of the game was exactly at Liberty's preference. The Patriots committed 15 turnovers, but not many of them led to Edison fast breaks, and Liberty forced 21 turnovers with its varied zone defenses.

"If we would have lost some crazy game played at their pace, that would have been harder to deal with," Shearon said. "Sometimes you just have to accept that it wasn't your night."

Bray Barnes had 14 points to lead Liberty, but Ferreira, a sharpshooter who easily leads the Patriots in scoring, was held to 7 points and just one 3-pointer -- it tied the game at 27 at the end of the third quarter. Much of that was due to Edison's swarming man-to-man defense, led by guards Keith Hayes, Sergio Rocha and Will Lee.

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Libertarian running for governor faces test

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Published: Tuesday, 3/4/2014

BY JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF

COLUMBUS Charlie Earl, a former Republican state representative from Bowling Green, will have to fight to keep his Libertarian spot on the ballot for Ohio governor. Protesters claim Democrats are behind his candidacy.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has scheduled hearings for Tuesday for Mr. Earl and Steven A. Linnabary, a Columbus candidate for attorney general, to fend off allegations that could invalidate their petitions.

A Libertarian and independent allege that the petitions that secured their spots on the ballot were circulated by professional signature gatherers who did not identify themselves as such on the petitions and that lawyers, consultants, and political operatives usually associated with Democratic candidates worked to ensure the Libertarians qualified for the ballot.

Theres been conjecture over what impact Mr. Earls presence on the ballot would have on the race for Ohio governor.

Some within the conservative Tea Party wing of the GOP have voiced support for a conservative alternative to Republican Gov. John Kasich, given Mr. Kasichs support of Medicaid expansion under the federal health-care law and his refusal to sign off on attempts to make Ohio the latest right-to-work state.

These charges are completely without merit and part of an attempt to limit voters choices in the governors race and on down, said Aaron Keith Harris, spokesman for the Ohio Libertarian Party, whose own petitions for secretary of state were found insufficient. He said theres no truth behind the allegations that Democrats are behind the Libertarian candidacies.

Democrats generally believe Mr. Earl will draw more voters from Mr. Kasich than their chosen candidate, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, but the Libertarian Partys position on other issues may not be an easy fit with either major party.

Brad Smith, a Capital University law professor and former Federal Elections Commission member, will preside as hearing officer and make his recommendations to Mr. Husted whether Mr. Earl or Mr. Linnabary should remain on the ballot.

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Foes of 2 Libertarian hopefuls say Dems saved candidacies

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Published: Tuesday, 3/4/2014

BY JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF

COLUMBUS Those seeking to remove Libertarian candidates for governor and Ohio attorney general from the ballot on Tuesday claimed Democrats stepped in at the last minute to salvage their candidacies when it was clear their petition efforts were falling apart.

The Libertarians, in turn, accused Republicans of orchestrating the effort to remove them from the ballot.

And the hearing officer presiding over the case for Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted repeatedly wondered aloud the relevance of behind-the-scenes involvement of a law firm, consulting firm, and political operatives usually associated with Democrats

The challenge urges Mr. Husted to remove Charlie Earl, a former Republican state representative from Bowling Green, from the ballot for governor and Steven A. Linnabary, a Columbus civil engineer, from the ballot for attorney general.

The finger-pointing and legal scrambling illustrate how minor party candidates, who normally garner little attention in Ohio politics, have suddenly become significant factors.

Some conservatives have voiced support for an alternative to the right of Republican Gov. John Kasich because of his push to expand Medicaid under the federal health-care law and refusal to endorse an effort to make Ohio a right-to-work state.

When a threatened primary challenge to Mr. Kasich failed to materialize, attention instead turned to Mr. Earl.

The Libertarian Party has endorsed a proposed right-to-work constitutional amendment prohibiting the mandatory collection of fair-share fees in lieu of dues from employees who refuse to join a workplace union.

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Ohio Libertarian Candidate's Petitions Challenged

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A Ross County man is charged in connection with several residential burglaries in Fayette County.

A Ross County man is charged in connection with several residential burglaries in Fayette County.

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Columbus firefighters rescued a woman from an overturned vehicle in a north Columbus Giant Eagle parking lot Wednesday afternoon.

Columbus firefighters rescued a woman from an overturned vehicle in a north Columbus Giant Eagle parking lot Wednesday afternoon.

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Wednesday was day 100 for Waverly City Schools in Pike County -- an event that was supposed to happen three weeks ago. But because the district has used 19 calamity days, it was delayed twice.

Wednesday was day 100 for Waverly City Schools in Pike County -- an event that was supposed to happen three weeks ago. But because the district has used 19 calamity days, it was delayed twice.

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Ohio Libertarian Candidate's Petitions Challenged

Libertarian governor candidate challenged in Ohio

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Lawyers sparred Tuesday over whether a Libertarian gubernatorial candidate in Ohio is qualified for the May ballot, a dispute whose outcome could affect Republican Gov. John Kasichs re-election bid.

Libertarian Charlie Earl has the potential to draw votes from Kasich as the governor faces a likely challenge from Democrat Ed FitzGerald this fall. Kasich has faced criticism from tea party activists and other conservatives within the GOP for some of his policy decisions, including backing Medicaid expansion and drilling tax increases.

Recent polls place Kasich ahead of FitzGerald, the Cuyahoga County executive in Cleveland, but the governors race in this closely-divided battleground state has a chance of being tight.

The protest seeking to disqualify Earl from the primary ballot was registered on behalf of Tyler King, a Libertarian Ohio voter.

Kings lawyer, Columbus attorney John Zeiger, argued Tuesday before hearing officer Bradley Smith, a former federal election commissioner, that Earl should be disqualified. He asserted that Democrats orchestrated the circulation of Earls petitions and provided monetary and legal help to the effort.

Capital University law professor Mark Brown, representing Earl, said that Ohio Republicans are trying to force Libertarians and other third parties from the ballot. Brown brought a successful federal legal challenge to the constitutionality of new ballot access rules passed by the Ohio Legislature and signed by Kasich in November, a bill Democrats pejoratively labeled the John Kasich Re-Election Protection Act.

Zeigers firm laid out the following claims through documents and testimony:

The Democratic law firm McTigue & McGinnis and employees of Strategy Network, a Democrat-affiliated consulting firm, received payments from an entity called Ohioans for Liberty to supervise, manage and organize signature gathering for Libertarian candidates, including Earl;

The bulk of Ohioans for Libertys funding came through an $828,000 contribution from the Ohio Democratic Party;

A leading professional petitioner who collected signatures for Earl identified herself elsewhere as a registered Democrat;

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