Black History Month: KKK’s sojourn into Clinton County, Part 2
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a series
written by Neil Snarr commemorating Black History Month.
After the Klavern was built on Ludovic Street and the parade through town was completed, the Klan became a significant entity in Wilmington and Clinton County. In fact, the Klan was a powerful national entity with significant influence in much of the country.
Demonstrating this national influence was a meeting at Buckeye Lake in Ohio: “Officials of the Ku Klux Klan from all over the country will attend a meeting at the Buckeye Lake starting next Tuesday and lasting through Friday… The policy of the Klan on public questions will be taken up said the announcement. At the close of the session of the national officers the Ohio Konklave will start, and will last through Sunday.” (A Konklave is best understood as a secret or confidential meeting.)
PEORIA Chase Bennett and Annabelle Rodgers, who knew each other only briefly before linking up on a fateful night in November, each died of accidental overdoses of multiple drugs, Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said.
Bennett, 25, of Peoria Heights, and Rodgers, 18, of East Peoria, were found dead Nov. 17 in a Limestone Township residence owned by a Bennett acquaintance. Their struggles with addiction, as well as the challenges of their families, were chronicled in a recent story in the Journal Star.
Bennett died from an overdose of heroin, fentanyl (a synthetic opioid used for pain medication and with other drugs as anesthesia), clonazepam (a tranquilizer often used for panic disorders) and methamphetamine (a stimulant often made and sold illegally), according to a forensic pathologist s report. The same pathologist said Rodgers died from an overdose of fentanyl, clonazepam and methamphetamine.
Canton Daily Ledger
CUBA The Cuba High School staff has selected Abigail Corsaw as the January Senior of the Month. For this honor, she received a $50 gift card from program sponsor MidAmerica National Bank.
Corsaw is the daughter of Chuck and Joy Corsaw, Cuba.
While in high school, she has been a member of the softball, cheerleading and basketball teams, Student Council, Peer Assistance, National Honor Society, Art Club, National Art Honor Society, yearbook, FCCLA, Prom Committee and has served as a class officer. Her future plans include attending medical school to become a radiologist.
Seniors of the Month are selected for their academic performance as well as their leadership and citizenship qualities.