First Place, James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award - Alysia Oglesby / The Columbus Dispatch
Second Place, James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award - Stephen M. Herppich / Cincinnati Enquirer
Second Place, James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award - John Kuntz, Mike Levy, Dale Omori, Chris Stephens, Lonnie Timmons III, Jeff Green and Bill Gugliotta / The Plain Dealer
Second Place, James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award - ohn Kuntz, Mike Levy, Dale Omori, Chris Stephens, Lonnie Timmons III, Jeff Green and Bill Gugliotta / The Plain DealerFive Ohios. 00cOHSEw, June 8, 2004, (left)Jonda Kennedy and Cindy Barnes in front of the Peddler's restaurant in Ironton, Ohio. Both grew up in Ironton and said things have gotten a lot worse since they were kids. Mike Levy / The Plain Dealer.MIKE LEVY THE PLAIN DEALER A model Statue of Liberty greets customers at Peddler's restaurant, where Jonda Kennedy, left, and Cindy Barnes wait tables. Crippled by job losses, Ironton in Appalachia's Lawrence County remains proud and patriotic. "A lot of our young men join the military, and we just try to support them," Barnes said.
Second Place, James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award - ohn Kuntz, Mike Levy, Dale Omori, Chris Stephens, Lonnie Timmons III, Jeff Green and Bill Gugliotta / The Plain DealerADVANCE FOR 5 OHIOS--A Sandusky County wheat field stands ready for harvest Wedensday June 23, 2004. Despite a decreasing number of family farms in the county agriculture is still the largest industry. (Dale Omori/The Plain Dealer) Five OhiosPhotographs by Dale Omori/ The Plain Dealer Endless fields of corn, soybeans and wheat meld from green to brown to gold in perfect rectangles like wrapping paper in northwest Ohio, which is a region of "also farms." The truck driver at the coffee shop "also farms." The factory worker running the register at the community social "also farms."
Second Place, James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award - ohn Kuntz, Mike Levy, Dale Omori, Chris Stephens, Lonnie Timmons III, Jeff Green and Bill Gugliotta / The Plain DealerADVANCE FOR FIVE OHIOS CENTRAL REGION STORY BY BRIAN ALBRECHT--Halimo Adde composes the answer to an oral quiz during English as a Second Language class at the offices of the Somali Community Association on Cleveland St. in Columbus, Ohio Tuesday June 16, 2004 (Chris Stephens/The Plain Dealer) FIVE OHIOSHalimo Adde ponders her answer during an oral quiz in the English language class offered by the Somali Community Association in Columbus. The city is home to the second-largest Somali community in the nation, and many of these immigrants hope to cast their first vote in their new homeland this year.
Second Place, James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award - ohn Kuntz, Mike Levy, Dale Omori, Chris Stephens, Lonnie Timmons III, Jeff Green and Bill Gugliotta / The Plain Dealer22C5ohiosB -- ADVANCE FIVE OHIOS PROJECT BY AMANDA GARRETT FOR AUGUST 22, 2004 -- Jennifer Green holds the hand of her son Matt,13, as they watch the Beavercreek fireworks July 4, 2004 on the sidewalk in their patriotic folding chairs. Matt looked back to watch the fireworks show starting at Wright Patterson Air Force Base where they were planning on attending but his father Lt. Col. Greg Green was detained overseas on his C-141 flight to Iraq. Jennifer liked the viewing location becasue they could see three fireworks shows at one time. (John Kuntz The Plain Dealer)
Second Place, James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award - ohn Kuntz, Mike Levy, Dale Omori, Chris Stephens, Lonnie Timmons III, Jeff Green and Bill Gugliotta / The Plain DealerFor Maragert Bernstein Story -- Evan Hannon of Massillon waves a flag while standing on the podium before the John Kerry Rally for Jobs at the Perry High School Gym in Massillon. June 25, 2004 (Lonnie Timmons III/Plain Dealer) Five Ohios
