A TRIBUTE TO FRANK J.
BARTHEN
Barthen
remembered that years ago, a Democrat on the rise from northeast Ohio was in
search of a family pet that also served as the symbol for his party.
The
young politico brought his wife and kids out to Bittersweet Burro Farm to
survey some donkeys that Barthen had put up for sale.
“He
sees this one in the meadow and he and his kids take a liking to it,” Barthen
remembered with a sly grin. “Its name was Dopey, but I didn’t think that would
be a good fit for a man who’d served as lieutenant governor. I was walking
Dopey up the hill and only had a couple of minutes to think up a better name
for him. I reached the man and his family and said `this is a fine animal, we
call him Senator.’”
The
man who bought Senator became a governor.
Barthen
still has a snapshot of a youthful-looking Richard F. Celeste and family
visiting the burro farm.
TRIBUTE CONTINUES TOMORROW -- MAY 23
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