May. There are more good days than bad ahead. This is the time when Gov. George V. Voinovich announces the latest free travel publications. His communications office just sent out a release saying that the 1997 OhioPass travel planner and the Ohio Calendar of Events are available from the Department of Development's Division of Travel and Tourism. The calendar booklet lists more than 1,500 festivals and special events from May 1997 through April 1998. The 158-page OhioPass magazine cuts the state into five geographic regions and outlines places of interest in them.
Special articles feature state parks, Amish country, theme parks, bicycle paths and historic sites.
Like the popular entertainment books, the coupons are dated. Some expire at the end of the summer tourist season. Others go to Dec. 31 and a few through March 1998. Those visitors are important to Ohio's economy. Dial 1 for the Getaway Packet.