amateur, dilettante, dabbler, tyro mean a person who follows a pursuit without attaining proficiency or professional status. amateur often applies to one practicing an art without mastery of its essentials; in sports it may also suggest not so much lack of skill but avoidance of direct remuneration.mateur, dilettante, dabbler, tyro mean a person who follows a pursuit without attaining proficiency or professional status. amateur often applies to one practicing an art without mastery of its essentials; in sports it may also suggest not so much lack of skill but avoidance of direct remuneration.
Johnstown, Ohio. Johnstown is a village in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,632 at the 2010 census. Johnstown was the home of William A. Ashbrook, an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and Democratic politician from Ohio. His son, John Ashbrook, was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1956, and in 1960 won his father's old seat in the U.S. House of Representatives as the Republican candidate.
Report Abuse. The Johnstown flood happened on May 31, 1889. Johnstown is in PA, a little east of Pittsburgh. Johnstown sits in a valley, which is also a flood plain, between two mountains, both of which have rivers (the Conemaugh and Stoney Creek). There had been a heavy rainstorm which caused the South Fork dam to break. The dam had been poor built and just as poorly maintained.