Library locks itself out of own Web site:

PIQUA, Ohio - The public library in this western Ohio community has a name problem.

When Director James Oda tried to access the library's new Web site - www.fleshpublic.lib.oh.us - to show it off for the library staff, the library computer denied him access.

"There must be a glitch in the system," Oda said as he tried again.

Again, he was denied access. Then Oda realized what had happened.

"We banned ourselves," he said Thursday.

Oda said he never gave much thought to the library's name - named 70 years ago for businessman and benefactor Leo Flesh. But Net Nanny, a filter the library uses on all the children's department computers, rejected the entry for "flesh" linked to "public."

"Growing up in Piqua, I don't think we give it much thought," Oda said. "But when I was in the service, my mom - who worked at the library at the time - used to send care packages in these little plastic bags that said 'Flesh Public Library.' There was a whole group of Army guys who had a lot of fun with that."

A change in the Web address - www.piqua.lib.oh.us - has allowed the library to access its own site.