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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013
06 Community Calendar 08 News & Info from
Upper Arlington
09 News & Info from
The Village of Marble Cliff
10 News & Info from
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12 faces
Changing Tracks Retired photographer fills his time with model railroad hobby
16 in focus
Business Barkers
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19 A Perfect Pair
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Taste of Grandview and Youth Advocate Services car show join forces
20 Another Taste
Results from this year’s Taste of UA
22 living Golden Opportunities
Tri-Village seniors take advantage of multi-faceted city programs
26 Lions’ Cause
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Literacy efforts and outreach to blind combine in iPad project
28 on the table
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New growler shop serves up Ohio beers and other local products
30 bookmarks On the Cover: Chelsea Cabot, co-owner of Objects for the Home, with her dog, Amos. Photo by Lisa Aurand www.trivillagemagazine.com
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Community Calendar Don’t miss these Community Events!
SEPTEMBER 2013 OCTOBER 2013 6
Through Oct. 25
Trans Fiber & Paper Municipal Services Center, 3600 Tremont Rd., www.uaoh.net This Concourse Gallery exhibit features an exploration of fiber and paper curated by Char Norman and Elena Osterwalder. A reception celebrating the exhibition is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Sept. 20.
Vendors offer fresh, locally grown produce as well as breads, herbs and more each Wednesday.
Sept. 5
Older Adult Resource Group Lunch and Learn 11 a.m.-1 p.m., UA Senior Center, 1945 Ridgeview Rd., www.uachamber.org Officer Heather Galli discusses ID theft, scams and Medicare fraud at this free talk.
Sept. 2
Sept. 5-7
UA Labor Day Arts Festival 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Northam Park, 2070 Northam Rd., www.uaoh.net Peruse the wares of more than 200 artists and craftspeople and experience a variety of interactive performances and activities at this annual event.
Bobcat Boosters Ox Roast Pierce Field, 1080 Oxley Rd., www.grandviewheights.org This three-day festival benefiting Grandview Heights City Schools features live entertainment, food, games and more than 2,000 pounds of beef.
Sept. 3
Sept. 7-Oct. 26
Eighth Annual Dog Swim 6-8 p.m., Grandview Heights Municipal Pool, 1515 W. Goodale Blvd., www.grandviewheights.org Bring your pooch down to the pool for this dogs-only swim. Entry is $5 per dog.
Sept. 4-Oct. 9
Upper Arlington Farmers Market Wednesdays, 3-6 p.m., UA Senior Center, 1945 Ridgeview Rd., www.uaoh.net
Oct. 5
Red Cross Blood Drive 9 a.m., Upper Arlington Main Library, 2800 Tremont Rd., www.ualibrary.org Save a life by donating blood in the Friends Theater or Meeting Room B at the library.
Oct. 9
Grandview Heights Library Fall Fest Noon-3 p.m., Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave., www.ghpl.org Pumpkins, scarecrows and fall-themed crafts, games and treats are on hand at this family-oriented event.
Grandview Avenue Farmers Market 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturdays, 1371 Grandview Ave., 614-326-0630, www.grandviewheights.org Pick up your locally grown produce each Saturday at this certified farmers market. Grab everything from beets to berries, along with baked goods, pastas and flowers.
Sept. 9-15
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship Golf Tournament
Oct. 13
Upper Arlington Fall Fest 2-6 p.m., Fancyburg Park, 3375 Kioka Ave., www.uaoh.net Join the Upper Arlington Parks and Recreation Department for an afternoon of pumpkin carving, face painting, inflatable games and caramel apple making as well as live music and entertainment.
Oct. 17
Music in the Atrium: Steve Fout & Dennis McCarthy 7-8 p.m., Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave., www.ghpl.org Enjoy the sounds of this fingerstyle guitar duo as they entertain audiences with a variety of folk, bluegrass, Celtic and jazz music.
Oct. 18-20
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Friends of the Library AV & Book Sale Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave., www.ghpl.org Bargain books, DVDs, CDs and more are on sale. Proceeds support the library.
The Ohio State University Scarlet course, 3605 Tremont Rd., Columbus, www.ncc-golf.com This Pro-Am golf tournament, hosted at The Ohio State University Scarlet course, is a fundraiser for Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Sept. 14
Taste of Grandview 4-10:30 p.m., Grandview Yard, 900 Goodale Blvd., www.grandviewchamber.org The seventh annual Taste of Grandview includes entertainment and food samples for sale by restaurants in the Grandview area.
Sept. 14 Sept. 15
Youth Advocate Services All-Class Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Grandview Yard, 900 Goodale Blvd., www.yasohio.org Fire trucks and Emergency Medical Service vehicles,
Oct. 22-24
Golden Bear Scare 6:30-9 p.m., Smith Nature Park, 1270 Fishinger Rd., www.uaca.org The Upper Arlington Civic Association leads children through the “haunted” Smith Nature Park. Elementary school age children are encouraged to attend from 6:30-7:30 p.m., while middle school age children can attend a slightly scarier version of the program from 7:30-9 p.m.
Oct. 26
Great Pumpkin Run 9 a.m., Grandview Heights Middle School, 1240 Oakland Ave., www.grandviewheights.org The 35th annual Great Pumpkin Run is sponsored by Grandview Heights Parks and Recreation and the Grandview Area Chamber of Commerce. T-shirts are given to the first 400 entrants of this 5K race. Registration is $25.
Oct. 29
Create it: Pumpkin Showdown 3:30-4:30 p.m., Grandview Heights Public Library,
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Sept. 15
Kitchen Kapers of Central Ohio Noon-5 p.m., various locations, 614-544-4483 www.kitchenkapers.org Review the remodeled and renovated kitchens of Upper Arlington and the surrounding communities as a part of the annual Kitchen Kapers event, supported by the Riverside Methodist Hospital Service Board VII. Advance tickets are $20 or $25 day of.
Sept. 15
Bowl for TriVillage Mentor League 1-4 p.m., Ten Pin Alley, 5499 Constitution Blvd., Hilliard, www.tvml.eventbrite.com Bowl to raise money for the TriVillage Mentor League at this family-oriented fundraiser. Three hours of bowling and shoes for five people is $150 or $30 per person.
Sept. 26
Music in the Atrium: Rockbridge Crossing 7-8 p.m., Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave., www.ghpl.org Acoustic guitarist Byrant Rockfield and vocalist Cindy VanDellen perform in the library’s Atrium as part of this free indoor concert series.
1685 W. First Ave., www.ghpl.org Children in grades 4-12 can bring and decorate their own pumpkins for display in front of the library.
Oct. 31
Beggar’s Night 6-8 p.m., throughout Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights and Marble Cliff, www.uaoh.net Children go door to door for candy on Beggar’s Night. In Upper Arlington, the Pumpkin Patrol – marked city trucks with city volunteers – hand out candy and make sure children are safe.
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insideUPPER ARLINGTON Patchwork Project UA art teachers organize art quilt project to reflect the community By Brandon Klein Upper Arlington community members will join together in the modern version of an old-fashioned sewing circle this fall and winter. About 50 art quilt panels, each representing various aspects of Upper Arlington, are expected to be complete by Jan. 17 – in time for the annual State of the City address. The U.A. Community Quilt Project started out as an art assignment at Upper Arlington High School, says Alicia McGinty, an art teacher at the school. McGinty says she discussed the project with her colleagues as a potential service-learning opportunity. “We started thinking about bigger ways to enhance the project,” she says. “This project will encourage families, school classes and neighborhood communities to work together to create a reflection of Upper Arlington that will reinforce the importance of community in our lives.” McGinty and her fellow teachers want the project to be intergenerational – involving both students and community members of all ages – in hopes of building relationships and creating a sense of unity and empathy in Upper Arlington. Preparations started earlier this year when McGinty’s students dyed and silkscreened designs onto fabric that will be used to make the quilt panels. This fall, the students – and any interested community members – will create 12-inch-by-18-inch art quilt panels, each with a theme that connects to or reflects the traditions of the Upper Arlington community. “They will be using the raw-edge fusible appliqué method,” McGinty says. “Fusing is a technique in which a fusible product is applied to one side of the fabric with a hot iron, and then the fabric is cut into shapes or strips, and arranged and ironed onto a background. This method provides a level of freedom not found in more traditional methods.” The project has gained a considerable amount of interest, she says. “It’s taken off to where a lot of (community) groups want to be a part of it.”
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Community members have the opportunity to sign up for evening quilting classes in October through the Upper Arlington LifeLong Learning program. Community organizations interested in participating can work on the project at their meeting locations while families can also work on the panels in their homes. Although the panels will not be sewn together in a traditional quilt-style blanket, the quilts will be displayed together at the State of the City and at other locations such as the schools, library branches and municipal buildings. “The idea is to have all these panels hang together in one big exhibition,” McGinty says. McGinty hopes to see the project grow each year. The project is among the largest art initiatives the district has ever undertaken and the first to include involvement from all its schools, she says. For more information, visit the U.A. Community Quilt Project Facebook page or contact McGinty at uacommunityquilt project@gmail.com. Brandon Klein is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at laurand@city scenemediagroup.com. One of the quilts created through the U.A. Community Quilt Project
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MARBLE CLIFF
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Marble Cliff resident dedicates her life to helping others
The Tri-Village area is home to many people who have been very active in central Ohio over the years. Marble Cliff resident Floradelle Pfahl is certainly one of them. So well-regarded for her community leadership, Pfahl has received many honors, including a Doctor of Humane Letters from Ohio Dominican College (1993) and the Capital Women of Achievement Award (2012) for 50 years of service to United Way and the YWCA. “I grew up in Akron and received a B.S. in education from the University of Akron. I was raised during the Great Depression and my parents were always helping others. I have tried to do the same,” Pfahl says. She met John Pfahl while they were attending the University of Akron. They married and started their family in Columbus while John was earning his doctorate at The Ohio State University. “We have three wonderful children, Jay, Chris and Susan; eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Unfortunately, none live in Columbus, so I do not get to see them as often as I would like,” Pfahl says. “John, an Ohio State University professor and business consultant, was the one who encouraged me to do something I wanted to do, which was helping in the community. He felt the same about serving others, but did not have the time as I did. So I got involved, working in the group that started the Buckeye Boys Ranch and, in time, chairing the Columbus Foundation, the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), Buckeye Boys Ranch, Columbus Panhellenic Association, Riverside Methodist Hospital Foundation, Ohio United Way, CMA’s Decorator’s Show House and Action for Children.” She has served on the boards of the Greater Columbus Arts Council, Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Ohio Dominican College, Opera Columbus, ProMusica, United Way of Franklin County and Women’s Association for the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. As she puts it, “I’ve done the gamut, from being a Cub Scout and Girl Scout leader to being a member of the Mayor’s Committee for the (Columbus) Bicentennial, advisor of Phi Mu Sorority at Ohio State, past president and 60-plus year member of the Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and a volunteer for many other organizations. “I have been active ever since, but fortunately, John and I got to travel extensively before his death in 1994. I’ve been to 149 countries and love traveling, with Paris and London being my favorite cities. I’ll be in Spain later this year on a CMA tour. And I’d still like to visit Ethiopia one day.” Currently, Pfahl is a part-time resident of Key West, Fla. and enjoys reading, golf, bridge and cooking. www.trivillagemagazine.com
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“I’ve even ‘invented’ a Kahlua and coffee ice cream pie which friends say is very good!” she says. She collects pieces of art glass, especially those by noted glass artist and central Ohio native Christopher Ries. Frequently seen in Marble Cliff with her beloved Yorkie, Angel, Pfahl says, “I’d never had a dog and now she takes me for walks. I enjoy walking in Marble Cliff. It’s a pretty little community.” Her sense of duty to others remains. She is still active in many groups and serves on the boards of The Ohio State University Foundation and the museum. “I love the museum and want to see the new building completed. I am so proud of what the museum has done. Being awarded the 2013 National Medal for Museum and Library Service is most deserved,” she says. Pfahl was instrumental in the cooperative effort among the CMA, Marble Cliff and the local historical society during the Society’s 2013 house tour that highlighted artist George Bellows’ personal connection to the community. She believes Columbus has become a great city, but there is work to do to make it even better. “I’m concerned about the lack of winter shelter for Columbus families. I’m ashamed that this great city has this problem.” When asked what she would tell those thinking about community service, she quickly replies, “It’s your duty to help your community. Get involved!” Pfahl certainly has done that. 9
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Online Interactions New interactive features enhance Grandview Heights website
Grandview Heights Fire Chief Steve Shaner
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By Hayley Ross
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Grandview Heights is making city news and updates more accessible to residents with new interactive website features and a social media presence. In May 2012, the Grandview Heights website was revamped with a new look and features. Now that those features are live, city officials are working to get the word out to the public. City Manager Patrik Bowman says traditional means of communication, such as reports and advertisements in newspapers, are waning and it is becoming more difficult know which streets and roads may be closed or have to keep in contact with residents. “People will have to request the news instead of it being heavy traffic due to maintenance work. There is also an option for Marble Cliff residents to get presented to them,” he says. information notifications that affect the Marble Cliff area. The new website allows residents to do just that. Through Signing up for Notify Me is fast and easy. To sign up, the new Notify Me feature, residents can get city alerts click eNews signup on the Grandview Heights website and emergency notifications from city departments of their homepage at www.grandviewheights.org. Enter an choosing via email. Residents can choose to get these email address, password and optional phone number for notifications sent to their mobile phones. text message notifications and click the different icons to “Notify Me allows residents to get information about the subscribe to the lists and options available. things that will affect them directly,” says Steve Shaner, Report a Concern is the website’s other new interactive Grandview Heights fire chief, who spearheaded the effeature, allowing residents to report to the city any issues forts to update the website. with city streets, trees, criminal activity, health, safety and One Notify Me feature that Shaner highly recommends more. Concerns can be anything from a fallen tree, burntresidents sign up for is emergency notifications. This feaout street lamp or pothole to something more serious that ture is reserved for snow emergencies, drinking water concould affect the safety of individuals in the city. taminations and other emergencies that residents should “The different categories are be aware of immediately. routed to the right people in Other Notify Me options each department so they can Why people visit the Grandview include Board of Health take care of it,” Shaner says. notifications, Grandview Heights website: Residents will be notified Heights City Council agenwhen the city receives their das and minutes, Parks and Job Hunting 4.5% messages and can also track Recreation program guides, Government Information 43.8% their requests. Report a Conpolice alerts, government cern is also available as an Document Download 8.2% job listings, and street mainiPad app. tenance and improvement Moving to the Area 30.4% For those who prefer Twitter postings that let subscribers or Facebook for their news, *Based on an online poll by the City of Grandview Heights www.trivillagemagazine.com
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Grandview Heights also sends out notifications via tweets and status updates. To get these notifications, follow Grandview Heights on Twitter at @ GrandviewOhio or like the Facebook page Grandview Heights, OH. “We like to use social media as another way to inform rather than trying to interact with residents,” Bowman says. Email alerts, Facebook posts and tweets are sent out daily or a couple times per week, based on what is happening in the city during that time. Shaner hopes more Grandview Heights residents sign up for the new features. “Our push lately has been trying to get more subscribers and let folks know what features are available to them,” he says. As of July 1, the Notify Me page on the website was visited more than 900 times. Each Notify Me list had almost 300 subscribers, except for Police Reports, which had 314 subscribers. Emergency Alerts had 93 subscribers, the least of all the categories. The Report a Concern page was visited “Different people like to get their news different ways, more than 350 times, the Facebook page has 92 and we want residents to be able to get it how they want likes and the Twitter account has 134 followers. it,” he says. The city published a brochure in July that lists all the website features and how to sign up for them. Shaner says Hayley Ross is a contributing writer. Feedback welthe city has been giving them out at every opportunity. By come at laurand@cityscenemediagroup.com. offering a variety of different ways to bring Grandview Heights news to the public, Shaner hopes residents will find what works best for them.
2013 Grandview Heights City Council Back row, left to right: Milton Lewis, P’Elizabeth Koelker, Susan Jagers and Steve Gladman Front row, left to right: Edward Hastie, President Steve Reynolds and Vice President Anthony Panzera
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Changing Tracks Retired photographer fills his time with model railroad hobby Don Sell has always had a creative streak. An Upper Arlington resident since the 1980s, Sell graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in photography and cinema and spent more than two decades as a commercial photographer. Now he’s spending his “semi-retirement” as president of the Central Ohio Model Railroad Club and as a fused glass artist and instructor. Sell, 57, had a model train set as a child, but like many people, he outgrew it in his teenage years. It wasn’t until his son, Joshua, expressed an interest in model trains around age 10 that Sell got back into the hobby. “I have a theory about how people get into and out of trains,” Sell says. “A lot of people start around ages 6 and 7 until 14 or 15 … when we lose them for awhile, until they have kids around that age. If they do come back, they’ll stay with us for the rest of their lives.” That was certainly true for Sell, who remained fascinated with the models long after his son, now 34, lost interest. It fit well with his both creative and technical personality.
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“I like working with my hands, so modeling is a good activity for me,” Sell says. Unlike some model train enthusiasts, who get so devoted to historical accuracy they’re called “rivet counters,” Sell builds his models with a little more imagination and idealism. “I get around it by telling people I don’t model it how it was; I model it how it should have been,” he says. The O scale model – the size of most “toy” model trains through the 1960s – in the basement of his home off Fishinger Road is based on the stretch of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad track between Grafton and Clarksburg, W.Va. But his own layout is small compared to the club-owned layouts the COMRC displays at various events, including the Ohio State Fair. The club owns a medium-sized layout O scale, a room-sized layout with an HO (half of O) scale that runs in a loop, an HO-scale Thomas the Tank Engine train with controls that kids can operate, an unfinished N scale (half of HO) and a tiny Z scale (half of N). Sell, currently starting the second half of his two-year term as club president, was one of the group’s founding members. Incorporated in 2002, the club was started by model railroad enthusiasts who knew each other through the National Model Railroad Association. The group, which has about 36 members, gathers Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. – barring bad weather – to run trains and discuss pertinent topics. Many of the members’ children run trains at the beginning of meetings, and the adults close the rented facility in Worthington on Proprietors Road around 10 p.m. The club is on the lookout for a new
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location at which it can set up a more permanent layout. “Our mission, really, is to … preserve the heritage of American railroading in the U.S.,” Sell says. “The majority of the towns in the Midwest and West were founded around the railroad.” He points out that trains are still important to the country today. “Carrying intermodal trailers or containers on the trains keeps the truck traffic manageable on the interstates.” The club’s other mission is to educate about train safety: don’t play on train tracks. Signs posted around the club’s tent at the Ohio State Fair give statistics about train safety and issue warnings. Visitors to the free display drop donations into boxes. The club gets the majority of its funding – other than club dues – from donations at such displays. From 2007-2009, the club had a set up at Wildlights at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Upcoming exhibits include a planned Christmas layout at the Ohio History Center, though details have yet to be finalized, Sell says. Trains aren’t Sell’s only hobby; he also is an instructor for fused glass and stained glass classes at Glass Axis in the Grandview Heights area and Columbus Idea Foundry. A self-taught artist, he took up stained glass about 30 years ago and picked up fused glass, which involves melting different colors and textures of glass together in a kiln, as a way to kill time while away from his wife, Greta, who is on a temporary job assignment in South Carolina. In his classes, he teaches the basics of fused and stained glass, how to slump glass into molds and the creation of glass jewelry. Together, the two hobbies take up the majority of his time and have provided him with a host of deep friendships. “We have a lot of fellowship and camaraderie,” Sell says of the model railroad club. “For two hours, we suspend reality and we play with trains.” Sell also enjoys spending time with his family, including Greta, Joshua, daughter-in-law Megan and a 6-month-old granddaughter. Lisa Aurand is editor of Tri-Village Magazine. Feedback welcome at laurand@cityscenemediagroup.com.
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Add a pup and get an office of cheerful accountants and happy clients – it’s an equation that has worked so far at the accounting and tax preparation service located on Old Henderson Road. Lexy, a miniature schnauzer, has been a fun part of the office for seven years. “She’s very popular, makes friends easily,” says Cathy Wilson, Lexy’s owner and an accounting manager and CPA. Lexy is so lovable that clients and visitors, such as the mailman, seek her out, make her cookies and give her gifts. And Wilson’s co-workers enjoy Lexy’s company, too. “I like coming into the work with a dog in the office. It’s always a stress release,” says Christina Carmell, fellow accountant. “It’s a nice distraction, in a good way.”
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It started as a furniture shop, but Objects for the Home on Grandview Avenue has earned itself a reputation for a variety of smaller home accessories. Per-
haps the cutest among them: 10-pound Maltese poodle mix Amos. “He’s a rescue, which we’re very passionate about,” says shop – and pup – owner Chelsea Cabot who started the store with business partner Kristopher Konieczko in 2010. “It certainly is fun for people when he’s in. Everyone loves conversing about their own pets and sharing stories,” she says. The 2-year-old Amos is often spotted near the main desk. Though friendly, he’s a “little young and unruly” and is kept on leash much of the time, Cabot says. In spite of the restriction, Amos is one of the shop’s most popular attractions. “We would have never guessed that Amos would get gifts, but someone brought us a bag of gourmet treats for him one time,” Cabot says. Cabot and Konieczko love to show Amos off in photos. “We love doing Amos’ pics of the day. Everything is cuter with a pup in the picture,” Cabot says. www.trivillagemagazine.com
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While waiting for a pair of hemmed pants at the Stitching Witch on Fifth Avenue, it’s impossible not to notice 3-yearold miniature pinscher poodle Coco. But the friendly pup isn’t the shop’s first pet. When owner Robin Johnson opened the sewing and alterations shop nearly five years ago, her previous dog, Ginger, was there, lighting up the faces of customers. “She was a fixture of my business,” Johnson says. After Ginger passed away, a customer happened to remark that the store wasn’t the same without a dog. That same day,
the customer brought 6-week-old Coco into the store. “And Coco’s been with us for three years now,” Johnson says, laughing. In the years since, Coco has been showered with gifts and individual attention. “Mailmen bring her biscuits. Customers bring toys, Christmas gifts, sweaters, even witch-themed Halloween costumes. You think of it, they’ve brought it,” Johnson says.
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If you start petting her, you might find it difficult to stop. If you stop, Crispy will paw you gently until you start petting her again. “She’s a great cat,” Justus says. “She’s very vocal and very loving, and once you give her (affection), you can’t get away from her, bless her heart.”
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In Memoriam: Acorn Bookshop
Acorn Bookshop on West Fifth Avenue is well-known for its friendly staff and massive collection of around 50,000 books, including vintage and collectable tomes. Biblio, a blue-point Siamese cat that held the position of director of customer relations, was not the least of the store’s friendly staffers. Sadly, the cat passed away this spring. “He was destined to be a bookstore cat with that name,” says owner George Bauman, also known as “Bookstore George.” “We still have people coming in asking if Biblio is on the premises. He was a very calm cat, loved to sit on the counter here. (He was the) best advertising to get people in the store. People used to love to come in and ask to pet him,” Bauman says.
It’s the name of her shop, but it’s also an apt description for owner Wendy Penn’s two poodles, Kiwi and Susie. The two dogs spend their days at Penn’s pet grooming store on King Avenue. The two well-groomed pets are an incredible advertisement for the business. “I just love them,” Penn says. “They come in and sleep all day. But they do greet some.” David Allen is a contributing writer. When they do greet people, Kiwi and Susie keep waiting customers enter- Feedback welcome at laurand@city scenemediagroup.com. tained by just being themselves.
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By Brandon Klein
Taste of Grandview and Youth Advocate Services car show join forces
Come for the tasty food, stay for the hot cars. Two annual events are teaming up for a Grandview Heights-focused weekend Sept. 14-15. The Taste of Grandview is moving from its traditional October date to Sept. 14, the day before the third annual Youth Advocate Services All Class Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show. “We cross-promoted these events so that they’re both successful,” says Michelle Wilson, executive director of the Grandview Area Chamber of Commerce, which hosts the Taste of Grandview. The Taste is scheduled from 4-10:30 p.m. Saturday next to the Grandview Center, 1515 Goodale Blvd., with the car show from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday at the Grandview Yard, 900 Goodale Blvd. To encourage overnight visitors, the Hyatt Place at the Grandview Yard is offering discount packages for Saturday and Sunday night. “We wanted to make it a weekend just so people can see what a great place Grandview is,” says Tracey Izzard, executive director of YAS. The Taste has been held on the first Sunday of October for the past seven years, and people tended to leave www.trivillagemagazine.com
early due to cold and rainy weather, Wilson says. And since the event was on a Sunday, the beer garden, introduced a couple years ago, wasn’t as big of a hit as organizers had hoped, Wilson says. The new date will hopefully provide better weather, and the day change and longer daylight hours may boost the beer business. “We want to keep (patrons) around a little longer,” she says. About 20 Tri-Village-area food vendors and three beer vendors will be at the event, which also includes live entertainment. At 7 p.m., The Ohio State University-University of California football game will be broadcasted on a large screen. The car show will benefit Youth Advocate Services, the oldest Ohio therapeutic foster care program. The 35-year-old organization provides mental and behavioral services, respite and emergency care, and programs that are home-and-schoolbased to keep children with their families. “We’re constantly looking to expand and grow our services,” Izzard says. “We want to raise awareness about our foster care and adoption programs and reduce family stigma.”
The YAS car show has raised about $10,000 toward additional programming and activities each of the past two years. Last year, the car show featured old and new cars, including a three-wheel 1959 BMW Isetta and a 1939 Chevy, along with the oldest car, a 1929 Ford Model A. The show will also include a motorcycle auction. “We had a little bit of everything,” Izzard says. “That’s what made it so unique and interesting.” Celebrity judges Dan “Boots” Longenette from Auto Smarts Radio and former QFM96 radio show co-host Mark “Daddy Wags” Wagner will select winners of 53 awards. The car show has had a positive impact on the community, Izzard says. During the car show’s first year, at least one person became interested in becoming a foster parent. “We would love for that to happen every year,” she says. Brandon Klein is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at laurand@city scenemediagroup.com.
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Golden Opportunities Tri-Village seniors of all abilities can benefit from a variety of programs offered by local municipalities. Upper Arlington seniors can enjoy a five-pronged set of programs revolving around the Senior Center. Grandview Heights’ smaller senior program is a branch of the Parks & Recreation Department, and some UA programs also serve Grandview residents. Upper Arlington
Sally Gard, director of UA’s senior center for 25 years, works hard – along with an advisory council, staff, volunteers and center members – to keep programming ever-evolving and interesting to residents. “Stagnate and you’re going to die on the vine,” Gard says. Highlights of the new fall activities include disc golf at Griggs Reservoir Park, Tai Chi and Pilates Fusion. And exercise is not all that’s new; there will be a fused glass class, Apple computer and extensive iPhone and iPad classes, two levels of advanced Spanish, and a seminar about skin care by a plastic surgeon. Standard classes on the fall agenda include line dancing, yoga, cribbage, table tennis, exercise and computer skills. In Studio 55, seniors can make use of 22
an extensive array of fitness equipment purchased with donated funds. An ensemble plays tunes with keyboards and other instruments, sometimes entertaining area nursing homes. In one room, a group of men chat as Dance class at the Upper Arlington Senior Center they carve and sand various wood projects. Rick Trammer of Grandview is sanding a feather that is part of the statewide Fallen Feather Project to create a memorial for more than 300 Ohioans who have died in recent Middle Eastern wars, he explains. The group
once made 60 canes for patients at the Chillicothe Veteran’s Administration Medical Center. Gard is also chairwoman of the Upper Arlington Commission on Aging, a nonprofit body that supports several programs within and outside the center. These include Kind Call, which makes automated daily telephone calls to check on an estimated 70 residents at designated times and dispatches police or medics if they don’t answer, police or a medic is dispatched; Project Lifesaver, which provides radio-frequency wristbands to about 10 residents with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease who live with caregivers; and File for Life, which provides magnetic pouches for helpful medical and emergency contact information to be attached to refrigerators for medics during health emergencies. In cooperation with the center, the commission sponsors a monthly Fitness Trek at Sunny 95 Park with a health and wellness speaker, a conwww.trivillagemagazine.com
Seniors play a game of chair volleyball at the Grandview Senior Center tinental breakfast and a voluntary walk; a yearly sandwich stroll in the park to collect luncheon items from several stations; balance classes; and senior service Saturdays, when volunteers do simple property maintenance chores for a person who cannot. Stay UA, a separate community service supported by a National Church Residences grant, provides an adviser three days a week to visit stressed older residents who have called the fire department seeking help and let them know how to find help for needs such as housekeeping and yard maintenance. The Upper Arlington Chamber of Commerce’s Life Care Resource Group sponsors biannual forums with speakers and booths to advise residents on available health care services. Finally, Syntero, the newly configured Northwest Counseling Services, is available for such issues as mental health. “It’s interesting how (the five programs) have evolved to meet all these needs,” Gard says.
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Grandview’s senior programs are spearheaded by Marta Durban, senior coordinator and recreation supervisor. Durban has been with the city since 1978; her late mother, Joann Warnke, started the seniors’ art program in 1976. The Grandview Center, the hub of recreation activity in the city, has one room for large classes and some smaller spaces for other activities. Its part-time instructors are all certified professionals.
“We run 100 programs through that one room,” says Durban. “We’ve got the need, but we don’t have the budget (to expand).” Senior programs include long-running classes that focus on core muscle exercise, yoga, art, dance and card games such as euchre and pinochle, as well as newer offerings such as chair volleyball and Wii bowling. The chair volleyball players often travel to other Columbusarea centers for matches against other
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By Eric Lagatta
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Literacy efforts and outreach to blind combine in iPad project The Tri-Village Lions Club’s various literacy programs have earned international recognition. Due to the group’s outreach projects – including book drives and an iPad donation program – the chapter was a runner-up for “Best Long-Term Reading Action Program.” It was one of three out of 45,000 Lions Club International chapters to be nominated for the award. “Just to be one of the top three in the world is pretty exciting,” says Jane Jarrow, a Tri-Village Lion and past president of the 63-year-old, 85-member club. The iPad campaign began as part of the Lions Club International reading program, which was started last year by International President Wayne Madden as a way to increase literacy throughout the world. The program became a 10-year initiative at the November 2012 Lions Club International board meeting. When the Tri-Village club began its “Leap into Literacy” campaign in September 2012, members focused their efforts on a group of people they have historically championed: the visually impaired. Partnering with libraries and other Lions Clubs in the central Ohio district, the club has assisted with donations of 17 blindaccessible iPads to the libraries, with more in the works.
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“This is going to be a continuous focus for the Lions Club,” Jarrow says. As the club was exploring ways to promote assistive technology for its campaign, Jarrow saw a need for blindaccessible e-readers. Both the Upper Arlington and Grandview Heights public libraries offered the Nook from Barnes & Noble for loan to patrons, but the Nook does not have the same built-in features for blind readers as the iPad. An iPad app, Voiceover, uses distinctive sounds to allow those who are blind to navigate the screen. Jarrow and the club began by providing the UA and Grandview libraries a tablet at each library for blind patrons. “This is something blind people need to be functional in today’s society,” Jarrow says. “We can make a difference.” The initiative grew from there as the local club gained the support of the Ohio Lions Club, which oversees District 13, comprising 40 Lions chapters in central Ohio. Now, every time a club in the district donates an iPad to a central Ohio library, the district will reimburse up to $250 of the cost. This allows smaller groups, which may not have as much money, to participate, Jarrow says. The Tri-Village Lions have also been training
librarians to use the iPads so they, in turn, can train their patrons. Nolan Crabb, director of assistive technology at The Ohio State University and member of the Tri-Village Lions, has led the two training sessions. “Our goal is to try to get those librarians thinking a little bit like someone who would use these iPads without sight,” Crabb says. “I’ve been impressed with the time they’ve taken and their enthusiasm.” For Crabb, the project is personal; he is one of six blind members of the TriVillage Lions. “It’s such a life changer,” Crabb says of the project. “Today, these librarians have the capacity to turn a key and unlock the gates of literature and enable a blind patron to read.” The Tri-Village Lions plans to present the program to the Ohio Library Council and the American Council of the Blind, in hopes of making it a statewide effort. www.trivillagemagazine.com
“There’s no reason why it should stop here,” Jarrow says. “Our libraries are different because of what we’ve been doing.” The literacy campaign has other components as well, including book collection and distribution. “We know there are people who would like to have access to books who don’t have them,” Jarrow says. Club members have looked to churches, neighbors and even their own shelves for books to donate to various organizations. The Tri-Village Lions recruited the help of central Ohio clubs during a districtwide book collection in March. Since last September, the club has collected 7,000 books, including 3,200 from other District 13 clubs. “It’s absolutely taken on a life of its own,” Jarrow says. In the next nine years of the “Leap into Literacy” campaign, the club looks to expand its focus to other areas of literacy, all while improving the efforts it has begun in the first year. “We’re looking for all sorts of opportunities to be out in the community and encouraging literacy in all its forms,” Jarrow says. “It’s an idea that everyone can get behind, it’s something everyone can understand and it’s nice to see it in action.”
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Buckeye A sign just inside the door of the Ohio Taproom reads, “If you tap it, they will come.” A variation of a line from the 1989 Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams, the maxim has proved true for owner John Evans.
made goods such as Brezel pretzels, Brothers Drake mead, Wild Joe’s beef jerky and Cousin’s Utility Sauce. “The bottom line is we’re a shop that celebrates things made in Ohio,” Evans says, “primarily beer.” The shop’s atmosphere contributes to its allure just as much as what it peddles does. After gutting the 720-square-foot space, John and Stephanie, both originally from Chillicothe, sought to capture the many aspects of Grandview Heights. Adorning the walls are yearbook picSince Evans and his wife, Stephatures from the Grandview Heights High nie, opened the Ohio Taproom in early School classes from 1978-84, around May, Evans estimates they tap 10 kegs the time John and Stephanie were in per week. high school. In the corner are three But you won’t find a host of patrons chairs surrounding a chessboard on a sipping beer at the bar. The Taproom is table, lit by a mason jar ceiling lamp. a carryout, and what it offers is growler An Ohio flag rests on the counter in fills. Purchase a glass bottle – either 64 front of a chalkboard wall featuring the oz. or 32 oz., also called a “howler” – menu. On the opposite wall is a shelf and from there, you can fill and displaying growler jugs. refill the bottle with beer. The John Evans John even left a few growler is a one-time investment. tributes to the building’s The beer, Evans hopes, you’ll past as a barber shop: continue to come back for. outside, a barber pole Located at the corner of with a red, white and Northwest Boulevard and Third blue helix; inside, a picAvenue, the Ohio Taproom feature of Frank Policaro, tures 20 different Ohio beers at the shop’s owner, cutting a time, as well as other Ohio28
New growler shop serves up Ohio beers and other local products a customer’s hair and a trophy bearing the name “Frank’s Barber Shop.” “Our goal all along has been to be a comfortable gathering spot, all for an eclectic feel,” John says. The beer selection is just as eclectic as the decorations. The menu features a selection from more than 60 breweries all over Ohio, including Columbus favorites such as Elevator Brewery, North High Brewing Co. and Seventh Son Brewing Co. The styles range from IPAs to brown ales to wheat beers. “We knew we could find a lot of interesting beer,” John says. “We offer good stuff because good stuff is being made in the state.” The draw of a place like the Taproom is that members of the community, and even John himself, are able to try beer that they might not have necessarily tried, or even heard of. “My palate has expanded as a result of this business,” he says. Customers are able to buy four 2-oz. samples before choosing which beer they want for their growler. To fill the growlers, John uses technology called CrafTap, a counter-pressure fill system that uses carbon dioxide to purge the bottle of oxygen, which keeps the beer fresh once it’s sealed. www.trivillagemagazine.com
And the Taproom menu has food to offer as well. One of the best sellers is pie by the slice from Honeykiss Bakery, a homebased business owned by Grandview resident Rachel Eaton that started in February. “She just does amazing work,” John says of Eaton’s baked goods. Every Friday, she delivers around 20 slices of homemade pie to the Taproom. Eaton mainly sells pies to order via her website, the Easton Farmers Market and the Moonlight Market on Gay Street, but the relationship between her businesses and the Taproom has given Honeykiss a brick-and-mortar location as well. “It’s brought more customers to us,” Eaton says. “I love their shop and I couldn’t be happier.” Eaton bakes a range of pie flavors, including an apple cheddar bacon pie called Red, White and Bacon. She has even integrated local beer into a few of her pie crusts – most notably, Lancasterbased Rockmill Brewery’s Tripel in her Tripel Blueberry Heaven pie. “If there’s a pie where we can figure out a way to use (Taproom) beer, we’ll do that,” Eaton says. “It’s fun for me to mess around with pie flavors.”
Eaton and her husband, Dan, both beer lovers, have also enjoyed the chance to explore beer they wouldn’t find anywhere else. “I think I’m spending way more than I make (at the Taproom),” Eaton says with a laugh. Part of John’s philosophy for the Taproom, beyond just selling Ohio beer, is to become a fixture in the area he and Stephanie have called home for 24 years. “We’ve been very welcomed by the (Grandview) community,” he says. “It’s good people, the beer business.” The Taproom sponsors a youth baseball team in the Grandview Baseball Softball Association, the Ohio Taproom Brewers. John also started the Ohio Taproom Running Club, which anyone in Grandview can join. Information is available on the Taproom’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/theohiotaproom. And he’s not done yet. John will continue to expand the menu to include more drinks and food from around the state. He is also working to secure licenses that would allow his customers to drink more than beer samples at the pub.
“We plan to be a part of the community for a long time,” John says. “We’ll remain all-Ohio and only Ohio.” For more information, visit www.the ohiotaproom.com. Eric Lagatta is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at laurand@cityscene mediagroup.com.
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A Dog Walks into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the Good Life From an Unlikely Teacher
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A layabout mutt turned therapy dog leads her owner to a new understanding of the good life. With her daughter leaving home and her husband on the road, Halpern decides to give herself and Pransky, her Labradoodle, a new lease on life by getting certified as a therapy dog team.
My Animals and Other Family
The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of “Unadoptables” Taught Me About By Clare Balding Balding’s father was a Service, Hope, and Healing champion horse trainer, By Susannah Charleson and her family shared their In a uniquely personal, and lives with more than 100 inspiring journey into the thoroughbred racehorses rapidly emerging world of and an ever-present pack of psychiatric service dogs, dogs. Balding ranked low Charleson works as an in the family pecking order evaluator in shelters, pluck– below her brother and the ing unwanted dogs – big horses. Left to her own de- and small and training vices, she had to learn life’s them for this unique kind of toughest lessons through the service. animals.
Llama Llama and the Bully Goat
By Anna Dewdney
It is never too early to learn how to handle teasing and bullying. Find out how Llama Llama handles Gilroy’s behavior and still figures out how to remain friends. (Ages 3-5)
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HAPPY 5OTH ANNIVERSARY First Community Village
A Look Back at OurA50 Firsts... Look Back at Our 50 Firsts 1962
1965
1974
First Village employee, Administrative Secretary, Mary Bradley, hired
First Village antique show
First international group from Japan toured the Village for ideas on senior living
1963 First retirement community opens in Central Ohio: First Community Village First Resident Village Council formed First Village newsletter, VIM (Very Important Message), published First Medical Director, Dr. Link Murphy, hired First assisted living facility in Central Ohio, Hillside House, opens First prestigious “Guideposts Award” presented by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
First nursing home: Convalarium, opens with 20 residents First entrance fee/Lifetime Care plan begins First color TV in Convalarium; donated by resident’s family First nomination in Changing Times, a Kiplinger Magazine, as
one of six best retirement centers in the U.S. 1966 First chapel choir formed First research study collaboration formed with First Community Village and The Ohio State College of Medicine
1968
1964
First “Villager of the Year” award given to Harry Irion
First beauty shop opens, owned by Helen Shoemaker
1969
First pool table, located in “Stag Room” of Hillside House
First “Employee of the Month” award First formal mechanism, “Cornerstone Society”, is organized to receive gifts and bequests for the enrichment of the Village First Friday “Conversations” started for informal discussions between residents and management staff
1972 First bell choir organized First art appreciation group in Columbus organized at the Village
First Hawaiian luau
1975 First Ohio Department of Health “Excellent” Rating at Convalarium
1978
1983 First SAG Award received by Convalarium for outstanding management of an extended care facility
1992
First Simulated Disaster Drill: FCV, Red Cross, Conrail, & Community Medic Units
1994
1984
First blizzard in which resident families, First Community Church members and staff help provide resident care
First Octoberfest celebration
1979
First staff-produced edition of The Villager
First award-winning Jones Jr. High Intergenerational Program
1980 First use of tree logo
1982 First memorial trees planted First Respite Care program started at Convalarium First Memory Care program started in the 1810 Unit of Convalarium First wheelchair/stand-up gardening program started at Convalarium
1985
1986 First mission statement for the Village First Healthcare Center opens, with residential design and furnishings. First resident to move into the new Healthcare Center said,
“I’ve never had such a nice home!” 1987 First Village accreditation by CCAC, one of four such facilities in the U.S.
1991 First reaccreditation of the CCRC
First “Call & Go” and “Kind Call” Programs with the UA Leadership Program
1993 First community outreach program to Tri-Village area
First renovation turns Hillside House into the Dr. Roy A. Burkhart Center First residential, in-home hospice program with Riverside Hospital
1995 First home health services for the Tri-Village area
1998 First placement of Ice House on National Register of Historic Places after renovation in cooperation with The Upper Arlington Historical Society. Ice House is the oldest structure in UA
2000 First intergenerational “Foster Grandparents’ “ Program with Bexley Cub Scouts
2012 First intergenerational “Pen Pals” Program with Trinity Catholic Elementary School
2013 First “Best of Columbus Award” for Rest & Retirement Homes
First Staff Physical Therapist, Pat Mahoney, hired
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