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August 11, 2011
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Then: Seen in this 1928 photo are Pickerington Creamery employees and owner, Arthur J. Good (back row, seventh from left.) Good owned the Creamery from 1913 until his death in 1960. The business headquarters were at 80 W. Church St. During A. J. Good’s tenure, the Creamery was the largest employer in the Pickerington area, with a crew of 200 working round the clock. At the height of operations, it was the largest butter-maker in Ohio, annually churning 2.5 million pounds of its famous Mayflower brand butter as well as more than 70 other labels or brands. Now: A. J. Good wanted to provide nearby housing for his employees, so in 1940, he purchased four lots and built four houses across from the Pickerington Creamery at Church and Cross streets. The homes he built were identical two-story, two-bedroom units. Frances Stotler remembers the homes being built when she was a Pickerington High School student. A few years later, she went to work for the Pickerington Creamery and stayed there 43 years. She has lived in one of the Creamery employee homes on Church Street since 1951. See these homes on your way to the PetFest in Olde Pickerington Village from 5-8:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2. While in the Olde Village, visit the Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society Museum at 15 E. Columbus St., where you can find more information about A. J. Good and artifacts from the Pickerington Creamery. The museum will be open during PetFest and is open regularly on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is always free. For more information about the PetFest, the museum, its exhibits and a selection of gifts inspired by the past, go online to www.pickeringtonhistoricalsociety.com.
BOARD MEMBERS Continued from page A1 High School from 1994 to 1999, and currently is a high school math teacher for Canal Winchester Local Schools. She also is coowner of the Pickerington ColdStone Creamery/Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Harr has four children currently attending Pickerington schools and a daughter who graduated from the district in 2009. Dunbar is a parent of three children in the district and is the owner of NeNe Enrichment Center, a daycare center for special needs children. She also is a child advocate and a foster parent. Sheraw is the 2010-11 PLSD Teacher of the Year. She retired from teaching at the end of last school year after serving as a coordinator for Pickerington High School Central’s Success Academy and career-based intervention programs. She also spent
more than three decades in teaching, starting as an English teacher in Teays Valley Local Schools. “They brought this group together because of their varied background and experience,” Devor said. The PCS will be funded by two federal grants distributed to Ohio. It will be sponsored and overseen by the Pickerington Local School District, which initially will provide some start-up funds. The community school will operate in its inaugural year out of Pickerington High School North. It’s designed to serve students in grades nine through 12 who are primarily between the ages of 16-21 and who previously had been home-schooled or are at risk of not graduating. It is expected to serve approximately 50 students in 2011-12 and grow by about 25 students each year. Currently, the school has 25 students.
“I expect we will have more than 25 kids,” Blackburn said. “… We would like to have at least 50 students.” The PCS will include teacherdirected, intensive proficiency skill tutoring, designed around the students’ individual learning plans, according to Blackburn. The aim is to help students pass the Ohio Graduation Test and develop post-secondary career plans. In addition to providing specialized education to students who might fall behind or drop out of more traditional classroom settings, the community school also would allow the PLSD to maximize its state funding. Each time a student leaves, the district loses that portion of per-pupil funding from the state. More than 51 percent of the PLSD’s operating funds come from the state. nellis@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
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ets require the same delicate man- place, and why so many of us are agement as our district’s budget. proud to call it home. For this, we thank you. To come To the editor: together and support each other Dan Griscom On behalf of the Pickerington when times are tough shows just Treasurer Local School District, I wish to why Pickerington is such a great Pickerington Local Schools thank our community for its support on Aug. 2 with the passage Community of the levy to support the district’s operations. Newspapers The success of this levy will allow the district to maintain quality programs and prevent the need ThisWeek is printed on recycled paper. for cuts beyond those which are Stella Scharf Lee Cochran Scott Dame Assignment Editor sdame@thisweeknews.com Sports Editor already going into effect for the sscharf@thisweeknews.com (740) 888-6035 lcochran@thisweeknews.com Cairns Sandy Wallace 2011-2012 school year. The Adam Chief Photographer News Editor acairns@thisweeknews.com swallace@thisweeknews.com school system will be stronger Local Office: 7801 N. Central Dr., Lewis Center, OH 43035 with these funds, and the students Editorial Phone: (740) 888-6100 E-mail: editorial@thisweeknews.com Editorial Fax: (740) 888-6006 and the community will benefit Classified Phone: (740) 888-5003 E-mail: classified@thisweeknews.com Classified Fax: (740) 548-8197 Customer Service: 1-888-837-4342 if you have any questions about circulation or delivery. as a result. Stephen Zonars District voters have shown their General Manager trust in the work which we are Corporate Office: P.O. Box 608, Lewis Center, Ohio, 43035, (740) 888-6100 doing. We will honor that trust Editorial Office: P.O. Box 608, Lewis Center, Ohio, 43035, (740) 888-6100 by continuing to work to find Advertising Office: P.O. Box 608, Lewis Center, Ohio, 43035, (740) 888-6000, fax (740) 888-6001 ways to make our schools even better than they are today. At the same time, we will maintain reThisWeek is published each Thursday by Consumers News Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Dispatch Printing Company. A member of the Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce, Suburban Newspapers of America and the Association of Free Community sponsible fiscal management. Newspapers. We are well aware that many Consumers News Services, Inc. reserves the right to reject, cancel or edit any advertisement at any time. people voted for the levy even If we make a substantive error in news coverage, we want to correct it. If you believe an error has been made, call the local office news number that appears in this box. though their own household budg- CNS is not responsible for unsolicited photographs, manuscripts, press releases, etc.
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