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Diversity in Dublin Our companies are global, our residents are global.

So it makes sense that our City government is becoming more global.

This past December, the City of Dublin established its first international cultural exchange with Mashiko, Japan.

This is an exciting step for the City as we continue to embrace cultural diversity in our community and expand our international relations efforts.

page 16 Dublin’s ties beyond its city borders are no secret or surprise, and in this issue we explore the City’s national and international influence. Dublin’s new partnership with Mashiko, Japan isn’t the only way the City connects with the rest of the world. Roto, a Dublin-based design and production firm, has crafted exhibits for museums, zoos and science centers in all corners of the world, including Dubai, Israel and China.

It’s also Memorial Tournament season. Learn more about the new ways the Tournament will engage with spectators this year, see how its philanthropic efforts have helped Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and read about Assistant Editor Amanda DePerro’s experience growing up with the Tournament.

Sláinte, Kathleen K. Gill President/CEO CityScene Media Group

Sandra Puskarcik, ABC Director of Community Relations City of Dublin

Just how diverse is our community? According to census estimates, 15 percent of Dublin residents are foreign-born.

More than 8 percent of businesses are Asian-owned. Students in Dublin schools represent more than 90 countries and 60 languages.

When you take into account that Dublin is home to more than 2,200 Japanese nationals – the largest Japanese community in the state – and 25 Japanese businesses, it makes sense to partner with a community in Japan.

I invite you to read all about our new partnership with Mashiko in this issue of Dublin Life. And if you’re inspired to learn more about other cultures, check out one of our many Dublin Community Recreation Center programs.

Try your hand at Japanese calligraphy, study the French language, learn tai chi and more. Visit www.Dublin OhioUSA.gov or stop by the rec center to sign up.

After all, Dublin is Irish – and so much more.

Sincerely, Dana McDaniel, City Manager

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Teaching Tomorrow’s Leaders

Dublin Scioto teacher’s love of the classroom keeps her motivated 10 • April/May 2016

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The family and consumer science teacher was top in the state and the nation in her field, designated New Professional of the Year by the National Association of Family Consumer Science.

Since then, Gamary has made a name for herself at Scioto, where she has taught for 11 years of her 29-year career.

She received the Golden Shamrock award in 2010.

Though Gamary, 53, entered into education because of her love of family and consumer science, she’s now motivated most by those she teaches.

“There is such joy in guiding students to learn and watching them be successful in their learning,” she says. “That’s just awesome.”

A natural leader herself, Gamary enjoys helping her students develop the same skills. She leads the Irish Core, a subcommittee within student senate, which she co-advises. She also started a chapter of the Family Career Community Leaders of America when she came to Scioto in 2005. As an adviser of the American Cancer Society Youth Ambassadors, she helps students raise funds to fight cancer, and also helps students educate their peers in supporting cancer patients and their families.

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ages 10-18. Growing up as the middle child with two brothers, Gamary was accustomed to pitching in on her family’s farm in Dresden, which raised beef cattle and grew corn, hay and soy beans.

As a high schooler, Gamary joined a variety of clubs and found her knack for leadership. It was a trait she would further build upon when she joined the Air National Guard at 18 to attend The Ohio State University.

Like her teaching career, Gamary’s passion for the military has evolved over the course of the 35 years she has served. Now a lieutenant colonel, Gamary has been deployed overseas a few times and also served the governor and the president.

“I find it an honor to serve the country,” she says.

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Gamary, left, at the 2015 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon

Gamary started her own teaching career at Southern Local Schools in Perry County, later working at Springfield City Schools. She moved into an administrative role, running the adult education program at the Franklin County Educational Service Center, now known as the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio. A love of the classroom brought her back to teaching.

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husband, Glenn, moved here in 1997 when their oldest child, Kristen, was going into first grade. Both she and younger sister Delanie are graduates of Dublin schools and were involved with the Girl Scouts from elementary school through high school graduation. With a daughter in each troop, Gamary was a Girl Scout leader for many years and co-led with other parents.

As her children have left the school system, Gamary’s love for the community has kept her in Dublin. Over the years, her family has made local volunteering a priority, from canned food drives to the Dublin Irish Festival and other local events.

Gamary’s love for her City also extends to an appreciation for its connected paths, which she and a friend use to walk and run.

Gamary picked up running in her late 40s. Now, she participates in 5Ks and quarter and half marathons, including the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon, the OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon, OhioHealth Emerald City Half & Quarter Marathon and IGS Energy Dublin Irish Festival 5K. The preparation is her favorite part of the sport.

“I stick to it because there’s a goal at the end of it,” she says.

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Cultural Connections

Dublin and its new Friendship City have more in common than meets the eye

By Sarah McQuaide

Dublin has a new friend – or, around 25,000 new friends, who live across the globe in Mashiko, Japan.

The two communities share a few things in common, such as their love of taiko drumming. But more importantly, the leaders of each community share a passion for culture and international cooperation.

The two communities signed off to become Friendship Cities at a community reception in December, agreeing to participate in at least one exchange annually.

While in Dublin, delegates from Mashiko explored every corner of the City for the first time. From City Hall to Brazenhead, Akisa Fukuzawa was with them every step of the way. As executive director for the Japan America Society of Central Ohio, she was a natural choice to help guide our visitors.

“It was an honor to be a part of this historical moment for the City,” says Fukuzawa. “I was happy to help give a warm welcome to the people of Mashiko, and proud to show them around our community.”

While JASCO serves the entire central Ohio region, Dublin businesses and residents are the biggest recipients of support from the organization. That’s because Dublin is home to the largest Japanese community in the state, with more than 2,200 residents hailing from Japan. Twenty-five Japanese businesses in Dublin employ nearly 500 people.

The Dublin community has embraced its Japanese connections, with every high school in the district teaching Japanese language classes, as well as a taiko drumming club with nearly 100 students. It’s easy to see why City officials pursued a Japanese community for Dublin’s first international partnership.

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A Blossoming Friendship The first official meeting of the two communities occurred when the consul general of Japan invited Mike Keenan, mayor of Dublin at the time, to visit Japan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan coordinated a tour of the country with stops at the U.S. Embassy, the headquarters of Dublin business Hidaka, the site of the 2020 Olympic Games, the Suntory whiskey distillery and beyond. Mashiko happened to be a stop on the tour.

“It reminded me of a typical town in the U.S.,” says Keenan. “It was out in the country, not part of a big metropolitan area. They have a historic district similar to ours in Dublin. They took me to their museums – they’re world-famous for their ceramics – and took me to one of their schools, and to their government buildings.

We had sushi and a nice dinner. They were very gracious.

As we talked more about our communities, we realized we weren’t all that different. We thought it would be mutually beneficial to start a cultural exchange.”

The two communities stayed in contact. In September, Fukuzawa joined Dublin’s economic development team along with regional partners in attending the Midwest U.S.-Japan Association Conference in Tokyo.

“It’s a big opportunity to connect with and recruit Japanese businesses,” says Fukuzawa.

And, this time, it was also an opportunity to further develop relationships with Mashiko officials. Fukuzawa, along with then-Dublin City Council member Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher and Economic Development Admin-

istrator Jeremiah Gracia, were given a warm welcome.

“We saw how passionate they were about engaging our city,” Fukuzawa says.

“The people there are so outgoing and energetic. I was born and raised in Tokyo, but never had a chance to visit Mashiko.

Next time I go to Japan for my personal visit home, I’m definitely taking my husband and son to visit Mashiko. I’m glad I now have friends there.”

Taiko Ties As fate should have it, Mashiko Mayor Tomoyuki Ohtsuka actually has a personal connection with Dublin.

“Mayor Ohtsuka and I went to the same elementary school, middle school and high

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Taiko drummers at the City of Dublin’s Friendship Cities ceremony on Dec. 15

school,” says Isao Yamakawa, volunteer for rangements were made for Mashiko ofthe Dublin Taiko Group, whose children ficials to fly out to Dublin in December. are members. “We played baseball togeth- Ohtsuka – along with representatives er all throughout middle school.” from Mashiko’s government, tourism asIn 2004, on opposite sides of the world, sociation, cultural organization and taiko both the Dublin Taiko Group and Oht- group – were all eager to see Dublin for the suka, as a member of Mafirst time. shiko’s Tenjin Kaze no Kai After three days of sighttaiko group, studied under seeing, the two commurenowned taiko master Einities came together at a tetsu Hayashi. reception on Dec. 15 at “Pondering this coincithe Marriott Northwest dence, I felt a special fate had in Dublin. Ikebana flower been laid before me,” says arrangements, created by Yamakawa. “How amazing local artists, adorned each would it be if the two groups table. Dublin Taiko Group played together? When I performed several numproposed the idea, both sides bers, and of course Ohtsuka were enthusiastic.” had to join in. Guests enLast June, Dublin Taiko joyed Mashiko-brewed sake Group made the trek to poured in Mashiko-crafted Mashiko to participate in Mashiko Mayor ceramic glasses, which were Tomoyuki Ohtsuka a collaborative workshop theirs to keep. and concert with Tenjin Kaze no Kai. “It was exciting to witness my home“We were passionately welcomed with town and current community become warm hospitality wherever we went,” Friendship Cities,” says Yamakawa. “I’m says Yamakawa. “The practices, the per- extremely optimistic about the possibiliformances and the unstoppable applause ties. People from both sides have great from a full auditorium made an unforget- pride for their cities, and have the passion table memory for all of us.” to make both cities better.”

Moving forward, the communities are Making it Official discussing several options for cultural exThe two mayors didn’t waste any time changes, which could involve education, sealing the deal. After the rest of Dublin local government, business or the arts.

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Going Global As Dublin grows more diverse in business and population, it’s becoming even more important to embrace our diverse cultures. According to census estimates, 15 percent of Dublin residents are foreignborn. More than 8 percent of businesses are Asian-owned. Students in Dublin schools represent more than 90 countries and 60 languages. Furthermore, racial and ethnic minorities are expected to account for a majority of the region’s growth through 2050, according to the regional insight2050 planning initiative.

“We host a monthly history club at the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center for people to learn about Japanese culture,” said Fukuzawa. “Recently we hosted a session on World War II that drew around 10 to 12 residents, which is typical. What surprised me was the diversity of the participants.

American, Japanese, Indian, Russian, Polish, Chinese – I counted six different cultural backgrounds. That’s how diverse Dublin is.”

Formalizing a Friendship City relationship with Mashiko is a watershed moment for Dublin. It’s yet another sign of Dublin’s commitment to understanding cultures and expanding globally.

Sarah McQuaide is a public information officer for the City of Dublin. Feedback welcome at hbealer@cityscenecolumbus.com.

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Roto was founded in 2000, and Dublin was the natural choice for its headquarters, says Joseph Wisne, founder, president and CEO. Not only was it close to home – Wisne has lived in Dublin since the 1990s, and all of his children graduated from Dublin Jerome High School – but the City provided the perfect spot to work with museums, science centers, zoos and more all across the world. “(Dublin) offers a positive environment and proximity to our homes,” Wisne says.

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Most of Roto’s clients are located outside of Ohio. Wisne says it helps that Dublin is only about 25 minutes away from Port Columbus International Airport and an hour’s plane ride away from half of the U.S. population.

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Its 60,000-square-foot facility allows Roto to do all production in-house. About 75 employees – from architects and interior designers to writers and educators – work for Roto.

“Designing for the modern museum involves lots of different people,” Wisne says.

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“We opened a couple galleries at the Smithsonian museum,” Wisne says. “It’s great to have our work present in one of the most prestigious history museums.”

In 2015, some of the projects Roto tackled include a 20,000-square-foot immersive gallery for Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, a new visitors’ center for Museo Del Niño de Carolina in Puerto Rico, private children’s play areas for various locations in New York City and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Heart of Africa exhibit.

This year, Roto is working on projects for a new children’s museum based in Cheyenne, Wyo. Roto was selected to tackle the project after a national search.

The company was also chosen during Canada Science and Technology Museum’s international search for someone to design two of its major exhibitions.

Choosing a favorite project is hard, Wisne says.

“It would be like picking your favorite kid. There are lots of moments we’re really proud of,” he says, noting a mobile education project Roto worked on.

The interactive exhibit, called “The Race for Planet X,” traveled throughout Arkansas to various schools.

“In the end, (the students) learn that Earth is Planet X and they are the alien,” Wisne says.

Another favorite? Designing six galleries – or “science studios” – for the Buffalo Museum of Science in Buffalo, N.Y., over the course of the last six years.

Sometimes, Roto doesn’t even have to submit a proposal for consideration. Plenty of its clients hear about the company through word of mouth.

“We have people who will contact us again and again,” Wisne says.

Roto also pays visits to Dublin City Schools to educate students on what the company does, and also supports the schools’ science, technology, engineering and math curriculum.

“Roto is a microcosm of all these different careers,” Wisne says. “That’s unusual for a commercial firm in our business. (The students) learn a bit more about what they want to do.”

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he Memorial Tournament week crowns many winners: the winners of its Professional Golfers Association tournament, the Nationwide Invitational pro-am, the FORE! Miler race and more. But the biggest winners of all, year after year, are the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, its staff and, most importantly, its patients.

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The unit is the primary beneficiary of the charitable spirit of the Tournament and its hosts, Jack and Barbara Nicklaus. Aptly named after the golf event that has given it so much, the Memorial Tournament Neonatal Intensive Care Unit cares for the tiniest and sickest patients in the hospital, and the partnership, which dates back to the first Tournament in 1976, has allowed advances in care that have benefited the lives of thousands of babies.

The NICU benefits because the Tournament, Nationwide Children’s and the Nicklaus Children’s Healthcare Foundation formed an alliance in 2010 to enable the Tournament’s support of the hospital and the NICU to exist long-term.

Nationwide Children’s certainly holds up its end of the bargain, too.

While golf is an individual sport, Nationwide Children’s involvement is a team effort. In 2015, more than 3,000 volunteers helped transform the Tournament into the special event that it is, and Niki Shafer, vice president of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation, says it isn’t difficult to find that many volunteers.

“We have a very strong culture of promoting service to others at Nationwide Children’s,” she explains.

These volunteers happily fill 19 different roles at the tournament, but Shafer says there are a few roles that are the most sought-after.

“Typically volunteers like to drive the courtesy cars, work in the sandwich shop and help compile and distribute the credentials,” she says.

Nationwide Children’s section chief of neonatology, Dr. Edward Shepherd, sees the partnership from two sides: his ability to care for patients and the patients (and their families) themselves.

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“This partnership has provided us with incredible resources that allow us to care for our babies and families better each day,” Shepherd says.

A recent tangible benefit of the partnership was the purchase of highly specialized webcams that allow families, most of whom cannot be with their babies all day every day, to see their little ones and interact with the nursing staff 24 hours a day, even when they are at home or work.

For parents of children in the NICU, this connection cannot be overstated.

Additionally, Shepherd cites the exposure that Nationwide Children’s gets during the international coverage of the Memorial Tournament as an enormous benefit.

“This exposure has allowed parents from across the country and around the world to learn of our outstanding care, and some of these parents have come to our NICU for lifesaving treatments (for their children),” Shepherd says. “This partnership, in other words, has literally saved lives.”

The Nicklauses’ involvement with the tournament and the hospital isn’t in name only. In addition to touring the NICU to learn more about the work being done and the help the babies are receiving, the couples present the Nicklaus Youth Spirit Award as part of the Legends Luncheon that takes place during tournament week. The award is given, according to Tournament’s web-

site, “to a patient or family who in some way has demonstrated a strong, driving spirit in overcoming obstacles, an unwavering optimistic outlook and a strong conviction for their connection to Nationwide Children’s Hospital.” This year marks the sixth annual award.

While there are many people involved who deserve praise for making the partnership between the Tournament and Nationwide Children’s work, Shepherd credits the Nicklaus family for setting this unique partnership in motion.

“Their visionary leadership has provided the Memorial Tournament NICU with unprecedented resources that allow us to care for any baby no matter their family’s ability to pay,” Shepherd says. “We are so grateful for their faith in us.”

Bob Valasek is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at hbealer@cityscenecolumbus.com.

The Memorial Tournament is introducing a new social media hashtag this year.

By tagging social media posts with #MyMemorial, fans and spectators will be able to share fond memories of the Tournament. It’s the perfect way to evolve audience engagement for an event with as much history as the Tournament, which is now in its 41st year, says Director of Communications Tom Sprouse. “(The hashtag) is multilayered,” Sprouse says. “It’s not just what you like to do out here. It really could be anything, especially if you’ve been attending for 40 years.”

Keeping up with social media is a yearround effort for the Tournament, Sprouse says. The social media team keeps fans engaged even during the off-season.

“We do that by using content that’s geared toward the Memorial or has a connection to the Memorial, but by also presenting ourselves as an overall authority on golf,” he says.

This year, Sprouse says, there will also be small giveaway campaigns, such as a “hide and tweet,” in which spectators read clues about a location via Twitter and the first person to arrive receives a prize.

The Tournament started with a Facebook page, but has steadily grown since by adding Instagram and Twitter accounts, as well as a YouTube channel.

There’s also a smartphone app for iPhones and Android models. The app has an interactive map of the course, points of interest, information on past winners and even a car finder. The app, found by searching “The Memorial,” is available for download on Apple’s and Google’s app stores, and Sprouse says the information will be updated before the Tournament.

Hannah Bealer is an editor. Feedback welcome at hbealer@cityscenecolumbus.com. #MyMemorial @MemorialGolf

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Making Memories at the Memorial

By Amanda DePerro Golf bores me. It’s slow, unexciting and the commentators’ hushed voices lull me to sleep.

So you’d think I’d be indifferent to the Memorial Tournament. Oddly enough, even if I don’t get to attend, the Tournament is something I look forward to every single year.

For the last 19 years, I have lived within three miles of the Muirfield Village Golf Club, and noticed how the City truly comes alive during the week of the Tournament. Every year at the end of May, Dublin turns into a hub for new faces.

I have a wealth of memories surrounding the Tournament. My high school journalism teacher got our class press passes one year, and we sat in on an interview with Tiger Woods. My cat’s favorite “toy” is a practice golf ball, hit by Tiger Woods, given to me by a friend who worked at Muirfield Village.

The Memorial is all about the shared experience of living in Dublin; getting to see old friends at the Tournament while dressed up, instead of in your sweats at Kroger.

Countless stories of getting yelled at for trying to sneak a picture of past years’ winners.

In Dublin, the Memorial Tournament is more than just golf. The Memorial is an event we all look forward to in one way or another, and whether you volunteer during the Tournament, attend each day of every year or just try to avoid the extra traffic, it’s something we can laugh and share stories about. Springtime in Dublin is invariably better because of the Memorial Tournament.

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Triple the Fun Best Legs in a Kilt triples donations for Dublin Food Pantry

By Hannah Bealer The luck of the Irish was on Ha’penny Bridge Import’s side during its seventh annual Best Legs in a Kilt contest. The Irish and Celtic gift shop raised $300 for the Dublin Food Pantry, compared to last year’s $100.

Attendees donated 234 pounds of canned goods.

“The history of (Best Legs in a Kilt) is growing,” says Anne Gleine, who co-owns Ha’penny with her husband, Al. The event was hosted March 11 at the Historic Dublin Brazenhead.

Tom LaStrange won this year’s competition. Armando Lynn, Joe Federer, Carl Bauer, Tad Wielezynski, Val Wielezynski, Mike Orzo and Brion Jones also competed, with Tad taking second place and Orzo taking third.

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Leona Jones was born on Feb. 15, 1935 in Kileville, Ohio. Her family’s roots run deep in Dublin, beginning with John and Ann Simpson Davis, Leona’s sixth-generation grandparents on her mother’s side and fifthgeneration grandparents on her father’s side. Ann and John served with George Washington during the Revolutionary War and, as payment for their service, received a land grant in Perry Township. Leona married her late husband, Herb, a lifetime Dublin resident, in 1959. Herb and Leona had a passion for working and living in Dublin.

Herb was president of the Dublin Historical Society for more than 20 years and a volunteer firefighter. Leona was instrumental in forming the Ladies’ Auxiliary and an ambassador for the Dublin Convention and Visitors Bureau, and is still a part of the Dublin Historical Society. Herb and Leona were honored as Grand Marshals of the Independence Day parade, Grand Leprechauns of the St. Patrick’s Day parade and Dublin Foundation Emerald Celebration Honorees.

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when there were several fires at night around here; barns would catch on fire and the men would be out all night long. We would bring them hot coffee, soup, doughnuts and we had parties. We had fun. It was a lot of work, but it was a lot of fun.

Dublin has changed so much, all for the good. Everything they’ve done here has been so well planned and well designed, and that’s what’s really kept us here; we just love it.

When the first Kroger was built on Sawmill Road, it was the first big grocery store we had. The first time I went, I spent two hours in that store and came out of there lost and thinking, “Where am I?”

Herb Jones was a member of the Dublin Fire Department when he married Leona.

I’ll never forget that feeling. If my father were back today, he would wonder where he was.

I live in Historic Dublin and I wish I were 30 years younger. Once the construction is finished, it’s going to be gorgeous. I like that I can look out the door and kind of keep track of what’s going on at the roundabout. Historic Dublin has so many different restaurants and things to do, I used to tell my husband, “OK, we can go out to breakfast, then we can go to the tavern and have lunch, then we can go to dinner.”

Herb and I had a travel bucket list that we didn’t finish. My husband didn’t like to fly, even though he was in the Navy Air Reserves for eight years when we were first married. He flew out of Port Columbus in rickety old planes that I never thought would get off the ground, but he just never wanted to fly on a commercial plane, so we drove everywhere. We’d been to 46 states, www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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but didn’t make it to Texas, Louisiana, Hawaii or Alaska. We’d been to Prince Edward Island in Canada and stayed in a lighthouse, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Waterton-Glacier National Park.

One time, we drove from Dublin all the way up to Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. Altogether, we drove about 7,000 miles, and did something at every place we stopped. We just took our time and we did so much. Traveling was always wonderful, but when we came back home, driving through Riverside Drive in the spring, it was so gorgeous. Even way back then, we thought it was so pretty right here in Dublin. We never, ever thought of moving anyplace else.

I’ve been in this house 42 years. Herb’s parents rented it after they moved here from Chicago – Herb loved the big, old staircase to the upstairs and because it was on the Scioto River. He and his friends played on that river; they grew up on that river. I know I have to sell my house some time; my life’s going to change, but I will stay in Dublin. I won’t move until I find something in Dublin. I love it here, I love Dublin. It’s home.

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Bathtub, Begone Larger shower, more space and better lighting define newly tubless bathroom

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That’s not to mention the cleaning difficulty they pose or the water they waste. So take out a big tub, and you’ve got room for more storage, more features, more shower space or any number of other amenities.

That’s a choice often pursued by Dublin homeowners, and such was the case in the Muirfield home of Claus and Sue von Zychlin. The couple have lived in the house for a decade, but it had seen no updates since its 1988 building, and a more spacious bathroom was at the top of their wish list.

The von Zychlins called on J.S. Brown & Co. to remove the huge tub from their bathroom, and the result has been transformational, Sue says.

“It just made better use of our space,” she says.

Previously, the shower and toilet were off in a corner, almost in their own closet. Now, the shower is decidedly more prominent.

“My husband always wanted a nice, big shower, and we accomplished that,” Sue says.

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Promising Prom-posals I have a vivid memory of being at a high school party and hearing that a certain soccer player was going to ask me to prom. I wasn’t excited about going with him, so I quickly grabbed my friend and said, “Hey, let’s go to prom together!” Frank said, “OK,” and that was it. There were no fireworks, no doves released and certainly no photos, tweets or posts of this event in my life.

I’m not sure when the act of asking a date to a dance became an elaborate ordeal. Probably about the same time that iPhones started recording every minuscule moment of high school. Everyone’s posts and tweets can make it seem like they are living a fairy tale life. That fuels competition, but also imagination.

The “prom-posals” these days may seem over the top, but I actually love all of the thought and creativity that goes into them. I think the teens do, too. It’s a lot of pressure to come up with something new, so I’ve inquired around Dublin and come up with awards for past promposals and suggestions for making that special prince or princess smile when asked to the ball.

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St. Charles, and then filled her entire car with balloons. I’ve also heard of students covering cars with sticky notes in different colors that spell out “P-R-O-M?” Most Unpredictable My son, Christopher, made a playlist of favorite songs for the girl he was asking to

prom. In between tracks three and four, he inserted a recording of himself asking her to the dance. The problem was that a friend had delivered the CD to her, and it was a week before she had a chance to listen to it and give Chris an answer.

Most Sentimental My daughter Courtney’s favorite movie is Tangled, Disney’s version of the German fairy tale Rapunzel. There is a scene in the movie in which Rapunzel is in a boat at night, as hundreds of lanterns are released into the sky and she sings a song called, “I See the Light.” Alex Jacobs set the scene near our house by placing luminaries along the path and hanging from the trees.

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Most Delicious Anything with food is a successful venture. Write the question on a cake, cupcakes or a Starbucks cup. Have a pizza delivered with “P-R-O-M?” spelled out in pepperonis or write on the box, “I know this is cheesy, but will you go to prom with me?” Or drop off a dozen doughnuts with the sign, “I doughnut want to go to the dance with anyone else!”

Most Academic I’ve heard of students incorporating a prom-posal into a class presentation, but a Connecticut teacher named Brian Moffitt told me he helped a student by including his prom-posal in a multiple choice quiz. Brian managed to make a unique copy of the quiz designed for this certain girl, and engineered a way to make sure she got the right paper with the most important question. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

Most Intricate Kaylen Chang has been on three unique scavenger hunts for dance proposals, in grades 10, 11 and 12. Senior year, Alex Berling put flower petals and a note in Kaylen’s room asking her to check social media for a series of videos. Alex had gone to significant places, like where they first met and all the Dublin locations from their 10th grade scavenger hunt, and made videos talking about the memories from each site.

The last video sent Kaylen to a gazebo where Alex was waiting with flowers and a sign.

Most Artsy Myles Lawson and Myla Oden were on their way to a show when Myles made a surprise stop at his dance studio in Hilliard. Inside, he had friends ready with flowers, edible cookie dough and a sign that said, “Be the chocolate chips to my

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Most Mileage Jonathan Joos was on spring break in Fort Myers, Fla., and the girl he wanted to ask to prom was on vacation in St. Petersburg. So he drove the two hours, surprised her with flowers, asked her to prom and they spent the day together. Even farther away was my daughter Courtney, who was in London for the World Championships of Irish Dance. Tyler Pajk sent flowers to her hotel with a note saying, “Congratulations on the World Championships. It would make my world if you would go to prom with me.”

Advice from the teens “Have fun,” says Kendall. “Think about what is going to make her smile. It doesn’t have to be super fancy. It just needs to be thoughtful.”

“Don’t overthink it,” says Lawson. “You may want to go above and beyond but you can do something simple and make it look like the most creative event in the world.”

“Just make it personal to whomever you are asking,” says Do. “Ask her in a way she would appreciate. Oh, and don’t forget flowers. Girls love flowers. Pink roses are always a safe bet.”

Colleen D’Angelo is a freelance writer who lives in Dublin with her husband, three children and several small animals.

She enjoys playing tennis, walking the Dublin bike paths and traveling.

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