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Keeping Dublin Safe

page 16 Welcome to our August/September issue of Dublin Life.

In our annual kids’ issue, we explore some of the ways Dublin’s youth are growing and expanding their horizons.

Whether it be through the Dublin School of Rock’s various music programs or the Classroom Antics coding camp, which has hosted one of its programs in the City of Dublin for the past seven years, Dublin’s children are only growing brighter and brighter.

Dublin Life columnist and Dublin resident Colleen D’Angelo takes a look at the ways in which the community gives back to children in need through initiatives such as the Blessings in a Backpack program.

This issue also includes our annual Shutterbugs feature, which puts a spotlight on the snapshots captured by Dublin residents.

As always, thank you for reading and we’ll see you for the next issue!

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

Sandra Puskarcik, ABC Director of Community Relations City of Dublin

Safety. It is arguably the most important factor an individual or family considers when choosing a place to call home, and it is something we take very seriously in Dublin.

The safety of our residents, business community and City employees has long been a top priority for City leadership.

Safe communities don’t just happen by chance. They are built through the dedication of the entire community.

Dublin was recently ranked the 23rd safest city in Ohio, according to the 2016 SafeWise Safest Cities in Ohio report, and our crime rate has seen a steady overall decline in property crimes since 2007. We are extremely proud of those statistics, but we also recognize that a safe community is much more than just low crime rates. As the summer months come to a close and a new school year begins, I would like to remind Dublin residents how they play a part in keeping Dublin safe. A big focus must be on protecting our children.

Please remember to use extra caution when driving during school hours, especially when students are arriving at school or leaving for the day. Be sure to obey the 20 mph speed limit in school zones during posted times and do everything you can to avoid distracted driving by mobile devices or anything else that takes your mind or your hands off the wheel. And be especially mindful of pedestrians in crosswalks, they have the right of way.

A new school year also means new rounds of football games, dances and other school events. These are times when our police usually notice an increase in complaints about underage drinking. Both parents and students need to be aware of some important facts. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more adolescents drink alcohol than smoke cigarettes or use marijuana. Nearly four in 10 high school seniors report drinking some alcohol within the past month, and more than two in 10 reported “binge drinking” within the past two weeks. Approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking each year, including about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes.

We must keep an open line of communication with our children and stress the dangers of underage drinking. We have resources for parents and warnings about social hosting on the City’s website here: dublinohiousa.gov/living/ dont-be-a-social-host.

From parents to police, we all have a part to play in keeping our community safe. Together, we can keep Dublin one of the safest places in the state.

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To the Beat of His Own Cardinal Health CEO George Barrett still knows how to rock ‘n’ roll

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ook around the City of Dublin – George Barrett can be spotted everywhere from the Dublin Rec Center lap pool and the walking paths that run throughout the City to, of course, the halls of the Cardinal Health headquarters off of Emerald Parkway, where he is chairman and CEO.

Though Barrett is the CEO of a Fortune 500 health care company that boasts a huge number of employees – Cardinal Health employs close to 4,500 people in the Dublin area alone, by Barrett’s estimate – this was never his goal. As a college athlete, musician and son of a poet/teacher mother and a therapist/musician father, Barrett’s original dream was to become a professional soccer player or make it big in the music industry.

After moving from his birthplace of Connecticut to New York for school and sustaining an injury that ended his soccer career, Barrett decided to pursue music full-time. He gravi10 • August/September 2016

tated to New York due to an opportunity in the opera world, but his interests lay more in club performances, singing and songwriting. Then, Barrett was offered a life-changing opportunity: move to Los Angeles and become a professional musician.

“I loved the part of life with the singing and the writing and the recording,” says Barrett. “I didn’t like the other parts; having to deal with agents and the booking guys and the casting people and the business stuff, and also the lifestyle, which is hard to describe if you haven’t lived it.”

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“I was thinking about going to law school not for any particular reason, but because I felt like I could do that,” says Barrett.

Eventually, Dick convinced Barrett to join his company. Over the course of eight years, Barrett worked his way up from the ground level to eventually run the company. His family moved from New York to Baltimore to Philadelphia until settling in Columbus after Barrett accepted the job with Cardinal Health in 2008, then as vice chairman and CEO of the company’s Healthcare Supply Chain Services.

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When asked what drew Barrett to the Columbus area, Barrett jokes that it certainly wasn’t the weather.

“I think it is unusual because you find enormous collaboration across businesses and industries; that’s not necessarily the norm in other places, but it is here,” says Barrett. “It’s a high standard, and that’s really exciting. I think that’s been one of the most gratifying things.”

Barrett’s coworkers and the connections he’s made through Cardinal Health haven’t hurt, either.

“I knew that we wanted to recruit the best talent in the world, so it was encouraging to know that when we got here, we could do that,” says Barrett. “Once we can get people on an airplane to see it, the whole perspective changes. … The whole central Ohio region is, in many ways, thriving.”

In addition to his role at Cardinal Health, Barrett is on the board of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, co-chairman of the Columbus Education Commission and on the board of directors at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, to name just a few.

“I try to squeeze in as much life as I can in 24 hours; if that means a little less sleep, I can live with that,” says Barrett. “Things that I think really make me happy and whole as a person and a leader.”

Despite his impossibly busy schedule, Barrett still makes time for his three adult children – Kate, Zach and Emma – and, of course, his music. Barrett has made time every day for the last 30 years to play. It was only until recently, however, that Barrett decided to start playing publicly again.

“As my business career unfolded, it became more and more uncomfortable to perform in public and show this other side of myself,” says Barrett. “But over the last year and a half, I sort of let go of that worry, so I have been doing a little more performing in public.”

Although Columbus may not have been where either Barrett or his wife believed they’d end up, they’ve made it, and Dublin, their home, and say central Ohio continually grows and is an example for cities nationwide.

“Going from a suburban area to creating a walking village, I think, is what we’re going to see in suburban surroundings,” says Barrett. “People want to have different experiences. … I think some of the activity happening here is really good, and aligned with some of the really powerful trends.”

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Worth the Wait Skateboarders from all over central Ohio are praising Dublin’s new skate park

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n a sunny June day next to the Dublin Justice Center, dozens of kids were finally enjoying something they had waited months for: their first chance to test out the new skate park.

The former skate park, which opened in 2000 on Coffman Park Drive between Post Road and Emerald Parkway, ran its natural life cycle and closed last August.

“It definitely was worth the wait,” says Angela Jernigan, a recent Dublin Jerome High School graduate who picked up skateboarding in 2015.

The 17-year-old says seeing the friendships and bonds skaters form with one another attracted her to the hobby.

“I like the way that people got close through skating. It seemed to be a lot of fun, so I wanted to get into it,” Jernigan says. “I met a lot of girls through it, too, which is really cool because I didn’t think there would be a lot of girls.”

Jernigan says she met many of her new skateboarding friends by checking out other parks across central Ohio.

“I had a hard time with the old park closing because we really enjoyed it,” she says.

“But after the other park shut down, I had more of a chance to venture out into other parts of Columbus to skate and meet other people. Now they are coming here to skate, which is really awesome.”

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Not Only For Dublin Jernigan’s friends are just a handful of the skaters from other communities coming to Dublin to explore the new skate park.

Matthew Mello-Beard, 14, is a Plain City resident who says he first learned how to skateboard at the old skate park.

“I was there all the time,” he says. “But this one is a lot nicer. It’s just a better park all the way around.”

Mello-Beard says he plans to visit the park “at least every other day.”

“It’s just fun,” he says. “It gives you something to do and keeps you out of trouble.”

Grove City resident Tiberius Daniels also sees skateboarding as a positive, healthy hobby for kids. That’s why he takes his 10-year-old son, Casen, to skate parks as often as possible.

Daniels says he and his son are excited about making regular trips to Dublin’s new park.

“It’s great. It’s everything we thought it would be. Unlike a lot of other parks, it’s bigger.”

Community Input Perhaps the major reason why the new skate park is getting such positive reviews is that the City of Dublin listened to local skaters during the design process. The skateboarding community had the opportunity to weigh in on the park design at two public input sessions held in 2014.

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rector of Parks and Recreation for the City of Dublin. “Using feedback from some of the local skateboarding enthusiasts ensured the success of delivering a quality recreational amenity for the community.”

The new skate park incorporates features for all ages, styles and experience levels for both skateboarding and inline skating. Spohn Ranch, an industry leader in skate park design and build, designed the park to be unique to the Dublin community.

“While the original skate park served the community well for many years, flawed design and awkward geometry limited its potential,” says Vincent Onel, a skate park designer for Spohn Ranch. “Like many early generation skate parks, the space also focused too heavily on transition-style terrain and offered scarce opportunities for street-style skateboarding.”

Onel says the input sessions with local skateboarders paved the way for a modern skate park design with wellbalanced terrain.

“We were able to create a flowing above-grade transition section that leads into a thoughtfully spaced street section,” he says. “The 14,000-squarefoot skate park also features a sculptural wave feature that goes over-vert and is guaranteed to become an iconic photo backdrop.”

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“We encourage all users to be aware of their surroundings, to be cognizant of other skateboarders and to only skate within their abilities while using the park,” Earman says.

By staying safe, skaters will be able to fully enjoy a park that both Dublin residents and visitors agree is like none other in central Ohio.

Just ask someone who has visited her fair share of skate parks. Someone like Angela Jernigan.

“This one is definitely the best,” she says.

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

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Rocking Out International music program calls Dublin home

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“They’re building friendships and learning how to interact with kids in real life,” Young says.

Young has been with the School of Rock since it opened in September 2015. The franchise itself dates back to 1998. “They’re not just on their phones. They’re gaining valuable confidence by being able to get up in front of people on stage.”

The School of Rock has multiple programs, and each one breaks down into different age groups and skill levels.

There’s Little Wing, which targets 4- and 5-year-olds and aims to provide them with experience and knowledge that will help them become lifelong lovers of music. The Rookies program is for 6- and 7-year-olds, and helps students learn the ins and outs of pitch and rhythm while also helping them develop their skills through musical games and simple activities. Rookies is group-based, so the students learn how to operate in a bandlike setting right from the start.

Rock 101 is for 8-10 year olds and focuses more on music theory and technique.

The adult program is ideal for those with music experience looking to re-enter the music scene, but also creates a welcoming environment for those who are just starting off. The performance program, targeted toward 11-17 year olds, incorporates teamwork and also helps students learn about harmonizing and gives them opportunities to take the stage in various rock venues.

All School of Rock teachers know how to play multiple instruments. Dublin’s branch of the School of Rock teaches all rock instruments, which include guitar, bass, keyboard and voice.

Many students come in already knowing what instrument or instruments they’d like to learn – or, in some cases, they might already play an instrument. However, the School of Rock can help indecisive students determine the right fit.

“It helps that our teachers know multiple instruments,” Young says. “We can help them switch to something that’s more their liking.”

The School of Rock’s curriculum is set apart from traditional private lessons.

While a student might have the occasional recital through his or her private lessons, the School of Rock aims to get students in front of live audiences more often

than not. It also focuses largely on working together as a group, and teaching the students how to become leaders in their communities. Private lessons are throughout the week, and there is one three-hour group session every week.

“They do get individual instruction, as well as group instruction,” Young says.

“But the main focus is the group. It gives them the opportunity to be with other kids and see other musically talented children.

It’s teamwork. It’s a sense of accomplishment and working toward a goal. It’s like a team sport, but it’s music.”

The school’s shows are about every 1416 weeks and are based around a musical theme or genre. Currently, the students are working exclusively on Aerosmith music. Previously, the students worked on music from the British Invasion era – think the Beatles, the Who, the Rolling Stones and the Kinks. For their second show, they performed Pink Floyd’s The Wall album in its entirety. Over the summer, the school incorporated themed summer camps, including camps that focused on music by Led Zeppelin, Green Day and the Beatles.

“They play at real rock venues,” Young says. Past venues have included King Avenue Five and the amphitheater in Scioto Park. Throughout the summer, Young says, the students played at various festivals throughout Dublin and the Columbus area.

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“It’s like solving a mystery to them,” she says. “That passion to see what happens next is really what drives them.”

In addition to getting kids to think both logically and creatively, this hands-on learning experience teaches campers to be problem-solvers.

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Time constraints prevented Classroom Antics from offering two rounds of camp this year, Tara says. As a result, all of this year’s Dublin camps are sold out.

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Bread on the Rise Dublin introduces the first-ever BREAD! Festival

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he Dublin Arts Council is cooking up a delectable treat this autumn to share with the entire community. Oct. 15 marks the first-ever BREAD! Festival.

This event is not just an ode to bread. It’s a celebration of the diverse cultures that make up Dublin.

“Every culture and ethnicity has a particular bread, so the idea was to bring all of these different cultures, nationalities and ethnicities together to actually and metaphorically break bread together,” says David Guion, executive director of the Dublin Arts Council.

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Dublin is a community on the precipice of a big change, says Guion. The recent developments along the river are transforming the primarily suburban community into more of a mixed-use and urban space.

This makes the BREAD! Festival a chance to unite the east and the west sides of the river together to welcome the influx of millennials.

The festival will take place in historic Dublin and will host a series of community booths, hands-on activities, a tea ceremony and a stage with music and dance. For the debut, the festival will also welcome Ciril Hitz, a world-renowned bread sculptor.

Bread sculpting is a form of artwork that utilizes decorative dead dough to construct intricate designs.

Hitz, the artistic guru of the bread baking world, was a member of the Bread Bakers Guild team for the U.S. Hitz and his team brought back the silver medal from the Bakery World Cup in 2012.

Bread sculpting is a way to bring a new appreciation to bread as an artistic medium, says Hitz.

Hitz is excited to bring the art of bread sculpting to Dublin.

“It brings a new appreciation, respect, to my craft by doing something that no one in your region has ever seen,” says Hitz.

The BREAD! Festival aims to be more than an olfactory experience for the diverse communities within Dublin.

“We’re hoping that they will experience the all-sensory experience of baking bread and making bread and tasting bread,” says Guion.

This is the festival’s debut, so the Arts Council and community are cranking up the heat to make it a success.

“We’ve been encouraged to embark upon something that celebrates the different cultures in Dublin. I think we’ve created something that seems to hit a lot of different parts of the community,” says Guion.

The BREAD! Festival is free and open to the public. The festival promises something for everyone in the Dublin community to enjoy. So, yes, there will even be gluten-free options.

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Dublin only received City status in 1987, but some residents are still able to recall a time before, when every Saturday, residents dragged chairs from their homes and sat in the middle of the street in Historic Dublin to watch films from a projector; when places like “Ethel’s Bottom” and the Scioto River were regular spots for Dublin children to play; when a typical graduating class from Dublin High School consisted of between 10 and 20 students. One of these residents is

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My roots are here. Like Jim, I’ve never had any desire to go anyplace else. This house has been in my mother’s family since 1864, and Jim and I were born in this house. My mother’s great-grandfather purchased the house, and her grandfather inherited it from his father and was reared in this house. My grandfather and his 10 siblings were all reared in this house.

Back then, there weren’t very many people in Dublin; it was a farming community. We were just one big, happy family, and you had to be careful what you said, because everyone was related. Now, I’m surrounded by businesses.

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Dublin Life’s Storyteller Series focuses on the people who make Dublin great – people who have made improving the community a part of their life, people who have been able to call Dublin home for a long time and people who have watched Dublin evolve over the years. The Storyteller Series tells the history of Dublin through his or her eyes, and sheds light on what living in Dublin was like decades ago.

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Among her priorities: privacy, comfort, climate control, aesthetics and – importantly – a great view.

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When the Hoyts moved into the house in 2006, they converted a formal sitting room into an office. Naomi teaches piano, and that’s where they located the piano. But over time, Sean ended up taking it over, and having to work out of an open dining room became inconvenient for Naomi.

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grade and haven’t encountered this before. No one should live like that.”

She did an Inter- A Welcome Warehouse volunteer hands out free books to children. net search and found Blessings in a Backpack, a national orga- lunch program. Soon, friends pitched in, nization that feeds 83,000-plus children and then local civic groups, sports teams over the weekends across 46 states and in and homerooms helped with the funding 900 schools. and physical work.

Nicole received permission from her Henry Karrer Middle School, Dublin principal to get the program started at Jerome High School and Dublin Coffman Chapman under the condition she fund High School all have classes that volunit herself. At first, it was a family affair of teer to pack bags and do projects with the shopping for non-perishable food items, kindergartners once a month. A local Girl buying and stuffing the backpacks and Scout troop donates cookies and the District distributing them to students in the free Dodgeball Tournament chose Blessings in a Backpack as one of its charities this year.

The consequences of hunger are more How can you help? Consider asking for financial or food donations than a growling stomach. Hunger in at your next neighborhood gathering. Ideas include canned goods, children is also tied to increased hospigranola bars, peanut butter, oatmeal, applesauce and macaroni and cheese. talization, weak immune systems, shorter Riverside and Wright elementary schools also promote and distribute attention spans, lower IQs and lower acaBlessings in a Backpack. demic achievement.

Blessings in a Backpack Second-grade teacher Nicole Durant sat in her Albert Chapman Elementary School classroom talking to one of her students. She asked if he was excited because it was Friday and the start of the weekend. The little boy told her that he likes the days when he sees the school bus because he knows he’s going to eat that day. He was living in his mom’s car and on the free and reduced lunch program during the school week.

Nicole went home and hugged her husband, Mike, and her children, Cole, Annie and Mia. “We need to do something,” Nicole says. “I’ve lived in Dublin since the fourth

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ave you heard that good things come in small packages? Well, to some Dublin children, the best things come in backpacks.

Two philanthropic organizations with local volunteers help provide food for hungry children and new school supply kits for students, and all in backpacks.

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Mike and Mia Durant still shop weekly for the majority of the food for the backpacks, which are packed up and handed out on Fridays. Occasionally, a child will ask for a bag every day because he or she has no food at home. The Durants help make that happen, and say the kids are very excited to receive the bags and always anxious to look inside and show their friends what they have.

Hilda’s art is making music and creating songs that touch and entertain people. She comes from a musical family, and takes joy in performing with her daughters, watching them grow professionally and express their creativity. Like Columbus, music changes and enriches her life every day, and there is no place she’d rather make it.

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Welcome Warehouse: Back to School Outreach Jean Griffith has been executive director of Welcome Warehouse for four years and runs several programs, including Adopt a Family, the Bed Donation Program and Back to School Outreach.

On Aug. 6, from 9 a.m. to noon at Indian Run Methodist Church, volunteers for Welcome Warehouse will cook breakfast, run carnival games, do face-painting and hand out children’s books, back-to-school clothes and backpacks with school supply kits. The goal this year is to provide 450 students with elementary, middle or high school supply kits.

Welcome Warehouse also holds an online drive where donors can pick out their purchases online and have them shipped directly to the organization’s offices at Indian Run Methodist Church. They have received funding and grants from generous organizations such as the Dublin Foundation, Macy’s, ASK Chemical, Franklin Country Metro Parks, SafeAuto Insurance, Thirty-One Gifts, KidSMILES Pediatric Dental Clinic and the Dublin Jerome Boys Golf Team.

Welcome Warehouse collects items throughout the year, including three-ring binders, permanent markers, tissues, binders and glue sticks.

“We often have teachers or guidance counselors calling us and asking for particular items for students who don’t have the extra money to spend on school supplies,” Griffith says.

Welcome Warehouse also provides new or gently used mattress sets and bed frames for children and distributes them free of charge via its Bed Donation Program.

Good things may come in small packages, but the best things in life are free, like the giving of your time and energy to make a positive difference in someone’s life.

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. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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Black Chalk is set between England and New York City, years after six best friends – all students at Oxford University – play a childish game with haunting and tragic consequences. This psychological thriller was inspired by Yates’ own time at Oxford.

Now, 14 years later, the six former friends reunite to play one last round of a game that’s gone too far.

NPR’s All Things Considered calls this novel “the smart summer thriller you’ve been waiting for.” www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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