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Paying it Forward

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by City Councils past and present and supported by community input. present and supported by community input.

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What projects, policies programs would you like toofsee the City projects, policies programs would you likeenhance to see the City implement?

Whatortypes of initiatives would your implement?

What types of initiatives would enhance your quality of life?

What suggestions do you have for improving quality of life? What suggestions do you have for improving infrastructure, land use or economic development? infrastructure, land use or economic development?

Council is asking Dublin residents, students, visitors, business Council and is asking Dublinmembers residents, visitors, business owners workforce tostudents, stretch their thinking about owners and workforce what is possible for themembers future. to stretch their thinking about what is possible for the future.

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Paying it Forward Passenger on 9/11 flight diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, supports the town’s students 10 • August/September 2021

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When Dublin resident Shirley Brooks-Jones boarded a plane in Frankfurt, Germany, 20 years ago, she never imagined that life would forever change that day forward.

The day was Sept. 11, 2001.

Halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, Brooks-Jones’ plane was instructed to divert its course and land on the island of Newfoundland off the eastern coast of Canada.

The first World Trade Center tower had been struck and US air space was closed.

“As a kid (in 1945), I remember this big airplane flying into the Empire State Building,” says Brooks-Jones. “Well, on 9/11, the captain on our plane came on and told us what had happened, and I couldn’t believe it. I was thinking this must be an accident like the other one was.”

For the first 28 hours after landing in the Gander International Airport, passengers of Delta Flight 15 sat on the tarmac alongside 38 other large-bodied planes whose trans-Atlantic flights had also been diverted.

“One male passenger keeps comparing this to Pearl Harbor,” wrote Brooks-Jones in the journal she kept throughout the ordeal. “Rumor has it that one hijacked plane crashed into the Trade Center at 8:45 a.m., then the Pentagon at 9 a.m., but who knows for sure?”

Two hours later, Brooks-Jones writes, “World Trade Centers have collapsed after two planes crashed into them.”

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Seemingly worlds away from the tragedy in New York, Brooks-Jones and her fellow passengers tried calling their loved ones to let them know they were safe.

Meanwhile, on the ground below, Newfoundlanders were coming together to support the passengers who they began to call the plane people. “(The Newfoundlanders) certainly were not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination,” says Brooks-Jones, “but they provided everything for us. I mean, we didn’t have our luggage, we didn’t have anything except our clothes on our backs.”

When the passengers deboarded the planes, school buses were waiting to take them in to the small towns and villages which had been preparing homes, schools, churches and other buildings to host the plane people for the next few days until airspace was opened again and they could travel back to the US. “People had cleared their own homes of all their towels and washcloths, their pillows, their blankets, everything they had they brought in,” says Brooks-Jones. “They brought in shampoo and razors and toothpaste and everything – even diapers and sanitary napkins and everything that they thought the plane people would need, which was absolutely everything.”

Brooks-Jones recalls that passengers who didn’t even have a change of clothes with them were taken to Walmart and local stores to get what they needed.

“They wouldn’t charge you for anything,” says Brooks-Jones. “The doctor wouldn’t charge for her services, and the pharmacist filled those prescriptions. Nobody would take any money for anything.”

The plane people stayed in Newfoundland for six days until they finally got word they could go home.

“Days later, when we finally got the word that we would leave, we wanted to give some money to help defray the expenses and nobody would take anything,” says BrooksJones. “They just looked at us and they said, ‘No, you would do the same for us.’”

When she got back on the airplane and up to cruising altitude, Brooks-Jones says she began brainstorming with her fellow passengers as to how they could thank the people who so graciously took them in.

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Brooks-Jones visiting the first class of scholarship recipients in 2002.

“We had to do something, but they didn’t want us to do something,” she says.

“So, how do you do something for somebody who doesn’t want you to do it? How do you do it without offending their dignity? That’s the most important thing.”

One of the passengers told Brooks-Jones that he learned a lot of kids in the Lewisporte area dropped out before graduating high school because there just weren’t that many jobs available. Brooks-Jones was reminded of her childhood when her parents uprooted the family from the Hocking Hills area to Columbus because that’s where they could find employment.

“It took me back to where I grew up, the job situation,” she says. “I thought, if you show a kid a chance, you could give them a chance, just a little touch of it, other things will follow.”

So, Brooks-Jones suggested they create a scholarship to award to high school students in the Gander and Lewisporte areas.

Brooks-Jones had previous fundraising experience, so she knew where to begin.

She had worked in fundraising at her previous job at The Ohio State University and as a former co-chair of the campus campaign council. Passengers around her immediately liked the idea and were soon passing pledge sheets around the plane.

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“Those pledge sheets went through that plane like crazy,” says Brooks-Jones. “We picked up the sheets and it was something over about $15,000.”

When Brooks-Jones landed back in Columbus, she reached out to the Columbus Foundation for help in setting the scholarship up.

“They embraced the story like you would not believe,” she says. “Right from the very beginning, they said, ‘We will help you.’ What they did, I knew how I wanted to set the scholarship up, but they were able to do the legal stuff and set up the fund.”

The endowed scholarship, first called the Gander Flight 15 Scholarship but now recognized as the Lewisporte Area Flight 15 Scholarship, is presented to high school seniors near the end of their senior year.

Brooks-Jones says she wanted to award as many scholarships as possible each year. “(The passenger who suggested the scholarship) said, ‘I was thinking maybe we could help one or two kids,’ and I said, ‘One or two? After all they’ve done for us?’” says Brooks-Jones. “They put their lives on hold to help us.”

The first scholarships were awarded in 2002, recognizing 14 Lewisporte Collegiate High School seniors.

“They just wanted to help, and they didn’t want anything for it.

It’s just the way they are.”

“We wanted to present the first scholarships the following year, no matter how much those scholarships would be,” Brooks-Jones says. “We knew they’d be small, but we wanted to do it, so that’s what we did.”

Now, 20 years later, 341 students have received the scholarship. Brooks-Jones, who does not have children, rejoices in the students’ successes as if they were her own.

“The kids have gone into all different fields,” she says. “We’ve got three or four who are medical doctors. We’ve got teachers, engineers.”

One year, Brooks-Jones remembers presenting the scholarship to a set of twins. A few years later, a woman approached her and thanked her profusely, explaining that all three of her children had been awarded the scholarship.

“She was the mother of the twins! And I said, ‘What are they doing?’” BrooksJones says. “The daughter was teaching.

The younger daughter was still in uni-

versity, and the boy was working on his Ph.D. in geophysics.”

Shortly after presenting the first scholarship, Brooks-Jones moved from Upper Arlington to Dublin, and has felt the support of her neighbors and community since day one.

“All of my neighbors around here, when they found out about this, they’ve been so supportive,” she says. “So utterly supportive.”

Almost every year, Brooks-Jones has retraced her steps and flown back to Newfoundland to present the scholarships and thank as many Newfoundlanders as she can, because her gratitude for their generosity is endless.

“I think about all of these people, and they were so young. So unusual,” she says. “They just wanted to help, and they didn’t want anything for it. It’s just the way they are.”

Sarah Robinson is an assistant editor. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

Reflections

Dublin’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committees

By Rebecca Myers

Summer 2020 didn’t just come and go in Dublin.

It brought protests and social unrest across the country with people advocating for unbiased policing practices and racial equity after the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia; Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky; George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and others. The City of Dublin became active in that national conversation with the first protest happening in the community June 1 on the Dublin Link pedestrian bridge.

Recognizing the importance of that moment for Dublin community members to safely and authentically express their beliefs and opinions, Dublin Police Chief Justin Páez, as well as City Manager Dana McDaniel and councilmembers, met with protestors during the initial demonstration to listen and respond on behalf of the City government.

Dublin Police officers were also present to protect the rights and safety of all demonstrators and the public. Chief Páez attended subsequent protests to hear demonstrators’ concerns about communitypolice relations and social justice issues, meeting with students and other community members.

Based on these interactions, the City wanted to affirm to the public that residents’ concerns and ideas would go beyond the protests happening in the streets. The City saw that the organic next step was to create diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) groups to serve as public forums for these ongoing community conversations – City Council formed the Community Task Force and Chief’s Advisory Committee.

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spent its year of virtual meetings on the broader question of equity and what that really looks like in a city. The group also concentrated its conversations with subcommittees that focused on economics and infrastructure, education and promoting diversity, and recognizing young people as valuable stakeholders in Dublin’s future.

The 10-person Chief’s Advisory Committee (CAC), composed of volunteer community partners, began meeting virtually in September 2020. Since then, members have engaged monthly with Chief Páez, as well as Dublin Police Department executive staff, to provide valued advice, perspectives, recommendations and feedback about significant community-police relations issues.

Discussions have revolved around reviewing Dublin Police policies related to response to resistance (also known as use of force), and members have examined officer-involved critical incident protocols, response to civil disturbances and the agency’s body-worn camera program, among many other topics.

Now, one year after the inception of Dublin’s two DEI groups, members share some reflections on what a collaborative focus on diversity, equity and inclusion has meant to them during a turbulent time that saw countrywide calls for racial justice while underneath the discord of a global pandemic.

Kofi Amponsah Student trainer with University of Cincinnati’s Sports Medicine; Coffman High School graduate Chair of Community Task Force “The role of the Community Task Force has been to drive Dublin leadership into confronting Dublin’s racism and prejudice to create meaningful and long-lasting change within the City that will build a strong and cohesive community. The monthly dialogue with the City shows their commitment and drive to create a more inclusive city which will inspire the next generation of Dublin residents to continue and build on the work of making Dublin a welcoming, safe and comfortable city for their minority groups.”

Samhitha Boppana Dublin Jerome High School graduate, incoming freshman at Johns Hopkins University Community Task Force, Youth and Education Subcommittees Member “One of my most valuable takeaways from this experience has been the knowledge I have gained about how to collaborate with others to propose and plan initiatives to bring about change, and developing the City’s resources to promote and celebrate diversity has taught me how www.dublinlifemagazine.com

to actively and deeply engage with the Dublin community.”

Ajmeri Hoque Managing Attorney for the Law Offices of Ajmeri Hoque Vice Chair of Chief’s Advisory Committee “Having monthly dialogue with the Dublin Police Department allows for DPD to have a deeper understanding of the community they serve. It is extremely important to me, personally, to help provide a safe space for all. Our conversations are very honest and always for the benefit of producing real, lasting change in order for all of us who live here to feel safe, welcomed and heard.”

Imran Malik Interfaith and Media Relations Director at Noor Islamic Cultural Center; in the Commercial Business Investment Sector Chief’s Advisory Committee Member “Think global and act local is the universal feeling of everyone’s work and contributions on this commission. Our work together brings community conversations into engagement opportunities to continuously improve processes and policies with the core focus on public safety, making Dublin a safer and stronger community at present and in the future.”

Bridgette Mariea Partner at Roto (Dublin business); parent of three Dublin City Schools graduates Vice Chair of Community Task Force “A key realization, in my opinion, is that these values – diversity, equity and inclusion – can’t be accomplished by establishing a task force. In fact, our efforts on the Community Task Force are just an initial step if we care about creating a welcoming, inclusive and equitable Dublin. Our recommendations will take significant time, commitment and resources, but we can make a difference if we work together and stay involved!”

W. Dwayne Maynard Local Attorney and Former Municipal Court Judge Chair of Chief’s Advisory Committee “(The CAC) represents a unique opportunity to sort through, and wrestle with, matters such as equity, fairness and accountability in community-policing that are so relevant in our current times, with our local law enforcement department. In addition, it provides a ‘shared space’ where all CAC members can discuss openly and www.dublinlifemagazine.com

candidly ‘bridge building strategies’ that can lead to greater trust and better relations between the department and the diverse communities within Dublin that it is sworn to serve and protect.”

Susan Ortega Director of Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives (Franklin County) with Syntero, Inc. Chief’s Advisory Committee Member “I am honored to serve among this group of individuals willing to jump with both feet into difficult yet vital discussions in order to strengthen the Dublin Police Department’s ability to fully serve Dublin’s diverse community. I believe this group’s willingness to lead through vulnerable, respectful dialogue can serve to amplify the voices of those who may otherwise not be heard and act as a model for mindful, ongoing growth in the Dublin community for years to come.”

Vincent Wang Manager of Reporting Design at Charter Communications; Chair of the Ohio Chinese American Association Community Task Force Member “We are an immigrant family originally from China and have lived in Dublin for over 12 years. I have been on the Dublin Community Task Force for a year and have had many great conversations with Mayor Amorose Groomes, City Manager Dana McDaniel, City staff members and my fellow Task Force members. We came up with many good ideas to make Dublin a welcoming, thriving city for people of different background and walks of life. I’m proud to be a Dublin resident and a member of the Community Task Force.”

Yanling Yin Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Chief’s Advisory Committee Member “I am a Dublin Citizens’ Police Academy graduate. I have been working closely with Dublin Police Department on building a more connected community for the past several years. However, working as a Chief’s Advisory Committee member allowed me to be able to step up to the next level. We are working very hard trying to help identify any opportunities to improve the Dublin Police Department. The more we share our experiences and perspectives, the more can the community come together as one.”

In August, the Community Task Force will present its recommendations to Dublin City Council, which

will include public safety aspirational goals developed by the Chief’s Advisory Committee, as well as parts of the City’s employee-led internal DEI plan. This combined proposal will serve as Dublin’s DEI framework, and City Council will establish goals from this outline to move the community forward.

While the Community Task Force ended its monthly meetings after its year of work, the group will recommend that its efforts continue in a new iteration to be determined by City Council. The Chief’s Advisory Committee was originally designed as a standing City committee, so members will keep up their work on a monthly basis.

Kofi Amponsah, the Task Force’s chair, notes that the City of Dublin “confronting and addressing its racism and prejudice is not meant to be a one-year movement or a one-time slogan – the creation of the Community Task Force is meant to represent the constant and long-lasting movement of making Dublin the inclusive city it can be.”

Chair W. Dwayne Maynard with the Chief’s Advisory Committee explains that the past year has centered on the spirit of partnership and cooperation among the City, Dublin Police and community members.

“We all recognize that there is much work still to be done to cement that foundation and build upon it,” he says, “so we will journey on.”

Follow Dublin City Council and Chief’s Advisory Committee meetings online or in person to learn more about the DEI groups’ recommendations and progress. Find full quotes from Community Task Force and Chief’s Advisory Committee members and how to share your ideas at DublinOhioUSA.gov/dei.

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Disc Dogs Southern Ohio Flying K9s trainer on the canine sport

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ome dog breeds can jump more than six feet in the air – a trait which comes in handy for one unique canine sport. Disc dog is an American Kennel Club approved sport which combines Frisbee and Fido into a fast-paced and fun physical activity.

The Dublin Pet Fair, an annual event which showcases pet rescues, animal shelters, veterinarians, animal advocates and pets, is a staple in central Ohio. Since its inception in 2012, one of the biggest draws is the Southern Ohio Flying K9s, a nonprofit club for disc dogs and disc dog enthusiasts.

Wesley Ryan, a trainer for the Southern Ohio Flying K9s, says disc dogs are high-

energy dogs that are trained to catch Frisbees in the air with their mouths. He says most of them are rescues that use the sport as an outlet to release pent up energy.

In order to measure how much a dog is enjoying its time with the Frisbee, Ryan says there are two indicators: barking and tail wagging.

“You know right away that they’re loving the game because they’re barking and their tails are wagging,” Ryan says. “They live for this. You can immediately tell by their ambition and the barking.”

All breeds have a chance at being a talented disc dog, but Ryan says what sets one dog apart from another is its toy drive,

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the desire to play with a toy such as a Frisbee. To gauge the level of toy drive, Ryan will engage in a game of tug with the dog, using a Frisbee as the toy.

Ryan says the training process begins with a modified version of fetch called rollers – rolling a Frisbee out and having the dog bring it back – and then onto the tug game to build a dog’s drive and connection with its trainer.

“That tug game is just so critical, I can’t emphasize – the tug is almost more important than the rolling on the ground,” Ryan says. “If you can get a dog to tug, you can get a dog to chase.”

Ryan has participated in the sport for six years now. His brother, Bob, and son, Sidney, compete in disc dog as well, winning a couple of world championships in the youth division in 2017 and 2018.

Teams from all around the state compete for placement spots in the Frisbee Dog World Championship at the end of the year. At each placement event, including the Dublin Pet Fair, Ryan says there are about five or six different games and how you do in those games awards a certain number of points which accumulate as the year goes on.

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says. This year he will be bringing two Australian shepherds, Hendrix and two-time world champion Paisley, and one mixed breed, Layla.

Ryan says there have been some tremendous disc dogs that have come through his club throughout the years, including Paisley and two other world champion dogs named Buddy and Dorothy. He says the best fourlegged competitors often have one thing in common: a great trainer.

“A lot of it is the handler,” Ryan says, “but (the championship dogs) were special because they’re able to track the Frisbee extremely well.”

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Students in the Spotlight Fledgling writers and youth actors perform in new collective

By Sarah Grace Smith

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his summer, the Abbey Theater of Dublin and Otterbein University students came together for the Abbey Theater’s summer production, the Otterbein Playwright Collective.

The collective marks the first of hopefully many collaborations between the Abbey Theater and Otterbein University.

Joe Bishara, supervisor of the Abbey Theater, knew Otterbein English and playwrighting professor Jeremy Llorence from working together on previous theater projects. When Bishara moved to Columbus to work with the Abbey Theater, he contacted Llorence, looking to team up again.

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quickly came up with the Otterbein Playwright Collective.

“How great would it be if we could provide playwrighting and screenwriting students an opportunity to have their works produced?” Bishara says.

In addition to using scripts written by Otterbein students, the collective provided opportunities for high school actors in the Dublin area to act with a neverdone-before script. Youth actors got to bring characters to life with no prior performances to lean upon.

The Otterbein students’ scripts were created for Llorence’s class. For their final project, students submitted a oneact play or screenplay. While Llorence graded them, Bishara decided which three pieces to use.

To narrow down his choices, Bishara used a rubric adapted from the one he used as the coordinator for the Columbus Art Council’s playwrighting fellowship program.

He mainly judged the pieces on producibility, or how quickly and easily a theater could produce the piece, taking cost into consideration as well. Although the youth performers were not paid, Bishara still felt it important that the Otterbein students understand budget constraints in order to prepare them for future theatrical endeavors.

“The artists need to understand that what they’re writing has to be something that can actually be done fiscally,” he says.

From all the pieces, Bishara chose two plays and one screenplay.

The Dublin youth actors auditioned for the collective in March before the scripts were selected because of the ambitious timeline for the project. Students came to the audition prepared with two contrasting monologues.

Ten students were chosen. The actors then had three four-day weeks of rehearsal and one week of tech. The actors in the screenplay, however, only had two weeks of rehearsal before filming.

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One youth actor played a supporting role in all three pieces. The rest performed in one piece, each with the screenplay actors helping backstage during the live performance.

Bishara says the actors were enthusiastic about the opportunity to perform a local student’s creation.

“I think it’s been really exciting for the youth actors to have the chance to work on brand new material, … to create a character from the ground up,” Bishara says. “That’s not necessarily an opportunity that everyone has.”

The selected Otterbein writers are also thankful for the opportunity to have their work produced as undergraduates.

“Having opportunities to have your work produced beyond a staged reading (or) outside of what your college can provide are few and far between,” he says.

“They’re getting a taste of what the rehearsal process is like and what it’s like to interact with a theater producer.”

Bishara adds that the collective is also a networking opportunity for both the Otterbein students as playwrights and screenwriters and the high schoolers as actors.

Following the success of the first collective, Bishara plans to collaborate with Llorence and Otterbein students again next year.

“The point of any type of collaboration is to bring artists together to create something more impactful than what they could do individually,” he says.

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In 2018, Dublin launched its first Aging in Place Plan, which promotes and plans mobility, transportation, health and wellness for older adults in Dublin.

Since then, the plan has developed into many branches of assistance programs, resources, guides and more.

Dublin partnered with Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions in this initiative. Together, the team works to develop a strategy that will benefit everyone in the community.

The city created a website called Forever Dublin to organize opportunities and information needed by older adults in the area. Visit www.foreverdublin.com to learn more.

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The Readers Group A DCSC book club for open discussion, fun meet and greets and book worms.

Nature Programs Dublin Nature Education Coordinator offers environmental and wildlife classes, leads trail walks in Dublin parks and helps members explore what nature has to offer.

DCSC Golf League Open to men and women, DCSC members are invited to play nine holes with fellow Dublin golfers ages 55 and up. Newsletters are sent out notifying members when they can sign up to play a round.

Pickleball Quickly becoming one of the most popular sports in Dublin, pickleball is a game involving a paddle and a Wiffle ball. Open play times are held indoors at the Dublin Community Recreation Center and nets, paddles and balls are supplied. Or take the game outside at the new Coffman Park pickleball courts. It’s free to play and no reservations are needed.

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The DCRC’s Ceramics Pit Firing Workshops Learn about the art of ceramics through coloring techniques, an outdoor kiln and firing processes. Participants should bring their own bisqueware ceramic work (bisqueware is the term for pots that have been bisqued – fired for the first time. The pots may also be called biscuit ware).

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Terra Gallery & Creative Studios Classes Every month Terra Gallery introduces new workshops and classes, so there’s never a dull moment in the studio. Whether it’s abstract painting pours, wine glass painting or landscape painting, these lessons are inspiring and fun.

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Dublin Arts Council Workshops and Camps While the 2020-21 season of arts classes and programs were canceled, the DAC hopes to host its colorful array of ARTcamps and courses in 2022. Keep an eye out for more updates at www.dublinarts.org.

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Movement to Delay Retirement community makes efforts against Parkinson’s disease

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ore than four years ago, when Jessie Ritter started working at the Dublin Retirement Village as the program coordinator, she noticed that many residents with Parkinson’s disease had needs that were not being met.

“We didn’t have anything at the time,” Ritter says.

So, she reached out to the Parkinson’s Foundation Great Lakes chapter and soon got involved with the organization’s Moving Day Columbus event. Her involvement grew, and through the Parkinson’s Foundation, the Dublin Retirement Village began to offer free exercise classes to residents and older adults throughout central Ohio.

“I feel like it has made a huge impact,” Ritter says.

Moving Day History Since its inaugural year in 2012, Moving Day Columbus has raised more than $1.2 million for the Parkinson’s Foundation and is now one of 45 cities with such an event.

“In the last 10 years, Moving Day has united more than 150,000 people in the fight against Parkinson’s disease and has raised more than $30 million to fund cutting-edge research and community programs,” says John L. Lehr, the president and CEO of the Parkinson’s Foundation.

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Moving Day Columbus started at the Historic Crew Stadium before moving to Wolfe Park on the east side of Columbus.

In the fight against Parkinson's disease, the event features an annual fundraising walk, a children’s area, a caregivers’ relaxation station and a special Movement Pavilion, which features yoga, dance, tai chi, Pilates and other exercises.

“We have learned over the years that exercise is really the best medicine to combat the disease, delay the disease,” says Lori Gum, the development director for the foundation’s Great Lakes chapter.

Ritter Runs the Movement Ritter has run the event’s Movement Pavilion for the last three years. She leads a different exercise every 30 minutes for the hundreds of people who attend each year.

“We get going with all the music,” Ritter says. “It’s all about getting your heart rate up.”

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Grim Statistics Nearly one million people in the United States are living with Parkinson’s disease, which has no cure.

That’s more than the number of people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and ALS disease combined.

With 60,000 Americans diagnosed with Parkinson’s each year, the number is expected to climb to 1.2 million by 2030.

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and assisted living residences and about six from outside of the community.

“I’ve found the classes very helpful to make me feel better,” says Barb Shapiro, a Dublin Retirement Village resident, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s nearly a decade ago. She has also participated in Moving Day. “It’s a terrific experience to be with so many that have the same condition you do,” she says.

This year, Moving Day Columbus will take place Oct. 3 at 11 a.m.

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Aware in Care Hospital Kits Research has indicated three out of four people with Parkinson’s do not receive medications on time when staying in the hospital. In two of these such instances, the patient experiences adverse complications as a result.

Lori Gum, development director for the Parkinson’s Foundation’s Great Lakes chapter, says it’s imperative that patients get their medication on time.

“Fifteen to 20 minutes can make a difference,” she says.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, many hospitals restricted who could enter the hospital, including patients’ immediate family. This posed complications for those with Parkinson’s because family members are often their primary advocate at the hospital.

According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, people with Parkinson’s should consider creating an aware kit bag with the following items: • A medical alert wallet card • Nurse fact sheet tear-off pad • Medication form • Hospital action plan • ID bracelet • Info cards (i.e. medication) Much of the money raised during Moving Day Columbus funds initiatives such as the creation and dispersion of aware kits, Gum says.

Dublin Retirement Village offers free classes for people with Parkinson’s disease. Its rock steady boxing class offers no-contact boxing.

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OVID-19 shifted everyone’s perspective in some way, but for Katy Huth, it completely changed her life.

Huth, owner of the Yoga Loft and an ER nurse, was already facing the effects of the pandemic. Both her and her husband’s businesses shut down, so she tried to find something positive to focus on. She took it upon herself to practice self-reflection as well as 100 consecutive days of exercise, which got her through October 2020.

In November, Huth’s next step was to alleviate her eczema, which was heightened due to the constant stressors of last year, so she visited a dermatologist for the first time. The doctor told her to return in a month for a full assessment.

In December, the dermatologist revealed some concerns.

She didn’t like the look of the skin under Huth’s left breast, so she asked if she’sd ever had a mammogram.

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“I laughed,” Huth says. “I was like, ‘Well, I’m only 41. That’s not something you do at 41.’

The only thing she said to me was, ‘I’m just concerned about this skin,’ and I was like, ‘It’s fine. It’s fine. It’s been there for a while.’ I said I’m not concerned. The last thing she said to me as I was walking out the door, she said, ‘Please promise to go get a mammogram.’”

Huth kept that promise.

The OhioHealth Bing Cancer Center booked her for a mammogram the same week. The next day, a nurse called with similar concerns and asked her to come in that afternoon. Huth underwent another mammogram and an ultrasound, and after a biopsy the next week, it was confirmed.

“That was definitely the scariest time I’d ever experienced, just waiting for the diagnosis,” Huth says.

Huth needed surgery. She found out she was estrogenprogesterone positive and had invasive lobular carcinoma, which means the cancer has spread to the breast tissue. She also had carcinoma in situ with a five-anda-half-centimeter tumor. She needed clean margins of about nine centimeters for surgery, so she was told she needed a total mastectomy on her left breast.

Huth ultimately decided to undergo a bilateral mastectomy.

In February, she started chemotherapy, receiving four treatments every three weeks. However, she was allergic to the treatment.

“The nurses at the Columbus Oncology were fantastic,” Huth says. “On my third treatment, when I had another reaction, the nurse was with me the entire time, stopped the treatment right away. I cannot say enough about how wonderful my experience was with that.”

She is currently undergoing radiation treatment.

Huth says the three hardest parts about cancer are the diagnosis, surgery and thought of losing her hair. She planned to accept the hair loss, but her 9-year-old daughter said something that changed her mind.

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ful, and it really signifies that something’s wrong with you,” Huth says.

She connected with Claire from Over My Head Boutique, which dedicates its time to helping cancer patients at risk of losing their hair, Huth says. Thanks to Over My Head’s cold capping process, which shrinks the blood vessels in your scalp and decreases how much chemo enters your roots, Huth says she only lost about 20 percent of her hair.

Though Huth recognizes there is still a lot of work to be done, she is already looking ahead. She, Claire and another breast cancer survivor have formed a group through the Yoga Loft to fundraise and participate in the annual Pelotonia bike ride in August. Huth says she plans on completing between 50 and 100 miles.

Huth wants to thank her doctors as well as Claire; Amanda, another breast cancer survivor; her cancer group and her students at the Yoga Loft for helping her through this year. Though 2020 wasn’t kind to her, she is taking some positives from it.

“I remember just thinking, ‘This is such a rough year,’ and ‘How could this happen?’ and, ‘Oh, woe is me,’ type of thing,” Huth says, “but then I realized I would have never taken a pause in life. If COVID wouldn’t have made me stop, I definitely wouldn’t have gone to the dermatologist.”

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The Dublin High School Journalism class collected stories from Dublin village residents in 1984 and 1985 then published them in four volumes of the “Shanachie A magazine of Dublin culture and history.” “Shanachie” is an Irish word for “storyteller.” The students collected stories that are treasures of Dublin history. One day we will have them scanned and available for the public to read. This story is excerpted from a longer one written by student Sheila

English. Published in the spring, 1985 magazine. (The story is published with permission.)

Several points for explanation: “today” is 1985; “sixty years ago” is 1925. The Ohio Theater, on State Street in Columbus, was a new movie theater in 1928 showing movies which for the first time had a soundtrack.

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Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a teenager sixty years ago (this would have been in 1925) in the small town of Dublin, Ohio? How did the teenagers back then spend their time? What did they do for entertainment without television, telephones, and their own cars? According to lifelong Dublin residents Polly Richards, Madge Shriver, and Lester Leppert, teenagers kept quite busy with entertainment, schoolwork, and chores.

A night out to a teenager today definitely wasn’t a night out to a teenager sixty years ago. Nowadays going to see the latest movie or going to a party is considered to be fun, but in 1928, a trip to the Ohio Theater and a coke and grilled cheese at Hayden Falls Barbeque was spectacular.

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“You really dressed up in your best clothes. It was really nice to go,” said Madge Shriver about the Ohio Theater.

Lester Leppert’s Ford convertible was the main attraction in1928. Madge Shriver said that she and her friends always tried to get a ride in it. The Ford convertible was the fourth one from Plain City and it only cost $620.

According to Polly Richards, box socials were very popular too.

“The women, mostly teenagers, would fix up a box. They would put a lunch inside of it, like fried chicken, cake, homemade bread, and homemade pickles.

Then, they would wrap it up real pretty.

The girls would take it up to the old schoolhouse and put the boxes on a table and they (townspeople) would auction them off. The men would buy the boxes.

Whoever’s box the man got, that girl would have to eat with him. Then they would dance afterwards.”

The box socials were used to raise money for such projects as baseballs, bats, and uniforms for the adult baseball team which played on Sundays.

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A big, old rock down by the quarry filled much of the teenagers’ extra time. Because of a current that went around the rock, a hole about five feet deep had formed.

The teens would swim in the hole using the rock as a diving board. Boys and girls usually went at different times. The girls would go in the afternoon, while the boys would go in the early evening. The girls would pack a lunch and eat near the shore.

The boys would catch crawdads and fish.

According to Betty Weber, the boys would also often spend the night near the old rock. She added that most people learned to swim in the hole because there weren’t any swimming pools in Dublin years ago.

That was “the old swimmin’ hole”.

Flossie Luton remembers how the storekeepers sponsored free movies out on [South] High Street every Saturday night.

“They showed right up on the street where Phillips 66 is now (today this is the location of the building on the corner of Bridge and High Streets that includes Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream and Starbuck’s Coffee among other businesses). There was houses right along there and they’d put a sheet or screen up.

People, farmers would come in and everyone would have’em a chair. Kids set (sic) on the sidewalk. When it got dark, everyone sat there and watched free movies…A man lived up on Franklin Street in an old shanty-like thing up there by the church and he used ta (sic) run the show for them They’d have a comedy like Laurel and Hardy or Buster Keaton or some of those funny men…Farmers would come in and bring their eggs and stuff that they were gonna trade to the grocery store. On High Street they’d gather from Dave Martin’s to Leor Cole’s. They would get too far so they couldn’t see. It was great fun.”

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Concert series in Scioto Park takes place Aug. 15-Oct. 3

By Janet Cooper Photos courtesy of Dublin Arts Council and the artists

If ever there was a time to celebrate the opportunity to gather safely for an in-person arts experience, this is it! The beloved Sundays at Scioto concert series returns to Dublin’s Scioto Park beginning Aug. 15 and continues each Sunday from 5-6:30 p.m. through Oct. 3. Musical genres vary each week for the free concerts. Every performing artist who was booked when the 2020 series was canceled due to COVID-19 is on board for the 2021 series, which means it’s destined to be one of the strongest lineups in the series’ 38-year history.

Series lineup Aug. 15 The BritPack With an extensive repertoire spanning all the greatest decades of British musical output and led by classically trained vocalist/lead guitarist Matt Nakoa, The BritPack features music from The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Police, The Who, Oasis, David Bowie, Queen and many, many more. Guests won’t want to miss Nakoa’s authentic delivery in this series-opener performance.

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The Sundays at Scioto concert series returns Aug. 15-Oct. 3 in Dublin’s Scioto Park.

alternative, blues, pop and groove. The George Barrie Band was recommended by WCBE radio music director Maggie Brennan as a “central Ohio performer to watch,” and the Sundays at Scioto series selection committee agree wholeheartedly.

Aug. 29 Turn It Up Named for the famous opening in “Sweet Home Alabama,” Turn It Up pays tribute to the legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Dedicated to the unique sound that brought southern rock to the masses, Columbus-based Turn It Up takes the audience on a memorable journey, performing all of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s hits. Series fans will recognize longtime Sundays at Scioto sound engineer Dave Nilo on the keyboard.

Sept. 5 Heidi Burson Heidi Burson travels from Nashville to her home state of Ohio to share her powerful voice and soulful style inspired by singers such as Etta James and Aretha

Franklin. An award-winning artist and songwriter with two self-produced fulllength albums, Burson has toured across the United States and Europe. She has performed at various festivals, concert series and notable venues such as the Bluebird Café, BB King’s in Nashville and the 100 Club in London.

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ative songwriting and musical energy from the Dayton-area band that draws on both contemporary and traditional Celtic but contains subtle hints of roots/ Americana. This popular quartet is touring extensively in Ohio this summer and looks forward to a warm welcome during their Dublin return.

Two-time Grammy winner and Dublin People’s Choice winner returns to Dublin on Sept. 12

Sept. 12 Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience Two-time Grammy Award winning artist Terrance Simien, an eighth generation Louisiana Creole, leads his longtime Zydeco Experience bandmates as one of the most respected and accomplished artists in American roots music today. They’ve performed more than 8,500 concerts and toured millions of miles to 45 countries during their eventful career and return to Sundays at Scioto as the People’s Choice from the most recent series in 2019.

Oct. 3 The Wildflowers Tribute band The Wildflowers sound just like Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers did in their prime, with the energy and musicianship to bring down the house with every performance. Presenting a stunningly accurate tribute, The Wildflowers band tours from their home base in Birmingham, Alabama, performing at festivals, night clubs and major concert venues, earning a reputation as one of the finest tribute bands in the country. Is lead vocalist Jonathan Guthrie a Tom Petty doppelganger? Perhaps!

To learn more about the artists and for updates about concert attendance protocols, visit www.dublinarts.org/ sundaysatscioto.

Janet Cooper is director of engagement, Dublin Arts Council.

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Sept. 26 Dulahan Dulahan’s music is a Celtic hybrid that pays homage to the traditional but incorporates the varied musical influences of each of the four members The 2021 concert series concludes on Oct. 3 with of the band in its sound. The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tribute band The result is a unique blend of cre- Wildflowers. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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by Sarah Grace Smith

Crossing the Finish Line Local track star wraps up her high school career Audrey Bannister has always been athletic growing up, but never had she imagined becoming a Division I college athlete.

As a child, she tried out soccer and basketball. When she saw her sister running cross country, she decided she would join too.

In seventh grade, Bannister started running. And she fell in love with it.

“It was really exciting because it was different from the other sports I had done,” she says. “While it’s a team sport, you’re always trying to compete with yourself and beat your previous times.”

Bannister ran in both track and field and cross country for Dublin schools. In track, she competed in the two mile, the mile, the open 800-meter and the 4x800-meter relay.

She sees running as both a de-stresser and a discipline. While running casually is a stress reliever, racing is an op-

portunity. Even when her races don’t go as planned, Bannister refuses to cry over spilled milk.

“I always use it as an opportunity to improve,” she says.

Bannister quickly became a star in the local running world. She made the Division I state meet all four years of high school, and she has many titles to her name.

Despite the success, Bannister’s running career hasn’t been smooth sailing the entire time.

In middle school, she began struggling with knee problems. When she entered high school, she experienced stress reactions in her shins. For many runners, these issues can signal the end of their career.

But Bannister didn’t let it stop her.

Bannister learned how to be cognizant of her body and its physical states. She implemented specific stretches and cross training into her routine to avoid injuring herself further.

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This past track season, Bannister had big goals for her senior year. She wanted to place in the top 20 at the state meet. While she fell short of this goal, she is still proud of her overall season performance.

“I got my best place I’ve ever gotten at regionals,” she says, “so that was something to be happy about. It was kind of bittersweet because I was disappointed about the states performance, but I realized I still have time to grow.”

This fall, Bannister will be heading to Chicago to begin her career as a DI athlete in both cross country and track and field at Northwestern University.

“I’m very excited to get on campus and start training with everybody,” she says.

Bannister expressed her gratitude to the coaching she received from the Dublin schools and she credits it for her success.

“The coaching staff is wonderful,” she says. “They (taught) me how to be competitive and strong but also … (in) the right mindset in order to compete and perform well.”

Sarah Grace Smith is an editorial assistant.

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A track star AND a virtuoso?

Not only is Bannister gifted in running, but she has a knack for music as well.

After starting to play in fifth grade, Bannister has participated in Dublin Scioto High School’s orchestra as well as the extracurricular group Irish Fiddle Fetish.

“I just love how expressive you can be with music and how you can touch the hearts of other people,” she says.

Although Bannister struggled with stage fright at the beginning of her violin career, she became more confident in her abilities after multiple high school solos.

She now hopes to find an orchestra to play with at Northwestern.

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Kids, Meet Fiber Dublin mom finds snack solution

At the end of every Little League baseball game, exhausted children line up to shake hands and congratulate their opponents. Then, it’s time for a team snack.

The players run to the parent who brought post-game snack. Usually, snacks include chips or cookies and Capri Sun. If it’s fruit, however, the kids make disappointed faces.

Addie Flood knows sometimes kids can’t help this reaction to whole, healthy food. Some children are unaware of the

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“Children need to refuel their body with good nutrition, not empty calories,” Flood says. “When it was my turn to provide a snack at sports games, kids didn’t want to eat my healthy snack. This is a problem and we need to find a way to get good nutrition into these kids.”

With lots of trial and error, Flood baked up nutrient-packed bars and muffins with tons of nutritious fiber in them. Fiber is one of the most important nutrients for kids, Flood says, as it keeps them full and helps the digestive tract.

When her kids responded so well to the snacks, Flood dubbed the baked goods Fiber Kids and began spreading the word about these healthy but tasty snacks.

Flood has some other tricks to help set growing children on a path to better health. She emphasizes the importance of parents encouraging children to eat fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Not consuming enough fiber can lead to heart disease, diabetes and cancer later in life.

“As parents, it is our responsibility to help set our kids up for a healthy lifestyle,” Flood says.

Most parents are familiar with the infamous grimace kids make when eating vegetables. To conquer these picky eaters, Flood advises parents to continuously ex-

pose their child to colorful foods in all kinds of ways.

“It may take 20 to 30 times before your child will taste it,” Flood says. “Your child may spit it out, but that’s OK. Praise your child for tasting it and do not focus on the fact that your child spat it out.”

When it comes to meal times, Flood recommends incorporating your child’s favorite foods into meals instead of making them a separate meal, which will expand a child’s palate instead of reinforcing picky eating behavior. She also advises parents to have scheduled meal and snack times rather than snacking all day long to teach their child to recognize hunger cues.

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Parade of Homes Returns to Dublin

New format showcases new construction homes in multiple communities New this year: the Parade of Homes is coming to you! The annual BIA Parade is back with a new format after skipping 2020 due to COVID-19.

Presented by the BIA of Central Ohio, the new format offers more homes to tour in more communities than ever before.

And, for the first time, homes in a variety of price points, sizes and styles will be available to explore – at no charge.

Rather than one street featuring newly constructed houses in a designated development, the new plan showcases homes throughout central Ohio, along with a user-friendly digital component available before, during and after the Parade.

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nity. The new format connects more homebuyers with builders and associates spotlighting the best design and new trends in the industry,” says John Melchi, executive director of the BIA of Central Ohio.

Create your own tours based on convenient times, neighbor- D.R. Horton hood, school district, price, square footage, builder and more. There are nearly 60 new construction homes, 20 builders, dream homes (valued $1,000,000+) and feature developments included.

This isn't the first time the BIA Parade of Homes has come to a Dublin neighborhood. The first Parade in Dublin was in 1974 in The Glen, followed in 1986 by Earlington Village and 1988 by Hawks Nest. Since 2000 the Parade has featured Tartan Ridge twice (2000, 2009), Ballantrae (2002), Jerome Village (2013) and, most recently, Eversole Run in Jerome Village in 2018.

The Dublin entries include singlefamily homes and condominium options.

Additionally, one of the Dream Homes is located a short drive away in Plain City.

There is a minimal fee to tour the Dream Homes. Check the BIA Parade website, www.biaparade.com, for specifics.

CityScene Media Group, publisher of Dublin Life Magazine, partnered with the BIA to produce the Official Event Guide

for the 2021 Parade. Event Guides are available at Parade homes and a digital version with all tour home addresses and details can be accessed on www.City SceneColumbus.com.

The Parade spans three weekends, Thursday through Sunday, beginning Sept. 23. Plan a day, or two or three, to explore your community and others throughout central Ohio. Be inspired!

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Strength and Resilience Dublin cancer survivors improve treatment methods

there are many great stories, ideas and foundations that have emerged from the pain.

The center is an amazing collaboration between Columbus Oncology and Hematology Associates and OhioHealth.

“Everything is under one roof,” says Renee Jordan, director of human resources for Columbus Oncology and Hematology Associates.

The center is light, bright, welcoming While touring the facility I recognized and state of the art, but I still had a pit in the ease of checking in, getting lab work my stomach thinking of the struggles that done and meeting with your doctor all cancer patients endure. I lost my father to in one area. If the oncologist orders tests, esophageal cancer 18 years ago and a dear you can go upstairs for X-rays, ultrasounds, friend to pancreatic cancer two and a half CT scans and 3-D digital mammography. years ago. I remember the exact moments Downstairs is a cancer-specific infusion when I learned that they were ill and can’t center with individual bays. imagine how mind-blowing it is to hear “They are built with privacy in mind but the words, “You have cancer.” still open so the nurses can keep their eyes I have many friends, too many to men- on you,” Jordan says. tion, who have battled breast cancer or are The center is staffed with specialists in currently going through treatment. This medical oncology and hematology, breast terrible disease has touched all of us, but and cancer surgery, thoracic surgery, surgical due to the resiliency of the human spirit, and gynecologic oncology. Patients can even access medical tattooing following procedures. This is commonly used in mastectomies in which patients’ nipples are removed.

Most impressive were the details that went into patient comfort at the Dublin cancer center.

A baby grand piano sits in the upstairs waiting area and is played for music therapy. I met Kristi Kreutzer, a diagnostic nurse navigator, who shares lots of Kleenex and tears as she helps people navigate scary times.

“I guide patients through every step of diagnostic testing so they know what to expect and don’t Renee Jordan, director of human resources for ever feel alone,” says Kreutzer.

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Survivorship clinics help patients with diet, exercise and mental health during and after their treatments, offering a holistic approach to treatment.

The Over My Head Cancer Boutique is an on-site store catering to breast cancer patients and helping them return to wellness. After founder Bethany Golden’s mom passed away from breast cancer, she wanted to make a positive impact.

So, she opened her business that specializes in wigs and Kelly Taggart wearing head coverings for the cold cap cancer patients. OhioHealth asked Golden to collaborate and together, they opened stores in the Bing and Dublin Cancer Centers. Now they have mastectomy and lumpectomy fitters, synthetic and human hair wigs, cancer safe skin care products, headwear and bathing suits and bras that can be fitted with prostheses.

Over My Head also has trained experts in cold cap therapy, which is a method that can help patients retain some or most of their hair during chemotherapy. The cap is filled with a gel coolant that is chilled to between -15 and -40 degrees Fahrenheit. The caps are fastened to the head and worn for one hour before chemotherapy, during the infusion and for a predetermined amount of time after the infusion. A trained helper is necessary to change the gel packs out every 20-25 minutes. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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The system works by constricting the blood vessels beneath the scalp thereby reducing the amount of chemotherapy medicine that reaches the hair follicles.

Claire Houpt is the cold cap therapy manager for Over My Head, and a breast cancer survivor who used the cold cap herself.

“When I was going through chemotherapy in 2019, I was running a nonprofit, had two young children and wanted to function as normally as possible,” Houpt says. “Cold cap therapy is not about vanity: it’s about not feeling like a cancer patient 24 hours a day.”

The cancer journey is long and arduous, and after the treatments and surgeries are over, patients want to move forward with their life. It takes some women years to grow their hair back to pre-cancer condition and for many, their reflection is a reminder of times they’d rather move on from.

Kelly Taggart Hughes started cold capping along with infusions in February 2021 and finished treatment in May. As a nurse, she knew there would be hair loss but she didn’t want to explain her situation to her own patients. The therapy worked beautifully and she retained 80-90 percent of her hair. Taggart Hughes recommends bringing an electric blanket to the infusion procedure and wrapping it around you while your chilly cap is fitted.

Dublin resident Lauren Menning was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2020.

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She decided to try cold cap therapy and her longtime friend Julie Patton agreed to be her trained assistant. Infusion days were long, starting with one hour of Cold Cap, three hours of infusion and four more hours of wearing the Cold Cap. “The first 10 minutes are the roughest, and most uncomfortable, kind of like a huge brain freeze. Then you become numb,” explains Menning.

The therapy was extremely successful for Menning and she pledged to find a way to express her gratitude and give back. So, she and Patton started the Carpe Diem Foundation. Cold cap therapy is expensive, ranging from $1,000-$5,000, and not covered by insurance. Menning and Patton’s foundation raises awareness and money to offset the cost for patients.

“Cold cap therapy should be available to everyone, not just people who can afford it,” Menning says. “We want to get the word out that there are options and having some sense of normality when fighting this terrible disease is priceless.”

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One Last Stop

by Casey McQuiston Putting down roots in the fast paced, chaotic hustle and bustle of New York City was supposed to prove August’s disbelief in cinematic love true – at least, that was the plan until she met Jane. Dazzling and mysterious with a soft smile and leather jacket, Jane seems impossible in August’s eyes until she realizes that Jane looks like a retro punk rocker because she is literally displaced in time from the 1970s. Charming and big-hearted, One Last Stop challenges the cynical to believe in the magic that appears to be out of reach.

The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories

by Danielle Evans Known for her wit and insight into the complexity of human relationships, Evans presents a collection of stories filled with rich, multicultural characters struggling with universal experiences regarding grief and love. Evans focuses on brief, nearly inconsequential moments to explore race, culture and the cost of setting the record straight in American history.

One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race

by Yaba Blay

Winter Counts

by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Ever since the first enslaved Africans arrived in America, the one drop rule long maintained that even the faintest trace of African ancestry meant a person could not be considered white.

A crooked method of social order, this standard served to preserve white racial purity. Centuries later, Blay explores how historical definitions of race have impacted modern racial identities. A strikingly beautiful portrait of Blackness, One Drop consists of stunning portraits and 60 unique perspectives from contributors representing 25 countries.

An engrossing crime thriller, Winter Counts centers on Virgil Wounded Horse, an enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

After heroin makes its way onto the reservation and into his nephew’s hands, Virgil sets out for retribution. On the quest to track down the source of the drugs, Virgil must grapple with unsettling realizations about his tribe’s money and power, his own demons, and Native identity.

Dublin Life Book Club Selection Editor’s note: To be added to the Dublin Life Book Club mailing list and for more information, email Brandon Klein at bklein@cityscenemediagroup.com. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. Location TBD. Details will be emailed a week prior.

Midnight at the Blackbird Café

by Heather Webber In the little town of Wicklow, Anna Kate has returned to bury her beloved Granny Zee, owner of the Blackbird Café.

It was supposed to be a quick trip to close the café and settle her grandmother’s estate, but despite her best intentions Kate finds herself inexplicably drawn to the quirky Southern town her mother ran away from so many years ago and the mysterious blackbird pie everybody can’t stop talking about. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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