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DUBLIN’S DUBLIN’S RESILIENT RESILIENT RESTAURANTS RESTAURANTS Dublin’s restaurant scene is a big Dublin’s restaurant is aabig part of what makesscene this City great part of what makes this City a great place to live, work and visit. From place toand live,taquerias work andto visit.

From taverns coffee taverns and taquerias to coffee shops and steak houses, Dubliners shopsproven and steak houses, Dubliners have to have an appetite for have proven to have an appetite for abundant and diverse dining abundant and diverse dining destinations. According to Visit destinations.

According to Visitrank Dublin Ohio research, visitors Dublin Ohio research, visitors rank the variety and quality of the variety and quality of restaurants in Dublin 4.8 out of 5, restaurants in far Dublin 4.8 out of 5, aspect in the survey. The which was by the highest-rated which was by far the highest-rated in the survey.

The restaurant industry is integral to theaspect local economy, culture restaurant industry is integral to the local economy, culture and quality of life. and quality of life.

Dublin’s restaurants have shown remarkable resolve and Dublin’s restaurants shownpandemic, remarkable andit has resilience during thehave COVID-19 butresolve surviving resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, but surviving it has not been easy. The restaurant industry in the United States, not been easy.

The restaurant industry in the United States, once valued at more than $800 billion, has been deeply once valued at more than billion, has been deeply impacted.

Nationally, 17% $800 of restaurants have closed due to impacted.

Nationally, 17% of restaurants have closed the pandemic and economic conditions over the pastdue year.to the pandemic and economic conditions over the past Fifteen percent of Dublin restaurants have also closed year. in that Fifteentime. percent of Dublin restaurants have closed in that same Despite expanded carryout andalso outdoor dining same time.

Despite expanded carryout and outdoor dining options, the average decrease in sales for restaurants since the options, the average in sales for restaurants since the pandemic began hasdecrease been more than 40%. pandemic began has been more than 40%.

However, there is reason for optimism! In March, U.S. However, there is reason for$62.2 optimism!

U.S. restaurant revenue totaled billionIn—March, up 13% from restaurant revenue totaled $62.2 billion — up 13% from February. A recent poll from the Ohio Restaurant Association February.

A recent poll from the Ohio Restaurant Association (ORA) showed that confidence continues to grow. Below are (ORA) thatfrom confidence continues the keyshowed takeaways the ORA survey: to grow. Below are the key takeaways from the ORA survey: 77% of restaurants believe if they continue to operate at 77% of restaurants believe they continue tonine operate at their current capacity, they ifcan stay open for months their current capacity, they can stay open for nine months or more. or more.

Restaurant owners have seen consistent sales growth Restaurant ownerssince havethe seen consistent month-to-month beginning of sales 2021.growth month-to-month since the beginning of 2021.

69% of respondents believe they will see increased guest 69% of by respondents they will see increased guest counts late springbelieve and early summer. counts by late spring and early summer.

Many restaurant owners are hoping vaccinations will bring Many restaurant are hoping vaccinations willsay bring business back to owners pre-COVID-19 levels.

Most owners they business back to pre-COVID-19 levels.

Most owners say will encourage, but not require, employee vaccinations.they will encourage, but not require, employee vaccinations.

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In that same spirit, the City of Dublin encourages residents In that same spirit,and thecontinue City of Dublin encourages residents to get vaccinated to follow protocols such as to get vaccinated and continue to follow protocols frequent handwashing, wearing masks, maintainingsuch as frequentdistance handwashing, wearing masks, maintaining physical and staying home when you don’t feel physical distance and staying home when you don’t well. By doing our part and remaining vigilant, dinersfeel can well.

By doing our part and remaining vigilant, diners can return to restaurants safely. return to restaurants safely.

The City will continue to support our restaurants in a The Cityofwill continue support our restaurants in a variety ways for the to foreseeable future, including variety of ways for the foreseeable future, including allowing expanded outdoor dining. We are also launching a allowing expanded dining.Area We (DORA) are also pilot launching Designated Outdooroutdoor Refreshment this a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) pilot this summer to encourage more activity in Downtown Dublin summer to encourage more activity in Downtown Dublin and increase business for restaurants, bars and retail and increase business for restaurants, bars and retail establishments in the area. establishments in the area.

With our support and yours, Dublin’s restaurant community Withbegin our support and yours, Dublin’s restaurant can to transition from surviving to thrivingcommunity as we can begin to transition from surviving to thriving as we approach a post-pandemic world. approach a post-pandemic world.

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Debbie Doherty had a go-to person in mind for help when her daughter, Rita, reached out to her for assistance in the early months of the pandemic last year.

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Rita, the executive director of Friendship Village of Dublin, was in search of masks for the retirement community’s residents and staff, but struggled due to supply shortages. Her mother immediately knew who to call.

“Let me call Deb,” Doherty recalls telling her daughter.

The two worked as members of the parent teacher organizations at the same Dublin schools their children attended, and both served as presidents of those organizations.

“We talk on Facebook (occasionally),” Papesh says, “and then here we were in the middle of the pandemic and we jumped right back into it, like we just did a PTO meeting last night. It was crazy and we were able to fight to get the needed masks.”

The two were able to help provide more than 2,500 masks for residents and staff at Friendship Village in a matter of 10 days, Doherty says.

It’s just one of the many stories that highlight how Papesh is a walking, breathing and living resource in the community, and a worthy recipient of the Dublin City Schools Hall of Fame Class of 2020’s Outstanding Service Award.

In early April, Papesh wasn’t walking much following a recent knee surgery,

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but she still connects with Dubliners.

Elementary students, for instance, sent cards wishing her a speedy recovery.

The cards are displayed prominently near her fireplace.

Papesh still receives Christmas cards from about 75 different families from around the world that she’s connected with throughout her life whether as an educator, a military wife or a volunteer.

Connections, for Papesh, come easy.

“It is very second nature,” she says.

“I have a couple of things that I live by and one of them is that life is a networking event. … I network 24/7 because it’s just what we should be doing, right? … I wake up with a lot of gratitude every day to have the opportunity to connect with people and find a way for me to be helpful to them.”

Papesh says she believes her outlook on life comes from her upbringing in a

military family. Her father served in the U.S. Air Force, while Papesh’s Japanese mother became an American citizen after marrying Papesh’s father. The family was based in Okinawa, Japan, where Papesh spent most of her childhood through the fifth grade. “(It) really helped me to see the world early on and the possibilities of how people can just get along and also to adjust to life as it’s given to you,” Papesh says.

“Because military families have to sometimes move often, or even if you stay, your friends are coming and going and you may not see them again or you might meet up with them on a military base again, but you had to learn at a very young age to adjust and to look at new possibilities and have a positive mindset.”

Papesh attended the University of Illinois to study elementary education where she met her husband, Brian Papesh, who, like her father, served in the Air Force. Brian worked for Honda, a reason why the family moved to Dublin.

The family relocated to Oklahoma while Brian was stationed at Tinker Air Force Base. There, Papesh got her master’s degree in early childhood education from Oklahoma City University.

She served in several educationrelated roles in Oklahoma including on the board of the Stars and Stripes Child Development Center, where she raised awareness for the need of a childcare network in federal buildings and was in the process of creating a teacher training manual for cultural inclusion before moving back to Dublin with their daughters Ashley and Katie.

The Stars and Stripes Child Development Center operated out of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which was tragically destroyed in a domestic terror attack in 1995. The bombing killed 169 people.

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(killed in the bombing),” Papesh says. “So that was a very traumatic experience for me. I will say it was very hard because I trained all the teachers and knew many of the families there.”

Back in Dublin, while her husband went back to work for Honda, Papesh decided to become more involved in Dublin schools as her daughter Ashley was starting kindergarten at Riverside Elementary School.

“I tried to go back to work full time one time and it just didn’t work. It was so supportive of me but I just wasn’t ready to go back to work and I ended up just dedicating my time to doing what I love to do, but as a volunteer,” Papesh says.

That included writing grants, posting parenting classes within the building and helping to organize different PTO committees. Her volunteer work made a major impact on her new home and the families in it.

“She has a lot of life experience,” Doherty says.

She recalls Papesh organized activities to teach elementary school children about other cultures.

“I like that about Deb,” Doherty says.

Phil Niemie, who was the Riverside Elementary principal at the time Papesh’s children were in school, recognized her education credentials and provided her the opportunity to expand her volunteer

Deb Papesh’s involvement with the schools enabled her to branch into other organizations.

Last year, Papesh organized the first “Cinco Deb Mayo” event. She hosted a food truck at her house and welcomed visitors, some of whom dropped off food donations in the trunk of Papesh’s vehicle. Papesh donated 350 pounds of food donations to the food pantry and the same amount for a local church organization.

In July, Papesh held a similar “Truck and Trunk” event at the Spa at River Ridge’s parking lot in partnership with the Dublin Food Pantry, Dub-

work beyond the PTO. This led Papesh to develop the first OCLC school partnership to match company tutors with students in the 1990s.

Papesh along with other volunteers developed a Radiant Readers program to teach 50 parent volunteers how to teach reading in small group formats.

Papesh’s grant writing raised $260,000 in grant funds for Riverside Elementary and Davis Middle School within an eightyear period, including more than $125,000 for Riverside’s summer reading and parent training programs.

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lin Bridges and Welcome Warehouse. At that event, there were four food trucks and four cars with empty trunks to accept food donations for the pantry and school supplies for Welcome Warehouse. Attendees also signed up for Dublin Bridges’ emails to receive notifications about people who need help with immediate financial emergencies.

Papesh became a food pantry board member last year and held her second Cinco Deb Mayo in May. She plans to host another Truck and Trunk event this year.

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Even after her daughters graduated from the school district, Papesh continues to support Dublin schools. Her daughter Ashley Papesh Place is now a dentist in Dublin and Katie works as a teacher in Dublin schools.

Additionally, Papesh not only expanded her presence in the community but also online. In 2012, Papesh became involved in the school’s levy campaign where she learned about the world of social media using Facebook posts and Twitter hashtags to raise support for the levy.

“I didn’t really understand a hashtag,” Papesh says, “and if you look back at those early 2012 hashtags, it’s like, who let me loose?”

Papesh says she had to rely, and continues to rely, on her network for her technology questions. She’s now an influencer with formal partnerships with companies and area restaurants.

“They will just ask me if I can come out. Maybe have an opening or come in and talk with them,” she says.

Papesh encourages influencers to set a goal to promote social media support for just one minority-owned small business.

“It could be a Black-owned business. It could be a femaleowned business in the land of male-owned businesses,” she says, “because people, when they start up, don’t always have the finances. They might not come from generational wealth.

They might not have barely made it into the cut of being able to be a ghost kitchen.”

For instance, Papesh supports Catered By Chaneice, a small catering business owned by Chaneice Maxton, who Papesh discovered on Facebook.

“I have not had her catered food yet, but the work she puts into and what she comes up with is incredible. But this is why I

support her: She goes down to (Columbus Main Library) every Tuesday, and I think it’s for two hours, she just donates a hot meal for people who are waiting in lines. Does it every week,” Papesh says.

“I share about her as much as I can and I give that back to the community because I think it’s really important for people to do that,” she adds.

She knows other Dublin residents have used the service, Papesh says, and that Catered By Chaneice has helped Papesh’s community involvement.

“So when we get back, you’re already setting up the whole landscape of giving because when you give back without even thinking about what there is in return for you or others, it will come back to you,” Papesh says. “It happens all the time.

It comes back in ways you can’t even imagine.”

Papesh’s social media presence perhaps gives her some recognition in the Dublin community. In April, following her knee surgery, Papesh engaged with a child at Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams in Dubin who was engrossed with her bandaged leg.

“I was like, ‘It doesn’t hurt, you can go high-five it. So he did, and his mom was like, ‘What are we doing here – complete stranger, outside of Jeni’s?’” Papesh says with a laugh. “I mean, it was just, it was hysterical. She started laughing. But the funny thing is, she’s like, ‘I know you from Dublin moms group on Facebook.‘” You can connect with Deb Papesh online at: @DebPapesh4 on Twitter www.facebook.com/deb.papesh on Facebook @debpapesh on Instagram

Workday Wellness Healthy habits working from home or in the office

By Rebecca Myers

Are you at your kitchen table right now, thinking about what snack to grab next? Or, maybe you’re back in the office and feel a little sluggish?

No matter where you find yourself doing your job, don’t let your healthy workday habits suffer from a case of COVID-19 fatigue.

This spring, City of Dublin employees who had been working remotely returned to the office. Undoubtedly, this brought a change of routine for those workers who had been operating from temporary home offices, their couches or whatever quiet space they could find. With businesses and organizations deciding what’s next for their workspaces during the pandemic (and in the future), what have we learned about our health habits on the job?

Janan Hay is one of many people who has had to navigate the changes accompanying a work-from-home experience. But as the City’s wellness and benefits coordinator, she had a few creative ideas up her sleeve.

A registered dietitian, Hay knew she needed to focus on consistent mealtimes and incorporating more movement into her day. She says she was used to taking a break at the water fountain or walking more around her office area in City Hall, but being in a different workspace upended some of that daily routine.

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At one point, Hay says to help her cramped neck, she flipped over an empty laundry basket, placed it on a table and propped up her laptop for a makeshift standing desk. Without those trips for water, she had to be more conscious of drinking fluids.

Even if she was hungry, deadlines might eat away at the day, and she might forget a meal.

So, she set reminders to step away from the computer: Lunch wasn’t going to eat itself.

“At home, it was a whole different atmosphere,” Hay says. “I needed to re-remind myself to stay hydrated to keep my focus and my energy up.”

Hay, who also runs the City’s wellness committee, recalls that people she has spoken to have had a mixed outlook on what worked and what didn’t while working from home.

Checking emails “really quickly” after dinner has led to more work outside normal hours, and migrating around the house to find the right work spot has meant people aren’t the most comfortable ergonomically, she notes. While not having a daily commute or rushed morning routine benefited some, starting the day at home could easily lead to accidentally skipping meals they normally wouldn’t, Hay says.

She says for anyone operating from home, set an alarm for lunchtime and designated periods away from the computer; it’s easier to continue being productive once you’ve had a break. Employees at the office also need to pay attention to their break times and can seek out extra movement by walking out of their way to indoor destinations.

Start Small Regardless if you work at a computer or outside, in an office building or at home,

it’s easy to get overwhelmed when thinking about all the do’s and don’ts of health.

Your brain might want to view your wellbeing in a “big picture” way, Hay explains.

“I’m not drinking enough water, I’m not eating right, I’m not moving in the office, and now I’m stressed!” Hay rattles off the way your mind might try to tackle your wellness to-do list.

“It’s too much,” she reminds us. “If you’re tackling one issue at a time, you’re likely to sustain it and make a lifelong habit versus ‘I have to do everything at once.’”

“Look at the things you’re doing well and then build upon them.”

This applies to people getting reacclimated to the office or people who are worried about languishing routines at home.

Hay points to planning as a way to start taking these small steps.

Plan Your Prep To integrate planning into her workfrom-home habits, Hay says she stuck to meal prepping at the beginning of the week. She would prep her lunches by cooking in big batches, freezing some, or readying sides and portioning out items ahead of time, even though her own kitchen was within walking distance of her desk. That helped her recognize the need for continued attention to her eating – having it ready when it was lunchtime kept that consistency at home.

So, work location aside, planning your meals and snacks before your workweek is critical to following healthy eating habits when you’re busy.

“We may put thought into what we’re wearing that day or what we’re doing that day at work,” Hay says. “Try to take some of that time and also plan out what we’re eating so that we have those healthy solutions.”

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is “shelf-stable,” meaning it won’t spoil at room temperature, will help make that transition away from having your personal refrigerator on site. Hay points to snacks like almonds, whole grain crackers and peanut butter, or whole grain granola (with less than nine grams of sugar per serving) as good alternatives to a vending machine or drive-thru when you’re in a pinch.

“When I think of healthier-for-you foods, I think as fiber as being a No. 1 thing,” she says.

High fiber options keep us feeling fuller longer and contribute to the health of the stomach’s microbiome, or the mix of good and bad bacteria in your digestive system.

Remember to also vary the colors of food on your plate, and each time you are eating, consciously choose a fruit or vegetable, she says.

It doesn’t have to be “grand,” Hay reminds us: Pair a peanut butter bagel with a banana or ask for some romaine lettuce on your sandwich.

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and limited social gatherings. That unease has opened up a national emphasis on wellness that continues to grow, and employers have picked up on that trend.

She sees employers engaging more with what wellness and mental health means for their workers. Companies, she says, really have to ensure they are “providing avenues to integrate mental health, whether it be teaching stress-relief techniques [or] healthy alternatives to snacking – a focus on mental well-being trickles into every dimension of wellness, whether it be social, emotional, physical.”

Self-care was definitely on Hay’s mind in early 2020. She started “Ignite Your WellBeing,” a photo-sharing campaign for employees to let others know what brought them joy on a daily basis. Some submitted selfies to the City’s employee newsletter showing their ballroom dancing hobbies, kayaking adventures or dog walking – it became a way to keep up with coworkers from afar and inspire others to try something new.

This campaign resonated with people, Hay says, and provided her with important feedback about what activities employees truly appreciate that she can mold into future wellness programs.

Enthusiastic Employers Like the “Ignite” campaign, the City and other workplaces have had to get creative in the virtual space to keep wellness programming part of the workday conversation. Another initiative, “Step Up, Dublin,” was a self-paced program consisting of specific movements people could follow to

integrate motion throughout the day. With simple instructions online, one just needed the prompts to give their body some selfcare regardless of their workspace.

Hay says class structures with virtual components like these “opened up the programming doors” to many employees who may not have had access to wellness initiatives in the past. While online formatting did pose difficulties for generating group discussions, Hay thinks the organic result is to continue providing hybrid opportunities, virtually and inperson, to create equity among different job types and shift assignments – so wellness can reach everyone.

Hay also relishes the City’s feedback circle, in which an employee’s opinion goes a long way. She says having a culture of leaders willing to listen to people identifying what health means to them helps prioritize employee wellness overall.

“I think Dublin is cultivating well-being by giving opportunities, multiple opportunities, for employees to identify what health is to them,” she says, “and I think our culture, in general, is very open.”

Businesses must continue to arm their workers with the wellness tools they need through virtual and in-person experiences, Hay says, in order to endure the unpredictability of the pandemic.

“We can’t control all the unknown, but we can control our reaction to it.”

Rebecca Myers is a public information officer for the City of Dublin. Feedback welcome at rrmyers@dublin.oh.us.

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by Sarah Robinson

Festival Refresh Dublin Irish Days take the fest downtown

The city of Dublin wanted to make sure there would be an in-person aspect to the Dublin Irish Festival this year, even among the uncertainties of 2021 summer activities.

And so, enter Dublin Irish Days.

“We wanted to make sure we could provide some form of an experience for visitors and residents to enjoy,” says Shirley Blaine, public information officer for the city of Dublin.

“One of the things about the Irish Festival is our volunteers and our committee members are such a family. It was really hard not to be together last year,” says Alison LeRoy, director of events for the city of Dublin. “This way, we know that we can all get together safely and still be able to bring something fun and have that same spirit.”

The plans for Dublin Irish Days are constantly evolving and adapting to guidelines

Dublin Irish Days, presented by the Dublin Irish Festival, Aug. 5-8 For the most up-to-date info, visit dublinirishfestival.org With an innovative format, Dublin Irish Days will celebrate the traditions of the festival, while prioritizing the health and safety of participants.

Incorporating both ticketed and free experiences, Dublin Irish Days will be a hybrid event that offers both in-person and virtual experiences. Tickets will be available only online prior to the event and will be limited.

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The Dublin Irish Festival has more than 1,200 volunteers every year

and safety measures as COVID-19 protocols are updated. All plans being made are consistent with the COVID-19 guidelines in place as of the end of April, when the interview for this story took place.

“What we wanted to do is make sure that we had an event that we could plan, hoping that the regulations don’t get stricter, but that we could do now even with the current guidelines,” says LeRoy. To kick off the Irish Days on Aug. 5, runners will take to the streets for the annual Dublin Irish Festival 5K on its usual course throughout historic Dublin, starting and ending on South High Street. After the run, folks can head downtown to participate in the annual Dub Crawl that evening.

Then, instead of all the festival hubbub and hoopla taking place solely in the traditional Coffman Park expanse, the Irish Days events and activities will be all over the (Dublin) map.

“For the first time, we’re bringing the Irish Festival into downtown Dublin,” LeRoy says. “In the last two years, downtown Dublin has really grown a lot and it’s going to be a fun hybrid to actually be

able to take it downtown and get those businesses involved.”

Festival goers can expect to see some of their favorite bands and artists play mini concerts downtown, eat and drink Irish foods at their favorite local restaurants, and, of course, watch the Irish dancers perform.

“We’re definitely going to have dancers in a lot of different places,” says LeRoy. “The dance schools and the kids really look forward to it and we want to make sure that we provide them an outlet to be able to get out and perform for the public.”

The festivities will extend not just to historic Dublin but across the river and into Bridge Park.

Fest favorite tents like the Wee Folk Pavilion and Irish goods vendors will still have a place to set up shop this year, too.

The Wee Folk Pavilion will be located at Riverside Crossing Park, and the vendors selling goods like soap, jewelry, Irish garb, hand-carved wood signs, leather goods and more will be at the Darby Street Marketplace in the parking lot beside the library.

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so people can still come in and visit some of their favorite vendors from all over the country,” says LeRoy. Unlike previous years, the last day of the Irish Fest will not include church services nor entry tickets via food pantry donations. That doesn’t mean, however, that Dublin Irish Days will not be supporting the Dublin Food Pantry.

“We’re looking at ways that we can support them in another way,” says LeRoy. “That really has been their biggest summer collection time, and so we’re looking at other ways that people can help support the Dublin Food Pantry this year.”

The Dublin Irish Days will be supporting high school sports teams through drink tents set up at Coffman Park amphitheater for the showing of The Irish and How They Got That Way and near the Celtic Rock stage for the various performances.

For students and community members looking to boost their service hours, Dublin Irish Days will need lots of help, so volunteers are welcome with open arms.

So, this summer, in true Irish spirit, raise a glass to the Dublin Irish Days and get ready for a Celtic connection throughout the city. Slàinte!

Sarah Robinson is an associate editor. Feedback welcome at srobinson@cityscenemediagroup.com.

Shamrocks and Rockin’ On As different countries and states have varying rules and restrictions in terms of COVID-19, hosting the visiting bands and musicians is difficult.

“We don’t know exactly what our lineup is going to be at this point, but we do know, and we’ve known for a couple of months now, that the chance of getting any of the bands over from Ireland is really not looking very good, … but we’re lucky to have a lot of talent in the United States,” says LeRoy. “Gaelic Storm is actually in the United States, so they are someone that we are working on getting.”

While many of the bands and musicians will be setting up shop at local restaurants, there will be larger concerts held on the south field where the Celtic Rock tent normally stands. Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon, you’ll be able to enjoy music in quasi-normal Irish Fest fashion.

“We’re going to actually use that entire field for that one stage,” says LeRoy. “We are going to have an LED screen, so the people will be able to see it from further back, and we’ll change the sound of it – we’re not putting up a tent. Normally, the Celtic Rock stage has a tent over it, but it’s going to be all open air.”

If you can’t catch the performances in person, have no fear: the entire show will be livestreamed.

New this year to the Irish Fest agenda is a theater production put on by the Abbey Theater of Dublin. The Irish and How They Got That Way will be presented at the Coffman Park amphitheater in a way that audience members will feel like they’re part of the action.

“The play actually itself takes place in the pub, … so we’re going to make it feel like the rest of the audience is sitting in that pub,” says LeRoy. “We’re going to have pub tables and we’re going to have beer and whiskey available there.”

While the Dublin Irish Festival typically isn’t able to put on a full theater production, the circumstances of 2021 have allowed for more flexibility than expected.

“It’s hard for us to put on a full production during Irish Festival just because there’s so much other stuff going on,” says LeRoy. “This really lends itself to it this year because it’s something we wouldn’t normally be able to do.”

Ticket sales for the Celtic Rock concerts and the theater production put on by the Abbey Theater of Dublin will be online, and Dublin residents will have first dibs before sales are opened to visitors, so grab your tickets while you can.

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You Want a Pizza This?

A slice of Dublin’s best

By Helen Widman

According to Independent.ie, a media outlet in Dublin, Ireland, the first Irish pizza was made by Mario Gentile in 1954 at a parlor called Bernardo’s. Gentile and his brother, Bernardino, were inspired by pizza during a trip to Italy and brought back Italian ingredients and a recipe to spread around Ireland.

However, The Irish Times published an opinion piece by Corinna Hardgrave explaining that while Irish chefs have mastered the art of cooking pizza, there hasn’t yet been a solid, wide-spread Irish pizza.

Dublin Life Magazine decided to scour the community for some of the best pies around. Because if there is a definition of Irish pizza, why couldn’t it be found in Dublin, Ohio?

Iacono’s Ristorante – Hometown favorite

Dublin Road The Iacono name is famous for pizza (see below). Tommy Iacono’s son, Steven, grew up in the business. And, in 1978, when he

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was about 32, Steven set out with three new partners to start the first Iacono’s.

Luckily for Dublin, one of the Iacono’s locations was Shawnee Hills – back when there were not many dining choices in the area.

Tommy’s Pizza – Specialty crust and cuts

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If you didn’t work here part time in high school, you probably know someone who did.

Brenz Pizza Co. – Specialty pizza

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1980s. Its pizzas feature a unique crust that uses founder Tommy Iacono’s own recipe brought over from Italy. The recipe makes the crust flake like a cracker and crisps on the bottom when cooked. The pizzas are cut “Midwestern-style” in squares.

Tommy’s boasts it is the second oldest pizza restaurant in the city with more than 60 years of serving central Ohio, and has won CityScene Magazine’s Best of the ’Bus pizza category.

Harvest Pizzeria – Wood-fired pizza

High Street Harvest Pizzeria in Dublin is known for its fresh, wood-fired pizza made with locally sourced ingredients. Harvest partners with local farms and purveyors to source the best local and all-natural ingredients available.

Executive Chef Tom Peponis sums up the company mission in one sentence.

“From farmer to chef and chef to you with love,” he says.

Perimeter Drive New to its Dublin location on Avery Road, Brenz Pizza Co. has a wide variety of specialty pizzas, ranging from Buffalo chicken, bruschetta, Brenz white, spicy Hawaiian and the Grecian goat.

Kyle Rosch, Dublin native and one of the owners of Brenz Pizza Co., has traveled all over the world in order to find the best ’za combinations and has even competed in national pizza competitions.

“We got creative with combining flavors that work really well together that some people might have never had before, and making it accessible for them,” Rosch says.

He adds that Brenz uses fresh ingredients and a special dough recipe and regimen in order to create the best flavors and crust.

Luna’s Pizza Kitchen – Local ingredients

Tuttle Crossing Boulevard Pizza chefs at Luna’s Pizza Kitchen make pizza with fresh sliced veggies and their signature forte sauce.

“We make our dough fresh daily using a family recipe,” owner Umair Shafiq says.

“We slice our fresh vegetables in-house.

Our pizza sauce and many other sauces are made in-house using original recipes.”

✺ Fun fact: Shafiq and wife and co-owner Vickey opened their pizzeria on National Pi Day!

Mezzo – Happy hour menu

Bridge Street Mezzo of Dublin makes delicious gourmet pizzas, as well as a gluten free crust option – and it’s part of their happy hour menu.

“We make our dough in-house with fresh ingredients. It can also be made vegan friendly and gluten free too,” Mezzo General Manager Michael Haller says.

“Our pizza is half off at happy hour from 4-6 p.m. so you can enjoy our beautiful patios with your drink of choice.”

✺ Dublin Life’s pick: Pollo vodka pizza

– vodka cream sauce, roasted chicken, pancetta, caramelized onion.

✺ Fun fact: Mezzo translates to “middle” in Italian.

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How is wood-fired pizza different?

• Wood-fired ovens char and flavor the pizza differently, creating a smoky, rustic flavor.

• Different types of wood result in different flavors and tastes.

• Wood-fired ovens can cook pizza in minutes thanks to the heat radiating from the oven’s domes, walls and tiles.

Enrico’s Pizza & Restaurant – Family-style

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Carlucci’s Pizzeria – Mexican-style pizza

Karric Square Drive In addition to many traditional pizza options, Carlucci’s Pizzeria makes our list for its unique Mexican pizza. This Mexican pie comes with taco beef, jalapenos, tomato, green onion and cheddar cheese, as well as sour cream on the side.

✺ Fun fact: Pizza packs quite a punch in Mexico. The most common toppings and sauces you might find in a Mexican pizza parlor are: • Salsa Valentina: Hot red tomato and spicy chili sauce • Salsa verde: Tomatillos and sweet green chilies • Salsa Inglesa: Also known as Worcestershire sauce

Dewey’s Pizza – Green pizza

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Perimeter Drive If a true Irish pizza had a color, it would be green. Dewey's Green Lantern pie practically glows with artichokes, pesto, goat cheese, mushrooms and minced garlic.

And that's not the only green pizza Dewey's has. The Killer Veggie pizza is abundant with green peppers and parsley, among other vegetables.

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Bridge Street Pizza – The Shamrock

Bridge Street The Shamrock, one of Bridge Street Pizza’s most unique pies, includes pesto, spinach, artichoke, pine nuts and feta cheese.

The Dubliner, another gourmet option, includes chicken, mushrooms, sun-dried tomato, red onion and parmesan.

According to Bridge Street Pizza owner Castro Rafeedie, the Shamrock pizza is their best-selling pizza.

“The Shamrock just had to be a part of the menu in some way, shape or form,” Rafeedie says, “because Dublin

has shamrocks as their mascot, and with the pesto sauce and the spinach, it just makes sense.”

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Pitcher Perfect

Dublin Coffman alum gets his shot at the big leagues

By Rocco Falleti

Dublin Coffman alumnus Joey Murray has always had a deep appreciation for baseball. Although he is quick to admit he never thought he was anything special when he began to play the sport as a kid, baseball has remained a constant in his life.

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In third grade, Murray was a member of the Dublin Green Sox and predominately played pitcher and occasionally the infield. As high school approached, he began to spend all his time on the pitcher’s mound.

Though baseball was something he enjoyed playing, he never thought it would become more than a hobby. As his high school career continued, Murray saw major improvements in his pitching and went from throwing 73

miles per hour as a freshman to breaking the mid-80s. Soon, college scouts took notice.

“I wasn’t projected to play professionally at that point but considered college baseball,” Murray says. “At that point, I always dreamed of playing pro but never thought it was in the realm of possibilities.”

A severe stomach virus forced him to miss a good portion of his junior year. He lost 25 pounds and began to rethink his goals of playing college ball.

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“That was one of the toughest times for me mentally, let alone the physical aspect of it,” Murray says. “It was one of those things that I had to decide what I wanted to do. It would’ve been totally acceptable to ride it out and finish out my high school career and stop playing but I made a decision that I wasn’t ready to stop playing and do anything in my power to get back on the field.”

Murray decided that this was not going to end his baseball career and refocused as he entered his senior year. He boasted an

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“My support system, whether it was my mom, who has been with me my entire career especially when things were going bad, my fiancé Sydney, who I first started dating at Coffman, and I’ve had such tremendous coaches along the way like Coach (Tim) Saunders,” Murray says. “I don’t think I’d be playing baseball still if it weren’t for him and some of the connections he had in the game.”

More Than a Game After a successful stint as a pitcher at Kent State University, Murray was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the MLB draft in 2018. Like the majority of college athletes, he was eligible for the draft his junior year and forwent his senior year but still finished his degree.

His first season only lasted two months with the draft taking place in June. For many rookies, it is a way to get a routine going amid the new environment of professional baseball and start building a routine.

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less which in the grand scheme of things, would not have an impact on our development,” Murray says. “Our first season was just to get the feel for pro baseball and to learn what daily life and travel will be like.”

While being a professional baseball player is a dream of many, Murray has quickly learned that the reality is often much more challenging than one imagines.

“The biggest thing is how much time it takes. One of the toughest things throughout the season is a mental game,” Murray says. “Your body is feeling decent for it being August, but that mental grind of being away from your friends and family can be pretty challenging. The guys who have the most sustained success are the ones that can avoid hitting that wall late in the season and continue to push through.”

To the Aspiring Little Leaguer Murray is modest about the time spent in the MLB and he now waits for his callup from the Triple-A squad to take the mound in a professional game. What has stuck out the most to him is his team’s dedication to each of its players.

“The culture amongst players and staff is equal to none. Everyone is solely determined to help you become the best you

can be,” Murray says. “If you ask for help, you are going to have a whole support team doing everything in their power to help you.”

When asked about what advice he would provide to a Dublin youth baseball player, Murray’s wisdom centers on not only putting in the hard work but realizing the time and commitment that dream is going to take.

“If you aren’t the best, then somebody’s better than you. … If you are doing the same amount of work, you are getting better at the same rate,” Murray says. “To get better than them, you have to put in more time, effort and energy,

and make those tough decisions like not skipping those workouts where no one will be at.”

But most important, remaining passionate about the game is Murray’s foremost piece of advice.

“The most important thing by far is to make sure you are having fun playing the game,” Murray says. “If you love playing baseball, the hard work doesn’t typically feel like work. There are times you may not be feeling like doing it, but when you love the game, those tough decisions become easier.”

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Drive, Chip, Putt – Win 30-foot putt solidifies Dublin Golfer’s champion title

By Mallory Arnold

Brady Barnum, seventh-grader at St. Brigid of Kildare, is the 10-11 age group champion of the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club. The 12-year-old athlete played his heart out at the April 4 event, which was the final leg of a long journey.

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Drive, Chip and Putt is a youth golf development joint initiative founded in 2013 by the Masters Tournament, the PGA of America and the USGA. Thousands of talented junior golfers had the opportunity to qualify, but 300 athletes made the cut in summer 2019. From there, golfers advanced through more than 60 subregionals. Barnum was one of the 80 winners across the four age divisions who moved on to compete in the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals.

sive 30-foot putt. What was going through your mind during that putt?

BB: Not much. I stuck to my process, hit the putt, played the right enough break, the ball luckily went in and I did a fist pump.

Q&A with Brady Barnum Dublin Life: How did you first become involved in golf?

Brady Barnum: I started playing golf when I was 3 years old. My dad took me to a golf lesson with Rocky Miller at Ables Golf Range off of Avery Road. I loved it and I kept playing and taking lessons after that.

DL: Where would you lay claim to your home course?

BB: Muirfield Village Golf Club. I am very fortunate.

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DL: Your dad seems like one of your biggest supporters – is there some advice he gave you that you will always remember?

BB: Hard work pays off. Your success in golf and in life is from hard work.

DL: Do you have any lucky items or superstitions?

BB: I never play with a golf ball with the No. 2.

DL: How often do you practice?

BB: I am trying to get out and practice every day and play as much as possible. Most of your practice should be on your short game.

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DL: What’s your favorite part of golf?

BB: I love to learn new things. I love the short game, iron game and competing at a high level across the country.

DL: What are your goals for the future?

BB: I am committed to becoming a professional golfer. I want to be a role model for all golfers and to work as hard as I can to be the No. 1 golfer in the world someday.

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Dublin: A Look Back

Cooking tips from 1943 Parent Teacher Association The Dublin Historical Society was formed in October 1974 to discover, collect, and preserve documents and materials relevant to the history of Dublin and the surrounding area. It also encourages preservation of historic sites and a study of local history.

The column Dublin: A Look Back, will feature historical facts, stories and people in Dublin’s colorful past.

The Dublin P.T.A. Cookbook was published on Dec. 21, 1943.

“These recipes are particularly interesting because the cookbook was prepared for homemakers in 1943 during World War II, when some items were rationed,” says Tom Holton, president of the Dublin Historical Society. “It would have been helpful for cooks to know what items were good substitutes for others when making food for the family.”

The book remains in the Dublin Historical Society collection and was a gift from Debra Keeler.

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A Sense of Place

Dublin public art encourages discovery, reveals identity

By Janet Cooper Photos courtesy of Dublin Arts Council

When we consider memorable places we think of their icons, envisioning artwork like Cloud Gate (“The Bean”) by Anish Kapoor in Chicago or Spoonbridge and Cherry by Claes Oldenburg in Minneapolis. When you think of Dublin’s public art icons, installations like Field of Corn (with Osage Orange Trees) by Malcolm Cochran and Leatherlips by Ralph Helmick come to mind. The visionary program which produced these iconic artworks began in 1988 and is administered by Dublin Arts Council and City of Dublin staff members. The collection, which helps define our community, has grown to more than 60 large and small-scale permanent, temporary and interactive public art projects today.

Artist Malcolm Cochran provides an artist talk for community members during the 25th anniversary of the iconic Field of Corn (with Osage Orange Trees) installation.

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Why does public art matter?

According to Americans for the Arts, cities gain cultural, social and economic value through public art. Public art is a distinguishing part of our public history and our evolving culture. It reflects and reveals our society, adds meaning to our cities and uniqueness to our communities. Public art humanizes the built environment and invigorates public spaces. It provides an intersection between past, present and www.dublinlifemagazine.com

future, between disciplines, and between ideas. Public art is freely accessible and helps define community identity.

Dublin’s public art, which is now valued at $3.8 million, is funded by the city’s hotel/ motel tax fund. The fund was established to improve quality of life for residents, corporate citizens and visitors through community investment in projects and events that enhance visitor appeal, enrich the aesthetic of public property, provide cultural arts experiences, support business, attract positive local, regional and national attention, and encourage overnight stays.

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A historic perspective Leatherlips was the first sculpture in Dublin’s collection. Artist Ralph Helmick recalls delving into local history and being struck by events that became more

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Wyandotte Nation Chief Bearskin speaks to a group of children during the dedication of Leatherlips in Dublin’s Scioto Park, 1990.

complex than expected. Helmick learned that Leatherlips was “a bridge figure with the tide of white settlers” and that he was executed by fellow indigenous people.

Helmick was inspired aesthetically by rock outcroppings in the park and worked with local stonemasons to bring his vision to life.

“Of course, what went through his head is, and will remain, a mystery,” says Helmick about the chief. “But the notion took hold of a giant portrait head that one could actually physically enter. Sort of a body/mind meld.”

When the sculpture was dedicated in 1990, Chief Bearskin of the Wyandotte Nation attended the ceremony, smoking the peace pipe with various regional tribes to settle differences among themselves.

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A plan for the future More than 30 years after the dedication of Dublin’s first public artwork, Dublin City Council and Dublin Arts Council Board of Directors have approved adoption of Dublin’s first public art master plan.

The plan provides a guiding document for the next 10 years and formalizes the creation of a Public Art Review Committee to consider public art ideas, donations and initiatives. The master plan redefines public art to include artist-led permanent, temporary, community and participatory artworks, using national best-in-21st century practice.

“Dublin has already experienced many temporary public art projects,” explains Dublin Arts Council Executive Director David S. Guion. “Examples include the downtown Dublin 6-ft. gallery public art and public health initiative, and the temporary sand mandala for compassion in Coffman Park that was created by the monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery.”

Participatory public art projects include the RiverboxesTM collection, inspired by the hobby of geocaching, and the artistled Dublin Tunnel Mural under Dublin Road, near Mary Emma Bailey Elementary School. The mural was informed by insight from community and student con-

The monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery create a sand mandala for compassion in Dublin’s Coffman Park pavilion.

versations, and was completed during a community painting day.

Dublin’s large-scale permanent public artworks tell our stories through the lenses of the community and the artists who created them. With an award from the Na-

tional Endowment for the Arts, Dublin Arts Council created a cell phone tour to guide visitors through the collection, revealing insight into the artworks from the artists and those close to the projects.

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on the Dublin Arts Council website, www. dublinarts.org, provide the tour call-in numbers. Dublin’s next large-scale public artwork will be located in Dublin’s M.L. “Red” Trabue Nature Reserve. The timeline will be determined as the community emerges from the pandemic.

“Public art should inspire an emotional response, provoke questions and invite interaction while distinguishing our community,” says Guion. “Our collection creates a sense of place while contributing to Dublin’s individual and community wellbeing, our aesthetic and our legacy.”

Janet Cooper is director of engagement, Dublin Arts Council.

The M.L. “Red” Trabue Nature Reserve is the site of Dublin’s next large-scale permanent public artwork.

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Teen’s Gambit

Local student gives back through chess and social justice Christopher Shen is a master at chess. Literally.

Since age 6, the Dublin resident and rising senior at Columbus Academy has been competing in chess tournaments. At age 10, Shen earned the title US Chess National Master and is now ranked top two in the US for his age group.

What’s most impressive, though, is his commitment to giving back. Shen is currently in the process of starting his own nonprofit in addition to volunteering his time at the Ohio Chinese School in Columbus to teach students chess, passing down the tradition in the school where he learned to play.

From Rook-ie to Chess Master While Shen started learning the game at the Ohio Chinese School in Columbus, he is mostly self-taught.

Shen quickly rose through the ranks by going to monthly tournaments and studying chess scholars.

At one point in his career, Shen considered quitting the game that had brought him so much success. His father encouraged him to continue and to not leave this chapter of his life unfinished. Shen took his advice and the perseverance paid off.

“And as I kept playing and playing, I just fell more and more in love with the game,” he says.

As he entered high school, Shen began looking into how he could help the Dub-

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lin and Columbus communities where he was raised.

He found that opportunity through chess. “(Chess) became less about winning these awards,” he says, “but about taking something that I know and have experience about and putting that back into the community that I love and the community that I grew from.”

Shen believes chess to be an even playing field, a place where anyone can excel.

He combined this with his passion for social justice to create something new for his community.

“I saw chess as this bridge,” he says, “so I started organizing these events for kids, … and teaching them this new vision of equity and this new vision of fairness and justice through chess.”

Shen returned to the Ohio Chinese School, and started teaching classes.

Just like his chess game, Shen’s class became a huge success.

“The next year that I came back, and I looked at my class enrollment to see not only a double in students but also to see a doubling in girls that have become interested in the chess course,” he says. “That really inspires me that maybe I can actually make a difference.”

Knight in Shining Armor Shen was inspired by his success at the Ohio Chinese School to combine his chess expertise with his passion for equity.

During the pandemic, he launched Our Friday, a local virtual community open to all teens to play chess and receive free weekly tutoring. Through this program, Shen has assisted numerous disadvantaged children while promoting chess in minority communities.

Currently, Shen is working on the paperwork for his nonprofit, 614 Colors & Minds, that will work to

empower children of color through innovation, critical thinking and social inclusion skills.

Through the University of Pennsylvania, he conducts research as a principal investigator, working on identifying microaggressions committed at Columbus Academy and how that affects students’ perceptions of belonging and academic performance.

Considering Shen’s schedule, it’s hard to remember he’s a high school student, but Shen says he doesn’t feel overwhelmed with his responsibilities.

“I get lost in the time, just working with my community,” he says. “It’s something that I love to do so I never really saw it as something burdening.”

Shen plans to focus on entrepreneurship in college so he can learn how to effectively help communities through a business or nonprofit model. And regardless of where he ends up, he knows philanthropy will be a major part of his life.

“I came from these communities,” he says. “I feel an obligation to be a role model to give back into those communities.”

Sarah Grace Smith is an editorial assistant.

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Traditionally, it is made by soaking, blending and adding almonds, cardamom and saffron to boiled cow’s milk, but many people today opt for a dairy-free option.

“Almond badam milk is considered helpful in increasing memory,” Mukesh Patel of Bhavani Cash and Carry – a Dublin Indian-based grocery store – says.

“In the older days, people soaked almonds overnight in water and, in the morning, grind them and mix with milk. Almond’s nutrition enhances after soaking in water.”

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The Rise of the Basement

Finished basements becoming essential

Years ago, the living room was considered the ultimate gathering space in a home, but recently, finished basements have become where the action happens. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 9 percent of all U.S. homes have a finished basement in 2021, a leap compared to past years.

“Basements are no longer always dusty cellars and unfinished sections of the house,” the report states. “They’re becoming essential living spaces for families and entertaining.”

Ryan Carlson, owner of the 2020 basement remodel headed by The Cleary Company, says that’s exactly why he and his family wanted to renovate.

“We wanted to create a kids play area and a comfortable environment for entertaining friends or have a family movie night,” he says.

For the project kickoff, the basement needed major demolition.

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when we walked downstairs, we saw all this natural light pouring into the main room through the sliding doors and side windows,” Carlson says. “It was a great moment because we saw our vision starting to come to life.”

The project took six months, and although the end result promised fun family time, cozy movie nights and cocktail hours with friends, challenges along the way were stressful at times. Carlson re-

calls when the countertop was cut to the wrong size and compounded delays for the next steps like installing the backsplash, shelves, and more.

Not to mention Ryan’s wife, Leigh Ann, is an ER doctor at OhioHealth, so things were hectic with the pandemic and the remodel. A blessing amid the chaos, however, was their baby girl born June 3 – a week before the demo began.

The end result was worth any stress along the way. The space is brighter and more inviting, with new light gray walls and white trim that pops.

“The paint colors coupled with the extra lighting (natural and recessed) make the space feel less like a basement and more like any other living space,” Carlson says.

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Hey, Bartender One of the most impressive additions is the bar, where Carlson jokes that there’s never a line. The double kegerator allows for trips to local distributors and breweries, which Carlson loves to do. The slide out “spice rack” is designed to hold all the proper bar fixings like mixers, bitters and drink glasses.

“My go-to drink is an old fashioned,” Carlson says. “But during the summer, a margarita with fresh squeezed lime is tough to beat.”

To go along with the bar, Carlson had wine shelves installed and considers this to be his favorite design element in the basement. While he and Leigh Ann have had fun filling the shelves, he says they aren’t serious collectors – yet. Their favorite Dublin place for wine?

“Tucci’s in Dublin,” Carlson says.

Any Excuse You’d be hard-pressed to find a better spot for relaxing and hanging out together.

Carlson says the family spends time in the basement relaxing and just being together.

“The kids love being down there,” he says, “and we’re really looking forward to having

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In a Pickle

Just one more game – please!

I have a confession. I am truly addicted to pickleball. My husband jokes that he has lost me to a cucumber soaked in vinegar and spices. The truth is pretty basic: pickleball is fun and the people who play it are even more fun. It’s a natural mood booster, easy to learn, tough to master and impossible to stop.

It may seem like the sport came out of nowhere, but pickleball was actually invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Good friends Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum tried to devise a game to keep their bored children occupied. They used whatever they had on hand including paddleball paddles, badminton racquets and table tennis paddles, as well as a tall badminton net. At some point, they lowered the net so they could hit the ball harder and shaped new paddles out of scrap plywood. Finding the perfect ball was a struggle, but the Wiffle ball did a decent job except that it split into pieces too easily. Eventually the Cosum Fun Ball hit the scene and the adults on Bainbridge Island became so obsessed with the game that the kids couldn’t get any court time.

The game was fast and fun but easy enough for the entire family to play.

At first, there were no official rules, but gradually the friends committed to formalizing the game and making it a real competitive sport. They combined elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis to create a balanced, neutral game for all play-

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ers. One story is that this combination of sports reminded Joel Pritchard of the pickle boat in crew where oarsmen are chosen from the leftovers of other boats, and they started calling this new game, “pickle.”

The story that garners more attention is that the Pritchards had a cockapoo named Pickles that chased and hid the ball when they played.

The first pickleball tournament was played in 1976 in Tukwila,Washington, and the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) was formed in 1984 to help grow the game at a national level. The first official paddle and rule book also debuted in 1984, with pickleball being played in every state by 1990.

Today there are more than 4.2 million players across the U.S., up 21.3 percent from 2019, according to the USAPA, and

the number keeps growing by dinks and lobs (a little pickleball humor ).

Fifty-five years after the “pickle seed” was planted, pickleball has developed into the fastest growing sport in the U.S. for many of the same reasons it was invented.

I asked a group of dedicated Dublin players what they liked about the sport and this is what they said: • It is easy to learn so the very first time you step onto the court, you can have fun and enjoy the game.

• It’s great for families of all ages and a fun couples sport.

• It isn’t too hard on the body so you can continue to play as you age.

• It improves your reflexes, balance and range of motion.

• It is athletic, strategic and absolutely addicting!

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Many top players have a tennis or racquetball background, but that isn’t necessary. Pickleball is suitable for all fitness levels and backgrounds and is now being taught in many physical education programs in schools, at community centers and at retirement facilities. Watching top tournaments and lessons on YouTube is popular and the Pickleball National Championships will be broadcast on ESPN Nov. 6-13, 2021.

Another reason for the growth of pickleball is the accessibility. During the COVID pandemic when we were all staying home and looking for safe activities, I bought a pickleball net and set it up in our cul-de-sac. Soon, the neighbors and their children joined in the fun, which helped all of us feel less isolated.

Do you want to play in Dublin?

Eight new pickleball courts were recently built near the Justice Center and Dublin skate park. They are open to Dublin residents daily until 11 p.m. and feature lights, bathrooms, a fence around the facility and four-foot fences in between each court. There are plans in progress to offer lessons to children and adults, so keep an eye on the City of Dublin website.

New pickleball and paddle ball courts are being built at The Country Club at Muirfield Village. The Holbrook Recreation Complex Courts, which are part of the Muirfield Association, also have open play and lessons for beginners, while the Dublin Community Recreation Center offers open play in the gymnasium.

See you on the courts!

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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