Dublin Life October/November 2021

Women’s Warrior

Carly Dendinger advocates for female veterans

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DUBLIN: DUBLIN: A A PURPLE PURPLE HEART HEART CITY CITY Each November, we recognize Each November, we recognize Veterans Day, a national holiday set Veterans Day, aand national set aside to honor thankholiday all those asidehave to honor and all those who served inthank the United who have served in the United States Armed Forces.

This year, States Armed Forces.took Thisthat year, Dublin City Council Dublin CityaCouncil took that by sentiment few steps further sentimentDublin a few steps further by declaring a Purple Heart declaring Dublin a Purple Heart to City.

This designation is intended City. This intended for to show thedesignation community’sisgratitude show the community’s for Dublin joins the active military membersgratitude and veterans. active military andcommunities veterans. Dublin joinsincluding the growing list of members Purple Heart in Ohio, growing listGahanna, of PurpleGrove Heart City, communities Ohio, including Columbus, Delawareinand Franklin Columbus, Gahanna, Grove City, Delaware and Franklin County.

County.

The Purple Heart Medal is the oldest military honor, The Purple Heart Medal is the military honor,as the established in August 1782 byoldest George Washington established ininAugust

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An estimated 1.7 million since War I have received the honor.

1.7 million veterans since World War I have received the honor.

The effort to make Dublin a Purple Heart City was led by The effort to make Dublin a Purple CityHeart was led by Dublin resident Sean Clifton, who isHeart a Purple recipient Dublin residentofSean Clifton, who isCommittee. a Purple Heart recipient and a member Dublin’s Veterans In support of and designation, a member ofwhich Dublin’s Veterans Committee.

Inroadside support of this was made official July 26, this designation, wasbe made official roadside Purple Heart City which signs will added nearJuly the 26, entrances of the Purple beoutward added near the entrances of the city.

TheHeart signsCity willsigns servewill as an declaration of city. The signs acceptance will serve asand an outward of commitment, safety todeclaration military residents and commitment, acceptance traveling veterans alike. and safety to military residents and traveling veterans alike.

The Purple Heart City designation is one of many efforts the The Purple Heart Cityhas designation of many efforts and the Veterans Committee advancedistoone honor the service Veteransof Committee advanced to honor theand service and sacrifice those whohas have served our country protected sacrifice of those have served our worked country to and protected our freedoms.

Thewho committee has also enhance the our freedoms.

The committee has also workedPark, to enhance the Grounds of Remembrance at Dublin Veterans including Grounds ofthe Remembrance at Dublin Veteransfrom Park,the including relocating city’s World War II monument Dublin relocating the city’s World War II monument from the City Schools 1919 building.

Another new attraction is Dublin an City Schools 1919 building. Another new attraction is an

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interactive video tour of the grounds, which highlights its interactive video tourfor ofQR thecodes grounds, which highlights its many features.

Look placed around the park many features. to learn more. Look for QR codes placed around the park to learn more.

In addition to the Grounds of Remembrance, Dublin also In addition the to the Grounds of Remembrance, Dublin recognizes city’s fallen heroes with a memorial atalso recognizes the city’s fallen heroes withwho a memorial at while Dublin Cemetery, honoring residents were killed Dublin honoring residents who were killed servingCemetery, our country.

As the memorial states, “Time willwhile not serving country. the memorial states,General “Time will not dim the our glory of theirAs deeds, ” a quote from John J. dim the glory of their deeds, ” a quote from General John J. Pershing in honor of the fallen.

Pershing in honor of the fallen.

In 2020, the City of Dublin launched a new website, In 2020, thesolely City of new website, dedicated to Dublin Dublin’slaunched veterans.aWe invite you to visit dedicated solely to Dublin’s veterans.

We invite you to visit DublinVeterans.com for more information on local events DublinVeterans.com forthose morewho information on local events and efforts to recognize have served in the U.S. and efforts to recognize those who have served in the U.S. military. military.

Finally, each year, the City of Dublin, in partnership with the Finally, each year, Dublin the CityPost of Dublin, in partnership with the Wesley G. Davids 800 of the American Legion, Wesley G. annual Davids Veterans Dublin Post of the American hosts the Day800 Ceremony at DublinLegion, hosts thePark annual Ceremony at Dublin Veterans on Veterans Nov. 11 atDay 11 a.m.

The day’s events honor Veterans Park on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. day’s and events honor all men and women who served ourThe country their all men andtowomen who served countrytoand their dedication our freedom.

All areour welcome attend. dedication to our freedom. All are welcome to attend.

This November and beyond, as you drive around town and This November and Heart beyond, you drive around town and see our new Purple Cityassigns or walk the Grounds of see our new Purple Heart signs walkon thethose Grounds Remembrance, I hope youCity pause to or reflect who of Remembrance, you pause reflect those who have served andI hope sacrificed.

And, I to hope youon take pride in have served And, I hope youthat takesupports pride in knowing thatand yousacrificed. are part of a community knowing that you aremen partand of awomen community supports and appreciates the of ourthat armed forces, and appreciates past and present.the men and women of our armed forces, past and present.

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Chances are, when the average person thinks of a Veteran, they think of a man – despite the fact that the largest growing population of Veterans is made up of women.

Women’s Warrior

“Just in Ohio, there are over 60,000 female Veterans,” says Carly Dendinger, Dublin resident and Air Force Veteran.

Dendinger is actively working on initiatives that bring services, respect and recognition to women Veterans, and as a member of the Women’s Advisory Committee for the Ohio Department of Veterans Services, she’s surrounded by other women committed to the same cause.

“Sometimes I feel good about myself, and then I meet the other women on (the committee) and I’m like, ‘Wow, there are some really accomplished people out there,’” she says, laughing. “They’re phenomenal.”

Alongside a few of those women, Dendinger helped found new nonprofit the Ohio Women Veterans Foundation. “(Women Veterans are) an underserved part of the population,” she says. “They are just very hard-charging, fantastic individuals that, for one reason or another, were drawn to serve their country. I think there’s a very unique individual that chooses to do that, especially during the young periods of your life because it’s not easy.”

First drawn to the Air Force ROTC by the financial aid the program provided her while attending the University of Maryland, Dendinger questioned her choice to join a few times throughout college.

“Even through my sophomore year, I’m like, ‘Should I be doing this?’” Dendinger says. “‘Maybe I should transfer.’”

One pivotal conversation during boot camp changed her perspective forever. A field training officer asked Dendinger one night if she was enjoying the training.

“And I said, ‘With all due respect, sir, are you insane?’” Dendinger says. “He said, ‘You know, we’re all getting out of this boot camp and all getting out of life the same way, so enjoy it. Enjoy the moments

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because you may never be in the same room as these people again. You’ll go through life experiences with people, and if you enjoy them, you may get in more trouble, but you’ll also do better.’”

After that, she says, it was like a switch inside of her flipped.

“Prior to that, I’d almost been fighting it a little bit, but I realized I have some big things to do in this world and I need some discipline and some dedication in order to do that,” she says. “It gave me structure, and I think the structure that ROTC gave me and the opportunities it gave me while in college were so unique and so different.”

After graduating, Dendinger was commissioned as a second lieutenant and relocated from New Jersey to Salt Lake City, where her passion for serving Veterans bloomed.

“Even at that time, we tried to do as much as we could for Veterans,” she says.

Coming to Dublin After spending a year overseas in Japan, Dendinger returned stateside as a captain in August 2006, and decided to separate from the service. Dendinger and her thenfiancè, Drew, moved to Dayton when he was assigned to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. By November that year, they were married.

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“I was an unmarried female officer, and it felt like I was part of the one percent, so I lived in a glass house in a lot of ways,” she says. “Even if I was panicking on the inside, I couldn’t let anyone see me sweat because all of my actions were magnified.”

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“That was a huge transition in my life,” she says. “I went from being Captain Koch to Captain Dendinger’s wife, and it was an identity crisis in a lot of ways. I felt lost and didn’t know what to do.”

Dendinger says the transition from being active duty to becoming a Veteran is a tough time for many people who experience it, especially women.

“When I separated (from the military), I didn’t take into account what that would mean,” she says. “Women Veterans don’t always identify as a Veteran. Like I said, I had that identity crisis and I think that happens quite a bit. I’ve been places where my husband will say, ‘I’m a Veteran,’ for a discount or something, and no one bats an eye or gets questioned, but I have.”

Dendinger explains why some women Veterans have a hard time identifying as Veterans.

“If you think about a lot of the military movies, the majority of generals you see on television giving briefings, it’s very male dominated, so it’s like swimming against the current,” she says.

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To smooth the transition, Dendinger soon enrolled at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University to pursue a Master of Business Administration.

The Dendingers moved to Dublin in 2013 after a few years in the central Ohio area.

“Collectively, Drew and I have lived in a lot of places, and we have visited a lot of places, and we can’t think of a better place

to raise kids (than in Dublin),” Dendinger says. “It’s like a movie set. It’s perfect.”

Not Invisible While at Fisher, Dendinger says she joined an MBA Veterans group which introduced her to the Ohio Department of Veterans Services (ODVS).

“One of the huge things that the Ohio Department of Veterans Services does every other year is a women’s conference,” she says. “It’s a way for women Veterans to come together in a centralized place.”

The ODVS brings in vendors and speakers and gives female Veterans the space to explore their identity with their peers.

Through the ODVS, Dendinger was also introduced to the I Am Not Invisible campaign, a virtual photo gallery made to highlight what female Veterans look like.

“It’s old, it’s young, it’s Caucasian, it’s Asian, it’s a mixed bag,” says Dendinger.

“That was their goal, to highlight beautiful faces from all over the country and really show these are our Veterans also.”

At first, Dendinger was hesitant to participate and have her portrait taken, but ultimately decided it was worth it.

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why, what the purpose was and why it’s important to shine a spotlight on people,” says Dendinger.

Out of all the life lessons she learned during her time with the military and as a Veteran, Dendinger says one lesson stands out above the rest.

“One thing that the military did for me and taught me that I try to instill in my

children too is you have to be comfortable being uncomfortable,” she says. “Putting yourself in situations that are different, or foreign. For me, that’s been where the most growth has come.”

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Dublin Honors Veterans Each December, Dublin participates in Wreaths Across America – an initiative that honors Veterans by placing wreaths on their graves. Wreaths Across American reached sites in all 50 states as well as U.S. cemeteries abroad. In 2020 alone, more than 2 million wreaths were placed at 2,500 different locations.

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Benefiting a Region: A 911 Call Center’s Evolution The dedicated people who turn chaos into help “We don’t just dispatch police cars and fire trucks. We don’t just answer 911 calls. We ensure the safety, service and security of your communities.”

That’s what Jay Somerville shares about the devoted 911 dispatchers working at the Northwest Regional Emergency Communications Center, known as NRECC, headquartered at the Dublin Justice Center. As the center’s bureau commander, Somerville points out that the public might not know exactly what dispatchers do. Communications technicians, as they’re known at NRECC, are the “first first-responders” for someone seeking help, he says. Taking 911 calls, being a calm voice, and sending out the appropriate team of first responders to a person’s exact location is the fast-paced, decisive business of dispatching.

If you’ve had to call 911 while in Dublin, Hilliard, Upper Arlington or Worthington recently, you’ve been connected with a dispatcher from NRECC who has worked in a matter of minutes to link you with the right resources. While NRECC as a consolidated center has only served this area since 2013, it has continued to add new fire and police department partners in that time, and just completed fully staffing the organization with dispatchers and a new leadership structure this year.

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emergency calling system that was put in place in the county that year.

“The joke is I was 911 before there was a 911,” Somerville says of his three decades dispatching.

He explains as emergency response time has been drastically reduced during his career – like cutting the phone number from 10 digits to three – dispatchers have had to act more and more like air traffic controllers to rapidly manage the resources needed on a scene and to provide the most accurate information available.

“The dispatcher isn’t just a pass-through; they’re an actual coordinator of emergency response,” Somerville says. “Today, we are getting detailed information from callers, we’re providing them … medical instructions, we’re providing them safety and security instructions. As the first-first responder, callers rely on us.”

NRECC’s consolidated structure began with discussions in 2012 when the City

of Dublin was asked by neighboring suburbs to consider serving as the single answering point for other regional agencies, something that would provide faster service for the area’s residents. At the time, the City was only dispatching for Dublin Police and the Washington Township Fire Department.

Somerville notes how the concept of housing dispatchers at one 911 center aligns with Dublin’s mission of providing quality dispatching in order to improve the overall police and fire/EMS services throughout the community.

One center would mean having one high standard of quality for all the communities, he says.

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next three years and Worthington Police and Fire joining NRECC in 2020.

“We partner with like-minded agencies that are heavily involved in service, heavily rooted in providing protection,” Somerville says. He notes the high level of trust agencies put in NRECC to operate in the interest of all the communities it serves and not just for the City of Dublin, where the center is located.

NRECC’s community-oriented spirit has even been evident in how the center got its name, with the City of Dublin choosing to incorporate an independent name for the Northwest region rather than just calling it “Dublin’s 911 Center.”

“It seems like a small thing, but [consolidated 911] centers that identify as dispatchers for all their communities and not primarily for one just operate better,” Somerville says. “They have a better mindset.”

Growing a Team As NRECC has onboarded new partner agencies and begun to serve more and more residents – approximately 145,000 people – cultivating and training a larger crew of communications technicians to answer those 911 calls has been top priority. This summer, the NRECC team became fully staffed, bringing its makeup to 29 communications technicians, six supervisors, three managers, one operations manager and Somerville as technical services bureau commander.

Now with a robust group of employees, Operations Manager Stephen Mette says members can more completely explore NRECC’s mission of “How do we serve best?” Running at full capacity also means the new leadership team can help conduct more in-depth training to serve that mission and focus on continued professional development for all.

“The team that I have to work with consistently impresses me, are great performers, takes so much pride in what they do, and consistently cares,” Mette says.

Communications Manager Lauren Yankanin relishes NRECC’s 90% retention of its dispatchers. She says people are excited to work for the City of Dublin as an employer and come from other centers for NRECC’s top-notch technology and the support from the community partners.

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get any bit of information or complete a task, or whatever the case may be, to fulfill a need that a responder or citizen has; they’ll go after it and just keep going until they get the job done.”

That comes in part from NRECC’s intensive training program — a five-phased, six-month initial training for new communication technicians. Somerville explains with the new leadership structure in place, dispatchers can focus on their training and supervisors can support broader decisionmaking and solve issues like technology difficulties or severe weather response.

Know the 911 Basics • When is it appropriate to call 911?

To report a fire, to stop a crime, to save a life. If you’re not sure if it’s an actual emergency, still call 911.

• Know your location and surround ings so you can communicate it to a dispatcher.

• Being on the phone with a dispatcher doesn’t mean that aid is being delayed; help is already on the way.

• Did you accidentally call 911? Don’t hang up! Let the dispatcher know it’s not an emergency. Otherwise, dispatchers have to call you back to ensure there isn’t a problem. You won’t get in trouble if it’s an accident.

Somerville says a majority of the telecommunicators who have been hired have a variety of experience in the industry, but he aims to “hire for a sense of character.” If someone has a call to helping others, “I can teach you the skills” for success on the job, he notes.

“The talent of the people we have and their ability to take chaos and turn it into a direct response is a talent that’s hard to teach,” Somerville says, “but anyone who has that drive for public service understands how to take that chaos and … give the best possible response in service we can give.”

Next Generation 911 An average 911 call for NRECC is 1:43 seconds, and any way to make that shorter and find out more information, like someone’s location, ahead of time is where NRECC is headed.

Operations Manager Mette talks about the many technological changes coming to the 911 landscape, some of which NRECC has already embraced. Known as “Next Generation 911,” public service answering points nationwide are envisioning how to

best connect cellphone calls with the right cell tower; this is necessary, so a 911 call goes to the proper center, greatly improving response time during emergencies.

Cellphones work differently than landlines, and not being able to easily trace the internet of things (IOT), or items that use WiFi but aren’t tied to a phone number, makes things harder for 911. With dispatching centers working to iron out these technological hurdles, there are ways citizens can help.

NRECC uses Smart911, an app-based service that allows users to create a Safety Profile, including information about their household, medical conditions, family contact information and more, so a 911 dispatcher taking a call from someone with this app on their phone can automatically receive those details upon pickup. Find Smart911 through the App Store or Google Play.

Route to Reaccreditation The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, or CALEA, is known as the “gold standard” to public safety employees around the country.

This November, NRECC is seeking reaccreditation from the commission, which will demonstrate the center is operating from an extensive list of standards.

Yankanin says this type of certification is a “source of pride” for NRECC, which is constantly reevaluating its service.

The CALEA process keeps the group accountable to stay updated in an everevolving world of 911 technology.

“What it means to those that we serve is that we are consistently taking a look at all of our processes, policies, procedures – making sure that we fall in line with those best practices,” she says. “Those best practices then help us provide the very best service that we possibly can to those communities.”

As part of this process, CALEA assessors want to hear feedback from the communities NRECC dispatchers serve. This year, there will be a virtual town hall meeting and email options for public comment about the center’s 911 dispatching services. Follow @NWRECC on Twitter or the City of Dublin’s social media accounts for more information this fall to let your voice be heard.

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

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New School, Same Difference

New superintendent keeps up the Dublin Difference

In July, Dr. John Marschhausen and his family relocated to their sixth home – a necessary part of the job for Dublin City Schools’ new superintendent.

“I feel it’s incredibly important as the superintendent to be a part of the community,” he says. “That’s critical in being able to lead the district.”

Marschhausen’s new position in Dublin is part of a long and successful career in educational administration and leadership and builds on 16 years of experience as a superintendent.

He took his first superintendent job at East Knox Local Schools in Howard, Ohio, overseeing roughly 1,000 students. He continued to serve a student population of nearly 5,000 for Loveland City Schools 16 • October/November 2021

outside of Cincinnati before spending the subsequent eight years in the Hilliard City School District. Both Hilliard’s and Dublin’s school districts are home to more than 15,000 students.

Those past experiences have given Marschhausen an understanding of how to manage the dynamics of a large educational organization, preparing him for his new job in Dublin.

“Ultimately, it’s not what I do as superintendent, it’s how I lead our team and how our team allows the teachers to teach,” he says. “The role of any school administrator is to provide classroom teachers with the most opportunities to provide learning experiences for kids. The magic happens in our classrooms.”

Key to that success and to the continued excellence of Dublin City Schools, Marschhausen says, is communication.

“Even though people may not always agree, I want them to know why and how decisions were made,” he says. “I think you build trust with smart people, who may not always agree, if they understand that there is a process and they know how decisions were made.”

While the thought of taking on the rapidly growing district looking to emphasize its focus on diversity, equity and inclusion while also counteracting the adverse effects of a continuing COVID-19 pandemic may cause some to balk, Marschhausen is taking the challenge head on.

“We’ve been all kind of knocked off course because of COVID,” he says. “We need to set measurable academic goals with strategies to reach those goals, with ways to monitor our progress, and then we need to be able to reflect on that at the end of this year to say, ‘Where can we improve?’ because the world in which we live isn’t stopping for COVID. The job market isn’t stopping. College applications are still being accepted.”

He notes the particular challenges of students who may have missed in-person educational experiences related to literacy or basic math fluency. Others, he says, may have spent their first year in a new school learning entirely from home and may need support situating alongside peers already familiar with the environment.

“It’s clear we have some learning losses, and it’s not every kid,” he says. “Our response to those losses has to be personal and it has to be at the student level.”

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Run Middle School. Eversole is part of a continued growth pattern which led to the construction of two new elementary schools, Abraham Depp and Hopewell, which both opened for the 2020-2021 school year.

“In some ways it’s a challenge, in other ways our community should be incredibly proud,” Marschhausen says. “There are a lot of people who are willing to spend top dollar to build a home and to move into the Dublin City School District and the Dublin community. That is a great source of pride, that it’s a sought after place to raise your family.”

Both elementary schools brought principals from within the district to lead the new buildings. Deer Run Elementary’s Susan Wittig became principal of Hopewell while Depp Principal Troy Ehrsam came from Eli Pinney Elementary.

“One thing that I really look forward to is I look out my office and it’s just land,” Ehrsam says. “The exciting thing is there are going to be buildings there.”

Ehrsam sees Depp as vital not only to the expansion of Dublin City Schools, but also the community in Jerome Village. All

that land signifies the growth still to come.

“This K-8 campus, right now, is kind of the hub of this Jerome Village,” Ehrsam says.

“You’re really building from the ground up.”

Those two Jerome Village schools were intentionally opened with enrollment below the connected building’s full capacity because of their location in the district’s fastest growing area, the northwest region.

Ehrsam anticipates flour- Dr. Marschhausen with staff from Olde Sawmill Elementary School ishing development in years to come and hopes for more restaurants, event, which would include live music and grocery stores, businesses and a library in the a festival-style atmosphere, is currently in near future. the works.

For now, Ehrsam sees the schools as Ehrsam hopes the two traditions will central to creating that community. Depp serve as pillars for the young community. is developing a free library to give students “That’s going to be a good way easy access to books throughout the year. to have families together,” he says.

The school has also begun an annual “That’s something we really didn’t get Depp Dash Fun Run & Walk. A spring to do last year.”

“Ultimately, it’s not what I do as superintendent, it’s how I lead our team and how our team allows the teachers to teach.” – Dr. John Marschhausen

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The future of Depp has been on Ehrsam’s mind since the beginning. When hiring the new staff – a thorough process which he estimates involved around 150 interviews – he consciously selected many seasoned, veteran teachers with younger, greener teachers interspersed to grow with the school.

Marschhausen emphasizes that much of the staff comes from within the district.

“The teachers who are there are elite teachers that have experience in Dublin City Schools,” he says. “From day one, when you walk into the classroom, it’s Dublin experience with Dublin teachers.”

For Ehrsam, the chance to be part of building up the new school for students was key to his decision to transition from Eli Pinney to Depp.

“It’s an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” Ehrsam says. “Being able to welcome kids into a new school is a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

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Within Abraham Depp, Ehrsam has a similar focus on building traditions and culture for his students.

From Eli Pinney, Ehrsam carried over the concept of a leadership team, a group of students he regularly meets with for feedback and ideas. The school has already made efforts to bring student ideas to fruition.

The fifth-graders of 2020-21 proposed a rock garden as a class gift to the school and Depp administrators were happy to accommodate. Each student was offered three rocks to paint: one rock to be kept by the student, one returned to the school’s garden and one given to the Dublin Arts Council, which partnered with the school for the project.

Depp will continue to have rocks available for students to take and paint, making the garden an ongoing fixture of the school.

“When you walk up to the front walk it’s a really nice feature,” Ehrsam says.

“What that’s going to do is hopefully inspire other students.”

Other traditions and community buildings in the works at Depp include a more conventional garden, as proposed by second grade students who were inspired by related classwork, and a buddy program where older students pair with younger ones to serve as peer role models. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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Keen on Green New composting program makes going green in Dublin easier

By Ellie Roberto Photos courtesy of Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio

It’s always green in Dublin. And thanks to a new composting initiative, the city just got greener.

More than 42 million tons – or 68 percent – of food waste ends up in landfills in a year, according to Environmental Protection Agency estimates from 2020. How much of that is composted? Only 4 percent.

Hundreds of Dublin residents are helping to combat this environmental problem by putting their leftover banana peels and coffee grounds to good use through the Dublin Compost program.

Through support from the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio’s Community Waste Reduction Grant, the City of Dublin’s Service Center offers a free compost disposal site. There, residents can drop off food scraps, yard waste and other compostable materials.

GoZERO Services, a food waste courier service, collects the full carts and replaces them with clean ones every Sunday night. From there, the compost travels to a facility in Dayton where it’s sorted and processed into usable compost.

When the program began in August of last year, residents jumped at the opportunity for a convenient way to compost. The city offered a complimentary composting bucket to the first 500 registrants. Those spots quickly filled up.

Kim VanHuffel, an adult faith formation director and Dublin resident, registered for the program as soon as she received the initial email from the city promoting the program and free compost bins.

Composting was something VanHuffel always thought about trying, but she saw the task of creating and managing her own compost bin as daunting. The ease of the new program attracted her.

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A compost bucket was offered to the first 500 residents to sign up.

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and it’s part of the Catholic social teaching that we’re supposed to care for creation so I teach that to my students, and I thought I should really be acting on it.”

The city’s main goal with composting and other green initiatives such as street sweeping and recycling is to divert material away from the landfill. This year, Dublin passed its goal of diverting 50 percent of materials with sights on reaching 55 percent by the end of this year.

With less waste rotting away in landfills, methane emissions decrease.

That composted waste can then be used to enrich soil and reduce the need for chemical fertilizers.

Besides the obvious ecological benefits, the city has monetary motives for keeping leftover food out of landfills. Food waste is

heavy because it holds a lot of moisture. A heavier garbage load causes a hefty trash bill. Now, because of the compost program, about 1,900 pounds of waste a week are diverted from the landfill, according to City of Dublin Operations Administrator Michael Darling.

Though the program is still new, Dublin residents have already embraced it.

Darling attributes the program’s success to the engaged residents of Dublin.

“We have a really active community that’s educated and environmentally focused, so they latched onto the composting,” he says. “There wasn’t a whole lot that we had to do.”

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Forging Friendships Forever Dublin connects teens and older adults for genuine friendships

By Cameron Carr Photos courtesy of City of Dublin and Viraj Bajoria

While on a long-distance phone call with his grandmother in India, Dublin Jerome High School senior Viraj Bajoria had an idea.

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“She was telling me about how lonely she was, and she was saying that one of the things she looked forward to during the week was talking to me over the phone,” he says. “I thought about how a lot of the senior citizens are probably feeling lonely, especially because of their vulnerability to COVID.” Bajoria recognized that while his grandparents have family to talk to, many older adults may not, or may desire additional relationships outside of the family – especially as the isolating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic took hold.

Already a student ambassador with Forever Dublin, part of the city’s initiative to provide resources to aging citizens, Bajoria proposed to the organization a program that pairs teens with older adults for conversation and friendship, dubbing it the Dublin Teen Buddy program. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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“It’s kind of blossomed into exactly what he envisioned,” says Shannon Maurer, volunteer coordinator for the city of Dublin. “The idea was to help combat isolation during the pandemic.”

Forever Dublin grew out of Dublin’s Aging in Place Plan, which was formed in 2019 to offer older adults access to information and resources related to transportation, health and social interactions. Dublin partnered with Syntero to provide a Forever Dublin Hub where residents can seek out resources for themselves or others from an onsite staff member.

The Teen Buddy program is a natural extension of those services. Forever Dublin identified interested older adults while Bajoria became a teen leader for the project and sought potential buddies.

Before long, the buddy pairs were getting to know each other.

“It was actually really easy,” Bajoria says.

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Looking For a Friend After Carl Koch’s wife of nearly 68 years, Ann, died four years ago, he needed a new way to get out and make friends. He says he found connections through senior centers, recreation centers and church groups, but the pandemic posed a new set of obstacles.

“I’m a people person,” Koch says. “I like people and I just like to be around people and do things. It was bothering me to be isolated and not have anything to do or people to deal with.”

The pandemic left many older adults feeling lonely and lacking in social interaction, he says.

“It’s like you’re out in the middle of the desert with no direction to go,” Koch says.

When he was approached about participating in the Teen Buddy program, he was glad to do so. Koch says he appreciated the idea of having another friend but also wanted to share the history and knowledge he had with a younger person.

“I feel that young people today really have to know a little bit about what the real world is like,” Koch says. “They don’t know what the past was and what life used to be like when we were younger. … They need to know this. It’s a part of our history.”

Koch was paired with Bajoria through the buddy program and the two became fast friends.

Like the other buddies, the two first introduced themselves through letters and then adopted whatever methods of communication they were comfortable with. While it was unsafe for buddy pairs to physically sit down together during the pandemic, they exchanged emails or phone calls and the teens occasionally dropped off gifts. Some were even able to arrange window visits during which a teen visited their buddy from outside their window.

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Teaching Together Koch describes Bajoria as an impressive and intelligent young man. Bajoria, for his part, was fascinated by Koch’s history but also surprised at how well he adapted to the pandemic.

“He was telling me how much fun he was having with his friends, and that kind of made me think, ‘How can I have fun with my friends despite COVID?’” Bajoria says. “He was making it work with his friends, he had weekly things set up, so I started to think, ‘OK, the pandemic is still there. How can I make it work despite it?’”

Like Koch, Bajoria found himself isolated by the pandemic as well. He was attending classes virtually, not seeing friends and

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rarely having interactions outside of his home. The Teen Buddy program helped him connect with someone beyond that limited bubble.

Maurer says the Forever Dublin team observed a similar experience with other buddy participants – the teens were gaining as much as they’d planned to give.

“I think it started as the teens looking at this as a volunteer opportunity, but it really did turn into a mutually beneficial experience,” she says.

The success of the buddies has inspired Forever Dublin and Bajoria to continue the program. The inaugural group of buddies had their first in-person meeting in August and most of the participants – including the teens transitioning to college – plan to continue regular communications with their buddies.

“I’ve heard feedback from (the other teens) about how they’re able to share their problems with their buddies and their buddy acts like a mentor and gives them advice, so they kind of have a pretty meaningful relationship,” Bajoria says. “It feels great that a bridge is being formed between generations.”

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By Bre Offenberger

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A group photo is taken after a class session where participants completed live fire on a shooting range.

For 12 weeks every year, those in and around Dublin can learn firsthand about the inner workings of the city’s police department.

Now in its ninth year, the Dublin Citizens’ Police Academy offers insights into how a police department is run and what it takes to protect a city. Citizens in the academy cover a range of topics, from criminal investigations to arrest proceedings and community involvement in department practices and policies.

This year’s academy, the first since 2019 after the pandemic caused a cancelation in 2020, runs for three hours every Wednesday from Aug. 25 to Nov. 10 and boasts a class ready to learn more about improving the relationship between the city and its protectors.

To graduate, participants can’t miss more than a few classes, John League, a member of the academy’s second graduating class, says.

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though. After graduating, any participant can become a community service officer.

Community service officers are volunteers who act alongside and assist Dublin Police Department officers. They are provided with cars to patrol throughout Dublin and can request a police officer if they spot something concerning. Community service offers also conduct Dublin residents’ vacation home inspections and perform tasks such as getting keys out of locked cars. Community service officers do not wear a police uniform nor are they allowed to carry weapons.

“They serve as an additional eyes and ears to the police department,” League says.

After retiring, League took an interest in the academy and in becoming a community service officer as he searched for something to do with his new free time.

“My wife said, ‘You’re a type A personality.

What are you going to do? You can’t sit around the house all day,’” League says.

While League ultimately decided not to become a community service officer, he has remained involved with Dublin police in other capacities. He now serves on the

board of trustees for the Dublin Citizens’ Police Academy Alumni Association and is a volunteer photographer for the citizens’ academy.

Even if graduates don’t wish to become community service officers, the class forms strong bonds that don’t end with the final class. The academy alumni association was formed in 2012 after the first class graduated, and it’s open to all graduates.

League, who serves as treasurer of the alumni association, says the 501(c)(3) nonprofit was created to enhance the connection between academy alumni, the police department and the rest of the Dublin community.

The alumni association has contributed by coordinating restaurants to donate meals for the 12 nights of academy classes, helping with events like National Police Week, holding a parents’ night out for police personnel and donating other resources to the department such as a shoe shine kit.

There is a fee to be a member of the alumni association. However, most of the funding is provided through donations.

League says that participating with the association allows him to feel a higher sense of purpose.

“It’s just giving back to the police and communities,” League says. “For most of us, that’s why we do it.”

Though registration for this year’s academy is closed, the police department typically posts a call for academy sign-ups in the spring. The academy is open to both residents and non-residents. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and complete a criminal background check.

Bre Offenberger is an editorial assistant. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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Bigfoot Loose in Dublin!

Area residents report multiple sightings of sasquatch during Muirfield construction in the early 1970s This story is from the summer 1989 issue of Shanachie, a magazine of Dublin culture and history. It was written by the Dublin High School journalism class, which collected stories from Dublin Village residents in 1984 and 1985 that were published across four volumes. “Shanachie” is an Irish word for storyteller. The stories are treasures of Dublin history. Here is the story.

The spring of 1972 saw perhaps one of Dublin’s best rumors and most notorious pranks. It

was the first year of construction for the Muirfield Village Golf Club and the construction sites were a sea of mud. One stormy night, a shaken nightwatchman reported he had observed a 10-feet-tall, black, hairy, ape-like creature. The next morning, workers and some townspeople found numerous sets of 14-inch “sasquatch” footprints leading in and out of the Muirfield area at Ashbaugh Road.

TV crews and newspaper reporters came for the story. Mothers kept their children in-

side. Experts from The Ohio State University were called in. Former Dublin Mayor Catherin Headlee owned a farm adjoining the Muirfield site and sold sweet corn and other produce to the construction workers. She was interviewed by the media and later gave this story to Shanachie guest writer Man Ying Lam. Following is Headlee’s recollection of the bigfoot scare. The text reflects Ms. Headlee’s colloquial speech pattern.

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130 yearS ago, if you walked out of a barber shop in Historic Dublin with a handle bar mustache, you were keeping up with the times – not making a hipster facial hair statement. Since those early days, barber shops, salons, spas, clothing boutiques and health medicine experts have been shaping, coloring, blow drying, waxing, buffing, brushing, massaging, polishing, dressing and botoxing clients to make them look and feel their very best. Whether the pandemic has put you in need of a grooming reboot, a wardrobe refresh or a little cosmetic surgery, you’ll find the help you need in the Historic Dublin Business district.

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“When Muirfield started up here an’ they started to build the golf course, this construction team came in from Pennsylvania. There was a bunch of workmen that came in from Pennsylvania and I was selling sweet corn here in the garage. They had to have a watchman up here (to guard the construction equipment and keep out trespassers).

“This nightwatchman, he was kinda a ‘scaredy cat.’ So this other watchman got big Big Foot feet, like Sasquatch. He rented these feet and a costume and dressed up like Big Foot. And it had rained with deep mud, so you had these Big Foot tracks.

“He is wearin’ the costume an’, he comes up an’ he scares this nightwatchman up here at Muirfield. But the guy with the Big Foot costume didn’t think that he was gonna call the police! He didn’t think that he’d be that scared! The guy calls the police, they call in helicopters … They had this place crawlin’! They had TV sta-

tions an’ everythin’ else – ‘Big Foot Was Running Loose Here in Dublin!’ It was nothin’ but a joke to start off with.

“The TV stations came here an’ they interviewed me in the corn patch. And everybody was sighting him! He had been sighted in Jerome, in Grove City – he was sighted everyplace! It was all untrue!

“They were carrying guns into the fields, huntin’ him down. It was a real big deal.

People were really scared. They’d see him at night, they’d see this big thing look in their windows! (laughs) “So they were trackin’ this Big Foot down in there where the golf course is now and there was a sighting like someone had spotted him. They had this footprint, which was

a bona fide footprint. But it was this guy who had the costume! So he hid the costume an’ he thought, ‘Oh God, I can’t tell anybody this.’ At that time, I didn’t know all of this.

When the TV station and the papers come out here to interview me … I’d say ‘There is no such thing as Big Foot. I mean, if there was tracks, they would be everyplace. And there isn’t any tracks out here in the cornfield. It’s just nothin’ but someone havin’ a good time.’ “Oh no!’, the papers and TV said. ‘He’s been spotted at Delaware…”, an’ they went through all of this.

“After four or five years, an’ it all died down an’ Muirfield began to grow up, one guy came in here an’ he said, ‘Remember me, Mrs. Headlee?’ I said, ‘No, not really.’

He said, ‘I’m Big Foot!’ He was a kid outa Pennsylvania an’ he said, ‘Remember when Big Foot was loose? ... You were right. There was no such thing as Big Foot.’ And then he told me the story of what he had done.”

Tom Holton is president of the Dublin Historical Society, a nonprofit educational organization with a mission to collect and preserve the history of the Dublin area and make it available to the public. For more information, visit www.dublinohiohistory.org.

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Enjoy Dublin’s Gallery without Walls this Fall New public art experiences enliven Dublin’s parks

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Have you visited a gallery lately?

You may have done so without even realizing it. With more than 60 large- and small-scale permanent, temporary and interactive public art projects, one could say that the entire Dublin community is a “gallery without walls.”

Dublin Arts Council is launching new projects this fall to encourage residents to explore the outdoors, enjoy nature and experience public art in new ways. Best of all, the experiences are free of charge and great for all ages.

Artist Todd Smith installs Exuvia in Dublin’s Coffman Park in 2008.

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Mother Nature – the first professional organizer Gaze at a fern. How is the branching of the leaves so exact?

Investigate a pinecone. Why are the scales nestled in a perfect spiral?

Though these patterns look visually complex, they organize themselves using a simple mathematical rule known as fractals – a never ending pattern that repeats at different scales making smaller or larger copies over and over again.

Dublin Arts Council’s Patterns in Nature project offers an opportunity to explore the ways that nature organizes itself.

Journey around Dublin parks to discover three new public art vessels, Fractal Boxes, inspired by patterns found in nature. Each box contains free activity booklets, which rotate monthly, offering visitors fractal art activities that inspire connection to nature, promote Learn what can be found in the woods at Darree well-being and nurture creativity.

Fields Park from Don Merkt's public art.

The new public artworks created by artists Jonah Jacobs, Andrea Myers ence. The activity booklets are designed and Karen Snouffer are installed in Dub- by Noor Murteza, a doctoral student in the lin’s Kiwanis Riverway Park, Llewellyn arts administration, education and policy Farms Park and M.L. “Red” Trabue Nature program at The Ohio State University. She Reserve, respectively. Each is as unique as received a bachelor’s degree in interior dethe artists’ inspiration, including Jacobs’ sign in the United Arab Emirates, where complex natural structures; Myers’ ripples she was involved in educational initiatives in water, hollows in trees, cellular struc- with Art Dubai.

Dublin Arts Council wants to share the tures and topographic undulations; and amazing patterns, both found and created Snouffer’s turkey tail fungi.

Activities placed inside the Fractal Box by the community, and plans a Patterns in artworks each month include a fractal Nature gallery exhibition – inside the walls pattern hunt, drawing and understanding at the Dublin Arts Center on Riverside leaves and a fractal pattern doodle experi- Drive – for spring of 2023. Entry informawww.dublinlifemagazine.com

Karen Snouffer’s Fractal Box is inspired by the patterns found in Turkey Tail fungi.

tion can be found in the Fractal Boxes.

Details and a map are also available online at www.dublinarts.org/fractals.

Sense of Place: A Fieldbook for Dublin’s Public Art What can be found in the woods at Darree Fields Park? What is the story behind the “cicada man” in Coffman Park? Dublin Arts Council’s new Sense of Place interactive fieldbook invites a step inside the mind of a public artist to learn how Dublin’s public art reflects the unique history, culture and spirit of the community.

The fieldbook includes experiences at 24 public artworks located across 14 Dublin

parks, with creative prompts that explore the inner workings of public art. Public art is a conversation. The fieldbook incorporates voices from public artists, administrators and community members alike.

The fieldbook encourages sketching, writing and doodling, and experiential prompts created by Brian Harnetty, an Ohio interdisciplinary artist who uses sound and listening to foster social change.

Harnetty works with sound archives and the communities with which they are connected, creating encounters that are rooted in place and experienced through the transformative power of listening.

Fieldbooks will be distributed from Dublin Arts Council’s ARTboxes which can be found in historic Dublin, Bridge Park, Dublin Arts Council, Scioto Park, Ted Kaltenbach Park and the Dublin Community Recreation Center. A map and details can be found at www.dublinarts.org/ senseofplace. Completed fieldbooks can be redeemed at Dublin Arts Council for a prize.

Art and Wellness Both projects are part of Dublin Arts Council’s ongoing Art & Wellness initiative, which deeply explores how art can nurture personal and community well-being and encourages community

Pine cone stems grow in spiral patterns in accordance with a mathematical sequence.

members to spend time in nature and enjoy Dublin as an outdoor “gallery without walls.”

Janet Cooper is director of engagement, Dublin Arts Council.

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Alumni in Paris

Fulbright Grant takes Dublin Coffman grad to France Ross Guthery had no idea that signing up to take French at Karrer Middle School in eighth grade would lead to a bright future – a Fulbright future, to be exact.

“Part of the reason why I took French to begin with was because (my brother) Grant chose Spanish and I just wanted to do something else,” he says, laughing.

Now, Guthery is in France, in his second year studying for a master’s degree in

data science and business analytics on a Fulbright scholarship.

After completing a data analytics internship with Zillow the summer after his junior year at The Ohio State University, Guthery realized he needed a post-secondary degree in order to pursue a career in his chosen field and started looking at his options.

“I also really enjoyed my French degree at Ohio State, and that wasn’t something that I was ready to give up yet,” he says.

“This master’s program seemed a good way

to do both. I get the technical skill set that I need for data science but also continue practicing and improving my French.”

During his senior year, Guthery applied for a notoriously competitive Fulbright scholarship. The application process is rigorous. First, he had to apply through OSU before his application was nominated to move forward to the national pool of candidates. From there, his application went through a few more rounds of consideration before he finally received word in February 2020 that his

Visit the Historic Dublin business District

People have been coming to Historic Dublin to live and work since the early days.

Like when they came by stagecoach kinda early days.

SINce 1810, people have called Dublin home. Whether you’re looking to build, buy, sell or personalize your home, or you’re shopping for a new space for your business, you’ll find the help you need in the Historic Dublin Business District. Meet a Historic Dublin real estate expert, architect, or interior designer for a cup of coffee, a craft beer, good glass of wine or even a gourmet cupcake in our quaint downtown to discuss your housing needs. Browse the local galleries afterwards for the ideal pieces to adorn your home. Warm your home with a custom gift basket or toys for the kids. Your future home or office might just be in Historic Dublin’s past.

Guthery visiting the Château de Versailles, also known as the Palace of Mirrors, in Paris.

application was accepted and he would indeed receive a grant.

Bon Voyage Guthery’s course of study is taught in partnership between two French universi-

ties, ESSEC Business School and CentraleSupélec, both located in Paris.

“The program itself is in English, but what’s cool about the program is it’s very international,” he says, “so, I’m speaking English to a lot of people but I’m also getting to speak French as well, which is fun.”

Despite travel restrictions due to COVID-19, Guthery made a point to explore while abroad. Some of his highlights from the program include those adventures beyond his schooling area.

Guthery’s travels included a long weekend in Bordeaux experiencing the region and its famous wine tastings. Another trip took him to Strasbourg, a French city bordering Germany. There, he was charmed by an encounter with a waitress who abruptly switched to speaking to him in German.

Confused, he reverted back to English.

“I was so taken aback,” Guthery says. “(The waitress) laughed and said, apparently, I speak French like a German person.”

While the pandemic affected what he could do, Guthery says, in addition to those trips, he still found ways to enjoy his travels.

“Most of my exploring has been in parks and just walking around neighborhoods because a lot of the restaurants and stores and things have been closed,” he says.

What really makes the experience is the people Guthery got to meet.

“We get to swap stories and compare our experiences at university, which is really fun and kind of makes for a silver lining,” he says.

In September, Guthery flew back to Europe after two months of summer break back home in Dublin. He hopes to cover more of the continent before his classes start on Oct. 4 by meeting friends in places like Amsterdam, Berlin and Madrid.

Looking back at his beginnings as a French student, first at Karrer and then through four years of high school at Coffman, one teacher stands out as particularly influential on Guthery’s language learning experience.

“Kristi Barbour – she was great. I had her for three years,” he says. “She definitely played a massive role in my interest in the language.”

Overall, Guthery says the experience of trying something new, whether that be graduate school or moving to a new city abroad, is extremely beneficial.

“You learn a lot about yourself in the process,” he says.

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Celebrate Good Food Celebrating a year of Dublin’s public market

In just a year, North Market Bridge Park has become a staple of its burgeoning Dublin neighborhood.

North Market, which has been in operation since 1876, expanded from its downtown location with the addition of this second location built intentionally for its merchants. The Bridge Park location features more than 20,000 square feet of market space, with about 10,000 additional square feet for back-of-house usage.

Despite pandemic-induced challenges the restaurant industry faced over the last year, North Market Bridge Park has thrived. After opening with an initial class of four merchants, the market rapidly expanded. Currently planned tenants will soon fill the entire 18-vendor capacity, including a long-term pop-up space dubbed marketSHARE. “I am extremely impressed with what North Market Bridge Park and our merchants have accomplished in one short, very difficult year,” says North Market Executive Director Rick Harrison Wolfe. “It has all been way beyond my

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expectations on every level. I’m so grateful to the community that has supported us and Crawford Hoying who had the vision to include us in their landmark development.”

The Bridge Park market will host Taste of the Market Gala on Friday, Nov. 5 as part of its anniversary celebrations.

A Sea of Opportunity For the merchants, the success of North Market Bridge Park has been a boon.

“Every time a new merchant opens it’s good for all of us,” says Danny Godfrey, chef for Coast-to-Local Market. “That’s brought a lot more life into the market.”

Coast-to-Local Market was one of the original four merchants at North Market Bridge Park alongside Dos Hermanos, Market Bar and Reuse Revolution.

The atmosphere of the public market is much different than Godfrey’s previous work in the back of kitchens. At North Market Bridge Park, Godfrey says he and other workers have the opportunity to interact with their customers more than in conventional restaurant settings.

“One of the nice things about being in the market is seeing who becomes a regular,” he says. “You almost develop a friendship with them.”

Part of Godfrey’s goal at Coast-to-Local Market is to give customers confidence to prepare and eat fish in more ways. His recipe for halibut with a gin and juice sauce offers a simple to make dish with a complex and rewarding taste.

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Rustic Refresh

Dublin kitchen gets a modern, woodsy makeover

Nestled in one of the woodier areas of Dublin, Dave and Kelly Wilson’s 26-year-old “cabin in the woods” was in need of a rustic refresh when they called Cleary Company to help revitalize their kitchen.

Like many long-term homeowners, the Wilsons were thinking ahead to a time when they might be ready to sell. They wanted to ensure their home stays modern in both form and function, not just so the home is enticing to a future potential buyer, but so they can enjoy new amenities now.

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“We figured if we’re going to do that, rather than waiting right before we sell it, why don’t we go ahead and do it now and get to enjoy it?” Dave says.

And enjoyed it they have – the kitchen remodel has breathed new life into the couple’s home.

“It’s amazing how the kitchen just comes to life,” Kelly says. “It’s so bright and so open.”

Rather than a small change, the Wilsons opted to almost entirely redo the kitchen. The update aligned the design of the kitchen more closely with the rest of the home and has significantly improved the flow and organization, Kelly says.

“That makes such a difference,” she says. “What (Cleary Company) did for all the drawers and the amount of space – the volume changed significantly.”

To brighten the room, Cleary Company installed new light fixtures and completely overhauled the cabinets. Painting the original oak cabinetry softened the look of the kitchen.

“We put in white cabinets that blend a little bit more into our open family room concept, so it looks like a more continuous design,” Dave says.

In addition to lighting under cabinets and above the center island, all new quartz countertops were installed.

“Everything was really removed and started over,” Kelly says. “It’s an entirely new kitchen, top to bottom.”

“Except for the floors,” adds Dave, laughing.

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“(It’s) a nice feature from a cooking standpoint,” Dave adds. “I kind of like the mini fridge we put in, too, especially if we have cocktails on the weekend.”

Although the Wilsons insist they’re not avid chefs, revitalizing their kitchen was

an important improvement for their dayto-day routines.

“You think of the kitchen for, obviously, cooking and eating,” Kelly says, “and it is, but I think it’s really such a gathering place.”

In addition to being a gathering place, the couple look at their home as a place to relax and escape, and that means making the kitchen remodel work for them rather than just going with what’s trendy.

“Both of us love the mountains,” Kelly says.

“We both enjoy a respite, so we didn’t want our kitchen to be so completely modern that it doesn’t go with the rest of the house at all.”

The Wilsons’ biggest worry going into the remodel was that the kitchen wouldn’t look cohesive with the rest of their openconcept first floor, which includes the family room. Thanks to the keen design eyes of the Cleary Company team, though, none of those fears were realized.

“We really like … the backsplash,” Dave says. “It’s kind of a stone, has a bit of texture to it and it’s also compatible with the stone fireplace in the family room, and not only ties it in but also gives it that cabin in the woods feel to the space.”

After 26 years in the same home with only minor improvement projects, the Wilsons agree that their first major renovation was a win.

“It was a very positive experience,” Dave says.

Sarah Robinson is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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Going the Distance Since childhood, I have enjoyed sports that involve quick bursts of energy, like tennis, gymnastics and track sprints. The idea of running a marathon, however, never entered my mind as I didn’t see the joy in keeping up that energy for 26.2 miles.

When I posted in a private Facebook group that I was looking for local marathoners to interview, I was surprised that 64 people responded with numerous names and suggestions. I had no idea that so many Dubliners enjoyed pounding the pavement, and I jumped at the chance to finally get inside the heads of these longdistance athletes.

Is running boring?

Kati Keenan achieved a world record for her speed completing a marathon while dressed as a hot dog.

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The answers surprised me as the runners assured me that there are many tricks to not getting bored or stale.

They suggested having a goal in mind, treating the run like it is a game and celebrating every accomplishment. Many athletes said they are too concentrated on maintaining form, watching the road and traffic, and enjoying the scenery to get bored. Others listen to music and podcasts or meditate and think through their own situations and problems.

Erin Arnett has run 36 marathons and 78 half marathons but didn’t start until she had children.

“Running is how I met my friends and worked through postpartum feelings and other issues,” she says.

Stephanie Clark, who has run 26 half marathons and one full marathon, says that when her children were little she enjoyed the hours of peace and quiet. Now, she prefers to run with friends or alongside her daughter who rides her bike.

Do you get lonely on runs?

While the athletes agreed that sometimes it feels great to be alone and lost in your thoughts, they also said everyone needs a like-minded group.

The running community is super supportive whether you are just starting out or competing in the Boston Marathon.

Dublin resident Brittany McCurdy owns SHED Fitness and has run 11 marathons.

She coaches clusters that include beginners preparing for their first race and others trying to qualify for the majors.

“Running groups are great for accountability and support,” McCurdy says, “and it’s never too late to start.”

Isn’t it mundane doing the same thing day after day?

It could be, but there are many ways to mix it up by changing mileage, running partners, goals and courses.

Jason Homorody has run 21 marathons including one in Dresden, Germany, which is part of the Columbus’ Sister City

Jason Homorody running in the 2016 Boston Marathon.

Marathon Exchange program. Columbus sends five running ambassadors every year to Dresden; Hefei, China; and Curitiba, Brazil. In turn those three cities send runners to the Columbus Nationwide Children’s Marathon. All cultural ambassadors stay with host families, take tours, meet the town leaders and run their race.

Homorody says the exchange program was one of the most memorable experiences of his life.

“During the marathon, we ran past amazing scenery including the Royal Garden, the Elbe River and Dresden Castle.”

26 miles seems so daunting. Doesn’t it beat up your body?

Well, it’s not advisable to get up one morning and spontaneously decide to run a marathon. By the time you are ready for a race, you should have logged hundreds of miles in preparation. You jog a mile this week. Next week you jog two. Every time you go a little farther, your mind is learning that your previous limit was imaginary. You are training your mind along with your body.

It’s like taking a final exam after months of reading, studying and doing practice quizzes.

If you have done the work, then the exam or race should be very attainable.

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ing with a nutritionist this year who tested how much sodium and water she loses per hour of running. Keenan learned that she needs 50-70 grams of carbohydrates for a long run, plus salt tablets, water and gels that contain carbs and sugar.

“During the half marathons I practice fueling, dealing with race nerves and getting myself in the proper mindset,” Keenan says. “I view race day as a celebration and a time to rejoice on all I have done to get there.”

What if I can’t run very fast?

Fast or slow is all relative, according to the marathoners. The hardest part is putting your sneakers on and taking that first step. It takes courage but it’s all about accomplishing your goals and not comparing yourself to others.

Homorody keeps adjusting his goals and meeting them, including winning his first marathon, which he recently did in Cleveland. He also set a goal to break 2 hours, 50 minutes, which he did in Toledo.

“I may be getting older, but I’m getting faster too,” Homorody says.

Clark raves about how inclusive the running community is, no matter your pace.

“You can find a 13- or 14-minute mile running group or even a walking group,” Clark says. “There is a whole population of us who get their money’s worth out of a race by taking as much time as we need.

There is always a party in the back.”

Do I always have to be racing for time and a personal best?

There are many benefits to running including reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack and stroke. Running also helps you maintain a healthy weight, strengthen bones and control stress. Each athlete I interviewed had different reasons for competing and some of their most memorable races had nothing to do with time.

Leading into the Indianapolis Marathon, Keenan realized that she had not trained enough to attain a personal best so she looked for another motivation. She attempted a Guinness World Record and won the title of fastest female marathon dressed as a fast food item when she finished the

Stephanie Clark completes her first marathon in Columbus Sister City Curitiba, Brazil.

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race in 3 hours, 33 minutes dressed as a hot dog, though her record has since been surpassed by an even faster hot dog.

In 2018, Homorody wanted to run the Boston Marathon in honor of a charity while his wife, Stephanie, was battling breast cancer. You need a minimum of $5,000 to enter as part of a charity and the money was donated by a running acquaintance who Jason barely knew. Jason continued to raise funds and hit the $17,000 mark.

The temperature at the Boston Marathon that year was in the 30s, with torrential rain and high winds. More than half of the professional racers dropped out but Homorody kept running to see his wife and kids at the finish line.

“I kept thinking that nothing I was experiencing could be worse than what Stephanie was going through, so I had to finish strong.”

Looks like I will be adding another item to my bucket list!

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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