Healthy New Albany Magazine January/February 2022

January/February 2022

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january/february 2022 Vol. 11, No. 3

5 First Glance

Letter from the Executive Editor

6 In & Out What’s happening in and out of New Albany

8 My Story Chelsea Kuhn

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8 23 Wambach’s World

Soccer icon to speak at New Albany Lecture Series

26 Nest of the Class NAHS uses class time to connect

30 Student Spotlight NAHS Robotics Team

34 Food Indian home cooking

10 Personalities

36 On The Horizon

Ben Arthurs

Alternatives to Chemotherapy

14 On The Path NA football, cheerleading teams give back

17 Initiatives Reflections from a Mayor and City Council member

20 Keep on Riding COTA//Plus keeps transportation options open

38 Impact HNA by the numbers

42 HNA Column Mise en place, a recipe for life

44 On The Shelf Library recommendations

46 Top Homes Sold in New Albany 47 Luxury Living Real Estate Guide 48 Scene in New Albany

On the Cover Ben Arthurs Photo by Ray LaVoie Photography

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Interviewed by Doug Ulman

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Moderated by Colleen Marshall

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Isabel Wilkerson

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Interviewed by Kerry Charles Anchor, NBC4

Civil Discourse and Debate

Conversations on Social Justice

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Wellness Through Sports

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bby Wambach, one of the most recognized soccer players in the country, will be speaking in New Albany as a part of the New Albany Lecture Series presented by the New Albany Community Foundation. As has been the case throughout the years, Healthy New Albany Magazine provides insights to the community about forthcoming speakers and the topics they will address. Over the past 10 years, I have had the privilege to review and edit all articles in the magazine before going to press. But it was Brandon Klein’s piece about Wambach that resonated with me in a way that has rarely occurred. Her story about the challenges she and other women athletes endured in trying to compete on an equal basis with men took me back in time when the inequalities were blatantly discriminatory.

of a team, work together, and with each other, dream big and achieve shared success. They are healthier, happier and have increased success into adulthood.

As succinctly stated by Wambach, “Health and wellness are the most important things a human being can focus on.”

Providing girls and women equal opportunities in sports can promote their well-being.

Healthfully,

Phil Heit Executive Director Emeritus Healthy New Albany

Photo courtesy of Ray LaVoie Photography

Some of my Memories While I did not compete in the Boston Marathon in 1967, the photo of marathon director Jock Semple physically pulling Katherine Switzer from the race while she was running is an image that will remain with me. Women were not permitted to participate in Boston as well as other marathons as they were deemed incapable and that distance running was harmful to a woman’s health.

In 1972, I found myself standing behind a group of women runners at the NYC Marathon who decided to sit down at the starting line to protest the treatment of women by the Amateur Athletic Union. The AAU had a rule prohibiting women from running with men and women were required to start 10 minutes ahead. As a side note, my photo appeared with other runners in The New York Times standing behind the women in a show of support.

I also remember a local Columbus magazine promoting a story about central Ohio high school athletes and the cover was designed as a collage of athletic gear. Every piece of equipment depicted was an example of gear that boys use.

Having two daughters who were high school athletes prompted me to write a letter to the editor expressing my dismay at the bias shown toward girls. Where are the field hockey sticks and sports bras? To the magazine’s credit, my letter to the editor was published.

Sports and Wellness While I can empathize with the challenges Abby Wambach faced, there is another aspect to women’s sports that often is overlooked. Women, as well as girls, who participate in sports reap significant health benefits. These benefits promote physical as well as mental health. Research also shows that girls and women who play sports get the opportunity to be part

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in & out

What's happening in and out of New Albany

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11 a.m., Otterbein University, 180 Center St., Westerville www.m3ssports.com

12:30 p.m., virtual www.yp4h.osu.edu

8 a.m., Metro Fitness, 655 Metro Pl. S., Dublin www.sciotomiles.com

Jan. 1-Feb. 26

Best of Hayley Gallery Artist Opening

OhioHealth First on the First 5K

Art of Yoga

Saturdays 10-11 a.m., Wild Goose Creative, 188 McDowell St., Columbus www.wildgoosecreative.com

Starting the New Year Right Webinar

Jan. 15

Wednesdays 7-9 p.m., Wild Goose Creative, 188 McDowell St., Columbus www.wildgoosecreative.com

10 a.m., Sur La Table, 3990 New Bond St., Columbus www.surlatable.com

The New Albany Lecture Series – An Evening with Abby Wambach 7 p.m., Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, 100 West E. Dublin Granville Rd. www.newalbanyfoundation.org

Cap City Salsa Classes

Nourishing New Year Recipes

Feb. 10

5-9 p.m., Hayley Gallery, 260 Market St. www.localohioart.com

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Warm Up Columbus

Jan. 22

The Women’s Wealth and Wellness Expo 11 a.m., The Point at Otterbein, 60 Collegeview Rd., Westerville www.thedivamovement.org

Feb. 11

Valentine’s Dinner Food Demo Webinar Noon, virtual www.yp4h.osu.edu

Healthy New Albany Community Programs

Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, 150 W. Main St. For additional information, contact Kristina Isenhour at 614-685-6345 or kristina.isenhour@healthynewalbany.org.

General Programs

Nature Programs

Mondays Jan. 10-Feb. 21st

Tuesdays (Jan. 11 & 25, Feb. 8)

Yoga Foundations

5:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center

10a.m. - 11:15 a.m., Rose Run Park

Tuesdays Jan. 11-Feb. 15

Move Better for Life

Mondays Jan. 17 - Feb. 14th Habits for Success

6:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Friday Jan. 14

Lunch & Learn: Beyond Healthcare: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health 12p.m.- 1:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center or Virtual

Friday Feb.11

Lunch & Learn: Discussion with the F a.m.ily Center for Safety and Healing 12p.m.- 1:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center or Virtual

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World of Wonder (WOW) Nature Classes for preschoolers

Wednesdays (Jan. 12 & 26, Feb. 9) Toddlers in Nature

10a.m. - 11:15 a.m., Rose Run Park

Mondays Jan. 10-Feb. 14 10-11 a.m., Philip Heit Center or Virtual

Chair Yoga

10-11 a.m., Philip Heit Center or Virtual

Tuesdays Jan. 11-Feb. 15

Tuesday Feb.1

Urban Zen

12p.m.- 2p.m., Philip Heit Center

Thursdays (Jan. 13 & 27, Feb. 10 & 24)

Winter Halfway Hike

Integrative Programs Saturday Jan. 1

Healthy New Year - Yoga & Juice 10-11:15 a.m., Jorgensen Farms

Wednesday Jan. 12 Restorative Yoga Flow

6-7:30 p.m., InStill Wellness

6-7 p.m., Philip Heit Center or Virtual

CARE

6:30-7:30 p.m., InStill Wellness

Nourish Culinary Programs Thursday Jan. 20

Nourish the Pantry Class: Prepare a Date Night in Italy 6:30-8:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center Demo Kitchen www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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Do you have an event you would like to submit to our calendar? Send details and photos to bklein@cityscenemediagroup.com.

Feb. 11

Paws to Party 6:30-10:30 p.m., Columbus Athenaeum, 32 N. 4th St., Ste. L, Columbus www.chaanimalshelter.org

Feb. 12

Valentine’s Day Macarons 9 a.m., Sur La Table, 3990 New Bond St., Columbus www.surlatable.com

Feb. 26

The 5th Line 5K Race presented by OhioHealth 10 a.m., Nationwide Arena, 200 W. Nationwide Blvd., Columbus www.the5thline5k.com

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Sneaker Soiree 6-10 p.m., Columbus Athenaeum, 32 N. 4th St., Ste. L, Columbus www.girlsontheruncentralohio.org

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Sunday Jan. 23

Thursday Feb. 24

Third Sundays of the Month

4:30- 6:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center Demo Kitchen

11:30 a.m.-1p.m., Philip Heit Center

Nourish Jr. Class: Breakfast with the Kids (ages 3-6)

Sunday Feb. 27

Knitting & Tea Circle with Smiths Mill

10-11:30 a.m., Philip Heit Center Demo Kitchen

2- 4 p.m., Philip Heit Center - Demo Kitchen

Nourish Class: Famous Food Pairs 2-4 p.m., Philip Heit Center - Demo Kitchen

Friday Jan. 28

Sunday Jan. 30

Nourish Class: Breakfast Breads 2-4 p.m., Philip Heit Center - Demo Kitchen

Thursday Feb. 3

Nourish the Pantry Class: Gluten Free Valentine Treats 6:30-8:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center Demo Kitchen

Thursday Feb. 17

Nourish the Pantry Class: Heritage Cuisine - Simply Traditional Italian 6:30-8:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center Demo Kitchen

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Nourish Jr. Class: Pasta for Kids (grades (Jan. 16, Feb. 20) Sunday Brunch Bunch 2-5)

Nourish Class: Pasta...Let’s Go!

Tuesday Jan. 18

2-4 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Third Fridays of the Month (Jan. 21, Feb. 18)

Senior Connections Programs

Birthday Treat Pickup with Wesley Woods

Thursday Mornings

Fourth Tuesdays of the Month (Jan. 25, Feb. 22)

Thursday Connections (topics vary) 10 a.m., Philip Heit Center

Second Fridays of the Month (Jan. 14, Feb. 11)

Pinterest Craft Club with Wesley Woods 2- 3 p.m., Philip Heit Center

2-3 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Senior Connections Lounge

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Wednesday Feb. 2

Wine Tasting & Chocolate 5-6:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Due to COVID-19, programs are subject to change.

Please go to HNA.RecDesk.com for most up-to-date program information. For additional information, contact programs@ healthynewalbany.org or call 614-685-6345.

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my story

By Brandon Klein

Editor’s Note: “My Story” is a first-person column OR a Q&A feature of a New Albany community member that centers on health.

Have a story to share? Email bklein@cityscenemediagroup.com. Submissions should be no more than 1,000 words.

Glucose and Art Family gets creative with child’s rare genetic disorder Chelsea Kuhn described her newborn, Kinnen, as “the perfect baby.” Kinnen developed normally until about two months when she began experiencing severe seizures. That’s when Chelsea and her husband, Blake, knew something was wrong and brought Kinnen to Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Kinnen was diagnosed with the rare glycogen storage disease type 1A. Eventually, in order to support the Kuhns’ mounting medical bills, Chelsea founded The HeARTwork Centre. This interview has been edited for space and clarity.

and took her to Children’s … for 10 days in the ICU. The team there was so good. We were blown away by their response to everything, but she was really sick and it was during that time that they realized they were just going to go ahead and run every test. That was when she was diagnosed with glycogen storage disease type 1A. Apparently this a rare disorder and there are multiple types of it.

We were in the hospital for 24 days … when she was diagnosed, and then we fought really hard to just get some really good food. She started growing at that point and healing very quickly and just completely turning around. She went into the hospital May 2017. We were there for her first birthday. Not hard to forget your kid’s first birthday when it’s in the hospital.

HNA: What solutions did you come up with for this genetic disorder?

CK: I didn’t know how the body processes glucose in your system. I have an art degree, so I didn’t think about these things. My husband (Blake Kuhn) is also a graphic designer.

We actually really enjoy health and nutrition and that’s something very important to us, but how your body actually pro8

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Healthy New Albany Magazine: How did you discover Kinnen’s disorder?

Chelsea Kuhn: It was somewhere between six and 11 months that we ended up in genetics because I think everybody was just out of answers and figured, at this point, we need to do some genetic testing.

I was really impressed with the team. They started doing a little bit more on the counseling side to see how she was doing as opposed to running all of the lab panels because I guess those are extremely expensive.

I remember one night just holding her and she started throwing up and (I called) the ambulance and they came in

cesses these things were a very foreign concept to us. We worked really hard with their team in the genetics department. There are a couple fantastic geneticists there and a couple of dietitians.

They’re the ones that designed the plan.

You and I could go without eating for a day, two or three, and our glucose levels would be fine. We would still be pulling energy from storage and you might not feel great, but we would be OK. In Kinnen’s case, the glucose doesn’t turn into glycogen and it just stays stored in her liver, creating a fatty liver.

A lot of what this came down to, as far as solutions go, was designing a very specific diet for her that keeps her blood glucose levels in a safe place.

The normal kid’s going to want to eat french fries and chicken tenders and pizza. And that’s not healthy for her body. So she is on a plantbased diet but she will be on that probably for another year or two and then (we’ll) introduce new foods to her. The one thing that she really wants to eat is pizza.

HNA: I understand that you’ve started this thing called The HeARTwork Centre. Can you tell me a little bit about that?

CK: I’ve always had an entrepreneurial side, so there came a point when Kinnen was old enough, she was about 2 years old, and I started introducing more paints and art supplies and things like that to her, just for sensory projects and to get her brain operating in a different way – she was also diagnosed with autism.

I started taking her paintings and cutting them up into little hearts. I just made one for her room because I thought it would look cute. … Then one particular friend reached out and said, “I saw what you did with Kinnen and that’s great.” I thought they were saying, like, “Great, crafts for kids,” but they actually wanted to buy them. What it turned into was HeARTwork.

People didn’t want to actually make them. They wanted to buy them from us. … For about three and a half years now, we have produced thousands of pieces of artwork and we just ask that people send the donation to her medical account. …

All of it goes to pay off her debt and handle some medical supplies and appointments that are ongoing. I think we’re nearing (the sale of) about 2,500 pieces in the last two years.

HNA: Financial hardship too often follows medical hardship; can you tell us about that?

CK: When we walked out of the hospital, we walked out with the initial bill that was well over $300,000. Just for staying there for 24 days and then accruing.

There was an appointment or something every month. We fell into the pocket where we did not qualify for very much, if any, financial aid, because my husband has a good job and we do have a small business and I’m thankful for that.

The way that the system is set up … it looks at the amount of money you make and then says we don’t need that, but then it never looks at what you’re actually dealing with and www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

trying to survive with, all of the bills that you’re accruing.

Eventually, what we’re looking at is potentially a liver transplant and I can’t imagine that’s not an expensive operation. … So it doesn’t really end, the financial part of it. Once we wrapped our head around it, we just knew that we needed another answer in this.

HNA: What does the future look like for the Kuhn family?

CK: I’ve always been taught that in every adversity there is an equal or greater speed of benefits for those who have a positive mental attitude, and my husband is very positive. He’s very future forecast and he keeps me in line when I start to get negative, but we’re always try to look at everything through that. We

don’t know what the future holds. We have an idea of what the projection could be based on what has happened so far but medical advances are made all the time. There is research for her specific diagnoses that are absolutely amazing. I don’t know if it’ll come to fruition or not. I can’t hold on to that. But I can always be hopeful that the future is going to be better than what we have endured in the past.

Brandon Klein is the senior editor. Feedback welcome at bklein@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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personalities

By Taylor Woodhouse

Putting Learning in the Students’ Hands

Photos by Ray LaVoie Photography

New Albany teacher prioritizes student-centered education in new program

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hen the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans rocked the nation in 2020, Benjamin Arthurs felt a need to promote change and find ways to amplify diverse voices.

Arthurs, an English teacher at New Albany High School, looked to his students to consider innovative ways to investigate social issues in the classroom.

“As a white male, I have been a lifelong ally – but admittedly a performative ally,” Arthurs says. “I was tired of being complacent. I needed to figure out what I could do. I can’t control national or state legislature, but what I can do well is teach and work with young people. I asked what I could do in my 20 square feet.”

Arthurs has long worked to ensure that his classroom is a safe space where all students feel supported, including students of color and LGBTQ+ students, but he wanted to do more.

In conversations with students, Arthurs discovered a mutual interest in learning about and righting inequalities not covered by common curricula. So, he set

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New Albany High School teacher Ben Arthurs worked with students and school administrators to develop Synergy, an elective course based on diverse topics and project-based learning.

about creating a new elective course to give students the chance to learn about topics important to them.

As he began to develop the program, he consulted professors at The Ohio State University, Miami University and Columbus State Community College, and he came to the conclusion that the answers he and his students sought were in the realms of sociology and anthropology – both subjects outside of his teaching qualifications. But, while he might not have the academic background, he knew he could help students teach themselves.

With support and assistance from Principal Ken Kraemer and former Deputy Principal Amy Warren, Arthurs built a new class in record time. He sought and incorporated feedback from the African American Parent Network in New Albany and kept his compass pointing toward what he had heard from the students themselves: that they wanted a more diverse, less Eurocentric education. The resulting course is unlike anything the high school has seen before.

Synergy is a project-based learning class that empowers students to take agency in their education as they research social topics of personal interest.

The course challenges students to expand their knowledge through academically sound research and synthesis.

“Following project-based learning was paramount for me because I’m not an expert in everything that’s ever happened in Black history,” Arthurs says.

“I’m still learning too. It’s important to create an atmosphere and environment for students to have academic freedom of inquiry to research what they want.”

The first month of the class is spent guiding students through college-level anthropology and sociology textbooks that teach how to critically think about human behavior and cover many of the social drivers that students will come across in their research. The course walks through concepts such as microaggressions, code switching and hegemony and objectively scrutinizes the history of the current power dynamics in our society.

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In the second part of Synergy, Arthurs encourages students to ask bigger questions. In this part of the course, students choose a topic into which to dive deeper. The course culminates in presentations to community members and leaders in which students offer concrete recommendations for how to combat specific injustice or inequality within the community.

Student topics thus far have included what it means to be a Black man in America, teenage mental health in schools and Native American rights – topics that, without Synergy, the students would not have been able to study.

Arthurs’ role in Synergy is to foster an environment conducive to learning and teach students how to be critical and successful researchers. The course is designed so that any educator, no matter their core subject, could lead it. The students drive the topics to be learned and provide feedback and support to each other as they use professional research methodology to find the

answers they need to better understand the world around them.

“Whatever they’re interested in and want to pursue with academic rigor, I will support,” Arthurs says. “I’ll help them hone their topic based on the research that’s out there. I want my students to thrive and blossom and own their learning.”

The first semester pilot of the course included nine students. Signups for the second semester almost doubled that. The elective course is open to all students with no prerequisites or honors requirements. Arthurs encourages any student who is interested in learning about social justice topics such as racism, cultural appropriation or the LGBTQ+ community to consider enrolling.

“Again, I’m not the expert in all of these subjects,” Arthurs says, “but in a classroom I can provide the environment and structure for (students) to find the sources they need. I can help provide an authentic learning experience outside of the normal curriculum.”

Justice on the Page Arthurs’ push to promote diverse voices extends to his regular English courses, where he strives to teach literature that’s relevant to students today, often through diverse perspectives. On his must-read list right now: The Warmth of Other Suns

by Isabelle Wilkerson. The Pulitzer Prize-winning book casts a human perspective on the almost six million Black people that made up the Great Migration from the South to the North over a 70-year period and the impact their move has had on generations since then.

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on the path

By Claire Miller

Reading More Than Playbooks

Photo courtesy of Patrick Gallaway

New Albany football, cheerleading teams give back each fall

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or the past 11 years, a special event has taken place at New Albany-Plain Local Schools. The gesture might be simple, but its impact is profound.

Each fall, senior players on the New Albany High School football team take an hour of their day each week to travel to the Early Learning Center. There, in groups of two or three, they are designated a kindergarten class to read to once a week for several weeks.

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New Albany High School cheerleader Sydney Hutton reads a picture book to a preschool classroom at the New Albany Early Learning Center last fall as part of the Eagles Give Back reading program.

is enough to create a strong connection between the seniors and kindergarteners.

“It’s a full circle moment – it bridges our community together because our oldest learners come back to encourage and be with our younger learners and a lot of these boys remember when they were read to,” says educational assistant Denise Johnson, who heads up the Eagles Give Back Reading Program. “It’s something that our seniors look forward to every single year.”

Each time they meet, the players read one to two books to the class, take questions from the students and leave them with a gift. For the last session, the players handed out stickers and their own custom playing cards.

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New Albany High School alumni Wesley Ferguson and Nick Clemons read to kindergarteners in fall 2013, during the earlier years of the Eagles Give Back reading program which started in 2010.

you and just be a part of their kindergarten experience.”

For kindergarteners, seemingly small interactions with the players can mean a lot. After the final reading session of last fall, a boy started off the discussion by asking the players, “Do you like apples?” That same student showed up after a game to ask quarterback Brock Kidwell for a photo.

“It really makes you feel good, especially when they’re all happy,” Kidwell says. “It’s basically like helping someone else out, so it really shows you that being nice and everything really goes a long way.”

Early Learning Center Principal Michelle Levero says her students see the high school students as superstars. After spending time with the players at the beginning of the year, that bond and excitement remain in the students’ minds.

“The kids will talk about it the rest of the year,” Levero says.

Eleven years ago, the program was created by the current head football coach, Mark Mueller, and a kindergarten intervention specialist, Karen Lindell.

Lindell’s son was a senior on the football team, and Miller had the idea of coming back to the place where it all started.

Though NAPLS kindergarten, the place where it all started, is no longer taught in the same building as when the seniors were in kindergarten, the sentiment is the same.

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The New Albany football team finished the 2021 regular season with a 10-0 record, just the third undefeated season in school history, and won the Ohio Capital Conference – Ohio Division title with a 5-0 record. They went on to a 12-1 overall record, after falling to top-seeded Upper Arlington in a Division I regional semifinal game. eteria. It’s something that all of us look forward to.”

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Kindergarten students elbow bump with high school senior football players, Brock Kidwell (left) and Aaron Troutman, after they spent time in their Early Learning Center classroom reading books and answering questions from the class.

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The NAHS cheerleading team gives back in a similar fashion, as senior team members spend time reading to preschool classrooms during the fall.

Following the popularity of the football players’ kindergarten visits, the cheerleading team began to coordinate preschool trips three years ago.

“It was a huge success,” says cheerleading coach Andrea McCullough. “(The preschoolers) remember it for years. It is really such a great part of the community.”

McCullough says it’s common for high school alumni of the program to hold on to copies of the playing cards they give to the younger students.

“It’s something special and memorable for them,” she says. “It unites the grades and brings the schools together in a very special way.”

Johnson says that when the football players visit the kindergarten classroom, they get just as much as they give.

“From what the head coach has told me, this is – out of everything that happens to them during their season and their year – this is the thing that they most look forward to, is coming back and reading to the kindergarteners,” Johnson says. “Plus, it kind of helps grow our football program, because these kids think that these players are giants among men.”

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Thank You for Your Service, Colleen!

Reflections from a Mayor and City Council member

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hen newly elected City Council members are sworn into office in January 2022, it will mark the first year since 1996 that Colleen Briscoe will not serve as either Mayor or a City Council member. After 26 years of service, she decided not to run for re-election.

Colleen is not only among a select few who have personally witnessed New Albany’s transformation as a community since the early 1990s, she also has great insight as an elected community leader during parts of the last four decades. She sat down with me recently to share some observations.

Do you have any stories that you think might surprise people from those early days?

I have two. First, back in the early 1990s, the building of the New Albany we know today had just begun. There was no Market Colleen Briscoe Square, no McCoy Center, no library – there wasn’t much out here Nicklaus had signed on to build the golf at all beyond a hardware store, a small course, and my initial reaction was, sure, grocery store, an ice cream shop, a you might be using the Nicklaus name, restaurant, a gas station and a barber but he’s not really going to be that inshop. There wasn’t even a true Village volved. Then, all of a sudden, the door Hall. We were nomads as elected of- opens and in walks Jack Nicklaus to ficials, gathering for meetings at three have a meeting about the golf course in different places, including a glorified another area of the modular unit. double wide, a school building and a church, before Village Hall was built in What drew you to New Albany 2000. originally?

Second, I distinctly remember when We had two small children at the I sat down for a personal sales pitch time, and we were living in a home built about New Albany. It occurred in a mod- in the 1920s. My husband wanted a ular unit on the site of what is now the new home and I wanted my children to New Albany Country Club (which hadn’t be a part of a great school district. It was been built yet), and I listened to the vi- a big leap, but the schools had hired sion of what New Albany was going to Ralph Johnson and I had great faith that be like. They talked about how Jack good things were going to happen here.

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What do you think New Albany’s three top accomplishments have been since you began serving?

I always talk about the three Ps that New Albany is so good at – planning, prioritizing and partnering – and, for me, it starts with planning. It’s funny, last week I just reviewed our first strategic plan from 1998, and we got so much right, including the creation of the Rocky Fork Blacklick Accord with Columbus and Plain Township and the need for a town center, public open spaces and leisure trails, one school campus, and traffic and transportation planning. That planning, along with setting priorities and creating great partnerships both in and out of the community, made fantastic projects possible, like our library, the McCoy Center, the Heit Center, Market Square, Rose Run Park and the Hinson Amphitheater. It’s rare when the outcome is even greater than the original vision but I think that has happened here in New Albany.

Besides those three Ps, two other things have been vital to our success as a community – our New Albany International Business Park and hiring the right city staff to oversee the implementation of our vision. Our business park has been the catalyst for revenue generation for our city and our schools, something that greatly benefits every resident, and our city staff has overseen so many different projects that make New Albany such a special place.

You’ve been a part of not only tremendous growth, but tremendous change, during your time as Mayor and City Council member. What has serving New Albany meant to you personally?

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Colleen Briscoe (back right) with New Albany City Council members

First, it’s been an honor to be elected and serve all of this time. I don’t take that trust of the people, or my obligation to them, lightly. Early on, there was a lot to navigate. My mantra back then was, “Change is hard,” and there was a lot of change. There was a lot of anxiety in the community about how to move forward, and there were certainly differences along the way. In those early days, I tried to be as transparent and straightforward as possible. I can honestly say that even with those differences, people in leadership positions here have always worked for what was best for the community.

We let that guide us, and the product of those efforts is so evident today.

What kept you wanting to continue to serve?

There was always so much left to do. I love the business of running a city and I enjoyed learning a lot along the 18

way. I also love the process of working with staff and other members of City Council, and I consistently felt like we were heading in the right direction.

There is still much left to be done, but there always will be, and I just felt like this was the right time for someone else to be part of the process of moving our community forward.

How fulfilled have you been seeing things like Rose Run Park, the buildout of Market & Main, the McCoy Center, the Heit Center and the Hinson Amphitheater?

As I mentioned, these projects all started with good planning and our commitment as a community to create a true town center more than two decades ago. So it’s been fantastic to see them become a reality.

New Albany is a very entrepreneurial community, and we’ve been blessed

to have people involved who have been aspirational in their visioning and in projects that would help the community move forward. It really does take a village to run one, and there are so many who care greatly about what happens here. The New Albany Company, the New Albany Community Foundation, our school partners, our parks partners, Plain Township leaders, and our regional and state leadership – they’ve all played a role. And, I must add a special recognition to our individual residents who have stepped up to fill a void, either financially or through their own passions or both, to improve our quality of life.

New Albany is a fantastic community that I’ve been blessed to serve, and I’m not going anywhere. I love this place and will continue to call it home.

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ransportation became a critical issue for essential workers during the pandemic. As ridership decreased while people stayed home, transportation options decreased as well. The Central Ohio Transit Authority eliminated some fixed routes that weren’t seeing significant use, but the organization hasn’t left passengers without options.

The solution to the issue has been to offer the COTA//Plus Bus On Demand, an on-demand mobility service with full-size buses. The program allows riders within a northeast section of Franklin County to request rides in the areas around temporarily suspended 20

fixed routes. The on-demand service links passengers to bus lines 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 23, 24, 25, 31, 34 and 35.

That extension of the COTA//Plus program, which provides on-demand service in other central Ohio communities as well, came as a direct result of community outreach from New Albany.

“We cut some service that went out to the New Albany business park and those businesses in New Albany reached out to us and said, ‘Hey, can you help us?’” says Jason Yanni, senior director of product management and innovation for COTA. “We developed (COTA//Plus) in response to the community outreach and what they needed.”

In April, 2020, service was temporarily suspended on lines 25, 35 and 45, which serve the Brice, Dublin-Granville and New Albany areas, respectively.

When businesses reached out to COTA, rider demand didn’t warrant reinstating regular service at the inactive fixed routes. Instead, COTA//Plus Bus on Demand allows riders to request service as needed in areas where the suspended routes previously ran. The northeast service zone includes Mount Carmel East, Mount Carmel St. Ann’s, Easton Town Center and the New Albany International Business Park.

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“It gets good reviews,” Yanni says.

“We’ll continue to keep running the service until it justifies bringing back a fixed route. That’s how we can evolve our service for those different areas.”

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COTA’s on-demand option for transportation has helped to fill in gaps where fixed routes aren’t available as transportation needs move outside the city and into suburban areas. Following the lead of Grove City, where COTA//Plus began in 2019, areas including Westerville, northeast Columbus and the South Side have added service zones for COTA//Plus.

“The population is growing out instead of up in central Ohio,” Yanni says.

“So how do we support that population that’s growing outward from those other counties that are connected into our jurisdictions to make sure that they have a pleasant experience as well?”

The solution for COTA is a hybrid system of fixed routes and on-demand

service, blanketing the area in transportation options and connections. Vaughn Francis, superintendent of transportation for COTA, says that fixed-route service doesn’t make sense to run in all areas.

On-demand transportation can provide access to less-frequented routes.

“With our transit system redesign, along with implementing COTA//Plus, we’re able to fill in those gaps in public transportation,” Francis says. “I call it a hybrid of public transportation.”

Beyond just allowing riders to access job opportunities beyond their immediate neighborhoods, COTA//Plus also provides the ability to travel more freely throughout the community generally. Service is offered seven days a week from 5 a.m.-11 p.m., allowing continued travel on nights and weekends.

“There’s obviously the weekend folks that want opportunities … to get to the farmers’ market or to get to the special events,” says Aslyne Rodriguez, director of government affairs for COTA. “It helps the community reduce the congestion of events, because everyone wants to go to them, but they don’t know where to

park. So we try to tell folks, ‘Leave your car at home, take COTA//Plus to get to the farmers’ market, to get to the jazz concert that’s happening.’ That’s really another emphasis that we look at.”

The northeast COTA//Plus service operates in New Albany, Gahanna and parts of northeast Columbus. Using the COTA//Plus mobile app, riders can request service and a bus operated by a COTA driver will arrive to the location within an average of 15 minutes, taking the traveler to physical bus stops and New Albany Park and Ride stops in a portion of New Albany’s business park, according to COTA project manager Elliott Doza.

Rides cost $2 per trip. A single-day pass can be purchased for $4.50 and a weekly pass for $25. In addition to the app, rides may also be requested by calling 614-308-4400. For more information, visit www.cota.com.

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Wambach’s World

Soccer icon to speak on the importance of health, well-being at New Albany Lecture Series

By Brandon Klein

“To me, health and well-being are probably the most important things that a human being can focus on.”

– Abby Wambach

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Abby Wambach is scheduled to appear at the New Albany Community Foundation’s lecture series. In that talk, Wambach will give her perspective on health and well-being as a former professional soccer player. Wambach is the second speaker of the New Albany Lecture Series for the 2021-2022 season. Wambach, along with the remaining speakers, will join the series in person at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts. Her talk is scheduled for Feb. 10.

“People are being believed,” she says. “That’s one of the most important things to breaking down the barriers and stigmas to mental health.”

Wambach is the second speaker of the New Albany Lecture Series for the 2021-2022 season. Journalist Isabel Wilkerson began the season in October 2021 with a virtual talk.

Wambach, along with the remaining speakers, will join the series in person at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts. Her talk is scheduled for Feb. 10.

“We’re pleased to return to in-person lectures when we present World Cup champion soccer star Abby Wambach in February,” says Craig Mohre, NACF president. “She’s widely recognized as one of the greatest soccer players of all time, and we believe our audience will find Abby’s experience on the soccer field as well as her life story very compelling. We hope that students and adults will relate to Abby. And from a mental health perspective, we hope to continue to lift the stigma and engage the community in a meaningful dialogue.”

Brandon Klein is the senior editor. Feedback welcome at bklein@cityscenemediagroup.com. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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n November, Abby Wambach added another accomplishment to her already impressive resume when the National Soccer Hall of Famer completed the New York City Marathon.

Wambach started running on a weekly basis three years ago to stay fit. She progressed from 5Ks to 10Ks and, eventually, she felt ready to take the next major step.

“This wasn’t something that I was like, ‘I’m going to compete truly,’” she says. “It was just kind of one of those things that had always been in my mind to be kind of cool to have had done.”

Wambach completed her debut marathon in 3 hours, 44 minutes and 25 seconds, achieving her goal of finishing in less than four hours, a pleasant and proud accomplishment for the two-time Olympic gold medalist.

“I haven’t really ever been a kind of player who was extraordinary really fast, so I was fine going kind of my own pace,” Wambach says.

“I’m happy it’s over,” she adds. “I can call myself a marathoner.”

Now, the FIFA Women’s World Cup champion returns to her day job as an inspirational speaker for women, athletes and those dealing with mental health and substance abuse issues. Wambach does about 30 to 40 such engagements in a given year. An early date on her 2022 schedule is a Feb. 10 appearance for the New Albany Community Foundation’s lecture series. In that talk, Wambach will give her perspective on health and well-being as a former professional soccer player.

“It’s just telling the story of who I am, showing people that there is adversity to be had in every human’s existence,” she says. “That even through those difficult times, we as people, if we are willing to, can come out of it better on the other side.”

Though one might think professional athletes are the pinnacle of health and wellness, Wambach says those two pieces were not necessarily at the forefront of her mind during her soccer career.

“The truth is, it’s not really the focus,” she says. “You’re focused on your playing and (being healthy is) just a good, beautiful byproduct of being a professional athlete.”

After retirement, Wambach came to realize she didn’t give enough attention to her well-being during her athletic career, which led to alcohol abuse and some mental health struggles.

“To me, health and well-being are probably the most important things that a human being can focus on,” she says.

Now, Wambach has a renewed attention to both physical and mental well-being that she sees as part of a larger cultural shift.

“Coming from a sports background,” she says, “mental health was seen in some ways in a negative way. If you had any mental health issues you were soft, you were weak.

Now having gone through it myself, I know I have parts of me that are, at times, soft and are, in fact, at times weak, because that’s having the full human experience. Unfortunately, as a pro athlete I was kind of taught that I needed to be a little bit of a robot in certain ways to produce as well as I possibly can.”

An increase in research and fundraising for mental health issues, Wambach says, has helped to bring new light to the topic.

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Nest of the Class School uses class time to connect after year of remote learning

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bell rings at the end of New Albany High School’s fifth period class, but the classroom doesn’t empty out. The next 15 minutes are devoted to nest, a new daily program that checks in on students while giving them time to bond with teachers and one another.

A nest period looks different each day, with some days structured by school needs and others left up to teachers. The periods can include a class discussion, video or even a relationship-building game of Uno. “We have a fifth period academic time and directly at the end it’s the

nest period,” says math teacher Ashley Langenderfer. “It’s school-wide so it really flows pretty seamlessly. During that nest time, everybody’s asked to step aside from the academic piece of the period to focus on what we have to do that day in nest.”

Langenderfer is one of eight teacher leaders for nest, though she often allows students to lead the sessions themselves.

“We have discussions where I let the students drive,” Langenderfer says.

“I’m helping facilitate, but I’m also very much listening to what they have to say.”

Listening to the students was a key point for Patrick Gallaway, director of communications for New Albany-Plain

Local Schools. He says nests goals came largely from surveying the students.

“We’re asking questions like, ‘How do you feel welcomed at school?’ or, ‘Do you have one trusted adult here?’” Gallaway says. “These are simple questions that are vital to creating a sense of community for our students.”

That sense of community was an important factor for Tim Mathews, a social studies teacher and nest teacher leader.

“It kind of helped highlight one of the gaps I think we’ve had for many years here,” Mathews says. “Students sometimes feel just a little disconnected from the larger school culture. Many of them

Cade Leggio (left) and Ryan Liu (right), seniors in Ashley Langenderfer’s nest class, participate in team building games, including corn hole.

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By Lindsey Capritta

Students in Nest making crafts for Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

are very driven, very motivated and so they kind of don’t get a chance to take a step back and look at what all else is happening around them.”

The nest program developed as students returned to the school after a hybrid year of pandemic-impacted learning. The staff noticed students bonding despite being kept apart physically.

“Students who weren’t in the building were assigned a teacher who kind of functioned almost like their case manager,” says Mathews. “They would meet in this structured time and these teachers said this was a great opportunity for them to form connections with their students and how they were able to facilitate connections between the students in that group, which obviously in an online setting that’s very difficult to do.”

Nest is predated by a previous school program called house. In house, groups of students participated against one another in friendly school-wide competitions, like one in which groups www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Seniors Cian Bagenstose and Brock Kidwell work together to develop the nest video announcements for the month of November.

competed to collect the most food for a canned food drive. The house program, however, randomly assigned students to their groups, which was challenging for Mathews.

“With nest, it’s tied into a class we already have so there’s an existing connection that helps us build that connection faster,” he says. “If they’re only meeting once a week for, like, 30 min27

utes, then it’s really hard to get anything going with that on a consistent basis.”

For Assistant Principal Geron Tate, daily interaction was an important factor when developing nest not just for students, but for the staff, too.

“With everyone doing it at the same time, the teachers not doing it are strongly encouraged to push into other classrooms so they can get out of their box to meet new students, meet new teachers as well,” Tate says.

Tate began working at the school this year, meaning he never participated in house, only nest. That puts him in the same boat as high school underclassmen.

Teachers noticed that while the older students like nest, they also miss aspects of house. The school has used that observation as an opportunity to modify the program as the year goes along, merging the strengths of both programs.

Nest remains a work in progress, but the time has proven critical to helping students and teachers maintain good mental health – an intentional piece of the program.

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“We were very intentional about having a bell ring at the end of fifth period to kind of differentiate when the nest period starts,” Tate says. “Our teachers are rigorous so it’s giving them a break as well. They have to mentally reset.”

Beyond creating a stronger sense of community within the school, the daily interactions allow for teachers to check in and see how students are feeling.

“It’s really about getting students the opportunities during the school day to focus on their health and well-being and not necessarily on the academics,” Langenderfer says. “Nest program is feeling that support all the way. That day to day has been critical.”

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student spotlight

By Juliana Colant

Granting Growth Robotics club expands STEM education

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And teamwork is especially important to the Digital Eagles when the competition season starts each year in January.

The Digital Eagles’ season comes to a head during the FIRST Robotics Competition (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). At an annual kickoff event, the competition organization announces a game design prompt. Teams then have six weeks to build a robot based on that game prompt.

The Digital Eagles’ participation in the competition helped to establish an ongoing relationship with New Albany’s Facebook Data Center. In 2019, the Eagles had exhausted club funds by the time it had qualified for the world championship. When Facebook Data Center employees caught wind of it, they donated enough money through the center to send the Digital Eagles to the world stage.

The following year, the robotics team and NAHS as a whole applied for a Facebook Community Action Grant, which funds projects that use technology to better communities and further STEM education there.

NAHS and the team were awarded the grant, which had a significant impact on the robotics program. Because the club receives no school funds, members must rely on fundraisers, sponsorships and grants, such as the Facebook Community Action Grant, to survive.

Before the grant, the team was using five-year-old equipment for its projects.

Thanks to the grant, the Digital Eagles doubled their number of robots and upgraded the ones they already had. The curriculum was able to expand, allowing for four different robotic platforms, or design schemes, to be used instead of only one.

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he New Albany High School robotics team, also known as the Digital Eagles, is an example of innovative thought – and not just in competitions.

The group has excelled in competitions while also bringing in grants and attracting students to STEM. The robotics club works yearround, kicking off every school year with fundraising and recruiting. It offers club members hands-on STEM learning as well as general skills like teamwork and social skills.

Pranav Chitiveli, a sophomore at New Albany High School and robotics team member, says the team has given him valuable skills he’ll use in life beyond high school.

“We have learned a lot of skills that apply to the 21st century workforce: working as a team, being confident with my work, time and project management, and how to work with different groups of people,” he says.

The 2020-21 New Albany robotics club adapted to pandemic guidelines, redesigned its meeting space and built a new robot.

In 2020, the Digital Eagles hosted sponsors from the Facebook Data Center in their design and build space. The Facebook Data Center has supported the team for three years.

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In 2019, the NAHS robotics club won the prestigious Chairman’s Award at the FIRST Robotics Regional Competition in Cleveland.

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The exposure will help the club with one of its primary goals: to bring more attention and students to STEM. Pranav’s brother Varun, a senior at NAHS and fellow robotics club member, emphasizes the importance of exposing students to STEM. “One of our main missions is drumming up interest for STEM and getting more people interested,” he says. “We regularly host events to see if people are interested and (host) workshops for the high school on computer design and programming.”

For Varun, the robotics club has bolstered his confidence as well.

“I’ve learned more than just technical skills,” he says. “I’ve learned leadership and public speaking skills. For a while, I found it difficult to talk in front of others,

but when talking in robotics competitions I’m excited about what I am working with and I’m more confident. In group projects and presenting in school I’m not nervous like I was six years ago.”

The Chitiveli brothers look forward to competing in person this year and all the season will have to offer.

“I believe I can speak for both of us when I say we are really excited about this season and working together on a large team,” says Pranav.

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for the district. The grant was awarded to New Albany Middle and High School and the robotics club.

Thanks to continued support from that grant and other supporters, this year, the robotics club will move out of an old annex building and into a new space in the NAHS library. David Effron, the NAHS robotics club coach, is looking forward to the move and the positive impact it will have on the club.

“It’s a building that students are in every day,” Effron says. “We’re hoping to get more exposure. Right now, we’re building what’s kind of at the end of campus, no one goes to the annex. So, no one really knows about the robotics team. But being able to be right on the main campus, every student will see that when they come into school every day.”

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Kadai Paneer and a Volunteer Mother-son duo brings Indian home cooking to community

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Kadai Paneer

Skillet cooked cheese with onions, peppers and tomatoes Ingredients (yields about 15 servings) • 16 oz. fresh paneer • 4 large green bell peppers • 2 large red bell peppers • 4 fresh Roma tomatoes • 13 oz. can crushed tomatoes • 3 tbsp. vegetable or canola oil • 1 ½ large yellow onion • 2-4 cloves of garlic, to taste • 3 tsp. salt • 1 tsp. turmeric • 1 tsp. coriander powder • 1 tsp. methi seeds • ½ tsp. kalonji • 1 tsp. cinnamon powder • 1 tsp. cumin powder ¼ heavy cream (optional) 34

Directions Chop onions and peppers into ½-inch chunks.

Cut paneer into ½-inch pieces and bake at 350 degrees on a greased cookie sheet until paneer is lightly browned but still soft.

Meanwhile, add oil to a stockpot and heat on medium heat for 1-2 minutes until oil is simmering.

Add onions and coarsely chopped garlic and sauté until onions are translucent and garlic is fragrant.

Add methi, kalonji, turmeric and coriander and fry for 1 minute.

Add peppers and sauté on medium-high heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring every few minutes until peppers are soft.

Deora focused on during the class were spinach dal (red lentils with spinach), kadai paneer (skillet cooked cheese with onions, peppers and tomatoes) and whole wheat roti (unleavened flatbread).

Add fresh tomatoes and cook for 3-5 minutes.

Add browned paneer and salt, stir, and then add crushed tomatoes.

Cook for additional 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables reach desired softness and a thick gravy forms. This is called a sabzi.

Add cinnamon powder and cumin powder and stir to combine.

Add heavy cream (if using). Turn off heat and rest sabzi for 5-10 min.

Serve warm with roti.

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Purnima Dubey and Akshay Deora smile during a cooking class at the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany.

or some, cooking is a necessary evil to get ingredients from the fridge into one’s mouth.

For the mother-son duo Purnima Dubey and Akshay Deora, cooking is an opportunity to spend time with family and share their favorite flavors with the community.

“I have always used cooking as a way of interacting with the kids,” says Dubey.

“So both my oldest son and Akshay have helped me in the kitchen with baking, with cooking Indian food, just as an activity where we could spend some time together.”

Cooking became an even more intimate part of New Albany High School senior Deora’s life when he decided to incorporate it into his volunteerism at the New Albany Food Pantry for his senior seminar project.

Although he had volunteered at the food Some of the dishes Purnima Dubey and Akshay

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Members of the New Albany community learned about Indian home-style cooking from Dubey and Deora.

pantry since his freshman year, Deora says Eileen Pewitt, cooking education coordinator for Healthy New Albany, helped him put a twist on his service requirement.

Eventually, Deora says, Pewitt asked him and his mother to put on a cooking class at the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany as a part of Healthy New Albany’s multicultural cooking program.

“I had been … using ingredients that are available at the pantry and then creating recipes that pantry clients can then use with those ingredients,” Deora says. “The culmination of that was cooking at the Heit Center, where my mom and I cooked home-style Indian food for the class.”

The mother-son duo’s class focused on healthful, vegetarian Indian dishes.

Dubey says the program at the Heit Center gives the New Albany community a way to learn about cultures they may not be frequently exposed to, despite the fact that there is a substantial Indian population in New Albany.

“One of the things that these types of classes contribute is promoting the diversity within New Albany and finding a way for people from different backgrounds to connect with the community as a whole,” Dubey says. “There are quite a few Indians in New Albany and they are very active members of the community, but food is a way for people of all backgrounds to connect over something common because everybody has to eat.”

Part of connecting with the New Albany community meant making participants in the class feel as though the recipes being taught were accessible to them, which was part of the reason Dubey and Deora decided to recreate home-style cooking as opposed to more elaborate dishes.

“So the title of the class that we gave out to the people before they came was ‘Indian Home Cooking,’” Deora says. “We wanted to push that the food that we made – we made a couple of dishes – were truly home cooking for a lot of Indians.”

and water and continue mixing while adding water in small amounts.

Mix with fingers until all the flour is combined into a loose ball.

Knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.

Cover with a towel and rest for at least 15 minutes.

Divide dough into 2-inch balls.

Roll dough into a thin round, roughly 5-6 inches in diameter.

Bake on a preheated, mediumhigh heat skillet until light brown on

both sides, about 15-30 seconds per side.

Remove skillet from flame and, using tongs, transfer the dough directly to the flame until the bread puffs up and has brown spots. Cook both sides and be cautious not to burn.

Transfer to a plate and lightly grease roti with butter.

Serve warm with sabzi and dal.

Tess Wells is an editorial assistant.

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Whole Wheat Roti Unleavened flatbread

Ingredients (15 servings) • 3 cups whole wheat flour • 2 tsp. salt • 2 tsp. vegetable or canola oil • Warm water for kneading the dough Directions Place flour in a large bowl.

Add salt and mix into flour with fingers.

Add oil and mix into flour.

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on the horizon

By Megan Roth

Alternatives to Chemotherapy Newer cancer treatments attempt to minimize negative side effects

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Systemic Therapies

Systemic therapies use drugs that spread throughout the body to treat cancer cells wherever they may be.

Some prominent examples include immunotherapy and targeted drugs.

While chemotherapy, a type of systemic therapy, directly targets cancerous cells, immunotherapy works by boosting an individual’s immune system response. Immunotherapy can teach the immune system how to identify and effectively destroy cancer cells.

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adaptions of the immune system in the hopes that, if a tumor escapes detection, the immune system can adjust itself to launch further targeted attacks.

Immunotherapy still comes with its own side effects. These can include fever, chills, weakness and nausea. Immunotherapy, unlike localized therapies, isn’t meant to target one part of the body; it is effective in treating cancers throughout an individual’s entire body, according to the Cancer Research Institute.

Targeted drugs offer another treatment route focusing on individual proteins. In targeted drug therapy, doctors take a tumor or blood sample to identify an individual’s genetic profile. This allows the doctor to administer medication that directly targets cancer-causing genes, according to Rush University Medical Center. These medicines can enter cells

and antibodies easily and attach to specific targets on cancer cells.

Targeted therapy is precise and gives doctors the ability to attack cancer cells while ignoring a person’s healthy cells. Still, this treatment isn’t without its own side effects. Targeted therapy may cause diarrhea or liver problems, and genetic testing raises concerns regarding privacy too.

The fact that systemic therapies affect the entire body can make them a challenging option for some patients.

“Systemic therapies can be hard to tolerate,” says Dr. Mary E. Dillhoff, a surgical oncologist at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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ancer has long been a leading cause of death in the United States. The CDC regularly reports more than half a million cancer related deaths each year. In the rapidly changing world of modern medicine, researchers aren’t just working to find new treatments, but ones that are less physically difficult too.

Since the discovery in the 1940s that chemicals could be used to treat cancers, chemotherapy has been one of the most commonly used cancer treatments.

Chemotherapy targets cells that grow and divide at uncontrollable speeds.

Though chemotherapy can halt cancer cells from dividing, it doesn’t come without side effects. According to Medical News Today, because chemotherapy doesn’t target specific cells or regions within the body, it can affect an individual’s entire body, including fast-growing healthy cells found in skin, hair, intestines and bone marrow. The chemotherapy, not the cancer itself, is the cause for so many side effects that we often relate with cancer, including hair loss.

Medicine is ever-changing, and researchers have sought to combat these side effects through a number of alternatives to chemotherapy.

Local Therapies

Local therapies circumvent some of the difficulties of systemic therapies by targeting a specific organ or area of the body. These treatments include surgery and radiation.

“With local therapies, you’re only getting that effect for the area you’re working on,” Dillhoff says.

Surgery, where a surgical oncologist removes all or most of a solid tumor, is an option for most cancers other than blood cancers. Surgery can be especially effective in removing an early-stage tumor that hasn’t spread to other parts of the body. A small procedure could remove an individual’s tumor and circumvents many side effects.

An effective method for killing cancer cells in a localized area of the body is radiation therapy. Radiation therapy kills cancer cells with high-energy beams such as X-rays or protons. Because of this, the side effects of radiation can be localized as well, and individuals might notice particular pain or difficulties in the area the radiation was administered.

Surgery and radiation are often used in conjunction with one another. For example, radiation can be used to shrink a tumor before removing it with surgery or to kill any remaining cancer cells after surgery. Many times chemotherapy is used alongside these methods as well.

But, because of chemotherapy’s side effects, it’s not suitable for every patient.

“Sometimes a patient is just too frail (for chemotherapy),” Dillhoff says. “Their health is poor enough that you’ll cause more harm with (chemotherapy) than what you’ll benefit. In those times, we need to be very thoughtful about what we’re going to gain for that individual person by giving them those drugs.”

Most cancer treatments use multiple treatments in collaboration though, all striving for the same goal: a cure.

“Most effective treatments are a combination of these things,” Dillhoff says. “You need an expert that can help guide you through this combination of what comes first and what comes next.”

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impact

By Angela Douglas

Community Health We’re greater than the sum of our parts!

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ealth is multifaceted and includes our social and emotional wellbeing, the health of our bodies and minds, what we eat, how we move and where we live. I’m reminded now more than ever of the importance of caring for our health and well-being and of the shared value of community health.

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As Maya Angelou said: “When you know better you do better.”

well-being impact every aspect of our lives and how we show up in the world every day. Nothing could be more important.

Community health programs; getting kids and adults active and out into nature; keeping seniors connected and engaged; offering multicultural cooking education and nutrition classes; and providing panel discussions with medical experts on critical public health topics such as adolescent suicide, human

trafficking, resilience, racism, social determinants of health and many other topics all serve to educate, elevate and empower individuals to know better and do better – both for ourselves and for the broader community!

Our health is indispensable not just for us personally but for our community as a whole.

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HNA Senior Connections A program in partnership with the City of New Albany • # of Senior Connection members (age 55+): 123 for reflection and prioritization. The value and benefit of our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness are now more apparent than ever. As we all struggled and muddled our way through fear, separation, loss, sadness, grief and the inability to live as we once had, the value and benefit of our shared community health came into focus.

Health is a necessary component in productivity, happiness, creativity, joy and life purpose. The way community members support and care for one another contributes to the total wellness of each individual and the community as a whole.

When we care for and are responsible to one another, communities preserve health and provide conditions for people to become and stay healthy and to live productive, meaningful, joy-filled lives.

Here are just a few brief statistics that demonstrate the many ways that we are caring for one another with a focus on health and wellness. Here’s to living your very best life!

HNA Volunteers • # of volunteer hours logged in 2021: 6,018 hours

HNA Food Pantry There are GOOD things happening here!

• # of pantry meals served in 2021: 146,565 (includes summer meals, holiday meals, school break meals, etc) • # of new NAPLS families visiting the pantry in 2021: 93 • # of Rosetta Stone English Language Learner (ELL) 2021 HNA Races participants: 20 Getting kids, families and • 1 pantry client enrolling at Columbus State Community individuals active!

College after completing ELL program!

• # of student participants • 1 pantry client took a full-time job as a result of the ELL in NAPLS Kids Walk at the program!

Early Learning Center: 530 • # of race participants each • # of pounds of donated food to pantry: 61,000 pounds • Estimated monetary value of donated food: $122,000 year: 3,000+ Angela Douglas is the executive director of Healthy New Albany.

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HNA column

By Angela Douglas

Mise en place, A Recipe for Life

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ise en place, a French phrase meaning “setting in place, positioning,” is essentially a culinary process in which ingredients are prepared and organized before cooking. While mise en place is derived from culinary work, its application extends beyond the kitchen.

The work happening in the M/I Homes Demonstration Kitchen at Healthy New Albany is providing these practical and meaningful life lessons to New Albany High School seniors through their Senior Seminar projects. Eileen Pewitt, the Healthy New Albany culinary education coordinator, teaches seniors about basic kitchen and life skills, with the spirit of mise en place.

The curriculum Pewitt designed starts students off with instruction on kitchen fundamentals. In Pewitt’s class, though, her teaching includes wisdom and practical skills for food and cooking that develop students on many levels. The students have taken a number of opportunities from their time in the M/I Homes Demonstration Kitchen.

Elena Housteau learned kitchen fundamentals and finished her Senior Seminar project by teaching an Italian cooking class at Healthy New Albany.

Elena Housteau (left) in the kitchen with Eileen Pewitt, HNA Culinary and Education coordinator.

“Food and nutrition are silent sounds of peace that we must bring to the whole world.”

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Amanda Nguyen with her Tower Garden project, growing herbs from seeds and seedlings for use at the New Albany Food Pantry.

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Sophia Halliday, Salma Mohamud and Lauren Hoffman also completed the Kitchen Fundamentals curriculum to gain confidence in the kitchen. As part of their project, they created recipes and cookbooks in both digital and print formats. Mohamud completed an online cookbook and taught a class at Healthy New Albany on Somalian cuisine that featured her delicious sambusas, a Somali dumpling. Hoffman had her cookbook published and taught a 50 Plates: Cuisine of America class in the kitchen at Healthy New Albany.

Akshay Deora assisted with video recording recipes for the New Albany Food Pantry cooking program and came up with four new recipes of his own to share. He also created a bundle bag kit that contains recipes and all of the necessary ingredients to make the meal. Deora topped off his project by hosting an Indian home cooking class with his mother at Healthy New Albany.

Amanda Nguyen’s project focused on the food pantry’s Tower Garden, growing herbs from seeds and seedlings and providing the herbs to the food pantry for pantry clients. She learned how to dry fresh herbs, preserving them for culinary and decorative use. Nguyen was also generous with her time and herbs, offering an afternoon as a kitchen buddy during a www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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Amanda Nguyen with the tower garden.

Akshay Deora in the New Albany Food Pantry, assisting with the cooking program as part of his NAHS Senior Seminar project.

Buddy Up for Life class. She and the rest of the athletes in the Cooking for Life class made dill pickles utilizing the dill that Nguyen helped grow in the Tower Garden.

Alejandra Martinez will be creating a food blog for college students to encourage cooking and meal planning on a tight budget with limited time for cooking. Following her Kitchen Fundamentals course, Martinez will begin her blog work and has plans to share her Puerto Rican heritage during a cooking class at Healthy New Albany in the spring.

Commenting on her work with these students, Eileen shares: “It has been my privilege to help these kids become confident citizens who are willing to share with others. They each do their part to support themselves and others while teaching and inspiring their neighbors through their own actions.”

Pewitt’s work with the students provides a valuable and practical opportunity for our students to learn life skills. Mise en place values process, preparation and presence. Understanding the value of those values in the kitchen and beyond provides important lessons for our Senior Seminar students.

Although they are simple words, when practiced, they produce profound results.

Be sure to see what’s cooking in the M/I Homes Demonstration Kitchen: visit www.healthynewalbany.org/programs for details.

Lauren Hoffman’s cookbook was published as part of her NAHS Senior Seminar project.

on the shelf

By Dianna Spencer, librarian, Columbus Metropolitan Library New Albany Branch

Healthy New Albany Bookshelf Reviews Gut Health Hacks: 200 Ways to Balance Your Gut Biome and Improve Your Health!

by Lindsay Boyers An unhappy gut can have a big impact on your life, and science is learning more every day about our “second brain’s” link to emotional and immune health. In Gut Health Hacks, you can find 200 simple and easy to understand tips for boosting your own gut health. Starting with the basics of reading your gut signs and moving to habits and dietary changes that can support lower GI function, this helpful book will streamline everything you need to know to get your digestion on the right track.

The Resistance Training Revolution

by Sal Di Stefano Do you dread the treadmill or secretly hate your spin class?

According to Sal Di Stefano of the Mind Pump podcast, it’s possible to burn fat and slow aging with just resistance training. Di Stefano argues that the very practice of aerobic exercise trains your body to be more efficient at it – meaning you burn fewer calories doing it and have to increase your intensity. Without strength building added in, you run the risk of slowing your metabolism rather than speeding it up. The answer? Resistance training. Starting slow, this book will walk your through preparing for a weight lifting routine, as well as three program options that match the resistance equipment you have. Along with nutritional advice and clear supportive information, this book might have the key to working through your weight loss plateau.

Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress into Strength

by Samantha Boardman Events of the past two years have been enough to leave even the most positive of us feeling burned out, stressed and depressed. The dark, winter months might be the ideal time to read this guide to bringing more joy into our lives. A psychologist, Boardman draws on her own clinical 44

experiences as well as scientific research to identify three “wellsprings of vitality:” meaningfully connecting with others, engaging in challenging experiences and contributing to something beyond yourself. These wellsprings can be engaged with small, commonplace activities – no life-altering decisions necessary.

This book will help you to shift your mindset toward cultivating small “uplifts” that can counter stress and build resiliency.

Good Food, Bad Diet

by Abby Langer Registered dietitian Abby Langer wants readers to take this truth to heart: All food is good and all diets are bad. In this science-based book, Langer takes on restrictive diet culture and how it uses our insecurities to rob us of time, money and pleasure, while never addressing what really matters – our relationship with food.

Langer teaches that by examining our core food beliefs, we can reshape our habits and allow true change to begin.

With supportive, no-nonsense guidance, Good Food, Bad Diet debunks diet myths and shares factual nutrition information. Whether your goal is to lose weight, learn to love food again or simply figure out what the heck you should eat, this book is a great starting point.

4-Ingredient Smoothies and Juices

by Dee Dine If you’re looking for a delicious way to add more fruits and vegetables into your diet, this new book of simple smoothie and juice recipes is a perfect starting place. Each recipe starts with just four ingredients, with the occasional addition of pantry staples. The colorcoded chapters are organized

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With commonplace ingredients that won’t require a trip to specialty stores, easy swaps and substitutions as well as beautiful accompanying photographs, let this book inspire you to blow the dust off of your blender.

Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Believe Them

by Dr. Seema Yasmin Do cell phones cause cancer? Is diet soda linked to Alzheimer’s? Are genetically modified foods safe to eat?

We’ve all seen click-bait headlines that can plant a seed of doubt about nearly any medical truth. How do we sort out fact from fiction when information is coming at us from every angle?

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