Pickerington Magazine February/March 2016

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FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016

Back on the Bike

International triathlete Kat Briggs trains to recover from cycling accident

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News and Information from the City of Pickerington

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News and Information from Violet Township

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Unbeatable Spirit Pickerington triathlete rallies after accident

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student spotlight

Selflessness with Speed North senior doesn’t think twice when she has the chance to help

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in focus

Thriving Therapy Significant expansion means more capacity for mental health agency

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Beyond Career Day

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Hunger vs. Humor

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Around Pickerington

Seniors in Pickerington’s biomedical sciences program study on OhioHealth campus

Pickerington Community Theatre’s Canned Laughter fundraiser benefits food pantry

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Tasteful Training

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Mark your calendar for these community events

February/March 2016 Through April 24

Blue Walk: The Art of William Kortlander Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, 145 E. Main St., Lancaster, www.decartsohio.org Figurative and landscape paintings, charcoal drawings, and watercolor pieces are featured in this exhibition of 1960s-era works by southeastern Ohio painter William Kortlander.

Feb. 4

Pickerington Area Chamber Annual Dinner & Awards Celebration 5:30-9 p.m., Tall Timbers Banquet Center, 13831 National Rd., Reynoldsburg, www.pickeringtonchamber.com The Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner features a silent auction as well as the Business of the Year, Rising Star and Doug Barr Safety awards.

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Feb. 12

7 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The library’s new fantasy book club discusses The Mirror Empire, the first book in the Worldbreaker Saga by Kameron Hurley.

4:30-6 p.m. Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org This Valentine’s Day program for book lovers features information on the library’s Book Drop and Novelist programs, as well as other reader tips and tricks.

Game of Tomes

Feb. 5-6

Lancaster Antique Show Fairfield County Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave., www.facebook.com/ millerhouseantiquesonslough Thirty-plus dealers offering country and period antiques will be part of this annual show, which also features music and refreshments.

Book Love

Feb. 16

PPL Book Club 7 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The library’s original book club discusses The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.

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School Concerts

Photo courtesy of Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce

7 p.m., Pickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.us Concerts include the Pickerington High School North band ensemble Feb. 8 and the Lakeview Junior High, Harmon Middle and Toll Gate Elementary school bands Feb. 17.

Feb. 11

Brown Bag Book Club 1 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The library’s lunchtime book club discusses Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz.

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Feb. 20

Meet Our Mascot 2-3:30 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org Patrons have the opportunity to meet the library’s mascot, Violet the Cow, and learn how she was chosen for the role.

Feb. 27

Pickerington Community Theatre Variety Show 6:30 p.m., Pickerington Senior Center, 150 Hereford Dr., www.pickeringtoncommunitytheatre.org The theater troupe’s annual variety show features singing, dancing, sketch comedy and monologues, as well as dinner. www.pickeringtonmagazine.com

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Arnold Sports Festival Photo courtesy of Arnold Sports Festival

Throughout Columbus, www.arnoldsportsfestival.com The Arnold is back, bringing with it the Arnold Classic, the Arnold Fitness Expo, Art at the Arnold, wrestling, martial arts, boxing, mixed martial arts and more.

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School Concerts Pickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.us Concerts this month include the Pickerington High School South orchestra – with the Toll Gate Elementary, Lakeview Junior High and Harmon Middle school orchestras – March 3, the North percussion ensemble March 5 and North’s OMEA preview concert March 7.

March 5-10 Dog Tales

Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The library teams with the Connection to offer opportunities to read to a therapy dog in 20-minute shifts 1-2:30 p.m. March 5 and 6:30-7:30 p.m.

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Brown Bag Book Club 1 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The library’s lunchtime book club discusses Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Lawson.

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Fairfield County Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave., www.tricountyhomebuilders.com Home improvement and landscaping ideas, how-to seminars, door prizes and more highlight this 38th annual show.

March 22

Tri-County Homebuilders Home & Garden Show

Live music Wednesdays, Fridays, and saturdays Extensive whiskey and bourbon selection including 15 Irish whiskies, and 15 Scotch whiskies.

Wide selection of domestic, import and craft beers with over 50 different beers available and 18 craft and domestic beers on tap.

Pool tables, steel tip dart boards, Keno and pull tabs.

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PPL Book Club 7 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The library’s original book club discusses Bettyville by George Hodgman.

Do you have an event you would like to submit to our calendar?

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Violet Township Women’s League Meeting 6:30 p.m., American Legion Post 283, 7725 Refugee Rd., www.vtwl.org The league’s monthly meeting is open to women of all ages in the surrounding community. It will be collecting baskets for its style show in April.

March 19

Breakfast with the Bunny 8 a.m.-noon, Pickerington Senior Center, 150 Hereford Dr., www.pickerington.net Breakfast, games, crafts and photos with the Easter Bunny highlight this annual event.

March 19

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

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2-3:30 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org Games and activities inspired by the works of Dr. Seuss pay homage to the author on his birthday month.

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March 21-25

Spring Break Pickerington Local Schools, www.pickerington.k12. oh.us Classes resume March 28.

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PICKERINGTON

N E W S & I N F OR M ATI O N F R O M T H E C I T Y O F P I C K E R I NGT ON

Off Campus

OU’s Pickerington Center offers options for college-bound students Ohio University has been the higher educational compass guiding students in Pickerington for almost 25 years.

The Pickerington Center opened its doors to college students at Ridgeview Junior High School when it was the only high school in the city. In 2000, the Pickerington Center moved just a few miles down the road to serve as the neighborhood campus to students in northern Fairfield County and the I-270 beltway.

The campus is close and convenient for students of all ages and offers about 70 classes each semester online, onsite and a mixture of the two during the daytime and evening.

To start the journey, high school graduates or students who have earned their GEDs just need to apply. If they have not completed the ACT, they need to take a placement test. Students will also be asked to provide their high school or college transcripts.

Because OU has an open enrollment policy for each of its regional campuses and centers, students interested in pursuing a degree have the opportunity to challenge themselves in a college classroom.

The university websites – www.ohio. edu/pickerington and www.ohio.edu/ lancaster – allow prospective students to sign up for visitation days to tour each campus.

Staying close to home to start a degree has many advantages.

“As part of the Lancaster campus, students at the Pickerington Center enjoy all the benefits of being an Ohio University student and participate in all activities, athletics and student organizations on the Lancaster Campus,” said Director Leigh Atkinson.

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easy-commute campus with plenty of free parking.

The Pickerington Center also offers many classes and workshops to support the student who needs to brush up in a subject to be academically ready to pursue a degree.

“A few exploratory courses may assist the student in developing a career path and identifying their major,” Atkinson said.

The Pickerington Center and other regional campuses are affordable choices for students: half the cost of tuition at the Athens campus.

“The campus atmosphere is welcoming and the staff reaches out to know our students,” said Atkinson.

“That atmosphere – in addition to the great value of an affordable tuition, approximately $5,000 a year – the regional campuses offer makes it hard to beat.”

The Pickerington Center also allows students the chance to begin any degree program close to home and then

easily complete one of 14 associate’s or 12 bachelor’s degrees in Lancaster, or easily relocate to the Athens campus.

The Pickerington Center does not offer graduate programing on its own, but it is hosting two master’s programs from Athens: Financial Economics and Educational Leadership for Principals Prep or Superintendents.

To keep pace with the needs of students, OU is developing a central Ohio strategy for locations in Pickerington, Lancaster and Dublin.

“This may result in a more defined or varied menu of programs offered throughout the area,” Atkinson said.

Since it is never too late to learn, OU offers continuing education courses for business professionals and the 60+ program for students at the Pickerington Center and Lancaster campus.

Anyone over the age of 60 can sign up to take a free class on a seat-available, non-credit basis without having to worry about making the grade.

Close, convenient, and continuing to provide a steady course for the future of all students – the Ohio University Pickerington Center is setting its sights on helping central Ohioans reach their goals.

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News and information from the City of Pickerington

Bobcat Boost Pickerington students can take college courses through OU’s local program The pathway to college for Pickerington high school students is within a few miles of home.

The City of Pickerington is fortunate to have a premier college – Ohio University Pickerington Center, located at 12933 Stonecreek Dr. – just off Hill Road.

High school students who have demonstrated they are academically Team-building activity from a leadership class ready for college are eligible for College Credit Plus (CC+) classes at the Center. They are encouraged to speak with their guidance counselors before pursuing college.

CC+ students gain college and high school credit for the courses they take. While in high school, their college tuition and books are paid for by the school district.

“Getting a jump-start on college classes can help students and their parents financially, as well as lighten the load the first semesters at college or reduce the degree to completion time for students if they Math class take full-time classes,” said Leigh Atkinson, director. “It allows students to see where they fit with college classes and, in many cases, is a confidence builder that they can do it.”

Currently, there are 14 high school students enrolled in the CC+ courses at the Pickerington Center.

Students can sign up for any of the 70 classes offered during the day, at night or online at the Center or the Lancaster campus as long as they are a part of the CC+ program Music around the world class and meet the prerequisites. Blended courses give students time in the college classroom and online. tend class, and some choose to take “The College Credit Plus program a class online.” that high school students participate While high school students have in has multiple delivery methods. In many course options available, some cases, an instructor who is Atkinson said students have a limit approved by the university delivers to the total number of classes they the class in the high school under the can take in college. The limit varies mentorship of a university faculty,” said by individual and takes into account Atkinson. “In many cases, the student what classes they are taking at their comes to one of the campuses to at- high schools.

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Many school districts weight the grades high school students earn from their CC+ courses. The marks in college become a part of the student’s college transcript.

Once students graduate from high school, they can transfer their credits to public or private colleges or universities in or out of the state of Ohio. These institutions may transfer work differently than TAG courses that state schools require. Of course, Ohio University invites those students to continue their path as Bobcats at any of the OU campuses.

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News and Information From

Violet Township

By Assistant Fire Chief Jim Paxton

Stay Healthy Through New Year’s Resolutions Hopefully, we have all passed safely through the holiday season. On behalf of the Violet Township Fire Department, I would once again like to thank the community and the Pickerington Local School District for their continued support of the Holiday Toy Drive.

As Jan. 1 retreats into the distance, the new year and our resolutions become a reality. Often, these resolutions include a desire to improve our fitness and health. This can mean a new gym membership, dusting off home exercise equipment or taking on the challenge of a new diet.

Motivation is strong in the early weeks, but can fade during the cold days of winter. There are no easy answers, nor are there many sure-fire, quick-fix remedies. Determination, dedication and perseverance are required traits. Any time we embark on a new fitness trek, whether it be exercise or diet, it is wise to first consult with a physician.

We should never take our health for granted. We should learn to listen to our bodies. Quite often, there are subtle hints and symptoms that may tip us off to a larger or looming health problem.

An annual physical is always a good idea, and often can discover these hid-

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den existing conditions or help prevent new ones.

In the cold of winter, even simple tasks can become more difficult and hazardous due to weather conditions.

Our level of fitness and current health conditions can contribute to the degree of difficulty associated with these tasks.

Below is an article taken from the American Heart Association, dated March 23, 2015. It discusses the heart hazards of shoveling snow.

Stay warm and be safe!

The American Heart Association says that for most people, shoveling snow may not lead to any health problems. However, the association warns that the risk of a heart attack during snow shoveling may increase for some, stating that the combination of colder temperatures and physical exertion increases the workload on the heart.

People who are outdoors in cold weather should avoid sudden exer-

tion, like lifting a heavy shovel full of snow. Even walking through heavy, wet snow or snow drifts can strain a person’s heart.

To help make snow removal safer, the American Heart Association has compiled a list of practical tips.

• Give yourself a break. Take frequent rest breaks during shoveling so you don’t overstress your heart. Pay attention to how your body feels during those breaks.

• Don’t eat a heavy meal prior to or soon after shoveling. Eating a large meal can put an extra load on your heart.

• Use a small shovel or consider a snow thrower. The act of lifting heavy snow can raise blood pressure acutely during the lift. It is safer to lift smaller amounts more times than to lug a few huge shovelfuls of snow. When possible, simply push the snow.

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• Learn the heart attack warning signs and listen to your body, but remember this: Even if you’re not sure it’s a heart attack, have it checked out (tell a doctor about your symptoms). Minutes matter! Fast action can save lives – maybe your own.

Don’t wait more than five minutes to call 9-1-1.

• Don’t drink alcoholic beverages before or immediately after shoveling. Alcohol may increase a person’s sensation of warmth and may cause them to underestimate the extra strain their body is under in the cold.

• Consult a doctor. If you have a medical condition, don’t exercise on a regular basis or are middle-aged or older, meet with your doctor prior to the first anticipated snowfall.

• Be aware of the dangers of hypothermia. Heart failure causes most deaths in hypothermia. To prevent hypothermia, dress in layers of warm clothing, which traps air between layers, forming a protective insulation. Wear a hat because much of your body’s heat can be lost through your head.

Heart Attack Warning Signs Some heart attacks are sudden and intense – the “movie heart attack,” where no one doubts what’s happening. But most heart attacks start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Often, people affected aren’t sure what’s wrong and wait too long before getting help. Here are signs that can mean a heart attack is happening: Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.

Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, or the back, neck, jaw or stomach.

Shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort.

Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.

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what more likely than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/ vomiting and back or jaw pain.

Calling 9-1-1 is almost always the fastest way to get life-saving treatment. Emergency medical services (EMS) staff can begin treatment when they arrive – up to an hour sooner than if someone gets to the hospital by car. EMS staff is also trained to revive

someone whose heart has stopped.

Patients with chest pain who arrive by ambulance usually receive faster treatment at the hospital, too. It is best to call EMS for rapid transport to the emergency room. If you can’t access EMS, have someone drive you to the hospital right away. If you’re the one having symptoms, don’t drive yourself unless you have absolutely no other option.

Home fires occur more in winter than in any other season. As you stay cozy and warm this winter season, be fire smart!

Half of all home heating fires occur in the months of

Keep portable generators outside, away from windows, and as far away as possible

from your house.

Install and test carbon monoxide alarms at least once a month.

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For more information on how to prevent winter fires, visit

www.usfa.fema.gov/winter/ and www.nfpa.org/winter/

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Road Maintenance

What does it mean, and how does it affect our residents?

It means sealing cracks, filling pot holes and repaving streets.

In some cases, it involves the use of chip seal or other alternatives to conventional asphalt.

Road maintenance also includes snow and ice removal, street sign maintenance, road culvert maintenance, and right-of-way mowing and maintenance.

As you probably know, for the first time in the history of Violet Township, residents of the unincorporated area of Violet Township are being asked to support a 1.5-mill road levy Issue 3 will provide the vital revenues to maintain our on the March election ballot.

105 miles of roadway.

The decision to ask voters to make a decision related to additional funding for road maintenance Here are some facts in regard to why was not an easy one. However, this this issue is important to you and our important issue was identified as a community. proactive approach to protect Violet Today’s cost to resurface 1 mile of Township’s most significant investroadway is approximately $85,000. ment: its infrastructure.

The cost to resurface that same 1 mile Approval of this issue will provide of roadway 10 years ago was approxiessential revenues to maintain our mately $38,000. That equates to nearly 105-center-line-mile roadway network. a 125 percent increase in only 10 years.

Center line miles refer to one direction; Revenues have declined due to therefore, the actual miles are more than the state of Ohio eliminating the tantwice that when you take into consider- gible personal property tax in 2010 ation into multiple lane sections. and the estate tax in 2013, and the

reduction of the local government fund in 2012.

These cuts from the state have reduced our annual revenue by as much as $729,603 per year.

Historically, these funds were used to supplement our roadway maintenance programs.

Consistent feedback from our residents associates road conditions with property values.

Safety of the traveling public on the township road system is paramount. Travel time reliability is also of upmost importance.

Without these funds, our annual budget for roadway maintenance has decreased to approximately $275,000 per year, funded primarily through our portion of gasoline taxes and license plate fees.

Our goal is to provide you, our customer, the opportunity to build on and improve the success of our community.

Approval of this road levy will allow us to implement a proactive, progressive, strategically-focused pavement maintenance plan for our roadway network.

How to Reach Us Violet Township Administrative Offices 12970 Rustic Dr. Pickerington, OH 43147 614-575-5556 www.violet.oh.us Violet Township Fire Stations Phone 614-837-4123 Fire Chief: Michael Little #592: 8700 Refugee Rd. #591: 21 Lockville Rd. #593: 2365 Taylor Park Dr. (behind hhgregg) Violet Township Service Center Phone: 614-382-5979 490 Center St. Pickerington, OH 43147

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Unb  Pickerington triathlete rallies after accident

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Photography by Wes Kroninger

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at Briggs was looking forward to competing in the cross country in her freshman year of high school in WheelITU (International Triathlon Union) World Triath- ersburg, in southern Ohio near Portsmouth. lon Grand Final for the first time when a July biking “The running ended up being my outlet,” she says. accident robbed her of the opportunity.

Briggs and her three sisters grew up with physical and With 18 fractures and breaks, Briggs survived a crash mental abuse from their mother. One of her sisters turned that could have paralyzed or killed her. But on the day of to drugs. Briggs and two sisters left home before graduating the world championship in September, Briggs got out of her high school. wheelchair and took her first steps without her crutches.

One night, after a particularly challenging period with “I was probably just as happy, believe it or not,” Briggs says. her mother, Briggs ended up setting the two-mile record for Since her accident, the 48-year-old has been steadily in- her high school. creasing her physical activity. She’s not sure yet if she’ll ever “Running is what saved me,” she says. compete in triathlons again, but she’s focused on patiently Graduating in 1986, Briggs went on to attend Marshall working through her rehabilitation.

University in West Virginia, earning a bachelor’s degree in ex“Part of who I am was taken away from me, but I want to ercise science and a subsequent two-year degree in nutrition. get it back,” the Pickerington resident says.

While visiting her dad in Columbus during summers, Briggs The night before the race, on July 26, Briggs was feel- met her husband, Mark. They’ve been married for 23 years. ing uncharacteristically nervous about being on the bike. The “I think he’s one of the best people I’ve ever seen and met OSU TriFit Challenge required a 1-mile swim, 25-mile bike in my life,” she says. ride and 6.2-mile run.

Now, Mark and their children – 10th-grade twins Skylar and Briggs felt strong getting out of the water. Her biggest Ashwin, who both are in track and cross country at Pickerington strength is cycling, followed closely by running. That day, she was biking close to 25 mph, a personal record. The race was crowded, and Briggs found herself weaving around other competitors. Her bike hit the curb, and she went face-first into a light post. Her bike was crushed by the fixture, which just missed her when it fell.

“I could have died if that had happened,” she says.

Her ear had to be sewn back on after her helmet was ripped off. Her skull was fractured. She had a concussion. Her pelvis was broken in five places, and her hip, jawbone and sacrum were also broken.

Later, Briggs learned that she was most likely in shock when it happened; she was trying to get back on her bike with a broken hip.

“It was horrible. It was the worst thing that I’ve ever been through,” she says.

Briggs stayed in intensive care for nine days. She couldn’t move for almost a week. It was the first time in 33 years that she wasn’t training for something.

Briggs had completed triathlons for nine years, starting out with duathlons.

Throughout high school and college, she ran competitively. A top sprinter in seventh and eighth grades, Briggs joined Kat Briggs with her dog, Dewey www.pickeringtonmagazine.com

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High School North – are supporting her recovery process. She says they all plan to join her when she’s able to jog her first mile since her accident.

Patience has been the biggest part of Briggs’ recovery process. Until about week 8 following her injuries, she was in a wheelchair off and on. Her knowledge gained as a wellness consultant for Mount Carmel Health has also helped her take charge of her healing process.

As a track coach for Lakeview Junior High School, Briggs often talked to her team about how success forms ambition.

She noticed it firsthand during her healing.

“When I could tie my shoes finally by myself, I wanted to do more,” she says. “When I could pull my own pants up, I wanted to do more.”

She’s been exercising a lot – elliptical, rowing machine, bike trainer, treadmill, walking – and has been out on her bike in her neighborhood, though she’s had to come home a few times because she got panicky. She says that post-accident, she’s more nervous now about being on a bike, or even in a car, than she was before.

Still, she says, being an athlete has helped her heal, because she’s used to wanting to improve herself. She’s been running in a pool as part of her therapy, and in January, she wants to start swimming.

“The accident itself was a defining moment in my life, but I’m doing the best I can to not let it define who I am,” she says.

Sarah Sole is an editor.

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By Garth Bishop Photos courtesy of Bailee Mann

Student Spotlight features a student from a different area high school in every issue.

Selflessness with Speed North senior doesn’t think twice when she has the chance to help

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hether it’s students with special needs or residents of disadvantaged areas, Bailee Mann has made a habit of jumping at the chance to help.

Mann is a senior at Pickerington High School North.

Though Mann is still figuring out her college plans, she knows what she wants to study.

“I know that I want to go into special education,” she says. “That’s a forsure thing now.”

Since her freshman year, Mann has been part of the Peer Collaborators program at North. Through the program, students go into special education classrooms and act as academic and social mentors to the students there.

Prior to joining up with Peer Collaborators, Mann did not have a particular interest in special education. She heard about the program through a tour of North when she was in the eighth grade. After the tour took Mann and her fellow incoming freshmen through the special education classroom, she

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Bailee Mann volunteers in Haiti through the CPR-3 program.

went back to talk to the teachers there, learned about the program, took out an application and signed up.

The program is part of her class schedule. For at least one period each day since she started high school, Mann has helped out in the special education program at North.

“I fell in love with all the kids and I fell in love with all the teachers,” she says.

Reading, crafts, baking, recycling and athletic activity are just a handful of the academic activities she has assist-

ed with. She’s also been part of quarterly dances that rotate among schools in nearby districts; North’s, a luau, typically takes place toward the end of the school year. In addition, she’s gotten a chance to observe the work experience program for special education students, 17

which connects them with local businesses such as Bob Evans and Rule 3.

Peer Collaborators isn’t the only opportunity to help that Mann embraced. Through a program called CPR3, she has visited Haiti to help out in disadvantaged areas there.

Mann was connected with CPR-3 through her church, Grace Fellowship.

She was interested in doing a big service project and had been involved in several smaller projects through youth conferences in other states when she learned about CPR-3. She was compelled to fill out an application right away and get involved as swiftly as possible.

“I have always felt God calling me to do something like this,” Mann says.

She spent a week in Haiti in summer 2014 and six weeks there this past summer. She is always looking forward to the next opportunity to head there, she says.

People tend to think groups like CPR-3 send members just to build homes and churches and similar structures, but the group does more than that, Mann says. Members also work alongside the residents of the areas they visit to ensure they can continue the work after CPR-3 has gone back stateside.

“We’re looking at the long-term need,” says Mann.

Mann also takes a service learning class at North. Two periods a day, three days a week, she shadows a third-grade teacher at Tussing Elementary School.

“I just get to go in there and help out Mrs. (Carrie) Goodwin whenever she needs help, and be a friend to those kids, too,” Mann says.

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Above: Mann with several Haiti residents in one of her CPR-3 trips to the country. Top left: Mann (far left) with the rest of Pickerington High School North’s varsity cheerleading squad. Top right: Mann with one of the students she works with through Peer Collaborators.

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Mann participates in CPR-3 (above) and Peer Collaborators (right).

year since eighth grade, though she is not cheering for basketball this year as she focuses on her college endeavors.

As her busy schedule allows it, Mann also does a good deal of babysitting on the side, always looking for new ways to be of service to others.

“I’m someone who (loves) to serve,” she says. “I have always just wanted to RELATED READS help people. When I do see (opportuniwww.pickeringtonmagazine.com ties to get involved), I just go for them.”

Mann is the oldest of three chil• New Albany doctor who has done relief dren. Her sister, Olivia, is 14, and her work in Haiti brother, Maddox, is 5. She moved to Pickerington with her parents, Dusty • Butterfly Project’s Haiti connection and Angie, from Ashville when she was • New Albany superintendent, who has a in second grade. special education degree • Friendship Circle for special-needs Garth Bishop is managing editor. children Feedback welcome at gbishop@ • Central cheerleader Alison Ross cityscenemediagroup.com. www.pickeringtonmagazine.com

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By Garth Bishop Photos courtesy of New Horizons Mental Health Services

Thriving Therapy

Significant expansion means more capacity for mental health agency

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or 37 years, New Horizons Mental Health Services has offered assistance to Pickerington residents in need of its services.

As of September, the agency has been able to offer substantially more assistance.

That’s when its major, six-month expansion project was finished. The new space at the agency’s 437 Hill Rd. N. location – in the strip mall behind Dairy Queen – represents a 40 percent increase in size.

“These are basically three buildings in one,” says Mei Bezon, practice manager.

New Horizons has been in existence since 1971, when the agency’s first location opened in Lancaster. That original location now has two satellites: the one in Pickerington and another one in Lancaster.

The Pickerington location opened in 1979 in the building previously used by Peace United Methodist Church before moving to its current spot.

Staffers cut the ribbon at the opening of New Horizons Mental Health Services’ expanded space in Pickerington.

New Horizons is supported by the United Way of Fairfield County and the Fairfield County Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Board.

At the Pickerington branch, the main services offered are diagnostic assessment, counseling services, psychiatric care and psychological evaluation.

“We also have crisis intervention, which is basically emergency services,” Bezon says.

Demand for child, adolescent and adult counseling services is only increasing, Bezon says, so the No. 1 priority in increasing the agency’s space was adding more rooms for its counselors and other mental health specialists to practice.

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therapists – five for children and adolescents, five for adolescents and adults – as well as nurses, nurse practitioners, medical assistants and other office workers.

The agency offers help with depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, New Horizons staffers present information at the grand opening of the bipolar disorder, deagency’s expanded Pickerington space. velopmental disorders, “We have definitely seen trauma, grief and more. an increase in both intakes and Much of the therapy is counseling services,” Bezon says. self-directed, Bezon says: The Pickerington location Clients decide which issees more than 1,000 clients sues they are comfortable per month now. That new space working on, and therahas enabled it to hire three new pists ask them how they therapists – two of them focused think those issues can on children and adolescents – best be resolved. and offer more hours to existing In addition to its littherapists who were previously any of in-house services, limited by capacity.

New Horizons works Visitors to New Horizons with a variety of local ennoticed the effects of the expantities to offer options besion right away: In addition to Mei Bezon, yond its walls. the new counseling rooms, the practice manager One such program reception area has doubled in is TeenScreen, an effort size, and the waiting room is bigger, too. derived from a Columbia University pro“We also left some space available for gram that operates in partnership with future expansion,” says Bezon.

Fairfield County school districts, includThough it gets referrals from a variety ing Pickerington Local Schools. of local entities, the vast majority of New Through the program, New HoriHorizons’ clients find their way to its door zons screens teenagers at school to see if via word of mouth – being referred by they might be at risk of suicidal thoughts, friends who have benefited from its ser- in the process also looking for signs of vices, or by doctors whose other patients such disorders as depression and anxiety. have benefited from its services.

“Suicide prevention is a big target “We have a lot of satisfied clients to area (for us),” says Bezon. tell their doctors, friends and family,” If such signs turn up, school counsays Bezon. selors – after discussing the issue with his Representatives also spread the word or her parents – may refer the student to at health fairs, such as those held at Diley New Horizons or another mental health Ridge Medical Center, and work with agency. Counselors may also refer stuthe Pickerington Area Chamber of Com- dents who exhibit warning signs outside merce to get the message out. of the TeenScreen program.

Psychiatric staffers in Pickerington New Horizons also offers an eminclude Dr. Nathaniel Johns, specializ- ployee assistance program in conjuncing in children and adolescents and also tion with local businesses, though the medical director for the New Horizons bulk of that work is done out of the organization; Dr. Leslie Abromowitz, main Lancaster office. The main office specializing in children, adolescents and also works with students at the Lancastadults; and Dr. Shelley Grey, specializing er branch of Ohio University, and offers in adults. That’s on top of 10 licensed – sometimes with referrals from Pickerwww.pickeringtonmagazine.com

The expanded waiting area (top) and reception center

ington – case management and homebased therapy services.

Staffers at the agency are driven forward by the success stories they’ve seen among patients who have, through its services, made great strides in improving their personal situations.

“We see people who say to us, ‘Thank you so much, because when we came in here, we felt very little hope,’” says Bezon.

Those looking to set up a visit can arrange it by calling 614-834-1919. The 24-hour crisis intervention line is 740687-8255.

Garth Bishop is managing editor.

Feedback welcome at gbishop@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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By Hannah Bealer

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Beyond Career Day

Seniors in Pickerington’s biomedical sciences program study on OhioHealth campus

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ince OhioHealth’s Pickerington Medical Campus opened last year, students in the Pickerington Local School District’s biomedical sciences program have had a direct line to their course of study.

This past June, OhioHealth and the district joined forces to create a new learning space for members of the biomedical sciences program. Inside this 2,000-square-foot classroom, the 36 high 22

Thirty-six high school seniors have access to the OhioHealth classroom.

school seniors can learn the ropes of a variety of careers within the health care field.

Each school day, students visit the classroom located on the third floor of the campus’ Refugee Road location. Ideally, students spend half their time in a classroom setting and the other half in the field, gaining firsthand experience. “(We’ve had students tell us) that the program has really helped them focus in on what they want to do after high school

and what path they want to take in college,” says district Superintendent Valerie Browning-Thompson. “It’s really helping them discover new fields. The kids that are in this program are very motivated and independent, and that’s an aspect that makes them successful.”

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Equipment included in the learning space: 12-lead EKG Metabolic physiology probe system 3D printer Spirometers Hand dynamometer Blood pressure cuffs Heart rate monitors Electromuscular measuring leads Wingate power testing bike Medical grade treadmill

dents) realize they are special,” BrowningThompson says.

The integrative aspect of the program helps students zero in on fields they might want to study in college, but it also helps them weed out career paths. A lot of students, Browning-Thompson says, choose nursing.

“There are actually about 100 different careers in the medical field they can go into,” she says. “A lot of the program is introducing them to all the different opportunities that are out there for them. … Someone might want to be a respiratory therapist, but then change their mind grade. Including the younger students, when they get the exposure.” there are 500 total in the program.

OhioHealth provided $140,000 to “It’s very different from the traditional help the district construct the classroom. school setting, and I think that (the stu- It leases the room to the district for $1 a

Students spend half their time in the classroom, and the other half gaining firsthand experience.

year. The classroom is fitted with an Apple TV, 3D printer, conference room, storage room and other amenities. “(OhioHealth and the district) agreed that this is something we wanted to partner with,” says Rob Davies, director of the campus. “The STEM program is something that Pickerington is doing a really good job in.”

While the students are using the OhioHealth facilities, Davies says, they are treated like associates and can access the same amenities as OhioHealth employees, such as parking privileges and a discount at the campus cafe.

“We try to integrate them and keep them up to speed,” Davies says. “It’s beneficial for the students and it’s beneficial for (OhioHealth). We get to learn from them.

It’s amazing how intelligent some of these kids are. They’re the future of health care.”

Hannah Bealer is an editor.

Feedback welcome at gbishop@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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The classroom includes several amenities, including a treadmill, blood pressure cuffs and a 3-D printer.

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Hunger Humor vs.

By William Kosileski

Pickerington Community Theatre’s Canned Laughter fundraiser benefits food pantry

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here’s nothing funny about hunger, but fighting it can be a barrel of laughs.

Pickerington Community Theatre’s sketch comedy group, Pickerington Comedy Take-Out, takes a jovial approach to doing good with its Canned Laughter fundraiser.

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The fundraiser, which began in 2014, is a charity comedy show that collects food and monetary donations for the PCMA Food Pantry of Pickerington.

“We started doing it just as a way to give back,” says Adam Schroeder, the vice president of the theater troupe and one of

the co-leaders of Pickerington Comedy Take-Out. “People are hungry year-round, and we like to help fight that hunger by collecting money and food donations that go directly to the pantry.”

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Above: Pickerington Comedy Takeout members, from left, (back row) Adam Schroeder, Andy Weibel, Tyler Thomas, Brent Small, Mary Lou Kunkler, Chris Gallaugher, Diane Hooper, (front row) Megan Trimble, Jenny Small, Jodi Weibel and Erin Eichel. Right: Kunkler and Gallaugher perform a sketch at the Canned Laughter fundraiser.

Bottom left: Andy Weibel, Brent Small, Jenny Small and Jodi Weibel at Canned Laughter.

comedy, a combination of original material and old sketches from The Carol Burnett Show.

“It is a fun and affordable night out,” says Schroeder. “You aren’t giving your money to a

company that will benefit from it; 100 percent of your donations will help the food pantry directly.”

Helping the hungry is an important cause for Schroeder, he says, and that drive helped lead to the creation of Canned Laughter.

“Figuring out ways to get foods back into homes is a passion of mine,” he says.

In previous years, the event took place at the Pickerington Christian Church, but due to renovations, Schroeder says he is expecting the 2016 show to take place at Prince www.pickeringtonmagazine.com

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of Peace Presbyterian Church, where the troupe has been performing during the renovations. The show is expected to take place in the spring again, but has not yet been scheduled.

Pickerington Comedy Take-Out began as a branch of the theater troupe in 2010.

“At the end of the night, you can look at a table and say, ‘Wow, look at all this food we brought in,’ and you know it’ll help those who need it,” Schroeder says. “And even though we only may receive $50, $70 or $100 in donations, that’s going to help feed many families in the community.”

William Kosileski is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at gbishop@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

Performing sketches at Canned Laughter are (above) Faith Bayes, Linda Hunt, Hooper and Joe Dean, and (right) Schroeder, Andy Weibel, Gallaugher and Brent Small.

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By Hannah Bealer

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Tasteful Training OhioHealth athletic trainers share favorite recipes

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hioHealth’s athletic training program casts a wide net over central Ohio, with about 100 trainers serving high school and college athletes from more than 40 educational institutions.

Pickerington North and Central High Schools are no exception.

Jenn Miller has worked as an athletic trainer for OhioHealth for eight years. She assists with athletes at Central – there are four total OhioHealth athletic trainers across the Pickerington Local School District – but says some middle school students within the district work with the trainers from time to time.

“We try to be involved with the community and the students,” Miller says. “Whenever things are going on around the city, we try to immerse ourselves and the teams. We’re there (for

Four OhioHealth athletic trainers serve the Pickerington Local School District.

Athletic trainer Jenn Miller says it’s easy for trainers to become an athlete’s second family.

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the teams) for everything – the good, the bad, the ugly. We really try to become a part of the school’s family.”

The athletic trainers train student athletes from each sports team the schools offer. When the trainers provide health care throughout a game or a match, they are also offering their services to the competing team. On any given day, Miller says the trainers are coming in before classes let out and leaving after the last practice of the evening. www.pickeringtonmagazine.com

“You really become a part of a kid’s family,” Miller says. “You’re their home away from home. You’re their other mom or dad.”

And the best part of Miller’s job?

“I’ve seen a lot of kids graduate and succeed (in sports) outside of the high school,” Miller says. “That’s really rewarding to me.”

Athletic training doesn’t just revolve around physical fitness. Miller and her colleagues know the importance of healthful eating habits. Try out some of their favorite recipes for yourself.

Hannah Bealer is an editor.

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