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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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faces A (Water)colorful Character

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One-time teacher’s new chalkboard is the canvas

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Mark your calendar for these community events

Oct. 4

Oct. 29

11 a.m.-3 p.m., Columbus Street from Cross Street to Center Street, www.pickeringtonchamber.com Attendees can try samples from a variety of Pickerington food vendors at this annual event organized by the Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce, which also includes a marketplace, children’s activities and the Mount Carmel Health Fair.

6-8 p.m., Olde Pickerington Village, www.pickerington village.com Highlights of this annual Halloween happening include ghost tours, storytelling, hay rides, haunted houses and trick or treat in the Olde Village.

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Oct. 4

Pickerington Marching Band Festival

1-3 p.m., Violet Township Fire 5 p.m., Pickerington High School Department, 8700 Refugee Rd., North, 7800 Refugee Rd., www. www.violet.oh.us The fire department’s annual open pickeringtonbandfestival.com house features demonstrations, Eight Ohio high school marching children’s activities, a fire house bands, including both of Pickerington’s, take the field at this 40th for children to use, an appearance by Sparky the Fire Dog and annual event. a Fire Safety House that teaches children to escape home fire.

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Fairfield County Fair Fairfield County Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave., Lancaster, www.fairfieldcountyfair.com The 164th Fairfield County Fair features a new fun run, as well as livestock competitions, live music, art exhibition, mule races, cookoffs, demolition derbies and more.

Oct. 9

Brown Bag Book Club 1 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org This new library book club, for which attendees may bring their own lunch, discusses The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

by Aimee Bender.

Oct. 12

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Oct. 17-26

Pickerington Community Theatre presents Hello, Dolly!

8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Pickerington Christian Church, 575 Diley Rd., www.pickeringtoncommunity theatre.org The well-known musical about a meddlesome New Yorker is the theater troupe’s fall production.

Oct. 28

Not Your Mother’s Library Book Club 7 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The book club for teens and anyone who loves to read discusses Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean.

Oct. 30

Tots Trick or Treat 1:30-2:30 p.m., Pickerington City Hall, Lockville Rd., www.pickerington.net Children ages 2-5 can trick or treat through the Halloween-decorated City Hall, accompanied by a parent or adult. Beggar’s Night in Pickerington is also Oct. 30, running 6-8 p.m.

Oct. 30

Teen Zombie Walk, Take 2 3:30 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The library’s second Teen Zombie Walk begins with a make-up session from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. and continues with a procession through Olde Pickerington Village.

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Nov. 1

10 a.m., Fairfield County Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave., Lancaster, www.fairfieldcounty fair.com The theme of Lancaster and Fairfield County’s holiday parade this year is “A Christmas to Be Thankful for.”

Pickerington Antique and Craft Show 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Pickerington High School Central, 300 Opportunity Way, www.pickacshow.com Proceeds from the 31st annual show, featuring more than 130 antique and craft vendors, go to Pickerington’s two high schools.

Nov. 1-29

Historical Society Open House

Nov. 6

Story of the Sherman Family 7:30 p.m., Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society, 15 E. Columbus St., www.pickeringtonhistoricalsociety.com The Historical Society’s monthly meeting for November features the tale of the family of William Tecumseh Sherman, presented

by Jim Hachtel.

Nov. 8

United Way 5K Run 7:30 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. run, Fairfield County Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave., Lancaster, www.uwayfairfieldco.org Proceeds from this annual 5K and 2-mile walk benefit the United Way of Fairfield County.

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Not Your Mother’s Library Book Club

Nov. 13

Brown Bag Book Club 1 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org This new library book club, for which attendees may bring their own lunch, discusses Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

7 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The book club for teens and anyone who loves to read discusses The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.

Nov. 18

Genealogy 101 10-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.picker ingtonlibrary.org The library presents two one-hour workshops on use of Ancestry. com and other tools to learn more about one’s forebears.

Nov. 21-Dec. 23 Violet Township Fire Department Toy Drive

Donation boxes throughout Pickerington, www.violet.oh.us The fire department seeks new, unwrapped toys for the less fortunate as part of its annual drive. Donation boxes go up around Violet Township Nov. 21, and the drive officially kicks off Nov. 28.

Nov. 26-Dec. 11 Letters to Santa

Pickerington City Hall, 100 Lockville Rd., www.pickerington.net A North Pole Express mailbox will be placed in front of City Hall for children to write Santa Claus and his helpers a letter for Christmas. Santa will write back if the child’s name and return address are included.

November 2014

10 a.m.-3 p.m., PickeringtonViolet Township Historical Society, 15 E. Columbus St., www.pickeringtonhistorical society.com The Historical Society is accepting entries for the Fairfield Federal Coloring Contest during its November open houses.

Winners will be announced at the Olde Pickerington Village Holiday Gathering on Dec. 5.

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Happy Birthday to Us Pickerington residents are invited to help make the City’s 200th birthday celebration the best party ever.

To mark the bicentennial milestone on Sept. 18, 2015, a committee of city leaders and volunteers has started planning a series of fun-filled events that will run January through October.

“Events like this create a sense of community. We want everyone to be involved in celebrating the bicentennial, whether it’s volunteering to help, being a sponsor, attending the various events or spending time at the museum learning Pickerington’s history,” said Mayor Lee Gray. “It’s a milestone for our City, and what we do in 2015 will leave a lasting legacy for our future generations.”

The theme of the celebration is, appropriately, “It’s our birthday and we’re having a party.”

The 200th birthday bash begins in January with a formal kickoff event for sponsors.

The Presenting Sponsor for the celebration is OhioHealth, and Daimler Group as a Diamond Sponsor.

While the city has two major donors to get the party started, it still needs more support, said City Councilman Chris Schweitzer, who is on the Bicentennial Executive Committee and is the Marketing and Promotions Chair.

“Our goal is to be able to provide everyone throughout the community with the opportunity to take part in this event through participation, support, volunteer efforts or sponsorship … making it

a true community endeavor,” said Schweitzer.

Sponsorship categories range from $500 to $30,000.

January will also begin the reign of the Pickerington Bicentennial Queen and her court.

While details of the competition were still being finalized at press time, two requirements have been set. The candidate must reside in the boundaries of the Pickerington Local School District and be of junior or senior high school status by the 2014-2015 school year.

The complete application and rules for the queen competition will be posted on the Bicentennial website at www. pickerington2015.com this fall.

Former mayors of Pickerington and Mayor Gray will take a look back in time when they open a time capsule on April 18, 2015.

The capsule was placed in front of City Hall when it was built.

The blast from the past will be followed by the burial of a new time capsule in the same location and the planting of a tree at City Hall as part of the City’s annual Arbor Day festivities.

The Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society will set tables for an oldfashioned tea on May 9, and in July, the Pickerington Community Pool will make a splash, charging $2 – or 200 cents – for one day to celebrate the 200th birthday of the city.

The big party gets into full swing over Labor Day weekend on Saturday, Sept. 5.

Labor Day weekend has traditionally been the Pickerington “homecoming” and festivities usually coincide with the annual Lions Club Fish Fry and parade.

To add to the party, the Bicentennial Committee has hired SuperGames to bring in

14 giant inflatables and games, including a wacky obstacle course, a mechanical bull, laser tag, extreme air and vertical rush, a tree house slide, wacky bounce, monster truck inflatable, bouncy boxing, zoo playland, tiger bounce, and a photo booth.

A double zipline will stretch from one end of Victory Park to the other.

All the attractions will be open Sept.

5-6 from 2-10 p.m. and Sept. 7 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

For those who want to keep their feet planted firmly on the ground, there will also be bingo and games reminiscent of those played at early Pickerington homecomings.

Party games include pie-eating contests, a cornhole tournament, a yodeling contest and clothespin races.

Along with the games and a pet parade, the committee is looking into new musical entertainment for the celebration as well as bringing back an old homecoming tradition that is bound to be a knockout.

The Pickerington basketball courts in Victory Park will have residents ready to rumble with USAA-sanctioned boxing matches that feature up-and-coming professional athletes in the ring.

All the activities are bound to work up appetites, and while there will be many food vendors filling the City Hall parking lot, many residents cannot wait to catch the annual Lions Club Fish Fry, which will be in business all three days of the celebration instead of just one.

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Birthday continued fireworks display. On Monday, Sept. 7 – Labor Day – the Bicentennial Parade will step off with some magnificent 28-foot floats used in the Professional Football Hall of Fame Parade, bands, the queen and her court, and a trolley carrying the grand marshals for the parade: former Pickerington mayors and Mayor Gray.

Also on Monday, Pickerington may even make its mark in the record books as the Bicentennial Committee is looking into the possibility that residents may be able to break a Guinness World Record.

To celebrate the actual founding of the City, the Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society will also hold a September banquet in honor of the day in 1815 when Abraham Pickering laid out the original plat of land that became Olde Pickerington Village.

Pickerington City Hall, 100 Lockville Rd.

(All numbers prefixed with the 614 area code)

The last of the Pickerington celebration will be a community worship service, which is expected to be held in October.

With any party, there are plenty of preparations in the works to make the birthday celebration the best one ever.

Anyone wishing to help sponsor the event should contact Schweitzer at cschweitzer@pickerington.net. And since every birthday requires party planners, volunteers are invited to contact Lynda Yartin at lyartin@pickerington.net.

With all the support from the community, by the time the last candle on the Pickerington birthday cake is blown out and the last chorus of “Happy Birthday” is sung, the committee hopes that residents remember that Pickerington is not getting older – it’s getting even better!

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A Violet City History Lesson The City of Pickerington gets its name from Abraham Pickering, who built a log cabin home on the land that is now Sycamore Park.

Pickering’s property was a public land sale parcel that was purchased by his father-inlaw, James Looker of Virginia, in 1811.

Pickering decided to establish a town, so he purchased more land from his father-in-law and had surveyors lay out the town, which he named Jacksonville on Sept. 15, 1815 in honor of Gen. Andrew Jackson’s defeat of the British in New Orleans.

In 1827, the state legislature changed the name of the town to Pickerington after it received a petition from citizens who wanted to honor Pickering.

Pickerington received its status as a village in 1881.

When the Violet City hit the official population mark of more than 5,000 residents in 1991, Pickerington was certified as a city by the Ohio Secretary of State.

Pickerington is now the secondlargest city in Fairfield County, right behind Lancaster.

It is the place that approximately 19,000 residents, as Pickering once did, call home.

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Bicentennial Executive Committee: Lee A. Gray, Mayor Chris Schweitzer, City Council

Tammy Sawyer, Mayor’s Executive Assistant

Cristie Hammond, City Council

Brian Fox, Pickerington Lions Club

Bill Vance, City Manager

Gary Taylor, Ex-Officio Member

Lynda Yartin, City Clerk

Heather Moore, City Manager’s Executive Assistant

Rebecca Medinger, Parks and Recreation Director

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Violet Township Pet Waste and Lawn Litter: Not a Good Recipe for Storm Water Systems

By Tommy Springer, Conservation Technician/Wildlife Specialist, Fairfield Soil and Water Conservation District With areas across the state suffering the effects of bluegreen algae blooms and increased levels of E. coli in drinking and recreational waters, it is important to understand how we, at the local level, can do our part to prevent such occurrences.

The City of Pickerington and Violet Township both have extensive storm water drainage systems. Unlike the sewage systems, storm water is not treated and travels directly from the streets, gutters and catch basins into ponds, lakes and streams. This also means any waste materials placed in the path of storm water or dropped into catch basins will end up in these same bodies of water.

Yard debris and pet waste are some of the most common pollutants found in the storm water system. It is important to not only recognize the environmental and public health concerns this type of waste can present, but also to be aware of actions individuals can take to prevent such material from entering the drainage infrastructure.

The two most common types of lawn debris, dead leaves and grass clippings, constantly enter the storm drains through a slow, natural process. The problems associated with this type of litter arise when individuals collect large quantities and place them into the path of flowing storm water. This could include dumping bagged grass clippings directly into a catch basin or raking fallen leaves into a stream.

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Incorrect Placement of Yard Waste Individuals can help prevent such occurrences by knowing how to dispose of yard waste properly. For grass clippings, simply allowing cut grass to decompose naturally into the lawn’s thatch layer is the best option, as it will replenish nutrients and provide a physical barrier against annual weeds.

Bagged grass clippings can either be added to a compost pile or hauled to the nearest composting facility.

Leaves can be used as an alternative to mulch around flower beds and trees, or composted into rich soil for landscaping and gardening. Individuals served by a community leaf pick-up service should place piles of collected leaves on the lawn near the curb and not in the street or gutter.

Pet waste can present health concerns because of the harmful bacteria present in it. It can also create physical litter when bagged by pet owners, but disposed of improperly. Pet waste can be properly removed from the yard by burying it under 6 to 12 inches of soil or by bagging it and placing it with household trash.

Do not bury bagged waste, as most bags are not readily biodegradable. Placing pet waste down storm drains or catch basins is not only harmful to the environment, it is also illegal.

The Fairfield Soil and Water Conservation District hopes education and awareness now will help reduce storm water pollution in Violet Township and the City of Pickerington, and preserve the quality of surface water in the area.

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From the Violet Township Fire Department

Protect Your Pets According to the National Fire Protection Association, almost Plan for home fires, both when you are home and when your 1,000 fires annually are accidentally started by a homeowner’s pets are home alone. pet, and nearly 500,000 pets are affected annually by fire.

• Have your pets wear their collars and tags. In addition, have leashes ready in case firefighters need to The American Kennel Association recommends that you: rescue your pet. When leaving pets home alone, keep • Extinguish open flames. Pets are generally curious them in areas or rooms near entrances where firefighters and will investigate cooking appliances, candles or even can easily find them. a fire in your fireplace. Do not leave your pet unattended • Have monitored smoke detectors. Since pets left around an open flame and make sure to thoroughly exalone cannot escape a burning house, detectors that tinguish any open flame before leaving your home. are connected to a monitoring center can alert emergen•

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Remove stove knobs. Be sure to remove stove knobs or protect them with child-proof covers before leaving the house. According to the National Fire Protection Association, exploring a stove or cook top is the No. 1 way your pet can start a fire.

cy responders. These systems provide an added layer of protection beyond battery-operated smoke alarms.

REMEMBER: Once Out, Stay Out!

Secure wires and cords. Cats are especially interRemember to escape first ested in playing with anything that looks like string. Keep and then notify the fire departelectrical wires and power cords secured and out of ment using the 9-1-1 system reach. or proper local emergency • Invest in flameless candles. number in your area. Never go These candles contain a light bulb back into a burning building rather than an open flame and take for any reason. Teach children the danger out of your pet knocking not to hide from firefighters. If over a candle. Cats are notorious for someone is missing, or pets starting fires when their tails turn over are trapped inside your home, tell the firefighters right away. lit candles.

• Secure young pets. Keep them They are equipped to perform away – in crates or behind baby gates rescues safely. in secure areas – from potential firestarting hazards when you are away from home.

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Ho Ho Ho! That’s right! It’s time to start thinking about the annual Violet Township Fire Toy Drive. Kickoff is Nov. 28, and the drive will run through Dec. 23 New, unwrapped toys are requested. Remember that it takes a little time for your toy to go from your generous hands into the hands of a child. Please donate early to ensure that your toy is received.

Donation boxes will be placed around the township starting Nov. 21.

Contact Jimmy Barber or Liz Pfeifer at 614-8374123 for more information.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Annual Fire Department Open House Oct. 12, 2014 from 1-3 p.m.

8700 Refugee Rd. Open House highlights include: • A Fire Safety House that puts children into a non-hazardous smoke-filled environment to teach them how to get out of their homes in case of fire.

• Demonstrations on how to get down and crawl under smoke.

• The chance to use a real fire hose to shoot water.

• Coupons for free smoke detector batteries.

• The opportunity to purchase or order a fire escape ladder for your second floor area.

• Coupons for free goodies.

• Balloons, snacks and an appearance by Sparky the Fire Dog. • Picture opportunities for kids dressed up in fire gear, or with Sparky the Fire Dog.

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We are “Your Friends for Life” 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: John Eisel #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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In her 88 years, Pickerington resident Lois Clark has developed a tremendous talent for appreciating and creating beauty.

Clark has lived in Pickerington since 1977, when she moved to the community with her husband, Bill, and their five children.

For the past five years, Clark has taught watercolor classes at the Pickerington Senior Center. Several area artists meet at the center for fellowship, inspiration and Clark’s instruction from 1-3 p.m. Mondays.

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Character Left: Lois Clark’s cat, Mitty Kitty, with its portrait Below: An example of Clark’s work

taught disabled children through the Franklin County Board of DD. Though the two audiences to which she’s taught are vastly different, Clark appreciates everyone’s talent.

“Art provides people with a way to connect with life. It’s good for the soul.

Anyone can learn to do it, if they really want to,” Clark says. “I find that, when people say they cannot draw or cannot paint, it really means that they don’t have any interest in it. It’s something you can learn if it’s important to you.”

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Left: The backyard garden where Clark spends much of her time Bottom right: A photo of Clark and her husband, Bill, when they were married during World War II

classes in junior high and high schools, painting only every once in a while before deciding to really learn to paint.

“I painted every morning right after breakfast. I made it a habit until I could learn how to do it,” she says. “I just bought a bunch of art supplies, and I had some books. I did take a few classes from Nancy Brackbill. She had an exhibit at the library every so often, and I participated in that.”

Landscape is Clark’s favorite art form.

Her living room walls provide a gallery for several of her paintings, including her favorite landscapes, floral compositions and an amazingly accurate portrait of her black-and-white cat, Mitty Kitty.

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“I’ve always loved watercolor,” Clark says. “I love the freshness and transparency of the colors.”

One of the paintings portrays the farm in Meigs County where she and her family lived before moving to Pickerington. Bill grew up on the family farm until leaving to serve in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After his father’s untimely death from a farming accident, Bill returned to the farm and he and Lois married.

All five of the couple’s children are grown and married, and they have 10 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. One of the sons is a pilot like his father, and another inherited Lois’s artistic talent.

“He was a commercial artist for a while,” Clark says. “He didn’t do watercolor like I do. He did chalks and oil paints. He studied art at (The Ohio State University).”

Another wall in Clark’s home is covered with photographs from days gone by. Her parents and grandparents, her husband’s parents and grandparents, and others, dressed in the styles of yesteryear, gaze steadily from images captured many decades ago.

“They’ve been gone a long time, but I still think of them,” Clark says.

When not painting or teaching, Clark spends a good amount of time in her garden.

“I don’t do the mowing anymore, but I still tend the garden,” she says. “I plant, weed and trim. I even dig it up with a spade in the spring.”

The deep back yard of her Pickerington home is well-kept, with gardens and feeding stations that attract a busy congregation of songbirds, bees and butterflies. Birds are another favorite subject for her watercolors.

Clark’s studio is in the basement of her home. Modesty prevents her from brag-

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ging, but a cluster of ribbons and awards hangs over her work table; she was a member of the Ohio Watercolor Society until travel became difficult for her. Paints and palettes surround her seat, and reference photographs are at hand.

“I like to work from photographs,” she says. “But I never paint the scenes exactly as they are in the photographs. I take

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By Garth Bishop

The Need for Feed Student-run food pantry provides food and other resources for pets

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Much has been written and said about those unfortunate people who don’t get enough to eat – but what about the fourlegged friends who suffer the same fate?

These undernourished pets are the intended beneficiaries of Students Helping Our Pickerington Pets, a pet food pantry that began in 2012.

Founded by Pickerington resident Tricia Gerencser, the pantry – known informally as SHOPP – is operated by Pickerington High School North.

Its chief goals are to assist pet owners who have found themselves in tough financial situations and to educate the community on pet health and nutrition.

Dog and cat owners alike can take advantage of SHOPP’s offerings.

To qualify for assistance, one must live in the boundaries of the Pickering-

ton Local School District, and to apply, one must fill out a card and demonstrate one’s household income is at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. These requirements are the same as those used by the PCMA Food Pantry of Pickerington.

Additional SHOPP guidelines call for recipients to get their pets spayed or neutered and pledge not to leave their animals outside unattended, among other things. The pantry will consider requests for assistance from people who do not need help for their own pets, but have a friend or neighbor who does and is too proud to ask, Gerencser says.

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Above: Founder Tricia Gerencser often distributes items to SHOPP recipients from the back of her car in the Violet Township Administrative Offices parking lot.

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Petco and the Andersons. Donation boxes are also set up at a number of local businesses – including Foot Solutions on Hill Road North, Petco in Reynoldsburg and Byers Airport Subaru in Hamilton Road – and businesses can call the students who run the program to get donation boxes of their own.

Educational information includes foods not to give to pets and healthful foods owners might not think to utilize.

“We teach them how to add regular produce, foods that are accessible from a regular food pantry, … to an animal’s diet,” Gerencser says.

Not only is produce cheap and often available for free from food pantries such as PCMA, giving one’s pets such high-quality food products keeps the www.pickeringtonmagazine.com

pets healthier – which means lower veterinarian bills. And a lot of owners simply don’t know they can feed, for example, potatoes or carrots to their dogs.

As long as the animal is healthy, “You can give a dog a whole egg,” says Gerencser. “People don’t know that.”

The pantry also provides lists of foods never to give to pets – onions, raisins, grapes and chocolate – and gives advice on commercial foods to avoid, as some of them lack nutritional value.

“You’re not getting a better deal by buying a cheaper food,” says Gerencser.

Proper animal nutrition is an important consideration for pet owners, says Dr. Julie Miles, owner of Compassionate Care Animal Hospital on Hill Road North. A bad diet can lead to hair coat

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“Not everyone can afford a high-quality premium diet. There are good diets within every price range.”

-Dr. Julie Miles problems or obesity, and owners should keep an eye out for ear or skin infections that may have been caused by food allergies, Miles says.

“Not everyone can afford a high-quality premium diet,” she says. “There are good diets within every price range.”

Dental health is another factor that is substantially affected by the food an animal eats, Miles says. For dogs, dry food is better than canned food because hard kibble does a better job of scraping tartar off teeth, but for cats, canned food is nutritionally superior and, in addition, cats don’t have grinding molars to improve chewing.

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“For dogs, the canned food can be hard on their teeth, especially for smaller dogs, so if (owners) feed canned food, they need to remember to either brush their dogs’ teeth or provide them with chew (items),” Miles says. “With cats, it’s really important to make sure we get enough protein in them – dry food can be too low in protein and too high in carbohydrates for cats.”

Though the pantry’s offerings come without monetary cost, it does utilize a pay-it-forward system by which recipients may “pay” for their items with good deeds so the items they receive feel more like gifts than first aid, Gerencser

says. Creating handmade thank-you cards, building pet beds from donated material, cleaning up yards, walking others’ dogs and consoling owners whose animals have died are some of the ways recipients have paid it forward.

“Everybody maintains a modicum of dignity, and at no time will anybody ever be put in an unpleasant or compromising position where they feel like they’re being first-aided,” says Gerencser.

“They are being gifted.”

Though Gerencser is working with local veterinarian Dr. William Young of Chevington Animal Hospital to obtain a permanent place to house food and www.pickeringtonmagazine.com

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Enhance your pet’s regular diet with some of these additions

dogs • Steamed broccoli, carrots or green beans • Bananas • A soup bone (which also keeps the dog entertained) • Potatoes

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• Buttered whole wheat toast • A cantaloupe ball • A small chunk of cheese (cheddar helps dissolve tartar) • Whole grain spaghetti with tomato sauce and cheese

other items, she keeps the items in her garage now and distributes them from her car in the parking lot of the Violet Township Administrative Offices. Distribution occurs two days a month, with the next month’s distribution days being announced at the current month’s.

Though the animals are its chief beneficiary, the pantry also pays dividends to the students, who, by running it, gain exposure to the experience of running a business.

Gerencser, a longtime animal lover, was inspired to create the food pantry after she found herself helping a neighbor who had fallen on hard times. She www.pickeringtonmagazine.com

would take casseroles to the neighbor, claiming she had made too much, and saw that the money the neighbor saved on food often went to buy food for her dogs. On the advice of her son, a North graduate, she talked to North’s NHS adviser to get a program set up at the school.

She has five animals of her own: three cats and two dogs. She adopted the most recent addition, a cat, after it wandered into her garage to die and she helped nurse it back to health.

Though some people advise owners who cannot afford pet food to give up their pets, SHOPP understands the

special relationship between owner and pet and strives to allow them to keep their beloved animals, Gerencser says.

“We don’t want to break that bond,” she says.

Those interested in helping out by donating money or food, or hosting a donation box, should call 614-863-1891.

Garth Bishop is editor of Pickerington Magazine. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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Gigi’s Cupcakes

10709 Blacklick-Eastern Rd, Ste. 200 www.gigiscupcakesusa.com Gigi’s products tout a two-to-one icing-to-cupcake ratio, distinguishing themselves from their contemporaries by way of towers of icing.

The company’s signature cupcake is its cookie dough cupcake – complete with chocolate chip-festooned icing and topped with a chocolate chip cookie – but its best seller is the wedding cake cupcake, which is white cake with vanilla buttercream. Chocolate salted caramel and Kentucky bourbon are a couple of the other menu highlights.

In addition to cupcakes, Gigi’s also makes customizable cakes, cheesecakes, mini cupcakes and cookies.

The Tennessee-based company has two other locations in central Ohio.

Swirlykins Cupcakes 8523 Refugee Rd. www.swirlykinscupcakes.com

Tamara Williams opened Swirlykins last year, but she’s been baking since age 10, and that lengthy experience with homemade goods informs her skill in cupcakery.

“I stepped out on faith and opened it,” Williams says.

Customers have gravitated toward the bakery’s standard chocolate cupcake, but Williams’ specialty is a sweet potato cupcake with buttercream icing that blends savory and sweet flavors.

In addition to custom orders, cookies, pies, cakes, banana pudding and cake pops are among Swirlykins’ other offerings.

Sweet Persuasions 1260 Hill Rd. N. www.sweetpersuasions.net

Melissa Lewis opened Sweet Persuasions in November 2012 after her home-based business grew beyond the capacity of her house.

The bakery is known for its custom cakes, cupcakes and “ugly bars,” the latter of which are layered with chocolate chip cookie, caramel, peanut butter cup and a peanut butter crumb cookie topping. Its signature white chocolate cupcake is a top choice for weddings, and its salted caramel vanilla bean cupcake is a fan favorite, but the bakery can make 100plus flavors.

Customized items, 3D cakes and doughnuts are among Sweet Persuasions’ other offerings.

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Red Velvet Café

1188 Hill Rd. N. www.facebook.com/redvelvetcafepickerington The vintage coffee machines that decorate Red Velvet Café, opened 2011, help establish the hospitable vibe sought by owners Reuel and Lida Cruz.

Among customers’ top choices, the Cruzes say, are the salted caramel and maple bacon cupcakes. More exotic creations – including Crema de Fruita, which is vanilla cake with custard filling, stuffed with cocktail fruits cooked in gelatin – are gaining popularity, too.

Beloved as the pastries are, Red Velvet has also gotten a reputation for its coffee, including a traditional Cuban coffee made in a moka pot.

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Extensive experience in culinary school, restaurants and resorts led up to Chiat Mei Yow’s decision to open Bakerhouz on 8 in October of last year.

Among Bakerhouz cupcakes, the caramel apple crumble variety has proven popular. For the most part, though, Yow specializes in custom cakes for weddings and other special occasions, and her buckeye torte – layers of peanut butter and chocolate formed into a rich cake – and German chocolate cake are big favorites.

“Cake is what I love to do,” Yow says.

Cookies, muffins and scones are also on the menu.

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By Corinne Murphy

An-tweak Your Décor

Antique and Craft Show celebrates 31 years of academic fundraising

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From traditional to shabby chic, a major annual sale of authentic and refurbished antiques, as well as an eclectic assortment of handcrafted items, has been a Pickerington mainstay for three decades.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Pickerington Antique and Craft Show, presented by the parentteacher organizations of Pickerington High Schools North and Central.

The show, set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 1 at Pickerington High School Central, will host more than 130 vendors. For 26

the first time, vendor space will extend into the courtyard.

“The show continues to grow, with each year being bigger than the last,” says show co-chairwoman Lisa Reade, “which is a testament to its staying power and how attractive it continues to be to its patrons. We constantly look for new vendors to keep it fresh.”

The wide array of crafts on hand includes Christmas ornaments and décor, jewelry, pottery, quilts, ornaments, fall and outdoor décor, knitted items, photography, stationery, doll clothes, soap,

wood and copper items, stained glass, and homemade honey.

The success of the show keeps vendors coming back for more each November. Bev Bertel has been coming back for 15 to 20 years.

“I go to 10 to 15 shows a year,” says Bertel, “but with Pickerington, you find something a little bit different, a little bit unique. It’s very well run, and the quality of the merchandise is very high.”

Linda Besser, a vendor from Pickerington, repurposes wine bottles into lights and decorations for the show. Going www.pickeringtonmagazine.com

on her fourth year there, Besser commends the organization and diversity of the show, noting that no two vendors sell the same kind of item.

Last year, the show raised over $15,600, its highest annual sum to date, through vendor booth rentals, admissions, concessions, the bake sale and the 50/50 raffle. North and Central each received half, and both contribute $2,000 yearly to a district scholarship fund. What remains of the proceeds supports after prom, staff appreciation, a scholarship banquet, senior recognition and awards and teacher grants.

“What’s terrific is the camaraderie that exists amongst the crew that runs this from both high schools,” Reade says. “It is truly a group effort in a climate where the schools can be very competitive. We come together to work hand-in-hand to put on one of the best events in Pickerington that is looked forward to yearly and has a huge attendance.”

With 31 years of history behind the show, organizers maintain a certain amount of reverence for tradition. That reverence is evidenced by the pineapple that has served as the show’s symbol since day one. The image symbolizes hospitality and graciousness from a host, says event co-chairwoman Michelle Waterhouse.

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“The show brings a lot of visitors down the main corridor of Pickerington,” Waterhouse says. “It financially benefits the high schools, but it also benefits the city.”

Bertel advises first-time attendees to make an effort to beat the crowds, because there are most assuredly always crowds.

“Come early, because there’s always a long line,” says Bertel. “And plan to spend a long time there, because there is that much to see.”

Show coordinators encourage attendees to take advantage of the full lunch

and bake sale, which features 175 bakers from both high schools.

Tickets are sold at the door and are $4 for adults, $2 for seniors and free for children 12 and under.

For more information, visit www.pick acshow.com.

Corinne Murphy is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at gbishop@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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By Taylor Woodhouse Photography by Garth Bishop

From A to Z

Former computer programmer finds his calling as Italian chef

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Chef Mohammed Zaman prides himself on serving up homestyle cooking your grandmother would be proud of – assuming your grandmother is Italian, that is.

Zaman – or Chef Z, as his customers know him – is the owner and chef of Omezzo Italian Restaurant, 1755 Hill Rd. N. Open since 2013, the restaurant quickly gained attention, taking home the coveted Purple Spatula award at last year’s Taste of Pickerington.

Born in Bangladesh, Zaman came to the U.S. when he was 18 to study computer programming. While he was in school, he worked in an Italian restaurant and quickly discovered his passion for Italian food.

Post-graduation, he moved to Cincinnati after finding a programming job.

He spent about 15 years in that line of work before ultimately realizing it wasn’t for him.

“I had worked in restaurants all my life,” Zaman says. “Making people happy with my food was my passion.”

And so he went to work in the restaurant business again, taking jobs at restaurants such as Lindey’s, BRAVO! Cucina Italiana and Brio Tuscan Grille. For eight years, he

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further honed his skills and learned ever more about Italian cooking. It was only a matter of time before he decided to open his own restaurant.

“I wanted to do it for myself,” Zaman says.

Omezzo is the first solo venture into the culinary world for Zaman, now a Pickerington resident. The restaurant’s name is Italian for “one half,” denoting the combination of styles of the menu.

“I don’t do 100 percent Italian,” Zaman says. “I also have spinach dip, wings, subs and burgers.”

Still, Italian cooking is clearly the heart and soul of Omezzo, as even a cursory glance at the entrees – including baked ziti, chicken pomodoro, shrimp penne alfredo, lobster ravioli, cheese tortellini carbonara, eggplant parmesan and rigatoni Bolognese – will indicate.

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The restaurant lends its name to three items on the menu: the Salad Omezzo, with lettuce, onions, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, parmesan-crusted chicken and ranch dressing; the Pasta Omezzo, with roasted red pepper cream sauce, mushrooms, chicken and rigatoni; and the Trio Omezzo, cheese tortellini with pesto cream sauce, lasagna and chicken diavolo.

Pizzas, soups and desserts – including tiramisu and cannolis – round out the menu.

Zaman changes up the menu every six or seven months, he says.

Fresh ingredients and home-style cooking are a couple of Zaman’s biggest points of pride. He emphasizes that each meal is made from scratch and that he makes his own sauces fresh every day, utilizing local ingredients – including some from his own garden – whenever possible.

Zaman will return to the Taste of Pickerington this year to defend his title. Last year’s winning combination was his homemade lasagna, chicken alfredo and tiramisu.

This time around, he’s considering bringing back the chicken alfredo, but switching out the lasagna for spaghetti with meat sauce or meatballs.

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Never Waste a Taste The 2014 Taste of Pickerington, organized by the Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce, is slated for Saturday, Oct. 4.

It will run 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the corner of Center and Columbus streets.

Admission to the Taste is free. Each vendor in the line-up of restaurants, caterers and more will offer samples for $1 apiece.

A marketplace of non-food vendors, children’s activities, demonstrations, chicken wing- and pizza-eating contests, and the Mount Carmel Health Fair round out the offerings.

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By Colleen C. Bauman, Pickerington Public Library Community Services Coordinator

The Giver

Mockingjay

This is a classic that can be found on just about every high school English class reading list around the world. This story is set in a “perfect” society. Disease has been eradicated, but so have feelings – no happiness or pleasure. The only one who has memories of feelings is The Giver. Everyone has to perform their assigned tasks and stay in their assigned roles. Then it is time for The Giver to pass on his gift of memories to young Jonas. As the reader delves further into this story, he or she realizes all is not as perfect as it seems. If you haven’t explored a dystopian novel, this is the one to read first.

Once again, we meet up with Katniss Everdeen. While the first two books in the Hunger Games trilogy concentrated on the dreaded games that pitted the 12 districts against one another, now it is the Capitol itself against the rebel forces. With strong political themes, a fast-paced plot and well-developed characters, this book will appeal to adults as well as the young adults for whom it was intended. This book will be split into two movies, so there is time to get this novel read before the second half comes out.

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Outlander

The Maze Runner

By James Dashner Thomas wakes up in total darkness, with no memories beyond his first name, in the Glade. Outside the giant wall is a nightmare of a labyrinth, an ever-changing Maze. Other kids, Runners, venture into the Maze, trying to map a way out. Some make it back some get caught by the Grievers. Then She, the first girl, comes, but ends up in a vegetative state.

Gone Girl

By Gillian Flynn When beautiful, smart and clever Amy Dunne disappears on the evening of her fifth wedding anniversary with husband Nick, questions about her whereabouts – and Nick’s role in her disappearance – quickly arise.

This book delves into what happens when one person has no idea who his or her spouse really is.

By Diana Gabaldon The year is 1946. Claire Randall and her husband are on a post-WWII second honeymoon trying to reconnect. Rambling through the Scottish countryside, she walks through a circle of standing stones and is thrown back in time to 1743. With her life threatened by English Redcoats, whose commander is her husband’s ancestor, she is wed to James Fraser, a handsome, gallant Scots warrior.

Thus begins an epic tale that spans two centuries and has become a modern classic.

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