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The Top Golden Bear

UAHS principal on life, leadership and looking forward to the new high school

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Dave Prosser Gianna Barrett Gary Hoffman Brandon Klein Cameron Carr Sarah Robinson

Project Zero Heroes

Amanda DePerro

Cultivating a culture of creativity

Bre Offenberger Ellie Roberto Trevor Simpson Sarah Grace Smith

16 Living

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UA loves a Parade!

Tracy Douds

And so does Grandview Heights and Marble Cliff

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Tri-Village Lions Club member attributes her life to the Lions

Program designed to create lasting friendships

26 On the Table

Tremont Traditions

29 Top Homes

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Community As pandemic restrictions are easing, be sure to check websites for updated information.

Through Oct. 27

Labor Day Arts Festival Sept. 6

Upper Arlington Farmers Market

Wednesdays, 4-7 p.m.

Tremont Pool Parking Lot 2850 Tremont Rd. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Sept. 1-Oct. 27 Trivia Night

Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.

Grandview Cafe 1455 W. Third Ave. www.grandviewcafe.com

Great Pumpkin Run 5k Oct. 23

Sept. 3-6

Columbus Greek Festival

The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral 555 N. High St., Columbus www.columbusgreekfestival.com

Sept. 4

Tri-The-Heights Youth Triathlon

8:30 a.m.

Grandview Heights Municipal Pool, Wyman Woods Park, Grandview Heights City Streets www.grandviewheights.gov

Sept. 5

Golden Bear Bash

6-10 p.m.

Amelita Mirolo Barn 4395 Carriage Hill Ln. www.goldenbearbash.com

Sept. 6

UACA Labor Neighbor Day 9 a.m.

Hastings Middle School 1850 Hastings Ln. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Sept. 6

Labor Day Arts Festival 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Northam Park 2070 Northam Rd. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Sept. 10

Night of Chocolate

6:30 p.m.

Hollywood Casino 200 Georgesville Rd., Columbus www.cancersupportohio.org

Sept. 11, Oct. 9

Friends of Upper Arlington Parks 9 a.m.-noon Fancyburg Park 3375 Kioka Ave. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Sept. 15

UA Night Market

UACA Labor Neighbor Day Sept. 6

6-9 p.m.

Mallway Park 2096 Arlington Ave. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

To submit your event for next issue’s calendar, contact ccarr@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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Calendar Sept. 17-Oct. 31

ZOMBIEzi Bay presented by Mountain Dew

Thursdays and Sundays 6-10 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays 6 p.m.-midnight The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium 4850 Powell Rd., Powell www.columbuszoo.org

Sept. 23-Oct. 10

BIA Parade of Homes

Thursdays-Sundays, noon-6 p.m.

Throughout central Ohio www.BIAParade.com

Sept. 29

The Lyrics of Loss

Columbus Marathon

7:30 a.m.

North Bank Park 311 W. Long St. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Oct. 23

The Great Pumpkin Run 5K 9 a.m.

Grandview Heights www.grandviewheights.gov

Sept. 1-30

6-7 p.m.

Cornerstone of Hope 1550 Old Henderson Rd. www.business.chamberpartnership.org

Sept. 30

Sept. 14

4-7 p.m.

Ray DeGraw Park in the Grandview Yard www.grandviewheights.gov

7-8 p.m.

Tremont Road Library

Oct. 1-31

Boo at the Zoo

Fridays 5-9 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sundays 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium 4850 Powell Rd., Powell www.columbuszoo.org

Oct. 2

Cycle UA

8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Northam Park 2070 Northam Rd. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Oct. 3

Upper Arlington Fall Fest 1-5 p.m.

Fancyburg Park 3375 Kioka Ave. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Oct. 8-10

Columbus Italian Festival

168 E. Lincoln St., Columbus www.columbusitalianfestival.com

Upper Arlington Fall Fest Oct. 3

Oct. 28

Beggars Night – Pumpkin Patrol 6-8 p.m.

UA community www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Upper Arlington Public Library Lane Road Book Character Scavenger Hunt

Grandview Heights Family Fall Fest

Photos courtesy of City of Upper Arlington

Oct. 17

All day Lane Road Library

Season Extension Techniques for Your Garden

Oct. 8

Red Cross Blood Drive

www.ualibrary.org

Oct. 9

Fire Truck Visit

10-10:30 a.m.

Miller Park Library

Oct. 19-20

Stuffed Animal Sleepover All day Tremont Road Library

Oct. 23

Pumpkin Parade

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Tremont Road Library

11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tremont Road Library

Grandview Heights Public Library 1685 W. First Ave. www.ghpl.org

Sept. 4, 25, Oct. 16, Nov. 6, 27 Dungeons and Dragons Club 1-4 p.m.

Sept. 8, 22, Oct. 13, 27 Grandview Heights Writers Group 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Sept. 14

Hello, I Must Be Going: The Mostly True Story of an Imaginary Band 7-8 p.m.

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Sept. 15

American Red Cross Blood Drive 1-7 p.m.

Oct. 5

The Ohio Literary Trail: A Guide 7-8 p.m.

Oct. 6

Opera in Popular Culture 7-8:30 p.m.

Oct. 7

Lily Bloom 7-8 p.m.

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Faces

By Sarah Robinson

The Top Golden Bear

UAHS principal on life, leadership and looking forward to the new high school

Left to right: Assistant Principal Sam Belk, Director of Human Resources Matt Jordan and Andrew Theado.

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he community of Upper Arlington is like one big family – and as someone who grew up in a big family, Upper Arlington High School Principal Andrew Theado understands that better than most.

“I’m one of six kids,” he says. “My mom has 22 grandchildren, but my extended family, I’ve got 24 first cousins on one side, 19 on the other.”

From growing up in UA and now raising his four kids here with his wife, Natalie, Theado has created decades of great memories in the area.

“Some of my favorite memories are involving the neighborhoods and the community, whether it’s the Fourth of July or just being outside with our kids, it’s the community feel to Upper Arlington,” he says.

That community aspect is what he most looked forward to this year with the new high school, which celebrated its grand opening Aug. 15. Throughout the numerous design phases, community and staff volunteers came together for community forums and many even joined the Community Building Design Team which was heavily involved in the planning process. Theado was part of that collaborative effort working with students, community members, teachers and designers.

“The folks involved with the design did an exceptional job of designing a high school that is 110,000 square feet bigger than our current high school and making it very efficient and smart and focused on teaching and learning,” he says. “The design is amazing. There’s so much more opportunity for innovation, for crossdisciplinary work, for showcasing our arts, for showcasing athletics. It is a building for our community.”

After being part of the years-long process of building the new high school, Theado says he’s immensely grateful to the community for its continued support and involvement with the project.

“I want to give thanks to the community for making the new high school happen,” Theado says. “I can’t emphasize enough how fortunate we are to be able to work in this community and serve the young people in this community.”

As principal, Theado says there’s no typical day on the job, but starting a new school year at the end of a pandemic as well as in an entirely new building is a new level of atypical. But that’s not all that’s different for Theado this school year.

“This year will be new for me – I’m going to be co-teaching a class with Laura Moore, one of our teachers,” he says.

“What we are co-teaching is a leadership class, so I’m really excited for it.”

During the 2020-21 school year, Theado and Moore led a three-day leadership workshop with about 30 students.

The new leadership class builds off the workshop and aims to prepare students for life in college, in the workplace and beyond.

“The vision of Upper Arlington Schools is to prepare students to serve, to lead and be successful,” Theado says.

“So, to prepare them to lead, we need to offer opportunities where we are actually preparing them to lead. What better way to prepare them than to teach them about leadership?”

Theado had firsthand experience building up his own leadership skills when he first became a principal in 2014.

He says he was surprised by the complexity of the position.

“Getting to know all the different stakeholders – being the parents, community members, students, teachers – and navigating all the different wants and needs of all those folks and then aligning those things and aligning that work to the board of education, that’s the biggest learning curve that I had as a brand new principal,” he says. “Now, I really embrace it. I enjoy it. I think it’s fun, but people might not realize how complex these leadership positions are.”

Along with the surprises, being a high school principal comes with its own set of challenges and rewards.

Family Man Balancing his career with raising four kids isn’t easy – seventh-grader Drew, fourth-grader Marilia, third-grader Dante and first-grader Rocco are all involved with athletics on top of maintaining their good grades, which makes for a very busy schedule.

“I couldn’t do what I do without my wife,” Theado says. “We have a very busy schedule but it’s very rewarding.”

Between sports and extracurriculars, Theado says his busy family is similar to everyone else’s.

“I’ve grown up with family and that’s all I know,” he says. “I’m used to being busy and I’m used to people being around all the time and that social aspect.

Family’s most important.”

“Hands down, the best aspect of my job is working with our kids – young adults – and our community,” Theado says. “They teach me things and they make me continue to evolve as a leader.”

Rising Up Like every student who walks the halls of UAHS, Theado had big aspirations for his future. And while he says some of his dreams were lofty, one in particular still led to a lifelong passion.

“When I was in elementary school, I wanted to be a firefighter,” Theado says.

“As I got older, my dream job became even more unrealistic and I wanted to be a professional baseball player.”

Though he didn’t make it to Major League Baseball and he entered Wright

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State University as an undecided major, the choices he made set him on the right path in the end. It was at Wright State where he took a course that changed everything.

“I took an intro biology course and the professor I had was Dr. Dan Green at Wright State University,” he says. “I fell in love with biology, specifically genetics.”

Even then, his journey to the perfect career wasn’t quite over.

“When I graduated, I worked in a lab at school, which was really interesting, but really boring,” he says, laughing. “Even though I’m more introverted, I do need to be around people a little bit, and working at a lab just didn’t do it for me. That’s when I got the idea of going back to school, getting my education degree.”

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Five things to know about Principal Theado 1. Theado has a ton of pastimes, mostly exercise related.

“I have a lot of hobbies,” he says. “Probably too many! I love to exercise, I love to run, I love to bike, I love to lift weights and I love doing activities with my kids.”

2. In his free time, Theado enjoys scuba diving with Drew, his oldest.

3. He’s a baseball fanatic.

“I love baseball. I love watching baseball, teaching baseball, coaching baseball,” he says.

Theado coaches baseball for his sons’ teams.

4. Like most people, he enjoyed binge watching a few shows during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“My wife and I got hooked on a show called Suits,” he says.

5. Despite his outgoing personality at work, Theado says he’s actually an introvert.

“I kind of resonate with being an introvert,” he says. “Obviously, with the job that I have, I have been more comfortable being an extrovert, but to be in a small group or by myself thinking and reflecting, I enjoy that.”

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Theado took a year to do some substitute teaching and attended The Ohio State University to pursue a master’s in science education. Shortly after, he was hired as a science teacher at Upper Arlington High School.

As if going back for a master’s in teaching wasn’t enough school, Theado decided to pursue a second master’s degree – this time in educational administration from Ashland University. After that, he took on the job of assistant principal in 2011 before rising up to be the top dog – or rather, the top golden bear.

“When I was a teacher, I told myself I would never be a principal, but here I am,” he says. “So, I never say never anymore.”

For now, though, it’s safe to say Theado is enjoying his role as UAHS principal.

“The teachers and the educators that work at the high school are amazing,” he says. “I’m just very thankful to have worked with and to continue to work with these professionals, people who are really good at what they do.

It makes my job so much easier.”

Sarah Robinson is an assistant editor. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

Theado chaperoned the spring 2019 trip to New York City with the UAHS Vocal Music Department.

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In Focus

By Sarah Grace Smith

Project Zero s e o r He Cultivating a culture of creativity

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Staff engage in professional development using Project Zero philosophies and techniques.

Schools, began an unofficial Project Zero program in Upper Arlington before introducing it to Grandview five years ago.

Project Zero workshops demonstrate the research center’s findings and offer tools for teachers to implement in their

Students engage in a visible thinking exercise to weigh the implications of a current issue.

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classrooms. Alter says the practices Project Zero encourages include visualizing the process of thinking, documenting learning and fostering an environment of creativity.

“It really supports the idea of students gaining ownership of their learning, having a better understanding of their learning and being advocates for their learning,” Alter says.

Alter began by creating inquiry groups for teachers to study books following Project Zero’s ideas, including Creating Cultures of Thinking by Ron Ritchhart.

Through Project Zero, teachers also have the option to attend workshops and professional development days around central Ohio that relate to Project Zero.

Events have been hosted by authors and organizations such as the Columbus Museum of Art. If teachers need additional assistance in implementing Project Zero’s tools in the classroom, Alter works with them for as long as they need, anywhere from a few

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Photos courtesy of Marc Alter

new type of learning has entered Grandview Heights Schools, and it’s changing minds and challenging the status quo.

Project Zero, a research center at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, promotes new ways of thinking about intelligence, creativity and understanding. According to the Project Zero website, its aim is to “understand and enhance learning, thinking and creativity for individuals and groups in the arts and other disciplines.” In other words, it offers an entirely new way of learning – a way that empowers students.

Through seminars, book studies and courses, teachers in Project Zero use Harvard research to implement new educational practices in their classroom. The program offers tools in multiple different subjects and areas, but the underlying mission through it all is to help students think for themselves rather than just memorize facts.

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hours to a whole week. He offers one-on-one brainstorming sessions as well as co-taught classes.

“One of my goals is always giving the kids and teachers a space to slow down, think and be reflective,” says Alter, “because we have to bounce from one thing to the other all day long in school or in life.”

Alter helped a French teacher set up a visual flowchart project on Francophone culture. Students chose a topic then brainstormed subtopics visually by stemming them out on paper. Alter says that this setup provides a roadmap for research while also creating a record of the students’ thought process.

Exploring Creativity

Students warm up for Alter’s Explore class with creative exercises One implementation of Project Zero’s tools is Alter’s Explore like creating things out of pipe cleaners or rubber bands.

class, which is now in its fifth year.

In the class, students pursue and research any of their passions. Alter emphasizes that students are not bound by their academic or career interests in selecting a passion.

“It’s a class about self-discovery, advocacy and agency,” says Alter.

At the end of year, Alter hosts an Explore Fair where students can showcase their year-long projects.

Students’ project topics have included astrophotography, the theme of play and the originality of ideas.

Alter begins classes with creative warm-ups or challenges where students are given materials such as pipe cleaners or rubber bands and asked to create something that represents their current mental state. Alter believes that such activities encourage reflection.

“I like to create opportunities for students to think through ideas and let go of perfection,” he says.

A student’s presentation of research at the Explore Fair.

Caleb Evans, Grandview Heights High School science teacher, joined a small book group five years ago, hoping its ideas on After discovering Project Zero, Evans is constantly looking reflective learning would help him in his master’s research. Little for ways to improve as a teacher. Rather than keeping the same did he know, the tools he learned from Project Zero would com- lesson plan every year, Evans is always revising. pletely change his teaching style.

In the classroom, he is particularly fond of Project Zero’s emphasis on reflection and visual thinking.

During a nuclear chemistry unit, students used visual thinking by placing their ideas on sticky notes. Other students could respond with their own sticky notes, and by the end of the unit, the students had learned more from each other than they would through individual research.

“Those were the best projects I’ve ever gotten,” says Evans.

He prefers hands-on projects over tests, as he believes projects provide more room to learn and reflect.

“We focus on the process over the product,” says Evans.

Evans allots time for journaling, when students can reflect on what they’ve learned and what they’ve struggled in. He takes away the students’ fear of failure by grading the reflection and thinking process rather than multiple tests.

“They can actually see their thought process throughout the span of weeks or months,” he says.

Evans applies this reflection method to his own teaching as well.

Students are encouraged to engage in thinking routines to consider both sides of an issue.

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Thinking Labs

“When a lesson (goes) wrong, I’ll address the class afterwards and (say), ‘Hey, this lesson failed. … Here’s why it’s on me and what we’re going to do next time to address it,’” he says.

Starting Young While most of the teachers in Grandview using Project Zero tools work with high schoolers, Katie Konrad, a first-year third grade teacher, decided to take on the challenge.

Konrad first heard of Project Zero as a college student at The Ohio State University. She was interested in its ideas, so when she was hired by the Grandview Heights School District, she jumped at the opportunity to work with Project Zero.

Konrad appreciates how the initiative engages students in deep thinking even at a young age.

“You’re turning the kids into the holders of knowledge,” says Konrad. “You’re empowering them to wonder and to ask questions. … That makes them better lifelong learners.”

Konrad mainly uses two Project Zero methods. For the first, called “see, think, wonder,” Konrad asks her students to use all three of those processes when they are introduced to new concepts. She wants to find out what they already know and what they want to know.

When a student makes a claim, she asks them, “What makes you say that?” Through this Project Zero method, students learn to defend their reasoning early in their education.

“My goal is that when they are at home over the summer, they ask somebody, ‘Well, what makes you say that?’ or, ‘Why

Students at the Explore Fair

does that work?’” says Konrad. “(I want them to) continue that question asking in their own life.”

Konrad is grateful to work in a school district supportive of different learning styles.

“I’m glad that Grandview has a lot of really great leaders on board that are just trying to bring more of us into the Project Zero teaching style,” she says.

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Living

By Kathy Gill

UA Loves a Parade!

And so does Grandview Heights and Marble Cliff

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Also on tour this year is a home built by Rockford Homes in nearby Hilliard on Tarlton Boulevard.

All together there are 58 homes built by 20 companies on Parade this year. The new format has the homes scattered throughout central Ohio offering visitors the opportunity to see a variety of models – some by the same builder – in a range of price points.

Notably, there are two Dream Homes that include upscale, luxury features and inspiring design. Don’t miss the pool in the Dream Home by 3 Pillar. And, if you haven’t been to the Evans Farm development in Lewis Center since it hosted the Parade in 2019, it is worth the trip to see how the area has blossomed.

The Parade spans three long weekends beginning Thursday, Sept. 23 so guests can make multiple plans to visit different areas and get familiar with what surrounding communities have to offer. Make sure to walk the new Dublin Link pedestrian bridge over the Scioto River that connects Historic Dublin with Bridge Park. In Grove City, see how the old Beulah Park racing site has been transformed into a walkable community with multiple living options and a stunning sculpture depicting horses at the starting gate.

Visit www.BIAParade.com or grab a copy of the Official Tour Guide and plan your tour today.

he BIA Parade of Homes is back this year and better than ever, with more homes, a new format and free admission.

Upper Arlington has hosted the Parade numerous times since the first tour of homes in 1952.

That Parade featured homes in the Kenny and Fishinger roads area. The Parade came to the area again in 1967 showcasing homes in the “Northern Upper Arlington Area,” in 1983 introducing Concord Village and finally in 1997 with the Parade at Scioto Point.

The Parade Plan Books from some of these years are available to view on the BIA Parade website, www.biahomebuilders. com/aws/BIA/pt/sp/biaparade_archives. It’s worth a look to see the floorplans of homes you may regularly drive by, as well as the ads for what were then top quality appliances and more!

The 2021 Parade includes virtual tours of four homes currently in the construction phase at Quarry Trails. Being built by Thrive Companies, these homes will be part of a community developed alongside Columbus’ newest metro park. Hiking, biking, picnicking, fishing and other traditional activities associated with the park system will be offered along with other more adventurous challenges such as climbing and paddle boarding, Feedback welcome at kgill@cityscenemediagroup.com. according to the Metro Park’s website.

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ruse.’ He said, ‘Actually, the equipment is fine, but there’s a national emergency in the United States, all the borders are closed and the air space is under control of the military,’” Brooks-Jones says. “The next thing he said is, ‘A plane has hit one of the twin towers in New York,’ and that’s when my mind went back to the second World War. I’m thinking, ‘But why would the borders be closed?’ Then, he said, ‘The Pentagon has been hit, and something has happened outside of Pittsburgh.’”

For 28 hours, passengers sat in their planes on the tarmac, listening to updates from the captain as he tuned in to international radios to hear news of what was happening in New York.

Passengers on the plane didn’t know what was happening across the United States, when they might be able to return home or how to move forward. But for the

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Photos courtesy of Shirley Brooks-Jones

Flags at half-staff in Appleton, Newfoundland, a town about halfway between Gander and Lewisporte.

Photo by Ray LaVoie Photography

wenty years ago, Shirley Brooks-Jones was flying back to the United States from a trip to Belgium when the captain made an announcement – their flight was rerouting because U.S. airspace was closing down immediately.

The date was Sept. 11, 2001, and the first plane had just flown into the World Trade Center towers.

To keep passengers calm, however, the plane’s captain, Michael Sweeney, told passengers they were landing because of a technical issue with the plane.

Brooks-Jones knew something was up the moment they began to descend toward Gander International Airport.

“When we landed, it was really strange because of the way the planes were parked – they were parked nose-to-nose,” Brooks-Jones says. “All of the planes from one airline weren’t being docked together, they were parked in the order that they arrive on the tarmac.”

The Delta flight, along with 38 other planes, landed in Gander, Newfoundland, an island off the eastern coast of Canada.

“Once we got on the ground, (Sweeney) came back on the PA system and said, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I apologize for the Shirley Brooks-Jones

next six days, they would be welcomed with open arms to Canada. Newfoundlanders from towns and villages neighboring Gander sprang into action, opening their homes, businesses and other buildings to the rerouted passengers, who they dubbed “the plane people.”

“When we finally got off of the plane, we boarded school buses to take us to the towns,” Brooks-Jones says. “Well, we found out the bus drivers were on strike in central Newfoundland, but when they Brooks-Jones and her traveling companion took photos of their experience in Gander.

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Brooks-Jones and her fellow passengers exiting their plane to get on a school bus on Sept. 12, 2001.

Brooks-Jones has shared her story many times and is core inspiration for Broadway hit musical Come From Away and bestselling novel The Day the World Came to Town among others.

which at that point, I had no idea that women even could be Lions.”

Brooks-Jones wholeheartedly took the invitation in early 2002 and has been an active member of the Tri-Village Lions Club ever since.

“I have often wondered why the things that have happened to me or that I’ve gotten involved with, why did they

happen?” Brooks-Jones says. “Well, I really do think that there’s a plan for each one of us. We just don’t know what it is.”

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found out what had happened, (they) walked off the picket line, … got in their buses and went to the airport. They knew they would be needed.”

Brooks-Jones remembers her driver, Moody Burt, drove her group to the town of Lewisporte. On the way, she recalls he stopped the bus for the plane people to see the moose standing on the side of the road, because most of the passengers had never seen one in person before.

When they neared their final destination where the plane people would reside for the next six days, Brooks-Jones was stunned.

“We pulled up to this building and we get down the steps and I look into the Lewisporte Lions (Club Recreation Centre) and the tears started coming,” says BrooksJones. “All my life, I have held my emotions inside. With my little brothers and sisters, I never let them see me cry because that would upset them. But I’m looking up at the Lewisporte Lions (Club) and I started to cry. My friend looked at me and she said, ‘What’s wrong?’ And I said, ‘The Lions are still taking care of me.’”

The first time the Lions came into her life, Brooks-Jones was the oldest of a nine child family in the Hocking Hills area.

“I always had very poor vision,” she says. “The school nurse called and said to my parents, ‘Shirley needs to have her eyes examined because she definitely needs glasses.’ Well, there was no money to pay for that. So, it was the school nurse that got in touch with the Lions, and then the Lions got in touch with me.”

Thanks in part to that first pair of glasses – and the Lions – Brooks-Jones was able to finish school and move to Columbus after graduating high school to pursue a career.

“If it hadn’t been for those Lions, I wouldn’t be sitting here talking with you,” she says. “Years later, 9/11, lo and behold, who was assigned to take care of me? It was the Lions.”

On the flight back to the United States from Gander, Brooks-Jones rallied her fellow passengers and began raising money for a scholarship to support the students of the Gander-Lewisporte area.

“When I came back (from Gander), the Tri-Village Lions was the first service club to invite me to come and talk with them,” Brooks-Jones says, “and they made a contribution to the scholarship and then invited me to become a member of Lions,

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rooks-Jones settled in Upper Arlington after graduating from high school.

“When I had just turned 21, I bought a house on Zollinger Road in Upper Arlington,” she says.

“That’s where I lived until I got married. I was 11 days from 55 when I got married and my husband had just turned 59.”

Brooks-Jones and her husband, Ronald Jones, who died in 2018, are the definition of meant to be.

“His mother was my homeroom teacher and my Latin teacher in junior high school,” says BrooksJones, “and she was the most awesome woman.”

Ronald and Brooks-Jones didn’t meet until Ronald’s mother became very ill, passing away only a few months later. Brooks-Jones says she and Ronald had so much in common and, despite never having met in person, their paths had unwittingly crossed before. “(Ronald) was an engraver and did a lot of work for Ohio State, and I got a number of awards and things when I worked (at OSU),” says Brooks-Jones. “Years later, he told me he would come home (from work) and tell his mother, ‘Well, Mother, your favorite student’s getting another award!’”

When they finally met, the couple knew they were meant to be.

“We met each other and it was just like, I can’t believe this is going on,” she says. “(His mother) died in early January. We had our first date the end of January, and he asked me to marry him in July. By early August, we got married.”

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idan and Meghan Beery are aiming to help create a more inclusive world, one friendship at a time.

As an incoming sixth-grader at Hastings Middle School, Aidan obtained information about the school’s chapter of Best Buddies, an organization designed to form friendships between one person with a disability and one without. Aidan’s mom, Tina Charles-Beery, saw a great opportunity in it.

“As the mom of a kid with an intellectual disability, it’s really hard to facilitate playdates and activities and things because it’s a little awkward,” Charles-Beery says. “So, it was great because it came out as an advertisement like, ‘Do you want to join this group?’ I essentially did it as a way to get him involved with other students and to facilitate some friendships in a way that made it a little easier to do so.”

Aidan was soon paired up with Lindey McMeans.

His sister, Meghan, a recent graduate of Upper Arlington Tina Charles-Beery, Aidan Beery, Paul Beery and Meghan Beery High School, joined the program as well in her junior year, thanks to a freshman who wanted to start a chapter at the high school after being in it at Hastings. Meghan was paired up with Max Arnett.

Meghan says even though she’s known Arnett since elementary school, they’ve always had different classes. Even though the elementary and middle schools seem to have more interaction between different groups through activities like recess, everyone inevitably forms their own group of friends in high school. Best Buddies finally gives them a way to set aside time to hang out.

“Being able to have a set space in the school to talk to (Max) and to talk to people that are different than me, I think is really important, just with that increased visibility,” Meghan says.

Friendships are a crucial part of life, especially for kids, she adds. The Best Buddies chapter at UAHS came into her life just as the pandemic was surging, so there was worry the program would come to a halt. However, it didn’t slow down at all.

Charles-Beery says Aidan and McMeans took walks in the park during quarantine, and McMeans uses email to reach out and communicate with her buddy, among other activities. McMeans is doing everything she can to ensure Aidan feels includ- Aidan Beery and Lindey McMeans ed, even from a COVID-19-safe distance.

Meghan has watched her life change through this program, and she says she owes that to Aidan. Growing up, Meghan says, she was worried about her brother forming friendships. She feels less of a strain knowing how well he and McMeans get along.

Charles-Beery says she feels the same. She says Aidan has had two buddies while at Hastings, and they’ve both been incredible. It warms her heart to see students making an effort to be friends with people who are different than they are.

“Who would have known that middle school students would have such an insight into what someone like Aidan would need in a friendship?” Charles-Beery says. “They push him when he needs Hastings Middle School chapter of Best Buddies pushed, and they back off when (he) need(s) them to back off.

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There is an annual Friendship Walk to fundraise and gain support for Best Buddies programs nationwide.

This year’s walk, which took place in May, was virtual, but raised more than $58,000 just in Ohio. The whole Beery family participated, and their love for the program grew even more. They hope the walk helps spread awareness so that other families can find the program and fall in love with it, too.

Charles-Beery says she was admittedly a little apprehensive at first to join the Best Buddies program as any parent is with trying something new. After experiencing it through her own kids, though, she knows it’s been nothing short of amazing, and she says it’s one of the best decisions she’s ever made. For parents, it’s “worth taking that step out of your comfort zone,” Charles-Beery says.

Meghan encourages all students to join the Best Buddies program to gain not only a friend for life, but personal development of your own.

“It’s an amazing experience,” she says. “I think anything that broadens your worldview and helps you to have empathy for other people is always a good choice.”

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On the Table

By Erin McLaughlin

Tremont Traditions

Cornerstone of the community shares its history and a recipe

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RECIPE Tremont Goodie Shop Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipe courtesy of Emilie Smith While the bakers’ lips are sealed when it comes to the cinnamon stick recipe, the Original Goodie Shop agreed to share the secret to its oatmeal raisin cookies.

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The Original Goodie Shop over the years: left, Debbie Krenek Smith and her father; right, Debbie Krenek Smith, Emilie Smith and Miranda Smith.

“(Cinnamon sticks are) real thin layers of a sweet roll dough, and in between all of the layers are butter, cinnamon and butterscotch,” says owner Debbie Krenek Smith in a video from the store’s website. “If you’ve had a cinnamon roll and you get to the center of the cinnamon roll – the best part – you kind of save it and savor it. That’s what our cinnamon sticks are the entire way.”

“We make a salt rising bread that kind of has a cult following,” adds Emilie Smith, part-owner of the bakery. “We even have a call list for when it comes out of the oven. … (There are) probably 30, 35, 45 people on that list that we phone call every time it comes out of the oven.”

INGREDIENTS • 1 cup raisins – more or less as desired • 1 cup granulated sugar • ½ cup brown sugar • ¾ cup Crisco, butter flavored • 1 tsp. salt • 1 tsp. baking soda • ½ tsp. cinnamon • 1 large egg • 2 tbsp. water • 1 tsp. vanilla • 2 cups oats • ½ cup flake coconut • 1 ¼ cups pastry flour

Bakers pull about 1,800 cinnamon sticks out of the oven each week for the Original Goodie Shop. Emilie says that much of the cinnamon stick’s popularity stems from longtime family traditions that always incorporated the treat. So much so that the cinnamon sticks have a reputation that’s grown far beyond the UA community.

“My mom has been in crazy places, … Arkansas or something, and people are like, ‘Oh, you own the Goodie Shop?’”

Miranda says. “There’s always some Ohio, Columbus connection.”

Though plenty of customers have tried their hand at recreating the cinnaINSTRUCTIONS Soak raisins in water.

In a separate large bowl, add granulated sugar, brown sugar, Crisco, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. Blend.

Add egg, water, vanilla, oats, coconut and pastry flour to the mixture and blend until a dough forms.

Drain the raisins and add raisins to the dough.

Drop ¼ cup scoops of dough on an oiled baking sheet.

Bake 10-12 mins at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

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s soon as you walk into the Original Goodie Shop in Upper Arlington, you’re hit with the sweet smell of icing, cookies and sugar. The display case is filled with fresh baked donuts, cookies, cakes and every other sweet treat you can imagine.

“We try to keep the atmosphere family friendly, the staff here especially, so I think people enjoy coming in,” says Miranda Smith, part-owner and cake designer. “It’s kind of like a little refuge. If you’re having a bad day, everyone wants to eat some sweets and just de-stress, and hopefully we can provide that.”

Her family has owned the bakery for three generations, and, according to Miranda, that little corner of Tremont Center was destined to be a bakery. In 1955, when Tremont Center was built, Bill Wood opened the bakery. Sixty-six years later, the red neon sign that reads “Bakery Goodie Shop” is still there in the window.

Although the Original Goodie Shop, warmly dubbed the Tremont Goodie Shop, offers a wide variety of baked goods, it’s known for its fresh baked and uniquely delicious cinnamon sticks.

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mon sticks, there’s something special about the real thing from the Original Goodie Shop that no one can seem to reproduce at home.

“We don’t even have (the recipe) written down in the bakery anywhere, we just teach the techniques to the bakers and they learn that way,” Miranda says.

Although the cinnamon sticks and other baked goods are what draw customers into the shop, the tradition and memories that the bakery has created are a big reason for its sustained success.

“We’ve seen third, sometimes fourth generations come in here,” Emilie says. “Today we have an anniversary cake. It’s a 25th anniversary cake for a wedding that we did 25 years ago, and (there are) really not many bakeries around that can say that they’re making someone’s 25th anniversary cake and have done it every year since they got married.”

While Emilie, Miranda, their family and the rest of the staff at the bakery provide UA residents with the sweet treats which keep family traditions alive, Emilie and Miranda have their own tradition to uphold. In 1967, Emilie and Miranda’s grandfather bought the bakery. Shortly after, their mother began her career at the bakery followed by Emilie and Miranda several years later.

“I also enjoy the fact that I can keep my family’s legacy going and I try to excel in what I do,” Miranda says. “People are definitely fond of this place.”

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Bookmarks Submitted by the Upper Arlington Public Library Books Reflecting on 9/11 Adult Books The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

by Jim DeFede

DeFede’s book is a story of kindness and compassion, a story of hope and resilience.

On 9/11, Gander, Newfoundland became a new landing designation as the U.S. and Canada closed airspace to all aircraft. Displaced passengers and airline crew landed in Gander, raising their resident population by 66 percent.

Residents quickly organized Operation Yellow Ribbon, extending extraordinary measures to assist all displaced passengers, crews and animals. Both your head and heart will enjoy this book; embrace a bit of faith in humanity.

Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11

by Mitchell Zuckoff

Mitchell Zuckoff’s latest book is a collection of 9/11 stories.

Zuckoff, using a timeline method, writes about the attacks, the victims and their families in New York City and Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon. The stories within the book are moving and inspiring, depicting everyday people who became true heroes during a harrowing experience.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

by Jonathan Safran Foer

Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, computer consultant, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, amateur astronomer, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, great explorer, jeweler, origamist, detective, vegan and collector of butterflies. Upon discovering a key in a vase that belonged to his father, who was killed during the 9/11

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attacks, he embarks on an epic journey all over New York City to find out more information about the key.

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Children’s Books Branches of Hope: The 9/11 Survivor Tree

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Remember and honor the events of 9/11 by learning about The Survivor Tree.

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This nonfiction picture book is recommended for preschool-second grade.

Ground Zero

by Alan Gratz

It’s Sept. 11, 2001, and Brandon is visiting his dad in the World Trade Center when an airplane crashes into the tower, and Brandon must find a way to escape. Then, flash forward to the same day 18 years later in Afghanistan where Reshmina stumbles upon a wounded American soldier named Taz, but should she help him and put herself and her family in mortal danger? Find out in this fast-paced historical fiction novel. Recommended for grades 4-8.

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