January 16, 2011
911 levy recommended for May ballot By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The Delaware County 911 Board on Jan. 12 voted to recommend that a tax levy be put on the May ballot. The recommendation will go to the county commissioners for formal action. The board recommended a
five-year, 0.75-mill levy. It would replace the current 0.45-mill levy that will expire on Dec. 31. Voters in November rejected a five-year, 0.62-mill levy 26,75020,590. That issue was designed to overlap with the current levy for a year, to help fund initial capital investment. Bob Greenlaw, director of county emergency communica-
tions, blamed voter confusion for the November failure, when three tax levies failed in the county, including the 911 levy, the city of Powell income tax levy and an Orange Township police levy. “The true first responders are the telecommunicators that answer your 911 calls,” Greenlaw said. “It is imperative to all Delaware County residents that
we maintain and update this vital public safety link and provide citizens with quick and effective service.” A 7.5-mill levy would raise about $3.9 million annually. It would cost the owner of a $200,000 house $45.94 annually, beginning in 2012. The current levy costs about $26 a year. “This levy supports all public
safety communications in Delaware County,” Greenlaw said. “Out of Sept. 11, 2001, when the New York City police department and fire departments had problems because they could not talk to each other on the radio. After that, the state of Ohio put millions of dollars into interopera-
A closer look A 7.5-mill levy would raise about $3.9 million annually. It would cost the owner of a $200,000 house $45.94 annually, beginning in 2012.
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Council discusses site for splash pad By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers
the pending projects are at risk for using grant funding this year. “I’ve never had them come back and say no after (the county and state) approved it, to take the money back and say no you can’t do it,” Brown said. “But we’ve never had a situation like the one we have (now),” said commissioner Dennis Stapleton, noting the change in the state’s administration and uncertainties in state funding. Assistant prosecutor Aric Hochstettler said some of the approved projects are subject to contractual obligations that could limit the ability to make changes.
Delaware City Council decided Monday to revisit the question of putting a splash pad at the Houk Road YMCA or a city park. City manager Tom Homan said the idea of a splash pad had been discussed during early planning for the parks and recreation levy but the idea had Tom Homan fallen by the wayside because of budget concerns. “This was an item that was brought up early on in the discussions regarding the community center, when it was asked whether there would be an outdoor pool,” Homan said. “When it was decided there would not be an outdoor pool, then the question was could there be a splash pad. At that time, the focus was the community center itself and the fields, and this was kind of left in the middle.” Homan said the city could evaluate the capital costs of construction and the annual maintenance costs. A splash pad in Powell cost $117,000 to construct and has proven popular. Council member Lisa Keller said she had argued against a splash pad in the early rec center discussions because of budget concerns. Bids have come in under budget, however, and she now supports the idea. “One reason it was not included in the original plan for the building is I urged the committee to scale back what we were planning, because I did not
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Sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders supporting fellow eighth-grader PJ Bennett pose together in the Big Walnut Middle School entrance on Thursday, Jan. 13. Bennett was diagnosed with cancer during winter break and the students recently had a fundraiser to help his family with his medical bills. Students and faculty chipped in $1 each day of the week and raised $2,530 for the Bennetts. A “Pancakes for PJ” breakfast fundraiser will be held from 7 to 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at Sunbury United Methodist Church, 100 W. Cherry St., Sunbury.
County sets hearing on block grant program By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The Delaware County commissioners on Jan. 10 set a hearing for Feb. 14 to discuss the county’s 2011 community development block grant funds that are awarded from the federal government and administered by the Ohio Department of Development. Commissioner Ken O’Brien voted against the hearing, saying he objected to some of the projects proposed for grants. He did not identi- Ken O’Brien
fy them. “I am in support of some of these and not of others,” O’Brien said. County economic development coordinator Dottie Brown said the Feb. 14 hearing will be a general session about the community development block grant program to discuss applications and potential funding. Another hearing will be scheduled later for individual applications. The grant money includes funds originally designated for a revolving loan fund for businesses. If no businesses seek the loans, the money can be used for grants if the county and the Ohio Department of Development approve the applications.
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School board reviews snow-day procedure By BONNIE BUTCHER ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The Big Walnut school board on Jan. 10 reviewed the process of declaring snow days. Board of education president Diana Butts asked administrators to explain how the decision to cancel school is made. The district has eight to 10 staff members who come to work at about 4 a.m. They come from various directions and report road conditions to assistant superintendent Gary Barber. They aren’t compensated for the service, Bar-
ber said. Barber said school officials also contact surrounding school districts to determine road conditions in the greater area. The decision needs to be made before 5:45 a.m., when some buses begin their routes. A call that is made before 5:45 a.m. might not seem to make sense at 7 a.m., Barber said, but the call must be made at that time. He said the district receives more complaints about not canceling or delaying school than for See BIG WALNUT, page A3
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The loan fund contained more than $1-million several years ago. Brown and the commissioners discussed a dozen projects that are pending and went through the grant application process in 2009 and 2010. They include $184,709 for Central Ohio Mental Health and Rehabilitation, $150,000 to the Strand Theatre, $125,000 to renovations in county parks to meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, $75,000 for ADA renovations at Andrews House, and $40,000 for a study at the Interstate 71 interchange with U.S. Route 36 and state Route 37. Six other grants ranged from $5,500 to $25,000. Commissioners discussed if any of
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Sunbury will seek ODNR grant By JENNA GANT ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Sunbury will seek about $20,000 from an Ohio Department of Natural Resources grant, which village park officials said would be used to greatly improve Freedom Park. The village would provide $7,500 in matching funds. Village council and parks committee member Tom Hatfield said $27,500 would help pay for the first phase of a plan to fix up the park. Hatfield said the money would go toward widening the park’s entrance road from one to two lanes and covering it with gravel. “You just cannot get two cars going past each other up that road. You have to go ei-
and reseed part of two multi-purpose playing fields. “Right now they are actually parking on it (the fields) and that parking has caused the rocks to come from under the ground,” Hatfield said. “If we just remove the rocks and put down some grass seed, it would (fit) nicely with our budget and what we are trying to do as far as a phased approach.” TOM HATFIELD ODNR denied Sunbury a $26,000 grant — council and parks committee member last year for similar park plans. Hatfield said they are requesting less this ther into the yard of the house to the left or year to “potentially make ourselves more the church to the right,” Hatfield said. successful for that grant.” The grant also would help improve the He said the grant application this year parking area in front of the shelter house, See SUNBURY, page A2 put in grass near the shelter, remove rocks
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You just cannot get two cars going past each other up that road. You have to go either into the yard of the house to the left or the church to the right.
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Council discusses site for splash pad Continued from page A1 want to go over budget,” Keller said. “We created a list of projects that we could complete if the bids came in under, and they did. The climbing wall was No. 1 on that list and that was put in, and the splash pad was No. 2. The plan always was to put it at Houk Road.” Vice mayor Windell Wheeler said action should be taken soon to save costs later. “If we’re going to do this, I support a splash pad, but I don’t want the rec center to get so far along that it will be cost prohibitive to come back and Windell (connect) utilities to the Wheeler splash pad,” Wheeler said. “Now is the time to do that, while the rec center is under construction, if it’s going to be somewhere around (the rec center).” Homan said Houk Road has the capacity for a splash pad. “The fields at Houk Road Park, the 19 acres of fields we have out there, will not be playable until the spring of 2012,” Homan said. “That was the intention. They need a complete growing season before they can be used. Incorpo-
rated within that field is several acres of land set aside for concessions, rest rooms and various amenities. One of the amenities considered was a splash pad. We brought utilities out there for that purpose. We have water and sewer there to do that.” Homan said a splash pad could be built at one of several sites and it might make sense to use the feature to draw visitors to parks that are lightly used now, including Blue Limestone Park. Only Mingo Park was not a good candidate because it already is overloaded, Homan said. “There is Bicentennial Park downtown, right near the fire station. It’s right downtown, there’s shade,” Homan said. “It’s an under-utilized park now. There are several options.” Council member Andrew Brush said he supports the splash pad, and it should be free to the public. “One of my major concerns with the rec center when this idea was put forth a couple of years ago was that we would be Andrew Brush building a multimillion-
dollar facility with tax money and that then residents would also have to purchase a membership for hundreds of dollars a year to take advantage of that facility, and this is a concern I still have,” Brush said. “At this point, any ancillary feature or service or development at the rec center that would be free to people in Delaware I would support. I don’t see how hard it could be to identify a funding source, to identify a location and to get this installed fairly quickly.” Keller said a splash pad at Houk Road would probably help build rec center membership. “It would be a nice feature to attract people to the entire new rec center complex,” Keller said. “That would be a huge draw. People coming to visit might be more likely to join the (rec center) once they see the facility.” Homan said he would bring recommendations to council in February. “We have the ability to do it at (the YMCA) park, we really have the ability to do it at any one of the parks,” Homan said. “The question would be, ‘What makes the most sense?’If the direction now is you want to move that up and identify it as a priority, we will look at that.”
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911 LEVY Continued from page A1 ble radio, and this county was at the forefront of that. If this were to not get funded and it had to be funded instead by the individual entities, then those who could not afford in any given year to do an upgrade would have to drop out. That would put us in reverse.” The county has for several years been developing a centralized 911 service, reaching an agreement in 2010 with the city of Delaware for previous year cost sharing. Greenlaw said having a single service for all jurisdictions in the county costs less than separate 911 systems for the county’s townships, villages and cities. More than 23 distinct jurisdictions benefit from the single communications center. A single county system also promotes inter-
operability, so that every safety agency in the county can talk at any time to every other safety agency, Greenlaw said. “It’s not just salaries, it’s a countywide communications system that was put in place, and we have to fund that infrastructure,” Greenlaw said. Police and fire officials are planning a significantly more intensive campaign in support of the levy than was waged in the fall. “In November, too many people thought it was a no-brainer that it would pass and it did not,” Greenlaw said. “Now everybody has learned we have to go out and work on it, to tell our constituents this is a very important thing. The Delaware City fire levy passed because they worked hard on public education.” The county has a a population of nearly 170,000, spread over 256 square miles.
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SUNBURY VILLAGE COUNCIL Continued from page A1 doesn’t include 50 additional parking spaces near the two multipurpose fields. Hatfield said village engineer Wes Hall estimates adding the parking lot would cost less than $15,000. Hatfield said improving Freedom Park is important to the committee. Sunbury probably would probably proceed with some plans even if it doesn’t receive the grant. “The most important piece was to go ahead and get that road widened and get the entrance set up,” Hatfield said. Phase two of the park’s facelift
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includes another 60 parking spaces near the multipurpose fields, for a total of 110 spaces, and fixing up the youth soccer field by grading and reseeding the area. Hatfield estimates phase two would cost $50,000 to $60,000. The village also has discussed adding an underground sprinkler system and put in commercial turf at all three fields, which would increase the entire cost to $115,000-$130,000. In other village business, council has estimated the village will spend $480,717 on 2011 purchase orders. The expenditures include elec-
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tric, gas, water and cable television bills, as well as contract services with the village solicitor and supply companies. “These are blanket purchase orders to make life a little easier for the office staff to be able to pay bills without needing to go through council every time,” fiscal officer Kathy Belcher said. It’s still at its current location, but the Big Walnut school district bus garage has a new address. Its mailing address changed from 777 W. Cherry St. to 117 N. Kintner Parkway. The address changed because Oberfield’s Inc. divided the property it owns.
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Continued from page A1 “All (block grant funding) comes out of the (state of Ohio) economic development department,” Brown said. “They could change it and say, ‘No, we don’t have any money,’ and we won’t know that until later in the year. We usually get a letter stating what’s available and what you can apply for.” Commissioner Tommy Thompson said if the county doesn’t use the grant money, the state will “send this money to some other area of the state. They’ll take it back. Whether we totally agree or not, I’d rather see the money spent in Delaware County.”
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Genoa Township offers park legacy program By BONNIE BUTCHER ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Genoa Township recently approved and is developing a legacy program for its park system. People can memorialize loved ones by making a tax-deductible donation through the Genoa Township Parks Improvement Fund established with the Community Foundation of Delaware County. Through the program, people can donate money designated for park items, such as a six- or eight-foot bench, sixor eight-foot picnic table or a tree planting. An engraved paver will be placed at the location of the donated item, said as-
sistant administrator Joe Clase. “It’s going to be a very nice thing for our citizens that want to memorialize a loved one who passed on, or the birth of a child or grandchild,” said park manager Ron Keil. Grandparents may memorialize their grandchild’s birth with a tree, and visit it with their grandchild, watching the tree grow as he or she grows, said Keil, or sit with their grandchild on the bench donated in the child’s name. “And ... we’re helping the environment by planting trees in our loved ones ‘names,” Keil said. “A tree is going to replenish the oxygen, provide shelter for birds and squirrels and provide shade for our citizens.”
The names of those memorialized on an engraved pavement brick also will be listed on a township website, along with brief biographical information. Developing such programs became possible last October when township trustees started a 501.3c parks improvement fund through the foundation. The foundation administers the fund, which can be used to install bicycle racks, pavilions, benches and picnic tables in the parks. “If you’re out walking a path and you see your grandson’s name on one of the pavers or the name of a loved one’s that passed on, you’re going to think of them in a positive and pleasant setting,” said Keil.
Big Walnut school board reviews snow-day procedure Continued from page A1 doing so. He said a delay is necessary when crews need more time to clear the district building driveways and parking lots. “We have to have our lots adequately plowed for it to be safe for parents to drop off students,” Barber said. Superintendent Steve Mazzi said the district delayed the beginning of classes by an hour to cut Steve Mazzi costs. For that reason, weather delays are one hour instead of two. “As you can imagine, you make the call that early and it either gets worse or by ‘X’ time there’s nothing wrong outside,” Mazzi said. The board also: • Heard Mazzi describe expenditures from $400,000 anonymously donated to the district’s music program. Most of the gift, $313,000, funded the salaries and benefits to recall four music teachers who were laid off prior to the 2010-11 school year. Other expenditures include a color guard instructor, an assistant musical director, use of a bus for away football games and replacement instruments. Still unspent from the donation is $56,092. • Recognized eighth-grade Big Walnut Middle School student Caeilen Lozano as student of the month. Lozano has taken dance for 10 years, mainly ballet and pointe ballet, and enjoys sketching and designing clothes. She was recognized for her hard work, pleasant demeanor, optimism and eagerness to learn. • Said a pancake fundraiser will be held 7 to 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 23 for eighth-grader PJ Bennett, who was diagnosed with cancer during winter break. The all-youcan-eat “Pancakes for PJ” fundraiser will be held at Sunbury United Methodist Church, 100 W. Cherry St., Sunbury.
Big Walnut Middle School raised $2,530 during a “PJ’s for PJ” fundraiser held Jan. 7-13. Students and staff could wear pajamas to school for each day they donated $1. • Agreed to pay $6,418 to belong to the Ohio School Board Association and $1,193 to belong to the Metropolitan Educational Council, both for 2011. • Heard that busing is returning to students who have been crossing a dangerous intersection
at U.S. Route 36 and Miller Road. Several drivers who complete their routes early agreed to circle back to pick up about 120 students living in a residential development just north of that intersection. • Reappointed board member Diana Butts as president of the board of education and appointed board member Pamula Lillie as vice president. bbutcher@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
“One of the things that I remember dearly when one of my relatives passed away is that when you think of them they are never really gone. That’s a positive note,” he said. Keil also said it would be a great tribute to honor local military personnel with a paver in honor of their service, or honoring people who’ve made a difference in people’s lives. The legacy program will add character to the park system, Keil said. “This is a great opportunity to preserve a memory while giving back to the local community,” Clase said. The township has more than 174.2 acres of parkland and seven miles of trails.
The parks include McNamara Park, 7049 Big Walnut Road; Community Hall & Park, 5111 S. Old 3C Highway; Worthington-Fleur Park, 4539 Worthington Road; Jaycox Park at the intersection of Jaycox Road and Sheffield Park Drive; Grand Oak Park at the intersection of Big Walnut Road and Grand Oak Boulevard; Center Green Park, 7846 Center Green Drive; Hilmar Park, 6533 Hilmar Drive; Alberta Park at the end of Alberta Drive; Mt. Royal Park at the intersection of state Route 3 and Mt. Royal Avenue; and Freeman Road Park, 6460 Freeman Road. Forms and details about the Genoa Township Legacy Program soon will be available online at www.genoatwp.com.
Youth orchestra Delaware residents Rachel Mugge and Rebecca Jones, pictured with conductor Peter Stafford Wilson, are among those who will participate in the Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra winter concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, in the Capitol Theatre in downtown Columbus’ Vern Riffe Center. The 96-member Youth Orchestra includes students in grades 9-12 and emphasizes the performance of standard orchestral repertoire. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. For more information, call (614) 228-9600 or visit www.columbussymphony.com.
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Free tax form assistance and preparation for taxpayers with low and moderate incomes — with special attention given to those 60 and older — will be offered by AARP Tax-Aide starting Feb. 1 and continuing through April 15. It is not necessary to be an AARP member or a retiree to use this service. Appointments are required. AARP Tax-Aide volunteers, trained in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service, will offer income tax help on Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Senior Citizens Center, 800 Cheshire Road. Call (740) 363-6677. Tax assistance will be offered on Tuesdays at Community Library in Sunbury. Call (740) 363-6677. Assistance will be available on Tuesdays at
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To each his or her own life rules Sleeping in a cool room is widely considered a good idea. In fact, lowering the temperature in the bedroom is one of those life rules, like washing apples before you eat them and brushing your teeth up and down instead of sideways. “Sleep in a cool, dark place.” I read that whenever I come across magazine articles about insomnia, which I tend to do in doctors’ waiting rooms. I never buy magazines, so the only place I ever get to read them is when I’m waiting my turn to be weighed, measured and, if necessary, repaired. It’s appropriate to read selfimprovement tracts at that time, don’t you think? I rarely leave a medical waiting area without feeling, if not transformed, then at least straightened out in some small but significant way. “Park in the back of the parking lot,” for instance. That was a good one, a true keeper. I’ve been parking in the back for years now, walking thousands if not millions of extra steps, all thanks to some long-forgotten ailment that put me in touch with the necessary information. “Eat tomatoes with your spinach.” Another excellent suggestion. The details — something about how tomatoes help a person absorb the iron in the spinach — almost entirely escape me, but that won’t matter until I’m asked about it on “Jeopardy!” (“Spinach contains both this mineral and an inhibitor that impedes its absorption.”) Oh, I hope I get the chance to make it a true daily double when I’m asked this question. But to return to my point, which has been waiting patiently: The rule “Sleep in a cool dark place” is almost universally deemed to be healthy, sensible and easily put into practice. Or wait. Should that be “Keep in a cool dark place,” meaning potatoes? Well, no matter. Both are splendid guidelines. Who would disagree? Plenty, as it turns out. In discussions about this habit my husband has come up against dissension, and as for me, I can only say that my remarks about sleeping temperatures have been met with shock, horror and outright squeals of disapproval. It’s not that people don’t go along with the general idea. It’s that they think we’ve gone overboard. We’ve taken it too far; we’ve wandered into the dan-
gerous territory of extremism. Let me just put it out there: The temperature in our bedroom MARGO last night was BARTLETT 51 degrees. That doesn’t seem so cold to me. It was 51, not 15. The winds were calm. Had the gales been whipping up whitecaps in our water glasses, we might have become concerned enough to put on our slickers and tie down the dog before we turned in. That wasn’t necessary, however. It was cool — all right, it was chilly — but we’re accustomed to cool or even chilly. We have a down comforter. We have flannel sheets. We even have a thermostat, though as you may have deduced, we use it sparingly. I for one like sleeping in a 51degree bedroom. It can be cold at first; I don’t deny that. It’s a rare evening that I retire without thinking about Laura Ingalls Wilder, who grew up in the late 19th century and often woke to find snow piled on her bed quilt. The snow came in through cracks in the roof over the heads of Laura and her sister Mary, both of whom gained lifelong stamina and a deep appreciation of nature thanks to their hardy childhoods. That’s what I’d like to gain, too: stamina and appreciation. I’ve already gained long, deep sleeps full of the most crazy dreams you ever heard. Why, just
last night I dreamed — but you don’t want to hear that. You want to hear why on earth we keep the bedroom that cold. I’ll tell you: A, it’s good for you and B, it keeps our heating bill low, or at least as low as heating bills get these days. We do feel sorry for the dog, who isn’t allowed on the bed, but I’ve been told that I shouldn’t worry about rabbits and deer and other outdoor animals, and I figure that reassurance extends to indoor creatures as well. The other day my husband was talking about bedroom temperatures with his colleagues. They all agreed that cool bedrooms are best, and then my husband mentioned the previous night’s high in our room: a balmy 52 degrees. Dead silence followed his remarks. Then a co-worker spoke. “That’s not cool,” he said. “That’s camping.” I thought about this after my husband told me this story, and I’ve concluded that the co-worker is right, more or less. Sleeping in a 50-some-degree room is indeed camping, or a form of it. It’s camping without wrestling with tent poles, missing stakes, untidy public showers or drunken singing from the tent next door. It’s listening to the rain patter on the roof without having to hang our bedding out to dry in the morning. It’s breakfast without involving a Coleman stove. It’s everything good. I’m sleepy just thinking about it. Margo Bartlett is a ThisWeek staff writer. E-mail her at mbartlett@thisweeknews.com.
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Robinson’s widow gets Rickey Award Rachel Robinson, the widow of Major League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson and founder of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, will receive Ohio Wesleyan University’s Branch Rickey Award during a private ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 27. Robinson is the second person
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Grady news For more information on the following programs or to register, contact the Grady Life Center at (800) 837-7555, (614) 4-HEALTH, or visit www.ohiohealth.com. • Grady offers a cancer support group for survivors and their families. The group offers information, education and emotional support. Call Vicki Maggard at (740) 615-2402. • Body Fat Testing by MED-FIT, 15-minute appointments from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at Grady Medical Office building.Cost is $15 per person.
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Senior Mat Giannakos has been the surprise of the season for the Delaware Hayes High School wrestling team. Giannakos missed last season with injuries after finishing 13-20 as a sophomore while competing in the 125pound and 130 weight classes. “Last season was extremely frustrating because it was supposed to be a year of redemption for me,” Giannakos said. “I started well as a sophomore but ran into a rough period, and I just gave up on myself and stopped working hard. I just shut it down.” In summer lifting before his junior year, Giannakos heard a pop while doing squats. He tried to finish practice, but the pain became too much during a 10-minute abdominal workout. He had suffered a hernia. “It was a stinging pain,” he said. “The doctor told me I was going to have to miss half of the season. Then, when I was doing the rehab workouts the doctor gave to me, I was going through a light workout trying to rejoin the team. We usually do some running and I did mine with my wrestling shoes on. There’s not much grip with them. As I was running, I heard a pop and had pain. The doctor said I had a strained hip flexor. That was it; the season was over before I ever got started.” Before last Thursday, Giannakos was 13-5 with five pins at 130. He was one of three regulars who had a winning record after competing in at least 10 matches. Junior Seth McCurdy (12-4 at 119) and senior Tyler Daugherty (106 at 215) were the others. Giannakos had 29 takedowns, six escapes and seven reversals. He had been pinned just once and had been taken down eight times. “Mat made a commitment to himself to not only heal, but to heal stronger, and prepare harder than he ever had before,” coach Josh Heffernan said. “He simply lived in the
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Mat Giannakos of Hayes works on Franklin Heights’ Stephen Heckmen in a match at 130 pounds during a meet last Thursday. Giannakos, a senior, has excelled this season after missing all of last season with injuries.
weight room and on the wrestling mats. He attended all of our offseason camps and clinics and got in over 30 matches during the summer. He qualified and wrestled in the GrecoRoman state tournament at Wadsworth High School in July.” Giannakos said he lost 10 to 15
pounds after the surgery. But after lifting four days a week and never missing a team workout over the summer, he added 10 pounds of muscle. “Seth McCurdy is my workout partner and we want to bring titles into the school,” said Giannakos, who last summer had maximum lifts of 290
pounds in the squat and 190 pounds in power clean. “I’ve never made it past sectional, but that isn’t stopping me from making my goal to compete in the state tournament this year. I want to push the envelope.” Heffernan said Giannakos is a good leader who is using his sophomore
season as a teaching tool for his younger teammates. “I hear Mat and Seth counsel some of our younger guys after a tough loss,” Heffernan said. “They say, ‘Keep working. You’re going to catch that See PACERS, page A8
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Big Walnut’s Tyler Schenz (right) tangles with Ben Dodson of Olentangy Orange in a match at 140 pounds during a meet Jan. 6 at New Albany.
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Having only one returnee who averaged more than five points last season, Big Walnut High School girls basketball coach Bob Scott knew his team needed players to step up offensively this season. Among those who heeded Scott’s call was 5-foot-7 sophomore guard Alexis Newman, a first-year varsity player who was second on the team in scoring through 11 games, averaging 10.1 points. “We needed someone to pick up the scoring load, and she’s doing it,” Scott said. “She’s averaging in double figures. We thought all along that she could be that type of player. Last year on (junior varsity), she probably was the leading scorer in most of the games. We lost four seniors (from last season) and all four kids had been starting, so we knew spots would be open
and we thought Alexis would be a starter.” Joining Newman in the starting lineup are senior guard Tabatha Piper, senior forward Jazmine Reed, junior guard Kayleigh Hammond and sophomore forward Emily Chucta. Piper was averaging a teamhigh 13.2 points entering the Golden Eagles’ OCC-Capital Division game against Franklin Heights last Friday. Last season, she averaged 11.9 points — second on the team behind 2010 graduate Jodie Jindra (12.0) — and was named first-team allleague and second-team all-district in Division II. Chucta was third on the team in scoring before last Friday, averaging 5.8 points, followed by Hammond (5.4), senior guard Julia Evans (4.5) and Reed (4.1). “We know everyone is not going to average in double figures, but we’d like more kids to score more consistently,” Scott said.
Newman worked with Piper in the offseason to help prepare for the season but said she still needed time to get used to playing at the varsity level, although her offensive statistics suggest otherwise. Newman scored nine points in a season-opening 5432 win over Marion-Franklin in the Delaware County Classic on Nov. 26 and had 12 points in the second game, a 52-39 win over Granville on Nov. 30. “At the beginning of the season, it took awhile to adjust, but it’s going better now,” she said. Newman, whose highest offensive output through 11 games was 16 points in a 51-33 win over Watkins Memorial on Dec. 7, plays more like a veteran than a first-year varsity player, Scott said. “She understands the game,” he said. “She’s a pretty good shooter. She knows how to score See EAGLES, page A8
The goal of winning the MOCAL vanished relatively early for the Delaware Christian School girls basketball team. Leading returning scorer Haley Kirby underwent an appendectomy just before the season began and leading rebounder Brenna McCullough was forced to sit out after two games when doctors told her to rehabilitate her right shoulder or face surgery. At full strength for the first time this season on Jan. 8, Delaware Christian lost to Gahanna Christian 43-36 to drop to 1-4 in the MOCAL. The one league win came Jan. 4 at Fairfield Christian. The Eagles’ 42-38 victory was Fairfield Christian’s first league loss in four seasons. “We beat the team in first place, and we’re 1-4 in the league,” coach Jackie Boggs said. “That’s what doesn’t make sense. We know we can beat anyone in the league, but then we got in a little foul trouble at Gahanna Christian and got frustrated over a few calls against us and we got beat. We were outscored 15-3 in the fourth quarter. The girls are mad about that, and they know they need to take care of business before that and not be in that position.” Between those games, the Eagles lost to Tree of Life 4238 on Jan. 7, getting outscored 12-6 in the fourth quarter. Kirby, who last season averaged 15 points and 3.8 assists and was third-team all-district in Division IV, missed four games. She scored 32 points in her season debut Dec. 18 as the Eagles beat Gilead Christian 63-48. She led the Eagles against Fairfield Christian and Gahanna Christian, scoring 16 points in each game. She had eight
At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Delaware Christian School boys and girls basketball teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Dec. 17 — Lost to Fairfield Christian 73-68. Hughie Kerins, Ryan Zinn and Michael Sullivan all scored 12 points. Dec. 18 — Defeated Gilead Christian 93-46 Jan. 4 — Lost to Marion Catholic 5953. Hughie Kerins and Aric French both scored nine points. Jan. 6 — Lost to Mansfield Temple Christian 73-63. Brandon Carroll scored 17 points and Pete Kerins had 10. *Jan. 8 — Lost to Tree of Life 66-44. Jeremy Glick scored 12 points and Jackson Quist added nine. *Tuesday — At Madison Christian Thursday — Home vs. Village Academy *Saturday — Home vs. Grove City
against Tree of Life and was averaging 17 points and 3.4 steals in her first five games. McCullough, who last season averaged 9.6 points and 10.1 rebounds and was honorable mention all-MOCAL, had four points in her return against Gahanna Christian. “Brenna had no basketball in her rehab for one-and-a-half months and is a little behind,” Boggs said. “She still can’t do some things she used to do, but it’s good to have her back. We need a third scorer and I think she can be the one. We really need someone to step up and be a third scorer behind Haley Kirby and Sarah Harp.” Through nine games, Harp was averaging 12.3 points, 2.9 assists and 6.2 steals. She led the Eagles with 13 points against Tree of Life. Lenora Boyer was third in scoring average at 4.4 and was averaging 5.1 rebounds. Jessica Kapraly led the team in rebounding at 7.3. Freshman point guard Katie Morgan was averaging 5.9 rebounds and 2.8 steals. “We’re not focusing on our
Christian Of note: The Eagles are 4-6 overall and 2-3 in the MOCAL. GIRLS BASKETBALL Dec. 18 — Lost to Gilead Christian 63-48 Dec. 20 — Def. Marion Catholic 58-27 *Jan. 4 — Def. Fairfield Christian 42-38 *Jan. 7 — Lost to Tree of Life 42-38 *Jan. 8 — Lost to Gahanna Christian 43-36 Last Thursday — Def. Mansfield Temple Christian 45-28 *Last Saturday — Played Madison Christian Tuesday — At Granville Christian *Friday — Home vs. Grove City Christian Of note: The Eagles were 5-5 overall and 1-4 in the MOCAL before last Saturday. *MOCAL game
place in the league, but the goal now is to win our remaining league games and prepare for the (Division IV district) tournament,” Boggs said. “We want to prove that our win over Fairfield Christian was no fluke and that we can also beat Tree of Life and all the others.” •After opening the season 30, the boys team has lost six of its last seven games. The Eagles entered the holiday break 4-3 overall after beating Gilead Christian 93-46 on Dec. 18. They have since lost to Marion Catholic 59-53 on Jan. 4, Mansfield Temple Christian 73-63 on Jan. 6 and Tree of Life 66-44 on Jan. 8. After the loss to the Trojans dropped them to 2-3 in the MOCAL, the Eagles had a 10-day break in the schedule. They play Tuesday at Madison Christian. “We really need to turn things around, and we’ve gone back to basics in practice,” coach Kevin Quist said. “We’ve got to concentrate on three items — defense, rebounding and handling the basketball.” See CHRISTIAN, page A8
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guy next time. Just do what we do in the spring and summer and you’ll be better than that guy next year.’ So, in that sense, Mat has been a great leader. It’s like having another coach around.” Giannakos said he tries to learn something from every match. “You can learn from every loss and every win,” he said. “You have to learn from a loss and not give up. You’ve got to move on to the next match as a smarter and more efficient wrestler. That’s something I wish I had done my sophomore year.” •The boys and girls swimming and diving teams swept their home invitational on Jan. 7 and have two meets remaining before the OCC-Capital Division championships on Jan. 27 (diving) and Jan. 29 (swimming). The Pacers will compete against Westerville North on Friday and at Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday against Dublin Coffman. The Pacers boys won just two events but totaled 511 points to win the Delaware Invitational ahead of Colonel Crawford (446), Hilliard Darby (377), Watterson (255), Hilliard Davidson (254) and Hilliard Bradley (52). Cameron Hackett won the 200-yard individual medley in 2 minutes, 16.05 seconds and Eric Berry won in diving with 159.40 points. The girls won with 465 points, ahead of Davidson (462), Watterson (374), Colonel Crawford
(288), Bradley (244), Darby (137) and Buckeye Valley (20). Jessica Ward won the 100 butterfly in a meet-record 1:00.49 and also won the 100 backstroke (1:01.29). She also swam the lead leg in the winning 200 medley relay (1:54.66) and winning 400 freestyle relay (3:51.33). The 200 medley time also was a meet record. Ward was followed in the 200
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Monday — Marion Pleasant at Fusion Lanes *Friday — Westerville Central at Colony Lanes Of note: The boys team is 3-9 overall and 0-3 in the OCC-Cardinal. The girls team is 4-8 overall and 1-2 in the OCC-Cardinal. *OCC-Cardinal match GYMNASTICS Jan. 28 — Home with Buckeye Valley, Olentangy Orange and Grove City HOCKEY *Saturday — Hilliard at Chiller North *Jan. 23 — Westerville at Chiller Dublin Of note: The Tribe is 2-18 overall and 0-16 in the GCHSCHL. *GCHSCHL game SWIMMING & DIVING Jan. 7 — Boys: Finished first (511) ahead of Colonel Crawford (446) in six-team Delaware Invitational; Girls: Finished first (465) ahead of Hilliard Davidson (462) in seven-team Delaware Invitational Last Friday — Competed against Warren Harding, Euclid and Mentor Last Saturday — Competed against Warren Harding Friday — Westerville North Saturday — Dublin Coffman WRESTLING *Last Thursday — Def. Franklin Heights 63-6 and lost to Watkins Memorial 41-36 Last Friday-Saturday — Competed in Marion Elgin Invitational *Thursday — Home vs. Mount Vernon Saturday — At New Albany tournament *OCC-Capital match
medley relay by Brittany Puthoff, Lindsey Norris and Regan DeWitt. In the 400 freestyle relay, Puthoff, Susan Thomson and DeWitt followed. DeWitt also won the 500 freestyle (5:36.74) and Abby Kremer won the 200 IM (2:21.42). bemerine@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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French next (4.1). Kerins leads the team in asContinued from page A7 sists (3.3), followed by Ryan Zinn (3.0). Zinn Jeremy Glick leads the team in scoring (12.9) also averages 2.7 steals. and is followed by Hughie Kerins and Brandon Sports Shorts Policy bemerine@thisweeknews.com Carroll (both 9.0). Sports Shorts are a one-of-a-kind Glick also leads in rebounding (5.2), with Aric www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com guide to area sports-related events. Whether it’s a clinic, camp, league signups or other At a glance function, Sports Shorts is a great Below are the recent results and com- team-high 412 series; Girls: Lost to way to get the word out! ing schedules for the Big Walnut boys Jonathan Alder 1,731-1,266. Leah Continued from page A7 basketball, girls basketball, bowling, Haines had a team-high 264 series. For more info or to place your gymnastics, swimming and wrestling Last Thursday — Boys: Def. Hilliard and takes pretty good shots. She teams: ad contact: Paul Krupa Davidson 2,212-2,122. McClelland had a team-high 421 series; Girls: Lost phone: 740-888-5000 doesn’t really force shots. Nine- BOYS BASKETBALL Fax: 740-548-8497 ty-nine percent of the shots she *Jan. 7 — Lost to Mount Vernon 54- to Davidson 1,253-1,099. Haines had a team-high 219 series. Email takes are good shots. She’s our 28. Seth Myers scored 10 points. *Last Friday — Competed against Last Wednesday — Lost to Buckeye pkrupa@thisweeknews.com second-leading 3-point shooter Valley 44-42. Grant Beam and Seth Westerville North Be sure to include your name, and she can score around the Wandling scored nine points apiece. Wednesday — Olentangy Liberty at Lanes address & phone number where basket. She handles the ball well *Last Friday — Played Franklin Heights Capri Of note: The boys were 6-3 overall and you can be reached. and she plays pretty good de- *Friday — At Watkins Memorial. Big 2-2 in the OCC-Cardinal before last FriWalnut defeated Watkins Memorial 72fense, too.” day. The girls were 0-7 overall and 0-4 48 on Dec. 7 behind 26 points from DEADLINES in the OCC-Cardinal before last Friday. Newman understands the im- Tyler Beam. 11 a.m. Fri. for Thurs. Papers *OCC-Cardinal match portance of being multi-dimen- Saturday — Home vs. Licking Valley 11 a.m. Wed. for Sun. Papers Of note: The Golden Eagles were 2-7 GYMNASTICS sional offensively. overall and 1-5 in the OCC-Capital be- Monday — Central Crossing and Mount (unless otherwise noted) “I want to have a wide (shoot- fore last Friday. Vernon at Central Ohio Gymnastics and ing) range,” she said. “It makes GIRLS BASKETBALL Cheer it tougher for opponents to guard *Jan. 7 — Defeated Mount Vernon 58- Saturday — Worthington Kilbourne Invitational 36. Tabatha Piper scored 21 points. me.” Friday — Played Franklin Heights SWIMMING Before last Friday, Big Wal- *Last Last Saturday — Played Upper Arling- Last Saturday — Competed in Thomas nut was 9-2 overall and 5-2 in ton Worthington Invitational the OCC-Capital, tied with *Friday — Home vs. Watkins Memor- Saturday — Marion Harding Invitational Hilliard Bradley and New Al- ial. Big Walnut defeated Watkins Memo- at Marion YMCA 51-33 on Dec. 7 behind 16 points WRESTLING bany for second behind Olen- rial from Alexis Newman and 10 points *Last Thursday — Def. Franklin Heights tangy Orange (7-0) and ahead from Piper. 53-30 and lost to Watkins Memorial of Delaware (3-4), Mount Ver- Of note: The Golden Eagles were 9-2 45-31 non (2-5), Watkins Memorial overall and 5-2 in the OCC-Capital be- Last Friday-last Saturday — Competfore last Friday. ed in Marion Elgin Invitational (1-6) and Franklin Heights (0-7). *OCC-Capital game *Thursday — At Hilliard Bradley The Golden Eagles, who rode BOWLING Saturday — At West Jefferson with Dea five-game winning streak into Jan. 7 — Boys: Lost to Jonathan Alder Sales last Friday, play host to Watkins 2,489-2,148. Jon McClelland had a *OCC-Capital match Memorial on Friday before traveling to Orange on Jan. 25 and and Bradley, but we had a big get to play them again. Bradley on Jan. 27. Big Walnut win over New Albany (43-32 on “We’ll find out whether we’ve lost to Orange 58-30 on Dec. 10 Jan. 3),” Newman said. “We’ll improved enough to beat them.” and lost to Bradley 44-32 on definitely prepare a lot (for the Dec. 17. rematches with Orange and pdolan@thisweeknews.com “We got shot down by Orange Bradley). We’re excited that we www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) is looking for new athletes. GCSTO was ranked by USA Swimming as one of the top 100 teams in America in 2009 according to the national governing body USA Swimming. The team will practice at Columbus Academy, the Concourse Hotel Fitness Club, St. Charles Preparatory School and the Columbus School for Girls. New swimmers are allowed two weeks with the team to see what it has to offer. For more information, contact GCSTO coach Steve Nye at (614) 478-5445 or stevenye@sbcglobal.net. More information also is available on the web at www.gcsto.com.
Capital University softball coach Nan Payne and pitching coach Alan That will hold clinics in January and February for girls grades 5-12. The schedule includes a hitting clinic from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 5; a pitching clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 22; a catching clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 22; and a defensive clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 12. Each clinic is limited to 50 participants. A brochure with registration information is available at capitalcrusaders.net. For additional information, contact Payne at (614) 236-6487 or npayne@capital.edu.
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