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Village audit identifies past deficiencies Record shows former manager Phillips improperly reimbursed $9,565 By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers The state auditor released a final 2009 audit report for the village of Johnstown Feb. 3, noting 13 deficiencies in village management, most of which occurred under the administration of former village manager Sarah Phillips. Among the deficiencies highlighted by the auditor is a double payment to
Phillips in the amount of $9,565 resulting from attending various activities involved in the International City-County Management Association. The payment resulted from Phillips being reimbursed that amount by ICMA and also receiving her ordinary village salary for the time spent on ICMA work. “The auditor said if she had taken vacation she could have been paid by ICMA or if she had been paid by ICMA and re-
imbursed the cost to the village, but she could not do both,” said acting village manager Jim Lenner. The auditor’s office noted that it would refer the issue to the Ohio Ethics Commission for investigation. The Independent’s attempts to reach Phillips for comment were unsuccessful. Lenner said the auditor’s staff were on site for six weeks reviewing village records, often for 10-hour days.
“They were here 10 hours a day sometimes, maybe around six weeks,” Lenner said. “It’s pretty thorough. They came in and we provided the information we had, then they go back and make sure our expenditures are not more than our income. When they could not determine that is when we were declared unauditable.” Many of the findings in the audit have been corrected already, Lenner said. Fi-
nance director Larry Heiser, who began working for the village following the termination of former finance director Sandra Berry, has corrected several of the deficiencies, including posting of transactions to the wrong accounts. In addition to the double payment to Phillips, the audit also found that Berry had charged $689 for airline tickets and See AUDIT, page A2
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(Above) Wes Bourne, a Johnstown resident, practices his juggling with the Jest Jugglers on Jan. 27 at the Schiller Park Recreation Center in German Village. (Below) Evan Smith, of Powell, adds another degree of difficulty to his juggling routine by balancing on a ball. To view a video from the Jan. 27 meeting of the group, which draws members from all over central Ohio, visit www.ThisWeekNews.com.
Jugglers say hobby is worth the effort By GARY SEMAN JR. cording to Owen Smith, co-direcThisWeek Community Newspapers tor of the organization. It accepts jugglers of all coordination levels They stand across from each and there is no cost to join. other, pitching clubs back and forth “We do have people from all at an almost hypnotic speed. walks of life,” said Smith, a meOthers toss bird seed-filled balls chanical engineer who lives in Powin the air, trying to keep them sus- ell. pended before gravity and fatigue His son, Evan, an exercise entake their toll. thusiast, said juggling is a good Yet another one hops on a uni- workout. cycle, attempting to incorporate “You can really work up a basketballs into his routine — with- sweat,” he said. out falling. So what does it take to become This is just another day in the a good juggler? lives of the Jest Jugglers, a group “Dedication,” the elder Smith that meets each Thursday night at said. the Schiller Park Recreation CenNot to mention a few tools of ter in German Village. the trade, such as clubs, balls and Founded in the early 1980s, the rings. It can be a fairly inexpensive outfit is the longest-running jugSee JUGGLERS, page A2 gling group in central Ohio, ac-
The Northridge Board of Education, at a special meeting Jan. 31, unanimously approved almost $400,000 in budget cuts during the next calendar year, including $93,000 during the remainder of the fiscal year that ends June 30 and $303,000 during the 2012 fiscal year. In a separate measure, the board also approved two additional contingent scenarios for more cuts, depending on the amount of state subsidy to the district and the fate of a 1 percent income tax levy on the May ballot. “We’re here tonight to talk about where we are at as far as the financial future of this district,” said board president Mark Dann. “Now it’s time to proceed with some decisions as to what we are going to do.” Treasurer Jim Hudson said the district is already working on planned reductions exceeding $500,000 from the current year. “We are losing $312,000 in our state fiscal stabilization funds money,” Hudson said. “Two years ago ODE gave us that but they took away from our foundation payments. Right now we are advised that money will not be replaced, so overall that’s 6.4 percent of state funding (that is being cut).” The district’s current budget is approximately $13-million annually, of which nearly $8-million is salaries and benefits. In addition to the oneSee NORTHRIDGE, page A3
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Old Town Committee reviews downtown projects By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers Defying winter ice storms Feb. 1, the Johnstown Old Town Committee of village council met with several residents and business owners to discuss the scheduled reconfiguration of the downtown intersection of U.S. Route 62 and state Route 37 this spring. Acting village administrator Jim Lenner said
another meeting would probably be scheduled in the next several weeks. The intersection improvements are projected to cost $676,000, and Lenner said the village might not have any out-of-pocket expenses. “We thought it was going to cost more than $1million but contractors are hungry and materials are down in cost,” Lenner said. He said the Licking County Area Transportation Study committee was considering helping
the village cover some planned additional costs for decorative light poles. “That would cover the cost of the decorative poles,” Lenner said. “In a worst case scenario it might cost the village $20,000.” In addition to the intersection improvements, the cost of which is primarily paid by the Ohio Department of Transportation, the village is sched-
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Ohio public school districts might get a much-needed reprieve on snow days. The Ohio General Assembly is considering a bill to allow schools to have five canceled or calamity days. For the 2010-11 school year, schools are allowed to have three canceled school days, but any school days canceled after that number must be made up. House Bill 36 would restore the number of calamity days allowed to each district to five. Patrick Gallaway, spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Education, said state law requires public school districts to be in
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districts. It gives them that local authority to decide how they would make up a calamity day, whether they want to extend some school, use a holiday or extend the school year. My goal with this bill is for the school districts to have local control and authority.” The bill would allow a district to make up a calamity day by increasing the school day by half-hour increments, which is allowed under current law but only if the district has had more than eight calamity days. Connie Wehrkamp, spokesperson for Gov. John Kasich, said the governor is in support of the state mandating the number of days in session and the number of calamity days, but he would support an increase to five calamity days.
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DOWNTOWN PROJECTS Continued from page A1 uled to improve the downtown streetscape at a cost of $246,000, of which $197,000 is paid by ODOT and $49,000 by the village. The streetscape project would proceed next year, Lenner said. “It’s an 80 percent, 20 percent grant from the state Department of Transportation,” Lenner said. “We applied last year and received it for Fiscal Year 2013.” Lenner said the purpose of the project is to create a recognizable identity. “Rents increase with new infrastructure,” Lenner said. “Another goal is to get some conduit underground so we can get rid of the utility poles.” Lenner said the village will meet with American Electric Power representatives Feb. 10 to discuss how the project might proceed in order to keep power to the downtown businesses. The changes could require significant costs to business wiring, he said, and the village would have to determine whether the existing businesses would have to bring their wiring up to code. “We don’t want to do all this work and force
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because my day preceded Title IX by about 15 seconds. When sports are offered only to boys, girls MARGO swarm all over what’s BARTLETT left, and what was left in my high school was cheerleading. Two squads were chosen each year, one for football and one for basketball. Assuming roughly six girls to a squad — because precise accuracy would mean tracking down my yearbook, and you know what that means: goodbye to the rest of the afternoon — a total of 12 girls got to jump around on a playing field. That’s 12 out of a school whose classes had more than 725 students each. As for the rest of us, well, we were the cheer followers — the ones who leaned to the left, leaned to the right, stood up, sat down and shouted “Fight! Fight! Fight!” It didn’t feel like much at the time, but now, from the perspective of years, I see that we too were playing important parts in the grand scheme of things. We were lending context; we were giving the cheerleaders a raison d’etre. Without us, why would they run onto the football field during timeouts to shout out commands such as “Give me a T!”? As the spectators, we were holding up one end
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Taylor Atwood’s senior year at Johnstown-Monroe High School changed in an instant. As a tight end for the Johnnies football team, Atwood caught a pass from quarterback Matt Smith on Sept. 17 and headed toward the end zone. Then the unthinkable happened. “I caught the pass and turned up the field and was getting ready to juke the safety when I was tackled from behind,”
Atwood said. “I didn’t know the guy was even there. We think (the tackler) rolled up on my leg, but he broke it. ... And I fumbled the football. It was the only time I ever fumbled the football in high school.” Atwood broke his right fibula in the 42-12 win over Centerburg and missed the rest of the season. But the 6-foot-4, 215-pounder has been making up for his lost time on the football field by making the most of his time for the Johnnies boys basketball team. And he’s still catching passes from
Smith, a guard on the team. “We’re coming up on my last round of basketball games ... the last time I’m going to put on a Johnstown jersey,” he said. “When I go out there, I want to make sure I’m at my best.” That was the approach Atwood and coach Kevin Martin took to the season. To make sure he would be sound for the season, the post player eased his way into workouts with the basketball team. “Taylor came out and worked out with us for a couple of weeks, but then we shut him down for two weeks,” Martin
said. “We didn’t want to overwork the leg. We wanted to make sure he got some rest so he would be stronger for the season.” After standing on the sideline in football for six weeks, Atwood wanted to get back and compete, but he knew the shutdown would be integral to a full recovery. “I was out of sync when I came back and the leg was about 75 to 80 percent before I took the rest,” he said. “I would say I’m 95 to 98 percent now. Some days are better than others. Sometimes
I still feel a little out of sync.” Atwood was averaging 7.6 points and 6.4 rebounds through 14 games, although he had turned up his production in his previous three games. He scored 10 points in a 64-53 loss to Danville on Jan. 21 and 17 in a 53-44 loss to Utica on Jan. 25. In a 45-40 victory over East Knox on Jan. 28, Atwood had 16 points with 11 rebounds. “Taylor’s starting come into his own now,” Martin said. “He always has been See JOHNNIES, page A6
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Hockey in blood for trio of Sangsters It’s certainly no surprise that the Sangster twins are key figures for the Olentangy High School hockey team. Trever is the steady goaltender for the Braves and Tyler had scored 40 goals before January ended. The reason their success shouldn’t be a surprise is their lineage. The co-head coach at LARRY Olentangy is their dad, LARSON Rob, who was drafted by the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks and played for the Columbus Chill in their first season, 1991-92. Rob Sangster is cherishing this opportunity to coach his sons. “I treasure this time with this team,” said Sangster, who is cocoach with Mazin Habash. “I am so fortunate to be spending valuable time with my kids and I am trying my best to enjoy these moments while they last. “Coaching is challenging and coaching your own kids is even more challenging because you have to use different motivational techniques with each kid, but the experience has been really great.” Trever and Tyler Sangster, who are seniors, said having their father as their hockey mentor has been valuable. “Basically, just having his presence at practice is so good for all of us. My dad has credentials. He was a pro hockey player and he knows the game so well,” Tyler said. Trever added, “Our dad had us ice skating at the age of 4 and playing hockey at the age of 5 and he has always been pretty tough on Tyler and I, but by pushing us like he does, we have learned a lot and have become much better hockey players.” His coaching has helped the entire team, the brothers said. “Our chemistry has improved so much this year,” Tyler said. “We have a good senior class to provide leadership and on the ice our experience is shown by our growing awareness of each other and our overall puck control.” Trever added, “Our team is very respectful of each other. We are focused on always getting better and our older players have done a good job helping the younger players.” The excitement level in their voices goes up when they talk about their love of hockey. “It is so challenging to be a goalie,” Trever said. “You have this wide range of emotions throughout a game. There is the adrenaline rush when you see a good player with a hard shot coming at you and you learn with time that the mental side of playing this position is what makes you successful. For all the excitement going on in a game, you have to stay calm and collected. If you get scored on, you can’t worry about it and you have to maintain a confident attitude. “My idol as a goaltender is the
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Northridge’s Andrew Mullen (right) wraps up Johnstown-Monroe’s Logan Writesel in a 125-pound match on Dec. 30. Mullen, who is 21-10 this season, finished second at the MBC tournament a year ago at 112. He has been competing at 119 and 125 but may wrestle at a higher weight to give the Vikings more depth for the league meet.
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At first glance, the Northridge High School wrestling team would be considered a favorite to win the MBC championship. But now that task will be slightly more difficult for the Vikings. The league tournament, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 12, at Centerburg, again has changed its format. After being a doubleelimination bracket tournament for numerous years, the event was changed last year to a tournament splitting teams into two pools. Now, the tournament will be a dual format. “I think our team is better suited for a bracket tournament, but that’s not the way things are set up,” coach Eric Potts said. “In a bracket tournament, several strong wrestlers can carry a team to a title, but in a dual format, it’s about filling weight classes and we have some openings.” The Vikings do not have competitors at 103 pounds, 145 or 189, but they have the ability move around wrestlers to fill more classes, especially at 145. The Northridge lineup includes Parker Fox (112 pounds, 16-4 overall record before Feb. 5), Jeff Maynard (119, 26-8), Shane Mulligan (125, 24-10), Thomas Williams (130, 33-1), Wade Stischok (135, 13-14), Rob Mickey (140, 26-8), Brad Verhovec (152, 26-8), Zach Rudy (160, 2213), Jacob Burke (171, 19-7), John Barber (215, 1-12) and Anthoney Verhovec (heavyweight, 23-11). “Our kids are getting a lot of mat time because they have been wrestling well in some full tournaments that have some pretty good teams,” Potts said. “By See LARSON, page A6 going to those tournaments, the
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The Vikings’ Rob Mickey (right) was 26-8 at 140 before competing Feb. 5 in the John Deno Classic at The Plains Athens.
kids may not be as intimidated by tournaments like the MBC and sectional.” The Vikings competed Feb. 5 in the John Deno Classic at The Plains Athens and finished seventh (151) in the 23-team Jimmy Wood Memorial at New Lexington on Jan. 29 behind the champion host team (318.5). Northridge had seven wrestlers place at New Lexington with Williams winning at 130. Brad Verhovec (152) was third and Mickey (145) was fourth. Both Fox (112) and Anthoney Verhovec (heavyweight) were sixth with Maynard (119) and Rudy (160) both seventh. Williams scored a 2-0 win in the finals over Chase Kinemond of Shadyside. Kinemond was rated third at 130 in Division III in Brian Brakeman’s High School Wrestling Forecast, which rates
for in the sectional, district and state meets.” At a glance Last season in the MBC meet Below are the recent results and com- Of note: The Vikings were 9-5 overall at Utica, Northridge finished last ing schedules for the Northridge boys and 7-2 in the MBC before Feb. 4. (80) of seven teams behind basketball, girls basketball and swim- GIRLS BASKETBALL Loudonville (248), which won ming teams: *Jan. 29 — Def. Johnstown 47-36. its sixth consecutive title. Williams Kelsey Garrabrant led Northridge with BOYS BASKETBALL (125) was the lone champion for *Jan. 28 — Defeated Centerburg 55- 16 points and Lauren Cornwell added the Vikings. Andrew Mullen (112) 47. Tony Rios led the Vikings with 14 14. points, Aaron Estep had 11 points and *Feb. 3 — Def. Danville 59-30 was second and Anthoney Ver*Feb. 5 — Played Loudonville Connor Burke added 10. hovec (189) was third. *Jan. 29 — Def. Loudonville 55-40 *Feb. 10 — At East Knox in game Mullen, a Division III district postponed from Jan. 20 in game postponed from Jan. 11. qualifier at 112 last year, is caught Burke scored 12 points, Estep had *Feb. 12 — Home vs. Utica 11 points and Caleb Higgins added Of note: The Vikings were 8-9 overall in a logjam of competitors beand 5-6 in the MBC before Feb. 5. 10. tween 119 and 125. He is 21-10 *MBC game *Feb. 4 — Played Johnstown this season and may wrestle at a *Feb. 5 — Played Fredericktown in SWIMMING heavier weight class at the league game postponed from Dec. 10 and Feb. 5 — Competed in SEOSL meet meet to give the Vikings more Feb. 2 at Ohio University *Feb. 8 — Home vs. Danville Feb. 12 — Division II sectional at depth. *Feb. 11 — Home vs. Loudonville Columbus Academy In MBC duals this season, \ Northridge lost close meets to wrestlers to predict the finish of the end of the first period and Utica 36-35 on Dec. 15 and Cenall classes in the state tournament. rode him out,” Williams said. “It terburg 35-30 on Jan. 5. Williams was rated 27th. kind of gave me an idea where I See VIKINGS, page A6 “I got a takedown on him at was at and what I need to look
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VIKINGS we thought it was the best road for us,” Potts said. “But looking at the kids coming over from the Eastern District from Coshocton and Newcomerstown, I’m not so sure. They have some pretty good wrestlers and that might turn out to be the tougher of the two sectionals.”
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“We were seeded third in the MBC behind Utica and Centerburg, but we wrestled both of them tough,” Potts said. “We have a chance to do pretty well.” Utica is seeded fourth in the district and Centerburg is seventh in front of the ninth-seed- shennen@thisweeknews.com ed Vikings. West Jefferson is the www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com top seed. In the district meeting on Jan. 30 at Gahanna to select sectional sites, the Vikings chose to compete Feb. 18-19 at Cardington. Madison Plains is the other Division III sectional site. Last year in the sectional at Keilah Ketron, a senior at Northridge High School, signs paperwork to play basketball at Cedarville Utica, Williams (125) finished third and both Mullen and AnUniversity as Cedarville assistant coach Kari Flunker looks on. Ketron, a 6-foot-2 post player, thoney Verhovec (189) were signed in front of family, fellow students, Vikings girls basketball coach Ashley Holmberg and fourth. Bradley Verhovec was a former Northridge coach Ron Florey. district alternate at 145. The top four in each weight class qualified for district. Northridge finished 13th with 56 points in the 15-team sectional behind champion West Jefferson (285). “We chose Cardington because
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JOHNNIES Continued from page A5 someone who works tremendously hard from the beginning to the end of the season, that hasn’t changed. It took some time to get his legs back and, in the last couple games, you can see he is feeling comfortable and back to being his old self. “The biggest thing is that he’s become a better rebounder. He definitely goes for the ball on offense and defense as well and is starting to rebound out of his area. He’s playing more minutes and has taken a leadership role on the offensive and defensive ends of the floor.” Atwood can see a difference. “Everything is finally starting to click a little,” he said. “We’re playing together and playing as a team and it has shown.” But despite his recent numbers, Atwood doesn’t see himself as a scorer. “My defense, honestly, is my biggest role,” he said. “I see my job as stopping the post (player) on the other end of the floor. My goal is to limit his points and score more than he does.” Atwood still thinks about what happened in his final high school football game. His final home basketball game on Feb. 18 also will be played against Centerburg.
Schools announce coaching vacancies The following schools are seeking coaches: Delaware — Football. Send résumé to athletics director Clint Fetty at fettycl@dcs.k12.oh.us. Hamilton Township — Assistant softball, middle school baseball. Send résumé to athletics director Mark Beggrow at mbeggrow@hamiltonlocal.k12.oh.us. Hilliard Darby — Girls golf, assistant junior varsity boys soccer. Send résumé to Chad Schulte, athletics director, Hilliard Darby High School, 4200 Leppert Road, Hilliard, 43026 or e-mail chad_schulte@hboe.org. Westland — Volleyball. Send résumé to Greg Burke at greg.burke@swcs.us.
time we finished.” GIRLS Columbus East’s Alana Las— Hilliard Davidson junior siter made four 3-pointers guard Brandon Gleim, whose and scored 40 points during a career injury list is long. 70-38 victory over Whetstone on Jan. 28. Note of the week
Top stories Boys Basketball: ThisWeek staff writer Scott Hennen highlights four area teams to watch as the postseason fast approaches. Girls Basketball: At 5-foot8, Gahanna sophomore Quiera Lampkins is a rare combo of point guard and post player. Wrestling: Grove City is focused on overcoming last season’s Division I district disappointment, where six failed to qualify for the state tourney. Signing Day: Visit us online for a comprehensive list of all central Ohio athletes who have committed to play sports in college.
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At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Johnstown-Monroe boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Jan. 28 — Defeated East Knox 4540. Sam Scovell scored 16 points with four 3-pointers and Taylor Atwood had 16 points with 11 rebounds. *Feb. 4 — Played Northridge *Feb. 8 — Home vs. Loudonville *Feb. 11 — At Fredericktown Feb. 14 — At Whitehall in game postponed because of bad weather on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2 *Feb. 16 — Home vs. Fredericktown in game postponed Jan. 11 because of bad weather *Feb. 18 — Home vs. Centerburg Of note: The Johnnies were 5-9 overall and 2-7 in the MBC before Feb. 4.
“The thing about it was it was the first home (football) game of my senior year ... and my last,” said Atwood, still getting choked up four months later. “We had turf problems with the field and waited six weeks to play on our home field and it turned out to be my last (game). “I still remember sitting on the bench and looking into the stands realizing what had happened. I didn’t get to finish my football season, and I’ll never get those four games back. That was the
GIRLS BASKETBALL *Jan. 29 — Lost to Northridge 47-36. Holly Sammons scored 10 points and Laiken Valentine added eight points. *Feb. 3 — Lost to Loudonville 60-54 *Feb. 5 — Played Fredericktown *Feb. 12 — Home vs. Centerburg Of note: The Johnnies were 3-15 overall and 2-10 in the MBC before Feb. 5. WRESTLING Jan. 29 — Finished 20th (44) in 23team Jimmy Wood Memorial at New Lexington behind champion New Lexington (318.5). R.D. Williams finished fifth at 215 and Brendin Cornwell was eighth at heavyweight. *Feb. 12 — MBC tournament at Centerburg Feb. 18-19 — Division III sectional at Madison Plains *MBC contests
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EASEMENTS Continued from page A1 Hottinger (R-Newark) and Cheryl Grossman (R-Grove City) to eliminate the estate tax. “What the Ohio Municipal League is saying is it’s fine if you take away the estate tax, but how are we going to fill the gap?� Lenner said. “There’s no other resource to do that.� Finance director Larry Heiser said the village received $28,000 last year in estate taxes. He noted that the village need not take any direct action on the issue if it chose not to, since several wealthy municipalities that receive large amounts of estate tax money have mounted a lobbying effort to preserve the tax. “We don’t have to fight this,� Heiser said. “There are a lot of wealthy communities that really depend on it as a percentage of their budget and they are putting together money to lobby and try to stop this from happening.�
“The goal for this bill is to divert that, eliminate it,� said Mayor Kevin Riffe. “It’s called the death tax,� Lenner said. Council heard the third reading of an ordinance that Heiser asked to be introduced in December. It would split the village’s estate tax receipts into two funds: the first $50,000 of money received would go into the general fund, and any amount in excess of $50,000 into a special fund that would be reserved for capital improvements. “This is if we get above our budgeted amount for estate tax revenues, then we can put it into the estate tax fund, which we can use for capital projects,� Heiser said. “We budget $50,000 each year and historically that seems to be a good number.� Lenner also recommended that council make Post Office Alley a public roadway by taking ownership of the property, which is
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The annual financial report for the year of 2010 is complete for Monroe Township, Licking County, Ohio. This report is available for public viewing at the Johnstown Public Library. (It is an un-audited financial report.) Debra S. Farley, Fiscal officer of Monroe Township Trustees, Licking County
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