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Recall petitions initiated by resident By JENNA GANT ThisWeek Community Newspapers Johnstown resident Patti Norris handed Johnstown-Monroe Board of Education president John Davis and member Terry Holter letters of intent to recall their positions at the board’s Feb. 14 meeting. Norris also gave the board a 70-page compilation of testimonies as part of the continuing effort to save the job of high school football coach Mike Carter. The school board is considering not renewing Carter’s contract next month.
Carter is also the athletic director and dean of students and would lose those positions as well. Norris said she spoke to Robin Hovis, president of the Ohio State Board of Education, who told her that “local school board members are accountable to the citizens of the district.” To hold the members accountable, a group called “Concerned Citizens on behalf of Johnstown-Monroe School District and its Students” is collecting signatures to recall the two board members. Davis said the letter and petition weren’t
surprising, but said unless Norris is able to collect enough signatures he doesn’t think he would be removed from the board. “There’s a very narrow field of how you can remove an elected official from office,” Davis said, “and certainly I don’t feel that me or Mr. Holter have violated anything as far as the Ohio revised code.” He said he realizes why the community has so many questions about the possibility of not renewing Carter’s contract. “As a board member,” Davis said, “you know more of the story than the
public does. It’s just unfortunate that a lot of this can’t be discussed in a public setting.” A score of residents at Monday’s meeting pleaded with the board to renew Carter’s contract. Vicki Franklin, whose son is on the football team, said she spoke to superintendent Damien Bawn, “who assured me that Mike Carter was not involved in any egregious behavior. “I have read every one of his performance evaluations and in those there is absolutely nothing to warrant a non-
renewal,” Franklin said. “Mike Carter truly sees the potential greatness in all the students and helps to instill Johnnie pride.” Mayor Kevin Riffe also spoke in support of Carter, saying the community needs more answers. “If a reason other than ‘going in another direction’ would be brought forward, then maybe this group might better understand the situation. But as of now that is not the case,” Riffe said. See RECALL PETITIONS, page A2
Fire chief: Intersection upgrades could cause congestion By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers Monroe Township Fire Chief Dudley Wright is concerned that a major reconfiguration of traffic lanes and traffic signals at Johnstown’s primary intersection will worsen a traffic congestion problem in front of the fire station on Oregon Road. Village officials and engineers at the Ohio Department of Transportation disagree, saying computer models show that traffic should be alleviated after work has been completed at Main and Coshocton streets. The proof will be in the pudding, Wright says. “I don’t agree with that (ODOT’s position),” Wright said. “I think people are in the habit, and if you are coming out of the slanted parking lot (adjacent to the old township hall), you don’t really have a choice. You’re going to turn onto Oregon. You’re not going to turn around and go back to Main Street. It’s our position the traffic (on Oregon) will back up even farther.” Part of what worries Wright is that currently, Oregon Street has two westbound lanes, a left turn lane and a straight through lane. With the new roadway configurations, the intent is to eliminate the left turn lane. This is a major problem in the afternoons, Wright said, when nearby schools let out. During those times, cars attempting to turn left on Coshocton end up waiting an entire light cycle, so that only one car per light can make the turn. With only one lane, Wright worries that this will back traffic up even more. “Even a single car trying to turn left, one car could hold up 20 cars for an entire light cycle,” Wright said. “When Oregon Elementary or Searfoss Elementary is letting out, you have all these cars going down Oregon Street.” Wright said the village had planned at one time to install slant parking on Oregon Street, which would have made the problem even worse. He said he was happy when that plan was dropped, giving fire trucks space to pull into the roadway. Acting village manager Jim Lenner said traffic counts suggested that most of the congestion came not from the schools but from drivers on Main Street who had the same congestion problem at the primary intersection. To avoid that traffic, drivers cut down Phalen Way, next to the slant parking lot, then to Oregon, where the left turn is easier.
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Northridge superintendent John Shepard stands with Sylvia Malcuori, an exchange principal from Uruguay, on Feb. 15. Shepard will travel to Uruguay in July to observe the country’s schools.
Exchange principal visiting Northridge By JENNA GANT ThisWeek Community Newspapers Traveling from Uruguay to Licking County, elementary school principal Sylvia Malcuori says she’s learned several things from Northridge Local Schools during her two-week educational trip. “The learning of the children is the same,” Malcuori said. “Just the physical set up, the operational, organizational set up is just a little different.” Speaking as her interpreter, Northridge superintendent John Shepard said he and Malcuori are participating in a U.S. Department of State sponsored fellowship. Malcuori spent two weeks in Johnstown during her “summer” break. She was to head back Saturday, with school starting up in Uruguay on March 1. During the North American summer break in July, Shepard will travel to Uruguay’s capital city of Montevideo, where he’ll observe Malcuori’s school. Shepard said the program helps unite educators from different countries.
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“We are sharing ideas and trends that are occurring here in our schools,” Shepard said. “It’s been a great program that has opened up our doors to the world.” Montevideo is home to about half of Uruguay’s population of 3-million, but Malcuori said there are only about 190 students in her school. While class sizes are similar, Malcuori described Northridge students as more self-reliant.
“What I’ve noticed the most is the kids here are very independent. They are able to work on their own,” Malcuori said, “In Uruguay, I see more dependence on the teacher.” Malcuori she is impressed with how all students have a chance to learn together. “What I hope to take back with me is how they integrate their students more, no matter what level of learning that student has,” Malcuori said. “Those with physical challenges and emotional or social challenges or even academic challenges, they aren’t really equipped to deal with that,” Shepard said. Malcuori said she also wants to take back more ways to involve parents in schools. “I think a challenge for a school like Sylvia’s is that typically both parents work,” Shepard said. “What I think is unique here is the excitement of entering school and you get the grandparents involved, we have a great volunteer base in our schools.” Shepard said they’ve had great dialog discussing ways to get parents and even grandparSee EXCHANGE PRINCIPAL, page A2
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Northridge levy campaign preparations are under way By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Northridge Local School District Board of Education met Thursday to discuss its third attempt in three elections to pass a 1 percent income tax levy, now scheduled for the May ballot. Parent Jayma Bammerlin, coordinator of the levy campaign last fall and this spring, said the levy committee had met once, and that voter registration efforts were being made throughout the district.
Board president Mark Dann said Thursday’s meeting was to provide board feedback to the levy committee. “One of the reasons I thought it would be a good idea to get together is so that the board could give the levy committee some feedback on any messaging, as well as the work of the budget committee, and how board members can participate and help in the levy.” Dann said. Bammerlin said the school booster organizations would be sponsoring voter registration the next three Saturdays.
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“We’ve been registering to vote at the basketball games, and for the next three Saturdays we’re going to meet at the Hot Spot from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.,” Bammerlin said. “The Athletic Boosters and the Music Boosters are taking charge of this.” School board treasurer Jim Hudson said he was preparing a summary booklet that would give answers to the questions he most frequently receives about district finances. “A lot of people want detailed infor-
mation and a lot of people just want some information,” Hudson said. “I’ve started to put together a booklet of what we spend it on and how and why we are doing the reductions.” Hudson said another difficulty is simply a generational one, where younger parents are inclined to support the levy and retirees are inclined to feel they have done enough supporting of levies. “I’ve had a lot of conversation with people who said their kids went to Northridge but they don’t think they’re
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going to vote for it,” Hudson said. Bammerlin said the current trend is to shift more costs to the local level from the state and that would require more local support, not less. “We’re going to need tax support moving forward, no matter what,” Bammerlin said. “We are losing money. We are cutting certain things, and we need the community to help, whether the levy passes or does not pass.” See LEVY, page A2
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EXCHANGE PRINCIPAL Continued from page A1 ents involved in school activities. “I think if that’s one thing we can take and share with them, not that we have the secret to how that
LEVY Continued from page A1 Bammerlin said her goal was to make every effort to ensure people had the opportunity to take a close look at district finances. “I want this to be very positive,” she said. “We’re not going to go negative. It’s on us to get informed. We don’t have a way to get information out to everybody. It’s our civic duty to get the right information.”
works, but to share how important it is,” Shepard said, “I think it is vital to the success of a child in school.” Shepard said the program has helped set up a partnership sharing educational trends and development for “schools that typically don’t have that type of diversity.” He said the two already plan to continue their partnership by setting up a blog where his students and Malcuori’s students could talk
When the intersection reconfiguration is complete, there will not be congestion on Main Street and drivers will not feel the need to take the Phalen Way shortcut, he said. “Drives are creatures of habit and they’ll figure this out in the first two weeks,” Lenner said. He agreed that the department has a legitimate issue. “Right now, if you have two lanes and three cars in the through lane and three cars in the turn lane, the fire department can still get out,” Lenner said. “But if you have six cars in one lane, then they won’t
be able to get out. At least that’s the contention.” Doug Morgan, ODOT project engineer, said he was confident there would not be congestion on Oregon, because traffic would flow well at the primary intersection. And traffic sensing devices at Oregon and Coshocton would help keep Oregon clear, he said. “The two signals are going to be coordinated and that will help that whole area flow traffic better because you can set up the timing to allow the heavy traffic flows go quicker,” Morgan said. “In the morning it heads one direction and in the evening it heads the other way,” he said. “We did
RECALL PETITIONS 80 percent of the budget goes towards salary and benefits. “That means the only place you can have a true reduction, for the most part, is in personnel,” Davis said, “And that means jobs, that means people, and that means families and that’s never a good decision.” The school board plans to vote on Carter’s contract at its next board meeting March 21. Carter’s supporters say they hope the board will vote with the community in mind. “He helped me through so much and if he could (help) just one more kid, he’s worth staying,” former student athlete Jim Dodderer said. “I hope you can see that.”
Continued from page A1 to each other and find out what was taught in classes. Shepard said Northridge also plans to build an organic farm similar to one at Malcuori’s school. “For me it’s intersecting because you learn so much about how really we aren’t that different,” Shepard said. “Kids are kids, I think that’s what we are learning.” “It’s my first time in the U.S. and so the experience has been great. I have just felt at home since I’ve been here,” Malcuori said.
traffic counts at all three of the intersections there. Putting that information into signal analysis helps us adjust our timing to allow the flow without extreme back-ups. We’re not seeing any major problems at Oregon.” Both Lenner and Morgan said that if the projections are mistaken and traffic back-ups do occur in front of the fire station, the light timing can be easily adjusted. Morgan said it would also be easy to give the fire department special light controls that allow the department to trigger green lights to clear the roadway ahead of the fire vehicles.
Parent Amy Furr said the district is already headed in the right direction. “It seems our district is moving in a very positive direction right now with the help of our coach, our athletics director and our dean of students,” Furr said. “We need Mike Carter to keep moving in a positive direction.” Davis said the situation is hard on all parties involved. “There’s a difference between a termination and a non-renewal,” Davis said While not speaking specifically about Carter, Davis said state budgets are coming up and around
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Lots of vino and voluptuous food at Tucci’s in Dublin The first thing you notice when you tread into the terrific Tucci’s is a chalkboard with 16 special wines listed on it. These are all available in two-, four- and sixounce pours that will never be overoxidized because Tucci’s owns a fancy Enomatica machine. If you’ve never seen one, they’re sleek, state-of-the-art appliances that feature high-tech wine preservation systems and deliver automated pours. Given this fact — and the existence of about 150 more wines on Tucci’s menu — it’s clear vino is big here. But you could have gathered that from all the burgundyred accents in the casually elegant restaurant or from the convivial laughter bubbling up from its bustling, bottle-laden tables. Don’t think that Tucci’s is consistently busy just because of its hooch, though. No, this prettily
MENU by G.A. Benton golden-glowing eatery with both intimate and communal seating serves some of the best food around. Toss in a friendly and knowledgeable waitstaff, and you have one of the top-tier restaurants in the area. Tucci’s menu is big but not overwhelming. It’s filled with influences from Italy, Asia, California and even Hawaii. Most of these influences surface in the huge Outrigger Canoe Combo appetizer ($17). That fun, fry-happy app came with a boatload of: spicy scallops (perfectly “blackened,” served with a mustardy sauce and cooling gorgonzola); calamari laced with ba-
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rusy soy sauce. For a more modest starter, pick the Bibb Salad ($7). Like an elegant upgrade from that popular and still-resurgent iceberg wedge, its tender leaves of bibb lettuce were coated in a horseradishy gorgonzola dressing and further flattered by crispy bacon lardons and diced tomatoes. Some of the best dining deals here are Tucci’s good, handmade pizzas ($10-$12) and stylish pastas ($10-$18, available in smaller sized and priced portions). From the latter, the Spaghetti Bolognese ($10 for the “small” — it was big) was a winner. A chunky, believable and completely delicious bolognese sauce was tossed with whole wheat pasta. The sophisticated entree had a complex, parmesan-enhanced richness slightly leavened by bits of bright tomato.
Tucci’s 35 N. High St., Dublin 614-792-3466 Web: tuccisbistro.com Cuisine: Italian Price: $$$ ($20-$30 per person) Patio: Yes Hours: 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday lunch, 5-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday Tucci’s proudly serves organically raised, grass-fed beef. This makes its great 14-ounce New York Strip Steak ($35) a relatively guiltrestrained splurge. Beautifully grillseared, it was thick and lean but super juicy and had a mild but nice “chew.” Its very fine plate mates (garlicky sauteed spinach and mushrooms, fingerling potatoes and a fruity “cabernet demi”) were
cleverly designed to keep the focus on the high-grade meat. Seafood’s prevalent here, too. It comes in various varieties and styles, but even fish eschewers probably couldn’t resist the refined fish-n-chips treatment of the Chorizo-Crusted Grouper ($23). I loved its crunchy crust (with bits of spicy sausage) and goat cheese potato cake as well as its spicy “tomatoscallion emulsion.” To finish, the buttery and caramel-y Apple Tartlette ($7) — with big clusters of candied nuts plus smoky, spicy and gingery notes — was more complex than I might’ve thought. Ditto for this excellent restaurant. To read G.A. Benton’s blog visit ColumbusDiningGuide.com.
Professional kitchen hopes to attract food entrepreneurs A vacant warehouse on the city’s East Side soon will be transformed into commercial kitchen for bakers, candy-makers and mobile push-cart operators. The Economic and Community Development Institute is developing the 8,000-square-foot space as a way to encourage job growth through entrepreneurship, said Bob Kramer, director of food services and safety for the nonprofit agency. “The basis of the community bakery and commissary area is to provide a commercial setting for those food entrepreneurs who want to start a business,” said Kramer, former food-safety supervisor for Columbus Public Health. “At the same time we can provide them a menu of services, including business training, food-safety training, marketing and also loans, if necessary.” The facility, off I-670 at 1655 Old Leonard Ave., is expected to open by June 1. The space will be split up into to two areas. The bakery will have four separate bake stations, each equipped with a convection oven, large mixer, preparation table, reachin cooler, sinks, stovetop range and other necessary equipment. The mobile food-cart commissary will have individual cart storage units equipped with a secure fence and locked door, and other essential kitchen amenities. In addition, the warehouse will have a walk-in cooler and freezer available for cold storage along with an area for dry storage available for all who use the facility. State law allows some home-based companies to
produce food — jellies, jams, pretzels and bread, for example ‚ for resale. The ECDI facility, meanwhile, provides those businesses with an opportunity to expand by working with commercial equipment in a larger space that’s licensed by the Ohio Department of Agriculture and Columbus Public Health, Kramer said. Push-cart operators, which are not self-sufficient and need to work from a base of operations, also could find the new facility attractive, he said. Kramer said that although a pricing structure has not been set, the organization is looking at hourly rentals for the bakery and longer-term leases for the mobile food-cart commissary “We’re going to be open to whatever their needs are,” Kramer said. For more information, call 614-732-0896.
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■ Dietitian Jennifer Burton offers helpful tips to those are trying to lose weight and ■ Geri Ziemba has taken her passion for keep it off. comfort food to the Dublin Village Tavern. was founded, she was Several of her recipes have named general manager. elevated the place’s standing Back then it was known as Jennifer Burton in the local pub world. a bar with food, she said. Ziemba, general manager “Now we’re known as an eating establishof the 11-year-old restaurant, ment more than a drinking establishment,” created one of the hottest she said. items – the Irish egg rolls, Ziemba said she enjoys the challenge of which are basically Ruben Geri Ziemba developing recipes for the tavern. sandwiches wrapped up in won ton skins and “I kind of treat this place like my baby,” she deep-fried. said. “I’m always looking for ways to make it But that’s not all. The latest chef to con- better.” tribute recipes for Food & Wine developed Recipe of the week the recipes for meatloaf, crab cakes and other tavern favorites. As for the other pub classics, the kitchen makes the sauce for the chicken wings. Burgers are hand-patted, never frozen. In the summer, Ziemba uses real key limes for key lime pie. It all goes back to her childhood, when her parents owned a comfort-food restaurant in suburban Detroit. She held every job in the Wishing Well, from busing tables to working in the kitchen. See Geri Ziemba’s recipe for carrot cake at In 2000, when the Dublin Village Tavern www.ThisWeekNews.com/foodandwine
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Columbus’ rivers did not provide a useful waterway and supervision of a number of people as committed to the project as Gov. Brown had been. ImED portant among them was AlLENTZ fred Kelley. Kelley had come to Columbus in 1816 to represent Cleveland in the assembly. He served for the next several decades, eventually representing Columbus, as well. As a member of the Canal Commission he personally supervised the construction of much of the canal. When the economic depression of the 1830s threatened Ohio’s ability to pay interest due on its canal bonds, Kelley would pledge his own Columbus home as collateral to ensure payment on the bonds. Through the efforts of Kelley and many others, Columbus was linked to the main line of the Ohio and Erie Canal by a Feeder Canal that entered the city near the place where Bicentennial Park is today. In 1860, a state arsenal — now the Cultural Arts Center — would be built next to the canal to permit easy movement of arms and ordnance in and out of the capital city. The canal and the recently arrived National Road transformed Columbus. As late as 1832, Columbus was a frontier village of a few thousand people. By 1834, Columbus was a city of five thousand people. Large numbers of travelers and immense quantities of freight arrived by both road and water and more than a few Columbus residents made their fortune in the new crossroads capital city. The canal and its% people cap-
tured the imagination of the city. Longtime resident Emily Stewart later remembered, “The first canal boats seemed like fairy palaces. They were painted white and the windows had green shutters and scarlet curtains. The inside panels of the cabins contained pictures and mirrors. The officers of the passenger boats were gentlemen. The cabin was a dining and sitting room in the daytime, but was converted into a sleeping apartment at night. There were staterooms at each end for the ladies, whose comfort was further promoted by the attentions of a polite and diligent stewardess. For years after the canal was opened, the boats always came in with a band of music playing on board. The captain of the boat usually played the clarinet for the entertainment of the passengers…” But all of this growth and success came with a price. The riverfront between the Main Street Canal Basin and the Broad Street Bridge came to be filled with docks for canal boats and warehouses lined the waterfront. Factories, inexpensive housing and even less attractive taverns soon followed. The river, once clear and pristine, soon became little more than an open sewer and a place few people willingly visited for leisurely recreation. The golden age of the Ohio and Erie Canal lasted for less than 30 years. By 1850, the first railroad had arrived in Columbus and within a few years, the canal began a long, slow decline. An attempt to revive the canal around the turn of the century was unsuccessful, as well. Ed Lentz writes a history column for ThisWeek.
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With the opening of the Scioto Mile, the Scioto River will once again be an attraction that will draw people both to downtown and the city as a whole. After all, people were drawn to the forks of the Scioto and Olentangy Rivers a couple of centuries ago because the water was clear and clean. And it was widely believed that a place where two rivers came together would soon be a center of profitable river trade. The water was clear and clean and had been drawing people to its banks for several thousand years. Native Americans lived here for centuries and built large Indian mounds nearby. Mound Street is named for one of them. Thousands of deer came down to the river to drink in molting season and covered the water in a blanket of shedding deer fur. With a wry directness, Native American gave the stream a new name — “Hairy River.” But the profitable river trade the pioneers expected to undertake with huge cargo laden flatboats was not to be. The river was too narrow in many places and the current too treacherous. Only at a few times of year was the water high enough to carry the great flatboats. And at that time the current was so swift that many boats were lost. The pioneer settlements of central Ohio were rather isolated for a number of years. Until the canal came. Canals are not a new idea. One can find them at any number of places in the ancient world where people needed an artificial waterway for one reason or another. But canals are expensive to build and costly to maintain. For that reason they are often built by governments and not by private enterprise. As the land across the Appalachian Mountains began to be settled after the American Revolution, men like Henry Clay began to argue that government should finance “internal improvements” like roads, canals and river work to “open the West” to commerce. And all of this should be financed by the federal government. Of course many people in the East were not thrilled with the idea that their taxes should subsidize public works that would help the Ohio River valley compete with their own commerce. So canals were more a dream than a reality for a number of years. Then the extraordinary success of the Erie Canal linking the East to the Great Lakes captured the imagination of the country in the years after the War of 1812. Soon many Ohioans were talking about canals and building one in the state. But talk was really the only result. Like many other times in the state’s history, forceful leadership was needed to bring canals to Ohio. In this case, that leadership was provided by Ethan Allen Brown. As early as 1816, Brown, a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, had written to Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York seeking information about the canal system of that state. When Brown was elected governor in 1818, he proposed building a canal and continued to press for its construction. In the end the Ohio General Assembly agreed and studies were made as to possible locations. Two major canal systems — the Miami and Erie in the west and the Ohio and Erie in the east — were built with the support
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Etna Township considers biodiesel pilot program By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers Etna Township is looking into a pilot project that involves trying to grow sunflower or canola crops for biofuel. The township’s economic development committee met Feb. 17 to discuss using abandoned lanes of state Route 158 for the pilot project to determine if the township could successfully grow such crops on interstitial highway land and use the crop for biofuel. Committee member Mark Schaff said he has been exploring the idea with the Ohio Department of Transportation and
that a meeting was scheduled for 3 p.m. March 17 at Route 158 and U.S. Route 40, with ODOT representatives in attendance to explore the possibility of establishing such a pilot program. “We want to expand the scope of the gateway landscaping program to include sunflower seed and flax seed and other biodiesel fuels that are also very attractive,” Schaff said. “It’s possible to meet simultaneously the goal of the gateway landscaping program for beautification and to simultaneously produce fuel.” Township zoning official Chris Harkness said the project could help give Etna a recognized identity, based on a
common crop image. “The sunflower could become the signature of Etna Township,” Harkness said. Schaff said the program could provide costless fuel to the township and save ODOT money in maintaining roads. “If we are successful with this project, we can produce fuel for township vehicles,” Schaff said. “And we have reason to because we can be successful. Utah, North Carolina and at least one other state are presently successful of taking advantage of median strips and sides of highways and land that’s not being used to produce biofuel crops. The
New Albany Special Olympics team is off to a fast start By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Several local parents and teachers are organizing a Special Olympics team for New Albany. “Special Olympics is a yearround ongoing program of training and athletic events for people aged 8 and older with intellectual disabilities or cognitive delays,” said Amy Thomas, one of the parents organizing the team. To answer questions and explain more about the Special Olympics, Thomas has scheduled an information session for 5:30 p.m. Feb. 23, at the New Albany branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library on Market Street. Thomas said her son, Matthew, has participated in Westerville’s Special Olympics program and when New Albany teacher Barry Ward suggested forming a local team, she responded. Ward is a wellness teacher and adapted physical education specialist for New Albany-Plain Local schools. “New Albany continues to have a growing population of adults and children with disabilities,” Ward said. “However, in a small community there are limited opportunities for participation in sport competition that is developmentally appropriate and specific for people with disabilities. “Some of New Albany’s residents with special needs currently have to travel to other local communities to fulfill the desire to participate in sports programming. Having a Special Olympics program within New Albany will allow residents with disabilities the opportunity to participate and compete in sports within the community where they live.” Thomas concurs. “To have a local team can be
the pride of a small town, plus it’s more convenient getting to practices and stuff,” she said. The Ohio Special Olympics office has accredited the New Albany team and Thomas said she has 15 athletes already lined up. She also has about 50 volunteers to help train for events, coach, provide community outreach for the group, complete accounting and necessary financial reporting and help raise funds for the team. “It’s amazing how many responses we’ve had so far,” Thomas said. She said Ward promoted the team to teachers and a flyer was sent out to students in the district’s special education classes. The group also is working with New Albany Special Connections, a nonprofit organization formed in 2002 “dedicated to serving the population of children with special education needs from preschool through high school and their families” within the district,” according to its website. “People with disabilities often have more leisure time then their non-disabled peers,” Ward said. “Having a local Special Olympics program in New Albany is an opportunity for adults and children with disabilities to fill this leisure time in a way that helps them develop a variety of skills in an authentic setting.” New Albany Special Olympics is a nonprofit tax-exempt organization. Thomas said she has approached only one local organization to talk about donations: the New Albany Women’s Network (NAWN). “We will need donations to help with equipment and entrance fees for state events,” she said. The first state event is slated for June 24 to June 26 at The Ohio
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State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium and could cost the team up to $2,000. Thomas said that fees are $140 per athlete or coach and one coach is required for every three athletes. “Initially, coaches and volunteers can make do with equipment from their own garage,” Thomas said. She said she would likely begin raising funds for equipment and fees for fall events, such as bowling and soccer. Thomas also has scheduled several local events that will not require entrance fees. Those include the Area 6 Regional at Denison University on May 1; the Columbus Classic at Whetstone High School on May 7; the Amanda-Clearcreek Special Olympics event May 14; the Delaware Invitational on June 4; and a dual meet at Westerville Central High School on June 8. “It’s fun for them and it gives them a chance to be part of a team,” Thomas said. “Special Olympics gives people with a disability a chance to be part of a team, to get involved in the community, and most importantly, to have fun while exercising.” Ward said being part of a local team “can help them (the participants) develop confidence and pride knowing that they live in a community that cares by providing opportunities specific for people with disabilities.” Thomas said she hopes to get the team involved in other local events, such as the Founders Day and Fourth of July parades. For more information, e-mail NASpecialOlympics@gmail.com. lwince@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
department of transportation saves money on fuel.” The goal is to start with Route 158 as a pilot program and then expand it. “We’ll work out all the bugs on the abandoned section of Route 158 that would be the ideal perfect test site to say, ‘Let’s try it out,’” Schaff said. “It’s not being used anyway. If we are successful there, we can talk about moving to U.S. Route 40, and then we can talk about moving to Interstate 70. Interstate 70 is the ‘Holy Grail.’ There is lots of land in the middle of Interstate 70. The question is whether it is at an angle that you can harvest it and what the safety is.”
One of the unknown issues is whether harvesting equipment could navigate the terrain alongside roadways. Schaff said Route 158 would be a good place to find out. “It goes from very flat to very steep to everything in between,” he said. “I’ll be surprised if ODOT does not agree to expand the gateway landscaping program. We’ll be in a position to argue to move this program to the Interstate system. We’ve got perfect experimental setup that won’t cost anything.” “It is a perfect site for it,” Harkness said. “To get the initial test is going to be a huge step.
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Surgery an option for sinus issues Frequent sinus infections in children are a common problem, especially for children in daycare settings. The average child can have six to 10 upper respiratory tract infections a year that have symptoms including nasal discharge and blockage. Other factors that contribute to frequent sinus infections are environmental allergies, exposure to second-hand smoke, immunodeficiency, congenital craniofacial anomalies and some inherited conditions. Children with lung problems such as asthma and cystic fibrosis often have related sinus problems. Most viral infections will resolve without treatment. A small percentage will progress to bacterial sinusitis that will require antibiotics for treatment. Narrowing or blockage of the nasal passages or sinus openings may increase the chances that a cold will progress to bacterial sinusitis. Often, children may need medication to help treat sinus problems. This could include nasal steroids, nasal saline, mucous-thinning medications called mucolytics and some allergy medications such as anti-histamines. In a small percentage of children, surgery may be necessary to relieve the blockage and open the sinuses or nasal passages. Prior to any surgery, a thorough work-up is necessary in order to determine the appropriate treatment course. Younger children do not typically need surgery on the sinuses as their sinuses are still developing. Younger children with frequent sinus infections often have their adenoid, a patch of tissue
located where the nose and throat join, removed. The adenoid can be a haven for bacteria and can often block the nasal passages. Removing the adenoid is a simple and painless surgery that can be very effective. CHARLES When the sinus problem is more involved than an ELMARAGHY enlarged adenoid, the sinuses need to be imaged via a special X-ray called a CT scan. A CT scan is the best way to investigate the anatomy of the sinuses and determine if the openings of the sinuses are blocked. If sinus openings are blocked, they can be enlarged using special instruments and a small camera called an endoscope. This is called endoscopic sinus surgery. Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Rhinology Clinic is unique in that it offers allergy testing and endoscopic evaluation during the same visit. This allows both the allergist and otolaryngologist to determine an appropriate treatment plan. You should always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider prior to starting or stopping any treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Dr. Charles Elmaraghy is a member of the Department of Otolaryngology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor of clinical otolaryngology at the Ohio State University College of Medicine.
February 20, 2011
Northridge seventh-graders top writing competition
Audrey Ashbrook, Aili Barbee, Jamie Comisford, Kaelin Curran,Vinny Deltedesco and Leyna Varney. Top honors were earned by Aili Barbee, who Members of the Northridge Middle School Power of the Pen team competed in a district writ- placed first, and Kaelin Curran, placing fourth. E.J. Cox received a “Best of Round” award for ing tournament on Feb. 5 at New Albany Mideighth grade. dle School. Members of the seventh-grade team, which See COMMUNITY BRIEFS, page A7 placed first among the 19 teams competing, are
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ThisWeek wins 21 ONA awards The staff of ThisWeek Community Newspapers won 21 awards in the 2011 Osman C. Hooper Newspaper Show Feb. 10 at the Polaris Hilton. The event was held in conjunction with the annual Ohio Newspaper Association convention. A total of 61 Ohio community newspapers participated in the Hooper Show. ThisWeek Hilliard won the General Excellence Award in Division A for newspapers with circulation of more than 9,536. It was the second major award for ThisWeek Hilliard in the past three years. In 2009, the newspaper was recognized as Best NonDaily Newspaper in Ohio by the Press Club of Cleveland in the Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards. ThisWeek’s ONA winners included: ThisWeek Hilliard • Staff, 1st place, General Excellence Award • Sports staff, 1st place, Best Special Section (Friday Night Live Football Preview)
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SASS for Breast Cancer, a Horizon of Hope program, will host its annual lunch at noon on Thursday, March 10 at the Granville Inn. “Spring into Pink” will celebrate local cancer survivors, their supporters and everyone who works to prevent and educate othCall me for all your ers about the disease. The featured speaker will be advertising needs! Tami Longaberger, chief executive officer and chairman of The Longaberger Company. Tickets to the lunch are $10 for cancer survivors and $20 for supporters. All proceeds benefit local breast cancer education and prevention efforts. To register and purchase tickets, contact SASS for Breast Cancer at (740) 349-6497 or msutKevin Shockey liff@lickingcohealth.org. (740) 888-6024 (local call) Horizon of Hope is a fundraising and educational campaign to kshockey@thisweeknews.com support breast cancer initiatives can do here in Ohio for the rabbits. Call for information on “It’s become kind of all-encompassing, of the American Cancer Society. • Marketing strategies but it’s a passion of mine, so that’s good.” Founded in 1995, the program is • Color • Ad design “We were so fortunate to pick her up in supported by Longaberger Home • Special sections January,” May said. A major garage sale, donations from members and other fundraising efforts are paying Dean’s salary. www.ThisWeekNews.com For the time being, May and Dean said, Ohio House Rabbit Rescue is in what the founder called the “friend-raising phase,” in preparation for a major capital campaign. That campaign would pay for construction and operation of a shelter devoted solely TheThe Johnstown Village will consider Village ofCouncil Johnstown Oldamending Town the to pet rabbits that people have given up for Zoning Ordinance during their regular meetings October 5th & Committee will be hosting a Community one reason or another. 19th and November 16th at 7:30 p.m. at 599 S. Main Street. The The facility, which the planning team hopes Forumamendments on March 2011 pmduring in following and 1st, additions willat be 6:00 considered might be constructed by 2012, would be Council Chambers. the next three council sessions: The purpose of the Forum located somewhere in Franklin County, Dean is to discuss many upcoming projects Adding Chapter 1183 Landscaping to preserve existing trees said, and ideally in Columbus. and promote green space, and utilize landscape buffering. that will be affecting the downtown area. “We’d still like a separate facility,” May Adding Chapter 1185 Fences to clarify regulations pertaining to said. “Being a prey animal, it’s not necesBusiness owners, residents and anyone fences, hedges and walls. Amending Section 1173.03 - Accessory sarily a good idea to have them in the same interested with“detached.” the downtown encouraged to Structures to define Amendingis Section 1141 Districts facility with cats and dogs.”
Rabbit rescue group has first paid director By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Ohio House Rabbit Rescue has progressed by leaps and bounds since it was founded by Clintonville resident Beverly May in the summer of 2009. “Our big thing was that we hired a director,” May said last week. Heather Dean of Grove City, who developed grant-writing skills while working for United Cerebral Palsy and who has a communications degree from Otterbein University, came on board as a paid director for what had been an all-volunteer organization in early January, according to May. Ohio House Rabbit Rescue, which has members from throughout central Ohio, including Northland, Dublin, Upper Arlington, the campus area and Gahanna, grew throughout 2010, including upping the number serving on a team planning for construction of a physical shelter specifically for unwanted pet rabbits, May said.
“We decided to keep that momentum going,” she said. “There was just so much we could get done if we hired somebody to work eight hours a day.” Dean, who has had pet rabbits since about 2004, was one of the first members of the planning team for the fledgling rescue operation. “So we could see her skills just as soon as we started the organization,” May said. Dean’s experience seeking funding through grants, as well as her ability to communicate with people in general and the media in particular, made her the ideal candidate for director of Ohio House Rabbit Rescue, May said. “Additionally, she really knows rabbits,” May said. “She knows all the issues of rabbits. She knows the needs of rabbits.” “Before it was always something I did outside of my work,” Dean said. “I wouldn’t call it a hobby but it certainly was more on a volunteer basis. Now I find I can devote a lot more time to digging for information and finding out what others are doing around the country for rabbits … to figure out what we
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Upset sends girls team to 2nd round By SCOTT HENNEN ThisWeek Community Newspapers
After 20 games, everything started to fall into place for the JohnstownMonroe High School girls basketball team. The Johnnies were seeded 26th of 28 teams in the Division III district tournament and faced the tough task of playing a first-round game against fourth-seeded Marion Elgin, which entered the contest with only four losses.
But postseason basketball is not an exact science, as displayed by the Johnnies’ 55-47 victory on Feb. 16 at Gahanna. Johnstown had scored 50 or more points only four times this season: twice in wins over Danville (58-38 on Dec. 2 and 56-44 on Jan. 15) and in losses to Watkins Memorial (54-51 on Jan. 13) and Loudonville (60-54 on Feb. 3). Laiken Valentine led a balanced Johnstown attack with 13 points. Holly Sammons and Sarah Thomas had 10 points apiece and Natalie Carpenter
added nine points. “We did a great job of ball reversals and going inside-out,” said coach Connie Allen, whose team improved to 5-14. “We also had several girls hit outside shots and when we missed, we got good offensive rebounds.” Makenzie Spang had 14 rebounds to go with six points as the Johnnies held a 38-18 rebounding advantage. “We worked on trying to shut down their two best players — (Jordy) Ute at the point and (Kayla) Mohr inside,”
Allen said. “We put great defenders on them and everyone else looked to help. We also did a great job on the boards, not allowing many second chance points.” Ute and Mohr both scored 14 points, but the Johnnies balance prevailed. Johnstown advanced to play in the second round at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Dublin Scioto against Linden-McKinley, which had a first-round bye. The Panthers are 5-14 and played a schedule exclusively made up of Columbus City League schools. They
were 1-13 in the North Division, beating Whetstone 58-52 on Jan. 11. Their non-league wins were against South Division teams — Independence 6555 on Dec. 21, Marion-Franklin 56-53 on Dec. 20, Columbus South 42-18 on Dec. 3 and Columbus West 71-50 on Feb. 15. “I don’t know anything about them other than they were one seed below us at 27,” Allen said. “I think they have five wins, but that’s about all I See JOHNNIES, page A10
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Nubians continue to roll along In a relatively short amount of time, Africentric has built a winning tradition in girls basketball. In its eight years of existence, Africentric has won two state championships and five City League titles under coach Will McKinney. The Nubians’ fifth City championship came LARRY Feb. 12 in a LARSON 60-52 victory over previously unbeaten Northland before a large and enthusiastic crowd at Mifflin. Africentric’s senior star, Raven Ferguson, led the way with 22 points, nine rebounds, three blocked shots and two steals. It was her fourth consecutive City championship game and her third victory. “This one really means a lot to me because we ran the City League for a while, but we didn’t get it done last year (against Brookhaven) and that was hard,” she said. “At Africentric we have a tradition of winning, so bringing the trophy back to our school after missing it a year ago is great and, since this is my senior year, it makes it even better.” Talking about her team’s performance against Northland, Ferguson said, “Beating a great team like Northland meant we had to compete hard on every play of the game and every second of the game up and down the court. We wanted to be the team who could say that we beat an unbeaten Division I team. We wanted to be the team who could say that Northland is now 18-1 and we are the one, and it truly took a full team effort to do it. “Every player on our team stepped up this week. Players that didn’t see action in the game worked so hard in practice to get us ready. Everyone has a role on this team and as long as we are all working toward the same goal we will be just fine. I know that experience means a lot and we have been in so many big games and in tough situations in those big games, and I think that helped us a lot against Northland. I feel like I have played in that atmosphere all four years that I have been at Africentric. “This team is very special because it has lots of talented girls who can compete at a high level. Earlier in the year the younger players were trying to learn about high school basketball and us five seniors had to teach them how to play Africentric basketball and how to play hard and play under pressure. Since this is our last chance, we as seniors want to win so bad and we push each other and we push our teammates, but as the year has worn on, the younger players have grown and now they are pushing us. There are no slackers on this team.” Looking ahead to the postseason, which begins Tuesday,
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Northridge girls basketball players Maddie Hess (left), Lauren Cornwell, Kaela Hatfield and Kelsey Garrabrant are all smiles after the Vikings beat Caledonia River Valley 41-35 in a first-round Division III tournament game Feb. 16 at Dublin Scioto.
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Keilah Ketron stepped to the free-throw line on Feb. 16 with her Northridge High School girls basketball team leading Caledonia River Valley by four points and 13 seconds remaining in their Division III district tournament game at Dublin Scioto. The 6-foot-2 senior post player made both free throws and the Vikings went on to a 41-35 victory for their first tournament win since 2002. “I know it’s been a while (since the Vikings had won in the postseason),” said Ketron, who scored 15 of her 19 points in the second half. “I’m a senior and we have not won in my four years or during my years of middle school. I’m glad we were finally able to do it.” In 2002, the Vikings were the sixth seed and had a first-round bye. They then defeated Johnstown-Monroe 49-45 in a second-round game before losing to North Union 54-53 in a district semifinal. Since then, Northridge had lost its previous eight tournament games. “These girls have finally learned how to win. That’s something they weren’t doing earlier in the season,” first-year coach Ashley Holmberg said. “They have played great in the last five games of the regular season and we want to continue doing that.” The Vikings also improved to 11-10 for their first non-losing season since 2002. That’s saying a lot for a team that won only three games in the 2009-10 season and did not win a game in 2008-09. Before this season, the program had won only eight games in four seasons. Northridge advanced to play Mount Gilead in a second-round game at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, at Granville. The ninth-seeded Indians are 11-9 and had a first-round bye. Mount Gilead lost to River See LARSON, page A10 Valley 65-37 on Nov. 30. The
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Keilah Ketron of the Vikings tries to keep control of the ball while being pressured by River Valley’s Cece Guinther (left) and Hillary Klingel on Feb. 16.
Indians also lost to Fredericktown 55-52 on Nov. 26. Northridge beat Fredericktown 31-23 on Dec. 2 and lost to the Freddies 39-38 on Jan. 15. On Dec. 29, Mount Gilead lost to East Knox 70-60. The Vikings lost to East Knox 4634 on Dec. 4 and beat the Bulldogs 42-37 on Feb. 10. The Indians also defeated Sparta Highland 63-57 on Jan. 7, but North-
ridge lost to the Scots 43-36 on Jan. 26. “We’re not going to change a whole lot right now for anyone,” Holmberg said. “We’re going to go with the things that make us successful. We are going to work the ball around until we can get it into Kei or drive in for a layup.” Northridge started slow against River Valley. The teams were tied
at 4 with 1:50 left in the first quarter, but River Valley went on a 60 run for a 10-4 lead entering the second period. Senior Kaela Hatfield hit a short jumper in the final minute of the third period to give Northridge a 26-25 lead, its first since the opening quarter. Ketron then scored nine of her team’s 15 fourth-quarter points to seal the victory.
“We were a little nervous coming out at the start of the game,” said Ketron, who also had 13 rebounds and four blocks. “It’s one and done in the tournament if you lose. We really wanted to win and had to settle down. We don’t want the season to end.” Lauren Cornwell scored 11 See VIKINGS, page A10
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ond round at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Scioto. “Also, one reason we went with Worthington Christian was to play North Union (rather than Heath) in the second round if we should win,” Martin said. “We know Heath is a really good team. We know North Union is good, but Heath creates matchup problems that we would
VIKINGS Continued from page A9 points with four rebounds for Northridge, and Sara Pribonic had three steals and four rebounds. •The boys basketball team will open Division III district tournament play at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Newark against Galion Northmor in a first-round game. The Vikings are the 11th seed in the district and Northmor, the 12th seed, jumped at the chance to play Northridge. “Yeah, they wanted to play us,” said coach John Wheeler, whose team was 12-7 overall before playing Utica on Feb. 18. “They played three MBC teams and beat two of them. so I guess that’s why they went after us.” The Golden Eagles defeated Centerburg 75-71 on Dec. 3 and East Knox 75-54 on Jan. 18. Northmor lost to Fredericktown 61-40 on Dec. 28. Northridge swept East Knox this season, winning 67-59 on Dec. 14 and 52-43 on Jan. 25, and split with Centerburg, losing 60-53 on Dec. 27 and winning 55-47 on Jan. 28. The Vikings were swept by Fredericktown, losing 50-43 on Jan. 21 and 45-35 on Feb. 5. The winner plays eighthseeded Horizon Science in a second-round game at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Newark. That winner plays in a district semifinal against top-seeded Heath, Ready or Berne Union at 8 p.m. March 2 in the Fairgrounds Coliseum. “We saw Horizon Science play Danville and we thought they might be a good matchup for us,” Wheeler said. “We hadn’t seen (ninth-seeded) Fairbanks, so we went with what we
overall and 2-11 in the MBC before Feb. 18. GIRLS BASKETBALL *Feb. 12 — Lost to Centerburg 5245. Laiken Valentine had 19 points and Sarah Thomas added 11 points. Feb. 16 — Defeated fourth-seeded Marion Elgin 55-47 in first round of Division III district tournament. Feb. 23 — Linden-McKinley in second round, 6 p.m. at Dublin Scioto. Winner plays third-seeded Bloom-Carroll or Ready in district semifinal, 6 p.m. March 2 at Orange. Of note: The Johnnies are 5-16 overall and finished 3-11 in the MBC. WRESTLING *Feb. 12 — Finished sixth in MBC duals at Centerburg behind champion Utica. Clayton Bullard (171), Joey Dismuke (189) and R.D. Williams (215) all finished second. Feb. 18-19 — Competed in Division III sectional at Madison Plains. Top four in each weight class advanced to district Feb. 25-26 at Coshocton. The top four in each weight class at district advance to state March 3-5 at Ohio State. *MBC contests
have a tough time handling.” The winner in the second round plays sixth-seeded Columbus Academy, Madison Plains or seventh-seeded Marion Pleasant in a district semifinal at 6 p.m. March 2 in the Fairgrounds Coliseum. shennen@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
LARSON and a father figure for all of us. He is just not a coach, he teaches us about life. I love the family feeling at Africentric and always have loved it. We are all in this together.” Look out Division III. I’ll see you at a game.
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Feb. 22, for Africentric, Ferguson said, “The City League title is a wonderful boost for us going into the district tournament because once you win a championship, all of us want the next title even more and there are three more we can win. We have the district, regional and state Larry Larson is a former athletics director at tournaments ahead and, of course, we have coach Grandview High School. He can be heard as McKinney leading the way. He is a great coach “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM.
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Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Johnstown-Monroe boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Feb. 11 — Lost to Fredericktown 52-36. Taylor Atwood scored 13 points and Matt Smith added 11 points. Feb. 14 — Lost to Whitehall 62-46 in game rescheduled from Feb. 1 and Feb. 2 because of bad weather. Smith led with 19 points and Atwood added nine points. *Feb. 16 — Lost to Fredericktown 41-29 in game rescheduled from Jan. 11 because of bad weather *Feb. 18 — Played Centerburg Feb. 22 — Worthington Christian in first round of Division III district tournament, 8 p.m. at Olentangy Orange. Winner plays fourth-seeded North Union in second round, at 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at Dublin Scioto. Winner plays sixth-seeded Columbus Academy, Madison Plains or seventhseeded Marion Pleasant in district semifinal, 6 p.m. March 2 in the Fairgrounds Coliseum. Of note: The Johnnies were 5-14
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At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Northridge boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Feb. 11 — Defeated Loudonville 47-35. Aaron Estep scored 18 points and Tony Rios added eight points. Feb. 15 — Lost to Tree of Life 4746 (OT). Estep had 12 points and Justin Howard added 11. *Feb. 18 — Played Utica Feb. 23 — Galion Northmor in first round of Division III district tournament, 6 p.m. at Newark. Winner plays eighth-seeded Horizon Science in second round, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Newark. Winner plays top-seeded Heath, Ready or Berne Union in district semifinal, 8 p.m. March 2 in the Fairgrounds Coliseum. Of note: The Vikings were 12-7 overall and 10-3 in the MBC before Feb. 18. GIRLS BASKETBALL *Feb. 12 — Def. Utica 47-44. Kelsey Garrabrant scored 11 points and Keilah Ketron added nine points, 10 rebounds and five blocks.
knew something about.” Horizon Science is 18-2, losing to Liberty Union 46-45 on Dec. 30 and Hamilton Township 60-58 on Jan. 17. In the MBC standings before Feb. 18, Fredericktown had clinched the outright title at 121 with Northridge and Utica in a tie for second at 10-3. Centerburg was fourth at 8-5 followed by East Knox at 5-8, Loudonville at 3-10 and both Danville and Johnstown at 2-11. •The boys and girls swimming teams advanced in one event each to the Division II district meet, which concluded Feb. 19 at Ohio State. The top three boys in each event and the top four girls in each event advanced to the Division II state meet Wednesday to Friday, Feb. 23-25, at Branin Natatorium in Canton. The remainder of the field will be announced Sunday, Feb. 20, from
Feb. 16 — Def. Caledonia River Valley 41-35 in first round of Division III district tournament Feb. 24 — Ninth-seeded Mount Gilead in second round of tournament, 6 p.m. at Granville. Winner plays Newark Catholic or Columbus School for Girls in district semifinal, 6 p.m. March 1 at Olentangy Orange. Of note: The Vikings are 11-10 overall and finished 7-7 in the MBC. WRESTLING *Feb. 12 — Finished second in MBC duals at Centerburg. Utica won the championship dual 58-18 over the Vikings. Thomas Williams (130) won a title for Northridge with Parker Fox (112), Jeffrey Maynard (119), Shane Mulligan (130) and Jacob Burke (160) all taking second. Feb. 18-19 — Competed in Division III sectional at Cardington. Top four in each weight class advanced to district, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26, at Coshocton. The top four in each weight class at district advance to state March 3-5 at Ohio State. *MBC contests
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Top performances BOYS Olentangy Liberty’s Jake Bischoff scored seven of his game-high 27 points during overtime as the Patriots edged Beechcroft 55-54 in a nonleague game Feb. 12. Liberty improved to 13-6 with the victory. GIRLS Africentric’s Raven Ferguson had 22 points, nine rebounds, three blocked shots and two steals as her team beat previously undefeated Northland 6052 in the City League championship on Feb. 12 at Mifflin.
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Photo of the week Goaltender Ed Arcy of the Olentangy Liberty hockey team kisses the championship trophy after the Patriots beat Dublin Coffman 3-2 in the Blue Jackets Cup final Feb. 13 at Dispatch Ice Haus.
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