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February 20, 2011

City opens search for administrator By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The process has begun to find a new Marysville city administrator, according to Mayor Chris Schmenk. City leaders have been discussing who to select for Marysville’s top appointed administrative position since Jillian Froment accepted a job with the state earlier this month. Froment’s last day working for Marysville was Feb. 11.

Schmenk said the city hopes to find the new administrator within the next 60 days. “I think things are going fine. We have Chris Schmenk a great staff in place and they know what they’re doing, so things are continuing to be set in motion,” Schmenk said. Marysville has been advertising the

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opening in several regional and national municipal publications, Schmenk said. A few applications have trickled in already, she said, and a deadline of March 31 has been set to receive all applications. Marysville’s city administrator serves as the chief administrative officer for city government, and oversees day-today operations, according to the recently

A closer look The city administrator serves as the chief administrative officer for city government, and oversees day-to-day operations, according to the recently updated job description. The position directs the work of city staff in support of the mayor and council; the administrator must also have indepth knowledge of city finance, public service and safety service activities. The annual salary is listed at $90,000 to $115,000, with a benefits package that includes an 8.5-percent OPERS city pickup.

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The business of growing grapes and making wine is branching out in Union County. Nearly a dozen farm and land owners from Union and surrounding counties put their heads together last week to discuss strategies for promoting winemaking in the county. Coordinator and Plain City-based Eldchrist Winery owner Chris Eldredge said the Feb. 15 meeting was held to judge the interest of local farmers in the enterprise. “We had 11 attendees, with the majority of folks being fairly new growers who have agreed to provide Eldchrist with grapes sometime in the future,” he said. “Some of the growers represent brand new farms, and won’t be productive until about 2013, but a few are already online, with farms represented from Fredericktown, a vineyard in Richwood, another Plain City farm, and others from West Jefferson and even the Grove City area.” Eldredge said the goal of the meeting was to coordinate county and area grape growers, to pitch the idea of cooperation in making this sort of industry thrive in Union County. “We wanted to see what the other growers are thinking, and to start a dialogue about best practices in terms of jointly ordering vineyard supplies, along with discussing techniques for managing vineyards,” he said. “We also started talking about the individual varieties of grapes, seeing what people are currently planting.” For the past year, the Eldchrist Winery has been working with the Union and Madison County chambers of commerce to find land owners interested in planting vineyards on their property. The Ohio Department of Agriculture has established a grant program for grape growers beginning this year – in 2010 Eldchrist Winery was awarded $2,000 through the Vineyard Expansion Assistance Program to plant the business’s first acre of grapes. “Six of the eight vineyards represented at the meeting had also qualified and were awarded grant money for the planting season in 2011,” Eldredge said. “Each one got a minimum of $2,000 from the state to establish at least one acre of additional grape vines.” See GRAPE GROWERS, page A2

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Blowin’ in the wind

Turbines aren’t in city’s immediate future By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The idea of electricity-producing wind turbines has been on the minds of Marysville officials lately, but it could take time for the city to have the the capability to take a serious look at the energy alternative. Marysville’s planning commission first requested more information on the idea about a year ago, said city planner Greg DeLong. Logan-UnionChampaign (LUCRPC) Regional Planning Commission director Jenny Snapp delivered a presentation to Marysville Planning Commission members at the time, DeLong said, and since then she has been presenting similar information all over the state.

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We have found a few (cities) with regulations for windmills, but some of those are like Cleveland — not very similar to Marysville. Right now we’re just gathering all the information we can.

GREG DELONG — city planner

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The hard part about defining standards in Marysville for wind energy, however, is a lack of precedent in other cities. DeLong said that most areas in Ohio and other states that

have language on their books regulating windmills are either counties or townships — not cities. A city faces different needs and restrictions than other types of municipalities, he said. “We have found a few (cities) with regulations for windmills, but some of those are like Cleveland — not very similar to Marysville,” DeLong said. “Right now we’re just gathering all the information we can.” According to information prepared by the LUCRPC, Ohio ranks fifth in the nation in energy consumption, with 86 percent of the state’s energy derived from coal. Less than 1 percent of Ohio’s energy comes from alternative sources. This will need to change in the future, however. SB 221, signed by then-Gov. Ted Strickland in 2008, implemented Alterna-

tive Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS). These require that by 2025, 25 percent of electricity sold in Ohio must come from alternative technology, with at least half of that being from renewable sources. State agencies could also play into the process of building such energy sources in Marysville and Union County at large, DeLong said. Any plant generating more than five megawatts (mw) of power must be approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB). Those larger turbines are under jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). Currently, 555 wind turbines have been approved by the OPSB in Ohio. See WIND TURBINES, page A2

Marysville considers dropping fees for false alarms By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Marysville’s fire department is taking a new look at how it charges residents and businesses that cause excessive false alarms. The city’s administration introduced legislation before city council last week that would streamline Marysville’s policy for automated alarm systems, as well as remove the fees charged for excessive false alarms. Fire chief Gary Johnson said that the speed in which technology has advanced plays a large part in the legis-

A closer look Marysville’s current code defines ‘excessive false alarms’ as at least three instances in a consecutive 12-month period. The law currently charges the alarm system’s owner $50 for the fourth false alarm, $100 for the fifth, $250 for the sixth and $500 for the seventh false alarm in one year’s time.

lation. “There have been a lot of changes in the alarm industry in the last 10 years, since our ordinance was enacted,” Johnson said. “Also the fire code changed, giving us more enforcement

options, so we’re eliminating the set fee structure for false alarms.” Marysville’s current code defines ‘excessive false alarms’ as at least three instances in a consecutive 12-month period. The law currently charges the

alarm system’s owner $50 for the fourth false alarm, $100 for the fifth, $250 for the sixth and $500 for the seventh false alarm in one year’s time. Johnson said doing away with the fee structure would allow the fire department to work on a case-by-case basis with the community. “We’re also beefing up the requirements on the alarm installers, to push more accountability on the business that installs the alarms,” he said. “The important thing to get across is that we’re updating the city ordinance to make it more user-friendly, as well as to keep it up to date with changes in

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the alarm industry.” Johnson said that without restrictive fees on the books, the city could be more proactive with a business that is causing excessive false alarms, working with them to fix the problem rather than simply penalizing them. “I do think this is a good thing for the public,” he said. If approved, the ordinance will also place the power to suspend or revoke business alarm licenses in the hands of the chief of police (the code currently designates the zoning inspector

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City opens search for administrator Continued from page A1 updated job description. The position directs the work of city staff in support of the mayor and council; the administrator must also have in-depth knowledge of city finance, public service and

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safety service activities. The annual salary for the position is listed at $90,000 to $115,000, with a benefits package that includes an 8.5percent Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) city pickup. The city administrator position is ap-

pointed by the mayor, with the ultimate approval of the city council. Schmenk said several people will be involved in the interview process. “We haven’t finalized who will do the interviews, but there will be a team similar to when I first took office,” she said.

“So we would hopefully like to include a county commissioner, some members of council, probably at least one or two people from the chamber of commerce – I’d envision about six or seven people on the interviewing team.” While Schmenk has not yet publicly

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with that power). Addressing the issue has been on the fire department’s mind for about a year, Johnson said, but several high-profile issues in 2010 such as the city’s levy request and finding a suitable home for a new fire station has kept the matter on the back burner. City council will have a second reading of the legislation at this week’s regular meeting, at 7 p.m. Feb. 24 at city hall.

They are located in Champaign, Paulding, Van Wert and Hardin counties. The closest turbines to Marysville are found at the Buckeye Wind Farm in Champaign County, which includes 54 turbines generating 135 MW of power. “We’re not necessarily looking at coming up with regulations for (turbines) exceeding five MW for Marysville,” DeLong said. “Our concern is that our lots here in the city are smaller. Our anticipation would be that if someone decided to build a wind turbine (before any regulations are in place), it would go before the Board of Zoning Appeals, probably as a conditional-

use application.” DeLong said the city’s goal is to have some sort of regulation of wind turbines on the books by the end of the year, probably around December. Taking a proactive approach to issues like this ultimately is a benefit for city residents, he said. “I think it’s good to have rules for this sort of thing in place, so that for those who choose to make an investment in their community, they know up front what’s required of them and what limitations they have to work in,” DeLong said. Detailed statistics on Ohio’s wind turbine locations, along with alternative energy production capabilities, can be found online at www.opsb.ohio.gov.

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Continued from page A1 One acre can go a long way in producing this kind of crop, Eldredge added – on an average year, one acre of land holding mature grape vines can produce about two to five tons of grapes, which sell on average for about $800 to $1,500 per ton. One ton of grapes provides about 150 gallons of wine, or 750 bottles, he said. Helping to establish this sort of agricultural industry in the county will take some experi-

menting, Eldredge said. “In this region, we are in a position where we have a lot of trial and error to do yet – we haven’t completely established what will grow best in this area because we’re so new,” he said. Eldredge said that with the first meeting turning out successfully, the next step will be putting together an organization directory. “The goal was to see if there was an interest, and I think in that we were successful,” he said. “We’ll be scheduling another meeting in the next few months.”

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The Marysville Exempted Village School District will hold its annual kindergarten registration March 22 and 23. Registration is for children residing in the district who will be five years of age by Sept. 30, 2011. To schedule a required appointment, residents should call (937) 644-8105 or e-mail KdgReg@marysville.k12.oh.us as soon as possible. The district will continue to offer the same program options it has provided for the past several years: • All-Day, Alternating Day Program; available in all buildings at no cost, two days each week with alternating Wednesdays. • All-Day, Every Day Program; tuition-based; housed in buildings where enrollment can fill a class of 210-25 students, otherwise students will be placed in a building where the option is available. Families who would like to register for the tuition-based All-Day, Every-Day Program should call to make an appointment as soon as possible. The date and time of the call – or e-mail – to schedule an appointment will be used to determine the order a child’s name is placed on the enrollment list. In recent years, the district has requested and been granted a waiver from the Ohio Department of Education delaying implementation of free all-day everyday kindergarten, mandated by state law passed in 2009. The district estimates the cost of this program would be more than $1-million – not funded by the state. Should there be no change in this legislation and the district not allowed to charge tuition, the AllDay Every-Day program will be closed. In this case, parents will be notified, commitment fees returned and all Marysville kindergarten students will be enrolled in the All-Day, Alternating Day program. — Jim Fischer

Tuesday, March 8 at the Union County Services Center, 940 London Ave., Marysville. Business owners interested in securing space can register for $25 (chamber members) or $50 (others). Registrations must be submitted by March 1 to the Union County Chamber of Commerce, 227 E. Fifth St., Marysville. More information on the business expo can be obtained by contacting Jason Stanford at 937-642-6279,

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or online at www.unioncounty- the March of Dimes to be used chamber.com/businessexpo.aspx. for tobacco-cessation activities and counseling services in its preclinic, according to spokesHealth department gets natal woman Jennifer Thrush. smoking-cessation grant The grant supports a certified Expectant mothers in Union tobacco treatment specialist’s inCounty trying to kick a bad habit volvement in the prenatal clinic, now have some help available to Thrush said. The specialist meets them through the Union County with expectant mothers who are Health Department. at risk for beginning or continuThe department recently re- ing smoking during their pregceived a grant of $13,628 from nancy. The specialist, Merry

Smith, also educates and counsels family members about the harmful effects of secondhand smoke on children and pregnant women, Thrush said. “Pregnancy is a beautiful, natural process, but it can also be stressful,” Smith said. “Sometimes expectant moms and family members need some help staying or becoming smoke-free.” As part of the program, Smith discusses risks associated with

smoking with expectant mothers, as well as techniques that help overcome cigarette cravings. “Smoking is an addiction like alcoholism or drug abuse,” Smith said. “Often expectant moms know they need to quit smoking, but they don’t have the tools or the support to help them quit.” More information can be obtained by calling 937-642-0801. See COMMUNITY, page A4

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ODA director to speak at agriculture meeting The Union County Agriculture Association will welcome the new director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture at its next regular meeting. Director James Zehringer will speak at the association’s March 17 meeting, which is free and open to the public. Zehringer is the former owner and operator of the Meiring Poultry and Fish Farm, which received several awards for outstanding environmental practices during his tenure, according to tourism director Candace Watson. Zehringer also served as state representative for the 77th House District (Mercer, Preble and portions of Darke counties), as well as serving as a Mercer County commissioner. The agriculture association’s meeting is set for 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 17 at the Union County Services Building, 940 London Ave., Marysville. The public is encouraged to attend the free meeting, Watson said. A division of the Union County Chamber of Commerce, the agriculture association works to promote agricultural economic development and agricultural education initiatives within Union County. More information on the association can be found online at www.unioncountychamber.com. — Lin Rice

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Young professionals to host social event The Union County Young Professionals (UCYP) will host its first social event of the year later this week, with a dinner and social at the Farmhouse Ice Cream Parlor in Uptown Marysville. The social is set for 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, at the Farmhouse Ice Cream Parlor, 123 E. Fifth St. in Marysville. Admission is free, with attending UCYP members receiving a discount on meals, according to tourism director Candace Watson. UCYP is a volunteer-based organization with a mission to create a sustainable network of young professionals age 21-40 who live and work in Union County, according to Watson. The organization is currently recruiting new

members, as well as volunteers, to serve on its executive committee. More information on the social, and about the UCYP, can be found online at www.unioncountyed.com/ucyp.aspx, or by contacting the Union County Chamber of Commerce at 937642-6279.

Honda Marysville honors associates Honda Marysville and Honda Motor Sports recently announced the company’s three associates of the month for January. The employees were recognized for “going the extra mile in providing excellent customer service,” according to a release from Honda. The auto manufacturer’s newly established recognition program is peer-driven, and also allows customers to nominate as-

sociates. Honda’s January honorees: • Susie Lazear has been working as a lot technician for Honda Susie Lazear Marysville since October 2010. • Teresa Weikle has worked as a service adviser for Honda Marysville since January Teresa Weikle 2005. • David Jordan has been working as an express technician at H o n d a Marysville for about a year. David Jordan

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It never rains but it pours and pours It had been a quiet week, if you didn’t count the last three minutes. That’s what I thought after the four-car accident. This is because I was in the accident about two minutes – that’s a real-time estimate – after I tripped and fell on the sidewalk and (a) scraped my knee and (b) broke my hand. Of course, I didn’t know I had broken my hand when the car accident happened. I just knew that my knee was stinging and probably bleeding through my pants and that my hand was scraped and throbbing. It made waiting for the police officer to finish taking pictures seem a little surreal. I felt like a character in an action movie, the kind that never gives the audience a chance to sit back and eat popcorn for a few minutes. No, it was going to be a spectacular tumble onto concrete followed by a four-car pileup followed by a train derailment (the track was right there) followed by, who knows, an invasion of space monkeys. Having been told to stand by my car, I stood by it, wondering what my bleeding knee looked like. I probably could have gotten the EMTs to give me a BandAid, but since I didn’t scrape my knee in the course of this precise accident that wouldn’t have been fair. Besides, the EMTs were busy. Right in front of me they were helping a young woman onto one of their wheeled beds, bracing her head with rolled-up towels and then — on a count of three — raising the bed waist high before rolling it across the street to the ambulance. It reminded me of the time our car was hit from behind when I slowed down to turn into our driveway. The impact drove our car into the ditch, while the car that hit us traveled 100 yards or so farther on before going into the ditch on the other side of the road. “We’ve been in an accident! We’ve been in an accident!” my daughters immediately cried. They were quite young at the time — maybe 9 and 11 — and I thought they were displaying amazing presence of mind. Certainly I had yet to think such a lucid thought

as “We’ve been in an accident!” I was just beginning to connect the loud CRACK from behind with the fact that the car MARGO — having just BARTLETT missed a utility pole — was suddenly nose-down in the ditch. When I turned to say as much to the girls they launched without a pause into the next verse: “You’re bleeding! You’re bleeding!” In fact, I was bleeding — it was just a head wound, nothing serious, and yes, I do love saying that — but because I’d hit the framework of the car, the medics, when they arrived, insisted on putting me on a backboard, bracing my head with towels, and, on a count of three, pulling up the bed to waist height. I didn’t get to watch that time, didn’t get to see how neatly the bed’s wheels folded up underneath like the limbs of a longlegged bird as the medics slid the table holding the woman into the back of the ambulance, but this time I saw it all, including how the medics put the young woman’s purse and other belongings on her middle, under a blanket, before taking her away. They did that for me too, put my purse on my front, which made me feel faintly ridiculous.

That was years ago, of course, not to mention several cars ago, though not as many cars as you might think. I had just come around to thinking that I’d probably find our refrigerator, which is after all older than any of our cars, not to mention my daughters, broken when I got home, when the police officer came up with a pen and a form. He asked a lot of questions and I answered them politely, as if by being a model citizen I could earn prizes, perhaps a boat. Several days later, I realized that I wasn’t the only person to look at a minor accident and see prizes. Each day, the mail brings another offer from area attorneys who are distressed to hear about my troubles. “Let me fight for you!” one lawyer begs. Another assures me that he’ll handle all the paperwork. “Your only job will be to get well,” he writes italically. Since I wasn’t injured — well, not in that accident — I concluded that I could handle the paperwork without outside assistance. However, I’m keeping these offers on file, since the way things are going I expect to be eaten by a circus lion any day now. First, though, the refrigerator will break. Margo Bartlett is a ThisWeek staff writer. E-mail her at mbartlett@ thisweeknews.com.

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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

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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

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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 Commu-

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The Marysville High School boys basketball team appeared to be on a roll after a 49-48 win over Olentangy Liberty on Jan. 21 gave the Monarchs a threegame winning streak. But going into their regularseason finale against Dublin Scioto on Feb. 18, the Monarchs had lost six consecutive games to stand at 5-14 overall and 2-11 in the OCC-Cardinal Division. Marysville doesn’t have much time to turn things around, as the 34th-seeded Monarchs play ninth-seeded Westerville North in the first round of the Division I district tournament at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Delaware. North was 14-5 overall and 94 in the OCC-Cardinal before playing Olentangy on Feb. 18. The Warriors swept the season series from Marysville, winning 66-52 on Jan. 7 and 7445 on Feb. 11. The Monarchs’ struggles have been compounded by the loss of junior post player Craig Runyan. During a 62-53 loss to Westerville Central on Jan. 28, Runyan re-aggravated a right shoulder injury that he sustained during football season. Runyan played in an 83-39 loss to Westerville South on Feb. 4, but was shut down for the season before Marysville’s 50-35 loss to Dublin Jerome on Feb. 8. With Runyan out, coach Ryan Grose has turned to 6foot-3 senior Hayes Chrispin and 6-2 junior Zach LaRoche

to play in the post. Sophomores Kody Davisson, Corey Gould and Steve Romesburg continue to start. “Steve is probably our best shooter on the team and he’s capable of knocking down open shots,” Grose said. “He’s taken those opportunities when they’ve been given to him to step up and make shots.” North had four players scoring in double figures through 19 games led by 5-11 junior point guard Jack Gibbs, who was averaging 18.5 points. Junior forward Matt Rhodes (6-5) was averaging 17.1 points with a team-high 51 3-pointers, including seven against Marysville this season. Junior center Taivian Thomas (6-5) and sophomore guard Adrian Cook (5-10) were averaging 12.3 and 10.4 points, respectively. “Size-wise, North is a better matchup for us and obviously we know them,” Grose said. “We played them twice. The first time I thought we played really well against them. Craig didn’t play in that game; he was sick. And the second time, I didn’t think we played very well. The third time is a charm. “It’s always tough to beat a team a third time and we’re going to have to play extremely well to compete with Westerville North.” •The girls basketball team earned a shot at second-seeded Northland with a 49-25 win over Marion-Franklin in the first round of the Division I district tournament on Feb. 16 at Westerville Central. The Monarchs outscored the

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Craig Runyan of Marysville goes up for a shot despite the efforts of Westerville Central’s Nick Vannett during a game earlier this season. The Monarchs enter the postseason without Runyan, the team’s top post player, who recently was lost for the season with a shoulder injury. Marysville will face ninth-seeded Westerville North in a first-round Division I tournament game Feb. 23 at Delaware.

“I have to give credit to our kids because it’s tough when At a glance you haven’t won many tournaBelow are the recent results and com- 43-32 Girls: Finished sixth (87) behind chamment games,” coach Aric Tucking schedules for the Marysville boys Feb. 12 — Defeated Westland 43- pion UA (416) in 13-team Division I er said. basketball, girls basketball, swimming 32. Courtney Gastineau scored 18 sectional at UA “This is the second one in & diving and wrestling teams: points. Feb. 18-19 — Competed in district seven years — not that I’m Feb. 16 — Def. Marion-Franklin 49-25 meet at Ohio State. The top three swimBOYS BASKETBALL thrilled about sharing that — *Feb. 11 — Lost to Westerville North in first round of Division I district tour- mers in each event and top four divers nament. qualified for the Division I state meet but to understand the whole 74-45 Feb. 14 — Lost to Bellefontaine 67-41 Feb. 23 — Northland in second round Feb. 24-26 at Branin Natatorium in tournament mentality, the way of district tournament, 6 p.m. at West- Canton. In addition, 11 at-large state *Feb. 18 — Played Dublin Scioto the games are going to be called Feb. 23 — Westerville North in first erville Central. Winner plays Dublin berths for each event were awarded and how hard the other teams round of Division I district tournament, Coffman or Westerville North in dis- based on times statewide. are going to play, I think it was 8 p.m. at Delaware. Winner plays trict semifinal, 6 p.m. Feb. 28 at Olen- WRESTLING Beechcroft or Brookhaven in second tangy Liberty. a good learning experience for Feb. 19 — Competed in Division I secround, 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at Worthington Of note: The Monarchs are 7-14 over- tional at home. The top four individuour young kids.” all and finished 3-11 in the OCC-CarChristian Middle School. als from each weight class advanced Marysville, the 32nd seed, Of note: The Monarchs were 5-14 over- dinal. to the district tournament Feb. 25-26 will play Northland at 6 p.m. all and 2-11 in the OCC-Cardinal be- SWIMMING & DIVING at Hilliard Darby. fore Feb. 18. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Central. Feb. 12 — Boys: Finished eighth (52) Of note: The Monarchs finished 4-3 in The Vikings are 18-1 overGIRLS BASKETBALL behind champion Upper Arlington (414) the OCC-Cardinal. *Feb. 11 — Lost to Westerville North in 14- team Division I sectional at UA; *OCC-Cardinal contest all and finished 14-0 in the City League-North. Northland’s lone It was the first tournament loss came against Africentric Red Devils 14-3 in the third added nine. Marysville was 17 of 22 from the free-throw line. win for the Monarchs since a 60-52 in the City championship quarter to take a 35-15 lead. Jeni Jordan led Marysville with Sharde Davis led the Red 61-44 victory over Whetstone in the first round in 2008. 16 points and Courtney Gastineau Devils with 10 points. See MONARCHS, page A9

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Africentric’s winning culture embraced by players 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 Feb. 12 in a 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 LARRY after missing it a year LARSON 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, 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 tournaments ahead and, of course, we have coach McKinney leading the way. He is a great coach 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. Larry Larson is a former athletics director at Grandview High School. He can be heard as “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM.

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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.

Top stories Boys Basketball: Westerville South is setting its sights toward the postseason after earning the top seed in the Division I district tournament Feb. 13. Girls Basketball: Reynolds-

(1:00.84), and sophomore Mary Kallinicou was fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.57). “The girls team dropped a total of 42 seconds and the boys team dropped a total of 47 seconds,” coach Ann Rausch said. “The swimmers have put more yardage into their training this season and as an end result the swimmers were able to drop as much time as they did at the sectional meet.” District qualifiers for the girls were Hampton in the 100 back and 200 IM, Maggie Helfrich in the 50 freestyle, Kallinicou in the 50 free and 100 breast, Ellie Prinster in the 100 free and 100 breast, Lindsay Rossi in the 500 free and the 200 medley, 200 free and 400 free relays. District qualifiers for the boys were Grant Barnhorst in the 100 butterfly and 100 breast, Quinn Mickelson in the 50 free and 100 back and the 200 medley, 200 free and 400 free relays.

game on Feb. 12. Key players for Northland are seniors Tatiana Chapple and Ayanna Colvin and junior Symone Denham. “I don’t want this season to end,” Jordan said. “I love these girls and the team, so I definitely don’t want it to end.” •The swimming and diving teams had a good showing at the Division I sectional meet at Upper Arlington on Feb. 12. Marysville qualified five girls and two boys in individual events and six relays for the district meet on Feb. 18-19 at Ohio State. The girls team finished sixth (87 points) in the 13-team sectional won by UA (416). The boys were eighth (52) of 14 teams as UA (414) won. Sophomore Miranda Hampton was third in the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 13.24 seconds) and fourth in the 100 backstroke www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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GAMES OF THE WEEK The games of the week for both boys and girls will be revealed on Monday at ThisWeekSPORTS.com. Last week’s top games were the Northland vs. Walnut Ridge boys contest and the girls district tournament games getting under way.

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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.

burg’s best regular season in program history is now complete. Next up: The Raiders’ quest for a Division I state title. Hockey: Liberty became the first team outside Dublin to win the Blue Jackets Cup. Commentary: Mr. High School Sports, Larry Larson, profiles Will McKinney’s Africentric girls basketball team, which has become a local and statewide powerhouse in eight seasons.

Quotable “I went to the net hard, like we’re taught to do, and when I saw the puck sitting there in the crease, my eyes got huge like dinner plates, and all I had to do was tap it in.” — Liberty’s Jimmy Ruska, who scored the game-winning goal in the championship game of the Blue Jackets Cup on Feb. 13.

Iden receives academic honor Andrew Iden of Marysville, a member of the Ashland University men’s soccer team, has been named to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic Excellence Team. Iden is the son of Damon and Wendy Iden. He is major-

Note of the week Pickerington High School North girls basketball coach Dave Butcher has won seven consecutive district championships at North, 22 in a row overall and 24 in 27 seasons.

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