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Independence Day

Parade has grand marshal, benefactor

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The date, time and location for the Northland Independence Day Parade have long been in place, dictated by calendar and tradition. A theme, “Music of America,” was decided upon a while ago. Last week, Northland Community Council parade chairman George Schmidt announced that a locally famous grand marshal had consented to be honored. In addition, Schmidt said that a benefactor in the form of George Hadler of the Hadler Cos. had stepped forward to offer $200 to assist any civic association to construct a float. Now all that’s needed is the kind of imagination that used to fuel entries to the annual celebration of the nation’s birthday. At the March NCC meeting, president Dave Paul said that longtime residents have shown him pictures of long-ago parades that featured elaborate creations using chicken wire and papier-mâché. He added that he was hoping the infusion of $200 toward materials would inspire the council’s member organizations to revive the tradition of floats that go well beyond pickup trucks with banners. The naming of Frederick C. Peerenboom, much better known as Fritz the Nite Owl, as grand marshal delighted Paul. “He’s an institution, certainly, here in central Ohio,” Paul said. Now 76, Peerenboom hosted “Nite Owl Theatre” on WBNS-TV (Channel 10) from 1971 to 1994, then took the character with the crazy glasses to a couple of cable channels, after which he hosted a jazz show for several years on a local radio station that has since changed formats. More recently, Fritz the Nite Owl, whom Peerenboom has portrayed for more than half a century, See PARADE HAS, page A4

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Northland High School’s basketball team member Alexis Peterson jumps into the arms of Brooklyn Peterson to celebrate the Viking’s District I championship victory over Gahanna on Saturday, March 5. Looking on are Raven Bryant-Williams, left, and Tatiana Chapple. See Sports on page A5 for the story.

Northland Community Cleanup Day

NCC hears from Keep Columbus Beautiful By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The first Northland Community Cleanup Day on SR-161 is scheduled for Saturday, April 2. As if to help pump up participation in the first such event of 2011, a representative of Keep Columbus Beautiful was the guest speaker at

last week’s Northland Community Council meeting. Program manager Sherri Palmer provided attendees with some background on Keep Columbus Beautiful, praised the ongoing effort to remove trash and debris from a main corridor into the community and sought participation in two major cleanup efforts later this month and

in early April. The Northland Community Cleanup Day, which is held approximately every six weeks spring through late fall, is presented by the landscaping and beautification committee of the Northland Community Council, with the support of Keep Columbus Beautiful, the Northland Area Business Association and the

SR-161 Task Force. Volunteers for the April 2 inaugural event of the year, which will run from 9 a.m. to noon, are asked to meet at the Sharon Woods Center behind the Jiffy Lube at 1800 E. Dublin Granville Road. Bags, gloves, safety vests and tools for picking up trash See NCC HEARS, page A4

Annual awards event now set for May 12 By KEVIN PARKS

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A funny thing happened on the way to holding the 2011 awards banquet for the Northland Community Council: It got delayed. Again this year. Normally held in late February or early March, and this year set to take place on March 4, the event feting safety personnel, individuals and couples nominated for their contributions to the

12. Pregnancy on the part of the banquet’s main planner, NCC secretary Roseann Hicks — she gave birth to a boy in late January — and a paucity of nominations from council members resulted in the delay. In 2010, as a result of the economic downturn, the event was also pushed back to May while See ANNUAL, page A4

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Northland residents Tonya and Chad Winebrenner sit in Riverside Hospital. Tonya is pregnant with quadruplets — two boys and two girls — and is currently on bed rest until the delivery.

‘Overachiever’ carrying quadruplets By KEVIN PARKS

After Chad and Tonya Winebrenner received some unexpected news at the fertility clinic they had been using when three Tonya Winebrenner wanted to have five and a half years of attempts at getting pregchildren. nant on their own had failed, they went If all goes well, she’ll have accomplished straight to a Babies ’R’ Us where they got four-fifths of that goal in one fell swoop in even more startling news. a matter of a few weeks. The Northland couple learned from a ThisWeek Community Newspapers

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In his monthly report at the March meeting of the Northland Community Council, president Dave Paul said last week that the region had done very well in a major street resurfacing effort recently announced by Mayor Michael B. Coleman and members of Columbus City Council. Lots of streets in the area, 26 out of 31, are included in the first phase of the $30 million program. That was the good news. The bad news, according to Paul, is that in a study of the top 40 high-crash intersections throughout the region between

2005 and 2007, the Northland area was also well-represented. Paul, who sits on a citizens’advisory committee of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, which conducted the high-crash intersection review, said that seven of the top 26 are in the Northland area. Several, Paul added, are along East Dublin Granville Road. These include the intersection with Maple Canyon Drive, coming in at number five with 189 total crashes in the two year period; the intersection with Tamarack Boulevard at number 16 with 121 accidents; and the intersection with Karl Road at number 26 with 171 crashes. See INTERSECTIONS, page A7

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Northland couple prepares for quadruplets Continued from page A1 their two boys and two girls will go through something like 30,000 diapers before potty training. Having learned that Tonya was carrying not one, not two and not even three, but four fetuses, the diaper statistics are just one more in a host of eye-popping numbers piling up for the Winebrenners. “You always were an overachiever,” Tonya Winebrenner’s father, Stanley Bragg, told her when he learned she was carrying quadruplets. Tonya, 27, and 34-year-old Chad are originally from West Virginia. They met at a fine-dining restaurant where he was the executive chef and she was a cashier. The Devonshire residents will celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary on May 13. A job with Stoney River Legendary Steaks in Dublin brought the Winebrenners to Columbus. It closed in 2009, and Chad Winebrenner is now catering chef-manager with Bon Appétit Management Co. at Otterbein University. Tonya Winebrenner found work with Macy’s as business manager for Chanel Cosmetics. Tonya’s dream of having five children was an unlikely one. When she was younger she was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, a common hormonal disorder that causes women not to ovulate. She and her husband have been trying to have a baby since they got married, but no luck. At first, Tonya Winebrenner said, they turned to one reproductive assistance operation in the Columbus area. No luck, again. Next, they were introduced through acquaintances to Dr. Stephen B. Mooney, who is with the Westerville office of Akronbased Reproductive Gynecology Inc. They met with him last year, Tonya Winebrenner said, and after reviewing her medical records Dr. Mooney said he saw no reason why she couldn’t become pregnant. But in spite of oral medications and then injections, natural methods failed to produce any results. The Winebrenners decided to

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give artificial insemination a try. Lots and lots and lots and lots of luck this time. Tonya Winebrenner went into the clinic on a Saturday to receive a shot to cause her to ovulate. She returned the following day and the day after that for the insemination procedures. Two weeks and two days later, at 4 in the morning, the very earliest she could check, a home pregnancy kit tested positive for Tonya Winebrenner for the first time ever. “The happiest day of my whole personal life,” she said. Tonya leaped on the bed with her joyous news, and a sleepy Chad asked, “Am I dreaming?” Although some early blood work raised the possibility of a multiple pregnancy, Tonya Winebrenner said it was an ultrasound at the six-week mark, the “first little glimpse of our peanuts in there,” that show just how multiple the situation was. “When he said four, I was scared at first,” Tonya Winebrenner recalled. “It took a minute for

me to get excited.” “I couldn’t close my mouth,” Chad Winebrenner remembered. “It wasn’t a negative reaction at all. By that point, I was just happy that something finally had worked. “We were very excited.” Then came the cautions from the couple’s doctor, the possibility of “vanishing twin syndrome,” where one fetus is absorbed by another, or the grim possibility of what’s called “selective reduction,” which is just what it sounds like. The Winebrenners didn’t like the sound of that, but they agreed to meet with high-risk pregnancy specialists before making any hard and fast decisions. The more fetuses in the womb, the more a pregnancy becomes complicated and high-risk, according to Dr. David Fox, director of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Riverside Methodist Hospital, where the Winebrenners decided to have their babies. “It’s not a linear equation, but it is true that the more the num-

ber of fetuses inside the womb increases accordingly the risk to mother and to babies,” Fox said. “There is an ever-increasing risk based on the number of fetuses.” The greatest concern, the physician added, is with preterm births, although strides have been made in recent years in treatments to prevent that from happening. Although Tonya Winebrenner was checked into Riverside for constant bed rest on Feb. 24, each pair of boys and girls were doing fine last week. “They’ve very consistent in growth,” she said. “We’ve been very lucky.” All four are right around one and a half pounds, Tonya’s mother, Vickie Pruett, said. Each of the babies is in a separate placenta, so they will be what are called fraternal twins. “I did not want identicals,” Tonya Winebrenner said. And she can definitely tell, even now, that they’re not by the movements of the fetuses. “They’ve all got their own lit-

tle personality in there,” Tonya said. The hardest part of preparing for bringing home four babies, and not just the one they had planned, has been the financial side of things, she admitted. They burned through quite a bit of savings on the path to pregnancy, and now they are relying on help from family and friends to be as ready as possible for the expense of four infants. “I’m in a good place now,” Chad Winebrenner said. “We couldn’t have made it before. After years and years of being a young single guy, living paycheck to paycheck. I can live paycheck to paycheck again, if it brings me a family.” They are registered at Babies ’R’ Us, Wal-Mart and Target. The Winebrenners have a threebedroom house with an office that’s going to become a playroom. One of the bedrooms will become a nursery and their extra bedroom will be for their parents and aunts and in-laws, including a sister-in-law whose husband will

take vacation so she can stay with the couple that first week after the babies come home, Tonya Winebrenner said. “We have amazing family,” she added. Husband Chad has been pretty amazing, too, his proud wife went on. He’s been working 12and 14-hour days before coming to the hospital to spend the night on the bed beside hers. “Chad has read every multipleparenting book under the sun,” Tonya said. “He’s the most amazing person in the world, and you can quote me on that.” On a calendar in Tonya Winebrenner’s hospital room, husband Chad has circled the date of March 30. That would mark 28 weeks, the minimum needed to pretty much ensure all four fetuses are viable. Tonya fully expects to have her pregnancy last at least 30 weeks. “We’re going to make it,” she said. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Applications sought from groups to address violence The Coalition for a Nonviolent Columbus, formed in late January by Mayor Michael B. Coleman to address the issue of neighborhood violence, is accepting applications for grants. “To show his dedication to public safety and neighborhood improvement, Mayor Coleman dedicated more than $40,000 in the 2011 budget for neighborhood seed grants that will fund grass-roots activities to reduce violence,” according to an announcement last week from his office. Northland Community Council president Dave Paul, one of the 25 voting members of the coalition, provided some details of the grant application process at last week’s monthly meeting. “It’s kind of wide open right now,” he said.

The idea is that any neighborhood organization, such as a civic association of Block Watch, can receive up to $1,000 to fund a project aimed at stemming neighborhood violence, particularly among young people, according to the NCC president. The money will be disbursed through Crime Stoppers of Central Ohio. The first grant filing period began March 1 and will continue through March 31. All completed grant application must be submitted to the Department of Public Safety no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, March 31. The complete grant application and final report form are available at http://mayor.columbus.gov/initiatives.aspx?id= 40225&menu_id=528.

The second round of grant requests will be May 1-31. Paul cautioned council members that he would have to abstain from voting on any grant applications from groups in the Northland area. There are three goals for the grants, according to the online application page. They are to: Encourage and support residents to work together to create community-based initiatives that are specific to their needs and that will directly impact their neighborhood Provide financial support for one-time costs, not on-going operating expenses, for neighborhood-led initiatives that address crime and safety within Columbus neighborhoods

Improve safety, reduce criminal activity and improve the quality of life in Columbus neighborhoods Grant applications must fall into one of three categories: • Public safety, such as forming a new Block Watch, creating a community or faith-based intervention team or crime prevention activities • Neighborhood improvement, including possibly graffiti clean-up, a neighborhood clean-up event, graffiti cameras • Education and outreach, like community events focusing on violence, drug and gang education for parents, anti-violence programs The specific address for submitting applications is City of Columbus, Department of Public Safety, attention: grant

application, 40 W. Gay St., Second Floor, Columbus, OH 43215. “The Coalition for a Nonviolent Columbus was created to engage and encourage residents to become involved in their neighborhoods’ success, act as a forum for studying and applying best practice theories and serve as an initial review and recommendation board for neighborhood seed grants,” the announcement stated. “The coalition is made up of 25 voting members appointed by the mayor, representing neighborhood organizations, the faith-based community and nonprofit service providers. There is also a variety supporting members to offer insight and provide resources to the voting membership.” — Kevin Parks

Program announced to help fund community gardens City and county officials last week announced creation of a fund to offer grants for community gardens. Mayor Michael B. Coleman Councilmember Priscilla Tyson and Franklin County Commissioners Marilyn Brown, Paula Brooks and John O’Grady made the announcement in cooperation with the Foundation for Active Living at the Columbus Foundation. “Recognizing the many benefits of community gardens, the grant fund will support existing gardens in the city of Columbus and throughout Franklin County and encourage the creation of new ones,” according to a statement released jointly by the mayor’s office, city council and that of the board of commissioners. The press release touted the benefits of such projects, and said that the American Community Gardening Association reports that

there are over 18,000 community gardens in the United States and Canada. “By partnering with the county, we have leveraged our respective resources to create new gardens and strengthen existing ones,” Coleman was quoted as saying. “Community gardens benefit our health, our community and our environment, and they give neighbors a reason and a place to come together.” “This grant fund will support and encourage community gardens in our local neighborhoods and foster an environment of healthy living for area children,” Commissioner Brown said in a statement. “We know that if families have access to grow their own fruits and vegetables at a low cost, they are more likely to put them on their dinner table.” “Franklin County is filled with individuals and organizations that are putting their shovels in the

ground and producing nutritious Grant applicants must access food,” Brooks added. the grant application on the Colum“Community gardens help cre- bus Foundation website at ate strong communities and con- www.columbusfoundation.org. nect people to their food supply,” The application can be found was O’Grady’s comment. “Community gardens promote healthy lifestyles by providing fresh food for families, encourage engagement among residents of all ages, create green jobs in an improving economy and increase the overall pride in a neighborhood,” Tyson was quoted as saying. To qualify for the grant, the applicant must meet requirements such as a registered 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and be located within the city of Columbus or qualifying areas of Franklin County. Grant awards will be made up to $4,000 for each project for supplies and/or services. Scott’s Miracle-Gro will supplement grant awards with product donations.

under Columbus Foundation Grants, Fund for Targeted Needs, in the Neighborhood Grants and Community Gardens section. The applications are due by Fri-

day, April 1. Winners will be announced at the Earth Day celebration at Franklin Park Conservatory on April 23.

Graffiti meeting pushed back to March 29 A sort of summit meeting for people from throughout Columbus concerned about, or more likely irked by, graffiti has been pushed back from the originally scheduled date of Wednesday, March 16. The meeting will not take place on Tuesday, March 29, James R. Blazer of the Clintonville Area Commission announced last week. The previous date conflicted with a meeting of the University Area Commission, which is jointly involved in putting on the program. It will still be held at the Charity Newsies building, 4300 Indianola Ave., starting at 7 p.m. Initially, Blazer had proposed to his fellow members on the area commission the concept of putting on a meeting for Clintonville residents upset by graffiti and especially “tagging” on public and private property. “It’s become a big issue in Clintonville, and

people are upset,” the District 3 CAC representative said back in mid-February when the session was initially planned. “It’s defacing the neighborhood.” Realizing that the problem is probably even more widespread in the area of Ohio State University’s campus, Blazer contacted University Area Commission chairman Ian McConnell, who expressed interest in organizing the event. Since then, Blazer said that the Linden and Northland areas have become part of the mix. The Northland Community Council has a graphics task force that, among other things, focuses on the issue of graffiti throughout the neighborhoods. Details of who will be speaking at the rescheduled meeting were to be worked out and available in the near future, according to Blazer. — Kevin Parks

Correction A story in the March 3 issue of ThisWeek Northland contained the incorrect date for a major event being planned by the North Side Health Advisory Committee. The Y Walk Northland Wellness and Health Fair is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 14.

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Parade has grand marshal, benefactor Continued from page A1 was revived in a Web series and at several midnight screenings of old horror movies at the Grandview Theatre last fall. In his announcement at the NCC session, Schmidt sought additional members for his parade committee, indicated the first in a series of fundraisers to put on the event will be a May 18 wine-tasting, made the financial assistance for floats known and urged someone from the council to step forward and create a float for the organization of neighborhood groups. The next meeting of the parade committee is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23, at 7 p.m. in the Bob Evans Restaurant on state Route 161 at Busch Boulevard. “We need folks with all kind of talents,” Schmidt wrote in his report, and included such examples as securing police assistance the day of the event, making calls to verify participation, fundraising and recruiting sponsors. “If you do not want to be on a committee but would like to help the day of the parade, we need about 15 people,” Schmidt added. The wine-tasting fundraiser, the first of which was held last year, will take place at Villa Milano Banquet and Conference Center, 1630 Schrock Road. Put on by an international wine broker, it will feature samples of five wines along with cheese and bread. Tickets are $25, and more information will be forthcoming. In his report, Schmidt also offered some details about the $200 in float assistance offered by George Hadler, whose company owners the

Columbus Square Shopping Center and Columbus Square Bowling Palace. “This money must be utilized for supplies,” Schmidt wrote, in a report he was unable to deliver in person because he had to leave the meeting early. “From experience we have found that vendors will give you discounts or free merchandise for the parade. The $200 will go a long way.” The parade panel chairman pointed out that the top three floats will win prizes of $300. Schmidt also issued an appeal for more overall assistance with putting on the event. “The parade is growing every year,” he wrote. “We need your help. I know how difficult it is to get people to volunteer for things. I am just asking that you give this a really good effort for the parade. We truly want this to be a parade that reflects all of Northland.” “There’s still lots of work to do,” Paul said. As for the theme, “Music of America,” Schmidt and the NCC president both said it’s open to a wide variety of interpretations. “It’s kind of vague, and that’s fine,” Paul said. “What we’re trying to do is get all different sorts of music — Big Band, marches, jazz, rock and roll, hip hop, you name it,” Schmidt said. “As you sit and watch the parade you’re going to experience all kinds of music of America, music that’s written in America, by Americans, played by Americans.” More information is available from Schmidt at 519-7615 or georgeschmidt@wowway.com. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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A closer look Volunteers for the April 2 inaugural event of the year, which will run from 9 a.m. to noon, are asked to meet at the Sharon Woods Center behind the Jiffy Lube at 1800 E. Dublin Granville Road. Bags, gloves, safety vests and tools for picking up trash will be supplied.

to meet at the Hamilton STEM Academy, 2047 Hamilton Road, for sign-in and refreshments between 8:45 and 9 a.m. Following welcoming remarks, teams of volunteers head off to designated sites to collect litter until returning to the school at 11 a.m. Preregistration is available for volunteers online at http://mayorscleanupsouthlinden2011.eventbrit e.com/. The other major event involves the most frequently littered item, which NCC representatives correctly identified as cigarette butts. “Kick Butt, Columbus!” will be entering a third year of cleaning up at 32 highway exit and entrance ramps on Saturday, April 9, between 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to Palmer, 400 volunteers will be competing as teams for the coveted Golden Ashtray Award for picking up the most spent cigarettes and other litter. “It’s really a fun event,” Palmer said. The volunteers will meet at Dodge Park, 667 Sullivant Ave., for free food and limbering-up

exercises before heading out to the highway ramps. Kick Butt, Columbus! is sponsored by the Central Ohio Restaurant Association, Building Industry Association, Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Ohio Department of Transportation, Central Ohio Transportation Authority, Pepsi, Solo, Columbus Young Professionals Club and the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association. Last year’s effort brought in 62,000 cigarette butts, according to Palmer. When some on hand at the NCC expressed amazement that someone counted them, the program manager said that the number was determined by using a scale the Division of Police provided. Finally, Palmer offered information on the Adopt-an-Area program, in which individuals, civic groups, businesses and others may select a specific area to clean up a minimum of twice a year in exchange for having a city sign erected in the area. The city currently has 61 adopted areas. “And I’ll tell you, there’s room for many, many more,” Palmer said. “It’s a great social bonding, because people talk while they’re doing this.” NCC president Dave Paul suggested that some members of the coalition might consider adopting sections of SR-161 in conjunction with the Community Cleanup Days. “Fabulous,” Palmer said. “Do it. That would be just awesome.” kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Annual awards event set for May 12 Continued from page A1 discussions were held for changing it to a less costly reception. In the end, the faction favoring the traditional banquet won out, and it was held on the night of the primary election, Tuesday, May 4. Elected officials normally show up in strength at the NCC’s event, but last year’s saw fewer than usual, and most left early to keep tabs on the primary voting. As in years past, the gathering for this year will be held at the Villa Milano Banquet and Conference Center, 1630 Schrock Road. A reception with cash bar will start at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and the awards ceremony at 6:30. The cost of attending is $25 a person. Hicks said last week that management at Villa Milano had allowed the change of date without penalty. However, Hicks said, because May is prime prom season, the goal of holding the NCC banquet on a Friday night had to go by the boards; the banquet hall was fully booked. Each of the NCC’s member

association is assessed $50 to defray costs of the banquet, which include commemorative items for those honored, generally including a firefighter and police officer of the year, along with residents deemed to have gone “above and beyond” in giving back to the community. Each member association is entitled to nominate up to three

individuals or couples to be honored on the night of the awards banquet, council president Dave Paul said. The nominations deadline, originally set for Feb. 28, will now be Monday, March 14, according to Hicks. More information is available by contacting Hicks via e-mail to integragsgirl@hotmail.com.

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The Northland High School boys basketball team’s 61-42 win over Westerville Central a year ago in a Division I district final is only one of the reasons there should be a feeling of familiarity when the teams meet for another championship at 9 p.m. Friday, March 11, at the Fairgrounds Coliseum. Adding intrigue to the matchup is that the Warhawks also have a pair of former Vikings on their roster in senior point guard Quentin Henderson and senior forward Kamorin Harris. Both players transferred from Northland before the 2009-10 school year. Henderson was a little-used backup his first two years with the Vikings before becoming a key contributor last season for Central. Harris was ineligible last year for Central but has combined with fellow seniors Nick Vannett and Henderson to provide scoring punch this season. Vannett, a 6-foot-6 post player who has signed to play football at Ohio State, averages more than 10 points and five rebounds and Harris and Henderson both average 13 points. All three made honorable mention all-district. “Everybody knows what it takes. We’ve just got to come out and be ready,” said Vikings junior guard Jordan Potts, whose team is aiming for its fourth district title in five seasons. “We play against all of those guys in AAU. I think they’re probably going to try to slow it down and just give us some different looks. It’s very exciting (being back in a district final).” Northland improved to 22-1 with a 59-52 win over Olentangy Liberty in a district semifinal March 5 at the Fairgrounds. Trey Burke scored 20 points, Jalen Robinson scored 13, Devon Scott and Jakyl Cornley scored seven apiece and Potts scored six for the Vikings, who led 28-25 at halftime after being outscored 17-10 during the second quarter. “We came out strong and we got

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Tatiana Chapple of Northland looks to pass as Gahanna’s Mi’Eshia Parker defends during the Vikings’ 51-35 victory in a Division I district final March 5 at Olentangy Liberty.

comfortable,” Potts said. “They switched up their defenses a lot and did a good job on defense against us. It was experience really (that got us through). We played terrible.” The Warhawks improved to 17-6 by upsetting third-seeded Upper Arlington 59-56 in a district semifinal March 5.

It was Central’s third consecutive win over a top 12 seed, as it also beat No. 12 Mount Vernon 70-57 on Feb. 22 and No. 10 Olentangy Orange 5846 on Feb. 25 in the first two rounds of the district tournament. Henderson made 11 free throws and finished with 17 points against UA.

Harris had 12 points and Vannett scored nine for the Warhawks, who outscored UA 23-15 in the final period. Central was one of four teams from the OCC-Cardinal Division competing in a district semifinal last weekend, along with top-seeded Westerville South, Liberty and Westerville North.

The Northland-Central winner will play Gahanna or Walnut Ridge in a regional semifinal at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at the Fairgrounds. The regional final will be played at 7:30 p.m. March 19 at the Fairgrounds, with the See ROUNDUP, page A6

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DeSales’ Payton Gutierrez (top) tangles with D.J. Schoeppner of Canton South in a first-round match at 103 pounds during the Division II state tournament March 3 at Ohio State. Gutierrez lost 6-0 but bounced back to go 3-2, earning a seventh-place finish.

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Joshua Brader’s passion for soccer has helped him achieve success as a player and coach. Now, the 1995 DeSales High School graduate will bring his love for the game to Dublin Jerome, where he recently was hired as girls soccer coach, pending school board approval. Wanting to work closer to his home in Powell and church in Dublin, Brader resigned as coach of the DeSales girls soccer team Feb. 22 to accept the position at Jerome. Brader and his wife, Camille, have two children. He replaces Chuck Crawford, who coached the Celtics last season but was not offered a contract for a second year. As a player, Brader helped lead the DeSales boys soccer team to the Division II state title in 1992. At Otterbein, he was the player of the year in the Ohio Athletic Conference in 1997 and 1998. He had two stints as coach of the DeSales girls team — and won both times.

His first head coaching job was in 2002 at DeSales and he guided the Stallions to a state semifinal, where they lost to Cincinnati St. Ursula 10. That DeSales team featured Brader’s sister, Jenna, who earned first-team all-state recognition as a midfielder. After serving as an assistant girls soccer coach at Dublin Coffman in 2003 and head girls soccer coach at Olentangy in 2004 and 2005, Brader returned to DeSales in 2006. His teams won CCL titles in 2007, 2008 and 2010 and reached a Division I district final in 2009, falling to Upper Arlington 1-0. “It’s bittersweet because you put your blood, sweat and tears in something for four years and then you’re leaving it to go somewhere else and try to grow that program and take it to new levels,” Brader said. “We are proud of that. I gave everything I had to that program for four years and I’m excited to do the same at Jerome.” Last season, DeSales was 11-5-2 overall and tied Watterson for first (3-0-1) in the CCL. The

Gutierrez places 7th in state wrestling tourney Tree of Life Roundup Boys basketball squad enjoyed ‘great season’

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Payton Gutierrez of the DeSales High School wrestling team hopes a good finish at the Division II state tournament is a sign of things to come. Gutierrez, a sophomore, placed seventh at 103 pounds, defeating Toledo Central Catholic’s Matt Pool 9-4 in his final match to finish 3-2 in the tournament, held March 3-5 at Ohio State. Gutierrez lost his opening match to Canton South’s D.J. Schoeppner 6-0 before beating Vincent Warren’s Cory Parsons 7-1 and Wapakoneta’s John Martin 4-3 in his next two matches. He then lost to Steubenville’s Anthony Craig 6-4 before beating Pool. “You just have to take it one match at a time and don’t look forward past the next match,” Gutierrez said. “Don’t let losses get you down. Everybody there is capable of winning the state tournament. Even if you lose, you just have to go in there thinking, ‘Just win two matches and you’ll place.’ That was my mindset.” Having gone 1-2 at state last season in the same weight class, Gutierrez said his goal this By Adam Cairns/ThisWeek season was to make the awards podium. He accomplished that goal, as the top eight fin- Alana Balzano of DeSales performs on the balance ishers made the podium. beam during the state team competition March 4 See DESALES, page A6

at Hilliard Bradley. The Stallions placed ninth of 12 teams.

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Led by 6-foot senior point guard Nick Levin, the Tree of Life Christian School boys basketball team produced another successful season. The Trojans won their 10th consecutive MOCAL championship and received the top seed for the Division IV district tournament. They defeated Granville Christian Academy 66-38 in the first round Feb. 25 before losing to Fisher Catholic 56-55 in the second round March 2 at Westerville North. Tree of Life finished 17-5 overall and 8-2 in the MOCAL. “It’s been a great season,” coach Joe Arndt said. “With all the (seniors) we lost from our team last year, to be able to come back and

BOYS BASKETBALL •Record: 17-5 overall, 8-2 (first) in MOCAL •Seniors lost: Tremayne Blanks, Chase Grayson, Nick Levin and Jason Raber •Key returnees: Charles Collins,Lucas Daugherty and Rashawn Thompson GIRLS BASKETBALL •Record: 14-8 overall, 9-1 (first) in MOCAL •Seniors lost: Kelly Huston and Joung Oh •Key returnees: Kristen Crews, Hannah Murray and Tori Thompson

win the league again and go 175 is a great accomplishment.” Tree of Life never led against Fisher Catholic, which scored eight of the game’s first nine points. With the Trojans trailing 56-53, Levin was fouled on a 3-

point attempt with 16.8 seconds remaining, but he made only two of the three free throws. After Fisher Catholic’s Taylor Brady missed the front end of a 1-and-1 free-throw opportunity with 2.2 seconds left, junior Rashawn Thompson grabbed the rebound but was unable to get off a shot before time expired. Levin scored a game-high 26 points and senior Tremayne Blanks added 11 points. “Fisher Catholic has been playing well. They’ve gotten themselves together and they’re a hot team,” said Arndt, whose team defeated the Irish 47-39 on Dec. 18. “We did not play the best defense that we usually play and, all that being said, I’m proud of our guys because we fought back See TROJANS, page A6

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Continued from page A5 potential opponents being Westerville South, New Albany, Liberty Township Lakota East and Cincinnati Princeton. •DISTRICT CHAMPS — The Northland girls basketball team earned its first district championship since 1983 with a 51-35 victory over Gahanna on March 5 at Liberty. The Vikings played Pickerington North in a regional semifinal on March 8, with the winner playing in a regional final at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, at Otterbein against Lakota East or Reynoldsburg. The regional champion will advance to a state semifinal at 8 p.m. March 18 at Ohio State. The state final will be played at 8:30 p.m. March 19. Northland was 21-1 before playing Pickerington North, which beat Olentangy Orange 46-39 in a district final March 5 to improve to 19-5. Panthers coach Dave Butcher has led his teams to 23 consecutive district titles, including all eight seasons since the start of North’s program. Reynoldsburg, which has won back-to-back district titles, was 23-1 and Lakota East was 185 before the teams met in a regional semifinal. “We had a good basketball game defensively,” Vikings coach Dean Washington said of his team’s win over Gahanna. “We showed a little bit of pride. I texted the girls (March 4) and told them that they had to want to win this

DESALES game for themselves. It’s about being a district champion. I have one from when I was the boys coach at Marion-Franklin (in 1993) and from when I was a player at Yellow Springs.” Alexis Peterson led the Vikings with 20 points. Also contributing offensively against Gahanna were Symone Denham (11 points), Tatiana Chapple (10) and Ayanna Colvin (8). Gahanna, which beat Northland 53-51 in a district semifinal a year ago, finished 17-7. The Vikings held Lions senior Tiyona Marshall, who scored 26 points in their matchup a year ago, to six points. •LEE’S FINAL GAME — The Brookhaven girls basketball team lost to Reynoldsburg 50-37 in a district final March 5 to finish 16-6. The Bearcats lost at the same level a year ago. The loss marked the final game in the illustrious career of coach Reggie Lee, who finished with 515 career victories in 30 seasons. “It’s been fun coaching all of these young ladies, watching them respond to coaching and just watching them grow up,” Lee said. “Some have become dentists, some get master’s degrees and become successes. It makes me proud to see all the effort is worthwhile. “Only one Division I team is going to end the season with a win. We lost, but the girls gave great effort. I wouldn’t want it any other way.” The loss also was the final game for seniors Travecia

Franklin, Shareefa Sullivan and Chanae’ Ward. Franklin, who has signed with Indiana State, made first-team all-district. She scored 16 points in the district final. Ward and junior Essence Bates-Hatcher both scored 12 in Brookhaven’s 54-46 victory over Pickerington Central in a district semifinal March 2 at Liberty, and Ward had 16 points in the Bearcats’ 47-38 win over Westerville South in a secondround game Feb. 25 at Hilliard Davidson. Brookhaven lost three of its final four regular-season games before having 20 days off heading into the tournament. The Bearcats had two other Division I recruits to begin the season along with Franklin, but Marah Morris (Indiana State) went down with a season-ending knee injury in mid-December and Briana Holmes (Marist) became ineligible in late January. Bates-Hatcher and junior Jasmine Johnson, who verbally committed in January to play for Wright State, should be among the team’s top returnees next season. Also eligible to return are junior Charletta Henley, sophomores Myeisha Arnold, Renee Cheeks and Kristina Tweedy, and freshmen Marquita Brown and Aarin White. “It feels great (to advance to a district final), especially after what we’ve gone through this year,” Lee said. julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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ing with kids and trying to improve their life and confidence.” Brader’s assistants at Jerome will include his sister and their father, Jeff. “The Jerome girls soccer program is fortunate to have someone with coach Brader’s experience fill the head coaching position,” athletics director Nick Magistrale said. DeSales athletics director Tom Neubert said he was surprised by Brader’s resignation, but understood his reasons for leaving. “We’re definitely disappointed,” Neubert said. “We’re losing an alum who has put in a lot of time here and really done some great things with the girls soccer program.” Neubert, however, feels Brader’s successor will maintain the program’s standards. “I’m pretty confident that between the administration and myself we will bring somebody in here that’s going to keep the program right where it is, if not continue to improve it,” he said.

Stallions lost to Pickerington Central 2-1 in overtime in the second round of the district tournament. Courtney Klosterman, a sophomore center back whom Brader calls one of the top players in the district, was a key member of that team. “He brought a really important competitiveness mentality that we couldn’t lose,” Klosterman said. “It was one of those things that was contagious and when he didn’t want to lose then nobody else wanted to lose, so we just did everything in our power to win all the time.” Brader is inheriting an established program at Jerome, which last season went 10-6-3 overall and 5-2 in the OCC-Cardinal Division, tying Olentangy Liberty for second place behind Dublin Scioto (6-0-1). The Celtics lost to Liberty 2-1 in a district semifinal. “I’m excited,” said Brader, who met with his new team for the first time March 2. “I’m pas- fdirenna@thisweeknews.com sionate about coaching, passionate about work- www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

Continued from page A5 “He was at state last year and he was competitive,” coach Dennis Lyberger said. “The goal was to get him on the podium and that was a big step. The matches he did lose, he still was in those matches. And then coming up with the win in the seventh-place match, it should start him off next year on a positive.” As DeSales’ lone state representative, Gutierrez earned the Stallions four points, tying them with New Lexington and Streetsboro for 61st behind champion St. Paris Graham (230.5). •The gymnastics team fought through a couple of shaky events to place ninth overall of 12 teams at the state meet March 4-5 at Hilliard Bradley. In the team competition on March 4, the Stallions totaled 32.575 points on the uneven bars to place ninth behind Hudson (36.975). They then were eighth on the balance beam (34.150) behind Brecksville-Broadview Heights (36.65) and were 11th on the floor exercise (33.775) behind Hudson (36.675) before finishing eighth (33.9) on vault behind Brecksville-Broadview Heights (37.675). “They didn’t have they’re best day, but they tried to fight back,” said coach Misty LloydMatthews, whose team totaled 134.4 points to finish behind champion Brecksville-Broadview Heights (146.6). “They had a rough day on bars, but I was pleased with the way they bounced back on beam. They had their ups and downs during the competition. They could have let it all fold and let it bother them, but they didn’t.” During the individual com-

petition on March 5, sophomore Kate Miltko tied for 13th on floor (9.075), finished 15th in the all-around (35.475), tied for 15th on vault (9.075) and finished 24th on bars (8.55), junior Katie Vance tied for 19th on floor (8.95), tied for 21st on beam (8.625) and was 30th in the all-around (33.95), and senior Geena Reinitz was 31st on bars (8.275). There were 36 competitors in each event, including the allaround. Winning individual titles were Rocky River Magnificat’s Kelly Nortz in the allaround (37.475), BrecksvilleBroadview Heights’s Michaela Romito on floor (9.5), Hudson’s Bridget Madel on bars (9.575), Painesville Riverside’s Maria Salvia on beam (9.375) and Avon’s Whitney Stoops on vault (9.7). •The third-seeded boys basketball team ended its season with a 58-51 loss to seventhseeded Eastmoor Academy in a Division II district semifinal on March 4 at the Fairgrounds Coliseum. Eastmoor guards John Draper and Ron Tanner scored 20 and 19 points, respectively. The Warriors scored the final seven points, including a 3-pointer by Tanner that made it 54-51 with 52 seconds left. Kenny Cooper and Clinton James each scored 12 points to lead the Stallions, who finished 15-7 overall. “We just didn’t get to a shooter in the corner and there’s no excuse for it,” coach Blair Albright said. “It was a lack of communication and a lack of focus — things that have been problems for us. I think our guys battled. They played hard, but they didn’t play well

DeSales graduate earns NCAC honor Ohio Wesleyan senior Tyler Cordell, a DeSales graduate, has been voted first-team all-North Coast Athletic Conference by the league’s women’s basketball

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enough.” The Stallions finished second in the CCL at 6-2, behind Hartley (7-1) and ahead of Watterson (4-4), St. Charles (3-5) and Ready (0-8). DeSales had beaten London 71-43 in the second round of the district tournament on Feb. 26 before losing to Eastmoor, which improved to 12-10 and advanced to play Mifflin in a district final on Thursday, March 10, at the Fairgrounds. •The eighth-seeded girls basketball team ended its season with a 55-40 loss to third-seeded Hilliard Bradley in a Division II district semifinal on March. 1 at Pickerington North. The Stallions had beaten Sparta Highland 65-43 in the first round on Feb. 15 and seventh-seeded Bexley 46-43 in the second round on Feb. 23. DeSales finished 11-10 overall and 4-4 in the CCL to place third behind Watterson (7-1) and Hartley (6-2) and ahead of Ready (2-6) and Columbus School for Girls (1-7). www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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The Trojans finished 9-1 in the conference and 14-8 overall. Sixth-seeded Tree of Life defeated Danville 37-34 in the first round of the Division IV district tournament on Feb. 16 before losing to second-seeded Worthington Christian 43-32 in the second round Feb. 24 at Westerville North. Against Worthington Christian, junior Tori Thompson scored 15 points. Senior point guard Joung Oh averaged 9.4 points and was named MOCAL Player of the Year and third-team all-district. Thompson averaged a team-high 11.5 points and was first-team all-MOCAL and second-team all-district. Senior Kelly Huston and sophomore Kristen Crews were second-team all-MOCAL and honorable mention all-district, and sophomore Hannah Murray and freshman Jamie Huston were honorable mention all-MOCAL. Oh and Kelly Huston were the team’s only seniors. “Those girls earned that recognition,” said coach Steve Cawley, who was named MOCAL Coach of the Year. “Joung and Kelly closed out their careers on a very high note. They accomplished a lot for this program and put it back on the map.” The Trojans finished ahead of Fairfield Christian (7-3), Delaware Christian (5-5), Gahanna Christian (5-5), Grove City Christian (2-8) and Madison Christian (28) in the MOCAL. Tree of Life’s lone conference setback was a 25-24 loss to Fairfield Christian on Dec. 9, but the Trojans avenged the loss with a 34-26 win over Fairfield Christian on Jan. 22. “Overall, I’m very excited about the season,” Cawley said. “We won the MOCAL championship, we won a tournament game and we had a nice record with a pretty tough schedule.”

and gave ourselves a chance to win because that game could have turned and (we could’ve lost by) 14, 16 points.” Tree of Life loses four seniors in Levin, Blanks, Chase Grayson and Jason Raber. Levin, who averaged 17.5 points, was named MOCAL Player of the Year and Division IV district Player of the Year. He is the first player in program history to receive the latter honor. Blanks averaged eight points and a team-high 7.9 rebounds and was named first-team all-MOCAL and third-team all-district. “It’s a testament to our coaches and just the way that we do things year in and year out,” Levin said of the team’s success. “Since I’ve been here, we’ve made solid progress every year.” Thompson, who averaged 7.9 points and 7.1 rebounds, was second-team all-MOCAL and honorable mention all-district. Junior Kyle O’Connell, who averaged 7.3 points, was honorable mention all-MOCAL. Arndt and Jim Morgan, who share the coaching duties, were named co-Coaches of the Year in the MOCAL and district. They shared the MOCAL honor with Delaware Christian’s Kevin Quist. Tree of Life finished first in the MOCAL, followed by Fairfield Christian (7-3), Gahanna Christian (7-3), Delaware Christian (5-5), Grove City Christian (28) and Madison Christian (1-9). The Trojans suffered their first conference loss since the 200607 season when they lost 60-41 to Gahanna Christian on Jan. 25, snapping their 41-game winning streak in conference play. The contest also marked Tree of Life’s first home loss in the MOCAL since the conference was formed in 1999. •Highlighting the season for the girls basketball team was its first MOCAL championship since fdirenna@thisweeknews.com the 2007-08 season. www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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INTERSECTIONS Continued from page A1 The severity of the accidents added weight to the positioning of intersections in the study. The intersection of Cleveland Avenue and Morse Road was the highest-ranked Northland intersection in the MORPC study, coming in third with 357 accidents. Paul pointed out that’s one accident for nearly every day of the year. Hamilton Road and East Livingston Avenue was ranked number one, with far fewer crashes at 178 but those were of sufficient severity to push that intersection to the top. Hamilton Road was also in second place, with 142 accidents at Refugee Road. Particularly when it comes to East Dublin Granville Road, Paul told NCC members last week that he feels steps need to be taken in light of the high-crash intersection data. “I very much hope that we can pursue some funding to see some reengineering,” he said. Paul added that he plans to seek

more information from MORPC to bring to the attention of the city officials. In other matters, newly elected vice president Emmanuel V. Remy said that he had gotten one volunteer to head up one of the four major committees, aside from development, which will be charged with accomplishing the work of the council under a reorganization plan. He said that his goal was to have someone willing to head up all four major committees by the April meeting, and even as he spoke council secretary Roseann Hicks volunteered to head up special events. And while his goal last year in tackling the proliferation of onemember and single-task committees within the NCC was to reduce their number, Remy said that he would be forming an ad hoc panel to help jumpstart the council’s website, which has been largely dormant and gone without regular updates for many months. Remy indicated that he regarded getting the website more active as a matter of some urgency.

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