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Northridge levy supporters reaching out By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers More than 30 Northridge Local School District residents and teachers attended a March 10 meeting to discuss the levy campaign seeking passage of a 1 percent school district income tax on the May 3 ballot. The district attempted to renew an existing 1 percent income tax twice in
2010, once in May and again in November, but voters rejected it both times. The levy expired on Dec. 31; as a result, the district will lose $1.7-million in revenue this year. Activities discussed Thursday included a series of three farmers’ breakfasts to be hosted by Northridge FFA. “The FFA is sponsoring a local farmers’ community breakfast this Wednesday, March 16, at the Homer Fire De-
partment, and then again in Alexandria March 22 at the library and in Croton March 23 at the Church of Christ at 7 a.m.,” said organizer Jayma Bammerlin. “They are inviting farmers to come and meet with the FFA and it’s open to the public. They’ll talk about the issues they are having.” Bammerlin said the district’s large geographic area, which is one of the largest in the state, makes it particular-
ly difficult to reach all the residents. “It’s very difficult for us because we don’t have a community paper,” Bammerlin said. “We don’t have one paper that everyone reads. “We don’t have a great way of getting things out, and people interpret things differently,” she said. “(Treasurer) Jim (Hudson) said we need our own annual report and he put this document out there.”
Bammerlin said the organizers would be placing more than 350 signs in the community, organizing phone calls and reaching out at all school events between now and Election Day. “It always boils down to a question of residents feeling comfortable about how we spend our money and what we are doing,” Bammerlin said. See NORTHRIDGE, page A2
Refinancing SNOWY SCENE water bonds should save village $60K per year By JENNA GANT ThisWeek Community Newspapers Johnstown Village Council is considering refinancing its water mortgage bonds, which village finance director Larry Heiser said should save money for the village and its residents. Heiser said he wants to refinance approximately $1,375,000 over the next six years. He estimates that the village would save around $60,000 a year, or $360,000 total, by switching from a revenue bond to a general obligation bond. Switching bonds, he said, would also save residents money. “It should be good because if we refinance with the general obligation bond knowing that we’re not going to take on any more debt for (at least) the next three years, we should be able to keep our water rate flat,” Heiser said. He said he believes there would be no increase in the community’s water bills for at least the next two years, keeping money in residents’ pockets. Johnstown is currently using a revenue bond to pay off the village’s water debt, Heiser said. “Revenue bonds are we are pledging that as we get water and sewer bills in and bill our client, we’re going to keep revenue from that to pay that debt,” Heiser said. He said he would like the village to switch over to a general obligation bond so that any kind of income the village receives could be used to pay off the water mortgage debt. He said that includes income tax revenue, local government fund revenue, and any other miscellaneous revenue sources. “It means every penny we would get in would go to that debt before other debt. It puts it at the top of the list,” Heiser said. “We’re still going to pay it from the water and sewer funds, but it jumps in a lot more revenue See WATER BONDS, page A2
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Light snow covered the ground and trees along South Main Street (state Route 37) in Johnstown on March 11.
Resident hopes to start recycling program By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers After speaking with potential investors, Pataskala Mayor Steve Butcher and staff at the Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Johnstown resident Autumn Daley will be attending the March meeting of MORPC’s materials management working group. Daley has a dream of establishing a significant recycling facility in Johnstown because she thinks it is important to do so. “We can no longer be the throwaway society that we are,” Daley said. “We are throwing our money out in the trash every day.” To this point, that is the entirety of Daley’s vi-
sion. But she has spoken to business owners in Licking County who have agreed to match her fundraising toward the effort. Daley said she has asked private investors for $1.5-million. “The idea is to buy the property and get everything that we need, and they have told me they want a nest egg of $250,000 and they will match me dollar for dollar.” Brandi Whetstone, outreach specialist for MORPC’s Center for Energy & Environment, said one of MORPC’s goals is to try to stimulate a sufficiently coherent recycling environment in central Ohio that private businesses will have a profit motive to recycle. The goal, Whetstone said, is to turn waste into
a resource. “We want to encourage collaboration and regional efforts to increase waste diversion,” Whetstone said. “That’s an opportunity to build a market share for emerging recycling businesses. There is economic value to doing this.” Members of MORPC’s materials management working group include governments, recycling companies and various organizations interested in recycling. “Our materials management working group has volunteers in solid waste, EPA, citizens and organizations like the Columbus Zoo that are interested in reducing their environmental footSee RECYCLING, page A2
Johnstown American Legion looking to replace weathered flags By JENNA GANT ThisWeek Community Newspapers Johnstown American Legion 254 is working with the village to replace all weathered American flags throughout town. “Some of us noticed flags looking not very good, either faded out or looking ragged,” said Bruce Tolle, commander of Post 254. Tolle said he’s been working with
village council member David Keck since January “to see what could be done as a joint project.” The two are planning a new endeavor called the “flag replacement program.” Tolle said residents, through the village, could ask for a new flag at the cost the legion pays for an American flag. Neighbors could also let the village know if they see a flag that
needs to be replaced. “All they need to do is find out the address, on the mailbox or whatever it might be, and tell the city (Johnstown) and the city will send out a letter,” Tolle said. The letter would ask residents if they want to take advantage of the program. “We’ll come out and take the old one down, put the new one up and properly dispose of the old one for
you,” Tolle said. He said they are still deciding how to implement the program. “I’m firmly convinced that people who fly flags are patriotic and what happens, I think, is they hang the flag up and then they walk past it back and forth every day and never look up and they don’t realize that it’s gotten all faded, all ragged and
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WATER BONDS Continued from page A1 sources,” he said. Heiser said part of the debt problem stems from money sitting in a bank. “The main piece of the debt is we have $247,600 that sits in an escrow account and we’re not earning any interest on it and we’re paying a bank $750 a year to maintain that account,” he said. The $247,600 would be “released” if the village switches to a general obligation bond to help pay for water fund expenses. Heiser said it “will probably keep it so we don’t have to increase water or sewer rates for at least two years. That’s the hope. “In current economic times, I believe (keeping) our water rates flat is important for the residents and is the number one reason to change to a general obligation bond,” he said.
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The village is looking at three different bond brokers “before we make a decision moving forward on who we are going to use.” Joseph Robertson with Ross, Sinclair and Associates is one broker the village may work with to restructure the water bonds. He recommended to village council on March 1 that it consider keeping the revenue bond. “There’s no right or wrong way as to how you could do it. Your savings could be greater in a full faith and credit issue general obligation, but you are pledging other revenue than just the water system,” Robertson said. “Just to caution you.” Heiser said the village would decide which route to take within the next month. He said it would be great to start decreasing a good chunk of the entire current $8.5-million village debt.
RECYCLING Continued from page A1 print,” Whetstone said. “In recycling, communities across central Ohio have that on their radar. Licking County and Franklin County have drop-off programs, and anything we can do to collaborate on waste reduction and recycling puts us in a better position to create green jobs in the recycling industry.” Daley said she expected to make a presentation to the materials working group. “As a citizen I’m trying to bridge the gap between government and business,” Daley said.” We know
Obituaries HOUCK Emily Louise Houck, 78, of Johnstown, passed away Friday, March 4, 2011, at her residence. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Friday, March 25, 2011 at Liberty Cemetery, Johnstown, OH., with Pastor Raymond Liggett officiating. She was born in Sparta, OH. to Dart and Gustava Hulse on March 25, 1932. She attended Bennington-Liberty school and Johnstown High School. Emily married James E. Houck on November 12, 1949. She is survived by her husband; son, James D. "Bub" (Brenda); their daughters, Dixie (John) Baisden and Charlene (Bernard) Brooks; their children, Audrey and Matthew Braiden and Charlie Brooks; daughter, Deb Blagg; and her children, Deb (Todd) Cutlip of GA, John (Tina) Holland of IN., Jenny Seymour and Amber Blagg; brother, Lester (Becky) Hulse of Granville; and their daughter, Rebecca Ann (Heath) Manning; and their daughter, Alisha of Granville. Preceded in death by her parents, brother Billy Hulse, son Danny Lee Houck, and son-in-law John Blagg. CROUSE-KAUBER-SAMMONS FUNERAL HOME, 225 N. Main Street, Johnstown, OH. will be serving the family locally. An online memorial will be located at www.cksammon.com
solid waste is a problem, so how do we change that? “I’m trying to get Johnstown to be an example community,” she said. “Every time I go to the grocery store or gas station I’m talking to people about it.”
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they don’t really notice it,” Tolle said. He said the letter would be a polite way to replace the worn out flags. “Anyone that would fly a flag would not, I believe, say ‘I don’t care if it does look terrible,’” he said. “I can’t believe anyone who would fly a flag would feel that way.” Tolle said veterans feel awful when they see battered flags flying in the wind. “It just tears your heartstrings,” he said. “Our enemies like it when we have bad looking flags. That makes them think that we have no patriotism, we have no pride in our land and the USA.” Tolle said Johnstown residents are patriotic and do a good job honoring veterans. He just wants residents replacing older, worn flags as a sign of respect. “There may be some people who are in poor health or elderly and maybe it’s difficult for them to get out and take the flags up or down,” he said. Tolle said that’s why he believes the program would be a success. He said residents could save $10 or so by buying a flag through the legion. The flags would cost anywhere from $15 to $26.50 for a typical residential flag. Larger sizes would also be available for businesses. “Even if they didn’t save any money, we’ll take down their old one and put the new one up for them,” Tolle said. He said it would be a good deal either way as “it will be a good looking flag instead of one that looks bad.” Tolle said once the program is implemented, residents should let the village know if they are interested or forward the addresses of homes needing a replaced flag. Tolle wants to start the program within the next few weeks “so any flags that need replaced will get replaced before Memorial Day this year. “The village gives us a lot of support on various projects around town and we appreciate that much,” Tolle said.
Board member Troy Willeke said the goal was to motivate all the levy supporters to show up to vote and to persuade anti-levy voters to change their minds. “We’re doing a fantastic job targeting our yes voters, but we need to counteract the no voters or the people who think this is going to target their Social Security income,” Willeke said. “We can buy 1800 phone calls for $120.” Teacher Ann Petrushka said the district was fighting against a general anti-tax attitude in the public “I don’t think people are looking at the issues, I think we’re dealing with just kind of a vote no on everything,” Petrushka said. “It’s not just the schools. The parks district had a $6 a year levy
that got voted down.… “I just think we’re battling a mindset,” she said. “I don’t think people are taking time to realize they’re going to lose sports, music, teachers, counselors, the school nurse. The things that make the school experience wonderful are going to be gone. “We’ve had football and choir for a hundred years and we can’t seem to hang onto that,” Petrushka said. “That worries me. The students I’ve had, they need these activities. Even during the Depression we maintained these activities.” The district is holding a financial town hall meeting at the library March 21, and will be holding community events April 11 in Homer and April 20 at the Alexandria library.
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The Licking County Community Emergency Response Team held a business-continuity training class March 8, hosting faculty from the Northwest Arkansas Community College who have received a federal Homeland Security grant to provide free training around the United States. “When businesses are affected by disasters, even slightly by a flood, fire, tornado, extended power outage, 29 percent of those businesses end up not reopening,” said Lori Dixon, CERT coordinator for Licking County. “They basically don’t survive the disaster. This training was to assist businesses in writing a business-continuity plan for what to do when disaster strikes.” One recommended step is to ensure that businesses have alternative locations and plans to operate as normally as they can manage — less than a day after a disaster strikes. “You may think you’ll survive, but if you’re not up and
petitor is up and running, you’ll lose customers,” Dixon said. “It’s the smaller businesses that are most at risk because they are more likely to not be prepared.” Many businesses have generators for electricity, Dixon said, but they might not have plans for fuel to run the generators. Continuity planning calls for analyzing the risks specific to the business, the likely disasters for the area — in Licking County it is floods, tornados and extended power outages, Dixon said — and developing a practical response to the two. “If you have a business with a large computer bank, could you find a partnership with someone like C-TEC (Career & Technology Education Centers), maybe have a memorandum of understanding where you could go in and use their computers? The question is, whom do you know who can help you out in a disaster?” Dixon plans to offer a similar workshop in the fall to focus on churches and nonprofit organi-
A closer look Individual CERT-training classes will be offered starting March 23 in Pataskala at Central Ohio Technical College and March 24 at First Presbyterian Church in Newark.
zations. Not only do churches require a plan to continue their ordinary worship services and community programs, but during a disaster churches also are seen as an obvious gathering place. “The churches are the ones that open their doors immediately, and the community knows to gather at the church,” Dixon said. “But what do you do if the church has burned down or been blown away and is not there? Churches need to be able to continue worship services and community programs, and they don’t think to prepare for this.” The March 8 workshop was the first offered in Licking County, Dixon said, and she hopes to
offer the program again in 2012. For the past three years, since she became CERT coordinator, Dixon also has offered individual emergency training for CERT volunteers to learn what to do in their homes and neighborhoods when disaster hits. The movement started in the 1980s, Dixon said, when California saw several high-profile earthquakes. “People were dying because the first-responders could not get to them fast enough; they were so overwhelmed,” Dixon said. “This teaches people how to hold down the fort until the first-responders get there.” The rule of thumb within the emergency-response community is that individuals should plan to survive on their own for 72 hours. “You need to be able to hold your own for three days,” Dixon said. “Do you have food and water? Do you have a to-go kit so if you have to leave your house, you can just pick it up and go? Do you have a communication plan in case cell towers are down? How will you contact members of your family?
Can you survive without electricity? Do you have enough medication on hand?” Individual CERT-training classes will be offered starting March 23 in Pataskala at Central Ohio Technical College and March 24 at First Presbyterian Church in Newark. Attendees at each location will begin at 6:30 pm and participate in one class each week for eight weeks, for a total of 20 hours of training that will include lectures and practice. “We will actually practice the things we learn,” Dixon said. “This is how you shut off your gas meter. We’ll have a meter there and you can practice turning it off and practice turning off your electric panel, and first aid — how you stop bleeding — things like that.” CERT volunteer and board member Sam Skaggs said more
than 120 people have been trained in the county, and 60 to 70 CERT members are active and respond to weather events and other community-service needs. Skaggs said CERT training begins in the home and expands outward to the larger community. “There are tiers,” Skaggs said. “You start off with what you do with your family in your home if the power is out or there is an emergency, what kind of things do you need in your home for your family to survive the first 72 hours or so. Then it goes to your neighborhood. What can you do to help them? Then it goes to the community, your city. How can you help people get around and conduct business? Then it goes to the county. We can move CERT people from city A to city B to assist them.”
Entrepreneur blends restaurants, fundraising By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Eric Mason, a 1982 graduate of Lakewood High School, did not start out in the restaurant business, but he feels he has found a home there. Mason began college on a baseball scholarship to the University of Toledo, but after two years he returned to Newark and began work as an assistant golf pro at Little Turtle Country Club. He credits that job with teaching him the value of being open to people. “It really taught me how to network,” Mason said. “I still have many relationships I made during those years.” About 15 years ago, through friends he had met at the club, he began working in the mulch business, eventually forming a company he still owns and that brokers much to retailers. That business led him to real estate investments, and that is what led to restaurant work, when he had an opportunity to open a Skyline
Chili in Heath five years ago. A year later, he and his wife, Angela, saw another real estate opportunity, which opened the door to the couple’s first signature restaurant, The Grill on Twenty First Street. “I didn’t know a whole lot about the restaurant business, but Angela and I thought we’d create a place we’d like to go ourselves,” Mason said. “We’ve been fortunate enough it’s worked pretty well for us. I started with a pretty aggressive happy hour to get people in the seats, and people would say, ‘How can you sell drinks so cheap?’ and I’d say we weren’t good enough to charge more yet.” Early on, Mason found local fundraising to be a good match with the restaurant business. “The community involvement has also been a big part of our growth,” Mason said. “As an individual restaurant owner, we don’t have the luxury of the national advertising like a Texas Roadhouse or an Applebee’s. We have to create our own identity.”
The Grill has hosted as many as 2,000 people during fundraisers, Mason said. “I’ve enjoyed helping people raise money for all kinds of different things, from sports teams to hospice to churches to school bands,” he said. “We have events at The Grill on Sundays where they’ll sell tickets and then they keep 70 percent of the proceeds. We have three or four fundraising events a month for different organizations.” Among groups participating in fundraisers in coming weeks are Crime Stoppers, baseball teams from Utica and Heath and the Licking Valley After-Prom Committee. He also sponsors Little League teams, such as North Newark Little League’s The Grill. “It’s a natural fit,” Mason said. “Everybody likes to eat. With all the pay-to-play and the struggles of the schools, it’s nice to be able to raise some money for them.” The Grill also has been expanding, branching out to The Grill at The Works Deli and Cater-
ing in 2009, which opened at The Works in downtown Newark. In September 2010, Mason and his wife opened The Grill’s Chop House in downtown Newark, taking over the location of longtime favorite Natoma Restaurant at 10 N. Park Place. “I was approached by the building owner and some of the local business people who wanted to see the downtown prosper, and they said they thought it would be a nice place for us,” Mason said. “We had been guilty of going to Easton and places like that when we wanted something upscale, and so that’s what we tried to do. We came up with the tagline, ‘affordable elegance,’and I think we succeeded. It’s been very well-received.” More is coming this year, Mason said, when he expects The Waterfront Grill to open in Buckeye Lake. The three-story, 12,000square-foot facility will feature a 200-person banquet room on the lakefront.
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Neighbor in the news Blair promoted to battalion chief Fire Capt. Christopher A. Blair of Johnstown was promoted to the rank of battalion chief with the Columbus Division of Fire in January. He joined the Columbus Division of Fire in 1991 and has held several different positions during his career. Blair is a 1986 graduate of Johnstown-Monroe High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Bowling Green State Uni-
versity, as well as a bachelor’s degree in fire safety engineering from the University of Cincinnati. Blair has earned two Fire Service Awards of Merit, two Distinguished Service Awards and a Battalion Chief Commendation. He is currently enrolled in the National Fire Academy’s executive fire officer program, which is on the level of a master’s degree. Blair is a member of Presbyterian Church of Johnstown, where he serves on the building committee and as a Sunday school teacher.
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College notes • Otterbein University has announced its fall 2010 dean’s list. Area residents named to the list were Jessica Hindman and Kendra Wood of Johnstown and Kaila Cramer of Alexandria. Students must earn at least a 3.6 grade-point average to receive dean’s list recognition. • Andrew W. Beitel, son of Ronald Beitel of 11981 Green Chapel Road, Johnstown, has been named to the Ohio Northern University deans’ list for the winter quarter 2010-11. Beitel is a junior majoring in civil engineering. The deans’ list includes students who attain a grade-point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 grading system.
• John Wells of Croton received the Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic certificate from Central Ohio Technical College in December. • Central Ohio Technical College has announced its fall 2010 president’s list. Area residents named to the list were Heather Beck and Ann-Marie Markham of Alexandria, William Bogantz of Johnstown and Devon Stepp of Croton. To be named to the list, students must achieve a 4.0 grade-point average. • Amanda Doebereiner of Croton graduated from the University of Akron during fall 2010 commencement ceremonies. She earned a bachelor’s degree in communication.
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Carter has given valuable service to students, school To the editor: Johnstown, do you remember the championship team with Chuck Beinhower, the team with Chuck Sponaugle, Joe Denman’s 70-yard pass with Bill Seigel’s catches and their teammate John Tavener coming to the field and kicking 50-yard field goals to inspire the Johnstown team? Do you remember Lee Wright with his teammates bringing glory and respect to Johnstown-Monroe High School? What about your modern teams with names of Franklin, D.J., Chambers, Liggett, Carter and many more I read in the Johnstown paper that I do not know?
What about your wonderful football field and excellent coach, Mr. Carter, the gentleman that has brought more guidance to the students of Johnstown since the great educator of Johnstown school, Willis Adams? How many communications has Mr. Carter had with colleges for the benefit of Johnstown students? Hundreds, thousands? I do not know, but I do know of at least 10 for my grandson. How many for your son or daughter? Mr. Carter fosters more goodwill, student assistance and income for Johnstown than he could ever be repaid. Show him the respect and gratitude he de-
serves. His philosophy — God, family, country, then sports — is what we and the students need. What is the agenda of the heads of Johnstown school that they wish to dismiss Mr. Carter? They state they want change. What change? With the demise of your football and student guidance programs of Mr. Carter, what will become of your wonderful band program? Taxpayers and citizens of Johnstown school district, maybe you need to change school administration instead of Coach Carter. Raymond E. Liggett Johnstown
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As it were
Some of the basics taught Other drivers, please be ‘office boys’ still good today gentle: I’m driving a rental About a century ago, Columbus, like much of the rest of America, was coping with change. A mostly rural agricultural society was rapidly becoming an urban and industrial nation. The process had begun shortly after the end of the American Civil War and would not really end until well into the 20th century. In fact, it would not be until well into the 1920s that most Ohioans would be living in or near its large cities. But at the turn of the century, the great need of new businesses was not simply for more workers with strong backs and boundless energy, although such people would always be welcome. Just as important was the need for a whole new generation of white collar workers to help handle the administrative and managerial tasks of the new world of “modern business.” In an era when most young people did not go much beyond the eighth grade in the public school system, large numbers of students missed out on the useful training that a “business course” in Columbus’s one and only high school could provide. But the need for young people in the new offices created by new businesses was still there. To meet that need, other community organizations tried to be of help. Important among them was the Young Men’s Christian Association or YMCA. Brought to Columbus in 1855 by Henry B. Carrington — a man who would later go on to some renown in the Civil War and the Indian Wars that followed — the YMCA became an important social organization. By 1893, it had established itself in a nice building at 30 S. Third St. in Columbus. In this building, young men could participate in physical education programs, religious meetings and a wide variety of educational courses. One course, taught by Homer Niday, was called “The Business Boys Training School.” Mr. Niday, the head bookkeeper at the American Savings Bank, asserted that with his course, “the question of breaking in a new office boy is settled to the satisfaction of all concerned.” Looking at a summary of Mr. Niday’s course that appeared in the local press at the time, we can learn something of both what has changed and what has not changed in local business education.
“At present there are 15 boys in the ‘Business Boys Training School’ ranging in age from 15 to 18 years. ED Promptly at seven of o’LENTZ clock, they came in — bright-faced, alert, quick-stepping youngsters, whose every attitude showed they were there for business. “ And what exactly did these young men — and they were all men, as the office was no place for a lady — learn in their classes at the YMCA? “Complete mastery of typewriters of all makes, and the clever art of keeping the machines clean, oiled and in good order, proper punctuation and neatness with all copy “ “How to write a check; how to indorse a check; how to give a receipt; how to deposit money at the bank and how to give out change. “How to answer telephone calls and the importance of always being courteous, even to the most peevish caller. “How to manipulate the adding machine; how to make mimeograph copies; how to file papers and clippings; how to open and sort the mail and place it neatly for the man ‘higher-up’. “How to write, fold and stamp letters with accurate neatness.” Reading through all of this, anybody who has recently worked in an office will notice how much has changed from a century ago. First and foremost, there will soon be as many office girls as office boys. And while complete mastery of office machines is important, most of them do not today require all that much oiling. Similarly, most adding machines have been replaced by pocket calculators and the mimeograph is now a museum exhibit rather than a means of making copies. Despite all of these technical differences between that time and our own, Homer Niday left his students with certain pieces of advice: “Be ‘Johnnie on the Spot’when needed.” “The business world has no place for the laggard, even a new office boy.” “When you go anywhere to represent your firm, show that you are proud of it.” “When you answer a telephone or greet a caller, be cour-
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I drove a rental car for almost a week, and I was cranky the whole time. For one thing, who wants to suddenly start driving a completely different car? It’s like getting dressed from a completely different closet, a closet with nothing that’s your size. It’s like trying to make dinner in a strange kitchen, where you don’t even know where the colander is. I’d known I was about to get a rental car, but I still felt unprepared when the time came. “Let’s see, what do I need?” I said out loud as I prepared to move out of my own car for a few days. I looked around. I keep a pair See AS IT WERE, page A6
teous and pleasant.” “Remember that office boys grow up very gradually and that there is sure promotion for the lad who is sincere, energetic and reliable.” “Study your employer’s business and interests and aim to make yourself valuable to him from the very first day you enter his office” While most of us will not be called upon soon to oil a typewriter or operate a mimeograph, the general advice as to deportment and discipline given by Mr. Niday is just as valuable today as it was more than a century ago. The newspaper article from
of mittens tucked into an alcove in the dashboard, and I thought about taking them with me. Then I decided not MARGO to — I do have BARTLETT other mittens — but I relinquished the car with the pleasant feeling of having been responsible rather than slapdash. Thirty minutes later, I parked the rental car in a grocery store lot, reached for my cloth grocery bags, and remembered that they were still in my own car, now in the body shop. Although the oc-
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JUST THINKING demographics or gender or maybe by whether or not the customer was carrying a basket of kittens. I was developing sample conversation starters (“Are those your kittens?”) when we arrived at the rental car office, where I was asked (a) to pay for gas I hadn’t used yet; (b) to buy insurance so I wouldn’t need my insurance; and (c) if I’d be leaving the state. Finally, I accepted the car keys and drove away, trying not to think about leaving the state. But you know how these things are. It’s like not thinking of an elephant; the moment you try not to, you do. The car was loud; it was like what I imagine driving the Indianapolis 500 must be, if I drove the Indianapolis 500 at 35 mph and while trying to find a classic rock radio station. Also, the driver’s seat was very low. The car might have had a seat-raising device, though I wasn’t sure; it was the kind of car in which the steering column might have been an option. At any rate, I never found it, so I spent the week feeling as if I were sitting in a beach chair, reaching up to grab the steering wheel and peer over the top of the dashboard. One good thing, though: The car was red (“Candy-apple red” is how I put it in my mind) and it had New York plates. People who weren’t the kind of people who recognize rental cars (one clue was the gigantic sticker on the windshield) might have thought I was a real New Yorker, in Ohio to … to … to drive around. “To drive around in my candy-apple red car,” I’d think jauntily to myself. And at that point, I’d have rested my left arm casually on the open driver’s window, except my arm was too far down in the car to reach it.
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AS IT WERE Continued from page A4 more than century ago concluded optimistically, “That the business world has no place for laggards, even a new office boy, is the A B C D of this school for hustlers. That there is always room ‘higher up’for the faithful boy is an incentive which is not overlooked. “The boys in Mr. Niday’s class will certainly be well qualified for their work when they ‘graduate.’ The course is six months long with lessons twice each week, Tuesday
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sity. The YMCA itself would move in 1924 to its new home on Spring Street. The old building would be removed and an entirely new building would be built to be the home of The Columbus Dispatch. And Mr. Niday’s boys? While their names remain unknown, I would like to believe that they went on to some success. They certainly seemed to be well prepared to do so. Ed Lentz writes a history column for ThisWeek.
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Northridge High School senior Dana VanDervort may have found a new calling in track and field. VanDervort likely will qualify for the Division II-III state indoor track and field meet Saturday, March 19, at the University of Akron. Although the invitations will not be released until Tuesday, March 15, VanDervort has the sixth-best distance in the long jump at 16 feet, 4 inches and is third
in the triple jump (34-4 1/2). The competitors with the top 16 performances from the nine-week schedule in each event statewide advance to state. “I really like the long jump and coach (Mike Dudgeon) was telling me about (the triple jump) and trying to explain it to me,” VanDervort said of the event that is performed indoors and in college, but not during the spring high school season. “He’s my calculus teacher and we went out into the hallway and worked on it there. I decided I wanted to try it.” Despite 30-plus years coaching the
sport, this is a new experience for Dudgeon. “We’ve never had anyone go to the state indoor meet before, and it seems (VanDervort is) one of the best around (in the triple jump),” Dudgeon said. “Dana started playing around with the triple jump in January and the first time we went outside to try it on our track, there was snow on the ground. “From what I have been able to figure out, if you triple-jump over 30 feet then you’re pretty good. There are not too many girls who go more than 30 feet.”
VanDervort said she quickly picked up on the event. “It’s a lot like a long jump only taking three steps on the (entry) board,” said VanDervort, who uses a 28-foot entry board. “The first hop is the toughest because I’m always afraid that I’ll run right through it.” She is Dudgeon’s only indoor track athlete. “She came to me last September trying to talk me into coaching, and she has done a great job,” he said. VanDervort wanted to compete dur-
ing the indoor season to get in shape for spring track and hopefully improve her visibility to college coaches. “We started the first week of January, and I was really out of shape,” VanDervort said. “Once I got in shape, I really enjoyed it. It’s a lot more laid back in the indoor season and it’s not cold like it can be in the early part of the outdoor season.” •The boys basketball team finished 13-9 overall, losing to Horizon Science See VIKINGS, page A8
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Liberty overcame several obstacles Anthony Bergamesca clutched the district championship trophy tightly to his chest as he skated off the ice March 5 at the Dispatch Ice Haus. Moments earlier, the defenseman for the Olentangy Liberty High School hockey team nearly had fallen with the award. Bergamesca is one of nine seniors for the Patriots, who SCOTT defeated Dublin HENNEN Jerome 3-2 in double overtime to earn the program’s first state tournament berth in only their fourth varsity season. He and the other seniors — defensemen Keaton Allmaras, Robert Koehler and Alec Vidrick, forwards Mitch Helton, Mike Mullier, Jimmy Ruska and Grant Woods, and goaltender Bryan Finneran — helped lay the groundwork for the program three years ago as freshmen and their dedication has been rewarded with a trip to the final four. The Patriots were 27-8-1 before playing top-ranked Toledo St. Francis in a state semifinal March 12. The state championship will be played at noon Sunday, March 13, at Nationwide Arena. “Yeah, I almost fell with (the trophy), but I wasn’t letting that happen,” Bergamesca said. “We’ve gone through so much to get here.” The Patriots lost several players to injury this season, including Helton to a knee injury in the preseason and Woods to a shoulder injury in January. More recently, junior forward Nick Ramsey was lost to a leg injury that required surgery and junior forward Reed Slinger was lost to a neck injury, which he sustained when his head struck the ice during a 50 win over Troy in the second round of the district tournament Feb. 20 at the Ice Haus. “When Reed was injured, it af-
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Johnstown’s Makenzie Spang shoots over Bloom-Carroll’s Emileigh Valentine during their Division III district semifinal on March 2. Spang, a freshman, averaged 3.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks this season.
Johnstown Roundup
Orr takes over track program By SCOTT HENNEN ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Brad Orr, a standout runner and basketball player at Johnstown-Monroe High School, has returned to the school as track and field coach. The 2006 graduate recently was named to lead the boys and girls programs. He replaces Mark Thomas, who left in January after two seasons as coach to spend more time with his family. “I’m very excited because it’s always See HENNEN, page A8 very interesting to go from one side (as
Hosey to Lake Erie Senior Connor Hosey, a defender for the JohnstownMonroe High School boys soccer team, signed a letter of intent March 1 to compete at Lake Erie College in Painesville.
an athlete) to the other (as a coach),” said Orr, who was an assistant in cross country last fall and in boys basketball during the winter. “(Coaching in the other sports) gave me confidence and the little bit of experience that I needed to get my feet and should help me with this.” Orr graduated from Wilmington College with a degree in sports management and a minor in coaching. He is thinking about returning to school to become a teacher. “Brad is a very dedicated, motivated and enthusiastic coach,” athletics direc-
tor Mike Carter said. “His experiences are going to enable him to relate to our student athletes. ... We are very excited that he has accepted this opportunity to lead our program.” While attending Johnstown, Orr was a Division III state qualifier in both cross country and track and also started on the Division III regional final basketball team in 2006. In 2004 as a sophomore, Orr joined Josh Oswald, Dan Sammons and Austin Stiles to finish fifth (8 minutes, 9.93 seconds) at state in the 800-meter relay.
Since Orr’s graduation, the Johnnies have moved up to Division II in track. That change doesn’t bother the new coach. “Some (track and field) events are better in Division II than in Division III and in some there is no difference,” Orr said. “We can compete in Division II. We just have to have the right workout schedule.” The Johnnies have won three MBC titles in the past two seasons. The girls won league titles in 2009 and 2010, and See JOHNNIES, page A8
College football bound Johnstown-Monroe High School seniors Ben Schmidt (left) and Blake Ashbrook signed letters of intent March 7 to play college football. Schmidt, an offensive lineman, signed to play at Bridgton Academy in North Bridgton, Maine. Ashbook, a linebacker, will compete at Ashland.
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VIKINGS Continued from page A7 67-66 in overtime in a secondround Division III district tournament game on Feb. 26 at Newark. The Vikings beat Galion Northmor 54-52 in the first round on Feb. 23 at Newark. Northridge went 10-4 in the MBC to finish third behind champion Fredericktown (13-1) and Utica (11-3) and ahead of Centerburg (9-5), East Knox (6-8), Loudonville (3-11) and both Danville and Johnstown (2-12). The Vikings had seven seniors: 5-foot-11 forward Bill Andrews, 6-3 forward Caleb Higgins (6 points, 1.2 steals per game), 6-2 guard/forward Justin Howard (9.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.9 steals; honorable mention all-district), 5-10 guard Cody King, 510 guard Nick Nixon (6.4 points, 1.8 steals, 1.6 assists), 6-4 center Tony Rios (6.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.2 blocks) and 6-1 post player Cody Waller. “This was a huge year for our program. We will lose seven seniors that we will definitely miss,” said coach John Wheeler, who completed his first season. “They really helped steer the program in the right direction, and I believe our seniors next year will be good leaders because of what they have learned from this group of seniors.” The Vikings will return their top scorer in 5-11 junior guard Connor Burke, who averaged 10 points, two assists and 1.9 steals
JOHNNIES per game. Aaron Estep, a 5-8 junior guard, added 9.1 points with 2.9 steals and 2.3 assists. Also expected back are juniors Brandon Hull (5-10, guard) and David Pribonic (6-3, forward) as well as sophomore Hayden Warner (5-10, guard) and freshman Eli Ketron (6-3, post player). “We will have two starters back in Connor Burke and Aaron Estep, and Eli Ketron had some starts as a freshman,” Wheeler said. “We have an expectation level for what we want to do next year and we have high expectations.” •The wrestling team had five competitors in the Division III district tournament, which concluded Feb. 26 at Coshocton. None finished in the top four in their weight class to advance to state March 3-5 at Ohio State. Thomas Williams finished fifth at 130 pounds and was an alternate for state. The sophomore went 4-2 at district to improve to 51-3. Also competing at district were sophomore Shane Mulligan (1-2 at 125 pounds to finish 37-6), sophomore Anthoney Verhovec (0-2 at heavyweight; 31-18), freshman Parker Fox (0-2 at 112; 21-9) and freshman Rob Mickey (1-2 at 140; 34-12). At district, the Vikings tied Centerburg, Trimble and Waterford for 25th (20 points) behind champion Nelsonville-York (129) as 53 teams scored. “I think a lot of the kids realized just how close they came to reaching state,” said Eric Potts, who completed his first season as
coach. “That should be good for their confidence going into next year. I think they found out they were better than they gave themselves credit for being.” Williams won a championship in the sectional at Cardington, which concluded Feb. 19. Also placing in the top four to advance to district were Mulligan (second), Mickey (third), Fox (fourth) and Verhovec (fourth). At sectional, the Vikings were sixth of 15 teams with 140 points to finish behind champion Northmor (182). In the MBC duals Feb. 12 at Centerburg, Northridge finished second as Utica won the championship dual 58-18 over the Vikings. Williams was champion for the Vikings with Fox, Jeffrey Maynard (119), Mulligan and Jacob Burke (160) taking second. Bradley Verhovec (145) was the lone senior, and there were no juniors. Those expected back include sophomores Maynard, Mulligan, Zach Rudy (160), Anthoney Verhovec and Williams as well as freshmen John Barber (heavyweight), Burke, Fox, Mickey and Wade Stischok (125). “We have some kids who continue to wrestle even though the season is over,” Potts said. “We have three or four kids who are going to wrestle throughout the offseason and that will only make them better.” shennen@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
HENNEN Continued from page A7 fected all of us, watching him taken off the ice on a stretcher,” said Bergamesca, the team captain. “Reed has always been one of the players who was always there to pick us up on the ice and it really fired us up when he got hurt. We want to do well for Reed and everyone else who helped us get here but won’t be able to play. We want to do well for them.” The school has had only one other team reach a state semifinal since opening in the fall of 2003. The boys lacrosse team made it to the Division II state final in 2006, losing to North Canton Hoover 15-8. That occurred a year
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and a half before the hockey program’s first varsity season. Assistant coach Nick Kormanyos knows what it takes to be a championship team after qualifying for the NCAA tournament as a player at Niagara (N.Y.) University in 2003-04 by winning a College Hockey America conference title. He then played for the Fayetteville (N.C.) Fireantz when they won the Southern Professional League championship. “It takes a special group of kids to battle through a season of injuries and tough games to make it this far,” Kormanyos said. “This is a special group of kids.” In the district final, sophomore forward Ethan Hollingsworth
passed the puck to sophomore forward Marshall Oja, who scored 52 seconds into the second overtime to secure the final four berth. Ruska, an assistant captain, was wandering around the lobby of the Ice Haus with the district trophy clutched to his chest. Prying the award from him might not have been an easy task. “It’s amazing what we have accomplished as a group,” Ruska said. “We went from nothing ... nothing ... and were able to make it (to) the final four in four seasons. It’s really incredible, and it’s only the start.”
Continued from page A7 the boys were MBC champs in 2009. “We have all of the potential in the world at Johnstown,” Orr said. “We have talent at all levels and I really want to make sure were get some guys and girls at state this year.” •The girls basketball team lost to third-seeded Bloom-Carroll 52-38 in a Division III district semifinal on March 2 at Olentangy Orange to finish 617 overall. Despite winning just four regular-season games, the Johnnies defeated fourth-seeded Marion Elgin 55-47 in a first-round district game Feb. 16 at Gahanna. They reached a district semifinal by defeating Linden-McKinley 47-22 in the second round on Feb. 23 at Dublin Scioto. The Johnnies tied for seventh in the final MBC standings. Centerburg won the title at 12-2, with Utica and Loudonville second at 9-5. Northridge and Fredericktown tied for fourth at 7-7, followed by East Knox at 6-8 and both Danville and Johnstown at 3-11. Johnstown had three seniors in guard/forward Katie Fry (5foot-7), guard Holly Sammons (5-5) and forward Lydia Ulry (5-7). Sammons scored 7.2 points with 2.3 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game, and Ulry averaged 4.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals per contest. Fry came off the bench for 2.7 points and two rebounds per game. “We had a group of seniors who worked hard and were a group who led by example,” said coach Connie Allen, who completed her seventh season. “They really helped us put things together at the end of the season.” Johnstown expects to return three of its top four scorers, its point guard and three starters. Freshman starter Laiken Valentine, a 5-6 guard, led the team in scoring at 8.4 points per game and added 4.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and two steals. She had had a team-leading 20 3-pointers in 76 attempts (26.3 percent).
Starting sophomore point guard Marissa Sheets (5-4) averaged 2.6 points, 2.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game, and junior forward Sarah Thomas (5-7) added 7.1 points and 4.3 rebounds as a starter. Coming off the bench were 5-5 freshman guard Natalie Carpenter (5.8 points, 1.1 steals) and 6-1 freshman forward Makenzie Spang (3.8 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.2 blocks). Also expected back are junior Christine Snowden (5-5, guard/forward), sophomore Kourtnee Derflinger (5-8, forward) and freshmen Ashley Bush (5-7, guard), Meghan Call (5-3, guard), Arika Sayer (5-8, guard) and Taylor Thomas (5-5, guard/forward). “We lost 11 games by single digits and only won four regular-season games with a young team,” Allen said. “If they learn from those experiences and work hard to make themselves better in the offseason, they should be that much better next season.” •The wrestling team had three competitors in the Division III district tournament, which concluded Feb. 26 at Coshocton. The top four in each weight class advanced to state, which was March 3-5 at Ohio State. Junior Joey Dismuke (189 pounds) was 2-2 at district to finish 36-12 overall. Senior heavyweight Brendin Cornwell went 0-2 at district to finish 89 overall and freshman Clayton Bullard was 0-2 at 171 to finish 29-16 overall. The Johnnies tied Bowerston Conotton Valley and Newcomerstown for 46th (5 points) at district behind champion Nelsonville-York (129) as 53 teams scored. In the sectional at Madison Plains, which concluded Feb. 19, the Johnnies finished ninth of 12 teams with 59 points behind champion West Jefferson (254.5). Cornwell finished second at the Madison Plains sectional, Dismuke was third and Bullard was fourth. The top four in each weight class advanced to district.
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