March 20, 2011
Details awaited on state budget cuts By SARAH SOLE and BONNIE BUTCHER ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Local government, school and library officials say they are waiting to see details of cuts in state funding included in Gov. John Kasich’s two-year state budget. Ohio has an $8-billion budget deficit. The budget proposal would reduce from
$665-million this year to $339-million budget.” in 2013 money received by local govHe said city council will hold a speernments, school districts and health- cial meeting March 21. The meeting was care providers, among others. scheduled “knowing there would be cuts to the local government fund, and there City of Delaware will be some kind of impact. “We really don’t know what the full “We hope to have some better underimpact will be,” said Delaware city standing of the numbers Monday night. spokesman Lee Yoakum. “The House With that information, council and our and Senate will still have to get an op- finance committee will see what steps portunity to work on and approve the are needed going forward, and if that
would include having to amend our 2011 is a small portion of the county's overbudget,” Yoakum said. all funding. He said the county had initially anticipated a local government Delaware County fund of $1.1-million. In preparing for Delaware County commissioner Den- budget cuts, the county has to either renis Stapleton and administrator Tim duce services or increase revenue, he Hansley briefly addressed the budget said. While Hansley was confident that cuts during a Delaware County Cham- 2012’s budget wouldn't require any major ber of Commerce function on March 17. changes, he said that he would be Hansley said the $2.2-million the county receives in local government funds See DETAILS, page A2
Delaware chooses new fire station site
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Delaware County Master Gardeners Donna Meyer, Marti Wickham, John Ewing and Sherry Bacastow, shown here at Oakland Nursery, are preparing for the Delaware County Master Gardeners Association’s 11th annual Green Thumbs Gardeners’ Fair to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at Olentangy Liberty High School, 3584 Home Road. See story, page A10.
Sunbury plans park improvements By SARAH SOLE ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The village of Sunbury is working with the Big Walnut Youth Athletic Association to renovate J.R. Smith Park on East Cherry Street. Sunbury will provide about $22,585 out of its general fund for construction materials. Council on March 17 approved that the final total not exceed $24,000. FM Earth, a landscaping and excavation company in Sunbury, has agreed to do construction at no cost. Sunbury recently received $1.3-
million in income tax from a Powerball jackpot winner. The money went into its general fund. The project would slightly shift the park’s football field 20 to 30 feet southwest. A driveway currently cuts across the southeast corner of the field. FM Earth will install a drainage system, excavate the parking area and seed and fertilize the field. The project also would create a gravel parking lot of about 27 spaces. About 15 or 20 parking spaces would be created in other areas. Council members on March 17 decided to make the lot 27 spaces
instead of the originally planned 43. The decrease would mean a materials savings of $7,000 to $8,000, said council member Tommy Hatfield. Council members said parking has been a problem at the park, where people usually park on the grass. “It just looks like a war zone down there,” said council member David Linnabary. Residents living near the park have built fences around their yards to prevent people from parking on their property, he said. Hatfield described how the
$22,585 worth of materials would be used. He also described other possible projects. In the future, council could consider paving the gravel lots. A wall on the north side of the Lion’s Club building, between the building and the parking lot, also was targeted for repairs. Village administrator Dave Martin said the wall probably is leaning about two-and-a-half feet from top to bottom. Landscaping also was discussed. Martin said these projects could cost up to an See SUNBURY COUNCIL, page A6
Delaware City Council has taken the first steps in selecting a location for a new fire station. Council on March 14 entered into an agreement with Mitchell Family Investments LLC that allows for the purchase of about 1.6 acres at the northwest corner of Lexington Boulevard and West Central Avenue. The $225,000 purchase would be contingent upon whether inspections and an environmental study show the A closer look location is favorable. Funding for The city has $1.2-million in the new station its fire impact fee fund, said would come Delaware community affairs from fire im- coordinator Lee Yoakum. pact fees the The city will use those city collects funds to pay for the properfrom develop- ty, testing and any cleanup. ers of new res- The remaining balance of idential and about $900,000 would go c o m m e r c i a l toward construction costs, property. and the rest would be paid The city has for with fire levy funds. $1.2-million in its fire impact fee fund, said Delaware community affairs coordinator Lee Yoakum. The city will use those funds to pay for the property, testing and any cleanup. The remaining balance of about $900,000 would go toward construction costs, and the rest would be paid for with fire levy funds. The city has 45 days to complete inspections and an environmental study. The city will pay Burgess & Niple, an engineering and architectural firm headquartered in Columbus, $20,570 to inspect, test and prepare an environmental report. If any contamination is found, an environmental cleanup is estimated to cost $17,000 to $25,000. Yoakum said the city has spent several months searching for a site for the fire station. Including purchase, study and cleanup, the cost would still be under the property’s appraised value of $300,000. “It’s in the location where our fire data shows the greatest need,” Yoakum said. Construction See SITE, page A2
OWU adds $5M to End of an era renovate Stuyvesant Cason retires as ThisWeek executive editor By SARAH SOLE ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Ohio Wesleyan University is now $5-million closer to renovating Stuyvesant Hall. The university announced March 17 that it received $5-million from anonymous donors, which puts the available renovation funds at $10-million. The estimated cost for renovations is $15million. OWU has received $3.3-million in donations for the renovation from several OWU alumni since Jan. 1. The university also will use a 2009 donation of more than $1-million from the estate of
Alice Klund Levy, who was an OWU class of 1932 alumna, for the project. Including other smaller contributions, that puts the total renovation donations at $10-million, said Cole Hatcher, media and communications director. While a specific construction timetable has not yet been set, the university estimates construction would take about a year to complete. “We would like to do this as soon as possible,” Hatcher said. Stuyvesant Hall is one of the campus’ six residence halls. The project would add a fourth floor to the right and left wings of the building, which are three stories
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Friday, March 18, marked the end of an era at ThisWeek Community Newspapers. That afternoon, vice president and executive editor Ben Cason shut down his computer, gathered his cell phone and coat and quietly strolled out of the newsroom the way he has every week since 1993. However, come Monday morning, for the first time in 18 years, he won’t be leading a newsroom discussion on politics or the NCAA basketball tournament. Cason announced his retirement to ThisWeek staffers March 11, concluding a career that spanned the height of the Watergate era as an editor at The Washington
Post to building one of the nation’s most respected community newspaper organizations. Under Cason’s leadership, ThisWeek Community Newspapers have won hundreds Ben Cason of state, regional and national awards for journalistic excellence. More importantly, general manager Stephen Zonars said, Cason won the loyalty of hundreds of thousands of central Ohio readers. “Ben has been the heartbeat of ThisWeek Community Newspapers for 18 years, and his contributions are immeasurable,” Zonars said. “On his watch, the readership of our
papers has grown by more than 200,000 people, which may be the most honest reflection of how valuable the public finds our coverage, which is the product of Ben’s leadership in the newsroom.” Zonars said Cason’s legacy is the team of journalists he has assembled at ThisWeek. “We are indebted to Ben for attracting bright and passionate reporters and editors who share his love of community news and sports, and to Ben’s high personal standards for quality, objective and, above all, accurate reporting,” he said. “No one checks more facts than Ben. Ben’s legacy will be that his brand of journalism will live on through our staff because Ben See END OF AN ERA:, page A7
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Details awaited on state budget cuts Continued from page A1 shocked if the county could balance the 2013 budget without reducing staff in critical areas. “If we have to go back down to minimum services, we could do that,” he said. Stapleton said, “We're not really going to know the meat and potatoes” of the budget for 15 days or so. “But it's not pretty,” he added, saying that the schools and local government will be hit. Commissioner Ken O'Brien said he was somewhat concerned about how the budgets of agencies the county works with will be affected. He used the Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District as an example. The county gives $250,000 annually to SWCD. O'Brien said the county is mandated to fund specific areas, including safety, the court system, jails, and jobs and family services. Still, he said the county must be cautious in spending its funds. “We might have to look at our grants,” O'Brien said, listing the Ohio State University Extension offices, the Delaware County Fairgrounds, and the Delaware County Historical Society as examples of organizations that have received county grants. He said the county would have to examine such
grants, while not necessarily cutting funding . O'Brien said the local government money is important to the county. “It's the outlying years that would be a cause for looking meticulously at our budget,” he said. The county made reductions in 2009 to almost all areas of the budget. “There isn't a lot of excess,” O'Brien said. Delaware schools Delaware City Schools treasurer Christine Blue said Ohio school districts are classified by wealth levels, with one being the poorest and seven the wealthiest. With Delaware rated at six, the cuts could be higher than those faced by poorer districts.
Numbers for the individual districts have not yet been released," she said, "but overall, the numbers suggest that we'll still see a decrease.” The district has said it anticipates a deficit of nearly $2.43million in the spring of 2012.The district’s income also has been affected by reduced taxes, the result of lower property values. Big Walnut schools The Big Walnut school district is braced to receive less state money. How the budget will affect school funding is not yet clear, said assistant superintendent Gary Barber, but will become more detailed in the coming weeks. “We're not going to see additional funding, and we believe
with the loss of (federal) stimulus dollars we'll see an 11.5-percent reduction,” Barber said. “We planned and braced for a 20-percent cut. It's still a reduction, but we're as optimistic as we can be because we were anticipating a worse case.”
gomery, director of Community Library in Sunbury, both said they will be able to keep their current services, with slight trimmings, because their respective boards sought and voters approved local support for their library systems. Ohio Library Council director Libraries Douglas Evans said, “While a 5Kasich’s proposed budget in percent reduction is going to have effect cuts state funding to public libraries by 5 percent for 2012 and freezes the amount for 2013, said Mary Jane Santos, director of Delaware County District Library. “From 2008-2010 libraries have seen a reduction in state funding of close to 24 percent and this would be an additional 5 percent on top of that,” Santos said. Santos and Chauncey Mont-
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Delaware County to replace bridge By SARAH SOLE ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Delaware County commissioners on Feb. 14 put out to bid a project that would replace the Oxbow Road bridge near Tussic Street Road. County engineer Chris Bauserman has estimated the project will cost $248,000, funded by the county road and bridge fund. The old bridge suffers from structural deterioration, Bauserman said. Aside from any routine maintenance, Bauserman said he couldn’t recall any recent rehabilitation to the bridge. The bridge, built in 1948, is a concrete slab structure that’s about 12 feet long. Bauserman said the cost of the project is slightly more expensive than usual for a bridge of its size, since the county will have to provide an accommodate those living on the dead-end side of the bridge. Records show at least 20 homes in that area. Bauserman said workers will build the bridge one half at a time to ensure residents always have access to their homes. A temporary crossing will be built during construction adjacent to the work. Commissioners also approved:
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Spring: Time to wash and wash and wash the dog Ah, spring. Season of washing the dog every few minutes. Not that we look forward to this ritual. On the contrary, in this house, dog-bathing is roundly dreaded – by the dog, who attempts to wander casually away when he hears water running into the deep sink in the bathroom, and also by my husband and me, because we know that even a bestcase scenario will leave both us and the bathroom splattered with water, coated with dog hair, and reeking of whatever that is in dog shampoo. It’s not scent, I know that. Scent is something that smells good. This smells like a night in a holding center. The one positive thing about it is how thoroughly protected against mites and fleas we all feel in the hours immediately after a bath. I feel downright invulnerable, and whether that’s because I’m fortified with fleafighting agents or because no decent flea would dream of getting close to any of us and possibly picking up that odor hardly matters. The fact is, I feel healthy and sanitized and also as if my fur is thick and shiny. Which is all very well, but if my husband and I develop even the slightest urge to go out in the yard and sniff for rabbits, we’re going to start taking the dog someplace else to be washed. That’s what my older daughter and her husband do. They drop off their dog on their way to work, and when they pick him up later, he’s clean and trim and he has a jaunty kerchief tied around his neck. Furthermore, Fritz loves the people who bathe him. Although he’s a shy dog, a dog so shy that my daughter and her husband can’t take him for a walk because if they do get him as far as the sidewalk, he’ll want to go back indoors if he sees a stranger. And
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I don’t mean a stranger approaching with his hand out, ready to scratch Fritz’s ears. I mean a stranger a MARGO block and a BARTLETT half away, a tiny, indistinct smudge that no one except this neurotic dog would even recognize as human. But I’ve drifted from my point, which is that once Fritz makes friends, he keeps them, and he is friends with his groomers. He cries with happiness when he enters the business, and apparently he can’t wait to jump into the tub to be sudsed. Our dog might learn to feel that way too, I’ve thought. He’d go eagerly off to his bath, and we’d be spared the drenching. Of course, before we can be drenched we have to find him. As far as we know our dog has had no stage experience – has never played Toto in “The Wizard of Oz,” has never been through a screen test for “101 Dalmatians,” or a remake of “Lady and the Tramp,” yet he has a sure sense of theater. When the water’s running into the downstairs sink, he can fake nonchalance all the way up the stairs and into the farthest corner of the farthest bedroom without once breaking character. That’s more acting than I can do as I follow along behind him, pretending I just want to see him up close. “Come on, Pip,” I say in wheedling tones that even I can see straight through. “Hey Buddy. Nothing bad’s going to happen.” Then, because I don’t like to lie to my dog, I feel compelled to acknowledge the truth. “You are, in fact, going to have a bath, but you don’t really mind
baths,” I say to him, or at least at him, since he’s under the bed. Even there, though, he manages to express innocent bewilderment: “I’m just lying under the bed minding my own business” he says. It’s almost enough to make me forget the bath and take him to Hollywood instead. But I can’t, because for the second (or third or fourth) time during the first few weeks of spring, he has gone outside and rubbed his neck in something so foul, so awful and stinky and horrible that one whiff of him, even outside on the porch, is enough to make me wish I owned a gas mask. If I’m both fast and lucky, I close the doors to the stairs before he can amble through them – so casually! If he were taller, he could be Clark Gable playing Mr. Butler. After that, the game is over. I carry him – turning my head away from his neck – to the sink, plump him into the water and watch as he slowly relaxes in the warm soapiness. “You do too like baths,” I tell him as I suds and rinse, suds and rinse. He just sighs and leans his wet head against me. But I know the truth. Because after I’ve lifted him out of the sink, stood back for the big shake, and cleaned the bathroom within an inch of its life, I’m barely given time to dry out myself before he’s turned his neck into another unspeakable outdoor spot and the ritual begins again. Ah, spring. If any season resembles paradise more than another to a dog, it’s this one, when every smell is front and center, and the very best ones can be applied directly to the neck. At least the bathroom’s clean. And yes, I do see the irony in that.
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It was an immense operation: their loyalty to the crown. Ralston was a restless young man. Like a number of people in After receiving a basic education, At its height, the Ralston Steel Car Co. employed hundreds of peo- Canada, and certainly like many more in the United States, Joseph See RALSTON, page A5 ple. Much of it Community is gone now. A Newspapers few of the factory buildings remain. But in its time —for ThisWeek is printed on recycled paper. Lee Cochran Rob Price almost 50 Stella Scharf Assignment Editor Sports Editor Advertising Account Executive years — the sscharf@thisweeknews.com lcochran@thisweeknews.com (740) 888-6023 Cairns Paul Comstock robprice@thisweeknews.com ED Ralston Steel Adam Community Editor Chief Photographer pcomstock@thisweeknews.com acairns@thisweeknews.com LENTZ Car Co. was a Local Office: 7801 N. Central Dr., Lewis Center, OH 43035 great Colum- Editorial Phone: (740) 888-6100 E-mail: editorial@thisweeknews.com Editorial Fax: (740) 888-6006 bus success. That story and the Classified Phone: (740) 888-5003 E-mail: classified@thisweeknews.com Classified Fax: (740) 548-8197 Service: 1-888-837-4342 if you have any questions about circulation or delivery. story of the man who made it hap- StephenCustomer Zonars Ben Cason Vice President, Executive Editor General Manager pen are well worth retelling. bcason@thisweeknews.com Joseph Stevenson Ralston was Corporate Office: P.O. Box 608, Lewis Center, Ohio, 43035, (740) 888-6100 Editorial Office: P.O. Box 608, Lewis Center, Ohio, 43035, (740) 888-6100 born near Hamilton, Ontario, in Advertising Office: P.O. Box 608, Lewis Center, Ohio, 43035, (740) 888-6000, fax (740) 888-6001 1865. His father, Robert Ralston, was a recent immigrant from Ireland. His mother, Sarah Springer Ralston, came from a family that ThisWeek is published each Sunday by Consumers News Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Dispatch Printing Company. A member of the Delaware Area Chamber of Commerce, Suburban Newspapers of America and the Association of Free Community Newshad been in America since 1680 papers. Consumers News Services, Inc. reserves the right to reject, cancel or edit any advertisement at any time. we make a substantive error in news coverage, we want to correct it. If you believe an error has been made, call the local office news Margo Bartlett can be reached but had fled to Canada during the Ifnumber that appears in this box. at mbartlett@thisweeknews.com. American Revolution because of CNS is not responsible for unsolicited photographs, manuscripts, press releases, etc.
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Ralston Steel Car Co. was ‘a truly great’ enterprise Continued from page A4 Ralston went to sea on a ship called the City of Calcutta out of Glasgow, Scotland. After a four-year apprenticeship, he came home, but soon was on the move once again. He spent a year in a lumber camp in Michigan and followed that with another year as a newspaper reporter. He then turned to the sale of real estate for a time and then began to read law at night while he worked during the day. He would never practice law, but he would always claim its study helped him in his later activities. Along the way, he married Anna
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Mar of Caledonia, Ontario. They had four children, three of whom lived to adulthood. By the turn of the century, Joseph Ralston was working in Chicago for a large manufacturer of railroad cars.
Delaware Library news The following programs are offered at the Delaware County District Library, 84 E. Winter St. For information, contact www.delawarelibrary.org or call (740) 362-3861. Library hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Registration is not required unless noted. • Spring Fling family program, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 22. Stories, crafts and more. Wear something with flowers! • Game day, 3 to 5 p.m., Thursday, March 24. Grades four to eight. Play “Just Danceâ€? on the Wii and other games (board and video) too. Refreshments. • Open Story Time, up to age 6, 6:30 p.m. Mondays. • Toddler Story Time, ages 2-3, 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. • Picture Book Time, ages 4-6, 10 a.m. Thursdays. Baby Time, for ages birth to 24 months, 11 a.m. Thursdays.
To anyone who lives in central Ohio today and arrives at a railroad crossing — with dozens of coal cars passing by — it may come as some surprise to learn there was a time not all that long ago when most of those coal cars did not exist. At the turn of the 20th century, the railroads were some of the most powerful corporations in America. But for all of that, most freight was still moved in wooden cars: box cars, tank cars or open top “gondola� cars. Many of these cars had to be unloaded by hand. Joseph Ralston, working with a young engineer named Anton Becker, developed plans for a new type of car. The entire car would be made of durable steel and would have a series of 16 trap doors along its bottom to permit coal or anything else to be quickly unloaded. Building a sample car, the two
young inventors demonstrated their product to some railroads that hauled a lot of coal. Several of them in Columbus said they would buy the new car if the inventors could find a place to manufacture it. They did just that. The Rarig Engineering Co. had been in business for some time at a distance from downtown Columbus along the rail lines that came into town from the east. Rarig had had some success making engines for industrial use, boilers, and even the superstructure for iron bridges. In the years before the Spanish American War, the company decided that its future lay in what we would today call “defense contracts.� The Navy was expanding in size and influence. The Army was more involved in more places more frequently, as well. All of these people would need heavyduty artillery and the ordnance carriages to hold them.
With outbreak of the Spanish American War, the company converted to wartime production in the confident assumption that the war would last for some time. The war lasted for 90 days. Not long thereafter, for a number of reasons, the company went out of business. It was at this fortuitous moment that Joseph Ralston and Anton Becker came to town looking for a factory location. They found the Rarig site. Beginning in 1905, Ralston and his financial backers began a process that was nothing short of amazing. Rarig Engineering had a big factory building but little about it had anything to do with building rail cars. The new company took the building and began to build rail cars. While this went on, it completely gutted the interior of the old building and then proceeded to build a brand new building several hundred feet long to accommodate an assembly line to produce rail cars. When all of that was done, the company then went back and tore down the old building and replaced it with a new building. And while all of this was happening, it continued to build steel cars. Between 1906 and 1911, the company built more than 10,000 of the new cars and soon found
them shipped to all parts of the world. As just one example, in 1909, the company sold 50 of its cars to the South Manchurian Railway and sent the entire consignment to China in pieces, packed in crates. Over the years, the Ralston Steel Car Co. built not only a factory but an entire community on the East Side of Columbus. The area sat on the north side of the rail yards to the east of Milo Grogan. It was a self-contained world with most of its residents earning their livelihoods at the great factory. Joseph Ralston died in 1920. F. E. Simons led the company from 1920 to 1935 and he was followed by Frank Livingston in the years after World War II. Through all of those years, the Ralston Steel Car Co. was one of the great industrial businesses of Columbus. Changes in America’s rail transport business after World War II made the company less competitive and it went out of business in 1953. If you visit the near East Side of Columbus today it is still not all that difficult to find the streets and structures and other traces of the Ralston Steel Car Co. — a truly great American enterprise. Ed Lentz writes a history column for ThisWeek.
Your business is looking good Ecological center news Stratford Ecological Center 3083 Liberty Road For more information on the following programs, to register or to volunteer, call (740) 363-2548 or e-mail treebeing@aol.com (registrations) or SECVolunteer@aol.com (volunteers) or SECEarthShare@ aol.com. • Kids Nature Club, 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 26. Sixto 12-year-olds will plant seeds, cultivate the soil and harvest the produce. Group is limited to 12. Cost is $50 a year. • “Sheep to Sweater,â€? teens and adults, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday,
March 26. The shearer will shear, the newly shorn fleece will be washed, participants will make a spindle and learn to spin. Each person will leave with some wool, a spindle and felting needles. Group is limited to 20. Cost is $35. • “Sheep to Sweater,â€? homeschoolers ages 8 and up, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, March 28. The shearer will shear, the newly shorn fleece will be washed, participants will make a spindle and learn to spin. Each person will leave with some wool, a spindle and felting needles. Group is limited to 20. Cost is $35.
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SUNBURY COUNCIL OWU adds $5-million to renovate Stuyvesant Hall Continued from page A1
Continued from page A1 each, Hatcher said. The project would also renovate the wings’flat roofs to make them similar to the pitched roof of the main building. Construction also would allow OWU to add about 40 rooms, with 40 to 50 beds, to the residence hall. Overall, the renovated building would house about 292 students. Built in 1931 in an early Georgian style, Stuyvesant Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. Hatcher said the sustainable building materials will be used in the project. The building will have new energy-efficient heating and cooling and new fluorescent lighting. Hatcher was not able to put a dollar amount on the savings. Hatcher said the Stuyvesant Hall renovation was one of OWU president Rock Jones’initiatives. Jones
came to the university in 2008. “The university is excited about this project and the opportunity it provides to improve the residential campus experience for our students and to enhance and restore Stuyvesant Hall,” Hatcher said. Stuyvesant Hall is the oldest residential hall on campus and one of the largest, Hatcher said. During construction, the building will be closed for one academic year. To account for the lost dorm space, OWU will reconfigure current residence space and have more students in existing spaces. Craig Ullom, vice president of student affairs, said providing housing for all students will be the biggest challenge. In some cases, a suite’s study area might become living space for two, allowing six students instead of four. Resident assistants who live alone in double-occupancy rooms also would be moved to single
rooms. The hall currently has 254 beds, and the university probably won’t find 254 other spaces for those students on campus, Ullom said. As a result, some seniors will be released from their housing agreements to live off-campus. Off campus students can buy meal points to get meals on campus. Ullom said students are very excited about the renovation. “I think it will make a huge difference,” he said. Ullom said the hall will have new windows, bathrooms, and furniture. Small study lounges and large group spaces will be added to each floor. OWU has 1,850 students and has enough housing for 1,700, Ullom said.
Grady news Grady Memorial Hospital, 561 W. Central Ave. For more information on the following programs or to register, contact the Grady Life Center at (800) 837-7555, (614) 4HEALTH, or visit www.ohiohealth.com. • “Once a Month Cooking” class, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 22. An experienced facilitator will explain how to spend one day cooking and freezing meals for the month. Cost is $25 and includes a book.
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Names in the news Main Street elects 2011 officers Main Street Delaware elected 2011 officers at its annual meeting. Jesse Carter, a Delaware General Health District employee, was elected president. Vice president is Cole Hatcher, an Ohio Wesleyan University employee. Charlene Fisher of Huntington National Bank was elected treasurer, and Bill Preble of OWU was elected secretary. Outgoing president Joe Diamond was thanked not only for heading up the Main Street organization this year but also for
his eight years of service on the Main Street Board. He and his wife, Linda, have undertaken several award-winning building renovations and are partners in the downtown store, Beehive Books. Joe Diamond has been particularly active on Main Street’s design committee, whose members work to enhance downtown’s appearance. For more information about the Main Street organization, call executive director Frances Jo Hamilton at (740) 362-6050, visit Main Street Delaware’s Facebook page or e-mail mainstreetdelaware@yahoo.com.
additional $59,000. Hatfield also discussed the new park at General Rosecrans Elementary School. The park opened in August 2010 along with the school. Big Walnut School District owns about seven acres and the village owns about 14 acres that the school and the park sit on. The joint venture committee, members of the school district and village council, are working on the park project. Hatfield told council he plans to have everything finished before the start of the next school year. Martin said restrooms still need to be installed. Two small shelter houses will be built, along with trash and pet waste receptacles and several picnic tables. Two multi-purpose fields have been constructed, along with a larger shelter house and more than 4,000 feet of paved trails. Council also: • Appropriated $10,000 from the water fund to pay for electricity at the village’s water plant. • Approved a project that would repair about 105 feet of sanitary sewer located under state Route 3 about 18 feet north of the intersection of
Route 3 and U.S. Route 36-state Route 37. Martin estimated that the project will cost $50,000 to $60,000. The cost will be covered the village’s sewer fund. Parts of the sewer line are crushed and the line is in danger of collapsing. Because of the emergency, council is forgoing the normal bidding process and is getting estimates from two different companies. • Heard Martin say he is waiting to hear from David Miller of American Electric Power regarding a month-by-month detailed report for a billing error. The village was told it would receive a refund covering a three-year period, but the refund period was only for 31 months, Martin told council. Sunbury received a reimbursement check from American Electric Power for $18,369 for a billing error. AEP owed Sunbury a total of $20,201 for incorrectly charging the village for old street lights no longer in service. • Said Consolidated Electric will run 144 strands of fiber optic cable from Mount Gilead to its substation on Kintner Parkway in Sunbury at no cost to the village. The new fiber optic cable, used for high-speed internet, will open Sunbury up for economic development, Martin said.
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Historical society honors longtime volunteers By MARGO BARTLETT ThisWeek Community Newspapers
People interested in Delaware city and county history won’t soon forget the contributions made to the Delaware County Historical Society and the community by the late George and Marilyn Cryder. The Cryders – George died in 2002, Marilyn in 2010 – left behind them countless books, records, documents and other historical items that have helped both to define and detail Delaware’s history and to make available genealogical information to the legions of people who come to the historical society seeking just that. To honor the Cryders, and to celebrate a gift to the DCHS library from their daughter, Sandra Cryder, the Delaware County Historical Society, including both the research library and the Nash
House museum, will be renamed the Cryder Historical Center during a 2 p.m. ceremony on Saturday, March 26. The occasion will include sign changes, DCHS treasurer Jan Fleischmann said. The two-hour open house will be held at 157 E. William St. In addition to the renaming ceremony, tours will be offered and refreshments will be served. Fleischmann said both Cryders, but Marilyn in particular, transcribed an astonishing number of obituaries, death notices, diaries and other factual papers, work that was tedious at best. “They put together a lot of dry books (and) reference materials,” Fleischmann said. “Basically they were editors of historical materials for historians and genealogists.” While Marilyn was transcribing faded, florid penmanship into typewritten volumes, her husband was collecting and organizing pictures.
“The big picture with George is photography,” Fleischmann said. George Cryder managed the media center at Ohio Wesleyan University’s Beeghly Library as his day job, Fleischmann said. “He did love equipment.” DCHS president Brent Carson describes his relationship with the Cryders as a mentee describes his mentors. “He set me up with my first set of slides on Delaware,” Carson said of George. “He was big on the pictures.” As for the Cryders’grasp of their subject, “They were both very familiar with Delaware County history, and they were sticklers on facts,” Carson said. Speaking of sticklers, Marilyn transcribed obituaries – laborious work – with a patience that impressed all around her. The resulting tome was “Abstracts of Obituaries, Death Notices and Funeral Notices 1858-1919,” “and we sell those to this day; we get orders from
around the country,” Fleischmann said. Pauline Nash, after whom the Nash House museum is named, was an early driving force in the collection and organization of county history. She was followed by the Cryders. Marilyn was the museum curator as well as the historical society’s secretary. “So for at least 30 years, she (Marilyn) had two major roles, plus doing all this other stuff,” Fleischmann said. Carson said both Cryders, who met in 1949 when they were employed by the Starr Theatre on North Sandusky Street, also were fervent about collecting items of local significance. “If they knew people had things … They were so influential in getting people to donate,” he said. “They were constantly giving programs on history.” Sandra Cryder’s donation allowed the historical society to upgrade its research capability.
“The gift was in memory of both my parents,” Cryder wrote in an e-mail. “They were committed to preserving the historical artifacts housed at the society, and I felt they would want to extend that preservation to include digital documentation to allow these things to be shared with the widest audience possible. “I wanted to do something to commemorate their passion for local history, as well as the time and energy they devoted to the community, and this targeted gift was a perfect fit with my parents’ interests and the needs of DCHS.” The DCHS is seeking other targeted donations. Sponsors could support the society’s library, its artifacts, the Nash House or other, more specific items or areas, according to their own interests. For more information, call (740) 3693831 or visit www.delawareohiohistory.org.
End of an era: Cason retires as ThisWeek executive editor Continued from page A1 showed them the way as he coached, mentored and nurtured them. Ben leaves us in good hands.” Two of Cason’s first hires after he arrived at ThisWeek were Lee Cochran, now assistant managing editor and sports editor, and Sandy Wallace, news editor. “I came to ThisWeek from a small daily, and it took some time for me to get used to the different pace and schedule of weekly papers,” Wallace said. “But Ben’s vision for the papers was very clear. It was all about better reporting, better editing, bet-
ter writing. For Ben, content is key, regardless of whether it’s in print or online. “It will be very strange to walk in the newsroom on March 21 and know Ben won’t be there,” she said. “We’re losing a wealth of experience and institutional knowledge — but I think I can safely say that Ben’s influence will continue to be felt for a long time.” “Ben came to ThisWeek three months before me,” Cochran said. “Soon after I started, he explained his plan for improving the papers, and it’s a vision he has followed ever since and one that will continue. The success
we’ve had at ThisWeek is a credit to Ben and his vision. He knew what it took to be a successful newspaper and led us there. “He is a leader, a mentor and, most importantly, a friend. He will be missed by our readers and our newsroom.” After graduating from the University of Florida, Cason took a job at The St. Petersburg Times, where he met his wife, Carol.
Cason was news editor at The Washington Post during the Watergate scandal that eventually toppled President Richard Nixon. He said the Watergate episode was one of the most interesting times in his career. As news editor of The Post during that era, he put together many of the paper’s historic front pages. Cason said working for newspapers that were family-owned
has been important to him. “I feel fortunate to have worked for family-run operations almost my entire career — the Wolfe family in Columbus, the Graham family at The Washington Post and Nelson Poynter at The St. Petersburg Times,” Cason said. “Journalism is almost always better when it’s run by families who live in the communities than by faceless large
newspaper chains.” Cason said he remains a proponent of community journalism. “I think community journalism is the future of journalism,” he said. The Casons are the parents of two sons: Alexander lives in Charlotte, N.C.; David, his wife, Julie, and their two sons live in Worthington.
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Delaware school board cuts 16 teaching positions By JENNIFER BOYTAR ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Faced with a nearly $2.5-million budget deficit, the Delaware city school board on March 14 voted 4-1 to cut as many as 16 teaching positions and 14 other positions throughout the district. Superintendent Paul Craft outlined the cuts, which were being voted on in anticipation of major cuts in state funding after state legislators finalize the budget. His proposed cuts total $1.78million. Voting against the cuts was member Francis O’Flaherty, who expressed concerns about cutting teachers and the effect it will have on class sizes. O’Flaherty suggested that rather than cut teaching positions, the board eliminate extracurricular and cocurricular activities
districtwide, which would generate about the same amount of savings. Teacher cuts “will increase class size too much,” she said. “If you cut teachers, it affects every single student, but not all students are involved with extracurriculars.” O’Flaherty made a motion to table the vote on teacher cuts, but it died for lack of a second. “There’s no decision we’re going to make that’s going to make everyone happy,” said board chair Ted Backus. “We will do the best we can.” The cuts include one guidance counselor at $96,030; one gifted position, $80,000; one building level administrator position, $100,000; the Hayes career-based intervention position (the program will continue in a reduced format), $51,500; one intervention services position, $51,500; and 10 addition-
al certified teachers positions, $780,000; and reduced contract length for the director of pupil personnel, $25,000. Classified position cuts include one maintenance position, $64,700; one custodial position, $28,800; two secondary library aides, $44,500; three elementary noontime supervisors, $3,000; two special education aides positions, $50,000; and two and a half secretary positions, $74,200. Suggested program changes include changing kindergarten to an alternating full-day program, with the savings stemming from the elimination of midday busing, $105,000; limiting the extracurricular and co-curricular trips to a 50-mile radius, also cutting transportation costs, $18,000; reducing academic and co-curricular field trips by 50 percent, $40,000; and eliminating
German I at Hayes High School, $51,500. Along with the proposed cuts is a recommended revenue enhancement of $35,000, which will be generated by establishing a fee for extracurricular and cocurricular participation. This fee will be $35 for high school students and $25 for middle school students. Other possible cost-reduction cuts were discussed but not included in Monday’s vote. They include additional staff reductions, reducing busing to state-minimum standards, eliminating two bus routes, reducing the summer school program, transitioning the fourth grade strings program to an after-school activity, implementing furlough days, and implementing a step-freeze and 1 percent salary reduction for all staff members.
Prior to the cuts approved Monday, the district had already approved a 7percent cut in the discretionary budget, $314,000; the elimination of one literacy coach and one Educational Service Center contracted position at Woodward Elementary, $142,700; the elimination of Latin at Hayes, $54,700; and a fouryear reduction from the tax abatement fund, $125,000. Despite the “difficult” choices made, communications director Jennifer Ruhe said the district is still hopeful the cuts will not be as drastic as anticipated. Ruhe said superintendent Craft and district treasurer Christine Blue will attend a joint Ohio School Board Association and Ohio Association of School Business Officials workshop next week to gain additional information about the state budget.
BW board hears of funding increases for charter schools By BONNIE BUTCHER ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The Big Walnut school board on March 14 heard district treasurer Felicia Drummey say she has been talking with state Rep. Andrew Brenner and other legislators about the inequity in school funding. Student enrollment is growing in Big Walnut while it’s shrinking statewide, Drummey said. At
the same time, state funding to the district is shrinking, but that’s not the case for all schools, particularly charter schools, documents from the meeting show. From 2006 to 2011 the district’s student enrollment grew from 2,745 to 3,026, respectively. Statewide the enrollment numbers were 1.8-million and 1.77million, respectively. State funding for Big Walnut is decreasing from $4.89-million
in 2006 to an estimated $4.69million in 2011, said Drummey. Student enrollment in charter schools has grown from 91,153 in 2006 to 124,019 in 2011. State funding for charter schools was $481-million in 2006 and will be $710-million in 2011. The estimated 2011 funds per student that Big Walnut will receive from the state will be 1,551, down from 2006’s $1,784. Per-pupil state funding for char-
Events Organ concert set for March 21 The Columbus chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present a “Bach Birthday Bash” at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 21 at Asbury United Methodist Church in Delaware. The program is free and open to the public. The concert will feature Ohio State University associate professor of organ Paul Barte, a Johann Sebastian Bach impersonator and one of the recitalists. Other organists on the program are Alex Armstrong, Sally Casto, Robert Griffith, James Hildreth, Madeline Herzog and Terry McCandless.
Violist Matthew Scavo and cellist Jonalyn Snyder also will participate. Barte will share stories about what was happening in Bach’s life when he composed the music being played. Armstrong and Herzog are students at the Asbury Organ Academy; Casto is organist at Asbury UMC and director of the Asbury Organ Academy; Griffith is organ professor emeritus at Ohio Wesleyan University and organist at First Community Church; Terry McCandless is an adjunct professor of organ at Kenyon College and organist at Epiphany Lutheran Church in Pickerington; Hildreth is a private organ teacher and is the organist at
ipated. Eight teachers will be on maternity leave by the time the school year ends compared to three last year, and three are on medical leave this school year, compared to one last year. Some laid-off bus drivers were brought back into the force. • Recognized Emma Schwinne as student of the month. Schwinne is a fifth-grade student at General Rosecrans Elementary School. • Heard that Big Walnut Mid-
dle School will hold the Eagle Expression Preview 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, showcasing the musical and artistic talents of middle school students. • Heard that the Big Walnut Education Foundation is accepting college scholarship applications. The deadline to apply is April 14. • Recognized the retirement of Odis Horsley and thanked him for his years of service. He served from August 1982 to March 2011.
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Asbury series sets March 25 concert The Asbury Organ Series on Friday, March 25, will feature Duane Prill of Rochester, N.Y. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. Prill is a summa cum laude graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, where he studied organ with Robert Griffith. No admission will be charged at the recital. A freewill offering will be taken to help defray expenses. Asbury UMC is at 55 W. Lincoln Ave. For more information, call (740) 363-3611.
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Craig to play college soccer for Evansville By PATRICK DOLAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The University of Evansville stood out to Big Walnut High School senior Joel Craig for more than one reason when it came time to make his college decision. “(Evansville has) a good physical therapy program, which is what I’m going to major in,” Craig said. “And it’s a good soccer program. They have a great history and a great tradition there.” Craig signed a letter of intent last month to play soccer at Evansville. A member of the Big Walnut boys basketball team, he decided to wait until after the basketball season to have his signing ceremony, which was scheduled for March 18 at the high school. A center midfielder, Craig chose Evansville, a Division I team that went 7-10-1 last season, over Butler, Slippery Rock, Wright State and Xavier. “(Playing in college) has always been one of my dreams and it’s finally happening,” he said. “I’ve been
playing soccer all my life. Starting my freshman year, I thought I had a good chance (to play in college) because I was playing for a club team (Team Ohio Blast, formerly known as Blast F.C.) and I had the desire to play in college.” Last fall on the Big Walnut boys soccer team, Craig had 11 goals and five assists as the Golden Eagles went 10-6-2 overall and 3-4 in the OCCCapital Division to place fifth behind champion Olentangy Orange (7-0). “It was a pleasure to coach Joel,” Golden Eagles coach Charlie Brodhead said. “He was a varsity starter all four years and during that time he matured as a person and as a player. I’m really happy to see him rewarded (with a college scholarship) for all the work that he has put into soccer.” Brodhead believes Craig has what it takes to be successful at the college level. “He’ll have to understand that it’s a full-time job now, but he has the right attitude so that won’t be a problem for him,” Brodhead said. “He’s a complete player. He defends well
and he’s worked on his attacking. “He can be a very dominant player in the air. About 25 percent of his goals were on headers.” •The girls basketball team loses four seniors, including the program’s fifth all-time leading scorer in Tabatha Piper. Piper, a 5-foot-11 guard, was a four-year starter who finished with 975 points, trailing 1982 graduate Molly McCaughey (1,225), 1991 graduate Jennifer Christy (1,194), 1998 graduate Carey Stumpf (1,157) and 2007 graduate Summer Hale (1,055) on the program’s career scoring list. This season, Piper averaged 13.3 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists, leading the team in each category. She also led the team with 40 steals and 25 blocks and was named OCC-Capital Player of the Year and second-team all-district. “I would’ve liked to have seen her get (1,000 career points), but she had a good career,” coach Bob Scott said. The other three seniors are guards
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Big Walnut’s Kayleigh Hammond drives past Taylor Agler of Olentangy Orange on
See EAGLES, page B4 Jan. 25. Hammond, a junior, averaged 5.8 points a game.
Football
Schroeder to take over at Delaware By BRAD EMERINE ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Zebb Schroeder has been named football coach at Delaware Hayes High School. It will be the first head coaching job for Schroeder, who has 10 years of assistant coaching experience in Delaware County. He will replace Mike LoParo, who is leaving at the end of the school year to become Hilliard Bradley’s second head coach. “Coach Schroeder is a dynamic leader and his outstanding knowledge of both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball set him apart and will make him an outstanding fit for our program,” said Hayes athletics director Clint Fetty, who received more than 65 applications. Schroeder spent the past eight seasons at Olentangy Liberty. He was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for seven years after serving as the defensive secondary coach. During his tenure, the Patriots won
four OCC championships and made the state playoffs six times. “This is my first time to lead a program, and I’m very excited for the opportunity,” Schroeder said. “I have worked with great leaders like (Liberty football coach) Steve Hale and (Liberty baseball coach) Matt Lattig and I am very thankful that they gave me some opportunities and chances to help lead. I guess now it’s time for me to go out in the wild on my own, so to speak.” Schroeder, who earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Adrian College in 2001 and his master’s degree from Marygrove Coach in 2003, was wide receivers coach at Olentangy in 2001-02. Fetty said a 13-member committee comprised of parents, student-athletes, staff and community leaders was involved in the interview process. “We’re excited about the selection because we think coach Schroeder will continue to build See COACH, page B2
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Hayes’ Matt Bingaya, a junior, was the OCC-Capital Division Player of the Year after averaging 21.2 points and 11.2 rebounds.
Hayes Roundup
Boys team falls short of goals By BRAD EMERINE ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Despite winning eight of its final 10 games, the Delaware Hayes High School boys basketball team was unable to achieve any of its three goals. The Pacers did not win the OCC-Capital Division, did not play in the Fairgrounds Coliseum and did not win a Division I district championship. Delaware finished 15-7 overall, losing to Olentangy Liberty 54-51 in the second round of the district tournament Feb. 26 at Jonathan Alder. The Pacers, who went 113 in the OCC-Capital and finished second behind New Albany (13-1), needed to beat Liberty to reach a district semifinal at the Fairgrounds, where they haven’t played since 2006. “Although I am pleased with the progress that our team made collectively and I have
been pleased with the effort put forth by the kids, it’s paramount that we continue to raise the bar on our level of expectations,” coach Jordan Blackburn said. “We set three lofty, yet attainable goals, and with the loss (to Liberty) comes the blow that none of them were achieved. “I have no doubt that this season will serve as a catalyst to inspire our returning letterwinners to work their tails off and become better, more aware and complete players. Our goal is to become one of the pre-eminent teams in the district year in and year out, and that is something we failed to achieve, and are striving toward in 2011-12.” Rounding out the OCC-Capital standings were Mount Vernon (10-4), Olentangy Orange (9-5), Hilliard Bradley (7-7), Big Walnut (4-10), Watkins Memorial (1-13) and Franklin Heights (1-13). The Pacers were the only team to beat
New Albany in league play, winning 56-50 in overtime Feb. 11 to avenge their worst loss of the season — a 55-34 home loss Jan. 7. After nearing the midway part of the season at 7-2, that loss was the first of three in a row, as Delaware fell to Orange 57-54 on Jan. 14 and to eventual district champion Gahanna 54-45 the next day. Delaware rebounded to go through the second round of league play unbeaten, winning the last two against New Albany and Orange (55-44 on Feb. 18). The Pacers, who defeated Dublin Jerome 58-48 in the first round of district play Feb. 23 at Jonathan Alder, will lose five seniors, including starters Braxton Coleman (6-foot5 center) and Joe Weirtz (6-2 forward). Keith Butts (6-0 forward) was a part-time starter and a defensive catalyst. Troy Decker (6-2 forward) and Chase Pennington (5See PACERS, page B2
Young’s work at district tourney will be missed We are in the final days of one of my favorite times of the year — the district and regional boys basketball tournaments in the Fairgrounds Coliseum. Over the 16 years that I have written for ThisWeek Community Newspapers and the 43 years that I have been part of the media covering these exciting games, I have talked about these special days that those of us who love these events get to spend together for three or four weeks. It is a homecoming for a group of individuals who work very hard to make these games enjoyable for the teams, coaches and fans. Of these individuals, none has worked harder for the past two decades than tournament director Ralph Young, who is retiring after the games this weekend. He has dedicated his life to the betterment of the world of education and has been a wonderful, soft-spoken leader for all of us who work this tournament.
“I can honestly state that I have enjoyed coming to this tournament every day,” said Young, who was business manager LARRY for seven LARSON years before beginning his 12-year stint as tournament director, following the late Bill Alspach. “When I am asked about what I will remember most about this experience, it is real simple. It is the people that I have enjoyed most and I thank God that I can remember most of them. “It is the coaches, the officials, the kids, the workers and the fans that have made this so memorable. I have really loved every phase of the job I have been assigned to do and one of the main things I have learned along the See LARSON, page B2
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7 shooting guard) rounded out the senior class. Coleman averaged 6.1 points and five rebounds. “I think the biggest thing we will miss from our seniors is their leadership,” Blackburn said. “They are great people on and off the floor. We will miss Braxton’s rebounding and ability to score, Keith’s ability to defend any position on the floor, Troy’s leadership and intelligence, Chase’s toughness, and Joe became one of the rocks of our team as the year progressed. He hit several big shots and made several key plays down the stretch of games.” Junior Matt Bingaya, a 6-4 guard, was the OCC-Capital Player of the Year and first-team all-district. He averaged 21.2 points and 11.2 rebounds and was 144-for-235 from the field (61.1 percent). Sophomore point guard Mike Wells averaged 16.2 points, 5.1 assists and 2.9 steals and made 100 of 115 free-throw attempts (87 percent). He was first-team all-league and honorable mention all-district. Also expected to return are juniors Jacob Bosiokovic (6-6 forward) and Zack Parsons (511 shooting guard). Bosiokovic averaged 5.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.8 blocks, 2.4 assists and 2.3 steals and shot 52 percent from the floor. Parsons averaged 7.3 points and was 41for-104 (39.4 percent) from 3point range. “To beat most good teams in the tournament we need to have multiple people stepping up,” Blackburn said. “We must have more guys who can pass, dribble, shoot, rebound and defend. This year we had several players good at one or two of those things and very few who could do more than three. “We need our returnees and our first-year varsity players to elevate their games in these areas, particularly the ones they are weaker in. Five-tool, versatile basketball players are difficult to beat.” Blackburn also thinks some of this season’s freshmen, who set a school record with 18 wins, could be ready for varsity next season. Bosiokovic and Bingaya were named co-captains for next season. •The girls team finished 1010 overall, losing to Westerville North 67-46 in the first round of the Division I district tournament Feb. 16 at Olentangy. “Coaches are never pleased when goals aren’t met. ... Our goal was to have a winning season,” coach Erin Margraf said. “I was pleased with the improvement from our younger girls. They remained coachable and really tried to make adjustments as the year went on.” The Pacers finished 6-8 in the OCC-Capital, behind champion Olentangy Orange (13-1), Hilliard Bradley (12-2), New
onto the winning mentality coach LoParo began to build here,” Fetty said. “He was involved with a very successful program at Liberty, has a great football mind and is passionate and energetic. He’s also a very good social studies teacher and that will be a plus as well.”
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Schroeder said the program will work with three fundamental ideals. “First, we want to continue the traditions and community expectations set forth 30 to 40 years ago. With that in place, we want to build on the winning tradition and mentality that coach LoParo projected. And third, we want to do those things
and establish the new things that we believe will help push the program ahead.” Schroeder plans to meet with potential players on Monday, March 21, and will meet with members of the coaching staff shortly thereafter. bemerine@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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Taylor Franklin was one of five seniors for the Pacers, who finished 10-10 overall and 6-8 in the OCC-Capital Division.
Albany (10-4) and Big Walnut (9-5). Rounding out the standings were Watkins Memorial (311), Mount Vernon (3-11) and Franklin Heights (0-14). Delaware will lose seniors Corsica Barber, Cindy Bowman, Taylor Franklin, Anna Jones and Caroline Welker. Welker was first-team allleague and honorable mention all-district. She averaged 15.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.2 steals and will play next season at Ohio Wesleyan. “Caroline has worked very hard to establish multiple threats on the court,” Margraf said. “Starting her career with us as a freshman, she only played as a post (player) and stayed close to the basket. We saw opportunities to extend her game and worked on her ball-handling and outside shooting throughout the next three years, while still strengthening her post moves. Caroline worked extremely hard in the offseason and has turned into a very talented spot-up shooter. She is a great example to our younger players how commitment in the offseason pays off.” Bowman was special mention all-league. She averaged 8.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists. Barber was honorable mention all-league after averaging 6.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks. “I am very glad that my younger girls had the opportunity to play with Cindy,” Margraf said. “You don’t see her kind of drive, fight and mental toughness very often. She has one speed and she gives 100 percent at all times. She is a natural leader through example. “Corsica’s improvement through her senior year was impressive. She gradually worked her way in to a more dominant center role. She altered the shots of many inside shooters. She played the middle of our zone defense very well.”
Franklin averaged 1.5 points and Jones averaged just under one point a game in her first season on varsity. “Taylor Franklin gave us great minutes off the bench,” Margraf said. “Her defense was one of her best assets. Our entire program improved with the addition of Anna Jones to the team. This was her first and only year playing at Hayes, as she moved in her junior year and chose not to play until this year. Her selfless attitude and dedication to the team was beyond anything I could have asked.” Expected key returnees include freshman point guard Kristen McMillen (4.7 points, 2.3 assists), freshman guard Julie Bauer (3.4 points), junior guard Paige Stimmel (2.2 points, 2.2 assists), junior center Ronnie Kenley (3.3 points, 3.1 rebounds), junior forward Keyshawna Ximines (1.7 points, 2.4 rebounds) and sophomore forward Bethany Naegele (1.3 points). “Now that Kristen has a year of varsity experience, we expect her to become more aggressive and more of an offensive threat,” Margraf said. “We also expect more offense out of Bauer, especially points off rebounds. The coaching staff was pleased with her improvement. Her varsity minutes increased consistently as the year progressed.” Others on the roster included junior Andie Moore, sophomore Sarah Scott and freshman Maranda Merriman. “Our returning letterwinners need to find leaders within themselves,” Margraf said. “We lose three senior starters and five total. We had multiple seniors on the floor together at all times. Our returnees will have to get used to playing together as a team, and hopefully a committed summer will help.”
Schools announce coaching vacancies The following schools are seeking coaches: Thomas Worthington — Assistant track and field specializing in pole vault. Send résumé to athletics director Dan Girard at dgirard@worthington.k12.oh.us or fax to (614) 883-2275. Westland — Volleyball. Send résumé to athletics director Greg Burke at greg.burke@swcs.us.
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est opinion on things involving the tournament and has been so great in helping me remember to get all the little things done.” Much like the things I have written about the Fairgrounds and the thrills of the games played in this historic building,Young said it is the consistency that keeps these days so enjoyable. “You come back year after year and you see the same people in the same places,” Young said. “I have had the benefit of having guys like Dave Siess and Steve Kull working in the same position for every year. I see the same people on press row and it even goes so far that I can look at certain seats in the stands and see the same fans in those seats. Can you imagine if those seats could talk? What stories they could tell. What a history they could send to us of all the things that have happened since the first state tournament was held here in 1923. Some people call this the ‘Old Barn’ and maybe that is what it is, but this ‘Old Barn’ has been a great place for me to work for a long time.” Thanks to Ralph and Nancy
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Delande earns Super 12 captain honors By JEREMY STEWART ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Although Chase Delande of the Hilliard Davidson High School wrestling team won the Division I state title at 145 pounds, he’s still going to be treated like the younger brother of Bo and Spencer. Both Bo Delande, a 2007 Davidson graduate, and Spencer Delande, a 2009 graduate, were state qualifiers as seniors, but neither made the kind of run the youngest Delande did at the state tournament March 3-5 at Ohio State. Chase went 4-0, defeating Massillon Perry’s Tanner Lemon 9-4 in the championship match. Although neither of his older brothers won a state title, they had an influence on Chase getting one. “Being the youngest brother, they would beat up on me sometimes,” said Chase, who has been named captain of the 2010-11 ThisWeek Super 12 wrestling team. “I think that’s what helped me a lot. It made me mentally
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Chase Delande went 46-2 this season, capped with the Division I state title at 145 pounds.
stronger. I could take a beating.” Spencer often came to the practice room this season to help train his younger brother. With Spencer having a nearly 50pound weight advantage, Chase had a difficult time trying to control his brother. And for Chase, control was
what it was all about. “He’s great at turning people over,” coach Dominic DiSabato said. “He’s a strong kid even though he may not look like it. He’s tough. He’s really physical and he has that football player mentality where he’s going to make you feel pain.”
The only central Ohio wrestler to capture a state title this season, Chase Delande earned his 100th career victory in his match against Lemon. The junior finished the season 46-2. His only losses were to Mentor Lake Catholic’s Matt Fee at the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Holiday Tournament, which concluded Dec. 30. After that tournament, Delande was unbeatable. He swept through the OCC-Central Division dual matches, defeated Grove City’s Robert Coles 14-0 to win the Marysville sectional title Feb. 19 and defeated Olentangy Liberty’s Ethan Snyder 10-4 to win a district title Feb. 26. The state title gave Delande a state championship in two sports. He was a cornerback for the Davidson football team when it won the Division I state title in 2009. “In wrestling, it’s more of a thrill,” Delande said of winning a state championship. “In football, it’s a long game, two hours. In wrestling, it’s six minutes and all eyes are on you.”
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103), Josh Hall (Ready, Sr., 112), Caleb Hetterscheidt (Olentangy, Sr., 152), Evan Jackson (Hartley, Sr., 215), Morgan Miller (Marysville, So. 189), Tyler Miller (Marysville, Jr., 152), Nathan Pressley (Canal Winchester, Sr., heavyweight), Ryan Sanders (St. Charles, Sr., 215), Dan Satter thwaite (Grandview, Sr., 215), Chris Settles (Hamilton Township, Sr. heavyweight) and Craig Thomas (Olentangy Liberty, Sr., 152). •PAST CAPTAINS — Westerville North’s Josh Demas (2009-10), North’s Jesse Dong (2008), Westerville Central’s Brendan Barlow (2007), Westerville South’s Anthony Ciraky (2006), Hamilton Township’s Nick Hackett (2005), New Albany’s Larry Reichard (2004), Westland’s T.J. Enright (2003), Hamilton Township’s Jason Hackett (2002), DeSales’ C.P. Schlatter (2000-01), Ready’s Tommy Rowlands (2000) and Pickerington’s Keaton Anderson (1999).
•OTHER FIRST-TEAMERS — Al Caserta (Olentangy, Sr., 130 pounds), Angelo DiSabato (Davidson, Jr., 145), Travis Drumm (Heath, Sr., 215), Pat Elflein (Pickerington North, Jr., heavyweight), Trevor Fiorucci (Olentangy, Jr., 119), Noah Forrider (Marysville, So., 130), Andrew Higgins (Hilliard Bradley, Sr., 152), Brady Hutchins (Canal Winchester, Sr., 125), Ryan Murdock (Dublin Coffman, Jr., 112), Vince Pickett (Central Crossing, Jr., 160) and Bobby Smith (Ready, Fr., 103). •HONORABLE MENTION — Dom Barlow (Heath, Sr., 152), Conor Driscoll (Bradley, Jr., 145), Sufyan El-Geroushi (Hilliard Darby, Sr., heavyweight), Anthony Fosco (Olentangy, Jr., 135), Payton Gutierrez (DeSales, So., www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
Sports briefs Alumni football games planned Alumni Football USA is organizing teams of former high school players who want “to play in one more full contact football game.” Players can sign up at AlumniFootballUSA.com or call (877) 578-8547. Teams are limited to 40 players. Games will be played around Ohio in August. Alumni Football USA will provide the equipment.
OWU’s Beckenbach to enter CoSIDA hall Ohio Wesleyan University sports information director Mark Beckenbach has been selected for induction into the hall of fame of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Beckenbach, a 1981 OWU gradu-
ate, has served as the school’s sports media contact for more than 25 years. He will be inducted into the CoSIDA hall of fame during the organization’s annual national convention June 2630 in Marco Island, Fla. CoSIDA hall of fame members are chosen by a vote of more than 90 previous inductees.
Girls lacrosse club registering players Midwestern Force Lacrosse, a girls travel club, is registering players for its summer season that begins June 1. Players are divided into three age groups: elementary (grades 1-5), middle school (grades 5-7) and high school (grades 8-11). For registration information, visit www.MidwesternForceLacrosse.com. Informational meetings also will
be held April 16-17 in Columbus. Email midwesternlax@yahoo.com for details.
GCSTO holding swim tryouts The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) is looking for new athletes for its spring season, including its evening swim team programming and its daytime home school programming. New swimmers are allowed a week with the team to see what it has to offer before deciding to commit. The team practices at Columbus Academy, the Concourse Hotel Fitness Club and St. Charles Preparatory School. The team also has started a scholarship program for students in Columbus City Schools. Athletes who have competed only for summer and high school teams, or those new to swim-
ming, are eligible for the scholarships. For more information, contact GCSTO coach Steve Nye at (614) 478-5445 or stevenye@sbcglobal.net. More information also is available at www.gcsto.com.
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GCSTO offers lessons, training The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) is offering swimming lessons, competitive stroke analysis camps, teen fitness programming and life guard certification training sessions this spring and summer at various locations around Columbus. For more information on the stroke analysis camps, contact GCSTO coach Steve Nye at (614) 478-5445 or stevenye@sbcglobal.net. For more information on lessons, teen fitness and lifeguard training,
Registration is under way for the 2011 Ohio Police and Fire Games scheduled for June 12-17 in Fairborn. All first responders are eligible to compete in the games, which will feature more than 40 events. A list of events, schedules and registration forms can be found at www.TheOhioPoliceandFireGames.org. For more information, contact Joseph A. Mahan, president of the Ohio Police and Fire Games, at (937) 3354336 or mahan@TheOhioPoliceandFireGames.org.
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EAGLES Continued from page B1 Julia Evans and Roni Walker and guard/forward Jazmine Reed. Reed, a three-year varsity player and two-year starter, and Evans averaged 3.8 and 3.4 points, respectively. “(Reed) was not a big scorer, but she does all the other things,” Scott said. “She’s a very smart player.” Big Walnut finished 14-8 overall and 9-5 in the OCC-Capital, placing fourth behind Orange (13-1), Hilliard Bradley (12-2) and New Albany (10-4) and ahead of Delaware (6-8), Mount Vernon (3-11), Watkins Memorial (3-11) and Franklin Heights (0-14). Seeded fifth in the Division II district tournament, the Golden Eagles had a first-round bye and defeated 10th-seeded Beechcroft 53-43 in the second round Feb. 22 before losing to second-seeded Eastmoor Academy 40-32 in a district semifinal Feb. 28. “I think a lot of people thought we’d have a so-called rebuilding year,” Scott said. “To an extent, I think we were (rebuilding). But the last six years, we’ve been one of the top five or six teams in the district. That’s our goal every year.” Expected to return are juniors Megan Amos (guard), Kayleigh Hammond (guard), Megan Walters (forward) and Calen Williams (guard), sophomores Stephanie Adkins (guard), Emily Chucta (guard/forward), Samantha Klinedinst (guard) and Alexis Newman (guard) and freshman Skylar Fleak (post player). Newman, who made second-team all-league and honorable mention all-district, averaged 11.6 points but missed the final eight games after tearing the ACL and meniscus in her right knee during a 50-23 win over Watkins Memorial on Jan. 21. Hammond averaged 5.8 points and made honorable mention all-league. “We have some experience coming back,” Scott said. “The kids just have to keep working (in the offseason) to get better.” •The boys basketball team loses three seniors in Craig (forward), A.J. Fleak (forward) and Glen Storey (forward) but expects to return its top four scorers. Craig averaged 7.7 points to rank fifth on the team behind junior guard Tyler Beam (13.5), sophomore forward Seth Myers (8.1), junior guard Grant Beam (7.7) and junior forward Seth Wandling (6.7). Big Walnut finished 7-15 overall and 4-10 in the OCC-Capital, placing sixth behind New Albany (13-1), Delaware (11-3), Mount Vernon (104), Orange (9-5) and Bradley (7-7) and ahead of Franklin Heights (1-13) and Watkins Memorial (1-13). The Golden Eagles were seeded 16th of 26 teams in the Division II district tournament. They defeated Sparta Highland 57-37 in the first round Feb. 22 before losing to fifth-seeded Centennial 57-30 in the second round Feb. 25.
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“(The season is) disappointing from a record standpoint,” said third-year coach Mike DeLaney, whose team finished 12-10 overall in each of his first two seasons. “But I couldn’t ask for any more in terms of effort. The kids tried to do what we asked them to do.” Six of the Golden Eagles’ losses were by eight points or fewer, including five by four points or fewer. “We had five losses where we had an opportunity to tie or win in the last minute of the game,” DeLaney said. “If we turn that around, (our record is) pretty close to what (it has) been in the past. If we had made four more shots a game, what would our record have been? And that’s not asking a lot.” In addition to Grant Beam, Tyler Beam, Myers and Wandling, expected to return are juniors Trent Martin (forward), Zach Mason (guard), Nate Seawell (guard) and Todd Tarney (guard) and sophomores Carson Chatterton (forward), Grant Corven (guard), Zach Laughman (guard) and Adam Shaheen (guard). Tyler Beam was named second-team all-league and honorable mention all-district and Myers was honorable mention all-league. DeLaney wants to see his players work on their shooting in the offseason. The Golden Eagles shot only 38 percent from the field during the regular season. “That’s the biggest thing we need to improve,” he said. “That’s where it has to start. We have to improve our ability to score. The frustrating thing is we were holding opponents to 41 percent (from the field).”
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AMATO PUBLIC AUCTION Saturday March 26, 11’ @10 am 34 COVENTRY RD., DELAWARE, Ohio (signs posted on W. Central Ave. & Pennsylvania Ave.) GREAT FURNITURE-HOUSEHOLD includes: La Z Boy 8 cushion corner sectional sofa w/dble. sofa bed and recliner; Vaughn Bassett 4 pc. QUEEN bedroom suite includes high back bed, 9 dwr. dresser w/mirror, 5 dwr. chest; 3 pc. KING size bedroom suite; serving cart; matching modern walnut 6 drawer dresser w/mirror, 5 drw. chest; tan 2 cushion sofa; recliner & swivel rockers; butcher block top kitchen table w/4 chairs; plank bottom rocker; pr. Ice cream chairs; coffee table, stands & lamps; TV’s & entertainment center; Dell computer and desk; Bissell Quick steamer; stools; fans; 2 two drawer ftle cabinets; 2 glass door 6 gun cabinet; oak wash stand; white crock bowl; ACW 16 sad iron; Iver Johnson Champion 12 ga sshotgun; Daisy 105 BB gun; George Foreman grill; pot, pans, misc. dishes; electric washer & dryer; small appliances; TRUCK-RIDING MOWER-TOOLS: 1985 Chevy S10 pickup, with 137,528 original miles, auto, v/6, A/C, good condition; like new MTD Yard Machine 6.75 hp, 24” cut, rear bagger; gas 21” MTD snow blower; Master Mechanic tool chest; misc. hand & power tools; Craftsman 125 psi tire inflator, 9.6 volt drill; WAuto 6 amp. Battery charger; A frame swing; lawn spreader & 3’ sweep; wheel barrow; 36’ alumn. extension ladder; yard & garden hand tools; his & hers Murray bikes; other misc. garage items (gun & truck sell approx. @ noon) Terms: Cash, check, major credit cards w/ID. 4% buyer’s premium waived for cash or check. Restroom - NOTE: Dottie is downsizing to smaller quarters, Plan to Attend this very nice auction, Thanks
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REAL ESTATE AUCTION THURSDAY MARCH 24, 2011 AT 6:00 PM 4 BAY MAINTENANCE FACILITY PROPERTY LOCATION: 0 Sedwick Ave Sunbury, Ohio 43074 at the Corner of Sedwick and North Vernon St. Sedwick goes East of Columbus St. The former bus maintenance facility of Big Walnut Local schools will be offered at public auction with a minimum bid of $125,000 dollars. The building offers 3144 square feet having a concrete floor, office area, restroom and 4 overhead doors. Door sizes are (2) 10' 6" x 12' (1) 11' 6" x 14' and (1) 8'x 8'. The building is 58' deep. The building is complete with a Clean burn used oil furnace w/holding tank and pump along with an overhead gas heater. There is a 48’ by 60’ concrete approach area. The building is situated on lots 388-392 inc being approximately 122’x 125’ totaling 0.350 acres. Property will be open for inspection on WEDNESDAY MARCH 9 FROM 5-6 PM. AND SUNDAY MARCH 20 FROM 1-3 PM. Property sells in its present AS-IS condition with no warranties expressed or implied by seller or sellers agent. Buyer required a $10,000 dollar deposit day of sale with balance in 30 days. Phase 1 study has been ordered and will be available to buyers upon its completion. Any and all due diligence must be completed prior to day of sale this includes any future use plans. The property is presently zoned C-2 commercial district according records obtained through the Village of Sunbury. A small assortment of personal property will also be offered please follow website and Sunbury news for these items that will be offered. Truck 1986 Chevy 3/4 ton 4wd pickup 147K w/Meyer snow plow; Campbell Hausfield 60 gal upright compressor.
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• 2nd Floor Garden Style Condo • Loads of Upgrades! • Stainless Steel Appliances and Breakfast Bar • Cathedral Ceiling • Gas Log Fireplace • Owner’s Bath with Garden Tub • View of Pond from Balcony • Deck, Storage, and Garage HI760 $114,900
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