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Action expected Monday on Carter contracts Grassroots group attempting to remove 2 school board members from office By SCOTT HENNEN ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The fate of Mike Carter will be decided Monday, March 21, but that might not be the only development involving Johnstown-Monroe Local Schools. Carter, the dean of students, athletics director, football coach and weight-room supervisor at the high school, will learn his future when the board of education holds its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Johnstown Village Council chambers, 599 S. Main St. Carter was told in December that contracts for his four positions would not be renewed by the board. He has been the school’s football coach since 2002. “Action will be taken, but I can’t talk about that until the agenda comes out, which will probably be (March 19),” said Damien Bawn, superintendent of Johnstown schools. “But I won’t comment on it then, though, because no action has been taken.” ThisWeek requested the personnel file for Carter, whose given name is William Michael Carter. There also is a Mike Carter who is district technology coordinator. In all of coach Carter’s evaluations, he was given the highest overall performance rating, whether it was “commendable” in early evaluation forms or “meets standard” in later forms. In his last four evaluations — dated March 31, 2010, and Dec. 16, 2010, and

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Johnstown-Monroe High School football coach Mike Carter has the attention of his team during a 2009 game. Coach Carter’s future with the team and the school is expected to be decided at Monday night’s board of education meeting.

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Village wrestles with possible pay raises WALLET: By JENNA GANT ThisWeek Community Newspapers Johnstown Village Council’s finance committee met March 15 to discuss future salaries for police and service department employees. Village manager Jim Lenner said the committee wants to decide whether those two departments’ employees would receive pay increases in 2012. “We just didn’t want to get to November and everyone asks questions about salaries,” Lenner said. He said the service department is proposing pay increases based on merit — “performance evaluations, how well they do the job.” The police department is looking at a fourstep pay increase where employees “aren’t guaranteed (pay increases) in four years but if council permits a raise, they know what step they

According to Heiser, the police department in 2011 will receive an estimated $869,650 for A closer look police personnel costs, including benefits, while the service department is expected to cost According to Johnstown finance director $873,900 for employees working with the vilLarry Heiser, the police department in lage’s streets, water and sewer divisions. 2011 will receive an estimated $869,650 Heiser said the police department was promfor police personnel costs, including ised a pay raise at the end of 2009 and employees benefits, while the service department is received higher salaries until June 2010. expected to cost $873,900 for employees “Then the raises were taken away and set back working with the village’s streets, water to the way it was at the end of the year, so oband sewer divisions. viously, it’s created some tension there,” Heiser said. Police chief Don Corbin and service director would go to next,” Lenner said. Johnstown finance director Larry Heiser said Jack Liggett butted heads over where the money should go in 2012 if there’s enough cash for he’s already working on the 2012 budget. “We’re trying to hit it early to figure out how raises. “It sounds to me like you are saying, chief, we handle it, what kind of police department we want and what that cost is to the village,” See PAY RAISES, page A3 Heiser said.

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Cason retires as ThisWeek executive editor By JEFF DONAHUE he has every week since cluding a career that ThisWeek Community Newspapers 1993. spanned the height of the However, come MonWatergate era as an ediFriday, March 18, marked the end day morning, for the first tor at The Washington of an era at ThisWeek Community time in 18 years, he won’t Post to building one of Newspapers. be leading a newsroom disthe nation’s most reLate that afternoon, vice president cussion on politics or the spected community newsand executive editor Ben Cason will NCAA basketball tournapaper organizations. Ben Cason shut down his computer, gathered ment. Under Cason’s leaderhis cell phone and coat and quietly Cason announced his retirement ship, ThisWeek Community Newsstroll edout of the newsroom the way to ThisWeek staffers March 11, con- papers have won hundreds 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

Education system not working By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers A group of Northridge Local School District residents calling themselves WALLET (Wallets Against Large Levies and Excessive Taxes) originated last spring, when one resident’s doubts about school levies prompted him to prepare a “vote no” mailing to district residents. With each passing election, the group adds a few more members, said founder Bill Jones. “People started writing to me, these little old ladies, saying thank you for standing up for us, we’re on a fixed income,” said Jones, who owns three properties in the district and operates a small business that employs 10 people. “You know if some are writing there are a lot more who agree but are not taking the time to write.” Soon enough, Jones’s neighbor Susan Smith, herself a retired public school teacher who continues to work part-time, was working with Jones. Smith was bothered by the closing of old school buildings in favor of more expensive new buildings. See NOT WORKING, page A2

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Johnstown Historical Society to begin bicentennial planning By JENNA GANT ThisWeek Community Newspapers Terry Priest of the Johnstown Historical Society is thinking bicentennial, and to get people to start making plans for the 2013 celebration, he has called a meeting for all residents at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at the Opera House. Priest said he would like to see a village bicentennial where projects and activities happen throughout the entire year.

“Two years I figured might be enough time to get a lot of this stuff done so when the bicentennial actually gets here, we can have a yearlong celebration of just different events on different weekends,” Priest said. He said he’s calling the meeting to see who’s interested in “doing something historical.” “If you live here, why not learn something about it?” he said. Priest said he’s looking for residents’ help in gathering documents and old

photos, as well as people who’d “probably enjoy identifying some of these people in pictures. “I’m talking about informational things that could be put on discs or scrapbooks, histories that could be written,” he said. “The history of Johnstown is not just buildings, it’s also what did people do in their life for fun.” Priest said he’d like residents to invest in the village and form projects from the pictures and historic information.

“Everybody has an interest in something, so why not go back in Johnstown’s history, find out what people did here in that general area and let’s keep it recorded in some way,” he said. Besides recording its history, Priest also envisions the community working on projects to beautify Johnstown and “get them involved in making their own history.” He said that could include anything

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Continued from page A1 “I felt the school district was not really using their money very wisely,” Smiths said. “They closed down some older buildings that they did not maintain properly, then they wanted the community to build all new ones and increase our taxes.” In a single election, Smith said her taxes rose by $800 a year. What had been about $1600 per half year rose to $2000. “They just keep increasing the taxes,” Smith said. “My husband is retired, and I’m retired as a school teacher but I work part time because I’m not full retirement. “I worked 14 years as a public school teacher then four years as a private school teacher, so I did not get my full retirement with the State Teachers Retirement (System).” Jones said he wants schools to truly operate like a business — which he said means cutting costs you don’t think you can cut. “No one ever tells the taxpayer story,” Jones said. “They get these flyers from the school that they send home with the kids. Nobody ever says, ‘Let’s question some things and make sure we are getting value for our money.’” Jones said his children attend a private Christian school for which he pays about $3500 annually for tuition, less than half the cost of the public schools. Both Smith and Jones say they do not necessarily object to the higher pay and benefits enjoyed by public sector employees, but they are not willing to pay more taxes for continued increases. “I understand the teachers’ point of view, wanting a good salary, and they should be paid a good salary,” Smith said. “I’m a recipient of the bene-

fits, since I’m getting the state teachers retirement I paid into and the school district paid into. So I understand that point of view. “But I think they need to be more careful with what they are spending their money on and not continue wanting increases every election. If we’ve had to tighten our belts a lot — the public — I think the schools need to also.” Jones said teachers in private schools have low wages, little or no retirement and limited insurance. He said he does not advocate such low salaries for public schools but he does argue for striking a medium. “The average teacher salary in our (private) school … is about $20,000 in our school, and they have limited health insurance and I don’t think they have a retirement plan,” Jones said. “Some of them have second jobs.” But the majority of them, he said, seem to find the trade-off worthwhile when they are able to teach the way they want to — “to enforce their standards and regulations because it’s a private school.” To the argument that the school funding system requires regular property tax increases, Jones said the districts cannot assume the taxpayers will agree with such assumptions. “Just because that’s the system does not mean taxpayers have to go along with it,” Jones said. He said the education community has built a complex system that no one can pay for. Education is not about money, Jones said. “You want good educated teachers, but you really just need somebody who knows the subject matter who can stand up front and capture their attention and be able to teach,” he said. It’s turned into a large machine that’s way over-complicated.”

“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 familyrun 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.

Continued from page A1 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 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, better 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.”

PLANS Continued from page A1 from fixing up a community park to restoring older buildings. Priest said the meeting would give community members ideas of what they could work on during the next two years. “With a little bit of direction I bet they could get a lot done in two years as far as fixing up some things that need to be fixed,” Priest said. The Johnstown community has people with lots of skills and talents who can put together a great bicentennial celebration while preserving its history for future generations, Priest said. He just wants to get everyone involved to make the great commemoration happen. Residents will also be able to view the 1963 sesquicentennial parade at the bicentennial meeting.

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PAY RAISES Continued from page A1 my guys are getting raises on utilities all the time,” Liggett said. “That’s not my point,” Corbin said. “My point was your department generates money. The police department does not, so it’s much easier for you to budget your money into salary increases then it is for me because we don’t generate any money.” Lenner said if the village doesn’t have money to pay for salary increases, then employees won’t receive any raises next year. “I understand what the chief (Corbin) is talking about. The general fund is getting stretched and stretched and stretched,” Lenner said. “Not only do we pay salary, we have benefits, associations, so Larry and I will work on what exactly (for example) $21.50 is going to mean because it’s not just $21.50,” he said. Lenner said he’s optimistic that future village income will help offset some of the salary costs. “We’ve got more and more people, more houses and more residents,” he said. The finance committee will meet again on

March 28 to continue discussing salaries, and will review three brokers looking to refinance the village’s water bond. Also on March 15, Danielle Cox of West Jersey Street asked council to allow on-street parking on Jersey Street near South Main Street. “The neighbors are going to be selling their house and half of my driveway is theirs, so I will not have any driveway in about three months when they try to sell their house,” Cox said. Parking on Jersey Street is prohibited based on a village ordinance passed in December 2007. Lenner said the village is considering two options: have a new curb put in near Cox’s property if room allows or secure the property from Cox’s new neighbors to allow Cox to continue using her driveway. Council unanimously appointed Patti Barlitt as a utility laborer with the village service department, contingent on completion of a background check and drug test. The position was vacant for two and a half months prior to her employment. www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Action expected Monday on Carter contracts Continued from page A1 Feb. 14 and March 10 this year — all individual categories were marked “meets standard.” In the final three evaluations, which were omitted from the records supplied by the district’s administrative office, the overall performance was “exceeds job expectation.” Carter provided ThisWeek with the three latest evaluations. “(Coach Carter’s) contract is up for renewal, so I don’t have to comment on any action taken, even if no action is taken (at the board meeting),” Bawn said when asked about actions taken on an employee who has received “exceeds job expectation” on his performance evaluation. “We do not have to comment on contract decisions.” Members of a grassroots organization, originally organized in December to bring attention to Carter’s contract situation, say they have gathered signatures on a request for Licking County Commons Pleas Court to remove two of the five school board members, president John Davis and Terry Holter. According to documents provided by the Licking County Board of Elections, in order to be removed from office, an elected official must be guilty of misconduct in office for: • Willfully and flagrantly exercising authority or power not authorized by law. • Refusing or willfully neglecting to enforce the law or to perform any official duty imposed upon him by law. • Gross neglect of duty. • Gross immorality.

• Drunkenness. • Misfeasance (inappropriate action or intentionally incorrect action), Mike malfeasance Carter (acts that are legally unjustified, harmful or contrary to law) or nonfeasance (inaction or neglect) in office. Patti Norris, a spokeswoman for the Concerned Citizens on Behalf of Johnstown School Students and District, said the signatures and request may be submitted as early as Monday, March 21. The other board members are vice president Karen Blair, Polly Moore and Jay Young. “We decided to try to remove the two board members because they have the longest terms remaining,” Norris said. “The other three members are up for election in November.” The move is referred to as a removal, not a recall. According to Sue Penick, director of the county board of elections, a recall is for municipal employees, while a removal applies to other elected officials, in this case, school board members. “Removing someone from office is a lot more difficult than most people think,” Penick said. “You have to have the number of signatures numbering no less than 15 percent of total votes cast in the last gubernatorial election, which was last November.” In addition, she said, there must be proof that the official in question is guilty of misconduct in office.

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“No matter what happens to coach Carter, we plan to continue the action against the board members,” Norris said. “We have at least 550 names on the petition and they told us they needed to get 480 signatures, but we’re going to get as many names as we can.” Penick said a timeline for the removal process would be determined by the common pleas court, assuming enough of the signatures gathered by the grassroots group are verified by the court. “Normally, (the number of valid signatures is determined) by the number of school district voters in the last gubernatorial election, but a lot of the precincts were split (with multiple school districts) and the district lies in multiple counties, making it hard to pin down who is who in the precinct (and the number of signatures needed),” Penick said. “I have nothing that I can call up and easily determine the exact number. We talked about using the numbers from the last levy election, which I believe was in 2009, and sticking with those numbers. We think that would be the most fair and be the closest to the numbers we need. I guess it all depends on what the common pleas court wants.” Gary Walters, Licking County clerk of courts, said the removal proceedings could be decided by a judge or even a jury. “According to Ohio Revised Code 3.08, the complaint would be submitted with the appropriate signatures, which need to be verified,” Walters said. “Then the process can take as long as necessary, whether it is with a judge or possibly even through a jury.”

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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 positively invulnerable, and whether that’s because I’m fortified with flea-fighting 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 I don’t mean a stranger approaching with his hand out, ready to scratch Fritz’s ears. I mean a stranger a block and a 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 MARGO be drenched BARTLETT 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 bathroom 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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‘Old Barn’ remains Young at heart 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 LARRY those of us who love LARSON 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 By Eric George/ThisWeek the betterment of the world of education and has been a won- New Northridge football coach Kyle Cutnaw works with players in the weight room March 17. Cutnaw, who had been an assistant at Kenyon College and Otterbein derful, soft-spoken leader for all University, said, “I missed everything about high school football.” 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 for seven years before beginning his 12-year stint as tournament director, following the late Bill By SCOTT HENNEN leaving for Otterbein. Alspach. “When I am asked ThisWeek Community Newspapers “I had the opportunity to get into college about what I will remember most coaching, which is something I wanted to about this experience, it is real Kyle Cutnaw knew about the Northridge do at the time and it also allowed me to go simple. It is the people that I High School football program from his time back to school and get a master’s degree,” have enjoyed most and I thank recruiting Licking County as an assistant said Cutnaw, whose Edgerton team went God that I can remember most coach at Kenyon College and Otterbein 1-9 in 2006. “Then I was the offensive coof them. University. ordinator for three seasons at Kenyon.” “It is the coaches, the officials, Northridge fit what Cutnaw was looking The Lords were 1-9 in 2008, 3-7 in 2009 the kids, the workers and the for when he decided to leave college coachand 0-10 in 2010. fans that have made this so meming and return to his roots in Friday night “I had a great experience at Kenyon and orable. I have really loved every football. I had fun, but it was just different in colphase of the job I have been as“I missed everything about high school lege,” Cutnaw said. “In high school, you signed to do and one of the main football,” said Cutnaw, who was hired last have family and friends at games and even things I have learned along the month to lead the Vikings’ program. “I was have three or four generations of people way is that every person that born and raised in Ohio and there is noththere on a Friday night. We played on Satworks with you is unique and if ing like high school football on a Friday urday afternoon at Kenyon and we didn’t you just stand back and let them night with the whole community out there even have a band. There are just some asdo their job, what a job they will to watch you play.” pects of high school football that you just do. We haven’t really changed Cutnaw had been the offensive coordican’t beat.” much over the years, but I feel nator at Kenyon the past three seasons after Cutnaw replaces Tim Priest, who resigned that if the wheel isn’t broke, you spending a season as an assistant at Otter- as coach in November after five seasons don’t need to fix it.” bein in 2007. and a 15-35 record. Reflecting on his tenure at the “Kyle has a lot of good experience for a The Vikings finished 1-9 overall last fall, Fairgrounds, Young said, “This young guy,” Northridge athletics director losing their final seven games. They also has been such a great staff to Wayne Howard said. “He’s really serious went 0-7 in the MBC to finish last behind work with and I learned so much about his business. He came in the door champion Fredericktown (7-0). Johnstownfrom Bill Alspach. He taught me with a four-year, detailed plan for the pro- Monroe and Utica tied for second at 5-2 the importance of being a good gram. He was enthusiastic, he had experi- followed by Danville, East Knox and listener. He taught me to let peoence and he was well-organized. Of all the Loudonville at 3-4 and Centerburg at 2-5. ple talk and express their views applicants, he had all of the qualities we The program has lost 15 consecutive and he told me about how much were looking for.” league games, with the last MBC victory you can learn from that. It was Cutnaw graduated from Amherst Steele being a 21-10 win over Loudonville in the so great to work with Bill and I in 1999 and Bluffton University in 2003 ninth week of the 2008 season. miss his friendship, but my wife, “Our style of play going to be changwith a bachelor’s degree in health and physNancy, and I still have Bill’s ing because we plan to move from the Iical education. wife, Polly, to share stories with He served as an assistant coach at Pan- style of play to a spread offense to take and that is a treasure to us. dora-Gilboa in 2003, Streetsboro in 2004 advantage of our smaller players,” Cut“Polly is just as much a fixBy Eric George/ThisWeek and Upper Sandusky in 2005. He became See LARSON, page B2 Kyle Cutnaw encourages Zach Rudy and spotter Jake Harger on March 17. the head coach at Edgerton in 2006 before See COACH, page B2

Football

Cutnaw takes over at Northridge

Wrestling

Davidson’s 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 some-

For bios and pictures of all Super 12 first-team selections, please visit: www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com times,” 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 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 50-pound 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.” •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.,

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Chase Delande went 46-2 this season, capped with

See SUPER 12, page B2 the Division I state title at 145 pounds.

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COACH Cutnaw spends a couple of hours three times a week helping his players in the weight room. “We’re trying to improve our numbers in the weight room and that can help with injuries going into this scheme,” Cutnaw said. “We need the numbers to help with depth in our fast-paced, no-huddle game.”

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naw said. “From what I have seen in the weight room, we don’t have the personnel to run a power game. We want to try to get some basketball-type players. “We will teach fundamentals and we plan to play fast because we want be a no-huddle team. We want to play almost a fast break-style offense shennen@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com and use that to our advantage.”

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Photo of the week BALD AND THE BEAUTIFUL — Westerville South players rub the bald head of assistant coach Brad Burris after the Wildcats won a Division I district championship with a 69-54 victory over New Albany on March 11 in the Fairgrounds Coliseum.

Top performances BOYS Westerville South’s Ben Jones contributed a gamehigh 23 points off the bench in helping the Wildcats beat New Albany 69-54 in a Division I district final March 11. GIRLS Pickerington North’s Jaila Kee-Bryant scored the Panthers’ first 10 points in the fourth quarter and finished with a team-high 16 in a regional final March 11 as North beat Liberty Township Lakota East 52-40 in a Division I regional final March 11.

Top stories Boys Basketball: Complete recaps of the Division I district titles won by Gahanna, Northland and Westerville South. Girls Basketball: In-depth preview of Pickerington North’s return to the state

tournament for the first time since 2007. Honorable Code: Maggie Stephenson, a 2006 Pickerington Central grad, defends her alma mater, Brigham Young University, in the wake of the suspension of men’s basketball player Brandon Davies for violating the school’s honor code. So Long, City League: The City League is now looking to fill a void with the retirement of two iconic coaches — Brookhaven girls coach Reggie Lee and Northland boys coach Satch Sullinger.

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Note of the week Laura Malernee, a 2007 Gahanna graduate and current senior at West Liberty (W.Va.) University, broke all-time women’s NCAA records Feb. 2 for most career 3-pointers made with 398 and for most consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer with 82.

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Ryan Sanders (St. Charles, Sr., 215), Dan Satterthwaite (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).

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Continued from page B1 ture at the (Fairgrounds) that Bill was and we love having her with us at the games. I also am so blessed to have had Nancy right by my side through all these years. She has been such a help to me. She has shared her honest 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 Young for making the Fairgrounds a great place to be for many years. There is no doubt that both will always be part of the high school basketball tournament family. They earned it. Best of life always. I’ll see you at the Fairgrounds. Larry Larson is a former athletics director at Grandview High School. He can be heard as “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM.

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The 56th running of the Lancaster Soap Box Derby will occur June 25. In addition, first- and second-place finishers from races across Ohio and West Virginia will travel to Derby Downs in Lancaster on Aug. 6 to compete in a champions race. For more information or to sign up for the Soap Box Derby, call Tom Clark at (740) 974-4795 or Brian Hunt at (740) 687-4806, or visit www.lancastersoapboxderby.com.

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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.

Metal bat Series scheduled for July The Continental Amateur Baseball Association 18U Metal Bat World Series will be July 17-24 at the Bob Cene baseball complex in Struthers, Ohio. For more information or to register, visit www.cababaseball.com or contact Ken Quinn at (330) 770-7157.

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 15), 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

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce’s baseball camp is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 25-26 at Prasco Park in Cincinnati. Bruce will direct activities and provide instruction. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 6 to 14. For more information and to register, visit www.JayBruceCamp.com or call (888) 389- 2267.

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Commission members look outside village boundaries By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Johnstown Planning Commission used its March 16 work session to review the land use map for the planning area outside the village, within the Johnstown Monroe Local School District. Since last summer, the committee has been using its second meeting of the month to update the villageâ€™s 2005 strategic plan. Commission member Pat Kramer said the village had valuable assets in its water and sewer service that should help the village build additional tax base and provide a barrier to encroachment by the city of Columbus. â€œI donâ€™t want Columbus coming in,â€? said Kramer, noting how close the city has come. â€œAnd Iâ€™d like to get out that way to try to get some of the stuff New Albany is getting in terms of businesses. Weâ€™ve got the water and sewer. We can get it out there a little bit.â€? Village administrator Jim Lenner said the village water system operates at about 30 percent of existing capacity, and only 10 percent of its total developable capacity. The sewer system is operating at 40 percent capacity and could more than double before any plant expansion would be required, Lenner said. The commission also discussed residential development on the north end of the village, but Kramer said she doubted there would be signifi-

cant development toward Sunbury in the near future. â€œI donâ€™t see anything going out toward Sunbury,â€? Kramer said. â€œThe next (to develop) would be state Route 37 toward 161. Route 37 is a straight shot to 161. Thatâ€™s what businesses look at.â€? Jim Lenner said that residential development along western state Route 37 would probably be larger one-acre to five-acre lots. â€œIn that area, as people come toward the village, they are probably looking for the larger lots with a rural setting, from an acre to a five-acre lot,â€? Lenner said. Within three-quarters of a mile of the village boundary, housing would begin to resemble subdivision standards, with sidewalks and curbs and gutters. â€œAs we get closer to the village the lots would get smaller and be connected by walking pathways, and have open space as you get closer to the core of the village,â€? Lenner said. â€œIâ€™m going to be providing more analysis about walking distances. â€œPeople arenâ€™t going to walk typically more than 15 minutes in one direction,â€? Lenner said. â€œThatâ€™s just a rule of thumb of planning. More than three quarters of a mile, youâ€™ll see larger lots, open ditches instead of curb and gutter, you wonâ€™t have sidewalks. You typically donâ€™t put a sidewalk in front of an acre lot. â€œAs you get farther from the urban core, the style of development changes.â€?

Bob Evans relocation is boon for village of New Albany By LORI WINCE

be built west of Beech Road next will also fill in that portion of

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New Albany officials are excited to welcome Bob Evans Farms to the village. The company recently announced its intention to move its headquarters to New Albany from the south side of Columbus sometime in the next two years. â€œItâ€™s fantastic for the village and one of the best pieces of news weâ€™ve had in years,â€? said Mayor Nancy Ferguson. â€œItâ€™s such a great company in many ways and has a brand very similar to ours.â€? Ferguson mentioned the companyâ€™s fiscal conservativeness and compared that to the villageâ€™s fiscal operations. Margaret Standing, director of corporate communications for Bob Evans Farms, said the company outgrew its facility on South High Street and needed more room. Standing said the company considered renovations at the South High Street facilities, relocating to Texas â€” where the company owns land â€” or relocating to another central Ohio community. â€œThe most cost-effective option was to build a new building,â€? she said. The company currently employs 400 people in its 130,000square-foot space. Standing could not say how large the facility in New Albany would be. The company has not yet purchased the land, she said. The company is looking at land in Franklin County, on the north side of state Route 161, south of Smithâ€™s Mill Road. If purchased, the new facility would

tribution center. Bob Evans is expecting to receive several incentives for the move. According to a letter from New Albany village administrator Joseph Stefanov and community development director Jennifer Chrysler, the incentives could total $9.8-million in savings for Bob Evans. The expected package includes: â€˘ A 15-year, 100-percent tax abatement on real property taxes. â€˘ A 20-percent income-tax credit for five years if the company implements environmentally friendly technology on site. â€˘ A 5-percent income-tax credit for five years for health and wellness initiatives. â€˘ A $250,000 income-tax credit, repayable over two years, to help with relocation expenses. â€˘ A $1-million interest-free loan for 10 years from the villageâ€™s economic development fund. â€˘ A 25-percent credit on building inspections and fees if the company uses environmentally friendly technology on site. Abatements must be authorized by New Albany Village Council, which has not yet voted on the incentives. The incentives are based on an estimated 175,000-squarefoot building with at least 360 employees that would grow to 510 employees in four years. Employees are estimated to retain an average salary of $65,000 annually. â€œThis will help pay the village dividends and the school district, as well,â€? Stefanov said. â€œThis project is in the (New Albany-) Plain Local Schools. It

an initial investment some 10 to 11 years ago now.â€? The village shares a percentage of income-tax revenues from its business parks with the New Albany-Plain Local School District, Chrysler said. Bob Evans Farms also is expected to receive some state incentives, which have not yet been approved, said Bethany McCorkle, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Development. She said the job-creation tax credits and grants must be approved by two different boards. â€œIncentives were just one part of the equation,â€? Standing said. â€œThereâ€™s the cost of buying the land, the cost to redevelop the land and the cost of infrastructure on site. In the final analysis, New Albany was the clear winner on all those fronts.â€? McCorkle said the stateâ€™s job is to keep businesses within their borders, even if that means a business may move from one area to another. â€œWe try to attract and to retain businesses in Ohio,â€? McCorkle said. â€œSince they were looking to go to Texas, our main focus was keeping them in Ohio. If a company has a particular interest, we work on where they need to be and whatâ€™s the best interest for them.â€? Since the buildings on South High Street will be vacated, McCorkle said the state has a program in place to use a $4,125,000 state loan to renovate that space if a new user wants to locate there.

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