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BOE gets first look at survey results By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers Nearly half of the residents surveyed by a local public-opinion research firm think the New Albany-Plain Local School District is excellent, board members learned at an April 11 workshop. Marty Saperstein, president of Columbus-based Saperstein Associates, explained the phone-survey results and talked about what he called “the voice”

of residents that could provide the board with objective data for future planning. One aspect of the survey that seemed confusing to some board members related to the residents’ expectations of and perceptions of the district’s performance. Saperstein said two out of three residents considered the district’s aspirations to become one of the nation’s topperforming districts to be important. But the survey also indicated that one out of

two residents felt the district already is one of the top-performing districts in the nation. Board vice president Laura Kohler called the result a “paradox” and asked for clarification. Saperstein said the district’s current level may not meet the standards people want. While they recognize the district’s achievements, they may have higher expectations for a “topperforming” district, he said. That doesn’t mean residents are in-

clined to vote for a levy to improve the district’s performance. Saperstein said only one of six residents surveyed was likely to vote in favor of a tax increase to become a top-performing district. They were, however, more likely to support a tax increase to address the district’s overcrowding. Superintendent April Domine said the district currently is 500 students above capacity and officials expect 1,000 more students to be enrolled in the next 10

years. Even though that was not mentioned in the survey, Saperstein said, four out of 10 people surveyed said overcrowding was the biggest concern for the district and seven out of 10 said they were likely to support a bond issue to address overcrowding. Saperstein said on further inspection of the reasons given in support of a bond issue, the number of residents likely to See SURVEY RESULTS, page A6

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Matt Lee (left) talks to the audience while his brother, Ted, works on food preparation during their presentation titled “Cooking as a Family” at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts on April 10. The brothers shared their views on the importance of cooking meals in a household setting and made some of their recipes on stage. Several attendees, like sisters Julia (top right), 10, and Jamie Schroer, 12, were able to sit on stage and sample the culinary creations as they were made.

Council approves grants for local nonprofits By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers New Albany Village Council is supporting nonprofit groups in 2011 but not enough money was budgeted to fully fund all requests. “We had $60,000 budgeted for grants and $66,000 requested,” said Mayor Nancy Ferguson at the April 5 council meeting. To reach the total of $60,000, council member Colleen Briscoe said that council could consider cutting the requests of groups that asked for more money than last year, as opposed to the groups that requested the same or less funding. Several council members agreed, but the question was how to split the $6,000 in cuts among the three entities requesting more funding in

2011. The three groups were the New Albany Symphony Orchestra, the New Albany Founders Day committee and the New Albany-Plain Township Historical Society. Council member Sloan Spaulding asked if the cuts should be split equally, with each getting $2,000 less than requested. Council member Stephen Pleasnick proposed a different split based on the percentage of increase requested. He suggested giving the historical society $7,000, $1,000 less than requested; giving the symphony $10,000, $2,000 less than requested; and giving the Founders Day committee $7,000, $3,000 less than requested. Council reviewed the funding requests further, discussing the groups’potential annual carryover. Briscoe said nonprofits might get even less in grants from the village next year. In 2012,

the village will begin charging for services it provides for events. The village has provided in-kind services in the past. Council members eventually agreed to allocate funding for the three groups as Pleasnick suggested. The other groups receiving funding from council in 2011 were the New Albany Community Events Board, which will receive $30,000; the New Albany Arts Council, which will receive $4,800; and the New Albany Art League, which will receive $1,200. The art league is a branch of the arts council and it formed in December 2010, said Nathaniel Edwards, one of the group’s organizers. Edwards said after moving to New Albany in AuSee COUNCIL, page A7

Local taxpayers have the highest effective property-tax rates of all cities and villages in Franklin County, but the New Albany-Plain Local School District receives the second-lowest percentage of the total tax bill when compared to school districts in those same municipalities, according to treasurer Brian Ramsay at a recent financial review and reporting committee meeting. Several factors contribute to the district’s share of the tax bill, some of which make New Albany different from the other municipalities, according to Ramsay and Franklin County auditor Clarence Mingo. According to information from the auditor’s office, New Albany, Plain Township, Columbus and Blendon Township residents who live in the New Albany-Plain Local School District are taxed at rates ranging from 85.53 to 93.44 mills, compared to the other municipalities in Franklin County, which pay effective rates ranging from 72.38 to 81.75 mills. “Tax district 222 is the district, which includes the village, soon to be city, of New Albany,” said Mingo, a New Albany resident. “It does indeed have the highest effective residential tax rate of all the cities and villages.” There are four taxing districts within the New AlbanyPlain Local School District, all of which pay at different rates. In the unincorporated areas of Plain Township and in the Columbus portion of the school district, residents pay an effective tax rate of 85.59 mills. In the Blendon Township portion of the school district, residents pay at a rate of 93.44 mills. Blendon Township residents pay the highest rate in the New Albany-Plain Local School District because they also pay for three township levies: a road and bridge levy, a police-district levy and a fire-district levy. In the incorporated areas of New Albany, resiSee MANY FACTORS, page A2

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By LORI WINCE largest expense, $94,718.01 to the ThisWeek Community Newspapers Sutphen Corp., is for repair of the township’s ladder truck, which was Plain Township trustees approved damaged in a Feb. 2 crash. Howevmore than $163,000 in expenses for er, all but $1,000 — the township’s the fire department at their April 6 deductible — is being covered by meeting. insurance, Hoovler said. The funds will pay for equipment, The other funding requests intraining and some repairs that are cluded: being reimbursed through insurance. • $8,500 to reimburse firefighter Fire Chief John Hoovler said the David Lloyd for training at Colum-

Seventy percent of the jobs that have been created in New Albany since 2009 are new to Ohio, community-development director Jennifer Chrysler told village council April 5. Chrysler said the two newest companies announcing projects in the village’s business park east — Alene Candles and Axium Plastics — are bringing jobs to the state that didn’t already exist. See NEW JOBS, page A3

bus State Community College. The department is hoping to get more credit for allowing Columbus State students to ride in their vehicles as they are fulfilling a college requirement. Credits translate into savings in class costs, Hoovler said. • $35,545 to J. Evans and Associates for seven computers and docking stations, with warranties. Assistant Fire Chief Jack Rupp said the

computers would replace 10-yearold machines now used in the department’s vehicles. • $7,398.42 to BearCom for 10 walkie-talkies, 10 speaker microphones, five spare batteries, seven mobile radios, software and cable. Hoovler said the department maintains a backup radio system that also See TRUSTEES, page A9

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Tax-rate comparison Total effective tax rates as a percentage of the total tax bill for fiscal year 2010 for nine central Ohio communities TAX ITEM

BEXLEY COLUMBUS

Total rate* 70.32 60.97 Library 2.12% 1.23% County 23.83% 27.49% Township 0.00% 0.00% Schools 67.79% 66.13% City/Village 6.26% 5.15% Vocational 0.00% 0.00% Comm. Auth. 0.00% 0.00%

DUBLIN

77.40 0.97% 21.65% 10.30% 62.89% 2.51% 1.68% 0.00%

GAHANNA HILLIARD NEW ALBANY

66.13 1.13% 25.34% 14.68% 52.19% 3.63% 3.02% 0.00%

77.76 0.96% 21.55% 10.84% 62.91% 2.06% 1.67% 0.00%

87.78 2.53% 19.09% 8.79% 59.68% 2.21% 2.28% 5.41%

WESTERVILLE WORTHINGTON

72.24 2.77% 23.20% 0.00% 65.06% 8.97% 0.00% 0.00%

78.14 1.02% 21.45% 0.00% 64.33% 13.19% 0.00% 0.00%

71.00 4.77% 23.61% 0.70% 63.87% 7.04% 0.00% 0.00%

*Total effective tax rate for FY 2010. Source: New Albany-Plain Local School District

Many factors affect district’s share of tax bill Continued from page A1 dents pay at a rate of 85.58 mills. Those who live in the New Albany Community Authority taxing district also pay a special assessment of 4.75 mills, which brings their bill to more than 90 mills. The community authority taxing district collects the 4.75-mill annual assessment on properties in the New Albany Country Club community, according to information from the village. Communities are put in the taxing district by the developer of the subdivision. All developments built by the New Albany Co. are within the community authority taxing district, but other developers may choose not have their properties in the district. The funds collected help to pay debt incurred in the late 1990s to build Fodor Road, improve the Plain Township fire station and build parts of New Albany High School. Why New Albany schools get a smaller percentage The New Albany Community Authority taxing district is one factor that accounts for the school district receiving the second-lowest percentage rate in Franklin County of the residents’total property-tax bill. According to information provided by Ramsay, the district receives 59.68 percent of the total property-tax bill, with GahannaJefferson receiving the lowest at 52.19 percent of the total tax bill. Bexley residents have the highest percentage going to their schools at 67.79 percent. After the school districts, the

remaining percentage of the taxes municipal residents pay goes to library and parks districts, Franklin County, a designated township, city or village, vocational schools and, in New Albany’s case, the community authority. For New Albany, 19.09 percent of the property-tax bill goes to the county, 8.79 percent to Plain Township, 5.41 percent to the community authority, 2.53 percent to the library and parks districts, 2.28 percent to the Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools and 2.21 percent to the village. The village has a total effective tax rate of 87.78 mills, according to information provided by Ramsay. In comparison, residents of other communities, like those in the Bexley district, do not pay township taxes or vocational school taxes, which causes the percentage going to the schools to be higher. No other municipalities in Franklin County have property-tax rates affected by a community authority, according to information provided by Ramsay. Why local taxpayers pay at the highest effective rate Mingo said the reason New Albany-Plain Local residents pay more “has to do with a levy passed by the voters for the 2006 tax year which replaced a large amount of millage” from a previous levy. “As I recall, the original rate was in excess of 20 mills being collected at a much lower effective rate,” he said. “The net result was an increase in the school rate of approximately 8.88 mills effective.” Issue 7, approved in February

2006, was a three-year, 20.7-mill operating levy expected to raise $17.9-million to pay for personnel costs, utilities and supplies. Ramsay said voters in 2008 approved a 24.4-mill continuous operating levy, which replaced the expiring 20.7-mill levy. Because it is continuous, Ramsay said it would be collected indefinitely. The 20.7-mill levy expired in December 2009 so collections of the 24.4-mill levy did not begin until January of 2010. Ramsay said the 24.4-mill operating levy passed in 2008 was needed to pay for the increasing number of students being enrolled in the district. “If you vote in a dollar amount, it stays the same for the life of the levy and expenses continue to rise due to inflation or due to growth, in our case,” he said. Ramsay said daily operating expenses increase due to inflationary costs and increased enrollment. New Albany-Plain Local officials have said the cost to educate one student is $11,000 per year, according to information collected from the 2009-2010 school year. Thus, if the district added 10 students next year, Ramsay said, the cost to the district would be $110,000. Yet operating levy revenues do not fluctuate that much. “We could get 100 new students every year and expenses continue to increase but, due to legislation, your revenue is flat-lined, due to House Bill 920,” Ramsay said. House Bill 920, which went into effect in 1976, effectively freezes voted property millage at the dollar amount collected in the first

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year a levy goes into effect. As property values increase, the law mandates the effective millage rates of most levies must decrease. “The school district does get the benefit of taxes from a new house but it can’t get additional growth once the house is there,” said Mike Sobul, administrator of the state’s tax analysis division. Sobul said if a home is taxed for a school district at $25 a year, even if the assessed valuation of the home increases, the homeowner would not pay more than $25 a year to the district, per H.B. 920. Similarly, if a school district Cross Point passes an emergency levy, Sobul Christian Church Advertising Information said, the funds are frozen, per H.B. 10659 Johnstown Rd The Worship Directory is your 920. If the school levy were not New Albany, OH 43054 weekly listing for religious events in passed as an emergency levy, the Sunday Worship 11:00 am your community. Weekly prices vary (614) 855-1093 by the amount of space occupied and district would receive more money the number of areas in which from newly constructed homes in www.mycrosspointchurch.org it appears. the district, he said. We welcome information about your services, special holy days, informa“It comes back to the type of tax tive or inspirational programs. levy you’re looking at,” Sobul said. For more information or to place Ramsay said on emergency your worship directory listing please levies, for example, if the school call 740-888-5003 or email classified@thisweeknews.com district is expected to receive $100 Proof deadline is Thursdays at 3pm from the levy and if there were for the following Thursday. four residents in the district, each would pay $25. If a fifth resident moved in, each resident would pay $20. That way, the district would receive no more than the $100. Likewise, if two moved out the ALLSAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH three remaining residents would Worship Services at 8:30am & 10:00am pay $33.33. 5101 Johnstown Rd, New Albany (North of Morse) Sobul confirmed that the resi614-855-8267 www.allsaintsnewalbany.org dents’tax payments on emergency The Rev. Rick McCracken-Bennett, Pastor levies can fluctuate, as residents The Episcopal Church Welcomes You move in and out of the district, which was set by H.B. 920. He said other levies could collect more Please call (740) 888-5003 to list your event or revenue from new home conservice, or e-mail Classified@ThisWeekNews.com struction, however.

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Officials eye city water and sewer connections By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Plain Township maintenance building in Maplewood Cemetery needs city water and sewer connections, according to Plain Township officials. Bob Pharris, the maintenance supervisor, presented trustees with an estimate of project costs, which are between $14,000 and $17,000. Pharris said the township could pay the lower fee if New Albany waives its fees. Trustee Dave Olmstead said the village typically waives fees for other governmental entities if the project doesn’t require the village to hire an outside contractor. New Albany contracts for water and sewer services with Columbus, which extends its water and sewer lines through the village. The trustees began looking at the idea of hooking into city water and sewer when improving the cemetery roads. Before they repair the roads, they determined they should extend water and sewer lines so the new roads were not torn up again for a water-and-sewer project. New utility extensions also are being considered to make the building more efficient and provide for the new water and sewer connections. Township administrator Ben Collins said in his reports to trustees that there is access to gas and electric through Ackerly Park on property owned by the New Albany Co. Collins said NACo is will-

ing to grant necessary easements for the line extensions. Currently, the lines run 900 feet from Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road to the maintenance building. New connections would run less than 100 feet. Pharris said the water and sewer connections would be used for the bathrooms and provide the department with water for washing equipment. The existing septic system would have to be abandoned when a new system is in place. Pharris said he included that price in his cost estimates. A hand-operated water pump on the site probably would remain but the well, too, would have to be disconnected from the maintenance building, Olmstead said. Earlier this year, the trustees decided to continue cemetery improvements by rebuilding the roads within at an estimated cost of $200,000. Because the maintenance department’s building is in the cemetery, trucks hauling salt, dirt and mulch use the cemetery roads. Trash trucks and recycling trucks also need access to the maintenance building. The cemetery roads are linked. Four roads run east and west and two run north and south. When bidding the road repairs, trustees requested that township take into consideration future plans to open the southwest corner of the cemetery for more plots, which would require the addition another road. lwince@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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NEW JOBS Continued from page A1 Axium Plastics, based in Mississauga, Ontario, is the second Canadian company to recently announce a move to New Albany. The Knowlton Development Corp. also is building in business park east, near Beech Road and north of state Route 161. Axium plans to employ 165 people in a 110,000-square-foot facility it will build in the business park. Chrysler said the project would create an estimated annual payroll of $5 million, which would give the village $133,000 in annual income-tax revenue. Axium manufactures plastic containers ranging in size from a half-ounce to 40 ounces for the food, personal care, health care and automotive industries, according to its website. Alene Candles, based in Milford, N.H., wants to establish a location in the Midwest by acquiring space in a 300,000-square-foot speculative building that would be built by the Pizutti Cos. The custom candle-making company

plans to have 135 employees at the location. Chrysler said the building is anticipated to have an annual payroll of $5 million, which would create $133,000 in annual income-tax revenue for the village. Jim Russell of the Pizutti Cos. said the company is talking with other tenants and hopes to fill the building. Chrysler said there is the potential for the building to house between 150 and 350 new jobs. Council also approved tax incentives for both Alene Candles and Axium Plastics at the April 5 meeting. The companies will receive 15-year, 100-percent abatements based on payroll projections and the types of facilities they intend to build. The abatements allow the companies to be exempt from paying taxes on real property for the length of the term. The companies also recently received job-creation tax credits from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority as incentives to locate in New Albany. lwince@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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State budget Lack of fix should be foresight led bipartisan, to financial not ideological â€˜surpriseâ€™

Deciding to seek his fortune in Ohio, Joseph Foos arrived in frontier Franklinton in 1798 with his wife and infant son, Nelson. There were not many people in the village. The few who had arrived in the fall of 1797 saw their homes and possessions inundated in a flood in March 1798. The whole town had relocated itself to higher ground to the west of the river and it was here that Foos built his own cabin. To make a living for his family, he soon opened a tavern and inn at his home and later operated the first ferry across the Scioto to the Refugee Tract east of the river. The tract had been set aside for refugees from Canada and was virtually unoccupied. Joseph Foos had not had much formal education, but that lack was remedied when an itinerant Irish schoolmaster arrived in town looking for work and a place to stay. Having no money, the schoolmaster provided Foos with lessons in return for room and board and an occasional libation. With his new ability to read and write with some fluency, Foos soon found his niche: He went into politics.

Gov. John Kasichâ€™s proposed budget is not a plan to balance Ohioâ€™s budget, but a means to pursue his narrow, ideological agenda. He is seeking to capitalize on Ohioâ€™s budget crisis to eliminate workersâ€™ rights, outsource core government services and balance the budget on the backs of local governments. His patronizing charge to local officials to make difficult choices and to be ANDREW leaders is misdirected and reflects an underappreciation of GINTHER the value cities, villages and townships bring to the state. Two years ago, Columbus faced declining revenue and increased costs, compounded by two recessions within 10 years, the latter being the worst since the Great Depression. Funding for critical social services had been slashed and many city services were discontinued. Recreation centers were closed and entire city departments eliminated. Many city jobs had already been cut, but more workers were let go. Those who remained were asked to make sacrifices; wages were frozen and workers were furloughed. Income-tax revenues continued to decline, state funding continued to shrink and investment earnings evaporated. The cityâ€™s budget was structurally unbalanced. Columbus leaders coalesced around a strategy to bring Columbusâ€™ budget back into balance. City workers, including organized labor, agreed to contribute more to cover costs of their insurance and pensions. Elected leaders promised reforms that would further streamline local government and committed to reporting progress to an accountability committee of community members, business leaders and financial experts. The city also committed to stepping up economic development efforts to attract new businesses while making it easier for those already here to expand and create new jobs. And Columbus leaders, Republicans and Democrats alike, asked taxpayers to pay more for services. Columbus voters obliged, choosing to invest in their community rather than see services cut further and their quality of life diminished. Columbus workers continue to make concessions, and the city has implemented changes that will save taxpayers at least $135 million through 2019. The mayor and council have made an unprecedented investment in regional economic development efforts through Columbus2020!, a publicprivate partnership that includes leaders from the Columbus Partnership, Columbus Chamber of

Columbus City Hall is scrambling to makeup a $5 million reduction to the Local Government Fund (LGF) in 2011. City Hall also will be faced with an additional $15 million reduction to this fund in 2012 and another $20 million cut in 2013. LGF money comes from Ohio taxpayers to help pay for safety services in our own city. I donâ€™t have time to get into the moral question of this odd arrange- MATTHEW ment, but I do wish to comment FERRIS on the shocking surprise it has brought to our elected officials at City Hall. It should have come as no surprise at all. With an estimated state budget deficit of $8 billion to $10 billion, city officials throughout Ohio knew that big cuts were coming. However, Columbus City Hall failed to foresee these cuts and take adequate budgeting steps to prepare for them. For example, while City Hall claims to have set aside $3 million for anticipated reductions in state aid, it actually projected an increase of $1,319,000 ($39,931,000 in 2010; $41,250,000 in 2011) in expected state funding to the Local Government Fund. How are we supposed to take our elected officials at their word when their actions do not match? If City Hall truly believed big cuts were coming, as they should, then why did they project increased aid to the LGF? In 2009, City Hall scared and shamed Columbus voters into a 25-percent tax increase (2 percent to 2.5 percent; yes, this is a 25-percent increase in the cityâ€™s tax rate). As a result, City Hall was able to increase our cityâ€™s budget by approximately $50 million between 2010 (approximately $655 million) and 2011 (approximately $705 million). If you consider that the LGF will be reduced by $40 million over three years, then it is easy to see that City Hall would have had more than enough money to offset LGF cuts, if they had held 2011 spending to 2010 levels. It was irresponsible for City Hall to propose $50 million in new spending when $40 million in state aid was in question. If City Hall is unable to streamline our budget by prioritizing spending, then it should be no surprise what could be in our very near future: another tax increase. Recent mass business exodus is another new surprise for City Hall. With the recently announced departure of Bob Evans (350 jobs lost), and Alcatel-Lucent (600 jobs lost) from Columbus, it will be even more difficult for City Hall to get its act

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Foos lobbied for capital to be named Columbus It was a time when numbers of people in central Ohio seemed to be larger than life and among those early settlers, Joseph Foos was â€” in more ways than one â€” a bit larger than most. He was part of the restless generation that grew up during and shortly after the American Revolution and eventually began to move over the mountains into the Ohio Country. Born in 1767 in Chester County, Pa., Foos moved with his family first to Tennessee and then to Kentucky. By the time he was 30, he had become a

strong and experienced frontiersman, but he was a man still looking for a place to call his own. Having just ED married young Lydia Nelson, LENTZ he heard in 1797 that an acquaintance named Lucas Sullivant was establishing a town at the forks of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers in the Northwest Territory.

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Continued from page A4 Foos would serve as one of the three judges in the first Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in 1803. In 1808, he was elected to the state senate and would serve â€” with an occasional interruption â€” until 1828. As a member of the Ohio General Assembly, Foos lobbied hard to have central Ohio become the site of a relocated state capital. After the â€œHigh Banks opposite Franklintonâ€? was selected as the place for a new capital city, Foos was appalled to learn that a number of people thought the new town should be named Ohio City. He disagreed. A great admirer of Christopher Columbus, Joseph

Foos believed the town should be named for the explorer. After using the tried-and-true method of persuasion accompanied by liberal amounts of strong drink, Foos convinced a majority of the assembly to name the town Columbus. During the War of 1812, Foos raised a militia company. He quickly rose from a captaincy to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers. Perhaps one of the reasons he moved up in rank so quickly was his ability to give stirring speeches to his troops, albeit a bit different than the ones we might hear today. Arriving at Camp Barr on the Sandusky Plains, he addressed his men, in part, as follows:

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â€œThis cruel and relentless foe, instigated by the enemies of liberty, would gladly imbue their hands in the blood of your wives, your mothers, your sisters, your children and traffic their scalps for British trinkets. These considerations induced me, under the direction of His Excellency, the governor of the state, to collect and march you to this place.â€? Foos went on to say the armies of the United States â€œwere rolling on, like an impetuous torrent, toward the Canadas,â€? and that â€œthe sons of liberty will subdue that land of despotism and knock off the manacles of her slaves.â€? Arriving back from the war in 1816, Joseph Foos took up his seat in the Ohio Senate and

returned as well to the operation of his tavern and ferry. The proprietors of Columbus were thankful to Foos for his help and gave him a lot in downtown Columbus. Foos accepted the lot but preferred to remain among his friends and acquaintances in Franklinton. Lydia Nelson Foos had died in 1809, leaving the general with five children. In 1812, Foos had married Margaret Phifer of London in Madison County and six more children would be born to that marriage. In 1816, Foos was defeated in a campaign for Congress and moved to Madison County and â€œtook up farming.â€? He continued to serve in the Ohio Senate and in 1825 was appointed

major general of the Ohio militia. In the 1820s, the success of the Erie Canal in New York prompted great interest in the construction of canals in Ohio. Foos supported the building of canals in Ohio but he had other ideas, as well. He introduced a resolution in the Ohio Senate â€œto apply to the court at Madrid for the privilege of examining the ground and opening a canal for the passage of vessels from the Spanish Main across the continent to Lake Nicaragua, or such other point in that quarter that may be found most practicable.â€? He then published a pamphlet explaining his proposal in greater detail. The idea was ridiculed by many as being totally impracti-

cal and it came to be called â€œFoosâ€™s Folly.â€? But to the end of his life, Joseph Foos held to his view that a canal across Central America could and would eventually be built. And, of course, he was right. Joseph Foos died in 1832. He had lived long enough to see Columbus grow from a small village in the forest to become a thriving town of several thousand people. The canal had arrived and in the year of his death, the National Road had reached the capital city. It must have given a certain satisfaction the man who gave Columbus its name. Ed Lentz writes a history column for ThisWeek.

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have left Columbus vulnerable to state budget cuts, tax increases and seemingly endless job losses. We didnâ€™t get into this mess overnight, and we wonâ€™t get out of it in short order. However, we will not achieve any meaningful improvements in our city until we identify and address some serious obstacles. The only way to get Columbus back on the right track is to make fundamental changes at City Hall. By now, that should come as a surprise to no one.

together, as tax revenues will be impacted. Years of neglect and hostility toward Columbus businesses on the part of City Hall have finally taken their toll. There is little to no trust between businesses and our local elected officials. Instead of businesses and jobs heading for the door, why donâ€™t we show our officials at City Hall the door? It is clear to see that our city leadership has let us down yet again. City Hallâ€™s lack of foresight and failure to properly pri- Matthew Ferris is a candidate for oritize spending over the years a seat on Columbus City Council.

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interested in visual arts. Edwards’ hope is to organize visual-arts shows featuring local artists and others from central Ohio. He also wants to provide regular educational opportunities for students interested in visual arts. The arts council used to host a summer arts camp, said Kathy Mayhorn, who is president of the arts council. But, she said, the camp needed to change, which is why it was suspended this year for reorganization. Edwards said the art league is discussing the possibility of hosting several workshops through-

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Music studio could replace art gallery in township building By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers The building at the corner of Dublin-Granville Road and Second Street has been a fire station, a ballet studio and an art gallery. But its next purpose could serve budding musicians and their teachers. “I have continued interest in the space,” said Greg Gould, president of GnG Music Instruction. Gould spoke to Plain Township trustees April 6 about the building they own and its lease. He asked if his business could move in. The building currently houses the Hayley Gallery and Plain Township administrative offices. Hayley Savage, owner of the Hayley Gallery, said in August she is moving the art gallery to 270 Main St., in the strip center with U.S. Bank. The move is part of a project she’s starting with partner Amy Schottenstein to open a restaurant with an adjoining art gallery. Together, the space will be called ella — Eat local. Love art. The restaurant will serve “seasonal inspired American cuisine,” using ingredients grown locally, she said. It will adjoin the gallery space. Inside the gallery will be what is called a chef’s table, which people can reserve for dinner. “We’ll still be renting the gallery space (for events) and (renters) will have access to food and liquor, as well,” Savage said. Savage said she already rents out the Hayley Gallery 40 weeks per year for weddings and other private events. She anticipates moving the gallery in August and ella should open in late September at 266 and 268 Main St. The trustees knew the gallery would be moving and have been talking to Gould about the possi-

bility of his business moving in. On April 6, the trustees asked more specific questions about Gould’s business and the possibility of sound bothering their employees next door. Gould said the space would contain eight private classrooms and a larger space that could be used for band practice. He said the studio would be open between 3:30 and 8:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, so most of the musicians would be in the building after township hours. The township offices close at 5 p.m. Gould said the way the studios would be built, no noise should filter through the township office walls. Trustee Dave Olmstead said he did not have issues with the lease “as long as the noise does not interfere with the township work.” Gould said he currently teaches private lessons in area homes, working with about 60 New Albany families. He said this studio probably would not interest those students but it could attract new students. The business has been around for three years. It began after Gould, who was teaching private lessons, started hiring teachers and offering different instruments and lessons. He now has businesses in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati. He said the business model is a little different because there will be recording equipment in each lesson room, which allows lessons to be reviewed by students, teachers and parents. “We will record the lessons through an integrated system which parents and students can access when they need to,” Gould said. Gould said his only issue with the building is the floor, which was put in as a floating floor for See MUSIC STUDIO, page A9

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Donna Vichinsky original invoice was two years old and apparently never paid. Rupp said the department determined the reason the invoice was never paid was because the bill kept was repeatedly sent to the MECC in Gahanna rather than the township. The software is being used by the MECC, which dispatches emergency calls for Plain Township and six other fire departments in eastern Franklin County. The cost of upgrading the system in 2008 was shared by all entities that use the MECC. In March, the trustees requested a list of the fire department’s anticipated capital purchases for 2011. During the April 6 meeting, trustee Bud Zappitelli said he had met with the fire depart-

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Preacher jumps at chance to succeed Early season track meets can be a challenge for high school athletes. There usually is the issue of getting back in competition mode, and the weather certainly can be a factor. The Watkins Memorial Icebreaker Invitational was held the first weekend of the spring sports season and it lived up to its name with temperatures in the 30s. But the cold seemed LARRY to have no effect on LARSON Brookhaven senior standout Nigel Preacher, who won the high jump at 6 feet, 9 inches and the long jump with an effort of 21-10. How good was that performance? The 6-9 would have won the Division I state title last spring, and the 21-10 would have been seventh-best at state. Preacher followed his sterling opening performance by high jumping 6-8 the next weekend in the Wildcat Premier at Hilliard Davidson. “My early season success has surprised me some because I hadn’t jumped a whole lot entering the competition,” said Preacher, who was third in the high jump (6-7) and 11th in the long jump (21-4 3/4) at state last year. “My goal this year is rather simple. I want to get the gold medal in the high jump at the state (meet) and I want to place in the long jump.” Preacher, who moved to Columbus a year ago after attending Pontiac Northern High School near Detroit, said his attitude toward jumping is kind of unusual, but it works for him. “Most jumpers are way more serious in competition and practice than I am,” he said. “I actually think I am kind of a goofball and joke around more than I should, but my relaxed attitude seems to help me under pressure and my success, especially in the high jump, has made me much more self-confident. I remember when I started high jumping in the seventh grade I didn’t think I was very good at all, but my coaches said I had lots of promise. When I started track in the ninth grade, I added the long jump because I loved watching my older teammates compete in it. “My success in the long jump hasn’t come as easy, but that challenges me even more. I have a long stride, which helps me in the long jump and I actually like it better than the high jump, but I’m not as skilled at it.” A year ago, Preacher high jumped 7 feet in a meet at Mifflin. He said he owes all his positive results to his coach, Steve Ayers. “My coach has prepared me so well for track,” Preacher said. “He has made me do a ton of conditioning and it takes a lot more running than you would think to excel at both the high jump and the long jump.” See LARSON, page B3

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New Albany’s Krystal Clark (left) is congratulated by her teammates after hitting a three-run homer in the first inning of the Eagles’ 18-11 victory over host Watkins Memorial in an OCC-Capital game April 6. Clark had seven RBI in the game.

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Eagles hitters not yet in rhythm By KURTIS ADAMS ThisWeek Community Newspapers The New Albany High School softball team’s offense has been wildly inconsistent. The Eagles scored a combined 27 runs on 21 hits while defeating Dublin Jerome 9-7 in 13 innings in their season opener on April 2 and beating Watkins Memorial 18-11 in an OCC-Capital Division game on April 6. “I think the 43 feet is making a difference in the game,” coach Patrick Finn said, referring to the new pitching distance this spring. “I think the increased

distance (moved back from 40 feet) is tipping the scales.” That being said, the Eagles also have struggled at times facing top pitching. They managed only four hits off Kellie Roudabush, who has signed to play at the University of Akron, during an 8-2 loss in their league opener against defending OCC-Capital champion Hilliard Bradley on April 5. In a 3-0 loss to Olentangy Orange on April 8, New Albany was held to three hits by Mason Robinson, a sophomore who should keep the Pioneers in the chase for the OCC-Capital title. “Ohio softball is a little crazy,” sen-

ior catcher Tiffany Goodrich said. “You don’t get a lot of live hitting in preseason because the weather keeps you indoors so much. It’s really hard developing a rhythm in the early games.” Nonetheless, the Eagles are getting plenty of production from the heart of their batting order. Krystal Clark had a two-run triple to drive in the decisive runs in the win over Jerome and hit a three-run homer to left-center field in the first inning at Watkins Memorial while finishing with seven RBI. Jenna Greenberg, who homered off Roudabush, and Goodrich also have been among the offensive catalysts.

“She’s really helping herself,” Finn said of Clark, who is the team’s top pitcher. Finn also likes the way the Eagles are running the bases. “We’re making good decisions out there,” he said. “The middle of our lineup is very powerful, and we’re only going to get better once we start getting our leadoff girls on base a little more.” There also seems to be a certain toughness about this New Albany team. Goodrich got right to her feet and settled back into her crouch moments after See SOFTBALL, page B2

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Alek Buck of New Albany competes in the distance medley relay during the Red Edwards Golden Eagle Relays on April 9 at Big Walnut. The Eagles won the race in 7:59.6.

The New Albany High School boys track and field team views the Dublin Classic at Coffman on Saturday, April 16, as a measuring stick. “Dublin Coffman is going to be a district-caliber meet,” coach Chad Olinger said. “You’re going to have a couple of people in each event like a district meet and there will be some of the top teams (in the area) there. It’s a good preview for these kids to understand what they need to do to qualify to regional and get to the state meet.” Olinger expects some of his athletes to do well at Coffman. Despite missing some key point scorers because of ACT testing, the Eagles were able to place third at the Red Edwards Golden Eagle Relays on April 9 at Big Walnut. New Albany scored 77 points to place behind Westerville Central (88) and Big Walnut (87).

At a glance

Below are the recent results and coming schedule for the New Albany track & field teams: April 5 — Boys: Defeated Olentangy Orange 91.5-45.5; Girls: Lost to Orange 74-63 April 9 — Boys: Finished third (77) in 10-team Red Edwards Golden Eagle Relays at Big Walnut behind Westerville Central (88) and host Big Walnut (87); Girls: Finished first (136) at 13-team Eastmoor Academy Invitational ahead of runner-up Toledo Rogers (122) April 12 — Competed against Franklin Heights April 16 — Dublin Classic at Coffman April 19 — Home vs. Big Walnut

The Eagles won the long jump and distance medley. In the long jump, Travon Bodrick, Ty Howard and Carson Tunney combined for a winning distance of 58 feet. Trey Quillin, Leslie Anokey, Alek Buck and Blake Taneff

comprised the distance medley relay, which won in 7 minutes, 59.6 seconds. Taneff anchored the relay, running a 4:28 split in the 1,600 meters as he came from behind to secure the win. “It was a good weekend for us,” Olinger said. “We always want to finish first. But for our first big meet, for us to finish third, I was pleased with our performance. Westerville Central is a pretty good team.” •The girls team won the 13team Eastmoor Academy Invitational on April 9, scoring 136 points to finish ahead of runner-up Toledo Rogers (122). Not only did the Eagles win the meet, they were able to get some experience for a group of young sprinters. “This was more of a speed meet,” coach Otis Winston said. “I had my two hurdlers make it to the final and they are both freshmen, and hurdlers are made, they’re not born. We’re working on getting them better.” See TRACK, page B2

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OHSAA votes down spring football practice their season before participating in the football workouts. For spring sport coaches such as A.J. Auld of the Dublin Jerome High School boys lacrosse program, the OHSAA’s unanimous rejection relieves the continuing pressure for prep athletes to specialize. “I encourage my guys to be multisport athletes because it’s good for a number of reasons,” Auld said. “I know the OHSAA promotes all sports and not just football. If they approved this, why would they just allow one sport to be able to do that? Why wouldn’t they allow basketball to do it? I have a good relationship with the football coach at Jerome, and us sharing players has been mutually beneficial. I know I can’t simulate the intensity (during a practice) that one of my players can have going up against one of their rivals on a Friday night, and the same is true in the other direction.” For others such as Brookhaven’s Steve Ayers, the OHSAA’s decision to deny the proposal was “kind of disappointing.” In its official release, the OHSAA cited “concerns over the impact it would have on other spring sports, as well as the requests that would come from

Girls soccer expanding to three divisions next season By JARROD ULREY ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The OHSAA sparked emotion in more than one direction April 7 when it denied a proposal from the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association to allow a two-week period of skill instruction in May. According to the official OHSFCA release that has been posted online by several news outlets, including JJHuddle.com, the proposal asked for two weeks of football instruction during the final two weeks of May. The timeframe for the workouts would have been a maximum of 10 hours and would not have exceeded more than two hours per workout. Also as part of the proposal, athletes participating in an OHSAA spring sport would have been required to complete

other sports.” The OHSAA indicated, however, that it is examining the possibility of expanding the 10 days of coaching currently permitted over the summer in all team sports. Some of the nation’s most recruited football states, including California, Florida and Texas, are among those that have some format that includes spring football practice. “We really don’t get that many days in the summer,” said Ayers, who is an assistant football coach with the Bearcats and the school’s head coach for wrestling and boys track and field. “Down south they all have spring football, and as a state it kind of puts us behind. It seems like another thing to hold us back. We kind of felt good that they were thinking about it. When coaches collaborate, they can work it out.” Among the reasons the OHSFCA created the proposal was a concern regarding AAU flag football programs and their influence on OHSAA-sponsored football. In addition, it cited a lack of opportunity for Ohio high school football players to display their skills to college coaches during the May recruit-

ing period. “I know a lot of people might be against it, but obviously I’m a football coach and I’m also a football fan,” Dublin Coffman football coach Mark Crabtree said. “Anything that can be done to promote the sport of football I’m in favor of doing. During the last two weeks of May, most of our players are doing absolutely nothing unless they’re competing in a regional tournament in their spring sport, and those are the kinds of athletes that we’d want to be competing at that time. “Football is the one sport that gets the short end of the stick because all of the other sports you can do year-round in some form. We’re limited the most, yet it’s the biggest sport with fans and them being fanatical about it.” •The OHSAA voted 6-3 to approve a proposal from the soccer coaches association to expand the girls soccer state tournament from two divisions to three beginning this fall. Girls soccer surpassed the 501-team benchmark during 2010. Twenty-three teams from the Central District competed in Division II last fall, producing one district champion. Although the OHSAA has not an-

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nounced breakdowns by division, teams such as Worthington Christian (116 girls) and Wellington (77 girls) likely would be among those that would drop to Division III. Worthington Christian was seeded third for the district tournament and Wellington was seeded eighth last fall. “That gives us a better chance once we get into the tournament,” Worthington Christian athletics director Kevin Weakley said of his team’s likely drop. “The challenge in Division II is that there are a lot bigger schools than us in it like Bexley and Hartley. When we made the jump to Division III with the boys, it helped us significantly.” Another effect of the increase in divisions is that schools such as DeSales and Watterson as well as some Columbus City Schools would drop from Division I to II. DeSales and Watterson have been perennial powers in boys soccer while competing in Division II, but neither school got past the district semifinal round while competing in Division I in girls soccer last fall. julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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Continued from page B1 absorbing a collision at the plate in the game against Watkins Memorial. “Everyone has to take one for the team at some point,” Goodrich said with a laugh. “There’s not a girl on this team that won’t get back up when they’ve fallen.” The Eagles, who played only five games during the first two weeks, are scheduled to play six this week. That should help in their bid to develop more offensive consistency. The busy stretch includes an OCC-Capital game at Delaware on Thursday, April 14, in addition to a non-league home doubleheader against Northridge and Olentangy Liberty on Saturday, April 16. The final firstBy Tim Norman/ThisWeek round league game is at home The Eagles’ Travon Bodrick lands on a long jump attempt during the Golden Eagle Relays on April 9. against Mount Vernon on Mon-

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Below are the recent results and coming schedule for the New Albany softball team: April 2 — Defeated Dublin Jerome 9-7 in opener. Krystal Clark, who pitched a complete game, tripled home the decisive runs in the top of the 13th inning. *April 5 — Lost to Hilliard Bradley 8-2 in OCC-Capital opener. Jenna Greenberg hit a solo home run in the second inning. *April 6 — Def. Watkins Memorial 18-11. Clark hit a three-run homer in the first inning and had seven RBI as the Eagles never trailed. Tiffany

day, April 18. New Albany was a combined 1-3 against the Pacers and Yellow Jackets last season. “We go and hit in the (batting) cages every day before we get on the bus,” Goodrich said. “A lot of us have our own (private) hitting coaches, too. We’re

Goodrich scored four runs. *April 8 — Lost to Olentangy Orange 3-0 April 9 — Lost to Hartley 14-2 *April 12 — Played Franklin Heights *April 13 — Played Big Walnut *April 14 — At Delaware. Last season, the Eagles split with the Pacers, losing 3-0 in the first game and winning the second 4-3. April 16 — Home vs. Northridge and Olentangy Liberty *April 18 — Home vs. Mount Vernon. Last season, the Yellow Jackets swept the series, winning 10-0 and 7-3. *April 20 — At Hilliard Bradley Of note: The Eagles were 2-3 overall and 1-2 in the OCC-Capital before April 12. *OCC-Capital game

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Freshmen Tanner Gerlacher and Dena White made the final in the 100 hurdles, with Gerlacher placing fifth (18.86) and White sixth (18.97) behind the champion, Marion-Franklin’s Ki’Lesia Perry (14.82). Emily Rowland won the high jump (4-7), finishing ahead of runner-up White (4-6). Taneisha Cordell won the 800 (2:14) and finished second in the long jump (15-0), behind Dayton Thurgood Marshall’s Ja’Naye Scott (16-2 1/ 2). The 3,200 relay of Mycah Mason, Mirra Galbreath, Lexi Simpson and Cordell finished first in 9:56.99 and the 1,600 relay of Mason, Simpson, White and Cordell won in 4:41.03. Also winning were Mason in the 400 (1:01.89), Galbreath in the 1,600 (5:50.2) and Catherine Ralston in the 3,200 (12:25.15). www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

Schools announce coaching vacancies The following schools are seeking coaches: Bexley — Girls soccer. Send letter of interest and résumé by Friday, April 15, to Molly Feesler, athletics director, 326 S. Cassingham Road, Bexley, Ohio 43209, or email molly.feesler@bexleyschools.org. DeSales — Boys and girls swimming. Send résumé to athletics director Tom Neubert at tneubert@cdeducation.org. Dublin Jerome — Assistant girls basketball. Send résumé by May 31 to girls basketball coach

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Griffin to speak at charity camp Former Ohio State running back Archie Griffin will be the featured speaker at the annual Lauren’s First and Goal Football Camp on June 26 at Otterbein University. The camp is a fundraiser for Lauren’s First and Goal Foundation, which provides financial support for brain tumor research and families living with pediatric cancer. The one-day camp is open to student-athletes entering grades 9-12 this fall. Athletes will be divided into small groups to receive instruction in offensive and defensive skills from volunteer coaches. To register for the camp, visit www.LaurensFirstandGoal.org.

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omores Grace Busick and Delaney West and New Albany freshman Kelsey Michely. The boys team’s lightweight 8 boat finished 10th (6 minutes, 13.985 seconds) and its heavyweight 8 boat was 19th (6:21.15) at Youth Nationals last June. Expected to compete on the heavyweight 8 boat are seniors Hunter LaCorgne (St. Charles), Jon Lucas (home school), Tyler Lucas (home school), Jeremy Sobiech (Westerville North) and Mike Tarnapoll (New Albany), junior coxswain Taylor Gainey (Pickerington North), juniors Ben Leonard (home school) and Conor Moran (Big Walnut) and sophomore Josh Gould (home school). Tarnapoll has been accepted to Cornell and Sobiech will row for Jacksonville. The boys lightweight 8 boat will be comprised of seniors Matt Casper (home school), Grant Mohar (Olentangy) and Matt Murdoch (DeSales), senior coxswain Kevin Heppner (Westerville North), juniors David Casper (home school), Danny Just (Westerville North) and Jon Weiss (New Albany) and sophomores Ryan Kesselring (Westerville South) and Patrick LaCorgne (St. Charles). “I’m excited with the coming spring,” Matt Chase said. “My varsity men worked hard through the winter, and we have early signs of it paying off.”

The Westerville high school club girls rowing team got shut out in its bid to advance boats to the US Rowing Youth Nationals last June. The depth that the team has shown throughout the winter months in both its heavyweight 8 and lightweight 8 boats gives coach Trish Chase confidence that that scenario won’t play out again next month. Three members of Westerville’s heavyweight 8 boat and one from its lightweight 8 already have made commitments to compete in college, and there likely will be others signing from both boats in the coming weeks. Westerville opens its regatta schedule Saturday, April 16, as host to the Hoover Invitational on Hoover Reservoir. Thirty-five teams and more than 1,400 athletes competed in the event last year and bigger numbers are expected for this year’s meet, according to Chase. “We’re very optimistic about the upcoming season,” said Chase, who along with her husband, Matt Chase, are in their 16th seasons heading Westerville’s program. “With over 90 rowers on the team, we have very nice depth.” New Albany seniors Ashley Bauer (Ohio State) and Amanda Poll (Ohio State) and Westerville Central senior Anna Lind (Iowa) of the heavyweight 8 boat will row collegiately. Poll is the

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petitors against me. It always makes me want to jump higher and higher,” he said. “I love the atmosphere at big track meets and I love the excitement that the crowds bring. I know I clown around a lot of times, but I used to be a real quiet kid and with this success in track it has bumped my personality up and it has made me much more confident in everything I do. Track has really made a difference for both Aryton and myself. We are lucky to have it in our lives.” I’ll see you at a meet.

Ayers said Preacher works hard at his craft. “Nigel has a very good work ethic. He trains hard and his willingness to be great is what makes him a good jumper,” Ayers said. “The experience that Nigel had last year at the state championship meet has helped him a lot. There are many kids who freeze up under that kind of pressure and Nigel embraced that situation and took his (natural) ability and used it.” Preacher, whose twin brother, Aryton, is one of the top sprinters in central Ohio, said the more Larry Larson is a former athletics director at pressure he faces, the better he competes. Grandview High School. He can be heard as “I really love it when I know I have great com- “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM.

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in the consciousness of popular American music as Harlem’s Apollo Theater. The litany of artists who began their career there reads like a who’s who of jazz, R&B and soul. The Columbus Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to this rich history with “A Night at the Apollo” through Sunday, April 17, at the Southern Theatre. Joined by singer Marva Hicks, the program will celebrate the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Gladys Knight, James Brown, Sam Cooke and more. Tickets are $49-$41. Call (614) 294-5200.

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sy-pop tunes. Kinda like Norah Jones meets Katy Perry. She might prove a bit edgy for the upper echelons of superstardom, but Pritchard — who also was in the original cast of Spring Awakening on Broadway — has “buzz artist” written all over her. She’s touring in support of her debut album, Wasted in Jackson. The Beat is admittedly hit 2 and miss when it comes to Tickets are $12/$14. Call 1predicting opportunities to say 800-745-3000. you-saw-them-when, but we can’t shake the notion that Friday, April 3 Irene Kelley is one of those diamond-in-the-rough artists, 15, at The Basement, is one of those times, as young Lauren a singer-songwriter who’s had Pritchard opens for Brandon some success with her songs James and Matt White, a pair (which have been recorded by Trof Johnny (Mayer)-come-latelys. isha Yearwood, Alan Jackson, Pritchard’s voice is lush, pow- Loretta Lynn and more) but who erful and beguiling, an instrument displays genuine chops as a perin full effect on her soulful, root- forming artist as well.

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The Latrobe, Pa., native’s path became clear when she was kicked out of her Led Zeppelin cover band in high school for suggesting they add a Dolly Parton song to the set list. Her new CD, Thunderbird, is a treat. Kelley, with opener Melissa Greener, is hosted by Six String Concerts and the McConnell Arts Center of Worthington Friday, April 15, at the MAC. Tickets are $20/$15/$23. Call (614) 4310329. If there is an indie hip-hop

4 scene amid the glamour and violence of mainstream rap, Atmosphere epitomizes it. Sadly, the Wednesday, April 20, show by the Minneapolis-based duo at the Newport Music Hall is sold out. So if you want some hip-hop conscience in the coming days, you’ll have to hope that by the time you read this, the Talib Kweli show Friday, April 15, at Skully’s Music Diner, is not yet sold out. (It happened for his Skully’s date last year, so…) The one-time partner of Mos Def drops clever rhymes and serious wordplay over soulful and jazzy riffs. Tickets are $20/$25. Call (614) 291-8856.

Steffanie Leigh as Mary Poppins, Talon Ackerman as Michael Banks and Camille Mancuso as Jane Banks in the National Tour of Mary Poppins.

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5 Steffanie Leigh was working when she got the lead role in the national tour of Mary Poppins. “I was definitely not as good a nanny as Mary Poppins,” Leigh told The Beat with a laugh. That bit of real-life coincidence is just a stage-setter for the magic of which Leigh gets to be a part on a nightly basis. “To be ‘practically perfect.’It’s fun to create those illusions,” Leigh said. Those illusions include, of course, flight, but also a plethora of items retrieved from her magic bag during the opening number, Practically Perfect. (Leigh refused to provide behind-the-scenes secrets for either.) She did, however, explain that the stage production storyline is not a mirror image of the 1964 film, as the creative team opted to adapt some of the same and some different vignettes from the book on which both are based. “It’s more of a character study of the family and their transformation,” Leigh explained. A family — the Bankses — which she

Broadway Across America – Columbus will present the national tour of Mary Poppins April 20 through May 8 at the Ohio Theatre. Tickets are $65-$25. Call (614) 469-0939.

pretty amazing.” Leigh concurred, adding that longtime fan favorites like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Jolly Holiday stand alongside new numbers composed for the stage show like the powerful Anything Can Happen. “But I really love singing Feed the Birds,” Leigh added. “It has such beautiful lyrics and melody. And, in our production it’s set in front of a beautiful backdrop of St. Paul’s Cathedral.” Both Mancuso and Leigh have seen the movie over and over, but more from a fan’s perspective than an actor’s. Leigh said that, while the stage show is different, the film’s popularity is nothing to run away from. “We embrace the fact that it’s well-known,” she explained. “I’ll never be Julie Andrews. But I love getting to play such a magical character, where you can just let your imagination go.”

helps transform. Her charges include Michael and Jane Banks, the latter of which is played by 11-year-old Camille Mancuso of Blacklick. “We start off being total brats and snobs,” Mancuso told The Beat. “Mary takes us on some crazy adventures and we realize we don’t have to be brats. We can just have fun.” And fun is had by all. Mancuso said the children are the busiest of all the cast members, but that it seems a fair trade to participate in all the rollicking, frolicking fun. “I get to spell Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious every day,” Mancuso said. “And getting to interact with all these great people For more from The Beat’s inon stage is a blast. It’s so much terviews with Camille Mancuso fun to sing and dance because these and Steffanie Leigh, read the Beatsongs are energetic and crazy. It’s Blog at www.ThisWeekNews.com.

Turkish delights abound in Dublin strip mall Situated in present-day Turkey, the historic city of Ephesus was a major urban center, even during the high times of the ancient Greeks and the Roman Empire. Situated in a strip mall in Dublin, Cafe Ephesus brings to our area those potent traditions of lusty Turkish cooking at unbeatable values (big portions, great food and right-on prices). Cafe Ephesus adds to its cost-effective attractions by subtracting the adult beverage part from your bill: It doesn’t sell booze. And while the place isn’t fancy, it’s far from a drag to eat in its modern and pleasant facilities. In your ears will be rousing Turkish tunes and on the walls are a few framed, postcard-worthy photographs of watery scenes near the famous city. There are also a couple of colorful, hanging Turkish rugs, some pretty blue tiles along the back wall and a paneled, festive painting of a laid-out banquet positioned above the little semi-open kitchen.

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by G.A. Benton Of course, it’s what’s on the dishes that counts, and that’s the most impressive aspect of Cafe Ephesus. A great way to begin exploring some of its bold Turkish flavors is with the Combination Plate of dips and salad-cold appetizers ($14, easily serves three). Arrayed like a dartboard, that killer veggie-heavy platter hit the bulls-eye of authenticity with Kisir, similar to tabbouli but more complex and crunchy, with nuts and a much higher bulgur-toparsley ratio; Ezme, like a fiery Turkish salsa; Haydari , a rich and thick yogurt dip brightened by dill and mint; Dolmasi, vegetarian grape leaves stuffed with cinnamon rice, pine nuts and currants; Barbunya Pilaki, a neat pinto bean, onion, potato and tomato salad; Soslu

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The ezme appetizer at Cafe Ephesus.

Patlican, like a lovely ratatouille; Patlican Saltasi, a great, smoky, fresh and lemony baba ganoush; and a rich hummus flavored with cumin and lemon. From the hot appetizers, it’s hard to

lamby Shish ($15) and Doner ($12) — Turkish gyro, but so much better than the usual stuff. Seekers of more aromatic food might pick the sausagey Adana kebabs ($12), also available in a nifty chicken version. Not into kebabs tonight? No problem, Ephesus has you covered with a seafood dish like an unusual, rich and terrific Tilapia ($13), baked with mushrooms, peppers, onions and plenty of cheese and sided with one of Ephesus’ great salads. But there are also other terrestrial triumphs, like wonderful cabbage rolls (Lahana Dolmasi, $12). Desserts lived up to Ephesus’ fantastic savory fare. Try the homemade, nottoo-sweet baklava ($5) that’s flaky and golden brown on top, dense and nutty underneath.

beat the marvelous and minty Mucver ($6). Probably the healthiest pancakes you’ll ever eat, they’re crispy yet springy and made with shredded veggies (mostly zucchini and potato) and come with a side of herbed yogurt dip. You gotta get the kebabs right at a Turkish restaurant, and Ephesus certainly does. Served with a fluffy rice pilaf plus a pickled cabbage, parsley and raw onion mix (good for making little sandwiches with the ubiquitous grilled pita here), they all rocked. It’s nearly For a complete guide to impossible to pin down a favorite, but local restaurants, visit heartier eaters might target the juicy and ColumbusDiningGuide.com

Bakery gets cooking inside Chinese restaurant in Clintonville Ying’s Tea House & Yum-Yum has a sweet new partner. Ying Liu, owner of the Clintonville restaurant, and baker Elena Birukow have formed Yum-Yum Bakery, which now occupies a portion of the space at 4312 N. High St. Birukow’s creations run the gamut — from savory to sweet and touching all styles. Pastry cases are lined with cannoli, napoleons, Russian-style stuffed buns, fresh-baked breads, cinnamon rolls, muffins and other baked goods. Unconventional flavors are in order for doughnuts and cupcakes, she said. “I have many ideas,” she said. She is particularly known for her elaborate

wedding cakes. Birukow also takes special orders for desserts that are not part of the daily lineup. “Everything a bakery can do, I can do,” said the Moscow native. To make things convenient for the earlymorning crowd, the bakery opens at 7 a.m. every day. Liu, for her part, said she is bent on improving the coffee drinks and tea options. She soon will start importing loose-leaf teas from China. Birukow and Liu met through a mutual

friend. Liu said she originally intended to open a dessert shop three years ago but it morphed into a full-service Chinese restaurant. Originally, she sublet half the space from a maker of Middle Eastern pita. She took over the enIt’s safe to say Roger Gentile tire 3,600-square-foot space about a year ago likes wine a lot. after the former occupant closed. And he wants others to enjoy The bakery and restaurant are open daily. it as much. For more information, call 614-262-7587. “I try to make wine relatable

Hometown Oriental Carryout and Deli has changed hands. The Northwest Side restaurant, owned by husband-and-wife team Hartanto Nugroho and Liliana Liem, has been renamed Lily’s Asian Cuisine, 787 Bethel Road in the Olentangy Plaza. The couple said they will continue to offer most items on the previous menu while they introduce their own bill of fare, which offers mostly Chinese with the occasional Japanese and Thai dish, too. They already have installed a sushi bar. Liem formerly was a sushi chef at Whole Foods. It’s a big change for the 2,100-square-foot space, known for its cafeteria-like austerity as well as duck and barbecued pork hanging on hooks behind the counter. (Both items will remain on the menu but will not be displayed in the same manner.) Most entrees are in the $10 to $12 range. Siblings Marie and Peter Kwan recently owned the restaurant. Peter Kwan has stayed on as one of the chefs but his sister is no longer By Tim Norman/ThisWeek with the restaurant. Elena Birukow shows off one of her cakes while standing next to the counter filled with The new owners say they will do some cosother delicacies she creates at Ying’s Teahouse & Yum-Yum Bakery, 4312 N. High St. metic work to the interior and intend to apply Yum-Yum Bakery is located in a portion of the Chinese restaurant in Clintonville. for a license to sell beer and wine.

Over the years, the space has been transformed. He has traded a deli for Mama Mimi’s Take N’ Roger Gentile Bake Pizza. The space has undergone several remodeling projects. A second-floor room is used for wine-tastings and classes. “If you don’t change, you’re going out of business,” he said. At 65, he still enjoys his job. “Do you understand how much I love this?” he said. To see Gentile’s review of 2009 Geretto “Confidenza” Refosco IGT, go to www.ThisWeekNews.com/foodandwine.

to people,” said the owner of Gentile’s, the Wine Sellers. “Wine should be fun.” Gentile, who’s spent more than 40 years in the business, is the new Wine Wisdom columnist for Food & Wine. He replaces sommelier Chris Dillman. The author of two books — “The Basics of Wine” and “Discovering Ohio Wine” — has spent most of his adult life selling wine and educating people about the subject. For a short time, he was a TV personality — the Wine Wizard — on PM Magazine and later did restaurant reviews for the show. Recipe of the week The shop, 1565 King Ave. in the Grandview Heights area, was founded by his father in 1954. Shortly after graduating from Ohio State University, Gentile began working at the store fulltime. He would later return to Ohio State to teach wine classes. The shop is a wine and craftbeer depot with no pop, potato Ahi tuna stack, courtesy of chips, lottery or beef jerky. Bradley Balch of Tucci’s.

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Catherine Zimmerman (left), an ecologist and landscape designer, speaks with students at Columbus Jewish Day School. Gina Freeman (right) director of faculty and student affairs at the school, said the students will plant a native meadow behind the building in May.

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Students prepare to plant meadow at school building By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers Columbus Jewish Day School (CJDS) students spent last week learning about soil, birds and insects, all of which they will be able to study further when they plant a meadow behind the school this spring. “It’s exciting to see what they’ve done in ecology,” said Judy Miller, CJDS head of schools. Miller said the students are learning 21st-century education and how to become better stewards of the planet. Students completed their studies before they received a visit from Catherine Zimmerman, an ecologist and landscape designer who visited the school to talk about planting native meadows. “Just recently, entomologists realized that 90 percent of native insects eat native plants,” Zimmerman said. She said that means if people plant more native plants in meadows, they will support the natural ecosystem by feeding its inhabitants. “Everything, including native insects, evolved in nature with native plants,” Zimmerman said. “(Insects) adapted to digest those plants.” As an example, she said, the caterpillar that turns into a monarch butterfly only lays eggs on a milkweed plant, which is the only plant the caterpillar can eat. Zimmerman, who wrote “Urban & Suburban Meadows, Bringing Meadowscaping to Big and Small Spaces,” showed the students slides of meadows she has planted and showed them how

meadows can be incorporated into housing subdivisions. She said people don’t realize that if they put chemicals in their yards, chemicals often run off into storm drains and return to the water system. After her presentation, Zimmerman went outside with the students and talked about ways to create a meadow behind the school. Miller said a natural meadow already is located east of the building and the school has set up a meditation center near it so students may visually observe it. Based on the third-graders’ soil study, Zimmerman said, the soil’s acidity level must be addressed before a meadow is planted. She suggested using natural wood chips to treat the soil. Students marked the meadow’s boundaries and will plan which native plants to plant there. Zimmerman describes native plants as those that grew in Ohio before any European settlers populated the area. Gina Freeman, CJDS director of faculty and student affairs, said school officials hope to plant the meadow in May. Zimmerman is expected to come back for the planting to continue her work with the students. As part of its collaboration with the New Albany-Plain Local School District, high school students from the Eastland-Fairfield Career Center’s environmental science class also attended Zimmerman’s presentation at CJDS. lwince@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Columbus Academy students selected for the 2011 Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition are (clockwise, from left) Frankie Benson, Rachel Viets, Erin Simmons, Chris Robie, Harsha Chandupatla, Jeff Salomon, Annie Lee and Caroline Beaulieu.

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Students at Bishop Hartley High School, 1285 Zettler Road, will present “Rehearsal for Murder” at 7:30 p.m. April 14-16. Cast members include (first row) Mark D’Andrea, Kimberly Osborn, Adam Maxfield, Andre Dargahi, Max Steele, (second row) Cate Pfister and Brooke Nerderman. The play is a classic “whodunit?” mystery. Tickets are $7 at the door.

Eight Columbus Academy students were selected for the 2011 Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition. Senior Frankie Benson of New Albany and junior Chris Robie

of Worthington had their photographs selected for the show opening at the Rhodes Office Tower. A photograph by senior Jeff Salomon of Gahanna was selected for the governor’s office display, and a photograph by junior Rachel Viets of Dublin was chosen for

display in the Ohio Department of Education. Works by senior Harsha Chandupatla of Blacklick and juniors Caroline Beaulieu of New Albany, Annie Lee of Gahanna and Erin Simmons of Gahanna appeared in the regional show.

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The future is intermodal and the future is now. CSX Intermodal Needs Owner-Operators Day Cab Owners Preferred Call Bob at 866-725-1605

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Expose, repair or replace residential and commercial underground utilities. Class A CDL, minimum 5 yrs rep utable experience. Resume to hr@thewaterworks.com. Online application at www.thewaterworks.com.

Construction

(Drywall, Paint, Carpentry) New job opportunity with Roth Construction, a growing insurance restoration company, for experienced residential and commercial tradesmen. Must be able to "do-it-all" with Integrity, Quality and Efficiency. We offer full time work with great benefits (401k, health insurance, paid vacations and holidays). Qualified candidates can e-mail resume to: Columbus@rothcolumbus.com or fax to 614-777-4277. Please no walk-ins or calls. Background checks will be performed before hire. EEO

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MedFlight is this region’s premier critical care medical transportation service. We are seeking a full-time Dispatcher to work 12 hr. shifts in our fast paced Communications Center.

Position available to oversee large public work infrastructure projects including transportation, water/wastewater and architecture. Requires ability to apply contract documents to construction inspection for compliance of work performed. Effective time management, written/oral communication and interpersonal skills a must. Computer skills with working knowledge of scheduling and estimating software a plus. Minimum of 10 years with P.E. preferred. Please forward resumes to eg883003@gmail.com.

The qualified candidate will be responsible for call-taking, dispatching and functioning as a transport coordinator. Will receive process and arrange requests for medical transportation while recognizing the mode of transportation required either for helicopters or ground ambulance service. Knowledge of basic computer skills, medical terminology, CAD system experience and the ability to multi-task in a demanding work environment is required. A minimum of 2 years of previous EMS / law enforcement / critical care dispatching experience preferred; and a minimum of 2 years of previous EMS helicopter dispatching is preferred. MedFlight offers a warm, supportive work environment and a competitive salary and benefits package with a flexible schedule. For immediate consideration, apply to: MedFlight ATTN: HR/CC 2827 W. Dublin-Granville Road Columbus, Ohio 43235 Fax: 614-734-8091 or apply by downloading application @ www.medflight.com EOE

Senior Java Developer for cent OH systems consulting/development co. Duties: Serve as fi nancial & insurance ap plications developer for imaging & workflow proj ects under project lead; use relevant technolo gies, including Java, J2EE (JSP, Servlets, EJB, JMS, JDBC), Agile, FileNet, Object Relation al Modeling, Web Serv ices, XML, Struts, WebLogic/WebSphere Application Server, PL/SQL, UML & Eclipse IDE; modify applications programs from detailed specifications; analyze requirements, code, test, debug, design, docu ment, & maintain pro grams; coordinate with business analysts & test ing (Quality Assurance) team for development & defects; participate in planning & evaluation meetings & presenta tions; work on most phases of applications programming activities. Requirements include master’s or equivalent degree in computer sci ence or any engineering field, & 3 yrs exp in/with/using J2EE, WebSphere, Weblogic & struts framework. (Bach elor’s or equivalent de gree in computer sci ence or any engineering field & 5 years progres sive exp. in/with/using J2EE, WebSphere, Weblogic & struts frame work accepted in lieu of master’s degree & 3 years experience.) Quali fied applicants send résumés to ICC, attn: K. Clementz 2500 Corpo rate Exchange Dr. 320 Columbus, OH 43231.

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For Home Healthcare company. Free training with placement . Placement guaranteed if you have a loved one or neighbor that you would like to take care of. For info or to register call 614-484-2522

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FT opening in 2 physician Hiring NOW for Collec ophthalmology practice, tions CPositions at our NW Cols. Exp pref. Must Dublin, OH call center. Im have knowledge of ocular mediate full & anatomy, demonstrate pro part-time openings. No ficiency in history taking uexperience necessary. and visual acuity testing. We offer paid training, flexi Candidate should have a ble scheduling & unlimited professional attitude & compensation potential. enthusiasm/ability to learn Must be able to work 2 late new skills. Fax resume to nights/week & weekends. 614-267-4242 or call Call Sally: 614-760-4001 614-267-4122 CUSTOMER SERVICE PHYSICIAN Phone reps - earn ASSISTANT $10/hr + bonus. Paid OR NURSE PRACITIONER wkly. Telephone exp. a Immediate opening - very + but not req’d. Call busy family & geriatic now! 614-900-3858 practice. Exp. & RX Diamond Innovations, Inc. authority a plus. Send seeks a Manufacturing resume to Barbara Anders, Automation Systems Engi PO 159, Crooksville, OH neer to work in Worthing 43731 or email barbanders ton, Ohio. Duties include: @rrohio.com designing, implementing, improving and maintaining HELP WANTED wide automation and FINANCIAL/BANKING plant process data collection systems. Must have Mas Billing Analysts ter’s Degree in Electrical Engr. or Mechanical Engr. Multi-specialty physician practice has several positions open in the billing Academic coursework or department to handle all experience to include: 1) aspects of the billing and follow-up Logicmaster, CIMPLICITY including patient inquiries, scheduling, charge entry, insurance follow-up, Machine Edition; 2) PLC payment posting, collections, etc. Programming; 3) Java, Familiarity w/ processing of surgery Javascript, HTML, Server charges, including coding, charge entry, etc. Scripting; 4) SCADA sys Experience w/Athena Practice tems, HTML programming. Management system a plus. Must be Send resume and cover dependable, able to multi-task and have excellent organizational, communication, letter to: Director, and follow-up skills. Please e-mail resume Human Resources, with salary history/requirements to: PO Box 568, Worthington, hrmedoffice@aol.com OH 43085. Ref #8102.053 To place an ad for your bazaar or seasonal event call (740) 888-5003 (local call)

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