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Northridge levy defeat

Officials undecided about next move By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Following the close defeat on its third try for a 1-percent income tax levy May 3, the Northridge Board of Education will regroup during the next few weeks and begin thinking about whether to try for a fourth time or accept a smaller

school system. The board will hold a special meeting May 9 to interview candidates for the vacant seat formerly held by Brent Garee. The next regular meeting will be May 16. The income tax issue was defeated by 153 votes, with 1,335 votes (47.3 percent) for the measure and 1,488 votes

(52.7 percent) against it. “Either we did not get the message across or the community is just at a point where they are not able to financially support the schools,” said board president Mark Dann. “It’s hard to say.” Treasurer Jim Hudson said the district was looking to lose $2.3 million in the coming year’s budget, including $1.7

million from the income tax and various changes to state and federal funding. The district spends about $14 million in annual operating funds. Dann said a pro-levy campaign had worked as hard as it could to get the message out. “There are a lot of folks that put a lot of hard work and effort into informing

the community of the financial needs and where things are with the state and how it is funding schools,” Dann said. “It’s a changing environment.” Bill Jones, a district resident who was part of WALLET, an anti-tax group, said the pro-levy side had done a good job. See LEVY, page A2

Constant rainfall causing pothole problems

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Nonstop rain showers in recent weeks are causing major pothole problems along U.S. Route 62 in Johnstown. “After the rains, it got just horrendous. People are literally going left of center because there are huge ones now,” village council member Sean Staneart said. Staneart said there already were potholes along the national highway after the freeze and thaw of winter. “During the winter cycle with the recent thawing, the potholes kind of gave out and the Ohio Department of Transportation went in and cold patched them. It was a quick patch,” he said. Cold patching is when asphalt is poured directly into a pothole without using heat or other equipment. Staneart said with the past few weeks of nonstop rain the cold patch is falling apart. “When the rain gets in there it kind of breaks it up and makes it into something like gravel and every car that hits it splashes some of it out,” Staneart said, “and now there’s just craters … so it’s just a safety concern.” Staneart said the largest area affected is from Oregon Street to the post office near Kasson Street. On May 3, he asked village council if Johnstown See POTHOLES, page A2

Community yard sale will raise money for Relay

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Relay For Life teams have painted Johnstown purple with ribbons, but communications chair Jackie Dismuke said that’s just their opening move. There’s still a lot of Relay action to come, and next on the list is a community-wide yard sale being hosted by committee members next weekend, May 13-15, at the town square. Dismuke said Relay teams and community members are invited to set up tables of new or used

items for residents to buy. Participants can also sell craft items, baked goods or “whatever they want to do to raise funds,” she said. “Anybody can come and sell something,” Dismuke said, “as long as the money is all donated to Johnstown Relay For Life.” She said residents could also purchase luminaries and decorate bags for the Relay For Life walkathon, scheduled for June 24 and 25. The yard sale is a great way for teams to raise money for the American Cancer Society, Dis-

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muke said. “A lot of people are having trouble getting started on their fundraising,” she said. “This year doesn’t seem like we’ve had as many of these kind of activities going on.” Dismuke said activities are needed to help raise monetary goals teams set prior to the race. All donations go to the American Cancer Society. She said Relay participants “should try to get your team goal prior to (the Relay) with differSee RELAY, page A2

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The Johnstown Planning and Zoning Commission met May 4 for a work session on the village’s future land-use plan, including the downtown residential corridors that are expected to become increasingly commercial as traffic increases on U.S. Route 62 and state Route 37. Village administrator Jim Lenner said zoning changes would not require any existing use of homes to change, so residential properties could remain residential. But as traffic increases along the village’s main thoroughfares, more and more homes will

become commercial because that is what owners will want, Lenner said. “I don’t think we’re saying it has to be commercial,” Lenner said. “We’re just giving property owners that choice. As soon as the future land use map is commercial, your property value significantly increases. It just gives people an option, if they want to sell.” Commission chair Pat Kramer said homes in the historic district would have to have zoning commission approval for any changes to their exterior, and one purpose of the commission is to maintain the style of the historic area. “Everything has to come before us before See HISTORIC, page A2

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RELAY Continued from page A1 ent activities,” such as the yard sale. Then any additional funds teams make at the walkathon could go to the ACS as extra donations. Community members can also register to participate in Johnstown’s Relay For Life at the yard sale. There are currently only 30 teams, or 186 individuals, signed up for Johnstown’s Relay, Dismuke said. She said those teams have raised $6,130 of the $47,000 goal for Johnstown. “We don’t have as many people signed up yet,” she said. “We don’t have as much money as we usually have by this time. We’re really down on everything.” She said part of the problem

LEVY Continued from page A1 “There seems to be a solid group of people who have not supported the income tax,” Jones said. “I did think it would be close, which it was, because of the increased ramped up efforts of the schools. I thought they did a better job getting their message out.” Parent volunteer Jayma Bammerlin said she believed turnout was good and voters knew what they were voting for. “I consider it really close,” Bammerlin said. “Just in Licking County it was about 153 votes that separated it. I wish it was the other way around, but I knew it was going to be close. We had a really good turnout. Getting 50 percent of the residents out in the rain, with only that issue, was good.” Bammerlin said current students will have a more difficult time with college acceptance because of reduced offerings. “I have a heavy heart over next year’s sophomores and juniors,” Bammerlin said. “I do not believe people understand how competitive college entrance is. Having a school at state minimum does not put these students in an academic setting where they will be competitive. “Colleges also look at extracurricular activities, what sports and what leadership in the community,” she said. “We have set it up so it is not going to be easy to give these students opportunities. We are going to have to be creative and think outside the box, so these students have ways to grow beyond state minimums.” The board will be faced with eliminating more than 15 faculty and staff positions, along with extracurricular activities and vocational agriculture and consumer science. Bammerlin said she hoped the Northridge community would actively lobby for changes to state funding law. “I think the one issue this community needs to get behind is to communicate to our representatives at the state that there has to be reform,” Bammerlin said. “The ways schools are funded in this state is just not acceptable. We are not able to compete with schools around Ohio. We have to find a way to find reform. It may not be a quick solution, but this community has to get the ball rolling.” Jones said he would like to see both tax credits for donors to the schools and funding incentives

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HISTORIC could be blamed on the poor economy, but added that it could also be because this is Johnstown’s fourth year participating in Relay and “it’s not a new thing anymore.” “I don’t know,” Dismuke said, “but we need to do something to get people kind of excited.” She said she hopes the community is excited for the yard sale and that residents comes out to help support such a great cause. The community-wide yard sale is on Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Johnstown students are also showing off their talents at a Relay For Life Benefit Concert on May 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Johnstown Opera House. Admission is $3 and all proceeds will go to Johnstown Relay For Life.

for schools that do a good job raising money in the community. “I’d like to sit down with (state Rep.) Jay Hottinger and see if there was some way to give a tax credit to local donors,” Jones said. “I’d like to find a way to encourage more local control and more local money, so there would be less tie to the state and federal government.”

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Continued from page A1 Continued from page A1 anything goes in there,” Kramer said. Commission member Sean Staneart said that individual homes could be torn down in some circumstances, but that replacement structures would follow the same style. “The houses that exist, that are historic and have that late 1800s, early 1900s look, will have to remain that style, or anything that is torn down has to be replaced in a like fashion,” he said. “It’s the intent to protect that historic integrity.” Kramer said the area would likely become commercial, simply because homeowners who could afford to improve the homes do not live along high traffic corridors. “For people to bring those houses up to par, they can’t afford it,” Kramer said. “A business going in, they can bring it back to what it was, and that’s what we want.” An attorney, for example, might want to restore a historic residence “and use it for his offices,” she said, “not tear it down.” Staneart agreed that commercial development is most likely. “They’re concerned about houses along this sector that are falling into disrepair,” Staneart said. “They attribute it to the fact that people are not necessarily wanting to live along a (U.S. Route 62) corridor because of high traffic. “How do we convert these houses into something usable but still maintain the historical integrity of it?” he asked. “If we can get a commercial business, like a doctor’s office, that can utilize that and get it to a presentable look.” Kramer said the hope would be to develop a small niche business area. “What we’re seeing is little shops, little boutiques people can walk and visit and go up and down the street and look at it, not commercial (style), but it has to be commercial (zoning) for those little shops to go in,” Kramer said.

service director Jack Liggett could fix the state road. “I know it’s the state of Ohio’s problem, but they’re not fixing it,” Staneart said. “They gave us the 2013 date but I don’t think we can wait that long.” Liggett said ODOT in 2013 plans to repave U.S. 62 from New Albany to Utica. He acknowledged that the nonstop rain has caused “a number of issues all over town.” “On village roads we are cold patching all over,” Liggett said. He said Johnstown allots $7,000 to cold patch village roads but said he usually doesn’t patch up state and national highways. “Because of the hard winter, because of the wet weather it has been a load on ODOT,” Liggett said. “They have huge number of miles of streets that they’re trying to take care of also.” Liggett said he would cold patch U.S. 62 if council wanted him and found the funds to allow him to repair the road. Because it’s a state responsibility, village manager Jim Lenner said he called ODOT on May 4 to see what it could do to solve the problem before turning to Liggett. ODOT told Lenner that an employee would come out to Johnstown to decide if a hot mix patch,

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The New Albany Community Authority’s board of directors agreed May 2 to release $475,000 from the economic-development fund to pay for fiber-optic line extensions and a water system for the business park east, much of which is in Licking County and Johnstown-Monroe Local School District. City manager Joseph Stefanov told the board of directors the fiberoptic system already benefits the city, businesses and schools. The extension to the business park east, which is being called the personal care and beauty campus, will allow the businesses in that area to take advantage of the system, as well. The fiber extension is anticipated to cost $375,000 and is being done in conjunction with American Electric Power. Council on Feb. 15 agreed to waive the competitive bidding requirements for the fiber-optic extensions and allow the village to use an existing agreement with AEP, which currently maintains New Albany’s fiber lines. The water system will serve the same business campus and provide fire suppression until the city builds a water tower in the area. Stefanov said the “gray water” system — using water that does not contain sewage, but is still not potable — is anticipated to cost $100,000. It includes a pump station that will pull water from large ponds and run it into a 16-inch underground water main. The main will service sprinkler systems in the buildings and provide water in fire hydrants that will be used to fight any fires in the area, according to the Monroe Township Fire Department.

A closer look The fiber extension is anticipated to cost $375,000 and is being done in conjunction with American Electric Power. Council on Feb. 15 agreed to waive the competitive bidding requirements for the fiber-optic extensions and allow the village to use an existing agreement with AEP, which currently maintains New Albany’s fiber lines.

Stefanov said the city eventually would have to build a water tower at Beech Road. If the tower is put in too early without enough users, it could have water quality issues. Stefanov said it would be costly to use chlorine for that much unused water and the chemical’s effectiveness expires, which causes more problems. “This (system) will buy us some additional time until there’s adequate water demand,” Stefanov said. The community authority board approved the request in a 3-0 vote. Saundra Cooke, Brent Bradbury and Trudy Bartley voted in favor of the motion, with members Ted Adams and Keith Morris abstaining. Bill Ebbing and Harry Ryan were absent. The authority’s attorney, Greg Stype, said the motion passed by majority of the quorum. The economic-development fund was created with revenue from income taxes collected in the business parks in New Albany. Scott McAfee, the city’s communications director, said 35 percent of the income-tax revenues generated from the business parks goes to New Albany, 35 percent

goes to the New Albany-Plain Local School District and the other 30 percent goes into the economic-development fund to be used to pay off debt or pay for new infrastructure in the business parks. McAfee said the money must be used for projects inside the business parks. The economic-development fund is completely separate from the other funds held by the community authority, which collects a 4.75-mill annual assessment on properties in the New Albany Country Club community. Those funds help to pay down previous debt incurred in the late 1990s to build Fodor Road, improve the Plain Township Fire Station and build parts of New Albany High School. Stefanov said the water project already has started. One of the companies moving into the campus, Accel Inc., plans to open in June and must have the water system in place. Stefanov said the city was able to start the project using some of the debt already issued for the business park’s infrastructure. In other business, the community authority board voted to reissue bonds that paid for infrastructure in two of the business campuses. Bradbury said the debt was originally issued in 1997 for $10 million. The balance unpaid is $8.8 million. To address that balance, the board voted to refinance $6 million of the bonds to lock in a better interest rate and to resell one note for $2 million annually. The note can be rolled over annually or paid off at some point. The board will take the final $800,000 out of the economic-development fund and pay that off.

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Thank heaven for Anna Jarvis, for giving all a few hours of rest. I happen to know — as anyone with MARGO Google and a BARTLETT couple of fingers to type with could find out — that Anna Jarvis never was a mother herself. She campaigned for Mother’s Day on behalf of her own mother, who had mentioned the idea when Anna was only 12. Her mother had come to school for some reason — probably because it was her day to be the Lunchroom Mommy — and while there she said this: “I hope that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother’s day commemorating her for the matchless service she renders to humanity in every field of life. She is entitled to it.” How little Anna remembered that word for word I can’t imagine, but the Internet says she did, and we all know how reliable the Internet is when it comes to facts. She remembered it and she devoted a good chunk of her life toward making Mother’s Day a real holiday. Which just goes to show what a noble mother she would have been, because she had all the nec-

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State funding aids early detection In December of 1989 Elizabeth Cassady’s mother Roberta informed her “We realize that it’s unrealistic to expect the BCCP to family that she had been diagnosed receive more funding during these tough economic with breast cancer. Elizabeth recalls her concern for her mother was times. When the current budget problems are resolved overwhelming. So was the concern for and the state can dedicate more resources toward her own health as she knew she may be prevention, we will continue to show the cost benefits at a higher risk of breast cancer than the average woman. of early screening versus treatment and ask that Elizabeth also understood, through funding be increased.” her mother’s own battle, that if detected early the survival rate is very good. She — KATIE CARTER determined her best chance to fight the KOMEN COLUMBUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR disease, if ever she were diagnosed, would be to catch it early through years-old and her insurance didn’t write an appeal letter to her insurance regular screenings. cover mammograms for women under company informing them of her mothUnfortunately at the time of her the age of 40. So every year she would er’s diagnosis and her higher risk. mother’s diagnosis Elizabeth was 25-

“Every year before my screening, I would simply change the date on the appeal letter I sent the year before as I expected the insurance company would deny payment for my mammogram,” Elizabeth said. For Elizabeth, her annual encounter with the red tape was worthwhile as the screenings gave her knowledge and peace of mind. A couple years ago Elizabeth began working contract jobs and found herself unable to afford health insurance or the cost of screenings — yet her income was too high to be eligible for the state’s Medicaid program. Even more frightening, the team at the Columbus Cancer Clinic detected a mass in her left breast during her annual mammogram.

Needing a second screening and an ultrasound, the Cancer Clinic informed Elizabeth that she would be eligible for assistance through the state’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP). Administered by the Ohio Department of Health through funding by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state budget appropriations, the BCCP provides mammograms, diagnostic testing and case management services to low-income women in Ohio who don’t have insurance coverage and fall in the eligibility gap for the state’s Medicaid system. Last year, the Ohio BCCP screened See STATE, on next page

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Regina Brett to speak at post-race event On May 14, downtown Columbus will be transformed into a sea of pink as thousands gather to participate in the annual Susan G. Komen Columbus Race for the Cure. Within the crowd of pink-clad peopleâ€”there were more than 50,000 participants in 2010â€”certain individuals stand out because they are just a little bit pinker than all the rest. Hundreds of breast cancer survivors, marked by their solid pink t-shirts, will run and walk the 5K race course this yearâ€”accompanied by family, friends and the Central Ohio community. After the race, all survivors will be invited to participate in the Sur-

vivor Ceremony & Celebration, an empowering, inspirational event that will start at 10:45 a.m. on the west steps of the Ohio Statehouse. The keynote speaker for this yearâ€™s celebration knows all too well what it means to be a breast cancer survivor. Regina Brett has been cancer-free for 14 years. She has sisters and cousins who have lost their lives to the disease. Her daughter found out in 2007 that she, like Brett, carried the BRCA1 gene, which can cause breast cancer, and chose to have her breasts surgically removed. Brett is a well-known and respected columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice for pieces she

wrote for the newspaper. She is also the author of God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Lifeâ€™s Little Detours, an inspirational collection of essays, and she hosts a weekly call-in radio show on Northeast Ohioâ€™s NPR affiliate station. At the Columbus survivor ceremony, Brett will celebrate breast cancer survivorship surrounded by fellow survivors and those closest to themâ€”in addition to thousands of other Ohioans. As each survivor crosses the finish line, they will receive a pink rose and be asked to proceed to Survivor Palooza, a special tented area designated for survivors, to prepare to be honored at the

ceremony. During the event, they will parade across the Statehouse lawn in order of length of survivorshipâ€”from those undergoing treatment to those who have been cancer-free for decadesâ€” and assemble on the steps of the Statehouse to be recognized. The celebration wonâ€™t be without music. The Hot Pink Racers, a local band that combines punk rock and pink, will get the crowd moving. The band was organized exclusively for the Columbus Race for the Cure by Joe Cygan, the widower of Heather Pick, a Columbus television news anchor who lost her fight with breast cancer in 2008. Rebekah Smith, a talented young Columbus singer,

will also perform with accompianist Scott Solchert. Awards will be given to survivors and top runners. All are welcome on the State-

house lawn after the race this year to join in this amazing celebration of survivorshipâ€”and be part of finding a cure to end breast cancer forever.

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our own self-evaluations and screenings. Itâ€™s about saving lives.â€? In October, Elizabeth accepted the job as the Canteen Manager at the VFW Post 4044 in Columbus. While she has never participated in the Susan G. Komen Columbus Race for the Cure, she was given the responsiPhoto courtesy of Komen Columbus bility to coordinate the Postâ€™s 2011 team â€“ a task Elizabeth would be fine. It was through the $250,000. The women who says has special meaning. qualify but donâ€™t receive screen- assistance from the BCCP that Coincidently Elizabethâ€™s ings often show up later at hospi- she got the additional screenings friends and family will also be she and her doctors needed to tal emergency rooms with canparticipating in the Race for the cers that have grown and spread effectively manage her health. first time led by her mother â€œI am very grateful for the resulting in more costly treatRoberta, a 22-year as a breast ments and a much lower chance BCCP for helping me maintain cancer survivor. the proper mammography for survival. For more information about schedule set forth by the physiDuring Elizabethâ€™s follow up the Ohio Breast and Cervical examinations it was determined cians,â€? Elizabeth said. â€œAs a Cancer Program visit woman, I consider it a â€˜have toâ€™ that the mass that was found www.odh.ohio.gov. The Susan G. that we all be more diligent with Komen for the Cure Columbus was only tissue and that she Affiliate is also encouraging supporters and advocates to contact their state legislators to urge them to keep funding the BCCP.

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Cordell aiming to regain state title For an athlete who didn’t like running when she started competitively at age 9, Taneisha Cordell has developed into an elite competitor. The New Albany High School senior, who will run track at the University of Miami (Fla.) beginning next year, has the fastest area time to this point in the season in both the 400 LARRY meters and her specialty, LARSON the 800. She had the fourth-fastest time in the country in the 800 in the winter indoor season and, after finishing fourth in the Division I state meet as a freshman, she won the 800 as a sophomore at Reynoldsburg before transferring to New Albany. Cordell also won the 800 at the USA Track & Field national meet last summer in Sacramento, Calif. Talk about credentials. “My mom got me into running when I was in elementary school and I really wasn’t very good and I was a basketball girl so I wasn’t even really interested,” Cordell said. “Through lots of hard work and dedication and lots of support from my teammates, my family and my coaches, Denny Hammond at Reynoldsburg and Otis Winston here at New Albany, I have been fortunate to be successful. Like lots of athletes, I owe so much to so many people and right now I owe so much to coach Winston. He has definitely been a major factor in my life and we have a great relationship.” Even though Cordell has been sensational this spring in the 400, her specialty still is the 800. She loves the challenge of that event. “The 800 isn’t too short and it isn’t too long,” Cordell said. “I look at that race as a measuring stick for toughness. Anyone can sprint, but in the 800 it becomes which runner is the gutsiest in the last part of the race and who can finish at the fastest pace. “Like most young runners, I started as a sprinter at Reynoldsburg Junior High, but at the end of my seventh-grade year I began running the 800 and have never stopped. When I finished fourth in the state as a freshman it boosted my confidence, and winning the event the next year was the most exciting sports moment of my life because I was part of a state championship team at Reynoldsburg and it was the end of an amazing season. “Last year was a major disappointment at the state championship meet. I had illnesses with a sinus infection last spring and my confidence was down when I ran in the 800 final. Then I fell with about 150 yards left in the race and didn’t finish, which makes me more determined than ever to get my title back this year. I think about it all the time.” See LARSON, page B2

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Josh Kirkpatrick of Johnstown-Monroe delivers a pitch during a 2-1 victory over host Northridge on April 14. The Johnnies open the Division III tournament at home on Tuesday, May 10, against Galion Northmor.

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Seeding motivates baseball team By SCOTT HENNEN

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Justin Richards believes his Johnstown-Monroe High School baseball team will have a chip on its shoulder entering the Division III district tournament. The Johnnies, who had won nine of their last 12 games before playing non-league BloomCarroll on May 7, felt slighted by receiving the 10th seed.

felt the same way,” Richards said. “But it’s probably good for us to feel that way going into the tournament.” The Johnnies open district play at home on Tuesday, May 10, against Galion Northmor. The winner advances to a secondround game Thursday, May 12, at fourth-seeded North Union, which had an opening-round bye.

Northmor was 9-5 entering the May 1 district draw and North Union was 10-5. On April 29, Northmor beat North Union 8-5 in a Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference-Red Division game. Taylor Perry had a two-run single in a seven-run fifth inning. The second-round winner plays fifth-seeded Liberty Union, Centerburg or Mount Gilead in a district semifinal on May 17 at Dublin Jerome.

“We’re still trying to find out when we can scout (Northmor and North Union) and the weather isn’t helping much in that respect,” Richards said. “We do know that North Union has a few kids who can hit the ball.” As do the Johnnies. Through 15 games, four players were hitting over .400 and seven were better than .340. Junior Matt Smith was leading the way at .565 (26-for-46) with four dou-

bles, two triples, one home run, 11 RBI and 12 stolen bases, followed by junior Harley O’Flaherty at .475 (19-for-40) with three doubles and 10 RBI. Senior Brandon Mallett was batting .422 (19-for-45) with two homers, 17 RBI and five stolen bases and senior Andrew Pizzurro was hitting .408 (20for-49) with four doubles, three See JOHNNIES, page B2

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Northridge’s Taylor Mann connects with a pitch during a 5-0 victory over Johnstown on April 14. The Vikings defeated East Knox 2-0 on May 5 to improve to 11-1 overall.

Coach Ralph Taylor doesn’t know what to expect next in the Northridge High School softball team’s season. Rain had limited the Vikings to only 12 games before May 6 with the Division III district tournament starting this week. Also, Northridge’s defense of the MBC championship hangs in the balance as the team is tied with Loudonville with one league loss before May 5. The teams play Monday, May 9, at Northridge, but the game at Loudonville has yet to be rescheduled. At the district tournament draw May 1, the Vikings received the sixth seed and seventh-seeded North Union immediately jumped at the chance to possibly play Northridge. The Wildcats open tournament play Monday, May 9, at home against Johnstown-Monroe with the winner playing North-

ridge two days later. That second-round game will be played at Johnstown because of weather-related poor field conditions at Northridge. “I thought that might have been disrespectful to us,” Taylor said about North Union choosing to possibly play the Vikings with 19 open positions on the bracket. “I look at the top seven seeds and there was one from the MidState League (top-seeded Liberty Union), one from the MBC and the other five were from the (Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference).” The MOAC seeds are No. 2 Caledonia River Valley, No. 3 Mount Gilead, No. 4 Marion Pleasant, No. 5 Sparta Highland and North Union. North Union was 8-5 after a 10-7 win over Highland on April 30. The Wildcats’ top pitcher is Caitlin Conrad, who also has been potent at the plate. See VIKINGS, page B2

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Continued from page B1 homers and 14 RBI. Senior Chris McLain was hitting .391 (18-for-46) with three doubles, two triples and eight stolen bases and junior Tyler Baughman batting .341 (14-for41) with two homers and 12 RBI. “We have changed our batting approach. We want to be aggressive at the plate,” Richards said. “We want to be aggressive with the count and it has been paying off for us.” Despite being aggressive at the plate, the Johnnies also have been selective. Through 15 games, Smith had struck out once in 54 plate appearances, O’Flaherty twice in 46 appearances and Mallett four times in 50 appearances. “We have just been working on one little thing for each player to work on,” Richards said. “We have been giving them one simple thing and they have been hitting the stuffing out of the ball.” Richards said Pizzurro adjusted the position of his front elbow and jumped from .310 last season to better than .400. “It’s been great to watch Andrew improve,” Richards said. “He’s not only hitting well, but he has been the glue of our team. As our shortstop, he has been running our defense for us.” Mallett has been the go-to pitcher through 15 games, going 3-2 with a 2.14 ERA in 32 2/3 innings. He had allowed 35 hits with 43 strikeouts and seven walks. O’Flaherty was 2-1 with a 4.48 ERA in 28 innings. He had given up 27 hits with 16 strikeouts and 16 walks. Freshman left-hander Josh Kirkpatrick was 1-0 with a 2.37 ERA in 20 2/3 innings. He had given up 19 hits with 18 strikeouts and 18 walks. “We’ve been hitting the ball well and playing good defense, and our pitchers are giving us a chance to win games,” Richards said. •The softball team opens the Division III tournament on Monday, May 9, at seventh-seeded North Union. The winner plays

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Johnstown-Monroe baseball, softball, boys lacrosse and track & field teams: BASEBALL *April 29 — Defeated Northridge 8-3 *May 4 — Def. Loudonville 7-6 *May 5 — Def. East Knox 4-1 May 7 — Played Bloom-Carroll (DH) *May 9 — At Fredericktown May 10 — Home vs. Galion Northmor in first round of Division III district tournament. Winner plays in second round May 12 at fourth-seeded North Union, which has a first-round bye. Winner plays fifth-seeded Liberty Union, Centerburg or Mount Gilead in district semifinal May 17 at Dublin Jerome. *May 13 — Home vs. Centerburg Of note: The Johnnies were 12-6 overall before May 7 and are 8-3 in the MBC. SOFTBALL April 30 — Lost to Berne Union 7-5 *May 2 — Game at Fredericktown postponed *May 4 — Lost to Loudonville 7-4 *May 7 — Played East Knox May 9 — At seventh-seeded North Union in first round of Division III district tournament. Winner plays in second round May 11 against sixth-seeded Northridge, which has a first-round bye. Winner plays second-seeded Caledonia River Valley, Utica or Grandview in district semifinal May 16 at Pickerington Central. *May 13 — Home vs. Centerburg Of note: The Johnnies were 3-13 overall and 3-8 in the MBC before May 7. *MBC game

on Wednesday, May 11, against sixth-seeded Northridge, which has a first-round bye. Weatherrelated field conditions have forced the second-round game to be moved from Northridge to Johnstown. North Union was 8-5 after a 10-7 MOAC win over Sparta Highland on April 30. The Wildcats’ top pitcher is Caitlin Conrad, who also is potent at the plate. Conrad had a three-run homer with two doubles and four RBI against Highland. Bethany Crofut and Paige Pertuset both had homers, and Sam Webb had three singles. “We expected to draw a highseeded team, and North Union is seeded seventh,” coach Megan Sheasby said. “We do not know a lot about North Union, but we were able to see them play a couple innings in a doubleheader at Lakewood. They seemed to

BOYS LACROSSE April 30 — Lost to Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 17-0 May 3 — Lost to Wilmington 16-4 May 7 — Played Sylvania Northview May 13 — At Columbus City Schools May 14 — Home vs. Marysville Of note: The Johnnies were 0-8 overall before May 7 and are 0-3 in the Division II, Central Region. TRACK & FIELD April 29 — Boys: Tied for sixth (54) with Sparta Highland in eight-team Fredericktown Invitational behind champion East Knox (152); Girls: Finished fourth (92) in eight-team Fredericktown Invitational behind champion Highland (121) May 4 — Boys: Competed in Licking County Honor Roll Meet at Watkins Memorial. No team scores were kept. Ross Franklin was third (11.43) in the 100 and third (44-6 1/4) in the shot put. Jason Shadwick was third (54.58) in the 400; Girls: Competed in Licking County Honor Roll Meet. No team scores were kept. Kendall Colvin won the high jump (5-1). Meghan Schulze was second (5:29.12) in the 1,600 and fourth (2:31.42) in the 800. Stephanie Loshbough was second (11:47.61) in the 3,200 and Marissa Sheets was second (1:02.94) in the 400. Katrina Cartwright was fifth (13.81) in the 100 and 10th (6-6) in the pole vault. Kellie Wilson was sixth (17.98) in the 100 hurdles. Lindsay Robison was eighth (54.98) in the 300 hurdles and Lizzy Wisma was eighth (29.36) in the 200. May 6 — Competed in SpecTRACKular at Mount Vernon May 7 — Competed in Newark Catholic Invitational May 10 — MBC meet at Fredericktown

be a fundamentally sound team, but (we) feel confident that we will be competitive with them.” The Johnnies lost twice to Northridge in league play, 5-0 on April 14 and 10-0 in five innings on April 26. “The opportunity to play Northridge a third time was one of the reasons we chose the pick that we did,” Sheasby said. “We decided it would be more advantageous for us to play a No. 6-seeded team with a pitcher we’ve seen twice this season than to go up against a No. 5 team (Highland) whose pitcher we have never seen.” The second-round winner plays second-seeded Caledonia River Valley, Utica or Grandview in a district semifinal on May 16 at Pickerington Central. shennen@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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ceived. Running is fun and what a chance it has given me to meet people all over the world. It has opened so many doors for me and it has given me the confidence I need to do well in life. Through sports you learn to not get discouraged and to use anything negative that happens for motivation to get better. I love to race and have great respect for everyone that competes with me.” Those who have watched Cordell run this year can tell you that she has plenty of competition — it’s just usually running behind her. I’ll see you at a meet.

Cordell not only wants to win the 800 state title, she wants to do it in convincing fashion. “Not only do I want to get my 800 title back, I want to do it by demolishing the state record,” she said. “I want to get to 2:08 or better and that pushes me all the time in practice, and what will probably determine my success will be my mental attitude. When I go into big races, I tell myself that I can achieve my best, and when I won in California at the nationals last summer, it felt amazing and I strive to achieve that feeling again. “I have grown to really love track. I love the freedom you get when you are out on the track. Larry Larson is a former athletics director at It is so much about you and how you have trained Grandview High School. He can be heard as and how you have used the support you have re- “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM.

Schools announce coaching vacancies The following central Ohio schools are seeking coaches: DeSales — Boys and girls swimming. Send résumé to athletics director Tom Neubert at tneubert@cdeducation.org. Granville — Boys basketball. Send résumé by May 9 to athletics director Kevin Jarrett at kjarrett@laca.org. Johnstown-Monroe — Girls basketball. Con-

tact Mike Carter in the athletics department at wmcarter@johnstown.k12.oh.us. Watterson — Softball. Send résumé to Mike Roark, athletics director, Bishop Watterson High School, 99 E. Cooke Road, Columbus, Ohio 43214, or email mroark@cdeducation.org. Westerville North — Assistant football (wide receivers/defensive backs). Contact coach Mike Owens by May 13 at owensmi@wcsoh.org.

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Continued from page B1 Conrad had a three-run homer with two doubles and four RBI against Highland. Bethany Crofut and Paige Pertuset both had homers and Sam Webb had three singles. “I’m going let (our players) know that teams are not showing us respect,” Taylor said. “They act like our league is not that tough.” The Vikings beat Johnstown twice in MBC play, winning 50 on April 14 and 10-0 in five innings on April 26. The second-round winner plays River Valley, Utica or Grandview in a district semifinal on May 16 at Pickerington Central. Last year, the Vikings beat River Valley 2-0 in a district semifinal before losing to Highland 3-2 in a district final. Should Northridge reach a district final, it likely would play Highland or Pleasant on May 18 at Pickerington Central. “It looks like it’s going to be a pretty familiar road,” Taylor said of the tournament brackets. On April 30, the Vikings swept Danville 3-0 and 7-3 in an MBC doubleheader. In the first game, Junior Kimber Hazlett struck out 15 with one walk in a no-hit performance and also had a double, single and two RBI. Senior Jessica Simmons homered and sophomore Taylor Mann had three singles. Mann had a double, single and five RBI in the second game. Junior Kayla Davison had two doubles, a single and two RBI and also was the winning pitcher. •The baseball team opens the Division III district tournament on Tuesday, May 10, at West Jefferson. The winner plays on Thursday, May 12, at sixth-seed-

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Northridge baseball, softball and track & field teams: BASEBALL *April 29 — Lost to Johnstown-Monroe 8-3 *April 30 — Defeated Danville 12-3 and 6-4 *May 6 — Played Fredericktown *May 7 — Played Utica *May 9 — Home vs. Loudonville May 10 — At West Jefferson in first round of Division III district tournament. Winner plays in second round May 12 at sixth-seeded Utica, which had a first-round bye. Winner plays third-seeded Bloom-Carroll, Marion Elgin or East Knox in district semifinal May 16 at Dublin Jerome. Of note: The Vikings were 7-9 overall and 4-7 in the MBC before May 6. SOFTBALL *April 30 — Def. Danville 3-0 and 7-3 *May 5 — Def. East Knox 2-0 *May 6 — Played Fredericktown *May 7 — Played Utica *May 9 — Home vs. Loudonville

ed Utica, which has a first-round bye. “We wanted to play West Jefferson in a makeup non-league game, but we kept getting rained out,” coach Jeff Wilson said of the Roughriders, who were 910 overall after losing to Liberty Union 11-6 on April 30. “Now we have to figure out when we can see them play.” The Vikings are familiar with Utica, an MBC opponent just a few minutes down the road. The Redskins were 13-8 overall and 9-3 in the MBC after defeating Centerburg 13-1 in five innings on May 4. “The first time we played Utica, we lost 5-0 and all five runs were unearned,” Wilson said. “They threw their ace at us and when we hit the ball, they made some good plays against us.” Last season, the Vikings beat Utica 12-3 in the opening round

May 11 — Home vs. seventh-seeded North Union or Johnstown in second round of Division III district tournament at Johnstown. Northridge had a first-round bye. Winner plays second-seeded Caledonia River Valley, Utica or Grandview in district semifinal May 16 at Pickerington Central. Of note: The Vikings were 11-1 overall and 9-1 in the MBC before May 6. *MBC game TRACK & FIELD May 4 — Boys: Competed in Licking County Honor Roll Meet at Watkins Memorial. No team scores were kept. Will Bogantz was fifth (2:07.13) in the 800 and Michael Derringer was fifth (4:51.39) in the 1,600; Girls: Competed in Licking County Honor Roll Meet. No team scores were kept. Dana Vandervort was second (16-0) in the long jump, third (28.08) in the 200 and fourth (13.73) in the 100. Kaela Hatfield was third (4-10) in the high jump. Hannah Shank was fourth (49.6) in the 300 hurdles and eighth (18.27) in the 100 hurdles. Haley Menix was fifth (5-10) in the high jump. May 6 — Competed in SpecTRACKular at Mount Vernon May 10 — MBC meet at Fredericktown

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Westerville Walmart’s fate rests with city council By JENNIFER NESBITT ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Westerville City Council will make the final decision on whether The Hadler Cos. can tear down three storefronts in its Westerville Square shopping center to construct a 108,000-square-foot Walmart. The Westerville Planning Commission voted 6-0 on April 27 to declare the proposed changes to the center a major modification, meaning that city council will have to vote on the matter. The commission also voted 51 to recommend that council approve The Hadler Cos.’ application, as long as any outstanding issues the city has with the plans are resolved. Commission member Amy Koorn cast the lone dissenting vote and member Brian Szuch was absent. Senior planner Bassem Bitar said the earliest the case would go before council is May 17 but a date has not yet been determined. In addition to constructing a small-scale Walmart store, The Hadler Cos. plans to renovate the rest of the 48-year-old shopping center to match the newly built storefront.

This artist’s rendering shows plans for the shopping center, which would be anchored by Walmart.

Since the proposal was presented at the March planning commission meeting, The Hadler Cos. altered the design to create a more traditional entrance to Walmart to tie in to the rest of the center, changed sheet-metal roofing to shingles to create a warmer color scheme and moved a rear loading bay so that it would tie in better with the structure and be better hidden from view. The company’s new plans show a 10-foot masonry wall with a brick finish along the north edge that will serve to block sounds from the center to Sugar Grove, a retirement center nearby. The Hadler Cos. also committed to renovating outparcels along Schrock Road, which now include

a Taco Bell and a Goodyear tire store, within 18 months of earning approval to renovate the center. The site’s third outparcel, Lucky House, has a lease through 2017, and The Hadler Cos. said it will commit to renovating the restaurant within a year of that lease being up. Planning commission members continued to have concerns over the company’s plans, however. “My biggest concern is traffic,” said councilwoman Diane Fosselman. “I’m still disappointed that we have the same number of curb cuts.” Commission chairman Gerald Domanik said he’s concerned about the fact that Walmart main-

tains that it will not come into the center unless the store is permitted to have a 24-hour operation. “In my heart, I can’t believe that that has to be a 24-hour operation,” Domanik said. “I just don’t see it with all the residential that surrounds there.” David Berger said the plan still has loose ends that will need to be tied up with members of council before it can be approved. “We’re not there yet on the traffic and access points,” he said. “We’re almost there on the architecture.” To alleviate concerns about traffic, The Hadler Cos. president George Hadler has pledged $50,000 toward the construction of a right-turn lane eastbound on

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overhaul of the center and others expressing their concerns about the traffic and noise that would be generated by a big-box retailer in the plaza. Larry Stember said he’s lived in Westerville since 1960 and he remembers when Westerville Square was a bustling shopping center that attracted patrons. “This was a lively, vital shopping area. It just died,” Stember said. “I’d welcome Walmart coming in and bringing it back to life.” Beckey Cheney, who lives on South Otterbein Avenue near the center, said she’s worried about customers coming to a Walmart exacerbating the already troublesome traffic issues in the area. “I think this tenant is just too big,” Cheney said. “This area already has traffic issues.”

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Local voters rejected Issue 8, a 1-mill permanent replacement levy for New Albany Parks and Recreation that would have provided funding for field maintenance and other park improvements. “We’ll have to regroup and see what the board wants to do,” said Richard Williams, one of the parks board members. “We thought this was necessary for the community.” According to unofficial results from the Franklin County Board of Elections on May 3, Issue 8 failed 497 votes, or 50.77 percent, to 482 votes, or 49.23 percent, with all 21 Franklin County precincts reporting. According to the Licking County Board of Elections, no eligible voters in two precincts voted. A representative from the board of elections confirmed that there are only 10 voters in Licking Coun-

ty who could vote on Issue 8. According to the parks board, the 1-mill levy would have cost $122.50 per year for an owner of a home with an assessed value of $400,000, which would have been an increase of $57.18 from the $65.32 per year previously collected by the current 0.75-mill levy. The $122.50 total did not include the amount property owners already pay on two parks bond issues — a $6-million bond issue approved in 2004 and a $5-million issue approved in 2003. Issue 8 would have replaced the 0.75-mill permanent levy that was approved when New Albany Parks and Recreation was formed as the New Albany-Plain Local Joint Park District in 1999. According to the group’s website, the organization was formed by New Albany, Plain Township and the New Albany-Plain Local School District. Each entity appointed a representative to a parks board and

the group worked to schedule events and operate facilities within the school district’s boundaries. New Albany Parks and Recreation has grown to include programming for 3,700 participants annually and operates three park complexes in northern Plain Township. Parks director Dave Wharton said the 0.75-mill levy generates $496,000 annually and is being collected at effective rate of 0.53 mill. The increase to 1 mill would have generated $922,000 annually for parks programs and allowed the district to improve field maintenance with the installation of irrigation systems to help fertilize fields. Also, according to New Albany Parks and Recreation, Bevelhymer Park would have received some lights for athletics fields and more leisure options for families,

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