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May 8, 2011

Prairie Twp. offers sidewalk repair program again this year

By CARLA SMITH ThisWeek Community Newspapers

This is the eighth year that Prairie Township will offer its sidewalk repair program to residents.

Township administrator Tracy Hatmaker made the announcement at the May 4 regular board of trustees meeting. The program is open to any resident who is looking to repair or replace his or her sidewalk and/or driveway apron, he said.

“It encourages residents to maintain infrastructure,” Hatmaker said.

“It is a great program.”

Hatmaker said the township program is a good deal for residents because they can get the repairs done affordably and interest-free if they choose.

“It allows the residents to repay the township interest-free over 10

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It (the program) allows the residents to repay the township interest-free over 10 years when the cost is assessed to their property.

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years when the cost is assessed to their property,” he said.

As of this week, only three residents have expressed interest in the program for this year, he said.

Anyone interested should call the township at (614) 878-3317.

In other board business WednesSee PRAIRIE, page A2

Neighborhood groups talk about ways to get a grip on graffiti

By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

woman of the safety committee.

The residents were clear that graffiti is well beyond a problem.

“It’s an act of vandalism and breeds crime,” said Dave Southan, the Clintonville Area Commission’s safety liaison.

“Graffiti degrades our neighborhoods, reduces our property values and encourages other criminal activity,” Northland Community Council president Dave Paul said, reading from a letter the full council approved on April 5.

“Graffiti has come to Columbus like the plague,” said James R. Blazer II of Clintonville, adding that tags serve as a “welcome mat for future crimes.

“Before it’s too late, let’s take

Zachary Klein surveyed the people assembled in Columbus City Council chambers last week for a Zachary Klein public hearing on the subject of graffiti.

“Just looking around the room, you can tell this is a community problem, and it’s necessary that we have a community solution to it,” the chairman of the development committee said.

Community members spoke at the hearing, which was convened by Klein and council member Michelle M. Mills, chair- See NEIGHBORHOOD, page A2

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Jared Ehrman, 8, left, of Columbus and William Wilson, 8, of Commercial Point attend a Civil War re-enactment in Century Village at Fryer Park April 29. The Southwest Franklin County Historical Society organized the event.

Zoombezi Bay Area playground set to open May 10 adds snake slides Special needs

By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community Newspapers Dublin will open its second specialneeds playground May 10.

The Emerald Fields playground, at 4040 Wyandotte Woods Blvd., will cater to all children and has been highly anticipated, said Fred Hahn, Dublin’s parks and openspace director.

“When this was under construction, there was quite a bit of construction ob-

servation by families,” he said. “Any time you were out there, there were families wondering when it was going to open.

This is a much anticipated playground.”

The 10 a.m. May 10 dedication ceremony will serve as an opportunity for the city to thank local legislators who helped obtain $475,000 in grant funds to build the playground. The funds for designing and building the playground came from state capital-improvement money via the Ohio Department of Natural Resources

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and were received in two payments in 2009 and 2010.

“They were very helpful in grants, and this is a way of thanking them again,” Hahn said. “This is a Dublin project, but the geographic location of this playground serves a much larger population than just Dublin.

It’s in a few hundred feet of the city of Columbus.”

Dublin opened its first special-needs See PLAYGROUND, page A3

By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community Newspapers

An anaconda and python will be added to Zoombezi Bay’s lineup of tides, rapids and twisters.

Two new serpentine slides — Anaconda Falls and the Python Plunge — will snake into Zoombezi Bay when the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium water park opens later this month.

“Anaconda Falls is unique and

different from anything we have in Zoombezi Bay,” said John Gannon, Zoombezi Bay senior vice president.

Hands-on research in Florida and Alabama went into picking the two new water rides that will serve as the first major additions to the 4-year-old park.

“That was a nice day at work.

We tested waterslides. It’s fun, but See ZOOMBEZI, page A2

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Neighborhood groups look for ways to get a grip on graffiti Continued from page A1 back the city,” he said.

“I’m sad to say, we’re losing this war,” said Ian MacConnell of the University Area Commission.

The biggest problem facing anti-graffiti crusaders across the city, said William Logan of Northland, is that they are powerless to do anything about graffiti on private property without the cooperation of the owner.

The NCC’s letter supports Klein’s concept of requiring the owners of occupied structures, businesses or private dwellings to remove graffiti within 30 days of being notified by code enforcement officials. The missive also calls for mandatory sentencing for repeat offenders.

City law addresses only vacant structures when it comes to requiring the removal of graffiti, code enforcement administrator Dana Rose said. The code is silent when it comes to occupied structures.

“I think everybody recognizes that all the big cities across the country do have a problem with graffiti,” Rose said in his opening remarks.

He reported on research he had conducted into the practices of other cities.

In Cincinnati, he said, officials require only the signature of a property owner in order to remove graffiti at no charge to them.

Indianapolis does not have anything in its ordinances, but does have a citycounty task force that eradicates graffiti for free. St. Louis officials issue no-

tices to the owners of properties marred by graffiti, according to Rose. If it’s not removed within a specified time, it’s done so by the city and reimbursement is sought.

Closer to home, Hilliard, like Cincinnati, will remove graffiti free with a signed waiver from the property owner, he said. In cases where the owner refuses to cooperate, the graffiti is removed and the cost passed along to the owner.

Columbus city attorney Richard C. Pfeiffer Jr. told council members at the hearing that those caught tagging can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and six months in jail, along with a minimum of 100 hours of community service. City code does not contain

provisions for more severe punishments in the case of repeat offenders, but Pfeiffer, a one-time environmental court judge, said this can be taken into account when meting out punishment.

“I think they’re pretty good,” Pfeiffer said of existing graffiti ordinances, which were last updated in 1995.

The problem, he said, is getting sufficient evidence to prosecute and convict taggers. Since 2008, he said, 56 individuals have been convicted of violating the city’s graffiti law. Pfeiffer said it was his practice as environmental court judge and remains the practice of his successor, Harland H. Hale, to sentence first-time offenders to 10 days in jail.

Officer Scott Clinger, the community liaison for a large portion of the North-

land area, said if the 30-day requirement is good enough for vacant properties, it ought to be good enough for occupied ones.

“Our hands are tied when it comes to holding responsible the commercial building owner,” he said.

Klein asked him how difficult it is to arrest graffiti vandals.

“We basically have to catch them redhanded,” Clinger replied.

“Does it spread?” Klein asked. “Is it more wildfire, or is it moss?”

“It multiplies and then it goes from one building to another,” Clinger said.

He added that people who live in areas where graffiti tagging remains in place tell him they simply do not feel safe. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

Zoombezi Bay adds serpentine slides; to open May 21 Continued from page A1

Jack’s Landing you’ll be able to hear screams from the water park.”

Bringing the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium attractions closer together will also mean a few animals at Zoombezi Bay. Six macaws will be perched at the Zoombezi Bay entrance and

Gannon said from 2 to 3 p.m. every day animals will be brought to the water park that often visit the Late Show with Jack Hannah and make other appearances at schools and events around central Ohio.

“We’ll have everything from flamingos walking around to pen-

it’s a necessary experience because you want something that will be exciting and invigorating,” Gannon said. “We rode slides and picked the best ones.”

Anaconda Falls starts in an enclosed “serpentine slide,” Gannon said. “You don’t know if you’re shifting left or right, up or down.

You go through the slide and then burst into sunlight and you immediately drop down 30 feet on a steep hill and that carries you up a 30-foot incline that looks like a skateboard ramp.”

After a few harrowing moments on the ramp — “There’s no lip, it looks like you could go over the side, but physics won’t allow it,” Gannon said — the riders start traveling downhill backwards and eventually land in the splash pool.

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“It’s a watercoaster. It’s like a rollercoaster because you’re going Tub need a Miracle? uphill,” Gannon said. “This is the Reglaze and Save ! first one at Zoombezi Bay.” Anaconda Falls is like six other Standard $249 slides across the country, but acw/ AD 50 $ cording to Gannon, the Python E V Plunge is an original.

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Along with offering something new for Zoombezi Bay visitors, WWW.UGLYTUB.COM Gannon said, the new slides are working toward a shorter time in ride lines.

“We’re excited to reduce line length at other slides,” he said.

“The new slides have good capacity. A lot of people will be able to ride these in an hour’s time.”

The new slithering slides will also sidle up to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

“Where they are is a strategic move to bring the waterpark closer to the zoo,” Gannon said. “You’ll be able to see these water slides from the zoo entry plaza …We hope it adds some excitement to a zoo visit. If you’re at Jungle

guins and cheetahs, snakes, bunnies, turtles,” he said.

Visitors can get a crack at the new slides and other water rides when Zoombezi Bay opens at 10:30 a.m. May 21.

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day, trustees approved a seasonal employee for its road department.

The job has been a longstanding position each year within the township and the employee will work up to 1,500 hours over the summer months, at $10 per hour.

The board also approved a change order in the amount of $1,200 for work currently being done on the South Grener Phase II project. Hatmaker said the cost is within the range of contingency within the grant that is helping to fund the project.

The board approved a $12,494 disbursement request for the South Grener Phase III project. That money will go to Stantec Consulting Services in order to conduct an environmental study at the Hometown Inn site.

Hatmaker said the firm will be looking at what hazardous material may be present before the structure is torn down.

The township is also in the middle of conducting its annual spring cleanup, which began April 29 and will continue through May 9.

Dumpsters for trash are located throughout the township.

For tires and trash, dumpsters are located at the road department, 6725 Alkire Road. For trash only residents can use the Dumpsters located at the firehouse at 123 Inah Ave. and at the firehouse at 452 Hubbard Road.

The next board of trustees meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 18, at township hall, 23 Maple Drive.

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Hobby shop

Senior volunteers set ‘Golden’ standard

By GARY SEMAN JR. ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Pat Weidinger and Clara Black have been volunteering side by side for the past 25 years, working on quilts at the Golden Hobby Shop, 630 S. Third St. “When you’re as old as I am and blessed with as many things as I am, you give back,” says Weidinger, 83. “It’s a joy just to be here with friends and be able to finish something beautiful.”

Added Black, 87: “The chat you have around the quilts is enjoyable.”

Volunteers are the bedrock of the Golden Hobby Shop, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

More than 70 volunteers keep the consignment shop, featuring the arts and crafts of area seniors, in operation.

“Without them, we could not exist,” said Patty Parker, president of the shop’s board of trustees.

When city officials announced budget cuts two years ago, they said they would be closing the Golden Hobby Shop, which is run through the Columbus

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Patty Parker, president of the board of trustees for the Golden Hobby Shop, said volunteers are essential to the survival of the consignment shop. All of the goods must be handcrafted, new and made by someone who is at least age 50. Consigners pay an annual fee of $30 to sell their work.

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Parker said the board of trustees negotiated a deal to keep the store open with a minimal subsidy from the city.

She said it is difficult to tell

whether the store’s reputation suffered, but the confusion didn’t help matters.

“We close every January for inventory, cleaning and that type of thing, but we never closed like the city said we were going to,”

she said.

Also, the shop has had trouble getting noticed in the neighborhood. She attributes that to lack of proper signage and people not understanding the mission of the store.

The Golden Hobby Shop got its start in 1971 at 906 E. Broad St. in downtown Columbus. Mel Dodge, former director of the department, decided in 1981 to move the shop to its current location because it had outgrown its original space.

The shop occupies the old Third Street School, a 14,418square-foot building built in 1864.

It is basically a consignment store that charges a 20-percent markup on merchandise, which ranges from hand-woven bags to necklaces to sports bric-abrac. Ohio State curios, understandably, are among the store’s best-sellers. It’s also known as a place to buy clothes for American Girl dolls.

All of the goods must be handcrafted, new and made by someone who is at least 50 years old.

Consigners must pay an annual fee of $30 to sell their items at the shop and their work is displayed for a maximum of a year.

They can have no more than 12 pieces on sale at one time.

Retiree Tom Arrigo, whose wooden plaques, furniture and toys are on sale at the shop, also volunteers one day a week.

“I’m happy with it,” said Arrigo, 68. “It gives me something to do and keeps me out of trouble.”

Terri Leist, assistant director of recreation and parks for Columbus, had high praise for the hobby shop.

“For so many years, the Golden Hobby Shop has featured the wonderful arts and crafts made by seniors across our city,” Leist said. “We treasure the tremendous partnership we have with the senior artisans, but also the Golden Hobby Shop’s board of trustees, who have stepped up to the plate to keep everything going in a forward direction.

And for that, we are extremely grateful.” gseman@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

Events Walk-in clinic offers child immunizations Franklin County Public Health will offer a childhood immunization clinic from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 to 3 p.m.

Wednesday, May 18, at Prairie Township Fire Dept., 123 Inah Ave. Required immunizations are $10 each for children ages 1 month to 18 years, plus a $15 assessment fee per visit.

Cash, check, Medicaid, CareSource and Molina will be accepted. No one will be turned away for inability to pay for childhood immunizations.

Parents are asked to bring shot records for their children. A completed consent form is required if a parent or legal guardian is not present.

Franklin County Public Health is ending its adult immunization program. Limited quantities of adult vaccine may be available.

Call (614) 525-3719 or e-mail shots@franklincountyohio.gov to check for availability.

niques” will meet from 5 to 9 p.m. May 23-24. Participants will learn to create an effective resume and hone interviewing and salary negotiation skills.

A financial literacy workshop will be offered from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. May 25. Local experts will

discuss how to manage credit and debt. Time will be provided for questions. A suggested $10 fee is payable at the door.

NDCC provides assistance regardless of ability to pay. For registration information, call 8490028, ext. 100.

NDCC offers classes, financial workshop New Directions Career Center, 199 E. Rich St., has announced several upcoming programs.

The nonprofit center will offer a “Creating Career Options” class from 5 to 9 p.m. May 16 and 18, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 21. Participants will gain a better understanding of themselves, their options and networking opportunities.

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PLAYGROUND Continued from page A1 playground in 2007 at Darree Fields Park, 6259 Cosgray Road.

Hahn said the playgrounds fall on two different ends of the city, but they share similarities.

“It’s comparable in a lot of ways to Miracle Playground. It’s got the same desire and design criteria,” he said. “It’s not so overdesigned for physically challenged kids that it discounts fully capable children. I believe it’s a little bit larger (than Miracle Playground) and has different play components.”

The new playground at Emerald Fields has “no barriers,” thus allowing all children to play, Hahn said.

“Everything is flush with the ground and has ramps,” he said.

“The surfacing is a uniform, soft rubber surface. It provides fall protection. There are various play apparatuses and platforms with ramps leading to it. If you’re in a wheelchair or you just need a railing to assist, the overall de-

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sign allows for those who have some physical limitations to still be in play. If you don’t have physical limitations, you’re still going to have fun.”

Moving parts, lights and sounds also will be part of the new playground.

“It’s also got components for sound and sight that flash and make noise (and) components that have movement to them,” Hahn said. “It’s not just climbing and sliding and swinging.

There is other stimulus there for eyes and ears and things you move.”

The public is invited to the park dedication.

For more information on Emerald Fields Park or other Dublin parks, visit Dublin.oh.us/ recreation/parks.

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Goodwill agencies to celebrate anniversary To the editor: Goodwill Columbus this week is among more than 165 independent Goodwill agencies across the United States and Canada observing the 60th anniversary of Goodwill Industries Week.

Locally, this commemoration also allows us to thank you — our shoppers and donors, and business and government partners — for the important role you play in Goodwill’s day-to-day operations.

By donating gently used clothing, furniture and household items to Goodwill, you help others. Each year, Goodwill Columbus provides 1.2 million hours of service to 3,325 participants with disabilities and other barriers through day habilitation programs, community-based supported living services, employment training and job placement services.

Additionally, your donations to Goodwill divert usable goods from landfills. In 2010, Goodwill Columbus received revenues of $4.4 million from

the resale of donated goods. Your dollars helped to fund more than 15 programs and services for individuals with disabilities and other barriers.

Donated items we are unable to sell in our retail stores are spared from landfills as well. In 2011, Goodwill Columbus expects to recycle more than 1 million pounds of unwanted materials — metal, plastics, and wood, wicker and miscellaneous wares.

During Goodwill Industries Week, I just wanted to say “thank you” to the people of Franklin County this year for helping Goodwill continue to “break barriers and build futures” for so many local individuals with disabilities. For more information on the impact of your donations to Goodwill Columbus, please visit www.goodwillcolumbus.org and www.donate.goodwill.org.

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The city itself is the single monument to Joel Wright He is one of the more elusive men in the story of Columbus. Joel Wright is also one of the more important ones. Because of Wright, the whole downtown of Columbus is where it is, is named as it is and is laid out on lines that are still followed today.

There is no picture, no portrait, no sketch of this remarkable man.

Wright was a member of the Society of Friends, called Quakers, and most Quakers shunned pictures as a waste of time and effort.

Because of the memories of his friends and acquaintances, we know a little bit about him. He was tall and strong and generally quite fit. He wore the long plain coat of the Quakers, with its large pockets with flaps folded over. He sported knee-length stockings and plain leather shoes. Both the buckles at his knees and on his shoes were made of silver and were a modest display of the success he had made of himself in Ohio.

Born in 1750, Wright had missed most of the American Revolution and became known as a man who provided his own passage. Wright was a surveyor and by definition one of the few literate and well-read men in an often illiterate frontier society. In the years after the American Revolution, he spent most of his time surveying the upper reaches of the Scioto, Muskingum and Miami rivers. He also was a town planner and helped lay out Dayton, Ohio, and Louisville, Kentucky, among other places.

After the death of his wife, Wright decided to follow his grown children into the Ohio country and eventually came to call the area around Waynesville his home.

In spring 1812, he was called from southwest Ohio to do once more what he did best. Ohio in 1812 was a state in search of itself. Established in 1803, Ohio was the first state carved out of the Northwest Territory that had become a section of British America in 1763 and part of the newly established United States in 1783.

A nation mired in debt and with little income used this vast expanse of land to pay its soldiers’ pastdue wages. It sold the remaining land to anyone who wanted to buy.

Because Ohio was closer to the east, it became the site of immense land grants to people from north and south, as well as people burned out by the British and even a colony of expatriate French settlers.

The land immediately across

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the Scioto from frontier Franklinton was called the “High Banks opposite Franklinton at the Forks of ED the Scioto known as LENTZ Wolf’s Ridge.”

Most of the land, from Fifth Avenue on the north to Refugee Road on the south, was set aside for residents of Nova Scotia who had lost property because they had favored the American cause. Desperate for support, many of these people sold their land warrants to speculators and never came to Ohio. Some of the few who did settled near Broad Street and named their home after the place they left: Truro Township in Nova Scotia.

By 1812, much of the land on that high ridge opposite Franklinton was empty. As such it became a place to examine as Ohio began looking for a new state capital.

The first capital was at Chillicothe, a town along the Scioto River. Unlike the river towns of Marietta and Cincinnati, Chillicothe was a small frontier village and representative of the common people who were settling the new land. It also was directly below Adena, the hilltop estate of Ohio founder Thomas Worthington.

Responding to requests for a more northern location, the capital city had been located briefly in Zanesville before being moved back to Chillicothe. In February 1812, after looking at many sites, the Ohio General Assembly chose the High Banks opposite Franklinton as its new home.

Joel Wright came from southwest Ohio to carve that new capital city from the wilderness.

Working with local surveyor Joseph Vance, Wright laid out the town of Columbus in April 1812.

He picked the site of Statehouse Square and a 10-acre site for a penitentiary, where the Cultural Arts Center is today. He filed a report with the general assembly, listing all of his expenses, including the $2.43 for his journey to central Ohio. Wright’s expenses included the cost of paper and other supplies and his room and board.

All of his expenses, including his trip home, came to $17.62.

It is fair to say in retrospect that Ohio got its money’s worth.

By June 1812, the first sale of lots occurred. James Kilbourne of Worthington paid $1,000 for a corner lot at Broad and High. Other nearby lots went for several hundred dollars each. Sales abruptly slowed when it was later learned that America had gone to war with Britain on the same day, June 18, that the sale had been held.

Wright returned to Columbus in 1813 to oversee the construction of the penitentiary. When it was under way, he resigned his position as “director of Columbus.” He went home and lived in the Quaker community of Springboro until his death in 1829.

There is no statue of Joel Wright in Columbus, and Wright would have been appalled if one had been erected. The city was his monument and a source of pride to him.

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BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROJECT

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.

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SURVIVOR CEREMONY

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 people—there were more than 50,000 participants in 2010—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 year—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 year’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 Life’s Little Detours, an inspirational collection of essays, and she hosts a weekly call-in radio show on Northeast Ohio’s NPR affiliate station.

At the Columbus survivor ceremony, Brett will celebrate breast cancer survivorship surrounded by fellow survivors and those closest to them—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 survivorship—from those undergoing treatment to those who have been cancer-free for decades— and assemble on the steps of the Statehouse to be recognized.

The celebration won’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 survivorship—and be part of finding a cure to end breast cancer forever.

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STATE FUNDING AIDS EARLY DETECTION Elizabeth Cassady pictured with her mother Roberta, used the BCCP program to pay for mammograms, when she did not qualify for Medicaid.

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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 Post’s 2011 team – a task Elizabeth would be fine. It was through the $250,000. The women who says has special meaning. qualify but don’t receive screen- assistance from the BCCP that Coincidently Elizabeth’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 “I 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 Elizabeth’s follow up the Ohio Breast and Cervical examinations it was determined cians,� Elizabeth said. “As a Cancer Program visit woman, I consider it a ‘have to’ 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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13,591 women - of which 213 were diagnosed with breast cancer. Unfortunately as the state has faced difficult budget challenges in recent years, funding for the program has been significantly reduced.

Based on the most recent data, 150,601 women in Ohio (8 percent of the population) are eligible for BCCP however only 11 percent of that population can be screened at current funding levels.

In the proposed state budget for fiscal years 2012-2013, funding for the Ohio BCCP program is reduced by another $228,000 over the next two years translating into roughly 1,300 fewer screenings. Ohio’s Komen affiliates recognize the state’s fiscal situation, so instead of asking legislative leaders to restore funding at levels from previous years, the request is to refrain from any additional reductions. “We realize that it’s unrealistic to expect the BCCP to receive more funding during these tough economic times,� Komen Columbus Executive Director Katie Carter said. “When the current budget problems are resolved and the state can dedicate more resources toward prevention, we will continue to show the cost benefits of early screening versus treatment and ask that funding be increased.�

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OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEER

Carole Morbitzer selected for award Morbitzer says she got involved with Komen Columbus after coaching a close volleyball match.

One of her star players, Lindsey, seemed distracted. Later, on the bus ride home, she noticed Lindsey and four other girls crying.

Once they returned to school she approached Lindsey and discovered that her mother had just been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer. “I stood there in the rain with Lindsey, her head on my shoulder and we both cried,” Morbitzer said. “When I got in the car, it hit me. Those other four girls who were crying with Lind-

sey...their mothers had breast cancer also.”

Knowing she had to get involved, Morbitzer entered her school in the High School Team Challenge Program for the Komen Columbus Race for the Cure in 2000. The Hamilton Township team continues to grow every year due to a combination of new students joining with alumni, friends, and family. Last year the team reached an all time high of 816 members, and Morbitzer hopes that number will be surpassed this year.

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In the 11 years Morbitzer has coached volleyball with Hamilton Township, she has had seven players experience their mothers’ battles with breast cancer. This motivated her to raise an incredible $95,027 for the Columbus Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure through Race registrations, pledges,Volley for the Cure events and other donations.

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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

By Chris Parker/ThisWeek Albany. Cordell also won the 800 at the USA Track & Field Steven Gonzalez of Westland takes a cut at a pitch during a game against Worthington Kilbourne on April 13. Gonzalez provided one of the highlights of the Cougars’ national meet last summer in season when he threw a one-hitter to beat Marion-Franklin 4-0 in the second game of a doubleheader sweep on April 30.

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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

By FRANK DiRENNA of hard work and dedication and ThisWeek Community Newspapers At a glance lots of support from my teammates, my family and my coachAs the season winds down, Westes, Denny Hammond at Reyland High School baseball coach noldsburg and Otis Winston here Dave Daniels is looking for as many at New Albany, I have been forpositives as possible. tunate to be successful. Like lots Below are the recent results and comThe Cougars are seeded 33rd for ing schedules for the Westland baseball of athletes, I owe so much to so the Division I district tournament and softball teams: many people and right now I and play at 26th-seeded Columbus BASEBALL owe so much to coach Winston.

April 28 — Game vs. Briggs postponed West on Monday, May 9.

He has definitely been a major because of bad weather The Cowboys were 9-3 overall factor in my life and we have a *April 29 — Lost to Hilliard Darby 14-3 and 8-1 in the City League-South great relationship.” in five innings Division before May 5.

April 30 — Defeated Marion-Franklin 17Even though Cordell has been 1 in five innings and 4-0 Key players for West are Carlos sensational this spring in the 400, Pena and Kyle Beard, who com- *May 3 — Game vs. Upper Arlington her specialty still is the 800. She postponed because of bad weather bined to pitch a one-hitter in a 5-0 loves the challenge of that event. *May 4 — Game vs. Central Crossing win over Wellington on April 28. postponed because of bad weather “The 800 isn’t too short and Another key player for the Cow- *May 5 — Played Darby in makeup from it isn’t too long,” Cordell said. boys is junior pitcher/infielder Chris May 2 “I look at that race as a meas*May 6 — Played Central Crossing Rhodes. uring stick for toughness. AnyMay 9 — At Columbus West in first round The Westland-West winner will one can sprint, but in the 800 it of Division I district tournament. Winner visit second-seeded Dublin Coffplays at Dublin Coffman in second round becomes which runner is the gutMay 11. Winner plays in district semifiman on Wednesday, May 11. siest in the last part of the race nal May 17 at Grove City.

The Shamrocks swept the reguand who can finish at the fastest Of note: The Cougars were 7-12 overall lar-season series with the Cougars, pace. and 1-8 in the OCC-Central before winning both games 11-1 in five in- May 5.

“Like most young runners, I nings on April 8 and April 14. started as a sprinter at ReynoldsSOFTBALL Westland had five hits in the two April 30 — Def. Madison Heights (Mich.) burg Junior High, but at the end Foley Catholic 4-3, lost to Shelby Towngames. of my seventh-grade year I ship (Mich.) Eisenhower 12-2 in five inWestland was 7-12 overall and began running the 800 and have nings and lost to Anchor Bay (Mich.) 71-8 in the OCC-Central before playnever stopped. When I finished 5 at Macomb Classic in Anchor Bay ing Hilliard Darby on May 5. *May 3 — Game vs. Coffman postponed fourth in the state as a freshBecause of bad weather, the because of bad weather man it boosted my confidence, Cougars still have two makeup games *May 4 — Game vs. Darby postponed and winning the event the next because of bad weather remaining with Upper Arlington and year was the most exciting *May 5 — Played Upper Arlington in one with Central Crossing. sports moment of my life bemakeup from May 2 The Cougars also played at Cen- *May 6 — Played Central Crossing cause I was part of a state May 10 — Home vs. Watkins Memoritral Crossing on May 6. championship team at in first round of Division I district tour“We want to play well against all al Reynoldsburg and it was the nament. Winner plays at Groveport in of these teams,” Daniels said. “We second round May 12. Winner plays in end of an amazing season. think we can play with Arlington. district semifinal May 17 at Pickering“Last year was a major diston North.

We think we can play with Central appointment at the state chamOf note: The Cougars were 6-10 overall Crossing. ... This team is learning. pionship meet. I had illnesses and 1-7 in the OCC-Central before It’s baby steps so far this season. with a sinus infection last spring May 5.

They’re getting better and they’re *OCC-Central contest and my confidence was down learning how to play the game and when I ran in the 800 final. Then learning what it takes to win. We ond game as the Cougars won 4-0.

I fell with about 150 yards left in the race and didn’t finish, don’t always do it, but it’s becomWestland won the opener 17-1 in which makes me more detering clear to these guys what it does five innings, scoring 11 runs in the mined than ever to get my title take.” fourth.

By Paul Vernon/ThisWeek back this year. I think about it A highlight of the season was a “We played OK,” Daniels said.

The Cougars’ Brian Quintana heaves the shot during the Best of the South-West meet on all the time.” doubleheader sweep of Marion- “We’ve looked better at times.

April 15 at Central Crossing. Westland will compete in the OCC-Central meet on Thursday, Franklin on April 30. Steven GonSee LARSON, page A10 May 12, and Saturday, May 14, at Hilliard Davidson.

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Spring Football FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE RETURNS In the fifth week of a spring football series looking at central Ohio high school programs, ThisWeek is featuring the City-North Division. To read full offseason stories on each team, as well as others throughout central Ohio during the coming weeks, go to Friday Night Live at ThisWeekSPORTS.com.

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Top stories Spring Football: In this installment of the Friday Night Live: Spring Edition, we’ll look at what Northland is doing to build on its breakthrough season last fall. Will the City League-North Division be another tight battle among Beechcroft, Brookhaven and Northland? Or will one of the other teams step forward?

Admirable Assistant: ThisWeek’s Jarrod Ulrey profiles Ian Burkhart, who serves as a volunteer goalkeeper and defense coach for the Dublin Jerome boys lacrosse team. On June 13, 2010, the 2009 Jerome graduate was left paralyzed after an accident at the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

Next stop, South Beach: Larry Larson, Mr. High School Sports, profiles New Albany senior Taneisha Cordell, who currently holds the area’s fastest time in the 400 meters and 800 and will run track at the University of Miami (Fla.) next season.

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Photo of the week MUDDERS DAY — Pickerington North’s Abbey Paulus (left) and Big Walnut’s Christa Ford vie for the ball on a muddy field during a game April 26 at Big Walnut. North won 15-3.

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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.

Steven Gonzalez pitched an absolute gem.”

•The softball team opens Division I district tournament play on Tuesday, May 10, at home against Watkins Memorial.

The 20th-seeded Cougars were 6-10 overall and 1-7 in the OCC-Central before playing Upper Arlington on May 5.

Watkins Memorial, seeded 36th, was 3-12 overall and 3-7 in the OCC-Capital before May 5.

“They have a good pitcher (senior Elizabeth Rich) and they have some kids who can hit the ball,” Westland coach Mike North said. “They have fallen on hard times like we have making mistakes. We can’t take them lightly. If we do, it will be a short tournament.”

The Westland-Watkins Memorial winner visits third-seeded Groveport on Thursday, May 12.

Westland and Groveport last played in 2008 when the teams were members of the OCCOhio, and the Cruisers won 7-5 and 3-2.

Groveport pitcher Emma Johnson, a Kent State recruit, was firstteam all-state last season.

“We better play our best if we play Groveport,” North said.

Westland is coming off a 1-2 showing at the Macomb Classic in Anchor Bay, Mich., on April 30.

The Cougars defeated Madison Heights (Mich.) Foley Catholic 4-3 and lost to Shelby Township (Mich.) Eisenhower 12-2 in five innings and Anchor Bay 7-5.

North pointed to the strong play of Courtney Kimmel and pitcher Ashley Collins as keys to the team’s success.

Collins threw complete games against Foley Catholic and Anchor Bay and pitched in relief of Brooke Harris against Eisenhower.

Kimmel batted .500 in the three games, North said.

“We went far away from home, didn’t know anybody, but still played well,” he said. “The girls weren’t home sleeping in their own beds. They were in a strange atmosphere, but they still came out and played, so to me that’s a good sign.”

North was hoping that senior shortstop Brittany Clutter, who has seen limited playing time

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 Ohio Wesleyan University is amazing and I strive to achieve that feeling again. offering boys soccer camps, girls “I have grown to really love track. I love the basketball camps and a girls volfreedom you get when you are out on the track. Larry Larson is a former athletics director at leyball camp.

It is so much about you and how you have trained Grandview High School. He can be heard as Soccer camps are scheduled for and how you have used the support you have re- “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM. July 10-14 and July 25-29 for boys ages 8-14, and July 22-24 for boys entering grades 9-12. For more information, email Jay Martin at jamartin@owu.edu or visit recreational tournament on June entering grades 5-12. The Diebler, Lighty to http://owu.campchampsinc.com.

11-12. It’s one of 30 stops on schedule includes a day camp A basketball camp for high help direct camp the tournament’s 2011 circuit. June 13-16, hitting and bunting school, travel or AAU girls teams Former Ohio State basketRegistration is open to U8 camps June 13, 21 and 22, a (grades 9-12) is scheduled for June ball players Jon Diebler and through U15 recreational residential camp July 4-7 and 26-28.

An individual skills camp David Lighty will help direct teams. The entry deadline is a mini-camp Aug. 8-9. for girls entering grades 2-12 is the fourth annual Buckeye Stars May 14.

For more information, conscheduled for June 29.

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School. forms. www.capitalcrusaders.net.

A volleyball camp for girls The camp is open to boys entering grades 8-12 is schedand girls ages 7 to 18.

GCSTO offering Schools announce uled for June 13-16. For more For more information and coaching vacancies information, contact Cynthia registration, visit www.Buck- free swim lessons Holliday at cchollid@owu.edu The Greater Columbus eyeStars.com or call (888) 389The following schools are or (740) 368-3746.

Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) seeking coaches: 2267. is offering free swimming lesDeSales — Boys and girls sons to underprivileged chil- swimming. Send résumé to athQuarterback camp dren on June 4 and 9 and July letics director Tom Neubert at set for May 22 2 at the Gahanna swimming tneubert@cdeducation.org.

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Granville — Boys basketAcademy Camp for fifthGCSTO also will award ball. Send résumé by May 9 to through 12th-graders will be scholarships to participants athletics director Kevin Jarrett offered from 1 to 4 p.m. May based on their financial need at kjarrett@laca.org.

22 at the Grove City Christian and family status.

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For more information or to Girls basketball. Contact Mike Sports Shorts Policy To register, contact Chuck sign up, contact GCSTO in- Carter in the athletics departSports Shorts are a one-of-a-kind Williamson at (614) 804-0613 structor Erin Harris at harris- ment at wmcarter@johnguide to area sports-related or Greg Waits at (614) 581- erin@ymail.com or (614) 582- stown.k12.oh.us. events.

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High School, 99 E. Cooke track meet is May 29 summer camps Road, Columbus, Ohio 43214, For more info or to place your Watterson High School will or email mroark@cdeducaThe sixth annual middle ad contact: Paul Krupa school state track and field meet play host to sports camps in tion.org. phone: 740-888-5000 is scheduled for May 29 at June and July. For registration Thomas Worthington — Fax: 740-548-8497 forms, visit www.bishopwat- Boys cross country. Send letGroveport High School.

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Be sure to include your name, For more information, con- Girard, athletics director, 300 the state will compete. address & phone number where For more information, visit tact the athletics department at W. Dublin-Granville Road, you can be reached.

(614) 268-8671, extension 244. Worthington, Ohio 43085 or www.ohioyouthrunner.org. email dgirard@worthingDEADLINES ton.k12.oh.us Soccer tournament Capital to hold 11 a.m. Fri. for Thurs. Papers Westerville North — As11 a.m. Wed. for Sun. Papers softball camps coming to Dublin sistant football (wide re(unless otherwise noted) Capital University softball ceivers/defensive backs). ConThe Dublin Soccer League will play host to the U.S. Youth coach Nan Payne will direct tact coach Mike Owens by May ThisWeekSPORTS.com Soccer Kohl’s American Cup camps this summer for girls 13 at owensmi@wcsoh.org.

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Sasha Bouaroy of the Cougars competes in the 100-meter hurdles at the Best of the South-West meet April 15.

At a glance

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Westland boys tennis and track & field teams: BOYS TENNIS April 28 — Lost to Jonathan Alder 4-1. Westland’s Dylan Clanin and Tyler Thomas won 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 at first doubles *April 29 — Lost to Upper Arlington 5-0 May 2 — Lost to Groveport 3-0 in match shortened by bad weather *May 4 — Def. Central Crossing 50. Winners for Westland were Thomas at first singles 6-3, 6-1; Stan Bilyk at second singles 6-0, 6-1; Clanin at third singles 6-1, 6-4; Devante Stevens and Bogdan Lysyuk at first doubles 6-0, 6-0 and Mike Carrico and Tarrell Dixon at second doubles 6-2, 6-3.

May 5 — Played Teays Valley

because of a right shoulder injury, would be able return to shortstop for the district tournament.

Center fielder Katie VanOrder has played shortstop in place of Clutter.

May 7 — Competed in OCC-Central tournament at Upper Arlington May 10 — At Franklin Heights May 12-14 — Division I sectional tournament at Darby Of note: The Cougars were 2-14 overall before May 5 and are 1-6 in the OCC-Central.

TRACK & FIELD April 30 — Boys: Finished sixth (38) behind first-place Ready (123) in seven-team Anthony Wilson Invitational at Franklin Heights; Girls: Finished sixth (20) behind first-place Ready (127) in eight-team Anthony Wilson Invitational *May 3 — Boys: Lost to Central Crossing 65-61; Girls: Lost to Central Crossing 72-45 May 7 — Competed in Viking Invitational at Teays Valley *May 10 — At Upper Arlington May 12, 14 — OCC-Central meet at Hilliard Davidson *OCC-Central contest

“We’re better than what we’re playing,” North said. “We’ve shown it, but we haven’t been consistent.” fdirenna@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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