ThisWeek Clintonville 5/12

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May 12, 2011

Searcy, Wood, Kuhel win in CAC voting By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Rob Wood will replace Mike McLaughlin; Nancy Kuhel will replace Sarah Snyder; and D Searcy will take her old place on the Clintonville Area Commission in July as the result of voting in three districts that concluded on Saturday, May 7. A total of 480 ballots were cast in the

election for the advivani. Three of the In addition, one balsory panel in Districts votes cast for Wood, lot in District 1 was 1, 2 and 9, according 38, were done with ruled invalid by the to elections commitresidency statements, members of the electee chairwoman Mary meaning that the indition committee. AnRodgers. vidual showed up at other was voided at the In District 1, where the poll without proprequest of the voter incumbent Mike er photo identification, prior to it being inD Searcy Nancy Kuhel McLaughlin chose not Rob Wood Rodgers said. serted in the ballot box. One of the ballots for Advani, 29, was District 1 was the only race in which to seek another term, Wood received 137 votes compared with 89 for Jason V. Ad- cast with a residency statement. two names appeared on the ballot.

In District 2, where Andrew McNulty filed as an official write-in candidate, Kuhel, 54, was the winner with 31 votes. McNulty, 50, received 12 votes. None of the ballots in District 2 was cast with residency statements. Incumbent District 2 representative Sarah Snyder, like McLaughlin, chose not to seek re-election. See SEARCY, WOOD, page A2

CAC to stay put, end meetings at 9 p.m. By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Photos by Eric George/ThisWeek

Bethany Neal sings as Thom Gall (below) conducts the May 7 Vaud-Villities rehearsal in their new home, a section of the former JCPenny store at the defunct Northland Mall. The Vaud-Villities’ 69th annual performance, titled “Celebrate!” will be held place May 18-22. The new headquarters brings together every aspect of the operations of Vaud-Villities, according to board chairman Kent D. Stuckey.

Vaud-Villities annual show will ‘Celebrate!’ new locale By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Almost a surer sign of spring in central Ohio than the blooming of flowers is the arrival of another show by Vaud-Villities Productions. Back for a 69th annual series of performances, the self-described “America’s longest-running music and dance spectacular” will be held May 18-22. The title of this year’s show is “Celebrate!” and part of the celebration will be of the troupe’s inaugural performance in a new, permanent home at the Northland Performing Arts Center. Located in a portion of the old JCPenney building on the site of the defunct Northland Mall, the new headquarters brings together every aspect of the operations of Vaud-Villities, according to board chairman Kent D. Stuckey. Although Vaud-Villities officials had anticipated the overhaul of the

former department store would have been almost completed in time for last year’s show, in fact the occupancy and food-service permits for the center were only recently obtained. Last year’s show took place on the stage of what was once Upper

Arlington High School, where the first performance took place in 1943. Stuckey said that Vaud-Villities has been “at the mercy” of a construction contractor who still hasn’t completed all the work two years past the deadline. “But the show must go on,” he

said. And it will. And the performers can’t wait, according to Toni Auch, artistic director since 1993. “I think they’re really riding high now,” Auch said. “All of the things they’ve been practicing are coming to a head. Once the curtain started going up they really got excited. They said, ‘This is really looking like a theatre.’” The seating riser system for the Performing Arts Center is in place, Stuckey said last week. The configurable stage is scheduled to be ready for opening night, as are the lighting and sound systems. “We’re thrilled to be here,” the board chairman said. “We’re thrilled to be able to share it with other performing arts groups and the local community. “We think that this could serve as a model for redevelopment across the country, to repurpose mall faSee VAUD-VILLITIES, page A2

When the laws regarding open meetings conflict with the policies of the meeting location, something’s got to give. Clintonville Area Commission members will give the public and themselves a chance to get home much earlier from monthly sessions from now on by ending them at 9 p.m. at the latest. That’s closing time for the Columbus Public Library’s Whetstone branch, where the advisory panel has been meeting the first Thursday of the month for the past 20-plus years. At last week’s session, the commission secretary provided Jason V. Advani a report on the issue of access to meetings, an issue that first arose in January. District 1 resident Jason V. Advani questioned if the public body, meeting after the doors of the library have been locked, was in violation of the law. In her report, Jennifer Kan- Jennifer Kangas gas said she didn’t believe it had ever been anyone’s intent to willfully violate or ignore openmeetings requirements. See CAC TO STAY, page A5

Variance approvals pave way for tavern’s patio By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Clintonville Area Commission members, with remarkably little discussion, gave their blessing last week to variances that would permit the Crest Tavern to develop a patio area. Even more out of the ordinary when it comes to a Clintonville business adjacent to a residential area, parking wasn’t an issue. “There were no concerns Mike about parking at all,” said Mike McLaughlin McLaughlin, the representative See VARIANCES, page A2

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