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Funding issues

Town-hall meeting draws full house

By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers More than 100 people packed into the Marysville High School auditorium May 18 to hear county officials deliver their presentation on pending changes in local government funds.

The presentation was the culmination of a series of town-hall meetings intended to make residents aware of com-

ing changes, originating from proposed cuts to local funding sources in the state’s proposed budget.

“I think the positive reaction tonight was typical of the Steve Stolte other two meetings,” county commissioner Steve Stolte said following the county’s presentation. “For

the most part, people are understanding what we’re saying.”

Along with commissioners Gary Lee and Charles Hall, schools superintendent Larry Zimmer- Gary Lee man, Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities superintendent Kim Miller, health com-

missioner Jason Orcena and state Rep. Dave Burke (RMarysville), Stolte gave a rundown to residents regarding the phase-out of tangible-personal-prop- Larry erty-tax reimburse- Zimmerman ments to schools and local governments.

“This is not about Senate Bill 5, and we’re not here asking for a new property-tax levy. That’s not why we’re here,” Stolte told the crowd.

He said the idea was to educate the community about changes in the proposed budget, enlist the community’s help and prompt residents to start considering what public services they think See TOWN-HALL MEETINGS, page A2

Uptown Friday Nights returning to Marysville

COMMUNITY CARE DAY

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(Above) Thirteen-year-old Tyler James and 19-year-old Eric Snook, both from Vineyard Church, haul away wood from a tree that they and other volunteers cut down at a home on State Street in Milford Center on May 17 as part of United Way’s Community Care Days. Volunteers spread throughout Union County to do a variety of service projects.

(Right) Kellie Hogan, an employee with Home Depot, paints the bathroom stall in the boys’ bathroom at the old Fairbanks Elementary School gym on May 17.

Volunteers from the Home Depot did many chores at the gym, including painting, putting down mulch and working on the stage lights.

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Friday nights in Uptown Marysville will bring celebration again this year, as Marysville looks to restart its traditional warm-weather block parties.

Marysville events promotion coordinator Amanda Morris said the city is in the planning stages for three Uptown Friday Night events for this year, scheduled for July 8, Aug. 12 and Sept. 9.

“There will be live music at the events, lots A closer look of food vendors, and we’re working on a list of Marysville events promotion children’s activ- coordinator Amanda Morris ities to go along said the city is in the planwith them,” she ning stages for three Uptown Friday Night events for said.

Morris start- this year, scheduled for July ed in the newly 8, Aug. 12 and Sept. 9. All created city po- events will be held between sition about two 6 and 10 p.m. on Court weeks ago. The Street, between West Fifth city’s adminis- and West Sixth streets. tration first considered the need for someone to coordinate public events in the Uptown area late last fall, following a restructuring of the Union County Chamber of Commerce’s Uptown Renewal Team (URT) and the subsequent formation of the Uptown Business Association (UBA), which shifted promotion of Marysville’s Uptown business district from a public body to a private organization.

Morris said the idea with the July kickoff event would be to keep things simple.

“We’re going to start off with a simple blockparty theme, just to keep things simple at first,” she said.

Though details for the August Uptown Friday Night celebration still are in the works, the September event will focus on residents’ patriotism, to coincide with the Labor Day weekend and the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center.

All three events will be held between 6 and 10 p.m. on Court Street, between West Fifth and West Sixth streets.

Police Chief Floyd Golden said sections of those See UPTOWN, page A2

Health department City may reduce water reconnect fees will test water wells

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Although a recently completed survey of water quality in the Bokes Creek watershed indicates that drinking-water wells in Union County’s townships might be under-tested, well owners have several options to keep their water safe.

Union County health commissioner Jason Orcena said the health department tests all new wells installed for drinking water and conducts other tests when they are warranted.

“There are several times when wells are required to be tested: any time an alteration or upgrade is performed or when a new well is drilled. That’s a given,” he said.

“Also, if something happens, such as if there’s flooding and a well is under water, or if a casing is damaged, their quality is tested again.

If people are experiencing illnesses with no known sources, or if they are ill from a water-borne contagion, we also recommend testing.”

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Marysville City Council is considering a measure that would ease the burden on residents paying reconnect fees after their water is shut off because of late payments.

The council’s finance committee discussed the issue May 19, following a bit of good — and potentially related — news from Marysville’s financial advisers. Finance director Jenny Chavarria said Marysville’s high-quality bond rating already has realized some savings for the city.

“We got our bond rating back from Moody’s, which was Aa3,” she said. “When we had our $24 million note that was sent to market on (May 18), we got some very

The proposed legislation calls for a flat reconnection fee of $25, regardless of whether the resident has had service disconnected previously. It also would change the after-hours reconnect fee from $150 to $50. However, while the city’s policy currently is for the user to pay 10 percent of the water bill at that time to be reconnected, the entire outstanding balance of the bill would have to be paid before the city would re-establish the resident’s water connection.

good news: Our net interest cost on that was 0.9 percent, down from 1.0 percent the last year, which saved us about $30,000.”

According to information on the Moody’s website, the Aa3 rating is in the “Excellent” category, Moody’s second-highest rating category. “Exceptional” is the highest.

The finance committee is looking at ways to incorporate the savings into the city’s sewer-fee structure, which has been the committee’s focus for the past several months.

Chavarria told the committee she would See CITY MAY REDUCE, page A2

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Town-hall meeting draws full house Continued from page A1 are most important.

“The governor’s proposed budget, if it passes as proposed, will have a dramatic impact on the government and schools in Union County,” he said. “Likely, it will be programs and services reduced or eliminated, so we’d like you to start thinking about priorities, those services that are important to you.”

To put a round figure to the problem, Zimmerman said, about $20 million will be taken from the county’s agencies, government and schools by changes pro-

posed to Ohio’s TPPT replacement, the commercial activity tax (CAT). The state legislature in 2005 eliminated the TPPT, which was a tax on machinery, inventory and equipment, and replaced it with the CAT, revenues from which went to the state. Although the state in 2006 committed to using CAT revenues to replace the missing TPPT funds in local governments, the proposed two-year state budget would eliminate the replacement revenue.

Burke said residents speaking with one voice would be key to seeing changes made.

“I went back and looked at the entities being affected, and a lot of them aren’t really that affected. We have Marysville’s school district affected by 18, 19 percent (of its budget),” Burke said. “If you look at most of the other school districts, it might be 2, 3 percent.

There are places getting $50 from TPP, and they’re all being treated the same. I find that very irritating.

“I’m one of 99, but I’d say there are about a dozen other representatives as equally frustrated as I am, that consider this to be a promise broken, but I can tell you that in Columbus, it’s the squeaky

wheel that gets the grease.”

Several residents echoed the presenters’ comments.

“Language is important, and we keep using this Robin Hood message, and this is exactly the opposite,” resident William Steele said. “This is the rich folks taking from we poor people. They’re redistributing our money down there to the wealthy people. So let’s put it right; this is reverse-Robin Hood.”

“The state has taken that CAT revenue, kept it in Columbus and redistributed it to other communities,” Burke said. “Now why in the world would you

not invest in a community that gets it right? Instead of having us go back to our friends and neighbors, saying, ‘We need more of your money so we can send it to county X.’ I need your help.

We need to make our voices heard.”

The presenters distributed a list of state legislators to contact about the TPP issue, asking residents to phone, email or speak to them in person. The group’s presentation is online at www. marysville.k12.oh.us, along with the legislators’ contact information. lrice@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

Health department will test water wells UPTOWN Continued from page A1 searchers, analyzing the Bokes Creek Watershed and collecting data from York, Taylor and Liberty townships, stated that only 41 percent of survey respondents’drinkingwater wells have been tested at least once in the past five years, and that fewer than 3 percent of households who responded to the survey have tested their wells five or more times in the past five years. The Environmental Protection Agency recommends testing wells every year, according to the study.

Paul Pryor, Union County environmental health director, said he takes exception to claims that the water testing in Union County is haphazard.

“I have to disagree with that,” he said.

“We tested the entire county at the same time as those three townships. We test for coliform bacteria, and if that is positive, we do a second test for E. coli. We’ve had one positive test for E. coli in the past two years,

A closer look Union County health commissioner Jason Orcena said residents interested in having their potable water wells tested should contact the health department at (937) 6422053. The testing fee is $44.75.

and ultimately, we got safe samples from that well after chlorination.”

Pryor said about 10,000-12,000 drinkingwater wells are in the county. How regularly someone’s well should be tested depends on its age and what it’s made of, he said.

“In the past, wells were steel-cased, so those casings will rust out eventually,” he said. “A number of them are below ground, and some are buried, and certainly those wells are high-risk for that. Not only will

they rust over time, but the rubber seals can break down.”

Orcena said water samples collected by the health department are sent to a private lab for analysis. The process is governed by strict state guidelines to prevent contamination or tampering, he said.

Pryor said the water in Union County could be hard but that it is essentially safe.

“One thing you can say about our county is that the water here definitely has a lot of minerals in it,” he said. “It’s safe, but it can be hard. But our numbers over the last 10 years, about 80 percent of the samples we take are safe on the first test. After chlorination, we occasionally don’t get a safe sample, but there is certainly no indication that we have any type of water-table contamination here.”

Orcena said residents interested in having their potable water wells tested should contact the health department at (937) 6422053. The testing fee is $44.75.

City may reduce water reconnect fees Continued from page A1 provide some scenarios for incorporating the savings into the city’s three-tiered sewer-fee structure prior to the committee’s next meeting.

A proposed change to waterservice reconnect fees stems from proposed legislation to make city employees’ hours of operation equal across the board, Chavarria said.

“One of the things Mayor (John) Gore has looked at over

the past couple weeks is the city’s hours of operation,” she said. “The majority of city employees are on 8 a.m. -5 p.m., but some employees, such as those in the public service department, are on 74. We’re proposing normal business hours for the city of 8-5.”

Under current rules, that means a resident calling at 4:01 to have water turned back on would be charged $150 for after-hours service.

“Normally, it costs the city about $15 or $16 to (reconnect),”

she said. “Right now we also have a split charge. If you’ve never been turned off before, you get charged $10, but if you’ve been turned off at least once, your charge is $25.”

The proposed legislation calls for a flat reconnection fee of $25, regardless of whether the resident has had service disconnected previously. It also would change the after-hours reconnect fee from $150 to $50. However, while the city’s policy currently is for the user to pay 10 percent of the water bill at that time to be reconnect-

ed, the entire outstanding balance of the bill would have to be paid before the city would re-establish the resident’s water connection.

“This is very similar to what other communities are doing,” Chavarria told the committee.

“Since we’ve had several landlord and tenant meetings, this is one of the things we’ve been looking at.”

The proposal would need approval from the entire city council.

Continued from page A1 streets would be closed to traffic during the events.

Golden said working with other community groups like the UBA would be important to having other successful public events.

“Our main goal is to get the various Uptown groups together to start and to make these as good as they can be for the city and work toward a common goal,” he said.

Morris said she’s trying to time the celebrations with other already established Marysville events, such as the farmers market, to put less strain on resources. “Our August Uptown event takes place the day before the farmers market festival, and that way, we can partner with law enforcement over the same

weekend to make less of a burden,” she said. “The same will apply with the September event, which takes place right before FestiFair.”

Morris said she’s seeking community sponsors for the events.

“Everything we’re doing, we’re trying to be sponsor-driven, to conserve costs and to make them completely community involved,” she said. “I feel like we’ve got a pretty good foothold so far; now we just have to hope that the weather works with us.”

Morris said the city next year intends to host an Uptown Friday Night event each month from May through September. “We’re hoping to bring the Uptown Friday Night events back to their former glory and then see what’s next,” she said.

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A Marysville High School freshman was killed May 15 in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Route 33.

Paige Horn, 14, of Marysville, was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash at the Township Road 55 overpass in Jefferson Township, Logan County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday, May 15, Horn was traveling eastbound on Route 33, riding in the right, rear passenger seat of a 2005 Mazda four-door driven by her father, Gregory Horn, 42. Penny Hubbard, 45, of Marysville, was seated in the front passenger seat.

The Mazda was struck from

behind by a 2002 Honda Odyssey minivan driven by Christie Reames, 53, of West Mansfield.

Reames also was traveling eastbound on Route 33, according to the OSHP. After the impact, both vehicles went off the south side of the roadway. The minivan struck a ditch, and the Mazda struck the Township Road 55 bridge abutment, according to the OSHP. Paige Horn was pronounced dead at the scene by the Logan County coroner. The three adults were transported to Mary Rutan Hospital with substantial injuries following the crash.

An OSHP representative said May 17 that the accident remains under investigation.

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Troopers from the OSHP’s Crash Reconstruction Unit are assisting in the investigation.

Marysville High School principal Matt Chrispin said the school community was shocked and that school officials had mobilized counselors from across the district and community to meet with students and staff. The counselors will be available for as long as they are needed, Chrispin said.

“Unfortunately, this is the third student we have lost this year, 12th in the last eight years,” he said.

“The grief we feel today is for her and those who have passed on before. This is a very tough day for all of us, but we have a lot of support and will get through this together.”

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Most toothpaste manufacturers offer a mint-flavored toothpaste and another toothpaste they call “regular.” Lots of people like mint, so they buy mint-flavored toothpaste.

I’m not such a mint fan myself, not even in ice cream or Girl Scout cookies, so I buy “regular” toothpaste when I can.

But what is “regular?”And why is it called “regular” and not something more descriptive, like “pyrophosphate” or “Xylitol?” True, we don’t yet associate whatever taste regular toothpaste is with the word “Xylitol,” but we will.

Look at how we learned to say “super size that” instead of “give me an insane amount of that.” It’s all about adapting.

Also, why is “regular” the same flavor across all toothpaste brands?

Maybe toothpaste connoisseurs can distinguish between Crest and Pepsodent in blind taste tests, but to me, “regular” is a standard flavor, like milk. Did toothpaste makers intend to make regular toothpaste universal, a kind of toothpaste euro? Do all corporate chemists start with a baseline pile of regular toothpaste, to which they add speculative flavors — crème de menthe, mushroom soup, sidewalk chalk — until they find one they deem marketable?

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Never mind who Cooper and Stelter and Urbahn are; never mind, even, the fact that the name “Felix Salmon” makes me think, irresistibly, of a cat. Instead, look at “retweeted, tweeted, pretty definitive third tweet,” which, I promise you, represent just a tiny percentage of all the Twitter, tweet, retweet, tweeting references throughout the story. I for one was lost, and I do know what Twitter is. In fact, I have an account, although the last time I visited Twitter, it informed me that my most recent message was sent in April 2010. “We miss you!” it added. Right.

So this is something I think about as I walk through my day with a head full of the peanut packing fluff that is my cold: “Many people do not tweet, will never tweet and neither know nor care about Twitter as a social media tool. If this is what constitutes ‘news’ these days, some people will simply stop even trying to keep up.”

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Most colds can be divided into two categories, like “Joy of Cooking” describes Thanksgiving dressing: wet and dry. Wet colds involve runny noses, explosive sneezes and burbly snoring by night. Dry colds mean painful, hacking coughs that scrape the throat raw and sear the lungs while leaving the nose more or less out of it.

My cold is a third kind. It began with a sore throat that suggested a hard rubber ball had been snugly inserted under my soft palate.

(I picture this as a minor outpatient procedure.) When the ball went away, it took with it most of my speaking ability, leaving me with a voice audible only when I speak in the extreme lower registers, like James Earl Jones, only deeper. Talking in my regular voice produces nothing but a whisper, which grows to a squeak when I try to shout. This was entertaining for a while, but after that the desire to communicate overrode the fun of sounding like a desperate cartoon animal.

The effort required to drop my voice into the sub-basement in order to make even random comments such as, “Look at that funny dog” or, “The car is on fire,” no doubt is one reason why I’ve pretty much stopped talking.

It’s not the only reason, though.

Other colds are wet or dry, and this cold is fluffy, as in, “My head is full of gray stuff like soft packing peanuts that muffle everything else in there.” If my brain was being shipped to Sweetwater, Wyo., for a vacation, it would be good to go, but for staying here and coming up with answers to simple questions, such as what’s for dinner and how bad is it if we eat salad greens that would have been best if enjoyed by last Tuesday, it’s struggling.

Of course, my brain often struggles over the tiny challenges of life in the 21st century. For instance, I just came across yet another news item about the bickering among electronic media over which of them broke the story about the shooting of Osama bin Ladin.

In a recent Salon story, someone named Felix Salmon of Reuters wrote, “ … at 10:34 p.m., when Cooper still thought that Osama had been captured, Stel-

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Superintendent to recommend cuts Monday

By JIM FISCHER

• Absorb/reduction of 20 staff sion of middle school sports/ac-

ThisWeek Community Newspapers for 2011-12, to come primarily tivities for 2011-12 school year,

The Marysville Exempted Village School District Board of Education will discuss a list of proposed budget cuts at its meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, May 23, in the library at Bunsold Middle School.

The cuts would address anticipated budget shortfalls stemming from reductions in funding from the state of Ohio.

Superintendent Larry Zimmerman will recommend the following cuts:

from the retirement incentive offered this the spring, saving $700,000.

• Consider reduction of 40 staff for 2012-13, saving $2.3 million.

• Consider additional $50 payto-participate fee, making the fee $200 per activity, saving $835,000.

• Consider elimination of some coaching and activity positions, saving $71,000; or elimination of seventh-grade sports/activities, saving $47,000; or suspen-

saving $130,000.

• Consider elimination of about 30 percent of extended time contracts, saving $51,000.

• Consider reduction of summer workers, saving $30,000.

• Consider increases in lunch prices, fees for building use, activity fees for student government and café contribution to custodial help, saving $173,000.

• Additional reductions (substitutes, reduced materials, etc.), saving $150,000.

Marysville students to compete In Destination Imagination event Continued from page A3 “Verses! Foiled Again.” Members had to develop a story around a published piece of poetry that included a character that was foiled. Additionally, the challenge includes the construction of a structure made of only wood, glue and aluminum foil, to be tested for the amount of weight it could support.

The team selected a verse spoofing the original “Humpty Dumpty” rhyme. Nick Langlois said the verse “had humor and had room to build off of.”

Church said the group began brainstorming random ideas and, throughout the process, determined which ideas could be linked together through the skit. At the same time, Kristin Langlois, the group’s “builder,” set out to construct the other part of the challenge.

Long Live Love is the high school team’s project in the ProjectOuteach category for senior teams.

“We had to choose an issue in the community and try to address it,” Hannah Putney said.

“We decided to do a teen-suicide and depression awareness group because it’s happened at our school,” Goode said. “So we’re trying to raise awareness.”

“We took a real-life experience that hit close to home and developed it into the skit,” Mack said.

The group’s efforts have extended beyond the DI program and have included rallies and presentations in the Marysville community.

“We definitely want to continue it,” Mack said.

“It’s a big problem, and we all believe in it.”

Some of the 10 students have advanced to globals at least once in the past, Smith is in her first year in DI for the high school team, and Goode is advancing to this level for the first time. Four members of the middle school team have been together since fourth grade, and Evan Crozier has been to globals with another team.

“Never having been before, I’m really excited,”

The Marysville High School DI team members are: Kelsey Mack (left), Hannah Putney, Devan Smith, Joe Woolum and Caleb Goode.

Goode said.

“To be there with people from all over the world is an honor,” Hannah Putney said.

“When we were there in fifth grade, it seemed much bigger,” Church said of the middle school team. “I think we’ll be more prepared and can handle it better.”

All of the team members shared the thought that the competition was a fringe benefit of the experience of globals.

“I’ve never done anything like this before,” Smith said. “I’m hearing it’s going to be lots of fun.”

“They’ve been some of the best times of my life,” Mack said of her past experience.

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By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers Although her profession as a teacher has taken her around the world, it’s Marysville resident Elizabeth Grisham’s work in her own community that garnered her an induction into the Central Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame.

Grisham was one of 10 seniors inducted last week into the hall of fame, governed by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA). The agency “celebrates active and ageless lifestyles by inducting 10 exceptional older central Ohioans into the Hall of Fame” each year.

“It was very nice to be included,” Grisham said. “To be there (May 19) when all of those people were there, and to think of all they have done, it was really a very humbling honor.”

Grisham was recognized for her prolific volunteerism in the community. Since retiring from the teaching field, she has worked as board president of Windsor and Community Seniors, and also as president of the local Retired Teachers Association. She is

also involved with the Trinity Lutheran Church, the United Way, the Red Cross, and Memorial Hospital of Union County, where she has worked more than 2,200 volunteer hours.

Elizabeth “She’s very willing to Grisham help, and just always ready to be there,” said Debbie George, volunteer services coordinator at Memorial Hospital of Union County. “I know Mrs. Grisham has a lot of things happening, but we seem to be one of the top things on her list. She’s always here to help and very willing. Our volunteers are just an amazing asset all the way around.”

Grisham, 78, was born and grew up in Marysville, graduating from Marysville High School in 1950, and then from Capital University in 1954.

“I started teaching in Lakewood, Ohio, and after about five years I decided my Prince Charming wasn’t coming to Ohio, so I went to look for him,” Grisham laughed.

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military bases in Frankfurt, Germany (where Elvis Presley met his wife, Priscilla, Grisham said); Tokyo, Japan; throughout Thailand, Turkey and Italy. She met her “Prince Charming,” Robert, there in Italy, she said, before moving to the American South with him and starting a family.

“He was from the South, and when we decided the children needed to be around their grandparents we moved back to Marysville,” Grisham said. “Everyone here had fallen in love with Robert’s Southern charm.”

After retiring from teaching in 1993, Grisham spent a couple weeks in a nursing home while recovering from a bicycle crash.

That’s where she saw the need for more volunteers in town, she said.

“You go in and out of nursing homes, you know, but when you’re there 24-7 it makes a big difference,” she said. “They need more people to volunteer.”

Of the 10 seniors inducted by the COAAA this year, Grisham is the only Union County resident. To honor her accomplishments, the Union County commissioners declared May 18 to be celebrated as Elizabeth Grisham Day in the county.

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Ellie Prinster of Marysville clears the bar on a pole vault attempt during the Gary Smith Invitational on April 30 at Thomas Worthington. The Monarchs girls finished last and the boys were fifth in the OCC-Cardinal Division meet on May 14.

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Marysville’s Darian Greenbaum catches a pop fly as teammate Kasie Sepeda looks on during a 4-1 victory over Westerville South on April 28. The Monarchs, who finished 15-8 overall, tied Westerville North for the OCC-Cardinal title at 11-3 after a 2-0 loss to the Warriors on May 13.

The Marysville High School girls track and field team’s 3,200meter relay began what coach J.B. Ritchie hoped would be a long list of Division I regional qualifiers.

Led by junior Brooke Brown, the Monarchs finished fourth (10 minutes, 8.9 seconds) in the 3,200 relay final in the Division I, district 2 meet May 18 at Hilliard Bradley.

Brown ran the opening leg and was followed by freshmen Lindsey Longbrake and Maddy Hoy and sophomore Ashley Zani.

“That is huge for us,” Ritchie said. “A sophomore, two fresh-

men and a junior, that is absolutely incredible. They dropped their time on that relay by eight seconds.”

The relay team will compete in the regional meet on Thursday, May 25, and Saturday, May 27, at Pickerington North.

“We want top four (to advance to state),” Ritchie said. “Everything now is survive and advance. It will be much harder to do that. For those girls, little goals will be improve your splits just a little bit. Try to get a faster time overall. If they do that, I’ll be completely happy with that because it’s going to be very difficult for them as a young team to get out of there.”

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“I thought it was possible,” Brown said of qualifying for regional in the 3,200 relay. “We have a good team and we have a lot of room to cut our times down, so now is when we’re going to start doing that. Our goal is to each cut off at least two seconds.”

Brown also was expected to contend for regional berths in the 1,600 and 3,200 finals on May 21.

The girls team finished eighth (48.33 points) in the OCC-Cardinal Division meet on May 12 and 14 at Pickerington North See ROUNDUP, page B2

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Bobcats, Evans learn life lesson, share league title Participation in sports is much more than kids burning off excess energy playing games. It’s a microcosm of life.

Athletes not only learn how to hit a baseball or softball, how to make a bounce pass in the lane, how to execute a double-leg takedown or how to condition and pace themselves during a two-mile run. They also acquire skills needed to work with others toward a common goal, to win or lose gracefully and to play by the rules.

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HENNEN With the Bobcats and Liberty Union tied for the lead (123 points) before the final two events of the MSL-Cardinal Division meet May 13 at Berne Union, Evans and teammate Chase

Gage finished second (10 minutes, 25.0 seconds) and third (10:27.59), respectively, in the 3,200 meters behind Austin McClean of West Jefferson (10:19.69).

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shorts — a segment of half-inch gray stitching on one side of the black tights, an abnormality that would not have been seen without his running shorts hiking up while he was running.

A distraught Evans walked across the football field inside the track, head looking upward and hands interlocked just above the back of his neck.

After the disqualification, Grandview trailed 134-131.

“It had nothing to do with the race, it had nothing to do with the kids. It was just a rule,” Grandview coach Brian Schoch said. “I know it’s a rule, so I guess they had to call it.”

But not without discussion. Schoch and several other coaches debated with officials for several minutes, but to no avail. Evans was ticketed for the track equivalent of driving 68 mph in a 65mph zone.

Grandview’s 1,600 relay of Joe Trapp, Dylan Golding, Ben Mathes and Ryan Schofield then finished second (3:33.1) behind Licking Heights (3:32.54) and Liberty Union finished fourth (3:41.82), meaning the Bobcats and Liberty Union were co-champions with 139 points.

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Continued from page B1 behind first-place Dublin Scioto (150), Olentangy (116), Westerville North (78), Westerville South (75.33), Olentangy Liberty (73), Westerville Central (65.33) and Dublin Jerome (56).

Brown was second in the 1,600 (5:20.20) behind Scioto’s Minori Minagawa (5:13.07) and in the 3,200 (12:05.22) behind Scioto’s Sakiko Minagawa (11:56.51), Minori’s twin sister.

Brown, Longbrake, Hoy and Zani were fourth in the 3,200 relay (10:18.84).

Jenny Sperry was second in the discus (101 feet, 7 inches) and fourth in the shot put (34-6 1/2).

The boys team finished fifth (72.25) in the OCC-Cardinal meet behind first-place Central (126.5), Olentangy (104.5), Liberty (102) and North (90), and ahead of South (66.25), Scioto (49.5) and Jerome (44).

“It’s one thing we talk about with the kids is that during the course of the season you’ll drop some time and you’ll hit a plateau and then stay there for a little while,” coach Jim Gannon said. “The whole point is don’t get frustrated because you’ll stay at that same time and then boom you’ll drop again.”

Julian Williams and Hayes Chrispin led the Monarchs.

Williams was first in the 100 (11.19) and 400 (49.23), and second in the 200 (22.59) behind Central’s Channing Doermann (22.58).

Williams was seeded first in the district finals in the 200 (22.47) and 400 (50.31), and second in the 100 (11.28).

Chrispin won the OCC-Car-

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Life Lesson Learned: Participation in sports is a microsom of life and the Grandview Heights High School boys track team learned that the hard way at the MSL-Cardinal meet May 13.

City League Championships: ThisWeek’s Jarrod Ulrey recaps the City League track and boys tennis championships and also sorts out the race for the two spots in the baseball title game.

Diaz’s Defense Begins: Watterson boys tennis player Chris Diaz begins his quest for a fourth appearance at the state tournament. ThisWeek’s Aaron Blankenship interviewed Diaz’s coach, Barb Woods, on the senior’s chances at a repeat while “Mr. High School Sports” Larry Larson talked with Diaz about dealing with the pressures and expectations of his senior season.

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Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Marysville softball, boys tennis and track & field teams, and the Marysville boys club lacrosse team: SOFTBALL *May 13 — Lost to Westerville North 2-0 Of note: The Monarchs finished 158 overall and 11-3 in the OCC-Cardinal. *OCC-Cardinal game BOYS TENNIS May 12, 14 — Competed in sectional tournament at Hilliard Darby. Matt Bell and Alex Miller were 1-1 in doubles.

Of note: The Monarchs finished 3-11

dinal title in the 300 hurdles (38.38) and was seeded third (41.18) in the district final.

Chrispin was seeded fifth (16.0) in the district final in the 110 hurdles.

•The softball team celebrated its fourth consecutive OCC title, tying North for first place in the OCC-Cardinal at 11-3.

The Warriors earned the tie with a 2-0 home win over Marysville on May 13.

North swept the season series with the Monarchs, also winning 4-1 on April 15.

Marysville’s other loss in the league came against Olentangy 2-1 in nine innings on May 9.

Marysville tied Liberty for first in the OCC-Cardinal last season and tied South for first in the OCC-Cardinal in 2009, both years at 11-3.

In 2008, Marysville won the OCC-Central outright at 10-0.

“We always strive at Marysville to be at the top of the league,” coach Jennifer Segner-Maxwell said. “Any time

overall and 1-6 in the OCC-Cardinal.

TRACK & FIELD May 12, 14 — Boys: Finished fifth (72.25) behind first-place Westerville Central (126.5) in eight-team OCCCardinal meet at Pickerington North; Girls: Finished eighth (48.33) behind first-place Dublin Scioto (150) in OCCCardinal meet May 17-18, 21 — Competed in Division I, district 2 meet at Hilliard Bradley. The top four finishers in each event at district advance to regional May 25 and 27 at Pickerington North.

The top four finishers in each event at regional qualify for the state meet June 3-4 at Ohio State.

BOYS LACROSSE May 19 — Lost to Big Walnut 15-5 in play-in game of OHSLA Club Division tournament.

Of note: The Narwhals finished 2-9.

you accomplish that it’s a big thing for us. I’m very proud of the girls for working hard throughout the season and getting to that goal.”

In the rematch against North, freshman pitcher Kori Long allowed five hits and struck out three.

The Warriors scored both of their runs in the fifth inning to support winning pitcher Alli Rowland, who allowed three hits and struck out two.

Kyleah Brey, Lacie Broderick and Taylor Hicks had the Marysville hits.

Marysville lost to Dresden Tri-Valley 13-1 in five innings in a second-round Division I district tournament game on May 12 at home.

“We’re definitely pleased with the season as a whole, but of course it’s disappointing to lose your last two games like that,” Segner-Maxwell said. fdirenna@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

The magical high school tennis career of Watterson High School senior Chris Diaz is nearing its end.

Diaz competed in the Division II district tournament on May 20-21 at Columbus Academy, hoping to gain a berth in his fourth consecutive state tournament on Friday and Saturday, May 27-28, at Hilliard Davidson and to capture a third state championship.

As a freshman, Diaz combined with his older brother, Philip, to win the Division I state doubles title. A year later, he and Philip finished as Division I state runners-up. With his brother moving on to college, Chris won the Division II state singles title last year top cap an undefeated season.

This season, the Eagles standout also has been perfect as he heads into district play.

Diaz said he is thoroughly enjoying his final high school season.

“There’s always some pressure on you when you are a defending state champion, but I believe I have taken the level of pressure I feel down a little over the years. After Philip and I won when I was a freshman, I really thought my sophomore year was stressful and I think I have matured as a player and am trying to just have fun with these last two years.

“My strength on the court right now is my speed and anticipation. I have to overcome my lack of size by being more aggressive on the court. I think my offensive skills have improved throughout high school and that has helped make my confidence level grow as well. Now I have to use my experience, plan my game and execute that plan every match. I have to continue to focus on what I do best and hope that results in wins.”

Diaz is proud of what he has accomplished at Watterson and to be able to represent his school.

“It has been a great feeling to represent my high school in a positive way,” he said. “I have been fortunate to contribute to the Watterson

community and I am hoping to win the state singles championship again so I can leave my school on a good note. I am sure of one thing: I will continue playing as hard as I can and not let my nerves take over. It has been a wonderful four years.”

LARRY Diaz’s time as a competitive LARSON tennis player won’t be ending at state. Next year, he will begin competing for Ohio State.

“I am really excited to play for Ohio State and coach Ty Tucker,” he said. “I have always dreamed of playing and being part of the Ohio State athletic program. I know things will be really challenging for me, and I know I will have to work very hard to be successful. I will be lucky to be under the tutelage of coach Tucker, who has the record of making each player he works with better, but for now it is all about doing the best I can in these upcoming days.

“I love how competitive tennis can get. I love trying to use my strategy to win a match. I love the fact that tennis has always been part of my life and the sport has helped me become more confident as a person and it has taught me to have a good work ethic in trying to balance my schoolwork with my tennis.”

As the defending Division II state singles champion, Diaz will be the favorite at district. But he is sure to face challenges from Wellington senior Ian Wagner and Centennial junior Bogdan Cojocari, among others, in what should be a terrific two days of tennis at Academy.

I’ll see you at a match.

Larry Larson is a former athletics director at Grandview High School. He can be heard as “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM.

HENNEN Continued from page B1 “We had to put up with a lot, coming back from more than 20 points down, and Luke had to put up with a lot,” said Schoch, fighting back tears after an emotional 15 minutes to end the meet. “Thank goodness the (1,600 relay) came through and ran their best time ever. They knew what was on the line.”

It was a good thing the 1,600 relay realized what was on the line, because the meet officials seemed to have forgotten. The rule cited was similar to the one about wearing jewelry, which requires a warning before a disqualification.

If the official didn’t notice the wardrobe malfunction until late in the race then he probably should have ignored it. I doubt Evans would have been disqualified for wearing a necklace.

The situation reminds me of a league wrestling meet I covered several years ago. A heavyweight wrestler with a sub-.500 record was competing in a thirdplace match with his team a couple of points out of first place. He pinned his opponent, so the points from the match and the points for placing third

earned his team the league title by one-half point, but that was to change.

After the referee raised the wrestler’s arm as the victor, he unsnapped his headgear, tossed it above his head in jubilation and raced to hug his coach in a moment he was sure to remember forever.

It was a pivotal moment, but for another reason. During the embrace, the referee went to the scorer’s table and took one team point away for excessive celebration, giving the wrestler’s team the runner-up trophy by one-half point. The jubilation quickly turned to disappointment.

That decision stuck with me, as does this one. There is a time and a place for making calls, and these two instances probably were not the appropriate situations.

But, as stated earlier, sports are filled with life lessons, and maybe this was an example of that. In this case, the fact is that life isn’t always fair.

In the end, the Grandview boys won their first league track and field championship since 1984, with the only consolation being that they had to be co-champions.

What do you do next after

such an occurrence? You line up, shake hands with your cochampions and try to beat them next time, whether in the postseason or in next year’s league meet.

Just like in any other point in life, you pick yourself up and get back to work. shennen@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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Clarridge named to All-Region team Otterbein softball player Casey Clarridge, a Marysville graduate, has been named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Central Region first team.

Clarridge, a junior right fielder, hit .456 this

season and set an Otterbein season record with a .702 slugging percentage. She finished in the top five of the Ohio Athletic Conference in runs (41), on-base percentage (.526), RBI (39), stolen bases (19) and hits (52).

As a result of being on the first team, Clarridge is eligible for All-America consideration.

Middle school state track meet is May 29 The sixth annual middle school state track and field meet is scheduled for May 29 at Groveport High School.

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Marysville announces summer paving list The city of Marysville has announced its summer street-paving list for 2011.

The following streets will be included: • Clymer Road, from Columbus Avenue to the dead end.

• Oak Street, from Fifth Street to Fourth Street.

• Oak Street, from Sixth Street to Fifth Street.

• Prairie Drive, from Collingwood Drive to Damascus Road.

• Ninth Street, from Plum Street to Chestnut Street.

• Buerger Street, from Delaware Avenue to Connolly Street.

• Greenwood Park, including the parking lot and

bike path.

• Lewis Park, basketball court resurfacing.

The portion of Ninth Street, from Mulberry Street to Maple Street, will be paved using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding.

This year’s paving contract totaling $369,161 was awarded to Decker Construction, according to Mayor John Gore. CDBG funds for Ninth Street improvements amount to $76,051.

A schedule of the paving projects will be announced as soon as it is determined, Gore said. More information is online at www.marysvilleohio.org.

— Lin Rice

Business brief Photos by Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

Community Care Day (Above) Paul Nicol from the Vineyard Church cuts up a tree from a home on State Street in Milford Center on May 17 as part of United Way’s Community Care Days.

He was one of many volunteers who braved the weather to help out his neighbors.

Volunteers spread throughout Union County to do a variety of service projects. (Left) George Longazel, an employee with Home Depot, puts in a new light in the display case at the old Fairbanks Elementary School gym on May 17.

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Battelle scientist joins Algaeventure Marysville-based Algaeventure Systems (AVS) announced that Dr. Stephanie Smith has been hired as chief scientist. AVS develops technology and systems for algae production of lipids and biomass, which could be used for fuels, plastics, advanced materials, feeds, foods and other resources.

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— Lin Rice

In brief Survey participants sought for federal funds Marysville and Union County are asking business owners to participate in a survey intended to secure federal funds for the area.

“With the proposed budget cuts to many programs, the state and federal governments are placing tougher thresholds on local governments to prove the need for federal funds,” said Eric Phillips, Union County Chamber of Commerce CEO. The purpose of the survey is to provide the basis for Marysville and Union County to continue to receive Community Development Block Grant funds to support affordable housing, Phillips said. The survey asks specific industry questions, to which business owners need only answer those that apply to their specific business sector.

According to Logan-Union-

Champaign Planning Commission (LUC) fair-housing coordinator Heather Martin, all CDBG and Community Housing Improvement Program grantees are required to complete a comprehensive Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) form

this year. The answers to the surveys will be used to rewrite that report, which will be conducted this year by LUC. The survey is online at http:// www.surveymonkey.com/s/analysisofimpedimentstofairhousing.

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Pediatric HealthSource

Tics in children are quite common Tics are sudden, involuntary, repetitive movements (motor tics) or sounds (vocal tics). The most common motor tics are frequent eye blinking, nose twitching and head shaking. Common vocal tics include humming, grunting or saying actual words. Some of these tics are complex and include large parts of the body (kicking, stamping).

About 3 million to 6 million Americans experience tics regularly. Tics are more common in children, where one in four has a tic during the school years. Tics are five times more common in boys than in girls. Nine out of 10 children who have tics, however, will experience significant improvements in the symptoms by they time they reach adulthood.

Tics are the most frequent symptom of Tourette syndrome, though it isn’t the only symptom.

For a patient to be diagnosed as having TS, he or she has to have motor and vocal tics for at least one year. Impulsivity, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obsessive-compulsive behaviors (repetitive thoughts and movements) are commonly seen in patients with TS. Cursing, which is the most publicized symptom of TS, is exceedingly rare.

Stress sometimes can make tics more severe, frequent or longer in duration. Many children with tics report the urge to perform said tic, though some can suppress this for a short time.

As tension builds, though, it eventually has to

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be released as a tic. If a child is concentrating on controlling a tic, it might be difficult to focus on other tasks, such as schoolwork. Because tics are outside a child’s control, children should not be disciplined for exhibiting PEDRO them.

WEISLEDER In most patients, the symptoms of TS are mild and not necessarily an indication of a more serious disorder. For that reason, physicians at Nationwide Children’s Hospital tend to avoid prescribing medications for the condition. Moderate to severe cases of TS can be treated with psychological therapy (habit-reversal therapy) or one of a series of prescription medications.

It is important to know, however, that there is no single medication that is helpful to all individuals with tics or TS. For more information on tics and TS, as they relate to children, parents should consult their primary-care physician. Nationwide Children’s Hospital offers treatment for severe cases, and more information is available from the Tourette Syndrome Association of America. Visit www.tsa-usa.org.

Dr. Pedro Weisleder is associate professor and director of the child-neurology residency program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital — The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

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