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May 22, 2011

Actors’ Theatre

Swordplay tale opens summer season

OPERATION COMMUNITY CUP

By GARY SEMAN JR. ThisWeek Community Newspapers “The Scarlet Pimpernel” will kick off Actors’ Theatre of Columbus’ 30th summer season in Schiller Park. It’s a tale that includes daring action, romance and idealism — not to mention some lively swordplay, said John S. Kuhn, artistic director of the German Village-based theater troupe. “It’s really a story about the lengths someone will go to defend an ideal,” Kuhn said. All shows will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, May 26 through June 26, at Schiller Park. A special matinee performance will be held A closer at 2 p.m. June 26 to coincide with German look Village Haus und Garten Tour. All shows will be Admission is free held at 8 p.m. Thursbut donations will be day through Sunday, sought during interMay 26 through June mission. 26, at Schiller Park. The play is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Baroness Emmuska Orczy and is set in Paris during the French Revolution. The play centers on the daring exploits of the Pimpernel, the leader of an English secret society intent on rescuing French aristocrats from daily executions during the Reign of Terror. Unbeknownst to a select few, including his wife, Marguerite (Beth Josephsen-Simon), Sir Percy Blakeney (Travis Horseman) is the masked, swashbuckling marauder. After they become estranged over a dispute, Marguerite is blackmailed by Citizen Chauvelin, the new French envoy to England. A series of events reveals Percy Blakeney’s true identity. As he heads back to France, with his wife in pursuit, Blakeney meets with more calamity and adventure. Kuhn said he wrote the adaptation intertwining the love story with vigorous fight scenes while keeping true to the story. “I always approach it with a huge amount of hu-

By Chris Parker/ThisWeek

(Above) The Columbus Crew’s Tom Heinemann tries to stop a shot of Jorge Passillo during the opening ceremony for “Operation Community Cup,” a community-focused project designed to revitalize soccer fields for children in Columbus, New York and Los Angeles. (Left) Children play on the new state-of-the-art soccer field during the opening ceremony at Rhodes Park , 1818 W. Broad St., on May 17. “Operation Community Cup” is a partnership between TimeWarner Cable, Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Soccer Channel, The Columbus Crew and the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department.

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Clean diesel test receives state attention By JENNIFER NOBLIT

ton Township, Dublin City Schools and central Ohio farmers co-op Marion Oil, Dublin is testing a high-performance clean A month into testing a new environ- diesel fuel that claims to boost mileage ment-friendly fuel, Dublin has seen fa- and decrease emissions. vorable results. The city last week invited Ohio EnviThrough a partnership with Washing- ronmental Protection Agency director ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Scott Nally and others to check out the testing of the fuel created by Dublin Entrepreneurial Center business EcoChem Alternative Fuels. EcoChem approached Dublin about a year ago regarding testing the fuel on the city’s fleet, said Michelle Crandall,

Dublin’s director of administrative services. Dublin will use it in city fleet vehicles, and Washington Township is using it in fire trucks, but testing is going on with Dublin school buses. “The buses have consistent routes, which is good for testing,” city manager

Marsha Grigsby said. Mike Long, an independent consultant performing the fuel study, said 12 buses began using an ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel in March for baseline testing. See CLEAN DIESEL, page A3

Area WWII veterans return to Point du Hoc By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Exceptional Science Fair

By Chris Parker/ThisWeek

Susanna Raftery, Columbus Alternative High School science teacher, reacts as Abdi Gelle, a West Side resident, demonstrates his catapault during the annual Columbus City Schools Exceptional Science Fair held at Beechcroft High School May 13.

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Last July, when he was 89 years old, James “Pee Wee” Martin celebrated the 65th anniversary of America’s victory in World War II with a reprise of his youth: He made a parachute jump. He wants to do it again this year. For most of the past 66 years since the war ended, Martin has lived on 50 acres near Dayton, in a house he and his wife built themselves. “I do all the things I used to do, just not as much,” Martin said. “We heat with wood and I split the wood. I have a backhoe and I mix concrete.” On June 3, Martin will join Johnstown resident Don Jakeway and Woodsfield resident Herman Zerger in a special trip to Normandy for this year’s D-Day celebration. Jake, Zerg and Pee Wee, as they are known, will be traveling with a cohort of more than a dozen See AREA WWII VETERANS, page A2

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By Rebecca Padula/ThisWeek

World War II veterans Herman “Zerg” Zerger (left), Jim “Pee Wee” Martin and Don “Jake” Jakeway will visit France for the 67th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy next month.

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