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Pataskala receives Aa3 bond rating Council members table ordinance to establish law against scavenging

By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers The city of Pataskala has received its first regular bond rating from the credit-rating agency, Moody’s.

It was awarded the fourth-highest designation of Aa3, the same as the city of Newark, according to finance director Jason Carr at the May 16 council meeting. The Aa3 rating is in the

“Excellent” category, Moody’s secondhighest rating category. “Exceptional” is the highest.

“What this means to the city is that the capital improvement plan, the JRS (job-ready site) sites, the potential for growth, the contingency reserve line items in our budget, the positive audits, have culminated in being able to be considered to have a debt rating,” Carr said.

“There are only 3,300 cities according

Licking Heights

Forecast raises concerns about staffing

to Moody’s that have a debt rating.”

The Aa3 classification is one level below the city of Pickerington.

“This is very positive for the city and will give us additional flexibility and an additional financing tool,” Carr said.

“There are 14 levels, with Aaa being the best level and B1 being the lowest level.

The city’s Aa3 is the fourth level. Newark is Aa3, Pickerington is a Aa2.”

Carr said the advantage of a bond rat-

ing is that the city should be able to save money both in interest costs for capital debt and in transaction costs.

Without the bond rating, the city has had to spend as much as $20,000 for each debt issue for insurance.

“We in the past have had to purchase bond insurance,” Carr said. “That costs maybe $20,000. When we go and issue debt, this provides a tool where we don’t have to purchase bond insurance. We

have a standalone rating.”

The city will now be rated on an ongoing basis by Moody’s, which will issue regular forecasts saying the city’s financial outlook is positive, negative or neutral, Carr said. Carr said the rating was as good or better than the city initially expected.

“We are at least one step above the See BOND RATING, page A2

BARRELS OF BENEFITS

By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Licking Heights school board approved the district’s five-year forecast May 17.

The forecast projected that the recent passage of an 11.92-mill property tax levy will keep the district in the black through the end of 2013, assuming there are no surprises in the state budget for education funding.

Treasurer Jennifer Vanover said the district has frozen staff levels even as student population is growing about 200 students each year.

“We did not add any staff this year, as we all know, to make sure the four-year levy lasted four years,” Vanover said. “Despite the additional students, we did not add staff.

Even with the levy having passed, there are no staff added next year or the year following. What that translates to is we’re going to see over that three-year period of time close to 600 students or more and no additional staff members.”

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(Above) Vicky Christiansen of Newark inserts the overflow tube on her rain barrel during a workshop at the Licking County Soil & Water Conservation District on May 19. (Left) Vince Untied, a summer intern with the soil and water conservation district, helps Claire Robitaille with her barrel. (Below) The workshop included materials and instructions on how to make a 60-gallon rain barrel. Additional workshops will be held June 16 and July 14. The cost is $50.

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Officials: Budget is tight but workable

By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Southwest Licking school board approved its five-year budget forecast May 19, breathing a sigh of relief that it has a cash carryover balance but worried that it is spending more than it is taking in.

“The big things are property taxes and personnel,” said treasurer Richard Jones, saying he believed that all future revenue increases were likely to come more from local taxes than state funds.

“I don’t see the school foundation changing significantly,” Jones said. “I don’t expect any help from the state. Hopefully, we don’t get any more cuts, but I don’t expect any more help.

“Quite frankly, if there is going to be any

Ohio Dominican, COTC offer new degree program

By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers Adult students in the Pataskala area will have an option to obtain bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the Pataskala campus of the Central Ohio Technical College.

Ohio Dominican University spokesman John Palmer said the growth of Licking County and

COTC made the joint Learning Enhanced Adult Degree (LEAD) program attractive to the university.

“Licking County is really having a lot of growth,” Palmer said. “We’ve been forming some partnerships with COTC because that institution is just taking off, with their having renovated the facility off Taylor Road.”

The programs that will be offered relate to busi-

ness and business management, including a bachelor of science degree in business administration, a master of business administration and a master of science in management.

The administrator of the program is Dave Archibald, Ohio Dominican vice president for LEAD. See DEGREE PROGRAM, page A2

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LICKING HEIGHTS Continued from page A1 The district is essentially breaking even, with revenues matching expenses.

Because property tax levies are fixed-dollar levies, it is common for districts to have positive cash flow at the beginning of the levy term and have negative cash flows at the end of the term.

“One of our fiscal goals was to live within our means and not spend beyond our revenues,” Vanover said. “We’re very close to doing that this year. It’s a testament to reductions that have been made and not spending where we absolutely do not have to.”

Vanover said that all non-payroll spending has been pared so much that any changes now involve personnel. The district has already cut all its permanent substitute teachers, dropping from nine to zero, as well as nine educational aids.

Total district operating expenditures are approximately $30 million each year, with each payroll costing approximately $630,000.

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Vanover said the five-year forecast shows that the district will have to either return to the ballot in two years or make even more cuts.

“This only gets us through 2013 as it stands today,” Vanover said. “We need additional revenue or additional reductions to get us past 2013. Those final (state budget) figures are going to be crucial.”

Board president Matt Satterwhite said the staffing freeze cannot last long with student population growth.

“When does that just become insane?” Satterwhite asked.

“There’s going to be a breaking point at some point,” said board member Mark Loth.

Vanover said revenues would also be squeezed because property reappraisals in the county auditor’s offices in Franklin and Licking County were expected to result in a 4-percent reduction, although because the property-tax levies are for fixed-dollar amounts, only a portion of revenues would be affected by the new valuations. www.ThisWeekNews.com

DEGREE PROGRAM Continued from page A1 “Our instructors and staff are committed to working with students to help them reach their potential inside and outside of the classroom,” Archibald said. “The university is grateful to partner with COTC to offer these programs to residents of Pataskala and the surrounding communities.”

Students will take one class at a time, meeting only one night a week, and continue year-round, enabling them to complete their degree in a compressed timeframe. Instructors will be working business professionals.

The LEAD program will depend heavily on project teams, a group of peer students who meet each week to discuss assignments. Archibald said such programs increase cooperative skills that employers value.

Palmer said Pataskala residents would benefit from the four-year degree option.

“The fact that it is bachelor’s and master’s in that area, it’s an accelerated program where the class schedule is very flexible,” Palmer said. “It’s geared toward the working adult who is dealing with family life and working life and has a lot of variables to balance.

“Classes meet a couple of times a week, in the evenings and things like that.”

Central Ohio Technical College is a two-year college founded at Newark in 1971 with campuses in Newark, Coshocton, Mount Vernon and Pataskala. It offers more than 50 associate degree and certificate programs.

Ohio Dominican University is a four-year liberal arts institution in Columbus, founded in 1911 in the Catholic and Dominican tradition. The university has 3,000 students and offers undergraduate degrees in 50 majors, as well as six graduate degree programs.

BOND RATING Continued from page A1 average, which is good,” Carr said. “The focus is truly on how we have been able to have a carryover fund balance in the general fund and how we have gotten that to grow. The rating we received is a lot better than what we expected.”

Also at the May 16 meeting, council tabled an effort to adopt an anti-scavenging ordinance when it could not locate amendments that had been prepared by the law director.

Council member Dan Hayes said the city was spending too

Continued from page A1 increase, it’s going to come from the locals, which is not a good thing.”

Jones said the district should find ways to establish solid long-term funding.

“These cuts have to be long-term, because we are still spending more than we are getting,” Jones said. “Until we get that fixed, I don’t see us figuring out additional revenue or expenditures down the road. If you want to look out five or 10 years, we are not there.”

The district operating budget is approximately $35 million each year.

Jones said the board recently cut $1.6 million from projected expenses and some savings from retirements.

“The other change that has been included is the $1.6 million in net cuts the board approved, along with the certificated and classified employees who have retired and received retirement incentives,” Jones said.

This year, the district is spending nearly a million more than it is taking in, Jones said.

“Even with the cuts we are making, we are

dusk and dawn should take care of it. The fact that we’ve spent three weeks and we’ve devoted ink in the newspapers to this just makes my head hurt.”

In other business: • City administrator Tim Boland said eight of 25 homes in Shawnee Loop had been affected by a sewer backup in early May. He said the city was investigating a pump station in the area.

• Carr reported on expenses related to The Oaks subdivision sewer project, showing total costs of $649,000, $475,000 of which would be paid by homeowners, with the balance to the city.

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still spending more than we are getting in revenue,” Jones said. “That is not a good thing.

These carryovers are going to be wiped out quickly.

“As we go through time, we are still going to need either additional revenue sources or we will have to reduce expenditures somehow.

For 2013, we are now projecting a $164,000 positive carryover. When we get to 2014, it’s a $2.4-million deficit. For 2015, it’s a $5.7million deficit.”

Jones said that the district does not yet have a contract with the teachers union, so the fiveyear forecast includes step increases that may not take effect.

“We do not have an agreement at this time, so we have to go based on what we know,” Jones said. “We’re projecting $20.2 million in salary for the current year and it drops down to $19.65 million for 2012 and $19.6 for 2013.”

In other business, the board scheduled a special meeting for 7 p.m. June 1 to conduct a performance review of superintendent Forest Yocum. www.ThisWeekNews.com

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“I really hate spending this much time on this,” Hayes said. “It’s my understanding that how this got here was the police department had a number of complaint calls and they were really limited to loud vehicles in the middle of the night and people flipping containers in the middle of the night.

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Auditor: Change coming in residential taxing system

By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers Licking County auditor Mike Smith spoke in Johnstown Village Council chambers May 19 to a meeting of the Northeast Suburban Real Estate Association.

Smith had some good news for neighborhood homes whose owners were lucky enough to sell, and a lot of bad news for farmers who rely on the CAUV (current agricultural use valuation) for property tax.

Smith was invited by Amy Albery, a title agent at Ohio Title and member of the association.

“When we are handling our customers, we want to be able to give them the best information,” Albery said. “We asked him to talk about what is happening in the county. Reappraisals are coming up this year, and the current agricultural use valuation is very important to hear about. It will be going up because the state is mandating that it is going to increase, based on soil types.”

Smith said that Licking County was the only county in Ohio that had a practice of adjusting property valuation for property tax purposes whenever a property sold. Smith said that while it might sound like a good idea, it led to unfairness and was a bad practice.

“The major change that they are dealing with is that we are no longer going to market-adjust property as it transfers,” Smith said. “Either it was genius or it was stupid (to be the only county that adjusted at each sale), and I think it was stupid on our part.”

Instead of adjusting values for each sale, values will be adjusted for whole neighborhoods, so that similar properties pay similar taxes.

“We are the only county of 88 counties that does that,” Smith said. “We’ll try to equalize all the values. When we market-adjusted the transfers, they spiked, and nothing happened with the property next door that did not transfer, so you would have these huge inequities, neighborhood to neighbor-

hood. We’re going to try to level that over the next three to six years.”

The other major topic Smith addressed was Ohio’s practice on taxing agricultural land based on current agricultural use valuation.

“The farming community is Mike Smith going to see a large increase in their valuations due to the state soil values,” Smith said. “Locals have no control over that and the property owner has no right to appeal, so it’s kind of a double whammy. They’ll see that next year, on their 2011 taxes payable in 2012. There is nothing you can do about it.”

Under state law, property valuation is based on crop prices, and since crop prices have been rising dramatically around the world, property values follow.

“Other counties that have had it, during the reappraisal years, which is every six years, have seen large increases,” Smith said. “Fairfield County had theirs last year, so we had a heads-up. They’re grabbing pitchforks, and rightfully so.

“But it’s a state run program,” he said, “and the state needs to do something about it. The formulary, which makes sense when you look at it, says this is what the folks are making off the soil, with corn prices and bean prices going up and up, so the soil values go up.”

The six-year cycle means that the jump in valuation is a big one when it comes.

“You get four or five good years in a row, and you throw out a low year and a high year, it can really jump,” Smith said. “It’s doubling and tripling.

Not very many are tripling, but most of the soils are going to double.”

Despite the increase in CAUV values, property taxes are lower for agricultural use than commercial use.

Anyone wanting to file for CAUV valuation must do so by June 6.

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According to information from the coalition, seven of the nine traffic fatalities that have occurred in Licking County since Jan. 1 involved drivers who were not wearing seatbelts.

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forcement campaign supported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The aim of the CIOT campaign, which runs from May 23 through June 5, is to persuade at least 85 percent of Licking County drivers to buckle up. NHTSA set the 85 percent goal.

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County seat belt surveys are conducted twice yearly to determine who’s buckling up. Data from 2010 show that only 76 percent of Licking County drivers were using seatbelts, a percentage that the health department calls “staggeringly lower” than NHTSA’s 85 percent goal.

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Commentary & opinion Just thinking

Symptom No. 1 of cold No. 3: Thinking goes out the window Do I seem to be in a daze? It’s because I have a cold.

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 chalMARGO lenges of life BARTLETT 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, Stelter had already retweeted Urbahn; had then tweeted that ‘the whispers about bin Laden are getting louder in Washington circles;’ and had then come out with a pretty definitive third tweet …”

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 See JUST THINKING, page A6

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Post-Revolutionary War land was cheap in Ohio Ohio did not exist when the Nelsons came into the place that later would become Columbus.

In 1800, central Ohio was truly on the edge of the frontier that had been claimed finally by the victory of Gen. Anthony Wayne’s army at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.

It was a long, difficult and nasty struggle.

In the years after the end of the French and Indian War in 1763, Great Britain had claimed by treaty rights most of the land north and west of the Ohio River. It was a rich land with deep forests, great prairies and rivers that ran clean, wide and deep. It was a land worth fighting for and many people did just that.

Wanting to maintain the lucrative fur trade that had made a fortune for the French, the British government tried to keep its restless Atlantic colonists away from Ohio. It was a vain effort. The initial ventures of men called “long hunters” soon were followed by dozens and then hundreds of settlers seeking to find a new home in a new country.

The American Indian residents of the Ohio Valley resisted the newcomers, and the result often was violent and deadly on both sides. Then came the American Revolution, and the Ohio country was the scene of even more death and destruction.

At the end of the Revolution, the newly created United States found itself with an unpaid army and a lot of very large debts. And while the new country had little money, it had a lot of land. So the new country took the obvious course and paid its soldiers and creditors in land and then offered much of what remained for sale.

It was the promise of that new and inexpensive land that drew people like David Nelson and his family to Ohio.

Born in 1752, David Nelson was the oldest son of Robert and Martha Nelson of Anderson’s Ferry, Pa. When David was 3, the family moved to the frontier of Juniata County, Pa., and it was there that David came of age.

After the outbreak of the American Revolution, he enlisted with several relatives in the “Eighth Company, Fourth Battalion of Associators and Militia of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania” on July 31, 1777. On May 14, 1778, he was commissioned a captain after serving through the long winter at Valley Forge.

In March 1779, David returned to his home and soon married Margaret Logan, a widow with two young sons. In addition to raising the two boys, David and Margaret had seven children of their own. The Nelsons lived in central Pennsylvania until 1798, when they decided to move west to the new and inexpensive lands in Ohio.

A grandchild later wrote a description of David Nelson in those years. “He was generous but stern, with a strict sense of duty and very strong in his prejudices. He was a very handsome man, abovemedium height, a fine person, regular features, black curly hair, very dark brown, almost black eyes.”

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The Granville Recreation District will present the 30th season of Concerts on the Green, a series of free performances held on the fine arts quad at Denison University, 338 W. Broadway.

Guests may bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics. All shows begin at 5:30 p.m. Scheduled performances are: • Monday, May 30: The British Invasion will cover music by the Beatles, the Kinks, Herman’s Hermits and more.

• Sunday, June 5: Instrumental soloist David Wells will perform on the trumpet and flugelhorn.

• Sunday, June 26: Shake, rattle and roll with the Red Hot Rhythm Band.

• Sunday, July 10: The Juggernaut Jug Band will feature “jug music” using “found” and homemade instruments.

• Sunday, July 24: The General Guinness Band will present a concert highlighting the songs and music of Ireland.

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vor, 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?

Well, don’t mind me. It’s because I’m sick, of course. I have a cold, my head is full of peanut fluff and I’m in a daze. That’s just the kind of cold it is.

Fifth Avenue and Refugee Road.

After the claims of the refugees were settled, the balance of the tract was made available in open sale. Some of it along Alum Creek was acquired by David Nelson and his family.

Arriving in central Ohio in 1800, the Nelsons built a log house that would serve as the family home for the next two decades.

Margaret Nelson wrote to her son by a former marriage in 1801: “Our new cabin is dry, and we have plenty of room, and no matter what the weather, the chimney does not smoke. My two ewes and three lambs had 10 pounds of clean, picked wool, which we are beginning to feel the need of. Last year, we had 50 yards of linen out of our hemp. We have lost two milch cows and one heifer. They are dead before we know they are sick. We have four milch cows and two heifers yet, without going in debt for them. The families along the creek have been tolerably healthy, except Mr. Turner. He had the fever and ague and Mr. Hamilton and some of the children, too. I have had my health this season as well as ever I had.”

In 1819, David Nelson built a large brick house along the road that later would bear his name. Strong in their faith, they were early supporters of the first Presbyterian Church founded in the area by the Rev. James Hoge. For many years, the family traveled along a mud path through the forest to the church, first in Franklinton and then in the new village of Columbus.

The path later became Broad Street.

A later letter from Margaret Nelson to her son described the importance of religion in their lives: “We have had an uncommon cold winter and a cold, wet spring. The fruit is nearly all killed, and the cornfields in many places will have to be planted over. There has been a revival of religion this winter, more than I have ever known, in Columbus, Chillicothe and different places. A number have been added to the church, both old and young.

“The Presbyterian Meeting House was finished in the winter, when the roads were good for sleighing and the house was dedicated and the sacrament held the same week. There were four or five ministers in town, and one stayed six or eight weeks, visiting from house to house, having a sermon or prayer meeting at night and Bible classes.”

The Nelsons lived in one of the first suburbs of the new capital city of Ohio for a number of years until the death of David Nelson in 1829. His wife, Margaret, died two years later in 1831.

At the corner of Clifton Avenue and Nelson Road, a small sign remembers the Nelson mill and the frontier community.

Just up the road on the left — within sight of the sign -— still stands the red-brick house of the Nelsons of Nelson Road.

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This morning, then, I was glad when another question came bobbing through the fluff. It was this: What is the flavor that toothpaste calls “regular”?

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.

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But what is “regular?” And why is it called “regular” and not something more descriptive, like “pyrophosphate” or “Xylitol?”

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Ohio WWII veterans return to Point du Hoc

By MICHAEL J. MAURER

“I only had six men. I decided we were going to go out and get the man, get the sniper. I’m walking through the snow, and I knew something was not right, I just had a bad feeling, and I look over and laying right there was the sniper pointing his Mauser rifle at me. All he had to do was pull the trigger and he could have killed me. I turned real slowly and he threw up his hands, and so did another one right beside him.”

Not too long after, Jake remembers going to bed with his hands trembling with fright. The next day he was shot.

“I got shot right through the chest,” Jake said. “When I came to, the medic was taking my boots off. I had a .45 in my holster and I said, ‘What do you think you’re doing? If I can get this .45 out you’ll never wear them.’ He started crying.”

In the ambulance, with some wounded German soldiers, Jake’s stretcher broke, so that he was wrapped in canvas. The ambulance drove off the road, rolling downhill into a stream. Everyone was killed except Jake.

At their age—the youngest is Zerg, at 87—they are familiar with their friends dying. All are in good health.

None considers himself wounded by the war; rather the opposite.

“It is an honor and a privilege to be a part of history,” Pee Wee said. “I really feel sorry for people of my generation who did not get a chance to go, because it’s the greatest experience you’re going to have in your lifetime.

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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 friends and family, courtesy of a trip organized by New Albany resident Mark Easton, who traveled to Normandy last year with Zerg.

Easton and Zerg are both friends of former senator Max Cleland, now secretary for battlefield monuments.

“We have been invited by Max Cleland and President Obama to the Point du Hoc rededication,” Easton said, noting that the famous D-Day landmark has been undergoing repairs. “The last big event there was President Reagan did a big speech there in 1984, the 40th anniversary of D-Day.” Zerg and Easton and friends will start the trip May 28, retracing Zerg’s bat-

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Jim “Pee Wee” Martin, of Dayton (left), Herman “Zerg” Zerger of Woodsfield and Don “Jake” Jakeway of Johnstown sit around the table with Mark Easton of New Albany. The three discussed serving in World War II with Easton, who is sending the men to France next month to observe the anniversary of the invasion of Normandy.

tles in Italy. On June 3, Jake and Pee Wee will fly into Charles De Gaulle Airport. Pee Wee has not been to Europe since 1964, when he and his wife were feted by the Dutch government Jake was in Europe last in 1991. This will be Zerg’s seventh trip.

All the men remember clearly months of fighting, harrowing near misses, lost soldiers and severe wounds.

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Ohio’s Youth Entertainers will present their spring show May 27 and 28 at Denison University.

Youth Entertainers slate spring show Ohio’s Youth Entertainers will present their 15th annual spring show at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 27, and Saturday, May 28, at Burke Recital Hall on the campus of Denison University, 240 W. Broadway.

The group will present an energetic, vaudeville, musical variety show, featuring central Ohio youth ages 7-19. The show will feature singing, dancing, skits, jokes and audience participation.

Ohio’s Youth Entertainers have performed at fairs and festivals all over Ohio, as well as venues in Chicago, Memphis, Boston

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Tickets will be sold at the door and are $6 for adults and $4 for students. Receive a free fun gift with admission.

For more information, visit www.ohyess.org or call (740) 587-0837.

Arts news Art, wine event set for June 11-12 The Granville Art Affair jury has offered 85 artists an invitation to participate in the 2011 Granville Art Affair and Rotary Wine Festival.

The event will take place June 11 and 12 on the Great Lawn at Bryn Du Mansion, 537 Jones Road.

More than 40 of the artists will be taking part in the show for the first time. Participating artists come from all over Ohio as well as from Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia.

All forms of art at all prices will be offered, according to event planners. Media include oils, acrylics, watercolors, clay, wood, fiber, ce-

ramics, metal, jewelry, leather and glass.

Admission to the Art Affair is free. Entertainment is provided both days, along with an array of food vendors.

The 2011 Rotary Winemaker’s Dinner will be held at the Bryn Du Mansion. Creative Cuisine of Columbus will cater the five-course gourmet meal, which will be hosted by Nicola Biscardo of Verona, Italy.

Tickets are $125 per person.

They may be purchased at the Granville Inn or at www.granvilleartaffair.com.

The Wine Festival, set for Saturday, June 11, will feature 24 restaurants, six wine distributors and several Ohio wineries. The Matesich Belgian Beer Garden is a new addition to the festival.

Wine Festival tickets are $40 and may be purchased at the Granville Inn, Park National Bank’s Granville office or online at the Art Affair’s website, as above.

Online tickets are $42. Tickets purchased at the gate are $50.

The Wine Festival, a major Granville Rotary fundraiser, helps to support a variety of local, national and international Rotary projects.

For information about the dinner, call (740) 587-7828 or email lamiller2008@windstream.net; about the Art Affair and Wine Festival, call (614) 579-5743 or (740) 587-7954, or email granvilleartaffair@roadrunner.com or villagetoffee@windstream.net.

For information about Granville Rotary, call (740) 349-3863 or email connie@thelcfoundation.org.

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School news Pataskala plans community event Members of the community are invited to attend a picnic and art auction from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26, on the front lawn of Pataskala Elementary School, 395 S. High St. Students will sing before the auction, which will feature 15 student-painted Pataskala Public Library chairs. Proceeds will support the Sterling Theater.

Following the auction, guests are invited to join a walk through Pataskala to see the MeadNeedham Museum and Sterling Theater.

Energy cooperative awards scholarships Jordan Peck and Adam Todoran, both seniors at Newark High School, recently received $2,500 scholarships from the Energy Cooperative Round Up Foundation.

The scholarships recognize students for expressing the values of accountability, integrity, innovation and community commitment.

Peck and Todoran received their scholarships at the organization’s annual meeting, held May 23 at C-TEC.

Heath seniors recognized Heath High School recently held its Senior Honors Program, during which students were

recognized by a variety of school and community organizations.

Recipients of the Heath Lions Club GOOD awards were Shengqi (Leo) Chen, Travis Drumm, Samantha Fair, Brenda Gibson, Lydia Mattern, Emily McCall, Michael Rice and Joseph Rosado.

GOOD is an acronym for “Going On Or Defeated.” The honorees were chosen by school staff members using the criteria Good Attendance, Good Listening Skills, Good Work Habits and Good Citizenship.

The $500 Heath Lions Club Charities Scholarship was presented to Kelly Roberts. Ashley Loughman received the Lions’ Senior Family Consumer Science award.

Recipients of the Park National Bank and Heath Lions Club’s Senior Academic Scholarships were Annaleigh McDonald and Kelly Roberts. Alisha Berger received the American Legion Family Consumer Science award.

Other seniors who received scholarships and awards at the program were Dominique Barlow, Kendra Bending, Brandon Blankenship, Katelyn Brown, Nicholas Carpenter, Elizabeth Clippinger, Andrea Cook, Jordan Crabill, Jamie Ferguson, Ethan Fleming, Breanna Gibson, Violet Hilkens, Nathan Hunt, Jennifer Koski, Blake Libby, Allison Mason, Joshua Mathis, Christopher Monroe, Laura Moore, Hayley Morgan, Thomas Pentecost, Jessica Post, Nelson Scott, Sabrina Showman, Madeline Shubirg, Amelia Sigman, Joseph Smart, Jessica Sullivan and Kaylen Wilkins.

In brief Juneteenth set for June 17-19 Licking County will celebrate Juneteenth with a Collard Greens Festival that will open at noon on Friday, June 17, and run through Sunday, June 19, as part of the Civil War 150 events in the county.

The Collard Greens Festival will be held at the “Castle on the Canal,” 211 E. Main St., Newark.

Registration is open to everyone, regardless of race, color or ethnicity.

Several best-tasting food contests will be held, including besttasting ribs, greens and sweet potato pie.

Vendors will offer Civil War quilts, African American memorabilia and art. Bands will both play and sell T-shirts and CDs. The concert will be free and open to the public.

Festival organizers are still accepting vendors. A food cart to sell foods such as pies or ribs is $50; tables for other items run from $10 for a small to $15 for a medium to $20 for a large.

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Bobcats learn life lesson in ‘victory’

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Steve Huber of Watkins Memorial connects with a pitch for a single during the Warriors’ 3-1 loss to Gahanna in a Division I district semifinal May 18 at Hilliard Davidson. Huber scored the lone run for Watkins Memorial, which finished 18-7.

Watkins Memorial Roundup

Track teams again sweep OCC

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The Watkins Memorial High School girls track and field team has had a tough act to follow.

The Warriors captured their third consecutive OCC-Capital Division championship May 14 at Hilliard Bradley, totaling 152.5 points to finish ahead of Big Walnut (119), New Albany (86), Bradley (85), Mount Vernon (64), Franklin Heights (63.5), Olentangy Orange (55) and Delaware (27).

The boys team has been even better.

It won a fourth title in as many seasons

non (36) and Delaware (27) followed.

“We’re trying (to keep pace with the boys) and doing our best as hard as they’ve made it,” girls coach Nathan Corum said. “It’s a great thing for the programs and our school.”

One of the most intense boys events SOFTBALL was the 1,600 meters. Three runners •Record: 3-19, 3-11 (seventh) in OCC-Capital •Seniors lost: Christina Christian, Tiffany Johneclipsed the 1994 meet record (4 minson, Alli Martie and Elizabeth Rich utes, 24.4 seconds) set by Pickering•Key returnees: Olivia Casto, Danielle Graston’s Jason Rexing, including Watkins so, Brynna Pack, Amanda Phillips, Erica NewMemorial’s Jordan Elizondo (third, some, Alehna Schumacher and Kaitlyn Snider 4:23.85). He was bested by New Alby edging New Albany 156-155 as Big bany’s Blake Taneff (4:22.27) and SeWalnut (103), Bradley (82), Orange bastian Matt (4:22.66), but that wasn’t (60), Franklin Heights (41), Mount Ver- enough for the Eagles to unseat the War-

At a glance

riors as team champions.

“I was surprised by the times,” Taneff said. “I’m happy for them, but I’m glad I won.”

The Warriors set boys meet records in the 400 (43.35) and 800 (1:30.17) relays. The second-place Eagles (1:30.61) also broke the previous 800 mark of 1:30.92, which was set in 2006. The previous 400 relay record (43.49) had stood since 2001. The Warriors’ 400 relay was comprised of Brenden Kemp, Connor Sensabaugh, Joey Rich and Devonte Marable on the anchor leg. Le’Trel See WARRIORS, page B3

Licking Heights Roundup

Pollard, Velasquez set for regional track meet

By KURTIS DAMS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

On a difficult day for qualifying, Licking Heights High School’s Sherrard Pollard managed to extend his season as the track and field team competed in the Division II, district 2 boys meet May 17 at Hamilton Township.

The junior placed fourth in the long jump with an effort of 19 feet, 11-1/2 inches as Eastmoor Academy’s Tahje Brown (20-5 3/4) finished first. With the final qualifying spot, Pollard advanced to the regional in Dayton Welcome Stadium on Thursday, May 26, and Saturday, May 28.

“It was pretty rainy and slick,” Hornets coach Tim O’Cain said. “It was a tough day to have to compete. Really, you just want to survive a day like that and move on. That’s what Sherrard did.”

Pollard did not record a distance in the long jump a week earlier in the MSL-Cardinal Division meet as the Hornets (85 points) placed fourth behind champion Grandview (139) on May 10 and 13 at Berne Union. He ran on the winning 1,600-meter relay team (3 minutes, 32.54 seconds), however, and also placed third in the 400 (53.96). The

At a glance

SOFTBALL •Record: 5-19, 5-9 in MSL-Cardinal •Seniors lost: Brittany Gerthing and Alex Sandy •Key returnees: Cassie Cochrum, Kaitlynn Dunbrack, Kayla Gardner, Gabrielle Palombaro, Alyssa Stanley, Kailee Stevens, Emily Wander and Payton Wilson BOYS VOLLEYBALL •Record: 1-15, 1-9 (sixth) in COVL •Seniors lost: Kyle Herb, Vlade Necovski and Jonny Salmeron •Key returnee: Ilija Necovski

team’s 400 relay also won a league title (44.91).

The 400 relay was comprised of Daniel Helton, Max Goodroe, Brionne Mitchell and Kerby Pierre. Joining Pollard, who had the third leg, on the 1,600 relay were Goodroe, Jeff Smith and Helton on the anchor leg.

“Sherrard’s been in the 19-, 20-foot range (in the long jump) all year,” O’Cain said.

“He’s doing well.

See HORNETS, page B4

By Paul Vernon/ThisWeek

Jonny Salmeron was one of three seniors playing their final season for the Hornets boys volleyball team, which struggled to a 1-15 finish.

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 doubleleg takedown or how to condition and pace themselves during SCOTT a two-mile HENNEN 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.

Sometimes, though, the interpretation of rules can interfere with the efforts put forth by competitors and, for lack of a better explanation, make little or no sense.

Take, for example, an outstanding effort by Luke Evans, a freshman on the Grandview Heights High School boys track and field team.

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).

That gave the Bobcats a 137132 edge before the final event, the 1,600 relay. The lead was short lived because Evans was disqualified minutes after his race because of a uniform violation. He was wearing black tights that fell a few inches below the hem on his uniform. That was OK; regulation, if you will.

The problem was found a couple of inches above the hem of his running 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 65-mph zone.

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Prep Notes

Lough perfect as Green Wave baseball team advances

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With light rain falling at times and another possible delay in the making, Jimmy Lough worked as efficiently as possible during the Newark Catholic High School baseball team’s 30 victory over Shekinah Christian in a Division IV district semifinal May 19.

Needing only 78 pitches, the junior struck out eight while turning in the first perfect game in Green Wave coach John Cannizzaro’s 16 seasons.

The game already had been postponed three times before the teams managed to squeeze it in at Dublin Coffman. The skies again opened up soon afterward, suspending the ensuing Division II district semifinal on the same field later in the afternoon.

“We just wanted to get this one over with and move on,” Lough said. “I’m real happy we got to play.”

The top-seeded Green Wave improved to 19-5 while advancing to play Fisher Catholic in a district final May 20. Second-seeded Shekinah Christian finished 16-5. The district champion will play in a regional semifinal at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 26, in Lancaster, with the regional final at 5 p.m. Friday, May 27.

“You never expect (a perfect

game) to happen, but when you get one it’s nice,” Cannizzaro said. “I remember we lost one once when we were down to the final out.”

Lough never allowed a ball to leave the infield and recorded 19 groundball outs, five of which he fielded himself. Several other defensive plays helped preserve the gem, including catcher Cory Murphy’s just-intime throw to first base on a bunt

by Shekinah Christian’s Seth Spries in the fifth inning. In the seventh, third baseman Michael Lewis had to knock down a line drive and shortstop James Thomas charged a slow roller, with both making assists before Thomas got the final out on a more routine play.

“I threw (a perfect game) in Little League,” said Lough, who improved his record to 6-1. “But in high school ball, no, I’ve never done anything like this.”

Lough said he and the Green Wave conducted business as usual as three days of rain pelted central Ohio early last week and kept players indoors for practice.

“I loosened up throwing into a net a few times, and I stayed after practice to take extra batting practice with my dad,” he said. “We were all ready to play.”

The Green Wave, which is seeking its seventh state title after finishing as the state runner-up a year ago, scored a fifth-

inning run on a double by Thomas and RBI single from Garrett Vernau. It added two more in the sixth when Lewis tripled and scored on a wild pitch before Hunter Nance came off the bench to drive in Tanner Potts with a sacrifice fly.

“Everyone backed me up,” Lough said. “Wow, what an experience.”

Heath, the top seed in Division III, was 16-6 before playing Centerburg in a district semifinal. The district champion advances to play in a regional semifinal at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 26, in Xenia. The regional final

is at 5 p.m. Friday, May 27.

•SOFTBALL — Top-seeded Newark Catholic defeated Millersport 2-1 in a Division IV district semifinal May 19 at Pickerington Central, improving to 18-8 while advancing to play Fisher Catholic in a district final May 21.

The district champion will play in a regional semifinal at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at Central. The regional final will be played at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 28.

Maggie Yocum pitched a fivehitter, struck out 13 and twice escaped bases-loaded situations

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 cochampions.

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.

(3:41.82), meaning the Bobcats and Liberty Union were cochampions with 139 points.

“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 third-place 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 onehalf point, but that was to change. shennen@thisweeknews.com After the referee raised the www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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WARRIORS Continued from page B1 Taylor replaced Kemp on the first leg of the 800 relay.

In the other track finals, Watkins got victories from Sensabaugh in the 200 (22.65), Taylor in the 400 (51.17) and Ethan George in the 300 hurdles (41.26).

The girls team was anchored

by Morgan Reichert, who broke a 17-year-old meet record by winning the 3,200 (11:29.01).

Marysville’s Jackie Conrad had clocked 11:39.2 in 1994.

In the other track finals, the Warriors got wins from Kayla Brown in the 100 hurdles (15.58) and Mara White in the 1,600 (5:16.4).

“We won with our depth again. We’re not really that heavy in one or two events and tend to score well across several of them,” Corum said. “The boys, now they’ve done a great job reloading and changing the dynamics of their team from one year to the next. They’ve been strong in the throws and hurdles, and now this year it’s the sprinters.”

•The softball team endured a difficult spring as it finished 3-19 overall with a 2-0 loss to Westland in a Division I first-

At a glance round tournament game on May 10. Freshman pitcher Shanna Cashdollar allowed no runs after giving up one each in the first two innings, but the Warriors gave her little offensive support with only two hits.

“That’s been the story of our season,” coach Tammy Ulrich said.

Offense tended to be all or nothing for the Warriors, who went 3-11 in the OCC-Capital to place seventh behind Delaware (14-0), Bradley (11-3), Orange (8-6), Big Walnut (77), Mount Vernon (7-7) and New Albany (5-9) and ahead of Franklin Heights (1-13).

Senior left fielder Christina Christian and sophomore Brynna Pack, a sophomore, each hit a team-high four home runs.

Elizabeth Rich, another senior and four-year starter, will play next year at Charleston (W.Va.) Classmate Alli Martie, a first baseman who was one of the few consistent offensive catalysts, may try to walk-on at Dayton, Ulrich said. Martie committed only one error this season.

“You don’t see that very often coming from a first baseman,” Ulrich said. “Her one error was on a throw, too. She worked

very hard, and she saved us a lot playing that corner.”

Cashdollar’s emergence in the circle will enable Pack, who pitched this spring along with Rich, to play shortstop full time next season. Freshman catcher Kaitlyn Snider and sophomore center fielder Alehna Schumacher also headline the list of expected returnees. Snider, who missed only two innings, will play this summer for the school’s 14-and-under team while Pack will play for the U16 Stingrays travel squad, Ulrich said.

Also expected to return next spring are juniors Erica Newsome (OF), Danielle Grasso

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Watkins Memorial baseball and track & field teams: BASEBALL May 13 — Defeated Utica 18-8 in five innings May 18 — Lost to Gahanna 3-1 in Division I district semifinal. Lions pitcher Vinny Galiardi stranded two runners in scoring position in the sixth inning with strikeouts, ending Watkins Memorial’s best chance to tie the game. Trailing 3-0, the Warriors had just scored on doubles by Steve Huber and Tony

Winters.

Of note: The Warriors finished 18-7 overall.

TRACK & FIELD May 14 — Boys: Finished first (156) ahead of runner-up New Albany (155) in OCC-Capital meet. In the track finals, the 400 (43.35) and 800 (1:30.17) relays set meet records. The Warriors also got victories from Connor Sensabaugh in the 200 (22.65), Le’Trel Taylor in the 400 (51.17) and Ethan George in the 300 hurdles (41.26); Girls: Finished first (152.5) ahead of runner-up Big Walnut (119) in OCC-Capital meet. In the track finals, Morgan Reichert set a meet record in the 3,200 (11:29.01) while

the Warriors also got victories from Kayla Brown in the 100 hurdles (15.58) and Mara White in the 1,600 (5:16.4).

May 18 — Competed in 3,200 relay finals and track preliminaries in the Division I, district 2 meet at Hilliard Bradley. The boys 3,200 relay of Justin Dowis, Taylor Williams, Erich Vlaar and Jordan Elizondo placed third (8:09.84) to advance to regional.

May 21 — Competed in field event and track finals in district meet. The top four finishers in each event advanced to regional.

May 25, 27 — Regional meet at Pickerington North. The top four finishers in each event advance to state June 3-4 at Ohio State.

(3B), Sarah Nickel (utility) and Katie Fuchs (utility) and sophomores Amanda Phillips (RF) and Olivia Casto (2B).

“The weather, it definitely

affected everything. We never found any kind of rhythm,” Ulrich said. “It was really like that for us offensively, and so that’s going to be our focus

going into the summer and offseason.”

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Crew Juniors holding tryouts

Otterbein senior Ben Adams, a Watkins Memorial graduate, has been named to the 2011 PING All-Region men’s golf team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

Adams finished third with a three-day total of 220 (7573-72) in the Ohio Athletic Conference championships this spring. A two-time allconference selection, he helped Otterbein win the 2011 OAC regular-season team title.

The Columbus Crew’s community affiliated youth soccer club, the Crew JuniorsPhoenix, is holding tryouts beginning May 31 for boys and girls ages 6 to 18.

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Watkins to hold baseball camp Watkins Memorial High School will play host to a baseball camp on June 27-30 for players in grades 1-12.

Watkins Memorial coach Don Schone will direct the program in conjunction with U.S. Baseball Academy. The camp will last three hours each day and cover hitting, pitching, fielding and base running.

Registration is under way at www.USBaseballAcademy.com. For more information, call (866) 622-4487.

Ready to offer baseball camp Ready High School will play host to a baseball camp on June 27-30 for players in grades 1-12.

Ready coach Harry Caruso will direct the program in conjunction with U.S. Baseball Academy. The camp will last three hours each day and cover hitting, pitching, fielding and base running.

Registration is under way at www.USBaseballAcademy.com. For more information, call (866) 622-4487.

McCoy football camp scheduled for July Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy’s inaugural football camp has been scheduled for 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

July 16-17 at Strongsville High School.

McCoy will direct activities and provide instruction.

The camp is open to boys and girls ages 7 to 14.

For more information and registration, visit www.ColtMcCoyCamp.com or call (513) 793-CAMP.

Diebler, Lighty to help direct camp Former Ohio State basketball players Jon Diebler and David Lighty will help direct the fourth annual Buckeye Stars Basketball Camp from 9 a.m. to noon July 27-29 at Worthington Kilbourne High School.

The camp is open to boys and girls ages 7 to 18.

For more information and registration, visit www.BuckeyeStars.com or call (888) 3892267.

Ohio Wesleyan offering camps Ohio Wesleyan University is offering boys soccer camps, girls basketball camps and a girls volleyball camp.

Soccer camps are scheduled for 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 http://owu.campchampsinc.com.

A basketball camp for high school, travel or AAU girls teams (grades 9-12) is scheduled for June 26-28. An individual skills camp for girls entering grades 2-12 is scheduled for June 29. For more information, contact Stacey Ungashick Reed at sjreed@owu.edu or (740) 3683986.

A volleyball camp for girls entering grades 8-12 is scheduled for June 13-16. For more information, contact Cynthia Holliday at cchollid@owu.edu or (740) 368-3746.

GCSTO offering free swim lessons The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) is offering free swimming lessons to underprivileged children on June 4 and 9 and July 2 at the Gahanna swimming pool.

GCSTO also will award scholarships to participants based on their financial need and family status.

For more information or to sign up, contact GCSTO instructor Erin Harris at harriserin@ymail.com or (614) 5822597.

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.

More than 950 student-athletes and 80 teams from across the state will compete.

For more information, visit www.ohioyouthrunner.org.

Watterson offering summer camps Watterson High School will play host to sports camps in June and July. For registration forms, visit www.bishopwatterson.com and click on athletics/summer camps. For more information, contact the athletics department at (614) 268-8671, extension 244.

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OHSAA approves division changes Licking Heights will move to Division II From staff reports Several central Ohio high school football programs will be changing divisions for the 2011 and 2012 seasons, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced on May 12.

Moving up from Division II to Division I will be Dublin Jerome, Dublin Scioto, Hilliard Bradley, Olentangy, Olentangy Or-

ange and St. Charles. Columbus West, Franklin Heights, Mount Vernon, Northland and Worthington Kilbourne will move down to Division II. Licking Heights is moving from Division III to Division II, and Centennial and Independence each will drop from Division II to Division III. Fairfield Union and Jonathan Alder will move up from Division IV to Division III. Moving up from Division V to Division IV are Ready and Northridge, while Madison Plains drops from Division IV to Division V. Africentric also drops, going from

Division V to Division VI. Divisional breakdowns are determined by male enrollment figures in grades nine through 11 as provided by the Ohio Department of Education.

The complete list of alignments are posted on OHSAA.org.

No schools that remained in Division I changed regional assignments. There were 10 regional changes in Division II, five regional changes in Division III, 17 regional changes in Division IV, 18 regional changes in Division V and 28 regional changes in Division VI.

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Junior catcher Kailee Stevens is expected to be among the top returnees next season for the Hornets softball team, which finished 5-17.

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The Hornets finished 5-17 overall with a 10-0 loss in five innings to eventual-semifinalist Buckeye Valley in a Division II district game on May 9. Despite being 4-3 in the MSL-Cardinal at one point, the Hornets went 5-9 as Liberty Union (14-0) captured the title en route to being seeded first in Division III. “The season was a disappointing one from a coaching perspective,” said first-year coach Matt Frischen, who will not return. “The talent and leadership from (some of the) students wasn’t enough to carry the team, nor should it have been. The losing record cost some of my girls in the voting for all-league honors. There’s talent here but no unity.”

Players expected to return include Cassie Cochrum, Kaitlynn Dunbrack, Gabrielle Palombaro, Emily Wander and Payton Wilson.

•The boys volleyball team struggled down the stretch as well and was unable to build on an early victory over Gahanna Christian. The Hornets finished 1-15 overall with a 25-7, 25-12, 25-14 loss to second-seeded Hilliard Bradley in a Division II East Region first-round match May 14.

The Hornets went 1-9 in the Central Ohio Volleyball League to place sixth as St. Charles (100) captured the title and was followed by Watterson (8-2), Whetstone (5-5), DeSales (4-6) and Gahanna Christian (2-8).

Kyle Herb, a senior setter and a member of the program’s original team in 2009, made honorable mention all-region. Junior Ilija Necovski, a 6-3 middle hitter, leads the list of expected returnees. Others playing this spring included sophomores Kevin Coates and Brandon Wallace and freshmen Michael Stemen and Michael Watkins.

•Licking Heights also will have a new girls basketball coach next year after Alison Pence recently stepped down, school officials announced.

Pence posted a 10-32 overall record in two seasons. The Hornets finished 4-17 this past season and went 3-11 in the MSL-Cardinal to place seventh behind champion Harvest Prep (14-0).

“Right now he’s just cleaning up his approach, working on his steps and the other fundamentals. He’s got the height (6-2) to be a 6-foot high jumper, too. He just needs to work on his mechanics going over the bar.”

Pollard placed sixth in the high jump (5-6) at district and Goodroe finished fifth (5-8) following a jump-off with Granville’s Cody Lenfest, who took the last regional-qualifying spot. Linden-McKinley’s Najee Blackwell (6-0) won the event. Helton was seventh in the long jump (19-6 1/4) after advancing to regional last season.

The district track finals were held May 21, with the top four finishers in each event advancing to regional.

“At this time of the year we’re usually focused on our relays,” O’Cain said. “It’s real nice scoring in the field events at district, though. We’ve had some good jumpers the last couple of years, and our young throwers are beginning to blossom. We just maybe need to fill out in some of the other areas.”

•Kayla Velasquez followed her league-winning effort in the girls discus by winning her first district title (114-1) in the event on May 18 at Hamilton Township. She was in third place until surpassing Heath’s Katie White (second, 114-0) and Jonathan Alder’s Kristina Hinch (third, 114-0) in the finals.

The girls team also placed fourth (79.5) in the MSL-Cardinal meet as Grandview (180.5) swept the team titles.

The Hornets’ 400 (53.37) and 800 (1:51.84) relays also won league championships. The allfreshmen 400 relay was comprised of Alexis Sanidad, Skyler Ortiz, Jemiah Powell and Dameras Whitlock. Senior Jahni’ Flood ran the first leg on the 800 relay and was joined by Sanidad, Powell and Ortiz.

•The softball team’s lineup became younger as the season progressed, and that was reflected in the MSL-Cardinal awards. Sophomore Alyssa Stanley made second-team all-league and freshman pitcher Kayla Gardner was honorable mention.

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Capital University softball coach Nan Payne will direct camps this summer for girls entering grades 5-12. The schedule includes a day camp June 13-16, hitting and bunting camps June 13, 21 and 22, a residential camp July 4-7 and a mini-camp Aug. 8-9.

For more information, contact Payne at (614) 236-6487 or npayne@capital.edu. Camp brochures are available at www.capitalcrusaders.net.

St. Charles holding various camps St. Charles Preparatory School is offering various camps.

A football camp for boys entering grades 1-8 is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 13-16. Contact coach Jeff Pharion at jeffpharion@hotmail.com or (614) 825-6694.

A baseball camp for boys ages 7-14 is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon June 20-23. Contact coach Ray Benjamin at

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A soccer camp for boys entering grades 4-9 is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon June 27-30.

Contact coach Rick Ey at richard_ey@yahoo.com.

Griffin to speak at charity camp Former Ohio State running back Archie Griffin will be the featured speaker at the annual Lauren’s First and Goal Football Camp on June 26 at Otterbein University.

The camp is a fundraiser for Lauren’s First and Goal Foundation, which provides financial support for brain tumor research and families living with pediatric cancer.

The one-day camp is open to student-athletes entering grades 9-12 this fall. Athletes will be divided into small groups to receive instruction in offensive and defensive skills from volunteer coaches.

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Watterson’s Diaz setting sights on third state title 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 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. “ T h e r e ’s always some pressure on you when you are a defending state LARRY champion, LARSON 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 im-

Sports briefs Schools announce coaching vacancies The following schools are seeking coaches: Dublin Jerome — Girls tennis, assistant boys basketball, assistant field hockey.

Send résumé by May 31 to Nick Magistrale, athletics director, Dublin Jerome High School, 8300 Hyland Croy Road, Dublin, Ohio 43016, or email magistrale_nick@dublinschools.net.

Grandview — Girls basketball, assistant boys soccer, middle school cross country.

Send letter of interest and résumé by May 26 to athletics director Kathy Kinnard at kathy.kinnard@ghcsd.org.

Johnstown-Monroe — Girls basketball. Contact Mike Carter in the athletics department at wmcarter@johnstown.k12.oh.us.

Licking Heights — Girls basketball, softball, assistant boys and girls basketball, assistant football, assistant volleyball. Send résumé by May 31 to Troy Slattman, athletics director, Licking Heights High School, 4000 Mink Road, Pataskala 43062, or email tslattman@laca.org.

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1460 AM to air Crew show The Columbus Crew and RadiOhio have launched “Inside the Crew,” a radio show that will air 8 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays on “The Fan,” WBNS 1460 AM. The Crew’s radio play-byplay announcer, Neil Sika, and TV analyst Duncan Oughton, a former Crew player, will serve as hosts of the show, which will focus on the team and soccer in central Ohio.

Tour de Grandview set for June 26 The annual Tour de Grandview cycling event will take place June 26 on the streets of Grandview Heights.

Races feature professional cyclists from around the world in addition to top amateur and junior cyclists.

Events are scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m.

Rider registration is under way at www.tourdegrandview.com.

Soap Box Derby set for June 25 The 56th running of the Lancaster Soap Box Derby will occur June 25. In addition, first- and second-place finishers from races across Ohio and West Virginia will travel to Derby Downs in Lancaster on Aug. 6 to compete in a champions race.

For more information or to sign up for the Soap Box Derby, call Tom Clark at (740) 974-4795 or Brian Hunt at (740) 687-4806, or visit www.lancastersoapboxderby.com.

Alumni football games planned Alumni Football USA is organizing teams of former high

proved 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.”

Diaz’s time as a competitive 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

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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.

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Players can sign up at AlumniFootballUSA.com or call (877) 578-8547. Teams are limited to 40 players.

Games will be played around Ohio in August. Alumni Football USA will provide the equipment.

The Continental Amateur Baseball Association 18U Metal Bat World Series will be held July 17-24 at the Bob Cene baseball complex in Struthers, Ohio.

For more information or to register, visit www.cababaseball.com or contact Ken Quinn at (330) 770-7157.

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

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GCSTO holding swim tryouts The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) is looking for new athletes.

New swimmers are allowed a week with the team to see what it has to offer before deciding to commit. The team practices at Columbus Academy, the Concourse Hotel Fitness Club and St. Charles Preparatory School, and the Gahanna swimming pool during the summer.

The team also has started a scholarship program for students in Columbus City Schools. Athletes who have competed only for summer and high school teams, or those new to swimming, are eligible for the scholarships. For more information, contact GCSTO coach Steve Nye at (614) 478-5445 or stevenye@sbcglobal.net.

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Coaching course available on Internet The Positive Coaching Alliance, a nonprofit organization based at Stanford University, offers a free Internetbased course on how to develop and promote positive youth sports programs for youth coaches, parents and league administrators. The program’s goal is to raise the level of sportsmanship in youth sports.

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Sports briefs Website created for female athletes Margaret Hofmann, a Columbus resident, has created www.femaleathletesfirst.com, a website designed to serve the female athlete exclusively by providing functional strength and conditioning programs, online coaching and relevant health and wellness information.

There are articles, handouts and resources on just about every topic relating to women’s needs as athletes.

Female athletes also can purchase and download a sport specific exercise program to get started on improving conditioning. For more information, email Hofmann at margaret@femaleathletesfirst.com.

ThisWeek seeks Community Profiles Has your uncle coached basketball at Gahanna Jefferson Junior High for the last 20 years? Did the Grove City football fan you sat next to claim he has not missed a Dawgs home game since 1971? Is your father credited for starting the lacrosse craze in Upper Arlington? Is your brother a driver at Scioto Downs?

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Contact ThisWeek at sports@thisweeknews.com with the names of people you think have interesting stories.

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New players sought for senior softball Sign-ups are under way for senior softball leagues at Berliner Park and McCord Field in Worthington for players 60 and older, 65 and older, 70 and older and 75 and older.

To join, call Bill Voisard at (740) 549-4020 or email pbvoisard@aol.com.

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28, beginning at First Community Church, 4381 Walnut Road, Events and ending at Buckeye Lake State LCAP Spring Dance, 5:30 to Park. Hot dogs, cotton candy, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at prizes, games and more. To regZerger Hall Senior Center, 745 ister a float, group or vehicle, call E. Main St. Tickets are $7. Din- the historical society at (740) 929ner at 5:30 p.m. features glazed 1998. pork chops and sides. Sticks and Salsa, swing and ballroom Stones will provide entertain- dancing are offered every Sunment. For transportation inquiries, day evening in the Fellowship Hall call 345-0821. at Pataskala United Methodist Family Movie Night, spon- Church, 458 S. Main St. A besored by Licking Memorial ginner lesson starts at 7:30 p.m.

Health Systems, 8 p.m. Satur- and will be followed by general day, May 28, at Pataskala Health dancing. Free.

Campus, 1 Healthy Place. “The All-you-can-eat spaghetti dinSandlot” will begin at dusk. Pop- ner, 5 to 7:15 p.m. the first corn will be provided. Free. Pets, Wednesday of the month at the tobacco products and alcoholic Newark Maennerchor, 195 W. beverages are not permitted. Rain Orchard St. Spaghetti, garlic

Friends and Family Infant bread, tossed salad, iced tea, coffee. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 and Child CPR, 7 to 8 p.m. for children 12-under. Call (740) Thursday, June 2, at Licking Memorial Hospital, 1320 W. Main 323-1163.

St. Class focuses on basic life support and treatment for chilHealth dren who are choking. $5 per perFree Community Education son. To register, call (740) 348Programs, 6 p.m. Thursdays, 4346.

May 26 or June 2, in the first floor Sibling Preparation Class, conference rooms at Licking 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June Memorial Hospital, 1320 W. Main 4, at Licking Memorial Hospital, St. Bethany Wyles of Licking 1320 W. Main St. The class will Memorial Dermatology will dis- teach children ages 3-6 how to cuss skin cancer. Registration re- be big brothers or big sisters. The quired. Call (740) 348-2527. cost is $10 per family. To regisBreastfeeding Basics Class, ter, call (740) 348-4346.

6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, Childbirth Education Class, in the first floor conference rooms 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays, June 6 and at Licking Memorial Hospital, 13, at Licking Memorial Hospi1320 W. Main St. A certified lac- tal, 1320 W. Main St. A childbirth tation consultant will be available to answer questions. Cost is $20.

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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 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 be released as a tic. If a child is con-

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Stork Tour, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at Licking Memorial Hospital, 1320 W. Main St. Expectant parents and those planning a pregnancy are invited to take a guided tour of the maternity floor. To register, call (740) 348-4346.

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ThisWeek Community Newspapers Licking County

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