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June 26, 2011

Delaware City School District

Students improve OGT performance

By SARAH SOLE ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The number of Delaware City School District 10th-graders passing the most recent Ohio Graduation Test was 6.4 percent higher than last year.

“That’s a huge one-year change,” Delaware City Schools superintendent

Paul Craft said.

In the district, 72.1 percent of students scored at or above the proficiency level. Olentangy Local School District had a passing rate of 91 percent, followed by Big Walnut Local School District with 80.2 percent and Buckeye Valley Local School District with 80.1 percent. The results are for first-time

test takers in the 10th grade.

Statewide, the average passing rate is 75 percent and about 69.5 percent of 10th-graders were proficient or above in all five categories.

Districts will have a chance to review this preliminary data for any inaccuracies, said Patrick Gallaway, media relations coordinator for the Ohio De-

partment of Education. The data will be used for the formulation of the state-issued school district report cards. The data will be finalized in mid to late August, when the report cards are issued.

The final report card for a district or building is indicative of a student’s performance, Gallaway said. The OGT and Ohio Achievement Assessment, stan-

dardized tests for third- to eighth-graders, and attendance and graduation rates are all factors included in the assessment.

Performance index, which reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the academic year, also is included.

The OGT tests students in five areas See DELAWARE STUDENTS, page A2

Big Walnut second in county on OGT test results

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(Top) After going for a ride, Amy Myzie and Jack Zamboni clean off their bikes at the Delaware County Fairgrounds June 21. The Great Ohio Bicycle Adventures (GOBA) is a fiveday event during which cyclists ride between 250 to 400 miles. (Left) The bike riders set up their tents at the fairgrounds, which is called (above) GOBAville.

More than 80 percent of the 10th-grade students at Big Walnut High School passed all five sections of the Ohio Graduation Test given in March, preliminary results from the Ohio Department of Education show.

That passing rate, 80.2 percent, puts Big Walnut second only to Olentangy schools among districts in the county.

Big Walnut’s passage rate is about 3 percent higher than 2010’s pass rate of 77.1 percent of the students passing all five tests on the first try.

“We have a lot to celebrate with the academic achievement of our students,” said Steve Fujii, Big Walnut High School principal. “Eighty percent scored proficient or better in all five subjects, 9 percent in four of the five and another 4 percent in three of the five for a total of 93 percent scoring proficient in at least 3 tests.”

The state requires Ohio high school students to pass the five tests to graduate. Those tests are reading, math, writing, science and social studies.

Every 10th-grade student takes the tests and retakes whatever sections aren’t passed throughout his or her high school career, Fujii said.

He said in his five years at the high school, only three students did not graduate on time because of their OGT scores.

“Additionally, we are proud of the students who demonstrated extended proficiency. Our math scores demonstrated 39.1 percent (scoring advanced) and 31 percent (scoring) accelerated with an additional 21 percent at the proficient level,” Fujii said.

Similar numbers occurred in reading, with 30 percent scoring at the advanced level and 39 percent scoring at the accelerated level.

“This success is almost eclipsed by a passage See BIG WALNUT, page A2

Replacement County seeks grant to keep felons out of trouble for Sunbury Road A closer look bridge slated

By SARAH SOLE

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Delaware County plans to build a new $2 million Sunbury Road bridge over Big Walnut Creek.

“This project is necessary due to structural deterioration of the bridge,” county engineer Chris Bauserman told ThisWeek.

The $2 million construction cost will replace the 200-foot bridge, built in 1953 as part of the city of Columbus Hoover Reservoir project, Bauserman said. About 1,700 vehicles per day travel the road.

Construction is scheduled between spring and summer of 2013 and will last about six months.

Two-way traffic will be maintained on one lane with traffic controls during construction.

Traffic will use one side of the existing bridge, until the other side is replaced. Then the remaining old side will be replaced.

The new bridge will include a path for pedestrians and bicycles.

County commissioners on June 20 approved a modification to the engineering contract with Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton & Tilton to include the project’s final engineering plans, increasing the total contract to $288,160. To date, $126,965 has been spent under See COUNTY, page A3

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The Delaware County Re-entry Coalition hopes to get about $750,000 from a U.S. Department of Justice grant to implement a training program to reduce the number of felons committing new crimes.

The application for The Second Chance Act Adult Offender Re-entry Program for Planning and Demonstration Projects is due June 30. Funding comes from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance. The county would have to match half, or $375,000 of the total funds, $187,500 of which would have to be cash and the remainder of which could be in-kind.

The Re-entry Coalition, in operation for two years, currently is funded through an Edward Byrne Memorial Grant from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.

The Second Chance Act grant would enable the coalition to start providing servic-

for ongoing funding.

Clements said the coalition likely won’t know until this fall if the grant is received.

If it is, the coalition would start its program in January.

The application for The Second The funding would allow for a 22-week Chance Act Adult Offender Re-entry training program for offenders. Clements Program for Planning and Demonsaid she anticipates about 100 program parstration Projects is due June 30. ticipants for 2012. All participants would Funding comes from the U.S. Departbe Delaware County residents between the ment of Justice, Office of Justice ages of 18 and 60, who are assessed by the Programs, Bureau of Justice AssisOhio Risk Assessment System as modertance. The county would have to ate to high risk to commit new crimes. The match half, or $375,000 of the total target population would be those who have funds, $187,500 of which would committed felonies and are incarcerated in have to be cash and the remainder state institutions or the county jail. Offenders of which could be in-kind. would need to apply to be chosen.

In training, participants would address es, said Re-entry Coalition coordinator Pa- anger management, learn to deal with districia Clements. appointment and restructure their thinking “The goal is to keep folks out of public regarding how they make choices and seincarceration,” Clements said. The program lect peers, Clements said. would last for one year, and after that the coalition would seek out additional options See A SECOND CHANCE, page A2

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Delaware students improve OGT performance Continued from page A1 including reading, mathematics, writing, science and social studies. DCSD scored highest in writing, with a passing rate of 88.8 percent.

Seven students in last year's graduating class failed to graduate because of the OGT, Craft said.

Students have two times per junior year and two times per senior year to retest, Craft said. During junior and senior years, students also can take a special OGT class in August for another chance to retest. The cost to the district of the OGT classes, including staff and

materials, is around $5,000 per year.

Many students only have to retake one subject.

The district has performed at the bottom of the county for OGT results in the five areas of reading, mathematics, writing, science and social studies since 2005.

Craft said that upon entering the school system, students have varying levels of educational readiness. Thirtyeight percent of the students within the district qualify for free and reduced lunch. “We have a much more diverse community,” he said.

The state’s curriculum includes so

many standards that it’s difficult to prioritize, Craft said, which has been a criticism of standards around the country.

This makes it challenging for students to prepare for the OGT, he said.

“We don’t spend a lot of time even talking about the test. We spend our time talking about the curriculum,” Craft said.

On a rotating basis, the district will compare its curriculum with the state’s.

Typically subjects are examined at least every four years. “We are actually going to look at all of our core curriculum classes over the course of the next year and a half as part of our participation in the Race to the Top initiative,” Craft

A SECOND CHANCE Continued from page A1 Grant funds would allow Clements to become the program’s project director. Funding also would create three case coordinator positions.

Case coordinators would contact offenders while they’re incarcerated and begin doing needs assessments. Each offender would have his or her own transition plan. Once a participant is released from incarceration, case coordinators would monitor them for six months to one year.

Clements said she also plans to track an offender’s ability to acquire and keep a job, to maintain stable housing, to follow through with mental health or substance abuse treatments and parenting.

Grant funds also would go toward training local organizations in how to interact and provide evidence-based practices in dealing with offenders and community outreach.

Clements said most participants would come from state penal institutions.

Pending legislation — Senate Bill 10 and House Bill 186 — would give judges the ability to sen-

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BIG WALNUT “The important thing to share is that our core instruction prorate of 52.2 percent at advanced vided to every child at BWHS is proficient in social studies,” Fujii strong, and our teachers do a great job in ensuring that students are said.

levels include academic emergency, academic watch, continuous improvement, effective, excellent and excellent with distinction. In the 1999-2000 school year, DCSD had a designation of academic watch. For the 2001-2002 school year, the district was rated continuous improvement and in 2005 reached effective.

In the 2004-2005 school year, the district met 14 out of 23 academic indicators, while in the 2009-2010 school year it met 24 out of 26. Craft said he hopes the district will earn an excellent rating for this school year, which requires that 25 out of 26 indicators be met.

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tence non-violent fourth- and fifth-degree felons to intermediate sentencing instead of prison time.

Nonviolent fourth- and fifth-degree felons would be housed in county jails, awaiting placement in treatment programs, community-based corrections facilities, reporting centers, veterans facilities, halfway houses, work release or probation.

If individuals violate their terms of probation, they would be sent back to the county jail.

The Delaware County Jail population would increase by 37 percent if the legislation is approved, sheriff Walter Davis has estimated.

Clements said the recidivism rate is based on how many offenders return to prison within one year of release for conviction of a new crime or a technical violation of their parole. While no recidivism statistics are available for the jail, Clements said “we anticipate that that number is high.”

The recidivism rate for Delaware Countians returning to state institutions was 37.2 percent in 2007 and 38.6 percent in 2008. Drug abuse, inability to pay child support and unemployment are the major factors that contribute to recidivism.

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said.

The Ohio Department of Education’s website describes Race to the Top as, “a competitive grant program designed to encourage and reward states that are creating the conditions for education innovation and reform.” The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) allocated $4.35-billion for the program.

Craft said the district is waiting to receive its report card results in August.

The district’s current report card, gives it an effective rating for 2010, meeting 24 out of 26 state indicators. Ranging from lowest to highest, the designation

learning,” Fujii said.

Students who need to retake tests continue to be offered extending learning programs to help them prepare for it, Fujii said.

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Big Walnut revisits enrollment

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tion at the school board’s June 13 meeting.

“We had a couple questions regarding what our buildings were going to look like next year and wanted to give everybody an update and put everybody at ease that everything is going to be fine,” Barber said.

Overall, the district is estimated to have eight fewer elementary students in the 201112 school year than in the 2010-11 school year, Barber said, noting that enrollment numbers change over the summer.

For the 2010-11, Big Walnut Elementary School had 475 kindergarten to fifth-grade students. For the coming year, 496 students are projected. Barber said the school, which also has modular classrooms, has a capacity of 505 students, though it has housed more than that number in the past.

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Four years ago, the Big Walnut school district predicted greater enrollment than what has occurred, school officials said.

That lack of growth and budget concerns led the district to delay restructuring its buildings into elementary, grades kindergarten to four; intermediate, grades five and six; middle school, grades seven and eight; and high school grades nine to 12.

Instead, fifth-graders will stay in elementary schools and sixth-graders will remain in the middle school.

In response to some parents’ concerns about overcrowding at the elementary schools, assistant superintendent Gary Barber presented a K-5enrollment presenta-

students in 2010-11. For the coming year, the projection is 527 students. The capacity of that building is 500. “We are tight in that building,” Barber said.

The population at Hylen Souders Elementary will decrease. In 2010-11, there were 340 students.

In 2011-12, only 308 students are projected.

The capacity is of the building is 407; modulars on the site could hold about 48 more students.

“We have the most room in Souders.

We’d like to avoid redistricting,” Barber said.

Instead, the district plans to add one teacher to relieve class size. More details on that decision would come as enrollment for autumn becomes surer.

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County prepares to replace Sunbury Road bridge Continued from page A1 the original contract.

Commissioners also approved: • The $149,877 purchase of six new vehicles for the regional sewer district. Purchases include a Ford Escape at $17,877; two Ford F150 extended cabs for a total of $43,460; a Ford F-250 supercab

for $30,854; a Ford F-250 supercab with a snow plow for $33,554 and one Ford F-150 extended cab with safety lights for $24,132.

• Applications for three grants from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services. The first, a $70,000 grant with a local match of $17,500, would allow Delaware County Common Pleas Court to

implement a specialized docket to address opiate abuse as well as other illegal drugs. The second, a $41,000 grant with a local match of $10,250, would enable Adult Court Services to divert offenders from the Delaware County Jail.

The third, a $60,000 grant with a local county match of $7,500 and a local city match of $7,500, would

fund a probation officer that supervises misdemeanors and felons who are suffering from mental illness.

• Applications for two Victims of Crime Act and State Victims Assistance Act grants from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.

The first, a $42,767 grant with a local match of $10,077, would

fund the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) executive director position, a desk top computer and a CASA case specific software package. The second, a $76,133 grant with a local match of $13,214, would fund the victims coordinator, one case manager and the purchase of a new desk top computer.

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Delaware County will join seven other counties in participating in a virtual call center project for county departments of job and family services.

The project, known as the “Collabor8 Pilot Project,” will include Delaware, Hancock, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Sandusky and Wood counties.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is assisting in the project’s development, implementation and operations. Delaware County commissioners approved the county’s participation at their June 20 meeting.

The phone service would offer the same services currently offered by the Delaware County Department of Job and Family Services, said director Mona Reilly, saying the change is a way to be more efficient and meet the increasing demand in service.

“We are seeing that we need to do business a little differently than we do today,” Reilly told commissioners. A presence is still needed in each county, though. “Our job in family services is not going away,” she said.

The state is covering the cost of updating the counties’ phone system, so there will be no cost to the counties, Reilly said.

The collaboration also is designed so other counties could join.

“We should see an improved efficiency within our department in providing services,” Reilly said at the meeting.

Reilly said she anticipates the service will begin in November.

Previously, members of the public had to apply for assistance in their county of residence.

This collaboration will change that for the counties involved, Reilly said. Residents will have a 1-800 number to call, a number that will be announced in November.

The number will be answered by a representative who could be located in any of the seven counties. An individual won’t be able to choose which county to call.

The program areas of cash, food and medical assistance will be the only program areas that are part of the collaboration, Reilly said.

While counties determine a resident’s eligibility for assistance, the benefits are issued by the state rather than at the county level.

For verification purposes, if certain documents are required, applicants would deliver them to their county of residence.

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While all the county departments are using digital imaging with the same vendor, they are exploring other vendors, Reilly said. If they do decide to change, then each county would be responsible for the cost involved.

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The storm before the calm As I speak, I’m following directions as given on several closely printed pages from a doctor’s office. The directions are lengthy, specific and repetitive, in the manner of instructions that have been re-written, re-worked and reorganized many times. They begin calmly and reasonably enough – “Water, clear fruit juices (apple, white grape) or broth” – then slide into capital letters and multiple exclamation points, like an exasperated mother: “NO SOLID FOODS, BEER, WINE, MILK OR MILK PRODUCT!!!” A person gets the feeling that whoever wrote these instructions has had it up to here with patients calling the office to ask, “Well, how about ice cream? Can I have that?” or just assuming that if white grape juice is OK, so is a nice Pinot Grigio or a liter or two of Chardonnay. “It’s a clear liquid, right? And really, practically a fruit juice.”

As you may have guessed, I’m getting ready for one of those outpatient hospital procedures famous for being a breeze compared to the preparation of the day before. This isn’t my first such experience, so I feel like an expert, probably because lightheadedness brought on by the liquid diet has skewed my thinking.

The first rule is stay off the Internet. It might seem like a good idea to see how nameless strangers fared during their days of procedure-prep, but trust me, you’ll end up feeling like you spent the night in a Bangkok bus station. People who wouldn’t tell their co-workers what they were doing on their days off will describe their most personal experiences in lurid detail on random message boards: Tales of dehydration, nausea and horrible overthe-counter mixtures you never heard of because those aren’t the ones your doctor has told you to use, while you read as if transfixed, your eyes round, your mouth ajar.

Now, what’s the point of that?

Turn off the computer. Focus on

your own experience. You’re the only one you know undergoing procedure preparation today, right? EveryMARGO body else in BARTLETT the whole wide world is happily engaged in other things – playing with puppies, eating chocolate, frolicking in sunny meadows. For heaven’s sake, curl up in a comfortable chair, cry a little if you feel like it and think only of you.

The second rule is come on.

It’s not that bad.

Really. It’s one day of drinking juice, eating Popsicles, spooning up Jell-O and maybe sipping broth as a special dinner course.

Couldn’t we all benefit from a day away from what these instructions call Solid Foods? Our entire digestive systems will thank us for it. I hear mine thanking me right now, in fact. It has a sort of growly voice, but I’m pretty sure the general tone is appreciative.

And finally, the third rule, which is of course it’s terrible but it’s so adult.

Remember when you were, oh, say 13 and you longed to be taken for a person much older, a person who had car keys and make up and plans for Saturday night?

Well, now you’re older, and you have all those things and more: You have an appointment, which you made yourself like the big girl you are.

Nobody wants to do this big inconvenient thing, of course, anymore than people want to have root canals or hip replacement surgery. They do it because the alternative is worse, because it’s the right thing to do, because they value their health more than they value the chance to eat SOLID FOODS, MILK OR MILK PRODUCT every last day of their lives. Having the test that means devoting the day before it to test prep is pretty much the most grown-up thing a person can do.

It’s more adult than getting a driver’s license; more sophisticated than ordering a cocktail; more worldly wise than what’s her name, Lindsay Lohan.

I’ll take it. With a chaser of magnesium citrate.

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Four farmers markets are open for business in Delaware County, and each accepts vouchers from the Council for Older Adults of Delaware County The markets are: • Delaware County Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays through October, at the Delaware County Fairgrounds,

236 Pennsylvania Ave., Delaware.

• Main Street Delaware, 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays and 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays, through October, on Sandusky Street between William Street and Central Avenue, Delaware.

• Powell Farmers Market, 3 to 6 p.m. Thursdays, through September, in the municipal building parking lot, 47 Hall St., Powell.

• Sunbury Farmers Market, 9

a.m. to noon on Saturdays, through October, on the village square, 51 E. Cherry St., Sunbury.

Goods available include fresh produce, baked goods and crafts.

The Council for Older Adults provides up to $60 worth of vouchers for residents ages 60 and older who apply for them.

“There is an income specification, but we do not make them prove it,” said Donna Meyer, as-

sociate director of communications for the council.

The vouchers can be used to buy fresh fruits and vegetables, herbs, baked goods, honey and food-bearing plants.

The program has several benefits, Meyer said.

“We’re able to encourage older adults to eat healthy,” she said.

“Especially in this economy when (they’re) trying to stretch their food budget, this helps them to

do that. It’s a good outreach opportunity for us. And one of the best benefits is that the vendors of the farmers markets have seen a lot more business, which was not the goal of the program, but we thought (that) would happen.”

Funds for the program come from the council’s property tax levy.

The council allocates $60,000 each year for the program, which continues through Oct. 31 or until

funds run out.

For information on the vouchers, visit www.growingolder.org or call (740) 363-6677. Senior citizens also may visit the council’s booth at the farmers market.

Meyer said that arrangements can be made for caregivers to use the vouchers, making purchases for seniors. bbutcher@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

Preservation Parks news Preservation Parks • Summer Camps: Register now for four- and one-day camps. Nine camps are offered for children and teens (ages 4-15). Camps vary by subject and age group. Visit www.preservationparks.com for a camp guide, or call (740) 524-8600, ext. 3.

• Parents and their young children can participate in the new Baby Steps Marathon! This walking program takes place at 9:30 a.m. every Friday in selected Preservation Parks’ preserves and other parks in Delaware

County. Off-trail strollers are necessary. For a schedule, visit www.preservationparks.com and click on Programs, or call (740) 524-8600, ext. 6.

• “Delaware County Model Railroaders Open House,” noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, June 26. See model train displays and learn about how railroading became established in America. The Trail House at Big Walnut Community Trail, 168 S. Vernon St., Sunbury.

• Hound Hike, 4 p.m., Sunday, June 26. Bring your socialized canine on a walk along a nature trail. Blues Creek

Preserve, 9627 Fontanelle Road.

• “Hummingbird Highlights,” noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, July 2. Stop by to watch the hummingbirds sip nectar from our many feeders. View the nature history display, make a takehome craft and pick up information about hummingbird gardening. Deer Haven Preserve, 4183 Liberty Road.

• “Going Buggy,” noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, July 3. Borrow a net and look for insects around the nature center and make a bug craft . Deer Haven Preserve, 4183 Liberty Road.

Concert series to start July 7 Preservation Parks of Delaware County will kick off the 2011 “Thursday Evening Concerts in the Park” on July 7. The series will be held through Aug. 11. All concerts will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Gallant Woods Preserve, 2151 Buttermilk Hill Road. Admission are free. Attendees may bring blankets, lawn chairs and refreshments.

Performers will be: July 7, “Z-Sharp

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The Central Ohio Symphony once again will perform a July Fourth concert on the “stage” in front of Ohio Wesleyan University’s Philips Hall.

The program begins at 7:30 p.m.

Broadway and film music is on the program, including an arrangement of music from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera,” for which Hayes graduates Jylian Purtee, Tim Andrews, Connor Notestine and Abby Hoovler will reprise their roles from the high school production earlier this year. “Pirates of the Caribbean” music also will be played, along with the theme of “Ghostbusters,” which symphony executive director Warren Hyer noted will include a special appearance.

The quartet will perform the national anthem, as well as “Ashokan Farewell” and “Hymn to the Fallen,” with other patriotic pieces.

Brianna Grandits, an 11-year-old Marysville girl, won a raffle and will take conductor Jaime Morales-Matos’place on the podium to conduct the symphony during John Philip Sousa’s “Semper Fidelis” march. The narrator of this year’s program will be OWU president Rock Jones.

Lawn seating is free. Seating in the chairs placed in front of the stage is $5, and is on sale now at the symphony office, 24 E. Winter St., at Buehler’s Fresh Foods and at the concert.

The lead concert sponsor this year is Willow Brook Christian Village. The corporate sponsor is FirstMerit Bank, and the patriotic sponsor is Raymond B. Austin American Legion Post 115.

For more information about the concert or about the Central Ohio Symphony, call (740) 362-1799.

Travel exhibit in Castle gallery The Travel Exhibition of the Ohio Watercolor Society will be exhibited from July 10 through Aug. 6 at the Delaware County Cultural Arts Center, also called the Arts Castle, 190 W. Winter St. in Delaware.

Regional Ohio artists included in this exhibit are James DeVore of New Albany; Fran Mangino of Westerville; Morris Meyer of Dublin; Martha Davis Rice of Cambridge; Charles Rowland of Lewis Center; Annette Salrin of Canal Winchester; Dennis Zimmerman of Powell; and Suzanne Accetta, Zdenka Bartz, Robert Bruce and Gloria Woods, all from Columbus.

Hours of the Arts Castle gallery are 1 to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday. For more information, call (740) 369-2787 or visit www.artscastle.org/ex-

SUMC to host Upward basketball Sunbury United Methodist Church (SUMC) will host a three-day Upward basketball camp in August.

The camp is for boys and girls who will be in the second through the sixth grade in the 20112012 school year. It is not necessary to be a SUMC member to participate in the camp.

The camp will run from 6 to 8:30 p.m. each day from Monday, Aug. 8 through Wednesday, Aug. 10. The cost is $35 per child. Scholarships are available. Registration forms may be picked up at the church office or downloaded from the church’s web site. The registration deadline is July 10.

At Upward basketball camp, each child plays basketball games daily and learns drills to improve his or her basketball abilities. Each camp session includes devotion time, during which a Bible verse is shared and explained. All Upward campers will receive a T-shirt, a water bottle and a camp basketball.

For more information, call (740) 965-3813 or visit www.sunburyumc.org.

FCA offers sports camp A summer sports camp of basketball, football, volleyball, soccer and lacrosse will be offered at the Orange Friends Church from Monday, July 25 through Thursday, July 28.

The camp, run by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, will be held each day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. FCA camp provides each camper with a T-shirt, a camp Bible, a lanyard, lunch and snacks.

The cost is $95. Registration is under way now for boys and girls ages 8 through 14. Register online at www.FCAcamps.org or email Jeff Mucha at JMucha@ButlersChein.com.

Orange Friends Church is at 3467 E. Orange Road in Lewis Center.

Grady news Grady Memorial Hospital 561 W. Central Ave. For more information on the following programs or to register, contact the Grady Life Center at (800) 837-7555, (614) 4HEALTH, or visit www.ohiohealth.com. Classes are held at the hospital unless otherwise noted.

• Cancer survivors and their families are invited to join a Cancer Support Group. The group provides information, education and emotional support in a warm, positive atmosphere. Call Vicki Maggard at (740) 615-2402.

• Breast cancer support group, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, June 27. A registered nurse

and a social worker meet with the group in a confidential environment. Art therapy also available.

Free.

• “Preparing for Labor and Delivery,” three-week series runs from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sundays, July 10, 17 and 24. Family Birthplace Education Specialists teach expectant parents to work as a team in the birth of their child. Cost is $85 for expectant mother and her support person. Classes fill quickly.

• 15-minute seated massage, 3:30 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 13. Licensed therapist eases tense shoulders and neck. Cost is $12.

Appointments required.

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On Wednesday, June 29, the Bellpoint United Methodist Church, 4771 State Route 257 South, will host columnist-humorist, Jonathan Richard Cring and musician Janet Clazzy.

The performance is at 7 p.m. Church pastor Paul McCullough said a freewill offering will be taken and books, CDs and DVDs will be available for purchase. For more, information call 369-5956.

a $1,000 scholarship to a Delaware County student pursuing a career in horticulture, agriculture, landThe Ohio State University Ex- scape architecture, environmentension Delaware County Master tal studies or environmental sciGardener Association will award ence.

More information may be found at http://delaware.ose.edu/topics/master-gardener-volunteer-program/scholarship%202010.pdf/view.

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The Community Library Friends will sponsor a Used Book Event from noon on Thursday, June 30 through 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, at the library. The hours of the event are concurrent with library hours.

• Spa Day, 5 to 7 p.m., Monday, June 27, for ages 12 through 18. Mary Kay and Avon representatives will be on hand with samples and beauty tips. Free, but registration is required.

• Dog Tales: Read with a Furry Friend, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., June 29 and July 6 or July 13, 20, 27 and Aug. 3. Readers ages 5 through 12 may register for a 10-minute slot in one of the two sessions. Registration is required. Free.

• Go, Diego, Go! Party, 1 to 1:45 p.m., Tuesday, June 28, for children ages 4 to 6. Diego-style fun. Registration is required and is under way. Cost is $2 per child.

• Teen Game Day, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., is June 28. For ages 12-18.

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• Kids’Game Day, 1 to 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 5. For ages 5-8.

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By AARON BLANKENSHIP ThisWeek Community Newspapers

A central Ohio club soccer team has won a Midwest Regional Cup title each of the past two summers after local squads failed to do so the previous six years.

The Blast F.C. Under-15 boys team won a Regional Cup in 2009, and the Crew Juniors U-19 boys squad won regional and national championships last year.

Heading into the 2011 Regional Cup tournament, which started June 25 and

runs through Wednesday, June 29, in Fox Cities, Wis., Crew Juniors U-19 boys coach Brian Bliss said he wouldn’t be surprised if a central Ohio squad won a regional championship for the third consecutive season.

However, Bliss said it will be difficult for the five local boys teams and four local girls squads to win their age brackets regardless of their talent level.

“Sometimes it’s more difficult to win the Regional Cup than the national tournament because you have to play five games in five days in the regional tournament and there’s very little room for

Online coverage For more photos and team previews for all area soccer squads competing in the Midwest Regional Cup, visit ThisWeekSPORTS.com

error,” Bliss said. “A lot of people have forgotten, but we were three minutes away from being eliminated from pool play in the regional tournament last year before we rallied (for a 3-1 win over Everest Soccer Club) to reach the semifinals. A lot of teams have the talent and

potential to win this tournament, but you need to make plays at the right time to get it done.”

More than 270 preliminary games will be played as boys and girls U.S. Youth Soccer State Cup champions, select wildcards and Midwest Regional League qualifiers in the U-13 through U-19 age groups compete. All of the age groups have been divided into three- or four-team brackets, and every team will play a game within its bracket June 2527.

The bracket winners will move on to semifinals June 28, with regional finals

played June 29.

Regional champions in the U-14 through U-19 age groups will advance to the U.S. Youth Soccer Association National Championships on July 2731 in Phoenix.

Ohio Premier Eagles club director Chris King said teams need to do more than play well to win a Regional Cup. They also need some luck.

“You have to play well and find a way to win against great competition, but a lot of this comes down to luck,” said See SOCCER, page B2

Commentary

Athletes learn to develop routine The high school athletes participating in my summer series also stand out in the classroom.

In the second week of the series, the student-athletes talk about how they balance practices and games with studying to keep their grades at a high level.

M a r y LARRY Wells, WestLARSON erville Central, bowling: “School always comes first and keeping your grades up is way more important than any sporting event.”

Jimmy Gammill, New Albany, football: “To balance practice and games with studying, you have to be dedicated to both things. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices in order to accomplish excellence in both.”

Napoleon Bell, Hartley, football and wrestling: “I make sure to study and do homework directly after coming home from practice. This way I am not as tired as I would be later and I will be motivated to do work.”

Faith Washington, Reynoldsburg, track: “Seeing that practice only lasts a few hours of my afternoon, I always dedicate the rest of my time to the work that needs to be done for class. If I am well organized and can stick to a schedule that works best for me, it helps ensure that my academic and athletic priorities are also balanced.”

Jake Blankenship, Gahanna, pole vault: “I make sure that I finish all my work before I go on with my day. I will normally have practice directly after school and I try to get my work done first thing after practice.”

Austin Cuervo, St. Charles, golf: “I know that schoolwork must come first and I need to attend to my studies first and attack that before I get out on the golf course or range. I either immediately practice first and then study or the other way around. I dedicate myself to academics and athletics and dedication is the key word.”

Chase Delande, Hilliard Davidson, football and wrestling: “Sometimes before practice I can get some schoolwork done. If I don’t have time before school is out, I need to focus on practice and then get the rest of my work done.”

Morgan Ransom, Columbus Academy, golf: “Although golf takes up a lot of my time, academics have always been a priority to me. My time at school is committed to getting my work done.”

Michela Paradiso, Upper Arlington, soccer and basketball: “In order to keep up my academics with games and practices, I sacrifice the other

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

Big Walnut’s Tabatha Piper earned 12 letters during her high school career, receiving a letter all four years in volleyball, basketball and softball.

A player for all seasons Piper was a four-year starter in three sports during career at Big Walnut career with 12 varsity letters — four in basketball, softball and volleyball — and was a four-year starter in all three sports.

A three-sport athlete, Tabatha Piper Piper collected 24 OCC-Capital Division, has left her mark on Big Walnut High district and state honors. She also received School. numerous team awards.

“She’s an amazing athlete,” softball The 2011 graduate finished her prep

By PATRICK DOLAN

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coach Jeff Hatfield said. “She hauled away a ton of hardware.”

According to athletics director Steve Glesenkamp, the school does not keep track of the number of varsity letters an athlete earns. However, he said he was told that the last time a female athlete at the school earned 12 letters was in the 1970s.

“I’m very honored to be one of the people to accomplish that,” Piper said. “Before high school, I wrote down some goals

I wanted to accomplish and one of those goals was to get 12 letters. And as a freshman, I wanted to start, so I worked my butt off doing what I had to do.”

Piper’s love for sports began at a young age. So did her competitiveness.

“I’ve been playing basketball and softball since I was 5 and I played soccer until I started playing volleyball in seventh grade,” Piper said. “I just love sports.

See PIPER, page B2

Cap City Senior Bowl

East all-stars hold on for victory over West

By SCOTT GERFEN ThisWeek Community Newspapers

To watch Grove City High School graduate Luke Smurthwaite scramble and make a play seemingly out of nothing, it looked like more was on the line than the outcome of an allstar football game.

One of central Ohio’s top quarterbacks, Smurthwaite made sure his team didn’t lose without putting up a fight in the Cap City Senior Bowl on June 18 at Westerville Central.

The Kent State recruit completed three of five passes for 36 yards during the West all-stars’ final drive, which ended at midfield with a fumble as time expired.

A strong defensive effort led

by Independence lineman Tim Dysart (Morehead State) helped the East all-stars win 14-7.

“It was really great to just be playing football again and getting the rust out of my system before I head off to college,” said Smurthwaite, who was named the West’s Offensive See LARSON, page B2 Player of the Game. “I’ve grown

chance to come back.

It was no surprise to West coach Derek Katris, who coached Smurthwaite on junior varsity at Grove City.

“Luke’s going to give you everything he’s got,” said Katris, who is now the head coach at Briggs. “He’s going to play with all the heart he has. We had a lot of penalties and missed assignments, but what are you going to do when you only have (the players) for a week?”

Marion-Franklin’s Jeremy McCoy, who also will play at Kent State, slipped past defenders and caught a 70-yard touchdown pass from Beechcroft quarterback Sheldon Akin (Mesabi Range Community & Technical College) with 1 minute, 36 seconds left in the first half to give the East a 14-0 lead.

The East also scored on its

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek opening drive. Westerville South’s Jayshon Jackson (Grand Big Walnut’s Matt Brown ducks under the block of West Jefferson’s Jared Wheeler during the Cap Rapids Community College), City Senior Bowl on June 18 at Westerville Central. Brown’s East squad won 14-7. the district’s Division I Offenup scrambling around like that Smurthwaite, who passed for South All-Star Classic in April, sive Player of the Year, capped and I guess that’s why I’ve got- more than 2,300 yards last fall didn’t have big numbers, but See CAP CITY, page B2 ten good at it.” and played in the Ohio North- his abilities gave the West a

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PIPER

Sports briefs Big Walnut plans basketball camp The Big Walnut girls basketball camp is scheduled for Monday-Wednesday, June 2729, at the high school.

Sessions are scheduled for 9 to 11:30 a.m. (girls entering grades 2-5) and 1 to 4 p.m. (girls entering grades 6-9).

Brochures are available at www.bigwalnut.k12.oh.us/athletics.aspx. For information, contact girls basketball coach Bob Scott at (740) 549-1786.

Football officiating classes offered The Reynoldsburg Parks & Recreation Department is offering high school football officiating classes from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Sundays, beginning July 5, in the city’s police building, 7240 E. Main St. The classes will be taught by Phil Kiser, an Ohio High School Athletic Association approved instructor. Students who successfully complete the requirements will be certified for the coming high school season.

For information and to receive registration material, contact the Reynoldsburg rec department at (614) 322-6806.

OWU holding baseball camp Ohio Wesleyan baseball coach Tyler Mott will lead a “skills-n-drills” camp at the university’s Littick Field on Tuesday-Thursday, June 28-

30. Sessions are scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon for ages 11-14 and 1 to 4 p.m. for ages 7-10.

For more information, call (740) 368-3743 or email tamott@owu.edu.

Girls basketball camps set for OWU Ohio Wesleyan will hold girls basketball camps from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Wednesday, June 27-29, in the university’s Branch Rickey Arena. The schedule includes a skills camp for girls entering grades 3-8 and a position camp for girls entering grades 9-12.

To register, go to http://sportscamps.owu.edu.

For information, contact coach Stacey Ungashick Reed at sjreed@owu.edu or (740) 3683986.

Charity basketball event scheduled Former NBA player Leon Rodgers, an Eastmoor Academy graduate, has organized the fifth annual Battle for Peace Classic at 10 a.m. July 9 at Columbus East High School.

In addition to an All-Star game featuring NBA and former college players with ties to Columbus, the event will include a community march, a battle of the bands contest, a step show and a 3-on-3 outdoor youth tournament. Proceeds will benefit Rodgers Neighborhood Basketball, a nonprofit organization founded in 2006 by Rodgers to men-

tor at-risk youth.

Those scheduled to participate in the All-Star game include former Ohio State players Mike Conley (Memphis Grizzlies), Jon Diebler, Ron Lewis, David Lighty, Scoonie Penn and Evan Turner (Philadelphia 76ers). Kenny Gregory, a former standout at Independence High School and Kansas, also is scheduled to play.

For more information, email rodgers.neighborhood@yahoo.co m or call (614) 522-9602.

Youth track & field games scheduled Central Crossing High School will play host to the Hershey’s Track and Field Summer Games at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 2.

Children ages 9 to 14 will have the chance to participate in track and field events and win a trip to compete in the annual North American Final Meet in Hershey, Pa., on Aug. 4-7.

For volunteer information and to pre-register, contact Doug Boggs at (614) 496-2266.

Dublin Crew offering lessons Dublin Crew is offering lessons for middle and high school students. Sessions are scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. July 11-15 and Aug. 8-12 on Griggs Reservoir.

For registration information, visit www.dublincrew.org or email registration@dublincrew.org.

SOCCER Continued from page B1 King, who helped guide the Ohio Premier U-13 girls team to a regional championship in 2002. “In the closer games, you may need to have a few bounces or a referee’s call go your way.

“The luck of the draw is another big factor because teams aren’t seeded at regional and there have been a lot of years where the top two or three teams in the regional end up in the same bracket of pool play, and some of the better teams get eliminated early on.”

Local teams that won State Cup championships to advance to the Regional Cup are: the Classics Eagles U-13 boys, Team Ohio F.C. U-17 boys, Team Ohio F.C. U-18 boys, Crew Juniors U19 boys, Ohio Premier Eagles U-13 girls, Ohio Premier Eagles U-16 girls and Ohio Premier Eagles U-19 girls.

The Ohio Premier Eagles U18 girls squad qualified as a representative of the Midwest Regional League and the Team Ohio F.C. U-16 boys team qualified as a State Cup tournament wildcard.

This will be the third appear-

June 26, 2011

ance for the Team Ohio F.C. U16 boys, Ohio Premier Eagles U-16 girls, Ohio Premier Eagles U-18 girls and Ohio Premier Eagles U-19 girls, and the second appearance for the Team Ohio F.C. U-17 boys.

“Any of us have a chance to win it,” Team Ohio F.C. club director Steve Dawson said. “If you have good coaching and have kids who stick together and play well together, you can compete at the regional level.”

Continued from page B1 I still remember when I was little how I would play pickup (basketball) with my brother (Tyler, a 2010 Big Walnut graduate). I would never want to lose to him.

He would rub it in my face.

That’s how I got an edge. I never wanted to lose.”

Thanks in large part to Piper, her teams won far more often than they lost. The combined record of the girls basketball, softball and volleyball teams during her career was 214-97, which equates to a .688 winning percentage. At 80-27, the volleyball team had the best record during her career, followed by the girls basketball team (67-24) and softball team (67-46).

“If you look at every sport she played, they won,” girls basketball coach Bob Scott said. “She was a winner.”

A 5-foot-11 guard, Piper concluded her prep basketball career as the program’s fifth alltime scorer with 975 points, trailing 1982 graduate Molly McCaughey (1,225), 1991 graduate Jennifer Christy (1,194), 1998 graduate Carey Stumpf (1,157) and 2007 graduate Summer Hale (1,055).

Piper, who had 579 career rebounds, finished third on the team in scoring as a freshman, averaging 7.3 points.

“When she was in junior high, we could see that she had a pretty good chance of playing varsity as a freshman and she ended up starting from the first game,” Scott said. “She had played a lot of basketball and she understood the game, and she was coming into a team where she didn’t have to do it herself. To her credit, she didn’t try to do too much.”

Last winter, Piper averaged 13.3 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists, leading the team in each category. She also led the team with 40 steals and 25

blocks. She was named OCCCapital Player of the Year and second-team all-district and special mention all-state in Division II, and she made ThisWeek’s Super 12 team.

“She led us in a lot of categories this past season,” Scott said. “She did a lot for us. She was a pretty good defender, she rebounded well, she scored and she had a lot of assists. She was a good all-around player.

“You look for kids who make your team better, make other kids better, and she had the ability to do that.”

A setter for the volleyball team, Piper finished as the program leader in assists with 3,041.

“It’s not very often that players start as a freshman, especially as a setter because it’s such a key position to the success of a team,” said Ron Lehman, who has coached the volleyball team the past 21 seasons. “Hitters depend on the setter, so there’s a lot of pressure on that position, but she handled it very well.

“She improved each year.”

As a senior captain last fall, Piper helped lead the Golden Eagles to the Division II state final, where they lost to Mentor Lake Catholic 25-18, 22-25, 26-24, 25-23 to finish 23-6. She was named first-team all-state, codistrict Player of the Year and OCC-Capital Player of the Year as well as the team’s Most Valuable Player.

“Her leadership was probably as much responsible for the success of the team as her playing ability,” Lehman said. “She works really hard, which set a great example for the rest of the kids.”

Lehman ranks Piper among the top players in program history.

“It’s really kind of hard when you compare different positions and different eras, so to speak, but she’s got to be one of the top three players that I’ve had at Big

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The West only crossed midfield twice in the first half.

Whetstone running back Jordan Mitchell (Urbana) made it 14-7 when he reversed field and scored on an 18-yard run with 11:35 left in the fourth quarter.

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A center fielder, first baseman and pitcher, Piper was among the softball team’s top hitters each of her four seasons.

This spring, she hit .412 with 23 RBI, 19 runs and had no strikeouts in 107 plate appearances. She was named first-team all-district, second-team allleague and the team’s Offensive Player of the Year.

Piper hit .374 with 28 RBI and 18 runs as a junior after batting .359 with 12 RBI and 16 runs as a freshman and .362 with 15 RBI and 16 runs as a sophomore.

“What’s amazing is that she’s a girl who doesn’t pick up a bat until the season starts because she’s so involved with basketball and volleyball,” Hatfield said.

Piper, who was an OCC scholar athlete in eight of her 12 varsity seasons, plans to play both basketball and volleyball at Otterbein University.

“I already decided I was going to play basketball (in college) because that’s my first love,” she said. “But I love being active, I get bored easily, and so I went to talk to (Otterbein women’s basketball coach Connie Richardson and Otterbein volleyball coach Monica McDonald) about playing both and they were very supportive and understanding.”

Piper hasn’t ruled out playing softball for Otterbein as well.

“We’ll have to see how the other two (sports) go,” she said.

Piper said she is spending the summer preparing to play at the college level. “(After the springs sports) banquet, I hugged my parents and said, ‘I can’t believe it’s over,’” she said. “I had a great career at Big Walnut, but now I’m moving on. I’m excited to see what the future brings.”

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The name of the game was changed last summer, when the East beat the West 22-0.

“Last year we had kids from Olentangy Orange becoming friends with kids who live on (Columbus’) west side in the ‘Bottoms’ and picking them up for practice,” Murphy said. “The guys really build relationships out of this and it goes deeper than football.”

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Being away from home and in unfamiliar places could bring increased risk to consumers, opening doors to thieves. More purchases than usual are made this time of the year, as well, so additional withdrawals might go unnoticed until you get back to home base.

Your identity could be stolen in a number of ways, including loss or theft of your wallet, purse or credit card; stealing your mail or taking documents from your trash; skimming information from the magnetic strip on credit or debit cards; giving personal or financial information over the phone to strangers; or hacking into your computer.

If you are catching up on paying bills or doing any online shopping while you are on vacation, be sure you are using secure websites. Be careful in stores to protect your wallet, purse and credit cards and watch to be sure store personnel handle your credit card properly. Also watch out for people hovering near you or using a camera phone.

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OWU briefs OWU graduates 383 students A total of 383 students received diplomas May 8 when Ohio Wesleyan University celebrated its 167th commencement in a ceremony held outdoors in the glen just south of Phillips Hall.

Author and political scientist Mary E. King was the speaker.

The 1962 OWU graduate urged students to spend less time on so-

cial networking and building their address books. Instead, she suggested they “strive to bring about concrete change in crucial areas of human need …”

Class president Alina Ruzmetova of Pataskala, told her fellow students to “chart a course for our own personal quest.”

“OWU gave us the confidence we would need to change the world,” she said.

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College notes • Bowling Green State University has announced its May 2011 degree candidates.

Local residents earning bachelor’s degrees were Renee Ellis and Samantha Koban, both of Delaware, and Catherine Schubert of Sunbury.

• Cassandra Zeeb of Galena graduated from the University of Cincinnati during winter 2011 commencement ceremonies.

She received a bachelor’s degree.

• The University of Cincinnati has announced its winter 2011 dean’s list.

Area residents named to the list from Delaware were Kelsi Bryan, Brittany Catania, Emily Eyerman, Rachel Wurm, Bittany Ziegelmeyer, Christopher Ziegelmeyer and Lisa Zimmer. Also named to the list were Galena residents Christian Eichler, Jay Irwin, Caitlin Jones and Zachary Wagner, as well as Sunbury residents Benjamin Bauer, Michael Carone, John Clay and Sarah Sturges.

• Haley Morris received a bachelor of arts degree during May 15 commencement ceremonies at Denison University.

Morris, a Columbus Academy graduate, will pursue a Master of Arts in Teaching program at Belmont University in Nashville.

She is the daughter of David and Rebecca Morris of Delaware and the granddaughter of Robert Morris of Sunbury.

• The following students received degrees during winter commencement ceremonies at Ohio University: Cullen Rea, Leah Demain and Peter Locascio, all of Delaware.

• The following students were named to the winter dean’s list at Ohio University: Jane Meyer, Lauren Balazs, Philip Firkins, Michael Garrett, Courtney Lefebvre, Amanda Roden, Emily Weithman and Samantha Clark.

• The University of Findlay has announced the names of students who achieved at least a 3.5 GPA and were included in the fall 2010 dean’s list.

Meghan Leedy of Delaware and Emily Mc-

Mains of Galena were named to the list.

• Deon Cromwell of Galena graduated from the University of Cincinnati during fall 2010 commencement ceremonies.

Cromwell earned a bachelor’s degree.

• The University of Akron has announced the names of students who achieved at least a 3.25 GPA and were named to the fall 2010 dean’s list.

From Sunbury, they are Cristin Cotter, Rachel Missman, Savannah Roof and Emily Stranges.

Gavin Kelly of Delaware and Benjamin Mason of Galena were also included in the listing.

• The University of Cincinnati has announced its fall 2010 dean’s list.

Delaware residents named to the list were Kelsi Bryan, Gary Clarke, Irena Eckard, Anna Flaglor, Aaron Hecker, Makeda Matthews, Lewis Mergler, Julie Peterfish, Kyle Rogers, Oliver Rogers, Anthony Smothers, Dionysia Walker, Rachel Wurm, Brittany Ziegelmeyer and Lisa Zimmer.

Galena residents named to the list were Colleen Arnett, Charles Gioffre, Caitlin Jones, Christopher McVeigh and Zachary Wagner.

Sunbury residents named to the list were Michael Carone, John Clay, Ann McKenzie, Sarah Sturges and Terry Vanbaalen.

• Heather Stuff of Galena named to the Hope College dean’s list for the first semester of the 2010-2011 academic year.

To be named to the list, a student must have earned a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the semester.

• Joseph Sumner of Delaware earned a grade point average of 3.776 and was named to the fall semester dean’s list at William Penn University.

• Margaret Payne of Delaware earned a grade point average of at least 3.4 and was named to the fall semester dean’s list at Wake Forest University.

Payne, a Hayes High School graduate, is the daughter of Ada and Kermit Payne.

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MARTIN James L. Martin lost his brave battle with cancer on June 18, 2011 at his home in Sunbury, Ohio, surrounded by his loving family. He was 66 years old. He is survived by his wife, Elaine (Plesnarski) Martin; his daughters, Holly (Christopher) Belli and Kimberly (Vincent) Santamauro, and their mother, Carole (Gagne) Martin; grandchildren, Mary Katherine and Grace; his parents, Lawrence and Dorothy Martin; as well as an adoring extended family.

Born the second of four sons in Massena, NY, Jim’s love of nature began in his boyhood. Armed with his favored .22 rifle, he’d spend his days in the woods on Barnhart Island, hunting and exploring. Later in life, he turned that love toward preservation and photography, working toward osprey reintroduction in his home state of Ohio, and taking beautiful pictures of landscapes, flowers, and wildlife. Whether in a national park or in his own backyard, Jim had an affinity for seeing the striking amongst the everyday and his photography reflected that. Jim’s professional life was no less successful than his personal; he went to Potsdam State University on the G.I. Bill, where he pursued the brand-new field of computer science, graduating in 1970. He had a long and illustrious career with IBM and later Ernst & Young, starting out as a programmer and rising to partner, helping such companies as Dun & Bradstreet, American Express, and Amerada Hess Corporation design and implement company-wide information systems. He was very active in his own community through his service as a charter member of the Kingston Township Board of Zoning Appeals and its Chairman for more than a decade.

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Only one open house, June 26, 1-5 pm.

Bids at a minimum of $169K will be accepted until July 5. Buyer must supply proof of loan approval and closing fees.

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DELAWARE CITY 3BR, 2.5 BA, full bsmt, 2 car att gar. $1350.

Deposit required.

Lease option avail.

Call 614-325-3683

REAL ESTATE AUCTION WEDNESDAY JULY 20 AT 6PM 2-STORY HOME-POLE BARN-5ACRES Having relocated to smaller living arrangements I will offer my home and property located at 2848 North Galena Rd Sunbury, Oh between State Route 36/37 and State Route 521 at Public Auction.

OLENTANGY SCHOOLS Relisted - 3BR 1 BA Ranch with garage and fireplace.

Freshly painted with new carpet, stove, blinds. No basement. Available July 1st. $950 per month. PH: 614-563-1702

The 2236 sq ft home features 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, living room, kitchen w/bar, dining area, office, sitting/TV area and cellar. The home offers partial hardwood floors, alarm system, first floor laundry, large walk-in closets, propane heat and central air, blacktop driveway, large rear deck and covered front porch. Additional amenities included oversized detached two car garage w/opener, drywall, insulation and heat. The property also offers a 40x60 pole barn w/concrete floor and electric and additional 12x60 attached lean-to w/concrete all situated on a 5 acre lot. The home is within an easy commute to Polaris, Columbus and surrounding communities.

TERMS 10,000 dollar non refundable deposit day of sale balance in 30 days sells w/owner confirmation. Please plan to attend one of the Open Houses: Sunday June 26 and July 17 from 1-3 pm Wednesday July 6 from 5-7 pm

@ MOVE-IN @ SPECIALS Johnstown, Ohio 1BR, Single Story Private Entry, Quiet Property, Great Location YES, IT DOES PAY TO COMPARE Call Now! 740-967-6969

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MASONRY REPAIRS Specializing in Repairs & Tuck Pointing of Brick, Stone & Brick Pavers.

Also Walls, Steps, Patios & Walkways.

For the Finest Masonry Services Available, call Craig Kukay Masonry

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