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County projects revenue decline in 2011

By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The word Union County commissioners and office holders should keep in mind for this fiscal year is “maintain,” according to the county’s financial auditing contractor.

Following an analysis of the county’s appropriations for fiscal year 2010 ear-

lier this month, Bob Fry recently presented what he believes the county can expect to receive in income for FY 2011.

While some sources of funding will be hard to anticipate because of changeover in the Statehouse, others can be predicted fairly dependably. And Fry says most of those revenue sources are expected to decrease in 2011.

“I just want to impress upon you that

the word should be ‘maintain’ for the county,” Fry said. “Because if you maintain (the same spending) as you did last year, you’re going to end up even for the year in my projection.”

According to Fry’s figures, Union County is expected to receive $17.4-million in revenues in 2011, including transfers. This is down 1.3-percent from last year’s figures, which amounted to $17.63-

million. Fry’s numbers vary slightly from the county auditor’s projections (the auditor projects revenues of $16.3-million in 2011, compared to $16.69-million in 2010), because the auditor is required to estimate all those figures as conservatively as possible, county commissioners have said.

General property tax revenues are expected to keep dwindling for the coun-

ty, according to Fry. Projections for property tax revenues for 2011 are down 4.1percent from last year, at $4.18-million compared to $4.35-million in 2010.

“We’ve lost half a million dollars over the last two years in property tax,” Fry said. “But I do think that’s going to slow down.”

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Career education

MHS, OHP want students to be aware of options

By JIM FISCHER ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Photos by Chris Parker/ThisWeek

(Above) Marysville resident Rylee Cavins has her picture taken with Cinderella at Nationwide Arena for the “Disney on Ice: Princess Classics” on Jan. 20. (Below) Rena Parrill does Cavins’s hair as she and two other young cancer survivors are treated to a princess makeover before the show.

Cancer survivor Rylee Cavins transformed into Disney princess

By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers

A 10-year-old Marysville resident, Rylee Cavins, was treated like a princess, in the company of princesses, last week.

Along with two other young girls who have life-threatening illnesses, Rylee was treated to a princess makeover at the Jan. 20 performance of Disney on Ice at Nationwide Arena.

“They did my nails, and my hair and my makeup,” Rylee said. “It was great, the whole show was great.”

Diagnosed with a form of bone cancer called Ewings Sarcoma, Rylee has undergone eight surgeries in the past two years. With the cancer in remission for the past year, however, Rylee has spent her free time working to again participate in sports, her mother said.

“She was very active, doing gymnastics, snowboarding and soccer, and then went to being told she

couldn’t participate in contact sports,” Heather Cavins said. “That was quite an adjustment for her.”

Although Rylee’s bone cancer has been in remission for one year now, she has undergone some profound surgeries. Ewings Sarcoma is a rare form of cancer in which cancer cells appear in bone and soft tissue. Although Rylee might have had part of her leg amputated to deal with

the cancer, doctors opted for a limb salvage surgery, her mother said.

“They decided to try and save her leg, and what they ended up doing was removing five inches of her leg and putting a cadaver bone in,” Cavins said. “She now has titanium plates and 18 screws. She’s always been my strength – even when they did the surgery she didn’t cry. The first time she just laughed, because

the (bone graft) was from a 10-yearold boy. She laughed and said, ‘Oh, I’m part boy now!’”

While long trips require a wheelchair and moving around the house takes crutches, Cavins said Rylee’s progression toward walking on her own has been admirable. Rylee’s even managed to get back into sports.

“She’s found that being disabled doesn’t stop her, though,” Cavins said. “Now she’s become a part of the Ohio sled hockey team.”

Ohio Sled Hockey is the only competitive junior team sport providing league and tournament play for kids with physical disabilities in Columbus, according to the league’s website. An official event at the Winter Paralympics Games, sled hockey includes all the safety equipment and pace of traditional hockey.

“I play forward. The other kids are pretty good,” Rylee said. “I like (playing sled hockey) because it’s a

ty to purchase county land for a new fire station.

Klingman said residents should start noticing progress on the police and court facility this spring.

“For the spring, we’re hoping to start some public involvement by early March, and we’re starting to nail down some specific schedule items with the architect,” she said. “We’re envisioning some town hall-style meetings, to show off different concepts we’ll be looking at, and to see which are more appealing to residents.”

Klingman said the new building is intended to be a one-story structure, and that the city’s preliminary studies show a need for about 50,000

Events designed to show students what’s available That’s Hi-Point’s goal as well.

Kim Davis, OHP superintendent, said the biggest push is for sophomore campus visits in the fall.

(This past November, 343 of 417 MHS sophomores registered to attend; only 68 showed up.)

“We used to take the entire sophomore class up there, but now that’s so many more students,” Chrispin said. “The benefit now is we’re getting kids who really have an interest.”

Other events, including OHP’s annual Taste of the Future open house and Tech Tuesdays also offer students – and parents – a chance to find out more about OHP and its programs.

“Tech Tuesdays give students a chance to shadow a program so they can be confident whether it’s right for them,” said JoEtta Spain, OHP’s recruitment and placement coordinator.

Spain said there are also opportunities at the various home schools for students in OHP programs to share their experiences with prospective students.

OHP will participate in Marysville High School Career Day on Friday, Jan. 28, featuring Bellefontaine and satellite programs.

“They want the same things as we do – the right kids in the right programs, whether they go there

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See MHS, OHP WANT STUDENTS, page A2

See YOUNG CANCER, page A4

Architect selected for new police, court facility

By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers

An architectural firm has been selected to design Marysville’s new police and municipal court facility, and an architect should soon be picked to design the city’s new fire station, city engineer Valerie Klingman said last week.

Klingman said that Dublin-based Horne & King Architects has been selected to design the new police and court facility, which will be located on about 16 acres of city land at the northeasterly corner of W. Fifth Street and Raymond Road.

“We received 23 SOQs (statements of qualification), and went through those and short-listed to

three firms, which we then interviewed,” Klingman said. “We got a contract signed with (Horne & King) around the end of December, and they started work the first of this year.”

Horne & King Architects was contracted by Marysville for $872,825, according to Klingman, and will be responsible for basic site planning, surveying, geo-technical work and all design services, among other pre-building needs, she said.

Relocating Marysville’s police and municipal court facilities to a brand new building was greenlighted after voters approved a municipal income tax increase last year. Land already owned by the city was selected for the site, and Marysville is currently working on an agreement with Union Coun-

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Scheduling materials for Marysville High School students for the 2011-12 school year will be handed out this week.

Sophomores and juniors will additionally be considering whether a course of study at Ohio HiPoint Career Center is right for them.

Hi-Point, the district’s vocational education partner, offers more than 30 programs of study in 10 content areas. In addition, OHP offers five satellite programs that meet at Marysville High School.

“Ohio Hi-Point is incredible,” said MHS principal Matthew Chrispin. “The programs, the college credit, the skills learned. There are a lot of benefits.”

Yet participation lags, despite moderate gains in recent years: 52 Marysville students attend programs at OHP’s Bellefontaine campus versus 42 two year ago, and nearly 200 students are enrolled in the five satellite programs at MHS. But those numbers represent just 10 percent of eligible MHS students, the smallest percentage among OHP’s 14 partner schools over five counties. Marysville students make up just short of seven percent of the on-campus population at OHP. “When we look at our students and (post-high school options), we figure (a vocational education) is appropriate for about 25 percent of our kids,” said Larry Zimmerman, Marysville Exempted Village School District superintendent. “We obviously don’t have those numbers (participating).”

“I think OHP is a great option for so many kids,” Marysville school board member Doug Lassiter, the board’s representative on the OHP board, told ThisWeek. “I think OHP offers a tremendous alternative and I would love to see more Marysville students benefit from this.”

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MHS, OHP want students to know options Continued from page A1 or go into the satellite programs,” Chrispin said.

Enrollment in satellite programs bridges gap There is an increased presence in recent years for OHP in Marysville as a result of the addition of satellite programs. OHPrun courses of study that are housed at MHS or at other locations in Marysville.

“These are great partnerships where students still get the benefits of Hi-Point programs,” Spain said.

Marysville has the most satellite programs of any of OHP’s partner schools, Davis said, adding to the ability to market to MHS students. Since they are already local, teachers for these programs are the primary point people for student recruitment.

Satellite programs also have a later enrollment period than on-campus OHP programs.

“If any school can show enough interest in a program, we’ll run it for them,” Davis said.

Chrispin told ThisWeek that MHS surveyed students about six or seven years ago to assess their thoughts on participating on OHP programs.

“Overwhelmingly the biggest reason

(not to enroll in OHP) was they didn’t want to leave their friends,” he said, adding that this was one reason for the creation of the satellite programs.

Spain said her experience suggests that leaving friends proves to be a major reason students might opt out of enrolling at Hi-Point.

“Our students can reassure that it can work, and also that they’ll make new friends,” she said.

Spain added that concern about participation in extracurricular activities at a student’s home school also enters the decision-making process. She explained that OHP “works really hard to make sure those kinds of things can happen for a student.”

Since MHS is a bigger school than any of OHP’s other partners, Chrispin added, students have more options for vocational training that exist in the school’s curriculum as well.

And while MHS provides a bus to and from OHP’s Bellefontaine campus, which not all students use, Chrispin said the travel is another reason students often give for deciding against enrolling at OHP.

tecture and mechanical design program.

Kish said he was told about the program by a friend and subsequently made “a couple trips up there” to investigate the program.

“I had taken CAD classes (at MHS) but to take it further I needed Hi-Point,” Kish said. “I wasn’t sure I wanted to leave (MHS) but in the long run, with the college credit, it’s been the right decision for me.”

Kish added that he leaves OHP earlier than most students so he can get back to Marysville for band.

“It’s definitely not kept me from doing anything I’ve wanted to,” he said.

Katherine Thompson, a senior in the Teaching Professions Academy satellite program at MHS and also a student involved in bands at MHS, concurred.

“That’s what I was afraid of,” she said of the possibility her OHP assignments would interfere with her activities at MHS. “But it hasn’t happened.”

Thompson said she was aware of satellite programs, but not of teaching professions until it was mentioned by her guidance counselor. She investigated further by setting up meetings with the teacher.

Career ed needn’t mean This is her first year in the program and, omitting extracurriculars she said, it’s been very rewarding.

One student who drives himself to BelleShe did add that, if she had to travel to fontaine is MHS senior Jason Kish, a stu- Bellefontaine for the program, she would dent in his second year in OHP’s archi- likely have decided against it.

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Long-standing relationship is still working for MHS

Davis said that Hi-Point’s boundaries were drawn when Ohio’s vocational education program was started in the 1960s.

Boundaries were set based on student population at the time, when, she said, Marysville was a farming community like Urbana or Bellefontaine.

“Their population looks different now,” she admitted, adding that OHP is cognizant of the demographic shift and is committed to meeting the needs of students from Marysville High School.

“Marysville’s just different — in size, in program, in demographics,” Chrispin said. “And it’s not going to go backward.”

Other options have been suggested and discussed, Zimmerman said, from providing a full-service vocational/career program locally to looking at Tolles Career & Technical Center in Plain City, which serves, among other districts, Fairbanks Local and Dublin City schools. But at this time, none are as viable as continuing to work with OHP. “Our relationship with Hi-Point is longstanding,” Chrispin added, crediting Davis for advancements in OHP programming.

“Our kids at Hi-Point are having positive experiences. There’s a real professional atmosphere there, and the kids feel it.

They’re proud to be Hi-Point students.”

County projects revenue decline in 2011 Other areas that are projected to see significant decreases in revenue this year are grants and local government taxes. Grants are expected to come in at $600,000, 55.3-percent down from $932,000 in 2010, while local government taxes are expected to come in at $600,000, down 27.6 percent from $766,000 in 2010.

“One of the reasons is that with Gov. (John) Kasich, we don’t know where he’s going to cut,” Fry said. “With the economy, we’re hoping that the sales tax (revenues) get increased, but with high gas prices and everything else, are people really going to go out and spend money?”

Commissioner Gary Lee said the changes in state funding could be difficult to anticipate.

“I accept these projections – I think they’re pretty much in line with my expectations,” Lee said.

“What I’m most concerned about is that we may have new expenses to try to maintain current programs that are now funded by the state, and those may be critical programs. I think that’s our real wild card in the coming two years.”

Lee compared that possibility to the hypothetical situation of the commissioners passing on all of their clerical expenses to their office holders.

“But you’re robbing Peter to pay Paul,” Lee said. “The difference is, the state is going to proceed as if that’s the way to do it, that it isn’t robbing Peter to pay Paul... and what are we going to be stuck with?”

Fry was more hopeful in his

projections of county sales tax income, which he estimated for 2011 at $7.4-million, up 3.8-percent from last year’s figure of $7.1-million.

“I’m using that based off the figures for the holiday season, which was up four percent spending in retail,” Fry said. “And I think that cars are going to be a big factor this year – the average age of a car right now is about eight years, and people are going to have to start replacing their cars. The people working today, I think, will have a job (in 2011) – I think that with the layoffs that have happened already, the companies are down to where they want to be, and then they’ll start hiring.”

Fry said that ultimately, he believes the recession the country has been experiencing may be

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Ad hoc committee to revisit sign issue

By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Marysville will go back to the drawing board this week to discuss the city’s temporary sign ordinances, in the form of a new city council ad hoc committee.

The committee will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, with the public welcome. City council formed the committee on Dec. 2, in the hope of taking a fresh look at an issue the city spent much of last year debating.

Councilwoman Tracy Richardson, who will serve on the committee with councilwoman Deb Groat, said the aim is to come up with a solution for Marysville’s temporary signage rules

that will work for everyone.

“During the past year, many hours have been dedicated to rewriting and updating our current signage legislation,” Richardson told ThisWeek. “It has been a surprisingly tedious task. The planning commission, public affairs committee and the city council have worked to create a product that will reflect the needs of business owners and citizens while ensuring that the city maintains an attractive appearance (for the benefit of current residents and for encouraging future business opportunities).”

The ad hoc committee is comprised of Richardson and Groat, along with Ken Kraus and Martin Pratt from the planning commission, as well as Kim

Hott, Herb Richardson and Dave Laslow, representing Marysville’s business community.

When city council established the committee in December, council president John Gore told the group to take about four or five months to host public meetings, gather more community input and then to bring the ideas back to the council.

Richardson said the committee will need to streamline its process.

“Much work is already completed but more is necessary,” she said. “We need to first identify the most critical and in some cases, controversial issues including those relevant to business owners, local citizens and city staff advisors. Upon

identifying the issues, we’ll need to work together to brainstorm possible solutions and options.”

For most of 2010, the city worked on just what its code should say pertaining to temporary signs — what sort of uses should be allowed, how they should be permitted and where they can be placed.

Several Marysville business owners expressed their concerns to the council, saying the code was confusing, or that it wasn’t applied evenly to everyone.

City leaders have said that a uniform, universally accepted code needs to be in place to make sure the rules are not enforced inconsistently from one business to the next.

Richardson stressed that coming up

with a solution to Marysville’s temporary signage issues won’t be perfect, but that it will be an improvement over what’s currently available.

“I’ll recommend we research how other communities manage similar concerns,” Richardson said. “The final product will more than likely not be perfect.

However, I’m optimistic that the work of the ad hoc committee will produce results that are well thought and useful for the community.”

The first meeting of the ad hoc committee takes place 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 at city hall, 125 E. Sixth St. The committee will discuss chapters 1100 and 1143 of the city’s sign ordinances. The public is welcome to attend.

County health department offers athletic grants

By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Grants to improve athletic facilities are again available through the Union County Health Department.

The grants are available through the department’s sports injury

prevention program, and are available in the amount of up to $1,500 each, according to public information officer Jennifer Thrush.

“These funds can be used to make improvements that will reduce the risk for injury at Union County athletic facilities serving youth,” said Elizabeth Fries, co-

ordinator of the injury prevention program. “For example, funds can be used to repair fences or posts surrounding fields, purchase slide away bases, fix broken concrete on basketball courts, etc.”

The funds may only be used for improvements to athletic facilities; according to Fries, play-

Home repair assistance still available through CHIP program

By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Marysville residents who qualify can still receive housing assistance funding through a state grant program.

Through the Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), homeowners may apply for free home repair funds, according to Neva Rinehart, community development specialist for the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC). The funds may be used for home repairs such as roof work, maintenance and updates to plumbing and electric systems, or for repairs to heating systems. Grants of up to $5,000 are available to residents to make these repairs or improvements, according to Rinehart.

“If your home is in need of major rehabilitation, you may qualify for a forgivable loan for up to $30,000 to repair or replace all major systems in the home including roof, plumbing, electrical and structural and will address leadbased paint if present,” said Kathy Werkmeister, director of housing and community services-CHIP consultant to Marysville. “The loan

is made at zero percent interest and requires no monthly payments.”

CHIP consultants also manage the inspection of homes, assessing needed repairs, along with bidding the work, Rinehart added.

First-time home buyers in the market for an existing structure are also qualified for down payment and rehabilitation assistance. These funds are available to assist in purchasing existing houses within the city limits, which must be valued at less than $144,000 for all programs.

Funds for the CHIP program are provided through the Ohio Department of Development.

To qualify, a family of four must earn less than $58,000 per year, and applicants are required to provide source documentation for all household income along with a determination on gross annual income, according to Rinehart.

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This is the second round of grants offered by the department for athletic-facility improvements.

Last year, the department awarded four grants, a total of $4,500, which paid for new fencing and field improvements for the softball and baseball fields in Mil-

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Richwood police recover prescription drugs in high school sting

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A number of students at North Union High School were found to be in possession of prescription drugs and marijuana, following a sting operation by the Richwood Police Department and Union County Sheriff’s office last week.

RPD police chief Monte Asher said the operation was initiated after school officials contacted the police with concerns of drug use by students.

“The school found some prescription medication on a person, so we went out (Jan. 12) and did a school search and locker check with our canine unit,” Asher said. “Nothing was recovered that day, but we weren’t able to hit the parking lot because we only have one dog. The next day we went back out with the Sheriff’s canine unit and searched the parking lot.”

Asher said the dogs identified six cars in the school’s parking lot. Inside two of those vehicles, officers found drug paraphernalia, and several students admitted to smoking marijuana in their vehicles that morning, Asher said. Five students were arrested and charged with possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia following the sting.

The recovered prescription drugs have been sent to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI) for identification.

Asher said that his department has been working to deal with prescription drug abuse, which has become a problem in Richwood.

“The prescription drugs are just completely out of control on the street – we’re having overdose cases here just like they have in Marysville and Marion,” he said. “Even the people who need it for medication are having it stolen, or coming on hard times and selling it; it’s something we’re monitoring more closely.”

Asher said the department and North Union High School have a strong working relationship in terms of keeping drugs out of students’ hands.

“From time to time in the past years there have been problems with drugs, but the school always works with us,” he said. “Prescription drugs are getting way out of hand everywhere.

It’s going to take some time, but I believe that with us and the school working together we’ll be able to get this under control.”

Other drugs have become an issue in the county as well, Asher said, with heroin-related arrests taking place in Richwood.

“Everywhere in the county, that’s pretty thick,” he said. “We’ve even found adults who have overdosed, with the needle still stuck in their arms. We all need to get a handle on that.”

Richwood’s canine unit has played a key role in dealing with drug problems, Asher continued. The department’s dog, Klink, was used in last week’s sting. Asher said the dog was purchased for Richwood by fundraisers in memory of Marion County deputy sheriff Brandy Winfield, who was shot and killed while responding to a disabled vehicle call in 2004. Winfield was a Richwood resident.

County dog licensing sales increased in 2010 Union County residents have one more week to purchase dog licenses for their canine family members.

County chief dog warden Mary Beth Hall said county residents relied on the dog warden’s office heavily in 2010. She received 1,836 calls for help last year, clocking in 23,524 miles responding to calls.

“Union County was recently reported to be the third fastest growing county in Ohio, and leaps in dog license sales prove that,” Hall said. Last year, 9,704 dogs were licensed in Union County, with about 1,000 of those being

sold online. The Union County Humane Society (UCHS) also took in 657 dogs during the past year, Hall said.

County residents have until Jan. 31 to purchase a dog license for all dogs over three months of age.

After that date, dog licenses double in price (dog licenses cost $14), and dog owners can be cited with a $125 fine.

Hall said that in 2010, UCHS either adopted or returned 94 percent of stray dogs brought in from the county; the national average for returning or adopting stray dogs is 20 percent.

“Dogs that are licensed are much more likely to be quickly returned home,” she said. “Good Samaritans frequently report that a dog license makes them feel as if a dog is well cared for and friendly when they spot the tag on the dog’s collar, so they are more likely to provide assistance to a lost dog with a tag.”

Dog licenses can be purchased online at www.doglicenses.us/oh/ union, by mail at 233 W. Sixth Street, Marysville OH 43040, or in person. More information can be found on www.co.union.oh.us.

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For Marysville’s second fire station, Klingman said the city conducted interviews last week with potential architects.

“We received 11 SOQs for that, and interviewed candidates for that; hopefully we plan to finalize that in the next couple of days,” she said on Wednesday. “Then we will move into a contract negotiation before any work could begin.”

For residents driving by the new police and court facility off of Fifth Street, Klingman said

some work should be visible soon.

“In the coming weeks, as the architect begins to look at where specifically to place the building on the site, you’ll see more specific core sampling taking place, so there should be drilling rigs out there about six to eight weeks from now,” she said.

Going through the planning phase of important community service buildings such as these has been an exciting process for her office, Klingman said. The task will take up much of 2011.

“This is very exciting, working on both of these facilities is very different than the day-to-day work of the engineer’s office,” she said. “It’s going to keep us pretty busy over the next year or so.”

Young cancer survivor transformed into Disney princess Continued from page A1 sport for disabled people, and I know I won’t be able to play sports others could play.”

Fraternizing with Cinderella at last week’s Disney on Ice stemmed from that love of sports, her mother said.

“Rylee participated in several of the camps at Flying Horse Farms, which nominated her and a few other kids for the Disney event,” Cavins said. “They’ve been in the process of building a camp here in Ohio for kids with lifethreatening illnesses, and they sent Rylee to camp last year.”

Founded in 2007 by Jenni and David Belford, Flying Horse Farms provides camp experiences for children with serious illnesses. Located in Mount Gilead, the farm is an off-shoot of actor Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Camp, which Newman founded to help sick children who otherwise could not go to summer camp.

“We took Rylee there for a family weekend to see how things were – we toured the camp and it was amazing,” Cavins said.

Rylee has become somewhat of a local celebrity in the Marys-

ville school system – students at Northwood Elementary School hosted a ‘Smiley Rylee Week’ two years ago to celebrate the young girl’s positive and enthusiastic attitude, her mother said.

The students planned a week of different activities and themes to cheer on their friend as she went through numerous treatments for Ewings Sarcoma.

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“There’s always been a bright, sunny spirit about her,” she said.

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Jeni Jordan has become the leader of the Marysville High School girls basketball team through her play and positive attitude.

Though the Monarchs entered their game against Olentangy Liberty on Jan. 21 at 3-9 overall and 2-6 in the OCC-Cardinal Division, Jordan has helped maintain an upbeat mood.

“I’m not happy with our record at all, but I’m just trying to be as positive as I can and be as much of a leader as I can,” she said.

Jordan, a 5-foot-9 senior, was averaging 15.7 points through 12 games.

Courtney Gastineau was second on the team at 6.4 points a game.

“Jeni is very talkative,” coach Aric Tucker said. “A lot of girls like to talk, but to get them to talk on the basketball floor is difficult. Jeni has been outstanding and that’s really one of her greatest assets is that she’s always talking on the floor defensively this and offensively that, trying to pick her teammates up.

“You can’t question her effort when she’s on the floor. She’s done a lot of things right. It’s really nice to have her out there.”

Jordan will continue her basketball career at the collegiate level. She has signed to play at Division II Gannon University in Erie, Pa. Tucker, in his seventh season at Marysville, has produced several college players. Kate Francisco, who graduated from Marysville last year, is a freshman at Kent State.

As of Jan. 19, Francisco had played

in 15 of 19 games for the Golden Flashes.

Francisco became only the second player in Marysville program history to surpass 1,000 points and finished as the all-time leading scorer with 1,049 points. Sarah Carters scored 1,013 points from 1995-99.

Francisco also is the program’s leader in field goals made (434) and rebounds (524).

Jordan and Francisco are stepsisters.

“We played together since my freshman year on varsity, so it’s nice to build a bond with someone that you can play with and get to know how to play with them,” Jordan said of Francisco. “We’re really close.”

Sarah VanVoorhis, who also graduated from Marysville last year, is a freshman forward at Division II Malone University in Canton.

As of Jan. 15, VanVoorhis had started nine of the 19 games in which she played for the Pioneers, averaging 6.8 points and 4.0 rebounds.

Last season, Jordan was second on the Monarchs in scoring average (13.2) behind Francisco (13.4). Both were first-team all-league, and Francisco was second-team all-district while Jordan was honorable mention.

“Kate was the first Division I player that I was the head coach for here at Marysville,” Tucker said. “It was very nice having Kate and it’s been really nice having Jeni and watching her develop.

“As a freshman, she averaged about two points a game, but she always brought the excitement and we knew the potential was there. It’s been nice to watch her this year go out there

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Jeni Jordan of Marysville shoots a jumper over Olentangy Liberty’s Kennedy Wilke during a game earlier this season.

Jordan, a senior, has averaged a team-best 15.7 points through 12 games.

At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Marysville boys basketball, girls basketball, swimming and diving, and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Jan. 14 — Lost to Dublin Scioto 61-50. Kyle Nelson led with 20 points and Craig Runyan had 14.

Jan. 15 — Defeated Westland 46-42. Corey Gould scored 13 points and Zach LaRoche added 10.

Jan. 18 — Def. Hilliard Darby 43-42. Runyan scored 12 points. *Jan. 21 — Played Olentangy Liberty *Jan. 25 — At Olentangy. Olentangy defeated Marysville 40-38 on Dec. 10. *Jan. 28 — At Westerville Central. Central beat the Monarchs 45-35 on Dec. 17.

Of note: The Monarchs were 4-8 overall and 1-6 in the OCC-Cardinal before Jan. 21.

GIRLS BASKETBALL *Jan. 14 — Lost to Scioto 49-38. Jeni Jor-

where she’s the focus of every team’s defense.”

Jordan also excelled on the volleyball court at Marysville, receiving first-team all-league and honorable mention all-district recognition last

dan scored 14 points. *Jan. 21 — Played Liberty *Jan. 25 — Home vs. Olentangy. The Braves beat Marysville 57-44 on Dec. 10. *Jan. 28 — Home vs. Westerville Central. The Warhawks defeated Marysville 48-34 on Dec. 17.

Of note: The Monarchs were 3-9 overall and 2-6 in the OCC-Cardinal before Jan. 21.

SWIMMING & DIVING Jan. 15 — Boys: Finished first (342 points) in eight-team Worthington Sprint Invitational. Finishing third were Nick Kallinicou, Nathan Wasik, Tyler Akins and Christian Madsen in the 200-yard medley relay (2:02.23), Akins in the 100 butterfly (1:03.22) and 50 fly (28.68), and Trevor Murray in the 50 backstroke (32.37); Girls: Finished sixth (213) behind champion Olentangy Orange (347) in eight-team Worthington Sprint Invitational. Jordan Hall was third (31.82) in the 50 fly.

Jan. 18 — Meet against Hilliard Davidson was canceled because of scheduling conflicts Jan. 22 — Competed against Westerville South Jan. 26 — Thomas Worthington Jan. 29 — OCC-Cardinal meet at Union County YMCA WRESTLING Jan. 15 — Tied Medina for 11th (98.5 points) behind first-place St. Paris Graham (286.5) in 41-team field Top Gun Tournament at Alliance. Place finishers were David Sparks at 103 pounds (third), Noah Forrider at 130 (fourth), Morgan Miller at 189 (sixth), and Tyler Miller at 152 and Aaron Brofford at 160 (eighth). *Jan. 20 — Match at Olentangy Liberty postponed and has yet to be rescheduled Jan. 22 — Competed at Mason Tournament *Jan. 27 — Home vs. Olentangy Of note: The Monarchs are 3-1 in the OCC-Cardinal. *OCC-Cardinal contest

season.

Alder on Jan. 8, the Monarchs have Though the Monarchs have strug- been keeping games close. gled to win on a consistent basis, Tuck“I didn’t expect to be 3-9,” Tucker er has been pleased with his team’s said. “Being a coach and optimistic, competitiveness.

See MONARCHS, page A6 Except for a 46-22 loss to Jonathan

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Including the state football championships won by Hartley and Watterson, non-public schools won five of the six state football titles and 19 of the 27 total state team championships awarded by the Ohio High School Athletic Association during the 2010 fall season.

If the OHSAA has its way, it could be tougher in the future for non-public schools — which comprise just 12 percent of the OHSAA’s more than 800 members — to dominate at such a high level.

On Jan. 13, the organization’s Board of Directors unanimously placed a new bylaw up for vote based on recommendations

from the OHSAA’s Competitive Balance Committee that would be the first step toward changing how schools are assigned to tournament divisions.

The proposed new bylaw, which initially would be instituted for football, boys and girls soccer and girls volleyball in the fall, boys and girls basketball in the winter, and baseball and softball in the spring, will be voted on by OHSAA member schools in May. The proposal states that each school will be placed into tournament divisions based on its sport-by-sport “athletic count,” which would be based on a three-part formula.

If approved, implementation of the formula would begin no later than the 2013-14 school

year and would be determined every other year by the Board of Directors.

“The meetings we have conducted with the Competitive Balance Committee have been both productive and professional, and I believe the proposal from the group is fair and equitable and we will see some leveling of the playing field,” OHSAA Commissioner Dan Ross said in a press release.

“Ohio is unique in that our public schools have the option to approve open-enrollment policies, but, at the same time, there’s no question that most non-public schools in the state have no geographical boundaries in which they can secure students, and the result has been a disproportionate number of

championships won by those schools.”

All OHSAA schools currently are placed into tournament divisions based strictly on enrollment figures that the schools submit to the Ohio Department of Education.

The proposed three-part formula to establish “athletic counts” would require the OHSAA to include factors in three areas: school boundaries, socioeconomic factors and tradition factors.

The “school boundary” factor would be divided into the categories of non-public schools with no boundaries, non-public schools with limited boundaries, public schools with statewide open enrollment, public schools with adjacent open

enrollment and public schools with no open enrollment.

The “socioeconomic factor” would be determined by the number of free lunch participants.

The “tradition factor” would be determined by state championship game appearances, state tournament appearances and regional finals appearances.

Once all three factors are applied to the enrollment count, each school would have a sportby-sport “athletic count” for purposes of tournament division assignments.

In central Ohio, schools that likely would be affected by some of the changes would include DeSales, St. Charles and Ready, as well as Hartley and Watterson from the CCL,

Columbus Academy from the MSL, traditional boys basketball and boys soccer power Worthington Christian and members of Columbus City Schools.

The OHSAA’s Competitive Balance Committee was formed in January 2010 in response to concerns raised by a group of school administrators in northeast Ohio. The committee met numerous times throughout 2010 in an attempt to identify competitive balance factors and to propose changes. It was comprised of 29 school administrators and coaches from across the state from public and nonpublic schools. julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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Photo of the week McKenzie Bailey of Dublin Coffman goes airborne to grab a loose ball away from Upper Arlington’s Chiara Paradiso (back) and Ali Gerlach on Jan. 14. The host Golden Bears won 48-42.

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To help promote team bonding, the Monarchs traveled to Mad River Mountain in Zanesfield on Jan. 19 to snow tube.

“We all stay together outside of basketball throughout the year,” Jordan said. “We usually hang out. We do these team-bonding things a lot and coach incorporates them, too, to help us hang out with each other a lot more out of basketball.”

we never think we could be 3-9. The thing I’m OK with is we’ve been competitive in just about every game. Throw out the Jonathan Alder game and it’s really come down to a four-minute spurt here or two-minute spurt there.”

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There are magic numbers in every sport. These are numbers that define great achievement in that particular endeavor.

As most of us know, 300 is the magic number in bowling. It’s a perfect game, all strikes. When it is done, it is etched in one’s sports storybook forever.

For Whitehall senior Nick Netotian, magic time came on Dec. 10 at Holiday Lanes in a match against Eastmoor Academy.

For the first time in his young life, Netotian knocked down all the pins on his first throw every frame and nailed down his first 300 game.

“It is what you dream of and you shoot for from the time you start bowling,” said Netotian, who is averaging 222.6 a game for the Rams.

“My highest before was a 279. At the beginning of my perfect game I felt pretty good, but it wasn’t really anything special until after the eighth frame when I knew the possibilities that were ahead.

“I got nervous and then this crowd formed behind me, which added to the pressure. I tried really hard to focus on my mark and let my ball do the work. When I came to the final frame I was a little bit shaken. I was a bit lucky in the frame before, so I felt a little more confident, and when I rolled the last ball I knew I had missed my mark, but I knew I didn’t miss it by much and my dream of a 300 game was realized. When the pins all fell, I felt so unbelievably relieved and it was just so sweet. I hope to bowl for my lifetime and hopefully I will get another 300, but no doubt I will always remember this first one.”

Talking about his strengths as a bowler, the Whitehall standout said, “I think that being able to adjust to different lane conditions is one of my plusses and bowling good when it matters is another positive. Bowling is a very intense game and

you absolutely have to stay on track. Confidence, like all sports, is so important. You are taught what to do to be successful, but how you apply that teaching is what counts. You have to trust your throw more and more as you get more experienced.

“I started bowling when I LARRY was 6 years old over at Main LARSON Lanes. My parents bowled every Friday night and my dad coached me a lot when I was just starting. As I got stronger personally my throw got stronger, and at about the age of 13, I began noticing that I could put a hook on my throw and get the ball into pockets, and from that time on I have done pretty well. If there is a weakness that I have it is that I haven’t done particularly well in tournament play and now as a senior I want to make major improvements in that aspect of my sport.”

Speaking about what bowling has done for him, Netotian said, “Bowling has taught me the importance of sticking with something and that carries over into lots of other aspects of my life.

I love my sport and I love being around people that will always back you up when things are tough. Being good at a sport teaches you to stay with something until you finish it and getting better at bowling is like taking something apart and then putting it back together and making it better than it was before.”

Netotian’s 300 game shows he is doing a great job of putting his skills to work at a very high level.

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Sports briefs Players nominated for McDonald’s games Ten high school basketball players from central Ohio are among the nearly 2,000 nominees for the 2011 boys and girls McDonald’s All-American games.

The eight area boys nominees are Nate Anderson of Teays Valley, Dwayne Bazemore of Walnut Ridge, Trey Burke of Northland, Traevon Jackson of Westerville South, Jalen Ragland of Chillicothe, Brian Sullivan of Upper Arlington, Stevie Taylor of Gahanna and Austin Traylor of Walnut Ridge.

The area girls nominees are Kavunaa Edwards of Pickerington North and Raven Ferguson of Africentric.

McDonald’s will unveil rosters of 24 boys and 24 girls on

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Schools announce coaching vacancies The following schools are seeking coaches: Dublin Jerome — Boys golf, girls soccer. Send résumé to Nick Magistrale, athletics director, Dublin Jerome High School, 8300 Hyland Croy Road, Dublin, 43016 or e-mail magistrale_nick@dublinschools.net.

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OWU to hold softball clinics Ohio Wesleyan University softball coaches and players will hold pitching and catching clinics for girls in grades 5-12.

For pitchers in grades 5-8, clinics will be held 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 29, and Saturday, Feb. 12. For pitchers in grades 9-12, clinics will be held 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 29 and Feb. 12. A catching clinic for grades 5-12 will be held 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 29.

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