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December 16, 2010

Dublin campaign highlights dangers of texting while driving

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By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community Newspapers

beginning of February,” Morud said.

Plans for summer construction are also in the works. According to Morud, the district will complete boiler and HVAC work around the district that will be funded by state conservation dollars.

Improvements at Indian Run Elementary will also wrap up this sum-

Dublin is taking on distracted drivers, especially those who text while behind the wheel.

The city has launched a new educational campaign aimed at those who can’t keep their eyes off their cell phone and on the road.

Dublin City Council members voted 5-1 on Nov. 15 to have city staff pen legislation banning texting while driving, and community relations director Sandra Puskarcik said this campaign is an extension of that.

“We’re launching a campaign on not texting while driving,” she said. “It’s about education and awareness.”

Council member Michael Keenan led the call for Dublin to join other central Ohio communities, including Columbus, Hilliard, Worthington and New Albany, in banning texting while driving.

During the November meeting, interim police chief Heinz von Eckartsberg said it’s difficult to cite drivers for texting while driving, but Keenan said he wanted the legislation and education that comes with it.

Keenan said the campaign is Heinz von a step in the right direction.

“I’ve harped on this for the Eckartsberg past year and a half. We had discussions some time ago before the other local jurisdictions had bans,” he said. “We had an educational campaign and did something, but nothing to compare with what we put together here.

I’m excited we have so much interjurisdictional cooperation here. The local public entities are

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Dublin Coffman High School students Maria Hamman, right, shows Kristen Jacobsen how to knit a hat during a knit-a-thon at the high school Saturday, Dec. 11. The knitted and fleece hats will go to Nationwide Children’s Hospital for children who will undergo cancer treatments there.

The event was organized by the Young Professional’s Academy students at the school.

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Improvements, construction almost done

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Construction funded by a bond issue passed in 2008 will wrap up soon.

The $50-million bond issue approved by voters in fall 2008 ensured improvements across the district, and Annette Morud, director of business affairs, told school board members this week that construction should

wrap up next year.

Recently completed projects include the addition of classrooms at district middle schools, Indian Run Elementary improvements, security cameras and improvements at Coffman High School.

Morud said eight classrooms added to Coffman by office and entrance renovations will be ready for use by the beginning of the second semester.

Council approves grants for city events

By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Dublin City Council last week put more than $70,000 into community activities.

Council members approved grants to 12 different community organizations last week from the city’s hotel/motel tax fund.

The fund was created to “improve the quality of life for its residents, corporate citizens visitors … This revenue A closer look and is invested back into the community through designated The finance committee also projects and events that will requested more information enhance visitor appeal and from a few applicants and encourage overnight stays,” will likely make a decision the city’s website said. on those grants next month.

Grants approved included Dublin Youth Athletics, which will receive two grants to cover the cost of city services for the Wayne Memorial Baseball Tournament and Nations Baseball State Championship Tournament.

The Dublin Arts Council snagged a $22,050 grant for a cell phone addition that will guide people through a tour of the city’s public art pieces.

DAC executive director David Guion said the plan is to give people updated ways to access information.

“The public art program is about 20 years old and most of the material is either on a cassette or cassette for VHS, so it’s sort of outdated,” he said. “The idea is to bring it up to date with the current generation and the proliferation of cell phones.”

The grant will be used to create a new system that will allow visitors to public art a chance to access information about the See COUNCIL, page A4

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Despite frigid winter temperatures, a few projects are continuing around the district, including four classroom additions at Thomas, Wyandot and Wright elementary schools.

“We’re running pretty close to right on schedule,” Morud said.

A 1,200-square-foot weight room improvement at Scioto High School is almost finished.

“Students should be using it by the

Bicentennial art plans near completion

By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Dublin’s bicentennial public art will be constructed after the city wraps up celebrating the milestone.

Dublin City Council members last week got an update on the bicentennial public artwork bound for the Karrer Barn property at 225 St. High St., and on-site construction is slated for the spring.

Rhode Island-based artist Brower Hatcher was chosen last February to craft the $150,000 public artwork to commemorate Dublin’s bicentennial. The project, which will consist of a steel framework blacksmith shop on a limestone foundation, was put on hold after residents objected to elements of the artwork, including the location, color and size.

Hatcher got a first-hand look at public comments and objections during a community forum in May.

Public project has storied past

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The public artwork set to celebrate Dublin’s bicentennial has been in the works for more than a year. Though not planned to be installed until Memorial Day 2011, work on the art is expected to begin in January.

Here’s how the process started: • July 1, 2009 — Dublin City Council members suggest the Dublin Arts Council combine two years of funding for public art projects, for a total of $150,000, to pay for a public artwork to celebrate the city’s 2010 bicentennial.

“If that’s the direction we’d be more than happy to do it,” DAC executive director David Guion told council members.

• Aug. 3, 2009 — After considering sev-

eral different locations around Dublin, Guion asked council to approve the Karrer Barn property at 225 S. High St. as the site for the bicentennial art. Council members approved the location that is home to a barn built around 1870 by German immigrant George Michael Karrer.

Guion said a committee of city and arts council staff recommended the location based on visibility, accessibility, historical significance, stability and community impact.

• Sept. 15, 2009 — The Dublin Arts Council issued a national call for artists for the permanent, outdoor public artwork commemorating the bicentennial.

• Oct. 15, 2009 — The national call for artists received response from 119 artists

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Man shot at Frantz Road business

By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community Newspapers

A northwest Columbus man was hospitalized after a Tuesday morning shooting at a business on Frantz road.

Melissa Stredney, 30, of 3081 Wakefern Place, Columbus, will be charged with attempted murder and kidnapping after a shooting at NCO Financial Systems at 5626 Frantz Road, a news release

from Dublin said.

The Dublin Police Department received a 911 call at 7:53 a.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 14, about a female forcing a male into a silver Chevy Cavalier in the east parking lot of NCO Financial Systems, community relations director Sandra Puskarcik said.

“The call said it was a female that was forcing a male into a car and she had a gun,” she said.

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Hart, 30, of Columbus, and fled the scene, the release said.

According to a release from Dublin, Stredney and Hart have had a prior relationship and a motive for the shooting is still being investigated.

Puskarcik said Stredney was apprehended by Dublin police about a mile away from the scene, less than six minutes after the 911 call.

“She is in custody,” she said

Tuesday morning. “The weapon that police believe was used has been located by the Dublin police.”

Hart was transported to Grant Medical Center via med flight.

As of press time Hart was in “critical, but stable condition” and expected to live, a news release said.

No one else was injured during the incident. jnoblit@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Bicentennial art plans nearly finished Continued from page A1 Senior project manager Sara Ott said Hatcher made some changes after the forum.

“There were five significant changes made,” she said. “First, Mr. Hatcher is reducing the roof pitch and the project height, which was requested by several residents that participated in the community forum. He also made some changes to the color scheme. It’ll have a multi-tone color scheme of gold and green on the metal portion of the artwork.”

The stone chimney will now be metal – closer to the original Ott said – and the footprint of the art will be larger to make it wheel-

chair accessible.

“The last thing that took quite a bit of discussion in the community is the location,” Ott said. “He’s changed the location to be along Waterford Drive a bit farther west than what was originally proposed.”

Ott said she’s asked city crews to stake out the shifted location on the Karrer Barn property so the public can get a look.

Construction of the artwork will start in January, Ott said, but not on site. “Mr. Hatcher will start construction in his studio in January on the metal component,” she said. “That work will be going on. Activity will be happening, just not visibly on-site.”

Work on site is expected in the spring, with a dedication planned for Memorial Day. The city recently received construction drawings for informal review. Ott said the drawings will be “reviewed for ensuring safety issues are addressed.”

Renderings of the public artwork are online at Dublin.oh.us, but Ott said final drawings won’t be available until preparation for final construction is complete.

Hatcher’s original idea for the 13-squarefoot, powder-coated steel framework of a blacksmith shop came from the history of the property. George Karrer’s blacksmith shop stood at the site decades ago.

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• Nov. 8, 2009 — A five-member committee consisting of community representative Mark Emerson, arts council board member and engineer John Losco, Dublin Historical Society representative Gayle Holton, public art consultant Irene Finck and public artist Todd Slaughter announced three finalists from the original pool of more than 100 artists.

The finalists are: Providence, R.I., artist Brower Hatcher, who has built more than 40 large-scale public art projects; Thomas Sayre, a Raleigh, N.C., sculptor who has been involved in more than 30 projects, including children’s museums and historic renovations;

and Suikang Zhao, a State University of New York fine arts assistant professor who bases his public artwork on the existing architectural concept.

• Nov. 16, 2009 — Residents in the vicinity of the Karrer Barn property take concerns of installing the public art to Dublin City Council. Council, in turn, asks the DAC to push back the planned installation date of October 2010, to take resident comment and concerns.

• Dec. 15-18, 2009 — Dublin solicited residents for recollections, memories and stories on the Karrer Barn via video and online comments. The comments were given to the three finalist artists.

• Feb. 4, 2010 — The three finalist artists presented their bi-

centennial art concepts to the public at the Abbey Theater. Hatcher proposed a steel frame of the blacksmith shop that once stood on the property, Sayre’s idea focused on an 18-foot tall circle of woven steel rings for the corner of the property and Zhao spoke of a 60-foot glass and limestone wall to compliment the historic stone walls in Dublin.

• Feb. 18, 2010 — Brower Hatcher was chosen by the Dublin Bicentennial Public Art selection committee as the artist to craft the bicentennial artwork and receive the $150,000 commission.

• Feb. 22, 2010 — Dublin City Council members approved a contract with Hatcher for the bicentennial artwork in a 5-2 vote.

Council members Richard Ger-

ber and Michael Keenan cast the dissenting votes.

Community members were also at the meeting to voice concern over the artwork violating the historic characteristics of the neighborhood.

• May 3, 2010 — A public meeting was held for Hatcher to gain community feedback on his interpretation of George Michael Karrer’s blacksmith shop. The artist returned to Rhode Island after the meeting to consider public comment and work on the artwork.

• Dec. 3, 2010 — Dublin received preliminary construction drawings for the bicentennial artwork, with a few changes that occurred after public comment (see related story).

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Classes added to second community education session

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The Dublin City School District is gearing up for its second set of community education courses.

The district last week released offerings for winter 2011 in its Community Education Program that started in the fall.

A community education program was a goal for superintendent David Axner, who wanted to put school buildings to use when school is not in session.

“We are providing these community enrichment classes as a public service, as a way of giving back to our community for its strong support of our district,” Axner said in a news release. “We have excellent facilities and experts in their fields who are willing to share their knowledge with our residents.”

Educators for the program are given supplemental contracts. Class fees pay for teacher contracts and can range in cost from $10 to $145. Some classes are even free.

Axner plans for the program to be self-sustaining.

Mary Ann Grimes, who oversees the community education program, said the first set of classes drew about 300 people.

“Some of the most popular (classes) in the fall were home improvement, belly dancing, yoga, drawing, iMovie (and) the horseback riding classes,” she said.

For the second set of class offerings, Grimes said 15 to 20 new classes have been added.

Offerings include cake decorating, chess, flower arranging, self defense, krav maga, sports medicine, composting, rain barrels, preventive maintenance, creative fundraising, ceramics, music for moms and babies, and ESL. The community education program is also working with a local travel agency to add trips to the offerings.

Prime Tours of Dublin is offering a trip to see the Buckeyes play Arkansas in New Orleans at the Sugar Bowl. Packages start at $899.

Other trips offered by Prime Tours of Dublin include destinations such as Washington, D.C., Ireland and Venice.

Classes start as soon as Jan. 6 and run through March.

Grimes said a few people had signed up last week after the schedule was released.

“As of today we have five signed up for yoga and three for belly dancing. I am hoping all classes are a go, some have limited enrollment,” she said.

To check out course offerings for the winter community education program, go online to dublinschools.net and click on the community education tab.

Questions and class suggestions can be directed to Grimes via e-mail at grimes_maryann@dublinschools.net. jnoblit@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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City to launch campaign to deter texting while driving are working together. We have the schools, township and city all working in concert to deliver this message. It really highlights the incredibly talented staff we have in community relations under Sandra Puskarcik and city manager Marsha Grigsby. …

This is a total effort and I’m very impressed by how quickly they brought this about.”

The multifaceted campaign began Monday and includes online pledges to not text while driving, holiday cards urging safe driving that will go to all Dublin homes, talks to Dublin City School students and a new website, dublinohiocares.me.

Puskarcik said the city is partnering with the school district and Washington Township on the effort.

Over the next few months, Dublin officers will venture into Dublin schools to discuss the dangers of texting while driving.

“We’ve actually been doing that out in schools for a while.

We have a chapter of safe driving in the high school DARE lessons. There’s a video we have on the police website that talks about texting and driving and we do show that video (to high school students) as well,” said von Eckartsberg.

According to information from Dublin police, between Jan. 1, 2007, and May 14, 2009, 11 of

the 2,294 crashes in the city cited cell phone use as a contributing factor; two of those crashes listed texting as a contributing factor.

During the same time, the police issued 29 warnings and 45 citations for “full time and attention violations. Of these, 20 warnings were for the use of cell phones, two were for texting and citation was for the use of a cell phone.”

Dublin does have distracted driving legislation on the books.

If an officer believes a driver is distracted by other activities such as reading, applying makeup or texting, they can issue the driver a ticket for “full time and attention,” von Eckartsberg said.

The law is difficult to enforce, he said.

In fact, the distracted driving law in Dublin caused some debate when Keenan moved to put a texting while driving ban in the works last month.

A few council members said the distracted driving law already covers texting while driving, although difficult to prove.

“I have trouble with enacting a law we know won’t work,” council member Richard Gerber said during the November meeting.

Keenan said as the education campaign starts to spread the word against texting while driving, he’ll still support passing a ban in Dublin.

“I’ve been in total favor of that for over a year and a half and want to put it back on the board,” he said, noting that he’d be in favor of amending the distracted driving law to cite texting. “I want to send a message to everybody that it’s not just a behavior you need to avoid, but it’s a behavior that’s against the law.”

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Council approves grants for city events Continued from page A1 artwork via cell phone.

“The idea is to visit art works and garner information about each of the works. Visitors will dial in and get information from the artists themselves talking about the work, inspiration of the work, whatever details they want to provide,” he said, noting that messages will be periodically swapped.

Signs at each public artwork will direct visitors to the proper number.

“We’ve done some research and visited some museums. They have this technological component and people seen to be interested in this technology,” Guion said.

The DAC also received a grant from the Ohio Arts Council for this project that will be ongoing as new public art is added around Dublin.

“It’s going to be fluid as well as the website. We’re just trying to keep fresh and provide people

with information that lives with the pieces,” he said.

Guion said he hopes to have information on the current public art recorded, up and playing by the end of 2011.

A grant for Miracle League was also approved, giving the organization $6,500. The organization that enables children with disabilities to participate in a baseball league will purchase new shirts and hats for all players in the league.

A $4,925 grant went to the Ohio Cycling Association for a twoday cylocross race planned for Coffman Park next fall.

“The grant will provide footing for a two-day event with a goal to have all expenses underwritten by sponsors as soon as possible,” the grant application said. “The long term goal will be to grow the event to two days of national level events with international points on offer, drawing participants from a five- to six-state radius and pro-

viding the city of Dublin with recognition as host of championship-caliber athletic events.”

Other grants include: $5,750 for city services for the Kiwanis Club of Dublin’s annual frog jump; up to $10,000 in city services for the Arthritis Foundation for the annual classic car show and cruise-in; $7,000 to promote eating healthy and locally grown food to the Dublin Farmers’Market; $6,000 for the Dublin Convention and Visitor’s Bureau to help lure the Australian Football League National Championships to Dublin in 2012; and $20,000 in grant money for the Historic Dublin Business Association’s community engagement campaign.

The finance committee also requested more information from a few applicants and will likely make a decision on those grants next month. jnoblit@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Everything you wanted to know about school closings, delays Winter weather season will soon be upon us. Below are some frequently asked questions regarding school delays and closures that may be necessitated by inclement weather. Please take a moment to read the information.

If you have any additional questions about our procedures, please call 764-5913 or e-mail: info@dublinschools.net.

Q. When is the decision to delay or cancel school made?

A. As early as possible. Usually, the decision to delay or cancel school will be made no later than 6 a.m. In some cases, the decision may be made the night before, if weather conditions warrant. We cannot make decisions to delay or cancel school based upon a forecast alone.

Q. Where should parents check to see if school is canceled or delayed?

A. As soon as a decision is made, the information will appear almost immediately on the district’s web site, www.dublinschools.net. Cancellations and delays will also be mass emailed to subscribers. To subscribe, please visit the district’s web site.

Local television and radio stations will broadcast any school delays and cancellations.

We will also call parents using the district’s parent notification system. Please note however, you may see the information online or via the media before your phone call arrives. New this year, we will also be “tweeting” delays and cancellations via the district’s Twitter account.

Q. What factors are taken into consideration when making the decision to delay or cancel school?

A. Student safety is the ultimate factor in determining whether school needs to be delayed or canceled. Traction for our buses and for motorists driving in the vicinity of our buses is a prime concern. Visibility for our bus drivers is essential, and wind-chill factors are also considered. We do not want students waiting at bus stops if dangerous wind-chill conditions exist. District personnel monitor local radar information and weather service information to determine if a storm will necessitate a delay of school or a cancellation. We must also take into consideration the conditions of all streets and roads in the district, not just city of Dublin streets. More than 5,000 of our students do not live in the city of Dublin. City of Dublin streets are often in better condition than rural roads or city of Columbus streets following a snowstorm. There are about 1,400 streets and roads in the district.

Due to the size of the district, it is possible we will have adverse driving conditions in one part of the district, while roads are just fine in other parts.

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Q. Is it possible school could be delayed due to weather?

A. Yes. The district may implement a two-hour delay depending upon weather conditions.

The district will not use one-hour delays. It is important for parents to know that if a two-hour delay is announced, they need to continue to check the media and web site for updated information. In scenarios where power does not get restored, a fog does not lift, or road conditions do not improve, two-hour delays may turn into closures. In the event of a twohour delay, please stay tuned to your local media and the district’s website in the event a delay evolves into a closure.

Q. If the start of a school day must be delayed, how will the day run?

A. Any delay of the start of school due to inclement weather will be a two-hour delay. Whenever there is a two-hour delay due to inclement weather, the district’s bus schedule and start time schedule is pushed back two hours from their normal starting times.

If a two-hour delay is needed, most students, with the exceptions of PM kindergarten, PM preschool and ELI students, will be picked up two hours later than normal.

AM kindergarten students and AM preschool students will attend class from 11:05 a.m. until 12:35 p.m., instead of the normal times of 9:05 a.m. to 11:35 a.m.

AM Latchkey, which is not a Dublin City Schools program, will not be offered if a two-hour delay is caused by weather.

PM kindergarten and PM preschool students will be pickedup one hour late and attend class from 2:05 p.m. until 3:35 p.m. In short, both AM and PM kindergarten will have 90-minute school days if the start of class is delayed

by inclement weather.

We will not cancel AM kindergarten, but implement the plan stated above.

For parents of students in the kindergarten Early Literacy Initiative (ELI) program: The onehour ELI program will take place from 12:35 p.m.-1:55 p.m. Pickup and drop-off times in the middle of the day for one hour ELI students will be one hour later.

Residents should watch and listen to their local media and check the district’s web page, www.dublinschools.net, if they have any question as to whether school may be delayed or canceled due to weather.

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A. Extracurricular activities will proceed as scheduled if the district must use a two-hour delay due to weather, but please stay tuned to the district’s web site and local media for possible changes depending upon the opponent district’s situation.

Q. If school is canceled, what happens to scheduled extracurricular activities?

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City news DCVB honors three businesses The Dublin Convention and Visitors Bureau awarded three local businesses with its 2010 “Living the Irish Attitude” award recently.

The award, handed out annually by the DCVB, recognizes businesses that embrace Dublin’s brand and slogan: “Dublin, Ohio — Irish is an Attitude.”

The Dublin Community Recreation Center was recognized with an award for its Irish dance programs, the Abbey Theater and meeting rooms

with Irish names.

The Dublin Arts Council also snagged an award for its recent addition of the Celtic Corner in the gift shop that offers Irish-themed gifts and work by local artists.

Historic Dublin’s newest coffee shop, Java Jan Coffee, also earned an award for featuring Irishthemed drinks.

The “Living the Irish Attitude” award was established by the DCBV in 2007.

The winners will be featured in the DCVB’s annual visitors and event planning guide.

SCHOOL BOARD Continued from page A1 mer as the HVAC is replaced and lockers and shelves in classrooms are replaced.

Davis Middle School will get a new roof over the summer, Morud said, and new playgrounds will go in at Wright and Chapman elementary schools.

“By the end of the summer we should have most of the renovations done on the 2008 bond,” she said.

A portion of bond funds will be set aside for future construction, though.

About $14.5-million of the bond issue will be set aside indefinitely until the 13th elementary school that will cover demand from the Jerome Village development is needed.

In other school board news, the graduation date for the class of 2012 was changed from May 26 to June 2.

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of calamity days used for inclement weather from five to three for this school year and superintendent David Axner said he’s not sure how many the state will allow for the 2011-12 school year. The state could let districts keep three calamity days or eliminate them altogether.

“We could get into the situation where make-up days will take us past graduation,” Axner said, so the graduation date was moved to June 2.

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The long-time Dublin resident started holding family meetings with her two sons about five years ago when they came upon financially difficult times.

“It’s brought us together,” Bassitt said. “I became a better parent. We became a stronger family.”

The meetings included discussions on ways to save money, things they were thankful for, recent happenings, good deeds and set a schedule for the upcoming week.

Meetings were always governed by three rules: all electronics must be turned off, don’t shoot the duck and live above the line.

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Dublin mom takes family meetings to next level Continued from page A8 blaming the umpire, but it’s our fault so we won’t win the game tonight because we didn’t learn anything. “That has been a golden nugget,� she said of the belief.

While family meetings worked for the Bassitt family, when she suggested it to others they didn’t know where to start. So Bassitt decided to take her family meeting schedule to the table – the kitchen table – with the “Kitchen Table Conversations Placemat.� “I thought maybe I could create a visual to help lead them through a family meeting,� she said.

The placemat uses dry-erase markers and can be cleaned after every meeting. Bassitt included her three rules and other conversation topics such as schedules, money, meaningful quotes and

habits.

Although the concept sounds easy, Bassitt said, in order to keep open lines of communication within the family, it takes commitment. “Parents have to understand it’s not about the kids being excited to have family meetings, but about commitment,� she said. “You can create a foundation that impacts not just this generation, but the next one.�

After the creation of the placemat, a friend told her about the Next Best Idea for Humanity contest. According to its website, the contest is looking for “people, business and nonprofits who want to launch or expand their idea that can benefit and change the world.� “I felt that this humanity project is such a great fit and way to launch the entire company,� she said.

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After 25, five finalists will be chosen. The final winner — which should be announced mid-February – will net $50,000 to launch their idea and a 7-day spa trip to Canada.

If Bassitt wins, she said the last thing she wants to do is go to a spa. She’s ready to get her concept on the road. “I have a big vision with this,� she said. “I want this to have a ripple effect out to the rest of the country and eventually the world.�

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Uncommon dishes distinguish Polaris-area Chinese Bistro Startling and vivid green floorto-ceiling wallpaper depicting a near life-size bamboo forest lines a good portion of Q2 Bistro. Huge mirrors hemmed in by smooth blonde wooden frames filled in with large round stones face this wallpapered area. Tables are furnished with magic-trick-type candles that flicker with red light but aren’t lit by fire.

If all this sounds like the setting of an eccentric restaurant, it is.

Located in the Polaris neighborhood, the unique Q2 has lots of old warhorse Chinese takeoutstyle dishes on its menu for lessadventurous appetites. But barely scratch the surface, and you’ll find some fairly unusual (in a good way!) preparations.

Like the Walnut Shrimp ($7).

Good tasting and good-sized, shellfish served warm were glazed in

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by G.A. Benton a slightly sweet Asian mayonnaise.

Providing extra interest and crunch were biggish chunks of walnuts.

The foundation of this irresistible salad was a bed of chopped lettuce.

Spicy Salted Calamari ($7) made every garnish count and didn’t need to rely on a thick or sticky sauce for flavor. Enticingly salty, crisply breaded and fried strips of super-tender squid arrived with bits of sliced scallion and rings of jalapeno. When stacked all together, this made for a kind of bar snack I wish every place would offer.

Ditto for the “only at Q2” Black

shoots out quite quickly — I thought it was a plateful of gnocchi-like pasta. Atop a king-sized bed of healthy sauteed choi sum (like spiny, Chinese-style spinach) were clumps of blunt-cut whitefish dipped in a light flour, flashfried and doused in a zippy sauce of salty fermented black beans and ginger. With an extremely mild seafood flavor and a soothing texture like dumplings, this excellent dish would be just the ticket for carbo-eschewing carbo lovers.

Another meal with Italian-style eye appeal but real Chinese flaBy Jodi Miller/ThisWeek vors was the unusual and unusuHoisin Duo with Tofu signature ally good Beijing Noodles ($12.75). Looking like a big bowl rice pot at Q2 Bistro. of linguine with Bolognese sauce, Bean Fish Filet dinner entree ($13). it was a large serving of thickish When the dish was first whisked pasta tossed in a lusty and spicy out to me — most of Q2’s food ground pork sauce. Tasting of chili

Q2 Bistro 472 Polaris Pkwy., Westerville 614-898-1988 Web: q2bistro.com Cuisine: Chinese & Asian Price: $$ ($10-$20 per person) Patio: No Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. MondayFriday, 4-10 p.m. Saturday, 4-9 p.m. Sunday oil and ginger, its kicking heat was partially tamed by a topping of cooling cucumber batons. I’ll be back for this one.

Q2’s menu touts its “Signature Rice Pots” and with good reason.

Sided with a spring roll (crispy and cabbage-y if rather greasy), they’re stir fries ladled atop a mound of steamed rice rustically served in a metal pot with a wood-

en lid.

From these quaint all-in-one dinners, the Hoisin Duo with Tofu showed off the restaurant’s facility for quick-cooking proteins.

Super tender strands of chicken and beef joined deep-fried tofu triangles, broccoli, water chestnuts, mushrooms and bamboo shoots in a satisfyingly spicy, dark and perfectly salty sauce. Very nice and leftover-sized to boot.

Named after sister owners Qina and Qini, whether you crave oldschool favorites like General Tso’s Chicken or prefer less familiar fare, Q2’s got something good for you to dig into.

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Chocolate shop forges relationship with caterer Sher-Bliss has the chocolate and wine covered. Bleu & Fig Catering favors the savory side of the aisle.

Together, they’re a perfect fit, their owners say.

Owner Cheryl Sher has struck a deal with the catering outfit, which is now operating out of the kitchen space. Bleu & Fig is now in the midst of preparing a take-away menu at the Gahanna store, 1394 Cherry Bottom Road.

“We complement one another,” Sher

said.

Brooke Kinsey, chef of the catering company, said she has rolled out a few hors d’oeuvres, to be savored with carryout wine options at Sher-Bliss. After the first of the year, several meals will be available daily. They will change according to whim and the season, Kinsey said.

Tentative items include chicken

Marsala, risotto-stuffed Portobello mushrooms and penne a la vodka. The caterer’s signature dish is a Maytag blue cheese-stuffed fig wrapped in prosciutto, grilled and drizzled with a balsamic reduction.

“We don’t own a freezer so nothing’s going to be frozen,” she said. “The menu’s going to be based on what’s fresh.”

Bleu & Fig also will provide food for wine events at the store and offer cooking classes.

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Regina Prange, left, and Brook Kinsey of Bleu & Fig Catering have formed a relationship with Sher-Bliss, 1394 Cherry Bottom Road.

The catering company got its start 2 1/2 years ago. Kinsey, who trained at Johnson & Wales University, said she was leasing corporate kitchen space in Dublin but financially it didn’t make sense. The new arrangement allows her to be a part of Sher-Bliss while focusing on the company’s chief mission: large, off-site catering.

But food is only part of it. Bleu & Fig is also known for flowers and design.

Kinsey’s partner is Regina Prange, a designer and florist with 30 years of experience.

“We just felt there was a lack of design in catering,” Kinsey said.

“We’re trying to do more than just putting food on the table,” Prange added.

Sher had attempted to introduce food services at her store a few years ago when she teamed up with Gift of Time, another catering company that chose a different direction, so that relationship dissolved.

Sher likes the idea of her store becoming a one-stop food destination. She said she chose Bleu & Fig because she wanted someone “who has the same belief in purity and high-quality products.

“I really want this to be a real gourmet market,” she said.

Sher-Bliss is open six days a week, closed Sunday. For more information, call 614-428-9463.

shop, which recently opened at 21 N. Center St. in the town’s historic district.

That’s not all. Moore said he makes the preserves — peach pineapple, raspberry and strawberry and spicy blueberry — from scratch, too. Forget whipped cream out of a can: It also is fresh, he said.

Crepes aren’t the only thing the restaurant makes. The menu also features French toast, frittati, omelets, homemade soups, sandwiches and the like.

Moore said the average check is around $12, with most crepes costing in the $3.50 range The 1,300-square-foot store seats 38.

Village Crepe is open for breakfast and lunch hours daily. For more information, call 614-833-1111.

Village Crepe in Pickerington offers a distinct recipe for its signature product, owner Wayne Moore said.

“We have a few secrets in there that give it a different flavor,” he said of the

Jambalaya, courtesy of Jeff Burris of Polaris Grill. The recipe is available at www.ThisWeekNews.com/foodandwine.

Recipe of the week

What is Future Stars?

Looking for an introductory soccer program for children ages 18 months – 4 years old?

Future Stars helps them become familiar with soccer and have fun while learning the sport.

Lil’ Stars: This is a parent and child class for children ages 18-24 months.

This class is for the toddler on the move who wants to explore, run, kick and play. This parent /caregiver participation class uses props such as parachutes, noodles, tunnels, music, and games to engage toddlers in activities. Simple motor skills are stressed with lots of balls to kick.

Shootin’ Stars: This is a parent and child class for children ages 24-36 months.

This class is for the older toddler that focuses on more advanced motor skills with parent /caregiver participation. It is a good introduction to playing organized games while developing listening and foot skills. This is a great class to prepare for the SuperStars class.

SuperStars: This program is for children ages ages 3-4.

SuperStars is a child’s 1st opportunity to experience soccer through interactive play in a very nurturing and FUN environment!

Come and join us for an open house: January 6th- 10:00am or January 8th- 10:45am Regular Schedule: Session 1: Jan 10, 2011 - Feb 17, 2011 Session 2: Feb 28-April 14th (off week of March 21st due to Dublin Spring Break) Lil’ Stars - ages 18-24 months – Mondays 10:00am, Thursdays 10:00am Shootin’ Stars - ages 24-36 months - Mondays 11:15am, Tuesdays 4:00pm, Thursdays 1:45pm Super Stars - ages 3-4 – Mondays 1:45pm, Wednesdays 4:00pm, Thursdays 11:15am Location: Ohio Premier Indoor Training Facility, 7420 State Route 161, Dublin, Ohio 43016 Please visit our website for detailed information: www.ohiofuturestars.com

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Skin cancer early diagnosis & treatment:

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id you know that 90% of skin cancers are associated with exposure to radiation from the sun? Have you or your loved one had one or more blistering sunburns? Do you spend significant time outdoors golfing, fishing, or gardening?

Have you noticed a spot that comes and goes but fails to disappear completely?

If you have answered ìYes ” to any of the questions, then you are at risk for the development of skin cancer.

In the United States alone more than 3.5 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed every year, making skin cancer the most common form of cancer. Simply put, one in five Americans will develop skin cancer during their lifetime.

Melanoma, one of the deadliest cancers, is most often diagnosed in white men over 50. However, until the age of 39, women are twice as likely to develop melanoma than men.

Just what is your risk of developing melanoma over the lifetime? It may be higher than you suspected: one in 39 men and one in 58 women will be diagnosed with melanoma.

The risk for melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers skyrockets if an individual ever used a tanning bed. Despite claims of safety, tanning beds use powerful sunlamps that produce nearly 12 times the ultraviolet radiation compared to the dose from regular sun exposure.

The majority of skin cancers are diagnosed in persons with light hair and eyes and light skin marked by the inability to tan. The remaining significant minority of diagnoses is made in persons who tan easily or have very dark skin, including Hispanic, African American, and Asian populations. In persons with darker skin tones, both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers often are diagnosed in advanced stages because low suspicion leads to decreased cancer surveillance.

While the statistics are scary, awareness of your risk is the first step towards early diagnosis and appropriate management of a skin cancer.

Often skin cancer presents itself as a new or changing growth. It may bleed, ooze, or crust and remain open for a few days or weeks, then heal and begin to bleed again. It may itch, burn, or hurt. It may change color, shape, and/ or size.

There are many treatment options available for the eradication of skin cancers. These treatments range from minimally invasive, such as chemotherapy applied to skin or destruction with liquid nitrogen, to surgical removal with a margin of healthy skin, followed by reconstruction with stitches.

However, there is only one treatment that may cure as high as 99% in previously untreated tumors. It is a special technique called Mohs micrographic surgery.

Mohs surgery is performed in stages with immediate pathology confirmation. Only the smallest rim of normal tissue is taken given the technique precision and tissue conservation to remove the cancer completely and result in the smallest defect possible. Smaller defects, in turn, result in a simpler reconstruction. It is important to note that this list of treatment options is by no means complete and should be discussed in detail with your health care provider, once the diagnosis is established to see what treatment is appropriate for you.

At the Ohio Skin Cancer Institute, our mission is to provide you with the highest level of individualized skin cancer care, using the most sophisticated resources and cutting-edge techniques.

Founded by Dr. Larisa Ravitskiy, OSCI is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of skin cancers, including basal and squamous cell carcinomas, melanoma, and other tumors of the skin. Our warm and knowledgeable staff strives to make you feel comfortable and confident during your visits. The OSCI is housed in a state-of-theart facility designed for your comfort, while allowing us to deliver consistently outstanding results. From performing surgeries on the most challenging tumors, to employing special stains for the detection of even the smallest remaining cancerous cells, to soothing surroundings — we are committed to making your concerns our concerns.

Dr. Ravitskiy is an American Board of Dermatology certified physician specializing in the surgical treatment of skin cancers. She is also proficient in reconstruction of complex facial and non-facial defects subsequent to cancer removal. Dr. Ravitskiy graduated Cum Laude in Biochemistry from Barnard College at Columbia University. She was awarded a Medical Doctorate degree

by NewYork University School of Medicine. She completed her dermatology residency and was the Chief resident at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She also completed Advanced Clinical Dermatology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and an additional year-long fellowship in Mohs Micrographic and Reconstructive Surgery with world renowned Drs. Zitelli and Broadland in Pittsburgh, PA. She has presented at national and international meetings on a variety of dermatologic surgery topics, and has authored book chapters and original research papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Dr. Ravitskiy served as the Assistant Professor and Director of Mohs & Dermatologic surgery at The Ohio State University before founding the Ohio Skin Cancer Institute.

The Ohio Skin Cancer Institute accepts Medicare and most commercial insurances. Call our office today at (614) 595-9900 to find out if we are in your network.

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Police reports Dublin police • Dublin police were alerted when a person refused to pay for taxi services after being taken to a business in the 5600 block of Blazer Memorial Parkway between 1:33 and 1:57 p.m. Dec. 3.

• A computer, TV, cameras, purse and other items were stolen from a residence in the 5700 block of Lakeside Crossing between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Dec. 1. According to police reports, the residence was entered through an unlocked back sliding door while the resident was upstairs.

The resident reported hearing nothing during the burglary.

• A medication, valued at $108, was stolen from a safe at a business in the 5000 block of Tuttle Crossing Boulevard between 6 p.m. Nov. 30 and 7 a.m. Dec. 3.

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Scout news Scouts receive awards at Fall Court of Honor Boy Scout Troop 117, chartered to St. Brigid of Kildare Catholic Church of Dublin, recently held its Fall Court of Honor.

Troop members were recognized for their activities and accomplishment during the summer.

Thirty-six scouts were presented with rank advancement awards.

Scouts receiving the Boy Scout Tenderfoot Rank award were: Brandon Arens, Jacob Belding, Chase Carr, Austin Hare, Cameron Hawthorne, Jay Hebner, Joey Jenkins, Jack Laird, Kevin Lake, Joey Lowers, Jacob Manion, Ian Markovich, Mark Mitchell, Michael Morrill, Andrew Muresan, Shawn Parker, Brandon Peecock, P. J. Reilly, Garrison Smith, Scott Trask, Josh Weisleder and Conner Westerheide.

Scouting’s Second Class and First Class awards were presented to Gus Workman, Adam Beck, Sam Curry, Drew DeNoble, Bryan Hare, Gabe Lawson, D. J. Matthews, Noah Miller and Aaron Muresan.

Niko Zuppas received the Star Scout award.

The Life Scout award was presented to Daniel Blank, Carl Schuler and Matt Wiese.

Some 320 merit badges were also awarded during the ceremony.

Other recognitions included Boy Scout Order of the Arrow Honor camper awards.

Youth members of the troop completing the requirements for Ordeal membership were Peter Kropczynski, Daniel Schmeling, and Marc Workman and adults John Francis and Jerry Wiese.

Youth receiving recognition as new Brotherhood members of the Order of the Arrow were Ethan Francis and Matt Wiese.

Keegan Graham received Boy Scouting’s SCUBA Award.

Scouts recognized for completing the C.O.P.E. program were Matthew Bouhall, Michael Cardozo, Christian Carter, Keegan Graham, Joseph Mullahey, Daniel Schmeling, Nick Turadian, and Matt Wiese.

The Jewish Ner Tamid Religious Emblem and Medal were presented to Adam Beck.

Sixty youth and 16 adults were recognized for their week-long attendance at Camp Friedlander Scout Reservation near Cincinnati this summer.

Also recognized were 19 youth and 13 adults who attended the troop’s White Water High Adventure Summer Camp.

Twenty-eight youth and 9 adults received acknowledgement for their attendance at the troop’s August Shooting Weekend Outing and another 25 youth and 12 adults for attendance at the September Weekend Cycling Outing.

Scouts James Leach, Alex Thorne, and Daniel Sullivan and adult Scott Moore were presented as attendees at the 100th Year Boy Scout National Jamboree held at Camp A. P. Hill, Virginia.

Three of the troop’s youth earned scouting’s highest award, the Eagle Scout Award: Brandon Cather, Paul Gillmor, and Rob Fields.

The three represented the troop’s 33rd, 34th, and 35th Eagle Scouts respectively since the formation of the troop in 1997.

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Education news Local students win math scholarships Several Dublin elementary school students have received scholarships to attend Dr. Raj Shah’s Math Plus Academy.

They are Katilin Berryman, Grace Bylaw, Ellsessar Pittman, James Tian and Zach Ziolo.

This is the second year for Dr. peted at the Chillicothe RegionShah’s scholarship contest. al competition and seven went to the Columbus State Regional.

The Mechanical Faces, coached Dublin Lego teams

by Monique and Dan Sierzputtake honors owski, won the Champions Award Several of Dublin’s FIRST and were invited to state chamLego League teams competed pionships. recently and won awards.

Moderately Confused, coached On Dec. 11, three teams com- by Cindy Bryden, won the Am-

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Team Operation R.A.D.E.A. won the Gracious Professionalism Award and was given an alternate invitation to state championships.

Coach Linda Ballentine and her team, Robo Tigers, also took the Gracious Professionalism

Award.

The Legoinators, coached by Sachin Raje, were given the Research Award and the IntelBots and coach KV Murali took the Inspiration Award.

On Dec. 6, six Dublin teams competed at the BotCat Regional Tournament and the GREat Doctors, coached by Charles

Zhang, were given the Programming Award.

FLLASH, coached by Hemant Sawant, received the Robot Design Award and the Biobots and coach Mukul Agrawal won the Inspiration Award.

The season will continue on Jan. 8 when Dublin hosts a regional robotics tournament.

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Engagement Daubenmire, Morley nuptials planned Amanda Daubenmire and Christopher Morley, both of Hilliard, have announced their engagement.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mike and Becky Daubenmire of Lancaster. She is a 2005 graduate of Fairfield Union High School and a 2010 graduate of Everglades University. She is a member of the OPRN Research Team at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

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New business offers second use for electronics

By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The founders of Once Upon a Child, Plato’s Closet and New Uses are venturing into the world of electronics.

The company’s first Ohio store started selling used electronics at 7444 Sawmill Road Dec. 4 at a new business called GadgetEase.

GadgetEase opened in midOctober to purchase home electronics from the public, said Billy Blum, store manager and son of founders Dennis and Lynn Blum.

“If you’re trying to de-clutter your house or trying to organize and get back to a more simple living, it’s a good way to make some extra cash,” he said.

The business also offers a green aspect, Blum said, so home electronics get used rather than collecting dust at home or sitting in a landfill.

“It sits around becoming more obsolete and in the end you just

pitch it,” he said. “A lot of people just want to find a new home for it. They just want to know someone else is getting use out of it.”

When GadgetEase can’t purchase electronics, store associates point the owners to places they can be recycled, Blum said.

But when the store takes used electronics that range from gaming systems and TVs to cell phones and graphing calculators, they go through rigorous testing.

“We custom built a nice testing center to make sure everything works as well as possible,” Blum said.

The store also offers a 24-hour return policy if the customer isn’t satisfied, he said.

So far, response to the new store has been good.

“We’ve been really well received,” Blum said. “For the grand opening we had a line of about 100 people wrapped around the building. Customers really like

the values.”

GadgetEase also offers the public a resource, Blum said, because there are no other stores that take as many used electronics as they do.

“We filled in a little gap. There was no where to go,” he said.

While GadgetEase offers used home electronics, portable electronics, cameras, media, computers and video gaming, there are a few things they don’t accept.

“We don’t take Windows computers,” Blum said. “We take Apples. The Windows computers are harder to refurbish and sell.”

The store does accept some older electronics, though.

“Quite a few people come in to find a video player,” Blum said.

“There aren’t many places to find them to watch your old tapes.

Some people even ask for tape decks.”

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People in business Resident receives volunteer award Charlette Gallagher-Allred of Dublin recently received the Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award from the Central Ohio Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Gallagher-Allred was honored for her work with OhioHealth’s hospice program.

“Since 1979, she has been instrumental, a stable and guiding force in all areas of fundraising and organizational development,” said the AFP in a release on the award winners.

The release also said, “Her passion and enthusiasm for hospice care are unmatched.”

New business offers second use for electronics Continued from page C1 According to Blum, “anything Apple” is popular at the new store.

“On the first day we had 40 Apple products and they were all sold on the first day,” he said.

“PlayStation3 and Xbox 360, if we get them in, we get lots of calls from people looking for them.”

The store’s $3 DVDs and CDs ranging from $1 to $3 are also popular, Blum said.

Some electronics come at a higher price, though. A secondgeneration, 8G iPod Touch would cost around $100 at GadgetEase, Blum said. The store would pay anywhere from $50 to $60 for the product, he added.

“You get cash on the spot.

There’s no consignment shop hassle,” Blum said.

The first GadgetEase opened this fall in Bonita Springs, Fla., and Blum said the family could have another successful concept on its hands. “We’re hoping for it,” he said. “The customers have responded well. People like the idea and see the value in the store.”

Lynn and Dennis Blum founded Once Upon a Child, Plato’s Closet, Clothes Mentor and New Uses. The corporate office is in Dublin.

GadgetEase is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. jnoblit@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Residential Service Technicians Atlas Butler Heating & Cooling is currently searching for Residential Service Technicians with at least 2 years of residential troubleshooting experience. At Atlas Butler, you can progress at your own pace in our innovative compensation program and your earnings potential is unlimited! We have year round work and our training program has won two national awards. We offer 40 hours of paid training per year so you can keep up on new products. Requirements include EPA certification, clean background, good driving record, and a great attitude. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and 401(k) plan.

If interested and qualified, please contact Greg at (614) 737-8609, fax resume to (614) 294-1625 Attn: Greg, or e-mail resume to gbenua@atlasbutler.com Atlas Butler is a Drug Free, Equal Opportunity Employer.

HVAC TECH Petroleum Service Co. seeking HVAC Tech for Commercial Convenient Store buildings. Must have experience with HVAC and Refrigeration equipment.

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WELDER / Maintenance FABRICATOR Manager A Columbus, OH Manufacturing: manufacturer Smurfit-Stone has immediate openings Recycling Plant for experienced Welder / This position will direct, Fabricators. 2 years maintain, and enforce the safety, health and environ - experience in MIG welding & blueprint reading is mental programs for the required. Email resume or maintenance department contact information & job along with oversight & up experience to: keep for an 12 acre, welder100,000 + SF fabricator@live.com indoor/outdoor facility and equipment. The Mainte nance Manager collabo HELP WANTED rates with the plant manag TRANSPORTATION/ er to help ensure employ DRIVERS ee safety, production quali ty, equipment reliability, and overall equipment ef fectiveness.

YARD DRIVER Qualified candidates will have: Mesko Spotting At least 5 years mainte Service, Inc. nance experience and 2 is seeking Class A CDL years experience of main driver/exp. yard jockeys tenance manager. Exper tise in hydraulics, pneumat - for positions in the Dela ware area. ics, mechanical and electri cal systems Offering a starting pay of Knowledge of manufactur $13/hr & an attractive ing processes and equip benefits program, incl. ment. Must be willing to co. health benefits, paid work when needed and on sick days, personal days call. Proficiency with com and holidays, 401K and puters and basic office paid vacations. software. Qualified candi dates send resumes to: Only drivers with good smurfitresumes@ communication skills gmail.com and those with an ability Smurfit-Stone is to work well with others an EOE MFDV need apply.

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Overall maintenance skills to incl. plumbing, electri cal, carpentry, painting, ap pliance repairs & laying tile floors. Hours are: M-F, 8A-5P & emergency on-call. Fax resume to 614-224-4736.

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Gastroenterologist

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HYGIENIST If you are a self-directed hygienist who wishes to combine superlative technical skills with your ability to influ ence patients to accept exc dental care, our hy giene position may be just the opportunity you’re looking for. This is a PT (potentially FT) position of fering great compensation.

Please call Heidi at Brookstone Dental, from 9:30 am to 12 pm, at 614-581-9792

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Corna Kokosing Construction, a general contractor, is accepting applications for ironworker journeypersons. Must have 6 or more years of commercial construction experience as an ironworker and must be able to pass the D1.1 and D1.3 structural-welding tests or have attained previous certification. We offer competitive wages and excellent benefits.

Corna Kokosing is a drug free workplace. Apply in person at 6235 Westerville Road, Westerville, OH 43081 or visit our website at www.corna.com for an application.

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Ariel Corporation, headquartered in Mount Vernon, Ohio, is a rapidly growing, innovative manufacturer of gas compression equipment. Our work environment of teamwork, flexibility, continuous improvement, and ongoing employee development make Ariel and ideal work setting to take your career to the next level in an open and fun atmosphere. Ariel’s quest to continually strengthen its position as a World Class Manufacturing Company has created opportunities on nights and weekends to expand our workforce with the following openings:

Machinists

Seeking machinists with CNC programming, using demonstrated skills and knowledge of machine set up per procedures, program editing, tool offsets, and proven cut and paste programming skills. Past operation experience on CNC mill and/or CNC lathe with live tooling required. Candidates with the ability to program using conversational or EIA programming code for CNC Mills, CNC Lathes and CNC Grinders are desired. This position will be responsible for machine start-up, validation of first piece runoff, verification of machine tool maintenance completion, and assisting in new machining processes for material changes; in addition to understanding Casting NCP codes and defects, and tool selection.

Senior Maintenance Technicians

This position is responsible for the troubleshooting, diagnosis, repair, and maintenance of electronic, electrical, PLC, Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems and equipment.

Must have demonstrated skills and knowledge required to perform the job as a Maintenance Technician including: 1. Troubleshooting of mechanical and electronic problems on production machinery, disassemble, replace parts/reassemble mach.

2. Set up and install of new mach.

3. Read blueprints, schematics and ladder diagrams 4. Install/troubleshoot/repair electrical/electronic components of machinery including controls, servo drive, motors and PLCs 5. Hydraulic/pneumatics exp.

6. Routine HVAC equip. maint.

7. PMs and other routine maintenance on machine tools and/or facilities as required 8. Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience in technical documentation.

Heavy Equipment Mechanic

IRONWORKER JOURNEYPERSONS

Construction Company located downtown is seeking a detail oreinted person with strong Excel knowledge, general ledger and account analysis experience. Additional duties include: • Prepare monthly bank reconcilation • Prepare Sales & Use Tax Returns • Prepare Construction Billings via AIA Draws • Assist with % of completion reports Company offers an attractive benefits package and paid parking.

Applicants may remit resume, including education, experience, and salary requirements to: Box # 5596 The Columbus Dispatch 34 S. Third Street Columbus, OH 43215-4241

HELP WANTED GENERAL

Seeking Heavy Duty Mechanics with experience in multiple and complete engine rebuilds including installation of crankshafts and pistons. Must have mechanical experience with large gas and/or diesel industrial engines; knowledge of natural gas compressors is preferred. Past experience should include mechanical work proficiencies involving extensive use of hand and air tools, including hydraulic torque equipment, overhead cranes, and precision measuring equipment. Strong consideration will also to be given to candidates with experience in bending and installation of stainless tubing and lubrication systems. To be considered for this position, candidates must also be able to demonstrate a strong quality aptitude, and be able to work exclusively in a teamwork environment.

Ariel offers an excellent workplace to grow personally and professionally, and includes many comprehensive benefits such as: Competitive wages & increase opportunities, quarterly profit sharing plan, company paid retirement plan, full health care benefits including dental and vision, life, and disability insurance, and an on-site heath clinic. In addition, we offer tuition reimbursement, paid holidays and time-off program. Ariel is an air conditioned, clean manufacturing facility, with state of the art equipment, and operates within a casual team-based work environment.. Please submit your resume with specific job related qualifications and salary requirements to HR@arielcorp.com; or visit us at www.arielcorp.com to complete an online application.

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RN CASE MANAGER HOME HEALTH Interim HealthCare of Columbus has growing opportunities in our Medicare certified home health agency for RN Case Managers serving patients in multiple locations in Central Ohio.

Responsibilities include making home skilled nursing visits and interacting with patients, families, and physicians to coordinate the overall care of a caseload of clients, including supervision and management of the multi-disciplinary health care team. You will participate in a rotating call schedule to provide appropriate patient care availability.

Ideal candidate will have at least two years experience in providing direct patient care in the Medicare home health setting. Current Ohio state license, current CPR certification, excellent verbal and written communication skills and proficiency with OASIS-C documentation. Travel is necessary on a daily basis.

We offer the security of working for an established company with great benefits. Salaried position with paid time off and insurance coverage.

Qualified applicants should e-mail their resume to sgross@interim-health.com, or call Sharon Gross at 614-880-2939.

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POLICE OFFICER ENTRANCE EXAMINATION CITY OF WHITEHALL

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Competitive Whitehall Police Officer Entrance Exam Sat., January 22, 2011 for qualified preregistered applicants, to identify persons eligible for employment consideration. Starting salary $48,817.60 per year.

Application period begins Monday, December 6, 2010 Friday, January 7, 2011.

Applications only accepted online at http://www.whitehalloh.us. We will be accepting no more than the first 200 applicants.

Follow the link to City Employment Opportunities and create an account to apply.

Must meet and prove all of the below requirements.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1. U.S. citizen; 2. 21 to 34 years of age on date of hire; 3. Valid U.S. driver’s license; 4. High school diploma or GED; 5. Ohio-resident U.S. military veterans with 180+ consecutive days, active duty, Honorable discharge service may request 10% veterans credit by attaching a DD214 copy that shows qualifying service; 6. Good character & drug-free, able to pass drug screen, truth verification, thorough investigation & psych evaluation; 7. Physically fit. Pass rigorous physical exam prior to hire; 8. Meet Whitehall Police Hiring Standards (attachment included in posting).

Qualified applications received by Friday, January 7, 2011 at 5 pm will be notified via letter or email about exam location and time.

Questions?

April.ricciardo@ whitehall-oh.us or (614) 338-3101

Pier 1 imports is hiring Seasonal warehouse associates for first shift (M-F 7:00 am to 3:30 pm) and second shift (M-F 4:00 pm to 12:30 am).

Competitive wages.

Please apply Monday thru Thursday 8:00 am - 3:30pm at 3500 Southwest Blvd., Grove City, OH 43123

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Orthodox Christmas Serv ices at Holy Cross Carpatho-Russian Ortho dox Mission, Columbus.

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The Divine Liturgy of Christmas (Dec 25) will be served at 9:00am. Serv ices are all in English and are held in our Mission church, located at 2548 Billingsley Road, Colum bus, OH 43235. For more information, visit HolyCrossOrthodox.com.

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BICHON FRISE AKC PUPS Female pup - $300-$450.

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BOXER PUPPIES AKC registered, price starts at $300.

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Poodles - Standard AKC Puppies Champion lines, OFA parents, Christmas special -- $750.

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AKC, shots & wormed.

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Bowling

Newcomers give boost to Coffman girls

By AARON BLANKENSHIP ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Dublin Coffman High School club bowling coach Greg Snyder figured his girls team was going to be at least as strong as it was last season, considering that four of its top five athletes have returned to lead the way in seniors Lauren Bond, Maddie Gravois, Tiffany Ruz and Lauren Stephens.

But after the Shamrocks picked up four new bowlers in junior Cammy Johnson and seniors Cassie Lawrence,

Kaylaee Niederhelman and Michelle Salvatore, Snyder is optimistic they will prove to be even stronger this season.

Coffman opened on Dec. 8 with a 1,273-1,222 loss to Columbus West.

The Shamrocks’ boys and girls teams will next compete against Ready on Dec. 17 at Western Lanes. Coffman has scheduled only five matches thus far, but Snyder said his teams will attempt to add more matches to its schedule as the season progresses.

“We have four seniors back and their

Schedule Dec. 8 — Columbus West (Sawmill Lanes) Dec. 17 — Ready (Western Lanes) Jan. 6 — Olentangy Orange (Sequoia Lanes) Jan. 18 — Pickerington North (Sawmill Lanes) Jan. 28 — Gahanna (Sawmill Lanes)

experience is going to help out, especially early in the season,” Snyder said.

“But the good news is we’ve picked up such good athletes that two of our returning players are already down in the pecking order, because our new girls

are bowling so well. That’s making it more competitive between the girls for playing time, and it’s making our entire team more competitive.”

The Shamrocks went 0-8 in the Central Ohio High School Bowling Conference-Gold Division last season.

As a club program, Coffman’s boys and girls teams are not allowed to compete in the postseason meets.

“We just want to be more competitive against the other central Ohio teams,” Snyder said. “A good goal would be to win half our matches.”

•Competing for the boys team are seniors Sam Haynes, Nate Rehm, Jordan Smith and Stacey Woodford, and juniors Mason Eberhart, Cody Gibert and Trevor McCue. “Sam bowled for us two years ago, before taking last year off, and the rest of the team is new,” Snyder said. “But that’s how this program works. Every year, we get new kids interested to keep it going.”

Coffman opened on Dec. 8 with a See BOWLING, page D3

Basketball

Jerome girls making progress

By SCOTT HENNEN ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The first few games of a season are some of the most important for a team to improve, and Matt Martin likes the progression of his Dublin Jerome High School girls basketball team.

Through three games, the Celtics were 1-2 both overall and in the OCC-Cardinal Division.

They picked up their first victory of the season last Friday, a 4538 league win over Olentangy Liberty.

“From game 1 to game 3, that’s when you see the most improvement, especially from younger players adapting to varsity,” said Martin, whose team played a nonleague game last Tuesday against Zanesville. “We played a more complete game offensively (last Friday), even though we still have room for improvement. I don’t think we played as well defensively as we did in the first couple of games, but we were better offensively.”

The Celtics lost their opener to Westerville Central 25-21 on Dec. 3 and to Westerville North 28-26 on Dec. 7. The defensive effort was there in the first few games, but the offense was out of sync.

“I told them that we were playing our best defense and our worst offense,” Miller said. “We needed more people to score and we were not getting our points in transition. We have a young team and we knew it was going to take a few games to get going.”

One missing ingredient in the opener was point guard Kaitlin Miller, who missed the game while attending a club soccer event. The sophomore returned against North, but began to feel more comfortable on the court against Liberty.

“Kaitlin came back and might have had some first-game jitters,” said Martin, whose team plays league games Friday at Westerville South and Tuesday at home against Olentangy. “Kaitlin’s first game back was against Westerville North and (last) Friday was her second game and she had 13 points and had more control of the offense. She created points off defensive transition and you will continue see her to grow with rest of team because we have such a young ballclub. We should be getting better.”

North coach Jim Kloepfer was impressed with the play of Miller.

“Miller gives them an added dimension and they are a different team with her,” Kloepfer said.

“They are a good team in a league (OCC-Cardinal) that has a lot of balance.”

Jerome had more balance on offense against Liberty, getting key points in the paint.

“We switched a few things schematically (on offense) and we were a little more aggressive on the defensive side of ball,” Martin said. “We had 11 points from Lindsay Rieland and eight

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Coffman’s Sam O’Brien (3), Steven Panchyshyn (4) and Ian Flinders (2) congratulate Kevin Putnam after he scored a goal last Friday against Olentangy.

Hockey

’Rocks snap out of funk at tourney

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Dublin Coffman High School hockey coach Perry Pooley was slightly disappointed that his team fell short of winning the Adam Allgeyer Tournament, held Dec. 9 through last Sunday at Chiller Dublin and Chiller North, for a fifth consecutive year.

However, after the Shamrocks went 3-0-1 to place third in the event and snap a four-game winless streak, Poo-

ley is pleased that his squad is playing well once again.

“We were struggling to put together complete games coming into this tournament, so it’s important that we played four good games,” Pooley said. “We wanted to win the Allgeyer again, but I’m not disappointed in our effort, because we played our best hockey of the season in those last two games.”

During their slump, the Shamrocks squandered a 2-0 lead en route to a 42 loss to Burlington (Ontario) Nelson

on Nov. 27, a 4-2 loss to Jerome on Nov. 28 and a 3-all tie with Olentangy Orange on Dec. 4. Coffman also blew a 2-1 lead over Olentangy Liberty on Dec. 5 on the way to a 4-3 loss.

But after falling behind Gates Mills Gilmour Academy 2-0 last Saturday, the Shamrocks rallied to send the game into overtime on goals by Sam O’Brien and Matt Smith.

With the score still tied at 2 after overtime, the game went to a shootout, where Gilmour Academy won 2-1 to advance

to the title game.

“I don’t know if it was conditioning or some other factor, but we were having trouble finishing games, so it was big for us to battle back and tie Gilmour,” Pooley said.

In the consolation final last Sunday, Coffman routed Jerome 5-0, as Kevin Putnam scored twice, O’Brien, Ian Flinders and Chris DiBiase each scored once and Nathan Schuman had 18 saves.

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Gymnastics

Missing state last year motivating Shamrocks

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Failing to make the state meet in either the team or individual competition last season for the first time since 2005 didn’t sit well with the Dublin Coffman High School gymnastics team.

“This team is definitely motivated,” said 11th-year coach Julie Kayser, whose team scored 124.35 points to win a tri-meet with Dublin Jerome (119.075) and Washington Court House Miami Trace (107.5) on Dec. 7.

“They know what it takes to get back there and worked really hard over the summer.”

Seniors Amelia Thomas and Julie Ziska, juniors Charli Carley, Tori Flynn, Lena Handy, and Ellen O’Brien, and sophomores Janie Beaufore, Alenia Carpenter, Dominika Krasze, Shana McFadden and Nicole Zych return for the Shamrocks.

Also on the team are sophomore Maria Trees and freshman Devon Bellman.

Coffman finished third in the

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek OCC-Ohio Division meet with 129.275 points, behind Hilliard Kaitlin Willett is one of five returnees for Jerome, which will See JEROME, page D3 compete Wednesday at Worthington Kilbourne’s four-team meet. Darby (130.25) and Thomas Wor-

thington (130.175), and ahead of Olentangy (123), Upper Arlington (122.8) and Grove City (120.9). The Shamrocks placed fifth at district (129.25), with DeSales (135.325), Thomas Worthington (133.375) and Worthington Kilbourne (133.3) advancing to state.

The Shamrocks have been slowed by injuries. Senior Samantha Strange has a dislocated elbow and junior Katie Strand continues to recover from a torn ACL in her left knee that she sustained during the Rock-n-Roll Invitational last January at BrecksvilleBroadview Heights. Both are expected to return this season.

“I told the girls never to expect to walk into a gym without something hurting,” Kayser said. “Fortunately, we’re going to be carrying a lot of depth and that will help us out.”

•First-year Jerome coach Kristen Willms laughed when asked how much gymnastics has changed since she competed for Coffman from 2002-05.

“I’m in the process of re-learning,” Willms said. “I was explaining the point value of some of the skills the other day and the

girls went, ‘I don’t think that’s right.’ A lot of the values have changed.”

Willms, an assistant coach with the Celtics and Shamrocks last season, takes over for Kayser as Celtics coach.

Willms, a state qualifier in 2004 and a cheerleader at Kansas State University, inherits a seven-member team. Jerome placed second (124.6) at the OCC-Capital meet last season, behind Hilliard Bradley (125.1) and ahead of Big Walnut (121.45), Olentangy Orange (114.325), Mount Vernon (97.725) and Central Crossing (57.1), and finished 11th (124.025) at district.

The Celtics return senior Jordan Van Gundy, juniors Bailey Burkholder and Hannah Ruddle and sophomores Kaitlin Willett and Jacqueline Schroeder. Burkholder had the team’s top finish in the all-around at district last season, finishing 25th (32.225).

Also on the team are freshmen Autumn Baker and Micaela McGoldrick.

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Basketball

Teams travel near and far for holiday tourneys

By JARROD ULREY

Hoops for the holidays

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With only one senior back from its Division I state semifinalist team, the Reynoldsburg High School girls basketball team expected to be a work in progress early this season.

The addition of sophomore guard Shiloh Murphy, a transfer from Zanesville who has made an immediate contribution, is helping to aid the transition.

Something else that Reynoldsburg hopes will help is a trip to Fort Myers, Fla., later this month for the Basketball Brothers Inc. Invitational.

A 72-team event with eight brackets, the Raiders will be competing in the Sapphire Division from Dec. 28-30 along with six teams from Florida and one from Pennsylvania.

They are the only central Ohio team expected to travel farther than one state away over the holiday break.

“It gives us a chance to do some team building and a chance to see what else is out there,” coach Jack Purtell said. “We’ve improved a lot. Right now we’re just getting to know each other.

There’s some definite talent on this team, and hopefully (the tournament) will be a springboard for us.”

When the Raiders traveled to the Ida S. Baker Holiday Tournament in Cape Coral, Fla., in 2008, they took a 17-hour bus ride. This time, the No. 3 team in the first 2010-11 ThisWeekSPORTS.com Super 7 will be flying 10 varsity players to Fort Myers to play a group of schools that Purtell has been told should be comparable to his own.

Tampa Jefferson, the Raiders’ first opponent, went 28-4 last season.

“It will be a test for our kids,” Purtell said. “We’ve been fundraising for the last year so that we could hold the cost down.

For a lot of our kids, it’ll be an experience they won’t forget.”

•ALSO OUT OF STATE — Other teams competing in tournaments outside Ohio include the boys teams from Upper Arlington, Westerville North and Worthington Kilbourne.

UA will travel more than three hours to the Girard (Pa.) Holiday Tournament, a four-team

BOYS BOBCAT HOLIDAY CLASSIC •Where: Grandview •Schedule: Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: Hartley vs. Northridge; 8 p.m.: Grandview vs. Wellington; Dec. 30 — 6 p.m.: Consolation; 8 p.m.: Championship CELINA HALLiday SHOOTOUT •Where: Celina •Schedule: Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: Ready vs. Bryan; 8 p.m.: Celina vs. Greenville; Dec. 30 — 6 p.m.: Consolation; 8 p.m.: Championship CINCINNATI HUGHES HOLIDAY CLASSIC •Where: Cincinnati Hughes •Schedule: Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: DeSales vs. West Chester Lakota West; 8 p.m.: Hughes vs. Cincinnati Clark Montessori; Dec. 30 — 6 p.m.: Consolation; 8 p.m.: Championship GIRARD HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT •Where: Girard, Pa. •Schedule: Dec. 28 — 6 p.m.: Upper Arlington vs. Erie (Pa.) Mercyhurst Prep; 8 p.m.: Girard (Pa.) vs. Pittsburgh Canevin Catholic; Dec. 30 — 3 p.m.: Consolation; 5 p.m.: Championship GILEAD CHRISTIAN EAGLES HOLIDAY HOOPS CLASSIC •Where: Gilead Christian •Schedule: Dec. 27 — 2:30 p.m.: Grove City Christian vs. Middleburg Heights Midpark; 8:30 p.m.: Williamstown (W.Va.) Wood County Christian vs. Gilead Christian; Dec. 28 — 12:30 p.m.: Cleveland New Day Academy vs. Grove City Christian-Midpark loser; 2:30 p.m.: Grove City Christian-Midpark winner vs. Wood County Christian-Gilead Christian winner; 6:30 p.m.: New Day Academy vs. Wood County Christian-Gilead Christian loser JACK STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT •Where: Parkersburg, W.Va. •Schedule: Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: Westerville North vs. Richmond (Va.) Southside Baptist; 7:45 p.m.: Parkersburg (W.Va.) vs. Morgantown (W.Va.); Dec. 30 — 6 p.m.: Consolation; 7:45 p.m.: Championship LARRY EBERST CLASSIC •Where: Olentangy Liberty •Schedule: Dec. 29 — 1 p.m.: Dublin Scioto vs. Buckeye Valley; 3 p.m.: Dublin Jerome vs. Olentangy Orange; 5 p.m.: Big Walnut vs. Olentangy; 7 p.m.: Delaware vs. Liberty

event on Dec. 28 and 30 and includes two teams from that area and one from Pittsburgh.

The Bears also hope to meet up with Oliver McGlade, a 2010 UA graduate who plays for Seton Hill University and will be in nearby Erie for a game Dec. 29 at Gannon University. In addition, they’d like to see the Erie Bayhawks of the NBA Developmental League.

MUSTANG HOLIDAY CLASSIC •Where: Louisville (Ky.) Moore •Schedule (local teams only): Dec. 28 — 4:30 p.m.: Worthington Kilbourne vs. Louisville (Ky.) Valley; Dec. 29 — 4:30 p.m.: Kilbourne vs. Louisville (Ky.) Doss; Dec. 30 — 6 p.m.: Kilbourne vs. Louisville (Ky.) Southern NEWARK CATHOLIC HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT •Where: Newark Catholic •Schedule: Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: Zanesville Rosecrans vs. Worthington Christian; 7:45 p.m.: Fisher Catholic vs. Newark Catholic; Dec. 30 — 6 p.m.: Consolation; 7:45 p.m.: Championship NORTHRIDGE VETERANS HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT •Where: Dayton Northridge •Schedule: Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: Brookhaven vs. Whetstone; 7:30 p.m.: Cincinnati Wyoming vs. Dayton Northridge; Dec. 30 — 6 p.m.: Consolation; 7:30 p.m.: Championship SOUTH-WESTERN CITY SCHOOLS WINTER CLASSIC •Where: Central Crossing •Schedule: Dec. 27 — 6 p.m.: Grove City vs. Westland; 8 p.m.: Central Crossing vs. Franklin Heights; Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: Franklin Heights vs. Westland; 8 p.m.: Grove City vs. Central Crossing

GIRLS BASKETBALL BROTHERS INC. INVITATIONAL •Where: Fort Myers, Fla. •Schedule (Sapphire Division): Dec. 28 — 1:30 p.m.: Sarasota (Fla.) vs.

Gainesville (Fla.) Eastside; 5 p.m.: Reynoldsburg vs. Tampa (Fla.) Jefferson; 5 p.m.: Fort Myers (Fla.) Verot vs.

Ardmore (Pa.) Lower Merion; 6:30 p.m.: Fort Pierce (Fla.) Lincoln Park vs. Naples (Fla.); Dec. 29 — 10:30 a.m.: Reynoldsburg-Jefferson loser vs. Lincoln ParkNaples loser; 1:30 p.m.: SarasotaEastside loser vs. Lower Merion-Verot loser; 5 p.m.: Reynoldsburg-Jefferson winner vs. Lincoln Park-Naples winner; 6:30 p.m.: Sarasota-Eastside winner vs. Lower Merion-Verot winner; Dec. 30 — 1:30 p.m.: Seventh-place game; 1:30 p.m.: Fifth-place game; 1:30 p.m.: Consolation; 3:30 p.m.: Championship BRAGGIN’ RIGHTS CLASSIC •Where: Cincinnati McGhee Sports Complex •Schedule (area teams only): Dec. 28 — 6 p.m.: Marion-Franklin vs. Dayton Meadowdale; 7:45 p.m.: Columbus

“We had a 17-day layoff over the holidays last year, so I didn’t think that was real good,” coach Tim Casey said. “This will give us an opportunity to play some games and we’ll be able to do some other things while we’re there.”

Kilbourne plays three games Dec. 28-30 at Louisville (Ky.) Moore’s Mustang Holiday Classic, a 10-team event.

East vs. Toledo Rogers; 8:30 p.m.: Harvest Prep vs. Baltimore St. Frances; Dec. 30 — 3:45 p.m.: Pickerington Central vs. Baltimore St. Anthony’s GAHANNA CAGE CLASSIC •Where: Gahanna Lincoln •Schedule: Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: Mifflin vs. New Albany; 7:45 p.m.: Gahanna vs. Hilliard Davidson; Dec. 30 — 6 p.m.: Consolation; 7:45 p.m.: Championship GILEAD CHRISTIAN HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT •Where: Gilead Christian •Schedule: Dec. 27 — 4:30 p.m.: Columbus Horizon Science vs. Cleveland Heights Lutheran East; 6:30 p.m.: Whetstone vs. Gilead Christian; Dec. 28 — 4:30 p.m.: Consolation; 8:30 p.m.: Championship KEY BANK HOLIDAY CLASSIC •Where: Pickerington North •Schedule: Dec. 28 — 3 p.m.: Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit vs. Lebanon (Ky.) Marion County; 4:45 p.m.: Mount Lebanon vs. Twinsburg; 6:30 p.m.: Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Blackman vs. Dayton Chaminade Julienne; 8:15 p.m.: Pickerington North vs. Warrensville Heights; Dec. 29 — 3 p.m.: Walsh Jesuit-Marion County loser vs. Mount Lebanon-Twinsburg loser; 4:45 p.m.: Blackman-Chaminade Julienne loser vs. Pickerington North-Warrensville Heights loser; 6:30 p.m.: Walsh JesuitMarion County winner vs. Mount Lebanon-Twinsburg winner; 8:15 p.m.: Blackman-Chaminade-Julienne winner vs. Pickerington North-Warrensville Heights winner; Dec. 30 — 3 p.m.: Seventh-place game; 4:45 p.m.: Fifthplace game; 6:30 p.m.: Consolation; 8:15 p.m.: Championship LADY VIKES CLASSIC •Where: North Canton Hoover •Schedule (local teams only): Dec. 27 — 7:30 p.m.: Thomas Worthington vs.

North Canton Hoover; Dec. 28 — 4 p.m.: Thomas Worthington vs. Medina LAKEWOOD HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT •Where: Lakewood •Schedule: Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: Fairfield Union vs. Watkins Memorial; 8 p.m.: Lakewood vs. Thornville Sheridan; Dec. 30 — 6 p.m.: Consolation; 8 p.m.: Championship LAKOTA EAST HOLIDAY HOOPS •Where: Liberty Township Lakota East •Schedule (local teams only): Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: Olentangy vs. Cincinnati

Moore coach Larry Miller formerly coached at Cincinnati Woodward and is an acquaintance of Wolves coach Tom Souder.

“I don’t know if I called Larry or he called me, but Larry needed a team and we needed some games,” Souder said. “It’s a good chance to give our kids a firstclass experience. Louisville is a big basketball town. When

Ursuline Academy; Dec. 30 — 8 p.m.: Olentangy vs. Lakota East LAKOTA WEST HOLIDAY HOOPS •Where: West Chester Lakota West •Schedule: Dec. 29 — 5:30 p.m.: Newark vs. Toledo Central Catholic; 7:15 p.m.: Dublin Coffman vs. Lakota West; Dec. 30 — 5:30 p.m.: Coffman vs. Toledo Central Catholic; 7:15 p.m.: Newark vs. Lakota West MILLERSPORT HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT •Where: Millersport •Schedule: Dec. 27 — 2 p.m.: Granville Christian vs. Madison Christian; 3:45 p.m.: Millersport vs. Patriot Academy; 5 p.m.: Franklin Heights vs. Northridge; 7:15 p.m.: Whitehall vs. Hamilton Township; Dec. 28 — 2 p.m.: Franklin Heights-Northridge loser vs. WhitehallHamilton Township loser; 3:45 p.m.: Granville Christian-Madison Christian loser vs. Millersport-Patriot Academy loser; 5:30 p.m.: Franklin Heights-Northridge winner vs. Whitehall-Hamilton Township winner; 7:15 p.m.: Granville Christian-Madison Christian winner vs.

Millersport-Patriot Academy winner SHELLEY WHITED HOLIDAY CLASSIC •Where: Centerburg •Schedule: Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: DeSales vs. Olentangy Orange; 7:45 p.m.: Centerburg vs. Hartley; Dec. 28 — 6 p.m.: Consolation; 7:45 p.m.: Championship VIKING HOLIDAY CLASSIC •Where: Teays Valley •Schedule: Dec. 28 — 6 p.m.: Northland vs. Jonathan Alder; 7:45 p.m.: Grove City vs. Teays Valley; Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: Consolation; 7:45 p.m.: Championship WATTERSON CLASSIC •Where: Watterson •Schedule: Dec. 28 — 2:30 p.m.: Dublin Jerome vs. Upper Arlington; 4:15 p.m.: Ready vs. Cincinnati Mother of Mercy; 5:45 p.m.: Erie (Pa.) Mercyhurst Prep vs. Rocky River Magnificat; 7:30 p.m.: Watterson vs. Hilliard Darby; Dec. 29 — 2:30 p.m.: Hilliard Darby vs.

Mother of Mercy; 4:15 p.m.: Upper Arlington vs. Rocky River Magnificat; 5:45 p.m.: Ready vs. Dublin Jerome; 7:30 p.m.: Watterson vs. Mercyhurst Prep YULE CLASSIC •Where: Liberty Union •Schedule: Dec. 28 — 6 p.m.: Amanda-Clearcreek vs. Heath; 7:45 p.m.: Liberty Union vs. Westland; Dec. 29 — 6 p.m.: Consolation; 7:45 p.m.: Championship

be held at Central Crossing and Olentangy Liberty.

The South-Western City Schools Winter Classic features matchups between Franklin Heights, Grove City, Westland and the host Comets on Dec. 27 and 29.

Because Central Crossing and Westland already are scheduled to play twice during their OCCCentral Division schedule, they won’t play each other at the Classic.

“We all played each other at the end of last season, and I emailed all three coaches and asked them if we had done it (as one event) before,” Comets coach Mike Cavey said. “We all just kind of got the ball rolling after that.

“Because of the levy passing so late (last year) we all ended up playing each other because everybody needed games. I think it’s great for all of us because it will have that community feel to it.”

The third annual Delaware County Shootout/Larry Eberst Classic, has become more localized over the years. The event features Big Walnut, Buckeye Valley, Delaware, Olentangy, Olentangy Liberty and Olentangy Orange from Delaware County and has filled out the field with Dublin Scioto and Dublin Jerome.

“It’s got a lot of local teams, so it draws a better fan base,” Liberty coach Greg Nossaman said. “A lot of the kids know each other, which is nice.

“We usually have a good crowd.”

•SMALL-SCHOOL SHOWCASES — The Newark Catholic Holiday Tournament will pit three of central Ohio’s smaller Catholic schools — Zanesville Rosecrans, Fisher Catholic and Newark Catholic — into a four-team championship format that also includes perennial small-school power Worthington Christian on Dec. 29-30.

The Bobcat Holiday Classic at Grandview has the same teams as last season, with Hartley, Northridge, Wellington and the host squad vying for a title Dec. 29-30.

you go down there, they’re not going to give you any respect because they don’t know anything about you.”

North competes in the Jack Stephens Memorial Holiday Tournament in Parkersburg, W.Va., on Dec. 29-30.

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Top 10 prep events that you can’t miss this winter most an entire Saturday, but it’s worth it when you see the efforts being displayed. There are perennially good powers around our area, and if you venture out to places LARRY like West Jefferson, LARSON Marion Pleasant or Marysville, you will see top action for not too long a drive.

7 — Watch Dave Butcher coach a girls basketball game. I met him 25 years ago when he was on his way to his first state championship as coach at Pickerington. Now, he is the coach at Pickerington North. It never matters what his talent level is, his teams are always dangerous.

6 — Venture out to a bowling palace — I guess they don’t call them

alleys anymore — and see the determination and skill of these young athletes in the newest OHSAA-sanctioned sport in our state. Find the schedule for Westerville South, Buckeye Valley, Gahanna or Westerville Central and go watch them roll.

5 — Check out the Blue Jackets Cup hockey tournament. If you like watching the NHL, here is a chance to see some future stars in your own backyard. The tourney starts Feb. 10 and spotlights most of the teams in the Columbus area. Dreams are manufactured through events like this.

4 — Go to the Cindy McGee Gymnastics Invitational. This winter’s event is on Jan. 15 at Dublin Coffman and features some of the top athletes and teams from our area. You could go to lots of Saturday invitationals, but I hold this one at the top because I got to see Cindy McGee perform when

she was at Dublin nearly 30 years ago.

Cindy died young and tragically, but her name and brilliance live on.

3 — Get to the Fairgrounds Coliseum for a district or regional boys basketball tournament game. All of you know I am really biased on this one. It is an old building and it costs a ridiculous amount to just park your car on the fairgrounds lot, but this is pure history and reminiscing of days gone by. Once a year since 1923, fans convene to watch basketball history being made. These are days to cherish.

2 — Go see the district swimming meet at Ohio State. Cold February weather outside, warm temperatures and screaming crowds inside the magnificent McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.

Every swimmer gives every ounce of effort they have to get to the state meet or surpass their personal-best time. It

may be my favorite sports hours on one single day of the entire year.

1 — This year there is a true urgency in attending a basketball game at Columbus West. I grew up in the 1950s watching City League hoops on Friday nights. Now those memorable courts at East, South and Linden-McKinley are gone, and West will be as well when the renovations reach that classy, old school. So, now is the time to watch one more Cowboys game and try to frame forever what basketball was like in Columbus in a bygone era.

Most of all, savor the moments that all of the athletes provide for you.

I’ll see you at a game.

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

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Here is a list, which I have checked twice, of events you should enjoy during the cold months ahead. I have put them in order, from 10 to 1, with No. 1 at the top of my personal wish list.

10 — See the Upper Arlington girls swimming team in action. Can you say six consecutive state championships? That is what this brilliant program has achieved.

9 — Go to a middle school, freshman or junior varsity sporting event and don’t attend just because it’s your grandson, neighbor’s daughter or coworker’s kid. Just go and support these hard-working athletes and coaches.

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BOWLING put up a fight against most teams, but we stress more of the social aspect of bowling, rather than 1,399-1,390 loss to West.

The Shamrocks finished 6-3 just worrying about wins and in Central Ohio High School losses,” Snyder said.

Bowling Conference-Gold Diablankenship@thisweeknews.com vision matches a year ago.

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JEROME tion at the end of the ballgame and at the end of the half. We have to make the most of those situations,” Martin said. “Young teams need games like this (against North) to grow and we can learn more from mistakes like that than success.”

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more from Katie Vaughn. ... When your post players combine for 19 points, good things happen because that opens doors for the rest of the offense.”

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At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Jerome boys and girls basketball teams: BOYS Dec. 3 — Defeated Teays Valley 5326 in opener. Cam Wilson scored 18 points and Nick Neale added 12. *Dec. 7 — Lost to Westerville North 79-61 in OCC-Cardinal opener. Ben Nesdore scored 16 points and Wilson added 13. *Last Friday — Lost to Olentangy Liberty 55-44. Neale scored 12 points and Robbie Davidson added eight.

Last Tuesday — Played UA *Friday — Home vs. Westerville South *Tuesday — At Olentangy Dec. 23 — Home vs. Centerville GIRLS *Dec. 3 — Lost to Westerville Cen-

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Scioto’s Raneal Ewing grabs a rebound last Friday against Westerville South. The Irish lost the OCC-Cardinal game 65-39.

Basketball

Scioto boys look to bounce back

By SCOTT GERFEN Dublin Scioto High School boys basketball coach Tony Bisutti wasn’t about to judge his team’s worth following last Friday’s setback to the OCC-Cardinal Division favorite.

Besides being outrebounded, the Irish, who dropped to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the league, committed 27 turnovers in the 65-39 loss to visiting Westerville South.

What matters most to Bisutti is how his young team reacts to such a loss when it goes the road for back-to-back games in the OCC-Cardinal.

On Friday, the Irish face Westerville North, which was 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the league after losing to Westerville Central 44-42 last Friday.

Scioto plays at Central on Tuesday. The Warhawks are 2-1 and 1-1.

“The schedule makers didn’t feel sorry for us,” Bisutti said.

“But the way we look at it is that if we can come away with a win Friday that’s a huge growth step for our guys and our program.

We need practice this week to be as competitive as possible.”

North returns only one starter in 6-foot-5 junior forward Matt Rhodes, but it has plenty of tal-

HOCKEY Continued from page D1 “Our goaltender and our defense played outstanding in both of those games,” Pooley said.

“Matt Smith has been outstanding on the blue line lately. Nate was our third goalie, and he didn’t see much action last year. He had some jitters in some of our big games earlier this year, but he’s starting to settle in and play really well now. Sam O’Brien wasn’t able to play in our first game against Jerome, but his line really dominated with four goals in our rematch.”

Coffman and Jerome will meet again in a Capital Hockey Conference game Sunday at Chiller Dublin.

Pooley is counting on his first line of O’Brien, Flinders and Putnam to score again in the rubber match, and he is hoping to get some scoring out of one of his other forward lines.

“Our first line is the best forward line in the league,” Pooley said. “We still haven’t found that secondary scoring line yet, and we’re going to need that against the better teams like Jerome. Jerome is good, and I’m expecting another close game like we had the first time we played them.”

Jerome coach Pat Murphy said his team will need to do a better job of finishing after getting shut out in its last two games of the Allgeyer tournament.

The Celtics had 22 shots on goal in a 3-0 loss to Solon last Saturday and had 24 shots on

At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Scioto boys and girls basketball teams: BOYS *Dec. 7 — Defeated Olentangy 6941. Raneal Ewing had 14 points and Josh Ashwill added 13 as Scioto outscored the Braves 21-8 in the fourth quarter. *Last Friday — Lost to Westerville South 65-39 *Friday — At Westerville North *Tuesday — At Westerville Central Of note: The Irish are 2-1 overall and

ent on the perimeter.

The Warriors, who reached a Division I district final the last two years, have three sophomore guards who see playing time in Adrian Cook (5-9) and Jack Gibbs (5-11) and Darren Nettles (5-11).

Rhodes had 16 points and junior center Taivion Thomas had 14 in the win over Central.

Central has two returning starters — senior point guard Quentin Henderson (5-10) and senior post player Nick Vannett (6-6) — from a team which reached a Division I district final a year ago.

“If we can get this next win, I think that’s only going to help motivate us more,” Scioto senior guard Justin Craig said. “We know practice is going to be very important

1-1 in the OCC-Cardinal Division.

GIRLS *Dec. 7 — Lost to Olentangy 64-39 *Last Friday — Lost to Westerville South 36-31. Scioto led 13-12 at the half, but was outscored 15-8 in the third quarter. *Friday — Home vs. Westerville North *Tuesday — Home vs. Westerville Central Of note: The Irish are 2-3 overall and 1-2 in the OCC-Cardinal. *OCC-Cardinal game

goal against Coffman.

“We’re still generating a ton of chances, but we’ve just hit a dry spell and you can’t have that against good teams,” Murphy said. “The difference against Coffman was their special teams. We had five powerplay chances and didn’t score.

Our penalty kill is generally pretty good, but we gave up three power play goals to Coffman in four chances, so we’ve got to do better there, too.”

Murphy will continue to roll four forward lines in hopes of wearing Coffman down, and said his entire team will need to pitch in to help slow down the Shamrocks’ top line.

In a 4-2 win over Liberty last Friday, Alex Cathis had two goals and Joe Davison and Rohan Dudaney each scored one.

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this week. We’ve got to work hard on our transition defense.”

In its first two games, Scioto’s defense kept opponents in the 40s with victories over Olentangy (69-41 on Dec. 7) and Worthington Kilbourne (51-43 on Dec. 4).

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“You take away some of those transition points and it might’ve been different,” Bisutti said. “I’m pretty happy with what I’ve been seeing in our half-court defense ANTIQUES & and that’s something we didn’t COLLECTIBLES have last year.”

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Last Friday — Def. Olentangy Liberty 4-2 Last Saturday — Lost to Solon 3-0 Last Sunday — Lost to Coffman 5-0 Friday — Centerville at Chiller Dublin *Saturday — Scioto at Chiller Dublin *Sunday — Coffman at Chiller Dublin Of note: The Celtics are 8-3 overall and 3-0 in the Capital Hockey Conference.

SCIOTO *Dec. 3 — Lost to Olentangy Liberty 10-0 *Dec. 5 — Lost to Olentangy Orange 10-0 Dec. 9 — Lost to DeSales 9-1 Last Friday — Lost to Cincinnati St. Xavier 10-0 Last Saturday — Lost to Northeast club 11-2 *Friday — Coffman at Chiller Dublin *Saturday — Jerome at Chiller Dublin Sunday — Cincinnati Elder at TBA Of note: The Irish are 1-8 overall and 0-2 in the Capital Hockey Conference. *Capital Hockey Conference game

“We’ve got four lines that can compete and score, and our goaltending is excellent,” Murphy said.

“We’re a little inexperienced on defense, but we’re improving. Coffman has the best line you’ll see in Ohio, and you can’t give them time and space or they will make you pay.”

After a 3-0 start in the CHC, Jerome is in the hunt for its first regular-season league title.

“I’m happy with the first third of our season,” Murphy said.

“We’ve played well within our conference and beat Cincinnati Moeller (9-1 on Dec. 4) and Upper Arlington (6-1 on Dec. 5) pretty soundly, so I can’t complain too much.”

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At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Coffman, Jerome and Scioto hockey teams: COFFMAN *Dec. 4 — Tied Olentangy Orange at 3 *Dec. 5 — Lost to Olentangy Liberty 4-3 Last Friday — Defeated Olentangy 11-1 Last Saturday — Def. Cincinnati Sycamore 11-1; tied Gates Mills Gilmour Academy at 2 Last Sunday — Def. Jerome 5-0 *Friday — Dublin Scioto at Chiller Dublin *Sunday — Jerome at Chiller Dublin Of note: The Shamrocks are 5-3-2 overall and 0-1-1 in the Capital Hockey Conference.

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was the top Irish scorer against South (16) and Olentangy (14).

Sophomores Josh Ashwill (13) and Antonio Bisutti (11) also reached double figures against Olentangy.

“We’ve got to work on taking that extra pass and just getting into a flow,” Craig said. “With us, I think you’re going to see different people step up in every game.”

While the Irish have been a balanced scoring team, coach Bisutti expects Ewing and senior post player Jamare Mills to develop into consistent scorers.

“I don’t know if that third guy will be consistent, but that doesn’t matter as long as we get it,” coach Bisutti said. “We still have to get better offensively, but that is no surprise.”

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tral 25-21 in opener for both season and OCC-Cardinal. Katherine McCoy scored eight points, Lindsay Rieland had six and Brooke Carrel added five. *Dec. 7 — Lost to Westerville North 28-26. Sarah Auker and Kaitlin Miller scored six points apiece, and Carrel and McCoy added five points each. *Last Friday — Def. Liberty 45-38.

Miller led with 13 points and Rieland had 11. Carrel had eight points with two 3-pointers and Katie Vaughn also had eight points.

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GYMNASTICS Continued from page D1 an event,” Willms said. “We’re going to always be competing against ourselves rather than competing against other teams.”

•First-year Scioto coach Dana Ullmann inherits a young team.

The Irish, who finished seventh (70.5) in a seven-team meet behind champion Hilliard Darby (127.3) in their opener on Dec. 11, return juniors Jilliana Howse and Courtney Thorne.

Scioto lost six gymnasts who were expected to return, including state qualifiers Minori Minagawa and Paige Murphy.

Last year at state, Minagawa tied Oregon Clay’s Kylee Ault for 25th (34.6) in the all-around, tied Brecksville-Broadview Heights’Alex Putich for 17th on uneven bars (8.825) and tied Thomas’ Anna Glover for 17th on the balance beam (8.65). Murphy finished 33rd on vault (8.45) and tied Toledo Ottawa Hills’ Karla Dixon for 21st on the floor exercise (8.85).

“We’re a very young this season,” said Ullmann, who coached Grandview the past two seasons and replaces Michele Wolff, who coached the Irish for eight years.

“We have a lot of freshmen coming in with a mixed background of gymnastics and cheerleading.

I’m excited to see what is going to happen.”

Also on the team are sophomore Marie Storey and freshmen Brianne Rooney and Monica Xu. “It’s hard coming into a new program,” Ullmann said. “I run a very structured practice, so how they handle teaching and coaching techniques can make or break us this year.”

Last season, Scioto finished sixth (128.65) at district and placed fourth (127.3) at the OCCCentral meet, behind Worthington Kilbourne (131.025), Olentangy Liberty (130.25) and Hilliard Davidson (128.35), and ahead of Delaware (115.975) and Westland (104.3). pbatterson@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park 1775 Darby Creek Drive, Galloway • Nature Crafts, 10 a.m. Saturday at the Cedar Ridge Lodge.

Make ornaments and small gifts out of natural materials.

• Bison, 1 p.m. Sunday at the naturalist’s office. Take a threemile hike and welcome the park’s newest inhabitants, the American bison.

• Full Long Nights Moon, 5:15 p.m. Tuesday at the naturalist’s office. Take a briskly paced four-mile walk through woods and prairies.

Blacklick Woods Metro Park 6975 E. Livingston Ave., Reynoldsburg • Wildlife Observation Night, 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Nature Center. Look through the Nature Center windows and see if you can spot nocturnal wildlife.

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The Hetherington Team is helping one local family buy this adorable home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Dublin. We helped them save them nearly $10,000. If you’re considering a new home in the New Year give us a call for a confidential consultation.

What a gorgeous home this is! Custom Bob Webb built home with terrific updates.

Granite kitchen with designer backsplash, great room with built-in bookshelves and finished lower level. Quick move in possible. $174,900

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