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No raises in final city school contract By LISA AURAND ThisWeek Community Newspapers No Delaware City Schools employees will see raises this coming year after the school board approved a contract with the final employees union, United Electrical. Earlier this summer, the board approved contracts with the district’s three

other bargaining units. The board on Aug. 1 unanimously approved the contract with United Electrical, which represents the district’s bus drivers, mechanics, maintenance workers, custodians, cooks and cashiers. The agreement includes both a base salary freeze and no step increases for the coming year — the same terms the board approved for the Ohio Association

of Public School Employees, the Delaware City Teachers Association, district administrators and non-union employees. “It brings really everybody in the district into the same situation and it shows that every member of this team understands the challenge the district faces financially and is willing to make sacrifices to make sure that we can preserve

the programming for kids,” Superintendent Paul Craft said of the new agreement. The one-year agreement affects 120 district employees. The lack of step increases is expected to save the district $54,051 during the life of the contract. United Electrical president Liz Bertsch said the vote on July 13 to approve the contract was close.

“We realized that during the tough economic times, we really need to support the school district,” Bertsch said. “It’s hard times.” The total savings to the district from all the step freezes are expected to total $478,095, with the majority of that coming from teacher salaries — $341,772 See NO RAISES, page A2

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(Above, right) Jon Powers, as Albus Dumbledore, commands the students to go outside for tryouts for a Quidditch team during Main Street Delaware’s Harry Potter fundraiser at Slocum Hall on Ohio Wesleyan University’s campus July 29. (Above, left) Seven-year-old Evan Sidders carries a Quaffle in an attempt to score during the Quidditch tryouts. Other activities at the event included a character lookalike contest.

Volunteers Sunbury eyes health coverage change preparing to promote school levy By TOM SHEEHAN

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They might not be publicly visible yet, but the Delaware City Schools levy committee members have been hard at work behind the scenes this summer prepping for a campaign launch coinciding with the start of the school year. “I think we really got organized pretty quickly,” levy campaign co-chair Susan Wells said. “Obviously, we’ll be doing some big kickoffs in September. Behind the scenes, we’ve been trying to get our strategy together and meeting to discuss the issues that people will want to talk about.” The district is asking voters to approve a fiveyear, 8.3-mill emergency levy that is expected to bring in $6 million per year. The Delaware County Auditor’s Office estimates that the levy would cost the owner of a $100,000 house an additional $260 per year. The average residential property value in the school district is $130,802, the auditor’s office said in April. The committee will meet on Aug. 16 to discuss fundraisers and awareness efforts, including the official launch of a campaign website, delaware schoollevy.com. “We want to make sure that our message is concise and clear,” Wells said. Meanwhile, the committee hopes to create a database of willing volunteers. “We really want as many volunteers this time as we possibly can,” Wells said. “The more people we get involved, the better they have an opportunity to understand what it’s about and everybody’s working toward the same thing.” See VOLUNTEERS, page A2

Beginning next month, Sunbury village officials will start interviewing prospective insurance brokers to handle health coverage for the village during the next year. The current broker is Ohio Insurance Services Agency Inc. The contract is with Medical Mutual of Ohio, at a cost of $25,765 a month. That contract is up for renewal on Feb. 1. Six other brokers are interested in supplying the village’s health coverage. They are Benefit Administrators, Crown Benefits, H.R. Butler, McGohanBrabender, Rinehart Walters-Danner Insurance Agency and Wells Fargo Insurance Services. Council members Tommy Hatfield, Jennifer Witt, Bill Metzler and Tom Zalewski on Aug. 3 decided to wait until September to begin the interview process. Council members David Linnabary and Sean Currie did not attend the meeting.

Council asked Sunbury administrator Dave Martin if he could reduce the list, and Martin said he didn’t have enough information to do that. Martin suggested that council interview the individual brokers. “We need a good advocate,” council president Hatfield said. Currently, Frank Harmon from Ohio Insurance Services works with the village. Also at the meeting, the council voted 4-0 to have village solicitor David Brehm draw up legislation for the Aug. 17 meeting to authorize council to pay up to $23,000 to buy a used bucket truck. The issue has been discussed for several months. Council members decided it’s time to either buy a truck or continue to rent one when needed. Village officials have found three used trucks for sale, ranging from $16,000 to $22,900. Witt said she needs to know more about the cost, including maintenance and man-hour costs. During the past five years, the village has rented trucks at a total cost of about $10,000. Prior to that, the village had its own truck but retired the

33-year-old vehicle in 2006. Metzler and Zalewski said they think it’s a good idea to have a village-owned vehicle available at all times for changing street lights, hanging banners, tree-trimming and other projects. Resident George Owens agreed. He said the village has hundreds of street lights. “It’s something that’s going to be needed.” Martin said after the meeting the village doesn’t rent a bucket truck until a number of street lights need to be changed. It isn’t cost-efficient to do it when only a few are out. That would mean, he said, some residents would have burned-out lights for several weeks before they are replaced. That wouldn’t happen if the village had its own truck. Also at the meeting: • Martin told council members that demolition has begun at the former Nestlé plant on South Columbus Street. Everything but a warehouse is slated to be torn down. Most of the 275-acre site See SUNBURY COUNCIL, page A2

Lightning fires in county drawing attention By BONNIE BUTCHER ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Fires caused by lightning strikes in Delaware County are attracting attention from around the state. Ohio Fire Marshal Larry Flowers will meet with fire department chiefs in Delaware County Aug. 31 to discuss lightning strikes that rupture corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) natural gas lines, said Shane Cartmill, spokesperson for the state fire marshal. “The reason we want to learn more is there is not a lot of information out there for the state of Ohio,” he said. “We’re not seeing it in too many places other than in Delaware County. There are reports of it sporadically in the state.” Cartmill said that Flowers, state fire

investigators and prevention officers will meet with the county fire chiefs to learn what they’re seeing and experiencing. Then more research might be done on the issue. The meeting was prompted by “growing interest in the subject among fire service personnel and the media,” Cartmill said. Cartmill isn’t sure about the number of fires involving ruptured CSST gas lines and lightning, because fire investigation reports used to look at statewide occurrences don’t have a “check box” for CSST. The reports do, however, have check boxes for lightning and for fuel. “We don’t have any good statistics, which is another reason for us to look into this,” he said. Meanwhile, area fire chiefs want residents to call if lightning strikes.

The season’s many thunderstorms have resulted in a number of homes being struck by lightning. That hazard and associated damage bring emergency crews concern enough, but crews have been seeing homes struck by lightning, accompanied by the failure of flexible natural-gas lines. That combination results in a gas-fueled fire that can burn rapidly, said Genoa Township Fire Chief Gary Honeycutt. “We had seven incidents of houses struck by lightning and then four of them ended up in basement fires with the (corrugated stainless steel tubing) CSST gas line being ruptured,” Honeycutt said. Those seven strikes occurred through the night and early morning of July 23-24. “The potential is losing the whole

house,” Honeycutt said. “We’re lucky nobody got injured or worse. Thank God these people that were affected by this recognized something was wrong soon enough.” In July, Liberty Township helped fight a fire accompanied by CSST failure in Concord Township. The house burned rapidly, Liberty Fire Chief Tim Jensen has said, leaving little standing but the chimney. Jensen said no fires with ruptured CSST gas lines have occurred recently but they “did have a flurry back in 2006 and 2007. “We spent a great deal of time researching the issue then,” he said. “The installers are supposed to have some minimal training, and the Liberty Township building department See LIGHTNING, page A3

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No raises in final city school contract Reductions in state funding of about 13 percent forced the district to make up to $2.4 million in cuts, including the elimamong the 384 teachers. The nearly $500,000 savings is a sig- ination of 17 teaching positions, to balnificant amount, school officials said, ance the 2012 budget. Craft said the savings allow the disconsidering how close Delaware City trict to rehire six first-year teachers. Schools’ budget is this year.

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“We want to thank all of our employee unions,” board president Ted Backus said. “It’s good that everyone’s cooperating.” The board earlier agreed to place a five-year, 8.3-mill emergency operating levy on the November ballot.

If approved, the operating levy would generate about $6 million per year and would cost district homeowners $260 per year per $100,000 of property value. In other business, the board recognized Jon Way, who was promoted from a teaching position to assistant principal

at Willis Intermediate School. “This has been a privilege and an honor to go through this process,” Way said. “I’m excited for the new role and the new challenges I’m going to face ahead. Thank you for this opportunity for myself and my family.”

Volunteers preparing to promote school levy SUNBURY COUNCIL Continued from page A1 Volunteer forms are available at all of the district’s school buildings, including the administration building. The school board in May approved seeking the emergency levy. Without the levy’s passage, school officials said, the district would face a $25.7-million shortfall by fiscal year 2015 because

of cuts in state aid, inflation and the district’s growing enrollment. Superintendent Paul Craft took time during a joint meeting with Delaware City Council Aug. 1 to explain the district’s reasoning behind asking for the levy. At $9,489, Delaware City Schools have one of the lowest per-pupil expenditures in central Ohio and met 24 of 26 indicators on the state report card, which Craft said makes the dis-

trict a great value for Delaware taxpayers. “We will always try to be a good value for our taxpayers,” Craft said. “What I worry about is we are getting dangerously close to that line. I don’t know that we can go much lower in per-pupil spending, which is where we would be if we do not pass that levy in the fall.” The Delaware Area Chamber of Commerce announced in its

July newsletter that it is supporting the levy. “The board is … convinced that the district is at a point at which any further significant cuts would force a change that … would change the nature of the educational experience of students for years to come,” the chamber board wrote in the newsletter. “(The district) has shown to be willing to make hard cuts while improving academics and the chamber urges voters to sup-

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A new traffic signal will be installed at North Hampton Drive and Sawmill Parkway in southern Delaware County, county commissioners agreed on Aug. 1. Commissioners Tommy Thompson and Dennis Stapleton voted 2-0 to seek bids for the installation of the new signal and the coordination of traffic signals along Sawmill Parkway from the Franklin County line north to Seldom Seen Road. In addition, handicap-accessible curb ramps and crosswalks will be added to the North Hampton Drive,Attucks, Big Bear and Home Road intersections. A total of 10 intersections

will receive some type of upgrade or improvement. The county sought bids on the project earlier this year, but all bids came in more than 10 percent above the project estimate. The county then sought new bids, county engineer Chris Bauserman said. “Some of the electronic components were much higher than we had included in our estimate,” Bauserman said. “Apparently, there was a shift in the pricing of those components during the time we were preparing our estimate. ... It’s caused caused us to look at that project a little differently.” By eliminating some of the more expensive electronic components called for in the original project plans and replacing them with “more

reasonably priced” components, Bauserman said he believes bids will come within 10 percent of the new estimate of $289,000. “The lowest bid we received previously was over $290,000, but with us changing the scope and revising our estimate, we should be able to proceed without problems this time,” he said. The new bids will be opened Aug. 23. Work should begin Sept. 5 with an estimated completion date of Nov. 25. Two-lane traffic is to remain open at all times. The commissioners also: • Authorized the submission of a grant application for $7,500 to the Delaware County Council for Older Adults. The grant would pay for a portion of the school alternative program supervisor.

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Lightning fires in county drawing attention Continued from page A1 actively inspects these installations to assure compliance with the building code. The fire service gets to see firsthand when the CSST is improperly installed — usually too close or touching metal ductwork or a water pipe. The result may be an arc created by the electricity seeking the easiest ground and the gas igniting.”

Honeycutt said firefighters have seen ruptures even in grounded and bonded CSST, which is said to increase prevention. He has concern about the piping and said firefighters have not

seen such ruptures in homes that are built with “schedule 40 pipe” which is a thicker pipe of metal or PVC. Genoa Township Fire Department Lt. Craig Skeel said, “We’ve

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Lost dog: Last seen indoors Have I mentioned the time my dog, Pip, got lost? I don’t mean the time a year or two ago, when he wandered away through a soybean field, no doubt following his nose — which protuberance, I’m sorry to say, takes precedence over us, the people who feed him, give him toys and tell him to be a good dog. Pip’s nose tells him much more interesting things, of course. It speaks to him of rabbits and raccoons, stray cats, other dogs and the pack of coyotes that we often hear howling in the night. What dog, weighing wild, exotic smells like those against, “Be a good dog,” would decide to obey the latter directive? “Be a good dog.” I suspect that dogs find that order bewildering in the extreme. For one thing, it’s way too general; it leaves the door wide open for all kinds of behaviors dogs define as “good,” from rolling in something putrid to yap-yap-yapping at a threat to civilization, such as a robin standing in the yard. That dogs consider these behaviors good is abundantly clear. Why else does a horrifyingly malodorous dog come prancing into the house, absolutely sure of his welcome? Why else does a dog standing quietly at the window suddenly start a racket that causes family members to fling their dinner forks over their shoulders and clutch at their hearts? Telling a dog to be a good dog

is a waste of breath, in other words, because a dog’s definition of “good” will never agree with a MARGO human’s. If it BARTLETT did, we either would have dogs completing our income taxes (“Bailey, be a good dog and finish this short form.”) or humans chewing the squeakers out of several rubber toys and then going to sleep under their own dining room tables. But I digress. I set out to talk, not about the time Pip wandered into the soybean field and I reported him missing to the animal control officer — “How long has he been gone?” the officer asked. “Almost an hour,” I said, causing the man’s writing hand to halt for several seconds, probably from sympathy — but about the time a few weeks ago when the dog disappeared inside the house. Yes, inside the house, although my husband almost immediately became convinced that Pip had somehow been left outside and was now at the mercy of coyotes and other nighttime marauders. I pictured large owls swooping in, accompanied by pterodactyls and a couple of feral cats. Still, my genuine alarm was reserved for my own search indoors. I was certain that Pip was

in the house; yet, he was completely and unaccountably gone. I looked everywhere I could think to look: Not under just our bed, where he often spends entire nights and some days, but under all the beds, inside the closets, behind the washer and dryer. I opened drawers. I peered inside the kitchen cupboards. Frankly, I was beginning to get an eerie feeling about this. The dog was surely in the house and yet, he wasn’t to be found. If this were a television movie or maybe a rerun of “The Twilight Zone,” the dog would turn out to be in another dimension. Or I’d turn out to be the pet of my own dog, who would appear in giant form to loom over me and hold out human treats to get my attention. “Sit!” he’d say, and I’d sit. “Down!” he’d say, and I’d lie down with my head on my front paws to watch him, waiting for the signal that it was OK to get up again. That would probably be the end of the show but what about now, what about real life? Where was Pip? My husband came inside, shaking his head. Pip wasn’t out there, he said, not voicing his fear that he had been out there and was now gone. I was on my way back upstairs to double-check the closets and under the beds when I heard my husband call. He’s here, See BARTLETT, page A5

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Parks slate Green-Wise Fair Often, as I walk along the trails in the various Preservation Parks preserves, I am able to lose myself in the moment and just take in the meadows and ravines, the birds and the squirrels, and everything else that makes up nature in Delaware County. But other times, I can’t help but wonder how this county that I love will look in 50 or 100 years, when my grandchildren and their children take my place on the trails. I’m not talking about overdevelopment, because Preservation Parks and other area agencies and organizations are looking out for the natural areas and keeping some great wildlife habitat intact. I think the natural areas will still be beautiful and accessible. No, I’m worried more about the environment in general — the air, the water, the livability of the planet. My husband will tell me I worry too much — that there is not much I can do. But two hot summers in a row make me wonder if global warming (or the more current “climate change”) is really happening, or is it just cyclical? And I wonder what fracking to extract natural gas — if it starts happening in Ohio — will do to our groundwater. Yes, we need energy but we also need clean water. And what about the growing landfills and the foreign countries exporting their trash here to the United States, where we still have empty space? And how about the Texas-sized flotilla of plastic bottles, netting and other trash circling around in the Pacific? How can that possibly be good for ocean life? And consider the transportation costs (fuel consumption) and health costs (preservatives) associated with buying strawberries, tomatoes, and lots of other things out of season. The list of practices to which we’ve become accustomed

is long. Some of the practices — driving everywhere we go because subdivisions just aren’t conSUE nected to services — are HAGAN tough to change. But others are not as difficult, and we invite you to learn about some of the easier ways to live a greener life. Preservation Parks’ third annual Green-Wise Fair will be held Sunday, Aug. 28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Deer Haven Preserve, 4183 Liberty Road, just south of Delaware. Here are just a few of the things you will discover: • Programmable thermostats can help you reduce energy usage by adjusting the temperature when you are not home — and even when you are. After all, do we really need our homes to register 68 degrees when it’s 95 outdoors? • “Keep Delaware County

Beautiful” will provide information on the abundance of recycling opportunities, for everything from fluorescent light bulbs to virtually all paper and cardboard. Freecycle programs are growing, wherein your used goods become someone else’s brand new furniture. The Habitat for Humanity ReStore truck will be at the Green-Wise Fair to collect building materials for new homes. • Scioto Gardens, the Delaware County Community Market and farmers market vendors will be on hand to sell locally grown produce and other foods. Preservation Parks staff will talk about county bike trails, and visitors can join a guided bike ride from downtown Delaware to the GreenWise Fair. • A wetland exploration program, and live animals from the Ohio Wildlife Center and Ohio Nature Education’s Environmental Education Center, will remind you exactly why we want to protect the environment in the

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with Marysville, Buckeye Valley Barber said the exchange will and North Union school districts, be particularly helpful for Big all meeting in Marysville. Walnut High School teachers who The Big Walnut school district The districts will compare in- might be the only ones in the disrecently announced dates and struction and assessment strate- trict teaching certain subjects. times it wants people to put on gies. Working with teachers of the their calendars. The district will hold a dedication for the new Big Walnut Middle School at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, at the building, 777 Cheshire Road, Sunbury. The school will open for the 2011-12 school year. The district’s first day of school is Aug. 24. Last year's school day was shortened because of budget cuts. This year, the normal school day, 45 minutes longer than last year’s, will return. High school and middle school students will begin the day at 7:30 a.m. and end it at 2:40 p.m. and 2:15 p.m., respectively. Elementary students will be in school from 9 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. The preschool and kindergarten morning session runs from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.; the afternoon session runs from 12:55 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. 1 Wear bug spray with DEET (except infants). To foster professional develFollow the directions on the bottle. opment for teachers, the district has added two teacher work days, for a total of three. Students won’t 2 Check houses, garages, and landscaping for have school on those dates, which bee nests. are Sept.19, Nov. 28 and Feb. 17. For the September date, teachers will meet in their buildings 3 Drain all standing water from toys, kiddie working on instruction strategies, pools, tires, birdbaths, and other containers assistant superintendent Gary Barto keep mosquitoes away. ber said. In November and February, teachers will collaborate ThisWeek Community Newspapers

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BARTLETT Continued from page A4 my husband said. My husband was in our office, the room that had been the parlor when our house was built at the beginning of the last century. It holds my desk and his, a large secretary that belonged to my late grandmother, and my piano. My husband was standing by the piano. “Behind here,” he said. I looked. There was Pip, crouched in the small space between the piano and the wall. He didn’t seem particularly uncomfortable, although he wasn’t willing to look either of us in the eye. Too embarrassed, I figured. “It looks like he went in forward and then didn’t know how to come out backward,” I said. “But why didn’t he speak up?” All this time, of course, we’d been calling, calling, calling, and Pip had been sitting behind the piano listening to us without uttering so much as a yip. Had we been robins standing in the yard, he would have barked his head off, I thought a little bitterly, as my husband shifted the piano and Pip came out. I wasn’t really angry, though. It was so good to see his furry face again. Write to Margo Bartlett at mbartlett@thisweeknews.com.

HAGAN Continued from page A4 first place. These are just a sprinkling of the exhibits and vendors — from Wireless Zone to Elfner Organic Lawn Care — that offer goods and services that are kind to the environment. Some say that environmental concerns are overblown — that the earth will take care of itself. Others say it’s too late — that the world is on a trajectory that can’t be stopped and nothing we do will make a difference. But I’m more hopeful than that. I feel hopeful when I see Sustainable Delaware (Preservation Parks’ partner in the Green-Wise Fair) tackle everything from air quality to fuel consumption. And I feel hopeful when I see high school kids start a “Green Team” and fourth-graders begin a nature club. Because it’s the little things that matter. It’s those little things — reusing, recycling, reducing, and renewing — that, collectively, can add up to one big thing: a better, healthier planet for our children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. For more information about the Green-Wise Fair, visit www.preservationparks.com. Sue Hagan is marketing and communications manager for Preservation Parks of Delaware County.

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Community briefs Bookstore to host canine helpers Reading will go to the dogs – and dogs will go to Beehive Books – on Thursday, Aug. 11. Dogs trained by Acme Canine owner Laura Pakis will visit the bookstore at 25 N. Sandusky St., where they will be paired with children ages 6 to 12 to share a story and practice reading skills. The free program will run from 4 to 5:30 p.m. On hand – or on paw – will be Woofie, Stella,Aston and another canine pal, accompanied by their owners. Each child who attends the Beehive Books event will spend 10 to 15 minutes reading to a canine friend. To reserve a spot for a child, call Beehive Books at (740) 3632337. To learn more about the dog reading program at Acme Canine, call (740) 548-1717 or visit www.acmecanine.com.

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and Sunday, Aug. 20 and 21, at the Community Park in Center Village. Activities will begin Saturday morning with an antique tractor show and displays in the firehouse and maintenance building. A parade around the park will begin at 11 a.m., honoring longtime township residents over the age of 90. Entertainment in the main tent will begin after the parade with Matt Jergens, comic juggler, followed by the Ohio Youth Entertainers Stage Show and Southwynd (a 1980s style garage band), the Miller-Kelton Folk-Rock Band and the BW Dance Teams. Games for children will be held at the basketball court, including a cakewalk at noon and a pedal pull contest at 3 p.m. for children under age 12 and under 80 pounds. The Delaware County sheriff’s canine unit will perform on the field at 12:15 p.m. followed by a tractor tug pull at 1 p.m. A square/line/folk dance will be held Saturday evening, called by John Wargowsky of Delaware. The day will end with an official Boy Scout flag retirement ceremony.

Sunday will begin with a pancake breakfast starting at 7:15 a.m. ($6 for adults and $3 under age 12, serving until 10:15 a.m.) followed at 10:30 a.m. by an open air church service conducted by the Rev. Bud Leskovac of the Harlem Road United Methodist Church. At 12:30 p.m., the Keller Brothers from Elyria will sing in the main tent. The brothers were Stage I winners and Stage II contestants in this year’s America’s Got Talent and are the grandsons of 1946 Harlem High School graduate Patsy Dell. Jergens will perform in the main tent at 1:45 p.m. At 2:30 p.m., Sheldon Mencer, a gospel singer from northeastern Ohio, will take the stage. The sheriff’s canine unit will perform at 11:45 a.m. on the field. A tractor slow race will be held at 12:30 p.m. and a wagon backing contest at 1:45 p.m., both on the field. A cornhole tournament will be held at noon for ages 12 and older. Children’s games, a hula hoop contest and a bowling contest also will be held Sunday. The event is free and parking will be available on the south side of the firehouse.

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On the way to its first losing season in 12 years last fall, an already young and undersized Ready High School football team was hindered further when it lost an expected two-way starter to a broken leg. The fact that Christian Knapper went down on the second play of the Silver Knights’ final preseason scrimmage to end his senior season virtually before it started was all the more painful. The 2011 preseason gets under way

Tuesday, Aug. 9, with a series of matchups that includes Grove City traveling to Upper Arlington and Gahanna playing host to Olentangy Liberty. From Aug. 9-20, coaches and players will compete in various scrimmages throughout central Ohio in preparation for the coming season. They’ll be crossing their fingers that they won’t face a similar situation to what the Silver Knights and Knapper did last fall. “Injuries like that usually are freak accidents where somebody twists somebody or gets pretzeled underneath a

pile,” Ready coach Larry Wolf said. “(Knapper’s injury was) where the kid tried to stop and cut. Most of the time freak injuries are a total accident where there’s no rhyme or reason to them. Our kids are well-conditioned and wellprepared and we just tell them to go out and play hard.” After three seasons in which his team stayed mostly healthy over the course of each season, DeSales coach Ryan Wiggins watched last year as several key regular-season injuries, including one to running back Warren Ball that lingered much of the fall, hindered his

team’s success. Like Wolf, however, Wiggins isn’t planning to keep his players from giving their best effort just to try to keep them from getting injured, and that includes when they’re competing in a preseason scrimmage. “It’s a delicate balance,” Wiggins said. “It always bothers me when a kid gets hurt in practice, but you’ve got to prepare physically. You’re trying to be smart when it’s your own guys, but when you play a different-colored jersey, you’ve just got to play. Usually when injuries occur they are freak things

and you can’t worry about them.” Most of central Ohio’s teams are competing in two scrimmages, although a few will play two scrimmages from Aug. 9-16 and a third that the OHSAA deems a “jamboree” scrimmage from Aug. 18-20. Because the OHSAA requires all schools to pay $250 to its Catastrophic Insurance Fund if they choose to compete in a third preseason game, schools may charge admission to the jamboree. See FOOTBALL, page A8

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Athletes share thoughts, advice For more than a decade, I have had student-athletes write in this summer series and the three questions that I enjoy hearing their responses from the most are what advice they would give to younger students who are beginning their sport, who their heroes are and what their future plans are LARRY at this time of LARSON their life. The final three weeks of this summer’s columns deal with those topics, beginning with the one on advice. As young people grow, they are faced with decisions on activities they might want to try. Whether it’s music, science, art, drama, sports or any other extracurricular activity, I highly urge them to give things a chance and see if it is the right fit for them. Here are suggestions from student-athletes who are among the best in the area, if not the state, at their sport. Michela Paradiso, Upper Arlington, soccer and basketball: “I would encourage the need to make sure you take responsibility for yourself in the sport. You can’t blame other people, coaches, parents, referees or other players for your downfalls and losses. Remember that there is a lot of time to play soccer and you have to keep the passion alive and keep teammates as the most important thing.” Austin Cuervo, St. Charles, golf: “I would tell a young athlete in my sport to have a good head. Golf is just about the least amount of strokes, not what strokes may or may not look like.” Chase Delande, Hilliard Davidson, football and wrestling: “Work hard at your sport. When it gets really tough, fight through it and keep going.” Napoleon Bell, Hartley, football and wrestling: “You will experience failure and defeat. The key thing is this: If the endeavor was a defeat, it was also a learning experience. It does not make you a failure.” Jake Blankenship, Gahanna, pole vault: “No matter what happens, make sure you give it your all and don’t quit. Pole vaulting is not an easy sport, but when you become successful, you learn you can do anything.” Mary Wells, Westerville Central, bowling: “Try the sport because you like it and not because someone else wants you to try it. If you are not sure whether you will enjoy the activity, make sure you at least give it a try.” Faith Washington, Reynoldsburg, track: “I would tell a young person beginning running to stay hydrated and always, always listen to what your body is trying to tell you during your workouts.”

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Sophia Maharry of the Delaware Darts competes in the girls 14-and-under 50-meter butterfly during the GCSL meet July 26 at Plain Township Aquatic Center.

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Having to report to the Delaware Darts swimming practice at 7 a.m. five days a week this summer, Brooke Glesenkamp hasn’t had many opportunities to sleep in this summer. But after the Darts swept the junior and senior titles at the Greater Columbus Swim League championships July 22-26 at the Plain Township pool, she said the early morning practices paid off. “I get up early and do this because I love doing it,” said Glesenkamp, who competed in the girls 11-12 age group. “Sometimes I have to miss doing things with my other school friends, but I think getting the championship made it all worth it.” The Darts won the combined championship with a total of 3,121.5 points, finishing ahead of the Northwest Tigersharks (2,388.5), the Highland Otters (2,123.5), the Worthington Waves (1,979.5), the Westerville Jaycee Poolcats (1,687.5),

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The Darts’ Kael Gannon, 10, splashes himself with water from his swim cap as he and teammate Matt Hank try to cool off during the GCSL meet July 26.

Olympic (1,632), the Plain Township Gators (1,180.5) and the Gahanna Sea Lions (960). Delaware captured its third consecutive junior title in the 6and-under, 7-8 and 9-10 age groups, scoring 1,357 points to finish ahead of Olympic (854.5),

Highland (825.5), Westerville (799.5), Worthington (737.5), Northwest (720.5), Plain Township (580.5) and Gahanna (397). The Darts won the senior division, which consisted of the 11-12, 13-14 and 15-18 age groups, for the first time since

2004. Delaware compiled 1,764.5 points to finish ahead of Northwest (1,668), Highland (1,298), Worthington (1,242), Westerville (888), Olympic (777.5), Plain Township (600) and Gahanna (563). “This is the first time in our 33 years both the juniors and the seniors won the league meet,” said Darts coach Bill Rietz, who also coaches the Delaware Hayes High School swimming and diving teams. “I told the kids, ‘Just because we won all (five of) the dual meets doesn’t mean we’re going to win the whole ball of wax.’” Glesenkamp seemed to take Rietz’s message to heart, as she placed first in the 50-meter backstroke (33.68 seconds), 50 freestyle (29.58) and 100 individual medley (1:13.65) and teamed with Ally Braun, Kristen Puthoff and Marissa Sulek to win the 200 free relay (2:06.28). All four times were team records. Others winners for Delaware in the senior division were Regan Dewitt in the 50 back (32.45) and Dewitt, Kara Miller, Allyson

Fomich and Samantha Curtin in the 200 medley relay (2:12.44) and 200 free relay (1:56.62) in girls 13-14, Remy Curtin in the 50 breaststroke (41.04) and Curtin, Craig Klumpp, Mitchell Garnett and Connor Derstine in the 200 medley relay (2:37.24) in boys 11-12, Brittany Puthoff in the 100 breast (1:16.77) in girls 15-18 and Colby Brothers, Skyler Pollock, Keanan Fomich and Andrew Davis in the 200 medley relay (2:10.58) and 200 free relay (1:50.69) in boys 13-14. “It’s a tribute to the kids. They are down at the pool at 7 a.m. while most of their buddies are still in bed,” Rietz said. “This must be something they enjoy. I know they enjoyed it quite a bit last night.” Winners for Northwest in the 15-18 age group were Joey Long in the 100 free (meet-record 53.54) and 100 breast (1:09.54), the 200 free relay of Long, Jordan Krumpleman, Alex Chin and Michael Robinson in the 200 free relay (1:41.16) and Alex Chin in the See GCSL, page A8

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Warriors’ Wilson ran to glory at state in ’98 By JARROD ULREY ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Even before Ryan Wilson entered high school, his mother, Cynthia, got a glimpse of the kind of competitor who was emerging under her roof. “He might have been 12 or 13 years old, and he told me, ‘I’m going to go to the state track meet all four years in four events,” his mother said. “That’s exactly what he would do, and he scored in 14 of those 16 events.” Perhaps his greatest feat as a prep athlete occurred in the 1998 Division I state meet, as the Westerville North junior lived up to his own high expectations in many aspects, winning the long jump (23 feet, 1 inch) on the first day of competition and coming back on day two with titles in the 110meter hurdles (13.95 seconds) and 300 hurdles (37.1). Even with a weekend full of accomplishments, there was a disappointment that is just as memorable to Wilson: He had to settle for seventh place in the 200. See LARSON, page A8 Although athletes now receive two

points for finishing seventh and one point for eighth in an event, a different point system was in place at that time in which no points were given for seventh or eighth. The three titles he won that weekend gave North 30 points and a cochampionship in Division I with Brunswick. “The interesting thing is that what I remember most about it is the lesson I learned,” Wilson said. “The 200 was my last event and was definitely my weakest event. I had chosen to run the 200 instead of the (1,600 relay) that year and I remember I got seventh because I didn’t run all the way through the line. I remember when I watched the replay on the screen that someone was able to pass me right at the end. That extra point I didn’t get was what I remember the most because my team didn’t win the (outright championship).” Wilson’s performance in the 1998 By Mike Munden/The Columbus Dispatch state meet was part of one of the most remarkable prep careers of any cen- Ryan Wilson won three events — the long jump, 100-meter hurdles and 300 hurdles — at the 1998 Division I state meet, scoring all of Westerville North’s points to secure a share tral Ohio track athlete. See WILSON, page A8

of the state title with Brunswick. The 1999 North graduate advanced to state in four events each of his four seasons, scoring in 14 of the events.

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Continued from page A7 In 1996 as a freshman at Columbus Academy, he took second in the long jump, was fifth in the 110 hurdles and ran the anchor leg of the winning 1,600 relay in the Division III state meet. That performance followed a boys soccer season in which he helped the Vikings win the 1995 Division II state title. Wilson transferred to Westerville North midway through his sophomore season and immediately became a standout at the Division I track level. In the 1997 state meet, he took fourth in the long jump, fourth in the 110 hurdles and fourth in the 300 hurdles and helped the 1,600 relay finish third. In 1998, during the final state track meet held at Ohio Stadium, he was one of five North athletes competing but the only one who scored. The 3,200 relay of Nathan Aichele, Jared Conley, Jason Conley and Tyler Pensyl also represented the Warriors but didn’t place. In 1999 at Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Wilson defended his titles in the 110 hurdles (13.7) and 300 hurdles (36.46) and finished third in the long jump (23-7 1/4). He also competed in the 1,600 relay that failed to place. “It was amazing, watching Ryan perform the way that he did,” said Pensyl, who went on to run for Denison University and has been working for the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease as an associate for five years. “He rose to the occasion. We only lost one meet all year, and we had a number of outstanding individuals. It really felt like a team championship and I thought it was a reflection of everything that we did that year.” According to Bob Cavin, who was North’s coach in 1998 and currently serves as an assistant football and track coach at New Albany, a now-famous T-shirt was produced after the first day of the state meet. On the front, the shirt read, “Get outta my way. I’m on Ryan Wilson’s team.” On the back, it read, “I made it to the state meet, too.” “It was a great team accomplishment and Ryan was just the leader,” Cavin said. “For Ryan to score all of our points, that was just the icing on the cake.” “Even though I happened to score all of the points, that was one of the best teams we’ve ever had,” Wilson said. “Even though it’s an individual sport, I still have a lot of friends from that team. That was the last meet in ‘The Horseshoe,’and I’m really proud I was able to be a part of people sending the track out in style.” Wilson comes from a family of track athletes. His brother, Glen, was a three-time state meet com-

NOS. 3-10: 10. MAURICE HALL, Brookhaven football (Oct. 27, 2000) — During a season in which he rushed for 3,057 yards to rank fifth on Ohio’s all-time list, Hall’s most memorable individual performance came during the final week of the regular season. The Bearcats beat Briggs 75-16 as Hall rushed for 411 yards and eight touchdowns on 19 carries. 9. LATOYA TURNER, Pickerington girls basketball (March 19, 1999) — The 6-foot-4 senior helped the Tigers advance to the Division I state final with her 29-point performance in a 51-35 win over Wadsworth. The Ohio State recruit made 12 of 14 shots from the floor and was 5-for-6 from the free-throw line while adding five rebounds, four steals and two assists. 8. DARCY FISHBACK, Upper Arlington girls swimming (Feb. 27-28, 2009) — During preliminaries Feb. 27, Fishback broke the state record in the 100-yard butterfly when she finished in 53.38 seconds. She won her fourth state title in the event the next day in 54.17 seconds. Fishback also swam on two state-record relays: the 200 medley (1:43.59) and the 200 freestyle (1:34.24). 7. CHARLES JOHNSON, Watkins Memorial boys basketball (Feb. 24, 1995) — There have been few more surprising performances than what this 5-8 senior guard accomplished in leading the Warriors to a 93-87 overtime upset of second-seeded and state-ranked London in the second round of the Division II district tournament. Watkins Memorial was just 1-19 entering the matchup but got 57

petitor for Academy who later competed in track for Yale. His mother coached track in the 1980s and early 1990s, making stops at Columbus Central, Centennial and Academy, and remains a teacher at Academy. After Wilson graduated from North, he competed for the University of Southern California, winning an NCAA title in the 110 hurdles in 2003. He also was the bronze medalist in the IAFF World Athletics Final in 2008. Wilson has been a professional track athlete since 2004. In the USATF Outdoor Nationals on June 25 in Eugene, Ore., he finished 16th (13.52) in the semifinals of the 110 hurdles senior race as the top eight advanced to the final. He then traveled to Europe to compete in meets in Switzerland and France in July. He also was expected to travel to Sweden for a meet in late July. Now 30 years old, Wilson expects to continue competing professionally for at least two years and possibly as many as six. He has lived in Los Angeles since 1999. “It’s a lot of fun to compete in

points from Johnson, who made 19 of 34 from floor, including eight 3-pointers, and was 11-for-15 from the freethrow line. He added eight rebounds, six steals and five assists. 6. KHALILAH CARPENTER, Brookhaven girls track and field (June 2-3, 2000) — At the 2000 Division I state meet, the junior broke the meet and state records in the 100 meters with a time of 11.59 seconds on June 2. The next day, she won the 100 in 11.71 and the 200 title in 23.69, a time that lowered the state mark she already held. 5. JEFF BACKES, Upper Arlington football (Dec. 2, 2000) — In leading the Golden Bears to the Division I state title, the 5-9, 180-pound senior turned in a performance worthy of the Ohio Mr. Football award that he had received days earlier. Backes rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries and preserved a 159 victory over Solon at Fawcett Stadium in Canton with an interception with less than a minute remaining. 4. COURTNEY SMITH, Hilliard Davidson softball (May 17 and 19, 2006) — Smith brought to a close what remains the longest OHSAA softball tournament game, hitting a grand slam in the bottom of the 22nd inning for a 4-1 victory over Olentangy Liberty and a Division I district championship for the Wildcats. It was Smith’s first career home run. She also stood out in the circle, striking out 29 while pitching a complete game. She didn’t allow a run until the top of the 22nd. 3. GREG AVERY, Newark boys basketball (March 15, 2008) — Avery led the Wildcats to a 65-52 victory over Lakewood St. Edward in the Division I state championship game. The 6-3 senior forward tied his career high of 33 points on 14 of 18 shooting and added 11 rebounds, three assists and four steals as the Wildcats captured their first state title since 1943. Avery made third-team all-state his senior season as he averaged 18.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists. He became the sixth player in program history to score more than 1,000 points, finishing with 1,131 career points.

Europe,” he said. “It’s always nice to know that there’s a knowledgeable fan base over there that really appreciates you. It’s refreshing. I definitely feel fortunate to be able to travel like this, and I’m trying to enjoy the parts that I can. Not a lot of people are able to see the world like I have.” Although he’s competed in track meets in front of as many as 75,000 fans in Europe, the sheer magnitude of winning three state titles is something Cynthia Wilson believes will live on in the memories of track fans throughout Ohio. “The further you get away from it, the more you realize what a big deal it was, especially since it was in Division I,” she said. “It was the last time the meet was held at Ohio State, so that was fun, too. He’s always set all of these goals for himself and some of those goals have eluded him, but he’s been able to run at the highest levels. He loves the hurdles and he really loved Westerville North and loved coach Cavin and the support from the community.”

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Scrimmage schedule Below is a list of scrimmages involving central Ohio high school football teams throughout the ThisWeek Community Newspapers coverage area (times and dates are subject to change): AUG. 9 Gahanna vs. Olentangy Liberty (9 a.m.); Grove City Christian vs. South Charleston Southeastern (6 p.m.); Teays Valley vs. Columbus Academy (9 a.m.); Thomas Worthington vs. Beechcroft, Marysville and Walnut Ridge (5 p.m.); Upper Arlington vs. Grove City (noon) AUG. 10 Bexley vs. Licking Heights (10 a.m.); Buckeye Valley vs. Ready (9 a.m.); Jonathan Alder vs. Brookhaven (8:30 a.m.); Marion Elgin vs. Grandview (10 a.m.); Pickerington North vs. Dublin Coffman (9 a.m.) AUG. 12 Canal Winchester vs. New Albany and Liberty (10 a.m.); Central Crossing vs. Columbus East (7:30 p.m.); Gahanna vs. Lakewood St. Edward (11 a.m.); Olentangy vs. Brookhaven (7 p.m.) AUG. 13 Bexley vs. Fairbanks (10 a.m.); Briggs vs. Ready (10 a.m.); Delaware vs. Westland (10 a.m.); Dublin Coffman vs. Marysville (9 a.m.); Dublin Jerome vs. Independence, Pickerington Central and Worthington Kilbourne (11 a.m.); Dublin Scioto vs. Hilliard Davidson (7 p.m.); Grove City vs. Hilliard Darby (10 a.m.); Grove City Christian vs. Africentric (9 a.m.); Hartley vs. Eastmoor Academy (6 p.m.); Hilliard Bradley vs. Groveport, Hamilton and Northland (10 a.m.); Johnstown vs. Licking Valley (10 a.m.); Licking Heights vs. Heath (10 a.m.); Marion Harding vs. Watkins Memorial (10 a.m.); Olentangy Orange vs. Kings Mills Kings

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pares for the coming season. “Hartley’s got a good, sound program with well-coached kids,” Miranda said. “(Hawks coach Brad Burchfield) enjoys the team speed we have. For us, they have a quick-paced offensive set and disciplined kids, so it makes us have to play sound.” DeSales plays at Westerville South on Aug. 13 in what Wiggins calls a “controlled” scrimmage. It then plays host to Upper Arlington on Aug. 19.

“The first scrimmage is against somebody other than ourselves and it’s when you’re going to see real speed for the first time,” Wiggins said. “We know we’re going to see kids with good size and good athleticism, and we’re looking to see how physical we are and how well we’ve learned our assignments.”

competing with each other.” •William Elsrod and Ava Row led the Darts in the junior division. In the boys 7-8 age group, Elsrod placed first in the 25 back (21.36), 25 fly (19.56) and 25 breast (22.91) and teamed with Dylan Fisher, Zach Ward and Ryan Smudz to win the 100 free relay (1:17.34) and 100 medley relay (1:27). Row set a meet record in the 25 back (24.93) in girls 6-and-under. Other winners for the Darts were Smudz in the 25 free (17.1) in boys 7-8, Dani Ward in the 50 fly (36.97) in girls 9-10 and Dani Ward, Esther Lawrence,

Lauren Ertz and Katy Koons in the 100 medley relay (1:19.24) and 100 free relay (1:06.47) in girls 9-10.

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GCSL Continued from page A7 100 back (1:00.65) for the boys and the 200 free relay of Camey Rabold, Emily Boone,Amy Trace and Abby Chin (meet-record 1:55.87), the 200 medley relay of Rabold, Elizabeth Long, Boone and Abby Chin (meet-record 2:05.86), Rabold in the 100 free (1:00.65) and 100 back (1:06.64) and Abby Chin in the 100 butterfly (1:05.26) and 100 individual medley (1:07.42) for the girls. “(Setting meet records in 200 free and 200 medley relays) was a good way for us seniors to go out,” Abby Chin said. “We have that one last good memory of

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HELP WANTED WAREHOUSE/ MANUFACTURING MACHINIST Industrial Pattern & Mfg. a manufacturer of Molds, Patterns, and Models located in Columbus, Ohio is recruiting for a machinist. Requirement include: Set-up and operate various tool room equipment including but not limited to lathes and milling equipment. Read and interpret blueprints, sketches, and drawings to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work pieces. Ability to work independently. Please send resume and references to Industrial Pattern & Mfg. 899 N. 20th Street Columbus, OH 43219

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Pets & Livestock Estate Sale - 3661 Heywood Drive, Hilliard, Saturday Sunday, August 6 & 7, 9:00 to 3:00, No early sales, Cash only, 1938 Bdrm set, 1950s Blonde Bdrm set, sofa, chairs, dining set, tables, 1950s cabinet sewing machine, kitchenware, china, HH items, bedding, quilts, lamps, decor, holiday items, outdoor tools HUGE GARAGE SALE August 13th, 9am-5pm 22 1/2 Estelle St, Delaware New name brand clothes, new toys, hh items & more Multi-Family Sale on Fieldcrest Drive in Dela ware. Located in Kensing ton Place subdivision off SR 521 behind Delaware Oakland Nursery Aug 1213 from 9am - 2pm

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