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Scottish Corners gym teacher gets an A+
By JENNIFER NOBLIT THISWEEKNEWS.COM
Scottish Corners Elementary School is the home of the top elementary school physical education teacher in Ohio. Traci Grissom is set to receive an award next month for being named the 2013 Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year in the state by the Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Grissom has been nominated for the honor before and is hoping to find out who nominated her this year at the Dec. 5 awards ceremony held in Sandusky. “I was very surprised,” she said. “I’ve filled out the stuff before and haven’t gotten it. I thought, ‘Should I do this again?’And decided, yes. It’s all for the kids.” It’s the students that keep Grissom motivated even after 20 years of working in elementary physical education at
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Scottish Corners Elementary School teacher Traci Grissom works with her jump rope club before school Thursday, Nov. 14. Grissom was named the 2013 Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year in the state by the Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKNEWS
River, Celtic knots, wildelife images top list of interchange aesthetics By JENNIFER NOBLIT THISWEEKNEWS.COM Images from throughout Dublin were proposed to decorate concrete that will be poured over the next few years for improvements at the Interstate 270/U.S. Route 33 interchange. Three themes were unveiled during a public meeting last week held to gather public opinion on aesthetics for the interchange improvements that will largely replace the current clover-leaf configuration. Steven Weitzman, CEO and president of Creative Design Resolutions, presented the three themes culled from September public focus groups and online comments. “The natural environment is really quite amazing, all the natural flora and fauna and the ability to kayak and bike,” Weitzman said.
This image of a tree incorporates a Celtic knot into its design.
Images will be created in the concrete retaining walls and abutments at the redesigned Interstate 270-U.S. Route 33 interchange.
“The natural environment I thought was one of the main things I got from the residents.” The Irish culture and knots found in Celtic and other cultures also influenced designs,
Weitzman said. “I like the knot because many strings come together to make something strong,” he said. “What a concept for your
community.” The first concept revolved around the Scioto River and would include etchings of the river on under and overpass walls.
Piers holding up bridges would have stone similar to that used on the Leatherlips sculpture and the wall of bridges would carry a knot design. “It becomes a window of what is in Dublin, Ohio,” Weitzman said. The Scioto River scene could include kayakers, ducks, the Bridge Street bridge and other wildlife, Weitzman said. “You’re taking a trip down the river literally as you’re driv-
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ing down the street,” he said. The second theme would use flower and leaf etchings on the concrete walls of overpasses and retaining walls of underpasses and use limestone-like rock designs for piers that mimic the stone walls seen around Dublin. The walls of bridges would carry a Native American-styled design of rocks that incorporates the form of golf clubs. The third theme utilized a more abstract design of shamrocks on walls while placing floral and fauna patterns on piers. A weaved design would cross bridge walls. Weitzman also had concepts for knots throughout the designs and said themes could be combined. “Anything is possible,” he said. “Remember you all are
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