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January 24, 2013

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

Deadline for parade entries Feb. 22 By JENNIFER NOBLIT THISWEEKNEWS.COM

Honoring Dr. King through service Sabrina D’Souza (left) of Dublin, Cheryl Fields of Hilliard, Akira Okamoto of Dublin and his wife Carly work on packing emergency preparedness kits at The Convalarium at Indian Run as part of Dublin’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Sunday, Jan. 20. The kits will be delivered to local seniors on Dublin Meals on Wheels routes. Dublin also held a program at the Dublin AMC movie theater, Monday, Jan 21.

St. Patrick’s Day may be almost two months away, but Dublin’s parade lineup is filling up. The deadline for entries for the St. Patrick’s Day Celebration parade is Feb. 22, but organizers are expecting the 110 spots to fill up quickly. “We’re getting applications every day,” said Mary Jo DiSalvo, Dublin events administrator. The greenest, grandestthemed parade steps off from Metro Center at 11 a.m. March 16 and 20,000 are expected to watch the festivities. Trish Lackey, Dublin events administrator, said the city is

working to create traditions at the St. Patrick’s Day parade that people look forward to every year. “We have the clowns at the end of the parade,” Lackey said. “We want kids pushing mom and dad to stay so they can see the clown sweeping up at the end.” An entry from the Sister’s Sweet Shoppe has become a tradition in the St. Patrick’s Day parade. The Historic Dublin business won the “Pot-O-Gold” award last year for its entry and owner Nannette Purdy said this year will be the business’s 10th in the parade. “The first year we just

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First line of defense: School Resource Officers Security one of many roles assigned to police in schools By JENNIFER NESBITT THISWEEKNEWS.COM Westerville police officer Aaron Dickison patrols a 5acre area packed with about 1,500 people. As a School Resource Officer, he acts as patrolman, counselor, safety educator, first responder and investigator at Westerville North High School. “This is my city, and I’m the police officer here,” Dickison said. “I do all the detective work and the community service and the education.” Dickison, like other school resource officers across the country, is on the front line of defense in school security. As Dickison walks Wester-

ville North’s many hallways, he’s quick to point out his security concerns, as well as point out the changes he’s made to keep students and staff safer since becoming North’s School Resource Officer last year. “One of my biggest problems on a daily basis is that you have 30 doors that you can walk into and out of,” Dickison said. “It’s way too many to police for one person.” Nonetheless, Dickison’s day generally begins with making rounds through the school, checking that each door is, in fact, secure. The outside locks on the doors have been covered so

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School Resource Officer Aaron Dickison listens to a student at Westerville North Jan. 16. JOSHUA A. BICKEL/THISWEEKNEWS

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