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North Side Health Advisory Committee
Nonprofit quest gains some urgency By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
North Side Health Advisory Committee members have been talking about obtaining nonprofit status for several months. Now they have not only an incentive to do so, but also a fast-approaching deadline. At last week’s monthly meeting, Columbus Public Health management analyst Mathew S. Baldwin, who advises the panel, informed members of a
possible grant for which the committee might be eligible, but only if they can become a nonprofit organization, and do so by the filing deadline of Aug. 5. The grants, for between $5,000 and $10,000, come through the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, which is under the Department of Health and Human Services and part of the federal Healthy People 2020 initiative. Up to 170 projects could receive the one-time funding, according to Baldwin.
“Healthy People is a set of topic areas and objectives with 10-year targets designed to guide national health promotion and disease-prevention efforts to improve the health of people in the United States,” according to the application form for the grant money. “Healthy People 2020 represents the fourth generation of this initiative, building on a foundation of three decades of work. This request for proposal recognizes the lead role that community-based organizations play in improving a community’s health. The purpose of this RFP
is to solicit community-level projects that use Healthy People 2020 overarching goals, topic areas and objectives to promote improved heath at a community level.” According to the document, the grants are intended “to support activities above and beyond general operations. Using the projects funded through this RFP, the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion intends to evaluate how the Healthy People 2020 overarching goals, topic areas and objectives are being used to improve the health of
communities.” The document goes on to state that the money will be awarded in the areas of “environmental justice,” “health equity” and “healthy behaviors across all life stages.” Baldwin indicated that the health advisory committee, perhaps working in partnership with the Helping Hands Health and Wellness free clinic, North YMCA and even a senior citizens’ center, could qualify in that third category. See NONPROFIT QUEST, page A2
County coroner discusses ‘CSI Effect’
Old soldier to be among parade honorees
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If no one used a fingerprint kit, jurors might be inclined to acquit. Wildly popular television shows such as the “Law and Order” and especially “CSI” franchises that celebrate and elevate the scientific aspects of crime-fighting have created unrealistic expectations among the public when it comes to evidence presented in a courtroom, Franklin County Coroner Dr. Jan M. Gorniak said during a presentation last week to Block Watch captains from the Northland area. “The people who watch these shows end up on a jury,” GorniDr. Jan Gorniak ak said. “It’s entertainment. We have to remember that.” But people serving on juries don’t always remember that, she added, instead expecting conclusive, scientific evidence in every case and automatically mistrusting non-scientific evidence. They are also, according to Gorniak’s PowerPoint presentation, “oblivious to constraints of cost, time, manpower and priorities.” Gorniak, the county’s first full-time forensic pathologist to serve as coroner, said it isn’t only potential jurors who believe conclusive DNA tests and fingerprint matching should be part of the evidence in all criminal trials. Crime victims, too, expect science to solve their cases. “Why people get caught is they talk too much,” she said. Sometimes even prosecutors get caught up in the DNA fervor, according to Gorniak, who was elected coroner in November 2008. She related the case of a corpse found in a closet. The victim, a man, had been strangled. His arms had been cut off and weren’t found at the scene. They did not turn up until police pulled over the man’s stolen car, which was being driven by his son. The severed arms were in a tote in the back seat. As the son was coming to trial, the prosecutor in the case sought out Gorniak to ask if her office had done DNA testing to prove the arms from the car belonged to the body from the closet. She hadn’t put the county to that expense, Gorniak explained, because of the supreme unlikelihood of two men being murdered and having their arms cut off on the same night, let alone that one victim’s arms would turn up in the back seat of the other victim’s car, which was driven by his son. “If those aren’t his arms, we have a problem,” Gorniak said. “The CSI Effect,” as the coroner titled the main portion of her address to the Block Watch representatives during their monthly meeting, has been an issue discussed in legal and law enforcement circles for quite some time. Rather naturally, no definitive conclusions have been arrived at. Writing in the Yale Law Journal in 2006, former Maricopa County (Ariz.) Chief Prosecutor Andrew P. Thomas stated: “Real prosecutors’ offices are constrained by their limited resources. While some jurisdictions
Even if his doctor orders him not to, Dante P. Guzzo is going to be in the Northland Community Fourth of July Parade. It’s the first time he’s been invited to participate in a parade celebrating Independence Day, to have his service to his nation recognized. Plenty of politicians have gotten to ride in Cadillacs, waving to the crowds lining this or that parade route. Others have been feted, as well. “Every year, it’s a developer or one thing or another,” said the 88-year-old World War II veteran, who received both the Purple Heart and Distinguished Service Cross. But not Dante “Tony” Guzzo. Not until now. “And I’ve been waiting since 1945,” Guzzo said last week. “They’ve run out of politicians and now they’ve got me.” A former resident of the Northland area, Guzzo now lives at the Worthington Christian Village. He will be, doctors’ orders or no, among the local WWII vets to be feted as part of the 2011 edition of the Northland parade, a community tradition for just under half a century. Event chairman George Schmidt indicated last week the parade is still in need of a color
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Dante “Tony” Guzzo, a World War II veteran who fought at Normandy, will ne honored at this year’s Fourth of July parade. Guzzo is a former Northland resident.
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Paving the Way
Coordinators offer speakers for civic groups By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Any time, anywhere. Paving the Way program coordinator J.P. Blackwood told Northland area Block Watch captains at last week’s meeting that he or a staff member of the federally funded organization that alerts the public about road projects is ready, willing and able to speak at civic association meetings. And, of course, the speakers would-
n’t be late because they would know how to avoid any construction delays. Paving the Way, which is hosted by the Department of Public Service, publishes an annual guide detailing scheduled roadway work in the Columbus metropolitan area and operates a website that provides daily updates, according to Blackwood. The organization’s slogan is, “We keep Columbus commuters moving.” Motorists may even sign up for email alerts from Paving the Way,
Blackwood told the Block Watch representatives. Part of Paving the Way’s mission is the safety of those working on construction projects, he added. “We need to remind people to be extra careful whenever they see orange barrels, orange signs,” Blackwood said. He added that presentations to civic groups by Paving the Way representatives are honed to the specific area involved, offering information about
projects large and small likely to affect residents of the neighborhood. Fact sheets about these projects can be prepared in advance for distribution at meetings of civic organizations, he said. Paving the Way’s mission also includes endeavoring to remind drivers about some of the basic rules of the road, such as pulling to the right for emergency vehicles with sirens blarSee PAVING THE WAY, page A3
Clinger: Cell phones, teen drivers don’t mix By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Columbus banned texting while driving in May 2010. Now, the Precinct 1 liaison officer believes it’s time to take things a step further, and prohibit drivers younger than 18 from talking on their cell phones while behind the wheel. When Scott Clinger broached the subject at last week’s monthly meeting of Northland area Block
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Watch captains, one of those present suggested an even higher age limit for new legislation banning using a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle — “like maybe 40.” “It’s in the thought stage,” Clinger said, adding that he had met with the legislative assistant to Columbus City Council member Michelle M. Mills, chairwoman of the public safety and judiciary committee. It’s beyond that stage in several states, and the Federal Transportation Safety Board voted in Sep-
tember 2005 to add a ban on novice motorists using cell phones to the annual “Most Wanted Safety Recommendations to States.” “Learning how to drive while distracted is definitely a recipe for disaster,” the board’s then-acting chairman, Mark Rosenker, told the Associated Press. At that time, according to the wire service story, 11 states and the District of Columbia had placed See CELL PHONES, page A2
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Old soldier to be among parade honorees Continued from page A1 guard or honor guard to march ahead of the World War II veterans, some of whom, including Guzzo, will be riding in vintage Army jeeps. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. July 4, traveling along Karl Road from Morse Road to East Dublin Granville Road. Dante Guzzo was born in a row of flats across from a Timken plant at the intersection East Fifth and Cleveland avenues. His boyhood home was next to a theater and just down from a “beer joint.” From there, the family moved to – and Guzzo remembers these details – 801 E. Third Ave., where was a member of the “Third Avenue Gang.” “Nice, clean bunch of guys,” he said. The United States entered World War II not long after he graduated from a
Catholic high school following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Guzzo said he initially tried to enlist in the Coast Guard in December 1942 but – and he says most people don’t know this – President Franklin D. Roosevelt had ordered a freeze on enlistments. Guzzo tried again in January. February rolled around, and he found himself in the Army. Following basic training at Fort Thomas in Kentucky (“They had barracks there and everything!”) Guzzo was assigned to Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Wash., where he was on laundry detail. Many transfer requests later, Guzzo was in Georgia at Fort Benning, learning to become a paratrooper, despite not meeting the pre-war height requirement of 6 feet. “World War II came, they didn’t give
a damn,” he said. The first time he jumped out of an airplane, Guzzo said, was also the first time he was ever on an airplane. Guzzo said he was sent into combat in December 1943. “All my buddies were gone who were with me over there,” he added wistfully. He earned his Purple Heart after sustaining shrapnel wounds after participating in the eight-mile-long paratroop drop that was part of the Allied invasion of Normandy that began on June 6, 1944. “It wasn’t a hard wound,” Guzzo said, shrugging it off. As for the conduct that won him a Distinguished Service Cross when Guzzo personally took out two “pillboxes” of German soldiers who had him and others pinned down, the old soldier said it wasn’t really his idea.
It was this voice. “Tony, you can do it,” Guzzo said the voice told him. Guzzo felt: If you say so. “I just grabbed my gun, zigzagged to this pillbox and knocked it out and then I went to a second pillbox and knocked it out, without getting hurt,” he said. After the war, Guzzo made his way back to Columbus by way of New York City. He accepted the state’s offer of $20 a week for up to 52 weeks, or until they found work, for returning veterans. “It took more than a week to make a solider of you, so they figured it would take more than a week to make a civilian out of you,” Guzzo said. He’d have taken the $20 for the whole 52 weeks, but then his future bride, Louise, invited him to a Sadie Hawkins dance.
“After she asked me to go out, I got a job,” Guzzo said. He briefly worked for a wine merchant on Park Street before going into construction in his uncle’s business. Guzzo said he personally put in the concrete curbs along Indianola Avenue. “I just saw a few years ago they redid it,” he said. Guzzo and a partner went into the concrete business in 1964, working with mostly custom builders. After his partner abruptly decided to quit, Guzzo worked as a superintendent for Complete General Construction until he retired. He and Louise, who died on Dec. 14, 2006, had three children, two sons and a daughter. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
Franklin County coroner discusses ‘CSI Effect’ Continued from page A1 have access to some of the ‘bells and whistles’ equipment depicted in television dramas, those resources are usually reserved for the most serious crimes. “In Maricopa County, as in other counties, most felonies do not involve high-profile crimes and lengthy trials. The majority of prosecutions are for lower-level offenses like auto theft, drug possession, and assault. These cases often do not yield irrefutable physical or scientific evidence of guilt or innocence.” “As they say, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” Benjamin Radford wrote on the Discovery Channel website. Radford is a research fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer science magazine and author of five books. “For example, jurors who watch
a lot of crime shows with cases which are solved by good quality forensic evidence, such as clear fingerprints, might expect to find fingerprints at the scene of a crime. If a defendant’s fingerprints are not found at the crime scene, a juror might conclude that he or she wasn’t there, whereas in fact there could be many reasons why a person might not leave identifiable fingerprints …” On the other hand, in a March 2008 article posted on the National Institute of Justice website, Washtenaw County (Mich.) Trial Court Judge Donald E. Shelton cited a scientific study that appeared to debunk the “CSI Effect.” “Although our study revealed that the prospective jurors had high expectations for scientific evidence, the more important question, I believe, is whether those expectations were more likely to result in an acquittal if
they were not met,” Judge Shelton wrote. “In other words, do jurors demand to see scientific evidence before they will find a defendant guilty?” In most scenarios, Shelton said, potential jurors “increased expectations of scientific evidence did not translate into a demand for this type of evidence as a prerequisite for finding someone guilty. Based on our findings, jurors were more likely to find a defendant guilty than not guilty even without scientific evidence, if the victim or other witnesses testified, except in the case of rape. On the other hand, if the prosecutor relied on circumstantial evidence, the prospective jurors said they would demand some kind of scientific evidence before they would return a guilty verdict.” In her appearance before the Block Watch coordinators, Gorniak sought to dispel some other
myths television programs have created regarding crime scene investigators. “We never take our nieces, cousins or friends to the scene to reenact them,” she said, adding
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NONPROFIT QUEST Continued from page A1 “You wouldn’t have to stretch what we’re doing already,” committee co-chairman Scott Dowling said. The subject of the potential grant came up during another round of discussions regarding the process for becoming a nonprofit entity. Co-chairwoman Sandy LaFollette reported that an attorney has been volunteering to steer the group through the process and has even developed articles of incorporation for members to consider. That information should be available very shortly for committee members to review and vote upon, LaFollette said. “He did a really good job,” she said of tax at-
restrictions cell phone use among novice drivers, and some banned handheld cell phones completely. The states with restrictions on wireless communication while driving were Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee and Texas. Since that time, California has joined the list. More recently, an
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torney Nate Durst. After Baldwin brought up the possible Healthy People 2020 funding, committee members decided to forge ahead with seeking nonprofit status and trying for the grant. “This lends us impetus to get the 501C3 process completed in a timely fashion,” Dowling said. “That is a very interesting opportunity for us.” At LaFollette’s suggestion, committee members decided to enter into a partnership only with Helping Hands in applying for the grant, although she held out the possibility of including other groups and organizations in whatever project the money might be used to fund. Applicants for the $5,000 to $10,000 will find out in November if they will receive the money.
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that coroner’s office personnel The No. 1 reason the coroner’s also don’t have Hummers at their office is different from “CSI,” acdisposal but instead, until recently, cording to Gorniak: “They won’t drove a “hand-me-down vehicle let us carry guns.” from Franklin County Animal kparks@thisweeknews.com Control.” www.ThisWeekNews.com
effort to prohibit teen cell phone use failed in Utah after it was approved by the state senate. Keeping young drivers focused on learning how to drive is what prompted him to raise the idea with city council, Clinger told the Block Watch representatives. Driving distracted causes accidents, he said. “You know how adults do with a phone; it’s bad enough,” Clinger said. Paving the Way program co-
ordinator J.P. Blackwood echoed Clinger’s sentiments. He said people who argue that speaking on a cell phone is no different from talking to a passenger are simply wrong. A passenger in a car, Blackwood said, is also a witness to the driving conditions and can be another set of eyes to help the driver. That’s hardly the case with a cell phone conversation, which he said tends to draw both participants “into their own world.”
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Humans to trade spaces with animals at shelter Several staff members and volunteers at the CHA Animal Shelter will spend 24 hours living in dog kennels and the cat room, starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 9. The shelter is located at 3765 Corporate Drive. The new “residents” will eat when the animals eat, get time out of the kennel during walking and play groups and will share their space with a long-term animal. “In addition to spotlighting the shel-
ter’s long-term animals, staff and volunteers hope their experience will allow them to brainstorm on additional enrichment activities for the shelter animals,” according to CHA Animal Shelter development director Terri Montigny. “The mental well-being of shelter animals is just as important as their physical well-being, which is the reason we started the enrichment program in 2008,” shelter director Stephanie Wimbish said in a statement.
Wimbish will be one of the staff members spending time in “lock up.” The shelter will be open from noon to 6 p.m. on July 9, allowing people to come in and speak with the staff members and volunteers about their experience and learn more about the animal they are co-habiting with. Special adoption fees will apply from July 9 through July 16to animals that have been in the shelter for 90 days or longer. Adopting a long-term dog will cost $25 and long-term cats will cost $5.
The human residents will get to go “home” if their long-term resident gets adopted that day. The finale of the adoption special will be Picnic with the Pups from 4 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 16. This is CHA’s summer gathering at the shelter, where all dogs will have a special adoption fee of $25 and all cats $5. “Last year at Picnic with the Pups, we had 29 adoptions, which was an amazing day for us,” Wimbish said. “We hope to duplicate our adoption efforts
with this promotion and get many animals in their forever homes.” The shelter will be open for adoptions from 1 to 8 p.m. on July 16. Donations made in the shelter the week of July 9-16 will be earmarked for the enrichment fund, which is used to purchase special toys and enrichment activities for the animals in the shelter. For more information about adoptable animals in the shelter, how to donate or volunteer, or Picnic with the Pups, visit www.CHAAnimalShelter.org.
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school year. The scholarship program is open to children and dependents of Verizon employees. Recipients are selected based on financial need, academic achievement and extracurricular activities. Scholarships are renewable for three years, and have a total value of $20,000. Bowman receives Bowman is a graduate of Verizon scholarship Columbus Alternative High School Patrice Bowman has been and plans to attend Yale Univerawarded a Verizon Foundation sity to pursue a degree in Engscholarship for the 2011-2012 lish/creative writing. minor in political science. Clow’s responsibilities will include assisting with constituent correspondence, leading Ohioans on tours of the U.S. Capitol and completing various legislativeresearch projects.
PAVING THE WAY Continued from page A1 ing or not blocking an intersection when stopped in traffic, he said. “Everybody knows, congestion causes accidents,” Blackwood said, noting that there is practically one vehicle registered in Franklin County for every resident, about 1 million each. A further effort of Paving the Way is to guide people to programs that might help reduce the amount of driving they do, such as the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission’s ride-sharing.
“We are a driving culture,” Blackwood said, but Paving the Way urges residents to explore such options as taking the bus, riding a bicycle or carpooling to work. Finally, Blackwood said people may even sign up for updates from Paving the Way’s account on the Twitter social networking site. “The fact that we do have a Twitter account doesn’t mean we endorse texting while driving,” he said. More information is available at pavingtheway.org.
Church news Epworth plans July 4 picnic
nity is invited. The picnic is free, sponsor a concert at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at the church, 5100 but donations are welcome. For more information, call the Karl Road. Stephen Herndon and Friends Epworth United Methodist church at (614) 885-8015. will present a program of ChrisChurch, 5100 Karl Road, will tian and contemporary music. host its annual Fourth of July pic- Concert to aid The concert is a fundraiser for nic at approximately noon Monmission trip the mission team’s Nicaragua trip. day, July 4. The picnic will follow the The mission team at Epworth The suggested donation is $5. For Northland parade. The commu- United Methodist Church will information, call (614) 888-8015.
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This is the 40th year the schol- Sales high schools. arship has been awarded to a gradParticipants in the For-Mel uating senior at Northland, bridge marathon helped to proEric T. Crabtree, son of Steve Beechcroft, Brookhaven or De- vide funding for the scholarship. and Fran Crabtree, is this year’s winner of the $500 For-Mel Woman’s Club scholarship. Crabtree is a graduate of Northland High School. For-Mel recognized Crabtree for his involvement in many community and school activities. He plans to attend The Ohio State University to study allied medical professions.
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July 4, 1911, was deadly hot, but ‘safe and sane’ It was a very hot day. July 4, 1911, in Columbus was the hottest Fourth of July since records had begun to be regularly kept in 1878. In fact, it only missed being the hottest day on record by three-tenths of one degree. The temperature peaked in the afternoon at 103.6 degrees Fahrenheit, and some said it was even hotter in some of the more densely populated parts of the city. In a time when air conditioning in its modern form did not exist and when electric fans were a luxury only the affluent could afford, heat like this could be — and often was — deadly. William Theis, a 34-year-old barber, walked into a cafe owned by one A. J. Flowers on Russell Street in the Short North. He asked for a glass of water and drank it down. He then dropped dead of heart failure. Mary Gallagher, 74, of Starr Avenue, distraught over a recent death in the family, died of heat prostration on the morning of the holiday. And on the afternoon of the Fourth, Edward Daggett, 16, went for a swim in the Scioto River near the downtown bridges with two friends to escape the heat. The river in those days was rather polluted as it passed through the city, but the young man was used to that. What killed him was the cramp that seized him when he hit the cooler water away from the sweltering shore. His drowned body was found the next day. But with only three deaths, Columbus was more fortunate than some other American cities caught in the same lengthy heat wave. Twenty-seven people died from the heat in Chicago that July 4 and 25 people died in New York. In the major cities of America, more than 134 people died of heat-related causes on Independence Day. So what exactly did people do on a holiday as warm as this one? Actually, they did quite a bit. With virtually every major business, factory, school and government office closed for the day, many people tried to get out of town and celebrate the Fourth where it might be a bit cooler. More than 500 people took the train to Buckeye Lake, where the resort town welcomed them for an old-fashioned celebration of fireworks and fun. Others took the train to Glen Mary on the North Side where Camp Mary Orton is located today, and some traveled from Columbus to Greenwood Lake in Delaware for a quiet day in the country. But most people spent the day close to home. In Columbus in recent years, we have come to expect large public celebrations like Red White and Boom!, with its small, inti-
mate crowd of 500,000, as well as neighborhood fireworks shows on the Fourth of July. But such ED was not the case a century LENTZ ago. If anything, Columbus was deeply distrustful of fireworks in 1911. For most of the previous generation, fireworks and ordnance of all sorts had been readily available to anybody with the money to buy them. In the years after the Civil War, it was not uncommon for a local militia company to fire a salute of rifle and cannon fire on the Fourth — with live ammunition. Workers at local factories often set off a quarter keg of black powder, making sure to duck to avoid flying pieces of wood. And children of all ages had all sorts of fun setting off all sorts of fireworks — and blowing off all sorts of fingers, toes and facial features in the process. By the turn of the century, many people had come to believe that enough was enough. Spearheaded by the formidable lobbying power of the Daughters of the American Revolution, many cities began to try to celebrate what had come to be called a “Safe and Sane” Fourth of July. A safe and sane Fourth was one in which the only fireworks were set off by professionals and one in which the police quickly stopped the activities of amateur celebrants. 1910 was the first year for a “Safe and Sane” Fourth in the city, and all in all, it went pretty well; 1911 was even better. In retrospect, some people argued that the young people of Columbus were finally coming to their senses and had learned not blow themselves up. Others simply concluded that it was so incredibly hot that no one had any energy to be mischievous. The real reason was probably
somewhere in between. While the safety record of the city with fireworks for July 4 was admirable, a large number of people were out and about, even in the awful heat. Olentangy Park, the largest amusement park in the city, was located along the Olentangy River, north of the Ohio State University campus. On the Fourth of July, admission was free. For most of the day, the place was packed. And at night, many people stayed for fireworks. Other people spent the day at the Glen Echo Ravine, where the Glen Echo Improvement Association hosted a day of activities and fireworks at night. Others went to a neighborhood celebration hosted by the residents of Ninth Avenue, west of Neil Avenue in the OSU area. But for people living in and near the downtown, the place to be was Statehouse Square. At 2:30 in the afternoon and again 8:30 in the evening, the Battalion Band from Columbus Barracks (later known as Fort Hayes) entertained the public with a concert on the Square. Many people, as they still do today, simply celebrated Independence Day at home. To make the day a little more special, especially with the heat, dinner was often served on the great porches of the houses of those days or on the lawns nearby. And after an evening repast, what some would remember more than the fireworks — or the lack thereof — was the large dish of peach ice cream that was served for dessert. Produced in bulk by the Busy Bee restaurant and café in downtown Columbus, the seasonal treat was a “blending of fine ripe Georgia peaches with rich Jersey cream. A quart delivered to your home for the Fourth of July, 50 cents.” It was a pleasant end to warm and memorable day. Ed Lentz writes a history column for ThisWeek.
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Weight classes adjusted for next season By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers Some area high school wrestling coaches aren’t pleased with the new guidelines for weight classes but realize their teams will need to adapt. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) approved the changes during its meeting April 46 in Indianapolis. Tim Stried, director of information services for the Ohio High School Athletic Association, said the changes will
be in effect for the coming season. It is the first significant change in weight classes in 23 years. The lowest weight class, 103 pounds, is being increased to 106, which resulted in new weights in 10 of the 14 classes. The new weight classes are 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182, 195, 220 and 285. Only 145, 152, 160 and 285 remain unchanged. The previous weight classes were 103, 112, 119, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 152, 160, 171, 189, 215 and 285.
“The NFHS has been studying the weight classes in wrestling for several years to determine which weight classes are most appropriate for today’s student-athletes across the country that will result in fewer classes going unfilled,” Stried said. “These new weight classes are the result of countless hours of data analysis by the NFHS, and Ohio will certainly comply with the new weight classes. Like anything, it will take some time for our member schools to be comfortable with the changes, but we can all appreciate that the NFHS is trying
to do the right thing for kids.” Westerville North coach David Grant is concerned that the increase in the lowest weight to 106 will adversely affect lighter competitors. Grant said his 103-pounder last season, Santino DiSabato, weighed between 85 and 90 pounds, but now is moving closer to 106 in preparation for next season. “I don’t like the weight class changes because it hurts the kids that are little,” Grant said. “I have Santino DiSabato, who had a hard time making 103. Now
they take it to 106, so it hurts the younger kids, the freshmen. You’re going to have a lot of kids not able to be competitive at that weight. They’re too young, too little.” Hilliard Davidson coach Dominic DiSabato, Santino’s uncle, is not in favor of the shift in weight classes. “For our program, I’m not a big fan of it,” he said. “We’ll try to get every weight class filled and then wrestle. It will hurt us in duals. Hopefully, we have See WRESTLING, page B3
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Athletes strive to excel in school Last week, the student-athletes writing in my summer series discussed the importance of balancing their time to prepare for and excel in both the classroom and in competition. This week, the seniors-tobe are focusing on the importance of having a good academic LARRY record. LARSON Austin Cuervo, St. Charles, golf: “In school, if you study and work hard, good grades will come; you can always count on that. In sports, even if you practice hard and play hard, you cannot always play well or perform well just because of the substantial amount of luck it involves. Studying has always got your back, sports do not.” Chase Delande, Hilliard Davidson, football and wrestling: “Academic success really helps in the long run, especially with colleges who love it when you can make an impact both on and off the field.” Morgan Ransom, Columbus Academy, golf: “My goal was always to play Division I golf at a school with strong academics. Coaches definitely look at your grade-point average and standardized test scores, so be prepared.” Jake Blankenship, Gahanna, pole vault: “Grades are very important because they only help you look better as an athlete and as a successful person.” Faith Washington, Reynoldsburg, track: “I always have felt as though someone with a good academic record shows a great amount of potential for strong leadership. In this world, you are either leading your own life or waiting for someone to do it for you. You don’t want that.” Michela Paradiso, Upper Arlington, soccer and basketball: “A strong academic record is important because it allows you to keep your options open for college and beyond. It is also important to remember that sports are just a segment of life and so I strive to be a well-rounded person.” Mary Wells, Westerville Central, bowling: “Colleges look at your whole schooling career, not just one year. You have much better chances being a great student than being a great athlete.” Jimmy Gammill, New Albany, football: “Great academics can open up many doors if you are seeking to play sports at the college level. Even if playing at the next level isn’t your dream, good grades and good test scores are essential for applying to colleges.” Napoleon Bell, Hartley, football and wrestling: “With a good academic record comes great discipline. This discipline See LARSON, page B3
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Former Dublin Scioto and Ohio State standout Jay Richardson speaks with those attending his camp June 24 at Scioto. The camp was for boys ages 11-18 and focused on teaching life skills.
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Camp focuses on success off field By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers
While many football camps stress Xs and Os, the Jay Richardson Camp at Dublin Scioto High School focused on life skills. The second annual camp, which was held June 24-25, was open to boys ages 11-18. Richardson, a defensive end for the
Seattle Seahawks who played at Ohio State and graduated from Scioto in 2002, said he was thrilled that he could hold the camp at his alma mater. The theme of the camp was “There is more to sports than the game,” and Richardson said he was eager to share that message. “This means a lot,” Richardson said. “It’s awesome that the high school was with me on this to get all these kids in
here. It’s awesome that we can get the kids educated on what their options are and their future outside of their sport.” Forty-seven boys attended last year’s inaugural camp at American Methodist Episcopal Church on North Hamilton Road in Columbus. There were 104 at this year’s camp at Scioto. “We’re telling the kids there’s more to sports than the game and if you don’t learn the stuff that’s really important then foot-
ball doesn’t matter and soccer doesn’t matter,” said Deborah Johnson, a coordinator of the event and Richardson’s mother. “Sports won’t matter if you’re not doing the right thing, if you’re not a gentleman and if you don’t have good grades, so we’re teaching them how to do those other things right.” Those messages were conveyed by guest See FOOTBALL, page B3
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Two teams win pools, advance to semis By AARON BLANKENSHIP ThisWeek Community Newspapers
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Alexis Milesky of the Ohio Premier Eagles U-16 teams controls the ball against Kansas City Fusion during a game of the 2011 Midwest Regional Cup. OP won 7-0.
Only two of the nine central Ohio boys and girls soccer teams competing in the Midwest Regional Cup, held June 25-29 in Fox Cities, Wis., won their four-team pool to advance to a semifinal. Four of seven local squads reached a semifinal in 2009 and three of eight area teams made it to a semifinal last year. However, Crew Juniors Under-19 coach Brian Bliss said the decrease in central Ohio pool-play winners probably was because of bad luck and not a lack of talent or effort. Bliss led the Crew Juniors U-19 boys squad to regional and national titles last year. This year’s Crew Juniors U-19 boys team, which didn’t retain any of last year’s players, went 1-0-2 to finish second in its pool. “There’s some luck involved in being able to win this tournament, and in our case, it ended up being the bad luck of getting a tough draw,” Bliss said. “This team has as much or more talent than we had last year, but we drew into a tougher group where every game was tough. If we would have drawn into a different group we may have gone on to win this again, but we had to spend a ton of energy in the three games we
played here and we didn’t even make it out of our pool. The (blind draw for pool play) is one of the biggest reasons you rarely see a club win this tournament two or three years in a row.” The one local club that did fare well this year was the Ohio Premier Eagles, which advanced two of its four representatives to semifinals. The Ohio Premier Eagles’ four girls teams combined to go 10-2 in pool play. Its U-13 squad went 3-0 to win its pool and its U-16 team advanced on a tiebreaker by beating Eclipse Select of Illinois 1-0 on penalty kicks. In semifinals played June 28, the U-13 team played Eclipse Select and the U-16 team played KCFC Force from Kansas. The finals were June 29. Regional champions in the U-14 through U-19 age groups advanced to the U.S. Youth Soccer Association National Championships on July 27-31 in Phoenix. The Ohio Premier Eagles’ U-18 and U-19 teams each went 2-1 to finish second in their pools. Ohio Premier Eagles U-13 coach Kevin Dougherty was surprised to see his squad outscore its three pool play opponents 12-1. “It’s pretty unusual to win three
games here the way we did because all the teams competing here are very good,” Dougherty said. “The way our U-16 team made it is more typical of this kind of tournament because there isn’t much separating most teams from a win or loss here.” All five local boys teams fell short of qualifying for the semifinals. The Crew Juniors U-19 and Team Ohio F.C. Blast U-18 (1-1-1 in pool play) each finished second in their pools, and the Classics Eagles U-13 (1-11), Team Ohio F.C. Green U-17 (01-2) and Team Ohio F.C. Juventus U-16 (1-2) each placed third. Classics Eagles U-13 boys coach Mike Lentz said most teams were just a couple favorable bounces or calls away from winning an extra game or two to advance. “There’s a lot of parity at this level,” Lentz said. “Looking at our bracket, three of the four teams could have come out on top on any given weekend. We had an untimely call go against us in our first game and it ended up completely changing our destiny for the tournament. If we would have caught a lucky break or two who knows how far we could have made it.” ablankenship@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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Women’s Basketball
Area players shine for Hidden Gems By JARROD ULREY ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Tapre Young could have several options in terms of her basketball career if things continue in the direction they’ve been going this summer. Now in her third season as a captain on the Columbus Hidden Gems semi-professional team, the 2004 Dublin Scioto High School graduate is one of the top outside shooters in the Women’s Blue Chip Basketball League. At 5-foot-11,Young averages more than 15 points and has been shooting better than 50 percent from 3-point range. That combination could make her an attractive possibility for overseas teams looking for players for their seasons, which begin in the fall. “I haven’t played anywhere overseas, but hopefully I will after this season,”Young said. “I really wouldn’t mind playing in Spain, France or anywhere in Europe. I’d even consider Australia. Any time you can get paid for what you do, it’s a good thing.” If Young is unable to land a professional contract, she has an offer to serve as an assistant coach for the Talladega (Ala.) College women’s team. After graduating from Scioto, Young played two seasons for Muskingum and two seasons for Salem International, a Division II school in Salem, W.Va. She then served one season as a student-assistant coach and graduated from Talladega College. Young, who celebrated her 25th birthday June 26, is one of seven players on the Hidden Gems who are central Ohio natives. “(The Women’s Blue Chip League) is good competition, especially when you get to nationals,” Young said. “I like the fact that you get an opportunity to play and it gives you the opportunity to get looked at overseas. It’s a chance to showcase your talents.” After getting off to a 2-0 start, the Hidden Gems were 3-4 after
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Ebony Pegues (right) of the Columbus Hidden Gems drives past Oakland-Macomb’s Kara Kinser during a recent WBCBL game. Pegues is a Brookhaven graduate.
At a glance Below are members of the Columbus Hidden Gems women’s basketball team with area ties: Name High school College Janicia Anderson Africentric Wilberforce Ashleigh Brown Delaware Miami University Sherrie Griffin Mifflin Central State Tina Huff Walnut Ridge Alcorn State Ebony Pegues Brookhaven Massachusetts *Lorrie Poindexter Beechcroft Central State *Tapre Young Dublin Scioto Salem International *Co-captains
losing to the Cleveland Crush 84-74 on June 25. On Saturday, July 2, Columbus will play host to the Oakland-Macomb Run from Oakland, Mich., in a Northeast Division game. The Hidden Gems lost to the Run 87-67 on June 5 but won a rematch 97-85 on June 12. The Hidden Gems play their home games at Lazelle Woods Recreation Center in north Columbus near Worthington.
The roles of Young and cocaptain Lorrie Poindexter, a 2003 Beechcroft graduate in her second year playing for Columbus, are more extensive than a year ago when former Ohio State player Brandie Hoskins and former Bowling Green player Niki McCoy were among the key players. Jeannie Saunders, who also was a captain a year ago, has been out with an injury but could return in July.
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Tina Huff (left) of the Columbus Hidden Gems shoots over Oakland-Macomb’s Ashley McClarren during a recent WBCBL game. Huff, a Walnut Ridge graduate, is one of seven area players on the roster for the Hidden Gems.
Saunders and 2006 Delaware graduate Ashleigh Brown, who has played limited minutes with the Hidden Gems this season because of other commitments, recently signed extensions to play for a team in Sweden in the fall. Jamika Banks, a Fort Wayne, Ind., native who also was expected to play for Columbus, currently is playing in Australia. Catherine Cain, a Dayton native, has been averaging 19 points and 12 rebounds. Jessica Slack, a Thornville Sheridan graduate, averages 13 points.
The other central Ohio natives on the Hidden Gems are 1999 Brookhaven graduate Ebony Pegues, 2001 Mifflin graduate Sherrie Griffin, 2006 Africentric graduate Janicia Anderson and 2003 Walnut Ridge graduate Tina Huff. Columbus has three games remaining in the regular season before competing in the regional tournament in late July in Flint, Mich. The national tournament will be held Aug. 6-7 in Atlanta. Poindexter will begin her third season this winter as the girls
basketball coach at Walnut Ridge. “I think everything is going OK,” said Poindexter, who is averaging 14 points and five assists. “We’re a whole new team really and we’ve just got to work together better. We’re better than the teams that have beaten us. We don’t have any superstars this year. Our team has a whole lot of heart and we just have to keep our team chemistry. By the time we get to Atlanta, we’ll be fine.” julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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The Reynoldsburg Parks & Recreation Department is offering high school football officiating classes from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Sundays, beginning Tuesday, July 5, in the city’s police building, 7240 E. Main St. The classes will be taught by Phil Kiser, an Ohio High School Athletic Association approved instructor. Students who successfully complete the requirements will be certified for the coming high school season. For information and to receive registration material, contact the Reynoldsburg rec department at (614) 322-6806.
Central Crossing High School will play host to the Hershey’s Track and Field Summer Games at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 2. Children ages 9 to 14 will have the chance to participate in track and field events and win a trip to compete in the annual North American Final Meet in Hershey, Pa., on Aug. 4-7. For volunteer information and to pre-register, contact Doug Boggs at (614) 496-2266. Information is available at www.hersheystrackandfield.com.
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Diebler, Lighty to help direct camp
Former NBA player Leon Rodgers, an Eastmoor Academy graduate, has organized the fifth annual Battle for Peace Classic at 10 a.m. July 9 at Columbus East High School. In addition to an All-Star game featuring NBA and former college players with ties to Columbus, the event will include a community march, a battle of the bands contest, a step show and a 3-on-3 outdoor youth tournament. Proceeds will benefit Rodgers Neighborhood Basketball, a nonprofit organization founded in 2006 by Rodgers to mentor at-risk youth. Those scheduled to participate in the All-Star game include former Ohio State players Mike Conley (Memphis Grizzlies), Jon Diebler, Ron Lewis, David Lighty, Scoonie Penn and Evan Turner (Philadelphia 76ers). Kenny Gregory, a former standout at Independence High School and Kansas, also is scheduled to play. For more information, email rodgers.neighborhood@yahoo.co
Former Ohio State basketball players Jon Diebler and David Lighty will help direct the fourth annual Buckeye Stars Basketball Camp from 9 a.m. to noon July 27-29 at Worthington Kilbourne High School. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 7 to 18. For more information, visit www.BuckeyeStars.com or call (888) 389-2267.
GCSTO offering free swim lessons The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) is offering free swimming lessons to underprivileged children on Saturday, July 2, at the Gahanna swimming pool. GCSTO also will award scholarships to participants based on their financial need and family status. For more information or to sign up, contact GCSTO instructor Erin Harris at harriserin@ymail.com or (614) 5822597.
Dublin Crew offering lessons Dublin Crew is offering lessons for middle and high school students. Sessions are scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. July 11-15 and Aug. 8-12 on Griggs Reservoir. For registration information, visit www.dublincrew.org or email registration@dublincrew.org.
Schools announce coaching vacancies The following schools are seeking coaches: Dublin Scioto — Girls lacrosse. Contact athletics director Kip Witchey at (614) 717-2468. Hilliard Davidson — Softball pitching coach, assistant junior varsity softball. Send letter of interest and résumé to head coach Angelo Forte at angelo_forte@hboe.org. New Albany — Boys lacrosse. Send letter of interest and résumé by Friday, July 1, to Kevin Reed, athletics director, New Albany High School, 7600 Fodor Road, New Albany 43054, or email kreed@napls.us. Olentangy Liberty — Assistant girls basketball, junior varsity girls tennis, junior varsity volleyball. Send letter of interest and résumé by July 31 to Tom Gerhardt, athletics director, Liberty High School, 3584 Home Road, Powell 43065, or email tom_gerhardt@olentangy.k12.oh.us. Worthington Kilbourne — Girls tennis. Send résumé to Jeff Todd, athletics director, Worthington Kilbourne High School, 1499 Hard Road, Worthington 43235, or email jtodd@worthington.k12.oh.us. •To add to this list, contact ThisWeek at (740) 888-6069 or sports@thisweeknews.com.
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Gahanna squad edges Cobras in U-16 final By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Area fans were treated to some oldschool baseball on June 22-26. The fourth annual Worthington/ Phoenix Wood Bat Tournament was held at eight fields in central Ohio, with the championship games played at Worthington Kilbourne High School on June 26. Fifty teams competed in the Under16 and U-18 divisions, an increase from 40 entries last year and eight in the tournament’s first year in 2008. Proceeds from the tournament benefited the Kilbourne baseball program. Tournament director Travis Cox began the event four years ago, looking to give players and fans a different perspective of the game.
“A lot of the coaches grew up playing in the wood-bat era, so they’re trying to get their kids to see what it was like to play like that when they were kids,” Cox said. “It definitely changes the atmosphere of the game. Pitchers learn to throw strikes a lot more because they know kids are going to struggle hitting with the wood bat. You see a lot more small ball, bunts, hit and run. The games are 2-1, 3-2.” The tournament kicked off with a college showcase event on June 22 at Kilbourne. Seventy players participated in the event, which allowed them to display their skills to the college coaches in attendance. The Gahanna American Legion Post 797A team defeated the Columbus Cobras 3-2 in the U-16 championship game. Post 797A improved to 15-4.
Pitcher Alec Touhy, who will be a junior at Gahanna, pitched a complete game. He allowed six hits, struck out eight and walked one. Post 797A broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the fourth inning. The key hit was Alex Delp’s two-run single. Touhy drew a bases-loaded walk to score Christian Chiero with the third run against starting and losing pitcher Cody Seagraves. The Cobras, comprised of players entering their sophomore year, closed to within 3-2 with single runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Alec McCurry led off the fourth with a double and scored on Jarrett Peters’ single. Andrew Chacey singled with two outs in the fifth and scored on Kyle Casserly’s single.
Touhy retired the side in order in the seventh. “This is big,” Touhy said. “This team has played together since (the players were) 14 and 15 (years old). We’ve come so close and we’ve actually never got it done, so this is a big deal.” After losing to the Grove City Titans 7-5 on June 23, Post 797A bounced back to win its final four games to finish the tournament with a 5-1 record. “I’m very proud of the boys,” Post 797A coach Mark Cararo said. “They worked awfully hard to come back. I just can’t say enough about them. The demeanor of the boys was still positive. They knew what they needed to do and they knew they had to win out to have a chance to make it to Sunday. Our goal is always to make it to Sunday.”
The Cobras, who began play Memorial Day weekend, fell to 30-5. “We’re 15-year-olds playing in a 16year-old tournament,” Cobras coach Tim Peters said. “We had great pitching and the kids did well. It came down to a onerun ballgame. I don’t think anyone expected us to be here this weekend.” The Ohio Yankees of Akron dominated opponents in winning the U-18 title. The Yankees defeated the Dayton Dodgers 8-0 in five innings in the championship game and outscored their opponents 30-3 in the tournament. The top area team was the Ohio Elite, which reached a semifinal but lost to the Dodgers 11-4 to finish 4-2. fdirenna@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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About 210 teams from 15 states and Canada are scheduled to play in the eighth annual Buckeye Elite Showcase Tournament that will be held Wednesday, July 6, through July 10 in central Ohio. The tournament is divided into four divisions: Under-14, U-15, U-16 and U-18. More than 40 area high school and college fields will play host to games, said Jeff Dutiel, the chief financial officer for the tournament. The event begins with a skills showcase on July 6 at Dublin Coffman, where athletes will test their abilities in front of college coaches and pro scouts. Worthington-based Big League Baseball School will conduct the invitation-only event. “Our biggest thing is to get the kids looks for colleges,” Dutiel said. The competition also will feature a Buckeye Elite Night on July 8 at Huntington Park. Before the Columbus Clippers’ game against the Toledo Mud Hens, the teams in the tournament will parade onto the field and players will participate in on-field contests. Players also will have a chance to be honorary bat boys and throw out the first pitch. In tournament play, each division will be divided into pools:
20 four-team pools in U-18, 16 four-team pools in U-16, 14 three-team pools in U-15 and four five-team pools in U-14. In U-18, the winner of each pool will advance to gold championship single-elimination play, leading up to the gold championship game on July 10 at Huntington Park. The second-place team in each pool will compete in silver championship play, with the title game to be played at Olentangy High School on July 10. In U-16, the gold championship game will be at Huntington Park and the silver championship game will be at Dublin Coffman on July 10. In U-15, the gold and silver championship games will be at Dublin Jerome on July 10. In U-14, the gold and silver championship games will be at Don Edwards Park in Newark on July 9. Each team that does not qualify for gold or silver championship play will compete in a consolation game on July 9. The Ohio Elite baseball program is expected to field teams in the U-14, U-15 and U-18 divisions. Dublin Jerome coach Chris Huesman will guide his U-17 team in the U-18 division. “The Under-17 is the most critical time for a high school player in summer ball because that’s where all the college coaches are,” Huesman said. “All the college
coaches are recruiting for their 2012 class and this is the most important time for these kids, so you want to take them to all the showcases or tournaments that will have the most exposure, and Buckeye Elite is one of those.” The Columbus Cobras baseball program will enter teams in the U-14 and U-18 divisions. Harry Huskey will coach the U18 team, which won the tournament in 2009. “The caliber of this tournament is really good,” Huskey said. “There are teams from all over the Midwest. We use this tournament to see where we’re at before we head off to the World Series.” Grove City coach Ryan Alexander said competing in summer tournaments are key to the program’s success. He led the Greyhounds to a Division I state semifinal this spring, losing to Liberty Township Lakota East 72 on June 2 at Huntington Park. Grove City will have teams in the U-16 and U-18 divisions. “This is a tournament that has some of the best teams in the state and best teams in the nation,” Alexander said. “It’s a great summer tournament. These kids end up seeing a lot of the same guys that they’ve seen already all year long playing on these summer travel teams.” fdirenna@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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WRESTLING Continued from page B1 a couple bigger kids coming out for the team next year and it won’t hurt us as bad as it could have in the past. We just have to have our wrestlers wrestle the best they can. The other schools are in the same position we are.” Marysville coach Shawn Andrews said his program will adapt to the new guidelines, and he believes the changes actually might help his team next season. Andrews said he expects the lower weights to be a strength of his program. “Looking at it selfishly for a year or two, it helps Marysville specifically because it’s where we have more guys than less guys, but in the broad scope of wrestling, it seems a little odd that they took away a weight class from some of the weight classes that are most competitive and then added some at the top,” Andrews said. “It helps some kids from football or some kids who
are concerned about losing too much weight between 171 and 189.” According to the NFHS, the last major change in weight classes occurred in 1988, when the lowest class was increased from 98 to 103. The only other changes since then were in 2002, when the number of classes went from 13 to 14 and the 215-pound weight class became mandatory, and in 2006, when the 275-pound class was increased to 285. The NFHS also adopted a rule change involving the figure four hold around the head, which now is illegal. Previously, the figure four was illegal around the body or both legs. “I like the new rule, it will work out,” Grant said. “The figure four is unfair. It’s a pretty big advantage to have that locked up like that. I don’t like the figure four. ... Two legs against the neck is usually not a good idea.” In another change, the boundary line now is considered in-
bounds. Previously, a wrestler was out of bounds if he or she was touching any part of the line, which is two inches wide. “I like expanding the mat a little bit and having the line inbounds instead of out of bounds,” coach DiSabato said. “I’m just curious how it’s going to be called because of the size of the gyms. The mats are closer together, but you award the aggressor as much as you can and that tends to help out if the line is inbounds rather than out of bounds.” fdirenna@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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Propelled by the 2009 hit song Fire5 flies from the album Ocean Eyes, Adam Young, the braintrust of Owl City, went literally from making processed beats and loops in his parents’ basement to pop music stardom in a few short years. His music career in a whole new stratosphere, Young has returned with a new record titled All Things Bright and Beautiful, and a subsequent tour, which stops at Lifestyle Communities Pavilion on Friday, July 1. Tickets are $25/$28; call 1-800-745-3000. Young was kind enough to answer a few questions posed by The Beat.
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George Schram isn’t the only Picnic with the Pops conductor who fancies himself a comic (we kid, we kid). Wilson conducts the Saturday, July 2, Patriotic Pops concert, this year featuring a great slate of pieces by American composers and a guest appearance by local jazzman Bobby Floyd. Gerald Albright Tickets are $20 for adults and When smooth jazz ruled, $8 for children ages 3-14. For tick1 Gerald Albright was like ets or other information, call (614) the Anita Baker of the saxophone 228-8600. — there was no one and nothing Fresh and fun, charming smoother. Albright started as a busy side- 3 and comfortable, buoyant and beautiful. Washington man for acts that included The Temptations, Teena Marie, Whit- state duo He Is We (expanded to ney Houston, Phil Collins and oth- a quintet for the road) spins tuneers. When he started making his ful yarns of love and life. Rachel Taylor and Trevor Kelly own records, he often earned the unusual distinction of gaining both met while working at a Tacomacritical acclaim and popular suc- area record store and struck up a friendship based on a symbiotic cess. Albright’s still in the game, and creative approach to music. The he’s as smooth as ever. He’ll play pair projects an air of pleasant two shows at Vonn Jazz & Blues Supper Club Friday, July 1. Tickets are $25/$35. Call (614) 4315299.
playfulness, the kind of folks you’d like to invite over to play songs on your back porch on a summer evening. Or maybe in your basement. Or maybe The Basement, Sunday, July 3. The bill includes Ocean Grove, Andrew Allen and South Jordan. Tickets are $12. Call 1-800-7453000. Some will find Vancou-
4 ver melodic rock quintet Versus the Nothing a little too earnest. This has never been a problem for The Beat. The band’s forthcoming record, Black Gloves, is chock full of heartfelt stuff set to intense power chords and frenetic drumming — think Something Corporate meets 30 Seconds to Mars. VtN will play Bernie’s Wednesday, July 6. Fade to Oblivion opens. Call (614) 291-3448.
If you missed The Beat’s 2 most recent video with Columbus Symphony Orchestra associate conductor Peter Stafford Wilson, first of all — what’s your deal? Go to ThisWeek News.com and watch, keep your finger in this page of the paper and finish reading after you’re done. Now you realize that Albert- He Is We
The Beat: Could you have imagined the success of Ocean Eyes and the kinds of experiences that success has allowed you to have and what has been the impact and your reaction to it all? Adam Young: Never! I’m an only child from a small town in Minnesota and I was loading trucks for Coca-Cola in a sweaty warehouse two years ago. The music thing started happening and really caught me off guard. I still can’t even believe what’s going on. I remember the moment my manager called me and said one of my tracks when to No. 1 in 24 countries around the world and I almost had a heart attack. It’s been a surprising roller-coaster through and throughout.
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ever shape or form that presents itself, and there’s nothing more innocent than a place that’s never been touched by man. The forest.
TB: Do you have favorite songs of your own and, if so, do you find they’re the ones that fans find as favorites as well? AY: I’m quite proud of a song titled The Real World because it sums up nicely my perception of reality — merely stating that sometimes I prefer the world in my own head, as imagined, over life in reality. There’s a line in the song that reads, “Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn’t wanna live there” and that sums up TB: Did you feel pressure to duplicate/main- the entire record. tain/surpass that while making All Things Bright TB: Why a band name instead of your name? and Beautiful? AY: I thought about that for a while at the AY: A little bit here and there, but I believe it was “positive pressure” and the kind that outset but ultimately, I opted for the more ammakes diamonds. I enjoy working under the biguous moniker for a solo musician than the gun a little bit and I prefer the clock ticking in traditional route. I love the inevitable question the background because it helps me focus on marks that pop up around the name Owl City delivering a final result and consequently keeps because I think it’s just quirky/innocent enough me from noodling around forever. I’m a per- to be fun and I like how it sparks a great depth fectionist, so a new piece of work is never fin- of imagery and imagination. ished, but merely “abandoned” and so a little TB: How have you made the transition from bit of pressure is a good thing for me. songwriter/composer to live performer? AY: It’s been a tough road indeed for an inTB: What are some of the themes that troverted guy! I’ve never been a social person emerged on the new record? AY: I’m fascinated by nature, worlds away and quite ironically, I’m not fond of big groups from the things of man, and that found its way of people in any capacity, but it’s been a great onto the new album in a big way. Much like challenge and there’s something about permy fascination with the ocean was a big influ- forming the music live that allows me to hide ence on my previous record, the forest was a behind it and it allows me to do things I never big influence on All Things Bright and Beau- imagined I could’ve done two years ago before tiful. I enjoy writing about innocence, in what- this crazy story began writing itself.
Cabo Cocina offers good food, drinks and views Sitting up amid the treetops and watching the evening sun spend its last light on the lazily lapping ripples of the Scioto River was lulling me into a trance. Or perhaps it was the 20-ounce margaritas. Either way, perching on the aerie-like wooden deck at Cabo Cocina was proving to be an inspired idea. In fact, the groovy mood I was enjoying was so relaxing that I didn’t even mind the background reggae-tinged music Cabo plays. Owned by the Historic Dublin Restaurant Group (of the Brazenheads, Oscar’s and Tucci’s fame), Cabo sits like a roomy stone lodge high above the banks of the Scioto near Dublin. And, as I implied, its comfy patio affords some fairly spectacular riparian views. But restaurant reviewers cannot live on setting alone. Therefore, it’s fortunate that Cabo’s food is pretty fun, too. First, though, there shall be hooch. While the fuzzy-making fishbowl-sized house margaritas I alluded to (they also come in 12-ounce versions) are above
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by G.A. Benton average, they’re a bit sweet for my palate. My favorite tequila slurp here was an upgrade found on the “Fancy” list — the tighter, brighter and more lime-powered La Classica ($10/$14). Foodwise (chips and an interesting salsa bar are on the house), the slightly spicy Shrimp Tostadas appetizer ($8) delivered the double crunch of deepfried shellfish nachos. Its side players were a cilantro aioli with bits of blue cheese; a warm, smoky and chunky salsa; and a nifty jicama salad. At least as good were the unique Sweet Plantains ($6.50). These were slathered in a spicy, sweet and smoky barbecue type sauce and served with jalapeno pesto plus a cooling-off yogurt dip. As for entrees, Cabo’s got tacos, bur-
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Spicy and Crunchy Tilapia at Cabo Cocina.
ritos, fajitas, et al., but — against type — I preferred the fusion-y, MexiCaribbean stuff from the “Cabo Specialties” section. Among these, the Adobo Pork Mojados ($12.50) were pretty good: big chunks of tender and fatty pig en-
robed in a fruity, red mole-type sauce. These came with excellent beer- and onion-flavored whole “borracho” beans. I got those same neat frijoles, along with cheesy rice, to accompany the recommended Jerk Chicken relleno
($10.50). Served open-faced, the relleno featured charred peppers, tender meat and fruity accents. For more of a showstopper, though, target the Spicy and Crunchy Tilapia ($15). It’s a pretty plate rimmed with a tangy, creamy and smoky tomato sauce and starring darkly crusted, lightly panfried fish. The successful collision of flavors also includes dense, (sometimes) bacon-y smashed plantains, a scorchedcorn salsa and more of that jalapeno aioli. This tilapia’s so good you’ll remember enjoying it even if you later float off into a little summertime trance. I know I did.
New style of barbecue to enter the Columbus market Aloha Hawaiian BBQ & Asian Bistro soon will join the restaurant-laden West Fifth Avenue corridor and serve up its own brand of quick-serve Asian cuisine. Set to open in the next week, the restaurant takes over 2,500 square feet of space in the Shoppes on Fifth, where Buffalo Wild Wings and Five Guys Burgers and Fries are located. The former Panda Express location seats about 60. The family-run restaurant was born of the culinary diverse background of Ken Tsai, the chef and partner who has spent 50 years cooking in the restaurant business.
The new enterprise, 974 W. Fifth Ave., reunites Tsai with Jin Su. The two met while working together 30 years ago in their native Taiwan. Ricky Tsai, son of the chef and also a partner, doesn’t want the restaurant’s name to be misunderstood. Aloha will not serve Hawaiian cuisine, but rather will draw on the state’s reputation as a melting pot of Asian cuisines. The style of food has become increasingly popular on the West Coast, he said. “You don’t see this in the Midwest. This is some-
thing we wanted to bring to the area,” said Tsai, whose wife, Sammi, will manage the restaurant. The menu focuses on a smattering of Hawaiian entrees, many of which use the restaurant’s three homemade barbecue sauces — katsu, teriyaki and Hawaiian barbecue — which offer their own sweet, distinctive tastes. Pork, chicken, shortribs and beef are marinated for 24 hours before being cooked to order. Other dishes, such as the shrimp and mahimahi, are deep-fried. The menu delves into several Asian cuisines: Japanese, Thai and Chinese, with several noodle dishes — soups included — and stir-fried entrees. A few salads and starters are part of the lineup, as well. For logistical reasons, they shied away from sushi but do offer spam musubi, a Hawaiian dish that riffs on Japanese nigiri, a firm square of grilled spam on top of rice and held in place by a band of nori. Tsai said he recognizes the competition from nearby restaurants such as CoCo’s Grill, Happy House, Nong’s Hunan Express and Mark Pi’s Express, so most prices at his restaurant are in the $6.25 to $7.95 range. Alcohol is not served. Aloha is open for lunch and dinner daily. For more information, call 614-298-9688.
www.ThisWeekNews.com/foodandwine First Draft columnist Michael Paull suggests trying the mellow IPA from Breckenridge Brewery. The brew is tart upfront and sweet and floral in the Michael Paull finish, he says.
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Sammi and Ricky Tsai are among a founding partnership that established the Aloha Hawaiian BBQ & Asian Bistro at 974 W. Fifth Ave.
The Goat tavern has opened at 5730 Silver Falls St., off Hayden Run Road in the Dublin area. It’s the third in central Ohio. At 8,000 square feet, it’s the biggest store yet, and offers two volleyball courts with access to a nearby pool. The place offers a standard tavern bill of fare, including burgers, pizzas, wings, salads, sandwiches and appetizers. The first Goat opened in 2003 in New Albany, followed by another location in Gahanna.
street to a bigger location. The nine-year-old bar now occupies a 2,700square-foot spot at 2096 W. Henderson Road. Owner Jason Eisenhauer said he completely rebuilt the interior of the space, which used to be a salon. He’s also in the process of building a patio. On a related note, the pub has introduced food service, although it’s limited because there is no hood system. The menu includes traditional tavern fare, such as subs, panini sandwiches, pizza and The UA Pub has moved just a hair down the wings.
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Affordable Prices! Call Randy (614) 551-6963
Bobcat & Backhoe Service Free Estimates µ Footers Trenching µ Post holes Final grades µ Reseeding Good concr ete finish work! Call Gil: (740)467-3939
Accurate Garage Doors Service call only $25 Broken spring? Problem with Openers? 24/7 Svc µ 614-888-8008 $10 Off Svc call w/ ad Central Ohio Garage Door BROKEN SPRINGS? BEST PRICES IN TOWN! 17 Years Exp, BBB 614-440-DOOR (3667)
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$10 off with ad 5% Senior Discount Seamless Gutters: Installed, screened, Cleaned
Underground Drains: Snaked, Repaired, Replaced
5542019 AFFORDABLE HAULING Trash, Brush, Junk Dumpsters Available Call today! Haul 2 -Day! 614-471-6444
VRC Basement finishing, Bathroom remolding, All Drywall needs & Painting Call Shane: (614)735-3173
Certified Solution Discount
% off any Certified Service.
Must present coupon at initial inspection. Valid on projects over $1,000 max discount is $500.00 Expires 1-1-12
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J.P. Plumbing Repair Toilets, faucets, disposals, water heaters, & hose faucets. $65/hr. Jeff: 614-891-4131 Sat., Sun no extra charge! All In One Plumbing "One Call Does It ALL" $25 off labor with ad CC Accepted (614)801-1508 Jack L. Woods Plumbing Residential Plumbing Repairs OH Lic #25971 *882-9700*
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We Repair basement problems. We Protect your investment. We Repair your basement W e Finish perfectproblems. lower level. We Protect your investment. W e Finish your of perfect Take advantage our lower level.
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NE COLS - 2 BR/1.5 BA, bsmt, 1 car grg, near I-270/Cleveland Ave/S.R. 161, eat-in kit, fen yrd, no pets, all elec/AC, $625/mo + 1 mo dep, 1 year lease, avail 7/15. Show by apptmt only starting 6/28.
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Sully’s Tree Care, Inc. SPRING SPECIALS Firewood/Gutter Cleaning Tree Removal/Land Clearing/Hauling/Storm dmge. Free Est. Fully Ins. Sr. Dis. 614- 922-0622 SID’S TREE CARE Tree Trimming, Removal & Pruning Lowest Price...Guaranteed! Sid - 614-562-7695 BBB www.sidslawncare.com
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June 30, 2011
SUMMER DEALS ARE AS
HOT AS THE WEATHER $0 DUE
During Sign & Drive! Bob, I took your advice and checked out the lease on the New Chrysler 200 at Bob Caldwell... Look what’s in my garage!
at signing! . " " 0
Went great! They were knowledgeble, friendly, and managed to get a 2011 Chrysler 200 for $259 per month on a 39 month lease
Ya, howd it go?
Huh? I got a great deal..... but that’s a better payment than what I got!?!?!?!???!?
Featured Vehicle
Just Announced! All 200’s, Avengers, Calibers & Minivans 0% for 60 mos or 1.9% for 72 mos
Featured Vehicle
2011 Jeep Wrangler Sport
* " 7 % " 8 + " ++ $0 9292
1 '2 !"3 4 1 5
$299/mo 6" 0
w/ $0 Due at Signing! '2 % ) "
2011 Chrysler Town & Country Touring
2011 Chrysler 200 Touring
**Zero due at Signing - Just add tax.
Imported from Detroit. Absolutely loaded including 8-way power drivers seat, Sirius satellite radio, 17� alloy wheels, bluetooth and a 30 GB hard drive w/ 6,700 song capacity and 6/5� touch screen display! Stk #211338
Totally Loaded! Rear DVD System. Also includes Stow-n-Go seating, Sirius Satellite Radio, Supplemental Side Curtain airbags in all rows, power sliding doors and lift gate! Stk #211143
MSRP - $22,360 Bob Caldwell Discounts and Rebates - (-$4,351)
$0 DUE
at signing!
Lease Price: $17,999** Lease For: $259/mo** Buy For: $319/mo*
31 HWY MPG
**Zero due at Signing - Just add tax. Lease price includes $3,250 lease bonus cash.
$0 DUE
at signing!
MSRP - $31, $31,195 Bob Caldwel Caldwell Discounts and Rebates - (-$4,307)
Lease Price: $26,888** Lease For: $369/mo** Buy For: $439/mo*
**Zero due at Signing - Just add tax. Lease price includes $3,000 lease bonus cash
2011 Dodge Avenger Aveng Mainstreet
2011 Dodge Caliber Heat Loaded! Automatic transmission, 18� wheels, fog lights, all power, keyless remote entry and GREAT on gas and Sport Suspension! Stk #211371
All power, Keyless remote, 17� wheels, supplemental side-curtain front and rear airbags. Stk#211130
MSRP - $21,995 Bob Caldwell Discounts and Rebates - (-$2,500)
$0 DUE
at signing!
Sale Price: $19,445 Buy For: $299/mo*
25 HWY MPG
31 HWY MPG
$0 DUE
at signing!
MSRP - $20,335 Bob Caldwell Discounts and Rebates - (-$3,000) 27 HWY MPG
Sale Price: $17,335 Buy For: $299/mo*
**Zero due at Signing - Just add tax.
**Zero due at Signing - Just add tax.
*All leases based on 39 months, $0 due at signing, plus tax. First payment and lease aquisition fee included. Leases based on 10,000 miles per year, except Chrysler 200 based on 12,000 miles per year. All leases with approved credit. All retail purchases based on 72 mos at 2.99% APR, with approved credit. All discounts may include rebates. All rebates to dealer. All lease payments include Conquest lease bonus cash. See dealer for details. Offers absolutely expires 7/7/11
Ya, well Bob Caldwell said that Chrysler just came out with an even more aggressive lease rate but it expires July 7th
Bring in any competitors ad and we will beat it!
Bob Caldwell
Well that’s great Sandy, maybe you can take that money you saved and take care of that crab grass...
CHRYSLER / JEEP / DODGE / RAM -
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Ugghhh!...
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