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New dog shelter almost finished By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Major construction work on the new Franklin County Animal Care and Control headquarters on Tamarack Boulevard should be largely completed by now. That doesn’t mean the dogs at the existing shelter on Alum Creek Drive should start packing their bags. For one thing, dogs don’t have bags. For another, they just might hope to get adopted out of their current location because they’re going to be there for a while. Animal Care and Control director Joe Rock said last week that he expects to be able sometime early this month to announce an official opening date and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $18-million, 48,350-square foot facility now undergoing finishing touches on the site of the former Northland Cinemas. “From a construction standpoint, we’re in the home stretch,” Rock said. A great deal of interior work remains to be done, however, he said. That includes the installation of equipment and testing of air to make certain the building qualifies for certification as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design from the U.S. Green Building Council. Rock said he expects the grand opening to take place in mid-September. “We’ve been pretty much right on schedule,” he said. “Everything appears to be — I knock on wood as I say this — going along perfectly.” By the time all is said and done, he added, 65,000 worker hours will have gone into the project. And it will show, according to Animal Care and See NEW DOG SHELTER, page A2

Development panel cautious about sign variances By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

It’s called a “look see.” In Northland Community Council development committee jargon, that means, “Come on in. We’ll look at what you’re proposing and see how we feel about it without taking a formal vote.” Committee members didn’t like some of what they were looking at and don’t see how they could give their blessing to a proposed new sign for the Shell gas station at 1195 Morse Road, according to the panel’s chairman, Dave Paul. Morse Road has a lot of gas stations. Morse Road also has, courtesy of nearly $50 million in funding from the city of Columbus and a special improvement district, a spiffy new look that includes a commercial overlay intended to maintain that updated appearance. That is why, Paul said, Roger Kessler of Kessler Sign Co. got an earful last week when he made a “look see” appearance before the development committee on behalf of True North Energy LLC and Clare Acquisitions LLC, owners of the Shell See PANEL CAUTIOUS, page A2

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(Above) Dr. David Ratliff and Annie Wolfe help load 12 bags of vegetables into Kwesi Gyimah’s truck from Local Matters’ Veggie Van at Heritage Day Health Center on July 28. (Below) Green beans, onions, garlic, cucumbers, corn, cantaloupe, zucchini and peaches are in the bag.

Word of Veggie Van visit ‘went viral’ By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

North Side Health Advisory Committee member Gretchen Ratliff kept wondering why it was taking Local Matters officials so long to make decisions about bringing their Veggie Van program to the Northland area for a seven-week trial period. Now she knows. Local Matters is a Columbusbased nonprofit organization that, among other things, seeks to improve the diet of people by bringing affordable fruits and vegetables into their neighborhoods. As it turns out, Ratliff said at last week’s monthly meeting of the advisory group, the vast majority of Veggie Van stops are arranged in conjunction with schools or other governmental entities. The Thursday afternoon visits to the Heritage Day Health Center at 1700 E. Dublin-Granville Road is the “first freestanding stop with a community partner,” Ratliff told

other committee members. “We’re unique,” she said. And, Ratliff added, seemingly on the way to unprecedented success for the program. The Veggie Van provides bags of locally grown produce, ordered eight days in advance, for $12. The same amount of fruits and vegetables would cost about $30 at the North Market produce stand Greener Gro-

cer, which is owned by Local Matters executive director Michael Jones. In order for a Veggie Van stop to even be considered, sponsors must be lined up to pay a fee of $50 if fewer than 50 bags of produce are ordered and sold. Last week’s first visit had 55 requests placed by the deadline, and the Veggie Van ended up selling 57 bags, according to Ratliff.

By the July 27 deadline for this week’s Veggie Van visit, 76 orders had been placed, thanks in part to some newspaper publicity but also to committee members and community residents spreading the word via email, according to Ratliff. “It went viral,” she said. She added that orders for the Veggie Van will probably exceed 100 bags in a matter of weeks. “This could get big, really big,” commented advisory committee cochairman Scott Dowling. The bags distributed on July 28 contained two pounds of peaches, two pounds of zucchini, a pound of green beans, six ears of corn, a head of garlic, an onion and a large cantaloupe. “People were starting to get excited once they saw the bags,” Ratliff said. “They were, ‘This is really generous for $12.’ ” “This is a model that has been successful in the private sector,” DowlSee WORD, page A2

Workshops aim to help owners of older homes By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Nothing wants to remain a house for long. Wood rots. Foundations subside. Paint peels. Metal rusts. Shingles slide. Lots and lots of other unpleasant and potentially expensive things can go wrong with the parts and pieces of a house. At the half-century mark, even the best-built home is going to show its age and require some tender loving care. Because much of the local housing stock falls into that category or is even considerably older, the Columbus Landmarks Foundation has embarked on a local preservation initiative. The next in a series of “Old House DIY Work-

shops 2011” will be held on Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Community Properties of Ohio training facility, 933 E. Gay St. For $5, owners of older homes may attend a session from 9 to 11 a.m. to find out how to identify and resolve common maintenance issues. The fee for a session on wood restoration that afternoon from 1 to 5 costs $10. During the latter hands-on workshop, attendees will learn how to stabilize rotted wood, use wood consolidants and epoxies and prepare restored wood for painting. The workshops, titled “Nuts and Bolts: the Basics of Home Maintenance,” are being put on with funding received from the United Way of See WORKSHOPS, page A3

A closer look The next in a series of “Old House DIY Workshops 2011” will be held on Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Community Properties of Ohio training facility, 933 E. Gay St. For $5, owners of older homes may attend a session from 9 to 11 a.m. to find out how to identify and resolve common maintenance issues. The fee for a session on wood restoration that afternoon from 1 to 5 costs $10. During the latter hands-on workshop, attendees will learn how to stabilize rotted wood, use wood consolidants and expoxies and prepare restored wood for painting.

Specialist in food photography to speak at next Pecha Kucha By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

It isn’t easy, taking pictures of greens. Or the white of a delectable cream sauce, the bright red of mouth-watering cherries jubilee, the golden brown of a nicely roasted chicken. Food that can

appear so appetizing in real life on a plate in a restaurant might look like a veritable pig’s breakfast when reduced to two dimensions, with no smells, by photography. Rising to that challenge is Northland resident Catherine Murray, whose business is called Photo Kitchen. On its web-

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site, it is described as a “food photography company that specializes in food and beverages.” You didn’t even know such a thing existed, did you? “It’s fairly specialized,” Murray admitted. “There aren’t a ton of us, but we do exist.

“I have always loved food, so it was easy for me to decide that this would be my main focus when I decided to become a photographer.” Murray also spent seven years in the restaurant business before becoming a photographer in 2002. A graduate of the Ohio Institute of Photography and Tech-

nology, she’s been specializing in food photos for the past seven years. “Nothing comes out quite the way you expect … the way that you see it in real life,” Murray said. “It ends up being completely different from what you think, See SPECIALIST, page A3

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New dog shelter almost finished Continued from page A1 Control community relations director Susan Smith. “They put a lot of thought into it,” Smith said. “They’ve really done a good job of making it a building we can be proud of.” The transition from the 30-year-old shelter at 1731 Alum Creek Drive and

the new one at 4340 Tamarack Blvd. will be a brief one, Rock said, probably taking no more than three days to get all the dogs moved, with deputy wardens and volunteers driving back and forth. “We have a pretty good volunteer base,” said Rock, who inherited the position when Don Winstel stepped down on June 14 to take another job. The new facility will be able to ac-

commodate up to 420 jobs, twice that of the Alum Creek Drive shelter. “We’re just excited to be in that community, and we’re hoping the community will be just as happy as we are to being part of it,” Rock said of the Northland area. “We’re looking forward to being in the neighborhood. “We would invite all those in the community, not just those interested in get-

ting a new dog, to come in and look at the facility,” he added. The new building will include a community room that will be available to local groups for a variety of uses. “Again, we really look forward to being a good neighbor,” Rock said. Shelter officials also look forward to benefiting from the efforts of their neighbors in swelling the already considerable

ranks of volunteers who help exercise the dogs and handle many other duties. “We’re always looking for new volunteers and I think they will find it as rewarding for themselves as the dog they are helping out,” Rock said. “It’s a structured program, but it allows those who volunteer to do so at their convenience.” kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

Panel cautious about sign variances Continued from page A1

Jerry Summit (center), winner of a new laptop computer, stands with Heather Delany, ConnectOhio state operations manager (left); Tony Howard, Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) service area manager; Stephen Kennedy, CML librarian and ECO instructor; and Steve Hipes, CML team leader and ECO program manager.

Local man wins laptop computer ConnectOhio last week presented a Northland resident with a new laptop computer at the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Karl Road branch. Jerry Summit was selected as a winner in a random drawing following his participation in the Every Citizen Online program, a free statewide basic computer and Internet training program. Summit often frequented the library to use their computers and Internet access before taking the training, according to the announcement. ConnectOhio, a nonprofit public-private partnership, is distributing a total of 12 new laptop computers to Ohio adults who completed the Every Citizen Online free basic computer-training program between April 5 and June 20. Participants completed an online survey following the training and were entered into the random drawing giveaway. “We’ve had over 700 adults take the Every Citizen Online training through the Columbus Metropolitan Library thus far,” Steve Hipes, Columbus Metropolitan Library team leader and ECO program manager, said in a statement. “The program’s been going really well.” ConnectOhio has partnered with more than 200 libraries, community colleges, education and career centers across the state to offer the Every Citizen Online training. More than 8,000 adults have already taken advantage of the training since it launched in late December 2010. For more information on the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Every Citizen Online training classes, call (614) 645-2275. Classes are offered at the library’s Main, Gahanna, Hilltop and Karl Road branches.

College notes • Nichole Luther and Jamie Rogers, both of Northland, were named to the spring 2011 dean’s list at the University of Findlay. To be eligible for the list, students must earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average. • Rachel Cox of Northland was among the spring 2011 graduates at the University of Cincinnati. She earned a bachelor of science degree. • The University of Cincinnati has announced its spring 2011 dean’s list.

Northland residents named to the list were Monica Dabecco, Elijah Ladipo, Patrick Manning, Jack Waltman, Latrisha Archie, Kaitlynn Buckingham, Sean Cox, Jamaal Hardgrow, Neil Harrington and Nick Walter. • Ohio University has announced its spring 2011 dean’s list. Northland residents named to the list were Shountea Hamilton, Steven Jones, Rachel Lantz, Kathleen Meisky, Krystin Ratliff, Osei Sencherey and Mary Walsh.

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station. What was to have been a hearing on an application for a variance to the city’s graphics code for a new digital pricing sign turned into an informal visit, according to Paul, because the applicant intends to make other improvements to the station exterior. But it’s the sign that might prove to be the biggest sticking point between development committee members and the owners of the site, he said. Paul, who is also president of the NCC, said those on the development panel are wary of setting a precedent allowing violations to the Morse Road overlay. Although signs with LED graphics are not allowed under the city’s regulations, requests for them are bound to come in for most, if not all, of the Morse Road gasoline outlets, Paul believes. “That just reality,” he said. What’s troubling about the proposed new Shell station sign is a subtle change in it from the current one that requires an employee armed with a long pole, suction cups and plastic numbers to brave the elements every time the price of gas fluctuates.

Right now, Paul said, the sign includes a panel inviting motorists to use the car wash at the station. The new LED sign would incorporate a panel noting that the station accepts the discount gas plan of a major grocery chain. “The only way we can think of to characterize that is cooperative advertising and that is specifically prohibited on signs that face that roadway,” Paul said. Although agreeing to go back and discuss that with his clients, Paul said Kessler didn’t necessarily see what has committee members concerned. “So at this point, we agreed to disagree,” he said. Also during the discussions on the graphics variance and other exterior changes to the site, Paul said that NCC graphics task force coordinator William Logan pointed out to Kessler that another nearby True North location has a pricing sign that is horizontal, not vertical. “It complies with the Morse Road commercial overlay requirements,” Paul said. Kessler also agreed to take that up with the station’s owners. Paul said that he expects the formal variance request to come before the development

committee at its next meeting on Aug. 31, although that will mean the applicant forgoes a scheduled appearance before the city’s graphics commission on Aug. 16. The only other matter on the committee’s agenda at last week’s monthly meeting involved a request for a variance from required setbacks to allow nearly 80 additional parking spaces for an industrial/office park owned by Omni Columbus One LLC at 3592 and 3660 Corporate Drive. “We had no real issue with that,” Paul said. The only concern for committee members, who eventually voted 13-0 in favor of the request, was that in some places, the required setback of 50 feet would be reduced to only two feet. “Just as a matter of policy and precedence, we were concerned about it,” Paul said. However, he added, that adjoining property is not residential or even commercial, but instead is a shoulder of state Route 161, and a “very wide shoulder that is heavily overgrown and somewhat forested.” “So there really isn’t a neighbor likely to be affected by this and there isn’t likely to be one in the future,” Paul said. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

Word of Veggie Van visit ‘went viral’ Continued from page A1

uptick” in the sale of organic proOrders may be placed with fgretchen@ yahoo.com, or by duce brought in from outside the Ratliff at her cell phone number, FAX to Northland Chiropractic, area during the winter months, (614) 338-5323, via email to ratlif- (614) 841-0275. according to Ratliff. Orders for Veggie Van bags for the Aug. 18 stop, currently scheduled for 1 to 2:30 p.m., must be placed by noon on Aug. 10. PEACHES (Bellaire & Red Haven) “It’s always Wednesday the week prior,” Ratliff said. APPLES (Paula Red & Pristine)

ing said. “This is going to be great.” For advisory committee members, arranging the Veggie Van stop involves “kind of walking our talk” in terms of finding ways to improve the health of Northland-area residents, the co-chairman added. “I don’t see this ending,” Ratliff said. She expects the success of just the first week and the number of orders for the second week to guarantee that the program continues past the trial period. In fact, Ratliff said Local Matters officials might be contemplating expanding the amount of time the Veggie Van spends at Heritage Day Health Center or even adding a second stop in the Northland area, perhaps in the evening. The program also doesn’t halt just because the Ohio growing season ends, she said. Local Matters officials report a “significant

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Rain-barrel workshops scheduled at libraries Seven rain-barrel workshops will be conducted at libraries throughout Columbus during August. Several will be in the Northland area, led by Friends of Alum Creek. Participants who register for the workshops will attend one short session and receive a 60-gallon rain barrel for a subsidized bargain rate. To qualify, recipients must be residents of Columbus and must register with $45 advanced payment to Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District. More details and an online form are available at http://www.franklinswcd.org/columbus-rainbarrel-program/columbus-rain-barrel-workshops/ or by calling the Soil and Water Conservation District at (614) 486-9613. Workshops are scheduled:

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Specialist in food photography to speak at next Pecha Kucha Continued from page A1 and then it’s all about getting back to what you were imagining. “There are a number of struggles when it comes to food photography: seeing how things are aligned, making sure you can shoot the food quickly enough so it’s looking its best.” Murray has all kinds of clients, but said the majority of them are food manufacturers, bakeries, bars, restaurants and magazines. She also does professional portraits and photo retouching. Murray will be discussing, albeit briefly, the trials and tribulations of being a food photographer on Thursday, Aug. 14, at the next installation of Pecha Kucha. Pecha whatcha? It’s a central Ohio version of a phenomenon that originated in Tokyo in 2003 when a group of young designers staged an event to promote networking and show off their work to the public, according to the website developed out of that first Pecha Kucha. “It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring ‘creatives’ worldwide,” the site states. “Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of chitchat, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images times 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.” The 18th Pecha Kucha in Columbus on Aug. 11 will be held at Junctionview Studios, 889

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Williams Ave. off Northwest Boulevard. The doors will open at 7:30 p.m. with the local band The Wet Darlings performing at 8, followed by the series of 6minute, 40-second presentations at around 8:30, according to the website of the local event. Jazz musician Tony Hagood will perform during the intermission and local food carts, organized by the Small Business Beanstalk, will be selling refreshments. Murray said she offered to be a presenter after attending previous Pecha Kucha events at other venues and enjoying them tremendously. “I try to go to as many as possible,” she said. “It’s maybe one of my favorite things to do in Columbus. There’s so much variety. You never know what it’s going to be like.” Also on the program for Aug. 11, according to the local website, will be presentations by Adam Brouillette of Wonderland Columbus, who recently announced that the arts collective

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was giving up on purchasing the old Wonder Bread Factory and was in search of a permanent home; anti-human-trafficking expert Christina Conrad; urban worm farmer and Northland resident Jeremy Gedert; bicycle advocate Ray George; glass artist Bethany Haeseler; Mandy Rose Henderson from the Arc of Appalachia Preserve System; comic and magician Michael Kent; Dan Mushalko of WCBE 90.5 FM; and lawyer/South Asia traveler Genevieve Reiner. An expert in modern-day slavery sharing a stage with someone who earns a living taking photos of food. How’s that going to work? Probably quite well, predicted Murray. “I think that’s why people go, because you never really know whose presentation you’re going to love,” Murray said. “They’re so short, so there’s no way you can really go wrong. If you get bored in the middle of a presentation, it’s only going to last another three minutes.”

WORKSHOPS Continued from page A1 Central Ohio and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, according Columbus Landmarks Foundation executive director Kathy Mast Kane. “The premise being that if we, as owners, learned to do this routine maintenance and inspection, we prevent major expenses down the road and make home ownership more attractive,” Kane said last week. Nathalie Wright, a field representative for both the Columbus Landmarks Foundation and National Trust for Historic Preservation, is providing staffing for the initiative. The term “older homes” is loosely defined, according to Kane, but it generally refers to ones that are approaching 50 or possibly well beyond. That covers a lot of territory in neighborhoods such as Clintonville and in many of Northland’s subdivisions, Kane pointed out. “There are a lot of ranch subdivisions and they are approaching that 50-year mark,” Kane said. “Maybe the message is for residents in those neighborhoods — they may not be thinking of their homes as ‘older’ but truly, they are approaching a

50th birthday or are just past it. “It doesn’t have to be a turnof-the-century home for this to be applicable.” A home doesn’t necessarily have to be very old at all, the foundation executive director said. “The truth of the matter is, I believe these workshops would have pertinent content for owners of any home,” Kane said. Funding from the United Way and the National Trust helps hold down the costs of putting on the workshops so as many people as possible can and will attend. With luck, Kane said, this will lead to houses getting the attention they need and being preserved because they are well worth the effort. “I think fundamentally what we know about homes, particularly those that are 50 years or older, they come with great bones in terms of what they were originally constructed with and the craftsmanship that went into them,” Kane said. The workshops encourage participants, whether tackling repair and restoration projects themselves or hiring someone, to bring that same attention to craftsmanship, rather than just doing something cosmetic, she added. “It’s kind of demystifying the

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Health classes ask ‘What’s Making You Sick?’ The second in an ongoing series of classes put on by the North Side Health Advisory Committee and the Helping Hands Health and Wellness Center will get under way on Thursday,

Aug. 11. The classes are held at the Haimerl Center, 1421 Morse Road, and last from 7 to 8 p.m. The new series, entitled “What’s Making You Sick?” will

be led by Dr. David Ratliff of the Northland Chiropractic Center and his wife, patient educator Gretchen Ratliff. The first class on Aug. 11 is titled, “Could Your Food Be

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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 A6

Commentary

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

By Mike Munden/The Columbus Dispatch

Ryan Wilson won three events — the long jump, 100-meter hurdles and 300 hurdles — in the 1998 Division I state meet, scoring all of Westerville North’s points to secure a share 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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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 110-meter 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

ThisWeek Community Newspapers has been around for 22 years. That timeframe was used as the basis to compile a top-10 list of the top individual performances we’ve covered. Along with the experienced sports staff at ThisWeek and Steve Blackledge, high school reporter at The Columbus Dispatch, we arrived at a top-10 list. Below are Nos. 3-10. Check back next week for No. 1 and let us know your thoughts at ThisWeekSPORTS.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

to settle for seventh place in the 200. Although athletes now receive two points for finishing seventh and one point for eighth in an

with her 29-point performance in a 5135 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 stateranked London in the second round of the Division II district tournament. Watkins Memorial was just 1-19 entering the matchup but got 57 points

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

from Johnson, who made 19 of 34 from floor, including eight 3-pointers, and was 11-for-15 from the free-throw 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 15-9 victory over Solon at Fawcett Stadium in Canton with an interception with less than a minute remaining. 4. COURTNEY SMITH, Hilliard David-

son 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 41 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.

weekend gave North 30 points is the lesson I learned,” Wilson and a co-championship in Di- said. “The 200 was my last event vision I with Brunswick. and was definitely my weakest “The interesting thing is that See WILSON, page A6 what I remember most about it

Junior Tennis

Area team captures Midwest championship By PAUL BATTERSON ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Eric Brunton and his doubles partner, Blake Byrns, towered over the other members of the Columbus team in the Midwest City Team Tennis Championships on July 15-17 in Indianapolis. But according to the 6-foot-2 Brunton, a Clintonville native and 2011 Watterson High School graduate, it was the younger, smaller players who stood tall as Columbus captured the team title. “It was nice to have won it, but to be See LARSON, page A6 honest, I wasn’t a huge factor,” Brunton

said. “It was mostly the little kids who helped us win. I was definitely impressed with them. I know I wasn’t able to play that well when I was their age.” Columbus went 2-1 in the round-robin portion of the eight-team event and defeated Jasper, Ind., 24-16 in a semifinal and Indianapolis Red 28-12 in the final to win the championship outright for the first time in eight years. Columbus was comprised of 21 players in five age groups and coached by Jim Criswell, Scott Gerber and Max Quinton. “It was funny,” Criswell said. “We had Byrns from Westerville Central who is

like 6-foot-8 and then we had some guys on the 10-and-under squad who weren’t even 4 feet tall. I was going to get a picture of three or four of the 10-and-unders standing like a totem pole next to Blake. “You didn’t know from match to match who was going to step up. We had really strong 10-and-unders, but sometimes we ran into teams who had really good 10-and-unders and it’d be the 18-andunders that came through. Other times, the 18-and-unders got cleaned out and the 10-and-unders would come through.” Joining Brunton and Byrns on the

Columbus team were Westerville’s Ryan Wahl and Upper Arlington’s Will Reynolds in the boys 10-11 age group, Powell’s Chloe Sidick and Dublin’s Emma Ferguson in girls 10-11, Lancaster’s Colton Clark, Upper Arlington’s Alex Hulka and Westerville’s Jacob Kotik in boys 12-13, Pataskala’s Lexi Steer and Dublin’s Reagan Resor in girls 1213, Upper Arlington’s Ty Holsopple and Powell’s Austin Karbler (Olentangy High School) in boys 14-15, Hilliard’s Mary Anne Click (Columbus School for Girls) See TENNIS, page A6

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WILSON 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 competitor 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 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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Members of the Columbus team which competed in the Midwest City Team Tennis Championships included (front row) Ryan Wahl; (second row) Emma Ferguson, Lexi Steer, Chloe Sidick, Reagan Resor, Will Reynolds, Jacob Kotik, Alex Hulka, Colton Clark and Austin Karbler; (third row) head coach Jim Criswell, Patrick Yen, Mary Anne Click, Ann Marie Reynolds, Alyssa Moreau, Meghan Letizia, Lauren Gerber, Tyler Holsopple, Paige Quinton, Aaron Treglia and assistant coach Max Quinton; (back row) Eric Brunton, Blake Byrns.

TENNIS cal 2-1 records, Columbus won its flight with 73 points, finishing ahead of Chicago (71) and St. Louis (69). Columbus’ 14-and-under players dominated in singles and mixed doubles, going 30-0. Click, Holsopple, Karbler and Reynolds each won all five singles and mixed doubles matches. Letizia went undefeated in the girls 18-andunder singles play and teamed with Gerber to win four doubles matches. Steer and Resor teamed to win four matches in 12-and-under doubles, and Treglia and Quinton teamed to win four matches in 16-and-under mixed doubles. Criswell said what impressed him the most about his team’s performance was the team unity. “It didn’t matter what age group was playing, there was someone from our team there cheering the players on,” he said. “You would have a 10-and-under (player) out there playing and there were the 18-and-under boys cheering him on. It’s such a team-oriented thing.”

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and Upper Arlington’s Anna Marie Reynolds in girls 14-15, Pickerington’s Patrick Yen (Pickerington North) and Upper Arlington’s Aaron Treglia in boys 16-17, Granville’s Alyssa Moreau and Westerville’s Paige Quinton (CSG) in girls 16-17 and Meghan Letizia (Dublin Coffman) and Upper Arlington’s Lauren Gerber (CSG) in girls 18and-up. The players qualified for the Columbus team by finishing first or second in their respective age group in the Bernard Master Junior Satellite Circuit tournament held during the winter. In the Midwest City Team Tennis Championships, each player had to play one set of a singles match, doubles match and mixed-doubles match, with each match being worth one point. A team had to score more than 20 points to win the match. Columbus started the tournament by defeating Indianapolis Blue 32-8 and Chicago 22-18 and losing to St. Louis 21-19 in round-robin play. pbatterson@thisweeknews.com Although three teams tied for first with identi- www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

FOOTBALL Continued from page A5 Olentangy Orange opens its scrimmage schedule Aug. 13 against visiting Kings Mills Kings and plays host to Westland on Aug. 16 before playing host to Reynoldsburg on Aug. 19 in a jamboree. According to Pioneers coach Brian Cross, the scrimmage against Westland will be a “passing scrimmage.” Although both teams will have 11 players on the field unlike in the 7-on-7 passing tournaments during the summer, at least seven of every 11 plays will be passes. Cross considers it to be a sign of the times as teams continue to develop more complex passing offenses. Westland’s new coach, Steve White, was an assistant under Cross when the two were on the same coaching staff at Grove City. “I don’t know what other people are doing, but having two scrimmages when we tackle and run the ball is enough,” Cross said. “This gives us a chance to have the defense see more passing, and we’ll mix in a few draw plays.” While some teams prefer to play a neighborhood school that could bring unique intensity during their scrimmage opener, others will enter their first scrimmage with an eye on keeping it simple. Perennial playoff contender Eastmoor Academy and defending Division IV state champion Hartley will meet in the opening scrimmage for both teams Aug. 13 at Hartley. The matchup of East-side schools is one that Warriors coach Jim Miranda looks forward to because of the toughness that his team will get to face as it pre-

At a glance 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

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.

LARSON Continued from page A5 workouts.” Morgan Ransom, Columbus Academy, golf: “When I was younger and even today, my dad would ask me after every round of golf that I played if I had fun and if I tried my hardest. Hopefully the answer to these two questions is always yes.” Jimmy Gammill, New Albany, football: “As

(10 a.m.); St. Charles vs. Big Walnut (10 a.m.); Troy vs. Reynoldsburg (10 a.m.); Upper Arlington vs. Watterson (9 a.m.); Westerville Central vs. Granville (10 a.m.); Westerville South vs. DeSales (10 a.m.); Whetstone vs. Westerville North (10 a.m.) AUG. 16 Bloom-Carroll vs. New Lexington and Northridge (10 a.m.); Orange vs. Westland (5 p.m.) AUG. 17 Grandview vs. Academy (6 p.m.) AUG. 18 Canal Winchester vs. Newark (6 p.m.); Coffman vs. Gahanna (7 p.m.); Pickerington Central vs. Dover (noon); Sparta Highland vs. Hartley (7 p.m.); Westerville South vs. Pickerington North (7 p.m.) AUG. 19 Big Walnut vs. Teays Valley (7 p.m.); Brookhaven vs. Lancaster (7 p.m.); Central Crossing vs. Columbus South (6 p.m.); DeSales vs. Upper Arlington (7 p.m.); Jerome vs. Thomas (6 p.m.); Eastmoor vs. Olentangy (7 p.m.); Grove City Christian vs. Fisher Catholic (7 p.m.); Davidson vs. Findlay (6 p.m.); Johnstown vs. Zanesville Maysville (6 p.m.); Kilbourne vs. Grove City (7 p.m.); Liberty vs. Marion-Franklin (6:30 p.m.); Licking Heights vs. Utica (6 p.m.); Marion Harding vs. Delaware (7 p.m.); Marysville vs. Darby (7 p.m.); New Albany vs. Whetstone (7 p.m); Northland vs. Walnut Ridge (7 p.m.); Northridge vs. Independence and Philo (6 p.m.); Orange vs. Reynoldsburg (7 p.m.); St. Charles vs. Scioto (6:30 p.m.); Watkins Memorial vs. Bexley (10 a.m.); Watterson vs. Lexington (6:30 p.m.); Westerville Central vs. Beechcroft (7 p.m.); Westerville North vs. Bradley (6 p.m.); Westland vs. Franklin Heights (7 p.m.)

“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.”

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 state meet was part of one of the most remarkable prep careers of any central Ohio track athlete. 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 julrey@thisweeknews.com was just the leader,” Cavin said. “For Ryan to www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

Sports briefs Columbus Sharks to hold tryouts The 17-and-under Columbus Sharks baseball team will hold tryouts at 1 p.m. Aug. 20 and 21 at New Albany High School. For more information, contact Steve Parker at (614) 2843825 or sdp196@yahoo.com.

Jackets to audition promotion teams The Columbus Blue Jackets are accepting applications for the chance to audition for the hockey club’s official promotion teams — the Pepsi Power Patrol, Ice Crew and Cannon Crew. Applications are due Aug. 11, with invitation-only auditions to be held at 9 a.m. Aug. 14 at Chiller North. Candidates for the three teams should be high spirited, outgoing, athletic, physically fit, comfortable on camera and enjoy interacting with fans. Participants must be 18 or older and must be a high school graduate or hold a GED. For additional information about the three teams and ap-

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Mount Vernon site of charity run/walk A 5-mile run/walk for charity will be held at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 13 in Mount Vernon. United Precast Inc., in its 15th year sponsoring the annual event, will donate proceeds to the Knox County Chapter of the Byron Saunders Foundation, which provides Thanksgiving meals to needy families. Registration is available online at www.unitedprecast.net. Race-day registration will be available from 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. The course starts at the intersection of East Gambier and Main streets in downtown Mount Vernon. The course closes at 11 a.m.

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Crew to hold charity run The Columbus Crew’s fifth annual 5K race and 1-mile family fun walk are scheduled for 8 a.m. Aug. 13 at Crew Stadium. The event benefits the Crew Soccer Foundation. For more information, visit www.thecrew.com/5k.

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