August 11, 2011
Coleman to hold local ‘office hours’ By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
For part of Saturday, Aug. 13, Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s office will be in Northland instead of downtown. From 10 a.m. to noon, Coleman and representatives of his administration will hold community office hours at Karl Michael B. Road Baptist Church, 5700 Karl Road. Coleman
The church is undergoing some construction, and those planning to attend the event are advised to enter through the south doors. The Aug. 13 session follows an earlier one held at the
South Side Settlement House, according to Coleman deputy chief of staff Greg Davies. “The mayor’s always been a neighborhood mayor and always likes to get out,” Davies said last week. “Rather than reacting to a specific item or something on his agenda, he just wants to invite the public in to share their concerns and issues with him.”
Northland residents who have attended Neighborhood Pride Week closing nights should be familiar with the format. Coleman is accompanied by members of his administrative team, who try to respond to specific issues raised by residents. “It’s really just some constituent work that the mayor tries to do,” Davies said. He pointed out that many people find it difficult to get to City Hall on West
Next ‘Business After Hours’ set for Aug. 16 By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Time does not stand still. Just ask anyone who has been in business in the same location for going on three decades. “When I moved here, people told me I was crazy to move into a posh suburban area with so many established dentists,” Dr. Roy Gottlieb of Morse Road Family Dental Group LLC said last week. A closer Gottlieb look and members of his Dr. Roy Gottlieb of staff will host Morse Road Family the next Dental Group LLC and Northland members of his staff Area Busiwill host the next ness AssociNorthland Area Busiation “Business Association “Business After ness After Hours” event Hours” event from 5 to 7 p.m.on from 5 to 7 Tuesday, Aug. 16. p.m. on The dental practice is Tuesday,Aug. located at 1100 Morse 16. Road. The dental practice is located at 1100 Morse Road. The gathering, which will feature light refreshments, is open to members and nonmembers alike at no charge, NABA president Roseann Hicks said. “You can just show up,” she said. It’s appropriate that Gottlieb, whose practice will celebrate a 30th anniversary in September, should host the event, according to Hicks. She said he represents the many businessmen and women who have stuck with the Northland area, through thick and thin. “I don’t think we’re giving these business owners enough credit,” Hicks said. “Maybe it’s just stupidity,” Gottlieb joked. Because the fact is, Northland is no longer a “posh suburban area,” but instead has become surrounded by an ever-larger city since Gottlieb started his practice in 1981. That has brought with it some of the problems and issues faced by a big city. Many of the dentists who were established when Morse Road Family Dental Group opened have moved on, but Gottlieb, who credited some innovative customer-service efforts such as Sunday hours for getting his business off to a good start, has stuck around. Gottlieb will be on hand during the Aug. 16 event to not only discuss his practice and his reasons for remaining in the Northland area, but also to talk about the extensive art collection in his Morse Road offices, Hicks said. The dental practice is almost part art gallery and has hosted several “mini-exhibitions,” she added. Gottlieb, who said he is now working on the teeth of the fourth generation of families who started with him in the early See NEXT ‘BUSINESS’, page A2
Broad Street to speak with city officials regarding something of concern to them. These community office hours afford citizens the chance to speak directly with their mayor and, in some cases, received immediate help, or at least get some answers, Davies said. “A lot of times there is no answer, but See MAYOR’S HOURS, page A3
Musician trains others how to play without pain By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
That musician in the orchestra, the violinist there on the left who seems to be frowning in such concentration as fingers fly along the strings, might actually be grimacing in discomfort. Lea Pearson knows this from painful personal experience. It doesn’t have to be that way, according to Pearson, a flute player with a doctor of musical arts degree from Ohio State University. The Northland resident, who is artistic director of the “UUniverse!” Concert Series at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Clintonville, learned how to undo the damage her playing and rehearsing were doing to her body. She now shares that knowledge, not only with other musicians but also with people in many different occupations who can suffer debilitating pain as a result of improperly understanding how their bodies are put together. Pearson calls herself a “body mapping specialist.” “A body map is the map in the brain that represents how we think our bodies are put together, an internal representation,” she writes on her website. “Like a roadmap, it governs how we move about the world.” “It’s an incredibly rewarding profession,” Pearson said. Her road to mapping the body for other musicians and professionals such as massage therapists, dental technicians and others, began in the small coastal town of Newburyport, Mass., about 35 miles northBy Chris Parker/ThisWeek east of Boston. She grew up in a family of Eleanor Pearson displays ‘Cap’n Bob,’ a skeleton she uses to demonstrate how to prevent injury from repeti- musicians and, like her three siblings beSee MUSICIAN, page A2 tive stress and awkward positions while playing musical instruments.
Theater troupe finds space to spare in bowling alley By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Small community theater groups perform in some of the most unlikely venues: public parks, school playgrounds, church basements. But a bowling alley? “We had the space, they had the need, so why not?” said Tim Voss, who owns Sequoia Pro, 5501 Sandalwood Blvd. with his wife, Elizabeth Kellough. That’s how a little bit of Dublin came to take up temporary residence in the Northland area. The Emerald City Players have been homeless since their landlord at a strip center in Dublin more than doubled the rent and on hiatus since a production last November and December of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” The troupe, which was created in October 1998 with the help of a Dublin Arts Council grant, is back in business now, thanks to a post-dinner conversation between two couples in a hot tub, according to Emerald City Players board member Linda Goodwin. Three of five Emerald City Players
performances of the comedy “You’ve Got Hate Mail” are still to be staged, if that’s the right word, in the party room of the bowling alley. “It is intimate, and that’s what’s nice about it,” Goodwin said. “We’ve got an open mind about our facility,” Voss said of letting Emerald City Players use the party room for five Saturdays to put on “You’ve Got Hate Mail,” which was written by two of the five original cast members, Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. “Love ‘bytes’ all when an extramarital affair goes horribly wrong, thanks to a juicy email left sitting on a desktop,” according to Van Zandt’s website. “The story is told entirely in emails from laptop computers, although the play still manages to have an unforgettable chase scene, thanks to BlackBerries and iPhones.” “It worked, it really worked,” Goodwin said of the July 30 opening night for “You’ve Got Hate Mail” at Sequoia Pro Bowl. “I heard people say some pretty positive things about it,” Voss said. Tickets for the remaining performances on Aug. 13, 20 and 27 are $10
A closer look Three of five Emerald City Players performances of the comedy “You’ve Got Hate Mail” are still to be staged in the party room of the Sequoia Pro, 5501 Sandalwood Blvd. Tickets for the remaining performances on Aug. 13, 20 and 27 are $10 with a cash bar. All shows start at 7 p.m. The final two performances will have sign language interpreters.
with a cash bar. All shows start at 7 p.m. The final two performances will have sign language interpreters. “Patrons will be seated at tables and are welcome to enjoy drinks and appetizers during the show,” according to an email Goodwin sent out. Emerald City Players became a vagabond organization after the new owner of the strip center, where plays had been performed since the 2003-04 season, raised the rent beyond the troupe’s capacity to pay, board mem-
ber Goodwin said. “So everything went into storage,” she said. “Emerald City had to regroup. The first thing was, ‘can we find a space?’Actually, they had thought about folding.” After new board members and volunteers were recruited, Goodwin said the decision was made to try to keep going. “We decided to do what we do best, and that’s put on a show,” she said. Elizabeth Kellough is good friends with Emerald City Players board member Jim McCullough, her husband said. The bowling alley owners were aware of the theatrical troupe’s plight. “They were out of space,” Voss said. “We were having dinner with them one night and he was talking about that.” Voss and Kellough offered use of the party room. This took place in a hot tub, according to Goodwin. Board members came and viewed the space last spring and decided they could stage at least the five-character comedy in it. See EMERALD CITY, page A3
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Musician trains others how to play without pain Continued from page A1 fore her, Pearson began taking piano lessons at the age of 6. She made the switch to flute in high school, which she attended in Boston. After graduating, Pearson attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., where she studied music, psychology and education. “It took me about 50 years to get to the point where I used all of those at once,” she said last week. Pearson spent four years working in the mental health field but missed music, not only playing it but also learning about it. Instead of continuing her studies at a conservatory, Pearson chose to attend “a place that would nurture my desire to learn from a broad perspective,” she wrote in an article for the National Flute
Association’s magazine. That place turned out to be Stanford University, where she studied in a special program on baroque performance, and where she met her husband, Tony McDonald, now the music director at the Unitarian Universalist Church. The couple went on to teach at small colleges in Michigan, and Pearson performed in professional and semi-professional orchestras. A problem that first cropped up when Pearson was 18, namely numbness in her left hand while practicing on the flute, cropped up again during the 10 years the couple spent in Michigan. “I didn’t know what it was,” she said. “I had no way of knowing what it was.” After they moved to Kentucky so Tony McDonald could take a teaching job at Centre College, Pearson took time off
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from playing to rear their children. The numbness and pain went away. “I know that I wasn’t using my body well,” Pearson said. She and McDonald came to Columbus about 14 years ago. Pearson enrolled in the doctoral program at OSU and it was there that she was introduced to the Alexander Technique, named for Australian actor Frederick Matth-ias Alexander (1869-1955) who discovered that his chronic laryngitis while performing was caused by excess tension in his neck and body. “It is a simple and practical method for improving ease and freedom of movement, balance, support and coordination,” according to the website for The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique. “The technique teaches the use of the appropriate amount of effort for
a particular activity, giving you more energy for all your activities. It is not a series of treatments or exercises, but rather a reeducation of the mind and body.” Pearson studied privately for five years with internationally renowned Alexander Technique teacher Barbara Conable, who eventually came to feel that, after saving the careers of hundreds of musicians, doing so one player at a time was taking too long. Conable wrote, among other books, “What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body,” and set about training musicians to, in turn, train others in the Alexander Technique. Pearson was among the first dozen or so to receive the training. Now she passes that knowledge on to others, often with the visual-aid help of a miniature skeleton she has named
“Cap’n Bob.” “Musicians have to do the most refined movement of almost every profession,” Pearson said in an interview. “It’s incredibly detailed. It’s repetitive and its success depends on use of the entire body that is loose and free and efficient.” It’s not always an easy task to impart these lessons, she admitted. Some musicians stubbornly believe pain is the price they have to pay in order to play. The same thing applies to many other types of activities. “There are a lot of professions where people burn out quickly,” Pearson said. “If you’re using your body badly while you’re doing your work, it’s going to take a toll.” kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
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days, began collecting art in the late 1980s. It came about simply enough, he said, as a result of having many friends in the local arts community. “I just kind of became integrated with it, and I love it,” Gottlieb said. He is on the board of the Wonderland arts collective project and the King Arts Complex, and is a past president of the Roy G Biv gallery for emerging artists in the Short North. “It is kind of what I do,” he said. “The nonprofit work is almost like another full-time job.” The Business After Hours gatherings have proved to be another way for NABA to serve members, particularly those who find it had to break away from their stores or offices to attend the organization’s quarterly luncheons, Hicks said. “It gives people an opportunity to attend a networking function when they wouldn’t necessarily be able to attend a lunch,” she said. “It normally draws a different crowd of people. It’s more relaxed. It just gives people an opportunity to connect with one another.” While Hicks also plans to speak with attendees on Aug. 16 about the benefits of becoming a member of NABA, Business After Hours events serve only partly as a recruiting tool, she said. “Obviously, our best membership push is a one-on-one contact … saying ‘this is what NABA does, this is what we offer,’” Hicks said. “But this is obviously something that helps retain membership, in that we keep providing these opportunities.” kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
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Community briefs Cat Welfare Association marks 66th anniversary The Cat Welfare Association is turning 66. To celebrate this milestone, the Clintonville-based organization will hold an annual membership meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Villa St. Angela, 5700 Karl Road in the Northland area. The gathering will get under way at 6 p.m. A presentation of the annual report at 6:45 p.m. will be followed by a guest speaker at 7:15 p.m. Members and non-members are invited. Those planning to attend are asked to call (614) 268-6096, ext. 103, or send an email to teamcatwelfare@gmail.com.
Deaf Services Center plans fundraising bike ride Sept. 24 Deaf Services Center officials in Worthington
recently announced they will be holding a “Ride Deaf” Bike Challenge on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Glacier Ridge Metro Park in Dublin, Proceeds of the race will go back to Deaf Services Center’s programs and services to benefit the deaf, hard of hearing and hearing communities and their families. Registration for three different routes will begin at 7:30 a.m. The routes will include a 10-mile “Family Fun” ride and more challenging ones of 32 and 62 miles. Bruegger’s Bagels will provide bagels and drinks before the ride and Texas Roadhouse will serve lunch afterwards. “DSC helps bridge the gaps in providing the critical and life-changing programs as we assist our consumers on a daily basis,” according to spokeswoman Marsha Moore. “DSC is where communication happens every day with American Sign Language interpreting, community education, case
management, advocacy, ADA technical assistance and other accessible services we provide to the deaf, hard of hearing, late deafened and deaf-blind communities.” Deaf Services Center serves a 24-county region including Franklin, Delaware, Licking, Union,
Fairfield and Muskingum counties. For more information about the Ride Deaf Bike Challenge event, go to www.dsc.org and click on the banner for more details and to register for the ride, or e-mail Moore, director of public relations and marketing, at Marsha@dsc.org.
EMERALD CITY PLAYERS Continued from page A1 “Our philosophy is that the best marketing is just exposure, because people come to our facility and they come back,” Voss said. “This is just gets us exposure to a different group of people. “The summertime is not the peak bowling season,” he added. “You’re very close to the actors and you can see every little facial expression,” Goodwin said of the space. “The actors are
miked. Every now and again, you hear the pins drop in the bowling alley, but you can hear the actors just fine. “This will not be a permanent home,” she said. “We’re looking into another location that would allow a larger cast production and musicals, whereas the bowling alley certainly would not accommodate that.” Ideally, she added, the Emerald City Players would remain in the city from which they de-
MAYOR’S HOURS Continued from page A1 the mayor feels like it’s important to hear the person out,” he said. The city departments that will be represented at the Karl Road Baptist Church have not yet been determined, but the Davies said these typically have included development, public services and public safety — “the stuff that people are most concerned about.” The announcement of the community office hours includes the
notation that one-on-one meetings with the mayor “will be held on a first-come, first-served basis.” “We’re going to encourage people to be short and to the point, and be respectful of other people’s time,” Davies said. Coleman was first elected mayor in 1999 and took office the following year. He is running for another term, facing opposition from Republican challenger Earl W. Smith, a retired Columbus Division of Police sergeant.
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rived their name, but that’s not a given. “Dublin has been good to us,” Goodwin said. “We like being in Dublin. People know us as being in Dublin, but the truth of the matter is, we need space and if that space presents itself in another area, we’re going to have to go with it, as in this space presented itself in the Northland area.”
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For a good portion of my life, I shared the perspective of those who rail against God for allowing pain. I could find no way to rationalize a world as toxic as this one. As I visited people whose pain far exceeded my own, though, I was surprised by its effects. Suffering seemed as likely to reinforce faith as to sow doubt. My anger about pain has melted mostly for one reason: I have come to know God. He has given me joy and love and happiness and goodness. It leaves me with faith in a Person, a faith so solid that no amount of suffering can erode it. Where is God when it hurts? He has been there from the beginning. He designed a pain system that, in the midst of a fallen world, bears His stamp. He transforms pain, using it to teach and strengthen us if we allow it to turn us toward Him.
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He has hurt and bled and cried and suffered. He has dignified for all time those who suffer, by sharing their pain. But one day He will gather the armies of heaven and will unleash them against the enemies of God. The world will see one last terrifying moment of suffering before the full victory is ushered in. Then God will create for us a new, incredible world. And pain will be no more (Rev. 19:11–22:6). He left His Father’s throne above, So free, so infinite His grace! Emptied Himself of all but love, And bled for Adam’s helpless race. —Wesley Pain will either turn us against God or draw us to Him. _____________________________________________ O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? __1 Corinthians 15:55
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Founder: Cyber Block Watch making an impact By GARY SEMAN JR. ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Four months after its launch, the Cyber Block Watch website is gaining momentum. The web-based crime-fighting tool, founded by Jeffery Smith, now has more than 300 subscribers and recently received a $1,000 grant from the Coalition for a Nonviolent Columbus. Smith used the grant money to buy static-cling window decals. The decals, which bear the Cyber Block Watch insignia, are available for free at the German Village Meeting Haus, 588 S. Third St. “Over 300 people so far have chosen to participate and help make a difference in our neighborhood,” Smith said. “That says a lot, especially with a new idea like this. I built the site, but they are helping make it what it is and will be.” Smith said he is not done improving the website, www.cyberblockwatch.com, which provides contacts at the Columbus Division of Police, offers safety tips and sends out electronic alerts when a crime is reported to police or suspicions activity is observed. “As far as expansion, I have
many ideas,” he said. “Next, we are looking to build out five more sites in nearby neighborhoods through partnerships and sponsors. But these will be more comprehensive sites in nature that will include more community-oriented information, with more features and tools to help share and communicate, as well as a complete administrative-training program.” The website, which went live April 1, already is earning respect in the neighborhood. Jerry Glick, who organizes the monthly police luncheons at the German Village Meeting Haus, said he welcomes the online crime-fighting tool. “Anything that makes people aware is good,” he said. In addition, Smith said, it appears police officers have stepped up their patrols in the German Village neighborhood because of the website. “But they can’t do it all themselves, so, hopefully, this site will help prevent and reduce crime by actively engaging local citizens through Cyber Block Watch,” he said. Using the Internet is a fairly new technique in fighting crime throughout central Ohio. The Columbus city attorney’s office
has been using social media in its quest to arrest fugitives. Previous ways of communicating with large groups of people were done by phone and mail. “So if you have a community of shared interest that includes 300 persons, then someone has to make 300 phone calls or mail 300 cards or letters,” city attorney Richard C. Pfeiffer Jr. said. “With the Internet, it takes less than a second to push ‘send.’The only extended time required is composing the message, which contains the important information. All 300 get the information simultaneously and therefore, can act in concert immediately.” But some neighborhoods have been slow to catch on or use the Internet in an effective manner. David Paul, president of Northland Community Council and member of the Forest Park Block Watch, said there has been limited success in disseminating information through a local online forum. Similarly, the Northland Area Business Watch had an email list alerting members of criminal activity, among other things, he said. The problem with volunteerrun sites is that enthusiasm, and therefore participation, runs hot in the beginning but tends to ebb
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A little more than two weeks remain before the first official snaps are taken on central Ohio high school football fields. For traditional playoff contenders, the first regular-season game begins a journey that includes the expectation that it might take a dozen games or more before true satisfaction comes. The teams in the middle, meanwhile, enter the season with a different kind of anxiousness.
One team from Division I, Region 3 — Lancaster — went 7-3 and failed to make the playoffs last year. There were seven other teams in the region that went 5-5 or 6-4 and had their seasons end before the postseason. For programs such as Gahanna and Upper Arlington where long playoff runs have come in the recent past, the need to move back into the postseason race is one that can be a consuming desire. Gahanna has missed the playoffs the past three seasons after qualifying for the postseason five of the pre-
vious seven seasons. Upper Arlington has missed the postseason the past two years after making the playoffs nine of the previous 12 years. The Golden Bears won the Division I state title in 2000. “Obviously, winning football teams are expected at Gahanna Lincoln,” Lions coach John Snoad said. “We’ve been a .500 team, and that’s not acceptable in our community. They understand there’s a great tradition with great playoff teams. Last year, we were literally three points away from being 7-3 and the eighth seed.
“A good team has good discipline. The key here is if we take care of business in key plays. Those are the things that separate the fine line between being 5-5 and being 7-3 or 8-2. We have some tremendous talent, and now we have to work very hard to get strong in the weight room and get out and be disciplined.” Others in Region 3 left on the outside a year ago when each went 6-4 were Pickerington North, Groveport, Olentangy Liberty and Mount Vernon. One school in particular that hopes failing to make the postseason won’t
become a habit is Liberty, which had made six consecutive postseason appearances before last season. Olentangy, Dublin Jerome, Dublin Scioto, Olentangy Orange and Watkins Memorial all were 6-4 but were left on the outside of the Division II, Region 7 playoffs a year ago. Among the others hoping to be breakout teams this year are Granville and Licking Heights, both of which went 7-3 last year but failed to make the Division III, Region 11 playoffs. See FOOTBALL, page A6
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Athletes admire, inspired by heroes There are youngsters in central Ohio who want to develop into the athlete and person that the high school students writing in my summer series are today. These bowlers, football players, golfers, soccer players, track athletes and wrestlers are held in the highest LARRY esteem by LARSON younger athletes who know their accomplishments. So, who are the heroes for these role models? Let’s find out. Jimmy Gammill, New Albany, football: “I admire (NFL quarterback) Tim Tebow because he is a Christian athlete and strong in his faith. He never let anybody tell him he couldn’t achieve what he wanted to and he worked hard to get what he wanted.” Jake Blankenship, Gahanna, pole vault: “My hero is (pole vaulter) Tim Mack. I have met him a couple of times and he has been someone who I have admired for a while. I like the way he jumps and the way he teaches.” Michela Paradiso, Upper Arlington, soccer and basketball: “My biggest role model is my older sister, Domini. She is a great human being who has great morals and is always willing to help others and myself. I love her so much and she has helped me get through some truly tough times.” Austin Cuervo, St. Charles, golf: “My role model is my father because he is a very dedicated man and has always been my idol.” Chase Delande, Hilliard Davidson, football and wrestling: “My hero is my father, Dave Delande. He is always there for me, gives me great advice as well as good coaching tips.” Mary Wells, Westerville Central, bowling: “My top hero or role model is (professional bowler) Kelly Kulick because she was the first woman to win the USBC Tournament of Champions.” Faith Washington, Reynoldsburg, track: “My best hero? This year I don’t have a best. So many people have been the light when I needed one with encouragement and support. They all are like family in shining armor.” Napoleon Bell, Hartley, football and wrestling: “My hero is God. It is sacrifice and love for others that can be translated into the love you must have for your teammates and the selflessness you must have on the field.” Morgan Ransom, Columbus Academy, golf: “My grandparents are my heroes. They have always supported me in golf and in life and I have learned so much from them.” Next week, the student-ath-
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Hilliard Davidson’s Bo Delande looks to elude a Mentor defender during the Wildcats’ 36-35 double-overtime victory in the Division I state championship game on Dec. 2, 2006, at Fawcett Stadium in Canton. Delande scored all five touchdowns for the Wildcats and ran for the decisive two-point conversion.
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Delande delivered Wildcats’ title By FRANK DiRENNA
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Former Hilliard Davidson High School football standout Bo Delande fondly recalls highstepping into the end zone with the winning two-point conversion in the 2006 Division I state championship game. The 6-foot, 185-pound running back’s score lifted Davidson to a 36-35 double-overtime win over Mentor on Dec. 2, 2006, at Fawcett Stadium in Canton. It was the Wildcats’ first state championship and the first Division I state final decided in overtime. Delande finished the game with five touchdowns and 236 yards rushing on 47 carries. His five touchdowns set a state tournament record. “I think about the game all the time,” Delande said. “It’s something me and my buddies still talk about. I’ll remember that forever — not only for my personal performance but also the team as a whole. I’ll always remember that game.” Delande, a 2007 Davidson graduate, keeps many memen-
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. 2-10. Let us know your thoughts at ThisWeekSPORTS.com.
NOS. 2-10: 10. MAURICE HALL, Brookhaven football (Oct. 27, 2000) — During a season in which he rushed for 3,057 yards to rank fifth on Ohio’s all-time list, Hall’s most memorable individual performance came during the final week of the regular season. The Bearcats beat Briggs 75-16 as Hall rushed for 411 yards and eight touchdowns on 19 carries. 9. LATOYA TURNER, Pickerington girls basketball (March 19, 1999) — The 6-foot-4 senior helped the Tigers advance to the Division I state final with her 29-point performance in a 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 100yard 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 staterecord 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 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
tos of that special season at his Although he played a key parents’ home in Hilliard, in- role in the win, he realizes the cluding his state championship victory was a team effort. ring. “I credit the offensive line,”
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 Davidson softball (May 17 and 19, 2006) — Smith brought to a close what remains the longest OHSAA softball tournament game, hitting a grand slam in the bottom of the 22nd inning for a 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. 2. RYAN WILSON, Westerville North boys track and field (June 5-6, 1998) — Wilson qualified for the Division I state meet in four events all four years of his prep career. Perhaps his greatest feat at state occurred in 1998, as he 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). He also placed seventh in the 200. The three titles he won that weekend gave North 30 points and a cochampionship in Division I with Brunswick. In 1999, he defended his titles in the 110 hurdles (13.7) and 300 hurdles (36.46).
Delande said. “Also, we had tough, too. They helped out a Connor Dietz at quarterback. lot. We had a talented team that We had Clay Trubiano (at slotSee DELANDE, page A7 back). Our defense was pretty
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Ohio Dragons win 18U World Series title By BRAD EMERINE ThisWeek Community Newspapers
In early July, the Ohio Dragons 18and-under fastpitch travel softball team wasn’t sure if it was going to follow up on a trip it had earned in mid-June. “We qualified for the USSSA Eastern Regional World Series in the second week of June by finishing second in a qualifier in Beavercreek,” coach Ken Seidel said. “But we reached a point where we talked about not going because we weren’t playing to our abiliSee LARSON, page A6 ty and it could be a waste of time and
money.” The team started to play better, however, and made the decision to compete in the World Series, which was July 2530 in Salisbury, Md. The Dragons had a 17-18 record before leaving but went 7-1-1 to win the double-elimination tournament, which featured 27 teams from seven states. “The girls went crazy on the field when it was over,” said Seidel, who was assisted by Warren Shoff. “It was a special moment for us. We stayed the night (July 30) after we won and I woke up the next morning wondering if it was
all a dream. But then I looked over and saw the trophy. “(The championship) proved what we knew all along, that the team we had was capable of big things if they played to their abilities. I’m not sure the girls knew it or believed it, but we could tell that if they put it all together, this was a special group.” Even more special is that everyone on the roster is eligible to return next season. “In about one month, we went from underachieving and wondering what will happen next year to now, where all
the girls are excited and wanted the season to continue,” Seidel said. The team was comprised of four graduates, seven seniors and one junior representing six high schools. Graduates on the roster were Katy Bender, Amanda Jones and Kaylee Shoff of Pickerington Central and Skyle Dorsey of Central Crossing. Gahanna was represented by seniors Tanya Busby, Kate Hann and Sarah Seidel and junior Sara Nelson, with Westerville North seniors Sami Dustman and See DRAGONS, page A7
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Area players contribute to Wooster’s success By PAUL BATTERSON ThisWeek Community Newspapers
One of the things that attracted Justin Hallowell to play for the College of Wooster’s men’s basketball team was the Scots’ winning tradition. Wooster had the best winning percentage of any Division III team in the 2000s and made runs to a national semifinal in 2003 and 2007. But according to Hallowell, the Scots took the next step after Nathan Balch transferred to Wooster from the University of Missouri-Kansas City before the 2008-09 season. “Nathan and I had played against each other a couple of times in high school,” said Hallowell, a 2008 Thomas Worthington High School graduate. “When I heard he was transferring here, I immediately got in touch with him. We talked a lot during the summer (of 2008). When he got to school, it was like we had been playing together for a year already.” Hallowell and Balch, a 2007 Olentangy graduate, joined a contingent of central Ohio players that helped lead Wooster to a 31-3 record last season. The Scots lost to the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minn.) 7854 in their first appearance in the Division III national championship game on March 19 in Salem, Va. Balch (12.1 points, 3.4 rebounds), Hallowell (11.9 points, 6.1 rebounds) and 2007 St. Charles graduate Bryan Wickliffe (10.1 points, 6.4 rebounds) were among the Scots’ top four scorers. Ian Franks led the team in scoring, averaging 18.3 points. Balch, a 6-foot-1 guard who finished his college career tied for 22nd on Wooster’s all-time scoring list in three seasons with the program with 1,136 points, was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court for his work in the classroom and made firstteam all-NCAC. Wickliffe, a 6-5 center who finished as Wooster’s 10th-leading rebounder (754) and 15thleading scorer (1,193 points), and Hallowell, a 6-7 forward, were named second-team all-NCAC.
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Nathan Balch (left), an Olentangy graduate, and Bryan Wickliffe (above), a St. Charles graduate, were among six central Ohio natives who helped the College of Wooster men’s basketball team advance to the Division III national championship game last season.
Forward Mike Evans, a 2008 Pickerington North graduate, and guards Doug Thorpe, a 2010 Eastmoor Academy graduate, and Bryce Agler, a 2010 Olentangy Orange graduate, played supporting roles last season. “Last season was everything I hoped for,” said Balch, who was team captain. “Ever since I was a little kid, I dreamed of playing in the national championship game. It was a great feeling to actually live that out.” Balch, who averaged 2.8 points in his one season with UMKC, didn’t like his role with the Kangaroos, who finished 1121 that season. “I didn’t want to be one of these guys who came off the bench and was a fill-in player,” he said. “I wanted to be a major contributor to the team with a winning tradition.” After talking with Wickliffe during a visit to Wooster, Balch
knew he had found where he wanted to be. Being part of a group of Columbus players made Balch feel at home at Wooster. “When I went UMKC, I didn’t have anything in common with my teammates,” he said. “We played against similar teams, so it was fun to talk about the experiences we had. It was nice to have (being from Columbus) in common.” None of the six area players on Wooster’s roster last season had experienced anything like the Scots’ run to the championship game. Only Thorpe, who was on Eastmoor’s team that lost to Toledo Libbey 59-50 in a 2008 regional semifinal, had been on a district championship team in high school. Wooster, which had finished 25-6 overall in the 2009-10 season after losing 75-68 to Guilford Technical Community Col-
lege (Jamestown, N.C.), in the third round of the national tournament, opened last season by winning its first 20 games. The Scots were ranked first in the nation before losing to Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Ind.) 69-68 on Feb. 5. Seven days later, they lost to Wittenberg 7672. Hallowell called the two-game losing streak the turning point of the season. “A lot of our fans started BEAT THE HEAT!
Bradley, Scioto, Jerome, Olentangy, Orange and St. Charles. Columbus West, Franklin Heights, Mount Vernon, Northland and Worthington Kilbourne dropped from Division I to Division II. Licking Heights moved up from Division III to Division II, while Centennial and Independence both dropped from Division II to Division III. Fairfield Union and Jonathan Alder moved up from Division IV to Division III, Ready and Northridge moved up to Division IV from Division V and Madison Plains switches from Division IV to Division V. Africentric dropped from Division V to Division VI. •ALREADY VERBALLY COMMITTED — The first member of the 2012 recruiting class from central Ohio to verbally commit to a Division I college was Olentangy linebacker Joshua Perry with Ohio State. Since Perry made his commitment in June 2010, the Buckeyes have added DeSales running back Warren Ball, Pickerington Central offensive lineman Jacoby Boren, Upper Arlington wide receiver Frank Epitropolous, Lancaster linebacker Luke Roberts and Pickerington North offensive lineman Pat Elflein from central Ohio. Other area players who have made a verbal commitment include Olentangy offensive lineman Kenton Playko (Northwestern), Jerome wide receiver Cameron Wilson (Iowa), Pickerington Central linebacker Jake Kincaid (Kent State), Pickerington Central defensive back Jason O’Bryan (Kent State), Upper Arlington offensive lineman James Henry (Toledo), Marysville tight end Craig Runyan (Toledo) and Lancaster defensive lineman Aaron Woosley (Ball State).
•NEW LEADERS — There were several coaching changes among central Ohio’s programs during the offseason, and three of them have new coaches named White. Buddy White has taken over Reynoldsburg’s program after previously serving as an assistant with the Raiders. Last year, he was an assistant at Hartley, which won the Division IV state championship. Trevor White is Brookhaven’s new coach. He is a former Bearcats and Marion-Franklin assistant who will try to return Brookhaven to its past success after a 5-5 season last fall. “I was pretty familiar with a lot of the guys and we’ve been working with a lot of them since January,” Trevor White said. “It’s exciting to do football pretty soon. Everybody really wants to move forward, and I’m pretty excited for the seniors.” The other new “White” is Westland’s Steve White, who is a former Grove City assistant. “As a first-year coach, it’s a chance to finally get a stamp on things,” Steve White said. “I’ve worked for three different guys and this is a chance to do some things from my own standpoint.” Other new coaches in central Ohio include Lewis Carter at Columbus East, Shawn Hinkle at Canal Winchester, Mike LoParo at Hilliard Bradley, Tom Roberts at Northridge and Zebb Schroeder at Delaware. Jim Collis will be coaching Columbus Academy after coach Mark Barren died June 9 following a heart attack. Collis coached the Vikings from 1996-2006, and they won the Division V state title in 2003. •SWITCHING DIVISIONS — Several central Ohio teams have changed divisions for the julrey@thisweeknews.com 2011 and 2012 seasons. Moving up from Division II to Division I are www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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Schools announce coaching vacancies The following central Ohio schools are seeking coaches: Bexley — Junior varsity girls basketball. Send résumé to coach Jim Strode at jim.strode@bexleyschools.org. Northridge — Softball, track, assistant basketball. Contact athletics director Wayne Howard at whoward@laca.org.
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over Manchester Community College (Manchester, N.H.) in the second round of the national tournament on March 5 and a 73-71 win over Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.) on March 18. However, in the national title game, St. Thomas built a 46-26 lead midway through the second half. Wooster went on a 10-0 run, which included a 3-pointer by Balch, to cut St. Thomas’ lead in half but could get no closer. It was the second time in two years that St. Thomas had routed Wooster, as the Scots lost to the Tommies 84-53 at home on Nov. 21, 2009. The 31-point margin of defeat was the worst loss for Wooster since the Scots lost to Gannon University (Erie, Pa.) 95-53 on Nov. 23, 1999. It also marked Wooster’s widest margin of defeat at home since a 110-77 loss to Ohio Wesleyan on Jan. 14, 1987. “It was awful,” Balch said. “They must be our kryptonite or something. As we started to see it slip away from us, it really hurt us. We were having such a fun season and to have it come to an end like that was just awful.” Hallowell said it was days after the loss in the national championship game before he realized what the Scots had accomplished. “There was definitely a sense of disappointment walking off the court,” he said. “After talking with my friends and family, I realized how special of a season that was. It was definitely the best year of my life and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”
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The Ohio Dragons 18-and-under fastpitch travel softball team won the USSSA Eastern Regional World Series held July 25-30 in Salisbury, Md. Team members included (front row, from left) Lindsay Gerhart, Sarah Seidel, Sara Nelson, Tanya Busby, Katy Bender, Alli Rowland; (second row) Stephanie Turner, Kaitlyn Hann, Kaylee Shoff, Sami Dustman, Amanda Jones, Skye Dorsey; (third row) coaches Ken Seidel and Warren Shoff. Not pictured: Scott Minor.
DRAGONS two runs. Rowland pitched for the Dragons and allowed a run in both the fourth and fifth, but she retired Churchville in order in the sixth and seventh as Ohio held on for a 3-2 win. “I think Alli Rowland pitched all but four innings and she was strong,” coach Seidel said. “We also had some great outfield play, especially Tanya Busby. We added her before the tournament and she solidified our outfield. Sara Nelson also made some terrific plays at third base throughout the tournament.” Dustman was named tournament Most Valuable Player and Rowland was selected Most Outstanding Pitcher.
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Alli Rowland, Westerville South senior Lindsey Gerhart and Upper Arlington senior Stephanie Turner rounding out the roster. The Dragons defeated the Churchville (Md.) Lightning 1-0 in the winners’ bracket final on July 30 to reach the championship. They scored the lone run in the top of the seventh inning on consecutive two-out singles by Rowland, Jones and Hann. Churchville then beat Delaware Diamond Gold 4-3 to earn a rematch with the Dragons later that day. In the rematch, the Dragons scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning on singles by Dustman and Seidel, two errors, a wild pitch bemerine@thisweeknews.com and a fielder’s choice. Seidel’s single drove in www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
DELANDE Continued from page A5 year.” With Davidson trailing 35-28 in the second overtime, Delande took the handoff from Dietz on first down at the Mentor 10-yard line and fumbled at the 6. Mentor’s Danny Kelley appeared to recover the ball at the 1, but the ball squirted loose and Davidson lineman Mike Saul recovered it at the 3. Delande scored on the next play, making it 35-34. Then, during a pair of timeouts by the Wildcats, kicker Colby Catlett ran on and then off the field. Catlett actually was lined up for the extrapoint attempt that coach Brian White later admitted would have been a fake before the second timeout was called. After the second timeout, White opted to put his offense on the field and give the ball to Delande. “None of us coaches had any idea during the course of the game that Bo had scored one, two, three, four or five touchdowns,” White said. “It’s not like we purposely were trying to get him to score touchdowns. We were running our offense. The thing that gets lost a little bit — and I believe Bo would
be the first to admit this — is the offensive line we had that year was pretty special.” A preferred walk-on at Ohio State in 2007 who is preparing for his senior season with the Buckeyes, Delande finished the 2006 season with a programrecord 2,208 yards rushing and 23 touchdowns on 398 carries. He was named first-team allOCC-Buckeye Division and alldistrict and special mention allstate. “Bo has been a huge part of our offense this year,” White said during the 2006 season. “He isn’t necessarily the fastest kid on the field. He normally isn’t the biggest kid, isn’t the strongest kid, but I find it hard to believe there’s too many kids tougher than him that are on the field when we’re playing. “He never falls backward, he’s always falling forward. He gets positive yardage.” Davidson rushed for 345 yards on 72 carries against Mentor, outmatching the Cardinals’ nohuddle offense that passed for 327 yards. “That had to be the most ridiculous ending to a game, let alone a season, that I can remember,” said Dietz, who is en-
tering his senior year at the U.S. Air Force Academy. “Everything fell into place.” “It was a pretty special night for everybody in Hilliard,” White said. “It was one of those things that you never expect to happen and when it happens I don’t know if you really know how to react to it. Everybody tells you enjoy the moment, but at that time you’re so concentrated on what you’re trying to accomplish, I don’t know that you can really enjoy it. We’ve certainly looked back upon it with some fond memories since then.” Delande, who had rushed for 1,304 and nine touchdowns as a junior at Davidson, is the oldest of three brothers who have excelled athletically for the Wildcats. Spencer Delande was a key member of the football team when it won the 2009 state championship by defeating Cleveland Glenville 16-15 in the Division I final. Chase Delande won the Division I state wrestling title at 145 pounds last March as a junior and also is a member of the football team.
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Basketball showcase set for Sept. 18 The Columbus Hidden Gems’ high school boys basketball fall showcase is scheduled for Sept. 18 at Covenant Believers Church, 3400 Kohr Blvd. in Columbus. The showcase is open to players in grades 8-12 as well as select young adults. Check in for the event is 3 p.m. and the showcase starts at 4 p.m. The registration deadline is Sept. 9. For more information, contact Lucius Jones at hiddengemsbasketball@yahoo.com or (614) 330-1861, or visit www.leaguelineup.com/hiddengems.
Titanium Lacrosse adding ‘Elite’ teams Titanium Lacrosse is adding an “Elite” teams program to help prepare high school boys to play on the Division I college level. The program initially will include three teams: Titanium Elite 2014, Titanium Elite 2013 and Titanium Elite 2012. The teams are expected to play in one fall and two summer recruiting tournaments on the East Coast. The player-selection process involves: •Aug. 21: Deadline for player nominations. Players must be nominated by a high school or club lacrosse coach. Nomination forms are avail-
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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. Saturday, 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.
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) 284-3825 or sdp196@yahoo.com.
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It was time to return to Return to Miles was all about crossing boundaries. This 5 Forever. wasn’t just ‘jazz’ music, to a traditional ap-
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son of JazZoo concerts at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Friday, Aug. 12, with “Elvis, The Beatles & Beyond.” These pillars of rock n’ roll were greatly influenced by jazz and the blues, plus the CJO should have some killer arrangements lined up for this show. Joining in on the fun are guitarist Dan Faehnle of Pink Martini and Diana Krall fame and singer Jonathan Elliott of the Columbus band, The Floorwalkers. Tickets are $27-$15 and include Zoo admission. Call (614) 724-3485 or call the Jazz Arts Group about table reservations at (614) 294-5200.
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Salsamante Dance Academy, who will offer a demonstration and group lesson at 3:45 p.m. Sunday. (If he can teach The Beat to salsa, he can teach you.) Admission is free. Visit www.FestivalLatino.net.
3 Tommy & the High Pilots evoke the spirit of the history of American rock n’ roll songwriting, drawing inspiration from any number of that canon’s royalty — Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Buckley, Jackson Browne, Buddy Holly, Lindsey Buckingham, all lend a flavor to the young SoCal quartet’s musical recipe of alternately rollicking and melancholy rock n’ roll. Tommy and The High Pilots, with openers Stamps and Heypenny, will play The Basement Sunday,Aug. 14. Tickets are $7/$9. Call 1-800-7453000.
Festival Latino, now in its 16th year, returns to the downtown Columbus riverfront Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 13-14. The Beat is, of course, most concerned with the music, which is going to be fun. Headliners include 24 Horas (Saturday) and Tito Rojas with the Sammy DeLeon Orchestra (Sunday). A host of local and regional acts rounds out the bill. Originally, the band’s name Art, food and culture — plenty of 4 was Alice Cooper, but eventudance — are also featured. Special attention should be paid to “Salsa ally, the puppet master of ’70s metal King of Ohio” Carlos Rubio and his theater of the macabre took the name for himself. In an interview with The Beat some years back, the middle-aged rocker was fully at ease referring to Alice Cooper as a separate entity from himself, a caricature both 24 Horas
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fully embodied and fully transparent. Cooper still brings it heavy, and has a brand-new, not-yet-released album due out Sept. 13 — Welcome 2 My Nightmare — to prove it. He will play Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Wednesday, Aug. 17. Tickets are $27/$30. Call 1-800-745-3000. BONUS: More than 300 young singers will participate in the 17th annual Harmony Camp sponsored by the Singing Buckeyes Barbershop Chorus Aug. 10-13. The camp culminates with a public performance by the men’s and women’s choruses from among the attendees, both separate and combined, as well as by the host Singing Buckeyes. Other performers include Columbus Sweet Adelines Chorus, 2008 international champion quartet OC Times, 2010 Sweet Adelines international champion quartet Maxx Factor and a special appearance by the reigning international collegiate quartet champion Prestige, a group formed while its members were student singers attending the camp and continues now at Bowling Green State University. Tickets for the concert are $25/$20. Call (614) 459-0400. And read more about this story on The Beat page at www. ThisWeekNews.com.
The vanguard ensemble, credited with pi- proach. So there was this push for different oneering the jazz-fusion movement of the kind of musicians to make different kinds of 1970s — along with groups like Mahavish- music. nu Orchestra and Weather Report — had last “Radio played everything, and I was toplayed together in 1983, and that was a one- tally into it. I was listening to Stravinsky, off show after having been “disbanded” since Miles Davis, James Brown, The Beatles, Led 1977, until a couple years ago. Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane … “People had been asking for 25 years” We knew we could make something really about a reunion, drummer Lenny White told unique.” The Beat. “I think that’s impetus enough to White said the group members are writget something done.” ing new music for the band but RTF IV hasIn 2008, RTF’s “classic” lineup of n’t collaborated or rehearsed anything yet founder/keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist due to its touring schedule. He said the years Stanley Clarke, White (White first played have seen each member of RTF take on a vawith RTF in 1973, replacing Steve Gadd) riety of projects — “creative people find a and guitarist Al DiMeola toured the U.S., way to be creative,” he said — but that makmarking the beginning of a new chapter in ing music is different when you’re in a standtheir collaborative career. ing ensemble. “We had had discussions about it,” White “When you know who is in the band, you said, “but it wasn’t until seven or eight years kind of write music to feature those individago, when Chick and I were playing the same uals, to give those individuals something that jazz festival, that we really sat down and de- they can bring their own special thing to, cided to reach out and try and get it togeth- their own personality, and that’s what makes er.” a band personality,” he explained. The current incarnation, dubbed Return to It’s definitely time. Forever IV (essentially the fourth iteration of the band), features White, Corea and Clarke, For more from The Beat’s interview with along with guitarist Frank Gamble and vio- Return to Forever drummer Lenny White, linist Jean-Luc Ponty. read the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeek“People who are our older fans are bring- News.com/blogs. ing their kids to the shows, and they’ve never heard anything like us,” White said. RTF was treading new territory in the ’70s as well, and the time was right then, too. “At the time, there were revolutions everywhere,” White explained. “Chick’s main focus was to find music that could communicate to a larger audience in Return to Forever IV new ways. “I had done Bitches Return to Forever IV, with special guests Zappa Plays Zappa, Brew with Miles Davis will play Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Tuesday, Aug. 16. (in 1970), and Chick Tickets are $35. Call 1-800-745-3000. played on that, too.
Chile Verde Café serves familiar fare with a special twist There’s a combo platter of reasons why El Cheapo, order-bynumbers, Mexican-ish restaurants are plentiful and popular in Columbus. Let’s face it: Dining at these generally fun margarita-hustling and “enchirito”-slinging casas is like party-crashing your way into an instant fiesta. Didn’t eat much lunch today? Then dig into free chips and salsa; they’ll practically arrive at your table simultaneously with you. Boss acting like a jackwagon again? Make that a grande margarita. Need a burrito-load of feelgood food? Cue the zesty meat, melting cheese and gooey beans. Yep, this crowd-pleasing formula works — thus all the busy and successful El Restaurante clones. Too bad there aren’t more places like Chile Verde instead. Semi-recently (and significantly) enlarged and packing in loyal reg-
MENU by G. A. BENTON ulars for around two decades, the much-beloved Chile Verde fulfills all those above obligations while separating itself from the peso-a-dozen competition. First of all, rather than risibly making bogus claims of Mexican authenticity, Chile Verde wears its gringo-ness on its salsa-splattered sleeves. See, this non-chain joint goes its own southwestern way, whipping up familiar yet distinct (and quite spicy) food it proudly refers to as “the cuisine of New Mexico.” So expect the usual taco, enchilada and chile relleno-type fare to be served with a special twist, and expect a few unexpected dishes, too. Yeah, everything’s a little better — and/or a bit different — at
ity) in the cheaply priced ($5.50) House version. For something tarter and smarter, try the Skinny Margarita ($9). Chile Verde’s cheery and charming dining rooms also clue you in to its sunny and noncookie-cutter “Land of Enchantment” personality. Above a handsome terra cotta tile floor, metallic desert By Will Shilling/ThisWeek critters scale the walls; turquoise Beef enchiladas at Chile Verde in Dublin. tassels dangle from lamps; and Chile Verde. This includes the margaritas. For instance, you can currently, a great little local art taste actual fresh limejuice (a rar- exhibit of brashly painted Mexi-
can wrestler portraits by Rob Jones is entertainingly hung. These amusingly include some loco mask-clad Buckeye icons. Food-wise, no visit to Chile Verde is complete for me without a big bowl of the terrific Green Chile Stew ($5.50). Topped with cheese and tasting tangy, smoky and fiercely spicy, it’s filled with chunks of beef, potatoes, beans and carrots and is a must. Also quite spicy but much lighter was an inspired cucumber Gazpacho ($5). A recurring special, it’s cumin-kissed, pulpy, aggressively tart and thoroughly refreshing. Another frequent feature is the very fine fish taco. Generous hunks of mahi mahi were not battered and deep-fried but rubbed with a jerk-like spice mix and skillet-seared for a much lighter preparation. Enchiladas take on extra interest when wrapped in organic blue
Chili Verde Cafe Address: 4852 Sawmill Road, Northwest Side Phone: (614) 442-6630 Web: chiliverde.com
tortillas (two Blue Corn Enchiladas with two sides are $12). Here, you can make neat sauceand-meat combinations like shredded beef with the killer chile verde or mushroom merlot sauces; chunky chicken with a zingy chile rojo (spicy roasted red chiles enriched with chicken stock) or salsalike ranchero sauces. Ordering the Combo Plato dinner affords tons of mix-and-match options (three mains, two sides for $13). You could choose a very good chile relleno properly leavened with egg whites to go with a masa-intense tamale and a meaty fajita taco. As for sides, I’d avoid the boring rice and go with the hearty, dip-like black beans and unusual, dense skin-on smashed potatoes with a hint of cinnamon.
Policy banning children uinder 6 not embraced locally A Pittsburgh-area restaurateur’s decision to ban children younger than 6 has drawn varied reactions from local restaurateurs and diners. Mike Vuick instituted the mandate last month at his restaurant, McDains Restaurant & Golf Center in suburban Monroeville, saying it was not a place for young kids. He said he was also tired of fighting with parents who couldn’t control their young ones. But many central Ohio restaurant owners don’t seem likely to embrace that edict any time soon. David Mor, owner of Olive Tree Mediterranean Café in Hilliard, said chil-
dren come with the territory. “That’s my biggest joy — kids at this age starting healthy eating habits,” he said. “A lot of parents, they don’t want kids eating ketchup and fries. Those young working couples, where can they go?” Carla Piolata said very few families bring young children to her restaurant, Cibo, an upscale Italian restaurant in Upper Arlington. “But the ones we get, they are treated very well,” she said. Still, both restaurateurs acknowledge that unruly behavior will not be tolerated. “We expect the parents to control their
kids,” Mor said. “My concern is it’s not only unfair to the other diners but it’s a liability issue.” Even the tony Refectory on the Northwest Side has experienced its occasional brush with out-of-control children, owner Kamal Boulos said. That presents a dicey situation for restaurant managers. “If the parents aren’t sensitive to the actions of their children, there’s really no easy way or gracious way you can help them to see that without offending them,” he said. Reached last week by phone, Vuick said the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Lately, emails have been 20-1 in favor of the policy, he said. Patrons have been relaying their own stories about unruly conduct by children and lack of discipline from parents. “There’s a lot of frustration and disgust out there toward this kind of behavior,” he said. He said he didn’t do it for the publicity. But patrons have come from as far as Columbus and Cleveland to show their support. “I thought this would pass,” he said. “I was wrong.” Since the policy was instituted July 16, receipts are up 20 percent, despite threats of boycotts, he said. So far, nobody has tried to challenge the policy in person, so he hasn’t had to turn anybody away. Local diner Geoffrey Matwich, who
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Hey Bob - Is it true that Bob Caldwell sold 67 new cars last month and was the #1 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram dealer in the area?
August 11, 2011
You bet ya it’s true!!! Everyone in the neighborhood is talking about how Bob Caldwell is the #1 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram dealer in the hood!!!
I’m headin over there right now to take advantage of these UNBELIEVABLE DEALS!
Same here, Susie - I’m headin over with ya!!!
Our AUGUST CLEARANCE EVENT is just starting, so....
ACT FAST!!!
New Cars at Used Car Prices! While Our Inventory Lasts!
2011 Chrysler Town & Country Touring
2011 Chrysler 200 Touring
Totally Loaded! Includes Stow-nGo seating, Sirius Satellite Radio, Supplemental Side Curtain airbags in all rows, power sliding doors and lift gate! Stk #211322
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 #211484
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1.9%
Available up to 72 months
$0 DUE
at signing!
MSRP - $22,060 Bob Caldwell Discounts and Rebates - (-$4,051)
Lease Price: $17,999** Lease For: $259/mo** Buy For: $319/mo*
31 HWY MPG
$0 DUE
at signing!
**Zero due at Signing - Just add tax. Lease price includes $3,250 lease bonus cash.
Available up to 72 months
MSRP - $31,290 MSRP M $31 3 , Bob Caldwel Caldwell Discounts and Rebates - (-$5,095)
Lease Price: $26,195** 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 Aveng Avenger Mainstreet
2011 Dodge Caliber Mainstreet
All power, Keyless remote, 17� wheels, supplemental side-curtain front and rear airbags. Stk#211374
0%
at signing!
MSRP - $22,090 Bob Caldwell Discounts and Rebates - (-$3,595)
Sale Price: $18,495 Buy For: $287/mo*
31 HWY MPG
**Zero due at Signing - Just add tax.
Several Available for Immediate Sale!
Loaded! Automatic transmission, 17� wheels, fog lights, all power, keyless remote entry and GREAT on gas...A great overall deal! Stk #211500
1.9%
Available up to 72 months
$0 DUE
25 HWY MPG
Available up to 72 months
$0 DUE
at signing!
MSRP - $19,370 Bob Caldwell Discounts and Rebates - (-$2,500) 27 HWY MPG WOW!
Sale Price: $16,870 Buy For: $277/mo* **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, plus tax. All discounts may include rebates. All rebates to dealer. All lease payments include Conquest lease bonus cash. See dealer for details. Offers absolutely expires 8/15/11
DEALS OF THE WEEK! 2011 Dodge Dakota Big Horn Loaded Crew Cab, 4x4 Stk #211021
MSRP: $30,930
I Your Price: $24,930 2011 Dodge Ram 4x4 SLT Loaded Crew Cab Stk #211309
MSRP: $37,630
I Your Price: $31,444
Bring in any competitors ad and we will beat it!
Bob Caldwell
THANKS to all of our customers who helped make our dealership the overall #1 July 2011 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram dealer in the Central Ohio area!
CHRYSLER / JEEP / DODGE / RAM -
DEALS OF THE WEEK! 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4
SWEET!
Fully Loaded....Stk#211436
MSRP: $32,995 I Your Price: $29,995
$399/mo +tax for 39 mos
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$0 DUE
at signing!
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