July 14, 2011
Northland Community Council
Development panel termed vital to efforts By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Key leaders with the Northland Community Council once again last week implored civic association representatives to find someone from their ranks willing to help shape the future of the community. President Dave Paul, vice president
Emmanuel V. Remy and community outreach and relations committee chairman Brandon L. Boos all reiterated pleas at the council’s July meeting for increased participation in the development panel’s monthly sessions. “If your association wants to have a say in what happens in Northland, the development committee is the way to do it,” Boos said.
“Figure out a way to have representation at that meeting,” Remy urged. “It is very important,” Paul offered. At the NCC’s May 3 meeting, Paul sought to improve development committee attendance by emphasizing how vital its workings are to maintaining property values and preserving the quality of life in the Northland area. Only seven out of more than 20 civic associ-
ations were represented at the April development panel gathering. “That really isn’t a good thing,” Paul said on May 3. The May 25 development committee meeting included a sort of pep talk from former NCC president Mark Bell and had several substantial items on the agenda. Once again, only seven voting mem-
bers were on hand. Paul and Remy both expressed keen disappointment at that turnout during the June session of the full NCC. “This is the single most important thing we do as Northland Community Council,” Remy said on June 7. “This decides the future of our community.”
Checks on code calls are 3 weeks behind
Volunteers get close look at dogs’life in shelter
Supervisor hopes to add another officer to ranks
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By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Columbus has four code enforcement officers covering a wide swath of the North Side, stretching from New Albany to Sawmill and including all of the Northland area as well as Clintonville. “I could keep three more busy,” their supervisor, Andrew J. Baumann, said during a presentation at last week’s monthly meeting of the Northland Community Council. That’s not going to happen, Baumann admitted, but in his opening remarks, he said he is hoping to have one additional code enforcement officer assigned to him in the near future. One of the things that is keeping existing code enforcement personnel occupied, and could fill the work hours of several more, is checking into complaints regarding vacant homes, he told NCC members. Columbus probably has somewhere between 5,600 and 6,000 vacant homes, Baumann said. “A lot of houses, people just walk away from them,” he said. When the grass and weeds grow tall and these abandoned structures fall into disrepair, it can sometimes be difficult to track down See RESPONSE, page A2
Plan update
Council president to seek ‘core group’ By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Northland Community Council president Dave Paul last week called on representatives of member organizations to find someone in their neighborhoods willing to make a commitment to become thoroughly involved in updating a plan for the area. Although ultimately the business and faithbased communities, as well as the myriad other groups that make up Northland’s population, will be drawn into the process, Paul said last week that NCC representatives will be called upon to form an important core group in speaking up for the interests of residents. On June 23, Paul signed a planning services agreement with the city to inaugurate the process for revamping a development plan for what is termed “traditional Northland,” generally the subdivisions within the Outerbelt. This would take the place of Northland Plan
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(Above) Katie Stenman sits in a kennel with Poet on July 9. Stenman, along with other staff members and volunteers, spent 24 hours living in the dog kennels of the CHA Animal Shelter to bring attention to the longterm adoptees on hand. (Below) Director Stephanie Wimbish plays with Benson and his treat while sharing his cage.
It was 6 p.m. on a Saturday and Stephanie Wimbish had been walked twice, let out for a playgroup, been fed breakfast and lunch, and saw a steady stream of faces peering into her cage. Wimbish, CHA Animal Shelter director, was one of several volunteers who spent 24 hours sharing a cage with a shelter dog July 9 as part of an event dubbed “Trading Spaces.” The volunteers ate when the dogs ate, went for walks when the dogs walked and played when the dogs played. “The purpose was to bring attention to the long-term animals,” she said. “Not everyone gets adopted in one or two days. Sometimes it takes months.” Wimbish’s cage mate, for example, was a 2-and-a-half-year-old boxer mix named Benson who has been at the shelter for three months. “Dogs get overlooked when they’ve been in a shelter for a certain amount of time,” Wimbish said. “I think there’s a perception that if they’ve been in a shelter for awhile, there’s something wrong with them.” She said that perception couldn’t be further from the truth. “It means (the people who pass the animals by) are missing out,” she said. Sharing space with the animals for 24 hours also gave the volunteers insight into what it’s like to be locked in the cage for the majority of the day like the animals are. Wimbish said she was amazed by how quickly she longed for people to come and talk to her and how exciting it was when those looking to adopt an animal came through the shelter. “We can’t believe how happy we are when people come talk to us,” Wimbish said. “I’m sure by (the time this is over), I’ll be spinning in circles and jumping.” Volunteer Katie Stenman shared a cage with 5-and-a-half-year-old Poet, who has been at CHA for six months after living in another shelter for two years. She said she, too, was surprised at how exciting it was when people came to let her out of her cage. She said she also learned how intrusive it seems when people come and stick their fingers into the cage to pet the dogs, something she said she often does. “I think I’m being sweet, and when I’m in here, it’s kind of annoying,” she said. Volunteer Jamie Orebaugh said staying in the cages with the dogs is a reminder of what social animals See CHA, page A2
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Development panel termed vital to NCC’s efforts Continued from page A1 One of the cases up for consideration by the development committee in May exemplifies how important participation can be to preventing unwanted kinds of developments from occurring or remaining in the Northland area, Paul said last week.
Without the intervention of people who participated on the development committee, a used-car lot on Morse Road might have received permission from the Columbus Board of Zoning Appeals to permanently operate sales offices out of trailers. As it was, BZA members voted to grant Miracle Motor Mart a special-use
permit to keep the trailers on site at 2380 Morse Road for an additional three years. Paul termed that a “Solomon approach,” because it fell short of the applicant’s request for a permanent special permit while also not following the NCC development committee recommendation that the request not be grant-
ed at all. BZA members appeared to heed the development committee’s stance that temporary buildings such as trailers are not consistent with the neighborhood now, according to Paul. “It was a victory for us,” Remy commented. “We weren’t looking to close down a business.”
Miracle Motor Mart will be expected to make changes to its sales office situation within the next three years, he added. NCC representatives would strongly oppose any request for an extension of that period, Paul said. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
Response lags on code complaints CHA ANIMAL SHELTER who is responsible for the property to even file complaints, according to Baumann. In many instances, the loan defaults mean the house ownerships revert to a bank, but it’s often the case that it’s some obscure division of a bank located in another state. The city does have what Baumann called “abatement crews” to at least mow high weeds and grass. “They’re busy right now,” he said. The cost of these crews is added to the tax bill for the property, he added. As a result of the exceptionally wet spring weather, properties with overgrown weeds and grass are being reported in a steady stream, Baumann said. “We’re getting a slew of those now,” he added. Code enforcement officers currently are running about three weeks behind on checking into reports from citizens to the city’s 311 line, Baumann said. He prefaced his remarks by handing out a fact sheet providing an overview of what code enforcement is all about in Columbus. (See related story.) The work being done by NCC graphics task force coordinator William Logan to deal with illegally placed signs, graffiti, violations of sign regulations and abandoned graphics is greatly appreciated by code enforcement, Baumann said. “That’s helps us immensely,” he commented, adding that many business owners are unaware of rules for signs until informed of them by Logan, his volunteers or code enforcement officers. NCC president Dave Paul said the rule of thumb he uses in deciding if a possible problem should be brought to the attention of the police or code enforcement is if it’s in the street or on public land, it’s a law enforcement matter, but if it’s on private property, it mostly likely concerns code personnel. “That’s correct,” Baumann said, and went on to point out that homeowners complaining about violations on adjacent properties often volunteer to let city personnel into their yards or even their homes when the possible violations can’t be seen from any other vantage point. Enforcement officers don’t issue tickets for code violations, Baumann said in response to a question. They can issue notices and warnings, but in the case of repeated violations or failure to address the problems, the only recourse is to take the property owners to Franklin County Environmental Court, a process Baumann said typically takes about 30 days. “What would be the one thing that we could do that would be most helpful to you?” Paul asked. “That’s a good question,” Baumann said, and it was Logan who provided the answer. He urged members of civic as-
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toys that can be filled with food for the dogs, and scratch pads and toys for the cats, Montigny said. The shelter also collects monetary donations for an enrichment fund, and that money is used for doggy daycare, to buy toys or to by inexpensive materials that shelter volunteers can make into stimulating toys. The Trading Spaces event is part of a weeklong promotion, during which any dog that has been at the shelter for 90 days or more can be adopted for $25 and any cat that has been at the shelter for 90 days or more can be adopted for $5. The week will wrap up July 16 with CHA’s annual Picnic with the Pups from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the shelter, 3765 Corporate Drive. The free event features live music, vendors, a food and beer garden, obedience demonstrations, doggie games, a doggie costume contest, a pet microchip clinic, a raffle, silent auction and a children’s activity area. On July 16, all dogs can be adopted for $25, and all cats can be adopted for $5. Animals adopted through CHA are spayed or neutered, are current on their vaccines and have been implanted with a microchip to help locate them if they are lost. “Our goal is (to adopt) 30 animals that day,” Montigny said. “A good day is two to three adoptions.” Last year’s Picnic with the Pups saw 29 animals adopted, she said. For more information on CHA or Picnic with the Pups, visit www.chaanimalshelter.org.
they are and of how much they need and crave time to interact with people and other dogs. The “Code Enforcement Overview” provid- way. “Shelter animals, they need ined to Northland Community Council members • Verify that newly installed signs have a perteraction. They need enrichment,” during supervisor Andrew J. Baumann’s pres- mit. Orebaugh said. “We can stand up entation last week explains what is involved in • Deal with prohibited signs, such as sandand talk to each other, but they enforcing aspects of the city code pertaining to wich boards and banners. can’t.” health and safety of residents. Under health, sanitation and safety, code enOrebaugh said the volunteers These are found specifically in the codes for forcement officers are responsible for: are so used to interacting with the housing, zoning, building; health, sanitation and • High grass and weeds, trash and debris and animals outside of their cages that safety; nuisance abatement; streets, parks and solid waste for both residential and commercial it was surprising to watch them public properties; planning and platting; and re- properties. inside their cages, where they don’t fuse collection. • Overfilled trash containers. put their best feet forward. Are are available online at www.cityof• Vacant structures. In the cages, otherwise calm columbus.org or www.municode.com. • Vacant lots. dogs bark, turn circles and jump Under the housing code, enforcement officers: Under the building code, this sector of city for attention, Orebaugh said. • See to it that properties are maintained, in- government handles: “The hardest part of it is seeing cluding properly painted and the yards free from • Permits for work and alterations that require my dog. He lays here and he looks trash and debris. them. so sad,” Orebaugh said. “Now I • Conduct carbon monoxide checks. • Unlicensed contractors working on comreally want to take them all home • Respond to general requests for inspections mercial and residential sites. with me.” of rental apartments, sidewalks, garages, etc. Under nuisance abatement, the issues are: Shelter development director • License rooming houses on an annual basis. • Vacant structures. Terri Montigny said the Trading Under the zoning code, personnel deal with: • Finding the responsible parties. Spaces event underscores the im• Primary uses of buildings. • Dealing with bank-owned properties. portance of the shelter’s enrich• Prohibited uses in yards, such as storing ma“Columbus Code Enforcement works with ment program, which provides the terials and parking vehicles or boats and trail- other city agencies such as the police departanimals with toys, needed players. ment, parks and rec, forestry and transportation time and, sometimes, trips to doggy • Inoperable or commercial motor vehicles in as well as outside agencies, associations and daycare. residential areas. groups such as Netcare, (Franklin County) Chil“We just try to do anything we • Licensing junkyards annually. dren Services, Adult Protective Services and the can to stimulate them,” Montigny Under the graphics code, they: Northland Community Council,” the fact sheet said. “We believe their mental • Deal with signs placed in the public right of stated. health is just as important as their physical health. They get bored.” And bored animals act out, have sociations to “speak congenial- property for a couple of years. ly specific about what can and behavioral problems in their cages Graham said the trailer so often cannot be enforced. ly” with neighbors whose propand chew on themselves, making “Ugly is not a code violation,” them harder to adopt, Montigny erties are not being maintained said to be on the site wasn’t there to point out the problem. Logan the last time he checked. The Graham said. said. said that might prevent the need neighborhood liaison pointed out kparks@thisweeknews.com For the enrichment program, the that the city’s ordinances are fairwww.ThisWeekNews.com for a 311 call at all. shelter takes donations of durable He went on to question Baumann about portable restaurants, which he referred to, for lack of Order your a better term, as “taco trucks.” HEATING PITTED PIE “We’ve gotten pretty much COOLING nowhere with them,” Logan said CHERRIES now! 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Interim forester offers update on ash borer By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
By the time city contractors get out to cut down trees infested with the emerald ash borer, formerly healthy trees nearby have also fallen victim to the voracious Chinese beetle. It used to be a single tree would be reported with the insect, according to the city’s interim forester. Now, it’s entire streets — sometimes whole subdivisions — Jim Gates told Northland Community Council members last week. “The trees are dying faster than we can get them marked, even,” he said at the NCC’s July meeting. The city’s 311 line receives about 20 calls a day regarding new outbreaks, according to Gates.
That’s the bad news. There isn’t a lot of good. Citywide, about 12,000 ash trees had been planted over the years between curbs and sidewalks, according to Gates, who took over forester duties from Jack Low when he retired in March after holding the post for 25 years. At one time, it was thought some of those ash trees might be spared, Gates told NCC members. Not any more. “From last year to this year, it’s been like an, ‘Oh, wow,’moment,” he said, as the infestation has just spread and spread. The Northland area, with 951 ash trees between curbs and sidewalks, is second only to the Sawmill area, with about 1,600 of them that will eventually have to be removed, Gates said.
He said he and others in the Division of Forestry are aware residents really care about their trees. They do, too. “I love trees,” Gates said at last week’s gathering. “I work with a bunch of people who love trees.” But love alone is not going to spare the ash trees from coming down, save in cases where individual homeowners indicate they want to try treating them against the invasive insect that attacks them in such numbers and for so long they die within a matter of years, Gates said. Property owners may seek a permit from the Division of Forestry if they are willing to pay for any of several chemical treatments that have shown success in combating emerald ash borer infestations, he said.
The permits are free. The treatments are not. The chemicals must be applied, and paid for, annually, making it financially impractical for the city to contemplate taking on the responsibility for trying to keep ash trees alive, Gates indicated. When ash trees die, he pointed out, they become brittle faster than many other species. Prior to the arrival of the emerald ash borer in the Easton area in 2003, a year after it first showed up on these shores in Michigan, city personnel planted an average of 2,000 trees a year, compared with 1,200 removals under the normal scheme of things. In recent years, another 2,300 to 2,400 trees have been planted annually under Mayor Michael
B. Coleman’s “Green Initiative.” So the tree canopy had been expanding in recent years, Gates said. The emerald ash borer setback to that will pave the way for more diversity in plantings, he added. When city crews and contractors remove ash trees, he said, residents are being offered replacements in most instances. Homeowners may decline them, Gates said. These small trees, up to 2 inches in diameter and several feet tall, come from a large list of shade trees, including varieties of oaks, maples and lindens. “We are going to break it up,” Gates said. “We’re going to do little groupings of this and that.” kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
NCC’s Aug. 8 session will be annual picnic Council president to seek ‘core group’ for plan update Continued from page A1 I, an area plan adopted by Columbus City Council in 2001 that replaced one developed in 1989. City planners have developed a new methodology for creating these documents in the interim, Paul told NCC members last week. One of the differences is the creation of a working group of between eight and 12 people, chosen by the NCC as part of the service agreement. These volunteers will be charged with looking out for what is best for Northland residents in developing the updated development scheme, assistant planning administrator in the Columbus Department of Development Kevin Wheeler said during a presentation at the June NCC meeting. Participation in this group will involve attending meetings, Paul conceded at the July session, but more importantly, it will mean speaking with neighbors to get their views on what should and shouldn’t be in their community’s future plans. “We’re going to try to see this through to its completion,” he said. “They’re going to hold us to a pretty ambitious schedule to get this done in about a year.” Also at last week’s meeting, Paul announced that the NCC would serve as fiscal agent for the Scotland subdivision so the neighborhood’s Block Watch can receive a grant from the Coalition for a Nonviolent Columbus. The panel, on which Paul serves, was formed by Mayor Michael B. Coleman in late January to provide grants of up to $1,000 for community programs that address issues of violence in neighborhoods. The Scotland subdivision made a successful proposal for a grant, but it does not have a bank account into which the money could be deposited, Paul said. NCC vice president Emmanuel V. Remy offered a brief update on Revamp the Ramp, a joint project of the community council and the North Linden and Clintonville area commissions that seeks, initially, to clean up the Cooke Road-Interstate 71 interchange. The June 25 gathering of volunteers was so successful, Remy said, that in the end, people were turned away because the first 40 participants who arrived got the job done. The project, which may be expanded to include the ramps at North Broadway, Weber Road and East Dublin Granville Road, is intended to prepare these areas for possible Ohio Department of Transportation funding to spruce up the plantings. Remy said landscape design firms, some of them quite prominent, have offered to donate design work for the project or projects. Finally, during his monthly report, graphics task force coordinator William Logan said the number of signs placed illegally in the public right of way has dropped in recent months by nearly half what they were a year ago, when the effort to rid the community of them was getting started. He said he believes the “noticeable decrease” is the result of word getting out that Northland is no longer a place where such signs should be placed and if they are, they will be removed in short order. “We are having an impact,” Logan said. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
The next monthly meeting of the Northland Community Council will be the annual picnic. It’s a little bit of business, but mostly dining and socializing with — especially in an election year — visits from elected officials and candidates thrown in. The gathering this year will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 8, in the Sycamore Shelter at Blendon Woods Metro Park. Dinner will be
served at 6:30 p.m., with the community council supplying hot dogs, hamburgers, buns and condiments. Civic associations have been assigned to bring either desserts or a side dish to share. Council president Dave Paul pointed out at last week’s meeting that the August session will not take place on the first Tuesday of the month but rather the second because the first
would have conflicted with National Night Out. He also emphasized that the meeting, which counts toward required attendance for member organizations under the bylaws, will start 30 minutes earlier than usual. All are welcome to attend, secretary Roseann Hicks told those in attendance last week. “Even politicians,” she added. — Kevin Parks
Second Forest Park Outreach Day set The second annual Forest Park Outreach Day is scheduled for Saturday, July 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. During Outreach Day, volunteers canvass the Forest Park neighborhood to take inventory of residential concerns and raise membership. A wrap-up party and gift raffle will take place at Sequoia Pro Bowl. In its first year, more than 40 volunteers walked the neigh-
borhood for Outreach Day. “While this year’s commitment level has already exceeded that number, organizers are in need of a much higher number to fully canvass the approximately 3,000-home neighborhood,” according to civic association spokeswoman Mary Sguerra. Other Forest Park residents interested in participating in the event may call Mike Stone at (614) 844-6893.
College notes • The University of Cincinnati has announced its winter 2011 graduates. Northland residents Megan Guthrie and Kelsey McGuff were among the graduates. Guthrie earned an associate degree and McGuff earned a bachelor’s degree. • The University of Cincinnati has announced its winter 2011 dean’s list. Northland residents named to the list were Jennifer Abrefa, Kaitlyn Buckingham, Sean Cox,
Monica Dabecco, Megan Guthrie, Jamaal Hardgrow, Laura Hayes, Patrick Manning, Darryl Mason and Ida Mays. • The University of Findlay has released the names of students who received degrees during recent commencement ceremonies. Included on the list is Northland resident Hannah Race, who earned a bachelor’s degree in biology/pre-veterinary medicine. • Bowling Green State University has announced its spring
2011 dean’s list. Northland residents named to the list were Alyssa Magnacca, Brittany Mamphey, Rachael Murphy, Christopher Pagani and Katelyn Ware. To be eligible for the list, students must achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average. • Northland resident Stacey Kessler was named to the spring 2011 dean’s list at Tiffin University. • Otterbein University held its Academic Honors Convocation
Education news Student completes leadership program
Central Ohio Leadership Academy this summer. The program was held in June Alex Pickett, a student at North- at the McCoy Community Center land High School, is one of 34 for the Arts in New Albany. Pararea residents who attended the ticipants received college credit
in June. Departmental awards were given recognizing students’ academic achievements and honors. Northland residents receiving honors were: B. Isaac Heath, the Myers Family Endowed Literature Award; Gabriella C. Evans, the Daniel C. Thompson Memorial Scholarship; La’Rez C. Wilson, the G. Harlan and Mary O. Hummell ’31 Rainier Memorial Endowed Award; Christine L. Famery, the Lynn W. Turner Prize. ThisWeekNEWS.com
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(Above) Jeff Brewer stands on the awards platform after receiving his gold medal in the 400-meter run at the 2011 Special Olympics World Games in Athens, Greece. (below) Brewer, left, with his gold medal, and Steve Weaver, his coach at Goodwill Columbus, at the 2011 Special Olympics World Games.
Goodwill Columbus athlete brings home gold Jeff Brewer traveled to Athens, Greece, late last month as a Special Olympics athlete representing Goodwill Columbus. The Clintonville resident, who works in the Northland area, came home a Gold Medalist. A sign-carrying delegation of Goodwill employees and individuals with developmental disabilities gathered last week in the Food Court on the ticketing level of the Port Columbus International Airport to cheer and welcome Brewer, 37, back from the 2011 Special Olympics World Games. “Jeff not only ran his personal best at 1:01 seconds in the 400-meter run, but he became a world champion,” Steve Weaver, the coordinator of athletic programs at Goodwill and Brewer’s coach for all Special Olympic events, said in a statement. Weaver witnessed Brewer’s victory in Athens, the birthplace of the Olympics. “Jeff was like a young boy who received a precious gift as he beamed from ear to ear with joy … and showed everyone his gold medal,” Weaver said. “It was fantastic to see.” years, Brewer has trained and competed in SpeThrough his participation in the athletic pro- cial Olympics track and field events at local, state gram at Goodwill Columbus over the last three and national levels. At the world games, Brewer also competed in the standing long jump and the 4 by 100 meter relay team from the United States. Team U.S.A. placed fourth in this event. The “welcome home” celebration July 6 at Port Columbus International Airport for Brewer brought together Goodwill staff, family, friends and co-workers. He works in maintenance at Staples in the Karl Plaza at 1666 E. Dublin-Granville Road. He also is an active member of the Crestview Presbyterian Church, 350 E. Tulane Road, where he Linda Rickly, left, and Tama Goolsby, program participants at sings in the choir and assists a Goodwill Columbus, welcome Brewer, a Goodwill athlete, at the classroom of second-graders with reading. Port Columbus International Airport.
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Ohio Elite squad earns tournament title By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The ceremonial drenching — and the victory — must have been quite refreshing for Ohio Elite 14-and-under baseball coach David Lee. Ohio Elite beat the Ohio Force of Cincinnati 7-1 in the Buckeye Elite Showcase Tournament 14-and-under championship game on July 10 at Olentangy High School. As the team celebrated in the outfield on a hot afternoon, players poured a cooler of water over Lee.
Ohio Elite improved to 41-9 this season. Pitcher Brad Wilson, who will attend Northridge, pitched a complete game. He allowed six hits, struck out eight and walked one. “We’re starting to come together as a team,” Wilson said. “We’ve been having trouble the first couple of weeks, but everybody is starting to hit at the same time, everybody is fielding, all of our pitching is coming together. We’re coming together very well.” Cameron Comer’s RBI single scored Kyle Galyk with the game’s first run in
the fifth inning. “We just came out and hit the ball like we knew how to, played like we knew how to and we knew we’d win,” said Comer, who attends Olentangy Liberty. Ohio Elite added three runs in the sixth, highlighted by Tyrell Harris’two-run single, and three runs in the seventh, with Comer delivering a two-run single. Second baseman Evan Lee, the coach’s son, made a key defensive play when he caught a line drive and doubled off Force leadoff batter Jordan Ramey at third base in the fourth inning to keep the game scoreless.
Ohio Elite advanced to the title game by beating the East Side Irish 18-5 in six innings, the Great Lakes Giants 10-2, the Academy Stars of Buffalo 3-2 and Team New Era of Buffalo 16-5 in five innings. Ohio Elite received a championship T-shirt, plaque and commemorative bat. “We’ve really peaked the last couple of weeks,” coach Lee said. “Brad pitched a complete game. We knew coming in he was one of our top pitchers. ... The best thing with our staff is we’re eight, nine deep and they all throw.” •The Columbus Cobras 18-and-under team reached a semifinal but lost to the
Lookouts of Alliance 4-1 on July 10 at Dublin Jerome. The Cobras advanced to the semifinal round with a come-from-behind 5-4 win over Steve’s Sports of Mayfield. Trailing 4-2 with two outs in the seventh inning, the Cobras’ Kendall Johnson hit a routine fly ball to left fielder Drew Teller, who dropped it, allowing the tying runs to score. Gahanna graduate Josh Bokor, who recently completed his freshman season at Ohio State, singled to score Johnson See BASEBALL, page A6
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Athletes describe ideal coach One of the most critical aspects in the development of a young person comes when an older individual provides a model on how to grow and be successful. While parents set the standard for influencing their daughters and sons, coaches can have an enormous impact on how student-athletes LARRY perceive themLARSON selves, how hard they want to work to get better and how they make adjustments when things go right or wrong. This week, the high school student-athletes writing in my summer series detail the qualities they like best in their coaches. Napoleon Bell, Hartley, football and wrestling: “I like a coach whose top goals are not only the success of the team but also are geared towards the betterment of the athletes and people around him.” Morgan Ransom, Columbus Academy, golf: “I love having a coach who wants what is best for me and is willing to push me to be the best. It is also important that a coach is there for you on a bad day.” Mary Wells, Westerville Central, bowling: “To me, the key things for being a successful coach is knowledge of the sport and being patient with the athlete.” Michela Paradiso, Upper Arlington, soccer and basketball: “I like an intense coach who coaches me to improve every day and who knows the potential of his or her players and refuses to let them fall short.” Jimmy Gammill, New Albany, football: “I like coaches who have a sense of humor and who are relaxed, but at the same time with that coach, you know you can’t slack off and always have to work hard.” Jake Blankenship, Gahanna, pole vault: “What is important to me is that a coach has experience in pole vaulting and has had multiple different inputs from other coaches and how to be successful in vaulting.” Austin Cuervo, St. Charles, golf: “I like a coach that is laid back and easy going, but is always confident in their team and always wants to compete at the highest level of play.” Chase Delande, Hilliard Davidson, football and wrestling: “What is important to me is that a coach is willing to get you to be the best and puts time into your effort. Also, I like coaches who will help you prepare for the next level of your sport.” Faith Washington, Reynoldsburg, track: “I like to see motivation and sometimes frustration from a coach because it shows that they care about their athletes and want to bring out the best in them.” Next week, the student-athletes will write about one of the vital crossroads in their careers: how to handle defeat and disappointment. I’ll see you at a game.
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Rick Parcher, 71, has been coaching in the North Columbus Comets program since helping form the club in 1962.
Baseball
Parcher’s influence goes beyond field By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Rick Parcher has been an ambassador and teacher of baseball for 50 years. He not only instructs his players on the finer points of the game, but provides “life lessons” by reading poems and stories to help emphasize his points. “There are so many life lessons in baseball,” said the 71-year-old Parcher, who
coaches Tree of Life Christian School in the spring and the North Columbus Comets in the summer. “A lot of (the lessons) you learn the hard way — learning to deal with victory and defeat, success and failure. You learn how to make your own needs secondary to those of the team. “Those things all come automatically with athletics, but I believe life lessons that are learned are learned more carefully, definitely and effectively if the
process is guided by the coach, so I do a lot of talking.” Parcher, who has coached at Tree of Life since 1995, winning four MOCAL championships, helped form the Comets in 1962 during his senior year at the University of Wisconsin. The team’s first home field was at Whetstone Park. The Under-14 travel team now is a member of the Central Ohio Youth Base-
ball League. The Comets improved to 16-8 with a 14-4, five-inning win over the Grove City Vipers on July 6 at Ridgeview Middle School, which has been the team’s home since 1975. Parcher was part of a group that helped build four fields at Ridgeview. The complex now has seven fields. See PARCHER, page A6
Top Individual Performances: No. 5
Backes led Golden Bears to state title By PATRICK DOLAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers
In the days leading up to the 2000 Division I state championship game between the Upper Arlington High School football team and Solon, Golden Bears running back and safety Jeff Backes was named Ohio’s Mr. Football. More than 10 years later, Backes admits that he felt some additional pressure to play well because of the award. However, he didn’t let the pressure get the best of him as he rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries and preserved a 15-9 victory on Dec. 2, 2000, at Fawcett Stadium in Canton with an interception with less than a minute remaining. UA finished 15-0 and became the first central Ohio team to win the big-school state title since the inception of the playoffs in 1972. “No other Mr. Football (honorees) had won the state championship, so in a way there was some added pressure,” said Backes, a 2001 UA graduate who went on to play for Northwestern University. “But I was confident in my
he rose to that challenge. “It was a tremendous performance on his part. He had a great supporting cast, but nonetheless it was a great performance. Any time you rush for 180 yards in a Division I state championship game, I think that’s a superior performance.” Backes, who was 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds in his senior season at UA, opened the scoring in the championship game with a 15yard touchdown run with 8 minutes, 23 seconds left in the first quarter. The two-point conversion gave UA an 8-0 lead. On the touchdown run, Backes took the handoff from quarterback Brian Ramey on a draw play and broke a tackle by Solon safety Steve Watson at the 5-yard line. Solon, which finished 14-1, reached the end zone in the second quarter but failed to convert The Columbus Dispatch file photo the two-point conversion and trailed 8-6 at halftime. The Comets Jeff Backes, who was named Mr. Football the week of the 2000 Division I state final, rushed for got the ball to start the second half 183 yards and had a game-saving interception in a 15-9 win over Solon. but went three-and-out, and the teammates and my own abilities.” after the championship game. who coached the Bears from 1998- ensuing punt gave UA the ball on Darrell Mayne, who was UA’s “As a coach, you don’t want 2004. “That just adds to the adren- its own 38. On the Bears’ first offensive coach at the time, would have pre- one of your (players) to have that aline flow of the opponent. But ferred the Mr. Football an- honor bestowed on them before what Jeff did that game is a tesSee BACKES, page A6 nouncement to have been made a big game like that,” said Mayne, tament to his toughness because
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Track & Field
North relay, Blankenship capture national titles By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Former Westerville North High School track and field standouts Brian and Jeff Hannaford called winning the four-mile relay in the New Balance Outdoor Nationals a form of redemption. The Hannafords, who are fraternal twins, teamed with fellow 2011 North graduate Ryan Weldon and North junior Jacob Dumford to win the race in 17 minutes, 38.17 seconds. The meet was held June 18 at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C. Winners received a medal and a national championship ring. Brian Hannaford was returning to the track after a disappointing finish to his high school career. He was in position to win the 3,200 meters in the Division I state meet on June 4 at Ohio State when he lost his right shoe with about four laps remaining. A competitor stepped on Hannaford’s heel about 600 meters into the race. He anchored the winning relay at na-
tionals. “I wanted to redeem myself and prove to some people that I could do some good things,” he said. Jeff Hannaford, who ran the third leg of the race, missed his senior track season because of academic reasons. He also missed the cross country state meet last fall because of a disciplinary issue unrelated to the sport. “I wanted to redeem myself at the national meet,” Jeff said. “It was awesome,” Brian said of running with his brother. “We had some high goals for the (spring) season in the (3,200 relay), so finally getting to race again was huge.” The Hannafords will continue their cross country and track careers at Ohio State, which they chose over Dayton. Dumford ran the opening leg at nationals and was followed by Weldon. “It was a good chance to run against some pretty good competition,” Dumford said. Weldon hopes to walk on the track team at Ohio State. He chose the Buckeyes over a scholarship offer from Miami
University. “We were really excited,” Weldon said. “We were just shooting to be AllAmericans, so winning was a huge shock. The car ride back to Ohio was awesome.” The top six finishers in each event were named All-Americans. North tied for 18th (10 points) behind the first-place Knightdale (N.C.) Track and Field Club (28). “The (relay) win was a fitting end to the high school careers of three of North’s most talented distance squad,” said track coach Johnny Jackson, who did not attend the meet. “We have had faster individual runners at North, but not as many at one time. They have been working toward this for the past two years, so it was nice to see that with a lot of skill and a little luck everything worked out as planned.” North distance coach Tom Brumlik attended the meet and coached the relay. Gahanna’s Jake Blankenship won the pole vault with an effort of 17 feet, 3/4 of an inch. Blankenship, who will be a senior in
the fall, won the event at state by matching the state record of 17-0 set by Olentangy Liberty’s Joey Uhle. Blankenship, who competed unattached at nationals, tied for 18th with 10 points. “I was very excited on winning because I did not expect to win at all,” Blankenship said. “There were so many other vaulters vaulting higher than me. I was glad to take the national title, especially as a junior.” Uhle, who finished second (16-6) to Blankenship at state, also finished second (16-8 3/4) at nationals. Liberty graduate Chris Uhle, Joey’s twin brother, tied Cameron Meyer of Lake Charles, La., for sixth (16-3/4). Joey will attend the Air Force Academy and Chris is a Virginia Tech recruit. Liberty tied for 60th (7) at nationals. Bryn Campbell, who will be a senior in the fall at Canal Winchester, finished sixth (195-2) in the boys hammer throw. New Albany graduate Taneisha Cordell finished second (2:09.9) in the 800 meters behind Kimberley Ficenec of Stafford, Va. (2:09.84).
Cordell, who will compete at the University of Miami (Fla.), had won the event at state (2:07.35). Cordell, Mycah Mason, Mirra Galbreath and Lexi Simpson finished 17th (9:28.95) in the 3,200 relay. Mason graduated from New Albany in May, Galbreath will be a junior and Simpson will be a sophomore. Mason was 22nd (1:05.2) in the 400 hurdles. New Albany tied for 47th (8) behind the first-place Junior Striders (N.C.) Track Club (32). “What I believe this does is that it gives the girls exposure to the next level,” New Albany coach Otis Winston said. “Last year when I took Taneisha down as a junior, I ran into J.J. Clark, the head track coach at Tennessee, and I was able to tell him about Taneisha. Three months later, she was on an official visit to Tennessee, LSU, Illinois and Kentucky. It really got the ball rolling for us with her recruiting.” fdirenna@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
Counting down to No. 1 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. 6-10. Check back next week for No. 4 and let us know your thoughts at ThisWeekSPORTS.com. NOS. 6-10: 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 touch-
downs 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 freethrow 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 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.
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Chuck Bolton of Westerville returns a shot July 9 during tournament play.
Bernard Master Tennis Classic
Witsken, Schiller defeat OSU duo in open final By PAUL BATTERSON ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Eighteen years after he earned All-American honors for the University of Alabama men’s tennis team, Rick Witsken still is on top of his game. Witsken and Matt Schiller defeated 2011 Ohio State graduate Matt Allare and Buckeyes senior Steve Williams 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the men’s open final of the Bernard Master Tennis Classic on July 10. The two-day doubles tournament was held at the Wickertree Tennis Club in north Columbus. “I didn’t play for seven years. (Then two years ago) I played well in an individual tennis tournament,” said Witsken, who was one of four players who represented the United States in the Tony Trabert Cup in New Zealand last February. “All of a sudden it was like, ‘Wow, I think I can still do this.’ That kind of motivated me.”
“Any time there’s a competitive tournament like this, you know you’re going to playing against guys like these,” Schiller said. “It’s fun to see if I have any skills left. That’s the main reason I come.” Schiller, who lives in Carmel, Ind., and Witsken, who lives in Zionsville, Ind., also captured the men’s 35 title with a forfeit victory over Toledo’s James Kaser and Lima’s Jerome Moenter in the final. They received $800 apiece for winning the open title and an additional $200 each for winning the 35 championship. Witsken has played in the Bernard Master doubles tournament four times, winning the open division three times and finishing second the other time. Allare, who lives in Columbus, and Williams, of Manlius, N.Y., earned $400 each for reaching the open final while Moenter and Kaser each received $100 for finishing second in the 35 division.
Allare and Williams struggled against the return game of Witsken and Schiller. “At Ohio State, we practice volleying quite a bit, but they knew how to volley as well,” said Allare, who won two state doubles and two state singles titles for Kings Mills Kings High School from 2004-07. “They both have very good serves and return of serves. They knew what they were doing.” “They got the ball low at your toes consistently and put the pressure on,” Williams said. “The only thing you can do is serve better and not miss so many first serves. I missed too many first serves and that ended up being a big factor.” Because of low turnout, Wickertree canceled the women’s open in addition to the men’s 45 and men’s 55 divisions. pbatterson@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
PARCHER Continued from page A5 Parcher was recognized for his contributions to the sport during the North Columbus Sports Firecracker Tournament on July 4 at Ridgeview. Parcher received a plaque for his years of service and a field at Ridgeview was named in his honor. The Comets then honored their coach by winning the U-14 division title. “I’ve told the guys they probably won’t realize how fortunate they are until they’re older and maybe some of them play in college,” Comets assistant coach Rick Sibert said. “They’re learning things now that guys typically don’t learn until they get to play college ball. From a baseball perspective, they’re so fortunate to learn these things and how to play the game the right way.” Parcher has fond memories of teams and players throughout the years. The Comets finished 386 in 1968, 31-0 in 1972 and 413 in 1981. The team has played on the
play of the second half, Backes took the handoff from Ramey and ran to the right behind left tackle Simon Fraser and left guard Matt Lisi, both of whom pulled on the play. Backes got to the outside and outraced Solon linebacker Marc Leighton and Comets cornerbacks J.T. Staiger and Justin Bitner down the right side to the end zone for a 62-yard touchdown. The extra point by John Tarpy gave UA a 15-6 lead with 10:53 left in the third quarter. “It was a beautiful lead block by Simon Fraser, and Jeff popped it and went down the sideline,” Mayne said. “They weren’t going to catch him.” “Two linemen were pulling on the play,” Backes said. “We had an athletic line, which allowed us to do a lot of counter plays. (The linemen) made their blocks, and it turned into a footrace (to the end zone).” Solon cut the deficit to 15-9 on a 36-yard field goal by Tim Echan with 4:18 left in the third quarter but wouldn’t cross into Bears territory again until its final possession, which started from its own 30 with 1:40 remaining in the game. The Comets needed just five plays to reach the UA 22. Then, after an incomplete pass on first down, Solon quarterback Jay Price tried to hit running back Scott Greenberg, who had lined up as a receiver, down the middle of the field in the end zone. However, Backes stepped in front of Greenberg and intercepted the pass at the goal line, returning the ball to the UA 11 with 46 seconds left. “They were in a four-receiver set and were trying to stretch the field and get one of the seams,” Mayne said. “The quarterback put a little bit of a loft on the ball and right away I thought, ‘Man, I pdolan@thisweeknews.com think Jeff will pick this off.’ Of course, he did, and www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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state, regional and national level, competing in national tournaments in Atlanta, Knoxville and Memphis, Tenn., and Manhattan, Kan. The team won three sportsmanship awards in four years at the Knoxville event. “A lot of that has been a lot of fun, but you can’t do that every year,” Parcher said of competing on the national level. “You have to have both the talent and the interest.” Parcher has coached several players who have enjoyed successful careers in baseball, including Mike Durant, who played in the program in the early 1980s. Durant, a catcher, played at Watterson and Ohio State before playing with the Minnesota Twins in 1996. Parcher recalled that Jeff Smith, who retired as baseball coach at Centennial in 2006, won the Comets’ first sportsmanship award in 1962. Parcher continues to recognize the team’s top sportsman each year. “I’ve coached hundreds of kids,” Parcher said. “The team is
a team of talented kids and almost all of them go on to significant careers in high school and college, a few in the pros. As a result of that there have been a lot of memories and a lot of those guys are still around and I get to see them from time to time. That’s great. I really enjoy that.” It appears Parcher has no intentions of stepping away from the game. “I’m still enjoying myself. There are some various things that will determine whether I decide to come back. One is whether I feel like the group coming up still wants me to be involved. The other would be my health. I’m in reasonably good health. I have a lot of pain in my joints, so I’m doing a lot of sitting down now,” he said. “Every year is gravy from now on. Anything I get after this point is certainly a blessing. I’ve had a great ride. I really have enjoyed it. All of it has been joyful, even the parts that were difficult.” fdirenna@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
he had the presence of mind to not try to be a hero and try to return it (for a touchdown).” “Someone turned to me in the huddle and said, ‘Make a play, Jeff,’” Backes said, “and a couple plays later, I made a read on the ball and the rest is history.” UA’s offense came onto the field and, after two kneel-downs by Ramey, the game was over and the celebration began. “After Jeff scored (in the third quarter), from that point on, both sides couldn’t move the ball,” said Ramey, also a 2001 UA graduate. “Then, all of a sudden, (the Comets) go to the no-huddle offense and start moving the ball. You start to get nervous, but then out of nowhere (Backes) makes the interception. It was pandemonium on the sidelines.” During the postgame celebration, a UA fan held a sign that read, “Backes is God.” “He’s been telling us all year that the offensive line is his savior,” Lisi said after the game. “Tonight ... he was our savior.” Backes finished the 2000 season with a then-state record 3,353 yards rushing and 44 touchdowns. According to the OHSAA, he now ranks third in state history in rushing yards in a season, behind Bedford Chanel’s Tony Franklin (3,439) and Williamsburg’s Jason Bainum (3,386), both of whom surpassed his total in 2001. “He just continued to produce over and over again,” Ramey said of Backes. “It’s pretty amazing what he did (in the championship game).” Backes now is 28 years old and a third-year medical resident in orthopedic surgery at Mount Carmel West. He and his wife, Marissa, have two daughters — Leighton, 23 months, and Brooklyn, 7 months.
with the winning run. Teller’s two-run double helped Steve’s Sports take a 3-0 lead in the fourth. Grove City graduate T.J. DeVore’s pinch-hit triple in the sixth scored Johnson and closed the Cobras to 3-2. Russ Hogue earned the win in relief. He then pitched a complete game against the Lookouts. “We were flat all day, even the first game, and then we put it together at the end,” Cobras coach Harry Huskey said. “We got our emotional high and then we sit around for 45 minutes and we came out and didn’t play real well again. The other team took advantage of our three errors and we only had four hits, so we didn’t deserve to win that game.” The Cobras are 35-6 heading into the Pastime Best of the Midwest Tournament at Wright State and the University of Dayton on Thursday, July 14. •The Ohio Elite 17-and-under team finished 2-1-1 in the 18-andunder division. Ohio Elite opened the tournament with a 5-1 win over the Ohio Orioles Black before losing to North Canton 3-2. “It’s unfortunate that we didn’t
get it done against North Canton, but that’s the nature of tournament play,” coach Chris Huesman said. “You have to win them to move on. We didn’t get that done.” Ohio Elite rebounded to beat the JBR Rays of Green Bay (Wis.) 8-0. Hilliard Davidson’s Mike Scaglione allowed two hits, struck out five and walked one in a complete-game effort. Ohio Elite and the Columbus Cobras 17-and-under team were tied at 10 on July 9 at Granville when the game was suspended because of darkness. Ohio Elite opted not to return to Granville on July 10 to complete the game in the silver championship bracket. Huesman not only was able to give his team valuable experience during the tournament, he also was able to showcase his complex at Jerome, where he is coach. “We have teams from all over the state, contiguous states and Canada coming over, and it’s always nice for them to see our facilities and what we have to offer,” Huesman said. Other champions were the Stark County Terriers in the 18-andunder division, the North Georgia Barons in 16-and-under and the North Coast Vipers in 15-and-
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