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July 28, 2011

City again delays planning agreement vote

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers For the second time in as many meetings, Pickerington City Council held off a decision on a proposed joint planning agreement with Violet Township.

Two weeks after Violet Township trustees approved an agreement to share information about proposed development and land-use projects with the city of Pickerington, the city has yet to reciprocate.

City council on July 19 voted unanimously to table the JPA, which was proposed by Violet Township director of operations Bill Yaple and Pickerington city manager Bill Vance and billed as a way for the two governments to display a spirit of cooperation to potential developers and ensure incoming projects are mutually beneficial.

As proposed, the JPA wouldn’t be legally binding, but it would commit the township and city to share information about development proposals within five

days of receiving formal project submissions. It also would establish a panel of at least two representatives from both governments; the panel would have no authority to change, approve or stop a proposed project, but could offer recommendations or issues of concerns for the respective governments and developers to consider.

Council’s July 19 decision to table a resolution to approve the JPA followed similar action on June 7.

Last month, council voted 4-3 to table

the matter. While Councilman Brian Wisniewski opposed the plan as being “unnecessary,” council members Jeff Fix, Cristie Hammond and Tricia Sanders said they wanted to hold off a decision while the city considered merging its economic development department with the township’s.

Pickerington has since foregone the economic development merger for the time being, and on July 19, council tabled the JPA discussion so it could continue to explore the issue and consider a pro-

posal from Violet Township resident Rocco Sabatino to allow developers to “opt-out” of the JPA. Sabatino owns commercial properties in the township and city.

He objected to the JPA on the grounds that sending proposed development plans to the joint panel would add another layer of bureaucracy that could scuttle projects.

“The opt-out means you don’t forSee AGREEMENT, page A2

School levy to be decided Aug. 2

STORM TROUPERS

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the Patriots’ signs. Conversely, Russ said his group didn’t steal any Vote FOR Pick Kids’ signs.

Vote FOR Pick Kids representatives estimated someone took more than 100 pro-levy signs from the public rights of way.

“Vote FOR Pick Kids does not condone the removal of the opponent’s signs,” said Amanda Tonjes, Vote FOR Pick Kids campaign chair. “Many more of our signs have disappeared and we’ve said nothing and just attributed it to the fact that this is what people do.”

On Aug. 2, area voters will have their chance to weigh in on a 5.5-mill continuing levy for the Pickerington Local School District.

Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The levy is the only item on Fairfield County’s special-election ballot.

If passed, the levy would generate approximately $5.95 million per year, beginning in January 2012, according to the district. Annually, that would cost property owners $168.44 for every $100,000 in home valuation.

The district unsuccessfully sought an 8mill replacement levy in November 2010 that would have generated $7.586-million. It failed by 130 votes.

Since then, the district has cut approximately $13 million from its 2011-12 operating budget by laying off 125 employees, 82 of whom were teachers. The school board also approved reductions in district transportation, altered school hours for the 201112 school year and increased pay-to-participate fees for students involved in extracurricular activities.

District officials have said they will need to cut at least another $7 million from the 2011-12 operating budget if the Aug. 2 levy fails. They maintain the levy is needed to balance the district’s budget in the face on continued cuts in state funding and a drop in local property tax collections due to Ohio’s prolonged economic slump.

“Do we need a levy? The answer is absolutely yes,” PLSD treasurer Dan Griscom said at the school board’s July 11 meeting.

“There’s only so much we can do … without digging into the programs and affecting the quality of services we provide.

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By Chris Parker/ThisWeek

Members of the Pickerington Post 283 baseball team wait out a rain delay during an American Legion state tournament game against Worthington Post 239 on July 25 at Lancaster High School. A wet, steamy summer has made such waits frequent. Post 283 won 9-2. See Sports, page B1..

Sign thefts rile pro-, anti-levy campaigns

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers Both supporters and opponents of the Pickerington Local School District’s Aug. 2 levy issue said last week their campaigns had been marred by thefts of political signs.

In the past few weeks, people on both sides of the issue have canvassed the local community to campaign for their causes, and have dotted the landscape with signs reflecting their respective positions.

Representatives of Vote FOR Pick Kids, a prolevy group, and the Pickerington Patriots an anti-

levy group, have both complained that a number of campaign signs placed in the public rights of way have been stolen.

“We put about 100 signs up,” said Andy Russ, an attorney for the Pickerington Patriots. “About 90 were stolen and the rest were sandwiched on both sides (by pro-levy signs) so you couldn’t see ours.

“We just want to join the debate,” he said. “We want to make the community aware we are an opposing view, but I’m pretty sure the majority of (the signs) are gone.”

A representative of Vote FOR Pick Kids said her group was “absolutely not” involved in removing

Financially disadvantaged students

Board approves sliding scale for pay-to-participate fees

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers For the first time since a pay-to-participate program was instituted, Pickerington students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches will be required to pay a portion of fees assessed for extracurricular activities.

Since the 2003-04 school year, those students have been exempt from paying fees to participate in school-sponsored sports, marching band, chorale, theater and other clubs and activities.

On Monday, the Pickerington Board of Education voted 4-1 to establish a sliding scale of fees for students whose families meet financial hardship qualifications.

The move means these students will pay anywhere from $225 to $315 less than others to participate in athletics and other extracurriculars. Junior high students could qualify to pay anywhere from $120 to $165 less.

“In the past, students who qualified for free and reduced lunch automatically qualified for free extracurricular activities,” said board member Lori Sanders. “Basically, (the new policy) is a fee schedule for a financially-disadvantaged (student).”

In January, the board passed new pay-to-participate fees, which would have required high school athletes to pay $500 per student, per sport, and junior high athletes to pay $325 per student per sport. Likewise, fees for band, chorale and theater participants were set at $275 per student.

On July 11, however, the board approved reducing pay-to-participate fees to $375 per student, per sport for high school students and $195 per student, per sport. Fees for band were reduced to $200.

The new scale for “financially disadvantaged” students is as follows:

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SCHOOL LEVY

SIGN THEFTS

Continued from page A1 Continued from page A1 Pickerington Police officer Nathan Fries said his department received a report July 15 from a Vote FOR Kids member that said three of the group’s signs had been removed from Diley Road and Fox Glen Drive and the Diley and Long road areas.

Likewise, the department received a report on July 19 from a Pickerington Patriot who said six of that group’s signs were removed from several areas, including Refugee Road and Huntington Way and North Center Street and Stemen Road.

A representative of the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office said that office hadn’t received any reports of political sign thefts from the Violet Township area.

Because the signs typically are valued at between $5 and $8, Fries said, the culprits could be found guilty of petty theft.

However, he said, determining who removed the signs is difficult. He also said it seems that sign thefts or relocations appears to be a timehonored, yet unfortunate, tradition in the Pickerington and Violet Township areas.

“It seems to be a pattern,” Fries said. “Pretty much every time there’s an election, somebody’s

putting signs in bushes or taking them entirely.”

The city of Pickerington restricts candidates’ political signs from being placed in public rights of way. Issue-oriented political signs can be placed in the rights of way if the city manager approves such action.

City manager Bill Vance said he permitted both pro- and anti-levy backers to place their respective signs in the public rights of way, and therefore no city officials removed the signs.

The fallout from this levy, however, might compel him to prohibit similar action in the future, he said.

“This could result in the city not allowing any political signs in the public right of way,” Vance said.

In the meantime, Fries said, the Pickerington Police Department continues to investigate the reported thefts and patrol officers have been instructed to keep an eye out for the elusive sign bandits.

“This year, we have all these random locations where these signs are at, and it’s difficult to keep an eye on all of them,” he said. “We’re definitely not ignoring it and we’re trying to be as vigilant as we can.” nellis@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

AGREEMENT Continued from page A1 mally submit the application packet to this new commission,” he said. “I don’t want to make my deal subject to this commission.”

In supporting the JPA, Vance and council President Brian Sauer and Vice President Tony Barletta reiterated that the commission wouldn’t have the authority to stop or change a project, but rather could address any problems a proposal might present to one of the two communities.

They also said the commission could help reduce lawsuits between the two governments and help expedite projects in some cases.

“It’s always better to have two entities sitting down and discussing these issues face-to-face than have rumor and innuendo going through back channels,” Sauer said. “We can have that discussion without attorneys sitting at the table and spending a fortune on attorneys’ fees.”

In maintaining his opposition to the JPA, Wisniewski said there haven’t been any lawsuits between the city and township in the past five years, and there is no need to formally share information that already would be public record.

“In my opinion, this is bureaucracy and absolutely doesn’t have to occur,” Wisniewski said.

Prior to tabling the issue, a motion to remove the section regarding the city-township commission failed by a 2-3 vote, with Barletta, Fix and Sauer objecting and Wisniewski and Hammond voting in favor.

Fix then proposed adding an opt-out clause to the resolution, but with council members Gavin Blair and Sanders absent from the meeting and Barletta and Sauer voting against the amendment, the proposal failed to garner the four required votes to pass.

In the meantime, Violet Township trustee chairman Gary Weltlich said he didn’t support or object to adding an opt-out clause because he didn’t think it would have any impact on the goals of the JPA. He did, however, maintain that the agreement and the commission it would create would yield a better environment for regional development while also allowing both governments to at least provide input on projects that would affect both jurisdictions.

“The important thing to me is you pass it because it shows good faith, cooperation to me, on a regular basis,” Weltlich said. nellis@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

“We are at a (state) funding levy of about three or four years ago,” he said. “We’re losing about a couple million dollars a year compared to where we thought we would be. No one wants to put a levy on the ballot, but we thought we would do what was the most reasonable amount.”

On July 22, Griscom said the district received more bad news from the state.

“We received news from the Ohio Department of Education that our state funding for (fiscal year) 2012 and (fiscal year) 2013 is less than was what was provided in the original version of the state budget released in March,” he said. “The additional reduction to our district in the state’s revised budget is substantial: According to the revised figures, we will receive $541,000 less in FY 2012 and $1.207 million less in FY 2013. That is a new cut of $1.7 million in state aid over the next two years. This causes great concern for us, and it underscores the urgent need for the Aug. 2 levy.”

Additional information regarding the PLSD’s position on its budget and the upcoming levy is available at www.pickerington.k12.oh.us.

While the district scrambles for support, at least two citizens’ groups have come out in opposition to the levy.

The Pickerington Patriots, who maintain a website at www.pickeringtonpatriots.org, point to the district’s new, two-year contract with the Pickerington Education Association, which represents PLSD teachers, as proof the dis-

trict doesn’t need the levy.

The contract, which district officials say will save the district $6.2 million and freeze teachers’ base salaries for two years while also freezing step increases for one year, is affordable, according to the Patriots.

“Basically, they’ve got enough money to cover the new contract with the teachers, so they’re not in the red,” said Andy Russ, an attorney for the Pickerington Patriots. “A lot of folks in the community are facing troubling economic times.

“If we go four years down the road from here, (the district) is going to be in a deficit again.

They’re not trying to control their costs at all.”

Russ, who said the Patriots consist of 80 to 85 members, said his group is not pleased with the decision-making of the school board.

He said the Patriots philosophically oppose tax increases.

“We’re opposed to any tax increase at all,” he said. “We just think the school district is being unrealistic and not at all taking into account the economic times.”

Another group opposed to the levy is Eye On Pickerington Local Schools Finances. According to the group’s website, ionplsd.com, the district is guilty of mismanaging funds.

“The time has come for PLSD to start living within their means by controlling their spending costs and to stop balancing their budgets at the expense of the taxpayers,” the site states. “Fiscal mismanagement by the PLSD leadership has resulted in a $4.8 million deficit in FY 2010 and a $5 million deficit in FY 2011. The FY 2012 deficit is now projected

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Another citizens’group called Vote FOR Pick Kids is supporting the levy. According to that group’s website, www.voteforpickkids.com, the district doesn’t have sustainable revenue despite significant budget cuts.

“The bottom line is that the PLSD can no longer rely on the state of Ohio to provide adequate funding for its 10,600 students,” the Vote FOR Pick Kids’website states. “The reality, therefore, is that our school district must recognize additional revenue sources in order to prepare our children for the future.

“This levy will sustain the daily operations of the district as well as address class sizes, expand the newly implemented science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) classes at the seven through 12-grade level, and also restore some of the district’s intervention services.”

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Chamber group’s 5K to offset pay-to-participate fees

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers A Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce group will host a 5K run and walk next week to raise more money to offset pay-to-participate fees for local students.

On Aug. 6, members of the chamber’s 2011 Leadership Education and Development Seminar, also known as LEADS, will hold their second “Play A Palooza” event to reduce the burden of fees charged to Pickerington Local School District students who participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities.

The group currently is seeking regis-

trants for the event, which start at Pickerington High School Central, 300 Opportunity Way, and continue onto nearby streets, including Morningview Avenue, Pickerington Hills Drive and Shadybrook Drive. Pre-registration is $30; those who wish to sign up at 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 6 will be charged $35.

All proceeds will be equally distributed among PLSD students in grades seven through 12 who participate in school sports, marching band, chorale, theater, strings and clubs.

“We saw a need with the (November 2010) levy not passing for Pickerington Local Schools,” said Jessica Seipel, Fairfield National Bank branch manager and

co-organizer of the LEADS 5K run/walk.

“We wanted to come out with a positive instead of a negative.

“We created Play A Palooza to offset the costs of the pay-to-participate fees,” she said.

The LEADS class developed the Play A Palooza concept after the Pickerington Board of Education, citing budget constraints, set pay-to-participate fees at $500 per student, per sport for high school students for the 2011-12 school year, and $375 per student, per sport for junior high students. Other pay-to-participate fees were set at $200 for marching band and $150 to perform in chorale or theater.

On May 22, the LEADS group raised

$10,000 through a one-day event, which featured food vendors and games.

Since that time, the school board has reduced pay-to-participate fees to $375 per student, per sport at the high school level, and $195 per student, per sport for junior high athletes. Likewise, fees for participating in band were reduced to $200, and students who perform in chorale and theater will be charged $150.

Despite the reduction in fees, Seipel said a number of students still need help to pay them, and her group hopes to ensure all students who wish to participate in extracurricular activities can do so.

“They did lower the fees a little, so that will allow us to stretch our money

a little bit further,” she said.

Those wishing to participate in the 5K run/walk can pre-register online on www.active.com, runohio.com and coolrunning.com.

Everyone who participates will receive a “goodie bag,” Seipel said, and the top three finishers will receive a medal or trophy.

“It is a run and walk, so you don’t need to be an experienced runner,” she said. “We just want people to come out and support our students.

“We’re just trying to get as much money as we can.” nellis@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

Police reports Pickerington police June 23 • Employees at a Hill Road restaurant reported five people left without paying their bill.

• Workers at a Hill Road coffee shop reported the theft of a tip jar. Loss was listed as $15.

• A Pickerington man was cited for expired tags and operating a vehicle without a license following a stop on West Columbus Street.

June 24 • A Columbus woman was cited for careless operation after the vehicle she was driving allegedly struck the side of a Winderly Lane hotel.

• A Pickerington man was charged with theft, criminal dam-

aging and possession of criminal tools following a stop on Hill Road. A Columbus man also was charged with theft, criminal damaging, possession of criminal tools, no operator’s license a driving with a broken taillight.

• Employees at a Refugee Road grocery store reported the theft of an undisclosed amount of soda by two unidentified men.

June 25 • A Pickerington man was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance following a crash on state Route 256.

• A Stonebridge Boulevard resident reported someone threw a rock through a window to his residence. The responding officer also received reports that multiple vehicles on Stonebridge

Boulevard and Brandy Hill Drive had windows broken out.

• A Columbus man was cited for an open container after being found with an open container of alcohol at a Hill Road restaurant.

• A Columbus man was cited for a red light violation following a crash on Tussing Road.

June 26 • A Pickerington man reported a debit card, compact discs and prescription bottles were stolen from his vehicle while it was parked on Bristo Street.

June 27 • A Parkwood Avenue man and woman each were charged with

disorderly conduct after a do- in payroll checks. mestic incident at their residence.

• A Boggs Court woman re• A Sycamore Drive man reSee POLICE, page A8 ported someone broke out the window to his vehicle.

• A Meadows Boulevard man White Feather Farms reported the window to his vehicle was broken.

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In brief

THEN & NOW

Toastmasters club installs new officers

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S. Sumner Good Harness and Leather Shop Then: S. Sumner Good stands at the entrance of his harness shop in this 1905 photo. His shop was located next to the family’s home at 84 W. Columbus St. Good, along with his two sons, Mervin and Carlton, carried on a very successful business repairing much of the gear used by the teams of horses that hauled logs for the Pickerington Hoop Mill. They also mended the cushions and roofs of the school wagons that transported students to the local public schools. Much to the community’s delight, in 1912, Good’s wholesale supplier presented him with a nearly life-size wooden horse which Good clad with harness and saddle and displayed in his shop’s front window. When automobiles became common, he built an addition to the harness shop to add “vulcanizing” (treating crude rubber to increase its strength) to his business. After his death in 1922, the harness business was carried on by Mrs. Good until she died in 1929. At that time, all supplies and the display horse were sold.

Now: Good’s former home still stands at 84 W. Columbus St. and currently is owned by Jeanette Castoe. The former harness/vulcanizing shop was moved to the back of the lot and can be seen in the bottom photo. Enjoy seeing these and other historical buildings on Columbus Street on your way to the Olde Village Flea Market on Saturday, Aug. 6, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Fresh local produce, food, crafts, antiques, sidewalk and yard sale treasures will line the Columbus-Center streets area. While in the Olde Village, stop by the Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society Museum at 15 E. Columbus St. Admission to the museum is always free, and it is open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More information about the museum and flea market can be found online at www.pickeringtonhistoricalsociety.com.

Letters Brubaker thanks parade organizers To the editor: I had the great honor of serving as grand marshal of the Pickerington July Fourth parade.

The parade gets bigger and better each year and it was a big thrill to head up the parade. Before, during and after the parade, there were a number of people who were very helpful in making the event a lot more enjoyable for me and my wife, Lovetta.

I want to thank Mayor Mitch O’Brien, recreation coordinator Dan Ross and all those involved in my selection as grand marshal.

Tom Brubaker Pickerington

Many helped Central marching band camp To the editor: The Pickerington High School

Clarification Not all of the 14 Pickerington teachers rehired on June 28 will be paid the salaries they earned before they lost their jobs. Lisa Reade, school board vice president, said if teachers lose their jobs because of a reduction in force and are rehired as teachers, they come back at the same years of experience and position on the salary schedule, so there is no change in pay. She said pay changes can occur when a job title changes. For instance, if a position is eliminated and the person who held it is rehired for a different position in the district, the salary schedule may be different so there may be a change in pay. Support staff members who are hired to work a certain number of days may earn less if they are asked to work fewer days, but the rate of pay may not change.

Central Marching Tigers just completed a great week of band camp at Diley Middle School.

With the heat and humidity, having camp at the middle school due to high school renovations, and everything that goes into making this a successful week and the start of our 2011 marching band season, I would like to thank those that helped us.

Thanks to the band staff and Diley staff.

To our families and friends for their time and support as they helped with meals, sewed uniforms, kept the kids hydrated and cooled off, sold pop at lunch,

helped in many different ways, I thank you.

Thanks to the Violet Township Fire Department for misting the kids everyday, to cool them off.

Thanks to Chipotle, Raising Caines and Pepsi for donating food and drinks for our senior lunch. To the Buccilla family, although the weather prevented us from an evening at Hickory Lakes, I thank you. To those I missed, I thank you, too. We couldn’t have done it without all of you.

Christine Oehlman PHS Central Marching band president

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Once upon a time, owning a home within the Pickerington Local School District strengthened its value by attracting young families with school-age children.

In that golden age, not so long ago, area homes rapidly increased in value but were still affordable for the middle class.

Today, the fairy tale is over. After more than a decade of property tax increases that have generously provided for ever-increasing PLSD employee salaries and benefits, Pickerington homeowners are burdened with one of the highest property tax rates in central Ohio, second only to Bexley.

The economic downturn has severely impacted our financial fortunes by placing considerable stress on our property values and incomes. Can we really afford additional strain on our household budgets to further enrich the district’s employees?

No. Levy proponents say that if it doesn’t pass our property values will decline.

We disagree, and here’s why: selling a home at a fair price in today’s market is already difficult. Higher property taxes reduce the amount a home buyer may use for the principal and interest part of their payment; more money must be used to cover the tax portion of the monthly payment.This reduces the size of home the buyer can afford, forcing downward pressure on home prices or pricing the

buyer out of the Pickerington market.

Clearly, higher property taxes hurt home sales and diminish property values in Pickerington.

Over the past five years, Pickerington homes lost more than 13% of their value; Reynoldburg homes lost only 9.5% and Baltimore homes gained 15% in value. Neither school district rates as highly as PLSD, but their property tax burden is far lower than Pickerington’s.

Every homeowner in this district should be outraged that school district employees continue to receive taxpayer-funded, contractually guaranteed pay increases, well-subsidized health care benefits and very generous retirement benefits while our pay and benefits are reduced or eliminated and the equity in our homes evaporates in a declining housing market.

PLSD expects taxpayers to continue to fund their employees’ burgeoning salaries and benefits with our limited incomes.

Enough is enough.

Once upon a time, school levies were requested for limited intervals of five years or less as a temporary measure during tough times.This school levy is permanent, increasing tax payments on your property forever. Which is less expensive: three or four years of pay-toplay fees or a lifetime 9% tax increase?

Don’t believe their spin.

Vote NO August 2.

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PLSD Levy: Just The Facts The Pickerington Local School people’s money. Kids and their Board voted May 4 to hold a special parents have been made to suffer election for a new, permanent 5.5 because the school board chose mill property tax levy August 2. to cut funding for their programs This levy would rather than permanently personnel costs.

Visit www.ionplsd.com for increase property In 2010 the board detailed PLSD financial facts. decided to allow tax bills by 9% annually (an the PEA contract additional $168 to automatically per $100,000 of valuation) and renew rather than renegotiate for generate over $5.9 million in new, concessions from the union. Had annual revenues for the district. they instituted last month’s reforms According to PLSD, the district a year ago, how many teachers and needs this levy because of cuts to programs might have been saved? state and federal funding.

How much less might a new levy The district saw reductions to have been? We will never know their total revenues for the first because the PLSD leadership time in FY2010. Over the past failed to fulfill their fiduciary 10 fiscal years, PLSD has seen responsibility to their students and an increase of more than 39% in the taxpayers. total per-pupil revenue, yet they No one wants to deny children ran deficits in 8 of those 10 years. educational opportunities, but we Between FY2007 and FY2010, PLSD have reached our financial limits. annual expenditures increased from Passing this levy will not balance the $86.2 to $101.4 million. Financial district’s books nor guarantee the records indicate more than 86% of restoration of recently cut programs expenses are for employee salaries and staff, but it will give the district and benefits, and that percentage millions more to experiment with is climbing.While the community a new “community school” and endured unemployment, stagnant award step increases in FY2012— or reduced wages and plummeting all new expenses. It will also add home values, PLSD spent more than to our property tax burden, which an additional $12 million on their currently ranks second-highest in employees. In addition, the average central Ohio and has increased teacher’s individual salary rose more than 29% since 2001. $5,600 while the rest of us averaged Administrators were aware of a paltry per-household (not perthis impending financial train-wreck individual) earnings increase of only since 2007 but refused to rein in $983 per year. spending until after voters rejected The Board ratified a new the November 2010 levy request. two-year collective bargaining The school board has agreement in June with the mismanaged district finances, Pickerington Education Association, prioritized employee compensation which should save the district and pet projects over programs about $6.25 million during the for gifted students, transportation, contract term, according to district and extracurriculars. Furthermore, estimates.While this is a positive they have enabled an army of step, staff salaries were frozen “supporters” who have tried to for a single year, but not limited silence the opposition through or cut long-term. Future raises censorship, vandalism and theft. are forecast to result in deficits Given the current allocation of of $2.7 and $4.8 million for fiscal district funds, should we believe years 2012 and 2013, respectively. that this $5.95 million will actually Until burdensome personnel benefit the students directly? A expenses are controlled, the NO vote on August 2 will send a current PLSD leadership team signal that “business as usual” is will try to balance their budget no longer acceptable.The status on the backs of the taxpayers quo is unsustainable in the current rather than be fiscally responsible. economic climate and they must Let’s be clear: this Levy is not change their priorities. Only fiscal about the kids, it’s about PLSD using restraint will lead to better, more the kids to hide their own laissezeffective schools and a prosperous faire attitude about spending other community.

Vote NO August 2.

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By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers An area family rocked by the murders of two family members and a friend will seek to help others who have faced violent crimes by hosting a fund-raising balloon festival next week.

Last November, central Ohioans and people across the country learned of the unnerving story from Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where a 30-year-old unemployed ex-con named Matthew Hoffman killed and dismembered Tina Hermann, 32, her 11-yearold son, Kody Maynard, and Herrmann’s best friend and neighbor, 41-year-old Stephanie Sprang.

He also kidnapped Hermann’s 13-year-old daughter, Sarah Maynard, sexually assaulted her and held her hostage until authorities, after days of searching, raided Hoffman’s home near downtown Mount Vernon and rescued her.

Now, Sarah and her family are seeking to empower victims of violent crimes and help them in any way.

On Aug. 5 and 6, the first Fairfield County Hot Air Balloon Festival to benefit the Tina Rose B. Herrmann and Kody Alexander Maynard Healing Hearts Memorial Fund will take place at the Fairfield County Airport, 3430 Old Columbus

Road North in Carroll.

It will feature balloon launches and tethered balloon rides, but the real purpose will be to remember Tina and Kody, while also raising money to help victims of violent crimes.

“It will go out to honor Tina and Kody,” said Barb Hermann, Tina’s mother and Kody and Sarah’s grandmother. “Their deaths were a tragedy, but from this tragedy, we hope that we can help others.

“We want to say to any victim of violence, it’s enough going through it and surviving, but there are avenues you can turn to.”

On both Aug. 5 and 6, public viewing and sunrise balloon launches will be held at 6 a.m. Public viewing and sunset balloon launches also will be held both days at 6 p.m.

Additionally, tethered balloon rides for the public will be held both days from 6 to 8 p.m., and a Sunset Glow Flight, where spectators can see their favorite hot air balloons illuminated in the darkness, will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. each evening.

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SLIDING SCALE Continued from page A1 • Households with incomes of $20,001 to $25,000 will pay $30 per student for junior high athletics, $60 for high school athletics, $30 for band, $25 for chorale and $25 for theater. Strings participants in that category will pay $10 and junior high and high school club members will pay $5.

• Households with incomes of $25,001 to $30,000 will pay $40 per student for junior high athletics, $75 for high school sports, $40 for band, $30 for chorale and $30 for theater. Strings participants and high school club members will pay $10 and junior high club members will pay $5.

• Households with incomes of $30,001 to $35,000 will pay $50 per student for junior high sports, $95 for high school athletics, $50 for band and $40 for chorale and theater. Strings participants and high school club members will pay $10 and junior high club members will pay $5.

• Households with incomes of $35,001 to $40,000 will pay $75 per student for junior high sports, $150 for high school sports, $80 for band and $60 for chorale and theater. Strings participants will pay $20, high school club members will pay $15 and junior high club members will pay $15.

• Households with incomes of $40,001 or more will pay the full pay-to-participate fees. That includes $150 for chorale and theater, and fees of $50 for strings, $35 for high school clubs and $25 for junior high clubs.

According to board members, the new policy seeks to establish more fairness among the fees,

Proceeds from the event will go to the memorial fund, and money from the fund will be distributed to violent crime survivors. The fund’s foundation will determine who receives financial support after reviewing individual situations, but the money can go toward anything from counseling to help with paying bills.

“It’s to raise money for victims and survivors of violence,” said Kim Donnelly, Tina Hermann’s cousin and a board member of the memorial fund foundation. “It’s really meant to help them get through a difficult time.”

Tina and Kody’s family chose the Fairfield County Airport as a staging ground for balloon festival, which they intend hold annually, because Tina at one time lived in Canal Winchester and attended high school in Pataskala. Many family members also live in or near Fairfield County.

Tina’s uncle, Bernie Fleming, is a Pickerington resident and owner of Keller Landscape and

and will help the district offset costs associated with extracurricular activities.

The lone opponent of the new policy was Lee Gray.

He said he didn’t oppose charging financially disadvantaged students some fee for extracurricular activities, but wasn’t sure where the fees should be set.

“It’s good that there’s going to be some fee paid,” Gray said. “I think I offered my comments to some of you that it doesn’t go far enough.

“It’s a positive change. I just think we still don’t know what’s going to happen in August (with the district’s 5.5-mill levy).”

Board members said they expect to review the new fee schedule after the 2011-12 school year to see if adjustments should be made.

In other news, the district announced it has received a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its comprehensive financial report for 2010 from the Government Finance Officers Association. It marks the 19th consecutive year the PLSD has received the award.

Board members also unanimously approved a resolution to adopt a calamity day alternative makeup plan. In concurrence with a new state law, the district will finalize a plan before Sept. 1 that would allow students to make up work online or via hardcopy lessons should the district cancel school more than five days in a given school year. nellis@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.c om

Nursery, which is based in Carroll and has a seasonal business in Pickerington. He’s a hot-air balloon enthusiast, so the decision to include balloon rides was a no-brainer for the family.

Sarah, now 14, lives in nearby Columbus with her father.

“Sarah’s a real live wire, just like her mother,” Barb Hermann said. “But this is still fresh in her mind. It’s only been eight months.”

In addition to encouraging people to attend the festival, organizers currently are seeking event sponsors and donations to the memorial fund. Information can be obtained online at www.tinakodyandsarah.org, or by calling 740654-8451.

“They all touched so many lives when they were alive,” Barb Hermann said. “Now, they’ll be able to touch people after they’re gone. I also want to help people because it helps me.” nellis@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Taylor, Boughdadly plans announced Chuck and Barb Taylor(r) of Pickerington announce the engagement of their daughter, Lacy Taylor, to Travers Boughdadly, son of Peter and Dorthea Boughdadly of Valley Center, Calif.

The bride-to-be graduated from Pickerington High School North in 2006 and from Colorado School of Mines in 2010.

She currently resides in Williston, N.D., where she works as a petroleum engineer for Halliburton.

Her fiancé graduated from Army & Navy Academy in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2003, and from Colorado School of Mines in 2009. He is currently working on a master’s degree in geophysics at the same school.

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Revenues in Pickerington Local School District have increased 39.5% per pupil over the last decade. Voters have contributed more than enough money to provide a quality education for our children and ample compensation for district employees, yet they still want more.

The school board has repeatedly chosen to control costs by diminishing programs central to a well-rounded educational experience for our kids. These programs represent a relatively miniscule portion of the budget compared to salaries and benefits. During this economic downturn, the board has refused to limit employee salaries, raises, step increases and benefits, which comprise 86% of the budget.

The board slashed funding for programs for gifted students, reduced extracurricular activities and elective

classes, drastically increased fees for the remaining activities, reduced busing, and instituted extreme changes in school day start times (a huge inconvenience for working parents).The school board has not guaranteed these changes will be restored if the levy passes.

Passage of this levy changes nothing. Children and parents will suffer until voters relent and give PLSD an unnecessary raise. If it’s really about the kids, then why don’t district employees take a voluntary pay cut, not just a one-year pay freeze?

Send a clear message to the school board: we will not be bullied.

The school board must manage the budget by controlling the source of the deficits—pay and benefits— not by cutting our kids’ programs.

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Police reports Continued from page A3 ported someone entered her residence and stole a coffee maker, running shoes and other running items. Loss was listed $475.

• A Reynoldsburg man was cited for taillight required, failure to display a front license plate, drug abuse and driving under suspension following a stop on Refugee Road.

• A Pruden Drive resident reported shots were fired in the neighborhood. Police found four vehicles had been damaged, likely by a BB gun.

June 28 • A Meadows Boulevard woman reported someone broke out the rear window to her vehicle and egged another vehicle at her residence.

• A Canal Winchester woman was cited for driving under a noncompliance suspension following a stop on Diley Road.

• A Columbus man was cited for driving under 11 suspensions, five counts of FRA suspensions, no operator’s license, possession of drug paraphernalia and abusing harmful intoxicants following a stop on Hill Road.

• A Reynoldsburg man reported someone forced entry to his vehicle while it was parked at a Hill Road movie theater and stole a laptop computer and an engagement ring.

• A Pickerington man was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after being found with an illegal item in the 1100 block of Overlook Court.

• A Pickerington man was County following a stop on Route charged with disorderly conduct 256. after he was found intoxicated July 4 and lying in the street on Whit• A Pickerington boy, no age ney Court. provided, was taken to the MultiJuly 6 County Juvenile Detention Center after allegedly burglarizing a • A Pickerington woman was Delong Street residence. cited for a marked lanes viola• A man, no address provided, tion and driving on a noncomreported someone entered his ve- pliance suspension following a hicle while it was parked at a Hill stop on Diley Road.

Road bar and stole several undis• A Reynoldsburg man was closed items. Loss was listed at charged with robbery after almore than $1,800. legedly robbing four juveniles of • A Pickerington man report- their money on Pruden Drive. Aned someone forced entry to his other man, no address provided, vehicle while it was parked at a was charged with drug possesHill Road steakhouse and stole a sion and driving under suspenlaptop computer and various com- sion stemming from the incident. puter components. Loss was list• A Lancaster woman reported at $4,000. ed her purse was stolen from a • A Pickerington man was cited Winderly Lane restaurant. Loss for criminal trespass and arrest- was listed at $660. ed on a warrant from Lancaster • A Fox Glen Drive man and a for failure to comply after being 15-year-old Pickerington boy both found in Sycamore Park after were charged with domestic vihours. olence following an incident at their residence.

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• A Millersport, Ohio, man was charged with drug abuse, trafficking drugs, driving on a 12point suspension and driving on a court-ordered suspension following a stop on Columbus Street.

• A Columbus woman was charged with theft after allegedly attempting to steal an undisclosed item from a Postage Drive department store. He also was arrested on an undisclosed warrant from Hocking County.

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• A Pickerington woman was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance following a crash on Diley Road.

• A Turnberry Drive man reJuly 8 ported someone entered his un• A Pickerington man was locked vehicle and stole a globcharged with two counts of drug al-positioning system device. abuse and possession of drug July 12 paraphernalia after being found with cocaine and marijuana fol• A man, no address provided, lowing a stop on Lockville Road. reported a gym bag was stolen • A Portrait Circle woman re- from a Stonecreek Drive fitness ported the unauthorized use of center. her credit card. Loss was listed at $3,438.09.

• A Canal Winchester woman was arrested on a warrant for failure to comply following a stop on Cross Creeks Boulevard. substance tested positive for crack cocaine, police reports said.

• A Fox Glen Drive East woman reported the tires to her father’s vehicle were slashed.

• A Gray Drive man reported two bicycles were stolen from his front yard.

July 13 • A Courtright Court woman reported the unauthorized use of her credit card.

• A Pickerington man was charged with illegal possession of drug documents, forgery and deception to obtain dangerous drugs after allegedly attempting to procure pharmaceuticals from a Hill Road pharmacy.

July 9 • A Canal Winchester man was cited for failure to maintain reasonable control and OVI following a crash on Long Road.

July 10 • Employees at a Refugee Road grocery store reported the theft of “a large amount” of soda by an unidentified person.

• A Durand Street woman reported two wicker chairs and a table were stolen from her front porch. She also reported solar lights in her front yard were damaged. Loss was listed at $560.

• A Lancaster man was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance following a crash on Route 256.

• A Nightingale Court man reported a vehicle struck his vehicle while it was parked in front of his residence and left the scene.

• Employees at a Hill Road department store reported finding July 11 burned foil with a white substance • The Pickerington Local on it in the men’s restroom. The School District reported two vehicles were vandalized in a Hill

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June 29 • A Columbus man was cited for driving on a child support suspension, driving on a noncompliance suspension and FRA suspension following a stop on Long Road.

• A Reynoldsburg woman reported her mobile telephone was stolen from a Hill Road restaurant. Loss was listed at $699.

• A Gahanna man was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance following a crash on Hill Road.

• A Columbus man was charged with theft, driving under suspension and FRA suspension after allegedly attempting to steal an undisclosed item from a Postage Drive department store.

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• A Paisley Court man reported the paint to his vehicle was scratched.

• A Pickerington man was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance following a crash on Route 256.

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• A Lancaster woman was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance following a crash on Refugee Road.

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July 1 • Employees at a West Columbus Street business reported someone broke out three windows to the garage.

• A Pickerington woman was charged with theft after allegedly attempting to steal an undisclosed item from a Postage Drive department store.

• A Reynoldsburg man was cited for failure to display a license plate and driving under an OVI suspension following a stop on Refugee Road.

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The wait is nearly over for high school football players and coaches.

It started with the sometimes monotonous days of weight-room work, which began for many the moment last season ended.

The past few weeks have included activities such as team camps and 7on-7 passing tournaments, with a few glimpses of the playbook thrown in.

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ly will start to feel like football again.

For Grove City coach Matt Jordan, that first day of official coaching allowed by the OHSAA provides an enjoyable opportunity to see his players bond.

It also doesn’t hurt that it’s a chance for relationships between some players and coaches to get a fresh start.

“You no longer get any excuses from anybody,” Jordan said, laughing. “Seriously, it’s fun to finally get to put the pads on. You’ve been in the weight room since December, so it’s fun watch-

ing everyone run around in helmets.

You know it’s football season, and there’s this wonderful excitement in the air. There’s something about that adrenaline that comes.”

According to the OHSAA, the dates teams are allowed to scrimmage this year are Aug. 9-20. Although games can be played as early as Aug. 22, most teams start their season Aug. 26 or 27.

Many teams in central Ohio won’t have their first scrimmage until Aug. 12, which means they have 11 days to put plays in motion before their first

contact against another team.

Putting in drills over the first couple days of practice can be an important exercise in setting the pace for the coming months as well as in preparing for scrimmages.

“You try to establish everyday types of drills and try to mix them up,” Jordan said. “We do certain things day one, certain things day two and get a rotation going. You’re always evaluating talent and you definitely want to laterally be going forward to see who looks good.

“In football, you already have a pretty good idea who your guys are Aug. 1, so you’re also looking at team cohesiveness. Do you have some leaders who are ready to step up? You start initially with your base offense and base defense in the early days and then do repeat and review to make sure you haven’t moved too fast. When you get to pads, it all changes.”

Teams from the City League sometimes have obstacles, particularly early See FOOTBALL, page B2

Legion Baseball

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Grace Conely of the Pickerington Tiger Sharks competes in the girls 8-and-under 25-meter butterfly during the Tri-County Aquatics League meet July 21 in Canal Winchester.

Swimming

Kingfish again win Tri-County title

By TREY SMITH ThisWeek Community Newspapers

For the seventh consecutive summer, the Tri-County Aquatics League championship meet ended with the Chevington Woods Kingfish swimming team coming out on top.

The boys and girls teams of Chevington Woods combined to score 850.5 points and finish well ahead of the second-place Huntington Hills Froggers (531) in the 12-team meet on July 21 in Canal Winchester.

“I thought we swam really well. It was a hot day, so we had to hydrate and get over that,” said first-year Chevington Woods coach Kevin Yates. “We put in a lot of hard work on basically the fundamentals, and I think it paid off for us. All the kids stepped up. The great thing about the Tri-County league is everyone swims, and it’s such a competitive meet.”

The Kingfish won 34 of 77 events held during the meet, which began at 8 a.m. and concluded just before 9 p.m. on a day when the heat index was almost 110 degrees.

“It’s amazing. To be on the team for 12 years, it kind of finally hit me that it was over,” said Pickerington North graduate Morgan Grodesky, who competed for the Kingfish. “It was nice to see the little kids improve and everyone was cheering and everyone was excited.”

On the girls side, Chevington Woods accumulated 431.5 points. The Groveport Fighting Fish (358) were second.

Grodesky, who will attend Florida Atlantic on a partial swimming scholarship, participated in the first-place 200-meter medley relay (2 minutes, 13.24 seconds),

won the 50 freestyle (29.09), finished second in the 100 freestyle (1:07.51) and helped Chevington Woods win the 200 free relay (1:59.74).

In the 200 free relay, Grodesky, Katey Fisher, Kelly Mason and Taylor Shotwell finished just short of the meet record of 1:57.27.

The Huntington Hills girls finished third (268), followed by the Valley View Gators (161), Bexley Marlins (137), Baltimore Sea Lions (127.5), Canal Winchester (84.5), Pickerington Tiger Sharks (73), Pataskala Area Swim Team (47.5), Spring Valley Stingrays (45), Moundbuilders Country Club (35) and Lancaster Country Club (8).

On the boys side, Chevington Woods topped runner-up Huntington Hills 419263.

“It was great because the former coaches did such a great job that I was able to just step right in and put in what I believe was important, and it seemed to really pay off today,” said Yates, who took over the program from Seth Bower. “It’s a great team, a very supportive team, and I am happy to see all of them be successful and have a great meet.”

Finishing third on the boys side was Valley View (248) followed by Groveport (148), Pickerington (140), Baltimore (120), Pataskala (105), Moundbuilders (96), Lancaster (93), Bexley (70), Spring Valley (45) and Canal Winchester (21).

The second-place battle between Huntington Hills and Valley View was close throughout the meet.

Huntington Hills received a strong performance from Andrew Martin, who captured first place in the 100 individual medSee SWIM, page B2

By Chris Parker/ThisWeek

Chevington Woods’ Jason Orr gets ready to take off in the boys 9-10 25-meter backstroke during the Tri-County meet July 21.

LANCASTER — The Pickerington Post 283 and Worthington Post 239 baseball teams both won their opening games in the American Legion state tournament on July 25.

Worthington scored 10 runs in the last two innings, including a one-out, two-run home run by Dan Eurich in the bottom of the ninth, to rally past Coshocton Post 65 10-9 in its opener at Beavers Field.

Pickerington, which received one of four first-round byes in the 12-team double-elimination tournament, then beat Worthington 9-2 later in the day at Lancaster High School.

“We didn’t play real focused or real relaxed in the first part of the game, but we closed pretty well,” said Pickerington coach Chris Weber, whose team advanced to a winners’ bracket semifinal on July 26. “I think the two-plus hours off in the middle of the game allowed us to relax and just play ball. It’s baseball and we just needed to play and have fun and not think about this being the state tournament.”

In the Pickerington-Worthington game, the score was tied at 2 in the fifth inning when rain suspended play and the teams were free to leave while the field was being worked on.

“We let the players go eat and do their thing and we didn’t talk to them about baseball,” Weber said. “We wanted them to loosen up a bit and it worked.”

Kyle Chontos, Colt Turley and Tony Winters had run-scoring hits in a five-run seventh inning, and Pickerington added two runs in the top of the ninth.

Pickerington, which improved to 38-3, beat Worthington 5-0 in a regular-season meeting June 24.

“The score may not reflect it, but we were very competitive against a very good Pickerington team today and that was not the case in the 5-0 loss,” said Worthington assistant coach Chris Olson, who guided the team July 25 as coach Jim Townsend had a previous engagement. “Our guys battled all day today and we’ve built some confidence.”

Chontos broke the tie with an See POST 283, page B2

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Pickerington Post 283’s David Collins leaps over Will Meador of Worthington Post 239 as he throws to first base after getting the forceout at second during their American Legion state tournament game July 25 in Lancaster. Post 283 won 9-2.

POST 283 rying and I thought it was going to land in front of the fence and I had to run hard because I was the winning run. Then I saw it hit the top of the fence and bounce over. That was just a tremendous feeling.”

Coshocton starter Thomas Ellis limited Worthington to five hits through seven innings. But Post 239 produced five consecutive hits to begin the eighth.

Mark Zuccaro singled and Will Meador tripled to right-center field to chase Ellis. Bean greeted reliever Michael Adams with an RBI double and Sam Adams lined a home run to left-center field.

David Lykens then singled and Eurich walked before a groundout by Collin Finn scored Lykens to make it 7-5.

Coshocton, making its first appearance at state since 1976, stretched its lead to 9-5 in the top of the ninth off Sean Hoy, who relieved starter Cody Strayer in the eighth.

“It’s a mental game and one of momentum,” Olson said. “We made some base-running mistakes early, but our goal was just to knock their starter out. We kept battling and made that happen and we got the momentum we needed. Dan Eurich was the right guy to have in that spot. He hit home runs on consecutive at-bats in the district tournament.”

Zuccaro led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk. Meador and Bean both singled to load the bases and Sam Adams hit a two-run single to center to make it 9-7. Lykens added a sacrifice fly, scoring Bean and setting the stage for Eurich’s home run.

Continued from page B1

RBI single in the seventh and Turley followed with a triple to right-center field. After Worthington starter Alio Gasbarro hit Matt Connor with a pitch, Scott Pancoast squeezed home a run and was safe on a fielder’s choice. Winters added an RBI single and Pancoast stole home on the back end of a double steal.

In the ninth, Connor doubled off reliever Andy Bean and scored on a triple by Pancoast. Winters then had an RBI groundout.

Pickerington started strong, opening the game with consecutive doubles by Isac Franklin and Joe Matalon for a 1-0 lead. Worthington took a 2-1 lead in the fourth when Eurich hit a two-out, two-run double, but Post 239 managed just four hits off Pickerington starter Rob Sexton and reliever Zach Beaver.

Turley’s RBI single tied the game in the fifth inning before a two-and-a-half hour rain delay.

Beaver relieved Sexton after the rain delay.

“I felt pretty good coming off vacation the last week,” Beaver said. “My arm was rested. One run still leaves you still feeling a little queasy, but when you put up five (runs in the seventh) it helps you to relax and do your job.”

Worthington, which went 1-2 at state last season, appeared on the verge of losing by run-rule in its first game, trailing 7-0 after four innings.

Instead, Eurich’s home run touched off a celebration and gave Worthington momentum and confidence heading into its game against Pickerington, which had the best record in the tournament field.

“When it left the bat, I thought it was going bemerine@thisweeknews.com to be caught,” Eurich said. “But then it kept car- www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

SWIM Continued from page B1 ley (1:05.91) and the 100 free (56.91). Martin also was part of the 200 free relay that won in 1:43.9. Also on that relay were Jacob Griffith, Adam Ingram and Joshua Cohen.

“All of our kids all the way around swam fantastic races today,” Huntington Hills cocoach Rick Maddox said. “If I had to guess I’d say probably 70 percent of our swimmers

swam best times today. So com- pionship ahead of Lancaster ing in second mixed with per- (101). sonal improvements, it is a great day for us at Huntington Hills.” www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com Combined team scores were broken down into three divisions. Teams that finished fifth through eighth were considered Division II and ninth and lower were considered Division III. Baltimore (247.5) won the Division II title ahead of Pickerington (213) and Moundbuilders (131) won the Division III cham-

Sports briefs Pancoast to play at Mount Union

Ridgeview seeking girls golfers

Scott Pancoast, a 2011 Pickerington North graduate, will play baseball at Mount Union, a Division III school in Alliance, Ohio.

Pancoast, a center fielder, is playing this summer for the Pickerington Post 283 American Legion team that recently won the District 8 title and is playing in this week’s state tournament in Lancaster.

Girls interested in playing golf this school year for Ridgeview Junior High should contact coach Beth Basil at (614) 562-6478. The season begins Monday, Aug. 1.

North’s Murphy selected for tourney Pickerington North infielder Hannah Murphy was among 12 players chosen to represent the FAST-Wizards softball organization at the adidas Futures National recruiting tournament that was held July 20-24 in St. George, Utah.

Murphy, who will be a sophomore in the fall, was selected from among more than 80 girls who tried out last October.

Basketball program plans golf outing The Pickerington North girls basketball program will hold its ninth annual golf outing at 1 p.m. Aug. 13 at Willow Run Golf Course.

For more information, contact Neil Khan at (614) 7382056.

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

on, because many of the players who come out for football as freshmen are competing in the sport on a team for the first time.

For those taking over a program for the first time such as Brookhaven’s Trevor White, that factor as well as figuring out how to install a new system can make for some complicated moments of preparation even before the first day of official coaching.

“Especially with a new program, a big thing early on is setting the tone,” White said. “You want to be getting everybody on the same page, and what we’ve been debating is how much of the offense and defense do we put in. Do we just throw it at them or do we take it step by step?

“We’ll have some kids that played (youth) football but some who have never played the sport before. You’ve always got to walk a line of bringing kids along but not holding the veterans back, and especially with a new program, it’s important that you’re really getting to know the team. I’m really excited to learn who my team is.”

One of the key aspects of the first days of official coaching, according to Olentangy Liberty coach Steve Hale, is getting players’ technical reactions back on track.

“You’re working a lot on technique, stance and starts, quickness and a lot of ball skills,” Hale said. “What responsibilities do I have? There are a lot of drills where we try to put kids in sit-

July 28, 2011

At a glance Below is a look at the Central and North football teams entering Monday, Aug. 1’s first day of official coaching: CENTRAL •Coach: Jay Sharrett, ninth season •2010 record: 11-1 overall, 7-0 (first) in OCC-Ohio •Last playoff appearance: 2010, lost in Division I regional final •Opener: Aug. 27 at Cincinnati Moeller in Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown •Top expected returnees: Jacoby Boren (OL), Nick Jensen-Clagg (QB), Jake Kincaid (LB), Roger Lewis (WR/DB), Jason O’Bryan (DB) and Devone Penick (RB) •Preseason outlook: The Tigers have a trio of players who already have committed to play for Division I colleges in Boren (Ohio State), Kincaid (Kent State) and O’Bryan (Kent State). The level of talent throughout the program should make overcoming an increased pay-to-participate fee easier.

NORTH •Coach: Tom Phillips, fifth season •2010 record: 6-4 overall, 4-3 (tied for third) in OCC-Ohio •Last playoff appearance: 2009, lost in Division I first round •Opener: Aug. 26 vs. Watterson •Top expected returnees: Jake Butt (DL), Luke Carothers (OL), Pat Elflein

(OL/DL), Seth Gamby (WR/DB), Zach Olszewski (QB) and Alston Robertson (RB) •Preseason outlook: The Panthers had lower numbers during the offseason because of the district’s increased pay-to-participate fee, but the program isn’t lacking for returning talent or experience, particularly on offense. Elflein, an Ohio State recruit, and Carothers enter their fourth seasons as starters.

HARTLEY •Coach: Brad Burchfield, third season •2010 record: 13-2 overall, 1-0 (first) in CCL-Gold •Last playoff appearance: 2010, won Division IV state championship •Opener: Aug. 26 at Amanda-Clearcreek •Top expected returnees: Napoleon Bell (OL/LB), Jacob Matuska (TE/LB), Dominique Scott (RB/DB), JaWaun Woodley (RB/DB) and Jarrod Zang (RB/LB) •Preseason outlook: Despite graduating the state’s co-Player of the Year in Noah Key, the Hawks aren’t expecting to struggle to move the ball. But they do have some holes to fill on the offensive line and on a defense that gave up more than 20 points per game.

For preseason information on other central Ohio teams, go to ThisWeekSPORTS.com.

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Top Individual Performances: No. 3

Avery’s heroics led Newark to state title

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Greg Avery (5) of Newark begins to celebrate in the final seconds of the Wildcats’ 65-52 victory over Lakewood St. Edward in the Division I state championship game on March 15, 2008. Avery dominated the game, scoring 33 points and adding 11 rebounds, three assists and four steals to lead Newark.

The other starters for the Wildcats — post player Dane Kopp, forward Will McCoy and guards Cody Dennison and Rahlin Watson — each played contributing roles in what became Newark’s fourth state championship. Although McCoy scored just four points, he was one of the primary reasons St. Edward’s Tom Pritchard — an Indiana University recruit — was held to nine points on 3-for-7 shooting.

The Wildcats never led by fewer than five points in the second half and stretched the lead to as many as 16 in the final period.

Watson, who plays for Capital University, scored 10 points. Dennison scored eight and Kopp added seven as the Wildcats finished with a 24-4 record.

Avery said the standout performance of the team’s defense made it difficult for St. Edward — and Pritchard in particular — to take good shots.

Dennison, who played two seasons for Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and will play for Tiffin Universi-

ty this season, remembers talking with Avery when both were in elementary school about one day making it to the state tournament.

“He pretty much did everything for us that night,” Dennison said.

“We’d had the mindset to be in that situation since we were in fifth grade, and in my junior year and Greg’s senior year, we finally reached that goal. That will to win got us over the hump.

“I personally tried to give him the ball all the time, and everybody fed off of him. We were all clicking. Everything he was shooting was going in.”

Avery remembers fondly the scene when he and his teammates returned to Newark that night and the celebrations that followed over the coming days.

It was a fitting end to a prep career in which Avery scored 1,131 points. He made third-team allstate and first-team all-district his senior season as he averaged 18.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists. Avery became the sixth player in program history to score more than 1,000 career points.

“I remember driving home and the fans were waiting for us when we got back to our gym,” Avery said. “We had a ceremony and had a day named after us, ‘Newark State Championship Day.’ There was a lot of support from Newark.”

Shortly after the state championship, Avery signed to play collegiately for Western Carolina. He averaged 6.6 points and 3.9 rebounds in 30 games, including four starts, during the 2008-09 season.

After the season, he decided to transfer to the University of Findlay, a Division II school, because of the coming birth of his daughter. During the 2009-10 season for the Oilers, Avery averaged 3.7 points and 2.7 rebounds in 27 games, including five starts.

Despite having what he deemed a successful transition early on to Findlay’s program, longtime coach Ron Niekamp, who retired earlier this year after 26 seasons, told Avery after the season that he “didn’t really fit the system,” Avery said.

In search of a place to play,

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 51-35 win over Wadsworth. The Ohio State recruit made 12 of 14 shots from the floor and was 5-for-6 from the free-throw line while adding five rebounds, four steals and two assists.

8. DARCY FISHBACK, Upper Arlington girls swimming (Feb. 27-28, 2009) — During preliminaries Feb. 27, Fishback broke the state record in the 100-yard butterfly when she finished in 53.38 seconds. She won her fourth state title in the event the next day in 54.17 seconds. Fishback also swam on two state-record relays: the 200 medley (1:43.59) and the 200 freestyle (1:34.24).

7. CHARLES JOHNSON, Watkins Memorial boys basketball (Feb. 24, 1995) — There have been few more

Avery was considering Valdosta State, a Division II school in Valdosta, Ga., when on July 26, 2010, he and two other men were accused of assaulting a man in Myrtle Beach, S.C. “They tried to hit me with a felony, but I didn’t do anything,” Avery said. “It set me back two more steps.”

Avery now is a student at the Newark branch of Ohio State and working for Dennison’s father, Joe, but is hoping to play competitive basketball again soon. He is considering playing on the Division III or NAIA level, or could join a semi-pro team.

surprising performances than what this 5-8 senior guard accomplished in leading the Warriors to a 93-87 overtime upset of second-seeded and state-ranked 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 freethrow line. He added eight rebounds, six steals and five assists.

6. KHALILAH CARPENTER, Brookhaven girls track and field (June 23, 2000) — At the 2000 Division I state meet, the junior broke the meet and state records in the 100 meters with a time of 11.59 seconds on June 2. The next day, she won the 100 in 11.71 and the 200 title in 23.69, a time that lowered the state mark she already held.

5. JEFF BACKES, Upper Arlington football (Dec. 2, 2000) — In leading the Golden Bears to the Division I state title, the 5-9, 180-pound senior turned in a performance worthy of the Ohio Mr. Football award that he had received days earlier. Backes rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries and preserved a 159 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 4-1 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.

Regardless of some of the ups and downs that have occurred for Avery the past three-plus years, he knows the memory of what he helped accomplish with his high school team lives on.

“It’s still unbelievable,” Avery said. “I still talk to guys who played on that team regularly, and for that game I think we all just did everything to get us that ring.

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Greg Avery of the Newark High School boys basketball team couldn’t have been more excited for the spotlight of the Division I state championship game March 15, 2008, against Lakewood St. Edward.

Even now, though, he cringes at how his game started — with a pair of what he considered bad shots, the first of which resulted in a missed layup.

But little else went wrong that night for Avery.

The 6-foot-3 senior tied his career high of 33 points on 14 of 18 shooting and added 11 rebounds, three assists and four steals to lead the Wildcats to a 65-52 victory and their first state championship since 1943 before a crowd of 12,465 at Ohio State’s Value City Arena.

“My first two shots were two of the dumbest shots,”Avery said.

“I wanted to get rolling, and after that I was just in the zone.”

Avery made seven consecutive shots after missing his first attempt, including back-to-back baskets to open the second quarter.

He hit a jumper nine seconds into the period to make it 21-14 and made his only 3-point attempt with 6 minutes, 57 seconds remaining in the quarter to give the Wildcats a 24-14 lead.

After Newark took a 14-point lead midway through the second period, St. Edward rallied to within six before Avery hit a jumper with 7 seconds left in the first half to make it 33-25.

“I really noticed (how well he was playing) the next week watching the game and seeing some of the shots he made,” Newark coach Jeff Quackenbush said. “We ran a play for him at the end of the (first) half and he made this fadeaway (jumper) from about 17 feet.

You know he’s scoring and doing well, but I guess he was just in that zone and we felt really good about the shots he was taking.

“He had a huge steal at the end of the third quarter and just played well the entire game. His whole game, just everything he did, he really competed well that night.”

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Featuring sunrise/sunset balloon launches, Health tethered balloon rides and activities for all ages. Food and drinks will be available.

Medical clinic, 6:30-8:30 p.m. the first The event will benefit the Tina Hermann Wednesday of the month at Vineyard Comand Kody Maynard Healing Hearts Memo- munity Church, 15187 Palmer Road, rial Fund. Call Kim Fleming at (614) 410- Reynoldsburg. Free sports and school phys0979. icals, health screenings and treatment for Bloodmobile, 1-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. non-emergency illnesses are offered. The 3, at Seton Parish, 600 Hill Road N. Call VCC food pantry will be open. Interested Becky at (614) 833-0482 to schedule an health care professionals who would like appointment. to volunteer should call (740) 927-7729.

St. Pius X Festival, 6-11 p.m. Aug. 5 and 6 at the church, 1051 Waggoner Road, Meetings Reynoldsburg. Food, live music, games, Columbus Area Military Wives Club, bingo, Monte Carlo, raffles and silent aucWednesday, Aug. 10, at Kensington Place, tion. Visit www.spxreynoldsburg.com/fesLutheran Village, 100-1 Parkview Blvd., tival.

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Pickerington AmSpirit, 8:30-9:45 a.m.

Fridays at Pizza Cottage, 1000 Old Diley Road. This is a business networking and referral group meeting. Visitors are welcome. Visit amspiritpickerington.com.

Pickerington Toastmasters, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays in the first-floor conference room at Kroger, 1045 Hill Road N. Visit pickerington.freetoasthost.net.

Pickerington Lions Club, meets the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.

For location and time, call 920-0800.

Reynoldsburg/Pickerington Rotary Club, noon Tuesdays at Wesley Ridge Community Center, 2225 state Route 256.

Visit www.rprotary.com or email viperoffice@viperprotectionservices.com for more information.

Pickerington Area Kiwanis Club, noon the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Romeo’s Pizza, 80 W. Church St. All are welcome. Call Deblin Jennings at (614) 833-3803.

Violet Grange, 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of the month at the Grange Hall, 36 Lockville Road.

Beta Sigma Phi-Xi Kappa Omega chapter meets the first Tuesday of each month. For meeting location and time or for membership information, call Norma at (614) 837-4265.

Red Cross recognizes Lenko’s volunteer work The American Red Cross of Greater Columbus recently recognized Pickerington resident Jan Lenko for his volunteer efforts.

He was honored for providing 30 years of service. Lenko is a two-time winner of the Exceptional Volunteer Service Award.

He has been a financial donor for at least the past 19 years, and a member of the Clara Barton Society since 1997.

Lenko has also served on the First Aid Services Team.

Mathews to serve as Ohio Wing commander Col. Gregory L. Mathews of Pickerington is the new Civil Air Patrol Ohio Wing commander, having previously served as the wing’s inspector general.

Presiding over the official change of command ceremony were Brig. Gen. Charles L. Carr Jr., CAP’s national vice commander, and Col. Robert M. Karton, who succeeded Carr as the

Great Lakes Region commander.

In the past 25 years, Mathews has served as the Ohio Wing government relations adviser, as a group commander and at the squadron level as an operations officer and professional development officer.

His CAP career began in 1968 as a cadet, when he was instrumental in forming a new squadron in Kenton, Ohio.

Mathews earned a doctorate in developmental disabilities psychology from The Ohio State University. He is the assistant director and coordinator of professional development and school improvement for the State Support Team Region 11: Educational Service Center of Central Ohio.

Mathews has also served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, attaining the rank of major as an aeromedical operations officer.

He lives in Pickerington with his wife, Kathleen. They have two daughters, Rachel and Catherine.

Mathews also has a son, Heath, who lives with his family in Upper Sandusky.

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Robby Takac wants to play the 5 new songs.

By Jim Fischer

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Celtic rockers Flogging

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working man’s band. With the group’s new record, Speed of Darkness, founder Dave King and mates have taken that motif to a new level, writing the album during a three-month stay in Detroit and focusing on the nation’s economic struggles through the eyes of those in the Motor City.

Plan to get sweaty, pump a fist and raise a wrist with Flogging Molly at Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Friday, July 29. Maryland rock quartet Clutch opens.

Tickets are $27.50/$30. Call 1800-745-3000.

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schooled at OSU), but once a Buckeye, always a Buckeye.

Fracasso’s latest CD, Saint Monday, is another collection of masterfully penned and performed tunes from the singer-songwriter, the release of which he will rightly celebrate with a Saturday, July 30, show at the Columbus Maennerchor.

The gig also marks the final in a seven-year run for Zeppelin Productions at the Maennerchor.

Late July has been swel2 tering, but the first signs of John Fulbright opens.

Tickets are $20. Call (614) 565fall are already here, starting with 6130. the annual appearance of The Ohio State University Marching Band When assessing shows for at Picnic With the Pops and the 4 inclusion in the Fab Five, The Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Beat takes into account a variety of The dual (if not dueling) batons factors, not the least of which is our of Albert-George Schram and Dr. core demographic, by which we Jon Woods will again lead the fes- mean, more than just our family and tivities for the first tailgate party of friends. the year — Friday and Saturday, July For example, there are shows like 29-30, on the lawn at Chemical Ab- rollicking piano-based blues-rocker stracts Service. Tickets are $20 for J. Roddy Ralston and The Busiadults and $8 for children ages 3-14. ness Thursday, Aug. 4, at The BaseFor tickets or other information, call ment ($10/$12; 1-800-745-3000), (614) 228-8600. which could be cool for folks looking for something off the beaten path.

Oh, it’s been a long time Or We The Kings, a formulaic 3 since Michael Fracasso called power-pop band from Florida that Ohio home (born in Steubenville, might just fit the bill for the ’tween

daughters of our readers that plays the Newport Music Hall Saturday, July 30 ($15; 1-800-745-3000). Or something for our fellow college kids of the ’80s, as Mötley Crüe and Poison rock the Schottenstein Center Tuesday, Aug. 2 ($125/$27.50; 1800-745-3000).

And then what often happens is, we come up with a way to cheat and put in more than five.

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BONUS: As a Critic Crony once said (and we paraphrase), “It’s the biggest gol-durn fair in the world.”

The reference was to the Ohio State Fair, which gets under way this week. KE$HA gets the entertainment slate under way today (Thursday, July 28) and the rest of the schedule has, as always, a little something for everyone, highlighted by: Seether, July 31; David Crowder Band, Aug. 1; Loretta Lynn and the Oak Ridge Boys, Aug. 2; Journey/Foreigner/ Night Ranger, Aug. 5; and Melissa Etheridge, Aug. 6. Brad Paisley headlines the final-night show at Crew Stadium Sunday, Aug. 7.

And we’re especially excited to see Meat Loaf on the schedule for our birthday — not a reference to our obsession with fair food.

Visit www. ohiostate fair. com for all Meat Loaf the details.

And he wants to play the old songs.

“Our newest thing, to us, is always the most urgent,” the bassist for the Goo Goo Dolls told The Beat. “We’ve started playing Sweetest Lie (first track on the band’s latest CD, Something for the Rest of Us) during our ‘charge up songs’ to open the set. A lot of times, people don’t know those songs as well, because we also use some early songs in there, too.”

Turns out he wants to play all the songs.

“When we get to Slide, it’s often the first song people know really well,” he said. “And if you don’t play Black Goo Goo Dolls Balloon or Iris, someone’s going to be upset, and we don’t want that to Goo Goo Dolls, with openers Michelle Branch happen. People relate to certain songs.” and Parachute, will play Lifestyle CommuThen he added, sagaciously, “To not nities Pavilion Tuesday, Aug. 2. Tickets are pay some sort of homage to the pro- $35/$37. Call 1-800-745-3000. gression of what you’re doing is a sureWhich is not to say it’s a simple equafire way to stop the progression of what tion. Takac admitted he took far too long you’re doing.”

The progression has spanned 25 years to treat the band like a professional career now since Takac and guitarist-singer John (“I always worked hard, but at some point, Rzeznik first made music together in Buf- you have to consider the way you live your falo, N.Y. (“More than half of my life … life and how it affects what you do.”) and it’s unfathomable,” Takac said with appro- that replicating commercial success doesn’t come without pitfalls (“I’d be lying if I priate incredulity.)

While Takac and Rzeznik remain from said that doesn’t weigh on John in some the original lineup, drummer Mike Malin- capacity.”)

So the band is focused on the new songs, in has been with the band for more than 15 years, and Takac said there are members of like Sweetest Lie, of which Takac said he the band’s touring crew who have worked was amazed when people were singing along for them for more than a decade; and they’ve in concert before the record came out, “just from people posting videos online from their had the same manager for 20 years.

“It’s a gang of people who interact on a camera phones,” and Home, which he said pretty intense level,” he admitted. “It’s a is “something new — a new vibe, so we family-type situation, so you have some have a real excitement for that song.” The feelings and situations like any relationship. new vibe is part of 25 years of progression.

But it boils down to a magic that you can’t “Phases are something you only see in explain.” retrospect,” Takac explained of the band’s For its first decade, the band hewed close- evolution. “When you don’t see your sisly to its post-punk, garage band roots — ter’s kid for a few years, you might not recand to do it for a decade means some level ognize her, but it’s business as usual for your of success. But over the following three sister. years, the band released A Boy Named Goo “Bands that stay together are ones who and Dizzy Up the Girl and the definition of know what they do,” he added. “They change success changed. The more polished adult within their suit rather than change their rock was radio- and audience-friendly, and suit.” catapulted the band toward superstardom.

Since then, the band has done little wrong, For more from the Goo Goo Dolls’ Robby if record sales and charted singles are any Takac, read the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeekindication.

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Milestone 229: Come for the views, stay for the food The food could have totally been beside the point at Milestone 229. Born lucky in an expensively rehabbed neighborhood loaded with stunning things to gawk at, Milestone could have skated by on its good looks and its eye-candy setting: the people magnet that is the impressive new Scioto Mile development.

Speaking of Scioto Mile, on one side of Milestone is a showpiece waterpark where highly stimulated kids run wildly through elaborately alternating spurts of water and adults stare in wonder. At night, the modern, sculptural, halo-like fountains ethereally produce fog, become a thrilling and hypnotic light show and are sometimes the watery screen for filmic projections.

On the opposite side of Milestone are the most spectacular vistas of downtown Columbus visible from any eatery.

Really, to sit on Milestone’s big, looping one-of-a-kind patio is to realize how sexy our city can be.

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by G. A. BENTON Cleverly, this restaurant — which is run by the Columbus Brewing Company folks — is constructed along swooping arcs that echo those halo-form fountains. Elliptical, expansive and roomy, Milestone 229 is a neat-looking, modernist metal-and-glass building. And its patio has clearly upped the ante on scenic outdoor eating in central Ohio.

But Milestone is not just another pretty face. Because though its mob-attracting location would’ve ensured a captive audience even if it served awful food, Milestone’s gone the extra … er, mile and hired a real chef (Rigsby’s veteran Christian Hattemer) who’s fashioned an allAmerican, local- and fine-ingredientsourcing menu. While Milestone’s food is hardly daring, it is carefully prepared,

By Jodi Miller/ThisWeek

Tempura Battered Fish sandwich at Milestone 229.

scratch-made stuff that aims for, and consistently hits, the familiar-disheswith-chef’s-flourishes target.

The house cocktails ($9) follow a similar trajectory. Made with very good ingredients, none I tried were stinkers, but my favorite has been the perfectly named seasonal cooler called Summer Splash (Watershed gin, muddled cu-

cumber and fresh lime in refreshing harmony).

Appetizers are presented with fun and verve. They range from a heavy but pleasing Skillet Mac ‘n Cheese ($7.25, huge, with a lively cheese blend, smoky bacon and toasted panko breadcrumbs served in a black skillet) to the mandatory Calamari (wittily spilling out of a Chinese takeout container) to a mayorich and abundantly red-peppered Pimento Cheese dip ($7.25) to a neat medley called Wine Quartet ($10.50, salty olives, seasoned nuts, a decent beet and orange salad, and the upstaging star of a salmon mousse).

There are also handmade, hearty and rustic pizzas on thick, crispy crusts (like a salty and pungent gorgonzola and roasted mushroom, $12.50). Entree salads were solid, too, like the Wild Alaskan Salmon ($13.50), with wasabi peas, a gingery dressing and a thick miso/peanuttype sauce.

Entree-wise, I tried a perfectly cooked,

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OK steak (Grilled Barrel Cut Sirloin, $22) with a suave hoochy sauce, topnotch green beans plus a nifty multiplepotato hash, and a fresh-tasting and attractively plated Potato Crusted Great Lakes Walleye ($22) with a golden crispy spud shell, asparagus and creamed corn sauce. While both were good, Milestone’s giant sandwiches (all about $10) were equally satisfying, yet a lot cheaper — and they arrive with nice, crisp fries, either vinegar-tinged or of the sweet potato variety.

My favorite sandwich was the standout, banh-mi-accented Tempura Battered fish. Also easily gulpable were the Three Little Pigs Porkout and a heavily herbed homemade bratwurst burger.

Inevitable ending: Milestone 229 — come for the views, stay for the food.

Independent yogurt shop gives fresh spin to frozen confection Fans of a hot trend, Joey Chong and her family decided to play it cool.

Not an easy thing to do in 90degree weather.

Devotees of frozen yogurt, they wanted to open a store but were unimpressed with the inflexibility of national chains.

So they went out on their own.

On Saturday, on yet another sweltering day in central Ohio, they opened Matcha in the restaurant-diverse Bethel Centre. The independent store plays to the desires of the customer, Chong said.

“I have been helping my fam-

ily and relatives with their restaurant business for many years and now I get to try a different food,” she said. “It’s dessert. When the idea of opening a frozen-yogurt store came up from the family, I was very excited because I already had frozen yogurt a few times in the East Coast and loved it so much.”

Matcha, a type of Japanese green tea, offers 10 flavors a day, from the traditional — vanilla and chocolate — to the more exotic — pomegranate-raspberry, mango and, of course, matcha.

The plan is to rotate the flavors

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

The Chong family has opened Matcha Frozen Yogurt at 1462 Bethel Road in the Bethel Centre. The shop offers 10 flavors of frozen yogurt with more than 40 toppings.

often to see what customers favor, she said. Comment cards will be provided at the store.

Matcha is self-serve. Customers are given a 16-ounce cup and can fill it with as many flavors and toppings as they desire. The price is 44 cents an ounce.

The real gems, she said, are the toppings, which total more than 40. Again, there are the typical options, such as nuts, granola and M&Ms, plus others that are more likely to be found in a bubble-tea store, including coconut jellies, mochi (ice cream wrapped in a soft, thin Japanese rice cake), sweetened red and green beans and popping boba (tapioca pearls filled with fruit juice).

Fruit will always be fresh, never mushy, she promised.

“When I travel, I always look for something different or try some local restaurants,” she said.

“We will keep searching around for more unique foods and toppings to serve with yogurt.”

Matcha is among a new wave of frozen-yogurt purveyors in central Ohio, which includes Orange Leaf, Red Mango, Josie’s and Cuzzins.

Dean Small, founder and managing partner Synergy Restaurant Consultants near San Diego,

said the resurgence of frozen yogurt can be attributed to a couple of factors. For starters, it is perceived as a healthier option than ice cream. Also, people tend to migrate toward indulgences in a bad economy.

“Comfort food always plays well,” he said.

Small likes the build-your-own option being offered by Matcha and other frozen-yogurt places.

“You’re putting the onus on them to create their own little masterpiece,” he said.

Still, he sees a danger in oversaturation and lack of creativity from some frozen-yogurt vendors.

“Some of them just aren’t that innovative,” he said.

“I still think that frozen yogurt is very popular,” he added. “I don’t see it going away any time soon.”

Matcha seats 20 in 1,500 square feet of space at 1462 Bethel Road.

It is open for lunch and dinner hours daily. For more information, call (614) 564-9154.

Element Pizza is slated to open Aug. 1. The new pizzeria will take over the former Plugged Nickel location at 250 N. Third St. in

downtown Columbus. The store opening was delayed after a car hit www.ThisWeekNews.com/foodandwine the building in Hot enough? Wine guru early June.

The place, Roger Gentile gives an enthuowned by siastic recommendation to the Daniel and Colli dei Tegli Bianco, an ItalDawn Lunsford, ian white suited to warm sumwill offer pizzas mer days. made from Don’t forget to vote in the Roger Gentile hand-tossed dough. There 11th annual Readers Poll: will be 10 sig- Columbus Dining. Three lucky people will get nature pizzas, a $50 gift certificate to Bravo. plus a buildRecipe of the week your-own option.

Mr. Lunsford said Element will feature housecured bacon and homemade ciabatta bread for sandwiches.

There will be no pizza by the slice, but the store will offer Grilled mahi-mahi over risotto with mango but8-inch personal ter, courtesy of Keile Baney of Liberty Tavern. pizzas for lunch. and dinner hours six days a week, There will be seating for about closed Sunday. For more infor30. Element will be open for lunch mation, call (614) 232-8871.

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When Experience Matters the Most, call The Acker-Bick Realty Group.

With 123 years combined real estate experience, The Acker-Bick Realty Group provides the expertise and knowledge to facilitate all your buying, selling and investment needs!

Let us help you find your dream home before school starts

• 3,140 sq. ft.

• 4 Bed/2.5 Bath • 2 Decks • Full Basement • 26 x 40 Garage • Custom Built

• 3,236 sq. ft.

• 5 Level Split • Deck & Patio

• 4 Bed/3.5 Bath • Bonus Room • S/S Appliances

• 4 Bed/2.5 Bath • New Furnace

• 1,663 sq. ft. Condo • 2 Bed/2.5 Bath • Full Finished Bsmt. • Private Court • Only Had 1 Owner • Immaculate!!

Beth Bick 614.581.8152

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• 55+ Independent Living • All New Appliances • Laminate Floor • Home Warranty

• 2,405 sq. ft.

• Ravine Setting • Lg Loft

• 3 Beds/2.5 Baths • 1st Flr MBR • 2 Sty Greatroom

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• 2 Beds/2.5 Baths • Detached Condo • Phenomenal Views • 2 Car Garage • Gated Community

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Elton Acker 614.361.4441

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• 2,040 sq. ft.

• 4 Bed/2.5 Bath • 3 Season Room • 2 Fireplaces • Deck/Hot Tub • .75 Acres

• 2474 Sq Ft • Lg Deck w/Gazebo • 3 Car Garage • Well maintained • Curb Appeal Plus • Ready Move In

0 ,90 6 3 $1

• 1,516 sq. ft. Condo • 2 Bedrooms • 1 Full & 2 Half • Canini Built Baths • Finished Bsmt.

• Washer/Dry Stay

• 3 Bed/2 Bath • Fenced Yard • Canal Schools

00 9,9 8 $1

• 4 Bed/2.5 Bath • 1,744 sq. ft.

• Many Updates • M/I Built • Large Basement • Deck/Large Yard

0 ,90 4 2 $1

00 4,9 7 $1

• 1,452 sq. ft.

• M/I Ranch • New A/C

00 3,0 4 $1

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• 2,000+ sq. ft.

• Fenced Yard • New A/C

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Email us at Agents@AckerBickRealty.com or call us today! We want to earn your business!!

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• Built in 1912 • Oak Flooring • Original woodwork • Lots of Character • Lease Option Considered

• 2 Bed/1 Bath • 1,032 sq. ft.

• Private Deck • 1.5 Car Garage • Completely Remodeled

• 4 Bed/1 Bath • 2 Car Garage

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• 1,344 sq. ft.

• Full Bsmt.

• Lot 40 x 120

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• 988 sq. ft.

• .28 Acres

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• 2 Bed/1 Bath

0 ,90 8 $3

• 3 Bed/1 Bath • 2,146 sq. ft.

• 32 x 40 Garage • Double Lot • Original 1900 Home With Additions

0 ,90 9 $9

PRICE REDUCED • 3 Beds/2 baths • Ranch Home • 2/3 acre • Full Fin Bsmt • Lg Deck & Patio • Lots of trees

• 3,828 sq. ft.

• Wooded Lot • Bonus Room

• 4 Bed/4.5 Bath • 1st Floor Master • Finished Bsmt.

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• Main House • 2,762 sq. ft.

• Lots Of Parking • Garden Area • Apartment + Potential Business Area

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• 864 sq. ft.

• Condo • Tenant Rights

• 2 Bed/1 Bath • 1 Car Garage

00 2,9 3 $1

• 3 Bed/1.1 Bath • 1,373 sq. ft.

• Neutral Décor • Many Updates • Private, Fenced Backyard

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• 3 Bed/1 Bath • 1,082 sq. ft.

• 3 Season Porch • Fenced Backyard • All Appliances+ Washer and Dryer

• 5 Beds/2 baths • 1,612 sq. ft • Screened Porch • Fenced Yard • Bi-level • 2 kitchens

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• 1,256 sq. ft.

• Lg. Kitchen • Sold As Is

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• 4 Bed/2 Bath • 3 Season Porch • Move In Ready

• 1,140 sq. ft.

• 3 Bed/2 Bath • Ranch w/Bsmt. • Many Updates • Fenced Yard • S/S Appliances

• 1,488 sq. ft.

• 3 Bed/1 Bath • Large Attic • Full Walkout • Can Be Turned Into Duplex Again

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