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Prairie Township budget looking bleak Approval of JEDD by voters in November would rebuild revenue stream By CARLA SMITH ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The Prairie Township Board of Trustees has approved a preliminary budget for 2012 that includes cuts to infrastructure improvements and safety forces. Prairie Township administrator Tracy Hatmaker presented the proposed budg-
et at the board’s regular meeting July 13. The budget reflects what the revenue stream will look like by next year — significantly reduced by at least 25 percent due to aggressive state funding cuts to the Local Government Fund. “This is an outline of a bleak 2012 proposed budget,” Hatmaker said. “Without these cuts, there would be $300,000 in deficit spending from the
general fund alone.” Hatmaker said the budget does not reflect revenue that can be captured if voters approve the creation of a JEDD (Joint Economic Development District) in November. “If this budget goes forward, the quality of life in Prairie Township will go down,” trustee Steve Kennedy said. “Hopefully, none of these cuts have to
be made. This is a budget process and the most responsible thing to do is work with the money we have.” For 2012, Hatmaker said, the township will have $9.7 million in revenue and the same amount in expenditures. In order not to spend more than the township takes in, Hatmaker said, drastic cuts that have to be made include: • Cutting the zoning department by
$50,000, which would reduce manpower in the office and affect how the township runs its nuisance program. • Cutting the road maintenance program in half for a savings of $129,000. • Cutting $17,000 in administrative costs. • Eliminating the senior center. • Reducing the contract with the See PRAIRIE, page A2
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It was 6 p.m. on a Saturday and Stephanie Wimbish had been walked twice, let out for a playgroup, fed breakfast and lunch, and seen a steady stream of faces peering into her cage. Wimbish, CHA Animal Shelter director, was one of several volunteers who spent 24 hours sharing a cage with a shelter dog July 9 as part of an event dubbed “Trading Spaces.” The volunteers ate when the dogs ate, went for walks when the dogs walked and played when the dogs played. “The purpose was to bring attention to the long-term animals,” she said. “Not everyone gets adopted in one or two days. Sometimes it takes months.” Wimbish’s cage mate, for example, was a 2-and-a-half-yearold boxer mix named Benson who has been at the shelter for three months. “Dogs get overlooked when they’ve been in a shelter for a certain amount of time,” Wimbish said. “I think there’s a perception that if they’ve been in a shelter for awhile, there’s something wrong with them.” She said that perception couldn’t be further from the truth. “It means (the people who pass the animals by) are missing out,” she said. Sharing space with the animals for 24 hours also gave the volunteers insight into what it’s like to be locked in the cage for the majority of the day like the animals are. Wimbish said she was amazed by how quickly she longed for people to come and talk to her and how exciting it was when those looking to adopt an animal came through the shelter. “We can’t believe how happy we are when people come talk to us,” Wimbish said. “I’m sure by (the time this is over), I’ll be spinning in circles and jumping.” Volunteer Katie Stenman shared a cage with 5-and-a-halfyear-old Poet, who has been at CHA for six months after living in another shelter for two years. She said she, too, was surprised at how exciting it was when people came to let her out of her cage. She said she also learned how intrusive it seems when people come and stick their fingers into the cage to pet the dogs, something she said she often does. “I think I’m being sweet, and when I’m in here, it’s kind of annoying,” she said. See CHA ANIMAL, page A2
One of the Franklin County Fair’s most popular events takes place Tuesday, July 19, when the Junior Fair musical freestyle horse performance is held at 6 p.m. in the horse arena. Musical freestyle is an event where 4-H members ages 8-18 dress themselves and their horses in costumes and perform a choreographed 2- to 4minute routine with three types of skill requirements set to music. Two judges give scores to five elements in the routine, the scores are totaled, and ribbons are awarded to the first- to tenth-place finishers in seven classifications. “It’s just a fun event for people to watch, and it’s always very well-attended,” said Melissa Brinkerhoff, a member of the Franklin County Agricultural Society’s board of directors, which owns the fairgrounds. “I like to see the kids when they start out as beginners, and see them improve their riding skills through their years of 4-H and participation at the Franklin County Fair.” Lori Raugh and her daughter, Rachael, are cochairs of the fair’s musical freestyle event. Her son and husband help out with the music. “We’ve been running it a number of years now,” Lori Raugh said. “We’ve tweaked it to the event it is today. It’s real fun for the kids. They have a blast putting it together. The parents get just as excited and involved as the 4-H members themselves.” Musical freestyle can involve any kind of music, Raugh said, although the songs are screened in advance for length and lyrical content. The costumes See MUSICAL, page A2
Area school group provides tornado relief By MARLA K. KUHLMAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers
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(Above) Chelle Smith, 11-year-old Eliah Smith and Cindy Hickey watch as the crew from Loewendick Demolition Contractors begins work to demolish the Hometown Inn, at 4601 W. Broad St. (Below) Gary Worthington, with Loewendick, keeps water on the inn to reduce the amount of dust from the demolition.
Tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., was a classroom of life lessons for Columbus Academy students and teachers who spent a week performing relief work there recently. “It was one of those experiences that slaps everything in your life into perspective,” said Karen Mozenter, an academy teacher from Gahanna. “It makes you see everything with a new lens. I’ll never look at things the same way again. Those people went from life like ours to nothing but the clothes on their back and the few items they could sift out of the rubble.” Recent graduate Alex Shahade of Dublin joined several others on the trip. Academy senior Mark Morford saw pictures of Joplin before and after the May 22 tornado. “The pictures didn’t tell the tale,” he said. “It was kind of hard at some points. There was so much wreckage.” The school’s volunteer service group of two teachers and four students worked through the National Relief Network, performing residential demolition and volunteering at a Salvation Army distribution center. “It was a very powerful experience,” said Tim Morford, an academy history teacher. “The scope of the destruction is indescribable. The work, mostSee TORNADO RELIEF, page A2
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Prairie Township budget looking bleak Continued from page A1 Franklin County Sheriff’s Department by 20 percent, which equates to about $55,600 in savings for the township. Most worrisome to residents is the reduction in the sheriff’s contract. Residents have said the township can’t afford to reduce any law enforcement —
especially with a new casino being built nearby. “All these cuts, to me, are quality-oflife issues,” Kennedy said. “They are not easy, but the responsible thing to do to balance the budget.” Kennedy said the board could raise property taxes by going after inside millage or use the rest of the rainy day fund,
about $5 million. But he said the most creative and responsible thing to do is to ask residents to approve the JEDD. The JEDD does not increase taxes to Prairie Township residents, but instead redirects tax money back to Prairie Township from those individuals who are working within the established business district.
“We will fully reinstate all the cuts when the JEDD passes,” Kennedy said. “We want to start hearing from people about how important the senior center is or how important the sheriff’s contract is.” If the JEDD issue passes in November, Hatmaker said, the township could start collecting on JEDD revenue by the
middle of next year. The township could use a portion of the rainy day fund to pay bills in the meantime, then reimburse the rainy day fund when the JEDD revenue collection kicks in, he said. “I have to believe that the majority of the residents will support a JEDD,” Kennedy said. Csmithwestside@aol.com
Musical freestyle a favorite at the fair Continued from page A1 have to relate to the song, and the horse’s outfit doesn’t have to match the rider. Lori said Rachael once dressed up as Maid Marian and her horse was dressed as Robin Hood. Props, including other 4-H members, are also a popular element of musical freestyle. For example, in an Olympic-themed routine, Rachael’s brother and cousin formed a torch relay. Raugh said the event averages 40 competitors annually and can last up to four hours. “It just gets better all the time, and it’s one of the crowd favorites of the whole fair,” Raugh said. “I just love seeing the creativity and imagination that the kids have with their costumes and routines.” The Franklin County Fair continues through July 23 at the Franklin County Fairgrounds. Tickets cost $5 or $6. For more information, call 614-876-7235 or visit www.fcfair.org
Carly Bedinghaus (left) and Abby Russell prepare to start their program in last year’s Team Class in the Junior Fair musical freestyle horse performance. Their routine was from “Remember the Titans.”
TORNADO RELIEF “He saw a wall of black clouds approaching, heard the familiar railroad sound and hurried into his basement as things started crashing around him,” Morford wrote. “He crawled under a table and says he thought he was going to die. … He came outside to an unrecognizable but silent scene. The next thing he saw was one man running down the middle of the street, screaming, ‘like in a horror movie.’ It was his neighbor’s son, looking for his parents.” Senior Stephan Kim blogged on June 23 that his arms were scraped, his legs bruised and his entire body itched of fiberglass. “But my experience here has been priceless, indescribable and
will forever be in my heart,” he said. “Today we attacked a new house that looked like it was impossible, but I wish I could show you the improvement we made just in one day: amazing. This trip overall was so humbling and made me realize the small things in life.” Kim said he hopes Columbus Academy students could try to empathize with a tornado victim. Mozenter has performed a variety of service work, but she said nothing compares with the Joplin relief efforts. “You felt that you were part of it, making a difference,” she said. “You really got a sense of what it was like. It wasn’t like we were helping a community different from ours.”
Volunteer Jamie Orebaugh said staying in the cages with the dogs is a reminder of what social animals they are and of how much they need and crave time to interact with people and other dogs. “Shelter animals, they need interaction. They need enrichment,” Orebaugh said. “We can stand up and talk to each other, but they can’t.” Orebaugh said the volunteers are so used to interacting with the animals outside of their cages that it was surprising to watch them inside their cages, where they don’t put their best feet forward. In the cages, otherwise calm dogs bark, turn circles and jump for attention, Orebaugh said. “The hardest part of it is seeing my dog. He lays here and he looks so sad,” Orebaugh said. “Now I really want to take them all home with me.” Shelter development director Terri Montigny said the Trading Spaces event underscores the importance of the shelter’s enrichment program, which provides the animals with toys, needed
playtime and, sometimes, trips to doggy daycare. “We just try to do anything we can to stimulate them,” Montigny said. “We believe their mental health is just as important as their physical health. They get bored.” And bored animals act out, have behavioral problems in their cages and chew on themselves, making them harder to adopt, Montigny said. For the enrichment program, the shelter takes donations of durable toys that can be filled with food for the dogs, and scratch pads and toys for the cats, Montigny said. The shelter also collects monetary donations for an enrichment fund, and that money is used for doggy daycare, to buy toys or to by inexpensive materials that shelter volunteers can make into stimulating toys. The Trading Spaces event is part of a weeklong promotion, during which any dog that has been at the shelter for 90 days or more can be adopted for $25 and any cat that has been at the shelter for 90 days or more can be adopted for $5. For more information on CHA, visit www. chaanimalshelter.org.
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Continued from page A1 ly demolition and removal of debris, as well as some sorting and distribution of donated goods, was exhausting and yet immensely rewarding. The stories we heard and the gratitude shown by the residents of Joplin will remain with us long after the town is rebuilt.” Even though the work from June 19 to 25 felt like “a drop in the bucket,” Mozenter said, it was rewarding as a teacher to see the effect the trip had on students. “It was transformative to see how responsible they were and how they dealt with the people they met,” she said. “We had the opportunity to meet with the homeowners of our work sites.” In a trip blog, Morford describes the experience of Sam, a high school art teacher.
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The West High School Alumni Association will sponsor its annual golf outing Friday, Aug. 12, at the Phoenix Golf Links, 3413 Jackson Pike. The format will be a four-person scramble. Participation is $60 per person, with proceeds benefiting the West High School scholarship fund. Only one person per foursome needs to be a WHS alum. For information, or to register, visit www.westhighalumni.com or call Joe Ditrick at (614) 850-7024. The deadline for entries and payment is Friday, July 29.
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Dan Witteman, who coaches the Westland boys and Grove City girls tennis programs, helps the participants of the South-Western Youth Team Tennis Clinic spread out and get ready for a drill on July 7. The clinic is divided into sections for first through third grades and fourth through sixth grades and teaches the basics of the sport.
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Grove City’s Sierra Massey was first introduced to tennis at about 5 years old when she would hit tennis balls in the driveway with her father, Vincent. But Massey, now 11, hadn’t taken the game seriously until recently after meeting Dan Witteman during a visit to the park. Witteman, who coaches the boys tennis team at Westland High School and the girls team at Grove City, invited Massey to attend the South-Western Youth Team Tennis program at Westland. “This is fun, and I enjoy it,” said Massey, who will be a sixth-grader at Park Street Intermediate School. “I’ve learned some new rules about tennis. It’s hard work.” Witteman said Massey has learned the game quickly. He even invited her to attend his girls team’s summer sessions at Grove City, where she practiced with the Greyhounds. Witteman and his staff hope others follow in Massey’s footsteps and take up tennis at a young age. “Sierra is very enthusiastic about this,” Witteman said. “She loves this. This isn’t just hitting the ball to the net. There are some related activities.” The program began June 9 and is held on Thursdays until July 28. Midwest Youth Team Tennis is sponsoring the program in conjunction with the United States Tennis Association. The camp is offered to children in grades one through six. Each session is one hour. There are 18 children in the session for grades one through three and 12 in the session for grades four through six. The younger children use smaller equipment and court dimensions while the older children use regulation equipment and court dimensions. Following USTA guidelines, foam balls that are larger than tennis balls are being used in both age groups. Beginning, intermediate and advanced players are participating. Drills for the younger players include dropping and catching a ball on a racquet and balancing a ball on a racquet. Drills for the older age group include directing shots over the net in an attempt to land the ball in the service area. James VanDyne, the coordinator of the Youth Tennis League in Pickerington, is assisting Witteman. VanDyne is a chemistry teacher at Westland. Shaela Hinckley, the girls tennis coach at Westland, also is as-
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sisting the program. “The goal is to get these kids interested in tennis, get them wanting to play tennis and getting them just to like playing,” Hinckley said. “They love being here and it’s fun to get to know some other kids and see how when they get it right the excitement in their eyes and their enthusiasm.” Other volunteer assistants are Renee Stoudt, a 2010 Westland graduate and sophomore tennis player at Muskingum University, and Carlos Martinez, a senior tennis player at Westland. Children who attend the program receive a racquet, T-shirt, wristband, visor and junior membership in the USTA. “I love this,” Witteman said. “This really means something to me. I wouldn’t be coaching tennis here for 38 years if this didn’t mean something to me. I hope we have 30 kids that leave here that like tennis. That’s my goal.” fdirenna@thisweeknews.com
(Above left) Cadence Gargac, 5, takes part in a hand-eye coordination drill during the camp. (Above right) Zachary Iles, 6, gets a high five from Westland tennis player Carlos Martinez upon completion of a drill. (Left) Emma Malkowski, 8, hits the ball at the fence as Michael Cappuzzello, 7, waits his turn.
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Backes powered Bears’ run to state title By PATRICK DOLAN
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In the days leading up to the 2000 Division I state championship game between the Upper Arlington High School football team and Solon, Golden Bears running back and safety Jeff Backes was named Ohio’s Mr. Football. More than 10 years later, Backes admits that he felt some additional pressure to play well because of the award. However, he didn’t let the pressure get the best of him as he rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries and preserved a 15-9 victory on Dec. 2, 2000, at Fawcett Stadium in Canton with an interception with less than a minute remaining. UA finished 15-0 and became the first central Ohio team to win the big-school state title since the inception of the playoffs in 1972. “No other Mr. Football (honorees) had won the state championship, so in a way there was some added pressure,” said Backes, a 2001 UA graduate who went on to play for Northwestern University. “But I was confident in my teammates and my own abilities.” Darrell Mayne, who was UA’s coach at the time, would have preferred the Mr. Football announcement to have been made after the championship game. “As a coach, you don’t want one of your (players) to have that honor bestowed on them before a big game like that,” said Mayne, who coached the Bears from 19982004. “That just adds to the adrenaline flow of the opponent. But what Jeff did that game is a testament to his toughness because he rose to that challenge. “It was a tremendous performance on his part. He had a great supporting cast, but nonetheless it was a great performance. Any time you rush for 180 yards in a Division I state championship game, I think that’s a superior performance.”
ThisWeek Community Newspapers has been around for 22 years. That timeframe was used as the basis to compile a top-10 list of the top individual performances we’ve covered. Along with the experienced sports staff at ThisWeek and Steve Blackledge, high school reporter at The Columbus Dispatch, we arrived at a top-10 list. Below are Nos. 6-10. Check back next week for No. 4 and let us know your thoughts at ThisWeekSPORTS.com.
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Jeff Backes, who was named Mr. Football the week of the 2000 Division I state final, rushed for 183 yards and had a game-saving interception in a 15-9 win over Solon.
Backes, who was 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds in his senior season at UA, opened the scoring in the championship game with a 15yard touchdown run with 8 minutes, 23 seconds left in the first quarter. The two-point conversion gave UA an 8-0 lead. On the touchdown run, Backes took the handoff from quarterback Brian Ramey on a draw play and broke a tackle by Solon safety Steve Watson at the 5-yard line. Solon, which finished 14-1, reached the end zone in the second quarter but failed to convert the two-point conversion and trailed 8-6 at halftime. The Comets got the ball to start the second half but went three-and-out, and the ensuing punt gave UA the ball on its own 38. On the Bears’ first offensive play of the second half, Backes took the handoff from Ramey and ran to the right behind left tackle Simon Fraser and left guard Matt
Lisi, both of whom pulled on the play. Backes got to the outside and outraced Solon linebacker Marc Leighton and Comets cornerbacks J.T. Staiger and Justin Bitner down the right side to the end zone for a 62-yard touchdown. The extra point by John Tarpy gave UA a 15-6 lead with 10:53 left in the third quarter. “It was a beautiful lead block by Simon Fraser, and Jeff popped it and went down the sideline,” Mayne said. “They weren’t going to catch him.” “Two linemen were pulling on the play,” Backes said. “We had an athletic line, which allowed us to do a lot of counter plays. (The linemen) made their blocks, and it turned into a footrace (to the end zone).” Solon cut the deficit to 15-9 on a 36-yard field goal by Tim Echan with 4:18 left in the third quarter but wouldn’t cross into Bears territory again until its final posses-
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Athletes discuss traits of what makes a good coach One of the most critical aspects in the development of a young person comes when an older individual provides a model on how to grow and be successful. While parents set the standard for influencing their daughters and sons, coaches can have an enormous impact on how student-athletes perceive themselves, how hard they want to work to get better and how they make adjustments when things go right or wrong. This week, the high school student-athletes writing in my summer series detail the qualities they like best in their coaches. Napoleon Bell, Hartley, football and wrestling: “I like a coach whose top goals are not only the success of the team but also are geared towards the betterment of the athletes and people around him.” Morgan Ransom, Columbus Academy, golf: “I love having a coach who wants what is best for me and is willing to push me to be the best. It is also important that a coach is there for you on a bad day.” Mary Wells, Westerville Central, bowling: “To me, the key things for being a successful coach is knowledge of the sport and being patient with the athlete.” Michela Paradiso, Upper Arlington, soccer and basketball: “I like an intense coach who coaches me to improve every day and who knows the potential of his or her players and refuses to let them fall short.” Jimmy Gammill, New Albany, football: “I like coaches who have a sense of humor and who are relaxed, but at the same time with that
coach, you know you can’t slack off and always have to work hard.” Jake Blankenship, Gahanna, pole vault: “What is important to me is that a coach has experience in pole vaulting and has had multiple different inputs from other coachLARRY es and how to be successful in vaulting.” LARSON Austin Cuervo, St. Charles, golf: “I like a coach that is laid back and easy going, but is always confident in their team and always wants to compete at the highest level of play.” Chase Delande, Hilliard Davidson, football and wrestling: “What is important to me is that a coach is willing to get you to be the best and puts time into your effort. Also, I like coaches who will help you prepare for the next level of your sport.” Faith Washington, Reynoldsburg, track: “I like to see motivation and sometimes frustration from a coach because it shows that they care about their athletes and want to bring out the best in them.” Next week, the student-athletes will write about one of the vital crossroads in their careers: how to handle defeat and disappointment. I’ll see you at a game. Larry Larson is a former athletics director at Grandview High School. He can be heard as “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM.
Sports briefs Titanium Lacrosse adding ‘Elite’ teams Titanium Lacrosse is adding an “Elite” teams program to help prepare high school boys to play on the Division I college level. The program initially will include three teams: Titanium Elite 2014, Titanium Elite 2013 and Titanium Elite 2012. The teams are expected to play in one fall and two summer recruiting tournaments on the East Coast. The player-selection process involves: •Aug. 21: Deadline for player nominations. Players must be nominated by a high school or club lacrosse coach. Nomination forms are available at www.titaniumlacrosse.com.
•Aug. 31: Prospective team members will be invited to try out. •Sept. 10-11: Tryouts at Dublin Jerome High School. •Sept. 15: Selected players invited to join Titanium Elite.
Classes set for volleyball officials Classes are being offered to those interested in becoming a high school volleyball referee. The classes, with instructors Steve and Barb Strome, are scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays from Monday, July 18, through Aug. 15 at Westerville North High School. For more information, call (614) 901-8495 or email stevestrome@aol.com.
sion, which started from its own 30 with 1:40 remaining in the game. The Comets needed just five plays to reach the UA 22. Then, after an incomplete pass on first down, Solon quarterback Jay Price tried to hit running back Scott Greenberg, who had lined up as a receiver, down the middle of the field in the end zone. However, Backes stepped in front of Greenberg and intercepted the pass at the goal line, returning the ball to the UA 11 with 46 seconds left. “They were in a four-receiver set and were trying to stretch the field and get one of the seams,” Mayne said. “The quarterback put a little bit of a loft on the ball and right away I thought, ‘Man, I think Jeff will pick this off.’ Of course, he did, and he had the presence of mind to not try to be a hero and try to return it (for a touchdown).” “Someone turned to me in the
NOS. 6-10: 10. MAURICE HALL, Brookhaven football (Oct. 27, 2000) — During a season in which he rushed for 3,057 yards to rank fifth on Ohio’s all-time list, Hall’s most memorable individual performance came during the final week of the regular season. The Bearcats beat Briggs 75-16 as Hall rushed for 411 yards and eight 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 Ar-
huddle and said, ‘Make a play, Jeff,’” Backes said, “and a couple plays later, I made a read on the ball and the rest is history.” UA’s offense came onto the field and, after two kneel-downs by Ramey, the game was over and the celebration began. “After Jeff scored (in the third quarter), from that point on, both sides couldn’t move the ball,” said Ramey, also a 2001 UA graduate. “Then, all of a sudden, (the Comets) go to the no-huddle offense and start moving the ball. You start to get nervous, but then out of nowhere (Backes) makes the interception. It was pandemonium on the sidelines.” During the postgame celebration, a UA fan held a sign that read, “Backes is God.” “He’s been telling us all year that the offensive line is his savior,” Lisi said after the game. “Tonight ... he was our savior.”
lington girls swimming (Feb. 27-28, 2009) — During preliminaries Feb. 27, Fishback broke the state record in the 100-yard butterfly when she finished in 53.38 seconds. She won her fourth state title in the event the next day in 54.17 seconds. Fishback also swam on two state-record relays, the 200 medley (1:43.59) and the 200 freestyle (1:34.24). 7. CHARLES JOHNSON, Watkins Memorial boys basketball (Feb. 24, 1995) — There have been few more surprising performances than what this 5-8 senior guard accomplished in leading the Warriors to a 93-87 overtime upset of second-seeded and 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 2-3, 2000) — At the 2000 Division I state meet, the junior broke the meet and state records in the 100 meters with a time of 11.59 seconds on June 2. The next day, she won the 100 in 11.71 and the 200 title in 23.69, a time that lowered the state mark she already held.
Backes finished the 2000 season with a then-state record 3,353 yards rushing and 44 touchdowns. According to the OHSAA, he now ranks third in state history in rushing yards in a season, behind Bedford Chanel’s Tony Franklin (3,439) and Williamsburg’s Jason Bainum (3,386), both of whom surpassed his total in 2001. “He just continued to produce over and over again,” Ramey said of Backes. “It’s pretty amazing what he did (in the championship game).” Backes now is 28 years old and a third-year medical resident in orthopedic surgery at Mount Carmel West. He and his wife, Marissa, have two daughters — Leighton, 23 months, and Brooklyn, 7 months. pdolan@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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Move in NOW for Just $149 Section 8 Accepted Call: 614-374-7245 or stop by at: 645 Galli Ct (off of Georgesville Rd., just off Old Sullivant Ave) Restrictions May Apply
Summer Specials At Countryside Apts 1BR starts at $415 2BR starts at $500 $99.00 deposit CALL FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIALS & DETAILS! 614-878-0104
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Now Scheduling Hayrides for October. Land Public Auction Wed., August 3, 2011 - 6:01 PM 2-20+ acre Building Sites on Darby Creek Madison County – Jefferson Local Schools
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on the premises from US Rt 40 in West Jefferson go north 3 miles on SR 29, turn right on US 42 and go 2 miles, turn right on Taylor Blair Rd. and go 1 ½ miles, turn right on South Rd. Only 15 minutes west of Columbus and I-270.
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New Albany
Canal Winchester
Northland
Clintonville
Olentangy (Powell)
20.718 & 20.7177
Delaware/Big Walnut
Pickerington
acres. Combination
Dublin Villager
Reynoldsburg
of rolling, tillable and
German Village Grandview
Rocky Fork Enterprise (Gahanna)
Grove City Record
South Side Shopper
Hilliard
Upper Arlington
Johnstown
West Side
wooded land with access to the beautiful Little Darby Creek (State & National scenic waterway). Approved building sites.
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Westerville
Marysville
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