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As tensions ease between the U.S. and Cuba, Otterbein University is stepping up to tell the story of the complex neighboring nation. Through an initiative called Opening Doors to the World, Otterbein will share the artistic achievements of the Cuban people and encourage critical dialogue about Cuba’s history from Jan. 11-May 1. All events are free and open to the public.

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Maestro José é María Vitier, pianist and film score compo oser, engages greater Columbus s through performance, master classes and an orchestral and choral pres sentation of his acclaimed Misa Cubana (1996), a mass that blends Afro o-Cuban and Latin rhythms with Marian elements.

Visit www.otterbein.edu/openingdoors for a complete listing of all exhibits, performances and events, with times and locations, or call 614.823.1792.

Special thanks to our sponsors: The Law Office of José Pertierra

Sponsorship in honor of Dr. Anahi Ortiz and Mr. William T. Conrad

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CONTENTS

Winter 2016 10 Going for the Gold Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas moved to Westerville in 2014 to stage her comeback.

Her sights are set on Rio and repeating as an all-around champion.

ON THE COVER Photo by Lorrie Cecil

16 Girl Power The middle school years are notoriously tough. A new mentoring program provides support and life lessons to help students navigate the waters.

20 Spring Spruce-up Warmer temperatures are still a few months away. But now is the perfect time to get a jump start on that new patio or landscaping project.

27 Cardinal Campaign Otterbein University aims to raise $50 million to fund scholarships, renovations and other improvements to take the school into the future.

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DEPARTMENTS

8 Around Town Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon

The Village at Westerville Retirement Center has been fighting the battle of boredom for over 30 years!

When Caroline Bergner first moved to The Village, her three lunch partners encouraged her to get involved.

Three years later, she is a regular at concerts, bingo, the book club, Wii bowling, Outburst, shopping trips and lunches out with friends. “The Village has so many opportunities to get involved. It’s a very lively place!�

Give us a call today to learn more about vibrant, carefree independent living at The Village at Westerville Retirement Center. You’ll have the time of your life!

5 From the Editor 6 Events Calendar 30 Library Notes

A suitcase of old photos solved a patron’s mystery at the Westerville Public Library.

32 Healthy Living

D ietitian Jackie Buell of the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center says carb intolerance could be a culprit in stalled weight loss.

33 Outtakes

BUILDING BUSINESS

24 Small but Mighty Westerville is home to companies of all shapes and sizes. Local officials credit the upstarts for helping bring growth and stability. .

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lmost four years ago, sports fans of all ages were captivated by the Summer Olympics in London.

The United States won 104 medals, including 46 gold, 29 silver and 29 bronze. Swimmers Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin and Allison Schmitt dominated in the pool. Usain Bolt dominated in track and field.

But it was a group of five young women—Gabrielle Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber— who captured hearts.

The self-proclaimed “Fierce Five” won the gold medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around, vaulting over Romania and Russia to capture the first U.S. women’s team title since 1996. Raisman won gold on the floor and bronze on balance beam. Maroney won silver on the vault. And Gabby Douglas won the individual all-around, besting two athletes from Russia.

Douglas, then 16, was suddenly everywhere—from cereal boxes to Time magazine to an appearance at the White House, in which President Barack Obama famously mimicked Maroney’s “not impressed” expression.

She took time off, which she says she needed physically and mentally, before returning to the sport she loves. When she parted ways with Iowa-based coach Liang Chow, her search for a new gym brought her to Buckeye Gymnastics in Westerville.

Since August 2014, Douglas has been training locally toward her goal: being the first woman to repeat as an all-around gold medalist since Vera Caslavska of Czechoslovakia did so in 1968.

ThisWeek Community News sportswriter Jarrod Ulrey caught up with Douglas at Buckeye, where she shared her hopes for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio DeJaneiro and what brought her to Westerville. She’s as humble and personable as she is ambitious. Read more about her in “Going for the Gold” on page 10.

Also in this issue, don’t miss “Girl Power,” a story about a new mentoring program at Heritage Middle School that aims to boost eighth-graders’ self-confidence and academic achievement. MODEL (Mentors Opening Doors, Enriching Lives) is being funded this year by a grant from the Westerville Education Foundation, and leaders would like to not only continue the effort but also expand it to other schools.

Read more about the impact it’s having on page 16.

On the development scene, “Small But Mighty” explores how small businesses are having a big impact on the local economy. From momand-pop retail stores to high-tech companies, 78 percent of Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce members have fewer than 25 employees.

But don’t let their size fool you. You’ll find that story on page 24.

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Upcoming

Events

To submit an item for the calendar, go to Westerville365.com. All events will run online and select listings also will appear in the magazine. The deadline to submit listings for the next print publication is March 16.

february Feb. 13 Westerville Community Bowl-A-Thon 2016 The fundraiser benefits the Westerville Education Foundation, the Westerville Scholarship Foundation and the Westerville Symphony. 10:30 a.m.

Columbus Square Bowling Palace, 5707 Forest Hills Blvd. westervillebowl.com Feb. 16 YP 2016 Roundtable Breakfast Series, Part 1 Join the Westerville Young Professionals Network and hear from Doug Ulman, president and CEO of Pelotonia. 7:30-9 a.m.

Heartland Bank, 450 S. State St. $10 for chamber members, $15 for nonmembers. Includes light breakfast. westervillechamber.com Feb. 18 George W. and Mildred K. White Science Lecture Series Public lecture by Nobel Prize winner William D. Phillips, who will discuss “Time, Einstein and the coolest stuff in the universe.” The multimedia presentation will include demonstrations and explanations of some of today’s most exciting science. 7 p.m. Battelle Fine Arts Center at Otterbein University, 170 W. Park St. Free. otterbein.edu Feb. 18-27 Is He Dead?

Otterbein University presents this production adapted by David Ives and based on a play by Mark Twain. The most hilarious circumstance of crossdressing since Charley’s Aunt, Is He Dead? comes to campus after a 2007 Broadway run that featured Norbert Leo Butz and Otterbein alumnus Jeremy Bobb. Times vary. Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall, 30 S. Grove St. $18. otterbein.edu/drama 6

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Feb. 6 Chilly Open The annual golf-themed fundraiser by the Westerville Sunrise Rotary Club raises money for central Ohio children’s charities. More than $2.4 million has been raised since 1997. Hosted by Dom Tiberi of WBNS-10TV and Woody Johnson of WCOL-FM (92.3). Children’s Open for ages 5-12. Noon to 5 p.m. Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 4850 W. Powell Road. $45. chillyopen.org Feb. 22 Vernon L. Pack Distinguished Lecturer Otterbein University hosts awardwinning investigative journalist, author and syndicated columnist Amy Goodman for a public address about the role of independent media in promoting social change, peace and justice. 7:30 p.m. Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall, 30 S. Grove St. The lecture will be followed by a book signing at 9 p.m. in Roush Hall, 27 S. Grove St. Both events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited. For tickets,

contact the Cowan Hall Box Office at 614-823-1109.

Feb. 23 State of the Community Leaders from the city of Westerville, Westerville City School District, Otterbein University, the Westerville Chamber of Commerce and the Westerville Public Library will discuss organizational performance in 2015.

The broadcast will air live on WOCCTV (channel 3). 7 p.m. City Hall Council Chambers, 21 S. State St. westerville.org

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march March 3 Author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Reception and Presentation NBA all-time leading scorer, New York Times-bestselling author and U.S. Cultural Ambassador Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will share his new mystery novel, Mycroft Holmes, based on Sherlock Holmes’ savvy older brother. Reception: 4:30-6 p.m. Brio Tuscan Grille, 1500 Polaris Parkway. $75, includes appetizers as well as priority seating at the presentation.

Presentation: 7 p.m. Auditorium at Westerville Central High School, 7118 Mount Royal Ave. $25. Book sale and signing follows. westervillelibrary.org March 8 Quarterly Membership Luncheon The Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Membership Luncheon will feature Mary Yost, editor of Columbus CEO magazine. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Embassy Suites, 2700 Corporate

Exchange Blvd. $25 for chamber members, $35 for nonmembers.

Registration deadline is March 4. westervillechamber.com March 12 Teen Writing with Mindy McGinnis Young adult author Mindy McGinnis will lead a workshop for ages 12-18 that will include time to talk, write and hear about her work. 3-4 p.m. Youth Services Activity Center, Westerville Public Library, 126 S. State St. Free. westervillelibrary.org March 22 YP 2016 Roundtable Breakfast Series, Part 2 Join the Westerville Young Professionals Network and hear from David Kaufman, president and CEO of the Motorists Insurance Group. 7:309 a.m. Westerville Area Resource Ministry, 150 Heatherdown Drive. $10 for chamber members, $15 for

nonmembers. Includes light breakfast. westervillechamber.com March 31 Underwater Egg Hunt Children ages 4-11 can collect colored eggs in the community center leisure pool and exchange them for candy and toys.

Carnival games will be offered before the hunt, which will be divided into age groups. 6-8 p.m. Westerville Community Center Watering Hole, 350 N. Cleveland Ave. $1 per child. westerville.org March 31 Author Emmanuel Olawale Local resident and author Emmanuel Olawale, who wrote The Flavor of Favor: Quest for the American Dream: a Memoir, shares his story of emigrating from his homeland of Nigeria to the United States. 6:30-8 p.m. Meeting Room A, Westerville Public Library, 126 S. State St. Book sale and signing will follow the talk. westervillelibrary.org

april April 2 Serving Our Seniors Day The Westerville Division of Police will hold S.O.S. Day for senior citizens and caregivers to discuss crime prevention.

Topics include insurance fraud and scams, identity theft protection, personal safety and security solutions, caregiving aid and estate planning.

Information also will be available regarding resources and services to protect older adults. Lunch will be provided. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Westerville South High School, 303 S. Otterbein Ave. Free. westerville.org April 7-16 Fiddler on the Roof John Stefano, chair of the Otterbein University Department of Theatre and Dance, will play the lead role of Tevye in the musical, which is the final production of the school’s 2015-16 season. Times vary. Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall, 30 S. Grove St. $25. otterbein.edu/drama April 10 Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest: Awards Reception Winners of the 10th Annual Writing Contest are invited to receive their prizes and read from their work at this reception for family and friends.

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April 22 4th Friday – Uptown Alive Mount Carmel St. Ann’s 4th Fridays, sponsored by the Westerville Visitors & Convention Bureau, include vendors, food carts, live entertainment, children’s activities, art and extended shop hours. April’s theme showcases the history, shopping, dining and art that give life to the area. 6-9 p.m. Uptown Westerville.

Westerville Public Library, 126 S. State St. westervillelibrary.org April 15 Taste of Westerville The 13th annual Taste of Westerville will highlight the culinary offerings of Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce members. Wine and beer tasting and silent auction. 7-10 p.m. Crowne Plaza

Columbus North - Worthington, 6500 Doubletree Ave. $45, includes all food and tastings of beer and wine. westervillechamber.com Sources: city of Westerville, Otterbein University, Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce, Westerville Public Library, Westerville Visitors & Convention Bureau Westerville365 | Winter 2016

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Talking Politics Photos by Joshua A. Bickel The Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce drew 120 people to its Quarterly Membership Luncheon for a conversation with U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township), moderated by Republican strategist Terry Casey. The Dec. 14 event was held at the Crowne Plaza Columbus North – Worthington.

1 Exel Inc. employees (front to back) Leslie DeMarco, Vanessa Roig, Evelyn Smith, Ron Whipple, Kevin Hidas, Jason Kirkham and Aaron Granger 2 Nicole Fischer, Reva Foy, Susan Turney and Jennifer Sigman of Mount Carmel St. Ann’s 3 Casey talks. 4 Front to back: Marion Peterson and Kelsey Stief, both of PromoGirl, Cathy Green and Carol Ellis of Delaware County Bank and Jen Donaghy of PromoGirl 5 OhioHealth employees Matt Jones, Tim Varughese and Emilee Palmer 6 Danell McGinley of FastSigns, Dr. Shauna Hindman of Polaris Wellness and Tricia Poliseno of OhioHealth 7 WesBanco President Lisa Robinson-Shaw speaks to attendees. 8 Jill McCarron of Roush Honda listens during remarks. 9 Westerville city representatives Michael Heyeck, Kathy Cocuzzi, Dick Lorenz, Diane Fosselman, Adam Maxwell and Andrew Boatright 10 Chamber President and CEO Janet TresslerDavis addresses the crowd. 11 Tiberi answers a question from Casey.

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Going for the Gold Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas moved to Westerville in 2014 to stage her comeback. Her sights are set on Rio and repeating as an all-around champion.

By Jarrod Ulrey photos by Lorrie cecil

Turn to page 33 for more photos of Douglas.

Check out Westerville365.com for a slideshow and videos.

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abby Douglas perched herself atop the gymnastics world nearly four summers ago, but in some things, Mom will always know best.

Still listed at 4-foot-11 on her official Team USA bio, Douglas now sports a physique that is noticeably more muscular, and she’s grown taller since she became the first African-American all-around champion as a 16-year-old during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

“I got measured and they said I’m 5-2, and my mom (Natalie Hawkins) was like, ‘No, you’re barely 5 foot,’ ” Douglas says, flashing the smile that has been seen everywhere from the cover of Time magazine to Kellogg’s Corn Flakes boxes since her gold-medal win. “So I guess I’m 5 feet.”

Douglas’ physique might be the least of what has changed for the now-20-yearold who aspires once again to be at the top of her sport. There’s the nine months she took off after the Olympics, followed by the decision to train at Buckeye Gymnastics in Westerville for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

One thing that never wavered is her desire to become the first American to win all-around gold in back-to-back Olympics. The last gymnast to accomplish the feat was Czechoslovakia’s Vera Caslavska, who won in 1964 and ’68.

Although the U.S. has won the last three all-around gold medals, Carly Patterson retired two years after winning at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, and Nastia Liukin failed to make the 2012 U.S. team after winning gold in Beijing in 2008.

The only other American champion in the event, Mary Lou Retton, retired after winning the 1985 American Cup, less than one year after winning gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

Douglas is demonstrating the boldness to strive for another title despite the rigors of training and qualifying for a second Olympic Games. “I feel like I’m a different person physically and mentally,” she says.

“I just remember before 2012 I used to struggle a lot, even before leading up to the Olympic Games, and mentally I was just so timid. Now I’m just in a different spot and I’m like, ‘Now I want it. I want it.’ And if I make a mistake, I’m like, ‘Ugh, No!’ And before when I would make a mistake I was like, ‘Oh, it’s fine.’

It’s just different.”

Journey to Westerville Her road from the Olympic podium to Buckeye Gymnastics is something Douglas admits is a “very long story.”

On July 31, 2012, Douglas and her teammates—dubbed the “Fierce Five”— earned the first women’s gymnastics team gold medal since 1996. They scored 183.596, five points ahead of Russia. Two days later, Douglas scored 62.232 to win the women’s all-around.

Then came the frenzy. She threw out the opening pitch at a New York Mets game 22 days later and joined Liukin, members of the U.S. men’s team and others on the 40-city Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions from Sept. 8 through Nov. 18 of that year.

Douglas grew up in Virginia Beach, Va., as the youngest of four children. In 2010, at age 14, she moved to Des Moines, Iowa, to train under coach Liang Chow, who also trained Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson. She lived with a host family in Iowa while training for the 2012 Olympics.

When her family moved to Los Angeles in 2013, she followed in August, only to move back to Chow’s gym in April 2014. It proved to be a short stay, however, as she stopped working with Chow in July.

Also in 2014, Douglas met Nia Dennis, who grew up training at Buckeye Gymnastics under longtime coach Kittia Carpenter. (Dennis now competes for Legacy Elite Gymnastics in Carol Stream, Ill.) Through her relationships with Dennis and coach Fernando Villa, who had worked with Douglas in Los Angeles before taking a job at Buckeye in summer 2014, Douglas moved from Iowa to Westerville that August.

Her grandmother, Carolyn Ford, who had moved from Virginia Beach to Des Moines earlier in 2014, followed Douglas to central Ohio. “It’s been an amazing ride,” Ford says. “We’re just happy with how she’s improving. We’ve seen the highs and the lows, and to see her come back shows a lot of strength.”

Douglas, who says she’s in the gym “pretty much 24-6,” expected Westerville to provide a comparable setting to Iowa.

“It’s a lot different,” she says. “There are so many things here to do.”

Although she has visited countries around the world and lived in one of America’s largest cities, she enjoys calling one of Columbus’ suburbs home. “I love it, honestly,” Douglas says. “I do enjoy my time here. I just have gym friends, but I do like to go out and hang out at the mall. My

“Before 2012 I used to struggle a lot, even before leading up to the Olympic Games, and mentally I was just so timid.

Now I’m just in a different spot.”

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Douglas has been training at Buckeye Gymnastics in Westerville since August 2014.

favorite is going bowling or going to Polaris or Easton. I love Easton, especially in the winter with all the lights. It’s just beautiful. And I love Cedar Point.

She also enjoys living with her grandmother. “It’s been really good. She cooks for me, and she’s a really good cook, but for the most part we hang out and chill and do girl stuff.”

‘Like She’s Been Here Forever’ The accolades heaped on Douglas since she earned two gold medals haven’t gone to her head, and she enjoys interacting with the students at Buckeye.

With more than 50 coaches for youth of all ages, the gym has provided a comfortable landing spot. “We all work together,” Douglas says. “We all just like to have a good time in the gym, but we sometimes do merge, and we still focus on the skills and get it done. I love the little babies, they’re so cute. They’re like, ‘Hi Gabby,’ and I’m like, ‘Hi, how are you doing today?’ And they’re just so adorable.”

Buckeye was founded in November 1982 by David Holcomb, who opened a 4,680-square-foot facility in Worthington in January 1983. Since then, it has expanded to three gyms, including the one in Westerville.

Carpenter grew up in Phoenix and attended Arizona State University on a full athletic scholarship for gymnastics. She has been coaching at Buckeye since 1986 and currently serves as girls team director.

She and her husband, Dale, have two sons who attended and played sports at Westerville North High School. Kyle Carpenter played baseball for the Warriors before graduating in 2007. Scott Carpenter, a 2013 graduate, played golf in high school and is a junior on the Heidelberg University men’s team.

Coaching Douglas has been “awesome,” Carpenter says.

“She’s an amazing person,” Carpenter says. “She’s focused and she’s determined, so she shares with the younger gymnasts who have big goals that they can do it and that they have to work real hard for it. Don’t skip conditioning, don’t skip those numbers, commit all the way through. She’s a positive influence in that way.

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In December 2012, Douglas released an autobiography called Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith, which debuted at No. 4 on the New York Times young adult bestseller list.

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Crafting a Comeback Douglas became the fourth gymnast to be named the Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Year in December 2012, but she didn’t return to international competition until March 2015, when she competed in the City of Jesolo Trophy event in Jesolo, Italy. There, she helped the U.S. win gold in the team competition and finished fourth all-around.

Douglas added a fifth-place all-around finish in the P&G Championships on Aug. 13-15 in Indianapolis and was named to the Senior National Team for the first time since 2012.

She was selected to the U.S. Women’s World Championship team Oct. 8 and competed in the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships from Oct. 23 to Nov. 1 in Glasgow, Scotland. She helped the U.S. win the team all-around championship—securing the group a spot in Rio—and also earned silver in the individual all-around competition.

On March 5, Douglas is expected to compete in the AT&T American Cup in Newark, N.J. As has been the case in each of the events she’s competed in since her comeback last March, Douglas’ chief competition could come from U.S. teammate Simone Biles.

Born in Columbus but raised in Texas, the 18-year-old Biles has won the last three all-around titles at the World Championships. She also won all-around titles in the City of Jesolo

Trophy competition and the P&G Championships, and she’s the defending American Cup all-around champion.

At the World Championships in Glasgow, Biles scored 60.399 and Douglas finished with 59.316 in the allaround competition.

“It all happened so fast, but I’d give myself a ‘B,’ ” Douglas says of her performance in the World Championships. “Everyone’s like, ‘Why are you being so hard on yourself? You took two years off (from competition) and this, that and the other.’ But I expect more from myself and I’m just such a perfectionist that I’m like, ‘I didn’t do that connection or I didn’t do that, or I made a mistake on that.’ There’s still more that I expect from myself.”

At the 2012 American Cup, Douglas competed as an alternate, meaning she performed exhibition routines that were scored but didn’t count. Had they counted, her score would have been the highest at the event.

Another strong performance at the American Cup this March would be a big boost as she prepares for the Rio Olympics, which will be held Aug. 6-21. To earn a spot as an individual competitor there, she must compete at the women’s gymnastics Olympic Trials, which will be held July 8-10 in San Jose, Calif.

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“The sky’s definitely the limit. I guess after the last Olympics I took some time off, which I’m glad I did because my body and mind really needed it, and I got to do fun things on the side, but I missed gymnastics. It was like, ‘Oh, I miss it so much,’ and that definitely pushed me more to want to go back to training sooner.”

Douglas believes that adding difficulty to her routines, being more consistent and having a supreme focus are her best assets as she pursues a second consecutive allaround Olympic title.

“I guess what motivates me is that no one’s gone back in a long time and defended their title, let alone even gone back and made two back-to-back Olympic teams, so that’s definitely motivating,” Douglas says. “I want to accomplish more. There’s something more that you can always accomplish and I want to do that.”

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Eighth-grader Ashley Rowland talks about her group’s mentor, Betsy McGann, during a luncheon for the MODEL program at Heritage Middle School on Dec. 16.

The middle school years are notoriously tough. A new mentoring program provides support and life lessons to help students navigate the waters.

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iggling and nudging each other, a group of eighthgrade girls interview their adult mentor as they sit at a table in the library at Heritage Middle School. They ask her, “What do you remember best from middle school?”

Westerville City Councilwoman Diane Fosselman smiles at their expectant faces and says, “Passing notes in science class and getting caught.”

Laughter ripples through the room as the 60 girls in the MODEL program, sitting 10 to a table, put their mentors on the spot. Each group then gets up and introduces their mentor, reporting her answers.

“Our mentor’s the best and we love her!” says one of the girls.

MODEL, which stands for Mentors Opening Doors, Enriching Lives, launched in September at Heritage as part of the new education initiative Student Connections. The gathering in mid-December was the group’s fourth monthly meeting—a special holiday lunch catered by Polaris Grill.

“The girls have been listening to speakers each month with their mentors, but for this session, we wanted to do something a little more social, so the girls could get to know their mentors more personally,” says guidance counselor Jill Ponzi.

Ponzi, along with Cynthia DeVese, minority student achievement coordinator, and Tami Santa, student assistance program coordinator, created MODEL through Student Connections. Funded with a $9,800

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Westerville Education Foundation grant, programs within the initiative connect students to diverse literature, mentors and tutors, aiming to address achievement disparities and raise awareness of college and career opportunities.

Ponzi says the MODEL program, in collaboration with locally based Role Model Magazine, aims to increase the girls’ sense of self-worth by providing positive support and encouragement from female adult mentors. “We felt a real need for our girls to have an opportunity to learn self-esteem and how to have healthy relationships,” she says. “Besides bringing in speakers to lead discussions, we wanted the girls to have the experience of interacting with each other.

“Most of these girls are not in the same social group, but when they sit at the same table and discuss things important to them, they can realize a commonality and see that, ‘I’m not the only one who feels this way.’ ”

Inspiring Messages Guest speakers so far have been David Mahan, from Common Sense Culture, who covered how to make positive choices through “The Anatomy of a Choice,” and Jetta Fosberg, a 12-year-old Dayton-area resident who spoke about bullying prevention and maintains the Facebook page “Stand with Jetta.”

The speakers close to the girls’ ages, Fosberg and Jenna Johnston, a junior at Westerville South High School, were the most memorable, according to three of the girls: Shambrea Fisher, Gabrielle Hutcherson and Ashley Rowland. “It’s cool to find out there are people our age doing big stuff for the community,” Ashley says.

Johnston’s Supporting the Girls organization provides new bras to students who can’t afford them, with handwritten notes on attached tags. “We helped with the affirmations, writing things, like ‘You have a purpose,’ ” Gabrielle says.

“Every child has value. Every girl has value. But sometimes you have to have someone point it out to see it.”

Betsy McGann parent and mentor

Westerville City Councilwoman Diane Fosselman laughs as she talks to the group she mentors.

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ABOVE: Gabrielle Hutcherson (left) and Shambrea Fisher (center) give a presentation about guidance counselor Nicolya Williams (right), who was standing in for a mentor who couldn’t attend.

BELOW: Betsy McGann gave out these stones to the girls she is mentoring.

“We felt a real need for our girls to have an opportunity to learn self-esteem and how to have healthy relationships.”

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“Jenna really made an impression on me,” Shambrea says. “She said you could change the world in little ways.”

All three girls credit the MODEL program for helping them develop more confidence and selfesteem. “It gave me more confidence outside of school,” Ashley says. “A girl in my neighborhood was trying to push me and my friend around, but we said something about it to her and she backed down.”

Gabrielle nods and smiles, dark curls swirling around her face. “I think this group helps us learn to become leaders.

“It teaches us to stay positive and help people out when we can,” she says. “I know I’m a better leader in the sports I play.”

Their mentor, Betsy McGann, has two children who attend Westerville schools. “I loved the idea of this group from the beginning,” she says. “I don’t think we can do enough to build confidence in our young women and help them to know we are all in this together.”

She says the program helps girls learn to trust and rely on each other. “When we meet monthly to listen to speakers, we help to facilitate a conversation about what was presented,” she says. “The girls also get a chance to journal at the end of the meetings.”

The day Jetta spoke “was one of the biggest days we had,” McGann says.

“Jetta had long hair, but cut it to donate it to a company that makes wigs for kids with cancer,” she says. “But when she went back to school, she was

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ridiculed. She shared her story on Facebook and got thousands of positive responses.

“It was great to see that positivity spread when she talked to our girls,” McGann says. “I think they were impressed that a girl close to their own age could make such a difference.”

Hopes for Growth The WEF grant will fund MODEL for one year, paying for the cost of speakers, lunches and field trips. Mentors serve on a volunteer basis and include Karen Dorsey, Becca Fick, Jenny Johnson, May Johnson, Claudia Mercado, Marsha Moore, Davia Stevenson and Jackie Taylor.

McGann says she would love to see the effort grow. “I hope this program grows wings and we can get it into lots of schools,” she says. “Every child has value. Every girl has value. But sometimes you have to have someone point it out to see it.”

As one of the program’s creators, Santa says she didn’t want to target a specific group of girls. “In my role with the district, I’m concerned with at-risk students, but we wanted a diverse group of girls for this program,” she says. “We wanted to provide a unique opportunity for these girls to improve their lives, so we didn’t want just one type of student.”

Organizers talked to guidance counselors and teachers about girls who might benefit from MODEL. Some already were natural leaders, which they felt would help the other participants.

Letters were mailed to parents asking if their daughter would be interested in the program.

Santa says sustaining the program and bringing it to more district schools could be difficult without another grant.

“We would like to bring it to more of our middle schools,” she says.

Sandra Brogdon, founder and CEO of Role Model Magazine, says her staff works with other local schools and organizations, offering empowerment talks and workshops to different age groups.

For MODEL, Brogdon helps to choose the monthly speakers. “We want speakers that will help the girls realize they have value and that they can help effect change at their school in a lot of big and small ways,” she says. “These girls are trying to find out who they are.

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“The idea is to give them the tools and the resources to build a blueprint to their best selves,” she says.

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Spring Spruce-up Warmer temperatures are still a few months away.

But now is the perfect time to get a jump start on that new patio or landscaping project.

By Steph Greegor

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he cold air of January and February may not be ideal for enjoying the great outdoors, but right now is the perfect time to start planning your spring to-do list.

Painting the house or replacing windows may be at the top of many homeowners’ warm-weather lists, but don’t forget about the lawn and garden. Just because plants aren’t blooming doesn’t mean you can’t start thinking about them—particularly for those looking to build a patio or pond or install new landscaping.

“People that start calling me in January, they usually have a specific date they want something done by,” says Matt Medlock, owner of Backyard Retreats Patios & Ponds in Westerville.

“Usually it’s a graduation, Memorial Day or Fourth of July party.

They think they’re booking early in January, but really a lot of companies are already booked.”

Medlock says many businesses book the following year’s landscaping installation and maintenance by December, but residential jobs usually are booked at trade shows or at the start of the new year. Calling as early as January helps give the client and the contractor time to discuss and design a specific landscape plan.

“Sometimes that can take a couple visits,” says Medlock, who’s owned Backyard Retreats since 1995. “You should talk to a few people, read some reviews and make a decision based on pictures and style. You can do a lot of research on the Internet.

Also, make sure to ask for references and really start trying to figure out the design: What do you really want?”

Medlock says homeowners don’t have to have it all figured out when they call. Most people build a basic patio the first year and then add a fire pit or other amenities later. “You

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don’t necessarily have to spend 10 to 15 thousand right away,” he says.

Those who call in the winter months, he says, can likely save money.

“For us, once we’re done picking up leaves and we’re waiting for it to snow, we love taking on projects like (designing). And our cost is by far the best then,” says Justin Rush, owner of the Grounds Guys of Westerville and J. Rush Home Improvements.

“There’s a definite savings in cost.”

Time for Tune-ups Jobs where homeowners can save money in the winter months extend into lawn equipment maintenance as well. “This is a time we don’t have as much work going,” says Matt Drayer, owner of Genoa Lawn Center. “Homeowners can save decent money by having it serviced now. Definitely lower rates in the off-season.”

Drayer, who’s owned Genoa for six years, says such maintenance is easily done—and in fact should be done—in the winter. “The very first thing that should come across (a homeowner’s) mind are gasoline-related issues,” he says.

Sitting equipment is a homeowner’s biggest concern. “We want to prevent issues for next season,” he says.

According to Drayer, the old adage of running equipment until it’s out of gasoline doesn’t actually get rid of all the fuel.

He says the carburetor bowl acts as a reservoir, even when a lawn mower runs out of gas. In addition, he says, today’s fuels contain ethanol, a corn-based and biodegradable alcohol.

“That gasoline will coagulate and get thick (because of the

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“You should talk to a few people, read some reviews and make a decision based on pictures and style. You can do a lot of research on the Internet.”

Matt Medlock owner of Backyard Retreats Patios & Ponds

ethanol), and that’s what gums up the system,” Drayer says, adding that gasoline starts to go bad after about 30 days of nonuse. “That is the No. 1 problem these homeowners face when they pull out their lawn equipment in the spring after putting it away.”

The same issues apply to snowblowers. Drayer says a lawn mower sits maybe three to four months, but a snowblower may sit for 12 months at a time. “It coagulates a lot longer,” he says. “Generators, pressure washers or chain saws have similar issues because they sit for a lot longer, too.”

Adding a fuel stabilizer and running it through the tank for about five minutes should help, says Drayer, who also suggests performing other routine maintenance tasks in winter so equipment is ready at the start of spring. “If you change the oil, it will remain clean until you start using it.

Same with changing spark plugs, air filters—they don’t lose their newness,” he says.

“It’s OK to do in December and wait for the (spring) season.”

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Matt Drayer, owner of Genoa Lawn Center, says winter is the perfect time for equipment tune-ups.

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The annual WesterFlora Garden Tour can be a good place to get ideas for the next year. The 2015 tour included 12 stops, including the home of Rob and Gywnn Imlay.

Livening up the Landscape Other home maintenance tasks that can be done if there’s no snow on the ground include cleaning and sealing ponds and patios.

“Any little repairs or additions (can be done),” says Medlock, adding that changing or restoring the grout in the patio is also an option.

“For ponds, we pull a lot of pumps this time of year,” he says. “Ponds are not maintenance-free. You may want to clean them out in January or February.

They can be drained. You can replace the rocks. Little things like that.”

Homeowners also can start taking care of some of the greenery around the pond or house. If the ground hasn’t frozen, a layer of mulch can help prepare it for spring. “It starts decomposing almost immediately and goes down into the soil and makes the soil richer,” says Patti Trott, store manager of Hoover Gardens & Gift Center in Westerville. “Then turn it over in the spring and add a little more, but not more than 3 inches.”

Trott says gardeners can start to add amendments, which enrich the soil and improve its ability to absorb water and nutrients. “Homeowners should also get their (insecticide) drenches down in fall and winter, when trees are dormant. So when the bugs become active, the plant is covered,” she says. “You pour it into the root of your tree and it takes (the insecticide) into its systems to prevent it from being eaten from the inside out. It’s like a vaccination for trees.”

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Gerbera daisies can help brighten a landscape.

Once spring arrives and leaves sprout, the next step is to start applying fungicides. “Fungus is one thing you have to prevent from happening, because once it happens, you can only control it, not get rid of it,” Trott says. “The most common fungus is black spot on crab apples and cherry trees.”

But winter isn’t just about maintenance. As long as the ground isn’t frozen, Trott says, you can still plant some species. “Evergreens, shrubs and trees are good because you can see them and they stay throughout winter,” she says. “Perennials are harder because they’re underground. For some flowers, too, you want to make sure it’s not going to freeze overnight.”

The experts agree that while homeowners can definitely do some maintenance and planting during the winter months, the most important part of getting a jump start on their spring and summer lawn and garden is the planning.

“It’s a great opportunity to go to your favorite window inside the house and look out and dream about what you want to do for the next year,” says Ron Miller, who owns Miller Landscapes of Westerville with his son, Marcus. “Out your picture window, out your kitchen window—those are some of the views of the house where you get a chance to see the yard in a whole different way.”

Miller, who started Miller Landscapes 10 years ago, says every yard should have a certain amount of carefully placed evergreens—both to provide shelter for

birds and to keep something interesting to look at through all the seasons.

“This would be an excellent time for homeowners to start a conversation with a landscape professional about their vision for changes in their yard,” he says.

Creating a Plan Rush says at the Grounds Guys, he often works with clients in the winter months to get the design process started. “We use computer software to come up with these designs,” he says. “It takes time to get from conception to completion—it’s at least a month to get the plans and order the materials.”

His business is split about 60 percent commercial and 40 percent residential.

Commercial clients book their work for the next year by year-end, says Rush, while residential orders come in through February. Typically, about 70 percent of the jobs are maintenance, with the remainder installations and new-builds— many of which are one-time projects.

“We provide full-service maintenance from landscape lighting to irrigation, lawn applications and holiday lighting,” Rush says.

He also does work on patios, including cleaning, pressure washing and sealing.

“But all those things are really things a homeowner could do,” he says. “Big-box stores have grout and sealers for that kind of work.”

The main piece of advice contractors give homeowners is to first figure out

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what they want. “Start to envision what you want your landscaping to look like,” says Brad Lorenz, owner of Lorenz Lawn & Landscape in Westerville. “Are you adding new plants? Was there anything you didn’t like and want to remove?

Look up different types of plants and think about how you want to update your landscaping.”

For first-time landscapers who want to add plants, a patio or a pond, start with the basics. “What types of colors do you want to include? More greens or a broad range of colors?” Lorenz asks.

“If we can get a lot of different color preferences, we can gauge what type of plants will be a good fit and in which areas of your yard.”

Most contractors will come to potential customers’ homes, meet with them, walk around the yard and talk about areas where they envision making changes. “We can actually make a pretty detailed sketch on the computer with their beds and give them a general idea of what their landscaping will look like after we’re done,” Lorenz says. “We can even show them if they went with a smaller version of their vision or a larger version. We can also show then what it look like 10 years from now.”

The bottom line? Don’t let the cold weather put a chill on thoughts of springtime. Think big and put those warm-weather dreams into action.

Steph Greegor is a freelance writer.

“It’s a great opportunity to go to your favorite window inside the house and look out and dream about what you want to do for the next year.”

Ron Miller owner of Miller Landscapes of Westerville

Outdoor fireplaces, such as this one built by Backyard Retreats Patios & Ponds, are gaining popularity around central Ohio.

Miller Landscapes of Westerville built and landscaped this two-level patio with steps and a seating wall in the Spring Hollow neighborhood.

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Michael Swartz is president and CEO of Lake Shore Cryotronics, which has been in Westerville since 1977.

Small But Mighty

Westerville is home to companies of all shapes and sizes. Local officials credit the upstarts for helping bring growth and stability.

By Andrew King

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ithin the U.S. Small Business Administration’s guidelines, Lake Shore Cryotronics is a fairly small company. The SBA’s definition of a small business varies within different industries, but largely comes down to a mark of 500 employees.

It may be small in those terms, but Lake Shore—with a little more than 100 employees—is a symbol of success for Westerville’s business community. “To us, they’re really big,” Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Janet Tressler-Davis says.

While the city hosts offices of larger companies such as Chase and Cheryl’s, Tressler-Davis says 78 percent of the chamber’s members have fewer than 25 employees. Of those, about 68 percent have fewer than 10 employees.

Though larger employers bring more taxable income with them, Economic Development Administrator Jason Bechtold says the small business community is key to the growth and stability of the city.

“First and foremost, small business is a backbone of any business community,” he says. “When you look at Westerville, the diversity of small businesses we have—whether it’s an Uptown business or technology-based company that’s starting 24

up and growing—we have a wide spectrum of business in our community. It really speaks to those businesses growing and expanding. Those are the main job creators.”

Why Westerville?

Lake Shore originally was based in Columbus and moved to an old grocery store in Westerville in 1977. It made the move to a 55,000-square-foot site at 575 McCorkle Blvd. in 1997. The company manufactures and markets cryogenic temperature sensors and instrumentation.

Company President and CEO Michael Swartz cites a combination of the city’s commitment to small businesses and the amenities of the central Ohio region. “One of our challenges is that we need to attract talented people—engineers, scientists, etc.—and the Columbus metro area is a great place to live,” he says.

“In Westerville, we’re 10 minutes from two of the largest malls in the Midwest, so it’s pretty convenient. And Westerville does a great job of managing the city. It’s very easy to get around Westerville. The challenge points are when you run into the city of Columbus.”

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Ralph Denick purchased Java Central in Uptown Westerville in 2008 with his late wife, Jane.

But not every successful small business in Westerville is found on the outskirts of town.

Ralph Denick and his wife, Jane, became co-owners of Uptown coffee shop Java Central in 2008 and joined the many thriving family-owned businesses in the city.

While Lake Shore came to Westerville from the outside in search of a good work environment, the Denicks found Java Central from the inside. After living here, Ralph says he and Jane—a wellknown local champion of the arts who died in 2014—wanted to contribute.

“Jane and I are very much dedicated to Uptown and the arts, and we had been looking for some kind of outlet for that passion,” he says. “We said (to the owners), ‘We’re interested (in co-owning) if we can make some changes here,’ and they were amenable.”

Since then, Java Central has become as much a gallery and entertainment space as a coffee shop. It has joined the many boutique and specialty shops in Uptown, adding to the distinct smallbusiness flavor.

“Uptown is very vibrant, so we’re going to have a nice concentration of small businesses in the Uptown area,” Tressler-Davis says. “You’re not going to find a big chain or 500-employee

businesses up there. The businesses aren’t meant for that.”

The strength of the area isn’t lost on Denick, who also serves on the city’s Uptown Review Board, which aims to protect and promote the district’s historic character.

Denick says there’s nowhere he’d rather be. “It’s extremely healthy to be here,” he says. “We’re changing, we’re growing, we’re getting some outside interest. … People are recognizing what this is. There are reasons we’ve been voted one of the top suburbs and communities in the country, I think.”

A Diverse Mix From a five-employee shop in Uptown to a manufacturing company with 100 employees in one of Westerville’s business parks, Bechtold says maintaining a mix of employers and industries only strengthens the landscape.

“The diversity of businesses in the different sectors of business that we have that we can support—because we have this great workforce, great location, great amenities to do business—has really been a great driver for many industries to be successful here,” he says.

Swartz says the mix of companies throughout the city is important,

even in the small business spectrum.

And it makes for an environment of cooperation with residents. “There’s a lot of really good community involvement in Westerville, which makes it a good place to operate a business,” he says.

“Now, the younger generation wants to be more invested in the community they live and work in. The Westerville Sunrise Rotary Club is recognized as one of the better Rotary clubs in the state, so there’s a lot of opportunity to be a productive member of the Westerville community.”

But city staffers aren’t resting on their laurels. Bechtold and his economic development team continue to craft incentives for companies expanding within Westerville or coming to the city, with the approval of city council.

Thanks to tax incentives, Westerville recently landed a large expansion of technology company Exceptional Innovation Inc. that will add more than 100 jobs. Several companies have made the city their corporate headquarters in recent years.

And with a massive Marriott Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center on the north side of the city, a trendy Starwood Aloft hotel on the south side and a variety of other development on the way, Swartz says the outlook is only improving.

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“We have a history where we were a bedroom community. When I grew up here, downtown Columbus was a big trip or you had to go to Morse Road to get fast food. It was very different than it is today.”

Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO

“The biggest plus from our perspective is the hotels,” he says. “We sometimes have visitors from all over the world, and it’s nice if they can be in the hotel that’s relatively close to where Lake Shore is. It’s nice to occasionally have an employee event where you’ll have a room big enough to support a large number of employees. So making this a more dynamic place and being able to have employees coming from Japan stay right there is going to be a nice thing.”

The hotels, tax deals and other business-attracting tactics are part of an overall shift in the city’s attitude, Tressler-Davis says. “We have a history where we were a bedroom community,” she says. “When I grew up here, downtown Columbus was a big trip or you had to go to Morse Road to get fast food. It was very different than it is today. We started out as a bedroom community known as a residential community … for schools and great services. Now, businesses have grown and we’ve annexed land and some of our forefathers on city council started thinking about bringing in bigger business.”

As the business climate continues to improve, the city aims to attract more leaders like Swartz to remain staples of Westerville. “I imagine it’s going to be our home for a long time,” he says.

Andrew King is a reporter for ThisWeek Community News.

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Kent Stuckey is chairing the university’s “Where We Stand Matters” fundraising effort.

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Otterbein University aims to raise $50 million to fund scholarships, renovations and other improvements to take the school into the future.

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efore Otterbein University leaders launched a $50 million fundraising campaign to secure the school’s future, they took a close look at its past.

School officials announced the “Where We Stand Matters” campaign during homecoming festivities in September 2014, after a multiyear discussion of Otterbein’s history and mission, as well as current and future needs.

Otterbein President Kathy Krendl says conversations about the past reminded school leaders of the university’s heritage as an example of inclusion and opportunity in higher education. Founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Otterbein was one of the first colleges in the United States to include women and minorities as students and faculty members.

Krendl says the “Where We Stand Matters” campaign is about making sure Otterbein continues to be that beacon

of opportunity for underserved populations, including first-generation college students. “Our core values haven’t changed,” she says. “They’ve just taken on new meanings.”

By the end of 2015, the university had raised about $23 million. The university has pledged to use $17 million of its $50 million fundraising goal toward scholarships and other programs aimed at making an Otterbein education affordable.

Otterbein will dedicate $18 million toward what school officials call “building a model community.” The funding will be used to support fellowships, faculty development and out-of-class learning experiences, as well as classroom and lab improvements. “We would like for this to be a destination place for people to work,” Krendl says.

Another $15 million will go toward improving campus green spaces and renovating existing buildings as part of an ongoing “campus renewal” effort.

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“We have great, passionate alumni and parents and others who are trying to help us be successful.”

Michael McGreevey Otterbein vice president for institutional advancement

Building Up STEAM Otterbein Trustee Kent Stuckey, chairman for the campaign, says he’s particularly excited about plans to bring artists and engineers together in a renovated facility. The STEAM Center will give Otterbein students interested in the traditional STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects a space in which to team with art students.

Stuckey, the founder of multiple electronic-payment firms including 2Venture, points to Apple as a company that has become wildly successful by combining the arts and science. He says the iPhone and other products serve as examples of this collaborative process. “They just didn’t come up with a technical solution. They imbued it with beauty and usability,” he says.

The former Mettler Toledo building on Collegeview Road, which the university acquired in 2006, will serve as the home of the STEAM Center.

Krendl says faculty in the recently launched systems engineering program handpicked the center’s 60,000-square-foot site.

Krendl says the university will expand into other areas of engineering in the near future. Officials see the STEAM Center—with its planned classroom, studio and workshop spaces—as a place where Otterbein can expand on existing relationships with local school districts and businesses, Columbus State Community College and the city of Westerville.

Michael McGreevey, Otterbein’s vice president for institutional advancement, says the Campus Center also will benefit from campaign dollars. He says the “heart of campus life” will receive the treatment it deserves. “It’s served the institution well for a long time, but it’s time for the university to expand a little bit and to modernize,” he says.

Krendl says finding donors to fund the Campus Center and STEAM Center projects will become a major focus of the campaign in 2016.

A gift from alumna Virginia Longmire funded new windows at the Battelle Fine Arts Center.

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“I think it’s a great improvement.

It certainly is a step in the right direction to sort of fit in with the rest of the buildings.”

Virginia Longmire alumna whose gift funded new windows at the Battelle Fine Arts Center

Giving Back While some of the highest-profile projects await full funding, visitors to campus already can see campaignfunded changes. A $150,000 gift from Virginia Longmire, an alumna from the class of 1955, funded new windows at the Battelle Fine Arts Center. The former campus gymnasium’s old windows had been covered with aluminum for conservation purposes in the 1970s.

Longmire, a Lebanon resident, saw the result of her gift for the first time over the Christmas holiday. Until that point, she had only seen photos of the renovation efforts. “I think it’s a great improvement,” she says. “It certainly is a step in the right direction to sort of fit in with the rest of the buildings.”

Although she took music classes in Lambert Hall, Longmire says she feels a special connection to the fine arts center. The longtime church organist met her husband, Howard, while both studied music at Otterbein. To make extra money, Longmire says she used to accompany vocal music lessons— including those of her future husband— at a rate of $1 per hour.

Another alumna, Annie Upper of Galena, gave the campaign’s largest gift to date, contributing $1.5 million. Upper, a 1986 graduate, is a former Otterbein trustee and an entrepreneur who owns Gentle Awakenings, a hypnotherapy and yoga business.

A Firm Foundation Stuckey says stories of students who form lifelong connections with the university aren’t unusual. In fact, he has his own. “I know firsthand the power Otterbein can have in a life,” he says.

Stuckey literally grew up at Otterbein, where his mother was a student and his father served as head minister at the Church of the Master.

As a child, Stuckey acted in theater productions at the school and had a newspaper route that wound through campus. “It was just a great place to be as a kid,” he says. “The campus was a lot of fun (with) a lot of places to explore.”

In his sophomore year of high school, Stuckey’s family moved to Findlay and he soon realized he wanted to be a Cardinal. “Moving away from Westerville is when it sunk in that I wanted to go back to Westerville,” he says.

Stuckey says he had little time for much other than his studies at Otterbein, graduating in four years with degrees in music performance, political science and psychology in 1979. He went on to law school at the University of Michigan and a career in the fields of commerce and technology.

He credits Otterbein faculty with teaching him many of the academic and life lessons needed to be a successful

entrepreneur. He says his success at the then-college shocked some of his former Westerville City School District teachers, who claimed they must have taught a different Kent Stuckey.

Stuckey says it’s stories such as his that have led to the initial success of the fundraising campaign. “People are happy to support what I think we all believe is a special institution.”

McGreevey, who joined the university’s administration in October, says he’s quickly learned the school “walks the talk” when it comes to opportunity and inclusion for a wide variety of students. He says Otterbein’s commitment to its longstanding principles will serve it well during the campaign. “We have great, passionate alumni and parents and others who are trying to help us be successful,” he says.

Krendl says she hopes the campaign helps alumni and donors realize that while the buildings and technology may change, Otterbein still stands for the values held dear at the school’s founding in the mid-1800s.

“I think it’s been very reaffirming for our alumni to realize our core values are the same,” she says.

Thomas Gallick is a reporter for ThisWeek Community News.

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Library Notes

Photographs Yield Clues to Past

By Nina Thomas

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tored in her basement for more than 30 years was an old, vintage suitcase filled with photographs, postcards, tintypes and daguerreotypes.

Upon entering the Westerville Public Library’s Local History Center, a lifelong Westerville resident handed the suitcase over and said, “This must have belonged to my husband, because I don’t recognize any of the people in these photographs.”

She, her husband and both of their families had lived in Westerville for years.

As archivists, when we started rummaging through this suitcase, we felt like kids in a candy shop: Olden scenes of men and women from the western part of the United States leapt from the photographs.

We wondered who these people could be, and, if they weren’t related to someone in Westerville, why this suitcase would be in her basement all those years.

Some of our detective skills became very useful, as did the abundance of readily available online resources, such as the library’s subscription to Ancestry and a free subscription to FamilySearch.

The first step was to make a list of every name that could be deciphered from the backs of the photographs and the handwritten postcards. These photographs were old, but, given the fact that they were found in a Westerville basement, there was a chance of recognizing a name from the local history archives. The list became rather long, and none of the names seemed to be prominent Westerville residents except one: Bennett.

As the research continued, the missing link emerged. Ever heard of Bennett Manufacturing? It was a business in Westerville from 1893 through 1972 that manufactured farm equipment including stump pullers and corn harvesters. The company also gets credit for bringing the first electric lights to the city by forming the Westerville Electric Co. Talk about a stroke of good luck!

There is genealogy information in the archives on the Bennetts, which helped make sense of how these people were related to the Bennett family.

photos Courtesy of the Westerville Public Library

ABOVE: The suitcase filled with photographs LEFT: The collection included this tintype of Edward Kring, circa 1876.

Taking notice of the clothing and objects helped approximate the date of each photograph. A family tree was created to help link as many of the names in these photographs as possible. It grew so large that I had to tape together multiple sheets of copy paper and started using the floor as a desk, with photographs strewn about next to the names on the tree. At last, a connection emerged between the names and the photographs, with the woman who had brought in the suitcase.

We invited her back to the Local

History Center, introduced her to a ginormous family tree and showed her her relatives. “This is your greataunt,” I said as we went through the photographs. She was astonished that the beat-up suitcase in her basement, which she had always thought belonged to her husband, actually contained photographs of her distant and not-sodistant relatives.

She donated the photographs to the Local History Center’s archives, and they have been cataloged. Although we were unable to tie all of them to Westerville history, the ones that are linked to our community were added to the library’s online collection for anyone to view and enjoy. To see these and other historic photographs, visit westervillelibrary.org/ local-history and scroll down to “search the full collection.”

One of the wonders of the digitization age is that people worldwide now have access to collections online and can find photographs of their relatives that previously would have remained undiscovered.

Take a closer look at some of those boxes in your basement. You may have a treasure of photographs and family history waiting to be discovered.

Nina Thomas is the local history associate at the Westerville Public Library. For more information about library services and programs, go to westervillelibrary.org.

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Healthy Living

Can’t Lose Weight?

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“Eating even small amounts of certain carbs to which you are intolerant can cause bloating, fatigue, abdominal cramps and poor digestion, leading to heartburn.”

hose who made yet another resolution to lose weight in the new year are certainly not alone. It’s estimated that only 8 percent of those who make resolutions actually keep them, and weight loss can be particularly challenging.

Patients who have tried to eat healthy and actually made time to exercise and still aren’t losing weight might consider thinking about how their body tolerates carbohydrates.

Most of us have heard of people being lactose or gluten intolerant, but your body can be intolerant of other carbs as well. Eating even small amounts of certain carbs to which you are intolerant can cause bloating, fatigue, abdominal cramps and poor digestion, leading to heartburn. What we don’t know as much about is whether it is also affecting our insulin levels differently and keeping us from shedding that fat weight.

Most diets correctly identify overeating and under-exercising as the primary culprits to weight gain. It is really easy to overeat carbohydrates, and that is bound to soar insulin levels to promote fat storage. The problem is, many lump carbs into just one category.

Some diets call for cutting out all carbs and only eating proteins, while others suggest limiting “total carbs” to only a few grams a day. Newer renditions of this low-carb lifestyle might include eating an optimal amount of protein and filling the rest of the diet with some healthy fats to teach the body to burn more fat.

The truth is, there are many different types of carbohydrates that are broken down by various enzymes in different parts of the digestive system.

Depending on the type of carb—if it’s a sugar, starch or fiber—it will be processed by different enzymes found in the saliva, pancreas or small intestine.

Focusing on the nutrient density of the carb might be helpful. In other words, eating complex carbs such as beans or including dairy in the diet contributes a lot of nutrients, likely making consuming that carb a good strategy. However, eating white pasta, white breads and rolls or emptycalorie snack bars is likely not worth the calories or insulin load. Why consume or overconsume the carbs that are flaring your insulin without much advantage to your health?

Before starting any diet or physical activity program, it’s best to get a comprehensive physical from a doctor. There are tests and measurements that a doctor can do that will immediately signal if a patient is at risk for some insulin resistance or carb intolerance.

For example, metabolic syndrome is a diagnosis

that might indicate some carb intolerance.

Metabolic syndrome is defined by having three or more of the following: • Waist circumference of more than 35 inches for women, 40 inches for men • Blood pressure reading for either number that is greater than 130/85 • Low HDL cholesterol (less than 40) • Fasting blood glucose of more than 100 • Triglyceride levels above 150 Even with that information, however, pinpointing an intolerance to carbs may take some work. For those who often seem bloated, distended or find it nearly impossible to lose weight, no matter how hard they try, here are some tips to help pinpoint the potential of carb intolerance: Keep a food and workout journal. Be keenly aware of what is being eaten by writing it down and looking closely at the ingredients. If a food you are eating has you feeling bloated or blah, start to recognize it and find a more compatible substitute.

Patients should be able to accurately tell if they are getting enough exercise to balance their food habits by keeping that in the journal as well.

Eat low carbs, but not “no” carbs. An initial approach might be to make sure portions of carb foods—dairy, fruit and grains—are reasonable. If you feel better as you move carbs out of your diet, it might help you think about your tolerance level. Each person has a different metabolism, and low carbohydrate works very well for some people. It is important to note that low carb does not mean just eating protein foods.

Eating healthy fats in your diet and remembering to include a lot of vegetables is important for antioxidant and fiber health.

Be less refined. Avoid refined and processed sugars that are added to things such as sodas, fruit drinks and desserts, and learn to decipher food labels. Foods that contain high-fructose corn syrup, dextrose and even raw sugar should be eaten sparingly. Instead, stick to foods with more complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains, nuts, raw fruits and vegetables. Again, let nutrient-dense foods rule.

Eat more often, not less. Many people think the key to losing weight is to avoid eating, but some people respond well to eating more frequently, in smaller quantities. Patients should eat four to six small meals a day to regulate their blood sugar and keep their appetite under control. Anyone who has dieted knows cravings are powerful things, so avoid them by eating good foods often. Including a little protein and fat in each meal is important.

Jackie Buell is a sports dietitian for OSU Sports Medicine and consultant to the OSU Department of Athletics. She is a registered and licensed dietitian and still maintains her athletic training license along with the dietetics license.

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Outtakes

Douglas performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women’s team final July 31, 2012, during the Summer Olympics.

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Leap of Faith s Gabby Douglas trains for the next Summer Olympics, here’s a look at the year she won gold and other moments.

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Douglas (right), Shania Adams, 14, (left) and Shilese Jones, 13, check out training outfit photos on a smartphone following a session at Buckeye Gymnastics on Nov. 12.

Marta Karolyi, the U.S. national women’s gymnastics team coordinator, hugs Douglas during the Aug. 2 artistic gymnastics women’s individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Douglas arrives at the BET Awards held June 30, 2013, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

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