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A MESSAGE FROM CITY MANAGER DANA MCDANIEL Resilience. It’s a word we have leaned on and leaned into over the past year. But resilience is more than a theme or a slogan in Dublin; it is an area of strategic focus for the City and has been long before COVID-19. It means more than being able to take a punch; it is about bouncing back after adversity as strong as before. It is not something that just happens; it is a result of forward thinking, planning and preparedness.

Despite the global pandemic, economic recession and financial uncertainty, the City of Dublin was able to maintain a high level of services and infrastructure investment in 2020 due to our ongoing commitment to five areas of strategic focus: fiscal health; economic vitality; smart, customer-focused government; community engagement; and safe and resilient community. These focus areas are the result of City Council’s vision and leadership, and they are at the core of everything we do in Dublin.

Fiscal health: The City ended 2020 with operating revenues totaling $92 million, which was less than $1 million below our original budget. This, as the national unemployment rate increased from 4.4% to 14.7%, the stock market fell 34% and Gross Domestic Product fell 31.4% in the second quarter. The key driver behind the City’s financial strength was the resilience of the City’s Income Tax revenue, which makes up more than 75% of the City’s operating revenues. This funding comes from Dublin’s 2% income tax. In 2020, Dublin collected $92.2 million in income tax revenue, exceeding our original budget of $89.3 million by almost $3 million.

Another significant part of the City’s strong fiscal health is our rainy day fund represented by the General Fund balance. Dublin ended 2020 with a record General Fund balance of $71.3 million. This balance was achieved through a strategic reduction in operating expenditures and successful economic development initiatives.

Economic vitality: The City advanced new economic development initiatives, including one with Quantum Health, which relocated its headquarters to Dublin and has quickly become one of our largest employers. The City also executed economic development agreements with Air Force One, g2o and MedFlight, which resulted in the retention of more than 300 jobs and the addition of nearly 600 new ones. We also progressed on prior agreements, including investing in infrastructure to support the new Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Ambulatory Care Center, which will bring hundreds of jobs, tens of millions in annual payroll and robust new community wellness benefits.

Additionally, the City invested $300,000 in our local economy by funding the Restart Dublin Ohio plan administered through Visit Dublin Ohio in order to support our local businesses and community.

The campaign aimed to offset some of the impacts COVID-19 had on the tourism and hospitality industries.

Smart, customer-focused government: Dublin aspires to be the most connected city in the United States, and due to that commitment, we have been aggressively pursuing, developing and utilizing technology to improve lives and experiences for our residents and business community. Therefore, many systems were already in place to continue serving the community safely when the pandemic emerged. We worked smarter and harder.

We increased usage of our GoDublin app, which allows customers to submit service requests, report issues and get information. We added a “coronavirus” section to provide updates and the latest orders, advisories and guidelines from local, state and federal health authorities.

We ensured the safe continuity of governance by transitioning City Council and other public meetings to digital platforms. The City conducted more than 100 virtual public meetings in 2020 and produced more than 140 videos, including a digital State of the City presentation.

Of course, not all services can be provided virtually. City leadership identified minimum staffing levels needed

to provide essential services such as trash collection, street and utility maintenance and traffic control. We implemented vigorous safety and sanitation protocols at all City facilities and installed kiosks, which measured temperatures to screen all employees and visitors for indications of fever. City services continued without interruption throughout the year thanks to the dedication of City staff and our contractors, such as Rumpke, which handled a significant spike in demand during the pandemic.

Community engagement: Around the globe, communities embraced the “We’re all in this together” mantra in 2020. That was also true in our city, where citizens celebrated the “Dublin Cares” campaign, spreading hope and kindness through pictures, messages, works of art and many other demonstrations of togetherness.

Our Outreach & Engagement team never slowed down, instead increasing their level of service to the community: coordinating volunteers, delivering groceries, making wellness calls to vulnerable citizens and working with community partners like Dublin City Schools, Syntero, faith-based communities and assisted-living facilities.

Residents turned to the City’s communication platforms in record numbers. The Communications & Public Information team transformed the City’s website into a hub of COVID-19 information, sent regular email updates and utilized social media platforms to provide a continual stream of information.

Safe and resilient: Above all else, Dublin remained a safe and resilient community, which is always our top priority. The Dublin Police Department and Washington Township Fire and EMS implemented rigorous health and safety protocols to continue ensuring public safety and providing emergency response services at all times.

We activated our Emergency Operations Center, and key personnel from every department in the City held regular

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Front Row: Mayor Chris Amorose Groomes (At-Large), Vice Mayor Cathy De Rosa (Ward 4).

briefings. Guided by the pandemic plan we had in place, our emergency management team demonstrated agility and vigilance to meet the unique challenges of COVID-19. Additionally, the City worked closely with state and local health officials and followed the guidance of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Health to implement measures to contain the virus to the best of our ability.

We know we will continue to be a safe and resilient city long after the pandemic has passed. It is who we are as a local democracy, as strategic planners, as fiscal stewards, as service providers and as a community.

We look forward to emerging stronger, healthier and more vibrant than ever in 2021!

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2020 FINANCIAL REPORTS ALL REVENUES BY SOURCE (For the year ended: Dec. 31, 2020)

16% Long-Term financing (bonds and loans)

| $28,045,349

11% Charges for services

| $19,872,958

7% Service payments

| $13,068,268

5 1%

Income taxes | $92,242,696

TOTAL

$180,061,459

4% Miscellaneous | $7,012,392 2% Intergovernmental revenues | $4,137,026 2% Property tax | $4,102,770 2% Licenses, fines and permits | $3,731,618 2% Interest income | $3,213,614 1% Local, state and federal grants | $2,678,443 1% Hotel/Motel tax | $1,493,256 <1% Special assessments | $463,069

ALL EXPENDITURES BY PROGRAM

(For the year ended: Dec. 31, 2020)

11% Debt service

| $18,082,501

11% Police

| $16,767,469

11% Leisure activities

| $16,760,039

28%

General operations | $43,645,647

TOTAL

$156,977,038

28%

Capital outlay | $44,475,762

5% Community environment

| $7,761,340

4% Basic utility services

| $5,955,801

2% Transportation

| $3,528,478

2021-2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM – FUNDED PROJECTS (Major By Category)

Each year, the City prepares an extensive five-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) to identify capital projects. The 2021-2025 CIP represents $235.6 million in programmed projects and establishes the City’s blueprint for investments in its capital infrastructure.

The CIP is used as a tool to ensure that the City’s long and short-term capital investments are made in the context of careful consideration of the City’s needs as well as the resources available to fund all projects.

TOTAL

2% Fleet

| $5.64 million

2% Facilities

| $4.91 million

3% Technology

| $8.24 million

5% Other

| $12.60 million

11% Utilities

| $26.48 million

$235.60 Million

64%

Transportation | $150.65 million

11% Parks |

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Witchey’s World City event coordinator’s impact on Dublin internship program For Cathy Witchey, the Dublin Irish Festival is a reunion.

The former Dublin educator and current event coordinator for the city often met her former pupils at the Dublin Irish Festival, which serves as a homecoming event for many former Dublin students.

“I am supposed to be working at the festival since I work for the city and there are times when I run into kids, and my boss and my coworkers are like, ‘Do you know everybody?’” she says.

Witchey devoted more than three decades of her life as an educator in the Dublin City School District. In the mid-1990s, the language arts teacher swapped roles to help establish an internship program that started out with 20 students and has now grown to more than 100 students this school year.

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The Young Professionals Academy offers Dublin students the chance to participate in two internships per semester. During that time, students learn how to write a resume and cover letter and tackle job interviews, and other skills that will help them in the job marketplace.

“It was definitely ahead of its time,” Witchey says.

As the program mentor, Witchey guided students as they immersed themselves in the internship experience. She helped students understand some of the soft skills that are expected in the workplace such as table manners for business lunches and keeping company secrets confidential.

“There were always funny stories on the side,” Witchey says.

For instance, given the fact that 16- and 17-year-old students are spending more Witchey shows students how business time in environments with adults, they’re can intertwine with golf – rules, etiquette, bound to hear the off-color joke in the integrity, proper attire, business connections workplace, she says.

– and takes them golfing at SportsOhio.

Witchey, however, gave students the space “Later on, I heard from several students to discuss those kinds of experiences and fram- how it did come into play when they were ed it as a learning experience. working,” Witchey says. “One student even “It’s demanding. You know, some of the got his next job while being paired up with kids, they work on Saturdays, they work some businesspeople at a golf course.” on Sundays, they work in the evenings,” she says.

In addition, the internship program allows students to explore careers they are potentially interested in and consider whether it is really the right fit.

“Some of the kids have amazing success, like that, they get where they want to go,” Witchey says. “The other kids have success because they figure out what they didn’t want to do and waste their money and went on to do other things.”

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school districts in the community is exponential,” Harriman says. “Honestly, without Cathy Witchey there wouldn’t be a YPA program.”

Witchey spent the last 11 years in Dublin schools as a librarian and in 2015 became a part-time event assistant for the city. Witchey’s boss, who interviewed her for the job, was one of the YPA mentors, too. Witchey became a full-time coordinator and is now a YPA mentor herself – talk about full circle.

Since its beginning, the class has become more reliant on virtual platforms and, like most organizations, had to pivot at the onset of the pandemic. Nearly 300 students were signed up for the program before COVID-19 hit the area, but the program scaled back to 150 students in YPA this year.

Witchey says the city has grown a lot from the small town it was when she started teaching at Dublin Middle School in 1986. She still enjoys seeing her former students as they make an impact in Dublin and around the world.

“It’s really home and these kids still matter to me,” Witchey says.

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Dublin Life magazine reached out to some of Cathy Witchey’s former Young Professional Academy students to hear how Witchey and the program impacted their lives.

Before YPA, Mike Frank says Witchey was his sixth and seventh grade language arts teacher and one of his all-time favorite teachers. Frank says he was selected as one of the students for the YPA program in 1996 and did internships at a law firm and a production studio.

“She gave you the opportunity to try a bunch of things that you might be interested in,” he says.

Frank had an after-school part-time job as a dishwasher at the Wedgewood Golf & Country Club in Powell. After completing his other two internships, Frank asked his boss to expand his involvement with the country club.

“That led me to climb the ladder so to speak,” Frank says.

Frank continued to work at the club throughout high school and college. He attended the Western Culinary Institute (now the as Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts) in Portland, Oregon, and received his bachelor’s degree in food service management from Ohio University.

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He’s now a certified executive chef at Savoir Cooking & Wine, which offers cooking classes and private events in Powell.

When Becca Apfelstadt was in the YPA program in 1998, she thought she wanted to be a magazine writer. Although she had secured an internship with Ohio Magazine, she did her first internship with a public relations agency.

While she was excited about working at the PR firm, she was eager to start her role at the magazine. But things changed after she began at the PR firm.

“It turned out that the marketing advertising PR place was where I fell in love,” she says.

Witchey helped Apfelstadt get accepted to the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University where she studied advertising management.

“Cathy was just a fantastic champion and cheerleader,” Apfelstadt says.

Apfelstadt continued working with the PR firm, doing internships while in school, and worked her way to become a vice president. Eventually, at 27 years old, she co-founded her own firm, Treetree Agency.

As the CEO of the firm, Apfelstadt accepts YPA students.

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“Students should absolutely take initiative,” she says.

Last fall, Witchey was watching TV and saw a commercial that was promoting cable network WGN America’s rebranding as NewsNation, which provides national newscasts in prime time. One of the veteran journalists anchoring the program was Marni Hughes, another YPA alumna. Witchey followed up with Hughes through LinkedIn. Hughes says she remembers Witchey “as if it was yesterday.”

“I appreciated her leadership, her mentoring and always being there for advice,” Hughes says.

Marni Hughes

Hughes explored a variety of career fields through the YPA program. She did internships at a bakery, advertising and architecture firms.

“I was hungry to get out of the classroom,” Hughes says.

It was difficult to get internships at TV stations when she was in high school, so Hughes started her path to become a journalist in college. With NewsNation, Hughes gets to anchor a three-hour newscast Monday through Friday.

“I was blown away,” Witchey says. “It just feels really good to have that kind of a payoff.”

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Community Service Day pays it forward On May 1, the Dublin Chamber of Commerce will host the city’s 21st annual Leadership Dublin Community Service Day. Older adults, community members facing hardship, and organizations such as churches and schools can apply for volunteers to clean their outdoor spaces on Community Service Day. Participants can volunteer as individuals or in groups, and local businesses can sponsor the event.

The Irelan family volunteered for the Community Service Day for the first time last year, and serving others is just part of their family tradition.

“It makes you feel good when you help somebody,” says Rich Irelan. “It’s on our (family’s) to-do list: a good act of service to do something nice for somebody every day.”

Community Service Day is hosted at BMI Federal Credit Union on Emerald Parkway, making it easy for volunteers to check in and receive assignments.

“A lot of people think that you have to leave the country to do good work,” says Irelan’s daughter, Jordyn, “but it was literally five minutes down the road. …

You can help and change just by driving a few minutes.”

Upon arrival at BMI, volunteers receive a complimentary breakfast and are sorted into teams. Teams are then directed to clean up yards and outdoor areas.

After a morning of service, the chamber encourages volunteers to return to BMI for a free lunch.

In 2020, more than 450 volunteers served about 50 older adults across the 70 total sites. Some of those sites included schools, nonprofits and parks.

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Volunteers at the 2020 Community Service Day

condos,” says Irelan. “We washed windows with a hose and a sprayer.”

The volunteers cleaned lawns, painted, planted flowers, mulched, washed windows, pulled weeds and helped with other physically demanding maintenance.

“It’s a Saturday morning, but it goes by really quickly when you’re working together and having fun with it,” says Kent Weakley.

Children are welcome and encouraged to volunteer with an adult. Take it from Weakley’s 9-year-old son, Teddy, who volunteered at the 2020 Community Service Day. “I really want to help people in need,” he says. “Plus, I kind of think it’s fun to do yard work.”

The chamber hosted the first Community Service Day in 2000 with around

250 volunteers. The event was such a success in helping the city and fostering community pride that the chamber established the annual Leadership Dublin Community Service Day. “The volunteerism in this community is just tremendous,” says Mayor Chris Amorose Groomes, “whether it’s youth sports or through the schools or volunteering at St. Patrick’s Day being a marshal for the parade (or) the fireworks on the Fourth of July.”

This year, community members are hoping that, despite the pandemic, they will be able to come out and serve with as much impact as in years past. The 2020 Community Service Day was held at the onset of the pandemic, with the chamber implementing precautions such as wearing masks and staying distanced. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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Volunteers found the experience to be just as impactful as in previous years.

“A lot of people are struggling right now with COVID-19 and not being able to do as much as they typically do,” says Weakley. “To brighten their day, I think, was really rewarding.”

Dublin is a community known for its dedication to service, and Community Service Day is just one of many volunteering opportunities.

“I would just like to thank all the people that have volunteered in the past and that have served so many in this community,” says Groomes. “That’s what a community is; it’s not a congregation of people that live in proximity to one another. It’s people that are connected, that serve and care for each other. That is the community that is Dublin.”

Sarah Grace Smith is a contributing writer.

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That’s the Spirit

Nicklaus Youth Spirit Award tees up kids’ inspirational health stories

By Garth Bishop Photos courtesy of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide

Since its 1976 inception, the Memorial Tournament has been raising money for the benefit of Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

For the past decade, though, the tournament has also recognized one Nationwide Children’s patient each year whose story has inspired others – and given that person a front-row seat to some of the most exciting parts of tournament week.

The 2021 Memorial Tournament is slated for May 31-June 6. And as the world’s top golfers are welcomed to Dublin during the week, so, too, will the 11th Nicklaus Youth Spirit Award winner be celebrated.

The History of the Program The award program has been a key part of the tournament since Nationwide signed on as presenting sponsor. The award is given to a patient or family that has come through Nationwide Children’s to overcome a significant health hurdle and inspire others at the hospital in their own medical struggles, with the first winner crowned in 2011.

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Nicklaus, founder of the tournament, had attended a similar event in Texas with his wife, Barbara, right around the time the tournament was forming its relationship with Nationwide. From day one, officials at the tournament and the insurance giant wanted to do something that would bring the community together, and in 2011, they drew 250 people and $250,000$300,000 at the Ohio Statehouse for the Legends Luncheon.

Last year, the program alone pulled in $1.45 million of the total $3.1 million raised for the hospital.

The winner is chosen each year by a committee appointed by the hospital, which reviews nominees submitted by the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation. Traditionally, the award winner has been presented to the public at the Legends Luncheon in April.

“As the event happens, the recipient and the family get a chance to meet the Nicklauses and join them onstage,” says Dan Sullivan, executive director of the tournament.

Tournament organizers anticipate announcing the winner during tournament week this year, with the luncheon being pushed back to the fall due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Peyton Manning with Matt McClish at the 2019 Memorial Tournament.

Stories to Impress & Inspire There’s not a dry eye in the house when the award winner takes the stage and attendees are informed of the trials they’ve overcome, says Niki Shafer, senior vice president of outreach for the foundation.

“My favorite thing is watching the parents’ faces when their children go up onstage and stand next to Jack and Barbara Nicklaus,” Shafer says. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

The Golf Shop at Bridge Park Where many professional golf tournaments have their merchandise shops on or near the course, for the past few years, the Memorial Tournament has located its shop at Bridge Park.

Situated at 6564 Longshore St., across from 16-Bit Bar+Arcade, the shop’s new location was chosen in part to better expose tournament patrons to what Dublin has to offer.

Niki Shafer of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation lauds the Memorial Tournament fundraising arm for its support of the hospital, but also points to the City of Dublin as a great partner during the tournament and related activities, particularly the crew of volunteers it helps to amass.

Major championship winners Webb Simpson (left) and Gary Woodland speak at the 2020 Legends Luncheon.

In addition to the ceremony of the luncheon, the winner is always included in the proceedings of the tournament as part of the hospital’s Patient Champions program.

The program is a volunteer effort through which the foundation invites current or former patients to participate in events and share their inspirational stories with others.

“Our Patient Champions truly inspire others, especially kids their own age who may be battling a condition or diagnosis that’s really challenging for them,” says Shafer. “They have a really strong conviction for being connected to the hospital and wanting to be a champion for all that we do here.”

Areas of the hospital that have benefited from recent tournament support include the neonatal intensive care unit, the Center for Family Safety and Healing, and the On Our Sleeves behavioral health program.

“As a company, Nationwide lives into its mission of providing extraordinary care to our members and that spirit extends to our charitable partnerships. Supporting the Legends Luncheon alongside the Nicklauses and our tournament partners helps Nationwide Children’s Hospital provide extraordinary care to kids who come to Children’s from all over the world,” says Jim McCoy, Nationwide’s associate vice president of sports marketing for Nationwide.

A Firsthand Look Winners get behind-the-scenes tours, are part of the Wednesday pro-am meet-andgreet, and enjoy themselves with friends and family at the tournament. Winners tend to be golf enthusiasts, which boosts the emotional impact of their recognition.

2020 winner Anna Earl remembers meeting Gary Woodland this past year, in addi-

Anna Earl speaks at the 2020 Legends Luncheon. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

tion to getting to meet the Nicklauses and seeing players warming up on the course. “(Woodland) had gone out of his way to say good job and congratulations,” Earl says.

Earl – of Vienna, West Virginia – is among those golf enthusiasts. She was born with cerebral palsy and went to Nationwide Children’s for selective dorsal rhizotomy in May 2018. Now 16, Earl has been golfing since age 9 or 10.

2019 winner Matt McClish of Galloway is also an avid golfer, and hasn’t let his own medical challenges hold him back. McClish has had multiple surgeries for a brain tumor and epilepsy, the last of them coming in 2017. He began golfing in middle school, and had qualified for all-county every year he played – until that final surgery, after which a stroke paralyzed his left side.

Nevertheless, McClish, now a sophomore studying sports management at

Matt McClish presents a check, along with Jack and Barbara Nicklaus, at the 2019 Legends Luncheon.

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“I still love the sport just as much, maybe more … since being able to play after I wasn’t able to move half my body for a while,” McClish says.

McClish was in inpatient rehab at Nationwide Children’s for three months and will serve as a mentor for stroke and brain surgery patients once COVID-19 rates have dropped enough for it to be safe.

Earl and McClish both describe the experience of being named award winner as nigh-overwhelming. Earl was shocked and

refers to meeting the Nicklauses as “the coolest thing ever,” while McClish says he “was jumping for joy” when he found out.

As much of a prominent role as the award plays during and surrounding tournament week, the impact of the money raised for Nationwide Children’s is a comparable point of pride, Sullivan says.

“The great news is the funds spread throughout the hospital, whether it’s the NICU or the new Behavioral Health Pavilion or family health and services,” he says. “We’re proud to continue the momentum and the success we’ve had over the years.”

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A year’s worth of changes has overhauled almost every hole at Muirfield Village Golf Club Longtime Memorial Tournament enthusiasts will notice some significant changes to this year’s tournament – and not just safety-minded alterations connected to COVID-19.

Over the past year, Muirfield Village Golf Club has undergone a major renovation.

The greens already needed to be updated, says Dan Sullivan, executive director for the tournament, and it had been some time since the course had seen any significant changes. That was the starting point for a series of sweeping changes spearheaded by tournament founder Jack Nicklaus.

“Jack looked at this as an opportunity for him to make a significant impact on the future of the golf course for years to come,” Sullivan says.

What Looks Different?

Avid followers will be most likely to notice the changes to hole 15, which has been completely redesigned, including changes to the fairways and visuals. The fairway area was lowered about 12 feet, making it easier for players to see where they’re going from the tee, while the back tee was moved back 37 yards and a new forward tee was added.

Hole 5 also saw substantial changes, with the green being shifted back about 20 yards and made smaller. Now, it has water on the left side and bunkering on the right.

“It’s going to be a pretty wild hole from the tour standpoint,” says Chad Mark, director of grounds for the course.

Only four or five greens resemble their previous selves, Mark says. Even those that did not see changes to the greens saw changes to the contours.

“Golf fans both in person and on television are going to be able to notice the difference and be intrigued by it,” Sullivan says.

Though club members are getting the first crack at the redesigned course, the 2021 tournament will mark the first time professionals have been on it.

“That’s the exciting part about this year: We get a brand-new golf course that no one has played,” says Sullivan.

One thing that hasn’t changed, per Mark: the fan experience. The course was already designed with the spectators in mind, so the only priority there was to ensure that experience wasn’t damaged by any of the changes, a goal Mark thinks was achieved in full. Hospitality venues have largely been kept in place as well.

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Learning to Serve DCRC’s adaptive programming changes lives

By Sarah Grace Smith

The transition from high school to adulthood can be difficult for anyone, but it can be particularly hard for differently abled people. The Dublin Community Recreation Center (DCRC) hopes that its Fantastic Friday Night, a year-round adaptive program, alongside the DCRC Adaptive Services, can make that transition smoother.

The Fantastic Friday night program offers adaptive recreation and programming to enhance the social, educational and mental well-being of Dublin residents with varying physical and cognitive disabilities.

“Leisure and recreation are an integral part of community life and are essential to the physical, social and emotional wellbeing for all people,” says Jodi Shealy, the adaptive services coordinator. “The

Jacki Green

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purpose of adaptive services is to include individuals with all levels of physical and cognitive abilities that may have traditionally experienced limited participation in recreational activities.”

Fantastic Friday Night provides opportunities for participants to interact with their peers, explore their community and partner with outside agencies. The program also teaches skills for independent and healthy living through recreation, nutrition and fitness education.

Adaptive Services started the program in 2008 with around six participants. Today, 25 Dublin residents ranging from age 19 to 35 participate in Fantastic Friday Night.

One participant is Jacki Green. Green is a 26-year-old Dubliner who has been active in adaptive service programs for 11 years.

When she started attending Fantastic Friday Nights, Green knew many of her peers from her school and neighborhood.

As time passed, the group expanded, and Green quickly made more friends.

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“The Friday night events have been a lot of fun,” she says, “and it gives all of us an opportunity to be ourselves and to form a bond with others with special needs. It especially gives me a space for self-awareness and an environment that encouraged participation, selfexpression and confidence in my abilities.”* Through the program, Green participates in activities such as swimming, arts and crafts, and ceramics.

DCRC Adaptive Services also hosts programs In the Kitchen, Dine About Town, and other social activities such as game nights and book clubs. Green says through these programs, she has learned proper social etiquette and good eating habits.

The programming has provided Green with many skill sets. She has gained knowledge on nutrition and food safety, and she has learned how to work with others, when to ask for help and how to be respectful.

Green and her parents believe that the adaptive programs have enhanced her social and emotional development, partly because of the DCRC staff’s enthusiasm to connect with special needs individuals.

“Participating in the various programs and working with the staff at the Dublin rec. center has been wonderful,” she says.

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To give back, Green began volunteering with the DCRC in 2012, and in 2019, she was hired as a preschool counselor for My First Camp and Discovery Camp. Green has always enjoyed working with younger children and she connects with them easily. Children make her laugh, and she loves to be called “Miss Jacki.”

She especially enjoys working with special needs kids because she wants to make them feel welcome. “(I became a camp counselor) because I like working with kids, special needs kids,” she says.

Green feels that her experience as a participant in adaptive programming at the DCRC has helped prepare her to be a camp counselor.

“I have learned to be resourceful and to take the initiative in planning and finding crafts and activities for the campers,” she says.* While working as a part-time camp counselor, Green also works as a store associate at Donatos Pizza and is an assistant cross country coach at Dublin Jerome High School. In addition to her involvement in Best Buddies and Young Life, she now volunteers with dinner and crafts preparation for Fantastic Friday Night.

Green credits Jodi’s staff at Adaptive Services as being inspiration for her own work and volunteer positions.

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By Sarah Robinson

Elementary School first grade teacher Catherine Farny. “She’s the kind of person that, even if you don’t know her that well, she makes you feel so calm and heard, and she’s such a good listener.”

From raising three exceptional children In her recent switch from teaching kin– a Grammy-nominated musician, a 4.0 dergarten at Bailey to serving as the school’s Ohio State engineering student and, well, GIS, Robinson has been able to have a few me – to shaping hundreds of young minds students twice – once in kindergarten and as a kindergarten teacher-turned-gifted again in her cognitive education (cog) or intervention specialist (GIS), Dublin is so accelerated math classes. much better for having Robinson.

“I remember the fun activities that we “She’s so calm, easy to talk to and did (in kindergarten) and how nice Mrs. you automatically feel comfortable Robinson was,” says Zoe Taylor, a fourthwhen you’re talking to her,” says Bailey grader in Robinson’s cog class and former kindergarten student. “She is so kind and smart.”

Zoe’s mom, Gretchen Taylor, is also a Dublin City Schools employee and worked with Robinson as a literacy coach a few years before Zoe started school. “(Robinson) has such a blend of that calm personality and understanding of the importance of structure and routine and kids knowing what to expect when they come to her classroom every day,” says Taylor. “That really puts kids at ease. She is just so warm and so empathetic, and that’s why you see kids really thrive with her. I know that Zoe did and Robinson with kindergarten student Zoe Taylor, who is continues to.” now in Robinson’s cog class.

Being a mom isn’t easy, and neither is being a teacher, but Margaret Robinson makes it look effortless.

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In her cog classes, Robinson teaches the habits of mind and challenges her students with enriching and engaging activities like learning American Sign Language or creating virtual escape rooms.

“She has the most fun activities and there always is so much creativity in each and every project,” says Zoe. “My favorite project is probably when we made rock elevators!”

A recent unit involved learning about kids and people who are differently abled.

For Zoe’s mom, that meant a lot.

“That unit is so important because Zoe’s youngest sibling has special needs and has a developmental disability,” says Taylor, “and so (Robinson) has created a really wonderful, nurturing atmosphere for Zoe to explore some of that with some other classmates who don’t have that kind of exposure in their own lives with someone who has different ways of learning.”

This school year, a lot changed due to COVID-19. For Robinson, that meant serving Chapman Elementary as well as Bailey.

“She’s just gone above and beyond the call of duty,” says Marge Mulcahy, gifted services coordinator for the district. “She’s so professional and she’s so dedicated that never was there a question, it was just, ‘How can I make this work?’ and, ‘How can I do it to the best of my ability?’”

With school switching between remote, hybrid and in-person learning, Robinson has kept open lines of communication with both students and parents.

“She’s sharing what they’re doing, and a lot of the why behind it,” says Taylor. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

One of Robinson’s favorite parts about being a Dublin City Schools employee was the opportunity to hand high school diplomas to each of her three children.

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Sarah Robinson and fiance Kyle got engaged this year.

Robinson’s Mom-isms It’s better to be kind than to be right To have a friend you have to be a friend Education is never wasted If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all

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“She’s helping us understand her commitment to our kids as whole human beings, not just as kids who identified as being cognitively gifted.”

Her dedication extends beyond just her students and parents, though.

“A school environment is a team and every member within that school environment, from the superintendent all the way through coordinators and principals and assistant principals, custodial staff and parents and PTO, and all of that,” says Mulcahy. “(Robinson) treats everyone equally and with the same respect.”

“She will jump over the moon for the kids, anything for the kids,” adds Bailey kindergarten teacher Shruti Mehta, “and that extends to the teachers as well. No matter how late it is, if it’s five o’clock or 5:30, she’s willing to stay and help.”

During the 2018-2019 school year, Mehta was the student teacher in Robinson’s kindergarten classroom and says she was challenged to think outside of the box and do things differently.

“She pushed me. I mean, things were hard. I was nervous and scared, but she really pushed me, and I think that made me a strong teacher,” says Mehta. “I truly believe that it’s because of her that I’m working at Bailey. She really advocated for me.”

When transitioning her role from kindergarten teacher to GIS, Robinson still had tons of classroom materials from her kindergarten classroom. Knowing Mehta was stepping into the newly vacated kindergarten position and remembering the time, effort and money it took to acquire all those materials as a new teacher, Robinson passed her collection to her successor.

“Being a new teacher at a new school is very frightening, but I think the relationships and the background that she had given me really set a good stage,” says Mehta. “On top of that, she gave me everything in her classroom. She was like, ‘Here, you can have everything.’”

Working with the teachers in the building has always been a cornerstone of Robinson’s teaching experience.

From having buddy classes for her kindergarteners to presenting at the Dublin Literacy Conference, sharing ideas and collaborating with other teachers is important to her.

“She’s so collaborative. She always wants to work in a collegial manner with other staff members, whether she’s sharing with them or is taking ideas from others and using them to meet the needs of her students,” says Mulcahy. “To me, that

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speaks about the strength of the individual because you can’t be collaborative like that unless you are highly professional and highly dedicated.”

“She’s a reader and a learner, so she always brings new ideas and thoughts that helped me become a better and stronger educator and more reflective in our practice together,” adds Bailey fifth grade teacher Maria Caplin. “And she’s fun.”

Beyond the Classroom Outside of school, Robinson is a baker, a reader, a swim instructor and a musician.

“And (Robinson) is quite a cook,” says Caplin. “The biggest thing I know about her is that she’s a learner and she loves to have conversations around education. More recently, she’s taught (through Zoom) myself and another teacher how to cook bread.”

Another important part of Robinson’s life is aquatics. As a Red Cross certified swim instructor, she can often be found teaching lessons during the summers at Northwest Swim Club, giving pointers to friends and swimming laps for exercise.

“I wanted to actually learn how to swim as a workout. I was talking to (Robinson) one day after school, … and she goes, ‘Oh yeah, I teach swim,’” says Farny. “I was extremely open to it because I knew

she would make me feel comfortable and she would show me the steps of where I needed to go to progress with my swimming.”

Robinson has also been an active member of St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church for more than 20 years, singing in the choir, teaching Sunday school and playing in the handheld bell choir.

Wherever she goes, she inspires others to live life more kindly, more thoughtfully and with more purpose.

She inspired and nurtured my older brother Michael’s Robinson playing gaga ball with students during end of passion for music, and at age year Super Games in 2014.

24 he has his first Grammy nomination under his belt.

As her favorite (and only) daughter, She encouraged my younger brother I can say with confidence that I am the Matthew’s interest in math, science and strong woman I am today because of her. cooking and now his crispy potatoes are So, Mom, this one’s for you. a family favorite and he has a promising And to all the Dublin moms out there, the engineering internship lined up as just a ones who raised us, encouraged us and, most sophomore in college. importantly, love us, happy (early) Mother’s She shows us the importance of love, Day. We couldn’t do it without you. loyalty and having fun in a relationship, and is celebrating 30 happy years of mar- Sarah Robinson is an associate editor. Feedback riage this year with our dad, Rick. welcome at srobinson@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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ARTifacts

Exploration and Curiosity Why is Dublin so Artsy?

By Janet Cooper Photos courtesy of Dublin Arts Council unless noted

Do you doodle? Do you post on social media using creative words and images? Do you sing along to music on your playlist? Everyone can be artsy, and Dublin Arts Council encourages creativity in many ways.

Studies prior to the pandemic showed that increased stress contributed to both physical and mental illnesses in the United States, and that technology was leaving people feeling disconnected and distracted.

With today’s additional stress of lifestyle disruptions and screen fatigue, Dublin Arts Council’s mission to cultivate creativity and foster lifelong learning through the arts The Pantoni family of Worthington embarks has never been more relevant. on an art challenge in Dublin’s Kiwanis Dublin is full of curiosity seekers. Just Riverway Park. Photo courtesy of Kristin Pantoni ask anyone who’s found a piece of hidden artwork in a Dublin park or has listened to messages from the artists in Dublin’s public art cellphone tour. Dublin Arts Council provides a plethora of free community arts opportunities for all ages, thoughtfully created to provide individualized self-guided experiences, whether in person or virtually, on demand and at your own pace.

Who are these artsy neighbors?

You’ll find them taking classes at Dublin Arts Council or the Dublin Community Recreation Center (DCRC), exploring neighborhoods on bicycle or on foot, checking out new restaurants, visiting the library, and volunteering to help others.

In other words, we find abundant creativity in each of us, and in our Bev Goldie of Dublin works with Suminagashi at Dublin Arts Council. community as a whole.

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Supporting Younger Learners Dublin Arts Council has a longstanding relationship with Dublin City Schools, encouraging in- and out-ofclassroom exploration. Exhibition-related field trips and arts challenges relate to social and environmental issues students face every day, making the arts a relevant part of life.

Arts experiences provide a way to interpret and express thoughts, solve problems, inspire joy and build confidence.

Dublin Arts Council’s arts education team is working with Dublin City Schools as revisions are made to the district’s visual arts curriculum and is facilitating a Community Time Capsule project this spring to encourage students to creatively process their response to the past year.

ARTcamps at Dublin Arts Council traditionally offer arts exploration for students age 6 to 14, providing opportunities to throw clay on a wheel, draw, paint or work with mixed media. In-person restrictions continue to shape plans for hybrid arts education models, including virtual offerings to support the transformational power of creative expression for young artists.

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understanding of gender issues and fostering the expression of creative performance arts by and about the LGBTQ+ community.

Evolution Theatre Company will present its season in The Abbey Theater of Dublin, inside the DCRC, opening May 13.

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Remote Access in Real Time With limited capacity for in-person arts experiences, Dublin Arts Council has worked diligently over the past year to provide easily accessible, virtual inspiration and education. Website viewers can find listings of various online opportunities, plus play and artmaking ideas on the site’s Be Creative page. Artist talks and virtual visits can be found on the site’s visual arts series pages, and online maps, audio and video material support myriad permanent and temporary public art projects.

Being artsy is a way of life for those who live, work, visit, play and learn in Dublin, and inspiration is available on demand 24/7/365. Details can be found at www. dublinarts.org.

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Eating Clean and Argentine The weather isn’t the only thing heating up Joel Linik has been a chef for 25 years. Originally from Argentina, in October 2019, Linik decided to bring a bit of Argentina to central Ohio in the form of choripanas, Spanish for chorizo sandwiches, through his restaurant Choripan Argentine Grill.

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“Argentina was colonized by Spaniards,” he says, “so, its cooking has a great Spanish influence. Also, there was a big European immigration between 1870 and 1935, so other countries like Italy and Germany brought their traditions that impacted our kitchens.”

Linik considers his cuisine to be simple, healthy food with an Argentinian flair.

The flavors in his dishes often contain oregano, red wine vinegar, paprika, cumin and basil.

Linik’s Perfect Empanada “There are many different ways to make an empanada,” he says. “Each country uses its own recipe for the dough. The fillings also vary not only from country to country but also within regions of a country. One could be spicy, another one could be sweeter, another can have potatoes in it.

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Is Intermittent Fasting for You? How intermittent fasting has helped Dublin residents A lifetime of competitive sports and workouts has kept me physically fit and away from diet trends. However, with injuries and quarantine preventing me from playing tennis and hitting the gym, I looked into a healthier eating program while working out at home. Intermittent fasting caught my eye because it seemed simple, straightforward, and close to my standard eating style with many fabulous benefits.

Weight gain and obesity are bigger problems now than ever before. Fifty years ago, televisions shut off at 11 p.m., kids played more often outside, portions were smaller and there were no computers. Now people have 24-hour access to watching movies, playing video games, chatting online and snacking all night long. The combination of less activity and more calories means a higher risk of obesity, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Intermittent fasting has shown positive results in reversing these trends.

The most popular version is the 16/8 method which means fasting for 16 hours and eating during an eight-hour window.

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breakfast fan, so that’s what fit my schedule best. Just make sure you stop eating at least two hours before going to bed.

During the fasting hours, you can drink water and black coffee or tea, which helps with feelings of hunger.

Another intermittent fasting method is called eat-stop-eat, in which you fast for 24 hours once or twice per week, but eat normally the other days. The third is the 5:2 diet where you consume only 500-600 calories on two nonconsecutive days of the week and eat normally the other days.

It is important to note that “The difference for me has been night intermittent fasting specifies and day. I have a much more motivated when to eat and not what outlook on life.” to eat. Ordering extra-large orders of French fries is not -Tony Hook going to help your sodium levels. It is best to avoid sugars and hormone increase which has benefits refined grains, and take pleasure in for fat loss and muscle gain. Combine savoring good, nutritious food. The that with insulin levels dropping which Mediterranean diet of leafy greens, makes stored body fat more accessible. healthy fats, lean proteins and whole This process of going hours without food grains is a great blueprint to follow. when the body exhausts its sugar stores Meal examples include eggs, whole and burns fat is referred to as metabolic wheat toast with avocado and grilled switching. Boosting your metabolism tomatoes, or salmon, roasted potatoes while eating fewer calories is an effective and steamed spinach. way to lose weight.

So why is intermittent fasting successful?

As with all fitness and diet programs, a It prolongs the period when your body supportive core group is vital for holding burns through the calories from your you accountable and keeping you on last meal and begins burning fat. During track. There are several Facebook groups fasting your levels of human growth that offer camaraderie and advice, or you www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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There are other benefits to intermittent fasting worth noting according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Studies suggest intermittent fasting improves blood pressure and heart health, boosts verbal memory and decreases inflammation.

Young men who fasted for 16 hours showed fat loss while maintaining muscle mass. And many people claim significant results in digestive health and upper GI issues.

Dublin resident Tiffany Crosby dealt with reflux, heartburn and a burning feeling in her gut. Since starting intermittent fasting, Tiffany says all of that has gone away. Tiffany was only going to try this lifestyle shift for 40 days but she liked the results and has continued.

“My meals are smaller and healthier when I eat,” says Tiffany, “and my body doesn’t crave sugar or snacks.”

Melissa Sitter lost 25 pounds in one year by fasting from 6 p.m. until noon the next day and exercising three to four times per week. She would move her usual eating window of noon-6 p.m. to 2-8 p.m. on the weekend so that she could enjoy a dinner out or an evening cocktail. Melissa warns that it can be difficult and isolating when trying to arrange an early dinner when it doesn’t fit with others’ schedules.

Susan Jungermann lost 80 pounds by fasting and giving up carbs and sugar, which she says completely changed her relationship with food.

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“I drank tons of water, ate things like oats, fruit and cinnamon around noon, snacked on vegetables and hummus, and cooked a healthy dinner,” says Tony.

He lost four to five pounds per week which continued for six months, at which point he added in exercise such as boxing and hot yoga. At 10 months he was down to 200 pounds and changed his focus to increasing his protein and building muscle.

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As always, you should speak with your doctor before making any immediate decisions to drastically alter your lifestyle choices.

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Colleen D’Angelo is a freelance writer who lives in Dublin with her husband, three children and several small animals.

She enjoys playing tennis, walking the Dublin bike paths and traveling.

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