Healthy New Albany Magazine May/June 2021

May/June 2021

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Health Equity Champion Dr. Nwando Olayiwola

Inside OSUWMC New Facility Photographer’s Cancer Story Student’s Golf Skills

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May/June 2021 Vol. 10, No. 5

7 First Glance

Letter from the Executive Editor

8 In & Out What’s happening in and out of New Albany

10 My Story Fran Barker

12 Personalities

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Dr. Nwando Olayiwola

30 The Great Local Outdoors New Albany offers several options to get some sun

34 Protect Your Pooch Dog license renewal deadline extended

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36 Student Spotlight Madison Spiess’ success on the golf course

40 Food

16 On The Path The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s new center

20 Initiatives Founder’s Day celebration

23 The Game of a Lifetime Avid golfer Alan Wasserstrom weighs in on the popular sport

Energetic eats

42 On The Horizon Technique may hold the answers to curing type 1 diabetes

44 HNA Column Food Pantry’s language programs

46 Top Homes Sold in New Albany 47 Luxury Living Real Estate Guide

26 Start Now Ohio State’s Exercise is Medicine program manager’s advice

On the Cover Dr. Nwando Olayiwola Photo by Ray LaVoie

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48 Scene in New Albany

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first glance

New Albany’s Growing Health Scene

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ccessibility to quality health programs and services in New Albany is abundant. I am constantly made aware of this whether through the daily health-related emails I receive, articles in local newspapers I read or the myriad of engaging stories that appear in this magazine. Of course, having a shining star in our community, namely Healthy New Albany (HNA), radiates with its wide range of offerings that inspire life-changing opportunities for residents of all ages. Indeed, New Albany’s reputation as a center of health innovation is growing.

New Albany’s health accomplishments extend beyond its borders as several years ago it received top honors as recognized by the Ohio Healthy Community Award presented by the Ohio Department of Health’s Bureau of Creating Healthy Communities. The award is based on different health benchmarks a city must successfully address to be acknowledged, and New Albany tied for the highest score in the state.

For this and many other reasons, it is not surprising that opportunities for promoting wellness in New Albany continue to thrive.

I hope you will read Brandon Klein’s article, Health Care in Your Back Yard that details the forthcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s (OSUWMC) Outpatient Health and Surgery Center.

This facility will provide another opportunity for New Albany residents to receive state-of-the-art health care that is located only minutes away and adjacent to the Hamilton Square Shopping Center. The OSUWMC facility is so close that I can access it from my walking route via the Dublin-Granville Road trail. Of course, I am not encouraging you to traverse this trail for your next health care appointment or if you need treatment at urgent care plus, an alternative to an emergency room visit that will be housed in the new facility.

The Outpatient Health and Surgery Center cements another aspect of the relationship between New Albany and OSUWMC. It will complement services provided by OSUWMC and HNA. Imagine a lineup of health lectures, classes taught by OSU nutritionists focusing on topics such as cooking for heart health as well as health workshops for seniors, just to name a few. I think about the possibility of a partnership whereby HNA holds health lectures inside the new facility that are led by OSUWMC physicians. The relationship between HNA and OSUWMC is already synergistic with the presence of OSUWMC’s Health and Fitness Center, physical therapy, sports medicine and primary care, all located in the Heit Center.

Stay tuned as further details about the Outpatient Health and Surgery Center are announced. The best is yet to come.

Healthfully,

Phil Heit Executive Director Emeritus Healthy New Albany

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in & out

What's happening in and out of New Albany

Saturday, May 1

Songs About Ohio (Sensory Friendly) 11:30 a.m., Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts www.mccoycenter.org

Saturday, May 1

Saturday, May 22-Tuesday, May 25

Field of Heroes Virtual 5K Run/Walk presented by OhioHealth All day, virtual event www.fieldofheroes.org

Healthy New Albany Community Programs Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, 150 W. Main St.

Tuesdays

Nature Walks

New Albany Symphony Orchestra’s Kentucky Derby Gala

Morning and evening options (inperson, outdoors)

5-10 p.m., 6670 Havens Rd., Blacklick www.newalbanysymphony.com

First Tuesdays of the month

Senior Connections Lounge (part of HNA Senior Connections)

Sunday, May 2

Songs from the Heartland

3 p.m., Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts www.mccoycenter.org

Thursday, May 20

St. Jude Discover the Dream 7 p.m., virtual event www.stjude.org

Thursday, May 20-Monday, May 31 2FGR DSACO Run for Down Syndrome All day, virtual event www.runsignup.com

Saturday, May 22-Sunday, May 23

New Albany Ballet Company Spring Recitals Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts www.newalbanyballet.com

11 a.m. (in-person)

Thursday, May 27

OhioHealth FORE! Miler

Thursdays

7 p.m., Muirfield Village Golf Club, 5750 Memorial Dr., Dublin www.foremiler.com

10 a.m. (typically in-person, varies)

Saturday, May 29

2021 Honor Ride Ohio 8 a.m., Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany www.weareprojecthero.org

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World of Wonder (WOW) Nature Classes for preschoolers 10 a.m. (in-person, outdoors)

Thursdays (bi-weekly)

All day www.thememorialtournament.com

4 p.m. (in-person, outdoors)

The Memorial Tournament

Saturday, June 5

Muscles for Myeloma 5K and 1M Race 8:30 a.m., Wolfe Park, 105 Park Dr., Columbus www.myelomacrowd.org

15th Annual Hybrid Farm Fresh 5K Dinosaur Island opens

Second and fourth Tuesdays

Monday, May 31-Sunday June 6

Thursday, June 10-Saturday, June 12

Friday, May 28

Thursday Connections (topics vary) (part of HNA Senior Connections)

7:30 a.m., Shepherd’s Corner, 987 N. Waggoner Rd., Blacklick www.shepherdscorner.org

Saturday, June 12 Run with Passion 5K

8:30 a.m., Glacier Ridge Metro Park, 9801 Hyland-Croy Rd., Dublin www.runsignup.com

Yuck! Nature Classes for first through third graders

Sundays (once a month)

Sunday Brunch Bunch (part of HNA Senior Connections) 11:30 a.m. (in-person)

Wednesdays (once a month) Lunch and Learns (topics vary)

Noon (in-person and virtual options)

Third Wednesdays PT Prevention Talks

5:30 p.m. (in-person and virtual options)

Thursdays (once a month)

“Nature’s Edge” Nature Classes for adults 5:30 p.m. (in-person, outdoors)

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Thursday, May 20

Tuesdays, June 8-June 29

Nourish the Pantry Cooking Class: From a Somali Kitchen (Heritage Cuisine)

Restorative Yoga in the Park

6:30 p.m. (in-person, outdoors)

Thursdays, June 10-July 1

6:30 p.m. (in-person)

Yoga in the Park – Intermediate

Saturday, May 22

6 p.m. (in-person, outdoors)

Integro Sound Bath with Sandra

Fridays, June 11-July 2

5 p.m. (in-person)

Meditation in the Park

Sunday, May 23

10 a.m. (in-person, outdoors)

Nourish Cooking Class: Wontons and Egg Rolls (Asian Pacific Islander Month)

Saturdays, June 12-July 3 Yoga in the Park – Mixed Level

2 p.m. (in-person)

10 a.m. (in-person, outdoors)

Wednesdays (once a month)

Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 15-August 10

Mental Health Matters lectures with NCH 6 p.m. (virtual)

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I Am Thriving – an experience for cancer survivors 6 p.m. (in-person)

Tuesday, June 1 Summer of Zen

6:30 p.m. (in-person)

Saturday, June 5

Energy Codes Workshop 1 p.m. (in-person)

Sunday, June 6

Nourish Cooking Class: Summer Salad Dressings 2 p.m. (in-person)

Sundays in June

Family Yoga in the Park 4 p.m. (in-person, outdoors)

Mondays, June 7-June 28 Yoga in the Park–Beginner

10 a.m. (in-person, outdoors)

Thursday, June 17

Nourish the Pantry Cooking Class: Mexican Street Food (Heritage Cuisine) 6:30 p.m. (in-person)

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Thursday, June 3

4-7 p.m. (in-person)

All day 33 W. Broad St., Columbus wwww.cosi.org

New Albany Farmers Market

Sunday, June 27

Nourish Cooking Class: Mastering Pie Doughs 2 p.m. (in-person) For additional information, contact Kristina Isenhour at 614-685-6345 or kristina.

Monday, June 28 isenhour@healthynewalbany.org.

Ask the Expert – Do I REALLY Need a Good Night’s Sleep?

6 p.m. (in-person and virtual options)

Tuesdays, June 8-June 29 Chair Yoga

9:30 a.m. (in-person, outdoors)

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Due to COVID-19, programs are subject to change. Please go to HNA.RecDesk.com for most upto-date program information. For additional information, contact programs@healthynewalbany.org or call 614-685-6345.

COSI Reopens

The Founders Day celebration is Saturday, Aug. 28. Read more about it on page 20.

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my story

By Brandon Klein

Editor’s Note: “My Story” is a first-person column OR a Q&A feature of a New Albany community member that centers on health.

Have a story to share? Email bklein@cityscenemediagroup.com. Submissions should be no more than 1,000 words.

Barker’s Game Plan

Local photographer shares her breast cancer journey

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ran Barker, a former civil engineer turned New Albany photographer, lives with husband, Michael Barker, who works for the city of New Albany, and their two sons, Michael, 13, and Garrett, 11. This interview was edited for clarity and space.

Healthy New Albany: What were the events leading up to your breast cancer diagnosis?

Fran Barker: It was March of 2018 and I actually felt a lump in my right breast and it was extreme. It was something that you could actually feel just by the softest touch on my skin. It wasn’t something that you needed to press and poke and prod to feel. I had nothing similar to what I have felt before.

Barker receives a chemotherapy infusion while using the Paxman Scalp Cooling system in attempt to minimize hair loss at the Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center.

A lot of women will tell you, “Oh, I’ve felt lumps, I’ve had cysts or different things and it’s just going to be benign.” We all have that, but quite honestly, as soon as I felt it, I knew it was something different than anything I had felt before, and the very next day I got into my family doctor. They did an exam and wanted to refer me over to the (Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center at The Ohio State University) and I proceeded with a mammogram, ultrasound, biopsy – the whole nine yards.

I was 39 years old. I had no history of cancer in my family at all. It was about a week until I went immediately for the mammogram and then it was about another week before the ultrasound and biopsy.

So, from the day that I felt the lump to the day that I received a phone call with the diagnosis, it was about two weeks.

I specifically remember I was in the car when they called – we 10

had been waiting all week for the phone call – and I answered it right away. And she said, “Can you talk, or is this a good time for you?” And I said of course. Right then and there, she told me that it was cancer.

I had to basically ask her to hold on for a second while I pull over, get out a pen and paper, and write down some of the things that she was saying because I knew it was going to be a fog to remember.

It was actually right on that phone call that she told me not only that it was breast cancer, but she told me the type of cancer it was and the hormone receptors. I knew right then and there on the phone that I was going to need chemo.

HNA: How did the diagnosis affect you emotionally and professionally?

FB: It was just a whirlwind of emotions.

I’m very much a planner. I like to have things perfect as far as my work goes. Getting a cancer diagnosis, it takes everything out of your control and you’re at the mercy of the cancer and the medical staff, and for me, it was very difficult in those first several weeks while we were gathering information and making a game plan.

Professionally, real early on in that first month, I basically just shut down everything. I needed such control over my session and I felt so out of control with cancer that I didn’t feel comfortable planning or taking on any clients without being able to give them 150 percent of myself. So, I backed away pretty quickly from work and then, over time as I went through treatment, I slowly did some things here and there. … I have to say that I am beyond blessed with the clients that I work with and everybody was just so understanding. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Photos courtesy of Fran Barker

Barker underwent port placement surgery, an alternative to needle sticks in the arm. The nurses connect an IV to the port to provide chemotherapy and to do blood draws.

Barker’s husband, Mike, places the Paxman Scalp Cooling cap prior to chemotherapy infusion.

Mike and Fran Barker passing time together while Fran undergoes a chemotherapy infusion treatment.

HNA: At what point did you tell your kids about the diagnosis?

FB: I would say it was about six weeks, … and that was because I wanted to be able to tell them the game plan. I wanted to be able to say, “This is what we found, and this is what we’re going to do about it.” I didn’t want them to be in that unknown. I just felt for us, it was the best option, and in hindsight, I’m glad we did that.

My oldest was just finishing fifth grade and I was deep into helping with his fifth grade graduation going into middle school, and it’s such a sensitive time in a kid’s life. Of course, I’m worried about how he is going to handle this diagnosis. My youngest is sort of my sidekick, he’s always been, and I know just the type of person he is. He’s very sensitive and extremely caring. So I was worried about how this was going to scare him.

HNA: Where are you now in your cancer journey?

FB: I feel like the cancer journey is going to be a lifelong process for me. I’m three years out from my initial diagnosis. I am two years out from my treatment, and by treatment, I mean infusion with chemo and I also did another drug.

I would go every three weeks for an infusion for that first year. So now, I’m currently taking a drug that I’ll take for five years. I had my ovaries out, one is as a precaution for ovarian cancer, ... and then the other thing is it helps to control and reduce my likelihood of recurrence. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Fran, Garrett, Mike and Michael Barker in the summer of 2020.

Michael, 11, and Garrett, 8, hold a sign up about their mother’s breast cancer fight in the early morning of Aug. 4, 2018, during Pelotonia riding event near Obetz.

But I say that it’s a lifelong thing because no matter how far out of it, I’m always thinking back to it. I’m always sharing my experience with as many people as I can.

HNA: There’s a lot of talk about going back to normal these days. When would you say things got as normal as they could since your diagnosis?

FB: I would say probably a year after treatment. That would be probably two years after my diagnosis because I was in treatment for about a year total. I was starting to enjoy things more. I was starting to let my guard down a little bit.

All of my conversations were no longer revolving around my diagnosis and my treatment and my health and the way I felt.

It definitely was starting to be normal again, and it was a really, really great feeling.

When I talk to people about it, I actually have a close friend that finished her chemo treatments yesterday and I wrote her a little note that said, “Here’s to life after treatment because eventually, there is so much life left to be lived after treatment, and when you’re in it, it’s hard to see and it’s hard to imagine, but eventually it does come back.”

Brandon Klein is the editor. Feedback welcome at bklein@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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personalities

By Sarah Robinson

Health Equity Hero

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n April 5, New Albany resident Dr. Nwando Olayiwola stepped into the roles of senior vice president and chief health equity officer for Humana. And while this is a new position for her, the work is not.

“This is the first time I’ll have an official title that says health equity in it,” Olayiwola says, “but I would say everything that I have been committed to professionally and personally, for as long as I can remember, has been about equity, health equity, inclusion and social justice.”

Until her recent appointment to Humana, Olayiwola served as both professor and chair of the department of family 12

and community medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Among numerous other roles, she’s also an author, activist and speaker. She serves on the New Albany Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Action Committee, which is now developing recommendations for the city on how to create an environment that is welcoming to all people, a diverse citizenship, and inspire participation in community activities and leadership roles.

You can find her recent TEDx presentation, Combatting Racism and Place-ism in Medicine, on the TEDx Talks YouTube page.

“We took an oath,” she says on the TEDx Talk. “We promised our patients and our society that we would take care of them, that we would do no harm. Honor your oath and give patients the love and the care that they need, and together we can give life, love, hope and healing to the communities we serve, and together we can do no harm.”

The TEDx Talk was received well, not only by her colleagues at OSU but by the central Ohio community. She says teachers at New Albany High School have reached out, among others, to tell her how they’ll be using her www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Photos courtesy of Nwando Olayiwola

Dr. Nwando Olayiwola is continuing the fight for health equity

Olayiwola with Paul, and their children Nissi and Darius.

Olayiwola presented during a February 2021 Lunch and Learn at Healthy New Albany. She is pictured with her husband, Paul, and Sheryl and Phil Heit.

video in their classes. Her son, Darius, is even using her TEDx Talk for a research paper.

“I got outreach from an engineer at Ohio State who has an engineering course on anti-racism technology,” Olayiwola adds. “He saw my TEDx Talk and was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I have to reach out to her.’ And now he’s going to be using my TEDx Talk as part of his course to set the stage for how engineering can really be applied to fight racial injustice.”

Olayiwola has been working with engineers to develop technology she describes in her TEDx Talk which helps doctors attend to aspects of care for patients which they might otherwise overlook due to unconscious biases.

“One of the challenges that we’re realizing is that some of some of this work is so heavily nuanced,” she says. “Some of the racist behaviors that we have in medicine are not even in our consciousness. So, you don’t even realize you’re perpetuating racism by not asking a Black woman about her pain, you just don’t do it because you don’t do it or were not trained to do it. In many cases, you may not even realize the unconscious bias, which is why I said that technology could help, because it could bring that bias from your subconscious into your consciousness.”

In her new role, Olayiwola’s work will focus on Humana’s patients and clients and help give them the tools they need to be successful advocates for their own health.

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the tools we have at our disposal to be able to empower our patients and members to live healthy lives, to make healthy decisions and to have access to the best health and health care,” she says. “How can we better tackle the social determinants of health that threaten wellness and opportunity? Can we equip patients and their communities with the right language, provide the right consumer-centered education and resources and create the right tools for health literacy that will allow them to be really effective and empowered consumers?”

As the inaugural person to hold the new role at Humana, she says the health insurance company realized the damaging aspects of health disparities across the nation and felt it needed to have a role singularly focused on looking at everything through a health equity lens. Thus, the chief health equity officer position was born.

A Passion Fulfilled

Olayiwola has always known she would work in the field of health care, standing up for the underdogs.

In Nigeria, where Olayiwola lived until she moved to the U.S. with her parents and her older brother in the ’70s, her aunt worked as a general practitioner for their community, which was Olayiwola’s first exposure to the health care industry.

“I have absolutely wanted to be a doctor and healer for a long time,” she says. “My earliest interest in being a doctor was because I saw that there was something special about every time my aunt in Nigeria visited ill people as a general practitioner. They were so excited and welcomed her plus whomever was with her with so much hospitality. Of course, my younger 13

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attraction to being a doctor evolved from getting treats and juice from ill neighbors to much more substance.”

Throughout middle and high school, her passion only grew.

“Once it was clear that that’s what I wanted to do, (my parents) were like, ‘OK, we’ll help figure out what you need to be prepared and competitive,’” she says. “By the time I finished high school, I was 100 percent sure that this is what I wanted to do with my life.”

In 1994, while she was in high school, Olayiwola attended a research camp at OSU, and recently reread the paper she wrote on her findings.

“It was researching health disparities in a certain childhood cancer for people in urban areas versus mixed communities and rural communities,” she says. “I sent a picture to my parents, and they said, ‘You’ve been doing this health equity work forever!’”

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Olayiwola’s family has been a major support system for her throughout her education and career. Her parents, both Ph.D.s, were incredible role models for her growing up, and her husband and kids keep up that steadfast support.

“My husband has been such a great source of support, and my hype man for so much of my career,” she says. “He’s always there. It’s really been amazing.

All the moves that we’ve made related to my career have been because of his support and his inspiration. Sometimes he sees more in me than I do.”

Alongside her work with health equity, Olayiwola’s passion for supporting women has been burning strong since her childhood days. In the eighth grade, she ran for student council president.

“I had this whole platform of issues that I was going to focus on because I wondered things like, ‘Why is it much harder for the girls to get to the ad-

vanced classes, especially in the math and science courses?’ ‘How can we get better resources for the girls’ athletics teams?’ I had this whole agenda, this whole plan,” she says. “My opponent, God bless him, was campaigning around things like, ‘We need some gummy bears in the vending machines.’ And I thought, ‘Wait, what? I’m talking about real things!’”

One of Olayiwola’s close friends told her that she probably wouldn’t win due to her race and her gender. Although Olayiwola did lose, a life lesson stuck with her.

“Even if I don’t win on the actual votes, I never want to lose on the values,” she says. “I’m still proud of what I ran on and the kinds of issues that I cared about and the fact that I still, despite all those things that my friend said would make it unlikely that I would win, that I still went for it and campaigned hard for it.”’ www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Coming Together

lowing the incident is the reason she loves New Albany, she says.

“Nothing’s going to be perfect. In fact, there’s nowhere we are going to go that’s going to be a perfect haven of diversity, inclusivity, openness and tolerance,” she says. “However, what matters is what happens when things do go wrong. And what happened said everything to me. The mobilization of the African-American parents in the area, the concern of the city council and the direct involvement of the mayor himself. These are the kind of things that will make me continue to be committed to staying in and improving a city like this.”

Sarah Robinson is an associate editor.

Feedback welcome at srobinson@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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The Olayiwolas came to New Albany not too long before the start of the pandemic. She says they were welcomed with open arms, and even went to dinner with Phil Heit and his wife, Sheryl.

“It was really great to see the evolution of the city through their eyes, their work and their leadership in the community,” she says.

However, one of the most beautiful moments grew out of a deeply unsettling one. Olayiwola’s son and some friends were playing basketball at the New Albany Links when a white man – without provocation – began to demand to know what the boys were doing. He assumed they did not belong. “(The kids) were trying to prove that they belonged, that their parents paid dues to the club and they were all

members of the club,” she says. “All of the kids were discouraged and left to go home.”

Immediately, Olayiwola says she reached out to SOAR-AAPN (Setting Objectives Achieving Results – AfricanAmerican Parents Network), the network of African-American families in New Albany who had embraced them right when they moved to the area. Responses began flooding in, and community members’ support grew exponentially.

“Before I knew it, yesterday evening, I was talking with the mayor of New Albany and he was sharing with me his deep, deep disappointment in what had happened and sincere apologies for what happened to our son and his friends,” she says.

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on the path

By Brandon Klein

Health Care in Your Back Yard

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ew Albany’s relationship with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) takes another step as the university health system opens a large outpatient health and surgery center facility in its back yard this summer.

Located at the Hamilton Quarter mixed-use development along state Route 161, the estimated 250,000-square-foot facility will consist of a medical office building and an ambulatory surgery center, which houses surgery, endoscopy, physical therapy and rehabilitation, imaging, urgent care, retail pharmacy and sterilization operations, among others.

“It’s really a dynamic one-stop-shop for health and wellness care,” says Garth Dahdah, director of strategic growth and

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facility operations for ambulatory services for the OSUWMC. Patients, for instance, can have imaging, surgery, post-operative care and follow-ups in the same location. If needed, they can access mammograms, colonoscopies, and routine and diagnostic services, including obstetrics and gynecology; ophthalmology; ear, nose and throat; allergy; infusion; heart and vascular; and digestive services.

“We wanted to have an outpatient health and surgery that can see a good number of patients and it can be comprised of all these different specialties,” Dahdah says. “So they’re not bouncing from location to location, if they come in and see their primary care physician and they need to get a

chest X-ray, they can do it right there, they need to get labs, they can do it right there. They want to get their medications filled, they can get them filled right there.”

The $137.9 million project is expected to employ 350 faculty, providers and staff combined, generate a projected payroll of $50 million within the next decade, and offer positions for medical professionals and opportunities for medical students to work with larger, more diverse patient populations.

It will complement the OSUWMC’s main campus, its services at the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, the clinic on Market Street and the health center in Gahanna that some New Albany residents may be using now. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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OSU Wexner Medical Center’s New Albany outpatient health and surgery center opens this summer

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Because those existing facilities are landlocked, it prohibited further expansion and therefore further growth in patient volume, Dahdah says. He anticipates the new health and surgery center will serve 1,000 patients per day shortly following its opening and then continue to grow.

“We want to see more patients in a timely manner,” Dahdah says.

Perhaps the biggest benefit for the New Albany community is that residents will not have to drive down to the OSUWMC’s main campus or the Gahanna location for services offered at the New Albany facility.

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It can take about 30 minutes, he says, for New Albany residents to commute to and from their homes to the main campus.

They then have to find parking and then try to navigate a complex hospital system, all of which can be a hassle to receive preventive care and other same-day appointments.

“We’re finding that more and more people are seeking highquality care within the area that they live and work in,” Dahdah says.

In addition, the outpatient health and surgery center will offer urgent care plus as an alternative to emergency department visits. Patients who visit this particular urgent care can be referred to specialty care and other services offered within the same facility.

The outpatient care facility further deepens the OSUWMC’s relationship with New Albany after it launched services at the Heit Cen- Garth Dahdah ter six years ago. “(The New Albany) area is a perfect area for (an outpatient health growing tremendously in population and and surgery center),” Dahdah says. will continue to grow tenfold over the next Family medicine will move from 10 years or so. So we thought that was the Heit Center to the new outpatient 18

health and surgery center with OSUWMC backfilling the void with behavioral health services.

Its sports medicine program will move, too, with Nationwide Children’s Hospital expected expansion to its sports medicine and orthopedics practice in its place.

OSUWMC will continue its physical therapy and wellness program at the Heit Center.

“We still have a great relationship with the city of New Albany at the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany,” he adds. “So I see it’s just going to continue as normal. Market Street where we have a presence there now, a couple of our physicians from the Heit Center will go over to help that clinic as well, but we’re going to keep that clinic for those that want to go to more of a smaller boutique-type clinic and not go to a big medical office building.”

In addition, the OSUWMC has room to grow the New Albany outpatient health and surgery center on the 32-acre site into a 100-bed small hospital, but there are no plans to do so as of now, Dahdah says. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

The biggest difference between the outpatient health and surgery center and a small hospital is that the latter is geared more toward patients who require an overnight stay for monitoring.

At a hospital, faculty can “focus a little more on the overnight stay kind of patient and are going to have several different diseases,” Dahdah says. “So they need to be able to be in an environment that is really safe for them. … If somebody does come in and they are being seen for something but then, you know, something else happens to them, it becomes an emergency issue. They can be treated appropriately there. … We wouldn’t be able to do that in the outpatient care setting.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has not affected the construction of the outpatient facility, Dahdah says, and it is on schedule to welcome the first patient in August when nearly half of the building is expected to be occupied. Surgeries and endoscopy procedures are expected to start in September.

The New Albany facility is one of three suburban facilities planned. The OSUWMC plans to open one in Dublin next year and eventually one in Powell.

The facilities will redirect some of the patient traffic the main campus normally experiences.

“That same high-quality care that we are delivering at our main academic campus will be extended out to the surrounding communities again where people live and work, so that’s great,” Dahdah says.

Brandon Klein is the editor.

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Founders Day Celebration Now Saturday, August 28

Rose Run Park Dedication, Healthy New Albany 5K among other activities

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he Founders Day Parade & Festival, one of New Albany’s most popular community celebrations, has been tentatively moved from mid-May to Aug. 28 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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celebration back, with hopes that social distancing restrictions will ease by then,” says Linda Honaker, the Founders Day co-chair. “Although we won’t know for sure until later this summer, we are tentatively looking forward to a great Founders Day, along with the other events that will make the day even more fun.”

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the Rose Run Park dedication, which will begin around 10:30 a.m.

Mayor Sloan Spalding and other City Council members will officially dedicate the park with New Albany families and businesses who helped make Rose Run Park a reality. Rose Run Park is a wonderful gathering place in a natural setting that connects our civic amenities in the center of town, and everyone is invited to attend this event.

The dedication will also include recognition of a time capsule to be buried in the park and opened in the year 2070, 50 years after Rose Run Park officially opened to the public.

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Healthy New Albany Rose Run 5K Healthy New Albany will kick off the day’s events at 8 a.m. with the inaugural Rose Run 5K (https://runsignup.com/ roserun5k). Children and adults alike will be able to participate in this event, and registrants can participate as individuals, with family or friends, or by creating a team with co-workers.

Proceeds from the race will provide funding for Healthy New Albany initiatives, including Senior and Youth Programs, Garden Club, After School Nature & Cooking Programs, Food Pantry, Summer Meals, Cancer Survivorship Program and various community events.

Founders Day Parade & Festival with Concerts The parade will begin around 11 a.m. (immediately after the Rose Run Park dedication) along High Street on the school learning campus (near either Kardules Way or Chatham Green), then turning right (south) along Main Street and west along Dublin-Granville Road directly past Rose Run Park. This will allow all those who attend the Rose Run Park dedication to stay put to enjoy the www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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The parade route will not include Market Street, or Main Street between Market Street and Dublin-Granville Road.

Dog staff to gauge interest in creating a possible beer garden as part of the festival activities.

For more information about 2021 Founders Day events, go to www.newalbanyfoundersday.com.

“This is going to be a day filled with fun and excitement, and I think we can all agree it will be fantastic when these fun normal days become a part of our lives again, here in New Albany and across the country!” says Mayor Sloan Spalding.

“We worked with Founders Day coordinators last year to include bands and more activities as part of their festival to make a great event even more festive, and I’m glad all those efforts will come to fruition this year.”

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Future Updates

Stay tuned as the event date gets closer for more details on City of New Albany social media, the LIST e-newsletter (sign up at www.newalbanyohio.org/subscribe), the city website or City Council’s letter to residents.

Scott McAfee is the New Albany chief communications & marketing officer. Feedback welcome at feedback@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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parade. The parade will finish in the Church of the Resurrection parking lot.

Immediately after the parade, from approximately noon-5 p.m., the Founders Day Festival will take place. Amusement rides will be set up in the Heit Center parking lot, while a stage will be set up directly north of Dublin-Granville and the Raines Crossing bridge to play host to two local bands during the afternoon (this stage will also be used for the Rose Run Park dedication).

Founders Day event staff is also coordinating food trucks along Dublin-Granville Road, and the city is working with Brew-

The Game of a Lifetime Avid golfer Alan Wasserstrom weighs in on the popular sport

By Sarah Robinson

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or some, playing a game of golf is just a fun way to spend a Saturday morning. For Alan Wasserstrom, it’s so much more.

“I started playing competitive golf in high school, that’s when I was 16,” he says. “So, I started playing golf 64 years ago, and I won a number of club championships over the years and senior club championships, and what I find fascinating about the game is it’s forever. It’s called the game of a lifetime.”

Wasserstrom says he plays golf four to six times a week, depending on the weather.

His go-to spot around town is the New Albany Country Club. Odds are, if you’re in the area, you’ll find Wasserstrom at or on his way to or from the golf course. In fact, at the time of the interview, Wasserstrom was heading home from a day on the greens.

“There’s not a better venue for sport than a golf course,” he says. “You know, it’s 150 acres, the sun’s shining, the grass is green, the wind’s blowing. What could be better, right?”

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golf, and I played there a number of times. It’s special. It’s so steeped in history.”

One memorable trip to Scotland for his son Eric’s 16th birthday ended in the closest game the two had shared thus far.

“He had never scored better than me on nine holes, ever,” says Wasserstrom. “We’re playing at a golf course and the wind is howling, and on the last hole (Eric) hits the ball on the green. The worst he’s going to make is three, and the best he’s going to make is a two, and he’s two shots ahead of me so he’s going to win for sure, it would seem. I hit a shot, had a big curve because of the wind, and I made a one on a par three. He made a three and we tied!”

Wasserstrom taught Eric and stepson Michael how to golf, and says the best way for parents to introduce the sport to their kids is to make it fun.

“Let them come with you to the golf course, maybe ride in the cart, maybe walk, maybe hit a few putts on the green and just enjoy the experience of being around the outdoors with a little white ball,” he says. “That’s the entry point.”

The biggest lesson Wasserstrom has learned throughout his golfing career, he says, is that golf mirrors life.

“Good luck comes after hard work,” he says. “In life, if you work hard and you stay focused, you’ll still have ups and downs. And it takes sometimes mental and sometimes physical courage to get through it, whether it’s challenges with your personal life, your health, your family. Well, golf is exactly the same way.”

Above: Wasserstrom’s first club championship in 1959 with his brother, Reid, who won the junior event. Right: Wasserstrom with son Eric at the Muirfield Pro Am, approximately 1984.

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“An 18-hole round of golf takes the better part of four hours, as you might know,” says Wasserstrom. “So, you’re with somebody for four hours, whether you’re walking or riding together and you talk about golf, you learn about their family, their interests, their job. It becomes a wonderful way to meet people and really develop deep friendships.”

Wasserstrom has been golfing with many of his current golf partners since his high school days.

“I’m playing with young men – well, we’re not young anymore – guys that I started playing golf with when I was 15,” he says. “So, to think about it, I’ve been playing golf with these guys for 65 years.”

A graduate of Bexley High School, Wasserstrom actually played golf with Upper Arlington native Jack Nicklaus back in the day.

“I was a year behind Jack Nicklaus in school,” he says. “I just remember how magnificently he hit the golf ball and played relative to the rest of us when we were both in high school. It was remarkable to watch a player that ends up being arguably the best player that ever played the game. And he’s right here from Columbus, Ohio.”

Though he didn’t go on to play professionally, Wasserstrom’s game took him all over the world, from playing in Scotland to attending the Masters Tournament as a spectator on a number of occasions.

“My most memorable rounds have been on the Old Course at St. Andrews,” he says. “It’s called the home of www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Wasserstrom says if he could share a game of golf with anyone, dead, alive or fictional, it would be Winston Churchill.

“To have four hours with him at the end of his career and hear him tell stories would be beyond fabulous,” he says.

With the handicap system, Wasserstrom says anyone can play with anyone, no matter what level they play. Wasserstrom says it’s you against the golf course. At the end of the day, playing golf isn’t about beating an opponent.

“I would encourage people to play and enjoy it,” he says, “not only for all the good shots you hit, but for the good recoveries, as in life.”

Sarah Robinson is an assistant editor. Feedback welcome at srobinson@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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Start Now It’s never too late to start moving

By Mallory Arnold

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he Exercise Is Medicine (EIM) program is coupled with the tagline, “You don’t have to be 100 percent healthy to start – but you do have to start to become healthier.”

EIM, implemented at The Ohio State Health and Fitness Center New Albany, exists to reduce barriers to exercising.

EIM Wellness Program Manager Allan Sommer points out that these barriers aren’t always physical, but mental.

“If someone has never exercised before or it has been many years since

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they last exercised regularly, there is commonly a notion that it’s too late,” Sommer says, “and that starting an exercise routine is too hard or would complicate their particular health condition.”

EIM fitness specialists are trained to respond to and remedy this mentality.

The program encourages fitness at any level and accommodates a wide variety of medical conditions.

“Small amounts of success go a long way in building self-confidence and self-efficacy,” Sommer says, “leading to lasting behavior changes in regard to exercise and wellness.”

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“If someone has never exercised before or it has been many years since they last exercised regularly, there is commonly a notion that it’s too late,” Sommer says, “and that starting an exercise routine is too hard or would complicate their particular health condition.”

The 11-week program is led by EIM specialists and trainers who support participants at every step of their fitness journeys, whether it’s a review of an individual’s medical history, a session about goal setting or delving into a stepby-step wellness plan. Sommer says getting on track to being a fitter, better you can be difficult, which is why EIM is designed to offer mental and physical support along the way.

“If it were easy, everyone would already be doing it,” Sommer says. “One of the hardest parts of exercising, especially if it has been a while or we are dealing with some sort of chronic health condition, is just getting started.”

He says EIM creates an atmosphere of support and encouragement by starting exercise slowly, making fitness enjoyable and providing participants with the behavioral change tools necessary to overcome whatever barriers to exercise they may have.

One might think, “What about personal trainers?” While this avenue of developing a workout plan works for some, Sommer says that EIM takes a different route entirely.

“Many times when people start a new exercise routine, they join a fitness center or hire a personal trainer and start off working too hard, likely doing exercises that are not appropriate,” he says.

“This can lead to injury, burnout and disdain for exercise.”

EIM specialists want people to enjoy getting up and moving, so they stress individualized programs when planning workouts.

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ing through similar physical and mental issues,” Sommer says. “Having someone in your shoes provides support, encouragement and proof of concept.”

The Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports reports that there are 26 chronic diseases that improve with the prescription of exercise. Just a few of these chronic illnesses include depression, dementia, diabetes, hypertension and osteoporosis.

Mentally, Sommer says EIM participants gain self-confidence and selfefficacy. Plus, the community and social support creates an inspiring environment that will continue to encourage healthy

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The Great Local Outdoors New Albany offers several options to get some sun

Rocky Fork Metro Park

By Brandon Klein

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The Great Local Outdoors

Although vaccinations are on the rise and becoming more accessible, social distancing is still important to keep you and your family safe. With the weather warming up, it’s worth taking some time to visit these outdoor attractions in New Albany including more than 53 miles of leisure trails.

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New Albany Parks and Recreation opened the park in 2001. The hub of the park district’s activities, the 145-acre park offers 32 fields for baseball, softball, soccer, football and lacrosse. There are tennis courts, a paved walking trail, concession stands and playgrounds.

Thompson Park

Sports enthusiasts can enjoy the nearly 60-acre park and its tennis and basketball courts, walking trails, a playground and full-size athletic fields. The 30

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Wexner Community Park

open-air pavilion is available by reservation for groups of 20 to 50 people.

Wexner Community Park

The 2.2 acre park features a pavilion with a fireplace, serving kitchen, restrooms and adjacent multi-age playground. Park grounds include the Davis Commons formal lawn and the Karr Family Pergola.

The pavilion is available for rent and can accommodate up to 50 people.

Residents can use the pavilion’s fireplace, but make sure to bring your own firewood.

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Enjoy the park’s three-plus miles of walking trails that wind through woods and fields. Check out the bridle trail for horseback riding, the dog park, an offleash trail for dogs, a play area for children and a large shelter for family picnics.

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In 1830, George and Christina Ealy moved their family from Pennsylvania to a 73-acre parcel where the house and six-acre park are now located. The Ealys cleared land for farming and built the house in 1860. The house has Greek Revival and Italianate styles in its architecture.

The New Albany-Plain Township Historical Society acquired the house in 2004. The park is named after local environmentalist William Resch.

Community Parks

In New Albany, you may not have to drive far to enjoy the park experience.

The city’s neighborhoods offer parks such as Lambton Park and Ratchford Fens Park.

Lambton has leisure trails, a large pond for fishing, vast open space and a playground. Ratchford Fens’ leisure trails and bridge create a passive open space.

In addition, Rose Run Park is now mostly open to the public. It includes or will include leisure trails, a child nature play area, and a hub for bicyclists to fix and repair their bikes.

Arboretum at Swickard Woods

The arboretum includes more than 30 different species of trees, some of which are 300 years old. Naomi Swickard, a descendant of one of New Albany’s founders, and her husband, Jim Fodor, wanted to share their love for the beauty of their land with future generations. In 1994, they sold what is now known as Swickard Woods to what was then the Village of New Albany and New Albany-Plain Local Schools on the condition that the woodlands be preserved in a natural setting.

Swickard Woods

Located just north of the high school football field, this area has a nature observatory building, a rock circle, kiosk, shed and duck aviary featuring the wood duck breeding program. It’s also home to the oldest tree in New Albany, a red oak that’s more than 300 years old. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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commodates up to 68 people, a nearby grill pad in the woods with a picnic table for six and a dog park shelter for up to 14 people.

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Best New Albany dog parks

By Sarah Grace Smith

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t’s time to renew your dog license. Due to COVID-19, Franklin County Auditor Michael Stinziano extended the 2021 deadline to July 1, so there’s still time to register your dog without late fees or fines.

But what exactly is a dog license, and why should you get one?

Dog licensing is an important requirement for all dog owners. First off, it is required by law, so owning an unlicensed dog is punishable by fine. A dog license also ensures protection.

By licensing your dog, you are protecting it in case it gets loose and is found by someone in the community. It also protects other dogs in the area by making sure dogs are vaccinated and can’t spread diseases to their furry friends.

Thanks to the found dog search feature on the auditor’s website, www.franklincountyauditor.com, it is the best way to ensure that lost pets will be safely returned home.

Owners must license any outdoor or indoor dog older than 3 months. Licenses must be renewed annually, unless a three-year or permanent dog license is purchased.

All dogs 4 months or older must have a rabies vaccine in order to be licensed. Dogs older than 1 year must be vaccinated every three years.

In order to stymie the overpopulation of dogs in Franklin County, the auditor’s office offers a $18 annual discount for dogs that are spayed or neutered.

The discount also applies if the dog is younger than 9 months, elderly, diagnosed with a qualifying condition, being bred or used for hunting.

If owners choose a permanent dog license, they must remember to update their address in order to aid the auditor’s office in returning lost dogs home.

Applications for dog licenses can be filled out online or by mail.

So, what does the auditor’s office do with the money from licensing fees?

The office invests nearly all the funds

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Did you know that dogs need exercise and socialization to live their best, happy and healthy lives? A great way for your dog to get both these activities in is by visiting a dog park!

After licensing and vaccinating your furry friend, take it on a trip to one of these New Albany area parks.

Many dog parks are part of Columbus Metro Parks or city parks and include trails, walking paths and more. Remember when visiting to bring a leash for when your dog is outside of the fenced area, a water bowl and a towel if your dog is a swimmer.

Big Walnut Dog Park

This park has sections for small and big dogs which open up toward a pond. Parking is available, and portable restrooms and picnic tables are on site.

Rocky Fork Metro Park

Rocky Fork Metro Park not only has fenced small and large dog areas, but also a splash pad for the dogs to play in. The park has a small off-leash trail as well.

into the rescue, care and housing of the community’s lost and stray dogs at the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center. A portion is also donated to The Ohio State University to research animal diseases.

If a lost or stray dog is found, they should be brought to the shelter to be

reclaimed by and reunited with their owners.

Sarah Grace Smith is an editorial assistant. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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student spotlight

By Sanaya Attari

Fantastic Fore Madison Spiess succeeds while having fun

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hile it’s true that you need hard work, determination and perseverance to succeed, Madison Spiess might argue that the secret ingredient to success is having fun.

“I’ve definitely gone through phases where I’ve needed more practice, but I’ve always been the most successful at (golf) when I’m having fun,” she says.

Being one of only 29 female golfers in the nation to have received the 2020 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Scholastic Junior All-American Award, Spiess says it was the constant support from family and friends that helped her get this far.

Having first started playing golf at age 4, Spiess is now a senior at New Albany High School. The award, which recognizes junior golfers who have excellent academic and athletic records, was particularly special in a year when, due to the pandemic, Spiess was unable to compete as much as in a typical year.

Spiess first started playing golf with her dad and brother.

As she became more and more skilled, however, her parents emphasized the importance of having fun, rather than taking home wins. It was that lesson which inspired her love and eventual success. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

“I love going out to practice with my dad most nights,” says Spiess. “With him I always get to unwind and play for fun, which is really nice.”

During rough patches with the game and other challenging times, Spiess says that her teammates motivated her to keep going.

“With a sport like golf, you could be in the middle of a really good round, but then one hole can suddenly ruin everything, and that happened to me a few times this season,” she says.

“What prevented me from getting demotivated was stopping to think about my teammates, because to us, every shot mattered.”

Spiess says that golf is tough, and she had to make it through multiple bad rounds before succeeding. However, the tough times made her practice harder and appreciate her success more.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it affected her game a great deal.

“The whole recruitment and committing process was altered for me because of COVID, and we’re still in the dead period for college coaches,” she says. “I felt like there was a lot of pressure on the system which really sped up the whole process, but it also made me appreciate the tournaments in general, because I couldn’t play in those AJGA tournaments for a while, so I missed competing and being around my friends.”

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“With a sport like golf, you could be in the middle of a really good round, but then one hole can suddenly ruin everything, and that happened to me a few times this season,” she says.

“What prevented me from getting demotivated was stopping to think about my teammates, because to us, every shot mattered.” lands Golf Club in Michigan with scores of 76, 78, 79 for another top 10 finish.

Plus, Spiess was able to compete in a lot of local tournaments and, always proud to do her best for the NA Eagles, Spiess is a 2020 Division I State Champion with scores of 71 and 70, and led her team to win the State Championship, making the Eagles three-time Ohio High School Athletic Association State Champions in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

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In addition to playing golf, Spiess was the team captain for the New Albany High School tennis team and qualified for districts this fall in singles tennis.

“She was also a three-year varsity letter winner in tennis and played both tennis and golf during the same fall season,” says Catherine Spiess, Spiess’ mom. “On several occasions she played 18 holes of golf in the morning and then played a tennis match for her team that same afternoon.”

“My team supports me so much. It’s honestly my favorite part of the sport,” adds Spiess. “Both my teams – golf and tennis – play in the same fall season.

They’ve always been there for me and so have both of my coaches.”

Following her love for the sport, Spiess is committed to Santa Clara University in California to play golf this fall, where you can bet she’ll continue to succeed in the sport while having fun every step of the way.

Madison Spiess is one of only 29 female golfers in the nation to have received the 2020 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Scholastic Junior All-American Award. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

food

By Mallory Arnold

Energetic Eats

Energy levels receding? It may be what you’re eating

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Mushroom-based coffee is a blend of powdered mushrooms and ground coffee applauded for its herbal boosts in productivity, energy and focus. It contains half the caffeine than regular coffee, which can ward off potential negative effects such as disrupted sleep cycles and anxiety.

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t’s no secret that nutrition dictates how The average American adult we feel on a daily basis. You are what consumes about 22 teaspoons you eat, after all, right? However, many of sugar a day. To put that into people aren’t aware just how much cerperspective, one 12-ounce can tain foods can affect energy levels. of soda generally contains 10 New Albany’s Health and Fitness teaspoons of sugar.

Center registered dietitian Molly Linek knows a whole lot about choosing foods mild pick-me-ups followed by an energy that will boost energy levels. drop which creates more cravings.”

“Whole foods!” Linek says. “Whole If this vicious cycle sounds familiar, foods provide a longer lasting supply you may also recognize the symptoms of energy to the body and keep energy that come with it: headaches, fatigue and highs and lows away.” weight gain.

When grabbing a mid-day snack, she While whole foods can boost your recommends something with protein, fiber vitality, processed foods do the opposite. and fat, such as nuts. She also stresses Watch out for the usual suspects such the importance of drinking water through- New Albany’s Health and Fitness Center registered dietitian Molly Linek as soda, chips and sugary cereals. out the day, as even slight dehydration “Plus,” Linek says, “ultra-processed can cause energy levels to plummet.

One bad habit people tend to fall into is using sugar as foods, by design, encourage overeating, which will ultimately a means of getting through a particularly dragging day. Linek slow you down.”

When most people require a pick-me-up, they reach for says that sugar does not mean energy.

“Sugar may offer a slight surge in energy, but that quickly coffee. This, Linek says, isn’t always a bad thing. The Food and goes away with a rebound lull of low energy,” she says. “This Drug Administration recommends a maximum intake of 400 miltypically creates a sugar cycle – cravings for simple carbs and ligrams of caffeine a day, or two to three cups of coffee.

“Caffeine has been studied for its protective effects on some cancers,” she says, “and can help with weight loss, cognitive function and alertness.”

She does note that too much can create a palpitating heart, increase in blood pressure and jittery hands, just to name a few side effects. Moderation, she says, is key.

Surprising sources of hidden sugar

Pasta sauces Many sauces have between six and 12 grams of sugar per half-cup serving, which is just about what you’d get from a chocolate chip cookie.

Granola bars While granola bars can sound like a healthy snack, many contain sweeteners like brown sugar, dextrose, corn syrup and fructose.

Instant oatmeal Oatmeal is full of fiber, but flavored oats can pack on 10-15 grams of sugar.

Yogurt Another sneaky source of sugar, some yogurt can have up to 33 grams of sugar per package – that’s about as much as two scoops of chocolate ice cream.

And besides coffee, there are allnatural replacements for caffeine. Instead of opting for an energy drink, Linek suggests a few alternatives.

“Iced water with lemon usually stimulates an alert feeling,” she says. “I encourage a splash of unfiltered apple cider vinegar with water first thing in the morning for an immediate jolt. Other drinks can be things like kombucha, coffee made from mushroom, green tea, matcha tea and sparkling water with slices of fresh fruit.”

As for Linek’s mid-day slump pickme-up, it all comes down to one thing: “I really like a green powder mix (a dietary supplement) added to iced water,” she says. ”It’s packed full of antioxidants, adaptogens and natural compounds to increase alertness and improve function.

But I am a nutritionist after all!”

Mallory Arnold is an associate editor.

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The Franklin County Auditor’s office offers online dog licensing services. Get a license, renew a license, update your owner information, and get answers to frequently asked questions at doglicense.franklincountyohio.gov

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on the horizon

By Sarah Grace Smith

New Hope

Technique that can control type 1 diabetes may hold the answers to curing type 1 diabetes

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s of 2018, about 1.6 million Americans, including 17,000 children and teens, had type 1 diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes is caused by a faulty autoimmune response in the body which causes the immune system to attack and destroy vital insulin-producing beta cells.

When beta cells encounter blood sugar, they perform the necessary action of secreting insulin which balances blood sugar levels in the body. Without beta cells, blood sugar levels can rise dangerously, which may lead to serious health problems including kidney failure, vision loss and heart disease.

A study done by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found a new technique to control type 1 diabetes which could be effective for up to nine months.

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Researchers accomplished this by converting human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) into insulin-producing beta cells.

The transplantation of billions of these cells could lead to a type 1 diabetes cure.

The team started out several years ago and discovered how to convert hPSCs, which self-renew in lab cultures and can differentiate into different cell types, including pancreatic beta cells to make insulin. However, the testing was limited and inefficient in controlling diabetes.

Jeffrey R. Millman, Ph.D., an assistant professor of medicine and biomedical engineering at Washington University as well as the principal investigator of the study, explains in a Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation article why previous methods were inefficient.

“A common problem when you are trying to transform a human stem cell into an insulin-producing beta cell – or a neuron or a heart cell – is that you also produce other cells that you don’t want,” he says. “In the case of beta cells, we might get other types of pancreas cells or liver cells.”

While these other types of cells are harmless, they reduced efficiency in the process. In producing other cell types, the researchers were coming up with fewer beta cells than needed to cure type 1 diabetes.

“The more off-target cells you get, the less therapeutically relevant cells you have,” says Millman in the article. “You need about a billion beta cells to cure a person of diabetes. But if a quarter of the cells you make are actually liver cells www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

or other pancreas cells, instead of needing a billion cells, you’ll need 1.25 billion cells. It makes curing the condition 25 percent more difficult.”

The new research technique creates far fewer off-target cells while improving beta cell functionality.

The new approach targets cell cytoskeletons, the internal scaffolding which gives a cell its shape and allows it to interact with its environment. The cytoskeleton takes in the physical cues from its environment and transforms them into biochemical signals.

By understanding these signals, the researchers were able to create beta cells more efficiently.

“Previously, we would identify various proteins and factors and sprinkle them on the cells to see what would happen,” says Millman. “As we have better understood the signals, we’ve been able to make that process less random.”

With this new technique, the researchers transplanted “islet-sized aggregates” of beta cells differentiated from hPSC into mice with type 1 diabetes. This process rapidly reversed type 1 diabetes and, in some mice, even cured it.

“These mice had very severe diabetes with blood sugar readings of more than 500 milligrams per deciliter of blood – levels that could be fatal for a person,” Millman says in a Medical News Today article, “and when we gave the mice the insulin-secreting cells, within two weeks their blood glucose levels had returned to normal and stayed that way for many months.”

These findings provide hope that this new technique will be able to reverse and cure type 1 diabetes in humans.

From here, researchers will conduct more tests over longer periods of time and in larger animals in order to produce beta cells that could potentially help those who require insulin injections.

Sarah Grace Smith is an editorial assistant. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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By Jennifer Wilcoxon

Let’s Talk Change

New Albany Food Pantry language programs are changing the lives of their clients

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We started with 24 pairs in fall 2020. Due to COVID-19, Conversation Partners is virtual, but our participants

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think of it as having coffee with a neighbor. One pantry client practices job interview questions with her partner. Another feels that conversing with her partner is “so nice and comfortable, it’s like talking with an old friend.”

Some pantry clients do not qualify for the Conversation Partners Program because they know little or no English.

This inspired us to apply for a grant through HMSHost Foundation to purchase Rosetta Stone English Language Learning technology. We currently serve 20 pantry clients in this program that rapidly improves their language skills.

“We are very grateful for the opportunity that the New Albany Food Pantry has given us to begin the great dream of learning English,” says a client. “For us, the most frustrating issues are not being able to communicate or express our emotions and needs.”

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he New Albany Food Pantry recently surveyed pantry clients to determine how to better serve our neighbors.

Among our population of Spanish speakers, we uncovered a need to learn English. So, we expanded our Community Resource Library offerings to include programs and outreach designed to meet this need, including “Conversation Partners” and Rosetta Stone programs.

Inability to speak English fluently creates barriers for clients and can prohibit them from getting higher paying jobs to earn a living wage. So, we developed the Conversation Partners Program under the direction of the pantry’s English Language Learners (ELL) Coordinator, Angie Ojeda-Kreiman.

Conversation Partners matches English speaking volunteers with English Language Learners from our pantry community. The program provides a potential friend, and both partners have the opportunity to learn about the other’s culture and life experiences.

Many of our clients are in a new country, with a new culture, learning a new language and feel disarmed by an inability to communicate, work or make friends. The Rosetta Stone program is opening up new possibilities. We observe an inspiring dedication to the work it takes to learn and fluently speak English.

“I like Rosetta Stone because I’m learning lots of information and I like that I can use the program anywhere,” says another client.

Two clients are doing so well in the Rosetta Stone program that one has applied for a job with the NAPLS District and the other requested additional information on acquiring a GED. Our clients are experiencing the dramatic benefits of learning English, including improvements to their lives and livelihood. Many of our pantry families were struggling financially before the pandemic, and the present circumstances make it even harder to find and maintain work while caring for children at home.

Our ELL programs help families move from a cycle of poverty to a life of prosperity. We are grateful for the generosity of the community in helping us truly change lives.

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