Healthy New Albany November/December 2022

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THE FINEST CARE

Your Health: Another Community Opportunity

Astypical of our Ohio weather, colder temperatures arrived with greater tenacity than I would prefer. My outdoor workout gear was transformed overnight from an outer layer consisting of a short-sleeved tee to that of a windbreaker. Perusing my workout wardrobe, it became evident that I needed to take inventory of how I would address the unwelcome bonechilling temperatures on the horizon. Should I invest in a windbreaker that will offer state-of-theart technology to protect me from the elements that nature presents at this time of year? After all, exercising for health is as integral to my mental and physical well-being as gasoline is to the combustion engine that propels a motor vehicle. When it comes to making decisions about my well-being such as purchasing a workout garment, I factor in its cost to determine whether the cash outlay justifies the expenditure to support my health. Health won.

On Nov. 8, New Albany residents will be asked to make a health-related decision about supporting a tax levy for the construction and operation of the proposed New Albany Fieldhouse and Recreation Center. In Dave Wharton’s and Brian Smith’s article in this issue, they articulate the need for this facility to become a reality.

At first glance, the need for a field house and community center in New Albany appears to be a no-brainer. This could not have been made clearer when a number of years ago, my next door neighbor shared with me how she was driving her son to play basketball in a nearby city’s recreation center because New Albany lacked a comparable facility.

It is well-known that a recreation center is a valuable asset to any community. A field house and community center can serve as a hub for activity for youth, families, older adults and numer ous organizations. Wellness is a pillar of New Albany and maintaining an active lifestyle serves as a foundation for a happy and healthy life. The benefits of a recreation center to health are unquestionable. Statistics show that adults who partake in recreation center offerings can save $1,230 in medical costs annually. Studies show that mental health is improved when people of all ages have access to recreation centers. Generally speaking, recreation centers also promote community pride.

Especially in New Albany, a fieldhouse and recreation center would be compatible with other major health entities such as Healthy New Albany and The Ohio State Univer sity Wexner Medical Center Health & Fit ness Center by filling existing voids such as additional meeting spaces, sports fa cilities and much more.

Whether New Albany voters will sup port Issues 8 & 9 for a fieldhouse and rec reation center is to be determined. After de voting a great deal of time immersed in the literature to determine the pros and cons of sup porting the proposed New Albany Fieldhouse and Recreation Center, I can say emphatically, that my vote on Nov. 8 will be in the affirmative.

Healthfully, Phil Heit Executive Director Emeritus Healthy New Albany

Saturday, Nov. 5

Indoor Famers Market 9 a.m.-noon, Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, 150 W. Main St. www.healthynewalbany.org

Saturday, Nov. 5

Gourdy’s Pumpkin Run 5K 10 a.m., Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad St., Columbus www.gourdyspumpkinrun.com

Saturday, Nov. 5

New Albany Women’s Network Fashion Show

7-11 p.m., New Albany Ballet Company, 5161 Forest Dr www.nawn.org

Friday, Nov. 11

Veterans Day

New Albany Walking Club meets Sundays at 7:30 a.m. inside the Philip Heit Center www.newalbanywalkingclub.com

Saturday, Nov. 19

Girls on the Run 5K

8:30 a.m., John F. Wolfe Columbus Commons, 160 S. High St., Columbus www.girlsontheruncentralohio.org

Saturday, Nov. 19

Team Phillip Turkey Trot, Hop & Roll 9:30 a.m., 6800 Daugherty Dr., Reynoldsburg www.runsignup.com

Sunday, Nov. 20

Hot Chocolate 5K, 10K & 15K

7:30 a.m., McFerson Commons, 218 West St., Columbus www.hotchocolate15k.com

Sunday, Nov. 20

Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration 2-6 p.m., Market Square, Market St. www.newalbanychamber.com

Tuesday, Nov. 22

The Santa Clause - Free Screening 7 p.m., McCoy Center for the Arts, 100 E. Dublin Granville Rd. www.mccoycenter.org

Wednesday, Nov. 23

In-Lieu of Parent Teacher Conferences: No School www.napls.us

What's happening in and out of New Albanyin & out

Gourdy’s Pumpkin Run 5K Saturday, Nov. 5

The Santa 5K Saturday, Dec. 3

Nov. 24-25

New Albany-Plain Local Schools

Thanksgiving Recess: No School www.napls.us

Thursday, Nov. 24

Thanks for Giving 4-Miler

8 a.m., Market Square, New Albany www.narun.org

Thursday, Dec. 1

New Albany Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting & Delta Awards Lucheon

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Country Club, 1 Club Ln. www.newalbanychamber.com

Dec. 2-11

New Albany Ballet Company presents The Nutcracker

Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, 100 E. Dublin-Granville Rd. www.newalbanyballet.com

Monday, Dec. 3

The Santa 5K

9 a.m., Creekside, 123 Mill St., Gahanna www.newalbanyfoundation.org

Saturday, Dec. 3

Indoor Famers Market

9 a.m.-noon, Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, 150 W. Main St. www.healthynewalbany.org

Saturday, Dec. 3

Holiday Market

Submit Your

10 a.m.-1 p.m., Trove Warehouse, 5850 Zarley St. www.trovewarehouse.com

Wednesday, Dec. 7

A Remarkable Evening with Mark T. Esper and Richard Haass 6-10 p.m. www.newalbanyfoundation.org

Friday, Dec. 16

Blood Drive

1-5 p.m., Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, 150 W. Main St. www.healthynewalbany.org

Saturday, Dec. 17

Santa & the Symphony (Sensory Friendly)

11:30 a.m., McCoy Center for the Arts, 100 E. Dublin Granville Rd. www.newalbanysymphony.com

Sunday, Dec. 18

Holiday Spectacular

7 p.m., McCoy Center for the Arts, 100 E. Dublin Granville Rd. www.newalbanysymphony.com

Dec. 19-Jan. 4

New Albany-Plain Local Schools

Recess: Grades 1-12 www.napls.us

Holiday Spectacular

Holiday Tree Lighting

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By Claire Miller

Far from Brittle

Family, exercise and resilience help type I diabetic

NewAlbany resident Don Barger has been a type I brittle diabetic for 40 years, and he hasn’t let it stop him yet.

Brittle diabetes is a severe kind of type I diabetes that’s especially difficult to manage due to the extreme swings in blood sugar the patient experiences, leading to frequent episodes of hypogly cemia (low blood sugar) and hypergly cemia (high blood sugar).

Barger, 80, had a 35-year business career as the chief financial officer for five different public companies. A studi ous fitness buff, Barger gets most of his exercise these days by walking, though he’s competed in at least five marathons and finished three half Iron Man races.

Barger and his wife, Linda, have three children and six grandchildren.

His interview with HNA Magazine has been edited for length and clarity.

Healthy New Albany Magazine: When did your journey with dia betes begin?

Don Barger: I became an insulindependent brittle diabetic at age 40, in 1983. The consensus view of the doc

tors who treated me over time was that I had a virus, which is unusual, but it probably may have been related to (the fact that) I was a sickly child.

Linda Barger: It’s the pneumonia vaccine. He had pneumonia some ri diculous amount of times, and they think that it weakened his pancreas to the point where, one day, he was fine, and the next day, he was set off.

DB: Even then, I was addicted to exercise. I was in the hospital for 10 days, but as soon as I got out of the hospital, I went for a run. And I have this memory of Linda standing outside the house watching me finish the run, and I don’t think she was really happy with me. There’s nothing remarkable about getting diabetes. It happened and you move on.

LB: Don is a very unusual diabetic. He is headstrong and persistent, and if he wants to achieve something, it doesn’t matter what’s happening. And

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 cmiller@cityscenemediagroup.com. Submissions should be no more than 1,200 words.

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Barger (right) stands with family after a race.

Barger and his daughter, Charity Hyde, and granddaughter, Avery Hyde

his diabetes is really very dangerous. It is extremely erratic, right from day one when they had to put him in the hospital because his blood sugar was sky high and they couldn’t con trol it, which shouldn’t be that big of a deal if you become a diabetic initially. … He has accomplished races under all kinds of weird circumstances. From day one, he set his mind to ac complishing things. And it didn’t matter he was a diabetic and shouldn’t do it; he did it anyway.

HNA: What does daily life with managing diabetes look like?

DB: I really relied on the people I worked with to help me. I was very fortunate that my (work) teammates would always be saying, “Do you need any orange juice?” … I think I had to recognize that I had to rely on other people to help me. Every company that I worked with, they were very good. They often made comments like, “You look to me like you’re a little bit low, check your blood and have some orange juice.”

Shortly after I started working for Worthington (Industries), I had an early morning meeting with my controller. We were talking and I recognized that I was going low. So I made some comment about, “I need some orange juice or some carbs because I’m going low.” He said, “Well, what happens?” And I said, “Well, I could die.” We had a very good relationship and he understood humor. But I think the point is I recognized that I couldn’t do it by myself.

When I wake up, I check my glucose level. Depending on the level, I will have some carbs or some juice or my breakfast. Breakfast, I have yogurt and fruit and a protein shake. If I’m go ing to exercise in the morning with my friends, then I will give myself 50 units of carbs.

I have an insulin pump and I have a continuous glucose monitor. That’s what I use to determine my breakfast, and then I will also bring shot blocks. GU is what I use while I’m exercis ing. I have the objective of working out seven hours a week.

HNA: What is your support system like? How does hav ing support make a difference?

DB: I think that every diabetic patient who is a type I brittle is going to have unique support requirements. The reason that the type I brittle diabetic needs help is just because of the vola tility of the sugar levels. I can go from 300 to 50 in the course of an hour if exercise intensely.

The thing that’s interesting is that I think a lot of diabetics don’t realize how much support they get. And I just tried to

list and I came up with nine different organizations. Some of them are related, but they have specific needs, and the one that’s most important is my immediate family. All 12 of them are involved in some aspects of my diabetes management. And the most important thing they do is call me when my blood sugar is high or low. My family are very proactive in monitoring me. Our children have monitored me when they were in the States and I was in London.

HNA: How have technology and other advances in sci ence changed how you manage each day?

DB: As with most things in the medical community, re search and development drives big steps in innovation. These folks are checking how to inject insulin, what kind of protocol to use, how often I need to check my blood. However, my sense is cumulative little things can also have a significant im pact. Examples are your diet, reading, socializing with friends.

There’s this powder, like talcum powder. This is an ad vancement, it’s certainly not cheap … but it certainly is worth it. And Linda, by spraying it up my nose, it calms me down almost immediately. She has one in her purse. Editor’s note: Glucagon nasal spray is the first nasal spray for hypoglycemia on the market.

HNA: What do you want others to know about you as a person and what it’s like living with diabetes?

DB: I appreciate my life, my children and my grandchil dren. Living with diabetes is tougher on my family than is it is on me. It is not tough living with diabetes as long as you are reasonable, you have a support group and you exercise.

HNA: Speaking to others living with diabetes, what advice would you like to give them?

DB: Really, it’s simple: Enjoy your family, your friends and get addicted to exercise. Exercise benefits you with the first step, and if you keep it up, it benefits most aspects of your life. I believe it is the single most important thing you can do. Finally, join the New Albany Walking Club and compete!

Claire Miller is an editor at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at cmiller@cityscenemediagroup.com.

Barger’s grandchildren, (from left) Samuel Hyde, Adam Barger, Avery Hyde and Davis Barger, help him finish a race.

Barger has competed in multiple marathons and half Iron Mans.

By Lauren Sergepersonalities

Environmental Educator

Sandy Reed helps students understand environmental impacts

Local

science teacher. National Geographic educator. Wildlife tracker. Beekeeper. Sandy Reed has kept herself busy over the years, gearing her professional and personal life toward benefiting the environment.

Reed has been an educator since 1986, spending the last 20 years at New Albany Middle School, teaching students science and social studies and providing them insight on the natural world they inhabit.

Growing Up Green

Reed grew up and attended high school in Westerville, where, she says, her passion for environmentalism be gan. She credits her science teachers for planting that seed.

Reed went on to become an edu cator herself after graduating from The Ohio State University in 1986. She be gan her career at Sells Middle School in

Photo by Ray LaVoie

Dublin and went on to teach at a private Montessori school. Shortly after she ob tained her master’s degree from Ashland University, she began teaching in New Albany-Plain Local Schools and working in the Easton E3 Learning Lab, sharing her knowledge of the environment with her students.

“If you’re teaching students at all, and you’re not passionate about it, you shouldn’t be teaching,” Reed says. “That’s how they learn. And I do love this planet. And I do love the environment. If we don’t have an understanding of how we affect the planet, we are not going to be able to preserve a planet, or the other species. I don’t know really any thing more important than that.”

Reed has also developed several environmentally focused projects in her personal life, which she has woven into her professional life.

“A lot of people like to keep their work separate from the rest of their life, and I’ve never been good at that,” Reed says. “My work is my life, my hobbies are my life and my family is my life. And it all is one big, messy, wonderful journey.”

Environmental Endeavors

In conjunction with other local teach ers, Reed founded the Earth Defenders Group, a networking system that en ables educators and other individuals making strides to better the environment

to connect with one another and share resources.

“We’ve talked to local people in in New Albany, including local businesses who have native plants, and they’re putting that out there to farm markets,” she says. “We just keep expanding trying to connect everybody and support each other.”

In addition to Earth Defenders, Reed is a certified wildlife tracker in North America and South Africa, which, she says, has enabled her to combine all of her outdoors efforts into one.

The essence of wildlife tracking is to digitally collect data on animals around the world, and users may be tested on their knowledge of sign tracking and trailing an animal. Reed uses the net work CyberTracker, which monitors environmental species, and travels all around the country and world, visiting South Africa every summer to develop her tracking skills and running the certifi cation process in Ohio.

“There is no better way to under stand our relationship with the environ ment in our backyard, or our global en vironment, than through tracking,” Reed says. “We can’t protect what we don’t know. We will lose more and more spe cies in our backyard, unless we have ways to identify it.”

Reed integrated that hobby into a project for her students. She developed the STEM Expeditions Field Studies program, through which students can travel around the world to earn course credits. Reed took several student groups to South Africa to complete the certification test.

Reed brings bee hives into the classroom to educate students on the life cycles and impact of bees.

Photo courtesy of Sandy Reed

Reed is a certified wildlife tracker in North America and South Africa.

Photo by Joey Iuvara

“After two weeks in the bush, (they are) identifying a rhino track, identifying mongoose tracks, identifying the differ ence between an elephant and a giraffe and an impala,” Reed says. “By the time they get done with that, they get the whole big picture, the predator-prey re lationships that are going on and human impact on a species.”

Over her career, Reed has also be come a National Geographic Certified Educator and earned her Federal Avia tion Administration pilot’s license, which she is using to create a drone curriculum for the school district.

Changing the World

While Reed’s work has taken her around the world, she still finds it impor tant to localize environmental issues.

“New Albany is where most of my adult life took place, and I don’t think it’s over-romantic to say that just because out west has big animals, it’s not important in Ohio, too,” Reed says. “The students that are going to school in New Albany … that education that they’re getting here is … as important as any anywhere else.”

Even in her own home, Reed takes measures to preserve and protect the en vironment and the species that inhabit it.

She keeps bees in a pollination area to assist in their pollinating and preser vation, and brings hives (sans the bees) to her classrooms, where she educates her students on the life cycles of bees and their impact on daily produce.

“I do believe you need to be environ mentally active and everything counts,” Reed says. “Beekeeping is one thing I do for that reason. I feel it makes a differ ence, my little piece in the world.”

Reed lives on three and a half acres, which she has transformed into a space for environmental upkeep. One of her acres is a native prairie that houses all native plants in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Her house is surrounded by a natural environment, featuring plants such as honeysuckle and garlic mustard.

“I’m educating my neighbors, just trying to make a difference where I live,” Reed says. “And that’s ongoing. That’s what we all need to do, because we could change the world.”

To protect the environment and en sure it thrives, Reed says, it is impera tive that each individual recognize their

part in the world and what they can con tribute to the overall betterment of the planet.

“The environment is not separate from people; we are part of the environ ment,” Reed says. “My hope is that we increase our awareness and we rees tablish our personal connection to the earth so that we may be healthier, and the earth can be healthy and sustainable as well.”

Lauren Serge is a contributing writer at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at feedback@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

Reed took several student groups to South Africa for the STEM Expeditions Field Studies program.

Photos courtesy of Sandy Reed

Reed works in the natural environment just outside of the E3 Learning Lab.

Photos by Ray LaVoie

By Claire Miller

Loss Lessons

Moving through grief in a healthy way

Grief

is universal, but it’s often mis understood – even by those ex periencing loss.

Despite the difficult and sustained na ture of the process, it is possible to move through the experience in a healthy way.

“I think what helps them to know is that it never goes away, but you become competent with it,” says Debbie Holt, a licensed professional clinical counselor and bereavement counselor at Hospice of Dayton. “So you learn how to handle it. You learn how to gradually let go of the grief as a way to stay more connected to your loved one.”

Grief counselor Sheri Weiler of Hos pice of Central Ohio says having a road map makes people more confident in the grieving process, as it brings comfort and assurance in knowing which symp toms and experiences are normal.

According to The Ohio State Uni versity Comprehensive Cancer Center –James Cancer Hospital and Solove Re search Institute, common grief reactions include sleeping and eating changes, fatigue, nausea, and crying.

“A lot of people don’t understand that grief is very physical,” Holt says. “Experiencing grief in their body and disruptions in sleep and appetite … are very normal. Feeling anxious, feeling low energy, all of those things.”

Mental reactions include confusion, difficulty making decisions, forgetfulness, disbelief, replaying memories, feeling like you’re in a fog and difficulty focusing. Emotional reactions, meanwhile, include sadness, anxiety, guilt, regret, relief, long ing, fear, shock, numbness, loneliness, emptiness and anger.

“There are studies … around the world (that say) the mourning rituals may be different, the way people express their grief is very different, but the es sentials of how people experience the grief internally and physically is really the same,” Weiler says.

Experiencing a Loss

Weiler says people are relieved to have the beginning of the grieving stage explained as the brain having to accept the death or loss. During that time, which is often around six to eight weeks, they may feel like they’re in a surreal dream, and it can be scary.

Around six weeks, grief hits like a tsunami, Holt says.

“I think part of the reason for that is that the three Cs – the cards, casse roles and calls – kind of stop,” she says. “People are right there in the beginning and as time goes on … all of a sudden, the griever is just left with, ‘Now this is my life, and now everybody is going back to their normal lives, but I can’t. My life will never be the same.’”

It makes a difference, says Holt and Weiler, to reach out to the grieving per son long after the funeral, as they may still be struggling months later.

The second, third and fourth months are typically the hardest period of time, Holt says, while people tend to start feeling better during the fourth and

fifth months. Then, first anniversaries and holidays without the loved one are difficult.

“The research shows that only 10-15 percent of people fall into the category of prolonged grief disorder, which is now the disorder that has been named in the ICD-10 and the DSM-5,” she says. “So most people do fine. I think that most people don’t realize how long it takes for a person to begin feel ing normal.”

Healthy Coping

Two of the most helpful ways to move through the grieving process are to seek education and accept support from friends, family and professionals. Finding a professional to talk with, and even talking with people who have had similar losses, can be helpful, Weiler says.

“The idea is that we have a lot of control over how our grief process goes,” Holt says.

In grief counseling, Holt says, the counselor and patient brainstorm what

strengths the person has to overcome their loss and work on the roadblocks to adjustment. Support groups can be healthy social outlets as well. It’s also im portant to take care of the physical body through the grieving process.

Grief doesn’t just follow death; it may also follow the loss of a relationship or job, changes in health, or a child mov ing away.

There are all types of grief depend ing on the situation surrounding the loss. For example, anticipatory grief is when you anticipate what it will be like to expe rience the loss before it happens. Col lective grief, according to Talkspace, is experienced when a tragedy affects an entire group or community, such as a natural disaster or a mass casualty.

“I think people need to know that most people get through their grief,” Holt says. “You never move on, but you move forward.”

Claire Miller is an editor at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at cmiller@cityscenemediagroup.com.

By Scott McAfee, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer

Survey Says...

The 2022 Resident Survey included questions about city services, quality of life, traffic, growth, and overall satisfaction with living in New Albany

For the third time in five years, the City of New Albany retained central Ohio research firm Saperstein As sociates to conduct a resident survey. The make-up of the survey participants is very similar to our U.S. Census Data.

Feedback Synopsis

Most residents are satisfied with New Albany’s services and amenities – includ ing development of public park lands – as well as the performance of city officials.

Eight out of ten residents are pleased with how city officials are man aging commercial growth and develop ment, while nine out of ten continue to

believe that New Albany is heading in the right direction.

Interest persists in expanding the options available in Market Square and Village Center, especially those involv ing restaurants and boutiques. Though many younger, newer residents would accept more residential density in ex change for these amenities, many older, more tenured residents would object.

For a small minority of residents, traf fic in Market Square and Village Center is a major problem before and after school. Most residents, however, consider traffic at these times either a minor problem or not a problem at all. In addition, few resi

dents consider traffic a problem, during non-school hours, throughout the entire New Albany community.

Stress and mental health issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are said to persist among both adults and children.

Efforts to become a more diverse and inclusive community have been modestly successful.

Quality of Life

• 88% consider New Albany an ex cellent or very good place to live

• 89% believe New Albany is head ing in the right direction

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City Services

Public Service

• 97% satisfied with snow removal on main roads

• 89% satisfied with snow removal in neighborhoods

According to a recent survey, 90% of residents are satified with police services.

• 96% with an opinion are satisfied with leaf collection services

• 94% satisfied with trash, recycling and waste collection

Police

• 90% satisfied with police services

• 93% with an opinion are satisfied with police outreach programs

Eighty percent of New Albany residents are satisfied with the management of commercial growth.

Eighty-nine percent of residents believe New Albany is heading in the right direction.

Photos courtesy of City of New Albany

Land Use and Community Development (including parks and trails)

• 90% satisfied with development of public park lands

• 88% satisfied with maintaining ap propriate architectural standards for new construction

• 85% satisfied with developing and connecting leisure trails

• 83% satisfied with planning for the future

• 81% satisfied with recruitment of business to expand the tax base

• 80% satisfied with managing commercial growth

Communications

• More than half of residents now follow the City of New Albany on at least one social media platform and social media is the favored form of communications by residents. Also popular: Connects e-newsletter (subscribe at

newalbanyohio.org/subscribe); website, and direct mail.

• 82% satisfied with keeping residents informed of important issues involving the City of New Albany

To review the full survey report, go to the City of New Albany website at newalbanyohio.org and search “Resi dent Survey” in the search bar.

Scott McAfee is the chief communications and marketing officer for the City of New Albany.

Musical Mentality

All-executive rock band and symphony orchestra demonstrate music’s effect on well-being and community

By Kobe Collins

Eventhe most successful profes sionals need a creative outlet. From learning a few keys on the piano to headbanging on the drums, music con tinues to be an outlet to get rid of stress, build up communities and spark creativity.

According to a report from the Global Council on Brain Health, music can have a favorable effect on brain chemicals such as dopamine and oxytocin. There is also moderate evidence that music can help lower cortisol levels, which can decrease everyday stress.

For a 2002 fundraiser, outgoing Amer ican Electric Power Chairman and CEO Nick Akins – then vice president of energy marketing services – was recruited to join an AEP employee band that would later be named the Power Chords. Later, the band brought together local CEOs and professionals, including for mer Cardinal Health Chairman and CEO George Barrett, Dona tos CEO Tom Krouse and former NiSource President and CEO Joe Hamrock, who wanted to be involved.

Overseeing a massive organization often means being on call whenever needed, handling crisis situations and, sometimes, being the face of the entire organization. That can lead to high lev els of stress and anxiety, which artistic endeavors such as music

can help manage.

“You live an intense life as a CEO, or working for any one, and to have that kind of relief with something you love to do is such a positive experience,” Akins says.

Performing with the Power Chords allows Akins to take a break from the stress of work, using creativity and rhythm to boost his mental well-being. Studies have shown the positive effect music can have on mental health and everyday life. Ac cording to an article by Lavinia Rebecchini in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity – Health, music can even be used to treat de pression, anxiety and schizophrenia.

“Music therapy helps the individual to express emotions while producing a state of mental relaxation and, consequent

The Power Chords band at a recent show

Young individual enjoys a New Albany Symphony Orchestra event

Photos courtesy of Heather Garner with New Albany Symphony Orchestra and Scott Blake with AEP Media Relations

CEO of AEP, Nick Akins, playing the drums at a community event.

Symphonic Spirit

New Albany Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Spectacular celebrates holiday traditions

ly, it can be beneficial in decreasing symptoms of depression and anxiety, while enhancing interpersonal relation ships,” Rebecchini writes.

Since that inaugural fundraiser, the band has grown, adding new members and a horns section. Pri marily, the band plays covers of rock classics from the 1970s and 1980s, but eventually, they hope to write their own music.

When Akins first moved to New Albany, he was excited to put a stu dio in his home so the band could practice together. Bringing the band members together to practice, play and curate future tunes quickly be came one of his favorite activities.

“No matter what your life circum stances may be, bringing people to gether for music is not only therapeu tic for your own individual health, but the health of others too,” Akins says.

For the band members, music became a way to support and build the communities around them. Mu sical performance often has that effect, regardless of genre, says Heather Garner, founder and execu tive director of the New Albany Sym phony Orchestra.

“Being a part of the community around the symphony gives a lot of people a sense of purpose,” Garner says.

The Power Chords continue to play fundraiser concerts for local non profits such as the United Way, Home less Families Foundation and Mid-Ohio Food Collective. Similarly, the sympho ny continues to grow its community through performances and by forging connections through such efforts as sensory-friendly concerts.

Kobe Collins is an editorial assistant at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

By Kobe Collins

Aswith so many other customs around the holiday season, tra dition is at the heart of the New Albany Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Spectacular show.

The show takes place Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. at the McCoy Community Center for the Performing Arts.

A key component of the show – for which the orchestra will be accompanied by the New Albany Symphony Chorus and guest soloist Kim Hopcraft – is its ability to bring friends and family together to celebrate not only the holiday season, but the talent of the hardworking sym phony performers.

“When I hear Sleigh Ride, that’s a

memory of mine, a tradition,” says Deb bie Feiler, director of marketing and ad sales for the orchestra. “To be behind the scenes, knowing that other families are also taking part, is special to me.”

The orchestra’s family-centered cul ture makes this performance a special one, says Executive Director Heather Garner. Music Director Luis Biava incor porates the values of a family-friendly atmosphere, building a culture that is welcoming and conducive to the next generation of music, she says.

Also connected to Holiday Spectac ular is a gift basket fundraiser, featuring 45 different baskets donated by contribu tors across the New Albany community. Basket values range from $60 to $2,500.

Photos courtesy of Heather Garner, Executive Director of New Albany Symphony Orchestra and James DeCamp Photography

Gift basket fundraiser in the lobby of the McCoy Center.

Members of the New Albany Symphony Viola Section

Leadership Skills Serve Seabee

By Megan Brown

Since1942, sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy’s Construc tion Force have been build ing and fighting around the world. Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Moore, a 2018 New Albany High School graduate, is one of those sailors.

“I joined the Navy because I re ally loved my country and wanted to serve,” says Moore.

Eighty years ago, members of Navy Construction Battalions were fittingly nicknamed “Seabees,” a play on the C and B initials. They are responsible for building military bases and airfields, supporting hu manitarian efforts, and conducting underwater construction projects.

Moore serves as a builder with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 at the headquarters for naval construction forces in Gulfport, Mississippi.

The values required to suc ceed in the Navy are similar to those found in New Albany, Moore says.

“I learned leadership in New Albany from playing soccer,” he says. “That is an important skill when it comes to lead ing junior sailors and mentoring them.”

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Serving in the Navy means Moore is part of a team that is taking on new im portance in America’s focus on strength ening alliances, modernizing capabilities, increasing capacities and maintaining military readiness in support of the National Defense Strategy.

“The Navy forms relationships and deters adversaries,” Moore says.

With more than 90 percent of all trade traveling by sea, and 95 percent of the world’s international phone and internet traffic carried through fiber optic cables lying on the ocean floor, Navy officials continue to emphasize the importance of accelerating Ameri ca’s advantage at sea.

“Maintaining the world’s best Navy is an investment in the se curity and prosperity of the United States, as well as the stability of our world,” says Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday.

“The U.S. Navy – forward de ployed and integrated with all ele ments of national power – deters conflict, strengthens our alliances and partnerships, and guaran tees free and open access to the world’s oceans. As the United States responds to the security environment through integrated deter rence, our Navy must continue to deploy forward and campaign with a ready, ca pable, combat-credible fleet.”

As Moore and other sailors continue to train and perform missions, they take pride in continuing an 80-year legacy and serving their country in the United States Navy.

“Serving in the Navy means pride in myself and my country,” says Moore. Megan Brown is a member of the Navy Office of Community Outreach. Feedback welcome at feedback@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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“I learned leadership in New Albany from playing soccer.”

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An Athlete’s Academia

School district launches program for students to explore health and fitness career paths

Asthe country shifts its attention more to health and fitness ev ery year, the younger generation is taking notice. Today’s students are expected to meet the ever-increasing demand for physical trainers, fitness professionals, athletic trainers, safety oversight professionals and others as time marches on and new positions are available.

Leave it to the forward-thinking minds of New Albany to start a program in which students can learn versatile skills and information that will prepare them to enter this expanding field.

New Albany-Plain Local Schools’ partnership with Eastland-Fairfield Ca reer & Technical Schools enables the district to provide interested students with the opportunity to learn not only

about career paths, but about how they can live a healthy lifestyle for themselves.

Tiffanie Jones, a sports medicine instructor at Eastland-Fairfield, oversees the program and has shaped it to fit with student interests.

“(Students) are naturally interested in sports already, They’re naturally inter ested in health and well-being already,” Jones says. “If you can find a topic like sports medicine where you can fit those topics together, it kind of makes it the ideal program to be in.”

Jones teaches 19 juniors from New Albany High School, in the first year of a two-year program that will host juniors and seniors in separate classes starting in 2023. Juniors learn nutrition and well

ness at the start of the class, and move on to strength and conditioning in the spring.

At the end of the first semester, students will know many of the formal processes of the health care profession. They learn how to perform preparticipa tion physical examinations, deliver diag noses, explore career paths, document medical records and more.

They learn tactical medical skills along the way. These include how to tape an ankle, how to fit crutches and helmets, how to spine board patients, and how to earn certification to perform CPR.

Jones wants to be sure students leave the program with the skills and in

Photos by Ryan Gasser

Students learn about medical instruments and their uses.

formation that they need, regardless of the health-related path they choose to take on.

“My hope is that these students can take the knowledge that they’re gaining here and, whether they pursue higher education or not … understand these principles of health and wellness for themselves in their daily lives,” she says.

Careers in athletic fitness and health care often require post-graduate training and degrees. Jones knows her classes will give students a head start in under standing the basics of what they will learn later.

As school administrators work with students to provide courses they are interested in, they have found that stu dents are taking these courses with vigor and dedicated interest.

“You’ve got students who are really curious about these topics, and they’re passionate about them,” says Patrick Gallaway, director of communications for New Albany-Plain Local. “We’re al ways trying to find out what we can of fer to these students that could still fit on

Students get hands-on experience with diagnosing injuries.

Photography by Christina Daniels

their traditional college prep, or a career they can start right out of high school.”

The program gives students plenty of hands-on experience with fitness professionals, including pairing stu dents with New Albany’s athletic train ing staff who are employed by Nation wide Children’s Hospital, as well as working with personal trainers at local fitness centers.

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By Connor Quinn

It’s All About the Sides

New Albany holiday cooking class teaches more than just a recipe

After seven years working for the Cameron Mitchell Res taurant Group and getting her Baking and Pastry Arts degree from Columbus State Community College, Sha ron Dunn is passionate about bringing community and home cooking to the residents of New Albany.

In addition to her career at Cameron Mitchell, Dunn is now the Nourish program coordinator and instructor for Healthy New Albany, which holds bimonthly cooking classes.

Dunn aims to teach more than just new recipes to her students. She also stresses the value of cooking as a group, recalling times when the Cameron Mitchell kitchen staff would make daily lunches for each other, and then eat as a group.

“It’s a chance to make new friends and build relation ships,” she says.

In addition, there are plenty of health benefits to learning to cook as a community or with one’s family. Cooking as a group can positively af fect mental health,

40-60 pieces

INGREDIENTS

• ½ cup extra virgin olive oil

• ½ pound sliced portobello mushrooms

• Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 3 tsp. chopped garlic

• 2 cups mayonnaise

• 1 cup grated parmesan or Romano cheese

• ½ cup chopped flat-leaf parsley

• ½ cup shredded basil

• 2 ½ (1-pound) loaves French bread cut across in ½ inch slices

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Spread ¼ cup of olive oil on a baking sheet. Set mush rooms in one layer on the baking sheet and add salt and pepper as desired. Sprinkle 2 tsp. of garlic and the remaining olive oil (about ¼ cup) over mushrooms. Allow mushrooms to roast for 12 minutes before taking them out of the oven.

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Pulse the mushrooms in a food processor. Be sure to remove the mushrooms once they are diced to avoid turning them into a paste. Move the mush rooms to a medium bowl, and wipe the baking sheet.

• Add the mayonnaise, cheese, parsley, basil, and remaining garlic (about 1 tsp.) to the food proces sor. Process until thoroughly mixed. Pour the mixture into the medium bowl with the mushrooms, and fold until well blended.

• Spread 1 Tbsp. of mixture on each slice of bread. Once each slice is completely covered, arrange them in a single layer on the backing sheet. Bake the slices for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees Fahren heit. The crostini can be stored in the freezer after cooling. To reheat, place in the oven for 5-8 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

and offers a way to find healthful substitu tions for common ingredients.

On Nov. 13, from 2-4 p.m. Dunn will teach a special holiday cooking class. A part of Healthy New Albany’s twicemonthly cooking classes, this holidaythemed class focuses on side dishes. On the menu for the night is Mediterranean Brussels sprouts, herby yeast rolls, au gratin potatoes, risotto cakes and, finally, portobello mushroom herb crostini. Each of these sides can be made in advance and stored until a holiday meal, and are great options for any holiday celebration.

To learn more about Healthy New Albany’s cooking classes and other wellness programs, visit healthynewalbany.org.

Connor Quinn is an editorial assistant at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at feedback@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

Portobello Mushroom Herb Crostini

Mostly Plants: 101 Delicious Flexitarian Recipes from the Pollan Family

By Tracy, Dana, Lori and Corky Pollan, with foreword

by Michael Pollan

A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller

“Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” With these seven words, Mi chael Pollan – brother of Lori, Dana and Tracy Pollan, and son of Corky Pollan – started a national conver sation about how to eat for optimal health. A decade later, the value of a plant-based diet is widely accepted –and yet, for many people, easier said than done.

In Mostly Plants, readers will find recipes that satisfy or can be adapted to almost all dietary needs: vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free. With skillet-to-oven recipes, sheet pan suppers, one-pot meals and more, this is real cooking for real life:

meals that are wholesome, delectable – and mostly plants. Amazon: Hardcover $16.89

Editor’s note: Michael Pollan was part of the 2015 New Albany Lecture Series presented by the New Albany Com munity Foundation.

The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100

By Dan Buettner

Building on decades of research, longevity expert Dan Buettner has gathered 100 recipes inspired by the Blue Zones, home to the healthi est and happiest communities in the world. Each dish – including Sardinian Herbed Lentil Minestrone; Costa Rican Hearts of Palm Ceviche; Cornmeal Waffles from Loma Linda, California; and Okinawan Sweet Pota toes – uses ingredients and cooking

methods proven to increase longevity, wellness and mental health. The recipes also include lifestyle tips (including the best times to eat dinner and proper portion sizes), all gleaned from countries as far away as Japan and as near as Blue Zones project cities in Texas. Amazon: Hardcover $16.59, spiralbound $34.99

Editor’s Note: Dan Buettner was part of the 2021 New Albany Lecture Series presented by the New Albany Com munity Foundation.

The Essential New York Times Cookbook: The Recipes of Record

By Amanda Hesser

Former New York Times food editor Amanda Hesser returns with an updated edition of the James Beard Award-winning compendium of the New York Times’ best recipes. She has added 120 new dishes to her mother lode of more than a thousand recipes, including Samin Nosrat’s Sabzi Polo (Herbed Rice with Tahdig), Todd Richards’s Fried Catfish with Hot Sauce and J. Kenji López-Alt’s Cheesy Hasselback Potato Gratin. Devotees will also find timeless gems such as Purple Plum Torte, David Eyre’s Pancake and Pamela Sherrid’s Summer Pasta, as well as classics ranging from 1940s Caesar Salad to modern

No-Knead Bread. Hesser has tested and adapted each of the recipes, and she highlights her go-to favorites with wit and warmth. Saveur declared the book a “tremendously ap pealing collection of recipes that tells the story of American cooking.” Amazon: Hardcover $27.99

Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals: A Cookbook Hardcover

By Melissa Clark

Melissa Clark, bestselling author of Dinner in French, brings her expertise and no-fuss approach to the world of one-pot/pan cooking in this newly-released, New York Times bestselling cookbook. With nearly all of the recipes able to be made in un der one hour, the streamlined steps ensure you are in and out of the kitchen without dirtying a multitude of pans or spending more time than you need to on dinner.

Expect to find a bevy of sheet-pan suppers, skillet din ners, comforting casseroles that you can assemble right in the baking dish, crowd-pleasing one-pot pasta meals, vegetableforward mains and dozens of tips for turning a vegetarian or meat-based recipe vegan. And since no dinner is complete without dessert, you’ll find a chapter of one-bowl cakes, too. Amazon: Hardcover $24.00, spiral-bound $45.99

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Stay warm while hitting the pavement this winter

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Mizuno Breath Thermo FZ Men’s Jacket

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Wind and water resistance, plus ad vanced technology that uses your own body heat to keep you warm, this jacket will help you reach peak performance in the toughest of conditions.

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Diabetes Antidote

Scientists look for answer for diabetes from all angles

Diabetes

is known as a compli cated and difficult chronic health condition, but researchers have made consistent progress on opportuni ties for management of and, eventually, a potential cure for type I and type II.

In the past year, the first man to be tentatively cured of type I diabetes was treated with an infusion of stem cells that worked like the pancreas, producing in sulin. The patient no longer needs type I diabetes management. The clinical trial by Vertex Pharmaceuticals continues and, over five years, will study 17 people with severe type I diabetes.

The insulin-secreting islet stem cell research took place over 30 years be fore reaching the point of clinical trials. Many experts say the human embryonic stem cell is the best chance for a cure.

When it comes to diabetes, the dif ferent types will require different cures.

Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disorder that most often develops in childhood and adolescence, while type II develops over time and can be slowed or stopped with diet and exer cise changes.

Dr. Kristin Stanford is a researcher with the Diabetes and Metabolism Re search Center at The Ohio State Univer sity Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine. She studies the mecha nisms behind the metabolic benefits of exercise.

Knowing that exercise can reduce the risk of developing type II diabetes, Stanford hopes to glean knowledge about how that actually happens in the body.

Exercise is a therapeutic for diabe tes, Stanford says, but not everyone is able to exercise. Determining the mo dality of exercise’s benefits could extend those benefits to individuals who are un able to exercise conventionally.

Stanford is now studying exerciseinduced adaptations to brown and white adipose tissue.

“We always want to assume that we have the tools and we can trick a dis ease,” she says. “The more technologi cally savvy we become as researchers, the more tools we can use and find dif ferent ways to intervene.”

Brown adipose tissue was previ ously only known to exist in animals and newborns, but in 2009, it was dis covered in adults as well. The biggest takeaway of late has been that there is such a thing as good fat in the human body, something only previously known in animals.

Beige and brown tissues dissipate energy as they regulate temperature, while white fat stores excess energy.

A January 2021 study in Nature Medicine found that brown adipose tis sue has the potential to promote cardio metabolic health.

In a study of 52,487 patients, re searchers found a lower prevalence of

cardiometabolic diseases in those with brown adipose tissue (BAT). Independently, they also found BAT to be correlated with a lower chance of “type II diabetes, dys lipidemia, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, conges tive heart failure and hypertension.”

In addition, BAT had more pronounced beneficial effects in overweight individuals, leading the scientists to think BAT may play a role in “mitigating the deleterious effects of obesity.”

A February 2021 study in the Inter national Journal of Molecular Sciences shows that the structural components of brown adipose tissue, adipocytes, are activated by a variety of factors that include cold, diet and exercise. Thyroid hormones and B3 agonists also trigger BAT, along with “increased energy ex penditure, decreased fat content, and enhanced glucose and insulin homeo stasis.”

This, in turn, leads to lower levels of obesity and type II diabetes.

“Diabetes is a beast of a disease,” Stanford says.

They’re getting closer to a cure, though, she says: The ideas are all there.

Claire Miller is an editor at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at cmiller@cityscenemediagroup.com.

By Dave Wharton and

The New Albany Fieldhouse and Community Center

A look at proposed plans for a new community space

NewAlbany Parks and Recreation is excited about the opportunity to build a unique and efficient multi-use facility that will provide unlim ited recreational opportunities for resi

dents. Recent surveys have shown that New Albany residents want year-round indoor recreational space.

The New Albany Fieldhouse and Community Center will be able to pro

vide indoor recreational space for peo ple of all ages. It will serve athletes and non-athletes and provide safe gathering spaces for teens after school, meet ing space for seniors, indoor space for

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school teams and educational programs. This facility will provide opportunities for our community to stay active throughout the winter and spring months.

Annual memberships will not be re quired to use the Fieldhouse and Com munity Center. Dedicated hours will al low residents the opportunity to enjoy most areas of the facility at no charge. The walking/running track will be free for residents to use throughout the days and evenings.

Instructional programs, youth/adult recreational leagues and organized team rentals will be available at different rates for residents and non-residents. Non-residents will pay a fee for drop-in usage, program participation and field/ court rentals.

• Passage of Issues 8 and 9 will bring this facility to our commu nity. Information may be found at www.nafieldhouse.org

• Issue 8 is the bond to build the facility, 2.22 mills, which will cost homeowners of our district $6.48 per $100,000 home market value per month.

• Issue 9 is the levy to operate the facility, 0.69 mills, which will cost homeowners of our district $2.01 per $100,000 home market value per month.

There are

major components of the facility.

Component A is the Community Center: proposed 190,000 square feet. This area will include four large meeting spaces, lounges, locker rooms, an esports room, a game room, storage, a training room, patios in front and back, and fire pits.

Component B is the Track and Court Facility. The track (multi-purpose flooring) would be for walking and run ning. Plans call for four courts with multipurpose flooring that can accommodate basketball, volleyball, tennis, pickleball, soccer, futsal and more.

Component C is the Turf Facility.

there would be artificial turf for soc cer, baseball, softball, lacrosse, football, field hockey and batting cages.

area common space

track and multi-game area

a variety of sports

Recreational leagues for kids and

Fitness, conditioning and agility programs

After-school enrichment classes

Toddler and preschool classes (music, art, motor skill develop

Corporate team-building oppor tunities

Day care and NAPLS field trips Birthday parties Community events (movie nights, teen outings, chamber of com merce gatherings)

For more information, visit www.nafieldhouse.org

Dave Wharton and Brian Smith are director and recreation superintendent, respectively, of New Albany Parks & Recreation. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

Angela Douglas

Healthy New Albany Year in Review

Together we can do great things.

-Mother Teresa

AsI reflect on the last year, what I know now more than ever is that community matters, people need one another, and our health and wellbeing is central to happy, productive lives. While it hasn’t been easy, I’m grate ful for the obstacles and challenges that I’ve faced personally, and those that we have faced as a community and as an organization. I believe it has sharpened our focus, clarified priorities and provided a renewed sense of passion and dedica tion. I’m compelled now more than ever to focus on how we can touch lives, in spire well-being, make meaningful con nections and cultivate healthy living for anyone we come into contact with.

Healthy New Albany is a catalyst for change, a group of dedicated individuals committed to uplifting our community, sharing the power of upstream preven tion and the value of community health. Over the last two years, our program of ferings have tripled, growing in beautiful and unique new ways, and we’ve only just begun.

As we near the end of 2022, I hope to celebrate how far we’ve come, and

look ahead with a renewed vision for what is yet to be. With a happy heart and in the spirit of service, we offer this snapshot of our work. Thank you to our many donors, supporters, and partners: Without you, we would not be here. Your gifts, talents, and generosity help us change lives.

Food Pantry

This year, our Summer Meals Pro gram provided:

• 21,000 meals (breakfast & lunch) to

• 190 NAPLS students from

• 90 local households.

The pantry served:

• 290 households (50% of these families were new clients to the pantry)

• 1,040 people (41% children, 9% seniors)

• 220,000 meals provided

This an 82% increase in the number of New Albany neighbors served, com pared to 2019.

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profound. HNA Nature Programs started with one program in 2019. Today, we have over half a dozen unique nature programs for our community:

• 57 programs, 538 attendees

Nourish

This is how we connect our com munity over food! Our culinary programs bring together the community to learn essential skills, enjoy new foods from many cultures and combine the fun of communal interaction with the joy of food.

• 32 programs, 265 attendees of all ages

• Bilingual and multicultural classes

• 100 monthly culinary bundle bag meal kits for pantry families

Lunch & Learn

Featuring panel discussions from community members, invited guests and subject matter experts on critical public health issues, Lunch + Learns are com munal resources that break down larger issues and provide a local perspective.

• 9 Lunch + Learns

• 270 attendees

Volunteers

Where would we be without our amazing vol unteers? HNA has been honored to have hun dreds of volunteers help us with our programs and events. Combined, these wonderful people volunteered thousands of hours over the last year, helping others and build ing a healthier community.

• 5,567 total volun teer hours across all services

• 420 HNA volunteers

• 188 pantry volun teers

• 74 approved pantry student volunteers

• 264 Walking Classic volunteers

Senior Connections

In partnership with the city of New Albany, Senior Connections is a com prehensive, dynamic and multi-faceted program for aging adults, designed to engage and inspire! Healthy aging pro grams focus on physical, emotional and mental health, nutrition, continuing education, social and civic engagement, and all of the many aspects of life and aging.

• 1,000+ connections

• 170 connections members

Community Gardens

Our gardens are growing a stron ger, healthier community – together! Our gardens include not only the original lo cation between New Albany Village Hall and the New Albany Police Station, but also tower gardens growing at multiple NAPLS locations.

• 45 purchased plots

• 100+ participating students

• 100+ participating gardeners

• 2 Tower Gardens

New Albnay

Healthy New Albany Community Programs

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

General/Other

First Saturdays of the Month (Nov. 5, Dec. 3)

Healthy New Albany Indoor Farmers Market

9 a.m.-noon, Philip Heit Center

Tuesday, Nov. 15

Ask the Expert: What Effects Does Food Have on Brain Health?

6-7:15 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Integrative Programs

Tuesdays Nov. 1-Dec. 13 Chair Yoga 10-11 a.m., Philip Heit Center or Virtual

Tuesdays Nov. 1-Dec. 6

Urban Zen (UZIT)

6-7 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Thursdays Nov. 3, 17, Dec. 1, 15 CARE (Compassionate Addiction Recovery Experience) 6:30-7:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Sunday, Nov. 6

Aroma Yoga® with Tracy Griffiths 9-10:30 a.m., Philip Heit Center

Sunday, Nov. 6

Aroma TRE® with Tracy Griffiths 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Mondays Nov. 7-Dec. 19

Move Better for Life 5:30-6:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Saturday, Dec. 3

Energy Codes Workshop 1:30-5:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Tuesday, Dec. 13

“Om” for the Holidays 6:30-8 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Nature Programs

Tuesdays Nov. 1, 15 & Dec. 13 World of Wonder (WOW) Nature Class for Young Children 10-11:15 a.m., Rose Run Park

Tuesdays Nov. 8, Dec. 6 Toddlers in Nature 10-11:15 a.m., Rose Run Park

Wednesdays Nov. 9, Dec. 14 Rewild Child - Nature Classes for PreSchool/Kindergarten a.m. and p.m. Times Available - see website, Swickard Woods

Thursdays Nov. 17, Dec. 8 Yuck! Nature Classes for 1st-3rd Graders 4-5:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Nourish Culinary Programs

Wednesday, Nov. 9 Nourish Jr.: Mug Makes (6th-8th grades)

4-5:30 p.m., Philip Heit CenterDemo Kitchen

Sunday, Nov. 13

Holiday Eats: It’s All About the Sides! 2-4 p.m., Philip Heit Center - Demo Kitchen

Thursday, Dec. 1 Gingerbread House Decorating (adults only!)

6-8 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Friday, Dec. 2

Nourish Jr. Activity: Gingerbread House Decorating 10-11:30 a.m., Philip Heit Center

Thursday, Dec. 8

Festive Holiday Focaccia - an Edible Masterpiece!

6:30-8:30 p.m., Philip Heit CenterDemo Kitchen

Senior Connections Programs

Thursday Mornings (weekly) Thursday Connections (topics vary) 10 a.m., Philip Heit Center

Tuesday Afternoons (weekly) Tuesday Card Play 1-3 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Wednesdays (weekly) Wednesday “Clubs” (topics vary) Times vary, Philip Heit Center

Fridays Nov. 4, Dec. 2 SC Tech Tutorial 3-4 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Sundays Nov. 6, Dec. 11

Sunday Brunch & Bingo 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Wednesdays Nov. 9

SC at Night: Friendsgiving 5:30-7 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Fridays Nov. 11, Dec. 9

Pinterest Craft Club 2-3 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Wednesday, Nov. 16

SC Men’s Club 6:30-8 p.m., Philip Heit Center

Sunday, Dec. 11

SC Men’s Brunch 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Philip Heit Center

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Healthy New Albany Bookshelf Reviews

Wonder Drug

by Stephen Trzeciak, M.D. and An thony Mazzarelli, M.D., 2022

In their first work, Compassionomics, Trzeciak and Mazzarelli showed that when health care workers practiced true compassion with their patients, they ex perienced less burnout, more resilience and greater well-being – and patient outcomes improved as well. In Wonder Drug, the doctors are back to show how serving others is good medicine for us all. In three sec tions (Diagnosis, Cure and Prescription), the authors explain the neuroscience behind why giving back is good for us, and how making even the smallest changes in our altruistic habits can garner great rewards. When we do for others, reward centers in the brain are activated and our bodies are bathed in hormones that reduce stress and inflammation. With data to back up its anecdotes, this book offers a game plan for improving your physical and mental health by giving to others. Writing with humor, Trzeciak and Mazzarelli make the science accessible and give us practical, actionable steps.

The Magnificent Book of Vegetables

by Alice Hart, 2022

Don’t think of this as a vegetarian cookbook; think of it as a celebration of all the delicious, exciting vegetables we should be eating more of. Alice Hart wrote her new book to inspire us to crave nourishing food and to energize us about an amazing range and pal ette of vegetable meals. Hart’s recipes combine color, texture, flavor and spice to create mouth-watering meals such as zucchini sweet corn fritters with pickled salsa, or butternut, fennel and white bean stew with sweet roasted garlic. Recipes are arranged around the seasons to help you explore the best tastes year-round, but frozen, canned or dried ingredients are an easy swap. Cooking techniques are simple, featuring lots of oven roast ing and high heat grilling and sautéing to mellow and sweeten ingredients. Beautiful photography – along with enthusiastic, but clear and helpful, writing – make this cookbook a winner.

The Anatomy of Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the Body’s Fear Response

by Ellen Vora, M.D., 2022

Typically, we think of anxiety as a “neck up” problem involving just the brain, and look at physical symptoms as the result of psychological and chemical issues. Holistic psychiatrist Ellen Vora would like us to reframe our thinking about anxiety to encompass the whole body. Emphasizing that the brain-gut

connection is a two-way street, she de fines two types of anxiety: “false anxiety” and “true anxiety.” False anxiety makes our brains feel anxious, but is triggered by the body’s stress response, and can be treated through the body. Changes in diet, sleep, physical activity and technol ogy use can help to relieve false anxiety. True anxiety comes from the brain down and is pointing us to an imbalance in our lives, relationships or the world. It can serve as a life compass and a signal to tune in, pay attention and connect. Vora is clear that all anxiety-related pain is real and wants to provide us with more tools to take care of ourselves, including pharmaceutical sup port. This supportive and informative book provides a wholebody approach to managing our lives in a complex world.

The Watermen

by Michael Loynd, 2022

With claim to swim history powerhouses such as Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps, most Americans probably don’t realize the humble beginnings of the U.S. swim program, or the compelling underdog story of Charles Daniels. Born into a wealthy family led by a sadistic father who brought them to financial ruin before abandoning them altogether, Daniels struggled with extreme anxiety, only feeling ease and comfort while swimming. Daniels was a young adult at the turn of the last century, when most Americans didn’t swim and competitive sport was in its infancy. He showed no great talent for swimming, but worked doggedly to improve in hopes that he could one day impress his father. With the tutelage of coaches who began to see promise in his perfor mances, Daniels began to break speed records, developed the American Crawl and became the first American to win an Olympic medal in 1904. When he faced the unbeatable Brit ish swim program at the 1908 Olympics, he was in the fight of his life to overcome the opposing team’s plan to sabotage his meteoric rise to dominance in speed swimming. This compelling narrative non-fiction title is a must-read for fans of The Boys in the Boat

Salad Freak: Recipes to Feed a Healthy Obsession

by Jess Damuck, 2022

Self-proclaimed salad freak Jess Damuck is a recipe devel oper, food stylist and, oh yeah, she was Martha Stewart’s personal salad chef. Suffice it to say, she knows her way around a good salad. One look at the gorgeous citrus salad on the cover of her new book and you’ll be dying to know

what else is inside. In more than 100 recipes that cover breakfast, lunch and dinner, Damuck share her passion for com bining fresh, color ful ingredients and finding that perfect balance of sour, sweet and salty. You’ll learn all of the pantry staples you’ll want to have on hand, what questions to ask yourself when shopping for ingredients, and what tools to have and why. From mango, mozzarella and young lettuces to raw and roasted Caesar Brussels sprouts, you’ll find something to tempt your taste buds regardless of the season.

Breaking the Aging Code

by Becca Levy, Ph.D., 2022 Yale School of Public Health professor Becca Levy’s research shows an influ ence between our beliefs about aging and how we age. When analyzing data from a small study in Oxford, Ohio, she discovered a link showing that the single most important factor in determining longevity was a person’s beliefs about aging. Levy has since continued her research and found that we are able to improve markers of aging – such as like balance, memory, gait and speed – by activating positive aging beliefs. More than just a longer life, positive age beliefs are likely to make that life a more fulfilling one. With stories drawn from real life and clear ex planations of current longevity research, Levy’s book goes a long way in helping to dispel many of the ageist belief com mon to our culture. This uplifting and approachable read also includes advice on improving your own aging outlook, as well as ways to fight the individual and structural ageism around us.

Top homes sold in New Albany

In August 2022, New Albany home prices were up 8% compared to last year, selling for a median price of $675K. On average, homes in New Albany sell after 40 days on the market compared to 43 days last year. There were 19 homes sold in August this year, down from 37 last year. (Data from Redfin)

3989 Stannage Pass

6 beds, 5.5 baths $2,750,000 Sold on 8/3/22

7 New Albany Farms Rd.

6 beds, 6.5 baths $2,700,000 Sold on 8/2/22

7202 Biddick Ct.

5 beds, 6 baths $1,708,000 Sold on 8/17/22

3818 Purdey Ct.

4 beds, 4 baths $1,494,000 Sold on 8/1/22

4225 Gunston Hall

4 beds, 5.5 baths $1,265,000 Sold on 9/20/22

4017 E Chelsea Green

4 beds, 4.5 baths $1,100,000 Sold on 9/8/22

7540 Alpath Rd.

4 beds, 3.5 baths $1,100,000 Sold on 8/10/22

9230 McClellan Dr.

4 beds, 4.5 baths $1,059,000 Sold on 8/31/22

3676 Farley Ct.

4 beds, 4.5 baths $1,040,000 Sold on 8/2/22

7588 Alpath Rd.

4 beds, 3.5 baths $940,000 Sold on 8/25/22

7922 N Cole Park

4 beds, 3.5 baths $910,000 Sold on 9/19/22

4085 W Chelsea Green

5 beds, 5.5 baths $900,000 Sold on 9/13/22

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NAWC participant Tara Colon stops for a post-race photo with Brutus Buckeye.

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