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community calendar Mark your calendar for these community events FEBRUARY 2013 Feb. 2
Chilly Open Noon-5 p.m., Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 4850 W. Powell Rd., Powell, www.chillyopen.org This annual fundraiser, sponsored by Kroger, is run by the Rotary Club of Westerville Sunrise and supports a variety of local children’s charities. Highlights include live music, children’s activities, raffles, a silent auction and food from 30 local restaurants.
Feb. 2
Band Percussion Ensemble Concert
tour, an introduction to OU Pickerington, an application session and a Q&A. Application fees are waived for attendees.
Feb. 7
Sixth Grade Orchestra Winter Concert 7 p.m., Harmon Middle School, 12410 Harmon Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.us Join the students from Harmon and Toll Gate middle schools as they put on their annual winter concert.
Feb. 11
Band Ensemble Preview Concert 7 p.m., Pickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.us The North percussion band performs.
Feb. 7, March 7
Ohio University Open House 10 a.m., Ohio University Pickerington Center, 12933 Stonecreek Dr., www.ohio.edu/pickerington These open houses for Ohio University’s Pickerington campus include a campus
7-9 p.m., Pickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.us Catch a sneak peek at the North band’s upcoming concert.
Feb. 14
Singing Valentines 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m., throughout Pickerington, www.pickerington.k12.oh.us The Pickerington High School North
choir will be singing all throughout Valentine’s Day. For a donation to the school’s music boosters, anyone interested in sending a special message to his or her sweetheart can hire students to deliver it to any school, business or residence within Pickerington along with a card, a balloon, candy and a song.
Feb. 16
OMEA High School Solo and Ensemble Contest 8 a.m., Pickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.us North hosts the Ohio Music Education Association’s annual competition.
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Feb. 19
PPL Book Club 7-8:30 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The Pickerington Public Library’s book club meets to discuss The House at Riverton by Kate Morton.
Feb. 26
Not Your Mother’s Library Book Club 7-8 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The book club discusses Beauty Queens by Libba Bray.
Feb. 28-March 3
Arnold Sports Festival
M&M’s + Math = FUN 1-3 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org M&M candies are used for entertaining math activities for children from age 5 to grade 1. Registration is required. Two sessions are offered, one at 1 and one at 2.
Columbus, www.arnoldsportsfestival.com The largest multi-sport festival in the nation returns to Columbus. New events the Arnold Scottish Highland Games, the Arnold Party with the Pros at Hollywood Casino and the Arnold, Champions & Legends Sunday Morning Showcase join such stalwarts as the Arnold Classic and the Arnold Fitness Expo.
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ment, including dancing, basketball, ping-pong and video games.
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6:30-8:30 p.m., Pickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.us Hear songs from bands competing in the local Ohio Music Education Association district.
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7-8:30 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The Pickerington Public Library’s book club discusses Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
Band OMEA District Preview Concert
March 6
Band Concert 7-9 p.m., Pickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.us Hear the soulful sounds of the Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School Band.
March 8
Ridgeview Teen Night 7-9:30 p.m., Ridgeview Junior High School, 130 Hill Rd. S., www.pickerington.k12.oh.us Ridgeview’s Teen Night events offer teenagers the opportunity to socialize in a fun, safe environment, with activities including dancing, basketball, dodgeball and other games.
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Lakeview Teen Night 7-9:30 p.m., Lakeview Junior High School, 12445 Ault Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.us Like its Ridgeview counterpart, Lakeview’s Teen Night offers two and a half hours of fun and safe entertain4
Orchestra Winter Concert 7-9 p.m., Pickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.us The Pickerington High School North, Lakeview Junior High School, Harmon Middle School and Toll Gate Middle School orchestras join forces for their annual winter concert.
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PPL Book Club
March 26
Franklin County Immunization Clinic 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The clinic is closed from 12:30 to 1 p.m.
Pickerington Community Theatre presents Curtains
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Pickerington Christian Church, 575 Diley Rd., www.pickeringtoncommunitytheatre.org The next production from the local theater troupe is a “whodunit” set in 1959, following the on-stage death of a new play’s leading lady.
7-8 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org The book club discusses Moloka’i by Alan Brennert.
March 16
Optical Illusions 2-3 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.org Visit the library to check out some amazing optical illusions and learn how they work.
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March 29-April 5 Spring Break
March 30
Breakfast with the Bunny 9-11 a.m., Pickerington High School Central, 300 Opportunity Way, www.pickerington.net All proceeds from this Easter preview – featuring breakfast, fun, games and crafts – benefit Nationwide Children’s Hospital TWIG 165. www.pickeringtonmagazine.com
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As Seen on Pickerington TV Pickerington residents can now tune into Pickerington TV on their home or office computers to get on-demand, 24/7 news about the city. Last year, SOH Productions-C.I.T.Y. Networks, an audio-video multimedia production company in Gahanna, approached the Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce with an Internet TV proposal to create channels on PickeringtonTV.com. On Dec. 20, Pickerington TV with its news show format was officially launched at the Chamber membership luncheon. Channels feature news and feature stories about the Chamber, the city of Pickerington, the Pickerington Public Library, the Pickerington Local School District, Ohio University and Violet Township. There is also a community channel. Each organization has a link to Pickerington TV on its website, said Chamber President Helen Mayle. A programming committee is responsible for the topics, the content and determining whether there is a need for additional channels. SOH Productions President Ron Smith, who launched the first Internet TV station for Gahanna, said on-demand video has become so important in our society that people want information to be just a mouse click away.
“People want information on what is going on in their hometown and this is what drives this program,” Smith said. Community members are able to subscribe to PickeringtonTV.com for free and new programs will be added each month, Mayle said.
Funding for the station is provided by local businesses, which air their commercials or infomercials on the community channel for the entire year. You can tune into Pickerington TV through any of the sponsoring sites or by logging on to www.pickeringtontv.com.
Well Done The city of Pickerington is working with its employees to write a prescription for their health and safety. In 2009, the city began its wellness initiative by adopting a high-deductible health plan that was tied to Health Savings Account investments, said Lynn Miller, human resources director. By investing in the wellness of its employees, the city hopes to curb insurance costs, keep staff safely on the job and provide incentives for employees to stay well.
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“This type of health insurance program reinforces employee engagement in quality health care choices and costs. This leads to an increase in proactive, preventative care and builtin incentive to modify or mitigate more costly health behaviors,” Miller said. This program was enhanced in 2010 when City Manager Bill Vance came on board and made safety in the workplace a top priority. As a result, an internal safety team now meets to review practices, and monthly OSHA and
other training programs are provided to all 95 full-time and regular part-time employees. A recent Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) grant, initiated by Miller, now allows the city to put another key health and wellness puzzle piece into place. Over the next three years, the city will receive $15,000 to measure the health of its workers and to determine if its wellness programs are working.
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“Well Done” continued More than 40 employees volunteered to take part in the initial comprehensive health screening provided by Mount Carmel Workplace Health. The screening will determine and record the blood sugar, cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure, as well as height and weight, of each employee. “Using these results, the employee is encouraged to visit the city’s health insurance carrier’s website to complete a health risk analysis,” Miller said. The health insurer and the city then provide incentives to employees participating online as well as those who take the advice of wellness coaches.
All this information, which the BWC tracks, will be used to help the city determine if any employees are in “high-risk” health groups so that it can work toward reducing or eliminating those risk factors. With the grant money, Miller is also hoping to establish more on-site lunch and learn programs for employees that are designed to help them stretch, tone and reduce stress. “Hopefully this will provide that first step in new, personal fitness goals for 2013 that end with a 5K fun run, bike tour or some other personal fitness achievement,” Miller said.
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cityprofile: Carolyn Sharp When Carolyn Sharp goes to work each day, she never knows what challenge she may be facing. It could be sending an officer to the scene of a crime, helping a family locate a missing child, calming a victim until an officer arrives or helping an elderly man with dementia retrace his steps. For 25 years, the Pickerington Police Department communications supervisor has been a calm voice on the phone when the community calls 9-1-1. When she started with the communications department in 1987, there were five full-time employees, and Sharp was one of three part-time dis-
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patchers. Two years later, the single mother of two daughters, Jessica and Angie, was hired full-time. In 1999, Sharp was named head of the department of nine highly skilled dispatchers. “She was the driving force behind our communications personnel becoming emergency medical dispatchers. She has also been invaluable in respect to the upgrades made to the equipment that has put us ahead of the curve for technology, such as texting and contacting the police via the Internet,” said Matt Delp, operations commander of the Pickerington Police Department. “It has been her indefatigable pursuit of excellence in the dispatch center that has made it what it is today.”
Water Plant.............................. 833-2290 Waste Water Plant.................... 837-6490 Water Reclamation.................. 837-6470 Over the course of her career, Sharp has encountered many challenges when callers have dialed her department for emergency assistance. “I have taken many horrific calls over the span of 25 years, but a few that come to mind include talking to a victim who had just been shot in an armed robbery, talking someone through CPR on their mother and any calls that involve children being hurt or sick. Those are really tough calls for me,” Sharp said. Sharp’s daughters are now grown and married. She is also the grandmother of “three wonderful grandchildren, and one little angel that we lost in 2005.” Each year, Sharp’s department helps the local food pantry; participates in local parades, downtown activities and school events; provides tours of the department and 9-1-1 education; collects items for the Violet Township Fire Department’s toy drive; produces a newsletter for city employees; and even helps with the city’s holiday adopt-a-family.
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Violet Township By Joy Davis, Economic Development Specialist, Violet Township
I Need to Get in Shape, but OW!
Each year, resolutions are made. And each year, resolutions are broken. One of the most popular in each category is getting in shape and losing weight. Why is it so gosh-darn difficult to stick with that one? There are numerous reasons – it’s difficult to find time to devote to a new regimen, it’s easy to feel uncomfortable in a typical gym surrounding and, quite frankly, it hurts to use those muscles that have grown accustomed to sitting. Here are some ideas to deal with two of those problems. Being uncomfortable in a typical gym surrounding is not unusual. The residents of Violet Township and the City of Pickerington have several options available to explore to find an environment suitable to their fitness level or ability. There are facilities geared toward improving the overall health of a range of age groups and fitness levels. These fitness centers offer brightly lit workout areas and a wide selection of cardio equipment as well as weight machines and free weights. Patrons are encouraged to be mindful of others by not yelling, swearing, grunting loudly or dropping weights. There are facilities that cater to weight training or training for specific events such as fitness competitions, marathons and triathlons. The environment at these facilities is more competitive or more “hardcore” than at a fitness center. Residents www.pickeringtonmagazine.com
may also explore group fitness with options such as Zumba, belly dancing, yoga, spinning and boxing. Or one-on-one sessions with a personal trainer at a private gym may be more comfortable. All of these options are available, and many will give guest passes. Try any or all of the options at different times during the day. The early morning crowd is different from the mid-afternoon crowd, and the mid-afternoon crowd is different from the late evening crowd. As for the pain that follows an attempt to break back into the workout habit or try it on for the first time, try a deep tissue massage or a post-event massage. When muscles are heavily used, a person will develop delayed onset muscle soreness over the next day or two after a workout. Massages, hot baths and relaxation techniques can help to alleviate some of this soreness. Violet Township and Pickerington are fortunate to have multiple facilities that specialize in these massage techniques and relaxation therapies. And massage and relaxation are beneficial to a healthy lifestyle even when not paired with a workout. Do not be afraid to get in shape. It is not easy to make it a habit, but the payoff is worth the effort. Educate yourself. Find a suitable environment. Heal tired muscles. And enjoy!
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Health Care, Wellness & Insurance By Doug Foust, Ohio Insurance Services
One of the duties performed by the Violet Township Board of Trustees is overseeing employment-related practices and policies. When we take steps that help to keep our employees healthy and on the job, everybody wins. In order to support a culture of wellness, the Township has taken some important steps over the last couple of years, and they are starting to pay off. •
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The Township has an insurance committee comprised of labor, management and administration that actively oversees our plans. We use this forum to communicate openly, meet with our insurance advisers and consider new ideas. One of the ideas that grew from the committee was our Wellness Program. Because most of our employees are here for the long term, it makes sense to help them adopt healthy lifestyles as a means to slow the escalation of our health care expenses. This becomes a win-win for the Township and for individuals. More than just education, our program is activity-based. Every employee is encouraged to choose from a list of activities
every year as well as complete certain mandatory ones, such as getting an annual physical and completing a Health Risk Assessment. Our plan was created in cooperation with our insurance advisers, a wellness consultant and the Principal Wellness Company. •
The employee insurance plan includes programs to help employees manage the most common chronic conditions and illnesses. These programs provide guidance on lifestyle changes to help control illness as well as support for proper use of medications.
Today, the Township is actively exploring the impact of health care reform and how the new laws will affect our plan now and in the coming years. We continue to look at how we can encourage healthy choices through our insurance plan, and how we can pool our purchasing with other public entities to gain even more savings.
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From the Violet Township Fire Department
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Department Works to Keep Personnel in Firefighting Shape By Lt. Allison Wendt January is usually the time when people get inspired to kick it up a notch in regards to getting healthy. Now is the perfect time to begin by making this a year-round commitment. A great way to start is by getting a yearly physical from your family doctor. Early detection and treatment is something we feel strongly about at the Violet Township Fire Department. For the past three years, our firefighters have had annual physicals. These are performed while the firefighter is off-duty so our service to the community is not compromised in any fashion. We follow the Fire Service Joint Labor Management Wellness/Fitness Initiative of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the International Association of Fire Fighters. This initiative was developed for the sole purpose of developing and maintaining fit uniformed personnel. Fire department personnel who respond to emergency incidents are required to put forth an incredibly high level of physical effort over a significant length of time. This output, over time, can and will affect the overall fitness and wellness of the firefighting and emergency response system. Our physicals consist of a stress test, pulmonary function test, chest X-ray, blood draw, eye exam, cancer screening and hearing testing every two years. Many of the things we check for in our blood work are cardiac-related due to the fact that, from 2007 to 2011, 46.5 percent of firefighter line-of-duty deaths in the U.S. were from heart attacks. In 2011, 61 on-duty firefighter deaths occurred in the U.S. Stress, exertion and other medical-related issues, www.pickeringtonmagazine.com
which usually result in heart attacks or other sudden cardiac events, continued to account for the largest number of fatalities. More than half of the deaths resulted from overexertion, stress and related medical issues. Of the 32 deaths in this category, 31 were classified as sudden cardiac deaths (usually heart attacks) and one was due to a stroke. These numbers have slowly been decreasing over the years due to early detection, fitness initiatives and proper education. Annual physicals comprise of just one component of the program we have initiated to produce healthier firefighters, lessen time off duty due to injury or illness, reduce our Bureau of Workers Compensation claims and rates, and, most importantly, decrease the likelihood of a sudden cardiacrelated death of any of our firefighters.
How to Reach Us Violet Township Administrative Offices 12970 Rustic Dr. Pickerington, OH 43147 614-575-5556 www.violet.oh.us Violet Township Fire Stations Phone 614-837-4123 Fire Chief: John Eisel #592: 8700 Refugee Rd. #591: 21 Lockville Rd. #593: 2365 Taylor Park Dr. (behind hhgregg) Violet Township Service Center Phone: 614-382-5979 490 Center St. Pickerington, OH 43147
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The Heart of a Champion Bodybuilder still going strong after quadruple bypass surgery Paul Callahan
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In seven years, Paul Callahan has gone from “the fat kid in school” to a successful bodybuilder and model. His dedication is such that even a heart attack couldn’t stop him. Callahan, 24, is a graduate of Pickerington High School North. He recently moved to Denver after spending his entire life in Pickerington. He grew up active – playing baseball from age 4 through high school – but not active enough to be in good shape. “Up until I was about 17 years old, I was the fat kid,” Callahan says. “I got made fun of for it.” Looking to make a change, he started working out at the Power Shack Fitness Center off Blacklick-Eastern Road Northwest and lost a great deal of weight between his junior and senior years of high school. His trainer was a bodybuilder, and Callahan gradually began to move in that direction himself. It wasn’t until he graduated high school and began managing the GNC store at Easton Town Center that he started to truly dedicate himself to bodybuilding. A couple of representatives for VPX Sports Supplements came into the store a lot, and soon they asked Callahan to appear at their expo booths. “I was 19 and at these bodybuilding booths, standing next to these guys who were twice my size and twice my age,” Callahan says. That’s when he ramped up the training to compete with the looks of those experienced bodybuilders. Over the next few years, he worked tirelessly to meet the standard of physical fitness they set. That came to a sudden stop on Aug. 25, 2011, when Callahan suffered a massive heart attack and had to undergo quadruple bypass surgery. He had just turned 23. “It’s still kind of baffling (to) the cardiologist,” he says. Heart attacks are extremely rare for people of Callahan’s age. But there were some factors pointing to the possibility. www.pickeringtonmagazine.com
Callahan with friend Sara Wolf He has a long history of heart disease and hypertension on both sides of his family, both of his grandfathers have had quadruple bypass surgeries of their own, and his father suffered a stroke at age 44. In addition, when the heart attack struck, Callahan was just a few days out from a major photo shoot. In the home stretch of preparing for it, he had been drinking a lot of caffeine stimulants and energy drinks – something he now realizes he should not have been doing. Bouncing back from the heart attack has been the toughest part of Callahan’s fitness quest so far. “I was told to take six months off lifting, which just wasn’t going to happen for me,” he says. Callahan lost 20 pounds during his stay in the hospital and another 10 to 15 in the three months before he started lifting again, leaving him far away from his goal with just a few months to go before a scheduled appearance at the Arnold Fitness Expo in March 2012. “Instead of a four- to five-month process, which is what most people do, I had a two-month process,” he says. Callahan’s fitness regimen currently includes 90 minutes of lifting six days a week, as well as 30 to 45 minutes of cardio two or three days a week. The most important part, though, is his diet: more complex carbohydrates and healthful fats, less sugar. “I try to eat six or seven times a day,” he says. “I try to eat every couple of hours, even at night if I wake up.” With increased focus on his diet and some double training days, Callahan made steady progress and was able to make his Arnold appearance at a booth for Dublin-based Vince’s Muscle Shop. While there, he was spotted by wellknown fitness photographer Mike Byerly, who took note of the visible surgery scar on Callahan’s chest. That led to a photo shoot with Byerly in Tennessee over the summer, which has helped Callahan attract even more attention to his bodybuilding and demo modeling work. He’ll be appearing in a booth at the Arnold again this year, he says. Garth Bishop is editor of Pickerington Magazine. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com. www.pickeringtonmagazine.com
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A Guard Day’s Night Performance group helps aspiring flag-, rifle- and saber-spinners
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What happens when people dedicated to color guard and winter guard look to pass on their twirling skills to a new generation? The answer is Element-ary. Element Winter Guards is a nonprofit organization focused on guard training and performance. While many children get into guard in middle or high school, Element accepts individuals as young as 4 years old. Though the organization’s founders were Pickerington students and the directors – mother Dorinda Burley and daughters Rebecca Van Horn and Roberta Burley – are Pickerington residents, Element is open to people from all across central Ohio. All instructors are volunteers. Element was formed in 2004 by a group of friends from Pickerington who sought additional opportunities for performance. When Pickerington High School North opened in 2003, the 45-person color guard team from the 2002-03 school year was split into teams of 20 at North and 23 at Pickerington High School Central. Many of them, including Van Horn, graduated at the end of the 200304 school year, which left the schools without enough members for a team.
Element team members Julia Hudak (left) and Chloe Brown practice their flag skills.
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The Wee Stars perform a pirate-themed routine at competition. “When you have 100 band members and only 15 or 16 (guard members), it’s very hard,” Van Horn says. Roberta and youngest Burley sister Renee were also in guard, as was Dorinda when she was in school. A year after Element was formed, its group for younger children came about, and it gradually evolved into a teaching organization as well. Many participants start young and continue all the way through high school and beyond, says Van Horn. A number participate in their middle and high school teams as well as in Element; Pickerington’s high schools have revived their color guard programs in recent years. The name comes from the initial performance troupe’s name of the Fifth Element, a reference to the 1997 science fiction movie of the same name, of which many of the founders were fans. Anyone who’s attended a middle or high school football game is familiar with color guard, the marching bandsupported twirling group that bolsters team spirit during games. Outside of football season, though, Element participates in winter guard – a similar production, albeit indoors and with recorded music rather than a live band.
Performances must take place in a smaller space, but troupes can enhance their visuals with props and backdrops. Instructors, performers and family members are all involved in the creation of costumes and backdrops. Flags, rifles and sabers are all part of the Element repertoire, as are ribbons, hoops and dancing. The directors work to find a role for every performer on the team, and they encourage the older team members to help the younger ones so they can grow as individuals, not just as a team. “The only thing we ask is that you commit to it,” says Dorinda. In addition to training, participants also come away from the program with their own flags and costumes, and they get to do quite a bit of traveling for competitions. They’re also assured of a good workout anytime they practice, with lots of movement, spinning and running. “Practices are very upbeat – you have to use your arms and your upper body constantly,” says Van Horn. “It’s a workout almost every week for each group.” Other participants have used their time with Element to participate in guard programs in college, go from introverts to extroverts and overcome personal obstacles. www.pickeringtonmagazine.com
“We’ve had kids with ADD and ADHD finding different ways to cope with that,” says Van Horn. “Chewing gum and spinning helps sometimes.” Element’s two teams – the Wee Stars, age 4 to sixth grade, and the Fifth Element, seventh grade to age 22 – are currently in the midst of their competition season, which runs from January to March. Competitions have already taken place at Licking Valley and Olentangy high schools, and forthcoming competitions will occur at Central Crossing High School in Grove City (Feb. 2 and March 10); Springfield High School in Holland (Feb. 16 and 17); Richmond High School in Richmond, Ind.; and Brunswick High School in the town of the same name (March 23). The 2013 guard finals take place at Wapakoneta High School on April 6. The Fifth Element’s routine this year is set to Pirates and Mermaids by the Blue Sky Project, while the Wee Stars will perform to Stand Out from 1995’s A Goofy Movie.
The schedule picks up again during the Violet Festival, when the group holds a summer camp that ends with a performance during the festival’s parade and on its stage area on Saturday. It also performs during the Holiday Lights Parade in Gahanna in November. Performances are always on Saturdays and rehearsals are always on Sundays, so participants have plenty of time for other activities that might crowd their schedules, Van Horn says. Being part of the team has been a great experience, its members say, and it provides a great opportunity for those who do not want to wait until middle school to start. “I’ve had a flag in my hand since I was 2,” says team member Makayla Estep, a student at Ridgeview Junior High School. More information on Element can be found on its website, www.elementwinterguardboosters.com. Garth Bishop is editor of Pickerington Magazine. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com.
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The group has talked about partnering with the city to create a drug-free youth center called Tyler’s Lighthouse. The organization was to announce its next few steps at a town hall meeting on Jan. 28. For more information on Tyler’s Light, visit www.tylerslight. com.
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Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss By Joel Fuhrman This book offers a simple plant-based diet plan through a simple formula: Health = Nutrient/Calories, or “health predicted by your nutrient intake divided by your calorie intake.” The more nutrient-dense food you eat, the less you crave sweet empty calorie choices.
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