Tri-Village Magazine March/April 2017

March/April 2017

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MARCH/APRIL 2017

6 Community Calendar 8 News & Info from

Upper Arlington 9 News & Info from

The Village of Marble Cliff

10 News & Info from

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12 faces

Jurassic Embark

UA resident Dennis Concilla is a lawyer by day, fossil hunter by night

17 in focus

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26 on the table

Taste of New Orleans

Dennis Concilla shares his favorite shrimp and grits recipe

28 Around Tri-Village Snapshots from the community

30 bookmarks

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News & Information from Upper Arlington

insideUPPER ARLINGTON

By Hannah Bealer

The Innovation Game

UA High School’s Research and Design Lab inspires steps toward innovation

To read more about the Research and Design Lab’s projects and initiatives, visit www.uaschools.org, where you can find Moore’s blog under the “Academics” tab.

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the same thing,” Moore says. “They all had the same complaints of what got in the way of what makes school joyful. We ended up asking the question, ‘How can we bring joy back to the classroom?’”

Although the lab is still in its early stages, Moore says there is a lot of passion and optimism surrounding the project.

Students and teachers face the same pressure from increasing demands, she says. “(The Research and Design Lab) should be a joyful place to come,” Moore says. “People have expressed a sense of empowerment in trying to make things better.”

Moore says she was a student at UAHS before she was a teacher, and she has witnessed firsthand just how deep the district’s dedication to its students goes.

“I can say without hesitation that some of the smartest and most passionate people I’ve ever met are in this building,” she says. “My hope is that we share some of our ideas, and that it can be inspiring for the community at large.”

“This year, I’ve tried to pop in and out of classrooms and write a blog post about every class I visit,” Moore says. “I think it’s important for the community to know what we’re doing, and it’s important that we share these stories going forward with the innovation.”

Hannah Bealer is an editor.

Feedback welcome at hbealer@ cityscenecolumbus.com.

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n anonymous donation to the Upper Arlington Education Foundation has jump-started a new movement at Upper Arlington High School.

The Research and Design Lab was crafted during the 2015-16 school year when a group of teachers and administrators came together with Battelle for Kids to discuss ways to not only celebrate innovation in the Upper Arlington community, but bring innovation to the community.

Following these conversations, the district decided to invest in a new position that would help lead and manage the project. At the end of the school year, freshman literature and honors composition teacher Laura Moore interviewed for the position and stepped into the role of instructional leader.

“We’re trying to drive home this idea that, in order for innovation to grow, there needs to be a safe space,” Moore says, adding that a steering committee has also been developed and established in order to help the Research and Design lab reach its goals.

While it may sound like a physical space, the high school’s Research and Design Lab is a concept that brings educators and students together to explore ways to enhance learning, whether that be through projects such as the modification of the high school’s global classroom course, or simple discussion groups, brainstorming sessions and workshops.

“We found through these discussions that students and teachers both wanted

News & Information from the Village of Marble Cliff

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THE VILLAGE OF

MARBLE CLIFF

By Bill Johannes, Marble Cliff Administrative Assistant

Moving Up

West Fifth Avenue will get major improvements

Photo courtesy of the Village of Marble Cliff

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tarting in late spring, Marble Cliff will continue to build upon one of the eight strategic priorities set by Village Council in its 2015 Strategic Plan.

“We’re pleased that this project is being done, as the improvements will make the Fifth Avenue corridor (from Cambridge Boulevard to Dublin Road) more productive to the Village and appealing to the public,” says Marble Cliff Mayor Kent Studebaker.

The improvements, done as a joint project with the City of Upper Arlington, will include: • Milling and repaving West Fifth Avenue from the railroad tracks east to Andover Road.

• Constructing a new, 8-10 foot wide, multipurpose/bike path connecting the Scioto Greenway Trail at Dublin Road/West Fifth Avenue to Arlington Avenue where the path will connect to Upper Arlington’s bike boulevard and Marble Cliff’s designated bike route.

• Narrowing Fifth Avenue by eight feet to accommodate the new multipurpose path. Two lanes of traffic and parking on the north side of the street will be maintained with no loss of parking. All property owners will have access to their driveways during construction.

• Installing new curbs in Marble Cliff and moving the street lights into the new tree lawn.

Under the direction of Village Engineer Josh Ford and Upper Arlington City Engineer Jackie Thiel, the engineering firm of Burgess & Niple designed the project. The project is being bid out for construction this year.

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A view of West Fifth Avenue looking east. Upper Arlington is to the left. The multi-use path will be in Marble Cliff, to the right of the photo.

The $632,000 project will be funded from several sources: • A grant from the Ohio State capital budget • A grant from the Franklin County Engineer • And the balance split evenly between Marble Cliff and Upper Arlington

Downtown, while addressing the pavement issues on West Fifth Avenue.” says McKay. McKay says the Village is excited about the opportunity to pool resources with Upper Arlington in a project that will benefit both communities and those who use West Fifth Avenue.

“It’s been a pleasure working with Upper Arlington,” she says. “Hopefully, we Village Fiscal Officer Cindy McKay can do more joint projects together.” explained that these improvements are being done to address the pavement deBill Johannes is the Marble Cliff terioration on Fifth Avenue and to extend Administrative Assistant. cycling opportunities and pedestrian use Feedback welcome at hbealer@ to the central Ohio bike system. cityscenecolumbus.com.

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GRANDVIEW

By Lydia Freudenberg

Going Green

The history and many renovations of the swimming pools and parks in Grandview Heights

Jumping into the bright blue water cannonball-style, or enjoying the warm summer sun while listening to the splashing and laughing of fellow pool-goers, is most likely a pleasant memory for most.

Swimming pools create memories, mark milestones for children and bring communities together, especially in Grandview Heights.

After a grand renovation, the Grandview Heights Municipal Pool will offer a larger facility with more amenities and a touch of history. Prior to the newest renovation the city had a smaller, outdated 10

pool, and before that, it was nothing more a manmade pond.

Sean Robey, director of the parks and recreation department, has been with Grandview for 37 years and says the first pool was built in 1921. Near Dublin Road, a small volunteer group filled a gravel pit with water, hauled in sand to create an artificial beach and built a tiny changing room. Locals soon began calling the small leisure pool the Watering Hole.

After 10 years though, the pool was closed down. Robey says there were two causes for the closing: Upper Arlington built an in-ground pool and, unfortunately, two young men died while swimming in the Watering Hole. After the tragic

A rendering of Grandview Heights Municipal Pool’s renovation

event, Grandview started thinking in the direction of an in-ground pool as well.

Soon after, in 1932, a private pool was opened by the Grandview Swimming Pool Company (a company no longer in operation). At the time, the square swimming pool was the largest pool in Columbus at 150 feet by 75 feet. The complex also included a stylish pool building featuring a classic red clay tile roof.

By 1977, the pool had fallen into disrepair. The city purchased the pool for $150,000, rebuilt just the swimming pool and updated the pool building. The L-shaped pool lasted until 2016, when March/April 2017 • www.trivillagemagazine.com

Photos courtesy of City of Grandview Heights

Swimming Through the Ages

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following day, Grandview will kick of the official start of the swimming season with a “Big Splash.”

“I am excited that I had the opportunity to be here … to be involved in something the community cares so much about,” says Robey. “It was clearly a team effort, and the team includes the residence. I and my staff are here to help residents have fun and be healthy.”

Celebrating the Newest Green Space

An aerial view of Grandview Heights Municipal Pool’s construction

Grandview began its biggest municipal swimming pool renovation to date.

“Our residents designed this pool,” says Robey. “We had, all in all, seven public meetings, which were very well attended … so we added some things that were important to our residents.”

The new facility will have more than 300 extra square feet of water area, a leisure pool with a beach-like entrance, a hot-pool, eight lap lanes and a separate diving well to accommodate local teams, two waterslides, and a community house that can be rented out for events. Some

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of the past will be preserved, though; residents involved in the public meetings have decided to keep the red clay tiles for the new rotunda entrance.

“A lot of people in Grandview appreciate tradition and history and really liked the old pool building,” says Robey. “So it seemed liked a natural idea to pay homage … by having the same style roof and using some of the original tiles.”

The new municipal pool will open Memorial Day weekend with a ribbon ceremony, refreshments and a tour of the new facility on May 26 at 6:30 p.m. The

This spring, Grandview Heights has expanded their green lawns and will be hosting a celebratory city event to dedicate the new First Avenue Park.

The park was acquired when Grandview Yard offered a total of about four acres of green space to the City of Grandview. The First Avenue Park is only a section of the four acres, at approximately 2.5 acres. Robey calls the new park a “pocket park” due to its street-enclosed location and smaller size.

Included in the new design are ramps, a large field space and the option of closing parts of Yard Street for vendors and including additional green space located across the street.

“The community needs and wants civic space,” says Robey, adding that the new park will complement city events, such as the dedication, nicely.

The park dedication will be held May 6 from 1-3 p.m. All community members, families and friends are encouraged to come out for refreshments, bounce houses, music performed by students from Grandview Heights and activities for all ages.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will precede the festivities.

For more information, visit www. grandviewheights.org Lydia Freudenberg is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at hbealer@ cityscenecolumbus.com.

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faces

By Amanda DePerro

Photos by Jeffrey S. Hall Photography

UA resident Dennis Concilla is a lawyer by day, fossil hunter by night

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y day, Upper Arlington resident Dennis Concilla is a lawyer with Carlile, Patchen & Murphy LLP. Head of the firm’s Securities Litigation and Regulation Practice Group, Concilla has been with the company for 32 years.

Concilla has a wife of 35 years, Peggy, and two children, Elizabeth and Stephen. He likes to fly fish on Lake Erie and cook.

Oh, and he also likes to dig up dinosaur fossils.

Fossil hunting is something Concilla has been interested in since childhood. The 65-year-old Upper Arlington resident began hunting for fossils when he was about 6 years old, which he says is a byproduct of being the youngest of four boys.

“As each of my brothers grew out of it, I inherited their collections,” Concilla says. “So it just developed into kind of a passion.”

Concilla grew up in North East, Pa., a town coincidentally located in the northwest corner of the state. He grew up fossil hunting all over his hometown and Canada, and now travels all over the U.S. doing it. He recalls three years ago, when he visited southern Wyoming to dig near a river formation for fossils of fish and various other creatures.

“I found 40 or 50 of them,” Concilla says. “My house looks a little like a natural history museum, much to my wife’s dismay.”

However, Peggy is more than supportive of her husband’s unique passion.

About 30 years ago, Peggy compiled a book for her husband detailing various

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Dennis and Peggy Concilla

spots around the U.S. in which dinosaur fossils are found. Life got in the way, and the Concillas were busy raising their two children, too busy for Concilla to head out on a solo trip for a dinosaur dig.

Peggy decided that, now that the couple are empty-nesters, there was no better time for Concilla’s Christmas gift.

Concilla didn’t want a glitzy tourist trip, though; he wanted something authentic

and worthwhile. After some research, Peggy hit the jackpot.

“I had no idea what I was getting into; part of me thought I was going to be in airconditioned cars and trucks, and working under a tent with a wet bar and a Porta John,” says Concilla. “Nothing could be further from the truth.”

Last August, Concilla was dropped into the badlands of South Dakota and

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Montana. Each day, he began a trek across rugged terrain with 20 pounds of equipment on his back, looking for hot spots for dinosaur fossils.

“I was convinced my wife was actually trying to kill me, because it was grueling,” Concilla says. “I think the adrenaline kept me going.”

Concilla and his fellow volunteers – including lawyers, doctors and retired teachers – were accompanied by the real deal. Tyler Lyson, On the final week of the dinosaur dig season, Concilla and other volunteers in his group uncovered a fossilized triceratops. The skull can be seen in its full length in curator of vertebrate the middle left image, with its snout facing to the left and the “frill,” or crown-like section of the skull, behind Concilla.

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“I had no idea what I was getting into; part of me thought I was going to be in air-conditioned cars and trucks, and working under a tent with a wet bar and a Porta John. Nothing could be further from the truth.” paleontology for the Denver Museum of Natural Science, and paleontologist Antoine Bercovici of the Smithsonian Institution helped the group locate and dig for the fossils for a week.

“We identified 14 different sites where there were enough parts of dinosaurs that it’s worth going back to look and see whether there’s anything there,” says Concilla. “We get an amazing experience, they get free labor.”

Concilla says what kept him going during the exhausting hike around the badlands was the anticipation of finding bones millions of years old. And though tripping over a perfectly preserved tyrannosaurus rex skull isn’t March/April 2017 • www.trivillagemagazine.com

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likely, finding fragments of dinosaur bones is far from rare.

“You can’t walk 10 feet without finding a piece of something; it might just be a chip of a bone the size of a quarter,” Concilla says.

The frequency of finds didn’t lessen the excitement.

“Everybody loves dinosaurs,” says Concilla. “It’s the excitement of discovery, it’s the ability to participate in real science.”

In fact, Concilla’s trip was during the final dig week of the summer before scientists packed up for the colder months, and Concilla’s most exciting find was nothing short of amazing: a fossilized triceratops.

Because it was the final week of the digging season, the group covered the fossil back up and the scientists made a note of where to go back in summer 2017 to uncover the dinosaur.

Concilla says he definitely does not plan for his first dig to be his last, and he has been mulling over when he wants to go this summer.

“If I go early in the dig season, I’ll be working on that triceratops,” Concilla says. “If I go later, I’ll be doing more of what I did this time, which is actually looking for new sites, new fossils, trying to discover what’s still out there.”

And this time, Concilla says, Peggy wants to come to assist in doing work around the camp, such as cooking.

Despite Concilla’s excitement surrounding the dinosaur dig, he doesn’t plan to move out to the badlands and go fulltime. In fact, he and Peggy have no interest in leaving central Ohio; he can take a plane to wherever he may want to dig.

“I came here in ’73, then went to law school and stayed on at the attorney general’s office, and we made it our home,” he says. “I love it. It’s a wonderful place to raise a family.”

Amanda DePerro is an assistant editor. Feedback welcome at hbealer@ cityscenecolumbus.com.

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By Hannah Bealer

When in Scotland UA High School’s exchange program with sister city continues to grow

Photos courtesy of Upper Arlington City Schools

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nyone who has traveled – whether that be a drive to the next state over or a long plane ride overseas – knows how enriching experiencing new cultures, customs, food and places can be. And so does the Upper Arlington City School District.

Since the late 1990s, students at Upper Arlington High School have traveled to Upper Arlington’s Scottish sister city, St. Andrews, as part of a cultural exchange program. Over the years, the program has grown substantially as more and more students have expressed interest in journeying to Scotland.

In previous years, roughly 10 students went to Scotland. Now, UAHS math teacher and Scotland Exchange Coordinator Brian Chandler says the school brings closer to 17. Sometimes sophomores are accepted, but most of the students are seniors, with a handful of juniors. This year, four juniors were accepted into the program.

“The application numbers just kept growing and growing,” Chandler says.

The students used to leave in February, but now they go in March, when it’s a little warmer. This year, the students leave on March 10 during their spring break and stay for about 10 days. They each stay with the host family of a Scottish student who visited Upper Arlington a few months earlier, in October. The exchange

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is through a partnership with St. Andrews’ The capital city is always a trip highlight.

Madras College, a secondary school. In “Some of the history buffs might be Scotland, secondary schools are similar to more into Edinburgh Castle, and then U.S. high schools.

There is an exchange component for Scottish exchange students from teachers, too. Two Upper Arlington teachMadras College are given a warm, ers attend the March trip, and stay with Upper Arlington welcome when the two Madras teachers who stayed with they visit in October. Because they them in October. arrive so close to a number of tradi“It’s always fun for us to see them,” tional American holidays, Chandler says Chandler, who is staying behind this says the students are treated to a year and giving two other teachers the opThanksgiving dinner as well as a portunity to go on the exchange trip. fake trick-or-treating. They stay with The UA students visit Madras one day, an Upper Arlington student’s family but Chandler says the exchange is cultural between 10 days and two weeks. rather than strictly educational, as the stu“We’re always trying different dents do not receive class credit. Dependthings with them and showing ing on the year, the students will take day them around Columbus,” Chantrips to Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city, dler says. as well as Glasgow and Dundee.

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A group of past UAHS students outside Edinburgh Castle

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A group of past UAHS students pose by a St. Andrews sign. The district has an exchange program with Madras College, a secondary school in St. Andrews.

another kid will be really into the golf,” Chandler says. “They really like the hiking.

We’ll go along the coast while we’re there.”

Chandler says the exchange program stands out among other overseas trips the district organizes, since it isn’t organized through a tour company or for class credit. “(The program) is more about seeing the country and staying with the families,” Chandler says. “Part of it is, because the (Scottish) kids come here in October, they really get to know each other during that time. So March is like a reunion of sorts.

They get to know someone and have that personal connection.”

Not only do the students get the chance to connect with Scottish students, but Chandler says the experience bonds the students together, too.

“When they graduate, so many students tell me it was the highlight of their high school career,” Chandler says. “They get to know kids in Upper Arlington they didn’t know before. It brings together groups that don’t normally interact.”

Hannah Bealer is an editor.

Feedback welcome at hbealer@ cityscenecolumbus.com.

Sister City Fast Facts

Photos courtesy of Upper Arlington City Schools

A group of past UAHS students by the Scottish seaside

RELATED READS www.trivillagemagazine.com • More on travel opportunities • Dublin residents travel the world • More on Tri-Village exchange students

St. Andrews, Scotland • Population: About 17,000 • The earliest inhabitants were fishermen and farmers before the medieval era brought in monks, academics, armies and pilgrims.

• St. Andrews Cathedral was constructed in 1160 and was the largest building in Scotland for seven centuries.

• University of St. Andrews, founded in 1413, is the third oldest university in the English-speaking world.

England’s Oxford and Cambridge universities come first.

• Golf was first played in St. Andrews in 1552, according to written records. Around the world, the town is considered the “Home of Golf.”

• The town’s motto is “Dum Spiro Spero,” or, “While I breathe, I hope.”

• St. Andrews sits about 50 miles north of Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh, on Scotland’s east coast.

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living

By Bob Valasek

Weathering the Elements Marble Cliff home’s porch renovation helps combat winter weather

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Thomas chose a 1950s brick ranch-style home with a sprawling layout. As is often the case for homeowners, homes offer surprises with each new season. And for Thomas, the surprise, unfortunately, wasn’t a good one: her front porch became extremely icy in the winter, posing a danger to both residents and visitors.

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The new roof structure allows light to still reach the home, one of Thomas’ goals for the renovation.

weather, and accent the front of the home to distinguish the main entrance from the side door.

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structure to protect from the elements, bluestone pavers that offer slip resistance, and an identifiable main entrance to the home that extends into and integrates the landscaping. In order to provide balance, the new structure used design elements and materials similar to the existing home. But it’s the addition of steel beams that gives the new front porch and entry its unique identity.

Thomas says she is thrilled with the result – and so is the team that worked on the renovation. The project won a Con-

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The new roof over the walkway is supported by masonry piers that integrate the landscaping of the home.

My songwriting process is organic. Sometimes it starts with only a melody or a sentiment, sometimes it comes from personal experiences or pure imagination. Columbus makes it possible for me to explore that process and grow into my creative space. I’m T.Wong, music is my art and there’s no place I’d rather make it.

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tractor of the Year Award for Nicholson Builders. The National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) chooses the winner of the award. Projects are judged on problem-solving, functionality, aesthetics, craftsmanship, innovation, degree of difficulty and presentation.

Bob Valasek is a contributing writer.

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Pathways to Performance

Upper Arlington High School’s performing arts programs provide training ground for students

By Amanda Etchison

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tudents at Upper Arlington High School drawn to the dramatic arts have many ways in which to start their journey to the stage. The Upper Arlington Community of Theatre’s productions and the vocal music program’s musical are two options that offer valuable pre-graduation experience.

The company of It's a Wonderful Life was challenged to both convey multiple characters and create setting through live sound effects.

options and seven to nine performances throughout the school year. In addition to performing on stage, they are involved in many aspects of the production and design process, Varner says.

“I decided that the most effective and most invested company would be one that was built on the success of students,” he says, adding that students are in charge of everything from lighting and costume design to prop creation and rehearsal management. “This approach to production has anchored a sense of ownership that strengthens the company.”

Varner says shows such as Every Brilliant Thing embody UACT’s mission to present “purposeful, meaningful and timely theater.”

“I never want someone to come to one of our shows and say, ‘That was good, for a high school,’” he says. “I want someone to see our performances and feel just as satisfied as they would at a university-level performance or one from a local theater around Columbus.”

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ent the relatively new work in lieu of the previously planned The Diary of Anne Frank shows the importance of flexibility and fluidity in planning performances for the year.

“One thing that is interesting about how we do theatre at Upper Arlington High School is that we want to always Upper Arlington Community have a plan, but always be responsive to of Theatre: Educating through our options,” he says.

Approximately 120 students parExperimentation For most high school drama clubs, ticipate in UACT’s five rotating academic exchanging a classic stage show for an intimate one-man performance dealing with topics such as mental health and suicide would be a risky decision. But UACT has never stuck to plays that have “typical high school material,” says UACT director Greg Varner.

From performing a stage adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five to spurring dialogue about acceptance and tolerance in The Laramie Project, the theater program aims to “explore performative options and ways to build community,” says Varner.

In the spring, this goal will be manifested through UACT’s presentation of Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan.

Varner says the company’s decision to pres- For the production of Antigone, UACT incorporated shadows to echo the realm of secrecy and corruption that the title character sought to reveal.

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Vocal Music: Emphasizing Creative Collaboration Although some educators might cringe at the mention of “booster parents,” Eric Kauffman — UAHS’s vocal music director, who is in charge of producing the school’s annual musical — says collaboration has been the key to success.

“Our booster organization, top to bottom, they want to help, they want to do everything they can to make this a great experience, and in addition to that, they understand the philosophy of, ‘We’re not doing this for the kids, we’re doing this with the kids,’” Kauffman says.

An involved community of parents and alumni allows Kauffman to offer his students memorable learning experiences.

He says the goal is to teach those involved in the musical – casts for previous productions have ranged from 50 to 100 students – the skills necessary to excel in the professional musical theater world.

“They kind of show (the students) how to do things so that they can take on some tasks on their own,” Kauffman says. “They can learn from this and they can pass this on to future generations at Upper Arlington or future generations in their family.”

The support of the Vocal Music Boosters also enables investment in external resources that make stage productions shine.

Most recently, the students performed The Wizard of Oz using the same backdrops, props and costumes that appeared in the 1999 Madison Square Garden version of the show.

Kauffman says the relationships formed within UAHS’s performing arts family have been paramount to the musicals’ success.

“I think the community has always had a great tradition and a great expectation of the musical theater program,” he says. “I think the booster organization is really the strong catalyst behind why our success has blossomed over the last 15 to 20 years. I just really don’t know how you would do it any other way at this scale.”

More information about the vocal music department can be found at www. uavocalmusic.org.

Amanda Etchison is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at hbealer@ cityscenecolumbus.com.

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However, Concilla draws inspiration from other recipes. That includes one of his favorites, his shrimp and grits dish.

His recipe is from Bobby Flay and the Food Network, but Concilla makes it his own in a few different ways, including adding some spice to give the dish a true southern feel.

“I will add a lot to this recipe,” Concilla says. “I actually add andouille sausage, then I use a lot of more New Orleans seasonings to give it a little zip.”

Shrimp and grits is a traditionally southern dish, and the shrimp can be substituted for many other types of seafood with a similar effect. However, Concilla likes it for reasons beyond its history.

“It’s a relatively simple dish to make if you’re entertaining,” he says. “And everybody likes it.”

In addition to his andouille sausage and New Orleans spicy seasonings, Concilla uses a stone-ground grit to add some weight to the dish as well as cheddar cheese to make it creamier. However, the only real way to get Concilla’s exact recipe may be to stand over his shoulder as he works. The lifelong amateur chef cooks with experience, not guidelines.

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On Dec. 15, the TriVillage Lions Club took a group of stuffed animals (donated by local children) to Santa’s Workshop for an overnight visit. The Tri-Village Lions will be conducting a similar trip to visit the Easter Bunny April 7-8. You can drop off and donate your own stuffed animals between 1-5 p.m. at MCL Restaurant & Bakery, 3154 Kingsdale Center.

Children explore their five senses during the Upper Arlington Public Library’s Sensory Play program at the Lane Road branch.

Bocce and yoga at the Upper Arlington Senior Center

Adults who speak English as a second language meet weekly at Upper Arlington Public Library’s main branch to discuss current events.

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That Stinks! A Punny Show-and-Tell

By Alan Katz The teacher says it’s too rainy to go outside for recess and the kids must stay inside for show and tell. “That stinks!” exclaims Jimmy. The class gasps – but then it turns out Jimmy has brought a skunk for show and tell. “Aw, nuts!” says Susie. She’s brought pecans, almonds and walnuts.

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By Gordon Korman When Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school, he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents into letting him continue to concentrate on his video gaming. Before he knows it, other kids are taking it seriously. Now the boy who never cared about anything is the center of everything, whether he likes it or not.

I Will Never Get a Star on Mrs. Benson’s Blackboard

By Jennifer K. Mann Struggling in a class where her teacher puts stars on the board for good spelling, neatness and correct answers, creative little Rose worries that she will never earn merits until she makes an oversized card that reflects her artistic talents.

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A Poem in Your Pocket

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