Tri-Village Magazine November/December 2015

November/December 2015

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Upper Arlington 9 News & Info from

The Village of Marble Cliff

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10 News & Info from Grandview Heights

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Better Together

Couple teams up for volunteer efforts

16 The Write Attitude

UA library, cultural arts division and parks and rec team up for first writers’ conference

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18 living

Deck the Heights

Holiday Tour of Homes returns to Grandview

20 String Theory

Grandview guitarist uses innovative methods to teach the instrument

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A Matter of Crust

Winning apple pie recipe is filled with memories of Vermont

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Holiday Gift Guide

Local gifts are sure to put a sparkle in anyone’s eyes

29 bookmarks

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Arts and Entertainment

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Nov. 29-Dec. 3

Christmas in the Park

Registration begins at 6 a.m.

Nov. 13, Thompson Park, 4250 Woodbridge Dr., ww.uaca.org

7:30-9:30 p.m., Upper Arlington High School, 1650 Ridgeview Rd., www.uaschools.org

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Nov. 10

Holiday Cards

10-11:30 a.m., Upper Arlington Senior Center, 1945 Ridgeview Rd.

Fall Orchestra Concert

Grandview Area Chamber of Commerce Monthly Luncheon

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Nov. 13

Veterans Celebration 2015 8:05 a.m.-3:05 p.m., Upper Arlington High School, 1650 Ridgeview Rd., www.uaschools.org

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7:30-8:30 p.m., Upper Arlington High School, 1650 Ridgeview Rd., www.uaschools.org

Nov. 12 and Dec. 10

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UAHS Golden Bear Marching Band Indoor Concert

Dec. 5

Brunch with Santa

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Dec. 5

Holiday Tour of Homes 10 a.m.-5 p.m., www.jlcholidays.org

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Dec. 3

Holiday Meal & Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra

Leadership UA Holiday Alumni Party

5:30-8 p.m., location TBA, www.leadershipua.org

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Upper Arlington Senior Center, 1945 Ridgeview Rd., parks.uaoh.net

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Dec. 11

7-10 p.m., Our Lady of Victory Parish Center, 1559 Roxbury Rd., www.tvml.org

6-8:30 p.m., Mallway Park, 2096 Arlington Ave., www.uaoh.net

7-8 p.m., Upper Arlington Lutheran Church, 3500 Mill Run Dr., www.ualc.org

TriVillage Mentor League Bid & Benefit 2015

Winter Festival & Tree Lighting Ceremony

Upper Arlington Lutheran Church Christmas Choir Concert

Upper Arlington Public Library

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Dec. 3

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Thanksgiving Recipe Swap

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Home for the Holidays

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Holiday Treat Exchange

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Tremont Center Christmas Event

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Music in the Atrium

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Friends’ Usborne Book Sale

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A Christmas Story, The Musical

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2015 Holiday Lunch

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Red Cross Blood Drive

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Gingerbread Day 11 a.m.-Noon

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Noon Year’s Eve

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Visit from the Columbus Zoo 11 a.m.-Noon

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News & Information from Upper Arlington

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By Athnie McMillan-Comeaux and William Kosileski

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Holiday Happenings

Get in the spirit with these festive events around town

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his time of year, the calendar is jampacked with seasonal celebrations.

We’ve rounded up a list of events happening in Upper Arlington so you won’t miss out on the fun.

Brunch with Santa Dec. 5, 9 a.m. – Sunny 95 Park, 4395 Carriage Hill Ln. Enjoy brunch with Santa in the Amelita Mirolo Barn in Sunny 95 Park. Reservation information will be available in November.

Reservations are required for the event. www.uaoh.net

Christmas in the Park Nov. 29, 2:30-9 p.m., Nov. 30-Dec.3, 6-9 p.m.

– Thompson Park, 4250 Mountview Rd. Bring your kids to Thompson Park 44th Annual Holiday Happiness to take a carriage ride and visit with Santa.

Dec. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. – Upper Arlington Registration begins at 6 a.m. on Nov. 13 and Public Library, 2800 Tremont Rd. is required to attend the event. Sign up for a Celebrate the season with the Upper visiting time during registration. Use the park- Arlington Public Library with crafts, displays, ing lot off Woodbridge Drive, or park on the music and a visit from Santa Claus. street. www.uaca.org www.ualibrary.org Home for the Holidays Dec. 3, 4-6 p.m. – Miller Park Branch, 1901 Arlington Ave. Enjoy crafts, music, refreshments and a visit from Santa at this annual Miller Park tradition. www.ualibrary.org Holiday Cards Dec. 3, 10-11:30 a.m. – Upper Arlington Senior Center, 1945 Ridgeview Rd. Come to the Upper Arlington Senior Center to take a class on making holiday cards. Bring Scotch tape, scissors, tape runner and quick-dry adhesive. All other materials are provided at the class. parks.uaoh.net Leadership UA Holiday Alumni Party Dec. 3, 5:30-8 p.m. – Location TBD Celebrate the season at a party for Leadership UA alumni and their guests. www.leadershipua.org Winter Festival & Tree Lighting Ceremony Dec. 4, 6-8:30 p.m. – Mallway Park, 2096 Arlington Ave. Come celebrate the season with carriage rides, caroling, s’mores, visits with Santa and a tree lighting ceremony at 7:30 p.m. www.uaoh.net

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Upper Arlington Lutheran Church Christmas Choir Concert Dec. 11, 7-8 p.m. – Upper Arlington Lutheran Church at Mill Run, 3500 Mill Run Dr. Come listen to Christmas carols sung by the Upper Arlington Lutheran Church choir. www.ualc.org Holiday Meal & Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra Dec. 8, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. – Upper Arlington Senior Center, 1945 Ridgeview Rd. Come enjoy a holiday meal and listen to a musical tribute to Frank Sinatra for his 100th birthday by singer and songwriter Celeste Friedman. Registration required. parks.uaoh.net Year of Yay! December 2015: Giving Dec. 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. – Whole Foods Market, 1649 W. Lane Ave. Join Yay Bikes!, along with Trace Hendricks and Meredith Joy, for a bike ride and exploration of the spirit of giving. Yay Bikes! members and first-time guests are welcome to participate for free. www.yaybikes.com

Home for the Holidays

Holiday Treat Exchange Dec. 14, 10-11 a.m. – Upper Arlington Senior Center, 1945 Ridgeview Rd. Come to the Upper Arlington Senior Center to share your holiday treats and sample some new ones. Registration required. parks.uaoh.net A Taste of Christmas in France Dec. 15, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Upper Arlington Senior Center, 1945 Ridgeview Rd. Enjoy a French Christmas meal at the Upper Arlington Senior Center. Hosted by Josie Gonot. Registration required. parks.uaoh.net Tremont Center Christmas Event Dec. 15, 6-8 p.m. – Tremont Center Come join the Tremont Center merchants for visits with Santa and his reindeer, free sleigh rides, refreshments and more. www.uaoh.net 2015 Holiday Lunch Dec. 17, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. – Scioto Country Club, 2196 Riverside Dr. Start the holiday season with a holiday lunch and great music. Registration required. www.uachamber.org Holiday Horseback Riding Dec. 21-22 and 28-29, 12:30-3:30 p.m. – Liberty Farm, 2620 Fisher Rd. Bring your kids or grandkids to learn the basics of horseback riding. parks.uaoh.net Athnie McMillan-Comeaux and William Kosileski are contributing writers. Feedback welcome at ssole@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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THE VILLAGE OF

News & Information from the Village of Marble Cliff

MARBLE CLIFF

Ready to Serve

Longtime involvement drives aspiring councilwoman

By Bill Johannes, Marble Cliff Administrative Assistant

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arble Cliff resident Joanne Taylor doesn’t think her friends were surprised when she decided to run for a seat on Village Council.

“I think they believe I’ll do a good job. I may be a casual person who loves a good T-shirt, but I’ll come to meetings prepared and ready to ask questions when I need more information,” Taylor says. “I love to do new things and have a vested interest in keeping Marble Cliff unique and thriving.”

Joanne and her husband, Greg, began married life in Grandview Heights in 1996 and moved to Marble Cliff in 2003. They chose the area because it was close to downtown Columbus, where Greg works as the chief information officer for the State Teachers Retirement System. from left to right: Greg, Carter, Norah, Joanne, Maddie and Zach “We love the area and the schools,” she says.

With daughter Maddie (16) at the high school; up in Columbus permanently. She worked for Franklin County sons Carter (13) and Zach (11) in the eighth and sixth grades, Children Services during grad school and became a licensed inrespectively; and daughter Norah (10) in the fifth grade, it’s little dependent social worker. wonder Taylor says she’s “pretty involved” at the schools. That Two years were spent working in the OSU Hospital Emerinvolvement includes the Band Parents, the PTO, the Grand- gency Room burn unit, where she also handled rape-crisis cases. view Baseball/Softball Association, and even coaching Norah’s Joanne says she preferred to do short-term crisis intervention softball team. and, having experienced her share of tragedy and trauma at the Taylor also served as co-chairwoman of the Grandview burn unit, moved to Franklin County Juvenile Detention to Heights/Marble Cliff Foundation Gala. When she’s not going to work with convicted felons and misdemeanor children. her kids’ activities, Taylor enjoys reading mysteries, getting toAt about the same time, a friend introduced her to Greg. A gether with friends and traveling. new chapter in her life had begun.

The Taylors are trying to take the kids to all 50 states and do In addition to having a family of their own, the Taylors things they don’t get to do around central Ohio. have welcomed five foster children into their home over the “I love where we live, but there are so many things to learn last four years. and enjoy around the country,” Taylor says.

“We believe every kid deserves to be loved and celebrated,” Taylor’s life has been filled with a fair amount of travel.

Taylor says.

Her father was a chemical engineer for a large international The shortest stay has been two months. Two brothers stayed firm, so the family moved around quite a bit. Her parents, Ken and for two years, while a baby was with them for a year.

Margaret Carter, now live in Grandview at Summit Chase. Born in “Every child we get has been embraced by this community,” Charleston, S.C. in 1969, Taylor attended schools in England and Taylor says. “It’s such a nice feeling to have that support. That’s the states, spending all four high school years in Marietta. why we love the neighborhood we live in and why I want to “My parents promised my twin sister and me that we could serve Marble Cliff.” start and finish high school in one place, and we did,” Taylor says.

Taylor graduated from Miami University with a degree in Bill Johannes is the administrative assistant for the psychology in 1991 and from The Ohio State University with city of Marble Cliff. Feedback welcome at ssole@ her master’s degree in social work in 1993. That’s how she ended cityscenemediagroup.com.

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GRANDVIEW

By Jaya Pillai

Songs for the Season High school chamber choir rings in the holidays

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n Nov. 30, the Grandview Heights Singers kicks off the holiday season with a free performance at the Grandview Heights Public Library.

The group – an elite, audition-only chamber choir – features 34 students from Grandview Heights High School. They will give between 15-18 performances this season alone. But, says Andrew Grega, vocal music director at the school, the students don’t mind the breakneck schedule.

“They really look forward to that time,” Grega says. “I give them a little survey at the end, and it always pops up as a favorite.”

This year, the Singers’ schedule includes performances for special groups, luncheons and retirement homes, as well as a repeat performance at the Ohio Statehouse. When selecting venues, Grega’s concern is locating spaces where the Singers can sound their best.

“I like to try and find spaces that are acoustically interesting to sing in. The Statehouse is a neat environment,” he says.

The Singers also receive frequent invitations from audiences to come back the next holiday season. For 12 years, the group has been performing for the Seton Square-North retirement community, one of its most appreciative audiences.

“Those people love for us to come up every year, and it’s something they look forward to. It’s always a nice event and causes the students to get emotional,” Grega says.

Grega adds that while the holiday program changes year to year, the group performs a few traditional staple songs, such as “Carol of the Bells,” during which all of the group’s alumni are invited to join them on stage.

To Grega, putting together the holiday program is both difficult and rewarding. While creating the set, he has to consider the group’s abilities as well as the style and variety an audience will appreciate.

“I like to program things the audience will recognize, and definitely things that are going to challenge the ability of the group. I have to know what they can do to help them grow.”

While Grega says this year’s program is a work in progress, he has already thought of ways to make the season memorable for students and audiences.

“We do a mixture of a lot of classical choral music that is seasonal and some unseasonal, maybe from the Renaissance,”

he says. “We also do some lighter contemporary numbers, maybe some vocal jazz. We have an open program with ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’ in Latin segueing into a new avant-garde arrangement. I like to find new gems students like.”

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dence, intonation skills, tone, style concepts, and listening to one another.

Above all, Grega hopes to cultivate in his students a lifelong love and appreciation for music.

“My mission for them is to help them build the skills and realize this is some- Jaya Pillai is a contributing writer. thing they can do outside of school. They Feedback welcome at hbealer@ can go on to other choirs successfully be- cityscenecolumbus.com. cause of their time in this program.”

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The full 2014-15 Grandview Heights Singers ensemble, dressed in concert attire.

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by Bob Valasek

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Better Together Couple teams up for volunteer efforts

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he lure of retirement is often the freedom that comes along with it.

Retirees are free to take up long sought-after hobbies, free to travel, free to do just about anything they please.

Grandview residents David and Dorothy Pritchard exercised this freedom by involving themselves with the central Ohio chapter of Engineers Without Borders, an organization built on the idea that engineering skills not be confined to only those places with the best trained and educated engineers.

Their story began when David, from Circleville, and Dorothy, from northern Michigan, met while participating in a car pool as students at The Ohio State University. They married after college and spent time in Iran as part of the Peace Corps,

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helping to alleviate contaminated water concerns by installing water pipes.

Upon returning to Columbus, Dorothy got a master’s degree in city regional planning and a job at the city of Bexley, where she would go on to work as service director for 22 years. David took a job with engineering firm Burgess & Niple and worked as a project manager there for 36 years.

The skills the Pritchards used and learned in these positions and during their time in the Peace Corps are the same traits valued by Engineers Without Borders: David with engineering and Dorothy with grant writing and communication.

Engineers Without Borders receives project submissions from community organizations worldwide. The submis-

sions are evaluated by local chapters of Engineers Without Borders to determine if they have the ability and expertise required by the project. Once the chapter accepts a project, the national Engineers Without Borders board must approve, and a five-year commitment is required.

David and Dorothy’s five-year commitment began in 2008, when the central Ohio chapter was accepted to help the neighborhood of Las Pilitas in San Pedro Puxtla, El Salvador deal with contaminated creek water.

The Pritchards were made for this type of project.

“We spend more time at dinner talking about sewers than the average couple,” says David, while Dorothy quickly adds, “We’re both very interested in sustainability.”

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The only way for Las Pilitas residents to get to their houses was to cross the water.

After the Pritchards arrived in El Salvador and assessed the neighborhood’s situation, it was clear that the scope of the project was a little different than they anticipated.

“We thought we were building a bridge, but it turned out that we were building a street,” David says. “You weren’t going over the creek; you had to use the creek as the street for them to find some way to make it work as a creek and a street.”

In order for any Engineers Without Borders project to work, the community in need must agree to supply the labor.

“It has to be a partnership with the community,” Dorothy says. “If there isn’t a partnership, Engineers Without Borders won’t accept the project.”

In San Pedro Puxtla, that was never an issue.

“The community really put a huge effort into this project,” Dorothy says.

While the new street and drainage solutions helped improve water quality and sanitary conditions, there was an equally impactful result that the Engineers Without Borders crew hadn’t anticipated.

“The social difference it made for these folks was pretty incredible,” Dorothy says.

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“We need to understand different nations; we need to understand different cultures for all of us to get along.

Other cultures are just so rich, and we need to think beyond what our culture is.

We have so much to learn, and there’s so much delight in other cultures.”

—Dorothy Pritchard The Pritchards with Engineers Without Borders in El Salvador, 2008

bigger city of San Pedro Puxtla, but the established residents didn’t immediately accept them. One of the things that came out of having a street was an improvement to their status in the community.

Kids’ bikes and tricycles appeared because the street provided the freedom to ride where they weren’t able to before. Additionally, the street construction required retaining walls that resembled a large curb, similar to a stoop, and people would come out and sit in the evenings to socialize with their neighbors.

Though their five-year commitment was over in 2013, the Pritchards still check in with members of their Engineers Without Borders team, and word is that the street and drainage system in San Pedro Engineers Without Borders arrives in El Salvador.

Puxtla are working well.

The Pritchards believe strongly in thinking globally and This isn’t to say the Pritchards don’t involve themselves about the impact projects like theirs can have. deeply in Columbus and the Tri-Village area.

“We need to understand different nations; we need to un“We bought this house (41 years ago) with the idea that derstand different cultures for all of us to get along,” Dorothy we’d move out to someplace nicer someday, but to give up the says. “Other cultures are just so rich, and we need to think be- convenience … you can walk to the grocery store, you can walk yond what our culture is. We have so much to learn, and there’s to the drug store or, if you drive, it’s three minutes,” David says. so much delight in other cultures.”

“You don’t have to drive kids all around because they can walk.

They also believe that it’s important for central Ohioans and There is no nicer place.”

Americans in general to understand the world beyond the place For her part, Dorothy appreciates the diversity in housing, food, in which they live. people and activities.

“It used to be that every country was pretty much isolated, “There’s just about anything you could possibly want in this but it isn’t that way anymore,” Dorothy says. “The world has area,” Dorothy says. become so small.”

While the Pritchards are involved in group activities, they To that end, the Pritchards are involved in the Columbus form quite a formidable team themselves.

Council on World Affairs. They meet every other week as part of “Each of us is the other’s hero,” David says. a discussion group called Great Decisions to examine a pertinent Their companionship can be seen in their favorite leisure acinternational topic. tivity: riding one of their half-dozen motorcycles or scooters, a “I think we all have a responsibility to know what’s going on quintessential example of freedom. To them, the Tri-Village area’s in the world,” Dorothy says. best-kept secret takes place every second and fourth Tuesday night 14

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from April through September: Grandview Euro Bike Night.

The Pritchards’ community involvement extends to education.

David also cites his high school physics teacher, Richard Beadle, as one of his heroes. As a result, David presents a scholarship every year at Grandview Heights High School in Beadle’s name to a student interested in science.

“We founded the Beadle Scholarship at Grandview Heights High School to encourage students, but more importantly as an example of how teachers can both mold students and encourage students to do more than might be expected of them,” David says.

Bob Valasek is a contributing writer.

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The Write Attitude UA library and parks and rec team up for first writers’ conference

By Hannah Bealer

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mateur and experienced writers alike will have the opportunity to hone their skills, network and participate in specialized workshops at the Upper Arlington Public Library’s first ever writers’ conference this fall.

The Write Stuff Writers’ Conference and Expo, scheduled for Nov. 14, is a collaboration between the library, UA Cultural Arts Division and the UA Parks and Recreation department. The conference is free upon registration, which From left to right, Faith Van Horne, Pat Snyder, Nita Sweeney, Jody Casella and Trudy Vandenburg. Additional presenting authors include John Ondo and Karen Edwards. is open until the day of the event.

Parks and Recreation as well as the library “There was a need for an event that Space may be limited for some of the noticed a demand for writers’ resources. would give them (this information),” more popular sessions.

There were a lot of requests from residents Mosely says.

Deb Mosely, LifeLong Learning pro- who wanted to learn more about the path That’s how the idea for the conference gram coordinator, says Upper Arlington to self-publishing. was born.

“We need to sort of test the waters to see if this is something people are clamThe Write Stuff Writers’ Conference and Exposition Schedule oring for, and that there is a huge desire 11 a.m., Social Media and Websites for Writers, Friends Theater for it,” says Jennifer Faure, community en11 a.m., Bring Your Cast of Characters to Life, Meeting Room B gagement specialist at the library. “I think 12 p.m., Keep Your Hand Moving!, Meeting Room B we’ve had enough people contact us about 12 p.m., Self Publishing with CreateSpace and Kindle, Friends Theater writing programs that we believe there is 1 p.m., Using the Hero’s Journey to Unlock Your Own Stories, Friends a demand. It should be an opportunity to Theater get some writing basics in, and I think ex1 p.m., Self Editing for Publication, Meeting Room B perienced writers can get something out 2 p.m., Drop-in Literacy Fun for Kids and Families, Activity Room of it as well.”

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Area publishers including Thurber House, Ohioana Library, Sisters in Crime, Ohio University Press and Upper Hand Press will also have booths at the expo.

“We want this to offer to a broad range DESIGN of writers,” Faure says.

Depending on how the conference is received by the public, the organizations are planning on making it an annual event.

“We’ll never charge for this event as long as it’s at the library,” Faure says.

Mosely adds that feedback from this year’s participants will be important in determining future itineraries.

“We’ll see what people are most interested in,” Mosely says. “That’ll be part of determining how this goes down the line.”

But this year, the parks and recreation department and library are looking forward to connecting writers and giving them a chance to learn and grow.

“There is such a mystique about breaking into (the writing industry),” Mosely says. “Writing is such a solitary process. It helps to have mutual support.”

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Deck the Heights Holiday Tour of Homes returns to Grandview

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or the second year in a row, the city of Grandview Heights will play host to the Junior League of Columbus’ annual Holiday Tour of Homes.

The 11th tour will be held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Dec. 5 at various homes in and around Grandview.

Alison Lemle, holiday tour of homes chairwoman, says the Junior League decided to hold the event in Grandview for the second year running because of the positive feedback it heard.

“The homes have so much character,” Lemle says.

While last year’s event included homes only in Grandview, this year the tour will feature homes in Marble Cliff as well as Grandview, such as a Roxbury Road home that’s on the National Register of Historic Places.

When choosing tour stops, the Junior League looks for homes with character, Lemle says. These houses can be older or newer, and some may have undergone renovations.

The Junior League works directly with homeowners to determine participation. Last year, five homes were part of the tour, and this year, the goal is to increase that number.

Each home on the tour is decked out for the holidays, reflecting the personality of the homeowner. Some decorations reflect personal collections, while others are more modern in style.

“Every home is extremely different, and all the décor is different,” Lemle says.

Homeowners have the opportunity to work with a designer to ready their homes for the tour.

“It’s something there and available if they like,” Lemle says.

Some homeowners will open every room for the tour, while others will open only the lower level. Those exploring the homes can not only find décor inspiration, but also ideas for housing design elements in general.

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About the Junior League of Columbus

“People find that very interesting,” Lemle says.

Last year, more than 300 people attended the tour, and the Junior League is hoping to boost that number for this year. Since 2007, the tour has raised more than $80,000 for the organization.

The Junior League is also hoping to continue its Tour of the Avenues program, in which participating business along Grandview Avenue offered discounts and freebies to attendees of the Holiday Tour of Homes. Last year’s businesses included Thread, Stauf’s Grandview, Figlio, Vino Vino, Spagio and Pure Imagination Chocolatier.

Tickets can be purchased at www. jlcholidays.org. For $50, participants can also gain access to the tour’s preview party, held 7-10 p.m. at King Avenue Five. The event also allows visitors a sneak peek into one of the homes featured on the tour.

“It is a very fun, laid-back event,” Lemle says.

Since its inception in 1923, the Junior League of Columbus has expanded to 500 members. Membership is open to women 22 years of age and older.

In addition to running the Kelton House Museum & Garden, the group focuses on providing educational readiness to students in central Ohio.

Members carry this out in a variety of ways. The Adopt-A-Backpack for Children program focuses on fundraising throughout the year to purchase school supplies and backpacks to give to students before the start of the school year. For the Kids in the Kitchen program, the Junior League holds several events throughout the year to promote healthful eating habits. Children learn how to make good choices about food and also about how to prepare healthful, quick meals.

The Junior League also participates in various other volunteer efforts around Columbus by assisting other community organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Mid-Ohio Foodbank and Lutheran Social Services.

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Story by Stephan Reed

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Photo and images courtesy of Jesse Henry

String Theory Grandview guitarist uses innovative methods to teach the instrument

hen it comes to learning a new instrument, things aren’t always black and white.

For some, the ability to pick up the guitar and play comes naturally. For others, a little instruction can go a long way. With the innovation of the Color String Guitar Method by Grandview Heights guitarist Jesse Henry, beginner players everywhere can learn the ropes in a manner that’s no more difficult than paint by numbers.

The concept came to Henry as he looked for new ways to teach students ages 6-9 how to play.

“I would look for books for them, and did not encounter any that I thought were educationally modern, looked good and also had an overall theme of including the student in their own learning process,” he

says. “Kids can definitely associate with colors, so why not use color strings to correspond to the guitar notation system called ‘tablature?’ I wanted to create a three-part series of books where a student could go from a complete beginner to a solid intermediate player with the ability to play scales, understand basic music theory and play most songs they hear on the radio.”

To begin the learning process, the electric or acoustic guitar is first restrung using colored strings. Then, the books take the student through various lessons, using a color-coded guitar fret board diagram and numbers to learn popular songs and complete essential exercises.

Henry uses this method when teaching his own students.

“There are a few other teachers that use it as well,” he says. “I will be starting after-school programs in the fall and winter at local elementary schools. I have met with music therapists in Columbus, and they are seeing results by using this method. All the student needs is a good teacher, a guitar, some color strings and book one.”

The guitar instructor teaches aspiring players of all ages – from 6 to 65.

“Two of my grandparents were educators, so I guess teaching is a little hereditary,” Henry says. “I started teaching my first guitar lessons as a senior in high school. I really didn’t know much besides the basics, but I had a few students and I could teach them a few songs.”

Since then, Henry has become an established guitar instructor through the use

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A Matter of Crust

Winning apple pie recipe is filled with memories of Vermont

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ast year, the Tri-Village Lions Club took home first place at the first Apple Pie Recipe Contest, a friendly competition among Lions Clubs based in and around central Ohio.

The culinary cunning behind the winning apple pie belonged to Grandview Heights resident Jackie Alarie. With a delicious, flaky cheddar cheese crust and sweet McIntosh apples, the pie swept the competition, which was held at the Ohio State School for the Blind last fall.

The competition was a blind taste test, literally, as the judges were blindfolded. Various pie recipes were submitted by members of the different participating Lions clubs. The prize for winning the competition included a trophy along with a small prize pool of money for whichever charitable cause the winning club saw fit.

Asked by another member of her club to participate, Alarie entered a Vermontinspired apple pie recipe.

“She comes up to me and asks if I can bake a pie,” says Alarie, “and I say, ‘Of

The contest’s judges were blindfolded for the taste test.

course I can bake a pie.’ Apparently, the judges agreed.”

Despite the winning record, Alarie doesn’t cook professionally. Cooking is a passion for her, and her home has bookshelves bursting with cookbooks. With a long work day, Alarie squeezes in cooking up confections and other meals in her evenings and weekends. Normally, she cooks

just to put a hot meal on the table after a long day of work. Her husband of 42 years, Bill, also thinks her pies are a winner.

Alarie has enjoyed cooking since she was a child and sees it as an act of love.

“If you cook something, if you put in the time and effort into this thing, you’re giving to someone, you’re giving them your love,” says Alarie.

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The love can be seen in every step that went into making the pie. Everything was created from scratch, and the ingredients used were pulled from Alarie’s original home of Vermont. The sharp cheddar used was chosen for its taste and perfect consistency to get the right flakiness for the crust. The apples were gathered by Alarie’s daughter-in-law from a market in Vermont. All the ingredients come together to create a pie that has equal portions of flavor and nostalgia.

Alarie moved away from Vermont when the economic slump in the early 1990s affected her job.

“I had two children in college, and I was not about to tell either one of them to give up their dreams,” says Alarie.

With parents living in Ohio, Alarie and her husband decided to make the move in 1997, and they’ve been a part of the community, as well as the Lions Club, ever since.

Alarie’s connections to the Lions Club can also be traced back to Vermont, where she was the first female Lion inducted in the state. After the move, Alarie and her husband couldn’t find a club that really worked for them until they came across the Tri-Village Lions Club.

“One day, we decided to go out,” says Alarie, “and we noticed everyone was wearing red jackets. They were all Lions.”

After Alarie recognized the group as Lions, she and her husband were invited to eat with them. Now, she’s on the board of directors. She and her husband volunteer time whenever they can to help out with causes such as the Give Your Write Arm to a Soldier program, in which comforting letters from home are sent to active duty military personnel, and Get a Book, Give a Book events, where children are able to choose one book for themselves and one to gift to another person.

One of the Lions Club projects Alarie is most passionate about is a newer program for which the club collects eyeglasses and recycles the frames and lenses.

The lenses cannot be recycled within the United States, but are donated to optometry and vision assistance causes in Third World countries. Last year, 170 lenses were collected and distributed.

Alarie views the time and effort the Lions Club puts into charity work and fostering community, along with events like the apple pie recipe contest, as invaluable.

“I can’t think of a more worthwhile cause,” she says.

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Children’s Books

The Legend of St. Nicholas: A Story of Christmas Giving

By Dandi Daley Mackall (preschool-grade 1) Nicholas spent his life secretly helping the poor all over the world, giving gifts on Christmas Eve. This gentle Christmas book introduces the original St. Nicholas and offers inspiration for readers to become cheerful givers themselves. The final pages in the book include fun Father Christmas traditions in other lands.

The Little Kids’ Table

By Mary Ann McCabe Riehle (grades K-2) Everyone knows that the little kids’ table is the place to be for any holiday or family gathering.

This silly, rhyming story follows a group of rambunctious cousins from table setting to dessert.

A Cookie for Santa

By Stephanie Shaw (preschoolgrade 1) In this clever Christmas story, a gingerbread boy cookie is carefully crafted and placed on a plate.

He was made to serve as Santa’s nighttime snack. While he waits for Santa, the gingerbread boy finds himself facing two puppies experiencing their very first Christmas. Their mischief includes a tug-of-war with presents, leaving a big mess. It’s up to the gingerbread boy to save the day and Christmas.

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‘Twas Nochebuena

By Roseanne Thong (preschool-grade 2) It’s Christmas Eve, and you’re invited to a Nochebuena celebration!

Follow a family as they prepare to host a night filled with laughter, love and Latino tradition. Make tasty tamales and hang colorful adornos (decorations) on the walls. Gather to sing festive canciones (songs) while sipping champurrado (hot chocolate). After the midnight feast has been served and the last gifts have been unwrapped, it’s time to cheer, “Feliz Navidad, and to all a good night!”

Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite

By Anna Harwell Celenza (grades 3-5) Duke Ellington and his collaborator, Billy Strayhorn, transformed the Nutcracker Suite into a jumpin’ jazz production. Duke and Billy, inspired by their travels and by musical styles past and present, infused the composition with Vegas glitz, Hollywood glamour and even a little New York jazz. CD recording of the Ellington/Strayhorn composition is included.

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Coldwell Banker King Thompson CarlSofranko.cbintouch.com

Ria Bell (614) 496-8814 Ria.Bell@KingThompson.com www.RiaandBecky.com

Lezley McCurry (614) 309-0505 LezleySells@gmail.com

1122 Cambridge Blvd, Marble Cliff Ideal entertaining home!

Sitting privately on .713 acres in Marble Cliff. Craftsman inspired, bordered by city park on three sides. This 5400 sq/ft home is truly unique. Five bedrooms 3 full & 1 half bath, & four plus car garage. Original old world charm has been restored & care given to new additions.

MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE!!! European Architecture Style home complete with attached Mother-in-law suite, pool, and party house all sitting on 2 acres. Dublin Schools, overlooking the Scioto River, Greenhouse, Natural wood throughout the 5992 sq ft. home and so much more. Call to schedule your showing today.

5592 Riverside Drive. $900,000.

Bell Warnement Team | Coldwell Banker King Thompson

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