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Canal Winchester schools

Levy approval no guarantee of financial stability

By TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI ThisWeek Community Newspapers Monitoring finances will be a continuing priority for Canal Winchester Local School District officials this year, and treasurer Joyce Boyer doesn’t see much good news on the horizon.

“The state is adjusting to fewer funds,” she said. “It’s impacting all of us. We are trying to make adjustments.”

The biggest unanswered question is

how state lawmakers will deal with a projected $8-billion shortfall in the next twoyear budget. Gov. John Kasich has pledged not to raise taxes to close the gap and many Ohio school districts are forecasting 10- to 15-percent reductions in state aid and some expect the cuts to be even deeper than that.

Citing the anticipated loss of both federal and state money, the Canal Winchester Board of Education voted unanimously Jan. 10 to place a 14.82-mill

emergency renewal levy on the May ballot. Even if it is approved, Boyer said the district still faces a shortage of about $791,000 in the next school year. In addition, she said the district should brace itself for additional cuts in state aid for fiscal year 2013.

“I have worked with school finance for almost 30 years,” she said. “In prior years, the state reduces or doesn’t fully fund us.

Then the following year, we would get an increase. That is why schools are cry-

ing out so much. This is not what they are accustomed to.”

Based on projections made in November, Boyer said a 10-percent reduction in state funding in fiscal year 2012 would cost Canal Winchester schools $1.3-million. If state funding is cut by 20 percent, the local district would lose another $1.3-million, Boyer said.

The district also expects to lose $800,000 in federal stimulus money in 2012 at the same time the current levy

expires.

“Even if the levy passes, we still have to make cuts if the state cuts more than the $1.3-million we have already anticipated,” Boyer said.

In addition, she said the schools are dealing with price increases for such things as gasoline for buses that don’t get very good mileage to begin with and electricity, which translates into higher heating See LEVY, page A2

Deb Waites chosen to lead school board in ’11

DRUMMING UP A WIN

By TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI ThisWeek Community Newspapers Deb Waites starts her second term as Canal Winchester Board of Education president at a time when concern over school finances is being fueled by an expected state budget deficit of record proportions.

Waites was named president for 2011 at the board’s Jan. 10 meeting. This is the second time in her 10 years on the board that she has served in that capacity.

“I had a longtime involvement in the community,” Waites said of her decision to run for the board 10 years ago. “I went to school here, my parents went to school here … my kids went to school here.

I just had an interest in the school district.”

School funding will continue to be an issue for the Canal Winchester district in 2011. The board voted unanimously Jan. 10 to place a 14.82-mill renewal levy on the May ballot. The emergency levy was approved last year and will expire in 2012.

Many Ohio school districts forecast a 10- to 15percent reduction in state aide because of the state’s need to fill a projected $8-billion shortfall in the next two-year budget but Superintendent Kimberley Miller-Smith has said the Ohio School Boards

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Canal Winchester High School band members Ben Jensen, right, and Stewart Barker perform with the band during halftime of the boys basketball game against Fairfield Union on Jan. 13. Indians won 55-42. See Sports, page B1.

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Kennel policy

Changes needed so business can open

By TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The Canal Winchester Planning and Zoning Commission has been asked to revise the village’s dog kennel policy to allow dog groomers to be located closer to residents.

Connie Burke wants to open a canine grooming business at 151 W. Waterloo St. “We are strictly grooming,” she said. “We do no boarding, no breeding. We are just a beauty salon for dogs. They are there two to three hours and then gone.”

At the Jan. 13 planning commission meeting, village officials said Canal Winchester’s code only provides parameters for dog kennels, which can be located as a conditional use in a commercially zoned area or in limited manufacturing areas.

“They are prohibited in Old Town,” development director Chris Strayer said. “They need to be 200 feet from residential.”

Planning commission member Bill Christensen asked if someone would be able to drop off a dog on the way to work and not pick up the animal until after work.

Burke said pet owners would have

A closer look Canal Winchester’s code only provides parameters for dog kennels, which can be located as a conditional use in a commercially zoned area or in limited manufacturing areas, according to village officials.

to fit their grooming into her business hours.

“They wouldn’t be outside or barking,” she said of the animals.

“They would be contained inside.”

Commission member Jeff Graber said grooming is a lot different than raising, breeding or even boarding animals.

“There is a process we go through to change that definition, take it out and make it a separate use,” he said. “My only concern, as I read through this, is particularly related to the downtown area … We need to put stipulations in place so that smells would not be an issue for neighbors or a health issue for the surrounding area.”

Christensen said there was a Canal Winchester resident who

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ran a dog grooming business out of a private home but Strayer said the rules and regulations would be different in that case because it was a home-occupied business.

Commission member Jim Knowlton said he would like the definition for dog groomer to include a requirement for fencing.

Graber said the new definition could include language that requires animals to be leashed or fenced.

Burke said the dogs she would be grooming wouldn’t necessarily need to go outside because once they were groomed, they would need to stay inside; otherwise, they could get dirty before their owners could pick them up.

“I don’t know why you would need a fenced area,” she said. “I wouldn’t put a dog inside a fence and leave it there for 15 to 20 minutes.”

Strayer said the village has also been contacted by a couple of people interested in dog training facilities, both indoor and outdoor, but village officials will need to look at how to define a dog trainer.

“We are going to have to chew on that for a while,” he said.

Note retires from Landmarks Commission

By TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI ThisWeek Community Newspapers A longtime member of Canal Winchester’s Landmarks Commission has ended a decade of service to the village.

Tony Note’s time on the Landmarks Commission ended in December. He said he first opted to get involved with the commission because he and his wife, Carol, live in a historic home on East Columbus Street.

“I just (have) a general knowledge of historical guidelines, that type of thing,” Note said.

“I had an interest in the history of the village.”

The biggest challenge over the years for the Landmarks Commission has been residents who live in the Historic District and don’t understand the guidelines for their homes, he said.

He said he encourages Landmarks Commission members to familiarize themselves with the guidelines, as well. When there is an application before the commission, he said, it is important to visit the property beforehand “so that you have an idea as to what the resident or business is planning to do and what is currently on the site at the time.”

But the volunteer gig had its’ merits, too, he said, adding it was enjoyable to work with the people who came to the meetings to present their projects.

The Notes have lived in Canal Winchester for 16 years.

“We were looking for a historical home to begin with, an older home,” Note said.

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mission. Foley is a five-year resident of the village who lives at 33 N. Trine St. in the Preservation District. He is an architect and principal partner at Triad Architects.

Foley attended the University of Cincinnati, where he received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in architecture He is a charter member of the Canal Winchester Rotary Club and also a member of the Downtown Zoning Commission.

“I live in the Preservation District, which is a part of the Landmarks jurisdiction,” Foley said. “I am also an architect.”

It was as a member of the Downtown Zoning Commission that Foley learned his home is in the Preservation District. As a member of the commission, he said he plans to get the word out about the work the Landmarks Commission does.

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“We are constantly looking at ways to reduce (expenses),” Waites said. “We have reduced it by millions over the last few years.

We will continue to look at any place that we can make a reduction in our costs.”

She said funding has been an issue since her first day on the school board and will continue to be an issue as Ohio makes changes in how much money is allocated to school districts and requires more educational mandates.

The board of education took the first step toward passing a levy on Jan. 10, Waites said. She said some volunteers from the past levy campaign are drumming up volunteers to support the 2011 levy.

“The board has taken a stand of helping the committee, but we don’t head the committee,” she said. “It’s a community thing. We

do whatever when asked to help.”

Waites said Canal Winchester voters have always been supportive of the district when asked for money, but many have their own economic issues. Some people are out of work while others are on a fixed income, she said.

“I am not going to say this is going to be easy,” she said.

One of the district’s greatest attributes is its students, Waites said.

Students come to school willing and wanting to learn.

“We have great kids in homes where education is held (as) very important,” she said.

She said the school district has great educators, too, with teachers who reach out to students not only academically but to provide emotional support to those who may be having problems at home.

The district works hard to educate its students, she said. Waites said parents have access to online information about their children that allows them to see every homework assignment, whether it’s been turned in, what the grade

was, comments from teachers and attendance records.

“I know teachers who stay after school to meet with parents who are concerned and help explain what is going on,” Waites said.

“I think, between federal and state mandates, we expect more of the kids at an early age,” Waites said. “I’m not saying that is good or bad, but every year there are new things for teachers to have to learn how to teach the kids.”

While funding is the district’s biggest concern, communication is another big issue, she said, noting that some parents think the district communicates adequately but others believe more is needed to reach out to families.

“We have (a) committee (Family and Civic Engagement Committee) to find out the best way to reach everyone,” she said, adding that e-mail doesn’t work best for every family. “A huge goal is to reach out more.”

“A lot of people don’t understand that there are regulations they have to comply with,” he said.

Landmarks Commission members are charged with enforcing the Preservation District guidelines. Redevelopment of some of the village’s older properties will continue to be a priority for the Landmarks Commission, Foley said.

“Canal, like much of the coun-

Superintendent Kimberley Miller-Smith said the district has reduced spending over the last four years through a number of changes, including delaying bus and textbook purchases and not staying within an established replacement cycle for either.

The district cut supply budgets, reduced overtime for classified staff, held a tight line on salaries and benefits, made changes in transportation and routing, brought in-house some instructional services that were being contracted out, conducted a staffing audit and moved qualified individuals to vacated areas and began purchasing refurbished and offlease computer equipment.

As the state funding situation unfolds, the board will determine further budget reductions to keep the district operating, Miller-Smith said.

“If the situation does not improve, we will most likely need to seek assistance from the state to make the budget balance, as we have gotten to a point where we just can’t reduce enough to get in the black and operate a quality program,” she said.

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costs for district buildings.

Most of the district’s budget — 75 to 85 percent — goes to personnel and those costs also are expected to go up thanks to anticipated increases in insurance costs, Boyer said.

Boyer said the only other source of income for the school district besides real estate taxes is income taxes. Canal Winchester residents pay a 0.75-percent school district income tax.

“It is a traditional school district income tax levy,” Boyer said. “The income stream from that has not increased substantially.”

In addition to asking voters for more money, the district will continue to look for additional ways to cut expenditures, she said.

“We have to look at all the areas of expenditures,” she said. “We don’t have what we consider a lot of frills.”

The district is conducting an energy study right now to determine if there are ways to save on energy costs. A study on transportation has already been completed, she said.

“We did an internal study on how we offer custodial and maintenance service,” Boyer said. “Every aspect is being evaluated.”

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try, is challenged with getting people to invest in some of the older sites,” he said. “We have a lot of sites with a lot of character. We want to maintain (the character) while sustaining growth at the same time.”

Foley grew up on the East Side of Columbus. After graduating from college and accepting a job

with Triad Architects, he said, he chose to live in Canal Winchester because he was looking for a “walkable” community.

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Epiphany Lutheran kicks off 50th anniversary celebration

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers A Pickerington church that’s seen its membership and facilities grow exponentially over half a century recently kicked off a nine-month celebration for its 50th anniversary.

On Sept. 17, 1961, Epiphany Lutheran Church held its first service as an official Lutheran church at 268 Hill Road in Pickerington.

Fifty years, three expansion projects and some 1,000 members later, the church still holds services and other activities at its original locale.

This month, it also kicked off a celebration of its 50-year anniversary that

will extend through September.

“Our big celebration will be in September, but each month, on the second Sunday of the month, we’re having guest pastors who were former pastors or assistant pastors here and they’ll be leading worship,” said Jeani Burgoon, a Carroll resident who joined Epiphany Lutheran with her husband in 1994. “We’re trying to open it up to the community and let those who used to attend Epiphany know they can come back.”

Former pastor Eric Williams will visit the church at its next celebration, slated for 9 a.m. Feb. 13.

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The group held its first service in August of 1961 before being recognized as an official Lutheran church, she said.

“By spring, we had purchased four acres of land off of the Milnor property, where we are located now,” Smith said. “From there on, we’ve been going and going.”

Smith said Epiphany had around 100 members when it was established. Over the past five decades, the congregation has grown to more than 1,000 strong.

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members and others in the community to share in their ministry fairs, Sunday schools and “contemporary” services held the second Sunday of every month.

Potluck lunches also will be held at 12:15 p.m. on those days, and visitors will have opportunities to learn about the church’s history.

The celebration will culminate on Sept. 17, exactly 50 years after the first official service, with a banquet and special program. That will be moved to Seton Parish, 600 Hill Road, to accommodate for an expected large crowd.

“We have kind of a different flavor for each service,” Burgoon said.

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When the people of Columbus are not walking, they are riding in a conveyance pulled by horses. The streets are full of horses — pulling carriages, and wagons and simple buggies. And all of those horses leave in the city streets a lot of what horses leave behind. A whole crew of convicted criminals spends most of their days walking the streets and picking up the detritus of the horses.

But the most dangerous part of Columbus was the part most people never saw.

The average life expectancy of an adult male in Columbus in 1861 was considerably less than 50 years. Unlike our own time, the life expectancy of adult women was even less. The death rate among women was higher because of complications of childbirth. The death rate among both men and women was higher because of a number of ailments for which vaccines and other curative medicines had yet to be discovered.

In spite of all of these dangers and disagreeable aspects, people continued to come to the city of Columbus. They came for the same reasons people have been coming to cities for the past several hundred years: The city was where opportunity was waiting.

To really appreciate the wonder of a city like Columbus, all one had to do in 1860 was wander to the middle of town and gaze across Statehouse Square.

Rising from the middle of the square was one of the great buildings in 19th-century America.

More than 20 years earlier, in 1839, the small, frontier state of Ohio had decided to build a new

statehouse. It was thought the building would be done in two years and cost about $200,000.

The Statehouse took 22 years to build and cost $2,200,000. But now it was finally done. Occupied in 1857 after the old Statehouse burned in 1852, the new Statehouse was finally completed in 1861.

It was worth the wait. It is one of America’s truly great buildings and a reflection of the strong and dedicated people who built it.

On Feb. 13, 1861, Abraham Lincoln, soon to be inaugurated as President of the United States, passed through Columbus. After speaking to the Ohio General Assembly, he moved to the steps of the state capitol and spoke to the people.

He concluded his brief remarks by saying, “I am doubly thankful that you have appeared here to give me this greeting. It is not much for me, as I shall soon pass away from you, but we have a large country and a large future before us, and the manifestations of goodwill towards the government, and affection for the Union which you may exhibit are of immense value to you and your posterity forever. (applause) In this point of view, it is that I thank you most heartily for the exhibition you have given me and with that allow me to bid you an affectionate farewell.” (deafening applause and cheers) In less than two months the “affection for the Union” of Columbus, Ohio, and the rest of the nation would be tested as never before with the beginning of the American Civil War. Ed Lentz writes a history column for ThisWeek.

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Columbus in the early days of 1861 was a town with a very good feeling about itself. Over the past few decades, Ohio’s capital city had grown from an almost invisible village of fewer than 2,000 inhabitants into a thriving city of more than 18,000 people.

Other cities in Ohio were doing considerably better, to be sure. Cincinnati was the largest city in the state and indeed in the region. It was “the Queen ED City of the LENTZ West.” And Cleveland to the north was growing rapidly as well. It was not as large as most other Ohio cities, but it soon would be.

But Columbus in 1861 was doing quite well and showed every sign of even greater progress in the next few years to come.

It was not hard to see why.

In the early 1830s, Columbus was a village of fewer than 3,000 people. Since it was created by the Ohio General Assembly in 1812, the town had grown slowly but surely. Then, in the early 1830s, the Ohio Canal and the National Road arrived in Columbus. In less than two years, Columbus moved from being a village of 3,000 to a city of 5,000.

And the growth of the city was far from over.

In the 1840s and 1850s, Columbus became a major center of transportation and trade.

And most of the growth of those years had little to do with canals or the national road. It was the coming of the railroad that made all the difference.

In 1850, the Columbus and Xenia Railroad chugged into Columbus and established itself at the northern boundary of the city, where the convention center is today. In case one might wonder why a railroad was built to Xenia — a nice place, but rather small — the answer lay with people who had little to do with the town.

Xenia was a terminal point for the Little Miami Railroad. Board a train in Columbus and with a change, one would soon be in Cincinnati — where perhaps one wanted to be in the first place.

What was it like to live in Columbus in 1861? In a few words, it was smelly, noxious and a little on the dangerous side.

If we could take you back right now to the Columbus of 1861 and put you down at Broad and High streets, you would immediately notice several things.

First, you would probably notice that your eyes were watering. The reason for this was not hard to find. Columbus in 1861 is a city that runs on coal. Burning coal heats one’s house, powers one’s business and is commonly used for many other purposes.

Over the city hangs a pall of black smoke. The ash from that smoke clings to clothing and hair and seeps into the lungs. It will stain the brick of German Village houses and cling to the gravestones in the Old North Graveyard, where the North Market is today.

Second, you would probably notice the smell of the city.

Columbus in 1861 is a city where most people walk most of the time. The residents walk to school

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and to church. They walk to the market and walk to their business and other interests.

When the people of Columbus are not walking, they are riding in a conveyance pulled by horses. The streets are full of horses — pulling carriages, and wagons and simple buggies. And all of those horses leave in the city streets a lot of what horses leave behind. A whole crew of convicted criminals spends most of their days walking the streets and picking up the detritus of the horses.

But the most dangerous part of Columbus was the part most people never saw.

The average life expectancy of an adult male in Columbus in 1861 was considerably less than 50 years. Unlike our own time, the life expectancy of adult women was even less. The death rate among women was higher because of complications of childbirth. The death rate among both men and women was higher because of a number of ailments for which vaccines and other curative medicines had yet to be discovered.

In spite of all of these dangers and disagreeable aspects, people continued to come to the city of Columbus. They came for the same reasons people have been coming to cities for the past several hundred years: The city was where opportunity was waiting.

To really appreciate the wonder of a city like Columbus, all one had to do in 1860 was wander to the middle of town and gaze across Statehouse Square.

Rising from the middle of the square was one of the great buildings in 19th-century America.

More than 20 years earlier, in 1839, the small, frontier state of Ohio had decided to build a new

statehouse. It was thought the building would be done in two years and cost about $200,000.

The Statehouse took 22 years to build and cost $2,200,000. But now it was finally done. Occupied in 1857 after the old Statehouse burned in 1852, the new Statehouse was finally completed in 1861.

It was worth the wait. It is one of America’s truly great buildings and a reflection of the strong and dedicated people who built it.

On Feb. 13, 1861, Abraham Lincoln, soon to be inaugurated as President of the United States, passed through Columbus. After speaking to the Ohio General Assembly, he moved to the steps of the state capitol and spoke to the people.

He concluded his brief remarks by saying, “I am doubly thankful that you have appeared here to give me this greeting. It is not much for me, as I shall soon pass away from you, but we have a large country and a large future before us, and the manifestations of goodwill towards the government, and affection for the Union which you may exhibit are of immense value to you and your posterity forever. (applause) In this point of view, it is that I thank you most heartily for the exhibition you have given me and with that allow me to bid you an affectionate farewell.” (deafening applause and cheers) In less than two months the “affection for the Union” of Columbus, Ohio, and the rest of the nation would be tested as never before with the beginning of the American Civil War. Ed Lentz writes a history column for ThisWeek.

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Columbus in the early days of 1861 was a town with a very good feeling about itself. Over the past few decades, Ohio’s capital city had grown from an almost invisible village of fewer than 2,000 inhabitants into a thriving city of more than 18,000 people.

Other cities in Ohio were doing considerably better, to be sure. Cincinnati was the largest city in the state and indeed in the region. It was “the Queen ED City of the LENTZ West.” And Cleveland to the north was growing rapidly as well. It was not as large as most other Ohio cities, but it soon would be.

But Columbus in 1861 was doing quite well and showed every sign of even greater progress in the next few years to come.

It was not hard to see why.

In the early 1830s, Columbus was a village of fewer than 3,000 people. Since it was created by the Ohio General Assembly in 1812, the town had grown slowly but surely. Then, in the early 1830s, the Ohio Canal and the National Road arrived in Columbus. In less than two years, Columbus moved from being a village of 3,000 to a city of 5,000.

And the growth of the city was far from over.

In the 1840s and 1850s, Columbus became a major center of transportation and trade.

And most of the growth of those years had little to do with canals or the national road. It was the coming of the railroad that made all the difference.

In 1850, the Columbus and Xenia Railroad chugged into Columbus and established itself at the northern boundary of the city, where the convention center is today. In case one might wonder why a railroad was built to Xenia — a nice place, but rather small — the answer lay with people who had little to do with the town.

Xenia was a terminal point for the Little Miami Railroad. Board a train in Columbus and with a change, one would soon be in Cincinnati — where perhaps one wanted to be in the first place.

What was it like to live in Columbus in 1861? In a few words, it was smelly, noxious and a little on the dangerous side.

If we could take you back right now to the Columbus of 1861 and put you down at Broad and High streets, you would immediately notice several things.

First, you would probably notice that your eyes were watering. The reason for this was not hard to find. Columbus in 1861 is a city that runs on coal. Burning coal heats one’s house, powers one’s business and is commonly used for many other purposes.

Over the city hangs a pall of black smoke. The ash from that smoke clings to clothing and hair and seeps into the lungs. It will stain the brick of German Village houses and cling to the gravestones in the Old North Graveyard, where the North Market is today.

Second, you would probably notice the smell of the city.

Columbus in 1861 is a city where most people walk most of the time. The residents walk to school

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Event Bishop Hartley High School Open House, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, at 1285 Zettler Road.

Sixth- through eighth-graders and their families are invited to attend.

Learn about academics, athletics and extracurricular activities, and meet with faculty and students.

Campus tours will be offered. Call Jenny Prout at (614) 237-5421.

Government Canal Winchester Village Council, 7 p.m. the first and third Mondays of the month at Town Hall, 10 N High St. Planning and zoning commission, 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Town Hall.

Old Town committee meetings, 5:45 p.m. the second Monday of the month at Town Hall.

Finance committee meetings, 5:45 p.m. the first Monday of the month at Town Hall.

Safety committee meetings, 9 a.m. the first Wednesday of the month at Town Hall.

Service committee meetings, 5:45 p.m. the third Monday of the month at Town Hall.

Landmarks commission, 7 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month at Town Hall.

Madison Township Board of Trustees, 6 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month in the Community Center, 4575 Madison Lane, Groveport.

Meetings Canal Winchester Rotary Club, noon-1 p.m. every Thursday at Shade on the Canal Restaurant, 19 S. High St. Individuals interested in learning more about Rotary are invited to attend. Visit www.rotarycanalwinchester.org.

Main Street Canal Winchester coffee networking group, 8 a.m. the third Friday of the month at Harvest Moon Coffee House.

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Indians Touchdown Club, 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month in the Canal Winchester High School media center, 300 Washington St. For more information, visit www.canalwinchesterfootball.com.

Networking Luncheon, sponsored by the Canal Winchester Area Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m. the second Wednesday of the month at the Canal Winchester Senior Center, 22 S. Trine St.. RSVP required. Cost is $12.

The Right Connection-Canal Winchester Chapter, noon Tuesdays, at Donatos Pizza, 6310 Prentiss School Road. Call Rich Wagner at (614) 203-3158.

Central Ohio 9-12 Project, 5 p.m. the second Wednesday and 7 p.m. the fourth Saturday of the month. Meeting location varies.

For information, call Mike Lyons at (614) 561-4040 or e-mail info@CentralOhio912.com.

Cub Scout Pack 316, 6:45-8 p.m. Thursdays at Brice United Methodist Church, 3160 Brice Road. For information or ques-

In brief tions, call Tom McInnerney at 863-5221 or e-mail tamcinnerney@yahoo.com.

Tri B Wings Chapter of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association, 9 a.m. the first Saturday of the month at the Obetz Community Center, 1611 Chillicothe St., Obetz. For more information, call (614) 833-4204 or e-mail johntle@aol.com.

Violet Grange, 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of the month at the Grange Hall, 36 Lockville Road.

Support groups Free Children’s Clothing Ministry, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 22, at Hope United Methodist Church, 83 E. Columbus St. Clothes for newborns to 5T will be available, including coats, hats and mittens. Donations may be dropped off at the church any time.

Fairfield County Autism Resource Group, 6:30-8:30 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the Early Childhood Center, 1592 Granville Pike, Lancaster.

Call 653-4489 or 862-6171.

Grief Support Group meets for lunch at noon the first Wednesday of the month at the Fairfield County District Library, 219 N. Broad St., Lancaster, sponsored

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Southeast Moms Club, 10 a.m. the fourth Wednesday of the month at Peace United Methodist Church, 235 Diley Road. For information, visit http://pickeringtonmoms.tripod.com.

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The Indians’ Austin Whitlatch tries to corral the ball while avoiding Josh Stewart of Fairfield Union on Jan. 13.

Canal Winchester Roundup

Boys facing tough games this weekend

By AARON BLANKENSHIP

At a glance

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Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Canal Winchester girls basketball, swimming & diving and wrestling teams: GIRLS BASKETBALL *Last Friday — Def. Hamilton Township 3922. Alley Duckworth scored nine points.

Last Monday — Lost to Centerburg 75-46.

Ashley Dexter scored 14 points. *Last Tuesday — Played Amanda-Clearcreek *Saturday — At Bloom-Carroll. Bloom-Carroll won 59-38 on Dec. 10.

Of note: The Indians were 5-9 overall and 2-6 in the MSL-Buckeye before last Tuesday.

SWIMMING & DIVING Jan. 13 — Boys: Lost to Columbus Academy 109-45, lost to Wellington 71-48, def.

Hartley 47-44; Girls: Lost to Academy 12042, def. Wellington 119-50, lost to Hartley 129-32 Last Saturday — Boys: Finished third (134) in 17-team Teays Valley Invitational behind Westerville Central (440) and Grandview (286); Girls: Finished third (122) in 15-team Teays Valley Invitational behind Westerville Central (351) and Grandview (283) Saturday — Pickerington Central at Lancaster YMCA WRESTLING Last Friday-last Saturday — Finished 10th (183.5) in 25-team Marion Elgin Invitational behind champion Olentangy Liberty (278.5) *Today — At Fairfield Union Saturday — At Gahanna Invitational *MSL-Buckeye contest

The Canal Winchester and Logan Elm high school boys basketball teams have taken a similar path to success this season, as both squads rely on several players to share their scoring load and play swarming man-to-man defense.

The Indians edged Teays Valley 5250 last Saturday to improve to 9-1 overall and 6-0 in the MSL-Buckeye Division heading into a non-league game last Tuesday at Zanesville, as Michael Walker scored 14 points and Kyle Schriml and Austin Whitlatch scored 12 apiece.

Logan Elm defeated Fairfield Union 53-49 last Saturday to improve to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the MSL-Buckeye.

Blake Riffle, a 6-foot-3 junior forward, led the Braves with 14 points, with 65 senior center Seth Stonerock and 62 junior guard Anthony Vagnier scoring 12 and 10 points, respectively.

Canal Winchester, which was ranked 21st in the Division II state poll and third in the area coaches poll last week, was allowing an average of 45 points per contest before last Tuesday. Logan Elm, which was ranked third in the

By Paul Vernon/ThisWeek

Kyle Schriml of Canal Winchester goes up for a dunk during the host Indians’ 55-42 win over Fairfield Union in an MSLBuckeye game on Jan. 13. The Indians are 6-0 in league play heading into Friday’s game at Logan Elm, which is 5-1.

Division II state poll and second in the area coaches poll last week, was giving up just 42.2 points per contest through 10 games.

Thus, coach Kent Riggs said the Indians will need to value every possession Friday when they play at Logan Elm. “They’re real similar to us in that neither of us have any big stars, but we’re well-balanced and good defensively,” Riggs said. “Our teams have equal size and quickness, too, so the team that executes better is most likely going to win, because neither of us has a big advantage in any one area.”

The Braves utilize a four-guard lineup and, through eight games, had six players who were averaging between five and 13 points. Logan Elm also had made 58 of 132 shots from behind the 3-point line, with 6-5 senior

forward Nathan Elswick (25-for-50) leading the way.

But Logan Elm’s motion offense hit a season-low in points scored in a 31-29 loss to Teays Valley on Jan. 13.

“Defensively, we want to continue to play like we’ve been playing during our (nine-game) winning streak, and we’ll try to hold them under 40 points,” senior point guard Sam Jones said. “They have a lot of quick guards, so we may need to focus on staying in front of their guards instead of trying to pressure them.”

The Indians then face Hartley in the Play-By-Play Classic at 12:15 p.m.

Sunday at Ohio State.

Hartley beat Watterson 34-32 last Friday to improve to 9-0. The Hawks were ranked 21st in the Division III state poll last week.

On Tuesday, Canal Winchester will

play host to Hamilton Township, a team it beat 47-36 on Dec. 11, as Schriml scored 11 points and Jones scored 10.

“Our schedule is very tough this week, so if we survive this week, it will really be something,” Riggs said.

“Hartley’s guard play is pretty good and they’ve got a couple of big guys who are physical under the basket.

Joe Collier and Austin Whitlatch are new to us in the post and they don’t score a lot, but they guard the other team’s big guys and rebound well.”

Jones is hoping his squad will continue to make progress offensively.

Through 10 games, Walker was averaging 14 points and Schriml was averaging 11 points. Collier was averaging seven rebounds.

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Boys Basketball

Several of district’s top teams to be on display

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Three central Ohio high school boys basketball teams ranked in the top 10 in the Division I state poll, as well as several other expected area powers, will be in action this weekend at a pair of college venues.

The ninth annual Ohio PlayBy-Play Classic, which in past years has been held at Ohio State, features four games Saturday at Capital University and three Sunday at the Schottenstein Center. An event Saturday at Ohio State forced organizers to find an alternative location for games that day.

“We haven’t played at Capital before, but it’s a really nice facility,” said Dublin Coffman coach Jamey Collins, whose team opens the event at 2 p.m.

Saturday against Walnut Ridge.

“They had a little jam up because the Schottenstein Center wasn’t available on Saturday,

but the organizers were up front about it. It’ll be good for the kids to be in that environment.”

Below is a breakdown of the matchups at the Play-By-Play Classic: •Dublin Coffman vs. Walnut Ridge — After winning a Division I district championship and going 20-4 a year ago, Coffman was fourth in the ThisWeekSPORTS.com Super 7 for Jan. 10-16 despite having several new players in key roles. Senior guard Christian Heine is a fouryear varsity player and key member of the team’s backcourt and senior guard Zack Riddle is averaging 17 points in his first season with the Shamrocks after transferring from Watterson.

Walnut Ridge was first in the City League-South Division entering play last Tuesday and features one of the area’s biggest frontcourts. Senior Austin Traylor, a 6-foot-4 forward who has verbally committed to play football for Wisconsin, is averaging

Schedule Below is a list of the games in the ninth annual Ohio Play-By-Play Classic: SATURDAY (games at Capital) 2 p.m.: Dublin Coffman vs. Walnut Ridge; 3:45 p.m.: Gahanna vs. Chillicothe; 5:30 p.m.: Westerville South vs. Burlington (N.J.) Life Center Academy; 7:15 p.m.: Northland vs. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary SUNDAY (games at Ohio State) 12:15 p.m.: Canal Winchester vs.

Hartley; 2 p.m.: Teays Valley vs. St. Bernard Roger Bacon; 3:45 p.m.: Fairfield vs. Peebles

19 points. Senior Dwayne Bazemore is a 6-10 post player.

“They’re just loaded with talent,” Collins said. “They’re the type of team we’ll have to play in the tournament, so it will be a good test for us.”

•Gahanna vs. Chillicothe — The only matchup that features two state-ranked teams will pit Gahanna, the No. 4 team in Division I last week, against Chill-

icothe, the No. 2 team in Division II a week ago.

The Lions are led by senior Stevie Taylor, an Ohio University signee who is averaging 16 points, three assists and 2.7 steals. Jamel Morris, Brandon Smith and Trey Warr are other key players among a ninemember senior class that has Gahanna ranked second in the ThisWeek Super 7 poll.

Chillicothe sports a frontcourt that features 6-9 junior Malik London and 6-7 senior Jalen Ragland but also has a pair of talented players in the backcourt in sophomore point guard Zach Johnson and senior Tyler Manion.

“I love Capital’s gym,” Lions coach Tony Staib said. “It’ll be a good environment.”

•Westerville South vs.

Burlington (N.J.) Life Center Academy — South, which was ranked sixth in the state poll last week and third in the Super 7, has a Division I recruit in Wisconsin-signee Traevon Jackson.

The 6-2 guard averages 17 points and more than four assists for the Wildcats, who have a trio of other ball-handlers with significant experience in seniors Ben Jones and Damarkeo Lyshe and junior Isaiah Rogers.

Life Center won nine of its first 12 games and features 6-8 senior forward Laquinton Ross (21.5 ppg, 10.9 rebounds), senior guard John Johnson (18.5 ppg, 3.6 assists) and junior guard Andre Horne Jr. (13.5 ppg, 7.2 rebounds). Ross signed with Ohio State in November.

•Northland vs. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary — Northland is off to another solid start despite losing 2010 Naismith Player of the Year Jared Sullinger to graduation, with senior guard Trey Burke taking on the leading role.

A Michigan-signee, Burke heads a cast that also features 6-8 juniors Jalen Robinson and Devon Scott as well as junior guard Jordan Potts. The Vikings

were fifth in the state poll last week and first in the Super 7.

St. Vincent-St. Mary split its first 10 games, as senior DeVonte Beard (14.9 ppg), senior Ricky Johnson (11.8 ppg) and 6-6 junior Lorenzo Cugini led the way offensively.

•Canal Winchester vs. Hartley — Two of central Ohio’s best Division II teams this season have been the Hawks and Indians, who were first and third, respectively, in the area coaches poll last week.

Hartley, which snapped DeSales’ 50-game home winning streak with a 51-40 victory Jan. 7, is led by 6-6 sophomore post player Jacob Matuska and senior forward Kendal Sherrod.

Seniors Joe Collier (6-5 post player), Sam Jones (6-0 guard), Kyle Schriml (6-1 forward) and Michael Walker (5-10 guard) are among the top players for Canal Winchester.

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Hockey

Goaltending platoon working well for PRPC

By KURTIS ADAMS

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Given a choice, Erik Heinmiller would play all the minutes he could as goaltender for the PRPC Ice Prowlers hockey team.

However, he’s not about to argue with the success a rotation with Drake Holdren has produced. The Ice Prowlers have surrendered the fewest goals (31) in the Greater Columbus High School Club Hockey League and hold sole possession of first place (12-4, 24 points) as the regular season begins to wind down following a break for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. PRPC has 10 games remaining, including a showdown against the Northeast Storm on Friday at Chiller Easton.

“It is kind of tough (sharing the job),” Heinmiller said. “It’s definitely good from a competition standpoint in practice every day, though. We both have to be at our best.”

Heinmiller, a senior at Hartley, has posted a 5-1 record. In six games, he has allowed 11 goals for a 1.71 goals-against average and has stopped 112 of 123 shots for a 91.1 save percentage.

Holdren, a sophomore at Pickerington North, has a 5-3 record. In eight games, he has

By Paul Vernon/ThisWeek allowed 18 goals for a 2.25 Shemar Waugh of the Indians goes up for a shot despite pressure from Fairfield Union’s Connor Litt GAA and has stopped 149 of on Jan. 13.

167 shots for an 89.2 save percentage.

“I’m a straight butterfly

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fense is working well. We’re working the ball between our guards to get defenses moving, and we’re finding gaps and exploiting them.

“Me and Shemar Waugh are throwing the ball around well, and Michael Walker and Kyle Schriml have been our two big scorers, but we’ve got a lot of other guys contributing, too.”

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On Jan. 13, the Indians beat Fairfield Union 55-42 in a league game, as Walker scored 17 points, Schriml scored 16 and Whitlatch scored 10.

“Our offense is becoming more dynamic,” Jones said. “We’re executing our sets well, and we’re using our team speed to our advantage ablankenship@thisweeknews.com by scoring more in transition. Our spread of- www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

CLASSIC Continued from page B1 “Kids enjoy playing at the (Schottenstein Center),” said Indians coach Kent Riggs, whose squad last competed at the Play

By Play Classic in 2008. “It’s been a good experience for us over the years. Hartley is playing really well right now, so we know we’ll have our hands full.”

•Teays Valley vs. St. Bernard Roger Bacon — Teays Valley opened by winning seven of its first eight games, holding opponents to an average of 40.5

points.

Senior Nate Anderson, a 69 post player and North Carolina-Wilmington signee, leads the Vikings. Other key players are Tyler Dresbach and Cole Bowling.

Roger Bacon was 7-3 at the mid-point of its regular season, with senior guard Paul Byrd (15.6 ppg, 4.3 rebounds) and 6-6 senior Jabriel Coaston (11.9 ppg, 4.7 rebounds) leading the way.

•Fairfield vs. Peebles — Fairfield won six of its first nine games, as junior guard Jeff

Woods led in scoring (9.7 ppg).

The Indians have been holding opponents to an average of 46 points per game.

Peebles got off to a 6-1 start, with 6-2 seniors Andy Countryman and Blake Justice leading the way. Justice had 42 points in a 67-65 loss to Manchester on Dec. 28, and Countryman scored 29 in an 89-49 win over Chillicothe Southeastern on Dec. 3. julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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GIRLS Africentric’s Raven Ferguson scored 36 points to lead her team to an 80-59 win over Eastmoor Academy on Jan. 11 in a matchup of first-place teams.

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goalie and he’s more of a hybrid who stands up and butterflies,” Heinmiller said. “But we’re pretty similar in a lot of other ways.”

Holden has played 360 minutes and Heinmiller 270.

“It’s good having a one-two punch in goal,” said coach Joe Tonello, whose team defeated the Newark Generals 2-0 in their most recent game on Jan. 9. “As long as they keep doing what they’re doing, I’m happy.”

The Ice Prowlers, who play Athens on Sunday at Chiller Ice Works, have won five consecutive league games and seven of their past eight overall. Five of those contests were decided by one goal, and the lone setback was a 5-3 loss to Northeast on Dec. 4.

Seniors Jake Miller and Sean Straker are PRPC’s top defensemen. Younger defensemen such as Michael Matsanoff, Ian Ritchey and Patrick Daniels are holding their own, too.

“Numbers-wise, we are the best defensive team in the league, I guess,” Tonello said.

“We can’t sit on that, though.

Capital to hold softball clinics Capital University softball coach Nan Payne is holding clinics in January and February for girls in grades 5-12.

The schedule includes a hitting clinic from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 5; a pitching clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday; a catching clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday; and a de-

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Canal Hall of Fame seeking nominations Nominations are being sought for the 2011 class of the Canal Winchester Athletic Hall of Fame and the Award of Merit program. Nomination forms are available on the school district’s website, www.cwschools.org, or by e-mailing sueandjerry1@sbcglobal.net. Hall of Fame nominees must

Below are the current GCHSCHL standings (top four teams qualify for the state club tournament): TEAM RECORD POINTS PRPC 12-4-0 24 Hilliard 10-4-2 22 Athens 10-8-0 20 Westerville 8-7-1 17 Northeast 7-5-3 17 Newark 6-9-0 12 Delaware 0-16-0 0

We stress making plays defensively all the time. We know that if you take care of things defensively, the offense will come.”

Northeast, which is battling the Westerville Warcats for the fourth and final spot in the state club tournament in March, leads the season series 2-0 and is the only team in the league with a winning record against PRPC. The Storm also prevailed 5-3 on Oct. 29.

The final meeting between the teams is Feb. 4 at Chiller Easton.

“Goalies are the last line of defense, but we’re playing well defensively as a unit,” Heinmiller said. “We’re not seeing a lot of shots (an average of fewer than 21 per game), really. We think we’ve got the best defense in the league and that makes a goalie’s job a lot easier.”

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that same display to the Southern Theatre Saturday, Jan. 22. Their program includes selections by Bach, Debussy, Bernstein, Praetorius, Rossini and Mozart.

Tickets are $40-$15. Call (614) 469-0939.

busy week for the 1 A Columbus Symphony Or-

any good collective, 3 Like each of the three legendary-

chestra begins at the Ohio Theatre Friday and Saturday, Jan. 2122, with the second in the CSO’s winter Russian Masterworks programs.

Associate conductor Peter Stafford Wilson takes the podium for the concerts, which include Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.

(Does it get any bigger?) Guest cellist Julian Schwartz joins in, as well.

Tickets are $20.50-$66.50.

The orchestra celebrates its 60th anniversary with a gala performance featuring guest pianist Lang Lang Thursday, Jan. 27.

(More on Lang in the BeatBlog.)

Newly appointed maestro JeanMarie Zeitouni conducts the pro-

in-their-own-right members of The Flatlanders has a role to play.

Joe Ely is the performer — dude makes records and plays out. Jimmie Dale Gilmore is the mystic — he even looks the part, with his flowing gray mane and weatheredand-wise countenance. Butch Hancock is the poet — a songwriter’s songwriter through and through.

The trio played here on its “reunion tour” but will appear this time without band in tow — just Ely, Gilmore and Hancock in a stripped-down, acoustic master show.

The Flatlanders will play the Columbus Maennerchor Sunday, Jan. 23. Tickets are $30. Call (614) 462-2636.

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gram, which includes Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition and features Lang on pieces by Liszt and Chopin.

Tickets are $97.50-$37.50.

Call (614) 228-8600.

2 Cleveland-based Burning

River Brass has traveled the world over sharing the kind of power and majesty that only brass and percussion can bring.

The 12-piece ensemble brings

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chamber shredders. friends/colleagues who’d played off-the-wall rock n’ roll tunes.

4 Rootsy That’s what we’ve decid- in various combinations over the Touring in support of their ed is an ideal way to describe Punch Brothers, the quintet fronted by mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile, formerly of Nickel Creek.

Grown organically out of

5 Anberlin guitarist Christian McAl-

haney offered that one of the best things about their current co-headlining tour with Circa Survive is keeping the sets to a controlled length in order to save the singers’ voices.

When it’s suggested he would need no such favor, he deadpanned, “Right.

My fingers never get tired.”

A good thing, given the amount of time the modern rock quintet spends on the road. McAlhaney said the band won’t rehearse together for this upcoming tour because of the length of the previous one and the shortness of the break between.

“We just played these songs a bajillion times in a row, so we’ll likely just have an e-mail exchange about a set list and that’s it,” he said.

McAlhaney said he’ll fly in to Richmond (Virginia, the next tour stop) and meet the rest of the band a day before the show.

Anberlin, with co-headliner Circa Survive and opener Foxy Shazam, will play the Newport Music Hall Saturday, Jan. 22. Tickets are $18.50/$21. Call 1800-745-3000.

The heavy touring schedule is dictated in part because the band has a new record out — Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place hit late in 2010 and debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 Albums.

“The last record (New Surrender), we felt like it was rushed,” McAlhaney explained. “We signed with Universal Republic just after Cities came out, and they wanted new material. We were tour-

years, Punch Brothers combines traditional acoustic instruments (mandolin, guitar, banjo, fiddle, bass), players with mad skills and repertoire from extended, composed pieces to covers of

ing and writing — it ended up being OK. “But we decided for Dark to really take our time,” he said. “It was very planned-out. We had a clear idea of what we were trying to get at.”

Which was a record more moody and challenging while retaining the band’s anthemic approach.

Another way Dark finds the band stretching itself is in arrangements. McAlhaney said one of his favorite songs on the record is Pray Tell, which is very percussion-heavy.

“At one point in the recording process, there were seven people playing drums in the studio,” he said. “It was very cool mixing all that percussion.”

The title of the album is taken from a Dylan Thomas poem, and McAlhaney said he was sold right away.

“We are just poachers (of the line), but to me, it’s a dark but hopeful phrase,” he explained. “This record has more of

2010 release, Antifogmatic, Punch Brothers return to the Lincoln Theatre stage Monday, Jan. 24.

Tickets are $26. Call (614) 469-0939.

a darker feel, but no matter how tough life is, there’s a light at the end.”

McAlhaney said signing with a major label wasn’t necessarily planned, but it fit with the group’s goals.

“There’s a saying that if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans,” McAlhaney said. “But obviously, in everything you do, you have goals and a plan to achieve them. We have a group agreement on what we’ll do and what we won’t do. As long as there’s growth and momentum — we just don’t want to spin our wheels.

“The bigger the band gets, the better,” McAlhaney said with a laugh. “I love the idea of art for art’s sake, but art doesn’t pay the rent.”

For more from The Beat’s interview with Anberlin guitarist Christian McAlhaney, read the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeekNews.com.

Cumin Indian Restaurant a fine replacement for Bayleaf When I heard Bayleaf was going out of business, I grimaced. The Polaris-area restaurant was one of my favorite places for Indian food.

But when I heard the Cuisine of India people were taking over, I cheered up. You see, like Bayleaf, Cuisine of India is modern and authentic, serving both beloved classics and lots of contemporary-style dishes popular in cosmopolitan Indian cities.

So when I waltzed into Cumin Indian Restaurant my expectations were pretty high. After a few visits, I realized this newbie was destined to shoot to the top of my Indian food list.

Other than closing off the formerly open kitchen, Cumin’s owners haven’t performed any drastic cosmetic makeovers. It’s still a big, modern, open and airy room with few, if pleasant, decorations (chiefly multi-hued, saucer-shaped chandeliers) to distract visitors from

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While buffets aren’t usually my thing, Cumin’s is, especially on weekends. That’s when the chaat station gets cranking, and I’m an inveterate fan of chaat.

If you’ve never had them, chaats are Indian street-sold snacks that are meat-free riots of bold condiments, wild flavors and manifold textures. Fortunately, this generalization held true on a recent — and blissfully lengthy — lunchtime stopover at Cumin’s great buffet.

In front of a longish line and manning a mammoth round pan, the buffet’s chaat guy began with a crispy puck of a potato pancake.

To that he added a scoop of soupy,

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The Mixed Kabob Platter at Cumin: lamb, mixed grill and chicken.

highly seasoned chickpeas. Then came the garnishing : tart yogurt; chutneys of coriander (spicy) and tamarind (sweet); diced raw onion, tomato and cilantro; plus a finishing dusting of exotic, eggy-tasting chaat masala. It’s a crazy mess to eat, but I find its push-me/pullme flavors and textures to be an incomparable delight.

Post-chaat, there’s a dizzying array of buffet choices — the thing goes on forever. I counted six meat entrees (two in kabob form); five veggie entrees; two soups; two rice dishes; a large salad/condiment bar and four desserts.

I liked everything I tried, but was especially fond of the Baigan Bharta (wonderful eggplant stew),

Aloo Cabbage (addictive mixed vegetable curry), and spicy, sweet and sour chicken dumplings.

As for non-buffet appetizers, the huge, dense and firm chilimarinated homemade cheese kabobs (Paneer Shaslik, $9) had a great grilled flavor but their accompanying veggies (onion, garlic, peppers) were disarmingly uncooked.

For an explosive curry, go for the Cumin Melthi Harydi ($12).

Featuring a complex, aromatic, rich, carrot-colored gravy with a sneaky heat, the head-spinning dish was cleverly equipped with refreshing, mouth-cleansing sticks of ginger. Awesome.

On the tamer side, but still terrific, was Cumin’s sizzling grill

($15, easily feeds two). Like a giant platter of mixed Indian fajitas, it’s a great way to sample several items on Cumin’s large menu.

The “grill” was a round-up of about five kinds of smokily seared, delicious kabobs, my favorites of which were Haryali Tikka (juicy, boneless chicken chunks in a zesty pesto) and Lajwab Seek kabob (huge logs of ground lamb with minced green pepper, onion and cilantro). The mammoth dinner came with fluffy basmati rice and excellent dal.

While none of Cumin’s desserts disappointed, the Gajar Halwa ($4 — milky, cardamomy, nutty and fruity shredded carrots) — was especially fun to munch.

To read G.A. Benton’s blog, visit ColumbusDiningGuide.com

Greek diner near UA takes simple approach to food, ambience Yiagos and Stratis Kostoglou had simplicity in mind when opening Greek to Me. The menu, for the time being, is a small and manageable collection of breakfast and lunch fare served in a humble dining room with blue and white gingham tablecloths and some Greek accents.

“We want to make sure we serve good Greek food. We don’t want to make things complicated,” said Stratis, who opened the store with his father at 4697 Reed Road in Northwest Columbus.

The breakfast items consist of the familiar – omelets, pancakes, French toast and typical sides, such as bacon, links and home fries. The lunch menu offers similarly approachable dishes, such as gyros,

subs, moussaka, pastitsio and souvlaki. They wanted prices to be inviting, too, as most entrees run between $6 and $8.

It is the first restaurant for the pair. Yiagos worked as a steward on Greek cargo ships, helping coordinate three meals a day, not to mention private functions, for 30 hungry sailors. He eventually opened A Matter of Steak in Westland Mall, which he later sold. Meanwhile, his son was an assistant kitchen manager at Texas Roadhouse.

Greek to Me takes over 1,300 square feet of space that was most recently occupied by Pizzano’s. It seats 50.

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Yiagos Kostoglou shaves gyro meat in his new restaurant, Greek to Me, at 4697 Reed Road in Northwest Columbus on Jan. 13.

The Kastaglous have loftier ambitions for their bill of fare. They want to slowly introduce daily specials and hope to have a beer-and-wine license in place by this spring. They also plan to have dinner services available by summer.

The restaurant is open for breakfast and lunch daily. For more information, call 614-725-4323.

restaurant business kept tugging at his apron strings.

Lashish offers a variety of Middle Eastern sides, including falafel, babagannoush and hummus, plus soups, salads, kebabs and fish dishes. It also serves up several Greek classics, such as pastitsio and moussaka, and an array of desserts.

He stresses freshness in his products. For example, he is grinding the meat in-house for his kebabs Lashish, the Greek, offering a large and rea- and burgers. Most items are $6 to $10. Large ensonably priced Mediterranean menu, has opened in trees are in $12 range. There is no alcohol.

Northwest Columbus.

The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner hours The restaurant, owned by Mohammad Ballouz, daily. For more information, call 614-457-5800. has taken over 1,200 square feet of space at 788 Bethel Road, ramping up the international flair of the Olentangy Square shopping center, which includes Banana Leaf (vegetarian Indian), Min-Ga (Korean) and Bamboo Café (Vietnamese, Thai).

■ Even wine connoisseurs The cornerfind refreshment elsewhere. stone of the menu Wine Wisdom columnist Chris is genuine Dillman recommends Jolly shawarma: skewFor a video of this restau- ered sheets of Pumpkin Brewery’s Oro de Calrant, visit www.thisweek- lamb and beef, abaza online at www.thisweeknews.com/foodandwine. marinated for 48 news.com/foodandwine.

Chris Dillman hours, cooked on a vertical rotisserie. The juices of tomatoes and Recipe of the week lemon, placed at the top of the assemblage, gloss the meat and add flavor.

“You’ve got to go to New York to get this,” Ballouz said.

With the pita option, he brushes the bread with hummus and adds Bermuda onion, mint and tart sumac. He finishes it off on a Panini grill to crisp the bread. A shawarma platter is an alternative.

Ballouz is a familiar face on the central Ohio restaurant scene, having worked for a number of years for Niki Chalkias, the proprietor of FisherRaspberry brie chicken, courtesy of John man’s Wharf restaurants.

“Guido” Magnacca of Cimi’s Bistro.

Ballouz left the restaurant business and was a cultural adviser for the defense industry. But the

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