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February 6, 2011

County scales 911 levy back to 0.45 mill

By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers

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(Above) Steve Kaple props up a low-hanging line which was brought down by a tree limb during this week’s winter storm. (Below) Fire tape surrounds an area on Washington Street in Delaware, where another tree limb also brought down a power line. The storm not only made driving and walking difficult, but the ice and high winds caused many people in the area to lose power.

Emergency center activated during storm

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New Delaware County administrator Tim Hansley last week had his first experience with the Delaware County Emergency Operations Center, which was activated during the ice storm.

The center operated from Tuesday afternoon to Thursday morning, coordinating several local governments and private agencies in responding to the winter storm that stretched 2,000 miles across the eastern United States.

“We had a pre-meeting Tuesday afternoon because of the forecast of ice and rain and wind,” Hansley said.

“We knew it was coming. We just didn’t know if it would be better or worse than they said. We were there from the time the ice actually hit.”

At one point, the operations center lost power, but backup generators kept it running.

“I was pretty impressed with the emergency operations center system we have here,” Hansley said. “We often get accused of turfism between the city and county and the town-

ships, but it was the exact opposite administrator, me as county adminof what happened. We had a (public istrator. We had ham radio people, information officer) from the board American Red Cross setting up shelof health, the city of Delaware fire chief, a township fire chief, the city See EMERGENCY, page A2

Delaware considers gas recycling at sewage plant

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print by an extreme amount so it does not have to be put into a landfill.”

City manager Tom Homan said the city was first approached last year by Kurtz Brothers, an Ohio company that operates four other sludge facilities in Ohio, including the cities of Akron, Columbus and Zanesville, along with a manure facility at the Wooster agricultural campus of Ohio State University.

The commission directed staff to investigate other companies that do similar work, to ensure the best possible price.

Stanton said the plant would not be likely to generate revenue for the city, but it could reduce

The city of Delaware Public Works Commission met Feb. 3 to hear a presentation from city staff about a proposed sludge reprocessing plant that could be built at or near the city’s Cherry Street wastewater treatment plant.

The sludge, which is currently dewatered and shipped by truck to a landfill in Bellefontaine, would instead be processed into methane and then converted into electricity.

“It’s almost 100 percent consumed,” said Brad Stanton, city public utilities director.

“There is a small amount that can be used on farm fields as fertilizer. It reduces the sludge foot- See GAS RECYCLING, page A2

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Any mention of great Civil War generals is bound to include the names Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee and William Tecumseh Sherman.

Tom Paul of Harlem Township is working hard to see that William Starke Rosecrans is added to that list.

Rosecrans was born in Kingston Township on what is now Rosecrans Road. At the height of his influence in the Union Army, he commanded the Army of the Cumberland, tasked with keeping the ConTom Paul and his wife, Linda, will portray Union Gen. William federates out of Tennessee.

Rosecrans and his wife, Anne, at the 150th Civil War Gala He earlier helped organize fedJubilee to be held Feb. 12 in the Ohio Statehouse in Colum- eral troops in Ohio and spearheaded the effort that drove rebel troops bus. Rosecrans was born in Delaware County.

out of what would become West Virginia.

This year is the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. It will be commemorated by a 150th Civil War Gala Jubilee Feb. 12 in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.

During the event, actors and reenactors will portray personalities from the Civil War. Rosecrans and his wife, Anne, will be portrayed

by Paul and his wife, Linda.

The event will raise money to construct an equestrian statue of Rosecrans on the Sunbury village square.

Paul is part of what he called “a living history group,” the General Rosecrans Department of the Ohio Headquarters Unit, which is part of See EVENT, page A3

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The Delaware County commissioners scaled back a planned property tax increase Jan. 31, electing to place a five-year, 0.45-mill 911 renewal levy on the May 3 ballot.

The millage is smaller than the 0.62-mill issue defeated last fall, and the 0.75-mill figure the county had been considering for May. The money would be used to maintain emergency communications in the 911 system.

The commissioners decided to bear some of the 911 operating costs through existing general fund revenues, which commissioner Dennis Stapleton said meant reducing other expenditures.

“The need is a little in excess of $20-million (to support 911 service over five years),” Stapleton said.

“This renewal levy generates just a little over half of that, and ... the difference between the renewal levy that the taxpayers have been supporting and any additional monies (beyond that) will have to be addressed through efficiencies, through restructuring issues.”

Officials were caught off guard in November when voters rejected a proposed five-year, 0.62-mill property tax that would have cost the owner of a $100,000 home $18.99 annually, or about $38 for a $200,000 home. More than 56 percent of voters rejected the proposal, which would have overlapped by one year the existing 0.45 mill levy that will expire Dec. 31.

The county 911 board originally recommended that the levy be put on the ballot this May at 0.75 mill, representing a renewal of the 0.45 mill and an additional 0.30 mill, for a total cost of $22.97 per $100,000 of home value. Instead, as approved by the commissioners Dec. 31, the existing levy would cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $13.79 annually if approved by voters.

“I do believe the taxpayers in Delaware County are being generous already,” Stapleton said. “I believe we are being very responsible in asking the voters to approve a renewal of 0.45 (mill).”

Commissioner Ken O’Brien said the renewal will handle 911 needs for two years with minimal support from the general fund. A planned equipment upgrade will require additional funds, either through budget reductions in other expense items or a new ballot issue at that time, he said.

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Emergency center activated during storm Continued from page A1 ters. Everybody was pitching in to get the job done.”

American Electric Power estimated that nearly 32 percent of its Delaware County customers were without power Feb. 2. Consolidated Rural Electric reported that 1,936 customers were without power in Delaware County. In Sunbury, about a third of the residences lost power.

Brian Galligher, director of the Delaware County Emergency Management Association, said many residences lost power and were without heat.

“Our main focus was on people who did not have heat and needed a place to stay warm,” Galligher said. “It was making sure people knew about the Red Cross shelter and then getting those who could not transport themselves to the shelter.

(Delaware County) Developmental Disabilities helped people with special needs get there.”

Apart from restoring power, among the most serious responses were a few cases of carbon monoxide poisoning from improperly situated backup generators.

“Primarily, we were dealing with the effects of trees coming down and cross-

ing wires, leaving people without heat,” Hansley said.

“The Delaware Area Transportation Agency provided transport for people to shelters, the dog shelter was on standby for anyone who needed their pets taken care of. We had people using candles and backup generators. That makes us worry about fire. ... People were using backup generators in a basement or garage and they were not wise enough to properly vent them.”

Galligher said people should keep battery-powered carbon monoxide detectors in their homes and should avoid using fuel heaters except in large open spaces.

He also said generators need to be well removed from the living area.

“People are worried about generators stored outside being stolen, but they should not be anywhere near your house,” Galligher said.

The emergency operations center generally opens about once a year, usually in response to weather incidents.

“I generally initiate the process by consulting the public safety chiefs,” Galligher said. “It depends on the type of incident. Power outages, fires and floods, I’ll look to the fire chief. If it’s a civil disturbance, it would be law enforcement.

If it’s an H1N1 (flu) pandemic, it would

be the health department.”

In Ohio, the greatest risk of an emergency is from flooding. Many people don’t realize this because Ohio floods are not dramatic, but they cause widespread damage. One role of the emergency operations center is to run various management functions, such as finance.

“If it’s a big enough incident, we try to get the finance section up and going as soon as possible so we can track as many expenses as we can,” Galligher said. “If it is a declared disaster, then the federal government requires records of everything. The better records we keep the better it is for everyone.”

Delaware County scales 911 levy back to 0.45 mill Continued from page A1 “Speaking for myself, what I did was look at what was critical,” O’Brien said. “We need to make sure we have the funding to do what is required of 911. The

amount of money raised by the re- general fund or go back to the bal- lic view is that government must looked at again in 2014. tight on our budgeting so we only newal will be sufficient to get us lot again.” be smaller than it has been.

“Collecting that amount of dol- spend on what we need to spend,” through this year and next year, O’Brien said the general pubThe 911 budget will have tobe lars means we will have to be very O’Brien said. with just a small amount from the general fund. After that, the board will need to ... reduce staff, reduce services or take more from the

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Continued from page A1 the costs of disposal significantly by eliminating transportation costs and reducing disposal fees.

The next step in the process will be to conduct a feasibility study to determine what costs would be affected and whether the project makes sense for the city.

“Our goal now is to do a feasibility analysis in the second and third quarters this year,” Stanton said. “It would be a partnership with a private company to construct a biogas renewable energy facility at the wastewater treatment plant.”

If the feasibility study concludes that such a plant would be cost effective, then requests for design and construction proposals would be issued later, Stanton said.

If such a plant is constructed, other treatment facilities might transport their waste to Delaware, resulting in tipping fees for the city, Stanton said.

“Other wastewater plants in the area could send their biosolids here too, and one of the points we could negotiate with the contractor would be for a per ton tipping fee for other counties and cities hauling their sludge into the city facility,” Stanton said.

“They would pay their disposal fees to the contractor, but the city would get a certain number of dollars based on the tonnage brought in from other cities.”

Currently, the city must spend money on labor and electricity to dewater sludge for shipment. With a biogas facility, the sludge could probably be piped from the treatment plant without the expensive dewatering step, Stanton said.

“We dewater it and produce it at 20 percent cake, which takes a lot of labor and electricity,” Stanton said. “If we can pipe it to the facility, we would not need to dewater it as much, which saves on chemical and energy costs here at the plant.”

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Sunbury considers flashing signals in school zones Sunbury Village Council will consider installing flashing signals in school zones.

Village administrator Dave Martin said he and mayor Len

EVENT Continued from page A1 the Big Walnut Area Historical Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

The unit is involved in demonstrations and mock battles, but its larger purpose is education and teaching about the Civil War era, Paul said.

He said his interest in the Civil War stems from his childhood, when one of the items in his household was a Civil War sword.

Paul later learned he is related to Union Gen. Gabriel Paul, who was shot in the head at Gettysburg, but survived and lived another 20 years. Another relative was Union Col. James Paul, who served under Rosecrans and probably was the sword’s original owner.

Paul said the reputation accorded to Grant should have gone to Rosecrans.

Rosecrans “was a terrific general, one of our best, and was nearly president of United States twice,” Paul said. “He formed Ohio’s army and led it into war. ... He set two training camps, Camp Chase in Columbus and Camp Dennison in Cincinnati.

“He did the impossible. He formed an army and marched into West Virginia and saved Ohio from attack. ... He freed West Virginia so it could secede from Virginia.”

Rosecrans is the only leading Union general who has no statue.

Paul attributes this to a legacy that is skewed against Rosecrans, mainly because of what Paul calls the wartime opposition of a political enemy, secretary of war Edwin Stanton. Grant also held a grudge against Rosecrans, Paul said.

Rosecrans led the Yankees at the battle of Chickamauga in northwest Georgia in September 1863.

Union forces accidentally left a large section of the battlefield open, and thousands of Confederates broke through, sending part of Rosecrans’ army in retreat to the west, toward Chattanooga. Union Gen. George Thomas and other troops stayed on the Chickamauga battlefield to hold off the rebels, while Rosecrans went to Chattanooga to organize defenses there.

Thomas became a hero, nicknamed “the rock of Chickamauga,” and Rosecrans — as characterized by most historical accounts — had a public relations disaster on his hands.

Stanton said, “Rosecrans ran away from his fighting men.” Grant ordered Thomas to take over the Army of the Cumberland and Rosecrans was sent to Missouri.

Paul downplays the strategic significance of Chickamauga, calling it “an accidental battle at a creek.” Most history books, he said, overlook the fact that Rosecrans followed the orders he received by keeping the rebels out of Chattanooga, which was a priority for the Union.

Paul said Zanesville sculptor Alan Cottrill, who has built statues around the world, has agreed to sculpt the Rosecrans statue for half his normal fee. The statue will sit on a donated block of granite.

The total project cost is estimated at $80,000.

The Civil War dinner and program will begin at 6 p.m. Tickets are $100 a plate for the evening, with $70 being a tax-free donation for the Rosecrans statue. A silent auction will also be held during the evening. All proceeds from it are a donation to the statue fund.

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When police office Jason Costlow met with Martin a couple of weeks ago, the idea was resurrected.

“Every time the police write a ticket for a violation, someone starts complaining that they didn’t know the restricted hours,” Martin said.

Currently the school zones are

marked with signs indicating a 20 mph speed limit is enforced “during restricted hours.”

Martin said it would be more effective to have flashing lights and signs with “when flashing” instead to help drivers.

“Then there would be no question,” Martin said.

After talking to Costlow, Martin said he looked at projected project costs.

Martin said solar-powered lights

would cost around $2,400 each.

He said Sunbury has 25 possible school zone locations for the signals, but only about 12 installations would really be needed.

“There would be at least four needed around Rosecrans (elementary school), three to four for the new middle school and a couple down on Columbus Street,” Martin said.

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Martin said the lights could be programmed year-round.

“You can set it up for each day there is school and when there isn’t school, the lights wouldn’t come on,” he said.

Martin said the flashing signals would help reduce the number of people who drive too fast in the school zone.

“I think it creates a safer situation,” Martin said.

Costlow couldn’t be reached by press time.

The Feb. 2 village council meeting was canceled because of weather. Council next meets at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9.

Martin said a third of Sunbury village was without electricity on Feb. 2.

He said a few streets were closed for a short time because power lines had fallen onto the pavement.

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Ohio public school districts may get a much needed reprieve on snow days from the General Assembly.

The Ohio Legislature is considering a bill to allow schools to have five canceled, or calamity, days, said state Rep. Casey Kozlowski, of the 99th district. He represents the 99th House District.

For the 2010-11 school year, schools are allowed to have three canceled school days. Any school days canceled after that number must be made up.

As of Feb. 4, Delaware City Schools and the Big Walnut Local School District each have canceled school four times.

House Bill 36, if approved, would increase the number of calamity days from three to five.

It also has an emergency clause that would make it effective immediately, said Kozlowski, whose constituents are in northeast Ohio.

“I have a few school districts that have used six calamity days.

We’ve had a long harsh winter and

we still have the rest of February and March to get through,” Kozlowski said.

Local districts have also reached the maximum of allowable canceled school days.

Though Ohio Department of Education does not have an official count, spokesperson Patrick Gallaway said that the majority of school districts have used their allotment of three calamity days because of the extreme winter Ohio is having.

During Gov. Ted Strickland’s administration, the number of allotted calamity days was gradually decreased, with 2010-11 receiving three.

“One thing to remember is the safety of our children. This bill will allow districts the discretion to use five calamity days. I feel that there could be pressure put on superintendents when making those decisions – extending the school year and making up days on holidays. The five calamity days has worked best for districts and bringing that number back up to five would be suitable,” Kozlowski said.

The bill would allow a district to make up a calamity day by increasing the school day by one half hour increments. It exists in law already, but it can only be used if a district has had nine or more calamity days, Kozlowski said. The bill would allow the method to be used on making up the sixth canceled day.

“Each district is unique and it would give them the local authority to make that decision. The Columbus-knows-best philosophy isn’t what’s always right for these school districts. It gives them that local authority to decide how they would make up a calamity day – whether they want to extend some school, use a holiday or extend the school year.

My goal with this bill is for the school districts to have local control and authority,” Kozlowski said.

Kozlowski said the bill has 22 cosponsors as of Feb. 2, and he said he is hearing a lot of support for it.

The bill is being discussed in committee and is likely to go before the House in February.

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The mysteries of competitive cheerleading: Gimme a ‘why?’! SHARPE’S SHOOTERS I’m about to ask an awkward question, the kind of question that may get other people’s backs up, and maybe even inspire them to e-mail me the kind of messages that will depress me for the rest of the day. Still, I’m going to ask the question anyway, because I’m a journalist, sort of, and as such I’m supposed to ask the awkward questions. (I get extra points if I insert the phrase “as such” while I’m asking them.)

Here’s the question. Well, before I ask it I should say that I saw a photo of a cheerleading squad in a newspaper the other day. The squad was competing in a cheerleading competition, so of course the girls were wearing their extremely cute uniforms with the name of the team on the front. I couldn’t tell by the picture, but I’m guessing they all had their hair fixed in intricate braids and whatnot too. I’ve been in the convention center during cheerleading events, so I’ve seen such teams in person. They all seem to have French braids, fancy hair accessories, and mothers who trail behind, carrying makeup cases and jackets and pulling suitcases on wheels.

Now for my question: Can someone tell me who or what all these cheering squads are cheering for?

I don’t deny they’re fun to watch. I like watching them even when they’re hitting the food court in their warm-up suits and curly ribbons. But it seems to me that cheering squads are like prepositions: they demand an object.

Cheering without a crowd in front of you and a team behind is like taking the dog’s leash for a walk.

What’s the point?

Here I must insert a comment that would begin “In my day” if I weren’t trying very hard to avoid using that phrase. But I can’t help remembering my own high school football and basketball games, during which the cheerleaders would watch the action and introduce cheers at the appropriate times: “Two points! Two points!” when a forward was driving to the basket; “Take, take, take it away!” when the other team’s forward was driving to his basket.

It always was his basket, too, because my day preceded Title IX

by about 15 seconds. When sports are offered only to boys, girls swarm all over what’s left, and what was left in MARGO my high school BARTLETT was cheerleading.

Two squads were chosen each year, one for football and one for basketball. Assuming roughly six girls to a squad – because precise accuracy would mean tracking down my yearbook, and you know what that means: goodbye to the rest of the afternoon – a total of 12 girls got to jump around on a playing field. That’s 12 out of a school whose classes had more than 725 students each. As for the rest of us, well, we were the cheer followers – the ones who leaned to the left, leaned to the right, stood up, sat down and shouted “Fight! Fight!

Fight!” It didn’t feel like much at the time, but now, from the perspective of years, I see that we too were playing important parts in the grand scheme of things. We were lending context; we were giving the cheerleaders a raison d’etre.

Without us, why would they run onto the football field during timeouts to shout out commands such as “Give me a T!”? As the spectators, we were holding up one end of the cheerleaders’platform, while

the players held up the other.

Now consider today’s many cheerleading squads. The names on the fronts of their cute little uniforms aren’t the names of teams or players. They’re just cute names that somebody picked out: the Twinkles. The Sparkles. The Peppy Girls. The Peppier Girls.

And their cheers, when they shout them, don’t go out to athletes on a field where the score is tied near the end of the final period. They don’t unify a stadium full of frantic fans who just don’t know how they can live through the suspense of the next few minutes.

No, they’re just shouting in a convention hall filled with other teams just like them. This would be okay if they were going home at the end of the day to their athletes and their fans, but they aren’t.

What they’re doing here – urging phantom crowds to cheer for phantom teams – is all there is.

“Everybody can use a little cheer in this world,” I hear someone, probably a cheerleader’s mother, saying. I can’t deny that cheer always comes in handy. Is this the way to get it, though – via little girls in kicky uniforms, shouting aimlessly?

Personally, I get a lift when I see boys playing volleyball.

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Events DCBDD to host awards ceremony The Delaware County Board of Developmental Disabilities will host an awards ceremony at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, at the DCBDD building, 7991 U.S. 23 in Lewis Center.

The Kathy VanBuskirk Outstanding Service Award and the Nancy Richards Self Advocate of the Year Award will be presented.

Direct care providers, self advocates and the public are welcome to attend.

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MTSO announces program series Four programs that focus on disabilities and theology are upcoming at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio. Admission is free to all the programs.

Deborah Creamer, author of “Disability and Christian Theology: Embodied Limits and Constructive Possibilities” will speak at MTSO at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 9.

Creamer, associate dean for academic affairs at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, will discuss “Disabilities, Theology and the Church” in MTSO’s Alford Centrum.

MTSO will host a discussion about Creamer’s topic, “Disabilities, Theology and the Church,” at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16, in the Alford Centrum. Featured speakers are the Rev. Robert Molsberry, who leads the Ohio Conference of the United Church of Christ as conference minister, and Scott Lissner, ADA coordinator for the Ohio State University.

Molsberry, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver and left paraplegic in 1997, wrote the books “Blindsided by Grace: Entering the World of Disability” and “Tour de Faith: A Cyclist’s Lessons for Living.”

The discussion “Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities, Theology and the Church” will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 23 in MTSO’s Alford Centrum. Fea-

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The program “Mental Illness, Theology and the Church” will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, in the Alford Centrum.

Featured speakers are Beth Lauer of the Delaware and Morrow Counties chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and Megan Coggins, a MTSO senior who is a disability and mental health advocate.

OWU program targets sustainability Ohio Wesleyan University and the citizen group Sustainable Delaware will sponsor the Sustainability Film Series, a free program of films and panel discussions about sustainable living.

The program begins at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16, in OWU’s Schimmel/Conrades Science Center, 90 S. Henry St. Free parking is available in the Selby Field parking lot.

Laurie Anderson, an OWU faculty member and the Sustainability Task Force chairwoman, will moderate a panel discussion with professional organizer Lauren Ashley of An Organized Home; Delaware city public works director Tim Browning; St. Mary’s Green Team and Sustainable Delaware member Jerry Geist; OWU Sustainability Task Force student representative Veronica Malencia; and Tom Wolber of the OWU faculty, a member of the Sustainability Task Force, Sustainable Delaware and the Delaware Shade Tree Commission.

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Event Pancake Breakfast, sponsored by the Delaware Lions Club, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at Dempsey Middle School, Pennsylvania and Troy roads. Crafts and baked goods will be for sale. Tickets are $5. Children younger than 5 are free.

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Meetings Public Employee Retirees Inc., Delaware Chapter, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 7, at the Council for Older Adults, 800 Cheshire Road. The program will be a legislative update. Call John McDavid at (740) 625-5979.

Stratford Ecological Center, 3083 Liberty Road For more information on the following programs, to register or to volunteer, call (740) 363-2548 or e-mail treebeing@ aol.com (registrations) or SECVolunteer@aol.com (volunteers) or SECEarthShare@ aol.com.

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• Maple sugar tour guides: Training will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18 for both new and experienced guides, who will help with field trips in February and March. Call SEC to register.

• Maple sugar season helpers: Volunteers will assist with tapping, hauling and cooking.

• Farm and nature guides: Volunteers will guide small groups of children on “learning adventures” at SEC. Farm and nature guide training will be offered in two parts: from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16; and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18.

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Preservation Parks Preservation Parks of Delaware County For information, visit www. preservationparks.com or call (740) 524-8600. Children ages 8 through 12 are invited to join Preservation Parks naturalists for a one-day • Presidents Day Nature Camp, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Feb. 21. Spend the day at Deer Haven Preserve, 4183 Liberty Road, learning about the natural world through games, activities and hikes. Cost is $15, and registration and payment are due by Feb. 7. Visit www.preservationparks. com for the registration form.

• Register for Build-A-Box Workshops. Learn how to build bird boxes in two separate programs. Building a box for bluebirds will be taught from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 24; building a box for robins, phoebes and barn swallows will be taught from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on March 3. Both programs will be at Deer Haven Preserve, 4183 Liberty Road.

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Church news ‘Truth Project’ coming to SUMC Sunbury United Methodist Church will offer The Truth Project from 6 to 8 p.m. on consecutive Sundays, beginning Feb. 13.

An introductory meeting will be held at 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 6, in the church sanctuary.

This meeting offers more information about the series and is optional.

Produced by Focus on the Family, The Truth Project is a DVD-based small-group curriculum described as a starting point for looking at life from a biblical perspective.

The programs are open to the public; you do not have to be a member of the church to attend. Child care will be provided for each lesson.

For more information about The Truth Project, contact the church office at (740) 965-3813 or visit www.sunburyumc. org.

The following programs are offered at the Community Library, 44 Burrer Drive in Sunbury, unless noted. For information, call (740) 965-3901 or visit community.lib.oh.us. Library hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

February is Library Lovers month. Patrons can take part in separate weekly drawings for adults and children, as well as enter to win a special grand prize drawing of a romantic dinner for two at Bob Evans restaurant on state Route 37.

• Wii’re Gaming! Wii games will be played from 3 to 4:30 p.m. every Tuesday, beginning Feb. 8. No registration required; free.

• Music therapy program, 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 10. Music therapist Cindy Nawar, who earned her bachelor’s in music therapy at Otterbein College (now University) and music therapy credentials at Ohio University will discuss music therapy’s benefits for children and adults with special needs. Children are welcome – “musical fun” will be part of the program. Registration is required; program is free.

• Manga and Anime 101 for teens and adults. 1 to 2 p.m. each second Saturday. The next program is Feb. 12. Learn to draw and animate Manga drawings.

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Delaware Hayes Roundup

Girls team expecting sectional success

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Delaware Hayes High School swimming coach Bill Rietz expects a better performance from his girls team at the Division I sectional on Saturday, Feb. 12, at Thomas Worthington.

The Pacers scored just 45 points in last year’s sectional to finish ninth of 14 teams as Olentangy Liberty won (215).

Delaware had seven events qualify for district.

“Based on district-qualifying times

from last year, I think we could easily have 12 to 15 swims at district on the girls side (this year),” Rietz said. “That would be a tremendous sectional for us.

I also think we have a chance to qualify for state in, maybe, up to five events.”

The Pacers have recorded times that are among the area’s best in six events.

District qualifiers will include the top two finishers in each event at Thomas, as well as the Upper Arlington sectional. Additionally, 26 at-large berths will be awarded in each event based on times from Thomas, UA and two other sec-

tionals. The district meet is Feb. 18-19 at Ohio State.

Pacers swimmers who competed at district last season include seniors Abby Hoovler (200-yard individual medley) and Abby Kremer (200 freestyle), junior Jessica Ward (100 backstroke) and sophomore Lindsey Norris (100 butterfly). Those swimmers and sophomore Susan Thomson also competed in all three relays.

None qualified for state, although Ward barely missed as a freshman and sophomore. She swam the 24th-fastest

100 back district time (1 minute, 0.14 seconds) in the state last season but was not one of the 24 state qualifiers because a competitor from the Northeast District earned an automatic spot despite a slower time.

As a freshman, Ward finished the 100 fly in 59.98 at district and missed a state berth by 0.64 of a second.

“I think we can do really well as a team in the sectional and district,” Ward said. “We’ve got a number of individuals who can make it to district and all three relays, too. We’re excited to see

what we can do.”

In the Division I area honor roll released Feb. 1, freshman Brittany Puthoff had the second-best time in the 100 breast (1:07.23), which also was the ninth-best time in the state.

Ward was ranked ninth in the area in the 100 back (1:01.29) and 10th in the 100 fly (1:00.32). The Pacers also were third in the 200 medley relay (1:52.0), ninth in the 400 free relay (3:50.24) and 10th in the 200 free relay (1:45.50).

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Signing Day

Eagles announce college decisions

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Three Big Walnut High School seniors finalized their college decisions last week, as Matt Brown signed to play football at Dayton, Julia Evans signed to play soccer at High Point (N.C.) and Jacob Walaszek committed to play football at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Brown and Walaszek helped the Golden Eagles’ football team reach a Division II regional final last season before losing to Uniontown Lake 42-14 to finish 10-3. Seeded fifth in Region 7, Big Walnut defeated fourth-seeded Canal Winchester 44-20 in the first round of the playoffs and upset top-seeded MarionFranklin ranked first in the final state poll — 24-12 in a regional semifinal before falling to third-seeded Lake.

The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Brown was a starter on the offensive and defensive lines. He was named special mention allstate and first-team all-district on defense and first-team allOCC-Capital Division. He narrowed his college choices to Dayton, Butler, Ohio University and Toledo before choosing the Flyers the day before his signing on Feb. 2, which was National Signing Day. Dayton is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) school and a member of the Pioneer League.

“I went there a couple weeks ago and liked everything I saw,” Brown said. “They have a great football program and they have a great engineering school, so it fits perfectly with what I want to major in.”

Brown, who had 85 tackles, including 10 sacks, last season, expects to play defensive tackle or defensive end at Dayton. “(The coaches) said they will try me at both positions,” he said.

“I just want to play as much as I can in college.”

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Big Walnut’s Grant Beam goes up for a shot against Olentangy’s Stephen Walczak on Dec. 29. The Golden Eagles were 5-9 overall and 3-7 in the OCC-Capital before playing Delaware on Feb. 4.

Big Walnut Roundup

Boys squad focusing on postseason

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At a glance

are the recent results and coming sched- 2,323-1,580. Codey Ashbaugh had a 458 series.

With the OCC-Capital Division cham- Below ules for the Big Walnut boys basketball, girls bas- Feb. 3 — Boys: Def. Olentangy Orange 2,551pionship well out of reach, the Big Wal- ketball, bowling, gymnastics and wrestling teams: 1,971. Tyler Fifer had a 447 series; Girls: Lost nut High School boys basketball team has BOYS BASKETBALL to Orange 1,628-1,445. Samantha Humphries had a 330 series. shifted its focus to the Division II district *Jan. 28 — Lost to Hilliard Bradley 61-59.

Feb. 4 — Competed against Thomas *Feb. 4 — Played Delaware Hayes tournament.

Feb. 10 — Walnut Ridge at Eastland Lanes *Feb. 8 — Home vs.

New Albany.

Big Walnut lost The Golden Eagles were 5-9 overall to the Eagles 39-35 on Jan. 3.

Feb. 12 — Sectional tournament at Eastland and 3-7 in the OCC-Capital before play- *Feb. 11 — Home vs. Mount Vernon. Big Walnut Lanes, Tiki Lanes or Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl. Sectional draw is Sunday, Feb. 6. ing Delaware on Feb. 4. lost to the Yellow Jackets 54-28 on Jan. 7.

They were 0-6 against Buckeye Valley, Of note: The Golden Eagles were 5-9 overall and Of note: The boys were 10-4 overall before Feb. 4 and finished 2-3 in the OCC. The girls were 0Delaware, Mount Vernon, New Albany 3-7 in the OCC-Capital before Feb. 4.

11 before Feb. 4 and finished 0-5 in the OCC. GIRLS BASKETBALL and Olentangy Orange before their sec*OCC-Cardinal contest Feb. 1 — Game vs. Olentangy postponed ond league matchup against Delaware. *Feb. 4 — Played Delaware GYMNASTICS Those five opponents were a combined *Feb. 8 — At New Albany. Big Walnut defeated Feb. 5 — Competed against Delaware, Olentangy, Olentangy Liberty and Orange the Eagles 43-32 on Jan. 3.

57-15 before Feb. 4.

Coach Mike DeLaney believes his *Feb. 11 — At Mount Vernon. Big Walnut de- Feb. 12 — OCC-Capital meet at Kilbourne feated the Yellow Jackets 58-36 on Jan. 7. team’s schedule should help it in the tour- Of note: The Golden Eagles were 11-5 overall and WRESTLING *Feb. 3 — Lost to Mount Vernon 36-32 nament, which starts Feb. 22.

7-4 in the OCC-Capital before Feb. 4.

Feb. 5 — Competed at Watkins Memorial “As difficult as the schedule we play *OCC-Capital contest *Feb. 9 — At Bradley Feb. 12 — Home vs. Granville is, there’s not a big margin for error,” De- BOWLING Laney said. “(The players) hopefully rec- Jan. 28 — Boys: Defeated Worthington Christian *OCC-Capital contest ognize what our schedule will do for us Before playing Delaware on Feb. 4, Big Three of its losses in that span were by in the Division II tournament. We’ll be See SIGNINGS, page A8 prepared to play anybody.”

Walnut was 3-5 in its previous eight games. four points or fewer — 39-35 to New Al-

bany on Jan. 3, 44-42 to Buckeye Valley on Jan. 12 and 61-59 to Hilliard Bradley on Jan. 28.

In their first meeting against Bradley on Dec. 17, the Golden Eagles lost 6041.

“I definitely think we’re playing better,” DeLaney said.

“The last five or six games, we’ve been playing a lot better,” junior guard Tyler Beam said. “I don’t know what really turned it around, but we’re playing good defense and we’re shooting better.”

DeLaney said the Golden Eagles will be tested in their home games against New Albany on Tuesday, Feb. 8, and Mount Vernon on Friday, Feb. 11. The latter game could prove to be quite telling as to how much the Golden Eagles have improved, as they lost to Mount Vernon 54-28 on Jan. 7.

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PACERS Continued from page A7 Delaware tuned up for the postseason by finishing second in the OCC-Capital meet, which concluded Jan. 29 at New Albany.

The host Eagles won (343), with the Pacers (268) finishing ahead of Olentangy Orange (174), Mount Vernon (155), Hilliard Bradley (114), Big Walnut (112) and Watkins Memorial (98).

Franklin Heights did not compete.

Delaware, which does not have a diver, won five events and New Albany won six.

League champions were Ward in the 100 fly (1:02.57) and 100 back (1:01.81), Puthoff in the 200 free (2:03.63) and the 100 breaststroke (1:07.95) and freshman Regan DeWitt in the 500 freestyle (5:39.08).

The Pacers also won the 200 medley relay as Ward, Puthoff, Norris and DeWitt finished in 1:54.86.

Runner-up finishes were by DeWitt in the 200 IM (2:25.11), Norris in the 100 fly (1:03.60) and the 400 free relay (3:49.93) of Ward, DeWitt, Kremer and Puthoff.

The boys swimming and diving team did not win an event in the OCC-Capital meet, but the Pacers finished second (285) to New Albany (432).

Mount Vernon (166), Orange (119), Watkins Memorial (74), Big Walnut (60) and Bradley (42) followed. Franklin Heights does not have a team.

“I think it was kind of ironic that the girls and boys both finished second, but the boys didn’t win an event,” Rietz said. “It would’ve been nice for the girls to win the title, but we started in like a 45-point hole because New Albany had three divers in like the top five or six places and we have no divers on the girls side. But the boys did what they had to do and scored as well as the girls.”

Finishing second for the boys

At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Hayes boys basketball, girls basketball, bowling, gymnastics, swimming & diving and wrestling teams, as well as the Delaware club hockey team: BOYS BASKETBALL *Jan. 28 — Def. Watkins Memorial 75-45. Matt Bingaya scored 23 points, Jacob Bosiokovic had 11 and both Mike Wells and Zach Parsons added 10. Delaware led 23-9 after one quarter and 45-20 at halftime. *Feb. 4 — Played Big Walnut Feb. 7 — At Pickerington Central in makeup from Feb. 1 *Feb. 8 — At Hilliard Bradley *Feb. 11 — At New Albany Of note: The Pacers were 10-5 overall and 7-3 in the OCC-Capital before Feb. 4.

GIRLS BASKETBALL *Jan. 28 — Def. Watkins Memorial 63-31. Caroline Welker scored 21 points, Cindy Bowman had 13 and Corsica Barber added 11.

Feb. 1 — Game against Dublin Jerome postponed because of bad weather.

Makeup on Feb. 2 also was postponed. *Feb. 4 — Played Big Walnut *Feb. 8 — Home vs. Hilliard Bradley *Feb. 11 — Home vs. New Albany in regular-season finale Of note: The Pacers were 10-6 overall and 6-5 in the OCC-Capital before Feb. 4. *OCC-Capital game BOWLING *Jan. 28 — Boys: Lost to Westerville North 2,348-1,974. Josh Jones had a 371 to lead the Pacers. Girls: Def. Westerville North 1,607-1,502. Ashleigh Keller (325) and Katie Fleming (321) led the Pacers. *Feb. 4 — Competed against Westerville Central in regular-season finale in makeup from Jan. 21 Of note: The boys team was 4-11 overall and 0-4 in the OCC-Cardinal before Feb. 4. The girls team was 6-9 over-

team were freshman Skyler Pollock in the 500 free (5:45.79) and senior Eric Berry in diving (312 points). The Pacers also were runners-up in the 200 free relay (1:41.01) with Nate Planisek, Spencer Deighton, Charlie Darrough and Anthony Sanfillipo, as well as the 400 free relay (3:38.72) with Cameron Hackett, Sanfillipo, Joel Simpson and Planisek.

Berry (seventh, 198.95 points) was the only Pacers athlete among the top 10 in the area honor roll.

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No makeup has been announced.

Feb. 5 — Competed at Olentangy Orange Feb. 12 — OCC-Capital meet at Worthington Kilbourne SWIMMING & DIVING Jan. 28-29 — Boys: Finished second (285) in OCC-Capital meet behind host New Albany (432); Girls: Finished second (268) behind New Albany (343) Feb. 5 — Competed against Mansfield in regular-season finale Feb. 12 — Division I sectional at Thomas Worthington WRESTLING *Feb. 3 — Lost to Hilliard Bradley 5418 Feb. 5 — Competed in home Tony Rieman Invitational Feb. 11 — Bobcat Duals at Kent State against Dublin Coffman and Gahanna in final regular-season event Of note: The Pacers finished 1-6 in OCC-Capital duals. The Division I district draw was Jan. 30. The Pacers will compete Feb. 19 in the sectional at Marysville. *OCC-Capital match CLUB HOCKEY *Jan. 28 — Lost to PRPC 10-0 *Jan. 29 — Lost to Newark 8-1. Jordan Tank scored off an assist from Philip Anderson and Nick Krave made 38 saves. *Feb. 5 — Westerville at Chiller North *Feb. 6 — Hilliard at Chiller Dublin *Feb. 11 — PRPC at Chiller Easton *Feb. 13 — Northeast at Chiller North in regular-season finale Of note: The Tribe was 2-22 overall and 0-20 in the GCHSCHL before Feb. 5. *GCHSCHL game

36 points to finish 11th of 14 teams in the sectional as host Thomas (202) topped New Albany (195) for the team title.

Hoping to return to district are senior Planisek, who competed last season in the 200 IM, 100 breast, 200 medley relay and 200 free relay, as well as sophomores Hackett (200 IM) and Thomas Lenhart (100 back). Simpson, a senior, also competed in relays at district. bemerine@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

GOLDEN EAGLES Continued from page A7 play the way we’re capable of playing, those (two) teams have the ability to take advantage of us.”

Beam considers the game against Mount Vernon to be a measuring stick.

“I think any time you play a team a second time, you look to see how much you’ve improved,” he said.

Through 14 games, Beam was leading the team in scoring, averaging 13.1 points. Sophomore forward Seth Myers was second, averaging 8.8 points, followed by junior guard Grant Beam (7.5), senior forward Joel Craig (7.4) and junior forward Seth Wandling (6.8).

•The swimming teams will spend this week preparing for the sectional meets, which will be held Saturday, Feb. 12, at Thomas Worthington.

The boys team will be one of only two Division II teams competing at the site. As a result, there are no automatic berths to the district meet on Feb. 18 at Ohio State. Twenty-seven at-large district berths for each event will be awarded based on times from the three Central District sectional sites, the East District sectional and the Southeast District sectional.

Competing at district last season were sophomore Carson Chatterton in the 100-yard butterfly (1 minute, 3.3 seconds, 29th) and Chatterton, senior Kevin Meyer, 2010 graduate Andrew Myers and Drew Merry in the 200 freestyle relay (1:44.96, 26th) and 400 free relay (3:58.15, 25th). Merry, a sophomore, did not return this season.

The girls team will be one of

15 Division I teams competing at the sectional site. The top two finishers in each event automatically qualify for the district meet on Feb. 19. In addition, 26 atlarge district berths for each event will be awarded based on times from the two Central District sectional sites, the East District sectional and the Southeast District sectional.

Competing at district last season was the 200 medley relay of sophomore Natalie Chatterton, 2010 graduate Kayla Chatterton, senior Marybeth Stefaniak and senior Kelsey Peterson (2:13.77, 27th).

Coach Andy Chatterton believes the Golden Eagles could have more district qualifiers this season.

“We have a lot of opportunities to get some people to districts,” he said.

Among those who coach Chatterton believes will contend for a district berth are Carson Chatterton (100 fly), Natalie Chatterton (50 free, 100 fly), sophomore Aria Dockham (500 free), freshman Jessica Osburn (100 breaststroke), junior Emily Petty (100 breast) and Peterson (100 free) as well as at least one relay for the girls team.

“We are going to try to get more than just one relay to districts,” coach Chatterton said.

“I’m not sure yet if (the girls) will focus on three relays and one individual event or two relays and two individual events.”

No matter what unfolds at sectional, coach Chatterton is pleased with how much his swimmers have improved this season.

“All the kids have burned 10, 15 seconds off of their times (since the start of the season),” he said. “It’s much better than I

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As a final tune-up for the postseason, Big Walnut competed in the OCC-Capital meet that concluded Jan. 29 at New Albany.

The boys team scored 60 points to place sixth behind New Albany (432), Delaware (285), Mount Vernon (166), Olentangy Orange (119) and Watkins Memorial (74) and ahead of Bradley (42). The girls team also placed sixth, scoring 112 points to finish behind New Albany (343), Delaware (268), Orange (174), Mount Vernon (155) and Bradley (114) and ahead of Watkins Memorial (98).

The Golden Eagles did not have any top-three finishers. Placing fourth were the boys medley relay of Meyer, sophomore Sean Conley, Carson Chatterton and freshman Joel Windle (2:07.65), the girls 200 free relay of Peterson, freshman Michelle Stefaniak, Osburn and Natalie Chatterton (1:53.04) and the girls 400 free relay of Peterson, Michelle Stefaniak, Osburn and Chatterton (4:11.03). Peterson finished fifth in the 100 free (59.33) and 200 free (2:10.85), and Osburn was fifth in the 100 breast (1:19.91).

“They did real well,” coach Chatterton said of his swimmers’ performances at the league meet.

“It was a good showing.”

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Area participants in the 9to 10-year-old girls division included: •Esther Lawrence (Sunbury): 50 free (second, 32.73); 50 back

(first, 37.43); 50 breast (second, 44.39); 100 free (seventh, 1:19.61); 200 IM (fourth, 3:29.99) •Bridget Parker (Delaware): 50 free (38.64); 50 back (47.11); 50 breast (53.78); 50 fly (52.56) •Rachel Raque (Galena): 50 free (38.08); 50 back (ninth, 43.20); 100 IM (1:36.49); 50 breast (eighth, 48.00); 100 free

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SIGNINGS Continued from page A7 ered at the Red Devils’ 7-yard line. Three plays later, running back Joey Johnson scored on a 1-yard run and quarterback Tyler Beam ran for the two-point conversion to put Big Walnut ahead 18-12.

“He’s definitely one of those kids who walked onto the field and didn’t come off until the game was over,” coach Joe Weaver said of Brown. “I can see him playing as a defensive end (at Dayton). ... He isn’t real big, but the kid is a bull. He’s very strong, very powerful and he has a good first step.”

The 6-1, 220-pound Walaszek also was a two-way starter for the Golden Eagles as a fullback and linebacker. He rushed for 590 yards and 13 touchdowns on 124 carries last season and, according to Weaver, led the team with 156 tackles.

Walaszek, who made secondteam all-state and first-team alldistrict on defense and first-team all-league, chose Air Force — a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly I-A) school and member of the Mountain West Conference — over Albany and Butler as well as some Division II schools.

“Air Force has everything,” Walaszek said. “The facilities are top of the line and a term they use is, ‘You’re set for life’ (if you attend the military academy), and that’s something I couldn’t pass up.

“The football is great in the Mountain West and the education you get there is second to none.”

Walaszek, who has yet to re-

ceive his appointment from Air Force, has no concerns about fulfilling his military service.

“The service you do is a job,” he said. “You work on an Air Force base. In this economy, finding a job is difficult when you’re 22. I’m guaranteed a job for five years. Another thing I like about (serving in the Air Force) is the travel. You can be stationed anywhere around the world, and I’ve always wanted to travel.”

Weaver was impressed with Walaszek’s dedication and work ethic.

“Those are the two things that come to mind,” Weaver said.

“He’s a kid who is as committed to Big Walnut and Big Walnut football as anybody. ... He has a great nose for the ball and a great motor and he can get from sideline to sideline. He had a heck of an offensive year for us, too, at fullback.

“The No. 1 thing that every kid has to adjust to in Division I or II or whatever college level you’ll be playing is playing against the best of the best and the speed of the game. The good thing about Air Force is that their freshmen play for their prep team, which plays other prep teams. I think that will help with his acclimation.”

Evans received a scholarship offer from High Point — a Division I school and member of the Big South Conference — after attending a soccer camp at the university last June. She verbally committed to the Panthers soon afterward.

“I am so excited to go there and go down south, and I love the girls there,” she said. “They

gave us a tour and I loved the campus and they have a really good education program, and that’s my major. It all kind of fit together.”

Evans was a four-year letterwinner and three-time all-league player as a forward with the Golden Eagles. She finished her prep career with 35 goals, including eight last season when Big Walnut went 4-9-4 overall.

Evans is proud that she received a scholarship despite not playing at the club level throughout high school.

“Everyone told me I wouldn’t play soccer in college because I don’t play club soccer,” said Evans, who plans to play with Ohio Premier this spring.

“It does feel good to prove those people wrong.”

Although Evans was a forward throughout her prep career, she may play defense for High Point.

“I played a little defense at their camp, so I’m not sure where I’ll play,” she said. “Honestly, wherever I can help the team the most, I’ll play.”

“When she came down to our camp, she had a fantastic showing,” High Point coach Marty Beall said. “That’s why we offered her a scholarship right after the camp. We liked her versatility and her competitive fire.

Coming into the preseason, we’re looking at her at outside back, but that doesn’t mean she won’t play forward. But we like to have attack-minded players all over the field, even on defense, and Julia’s that type of player.” pdolan@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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