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February 10, 2011

Council hears overview of finances

By ALAN FROMAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers Members of Grandview Heights City Council heard an overview of the city’s current finances and projections of the outlook for the next few years Feb. 5 from finance director Bob Dvoraczky.

Dvoraczky presented his report during council’s annual retreat. The information was requested by council members.

The original general fund appropriation for the 2010 budget was about $9.5million, Dvoraczky said. Additional ap-

propriations made during the year brought the total council-approve appropriations for the year to about $9.8-million.

Working with the administration and department heads, “we’ve been very successful the last two years at not having to do (many) supplemental appropriations,” he said.

The original 2010 budget included anticipated revenues of about $8.5 million, for an anticipated loss of slightly more than $1 million, Dvoraczky said.

However, the actual figures for 2010, as of Dec. 31, showed total expenditures of just under $8.9-million, with revenue

for the year totaling about $8,000 more than anticipated in the original budget, Dvoraczky said.

The actual loss for the year ended up at $350,675, “quite a bit better than we originally thought,” he said.

The city’s income tax revenue fell about $331,000 below what was projected in the original budget, mainly because of the economy, Dvoraczky said.

The city received more than expected in revenue from state shared taxes and permits, largely due to a one-time estate tax payment of $150,000.

Among the reasons for the lower than

anticipated expenditures was the continuing vacancy in the fire marshal and service director positions, not replacing a police officer who left mid-year and police overtime totaling $50,000 less than budgeted.

City departments also delayed projects, maintenance and various purchases, saving about $132,000, Dvoraczky said.

The 2011 budget council passed last month has a general fund totaling a little more than $9.5-million which “is basically the same” as the original appropriation for 2010, he said.

Bowman: EYES ON THE PRIZE city to proceed with plans on Oakland

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Mayor, council review goals for 2011 at retreat

By ALAN FROMAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers Oakland Avenue residents were reassured Feb. 7

by Patrik Bowman, director of administration/economic development, that the city intends to proceed with installing traffic calming elements on their street.

The residents attended the Grandview Heights City Council meeting that night to express their concern that a petition asking the city not to raise any portion of Oakland Avenue for traffic calming purposes might lead the city to forego its plans to address the issue of speeding on the road.

“We want some type of speed calming device,” said Oakland AvPatrik Bowman enue resident Michael Hughes.

“We’re open to something. We’re not open to nothing.”

One Oakland Avenue resident is opposed to plans to place a traffic calming device near the middle school because it is near their house and cars traveling over the device would make some noise, Hughes said.

But the real issue is the safety of children coming and going from the school versus noise, and safety should be the most important concern, he said.

The city, which has received nearly $975,000 from the Ohio Public Works Commission for the Oakland Avenue improvement project, has put the project out for bids, Bowman said.

To address the issue of speeding, the plan remains to install a raised crosswalk to replace the existing crosswalk at the southernmost driveway to the middle school, he said.

Plans also call for the installation of extended curbing farther down Oakland, which will serve to narrow the roadway, Bowman said.

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The city had a cash balance of slightly more than $3-million at the end of 2010, Dvoraczky said.

Assuming a worse-case scenario in which the estate tax revenue is eliminated and there is a 50 percent reduction in local government funding from the state, the cash balance is projected to be a little more than $2-million at the end of 2011, he said.

Under that scenario, the balance would fall to about $1.4-million at the end of 2012 and to an estimated $840,718 at

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Vikram Srikonda, 5, of Grandview Heights, gets ready to take a shot as fellow resident Whitney Jones, also 5, looks from behind. They were participating in drills during the “kinderhoops” basketball clinic at Grandview Heights Middle School on Feb. 5.

Grandview Heights City Council set goals for 2011 Feb. 5 at its annual retreat.

Mayor Ray DeGraw also reviewed for council a list of projects the administration would like to complete or make progress on over the next year.

The list of projects on tap for 2011 include contract negotiations with the police officers’ union, now under way, and with the firefighters beginning in the fall, Ray DeGraw DeGraw said.

Other major efforts in the coming year will include improvements to Oakland Avenue, negotiating a water contract with the city of Columbus, the start of planning for an update of the intersection at U.S. Route 33 and Grandview Avenue, a water line study, a street review and setting of priorities for street improvements and the extension of Yard Street to Third Avenue, he said.

Council can expect legislation regarding a number of these and other projects during the year, DeGraw said.

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Local man helps support Bolivian wildlife reserve

By ALAN FROMAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers When Grandview resident Joe Lowe first laid eyes on the Northern Tiquipaya Municipal Wildlife Reserve (NTWR) in the eastern Andes of central Bolivia, he was overwhelmed by its beauty.

“It was like something I could only have seen in a dream,” he said. “It was so beautiful, it was almost surreal.”

From 2003 to 2005, Lowe had worked as a national resource management volunteer with the Peace Corps in Bolivia, but he didn’t get a chance to visit the reserve until he made a return trip to the country in 2007.

“To get to the reserve, you travel on a dirt road up the mountain, then you descend again and suddenly, the horizon opens up in front of you,” he said.

“You can see so far ahead. It’s spectacular.”

Lowe said he has been interest in nature since he was a child. He has worked nine years on wilder-

ness crews with the National Park and Forest Service and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in natural resources at Ohio State.

Last year, Lowe organized a trip to the wildlife reserve to help support the eco-tourism efforts of the local Andean communities.

Upon their return, he and another central Ohio resident who went on the trip decided to collaborate with some of the reserve managers in Bolivia and started Yunga Perdida, a nonprofit organization working to support the reserve and promote the ecotourism industry that has been created around it.

“Our mission is to make sure they are viable long-term,” Lowe said. “What I worry about is that the people who built the eco-lodge there may be disappointed about their eco-tourism efforts, because not too many people know about it yet.”

The concern is that these people — many of whom are herders and farmers — may end up giving up

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By ALAN FROMAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Grandview Heights Public Library Foundation will hold its second “Book Bash” fundraiser Feb. 28 to benefit the library endowment fund.

The event will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at the library, 1685 W. First Ave. The evening will include heavy hors d’oeuvres and desserts, a cash bar with one complimentary beverage per person and music by Dean Marcellana and Clave Sonic. A raffle will also be held.

The suggested donation to attend the Book Bash is $40 in advance and $45 at the door for individuals and $75 in advance and $85 at the door for couples.

The deadline for advanced registration is Feb. 17. RSVPs can be sent to foundation@ghpl.org.

Checks payable to “GLEF” should be sent care of Book Bash, 1685 W. First Ave., Columbus 43212.

“Last year’s Book Bash was very successful and we’re hoping to have an even bigger turnout this year,” said Jeri Diehl Cusack, development officer for the foundation.

The Book Bash “is less formal than the Education Foundation’s gala that was just held,” Cusack said. “It’s sort of a ‘casual chic dress’event.

“It’s designed to be an open house. You can

drop in at any time between 7 and 10 p.m.,” she said. “If you want to come for an hour, that’s fine or you can stay for the whole evening.”

The foundation has seven members, three of whom are also members of the library’s board of trustees, Cusack said.

The foundation oversees the growth and expenditures of the endowment fund, which is administered through the Columbus Foundation, she said.

The endowment fund was established in 1993 and serves to provide funding for projects and expenses not covered by the library’s budget, Cusack said.

Recent expenditures from the fund paid for landscaping at the library’s new auxiliary parking lot and help funded the online Homework Help service available on the library’s website, she said.

“Our goal right now is to get the endowment fund up to $1-million, so we’re trying to minimize our expenditures,” Cusack said. “We’re getting there little by little. But when the library has a project or program that needs to be done, the endowment fund can help.

“We were really fortunate that (former library executive director) Carol Pelz suggested creating the fund back in 1993,” Cusack said. “Back then it was necessary, but now it’s critical” given the cutbacks in state funding for libraries.

the end of 2013, Dvoraczky said.

The city’s sources of revenue dedicated to capital improvements include 50 percent of the new hotel tax for the parks and recreation improvement fund; 5 percent of all income tax revenue; .25 of inside millage dedicated to the parks fund and 70 percent of net collections from EMS charges.

The balance in the city’s general improvement fund stands at $452,317, Dvoraczky said. An additional $348,000 is expected to be added to the fund each of the next three years.

The parks fund currently totals $19,412 and $129,500 is expected to be added each of the next three years, he said.

The hotel tax coming from the Hyatt Place hotel in the Grandview Yard development is expected to generate $144,000 each of the next three years, Dvoraczky said. Fifty percent of the tax revenue goes to the parks fund, 25 percent goes to the city’s general fund and 25 percent is ear-

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RETREAT in various categories, including business and marketing, facilities and planning, legislative, Grandview Yard, Parks and Recreation and cost and service sharing.

“The most pressing issues we have are legislative,” DeGraw said.

Grandview and other municipalities are facing the possibility the state will reduce city revenue sharing and eliminate the estate tax, he said.

Those actions “would impact us greatly,” DeGraw said.

Central Ohio mayors have held an initial meeting to begin discussing a joint lobbying effort and are looking at ways communities can work together to reduce costs, he said.

That effort could include everything “from buying toilet paper together to forming regional type of operations in some areas,” DeGraw said.

In the area of business and marketing, there is a plan to create a convention and visitors bureau in Grandview, he said. The chamber of commerce would take a leading role in that effort.

The mayor said he would like to form a community group to look at the city’s short- and longterm capital and facility needs.

One need is to add a multi-purpose room at the Grandview Center, he said.

A preliminary zoning district document for the Grandview Yard project area will be reviewed by the planning commission, DeGraw said. Once the commission completes its review, a recommended final zoning plan will be forwarded to council.

A number of parks and recreation improvement projects are needed, he said, and consideration should be given to seeking a bond to help pay for the projects.

The parks advisory board is coordinating a plan for a new multipurpose building at Pierce Field, DeGraw said. If sufficient funding is found, the project could begin in the fall.

Other potential improvements at Pierce include a lease/purchase of new field lighting, equipment

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upgrades and other improvements, he said.

The city will be pursuing grant opportunities to continue its effort to improve the drainage at Wyman Woods, DeGraw said.

Other needed projects at Wyman include improvements to the parking lot and driveway, an upgrade to the shelter house and playground improvements.

Renovations are also needed at the municipal pool and improvements are needed at McKinley Field, he said.

City council held its annual goal-setting session as part of the retreat.

Council reviewed the progress made on the goals set at last year’s retreat and set a number of new goals for 2011.

The goals were divided in immediate goals that can be addressed in three to six months, short-term goals, that can be ad-

dressed in six to 12 months and long-term goals that will take a year or more to accomplish.

The immediate goals include: • Appointing a council member to serve as a legislative liaison and monitoring state funding issues.

• Discussing the best and preferred practices for the legislation coming to council.

• Addressing the parks and recreation needs, including projects and seeking grant opportunities.

• Appointing a council member to serve as a liaison to the Grandview Heights City School District.

Short-term goals include reviewing policies and goals for city finances, addressing issues relating to Grandview Yard and working on a master plan for crosswalks and intersection improvements.

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Oakland’s width will be narrowed from 27 to 25-1/2 feet, he said. Parking will be remain on the east side of the street, and the parking area will be restriped. New signage will also be installed and larger street trees will be planted.

If it turns out the raised crosswalk and curbing do not address the problem of speeding, placing speed humps on the roadway would be considered, Bowman said, although he said he does not prefer that option.

The city will review the bids it receives for the project next week and the details of the final plan for the project will be determined then, he said.

Work on the project would not begin until after the school year ends, Bowman said.

Other planned improvements for Oakland include the rehabilitation of the street pavement and curb, installing a new sidewalk on the west side of the street and a new multi-purpose path on the east side, the installation of new water lines and improvements to the storm sewer system.

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marked for a convention and visitors bureau that is expected to be created.

The hotel tax generated $38,824 during the last three months of 2010 after the Hyatt Place’s opening, he said.

The question is should this data be alarming, Dvoraczky said.

“You’d expect me to say yes,” but actually, his answer is no, he said.

First, “I would sound the alarm” if the reality of city finances ends up not following the scenario he has presented, Dvoraczky said.

He is also confident department heads and the administration would act wisely if the alarm was sounded, he said.

And, Dvoraczky said, the community trusts the administration and council not to “put them in harm’s way” in handling the city’s finances.

“I continue to be optimistic about the future,” he said, anticipating there will soon be more activity at the Yard and that the economy will rebound.

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Police reports Grandview police • A Columbus man was cited Feb. 6 for speeding and expired operator’s license.

• A resident in the 1100 block of Oxley Road reported Feb. 5 that two pairs of sunglasses were stolen from her car. Total loss was $400.

• A Columbus man was arrested Feb. 5 and charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence.

• A Columbus man was arrested Feb. 3 and charged with no operator’s license, failure to reinstate a license and two headlights required.

• An employee of a business in the 900 block of Williams Avenue reported Feb. 1 that copper wire, an electrical box and a channel were obtained from

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the business by two men who falsely claimed to work for a contractor. Total loss was $1,135.

• A Columbus man was arrested Feb. 1 and charged with failure to signal, driving under suspension, no operator’s license, failure to reinstate a license and failure to comply with the order/signal of a police officer.

• A Columbus man was arrested Feb. 1 and charged with driving under suspension, no operator’s license, use of illegal license plates and two headlights required.

• A minister from Grandview Christian Assembly, 751 Northwest Blvd., reported Jan. 31 that two guitars, audio equipment and a laptop computer were stolen from a storage room. Total loss was $2,120.

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“The reserve has everything.

You can see everything from rocky areas to green lands, alpine lakes and a cloud forest,” Lowe said. “A lot of scientists believe the cloud forest is one of the most bio-diverse areas in the world.”

Yunga Perdida (Yunga is the indigenous Aymaran word for “warm lands” and Perdida means “lost” in Spanish) is organizing another trip to the reserve that will take place July 15-24.

An informational meeting about the trip will be held at 7 p.m. March 14 at the Upper Arlington Public Library, Lowe said.

For more information, e-mail yungaperdida@gmail.com.

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Thank you to everyone who touched this evening, making it possible for the Education Foundation to continue to support the community by funding grants that will enhance educational excellence.

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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.

House Bill 36, if approved, would return the calamity days to five days from its current three. 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.

The Grandview Heights City School District has canceled two school days this year due to inclement weather, Superintendent Ed O’Reilly said.

“Two is about average for us,” he said.

Grandview often holds school on days when inclement weather has canceled school in other districts. That is because of the district’s small size, only two square miles, and because it does not use buses to transport students, O’Reilly said.

“Other districts have 60 or 100 square miles,” he said. “We don’t have the country roads that a lot of districts have to take into account,” he said.

“All superintendents take seriously the safety of their students when deciding whether to cancel school, no matter how many calamity days they’ve had,” O’Reilly said.

Grandview has set aside Saturdays in March and April to hold make up days if it exceeds three calamity days, he said.

In recent years, Grandview only exceeded the allowed number of calamity days at Stevenson Elementary in the 2008-09 school year, O’Reilly said. Hurricane Ike knocked out power in the fall, forcing the school to close for four days. An additional two days canceled during the winter for snow days boosted the school’s total to six, one more than the five calamity days the state allowed.

Patrick Gallaway, spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Education, said that state law requires public school districts to be in session 182 days per year. A district can have up to two professional days for teachers, four half day early-releases to accommodate parent-teacher conferences, and they are permitted to have three canceled days due to bad weather or other calamities. Twohour delays are not count against schools, Gallaway said.

Though ODE does not have an official count, 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 Governor Ted Strickland’s administration the number of calamity days was decreased, incrementally, with 2010-11 getting three. However the lowering of calamity days has a sunset cause at the end of this school year.

“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 includes allowing a district to make up a calamity day by increasing the school day by halfhour 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,” Kozlowski said. “The Columbus-knowsbest 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 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. It would then need approval from the state Senate and then Governor John Kasich.

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The Beat Arts, eats and fun in central Ohio plot of Mozart’s classic opera The Mar5 The riage of Figaro relies heavily on secrecy —

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By Jim Fischer

jfischer@thisweeknews.com

1 You want catchy tunemak-

ing?

Start with The Chapin Sisters, Lily and Abigail, whose spare tunefulness and plaintive harmonies call to mind a post-modern Indigo Girls. Stir in trippypopsters Eisley, a Texas quintet fronted by three DuPree sisters that crafts songs at once dramatic and whimsical. Lastly, add a heaping portion of So-Cal poprockers Rooney, who call to mind the likes of The Cars and The Raspberries.

And there you go.

It’s all at The Basement Friday, Feb. 11. Tickets are $15/$17. Call 1-800-745-3000.

Rooney

in her trio shows. And, speaking of trio shows…

Welch and her trio play the Grand Ballroom of the Athletic Club of Columbus, courtesy CityMusic, Sunday, Feb. 13. Notes from the Silver Screen – A Valentine’s Cabaret, will include music from Singing in the Rain, Alfie, The Wizard of Oz, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Lady and the Tramp and A Star is Born, among many others.

Jazz siren Helen Welch is Lunch is available at the Ath2 a treat for the eyes and the letic Club for patrons who want ears. to arrive early.

Her voice is Tickets are $250-$10. Call (614) luxurious and 223-3093. equally at home on the 3 What else is a preschoolwide variety teacher-by-day-indie-muof material sician-by-night to she feado? tures You start playing some of your songs for kids, maybe even tailor the lyrics to your audience a bit,

Laurie Berkner Band

and all of a sudden you’re a children’s music superstar!

Well, in Laurie Berkner’s case, it wasn’t quite “all of a sudden” – and the music video spots on Nick Jr. didn’t hurt. But the best part is the catchy folk-pop melodies adults love, too.

The Laurie Berkner Band plays the Palace Theatre Sunday, Feb. 13. Tickets are $37.50/$27.50.

Call (614) 469-0939. may not immediately 4 You think “honky-tonk outlaw country” when the Town of Flint, Mich., is referenced, but Whitey Morgan aims to change all that.

Morgan and his band live in the rough edges of country, the kind cut by Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe and Johnny Paycheck.

Top it all off with lots of flannel and denim and amps cranking out sounds pounded out from the band’s Fender Telecasters Whitey Morgan and it’s honky-tonk heaven, friends.

Touring in support of their latest, a self-titled effort, Whitey Morgan and the 78’s will stop at the Woodland Tavern for a Thursday, Feb. 17, gig. Lydia Loveless and The Tin Hearts open.

Call (614) 299-4987.

people and plans both remaining hidden when necessary so no one can tell the true intent.

This production also requires much of the same from the cast, including a woman with blonde hair playing a woman with flowing brown locks, a 25-year-old man portraying two different characters (both many years his senior) and a young woman transforming into a 15-year-old boy.

The fair-haired and fair-skinned Anne-Carolyn Bird spends so much time — between 30 and 45 minutes — applying “more makeup than Miss America” to look that part of a brunette, that there’s not enough time to dye her hair and keep it looking good.

“I love being a brunette,” Bird, who plays Susanna, Figaro’s intended and the object of his master’s affection as well, told The Beat. “I wear a gorgeous brown wig that’s very long, all the way down to my waist.”

The period costuming helps the singing actors take on their varied roles as well, as Bird attempted to describe with as much delicacy as possible.

“One of the aspects of this time period is the women wear corsets,” she explained. “Susanna is a little bit of a flirt, and there are two times in the production where I bow in such a way that presents certain … assets … to a gentleman.”

“I would never do that as Anne-Carolyn Bird, but it’s fun to inhabit that world,” Bird said.

Kirsten Gunlogson has much the opposite situation. As the 15-year-old boy Cherubino, her transformation is even more dramatic.

“It’s different than putting a dress on,” said the veteran of numerous ‘trouser’ roles. But even once I’ve got the jacket and boots on and the wig and the makeup, it’s more important how it feels. I don’t want to be hindered in creating the physicality of the character.

“Cherubino’s a young boy, he’s youthful and exuberant and there are times when I scamper around the stage,” she added. “Plus there is a lot that goes into the time period and the character as far as how I hold my arms and what to do with myself when I’m just standing, or how I walk or sit in a chair or take someone’s hand.”

The physical mannerisms are key for Stefan Barner, who plays both Don Basilio and Don Curzio, both older men but with very different personalities.

“It’s amazing what they can do with makeup and wigs to make you look like a totally different person,” Barner explained. “But the singing and the acting have to be different as well.”

Opera Columbus will present Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Friday and Sunday, Feb. 11 and 13, at the Ohio Theatre. Tickets are $100$7.50. Call (614) 461-8101.

He added that the different look and feel of each costume helps distinguish for him the differing requirements of each character. Don Basilio is a coconspirator with the Count, smarmy and self-serving, while Don Curzio is a lawyer in full gown who also happens to be quite the bumbler.

“How I walk and my body carriage are totally different and even little things like facial expressions,” Barner said. “I spend a lot of time in my hotel room pacing around and making faces in the mirror.”

Bird, whose Susanna is a servant to the Countess, said the way the characters interact is a significant way to convey to the audience the difference in their social standing.

“I encourage the audience to watch who touches whom, and in what context,” Bird said. “It says a lot about the relationships of the characters.”

“My biggest compliment is when people tell me how much I seem like a boy,” Gunlogson said.

“You want the audience to be transported in their imagination. That’s what theater is.”

For more on Opera Columbus’ production of The Marriage of Figaro, read the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeekNews.com.

La Casita is one of the best Mexican restaurants in town When people ask me — and they frequently do — what’s the best Mexican restaurant in Columbus, I can tell they usually mean “Mexican restaurant of a certain type.” In other words, instead of, say, a bare-bones mom-n-popper in the back of a market, they probably want a gringo-friendly party palace with good free chips and salsa, boat-sized slushy margaritas, bouncy music and a colorphoto-filled, order-by-number menu approximately the size of the Mexico City phone book. Nothing wrong with all that, I go to those places too.

Anyway, if you’re seeking a toptier version of such a fun-forward establishment, look no further than the terrific La Casita. This place rocks.

And on the rocks is how you should order your margarita here.

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by G.A. Benton And if you order La Casita’s “Original” (made with fresh lime juice, Hornitos tequila and Cointreau) with half the sugar (as I do), you’ll be drinking one of the best margaritas in Columbus.

Sip on that smile-making quaff and check out this raucous, fiesta-happy joint. Yes, it’s bright and bouncy and has all of those aforementioned attributes of the standard burrito haunt. But it’s also smaller and cozier, and nicer in most every way — including its cheery, polished wood-paneled walls, arched brick-rimmed windows and loopy wooden chairs with wickery accents.

By Daniel Sohner/ThisWeek

Fajitas Del Mar, Birria and the “Original” margarita at La Casita.

Oh yeah, and La Casita’s food is better too. A good starter is the refreshing Tostada de Ceviche ($3).

A nice, crispy fried corn tortilla was piled high with diced whitefish, plenty of carrot, onion, a touch of jalapeno and cilantro. A fresh and creamy avocado slice helped balance the bright flavors.

For a considerably more substantial appetizer, opt for the wonderful Birria ($5.50 per “cup”). A veritable bucket of rich, tender, juicy and perfectly salty pot roast chunks was swimming in a thin, glistening red chili sauce. It wasn’t overly spicy, just really delicious.

Considerably more heat emanated from the flaming hot Torta Ahogada ($7.29). A huge, flat and puffy roll was packed with carnitas pork plus a guacamole schmear, then totally soaked in an incendiary, devil-red chili broth. Highly recommended, but only for asbestos-throated types.

La Casita Mexican Restaurant 1355 Bethel Road 614-457-0823 Cuisine: Mexican Price: $ (up to $10 per person) Patio: Yes Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.

Friday-Saturday Milder pork arrived with the almost elegant Lomo de Puerco ($11). Three large but lean slabs of rosemary-scented and just-notdry pork loin were lightly doused in a chili sauce, cheese and pico de gallo. Comes with rice and beans — choose the soupy and excellent whole pintos.

The Fajitas del Mar ($17) breathed life into that ubiquitous cast-iron dish. This one had a big

ol’ nice-tasting and flaky fish (tilapia) plus an ocean of good seared shrimp and scallops.

Like real tacos? Served on soft corn tortillas with radishes, lime, onion and cilantro, La Casita’s are the real deal and a steal of a deal at $2 each. Try the barbacoa, carnitas or chicken — all were juicy and delicious.

As for the towering slice of milky and comforting Tres Leches cake I had for dessert ($4.59), my friendly waiter told me his wife made it. I told him he was a fortunate man.

You’ll be a fortunate diner if you choose to get your Mexican food at La Casita.

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

Baker mad about new opportunity in Olde Towne East Vicki Hink thinks her new café is a good fit for Olde Towne East, an intimate, tight-knit neighborhood where residents value each other and stores in the area.

“I don’t think it will ever be a Short North with tons of business and all of that, but I don’t know if everyone wants it to be that busy,” said Hink, owner of the recently opened The Angry Baker, 891 Oak St. The 900-squarefoot restaurant seats 14.

Open for breakfast, lunch and early dinner hours, the eatery is specifically known for baked goods, such as the caramel brioche cinnamon roll, Dr. Pepper cake (filled with chocolate ganache and crushed blackberries), croissants and chocolate chip cookies.

The menu is rounded out by savory goods, including a variety of soup and sandwiches such as the crispy chicken thigh, clover greens, fried egg and dressed with chimichurri. There’s also a vegan option — sloppy joes made with lentils. Sandwich prices, including breakfast options, range from $5.25 to $8.25. Sweets are a buck to $4.50 for a slice of cake.

Hink said she is trying to buy local as much as possible, a common expression for today’s conscientious restaurant owner. For example, she buys Ludlow cheese from Blue Jacket Dairy in Bellefontaine, turkey from Cooper Farms in St. Henry and maple syrup, among other items, from Stutzman Farms in Millersburg.

A graduate of Columbus State Community College’s culinary program, Hink has worked locally at such places as Hyde Park, Z Cucina and Bakery Gingham.

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek “I’ve worked for a couple of places and I Vicki Hink, owner of The Angry Baker, is seen here with her brioche always wanted to do my own thing,” she said. cinnamon rolls with caramel, an eclair and a piece of Dr Pepper “I guess I planned to do it a little bit later in life but it all kind of happened.” cake. The Angry Baker opened Jan. 28 at 891 Oak St.

Despite the name of her restaurant, Hink said she’s really not mad at anybody.

“It was kind of a funny nickname from an old bakery I used to work at,” she said. “It just kind of stuck.”

Old Towne East, one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods, is located on the Near East Side of town. Hink, who lives in the area, said there’s a vibrant, built-in dining culture that frequents such neighborhood haunts as Yellow Brick Pizza and Black Creek Bistro. And there’s room for more, she said.

“I really love the neighborhood,” she said.

“And I knew we were really in the need for something like this.”

The Angry Baker is open six days a week, closed Monday. For more information, call 614-947-0976.

As of Feb. 1, Luce was back in the hands of its original owners.

Chef Alex Rodriguez has returned the Powell restaurant to John and Mike Ciotola, and Randy Turturice. Rodriguez, who purchased Luce two and a half years ago, will stay on as chef for another month, Mike Ciotola said.

The Ciotolas and Turturice founded Luce (pronounced loo-chay) almost six years ago at 3499 Market St. It started out as a casual Italian restaurant with an extensive wine list.

The partnership sold the restaurant to Rodriguez in July 2008. He kept the name and wine inventory and added a Latin touch to the menu.

Mike Ciotola, who now lives in Naples, Fla., said the menu will change considerably.

He has hired Wes Thompson, a former sous chef at the restaurant, and will retain current

Luce sous chef Phillip Goulis.

“We want to move more toward classic Italian, simple preparations with really fresh ingredients,” Ciotola said. “We’re going to try get as much local stuff as we can, as much organic stuff as we can.”

It’s been 18 months since the brothers sold La Scala, the iconic Italian restaurant in Dublin founded by their father, the late Bennie Ciotola.

■ For Valentine’s Day cheese recommendations, see Wendy Hunsinger’s column at www.ThisWeekNews.com Wendy Hunsinger /foodandwine.

■ Etiquette expert Nora Cline gives a few suggestions on good manners for the romantic holiday.

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Riley Middendorf of Grandview Heights pressures Hartley’s DeAvery Collins during a game earlier this season. The Bobcats were 7-9 before playing Millersport on Feb. 9.

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The Bobcats’ Jordan Fitzgerald defends against Chelsea McKnight of Harvest Prep during a game Jan. 18. Grandview will open Division III tournament play Feb. 19 against Madison Plains at Granville.

When senior Anneliese Bonn launches off the starting block for the Grandview Heights High School girls swimming and diving team, she seemingly glides effortlessly through the water while competing in the freestyle events.

“A lot of swimmers are frantic in the freestyle,” coach Patti Hoch said.

“But Anni has a calmness you normally don’t see in a sprinter. She is so smooth in the water.”

Bonn may look calm as she darts across the pool, but under the surface she is a bundle of nerves during competition.

“Before every race, I can’t talk to anyone,” she said. “I get really nervous, but it gets my adrenaline pumping. I also listen to music, something upbeat like Eminem.

“But I think my technique is why (I look smooth in the water). When I was younger, I used to flap my arms around a lot, but not so much now.”

Bonn cruised to a first-place finish in the 200-yard frees on Feb. 5 in the Upper Arlington Invitational, completing the event in 2 minutes, 18.65 seconds.

Though she swam with the Grandview Gators club team when she was younger, she said she didn’t consider herself a competitive swimmer until she joined the high school team as a freshman.

“I started swimming my freshman year to give it a try because I wasn’t playing basketball in the winter,” she said. “I found out how much I liked (swimming). I didn’t win much as a freshman but really tried hard. I worked to improve my tech-

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Grandview Heights boys and girls basketball teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Feb. 5 — Defeated Liberty Union 6249. Oliver Rouch scored 23 points and Riley Middendorf scored 13. *Feb. 9 — Played Millersport *Feb. 12 — At Berne Union *Feb. 15 — At Fisher Catholic Of note: The Bobcats were 7-9 overall and 5-5 in the MSL-Cardinal before Feb. 9.

GIRLS BASKETBALL *Feb. 3 — Def. Berne Union 32-26. Abby Cameron scored nine points. *Feb. 5 — Def. Fisher Catholic 36-29.

Karen Daniel-Hamberg scored 18 points and Cameron scored 11.

Feb. 7 — Lost to Hartley 36-21 *Feb. 11 — At West Jefferson Feb. 19 — Madison Plains in first round of Division III district tournament at 1 p.m. at Granville. Winner plays Berne Union or Fairbanks in second round at 8 p.m. Feb. 22 at Gahanna.

Of note: The Bobcats are 9-10 overall and 7-6 in the MSL-Cardinal. *MSL-Cardinal game

nique in every practice and every meet. This season is going so fast and definitely has been the highlight of my high school career.”

Hoch said Bonn, a four-year letterwinner, joined the program in its infancy and has helped as the Bobcats steadily improved.

“Anni was there when we were in our development stages of the program,” Hoch said. “We’re at a much higher level of training now, and she has a great appreciation for where we came from and has really appreciated how much we have See BOBCATS, page A8

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Love of basketball evident for Gahanna star Taylor Stevie Taylor is a whirlwind. The he has led has lost dynamic and diminutive leader of the just two times — 58Gahanna Lincoln High School boys 48 to Pickerington basketball team seems to be everyNorth on Feb. 4 and where on the court when he plays.

62-50 in a Division I The 5-foot-11 point guard is either state semifinal last setting up a teammate, scoring a basMarch against evenket or causing confusion for opponents tual champion Maswith his defense — and it has been LARRY sillon Jackson. that way for four years.

Taylor is a winner.

I recall hearing about Taylor when LARSON His drive and pashe was in middle school and his repsion for basketball utation has continued to build through- are obvious. He has passed those atout his high school career. tributes onto his teammates at GaIn his last 44 games, the team that hanna, and he will do the same next

season when he begins playing at Ohio University.

“My drive to be successful begins with my family,” Taylor said. “I feel like I have a lot of responsibility carrying my last name. My brother, Robbie, was a Gahanna Lincoln graduate in 2008 and he paved the way for me to be who I am, and I also feel great responsibility to represent the community of Gahanna. Our community has been behind everything that I have done and I want to always exemplify what is good about our school and town.

“The other thing that pushes me to succeed are my critics. Some people look at the fact that I am under 6 feet tall and sort of skinny and think that I’m not physically strong enough to compete at a high level and I am always out to prove them wrong. I have been provided with the opportunity to show younger students that if you make the most of what ability you have, then you can be successful. I try to use my abilities to the fullest each and every time I play and since I am certainly not a person of anger, I channel all of what I do through my heart and through

my brain. I try to handle every circumstance I face with composure and maturity and most of the time it has worked.

“By being successful over the last four years, I have taken on more and more responsibility on the floor with my team and now, in my last days as a Gahanna Lincoln Lion, I feel more and more pressure is on me to perform. As point guard and as our leader, I take personally how we do on the court. If we lose, I feel like I have failed my See LARSON, page A8

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Photo of the week Pickerington North assistant wrestling coach Dan Salinas gives a pep talk to Henri Hinze before he squares off with Josh Hunter of Pickerington Central in a match at 119 pounds during a dual meet Feb. 3 at North.

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GIRLS: Northland vs. Africentric, 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 12 at Mifflin. This is the City League Championship Game.

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GIRLS Symone Denham scored 28 points to lead Northland past Brookhaven 67-48 on Feb. 4.

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Swimming: The three Dublin teams have set goals to reach the state meet Feb. 24-26.

Larry Larson: “Mr. High School Sports” checks in with Gahanna guard Stevie Taylor.

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improved.

“She is our only girl senior and our only girl captain. Being a captain doesn’t come because you are a senior, but from your attitude and your effort. Being a captain on the swim team actually means something. It’s because of your leadership.”

But swimming is more than just about competition and leadership for Bonn. It’s a chance to relax and have fun.

“Every time I swim, I feel happy out there,” she said.

“There’s something different about swimming. I just love it.

I love swimming in the ocean. I loved pools as a kid and I’m a lifeguard now at the Grandview pool.

“But also I have a sense of accomplishment. I know that I have worked hard and I feel like I have accomplished something.

And the team is really close, and that’s what makes it a lot of fun.”

On Saturday, Feb. 12, the Bobcats will compete in the Division II sectional meet at Upper Arlington. Last season, Bonn advanced to district in the 50 free, 100 free and as a member of the 200 free relay and 400 free relay.

Grandview won the four-team sectional title with 316 points as junior Lindsey Swihart won the 500 free (6:09.5).

At district, the 200 free relay of Bonn, 2010 graduate Grace Rinehart and juniors Hallie Kerr and Abby Ward set the program record of 1:46.65.

“I expect her to advance to district in the 50 and 100 free,” Hoch said of Bonn. “And I think she has a shot at making state in the 50 free.”

Bonn’s top time in the 50 free is 26.4 seconds and the program record is 25.5. Her personal-best in the 100 free is 59.0 and the program record is 57.4.

“The postseason is really nerve-racking,” Bonn said. “You can feel everyone getting more

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At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Grandview Heights bowling, swimming & diving, and wrestling teams: BOWLING *Feb. 4 — Boys: Def. Haugland Learning Center 1,457-1,157 *Feb. 7 — Boys: Lost to Hartley 2,242-1,546; Girls: Lost to Hartley 1,603-1,196 Feb. 8 — Competed against Africentric and Eastmoor Academy *Feb. 14 — Watterson at Western Lanes Feb. 18 — Sectional tournament at Eastland Lanes, Tiki Lanes or Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl Of note: The boys team was 3-10 overall and 3-7 in the COHSBC-Central before Feb. 8. The girls team was 3-9 overall and 3-7 in the COHSBC-Cen-

competitive. You have to make sure every flip-turn is correct.

You really want to do your best.”

Because Division II has only seven boys teams and five girls teams competing at the sectional at UA, there are no automatic qualifiers for the district meet, which will be held Feb. 18 at Ohio State. Twenty-seven atlarge district berths for each swimming event will be award based on the times from the three Central District sectional sites, the East sectional and the Southeast sectional.

Last season, the boys team finished fifth (154) at the sectional behind champion Olentangy (266).

•The girls basketball team plays Madison Plains in the first round of the Division III district tournament at 1 p.m.

Feb. 19 at Granville. Madison Plains was 7-10 before playing South Charleston Southeastern on Feb. 9.

“We don’t know much about Madison Plains, but if we get through that we’ll go up against some teams we’re more familiar with,” coach Steve Hall said.

If Grandview advances, it will play Berne Union or Fairbanks in the second round at 8 p.m.

Feb. 22 at Gahanna. The Bobcats lost to Fairbanks 48-31 on Dec. 29 but swept Berne Union in MSL-Cardinal Division play,

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When he talks basketball with you, he displays that same electric personality he shows when he is on the court.

“Oh how I love the atmosphere of basketball,” he said. “I love having a team all having the same goal and that is simply to win. I will cherish all the wonderful memories this sport has provided me — going to Italy, playing AAU ball all over the country and, most of all, playing for Gahanna Lincoln. I have traveled the world by bouncing a basketball and bouncing that ball has provided me a chance for a college education and maybe what I love most; maybe when my mind is most free of problems and I am most relaxed is when it is just a hoop, the ball and me.”

Anyone who has seen Taylor play will understand. Anyone who hasn’t seen him play should do so in the coming weeks. Gahanna is lucky to have him.

I’ll see you at a game.

teammates, my school and my community, so I continue to hope I can take the excellent coaching I have had and use it to execute our game plan.”

In its run to a state semifinal last season, Gahanna upset Northland, the No. 1 team in most national polls at the time, 71-45 in a regional final, snapping the Vikings’ 37-game winning streak.

“Last year made such a difference in all of our basketball lives,” Taylor said. “We found out that hard work and believing in yourself truly pays off and that has resulted in a great team attitude this year. We are a cohesive group and we have nine seniors who relate well with each other. We all back each other up and we enjoy being with each other, and we really enjoy bringing students together within our school and helping to unify our Gahanna community.”

In my long tenure interviewing high school athletes, there are a great number who light up Larry Larson is a former athletics director at and visibly show you how much they love their Grandview High School. He can be heard as sport, and Taylor is a perfect example of that. “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM.

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Ready High School baseball coach Harry Caruso will direct a spring training program from Feb. 27 to April 3 for players in grades 1-12.

The program will be held in conjunction with U.S. Baseball Academy. Sessions are planned in advanced hitting, pitching and catching.

For more information, visit www.USBaseballAcademy.com or call (866) 622-4487.

Capital offering softball clinic

OWU to hold softball clinics Ohio Wesleyan University softball coaches and players are holding pitching clinics for girls in grades 5-12 on Saturday, Feb. 12.

For pitchers in grades 5-8, a clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to noon. For pitchers in grades 9-12, a clinic will be held from 1 to 4 p.m.

Registration is limited to 50 per clinic. Registration forms are available at bish-

Capital University will hold a softball clinic focusing on defense from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 12.

The clinic is limited to 50 participants. A brochure with registration information is available at capitalcrusaders.net.

For more information, contact coach Nan Payne at (614) 236-6487 or npayne@capital.edu.

Lessons available in shot put, discus Former U.S. Olympic coach Criss Somerlot provides shot put and discus lessons at a “throws center” at 189F W. Olentangy St. in Powell.

The lessons are for athletes in high school and junior high. Somerlot, who lives in Powell, was a U.S. Olympic coach in 2004 and 2008. He also was a coach and teacher

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Schools announce coaching vacancies The following schools are seeking coaches: Hilliard Darby — Girls golf, assistant junior varsity boys soccer. Send résumé to Chad Schulte, athletics director, Hilliard Darby High School, 4200 Leppert Road, Hilliard, 43026 or e-mail chad_schulte@hboe.org.

Johnstown-Monroe — Track, junior varsity baseball.

Contact athletics director Mike Carter at (740) 967-2721 or wmcarter@johnstown.k12.oh.us.

Upper Arlington — Field hockey. Send résumé to girls athletics director Jodi Palmer at jpalmer@uaschools.org.

Watterson — Assistant boys track and field specializing in sprints and jumps. Contact coach Matt McGowan at runohio@ee.net or (740) 587-0376.

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