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February 10, 2011

Village revenues down

Nicholson: Watch spending in 2011

By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers New Albany’s revenues in 2010 were lower than budgeted, which could affect the village’s carryover budget in 2011, village administrator Joseph Stefanov told village council Feb. 1.

It also signals a need for caution when budgeting in the future, according to finance director James Nicholson.

General-fund revenues in 2010 were down about 7.94 percent from 2009, according to Nicholson’s December 2010 financial report.

Nicholson said the village ended December 2010 with an “unencumbered and available balance of $2.4-million, down 58.62 percent ($3.41-million) compared with Dec. 31, 2009.” He did note, however, that the carryover balance was affected by a $2.21-million advance

from the general fund for “business park east purchase orders and a Clean Ohio reimbursement grant project.” Grants from the Ohio Department of Development and the Ohio Public Works Commission are expected to reimburse that money to the general fund.

Overall, Nicholson’s report said the village general-fund revenues were $9.93-million with expenditures of $14.07-million during fiscal year 2010.

He concluded that the deficit spending — which was well above the 2009 level — was a warning flag for the village.

“This trend is of concern,” he wrote in the report, “and is clearly not sustainable for the long-term financial health of the village. I would strongly encourage council to consider this when evaluating potential projects, discretionary spending requests and other potential village investments in 2011 and beyond.”

The report said “the primary drivers of the change include: lower incometax collections (down 8.31 percent), no estate-tax receipts in 2010 and lowered investment earnings (down 35.74 percent).”

There also were some “significant 2009 one-time revenues,” Nicholson said, like donations for work on the See SPENDING, page A7

Plain Township

Ladder truck out of service after wreck on Feb. 2

By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Plain Township Fire Department ladder truck is out of service after hitting a tree and a curb at the Tartan East Golf Club at 6140 Babbitt Road just after 9 a.m. Feb. 2.

Fire Chief John Hoovler said the truck was responding to a potential fire call when it slid on ice along the club road. The ladder bucket hit a tree and the front of the truck went over the curb.

“If you lose control, it goes where it wants to,” Hoovler said. “You can’t steer out of it when you’ve got 50,000 to 60,000 pounds going in one direction. They were only going about 10 miles per hour but it still hits with force.”

Hoovler said the ladder apparatus and front suspension on the truck are both being serviced in Springfield. He said he has not yet received a cost estimate on the repairs but he hopes the truck will be back in service within a few weeks.

The ladder truck accessed the golf course off Babbitt Road, while the other two trucks responding to the potential fire drove in from Dublin-Granville Road. The other trucks entered without incident.

The four firefighters in the ladder truck were not injured and there was no fire at the golf club, Hoovler said. The call was in response to a water flow alarm, which indicates a sprinkler has been activated and there is a potential fire.

The department recently purchased a new fire engine, which is not yet in service. Hoovler said equipment is still being installed on the new engine and firefighters still must complete training on it.

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No laughing matter (Above) New Albany High School senior Elyse Pomerantz (left), watches the production of “Bang, Bang, You’re Dead” with lighting technician Brandon Mendoza on Feb. 5. Pomerantz directed the play for her senior seminar project. To graduate from New Albany High School, seniors must research an idea, complete a project and file paperwork to show their progress.

(Left) Evan Cullinan (center) starred in the production, which is a play by William Mastrosimone focused on raising awareness about how acts of violence in schools can originate.

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Parks district adds levy to May 3 ballot New Albany Parks and Recreation will ask local voters for a 0.75-mill replacement levy with a 0.25-mill increase to total 1 permanent mill for “acquiring, maintaining and operating recreational facilities and community centers,” according to a filing with the Franklin County Board of Elections last week.

The levy will appear on the May 3 primary ballot.

“The levy is 12 years old and we’ve obviously grown,” said parks director Dave Wharton.

New Albany Parks and Recreation, which is operated by the New Albany-Plain Local Joint Park District, serves residents in New Albany, Plain Township and parts of Columbus, operating some facilities and scheduling sports events.

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NAHS senior wins TechColumbus scholarship

By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers The environment is always on Kevin Wolf’s mind, whether he’s flying a nonmotorized glider or riding the energy-efficient motorized bicycle he built himself.

“I guess I’ve been more aware of the environment since I’ve been flying,” said the New Albany High School senior. “I started flying when I was 14.”

That awareness recently earned him a $2,500 scholarship and recognition from TechColumbus, a nonprofit organization that promotes technology-based economic development in central Ohio.

Wolf and Upper Arlington senior Ameya Deshmukh were awarded scholarships by TechColumbus at its innovation awards ceremony Feb. 3 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. They

were chosen out of 25 semifinalists.

Wolf’s nomination for the award came after he caught teacher Alison Laughbaum’s eye while riding his motorized bicycle to school one day.

At age 16, Wolf had re-evalKevin Wolf uated the way he was traveling to school and built the motorized bicycle, which gets 150 miles per gallon. He took a normal 10speed bicycle and installed a small motor with one piston and one high-end gear.

Laughbaum then nominated Wolf for the 2010 TechColumbus Innovation Awards, which recognize companies and high school students for showing the “strong and thriving innovation” in central Ohio, according to Ted Ford, president and CEO of TechColumbus. The annual innovation awards

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are presented to 13 companies and two high school students. Four local companies — Commercial Vehicle Group, AFS Web-Zoom CMS, Janova and Strategic Thinking Industries — and Christina Blenk, president and CEO of AFS Web-Zoom CMS, were also nominated for innovation awards.

“I first met Kevin on our school’s campus a year ago when I saw a young man ride up on a motorized bicycle,” Laughbaum wrote in her nomination letter to TechColumbus. “When I asked this young man where he got this crazy bike, he replied, ‘I made it.’ I then asked him tons of questions about how he did it and Kevin took the time to show me how it worked, how he did it and how he used it to reduce the amount of energy it required to ride his bike to school each day. I walked away from the encounter so im-

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February 10, 2011

Council supports new special-events funding policy

By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers New Albany Village Council agreed to a motion of support Feb. 1 that changes the way local organizations apply for funding and in-kind services requests for special events.

“It’s important for us to know and for them to know what services we are providing,” said councilman Glyde Marsh.

In previous years, groups requested funds and the village donated money to organizations, as well as provided such in-kind services as setup for events and police officers.

Now, the village will send invoices to organizations for all costs in 2011,

so each group will better understand the village’s contribution in donations and in-kind services.

In 2012, organizations will be able to apply for the same amount of funding, but groups will be responsible for all costs of running the events and inkind services. After the event, the village will determine how much of the costs it will donate back to the group.

“We’d prefer to charge for some services and then grant some back,” said village communications director Scott McAfee.

McAfee spoke to council about the changes at a January workshop and again at the Feb. 1 meeting.

During the council meeting, Mayor

Nancy Ferguson said many groups might not have the funds to pay all costs up front and would be hoping for some reimbursement.

Village administrator Joseph Stefanov said there could be some issues but if the village waives the costs up front, “there is no incentive for them to cut costs and run their event more efficiently.”

Councilwoman Colleen Briscoe said council could establish criteria for donations from the village so organizations would have a better idea of how to earn back their money.

McAfee said the application for special-event funding would include a series of questions that will provide the

LADDER TRUCK Continued from page A1 “Due to the weather, we’ve not completed our driver’s training,” Hoovler said. “When we get it back (with all the equipment installed), we’ll need three more days of training before we can put it in service.”

He estimated the truck should be on the road within the next week.

Plain Township trustee Bud Zappitelli asked during the Feb. 2 trustee meeting about other vehicles in service. Hoovler said the

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organization with an idea of what types of groups typically receive funding. The application stipulates that groups applying for funds must show ties to the community, be part of “a federally recognized tax-exempt not-for-profit” and be “in good standing from all prior funding applications, having paid all applicable fees and submitted all paperwork for all past projects (and) events,” he said.

The application also prohibits funds for “individuals, organizations desiring funding to travel outside of New Albany, organizations that are for-profit or endowments,” McAfee said.

“It will affect us but it’s more of an accounting situation,” said Ron Kendle,

president of the New Albany Community Events Board.

The community events board holds three events that are all offered free of charge to attendees.

Kendle said he understands the village needs better accountability for its donations.

“We require services from the village and we’ll pay for them,” he said. “Hopefully, we’ll then be awarded a grant to offset the costs.”

Kendle said the community events board is grateful for the village’s past support and said the two would continue to work together on the special events. lwince@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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department has two fire engines that will respond to fire calls and other emergencies.

Meanwhile, Hoovler said, Plain Township still would have use of a ladder truck through the area’s mutual-aid agreement. Mutual aid is used by Plain Township and neighboring fire departments to share resources and respond in emergencies outside their jurisdiction, if needed.

Hoovler said the Mifflin, Jefferson and Monroe township fire departments have ladder trucks, as does the Westerville Division

of Fire. All participant in the mutual-aid agreement.

Trustee Dave Olmstead asked if a safety committee had reviewed the incident to determine if anything could have been done to prevent the accident.

Hoovler said he and Assistant Chief Jack Rupp reviewed the incident and found no issues.

Olmstead and trustee Dave Ferguson suggested a fire committee also look at the incident to review the procedures. lwince@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Continued from page A1 It put the 0.75-mill permanent levy on the ballot in 1999 when the village, the township and the New Albany-Plain Local School District each appointed a representative to the newly formed board for the parks district.

Since then, New Albany Parks and Recreation has grown to include programming for 3,700 participants annually and operates three park com-

plexes in northern Plain Township.

Wharton said the current 0.75-mill levy generates $496,000 annually. According to the New Albany Parks and Recreation website, the levy currently is collecting at 0.53 mills.

With the increase to 1-mill, the levy would generate $922,000 annually for park programs.

“The funds are needed for operations and improvements,” Wharton said.

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Brother, can you spare a dime for a night’s lodging?

Columbus and America have spent much of the last quartercentury attempting to come to grips with the problem of people with little or no money and very few places to spend the night.

But this is not a story about America today. I will leave that story to others. Today I would rather look a little more closely at how people with few resources lived a century ago.

One-hundred years ago, some people who had lost everything due to bad decisions, bad attitudes or simply bad luck left their old world behind and hit the road.

They became known as “tramps,” “hoboes” or “vagrants” and lived off the land and by their wits.

As far as I know, the definitive history of the vagrant in America has yet to be written. But a lot of good historical research seems to point to the simple fact that outsiders and other just plain unlikable people have a long history in our country. More than one historian has noted that more than a little of this country was founded and settled by such people.

Eventually, many — if not most — of these people settled down, found a calling, a living or a career and no longer drifted across the land.

Every town of any size in America has had its share of people who simply did not fit in.

Many lived on the edges of the town, did their best to stay out of the way and got on with their lives.

In the early history of Columbus, a number of rather disreputable types — nominally led by a man named Jones — founded a settlement of their own called “Jonesburgh” near the intersection of Naghten Street and Cleveland Avenue, a place that was then “out in the country.” It soon became an open marketplace for thieves, robbers and other nasty people. The “village,” such as it was, became a local center of drink, dissolution and disease and was in short order closed down by local residents who did not like to have such a place so close to the state capital.

One could assume that the good citizens of Columbus who drove out the bad people of Jonesburgh thought they had rid the city of its unwanted residents once and for all. If, indeed, they thought so, they of course were sadly mistaken.

Columbus, like every American city, would always have a vice district — an area that through much of the 1800s would come to be called the “Badlands.” The state capital would also always have people who literally lived at the edges of the town and who subsisted on whatever they might scavenge.

But this story is not really about those people. Rather, it is about

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the people who came to Columbus looking for work, with few, if any, resources, and just simply ED needed a LENTZ place to stay.

In January 1902, a reporter for the Columbus Press-Post followed several of these people and wrote a rather lengthy story about what he discovered about their lives: “There are several men in Columbus who are each worth $1,000,000, which at 6 percent interest, means an income of $60,000, or nearly $200 per day … But it is not with the rich man this article is intended to deal …

The poorest man is the one who lands in the city with 25 cents in his pocket, and must live upon this until he can find something to do that will bring him another 25 cents, if no more.

“The man with 25 cents still views the world hopefully. He discovers that it will carry him through one day in comparative comfort. There is 5 cents for his breakfast, 5 cents for his dinner, 5 cents for his supper and 10 cents remaining for a bed in a lodging house.

“There are numerous lodging houses in Columbus, whose signs say that a night’s lodging may be secured within at prices ranging from 10 to 15 cents. To put it in round figures, a canvass was made of ten of these ‘hotels’ and it was learned that an average of 20 men per night — all the year round — lodge in each of these establishments.

“There is a sitting room, dignified by the title of ‘office,’ usually upon the walls of which the far-seeing proprietor has hung framed rules and regulations,

made up in style somewhat like Sunday School mottos, reading thus: “‘Anyone retiring with his shoes on will forfeit his bed.’

‘Sleeping in the office strictly forbidden.’ ‘Beds must be paid for in advance.’

“There are, however, permanent lodgers also in the 10- and 15-cent hostelries. The majority of these have the 15-cent beds.

These beds are located in small rooms hardly larger than the private lockers in the athletic clubman’s club house … In the rooms or stalls, there is a single iron bed, one chair and hooks for hanging up clothing … The lodgers who expend 15 cents a night for a sleeping place are many of them clerks on small salaries, some of them from the great army of men who work in the wholesale houses and other big establishments where hundreds of men are employed.

“The ambitious and manly boy who came to the city from his country home last autumn to find work in town writes to his mother dating his letter ‘hotel’this and that, and little does the good woman dream of how dreary is the place called hotel, where her son is spending the long winter nights, sending home every cent he can spare.

“Of course, there are better things in store for the boy, for he is gritty, but at present he is bravely doing the best he can and does not find a cheap lodging house unendurable.”

For many young people coming to a town growing and changing in early 20th-century America, the 10- to 15-cent hotel was a first step to a better life.

Perhaps in our own time, similar places still are.

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Trustees authorize purchase of new defibrillators

By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Plain Township Fire Department will buy two new defibrillators to replace older units currently being used on the department’s two medic units.

Trustees approved a resolution Feb. 2 to pay $47,796.60 for the units, which includes a savings of $8,000 for trading in the old units. The new defibrillators are being purchased from Physio Control and are manufactured by Life Pack Monitor Defibrillators.

Fire Capt. Joe Brown told Plain Township trustees that defibrillators typically should be replaced every 10 years.

The new defibrillators have several new features, including the capability to perform repeated chest compressions during heart failure and the ability for paramedics take electrocardiograph (EKG) results during transport and send results ahead to a hospital.

“They are expensive machines, but they save lives,” Brown said.

He gave an example of a 78-year-old woman who recently had called the fire

department complaining of chest pains.

When firefighter-paramedics arrived, they ran an EKG and determined she was having a heart attack. They sent the EKG results to the hospital and doctors told them to skip the emergency room and transport her directly to the heart unit.

“They opened an artery and installed a stent to restore blood flow before there was permanent damage,” Brown said.

“It’s amazing the technology available to save a heart before permanent damage is done.”

According to Brown, the patient was receiving treatment at the hospital within 42 minutes of the fire department’s arrival at her home.

As for trading in the old machines, trustee Bud Zappitelli asked if the township should save them and keep them in use. Fire Chief John Hoovler said the maintenance costs with the older machines would become an issue.

The department also is saving money by purchasing the defibrillators in bulk through the Metropolitan Emergency Communications Center (MECC) in

Gahanna, through which five local fire departments are dispatched. The MECC fire departments include Plain Township, Mifflin Township, Jefferson Township, Violet and Truro Township.

By working together, the departments have saved money on dispatching costs, as well as bulk “group buys,” like the defibrillator purchases.

To get the lower price, Hoovler said, the MECC had to purchase a minimum of 20 defibrillators. The MECC purchased 22 for the five departments.

Brown said the department has three other defibrillators in use currently. They are about 8 years old, he said, and are made by the same company as the new units. As a result, the department’s firefighter-paramedics already are versed in their use and the technician who services the machines in services lives nearby in Gahanna.

Trustee Dave Olmstead asked Hoovler to consider looking for grant money in the future because the three older defibrillator units are getting close to the replacement age.

Trustees also viewed one of the six

Longtime fire department Dalmatian, Blaze, dies Blaze, the Plain Township Fire Department’s 14-year-old Dalmatian, was euthanized last week, said fire Chief John Hoovler.

Hoovler said Blaze had been struggling with his health the past few months and had difficulty with his back legs.

“He lived a lot longer than the normal,” Hoovler said. “The vet said he was three or four years past his normal life span.” ballistic body armor vests that the fire department purchased in July.

Hoovler said the vests cost about $5,500. Brown said they are worn by firefighter-paramedics responding to domestic violence calls. He said paramedics do not enter a scene unless a police officer is on site but violence can

SCHOLARSHIP Continued from page A1 pressed that a young person would research, design, tinker, problem-solve, implement and then utilize technology in such a meaningful way.”

To conclude her nomination, Laughbaum wrote: “In a time when many students are ‘playing’ with technology, it is a rare student that innovates with technology by combining the skills of curiosity, creativity, initiative, problem-solving and perseverance that allow Kevin to not only form the ideas but execute and follow through with them.”

Wolf said he appreciates his teacher’s nomination and is thankful for her encouragement.

“She’s been a good influence on me, trying to make me think outside the box on solving environmental problems,” he said.

Wolf said he was pleased to be honored by TechColumbus and said the Feb. 3 awards ceremony was a great experience because he met many interesting people. He spoke with a patent attorney and met officials from Nationwide Chil-

dren’s Hospital and The Ohio State University.

“I think it was cool to have New Albany on my name tag (during the ceremony) and I think it was good for New Albany,” Wolf said.

Wolf is enrolled in Advanced Placement environmental science classes at New Albany. He plays saxophone and keyboards in a local band and is interested in recording and making videos, often creating his own. He served as a state officer in the Ohio Model United Nations and plays lacrosse. He also was recognized by the Ohio High School Athletics Association as one of the top 10 divers in the area.

Wolf admits he has many interests, which is why he remains undecided on a college.

“I applied to different schools for different reasons,” he said. “I have a lot of interests and I’m not sure which one I want to focus on yet.”

He has applied to Indiana State University School of Business, Chapman University to study film and the University of Virginia, Ohio State and Miami University. lwince@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Blaze helped firefighters with fire prevention and education and was a staple at the fire station. He could usually be found following close behind Hoovler.

“We sure miss him,” Hoovler said.

“It seems awful quiet around here now.”

— Lori Wince still ensue after police arrive. The vests protect wearers from stabbings and bullets.

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Trustees eye potential options for new sidewalks

By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers Trustee Dave Olmstead wants Plain Township to look into installing a few sidewalks to help connect residents to amenities.

“On Wilbur Road and Alice Drive, there seems to be an easy opportunity there to provide safe ways for the res-

idents getting down to Bevelhymer Road and through Upper Albany to get to the village center,” he said during the Feb. 2 trustees meeting.

Alice Drive in northern Plain Township could connect south to Walnut Street so residents could continue east and then south to New Albany Road West through neighborhood sidewalk systems that eventually make it to the

center of New Albany, he said. Wilbur Road also could connect north to Walnut Street so residents could travel west to New Albany Links Drive and Bevelhymer Road.

Trustee Dave Ferguson asked if the township would be responsible for maintaining those sidewalk systems.

Plain Township administrator Ben Collins said it depends on if the town-

Eighth-graders motivated after firsthand view of homelessness

By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers Twenty-one New Albany eighth-graders recently learned about the plight of homeless people in Columbus.

Their teacher said the experience has changed them.

“I think it was an eye-opening experience for everyone, from the looks on their faces,” said eighth-grade teacher Claire McKee Monk. “It was meaningful and powerful for them to see the reality that poverty is in our backyard.”

The students had to apply to be part of “Reality Columbus: Life Beyond the Freeway,” a four-hour tour of the world in which the homeless live, offered by the nonprofit organization HandsOn Central Ohio. According to HandsOn Central Ohio, “more than 20.7 percent of adults and 18 percent of children (in Columbus) live in poverty.”

Monk said the students had different reasons for wanting to go. One child’s immediate family had been affected by poverty. Another did not know what it would be like to be homeless.

During the tour, students learned how the homeless must apply for public assistance and they met workers who assess their needs. They also saw where those who are homeless sleep and the lines they stand in if they have nothing to eat.

The tour has stops at homeless shelters, perma-

nent-housing units, community kitchens and food pantries, settlement houses, clothing pantries, halfway houses, furniture banks, health clinics for low income people and other places where the homeless go for help.

By the end of the tour, Monk said, all the students were moved.

“Several are talking about taking on some charitable work,” she said.

Monk said several are planning projects to benefit the organizations they visited last month.

One student produced a video that will help raise money for the YWCA, which houses some families without homes.

“I think they’ve become more motivated to be involved in the community,” Monk said.

This is the second year that New Albany Middle School has worked with HandsOn Central Ohio. Monk said this year only students from one of the middle school teaching teams could apply.

In the future, she said, the school would like to raise funds to send more students through the program.

“Our goal from year to year is to continue the program,” Monk said. “Ideally, we’d like to find some community sponsors.”

The school must pay for its own busing and chaperones.

“We’d like to send a larger group next year,” Monk said.

ship pays to install the sidewalks or if the township pays for them and assess the costs to residents.

If the sidewalks were constructed with money from the township’s general fund, the township would have to maintain them, he said.

Ferguson also wanted to know who would responsible for keeping the sidewalks clear in winter. Township fiscal

officer John Brandt said most cities require residents to keep their sidewalks clear.

Collins said he would look into the cost and issues associated with the installation of sidewalks. He said it would only require about 100 feet of sidewalks for both projects. lwince@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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By BONNIE BUTCHER and LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community Newspapers As of Feb. 8, the New Albany-Plain Local School District has used all three of its allotted calamity days, said communications director Jeff Warner.

The district approves its school calendars every three years. According to the calendar for this school year, any additional days that must be made up due to bad weather will be tacked onto the end of the school year, Warner said.

“Assuming the state does not make a change before the end of the school year, any additional days will have to be made up starting June 10,” he said.

The official last day of school is June 9.

However, Ohio public school districts could be in line for a reprieve on snow days.

The Ohio General Assembly is considering a bill to allow schools to have five canceled or calamity days. For the 2010-11 school year, schools are allowed to have three canceled school days, but any school days canceled after that number must be made up.

House Bill 36 would restore the number of calamity days allowed to each district to five.

Patrick Gallaway, spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Education, said state law requires public school districts to be in session 182 days per year. A district may have up to two professional days for teachers, four half-day early-re-

leases to accommodate parent-teacher conferences and three canceled days as the result of bad weather or other calamities. Two-hour delays are not counted against schools, Gallaway said.

Though ODE does not have an official count, Gallaway said, the majority of school districts have used their allotment of three calamity days because of the extreme winter Ohio is enduring.

“Each district is unique, and it would give them the local authority to make that decision,” state Rep. Casey Kozlowski (R-Ashtabula). “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.”

The bill would allow a district to make up a calamity day by increasing the school day by half-hour increments, which is allowed under current law but only if the district has had more than eight calamity days.

Connie Wehrkamp, spokesperson for Gov. John Kasich, said the governor is in support of the state mandating the number of days in session and the number of calamity days, but he would support an increase to five calamity days. lwince@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Nicholson’s report detailed a few factors that offset the decreases in funding, including “increased licenses and other permits (up 86.85 percent), higher plan review and other fees (up 53.83 percent) and increased franchise fees (up 11.47 percent).”

Franchise fees are paid by utilities for right-of-way use, Nicholson said.

Property-tax collections were in line with anticipated amounts and expenditures less than expected. According to the report,

“total spending for fiscal year 2010 was somewhat better than anticipated. Actual general-fund spending was $9.61-million and ended the year at $1.4-million below budget. … Overall, total spending by all funds was $29.6million and was $14.04-million or 32.17 percent below budget.”

The report attributed the lower expenditures to “the delay in awarding the contracts for the business park east construction project.” Nicholson said the village put $6.7-million in the bond improvement fund and another $2-million in the capital improvement fund for the park’s infrastructure.

Because the money was not spent in 2010, it will be reappro-

priated for 2011. That helped account for the positive variance in total spending for 2010, Nicholson said.

Mayor Nancy Ferguson asked Stefanov if the village should communicate the decreased revenues to residents in the next village newsletter.

“I think the community needs to understand our challenges,” Ferguson said.

Nicholson’s financial report for December 2010 may be accessed on the village’s website, www.villageofnewalbany.org, under the “government” link. lwince@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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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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And there you go.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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New Albany turns focus to tournament

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New Albany High School girls basketball coach Jamie Puryear sat in his office disappointed following his team’s 54-35 loss to Hilliard Bradley on Feb. 5.

Though the Eagles were out of contention for the OCC-Capital Division title, a win over Bradley would have helped their chances of placing second in the league. New Albany was league runner-up in its first three sea-

sons in the OCC-Capital — 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 — and won the league championship last season.

Before playing Big Walnut on Feb. 8, New Albany was third in the OCCCapital at 8-4, behind Olentangy Orange (12-0) and Bradley (9-2).

But as Puryear sat in his chair thinking about the loss to the Jaguars, the notion of finishing second was history. It was time, he said, for the Eagles to regroup before the Division I district tournament.

“We basically talked (after the game)

about the second season that is about to begin here in a couple of weeks,” Puryear said. “We need to get ourselves refocused. Yes, we know we’re out of the league race. What we have to play for now is to try to get a nice tournament run and upset a couple teams.

That is what our focus needs to be.”

The Eagles play Dublin Jerome in the first round of the tournament at 8 p.m. Feb. 19 at Olentangy. The winner plays Hilliard Davidson or Groveport in the second round on Feb. 25 at Olentangy.

New Albany was seeded 19th in the 42-team field. Reynoldsburg earned the top seed, with Northland and Orange rounding out the top three.

A lot of New Albany’s focus heading into the tournament is on improving its team chemistry. For much of the game against Bradley, the Eagles looked out of sync.

“We’re just all on different pages,” guard Hannah Scipio said. “We don’t really know each other like we should.

It’s so late in the season that we should all be like one now. We don’t have that

right now and it’s really hard. Going into the tournament, that’s going to be our big problem. We have to get it fixed before we go into the tournament.”

New Albany had won at Bradley 48-47 on Dec. 3, and the Jaguars were visibly excited when the final buzzer sounded in the rematch. Puryear said he didn’t notice much difference in Bradley from the first meeting other than its attitude.

“Credit goes to Bradley, they wantSee GIRLS, page B2

Commentary

Taylor electric on, off court Stevie Taylor is a whirlwind.

The dynamic and diminutive leader of the Gahanna Lincoln High School boys basketball team seems to be everywhere on the court when he plays.

The 5-foot11 point guard is either setting up a teammate, scoring a basket or causing confusion for LARRY opponents with LARSON his defense — and it has been that way for four years.

I recall hearing about Taylor when he was in middle school and his reputation has continued to build throughout his high school career.

In his last 44 games, the team that he has led has lost just two times — 58-48 to Pickerington North on Feb. 4 and 62-50 in a Division I state semifinal last March against eventual champion Massillon Jackson.

Taylor is a winner. His drive and passion for basketball are obvious. He has passed those attributes onto his teammates at Gahanna, 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 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.”

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Nick Fluty of New Albany works on Franklin Heights’ Jon Bloss in a match at 112 pounds during a dual meet Feb. 3 at home. The Eagles will compete in a 13-team Division I sectional Feb. 19 at Pickerington North.

Wrestling

Eagles preparing for sectional meet

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The Eagles’ Tommy Chamberlain gains the upper hand on Cody Allen of Franklin Heights in a match at 145 pounds on Feb. 3

Drew Auld of the New Albany High School wrestling team did not take the path of least resistance to reach the podium at the John Deno Classic on Feb. 5 at Athens.

The senior lost his opening match at 135 pounds and dropped to the consolation bracket, where he reeled off four consecutive victories, including a 7-3 win over New Lexington’s Cody Vore in the fifth-place match.

“It’s always nice winning your last match,” Auld said. “It was a pretty tough tournament, but that’s good coming right before the (Division I) sectional (tournament Feb. 19 at Pickerington North).”

Matt Odierno placed second at 215 when he got pinned in the final

by Heath’s Travis Drumm, a projected state placer in Division III according to Brian Brakeman’s High School Wrestling Forecast.

Four other Eagles placed, including three who won their final match.

Cameron Brooks (103) and Nick Fluty (112) placed fifth and Tommy Chamberlain (140) was seventh. Ray Cao (145) placed sixth as the Eagles totaled 147 points to finish seventh behind champion Athens (296.5).

Such resiliency will come in handy at the sectional. Competing in Division I for the first time last seaSee WRESTLING, page B2

Hockey

Wickiser brothers keying Storm’s surge

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The Wickiser brothers have made an impact at both ends of the ice for the Northeast Storm, which is battling PRPC for first place in the Greater Columbus High School Club Hockey League with two games remaining in the regular season.

“There’s no question about that,” coach Mark Fixari said. “If we go on to win this thing, they’ll be a big reason why we were able to pull it off.”

See LARSON, page B3 Tyler Wickiser, a senior from New Al-

bany High School who centers the top offensive line, scored his team-leading 29th goal as the Storm defeated PRPC 31 on Feb. 4 to move into first in the league this late in the season for the first time in program history.

He also is leading the Storm in assists (30) and points (59) entering a game against the Newark Generals on Saturday, Feb. 12, at Chiller Easton. The regular-season finale is against the winless Delaware Tribe the following day at Chiller North.

“We’re definitely coming on as a team,” Wickiser said. “Winning the tournament

we played in Pittsburgh last month really gave us a boost.”

The Storm, which has won six of seven games since returning from Pittsburgh, improved to 23-8-4 overall and 13-6-3 with 29 points in the GCHSCHL by completing a season sweep of PRPC, which is the league’s most accomplished member. The Ice Prowlers were 13-7-2 with 28 points in the GCHSCHL with two games left on their schedule. The Storm’s victory over PRPC on Feb. 4 also secured a berth in next month’s state club tournament.

Northeast lost to Newark on Feb. 3,

marking its first loss since falling to Westerville 3-2 on Jan. 7. Since that loss to the Warcats, the Storm is 11-1-1 overall and 7-1 in the league. It went 4-0-1 in the Ehrnfelt tournament held Jan. 14-17 at Strongsville, defeating the Dallas Stars 3-2 in the championship game on Jan. 17.

“What’s made this run even more impressive is that we’ve been playing without our second-best forward,” Fixari said of Zach Turner, who had 17 goals and 25 assists in 23 games before being sidelined with a separated shoulder. “JanuSee STORM, page B3

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College Signings

Tight ends, safeties hot commodities locally

By JARROD ULREY

At a glance

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The strength of central Ohio’s 2011 high school football recruiting class starts at tight end and safety.

On Feb. 2, Westerville Central tight end Nick Vannett and Eastmoor Academy safety Ron Tanner celebrated National Signing Day by signing with Ohio State and Pickerington Central safety Eilar Hardy signed with Notre Dame.

Other tight ends to sign were Walnut Ridge’s Austin Traylor, who signed after picking Wisconsin last November, and Pickerington North’s Darien Bryant, who was a late commitment to Vanderbilt.

“As always, there are some Big Ten (Conference)-type of guys in this class, and obviously a lot of (Mid-American Conference)-class guys (from central Ohio),” said Bill Kurelic, who covers Midwest recruiting for ESPN.com and Ohio State for Bucknuts.com. “This year, there weren’t really any central Ohioans among the great, great prospects. The big name was probably Nick Vannett. Then when you add in Tanner and Hardy, it was a good year.”

Vannett was a bright spot for the Warhawks, who had a 2-8 record. The 6-foot-6, 230-pound senior had 46 catches for 606 yards and four touchdowns. He is ranked No. 6 among MaxPreps.com’s top 25 tight ends in the 2011 class.

According to MaxPreps.com, Tanner is No. 8 and Hardy is No. 21 among safeties. Tanner had three interceptions, three tackles for losses and 55 solo tackles as Eastmoor finished 64. Hardy had 63 tackles, five tackles for losses, six pass breakups and returned an interception for a touchdown for Pickerington Central, which went 11-1 after losing to Hilliard Davidson 13-6 in the Division I, Region 3 final.

Hardy, Tanner and Vannett all

Below are area high school seniors who have announced their Division I college signings to ThisWeek. Also listed are football players who have signed with schools in the Football Championship Subdivision: BASEBALL (10) — Isaac Beller (Pickerington Central) Wright State; Austin Cousino (Dublin Coffman) Kentucky; Michael Fries (Olentangy Liberty) Butler; Adam Hall (Coffman) Xavier; Ryan Leffel (Coffman) Ohio State; Nick Sergakis (Columbus Academy) Coastal Carolina; Kyle Sorensen (Pickerington North) Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne; Joey Tomko (Gahanna) Elon; Weston Weiss (Reynoldsburg) Youngstown State; Colin Williams (Westerville North) Dayton BOYS BASKETBALL (4) — Trey Burke (Northland) Michigan; Traevon Jackson (Westerville South) Wisconsin; Brian Sullivan (Upper Arlington) Miami; Stevie Taylor (Gahanna) Ohio GIRLS BASKETBALL (9) — Tatiana Chapple (Northland) East Carolina; Kavunaa Edwards (Pickerington North) Villanova; Raven Ferguson (Africentric) Ohio State; Travecia Franklin (Brookhaven) Indiana State; Courtney Haley (Watterson) Western Michigan; Briana Holmes (Brookhaven) Marist; Marah Morris (Brookhaven) Indiana State; Shelby Olszewski (Pickerington North) Austin Peay; Brittani Thomas (Africentric) Akron BOYS CROSS COUNTRY (1) — Blake Taneff (New Albany) Ohio State GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY (2) — Megan Collins (Coffman) Dayton; Jessica Hoover (Hilliard Davidson) Miami University FIELD HOCKEY (5) — Abby Barker (Watterson) Michigan State; Zoe Beaumier (Bexley) Colgate; Kristi Gegas (Thomas Worthington) Ohio; Gabby Goldach (Bexley) Miami; Sam Urell (Bexley) Ohio State FOOTBALL (39) — Kyle Annis (Hilliard

made the ThisWeek Super 25, as did Bryant and Traylor.

Another strong spot among central Ohio recruits was defensive line.

DeSales senior Chris Rock verbally committed to Michigan last May and will be joined on the defensive line in Ann Arbor by Davidson’s Keith Heitzman, who switched his verbal commitment from Vanderbilt in January. Dublin Coffman defensive lineman Brad Carrico is part of Notre Dame’s recruiting class after enrolling in January.

GIRLS Continued from page B1 ed it more,” Puryear said. “We were still missing layups, still missing free throws and not executing on offense. Those are some things we still need to get turned around come tournament play.”

Including the contest against Big Walnut, the Eagles have at least two more games to get ready for the postseason. They could have a third if they reschedule a game against Westerville South that was post-

Davidson) Butler; Ray Ball (Westerville South) Wisconsin; Jack Beebe (Dublin Jerome) Dayton; Pat Benton (Johnstown) Dayton; Matt Brown (Big Walnut) Dayton; Darien Bryant (Pickerington North) Vanderbilt; Brad Carrico (Coffman) Notre Dame; Tamani Carter (Pickerington Central) Michigan; Frank Chambers (Johnstown) Morehead State; Bryce Cheek (Olentangy) Akron; Vinny Cordova (New Albany) Eastern Illinois; J.D. Detmer (Davidson) Toledo; Miles Fisher (Westerville Central) Air Force; Nick Gentile (DeSales) Air Force; Eilar Hardy (Pickerington Central) Notre Dame; Keith Heitzman (Davidson) Michigan; Alex Huettel (Pickerington North) Bowling Green; Mike Jamar-Brown (Pickerington Central) Buffalo; Jarrell Jones (Northland) Miami; Evan Kendrick (DeSales) Navy; Noah Key (Hartley) Toledo; Jared Leet (Olentangy Orange) Morehead State; Hunter Maynard (Watterson) Bowling Green; Jeremy McCoy (Marion-Franklin) Kent State; Kyle Payton (Davidson) Kent State; Austin Peterman (Columbus Academy) Valparaiso; Max Phelps (Dublin Coffman) Holy Cross; Anthony Pruitt (Groveport) Kent State; Chris Rock (DeSales) Michigan; Matt Skura (Worthington Kilbourne) Duke; Luke Smurthwaite (Grove City) Kent State; Cole Stoudt (Coffman) Clemson; Kris Strange (Pickerington Central) Eastern Michigan; Devante’ Strickland (Marion-Franklin) Kent State; Ron Tanner (Eastmoor) Ohio State; Austin Traylor (Walnut Ridge) Wisconsin; Nick Vannett (Westerville Central) Ohio State; Jacob Walaszek (Big Walnut) Air Force; Jourdan Wickliffe (St. Charles) Eastern Illinois BOYS GOLF (5) — Alex Carpenter (St. Charles) Florida Southern; Thomas Dunne (Coffman) Northern Illinois; Jared Howard (Dublin Jerome) Cincinnati; Jake Miller (Watkins Memorial) Marshall; Michael Ricaurte (St.

Charles) Duke GIRLS GOLF (2) — Lauren Grogan (Watterson) Michigan; Lauren Stephens (Coffman) Toledo BOYS GYMNASTICS (1) — Drew Moling (Canal Winchester) Ohio State GIRLS GYMNASTICS (1) — Madison Shorts (Olentangy Liberty) Ball State BOYS LACROSSE (4) — Ryan Borcherding (Coffman) Air Force; Leo Horine (Jerome) Quinnipiac; John Horner (Jerome) Towson; Luke Treece (Upper Arlington) Ohio State GIRLS LACROSSE (4) — Adrian Ghidotti (Upper Arlington) Connecticut; Kendall Gordon (Thomas Worthington) Louisville; Grace Korandovich (Wellington) San Diego State; Lily Yednock (Thomas) Jacksonville GIRLS ROWING (2) — Ashley Bauer (New Albany) Ohio State; Anna Lind (Westerville Central) Iowa BOYS SOCCER (6) — Emmanuel Appiah (Westerville Central) Cincinnati; Alex Bechtol (Olentangy) Bowling Green; Tony Boerio (Pickerington North) Bowling Green; Joel Craig (Big Walnut) Evansville; Charlie Macias (St. Charles) Evansville; Wil Trapp (Gahanna) Akron GIRLS SOCCER (20) — Dominique Brown (Westerville Central) South Carolina State; Maria Bruno (Olentangy Liberty) Western Michigan; Macy Cobb (Central Crossing) Morehead State; Al Davies (Newark) Purdue; Meredith Delong (Bexley) Ohio State; Michelle Devilbiss (Liberty) Purdue; Julia Evans (Big Walnut) High Point; Olivia Evans (Coffman) UNCCharlotte; Aubrey Fisher (Liberty) Ohio State; Maura Hulme (DeSales) Southern Indiana; Gena Inbusch (Upper Arlington) Vanderbilt; Ashley Miltko (Westerville North) Wright State; Charlotte Myers (Bexley) Miami; Carli Pimm (Jerome) Akron; Kenzie Schlemitz (Coffman) Bowling Green; Megan Scoliere (Dublin Scioto) Ohio State; Abbey Smith

Watterson’s Hunter Maynard, who originally made a verbal commitment to Ball State but eventually signed with Bowling Green, is another defensive line recruit.

Other area players who signed with Big Ten schools were Westerville South offensive lineman Ray Ball (Wisconsin) and Pickerington Central defensive back Tamani Carter (Michigan). Worthington Kilbourne offensive lineman Matt Skura signed with Duke from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

“It’s really exciting,” Walnut

Ridge coach Byron Mattox said of having one of his players sign with a Big Ten school. “Getting your kid into a college anywhere is big, but to go to a BCS school and compete is really exciting.”

•SKILLED-POSITION TALENT — The area’s most sought-after quarterback was Coffman’s Cole Stoudt, a 6-4, 200-pound senior who signed with Clemson.

Stoudt, who originally made a verbal commitment to Wyoming in October only to later change his mind, was 182for-279 passing for 2,329 yards

At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedule for the New Albany girls basketball team: Feb. 1 — Game vs. Westerville South postponed because of bad weather.

Makeup date has not been announced. *Feb. 4 — Defeated Franklin Heights 50-21. Hannah Scipio scored 12 points and Madi Miller and Cheyenne Hartley-Carr scored 11 apiece.

poned on Feb. 1 because of bad weather.

New Albany is seeking a fourth consecutive trip to a district final. The Eagles lost to Pickerington North 68-56 in a Division I district final last sea-

*Feb. 5 — Lost to Hilliard Bradley 54-35. Scipio scored 17 points and Hartley-Carr scored 10. *Feb. 8 — Played Big Walnut *Feb. 11 — At Delaware. The Eagles won 53-32 on Jan. 7.

Of note: The Eagles were 10-7 overall and 8-4 in the OCC-Capital before Feb. 8. *OCC-Capital game

son, New Albany finished 11th (42) at the Watkins Memorial sectional behind champion Marysville (239). Odierno, an eventual state alternate, was the team’s lone district qualifier after the Eagles advanced nine in Division II in 2009.

“It was definitely much tougher,” said Auld, who won only one sectional match last year after qualifying for district the previous two years. “But we’re ready to go back and give it another go. I’m sure we all learned something.”

Several others, including senior Nate Peck (135), also failed to advance to the district meet after qualifying earlier in their careers.

The 13-team Pickerington North sectional will include Olentangy Liberty, which topped the area coaches poll for much of the season. Pickerington Central, which won a share of the OCC-Ohio Division title, and other heavyweights such as

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“Division I is definitely a step At a glance up,” coach Marc Cofer said beBelow are the recent results and fore the sectional draw two coming schedule for the New Albany weeks ago. “We found that out wrestling team: the hard way last year.” *Jan. 27 — Defeated Olentangy OrAuld also had a major deciange 37-29. Nick Fluty (112) and sion and two pins in Athens to Tommy Chamberlain (140) had pins.

Jan. 29 — Finished eighth (106) in push his season record to 26-12.

14-team Cruiser Invitational at GroveHis only title came at the Falport behind champion Licking Valcon Invitational on Dec. 18 at ley (200). Fluty (112) finished first Clinton-Massie, but he said he’s and Matt Odierno (215) and Alex Hake (285) placed second. prepared for the postseason Feb. 5 — Finished seventh (147) in nonetheless. More recently, he 23-team John Deno Classic at finished fourth in his pool at the Athens behind champion Athens New Albany Invitational on Jan. (296.5). Odierno (215) placed second and was one of six Eagles to 22 and was one match from placplace. ing at the Cruiser Invitational Feb. 8 — Competed against Coshocon Jan. 29 at Groveport. ton, Lexington and St. Charles “(Odierno) does a great job *Feb. 9 — Competed against pushing everybody in the (pracWatkins Memorial Of note: The Eagles were 4-2 in the tice) room, and (Chamberlain) OCC-Capital before Feb. 9. They comis my drill partner,” Auld said. pete in the Division I sectional tour“Some of us, we might not have nament Feb. 19 at Pickerington the best records, but we’ve North. *OCC-Capital match wrestled really good competition all year. We should be Teays Valley, Gahanna and ready.”

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with 22 touchdowns and nine interceptions last season.

Other area quarterbacks to commit to Division I programs were DeSales’ Nick Gentile (Air Force) and Grove City’s Luke Smurthwaite (Kent State).

Smurthwaite made the Super 25 after completing 168 of 298 passes for 2,369 yards and 15 touchdowns. Gentile rushed for 671 yards and 650 yards as an option quarterback for the Stallions, but he likely will play linebacker for Air Force.

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South’s Jayshon Jackson and Hartley’s Noah Key. Jackson, who was the Super 25 captain after rushing for 2,583 yards and 23 touchdowns on 349 carries, will play for Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Key, who rushed for 2,885 yards and 42 touchdowns while leading the Hawks to the Division IV state championship, signed with Toledo.

According to Toledo’s website, Key is projected as a defensive back in college. He had three interceptions last season.

St. Charles’ Jourdan Wickliffe, a 6-1, 195-pound senior, is expected to play wide receiver for Eastern Illinois. He totaled 600 yards rushing and 300 yards receiving on offense and 95 tackles and four interceptions on defense.

•KICKING IT STRONG — Of the 20 girls soccer players who signed with Division I colleges on Feb. 2, 17 compete for the Ohio Premier club program.

Five players from Ohio Premier, including Bexley’s Meredith Delong, Olentangy Liberty’s Aubrey Fisher and Dublin Scioto’s Megan Scoliere, signed with Ohio State.

The Buckeyes advanced to an NCAA semifinal last fall, where they lost to Notre Dame 1-0 to finish 17-5-2. OSU earned the second most victories in program history and reached the College Cup for the first time.

Scoliere’s sister, Danielle, will be a senior next season for OSU. Danielle Scoliere also graduated from Scioto.

“I’ve wanted to play for Ohio State my whole life, so I’m really excited,” Megan Scoliere said. “I get to play with my sister when I’m a freshman and she’s a senior. (Last season) they won the Big Ten for the first time in history and reached the Final Four. We think we can win another championship next year.”

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Delaware — Football. Send résumé to athletics director Clint Fetty at fettycl@dcs.k12.oh.us.

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STORM many penalties and that puts a lot of pressure on our goalies, but they’ve definitely responded.

Hopefully, we’ll get Ryan (Wickiser) back next year because (Mao’s) a senior.”

Tyler Wickiser played for the 16-and-under AAA Blue Jackets travel team a year ago while his brother played for the 95 AAA Blue Jackets.

Tyler couldn’t pass up an opportunity to play with some of his classmates before graduating, however.

“This has turned out to be one of my favorite hockey years, too,” he said. “Our friends have been on us to come and play for the Storm and it’s worked out really well, obviously. I’d always heard this is a pretty physical league and that’s definitely true. I’ve been very impressed with the level of play.”

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ary was a fun month, and now we’re hoping to carry that momentum with us into February and March.”

Consistent goaltending is another reason why the Storm has surged in recent weeks. Ryan Wickiser, a freshman at New Albany, sports a 2.18 goals-against average and 90.5 save percentage. He has posted a 19-6-3 record in 28 starts, saving 20 of 21 shots he faced in the win over PRPC. Backup Ryan Mao was in goal for a 3-0 win over Athens on Jan. 23 and a 1-0 victory over Hilliard on Jan. 28 in which he had 29 saves to push his shutout streak to three games. He carries a 0.92 goals-against average and 94.4 save percentage.

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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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Top games GAMES OF THE WEEK BOYS: New Albany at Westerville South, 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 15 in a non-league matchup of two of the area’s top teams.

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.

The win gave the Vikings the City-League North Division title.

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— Olentangy senior Adaora Anunike, a two-time state qualifier in the shot put who now embraces her height. On Feb. 3, she signed with Miami University in track and field.

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Girls Basketball: The district draw was Super Bowl Sunday. Find out where your team opens the postseason.

Hockey: ThisWeek’s Aaron Blankenship previews the Blue Jackets Cup, which begins Feb. 10.

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.

The Dublin Jerome hockey team has won the Blue Jackets Cup four of the past five years and won its first Capital Hockey Conference regularseason title this season.

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 and visibly show you how much they love their sport, and Taylor is a perfect example of that. When Larry Larson is a former athletics director at he talks basketball with you, he displays that Grandview High School. He can be heard as same electric personality he shows when he is “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM.

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“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.

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Township trustees weigh whether to move flagpole Plain Township trustees have determined it may not be cost effective to move the 77-foot flagpole from the former site of WCVI-FM 104.9 at 4400 Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road, across the road to Maplewood Cemetery.

“The township, at one time, had asked for it,” said Plain Township administrator Ben Collins.

Since the radio station no longer operates there, the property was purchased by the New Albany Co. Company officials said the township could take the pole if township employees moved it across the street to the cemetery. But after Collins checked into the cost and informed the trustees, they seemed leery of pursuing the idea.

“I think it would look great in the cemetery, I

really do,” said trustee Bud Zappitelli. “But with the cost, it just really doesn’t sound good to me.”

Collins said Admiral Flag Poles of Columbus estimated it would cost $7,000 to remove the pole, transport it to the cemetery, install a new base and raise the pole. Any cost of refinishing the pole, which is anodized bronze over aluminum, or purchasing a new pole, could cost up to $10,000 more.

“No one knows what kind of condition that pole is in until they take it down,” Collins said.

He said once the pole is down, Admiral Flag Poles could determine if it had been struck by lightning and is structurally sound. Admiral Flag Poles installed the pole on the current site 20 years ago, Collins said.

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