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March 17, 2011

Board approves new pay-to-play fees Student charges include $500 per sport, $275 for band, choir, theatre

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeekCommunity Newspapers Pickerington high school athletes will pay $500 per sport and students will be charged $275 to play in the band, perform in theatre productions and sing in the choir next school year under a new pay-to-participate plan adopted Monday by the board of education.

The fees, which board members said needed to be increased to help offset rising general operations costs, will go into effect at the start of the 2011-12 school year. They will more than double the amount athletes in the district currently pay to play.

For now, a flat fee of $500 per student, per sport has been set for participation in high school sports. High school

students also will pay $275 plus an as yet undetermined uniform fee to participate in marching band, theatre and choir.

High school students participating in strings music activities will pay $50.

Junior high athletes will pay $325 per student, per sport.

Currently, there are no fee caps or discounts in place for families with more than one student participating in ex-

tracurricular events, or for students who participate in more than one activity.

Board members approved the new athletic fees by a 3-2 vote, with Lee Gray and Cathy Olshefski dissenting.

The marching band, theatre, choir and strings fees were unanimously adopted.

“We certainly would like to see this fee come down in its final form,” board member Lori Sanders said. “We will still

continue to be working on this.”

The new fees are expected to increase the district’s annual revenue — thereby reducing district general fund costs — from $325,000 to $449,000.

Currently, high school students pay $210 per sport, while junior high students pay $135 per sport.

See PAY-TO-PLAY FEES, page A3

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NORTH MARCHES ON TO STATE State-ofthe-district speech canceled

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers Continued focus on employee reductions and a new pay-to-participate fee structure led Pickerington Local School District officials to cancel the annual state-of-the-district address.

PLSD Superintendent Karen Mantia was slated to outline the district’s recent achievements, future goals, and education and fiscal challenges during a state of the district address last Monday.

On March 9, however, the district announced this year’s address had been canceled.

According to PLSD communications director Lee Cole, bad timing was the primary reason the speech was scrapped this year.

She noted Monday’s board of education meeting called for identfying approximately 100 employees — including 87 teachers — who will have their jobs eliminated or reduced in the 2011-12 school year. The job losses are part of the $13-million in budget cuts the board announced in January for the next school year.

The address also was canceled so board mem-

By Eric George/ThisWeek

Pickerington High School North senior Kavunaa Edwards hoists the Division I regional championship trophy after the Panthers beat Liberty Township Lakota East 52-40 on March 11 at Otterbein University. North will play Twinsburg in a state semifinal at 8 p.m. Friday, March 18 at Ohio State. See Sports, page B1.

See STATE OF THE DISTRICT, page A2

Fundraiser benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers A longstanding fundraiser to benefit a Fairfield County child-mentoring organization will come to Pickerington next month for the second straight year.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fairfield County Inc. will host its “Bowl for Kids’ Sake” fundraiser April 16 and 17 at Rule(3), a Pickerington bowling alley-restaurant-fun center at 650 Windmiller Drive.

See FUNDRAISER, page A2

Man jailed on charges of abusing baby

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers A Pickerington man accused of abusing his 3-month-old daughter remained in the Fairfield County jail as of ThisWeek’s press time on Tuesday.

Jeremy Snyder, 25, of Pickerington, was being held on $50,000 bond after pleading not guilty to two counts of felonious assault and two counts of child endangering.

Snyder was arrested on March 10 after Pickerington police were called to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus to investigate how a 3-month-old girl suffered three fractured ribs, “substantial” hematoma, and bleeding behind her eyes, according to Pickerington Police Sgt. Greg Annis.

Police interviewed Snyder and the child’s mother.

“The hospital indicated the nature of the injuries to the child were consistent with abusive

See ABUSE CHARGES, page A5

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treatment,” Annis said. “The father then stated to us he had handled the child roughly.

“From all the information we were able to gather, (the mother) did not know about the abuse going on,” he said.

The baby was taken to the hospital around 10 p.m. on March 8 after having what appeared to be a seizure, Annis said.

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FUNDRAISER Continued from page A1 The events, which are slated for noon and 2 p.m. on April 16 and 2 p.m. on April 17, will mark the second straight year the fundraisers will be held in Pickerington in addition to similar events held earlier this year in Lancaster.

Big Brothers Big Sisters currently is seeking four- and six-person teams and sponsors for the event, which serves as its largest fundraiser of the year.

The registration deadline is April 11. Prospective participants and sponsors can sign up online at www.bbbs-fairfieldoh.org, by calling Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fairfield County at (740) 687-9477 or by mailing their registrations or donations to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fairfield County, P.O. Box 962, 111 S. Broad St., Suite 106, Lancaster, Ohio 43130.

“This is the signature fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations across the country,” said Anna Tobin, executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters Fairfield County. “Our goal is to raise $40,000 this year between all of our Bowl for Kids’ Sake events.

“We’re hoping for about $10,000 to $12,000 from the Pickerington event,” she said. “All of that money will stay here in the local community.”

Those wishing to participate will pay $30 per person, or $50 per person if they wish to receive a T-shirt commemorating the event.

Participants then will receive a packet that will

provide instructions about soliciting sponsors or pledges for the fundraiser.

“Supporters give a flat fee, and all the donations are tax-deductible,” Tobin said. “Bowlers collect that money and bring it on the day they bowl.

“Donations also can be made using our online tool.”

Any team that raises $650 or more will receive a pizza party while they bowl. A variety of prizes also will be given to the teams that raise the most money.

Money from the events will fund Big Brothers Big Sisters’ local youth-mentoring programs and help the organization match area children with teen or adult mentors.

Last year, Tobin said, Big Brothers Big Sisters served 232 children in Fairfield County. Thirty-seven percent of those children were from the Pickerington and Reynoldsburg areas, she said.

“We’re still working within four Pickerington schools and we have two other site-based programs in the area, as well as offering community-based mentoring,” Tobin said. “We’re hoping these kids are going to be matched up and develop relationships that will help them through their challenges in life and get them on the path to success.

“Bowl for Kids’ Sake is a great cause because if we’re helping to support our children, we all benefit.” nellis@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

STATE OF THE DISTRICT Continued from page A1 bers would have more time to discuss plans for a restructured pay-to-participate fee plan for athletic activities.

Mantia and board members opted to remove the state of the district speech from the March 14 agenda in order to provide more time to discuss those budget-related items, Cole said.

“The state of the district had been scheduled a year in advance before we knew we would have to address these other issues,” she said.

At this point, Cole said, it hasn’t been determined if a state of the address district will be

given by Mantia this year.

She said the superintendent is planning a “teleforum” sometime in April where parents and other residents in the district could tune in to a presentation via telephone. That event could serve as a replacement for the annual speech.

“We’re going to be doing a teleforum in April, so the community will hear from the district,” Cole said. “We’re going to talk about a globallearning model and some of the changes that will occur in the district.”

Continued from page A1 ager Stephen Zonars said, Cason won the loyalty of hundreds of thousands of central Ohio readers.

“Ben has been the heartbeat of ThisWeek Community Newspapers for 18 years and his contributions are immeasurable,” Zonars said. “On his watch, the readership of our papers has grown by more than 200,000 people, which may be the most honest reflection of how valuable the public finds our coverage, which is the product of Ben’s leadership in the newsroom.”

Zonars said Cason’s legacy is the team of journalists he has assembled at ThisWeek.

“We are indebted to Ben for attracting bright and passionate reporters and editors who share his love of community news and sports, and to Ben’s high personal standards for quality, objective and, above all, accurate reporting,” he said.

“No one checks more facts than Ben. Ben’s legacy will be that his brand of journalism will live on through our staff because Ben showed them the way as he coached, mentored and nurtured them. Ben leaves us in good hands.”

Two of Cason’s first hires after

he arrived at ThisWeek were Lee Cochran, now assistant managing editor and sports editor, and Sandy Wallace, news editor.

“I came to ThisWeek from a small daily and it took some time for me to get used to the different pace and schedule of weekly papers,” Wallace said. “But Ben’s vision for the papers was very clear. It was all about better reporting, better editing, better writing. For Ben, content is key, regardless of whether it’s in print or online.

“It will be very strange to walk in the newsroom on March 21 and know Ben won’t be there,” she said. “We’re losing a wealth of experience and institutional knowledge — but I think I can safely say that Ben’s influence will continue to be felt for a long time.”

“Ben came to ThisWeek three months before me,” Cochran said.

“Soon after I started, he explained his plan for improving the papers, and it’s a vision he has followed ever since and one that will continue. The success we’ve had at ThisWeek is a credit to Ben and his vision. He knew what it took to be a successful newspaper and led us there.

“He is a leader, a mentor and, most importantly, a friend. He will be missed by our readers and our newsroom.”

After graduating from the University of Florida, Cason took a job at The St. Petersburg Times, where he met his wife, Carol.

Cason was news editor at The Washington Post during the Watergate scandal that eventually toppled President Richard Nixon.

He said the Watergate episode was one of the most interesting times in his career. As news editor of The Post during that era, he put together many of the paper’s historic front pages.

Cason said working for newspapers that were family-owned has been important to him.

“I feel fortunate to have worked for family-run operations almost my entire career — the Wolfe family in Columbus, the Graham family at The Washington Post and Nelson Poynter at The St. Petersburg Times,” Cason said. “Journalism is almost always better when it’s run by families who live in the communities than by faceless large newspaper chains.”

Cason said he remains a proponent of community journalism.

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PAY-TO-PLAY FEES Continued from page A1 In opposing the move, Gray reiterated concerns that the district currently doesn’t have a good fix on how many students will participate in extracurricular activities after the new fees are implemented. He also said he favored a “tiered� fee schedule that would levy different fees for different activities, taking into account how much those sports cost to administer and how much money they generate through ticket sales.

He said the new fees will result in some sports supplementing others. “To me, (the structure) is an arbitrary number,� he said.

Board members said it’s possible that pay-toplay fees could be reduced after the district has more time to develop new transportation plans to reduce costs for extracurricular programs. Almost all extracurricular costs are driven by transportation of students and salaries for coaches and directors, they said. “I think what we’re trying to do ‌ is allay some of the figures that are floating around out there,â€?

Sanders said. “This is just to give people a baseline of where they may fall.�

The board still is seeking to determine how it will handle financial hardship cases for students wishing to participate in extracurriculars. Board members said they don’t have all the information

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needed for that decision as yet, but said about 6 percent of current students participating in athletics at one of the district’s high schools qualify financially for free or reduced-price school lunches.

The board accepted the flat-fee schedule over a tiered proposal that could have yielded fees as high as $650 per student for basketball, golf and swimming, $550 for wrestling, tennis, baseball, softball and volleyball and $450 for track, football, cross country, soccer and cheerleading.

It was estimated that structure would have generated $406,000 in new revenue to the district.

In other news, the board voted 4-1 to indefinitely suspend the employment contracts for the positions now held by Mark Aprile and Pete Laihr, athletics directors at Pickerington High School North and PHS Central, respectively. The moves take effect Aug. 1, and were recommended by PLSD Superintendent Karen Mantia and her staff as part of the district’s plan to cut $13-million from its 201112 budget.

Gray opposed the move. “I still believe there’s a better way to handle the athletic directors,� he said.

Mantia said she will present a plan for managing the district’s athletics programs without the directors at a future board meeting.

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‘Thank you’ for support will never be enough To the editor: On behalf of the Violet Township Fire Department, I want to take this opportunity to pass along our heartfelt thanks for the outpouring of support we have received as we experienced the loss of our assistant chief and friend, Doug Barr.

From the moment that news of his passing went out, we have experienced countless acts of kindness from organizations and members of our community. Your thoughts, prayers and actions are a testament to the positive impact that Doug had on so many people in our community and beyond.

His mother commented to me at the funeral

home that she knew that Doug was well loved, but she did not fully understand the extent to which he was loved and admired, as demonstrated by the vast number of people arriving to pay their respects.

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As it were

Columbus-based Ralston Co. was ‘a truly great’ enterprise It was an immense operation: At its height, the Ralston Steel Car Co. employed hundreds of people.

Much of it is gone now. A few of the factory buildings remain.

But in its time —for almost 50 years — the Ralston Steel Car Co. was a great Columbus success. That story and the story of the man who made it happen are well worth retelling.

Joseph Stevenson Ralston was born near Hamilton, Ontario, in 1865. His father, Robert Ralston, was a recent immigrant from Ireland. His mother, Sarah Springer Ralston, came from a family that had been in America since 1680 but had fled to Canada during the American Revolution because of their loyalty to the crown.

Like a number of people in Canada, and certainly like many more in the United States, Joseph Ralston was a restless young man. After receiving a basic education, Ralston went to sea on a ship called the City of Calcutta out of Glasgow, Scotland. After a four-year apprenticeship, he came home, but soon was on the move once again.

He spent a year in a lumber camp in Michigan and followed that with another year as a newspaper reporter.

He then turned to the sale of real estate for a time and then began to read law at night while he worked during the day. He would never practice law, but he would always claim its study helped him in his later activities.

Along the way, he married Anna Mar of Caledonia, Ontario. They had four children, three of whom lived to adulthood.

By the turn of the century, Joseph Ralston was working in Chicago for a large manufacturer of railroad cars.

To anyone who lives in central Ohio today and arrives at a railroad crossing — with dozens of coal cars passing by — it may come as some surprise to learn there was a time not all that long ago when most of those coal cars did not exist.

At the turn of the 20th century, the railroads were some of the most powerful corporations in America. But for all of that, most freight was still moved in wooden cars: box cars, tank cars or open top “gondola” cars.

Many of these cars had to be unloaded by hand.

Joseph Ralston, working with a young engineer named Anton

Becker, developed plans for a new type of car. The entire car would be made of durable steel and would ED have a series LENTZ of 16 trap doors along its bottom to permit coal or anything else to be quickly unloaded.

Building a sample car, the two young inventors demonstrated their product to some railroads that hauled a lot of coal. Sever-

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The Rarig Engineering Co. had been in business for some time at a distance from downtown Columbus along the rail lines that came into town from the east. Rarig had had some success making engines for industrial use, boilers, and even the superstructure for iron bridges.

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AS IT WERE Continued from page A4 In the years before the Spanish American War, the company decided that its future lay in what we would today call “defense contracts.” The Navy was expanding in size and influence.

The Army was more involved in more places more frequently, as well. All of these people would need heavy-duty artillery and the ordnance carriages to hold them.

With outbreak of the Spanish American War, the company converted to wartime production in the confident assumption that the war would last for some time.

The war lasted for 90 days.

Not long thereafter, for a number of reasons, the company went out of business.

It was at this fortuitous moment that Joseph Ralston and Anton Becker came to town looking for a factory location.

They found the Rarig site.

Beginning in 1905, Ralston and his financial backers began a process that was nothing short of amazing. Rarig Engineering had a big factory building but little about it had anything to do with building rail cars. The new company took the building and began to build rail cars. While this went on, it completely gut-

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ted the interior of the old building and then proceeded to build a brand new building several hundred feet long to accommodate an assembly line to produce rail cars.

When all of that was done, the company then went back and tore down the old building and replaced it with a new building. And while all of this was happening, it continued to build steel cars.

Between 1906 and 1911, the company built more than 10,000 of the new cars and soon found them shipped to all parts of the world. As just one example, in 1909, the company sold 50 of its cars to the South Manchurian Railway and sent the entire consignment to China in pieces, packed in crates.

Over the years, the Ralston Steel Car Co. built not only a factory but an entire community on the East Side of Columbus. The area sat on the north side of the rail yards to the east of Milo Grogan. It was a selfcontained world with most of its residents earning their livelihoods at the great factory.

Joseph Ralston died in 1920.

F. E. Simons led the company from 1920 to 1935 and he was followed by Frank Livingston in the years after World War II.

Through all of those years, the Ralston Steel Car Co. was one of the great industrial businesses of Columbus.

Changes in America’s rail transport business after World War II made the company less competitive and it went out of business in 1953.

If you visit the near East Side of Columbus today it is still not all that difficult to find the streets and structures and other traces of the Ralston Steel Car Co. — a truly great American enterprise.

According to Fairfield County Municipal Court officials, an attorney had not been apchild sustained ... had this sort of treatment con- pointed to represent Snyder as of Friday afternoon. tinued, it could very well be fatal,” he said.

A preliminary hearing for the criminal case Annis said hospital officials told him the baby is scheduled at 2:45 p.m. March 18 is expected to recover.

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Corcoran aims to help customers improve health

By NATE ELLIS peak sales season.

ThisWeek Community Newspapers In addition to Corcoran, Fitness and Nutrition Center has With warmer weather on the three employees. He said he way and on the heels of the hopes to grow his business and Arnold Sports Festival, Mike Cor- become a Pickerington fixture. coran is hoping a move from “I’ve always considered myself Reynoldsburg to Pickerington part of Pickerington and I’m glad will begin to pay off for his fit- to be here,” he said. ness and nutrition store.

Corcoran said he seeks to assist Corcoran, who has owned customers interested in their health and fitness-oriented busi- health. nesses for more than two decades, “I hope to help people reach moved his Fitness and Nutrition their goals, whether that be to Center from Reynoldsburg to a lose weight, boost your immune 2,600-square-foot store in the system or just feel better,” he said.

Brookview Village Center at 1232 “I’ve been doing this for 24 Hill Road North last August. years,” Corcoran said. “There “I was right across the high- aren’t too many people around way for eight years on the anywhere that have the knowlReynoldsburg side,” Corcoran edge and experience with supsaid. “I had always considered it plements and health food as I do. to be Pickerington because I was “I am not driven by money as right on the city line. much as I’m driven to help peo“My Reynoldsburg location ple,” he said. “I’m very skeptibecame too expensive, so I cal about anything new on the decided to make the move.” market until I’ve done a lot of Corcoran said business has research. been relatively slow since the “I consider myself a unique relocation, in part because he’s resource to the community.” still working with a private company to get signage for his store, nellis@thisweeknews.com and also because winter isn’t his www.ThisWeekNews.com

Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park 1775 Darby Creek Drive, Galloway • Dabblers and Divers, 9 a.m.

Saturday at the naturalist office.

Discover migrating waterfowl at the new wetlands.

• Full Worm Moon Hike, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the naturalist office. Take a brisk four-mile hike through woods and fields.

• Wacky Woodcocks, 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the naturalist office. Search for the American woodcock performing its aerial courtship dance.

Blendon Woods Metro Park 4265 State Route 161 E., Westerville • Metro Five-0: Level 2 – Dances with Woodcocks, 7 p.m.

Friday at the Cherry Ridge Program Area. Search the fields for woodcocks performing their courtship dance. Dark clothing recommended. For ages 50 and older.

• Just for Kids: Working Worms, 1 p.m. Saturday at the Nature Center. Listen to stories from the book “Diary of a Worm” and explore the world of real worms. For ages 6-12.

• Ravine Walk, 2 p.m. Sunday at the Nature Center. Take a twomile off-trail hike down a scenic ravine.

• Preschoolers: Rabbits All Around, 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Nature Center. Discover how rabbits survive in a world filled with hazards.

Blacklick Woods Metro Park 6975 E. Livingston Ave., Reynoldsburg • Metro Five-0: Woodcock Moon Walk, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Chestnut Ridge Metro Park the Ash Grove Picnic Area. Watch 8445 Winchester Road, N.W., for the aerial courtship display of Carroll the woodcock on a 1.5-mile • Rain Barrel Making Demo, moonlit walk. For ages 50 and 11 a.m. Saturday at the Ranger older.

Station. Learn how to create rain

News from neighbors

Reynoldsburg to offer summer camp for children

By DAVID S. OWEN ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Reynoldsburg Parks and Recreation Department will offer an all-day summer day camp for children beginning in June.

Department director Jason Shamblin said the Reynoldsburg Adventure Camp will provide children with a variety of fun and educational activities all day during the summer months.

He said the program grew out of a need to have a summer day camp that could provide working families with a safe, fun place for their children during the week.

“We run a playground program that runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., but it doesn’t run the entire summer. As we talked to people, really, there was a need for more of an all-day program,” Shamblin said.

“Our society has changed … With so many working families in our community, it’s become more difficult for them to utilize that program, so it’s time to adapt to their needs,” he said.

The Reynoldsburg Adventure Camp will run from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at Blacklick Woods Metro Park. Shamblin said before- and after-camp care will be available from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

He said participants will also have

opportunities to form new friendships and discover new strengths.

“Each day will be a true adventure as children participate in various hands-on activities, such as nature exploration, sports activities, crafts projects, drama programs, exciting field trips to local attractions and more,” Shamblin said.

He said the hope is when children come home from the camp, they will be more self-reliant, self-sufficient and bubbling over with self-confidence. He emphasized that the camp is not a day care. He said similar programs exist in some form in other communities in central Ohio and have proven to be successful.

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By Tim Norman/ThisWeek

Michael Corcoran owns Fitness and Nutrition Center, which recently moved from its Reynoldsburg location to Pickerington at 1232 Hill Road North. Cochran’s business specializes in vitamins and health foods.

Metro park district The following is a list of Metropolitan Park District of Columbus and Franklin County programs for this week.

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barrels to help conserve rainwater for your gardens.

Glacier Ridge Metro Park 9801 Hyland Croy Road, Plain City • Sunset Wetland Walk, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Honda wetland Education Area, 7825 Hyland-Croy Road. Take a leisurely stroll around the wetland.

Highbanks Metro Park 9466 U.S. 23 N., Lewis Center • Howl at the Moon, 6 p.m.

Friday at the Nature Center. Take a 3.5- mile walk with your dog.

• Natural Play Area: Use Your Senses for Discovery, 11 a.m. Saturday at the Big Meadows Picnic Shelter. Play games of discovery in the natural play area.

Inniswood Metro Gardens 940 Hempstead Road, Westerville • Metro Five-0: Level 1 – See METRO PARK, page A7

MARBURN ACADEMY CONGRATULATES ALEX FOSTER

“STUDENT SPOTLIGHT” Marburn Academy is proud to acknowledge the contributions of Robert S. Garek Merit Scholarship recipient Alex Foster to the Marburn Academy community.

Alex Foster, a Marburn Academy junior, is the first one to recognize that Marburn Academy changed his life.

“The TASK and LEAD classes have given me confidence to ask questions in my courses, and taught me how to advocate for myself,” states Foster. “Now I am able to participate at a high level in any class discussion, or add to the planning of any event.” Foster also acknowledges his research, writing, and notetaking skills have improved, which he credits to the Marburn Academy High School teachers.

“I really value the close relationship Marburn students have with the High School teachers.

Our teachers are more than willing to help each student, even to the point of staying after school.”

Foster’s academic goal for this year is to be on the Honor Roll. After graduating with the class of 2012, he plans to go to college. Foster is an active member of the junior class, participating in class trips and playing soccer and dodge ball. As a school Ambassador, Foster has given school tours and mentored some Marburn 8th grade students.

Foster also contributes to his local community by volunteering in his neighborhood. He mows grass, shovels snow, walks dogs, and mulches gardens.

Everyone at Marburn Academy is proud of an Scott Burton, Marburn Academy Dean of Students, and Alex Foster, R.S. Garek Merit Scholarship recipient. outstanding leader like Alex Foster.

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• Army Spc. Ryan J. Law has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.

He is the son of Julie Law of Canal Winchester.

During the nine weeks of training, he studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies; Army history; core values and traditions;

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military courtesy; military justice; physical fitness; first aid; rifle marksmanship; weapons use; map reading and land navigation; foot marches; armed and unarmed combat; and field maneuvers and tactics.

Law is a 2005 graduate of Pickerington Central High School, and earned a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University in 2009.

College notes • Chris Elflein of Pickerington received the Emergency Medical Technician—Paramedic certificate from Central Ohio Technical College in December.

• Central Ohio Technical College has announced its fall 2010 president’s list.

Pickerington residents named to

“It’s not a day care, it’s a summer camp for children in first grade up through eighth grade, so they have to have completed kindergarten,” he said of potential campers.

Field trips will be offered each week to a different destination. None are definite yet, but Shamblin said they might include visits to such places as the Columbus Zoo, COSI or a water park.

Summer camp sessions begin Monday, June 13, and will run each week through Sept. 2.

Fees for Reynoldsburg residents are $140 per week per child for the first child and $120 per week for each additional child.

the list were Susan Adrian, Chelsea Earnheart, Elisabeth Hoppe, Lindsay Newton and Kaylin Parker.

To be named to the president’s list, students must earn a 4.0 grade-point average.

• George T. Malott II of Pickerington was named to the fall 2010 dean’s list at Muskingum University.

Civic organizations accepting scholarship applications The Rotary Club of Reynoldsburg-Pickerington is accepting college scholarship applications.

The club will award a $2,000 scholarship to a graduating senior from each of the three area high schools: Reynoldsburg, Pickerington Central and Pickerington North. Applications will be reviewed by the scholarship committee and will be judged on the basis of transcripts, recommendations, extracurricular activities and community involvement.

Finalists will be granted a personal interview with the scholarship committee.

Applications are available in each school’s counseling office. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 15.

The Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 283 is sponsoring a $100 scholarship for a PHS North or Central student who is related to a veteran.

Details and paperwork may be obtained through the counseling office. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 4.

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Non-resident fees are $160 per week per child for the first child and $140 per week for each additional child.

Before- and after-camp care will cost an additional $35 per week per child.

Shamblin said the program fee includes a special summer camp T-shirt and any field trip admission costs.

Registration forms will be available on the city’s website at www.ci.reynoldsburg.oh.us after April 15. Information is also available at the Reynoldsburg Parks and Recreation Department at (614) 322-6806. dowen@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

Metro park district Continued from page A6 Container Gardening, 11 a.m.

Tuesday at the Innis House. Learn the basics of growing plants in containers. For ages 50 and older.

and natural-surface trails.

• Preschoolers: Turtle Travels Puppet Show, 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. Wednesday at Spring Hollow Lodge, 1069 W. Main St., Westerville. Join the Discovery Forest Puppets as Turtle solves the mystery of what happens in spring.

Prairie Oaks Metro Park 3225 Plain City-Georgesville Road, West Jefferson Slate Run Metro Park • Return to the Cabbage 1375 state Route 674 N., Patch, 2 p.m. Sunday at the Prairie Canal Winchester View Picnic Area. Take a one-mile • Secret Swamp, 1 p.m. Saturoff-trail hike to view the skunk cabbage patch and check for other day at the Shady Grove Program Area. Search for salamanders, frogs wildflowers along the way. and other swamp creatures.

Sharon Woods Metro Park Involves a 1.5-mile round-trip hike over rigged, off-trail terrain.

6911 Cleveland Ave., Westerville Three Creeks Park • Adult Full Moon Hike, 8 p.m. Saturday at the Apple Ridge 3860 Bixby Road, Groveport • Preschoolers: Nature Hunt, bulletin board. Take a fast-paced 3.5-mile hike along gravel, paved 10 a.m. Friday at the Heritage Nature Center, 551 Wirt Road.

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Coming up To add, remove or update a the style show to follow. Proceeds listing, e-mail editorial@thisweek- benefit the league’s scholarship news.com. fund. Tickets are $21. Call (614) 864-8493 or visit www.vtwl.org.

Events “The Curious Savage,” presented by Pickerington Community Theatre, March 18-27 at Pickerington Christian Church, 575 Diley Road. Shows are scheduled for 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Call Adam Schroeder at (614) 288-7855 or visit www.pickeringtoncommunitytheatre.com.

“A Picture of Calvary,” 6 p.m.

April 16 and 10 a.m. April 17 at Harvest Christian Community, 5780 Reynoldsburg-Baltimore Road. This musical drama will be presented free of charge. Visit harvestchristiancommunity.com.

Style Show and Luncheon, sponsored by the Violet Township Women’s League, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Berwick Manor Party House, 3250 Refugee Road. Raffle tickets will be available for 80 baskets. Lunch will be served at 12:15 p.m., with

Classes Art Class, 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 19, at POP Community Center for the Arts, 895 Old Diley Road, for ages 9 and older. Students will paint a dragonfly wall plaque. Cost is $13.

Call Mary Grace at (740) 8623187.

Parent and Child Art Class, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 30, at POP Community Center for the Arts, 895 Old Diley Road.

Make a cactus garden in a pot.

Children must be 8 or older. Cost is $15. Call Mary Grace at (740) 862-3187.

Health Medical Clinic, 6:30-8:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at Vineyard Community Church, 15187 Palmer Road, Reynoldsburg. Free sports and school physicals, health screenings and treat-

ment for non-emergency illnesses are offered. The VCC food pantry will be open. Interested health care professionals who would like to volunteer should call (740) 927-7729.

meets the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. For location and time, call 920-0800.

Reynoldsburg/Pickerington Rotary Club, noon Tuesdays at Wesley Ridge Community Center, 2225 state Route 256. Visit www.rprotary.com or e-mail Meetings viperoffice@viperprotectionserViolet Township Women’s vices.com for more information.

League, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March Pickerington Area Kiwanis 22, at the American Legion Hall, 7725 Refugee Road. Membership is open to all women in Pickerington and Violet Township. Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month. Call (614) 8648493 or visit www.vtwl.org.

Pickerington AmSpirit, 8:309:45 a.m. Fridays at Pizza Cottage, 1000 Old Diley Road. This is a business networking and referral group meeting. Visitors are welcome. Visit amspiritpickerington.com.

Pickerington Toastmasters, 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays in the first floor conference room at Kroger, 1045 Hill Road N. Visit pickerington.freetoasthost.net.

Pickerington Lions Club,

Club, noon the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Romeo’s Pizza, 80 W. Church St. All are welcome. Call Deblin Jennings at (614) 833-3803.

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

Central Ohio 9-12 Project, 5 p.m. the second Wednesday and

7 p.m. the fourth Saturday of the month. Meeting location varies.

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REGIONAL CHAMPIONS Panthers’ Kee-Bryant key to win in regional final

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At various points this season, the Pickerington High School North girls basketball team has had a player elevate her game.

Jaila Kee-Bryant is taking her turn. The junior point guard matched her season high with 16 points as the Panthers beat Liberty Township Lakota East 52-40 in a Division I regional final March 11 at Otterbein.

She scored 12 points in the fourth quarter, including 10 during a span of 3 minutes, 37 seconds to help North seal the win.

“I knew my team needed me,” said KeeBy Eric George/ThisWeek Bryant, who also scored 16 in a 63-46 win over Upper Arlington in a district semifi- Kavunaa Edwards (front left), Shelby Olszewski (center) and other Panthers prepare to receive the Division I regional trophy on March 11 at Otterbein. nal March 1. “I didn’t play that well in the North defeated Liberty Township Lakota East 52-40 and will play Twinsburg in a state semifinal at 8 p.m. Friday, March 18, at Ohio State. regular season, so I wanted to step up.”

Leading 27-21 at halftime, the Panthers didn’t shake Lakota East until Kee-Bryant heated up. Her late scoring barrage included a pair of layups with Shelby Olszewski providing both assists on passes

By KURTIS ADAMS from the perimeter. The first one came ThisWeek Community Newspapers with 5:24 remaining and North leading just 38-31, while the second pushed the The Pickerington High School North girls For photo slideshow and game advantage to 42-33. basketball team enters the Division I state coverage of the Panthers’ in the Kee-Bryant’s two free throws made it tournament with the same expectations as state tournament, please visit: 48-36 with 1:47 remaining. Moments later, so many others that coach Dave Butcher has www.ThisWeekSports.com North capped a decisive 14-4 run when taken to the season’s final weekend.

Kavunaa Edwards drove the lane for a 52That statement comes with a caveat, how36 advantage that prompted both coaches ever. to empty their benches.

At a glance “Now that we’re the hunters and not the Playing in their eighth consecutive rehunted, the pressure is not as bad. Obvi•What: 36th annual girls state tournament gional tournament, the Panthers captured ously, our girls are happy advancing, but •When: March 17-19 their second title and first since 2007 while •Where: Ohio State that’s not to say we can’t win it,” Butcher improving to 21-5. They’ll face Twinsburg, •Division I schedule: March 18 semifinals — Ketsaid. “If we can get it done, great. If not, tering Fairmont vs. Toledo Start, 6 p.m.; Pickerwhich is 25-0, in a state semifinal at 8 p.m., we’ve still had a great season.” ington North vs. Twinsburg, 8 p.m. March 19 —Friday, March 18, at Ohio State.

Times sure have changed since the 1990s, championship, 8:30 p.m.

“This might not be the best team or most when Butcher guided Pickerington High athletic team I’ve taken to the state tourSchool to eight state tournaments and won Dec. 30 in a game North led late in the third nament, but there is no quit in this bunch,” half of the 10 titles awarded during the quarter. Ranked second in the final state coach Dave Butcher said. “We’ve shown decade. That run was capped by the 1998- poll, the Tigers are 25-0 after eliminating that time and time again.”

99 team, which won USA Today’s nation- top-ranked and defending state champion Edwards scored 16 points and grabbed al championship.

Canton McKinley 48-39 in a regional final 12 rebounds. Jordan Householder had five “I still see some of the girls from those to advance to the state tournament for the points and six rebounds while Olszewski, days,” 6-foot post player Kavunaa Edwards, first time. who is playing on two injured knees, cona Villanova signee, said after the Panthers “The past is the past; you can’t really take tributed five assists. defeated Liberty Township Lakota East 52- that into consideration,” Twinsburg coach “Our trademark all year long has been 40 in a regional final March 11 to advance Julie Solis, who guided Solon to the state defense,” said Butcher, whose team is givto the state tournament for the second time final in 2006, said of what implications her ing up 42 points per game overall and 36.8 team’s earlier victory over the Panthers might and first since 2007. “I want a ring, too.” in the postseason. “We said we’ve got to The Panthers will face Twinsburg in a have. “All the teams have gotten better since play Pickerington North defense and we’ve

By Eric George/ThisWeek semifinal on Friday, March 18. It’s a re- then.” got to rebound the ball.”

Bria Booker (left) hugs Kavunaa Edwards after the Panthers won match of the home KeyBank Holiday ClasSee REGIONAL, page B3 a Division I regional championship.

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By JEREMY STEWART ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Although Chase Delande of the Hilliard Davidson High School wrestling team won the Division I state title at 145 pounds, he’s still going to be treated like the younger brother of Bo and Spencer.

Both Bo Delande, a 2007 Davidson graduate, and Spencer Delande, a 2009 graduate, were state qualifiers as seniors, but neither made the kind of run the youngest Delande did at the state tournament March 3-5 at Ohio State.

Chase went 4-0, defeating Massillon Perry’s Tanner Lemon 9-4 in the championship match.

Although his older brothers may not have won a state title, they had

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“Being the youngest brother, they would beat up on me sometimes,” said Chase, who has been named captain of the ThisWeek Super 12 wrestling team. “I think that’s what helped me a lot. It made me mentally stronger. I could take a beating.”

Spencer often came to the practice room this season to help train his younger brother. With Spencer

having a nearly 50-pound weight advantage, Chase had a difficult time trying to control his brother.

And for Chase, control was what it was all about.

“He’s great at turning people over,” coach Dominic DiSabato said. “He’s a strong kid even though he may not look like it.

He’s tough. He’s really physical and he has that football player mentality where he’s going to make you feel pain.”

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The state title gave Delande a state championship in two sports.

He was a cornerback for the Davidson football team when it won the Division I state title in 2009.

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Club Hockey

Storm’s state title is GCHSCHL’s third in four years

By KURTIS ADAMS ThisWeek Community Newspapers It almost seems as if the state club tournament is becoming an extension of the Greater Columbus High School Club Hockey League’s Blue Jackets Cup. The league produced its third state champion in four years when Northeast defeated Newark 2-1 in the final of the seventh annual Buckeye Cup on March 13 in Canton.

It also was the second time in three years that two GCHSCHL teams played for the title.

“It was a really great weekend for our league,” Newark coach Don Jennings said. “If we were going to lose to anyone, I’m glad it was to Northeast. They’ve got a lot of good seniors on that team and they played very strong. It’s well deserved.”

The Storm captured its first state championship by winning all five games at the three-day event, which featured four teams apiece from the GCHSCHL, the Cleveland-based North Coast High School Hockey League and the Cincinnati High School Hockey League.

The tournament used the five-point system for pool play, awarding one point for each period a team won and two more for a game victory. Teams split the point when a period ended in a tie.

The Storm opened with a pair of one-goal victories in pool play before defeating Liberty Township Lakota East of the CHSHL 4-0 in its third game, totaling 12.5 out of a possible 15 points to earn the third seed in the semifinals behind Newark (13.5) and Jackson (13) of the NCHSHL. Northeast also posted a 3-2 victory

over Medina of the NCHSHL and a 43 win over Bellbrook of the CHSHL. The fourth semifinalist was Medina (10), which advanced by winning a tiebreaker over Hilliard. The Wildcats, who captured their first Blue Jackets Cup title last month, went 21 in pool play and also scored 10 points. A 4-3 loss to Jackson in their second game proved to be their undoing.

Four of the top six teams in pool play were from the Columbus league.

PRPC, which won the GCHSCHL’s regular-season title, went 2-1 and totaled 9.5 points to finish sixth.

“We only got one point out of our second game and that really hurt us,” PRPC coach Joe Tonello said of a 3-2 loss to Mason of the CHSHL. “We had opportunities, putting 44 shots on their goaltender, but they just got one more goal than we did.

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Alumni Football USA is organizing teams of former high school players who want “to play in one more full contact football game.”

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Players are divided into three age groups: elementary (grades 1-5), middle school (grades 57) and high school (grades 811).

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play and their point total was 45.5 compared with the NCHSHL’s 34.5 and the CHSHL’s 10.

During the GCHSCHL’s regular season, the Storm finished third and Newark was fourth. The Generals won the state title in 2009 by defeating PRPC in the championship game. Athens won the GCHSCHL’s first state championship in 2008.

“It was an incredible game,” Jennings said of this year’s final. “It was just what you’d expect from two Columbus teams. We were clearly the superior league, and I don’t really see that changing in the near future.”

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“At the end of the day, though, we’re glad to see two teams from our league playing for the state championship.”

In the semifinals, Newark defeated Medina 4-3 when Clay Beckholt scored the lone goal in a shootout and Northeast eliminated Jackson 2-1.

Tyler Wickiser, a senior forward from New Albany, scored in every game for the Storm. He redirected a shot from Colin Laviola to give the Storm a 1-0 lead in the final.

The Generals countered with a goal from Matt Congos in the second period.

Kohl Fixari, whose father, Mark, is coach of the Storm, scored the decisive goal in the third period. Wickiser’s younger brother, Ryan, was the starting goaltender in all five games and had little margin for error as the Storm won four of its five games by one goal.

The four GCHSCHL participants combined for a 10-2 record in pool

The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) is looking for new athletes for its spring season, including its evening swim team programming and its daytime home school programming.

New swimmers are allowed a week with the team to see what it has to offer before deciding to commit. Practices are at Columbus Academy, the Concourse Hotel Fitness Club and St. Charles Preparatory School.

The team also has started a scholarship program for students in Columbus City Schools. Athletes who have competed only for summer and high school teams, or those new to swimming, are eligible for scholarships. For details, contact GCSTO coach Steve Nye at (614) 478-5445 or stevenye@sbcglobal.net. More information also is available at www.gcsto.com.

Continued from page B1 it’s a long game, two hours. In wrestling, it’s six minutes and all eyes are on you.”

•OTHER FIRST-TEAMERS — Al Caserta (Olentangy, Sr., 130 pounds), Angelo DiSabato (Davidson, Jr., 145), Travis Drumm (Heath, Sr., 215), Pat Elflein (Pickerington North, Jr., heavyweight), Trevor Fiorucci (Olentangy, Jr., 119), Noah Forrider (Marysville, So., 130), Andrew Higgins (Hilliard Bradley, Sr., 152), Brady Hutchins (Canal Winchester, Sr., 125), Ryan Murdock (Dublin Coffman, Jr., 112), Vince Pickett (Central Crossing, Jr., 160) and Bobby Smith (Ready, Fr., 103).

•HONORABLE MENTION — Dom Barlow (Heath, Sr., 152), Conor Driscoll (Bradley, Jr., 145), Sufyan El-Geroushi (Hilliard Darby, Sr., heavyweight), Anthony Fosco (Olentangy, Jr., 135), Payton Gutierrez (DeSales, So., 103), Josh Hall (Ready, Sr., 112), Caleb Hetterscheidt (Olentangy, Sr., 152), Evan Jackson (Hartley, Sr., 215), Morgan Miller (Marysville, So. 189), Tyler Miller (Marysville, Jr., 152),

first-team selection North heavyweight Pat Elflein was selected to the Super 12 first team.

Elflein could be among the early favorites to win the Division I state title next season following the graduation of Centerville’s Kyle Rose, who defeated him 7-5 in a district final en route to winning the state title this year.

Elflein went 1-2 at state, but he was eliminated by a pair of eventual placers in matches decided by a combined three points.

“That was Pat’s first time at state, so it was a good learnNathan Pressley (Canal Winchester, Sr., heavyweight), Ryan Sanders (St. Charles, Sr., 215), Dan Satterthwaite (Grandview, Sr., 215), Chris Settles (Hamilton Township, Sr. heavyweight) and Craig Thomas (Olentangy Liberty, Sr., 152).

•PAST CAPTAINS — Westerville North’s Josh Demas (2009-10), North’s Jesse Dong (2008), Westerville Central’s Brendan Barlow (2007), West-

ing experie n c e ,” coach Brad Harris said.

“Now he knows what he needs to do going Pat Elflein forward,” Elflein, who packed on 40 pounds after his sophomore year, finished the season with a 35-9 record and set the single-season program record with 28 pins.

Elflein already has football scholarship offers from Indiana and Northwestern. erville South’s Anthony Ciraky (2006), Hamilton Township’s Nick Hackett (2005), New Albany’s Larry Reichard (2004), Westland’s T.J. Enright (2003), Hamilton Township’s Jason Hackett (2002), DeSales’ C.P. Schlatter (2000-01), Ready’s Tommy Rowlands (2000) and Pickerington’s Keaton Anderson (1999). www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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Stephenson defends BYU’s strict student honor code Like many, Maggie Stephenson is curious to see how far the Brigham Young University men’s basketball team can advance in the NCAA tournament.

The 2006 Pickerington High School Central and 2010 BYU graduate wonders how much of a run the Cougars can make without sophomore Brandon Davies, who has been suspended for the rest of the season.

Davies, a 6-foot-9 center, was kicked off the team March 1 for violating BYU’s honor code by having premarital sex with his girlfriend. The university, located in Provo, Utah, is affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

“When I first read about it, I felt bad for him,” said Stephenson, who had

classes with Davies and was a student teacher at his former high school in Provo.

“I can’t imagine how he feels.

“But when I heard all the negative things being said PAUL about BYU, it made BATTERSON me mad. I’ve heard people say, ‘Why would anyone want to play at BYU?’ I can tell you firsthand that playing for BYU was one of the best experiences of my life.”

Stephenson was a catcher and utility infielder for the Cougars softball team the past two years. Although she

is not Mormon, she passionately defends her alma mater. And part of the reason why Stephenson, who is Catholic, said she enjoyed her time in Provo was because of BYU’s stringent honor code.

Each BYU student — not just athletes — is asked to commit to nine principles. Among them: abstaining from tea, coffee, alcoholic beverages, tobacco and substance abuse, observing a dress code (no shorts above the knees and no midriff-revealing shirts) and grooming standards (no beards or mustaches), participating regularly in church services and living a chaste and virtuous life.

Students also have to receive an “Ecclesiastical endorsement” from their

religious counselor and non-LDS students have to undergo an interview with the school’s chaplain before gaining admission.

No one at BYU is above the honor code. Last year, running back Harvey Unga, BYU’s all-time leading rusher with 3,455 yards, and his girlfriend, Keilani Moeaki of the Cougars women’s basketball team, were suspended for the same violation as Davies.

Stephenson was sent back to her dorm from a testing center because her shorts were too short.

“I never thought about the length of my shorts before I went there. I was always in cutoffs,” Stephenson said.

“But when you’re out there, you’re not just making a commitment to yourself

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The Thunderhawks, who shot only 24 percent from the field (6-for-25) in the second half, got 13 points from Molly Bloomer. They previously had eliminated two teams that were ranked among the top 10 in the final state poll, including No. 5 Reynoldsburg 46-44 in a regional semifinal.

Lakota East trailed 27-14 late in the second quarter before trimming the deficit to six when Tazzie Shaw made a 3-pointer just before halftime. But the Thunderhawks, who finished 19-6 overall, never got closer than 29-24 in the second half.

“We got pushed around a little bit,” Lakota East coach Nikki Drew said. “I just thought it was some failed execution on our part. We were a little more hesitant than we have been.”

Still, North graduate and volunteer assistant coach Marscilla Packer never felt comfortable until the Panthers were hoisting the regional championship trophy.

A standout for three seasons at Pickerington before North opened in time for her senior season in 2003-04, she possibly is the best area player who never made it to the state tournament.

Her teams lost four consecutive times in a regional final, the latter two of which were played at Otterbein.

The Tigers are 48-2 over the past two seasons. Malina Howard, a 6-4 post player, averages 21.4 points and is one of the top juniors in the nation.

Solis said her bench players, in particular, have become much more effective over the past three months.

“Our earlier game was very competitive,” Butcher said.

“Everybody knew on paper at the beginning of the year that Twinsburg and McKinley were the top teams in the state. ... We hung in there with them, and our kids came out of that game knowing they could play at that level.”

The other semifinal features Toledo Start and Kettering Fairmont, which is the only team returning from last year’s state tournament. The Firebirds, who are 25-1, were ranked fourth in the final state poll.

Fairmont has the youngest starting lineup of the four participants. It includes a pair of sophomores in addition to two

By Eric George/ThisWeek 6-1 freshmen in Kathryn WestNorth’s Taylor Jones shoots over Liberty Township Lakota East’s belt, who averages 13.2 points, and Makayla Waterman, who Alyssa Grevenkamp on March 11. averages 12.9. Senior guard “Finally,” said Packer, whose added 12. “This is one way to Chelsea Welch, the only returning starter from a year ago, Panthers defeated Northland 58- get there.” averages 14.4 points. The Fire50 in a regional semifinal on March 8 at Otterbein as Edwards kadams@thisweeknews.com birds are giving up just 34.1 scored 21 points and Bryant www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com points a game, lowest among

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Seniors Allison and Grant Hammond of the Pickerington High School Central track team each advanced in the pole vault to the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches state indoor meet, which will be Saturday, March 19, at the University of Akron.

At the Central District indoor meet on March 11-12 at Ohio Wesleyan, Grant Hammond finished was runner-up (14 feet, 6 inches) and Allison Hammond finished third (9-6).

Last season, Grant Hammond was a regional qualifier in the pole vault.

The Hammonds are twins.

Their father is Central girls track coach Robb Hammond.

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the four teams.

“Our two freshmen have the ability to handle the ball in the open floor,” Fairmont coach Tim Cogan said. “They’re very versatile and that makes them dangerous.”

Start, which is 23-2, was ranked seventh in the final state poll. The Spartans, who in their only other state appearance lost 52-38 to Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame in the 2009 final, are scoring 65.3 points a game, highest among the four participants.

They like to push the ball with a four-guard lineup that complements 6-2 senior Azia Bishop, who averages 16.4 points and will play at Kentucky.

Maleeka Kynard, a 5-7 senior guard, averages 14.2 points and has signed with Ohio State.

Start’s two losses came against out-of-state teams, including highly touted Louisville (Ky.) duPont Manual.

“We’ve played a tough sched-

ule,” Start coach Robert Brown said. “Hopefully, it has prepared us for what we want to do.”

Butcher is taking a team to the state tournament for the 12th time, and two more wins would give him 650 for his career. Pickerington won state titles in 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993 and 1998.

Never before has he taken a team with five losses to the state tournament. That’s nearly double the number (three) of the other three semifinalists combined.

“We were fortunate to make it in ’07 with a surprise run, and we’re kind of a surprise again this year,” he said. “I was 27 years old when we won our first one. I’m old enough now to maybe appreciate it a little more, especially when it’s not happening every year. We’ll enjoy the moment, go play hard and see what happens.” kadams@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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and to your team, but you’re making one to the whole community.”

Stephenson said the honor code fosters a family atmosphere.

“BYU is the first campus I’ve been on where I could walk up to any student, faculty or university personnel at any time and ask for help and immediately receive it,” she said. “I never felt scared at night and always felt safe.”

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The Beat Arts, eats and fun in central Ohio as many say, but he’s really good.

Talented, witty, eccentric, raw.”

For sure Dwayne Carter is money — tunes like 6 Foot 7 Foot, Lollipop and the new Right Above It, plus his many collaborations — dude knows a hit song when he makes one.

Wayne’s a free man as of last November and is out on the road with compatriots Nicki Minaj,

FAB 5

By Jim Fischer

jfischer@thisweeknews.com

1 Andrew Lloyd Webber de-

serves the credit he gets for reviving the “big” musical, as Phantom of the Opera and CATS are modern classics. But perhaps the best and most popular musical of the late 20th century is Les Miserables. (It’s The Beat’s favorite, anyway.)

Pageantry, a passionate story and, of course, great songs — Do You Hear the People Sing, Bring Him Home, I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own — Les Mis has it all.

The current tour is a newly conceived 25th anniversary production, and continues through Sunday at the Ohio Theatre.

At press time, tickets were already scarce. Prices start at $22.50.

Call (614) 469-0939.

2 If you’re going to play blue-

grass music, you couldn’t pick a much better locale than Charlottesville, Va. Hailing from that town in the

Rick Ross, Travis Barker and Mix Master Mike, stopping at nationwide Arena Saturday, March 19.

Ticket are $126.76-$40.75. Call 1-800-745-3000.

Sure, glorious, tuned-down riffing abounds, but Torche songs also often have distinguishable melodies and poppy chord progressions. Frontman Steve Brooks also borders on engaging in concert.

The scene is broadly rewith openers Post Teens 4 ferred to as “stoner rock,” andTorche, Tilts, plays the Ravari Room but The Beat wonders if Miami’s Monday, March 21. Tickets are Torche actually belongs. $10/$12. Call (614) 263-4058.

5 Within the past few years, the Columbus sica musicians.

Lil’ Wayne

The Honeydew Drops

turn it on its head.

The Honey Dewdrops will play the downtown Westerville Old Bag of Nails Saturday, March 19.

The Kentucky String Quintet opens.

Tickets are $10/$12. Email dcook@columbus.rr.com for more information.

Blue Ridge foothills, Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish teamed up to form The Honey Dewdrops.

The couple won the 2008 A Prairie Home Companion Talent Contest, and their path was affirmed.

Serious picking and harmonies 3 The Beat fully admits we’ve always had trouble with Lil mark the tunes that make up their two albums — 2009’s If the Sun Wayne’s voice, so any appreciaWill Shine and last year’s These tion we might have developed for Old Roots, both boasting original his overall game suffered.

So we checked with a Critic tunes that embrace tradition and Crony and got “he’s not the best

Gay Men’s Chorus has collaborated with “We wanted to feature each organization in both ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and the addition to having that anchor piece,” Chen said.

Columbus Children’s Choir.

“Some of these pieces are not performed often, This weekend, the groups will collaborate and this is material our musicians wouldn’t norwith one another — all at the same time. mally get to play.”

“Our three organizations are considered smallThe children’s choir will perform Glick’s er arts groups in Columbus, but we’re each Psalm Trilogy, “a beautiful piece commissioned unique,” ProMusica executive director Janet by the Toronto Children’s Choir,” Mathias said.

Chen told The Beat. “Not every city has any or The CGMC will be joined by ProMusica muall of these. So we get to highlight some of the sicians for “some standard men’s chorus selecuniqueness of Columbus.” tions,” Sarsany said, including Behold Man, FarLeaders of each of the groups told The Beat ther Sail, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless the collaboration has both artistic and organi- Child and Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart. zational benefits.

The program will include “We’re doing music that ProMusica Chamber Orches- a special combined piece to we can’t do separately,” tra, the Columbus Gay Men’s close the evening – a CGMC director Dr. Tim Chorus and Columbus Chil- Sarsany arrangement of the Sarsany, who will conduct dren’s Choir will combine for Christina Aguilera song the concerts, said. “It was Beautiful, offered as an antiimportant and a challenge to “Musicians in Harmony” Friday bullying anthem. pick repertoire that fit the and Saturday, March 18-19, at All three expressed excombination.” the Lincoln Theatre. Tickets citement about performing The centerpiece of the are $31/$16. Call (614) 464- at the Lincoln Theatre, alprogram is Bernstein’s 0066 or visit www.promusica- though Sarsany confessed Chichester Psalms, which, the combined forces — CCC director Dr. Sandra columbus.org. about 180-190 in all — will Mathias explained, “we disstretch the stage to its limcovered this voicing is how he originally envi- its. sioned,” with children on the higher voice parts That each group will be exposed to — hopecombined with men’s voices. fully — new audiences also makes the collab“We don’t get to do many major works with oration a big plus. an orchestra,” Mathias added. “This is a won“It’s a unique opportunity for the communiderful opportunity for our singers and they’re ty,” Mathias said. working very hard.”

“To be in front of these other groups’ audiThe combined ensembles will also perform ences that might not otherwise see us is a great Rutter’s Look at the World and Kaplan’s Glori- thing,” Sarsany added. ous.

Each of the choirs will perform works sepaFor more in “Musicians in Harmony,” read rately, also with accompaniment from ProMu- the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeekNews.com.

Les Miserables

Vino Vino in Grandview; so nice they named it twice When I first wrote about Vino Vino around five years ago, the little Grandview hub had a lot of buzz about it. Well, frankly, I hadn’t heard much Vino Vino talk lately. After a few recent visits, I think I know why: Its many patrons are trying to keep this terrific place (and its brashly flavored, artfully plated dishes sold at really great prices) all to themselves.

Comfy, urbane, sophisticated, casual — these were the adjectives that popped into my brain as Brazilian music played (a much appreciated Vino Vino mainstay) and I perused the lengthy vino list.

The wine-named place has a few flights with grinning descriptions, a ton of bottles that range from an unoaked Chilean chard (Cousino Macal, $22) to a big Barolo (Marcarini, $80) and lots of foodfriendly juice in between.

Salads are certainly solid here. The Charleston ($6) is one of those walnut and Maytag blue cheese numbers, but nicely done — with earthy julienned veggies and a lightly applied bright vinai-

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by G.A. Benton grette.

If you’re more of a Caesar person, pick the Parmesan Peppercorn ($6). It’s like a spicy and creamy version minus the anchovy but plus sweet corn kernels and a hunk of fresh avocado.

Before moving on, I should mention that the last salad — along with a bunch of other goodies — are available in smaller portions for $3 (some are $4) during Vino Vino’s spectacular happy hour, which is one of the best in town.

Other happy hour highlights include: a killer Fish Taco (get the lettuce wrap option) that’s bold, huge and colorful and easily rivals any in the city; a very nifty crab cake actually packed with crab, nicely butter-browned and offering a flattering hint of mustard; a super-juicy sirloin and portobello slider; and an excel-

goat cheese.

Fried chicken took a fun and nutty Thai turn in the Pistachio Crusted Chicken ($13). Two large logs of juicy boneless breast meat were pistachioed and bread crumbed and presented in crusty jackets. They were accompanied by dense and garlicky smashed redskins, a nice veggie medley starring broccoli and a sweet Thai-like chili sauce.

The Roasted Salmon ($15) was a platefilling big fillet of grill-marked pink fish roused into specialness by a butter sauce with an intense lemon zestiness. Jasmine rice was on the side for sopping up the attention-demanding sauce.

A dense but not super heavy NYCstyle cheesecake ($6) was good on its own, but even better with its accessories — nuts, fruit, syrup and cinnamon.

Molten in the middle, the tangy cheese had a highly attractive, crackly brown crust. Cutting the richness were an herby, chunky and addictive marinara sauce plus a little balsamic-drizzled salad.

Goat cheese went entree in the veggie-tastic Asparagus Risotto Tower ($12).

A stellar vegetarian dish, it stacked the

By Daniel Sohner/ThisWeek rich risotto with accumulating layers of diced portobellos; a sort of fire-roasted Asparagus Risotto Tower from Vino bell pepper and onion chutney; and a Vino in Grandview. final top floor of charred asparagus lent blackened tuna and veggie pizza. spears. Surrounding the tower was a To read G.A. Benton’s Back on the regular menu, the Baked moat of earthy, spicy and wonderful blog visit ColumbusGoat Cheese ($8) was a marvelous starter. French green lentils rippled with lusty DiningGuide.com

Northland welcomes Nigerian restaurant on Cleveland Ave. Esther Ajiboye thinks Columbus is ready for something many residents rarely, if ever, have tried: Nigerian cuisine.

Ajiboye and her husband Olawale have opened Intercontinental Restaurant, a 30-seat eatery in the Northland area.

Opening day two weeks ago, the restaurant served 200 customers. Since then, a steady stream of diners has flowed

through Intercontinental, supping on such dishes as plantains with spinach, goat meat with mixed okra stew and fish pepper soup.

“We’ve been very busy,” Mrs. Ajiboye said.

The reason, she suspects, is the

paucity of Nigerian restaurants in the region. In fact, she claims that Intercontinental, 5777 Cleveland Ave., is the only one in the state. Also in its favor are the healthful aspects of the cuisine — nothing is deep-fried — and the price. All meals start out at $7.99. Prices go up if customers ask for extra portions.

“We give you what will fill you up,” she said. “We don’t ration

By Eric George/ThisWeek

Esther and Olawale Ajiboye have opened Intercontinental Restaurant featuring Nigerian cuisine at 5777 Cleveland Ave.

it.”

Both Ajiboyes are from the western part of Nigeria, where each owned a restaurant.

“Cooking brought us together,” Mrs. Ajiboye said. “Food brought us together.”

“This is the first time we are working together,” her husband said. “I enjoy it. She’s a good cook.”

Columbus is no stranger to regional African cuisines, offering a wide variety of styles: Figs Café (a mix of Ghanaian and Western fare), Blue Nile (Ethiopian) and Solay Bistro (Somali), for example.

Mr. Ajiboye said many of the restaurant’s West African dishes, such as jollof rice, are shared throughout most of the continent.

One of the most popular dishes at Intercontinental is moi moi, made from a base of black-eyed peas that are soaked, peeled, cooked and pureed, and seasoned with a variety of ingredients. After it is boiled in foil and firms up into a loaf, the moi moi is cut into pieces to be eaten on their own or served with meat. Another big seller is egusi soup, made of melon seeds, and often served with a ball of pounded yam, where diners peel off pieces of the globe and dip it into the soup as they eat.

Mrs. Ajiboye said the spice level of the dishes is mild and suited to most diners but there is a

habanero salsa served tableside for those who want a spicy condiment.

The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner hours daily. For more information, call 614-843-5665.

Spain Restaurant is opening a second site in Lewis Center.

The Spanish eatery, a Northland staple for 12 years, will take over the site most recently occupied by Beebs Deli, 76 Powell Road.

The 3,500-square-foot building, which will seat around 100 people, is just west of U.S. Route 23.

The menu and pricing structure will remain largely unchanged, said general manager Luis Aguilar. A specific opening date is not certain, but it should be ready within two months.

He said the plan is to keep the current site at 888 E. DublinGranville Road and have a less formal menu.

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