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March 24, 2011

Kasich’s budget

City, schools brace for state funding cuts

By JENNIFER NESBITT ThisWeek Community Newspapers

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Westerville school and city leaders finally have some insight into how the funding they receive from the state will be cut in the next biennial budget.

For months, officials from both the city and the school district have said they anticipate cuts to their state funding and planned their budgets with cuts in mind, but it wasn’t until Gov. John Kasich revealed his budget proposal last week that leaders had some idea of what those cuts might look like.

The proposed budget, which still has to make its way through the legislature, cuts the Local Gov-

ernment Fund by 21 percent in fiscal year 2012 and by 35 percent in fiscal year 2013, city manager Dave Dave Collinsworth Collinsworth told Westerville City Council March 15.

The city receives about $1.7million from the Local Government Fund annually. The money goes to the city’s general fund to pay for things such as public safety, public works and other basic government functions, CollinsSee STATE BUDGET, page A2

City to expand Hoff Woods Park, may buy more land

Above: Drew Pang, a secondgrader at Emerson Elementary School, works on his LEGO-based creation during the Westerville City School District’s LEGO competition March 19 at Heritage Middle School.

At right: Samantha McManus, a third-grader at McVay Elementary School, looks for a needed piece while working on her project.

Participants paid $5 to register for the competition, and proceeds were used to help pay for district charities.

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Westerville City Council last week approved the $1.5-million purchase of a 15-acre plot adjacent to Hoff Woods Park, 556 McCorkle Blvd.

Council voted 5-0 March 15 to purchase the land. Council members Jenifer French and Diane Fosselman were absent from the meeting.

The city will pay the develop-

ment company Epcon $1.25-million upfront for the parcel, with the remaining $250,000 going to the company in credits for costs related to any future developments.

Original proposals called for a condominium development on the land, which was identified as ideal for park space in the city’s Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) plan. The purchase will be paid for with money from the See HOFF WOODS, page A6

Council OKs seasonal-use, alternative-energy codes

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Residents interested in installing solar panels, outdoor furnaces, geothermal systems and other types of alternative energy devices now have a new code to follow.

Likewise, a new set of rules now governs seasonal sales and uses, such as the Uptown Farmers Market, the Boy Scouts’annual pumpkin sales and Christmas tree lots.

Westerville City Council approved a new alternative energy code and a seasonal use and sales code at its March 15 meeting. Both codes were approved by 5-0 votes. Council members Jenifer French and Diane Fosselman were absent.

According to the alternative energy code, anyone installing an alternative energy system must obtain a permit from Westerville’s building department.

The code also states that: • Roof-mounted solar panels on flat roofs are permissible in all the city’s zoning districts. Roof-mounted solar panels are allowed on pitched roofs in all districts except planned districts and in Uptown.

• In the exempted districts, the solar panels are considered a conditional use, meaning property owners who wish to install them must receive approval.

• Ground-mounted solar panels are considered a conditional use, are only be allowed in side or rear See CODES, page A2

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Schools reach out to help Japan

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

That quote, by Margaret Mead, is the lesson Emerson Magnet School teachers hope to pass on to their students as they find ways to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan March 11.

“If my kids know that and feel the power of that, it gets them closer to making some great change down the road,” said teacher Beth Dailin, whose third-

grade class began corresponding with students at Haijima Elementary School just weeks before the earthquake.

Dailin’s students sent drawings of places to visit in the United States and photos of themselves just before the earthquake. Students at Haijima, which is in Tokyo’s metro area, were just getting ready to respond, Dailin said.

Having a connection to Japan hit home for students when news of the earthquake broke, she said.

“My students were just riveted to MSNBC on the day of the earthquake. You could hear a pin drop in my classroom,” she said.

Dailin said she got a quick e-

mail from the teacher whose class Emerson students corresponds with, confirming that everyone was all right.

The students were compelled to find a way to help the students in Japan, Dailin said.

They decided to make origami cranes, a sign of long life in Japan, and write personal messages like “have hope” or “thinking of you” in English on one wing with the Japanese translation on the other.

“They can scatter those around and know that there are other kids in the world that are thinking of them,” Dailin said.

Members of InnerVision (from left) Genene Blackwell, Sam Shepherd and Andy Love sing “Dream, Dream, Dream” inside the Ohio School for the Blind on March 21.

Blindness is no deterrent to InnerVision’s harmonies

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If you close your eyes while listening to the music of the three young people in InnerVision, you would never know they were blind.

Which is kind of the point.

Genene Blackwell, 20, Andy Love, 25, and Sam Shepherd, 20, all Westerville residents, make up the trio.

They came together as a musical group over the past couple of years, although they’ve known

each other for years while students at the Ohio State School for the Blind.

“We entertained on the bus rides” to and from school, Shepherd said with a laugh.

Each has been blind since infancy as a result of ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) and each of the members of InnerVision gravitated early on to music. Blackwell said she started playing piano at age 3. Love and Shepherd have been singing as long as they can remember, they said.

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yards and must adhere to screening, setback and height restrictions.

• Geothermal units are allowed, but any above-ground portion, with the exception of the condensing unit, must be located indoors. The underground piping for the system must be set five feet back from property lines.

• Outdoor furnaces are allowed only on lots of one acre or more, and those installing the units must prove that they are adhering to accessory structure code and that any noise, odor and pollution nuisances are abated. The units must also be properly screened.

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The code also says alternativeenergy systems must be properly maintained. Any system that falls into disuse for more than 120 days will be declared a nuisance and the property owner will be notified that it must be removed.

City staff members first presented an alternative energy code to council early last year, but it was sent back to the staff and the Westerville Planning Commission for review after council suggested numerous changes.

Mayor Kathy Cocuzzi praised the work on the code since planning staff members had little to go on in drafting the rules because few communities have established alternative-energy codes.

“When you first brought that code to us, you had no reference because no one had done one,” Cocuzzi told city planner Lisa LaMantia, who led the effort to establish the code. “I think you set the standards for other communities.

The city staff felt the need for such a code because property owners were starting to inquire about alternative-energy systems, but there were no regulations to follow in addressing inquiries.

The code requires sale organizers to first obtain a conditional use permit through the Westerville Planning Commission. Once permits for the annual sales are obtained from the planning commission, the city staff is able to reapprove them. The code also sets standards for the set-up, removal and cleanup of such sales.

worth said.

The cuts will total about $4.3million for the city over next five years, he said.

They could be offset by some other proposals set by the governor, including changes to prevailing-wage laws, the promotion of shared services among local governments and reform to collective bargaining, Collinsworth said.

“All of these must, obviously, go through the legislative process,” he said. “We’ll react accordingly.”

The city did plan for the cuts in state funding, eliminating all Local Government Fund money from its five-year budgeting process last fall. To accommodate those cuts, Collinsworth said city officials scaled back the capital-improvement plan put in place after Westerville voters passed an incometax increase in 2008.

More uncertainty exists for the school district, Westerville City Schools treasurer Scott Gooding said.

“There are a whole lot of unknowns,” he said. “Everything is still so very much conceptual. We don’t have any real numbers to react to. We’re still in a wait-andsee mode.”

The budget shows an overall 2percent increase in basic aid to schools in 2012, but if all of the

funds that go toward schools are taken into account, there is actually a drastic drop starting next year, Gooding said.

“When you look at the whole piece, it’s decreasing overall,” he said. “Education funding actually declines by 11.5 percent in 2012 and 4.9 percent in 2013.”

The district did budget for a 17percent drop in state funding for the next fiscal year, Gooding said, but that may not be enough if the cuts are made based on a per-pupil amount or if the state takes the wealth of a district into consideration.

The worst-case scenario, Gooding said, is if the state cuts more from wealthier districts that state leaders believe have the tax base to make up for state cuts with local levies.

“The one that’s out there that scares me the most — and I would think that would scare our community the most — is they could consider the wealth of the district,” Gooding said. “They could look at our ability to sustain those losses. It’s a way of shifting taxes.”

Another hit could come from the elimination of the tangible personal property tax, which wasn’t expected to affect districts for another two years but now is on the table to be cut, Gooding said.

That would cost the district $5.4million for next year and $5.5-million for 2013, he said.

HELPING JAPAN Continued from page A1 Also at Emerson, the district’s Leadership Summit, which includes students in grades three through five, was trying to settle on a service project. When they heard stories of the destruction in Japan, they decided earthquake relief should be their mission, principal Vicki Jarrell said.

“It was very clear that this was a very compelling situation,” she said.

Students plan to fill boxes with personal necessities, such as toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap, Jarrell said, and send the boxes to Haijima Elementary School, where teachers have committed to helping distribute the items to those who need them.

During the school’s family reading night on April 7, students will hold a bake sale and a pie silent auction that will include the pie recipe to raise money for victims of the earthquake and tsunami.

“They’re going to be raising funds to send directly to UNICEF,” Jarrell said. “They’re very excited about doing that.”

With the stories that students have heard from friends and family at the school who have a con-

nection to Japan, Dailin said they are learning about the challenges people must face in life and the importance of helping those who are enduring tough times.

“If we’re all aware of that, then we’ll help where we can, and hopefully, some day that will come back to us,” Dailin said. “It really is a small world, and things that they do here can have an impact.

One person can have an impact that is significant.”

Elsewhere in the district, students at Hanby Arts Magnet School plan to make cherry blossom pins from plastic bottles to sell to raise money for earthquake and tsunami victims.

Leadership Summit students at Central College Magnet School plan a coin drive in April, and the Westerville North High School student council has been collecting money during lunch and in the school’s office to raise money for earthquake and tsunami relief.

Gooding said schools have seen state cuts before but they weren’t aimed at dealing with an $8-billion budget deficit.

“There are always changes when leadership changes and priorities and agendas change. We’ve not gone into (a budget) where it’s an $8-billion deficit,” he said.

“Have we gone through this process before? Yes, just not on this big of a scale.”

Gooding said he wants residents to be aware that just because the governor has promised not to increase taxes to balance the budget, it doesn’t mean local governments will be able to bear cuts in state funding without more funding from taxpayers.

“There’s a tax increase there somewhere,” Gooding said. “This is obviously something where if we have to pas new millage or additional millage because of losses at the state level, we want people to understand why. It’s not money mismanagement.”

The district does not want to lose the academic ground it has gained because of funding cuts, Gooding said.

“We’re finally ‘excellent with distinction,’but we need resources to maintain that,” he said. “We’re very proud of what we have and we’d like to keep it.”

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Blendon Township seeds community garden

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Green-thumbed Blendon Township residents with limited backyard space will be able to plant gardens this summer in 20 plots behind the township building, 6330 Hempstead Road.

Township officials will turn over the soil and provide compost, mulch and some tools for gardeners, who are permitted to plant annual vegetables or flowers as long as they keep weeds under con-

trol and keep tall or spreading plants away from other plots.

The garden fits with an initiative to get more residents involved in community events as a result of a planning process the township went through last year, BlendonTownship development director Bryan Rhoads said.

The concept of the community garden also capitalizes on a trend, he said.

“We want to start doing a lot more community items, just like the farmers market, to get the community more involved,”

Rhoads said. “A lot of other communities are putting up farmers market and community gardens. We just wanted to follow trends.”

The program also offers an opportunity for residents who don’t have space in their yards to plant their own vegetable gardens.

“A lot of our neighborhoods are pretty condensed. Putting in a garden would be pretty tricky,” Rhoads said.

The 20-foot by 30-foot plots will cost $20 for Blendon Township residents, who

will have preference in receiving plots, and $30 for nonresidents.

Also this summer, the township will continue the farmers market it started last year, with hopes of expanding it, Rhoads said. Like last year, the market will be open from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays at the township building.

The 2010 market brought in between 15 and 20 vendors, Rhoads said. Some of those vendors, and some new vendors, already have signed up to participate this year, and Rhoads said he’s hoping to see

the market grow.

“I’m hoping to have at least that many this year. I already have some new ones signed up,” he said. “A lot of the farmers we had last year said for a first year, they were really impressed with our market.”

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Westerville North graduates reconnect to publish book

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Thirty years after graduating, two Westerville North High School alumni found themselves back in central Ohio with related goals: One sought to publish a book; the other was looking to start a publishing company for local authors.

The two, who hadn’t really been friends in high school, connected via Facebook last spring and in November, Lori Gum’s Periodisa Publishing released Terry Bowman’s “Jackson Falls.”

Bowman had self-published two books, and upon finishing his third, he decided to send a draft to Gum, who he knew had experience editing and publishing books.

“When you’re self-publishing,

you do not have the external filter of an editor or someone to bounce ideas off of; or the people you do bounce ideas off of aren’t thinking of it from a critical standpoint,” Bowman said. “We really took the story apart and put it back together.”

Gum said she was taken with the coming-of-age tale in Bowman’s book.

“The one that really struck me immediately about Terry’s book … is it’s just a good story,” Gum said. “It was the characters and the story itself that are very strong, and I think (the story) is very universal.”

Bowman, a labor organizer by day, said he spent two weeks in the Rocky Mountains in 2007.

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“It captured my fancy, and I basically just established a fictional town based on a real town,” he said. “My books are all tempered by experience.”

The book tells of a teenage rock band about to find its break but suffers a catastrophe. The band members go their separate ways, then return 30 years later to find out what really happened.

Gum, who moved back to Westerville three years ago to work in the family business as a construction engineer, founded Periodisa with partner James Harris after the construction businesses took a downturn.

Her goal was to do what she did with Bowman: Work with ama-

teur local writers to help them improve their skills and publish their work.

“We really believe great writers aren’t born; they’re made,” Gum said.

Gum said when she moved back to central Ohio, she was surprised to find so many great writers, like Bowman.

“I lived on the coast for so long, and I came back here and just discovered an incredibly vibrant, creative city,” Gum said. “The city I left 30 years ago wasn’t like that.”

New York and Los Angeles are intimidating and expensive, Gum said, and writers should be able to practice their craft locally.

“The coasts are petrifying creatively because it costs so much to live there. No one can go to New York any more and just be a starving artist,” she said.

Periodisa also is publishing a bimonthly literary magazine, Filigree, for shorter works. A book of poetry and art, “Sex and Destruction,” is due out in May. For Bowman’s “Jackson Falls,”

which is available at Lost Weekend Records, Kafe Kerouac, What the Rock and online as a paperback and an e-book, Periodisa is working to generate local buzz.

“We create a local buzz here, and hopefully, we will have some national attention,” Gum said.

Bowman said the effort is working. “Jackson Falls” is slated to hit Barnes & Noble shelves.

“It’s coming soon to Barnes & Noble. At least that’s the rumor,” Bowman said. “I’ll just believe it when it happens.”

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That’s more acting than I can do as I follow along behind him, pretending I just want to see him up close.

“Come on, Pip,” I say in wheedling tones that even I can see straight through. “Hey Buddy.

Nothing bad’s going to happen.”

Then, because I don’t like to lie to my dog, I feel compelled to acknowledge the truth.

“You are, in fact, going to have a bath, but you don’t really mind baths,” I say to him, or at least at him, since he’s under the bed.

Even there, though, he manages to express innocent bewilderment: “I’m just lying under the bed minding my own business” he says. It’s almost enough to make me forget the bath and take him to Hollywood instead.

But I can’t because, for the second (or third or fourth) time during the first few weeks of spring, he has gone outside and rubbed his neck in something so foul, so awful and stinky and horrible that one whiff of him, even outside on the porch, is enough to make me wish I owned a gas mask.

If I’m both fast and lucky, I close the doors to the stairs before he can amble through them – so casually! If he were taller, he could be Clark Gable playing Mr. Butler.

After that, the game is over. I carry him — turning my head away from his neck — to the sink, plump him into the water and watch as he slowly relaxes in the warm soapiness.

“You do, too, like baths,” I tell him as I lather and rinse, lather and rinse. He just sighs and leans his wet head against me.

But I know the truth. Because after I’ve lifted him out of the sink, stood back for the big shake, and cleaned the bathroom within an inch of its life, I’m barely given time to dry out myself before he’s turned his neck into another unspeakable outdoor spot and the ritual begins again.

Ah, spring. If any season resembles paradise more than another to a dog, it’s this one, when every smell is front and center, and the very best ones can be applied directly to the neck.

At least the bathroom’s clean.

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It’s not scent, I know that. Scent is something that smells good.

This smells like a night in a holding center. The one positive thing about it is how thoroughly protected against mites and fleas we all feel in the hours immediately after a bath. I feel downright invulnerable, and whether that’s because I’m fortified with fleafighting agents or because no decent flea would dream of getting close to any of us and possibly picking up that odor hardly matters. The fact is, I feel healthy and sanitized and also as if my fur is thick and shiny. Which is all very well, but if my husband and I develop even the slightest urge to go out in the yard and sniff for rabbits, we’re going to start taking the dog someplace else to be washed.

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Community briefs Event raises funds for St. Jude Hospital Praise Express Preschool will host a St. Jude Trike-A-Thon from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 26. The event is designed to teach children riding safety while raising funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

St. Jude Trike-A-Thons have been held for 25 years. The Saturday event is the culmination of a week of riding safety instruction at preschools and day care centers.

Additionally, event coordinator Jessica Stevenson will hold a Trike-A-Thon in conjunction with the Praise Express Event in celebration of her daughter, Lola’s, third birthday.

Residents may sponsor children by pledging a donation. Visit www.mytrikeathon.org/lola3.

Genoa teacher earns music educator award Phil Louden, the band instructor at Genoa Middle School, has received a 2011 music educator award from the Columbus Sym-

phony.

He was honored for his work in secondary education.

Louden began his teaching career at New Philadelphia High School in 1981. He has been a teacher in the Westerville schools for 27 years. In addition to teaching band at Genoa, Louden assists with the Westerville Central High School marching band and serves as the secondary music curriculum coordinator.

He has received many awards throughout his career, including the Ohio Department of Education’s Innovative Teaching Award, the Westerville superintendent’s A+ Award and a Technology Across the Curriculum Award from Best Buy. Louden earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from Western Michigan University and a master’s degree from the Ohio State University. His professional affiliations include the Ohio Music Education Association and Phi Beta Mu. Louden will receive a monetary grant to be spent on music education endeavors.

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Police to host event for seniors Westerville’s annual Serving Our Seniors Safety Day is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 2 at Westerville North High School, 950 County Line Road.

The event, hosted by the Westerville Division of Police and the Westerville Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association, will provide seniors and their caregivers with information and demonstrations on crime prevention, safety, health and wellness. There will be seminars by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Ohio Insurance Department on topics such as identity theft, scams and predatory sales practices.

The free event will include more than 60 exhibitors, door prizes and lunch.

More information is available from crime prevention specialist Carrie Ryan or officer Randy Bailey of the Westerville Division of Police at (614) 901-6490.

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HOFF WOODS Continued from page A1 city’s PROS levy.

City parks and recreation department director Randy Auler said the land will be used for sports fields to help accommodate lacrosse, football and adult softball games. Westerville currently doesn’t have the field space to meet program demand, he said.

“This essentially is an expansion of Hoff Woods Park that will better allow us to serve the public in the future,” Auler said.

The 15 acres will be able to accommodate two to four sports fields, a baseball diamond and additional parking, Auler said. The space also will allow the city to host sports tournaments at the park, he said.

It will take about a year to prepare the land for sports fields by grading and seeding it, Auler said, and the park’s neighbors will be included in planning for exact use of the land.

Council applauded the land deal, which council member Larry Jenkins said took the city staff more than a year to negotiate.

“That is a wonderful piece, and in my mind, that is the best use for that piece,” Jenkins said.

Also at the March 15 meeting, council heard the first reading of legislation to purchase another parcel of land for the parks and recreation department, a 14-acre plot that spans Alum Creek between County Line Road and Worthington Road, west of Cleveland Avenue.

That piece of land, which also was identified for purchase in the PROS plan, would be bought from Eleanor Bean for $210,000. A grant through the Clean Ohio Grant Fund will pay for all but $55,000 of the purchase, Auler said.

The land is an ideal piece for the parks department because it ensures that that stretch of Alum Creek is preserved and allows the city to expand Westerville’s path system, Auler said.

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INNERVISION Continued from page A1 Blackwell said she had been playing piano at area nursing homes and invited first Shepherd, then Love to join her. The group performs a variety of music, from ’50s and ’60s pop to contemporary Christian to gospel to country to patriotic songs.

“We just enjoy what we’re doing,” Blackwell said.

Each learns music slightly differently — Shepherd by memorization, Love by reading the lyrics in Braille and Blackwell by ear.

Blessed with perfect pitch and Blackwell’s ability to immediately play in any key, the group focuses on songs that display vocal harmonies.

Its repertoire currently stands at about 50 songs, “but we put our own style on them,” she said.

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“I like sharing my talent with other people and to capture an audience with music,” Shepherd said.

“Getting a crowd reaction is fun,” Love added.

“My mom used to tell me to always share your talent with people because you never know who you might be blessing,” Blackwell concluded.

Paula Shepherd, Sam’s mother, is the group’s musical coach.

Patti Love, Andy’s mother, and Maryetta Harper, Genene’s grandmother, support the trio, as does Jemma Dougherty, Andy Love’s musical coach.

“The singing and playing is easy,” Paula Shepherd explained.

“We’re working hard on the talking and audience interaction that come in between songs.”

Each pursues other musical interest as well, including performing in the OSSB Marching Band — Blackwell on bells, Love on

sousaphone and Shepherd on trombone. Shepherd is also active in sports. Blackwell sings and plays at her church. Love sings in his church choir and in Worthingtonarea chorus, Capriccio!

The trio has performed at a number of local events, including the 20th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act at the Ohio Statehouse, the 2010 Fayette County Fair and the 2010 Westerville Sertoma Car Show. Love and Shepherd have performed The Star-Spangled Banner at the 2009 and 2010 Ohio Special Olympics.

InnerVision participated in a recent open mic event at Java Central in Westerville and so impressed the audience and co-owner Ralph Denick — “they left the place buzzing” — that he invited them back to do their own show on Wednesday, March 30.

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Senior center Westerville: March 24-31 Thursday: walking, 8:30 a.m.; AARP tax help, 9 a.m.; quilting, 9 a.m.; billiards, 9 a.m.; exercise, 9:30 a.m.; table tennis, 10 a.m.; walk aerobics, 10 a.m.; Wii bowling, 11 a.m.; ceramics, noon; Lunch & Learn, 12:30 p.m.; Scrabble, 1 p.m.; Excel 2007, 2 p.m.; Through Grief, 2 p.m.

Friday: tennis, 8 a.m.; billiards, 9 a.m.; woodcarving, 10 a.m.; baked potato lunch, noon; Silvertones concert, 12:45 p.m.; bowling, 1 p.m.; cards/games, 1:30 p.m.; Ed Lentz program, 2 p.m.

Monday: tennis, 8 a.m.; billiards, 9 a.m.; Silvertones, 11 a.m.; chair exercise, 11:30 a.m.; McDonald’s lunch, noon; cards/games, 12:30 p.m.; bowling, 1 p.m.; quilting, 1 p.m.; crafts, 1 p.m.; Excel 2007, 2 p.m.

Tuesday: walking, 8:30 a.m.; billiards, 9 a.m.; AARP tax help,

9 a.m.; exercise, 9:30 a.m.; line dance, 10 a.m.; bridge lessons, 10 a.m.; low-impact aerobics, 10 a.m.; beginning painting, 1 p.m.; chair yoga, 1 p.m.; Cabin Fever Party, 1:30 p.m.; family treemaker, 2 p.m.; nature yoga, 2 p.m.

Wednesday: tennis, 8 a.m.; billiards, 9 a.m.; Photoshop help, 9 a.m.; resistance bands, 9:45 a.m.; discussion group, 10:30 a.m.; balance class, 10:45 a.m.; chair exercise, 11:30 a.m.; Wednesday lunch, noon; cards/games, 12:30 p.m.; bowling, 1 p.m.; advanced painting, 1 p.m.; Photoshop class, 1 p.m.

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Monday: art class, 9:15 a.m.; exercise, 10 a.m.; pinochle, 11 a.m.; chorus, 12:30 p.m.; Bunco, 2 p.m.; yoga, 3 p.m.; book discussion, 3 p.m.

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Geo Bee semifinalist Matthew Doel, a sixth-grader at Walnut Springs Middle School, is a semifinalist in the 2011 Ohio Geographic Bee. Geographic Bees were held in schools and included students in grades 4-8. School-level winners took a qualifying test to determine the top 100 scorers to compete at the state level. The state geography bee will be held in Mansfield on April 1. Winners receive a cash prize and the opportunity to compete in the national finals in Washington, D.C., in May.

The Zonta Club of Columbus recently honored 12 area high school students for their excellence in academics, leadership and service to their school and community.

Among those receiving Zonta’s Outstanding Young Women in Central Ohio Awards was Emily Kvalheim from Westerville Central High School.

Central Ohio high schools are asked to submit the name of one outstanding young woman to represent the school for the awards.

The students then participate in a multi-faceted application process.

Kvalheim was also selected to represent Zonta of Columbus as its nominee for the Zonta International Young Women in Public Affairs Award. Five winners worldwide will be announced in July.

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Slinky science Bishop Watterson High School physics students Mary Montalto, Upper Arlington, and Brian Dunlay, Westerville, experiment with Slinkys as teacher David Eberst looks on. The objective of the lab was to observe basic wave characteristics, such as longitudinal and transverse waves, and to experiment with constructive interference.

The Westerville Women’s Music Club is accepting applications for 2011 scholarships.

This competition is open to Westerville area high school seniors who are planning to actively participate in private lessons or ensembles during their college years.

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Metro Parks Blendon Woods Metro Park 4265 State Route 161 E., Westerville • Preschoolers: Rabbits All Around, 10 a.m. Saturday at the Nature Center. Discover how rabbits survive in a world filled with hazards.

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Sharon Woods Metro Park Sunday at the Shady Grove Pro6911 Cleveland Ave., gram Area. Gather around the Westerville campfire to roast marshmallows • Natural Play Area Adven- and make a nature craft to take ture, 2 p.m. Saturday at the Nat- home. ural Play Area. Roam freely through the area’s forest and field.

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• Garlic Mustard Pull, 10 a.m.Follow the yellow signs. noon Saturday at the Confluence • Lawn Chair Woodcock Trails bulletin board. Help remove Watch, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at the this invasive species from around Apple Ridge bulletin board. Bring the Bluebell Trail. Gardening a lawn chair and watch the Amer- gloves recommended. ican woodcock perform its aerial • Dances With Woodcocks, courtship ritual. Popcorn provid- 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Conflued. Optional hike. ence Trails bulletin board. Hike two miles to watch the aerial Slate Run Metro Park courtship dance of the American 1375 state Route 674 N., woodcock.

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The Westerville Parks and Recreation Department is at 350 N. Cleveland Ave. For more information and to register for the following programs, call the community center hotline at (614) 901-6500 or visit www.westerville.org.

• An Underwater Egg Hunt, for ages 5-11, will be held at the community center on Thursday, March 31. Colored eggs will float and sink to the bottom of the leisure pool. Collected eggs will be exchanged for candy and toys. The hunt will be divided into age groups. The fee is $1 per child.

• Residents can have documents shredded and disposed of in a safe manner from 10- a.m. to noon Saturday, April 16, at Hoff Woods Park.

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In brief VOA seeks donations for new thrift store Volunteers of America will be opening a new thrift store in the Northwest Corner shopping plaza at Henderson and Reed roads.

The store is in need of donations to stock the shelves for a grand opening in early May. All VOA thrift stores depend on the community to donate gently used clothing and household goods. Sale proceeds benefit VOA’s programs and services, including homeless shelters and job training programs. Donations are tax-deductible. Residents can drop donations off at the rear of the store from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and receive a receipt for their donated items.

The nearly 20,000 square-foot location will be the sixth store operated by VOA in Columbus and the 10th in Ohio. Approximately 30 new employees will be hired to staff the store.

Columbus will hold several homeowner application meetings at the Habitat offices, 3140 Westerville Road, during April.

They will be held as follows: • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2.

• 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 5.

• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday April 9.

• 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 12.

An additional meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Godman Guild, 303 E. Sixth Ave. Monthly mortgage payments for Habitat homes are based on a percentage of total family income rather than a set rental fee, enabling many families realize cost savings by becoming a Habitat homeowner.

For a list of documents to bring to the meeting, or for additional information, call family services director Lisa Jones at (614) 3647014 or visit www.habitatcolumbus.org.

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ium will hold a second birthday bash for Beco March 27.

The baby Asian elephant was born on March 27, 2009, and the zoo will celebrate with free cake, games and activities from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Beco will receive a gift from his keepers, and Manny Manatee and Polly Polar Bear will be on hand to celebrate. Visitors will also get a chance to play trivia, pachyderm putt-putt and other activities.

“Beco’s Big Year” author Linda Stanek and “Frenemies” author John Becker will also be in attendance to sign books.

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SWACO will accept nominations for the sixth annual central Ohio Emeralds through midnight Friday, March 25.

The deadline has been extended from the original date of March 18.

Each year, SWACO honors the Habitat accepting Zoo to celebrate best and most innovative local homeowner sign-ups elephant birthday ideas in waste recycling through Habitat for Humanity-Greater The Columbus Zoo and Aquar- the Emerald awards program.

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The Beat Arts, eats and fun in central Ohio near the end of Ravel’s career.

The programs also include works by fellow French composer Olivier Messiaen and Russian

By Jim Fischer composers Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Prokofiev (Chi guests on jfischer@thisweeknews.com his Piano Concerto No. 1).

Tickets are $20.50-$66.50. Call Contemporary Christian hit- (614) 228-8600.

1 makers Third Day and Tenth Avenue North are on the Testing and pushing the road together, offering up a show 3 boundaries of what can muwhose set list will read like the sically be accomplished by the Billboard CCM chart of any time human voice has resulted in a new in the past few years. wave of popularity for a cappelMasters of pop-oriented roots- la music. rock ’n’ roll, the two bands are The diversity of the form will joined by up-and-comer Trevor be on display at the second anMorgan on this tour, which stops nual Columbus A Cappella Fest at Grove City Church of the Sunday, March 26, at 2 and 8 p.m.

Nazarene Friday, March 25. at the Lincoln Theatre.

Tickets are $25-$30. Call 1Headlined by The Groove800-965-2551.

Barbers (featuring three members of the pioneering modern a 2 Pianist Katherine Chi is a cappella group Rockapella, ingifted performer, a great ad- cluding Bexley resident Steve dition to any orchestral program, Keyes), the conbut she’s not likecerts will also fealy to be the highture the Scioto light of the SaturValley Chorus, day and Sunday, Check out The Beat’s story on- Bellissima of March 26-27, pro- line about InnerVersion, a trio Columbus Chilgrams of the of young musicians from the dren’s Choir, The Columbus SymOhio State School for the Blind. Grace Notes from phony OrchesColumbus School tra. for Girls, Test of Time from the It’s no secret The Beat likes Singing Buckeyes Barbershop when repertoire is the star, and Chorus and the Eastmoor Acadany program with Ravel’s Bolero emy Mixed Ensemble. is likely to be thus. It’s a masterTickets are $15-$20. Call (614) ful work full of passion, composed 469-0939.

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Wakeling has been 4 Dave at this pop-music thing for 30 years.

He’s been the creative force behind two of Britain’s top pop acts of the ’80s in The English Beat and General Public, which resulted in a bevy of hit songs, including Save It For Later, Mirror in the Bathroom (former) and Tenderness (latter).

He still loves playing those songs, but he has no interest in a nostalgia show. Following a handful of years in which he had an on-again-off-again relationship with making music, he’s back at it full-time and enjoying the heck out of himself.

“Those catalog songs, I go almost on muscle memory with them, so I’ve got way more interaction with the audience, which turns out to be what I’ve been searching for for 30 years,” Wakeling told The Beat.

He also fully recognizes the pros and cons of having an extensive catalog of tunes people want to hear.

“No matter what, people will be saying, ‘They’re playing our song,’” he said, chuckling. “But you also know that no matter which songs you do and which you have to leave out, you’ll have someone ask, ‘Why didn’t you do such-and-such a song?’”

He’s also writing and playing new songs and has the same jovial and serious relationship with them as with the “old” songs.

“You can tell when you play a new song, people don’t want to act like they don’t know it, and no one is telling,” Wakeling joked.

“It’s part of the ego of writing songs to play them and see how people react,” he added in

Carrabba was both band of the greatest friends.

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a moment of seriousness. “I’m in the second half of my songwriting career. I’m working in more of an immediate sense -instead of making wine, I’m making brandy. That kind of naivete is charming for an old curmudgeon.”

Of the heady Brit-pop ’80s which he helped dominate, Wakeling is equally thoughtful.

“Everyone was incredibly pragmatic,” he said. “The anger of punk had passed, but punk had blown up all the buildings and we got to operate in the dust and smoke afterward.”

The English Beat was at the forefront of the second wave or two-tone ska movement, which he said was intended as a “hybrid of the adrenaline of punk and the backbeat of reggae.”

“We wanted both light and dark, to be either the first party of a brand new world or the last chance before it was all gone,” Wakeling said. “Thirty years later, not much has changed.”

See? No need for a nostalgia show.

■ For more from The Beat’s interview with Dave Wakeling, read the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeekNews.com.

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scribing the perceived dual nature am, and they believe in the songs of his band, Dashboard Confes- and make them theirs.” sional.

With DC meaning either Chris “I’m always in it,” he laughed. Carrabba or Chris Carrabba and In the midst of a tour marking friends, the rest lies just in makthe 10th anniversary of DC’s first ing songs, which the band has record, The Swiss Army Romance, done — six records’ worth.

Carrabba offered some clarity into For the Swiss Army anniversary why this band sometimes only tour, Carrabba is on the road has one member. acoustic-style.

The songs on Swiss Army were “That’s how it was at the bewritten while ginning,” he Carrabba was said. “I just in Further had a bandSeems Forsounding ever, and name.” were never Got it? intended to Carrabba be recorded, admitted he let alone reknew the leased. anniversary “I wrote was comthose songs ing up, and for myself, considered for the exera special cise (of writtour to ing),” Carrab- Dashboard Confessional will play the mark the ba told The Newport Music Hall Tuesday, March occasion, but Beat. thought “it 29. Tickets are $24.99-$28. Call 1T h a t 800-745-3000. would be Carrabba too garish. chose a “band name” for his side ‘Let’s go out and celebrate me!’” project rather than using his own “It never occurred to me that name was a recognition that he (the anniversary) would hold some was going to have two records import to (fans),” he said, but the coming out at the same time, and question kept coming up. Was he he realized he might have to make going to do anything for the ana decision about which direction niversary? he would pursue.

“I realize that it’s a collective “Further was my band. We had — that the songs and records are a record coming out. But our abil- as much theirs as they are mine,” ity to get along kind of crumbled Carrabba said. “So I embarked at the time,” he said. “It’s a shame with a bit of trepidation, which looking back, but things happen immediately washed away befor a reason.” cause of the fans.”

Dashboard Confessional has since featured Carrabba solo and ■ For more from The Beat’s acoustic as well as a full band. interview with Chris Carrab“Sometimes the songs call for ba of Dashboard Confessional, a fuller arrangement,” he ex- read the BeatBlog at plained. “I’ve got this incredible www.ThisWeekNews.com.

Talita’s legend is alive and well in Grove City “The food hasn’t changed a bit,” yelled a lady from the middle of a long dining room to its front counter. “Nope, that’s the only way I know how to make it,” replied a grinning Frank Prince, the longtime proprietor and head cook at the Grove City Talita’s.

What can you say about Talita’s?

Love it or hate it — and most people I know have a soft spot for it — you cannot deny it’s evocative of a Columbus that barely exists any more. Because when the first Talita’s opened in town back in the ’60s, it truly was a pioneering Mexican-ish restaurant. So when the last Talita’s in Columbus closed a few years ago, it really did signal the end of an era.

Now if you want a taste of Talita’s “authentic Brownsville-style Tex-Mex cuisine” you have to get yourself to Grove City. But you’ll be getting more than just Talita’s “famous” food.

Operational for about 14 years, the Grove City Talita’s is a unique-looking place. Cluttered wall-to-wall with Mexi-

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by G.A. Benton kitsch plus shrines to the Buckeyes and, especially, the military, it looks more like a VFW hall than a restaurant. So there are military Ken and Barbie dolls, fields of flags, a “Sands of Iwo Jima” movie poster and a long rack of every U.S. military uniform you could possibly think of. And believe me, I’m only scratching the surface here.

Foodwise, a friend once succinctly summed up Talita’s general approach to assembling menu items as “the threepot theory.” In one pot is seasoned ground beef; in another, refried beans; the third holds a paprika-powered enchilada sauce. Now just add cheese and/or onions and/or some sort of tortilla and bingo! there’s most of the menu.

Of course you’ve gotta start off with that beloved Talita’s classic, the Corn

surprisingly, and probably nostalgically, satisfying.

Ditto for Talita’s Tex-Mex Chili with Cheese ($2.85) — a rib-sticking hybrid of refried beans and zingy chili.

I also enjoyed the simplicity of the Avocado Dip with Chips ($5.45). Not

By Daniel Sohner/ThisWeek quite guacamole, it’s barely smashed avocado with salt, onion and lime.

Two chicken enchiladas with beans My favorite entrees were actually and rice and a corn nacho with ones that veered away from ground jalapeños at Talita’s. beef — like the Two Chicken EnchiNacho ($1). It’s just a crispy fried tor- ladas with Beans and Rice ($8.45). I tilla with a blanket of melted cheddar thought the pulled, stewy poultry worked cheese plus pickled jalapenos, but it’s nicely with Talita’s enchilada sauce. As

for the sides — the refried beans were super heavy and the oregano and tomato-flavored rice was kinda gummy.

I’d also recommend the Shredded Beef Taster Dinner ($9). It uses good, juicy and homey pot roast in the usual Talita’s ways.

There’s also an “Italian menu” you must ask for if you want it. From that document, I’d go with the Baked Pasta Dinner ($10) — thin spaghetti, meatballs (good, tender), sausage (fennelseeded) and red sauce (rich, longcooked) topped with melted provolone.

As I left with most of that giant combo in tow, Frank Prince — who doesn’t know me — said goodbye like I was a cherished old friend. I suppose that’s the only way he knows how to do it.

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

Matt the Miller’s latest addition to Grandview Avenue Undaunted by an uncertain economy, Craig Barnum has chosen the crowded Grandview Avenue market as the location for his new restaurant.

Matt the Miller’s, a casual brand he wants to expand regionally, opens March 28 in a new building along the popular commercial corridor.

Barnum’s restaurant is part of a new mixed-use development that

replaces a buildi n g badly damaged by a fire in 2009.

He said the menu is identical to the original Matt the Miller’s, which opened in October 2008 in Dublin. The floor plan is slightly smaller — 500 square feet small-

er than the 5,000-square-foot Dublin space — and there are a few different design elements, such as retractable windows in the bar area and a semi-open kitchen.

But he didn’t hold back on furnishings, he said, from the artisan light fixtures and booths, plush carpeting, stone accents and custom-made beer towers.

The goal is to create a laid-back environment that appeals to a wide

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Craig Barnum will be opening a Matt the Miller’s Tavern at 1400 Grandview Ave. It is the second central Ohio location for the restaurant.

range of diners. Entrees are generally priced between $15 and $28, with certified Angus steaks accounting for the more expensive dishes. There will be numerous styles of flatbreads, which are among the more popular choices in Dublin.

The place will offer 26 beers, mostly micro-brews, on tap, and about 75 wines from around the globe.

Brian McCafferty, the chef in Dublin, will move to the new location, 1400 Grandview Ave. Grandview Avenue is home to several high-profile restaurants, including Z Cucina, Spagio and Shoku, not to mention Third & Hollywood, which is right around the corner. Plus, there are a number of casual spots — such as Mazah, Aladdin’s Eatery, Grandview Café, Figlio and Vino Vino — in a relatively short stretch of roadway.

So in short, there’s no shortage of places to eat.

Barnum said restaurants build off of each other, creating a solid reputation for the destination district.

“I like the fact there have been so many successful restaurants here,” he said. “We just want to blend in.”

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restaurants, people choose a gen- harder,” he said of the economy. eral location first and then they “It’s made us market our brand choose a restaurant within that lo- harder. It’s made us look at procation, so it’s going to help Grand- ducing a better value for our cusview Avenue make the first cut.” tomers.”

Of course, parking issues have Barnum said he plans to open been a gripe of consumers for one more Matt the Miller’s localyears. Barnum doesn’t see that as ly and then look to nearby mara problem, either. kets, such as Cincinnati, Indi“I think people going to Grand- anapolis and Cleveland. view expect to park and walk,” he The restaurant is open for lunch said. “Parking is what it is.” and dinner daily. For more inforStill, Matt the Miller’s will offer mation, call 614-754-1026. complimentary valet parking during dinner service Tuesday through Saturday.

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Engagements Kovacs, Grizzell nuptials planned Kristian Kovacs, daughter of Kevin and Brenda Kovacs of Gahanna, and Zach Grizzell, son of Greg and Vicki Grizzell of Bellbrook, Ohio, have announced their engagement.

The couple plan a Sept. 4 wedding in Springfield.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Westerville North High School and Wittenberg University. She is a job coach at Greenleaf JTS. The future groom graduated from Spring Valley Academy and Kettering College of Medical Arts. He is a CT technologist at Mercy Health Partners.

Grice, Evans plans announced Robin Grice of Greenville announces the upcoming marriage of her daughter, Anna Grice, to Corey Evans, son of Pat and Alan Evans of Gahanna.

The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Greenville High School and attended Ohio Dominican University. She is employed by Art.com as a senior quality examiner.

The future groom is a 1989 graduate of Gahanna Lincoln High School and a 2005 graduate of Franklin University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in computer science and organizational leadership and management. He is the manager of IT Enterprise Operations for Art.com.

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Kiwi Club Columbus Chapter, a social and charitable orMeetings ganization of former and current Still Going Strong Seniors, 1 American Airlines stewardessp.m. Monday, March 28, in McVay es/flight attendants. Membership Fellowship Hall at Church of the is open to former stewardessesMessiah United Methodist, 51 N. flight attendants of TWA, Reno State St. Pianist/singer Dave Bott Air, Air Cal, Ozark and Trans will entertain.

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Central Ohio Civil War Westerville Kiwanis Club, 6Roundtable, 7 p.m. the second 8 p.m. Wednesdays at the WestWednesday of each month at Ohio erville Public Library. For inforHealth Medical Campus, 300 Po- mation, call (614) 898-9616. laris Parkway. All are welcome.

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ACROSS Fly trap Like CD-RW discs Challenge opener Dahl of “Here Come the Girls” Viking weapon Salsa queen Cruz Knights’ chargers Result of a cock’s crow?

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At one time, once Fastball, in slang NYC commuter svc. that includes the Flushing Line “Bungling for Dummies,” e.g.?

Whammies Colleague of Boris “Voice of Israel” author Shot from an air gun Humpty Dumpty et al.

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Toon Chihuahua Elusive golden city Use ignobly Skedaddle Discouraging words Roman god Bounty initials

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Bird with a tan?

Map abbreviation What doers take Early seventh-century date Emeril’s aptly named French Quarter restaurant Gives birth to Ancient three-sided harps Let out, as hogs Hire an assistant, say Hibernation luxuries?

It’s in the groove Trapped, after “up” Strains, as a muscle Knock off the track Double-check Travel document “But still ...”

DOWN Credits lines?

Garden products brand “$#%^*& geckos!”?

Ewbank who coached Namath in Super Bowl III Run over Confuse with booze Tidal movement Avis adjective Concern for Edward Teller Candy maker Russell Catkin bearers “Not a clue!”

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Produced, as fruit

49 Jazzman Getz 52 Japanese noodles 53 Artist known for her mother-and-child works 54 “My Way” lyricist 56 Evasive maneuvers 57 Icy mass 59 Payola payer 60 Spanish hero El __ 65 Good-time Charlie 68 Like some saxes 69 Gator follower?

70 Dubbing creations 72 Knight wear 73 Sign of things to come 74 Caramel candy brand 76 Teem (with) 77 Drops by 79 Farmer’s place?

80 Pot part 82 Self-titled top-ten 1983 album 84 Hostess snack 85 Baby carrier?

88 Morning moisture 90 Curator’s deg.

93 Makes fast 96 Youth support group 97 Cinnamon gum brand 98 Shared a place (with) 99 Some railroad cars 100 Rejects dramatically, as a contract 101 Frothy seasonal beverage 103 Like a case being tried 104 Minos’ realm 105 Bridal accessory 108 __ hand: assist 110 Jane Curtin title role 111 Read letters?

113 Bus route component 115 Canadian gas 116 At no time, in verse 118 Head of the ranch?

120 New Deal dam org.

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By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Adam Lim (INF), Travis Mollohan (INF/P), Brady Reynolds (P/INF/OF) and Trent Strong (C/INF) and sophomores Michael Cooper (1B/3B), Dan Funk (3B/P), Kevin Hackett (OF/C) and Davon Harris (INF/P).

“A lot of these guys have never played in a varsity game before, and so it’s going to be an open competition for those other spots,” Ring said. “Our starting lineup can change on a daily basis depending on who is ready to perform come game time.”

The Warriors finished seventh in the

The Westerville Central High School softball team appears to be on a mission.

The Warhawks contended for the OCC-Cardinal Division title last season before settling for third at 10-4, one game behind co-champions Marysville and North, Olentangy Liber- South ty, both of which previews, went 11-3.

Rounding out page C4 the league were Westerville North (7-7), Olentangy (6-8), Dublin Scioto (59), Westerville South (5-9) and Dublin Jerome (1-13).

The Warhawks lost to New Albany 2-1 in the first round of the Division I district tournament last year to finish 16-11 overall.

Second-year coach Brian Wamsley believes his team has the talent to be a contender for the OCC-Cardinal title again this spring, and he thinks participating in the Ripken Experience next week in Myrtle Beach, S.C., will help prepare the Warhawks for their league schedule.

The Warhawks will play five games in the event, opening against Philadelphia William Penn Charter School on Monday, March 28. Last season, they went 3-2 in the Grand Strand Softball Classic, also held in Myrtle Beach.

“Last year the trip did a lot of good, not only for the competition, but also the team-bonding that went on while we were down there was great,” Wamsley said. “It made this team really close. We were not picked to do as well as we did in the OCC.” The Warhawks begin OCCCardinal play April 4 at South.

Last season, Central won three of the four meetings against its Westerville sister schools, beating South 6-4 and 3-1 and splitting its two games against North, winning 5-4 and losing 2-1.

“Playing the Westerville teams is always good rivalry games,” Wamsley said. “The girls really get up for those games. It’s a lot of fun coaching in those games. It’s a totally different experience than travel ball. I was really excited about the school spirit that they showed, especially during those games.”

Central returns several players with varsity experience, including senior pitcher Alexis Rios, who was 7-4 with a 0.73 ERA and 66 strikeouts last season.

Rios shared pitching duties with 2010 graduate Tara O’Malley, who went 8-5 with a 1.78 ERA and 76 strikeouts.

Freshman Paige McMennemy also is expected to see time in the circle.

Also returning are seniors Molly Bohrer (OF), Allie Cody (1B), Andi Hayes (SS), Amanda Lowery (2B/OF) and Aubrey Schirtzinger (2B), juniors Mered-

See NORTH, page C5

See CENTRAL, page C5

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

Damarkeo Lyshe of South can’t hide his disappointment after the Wildcats’ 80-62 loss to Northland in a Division I regional final March 19 in the Fairgrounds Coliseum.

Boys Basketball

’Cats go down in regional final

By JEREMY STEWART ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The Westerville South High School boys basketball team experienced a difficult reality in a Division I regional final March 19 in the Fairgrounds Coliseum.

The Wildcats just were not as good as Northland.

“The result was a deserving result,” said South coach Ed Calo, whose team lost 80-62 to finish the season 24-2 overall.

“I wish we would have played well. (Northland) played great.

I just wished we would have played better. We still might not have won. That was about as good as I’ve seen (Northland) play all year.”

One of South’s most successful seasons ended with guards Damarkeo Lyshe and Traevon Jackson putting on brave faces to receive the regional runner-up team trophy, before the Wildcats headed to the locker room in silence.

The Vikings, who advanced to play Garfield Heights in a Division I state semifinal Friday, March 25, hit South with an early

By Eric George/ThisWeek

See BASKETBALL, page C2

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

(Above) South’s Isiah Rogers goes up for a layup during the Wildcats’ 64-58 victory over Liberty Township Lakota East in the regional semifinal March 17. (Left) Ben Jones of the Wildcats grabs a loose ball in front of Northland’s Trey Burke during the regional final.

Baseball

Youthful Warriors hoping for better start

By AARON BLANKENSHIP ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The Westerville North High School baseball team will start its season with only four returning starters in its lineup after losing six starters to graduation as well as senior second baseman Hayden Whitfield for most or all of the season to a back injury suffered in a car accident in December.

However, second-year coach Sean Ring said the Warriors are actually ahead of schedule compared to this point of last season.

“This team feels totally different with only two seniors, as opposed to last year when we had 10 seniors,” said Ring, whose team started 0-7 last season and finished 7-20 overall. “We’ve flipped the script on the makeup of our team and it’s now very young. But a lot of these kids have really bought into what we’re teaching them, and we’ve been able to hit the ground running instead of having to spend a lot of time working on basic stuff like we did last year. I’m optimistic that extra year in our system will make a difference and help us get out to a better start and improve upon how we did last year.”

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Central, South previews, page C3 North, which opens Monday, March 28, at home against Upper Arlington, returns four healthy starters in seniors Garrett Lieb (P/1B) and Colin Williams (3B/P) and sophomores Alex Morrow (C) and Will Sulcebarger (SS). Williams is a University of Dayton recruit.

North’s top three pitchers are Lieb, Williams and junior Jake Miller.

Vying for the other starting positions are juniors Sean Archibald (C/IF/P), Jeff Beekman (OF/P), Casey Davis (OF),

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ThisWeek’s 2010-11 Super 12 GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM The Captain

Nubians senior gets top billing

By JARROD ULREY

About the players…

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Olentangy Orange’s run to a Division I district final largely was because of its ability to score inside and outside. Agler, a sophomore point guard, played a vital role in connecting those facets of the Pioneers’ attack.

The 5-7 Agler averaged 8.2 points and 7.3 assists and made 25 of 65 3-point attempts (38 percent). She was honorable mention all-district and first-team all-OCC-Capital Division.

“Taylor has really grown into that point-guard role,” said coach Mary Ann Grimes, whose team won the OCC-Capital at 13-1 and ended the season 21-3 after losing to Pickerington North 46-39 in a district final. “We try to get everyone involved in scoring and she led the team in assists and steals (3.5 a game). I’m sure that affected her numbers as far as scoring goes, but she’s been a big part of our success.”

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Raven Ferguson feels like she has been playing on the Africentric Early College girls basketball team “her whole life.”

Opponents probably feel the same about the senior standout and captain of the ThisWeek Super 12 girls basketball team.

After becoming a starter as a freshman, Ferguson helped the Nubians go 89-15 overall, 56-0 against City LeagueSouth Division opponents and win four district championships.

Raven Ferguson This season, Ferguson was the Division III district Player of the Year while leading Africentric to a regional runner-up finish.

“It will be weird to go to the games next year, but it’s just time for me to move on to bigger things,” Ferguson said.

Next season, she’ll be a freshman at Ohio State.

“Africentric has made me a lot more confident off the court and on the court,” she said. “I’ll be going in to try to play, and I think I’ll have a chance to start. (Africentric) coach (Will) McKinney always says that defense is about pride. He always tells us that at the next level, that’s how you get on the court. I’m still trying to improve and be better.”

In her freshman season, the Nubians went 25-2 and lost in the Division IV state final. In 2008-09, they went 23-4 and won the state title as Ferguson made Super 12 honorable mention.

A year ago, Africentric moved up to Division III and lost in a regional semifinal to finish 19-6.

Ferguson made first-team all-district and Super 12 as she averaged 23 points, six rebounds, 3.5 assists and four steals.

This season, the Nubians beat Northland 60-52 on Feb. 12 for their third City title in four years and Columbus School for Girls 74-45 on March 5 for a district title. Africentric’s season ended with a 56-50 loss to Fort Recovery in a regional final March 12.

Africentric went 22-3 as Ferguson averaged 19 points, eight rebounds and three assists. She also was selected first-team allstate and was the state’s Co-Player of the Year with Ally Malott of Middletown Madison.

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ThisWeek’s Super 12 team profiles the top high school girls basketball players — regardless of position — in our coverage area. The team was determined by the sports staff and by nominations from area coaches.

Super 12 NAME Taylor Agler Destini Cooper Symone Denham Kavunaa Edwards Raven Ferguson Travecia Franklin Caitlin Kusan Tiyona Marshall Alexis Peterson Tabatha Piper Meredith Stranges Aliyah Zantt

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Cooper, a 6-0 sophomore post player, has started every game for Reynoldsburg the past two seasons. She has helped the Raiders win one regional and two district championships while compiling a 44-8 record that included 14-0 in the OCC-Ohio Division this season.

Cooper averaged 9.1 points, a team-high 7.4 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.2 blocks this season. She shot a team-high 49.4 percent from the field and scored in double figures 12 times despite sitting out the fourth quarter of several blowout wins.

“Destini is a terrific defender and has steadily improved her low-post offensive game,” coach Jack Purtell said. “She is very unselfish and rebounds with authority. ‘D’ is a tireless worker and leads by example.”

Cooper was first-team all-league and second-team all-district.

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Ashley Bassett-Smith Paige Cashin Mary Corbett Frannie Frazier Jasmine Henshaw Alana Lassiter Morgan Neighbors Bailey Pierron Shelby Olszewski Chelsey Radcliff Kellie Roudabush Jelicia Shelton Enri Small Tajanee Wells Brooke Zwayer

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barrage. They took a 15-4 lead and had South scrambling to catch up the entire game. South cut the margin to 18-14 after the first quarter, but Northland took a 41-28 lead into halftime after guard Trey Burke converted a four-point play with 22 seconds left in the second quarter. South never cut the deficit below eight points in the second half.

Slow starts characterized the Wildcats’ appearance in the regional tournament. They also started slow in their 64-58 win over Liberty Township Lakota East in a regional semifinal March 17, overcoming a 30-23 halftime deficit.

South loses five seniors who made significant contributions this season.

In addition to Jackson, the OCC-Cardinal Division Player of the Year, and Lyshe, who was honorable mention all-league, the Wildcats also lose seniors Jaren Edwards, Donnie Fitzgerald and Ben Jones. Jones was first-team all-league and had a

•Record: 24-2 overall, 13-1 (first) in OCC-Cardinal •Seniors lost: Jaren Edwards, Donnie Fitzgerald, Damarkeo Lyshe, Traevon Jackson and Ben Jones •Key returnees: Marcus Ball, Isiah Rogers and Stephen O’Daniel

Past Captains New Albany’s Hannah Robertson (2010), Pickerington Central’s Emilee Harmon (2009), Eastmoor’s Ayana Dunning (2008), Dublin Scioto’s Crystal Murdaugh (2007), Pickerington Central’s Stephanie Stevens (2006), Mifflin’s Marshae Dotson (2005), Pickerington North’s Marscilla Packer (2004, 2002), Brookhaven’s Brittany Hunter (2003), Grove City’s Charisse Crews (2000-01), Pickerington’s LaToya Turner (1998-99), Pickerington’s Tamara Stocks (1997), Brookhaven’s Helen Darling (1996) and Pickerington’s Beth Ostendorf (1994-95).

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The Bearcats went 69-21 the past four seasons, a span that included back-to-back Division I district runner-up finishes the last two seasons — and the one constant has been this 5-9 senior guard.

Franklin made first-team all-district and special mention all-state as she helped Brookhaven succeed despite losing a pair of Division I recruits by midseason.

An Indiana State signee, Franklin averaged 9.2 points, five rebounds and three assists as the Bearcats went 16-6.

Franklin also made the Super 12 as a junior and will play in the North-South All-Star game April 17 at Capital University.

“Travecia was the main reason we were able to do what we did in the tournament,” coach Reggie Lee said. “Vici’s never been a numbers person, but defense, rebounding and being unselfish have always been her real worth.”

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After making honorable mention all-district as a freshman, this 5-6 sophomore guard continued to assert herself as one of central Ohio’s top talents while making first-team all-district in Division I. Revered for her defense, Peterson averaged 13.9 points, four rebounds and 4.5 assists to help Northland go 21-2 and win its second City League-North Division title in three seasons. Peterson scored 20 points as Northland beat Gahanna 51-35 on March 5 to win its first district title since 1983.

She made third-team all-state.

“I thought Alexis Peterson did a great job (defensively during a 58-46 win over Dublin Coffman in a district semifinal Feb. 28), and I thought that was the key to the basketball game,” coach Dean Washington said. “There’s no one who’s more competitive than her.”

MEREDITH STRANGES

Piper, a 5-11 senior guard, has secured her place among the top players in the history of the Big Walnut program. A four-year starter, she finished her career with 975 points, ranking fifth on the Golden Eagles' all-time scoring list.

This season, Piper averaged 13.3 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists to lead her team in each category. She also led the team with 40 steals and 25 blocks and was named OCC-Capital Player of the Year and second-team all-district in Division II. “She knew the game pretty well coming in as a freshman,” coach Bob Scott said. “No. 1, she understood what it takes to be successful. She's a very unselfish player who is good at setting up other players to score. She has a good awareness of what is going on on the court. She sees the court well.”

Piper plans to play basketball and volleyball at Otterbein.

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Africentric’s Raven Ferguson averaged 19 points and eight rebounds in earning Super 12 captain honors.

Although her collegiate future is in softball after she signed last November to play for Miami University, Marshall was the driving force behind another long tournament run for the Lions this season.

A third-team all-district and first-team allOCC-Ohio selection, Marshall averaged 13.1 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals as Gahanna went 17-7 and was a Division I district runner-up. A varsity regular since her freshman season, the 5-9 senior guard helped the Lions advance to a district semifinal in her first two seasons before they captured a district championship in her junior season.

“She got better offensively and defensively,” coach Rick Hauser said.

“I thought she was real unselfish this year, too. Defensively she’s kind of a spark plug.”

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Stranges was a model of consistency for Dublin Coffman this season, scoring between 11 and 21 points in the first 17 games. The 6-foot-1 left-handed center then missed a game with a broken nose, but she promptly returned to help Coffman go 16-7 and reach a Division I district semifinal.

A four-year varsity player, she averaged a team-high 15.6 points and 8.1 rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the field and a school-record 85 percent at the foul line. She was first-team all-OCC-Central Division and all-district and special mention allstate.

“She is a really, really smart player,” coach Bryan Patton said.

“Her basketball IQ is tremendous. You tell her something and it’s ingrained. She rarely makes a mental mistake.”

Stranges will play volleyball at Southeast Missouri State.

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Kusan, a 5-10 forward, led the Warriors with averages of 14.4 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game. She also added 1.8 assists per contest for North, which finished 15-7 and reached the second round of the Division I district tournament.

“Caitlin is a very special kind of player,” coach Jim Kloepfer said. “She works hard in practice, plays hard in games and is a great example for our younger players. She’s the kind of player that coaches always want to coach.”

Kusan, a senior, was named first-team all-district and was the Player of the Year in the OCC-Cardinal Division as the Warriors finished third in the league at 9-5 behind champion Olentangy (12-2).

Kusan has signed to play volleyball at Ohio Dominican.

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Edwards, who averaged 21 points and 12 rebounds, left her mark while leading the Panthers to the Division I state tournament.

The 6-0 senior post player set singlegame school records for rebounds (21) and steals (eight), the latter of which points to her overall improvement.

“She’s been phenomenal, especially down the stretch here for us as we made a run,” coach Dave Butcher said. “She’s one of the better athletes I’ve coached.”

Edwards, who also averaged three assists, has signed to play at Villanova. Central Ohio’s only first-team all-state selection in Division I, she was voted district Player of the Year and also earned that honor in the OCC-Ohio Division. Edwards was North’s leading scorer in 18 of 27 games.

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This 5-9 junior guard blossomed into one of the district’s best players, and the Vikings flourished because of it.

A third-team all-district selection in Division I, Denham averaged 13.8 points and four assists while shooting 49 percent from 3-point range as Northland won its first district title since 1983.

Denham made four 3-pointers and scored 28 points as the Vikings beat Brookhaven 67-48 on Feb. 4 to help seal their second City League-North title in three seasons. She has a scholarship offer to play for Kansas and also has received interest from Akron, Kent State, Michigan and Toledo, among others.

“She scored 28 in the second game against Brookhaven and she had 16 (in a 58-46 win over Dublin Coffman in a district semifinal Feb. 28),” coach Dean Washington said. “She’s been pretty consistent the whole year.”

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Despite coming off the bench in all but one game, Zantt led the Raiders in scoring 14 times.

The 5-6 junior guard averaged 13.1 points for the season and 17.6 points in five postseason games as the Raiders went 23-2 and won their second consecutive Division I district title.

“Aliyah has been one of our best surprises and best kept secrets until the second half of the season,” coach Jack Purtell said. “She plays with a lot of confidence and can really score in bunches. She’s our leading scorer and, with the improvement she’s made on the defensive end, has become a complete player. She has a great attitude and loves basketball.”

Zantt scored a season-high 26 points in a 58-39 district semifinal win over Hilliard Davidson on March 2.

Zantt was first-team all-league and second-team all-district.

DON’T LET YOUR LUNGS BE THE FINAL FILTER! years, they have developed a formula for handling that perceived disadvantage. This season’s district title was South’s second in four seasons. What they lacked in size, they tried to make up for with athleticism and toughness.

“When teams say we’re athletic, that’s a compliment,” said Rogers, who is 5-7. “I think we only had one dunk all year. The game for us is going to come down to toughness. The toughest team is going to win.”

South went 13-1 in the OCCCardinal to win its second consecutive league title. The Wildcats finished ahead of Westerville Central, Westerville North and Olentangy, all three of which tied for second at 10-4. Dublin Scioto and Dublin Jerome tied for fifth at 4-10 followed by Olentangy (3-11) and Marysville (2-12).

South was awarded the top seed for the district tournament.

The Wildcats defeated eighthseeded New Albany 69-54 on March 11 for the district title.

superb regional tournament, coming off the bench to score 23 points against Lakota East and 18 against Northland.

The Wildcats are expected to return juniors David Asiedu, Ellis Byers, Stephen O’Daniel and Isiah Rogers, who was second-team all-league. Rogers was the starting point guard and O’Daniel was a key contributor as a reserve point guard.

Also expected back are sophomores Marcus Ball, Matt Chellis and Anthony Dixon as well as freshman Darryl Long.

Ball, a starter, was special mention all-league.

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Baseball

Central aims to bounce back

Developing pitchers will be key for Wildcats

By THAD PLUMLEY ThisWeek Community Newspapers

By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The Westerville Central High School baseball team is looking to improve on what it considered to be a disappointing season in 2010.

The Warhawks finished 10-18 overall and 4-10 in the OCCCardinal Division to place seventh, behind Dublin Jerome (104), Dublin Scioto (10-4), Olentangy Liberty (10-4), Westerville South (8-6), Marysville (7-7) and Westerville North (5-9) and ahead of Olentangy (2-12).

Central opened the Division I district tournament with a 13-0, five-inning win over Northland before losing to Gahanna 8-3 in the second round.

The Warhawks lost seven players from a year ago to graduation, but fourth-year coach Jeff Keifer believes his team returns a solid nucleus.

“This year has been a noticeably different group,” Keifer said.”

The seniors have really been committed and they’ve been good leaders. I’m cautiously optimistic.”

Leading the way should be senior outfielder Danny Lawrence, who last season led the team in hitting (.489), home runs (5), doubles (10), triples (3) and RBI (32), and junior Connor Sitz, who led the pitching staff with a 4-4 record.

Also back are seniors Derreck Chisholm (P/OF/INF), Chris Gygi (P/OF), Zeke Kesling (OF), Jerry McCartney (P/INF), Kyle Pollock (C) and Jake Simmerman (P/INF), and juniors Matthew Bracale (P/INF/OF) and John Whitaker (P/INF).

Bracale missed most of last season with a groin injury.

Last season, Pollock hit .333

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Jerry McCartney is one of seven seniors expected to lead Central, which opens the season March 28-April 1 in South Carolina.

Schedule

March 28 — vs. Uniontown (Pa.) Laurel Highlands and Forestville (Md.) Bishop McNamara at Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C. March 29 — vs. Shaker Heights at Ripken Experience March 30 — vs. Bethlehem (Pa.) at Ripken Experience March 31 — vs. Greeneville (Tenn.) and Worthington Christian at Ripken Experience April 1 — vs. Staten Island (N.Y.) St. Peter’s at Ripken Experience *April 4 — at Westerville South April 5 — at Jonathan Alder

and Simmerman and Chisholm batted .309 and .308, respectively.

“Out of the years that I’ve been here, this is the best we’ve been prepared for a season,” McCartney said. “We’ve had a lot of chances to get outside. This is best team I’ve been on since I’ve been here. We have a lot of team chemistry.”

Rounding out the team are juniors Greg Behen (OF), Cameron Box (INF/P), Connor Bush (OF/P), Evan Conard (INF), Daniel Grainger (INF), Matt Knapp (C), Dustin Toers-Bijns (OF/P), Corey VanDevelde (OF/P) and Dillon West (INF).

*April 6 — vs. Westerville South *April 8 — vs. Westerville North April 9 — at Olentangy Orange with Whetstone *April 11 — at Westerville North *April 13 — at Marysville *April 15 — vs. Marysville April 16 — vs. St. Charles *April 18 — vs. Dublin Scioto *April 20 — at Dublin Scioto April 21 — at Pickerington Central *April 25 — vs. Olentangy *April 27 — at Olentangy *April 29 — at Olentangy Liberty *May 2 — vs. Olentangy Liberty *May 4 — vs. Dublin Jerome *May 6 — at Dublin Jerome May 7 — vs. Lancaster (DH) *OCC-Cardinal game

“Our challenge is going to be pitching depth,” Keifer said. “I think we’re going to hit the ball.

We have a pretty impressive batting group and since we have a lot of experience, I like our defensive group, too.”

Central is hoping that its trip to the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C., will help it prepare for its OCC-Cardinal and non-league schedule. The Warhawks open Monday, March 28, against Uniontown (Pa.) Laurel Highlands and Forestville (Md.) Bishop McNamara.

This marks the third consecu-

There are times when a team isn’t sure what success will hinge on over the course of a season.

This, however, is not one of those occasions for the Westerville South High School baseball team.

The Wildcats return five of their top six hitters from a year ago but must replace three of the four pitchers who logged the most innings last spring, leaving no doubt the mound is the key.

“This year the motto is ‘pitching by committee,’” said eighthyear coach Tim Bates, whose team opens Monday, March 28, at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C. “We’re swinging the bats well, but we have to develop a staff. We got guys innings over the summer and they’re throwing well right now.”

South finished 16-9 overall last season and reached a Division I district semifinal for the first time since 2001, losing to New Albany 4-3. The Wildcats went 8-6 in the OCC-Cardinal Division to finish fourth, behind Dublin Scioto, Dublin Jerome and Olentangy Liberty, all of which went 10-4 to tie for the league championship.

Rounding out the league were Marysville (7-7), Westerville North (5-9), Westerville Central (4-10) and Olentangy (2-12).

South lost five players from a year ago to graduation, including four who were among the team’s top seven pitchers in Brian Williams, Austin Parks, Garrett Gillette and Billy Harkenrider.

Williams posted a 5-3 record with one save and a 2.28 ERA while pitching a team-high 46 innings. He was named first-team all-league and honorable mention all-district.

The other three combined for

Schedule

March 28-April 1 — at Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C. *April 4 — vs. Westerville Central *April 6 — at Westerville Central April 7 — vs. Big Walnut *April 8 — a Dublin Scioto April 9 — vs. Walnut Ridge (DH) *April 11 — vs. Dublin Scioto April 12 — at Westland *April 13 — at Dublin Jerome *April 15 — vs. Dublin Jerome *April 18 — vs. Marysville *April 20 — at Marysville April 21 — vs. Hilliard Davidson *April 25 — at Westerville North April 26 — vs. Westland *April 27 — vs. Westerville North *April 29 — at Olentangy *May 2 — vs. Olentangy May 3 — vs. DeSales *May 4 — vs. Olentangy Liberty *May 6 — at Olentangy Liberty *OCC-Cardinal game

homes runs, 21 RBI and 22 runs, Matt Stiltner batting .385, Joe Stiltner hitting .373 with four home runs and a team-best 22 RBI, and Jones batting .286.

Llaneza was second-team allleague and all-district and Ben Williams was second-team allleague.

“Their experience is such a benefit,” Bates said. “They have played in the district tournament and have played big OCC games.

It’s like having extra assistant coaches. They’re role models for our younger guys.”

Also on the team are seniors Bret Conkle (3B/1B) and Pat Cook (OF), juniors Forrest Dill (3B/OF), Jayson Perkins (OF) and Pat Tracheff (P), sophomore Jake Robinson (P/INF/OF) and freshman Timmy Bates (P/INF/OF).

Jones, Matt Stiltner, Williams and Tracheff figure to handle most of the pitching. Last year, Jones was 2-2 in 26 innings, second most on the team. Williams was 2-0 and Stiltner had a 3.82 ERA as a reliever.

“I don’t know that we have a guy we can flip the ball to and he’s going seven (innings),” coach Bates said.

“But these guys can be effective for several innings, so I could see someone going three or four innings and having a reliever come in.”

The pitching staff will be tested in OCC-Cardinal play.

“It’s going to be tough again,” coach Bates said of the league.

“Some teams have a lot back and I’ve heard Marysville is loaded.

If you think about it, 10-4 doesn’t usually win a league, but it did last year. That shows how competitive things are. I think it could be that way again.”

more than 44 innings and started other positions when they weren’t on the mound. Harkenrider was second-team all-league and all-district and Gillette was honorable mention all-league.

“We lost some seniors who had good arms, so it’s going to come down to hard work, but we have that,” senior catcher Josh Llaneza said. “All of our guys are working hard. Everyone is going to get their fair share of time on the mound.”

South returns six starters in Llaneza and seniors Mark Hensley (LF), Ben Jones (SS/P), Joe Stiltner (1B/DH), Matt Stiltner (2B/3B/P) and Ben Williams (3B/P).

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Softball

South looking to improve after enduring losing record

By FRANK DiRENNA

“We’d like to be .500, at least.

ThisWeek Community Newspapers Our goal is to win our division

As Jerry Kelbley begins his 31st season as coach of the Westerville South High School softball team, his main focus remains the fundamentals of the game.

That’s what he was stressing to his team prior to its first ThisWeek file photo scrimmage March 19 against North’s Sami Dustman and Delaware’s Kalene Schmidt look for the umpire’s call on a play at second Ready. base during a game last season. Dustman, a junior who will start in the outfield after playing second “We need to put the ball in base last season, is among the top returnees for the Warriors. play more,” Kelbley said.

“We need to make the other team play defense. That’s what we really want to work at this year.”

The Wildcats are looking to improve on last season when they finished 11-14 overall and went 5-9 in the OCC-Cardinal Division to tie Dublin Scioto for sixth, behind co-champions Marysville and Olentangy LibBy AARON BLANKENSHIP erty (11-3 each), Westerville ThisWeek Community Newspapers Schedule Central (10-4), Westerville North (7-7) and Olentangy (6*April 11 — at Olentangy Liberty The Westerville North High *April 13 — vs. Westerville South 8), and ahead of Dublin Jerome School softball team spent the *April 15 — at Marysville (1-13). majority of last season experi*April 18 — vs. Olentangy South defeated Newark 5-1 menting with different defen- March 28 — vs. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh *April 20 — at Dublin Jerome in the first round of the DiviApril 23 — vs.

Olentangy Orange and sive lineups en route to finish- Jesuit at Ripken Experience in Myrtle Big Walnut sion I district tournament being 14-15 overall.

Beach, S.C. *April 25 — vs. Westerville Central fore losing to Marysville 3-2 With several returning March 29 — vs. Bluff City (Tenn.) Sul- *April 27 — at Dublin Scioto in eight innings in the second livan East at Ripken Experience starters, senior catcher Emily *April 28 — vs. Olentangy Liberty 30 — vs. Massillon Jackson April 29 — vs. Thornville Sheridan in round for its ninth one-run loss Bennett is confident it won’t March at Ripken Experience Centennial Stellar Classic at Ohio State take the Warriors nearly as long March 31 — vs. Fremont Ross at Rip- April 30 — vs. Granville and Minerva of the season.

“I hope we do a little better to find their identity this year. ken Experience in Stellar Classic than that,” Kelbley said of his “Probably the biggest dif- April 1 — vs. Lake Forest (Ill.) at Rip- *May 2 — at Westerville South team’s overall record a year ago. *May 4 — vs. Marysville ference is going to be the time ken Experience *April 4 — vs. Dublin Jerome May 5 — at Watterson it takes to figure out where we *April 6 — at Westerville Central *May 6 — at Olentangy all fit together,” said Bennett, *April 8 — vs. Dublin Scioto May 14 — vs. Dublin Coffman and who has made a verbal com- April 9 — vs. Hilliard Bradley and DeSales *OCC-Cardinal game mitment to play at Division II Groveport West Virginia Wesleyan College. “We lost two starters to Bennett (C/DP), senior Sarah Shaffer or junior Ari Jamison graduation in (third baseman) Lawrence (CF) and juniors Alex likely will start in the outfield Caitie Kilbane and (first base- Brooker (1B), Sami Dustman position that isn’t occupied by man) Brittany Weber, so we (2B), Lilly Gresh (RF), Alli Dustman or Gresh.

Junior Ashley Pavalino will need to figure out who will re- Rowland (P), Lisa Simmons place them. But we’ve got a lot (SS) and Tory Speakman serve as North’s second pitcher, and sophomore Paige Chapof experienced players back, (C/DP).

With Dustman expected to man will back up Brooker at so I think we’ll be able to put together a strong lineup pretty move into one of the outfield first base.

“Alli’s back 100 percent quickly. I’m hoping we’ll do positions, junior Katie Mitchell better than we did last year and sophomore Victoria Shaf- healthy from the tendinitis that because I think we’ve got the fer are competing for the start- bothered her throwing arm last ing position at second base. year,” Dustman said. “The main talent.”

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and go as far as we can in the tournament.”

The Wildcats lost five players to graduation, including pitcher/second baseman Rachel Ross, who was the team’s leading hitter (.355, 13 RBI) and top pitcher (9-11, 2.15 ERA, 136 strikeouts).

However, South returns a nucleus that includes seniors Morgan Dietz (P/2B), Anastasia Levakis (C), Emily Noskowiak (OF), Leigh Siedlak (2B/OF), Danielle Steward (OF/1B) and Lindsay Svendsen (OF/C).

Also back are junior Erica Aiello (SS) and sophomores Chelsea Raker (3B/P) and Brianna Wendell (OF/C).

Last season, Aiello batted .317 and Dietz had 11 RBI and was 2-3 in the circle with a 1.88 ERA and 24 strikeouts.

“We just need to come together as a team this year,” Levakis said. “We have a lot of talent on the team. We just need to mesh together and work out things.”

Rounding out the roster are juniors Devan Akers (C) and Lindsey Gerhart (OF) and sophomores Laura Harrah (P/OF), Kerri Migliore (INF), Leah Ross (P) and Katie Williams (1B).

Kelbley said no one has emerged as the top pitcher.

“We need the competition,” he said.

“They will probably all pitch for us. I don’t know if we will have a No. 1. They’ll all pitch maybe in every game.”

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Continued from page C1 ith Bury (3B), Brooke Colbert (OF) and Andi Lowe (C) and sophomore Perry Wallinger (OF).

“For the most part, it’s just about the same team,” Wamsley said. “They know their jobs, they know their positions and they know what to do with the ball, so we’re really looking forward to getting things started.”

Rounding out the team are senior Sierra Carlson (P/1B), junior Kylie Fuller (C) and freshmen Morgan Ciehanski (OF/SS) and Allie Haines (P/OF/C).

“We have a lot of potential this year,” Cody said. “If we

March 28 — vs. Philadelphia William Penn Charter School at Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C. March 30 — vs. Uniontown Green at Ripken Experience March 31 — vs. Forestville (Md.) Bishop McNamara and Tree of Life at Ripken Experience April 1 — vs. Hartville Lake Center Christian at Ripken Experience *April 4 — at Westerville South April 5 — vs. New Albany *April 6 — vs. Westerville North *April 8 — at Marysville

work hard enough, we really can do anything. We want to win Westerville, win the OCCCardinal and our biggest goal is to win the last game, which

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Continued from page C1 OCC-Cardinal Division last season at 4-10, behind champions Dublin Jerome, Dublin Scioto and Olentangy Liberty (10-4 each), Westerville South (8-6), Marysville (7-7) and Westerville Central (5-9) and ahead of Olentangy (2-12).

After getting out to a 2-11 start, the Warriors won five of their next seven games, picking up wins over Liberty (8-5), Jerome (5-4) and Scioto (7-6).

But North ended its season on a seven-game losing streak, including a 2-1 loss to 10th-seeded Worthington Kilbourne in its Division I district tournament opener.

“Last year, we were shocked

March 28 — vs. Upper Arlington March 30 — vs. Jonathan Alder March 31 — at Watterson April 2 — at Hilliard Davidson with New Concord John Glenn *April 4 — vs. Dublin Jerome *April 6 — at Dublin Jerome *April 8 — at Westerville Central April 9 — vs. Hilliard Darby (DH) *April 11 — vs. Westerville Central

by our 0-7 start and we didn’t know how to turn our season around,” Williams said. “This year, we have a better idea of what our coaches are expecting from us, and I’m expecting us to start much better.

“I definitely think we can do better in the OCC, because some of the other teams lost good sen-

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*April 13 — vs. Dublin Scioto *April 15 — at Dublin Scioto April 16 — at Reynoldsburg *April 18 — at Olentangy Liberty *April 20 — vs. Olentangy Liberty April 21 — vs. Grove City April 23 — at Newark (DH) *April 25 — vs. Westerville South *April 27 — at Westerville South *April 29 — at Marysville April 30 — at DeSales (DH) *May 2 — vs. Marysville *May 4 — vs. Olentangy *May 6 — at Olentangy *OCC-Cardinal game

iors and the talent is spread more evenly between the different teams. I definitely think we can go past the first round of district, too, because we’re looking good pitching-wise and our defense looks better, too.”

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Keifer expects another tight race for the OCCCardinal title. The Warhawks open league play April 4 at South.

“It’s a really strong baseball conference with eight really good teams,” he said. “We have to play well early and see what kind of team we have. We have to prepare and work hard every day. That’s a goal that they’ve set, so we’ll see if we can get there.”

Continued from page C3

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tive year in which Central has traveled to South Carolina during its spring break.

Keifer also believes the school’s new state-ofthe-art complex, which features synthetic turf, has aided the team’s preparation for the season.

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WILDCATS

March 29 — vs. Moncks Corner (S.C.) Berkeley in Charleston, S.C. March 30 — vs. Summerville (S.C.) in Charleston April 1 — vs. Charleston (S.C.) Bishop England (SC) in Charleston *April 4 — vs. Westerville Central *April 6 — at Dublin Scioto April 7 — vs. Westland *April 8 — at Dublin Jerome April 9 — vs. Delaware (DH) *April 11 — vs. Marysville *April 13 — at Westerville North

because obviously it’s Central and it’s our first (league) game, so we’re not sure how we’re going to do,” Siedlak said. “We want to come out strong, espe-

April 14 — vs. Hilliard Darby *April 18 — vs. Olentangy Liberty *April 19 — at Olentangy *April 20 — at Westerville Central April 23 — vs. Big Walnut and Olentangy Orange *April 25 — vs. Dublin Scioto *April 27 — vs. Dublin Jerome *April 28 — at Marysville April 29 — vs. Cincinnati Glen Este in Centennial Stellar Classic at Ohio State April 30 — vs. Milford in Stellar Classic *May 2 — vs. Westerville North *May 4 — vs. Olentangy *May 6 — at Olentangy Liberty *OCC-Cardinal game

cially against Central since they’re a rival.” fdirenna@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

WARRIORS 2-1 and losing 5-4.

Despite closing the regular season on a five-game losing streak, North beat Whetstone 14-1 in five innings in the first round of the Division I district tournament and defeated Delaware 5-1 in the second round before losing to top-seeded Grove City 4-1 in a district semifinal.

“Our main goals are to win the OCC and advance further in the tournament than we did last year,” Dustman said.

“I think we’re going to be a better team this year because we’ve all been playing together for so long and we’re a lot more comfortable together on the field. We know our (defensive) coverages better and we know we can rely on each other more.”

thing is we need to improve our hitting because our defense and pitching should be good.”

North opens its 20th season under coach Joe Francisco on Monday, March 28, against Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Warriors play five games in South Carolina before returning home and opening OCC-Cardinal Division play April 4 at home against Dublin Jerome.

North finished fourth in the OCC-Cardinal last season at 7-7, behind co-champions Marysville (11-3) and Olentangy Liberty (11-3) and Westerville Central (10-4), and ahead of Olentangy (6-8), Dublin Scioto (5-9), Westerville South (5-9) and Jerome (1-13).

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“This is probably our 25th year of going south (during spring break),” Kelbley said.

“We get all day of practice and certainly get a lot better weather. The team is together and we’ll practice during the day and play at night.”

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Continued from page C1 ith Bury (3B), Brooke Colbert (OF) and Andi Lowe (C) and sophomore Perry Wallinger (OF).

“For the most part, it’s just about the same team,” Wamsley said. “They know their jobs, they know their positions and they know what to do with the ball, so we’re really looking forward to getting things started.”

Rounding out the team are senior Sierra Carlson (P/1B), junior Kylie Fuller (C) and freshmen Morgan Ciehanski (OF/SS) and Allie Haines (P/OF/C).

“We have a lot of potential this year,” Cody said. “If we

March 28 — vs. Philadelphia William Penn Charter School at Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C. March 30 — vs. Uniontown Green at Ripken Experience March 31 — vs. Forestville (Md.) Bishop McNamara and Tree of Life at Ripken Experience April 1 — vs. Hartville Lake Center Christian at Ripken Experience *April 4 — at Westerville South April 5 — vs. New Albany *April 6 — vs. Westerville North *April 8 — at Marysville

work hard enough, we really can do anything. We want to win Westerville, win the OCCCardinal and our biggest goal is to win the last game, which

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Continued from page C1 OCC-Cardinal Division last season at 4-10, behind champions Dublin Jerome, Dublin Scioto and Olentangy Liberty (10-4 each), Westerville South (8-6), Marysville (7-7) and Westerville Central (5-9) and ahead of Olentangy (2-12).

After getting out to a 2-11 start, the Warriors won five of their next seven games, picking up wins over Liberty (8-5), Jerome (5-4) and Scioto (7-6).

But North ended its season on a seven-game losing streak, including a 2-1 loss to 10th-seeded Worthington Kilbourne in its Division I district tournament opener.

“Last year, we were shocked

March 28 — vs. Upper Arlington March 30 — vs. Jonathan Alder March 31 — at Watterson April 2 — at Hilliard Davidson with New Concord John Glenn *April 4 — vs. Dublin Jerome *April 6 — at Dublin Jerome *April 8 — at Westerville Central April 9 — vs. Hilliard Darby (DH) *April 11 — vs. Westerville Central

by our 0-7 start and we didn’t know how to turn our season around,” Williams said. “This year, we have a better idea of what our coaches are expecting from us, and I’m expecting us to start much better.

“I definitely think we can do better in the OCC, because some of the other teams lost good sen-

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*April 13 — vs. Dublin Scioto *April 15 — at Dublin Scioto April 16 — at Reynoldsburg *April 18 — at Olentangy Liberty *April 20 — vs. Olentangy Liberty April 21 — vs. Grove City April 23 — at Newark (DH) *April 25 — vs. Westerville South *April 27 — at Westerville South *April 29 — at Marysville April 30 — at DeSales (DH) *May 2 — vs. Marysville *May 4 — vs. Olentangy *May 6 — at Olentangy *OCC-Cardinal game

iors and the talent is spread more evenly between the different teams. I definitely think we can go past the first round of district, too, because we’re looking good pitching-wise and our defense looks better, too.”

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Keifer expects another tight race for the OCCCardinal title. The Warhawks open league play April 4 at South.

“It’s a really strong baseball conference with eight really good teams,” he said. “We have to play well early and see what kind of team we have. We have to prepare and work hard every day. That’s a goal that they’ve set, so we’ll see if we can get there.”

Continued from page C3

Westerville Golf Center

tive year in which Central has traveled to South Carolina during its spring break.

Keifer also believes the school’s new state-ofthe-art complex, which features synthetic turf, has aided the team’s preparation for the season.

“This has really been invaluable for us,” Keifer said of the complex. “We’ve been able to get outside a few times on this. We’re not as sharp as we need to be, but we’ve got as much work in as we’ve fdirenna@thisweeknews.com ever had.” www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

WILDCATS

March 29 — vs. Moncks Corner (S.C.) Berkeley in Charleston, S.C. March 30 — vs. Summerville (S.C.) in Charleston April 1 — vs. Charleston (S.C.) Bishop England (SC) in Charleston *April 4 — vs. Westerville Central *April 6 — at Dublin Scioto April 7 — vs. Westland *April 8 — at Dublin Jerome April 9 — vs. Delaware (DH) *April 11 — vs. Marysville *April 13 — at Westerville North

because obviously it’s Central and it’s our first (league) game, so we’re not sure how we’re going to do,” Siedlak said. “We want to come out strong, espe-

April 14 — vs. Hilliard Darby *April 18 — vs. Olentangy Liberty *April 19 — at Olentangy *April 20 — at Westerville Central April 23 — vs. Big Walnut and Olentangy Orange *April 25 — vs. Dublin Scioto *April 27 — vs. Dublin Jerome *April 28 — at Marysville April 29 — vs. Cincinnati Glen Este in Centennial Stellar Classic at Ohio State April 30 — vs. Milford in Stellar Classic *May 2 — vs. Westerville North *May 4 — vs. Olentangy *May 6 — at Olentangy Liberty *OCC-Cardinal game

cially against Central since they’re a rival.” fdirenna@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

WARRIORS 2-1 and losing 5-4.

Despite closing the regular season on a five-game losing streak, North beat Whetstone 14-1 in five innings in the first round of the Division I district tournament and defeated Delaware 5-1 in the second round before losing to top-seeded Grove City 4-1 in a district semifinal.

“Our main goals are to win the OCC and advance further in the tournament than we did last year,” Dustman said.

“I think we’re going to be a better team this year because we’ve all been playing together for so long and we’re a lot more comfortable together on the field. We know our (defensive) coverages better and we know we can rely on each other more.”

thing is we need to improve our hitting because our defense and pitching should be good.”

North opens its 20th season under coach Joe Francisco on Monday, March 28, against Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Warriors play five games in South Carolina before returning home and opening OCC-Cardinal Division play April 4 at home against Dublin Jerome.

North finished fourth in the OCC-Cardinal last season at 7-7, behind co-champions Marysville (11-3) and Olentangy Liberty (11-3) and Westerville Central (10-4), and ahead of Olentangy (6-8), Dublin Scioto (5-9), Westerville South (5-9) and Jerome (1-13).

The Warriors went 3-1 against the other Westerville teams a year ago. They swept South, win- ablankenship@thisweeknews.com ning 4-3 and 2-1, and split with Central, winning www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

The Westerville Worms rugby club will play host to eight area rugby teams in the High School Rugby Showcase at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at Westerville Central High School. The Worms also will conduct a Junior Worms rugby camp and hold a sign-up for the Junior Worms.

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Continued from page C4 (S.C.) Berkeley in Charleston, S.C. The Wildcats are scheduled to play three games on their spring break trip to South Carolina.

“This is probably our 25th year of going south (during spring break),” Kelbley said.

“We get all day of practice and certainly get a lot better weather. The team is together and we’ll practice during the day and play at night.”

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Shock: Brutally cold winter spikes outrageously high utility bill Another winter is coming to the end and once again we finish with outrageous bills that I defer through the summer because we couldn’t afford it.What can we do?

- Desperate homeowner As utility costs continue to rise, the more sense it makes to have your home insulated. USA insulation can help by properly insulating your home and reducing bills substantially.

“Your furnace and air conditioner will run a lot less when you have your home insulated,” said Steve Cikach of USA insulation.“In addition to saving energy and helping the environment, you will also lower your utility bills by up to 50 percent.”

USA Insulation’s patented foam insulation is injected through small holes in the walls. It goes in

as foam and dries hard, creating a 4-inch shell of insulation around your home. Insulation experts say if your home was built before 1980, you may have very little, if any, insulation in your walls.

If you’re weighing the options of various insulation materials, keep in mind the following facts: • USA Premium Foam insulation will not absorb moisture or settle in a wall cavity like cellulose or fiberglass. Because it will not absorb moisture, mold cannot grow on it.

• It cannot burn in a fire. In fact, 4 inches of the foam insulation is rated as a two-hour fire wall • USA features a premium foam that boasts the highest R-value for sidewalls up to 5.4 per inch, which is about R-19 in wall cavity.

• It is clean, dust-free and non-toxic, therefore it is safe for families and pets.

• Outside noises are reduced by 50 decibels, which is important if your home is located in a high-traffic area.

USA can insulate most homes in one day and do the work on the exterior whether brick, stucco,

shingles or siding.They can do this without you ever knowing they were there.

The company also provides financing options to meet all budgets.

The company and the product manufacturer have been around for nearly 30 years and have more than 10,000 insulation jobs to their credit.

Take advantage of the new federal energy of cost up to $500.

Call USA Insulation at (614) 529-2440 or 1-888-894-1024 for a free evalution and to find out how you can save on your utility bills this winter.

Visit www.usainsulation.net.

ThisWeek Community Newspapers Westerville

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ANNEHURST

HERITAGE ESTATES

• Must-see Ranch Home!

• 3 Bedroom, 2 Full and Nicely Updated Baths • Spacious Family Room with Fireplace and Built-ins • Kitchen open to Eating Area with access to Screened Porch • Huge Lower Level w/Family Room, additional Room and Lots of Closet Space.

OR82 $179,900

• On Cul-de-sac in convenient location!

• Close to Hoff Woods Park and Bike Path • New Carpet and Paint on 1st Floor • Great for Entertaining Open Floor Plan featuring Great Room with Fireplace • Owner’s Suite with Walk-in Closet, Private Bath with Jetted Tub BE494 $254,900

SUNBURY WOODS

STRAWBERRY FARMS

WESTERVILLE HOME!

WESTERVILLE AREA

• Tons of Updates including Marbled Tiled Entry • Close to Bike Path and Park • New Trim and Doors • Kitchen with Updated Appliances and Breakfast Bar • Newer Roof, Siding, and Windows • Concerte Patio and Storage Shed in Backyard KI5024 $124,900

• In the Heart of Uptown Westerville!

• Sunroom with French Doors to Great Room with Fireplace • Spacious Dinette/Eating Area open to Kitchen • Convenient Corner Lot • Large Deck and 2-Car Garage WA55 $154,900

• No Condo Fees!

• Close to everything, Tucked in Quiet Cul-de-sac • Newer Carpet, Painting, Lighting and More!

• Walk-out Lower Level Family Room • 1.5 Attached Garage PI5954 $92,900

BOULDER RIDGE

SHERBROOK

WESTERFORD VILLAGE

HANBY HEIGHTS

• Fantastic 5-Level Split!

• 2-Story Great Room with WBFP • Large Kitchen with Breakfast Bar, Walk-in Pantry, Granite Countertops, and Hardwood Floors • LL with Kitchen, Bar, and Powder Room • Owner’s Bath with Jacuzzi Tub UP7510 $394,900

• Must see to appreciate 4 BR, 2.5 BA - Great for Entertaining!

• Fantastic updates include Ceramic Tile floors, 6 Panel Doors, and New Interior Paint • Great Room featuring FP open to Eating Area with Doors to vaulted Fla Room • Owner’s Bath with Jacuzzi Tub and Double Vanity AN6331 $218,400

• Lots of Updates Including Carpet, Flooring and More!

• Kitchen Open to Eating Area and Great Room Ideal for Entertaining!

• Eating Area with Slider to Deck and Large Yard • First Floor Laundry • Attached 2-Car Garage RA3478 $149,900

• Beautifully Updated!

• No Association Fees!

• Pass through from Kitchen to Great Room • Great Room with Wood Burning Fireplace • Finished Lower Level Rec Room • New Deck and Large, Fenced Yard SU6099 $122,500

MINERVA PARK NORTH WESTERVILLE RANCH

• 2-Story with 4 BR, 2.5 BA! • Beautiful Wood Floors • Granite Countertops • Stainless Steel Appliances • Log Wood Burning Fireplace • Fenced Yard with Shed KE2954 $174,900

MCDOT FARMS

• Kitchen with Cherry Cabinets • Breakfast Nook • Great Room with WBFP and Wet Bar • Finished LL with Rec, Game, And Exercise Rooms • Vaulted Screened Porch CA293 $249,900

• Free Lawn Mowing for 2011!

• Gorgeous Hardwood Floors • Owner’s Suite with Walk-in Closet • 2-Car Attached Garage • Newly Painted Deck and Large Private Yard with Mature Trees RE3318 $154,900

RAVINES OF STRAWBERRY FARMS

• Close to Park and Bike Path!

• Cathedral Ceiling & Wood-Burning Fireplace • Pass-through from Kitchen to GR • Great Room w/Skylights and Sliding Door to Deck • Great 2-level Deck & Large Yard HU3734 $129,900

SUNBURY WOODS

March 24, 2011

• Cozy Home in Convenient Location • Ceramic Tile in Kitchen and Dining Area • Lower Level Rec Room, Den, and Powder Room • Large Laundry Room with Built-in Shelves • 2-Car Garage with Opener • Private, Treed Lot with Deck and Fence GO6400 $124,900

HAMPSTEAD

• 4 Finished Levels of Living Space!

• Loads of Updates including Roof, Deck, and Paint • Huge Family Room w/Fireplace and Lots of Windows • Cathedral Ceiling in Living/Dining Rooms and Kitchen • Den on own level w/Powder Room MO6370 $133,500

WESTERVILLE AREA!

• Home on Large Cul-de-Sac • Great Updates including Roof!

• 3 BR, 2 BA • Log Wood-Burning Fireplace • 2-Car Attached Garage • Deck and Large Yard Backs to Trees MO5014 $142,500

Call Jill Rudler (614) 895-7400

CREEK RIDGE

• Lovely 2-Story Home on Treed Lot! • Wood Laminate Flooring and Newer Carpet on 1st Floor • Great Room with Fireplace and Door to Private Backyard • Lower Level with Rec and Laundry/Storage Rooms • Oversized 2-Car Garage • Access to Alum Creek Bike Path, I-270, and Easton!

PE3783 $143,900

• Spacious Great Room added!

• New Roof • Hardwood Floors Through Most • Newer Appliances • Updated Baths • Large Deck overlooks Nice Yard with Shed OT386 $165,900

LITTLE TURTLE

• Upgraded Kitchen with Granite Counters and Hardwood Floors • Brick Wood-Burning Fireplace • Lower Level Rec Room • Large Deck • Private Backyard with Basketball Court!

BE5655 $188,999

UNIQUE FLOOR PLAN!

• Updated Kitchen with Cherry Cabinets • Spacious Home and Additions on Both Levels • Lower Level Family Room • Large Yard • Deck and Shed • Extra Deep 2.5-Car Garage OR3912 $119,900