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May 5, 2011

PLSD to seek 5.5-mill levy Aug. 2

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Pickerington Local School District will ask voters to support a levy this summer that would generate nearly $6 million in new revenue.

The PLSD Board of Education, at a special meeting May 3, unanimously voted to place a 5.5-mill levy on the Aug. 2 ballot.

The move comes after the board’s decision last January to cut $13 million and 125 teaching and staff jobs from its budget for the 2011-12 school year.

District officials said, however, that passage of the upcoming levy wouldn’t restore many, if any, of those positions.

Rather, they said the levy would help district revenues catch up with expenditures, as well as afford local students new classes and programs already avail-

able outside Pickerington.

“We don’t want to grow our budget,” Superintendent Karen Mantia said. “We want to target our budget. …

“We are very, very flat in revenues.

If we fail the levy, we will be reducing further.”

According to information provided by the district, expenditures for the current school year will be about $96 million, but revenues will only be ap-

proximately $90.7 million.

Without the passage of a levy, the district forecasts about $96.2 million in expenditures for the 2011-12 school year, and approximately $90.9 million in revenues.

At 5.5 mills, the new and continuing levy could generate approximately $5.95 million per year, beginning January 2012, according to the district.

Annually, that would cost homeowners

in the PLSD $168.44 for every $100,000 in home valuation.

During a special meeting May 2, Mantia and treasurer Dan Griscom recommended the board move forward with at least a 5-mill levy, which if passed would have generated approximately $5.41 million annually and each year cost homeowners $153.13 per $100,000 valuation.

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District to restructure athletics department

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go up,” said Eric Zimmer, Tipping Point founder and chief executive officer. “We will own and operate a solar system for (the city).”

The city will pay South Central for the electricity it delivers, and Tipping Point for its solargenerated power — provided the rate for solar power is less than the city pays its current provider.

The Pickerington Local School District plans to shave at least $150,000 from its operations budget by restructuring its athletics department.

In the 2011-12 school year, athletics programming for the PLSD will be led by a single individual, who will be assisted by two administrators at the high school level and a junior high athletics coordinator.

The move effectively will eliminate one full-time position from the district’s current structure.

“The true savings I won’t know until it’s all said and done, but we’re hoping (savings) will at least be $150,000 (annually),” Assistant Superintendent Jim Sotlar said.

Currently, the district has a total of six employees who manage athletics programming for two high schools and two junior high schools.

Pickerington High School Central athletics director Pete Laihr’s annual salary for athletics department duties is $89,522, PHS North AD Mark Aprile receives $94,454, Central assistant AD Jim Campbell receives $45,277 and North assistant athletics director Missy Henrich receives $50,564.

Lakeview athletics coordinator Debbie Kose and Ridgeview athletics coordinator Scott Barrett receive $77,702 and $57,681 annually, respectively.

In total, the district pays $415,200 for those six positions.

However, on March 14, the Pickerington Board of Education voted to suspend the contracts for Laihr and Aprile, effective Aug. 1.

The remaining four athletics department positions were approved for “reduction in force,” meaning the jobs will be eliminated for the 2011-12

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City seeks solar power at water plant

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers Pickerington officials are seeking to strike a new utilities deal that would provide for the installation of solar equipment to help power a municipal water plant.

The city is working with Dublin-based Tipping Point Renewable Energy on a project that would

see the company invest $3 to $4 million for the installation of solar panels at Pickerington’s Diley Road water plant.

Under the deal, which still requires an agreement with the city’s electric provider, South Central Power, the company says Pickerington will save approximately $20,000 in utility costs in the first year following installation.

“That (savings) should go up as utility prices

PLSD planning to launch ‘community school’ in August

By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Pickerington Local School District plans to open a new “community school” in August to educate currently home-schooled students, as well as help at-risk students get on track toward graduation.

The school, which would be sponsored and overseen by the district, would seek to bring area students who are now being home-schooled back into the district.

It also would aim to help students who’ve fallen behind academically so they can graduate.

“We’re targeting kids currently in our

two high schools who are at risk of not graduating,” said Bob Blackburn, PLSD director of special education. “We’re looking at kids that are credit-deficient who are three or more classes behind their peers.

“We’re also looking at kids with chronic truancy or who have behavioral issues, as well as kids living in the dis-

trict who are attending other community schools or are being home-schooled,” he said.

Blackburn said the community school, which, at least in its first year, would operate out of Pickerington High School North, expects to serve approximately 50 students in 2011-12 and grow by about 25 students each year.

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Primarily, students ages 16 to 21 will attend the school, Blackburn said.

In addition to providing specialized education to students who might fall behind or drop out of more traditional classroom settings, the community school also would allow the PLSD to maximize See COMMUNITY SCHOOL, page A2

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COMMUNITY SCHOOL Continued from page A1 its state funding. Each time a student leaves, the district loses that portion of per-pupil funding from the state.

“The No. 1 benefit is getting kids to graduate,” Blackburn said.

“A lot of kids just don’t like coming to school, and with a community school, you can be more flexible in how you teach students.

“It’s also a competitive market,” he said. “There are a lot of community schools out there taking kids away from other districts. That’s a lot of (state) money that goes to other districts.”

Roughly 51 percent of the PLSD’s operational funding comes from the state.

Currently, Blackburn said, approximately 184 students in grades eight through 11 who live in the Pickerington district are home-schooled or attend schools in other districts.

Pickerington’s community school is expected to be funded by two federal grants totaling $450,000, Blackburn said, but the federal government is behind schedule in distributing those funds. The PLSD would initially provide start-up money for the local community school.

It’s not certain that the district will receive the funds, but PLSD treasurer Dan Griscom said it’s “a good possibility.”

None of the federal grant money will be used for salaries. It will be used for supplies, materials, facilities and service purchases.

A coordinator will oversee management of the community school and provide some classroom instruction. A second teacher also would be hired to provide classroom instruction.

Their salaries will be funded by the district via state per-pupil funding.

The PLSD currently is advertising for those two positions. “(The community school) would help recruit kids back to district schools,” Superintendent Karen Mantia said. “The oversight of it would be from people who we know and trust.”

Blackburn said the federal grants are expected to be delivered to the district by November, when PLSD would be reimbursed for its start-up expenses.

“We’re going to need some money upfront from the district … to get the community school up and running and so we can hire staff,” Blackburn said.

“We’re going to keep the costs as low as possible, and the district will be reimbursed.”

Although there will be two teachers in the community school’s first year and students will attend classes, they will complete their coursework online.

Blackburn said the curriculum will be in line with state standards for high schools, and standard, honors and remedial courses will be offered.

The community school also will have its own five-member board of education, which will be responsible for reporting to the PLSD and its board of education. Performance goals will be set, Blackburn said.

After its first year of operation, district officials hope to purchase a separate facility for the community school.

May 5, 2011

5.5-MILL LEVY “Our plan is to have this be an ongoing and growing school,” Blackburn said. “It becomes another education option for our students.

“In addition to making sure the district meets the needs of our kids, we’re also trying to make sure those (state) dollars stay in Pickerington. Once it starts growing and we get more students, the community school should be self-sufficient.”

According to the Ohio Department of Education’s 200910 annual report on community schools in the state, the law establishing such schools in Ohio was passed in 1997.

It states community schools are public, nonprofit, nonsectarian schools that operate independently of any school district, but under a contract with a sponsoring entity that is established in statute or approved by the ODE. The report said there were 323 community schools operating in Ohio in 2009-10, including two in Fairfield County and 63 in Franklin County. nellis@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Continued from page A1 On Tuesday, Mantia said a 5-mill levy would allow the district to maintain only its current programs for students.

A 5.5-mill levy, Mantia said, possibly could enable the district to expand foreign language classes available to junior high and high school students, hire a student drug and alcohol counselor and provide more specialized STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) courses employers in the 21st century marketplace seek.

Additionally, officials hope a successful 5.5mill levy would allow the district to rehire some of the 10 intervention specialists whose jobs will be eliminated for 2011-12. Those personnel are responsible for providing extra education assistance to students who’ve fallen behind in specific course areas.

“The additional 0.5 mill will bring an additional $500,000, which would go toward student programming,” Mantia said.

Board members Lori Sanders and Lee Gray also said the 5.5-mill levy would better position the district to react to future funding reductions from the state, which provides approximately 51 percent of the district’s operating finances.

Last November, voters rejected an 8-mill replacement levy that would have generated $7.586million. It failed by 130 votes.

Since then, the district has cut $13-million from its budget and received better-than-expected news from Gov. John Kasich, who proposed a two-year state budget that would decrease the district’s state funding by 2.1 percent. The budget still requires legislative approval, but the district’s cut is expected to be much lower than the 10 percent to 15 percent Griscom anticipated.

Even if Kasich’s proposal is adopted, however, it would only return the PLSD’s state funding to 2007 levels, Mantia noted.

Griscom said it’s unclear how long the 5.5-mill levy could sustain the district, given the uncertainty surrounding future state funding.

Gray and Sanders said they hope its passage could keep the district off the ballot for two years.

“What I believe it will do is maybe keep us off the ballot a little longer or, if we have to come back, it’s going to be less,” Gray said.

Mantia said she hopes to provide more detailed analysis of what the levy’s passage or failure would mean to the district prior to June 1. nellis@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Central wrestlers appeal for coach’s teaching job

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Pickerington High School Central wrestlers hope to retain their coach by keeping him in one of their classrooms.

Among the 125 Pickerington teachers and staff who this month were told their jobs will be eliminated or restructured prior to the 2011-12 school year was Jason Allen.

In addition to being a secondyear career-based intervention teacher at Central, Allen also is coach of the wrestling team, which this year captured its first OCC-Ohio Division championship since 2005.

On April 25, some wrestlers appealed to the Pickerington Local School District Board of Education and district officials to find Allen a new teaching post so he will stay on as coach.

Ryan Schmeltzer, who was a Division I district qualifier as a junior at Central, read a prepared statement before the close of the

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school board meeting.

“We understand that to date (Allen) still has a coaching contract, but a coaching salary alone cannot support him,” Schmeltzer said. “We know that without a teaching contract that he will have to look for another teaching position, and with his coaching talents we will also lose him as a coach. …

“He gives our wrestling team a sense of faith, family and a commitment to hard work that not only makes us better wrestlers, but will help mold the type of productive citizens we will become. We are asking that you please strongly consider giving coach Allen another teaching position at Pickerington Central.”

Allen was among the approximately 70 teachers with three or fewer years of employment with the district whose jobs were eliminated for the 2011-12 school year. The cuts were part of the $13 million in spending reductions the district has set for next year because of budget con-

straints.

Another 50 more experienced teachers and staff also were notified they would, or they could possibly, return to the district with restructured jobs and salaries.

Allen’s wrestlers, at least 10 of whom turned out in support of his reassignment, hope their coach can be among those brought back to new positions, even though he’s still a “probationary” teacher whose contract can be non-renewed.

J.J. Chowoe, a junior who qualified for districts in the 215-

class, told about breaking his nose this season during practice.

He said the experience, which included surgery, showed Allen is more than a coach.

“When I broke my nose, (Allen) brought me to the hospital,” Chowoe said. “He pulled himself out of practice to make sure I was all right.”

Chowoe said Allen also consulted with the doctor personally to make sure a protective mask would be sufficient to prevent further injury.

Allen was paid $65,446 for his teaching position and received

$6,147 for coaching.

Allen came to Central after coaching for seven years at Reynoldsburg, where he led the Raiders to three consecutive Division I district titles from 200608.

In March, the Pickerington Board of Education approved a

$500 per high school student, per sport pay-to-participate fee for the 2011-12 school year, more than doubling the amount students currently pay for extra-curricular activities. nellis@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Continued from page A1 school year, but those individuals could apply for restructured positions, likely at lower salaries.

“This is another effort to streamline costs,” Superintendent Karen Mantia said.

Sotlar said each of the six current athletics department personnel can apply for the director of student activities position.

Whether they will be considered for that position, as well as the restructured athletics department positions, will depend on qualifications and teaching seniority, he said.

“They could apply for the new positions, if they have the qualifications, or they could go back into the classroom,” Sotlar said.

“They would just go into a certification area based on seniority.”

The uncertainty over who will fill the athletics department positions is the primary reason district officials don’t yet know how much money the restructuring will save, Sotlar said.

The director of student activities job description approved by the board of education on April 26 didn’t include salary information. It did say candidates must have a valid teaching license or certificate, and secondary school administration certification or licensure is preferred.

Additionally, preferred candidates should have coaching experience and knowledge of “the overall operation of co-curricular and extracurricular activities.”

“This is actually very similar to what I wanted,” said PLSD board member Lee Gray, who previously raised concerns about the district’s plans for athletics department restructuring. “I wanted to make sure there was a fulltime person at each high school.

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The city itself is the single monument to Joel Wright He is one of the more elusive men in the story of Columbus.

Joel Wright is also one of the more important ones. Because of Wright, the whole downtown of Columbus is where it is, is named as it is and is laid out on lines that are still followed today.

There is no picture, no portrait, no sketch of this remarkable man.

Wright was a member of the Society of Friends, called Quakers, and most Quakers shunned pictures as a waste of time and effort.

Because of the memories of his friends and acquaintances, we know a little bit about him. He was tall and strong and generally quite fit. He wore the long plain coat of the Quakers, with its large pockets with flaps folded over. He sported knee-length stockings and plain leather shoes. Both the buckles at his knees and on his shoes were made of silver and were a modest display of the success he had made of himself in Ohio.

Born in 1750, Wright had missed most of the American Revolution and became known as a man who provided his own passage. Wright was a surveyor and by definition one of the few literate and well-read men in an often illiterate frontier society. In the years after the American Revolution, he spent most of his time surveying the upper reaches of the Scioto, Muskingum and Miami rivers. He also was a town planner and helped lay out Dayton, Ohio, and Louisville, Kentucky, among other places.

After the death of his wife, Wright decided to follow his grown children into the Ohio country and eventually came to call the area around Waynesville his home.

In spring 1812, he was called from southwest Ohio to do once more what he did best, only this time with even more attention to

detail. Ohio in 1812 was a state in search of itself. Established in 1803, Ohio was the first state carved ED out of the Northwest LENTZ Territory that had become a section of British America in 1763 and part of the newly established United States in 1783. A nation mired in debt and with little income used this vast expanse of land to pay its soldiers’ past-due wages. It sold the remaining land to anyone who wanted to buy.

Because Ohio was closer to the east, it became the site of immense land grants to people from north and south, as well as people burned out by the British and even a colony of expatriate French settlers.

The land immediately across the Scioto from frontier Franklin-

ton was called the “High Banks opposite Franklinton at the Forks of the Scioto known as Wolf’s Ridge.” Most of the land, from Fifth Avenue on the north to Refugee Road on the south, was set aside for residents of Nova Scotia who had lost property because they had favored the American cause. Desperate for support, many of these people sold their land warrants to speculators and never came to Ohio. Some of the few who did settled near Broad Street and named their home after the place they left: Truro Township in Nova Scotia.

By 1812, much of the land on that high ridge opposite Franklinton was empty. As such it became a place to examine as Ohio began looking for a new state capital.

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College notes • The University of Cincinnati has announced its fall 2010 dean’s list.

Pickerington residents named to the list were Timothy Anderson,Andrew Archambeau, Rachel Blackburn, Stephanie Clark, Alyssa Hines, Colin Hoell, Nick Holroyd, Stephanie Holstein, Ryan Mahoney, Erica Malone, Daniel Martens, Jenna Mason, Lonnie Meadows, Lauren Prestifilippo, Brian Seders, Lilia Sharp, Christine Singell, David Vanschepen, Joshua Wade, Cameron Whiteman,

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• Tara Carter, a 2007 graduate of Pickerington High School North, will be featured in “Fugue State,” an Otterbein University art show featuring the work of four graduating art majors.

The show features a variety of media, including photography, visual communications, ceramics and sculpture.

The show is at the Miller Gallery, 33 Collegeview Road in Westerville, through May 6.

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AS IT WERE Continued from page A4 and representative of the common people who were settling the new land. It also was directly below Adena, the hilltop estate of Ohio founder Thomas Worthington.

Responding to requests for a more northern location, the capital city had been located briefly in Zanesville before being moved back to Chillicothe. In February 1812, after looking at many sites, the Ohio General Assembly chose the High Banks opposite Franklinton as its new home.

Joel Wright came from southwest Ohio to carve that new capital city from the wilderness.

Working with local surveyor Joseph Vance, Wright laid out the town of Columbus in April 1812.

He picked the site of Statehouse Square and a 10-acre site for a penitentiary, where the Cultural Arts Center is today. He filed a report with the general assembly, listing all of his expenses, including the $2.43 for his journey to central Ohio. Wright’s expenses included the cost of paper and other supplies and his room and board.

All of his expenses, including his trip home, came to $17.62.

It is fair to say in retrospect that Ohio got its money’s worth.

By June 1812, the first sale of lots occurred. James Kilbourne of

Worthington paid $1,000 for a corner lot at Broad and High. Other nearby lots went for several hundred dollars each. Sales abruptly slowed when it was later learned that America had gone to war with Britain on the same day, June 18, that the sale had been held.

Wright returned to Columbus in 1813 to oversee the construction of the penitentiary. When it was under way, he resigned his

position as “director of Columbus.” He went home and lived in the Quaker community of Springboro until his death in 1829.

There is no statue of Joel Wright in Columbus and Wright would have been appalled if one had been erected. The capital city was his monument and a source of pride.

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SOLAR POWER Continued from page A1 In addition, Tipping Point can benefit from a 30-percent federal tax credit to develop the project, and it could receive a renewal energy credit from the state of Ohio.

Zimmer said his solar development company already has agreements to provide solar power to communities such as Columbus and Dublin, as well as the Southwest Licking School District and the Southwest Licking Water and Sewer District.

Under the terms of an agreement between Pickerington and Tipping Point, the parties are hoping to strike a deal in which South Central Power and that company’s regional power supplier, Buckeye Power, would agree to implement a “net metering” system for the city’s water plant.

That agreement essentially would allow the city to receive utility credits for the power the plant’s solar system would generate, thereby reducing the city’s electric costs.

“If we’re not able to do that, the savings don’t really bear out for the city or our investment,” Zimmer said.

Pickerington city manager Bill Vance said the arrangement could result in the largest municipal solar public-private partnership in central Ohio.

Tipping Point would provide all funding for the solar equipment. The city’s only financial obligation would stem from legal fees incurred to

strike an agreement with South Central Power and Buckeye Power.

“This solar project represents a private-sector developer investment of between $3 million and $4 million to construct the solar infrastructure at Pickerington’s Diley Road Water Plant, which will reduce our city’s reliance on electrical power to this facility,” Vance said. “Anticipated electrical savings to the city as associated with this plant’s planned use of solar power equate to approximately $20,000 per year and, again, Pickerington will not be financially responsible for any construction costs.”

It’s unclear if the Pickerington project would result in new local jobs, but Zimmer said the project and others like it will create jobs “in central Ohio communities.”

Among them are likely to be jobs for U.S. military veterans through the company’s “Solar by Soldiers” program, which seeks to employ outof-work military veterans in jobs related to construction and operation of solar-powered projects.

Depending on the speed of the negotiations with South Central Power and Buckeye Power, Pickerington’s project could be operational within the next 12 months.

“The intent would be that we would be breaking ground by late summer, early fall of this year,” Zimmer said. “The system then would be producing electricity by next spring.”

Sherman’s cannon on view Saturday The recently restored “Sherman” cannon of Lancaster will be on display from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7, in the Brookview Village Shopping Center, 1252 Hill Road N. The cannon will be located in the General Sherman Courtyard next to Planet Coffee. The 1861 Parrot 10-pounder Field Rifle is a veteran of the Civil War. The restoration is the result of a nearly two-year community service project sponsored by the Lancaster-based William McKinley Camp 21, Son of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Activities will include mock firing demonstrations, Civil War artifacts displays, a demonstration of Civil War-era medical practices, photo opportunities and more.

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For an athlete who didn’t like running when she started competitively at age 9, Taneisha Cordell has developed into an elite competitor.

The New Albany High School senior, who will run track at the University of Miami (Fla.) beginning next year, has the fastest area time to this point in the season in both the 400 LARRY meters and her specialty, LARSON the 800. She had the fourth-fastest time in the country in the 800 in the winter indoor season and, after finishing fourth in the Division I state meet as a freshman, she won the 800 as a sophomore at Reynoldsburg before transferring to New Albany. Cordell also won the 800 at the USA Track & Field national meet last summer in Sacramento, Calif.

Talk about credentials.

“My mom got me into running when I was in elementary school and I really wasn’t very good and I was a basketball girl so I wasn’t even really interested,” Cordell said. “Through lots of hard work and dedication and lots of support from my teammates, my family and my coaches, Denny Hammond at Reynoldsburg and Otis Winston here at New Albany, I have been fortunate to be successful. Like lots of athletes, I owe so much to so many people and right now I owe so much to coach Winston.

He has definitely been a major factor in my life and we have a great relationship.”

Even though Cordell has been sensational this spring in the 400, her specialty still is the 800. She loves the challenge of that event.

“The 800 isn’t too short and it isn’t too long,” Cordell said.

“I look at that race as a measuring stick for toughness. Anyone can sprint, but in the 800 it becomes which runner is the gutsiest in the last part of the race and who can finish at the fastest pace.

“Like most young runners, I started as a sprinter at Reynoldsburg Junior High, but at the end of my seventh-grade year I began running the 800 and have never stopped. When I finished fourth in the state as a freshman it boosted my confidence, and winning the event the next year was the most exciting sports moment of my life because I was part of a state championship team at Reynoldsburg and it was the end of an amazing season.

“Last year was a major disappointment at the state championship meet. I had illnesses with a sinus infection last spring and my confidence was down when I ran in the 800 final. Then I fell with about 150 yards left in the race and didn’t finish, which makes me more determined than ever to get my title back this year. I think about it all the time.”

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North’s Kristen Eisenhauer competes in the 6,400-meter relay during the Wildcat Premier at Hilliard Davidson on April 2.

The success that junior Davion Bowers has been having for the Pickerington High School Central boys track and field team jogged the memory of coach Jason Roach.

The last time he can remember anyone from the Tigers having as much success as Bowers in the shot put and discus was when Roach still was an assistant before the district split into two high schools in 2003.

That season, Adam Kellermeyer won the state championship in the shot put (64 feet) and was second in the discus (177-10) as the Tigers finished sixth in the state.

“Almost every meet we’ve taken (Bowers) to he’s won,” said Roach, who coached Central from 2004-09 and is back as coach this spring after not being a part of the program last season. “He’s one of the best kids we’ve had in the shot and discus since Adam Kellermeyer in 2003.”

Bowers, who transferred from Reynoldsburg last summer and contributed to the Tigers’ football success last fall, was one of the area’s better throws last season, as well.

In the OCC-Ohio Division meet for the Raiders a year ago, Bowers was seventh in the shot put (45-1/2) and fifth in the discus (140-10). In the postseason in the shot put, he was third (46-0) at district and 11th (455 1/2) at regional.

He has surpassed those totals significantly this season.

In this week’s area honor roll, Bowers is fourth in the discus (156-11) and fourth in the shot put (52-2).

His performance has been

one of the bright spots for the Tigers, who according to Roach still are looking to increase their depth, particularly in sprints.

“Coming into the last couple years I’ve added five feet to both (shot put and discus),” Bowers said. “I’ve thrown 54 feet (in the shot put) but just haven’t done it in a meet yet.”

Bowers should be one of the Tigers’ top candidates to win a title at the league meet May 12 and 14 at Pickerington North.

Another looks to be Grant Hammond, a Miami University recruit who is fifth in the area honor roll in the pole vault (14-0).

Gemel Trent (400 meters) and Nick Scarberry (high jump) are others who are having strong seasons, according to Roach.

“We didn’t have a good season last year and we just don’t really have any sprinters this year, and that’s always been our strong point,” Roach said.

“It’s frustrating to realize what we could have as a team if we had more sprinters. Probably our fastest sprinters are freshmen and most of our points are being scored by sophomores and juniors.”

Ranked in the area honor roll for the girls team are Alli Hammond in the pole vault (10-6), Jalisa Jarrett in the 400 (58.27), Jasmine Greene in the 300 hurdles (46.78), the 400 relay (50.16), the 1,600 relay (4:08.32) and the 3,200 relay (9:47.03).

•Kristen Eisenhauer of the North girls team is taking advantage of a healthier spring.

After struggling with patella tendinitis last spring, Eisenhauer rested last summer and became one of central Ohio’s best distance runners last fall.

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Softball

Switches help Tigers gain momentum

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Allie Luther continues to be surprised by the significance of her role with the Pickerington High School Central softball team.

Still, nothing stunned the freshman first baseman more than the grand slam she hit in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Tigers rallied to defeat Pickerington North 8-6 in an OCC-Ohio Division game on April 25.

“No, that was like totally unbelievable,” she said. “It felt dream-like going around the bases.”

Luther, who had struggled at the plate earlier in the spring while adjusting to varsity pitching, delivered that memorable home run while in the midst of a 7-for-10 stretch that coincided with the team’s recent fivegame winning streak. The streak See LARSON, page B3 ended when Groveport’s Emma

Johnson had 14 strikeouts in a 4-0 victory over the Tigers on April 29, a loss that likely ended Central’s bid for the league title.

The Tigers, who also defeated North 6-4 on April 6 in their final at-bat, entered the week 11-8 overall and 5-4 in the OCC-Ohio.

Leading the league was Gahanna, which entered the week with only one league loss and was ranked third in the Division I state poll last week behind Liberty Township Lakota East and Elyria.

“I was really more excited for the seniors and my teammates than anything else,” Luther said. “We’ve never lost to North.”

Junior Hannah Dittoe’s move to shortstop from catcher also helped spark the Tigers’ improved play during the second half of the regular season.

Senior Kaylee Shoff switched from shortstop to third base.

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Central’s Allie Luther gets a piece of the ball against Groveport on April 29.

fied our defense,” coach Dan Also working in Central’s trast when replacing Lindsey Drees said. favor as the postseason ap- Inkrott in the pitching circle.

“We’re pretty confident with proaches is that senior AmanSee SOFTBALL, page B3 this lineup.” da Jones has become a nice con-

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Baseball

North tries to hang on for league title

By KURTIS ADAMS

At a glance

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Central and North baseball teams: CENTRAL *April 27 — Defeated Newark 7-4. Nick Jensen-Clagg pitched a five-hitter. *April 28 — Def. Newark 15-0 in five innings.

The Tigers’ 15 hits included home runs by Kyle Smith and Greg Basalyga. Zach Beaver pitched a three-hitter. *April 29 — Def. Grove City 12-2 in six innings. Isaac Beller pitched a two-hitter as the Tigers pushed their winning streak to six games. *May 4 — Played Reynoldsburg. The Raiders swept the series last season. A 13-8 secondround victory prevented the Tigers from sharing the OCC-Ohio title. *May 5 — At Grove City *May 6 — Home vs. Reynoldsburg May 7 — Cardinal Classic at St. Charles with Hilliard Darby and Delaware May 9 — Home vs. Independence in first round of Division I district tournament. The teams did not play during the regular season.

The Tigers are seeded seventh. Winner advances to play either Mount Vernon or Logan in second round on May 11. The Tigers did not play either of those teams during the regular season.

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Of note: The Tigers were 11-4 overall and 83 in the OCC-Ohio before May 4.

NORTH *April 27 — Def. Lancaster 25-3 in five innings. The Panthers’ 23 hits included two firstinning home runs by Austin Butler. Zack Huskey, Mason McGrew, Matt Poland and Tyler Swanson also homered. *April 28 — Lost to Lancaster 12-1 in six innings *April 29 — Def. Newark 12-0. Drew Williams pitched a three-hitter to improve to 4-0.

April 30 — Def. Mount Vernon 10-1 and 122 in six innings. McGrew hit a home run in the first game. Kyle Chontos homered in the second game. *May 2 — Def. Newark 10-0 in six innings May 3 — Played Watkins Memorial *May 4 — Played Grove City *May 6 — Home vs. Grove City May 11 — Home vs. Groveport or Brookhaven in second round of Division I district tournament. The Panthers, who are seeded first and have a first-round bye, defeated Groveport 70 on April 5 and 12-2 in five innings on April 6. They did not play Brookhaven during the regular season. Winner advances to play in a district semifinal May 16 at Hamilton Township.

Of note: The Panthers were 20-3 overall before May 3 and were 10-2 in the OCC-Ohio before May 4. *OCC-Ohio game

The Pickerington High School North baseball team has been voted the top seed for the Division I district tournament for the second time in three seasons.

The Panthers, who also were the No. 1 seed in 2009 when they advanced to the state final, have a bye and will open the postseason by playing host to either Groveport or Brookhaven in a secondround game on Wednesday, May 11.

Most of the top teams avoided entering the same bracket as the Panthers.

The next-highest seed is eighth-seeded Olentangy Orange, and North wouldn’t see the Pioneers until the district final May 18 at Hilliard Davidson. The bracket also includes ninth-seeded Grove City and 12th-seeded Hilliard Darby.

“It can only help,” senior left fielder Kyle Chontos said. “I like the seeding, obviously. Our goal is to win the state championship and being No. 1 puts us in a good position starting out.”

First things first, however.

The Panthers were 20-3 overall and leading the OCC-Ohio Division at 10-2 after beating Newark 10-0 on May 2. The

final league series is against Grove City, which was 8-2 in the OCC-Ohio before playing Gahanna on May 3. North played at Grove City on May 4 and will play host to the Greyhounds in the finale on Friday, May 6. Grove City also plays Pickerington Central on Thursday, May 5.

The Tigers remained in the mix as well at 11-4 overall and 8-3 in the OCCOhio. Their final league series began May 4 at Reynoldsburg with the second game to follow on Friday, May 6.

The Panthers, who shared second place with Central a year ago as the Greyhounds captured the title, are seeking their third OCC-Ohio championship in six seasons under coach Tim Thomas.

“The OCC title is what we’ve been working toward,” Chontos said. “It’s a big thing, especially for us seniors. There are 13 of us, and I think maybe five or six of us have been playing together since we were 9 years old. We’d really love to win this thing by ourselves before we get into the tournament.”

If that happens, the Panthers have Newark and Central to thank for the opportunity.

The Greyhounds were rolling along at 6-0 in the OCC-Ohio before Newark

defeated them 3-2 on April 26. Grove City then won its next two league games before Central opened its series against the Greyhounds by prevailing 12-2 in six innings on April 29.

Central was voted the seventh seed and will open the postseason by playing Independence in a first-round game on Monday, May 9. If the seeding holds, the Tigers would meet fourth-seeded Westerville Central in a district semifinal. The top team in that part of the bracket is third-seeded New Albany.

Dublin Coffman is seeded second, and the top five is rounded out by fifthseeded Gahanna.

“It is something to be proud of,” Thomas said of his team again receiving the top seed. “It doesn’t guarantee anything, though. We’ve had a nice year, but we’ll be starting over, essentially.

“This was one of the strangest years I can remember. A lot of teams were bunched together, so it was hard to seed them, and some only had 13 or 14 games in instead of maybe 20 or 25 like usual.

Looking at the brackets, I see a lot of pretty good first-round games out there.” kadams@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

Hartley Roundup

Lacrosse team excited by postseason potential

By JARROD ULREY ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Emily Sweeney has found a new favorite subject to talk about this spring: girls lacrosse.

Now in her fourth season for the Hartley High School team, the senior never has felt this excited about the sport — mostly because there haven’t been many reasons to feel that way the past few years.

The Hawks went 7-8-1 in 2008 but struggled the past two seasons, including finishing 3-9 a year ago.

With its fourth coach in as many seasons, Hartley has been one of central Ohio’s biggest surprises under Molly Gilbert. The Hawks were 7-2 before playing Granville on May 3.

“Literally I talk about lacrosse with most of my friends,” Sweeney said. “It’s been a big change for Hartley. These coaches have been so dedicated. Now that we know that it’s permanent and that they’re so passionate, the juniors and seniors are so pumped about it. We’ve been learning more about how to trust ourselves and each other.

We’re a team of athletes, and (the coaches) want to stress that this year everybody is good. I think we’ll definitely make it a lot further (in the tournament) than in the past.”

Gilbert is a former Ohio State player who also previously served as an assistant at Watterson. Former Thomas Worthington coach Jim Leake, who assisted with Gilbert at Watterson, as well as Ally Vernon and Molly Hartige, comprise Gilbert’s coaching staff.

According to Gilbert, one of the Hawks’most memorable wins came over Columbus School for Girls 10-9 on March 31.

Hartley will open the Division II South/Central Region tournament May 19 against Bexley, which it also is scheduled to play on Thursday, May 5.

The Hawks’only losses before May 3 were to Columbus Acad-

At a glance

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Hartley baseball, girls lacrosse, softball, boys tennis and track & field teams: BASEBALL April 27 — Lost to Toledo Central Catholic 6-4 April 28 — Lost to Gahanna 12-0 April 30 — Defeated Bexley 16-14 and 6-1 May 3 — Played Jonathan Alder *May 5 — Home vs. Watterson May 6 — Home vs. Hamilton Township May 12 — Home vs. Sparta Highland or Columbus South in second round of Division II district tournament. Winner plays Granville, Big Walnut or Beechcroft in district semifinal May 16 at Hilliard Davidson. Winner plays in district final May 18 at Grove City.

Of note: The Hawks were 12-6 overall before May 3 and are 4-2 in the CCL. GIRLS LACROSSE April 20 — Def. DeSales 13-5 April 26 — Def. Westerville Central 16-3 May 3— Played Granville May 4 — Played Hilliard Darby May 5 — At Bexley May 9 — At Westerville South May 10 — Home vs. Watterson May 19 — Home vs. Bexley in second round of Division II South/Central Region tournament. Winner plays Columbus School for Girls, Cincinnati Seven Hills or Kings Mills Kings in regional semifinal May 24. Winner plays in regional final May 26.

Of note: The Hawks were 7-2 before

emy 12-7 on April 5 and Wellington 10-9 on April 12.

Seniors Emily Strapp (attacker), Allie Groner (defender) and Sweeney (attacker/midfielder) are serving as tri-captains.

Other standouts, according to Gilbert, have included juniors Abby Evans (midfielder), Megan Feeney (midfielder), Mae Livingston (defender) and Keaela Smith (midfielder).

“They’ve had four different coaches in four years, so that’s

May 3.

SOFTBALL *April 26 — Lost to Ready 12-7 April 28 — Lost to Lakewood 9-0 April 29 — Lost to Hilliard Bradley 43 April 30 — Lost to Worthington Kilbourne 6-5 *May 2 — Lost to Watterson 13-2 in five innings *May 4 — Played DeSales May 7 — At Granville with Lancaster May 11 — Home vs. Jonathan Alder in second round of Division II district tournament. Winner plays Olentangy, Granville or Columbus South in district semifinal May 16 at Pickerington North. Winner plays in district final May 18 at Pickerington Central.

Of note: The Hawks were 10-6 overall and 2-3 in the CCL before May 4.

BOYS TENNIS April 21 — Lost to Groveport 5-0 *May 3 — Played DeSales May 4 — Played Centennial May 9 — At Westland *May 10 — At Watterson May 12, 14 — Division II sectional tournament at Columbus School for Girls Of note: The Hawks were 1-5 overall and 0-1 in the CCL before May 3.

TRACK & FIELD April 28-30 — Boys, girls: Competed in Penn Relays in Philadelphia.

For the boys, the 1,600 relay was 192nd (3:30.07) of 567 and the 400 relay was 77th (43.75) of 512 in small-school trials. For the girls, Chelsea Scott was 18th (1:09.98) in the 400 hurdles final and the 1,600 relay was 90th (4:04.24) of 595 in small-school trial.

May 12, 14 — Boys, girls: CCL meet at Columbus School for Girls *CCL contest

been tough,” Gilbert said. “Now we’ve got some strong coaches, with two of us from New England and one who’s been a coach for 20 years. We’ve been practicing hard. (Our practices) are not easy, and they’ve all done a nice job transitioning from practice to games. They’ve wanted to play for four years, but they haven’t had anybody to push them.

“We’ve harped on the whole team approach a lot, and they’ve

By Paul Vernon/ThisWeek

Hartley’s Chelsea Scott takes the baton from Maya Pedersen in the 800-meter relay April 13 at Kirk Campus during a meet against Columbus School for Girls.

By Paul Vernon/ThisWeek

Hartley’s Matt Simpson begins to accelerate after taking the baton from Alonzo Saxton in the 800-meter relay April 13 at Kirk Campus during a meet against St. Charles.

been pushing themselves to not just play games but win games.

They all have a lot of potential.”

•The boys and girls track and field teams used the Penn Relays in Philadelphia last weekend as a tuneup for the CCL meet May 12 and 14 at CSG and the postseason.

In addition to having a group of returning veterans from last year’s state runner-up girls team, freshman Naja Greer (200 meters, 400) and junior Destany Martin (hurdles) have been strong contributors, according to coach Richard Jones.

For the boys, juniors Adam Marsh (400) and Matt Simpson (200, 400) are among those who have helped in the sprints.

“I think we’re a little bit ahead of where we were last year,” Jones said. “We just went on spring break, and we’re probably the last school district to take a spring break, so that’s (hindered us). We’ve got one week to train and then it’ll be CCL. We just haven’t really gotten as many opportunities to show ourselves, but our training has been good.”

Seniors Aisha Cavin (Ohio

State), Maya Pedersen (Dayton) and Chelsea Scott (Pittsburgh) all recently made their college choices. The trio was expected to participate in a signing ceremony in early May. Cavin chose Ohio State over Oregon after being the last of the three to make her decision.

“Actually it’s been going really well,” Cavin said. “(Jones) has been pushing us hard. I think we’re ahead of where we were last year.” julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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SOFTBALL

At a glance seeded 11th. Winner plays host to Upper Arlington or Northland in second round May 12.

Of note: The Tigers were 11-8 overall and 5-4 in the OCC-Ohio before May 3.

NORTH *April 28 — Lost to Gahanna 7-1 *May 2 — Def. Lancaster 12-2 *May 3 — Played Groveport *May 4 — Played Newark *May 5 — At Reynoldsburg *May 6 — Home vs. Grove City May 10 — Home vs. New Albany in first round of Division I district tournament. The teams did not play during regular season. Winner plays at Watterson in second round May 12.

Of note: The Panthers were 9-6 overall and 5-5 in the OCC-Ohio before May 3. *OCC-Ohio game

Continued from page B1

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

Central’s Aubrey Burwell competes in the discus during the Wildcat Invitational at Westerville South on April 21.

TRACK

At a glance

Continued from page B1 She went on to finish 104th (19:47.9) in her first state cross country appearance.

Eisenhauer is ranked in the area honor roll in both the 1,600 (5:16.9) and 3,200 (11:24.87) this season to lead North, which won the Olentangy Invitational on April 29 as Eisenhauer won both events.

“She was injured much of last spring and even in cross country she dealt with some injuries,” coach Jim Langenderfer said. “This track season she’s off to a great start. Kristen is a really good athlete and likes to test herself. She’s not afraid of anybody.”

“I haven’t had any injury problems and I feel pretty good about how I trained over the winter,” Eisenhauer said.

“Hopefully I’ll be able to do well at the OCC meet. I’m hoping to make it to the state meet in the (3,200) at least.”

Also in the area honor roll this week for the North girls are Zena Kolliesuah in the 200 (24.7) and Julianne Ballog in the pole vault (10-9).

Kim Black (distance) and Jasmine Simmons (shot put, dis-

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Central and North track & field teams: CENTRAL April 14 — Boys: Lost to Groveport 76-60; Girls: Defeated Groveport 92-36 April 16 — Boys: Finished 10th (30.5) in 16-team Dublin Coffman Classic behind champion and host Shamrocks (102); Girls: Finished second (91.25) in 15-team Dublin Coffman Classic behind champion and host Shamrocks (114.58) April 21 — Boys: Finished fourth (101) in eight-team Westerville South Wildcat Invitational behind champion Coffman (127); Finished second (154.5) in eight-team Wildcat Invitational behind Coffman (177) April 23 — Girls: Finished seventh (54) in 12-team Hamilton Township Kallner Invitational behind champion Centerburg (81) April 29 — Boys: Finished second (88) in eight-team Milt Will Relays at Canal Winchester behind the host Indians (93); Girls: Finished first (114) in eight-team Milt Will Relays May 3 — Boys, girls: Competed against Reynoldsburg

cus) are others who have impressed Langenderfer.

Among those ranked in the honor roll for the North boys are Pat Elflein in the shot put (50-11 1/2), Kyle Mushill in the discus (153-4), Michael Bal-

May 7 — Boys, girls: Hilliard Bradley Invitational May 12, 14 — Boys, girls: OCC-Ohio meet at Pickerington North NORTH April 14 — Girls: Lost to Gahanna 89-47 April 16 — Boys: Finished second (84.5) in 16-team Vandalia Butler Invitational behind Huber Heights Wayne (93); Girls: Finished second (80) in 16-team Vandalia Butler Invitational behind Wayne (86) April 21 — Boys: Finished third (56.5) in 12-team Fulton Relays behind champion and host Lancaster (88) and last (40) in eight-team Westerville South Wildcat Invitational; Girls: Finished ninth (34.5) in 12team Fulton Relays behind champion Watkins Memorial (81) and fifth (90) in eight-team Wildcat Invitational April 29 — Boys: Finished second (90) in eight-team Olentangy Invitational behind host Braves (111); Girls: Finished first (111) in nineteam Olentangy Invitational April 30 — Girls: Finished third (95) in eight-team Anthony Wilson Invitational at Franklin Heights behind Ready (127) and host Falcons (106) May 6 — Boys, girls: Larkin/Crosten Invitational at Upper Arlington May 12, 14 — OCC-Ohio meet at home

lentine in the high jump (6-8) and Desmond Palmer in the 110 hurdles (15.03) and 300 hurdles (39.8). julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

Our indoor voice is a

shriek of delight!

“She brings a nice change in Below are the recent results and comspeeds,” Drees said of Jones. ing schedules for the Central and North “That has worked out really softball teams: well, too. She’s been hot at the CENTRAL plate (as the designated play- *April 27 — Game at Gahanna poster), too. She had a nine-game poned 28 — Defeated Watterson 3-1 hitting streak going until Grove- April *April 29 — Lost to Groveport 4-0. port. And Allie, she has really Cruisers pitcher Emma Johnson had stepped up, especially offen- 14 strikeouts. *May 3 — Played Lancaster sively.”

Luther has been batting any- *May 4 — Played Grove City *May 6 — At Reynoldsburg where from sixth to eighth in *May 9 — Home vs. Newark the order, which gives the Tigers May 10 — Home vs. Columbus West a reliable run producer near the in first round of Division I district tourbottom of the lineup. She be- nament. The teams did not play during regular season. The Tigers are came a valuable substitute in the post last winter with the girls basketball team, which ad“Same as basketball, I was initely getting there.” vanced to a Division I district pretty nervous at first,” Luther semifinal as part of a strong said. “It’s just been a case of get- kadams@thisweeknews.com second half of the season. ting comfortable again. I’m def- www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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Sports briefs Central’s Burr out as volleyball coach

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For the third time in five years, the Pickerington High School Central girls volleyball team needs a new coach.

Jessie Burr, who guided the Tigers to a 6-16 finish last fall, has stepped down.

Burr and her husband, Jamie, are expecting the birth of their second child between late September and early October. Burr said the demands of coaching in the fall would

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The Beat Arts, eats and fun in central Ohio

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By Jim Fischer

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1 Gabriela Montero is to-

tally modern — young, beautiful, gifted and a contemporary tour-de-force on the classical music scene.

But the truth is her calling card — a brilliant ear for improvisation — is a link to the days and names you studied in music appreciation class. Theme and Variations? Inventions? Cadenzas? All often the result of accepted “showing off” by the composer and/or performer.

Montero — you may remember her performance at the Inauguration of President Obama — will perform with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra as well as a solo set Friday, May 6, as the feature piece of ProMusica’s “Rhapsody in Blue Spring Soiree.”

Concert tickets are $80-$30, which includes the pre-concert reception. Call (614) 464-0066.

2 The 15th annual Central

Ohio Folk Festival is three days (May 6-8) of concerts, jam sessions, workshops, children’s

activities and more.

The Saturday night headline concert features Rod and Annie Capps and Dave Hawkins.

An event highlight in recent years is the Friday night “worst song in the world contest,” but fun and music are the order of the day all weekend long, as festival-goers are likely to hear ’60s protest songs, Celtic tunes and old English ballads, work songs, sea shanties and all sort of rootsy tuneage.

The event is held in Battelle Darby Metro Park.

Visit http://cfms-inc.org for complete information on pricing and Martin Sexton a schedule of events.

May 6, with tremendous folk-rock crooner Martin Sexton.

3 The youngest daughter of Tickets are $20/ $25. Call 1-800Arlo Guthrie! How much 745-3000. folk pedigree do you want? (We suppose she could be the grand- 4 Metalcore pioneers (hed) daughter of Woody Guthrie ... p.e. are masters of tunedwhat? Oh.) down groovy fuzz, anything but Rest assured that Sarah Lee a recycled act.

Guthrie carries the family name The quintet is artfully paired well. She and musical partner (and with industrial metalheads Mushhusband) Johnny Irion are sharp roomhead on the Hed to Head observers and splendid players. Tour, which visits the Alrosa Villa Sarah Lee and Johnny are tour- Friday, May 6. ing in support of their latest effort, Openers include Livan and Beta return to modern country-rock ter Left Unsaid. (recent efforts include a children’s Tickets are $20. Call (614) 885record and “Guthrie Family Rides 9125.

Again” shows with Arlo) titled Bright Examples, and will play Can’t figure out modern the Newport Music Hall Friday, 5 heavy metal? Are you a

middle-aged man longing for a new take on the music of your youth? Are you a young metal fan bored with the unrelenting brutality of tuned-down guitars and annoying death-growl?

Your search for the holy grail is over, when Holy Grail visits The Summit Friday, May 6. The SoCal thrashers are not so much derivative as worthy members of the family tree.

Cauldron opens.

Tickets are $6. Call (614) 268- Sarah Lee and Johnny 6606.

Center. Tickets are $65.75/ $52.75/ $28.75. Call 1-800-745-3000.

Suggest, if you will, that 6 The Beat has an insufficient jam-band groove attention span.

7 Fusing with funky backbeat and the But we’re bored with Tim Mcspacy-ness of psych-rock, DayGraw.

We know he still dominates the ton’s The Werks is a standout in charts. We know he’s got a dyna- the now-established post-Phish mite baritone and still boasts those genre.

The quartet creates soundscapes smoky good looks. We know he still likes to point with two fin- equally appropriate for dancing and considering, engaging audigers.

But to be honest, there’s plen- ences around the country.

Including the one Saturday, May ty of freshness atop the country 7, at the Newport Music Hall. The music charts these days, including Luke Bryan, who despite an Floorwalkers and Zoogma open.

Tickets are $12/$15. Call 1-800affinity for country clichés, is clear745-3000. ly having fun on tunes like We Rode in Trucks, and The Band Perry, a Sugarland/Lady Ante- 8 Intense power-popsters Not Tonight Josephine (think bellum-come-lately of siblings a melodic blend of 30 Seconds to from Alabama who can play more Mars and Motion City Soundtrack) than a bit.

The good news is you can catch is a band on the rise.

The Tampa, Fla., quintet’s new Bryan and TBP with McGraw Saturday, May 7, at the Schottenstein CD, All On the Horizon, is buzzing pretty much every place it’s landed, from iTunes and other new media to on stage.

NTJ will play Bernie’s Distillery Tuesday, May 10, with Army of Infants and Stits.

Call (614) 291-3448.

makes for life in the music biz couldn’t be in fuller effect – on one hand, you’ve got keyboardist David Bryan a huge hit on Broadway and subsequently in movie theaters around the country) with the Tony Award-winning Memphis, while on the other you’ve got guitarist extraordinaire Richie Sambora departing the tour for a second stint in rehab.

The band expressed its full support for Sambora but will continue its current tour without him, including a May 10 date at Nationwide Arena.

Tickets are $129.50-$19.50.

Call 1-800-745-3000.

The Beat can’t recall the last

10 time we encountered any-

thing as fresh as Michelle Lewis.

More folk than Colbie Caillat or Jewel and more pop than Dar Williams or Joni Mitchell, with a smile that could melt you like butter in the microwave, Lewis is a no-frills singer-songwriter, delivering literate love songs with her airy, gentle soprano and surprising exuberance.

Catch Lewis, touring in support of her new EP Broken, Tuesday, May 10, at the Woodlands tavern.

Tickets are $5. Call (614) 2994987.

In its nearly 30 years at the

9 forefront of American rock

’n’roll, Bon Jovi has experienced much of what we’ve come to understand of the music industry.

In fact, the dichotomy of what Not Tonight Josephine

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Cuco’s Taqueria serves up unbeatable values Because today is Cinco de Mayo, why not beat the burrito-buzzsawing crowds by igniting your fiesta well before noon?

I’m not talking about drinking all day long (though I’m not ruling it out, either), I’m suggesting you jump-start your morning with a zesty and stunningly cheap Mexican breakfast at Cuco’s.

Most people know Cuco’s as one of the best full-service Mexican restaurants

Chilaquiles at Cuco's Taqueria.

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in Columbus, and it is certainly that. But the family- and party-friendly Cuco’s serves up some unbeatable first-meal values, too.

I’ll admit at first it felt a bit odd settling into a roomy booth in the modest and amusingly Mexi-kitschy Cuco’s at 9 a.m. I’m so used to digging into their fresh chips and salsa and heck-yeah margaritas (the Original, on the rocks and with half the sugar is my local benchmark)

By Jodi Miller/ThisWeek that lurking over eggs and diner-style coffee

(sometimes flavored with cinnamon) almost seemed surreal.

So I ordered a Vampiro cocktail to get my mind right. Made with tequila, grapefruit soda and the bracing tequila chaser called sangrita, it tastes entertainingly citrusy, spicy, sweet and tart. Anyway, sucking on that Vampiro proved to be an inspired idea.

So did ordering the smorgasbord-like El Tapatio platter ($6.25). Kinda like breakfast, lunch and dinner all on a single huge plate, it’s a phenomenal deal. I got three eggs over greasy; a generous mound of addictive Mexican hash (crispy fried potato cubes blended with lots of properly fat-rendered and zingy chorizo); two terrific barbacoa tacos fashioned with soft corn tortillas wrapped around spicy, juicy and super-tender beef; and rich refried beans laced with melted cheese.

Equally giddy-making in variety and size and likewise providing killer value is the hog-out ensemble called Nuevo

Cuco’s Taqueria 2162 Henderson Road, Upper Arlington 614-538-8701 cucostaqueria.com

after the eggs in the previous dish (well, plus rice and beans — don’t think you’re getting off that easy here) by ordering the good Huevos Rancheros ($5.25).

In general, Chilaquiles ($5) is a clever Mexican leftovers meal made by stewing yesterday’s tortillas with condiments and other flavor enhancers. At Cuco’s, this translated into a piquant, cooked salsa verde playing off of a fresh tomato pico de gallo plus three eggs (of course), cheese and sides of those irresistible breakfast potatoes and refried beans.

For something a little more unusual, but still nice, try the Oaxaqeña ($6.75).

This was three ample enchiladas crammed with scrambled eggs and spuds wholly slathered in a stout black bean sauce.

Like all of the breakfasts at Cuco’s, it’s an incredibly generous serving of food and flavor for a mere pittance of pesos.

Amaneser ($7).

The roll call on that one went like this: • Three fried eggs (because three’s better than two, right?) enticingly simmered in a zippy ranchero sauce then winningly plopped atop fried corn tortillas • Soupy, full-flavored black beans • What the menu calls bacon or sausage but happily turned out to be more of that well-done chorizo • Two big and very nice pancakes (dessert’s too often neglected in the morning, don’t you think?) that were light, had attractively crisp exteriors, were pleasantly flavored with vanilla and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Yeah, that’s a lot of food. For a more Check out the new Columbus-area dinmodest repast, you could just call it quits ing guide at www.ColumbusCrave.com

Chefs to converge on Audubon Center for fourth Taste event

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

Kevin Caskey, owner and chef of Skillet, puts raspberries on the raspberry panna cotta with lemon and rhubarb verbena. It is one of the dishes he is making for the Taste of Dine Originals event to be held May 12 at Grange Insurance Audubon Center.

Kevin Caskey can’t wait to show off his chops next week at the fourth annual Taste of Dine Originals.

The chef and owner of Skillet in Schumacher Place will serve raspberry panna cotta with rhubarb and lemon verbena, along with some other creations.

Caskey is among 50 chefs participating in the fourth annual event, to be held May 12 at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center, 505 W. Whittier St. He said he hasn’t participated for two years and is eager to get back.

“It’s good exposure for our group as a whole,” he said. “We’re all independently owned restaurants, and we’re a diverse group.

And in one night you can taste not only the food offerings but understand the concept and thoughts that went into the development of the restaurants that make up our group.”

The gala will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $100 and can be purchased at www.dineoriginalscolumbus.com. Some tickets might be available on the day of the event and may be purchased at the door.

Proceeds benefit Dine Originals Columbus and the Buckeye Ranch, which provides mental-health treatment and alcohol and drug services for children with behavioral or psychological and substance-abuse disorders.

“We’re blessed to be part of the event for four years,” said Michelle Aro, development coordinator at the Buckeye Ranch. “The partnership we’ve built with the Columbus Dine Originals group has been fantastic. They’ve been a wonderful group to work with.”

The event has been moved from the Smith Bros’ Hardware Co. building downtown because it simply outgrew the space, said

Katharine Moore, executive director of the local chapter of Dine Originals.

The Audubon Center, on the Whittier Peninsula, provides a modern backdrop with attractive surroundings, she said.

“We thought it really complemented our messaging and mission because they are green and our members have that commonality,” Moore said. “It’s such a beautiful oasis in downtown Columbus that people don’t know about. So it’s fun for us to introduce that venue to a whole new crowd.

In addition to food, more than 30 vineyards will be represented, as well as local breweries and micro distilleries. One of those is Watershed Distillery, just outside Grandview Heights.

“We are excited to be a part of it,” Greg Lehman, co-founder of the company, said of the celebration. “I think it’s a good way for us to be involved locally.”

A silent auction will feature cooking lessons, private dinners, special events, art and rare bottles of wine.

Moore said chefs look forward to showing off their talents and mixing with the crowd.

“They have fun riffing off each other,” she said. “They’re very competitive on what they put out. But they’re there to talk to their customers in a way that they just don’t have the opportunity to on a busy Saturday night.”

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Grille in recently torn-down City Center Mall, and a silent partner.

They will tear down an existing BP gas station to make way for the new 2,000-squarefoot building at 3255 Silver Drive, where North Broadway and Interstate 71 meet near Clintonville.

Chix & Fries will offer grilled chicken tenders, fried boneless tenders and chicken wings and french fries, plus four or five signature sauces and sandwiches. The restaurant should be open sometime in the fall, Mandas said.

He said the place is bringing back the Italian herb-crusted chicken sandwich that was popular at the Boulevard Grille and the ColumChicken and potatoes will be the obvious bus Arts Festival.

The food at the new restaurant will be comstaple of Chix & Fries, a new enterprise owned

by Jim Mandas, formerly of the Boulevard petitively priced, he said.

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

Blacklick Woods Metro Park 6975 E. Livingston Ave., Reynoldsburg • Metro Five-0: Birdwatching, 9 a.m. Saturday at the Ash Grove Picnic Area, for ages 50 and older. Learn about birdwatching as a hobby and as an excuse to take a slow stroll.

• Mother’s Day in the Swamp, 2 p.m. Sunday at the Nature Center. See tiny baby creatures born in the swamp.

• Preschoolers: Swamp Things, 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Nature Center. Discover what critters live in the swamp.

Blendon Woods Metro Park 4265 State Route 161 E., Westerville • Preschoolers: Gosling Walk, 10 a.m. Saturday at the Nature Center. Walk like a goose on a 0.6-mile path to Thoreau Lake to see geese and their goslings.

• Mother’s Day Bird Display, 2 p.m. Saturday at the Nature Center. Explore nests, scat models, skulls and skeletons.

• Homeschoolers: Fishing Basics, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday at the Maintenance Area, for ages 6-12. Try some catch-and-release fishing for sunfish in Thoreau Lake (0.6-mile walk). Bring your own gear or borrow some.

Chestnut Ridge Metro Park 8445 Winchester Road, N.W., Carroll • Friday Night Fishing, 6:308 p.m. Friday at the Springhouse Program Area, for ages 15 and younger. Fish from the edge of the pond. Limited poles and bait available.

• Wildflowers on the Ridge, 11 a.m. Saturday at the Springhouse Program Area. Take a 1.5mile walk to discover wildflowers in bloom.

Pickerington Ponds Metro Park 7680 Wright Road, Canal Winchester • Flying Fish Eaters, 2 p.m.

Saturday at the Glacier Knoll Picnic Area. Watch and learn about ospreys, herons, kingfishers and other feathered fish-eaters.

• Mother’s Day Bike Ride,

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1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Glacier Knoll Picnic Area. Look for flowers, birds and other signs of spring on a 12-mile bike ride.

Slate Run Living Historical Farm 1375 state Route 674 N., Canal Winchester

• Eggs, Feathers and Fowl, 1-3 p.m. Saturday. See how chickens were butchered and eggs were preserved without re-

frigeration on an 1880s farm.

Chicks may also be hatching in the kerosene-powered incubator.

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In June, the choir will make its first-ever overseas concert tour, traveling to Beijing, China, to perform at the Great Wall of China as part of an exchange program.

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Home sales Pickerington 13371 Wellesley Dr, 43147, Richard T. Jewell and Amanda L. Jewell, $368,000.

8620 Ashford Lane NW, 43147, James E. Davis and Song Un Davis, $335,000.

216 Balsam Dr, 43147, Randy R. Marquardt and Cristi Marquardt, $269,491.

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637 Montgomery Dr, 43147, Fifth Third Mortgage Co., $148,000.

9358 South Chester Dr, 43147, Lisa R. Hanson and Thomas E. Huber, $144,600.

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Andrew Robinson, son of Lisa Robinson-Boyer of Pickerington and Bryan Robinson of Goshen, Ky., and Brooke Davisson, daughter of Vaughn and Cheryll Davisson of Riverside, Iowa, announce their engagement.

The bride-to-be is a 2006 graduate of Highland High School and a 2010 graduate of Valparaiso University. She is a music teacher in the Howard-Winneshiek school district in Cresco, Iowa.

Then future groom is a 2006 graduate of Pickerington High School Central and a 2010 summa cum laude graduate of Valparaiso University. He is currently a graduate student at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.

An Aug. 6 wedding is planned in the Chapel of the Resurrection on the campus of Valparaiso University.

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As an Import/Export Specialist you will be responsible for ensuring ADB Airfield is in compliance with governmental laws, rules and regulations governing import and export. Position will ∂ Establish processes and systems to assure that the Company is in compliance nationally and internationally; ∂ Auditing these processes to assure company remains in compliance as laws, regulations and international conditions change; ∂ Assisting in the timely readying, delivery, and confirmation of international shipments; ∂ Develop relationships with Customs Brokers and International Customers Qualifications: ∂ 5-7 years experience in an import/export environment with at least 1-2 years of experience in a supervisory role; Bachelor’s degree preferred; or the equivalent combination of education and demonstrated experience in import/export planning and execution. ∂ In depth working knowledge of domestic and international import/export laws and regulations, and the ability to analyze and implement legal and regulatory revisions as they are mandated. ∂ Intermediate level of knowledge of popular application software programs ∂ Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.

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