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May 12, 2011

Police talks head to binding arbitration

By ALAN FROMAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers Contract negotiations between the city of Grandview Heights and the union representing police officers is headed to binding arbitration.

Grandview Heights City Council voted unanimously May 6 to reject a fact-finder’s report that offered recommendations for seven unresolved issues in the negotiations.

Fact-finder Sandra Mendel Furman held a hearing with the two sides on April 12 after mediation efforts failed.

In her report, Furman recommended

the union members should receive no increase in pay for 2011, a 3-percent increase in 2012 and a 3.5-percent increase in 2013. She also recommended accepting the union’s proposal that the city pension pickup share of 7.6 percent be eliminated and that amount be “melded” into the wage tables in year one of the contract.

Both parties had agreed that Senate Bill 5 and other political factors made the current arrangement of the city paying the 7.6-percent pension pickup unacceptable, Furman states in her report.

The union’s wage proposal was no increase in the first year, a 3-percent in-

crease in the second year and a 4-percent increase in the final year of the contract.

The city had proposed a salary increase of 1.5 percent in the first year of the contract, 1.25 percent in the second year and 1 percent in the final year. To compensate for the elimination of the 7.6-percent pension pickup in 2011, the city proposed granting a 1.5-percent wage increase for the first six months of the contract and then an additional 6 percent beginning in June 2011.

Furman states in her report that while both sides have a “mutual intention” that the employees should not suffer in essence a 7.6-percent elimination of wages due

to the lost pension pick up, the union’s approach “is the more reasoned, simpler approach.”

The fact-finder also found that prior to the fact-finding hearing, the city did not “argue inability to pay — merely unwillingness to pay. The city has regressed in its fact-finding proposals from its earlier positions in bargaining.”

Last fall, when negotiations began, the city had proposed a pay increase of 1.5 percent in each year of the contract.

City attorney Joelle Khouzam said the city was forced to revise its proposals because a number of factors had changed between the time the contract talks moved

into mediation and the fact-finding hearing.

Those factors included the introduction of S.B. 5, which addresses collective bargaining issues; the proposed elimination of the estate tax; and cuts in state funds for municipalities, Khouzam said.

“We were also tracking our income tax revenues and trying to stay on budget as we projected,” she said.

“People have a mistaken perception that because the Grandview Yard project looks promising, it will solve all our problems,” Khouzam said. “That’s not the See POLICE, page A2

Proposed Yard district review continued by commission

ALL STARS

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By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

Grandview Heights High School All Stars are (from left), Colin Ridgeway, Maggie Clemens, Katie Coffman, Diana Lolli and Alex Jones. For more on the All Star Salute, see page A2.

Committee interviewing 5 finalists for the principal position at GHHS

By ALAN FROMAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers

A committee is interviewing five finalists this week for the principal position at Grandview Heights High School.

The committee is conducting interviews with: • Matthew W. Chrispin, principal of Marysville High School.

• M. Denise Lutz, an assistant

principal at Reynoldsburg High School.

• Pamela G. Noeth, assistant director of curriculum for Delaware City Schools.

• Todd H. Rings, assistant principal at Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School.

• Dawn Sayre, assistant principal of Hilliard Bradley High School.

The committee is comprised of

Superintendent Ed O’Reilly, another administrator, two high school classroom teachers, a high school support staff person, two school board members and a parent.

Another interview with two or three of the finalists may be scheduled, “or you may have someone who comes in and overwhelms the committee” and is the obvious choice, O’Reilly said.

A decision on who will be offered the job should be made by the end of next week, he said.

“The first thing I look for in a candidate is I believe you have to have a capacity to provide and establish a tone of trust and decency in the school,” O’Reilly said.

It is also important that a candidate have a varied set of skills See PRINCIPAL, page A2

At a special workshop meeting May 4, the Grandview Heights Planning Commission continued its review of a draft of district standards for a proposed Grandview Yard Mixed Use District.

A two-step process is needed, said Patrik Bowman, director of administration/economic development.

“First we come up with the district, then we go back and rezone it,” he said.

The commission was reviewing a revised draft that incorporated the input from a previous workshop meeting.

Representatives of Nationwide Realty Investors, the developer of the Yard, and city officials have been working on the document to create the mixed use district.

“We’re trying to give the developer flexibility to do what they have to do within the market constraints but still meeting (the community’s) objectives” for the Yard area, Bowman said.

“We want to make sure that where we could (we) provided clarity or communicate where we thought we were heading” with the Yard project, NRI president Brian Ellis said.

The document states the mixed use district will be designed to help implement the vision called for

by the city’s Commerce District Plan. It lists several general principles that any future standards should adhere to in order to achieve that vision, including: The Yard should be an urban district consisting of a mix of land uses and diverse development that has respect for the existing neighborhood edge to the west and commercial edge to the north.

The Yard should allow for a compact development pattern that extends the existing neighborhood street pattern and makes appropriate connections with the rest of the city.

Compatible, high-quality development should be a signature of the Yard and should be ensured by city design review and appropriate district standards.

The Yard should create a walkable district that is enhanced by quality public and open space.

The Yard should have an energized, retail-supportive environment that encourages strolling, shopping and people-watching.

The boundary of the district would be the Grandview municipal boundary to the east near the railroad tracks, Goodale Boulevard to the south, the municipal boundary to the north near Third Avenue and the Bobcat Avenue extension and the alley east of Northwest Boulevard to the west.

See DISTRICT, page A2

29 GHHS students inducted into National Honor Society

By ALAN FROMAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Twenty-nine Grandview Heights High School juniors were inducted May 5 into the GHHS Alphega Chapter of the National Honor Society.

Students, parents and guests attended the ceremony held in the auditorium.

The inductees include Kelly Berlin,

Brendan Cox, John Menke, Charles Fletcher, Rachel Metzler, Selby Gage, Connor Phillips, Maddie Gibbon, Taylor Ramey, Gretchen Giltner, Olivia Reed, Will Heydinger, Gen Ritz, Rebekah Keller and Oliver Rouch.

The remaining inductees are Hallie Kerr, Caroline Sanders, Emily Lachey, Caitlyn Sarich, Nick Levitt, Conner Sarich, Leila Manairochana, Kelsey Senter, Ben Mathes, Lindsey Swihart, Kyle

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McLain, Tyler Wernet, Brenna McLaughlin and Allison Zawisa.

The ceremony included an address

by Edison Intermediate/Middle School principal Bob Baeslack.

Baeslack cited a quote by Winston Churchill that “to every person there comes the moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder” to do something special, unique to him.

“What a tragedy if that moment finds

him unprepared for the work that would be his finest hour,” Churchill remarked.

The four pillars of the National Honor Society — scholarship, leadership, service and character — if followed, will prepare one for that moment and for a successful life, Baeslack said.

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Baeslack said his challenge, not only to the NHS inductees, but to all the students, parents, school staff members See NHS, page A2

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Edison Intermediate/Middle School

Historical society to mark 100th anniversary of building

By ALAN FROMAN

The Grandview Public School alumni of the school, he said.

“One of the most interesting he said. things Wayne and I discovered When it opened, it had eight about the school was just how classrooms and had no kinder- progressive Grandview was in garten or high school, DeMaria elementary education,” DeMaria said. The Harding School be- said. “We have images of stucame the high school and the dents in the 1920s and 30s sitfirst class graduated in 1916. ting in a row doing their readDeMaria said he and Carlson ing, writing and arithmetic, but will present an overview of the Grandview was quite progresearly history of the Grandview sive.”

Public School from its incepGrandview students in those tion until 1930. decades were learning about Photographs of a portion of Native American culture and the memorabilia relating to the doing the kind of projects “that school’s early history owned by we take for granted now,” he the historical society will be dis- said. played.

Students completed such proj“We’re very lucky to have a ects as building dioramas of Nalot of memorabilia in our col- tive American villages, conlection, including the 1911 structing circus carousels using ledger,” DeMaria said. “It lists old phonographs and making all of the contractors and the ex- circus wagons, DeMaria said. penses of the construction.”

“I think we can be proud that The society also has copies Grandview had such a proof grade cards from the period gressive approach to elemenand photographs of the faculty, tary education,” he said. he said.

The May 17 program will be “We had a very dedicated “sort of a teaser” for the historteacher, Marvyth Bonham, who ical society’s observation of the taught at the school from 1928 school’s 100th anniversary, Deto 1966 and she collected all Maria said. those years pictures and mateThe society plans to hold its rials from every classroom and annual meeting in the fall at Edilater donated the items to the son, where items from its colsociety,” DeMaria said. lection will be on display, he Other items were donated by said.

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Tom DeMaria and Wayne Carlson of the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society will present “Happy Birthday Edison,” a program celebrating the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the school building on Fairview Avenue.

The program will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at the Grandview Heights Public Library First known as the Grandview Public School, the school building was dedicated in October 1912. The original building comprises what is now the east wing of the Edison Intermediate/Middle School complex.

“The Edison name didn’t come into play until 1930,” DeMaria said.

The new building was needed because the community had outgrown the Harding School, which was located at the site of the Edison Kindergarten Annex, he said.

“The Harding School had only four classrooms,” DeMaria said. “There was a need for a bigger space as the community’s population grew.”

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case,. We’re still in a slow market, technically a recession” and development of the Yard is proceeding, but not as quickly as perhaps was expected.

When Furman finds in her report that the city has “a present ability to pay” the wage increases she recommends, “she’s being optimistic,” Khouzam said.

To “meld” the entire 7.6-percent pension pickup into the wage table in the first year of the contract will have a compounding effect and will cost the city more than the current system, she said.

That’s because since the amount is being carried over into the employees’base salaries, the city will have to make payments on such items as the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), Khouzam said.

The union last week approved the fact-finder’s report “by an almost unanimous vote,” said Jason Pappas, executive vice president of FOP/Capital City Lodge 9.

“It wasn’t all that we were looking for, but overall, we felt the report was fair,” he said. “We’re disappointed the city didn’t vote to accept the report.”

Furman’s report states the union’s proposal of a 4-percent wage increase in the final year of the contract “is on the high end of wage settlements.”

City revenue projections for 2012 and 2013 are not rosy, the report states and “to further hamper the city’s already stressed financial condition with another 1 percent at this juncture is not warranted by the record.”

In the binding arbitration process, an arbitrator will hear both sides’ arguments regarding the seven unresolved issues .

The document includes a number of procedures for implementation of the district standards.

Mayor Ray DeGraw said more clarity is needed in two provisions of the procedures section.

One of the provisions states that an administrative review may be granted by the director of building and zoning allowing for a certificate of appropriateness to be issued for certain types of signs and for minor adjustments to approved plans.

Some definition of what is meant by “minor adjustments” is needed, DeGraw said.

The other provision states that the planning commission would be charged with reviewing development applications within the district and approving a certificate of appropriateness for all applications not qualifying for an administrative review.

Again, more clarity is needed to define when the planning commission would need to be involved and when an administrative review is sufficient, DeGraw said.

“As we get moving and hit ‘go go times’ there will be a lot of (projects),” Ellis said. “It would

be good to put some stuff in the ‘administrative bucket’” because of the future volume of development at the Yard.

Placing issues when possible under administrative review “from my standpoint would be more expedient and efficient,” he said.

Language can be added to clarify what type of issues would fall under administrative review and what would come before the planning commission, said Keith Myers, principal at MSI Design, the architectural firm representing NRI. The input commission members gave at the workshop will be incorporated in a revised document that will be presented at the next meeting on May 18, he said.

NRI would like to gain approval of the mixed use district at that meeting, Myers said.

Ellis said NRI also plans to bring back at the May 18 meeting a revision of its proposal to build a parking lot on the west side of Bobcat Avenue adjacent to the existing parking garage at the Yard.

A new project for the Yard is expected to be brought before the commission in June, Ellis said, adding that he is hopeful a project would also be presented in July.

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Northwest Counseling Services honored 65 northwest area high school students for their achievements Friday at the 20th annual All Star Salute.

Students from 13 high schools were selected for the honor by their schools in recognition of their academic achievement, demonstrated leadership at their schools, participation in extracurricular activities and service to the community.

Keynote speaker Chris Spielman, former OSU All American linebacker and ESPN football analyst, told the students that the world would be a better place if everyone understood their purpose on earth is to serve others and not themselves.

Keeping that in mind will lead to a “wonderful life” and earn one true wealth, which is not measured in the accumulation of money and material things, Spielman said.

He told the story of his own awakening to the realization of the need to serve, which occurred after he suffered a serious injury while playing for the Buffalo Bills and learned soon afterward that his wife, Stefanie, had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Hard times will come to everyone, Spielman said. The impor-

tant thing is how you respond to those challenges.

It is important to recognize the many people who have helped you along the way and to learn from their example, he said.

Following Spielman’s speech, the students from each school were called up to receive their award.

The honored students from each school were: • Grandview Heights High School — Margaret Clemens, Katie Coffman,Alex Jones, Diana Lolli and Colin Ridgeway.

• Hilliard Bradley High School — Nicklaus Conner, Reynold Cornell, Leslie Johnson, Rebecca Nikolaus and Krishna A. Patel.

• Hilliard Darby High School — Zachary Bringman, Landon Erb, Kirstyn Federer, Eric Mescher and Andrea Villena.

• Hilliard Davidson High School — Brian Bowers, Katie Holland, Rebekah Kauffman, Craig Lantz, Jr. and Brendan Page.

• Upper Arlington High School — Ava Cramp, Kyle Hatton, Michael Johanni, Drew Sylvester and Victor Alexander Verlage.

• Bishop Watterson High School — Sam Besozzi, Elizabeth Marie George, Elizabeth G. Ireson, Zachary Kerscher and Annie Krzan.

• Centennial High School — Nkiruka “Nikki”Aniagolu, Imani

“because as a principal with no assistants, there are a lot of things you have to handle yourself that principals at larger schools with assistants don’t have to address,” he said.

The candidate’s vision for the high school is another major factor being considered of the candidates, O’Reilly said.

The five finalists were among 77 people who sub-

Ifedi, Daniel Neutzling, Laura Watkins and Taylor Wicks.

• Columbus Academy — Elizabeth Benson, Emily Daoud,Alex Farrenkopf, Stephan Kim and Allison Martin.

• Columbus School for Girls — Miranda P. Butler-Pettit, Jordan D. James, Madeleine Livingston, Abigail Petuchowski and Maria Pompili.

• St. Charles Preparatory School — Weston Laurence Niermeyer, Joe O’Brien, Thomas Sinard, Osaze Udeagbala and Brian Wall.

• The Graham School — Stephan Beavers, Tristan DeMaria, Damian Kirk, Bailey Smithhisler and Aharon Woodruff.

• The Wellington School — Trent W. Boyer, Nickolas Bruno, Abigail Kaplan, Sitara Koneru and Taiyo Scanlon-Kimura.

• Whetstone High School — Habeeb Al-Ghawi, Erin Beard, Katherine Fuller, Obagaeli NgeneIgwe and Peter Pajor.

At the end of of the program, Northwest Counseling Services executive director King Stumpp announced that in honor of the 20th anniversary of the All Star Salute, scholarships were being given to Sinard, Verlage and Holland.

It was difficult to choose three winners among 65 students of such high achievement, Stumpp said.

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Following Baeslack’s remarks, each new inductee was introduced as a current NHS officer read excerpts from an essay each student wrote for his or her application.

To qualify for NHS induction, students must earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average, meet community service requirements and have four leadership recommendations.

A faculty committee reviewed each application and made the final selections for membership.

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mitted applications for the position. A paper screening narrowed the list to 16 candidates who were initially interviewed by O’Reilly.

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Vaud-Villities annual show will ‘Celebrate!’ new locale “We think that this could serve as a model for redevelopment across the country, to repurpose mall facilities for community use.”

Members of the Vaud-Villities cast and crew come from all across Columbus, all parts of Franklin County and even beyond, according to Auch.

While the new facility involves a major investment on the part of Vaud-Villities Productions, Stuckey said that the troupe’s costs will actually be reduced by bringing the entire operation into one location.

“We now have a facility that meets all of our rehearsal, warehouse and set shop needs,” he said.

The lower operating costs, Stuckey added, open up a “huge landscape of new opportunities,” including additional productions by Vaud-Villities throughout the year, hosting special events and providing a venue for community activities. In fact, Stuckey said that a Christmas production is being planned and Vaud-Villities will participate in some way in Halloween events at the Northland Performing Arts Center. The Ohio State University Department of Dance, he added, will be using the center for two years while Sullivant Hall undergoes renovation.

“There’s no growth without struggle,” Stuckey said. “We’re now past that phase to where we realize the fruits of our in-

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Almost a surer sign of spring in central Ohio than the blooming of flowers is the arrival of another show by Vaud-Villities Productions.

Back for a 69th annual series of performances, the self-described “America’s longest-running music and dance spectacular” will be held May 18-22.

The title of this year’s show is “Celebrate!” and part of the celebration will be of the troupe’s inaugural performance in a new, permanent home at the Northland Performing Arts Center. Located in a portion of the old JC Penney building on the site of the defunct Northland Mall, the new headquarters brings together every aspect of the operations of Vaud-Villities, according to board chairman Kent D. Stuckey.

Although Vaud-Villities officials had anticipated the overhaul of the former department store would have been almost completed in time for last year’s show, in fact the occupancy and food-service permits for the center were only recently obtained.

Last year’s show took place on the stage of what was once Upper Arlington High School, where the first performance took place in 1943.

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Bethany Neal sings at the May 7 Vaud-Villities rehearsal in the former JCPenney store at the defunct Northland Mall. The Vaud-Villities 69th annual peformance, titled “Celebrate!” will be held May 18-22.

Stuckey said that Vaud-Villities has been “at the mercy” of a construction contractor who still hasn’t completed all the work two years past the deadline.

“But the show must go on,” he said.

And it will.

And the performers can’t wait, according to Toni Auch, artistic director since 1993.

“I think they’re really riding high now,” Auch said. “All of the things they’ve been practicing are coming to a head. Once

the curtain started going up they really got excited. They said, ‘This is really looking like a theatre.’ ” The seating riser system for the Performing Arts Center is in place, Stuckey said last week. The configurable stage is scheduled to be ready for opening night, as are the lighting and sound systems.

“We’re thrilled to be here,” the board chairman said. “We’re thrilled to be able to share it with other performing arts groups and the local community.

GHHS to release anthology of student poems from 2011

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The Grandview Heights High School English department will host a release party for “Everything is Illuminated: A 2011 GHHS Poetry Anthology” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19, in the Brotherhood of the Rooks Media Center in the high school.

The anthology includes an original poem from almost every GHHS student as well as some faculty members, English teacher Bethany Black said. It is the culmination of a poetry project that began in January, she said.

“Last winter we started talking about doing this project with (Ohio Poet Laureate) Terry Hermsen, who is a professor at Otterbein University,” Black said.

It was Hermsen’s idea to put together an anthology of student

poems, she said.

“Terry and two or three Otterbein students came to our school and held some really fun, engaging sessions about poetry,” Black said. Other poetry lessons were led by GHHS English teachers, she said.

Students wrote poems as class assignments and were asked to select their favorite for inclusion in the anthology, Black said.

Although many students at first “complained” and “were nervous, I think, about sharing their poems and the emotions they revealed” most students seemed to end up enjoying the project, she said.

Freshman Owen Hopper said he likes to write, but had never tried poetry. He found he liked how poetry allowed him to express his feelings and thoughts.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of the poetry project was get-

ting to hear the work of other students and the emotions they were expressing, senior Maggie Odiorne said.

The illustrations used for the front and back cover of the anthology was drawn by freshman Emily Linville. The front cover features an illustration of eyes, with words falling from the eyes like tears.

“I was using the idea that your eyes are the windows to your soul” and that poems are also a way to express your innermost feelings, she said.

The May 17 release party will feature refreshments and live jazz, Black said. Students and staff will read their poetry.

Copies of the anthology will be available for purchase for $3, she said. The book can also be purchased at the high school office or from GHHS English teachers.

vestment and our work.”

“There’s more to be excited about than to be unhappy about or concerned about,” Auch said. “There are so many things that have really worked out well. We didn’t know how successful we’d be being in a totally different area of the city, but a lot of us remember way back when Northland was the place to go.”

The Morse Road corridor, where the mall was a focal point until it closed in 2002, is now undergoing a major revitalization, the artistic director noted.

“It’s great to be part of that,”Auch said.

“We feel very good about what we’ve got here,” Stuckey said.

The 69th consecutive annual show for Vaud-Villities will not only celebrate the new venue, according to Auch, but also the things all people celebrate, such as the circus, Broadway musicals and patriotic songs.

“We’re kind of doing a reprise of some things that were very successful in the past,” she said.

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Police reports Grandview police • A Columbus man was arrested May 8 and charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence and speeding.

• A Columbus man was arrested May 7 and charged with disorderly conduct intoxication and on a warrant through the Columbus police department.

• A resident of the 900 block of Oxley Road reported May 7 several items were stolen from his unlocked vehicle. The stolen items included a book bag, a box of magic cards, accounting books and folders, a leather bag, a rifle bag and a rifle. Officers had responded to a suspicious situation prior to his report and found and recovered all of the man’s items.

Most of the items were released to the man, except for the rifle and rifle bag. He was told to contact the police department later this week to arrange for their release.

• A Grandview man was arrested May 7 and charged with disorderly conduct intoxication.

• A Columbus man was cited May 5 for possession of drug paraphernalia and drug abuse.

• A resident in the 1300 block of Murrell Avenue reported May 5 someone broke into her home.

A computer, flat-screen television, satellite radio, iPod, and rings were stolen. Total loss was $2,300.

• An Edison Intermediate/Middle School student reported May 2 a cell phone and iPod were stolen from her locker. Total loss was $400.

• A Columbus man was arrested May 2 and charged with driving under suspension and no operator’s license.

• A representative of First Community Church, 1320 Cambridge Blvd., reported May 2 that three copper downspouts were stolen off the church building. Total loss was $1,000.

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BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PROJECT

State funding aids early detection In December of 1989 Elizabeth Cassady’s mother Roberta informed her “We realize that it’s unrealistic to expect the BCCP to family that she had been diagnosed receive more funding during these tough economic with breast cancer. Elizabeth recalls her concern for her mother was times. When the current budget problems are resolved overwhelming. So was the concern for and the state can dedicate more resources toward her own health as she knew she may be prevention, we will continue to show the cost benefits at a higher risk of breast cancer than the average woman. of early screening versus treatment and ask that Elizabeth also understood, through funding be increased.” her mother’s own battle, that if detected early the survival rate is very good. She — KATIE CARTER determined her best chance to fight the KOMEN COLUMBUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR disease, if ever she were diagnosed, would be to catch it early through years-old and her insurance didn’t write an appeal letter to her insurance regular screenings. cover mammograms for women under company informing them of her mothUnfortunately at the time of her the age of 40. So every year she would er’s diagnosis and her higher risk. mother’s diagnosis Elizabeth was 25-

“Every year before my screening, I would simply change the date on the appeal letter I sent the year before as I expected the insurance company would deny payment for my mammogram,” Elizabeth said. For Elizabeth, her annual encounter with the red tape was worthwhile as the screenings gave her knowledge and peace of mind.

A couple years ago Elizabeth began working contract jobs and found herself unable to afford health insurance or the cost of screenings — yet her income was too high to be eligible for the state’s Medicaid program. Even more frightening, the team at the Columbus Cancer Clinic detected a mass in her left breast during her annual mammogram.

Needing a second screening and an ultrasound, the Cancer Clinic informed Elizabeth that she would be eligible for assistance through the state’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP).

Administered by the Ohio Department of Health through funding by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state budget appropriations, the BCCP provides mammograms, diagnostic testing and case management services to low-income women in Ohio who don’t have insurance coverage and fall in the eligibility gap for the state’s Medicaid system.

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SURVIVOR CEREMONY

Regina Brett to speak at post-race event On May 14, downtown Columbus will be transformed into a sea of pink as thousands gather to participate in the annual Susan G. Komen Columbus Race for the Cure.

Within the crowd of pink-clad people—there were more than 50,000 participants in 2010—certain individuals stand out because they are just a little bit pinker than all the rest. Hundreds of breast cancer survivors, marked by their solid pink t-shirts, will run and walk the 5K race course this year—accompanied by family, friends and the Central Ohio community.

After the race, all survivors will be invited to participate in the Sur-

vivor Ceremony & Celebration, an empowering, inspirational event that will start at 10:45 a.m. on the west steps of the Ohio Statehouse.

The keynote speaker for this year’s celebration knows all too well what it means to be a breast cancer survivor. Regina Brett has been cancer-free for 14 years. She has sisters and cousins who have lost their lives to the disease. Her daughter found out in 2007 that she, like Brett, carried the BRCA1 gene, which can cause breast cancer, and chose to have her breasts surgically removed.

Brett is a well-known and respected columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice for pieces she

wrote for the newspaper. She is also the author of God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours, an inspirational collection of essays, and she hosts a weekly call-in radio show on Northeast Ohio’s NPR affiliate station.

At the Columbus survivor ceremony, Brett will celebrate breast cancer survivorship surrounded by fellow survivors and those closest to them—in addition to thousands of other Ohioans.

As each survivor crosses the finish line, they will receive a pink rose and be asked to proceed to Survivor Palooza, a special tented area designated for survivors, to prepare to be honored at the

ceremony. During the event, they will parade across the Statehouse lawn in order of length of survivorship—from those undergoing treatment to those who have been cancer-free for decades— and assemble on the steps of the Statehouse to be recognized.

The celebration won’t be without music. The Hot Pink Racers, a local band that combines punk rock and pink, will get the crowd moving. The band was organized exclusively for the Columbus Race for the Cure by Joe Cygan, the widower of Heather Pick, a Columbus television news anchor who lost her fight with breast cancer in 2008. Rebekah Smith, a talented young Columbus singer,

will also perform with accompianist Scott Solchert. Awards will be given to survivors and top runners.

All are welcome on the State-

house lawn after the race this year to join in this amazing celebration of survivorship—and be part of finding a cure to end breast cancer forever.

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STATE FUNDING AIDS EARLY DETECTION Elizabeth Cassady pictured with her mother Roberta, used the BCCP program to pay for mammograms, when she did not qualify for Medicaid.

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In October, Elizabeth accepted the job as the Canteen Manager at the VFW Post 4044 in Columbus. While she has never participated in the Susan G. Komen Columbus Race for the Cure, she was given the responsiPhoto courtesy of Komen Columbus bility to coordinate the Post’s 2011 team – a task Elizabeth would be fine. It was through the $250,000. The women who says has special meaning. qualify but don’t receive screen- assistance from the BCCP that Coincidently Elizabeth’s ings often show up later at hospi- she got the additional screenings friends and family will also be she and her doctors needed to tal emergency rooms with canparticipating in the Race for the cers that have grown and spread effectively manage her health. first time led by her mother “I am very grateful for the resulting in more costly treatRoberta, a 22-year as a breast ments and a much lower chance BCCP for helping me maintain cancer survivor. the proper mammography for survival.

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Based on the most recent data, 150,601 women in Ohio (8 percent of the population) are eligible for BCCP however only 11 percent of that population can be screened at current funding levels.

In the proposed state budget for fiscal years 2012-2013, funding for the Ohio BCCP program is reduced by another $228,000 over the next two years translating into roughly 1,300 fewer screenings. Ohio’s Komen affiliates recognize the state’s fiscal situation, so instead of asking legislative leaders to restore funding at levels from previous years, the request is to refrain from any additional reductions. “We realize that it’s unrealistic to expect the BCCP to receive more funding during these tough economic times,� Komen Columbus Executive Director Katie Carter said. “When the current budget problems are resolved and the state can dedicate more resources toward prevention, we will continue to show the cost benefits of early screening versus treatment and ask that funding be increased.�

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OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEER

Carole Morbitzer selected for award Morbitzer says she got involved with Komen Columbus after coaching a close volleyball match.

One of her star players, Lindsey, seemed distracted. Later, on the bus ride home, she noticed Lindsey and four other girls crying.

Once they returned to school she approached Lindsey and discovered that her mother had just been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer. “I stood there in the rain with Lindsey, her head on my shoulder and we both cried,” Morbitzer said. “When I got in the car, it hit me. Those other four girls who were crying with Lind-

sey...their mothers had breast cancer also.”

Knowing she had to get involved, Morbitzer entered her school in the High School Team Challenge Program for the Komen Columbus Race for the Cure in 2000. The Hamilton Township team continues to grow every year due to a combination of new students joining with alumni, friends, and family. Last year the team reached an all time high of 816 members, and Morbitzer hopes that number will be surpassed this year.

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with her every year is Lindsey, who was also one of the first people Morbitzer called after finding out she received the Outstanding Individual Volunteer Award. “[Lindsey] began to cry and said, ‘I am so proud of you.’” Morbitzer said. “In my 16-year career, I have told hundreds of students that I am proud of them. It was the first time that a former student said those words to me.”

In the 11 years Morbitzer has coached volleyball with Hamilton Township, she has had seven players experience their mothers’ battles with breast cancer. This motivated her to raise an incredible $95,027 for the Columbus Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure through Race registrations, pledges,Volley for the Cure events and other donations.

“Every year I learn of more students who are affected by breast cancer,” Morbitzer said. “I will do everything I can for the rest of my career to get students involved in the fight against breast cancer. I will continue to encourage students to participate in the Race for the Cure every year...now and for the rest of their lives...or better yet, until there is a cure.”

Each year, Morbitzer not only organizes a team to be in the race, but another 200 volunteers at the start line. Her group even choreographed a dance they taught to breast cancer survivors and then performed at the Survivor Ceremony on Race day. She says her students have a great time during the race, but do remember what is important, the survivors.

“When the survivors come through those State House doors [at the Survivor Ceremony], I will look around and I will see several students in tears,” Morbitzer said, “It is during those moments when I have realized that my students get it. They understand why they are there and realize that they are a part of something amazing.”

Under Morbitzer’s tireless direction, every year a new group of students becomes engaged in the breast cancer cause not only at Hamilton Township, but in Central Ohio, as she provides advice and suggestions to other area high schools for forming Race teams and planning Volley for the Cure events.

As Outstanding Individual Volunteer of the Year, Morbitzer shares this advice for those participating in their first Race for the Cure: “You may have seen footage of the race on TV or looked at pictures in the paper, but you cannot truly understand what it is like until you have participated in the race. It is an experience like no other. To think that over 50,000

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Preparing your teen for college

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Happy 100th Anniversary Edison Elementary! The cornerstone for what was initially known as the Grandview Public School was laid in 1911. You are invited to attend a presentation given by the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society trustees Wayne Carlson and Tom DeMaria that will trace the early history of our community’s oldest school building still in use. It will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, in the conference room of the Grandview Public Library.

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Goodwill agencies celebrate anniversary To the editor: Goodwill Columbus this week is among more than 165 independent Goodwill agencies across the United States and Canada observing the 60th anniversary of Goodwill Industries Week.

Locally, this commemoration also allows us to thank you — our shoppers and donors, and business and government partners — for the important role you play in Goodwill’s day-today operations.

By donating gently used clothing, furniture and household items to Goodwill, you help others. Each year, Goodwill Columbus provides 1.2 million hours of service to 3,325 participants with disabilities and other barriers through day habilitation programs, community-based supported living services, employment training and job placement services.

Additionally, your donations to Goodwill divert usable goods from landfills. In 2010, Goodwill Columbus received revenues of $4.4 million from the resale of donated goods. Ultimately, your dol-

lars helped to fund more than 15 programs and services for individuals with disabilities and other barriers.

Donated items we are unable to sell in our retail stores are spared from landfills as well. In 2011, Goodwill Columbus expects to recycle more than 1 million pounds of unwanted materials — metal, plastics, and wood, wicker and miscellaneous wares.

During Goodwill Industries Week, I just wanted to say “thank you� to the people of Franklin County this year for helping Goodwill continue to “break barriers and build futures� for so many local individuals with disabilities.

For more information on the impact of your donations to Goodwill Columbus, please visit www.goodwillcolumbus.org and www.donate.goodwill.org.

Margie Pizzuti president, CEO Goodwill Columbus

We’ll leave no stone unturned in our effort to attract, retain and add jobs in the Columbus region.

That includes reaching out globally and leveraging our great business connections throughout the world. We must think and act globally to make an impact locally.

It’s no surprise that the Columbus region must compete for business beyond U.S. borders.

The Columbus2020! team travels the globe to identify these opportunities. Attracting business and supporting international business interests in the region is the job of Deborah Scherer, director of Columbus2020! global markets. Under her direction, our team first will reach out to the nearly 300 foreign-owned businesses in our region and travel to Israel, Canada, India, China, Germany and several other European countries this year alone.

It must be said that Japanese companies, led by Honda and its many suppliers, remain in our thoughts and prayers. We likely will visit Japan in the fall and continue to do all we can to strengthen our relationships with the many Japanese companies that provide so many good jobs across the Columbus region.

When visiting our international contacts, we will tackle a full schedule of objectives. The first target is to visit headquarters of our existing businesses to thank them for investment in our region and to explore opportunities for expansion of their businesses.

Second, we want to speak to companies doing business in the United States but without current facilities or people on the ground. Finally, it is important to meet with advisers and international business organizations that could spread the word that the Columbus region is a dynamic business location for international companies. We will do just that in a few weeks when our team travels to Germany and Israel.

In February, our team traveled as part of a delegation to India, and the contacts made there are starting to foster interest in our region. Together with Franklin County, we led a team to New

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Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and the Columbus sister city, Ahmedabad.

We were able KENNY to represent a MCDONALD cross section of the region’s leading industries, including financial services, information technology, legal and education. Participants included the city of Columbus, Columbus Sister Cities International, Ohio State University, Jones Lang Lasalle, Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter, Bluemile Inc. and SGI Global Business Advisors.

India is home to a growing number of companies looking to international markets for growth, and the U.S. market is tops on their lists. Over 10 days, our mission generated more than 40 meetings, resulting in new and strengthened relationships, business-development opportunities and institutional relationships that will benefit the region both economically and academically.

Since returning from our trip, nearly 10 India-based companies have expressed an interest in visiting Columbus.

Our objective for each economic development action,

whether as a meeting with many of our great companies in the region or a visit abroad, is to generate more foreign direct investment, more jobs and more global connections. To do that effectively, we must continue to invest in these efforts month after month and year after year.

When we travel to Germany and Israel, our goal will be to create awareness of the Columbus area and its many assets. Our region’s growing talent base, work ethic, logistics and technology strengths, established industry sectors and easy market access are just some of the reasons that international businesses thrive here. We will continue to demonstrate why the Columbus area makes sense as a location for their U.S. business operations.

International business is a key part of our economic diversity in Columbus, and it is a natural extension of our efforts to develop jobs and investment here. We are proud to represent such a robust region and are excited about our appointments around the world.

Kenny McDonald is chief economic officer for Columbus2020!

Email McDonald at km@columbusregion.com or visit columbusregion.com for more information.

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Have a college-bound teen?

It’s never too early to start prepping for financial and personal safety on campus.

Having a child that is getting ready to graduate and head off to college can be an exciting time.

It is also a great time to take the opportunity to teach teens how to keep their guards up and to protect themselves before they have to learn the hard way. So here are a few tips to consider discussing with your teen before he or she heads off to college: Give kids a chance to manage money. A great way to build your children’s financial foundation is to open a checking and savings account in their names. Ensure that they understand how to balance their checkbooks and make timely entries as money comes and goes.

With a savings account, they’ll be able to see the value as the account grows and will feel

empowered by contributing to the account.

Add a bit of reality to financial conversations. If your teen is ERIC anxious to rent his first CLARKE apartment and live off campus, show him your monthly bills. This should help him gain a better understanding of how much things really cost and how much he will need to budget to cover his bills before he gets in over his head.

Is a free T-shirt worth access to a Social Security number? The likely answer is, probably not, but our teens might not see it that way.

This is a time when teens need to learn about how to care for their “identity� and how quickly thieves can steal their identity.

This is an opportune time to

give your children a basic understanding about the access their Social Security numbers provide to their identity and how long it can take to repair their credit if it gets into the wrong hands.

Not sure where to start?

Some of this information might be provided during your teen’s college orientation, but if you’d like to give your teen an advantage, you might consider consulting your financial institution for tips on talking to teens or seek seminars offered on such topics as campus safety, protecting your identity and the do’s and don’ts of having that first credit card.

Fifth Third Bank will be hosting “College Prep 101 Open Houses� on May 18, 20 and 21 at area banking centers. Please contact Eric Clarke, Membership Banking Specialist for Fifth Third Bank, to RSVP at 614-744-5357 or Eric.Clarke@53.com.

Engagement Addis, Rice to marry Jamie Addis, daughter of David and Cynthia Addis of Mount Vernon, Ohio, and Adam Rice, son of Julie Weatherington-Rice and Edward Rice of Worthington, have announced their engagement and plans to be married.

The couple has set a June 18 wedding date, with the ceremony to be held at camp Mary Orton.

The bride-to-be is a 2002 graduate of Mount Vernon High School and a 2006 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. She is employed by the Community Housing Network.

The future groom graduated from Thomas Worthington High School in 1999, Miami University in 2004 and Ohio State University in 2007. He is employed by the Community Housing Network.

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Call (614) 885-6219.

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Library news Columbus, 7 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month at Overbrook Presbyterian Church, 4131 N. High St. Call (614) 404-8709 or visit ALColumbus.org.

Lions Tri-Village Noon Club, noon the first Tuesday of the month at the Winking Lizard, 1380 Bethel Road. All are welcome. Call Scott Stevenson at (614) 451-6313.

Tri-Village Rotary Club, 7:158:15 a.m. Wednesdays at the Ohio State University Golf Course Clubhouse, 3605 Tremont Road. Call David Rourke at 205-4083.

Amazing Student Volunteers scholarship finalists announced ThisWeek Community Media and Columbus State Community College have announced the finalists for the Amazing Student Volunteers scholarship contest designed to showcase volunteer efforts of youth in central Ohio.

The scholarship, presented by Columbus State Community College and supported by Stanley Steemer, was open to students in kindergarten through 12th grade in ThisWeek’s five-county coverage area: Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking and Union counties. Entries also were accepted from Madison and Pickaway counties.

ThisWeek received several entries for the contest, which concluded April 30.

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The first-place winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship, and two runners-up will receive $500.

Ten honorable-mention entrants will receive family passes to COSI. The finalists for the Amazing Student Volunteers scholarship are Skyla Andy of Marysville, Graham Bowling of Delaware, Libby Erwin of Reynoldsburg, Hunter Frey of Delaware, Glen Gainer of Westerville, Holly Klepek of Worthington, Eric McCorkle of Dublin, Caitlin Rigsby of Reynoldsburg, Madi Ryan of Westerville, Kristen Sellan of Westerville, Erika Severance of Blacklick, Kailynne Tangeman of Marysville, Jonathan Zins of Dublin and Zachary Zins of Dublin.

The following programs are offered by the Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave. • Music in the Atrium: Maggie Green entertains with bossa nova and samba (sung in Portuguese) and American jazz standards at 7 p.m. today (Thursday, May 12). Free. Call 486-2951. • Music and Movement allows children ages 2-5 to perfect their motor skills with songs and dancing from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 16. Free. Call 481-3778. • Bogey + Huston = Dynamite, a film festival featuring movies with director John Huston and actor Humphrey Bogart, 6:30 p.m. Mondays in May. The May

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(1953). Free. Call 486-2951. • Tales for Toddlers, for children ages 18 to 36 months, meets from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. and 11 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 17.

Call 481-3778. • Happy 100th Birthday, Edison. A celebration of Edison Middle and Intermediate School with the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 17. Free. Call 4862951. • Baby Games, featuring stories for children ages 6 to 17 months, meets from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 18.

Call 481-3778.

• One-on-One Career Coaching. Free 30-minute sessions with Fred Points of the Career Center at Jewish Family Services, are held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. Call Points at 5590118 to make an appointment. • Family Story Time, with stories for children ages 2 to 5, is held from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. Free. Call 4813778. • Computer Classes for Adults.

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Events Library announces Music on the Lawn schedule

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First Ave., will once again offer a series of free outdoor concerts this summer.

Boulevard Presbyterian Concerts are planned for 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesplans May 14 reunion days in June and July. The schedule includes: • June 7: Arnett Howard’s Band (Creole funk) Boulevard Presbyterian Church will host a youth • June 14: The Conspiracy Band (R&B/funk) group and youth choir reunion from 3 to 8 p.m. • June 21: The Majestics (classic soul/rock) Saturday, May 14, at the Skeel Family Farm. • June 28: The British Invasion (’60s music) The reunion will include members of the youth • July 5: The Mendelsonics (R&B/rock) choir or youth group from 1970 to 1985. • July 12: New Orleans Funk Orchestra (DixFor more information, email Dottie Kuhn at ieland) rndkuhn@bellsouth.net. Those who cannot attend • July 19: The Randys (eclectic oldies) are invited to submit a bio and photo via email.

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Goodwill operated the Career Closet at the Morse Road retail store for the last three years. Margie Pizzuti, president and CEO of Goodwill Columbus, said the need to provide one-on-one coun-

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One-on-one personal shopping assistance is a service Dress for Success provides every day, according to Vicki Bowen Hayes, the organization’s executive director.

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1 Most of the young singers

in the Columbus Children’s Choir weren’t even born when the group was founded 15 years ago.

They’ll be around, however, for the choir’s 15th birthday season, which closes with concerts Sunday, May 15, at Capital University’s Mees Hall.

The season’s theme has been “The World of Music,” and that theme continues both by virtue of the program itself — which includes music by Canadian and Danish composers, a Chinese folk song, South African freedom song Siyahamba and more — but also the welcoming of guest performers Con Brio children’s choir (3 p.m. performance) and the Columbus International Children’s Choir (7 p.m.).

“It’s amazing,” longtime music director Sandra Mathias told The Beat. “We’re really excited. We’ve invited kids back who’ve been with us in all that time” for the concerts.

Tickets are $10/$8. Call (614) 220-5555.

Berg had been collecting songs

5 writer Matraca Berg’s new over the years, many that hadn’t

The Airborne Toxic Event

Beat worked hard to SoCal will play the Newport 2 The keep finding The Airborne Music Hall on Sunday, May 15.

Toxic Event pretentious, what with the jazz and classical overtones and the self-aggrandizing literacy of the lyrics and disaffected affectation of Mikel Jollett’s vocal delivery.

But tunes like Sometime Around Midnight, Wishing Well and Changing grew on us. Eventually, we decided this, if it were pretense, wouldn’t be right any other way.

The postmodern rockers from

Vauxhall Broadcast opens. Tickets are $15/$17. Call 1-800-7453000.

Start with a boyfriend-girl-

3 friend duo and add in a few friends for color, and you end up with Brooklyn’s Acrylics.

Molly Shea and Jason Klauber offer up the kind of stuff destined to find its way into a TV ad that makes everyone ask, “Who is that?”

Touring with Swedish pop act Junip, Acrylics will play the Wexner Center for the Arts on Sunday, May 15. Tickets are $16.

Call (614) 292-3535.

4 Blame Usher all you want

for Justin Bieber. After all, he is responsible. But credit him, then, also for his effortless manner and ear for a hook, as demonstrated by a seemingly endless string of hit songs.

On his OMG Tour, Usher is joined by Senegalese-American singer Akon (presumably to sing

The Acrylics

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the hook on every third song) as well as Dev and the Cataracts and Tinie Tempah.

The tour will stop at the Schottenstein Center on Wednesday, May 18. Tickets are $96.50$26.50.

record, The Dreaming Fields, was been recorded by others, and, en14 years in the making. couraged by her friend and fellow It wasn’t supposed to be that performing songwriter, Gretchen way.

Peters, decided it was time to put Berg, who as a songwriter them down. scored her first No. 1 song while “It’s my dream record,” she said. still a teen, was signed to a record “Some of the songs are more than deal in the early 1990s but never 10 years old, but some I just wrote quite fit the bill of what the in- this year. It’s my heart and my dustry was wantsoul.” ing. In 1997, the The record insame year her cludes You and song, StrawberTequila, which also ry Wine (recordhappens to be set to ed by Deana be the next single Carter), was from Kenny Chesnamed song of ney’s latest album. the year by the Berg said she harCountry Music bors no professionAssociation, she al jealousy over any Matraca Berg will play the released an of her songs, that she Columbus Maennerchor on album on Rising never pre-determines Saturday, May 14, in a conTide Records, what she might give which closed cert sponsored by Zeppelin away and what she soon thereafter. Productions. Duo Ryan might hold for her“My record- Humbert and Emily Bates self. ing career had will open. Tickets are $25.

“I’m kind of a been kind of Call (614) 565-6130. whore that way,” she frustrating,” she said. “The plan joked. “I write songs. I love it when was to chill out for a couple years. other people record my songs.”

It turned into 14. It’s one of those Additionally, she admitted that things.”

Carter’s award-winning rendition She said the prolonged hiatus of Strawberry Wine put her in a from recording often was a func- bit of a bind. tion of personal and family obli“After she recorded it, I didn’t gations (“I was working at home, know how to play it myself,” Berg writing songs and working in the said. “She made it so much her garden, so folks just always fig- own, it was shocking because I ured ‘Matraca’s available’”) rather can usually see myself in a song than professional disinterest. And no matter what. That was just the she still was writing songs that exact right artist and the exact right were becoming hits for the likes song.” of the Dixie Chicks, Sara Evans, As for having her own record Gretchen Wilson and others. once again, she admits she’s ap“The next thing I knew, a lot of prehensive about folks finding and time had gone by,” she said with enjoying it. a knowing laugh.

“Shoot. It’s hard to put into She’s never been bitter about words,” she said. “It hasn’t really the “major label” thing — more hit me yet.” matter-of-fact.

“I’m just as guilty” as the in■ For more from The Beat’s industry, she said. “That’s one of the terview with Matraca Berg, read reasons I stopped, so I could get the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeeka better picture of what I wanted.” News.com.

Worthington Inn has revamped spring menu MENU

The backs of the rock-tour-apt black T-shirts worn by busboys read: “Local, Fresh and Natural since 1831.” On the restaurant's Twitter feed — near notices

by G.A. Benton for its just-released spring menu and a wine dinner featuring grilled quail, ramps and morel mushrooms — was this: “I already know because you’ve seen this cook with wine, sometimes I even add it reviews headline and photos. to the food. (W.C. Fields).” What cheeky But do you take my point? Mention eatery could I be speaking of? OK, you the extraordinary Worthington Inn, and too often people say “great Sunday brunch” and then, as the image of an expensive and vintage joint visited with parents takes hold, the conversation sputters. And that is sad.

Yes, the greatingredient- and creative-chef-drivBy Jodi Miller/ThisWeek en Worthington King's Farm chicken entree at the Worthington Inn. Inn exists in the

uppermost echelons of Columbus restaurants, so it can be pricey. And sure, it’s housed in a museum-quality, 19th-century country mansion. But the inn offers some oh-so-good values and isn’t in the least lagging behind our local-ingredient-focused fine-dining scene. If you doubt these things, you’re likely the one lagging.

Part of the Worthington Inn’s 2011 spring menu is its revamped pub offerings available in the casual bar area (where terrific jazz bands play on Friday and Saturday evenings) and the front-porch-like patio. From that short food list, the Ohioraised, grass-fed beef Lights Out Burger ($13) was a knockout.

Arriving on a toasted, locally baked Stan Evans sesame-seed bun was a lean and mean heavyweight-champion patty with a killer grilled crust. This juicy mauler is brilliant, robed in thick-cut, super-crispy bacon, fun “tobacco onions” (like ungreasy onion straws), arugula, cheddar cheese and a zingy and sweet barbecuetype sauce. In the burger’s corner were

terrific, fresh house-transformed pickles and nifty hand-cut fries.

Some extra cheap selections from the pub menu are the thin and snappy-crusted Grilled Flatbreads. These come in either a surprisingly spicy meat version (with hot Italian sausage and banana peppers) or a rich and pungent veggie (with Point Reyes bleu cheese, shiitake mushrooms, spinach and caramelized onions).

Both are half-priced during happy hour (3-7 p.m. Monday through Friday), setting you back about $5.

At $2.50, the clever Cucumber-Chili Ceviche is always cheap and bursting with light, lively and refreshing flavors.

Here, big hunks of cucumber are bathed in fresh lime, a habanero zest heating up and cooling off sprinkles of cilantro.

The new dinner menu frequently — and winningly — unites Mediterranean cuisine with Asian flavors and French techniques. Thus a lovely duck appetizer special ($14) presented beautiful, fanned-out pink fowl gently “black tea smoked.” Accompanying the meat was

a neat peanut-buttery noodle salad (with slivered veggies and spicy nuts) plus a not-gloppy sweet chili sauce. Ginger and sesame oil tied together the plate’s clean flavors.

Also great was the Spring Lamb ($32).

Perfectly grilled, succulent chops were outfitted with fluffy couscous topped with a racy artichoke and harissa ragu, plus the yin and yang of minty tzatziki and sriracha sauces.

If you think chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans sound humdrum (they do), try them here and you'll think again.

A black-peppery crusted, locally raised free-range half bird (with a deboned thigh) arrived with a rich demi-like morel gravy, tangy spuds and a buttery and pretty succotash of haricots verts, squash and tomatoes.

Dessert-wise, the shortcake-like Strawberry Molly ($8) similarly added cheffy verve (and white chocolate mousse) to another spring-flinging favorite.

The moral (and morel) of this story: the inn is in.

DiBella’s: Our sandwich bread rises to the occasion So you’re thinking, “Yawn. Not another sub shop.”

Indeed, another national sandwich chain has picked Columbus for its next Ohio store.

DiBella’s Old Fashioned Submarines, based in Rochester, N.Y., has opened at 4949 Tuttle Crossing Blvd.

Adam Burton, chief marketing officer for the company, stresses that DiBella’s is not just another sandwich shop.

“Once you try our subs, you’re not going to want anybody else’s,” he said. “Give it a shot. Trust me: It’s better than anything you’ve ever had.”

DiBella’s joins countless other sub shops in the region, both national and homegrown, including Subway, Jersey Mike’s, Quiznos, Penn Station, Jimmy John’s, Potbelly, Charlie’s Grilled Subs, w.g. Grinders and Johnny Buccelli’s.

One key difference, Burton said, is the bread. The frozen dough is delivered raw to each of the company’s 21 corporate stores, where it proofs and is baked

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An early lunch crowd lines up at DiBella’s Old Fashioned Submarines on May 5. The store opened recently at 4949 Tuttle Crossing Blvd.

on site.

Another distinction is that DiBella’s does not toast its subs “because we don’t think that’s fair to our bread,” he said.

Similar to other sandwich chains, it offers cold and grilled meats, topped with a choice of cheeses and condiments. Subs come in small (7 inches), medium (10) and large (14). The menu is rounded out with green salads and fresh-baked cookies, chips and pasta, macaroni and potato salads.

DiBella’s started as an Italian grocery store in 1918 and began selling subs about 30 years ago. It became a subs-only business 20 years ago and began expanding five years later.

“It had a personal feel that really resonated with customers,” Burton said, adding that DiBella’s has 21 stores in four states.

The location for the first Columbus store, an outparcel at the main entrance of the Mall at Tuttle Crossing, was chosen because of the high traffic counts, growth in the area and stellar demographics, Burton said. The 4,000-square-foot space formerly was occupied by a Cord Camera. A patterned ceiling, subway-tiled floors, red neon signs, diner-style booths give an “old-school” atmosphere, he said.

“From the first step you take in the door, you will notice the difference,” Burton said. “It doesn’t feel like a chain when you come in.”

David Kincheloe, president of National Restaurant Consultants, said the fast-casual segment of the industry is flourishing because of the economy. As long as DiBella’s differentiates itself from the throng of current sandwich shops, it can thrive, even in the competitive central Ohio market, he said.

“If they’re providing what is perceived by the guest as a true value, they’ll fit in and generate their own kind of market excitement,” he said.

DiBella’s is open lunch and dinner hours daily. For more information, call (614) 717-1111.

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Bradley standout loves softball When I was talking with a veteran high school softball coach in central Ohio about Hilliard Bradley’s talented senior, Kellie Roudabush, he told me, “It’s simple, Larry. This girl can flat out hit a softball.”

And that is what this Jaguars standout has been doing all season.

Through LARRY 18 games, R o u d a bu s h LARSON was batting .576 with seven doubles, three triples, four home runs and 20 RBI. She also has been stellar as a pitcher with a 10-2 record and a 1.99 ERA, but it’s her offense that has sparked Bradley to 15 wins in those 18 games.

“I work very hard at every aspect of softball, but right now I have more confidence swinging the bat than the other parts of the game,” Roudabush said.

By Paul Vernon/ThisWeek “I do tee-work every day as I constantly try to improve as a Pat McHugh of Grandview Heights competes in the 110-meter hurdles during the Bobcat Booster Invitational on April 29. The Bobcats will conclude the MSL-Cardinal hitter, and before we play I take Division meet on Friday, May 13, before competing in the Division III district meet, which begins Tuesday, May 17, at Gahanna. a 10-minute jog and try to visualize what I am going to do at bat against their pitcher. All of that helps me focus on what I want to complete. When I am at bat I clear everything else out of my mind because I want no distractions and, until there are

By SCOTT HENNEN “I had goals to set records, but I two strikes on me, I look for ThisWeek Community Newspapers never thought I would be able to my pitch. reach them in pretty much one sea“I guess I would be called a Joe Trapp isn’t making things any son of running.” power hitter and I am striving easier for coach Brian Schoch.

Trapp said he trained in the weight to be a complete hitter, and that The senior sprinter on the Grand- room and did a lot of running durmeans taking what’s given to me view Heights High School boys ing the winter. Then when the seaand going with the pitch. When track and field team ran in three son started, he shied away from inI was a freshman, I pulled everyevents and set three program records tense workouts in an attempt to stay thing and now, as I have maduring the Friday Night at Grand- healthy. tured, I have learned how to hit view Heights meet May 6.

“During the preseason and the the outside pitch and how to hit The problem for Schoch was that first couple of weeks of meets, I the outside pitch with power. he had just hung a sign at the An- couldn’t do full-on workouts,” he “I feel like I am a coachable derson Stadium entrance listing the said. “I made sure that I would athlete and I have been lucky track and field records. stretch a lot and sit in ice a lot this to have coach (Kevin) Moody “I ordered (the sign) and then year.” with me at both Hilliard Darby Hannah Stefanoff set the record in Midway through his sophomore and here at Bradley. I have had the 3,200 (meters) (at the Bobcat season, Trapp burst from the blocks my summer coaches and my Booster Invitational on April 29) and first felt the pain in his hip. That dad work with me and they have and now Joe set the record in the twinge hobbled him for much of his been able to change my swing 200 and as a member of the (400) career, but now he is making up for at times, teach me not to hit off and (800) relays,” Schoch said. lost time. my front foot too much, how to “Now I have four records that “I never really go into a race use my hips for power in my have to be changed.

If I would thinking that I’m going to win. Just swing and the importance of have known that would have going out there and running has been following through when you happened, I would have put the good for me,” he said. “I just go out hit. I think I have learned well.” board up earlier.” and run each race like it’s going to In the circle, Roudabush likes Trapp won the 200 in a record be my last. And with my history, it to rely on her full arsenal of 22.24 seconds, beating the 22.6 set just may very well be.” pitches.

by Mitch Alderman in 1988.

Schoch knew Trapp always had “I have become the type of “This is like 100 times better than the talent to stand out from the pack. pitcher who can definitely bring I ever expected,” Trapp said. “It’s “I think part of it is this being his the fastball, but I like to mix up senior night and I was able to do senior year and the sense of urgency my pitches to keep the oppothis. Unbelievable.” that comes with that,” Schoch said. nents off balance,” she said. “I Trapp also was on the record-set- “But he’s also a hard worker. He am very confident with my ting 400 relay with senior John Dick- came out for cross country last fall screwball right now and I never son, junior Jason Franks and sen- and even though he’s normally a want the batters to know what ior Ryan Schofield. They ran 44.25 sprinter, he turned himself in to a is coming. I am also very conto beat the previous best of 45.1 by good cross-country runner. That exfident with my teammates beJarrod Tudor, Matt White, Zeke perience also helped him with his hind me on defense. Practice is White and Eric Crabill in 1987. conditioning.” definitely paying off with our The 800 relay of Trapp, Dickson, After sweeping the Booster Inviteam and we are learning to pick junior Evan Tillett and Schofield tational for the first time since 1996, each other up if a mistake is finished in 1:33.1, beating the 1:33.5 Grandview did an encore in the Frimade. Remember since Bradley of Ben Graves, Pat Muccio, An- day Night at Grandview Heights. is a new school we have only thony Perez and Marcus Szabo in The Bobcats won the boys meet been together for two seasons.

2006. with 125 points, followed by HamilBut everyone gets along and, even though I had two great “This is amazing because I have ton Township (87), Big Walnut (70),

By Paul Vernon/ThisWeek had hip-flexor problems for the past Africentric (38) and Harvest Prep years at Darby, I am glad I am two seasons and really didn’t know Grandview’s Emma Haase clears the bar on a pole vault attempt at the Bobcat Booster See LARSON, page A12 Invitational.

See BOBCATS, page A12 what to expect this year,” Trapp said.

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Ready Roundup

Softball team aiming for another tourney run

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A hot stretch of play amid rough weather had the Ready High School softball team feeling confident about its chances in the Division III district tournament.

The Silver Knights were tripped up in a district semifinal last season, but they had advanced to at least a district final during each of the previous nine years.

If their recent success is an indicator, they could find themselves back at that level over the coming weeks.

After going 5-4 over its first nine games, Ready won six of its next seven, including a 5-2 win over Watterson on May 4 to earn a season sweep of its CCL rival.

“We’ve always been fine,” coach Nick Joseph said. “You can’t play two games a week and expect to be playing your best ball. All we needed was a little bit of consistency. They’re all feeling confident, especially after what we did (against Watterson). They did a really good job against a good pitcher.”

Included in Ready’s recent surge were a 12-7 win over Hartley on April 26 and a 4-0 win over Licking Valley on April 29. Those teams were ranked fifth and fourth, respectively, in the Division II area coaches poll last week.

Better pitching by senior Katie Ardrey was among the key aspects of Ready’s improved play.

district semifinal for the eighth time in 10 seasons.

Last season, Ready went 8-21 overall but upset top-seeded Fredericktown 4-3 in a second-round tournament game.

The 11th-seeded Silver Knights opened the postseason May 10 at home against Amanda-Clearcreek, with the winner to play Thursday, May 12, at fifth-seeded Liberty Union. The winner of the second-round game plays in a district semifinal Tuesday, May 17, at Dublin Jerome, where fourth-seeded North Union could be the opponent.

Senior Erik Dubiel, who saw key innings in the win over Fredericktown last season, entered the postseason as the team’s No. 1 pitcher. Sophomore Mitch McNabb also was slated to get key innings in the tournament.

Junior Brian Horn was among the area leaders in batting average (.442) and RBI (21) through 16 games.

Ready got an opportunity to watch Liberty Union firsthand on May 7 when it played Grandview and the Lions at home in a doubleheader.

“With our schedule being so sporadic, it’s been difficult to get on a roll,” coach Harry Caruso said. “We’ve had some good games, and then we’ve had to go days without practice and roll back out there. We’ve always been ready for the tournament in the past and I think we (are) again.”

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Ready baseball, softball, boys tennis and track & field teams: BASEBALL April 27 — Lost to Fisher Catholic 16-11 April 28 — Lost to Jonathan Alder 6-1 April 29 — Defeated Fairbanks 9-3 April 30 — Def. Hilliard Bradley 8-1 and 8-2 *May 2 — Lost to St. Charles 6-4 May 3 — Game vs. Bexley postponed because of bad weather May 5 — Def. West Jefferson 3-2 *May 6 — Lost to Watterson 10-3 May 7 — Def. Grandview 12-11; lost to Liberty Union 15-0 May 10 — Played Amanda-Clearcreek in first round of Division III district tournament. Winner plays at fifth-seeded Liberty Union in second round May 12. Winner plays North Union, Johnstown or Galion Northmor in district semifinal May 17 at Dublin Jerome. Winner plays in district final May 19 at Dublin Coffman.

Of note: The Silver Knights were 12-9 overall before May 10 and finished 2-6 in the CCL.

SOFTBALL *April 26 — Def. Hartley 12-7 April 28 — Def. Heath 10-0 April 29 — Def. Licking Valley 4-0; lost to Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin 3-2 in Ready Spring Classic April 30 — Def. Millersport 10-0 in Ready Spring Classic *May 4 — Def. Watterson 5-2 May 7 — Def. Jonathan Alder 10-1; def. Westerville North 16-2 May 9 — Def. Linden-McKinley 19-0 in five innings in first round of Division III district tournament. Winner played Madison Plains or London in second round May 11. Winner plays Mount Gilead, East Knox or Marion Elgin in district semifinal May 16 at Pickerington Central. Winner plays in district final May 18 at Central.

May 10 — Played Hilliard Bradley *May 12 — Played DeSales Of note: The Silver Knights were 15-5 overall before May 10 and are 3-2 in the CCL. BOYS TENNIS *May 4 — Lost to Watterson 5-0 May 9 — Lost to Worthington Christian 4-1 *May 10 — Played DeSales *May 11 — Played Hartley May 12, 14 — Division II sectional tournament at Columbus Academy. The top four

singles players and doubles teams advance to the district tournament May 20-21 at Academy.

Of note: The Silver Knights were 3-7 overall and 0-2 in the CCL before May 10.

TRACK & FIELD April 26 — Boys: Finished second (53) behind Columbus Academy (75) and ahead of St. Charles (33); Girls: Finished second (59) behind Columbus School for Girls (69.5) and ahead of Academy (35.5) April 30 — Boys: Finished first (123) in seventeam Anthony Wilson Invitational at Franklin Heights; Girls: Finished first (127) in eightteam Anthony Wilson Invitational May 4 — Boys: Finished third (36) behind Academy (71) and Watterson (43); Girls: Finished third (77) in six-team Jack Guy Alumnae Invitational at CSG behind host Unicorns (143) and Bexley (123) May 12, 14 — Boys, girls: CCL championships at CSG May 17-21 — Boys: Division III district meet at Gahanna. The top four finishers in each event advance to regional May 25 and 27 at Fairfield Union; Girls: Division II district meet at Hamilton Township. The top four finishers in each event advance to regional May 26 and 28 in Dayton. *CCL contest

Offensively, Dani Pugh (.506 batting average with 29 RBI through 16 games), Erin Bennett (.480), Sam Curry (19 RBI) and Ardrey (22 walks) all have been among the key contributors.

“It was never Katie’s fault,” Joseph said of Ardrey’s performance in the circle. “This is the first year I’ve called pitches, and she’s done whatever I’ve asked.”

The Silver Knights were seeded eighth for the district tournament and opened the postseason May 9 against Linden-McKinley.

The winner was to play May 11 against Madison Plains or London, with the victor advancing to a district semifinal Monday, May 16, at Pickerington Central against third-seeded Mount Gilead, East Knox or Marion

Elgin. The district final is Wednesday, May 18, at Pickerington Central, where top-seeded Liberty Union could be looming.

Ready was scheduled to play Liberty Union on April 2 and Mount Gilead on April 16, but both games were canceled because of bad weather.

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A Delayed Victory: Upper Arlington’s Olivia Menden won the 1,600 meters on May 6.

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“I just love everything about softball,” she said. “I love to hit, I love to field, I love to pitch, I love to run the bases, I love sliding and I love being around a group of teammates that all have a common goal, and that is to win a conference title and hopefully a whole lot more.”

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here at Bradley because it has allowed me to be a leader on the team and that is something that has helped me grow as a person. I have learned that if you have a challenge, then go out and work hard to reach that challenge. Being a leader has helped me work with all kinds of people and has helped me mature as an individual.”

Roudabush, who will play softball at the Larry Larson is a former athletics director at University of Akron beginning next year, is as Grandview High School. He can be heard as passionate about her sport as any athlete I have “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM.

(33). The girls had 115 points to finish ahead of Hamilton Township and Africentric, which tied for second (80). Big Walnut was third (61), followed by Harvest Prep (14).

Schoch hopes that can turn into a third double victory in as many Fridays when the MSLCardinal Division meet concludes Friday, May 13, at Berne Union.

“We have been improving our competition over the past few weeks working toward (the league meet) and the postseason,” Schoch said. “We have had a couple of good days on the last couple Fridays, but to win a league meet you have to have two strong days of competition.

You have to do well in the preliminaries (May 10) as well as in the finals.”

The girls team will be looking for its third consecutive MSLCardinal title after scoring 159 points to win last season ahead of runner-up Fisher Catholic (108). The boys were fourth (82.5) behind champion Berne Union (151).

In the Friday Night at Grandview Heights, other boys champions for the Bobcats were junior Joe Anderson (shot put, 41 feet, 4 inches); junior Brendan Cox (high jump, 5-10); freshman Luke Evans (1,600, 4:48.1); sophomore Chase Gage (3,200, 10:30.5); and Schofield (300 hurdles, 42.89). The 3,200 relay of freshman Josh Smith, senior Dylan Golding, junior Ben

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Grandview Heights baseball, softball, boys tennis and track & field teams: BASEBALL *May 4 — Lost to Liberty Union 7-3 *May 5 — Defeated Millersport 15-2 in five innings *May 6 — Lost to West Jefferson 9-4 May 7 — Lost to Ready 12-11 May 10 — Played Worthington Christian in first round of Division III district tournament. Winner plays in second round May 12 at second-seeded Fredericktown. Winner plays seventhseeded Columbus Academy, Berne Union or Caledonia River Valley in district semifinal May 16 at Delaware.

Winner plays in district final May 18 at Dublin Coffman. *May 11 — Played Harvest Prep Of note: The Bobcats were 5-14 overall and 4-9 in the MSL-Cardinal before May 10.

SOFTBALL May 3 — Game at Hamilton Township postponed *May 4 — Lost to Berne Union 12-2 in six innings *May 5 — Lost to Millersport 1-0 May 6 — Lost to Bexley 11-0 in five innings May 7 — Lost to Heath 20-3 in five innings May 9 — Lost to Utica 15-3 in five in-

Mathes and Cox was first in 8:37.3.

Winners for the girls included freshman Halli Baird (1,600, 5:47.1); senior Karen DanielHamberg (long jump, 14-11 1/4); junior Selby Gage (3,200, 13:02); senior Sarah Meier (100 hurdles, 15.89); and junior Julie Menke (300 hurdles, 54.29).

The 800 relay of sophomore Lindsey Smith, junior Emily

nings in opening round of Division III district tournament *May 12 — At West Jefferson Of note: The Bobcats are 4-15 overall and 3-10 in the MSL-Cardinal. *MSL-Cardinal game BOYS TENNIS *May 5 — Lost to Fisher Catholic 3-2 *May 3 — Lost to Bexley 5-0 *May 7 — Finished fifth (15) in seventeam MSL-Cardinal/Ohio tournament at Academy behind Bexley (47), Academy (43), Granville (29) and Fisher Catholic (17) and ahead of Whitehall (8) and West Jefferson (2).

May 10 — Played Jonathan Alder May 11 — Played Village Academy May 12, 14 — Division II sectional tournament at Columbus Academy.

Top four finishers in singles and doubles advance to district tournament May 20-21 at Academy.

Of note: The Bobcats were 5-7 overall before May 10. *MSL-Cardinal/Ohio match TRACK & FIELD May 6 — Boys: Finished first (125) in five-team Friday Night at Grandview Heights ahead of runner-up Hamilton Township (87); Girls: Finished first (115) in five-team Friday Night at Grandview Heights ahead of runners-up Africentric and Hamilton Township (80) May 10, 13 — MSL-Cardinal meet at Berne Union May 17-18, 21 — Division III district tournament at Gahanna. Top four in each event advance to regional May 25 and 27 at Fairfield Union.

Lachey, sophomore Anna Davis and junior Jordan Fitzgerald won in 1:54.8 and the 1,600 relay of freshman Laura Satterthwaite, Meier, Baird and Fitzgerald won in 4:16.7. The 3,200 relay of Baird, Stefanoff, junior Gwen Downey and Selby Gage won in 10:47.7. shennen@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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