December 9, 2010
Grigsby is officially city manager City Council unanimously approved an ordinance as an emergency, immediately appointing the 21-year Dublin employee to the city manager position v acated when Terry Foegler left the post after 18 months for a job with Ohio State University. As city manager, Grigsby will collect an annual base salary of $180,000 with the usual benefits. Council also offered Marsha Grigsby her a longevity incentive for three years
By JENNIFER NOBLIT
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After filling in three times as interim city manager, Dublin’s longtime finance director Marsha Grigsby has taken the position permanently. On Monday, Dublin
and Mayor Tim Lecklider said it was included “because Marsha is eligible to retire” soon. Council member Marilee ChinniciZuercher said Grigsby is a good choice to lead the city because “when you have a financial position, you really get to see the whole enterprise.” Grigsby thanked council for the chance to lead the city. “From a professional standpoint you
couldn’t ask for a better opportunity,” she said. Dublin originally welcomed Grigsby to the city as the assistant finance director in 1989. She was promoted to director of finance in 1991. Lecklider said a reception to celebrate Grigsby’s appointment is planned for Jan. 24. Council also unanimously approved incentives for the tech-startup business
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A closer look
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By Chris Parker/ThisWeek
People mill around the base of the Dublin Christmas tree after it was lighted Thursday, Dec. 2. The tree is in front of Indian Run Elementary School. For more pictures, see page B1.
The Dublin police are hoping people will carefully consider how to choose their ride. The police department’s new campaign “Choose Your Ride … Don’t Drink and Drive” is taking aim at drunken driving and hoping to reduce incidents through education and consideration of consequences. “It goes back to our key mission,” said Lt. John DeJarnette. “Our mission is to reduce crime, reduce accidents and prepare for critical incidents.” OVI, or the charge of operating a vehicle while impaired, is a first-degree misdemeanor. DeJarnette said the maximum penalty for the first offense is six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. OVI also has contributed to Dublin’s number of traffic crashes, DeJarnette said. “It’s all for the greater good of keeping people safe,” he said. “We want people to have a good time, but do it safely.” Last year Dublin police officers made 133 OVI arrests, but DeJarnette said there has been a “significant increase” this year. “For this year so f ar we have 167 OVI arrests and we’ve still got a month to go,” he said. The “Choose Your Ride” campaign will target people while they’re at Dublin’s drinking establishments; DeJarnette, said the task is to get people to think about how they’re getting home. “We wanted to partner with area bars to try to promote getting a safe way home,” he said. “If you’re going to go out and have a beverage, think about how you’ll get home. This is just another strategy to reduce crashSee POLICE TO TRY, page A2
Christine Wilson Foundation
Fundraiser moves from Dublin to Capitol Theater the Capitol Theater. The foundation was started in 2003 after Christine Wilson died in a house A Dublin-based charity’ s annual fire near Ohio State University campus. fundraiser has a new home in Downtown The Wilson family banded together with Columbus. friends and neighbors to honor her memThe Christine Wilory. son Foundation, which Mark King, the Wilson’s next-door raises money for the neighbor, composed an album of ChristChild and Family Admas music in her honor, which he’s pervocacy Center at Chilformed at a public concert every year. dren’s Hospital, is King, who is also a member of the moving its Christine’s foundation’s board, said the move to the Christmas concert to Christine Wilson Capitol Theater could expand the con-
By LISA AURAND
ThisWeek Community Newspapers At Monday’s city council meeting, developer Charles Ruma talked about his “Home for Hope” project that is being constructed in Tartan West. The home will be built around cancer prevention, Ruma said, with a kitchen focused on preparation of organic food, a home gym and garden.
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Police launch new campaign to deter drunken driving
‘Home O CHRISTMAS TREE for Hope’ comes to Dublin A home broke ground in Dublin on Monday. It could produce lots of money for cancer research. At Monday’s city council meeting, developer Charles Ruma talked about his “Home for Hope” project that is being constructed in Tartan West. Ruma, president of Virginia Homes, told council members he was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2006. After treatment at the James Cancer Hospital at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ruma said he’s cancer-free. “In 2006…I decided to build a home and donate the money to the James and (cancer) research,” he said Monday. The home will be built around cancer prevention, Ruma said, with a kitchen focused on preparation of organic food, a home gym and garden. “We’ve kicked the project off,” he said. “I’m excited to get on with (it).” According to Ruma, 90 percent of the proceeds from the sale of the 3,100-square-foot home will go to The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. The remaining 10 percent will go to the LanceArmstrong Foundation. “I’d like to thank you as a fellow cancer survi vor,” council member John Reiner said. Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher echoed Reiner’s comments and said she was happy to see the home being built in Dublin. “I hope your colleagues will also follow suit,” she said. Ruma said several contractors are offering free labor for the project because their lives have been touched by cancer. “I had a goal of $100,000,” he said. “I hope to reach that.” The home is expected to be auc-
FlyMuch on Monday. According to economic development administrator, Colleen Gilger, Dublin is offering FlyMuch a four-year, 18-percent performance incentive on income tax withholdings collected by the city to operate in Dublin for five years and create 30 jobs. “It’s also considered our local match,”
cert’s reach. “We’ve gotten some really incredible encouragement from a group of around 450 people who seem to come every year,” King said. “They’ve communicated to us through e-mails,phone calls and casual discussions on the street that this is something that everybody needs to have access to.” The concert was originally held in the Weigel Auditorium at the OSU School of Music, a 750-seat venue, but a schedSee FUNDRAISER, page A5
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A closer look Doors for the Christine’s Christmas concert will open at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec 11, at the Capitol Theater in the Vern Riffe Center, 77 S. High St. The concert begins at 7 p.m. A reception — featuring heavy hors d’oeuvres, desserts and a cash bar, as well as a silent auction — will follow in the lobby.
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