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Dec. 16, 2010

Council: No balanced budget for 2011

By JEFF DONAHUE ThisWeek Community Newspapers After numerous committee meetings and months of discussion, Bexley City Council has approved the city’s 2011 operating budget.

Despite a lengthy list of budget reductions, council was unable to deliver a balanced budget, a fact that frustrated finance and judiciary committee chair Ben Kessler.

“I appreciate all the work that every-

body put into this budget,” Kessler said.

“For me, this has been a very difficult and frustrating process. I would love to present council and the administration with a balanced budget. It’s difficult to go through all the dialogue we went through and to come to council with a budget that has us spending more than we’re taking in.”

The 2011 budget calls for approximately $11.1-million in general fund expenditures but just under $10-million in revenues. The city will be able to make

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It’s difficult to go through all the dialogue we went through and to come to council with a budget that has us spending more than we’re taking in.

Ben Kessler

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— finance and judiciary committee chair

up the difference thanks to its $3-million carryover from 2010.

Kessler said the deficit budget wasn’t the result of a lack of effort.

“I do feel strongly that we have reduced and cut and slashed and burned to the point where we are at essentially a bare-bones budget,” he said. “There are some other things that we can address and we should continue to address in 2011. We have reduced through attrition and through some layoffs over the past couple of years, some of our non-safety

personnel. We’re about 10 percent down in that category. We’re much lower with attorney fees. We have much less in planning and consultancy fees. Our health insurance fees have done very well compare to the market in general. Yet, especially in times of economic difficulty, we are having the growth of expenses outpace the growth of our revenues.”

Kessler noted that the existing general fund balance allows the city some de-

Chickens can legally roost in Bexley

CHECKING IT TWICE

By JEFF DONAHUE

By Tim Norman/ThisWeek

Santa Claus gets a little help from four-year-old Sophia Speiss as they read her six-year-old brother, Jonathan’s, wish list during their visit at Jeffrey Mansion on Dec. 12. Santa visited with children and read “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” during his visit.

Council may appoint temporary replacement for deployed member

By JEFF DONAHUE ThisWeek Community Newspapers The debate over how to deal with the city council vacancy created when Matt Lampke was called up for military duty is apparently far from over.

Bexley City Council president Jeff McClelland said council may have the option of naming a temporary member who would serve until Lampke returns from active military duty in Iraq.

Lampke, a three-term council member

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and a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, was deployed to Iraq last month and could be gone for as long as a year.

This is the second time in Lampke’s career that he has had to temporarily vaMatt cate his city council seat Lampke for military duty. In 2003 he was mobilized for a 5-month period.

At the time of his deployment, city council members agreed to excuse his absences

for as long as possible, provided that it did not interfere with council’s ability to conduct city business.

Lampke said his orders are for a 365-day deployment and that he anticipates he will not likely return until the U.S. involvement in Iraq has ended. U.S. government officials have previously stated that they hoped to have operations in Iraq concluded by the end of 2011.

McClelland said he is looking into the leSee LAMPKE, page A2

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A closer look

Why did the chicken cross the road?

It just might have been to flee from Columbus’ tough residential poultry regulations for the greener grass and policies of Bexley.

Citing the “Green Movement” and the positive aspects of responsible chicken ownership in an urban setting, Bexley City Council unanimously approved an ordinance during its Dec. 7 meeting, giving residents the right to keep a limited number of chickens in their backyards.

Aside from a couple of e-mail letters voicing displeasure with the legislation, there was no organized opposition. In fact, prochicken residents, some of whom were already raising chickens, flocked to public hearings to support the legislation. Local chicken owners even had a voice in drafting the ordinance, which was designed to be much less restrictive than laws on the books in neighboring Columbus.

The legislation, introduced by zoning committee chairman Rick Weber, received a third reading and unanimous approval Dec. 7.

Bexley residents will be able to legally raise chickens within the city 30 days after the passage of the ordinance.

Prior to the creation of what has become known as The Chicken Ordinance, Bexley’s city code was silent on the issue of residents raising chickens in their backyards.

The ordinance creates a new City Code Section, 618.24, chickens. It allows the city to regulate

Bexley City Council unanimously approved an ordinance during its Dec. 7 meeting, giving residents the right to keep a limited number of chickens.

the ownership of chickens within city limits.

Highlights of the ordinance: • Residents must obtain a permit from the city prior to acquiring chickens.

• An inspection must be conducted by the Bexley Animal Control Officer within 60 days of acquiring chickens.

• The chickens must be kept in a secure enclosure in the owner’s back yard.

• Coop must be provided, kept clean and in good repair.

• And no person shall sell eggs produced by the chickens or keep a rooster on the premises.

• A resident is allowed up to three dogs or cats total. If they do not have any dogs or cats, they could have a total of five chickens. If they have a dog and a cat, they can have three chickens.

According to the ordinance, a violation is a minor misdemeanor for a first offense. A subsequent offense is a fourth-degree misdemeanor. In the event of subsequent violations, the court may order the forfeiture of the animals.

A related city code was also amended to read that “no person shall keep more than five dogs, cats and chickens, of which no more than three may be dogs, excluding puppies and/or kittens less than six months old.”

School district to host CSG bazaar raises funds for health-wellness summit projects around the world

By TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Bexley City Schools will host a health-and-wellness summit on Jan. 29.

A panel of specialists from health-related fields will discuss issues facing children and will lead sessions on those issues.

Superintendent Mike Johnson said health and wellness was a major part of Ohio’s legislative discussion last year.

“In terms of whole child development … sleeping habits, study habits and nutritional habits are all important to being successful,” he said.

Johnson said there are a number of people in Bexley interest-

ed in the safety of children and making sure the school district has procedures in place to protect children who have food allergies.

Another concern is making sure that faculty and staff are paying attention to the health needs of children by monitoring food that is served to item during lunch, snack and class parties and celebrations, Johnson said.

“That all seems to be important to a number of people in the community,” he said. “We can always improve … particularly with respect to consuming candy and junk food.”

School board member Marlee Snowdon said obesity is becoming a national health crisis and the district needs to make sure it is doing everything possible to ad-

dress the issue.

“It is a difficult and complex issue that demands response from leaders of any community,” she said. “As we seek to support children in their learning environment we are mindful that all children learn better when they have healthy food nourishing their bodies.”

Members of the committee are Snowdon, Laura Robertson Boyd, Laura Powers, Kelly Schultze and Johnson.

The summit will begin at 9 a.m. when specialists will address how health and wellness choices affect learning. Five breakout sessions are scheduled from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

Topics include locally grown See SUMMIT, page A2

By TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Columbus School for Girls will hold its annual Adopt-a-School Bazaar Dec. 17.

The girls of the Lower School and the program for young children celebrate the need to recycle by reusing and designing gifts for the bazaar. Items are available for purchase for 25 cents to a couple of dollars, said communications director Mary Lorenz.

Art teacher Nan Hadley said proceeds from the bazaar benefit a number of worthy causes — the Umbabazi orphanage, the Gorilla project in Rwanda, East Africa through Partners in Conservation at the Columbus Zoo and the Sucasari Elementary School on the Amazon River in Peru.

Students purchase all the school supplies for a year at the Peruvian school, Hadley said.

Science teacher Janet Hall is a co-founder of the project.

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About 15 years ago, Hall and another CSG teacher participated in a tropical rainforest ecology class in Peru. The program incorporated service learning and environmental education issues in the region.

During the trip, they participated in a program that assisted the Peruvian education department and a service organization that delivered supplies to area schools. Hall was so impressed with the program she suggested the CSG Lower School participate as a way to introduce service learning to students.

“I came up with the idea of making crafts, after bringing back many Peruvian rainforest crafts that are made from reusable and recyclable materials,” she said.

One-third of the money goes to the Sucasari School, one-third to Partners in Conservation and one-third to a local service project selected by See BAZAAR, page A2

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Retired officer returns as civilian employee

By JEFF DONAHUE ThisWeek Community Newspapers Bexley Police Chief Larry Rinehart knows money is tight in the city budget. That’s why he took a creative approach to solving a staffing problem within the department.

Rinehart has received council approval of his plan to hire a retired Bexley police detective as a part-time civilian employee to help meet a variety of departmental needs.

“This has become critical for us,” Rinehart said.

“Especially in 2010, the investigative burden has increased significantly. We haven’t seen such a significant increase in the number of cases that have to be investigated, but the type of crimes we are investigating require a tremendous amount of manpower, more than ever before. Even when we are fully staffed, we can’t handle the burden.”

Rinehart said the department gets about 12 new cases each week, about half of which are the type that require a lot of manhours to investigate.

“What it has done to us is it has forced us to put some misdemeanor crimes on the back burner,” he said. “Those are crimes that typically we make some arrests in given the opportunity to track them down. But we have had to put them

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on the back burner and those cases are getting colder and colder.”

Rinehart said one of the department’s four detectives isn’t able to carry an active caseload because of the administrative duties that take up his time, including property room management, record management, court liaison and public information officer duties, which are handled by civilian employees in many other central Ohio communities.

“The properly trained person doesn’t necessarily have to be a uniformed police officer,” Rinehart said. “I’ve got four detectives and one of them can’t do detective work because of these administrative duties.”

When Tony Martin recently retired after 35 years with the department, he did so because he had reached the maximum service level within his retirement system, Rinehart said. When Rinehart approached Martin about returning as a parttime civilian employee, Rinehart said Martin was quick to accept the offer.

“By taking on these administrative duties as a civilian employee, he will enable my detective sergeant to manage a caseload and gets those misdemeanor cases off the back burner,” Rinehart said.

Lampke

Continued from page A1 gree of flexibility in dealing with the budget, but noted that the days of depending on estate tax windfalls to meet expenses have most likely come and gone. He also mentioned the state budget crisis and the likelihood of cuts to the local government fund, which accounts for approximately 7-percent of the city’s general fund, as additional reasons for concern.

Kessler said council faced difficult decisions while attempting to balance the budget.

“As difficult as it is to pass a budget that is not ideal, in that it is not balanced, I believe it would have been much less ideal, in fact, it would have been irresponsible for us to balance the budget for the fact that doing so would be cutting safety services,” he said. “ It would be cutting rec(reation) funds and services. It would be eating into essential city services such as plowing our streets and collecting leaves and things that residents value and care a lot about.”

Continued from page A1 gality of appointing a temporary council member to act on Lampke’s behalf until he returns. “(Law director) Lou (Chodosh) has advised me that there is nothing in our code, our charter or state law that would prevent us from appointing a temporary replacement for Matt Lampke during his absence,” McClelland said. “There is nothing that specifically provides for the same, but there is nothing that appears to prevent us from doing that.

“So I’m going to spend the balance of this month trying to put together some thoughts and ideas that I will circulate on A, if we want to appoint a temporary replacement and B, the parameters within which we would do so,” he said. “Hopefully, at the start of the new year, if it is council’s wish, we can pursue the possibility of appointing a temporary replacement for Matt in his absence.”

McClelland said he will accept comments and criticism from council before making a recommendation to council.

“I welcome all comments, criticisms and positions,” he said.

Council member Ben Kessler said he thought the idea was worth considering.

“I think it’s time well spent,” he said. “Tonight we suspended and adopted three or four items of legislation that we would not have otherwise done and I don’t think it’s good for our process. So, I think we should look at all of our options.

I think that would be much more desirable than our current situation.”

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Bazaar Continued from page A1 Lower School students, Hall said.

For the 10-year anniversary of the program, Hall returned to the Amazon to participate in the annual school-supply ceremony. She was able to see what CSG’s 10 years of support had done for the school and the community.

“It was an experience I will never forget,” she said. “Through this program, our girls have been able to live the idea that each one of us can have a positive effect on the world.”

Second-grade teacher Kay Fetters said her students asked parents to go through their cupboards and donate old coffee mugs. They didn’t have to be holiday-related.

The mugs were filled up with dry ingredients to make a chocolate cake. The mug comes with directions to make a cake in a mug, Fetters said. After the wet ingredients are added the cake is cooked in the microwave for three minutes.

Fetters said the cake in a mug project provided her students an opportunity to focus on math skills by measuring ingredients for the cake.

The bazaar is good for all students because it emphasizes the importance of giving a gift and helping others. The children know who the proceeds benefit, she said, and learn to understand the value of receiving handmade gifts.

“You don’t have to go out and

buy expensive things,” she said.

“This gives them an opportunity to do holiday shopping too.”

Lower School director Joan Hill said the annual program raises students' awareness of philanthropy by letting them create beautiful things to see to raise money for projects throughout the world.

“They are all handmade treats, many of them made from recycled items,” she said. “We are actually being green at the same time.”

Hill said shoppers can find jewelry, handmade notebooks, home decorations, small toys and “pretty much anything that would tickle the fancy of a young child.”

Madeleine Livingston, a high school junior, said the project is good for students because it lets them feel like they are helping kids their own age.

“By helping a school, we are able to connect to kids who are doing the same things that we are, even if they are in another country,” she said. “I always remember seeing the pictures of the kids and the schools we were helping and feeling as if something I was doing was actually making a big difference in the lives of kids.”

One favorite item she created was a ball-and-catch game in the third grade. Students made fuzzy yarn balls out of old yarn and two paddles by stretching pantyhose over hangers. tstubbs@thisweeknews.com

Summit Continued from page A1 goodness/farming/gardening; making good food choices; school lunches; class celebrations and rewards and exercise and movement.

Snowdon said she hopes some concrete action plans will result from the summit and answer such questions as to whether outside treats should be brought to school, if the district should require more exercise, what restrictions should

be placed on the school menu and how to motivate children to make healthy choices.

“We want to know how the community feels about these topics,” she said.

The most important goal of the summit is to change create an environment in which healthy changes can occur, Snowdon said, adding that not every district seeks public input when developing policy.

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Pipe collecting ‘a hobby and an obsession for many’

By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

A good cigar is just a cigar, but a fine pipe is a thing of beauty forever.

Those are words to live by as far as Northland resident Bill Unger is concerned. He’s the longtime secretary-treasurer and newsletter editor for the North American Society of Pipe Collectors.

“I guess I started smoking a pipe when I started graduate school (in English at Ohio State University) in 1965,” Unger said last week. “It seemed like the thing to do.”

Of course. Crooner Bing Crosby was still in his heyday. Uncle Joe on “Petticoat Junction” often puffed away, as did amiable Fred MacMurray on “My Three Sons.”

If smoking much of anything is hardly the thing to do any longer, the craft and artistry that went into crafting pipes remains, for Unger and others like him, a draw, so to speak.

“It’s a hobby and an obsession for many,” he said.

The society – it’s not a club, Unger pointed out, because they don’t have meetings – was created by Columbus area residents Regis McCafferty and Phil Bradford as the Ohio Pipe Collectors in 1994 “with a goal of producing a newsletter and an annual show,” according to the website, naspc.org.

“The club had good support from the local smoke shops,” the site states.

Bradford, since deceased, was a travel agent and McCafferty, who now resides in the Akron area, worked for American Electric Power. They came up with the idea in 1993, the website says, “after a long evening spent over a pot of good coffee and more than a bowl or two of good tobacco.”

McCafferty was the original

By Adam Cairns/ThisWeek

Northland resident Bill Unger began his pipe collection in 1964 and it has since grown to more than 60 pipes. The current editor of North American Society of Pipe Collectors, Unger currently rotates smoking from about half of them.

editor of the society’s newsletter, but Unger took over when he moved out of the area, and has been doing it ever since.

The December issue went out

to 1,124 members, who live in every state save South Dakota.

Washington, D.C., likewise doesn’t have any members, but about 20 reside in Canada and a sim-

ilar number live in Australia, Europe and England, according to Unger, a semi-retired freelance writer.

The question is obvious: Why

pipes?

“The thing about pipes versus cigars, when you smoke a $10 cigar, at the end you’ve got a little butt,” Unger said.

A pipe, once smoked, remains a pipe, and in fact gets better over time, developing a patina and a character all its own.

The old pipe makers, of which the United States had hundreds over the centuries, are all gone now, and only a handful still remain around the world, principally in Italy, England, Denmark and Sweden, according to Unger.

The United States does have about 50 craftspeople who make pipes by hand out of briar, a

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hardy shrub that grows in semiarid countries. Algerian, Corsican and Spanish briar produce a dense ball of very hard wood at the root, and someone, somewhere, somehow discovered this was the perfect material for withstanding the heat of having tobacco leaves inserted and set aflame.

“The fewer pipe smokers there are, the more pipe makers there seem to be,” Unger said.

The society commissions a pipe from one of these artisans every year that is sold exclusively to members.

Some collectors adhere to one of the famous brands, such as Dunhill or GBD or Sheridan.

“Then there are the shapes,” Unger said, including ones known as “billiards,” “bulldogs” and “pots.”

“There’s history there and things to argue about,” the newsletter editor said. “There are always things to argue about.”

While some “museum-piece” pipes might be valued at thousands of dollars, and an Italian maker recently held a contest in which first prize was a pipe valued at $12,000, Unger said that none of the 60 to 70 in his collection are worth that much – save to him. He smokes anywhere from 30 to 40 of them, in rotation.

“I’m pretty eclectic in terms of shapes, maker; all of that,” Unger said. “I don’t have any one focus.”

The North American Society of Pipe Collectors puts on an annual show, in late August at the Ramada Hotel on Sinclair Road not far from Unger’s home. It features 90 some tables of people selling collectible pipes and related items, and is open to the public.

More information about the organization is available at www.naspc.org. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

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Commentary and opinion District notebook

Parent mentors help Bexley parents navigate special ed Bexley is fortunate to be one of the school districts in Ohio that has established the position of parent mentor as part of its special education program. A parent mentor, by definition, is the parent of a child with a disability who is employed by a school district to provide training, support and information to families and staff.

Not all districts have them; currently there are 92 in the state. I have held the position in Bexley since its inception 10 years ago.

Parents have the role of being a child’s first teacher, advocate and love. This is a gift as well as a responsibility that deserves respect and support. When a child has a disability, this role is more challenging to fulfill. Because parent mentors have experienced the special education process with their own children, they understand the emotional impact as well as the practical steps of the process.

The Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities created the program in response to the needs expressed by parents of children with disabilities as they tried to work with school districts across the state.

The mission of parent mentors is to provide the necessary support and resources, free of charge, to families of children with disabilities as well as to the professionals who serve them.

Besides Bexley, the only other districts in Franklin County employing parent mentors are Gahanna, Worthington, Westerville and Columbus City Schools. In addition, they serve at The Ohio State School for the Blind, the Ohio Center for Deafblind Education and the Ohio School for the Deaf, which are centrally located in Franklin County.

A parent mentor works with families of school district children from ages three through graduation, often attending educational meetings with the parent,

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successful ending of a college degree with honors.

I help families explore community resources and special education preschool options, provide training opportunities for parents and district staff, and maintain a community tutor list as well as The Adam Stuart Linhart Memorial Parent Resource Library. I help the district reach out to local preschools, assisting parents in the identification of developmental delays to promote early intervention.

If you would like to know more about the program, please visit the webpage at http://www.bexleyschools.org/ or the website at http://www.ocecd.org/parent_mentor.php

and prepares the parent with information about the roles of the attendees and helps the parent formulate concerns and questions to be addressed.

Before I was aware of my own child’s disability, we spent many hours with homework and memorization, thinking that the “aha moment” would come. I did not realize that I was only adding to the frustration and not giving my child the tools needed for success.

We navigated the special education process with the help of a wonderful teacher who explained our child’s educational needs in the classroom and informed us that she suspected a disability.

The interventions received over Sam McMillan serves as parent the years and the determination mentor in Bexley City Schools’ of our child to learn has had the special education Program.

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As it were

By the 1850s, railroads were opening up America’s ‘west’ Today we take railroads pretty much for granted. The network of rails across the state is not as extensive as it once was and passenger service is simply not available in many of Ohio’s cities and towns.

But for all of that, the railroads serving Ohio still carry an immense amount of freight and raw materials. And they do it without being paid much heed by the people of the state.

Such was not always the case.

By the end of the 19th century, Ohio had become the thriving center of an industrial belt that stretched from Pittsburgh to Chicago and produced more steel, refined more oil and slaughtered more livestock than just about any place else on Earth. To serve those new large businesses and the cities around them, Ohio and other Midwestern states in the years after the Civil War had constructed a transportation system like no other.

While many people still used roads, canals and river boats to move both themselves and their goods, most people traveled by

rail. It was a phenomenal change in how we lived and how we got around and it had happened in a few short ED decades.But even 50 years LENTZ earlier, when railroads were in their infancy, some people recognized that these large noisy, smoky machines were the wave of the future. When the first train arrived in Columbus in 1850 on the newly completed Columbus and Xenia Railroad, most people treated the arrival of the locomotive at the new railroad station — where the Hyatt Regency is today — as a moment deserving cheers, speeches and a cessation of work. In fact, to mark the event, a special train of dignitaries made the journey to Xenia and back.

Like the opening of the National Road and the Ohio Canal many years earlier, and the opening of the Port Columbus many years

later, a change for the better in how we traveled was a cause for celebration.

We should note in passing that the opening day of rail traffic in Columbus had been a long time coming. Experiments in powering a wagon on rails with a steam engine had been under way in Europe and America since the 1820s.

Successful experimental trains had been running since the 1830s and by the 1840s, short line railroads were operating between many of America’s larger towns.

Indeed, if one wonders why Columbus built its first railroad to Xenia, it was not because the town is a pleasant and prosperous place — which of course it is. It was because one could catch the Little Miami Railroad in Xenia and travel to Cincinnati, then the largest city in the state.

And people did just that. It should not be too surprising to find that by 1854, one entrepreneur or another would try to make a little money off the rise of the railroad.

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The bride-to-be is a 2003 graduate of Bexley High School and Ohio University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in environmental health science. She is currently a Lieutenant JG in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and is employed as a domestic and international investigator at the Food and Drug Administration in Chicago.

The groom is a 2002 graduate of Bexley High School and a graduate of Bowling Green State University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in business administration finance. He is a registered representative at Northern Trust U.S. Transfer Agency in Chicago.

A wedding is planned for February 2011 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The couple will reside in Chicago.

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Continued from page A4 Within only a few years, a railroad train had come to be viewed less as a moving bomb waiting to explode than as a quick and pleasant way to travel. As they did, people were often curious as to what they were seeing as they rocketed through the countryside at the unheard of speed of 15 miles an hour.

To meet that need, “The Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Erie Railroad Guide” was published by the Ohio State Journal company in Columbus in 1854. It is interesting to note that while the newspaper promoted itself on the title page of the book as “chromeographic and ornamental printers,” the author of the guide chose to remain anonymous. An apparently articulate and well-educated person, the author perhaps felt a literary career might be ruined by identification with something as mundane as a railroad guide.

The author had no reason to worry. The guide reads quite well to this day and gives the modern reader a wonderful glimpse of central Ohio more than 150 years ago.

On the one hand the book is a

traveler’s guide to the world passing by. “The Scioto River is one of the principal rivers of the state, and interlocks near the border of Logan County with the headwaters of the Little Miami, up which we ascended by the Little Miami Railroad 60 miles. Since then we have passed over the elevated plain, which divides the valleys of these streams. We came onto the waters of the Scioto 40 miles west of Columbus, and have since been in what geologists call the Valley of the Scioto.”

But more than a description of local scenery, the Guide is a traveler’s introduction to the towns and cities along the way. While modern guides offer advice as to places to dine, rest and refuel, the Railroad Guide assume that one would be doing all of those things on the train. So much of the Guide describes what we today would call “Points of Interest.” It says something about the people of that time and ours as to how differently we define the major points of interest in our city.

“There are not more than thirty cities and towns in the United States, larger than Columbus…The causes of its growth are various.

The erection of many great public buildings; and the expenditure of large sums of public money is one cause. Manufactories, of which there are several large establishments, is another. The great fertility of the surrounding country, adds also largely to its resources.

The number of persons in public institutions and in public employment here, cannot be less than 1,000. At the present time, Columbus is likely to be the centre of numerous railways crossing the state in various directions.”

Noting that the current traveler may have other Columbus attractions closer to the top of his list of places to see, it is still hard to disagree with our guide as he leaves Columbus for Delaware.

“When we reflect that it is only 40 years since the town was laid out in a wilderness, this must be regarded as one of the most striking evidences of growth and prosperity of the Western people.”

As “Western people,” we were not quite the Midwest yet. But because of the railroad, that is who we were about to be.

Ed Lentz writes a history column for ThisWeek.

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id you know that 90% of skin cancers are associated with exposure to radiation from the sun? Have you or your loved one had one or more blistering sunburns? Do you spend significant time outdoors golfing, fishing, or gardening?

Have you noticed a spot that comes and goes but fails to disappear completely?

If you have answered ìYes ” to any of the questions, then you are at risk for the development of skin cancer.

In the United States alone more than 3.5 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed every year, making skin cancer the most common form of cancer. Simply put, one in five Americans will develop skin cancer during their lifetime.

Melanoma, one of the deadliest cancers, is most often diagnosed in white men over 50. However, until the age of 39, women are twice as likely to develop melanoma than men.

Just what is your risk of developing melanoma over the lifetime? It may be higher than you suspected: one in 39 men and one in 58 women will be diagnosed with melanoma.

The risk for melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers skyrockets if an individual ever used a tanning bed. Despite claims of safety, tanning beds use powerful sunlamps that produce nearly 12 times the ultraviolet radiation compared to the dose from regular sun exposure.

The majority of skin cancers are diagnosed in persons with light hair and eyes and light skin marked by the inability to tan. The remaining significant minority of diagnoses is made in persons who tan easily or have very dark skin, including Hispanic, African American, and Asian populations. In persons with darker skin tones, both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers often are diagnosed in advanced stages because low suspicion leads to decreased cancer surveillance.

While the statistics are scary, awareness of your risk is the first step towards early diagnosis and appropriate management of a skin cancer.

Often skin cancer presents itself as a new or changing growth. It may bleed, ooze, or crust and remain open for a few days or weeks, then heal and begin to bleed again. It may itch, burn, or hurt. It may change color, shape, and/ or size.

There are many treatment options available for the eradication of skin cancers. These treatments range from minimally invasive, such as chemotherapy applied to skin or destruction with liquid nitrogen, to surgical removal with a margin of healthy skin, followed by reconstruction with stitches.

However, there is only one treatment that may cure as high as 99% in previously untreated tumors. It is a special technique called Mohs micrographic surgery.

Mohs surgery is performed in stages with immediate pathology confirmation. Only the smallest rim of normal tissue is taken given the technique precision and tissue conservation to remove the cancer completely and result in the smallest defect possible. Smaller defects, in turn, result in a simpler reconstruction. It is important to note that this list of treatment options is by no means complete and should be discussed in detail with your health care provider, once the diagnosis is established to see what treatment is appropriate for you.

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Bexley residents Carla E. Hicks and Andrea M. Kirsch have been elected to serve on the New Directions Career Center board of trustees.

Hicks is a public health administrator for the Columbus Health Department. Her career with her present employer spans 30 years, including work with the South Side Family Health Center, the Women’s Cancer Initiative and the Office of Minority Health.

Hicks is an avid community volunteer with groups such as the African-American Cancer Support Group, the Central Ohio Diabetes Association, the Hosack Street Baptist Church and the Martin Luther King Center for the

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Hicks holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Dayton.

Kirsch is employed as senior counsel to American Electric Power. She possesses more than 25 years of inhouse, corporate legal experience, having previously worked for the Longaberger Company and Huntington National Bank.

Kirsch is an active member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and Corporate Counsel of America. She received a bachelor’s degree from Temple University and a law degree (cum laude) from Capital University.

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Wednesdays, at the Ohio Theatre, Meetings 55 E. State St. Rev. Charles MontQuilting Etc., 2-4 p.m. the first gomery officiates. Free. For more and third Tuesdays of the month information, call Kimberly Montat Brookwood Presbyterian gomery at (614) 206-7962.

Church, 2685 E. Livingston Ave. New Neighbors League of Learn new skills, practice old Columbus, monthly luncheon skills and enjoy the fellowship of the second Tuesday of each others. Free. For more informamonth, get-acquainted coffee the tion, call 235-3451. third Wednesday of each month.

Hadassah Video Study The league is a social organizaGroup, 7 p.m. the first Tuesday tion whose purpose is to bring toof every month at Agudas Achim gether new residents of the Synagogue, 2767 E. Broad St. Columbus metropolitan area to Free. Call (614) 235-8111 or visit meet and make friends while adcolumbus.hadassah.org. justing to their new surroundings.

The Kiwanis Club of NNLC offers a variety of special Berwick, noon Thursdays at interest groups and activities.

Berwick Party House, 3250 Meeting times and locations can Refugee Road. Buffet lunch is vary—visit www.newneigh$9. Call David Barrett at 866borscolumbus.com. For infor7309. mation on becoming a member, Bexley Lions Club, 6:30 p.m. e-mail nnlcolumbus@yahoo.com the first and third Mondays of the month at Wing’s Restaurant, 2801 Government E. Main St. Bexley Board of Education, Bexley Ohio Scholastic Chess Club, an affiliate of the U.S. 6:30 p.m. the third Monday of Chess Federation, 1-2 p.m. Sun- the month in the Bexley High days in the Community Room School conference room, 328 S. of Cup O Joe’s, 2418 E. Main St. Cassingham Road.

Bexley City Council, 7 p.m.

Provides open play and free chess instruction to for elementary-age the second and fourth Tuesdays students. Call Gary at (614) 338- of the month. Call city hall at (614) 559-4200 for meeting lo0243.

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Training in Communication, 5:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of the month at Driving Park Library, 1566 E. Livingston Ave. Call 841-9103 or 253-2554.

The Right Connection- Bexley/Whitehall/Southeast Columbus Chapter, 1 p.m. Monday at Mozart’s, 2152 E. Main St. in Bexley. Call Kim Kalfas at 2389355.

Columbus Area Boardgaming Society, 2 p.m.-2 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month at the Easton Square Shopping Center, 3876 Morse Road, next door to JoAnn Fabrics. Contact (740) 474-4423.

Consumer and Family Advisory Council, 4:30-6 p.m. the first Monday of the month at the ADAMH Board of Franklin County, 447 E. Broad St. Call 222-3743.

Rotary Club of WhitehallBexley, noon every Friday at the Columbus Country Club, 4831 E. Broad St. Western Square Dance Club, sponsored by Bucks and Does Singles, 6:45 p.m. Tuesdays at First Congregational Church, 444 E. Broad St. For more informa-

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Neighbor in the news Glasgow receives honor from AFP Pamela H. Glasgow of Bexley was recently honored by the Central Ohio Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

She received the Outstanding Fundraising Professional award, the chapter’s highest professional honor. Glasgow was recognized for her chapter leadership, volunteer commitment and professional accomplishments.

“Pam has a track record of impressive accomplishments through her work at OhioHealth, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Ohio College of Nursing, as well as her achievements on the board of the Columbus Montessori Education Center,” said the AFP in a news release on the award winners.

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CARL PAUL’S FATHER ALLEN, TEXAS When the Morgans adopted Paul, they were up for the challenges of parenting a child with special needs. After talking to Dr. Richard Kirschner, Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, about his nationally recognized team of experts, the Morgans knew that Nationwide Children’s Cleft Lip and Palate Center could provide the comprehensive, compassionate care needed before, during and after surgery, so Paul will have every chance for success in life.

Paul had his first of two planned surgeries just after this photo was taken. See the

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Bexley residents Carla E. Hicks and Andrea M. Kirsch have been elected to serve on the New Directions Career Center board of trustees.

Hicks is a public health administrator for the Columbus Health Department. Her career with her present employer spans 30 years, including work with the South Side Family Health Center, the Women’s Cancer Initiative and the Office of Minority Health.

Hicks is an avid community volunteer with groups such as the African-American Cancer Support Group, the Central Ohio Diabetes Association, the Hosack Street Baptist Church and the Martin Luther King Center for the

Save money!

Performing and Cultural Arts.

Hicks holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Dayton.

Kirsch is employed as senior counsel to American Electric Power. She possesses more than 25 years of inhouse, corporate legal experience, having previously worked for the Longaberger Company and Huntington National Bank.

Kirsch is an active member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and Corporate Counsel of America. She received a bachelor’s degree from Temple University and a law degree (cum laude) from Capital University.

Our Seafood is flown in daily

4th Year Anniversary Sale!

WE'VE ADDED A WINE ROOM Our 2nd location in the Finley market in Cincinnati... and 3rd location coming soon!

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TRABUE

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Residents to serve on NDCC board

HILLIARD ROME RD.

To add, remove or update a tion, call 901-3994 or 837-6974. listing, e-mail editorial@thisweekPower Lunch Columbus, a news.com. weekly workplace lunch-hour ministry, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Wednesdays, at the Ohio Theatre, Meetings 55 E. State St. Rev. Charles MontQuilting Etc., 2-4 p.m. the first gomery officiates. Free. For more and third Tuesdays of the month information, call Kimberly Montat Brookwood Presbyterian gomery at (614) 206-7962.

Church, 2685 E. Livingston Ave. New Neighbors League of Learn new skills, practice old Columbus, monthly luncheon skills and enjoy the fellowship of the second Tuesday of each others. Free. For more informamonth, get-acquainted coffee the tion, call 235-3451. third Wednesday of each month.

Hadassah Video Study The league is a social organizaGroup, 7 p.m. the first Tuesday tion whose purpose is to bring toof every month at Agudas Achim gether new residents of the Synagogue, 2767 E. Broad St. Columbus metropolitan area to Free. Call (614) 235-8111 or visit meet and make friends while adcolumbus.hadassah.org. justing to their new surroundings.

The Kiwanis Club of NNLC offers a variety of special Berwick, noon Thursdays at interest groups and activities.

Berwick Party House, 3250 Meeting times and locations can Refugee Road. Buffet lunch is vary—visit www.newneigh$9. Call David Barrett at 866borscolumbus.com. For infor7309. mation on becoming a member, Bexley Lions Club, 6:30 p.m. e-mail nnlcolumbus@yahoo.com the first and third Mondays of the month at Wing’s Restaurant, 2801 Government E. Main St. Bexley Board of Education, Bexley Ohio Scholastic Chess Club, an affiliate of the U.S. 6:30 p.m. the third Monday of Chess Federation, 1-2 p.m. Sun- the month in the Bexley High days in the Community Room School conference room, 328 S. of Cup O Joe’s, 2418 E. Main St. Cassingham Road.

Bexley City Council, 7 p.m.

Provides open play and free chess instruction to for elementary-age the second and fourth Tuesdays students. Call Gary at (614) 338- of the month. Call city hall at (614) 559-4200 for meeting lo0243.

Bexley Club International cation.

Training in Communication, 5:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of the month at Driving Park Library, 1566 E. Livingston Ave. Call 841-9103 or 253-2554.

The Right Connection- Bexley/Whitehall/Southeast Columbus Chapter, 1 p.m. Monday at Mozart’s, 2152 E. Main St. in Bexley. Call Kim Kalfas at 2389355.

Columbus Area Boardgaming Society, 2 p.m.-2 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month at the Easton Square Shopping Center, 3876 Morse Road, next door to JoAnn Fabrics. Contact (740) 474-4423.

Consumer and Family Advisory Council, 4:30-6 p.m. the first Monday of the month at the ADAMH Board of Franklin County, 447 E. Broad St. Call 222-3743.

Rotary Club of WhitehallBexley, noon every Friday at the Columbus Country Club, 4831 E. Broad St. Western Square Dance Club, sponsored by Bucks and Does Singles, 6:45 p.m. Tuesdays at First Congregational Church, 444 E. Broad St. For more informa-

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70

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270

Sale Dates Thurs, 12/16 Thru Sat, 1/1

FRANK’S FISH & SEAFOOD 5249 Trabue Rd.

614-878-FISH (3474) Mon.-Sat. 8-6, Sun. 9-4

A Family Friend for Generations While all funeral homes offer“lower cost”packages, there are many important factors to consider. Reputation, experience, time serving the community, and the condition of their facility to name just a few.

At Maeder-Quint-Tiberi, our experienced and compassionate family has had a consistent standard of service excellence since 1870.

Visit TheBAG.com for coupons and shopping tips from TheBAG Lady!

ANTHONY TIBERI

JOHN QUINT TIBERI

JOSEPH QUINT TIBERI

1068 S. High St., Columbus, OH 43206 (614) 444-1185 • www.maederquinttiberi.com

COMPLETE FUNERAL WITH CASKET

$2950 *Price doesn’t include outer burial container

Family owned And Operated Since 1870

Neighbor in the news Glasgow receives honor from AFP Pamela H. Glasgow of Bexley was recently honored by the Central Ohio Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

She received the Outstanding Fundraising Professional award, the chapter’s highest professional honor. Glasgow was recognized for her chapter leadership, volunteer commitment and professional accomplishments.

“Pam has a track record of impressive accomplishments through her work at OhioHealth, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Ohio College of Nursing, as well as her achievements on the board of the Columbus Montessori Education Center,” said the AFP in a news release on the award winners.

Faith and Fellowship

CARL PAUL’S FATHER ALLEN, TEXAS When the Morgans adopted Paul, they were up for the challenges of parenting a child with special needs. After talking to Dr. Richard Kirschner, Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, about his nationally recognized team of experts, the Morgans knew that Nationwide Children’s Cleft Lip and Palate Center could provide the comprehensive, compassionate care needed before, during and after surgery, so Paul will have every chance for success in life.

Paul had his first of two planned surgeries just after this photo was taken. See the

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transformation and follow his progress at

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100’s Lined up Yesterday at the Holiday Inn for the Vintage Guitar Show.

By Bryan Durbin STAFF WRITER

The International Vintage Guitar Collectors Association will be placing ads in newspapers, radio and running television spots this week asking people to bring in any and all guitars.

Those that do bring in their guitars will be able to speak with collectors one on one and have their items looked at with an expert set of eyes. With the help of these IVGCA members, offers will be made to those that have vintage and modern guitars. Highest prices are paid for those made before 1970. All guitars will be examined and purchased including vintage guitars, acoustic guitars, banjos, any and all other types of musical instruments. Those that decide to sell their items will be paid on the spot.

If you are like a lot of people you might have an old Vintage Guitar lying around. If you have ever wondered what it’s worth, now might be your chance to find out and even sell it, if you choose. Vintage guitars could be worth a lot according to the International Vintage Guitar Collectors Association also known as IVGCA. Collectors will pay a fortune for Vintage Guitars, Banjos, Acoustic Guitars and even Drum Sets for their collections. If they are rare enough, one could be worth over $100,000 according to David Mcintosh, Vintage Guitar Collector and IVGCA member.

One 1960 Gibson Les Paul went for $100,000 to a collector in July of 2007. While that is an extreme example, many rare and valuable guitars are stashed away in attics, closets, basements, or in a garage around the country.

The IVGCA and its collectors have organized a traveling event in search of all types of Vintage Guitars and Instruments. “Even common guitars can be worth a significant amount due to high collector demands,� says Mcintosh.

The rarest guitars these collectors are looking for include: Martin, Gibson, Gretsch and Rickenbacker. These guitars always bring big premiums according to the IVGCA.

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CSG Roundup

Adjustments await Unicorns basketball team

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For the Columbus School for Girls basketball team, learning a new system and learning to win with it is proving to be a process.

After opening with a 48-18 win over Wellington on Nov. 27, the Unicorns lost their next two games, falling 42-40 to Grandview on Dec. 7 and 52-24 to DeSales in a CCL contest on Dec. 9.

CSG doesn’t play again until Jan. 4 at home against North Union, and firstyear coach Stephanie Jones plans to use

the free time correcting the issues that plagued the Unicorns in their losses.

At a glance “We’re going to spend a lot of time Below are the recent results and coming sched- 1 in the CCL. fixing things, because we’ve got to get ules for the Columbus School for Girls bas- SWIMMING & DIVING better at both ends of the floor,” Jones ketball and swimming and diving teams: Dec. 3 — Defeated Bexley 74-31 in opener said. “Offensively, the girls are still getBASKETBALL Last Saturday — Finished 29th (31) at Ned ting used to the system.”

Dec. 7 — Lost to Grandview 42-40 Reeb Invitational, behind champion Upper ArHaving 24 days between games was *Dec. 9 — Lost to DeSales 52-24 lington (471) not part of the plan for the Unicorns. A Jan. 4 — Home vs. North Union Saturday — Grandview’s Yule at the Pool at *Jan. 5 — At Watterson Columbus Aquatics Center lot of teams participate in holiday tourOf note: The Unicorns are 1-2 overall and 0- *CCL game naments, but Jones inherited the schedule and wasn’t able to find any games during the holiday break. As a result, Against DeSales, the Unicorns were and Imani Caldwell scored nine, but the Unicorns will take some time off outscored 21-6 in the second quarter. only two other CSG players scored. and then get back to work.

Enri Small led the team with 11 points Two days before the DeSales loss,

CSG missed an opportunity to beat Grandview, as a couple of mistakes in the final minute turned a three-point lead into a two-point loss. The Unicorns allowed a tying 3-pointer with 6.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter and then saw Grandview forward Abby Cameron make two free throws to give the Bobcats the win.

“We had three starters foul out in the fourth quarter, and that’s tough because we’re not real deep on the bench,” Jones said.

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College Signing

Cardinals’ Dyer to pitch for Akron

By SCOTT HENNEN ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Patrick Dyer went through a lot of changes last year.

He walked through the doors at St. Charles Preparatory School for his junior year at 6foot-1 and by the time June rolled around he was 6-7.

That growth spurt and a talent for throwing the baseball with his left arm helped to catch the attention of the University of Akron, and the senior signed a letter of intent to play for the Zips.

“I think the fact that he was left-handed and that he was 67 was really attractive to (Akron),” St. Charles coach Ray Benjamin said. “Patrick is a hard-working, phenomenal kid.

He works hard and nothing seems to bother him. I know they are going to put some weight on (his 180-pound body) and if he can get that 20, 30 or 40 pounds that he needs, the sky will be the limit for him.”

Dyer was 6-0 for the Cardinals last spring with a 1.37 ERA, 43 strikeouts and two saves. His fastball averages 85 or 86 mph, topping out at 87, but he considers himself a finesse pitcher.

“I don’t throw hard enough to be a power pitcher,” said Dyer, a Worthington resident who was first-team all-league and second-team all-district last season. “I throw a fastball, curveball, change-up and a cutter, which is a fastball that moves like a slider. It’s important to be able to throw those extra couple of pitches because you can’t just throw a fastball every time.”

Despite the numbers, Benjamin said his left-hander might not have been as dominating because of his rapid growth.

“I think growing kind of affected him because he was growing so much that I don’t think his body was catching up with what was going on,” Benjamin said. “He throws 85 or 86 (mph) but it doesn’t look always look that fast. Maybe it’s deceiving because he’s so tall out there.”

Dyer played for Columbusbased Team EAS last summer.

That’s when Akron coach Pat Bangston was able to see him in action.

“Coach Bangston saw me play and asked me if I was interested in coming to see the campus and the facilities,” said Dyer, the son of Thomas and MaryAnne Dyer. “I think he liked my stability on the mound and my ability to cope with different situations. He liked that I just went out and got the job done.

“Also my control was very good. Control is very important, which is why I consider myself to be a finesse pitcher. I think it’s more important to locate the ball than to throw it as hard as I can.”

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Dan Doersam (back) is one of two returning district qualifiers for the Bexley wrestling team. Doersam, a senior, was 28-15 last season. The other returning district qualifier for new coach Shawn Straub is junior D.J. Jones.

Bexley Roundup

Wrestling coach returns to roots

By PAUL BATTERSON

At a glance

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Shawn Straub was surprised to see how little Bexley High School had changed in the 22 years since he graduated. Straub, a 1988 Bexley graduate, returned this winter to serve as the school’s wrestling coach.

“It’s been kind of fun, but different,” said Straub, whose team opened the season by placing sixth (114 points) at the 10-team Franklin Heights Invitational on Dec. 3 behind champion Grove City (250). “Walking down the halls, I’ve seen some kids of people I went to school with and some of the same teachers that I had as a student. I don’t think there’s a place I could be more comfortable at than Bexley.”

Straub earned 11 varsity letters in football, wrestling and track at Bexley and played football for four years at Hope College in Holland, Mich. After serving as a volunteer football and wrestling coach at Bexley Middle School, Straub spent the last two seasons as a middle school wrestling coach at Fredericktown.

Straub replaces Jason Barnett, who

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for Bexley boys basketball, girls basketball, swimming and diving and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL Dec. 7 — Lost to Hamilton Township 60-53. Jalen Robinette scored 22 points and Jon Primes added 11 points.

Last Friday — Defeated Columbus West 74-59.

Primes scored 21 points, Robinette had 15 and Josh Lake and Evan Porter both scored 11. *Last Saturday — Lost to Heath 66-45. The Bulldogs outscored the Lions 31-13 in the second half. Robinette scored 14 points. *Today — At Whitehall. The Lions defeated the Rams 74-62 and 81-67 last year. *Tuesday — Home vs. Granville. The Lions defeated the Aces 61-53 and 51-36 last year.

Of note: The Lions are 2-2 overall and 0-1 in the MSL-Ohio.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Dec. 6 — Lost to Hartley 54-39. Kylie Soga scored 20 points.

*Last Friday — Lost to Granville 55-41 *Last Tuesday — Played Newark Catholic *Saturday — At Lakewood. The Lions defeated the Lancers 36-29 and lost to Lakewood 42-34 in overtime last year.

Tuesday — Home vs. Buckeye Valley. The Lions defeated the Barons 50-26 last year.

Of note: The Lions were 1-3 overall and 1-2 in the MSL-Ohio before last Tuesday. *MSL-Ohio game SWIMMING & DIVING Last Friday — Boys: Lost to Columbus Academy 118-50; Girls: Lost to Academy 98-71 Friday — Grove City at St. Charles WRESTLING Dec. 8 — Def. Harvest Prep 34-12 and tied Centennial at 36 but won the meet by criteria of having more pins.

Last Saturday — Finished fourth (3-2) at sixteam Dan Gartner Duals behind champion Whitehall (5-0). D.J. Jones (130) won his weight class.

Dan Doersam (135), Derek Cain (160) and Sam

Shorr (103) placed second.

Tuesday — At Columbus South with Whetstone and Harvest Prep

coached the Lions for two years. Last year Bexley finished 34th (9) behind champion Olentangy (135.5) at the Division II district meet.

Junior Derek Cain said he was glad to see Straub, who had been his middle school football coach, take over the program.

“I’ve known coach Straub for a while, so it was quite easy to adjust to his style,” Cain said.

Straub brought in 2005 Bexley graduate Chris Spragg, who served in the Marines for four years, and Jordan Ritter, an ROTC student at Capital University, to help out with practice.

The Lions graduated three of their five district qualifiers, losing Tommy Bolon, Devlin Carver and Mikey Penn.

Carver finished the season 24-16 at 171 pounds while Penn was 28-7 at 189 and Bolon was 31-10 at 152.

Of note: The Lions are 5-2 overall.

WRESTLING SCHEDULE Dec. 4 — Franklin Heights Invitational Dec. 8 — at Centennial with Harvest Prep Dec. 11 — Dan Gartner Duals (Whitehall) Dec. 21 — at Columbus South with Whetstone and Harvest Prep Dec. 29-30 — Ready Invitational Jan. 8 — Grandview Invitational Jan. 14-15 — Licking Heights Invitational *Jan. 20 — at Licking Valley with Columbus Academy Jan. 21-22 — Grandview tournament *Jan. 27 — vs. Newark Catholic and Heath Jan. 29 — Licking Heights tournament *Feb. 3 — at Granville Feb. 5 — St. Charles Classic Feb. 10 — at Whitehall with Lakewood *MSL-Ohio match

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Hartley Roundup

Swimmers not thinking about expectations

By CORY STEGER

relay of senior Briana Archam-

Despite only having five ath- about reaching that level of suc- pen for the team.

“The athletes put enough successful season a year ago. Tony Phillips does not want to pressure on themselves, so we Hartley placed eighth (84) at discuss goals or expectations. don’t preach lofty goals in the state behind champion Hunting He doesn’t share his season beginning of the season.”

Valley University School (298) dreams with the team, at least In addition to the four swimafter finishing fourth (176) at not this early. mers who comprise the 200 district behind champion “We’re trying to treat this sea- medley relay, the girls team reColumbus Academy (270) and son like any other,” Phillips said. turns two other state qualifiers fourth (137) at sectional behind “We’re not even thinking about in sophomores Becky Hunold champion Academy (270). last year. We try to focus on in- and Hope Kahrig. Hunold is a With most of the athletes back dividual and personal goals, and diver and Kahrig typically does for both the boys and girls we feel if we can get everybody freestyle and relay events. teams, it is reasonable to think to reach their individual potenSee HAWKS, page B2 the Hawks would be talking tial, then good things will hap-

ThisWeek Community Newspapers beau, junior Jessica Carpenter, letes, the boys team also had a cess again. However, coach

How do you follow up the best season in program history?

That’s the problem the Hartley High School girls swimming and diving team faces this season.

Last season, Hartley finished second (157 points) at the Division II state meet, behind champion Gates Mills Hawken See DYER, page B2 (333). The 200-yard medley

sophomore Andrea Cottrell and senior Taylor Shotwell won a state title in 1 minute, 48.02 seconds, and all four of those swimmers have returned.

Also last season, the Hawks won the district meet, scoring 331 points to finish well ahead of runner-up Columbus Academy (221.5), and won a sectional title, scoring 261 points with Granville (188) placing second.

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However, there were a few positives in the losses on which CSG hopes to build. Against Grandview, the Unicorns had two steals in the fourth quarter that led to points and helped them turn a 34-31 deficit into a 38-35 lead. And even though the result of the game against DeSales was lopsided, the Unicorns limited the Stallions to five points in the first quarter.

“We are progressing,” Jones said. “Defensively, we’re doing good things. Offensively, we’re struggling with our execution.

There’s still lots of room to grow there.”

•The swimming and diving team will compete in Grandview’s Yule at the Pool on Saturday. The Unicorns won’t compete again until Jan. 7 with a tri-meet against Grandview and Hartley.

First-year co-coaches Mallory Hoffman and Chris Chenault like having multipleteam meets such as Yule at the Pool and the Ned Reeb Invitational, held last Saturday at Ohio State, early in the season to get the athletes acclimated to high-level competition.

“It gives the girls an opportunity to see the best of the best,” Chenault said. “It helps them prepare themselves and see what they need to do to improve and grow strong.”

Last Saturday, CSG scored 31 points at the Ned Reeb Invitational to finish 29th, behind champion Upper Arlington

Phillips also expects contributions from juniors Abby Evans and Amber Krieger, sophomore Molly Shonk and freshman Alexa Williams.

The plan right now is to use meets to move the swimmers around and see which events best suit them.

As for the boys team, there are just five swimmers again. Those are seniors Ronnie Bolden and Vince Cannini and juniors Ethan Bolger, Max Gentile and Patrick Kelly. Also returning is senior diver Michael Arnold, who was a state qualifier. Bolden and Kelly also are returning state qualifiers.

“We’d love to continue to build the boys team, but the good news is that we’ll return all of these guys next year,” Phillips said.

Last Saturday, Hartley competed at the Ned Reeb Invitational. The girls team was 11th (111) behind champion Upper Arlington (471). Cottrell won the 100 breaststroke (1:06.35) and placed fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:12.74). The 200 medley relay of Archambeau, Carpenter, Cottrell and Shotwell was sixth (1:52.65), and the same foursome was 10th (3:48.88) in the 400 free relay.

The boys team finished 13th (85) behind champion Upper Arlington (407). Bolden won the 100 butterfly (52.11), and Kelly was third in the 200 IM (1:59.87) and sixth (4:56.01) in the 500 free.

“Right now, most of our swimmers are not in their best shape,” Phillips said. “We’re trying to get that fixed and we’re also looking for some people to step up for the swimmers we lost from last year.”

•The girls basketball team is off to a strong start, as it improved

By Chris Parker/ThisWeek

Enri Small of Columbus School for Girls drives the baseline past DeSales’ Kristina Hoying on Dec. 9. The Unicorns lost 52-24.

(471), with 40 teams scoring.

Ranndi Grubbs was sixth (55.05 seconds) in the 100-yard freestyle and ninth (1:00.29) in the 100 butterfly.

CSG defeated Bexley 74-31 on Dec. 3 in its opening meet.

Grubbs, Taylor Link and Keiko Wilkins all won two events, with Grubbs winning the 50 free (25.72) and 100 backstroke (1:20.56), Lint finishing first in the 200 free (2:18.22) and 500

free (6:06.01), and Wilkins winning the 200 individual medley (2:29.02) and 100 fly (1:07.22).

“For their first meet, I was very pleased,” Chenault said.

“The girls were very strong against Bexley, and that’s good because doing well like that gives them confidence. That’s big for a small team like this.” www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

Sports briefs Schools announce coaching vacancies The following schools are seeking coaches: Dublin Jerome — Boys varsity golf, boys varsity track and field, girls varsity track and field, varsity assistant softball, junior varsity softball head coach. Send résumé to Nick Magistrale, athletics director, Dublin Jerome High School, 8300 Hyland Croy Road, Dublin, 43016 or e-mail magistrale_nick@dublinschools.net.

Johnstown-Monroe — Junior varsity softball, eighthgrade softball, seventh-grade softball. Contact athletics department at (740) 967-2721.

Marysville — Varsity assistant baseball.Contact athletics director Cal Adams at CAdams@marysville.k12.oh.us.

St. Charles — Varsity golf.

Send résumé to athletics director Dave Lawler at dlawler@cdeducation.org.

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Spring baseball training offered Watkins Memorial High School will be host to a sixweek spring training baseball program for players in grades 1-12 from Jan. 9 through Feb. 13.

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Baseball team seeking players The 16U Columbus Sharks baseball team is looking for a third baseman and a pitcher to complete its 2011 roster.

For more information, contact Steve Parker at sdp196@ yahoo.com or at (614) 2843825.

Volleyball camps, clinics scheduled The Ultimate Sports Center in Grandview is holding several volleyball events, including camps and clinics, leagues and private lessons for boys and girls of varying ages. For more information, visit www.ultimatesc.com or e-mail info@ultimatesc.com.

GCSTO holding swim tryouts The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) has started its fall and winter swim season and is looking for new athletes. GCSTO was ranked by USA Swimming as one of the top 100 teams in America in 2009 according to the national governing body USA Swimming.

The team will practice at Columbus Academy, the Concourse Hotel Fitness Club, St. Charles Preparatory School and the Columbus School for Girls.

New swimmers are allowed two weeks with the team to see what it has to offer. For more information, contact GCSTO coach Steve Nye at (614) 4785445 or stevenye@sbcglobal.net.

More information also is available at www.gcsto.com.

Website created for female athletes Margaret Hofmann, a Columbus resident, has created www.femaleathletesfirst.com, a website designed to serve the female athlete exclusively by providing functional strength and conditioning programs, online coaching and relevant health and wellness information.

There are articles, handouts and resources on just about every topic relating to women’s needs as athletes.

Female athletes also can purchase and download a sport specific exercise program to get started on improving conditioning.

For more information, e-mail Hofmann at margaret@femaleathletesfirst.com.

Foundation seeks to reduce injuries The National Youth Sports Safety Foundation is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the number and severity of injuries young people sustain in sports and fitness activities.

For more information, visit www.nyssf.org.

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Andrea Cottrell returns for Hartley after finishing second in the 100-yard breaststroke in the Division II state meet last season.

At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Hartley boys basketball, girls basketball, bowling, swimming and diving and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL Wednesday — Home vs. Whitehall in opener Dec. 29-30 — Grandview Bobcat Holiday Classic GIRLS BASKETBALL Dec. 6 — Defeated Bexley 54-39 Last Saturday — Def. Columbus South 54-9 Saturday — At Ready in CCL opener Of note: The Hawks are 4-1 overall.

BOWLING Dec. 6 — Boys: Def. Beechcroft 2,2011,535 in opener; Girls: Def. Beechcroft 1,510-1,310 Last Monday — Boys: Def. Brookhaven 2,241-2,004; Girls: Def. Hartley 1,7211,403

to 4-1 overall with a 54-9 win over Columbus South last Saturday. Eight players scored against South and Hartley held the Bulldogs scoreless in the third quarter.

The Hawks also had eight players score in a 54-39 win over Bexley on Dec. 6.

“You’re always looking for scoring balance because it makes you harder to defend,” coach Mike Lanza said.

“Right now, our leading scorer is Amanda (Setser), but it’s not

Last Wednesday — Competed against Columbus West Friday — Pickerington North at Rule 3 Jan. 3 — Northland at Sequoia Pro Bowl SWIMMING & DIVING Dec. 8 — Boys: Lost to New Albany 133-33; Girls: Def. New Albany 10480 Last Saturday — Boys: Finished 13th (85) at Ned Reeb Invitational, behind champion Upper Arlington (407); Girls: Finished 11th (111), behind champion Upper Arlington (471) Friday — Grandview Diving Invitational at Columbus Aquatics Center Saturday — Canton Christmas Invitational at Branin Natatorium WRESTLING Wednesday — At Amanda-Clearcreek for opener

by a wide margin, so we have been pretty balanced there.”

Despite the good start, Lanza is looking for his team to improve its shooting percentage and cut down on the number of fouls it commits.

“It’s a process, but we’re getting better,” he said. “We need to quit getting in foul trouble because it’s happening every game.

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and Columbus Academy (0-7).

One of the things that hampered the Lions last year was competing without a full lineup.

If wrestlers can achieve their goal weights, Straub doesn’t foresee that being a problem this season.

“It’s important for us to have as big of a lineup as we can,” Straub said. “Every time we forfeit a weight class, we give up six points. That’s a big factor. Right now we’ve got several wrestlers trying to lose weight. We will see what happens in January when we have a bunch of dual meets.”

The Lions haven’t had a state qualifier since Jake Weisman in 2007, but Cain is hoping to see that drought come to an end.

“The past couple of years, I’ve struggled to get past the sectional meet,” Cain said. “This year I’m planning on doing that, doing well and hopefully making it to the state meet.

“Having a state qualifier would mean a lot to the program. If we got some through, the people in the community would realize we have a wrestling team, support it and maybe we’d get some people to come out and give it a try.”

Junior D.J. Jones and senior Dan Doersam are returning district qualifiers. Jones, 24-7 at 125 last season, went 2-2 at district and was a match away from qualifying for state. Doersam, who went 0-2 at district at 112, was 28-15 last year.

Jones started this season 9-1, winning the 130-pound class at the Franklin Heights Invitational on Dec. 4 and Dan Gartner Duals at Whitehall last Saturday.

Straub expects a lot of leadership to come from the senior and junior classes. Seniors Doersam (135), Chuck Sismanturk (140) and Chris Crane (145) will lead the team with juniors Jones, Cain (160) and Cameron Stewart (171).

Stewart has been sidelined by a dental injury.

Crane finished 23-18 at 140 and Cain was 1312 at 145 last year.

Additionally, the Lions added sophomore Howard Yang (171) and freshmen Sam Shorr (103) and Daniel Lee (215) this year.

Bexley went 5-12 overall last year and tied Newark Catholic for sixth in the MSL-Ohio Division at 2-5.

Licking Valley won the league at 7-0 followed

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DYER Continued from page B1 Dyer has a 3.4 GPA and expects to major in civil engineering.

“I really liked the coaching staff and the players, but one of the biggest attractions was being able to major in civil engineering,” Dyer said. “They have a

really good engineering school at Akron thanks to grants they have received from Goodyear over the years.”

But Dyer knows he’s not ready to step on the mound at Akron just yet. He still wants to work on his game.

“I think I need to work on my velocity and need to use my body

more to my advantage on my delivery,” he said. “Also stamina will be a big difference, going from seven innings in high school to nine in college. I need to do what I can to prepare for that.” shennen@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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Signs of Christmas choir celebrates seasonal music

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Signs of Christmas performs popular Christmas carols in American sign language for shoppers at Polaris Fashion Place on Dec. 10.

The group, which has been around for 30 years, promotes deaf and hard of hearing awareness through several performances each Christmas season at malls, churches, nursing homes and schools.

■ The Jazz Arts Group’s upcoming “The Gospel According to Swing” program has its genesis (pun intended) in the predilections of Byron Stripling’s grandmother.

Stripling told The Beat his grandmother only listened to gospel music on the radio, all-day every-day. And that she only watched one television show – The Lawrence Welk Show. And that she only had out one book – the Bible.

“What I began to see as I was playing the blues was it was really the same as gospel,” he said. “I love gospel music so much. People really respond to it.”

Perhaps Stripling sees a little bit of his grandmother’s singlemindedness in young singer Nia Allen.

Allen is the daughter of OSU School of Music professor and choir leader Milt Ruffin and singer Merlyn Ruffin. She’s been singing in church – starting where her grandfather pastored – since she

The Jazz Arts Group’s Inside Track series will present “The Gospel According to Swing,” featuring singer Nia Allen, at the Lincoln Theatre Saturday, Dec. 18. Tickets are $30/$25. Call (614) 469-0939.

was a little girl. She is now a Nashville resident and has cut a gospel record. She has also led worship on the national Women of Faith tour (a “great adventure,” according to Allen).

“When I first heard Nia, I got chills,” Stripling said. “She is blessed with a gift of singing. It’s a religious thing for her. When she sings about God she means it, because it’s who and what she is.”

“Both sides of my family are

musical, so I don’t think I ever had a choice,” Allen said, laughing.

“When I got the call from Byron, I was excited, especially about singing at the Lincoln (Theatre),” Allen added.

“The Gospel According to Swing” will include traditional gospel numbers, including a tribute to Mahalia Jackson, and holiday music. In addition to Allen and Stripling, the musicians will include Bobby Floyd on piano and Hammond organ, drummer Bob Breithaupt and bassist Larry Cook.

The Milton Ruffin Gospel Choir will open the concert.

Additionally, Allen and Ruffin will lead a holiday sing-along Saturday afternoon at the JAG Jazz Academy at the Lincoln Theatre.

Visit www.jazzartsgroup.org for more information.

For more from The Beat’s interviews with Nia Allen and Byron Stripling, read the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeekNews.com.

Holiday Update • Irish folk music troupe Téada presents “Irish Christmas in America” Sunday, Dec. 19, at the Lincoln Theatre. Ballads, carols, jigs and dancing are the order of the evening, and done Yule-ish-ly.

Tickets are $26-$11. Call

For 30 years, Signs of Christmas has been making sure folks don’t take the music of the holiday season for granted.

“Our mission is to spread deaf and hard-of-hearing awareness and Christmas cheer through the beauty of sign language,” director Andrea Peters explained.

In other words, Signs of Christmas performances are not intended exclusively for deaf or hearing audiences, but for all audiences.

Member Vickie Walker said the all-volunteer group’s membership includes the hearing-impaired, licensed interpreters, volunteers who’ve been trained in American Sign Language and even those who have no experience signing.

She added that there are a few who have been with the group throughout its 30 years.

The choir of sorts performs along with recorded Christmas music.

(614) 469-0939.

• The gold standard for modern Christmas music, Mannheim Steamroller, marks 25 years of holiday-season touring this year. Perhaps hard to recall now, as ingrained in the musical consciousness as these arrangements have become, but the Steamroller’s neo-

Téada

Peters said she begins planning the program during the summer, selecting numbers and preparing the sign translations.

The group begins rehearsals in October (although in recent years it has added some non-Christmas season performances as well, including performing at the Ohio State Fair).

The performances feature a certain amount of interpretation, Peters said.

“You can’t really have a wordto-sign translation,” she said. “You have to match the music and the tempo. There’s some artistic license, but it’s as close to American Sign Language as possible.”

The group rehearses at Westerville Church of the Nazarene.

Signs of Christmas has a number of upcoming holiday-season performances. Check out the schedule at www.signsofchristmas.org. classical, post-Hooked on Classics fare, the creation of mastermind Chip Davis, surely signaled a new age.

Mannheim Steamroller plays the Palace Theatre Sunday, Dec. 19. Tickets are $85-$35. Call 1-800-745-3000.

• The Beat became a fan of Trans-Siberian Orchestra because we are enamored with power chords and sentiment. We have remained a fan because, when (we imagine) faced with a decision on whether to hold back or keep adding more (power chords, guitar solos, fireworks, lasers, you-nameit), the decision has always been to add more.

Tickets for TSO’s Tuesday, Dec. 28, shows at Nationwide Arena are $57-$25. Call 1-800-7453000.

Uncommon dishes distinguish Polaris-area Chinese Bistro Startling and vivid green floorto-ceiling wallpaper depicting a near life-size bamboo forest lines a good portion of Q2 Bistro. Huge mirrors hemmed in by smooth blonde wooden frames filled in with large round stones face this wallpapered area. Tables are furnished with magic-trick-type candles that flicker with red light but aren’t lit by fire.

If all this sounds like the setting of an eccentric restaurant, it is.

Located in the Polaris neighborhood, the unique Q2 has lots of old warhorse Chinese takeoutstyle dishes on its menu for lessadventurous appetites. But barely scratch the surface, and you’ll find some fairly unusual (in a good way!) preparations.

Like the Walnut Shrimp ($7).

Good tasting and good-sized, shellfish served warm were glazed in

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by G.A. Benton a slightly sweet Asian mayonnaise.

Providing extra interest and crunch were biggish chunks of walnuts.

The foundation of this irresistible salad was a bed of chopped lettuce.

Spicy Salted Calamari ($7) made every garnish count and didn’t need to rely on a thick or sticky sauce for flavor. Enticingly salty, crisply breaded and fried strips of super-tender squid arrived with bits of sliced scallion and rings of jalapeno. When stacked all together, this made for a kind of bar snack I wish every place would offer.

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shoots out quite quickly — I thought it was a plateful of gnocchi-like pasta. Atop a king-sized bed of healthy sauteed choi sum (like spiny, Chinese-style spinach) were clumps of blunt-cut whitefish dipped in a light flour, flashfried and doused in a zippy sauce of salty fermented black beans and ginger. With an extremely mild seafood flavor and a soothing texture like dumplings, this excellent dish would be just the ticket for carbo-eschewing carbo lovers.

Another meal with Italian-style eye appeal but real Chinese flaBy Jodi Miller/ThisWeek vors was the unusual and unusuHoisin Duo with Tofu signature ally good Beijing Noodles ($12.75). Looking like a big bowl rice pot at Q2 Bistro. of linguine with Bolognese sauce, Bean Fish Filet dinner entree ($13). it was a large serving of thickish When the dish was first whisked pasta tossed in a lusty and spicy out to me — most of Q2’s food ground pork sauce. Tasting of chili

Q2 Bistro 472 Polaris Pkwy., Westerville 614-898-1988 Web: q2bistro.com Cuisine: Chinese & Asian Price: $$ ($10-$20 per person) Patio: No Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. MondayFriday, 4-10 p.m. Saturday, 4-9 p.m. Sunday oil and ginger, its kicking heat was partially tamed by a topping of cooling cucumber batons. I’ll be back for this one.

Q2’s menu touts its “Signature Rice Pots” and with good reason.

Sided with a spring roll (crispy and cabbage-y if rather greasy), they’re stir fries ladled atop a mound of steamed rice rustically served in a metal pot with a wood-

en lid.

From these quaint all-in-one dinners, the Hoisin Duo with Tofu showed off the restaurant’s facility for quick-cooking proteins.

Super tender strands of chicken and beef joined deep-fried tofu triangles, broccoli, water chestnuts, mushrooms and bamboo shoots in a satisfyingly spicy, dark and perfectly salty sauce. Very nice and leftover-sized to boot.

Named after sister owners Qina and Qini, whether you crave oldschool favorites like General Tso’s Chicken or prefer less familiar fare, Q2’s got something good for you to dig into.

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

Chocolate shop forges relationship with caterer Sher-Bliss has the chocolate and wine covered. Bleu & Fig Catering favors the savory side of the aisle.

Together, they’re a perfect fit, their owners say.

Owner Cheryl Sher has struck a deal with the catering outfit, which is now operating out of the kitchen space. Bleu & Fig is now in the midst of preparing a take-away menu at the Gahanna store,

1394 Cherry Bottom Road.

“We complement one another,” Sher said.

Brooke Kinsey, chef of the catering company, said she has rolled out a few hors d’oeuvres, to be savored with carryout wine options at Sher-Bliss. After the first of the year, several meals will be

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Regina Prange, left, and Brook Kinsey of Bleu & Fig Catering have formed a relationship with Sher-Bliss, 1394 Cherry Bottom Road.

available daily. They will change according to whim and the season, Kinsey said.

Tentative items include chicken Marsala, risotto-stuffed Portobello mushrooms and penne a la vodka. The caterer’s signature dish is a Maytag blue cheesestuffed fig wrapped in prosciutto, grilled and drizzled with a balsamic reduction.

“We don’t own a freezer so nothing’s going to be frozen,” she said. “The menu’s going to be based on what’s fresh.”

Bleu & Fig also will provide food for wine events at the store and offer cooking classes.

The catering company got its start 2 1/2 years ago. Kinsey, who trained at Johnson & Wales University, said she was leasing corporate kitchen space in Dublin but financially it didn’t make sense.

The new arrangement allows her to be a part of Sher-Bliss while focusing on the company’s chief mission: large, off-site catering.

But food is only part of it. Bleu & Fig is also known for flowers and design.

Kinsey’s partner is Regina Prange, a designer and florist with 30 years of experience.

“We just felt there was a lack of design in catering,” Kinsey said.

“We’re trying to do more than just putting food on the table,” Prange added.

Sher had attempted to introduce food services at her store a few years ago when she teamed up with Gift of Time, another catering company that chose a different direction, so that relationship dissolved.

Sher likes the idea of her store becoming a one-stop food destination. She said she chose Bleu & Fig because she wanted someone “who has the same belief in purity and high-quality products.

“I really want this to be a real gourmet market,” she said.

Sher-Bliss is open six days a week, closed Sunday. For more information, call 614-428-9463.

Village Crepe in Pickerington offers a distinct recipe for its signature product, owner Wayne Moore said.

“We have a few secrets in there that give it a different flavor,” he said of the shop, which recently opened at 21 N. Center St. in the town’s historic district.

That’s not all. Moore said he makes the preserves — peach pineapple, raspberry and strawberry and spicy blueberry — from scratch, too. Forget whipped cream out of a can: It also is fresh, he

said.

Crepes aren’t the only thing the restaurant makes. The menu also features French toast, frittati, omelets, homemade soups, sandwiches and the like.

Moore said the average check is around $12, with most crepes costing in the $3.50 range The 1,300-square-foot store seats 38.

Village Crepe is open for breakfast and lunch hours daily. For more information, call 614-833-1111.

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EOE, AAE, M/F/D/V. J.P. Morgan Chase is a marketing name of JPMorgan Chase & Co. The Chase Manhattan Bank is a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (c) 2003 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. www.jpmorganchase.com

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Send resume to personnel@ bio-world.com HELP WANTED COMPUTERS/ INFORMATION SERVICES CIS Programmer Analyst For cent OH systems consulting co. Duties: analyze problems to develop solutions involving computer hardware & software in finance, investment management, investment accounting, financial risk models, securities operations & senior investment professionals; consult with users to determine computing needs, requirements & problems; conduct logical analyses of business problems, formulating mathematical models of problems for solution by computers; schedule tasks in order to meet work priorities & goals; work with SQL, Informatica, XML, RUP, & ETL; evaluate project plans & proposals; create SDLC (software/system development lifecycle) worksheets; create & document logical data models based on business requirements.

Requirements include master’s degree in business administration & 3 yrs exp in/with/using SQL, XML, RUP and SDLC. Qualified applicants send résumés to ICC, attn: B. Thomas 2500 Corporate Exchange Dr. 320 Columbus, OH 43231.

Dvlpmt Mgr, Data Warehouse Appls - Columbus, OH. Assist w/appl design, data warehouse dvlpmt, & report testing req’d for Business Reporting. Bachelor’s or equiv in CS, Eng’g (any) or rel. plus 5 yrs relevant exp. Strong knowl of key processes in Data Warehouse lifecycle; exp working as sr member of ETL team w/exp in mid to complex level MIS initiatives; extensive exp in Bus. Intelligence/ Data Warehousing space in multiple roles (bus. & tech) in Finance Industry; ETL dvlpmt using Informatics Powercenter 8.1; Oracle 10g/11g, PL/SQL; design reviews & tech design docs; delivering operation al & analytical reporting needs; code reviews & UAT resolution of ETL issues; coord. activities w/bus. & tech teams w/proven delivery record; Microsoft Office products especially Excel; knowl of mortgage industry & rel. finance/bus. aspects. To apply, visit http://careers.j pmorganchase.com & apply to job # 100087957.

EOE, AAE, M/F/D/V. J.P. Morgan Chase is a marketing name of JPMorgan Chase & Co. The Chase Manhattan Bank is a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (c) 2003 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. ww w.jpmorganchase.com Halcyon Solutions , Inc. seeks applicants for multi ple Programmer Analyst positions to work in Dublin OH. Duties include ana lyze, define and document requirements for data, workflow, logical process es, hardware and operat ing system environments.

Must possess relevant edu cation and experience Send 2 resumes & cover letter to 5880 Innovation Drive, Dublin, OH 43016 REF# 8246

IS COORDINATOR OHP is currently seeking an IS Coordinator, please see our display ad in the Medical section of today’s classifieds. EOE IT As the largest state pension fund, Ohio Public Employees Retirement System serves more than 175,000 retirees and beneficiaries nationwide. Make a difference in the lives of those who have devoted their careers to Ohio. We currently seek a:

LEAD IT AUDITOR In this role, you will execute audit plans by independently planning IT audit assignments by working directly with IT management, appraising, reporting, recommending and assisting in the development of the organizational system of Information Technology controls. This position is accountable for performing IT reviews as well as overseeing and monitoring IT technical reviews completed by 3rd parties. Position objectives also include evaluating the current IT control network and programs, ensuring that overall IT security is risk appropriate, evaluating organizational compliance with IT policies and reliable accounting and reporting systems are provided.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in IT Business Information Systems, with 5-8 years experi ence with IT auditing and SQL/ACL/VBA software programming analytics; or some combination of experience and demonstrated ability. Auditing experience must include extensive IT system audits and reviews (e.g. Windows, z/OS, DB2, SQL Server, Java and COBOL applications, and Unix) and familiarity with audit software packages (e.g. ACL). Solid familiarity with management control systems, organizational structures, IT control frameworks (e.g. COBIT), state and federal information protection and controlrelated legislation, and emerging information technology issues.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

To view the full job description and apply online, visit our Careers site at: www.o pers.org. OPERS is strongly committed to diversity in the workplace. EOE

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Systems Specialist The Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University is currently accepting applications for a Systems Specialist. The successful candidate will manage instructional technolo gy in computer labs and classrooms, including preparing and deploying software images; provides support for video conferencing. This position will have standard working hours of 11:00AM - 8:00PM but may fluctuate due to departmental needs.

Required: Bachelor’s degree in an information technology related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience; experience in desktop imaging.

For a complete position description and application instructions please visit ww w.jobsatosu.com and search by requisition number 354638. Application deadline: December 19, 2010.

To build a diverse workforce Ohio State encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women. EEO/AA employer.

HELP WANTED ENGINEERING/ TECHNICAL Advanced Engineering Consultants is looking for an Electrical Engineer to work in Columbus, OH. Some duties include: as sist in the design of lighting systems, power systems, power distribution sys tems, fire protection sys tems, and design of public address/access control and control circuit televi sion systems. Must have BS Deg in Elec Engr & 2 years experience to in clude: 1) Short Circuit Cal culations with EasyPower and SKM software; 2) Gen erator Sizing; 3) Writing construction specification, shop drawing, cost esti mating and Autocad/MEP; 4) construction administra tion attend construction meetings, tracking con struction documents and code analysis. Send Re sume & cover letter to Box # 1032The Columbus Dispatch.34 S. Third Street Columbus, OH 43215-4241 _____ REF# 8330.001 Qwest Corporation seeks a Lead Software Develop ment Engineer to work in Columbus, OH. Duties in clude support the develop ment activities in the LATIS Invoicing applications in IT Billing. Must have MS in CS or Info Tech & 6 mo exp in job offered or as manager or tech lead to in clude 6 mo exp in: (1) Languages: C, C++, Proc*, JAVA, XML, Shell Script, Perl, ANT; (2)Operation Systems: UNIX, LINUX; (3) Applica tion User interfaces: JSP, SERVLET, SWING; (4) Da tabases : Oracle , PL/SQL; and (5) Protocols and Technologies: SOAP, CMM, VoiP, MS Visio, UML. Send resume & cov er letter to Box # 1055The Columbus Dispatch 34 S. Third Street Columbus, OH 43215-4241 REF 7289.577 UNICON International , Inc. is looking for a Software Engineer to work in Colum bus, OH. Some duties in clude: analysis, design, de velopment, customization and implementation of SAP-ERP, and implement ing programs for client soft ware applications. Must have BS Deg in Mech Engr, or Comp Sci & 5 yrs experience in job offered or as SAP Retail Tech Cons, Tech Cons or Prgrmr. 3 yrs experience to include: 1) IDOC, BAPI, ALE, ABAP, BADI, Interfa ces; 2) SAP and with analy sis, design, development, customization and imple mentation of SAP-ERP. Send Resume & cover let ter to Box # 1055 The Columbus Dispatch 34 S. Third Street Columbus, OH 43215-4241 REF# 7310.103.

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Anatomical Sciences Instructorship Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Athens, Ohio The Department of Biomedical Sciences seeks to fill a non-tenure track Instructor position in cadaver-based Human Gross Anatomy. This 11month position, with the possibility of annual renewal, begins on July 1, 2011.

Primary teaching responsibilities are in the human anatomical sciences laboratories for first and second year medical students, although lecture opportuni ties also exist. Minimum requirements include an advanced degree in biomedical sciences or a closely related field and previous anatomy teaching experience.

Preference will be given to the candidate with a medicallyoriented anatomical science background. Collaborative research with existing faculty members is encouraged. For more information on the Department and areas of research emphasis, visit our website: ht tp://www.oucom.ohiou.edu /dbms/index.htm. To apply, a CV and statement of teaching philosophy and research interests must be submitted online at www.o hiouniversityjobs.com/appl icants/Central?quickFind= 57468. Applications accepted until position is filled; for full consideration apply by February 15, 2011. Questions may be addressed to Joe Eastman (eastman@ohio.edu).

Ohio University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer with a Dual Career Network (http://ww w.ohio.edu/dual). High priority is placed on the creation of an environment supportive of women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities.

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Assistant Business Office Manager Columbus Rehab and Subacute Institute, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility, has a great opportunity for an individual with experience in health care billing services.

Responsibilities include: ∂Patient billing, A/R and collection functions ∂Must have previous experience with Medicaid, Medicare, and managed care insurance payers ∂Must be proficient in the use of computers ∂Previous experience in long term care is preferred Enjoy our excellent salary and benefits!

Please fax or email resumes to: Andi Ayres, Recruiter E-Mail: aayres@ extendicare.com Fax: 414-908-7204 Extendicare Health Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that encourages workplace diversity.

DIRECTOR OBSTETRICS Madison County Hospital is looking for a full-time Director to oversee the day-to-day operations of our Obstetrics Unit. This position would be responsible for direct patient care, supervising and directing nursing care and all related activities for OB patients.

Qualified candidates will possess current RN licensure in the State of Ohio, BSN preferred; and five years experience in obstetrics including management experience.

Interested applicants should apply on-line at www.madisoncounty hospital.org.

EOE M/F/D/H/V MCH is a non-smoking facility. We no longer hire individuals that smoke or use tobacco products.

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As the largest medical community between Cleveland and Columbus, MedCentral provides a comprehensive array of health care services typically found only in major metropolitan areas. We take great pride in the difference we make in the communities we serve—and are confident you will too.

Speech Language Pathologist – Pediatric Therapy

In this role, you will facilitate the development and remediation of communication, cognition, and swallowing disorders with co-treatment in a team environment. Further duties include parent education and treatment of pediatric dysphagia, apraxia, articulation, language disorders and delays, fluency/ stuttering and hearing impairment and development of individual home programs and coordination with school based services.

Success requires a Master’s degree in Speech/ Language Pathology; State of Ohio Speech/Language Pathology Licensure, American Speech/Language, Hearing Association; developed pediatric treatment skills with a variety of diagnoses with all ages and current State of Ohio Drivers License. Certification of Clinical Competency (CCC); strong CFY candidate would be considered; previous interdisciplinary team treatment experience and experience with pediatric dysphasia preferred.

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HELP WANTED MEDICAL/DENTAL DIRECTOR OF NURSING Central Ohio home health agency seeking a qualified DON. Responsibilities incl. coordinating patient care delivery, management of clinical staff, leading care conferences and nurs ing team activities, assist ing w/compliance programs, coordinating with intake and preauthorization departments and ensuring growthand profitability for the agency. Interested candidates must possess a minimum BSN, exceptional communication skills & minimum 2-4 yrs in a HHC setting. Email re sume to COHHC1@Gmail .com

FRONT DESK RECEPTIONIST Full-time front desk position in cardiology practice. Minimum 1 year experience in medical office. NextGen experience a plus. Scheduling, checkin, check-out, excellent customer service, and ability to travel to satellite offices. For consideration send resume to resumes423@gmail.com or fax resume to 614-722-7922.

Hospitalist Physician Sound Inpatient Physicians, Tacoma, WA seeks a Hospitalist Physician to wrk at Mount Carmel East Hospital, Co lumbus, OH. Req: MD w/3 yrs residency training in Internal Medicine. Board eligibility/certification in In ternal Medicine. Email CV plus 3 references to hospitalists@ soundphysicians.com

MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST Our steady growth into the Grove City area has creat ed the need for a full time Receptionist. Candidate will be responsible for di recting incoming calls in a courteous manner, greet ing patients, obtaining new patient information, sched uling appointments and as sisting with other clerical support duties. May re quire working a flexible schedule, and participation in the company’s Saturday/holiday rotations.

Position requires a high school diploma or equiva lent. Our company offers a competitive compensation and benefit package to those who share our high organizational values and believe productive work should be fun. Qualified applicants should submit resume and salary history to: Stacie McKinney 1010 Monarch St, Ste 150 Lexington, KY 40513 Fax: (859) 219-0241 Equal Opportunity Employer Medical Secretary Grove City, Primary Care Practice seeking a Medical Secretary, FT day position with 1 eve per week, tele communication, customer service, computer & EMR skills required to perform scheduling & clerical duties, experience pref.

Fax resume to 539-4610 Attn: Administrator.

Medical Services Assistant - PT Wanted to provide after hours (nights and week ends) on-call telephone coverage for guardian agency. Knowledge of medical terminology/ pro cedures and experience in the field of developmental disabilities highly prefer red. Must be able to pro vide informed consent for medical treatment of agen cy clients and demonstrate ability to prioritize and deal with multiple crises. Bach elor’s degree or nursing degree is required.

Please respond to APSI, Human Resources 4110 N High St. Cols, OH 43214.

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PHARMACY TECH Retail Experience required.

Top Dollars! No evenings or weekends. PT or FT. Email resume to abbey6425@hotmail.com

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Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center Circleville FT position in a flexible scheduling environment available Qualified applicants are required to have Surgical Technician and Sterile Processing experience.

Interested applicants should fax their resume to (740) 420-6470 Optical Tech Experience preferred, will train right individual. Must beprofessional, good ap pearance & positive atti tude. Email resume to: optech01@ hotmail.com

Part-time Administrative Medical Assistant Franklin County Public Health is now accepting applications for a part-time Administrative Medical Assistant. For more information on this position and instructions on how to apply, please visit our website at: www.myfcph.org PHARMACY TECHNICIAN Growing LTC pharmacy seeks full-time PTCB CER TIFIED techs. Stable work ing environment, good benefits, conveniently lo cated. Mail, fax or e-mail resume to: 757 Brooksedge Plaza Drive Westerville, Ohio 43081 Fax: 614-818-3906 E-mail: tinneyd@ pmgservices.com NO CALLS OR DROP-INS PLEASE

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PICKAWAY COUNTY BOARD OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Individual to serve as part of a transdisciplinary team serving children with devel opmental disabilities birth through age 2.

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Minimum Qualifications: Valid OH Physical Therapy License, Acceptable Crimi nal Background Check, Valid Ohio Driver’s Li cense, Pre-employment drug and alcohol screen ing required, pediatric experience preferred Send resume to: Personnel Office Pickaway County Board of Developmental Disabilities 200 East High St. Circleville, OH 43113

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EXCEPTIONAL HOURLY RATE PRN, Part-time and Full-time Positions Skilled Nursing Call Russ Delaney 1-800-223-9519 or e-mail: rdelaney@ mardencompanies.com

Excellent leadership opportunity for a Registered Nurse to facilitate patient care delivery on the Med/Surg unit during evenings and/or nights. Selected individual will provide supervision and management for a group of very dedicated healthcare professionals, ensuring that they are able to provide the highest quality of care for our patients. Requirements include current Ohio RN licensure, a minimum of 3 years clinical experience and previous charge experience strongly preferred.

To find out more about this position and other openings, interested individuals may contact Human Resources at 740-420-8352 or apply online at www.bergerhealth.com

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We take great pride in the difference we make in the communities we serve—and are confident you will too.

Occupational Therapist – Hand In this position, you will provide the occupational therapy component for the MedCentral Health System Occupational Medicine and Hand Center Therapies Team, meeting the direct patient and indirect client care needs of both internal and external clients; meeting the mission of the department and evaluate and develop the treatment plan for hand patients.

Success requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited school; BLS and experience equivalent to ability to successfully evaluate, treat, and educate industrial medicine clients, both as part of an interdisciplinary team and independently.

Industrial Medicine / Ergonomic Continuing Education or certification; OT with C.H.T. designation and previous experience in industrial medicine / ergonomic environment preferred.

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package. Please apply online at www.medcentral.org.

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To oversee and manage clinical services in a dynamic community mental health organization.

The successful candidate will serve as member of the senior management team, reporting to the CEO. Duties include administrative oversight of outpatient, crisis intervention, and children’s mental health programs; chairing the Quality Assurance Committee; overseeing outcomes assessment projects; consulting with community groups; and serving as Chief Clinical Officer for the local public mental health system.

Doctoral degree, Ohio psychology license, and experience in both clinical and management positions required.

Competitive salary and fringe benefit package including retirement plan and reimbursement for approved continuing education costs.

Opportunities for additional compensation through an affiliated private practice.

Send resume including salary requirements to: Susan Buchwalter, Ph.D., CEO The Counseling Center 2285 Benden Drive Wooster, OH 44691 EOE sbuchwalter@ccwhc.org

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Interim HealthCare of Columbus has a great opportunity with our Medicare certified home health agency serving patients in multiple locations in Central Ohio.

The Referral and Intake Manager is responsible for the overall management, coordination, and oversight of all referral and intake processes and operations and ensures a smooth transition from payers and referral sources to staffing and care management. The Manager speaks knowledgeably of the scope of services that are available through Interim HealthCare and supports the execution and management of all agreements and contracts by directly overseeing intake practices and patterns.

Ideal candidate will have at least two years experience in a supervisory or coordinator role in a home health intake department or in managing home health care staff. Current Ohio RN license. Bachelors Degree preferred.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Good understanding of OASISC documentation.

Qualified applicants should e-mail their resumes to sgross@interimhealth.com or call Sharon Gross at 614-880-2939.

RN Full time position in com munity mental health cen ter. Must be licensed in State of Ohio with one year of nursing. Experience in community mental health or psychiatric setting pre ferred. Crisis intervention and institutionalized patient experience helpful. Will work primarily in the com munity where you will eval uate, monitor and treat cli ents. Mileage reimburse ment. Must have Ohio Driv er’s license/auto. Salary: $55K. Hours: Monday thru Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.

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The purpose of this position is to lead, guide and direct all aspects of the primary business functions, financial oversight and associated accounting and tax related activities for the University’s wholly owned non-profit development corporation, Centennial Falcon Properties, Inc. ("Falcon"). This position will serve as the day to day "CFO" for Falcon - under the direction of the controller and the University’s CFO (who serves as the Vice President of Falcon).

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