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May 26, 2011

CAC election winners reflect on campaign

By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

July will bring a partial changing of the guard at the Clintonville Area Commission.

Two of the nine members will be new to the advisory panel, the result of voting that was held for three districts concluding earlier this month.

In Districts 1 and 2, incumbents Mike

McLaughlin and Sarah in District 2. questions about the Snyder chose not to District 9 incumbent campaign and their furun again, both citing D Searcy did choose to ture plans: the increasingly conseek another term and What were some of tentious atmosphere at won against a write-in the most interesting asthe area commission’s opponent. pects of running for the monthly sessions.

With some, at least, commission for you?

Stepping in to take of the dust settling now Kuhel: For me, the Nancy Kuhel their places during the D Searcy that the election is over, Rob Wood most interesting aspect annual reorganization meeting will be the winning candidates in the races were was talking with people in my district, Rob Wood in District 1 and Nancy Kuhel asked to respond via e-mail to a series of exchanging ideas and engaging in con-

versation about things that are important to them, to their quality of life and to Clintonville.

Searcy: Residents had not experienced the “big time” elements of an election in prior CAC races. Many commented on the professionally printed signs and wrist bracelets distributed by my opponent.

Wood: The process of connecting with See CAC ELECTION, page A2

Panel explores improved ‘gateway’ signage

By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

By Chris Parker/ThisWeek

The Clintonville Community Choir, under the direction of Tom Maxwell, rehearses in the Overbrook Presbyterian Church May 18. The choir turned to former CAC member Paul Carringer’s class of masters in marketing science candidates to find ways to improve the choir’s visibility, increase sponsorships and add new members.

In harmony: Marketing students, community choir join forces

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Earlier this year, Terry Swanger was elected public relations chairwoman for the Clintonville Community Choir.

“And had no clue how to write a press release,” Swanger admitted, “no clue who to send it to or how to get our name out.”

Swanger’s daughter-in-law suggested contacting the marketing de-

partment at Ohio State University to see if students might be interested in helping her out for extra credit. When that brought no result, Swanger reached out to Columbus State Community College, and her request eventually came to the attention of Clintonville resident Paul Carringer.

The former area commission member teaches at CSCC and is also an adjunct faculty member in the masters of marketing and communications program at Franklin

University.

“The program for students provides theory, so they get the traditional academic theory, but then they have to develop real-world examples of theory implemented, so they’re not just reading books,” Carringer said.

That real-world experience comes through working with community groups throughout the region, but Carringer said that he had never before had the opportunity to bring the effort so close to home.

“This time to see Clintonville as a part of that was a fun piece of it for me,” he said.

Carringer admitted he was not himself all that aware of the existence of the community choir, now in a sixth year of “making beautiful music together,” as the nonprofit organization’s website states.

“It gave me a chance to see another example of Clintonville that all the

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Chuck Wolfe wore two figurative hats last week.

As executive director of the Cat Welfare Association, he welcomed members of the Clintonville Area Chamber of Commerce to an event that he had helped put on as vice president of the Northland Area Business Association.

NABA “Business After Hours” events are normally held at the establishments of members. They’re intended to give attendees a greater understanding of the business where the gathering is held and to provide networking opportunities.

With Wolfe having a foot both in Northland, where he lives, and Clintonville, where he works, it was inevitable that the two different business communities would eventually meet.

See ‘GATEWAY’ SIGNS, page A6

First round of grants awarded for stemming violence

By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The North YMCA was also a co-sponsor of the second Business After Hours of the year.

About 30 people, pretty much equally divided between Northland and Clintonville business owners and managers, attended the event at Cat Welfare Association on Wetmore Road.

Among those on hand, but not going into the shelter part of the operation due to being allergic

Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman last week announced the first round of “seed” grants to community groups for projects and undertakings aimed at preventing violence in neighborhoods.

Of the 26 applicants receiving more than $21,000, one is from the Clintonville area and two are Northland Community Council civic association members.

The grant requests, out of a total of 56 received, were decided upon by the 25 members of the Coalition for a Nonviolent Columbus, which the mayor proposed last summer and formed in late January.

He ordered $40,000 to be set aside for funding antiviolence initiatives proposed by citizen groups and organizations, at a maximum of $1,000 each.

“We must keep our neighborhoods safe, not only

See JOINT BUSINESS, page A2

See FIRST ROUND, page A7

See IN HARMONY, page A6

Joint business gathering brought ‘neighbors’ together

By KEVIN PARKS

The difference between here and there is but a single letter.

The difference between Clintonville and its adjacent neighborhoods is sometimes just as seemingly inconsequential — in some instances, barely noticeable signs and in other places, no signs at all.

A subcommittee of the Clintonville Area Commission’s planning and development committee is working on ways to let people know: Here is Clintonville, there is someplace else.

“I think it’s important that any visitor to the community feel like they’ve arrived somewhere,” said Mary Rodgers, fresh off heading the CAC’s election committee and now in charge of the gateways project.

She is being assisted in the task by Brett Warner.

Clintonville has between eight and 10 of these significant “gateways” between bordering parts of Columbus, “depending upon who you talk to,” according to Rodgers.

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CAC election winners reflect on campaign Continued from page A1 over 500 people in the neighborhood was very interesting. Finding the diversity of the people here, their energy and ideas.

It lifted me every night I finished a canvass. Also, listening to the range of issues and ideas coming from the neighborhood. I found new things. For example, though we live, for the most part, in a safe neighborhood, there have been a few more serious crimes of which I was not aware until I did the walk.

What would you like to tell voters in the aftermath of the election?

Searcy: Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote whether they voted for me or my opponent. It is important for Columbus officials and fellow Clintonville residents to see that the residents of this area are engaged and active. I will do my best to represent the interests of this area.

Wood: It will take all of us to build community. We have a great one from

the start. In ways, it wants to change and evolve. In other ways, it wants to stay the same. So, I want as much input as I can get. What is important is that the energy, effort and time donated to the effort of building our community will be effectively spent. The CAC should function as a facilitator, the broad tent under which ideas are realized and problems are addressed.

Kuhel: Be nice. No, really, I appreciate all those who came out and voted.

Now the priority is to work together with my fellow commission members in a civil manner, keeping the best interest of the neighborhood at the forefront.

What did you hear from district residents while campaigning that will influence your approach to serving on the commission?

Wood: That a vociferous, passionate process is acceptable, even desirable, at the grassroots level. The important thing is to be respectful and find convergent solutions as the initial passions cool. This

is how community work is accomplished.

My job is to facilitate and moderate when and where it is needed.

Kuhel: The desire to preserve what makes Clintonville Clintonville. Our current balance of single- and multi-family residences, our family-friendly business community, beautiful open spaces and the preservation of the architectural heritage of the area.

Searcy: While District 9 residents are some of the most involved residents within Clintonville, I still discovered several people who did not know about the CAC, its work and purpose. I invite residents to contact me to be on the District 9 email list so that I can quickly notify them when issues arise. In addition, I am making plans to walk our neighborhood’s streets to continue talking with people. I also invite all residents to attend the Sharon Heights Community Association monthly meetings.

Based on meeting with the people who are or soon will be your constituents,

what concerns and issues do you anticipate will be your priorities upon taking office?

Kuhel: Providing accurate and reliable information based on facts and using that information to determine the next best step to take on issues important to the district residents, not just doing something to say we did something, but looking at the long-term effects of our actions and how those actions would benefit the community as a whole now and in the future. I am very much looking forward to this challenging opportunity to serve my neighborhood and the larger Clintonville community.

Searcy: Commercial development will continue to be of great interest to the community. People who have concerns regarding train horn noise are invited to come together to seek viable options. Our area is getting storm sewer improvements followed by repaving of our streets. We’ll be living with the disruptions to accomplish the upgrades. Sharon Meadows Park

is also scheduled to have a playground and walking path installed this summer.

Wood: Facilitating more community beautification projects, like the urban arboretum project Mike McLaughlin is already leading through UCAN. Community gardens and murals came up many times during the campaign. I would like to see these happen. Understanding the neighborhood crime issue better and possible actions to lessen it. And, I understand there is to be a new coffee shop nearby. We should use this as a catalyst to talk about how the community and governing bodies can shape or influence the development of commercial areas.

There are a lot of questions here. It will be fun and wild. It will test whether we can do this respectfully, find convergence of ideas and take appropriate action from there. We will. We are South Clintonville.

We’re going to build something this summer. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

Joint business gathering brought ‘neighbors’ together Continued from page A1 to cats, was Clintonville Area Chamber of Commerce president Jenny Smith.

“I think it’s always good to have combined chamber events,” Smith said. “It makes your contacts a little fresh, gives our businesses op-

portunities to develop new business relationships with, in this case, our neighbors.

“They all share common threads,” she added.

“A lot of networking went on between the people from Northland and Clintonville and also between people who had never been

to Cat Welfare before,” Wolfe said.

Along with tours of the shelter facility, Wolfe said attendees were able to shop in the Catique thrift shop that helps fund the operation.

This was part of the operation Smith was able to visit.

“She didn’t even know it existed,” Wolfe said.

“It’s a very nice little shop they have there,” Smith said.

The 30 or so people at the Business After Hours spent around $100 on items at the thrift store, Wolfe said.

“We had a couple of people who offered to volunteer,” he said. “We had some who had volunteered in

the past and some new people who are wanting to volunteer, as well.”

He said he was pleased to see business people from different parts of Columbus find some common ground.

“It really gave our members a chance to get to know some of their neighbors they might not have

known before,” Smith said. “It was good. It worked out well.”

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Clintonville bakery This Memorial Day wins green award Weekend

The recycling, composting and other environmentally conscious practices at Pattycake Bakery earned the North High Street enterprise an honor last week from the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio.

The Clintonville bakery received SWACO’s “Emerald” Award for Small Business.

“Each of our honorees has a great green story to tell,” SWACO executive director Ron Mills was quoted as saying in the announcement of the honoree. “We have learned that the best way to educate people and businesses toward a culture of recycling, waste reduction, and reuse is to show them how going green can fit in with everyday lifestyles.

I believe the stories our Emerald recipients have to share will act as catalysts that demonstrate what

it takes to make a difference when it comes to contributing to our quality of life on this planet.

“We, and they, are convinced that what we are doing is both important and inspiring. It is for this reason that SWACO established the Emeralds. It is a way to honor such ideas and accomplishments and to encourage those contributors to continue to teach, inspire, and lead all of us.”

“Strong recycling and composting efforts by Pattycake Bakery has earned the Clintonville baker the Emerald for Small Business,” the announcement stated. “Those green initiatives reduce Pattycake’s throwaways to just one household trash can per week. The baker reuses cardboard beer boxes to pack orders, affixes company labels with all-natural glue and delivers orders via bicycle.”

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Facebook posting aids in nabbing alleged graffiti vandal Columbus City Attorney Richard C. Pfeiffer Jr. announced last week that the top target in an initiative to sweep up some of the city’s most-wanted graffiti vandals has been apprehended.

Kyle C.J. Lamblez was wanted on a third charge of graffiti vandalism in less than two years, according to Pfeiffer. Lamblez, no age given, was arrested by the Columbus Police Division’s Strategic Response Bureau after a threeweek manhunt, the announcement stated.

Pfeiffer said the search for Lamblez began during the launch of a new initiative using social media channels to help apprehend individuals with outstanding arrest warrants. The City Attorney’s Office introduced the “Fugitive of the Week” profile about a month ago on Facebook and Twitter.

Lamblez is the third targeted offender brought into custody by the program, according to the announcement. He had been sought for over a year and a half.

“We live in a rapidly changing digital environment and we have to be ready to adapt new methods of communication and social interaction into crime fighting tools,” Pfeiffer said in a statement.

With Columbus City Council and a bench warrant was issued members Zach Klein and Michelle for his arrest.”

Mills, along with numerous memSee GRAFFITI, page A4 bers of the community, placing added emphasis on the crime of graffiti vandalism, Pfeiffer said he instructed his office to pursue wanted vandals such as Lamblez. Individuals charged with other misdemeanor crimes under Columbus municipal code are also being targeted using the social media initiative.

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As it were

Memorial Day 1911: Parades, services, decoration of graves It was a rainy Sunday in Columbus on the weekend before Memorial Day in 1911. But that did not stop a lot of people from “making an excursion” to the city.

According to a local newspaper of the time, more than 5,000 ED people arrived in the city by LENTZ train and interurban railway from places as distant as Cleveland, Cincinnati and Parkersburg, W. Va. They came to see the sites, visit local amusement parks and shop in the stores of the capital city.

Among the more popular sites were the Statehouse, the campus of Ohio State University and the institutions for the blind, the deaf, the mentally ill and the criminally penitent.

This was, after all, the weekend before Memorial Day and one might assume that people were simply celebrating a long three-day weekend.

But that is not what they were doing at all.

In 1911, Memorial Day was celebrated on May 30 — no matter what day of the week it might happen to be. In 1911, it happened to be Tuesday, so most of these people seeking, as one reporter put it, “spots where cooling breezes ought to blow” or “places where inspiring liquors ought to flow” had a nice day in the capital city, boarded their trains and left central Ohio for a working day on Monday in their hometowns.

While most people in Columbus went about their business on Monday, May 29, several dozen others were working furiously to prepare for the holiday that was only one day away.

And there was a lot of work to do.

Local veterans and civic organizations combined with social service organizations to plan and prepare a full day of activities for Memorial Day. It was begun as a day to remember the men who died serving their country in the Civil War, but it also had become increasingly a time to remember veterans of all of America’s wars and a Decoration Day for family plots in Amer-

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Franklin County Memorial Hall, 280 E. Broad St., in 1908.

ica’s cemeteries, as well.

While there were parades to plan and religious services to prepare, most of the real work of Memorial Day involved flowers — lots and lots of flowers. In 1911, the organizers of Memorial Day planned to put an American flag and a bouquet of flowers on the grave of every veteran in the city. To that end, the school children of Columbus were asked to bring bouquets of flowers to the Franklin County Memorial Hall on Monday, May 29. Because there was some doubt, the public was asked to bring flowers, as well.

There was no reason to worry.

By Tuesday morning, there were more than enough flowers to accompany the 2,500 American flags to be placed in cemeteries around the city: “Carnations, roses, peonies and syringa blossoms were the most numerous in the collection.”

At 7:30 a.m. on the morning of Memorial Day, veterans groups met at Memorial Hall in uniform, marched a few blocks to Statehouse Square and boarded streetcars to ride to Green Lawn and Mount Calvary cemeteries. They were soon followed by hundreds of people who joined them at the cemeteries for services.

At 9 a.m., flowers were placed at the McKinley Memorial in front of the Statehouse and at 11 a.m., a 46-gun artillery salute was fired in the Statehouse yard by local soldiers from the Columbus Barracks (now Fort Hayes).

At 1 p.m., local veterans groups, military organizations, marching bands and most of the Columbus Police Department formed up for a march through downtown Columbus. Returning to Memorial Hall, many of the marchers stayed to listen to a program of music and patriotic speeches. Religious services also

were held in a number of local churches through the day.

Many people did not stay downtown for all of these events.

Some had left town early in the day, since most businesses, schools and offices were closed and the excursion cars to Buckeye Lake, Griggs Dam and local amusement parks were running early and often.

And then there were some people who were not free to attend these events. As one paper put it, “Because it is Memorial Day, and in appreciation of things they have done and may do for their country, prisoners at the Workhouse who are Civil War or Spanish-American War veterans, or members of the regular army or national guard, at noon today will be served with a special dinner.

“Although the services for the Civil and Spanish war veterans at the Penitentiary Sunday were attended by 98 former soldiers, but three of them served in the Civil War and 95 during the Spanish-American War … The number of Civil War veterans has greatly decreased during the past 10 years, by deaths and pardons.

The 98 men have organized Walled City Camp and hold meetings just as the old soldiers do at Memorial Hall.”

Other people attended all or part of the downtown observances and then departed for family gatherings in local parks or on the front porches of their homes. In the evening, the residents of many Columbus neighborhoods gathered for a fireworks celebration and further festivities.

All in all, it was a quite pleasant day for the unofficial beginning of the summer of 1911 in Columbus.

Ed Lentz writes a history column for ThisWeek.

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After information about Lamblez was posted on the city attorney’s Facebook page April 27, a tip spurred the investigation that also used Twitter and other more obscure social networks.

Once Lamblez was initially traced to his place of residence and connected to other known associates, he began eluding the Strategic Response Bureau by going from one safe house to the next, according to City Prosecutor Bill R. Hedrick, who leads the “Fugitive of the Week” initiative on Pfeiffer’s behalf.

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In harmony: Marketing students, community choir join forces Continued from page A1 people who live and work there can be proud of,” Carringer said.

“We were looking for better ways to market the Clintonville Community Choir… to take a little of the burden off of our membership,” choir president Jack Raidiger said.

One of the major things choir members were hoping to receive help with, according to conductor Tom Maxwell, is getting people to understand just how different live music is from recorded. For convenience, music lovers have mostly abandoned the high fidelity of records for the lesser quality of compact discs and the even lesser quality of MP3s, iPods and YouTube. Practically a whole generation doesn’t have much awareness of how different recorded music is compared with live, said Maxwell, conductor from the choir’s inception.

“You can’t replicate that,” he said.

“There’s a sense of community and vibrancy in a live performance that you just don’t get when you’re listening to

something that’s been recorded.

“Building an audience is a difficult thing to do for arts organizations in general,” Maxwell added. “We wanted to make sure we reached out in places where we would find people likely to be interested in what we do.”

Swanger met with Carringer’s class of masters in marketing science candidates, providing them with an overview of the choir and outlining some of the goals they had for connecting with the students.

These included improving the choir’s visibility, increasing sponsorships and adding new members.

The students then broke up into three groups and began working on ideas.

“When we first approached it, we had a completely different mindset,” student Courtney Hering recalled. “We thought, ‘Hmm, what do we have to work with here?’ ” Old music that needed to be updated was what one of her team members thought, according to Hering. Then the students attended the spring concert of

the Clintonville Community Choir, one of three annual performances that follow eight rehearsals.

“We were just blown away,” Hering said. “They have this great nostalgic feel to them. They’ve got a great sound. We were like, ‘Don’t change a thing.’ ” “Basically we exist just to provide enjoyable, quality music to the community, but that does take money, so that was primarily our object in going out getting help with marketing,” Raidiger said.

“They didn’t want to change any of that.”

After changing their thinking, the three groups of students put in weeks of thought and effort which culminated in presentations to community choir board members and officers earlier this month.

“They were amazing,” president Raidiger said. “First of all, the amount of knowledge that they were able to find out about the Clintonville area and the Clintonville Community Choir in such a short time was incredible.

“Then the ideas that they came up with were not only usable for us but also doable for us.”

Some of the suggestions came with no price tag attached.

“Which really excited us,” Raidiger admitted.

Even those that require some investment won’t bust the choir’s budget, he said.

“I felt like we got some very clever ideas,” Maxwell said. “The students were creative as they were considering their marketing presentations to us. The nice thing, too, is these individuals want to build their portfolio to use after they graduate and they can do that through opportunities to provide marketing materials for various entities, and that’s one thing we were very excited to know, that that was a possibility.

“I was just very much impressed with their presentations.”

“To me, they went above and beyond what their assignment required,” Swanger said.

Both sides of the equation benefited from the project.

“The biggest thing I took out of that is how important it is to know your client

or your target market,” student Neha Sharma said. “We really got to understand what the Clintonville Community Choir is all about.

“I really would hope they understand that we put our heart and soul into this project.”

“That’s a great learning opportunity a student wouldn’t get … if they weren’t forced into the field,” Carringer said.

“The theory is important, but without understanding how that applies, it’s words in a book.”

The organizations participating in the project, he added, receive a “fresh look at their communication challenges.

“I think more than anything else … that fresh look from folks who may not have been engaged with the organization is very helpful,” Carringer said. “It gives a new perspective. And with that, they get new things they can apply.”

“My humble little question of, ‘Help me, I have no writing skills,’ turned into this amazing, amazing opportunity,” Swanger said. “They came up with most amazing ideas.”

‘GATEWAY’ SIGNS Continued from page A1 Signs that welcome visitors and returning residents to Clintonville exist in eight locations, but two of those on the Indianola Avenue corridor are missing. None of the existing notification signs are attention-grabbers, the subcommittee chairwoman feels.

“I would describe them as easily missed,” Rodgers said. “I don’t think they provide that sense of arrival.

“It’s nice to say welcome to Clintonville. I think that’s a great message, but it’s easy to drive right past it and not know you’ve made a transition.”

The only exception to that, Rodgers went on, used to be the one at North High Street and Arcadia Avenue in the vicinity of Clintonville Portal Park. However, that sign has deteriorated over the years and, because it technically isn’t even in Clintonville but instead is within the boundaries of the University District, might not be saying the same thing if it is refurbished, the gateways subcommittee leader said.

Some gateways into Clintonville, to further complicate things, are lost amid the “visual clutter” of many other different signs, Rodgers said. A lot of people have complained about that to Rodgers, and she wonders if somehow all those different messages could be consolidated into a single cohesive sign.

“At this point, the planning and development committee will be talking about a proposal to call for artists to provide design thoughts on gateway structures,” Rodgers said last week.

“What we’re trying to get across to the artist in our call is that it needs to be unique in that all of the gateways are the same but it needs to be scalable

because not all are the same size.”

Rodgers feels that these gateways from other communities, as well as attempts at differentiating one section of Clintonville from another, can help in better marketing the neighborhood.

“We really haven’t done a lot of marketing of the community,” Rodgers said. “It’s hard to program a five-mile strip of linear roadway. It’s going to be a lot easier for us to create districts.”

By the same token, the subcommittee chairwoman pointed out, it would be easy to go overboard in terms of differentiating one section of Clintonville from another.

“You could have gateways to the ravines,” she said. “There are thousands of gateways.”

“Clintonville is such a large area with so many different little pockets,” fellow committee member Warner wrote in an e-mail, expressing his personal views on the subject. “I think it’s important to find ways to knit it all together, and gateways are one way of doing that. Gateways can help us build a sense of self as a community by marking our turf, so to speak. And the more strongly people identify with Clintonville, the more people care about their neighborhood and want to help improve it.

“I think that is our ultimate goal.”

Once some suggested designs for signs are on hand, Rodgers anticipates taking a selection of them to residents in a series of meetings to obtain their views on not only the physical appearance but also what they should contain.

Funding to erect the gateway markers could come from a variety of sources.

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First round of grants awarded for stemming violence Continued from page A1 through enforcement, but also through prevention,” Coleman said in announcing the grant recipients. “Through the Coalition for a Nonviolent Columbus, we are reaching out into the grassroots of our neighborhoods to address violence and crime at the street level.”

The Strawberry Farms Civic Association and the Scotland Subdivision Block Watch in Forest Park in the Northland area each received the maximum $1,000 grants, as did Wild Goose Creative just south of Clintonville.

The latter’s application states that the money is to be used “to purchase paint and supplies for graffiti clean-up,” but as befits a nonprofit organization that provides a venue for local artists of all stripes at the 2491 Summit St. headquarters, what’s planned is much more artistic in scope.

It’s intended, according to Wild Goose Creative general manager Elizabeth “Beth” Dekker, to help fund a mural to cover a graffiti-covered wall at the intersection of Summit and Hudson streets.

“Our goal for the mural is to create something beautiful out of layers and layers of paint that have already been put on there,” Dekker said.

A web page created for the SoHud Community Mural Project, which is what the neighborhood is called, said the group is “going to need a lot of help with this project, both in volunteer hours, in-kind donation and financial support. The mural will be an incredible addition to our neighborhood as it will provide a welcoming gateway into our community.

“Not to mention, murals have been shown to deter graffiti better than blank walls, and we all know that our area could use a little graffiti-deterrent.”

The organization is in the midst of calling on artists from the neighborhood and surrounding area to be possible project participants, Dekker said. Planning for the mural began in April. The hope is to have the design ready

by June and the painting get under way in July, although Dekker admitted it might be difficult to stick to that timetable.

“We’re trying to take it one step at a time,” she said.

The Strawberry Farms Civic Association will use the grant money to purchase a digital camera and some software as well as create a website to address the growing problem of tagging in the community’s park, according to director of public safety Theresa Van Davis.

“I’m from Southern California and believe me, if we had stopped the tagging when it started, we wouldn’t have the problem we do today,” Van Davis said.

“They didn’t react as quickly as they might have.

“We wanted to take back the park for our citizens, all our citizens — young people and their children, older people,” she added.

“We wanted it to be a safe place.”

The website will be used to post photos of graffiti that appears in Strawberry Farms Park, informing residents if it’s just children scrawling or, more ominously, the work of gang members, according to Van Davis.

The software will enable residents to participate in community conference calls regarding safety issues. The plan is to also enhance Block Watch participation and even organize walking teams to help put a stop to graffiti vandalism, she said.

“I was humbled and honored by the consideration they gave to our application, and really encouraged to make this successful,” she said.

The $1,000 awarded to the

Scotland Civic Association will help pay for two-way radios to facilitate communication among walking and driving patrols, according to coordinator John McCormack. Flashlights and reflective vests will also be obtained with the funding.

“And we’re also going to throw one heck of a Block Watch party to give out educational material to not only our community but surrounding communities to see if we can’t get them involved,” McCormack said.

The application process was a simple one, he added, and said he’s grateful his group’s request was granted in this initial round.

“I was extremely excited,” McCormack said. “The main members of the block watch, the captains, are extremely excited about it. It gives us more resources that we can get out to the community instead of out of our pockets.

This is going to help us expand on a wider basis.

“I would recommend everyone continue to try until they get the grant, if it’s possible that they can,” he continued. “Don’t get discouraged. Don’t lose faith. Just

because you got turned down once doesn’t mean you’ll get turned down again. Keep plugging along and it will be a better city.”

Northland Community Council president Dave Paul is among the members appointed by Mayor Coleman to the Coalition for a Nonviolent Columbus.

“There was a wide range of proposals, of course, and some were not ultimately selected, but I was impressed at the creativity, generally, of folks,” Paul said.

The applications that were turned down this time, or funded for less than the maximum amount, were those seeking support for a one-day event, Paul added. In general, coalition mem-

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“I was very pleased that many of the organizations proposed exactly that kind of thing and the majority of those received the full funding,” he said.

The second grant filing period runs through May 31. All completed grant applications must be submitted to the Columbus Department of Public Safety no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 31.

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Centennial, which improved to 15-10.

The Braves finished with an 18-7 record.

•The boys track and field team had three individuals and three relays advance to the Division I regional meet, which began May 25 and concludes Friday, May 27, at Pickerington North.

At the district 3 meet that concluded May 21 at Hilliard Bradley, senior Evan Schwartz won the 3,200 meters (9 minutes, 52.53 seconds) and Jesse Volk was first in the 300 hurdles (40.8).

There’s been a new name to remember for followers of central Ohio girls high school track and field this spring.

Sophomore Aaliyah Barnes quickly became one of the area’s top sprinters during the regular season for Eastmoor Academy but wasn’t able to compete in the City League championships May 9 and 11 at Mifflin because of pain in her sacroiliac joint, also known as the SI joint. The SI joint is in the pelvic region.

Although she did feel some pain during the Division II district meet that concluded May 21 at Hamilton Township, her performance didn’t signal that she would be limited heading into the regional meet Thursday, May 26, and Saturday, May 28, at Welcome Stadium in Dayton.

In the final of the 100 meters, Barnes finished in 11.8 seconds to edge Hartley senior Aisha Cavin by .02 of a second. Cavin had the best time in both the preliminaries and semifinal.

Then in the 200, Barnes ran 24.54 to beat Hartley senior Maya Pedersen (25.53).

Barnes did not compete last season because she didn’t take the required class amount to be eligible. “(Beating Cavin) feels good,” Barnes said. “My SI joint is messed up, and I’m actually going to therapy for it. I’m just happy I’m able to run. I’m just taking it a track meet at a time and hopefully I can make it to the next round.”

The Eastmoor boys team sent a large contingent to regional after winning the 14-team Division II, district 2 meet with 131 points at Hamilton Township.

Granville (106) was runner-up.

In the Division III district meet at Gahanna, the Africentric girls team was fifth (46) of 26 teams that scored behind champion Grandview (100.5).

The Nubians’ 800 relay of Chelsea Chambers, Amanda Douglas, Kyrah Jones and Brittani Thomas was first in 1:49.97. “(The 800 relay) was a little shaky at the beginning of the season, but we got it down pat,” Chambers said. “We just recently got it together and took six seconds off our (time in preliminaries).”

•LACROSSE SUCCESS — The Columbus City Schools club boys lacrosse team closed its second season with a 7-7 record.

The squad opened the Club North Region tournament with a 14-2 victory over Clinton County on May 19 before falling to Delaware 18-4 on May 21.

Seniors D’Angelo Cousar (Horizon Science Academy) and Spencer Kidwell (Centennial) each made first-team all-region.

Junior Suding Seiter (Whetstone) and sophomores Ed McGlynn (Whetstone) and Hart Wise (Columbus Academy) made the second team.

Another standout, according to coach J.B. Jones, was senior

See BRAVES, page B2

See CITY, page B2

By Tim Norman/ThisWeek

Annie Truelove of Watterson delivers a pitch during the Eagles’ 4-1 victory over Pickerington North in a second-round Division I tournament game May 12. Watterson lost to third-seeded Groveport 3-2 in a Division I district semifinal on May 20 to finish 10-16.

Watterson Roundup

Boys track team is fifth at district

By AARON BLANKENSHIP 10 inches in the rain. Oman won ThisWeek Community Newspapers the 200 (22.53) and Matt Richardson won the 1,600 The Watterson High School (4:42.11). boys track and field team spent Also advancing to the reextra time focusing on strength gional meet Thursday, May 26, and conditioning training early and Saturday, May 28, at Lexin the season to prepare for the ington were Oman in the 100 postseason. (second, 11.29), Zak Lackey in That decision paid dividends the 1,600 (third, 4:45.73) and for the Eagles at the Division Richardson, Trevin Pitroff, DoII, district 1 meet that concluded minic Smith and Lackey in the May 21 at Hamilton Township, 3,200 relay (third, 8:38.74). as they scored 74.5 points to The top four finishers in each place fifth of 14 teams, behind event at district qualified for rechampion Caledonia River Val- gional.

“This was one of our best disley (104.5).

The Eagles won four events, trict performances in the 20 including the 400-meter relay years I’ve been here,” coach (43.75 seconds) of Alex Mata- Matt McGowan said. “We hadcia, Cody Calhoun, Jimmy Gal- n’t had a district champion since

By Chris Parker/ThisWeek Tim Poirier won the long jump lagher and Erik Oman.

Watterson’s Cory Randolph passes the ball in front of teammate Joey Viola during the Eagles’ Joe Mankovecky won the See EAGLES, page B2 25-16, 22-25, 25-18, 25-23 loss to St. Charles in a Division II East Regional semifinal on May 18. high jump by clearing 5 feet,

Whetstone Roundup

Baseball team falls to Stars in playoff

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In a one-game playoff May 23 to determine which team would advance to the City championship game, the Centennial High School baseball team defeated Whetstone 7-3.

It was the third meeting of the season between the teams.

The Braves won 2-1 in 13 innings in the first round of league play, a game, which began April 15 and was concluded May 2. The Stars won 3-2 in the

second game, which began May 2 and concluded May 13 with Centennial scoring three runs in the final two innings.

Centennial played Briggs for the City title on May 24.

Centennial and Whetstone tied for the City-North title at 13-1, forcing the one-game playoff.

“We had three great games against Whetstone,” Centennial coach Scott Kirby said. “It’s certainly been a heck of a series.”

“We’ve got a good group of guys, but we just came up a little bit short,” Braves

coach Tim Broskie said. “They hit the ball better than we did.”

The Stars took a 4-0 lead in the third inning, knocking Whetstone starter David Brown from the game. Daniel O’Keefe had a sacrifice fly to make it 1-0, Danny Conroy singled for a 2-0 lead and David Perez hit a two-run home run to left.

The Braves cut it to 4-3 in the fifth when one run scored on an error and Ross Homan and Zak Davidson both added RBI-singles.

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Also finishing first was the 400 relay of Marvin Draper, Jordan Mitchell, Joe Saffold and Cameron Vines (42.7).

Also advancing to regional were Vines in the 100 and 200, and the 800 relay and 1,600 relay.

The 3,200 relay finished fifth (8:14.59) as Central Crossing (8:07.99) earned the final regional spot.

The Braves scored 67 points in the 14-team district meet to finish sixth behind champion Dublin Coffman (116.5).

Volk was among those optimistic about his state hopes entering regional. The top four finishers in each event at regional advance to the state meet June 3-4 at Ohio State.

“I think I have a good shot,” he said. “We’re feeling pretty good. Our coaches are really good at setting the schedule so that we peak at the right time.”

The girls team finished last (6) of the 11 teams that scored in the district 3 meet behind champion Dublin Scioto (139).

Sophomore Arionna Darlington was the team’s top placer, finishing fifth in the shot put (34 feet, 1 inch) to miss advancing to regional by one spot.

Reynoldsburg’s Britany Anderson placed fourth (34-8).

•The softball team’s hopes of winning a fourth City title in five seasons ended with a 73 loss to visiting Centennial on May 18.

After the Stars and Braves finished in a first-place tie in the City-North at 13-1 during the regular season, the game represented a one-game playoff to determine which squad would advance to the City championship game. Centennial beat the Braves 5-3 on April 7 but lost the rematch 10-0 on May 13.

In the one-game playoff, the Braves rallied from a 2-0 deficit to score three times in the fifth inning. Centennial answered with two runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh against sophomore pitcher Briana Clemens.

Whetstone loses three seniors in Haley Buskirk, Katie Fuller and Erin Krebs. Buskirk and Fuller each made first-team all-City, along with junior catcher Sarah Buckalew.

The Braves finished 14-10 overall.

“We left too many people on base and had some silly mental errors,” coach Larry Peck said.

“It’s hard for my seniors, and that might be the most disappointing thing.”

In addition to Buckalew and Clemens, expected to return are juniors Libby Adelsberger, Symiah Campbell and Katie Dozer, sophomores Audrey Bollas, Sophie Marquand and Lauren Peck and freshman Liz Jackson.

Krebs, Peck and Jackson all made second-team all-City and Adelsberger and Marquand both

in 2002, and we had four district champions for the first time that I can remember. Some of that success is because we did more running and conditioning in March to get stronger for this meet. The kids have a good work ethic and it’s paying off for them.”

Last year, Watterson scored three points at regional to tie Marion Pleasant and Utica for 32nd, behind champion Peninsula Woodbridge (65).

Mankovecky scored the Eagles’ points by placing sixth in the high jump (6-2).

The top four finishers in each regional event advance to the state meet June 3-4 at Ohio State.

“Our goals are to get the kids to the regional finals, and to get someone to the state meet for the first time since 2000,” McGowan said. “Joe will probably have to jump 6-2 or 6-4 in good weather to qualify for state. But Joe’s already jumped 6-3 this season, and his volleyball season just ended, so I think he’ll be more fresh for regional. Our 400 relay has a decent shot at state, too. It’s all down to how good their handoffs are.”

The girls team scored 14 points in the 13-team Division I, district 4 meet that concluded May 21 at Hamilton Township to place 11th, behind champion Hilliard Davidson (110).

None of the Eagles placed in the top four to qualify for regional.

•Senior Chris Diaz and 2009 graduate Philip Diaz of the boys tennis team captured the Division I state doubles title in 2008 and were favored to defend their championship the following season but ended up placing

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Kyle Radabaugh and the Braves baseball team lost to Centennial 7-3 on May 23 to finish the season 18-7.

At a glance

Below are regional qualifiers for the Whetstone boys track team with district event, place and time/distance/height: BOYS — Evan Schwartz: 3,200 (first, 9:52.53); Cameron Vines: 100 (fourth, 11.32), 200 (first, 22.22); Jesse Volk: 300 hurdles (first, 40.8); 400 relay: Marvin Draper, Jordan Mitchell, Joe Saffold and Vines (first, 42.7); 800 relay: Draper, Mitchell, Saffold and Volk (second, 1:30.7); 1,600 relay: Draper, Jevon Henry, Vines and Volk (second, 3:23.16)

Daniel Renick and Pete Pajor.

Juniors Mohumud Sharif, Harley Tripp and James Wellman should be the top candidates to take over the top two singles spots.

At the Division I sectional tournament May 12 at Upper Arlington, Koltun and Brew teamed to play doubles and lost in a quarterfinal while Sharif and Tripp both lost in first-round singles matches.

•The boys volleyball team loses five seniors, including both of its setters, after finishing 6-15 overall and third in the Central Ohio Volleyball League at 5-5, behind St. Charles (100) and Watterson (8-2) and ahead of DeSales (4-6), Gahanna Christian (2-8) and Licking Heights (1-9).

Habeeb Al-Ghawi, Andrew Bogart, Nathan Geiser, Tom Kocab and Marcus Moore comprised the senior class.

Al-Ghawi and Geiser split time at setter, where the heir apparent could be freshman Zack Bainazarov.

Also eligible to return are juniors Dan Geiser, Eishi Marang, N.D. Maston and Gabe Reece.

The Braves were the sixth seed for the Division II East Region tournament but lost to fourth-seeded Dublin Scioto 25-17, 18-25, 25-22, 25-14 in a first-round match May 14 at Pickerington North.

“Coming back, we have a good group,” coach Errole Rembert said. “We’re losing both of our setters, but the only hitter we’re losing is Andrew.”

were honorable mention.

Buskirk went 11-4 with a 1.84 ERA and 71 strikeouts.

Clemens was 3-6 with a 2.45 ERA. Fuller batted a team-best .571, Jackson hit .407 and Jackson batted .463.

•Although the boys tennis team finished 12-3 overall, coach Bucky Walters was left longing for more after the Braves finished third in the City League at 10-2, behind Centennial (12-0) and Northland (11-1).

“I guess a lot of people would be happy with 12-3,” Walters said. “Each match we lost came in a three-set tiebreaker. We were inches away from being in the City championship match.

Obviously, we had a good season, but it’s just one of those things that we were so close to being undefeated and we just didn’t pull it out.”

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Schools announce coaching vacancies The following schools are seeking coaches: Dublin Jerome — Girls tennis, assistant boys basketball, assistant field hockey. Send résumé by May 31 to Nick Magistrale, athletics director, Dublin Jerome High School, 8300 Hyland Croy Road, Dublin, Ohio 43016, or email magistrale_nick@dublinschools.net.

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At a glance

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Watterson boys lacrosse, girls lacrosse, softball, track & field and boys volleyball teams: BOYS LACROSSE May 17 — Defeated Granville 11-7 in first round of Division II South/Central Region tournament May 20 — Lost to Hilliard Bradley 10-5 in second round of regional tournament Of note: The Eagles finished 6-8.

GIRLS LACROSSE May 16 — Def. Hilliard Davidson 97 in first round of Division I South/Central Region tournament May 18 — Lost to New Albany 24-2 in second round of regional tournament May 19 — Def. Gahanna 13-8 Of note: The Eagles finished 6-12.

SOFTBALL May 20 — Lost to third-seeded Groveport 3-2 in Division I district semifinal Of note: The Eagles finished 10-16.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL May 18 — Lost to St. Charles 2516, 22-25, 25-18, 25-23 in Division II East Regional semifinal Of note: The Eagles finished 10-9.

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Chris Diaz won the Division II state singles championship last year, beating Cincinnati Country Day’s Alex Fritz 6-3, 6-2 in the final, and is favored to defend his title in the state tournament Friday, May 27, and Saturday, May 28, at Hilliard Davidson.

With memories of his past state tournament experiences, the Ohio State recruit is determined not to let history repeat itself.

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Continued from page B1 goalkeeper Brian Tran (Whetstone). The other seniors were Evan Campbell (Whetstone), Nathan Hanes (Centennial) and Carl Palumbo (Westland).

“We had five kids make all-region, which is pretty impressive,” Jones said. “That shows that these kids are willing to work hard. Next year I think we’ll have some growing pains because we do have some upperclassmen leaving, but I’m happy to get anyone.”

•IN CITY FINALS — Poor weather continued to push back the City championships in baseball, boys tennis and softball last week.

Centennial won 3-1 on May 23 at Briggs for the City softball title.

The victory gave the Stars a final record of 18-6, while the Bruins finished with a 15-6 record. Briggs has gone 1-7 in City championship games.

“We had lost several seniors and came into the season trying to replace five or six starters,” coach Larry Howell said. “A lot of little things here and there worked out. It’s been a fun season.”

In the City tennis final held May 23 at Woodward Park, Northland beat Centennial 3-2.

During the regular season, the Stars went 12-0 in league play and the Vikings went 11-1. Centennial junior first-singles play-

Below are the regional qualifiers for City League track & field teams with district event, place and time/distance/height: DIVISION I CENTENNIAL — Boys (district 2): 800 relay (fourth, 1:48.03); Girls (district 2): Aarin Jones: 400 (first, 57.28); 1,600 relay (fourth, 4:02.52) EAST — Boys (district 3): Keith Guice: 200 (third, 23.18), 400 (second, 49.85) INDEPENDENCE — Boys (district 1): 800 relay (second, 1:28.9); Girls (district 1): Ty’Ay Saunders: 400 (first, 58.21) MARION-FRANKLIN — Boys (district 2): Chad Jones: 100 (fourth, 11.49); Girls (district 4): Ki’Lesia Perry: 100 hurdles (first, 14.73); 400 relay (second, 50.48); 800 relay (third, 1:46.41) MIFFLIN — Boys (district 1): Jorell Davis, 400 (third, 50.7) WALNUT RIDGE — Boys (district 2): 400 relay (third, 43.31); Girls (district 2): Asia Bange: 100 (third, 12.51), 100 hurdles (first, 14.94), 300 hurdles (second, 45.25) DIVISION II EASTMOOR ACADEMY — Boys (district 2): Tahje Brown: long jump (first,

er Bogdan Cojocari advanced to the Division II district tournament but lost to Wellington’s Ian Wagner 6-1, 6-0 in a firstround match May 20 at Columbus Academy.

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On May 23, the Stars defeated Whetstone 7-3 in a one-game playoff to determine which team would represent the City-North

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pen again in singles,” Diaz said.

“To end my career with a state championship would be awesome, but I know from experience that it won’t be easy.

There’s a little more pressure and it’s a little harder when you’re trying to defend your title.”

Diaz went 3-0 in the district tournament May 20-21 at Columbus Academy to win his fourth district title. Entering this week, he had an 87-1 career record in singles matches and had won a program-record 87 consecutive singles matches.

Diaz beat Wellington’s Ian Wagner 6-1, 6-0 in the district final.

“Ian plays really aggressive, he goes for a lot of winners and comes to the net to finish shots,” he said. “I just try to be consistent when I play him because he’s tough. Playing Ian is definitely great practice for the state because he’s one of the best players in the state.”

Diaz said the key to winning the state title is to maintain his focus, even after he misses shots or makes mistakes.

“I need to stay level-headed,” he said. “I need to stay focused and play as hard as I can every point. I’m going to try to have fun and do my best not to get worked up when something goes wrong.”

Also at district, the doubles team of Aaron Casares and Jared Clifton went 1-1. Only the top two district placers in singles and doubles qualified for state.

Watterson beat Thomas Worthington 3-2 on May 18 and was 13-9 overall after losing to Bexley 3-2 in an OTCA Division II district final on May 23.

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20-5 3/4); Jalen Crosby: 100 (first, 11.08), 200 (first, 22.34); Jabari Howard: discus (fourth, 135-4), shot put (second, 50-9 1/2); Terrell Hudson: 110 hurdles (first, 15.06), long jump (second, 20-3 3/4); Shawn Jackson: 110 hurdles (third, 15.43); Keenan Morgan: 1,600 (fourth, 4:38.47); Dareyus Person: 400 (fourth, 50.77); 400 relay (first, 43.3); 800 relay (third, 1:30.66); 1,600 relay (second, 3:25.11); Girls: Aaliyah Barnes: 100 (first, 11.8), 200 (first, 24.54); 800 relay (fourth, 1:46.93) LINDEN-MCKINLEY — Boys (district 2): Najee Blackwell: high jump (first, 6-0), long jump (third, 20-1/4); Chajaz Davis: 200 (fourth, 22.66) SOUTH — Boys (district 1): Quan Thomas: 800 (fourth, 2:03.57); 1,600 relay (third, 3:31.45) DIVISION III AFRICENTRIC — Boys: Darius BrownWalker: 200 (third, 23.57); 800 relay (third, 1:33.76); Girls: Brein Babbs: shot put (second, 34-2 1/2); Chelsea Chambers: 800 (fourth, 2:29.2); Kyrah Jones: 100 (third, 12.88), 400 (second, 1:02.39); 800 relay (first, 1:49.97) Of note: Does not include regional qualifiers for Beechcroft, Brookhaven, Northland or Whetstone.

in the conference final.

Stars coach Scott Kirby believes the wins over Northland and Centennial were beneficial heading into the playoff with the Braves.

“I think we got back on track a little,” Kirby said.

“We beat Northland 9-0 and East 26-5, so we’re hitting the ball well.” julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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The Beat Arts, eats and fun in central Ohio

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and is a living link to Nashville’s glory days and country music history.

Nelson will be in concert Wednesday, June 1, at Lifestyle Communities Pavilion. Tickets are $30. Call 1-800-745-3000.

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of Hookahville.

As always, Columbus jammers ekoostik hookah will host and perform during the festival, Friday-Sunday, May 27-30, at Legend Valley.

This spring’s list of great acts includes Yonder Mountain String Band, Slightly Stoopid, Tropidelic and Todd Snider. Todd Snider For a full schedule, prices, times any number of touch points by and camping information, visit which they might identify you. www.legendvalley.net.

Those touch points can sometimes overshadow the longevity 2 Career longevity for those itself, so, for example, some might in the public eye means that forget that Willie Nelson is one folks across generations will have of the great songwriters of his day

exactly do the modifiers work when you’re a melodic death metal band? Is it melodic-death metal or melodic death-metal?” when Michigan metalheads The Black Dahlia Murder play the Ravari Room Wednesday, June 1.

Deriving its name from the unsolved 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, the band anticipates releasing its fifth record sometime later this year.

Tickets are $12/$15. Call (614) 263-4058. rocker Robin 4 Psych-blues Trower can still play, although his hair might be what you’d call a paler shade of white.

(Yes, of course. We stretched for that play on words, as Trower joined the underrated prog outfit Procul Harum after the release of its signature tune.)

Nonetheless, Trower remains a master of blues-rock, a titan from a time when British bluesmen ruled the rock n’ roll landscape.

And he’s playing the Newport Music Hall Wednesday, June 1.

Tickets are $22/$25. Call 1-800745-3000.

Andrew Varner is just a 5 kid, so he’s exuberant, irreverent and radiates boyish charm.

But his aesthetic is “thinkingman’s pop,” a latter-day Billy Joel-meets-Jeff Lynne.

And he’s an Ohio boy down in Nashville making a go of it, so check him out Thursday, June 2, at the Scarlet and Grey Café. Call (614) 291-2347.

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Michael Brewer has two severed heads and a set of daggers on his bed and a moose head on his dining room table.

It goes with the territory when you’re working on Evil Dead The Musical.

“I’ve been waiting for the scary dreams to start,” Brewer said, only half-joking.

Brewer is set designer for CATCO’s production of Evil Dead The Musical, which opens next week. He said that, from a special-effects standpoint, it’s the biggest show he’s ever done, including operas and large-cast musicals.

“We’re having (production) conversations about a singing beaver,” Brewer said.

The show is a spoof of the popular cult slasher films, CATCO artistic director Steven Anderson, who also directs Evil Dead, told The Beat.

As such, Brewer explained, the effects are designed to be “cool and awesome, but not scary. Believable, but not realistic.”

“It’s a musical,” Anderson added. “We have eight good voices. The show is good fun, good comedy. Folks are going to walk out of the theatre humming the melodies. The other stuff is just icing on the cake.”

Actually, the other stuff is not so much cake decoration but severed body parts (“I’ve spent hours looking for and buying body parts,” Brewer said, ostensibly meaning fake ones) and blood.

Lots of blood. The theatre will include a “Safe Zone” and a “Splatter Zone.”

The splattering blood has been measured at a maximum of 18 feet.

“We’ll be providing protection,” Anderson assured.

Josef Matulich was brought in to be the show’s “blood czar.”

“There’s no such thing as an expert,” Matulich explained. “It’s

CATCO will present Evil Dead The Musical June 1–19 at the Vern Riffe Center Studio Two Theatre. For show times and ticket information, call (614) 469-0939 or visit www.catcoistheatre.org.

more mad inventor status.”

He said he’s worked with a variety of mixtures — that, in addition to the visual effect, the blood formula must also be washable (costumes must last the threeweek run, for example), must be safe enough for actors to be sprayed in the face and needs to not jam the pumps and fixtures used to deliver the blood.

For example, there is a scene in which an actor is stabbed with a dagger that is followed by a song delivered while using a hand pump to pump blood from the “wound.”

“When an actor has to sing and dance while spurting blood, it complicates things,” Matulich said.

Indeed — the functionality of the blood delivery mechanisms impacts more than just the technical aspect of the show.

“The challenge in blocking the show was, whereas normally you are concerned with stage fixtures and the relationships of the ac-

tors, you have to get the actors to where things can happen, but get them there in a way that makes sense,” Anderson explained.

“I’m comfortable we’ve achieved the goal of making it plausible and natural,” Brewer added.

Apart from the times actors are asked to handle certain effects, much of the rest of the bleeding is coordinated from a single workstation under the stage, designed and built by Matulich.

“It’s like a command center with gang valves,” he said. “I’ve discovered more types of plumbing fittings than I knew existed.”

“You start out with an ideal of what you want and then work with the team to discover what you can do,” Anderson said. “I’ve been amazed at how close to ideal you can get.”

For more on CATCO’s production of Evil Dead The Musical, read the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeekNews.com.

New lunch menu unveiled at Sage American Bistro Last week, some lucky tablemates and I basically had Sage all to ourselves for a few terrific lunches.

See, the top-tier North Campus place was attempting to roll out its new midday service slowly and on the down-low.

Yeah, sorry Sage, that’s not likely to happen now that G.A. Loudmouth is on your case. And as word breaks out that Sage is making great soups, salads and lusty, handcrafted sandwiches for only a couple more bucks than fast food, I doubt I’ll be enjoying many more allalone nooners in there again any time soon.

Working from a restrained menu that emphasizes tricked-out familiar sandwiches, Sage’s lunchtime fare is rife with bold, compound bites that wrangle the sweet and spicy, the salty and hearty, the leafy and meaty. And that includes soups and salads because Sage certainly excels in these culinary phases, too.

Take, for instance, a recent Daily Soup ($6) flaunting deeply developed flavors.

At its heart were tons of long-cooked,

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by G.A. Benton transparent onions with the texture of soft noodles. The soup’s body, which was creamy — but not excessively thick or gloppy — benefited handsomely from blue cheese pungency and a backbone of bacon.

Instead of forgettable ephemera, the salads I tried at Sage actually provided me with something memorable to sink my teeth into. For example, “steaky” is not a word generally associated with a pile of greens, but it aptly describes the Grilled Caesar ($7). About half an intact head of smoky and grill-marked romaine was trimmed to its heart and embellished with hard-cooked egg, anchovies and a brashly rich dressing.

The excellent Spring House Salad ($7) elegantly balanced delicate, chopped thin asparagus spears, shallots and a

do, melted Swiss and a sweet and spicy, chutneylike house-made chipotle ketchup. This grill-crusted black Angus big boy might’ve been a royal mess to handle but it was a princely feast to eat.

The BLT+ ($9) similarly dressed up another old favorite. Its buttery and thick, Texas-toasty “grilled

By Jodi Miller/ThisWeek brioche” bread held up Bistro Banh Mi with a side of bright red slaw from under the weight of much the new Sage lunch menu. super crispy bacon, good L and T plus a rich oncreamy, semi-sweet, rosemary-tinged dressing with upscale pork and beans. I slaught of black-pepper mayo, avocado especially liked how its generous cubes and a fried egg. Exactly.

Southeast Asia met South Carolina of salty, seared pancetta placed al dente white beans and the salad’s other ele- on a baguette-y roll in Sage’s Bistro Banh Mi ($9). This hearty hybrid comments into crisp relief.

Racy southwestern accents perked up bined huge hunks of tangy-sauced pulled Sage’s massive and marvelous Bistro pork with a slaw of pickled carrots, Burger ($11). A large, toasted, soft roll daikon, jalapeno and cilantro. As with embraced a handmade juicy patty flat- all sandwiches, it comes with top-notch tered by cumin-kissed smashed avoca- house-made potato chips dusted in a bar-

Sage American Bistro Address: 2653 N. High St., Campus Phone: 614-267-7243 Web: sageamericanbistro.com Lunch hours: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday-Friday becue-flirting paprika-based spice mix.

Speaking of sides, Sage’s other extras, like the addictive, hand-cut fries ($3), the bright, sweet and tart red cabbage slaw ($2) and a not-so-simple Simple Salad ($3), were standouts in taste, size and price.

If sandwiches aren’t your thing, there are also a Smoked Salmon pasta ($11) and a full-flavored, salt-edged meatball with a kicky “smoked tomato” gravy, killer tater-tot-riffing risotto cake and niftily contrasting arugula salad ($11).

These entrees might even call for a nice libation from Sage’s fine drinks menu. I know my toast to Sage’s welcome and new — if no longer secret — lunch menu certainly did.

Barbecue veteran moves center of operations to new restaurant At 34, Stan Riley already is a 17-year veteran of the barbecue industry.

As a junior in high school, Riley began washing dishes for Art Yoho, the man who would become his mentor — and later partner — in the restaurant business.

Yoho, then owner of Yoho’s Café and Catering on Westerville Road in the North Linden area, showed Riley the ropes: how to cook, work the smoker, control food costs and manage labor.

“Everything he taught me, I took with me,” said Riley, who opened his second Holy Smoke Barbecue last week at 5251 N. Hamilton Road near

New Albany.

“We’re in a good place to grow,” he said.

“I needed a commissary and catering facility that also had a retail setting.”

The store, in 2,100 square feet of space that was formerly home to Baja Sol, is more than just a sit-down restaurant: It is now is the barbecue center of his universe. It is where he prepares all the meats for his two eateries (the original is in the North Market) in Southern Pride Smokers located out back.

The space, which seats 50 inside and another 30 outside, is designed in a way that allows customers to take a visual survey of the offerings: a glass case out front houses the brisket, pork, ribs, sausage and chicken, plus a variety of Southern sides.

“Hopefully, you see what you want to eat today and see what you want to eat tomorrow,” he said.

When orders are prepared, patrons

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek retrieve their meals from the counter.

Stan Riley stands in his second Holy Smoke Barbecue restaurant, which reRiley uses two cently opened at 5251 N. Hamilton Road. The original store is in the North kinds of wood: Market. For video of Riley at the restaurant, visit www.ThisWeekNews.com.

shagbark hickory and cherry, which are cut from the log right before they enter the smoker.

Beer will join the beverage list in the next week or so. Riley said he will have the typical American macro-brews in the bottle while offering a reperwww.ThisWeekNews.com/foodandwine toire of micro-brews on tap. For the time being, there’s Frostop Root Beer on tap, along with other Recipe of the week cold beverages.

Holy Smoke has its own brand of barbecue sauces — “Sweet and Smokey” and “Spicy Chipotle” — available tableside and for retail sale. And, Riley stresses, the ribs are slathered with sauce before serving, unless otherwise specified. He also offers several sauces for retail made by CaJohns Fiery Foods, a specialty-foods manufacturer located in Westerville.

Incidentally, Riley and John Hard, the founder of CaJohns, were partners in the North Market before Hard left to concentrate on his salsas, sauces and spice mixes. He also makes Holy Smoke’s private label.

The new store means the end of an era at the Westerville Road site, from which Riley was doing all of his cooking for the market and catering operations. Riley bought out Yoho, who still distributes Roasted portobello mushrooms, courtesy of the Southern Pride smoker, in 2005. Yoho’s family Richard Blondin of the Refectory. still owns the property but has no intention of re- wine inventory has been moved to the back. turning to the restaurant business.

There are several new small plates on the menu, Holy Smoke is open for lunch and dinner hours including steamed mussels, crab and shrimp salad daily. For more information, call 614-471-8844. on fried wontons and Kobe beef and ahi tuna sliders. Pizzas and other small dishes remain. All are Spagio Wine Cellars is now Spagio Wine Lounge, priced in the $3 to $10 range. reflecting a remodeling effort and an update in the Doubling its wines by the glass and flights, Spafood and wine service. gio Wine Lounge now offers eight wine flights and “After 10 years, I think it was time to give the 28 glass pours, Meilstrup said. place a facelift,” manager Spencer Meilstrup said.

Theme tastings are still held from 6 to 9 p.m.

The store is located at 1295 Grandview Ave. Thursdays but they have taken on a less formal tone.

Additional seating has been added near the front Reservations are only necessary for large parties, of the store, which has an updated look, while the Meilstrup said.

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Financial finesse

Home sales

Be prepared by getting pre-approved Despite countless stories about the troubles in the housing market, there are many options available. That said, the first step in determining whether or not to shop for that new home is to discuss your financial situation with a trusted mortgage professional and get pre-approved.

A pre-approval is one of two common processes prospective homebuyers engage in before making an offer on a home; prequalification is the other.

Both allow customers to begin the buying process with a good idea of what they can afford, but there are clear advantages to going one step beyond pre-qualification to get pre-approved.

Pre-qualification uses a homebuyer’s financial information — income, debts and other monthly obligations, such as child support payments — to determine a buyer’s debt ratio. Depending

on how much or how little is available for a down payment, this process helps to determine the size mortBRIAN gage the buyer can afBURSTEIN ford and the type of mortgage that best meets the buyer’s needs.

Pre-approval takes the approval process to the end — almost. Only a few items remain outstanding, such as an appraisal of the property and confirmation the buyer will have whatever cash is needed for the closing.

For a comparatively small fee — usually about $50 — lenders will work through the steps necessary to receive a mortgage.

Buyers who get pre-approved

know exactly which financial guidelines they are working within. The pre-approved buyer has the lender’s approval for a specific mortgage amount. Lenders and real estate agents sometimes say pre-approval is the “same as cash,” which can often be an advantage in beating out other buyers.

Searching for the right home, arranging a comfortable mortgage and closing the deal can be a challenging process. So doing a little legwork up front by becoming pre-approved can make the other challenges a whole lot easier.

Brian Burstein is an area sales manager with Fifth Third Bank Mortgage. He welcomes the opportunity to take your comments and questions. Please feel free to contact him at 614-932-5473 or Brian.Burstein@53.com.

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