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8 Community Calendar
10 faces Teaching Tomorrow’s Leaders Dublin Scioto teacher’s love of the classroom keeps her motivated
14 Cultural Connections Dublin and its new Friendship City have more in common than meets the eye
16 in focus The Roto Revolution Roto educates far and wide with local, national and international exhibits
24 Birdies & Babies Nationwide Children’s NICU reaps benefits of Tournament partnership
28 Best Legs in a Kilt subhead
30 storyteller series “We Never, Ever Thought of Moving Anyplace Else” Leona Jones’ Dublin roots run deep
32 #DubLifeMag Share your photos!
34 living Bathtub, Begone Larger shower, more space and better lighting define newly tubless bathroom
40 write next door Promising Prom-posals
44 luxury living real estate guide
46 bookmarks Recommendations from the Dublin Library
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Diversity in DublinOur companies are global, our residents are global.
So it makes sense that our City government is becoming more global.
This past December, the City of Dublin established its first international cultural exchange with Mashiko, Japan. This is an exciting step for the City as we continue to embrace cultural diversity in our community and expand our international relations efforts.
Just how diverse is our community? According to census estimates, 15 percent of Dublin residents are foreign-born. More than 8 percent of businesses are Asian-owned. Stu-dents in Dublin schools represent more than 90 countries and 60 languages.
When you take into account that Dublin is home to more than 2,200 Japanese nationals – the largest Japa-nese community in the state – and 25 Japanese business-es, it makes sense to partner with a community in Japan.
I invite you to read all about our new partnership with Mashiko in this issue of Dublin Life. And if you’re inspired to learn more about other cultures, check out one of our many Dublin Community Recreation Center programs. Try your hand at Japanese calligraphy, study the French language, learn tai chi and more. Visit www.Dublin OhioUSA.gov or stop by the rec center to sign up.
After all, Dublin is Irish – and so much more.
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Dublin’s ties beyond its city borders are no secret or sur-prise, and in this issue we explore the City’s national and international influence. Dublin’s new partnership with Mashi-ko, Japan isn’t the only way the City connects with the rest of the world. Roto, a Dublin-based design and production firm, has crafted exhibits for museums, zoos and science centers in all corners of the world, including Dubai, Israel and China.
It’s also Memorial Tournament season. Learn more about the new ways the Tournament will engage with spectators this year, see how its philanthropic efforts have helped Na-tionwide Children’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and read about Assistant Editor Amanda DePerro’s experi-ence growing up with the Tournament.
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Teaching Tomorrow’s LeadersDublin Scioto teacher’s love of the classroom keeps her motivated
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Dublin Scioto High School teacher Bonnie Gamary had just begun her teaching career when she earned national accolades.
The family and consumer science teach-er was top in the state and the nation in her field, designated New Professional of the Year by the National Association of Family Consumer Science.
Since then, Gamary has made a name for herself at Scioto, where she has taught for 11 years of her 29-year career. She received the Golden Shamrock award in 2010.
Though Gamary, 53, entered into edu-cation because of her love of family and consumer science, she’s now motivated most by those she teaches.
“There is such joy in guiding students to learn and watching them be success-ful in their learning,” she says. “That’s just awesome.”
A natural leader herself, Gamary en-joys helping her students develop the same skills. She leads the Irish Core, a subcommittee within student senate, which she co-advises. She also started a chapter of the Family Career Commu-nity Leaders of America when she came to Scioto in 2005. As an adviser of the American Cancer Society Youth Am-bassadors, she helps students raise funds to fight cancer, and also helps students educate their peers in supporting cancer patients and their families.
In the classroom, Gamary teaches ma-terial that’s evolved considerably from home economics in order to remain rel-evant for current students. Those needs include financial literacy, food choices, nutrition, parenting, child development and career choices.
Gamary teaches six different courses across all high school grade levels. In a course called Food and Fitness, students cook almost every week. In another course, Global Gourmet, Gamary teaches students about different cultural foods and the nutritional benefits of each.
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ages 10-18. Growing up as the middle child with two brothers, Gamary was accustomed to pitching in on her fam-ily’s farm in Dresden, which raised beef cattle and grew corn, hay and soy beans.
As a high schooler, Gamary joined a variety of clubs and found her knack for leadership. It was a trait she would further build upon when she joined the Air Na-tional Guard at 18 to attend The Ohio State University.
Like her teaching career, Gamary’s pas-sion for the military has evolved over the course of the 35 years she has served. Now a lieutenant colonel, Gamary has been de-ployed overseas a few times and also served the governor and the president.
“I find it an honor to serve the country,” she says.
Throughout her years in teaching, Gamary’s natural leadership has moti-vated her to work with her peers beyond the classroom. In her early 30s, she was president of the Family Consumer Science Teachers Association’s Ohio chapter. As part of the Future Educators of America group, she advises prospective teachers.
Gamary started her own teaching ca-reer at Southern Local Schools in Perry County, later working at Springfield City Schools. She moved into an administra-tive role, running the adult education program at the Franklin County Educa-tional Service Center, now known as the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio. A love of the classroom brought her back to teaching.
“I missed high schoolers,” Gamary says. Even before she worked there, Gamary
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husband, Glenn, moved here in 1997 when their oldest child, Kristen, was go-ing into first grade. Both she and younger sister Delanie are graduates of Dublin schools and were involved with the Girl Scouts from elementary school through high school graduation. With a daughter in each troop, Gamary was a Girl Scout leader for many years and co-led with other parents.
As her children have left the school system, Gamary’s love for the community has kept her in Dublin. Over the years, her family has made local volunteering a pri-ority, from canned food drives to the Dub-lin Irish Festival and other local events.
Gamary’s love for her City also extends to an appreciation for its connected paths, which she and a friend use to walk and run.
Gamary picked up running in her late 40s. Now, she participates in 5Ks and quarter and half marathons, including the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Colum-bus Marathon, the OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon, OhioHealth Emerald City Half & Quarter Marathon and IGS Energy Dublin Irish Festival 5K. The prep-aration is her favorite part of the sport.
“I stick to it because there’s a goal at the end of it,” she says.
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Cultural ConnectionsDublin and its new Friendship City have more in common than meets the eyeBy Sarah McQuaide
Dublin has a new friend – or, around 25,000 new friends, who live across the globe in Mashiko, Japan. The two communities share a few things in common, such as their love of taiko drumming. But more impor-tantly, the leaders of each commu-nity share a passion for culture and international cooperation.
The two communities signed off to be-come Friendship Cities at a community reception in December, agreeing to par-ticipate in at least one exchange annually.
While in Dublin, delegates from Ma-shiko explored every corner of the City for the first time. From City Hall to Bra-zenhead, Akisa Fukuzawa was with them every step of the way. As executive direc-tor for the Japan America Society of Cen-tral Ohio, she was a natural choice to help guide our visitors.
“It was an honor to be a part of this his-torical moment for the City,” says Fukuza-wa. “I was happy to help give a warm wel-come to the people of Mashiko, and proud to show them around our community.”
While JASCO serves the entire cen-tral Ohio region, Dublin businesses and residents are the biggest recipients of sup-port from the organization. That’s because Dublin is home to the largest Japanese community in the state, with more than 2,200 residents hailing from Japan. Twen-ty-five Japanese businesses in Dublin em-ploy nearly 500 people.
The Dublin community has embraced its Japanese connections, with every high school in the district teaching Japanese language classes, as well as a taiko drum-ming club with nearly 100 students. It’s easy to see why City officials pursued a Japanese community for Dublin’s first in-ternational partnership.
A Blossoming FriendshipThe first official meeting of the two
communities occurred when the consul general of Japan invited Mike Keenan, mayor of Dublin at the time, to visit Ja-pan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ja-pan coordinated a tour of the country with stops at the U.S. Embassy, the headquar-ters of Dublin business Hidaka, the site of the 2020 Olympic Games, the Suntory whiskey distillery and beyond. Mashiko happened to be a stop on the tour.
“It reminded me of a typical town in the U.S.,” says Keenan. “It was out in the country, not part of a big metropolitan area. They have a historic district similar to ours in Dublin. They took me to their museums – they’re world-famous for their ceramics – and took me to one of their schools, and to their government buildings. We had sushi and a nice din-ner. They were very gracious. As we talked more about our communities, we realized we weren’t all that different. We thought it would be mutually beneficial to start a cultural exchange.”
The two communities stayed in contact. In September, Fuku-zawa joined Dublin’s economic development team along with regional partners in attending the Midwest U.S.-Japan Asso-ciation Conference in Tokyo.
“It’s a big opportunity to con-nect with and recruit Japanese businesses,” says Fukuzawa.
And, this time, it was also an opportunity to further develop relationships with Mashiko officials. Fukuzawa, along with then-Dublin City Council member Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher and Eco-nomic Development Admin-
istrator Jeremiah Gracia, were given a warm welcome.
“We saw how passionate they were about engaging our city,” Fukuzawa says. “The people there are so outgoing and energetic. I was born and raised in Tokyo, but never had a chance to visit Mashiko. Next time I go to Japan for my personal visit home, I’m definitely taking my hus-band and son to visit Mashiko. I’m glad I now have friends there.”
Taiko TiesAs fate should have it, Mashiko Mayor
Tomoyuki Ohtsuka actually has a personal connection with Dublin.
“Mayor Ohtsuka and I went to the same elementary school, middle school and high
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Cultural ConnectionsDublin and its new Friendship City have more in common than meets the eyeBy Sarah McQuaide
school,” says Isao Yamakawa, volunteer for the Dublin Taiko Group, whose children are members. “We played baseball togeth-er all throughout middle school.”
In 2004, on opposite sides of the world, both the Dublin Taiko Group and Oht-suka, as a member of Ma-shiko’s Tenjin Kaze no Kai taiko group, studied under renowned taiko master Ei-tetsu Hayashi.
“Pondering this coinci-dence, I felt a special fate had been laid before me,” says Yamakawa. “How amazing would it be if the two groups played together? When I proposed the idea, both sides were enthusiastic.”
Last June, Dublin Taiko Group made the trek to Mashiko to participate in a collaborative workshop and concert with Tenjin Kaze no Kai.
“We were passionately welcomed with warm hospitality wherever we went,” says Yamakawa. “The practices, the per-formances and the unstoppable applause from a full auditorium made an unforget-table memory for all of us.”
Making it OfficialThe two mayors didn’t waste any time
sealing the deal. After the rest of Dublin City Council signed off on the idea, ar-
rangements were made for Mashiko of-ficials to fly out to Dublin in December. Ohtsuka – along with representatives from Mashiko’s government, tourism as-sociation, cultural organization and taiko group – were all eager to see Dublin for the
first time. After three days of sight-
seeing, the two commu-nities came together at a reception on Dec. 15 at the Marriott Northwest in Dublin. Ikebana flower arrangements, created by local artists, adorned each table. Dublin Taiko Group performed several num-bers, and of course Ohtsuka had to join in. Guests en-joyed Mashiko-brewed sake poured in Mashiko-crafted ceramic glasses, which were theirs to keep.
“It was exciting to witness my home-town and current community become Friendship Cities,” says Yamakawa. “I’m extremely optimistic about the possibili-ties. People from both sides have great pride for their cities, and have the passion to make both cities better.”
Moving forward, the communities are discussing several options for cultural ex-changes, which could involve education, local government, business or the arts.
Going GlobalAs Dublin grows more diverse in busi-
ness and population, it’s becoming even more important to embrace our diverse cultures. According to census estimates, 15 percent of Dublin residents are foreign-born. More than 8 percent of businesses are Asian-owned. Students in Dublin schools represent more than 90 countries and 60 languages. Furthermore, racial and ethnic minorities are expected to ac-count for a majority of the region’s growth through 2050, according to the regional insight2050 planning initiative.
“We host a monthly history club at the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center for people to learn about Japanese culture,” said Fu-kuzawa. “Recently we hosted a session on World War II that drew around 10 to 12 residents, which is typical. What surprised me was the diversity of the participants. American, Japanese, Indian, Russian, Polish, Chinese – I counted six different cultural backgrounds. That’s how diverse Dublin is.”
Formalizing a Friendship City relation-ship with Mashiko is a watershed moment for Dublin. It’s yet another sign of Dublin’s commitment to understanding cultures and expanding globally.
Sarah McQuaide is a public information officer for the City of Dublin. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
Taiko drummers at the City of Dublin’s Friendship Cities ceremony on Dec. 15
Mashiko Mayor Tomoyuki Ohtsuka
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The Roto RevolutionRoto educates far and wide with local, national and international exhibits
Much like the City of Dublin, design and production company Roto doesn’t limit itself.
Roto was founded in 2000, and Dublin was the natural choice for its headquarters, says Joseph Wisne, founder, president and CEO. Not only was it close to home – Wisne has lived in Dublin since the 1990s, and all of his children graduated from Dublin Jerome High School – but the City provided the perfect spot to work with museums, science centers, zoos and more all across the world.
“(Dublin) offers a positive environment and proximity to our homes,” Wisne says. “But Roto’s clientele are national and international customers that spend millions of
dollars on their projects. What Dublin provides is a pedigree and a sense of qual-ity, success and accessibility that I think our clients recognize.”
Roto’s office is located on Discovery Boulevard, and is close to other impressive businesses that call Dublin home.
“We’re in what you might consider a high-end market,” Wisne says. “(Dublin) really does help with the environment.” Ph
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Most of Roto’s clients are located out-side of Ohio. Wisne says it helps that Dub-lin is only about 25 minutes away from Port Columbus International Airport and an hour’s plane ride away from half of the U.S. population.
Though Roto started out with the intention of taking on national and in-ternational clients, it took time. Now, Wisne says, Roto takes on more and more projects every year. The company even had to move from its Tuller Road facility four years ago to accommodate its growth. Now, at any given time, Roto could be working on anywhere between 15-20 projects. Some last a few months, others a few years.
Its 60,000-square-foot facility allows Roto to do all production in-house. About 75 employees – from architects and inte-rior designers to writers and educators – work for Roto.
“Designing for the modern museum in-volves lots of different people,” Wisne says.
Roto works with institutions from an array of countries, including China, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Jordan, Canada, Puerto Rico, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Turkey. Some are closer to home, too.
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“We opened a couple galleries at the Smithsonian museum,” Wisne says. “It’s great to have our work present in one of the most prestigious history museums.”
In 2015, some of the projects Roto tackled include a 20,000-square-foot im-mersive gallery for Science Museum Okla-homa in Oklahoma City, a new visitors’ center for Museo Del Niño de Carolina in Puerto Rico, private children’s play areas for various locations in New York City and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Heart of Africa exhibit.
This year, Roto is working on projects for a new children’s museum based in Cheyenne, Wyo. Roto was selected to tackle the project after a national search. The company was also chosen during Canada Science and Technology Muse-um’s international search for someone to design two of its major exhibitions.
Choosing a favorite project is hard, Wisne says.
“It would be like picking your favorite kid. There are lots of moments we’re really proud of,” he says, noting a mobile educa-tion project Roto worked on.
The interactive exhibit, called “The Race for Planet X,” traveled throughout Arkansas to various schools.
“In the end, (the students) learn that Earth is Planet X and they are the alien,” Wisne says.
Another favorite? Designing six galler-ies – or “science studios” – for the Buffalo Museum of Science in Buffalo, N.Y., over the course of the last six years.
Sometimes, Roto doesn’t even have to submit a proposal for consideration. Plen-ty of its clients hear about the company through word of mouth.
“We have people who will contact us again and again,” Wisne says.
Roto also pays visits to Dublin City Schools to educate students on what the company does, and also supports the schools’ science, technology, engineering and math curriculum.
“Roto is a microcosm of all these differ-ent careers,” Wisne says. “That’s unusual for a commercial firm in our business. (The students) learn a bit more about what they want to do.”
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The unit is the primary beneficiary of the charitable spirit of the Tournament and its hosts, Jack and Barbara Nick-laus. Aptly named after the golf event that has given it so much, the Memorial Tournament Neonatal Intensive Care Unit cares for the tiniest and sickest pa-tients in the hospital, and the partner-ship, which dates back to the first Tour-nament in 1976, has allowed advances in care that have benefited the lives of thousands of babies.
The NICU benefits because the Tour-nament, Nationwide Children’s and the Nicklaus Children’s Healthcare Founda-tion formed an alliance in 2010 to enable the Tournament’s support of the hospital and the NICU to exist long-term.
Nationwide Children’s certainly holds up its end of the bargain, too.
While golf is an individual sport, Na-tionwide Children’s involvement is a team effort. In 2015, more than 3,000 vol-unteers helped transform the Tournament into the special event that it is, and Niki Shafer, vice president of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation, says it isn’t difficult to find that many volunteers.
“We have a very strong culture of pro-moting service to others at Nationwide Children’s,” she explains.
These volunteers happily fill 19 differ-ent roles at the tournament, but Shafer says there are a few roles that are the most sought-after.
“Typically volunteers like to drive the courtesy cars, work in the sandwich shop and help compile and distribute the cre-dentials,” she says.
Nationwide Children’s section chief of neonatology, Dr. Edward Shepherd, sees the partnership from two sides: his ability to care for patients and the patients (and their families) themselves.
Nationwide Children’s NICU reaps benefits of Tournament partnership By Bob Valasek
Birdies & Babies
he Memorial Tournament week crowns many winners: the winners of its Professional Golfers Association tournament, the Nationwide Invitational pro-am, the FORE! Miler race and more. But the biggest winners of all, year after year, are the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, its staff and, most importantly, its patients.
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“This partnership has provided us with incredible resources that allow us to care for our babies and families better each day,” Shepherd says.
A recent tangible benefit of the part-nership was the pur-chase of highly spe-cialized webcams that allow families, most of whom cannot be with their babies all day every day, to see their little ones and interact with the nursing staff 24 hours a day, even when they are at home or work. For parents of children in the NICU, this connection cannot be overstated.
Additionally, Shepherd cites the expo-sure that Nationwide Children’s gets during the international coverage of the Memorial Tournament as an enormous benefit.
“This exposure has allowed parents from across the country and around the world to learn of our outstanding care, and some of these parents have come to our NICU for lifesaving treatments (for their children),” Shepherd says. “This partnership, in other words, has literally saved lives.”
The Nicklauses’ involvement with the tournament and the hospital isn’t in name only. In addition to touring the NICU to learn more about the work being done and the help the babies are receiving, the couples present the Nick-laus Youth Spirit Award as part of the Legends Luncheon that takes place during tournament week. The award is given, according to Tournament’s web-
site, “to a patient or family who in some way has demonstrated a strong, driving
spirit in overcom-ing obstacles, an unwavering opti-mistic outlook and a strong conviction for their connec-tion to Nationwide
Children’s Hospital.” This year marks the sixth annual award.
While there are many people involved who deserve praise for making the part-nership between the Tournament and Nationwide Children’s work, Shepherd credits the Nicklaus family for setting this unique partnership in motion.
“Their visionary leadership has provid-ed the Memorial Tournament NICU with unprecedented resources that allow us to care for any baby no matter their family’s ability to pay,” Shepherd says. “We are so grateful for their faith in us.”
Bob Valasek is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
#MyMemorialHow to stay engaged before, during and after the Memorial Tournament
By Hannah Bealer
The Memorial Tournament is intro-ducing a new social media hashtag this year.
By tagging social media posts with #MyMemorial, fans and spectators will be able to share fond memories of the Tournament. It’s the perfect way to evolve audience engagement for an event with as much history as the Tournament, which is now in its 41st year, says Director of Communications Tom Sprouse.
“(The hashtag) is multilayered,” Sprouse says. “It’s not just what you like to do out here. It really could be anything, especially if you’ve been at-tending for 40 years.”
Keeping up with social media is a year-round effort for the Tournament, Sprouse says. The social media team keeps fans engaged even during the off-season.
“We do that by using content that’s geared toward the Memorial or has a connection to the Memorial, but by also presenting ourselves as an overall au-thority on golf,” he says.
This year, Sprouse says, there will also be small giveaway campaigns, such as a “hide and tweet,” in which spectators read clues about a location via Twitter and the first person to arrive receives a prize.
The Tournament started with a Face-book page, but has steadily grown since by adding Instagram and Twitter ac-counts, as well as a YouTube channel.
There’s also a smartphone app for iPhones and Android models. The app has an interactive map of the course, points of interest, information on past winners and even a car finder. The app, found by searching “The Memorial,” is available for download on Apple’s and Google’s app stores, and Sprouse says the information will be updated before the Tournament.
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Golf bores me. It’s slow, unexciting and the commentators’ hushed voices lull me to sleep.
So you’d think I’d be indifferent to the Memorial Tournament. Oddly enough, even if I don’t get to attend, the Tourna-ment is something I look forward to every single year.
For the last 19 years, I have lived within three miles of the Muirfield Village Golf Club, and noticed how the City truly comes alive during the week of the Tour-nament. Every year at the end of May, Dublin turns into a hub for new faces.
I have a wealth of memories surround-ing the Tournament. My high school jour-nalism teacher got our class press passes one year, and we sat in on an interview with Tiger Woods. My cat’s favorite “toy” is a practice golf ball, hit by Tiger Woods, given to me by a friend who worked at Muirfield Village.
The Memorial is all about the shared ex-perience of living in Dublin; getting to see old friends at the Tournament while dressed up, instead of in your sweats at Kroger. Countless stories of getting yelled at for try-ing to sneak a picture of past years’ winners.
In Dublin, the Memorial Tournament is more than just golf. The Memorial is an event we all look forward to in one way or another, and whether you volunteer during the Tournament, attend each day of every year or just try to avoid the ex-tra traffic, it’s something we can laugh and share stories about. Springtime in Dublin is invariably better because of the Memo-rial Tournament.
Amanda DePerro is an assistant editor. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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The luck of the Irish was on Ha’penny Bridge Import’s side during its seventh annual Best Legs in a Kilt contest. The Irish and Celtic gift shop raised $300 for the Dublin Food Pantry, compared to last year’s $100.
Attendees donated 234 pounds of canned goods.
“The history of (Best Legs in a Kilt) is growing,” says Anne Gleine, who co-owns Ha’penny with her husband, Al. The event was hosted March 11 at the Historic Dublin Brazenhead.
Tom LaStrange won this year’s compe-tition. Armando Lynn, Joe Federer, Carl Bauer, Tad Wielezynski, Val Wielezynski, Mike Orzo and Brion Jones also compet-ed, with Tad taking second place and Orzo taking third.
Triple the FunBest Legs in a Kilt triples donations for Dublin Food Pantry
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“We Never, Ever Thought of Moving Anyplace Else”Leona Jones’ Dublin roots run deep
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Leona Jones was born on Feb. 15, 1935 in Kileville, Ohio. Her family’s roots run deep in Dublin, beginning with John and Ann Simpson Davis, Leona’s sixth-generation grandparents on her mother’s side and fifth- generation grandparents on her father’s side. Ann and John served with George Washington during the Revolutionary War and, as payment for their service, received a land grant in Perry Township. Leona mar-ried her late husband, Herb, a lifetime Dub-lin resident, in 1959. Herb and Leona had a passion for working and living in Dublin. Herb was president of the Dublin Historical Society for more than 20 years and a vol-unteer firefighter. Leona was instrumental in forming the Ladies’ Auxiliary and an ambas-sador for the Dublin Convention and Visi-tors Bureau, and is still a part of the Dublin Historical Society. Herb and Leona were honored as Grand Marshals of the Inde-pendence Day parade, Grand Leprechauns of the St. Patrick’s Day parade and Dublin Foundation Emerald Celebration Honorees. Ph
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Dublin Life’s storyteller series focuses on the people who make Dublin great – people who have made improving the community a part of their life, people who have been able to call Dublin home for a long time and people who have watched Dublin evolve over the years. The Storyteller Series tells the history of Dublin through his or her eyes, and sheds light on what living in Dublin was like decades ago. With the help of these special people, Dublin has undoubtedly become a better place.
When we were first married, Herb was already a member of the Dublin Fire De-partment. Some of the wives got together because the men had wanted us to start an auxiliary, which we did. That was back
when there were several fires at night around here; barns would catch on fire and the men would be out all night long. We would bring them hot coffee, soup, doughnuts and we had parties. We had fun. It was a lot of work, but it was a lot of fun.
Dublin has changed so much, all for the good. Everything they’ve done here has been so well planned and well designed, and that’s what’s really kept us here; we just love it. When the first Kroger was built on Sawmill Road, it was the first big gro-cery store we had. The first time I went, I spent two hours in that store and came out of there lost and thinking, “Where am I?”
I’ll never forget that feeling. If my father were back today, he would wonder where he was.
I live in Historic Dublin and I wish I were 30 years younger. Once the con-struction is finished, it’s going to be gor-geous. I like that I can look out the door and kind of keep track of what’s going on at the roundabout. Historic Dublin has so many different restaurants and things to do, I used to tell my husband, “OK, we can go out to breakfast, then we can go to the tavern and have lunch, then we can go to dinner.”
Herb and I had a travel bucket list that we didn’t finish. My husband didn’t like to fly, even though he was in the Navy Air Reserves for eight years when we were first married. He flew out of Port Columbus in rickety old planes that I never thought would get off the ground, but he just never wanted to fly on a commercial plane, so we drove everywhere. We’d been to 46 states,
Herb Jones was a member of the Dublin Fire Department when he married Leona.
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but didn’t make it to Texas, Louisiana, Hawaii or Alaska. We’d been to Prince Edward Island in Canada and stayed in a lighthouse, Yellowstone, the Grand Can-yon, Waterton-Glacier National Park. One time, we drove from Dublin all the way up to Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. Altogether, we drove about 7,000 miles, and did something at every place we stopped. We just took our time and we did so much. Traveling was always wonder-ful, but when we came back home, driv-ing through Riverside Drive in the spring, it was so gorgeous. Even way back then, we thought it was so pretty right here in Dublin. We never, ever thought of moving anyplace else.
I’ve been in this house 42 years. Herb’s parents rented it after they moved here from Chicago – Herb loved the big, old staircase to the upstairs and because it was on the Scioto River. He and his friends played on that river; they grew up on that river. I know I have to sell my house some time; my life’s going to change, but I will stay in Dublin. I won’t move until I find something in Dublin. I love it here, I love Dublin. It’s home.
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Though they were once a staple of home design, more often than not, large bathtubs
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That’s not to mention the cleaning difficulty they pose or the water they waste. So take out a big tub, and you’ve got room for more storage, more fea-tures, more shower space or any number of other amenities.
That’s a choice often pursued by Dub-lin homeowners, and such was the case in the Muirfield home of Claus and Sue von Zychlin. The couple have lived in the house for a decade, but it had seen no updates since its 1988 building, and a more spacious bathroom was at the top of their wish list.
The von Zychlins called on J.S. Brown & Co. to remove the huge tub from their bathroom, and the result has been trans-formational, Sue says.
“It just made better use of our space,” she says.
Previously, the shower and toilet were off in a corner, almost in their own closet. Now, the shower is decid-edly more prominent.
“My husband always wanted a nice, big shower, and we accomplished that,” Sue says.
Garth Bishop is managing editor. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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Promising Prom-posals
WITH COLUMNIST COLLEEN D’ANGELOwr i t enex tdoor
I have a vivid memory of being at a high school party and hearing that a certain soccer player was going to ask me to prom. I wasn’t excited about going with him, so I quickly grabbed my friend and said, “Hey, let’s go to prom togeth-er!” Frank said, “OK,” and that was it. There were no fireworks, no doves released and certainly no photos, tweets or posts of this event in my life.
I’m not sure when the act of asking a date to a dance became an elaborate or-deal. Probably about the same time that iPhones started recording every minuscule moment of high school. Everyone’s posts and tweets can make it seem like they are living a fairy tale life. That fuels competi-tion, but also imagination.
The “prom-posals” these days may seem over the top, but I actually love all of the thought and creativity that goes into them. I think the teens do, too. It’s a lot of pressure to come up with some-thing new, so I’ve inquired around Dub-lin and come up with awards for past promposals and suggestions for making that special prince or princess smile when asked to the ball.
Most Time-ConsumingAt 6 a.m. on a school day, Alex Kendall
bought dozens of balloons and sat in his car, getting lightheaded as he blew them all up. He put a note on the seat of Shan-non Cogan’s car, asking her to his prom at
St. Charles, and then filled her entire car with balloons. I’ve also heard of students covering cars with sticky notes in different colors that spell out “P-R-O-M?”
Most UnpredictableMy son, Christopher, made a playlist of
favorite songs for the girl he was asking to
prom. In between tracks three and four, he inserted a recording of himself asking her to the dance. The problem was that a friend had delivered the CD to her, and it was a week before she had a chance to listen to it and give Chris an answer.
Most SentimentalMy daughter Courtney’s favorite movie is Tangled, Disney’s
version of the German fairy tale Rapunzel. There is a scene in the movie in which Rapunzel is in a boat at night, as hundreds of lanterns are released into the sky and she sings a song called, “I See the Light.” Alex Jacobs set the scene near our house by placing luminaries along the path and hanging from the trees. When Courtney walked up the path, Alex played the song for her on his guitar.
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Most IntricateKaylen Chang has been on three
unique scavenger hunts for dance pro-posals, in grades 10, 11 and 12. Senior year, Alex Berling put flower petals and a note in Kaylen’s room asking her to check social media for a series of vid-eos. Alex had gone to significant plac-es, like where they first met and all the Dublin locations from their 10th grade scavenger hunt, and made videos talk-ing about the memories from each site. The last video sent Kaylen to a gazebo where Alex was waiting with flowers and a sign.
Most DeliciousAnything with food is a successful ven-
ture. Write the question on a cake, cup-cakes or a Starbucks cup. Have a pizza delivered with “P-R-O-M?” spelled out in pepperonis or write on the box, “I know this is cheesy, but will you go to prom with me?” Or drop off a dozen doughnuts with the sign, “I doughnut want to go to the dance with anyone else!”
Most AcademicI’ve heard of students incorporating a
prom-posal into a class presentation, but a Connecticut teacher named Brian Mof-fitt told me he helped a student by includ-ing his prom-posal in a multiple choice quiz. Brian managed to make a unique copy of the quiz designed for this certain girl, and engineered a way to make sure she got the right paper with the most im-portant question.
Most ArtsyMyles Lawson and Myla Oden were on
their way to a show when Myles made a surprise stop at his dance studio in Hill-iard. Inside, he had friends ready with flowers, edible cookie dough and a sign that said, “Be the chocolate chips to my
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cookie dough, and my dance partner at prom.” The girls performed their team choreography dance for Myla, and she was thrilled.
Most RelevantIt’s always a good idea to focus the
promposal around the person’s interests. Lexie Toth was a four-year letter winner in golf at Dublin Jerome High School when her date, Shawn Ewert, gave her a basket of golf balls with a letter printed on each one. Lexie had to unscramble the letters to read the question, “Homecoming with Shawn?”
Most OutrageousFor senior prom, Brian Do thought
about the most absurd, funny, yet per-sonal way he could ask Nicole Fusco to be his date. He zipped on a prom dress and jumped into his hammock, which broke and fell to the ground. As Brian’s friend hoisted him up, Nicole arrived and Brian was cocooned and hidden in the hammock. He rolled out and showed her the sign that said, “I’ve got the dress, now all I need is a date! Wanna hang at prom?” Every-thing went so imperfectly that Brian says it was his fondest high school dance proposal.
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Most MileageJonathan Joos was on spring break
in Fort Myers, Fla., and the girl he wanted to ask to prom was on vaca-tion in St. Petersburg. So he drove the two hours, surprised her with flowers, asked her to prom and they spent the day together. Even farther away was my daughter Courtney, who was in London for the World Championships of Irish Dance. Tyler Pajk sent flowers to her hotel with a note saying, “Con-gratulations on the World Champion-ships. It would make my world if you would go to prom with me.”
Advice from the teens“Have fun,” says Kendall. “Think about
what is going to make her smile. It doesn’t have to be super fancy. It just needs to be thoughtful.”
“Don’t overthink it,” says Lawson. “You may want to go above and beyond but you can do something simple and make it look like the most creative event in the world.”
“Just make it personal to whomever you are asking,” says Do. “Ask her in a way she would appreciate. Oh, and don’t forget flowers. Girls love flowers. Pink roses are always a safe bet.”
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With an emphasis on play as the best way to experience new learning skills, authors Johnson and Dinger have filled this book with fun and budget-friendly activi-ties that help develop language, cognitive and motor skills. Let’s Play is a great title to help your youngster prepare for kinder-garten.
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed By Jessica Lahey
Says Lahey, “Over-parenting has the potential to ruin a child’s confidence and under-mine their education.” To avoid the helicopter-parent trap, the author provides a specific plan to deal with typical parenting issues such as homework, sports, and social dynamics.
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Tough suggests there is less of a cor-relation between IQ points and a child’s future success than we’d believe. In How Children Succeed, he includes new research that suggests curiosity and tenacity are better indicators of future success. He also suggests ways parents and teachers can encourage children to develop these traits.
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