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9 News and Information from the City of Pickerington
11 News and Information from Violet Township
14 facesTurning a New PageThird decade of service will be the last for Pickerington Public Library director
18 in focus Big TimeGrowth of local BBBS chapter means more opportunities for children in need of companionship
20 Festivity and Fisticuffs Bicentennial boxing exhibition pays tribute to Pickerington’s pugilistic past
22 ShutterbugsLife through the lenses of Pickerington residents
25 Hailing HistoryPickerington celebrates two centuries
26 student spotlightArts and SciencesMusic, physics and a tireless work ethic keep Central senior going
28 on the table Special Orders
Generosity is on the menu for Meals on Wheels restaurant partners
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community calendar Mark your calendar for these community events
August 2015Through Sept. 24Pickerington Farmers’ Market Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., 89 N. Center St., www.pickeringtonvillage.comMore than 30 vendors offer baked goods, fresh produce, crafts and more.
Aug. 1Free Kids’ PartyNoon-4 p.m., Pickerington Senior Center, 150 Hereford Dr., www.pickeringtonseniorcenter.orgThe Pickerington Senior Center hosts rides and food – including hot dogs, cotton candy, snow cones and Kool-Aid – for children 12 years and under.
Aug. 2Summer Concert Series 7-8:30 p.m., Sycamore Park, Amphitheater, 500 Hereford Dr., www.pickerington.netThe final performance of the 2015 Summer Concert Series features rock group the Floorwalkers.
Aug. 7Family Luau Night6-9 p.m., Pickerington Community Pool, 11330 Stonecreek Dr., www.pickerington.netVisitors are asked to bring a dish to the pool’s annual Hawaiian potluck.
Aug. 11Summer Dog Tales 6:30-7:30 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgChildren ages 5-10 can sign up to read one-on-one with a canine buddy provided by the Connection.
Aug. 13First Day of Schoolwww.pickerington.k12.oh.usGrades 1-12 go back to school. Kin-dergarten starts Aug. 19.
Aug. 13Brown Bag Book Club 1-2 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgThe library’s lunchtime book club dis-cusses Ordinary Grace by Kent Krueger.
Aug. 22Tyler’s Light Golf Outing1-8 p.m., New Albany Links, 7100 New Albany Links Dr., New Albany, www.tylerslight.comThis event – with a 1:30 p.m. shot-gun start and a 6 p.m. dinner – raises money for Tyler’s Light, a Pickerington-based organization dedicated to providing information and resources to fight drug addiction.
Aug. 25Violet Township Women’s League Meeting6:30 p.m., American Legion Post 283, 7725 Refugee Rd., www.vtwl.orgAt its monthly meeting, which is open to guests as well as members, the league hosts a potluck and meet-and-greet.
Aug. 2915th Anniversary Celebration Fundraiser6-9 p.m., Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, 145 E. Main St., Lancaster, www.decartsohio.orgThe Decorative Arts Center cel-ebrates 15 years with cuisine by Pacers Catering, live entertainment, a silent auction and a cash bar, with proceeds benefiting the center’s arts education program.
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Sept. 3Founders’ Day Banquet 6:30 p.m., Pickerington Senior Center, 150 Hereford Dr., www.pickeringtonhistoricalsociety.comFormer mayors of Pickerington will be honored at the 29th annual Found-ers’ Day Banquet, organized by the Pickerington-Violet Township Histori-cal Society.
Sept. 5-7Pickerington Bicentennial Celebration2-10 p.m., Sept. 5 and 6; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sept. 7; Victory Park, 100 Lockville Rd., www.pick2015.comPickerington’s yearlong slate of bicen-tennial activities concludes with its three-day homecoming celebration, featuring carnival games, inflatables and other children’s entertainment, live
music, amateur boxing matches, food vendors, a parade, fireworks, an 1815-
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September 2015Sept. 7Dog Splash4-7 p.m., Pickerington Community Pool, 11330 Stonecreek Dr., www.pickerington.netThe pool closes out its 2015 season with a pool party for pooches. Own-ers must provide proof of rabies and distemper vaccinations, and no dogs in heat are allowed.
Sept. 10Brown Bag Book Club 1-2 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgThe library’s lunchtime book club dis-cusses The Dinner by Herman Koch.
Sept. 1 1Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Challenge 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Cumberland Trail Golf Club, 8244 Columbia Rd. SW, Pataskala, www.pickeringtonchamber.comRegistration is at 10:30 a.m., lunch is at 11 a.m., a shotgun start is at noon and a dinner and awards reception is at 5 p.m.
Sept. 12-Dec. 31Early Visions of Ohio: 1765-1865Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, 145 E. Main St., Lancaster, www.decartsohio.orgThis exhibition features paintings, drawings, maps and other items depicting Ohio that were created be-tween 1765 and 1865.
Sept. 16Book to Reel: A Movie Lovers Book Club 7-8 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgThe library’s new film-centric book club discusses To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Sept. 19Born on Krypton … Created in Cleveland11 a.m.-noon, Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgMike Olszewski – president of the Siegel and Shuster Society, a group dedicated to providing information about the Ohio origins of Superman – gives a presentation on the superhero, including rare artifacts and unseen video.
Sept. 19The Picture of Health opening1 p.m., Ohio Glass Museum, 124 W. Main St., Lancaster, www.ohioglassmuseum.orgIn conjunction with Fairfield Medical Center’s 100 Years of Caring celebra-tion, the museum’s new exhibition focuses on glass used to provide medical services over the last century. The exhibition is scheduled to run for a year.
Sept. 25-26Civil War SymposiumShaw’s Restaurant & Inn, 123 N. Broad St., Lancaster, www.fairfieldheritage.orgThe Fairfield Heritage Association’s an-nual Civil War event features speaker Robert L. O’Connell, author of Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman.
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PICKERINGTON NEWS & INFORMAT ION FROM THE C ITY OF P ICKER INGTON
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Nearly 10,000 people are expected to come home for a spectacular Pickering-ton 2015 Bicentennial Homecoming over Labor Day Weekend.
The three-day event, sponsored in part by OhioHealth, kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 5 at 2 p.m.
Pickerington Mayor Lee Gray said it is important to celebrate the City’s heritage.
“It’s our bicentennial – our City’s 200th birthday,” Gray said. “And it’s an opportu-nity to celebrate how our community has evolved over 200 years.”
The Bicentennial Committee has partnered with the Pickerington Lions Club to make this an “event to remember,” said Tammy Sawyer, committee member and executive assistant to the Mayor.
To celebrate, adults and children will enjoy inflatables, a zip line, laser tag, Extreme Air and many other attractions at Victory Park provided by SuperGames.
There will also be carnival games, live music, live boxing, more than a dozen
food vendors and the Lions Club Fish Fry in the park each day.
History will be relived with a Vintage Square area near the Historical Society and Museum. Vintage Square gives visi-tors a glimpse of what life in Pickerington was like in 1815.
Activities begin at 2 p.m. on Sept. 5 and Sept. 6 and end at 10 p.m. On Mon-day, Sept. 7, the fun begins at 10 a.m. and runs until 6 p.m.
Several special events are planned during the Homecoming, including a per-formance by Reaganomics, a Columbus-based 1980s party and dance band at
7 p.m. Sunday, and fireworks at 9 p.m. following.
On Monday, residents will enjoy a large Labor Day parade with six 28-foot floats, marching bands, and other surprises to entertain the crowd at 10 a.m.
When the candles are finally blown out on the Bicentennial celebration, Mayor Gray hopes that a couple of his wishes come true.
“I hope that we bring our community closer by providing fun activities for all ages and that people learn about our his-tory during the process,” Gray said. “The Labor Day Homecoming and Fish Fry has been a Pickerington tradition for more than 60 years. I hope this event helps to let ev-eryone know about the tradition and that it continues for many years to come.”
To learn more about Pickerington’s bicentennial celebration, please visit www.pick2015.com.
Bicentennial BashA look at this year’s Labor Day celebration
The City of Pickerington has been awarded $13.65 million to transform Refugee Road into a convenient corridor designed to ease traffic congestion in the area.
The latest major roadway project for the City comes on the heels of an $8 million safety and beautification project for State Rt. 256 that is currently underway.
City Engineer Scott Tourville said the new project is just in the design stage, but it will eventually improve about 1.3 miles of roadway that feeds into the State Rt. 256 and Refugee Road intersection.
The project will travel from Wheatfield Drive, which is the western corporation
limit, to near Woodstock Avenue, the eastern corporation limit.
Road work includes widening, recon-structing and resurfacing the present four lanes to five and adding center turn lanes or medians if necessary. Drain-
age improvements and pedestrian/bike pathways are also a part of the major construction project.
“These improvements will provide long-term capacity to the Refugee corridor. We’ll be able to provide the
Corridor CreationRefugee Road project will make it easier to get from one end of Pickerington to another
New Ohio Health facility at 1010 Refugee Road
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The Pickerington Police Department knows that an investment in its officers is an investment in the community.
Recently, the department made a commitment to send a member of its leadership team to a special training program in Columbus. Sgt. Chad Wal-lace, who has 16 years’ experience in law enforcement, attended an 11-week course through the John Glenn Col-lege of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University.
The Public Safety Leadership Acad-emy course was developed by the university and the Ohio Department of Public Safety. The program is funded by the state of Ohio and paid for with taxes from casinos so that law enforce-ment agencies are not burdened with the cost.
Pickerington Police Chief Mike Taylor recommended Wallace for the intensive training, which is designed to enhance the skills of law enforcement supervi-sors and leaders throughout the state. University professors, law enforcement instructors and other professionals taught courses that centered on cultural diversity, modern leadership styles, interpersonal and organizational com-munication, union contract negotiations, grant writing, leadership, and the de-velopment of large-scale enforcement initiatives.
“The training I received will be passed on to the officers I supervise to help them make better decisions, communicate better with the public and
learn more about themselves so they can better serve the community,” Wal-lace said.
In addition to the instruction provided to the law enforcement executive team members, the academy conducted personal assessments of the students to determine their strengths and weak-nesses so that they could use their skills to their advantage.
Wallace said the assessments instilled a renewed confidence in his skills, and the training was a valuable experience.
“It is important for the Police Depart-ment to invest in its supervisors and get them this kind of training so that they will be ready to take over leader-ship roles within the department when current staff members retire,” Wallace said. “These officers are then better equipped to train people below them to take over their positions as they move up within the department. It also gives the department the leadership skills to
positively handle challenging situations in an appropriate manner.”
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necessary infrastructure for both current and future traffic volumes,” Tourville said. “We should be able to get ahead of problems, rather than trying to catch up to traffic problems down the road. Being able to use the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) money really helps, since we’re le-veraging that with the other grant funds to do the work all at once.”
Funds for the projects come from a $5.75 million award from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, $4.4 million in TIF from Ohio Health and $3.5
million from the Ohio Department of Transportation Safety Program.
“Projects are funded based on the merits of the project, benefits to the public, available funds and how this project compares to other projects seeking funds at that time,” Tourville said. “We have a very good project in terms of benefits to the public, so we’ve scored well enough to receive significant funds.”
While construction on the corridor is not slated to begin until late 2018, plan-
ning for the major roadway improvement project is underway. Part of the plan-ning process will center on the impact construction work will have on traffic, especially during rush hours.
“We’ll try to balance the need to complete the project quickly and cost-effectively with the need to maintain traffic,” Tourville said.
Construction on the corridor is ex-pected to be completed in 2019.
An Investment in LeadershipTraining program for police sergeant will bolster department’s operations
Sgt. Chad Wallace (center)
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News and Information From
Violet Township
Thank you to the youth of our community.
We were recently approached by Susan Caudill, the principal of Ridgeview Junior High School, asking if we had “any work that needed done” at our Township facilities. We responded to her request and, as part of their community service projects, 22 hard-working, kind and amazing junior high students were delivered to our adminis-trative office. Another 22 students were delivered to our Service Center facility.
They performed many landscaping tasks, such as pulling weeds, loading wheelbarrows with mulch, shoveling, planting flowers and mulching. It was fun and interactive, and we were all proud to be part of their project.
Many thanks to the great students of Ridgeview for all of their work.
Community Service Performedby Ridgeview Junior High Students
By John Eisel, Violet Township Director of Operations
Our annual Open House is always a huge day for our community. It is an event you and your fam-ily don’t want to miss!
Oct. 11, 2015Annual Fire Department Open House 1-3 p.m.
From the Violet Township Fire Department
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Being a history buff, I often wonder if the parents of the “Greatest Generation” had any premonition
of what their children would face and accomplish as adults.
As a parent, how do you know if you are properly preparing your children for their future? What skills and aptitudes will they need? How will the decisions we make affect the world our children will inherit? What can we do today to fortify their future?
The Violet Township Fire Depart-ment (VTFD) is invested in the children of our community. As public servants, the membership of VTFD realizes and understands the responsibility we have in providing for the safety and the increased awareness of the community. This is especially relevant when it comes to children.
Members of the fire department have actively participated in safety talks and tours at the fire houses, schools, community events and birthday parties. In conjunction with the Pickerington Local School District, the VTFD helps organize and run the Holiday Toy Drive. The VTFD offers car seat installation and provides juvenile fire-setter con-sultations. The department strives to find ways to update and enhance our safety services and messages.
Though most elementary school-aged children are eager to see the fire trucks and firefighters, it often is more difficult for us to effectively reach out to and communicate with the junior high- and high school-aged crowd. The VTFD has found ways to interact with these age groups through participation in organizations and functions such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, Exploring and the former Mentorship Program. The department has also had success teaching a “Baby-Sitters” first aid and CPR class.
The interactions with the youth of the community have proven to be a valuable
tool. On several occasions, our crews have arrived on a scene to find the child of the residence has been the one to initiate a 9-1-1 call, start CPR or react in a manner that made a significant differ-ence in a safe outcome of the incident. Kids are smart and often remain calm in moments of crisis and chaos.
As we near fall, we grow closer to fire safety month and the annual fire depart-ment Open House (Oct. 11). Please honor us with the privilege of showing you the Violet Township Fire Depart-ment. One of the youthful visitors may grow to be the chief one day.
VTFD Works to Engage Children – and Potential Future Firefighters
By Assistant Chief Jim Paxton
Water quality has been at the forefront of many issues nationwide over the years,
but never, it seems, more so than the last year.
From the recent drinking water advisory on the west side of Co-lumbus to the ongoing drought in California, people have expressed great concern over the quality and availability of water, and rightfully so. While access to clean drinking water in the community is generally taken for granted, there is always the potential for negative impacts to local water sources.
Some of the most common pollut-ants found in any body of water are the various forms of coliform bacteria such as E. coli. These bacteria can cause a host of diseases in people and create multiple problems for fish and other aquatic organisms.
They often originate from the manure of warm-blooded animals such as hu-mans, pets and wild birds and animals. Because a majority of the community is connected to a central sewer system or permitted home septic systems, the main source of coliform bacteria comes from domestic and wild animals.
There are more than 4,200 registered dogs in the 43147 ZIP code alone, and they create an average of ¾ pounds of feces per day. That’s almost 1.5 tons of untreated waste that could poten-tially pollute our waters daily. However, responsible pet owners who pick up after their dogs and properly dispose of the waste can prevent much of the bacteria-laden feces from getting washed into nearby bodies of water.
One other large source of E. coli in the area is waste from an animal that is a little more difficult to manage: the good old neighborhood Canada goose. Geese are among the the few wild animals that have readily adapted to an urban environment and, in many cases, prefer the well-manicured lawns and parks present throughout the communi-
ty. Also, as many of you have undoubt-edly noticed, Canada geese can create a copious amount of waste and often deposit it near water sources.
There are other habits of geese that make their contributions to water pollution such a problem. Geese like to assemble large flocks in small areas and, in an urban environment where food is plentiful, often don’t leave an area unless forced out by harassment or bad weather. These preferred loca-tions become literal dumping grounds for goose waste, and the bacteria and nutrients from the goose droppings can be concentrated in nearby ponds and streams.
Residents and property owners can help reduce the amount of feces by tak-ing a couple of simple steps to reduce an area’s attractiveness to geese:
1. Stop feeding the geese. Not only does this reduce the natural fear factor wild animals have towards humans, but the snack of choice, white bread, is lacking many nutrients geese need in their daily diet. The old phrase “don’t feed the animals” has been around for such a long time because it is as relevant today as it was many years ago.
2. Discourage geese from using a pond by simply allowing some vegetation to grow along the water’s edge. Cattails, bulrush-es and sedges are all native plants that, if allowed to spread around portions of a pond, make a site less appealing to geese. Tall vegetation obstructs visibility for waterfowl and makes them feel less secure from predators, which is why many of the development and condominium
retention ponds that are mowed right to the water’s edge are so attractive to these birds.
Pet owners, property managers and concerned citizens can each play their part in helping to reduce the amount of animal waste entering the water supply, and we at the Fairfield Soil and Water Conservation District hope everyone will take the necessary steps to preserve the quality of our water.
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Violet Township Administrative Offices
12970 Rustic Dr.Pickerington, OH 43147
614-575-5556 www.violet.oh.us
Violet Township Fire StationsPhone 614-837-4123
Fire Chief: Michael Little#592: 8700 Refugee Rd.#591: 21 Lockville Rd.
#593: 2365 Taylor Park Dr. (behind hhgregg)
Violet Township Service CenterPhone: 614-382-5979
490 Center St.Pickerington, OH 43147
How to Reach Us
Take Steps to Reduce Water Pollution Caused by Pet and Goose Waste
By Tommy Springer, Conservation Technician/Wildlife Specialist, Fairfield Soil and Water Conservation District
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After 30 years with the organiza-tion, Director Suellen Goldsberry is retiring from the Pickerington Public Library in August.
In the three positions she has held during her tenure, Goldsberry effected change on a variety of levels, from her efforts to automate the library system in 1990 to securing the passage of a much-needed 2009 operating levy.
Goldsberry has also seen the library’s patrons grow from children to adults, some of whom now take their own children to visit the library. Her own introduction to the library also happened at a young age.
“I grew up in a family that really ap-preciated library service,” Goldsberry says.
Her father served on the Pickering-ton Public Library board for 20 years. Her grandmother, who lived in rural Athens County and was unable to drive, got her library books delivered by mail. While her grandmother never completed high school, Goldsberry says, she never stopped learning.
Born in 1950 in Athens, Goldsberry moved with her parents to Pickering-ton when she was 3. Her childhood was marked by an appreciation of literature, a love that would grow into something more concrete when she volunteered at her school library.
“That just sort of planted the seed,” she says.
Still, Goldsberry is careful to separate her love for library work from her love for reading, saying the former has to do more with providing a service and helping people. After all, she says, she’s never read a book on the job.
Goldsberry joined the library in Sep-tember 1985 as the first full-time chil-dren’s librarian, responsible for story times and children’s programming. The facility was in the old Carnegie Library Building at 15 E. Columbus St. back then, and the children’s library, which she managed by herself, was downstairs,.
The position worked well for Golds-berry, whose love for children initially
motivated her to pursue elementary edu-cation when she first attended college.
“I looked at my time as a children’s librarian not so much as work as getting paid to play,” she says.
In 1990, Goldsberry helped auto-mate the library system. Together with a coworker, she worked nights for about a month to add barcodes to each of the li-brary’s approximately 48,000 books.
Technology has evolved with Golds-berry’s career. Prior to her employment, she had to work on a computer for one of her classes in library education.
“I was scared to death of that thing,” she says.
When Goldsberry began working as a full-time library employee, she did so while also maintaining her roles as full-time student and full-time mother of three young girls.
Goldsberry had left Asbury College (now University) in Wilmore, Ky. at age 20 to get married. In her late 30s, motivated by her father and grandmother, she decid-
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ed to return to college, this time attending Ohio University’s Lancaster campus.
While her parents were supportive of her decision, her husband was decidedly less so.
When Goldsberry told her husband she wanted to return to school and be-come a librarian, he refused to pay for it. She took out a student loan and paid her own way. Her marriage ended when she was 42.
At one point, when her marriage was in distress, Goldsberry, who had become a single parent, had to cut back to taking one course at a time. Her youngest daugh-ter, then 19, was still living at home. Then, in 2000, her 80-year-old father suffered a massive heart attack and died.
Goldsberry credits her professor at the time for helping her stay motivated.
“If she hadn’t been so understanding, I think at that point, I would have just giv-en up, because it was just too overwhelm-ing,” Goldsberry says.
Goldsberry graduated with a bachelor of science degree in organizational com-munication, since the university did away with its library media program.
Goldsberry became assistant director in 2000 and held the position for nearly
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six years. During that time, she enrolled in Ohio University’s executive public ad-ministration program. She became direc-tor in February 2006 and graduated with her master’s degree in 2007.
In 2009, Goldsberry led a successful campaign for an operating levy. While the library passed a bond issue in the early 1990s to build its facility, by 2009, Picker-ington had grown considerably. The cam-paign was a multi-year project, and one the library very much needed to win.
“Things had gotten tight enough that we had to let some people go,” Golds-berry says.
Luckily, Goldsberry had people close to her who could provide advice. Her daughter was working for the Ohio State House of Representatives, while Bob Blair, director of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, was a library board member.
Goldsberry’s community service has extended beyond her career. In 1993, she served a year as a Violet Township trustee after being appointed to fill a vacancy. Fol-lowing that, she served on the township’s zoning board. She has been involved in the Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce since 2006, when she became library di-rector. For several years, she served on the Taste of Pickerington Committee, and she’s currently chairwoman of the board.
Her outreach efforts throughout her career haven’t gone unnoticed. In 2011, Goldsberry received the Pickerington Alumni Association Outstanding Mem-
ber Award and, in 2013, she received an ATHENA Award from the Chamber.
When she retires at the end of August, Goldsberry hopes to spend time with her family. Her granddaughters are 11, 7 and 3. She especially wants time to connect with the eldest before the preteen gets much older.
“I had a very special relationship with my grandmother, so I guess that’s what I’m wanting,” Goldsberry says.
Goldsberry also looks forward to spending more time with her mother, who is 93.
In addition to cleaning up her own garden, Goldsberry will also help her niece with her special events floral business.
“I never wanted to stick around and become the one that was hiding in the of-fice waiting to retire,” Goldsberry says.
Sarah Sole is an editor. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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Big TimeBy Hannah Bealer Photos courtesy of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fairfield County
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fair-field County is looking to ex-pand its reach in the Picker-ington community as more and more parents, guardians and
teachers refer children to the mentoring program.
The Fairfield County branch of Big Brothers Big Sisters has been in operation since the mid-1980s, but it entered Picker-ington Local Schools about five years ago.
“It was really born out of corporate and local volunteers, and we worked with the schools to help facilitate how the matches could meet during the school days,” says Kim Clark, executive director of the Fairfield County branch.
In 2014, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fairfield County served about 220 chil-dren. About 25 of those children were from Pickerington Local Schools.
“It’s certainly a growing program,” says Clark.
Though the program’s size did not in-crease much the first few years, a growing number of referrals in the community has jump-started a search for Bigs to pair with Littles and a look into what the school dis-trict’s needs are.
Reliable volunteers, Clark says, can be found just about anywhere.
“My goal, as I’m coming into the end of my first year (with the organization), is to put some focus and some energy into the pro-gram,” Clark says. “If anything, our goal is to grow our Pickerington program because we know that the need is tremendous. … Now is the time to reach out to the community and make sure that everyone in Pickerington knows we are here and available.”
Big Brothers Big Sisters offers two types of programming:
• Community-Based Mentoring: A Big and his or her Little spend unstruc-tured time together, usually two to four times a month for two or three hours. They can participate in a variety of activi-ties together, from going to the fair or the movie theater to playing sports at a local park. The goal is to help Littles learn new skills and explore new interests.
• School-Based Mentoring: Bigs meet with Littles regularly during the school year. In Pickerington, Bigs meet with their Littles about once a week dur-ing lunch time.
“We have a lot of kids who, through mentoring, get scholastic help,” Clark says. “A teacher might (ask a Little) to read (with his or her Big), or do some of those basic things kids might not have someone at home to help with.”
A Big and his two Littles attend Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Bowl for Kids Sake fundraising event.
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While any child will be considered for the program, Clark says some come from nontraditional or troubled homes. Sometimes, a child has merely moved away for the first time, there’s been a death in the family or his or her parents are go-ing through a divorce.
“What we try to do is infuse an adult in the situation so that child can turn to them and talk to them,” Clark says. “It’s not a replacement for a parent, but it’s a third party who can stand back and offer extra support to the child.”
Ashley Aellig, a counselor at Harmon Middle School, says she’s witnessed the ben-efits of children having that mentor figure.
“What’s great about Big Brothers Big Sisters is that it’s a program that connects kids to the community and the school,”
Aellig says. “The students look forward to that consistency. Their parents might have to work second shift, or maybe they have a babysitter. But with their Big, they know they have a personal connection.”
Aellig says that many of the children have participated in the program since el-ementary school.
“The students I talk to, especially the fifth-graders, were so excited to have their
Bigs come in every Wednesday,” she says. “They had established a consistent relation-ship with their Bigs. … At Harmon, we talk a lot about how important it is for students to establish three adults they can count on.”
Clark says the program works hard to make sure the matches stay together.
“That’s always the dream – that you get those matches started when they’re in kindergarten or first grade, and that match will stay together for an extended period of time,” she says.
Aellig recalls one story from the past school year that stood out to her. A girl’s Big could not attend their session one day. When another student heard, that stu-dent’s Big invited the Little to spend time with them.
“What a powerful thing that that Big taught those boys that day,” Aellig says.
“To me, a Big exemplifies patience. … That’s what we’re all about at school, do-ing whatever we can to help whatever stu-dent is in front of us. That student is so lucky that their Big would do that.”
For more information on Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fairfield County, visit www.bbbs-fairfieldoh.org.
Hannah Bealer is an assistant editor. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
Through community-based mentoring, a Big and his or her Little can participate in a variety of activities together, such as going to the movies or playing sports.
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In school-based mentoring, Bigs and Littles are encouraged to read and complete homework together.
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A city only gets one bicentennial, so Pickerington is making sure its celebration this year packs a
serious punch.Literally.
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By Cameron Carr
Though the city has been cel-ebrating its bicentennial all year, everything comes to a head with the homecoming festivities on Labor Day weekend. A variety of events will take place at and around Victory Park, including a parade, carnival games and fireworks.
These types of events are not uncommon for local-level celebra-tions, but one particular aspect stands out as unique: a series of USA Boxing sanctioned fights.
Starting at 6 p.m. on Sept. 6, fighters ranging from 8 to 30 years old will compete in amateur-style boxing matches. The competitors will vary greatly as both male and fe-male boxers will compete in weight classes from 55 pounds to super heavyweight.
“(It’s) some of the best fighters from around the area – high-level amateur boxing,” says Rob Pilger of Grandview Heights-based Pil-ger’s Old Skool Boxing and Fitness Academy, who is helping organize the event.
Pilger says that the variety in age groups, skill levels, genders and boxing styles will make the fights ex-citing to watch.
Mayor Lee Gray felt it impor-tant to include boxing in Picker-ington’s bicentennial celebration to commemorate the city’s history with boxing and wrestling.
“Depending who you talk to, boxing and/or wrestling is a part of Pickerington’s history,” Gray says. “There were matches Downtown. And the late James Jeffries was from Pickerington; he was a world heavy-weight champion. Having these fights is just another way to connect to our history.”
Though few definite details can be found about these long-ago fights
in Pickerington, some residents maintain first-hand accounts. Gary Taylor, former president of the Pick-erington-Violet Township Historical Society, remembers wrestling events taking place in the community when he was growing up in the 1940s.
“I would’ve been 8 or 9 years old,” says Taylor, who attended some of the matches with his father.
The events took place in a va-cant lot at the intersection of Colum-bus and Center streets that was typi-cally used to screen movies on the side of a building. Taylor estimates fewer than 1,000 people made up the community at the time, which he says was still only a village. With-out much access to theaters or tele-visions in the area, the movie nights and wrestling matches were the two biggest social events for residents.
The matches typically paired lo-cal wrestlers against each other and drew large crowds. A wrestler by the name of Boivin “Hap” Houser lived across the street from the empty lot and would organize many of the matches. Houser, a crowd favorite, frequently defeated his opponents. Still, Taylor notes that Houser would invite his competitors over to clean off and eat dinner after the fights.
Taylor believes the matches were promoted by grassroots meth-ods such as handmade signs and says there wasn’t as much showman-ship as there is in many modern fighting events.
“I would relate it more to what you would see in high school and college today,” Taylor explains.
Beyond wrestling, Violet Town-ship holds significance in boxing history as the birthplace of James J. Jeffries, who reigned as world heavy-weight champion from 1899-1905. He bested Bob Fitzsimmons for the
Championship boxer James J. Jeffries, a Violet Township native
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championship and remained undefeated until his retirement. According to the Historical Society, Jeffries’ family left the area to settle in Los Angeles when he was 8 years old.
Jeffries, whose original home was moved piece by piece and reconstructed in the old village area of Canal Win-chester, infamously suffered his only loss after coming out of retirement to fight Jack Johnson, the first African-American world heavyweight champion, in 1910. Still, Jeffries’ strength and endurance during his career led many noteworthy boxers and promoters to label him as one of the greats.
Those interested in this aspect of Pickerington’s history, or anyone want-ing to watch live boxing, can enjoy the free fights until 9 p.m., when the city will begin a fireworks display. Seats will be set up around the ring in addition to open space to watch from a hill.
Cameron Carr is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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Pickerington’s bicentennial year has already been graced with a kickoff event, a time capsule opening, a tea party and a pool party, but the best – and biggest – is yet to come.
Labor Day weekend – Sept. 5-7 – will mark the city’s 200th birthday with a sizable homecoming celebration at Victory Park.
What sets this year’s event apart from the typical homecom-ing weekend?
“More entertainment, more games, more food,” says Rebec-ca Medinger, director of parks and recreation for the city. “We’re hoping that this event will draw attention to homecoming week-end and bring more people down to the Lions Club event in the years to come.”
The Pickerington Lions Club holds a fish fry and parade each Labor Day weekend.
At the homecoming celebration, there will be more than a dozen food vendors; games for all ages, including laser tag, inflatables and a zip line; live music; fireworks; an amateur boxing showcase; opportunities to explore the Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society’s museum; and a Vintage Square area reminiscent of the city circa 1815.
There will also be the traditional parade, which will include at least six 28-foot floats made specifically for this year’s event, along with hundreds of participants.
Pickerington celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1965 and its transition from village to city in 1990, but the bicentennial event will be its biggest yet, showing just how much the city has evolved over the past 200 years. Thinking back to the original founders of Pickerington and imagining their reaction to what it has become, Peggy Portier, president of the Historical Society, says they wouldn’t recognize it.
On Sept. 15, 1815, Abraham Pickering founded the town of Jacksonville. Twelve years later, it was officially renamed Pick-erington. The town began with plots of land reserved for educa-tional purposes, a cemetery and a church.
“The community has revolved around church, school and agriculture from the beginning,” says Portier.
It started off small, but railroads put the city on the map, Portier says. Commercial railroads passed through downtown Pickerington, attracting people to businesses such as the renowned Pickerington Creamery, which operated from 1900 to 1989. Though the creamery is long closed, historical artifacts are on display at its for-mer site, 94 W. Church St.
In its early years, Pickerington was home to a Meth-odist church, a four-lane duckpin bowling alley, boxing matches downtown, movies shown on the side of what is now Park Alley Banquet Hall, a Carnegie Library, farmland and schoolhouses, to which students were transported by horse-drawn wagons. The first high school graduating class consisted of four students.
Christina Szuch is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
Hailing History
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The Indepen-dent Order of Odd Fellows band greets Pickerington Depot arrivals on Labor Day. The photo is estimated to date to 1915.
Above: A float in Pickerington’s sesquicentennial Labor Day parade in 1965. Left: The Tabernacle, which hosted United Brethren Asso-ciation summer camps from 1889 to 1910.
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If you see a princess walking down the streets of Pickerington, feel free to bow.
Alison Ross, who is entering her senior year at Pickerington High
School Central, was crowned princess of Pickerington’s bicentennial celebration af-ter sending in an essay and interviewing for the positon.
Ross may be able to wear a crown, but in her day-to-day life, she wears many hats. As she begins 12th grade, she is considering studying biochemistry in col-lege, on a path toward attending graduate school for optometry.
The majority of people who study optometry choose biology or chemistry for their undergraduate college major, she says so “why not combine the two?”
The Ohio State University and In-diana University have been foremost in her considerations of a future graduate school, though she has also thought of going to optometry school in Puerto Rico.
Other scientific subjects that have captured her interest include chemistry
and physics. The latter appeals to her in no small part because of its application to one of her other activities: archery. Af-ter two years of practice with a recurve bow, she can hit a bull’s eye at 50 yards, and she has used her skill for examples in physics class.
Ross is also a varsity cheerleader at Central and has cheered for every season
of football and basketball since she was in seventh grade. She has been involved in music for even longer.
“I started playing piano in third grade,” she says.
She was introduced to the piano by her mother, Nancy. When the Central or-chestra needs a pianist, Ross fills the role.
She knows the orchestra well, as she is also its principal cellist. When the group played for judges of the Ohio Music Edu-cation Association, she performed two songs on cello and one song on piano.
Ross also gives cello lessons and par-ticipates in a Pickerington Local School District volunteer program called For the Love of Music, for which she and other students have visited three Pickerington elementary schools and helped a teacher introduce children to music.
“I enjoy working with younger kids and teaching them music,” she says.
Ross is also part of a youth praise band. She has sung and played piano in the band since its inception during her freshman year of high school, and says that music helps people with their spirituality
student spotlight By Francis Pellicciaro
Student Spotlight is a new feature in Pickerington Magazine, featuring a student from a different area high school in every issue.
Arts and SciencesMusic, physics and a tireless work ethic keep Central senior going
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because they can be part of it as opposed to just sitting through church service.
Ross’ talent in math and science, she says, comes from her father, Jeff. Her ar-tistic side comes from her mother, and she also has a lot in common with young-er brother Brian.
“My father and brother are really into scouting; my mother and I are into 4-H,” Ross says.
Ross is working on two projects through 4-H. One involves training her 2-year-old dog, Indy, a maltipoo (poodle-Maltese mix), for a 4-H dog competition at the Fairfield County Fair.
“He’s my first dog, so I’m amazed that I’ve been able to do so much with him,” Ross says.
She’s also sewing a dress for her se-nior prom, which she will show at the county fair.
Ross says a prom dress is representa-tive of the person wearing it.
“I’m trying to make it as original and (symbolic of) my personality as I can,” Ross says.
Francis Pellicciaro is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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Above: Ross with her brother, Brian, and her parents, Jeff and Nancy. Right: Ross plays the electric cello at Pickerington High School Central’s Electrify Your Strings concert.
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Most people tend to asso-ciate Meals on Wheels with home delivery, but in and around Pickering-ton, individuals in need
of the organization’s services also have options for dining out – sort of.
In recent years, Meals on Wheels of Fairfield County has started a new pro-gram: partnering with local restaurants to help expand the range of services it offers and give those who receive Meals on Wheels a few more choices.
When the local chapter – which makes home deliveries Monday through Friday each week – started this new en-deavor two years ago, it was a way to in-crease its presence in Pickerington and surrounding areas.
“We were looking for a site in Pick-erington because we used to have a site in Grand Haven, but that dwindled,” says Amber Locke, fiscal manager for Meals on Wheels of Fairfield County.
The organization talked to its state sponsor, which suggested partnering with local restaurants.
“It’s just gotten people out more. It’s gotten them a place where they can socialize,” says Locke. “The people who get home deliveries have to be home-bound in so many different ways, but for those people who can get out and do things, this gives them a place to go to where they can get a meal.”
The organization’s Pickerington part-ner is Olde Village Diner. It also works with Ma-Maw’s Diner in Baltimore.
Ma-Maw’s has been working with Meals on Wheels for 14 months now, but Cena Grimm, owner of Ma-Maw’s, has been looking into a partnership with the organization for much longer.
“I had actually inquired probably four or five years ago,” says Grimm, “and at the time, they weren’t making that program any larger.”
The opportunity soon arose, though.“Behind my diner is a retirement
home … and I think they were doing the
on the table By Athnie McMillan-Comeaux
Special OrdersGenerosity is on the menu for Meals on Wheels restaurant partners
A Meals on Wheels of Fairfield County delivery driver brings food to clients.
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Meals on Wheels in the kitchen area in the unit behind me,” says Grimm. “They closed that down, and one of my custom-ers is actually the chairman, and he asked me if I would still be interested, and I said definitely, yes. I thought it was some-thing that was needed in the Baltimore community.”
Grimm and her staff devote a large amount of their time to working with those Baltimore residents who receive food from Meals on Wheels, visiting homes every Monday through Friday afternoon from 11 to 2.
“I’ve got a two-week meal plan, and I put the calendars out and they come in,” she says. “We know the people who are on Meals on Wheels, and we just go in and give them a friendly face and someone to visit them every day.”
Grimm emphasizes that she and her staff provide not just food, but company and comfort as well.
The food that recipients of Meals on Wheels get from Ma-Maw’s is the same thing they would get if they were go to the restaurant and purchase a meal, usually the lunch special, with an alternative option provided as well.
“They can get a chef salad if they don’t like what we’re serving today,” says Grimm.
Grimm sees her work with Meals on Wheels as a way to give back to her community.
“I lost my mom eight years ago, and it was her diner,” says Grimm, “It’s just a really good way to give back to the community. Life is short … and I just think you should pay more forward.”
Athnie McMillan-Comeaux is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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“I lost my mom eight years ago, and it was her diner. It’s just a really good way to give back to the community. Life is short … and I just think you should pay more forward.”
—Cena GrimmMeals on Wheels of Fairfield County also manages several congregate meal sites, at which meals are dropped off for distribution. Pictured are the managers of those sites.
For more information on Meals on Wheels of Fairfield County, including qualification criteria and volunteering opportunities, visit www.mowfc.org.
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PPL Staff RecommendationsWhat book was your favorite when you were young, and what is a favorite to recommend today?
Joan Underwood, Tech Services:
The Little House on the Prairie book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
I love reading them over and over. It reminds me of times that my parents would talk about how life was when they were growing up and, plus, it was one of the few things we watched as a family growing up. I still go back and read them today.
Cathy Burden, Juvenile Services Manager: Little House on the Prairie
Not being a big independent reader, I was so proud of completing such a long book. I thoroughly enjoyed it as well. I think I was around fourth grade. I do like history and the time period when Little House on the Prairie took place.
Colleen Bauman, Community Services: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
I totally understood Meg’s feel-ings of being the older sister with all the responsibilities. What could be better than running away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art? My favorite newer books are the Castle Glower series by Jessica Day George for 8- to 12-year-olds.
Suellen Goldsberry, Library Director: The Gingerbread Man by Richard Scarry (Little Golden Book)
I can remember sitting on my father’s knee and hearing this book over and over until I could “read” it back to him.
Lisa Howe-Johnson, Patron Services: The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway, and
The Little Old Man Who Could Not Read by Irma Simonton Black
Children will love The Giant Jam Sandwich, a won-derfully illustrated story with nonsense rhyming text. The Little Old Man Who Could Not Read is a story about a toy maker who never wanted to learn to read until his wife went away and he had to grocery shop. Two classics!
April Anda, Juvenile Services: Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
A lion saunters into the library and, as long as he doesn’t break any rules, he is welcome to stay. Not everyone who works there is happy about that deci-sion. It’s a nice story about when rules are made to be broken. My favorites as a
child were The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Lowrey and Wacky Wednesday by Dr. Seuss.
Grace Walker, Juvenile Services: The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann Martin
These were my favorite books as a child. My favorite chil-dren’s book right now is Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox, a hilari-ous take on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty.
bookmarks By Colleen C. Bauman, Pickerington Public Library Community Services Coordinator
Library Hours:Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday & Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Sunday 1-5 p.m.
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