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PAIDColumbus, OhioPermit No. 4697
ALSO INSIDENew Horizons Mental Health ServicesSchools’ biomedical sciences programCanned Laughter
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016
Back on the Bike
T h e O f f i c i a l M a g a z i n e o f t h e C i t y o f P i c k e r i n g t o n a n d V i o l e t To w n s h i p
International triathlete Kat Briggs trains to recover from cycling accident
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9 News and Information from the City of Pickerington
11 News and Information from Violet Township
14 facesUnbeatable SpiritPickerington triathlete rallies after accident
17 student spotlightSelflessness with Speed North senior doesn’t think twice when she has the chance to help
20 in focus Thriving TherapySignificant expansion means more capacity for mental health agency
22 Beyond Career Day Seniors in Pickerington’s biomedical sciences program study on OhioHealth campus
24 Hunger vs. HumorPickerington Community Theatre’s Canned Laughter fundraiser benefits food pantry
27 Around PickeringtonPhotos from the community
28 on the tableTasteful TrainingOhioHealth athletic trainers share favorite recipes
30 bookmarks
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community calendar Mark your calendar for these community events
February/March 2016Through April 24Blue Walk: The Art of William KortlanderDecorative Arts Center of Ohio, 145 E. Main St., Lancaster, www.decartsohio.orgFigurative and landscape paintings, charcoal drawings, and watercolor pieces are featured in this exhibition of 1960s-era works by southeastern Ohio painter William Kortlander.
Feb. 4Pickerington Area Chamber Annual Dinner & Awards Celebration5:30-9 p.m., Tall Timbers Banquet Center, 13831 National Rd., Reynoldsburg, www.pickeringtonchamber.comThe Pickerington Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner features a silent auction as well as the Business of the Year, Rising Star and Doug Barr Safety awards.
Feb. 4Game of Tomes7 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgThe library’s new fantasy book club discusses The Mirror Empire, the first book in the Worldbreaker Saga by Kam-eron Hurley.
Feb. 5-6Lancaster Antique ShowFairfield County Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave., www.facebook.com/millerhouseantiquesonsloughThirty-plus dealers offering country and period antiques will be part of this annual show, which also fea-tures music and refreshments.
Feb. 8-17School Concerts7 p.m., Pickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.usConcerts include the Pickerington High School North band ensemble Feb. 8 and the Lakeview Junior High, Harmon Middle and Toll Gate Elemen-tary school bands Feb. 17.
Feb. 11Brown Bag Book Club1 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgThe library’s lunchtime book club dis-cusses Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz.
Feb. 12Book Love4:30-6 p.m. Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgThis Valentine’s Day program for book lovers features information on the library’s Book Drop and Novelist programs, as well as other reader tips and tricks.
Feb. 16PPL Book Club7 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgThe library’s original book club dis-cusses The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.
Feb. 20Meet Our Mascot2-3:30 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgPatrons have the opportunity to meet the library’s mascot, Violet the Cow, and learn how she was chosen for the role.
Feb. 27Pickerington Community Theatre Variety Show6:30 p.m., Pickerington Senior Center, 150 Hereford Dr., www.pickeringtoncommunitytheatre.orgThe theater troupe’s annual variety show features singing, dancing, sketch comedy and monologues, as well as dinner.
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March 3-6Arnold Sports FestivalThroughout Columbus, www.arnoldsportsfestival.comThe Arnold is back, bringing with it the Arnold Classic, the Arnold Fitness Expo, Art at the Arnold, wrestling, martial arts, boxing, mixed martial arts and more.
March 3-7School ConcertsPickerington High School North, 7800 Refugee Rd., www.pickerington.k12.oh.usConcerts this month include the Pick-erington High School South orchestra – with the Toll Gate Elementary, Lakeview Junior High and Harmon Middle school orchestras – March 3, the North per-cussion ensemble March 5 and North’s OMEA preview concert March 7.
March 5-10Dog TalesPickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgThe library teams with the Connec-tion to offer opportunities to read to a therapy dog in 20-minute shifts 1-2:30 p.m. March 5 and 6:30-7:30 p.m. March 10.
March 10Brown Bag Book Club1 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgThe library’s lunchtime book club discusses Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Lawson.
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March 11-13Tri-County Homebuilders Home & Garden ShowFairfield County Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave., www.tricountyhomebuilders.comHome improvement and landscap-ing ideas, how-to seminars, door prizes and more highlight this 38th annual show.
March 15PPL Book Club7 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgThe library’s original book club discusses Bettyville by George Hodgman.
March 19Breakfast with the Bunny8 a.m.-noon, Pickerington Senior Center, 150 Hereford Dr., www.pickerington.netBreakfast, games, crafts and photos with the Easter Bunny highlight this annual event.
March 19Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!2-3:30 p.m., Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, www.pickeringtonlibrary.orgGames and activities inspired by the works of Dr. Seuss pay hom-age to the author on his birthday month.
March 21-25Spring BreakPickerington Local Schools, www.pickerington.k12.oh.usClasses resume March 28.
March 22Violet Township Women’s League Meeting6:30 p.m., American Legion Post 283, 7725 Refugee Rd., www.vtwl.orgThe league’s monthly meeting is open to women of all ages in the surround-ing community. It will be collecting baskets for its style show in April.
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Ohio University has been the higher educational compass guiding students in Pickerington for almost 25 years.
The Pickerington Center opened its doors to college students at Ridgeview Junior High School when it was the only high school in the city. In 2000, the Pickerington Center moved just a few miles down the road to serve as the neighborhood campus to students in northern Fairfield County and the I-270 beltway.
The campus is close and convenient for students of all ages and offers about 70 classes each semester online, on-site and a mixture of the two during the daytime and evening.
To start the journey, high school grad-uates or students who have earned their GEDs just need to apply. If they have not completed the ACT, they need to take a placement test. Students will also be asked to provide their high school or college transcripts.
Because OU has an open enroll-ment policy for each of its regional campuses and centers, students in-terested in pursuing a degree have the opportunity to challenge themselves in a college classroom.
The university websites – www.ohio.edu/pickerington and www.ohio.edu/lancaster – allow prospective students to sign up for visitation days to tour each campus.
Staying close to home to start a degree has many advantages.
“As part of the Lancaster campus, students at the Pickerington Center enjoy all the benefits of being an Ohio University student and participate in all activities, athletics and student organiza-tions on the Lancaster Campus,” said Director Leigh Atkinson.
For students who are concerned about attending a large campus, Pickerington offers a student-friendly,
easy-commute campus with plenty of free parking.
The Pickerington Center also offers many classes and workshops to sup-port the student who needs to brush up in a subject to be academically ready to pursue a degree.
“A few exploratory courses may assist the student in developing a career path and identifying their major,” Atkinson said.
The Pickerington Center and other regional campuses are affordable choices for students: half the cost of tuition at the Athens campus.
“The campus atmosphere is wel-coming and the staff reaches out to know our students,” said Atkinson. “That atmosphere – in addition to the great value of an affordable tuition, ap-proximately $5,000 a year – the regional campuses offer makes it hard to beat.”
The Pickerington Center also allows students the chance to begin any de-gree program close to home and then
easily complete one of 14 associate’s or 12 bachelor’s degrees in Lancaster, or easily relocate to the Athens campus.
The Pickerington Center does not offer graduate programing on its own, but it is hosting two master’s programs from Athens: Financial Economics and Educational Leadership for Principals Prep or Superintendents.
To keep pace with the needs of stu-dents, OU is developing a central Ohio strategy for locations in Pickerington, Lancaster and Dublin.
“This may result in a more defined or varied menu of programs offered throughout the area,” Atkinson said.
Since it is never too late to learn, OU offers continuing education courses for business professionals and the 60+ program for students at the Pickerington Center and Lancaster campus.
Anyone over the age of 60 can sign up to take a free class on a seat-available, non-credit basis without having to worry about making the grade.
Close, convenient, and continu-ing to provide a steady course for the future of all students – the Ohio Uni-versity Pickerington Center is setting its sights on helping central Ohioans reach their goals.
Off CampusOU’s Pickerington Center offers options for college-bound students
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News and information from the City of Pickerington
citydirectoryPickerington City Hall, 100 Lockville Rd.(All numbers prefixed with the 614 area code)
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The pathway to college for Pickerington high school students is within a few miles of home.
The City of Pickerington is for-tunate to have a premier college – Ohio University Pickerington Center, located at 12933 Stonecreek Dr. – just off Hill Road.
High school students who have demonstrated they are academically ready for college are eligible for Col-lege Credit Plus (CC+) classes at the Center. They are encouraged to speak with their guidance counsel-ors before pursuing college.
CC+ students gain college and high school credit for the courses they take. While in high school, their college tuition and books are paid for by the school district.
“Getting a jump-start on college classes can help students and their parents financially, as well as lighten the load the first semesters at college or reduce the degree to completion time for students if they take full-time classes,” said Leigh Atkinson, director. “It allows stu-dents to see where they fit with col-lege classes and, in many cases, is a confidence builder that they can do it.”
Currently, there are 14 high school students enrolled in the CC+ courses at the Pickerington Center.
Students can sign up for any of the 70 classes offered during the day, at night or online at the Center or the Lancaster campus as long as they are a part of the CC+ program and meet the prerequisites. Blend-ed courses give students time in the college classroom and online.
“The College Credit Plus program that high school students participate in has multiple delivery methods. In some cases, an instructor who is approved by the university delivers the class in the high school under the mentorship of a university faculty,” said Atkinson. “In many cases, the student comes to one of the campuses to at-
tend class, and some choose to take a class online.”
While high school students have many course options available, Atkinson said students have a limit to the total number of classes they can take in college. The limit varies by individual and takes into account what classes they are taking at their high schools.
Many school districts weight the grades high school students earn from their CC+ courses. The marks in col-lege become a part of the student’s college transcript.
Once students graduate from high school, they can transfer their credits to public or private colleges or universities in or out of the state of Ohio. These institutions may transfer work differently than TAG courses that state schools require. Of course, Ohio University invites those students to continue their path as Bobcats at any of the OU campuses.
Bobcat BoostPickerington students can take college courses through OU’s local program
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News and Information From
Violet Township
Hopefully, we have all passed safely through the holiday season. On behalf of the Violet Township Fire Department, I would once again like to thank the community and the Pickerington Local School District for their continued sup-port of the Holiday Toy Drive.
As Jan. 1 retreats into the distance, the new year and our resolutions be-come a reality. Often, these resolutions include a desire to improve our fitness and health. This can mean a new gym membership, dusting off home exercise equipment or taking on the challenge of a new diet.
Motivation is strong in the early weeks, but can fade during the cold days of winter. There are no easy answers, nor are there many sure-fire, quick-fix remedies. Determination, dedi-cation and perseverance are required traits. Any time we embark on a new fit-ness trek, whether it be exercise or diet, it is wise to first consult with a physician.
We should never take our health for granted. We should learn to listen to our bodies. Quite often, there are subtle hints and symptoms that may tip us off to a larger or looming health problem. An annual physical is always a good idea, and often can discover these hid-
den existing conditions or help prevent new ones.
In the cold of winter, even simple tasks can become more difficult and hazardous due to weather conditions. Our level of fitness and current health conditions can contribute to the degree of difficulty associated with these tasks. Below is an article taken from the Ameri-can Heart Association, dated March 23, 2015. It discusses the heart hazards of shoveling snow.
Stay warm and be safe!The American Heart Association
says that for most people, shoveling snow may not lead to any health prob-lems. However, the association warns that the risk of a heart attack during snow shoveling may increase for some, stating that the combination of colder temperatures and physical exertion increases the workload on the heart.
People who are outdoors in cold weather should avoid sudden exer-
tion, like lifting a heavy shovel full of snow. Even walking through heavy, wet snow or snow drifts can strain a per-son’s heart.
To help make snow removal safer, the American Heart Association has compiled a list of practical tips.
• Give yourself a break. Take fre-quent rest breaks during shoveling so you don’t overstress your heart. Pay attention to how your body feels dur-ing those breaks.
• Don’t eat a heavy meal prior to or soon after shoveling. Eating a large meal can put an extra load on your heart.
• Use a small shovel or consider a snow thrower. The act of lifting heavy snow can raise blood pressure acutely during the lift. It is safer to lift smaller amounts more times than to lug a few huge shovelfuls of snow. When pos-sible, simply push the snow.
Stay Healthy Through New Year’s Resolutions
By Assistant Fire Chief Jim Paxton
Our deepest thanks to the many who made this year of giving possible.
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• Learn the heart attack warning signs and listen to your body, but remember this: Even if you’re not sure it’s a heart attack, have it checked out (tell a doctor about your symptoms). Minutes matter! Fast ac-tion can save lives – maybe your own. Don’t wait more than five minutes to call 9-1-1.
• Don’t drink alcoholic beverages before or immediately after shoveling. Alcohol may increase a person’s sensation of warmth and may cause them to underestimate the extra strain their body is under in the cold.
• Consult a doctor. If you have a medical condition, don’t exercise on a regular basis or are middle-aged or older, meet with your doctor prior to the first anticipated snowfall.
• Be aware of the dangers of hypothermia. Heart failure causes most deaths in hypothermia. To prevent hypothermia, dress in layers of warm clothing, which traps air between layers, forming a protective insulation. Wear a hat because much of your body’s heat can be lost through your head. Heart Attack Warning Signs
Some heart attacks are sudden and in-tense – the “movie heart attack,” where no one doubts what’s happening. But most heart attacks start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Often, people affected aren’t sure what’s wrong and wait too long before getting help. Here are signs that can mean a heart attack is happening:
Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.
Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, or the back, neck, jaw or stomach.
Shortness of breath with or with-out chest discomfort.
Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or light-headedness.
As with men, women’s most com-mon heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. But women are some-
what more likely than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting and back or jaw pain.
Calling 9-1-1 is almost always the fastest way to get life-saving treat-ment. Emergency medical services (EMS) staff can begin treatment when they arrive – up to an hour sooner than if someone gets to the hospital by car. EMS staff is also trained to revive
someone whose heart has stopped. Patients with chest pain who arrive by ambulance usually receive faster treat-ment at the hospital, too. It is best to call EMS for rapid transport to the emergen-cy room. If you can’t access EMS, have someone drive you to the hospital right away. If you’re the one having symp-toms, don’t drive yourself unless you have absolutely no other option.
Home fires occur more in winter than in any other season. As you stay cozy and warm this winter season, be fire smart!
Keep portable generators outside, away from windows, and as far away as possible from your house.
Install and test carbon monoxide alarms at least once a month.
Half of all home heating fires occur in the months of
Have a qualified professional clean and inspect your chimney and vents every year.
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Plug only1 heat-producing appliance (such as a space heater) into an electrical outlet at a time.
For more information on how to prevent winter fires, visit www.usfa.fema.gov/winter/ andwww.nfpa.org/winter/
It means sealing cracks, filling pot holes and repaving streets. In some cases, it involves the use of chip seal or other alterna-tives to conventional asphalt.
Road maintenance also includes snow and ice remov-al, street sign maintenance, road culvert maintenance, and right-of-way mowing and maintenance.
As you probably know, for the first time in the history of Violet Township, residents of the unincorporated area of Vio-let Township are being asked to support a 1.5-mill road levy on the March election ballot. The decision to ask voters to make a decision related to ad-ditional funding for road maintenance was not an easy one. However, this important issue was identified as a proactive approach to protect Violet Township’s most significant invest-ment: its infrastructure.
Approval of this issue will provide essential revenues to maintain our 105-center-line-mile roadway network. Center line miles refer to one direction; therefore, the actual miles are more than twice that when you take into consider-ation into multiple lane sections.
Here are some facts in regard to why this issue is important to you and our community.
Today’s cost to resurface 1 mile of roadway is approximately $85,000. The cost to resurface that same 1 mile of roadway 10 years ago was approxi-mately $38,000. That equates to nearly a 125 percent increase in only 10 years.
Revenues have declined due to the state of Ohio eliminating the tan-gible personal property tax in 2010 and the estate tax in 2013, and the
reduction of the local govern-ment fund in 2012.
These cuts from the state have reduced our annual revenue by as much as $729,603 per year. Historically, these funds were used to supplement our roadway main-tenance programs.
Consistent feedback from our residents associates road condi-tions with property values.
Safety of the traveling public on the township road system is paramount. Travel time reliability is also of upmost importance.
Without these funds, our annual budget for roadway maintenance has decreased to approximately $275,000 per year, funded primar-ily through our portion of gasoline
taxes and license plate fees. Our goal is to provide you, our cus-
tomer, the opportunity to build on and improve the success of our community. Approval of this road levy will allow us to implement a proactive, progressive, strategically-focused pavement mainte-nance plan for our roadway network.
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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.
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Violet Township Service CenterPhone: 614-382-5979
490 Center St.Pickerington, OH 43147
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Issue 3 will provide the vital revenues to maintain our 105 miles of roadway.
Road MaintenanceWhat does it mean, and how does it affect our residents?
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Unb eatable SpiritPickerington triathlete rallies after accident
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Unb eatable SpiritKat Briggs was looking forward to competing in the
ITU (International Triathlon Union) World Triath-lon Grand Final for the first time when a July biking accident robbed her of the opportunity.
With 18 fractures and breaks, Briggs survived a crash that could have paralyzed or killed her. But on the day of the world championship in September, Briggs got out of her wheelchair and took her first steps without her crutches.
“I was probably just as happy, believe it or not,” Briggs says. Since her accident, the 48-year-old has been steadily in-
creasing her physical activity. She’s not sure yet if she’ll ever compete in triathlons again, but she’s focused on patiently working through her rehabilitation.
“Part of who I am was taken away from me, but I want to get it back,” the Pickerington resident says.
The night before the race, on July 26, Briggs was feel-ing uncharacteristically nervous about being on the bike. The OSU TriFit Challenge required a 1-mile swim, 25-mile bike ride and 6.2-mile run.
Briggs felt strong getting out of the water. Her biggest strength is cycling, followed closely by running. That day, she was biking close to 25 mph, a personal record. The race was crowded, and Briggs found herself weaving around other competitors. Her bike hit the curb, and she went face-first into a light post. Her bike was crushed by the fixture, which just missed her when it fell.
“I could have died if that had hap-pened,” she says.
Her ear had to be sewn back on after her helmet was ripped off. Her skull was fractured. She had a concussion. Her pel-vis was broken in five places, and her hip, jawbone and sacrum were also broken.
Later, Briggs learned that she was most likely in shock when it happened; she was trying to get back on her bike with a broken hip.
“It was horrible. It was the worst thing that I’ve ever been through,” she says.
Briggs stayed in intensive care for nine days. She couldn’t move for almost a week. It was the first time in 33 years that she wasn’t training for something.
Briggs had completed triathlons for nine years, starting out with duathlons. Throughout high school and college, she ran competitively. A top sprinter in seventh and eighth grades, Briggs joined
cross country in her freshman year of high school in Wheel-ersburg, in southern Ohio near Portsmouth.
“The running ended up being my outlet,” she says. Briggs and her three sisters grew up with physical and
mental abuse from their mother. One of her sisters turned to drugs. Briggs and two sisters left home before graduating high school.
One night, after a particularly challenging period with her mother, Briggs ended up setting the two-mile record for her high school.
“Running is what saved me,” she says. Graduating in 1986, Briggs went on to attend Marshall
University in West Virginia, earning a bachelor’s degree in ex-ercise science and a subsequent two-year degree in nutrition. While visiting her dad in Columbus during summers, Briggs met her husband, Mark. They’ve been married for 23 years.
“I think he’s one of the best people I’ve ever seen and met in my life,” she says.
Now, Mark and their children – 10th-grade twins Skylar and Ashwin, who both are in track and cross country at Pickerington
Kat Briggs with her dog, Dewey
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High School North – are supporting her recovery process. She says they all plan to join her when she’s able to jog her first mile since her accident.
Patience has been the biggest part of Briggs’ recovery process. Until about week 8 following her injuries, she was in a wheelchair off and on. Her knowl-edge gained as a wellness consultant for Mount Carmel Health has also helped her take charge of her healing process.
As a track coach for Lakeview Junior High School, Briggs often talked to her team about how success forms ambition. She noticed it firsthand during her healing.
“When I could tie my shoes finally by myself, I wanted to do more,” she says. “When I could pull my own pants up, I wanted to do more.”
She’s been exercising a lot – ellipti-cal, rowing machine, bike trainer, tread-mill, walking – and has been out on her bike in her neighborhood, though she’s had to come home a few times because she got panicky. She says that post-acci-dent, she’s more nervous now about be-ing on a bike, or even in a car, than she was before.
Still, she says, being an athlete has helped her heal, because she’s used to wanting to improve herself. She’s been run-ning in a pool as part of her therapy, and in January, she wants to start swimming.
“The accident itself was a defining moment in my life, but I’m doing the best I can to not let it define who I am,” she says.
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Whether it’s students with spe-cial needs or residents of disadvantaged areas, Bailee
Mann has made a habit of jumping at the chance to help.
Mann is a senior at Pickerington High School North.
Though Mann is still figuring out her college plans, she knows what she wants to study.
“I know that I want to go into spe-cial education,” she says. “That’s a for-sure thing now.”
Since her freshman year, Mann has been part of the Peer Collaborators pro-gram at North. Through the program, students go into special education classrooms and act as academic and so-cial mentors to the students there.
Prior to joining up with Peer Col-laborators, Mann did not have a partic-ular interest in special education. She heard about the program through a tour of North when she was in the eighth grade. After the tour took Mann and her fellow incoming freshmen through the special education classroom, she
went back to talk to the teachers there, learned about the program, took out an application and signed up.
The program is part of her class schedule. For at least one period each day since she started high school, Mann has helped out in the special education program at North.
“I fell in love with all the kids and I fell in love with all the teachers,” she says.
Reading, crafts, baking, recycling and athletic activity are just a handful of the academic activities she has assist-
ed with. She’s also been part of quarter-ly dances that rotate among schools in nearby districts; North’s, a luau, typi-cally takes place toward the end of the school year. In addition, she’s gotten a chance to observe the work experience program for special education students,
student spotlight By Garth Bishop Photos courtesy of Bailee Mann
Student Spotlight features a student from a different area high school in every issue.
North senior doesn’t think twice when she has the chance to help
Selflessness withSpeed
Bailee Mann volunteers in Haiti through the CPR-3 program.
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which connects them with local busi-nesses such as Bob Evans and Rule 3.
Peer Collaborators isn’t the only opportunity to help that Mann em-braced. Through a program called CPR-3, she has visited Haiti to help out in disadvantaged areas there.
Mann was connected with CPR-3 through her church, Grace Fellowship. She was interested in doing a big service project and had been involved in several smaller projects through youth confer-ences in other states when she learned about CPR-3. She was compelled to fill out an application right away and get in-volved as swiftly as possible.
“I have always felt God calling me to do something like this,” Mann says.
She spent a week in Haiti in sum-mer 2014 and six weeks there this past summer. She is always looking forward to the next opportunity to head there, she says.
People tend to think groups like CPR-3 send members just to build homes and churches and similar struc-tures, but the group does more than that, Mann says. Members also work alongside the residents of the areas they visit to ensure they can continue the work after CPR-3 has gone back stateside.
“We’re looking at the long-term need,” says Mann.
Mann also takes a service learning class at North. Two periods a day, three days a week, she shadows a third-grade teacher at Tussing Elementary School.
“I just get to go in there and help out Mrs. (Carrie) Goodwin whenever she needs help, and be a friend to those kids, too,” Mann says.
She also helps out in a classroom of students learning English as a second language.
Mann is a varsity cheerleader at North. She has been on the cheer squads for football and basketball every
Above: Mann with several Haiti residents in one of her CPR-3 trips to the country. Top left: Mann (far left) with the rest of Pickerington High School North’s varsity cheerleading squad. Top right: Mann with one of the students she works with through Peer Collaborators.
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year since eighth grade, though she is not cheering for basketball this year as she focuses on her college endeavors.
As her busy schedule allows it, Mann also does a good deal of babysit-ting on the side, always looking for new ways to be of service to others.
“I’m someone who (loves) to serve,” she says. “I have always just wanted to help people. When I do see (opportuni-ties to get involved), I just go for them.”
Mann is the oldest of three chil-dren. Her sister, Olivia, is 14, and her brother, Maddox, is 5. She moved to Pickerington with her parents, Dusty and Angie, from Ashville when she was in second grade.
Garth Bishop is managing editor. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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in focus
For 37 years, New Horizons Men-tal Health Services has offered assistance to Pickerington resi-dents in need of its services.
As of September, the agency has been able to offer substantially more assistance.
That’s when its major, six-month ex-pansion project was finished. The new space at the agency’s 437 Hill Rd. N. lo-cation – in the strip mall behind Dairy Queen – represents a 40 percent increase in size.
“These are basically three buildings in one,” says Mei Bezon, practice manager.
New Horizons has been in existence since 1971, when the agency’s first location opened in Lancaster. That original location now has two satellites: the one in Picker-ington and another one in Lancaster.
The Pickerington location opened in 1979 in the building previously used by Peace United Methodist Church before moving to its current spot.
New Horizons is supported by the United Way of Fairfield County and the Fairfield County Alcohol, Drug Addic-tion, and Mental Health Board.
At the Pickerington branch, the main services offered are diagnostic assess-ment, counseling services, psychiatric care and psychological evaluation.
“We also have crisis intervention, which is basically emergency services,” Bezon says.
Demand for child, adolescent and adult counseling services is only increas-ing, Bezon says, so the No. 1 priority in increasing the agency’s space was adding more rooms for its counselors and oth-er mental health specialists to practice. There are now seven new psychiatric counseling spaces.
By Garth Bishop Photos courtesy of New Horizons Mental Health Services
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Significant expansion means more capacity for mental health agency
Staffers cut the ribbon at the opening of New Horizons Mental Health Services’ expanded space in Pickerington.
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“We have definitely seen an increase in both intakes and counseling services,” Bezon says.
The Pickerington location sees more than 1,000 clients per month now. That new space has enabled it to hire three new therapists – two of them focused on children and adolescents – and offer more hours to existing therapists who were previously limited by capacity.
Visitors to New Horizons noticed the effects of the expan-sion right away: In addition to the new counseling rooms, the reception area has doubled in size, and the waiting room is bigger, too.
“We also left some space available for future expansion,” says Bezon.
Though it gets referrals from a variety of local entities, the vast majority of New Horizons’ clients find their way to its door via word of mouth – being referred by friends who have benefited from its ser-vices, or by doctors whose other patients have benefited from its services.
“We have a lot of satisfied clients to tell their doctors, friends and family,” says Bezon.
Representatives also spread the word at health fairs, such as those held at Diley Ridge Medical Center, and work with the Pickerington Area Chamber of Com-merce to get the message out.
Psychiatric staffers in Pickerington include Dr. Nathaniel Johns, specializ-ing in children and adolescents and also medical director for the New Horizons organization; Dr. Leslie Abromowitz, specializing in children, adolescents and adults; and Dr. Shelley Grey, specializing in adults. That’s on top of 10 licensed
therapists – five for chil-dren and adolescents, five for adolescents and adults – as well as nurses, nurse practitioners, med-ical assistants and other office workers.
The agency offers help with depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, de-velopmental disorders, trauma, grief and more. Much of the therapy is self-directed, Bezon says: Clients decide which is-sues they are comfortable working on, and thera-pists ask them how they think those issues can best be resolved.
In addition to its lit-any of in-house services, New Horizons works with a variety of local en-tities to offer options be-yond its walls.
One such program is TeenScreen, an effort
derived from a Columbia University pro-gram that operates in partnership with Fairfield County school districts, includ-ing Pickerington Local Schools.
Through the program, New Hori-zons screens teenagers at school to see if they might be at risk of suicidal thoughts, in the process also looking for signs of such disorders as depression and anxiety.
“Suicide prevention is a big target area (for us),” says Bezon.
If such signs turn up, school coun-selors – after discussing the issue with his or her parents – may refer the student to New Horizons or another mental health agency. Counselors may also refer stu-dents who exhibit warning signs outside of the TeenScreen program.
New Horizons also offers an em-ployee assistance program in conjunc-tion with local businesses, though the bulk of that work is done out of the main Lancaster office. The main office also works with students at the Lancast-er branch of Ohio University, and offers – sometimes with referrals from Picker-
ington – case management and home-based therapy services.
Staffers at the agency are driven for-ward by the success stories they’ve seen among patients who have, through its services, made great strides in improving their personal situations.
“We see people who say to us, ‘Thank you so much, because when we came in here, we felt very little hope,’” says Bezon.
Those looking to set up a visit can arrange it by calling 614-834-1919. The 24-hour crisis intervention line is 740-687-8255.
Garth Bishop is managing editor. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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Mei Bezon, practice manager
New Horizons staffers present information at the grand opening of the agency’s expanded Pickerington space.
The expanded waiting area (top) and reception center
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Since OhioHealth’s Pickerington Medical Campus opened last year, students in the Pickerington Local School District’s biomedical
sciences program have had a direct line to their course of study.
This past June, OhioHealth and the district joined forces to create a new learning space for members of the bio-medical sciences program. Inside this 2,000-square-foot classroom, the 36 high
school seniors can learn the ropes of a va-riety of careers within the health care field.
Each school day, students visit the classroom located on the third floor of the campus’ Refugee Road location. Ide-ally, students spend half their time in a classroom setting and the other half in the field, gaining firsthand experience.
“(We’ve had students tell us) that the program has really helped them focus in on what they want to do after high school
and what path they want to take in col-lege,” says district Superintendent Valerie Browning-Thompson. “It’s really helping them discover new fields. The kids that are in this program are very motivated and independent, and that’s an aspect that makes them successful.”
Though it’s only high school seniors in the OhioHealth classroom, the biomed-ical sciences program starts in the seventh
Beyond Career DaySeniors in Pickerington’s biomedical sciences program study on OhioHealth campus
By Hannah Bealer Photos courtesy of OhioHealth and GenreCreative
Thirty-six high school seniors have access to the OhioHealth classroom.
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grade. Including the younger students, there are 500 total in the program.
“It’s very different from the traditional school setting, and I think that (the stu-
dents) realize they are special,” Browning-Thompson says.
The integrative aspect of the pro-gram helps students zero in on fields they might want to study in college, but it also helps them weed out career paths. A lot of students, Browning-Thompson says, choose nursing.
“There are actually about 100 differ-ent careers in the medical field they can go into,” she says. “A lot of the program is introducing them to all the different op-portunities that are out there for them. … Someone might want to be a respira-tory therapist, but then change their mind when they get the exposure.”
OhioHealth provided $140,000 to help the district construct the classroom. It leases the room to the district for $1 a
year. The classroom is fitted with an Apple TV, 3D printer, conference room, storage room and other amenities.
“(OhioHealth and the district) agreed that this is something we wanted to part-ner with,” says Rob Davies, director of the campus. “The STEM program is some-thing that Pickerington is doing a really good job in.”
While the students are using the OhioHealth facilities, Davies says, they are treated like associates and can access the same amenities as OhioHealth employees, such as parking privileges and a discount at the campus cafe.
“We try to integrate them and keep them up to speed,” Davies says. “It’s bene-ficial for the students and it’s beneficial for (OhioHealth). We get to learn from them. It’s amazing how intelligent some of these kids are. They’re the future of health care.”
Hannah Bealer is an editor. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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The classroom includes several amenities, including a treadmill, blood pressure cuffs and a 3-D printer.
Students spend half their time in the classroom, and the other half gaining firsthand experience.
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There’s nothing funny about hunger, but fighting it can be a barrel of laughs.
Pickerington Community The-atre’s sketch comedy group, Picker-
ington Comedy Take-Out, takes a jovial approach to doing good with its Canned Laughter fundraiser.
The fundraiser, which began in 2014, is a charity comedy show that collects food and monetary donations for the PCMA Food Pantry of Pickerington.
“We started doing it just as a way to give back,” says Adam Schroeder, the vice president of the theater troupe and one of
the co-leaders of Pickerington Comedy Take-Out. “People are hungry year-round, and we like to help fight that hunger by collecting money and food donations that go directly to the pantry.”
The show, which takes place in the spring, consists of sketch and improv
Hunger HumorBy William Kosileski
Pickerington Community Theatre’s Canned Laughter fundraiser benefits food pantry
vs.
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comedy, a combination of original material and old sketches from The Carol Burnett Show.
“It is a fun and affordable night out,” says Schroeder. “You aren’t giving your money to a
company that will benefit from it; 100 percent of your dona-tions will help the food pantry directly.”
Helping the hungry is an important cause for Schroeder, he says, and that drive helped lead to the creation of Canned Laughter.
“Figuring out ways to get foods back into homes is a pas-sion of mine,” he says.
In previous years, the event took place at the Picker-ington Christian Church, but due to renovations, Schroeder says he is expecting the 2016 show to take place at Prince
Above: Pickerington Comedy Takeout members, from left, (back row) Adam Schroeder, Andy Weibel, Tyler Thomas, Brent Small, Mary Lou Kunkler, Chris Gallaugher, Diane Hooper, (front row) Megan Trimble, Jenny Small, Jodi Weibel and Erin Eichel. Right: Kunkler and Gallaugher perform a sketch at the Canned Laughter fundraiser. Bottom left: Andy Weibel, Brent Small, Jenny Small and Jodi Weibel at Canned Laughter.
Photos courtesy of Dianne Gallaugher
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of Peace Presbyterian Church, where the troupe has been performing during the renovations. The show is expected to take place in the spring again, but has not yet been scheduled.
Pickerington Comedy Take-Out began as a branch of the theater troupe in 2010.
“At the end of the night, you can look at a table and say, ‘Wow, look at all this food we brought in,’ and you know it’ll help those who need it,” Schroeder says. “And even though we only may receive $50, $70 or $100 in donations, that’s going to help feed many families in the community.”
William Kosileski is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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OhioHealth’s athletic training program casts a wide net over central Ohio, with about 100 trainers serving high school and college athletes from more than 40 educational institutions.
Pickerington North and Central High Schools are no exception.Jenn Miller has worked as an athletic trainer for OhioHealth
for eight years. She assists with athletes at Central – there are four total OhioHealth athletic trainers across the Pickerington Local School District – but says some middle school students within the district work with the trainers from time to time.
“We try to be involved with the community and the stu-dents,” Miller says. “Whenever things are going on around the city, we try to immerse ourselves and the teams. We’re there (for
the teams) for everything – the good, the bad, the ugly. We really try to become a part of the school’s family.”
The athletic trainers train student athletes from each sports team the schools offer. When the trainers provide health care throughout a game or a match, they are also offering their ser-vices to the competing team. On any given day, Miller says the trainers are coming in before classes let out and leaving after the last practice of the evening.
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