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PAGE 2 - EASTSIDE MESSENGER - July 1, 2018 Fourth of July Celebration Pickerington will hold its annual Fourth of July Celebration in Victory Park beginning at 4 p.m. on July 4. The parade begins at 6 p.m. The parade lines up on Opportunity Way and proceed north on Lockville Road, past Victory Park, west on Columbus Street through Olde Pickerington, south on Hill Road, and ending at Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School. The celebration’s opening ceremonies will be at 7:30 p.m. in Victory Park. Bring out the whole family for an evening to enjoy the parade, rides, food, live music and of course the fireworks display. The band Scarlet Fever will perform at 8 p.m. Fireworks will be at 10 p.m. The park will close at 11 p.m. around Pickerington PEACE FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday Services 8:00 A.M. & 10:30 A.M. Sunday School 9:15 A.M. 28 Elm Street Canal Winchester, OH 43110 Phone: 614-837-6689 www.peacecw.org Pastor: Michael Johnson ALL ARE WELCOME! Be a Part of Our Local Worship Guide Our upcoming Worship Guide is geared toward celebrating faith and helping readers connect with religious resources in our community. Make sure these readers know how you can help with a presence in this very special section distributed to more than 22,000 households in the Southwest area. Contact us today to secure your spot in our Worship Guide. 614.272.5422 • kathy@columbusmessenger.com eastside Volunteers are being sought to help with the parade. To volunteer, call the Parks and Recreation Department at 614- 833-2211 for information. Sponsors of the event are the city of Pickerington and Violet Township. Kiwanis Roundup The Pickerington Kiwanis invite you to a Roundup on July 31 and Aug. 7 at the Pickerington Pizza Cottage from 5-8 p.m. Stop by for as long as you like and hear how you can join Kiwanis to make a difference in the community by helping children. The Kiwanis support the Pickerington North and Central Key Clubs comprised of over 200 high school students who have a heart for serving others. For information, contact Walt Maki at wmaki@msn.com or 614-578-2798. Dr. Bender 5K Classic The annual Dr. Bender 5K Classic will be held at Canal Winchester High School on July 21. The race honors the memory of Dr. John Bender, who was the head coach of the Canal Winchester High School cross country team for 20 years. The one mile fun run begins at 8 a.m. and the professionally chip timed 5K begins at 8:30 a.m. Runners and walkers can register at drbender5k.com. Advanced INVOCATION Continued from page 1 “There was concern on who would give the invocation,” said Walker. “Since then, I’ve talked with Crossroads Church. They’ve offered to have one of their ministers here every meeting of the year, if we wish. Also, I’ve talked to the president of the ministerial association for Lithopolis and Canal Winchester. They’re supportive as well.” Amos told Walker she appreciated his effort in asking local churches and organizations, but there is nothing preventing anyone else, Christian or non-Christian, from also asking to offer a prayer or invocation. Law Director Gene Hollins said there are certain limitations regarding rules allowing an invocation/prayer at public meetings. “There are some pretty good parameters around how to do it without proselytizing for one particular religion or one particular denomination,” said Hollins. “If we went forward, certainly we’d have to keep our eye on the ball.” Lynch said the committee also looked at the logistics of coordinating an invocation/prayer–not just what’s being said– but also keeping the language as nondenominational as possible. “It has to be open to every denomination out there,” said Lynch, “whether it be PICKERINGTON around Canal Winchester Continued from page 1 “The last couple of years we have noticed things have changed,” he said, alleging that he thinks the retention pond at Lake’s Edge has been filled in. “They took care of their problem and they created a great big problem for us. It’s going to ruin the value of our homes, if it hasn’t already.” Fix referred the matter to the Service Committee, and said, “I certainly thank you for bringing it to council’s attention.” •Council also discussed legislation regarding small cell facilities and wireless structures. “While I understand the state government has the authority to force things like this on a municipality like us, I thought it was worth a review,” Fix said. “It’s something we have to pass, but I thought it was worth discussion.” Law Director Phil Hartmann said the state set the framework to guide cities in www.columbusmessenger.com registration for the one mile race is $10 and the 5K is $25. Same day registration begins at 7 a.m. Each participant will receive a race t- shirt and a prize raffle entry. his year’s grand prize is a set of Trekz bone conducting headphones. This year’s race will also feature a separate raffle of a t-shirt quilt made out of the previous years’ race t-shirts. Entries for the quilt raffle are $5 each or six for $25 Christian, Hindu or Jewish. Everything has to represented. Who is going to coordinate this on a bi-weekly basis? How do we open it up to all these different religions so we’re not being biased? I don’t believe we can have one church being represented here as we are a public body. That was my thought and the consensus of the committee.” Lynch felt if the ministerial association coordinated the invocation/prayer, then the city is relying on an outside organization doing council business. When Bennett asked if the bi-weekly coordination would result in additional work for council clerk and Finance Director Amanda Jackson, Mayor Mike Ebert said, “Yes.” “We’re just on the first reading,” said Hollins. “You’ll be looking at it for another month before the third reading.” Amos said she wanted to take into consideration comments made during the meeting. She told Walker she knew he wanted closure on the issue, but felt there were still too many unanswered questions. Walker withdrew his motion to amend the ordinance, which is up for a second reading during the council’s July 2 meeting, before council goes on hiatus for the July 16 meeting. regard to small cell facilities or wireless structures, otherwise the companies can put them wherever they want. “What you are setting up is the framework to allow the city to regulate the small cell industry,” Hartmann said. “Now at least you have the ability to regulate to some degree where they are and what they look like.” Councilman Jerry Dailey said, “I think this is typical bad legislation. The Ohio Municipal League told the legislature they didn’t like this.” He said there are already so many stipulations, “I wish they had the guts to do away with stuff like this and keep the right of way here.” The matter was referred to the Service Committee for further discussion. Pickerington City Council will not meet on July 3 due to the Fourth of July holiday.
www.columbusmessenger.com A financial look at CW athletics By Linda Dillman Staff Writer Sports can be big business at the professional and collegiate level, but at the high school and middle school levels, the fiscal margin between revenue and expenses is often slim. Athletic directors tap into their creative side and booster organizations to cover rising costs, let alone pay for facility upgrades and renovations. At Canal Winchester Schools, the tab alone for transporting middle and high school athletes to and from games during the 2016-17 school year was $107,120 according to a June 18 school board report by Athletic Director Pat Durbin. “There’s a trend of an increase of our transportation costs,” said Durbin. “In 2014-15, it was $70,000. For 2016-17, it was $107,000. That’s a 65 percent increase in our transportation costs. I don’t expect that to go down. In two years, we’re going into a new league and we’re going to be doing a lot more traveling.” The officiating costs for home games, meets and matches for the same year was $52,162; equipment for the same period was $54,634 and supplies–including $6,388 for drug testing, $4,912 for awards and $7,136 for a golf invitational–were $48,107. The district cost for 52 paid high school coaches, coupled with 26 middle school coaches was $229,980 for 18 sports including football; cheerleading; boys and girls soccer, golf, tennis, baseball, and track; wrestling; volleyball and cross-country. This count did not include 12 volunteer coaches. The biggest slice of the pie was $42,914 for football coaches. The smallest expenditure was $3,228 per coach for each tennis team. Facility managers were paid a total of $26,196 and facility supervisors received a total of $4,368 in compensation. There were 1,103 pay-to-participate athletes in 2017-18 that paid a total of $220,600 for one or more sports. The PTP fees–$9,200–for 12 high school athletes and 34 middle school athletes were waived due to participation in a third sport. “With transportation and coaches stipends, it’s roughly $388,000” said Durbin. Pay-to-participate offsets about $220,000 of that. The board of education is making up about $166,000. The biggest source of direct revenue came from ticket sales. around Canal Winchester & Pickerington CW’s Movies in the Park The city of Canal Winchester will host two free Movie in the Park events at Stradley Park (located behind the city’s municipal building at 36 S. High St.). Family-friendly movies will be shown outdoors on July 13 and on Aug. 10, beginning at approximately 9 p.m. Bring a blanket and snacks on July 13 for the animated feature “Hotel Transylvania” and on Aug. 10 for the hit movie “Wonder.” Picnics are welcome. Visit www.canalwinchesterohio.gov or call 614-834- 9915 for information. CW Farmers Market The Canal Winchester Farmers Market runs Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon through Sept. 29 (rain or shine) in historic downtown Canal Winchester near Stradley Park, 36 S. High St. The market will be closed on July 28 to accommodate the Canal Winchester Blues & Ribfest, and Sept. 1 for the Canal Winchester Labor Day Festival. For information visit www.thecwfm.com or contact Karen Stiles at 614-270-5053. “Approximately 50 percent of the revenue is coming from football,” said Durbin, “and then it’s spread out among the other sports.” Nearly $97,800 in total revenue came from gate receipts from nine sports–football, $48,107; boys basketball, $18,567; boys soccer, $7,951; girls soccer, $5,807; girls basketball, $5,621; wrestling, $4,992; volleyball, $4,494; track, $1,509 and baseball, $750. Other combined revenue sources–a craft show, baseball sponsorship banners, weight room advertising sponsorship, scorer table advertising and middle school/Dietz Road signage sponsorship–netted $46,500. “We just secured a three-year, $5,000 per year that they’re (sponsor) going to pay $15,000 up front to have their name put on the stadium,” said Durbin. “Then, after three years, open that back up for another sponsor. We now have a new scorer’s table and instead of just four sponsors, we now have 35 sponsors. We raised enough money to pay for that scorer’s table. There’s a lot of real estate out there that wasn’t being utilized to generate funds.” Durbin said sponsorship receipts go back into the equipment fund in order to benefit all athletes. Since 2012, the number of athletes increased by 239. Last school year, there were 23 more athletes than the previous year. As expected, the number of athletes participating in fall middle and high school sports was much higher than in winter or spring. In 2017-18, there were 595 fall athletes. In winter, there were 251 and 338 in the spring. “The total number of athletes is rising,” said Durbin. “I don’t see that trend changing.” Highlights of Durbin’s list of athletic department accomplishments since he was hired include a realignment of the Parent Booster Club, a $72,000 payoff of the turf in the Mike Locke Stadium, new speaker system for the stadium, a refurbished middle school track, ticket pre-sale program, data-driven decisions, seasonal coaches meetings, three new tennis courts and a re-aligned gymnasium to maximize sponsors and students. “I’m confident, given the budget now and the partnership with you all, we’re going to be able to do things like a new locker room inside our football stadium,” Durbin said. Hicks named to council The city of Pickerington has a new city council member. On June 18, Mayor Lee Gray appointed Crystal Hicks to the position vacated by Melissa Wilde. Wilde left the city in December 2017. According to a press release from the city, Hicks has lived in Pickerington for 18 years and has devoted much of her time to serving the community. “Crystal has a heart for service. She’s a longtime resident and will be a valuable addition to council,” said Gray. Hicks’ term will expire Dec. 31, 2019. Lithopolis Garden Club Lithopolis Garden Club meets the first Tuesday each month at 1 p.m. in the Community Building at Wagnalls Memorial in Lithopolis. Anyone interested in gardening and meeting other gardeners are invited to attend the meetings. Autism support group Winchester Dental Call us today to schedule an appointment. Winchester Square Shopping Center 614.834.1834 Ladan Pourmoghadam D.D.S. 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