Southeast Messenger - October 28th, 2018

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October 28 - November 3, 2018 www.columbusmessenger.com Vol. XXXVI, No. 10 

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School levy and bond 

issue coming in 2019 

Fall chopping chore 

Messenger photo by Rick Palsgrove 

Kerry Sherrill, a farm worker at Metro Parks Slate Run Living Historical Farm located 

at 1375 State Route 674 North, chops recently harvested okra using a 

McClinton Star Cutter, an 1870s era hand cranked cutting machine. Sherrill feeds 

okra into the machine as he turns the crank. Rollers push the okra through the 

machine to a sharp blade that slices the produce. Sherrill said the machine is also 

used to cut cornstalks and pressed sorghum. He said the chopped okra would be 

fed to the farm’s hogs. 

Trick-or-treat! 

•Trick-or-treat will be held in Groveport 

on Oct. 31 from 5:30-7 p.m. Groveport Town 

Hall will be serving hot dogs, popcorn and 

drink courtesy of the Groveport Police 

Department, Madison Township Fire 

Department and Groveport Town Hall. At 7 

p.m. the annual Block Party at Main and 

Front streets will begin and includes a costume 

contest, the Groveport Madison High 

School band, the Cruiserettes, cider, and 

donuts. Sponsored by The Groveport Lions 

Club. 

•Trick-or-treat will be held in the unincorporated 

areas of Madison Township on 

Oct. 31 from 5:30-7 p.m. 

By Rick Palsgrove 

Southeast Editor 

Groveport Madison Schools officials are 

looking to maintain the district’s current 

financial stability as well as plan for the 

next phase of new school building construction. 

At a Groveport Madison Board of 

Education work session on Oct. 24, the 

board directed Superintendent Garilee 

Ogden and Treasurer John Walsh to begin 

preparations to place a 6.68 mill permanent 

continuing operating levy combined 

with a bond issue of a yet to be determined 

amount to fund potential new school buildings 

on the May 2019 ballot. 

Levy 

The current five year 6.68 mill levy was 

passed in May 2014 and is set to expire on 

Dec. 31, 2019. Walsh stated the levy needs 

to be renewed in 2019 for collection to continue 

in 2020 to maintain fiscal stability 

for the district. 

At the work session Walsh said if the 

levy fails in May the district would not “be 

destitute in 2020,” but the district’s revenue 

would fall dramatically after that 

year. 

Board member Mary Tedrow said she 

did not like the idea of a permanent continuing 

levy because she feels levys with a set 

term of years make the district accountable 

to the voters by requiring the district to 

show what it has accomplished. 

However, the remaining board members 

all favored a continuing permanent levy. 

“Why keep going back to the ballot for 

renewals when we could lose and then be 

forced to consider budget cuts?” asked 

board member Libby Gray. 

Added Board President Bryan 

Shoemaker, “We don’t want to go backwards, 

we want to go forward. We’ve got to 

make sure we have operating money.” 

To place the levy and bond issue on the 

May 2019 ballot, the board must approve 

two resolutions in January declaring its 

See LEVY, page 2 

Water rate increase proposed 



Groveport City Council is considering a 

water rate increase in 2019 for customers 

on the city of Groveport’s water system. 

“With expenses continuing to increase 

due to inflation, a small increase of 3 percent 

is being recommended for 2019 in 

order to stay at least current with our balance 

in the Water Fund,” wrote Groveport 

City Administrator Marsha Hall in a 

report to council. 

If council approves the proposed 

Groveport water rate increase, it would 

become effective with the first billing cycle 

in 2019 and first be reflected in customers’ 

April 1, 2019 billing, according to Hall. 

When asked what the average dollar 

amount increase would be for the average 

water bill, Hall said, “A 3 percent increase 

would be $8.34, bringing the new average 

bill for the past 12 months to $286.32.” 

There was no Groveport water rate 

increase in 2018 and the last water rate 

increase for those on city of Groveport 

water was a 3 percent hike in 2017. 

Part of the city is on the Groveport 

water system and another part of town is 

on the Columbus water system. According 

to Hall, there are 1,213 Groveport water 

system accounts and 921 Columbus water 

system accounts in Groveport. 

Hall said the City of Columbus Sewer 

and Water Advisory Board is recommending 

Columbus City Council enact a 2 percent 

water rate increase in 2019 for 

Columbus water customers. Additionally, 

See WATER, page 2 

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Saturday-November 3, 2018 

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Groveport City Administrator Marsha 

Hall announced the city received a $70,782 

Ohio NatureWorks grant that will help 

fund the construction of the $180,000 

Bixford Green bike/pedestrian path. The 

project involves the construction of an 860 

to 920 foot Bixford Green shared-use path 

to connect the Bixford Green subdivision to 

the Blacklick Creek Greenways Trail in 

Three Creeks Metro Park. Hall said the 

Ohio NatureWorks grant funds can only be 

used to help fund construction of the portion 

of the path that is not on Metro Parks 

property. The project is budgeted for completion 

in 2019. 

Health services contract 

On Oct. 22, Groveport City Council 

heard the first reading of an ordinance to 

contract for health services with the 

District Advisory Council of the Franklin 

County General Health District. Groveport 

City Administrator Marsha Hall said this 

is an annual contract that includes plumbing 

inspection services. The cost for 2019 

would be $49,877, which Hall said is a 6.8 

percent increase from 2018. 

Cost of living increase 

Groveport City Council is considering 

WATER 

Continued from page 1 

the city of Columbus provides sanitary 

sewer service to Groveport and Hall said, 

“Columbus is currently going through the 

process of approving a 3 percent sewer 

usage rate increase for 2019. This will be 

passed on to all of our customers.” 

In her report to council, Hall noted, 

“While we are currently holding our own 

for our projected balance (contingency) in 

the Water Fund for operations of our water 

plant, our projected expenses for 2019 are 

also less than 2018 expenses, so any 

LEVY 

legislation to set an annual cost of living 

increase of 2.8 percent regarding compensation 

for city employees. 

Groveport City Administrator Marsha 

Hall said the city’s compensation plan is on 

a three year calendar basis. 

“The first year the city does a salary survey, 

which was done in 2017,” said Hall. 

“The other two years the city determines 

whether there is a cost of living adjustment 

based on any number of factors.” 

She said 2018 included a 2 percent cost 

of living increase. 

“Social Security, one of our factors used, 

announced that there is a 2.8 percent cost 

of living increase for 2019.” 

Hall said that is the reason for the recommended 

2.8 percent increase to the city’s 

unforeseen large expense would result in a 

much lower balance going into 2020.” 

Since water expenses for 2019 are projected 

to be less than in 2018, then why is 

a water rate increase necessary? 

“The projected expenses are lower in 

2019 due to a lower estimate of contract 

services,” said Hall. “As warranties at the 

new plant drop off, we will have additional 

maintenance contracts in future years. 

Ohio Senate Bill 2 now requires that all 

water systems develop an Asset 

Continued from page 1 

intentions and file for the ballot by Feb. 6, 2019. 

Walsh also noted that the district most likely would 

still need new money in a few years and would have to 

place an operating levy on the 2023 ballot. If the 2019 

levy is approved, the 2023 levy could be for a smaller 

amount. 

Bond issue 

The levy will be combined with a bond issue of a yet 

to be determined amount. The bond issue would provide 

funding, coupled with funding from the Ohio 

Facilities Construction Commission, to build new 

schools to replace the district’s six elementary schools 

and three middle schools. 

If a bond issue is approved, the OFCC would provide 

53 percent of the funding and the district would 

fund 47 percent of the proposed projects. Groveport 

Madison is currently 34th on the OFCC’s priority list 

for funding. 

The board is considering several new building configuration 

options including: 

•One Pre-K through grade 3 elementary school; one 

grades 4-6 elementary; and one grades 6-8 middle 

school. Co-funded total cost estimated at $117.8 million 

with the district’s share at $55.3 million. 

•Three Pre-K through grade 8 elementary/middle 

schools. Co-funded total cost estimated at $117.8 million 


•Four Pre-K through grade 8 elementary/middle 

schools. Co-funded total cost estimated at $122.4 million 


•Five Pre-K through grade 5 elementaries and two 

grades 6-8 middle schools. Co-funded total cost estimated 

at $131.5 million with the district’s share at 

$61.8 million. 

•Four Pre-K through grade 5 elementaries and two 

grades 6-8 middle schools. Co-funded total cost estimated 

at $126.8 million with the district’s share at 

$59.6 million. 

According to district officials, an example of the 

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employee pay scale for 2019. The ordinance 

states that the maximum pay for all pay 

grades would be increased by 2.8 percent. 

Addiction Recovery Center 

Groveport City Council approved a zoning 

variance for the property at 5940 Clyde 

Moore Drive in Groveport for the Ohio 

Addiction Recovery Center to allow the property’s 

use as a medical clinic and offices. 

According to Joshua Butcher of the Ohio 

Addiction Recovery Center, the facility provides 

outpatient services to people suffering 

from substance abuse. He said there is 

no housing of patients on site and no 

patients stay at the facility overnight. The 

facility will operate Monday-Friday with 

some family visitations on weekends. 

Management Plan that includes five-year 

funding to adequately fund our water 

assets. We will need to have available revenue 

to cover increased contract services 

and to cover any emergencies that may 

arise in the operations of the water system.” 

The $2.5 million Groveport water plant 

opened in 2015. Hall said the water debt is 

a 30 year debt service. 

finances for the various options is that a three building 

option would require an approximate 3.25 mills in 

additional taxes, generate $55 million spread over 38 

years of collection, and create an approximate cost of 

$112 in additional taxes per $100,000 of a home’s taxable 

value. 

The district plans to hold public forums in the coming 

weeks to get feedback from the community regarding 

which building option to pursue for the bond issue. 

Other decisions that must be made regarding the 

bond issue include obtaining updated enrollment projections, 

land purchases, developing a plan for 

sequenced construction using swing spaces, and 

realigning attendance boundaries. 

“We are growing,” said Ogden. “We’re up 400 students 

at the high school alone. We need to look where 

our growth is and determine the best sites for new 

schools.” 

She noted the Middle School North/Sedalia 

Elementary site and the Middle School 

South/Glendening Elementary site are large land sites 

the district already owns. 

Other considerations 

Ogden noted two other problems for the district. 

One is that the district is facing an estimated $3 million 

in roof repairs for its school buildings across the 

district. 

“Some of these have an immediate need,” said 

Ogden, noting Middle School Central and Sedalia 

Elementary. 

Another issue to be addressed is the construction of 

a four classroom addition to the recently completed 

new high school. She said the school’s enrollment is at 

1,808. The OFCC’s projected enrollment for the school 

when it was constructed was 1,439. Ogden said the 

construction of the addition would be funded by existing 

money generated from savings from the original 

high school construction project.


Red & Black Night spotlights 

Cruiser basketball program 

Plus, information on Cruiser 

boys basketball history 

October 28, 2018 - SOUTHEAST MESSENGER - PAGE 3 



Cruiser basketball players of the past and present 

will be highlighted at the annual Red and Black 

Night. 

“We have made great strides over the last seve 

years, building on the success and traditions of the 

Groveport Madison basketball program,” said 

Groveport Madison head basketball coach Ryan 

Grashel. “In building on those traditions, we are 

going to continue with our third annual Cruiser 

Alumni Basketball Game on Nov. 17 and it will be 

part of our Red and Black Night.” 

The event will be held in the gym of the new high 

school, located at 4475 S. Hamilton Road in 

Groveport. 

“Red and Black Night has become a community 

event, bringing past, present and future Cruisers 

together highlighting our rich tradition and bright 

future,” said Grashel. “Last year was unique 

because of the closing of the old building, allowing 

our alumni one final game in the old gym. We are 

extremely excited to show off Cruiser Arena and 

kick off the 2018-19 season. The new gym will be bittersweet 

for many of our alumni. The old gym provided 

a loud, intense atmosphere that will be hard to 

replicate.” 

Red and Black Night kicks off with the girls basketball 

introductions and scrimmage at 5 p.m. That 

will be followed with a Cruiserettes dance routine, 

cheerleader introductions and performance, a 3- 

point shooting contest, boys basketball introduction 

and scrimmage, with the alumni basketball game 

starting at approximately 6:30 p.m. There will also 

be a split-the-pot raffle and sale of old jerseys. 

To play in the alumni game, players must have 

varsity lettered in their senior year and register by 

emailing the following information to Grashel at 

ryan.grashel@gocruisers.org by Nov. 1: name, graduation 

year, and if you want to play or coach. 

Current college athletes are not eligible for the 

alumni game. 

“If you are a college athlete, or physically can’t 

play or don’t want to play, but would like to attend 

and be recognized please let me know. We could 

make you a coach of a team,” said Grashel. “My hope 

is that this tradition of Red and Black Night will 

only continue to grow.” 

Cruiser boys basketball history 

Grashel said that he and researchers have accumulated 

all the Cruiser boys basketball box scores 

dating back to the 1918-19 season. 

“We now have an all-time scoring list.,” said 

Grashel. “We also have information on things like 

the most 3-pointers in a game, season, career, player 

points per season, conference standings, season 

records, and so on. The all-time scorers list includes 

over 500 players.” 

Some Cruiser boys basketball history highlights 

include: 

•League championships: 1933, 1935, 1938, 1939, 

Messenger photo by Rick Palsgrove 

Cruiser alumni players Carmearl Thomas (left) 

and Tyler Sims go up for a rebound during 

Groveport Madison Cruisers alumni basketball 

game held during last year’s Red and Black Night 

at Groveport Madison High School. Red and Black 

Night spotlights the Groveport Madison High 

School Cruiser basketball program. 

1945, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 

1992, 1993, 2005; 

•District titles: 1935, 1985; 

•Most wins in a season: 1937-38, 21-1; 

•Team average points per game: 1989-90, 71.5; 

•Team single game scoring - 103-53 win over 

Walnut Ridge Nov. 30, 2004; 

•Most points in a season, individual: Scott 

Jones 1987-88, 472; 

•Career high scoring: Clarence Royal 1989-93, 

1,081; 

•Single game scoring - individual: Kevin 

Moody 45, Feb. 2, 1990; 

•3-point field goal makes- career: Larry 

Drake, 111, 1995-99; 

•3-point field goal makes - season: Dan 

Hillerich, 61, 1995-96; 

•3-point field goal makes - game:Curtis Jacobs, 

10, vs. Franklin Heights during the 2016-17 season. 

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What was Groveport like in 1875? 

Sometimes, when we get swept up in our 

busy modern lives, it’s interesting to look 

back at what things looked like at a particular 

place and time, so I did a bit of time traveling 

to Groveport in 1875. 

Groveport in that year had a population of 

around 627 (compared to the more than 

5,000 who live in town today). The railroad 

had just come to town seven years earlier. 

The electric interurban railway was still 29 

years away. Boat traffic on the Ohio and Erie 

Canal that passed through town was beginning 

to fade from its mid-19th century heyday. 

Townscape, 1875 

The town’s streets were dirt (or mud 

depending on the season). The town’s borders 

were the railroad tracks to the north, the 

Ohio and Erie Canal to the south and east, 

and West Street to the west. 

West Street originally got its name 

because it was the westernmost street in 

what was Wert’s Grove, a town that in 1847 

merged with Rarey’s Port to become 

“Groveport.” Center Street is so named 

because it was in the center of Wert’s Grove 

and what is now College Street was known in 

the 19th century as East Street because it 

was the easternmost street in Wert’s Grove. 

East Street was renamed College Street once 

the new Groveport School was built on what 

is now Naomi Court in 1884 (it replaced a 

smaller school at Walnut and Elm streets). 

East Street wasn’t the only street to change 

names as North Alley became Buckeye Alley. 

There was a spaciousness 

to 

Groveport in 1875. 

There were many 

open property lots in 

town. For instance, 

only 12 houses stood 

on Elm Street from 

Front Street to 

College Street. There 

were lots of open lots 

between those dozen 

abodes. Other streets 

were similar. 

Northwest of Hickory 

Alley and West Street 

and west of West 

Street were farm 

fields and orchards. 

However, all this 

open space did not 

mean the town lacked 

activity. Many businesses 

existed in 

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town in those days. The variety of businesses 

shows the town was self-sufficient in filling 

the needs of the residents and the farmers in 

the surrounding township. 

A sampling of the businesses include the 

wagon shop at Hilly Alley and Main Street, 

the Campbell Hotel on the northwest corner 

of Main and College streets, a harness shop, 

general store, hardware, warehouses, cooper 

shop, stables, blacksmith, grainers, grocers, 

lumber dealers, taverns, canal boat dry dock, 

dry goods store, post office, druggist, shoemaker, 

carpenter, stone and brick masons, 

mills, and W. Mason’s brickyard. Seemingly 

everything one would need or want all in one 

town! 

In 1875 Groveport Town Hall, now a well 

known landmark, had not yet been built, but 

a vote to build it was held in 1875 and the 

building opened in 1876. Prior to that, the 

building used as the Madison Township Hall 

stood at Main and Center streets. Churches 

in town included the Methodist, Presbyterian 

(original building still in use), Catholic, and 

Baptist congregations. 

Government actions, 1875 

What was Groveport City Council up to in 

1875? Council enacted a ban on bathing or 

swimming in the canal, but one wonders if 

this ban was ever enforced. Plus, canal water 

was probably not the most pleasant to substance 

to immerse oneself in anyway. 

City Council in 1875 was also concerned 

about the condition of the Groveport 

Cemetery. Council meeting minutes from the 

time describe the cemetery as the “graveyard” 

and that it was “in a very bad condition.” 

Council moved to put the cemetery “in 

good repair” and enacted “a special tax of one 

mill for the cemetery on the taxable property 

of the corporation.” The minutes do not elaborate 

on what specifically was in poor condition 

at the cemetery, but one thing might 

have been the old fence that originally surrounded 

it. 

Council approved replacing the cemetery’s 

wooden fence. The description of the 

new wooden fence approved by council in 

1875 is “60 panels more or less 5 ft. fence 12 

in. baseboard panels 12 ft long white or burr 

oak railing 2 x 4 in well spiked 101 locust 

posts 3 ft. in ground, good pine pickets 1 x 6 

in. plain points with four 8 penny nails in 

each picket. Two good 10 ft. gates on north 

side one 4 ft gate on west side. As much of 

the old lumber to be used on east and west 

sides as fit for use. L. T. Sims proposal for 

building new fence at $245 per panel, and old 

fence for $165 was accepted.” 

Editor’s Notebook 

Today the cemetery 

is surrounded by a 

beautiful, gated 

wrought iron fence. 

Council spent a lot 

of time in 1875 on 

dealing with the ditch 

at Brook Alley. There 

are many references in 

the meeting minutes 

to cleaning the ditch 

and its banks. Council 

approved a contract for 

$43.40 to W. R. 

Kauffman for work 

and material to build 

Rick 

Palsgrove 

bridge across Brook Alley ditch on Main 

Street. The “ditch” is still there today, but the 

water it carries is in a tile that runs under 

Brook Alley. 

Speaking of bridges, being a canal town 

Groveport needed bridges to span the canal 

and it was important to keep them and the 

roads near them in good repair. Apparently, 

council in 1875 was annoyed with the “tardiness” 

of a contractor who was working on the 

road approaches to the canal bridges on Main 

Street and College Street and notified “the 

county commissioners to take such action as 

will secure its speedy completion.” 

When one thinks about the money spent 

in the 21st century on heating and cooling, 

it’s interesting to see that in 1875 council 

spent $65.80 for the purchase of three stoves 

from the Bigelow Hardware, once located on 

Main Street. 

Groveport in 1875 may have been a small 

farming community, but it also seems like it 

was a bustling place. People of that time 

probably felt, just like we do today, that life 

can be hectic. 

An icon passes away, July 1875 

One last thing from 1875 in Groveport. 

The famed horse Cruiser, who is the mascot 

for Groveport Madison Schools, passed 

away at age 23 on a rainy day in July 1875 in 

his barn behind the Rarey mansion on Main 

Street. In her book, “John Rarey: Horse 

Tamer,” author Nancy Bowker described 

Cruiser’s passing this way: “As the raindrops 

drummed on the barn roof, the celebrated 

stallion lay down for the last time.” 

Rick Palsgrove is editor of the Southeast 

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Groveport looks to re-brand and market itself 



Groveport residents have indicated 

what they would like to see in the city’s 

downtown and city officials are making 

plans to make it happen. 

“One thing we hear all the time from 

residents is that we need more restaurants 

and more businesses,” said Groveport 

Finance Director and Assistant 

Administrator Jeff Green at a public forum 

about business development held on Oct. 

23 at The Links at Groveport. “We listened 

to you and now we want to put the information 

we gathered into tools we can use to 

develop branding and market strategies for 

the city.” 

Branding and marketing strategies 

Jay Schlinsog, of Downtown 

Professionals Network, presented proposals 

to redesign the city’s logos, update the 

city seal, and use two shades of green, blue, 

and gray as the colors in the city’s marketing 

and promotional materials. 

He said Groveport’s historic qualities, 

its abundance of trees, and the city’s small 

town feel are quality of life pluses for 

attracting businesses. 

“There’s no other Groveport,” said 

Schlinsog. “It’s a classic traditional community.” 

Green said the city could begin using the 

updated branding tools to market the city 

by January, if they are approved by 

Groveport City Council sometime in the 

next two months. 

Some items that could be used to market 

the city are new decorative street banners, 

promotional products that feature the city’s 

logos, ads, target marketing and the use of 

business and shopping guides as well as 

Photo courtesy of 

the Circleville 

Pumpkin Show, Inc. 

Pumpkin 

queen 

Elise Pickett of 

Groveport, who 

attends Teays 

Valley High 

School, was 

named 2018 

Miss Circleville 

Pumpkin Show 

at The Circleville 

Pumpkin Show 

held earlier in 

October. First 

Attendant is 

Allyson Withers 

of Circleville 

High School and 

Second 

Attendant is 

Sydney Reeser 

of Logan Elm 

High School. 

pamphlets. 

Part of the marketing strategy, according 

to the proposed “Historic Groveport: 

Market Study & Strategy” includes targeting 

business prospects who: have prior 

experience within the region; have a connection 

to Groveport; have concepts or 

business models that are consistent with 

what residents want according to the city’s 

recent online survey; and who are attracted 

to Groveport’s one-of-a-kind quality of life 

and amenities. 

Survey results 

An online survey about the future of the 

city’s Main Street and historic business 

core was conducted from July 30 to Aug. 

13. 

The online survey was part of the 

Groveport Community Improvement 

Corporation efforts to conduct a local market 

analysis, plus research the development 

of marketing and business recruitment 

strategies and branding for the city’s 

downtown. The CIC is working with 

Downtown Professionals Network. 

According to city officials, this local retail 

market analysis, which the survey was 

part of, cost $11,200. The city’s last market 

study was done in 2003, with an update in 

2011. The 2003 study cost the city $3,620 

and the 2011 update cost $8,200. 

Of the 578 survey participants, 36 percent 

want to see a restaurant/diner in the 

downtown and 19 percent said they’d like 

to see a full service restaurant. 

In regards to potential retail establishments 

in the downtown, 38 percent of survey 

respondents want a bakery, 22 percent 

a vintage store, 10 percent desire an 

arts/crafts/hobby store, 8 percent an outdoor 

and recreational sports store, 8 percent 

for a consignment boutique, and 5 percent 

for a pet store. 

When asked to rate on a scale of 0 (definitely 

would not) to 100 (definitely would) 

what businesses survey respondents would 

most likely patronize, 85 percent said 

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Taking a look at what State Issue 1 means 

Amendment is on Nov. 6 ballot 

By Christine Bryant 

Staff Writer 

A controversial ballot initiative this 

November would reform Ohio’s criminal 

justice system, offering more opportunities 

for treatment rather than prison time. 

It’s a positive step for those who want 

reform, especially in the middle of an opioid 

epidemic. 

But opponents warn those who should 

be behind bars instead would be on the 

streets sooner, and argue the initiative is 

misguided. 

Under the proposed constitutional 

amendment, known as State Issue 1, the 

sentences of incarcerated individuals - 

except those convicted of murder, rape or 

child molestation - would be reduced by up 

to 25 percent if the individual participates 

in rehabilitative, work or educational programming. 

The amendment also would mandate 

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that criminal offenses of obtaining, possessing 

or using any drug, such as fentanyl, 

heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, LSD 

and other controlled substances, be classified 

as a misdemeanor, rather than a 

felony. 

If adopted, the amendment also: 

•Prohibits jail time as a sentence for 

obtaining, possessing or using controlled 

substances until an individual’s third 

offense within 24 months; 

•Allows an individual convicted of 

obtaining, possessing or using a drug prior 

to the effective date of the amendment to 

ask a court to reduce the conviction to a 

misdemeanor; 

•Requires any available funding, based 

on projected savings, to be applied to stateadministered 

rehabilitation programs and 

crime victim funds; and 

•Requires a graduated series of responses, 

such as community service, drug treatment 

or jail time, for minor non-criminal 

probation violations. 

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Policy Matters Ohio, says the organization 

conducted three research projects on Issue 

1 and found, if approved, the measure will 

have big benefits for Ohio. 

“Ohio’s prison population has tripled 

since 1980, and our prisons are at 132 percent 

of capacity,” she said. “We lock up a 

higher share than all but 13 other states, 

and we have more of our people on probation 

than all but two other states.” 

By redirecting people when their worst 

offenses are possession or probation violation, 

she says, benefits include reduced 

prison populations, more treatment and 

lower rates of overdose and addiction. 

“When we lock people up just for addiction, 

it can really derail their lives,” 

Hanauer said. “They are eight times more 

likely to die of an overdose when they first 

get out of prison than other people with 

addiction are. They are locked out of at 

least one in four Ohio jobs after serving 

time, which makes it harder to stay on the 

straight and narrow.” 

Though well intended, Issue 1 is misguided, 

says Louis Tobin, executive director 

of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys 

Association. 

“The reality is that it will make Ohio’s 

opiate crisis worse,” he said. “For many 

addicts, courts are the only thing that get 

them into treatment and promote recovery. 

Issue 1 takes away the stick - incarceration 

- that courts use to do this.” 

Voters do not need to look any farther 

than West Virginia, he says, which has 

more overdose deaths than Ohio. 

“West Virginia law does what Issue 1 

proposes to do for Ohio,” Tobin said. “It 

makes drug possession a misdemeanor 

with no jail time. Nothing connects addicts 

to treatment and they are left on their own 

to get sober. It doesn’t work.” 

Hanauer, however, says many people 

want to, but can’t get into drug treatment 

in Ohio. 

“Addiction is an illness, created in part 

by bad policies,” she said. “We need to do 

things differently in Ohio, and Issue 1 does 

that.” 

Issue 1 became an initiative after advocates 

began to explore how the prison budget 

did not leave enough funds for other 

needs, she said. 

“More than 4,800 Ohioans died last year 

from overdoses and it’s been climbing each 

year,” Hanauer said. “Issue 1 is a promising 

solution to reduce incarceration, redirect 

resources to treating addiction, and get 

our communities healthy and safe.” 

Tobin, however, says that by creating a 

constitutional right for offenders to be 

released from prison 25 percent early, all 

inmates have to do is participate in programming 

while in prison. 

“Participation is something much different 

than completion,” he said. “They are 

not required to complete the programming 

or to demonstrate that they are rehabilitated.” 

Tobin is also concerned by who the 

amendment does not exclude from being 

able to participate. 

“Issue 1 says that the only exclusions 

are death sentences, life without parole, 

murder, rape and child molestation,” Tobin 

said. “This means that human traffickers, 

drug traffickers, domestic violence offenders 

and child abuse offenders, among many 

other violent offenders, will get out of 

prison early.” 

As part of the initiative, funds saved 

from incarcerating inmates would be redirected 

to rehabilitation programs and 

crime victim funds. 

According to Policy Matters Ohio, it 

costs an average of $67.84 per inmate per 

day, or nearly $25,000 a year. Those figures 

include fixed costs, such as facility maintenance. 

However, Tobin says the promised savings 

are a myth, with the independent Ohio 

Office of Budget and Management stating 

Issue 1 instead could increase costs to the 

state and local governments. 

“The problem is that Issue 1 adopts a 

cookie-cutter approach where everyone 

found with a certain amount of drugs is 

treated the same,” he said. 

The wording of the initiative also is 

problematic, he says - not differentiating 

the quantities of drugs in a person’s possession, 

nor distinguishing addictive versus 

non-addictive drugs. 

“As one example, possession of the date 

rape drug GHB would be a misdemeanor 

with no jail time under Issue 1,” Tobin said. 

“It is dangerous. Under Issue 1, there will 

be no real consequences for having it.” 

He said the law also is shortsighted. 

“It is intended to deal with our very real 

opiate crisis,” Tobin said. “By putting drug 

laws in our Constitution, it ignores what 

might come next.” 

In the last few years, the state has gone 

from experiencing a pill problem to a heroin 

problem to a fentanyl problem. 

“Now we are starting to see the rise of 

carfentanil - 100 times stronger than fentanyl,” 

Tobin said. “Ohio will not have the 

flexibility to deal with future crises because 

our drug laws will be set in stone.” 

Hanauer said, however, passage of Issue 

1 would be an impactful step toward helping 

families. 

“Providing treatment gets people on the 

path to getting their lives back together,” 

she said.



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Richard Brown, the sitting State 

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retain his seat in the upcoming general election. 

Rep. Brown works to attract good jobs and 

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Brown works to ensure that our children and 

grandchildren receive a good education no matter 

where they live. Rep. Brown is fighting one of the 

toughest challenges in our communities, the opioid 

crisis and drug addiction, and has introduced 

legislation in the House to create a statewide 

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coordinated, comprehensive state-wide approach 

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through education, prevention, treatment, and the 

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Rep. Brown has lived in Canal Winchester for 

23 years, where he and his wife Suzanne, who 

grew up in Groveport, raised their three children. 

Rep. Brown owns his own solo law practice in 

Canal Winchester. As a small business owner, 

Rep. Brown understands the needs and concerns 

of small business owners. Brown received his 

B.A. with high honors in American History from 

the University of Cincinnati and his law degree 

(J.D.) from the Ohio State College of Law. 

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Recycling down on the farm 1880s style 



People on Ohio farms in the 1880s lived 

a frugal lifestyle that embraced recycling in 

a more in-depth way than we do today. 

According to information provided by 

Metro Parks Slate Run Living Historical 

Farm, located at 1375 State Route 674 

North, Canal Winchester, a 19th century 

saying sums up our ancestors’ outlook: 

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do 

without!” 

Farm families of the 1880s did not live 

in a disposable culture. They could not easily 

make frequent trips to town to the store 

for needed items. They labored long hours 

to earn their money so they reused as much 

material as they could on the farm. 

“Everything was used,” said Slate Run 

Living Historical Farm worker Rachel 

Brooks. “There was little to no waste.” 

Brooks cited the butchering process as 

an example where meat for food was salted 

and smoked, animal fat was used to make 

soap, bones could be ground up for other 

uses, and animal hides turned into leather. 

“They tried to get as much use out of a 

product as they could,” said Brooks. 

At first glance, some things seem 

unlikely for reuse, such as ash leftover 

from burning wood in the farm’s stoves. 

While soap from a store was available, the 

pioneer farmers often made their own soap 

by pouring water through ashes to create 

lye. The lye was combined with clean animal 

fat and then heated and thickened into 

a soap for bathing and for laundry uses. 

Ashes could also be combined with sand to 

create a scrubbing cleanser for skillets and 

such. 

Cleaning wasn’t the only use for leftover 

ashes as the substance was also used by 

1880s era farmers to fertilize the garden or 

Corn cobs could be reused for many 

things on a 19th century Ohio farm, 

including being cut up into discs to make 

checkers for a game of checkers. 

“Everything was used. There 

was little to no waste.” 

- Rachel Brooks 

Slate Run Living 

Historical Farm 

fields as well as being dusted on broccoli, 

cabbage, and cauliflower to ward off 

insects. 

Turns out a lot of things on the farm 

could be reused as fertilizer to enrich the 

soil in the fields, including ground bone 

meal, straw, corn cobs, and manure. 

A farm in the 1880s could plant up to 60 

acres of corn, which would produce thousands 

of pounds of corn cobs. Nothing will 

eat a corn cob, so other uses were found for 

this abundant item, including using it as a 

scrubbing tool or turning the cobs into toys. 

Cobs could also be cut into discs and used 

as checkers for a game of checkers. 

After threshing time, straw was abundant 

and could be used for stuffing horse 

collars, made into straw hats, used as 

mulch, made into livestock bedding, or 

twisted into a rope. 

Turnips, beets, potatoes, and carrots 

were protected during shipping by packing 

them in sawdust. Sawdust could also be 

smoldered to produce smoke for smoking 

meat. Hickory or apple wood sawdust was 

used to add flavor to the smoked meat. 

When it came to the livestock, the hog 

was the ultimate example of reuse on the 

1880s farm as almost every part of the animal 

could be used for something. The old 

saying goes, “You can use everything but 

the squeal.” 

Farm recycling in the 1880s was not 

limited to the barnyard as the farmhouse 

kitchen also was an active place of reuse for 

various items. 

Eggshells could be crushed and fed to 

the chickens to enrich their calcium levels. 

Apples were primarily for eating, but 

their peels could be boiled and then the 

juice strained and cooked to be used in 

jelly. The remnant boiled peels were then 

fed to the hogs. 

Stale bread and cake crumbs could be 

made into puddings and dressings. 

The kitchen’s “slop bucket” would contain 

scraps, odd leftovers, peelings, and 

other such things which would be fed to the 

hogs. The hogs were sort of the 19th century 

version of a garbage disposal. 

Used dishwater was not poured down a 

drain. Instead it was gathered up and used 

to water plants. 

The farmhouse would also have a “rag 

bag” of odds and ends pieces of cloth that 

could be used for washing windows and 

Messenger photos by Rick Palsgrove 

Metro Parks Slate Run Living Historical 

Farm worker Rachel Brooks preparing to 

recycle used dishwater in the farm’s 

kitchen. 

lamp chimneys, as well as for other household 

cleaning. When these rags became too 

worn for further use, they could be sold or 

traded to be used to make paper. Rags 

could also be fashioned into toys, like a rag 

doll. 

“It’s interesting to look back and see 

what lengths our ancestors could, and 

would, go to in order to reuse things,” said 

Brooks. 

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Photo from the 2008 40th anniversary booklet for Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools 

Eastland Career Center celebrates 50 years 

Eastland Career Center opened as Eastland Vocational School on South Hamilton 

Road in Groveport in 1968 with 500 students from five school districts - Canal 

Winchester, Gahanna, Groveport Madison, Reynoldsburg, and Whitehall. In 1987, 

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xEmployment 

SW CITY SCHOOLS 

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS 

The South-Western City School 

District is currently hiring drivers 

$16.55/HR 

Available positions are for substitute drivers that 

can develop into “Regular” positions with 

benefits. Interested individuals should submit an 

application on our website at swcsd.us. Follow 

the employment link. Applicants should have an 

excellent driving record and must submit to drug, 

alcohol, and background screening. A high 

school diploma or equivalent is required. EOE 

2018-2019 

NOW HIRING! 

Local High Volume Pharmacy 

Immediate 2nd shift positions available 

for Pharmacy Clerks and Technicians. 

Looking for energetic associates 

in a fast pace environment. 

NEW Starting rate: $10.95 to $13.15 per hour 

Shift differential $.50 an hour 

Please apply at: jobs.kroger.com 

Use Zip Code 43217 

Must be 18 years of age & have high school diploma or GED. 

Call 614-333-5012 for more details. 

STNA’S 

SIGN-ON BONUS 

Altercare of Canal Winchester 

is seeking caring STNA’s to work 

FULL-TIME or PART-TIME 

Now offering weekend 12-hour shifts & weekends only 

in our clean, friendly, and supportive location. 

We offer a team environment 

exceptional benefits package and experience pay. 

If interested, please apply in person or online: 

Altercare of Canal Winchester 

Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center, Inc. 

6725 Thrush Dr., Canal Winchester, OH 

www.altercareonline.com 

Altercare is a drug-free workplace 


WE ARE LOOKING 

FOR SOME 

GREAT PEOPLE! 

Enjoy Working Outdoors? 

Enjoy Working on a Great Team? 

Have an Interest in Science? 

OFFERING FREE AQUATICS TRAINING 

If yes, You May Have A Future Managing 

Freshwater Ecosystems 

Send resume or apply in person at: 

3455 Centerpoint Drive, Grove City OH 43123 

8am-5pm Monday-Friday 

614-506-4166 info@aquadocinc.com 

*Competitive Wages & Benefits* 

*Variety of Full-time Positions Available* 

*Drug Free Workplace 

*Clean Driving Record a Must - EOE* 

CARS/TRUCKS WANT- 

ED!!! All Makes/Models 

2002-2018! Any Condition. 

Running or Not. Top $$$ 

Paid! Free Towing! We’re 

Nationwide! Call Now: 1- 

888-985-1806 

HughesNet Satellite Internet 

- 25 mbps starting at 

$49.99 / mo! FAST download 

speeds. WiFi built in! 

FREE Standard Installation 

for lease customers! 

Limited Time, Call 1-800- 

610-4790. 

INSURANCE 

Guaranteed Health and 

Life Insurance, Prescription 

Discount Drugs. Help 

With Medicaide Spend- 

Down. Life Insurance As 

Low As $15 Per Month. 

State Licensed Broker 

Agent 614-805-1084 

ADULT CARE 

SENIOR HOME CARE 

by ANGELS 

We send you the Best 

Home Caregivers for hygiene, 

meals, light housework. 

Up to 24 hr. care. Caregivers 

are experienced in elder care. 

Very reasonable rates. 

“We do things your way.” 

614-80-ANGEL 

www.v-angels.com 

10/28 A&M 

HELP WANTED 

Hardwood Floor 

Refinishing & Installation 

Small, Family owned 

business with 35 years 

providing the highest 

levels of Customer 

Satisfaction. Competitive 

wages & opportunities for 

over time. Construction 

experience not required, 

but definitely a positive. 

Criminal background 

checks & Driver’s license 

required. 

Come join a fun, 

hardworking crew who 

enjoy their profession 

and the results of 

their hard work. 

Call 614-348-5569 or 

614-870-1188 

Auction Auto Detailers 

FRANK’S DETAIL OHIO 

Immediate Openings 

up to $750+ per week 

Will Train / FT Benefits/ 

Weekly Pay 

Driver’s Lic/Drug Test Req 

Apply in person at our 

location or make an appt. 

Located: Manheim Ohio 

3905 Jackson Pike 

Grove City, OH 

Call: 614-871-6820 

HR: Leisa 

franksdetailohio.com 

EEO/Drug Free Workplace 

HELP WANTED 

Auto/Forklift Mechanic 

Central Ohio Forklifts has 

an immediate need for a 

mechanic. We offer competitive 

wages, training & 

benefits. Reward offered! 

$1000 to new hire mechanic 

payable after 90 

days. Please email 

Resume to: 

cof4150@gmail.com or fax 

to 614-351-5123. Auto mechanics 

welcome to apply. 

MAINTENANCE 

PERSON NEEDED 

Apt., houses, all phases. 

Must have tools/transp. 

Hourly rate. 614-783-7464 

CRAFT SHOW 

ADVERTISE 

Your Holiday Craft Show, 

Bake Sale or Bazaar 

in the Messenger 

Call 614-272-5422 

or email 

classified@columbusmessenger.com 

Multi Craft Mechanic Positions 

with growth opportunities and 

with increased wage potential 

1st & 2nd Shift Openings 

Overtime & Weekends Required 

Submit resume to 

amiller@bwfoods.com 

Best Western 

Canal Winchester Inn 

Immediate Openings Available: 

MORNING BREAKFAST, MAINTENANCE, 

LAUNDRY, FRONT DESK 

Apply in Person: 

Best Western Canal Winchester 

6323 Prentiss School Rd. 

Canal Winchester, Ohio 43110 

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE 

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LOOKING FOR WORK? 

Let TRILLIUM STAFFING help! 

 

 

 

 

Visit an office closest to you today: 

STAFFING 

Your Partner at Work 

WEST - 4998 West Broad St., Suite 100 

Columbus, OH 

614-351-3100 

IMAGINE SCHOOLS 

NOW HIRING 

CERTIFIED TEACHERS 

Imagine Primary - 4656 Heaton Rd., Columbus, OH 43229 

Imagine Great Western - 310 North Wilson Rd., Columbus, OH 43204 

Imagine Groveport - 4485 S. Hamilton Rd., Groveport, OH 43125 

Imagine Harrisburg Pike - 680 Harrisburg Pike, Columbus, OH 43223 

Imagine Sullivant - 3435 Sullivant Ave., Columbus, OH 43204 

Resumes can be sent to: 

jennifer.keller@imagineschools.org 

Employment 

WANT TO BUY 

CASH FOR CARS 

614-276-2597 

$ Cash At Your Door $ 

for junk or unwanted cars 

(Free Tow). Call 

614-444-RIDE (7433) 

WANTS TO Purchase 

minerals and other oil & 

gas interests. Send details 

to: P.O. Box 13557, 

Denver, CO 80201 

We Buy Junk Cars & 

Trucks. Highest Prices 

Paid. 614-395-8775 

MISCELLANEOUS 

FOR SALE 

33 Longaberger Baskets 

Different shapes & sizes 

Late 2000-now. $900 for 

all. Call 614-535-6159 

for more info. 

Hammond Spinet Organ 

Model # M3. Exc. cond. 

with reverberation chamber, 

metronome & music. 

Price nego. 614-282-6277 

REAL ESTATE 

SERVICES 

Property Management 

We are always available! 

40 yrs exp in 

Certififed Property Mgmt. 

Reas. Fees. Call Now! 

614-783-7464 

VACATION RENTALS 

Englewood, Florida 

Palm Manor Resort 

Within minutes of white 

sand Gulf beaches, 

world famous Tarpon 

fishing, golf courses, restaurants/shopping, 

Bush 

Gardens. 2 BR 2 BA 

condos with all ammenities, 

weekly/monthly, visit 

www.palmmanor.com 

or call 1-800-848-8141 


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FALL? 

CHECK OUT 

OUR 

CLASSIFIED 

SERVICES! 

FOR 

ADVERTISING 

INFO. CALL 

(614) 272-5422 

THE 

COLUMBUS 

MESSENGER 

APPLIANCE REPAIR 

Washer, Dryer, Stove & 

Refrig. Repair 875-7588 

BLACKTOP 

SANTIAGO’S 

Sealcoating & Services LLC 

Quality Materials Used 

FULLY INSURED 

Driveway Seal ( by broom) 

Hot Fill Crack, Asphalt Repair 

Call or text for Free Est. 

614-649-1200 

BRICK AND BLOCK 

All American Masonry Co. 

20 yrs. exp. - Lic & Ins. 

Brick, Block, Glass Block 

Decks, Retaining Wall, 

Foundation, Tuck-pointing 

Natural Stone, 

Cultured Stone, Chimneys 

614-805-7741 

CARPET CLEANING 

Dirt Busters Tile/Floor-Any 

3 Rms - $44.95. Pet odor 

treatment. 614-805-1084 

CLEANING 

Looking for Mrs. Clean? 

For excellent cleaning 

services at reas. rates 

w/great refs, depend. 

10% Sr. Disc. Gwen 

614-226-5229 Free Est. 

Cleaning, 20 yrs. exp. 

Call Judy 614-946-2443 

ELECTRICAL 

HAHN’S ELECTRIC 

Affordable, Quality 

Work For 31 Yrs. 

614-237-3524 

Cell 614-517-9699 

Licensed • Bonded • Insured 

Free Estimates • Lic. # 20240 

11-4 A 

A1 RAINFLOW DRAINS 

Downspout drains 

repaired or replaced, 

gutter cleaning/screens. 

FREE ESTIMATE 

Cal 614-402-4196 

HOME 

IMPROVEMENTS 

HOME IMPROVEMENT 

Electric-Drywall-Decks 

Painting-Flooring-Trim 

Licensed-Bonded-Insured 

w/refs - 614-774-1472 

LAWN CARE 

LET US MAINTAIN 

YOUR LAWN & GARDEN 

FOR YOU 

Summer, Spring, 

Winter or Fall 

WE DO IT ALL!!!! 

Lawn Cuts, Edging, 

Trees & Shrubs, Garden, 

Mulching, Hauling, 

Garden Pond & 

Home Maint. 

Free Ests. Low Rates 

$20 & Up 

Kevin - 614-905-3117 

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All About Drains & Plumb. 

Will snake any sm drain 

$115 + tax. 614-778-2584 

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All Major Credit Cards Accepted 

ROOFING 

Robinson roofing & repairs 

30 yrs. exp. Lifetime Cols. 

resident. Lic./bonded/Ins. 

Reas rates. Member of 

BBB. Dennis Robinson 

614-330-3087, 732-3100 

SEWING MACHINE 

REPAIR 

REPAIR all makes 24 hr. 

service. Clean, oil, adjust 

in your home. $39.95 all 

work gtd. 614-890-5296 

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TOP SOIL 

Alexander Hauling 

Driveways topped w/new 

limestone. We also deliver 

Topsoil - comtil - sandmulch. 

Specializing in 

residential. 614-491-5460 

Bobcat Services Avail. 

TREE SERVICES 

A&M 

Fast Tree Service 

Tree Removal, 

Stump Grinding 

Free With Access, 

Pruning, Shaping 

Insured, Free Est. 

Payment Plans Avail. 

614-837-8367 

614-863-1522 

WELDING 

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614-805-1084 

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On stage at GMHS 

The Groveport Madison High School Cruiser 

Theatre Company’s 2018-19 performance schedule is 

as follows: 

• “A Voice in the Dark - A Salem Story,” Nov. 8, 9, 

10 at 7 p.m. Tickets $5 for students and senior citizens 

and $7 general admission. 

• “Almost Maine,” Jan. 11 & 12 at 7 p.m. 

• Play-in-a-day: “The Nine Worst Break-ups of All 

Time,” Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. 

• “Shrek: The Musical,” April 11, 12, 13 at 7 p.m. 

and April 14 at 2 p.m. 

All performances at Groveport Madison High 

School, 4475 S. Hamilton Road, Groveport. Tickets: $5 

for students and senior citizens and $7 general admission 

except for “Shrek: The Musical,” which are $7 for 

students and senior citizens and $10 general admission. 

Visit cruisertheatre@weebly.com for information. 

Griefshare support group: 

Surviving the Holidays 

Groveport United Methodist Church, 512 Main St., 

Groveport, will offer GriefShare: Surviving the 

Holidays, from 1-3 p.m. on Dec. 8. The program is a 

seminar for people facing the holidays after a loved 

one’s death. It features video interviews with counselors, 

grief experts and others who have experienced 

the holidays after a death. Refreshments and workbook 

provided. Registration is not required but helpful. 

Contact 614-836-5968 or email groveportgriefsharegroup@gmail.com. 

Williams Road zoning issue 

Groveport City Council approved a permitted use 

variance to allow for fleet vehicle sales for property 

located at 4241 Williams Road, which is currently 

zoned planned industrial park. 

Some residents from the nearby Three Rivers subdivision 

(which is in the city of Columbus) opposed the 

zoning variance citing noise, increased lighting, more 

truck traffic, and fumes plus the potential for more 

traffic congestion and accidents on Williams Road. 

The zoning request was approved by council after 

the legislation was amended to reflect agreements 

between the nearby residents and the applicant that 

made the plan acceptable to all parties. 

On stage at Madison Christian 

Madison Christian High School, 3565 Bixby Road, 

Groveport, will present the following theatrical productions 

in 2018-19: “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” at 7 p.m. on 

Nov. 9-11; “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at 

7 p.m. on April 26-27 and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on April 

28. Tickets range from $5-$10. Call 614-497-3456. 

Table top Christmas trees 

Organizations, individuals, and families are invited 

to decorate table top Christmas trees, 2 feet or less, to 

raise money for the Groveport Madison Adopt-A- 

Family program. Decorated trees can be dropped off to 

Groveport Town Hall, 648 Main St., between Nov. 1-3. 

There is a $5 fee to enter a tree. Trees will be displayed 

at Groveport Town Hall through Nov. 21. Guests may 

purchase tickets for a chance to win a tree. Chances to 

win are six tickets for $5. Drawing date Nov. 26. 

Winners will be contacted to pick their trees up from 

Groveport Town Hall between Nov. 26-28. Call 614- 

586-4017 or email info@center4gmhn.org. 


Our Pictorial Past by Rick Palsgrove 

Photo courtesy of the Groveport Heritage Museum 

Halloween parade 

For decades, students in their Halloween costumes have 

participated in Groveport Elementary’s traditional 

Halloween parade. The parade route makes a loop from the 

school on Main, Walnut, Elm, and Front streets before coming 

back to the school on Main Street. Parents and people in 

the neighborhoods come out each year to watch the kids in 

the parade. Pictured here is a Groveport Elementary 

Halloween parade from the mid-1980s.

Southeast Messenger - October 28th, 2018

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