Southeast Messenger - June 16th, 2019

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Leak temporarily closes the
Groveport swimming pool
The Groveport Recreation Department
announced that the Groveport Aquatic
Center (outdoor water park) temporarily
suspended operation on June 6.
According to city officials, the facility
will remain closed until an outside firm
locates the source or sources of a substantial
water leak and can make necessary
repairs. City officials said the water level at
the outdoor pool was fine at the end of the
2018 outdoor pool season. A leak was found
in mid-May during the fill of the 450,000
gallon pool. City staff along with scuba
divers could not locate the leak. A firm was
hired to locate the leak(s), but was not able
to fit Groveport into their schedule until
early June. The city of Groveport decided to
open the pool despite the leak to give residents
and customers an opportunity to use
the facility. The city will notify season pass
holders when the pool is back open for use.
Visit www.groveportrec.com and Facebook
page for updates. The city of Groveport will
calculate time lost and provide season pass
holders with a pro-rated refund.
“We apologize for this inconvenience,”
the city stated in an official statement.
“This is the first time in our 16 years of
operation that we have experienced such a
leak. Although unpreventable, they are
common, especially given the size and age
of our facility, and the freeze thaw cycle in
our Ohio winters.”
Groveport Recreation Director Kyle
Lund said thus far the leak detection company
has found some small cracks in the
pool bottom and repaired those cracks.
“On June 8, the leak location company
located actual water line breaks which feed
the zero-depth entry leisure pool,” said
Lund. “Staff has excavated around the
areas, and is waiting for the leak detection
company to return to the site and run a
camera in the lines to check for additional
line breaks within the same lines. At this
point, we are not sure when the facility we
re-open.”
Relay For Life
Canal Winchester and Groveport residents
will join together at the American
Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Canal
Winchester and Groveport.
The event runs from 4 p.m. until midnight
on June 22 at Canal Winchester High
School, 300 Washington St., Canal
Winchester. Relay teams, which independently
fund raise throughout the year, connect
with one another at Relay for Life to
raise funds and awareness together, to celebrate,
and to focus on creating a world
without cancer.
Featured activities will include a “Miss
Relay” Pageant Walk for male contestants,
theme laps, inflatable games for kids, and a
silent auction. A luminaria ceremony will
take place at 10 p.m. The luminaria ceremony
honors cancer survivors and those
who have lost the battle to cancer as well.
During the ceremony, Canal Winchester
Mayor Mike Ebert, who recently battled
two forms of cancer, is expected to share
some thoughts with the audience.
Local cancer survivors are invited to
take part in the Relay for Life opening ceremony
and “Survivors’ Lap” just after 4
p.m. Survivors are then invited to attend a
special "Survivors’ Dinner” beginning at 5
p.m. in the high school cafeteria.
Visit
www.relayforlife.org/canalwinchester-groveport
for information.
“A Walk Down Main St.”
The Groveport Heritage Society will
present “A Walk Down Main Street” on
June 25. The walk begins at Groveport
Town Hall, 648 Main St., at 7 p.m. You will
have the opportunity to walk, physically or
virtually, down Main Street listening to
stories and facts about the many businesses
and residents that called that street
home.
It allows long-time residents the
chance to reminisce, while providing information
to newer residents about the historical
relevance of buildings they pass by
daily. It is a perfect way to end your visit
to the Groveport Farmer’s Market.
Township Police statistics
www.columbusmessenger.com
April crime statistics for Madison
Township, according to the Madison
Township Police: 9 assist/mutual aid, 8
assaults, 4 burglary, 25 domestic complaints,
12 driving under the influence, 6
juvenile complaints, 7 miscellaneous incidents,
1 missing persons, 3 recovered vehicle,
1 robbery, 6 stolen vehicles, 3 suspicious
persons, 18 thefts, 1 threats or
harassment, 149 traffic offenses, 8 vandalism,
6 hit-skip accidents, 7 vehicle accidents
- with injury, 19 property damage
accidents, 3 vehicle impounds, 2 rapes, and
414 dispatched calls.
Electric conference
AEP is the host for the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ biannual
ESMO (Engineering Safety Maintenance
Overhead Lines) Conference June 24-27.
The conference attracts attendees from 16
different countries and more than 600 participants
are expected. As part of this conference,
demonstrations of new line practices
will be held at AEP’s Transmission
Training Center facility on west Bixby Road
in Groveport on June 25 and 27.
Drug Drop Box
The Madison Township Police
Department provides an opiate prescription
“Drug Drop Box” for the community.
This drop box is located in the lobby of the
Madison Township Police Department,
4567 Madison Lane, and is accessible to the
public during normal office hours Monday
through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Any person
can walk-in and dispose of new or old pills,
including prescription medications, or any
other illegal substances and place them
into this box with no questions asked.