Southeast Messenger - July 28th, 2019

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Splash N’ Cinema
in Obetz
Splash N’ Cinema will be held in
Obetz’s Lancaster Park, 4390 Lancaster
Avenue, on Aug. 9 with free family friendly
movies beginning at dusk and splash
pad hours extended to 9 p.m. Film is
“Mary Poppins Returns.”
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Pelotonia in Groveport
The annual Pelotonia bicycle tour will
pass through Groveport on Aug. 3
“The route will be the same as in the
past,” said Groveport Police Sgt. Brian
Thompson. “In Groveport, the route is
Groveport Road to Bixby Road to Ebright
Road. The rest stop will be at Cruiser Park
on Bixby Road. We should start seeing
bikes about 7:30 a.m. and the last bike
should arrive about 11:30 a.m. to noon.”
Thompson said there will not be any
road closures.
“However, police officers will be holding
traffic at intersections to allow the bikes to
safely travel through the intersections,”
said Thompson. “The public should expect
delays on State Route 317 at Bixby Road,
on Bixby Road and on Ebright Road.”
Pelotonia is a grassroots organization
that raises money to fund cancer research.
Visit pelotonia.org for information.
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a safety issue because vehicles traveling 50
mph will have to quickly drop to 20 mph,
which he said could cause accidents.
Williams also noted that, in his experience,
he has never seen students walking
along South Hamilton Road.
Councilwoman Becky Hutson said there
are students walking along the road, particularly
from the COTA bus stop by the
high school.
Added Councilman Scott Lockett of the
20 mph school zone, “I think it’s a good
idea. It slows things down.”
No right turn on red reconsidered
Groveport City Administrator Marsha
Hall suggested council eliminate the “no
right turn on red” for westbound traffic on
Main Street at Front Street.
However, she said the “no right turn on
red” on Front Street at Main Street should
remain.
Hall said the “no right turn on red” on
westbound Main Street at Front Street
causes traffic back-ups during rush hours.
“It clogs the area,” said Hall.
Councilwoman Jean Ann Hilbert said
the “no right turn on red” at the site was
originally instituted to protect pedestrians,
particularly students walking to Groveport
Elementary.
This intersection was upgraded in
recent years with electronic crosswalk signage
as well as bolder paint on the crosswalk
in the street.
City officials will review Hall’s suggestion
and study the flow of and amount of
pedestrian traffic in the area and report
back to council.
The city has no plans to remove the “no
right turn on red” restriction at Main and
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and I’ll take a moment to stop and look
around the garden and I think, ‘This is
remarkable,’” said Mariann.
“I’m not a fan of grass,” said Joe. “I like
to collect plants and I started by collecting
conifers about 20 years ago. Our garden
now has 160 different kinds of conifers, 17
different Japanese maples, 7 or 8 gingkos,
a wide variety of blooming flowers, bushes,
and even raised vegetable beds with carrots,
Swiss chard, potatoes, tomatoes,
leeks, onions, beans, and watermelon.”
Joe called the garden “a collector’s garden”
and it includes small signage that
labels the plants by name, when they were
obtained, and when they were planted.
On July 14, the Stewarts held an “open
garden” event and invited people of the
community to visit and explore the garden.
“It’s an educational garden and we like
to share it with people,” said Joe about
holding the open garden event. “Plus, mid-
July is when most of the blooms are in
their peak of color. We love showing off the
garden. The yard says, ‘Look at me!’ So
why hide it?”
Joe said he and Mariann plant “what we
like.”
He noted the garden is colorful year
round.
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College streets because of that intersection’s
poor sight lines and tight turns onto
the narrow College Street.
On another crosswalk note, city officials
are studying whether or not to place an
additional crosswalk on Main Street somewhere
near Groveport Elementary and
Groveport Madison Middle School Central.
Street signs
Resident Bob Williams asked council to
consider re-designing the city’s street signs
as well as the entry signs at the city limits.
“The street signs look dreadful. Let’s
dress them up and add a little class to the
city,” said Williams. “Also, the signs to the
entrances of the city don’t stand out.”
Currently, the city’s street signs feature
black lettering on a white sign. The city’s
alley signs have white lettering on a black
sign.
The signs at the entrances to the city
include a brick sign at Main Street and
State Route 317, metal arches at other
entry points, and small white signs with
black lettering at some entry points.
The city’s trees and decorations committee
will review Williams’ suggestions.
GPS routes for semi-trucks
Hall reported to Groveport City Council
that, because of the continuing issues the
city sees regarding semi-trucks traveling
through town, she found a process to provide
information to various GPS systems.
“The city engineer’s intern has developed
a truck route map and is providing
the information to the GPS systems,” said
Hall. “Hopefully, this will help to direct
trucks around the city.”
“It’s pretty each season,” said Joe. “For
instance, with the conifers. In the winter
they look bronze, in the spring they’re yellow,
and in the summer and fall they’re
green. The garden is ever changing.”
Besides the plants, the garden also has
a variety of whimsical art works, such as a
bird bath with a depiction of the face of the
sun in its basin and some old iron fencing
that features a tiny wrought iron bird resting
upon it. Other pieces of art include a
metal bed headboard frame that has flowers
growing on it, a sundial, a small, white
enamel metal tub containing flowers, a colorful
old bowling ball, small statuary, and
many kinds of animal sculptures.
Joe said Mariann spends about 15 hours
a week tending the garden while he works
in the garden about 10 hours a week
because he also takes time to work in other
gardens. He said working in the garden is
restorative.
“I like to water the plants by hand
instead of using a sprinkler system,” said
Joe. “We want to put the plants in the
ground where we want them to be and a
sprinkler system would restrict our choices.
Plus, I find it relaxing to water the
plants with a garden hose. The garden is
freedom.”