Westside Messenger - February 23rd, 2020

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February 23 - March 7, 2020 www.columbusmessenger.com Vol. XLVI, No. 17 

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Tricks of 

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By Dedra Cordle 

Staff Writer 

It is not often that school assemblies 

become ingrained in the mind, yet that is 

what happened to Tara Ysseldyke after 

she saw Jim ‘Basketball’ Jones. 

It was more than five years ago when 

Ysseldyke, then an educator at the intermediate 

level, brought her class down to 

see him perform for the school. At the 

time, she had not heard of Jones but was 

intrigued when she saw the vast amount 

of basketballs in a variety of sizes scattered 

throughout the gymnasium. 

Like many in the crowd, she believed 

they were in for a sports related presentation. 

She quickly learned that it was so 

much more. 

From the moment he made his presence 

known, he was engaging with the 

students in a way she had never seen 

before. He would pick some out of the 

crowd, talk to them, compliment them 

and assist them as they learned how to 

spin basketballs from the tips of their 

fingers and the side of their mouths. 

In between all of the action, he would 

remind them of their worth, and ask 

them to remind themselves of the worth 

of others. Then he would encourage them 

to never give up on themselves and to 

never give up on each other. 

Having assumed that his presentation 

would just be an entertaining bag of 

basketball gags and tricks, she said she 

was blown away by his entire presentation 

and the way he made the kids — and 

adults — feel. 

Earlier this year, Ysseldyke heard 

that her new school, Darby Woods 

Elementary, was looking to schedule 

character-based presentations to benefit 

the entire student body. She immediately 

thought of Jones. 

“I like his message of perseverance 

and kindness and thought it connected 

to our character-based education,” she 

wrote in an email, “so I thought I would 

Messenger photos by Dedra Cordle 

Darby Woods Elementary student Chase Fullerton spins a basketball on his finger 

with the help of Jim ‘Basketball’ Jones at a school assembly on Feb. 10. Jones, a resident 

of Cleveland, travels the country speaking to students of all ages about bullying, 

kindness and self-acceptance. He also shows off some cool tricks of the trade too. 

mention it to our principal and see if we 

had the funds (to bring him to the 

school).” 

Much like Ysseldyke did after watching 

his first presentation, Brian Novar 

looked at Jones’s website and came away 

with the same impression she did. 

“As a part of our professional development, 

it is our mission to create a community 

where people know that they matter, 

where we emphasize good character and 

kind traits,” said Novar. “When I saw 

what he was about, I knew he would fit 

nicely with our character building mission.” 

Jones, who is known throughout the 

country for his talents with a basketball, 

said it is a personal goal to connect with 

people through his words rather than just 

the way he can spin and twirl and juggle 

basketballs with the various limbs on his 

body. 

“Having them connect with what I am 

saying is a great feeling,” he said. “I want 

them to come away believing in themselves, 

feeling good about themselves and 

maybe, just maybe, come away wanting to 

learn how to spin a basketball on their finger.” 

Jones said when he began presenting 

at schools more than two decades ago, he 

wasn’t always known as Mr. Motivation 

See TRICKS page 4 

Pitching policy 

in Columbus 

Council President Pro Tem Elizabeth 

Brown will hold a special competition 

event for a unique policy idea, and submissions 

are due by March 1. 

“Creating public policy is not just putting 

words on paper; it’s about making a 

difference in peoples’ lives,” said Brown. 

“No one knows more about the effect of a 

policy than the people impacted and I am 

excited to tap into the everyday expertise 

of residents to learn how our city can do 

better.” 

Brown will partner with Cohear, a 

See POLICY page 2 

Page 7 

Inside 

Pets of the Week ................. 7 

The Reel Deal ...................... 8 

Township News 

An update from Franklin Township on 

overdoses and traffic tickets Page 3 

Black History 

Hilltop Library celebrates Black History 

Month with song and dance Page 5 

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Indoor duathlon event 

The Prairie Township Community 

Center is hosting the 2020 indoor duathlon 

on Sunday March 22. This event consists of 

a 15-minute walk/run, 25-minute indoor 

cycle, and finishes with a 20-minute 

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eight spots each with the first wave starting 

at 7:30 a.m. The cost for this event is 

$30 until March 21 and $35 if you sign up 

on race day. Space is limited so reserve a 

spot. All participants with receive a finishers 

medal. To sign up, visit www.prairietownship.org, 

call 614-907-7990 or sign up 

at the community center in person. 

Fish fry 

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POLICY 

Continued from page 1 

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Friday Feb. 28 and will be held each Friday 

through April 3 at St. Cecilia Catholic 

Church, 434 Norton Road. The hours of 

operation will be 5 to 7:30 p.m. and the cost 

is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and $4.50 

for children. 

Free meal at Hoge Memorial 

There will be a free hot meal served at 

Hoge Memorial Presbyterian Church, 2930 

W. Broad St., from 5 to 6 p.m. every 

Saturday. 

For more information, contact the 

first Policy Pitch Night, a civic competition 

for residents who have a policy idea to solve 

a problem, improve quality of life, or to 

make city government work better for all. 

Columbus residents of any age can submit 

a policy pitch for the competition by 

March 1 and can seek help from Cohear to 

hone their concept into a policy submission. 

Once the submission window has closed, 

a group of grassroots leaders and community 

members will then score the submissions 

and determine the top five finalists, who 

will have five to seven minutes to present 

their policy idea at an event on March 31. 

The audience will cast votes to select the 

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Breakfast to benefit 

Special Olympics 

The Westgate Masonic Lodge #623 is 

preparing breakfasts once a month to benefit 

the Special Olympics. The public is 

invited to have breakfast the second 

Saturday of each month. Adults pay $6, 

children age 3 and above pay $3 while children 

under 3 eat free. Serving is from 9 

a.m. to noon. 

final winner. After the community selects 

the winning policy, Brown will champion 

the issue at City Hall. 

Policy Pitch Night originated in 

Cincinnati two years ago when Cincinnati 

City Council Member P.G. Sittenfeld partnered 

with Cohear, pledging to bring the 

winning policy to City Hall. The annual 

event has been a resounding success in 

Cincinnati, and the Cohear team is proud 

to bring this opportunity to the Columbus 

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By Amanda Ensinger 

Staff Writer 

The drug epidemic continues to afflict 

the westside and Franklin Township has 

seen the impact firsthand as a rash of overdoses 

have been reported. At a recent board 

meeting, officials discussed the ongoing 

problem. 

“There has been a dramatic spike in 

overdoses since the beginning of the 

month,” said Franklin Township Assistant 

Police Chief David Ratliff. “There must 

have been a bad batch because we have had 

multiple overdoses in the same day.” 

According to trustee Aryeh Alex, the situation 

is so bad right now that the 

Franklin County Coroner’s Office and prosecutor’s 

office have released statements 

cautioning drug users that there are fatal 

doses of heroin and cocaine spiked with 

fentanyl on the streets right now in an 

attempt to caution users. 

According to the coroner’s office, 10 people 

died of fatal overdoses in Columbus 

neighborhoods in the westside, south side 

and Linden area within 24 hours recently. 

Other crime issues were also discussed 

at the meeting, including an update on 

criminal activity for 2019. In 2019, township 

police took 7,194 dispatch runs, drove 

more than 62,000 miles, wrote 1,197 citations 

and took 294 accident reports. 

“We also wrote 8,378 camera citations,” 

Ratliff said. “Meaning this was the amount 

of people we cited for speeding in the township 

via our new traffic camera system.” 

The new traffic camera system cites 

drivers for going 10 miles per hour or more 

over the speed limit. One police officer 

operates the handheld camera during 

school hours and monitors for speeders. 

“Each speeding ticket is priced at a flat 

$100 fee,” said Franklin Township Police 

Chief Byron Smith. “This is significantly 

lower than the average speeding ticket in 

Ohio, which starts at about $140 and goes 

up with an increase in speed.” 

The township has raised several hundred 

thousand on the citations in 2019. Out 

of those funds, 59 percent went to the 

police department for school safety, 2 percent 

went to the community scholarship 

fund, 2 percent went to community engagement 

and the remaining funds went to the 

general fund and road department. 

As a result of the new ticketing system, 

the township has used those funds to 

award three $1,000 scholarships to local 

graduating seniors. The township also 

donated $1,000 to the Ohio Youth 

Development for the Havenwood 

Afterschool Youth Scholarship Program 

and gave $200 to Franklin Heights High 

School’s Special Olympics Fund. 

In other news, the township is considering 

partnering with the county and city to 

create a tiny homes community. 

“They have done these in Denver and 

they have been very successful,” said John 

Fleshman, township trustee. “If we could 

find a large piece of land and figure out 

sewer and water hookup, it could be a very 

successful project. We also would be the 

first community in 

Ohio to offer this.” 

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Overdoses and speeding tickets discussed in Franklin Twp. 

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would be very beneficial 

to the township,” 

Fleshman said. “It would be a great 

investment in the community.” 

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TRICKS 

Continued from page 1 

with a Basketball. 

“I didn’t think anyone would be interested 

in anything I had to say,” he said. 

It was a belief that had been entrenched 

in his mind since elementary school. 

When Jones was a kindergartener, he 

had trouble understanding letters and 

words. 

“They just didn’t make any sense to me 

whatsoever,” Jones said. “I tried with all of 

my might to make it make sense, but it 

wasn’t coming to me.” 

After a series of tests, Jones was diagnosed 

with dyslexia and put into a special 

education program to build his skills at his 

learning level. As a student in the program, 

it made him an easy target. 

“At first it wasn’t so bad but our school 

was set up in numerical order,” said Jones. 

“The first graders were at the front of the 

school, the third in the middle section and 

the fifth at the end. As I grew, and my 

classmates grew, they went further in the 

back and I stayed in the front. 

“It wasn’t easy, listening to what they 

would say to me or about those in the special 

education program, but I tried not to 

let it get in my heart.” 

He said he considers himself fortunate 

that he was placed into the special education 

program even though it made him an 

“easy person for others to pick on.” 

“I think when you grow up with challenges, 

it makes you a little grittier and it 

gives you a stronger work ethic because 

things do not come easily to you,” he said. 

Though he struggled at school, he persevered 

and went on to graduate with a 

degree in finance at Bowling Green State 

University and then a master’s at Ohio 

State University. 

Jones said when he tells people that tidbit, 

they always wonder what he is doing 

travelling the country performing at 

schools while showcasing his skills with a 

basketball (or three or four and all of various 

sizes). 

“It surprises them,” he said. “It surprises 

me too sometimes but I do not want to be 

doing anything else.” 

He said what he loves about his work is 

that when he goes into a new school, he 

always learns a new story and makes a 

new connection. 

For instance, when he performed at 

Darby Woods on Feb. 10, there was a student 

who was not paying attention to his 

performance. Though Jones said he wasn’t 

offended in the slightest, he could tell other 

kids were getting agitated by their actions. 

So he asked the child politely to sit, gave 

them a pencil, told them how awesome 

they are and then later had them come up 

to help him perform one of the more complex 

basketball skills acts. 

“(This child) gave me the biggest smile 

and talked to me afterwards,” he said. “I 

was later told that it was something they 

rarely do.” 

Jones said he knows all about not judging 

people by their appearance, or even 

judging them by a bad moment or day. 

“We all have them and we all make mistakes,” 

he said. “No one is perfect and that 

is completely OK. 

“You never know what someone is going 

through so that is why you always want to 

show kindness to them.” 

He said that while he does not share 

most of his story with the kids —“too boring,” 

he joked — he does slip in lessons he 

has learned along the way while dazzling 

them with spinning basketballs that fly 

through the air. 

“When I started doing this as my career, 

I knew I wasn’t going to change the world,” 

he said. “But I knew I wanted to change a 

part of their world by being kind and 

reminding them that they are enough.” 


Savannah Rivers was pulled out of the audience to assist in an act that saw Jones pour 

water in her mouth while spinning the basketball. The towel was used as a precaution. 

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Westgate Neighbor’s Association to offer scholarship to local student 

Applications are now being accepted for 

the 2020 Westgate Neighborhood 

Scholarship. 

This scholarship is open to any graduating 

high school senior who is a resident of 

Westgate in Columbus (Westgate boundaries 

for the purposes of this scholarship 

are defined as West Broad Street to 

Sullivant and Hague to Demorest) and has 

applied to attend a college, university, 

Messenger photo by Ris Twigg 

Learning through art and dance 

During February, Columbus Metropolitan Libraries across the city are hosting a 

series of events to celebrate Black History Month. On Feb. 11, the Hilltop Branch 

invited patrons of all ages to join Babaaritah Clark, a West African song and dance 

performer, to learn about African history and culture through the art of song and 

dance. Clark is pictured here teaching kids at the Hilltop Library a song called 

“Funga Alafia,” which means “welcome, blessings” in Nigeria. After teaching the 

song, Clark taught around 15 kids the dance that goes along with the song. 

trade school, technical vocational training 

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program in the 2020-2021 academic year. 

However, their parents or legal guardians 

must be current residents of Westgate. 

All applications must be postmarked by 

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Historical Performance 

In Education 


Messenger photo by Ris Twigg 

To celebrate President’s Day, the 

Hilltop Historical Society hosted a 

Ulysses S. Grant reenactment for the 

community at Crossroads United 

Methodist Church on Feb. 16. Dave 

Dobos, president of the society, said 

the organization tries to provide programs 

that promote not only the history 

of Hilltop, but of Ohio as well. 

Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of 

the United States, was portrayed by 

Doug Ebert. Ebert took listeners back 

in time, detailing the President Grant’s 

life from as early as his childhood 

years growing up in Point Pleasant, 

Ohio. 

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Photo courtesy of South-Western City Schools District 

Six schools in the South-Western City Schools District earned the Momentum Award 

from the state of Ohio. The schools were recognized at a recent school board meeting. 

Schools gaining momentum 

By Dedra Cordle 

Staff Writer 

It is difficult to achieve straight A’s on 

any report card, let alone one whose standards 

are determined by the state department 

of education, yet six schools in the 

South-Western City district managed to 

accomplish that feat in the 2018/19 school 

year. 

On Feb. 11, Buckeye Woods Elementary 

was recognized at the board of education 

meeting along with Franklin Woods, 

Galloway Ridge, Holt Crossing, Park 

Street and Hayes Intermediate Schools for 

being named the recipients of the state’s 

Momentum Awards. 

The criteria set for the award, said Brad 

Faust, the district’s assistant superintendent 

of curriculum, is to have earned 

straight A’s in all value-added measures on 

the state report card. In addition to that 

standard, they also have to have at least 

two value-added subgroups of students, 

which include gifted, lowest 20 percent in 

achievement, and students with disabilities. 

To meet the criteria is an arduous task, 

said district officials, and these schools 

were able to meet those standards by 

exceeding expectations in student growth. 

Among the recipients of the Momentum 

Awards were three schools that had previously 

been recognized and three who were 

recognized for the first time. 

Since the state board of education began 

recognizing schools with Momentum 

Awards, Holt Crossing has amassed four, 

all of them consecutively. They are one of 

just 69 schools in the state to earn the 

award for three or more years. 

Principal Tyler Winner said the recognition 

is not something the school takes for 

granted. 

“We are always pushing ourselves and 

always striving to be better,” he said. “We 

hold this award in high regard.” 

He said one of the greatest factors in 

achieving student growth is the dedication 

the staff has to enrich the educational 

experience of its students. 

“We truly have a staff that loves their 

kids.” 

Buckeye Woods and Galloway Ridge 

received their second Momentum Award. 

Angie Chandler, a literacy coach at 

Buckeye Woods, said the consistency of the 

staff that is always working toward greater 

student achievement has been a boon to 

the school as has the push toward creating 

an inclusive environment. 

“We expect 100 percent kindness in 

action each day,” she said. 

Brittany Budimirovic, the principal at 

Galloway Ridge, said the implementation 

of programs such as pizza with a principal 

and the showcasing of student talent and 

achievement have all contributed to a more 

positive and engaging experience for students 

and staff. 

Franklin Woods, Park Street and Hayes 

Intermediate all received Momentum 

Awards for the first time. 

Park Street Assistant Principal J.D. 

Johnson said they have fostered an environment 

where it is acceptable to make 

mistakes. 

“We have a growth mindset in our classroom 

and with the staff that it is OK to 

make mistakes,” he said. 

The lesson, he added, is that while mistakes 

are normal, you have to keep pushing 

on with the desire to learn and to grow 

as a student, teacher and individual. 

At Hayes Intermediate, Principal 

Michael Nesler said intervention teams 

are one of the largest contributors to 

exceeding student growth while Franklin 

Woods Principal Andy Stotz said it was the 

commitment to invest in more rigorous 

curriculum that pushed the school toward 

greater student achievement. He also 

noted the implementation of social and 

emotional programs for staff and students 

that have been an immense benefit to the 

school. 

In addition to these contributing factors, 

each school representative said it was 

the district’s enactment of programs such 

as I-Ready, a diagnostic tool that offers 

real-time assessment to teachers regarding 

a students’ strengths and weaknesses in 

reading and mathematics, and the encouragement 

of participation in Teachers 

College that have propelled them to exceed 

expectations in student growth.


Linus is a 3-monthold 

lab mix. This pup 

is full of energy, playful 

and learning new 

things every day. 

He’ll be a larger dog 

when fully grown and 

is currently in foster 

care. Linus is 

neutered, vaccinated 

and microchipped. 

He is up for adoption through Colony Cats 

and Dogs. 

FYI: www.colonycats.org 

Maddy was rescued 

from a hoarding situation 

but she still has 

so much to offer after 

all the challenges. 

Maddy is very affectionate 

toward 

humans. Don’t be 

tricked by her small 

size, as an mature 

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play time. She respects her humans’ personal 

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She is not a fan of other cats, but can live 

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in the evenings. 

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“Fantasy Island” is a tedious slog to get through 

In “Fantasy Island,” a magical power source is able to 

turn back the hands of time to give its characters the 

opportunity to choose a different path. And it is such a 

shame that the source is not real as I would very much like 

to recover the hours spent watching this garbage. 

“Fantasy Island” is one of the dumbest movies I have 

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quite some time” at the end of that statement. It is just one 

of the dumbest movies I have ever seen. Full stop. 

From the moment it opens with a woman running 

through the jungle in high heels to the unveiling of the 

deepest and darkest desires of the main characters to it 

unsurprising and nonsensical end, this film is a tedious 

slog to get through. While there are brief sputters of interesting 

things happening, such as contest winner 

Melanie (Lucy Hale) getting to exact revenge on 

what she believes is a holographic form of a childhood 

tormentor, it is just as quickly squashed by 

things like dialogue and acting and pacing issues. 

The latter is a big problem in this film, especially 

because the story relies on the fulfillment fantasies 

of five characters and the concept of being careful 

with what you wish for. 

While pacing was an issue, it was not the primary 

issue I had with this film. That would be the 

lack of knowing what it wanted to be and just 

throwing things around to see if it would make 

sense. I am not one to say that a film must choose 

one genre but “Fantasy Island” tries it hand at several 

and fails at them all. It tries to create a supernatural 

atmosphere but it dies with the reanimated 

bodies that pile up. It reaches for the psychological 

thriller but is neither psychologically compelling 

nor thrilling. When it bombs at those genres, it 

goes for horror and is horrible. Then it tries to turn 

itself into a campy comedy and just sputters out like a 

small fire in a torrential rain. 

The attempt at the latter was particularly egregious as 

that is a personal favorite. It is hard to pull off camp but 

what helps is a cast that is in on the joke, even if the overall 

film is not that great. The cast in this film, which 

includes Maggie Q, Michael Pena, Ryan Hansen and 

Austin Stowell, do not seem to be in on any joke, though 

Hansen tries when paired up with Jimmy O. Yang. (The 

two play brothers wanting to live the high life.) Instead, it 

feels as if they do not know what is going on or how they 

came to be involved with the film. I suspect it had more to 

do with the island location and the paycheck rather than 

an affinity for the script. 

With a terribly told story, shoddy pacing and not-sogreat 

acting, “Fantasy Island” will not fulfill any fantasies 

you have about watching a good movie, or even being 

entertained by a bad one: It’s just this weird hodge-podge 

of rough draft ideas with a very low enjoyment factor. If, by 

some chance, you had wanted to see this movie, do yourself 

a favor and speak with your wallet and consult with your 

free time beforehand; listen to it and agree with it as they 

tell you to spend it on something else, anything else. After 

all, there is no magical power source granting us the 

opportunity to choose a different path. Grade: F 

Dedra Cordle is a Messenger staff writer and columnist. 

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Cycling can have positive impacts on both the mind and body 

As warm temperatures return, many 

people renew their interest in spending 

time outdoors. Spring and summer are 

peak times of year to enjoy the great outdoors. 

A popular activity in spring, summer 

and fall, cycling benefits the mind and body 

in various ways. 

•Mind. One of the more common mental 

health benefits of exercise is that working 

up a sweat can help alleviate physical and 

mental stress. Reducing stress is important 

for overall health and can reduce a 

person’s risk of developing certain illnesses. 

Cycling is a great way to get outdoors, 

meet people and see the scenery. Getting 

outside to exercise also can reduce anxiety 

and depression. 

•Body. The Victoria State Department 

Better Health Channel says that cycling 

for health and fitness is a good idea. Riding 

a bicycle is a low-impact form of exercise 

for people of all ages. Cycling can be fun 

and doesn’t require expensive equipment. 

Cycling generally causes less strain on 

joints and other areas of the body because 

it is low-impact. However, cycling provides 

enough resistance to be an effective muscle 

workout. 

People who want to improve their cardiovascular 

health and manage their 

weight can turn to cycling to achieve their 

goals. Cycling raises one’s metabolic rate to 

help the body burn fat when combined with 

a healthy diet. Cycling Weekly says cycling 

burns between 400 and 1,000 calories an 

hour, depending on the intensity of a ride 

and the rider’s weight. Individuals can 

modify the distance and intensity of a 

cycling workout to suit their fitness goals. 

Disease risk and adverse health outcomes 

can be reduced by hopping on a bike. 

A study conducted by researchers at the 

University of Glasgow examined more than 

260,000 individuals over the course of five 

years. The study found that cycling to work 

can cut a rider’s risk of developing heart 

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Not only will you burn a ton of calories, you 

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Big Bounce also offers dodgeball, group 

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Gymnastics is one of the most rewarding 

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The facility has three separate gym areas for 

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Whether you want to jump for fun, fitness, or for 

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disease or cancer in half. 

Those eager to get started on cycling are 

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size for the rider’s body. The height of the 

handlebars and the seat also can be adjusted 

for comfort. 

Always consult with a physician prior to 

exercise to ensure that the regimen is safe. 

Those with prior injuries or health problems 

should be doubly careful, though 

cycling is generally safe for beginners.

Westside Messenger - February 23rd, 2020

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