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<strong>Messenger</strong><br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>October</strong> 4 - 17, <strong>2020</strong> www.columbusmessenger.com Vol. XXXIX, No. 26<br />
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<strong>Messenger</strong> photos by Dedra Cordle<br />
While a majority of people may not be<br />
ready to fully embrace the start of<br />
autumn, there were plenty of fall-aesthetic<br />
lovers on hand at the Harvest<br />
Market on Sept. 26. Hosted annually by<br />
the <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Community Club, residents<br />
of the area came out to the Town<br />
Center to peruse handmade crafts, seasonal<br />
baked goods and, of course,<br />
pumpkins and gourds. Shown here are<br />
a few scenes captured at the Harvest<br />
Market, which will run each Saturday<br />
through Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
Top right, Daniell Warner and her son<br />
Carson, 3, pick out a pumpkin at Dan<br />
Lett’s station. The Richwood resident<br />
had plenty of gourds on hand that came<br />
in all shapes, sizes and colors.<br />
<strong>City</strong> officials<br />
question levy<br />
By Dedra Cordle<br />
Staff Writer<br />
Questions surrounding the financial<br />
outlook of the Jackson Township Fire<br />
Department has city officials hitting the<br />
pause button on supporting its upcoming<br />
ballot measure.<br />
At its meeting on Sept. 21, the <strong>Grove</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Council approved a request to table a<br />
resolution to endorse Issue 19, a new 4-<br />
mill fire replacement levy that would run<br />
for a term of five years. The reason for the<br />
See FIRE LEVY page 2<br />
Inside<br />
Bottom right, the business was “Booming”<br />
for Eddie Kistler, a woodcarver<br />
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Pets of the Week ................. 8<br />
The Reel Deal ...................... 10<br />
Pinnacle Extension<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Council approves plan for<br />
development near Pinnacle Page 4<br />
Middle Schools<br />
Construction on middle schools could<br />
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By Andrea Cordle<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Editor<br />
For several years, <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> officials have planned to<br />
extend Columbus Street to connect the Town Center to the<br />
redeveloped Beulah Park property. It was nearly three<br />
years ago that council approved $6 million in funding for<br />
the project.<br />
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“This is the last two pieces of the puzzle,” said Stephen<br />
Smith, law director for the city. “Now, we can get the project<br />
out to bid and begin construction.”<br />
The city agreed to purchase the Hill property, located at<br />
3879-3889 Meadow Lane for $900,000. The city also<br />
agreed to purchase a portion of land located at 3937<br />
Broadway known as the Mill Street property for approximately<br />
$1.2 million. Council had already approved funding<br />
to purchase property to acquire the roadway, but because<br />
both sellers requested payments spread out over a few<br />
years, council had to vote on the measure.<br />
For the Hill property, the city will pay the seller<br />
$300,000 at closing, along with a $300,000 promissory<br />
note in 2021 and again in 2022 for the same<br />
amount. For the Mill Street land, the city will pay<br />
the seller $410,000 upon closing and will deliver the<br />
balance through similar payments in 2021 and<br />
2022.<br />
According to Smith, the entire Hill property was<br />
not needed; only a chunk of land was needed for the<br />
road project. However, Smith said, it was easier to<br />
buy the entire property because it would bring up<br />
too many problems.<br />
The law director also said the Mill Street Market<br />
building will stay where it is, but the city is buying<br />
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postponement, officials said, was due to their need for<br />
further clarification regarding the department’s current<br />
financial situation and its projected financial<br />
future.<br />
Mayor Richard “Ike” Stage said that he was “neutral”<br />
on the ballot measure at this time because he<br />
believes that the township officials need to do a better<br />
job at providing information on the subject.<br />
“Our history has certainly proven that our support<br />
of the township has been overwhelming and continues<br />
to be,” he said, “but we represent the citizens of <strong>Grove</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> and the constituents that we represent, in my<br />
estimation, need a much, much more thorough explanation<br />
of what they have done to save money and what<br />
they are going to do if the levy fails.”<br />
Stage went on to say that he would also like to hear<br />
an explanation as to why the township never formally<br />
responded to correspondence that was sent prior to<br />
their approval to place the measure on the ballot that<br />
offered potential financial assistance. That letter, he<br />
said, requested a meeting with the trustees to do “indepth<br />
studying of what we could do, including possibly<br />
sharing more TIF revenue.”<br />
The correspondence Stage was referring to was an<br />
outline of what measures could be taken to provide<br />
financial assistance to the fire department, which<br />
serves the city for fire and medical emergency services.<br />
It was sent on July 31, just a few days before the board<br />
of trustees had to vote upon whether to send a proposed<br />
ballot initiative to the board of elections.<br />
In the meeting that followed the letter, trustees Jim<br />
Rauck and Ron McClure said that while they did want<br />
to discuss potential funding opportunities for the<br />
department, they needed to be more “proactive” for the<br />
situation on hand. Trustee Dave Burris voted against<br />
the measure, stating that they needed to come up with<br />
a plan that included the assistance of the city and not<br />
the taxpayer during a pandemic.<br />
The <strong>Messenger</strong> reached out to the Township<br />
Administrator Shane Farnsworth after the council<br />
meeting for a comment regarding Stage’s statement<br />
that the township did not formally respond to the city’s<br />
the parcel that includes the white barn and the parking lot<br />
behind the market. The barn would be demolished, and the<br />
parking lot would be removed.<br />
In 2017, the city explored options to not only extend<br />
Columbus Street, but also construct a plaza and build a<br />
public parking garage.<br />
<strong>City</strong> Administrator Chuck Boso said what will happen<br />
with the property remains to be seen, but the extension of<br />
the roadway is thought to bring an economic boost to the<br />
city.<br />
Boso did say that the city has went about $400,000 over<br />
budget for the land acquisition costs. He thinks the city<br />
may be able to save some funds through the bidding<br />
process.<br />
“I think the bid climate is right, right now,” said Boso.<br />
Council president Christine Houk was the sole vote<br />
against the approval of the funding. She was not on council<br />
at the time of the previous funding vote in 2017 but noted<br />
her concern.<br />
“The project needs its due diligence,” said Houk in 2017.<br />
“The $6 million is just the tip of the iceberg. You need the<br />
full picture.”<br />
Now, Houk voted against the funding saying, “We will<br />
be going beyond $6 million for 700 linear feet of roadway.”<br />
correspondence. He said that discussions are “ongoing”<br />
and that the township is willing to sit down<br />
with the city to discuss any item that could serve both<br />
entities.<br />
Like Stage, councilman Randy Holt said he would<br />
like to see a more detailed financial picture.<br />
“I am going to support this based on the conversations<br />
I have had with the township representatives<br />
several times, but there’s still just a few numbers and<br />
statistics I’d like to see for the future.”<br />
Council president Christine Houk said that was she<br />
in support of the ballot measure and that the financial<br />
hardships of the fire department has been obvious for<br />
quite some time. Regardless, she did request that the<br />
resolution of support for Issue 19 be tabled until the<br />
Oct. 5 meeting so any financial questions can be clarified<br />
by the township.<br />
Township Fiscal Officer Ron Grossman was present<br />
at the meeting, reiterating the current financial outlook<br />
of the department. He said that projections of the<br />
fire fund and the EMS fund balances continue to<br />
decline, while the expenditures continue to climb and<br />
the revenue remains flat.<br />
He did not provide financial projections at the meeting,<br />
but during his last financial report at the trustee’s<br />
meeting, he reported that the fire fund has taken in $8<br />
million while spending roughly the same amount and<br />
the EMS fund has taken in $877,000 while spending<br />
$1.4 million. That report went on to state that future<br />
tax budget projections only show the gap between<br />
expenditures and revenue widening.<br />
Should voters approve Issue 19, the department<br />
would generate roughly $4.96 million annually to fund<br />
fire and emergency service. According to the township’s<br />
website, the proposed fire levy rate equates to an<br />
estimated $140 per year per $100,000 in market value.<br />
The levy would be effective from Jan. 1, 2021 and end<br />
Dec. 31, 2025.<br />
While the council and administration did not yet<br />
agree to endorse the measure, they say that is not a<br />
reflection on the fire department itself or the quality of<br />
services they offer.
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The <strong>City</strong> Beat<br />
Development plan approved<br />
By Andrea Cordle<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Editor<br />
The Pinnacle Quarry plan got the green<br />
light.<br />
At the Sept. 21 meeting, <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Council approved a development plan and<br />
a rezoning request. The rezoning changes<br />
approximately 71 acres of land located<br />
south of White Road and west of State<br />
Route 104 from single family residential to<br />
a planned unit development. The rezoning<br />
allows for the development plan that<br />
includes 180 single family homes and 30<br />
condominiums on about 60 acres.<br />
“We are proud this will be an expansion<br />
of the Pinnacle development,” said property<br />
developer Joe Ciminello.<br />
In addition to the housing units, the<br />
development plan also calls for a city park<br />
that would be about 10 acres in size and<br />
would include pickleball courts, a walking<br />
path, and a shelter house.<br />
The only council member to vote against<br />
the development plan was Ted Berry. He<br />
has expressed his concerns about the<br />
added traffic along State Route 104.<br />
“We are just pouring more traffic on 104<br />
with these developments,” said Berry at a<br />
previous council meeting. “We need to<br />
address the infrastructure before we put<br />
more traffic on that route.”<br />
In addition to the Pinnacle Quarry,<br />
council approved the Farmstead development<br />
plan last year. This project will<br />
include more than 500 housing units at the<br />
Farmstead-Hancock property, located on<br />
the west side of State Route 104 and east of<br />
Hawthorne Parkway. Council also<br />
approved the Sugar Maple Commons plan,<br />
to build a 105-unit apartment complex for<br />
those 55 and older, located south of Holton<br />
Road and west of State Route 104.<br />
Council had its first reading of legislation<br />
to set aside over $622,000 from the<br />
Pinnacle Tax Increment Financing fund<br />
for infrastructure improvements along<br />
White Road and State Route 104, which<br />
would benefit the new Pinnacle Quarry<br />
development. The funds would be used for<br />
professional services to complete the<br />
design and engineering for the improvements.<br />
The second reading and public<br />
hearing is scheduled for Oct. 5.<br />
According to <strong>City</strong> Administrator Chuck<br />
Boso, the city has had ongoing discussions<br />
with the Ohio Department of<br />
Transportation regarding State Route 104<br />
and there are plans to address the roadway.<br />
There will be a turn lane off State Route<br />
104 for the Pinnacle Quarry development.<br />
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SWACO asks community to help with waste diversion<br />
With people spending so much time at home those first few<br />
months of the pandemic, it’s not surprising that as a community,<br />
we generated an unusually high amount of residential waste.<br />
Central Ohio waste haulers were picking up as much as 30 percent<br />
more curbside waste than in the same period in 2019.<br />
The spike in residential waste did not result in a corresponding<br />
increase at the Franklin County Sanitary Landfill, which SWACO<br />
owns and operates. In fact, SWACO received 8 percent to 10 percent<br />
less waste in April, May and June than normal.<br />
So, why the incongruity?<br />
Residential waste makes up only 40 percent of the waste in the<br />
landfill. The remaining comes from schools, restaurants, businesses<br />
and other commercial entities. With so many of them closed<br />
during the peak of the pandemic, they produced 20-30 percent less<br />
waste than normal.<br />
SWACO officials would be delighted if the amount of waste sent<br />
to the landfill continued to decrease, but they want businesses to<br />
reopen and come back strong. Officials would like the businesses<br />
and residents to help reduce waste.<br />
Right now, the landfill has about 42 years of life left. But the<br />
more waste kept out of the landfill, the longer it will last. So,<br />
SWACO has set a goal to divert 75 percent of waste from the landfill<br />
by 2032 and to cut food waste in half by 2030.<br />
Here are four things you can do to minimize waste and help<br />
SWACO reach its waste diversion goals:<br />
Recycle<br />
Recycling is such a simple way to divert waste from the landfill,<br />
yet 40 percent of household recyclable material still gets thrown<br />
away. Most communities provide containers to residents so they<br />
can conveniently collect recyclables throughout the week and take<br />
them to the curb on pickup day. The curbside program accepts<br />
metal cans, paper and cardboard, glass bottles and jars, plastic<br />
bottles and jugs, and cartons like juice boxes and broth containers.<br />
For more information about recycling, visit RecycleRight.org.<br />
The site includes a search tool that lists where and how to recycle,<br />
donate or dispose of dozens of items.<br />
Donate<br />
Donating items that you no longer want or need is such an easy<br />
way to keep material out of the landfill while helping neighbors in<br />
need. Plenty of organizations, such as Goodwill, Volunteers of<br />
America and the Salvation Army, accept donations of everything<br />
from furniture and electronics to clothes and kitchenware.<br />
Compost and Reduce Food Waste<br />
Food scraps make up 15 percent of the material in the landfill,<br />
more than any other category. Composting is a great solution to<br />
reduce food waste, and it’s not as hard as you might think.<br />
SWACO’s new food waste diversion website (Save More Than<br />
Food) explains how to compost and turn<br />
food scraps into a nutrient rich soil<br />
enhancement for your lawn and garden.<br />
The website also provides tips and<br />
resources to help you reduce the amount of<br />
food waste that you generate by shopping<br />
smarter, storing food properly, and making<br />
the most of leftovers.<br />
HHW Mobile Collection<br />
Household hazardous waste (HHW) can<br />
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Items like gasoline, propane and oxygen<br />
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HHW and can be disposed for free at the<br />
permanent HHW drop-off center located at<br />
645 E. 8th Ave. in Columbus.<br />
The hours of operation are listed at<br />
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The South-Western <strong>City</strong> Schools<br />
District may have had to alter most of its<br />
plans this year in order to slow the spread<br />
of a novel coronavirus, but the one thing<br />
the district did not have to modify was the<br />
timeline for its middle school build project.<br />
When COVID-19 began, the project’s<br />
leading architects and designers began to<br />
fear that the state mandated safety restrictions<br />
could put a halt to the project that<br />
has been two years in the making. Those<br />
fears, however, turned out to be unfounded.<br />
According to Michael Dingeldein, the<br />
director of architecture and planning with<br />
the Community Design Alliance, those<br />
safety restrictions allowed his company<br />
and Schorr Architects to make the middle<br />
school build project their primary focus.<br />
“We have made huge progress,” he told<br />
the board of education at its Sept. 28 meeting.<br />
Throughout the spring and summer,<br />
Dingeldein said they have reached near<br />
completion on the final guaranteed maximum<br />
price set and a large part of that is<br />
due to increased collaboration with school<br />
personnel.<br />
During the design process, he explained,<br />
the firm seeks feedback from administrators<br />
and teachers on how they envision the<br />
space of the building. In the typical<br />
process, he added, the number of staff they<br />
collaborate with can be limited but this collaboration<br />
proved to be much different.<br />
“We met with twice as many staff as we<br />
could have in person,” he said, referring to<br />
a Goggle Hangout page deputy director<br />
Dave Stewart established between the parties.<br />
He said their recommendations have<br />
helped make the design of the four new<br />
middle schools “truly spectacular.”<br />
The design of the middle schools will be<br />
similar to new schools throughout the district,<br />
he said, but they will differ somewhat<br />
from the design at the elementary, intermediate<br />
and high school levels.<br />
“There will be no doubt it’s a South-<br />
Western <strong>City</strong> School, but they are going to<br />
have its own kind of identity,” said<br />
Dingeldein.<br />
Each school (Brookpark, Finland,<br />
Norton, and Pleasant View) will be approximately<br />
120,000 square-feet and feature<br />
three large group spaces and eight “breakout<br />
rooms” for small gatherings.<br />
“These are really interesting,” he said of<br />
the 300 sq. ft. breakout rooms. “We are<br />
very anxious to see how they get used.”<br />
Dingeldein said that they are not<br />
intended to be used as “just as conference<br />
rooms” but rather small spaces where students<br />
can gather to seek additional instruction<br />
or just read and study alone.<br />
The three large rooms are the cafeteria,<br />
the main gym and the auxiliary gym.<br />
Dingeldein said they are designed to hold<br />
events simultaneously through quality<br />
sound systems and soundproofing standards.<br />
“This will allow (the district to hold) all<br />
kinds of events at the same exact time,” he<br />
said.<br />
In addition to the typical classroom, the<br />
schools will also have a large media center,<br />
music rooms and science labs. Each room<br />
will be designed to be in compliance with<br />
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Cancer Thrift Shop<br />
accepting consignments<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Cancer Thrift Shop, 3684<br />
Garden Court, is accepting consignments<br />
from the public once again after a pause for<br />
the coronavirus pandemic.<br />
The thrift shop is open Thursday and<br />
Friday from 12 to 4 p.m. and Saturday<br />
from aa a.m. to 3 p.m. Those interested<br />
must come into the shop to sign up for an<br />
appointment to consign items. Only four<br />
consignors a day will be allowed, and consignors<br />
may bring in 10 items once a week.<br />
Donations are also accepted during business<br />
hours. Mask wearing is required.<br />
The thrift shop welcomes the following<br />
items: men’s and women’s clothes, children’s<br />
clothes and toys, shoes, books,<br />
household items, kitchen ware, dishes, bedding,<br />
towels and other miscellaneous<br />
items.<br />
All proceeds of the <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Cancer<br />
Thrift Shop benefits the Columbus Cancer<br />
Clinic of LifeCare Alliance.<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Food Pantry calls for<br />
food delivery volunteers<br />
Delivery volunteers are needed for the<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Food Pantry during the month<br />
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Disabilities Act.<br />
Dingeldein said within the next couple<br />
of weeks, the designers will be making<br />
minor revisions and plan to send in the<br />
final plan in November. He said the four<br />
build sites are currently undergoing minor<br />
activities.<br />
“It’s all underway,” he said. “We have<br />
positive progress at all of our sites and<br />
things are happening. We’re going to get<br />
the dirt moved before winter and the wet<br />
season in the spring and we hope to be<br />
moving on (with the build) at the first of<br />
the year.”<br />
According to the recent timeline, the<br />
project is still slated to be complete at the<br />
start of the 2022/23 school year. Brookpark<br />
will be relocated to the new development at<br />
Beulah Park; Finland and Norton will stay<br />
at its existing site and Pleasant View will<br />
relocate to Holt Road, adjacent to Bolton<br />
Crossing Elementary.<br />
Through the build project, which was<br />
approved via bond issue by voters in 2018,<br />
East Franklin Elementary and Jackson<br />
Middle School will also undergo renovations.<br />
In related news, the board discussed<br />
renaming Brookpark Middle School and<br />
Pleasant View since they are moving to<br />
new sites. They said they will gauge the<br />
interest and prospective names through<br />
staff and community input in the near<br />
future.<br />
of June. Volunteers use contact-free delivery<br />
methods to provide food to the area’s<br />
most vulnerable families. Shifts normally<br />
last less than an hour. Volunteers should<br />
have a vehicle that fits four to six medium<br />
sized boxes. Volunteers will need to arrive<br />
at the food pantry during the scheduled<br />
time in order to deliver food to customers<br />
before 5 p.m. For more information, visit<br />
www.grovecityfoodpantry.org.<br />
Blood drive<br />
The American Red Cross will host a<br />
blood drive from 12 to 6 p.m. Oct. 9 and<br />
Oct. 16 in the Kingston Center, 3226<br />
Kingston Ave. in <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>. To schedule<br />
an appointment, call 1-800-448-3543 or<br />
visit www.redcrossblood.org.<br />
Women’s empowerment event<br />
The North Community Counseling<br />
Centers will host a women’s empowerment<br />
walk-up event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 9<br />
at 3556 Sullivant Ave. in Columbus.<br />
Participants will learn about the women’s<br />
empowerment group, education as well as<br />
youth and adolescent outpatient programs.<br />
North Community Counseling Centers provides<br />
behavioral health services in central<br />
Ohio. For more information, call 614-261-<br />
3196 or visit www.northcommunity.com.
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In Achievement<br />
<strong>October</strong> 4, <strong>2020</strong> - GROVE CITY MESSENGER - PAGE 7<br />
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A Distinguished Unit<br />
The <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> High School NJROTC received the Distinguished Unit Award with Academic Honors for the 2019-<strong>2020</strong> academic<br />
year. This is the second consecutive year that the unit has received this award for overall success in drill competitions, shooting<br />
ranges, athletic and academic tournaments, and in their neighborhoods. To earn the award, the cadets logged more than 1,900<br />
hours of community service and dedicated their time to support service projects like Adopt-a-Highway clean-up efforts, veteran<br />
ceremonies, military service member care packages, and nursing home visits.<br />
Roger Williams graduate<br />
Roger Williams University is proud to announce that Ross<br />
Ruble, of <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>, graduated with a B.S. in construction management<br />
as part of the class of <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
names in the news<br />
Miami grads<br />
The following <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> students were awarded degrees from<br />
Miami University: Andrew Bollinger, Kyle Broadnax, Jacob<br />
Dilley, Chad Pennington, and Brent Reichert.<br />
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Moses-Mouser Eye Care<br />
Dr. Jennifer Bogucki is a board certified<br />
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She completed her bachelor’s degree summa<br />
cum laude at The University of Notre Dame, and<br />
was named to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor<br />
Society.<br />
Following this, Dr. Bogucki returned to her home state of Ohio to<br />
attend medical school at The Ohio State University. There, she<br />
completed her studies summa cum laude, received the Academic<br />
Excellence Award, and was elected to the national medical honor<br />
society, Alpha Omega Alpha.<br />
Dr. Bogucki performed her internship at Riverside Methodist Hospital<br />
and then completed her ophthalmology residency at Washington<br />
University in St. Louis. At Washington University, Dr. Bogucki<br />
subsequently pursued an additional year of fellowship training in<br />
Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery.<br />
Dr. Bogucki enjoys spending time with her husband Ben, and their<br />
young children who always keep them laughing and on their toes.<br />
What is a cataract?<br />
A: cataract forms when the natural lens within your eye, which was clear<br />
when you were born, starts to become cloudy. This typically occurs slowly<br />
over time.<br />
What will I notice if I'm developing<br />
a cataract?<br />
This opacification of the lens can affect the quality of the vision leading to<br />
blurring of the vision, increased glare around lights, and colors becoming<br />
more muted.<br />
What can be done to help cataracts?<br />
Cataracts can be removed with an outpatient surgery where the cloudy<br />
lens is removed and a clear lens is put in its place. This allows light to easily<br />
pass through the lens again, helping to return clarity to your vision.<br />
If you have concerns about the clarity of your vision, or concerns about<br />
the health of your eyes, Dr. Bogucki and all of the surgeons at Moses,<br />
Mouser, and Associates are happy to help!<br />
For an appointment, call 614-963-3820<br />
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Pictorial Past<br />
This is a picture from the 1920s, almost 100 years ago of the Emmelhainz on<br />
Broadway and Park Street. Notice the gasoline pump in the left of the picture near<br />
the street. Over the many years, this location served the area with automotive<br />
repair businesses, and at one time an Auto Sales Showroom for Regals and<br />
Studebakers autos, a coffee shop and present day this well-aged building in the<br />
historic <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Town Center, is The Hop Yard 62. The photos and information<br />
in the Pictorial Past are provided by Don Ivers, curator of the <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Welcome<br />
Center and Museum.<br />
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Pet Corner<br />
Pet FBI to provide county with microchips<br />
Pet FBI Executive Director Leslie Poole<br />
announced that the Columbus-based<br />
nationwide online lost and found pet service<br />
organization has launched a collaboration<br />
with Franklin County Dog Shelter to<br />
provide microchips for all reclaimed dogs,<br />
free of charge, during the month of<br />
<strong>October</strong>.<br />
Due to the pandemic, Pet FBI has not<br />
been able to participate in microchip clinics<br />
this spring and summer. Poole felt that<br />
directing the funds to the county was a way<br />
to continue to support Pet FBI’s mission of<br />
reuniting lost and found pets with their<br />
families.<br />
“Microchips greatly increase the<br />
chances that your pet will get home quickly<br />
if they ever become lost,” said Poole. “Pet<br />
FBI is happy to partner with the Franklin<br />
County Dog Shelter to ensure more pet<br />
owners can take this important step to protect<br />
their pets.”<br />
“We are excited to join forces with Pet<br />
FBI and offer free microchipping to<br />
reclaimed lost dogs,” said Kaye Persinger,<br />
director, Franklin County Dog Shelter.<br />
“When our wardens find stray and lost<br />
dogs, the shelter’s ultimate goal is to<br />
reunite the family. Multiple studies have<br />
shown that microchips are an incredibly<br />
Pets of the week<br />
effective tool to help with reunification. If a<br />
lost dog is discovered to have a microchip,<br />
that dog often is returned in the field and<br />
will never step paw inside the shelter.”<br />
Poole encourages everyone with<br />
microchipped pets to contact the company<br />
where their microchip is registered to be<br />
sure their contact information is current. A<br />
veterinarian can scan a pet and provide<br />
microchip company information to the<br />
owner.<br />
“We also encourage anyone finding a pet<br />
to search the free lost and found database<br />
at PetFBI.org as well as having the pet<br />
scanned for a microchip,” Poole said.<br />
On their website, Pet FBI provides tips<br />
to people who have lost a pet, including<br />
encouraging in-person searches at local<br />
shelters. Through the collaboration with<br />
FCDS, Poole estimates that approximately<br />
100 reclaimed dogs will be microchipped.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.PetFBI.org.<br />
The Franklin County Dog Shelter and<br />
Adoption Center is located at 4340<br />
Tamarack Blvd. in Columbus and is<br />
opened Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday<br />
from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
on Saturday and Sunday.<br />
These furry friends are available<br />
for adoption at local<br />
rescues and shelters<br />
Looking for a small,<br />
friendly church experience? Try<br />
First Presbyterian Church<br />
of <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
4227 Broadway, <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
In-person Worship 10 a.m.<br />
Services will continue on<br />
Facebook Live at 10 am as well<br />
www.fpcgc.org<br />
Free Community Brown Bag Drive-through Lunch<br />
Saturday, September 26, 11:00 am- 1:00 pm<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Church of God<br />
“A Healing Place”<br />
4325 Harrisburg Pike, <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>, Ohio 43123<br />
Office Hours:<br />
Mon.-Thurs. 9am - 3pm<br />
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Tater Tot, a 6 yearold<br />
boy, got to go on<br />
a sleep-over with a<br />
volunteer this past<br />
weekend. She<br />
reports this handsome<br />
guy “was a<br />
delight and has lots<br />
of love to give!” He<br />
can be timid in certain<br />
situations so he’ll need slow introductions<br />
into new situations. He is housebroken and is<br />
content to lay around most of the time. Tater<br />
Tot is good on a leash and likes to sit in chairs.<br />
Schedule an appointment at the Franklin<br />
County Dog Shelter to meet this great guy<br />
today.<br />
FYI: www.franklincountydogs.com<br />
Roxanne is sweet,<br />
gentle, and kind. She<br />
prefer to be the only<br />
pet in the home. She<br />
gets a little anxious<br />
when left alone, but<br />
with positive reinforcement<br />
training<br />
and plenty of treats,<br />
Roxanne will settle<br />
into her new environment. She’s a chill, gowith-the-flow<br />
gal and can’t wait to crash on<br />
your couch after a long walk. Ask an adoption<br />
counselor at the Franklin County shelter to<br />
meet with her.<br />
FYI: www.franklincountydogs.com<br />
Nanny was found<br />
with terribly infected<br />
eyes and an upper<br />
respiratory infection.<br />
She has had both of<br />
her eyes removed so<br />
she is blind and she’s<br />
missing much of her<br />
tail. Nanny is 5<br />
months of age. Don’t<br />
let her challenges<br />
fool you; Nanny can do anything she puts her<br />
mind to. She is up for adoption through<br />
Colony Cats and Dogs.<br />
FYI: www.colonycats.org<br />
Norman was rescued<br />
with a badly<br />
infected leg and had<br />
to have it amputated.<br />
He gets around just<br />
fine though and is<br />
happy and healthy.<br />
Norman is 4 months<br />
old. He is good with<br />
other cats and dogs.<br />
He is available for<br />
adoption through Colony Cats.<br />
FYI: www.colonycats.org
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In Entertainment<br />
“Enola Holmes” is<br />
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entertaining for all ages<br />
While preparing to watch and review a<br />
new movie or television show in which I<br />
have aged, allegedly, past its target demographic,<br />
I often try to experience it through<br />
the lens of a younger version of myself. And<br />
in order to tap into the mindset of that<br />
bygone era, I ask a series of questions during<br />
and after the viewing. They include<br />
whether my younger self would have liked<br />
the characters or have been annoyed by<br />
them; whether my younger self would have<br />
found more enjoyment in the story being<br />
told or by crafting a different version in<br />
real-time; or whether my younger self<br />
would be embarrassed if the older version<br />
publicly stated that she liked it.<br />
For the most part, the younger version<br />
and the current form<br />
can find common<br />
ground through similar<br />
but evolved interests<br />
and that certainly<br />
applies in the case of<br />
“Enola Holmes,” a<br />
new film streaming on<br />
Netflix that is geared<br />
toward young adults<br />
but can be enjoyed by all age demographics.<br />
There is plenty here in the form of<br />
entertainment to go around, which is actually<br />
surprising because my adult self<br />
thought the opposite based on its trailer.<br />
In this charming film, Millie Bobby<br />
Brown plays the titular character who is<br />
the youngest of the famed Holmes children<br />
— brother Sherlock (played by Henry<br />
Cavill) is making a name for himself in the<br />
world of criminology and the elder Mycroft<br />
(played by Sam Claflin) is known throughout<br />
polite society as a man of impeccable<br />
character and good standing. While much<br />
is known about the dashing and intelligent<br />
brothers, little is known about their sister,<br />
and that is just the way their mother<br />
wants it to be.<br />
After the death of her husband and following<br />
the relocation of her sons to the city,<br />
Eudoria Holmes (Helena Bonham Carter)<br />
decided that she did not want to raise her<br />
daughter in the traditional sense. Gone<br />
were the finishing schools with their rules<br />
and deference to a man’s opinion and in its<br />
place were studies on the sciences, martial<br />
arts and the importance of speaking one’s<br />
mind.<br />
Through this unorthodox education,<br />
especially in Victorian times, Enola flourished<br />
but formed a deep attached to her<br />
mother in lieu of friendships with children<br />
her age. Knowing that her child had to be<br />
more independent, Eudoria did the only<br />
thing she could think of: cut the strings to<br />
make it happen.<br />
On the morning of her 16th birthday,<br />
“Though its plot is a little clunky<br />
and darker plot threads are dropped<br />
in favor of simplicity, the charm of its<br />
lead character and the chemistry<br />
between the cast members are good<br />
enough to propel it past any bumps<br />
that occur in this origin story.”<br />
The Reel Deal<br />
Dedra Cordle<br />
Enola wakes to find<br />
her mother has disappeared.<br />
Believing<br />
that her brother<br />
Sherlock could solve<br />
this mystery in two<br />
seconds flat, she<br />
requests that he<br />
and Mycroft return home. When they<br />
arrive, Enola discovers that the only thing<br />
they want to do is fix her.<br />
“She is such a mess,” declares Mycroft<br />
as he hires a reputable<br />
governess to<br />
drag her off to a finishing<br />
school.<br />
Before such a<br />
travesty can occur,<br />
Enola puts her own<br />
sleuthing skills to<br />
work and uncovers<br />
some clues as to her<br />
mother’s potential whereabouts. Wanting<br />
to know why she left (and not wanting to go<br />
to boarding school and learn how to<br />
“embroider and hem handkerchiefs”), she<br />
runs away to London to solve this mystery.<br />
But like all good mysteries, there is a secondary<br />
mystery afoot that involves a missing<br />
young Lord (Louis Partridge), a reform<br />
bill and an underground movement set to<br />
shake up society. With her brothers on her<br />
heels, along with an apparent assassin,<br />
Enola has to make sense of all of these<br />
semi-related threads while finding her<br />
footing in a new world that is openly hostile<br />
to spirited young women like herself.<br />
Based on a series of novels by Nancy<br />
Springer (though primarily adapted from<br />
“The Case of the Missing Marquess”),<br />
“Enola Holmes” is a great starting point for<br />
a planned movie franchise. Though its plot<br />
is a little clunky and darker plot threads<br />
are dropped in favor of simplicity, the<br />
charm of its lead character and the chemistry<br />
between the cast members are good<br />
enough to propel it past any bumps that<br />
occur in this origin story.<br />
With wit and an overarching sense of<br />
sweetness, “Enola Holmes” is a fun movie<br />
to watch, though it is about 25 minutes too<br />
long. But despite a few pacing and dropped<br />
thread gripes, it is an entertaining film<br />
that almost all age groups should be able to<br />
enjoy.<br />
Grade: B<br />
Dedra Cordle is a <strong>Messenger</strong> staff<br />
writer and columnist.
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<strong>October</strong> 4, <strong>2020</strong> - GROVE CITY MESSENGER - PAGE 11<br />
Defining success can be layered and confusing<br />
Part of surviving and growing along<br />
life’s testing paths is learning how to deal<br />
with mixed-messages from society. We<br />
commonly realize our results only after<br />
others have judged us in the form of subjective<br />
labels: the best, a loser, a success or a<br />
failure. How do we react to the results of<br />
our efforts, the fruits of our labor, that utilized<br />
the mixed-messages, when the labels<br />
surprise us and differ completely from<br />
what we thought we’d worked hard to<br />
achieve and expected? Or, when we are recognized<br />
as succeeding, but then others cry<br />
out, “foul, it’s just not fair!” I recently found<br />
myself pondering that modern-day dilemma,<br />
one I’ve seen and felt from both sides,<br />
as I’m guessing most of you have.<br />
With the doldrums and prison-like<br />
atmosphere of the coronavirus taking its<br />
toll, I found myself in the basement conducting<br />
what was akin to an archeological<br />
dig. I was pretending to do some clutter<br />
cleaning, essentially moving cobweb-covered<br />
storage boxes from one side to the<br />
other while accomplishing nothing. I decided<br />
to look inside one of them. I came across<br />
a trophy. The inscription read: Optimist<br />
Y.M.C.A. 1st Place Midget League 1958-59.<br />
It was mine from some 60 years ago, just<br />
following the Dinosaur Age. I was 9 years<br />
old. I amazingly still remember the<br />
moment. I pictured the basketball team<br />
standing proudly together for a team photo<br />
after the final game. There was my dad<br />
standing on the side of the court. He looked<br />
so proud. As a parent many years later, I<br />
remember the reality. Let’s admit it,<br />
watching kids attempting to play basketball<br />
at that age takes patience, followed by<br />
a good nap. We ‘winners’ all received trophies,<br />
in those days, the other teams didn’t.<br />
I didn’t even question how the ‘losers’ felt.<br />
Ah, but as Bob Dylan sang, “The Times Are<br />
a-Changin”, and “The Loser Now Will be<br />
Later to Win.”<br />
The day I got that trophy was probably<br />
the first time I realized how good success<br />
felt. I wanted more of it and society pushed<br />
it. But I was naive, I still hadn’t grasped<br />
Issue 10 is our choice for energy<br />
savings, cleaner air, and jobs<br />
Clean energy is on the ballot in <strong>Grove</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong>. This November, voters in central<br />
Ohio’s largest and fastest-growing suburb<br />
will decide on Issue 10, Community Choice<br />
Aggregation for 100 percent renewable<br />
energy.<br />
If approved, Issue 10 would allow the<br />
city to obtain bulk purchase rates for electricity<br />
for all eligible residents and businesses.<br />
By pooling together our electricity<br />
the concept that success does come from<br />
effort, but only sometimes. I began to<br />
approach life more competitively, equating<br />
full effort to success. I finally started to<br />
learn that despite that full effort, success<br />
didn’t always come, and I didn’t like that<br />
feeling at all.<br />
I had to grow more to learn how to handle<br />
losses and failures. I also began to learn<br />
my hard efforts and earned successes<br />
might be looked down upon by others.<br />
Society was changing its views and that led<br />
me to question my efforts. At times, I wondered<br />
if I should even attempt to succeed.<br />
Was it worth having my friends, and others<br />
I didn’t even know, look down upon me<br />
because I’d succeeded, and they hadn’t?<br />
The new America was unfolding.<br />
America has historically been obsessed<br />
with singling out the best, the winner in<br />
almost every endeavor. We receive guidance<br />
to always give our best effort and be<br />
competitive throughout life. If we don’t succeed,<br />
we’re told we haven’t tried hard<br />
enough or perhaps we’re just not good<br />
enough, implying we’re failures and must<br />
learn to accept that. Nowadays, if we do<br />
succeed, we find we might be condemned<br />
by others who didn’t. Bottom-line, in these<br />
times, it’s a vicious life circle you just can’t<br />
win.<br />
We neighborhood kids always played<br />
pick-up sports over at the school fields. I<br />
was tall, athletic and competitive, thus<br />
usually a captain who picked team players,<br />
or one of the first ones picked. The same<br />
kids were always reluctantly picked last. I<br />
didn’t think much about it until I played<br />
with some kids from another neighborhood<br />
who were much better than I and found I<br />
was one of the last ones picked. It was a<br />
nasty feeling that changed my perspective<br />
completely over time. I learned to have better<br />
respect for the ‘losers’ who were picked<br />
last. I started to appreciate the fine line of<br />
branding one as a success or failure, the<br />
best and the losers.<br />
My school broke us students into three<br />
buckets we referred to as: dumb, average<br />
demand, we can get a better product for a<br />
lower price. What’s more, the city could<br />
work with a utility that’s ready to build out<br />
a local supply of renewable energy - new<br />
solar and wind projects that would create<br />
good-paying jobs in manufacturing, construction,<br />
and maintenance here in Ohio.<br />
Using 100 percent renewable energy<br />
would reduce our carbon footprint equivalent<br />
to taking almost 16,000 cars off the<br />
road. Cleaner air would reduce the risk of<br />
asthma, heart attacks, and stroke.<br />
More than 400 communities in Ohio<br />
letter to the editor<br />
have already aggregated their electricity<br />
demand. Last year, voters in Worthington<br />
approved electric aggregation for 100 percent<br />
renewable energy, saving residents<br />
and businesses almost $100,000 in the first<br />
10 months of the program. According to an<br />
AEP fact sheet, electric aggregation could<br />
save <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> more than $187,000 per<br />
year.<br />
Issue 10 gives <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> voters the<br />
choice to save money, create jobs, clean our<br />
air, improve our health, and invest in our<br />
own community – all without raising our<br />
Guest Column<br />
Dave Burton<br />
and nerds. I didn’t carry my athletic competitiveness<br />
or much effort onto the scholar<br />
side and ended up in the average bucket for<br />
the early years. I remember the teacher<br />
returning an exam. He slapped the test<br />
onto the table and said, “Dave, I didn’t<br />
know you were smart.” I just looked at him,<br />
thinking what a thing to say. I should have<br />
replied, “I didn’t know you weren’t boring.”<br />
But my success made me feel good and I<br />
didn’t like the implied label he’d thought I<br />
was dumb or an underachiever. I applied<br />
myself the rest of the year, striving to be a<br />
‘success’, even moving up to some of the<br />
‘nerd’ classes. I also took a different view of<br />
the bucket labels and wondered how many<br />
just needed to be motivated like me for<br />
society to look upon them differently.<br />
As I went through life, I questioned the<br />
concept of winners, success and failure.<br />
We’re obsessed with identifying winners.<br />
But what even constitutes success, how do<br />
you define it? Sometimes it’s objective, easy<br />
to define. Too often it’s totally subjective in<br />
the eyes of an uninformed beholder and<br />
society accepts that. Is it always fair to<br />
those branded as a loser?<br />
Does the best horse always win the race,<br />
or the best team always win? Of course not,<br />
the favorites lose often. Luck and jockey<br />
skill are usually just as important as labeling<br />
one horse the best or a loser. The best<br />
teams in every sport have off games.<br />
We see promotions at work, felt by the<br />
recognized one as a deserved success for<br />
efforts and accomplishment, but too often<br />
seen by those passed over, as an injustice<br />
with other factors they have no control over<br />
determining the recognition. Motivation<br />
results at one end and unintended de-motivation<br />
at the other, too often with more of<br />
the latter with overall group output then<br />
suffering.<br />
Awards abound to motivate the best.<br />
There’s the ‘Employee of the Month’, type<br />
recognitions in many businesses. But the<br />
effort to recognize one’s results all too often<br />
leaves the losers, who thought their efforts<br />
were equally or even more noteworthy, perplexed<br />
and disgruntled.<br />
We shake our<br />
heads in disbelief at<br />
some of the Pulitzer<br />
Prize and Nobel<br />
winners. Hollywood<br />
and the music<br />
industry astound us<br />
with their<br />
hypocrisy, crying out how unfair things are<br />
for loser’s, then stand looking down upon<br />
us from a podium and lecturing us about<br />
how unfair life is to others in their countless<br />
self-adulating award shows where<br />
they then honor their own as ‘the best’ with<br />
selections we rarely agree with.<br />
Many sports have their All Star games<br />
to honor their best. They’ve tried countless<br />
selection formats, including letting the<br />
fans make the picks. That always turns out<br />
to be nothing more than a popularity contest,<br />
picking members from favorite teams.<br />
Is basketball’s March Madness a contest of<br />
the best? Hardly, as lower talented conferences<br />
are now guaranteed spots and some<br />
of the better teams get to play them, helping<br />
to insure the odds of easy wins and<br />
advancing higher than maybe they should.<br />
Society’s never-ending quest to identify<br />
success and the best in everything is here<br />
to stay. That’s fine if we admit and understand<br />
the identification process is often<br />
flawed. Today, there’s been a shift to more<br />
of a ‘trophy for everyone’ mentality. Some<br />
question that change, I do too. But I now<br />
see both sides. It takes a fine balancing act<br />
to maintain the intended incentives to<br />
some, while not resulting in disincentives<br />
to others.<br />
Dave Burton is guest columnist for the<br />
Columbus <strong>Messenger</strong> Newspapers. He<br />
lives in <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
taxes or electricity bills. Anyone who<br />
doesn’t want to participate in the program<br />
can opt out at any time with no penalties or<br />
fees. The choice is always yours.<br />
Clean energy. Economic development.<br />
Our choice. Vote yes on Issue 10.<br />
Cathy Cowan Becker<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Cathy Cowan Becker is co-chair with<br />
Ted Berry of the Clean <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> campaign.
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xEmployment<br />
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WANTED<br />
SW CITY SCHOOLS<br />
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS<br />
The South-Western <strong>City</strong> School<br />
District is currently hiring drivers<br />
for the <strong>2020</strong>-2021 school year<br />
$16.55/HR<br />
Available positions are for substitute drivers<br />
that can develop into “Regular” positions with<br />
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READER<br />
ADVISORY<br />
The National Trade Association<br />
we belong to has<br />
purchased the following<br />
classifieds. Determining<br />
the value of their service<br />
or product is advised by<br />
this publication. In order<br />
to avoid misunderstandings,<br />
some advertisers do<br />
not offer “employment”<br />
but rather supply the<br />
readers with manuals, directories<br />
and other materials<br />
designed to help<br />
their clients establish mail<br />
order selling and other<br />
businesses at home. Under<br />
NO circumstance<br />
should you send any<br />
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the client your checking,<br />
license ID or credit card<br />
numbers. Also beware of<br />
ads that claim to guarantee<br />
loans regardless of<br />
credit and note that if a<br />
credit repair company<br />
does business only over<br />
the phone it’s illegal to request<br />
any money before<br />
delivering its service. All<br />
funds are based in US<br />
dollars. Toll Free numbers<br />
may or may not<br />
reach Canada. Please<br />
check with the Better<br />
Business Bureau 614-<br />
486-6336 or the Ohio Attorney<br />
General’s Consumer<br />
Protection Section<br />
614-466-4986 for more<br />
information on the company<br />
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xCome & Get It!<br />
xPublic Notice<br />
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xFocus on Rentals<br />
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Deadlines are Tuesdays by 5 pm.<br />
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. Come and Get It! is a bi-weekly column that offers readers an opportunity to pass<br />
along surplus building materials, furniture, electronic equipment, crafts, supplies,<br />
appliances, plants or household goods to anybody who will come and get them - as<br />
long as they’re FREE. NO PETS! Just send us a brief note describing what you want to<br />
get rid of, along with your name, address and phone number. Nonprofit organizations<br />
are welcome to submit requests for donations of items.<br />
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complications that may occur. Please contact us when items are gone. 272-5422<br />
Come & Get It!<br />
xAdult Care<br />
LEGAL NOTICE<br />
The <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Police Department has recovered<br />
numerous bicycles, tools, electronic equipment, clothing<br />
and monies over the course of several months.<br />
The bicycles are of various types and models, as are<br />
the tools and electronic equipment. All properties are<br />
held in a secured police facility at all times. If you<br />
believe you have claim to any of the property and have<br />
proof of ownership for the property, you may call the<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Police Department Property Room at<br />
614-277-1757. A review and release of any and all<br />
property is by appointment only. All items not claimed<br />
will be sold at public auction, turned over to the Law<br />
Enforcement Fund, or destroyed according to Ohio<br />
Law.<br />
CHARITABLE DONATION<br />
Qualified organizations may be eligible to receive<br />
bicycles as charitable donations from the <strong>City</strong> of<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>. Qualified organizations must have a valid<br />
ruling or determination letter recognizing the taxexempt<br />
status of the organization, pursuant to Internal<br />
Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) or (c)(19).<br />
Representatives may call the <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Police<br />
Department Property Room at 614-277-1757 to<br />
inquire about the donation process.<br />
Public Notice<br />
WEDGEWOOD<br />
VILLAGE<br />
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at 777 Wedgedwood Dr.<br />
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Rentals<br />
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Congratulations<br />
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Breakfast, lunch &<br />
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HELP WANTED<br />
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Forms Work. Exp. rough<br />
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Real Mechanic Needed<br />
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DATED SALES<br />
YARD SALE<br />
640 Oak Hollow Ct.<br />
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<strong>October</strong> 9, 10, 11<br />
Start 9:30am-6:00pm<br />
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PRECIOUS MOMENTS<br />
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HOT WHEELS in package<br />
OLD COMIC BOOKS<br />
BEER PATCHES<br />
TOOLS, TRAILER<br />
Other miscellaneous items<br />
If Not Raining<br />
3756 Adell Ct.<br />
Oct. 8, 9, 10; 8am-4pm<br />
Misc. items, picture frames<br />
Beanie Babies, misc tools,<br />
canning jars, end tables,<br />
clothes, T-shirts & odds<br />
and ends, 2 lg. dog cages<br />
WANT TO BUY<br />
We Buy Junk Cars &<br />
Trucks. Highest Prices<br />
Paid. 614-395-8775<br />
WANTS TO Purchase<br />
minerals and other oil &<br />
gas interests. Send details<br />
to: P.O. Box 13557,<br />
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ANTIQUES<br />
WANTED<br />
Victrolas, Watches,<br />
Clocks, Bookcases<br />
Antiques, Furn.<br />
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WE BUY JUNK CARS<br />
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We Buy Cars & Trucks<br />
$300-$3000.614-308-2626<br />
MISCELLANEOUS<br />
FOR SALE<br />
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FINANCIAL SERVICES<br />
Debt Solutions Available<br />
Call 614-270-1149<br />
Business Debt Solutions<br />
Call 614-270-1149<br />
RENTALS<br />
Half Double Hilltop<br />
3 BR $900 mo, $900 dep.<br />
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614-226-6767<br />
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Good condition & care, no<br />
problems. $13,750<br />
614-834-5208<br />
03 Blazer, average cond.<br />
$2000 obo. (Frank)<br />
614-619-6903<br />
Misc. for Sale<br />
xInformation<br />
OCTOBER<br />
GIVEAWAY<br />
Place a prepaid classified line ad in our paper<br />
during the month of OCTOBER and be registered<br />
to win a $50 Gift Card from<br />
The Columbus <strong>Messenger</strong> Newspapers.<br />
All ads received by mail, in person, e-mail or phone<br />
will be included in the drawing.<br />
Drawing will be held <strong>October</strong> 30th, <strong>2020</strong><br />
and the winner will be notified and published<br />
in our November 8th, <strong>2020</strong> issue .<br />
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!<br />
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www.columbusmessenger.com<br />
<strong>October</strong> 4, <strong>2020</strong> - GROVE CITY MESSENGER - PAGE 15<br />
xClassified Services<br />
INFORMATION<br />
NEED SOMETHING<br />
DONE THIS FALL? F<br />
CHECK OUT OUR<br />
CLASSIFIED SERVICES!<br />
FOR ADVERTISING<br />
INFO. CALL<br />
614-272-5422<br />
THE COLUMBUS<br />
MESSENGER<br />
APPLIANCE REPAIR<br />
Washer, Dryer, Stove &<br />
Refrig. Repair 875-7588<br />
AUTO SERVICE<br />
Fall into<br />
MIDLAND AUTO<br />
All Your auto serv.needs<br />
614-278-9458/778-3864<br />
A Rating-BBB - 47 yrs.<br />
American & Foreign Cars<br />
BLACKTOP<br />
SANTIAGO’S<br />
Sealcoating & Services LLC<br />
Quality Materials Used<br />
Get it Done before the<br />
Seasons Over!!<br />
Driveway Seal & Repair!<br />
Top Seal Cracks!<br />
Residential & Commercial<br />
Mulching, Edging & Clean-ups<br />
“Ask for whatever you need.”<br />
BBB Accredited-Fully Insured<br />
Call or text for Free Est.<br />
614-649-1200<br />
BLACKTOP SEALING<br />
Driveways & Parking Lots<br />
614-875-6971<br />
INFORMATION<br />
ONLY<br />
$50.00<br />
For This Ad In Our<br />
West & <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
For Info Call<br />
272-5422<br />
CLEANING<br />
HOUSE/OFFICE<br />
24 Hr. Call Back<br />
C.D.C. Guidelines<br />
614-846-1477<br />
CONCRETE<br />
AJ’s Concrete,<br />
Masonry<br />
Good Work - Fair Prices<br />
Block Foundations<br />
Driveways • Sidewalks<br />
Epoxy/Overlay Floors<br />
Bonded-Ins. • Free Ests.<br />
614-419-9932<br />
10/11 A<br />
CONCRETE<br />
ALL-CITY CUSTOM<br />
CONCRETE<br />
All Types Concrete Work<br />
New or Tear Out-Replace<br />
37 Yrs. Exp.<br />
(614) 207-5430<br />
Owner is On The Job!<br />
EVANS<br />
Complete Concrete.<br />
Facebook Evansconcrete<br />
(Schedule Now)<br />
• Foundations • Additions<br />
• Block • Driveways<br />
• Patios • Sidewalks<br />
• Colored & Stamped<br />
(Free Estimates)<br />
614-554-7457<br />
Ins./Bonded • 32 Yrs. Exp.<br />
Pour It Right, The First Time<br />
Buckeye Cement<br />
Contractors<br />
Specializing In<br />
Tearout & Replacing<br />
Concrete of Any Type<br />
Licensed • Bonded • Insured<br />
38th Year in Business<br />
614-539-5640<br />
EDDIE MOORE<br />
CONSTRUCTION<br />
Quality Concrete Work<br />
Lt. Hauling & Room Add.,<br />
Block Work & Excavation<br />
Stamp Patios,<br />
Bsmt. Wall Restoration<br />
35 Yrs Exp - Lic & Ins.<br />
Free Ests. 614-871-3834<br />
GALLION<br />
CUSTOM CONCRETE LLC<br />
Specializing in Custom Colors &<br />
Custom Designs of Concrete.<br />
Including Remove & Replace<br />
42 yrs exp & Free Est.<br />
Licensed & Insured<br />
Reputation Built<br />
On Quality<br />
Ronnie<br />
614-875-8364<br />
See Us On Facebook<br />
www.gallioncustom<br />
concrete.com<br />
Buckeye <strong>City</strong><br />
Concrete & Excavating<br />
* Concrete * Foundations<br />
* Waterlines * Drains<br />
*Catch Basins<br />
614-749-2167<br />
buckeyecityconcreteand<br />
excavating@yahoo.com<br />
FENCING<br />
EAZY FENCE<br />
Chain Link - Wood<br />
No Job Too Big or Small<br />
All Repairs ~ Free Est.<br />
Insured. 614-670-2292<br />
GUTTERS<br />
Bates & Sons<br />
GUTTER CLEANING<br />
5 ★ Google Reviews<br />
614-586-3417<br />
Low Price-Great Service<br />
5 & 6” Seamless gutters,<br />
covers, siding, gutter clng.<br />
Bill 614-306-4541<br />
10-25 A<br />
10/11 W/SW<br />
10-11 W/SW<br />
10/11 A/M<br />
HAULING<br />
DEAN’S HAULING<br />
614-276-1958<br />
HEATING<br />
HEATING<br />
Complete System Clean & Check<br />
$49.95<br />
Free Carbon<br />
Monoxide Testing<br />
Gas-Oil-Electric Heat/Pumps<br />
All Makes • All Models<br />
43 yrs exp. • Sr. Discount<br />
614-351-9025<br />
HOME<br />
IMPROVEMENTS<br />
SLAGLE<br />
HOME REMODELING<br />
Baths, Kitchen,<br />
Plumbing and Electrical.<br />
All your Handyman needs<br />
No Job too Big or Small<br />
Over 30 Yrs. Exp. Lic.-Bond-Ins.<br />
Jerry<br />
KLAUSMAN HOME<br />
IMPROVEMENT<br />
Siding-Windows-<br />
Doors-Roofing-Soffit-<br />
Fascia-Gutters-Trim<br />
Earn FREE Seamless<br />
Gutters with Siding Over<br />
1000 Sq. Ft.<br />
FREE Shutters with<br />
Soffit & Trim<br />
EPA Certified<br />
Member of BBB<br />
Financing Available<br />
Over 20 yrs exp. • Free Est.<br />
Licensed-Bonded-Insured<br />
Owner & Operator<br />
James 614-419-7500<br />
C&JHandyman<br />
Services LLC<br />
Minor Plumbing &<br />
Electric ~ Now Hiring<br />
Install Hot Water Tanks,<br />
Dishwashers & Disposals<br />
Also Fencing &<br />
Interior/Exterior Painting<br />
Free Est. ~ 18 Yrs. Exp.<br />
CDC/EPA Approved Guidelines<br />
614-284-2100<br />
SINCE 1973<br />
Phil Bolon Contr.<br />
Windows & Siding<br />
Decks, Kitchens, Baths<br />
Room Additions,<br />
Flooring, Roofing<br />
Bsmt Waterproofing<br />
Deal With Small Non-Pressure Co.<br />
47 Yrs. Exp. - Refs. Avail.<br />
Lic.-Bond-Ins.<br />
10-18<br />
SW/W<br />
614-332-3320<br />
10-11<br />
A/M<br />
Free Est. - Financing Avail.<br />
Member BBB Of Cent. OH<br />
O.C.I.E.B. ID #24273<br />
614-419-3977<br />
or 614-863-9912<br />
4-11 A<br />
11-1 A<br />
11-1 A<br />
HOME<br />
IMPROVEMENTS<br />
Quality is our #1 Priority<br />
HELMS’ CONTRACTING<br />
Call For FREE ESTIMATES<br />
New Kitchens & Baths<br />
New Replacement Windows<br />
Basement Remodels<br />
Room Additions • Roofs<br />
More than 25 Years Experience<br />
Licensed • Insured • Bonded<br />
Bill Helms 614-296-0850<br />
or 614-801-1801 10-11<br />
W/SW<br />
HOME INSPECTIONS<br />
Home Inspections<br />
“Welcome Home”<br />
Inspection Services<br />
Starting at $185<br />
Licensed<br />
InterNACHI/CPI<br />
Certified<br />
Free Estimates &<br />
Discounts 10-25 A<br />
Cell 614-316-9600<br />
LANDSCAPING<br />
WE RAKE LEAVES!<br />
No job too big or too small.<br />
We offer a full range of<br />
landscape services<br />
Fast • Affordable • Reliable<br />
Call Dustin for a<br />
FREE Estimate today!<br />
614-357-7847<br />
LAWN CARE<br />
LET US MAINTAIN<br />
YOUR LAWN & GARDEN<br />
FOR YOU<br />
Summer, Spring,<br />
Winter or Fall<br />
WE DO IT ALL!!!!<br />
Lawn Cuts, Edging,<br />
Trees & Shrubs, Garden,<br />
Mulching, Hauling,<br />
Garden Pond &<br />
Home Maint.<br />
Free Ests. Low Rates<br />
$20 & Up<br />
Kevin - 614-905-3117<br />
FREE ESTIMATES<br />
The Lawn Barber<br />
FALL CLEAN-UPS<br />
Cut & Trim Starting at<br />
$28 & up. Hedge Clipping,<br />
Edging, Yard Clean-up &<br />
Hauled Away.<br />
614-935-1466<br />
MOVING<br />
Aaron Allen Moving<br />
Local Moving Since 1956<br />
Bonded & Insured<br />
614-299-6683, 263-0649<br />
Celebrating 60 yrs in business<br />
PAINTING<br />
A Job Well Done Again<br />
A lic. General Contractor<br />
Some Skilled Services<br />
Incl: Painting • Stucco,<br />
Repair•Carpentry•Exterior<br />
Drainage & Home Maint.<br />
Call Today! 614-235-1819<br />
★ ★ ★<br />
Painting - Int./Ext.<br />
Powerwash - Free Est.<br />
30 Yrs Exp. Call Dave<br />
614-270-2369 God Bless<br />
11-1 w/sw/m<br />
PEST<br />
CONTROL<br />
Classified Services<br />
TERMITE & PEST CONTROL<br />
3093 W. Broad St., Cols.<br />
614-367-9000<br />
TERMITES? PESTS?<br />
BED BUGS?<br />
$100 OFF New Termite Services!<br />
With This Ad<br />
Monthly & Quarterly Pest Services<br />
Great Prices!!<br />
Licensed & Insured<br />
Free Termite Inspection<br />
PAINTING<br />
Painter Over 30 Yrs Exp.<br />
Free Est. Reas Rates<br />
Daniel 614-226-4221<br />
PLASTERING<br />
DRYW<br />
YWALL &<br />
PLASTER<br />
11/1<br />
A&M<br />
REPAIR<br />
Textured Ceilings<br />
614-551-6963<br />
Residential/Commercial<br />
BIA<br />
❏ London<br />
❏ Main St.<br />
❏ Phone<br />
❏ Walk In<br />
❏ Sales/Mail<br />
columbus<br />
Me ssenger<br />
Established in 1974<br />
the Columbus <strong>Messenger</strong> Co.<br />
3500 Sullivant Avenue<br />
Columbus, Ohio 43204<br />
614/272-5422<br />
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CHRIS’<br />
PLUMBING<br />
“Plumbing & Drain Professional<br />
That You Can Count On”<br />
24 Hrs., 7 Days/Week<br />
No Overtime Charges<br />
24 Yrs. Exp. in Plumbing &<br />
Drain Cleaning Field<br />
Call For A Free Phone Estimate<br />
$100.00 For Any Small Drain<br />
614-622-4482<br />
30% OFF with AD<br />
Classification:<br />
❏ Eastside <strong>Messenger</strong><br />
❏ Westside <strong>Messenger</strong><br />
❏ Southeast <strong>Messenger</strong><br />
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❏ Madison <strong>Messenger</strong><br />
❏ All Newspapers<br />
11/1 A/M<br />
❏ Cash<br />
❏ Check<br />
❏ Money Order<br />
❏ VISA ❏ MC<br />
PLUMBING<br />
All About Drains & Plumb.<br />
Will snake any sm drain<br />
$125 + tax. 614-778-2584<br />
ALL IN ONE<br />
PLUMBING LLC<br />
“One Call Does It All”<br />
$25 OFF LABOR<br />
11/1<br />
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614-801-1508<br />
All Major Credit Cards Accepted<br />
POWER WASHING<br />
Bates & Sons<br />
Soft Wash & Powerwash<br />
5 ★ Google Reviews<br />
614-586-3417<br />
MRS. POWERWASH<br />
Any house wash $149 + tax<br />
Single deck $69 + tax<br />
2 Tier deck $99 + tax<br />
Best Wash In Town<br />
Over 45,000 Washes<br />
Ashley, 614-771-3892<br />
ROOFING<br />
Robinson roofing & repairs<br />
30 yrs. exp. Lifetime Cols.<br />
resident. Lic./bonded/Ins.<br />
Reas rates. Member of<br />
BBB. Dennis Robinson<br />
614-330-3087, 732-3100<br />
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SEWING MACHINE<br />
REPAIR<br />
REPAIR all makes 24 hr.<br />
service. Clean, oil, adjust<br />
in your home. $39.95 all<br />
work gtd. 614-890-5296<br />
TOP SOIL<br />
Alexander Hauling<br />
Driveways topped w/new<br />
limestone. We also deliver<br />
Topsoil - sand - mulch.<br />
Specializing in residential.<br />
614-491-5460<br />
Bobcat Service Avail.<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
TROTT<br />
TREE & LANDSCAPE<br />
Tree Trimming<br />
& Removal<br />
Also Stump Removal<br />
Free Est. - Fully Ins.<br />
Call 614-235-3791<br />
Cell 614-738-0682<br />
Brewer & Sons Tree Service<br />
• Tree Removal<br />
• Tree Trimming 11-1<br />
A&M<br />
• Stump Grinding<br />
• Bucket Truck Services<br />
Best Prices • Same Day Service<br />
614-878-2568<br />
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Exp. Date<br />
$5.00 min. by fax or e-mail - $12.50 by phone<br />
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<br />
5<strong>4th</strong><br />
ANNIVERSARY SALE<br />
50% OFF<br />
ALL DAY<br />
On Select Styles<br />
50% Anniversary Sale!<br />
Saturday, <strong>October</strong> 10th<br />
ALL DAY EVENT<br />
<br />
1490 PRIVATE Stringtown SALE Road<br />
PREFERRED CUSTOMERS ONLY<br />
BEFORE BEING OFFERED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC<br />
614-594-0230<br />
50% Anniversary Sale!<br />
Saturday, <strong>October</strong> 10th<br />
10am to 5pm<br />
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