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PAGE 4 - MESSENGER - February 21, 2021 Rangers ready Photos courtesy of Hamilton Local Schools The Hamilton Township High School boys and girls varsity basketball teams are winding up their regular season schedule and getting ready for tournament play. Pictured here in recent game action are Brock McGuire (left) of the Ranger boys varsity team and Brooklyn Bolen (right) of the Ranger girls varsity team. www.columbusmessenger.com Cael Shaw has big plans By Linda Dillman Staff Writer During the Feb. 8 Hamilton Local Schools Board of Education meeting, the first Hamilton Township High School student to pursue a social science and civic engagement honors diploma presented part of his final requirement–a public presentation to the board. “I plan on using this honors diploma to pursue a career in environmental law and political science,” said senior Cael Shaw. “When I started down this path, I wanted to go to medical school and be a pediatrician, but after sitting at home for several months, it took some thinking and everything I’ve done in the last four years has geared me more towards a law or civic career.” Shaw said in addition to serving as a member of a superintendent’s student advisory board, he is also president of the HTHS Environmental Club and is passionate about the issue. “I feel that being an environmental lawyer in the future is a perfect combination of all the things I’m passionate about,” said Shaw, who was named U. S. Representative Steve Stivers’ Congressional Student of the Month, is a six-time Mid-State League academic allleague in soccer/swimming, and varsity captain of both teams. Stivers also nominated Shaw for an appointment to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and Shaw waiting on the application to be accepted. His list of awards includes numerous fair honors, the Sierra Club Alter Service Award and the Ohio University Trial and Law Institute Most Promising Future Professional Award. Shaw is a Groveport Special Olympics volunteer swim coach and serves on Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Teen Ambassador Board. He has also served as a volunteer poll worker. “The past election I worked the polls as a Youth at the Booth member at a local precinct in Obetz as a machine judge and a door greeter,” said Shaw. “It was a really long day of doing anything and everything.” His long-standing interest in civics was fostered in sixth grade when he joined a Hamilton Township Intermediate School Ohio Model United Nations team for the first time and continued as a member through 12th grade. “I believe OMUN is my most favorite thing I’ve participated in except for sports,” Shaw said. “It helped me develop my love for civics. It’s part of the reason I’m so involved and passionate when it comes to civics and global politics like the U.N. I’m proud to be a Ranger and will always be proud to be a Ranger.” Are you or a loved one approaching Medicare Decisions Soon? M ed icare Annual Enroll ment Period th Oct. 15 th Dec. 7 Call me t Consultatio n $0 Fee Call me t Consultatio $0 Fee Terri Curcio 6 14-460-060460 060 01 Terri Curcio 614-460-0601 0601 Local representative, I can mail you your choice of carrier(s) information or we can Local repre meet esentative, via Zoom call. I can ma And ail Iyou can your enroll preferre a client ed without carrier(s) a face-to-f information ace meeting to review. or Also, I can enrol schedul l a client e a personal without meetin a face ng to if you face prefer. meeting or schedule a one-on-one meeting if you prefer. OHIO INS. #43449 Available year round to answer questions, or to help resolve an issue. NO FEE Offering different types of plans with top-rated carriers. I will work for you to find the plan that fits your needs and lifestyle, while offering the lowest copays. Review different types of Medicare plans with top-rated carriers. I work for you to find the plan that fits your needs and lifestyle, while offering low copays. Do I qualify for Low Income Subsidy (LIS) to reduce my Rx copays? Turning 65 and new to Medicare Or over 65 and still working needing answers. Grove City Chamber Member
www.columbusmessenger.com Libraries to reopen for limited services February 21, 2021 - MESSENGER - PAGE 5 The Columbus Metropolitan Library will reopened most of its 23 locations for limited services on Feb. 8. With limited services customers can enter the building to: browse the shelves to pick out items; pick up items on hold; get Grab & Go Books; return items; use a computer (60-minute limit); reserve a table; print, copy, scan and fax; and get in-person Job Help and Homework Help at limited locations. The Marion-Franklin Branch, which has been closed for all services, will reopen with limited weekday hours. Curbside pickup and walk-up services will remain available for those customers who prefer them. Phone Lines: CML staff are available at 614-645-2275 to give customers the help they need Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Follow CML on social media (Facebook, Twitter) and check columbuslibrary.org for updates. Additional changes in operation will be shared as this public health situation continues to evolve. Visit https://www.columbuslibrary.org for information. Digging a hole One summer day in 1966 I started digging a hole in the backyard. I was 10 years old, going on 11, when, on a hot July afternoon, I decided to take an old shovel from our garage with the intent to dig a hole in the patchy ground near where our old trash burning barrel stood. I should explain the “trash burning barrel.” Back in the 1960s it was common in our small town for every yard to have some sort of metal barrel to burn household trash. This was in the days before air pollution laws were enacted. The ground around the trash burning barrel was patchy and rough, so I figured I would dig there so as not to mess up the backyard grass, which also doubled as our neighborhood baseball field, football field, and basketball court. I plunged the shovel into the somewhat soft ground and started digging. The sound and visual of me randomly digging naturally roused the interest of the other boys in the neighborhood who soon crowded around to see what I was doing. “Why you digging a hole?” one asked. “I don’t know,” I said. “Kinda felt like it.” “Are you looking for something buried there?” asked another kid. “No, just digging,” I said. Perplexed, the other boys watched for a while because, in the slow paced summer days of our youth, kids often spent time happily lazing around between ball games, bike rides, and other such things. I kept digging and soon the other kids bored of my pursuit and wandered off leaving me there in the quiet of the yard with only the sounds of the birds and the shovel biting the earth. I’m sure my mom, looking through the column Editor’s Notebook window of our house, noticed my random digging, but she did not intervene, no doubt because she saw no harm in it. I dug all afternoon and created a hole in the ground that was a cross between a circle and a square in shape. It was about four to five feet in diameter and about four to five feet deep. I even made Rick Palsgrove a few muddy stairs to make it easier to get in and out of the hole. I was pleased with the hole. I used the steps a few times. I looked the hole over. I never did find any man made objects in the ground I dug up, but I was not hoping to. It was then late afternoon. I admired my creation, and it was a creation because the hole was something that was not there before I dug it. It felt satisfying to make this hole, to feel the dirt and to see its brown richness, to handle the shovel, and to focus on a simple task that had no purpose other than to create a hole. I took one last look at the hole in the ground, took up the shovel, and then, shovel full by shovel full, filled the whole back in, returning the ground roughly to its former state. It felt good. Rick Palsgrove is managing editor of the Messenger Newspapers. Snowy walk Messenger photo by Pat Donahue Jamie Martin of Obetz was able to get out early and enjoy the beauty of a few inches of fresh snowfall in Three Creeks Metro Park on Feb. 9. ink spring - Groveport Community Garden Interested in gardening, but don’t have space at your residence? Consider gardening at the Groveport Community Garden. The garden is in Heritage Park, 551 Wirt Road, Groveport. Dozens of plots available. On-site water available as well as fertile soil. Cost is $10 per plot. Groveport residents and persons who had a plot in 2020 may register beginning Feb. 1. Non-resident registration begins March 1. Planting begins in early April. The garden closes on Nov. 1. For information, visit www.groveportrec.com/259/Community- Garden or call Kyle Lund at 614-836-1000. southeast Messenger (Distribution: 16,822) Rick Palsgrove................................South Editor eastside@ columbusmessenger.com Published every other Sunday by The Columbus Messenger Co. 3500 Sullivant Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43204-1887 (614) 272-5422 Keep tabs on the news in Canal Winchester and Hamilton Twp. Look for South Messenger on Become a fan!
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