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PAGE 6 - MESSENGER - April 18, 2021 Kindergarten registration Online registration for Canal Winchester Schools’ 2021-22 kindergarten runs through May 7. Your child must be age 5 on or before Aug. 1, 2021 to be eligible to attend kindergarten for the 2021-22 school year. Go to www.cwschools.org and click on the “Kindergarten Registration 2021-22” link for instructions. Online registration must be completed by April 7 for your child to participate in Kindergarten Round Up. Kindergarten Round Up will be May 12-14 at Indian Trail Elementary, 6767 Gender Road. For information call (614) 837-4533. DON’T HAVE CURBSIDE RECYCLING? NEED CARDBOARD RECYCLING OPTIONS? SWACO makes recycling easy with drop-off sites that accept: plastic bottles, tubs and jugs, metal cans, carton containers, glass bottles and jars, paper & cardboard. Find your nearest recycling site at recycleright.org. EQUALITY Continued from page 1 have to switch. We’ve talked about options how to do this with the least amount of impact. We don’t have to make definitive choices immediately. Our maximum situation is one month without the community center.” Sims said city offices could be available in the new municipal building as soon as the first week in December. “That’s our goal,” said Sims, “to move VIEWS Continued from page 1 said Dolan. “We already have problems going in and out of the grocery store and people have problems getting out on U.S. 33 to get to Columbus. We already have warehouses with semi-trucks and there is a potentially more right here.” Ashley Ward was also concerned about the potential for increased traffic along an already busy corridor. “Trying to get on Gender Road from U.S. 33 is very congested and you can’t honestly tell us that more warehouses aren’t going to bring more truck traffic,” Ward said. “That adds time to my commute every morning and every afternoon. That means less time at home with my family.” Phillip Kumar said there are plenty of empty warehouses throughout the local area and felt there was no real commitment for the site once the zoning is changed. Brandon Hord is worried about the loss RecycleRight.org into that building this year.” McGill Park update Public Service Director Matt Peoples updated council on McGill Park, soccer fields, parking, shelter house, paths and an inclusive playground area with multiple opportunities for children. As presented, the playground includes a 70-foot-long zip line, climbing wall, sensory play panels, a balance beam framed by log of old growth trees. He said that clear-cutting of the trees within the development area was not simply about taking out a handful of trees, but the bulldozing of a small forest. “We were doing it to build another warehouse or a flex building in the heart of our commercial district. Unfortunately, those trees are gone forever,” said Hord, who said the city made several arguments for removal of the trees with which he does not agree. “In 1953, there were three tree areas of woods in the Gender Road area,” said Hord. “What do those look like today? One patch is where the Sunoco station is on Waterloo and that patch largely stands. Another patch stands where the X Church stands.” Councilman Pat Lynch said he struggles with the idea and, while he wants to attract the income, he also wants to maintain the aesthetics of the buildings on the same side of the road as the proposed rezoning. “If they made this building to architecturally match what’s been done along there (southside of the road), I might consider it,” Did you know that every year, Franklin County residents and businesses send over a million tons of material to the Franklin County Landfill? Even more surprising – nearly 76 percent of all material in the landfill could have been recycled or composted. Forty percent of Franklin County’s waste stream is generated by residents, families and other households, yet less than half of the items these households could recycle are captured. The most frequently tossed-out items include food, cardboard, magazines and newspapers, all of which could be diverted from the landfill. In order to capture more of these materials, SWACO offers convenient drop-off recycling sites around Franklin County and recently added two additional drop-off locations to better serve you. •PAST Foundation located at 1003 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212 •Jerry L. Garver YMCA located at 6767 Refugee Road, Canal Winchester, OH 43110 It’s not enough to simply recycle – it’s just as www.columbusmessenger.com steppers at each end, and a swing set. The outdoor complex also includes a child-size theatre and music cottage, hill climber with synthetic turf, tippy carousel, and a crawling net course. A switchback path from the parking area allows ADA compliant access. “We’re really excited for the playground,” said Peoples. “Obviously, there’s a lot more detail in that. It’s very unique.” said Lynch. “But the way it is being proposed, No. It does not continue the look that our previous councils and previous planning and zonings in 2002 intended to achieve. Take this building and put it somewhere else, I’ll vote for it. We’ve got Canal Pointe. Build it over there. Lots of room. Great spot for it.” Councilman Chuck Milliken said, while the applicant’s request is for a change to industrial zoning which allows manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, the site’s present commercial zoning designation would also result in an increase in traffic as well. “That’s what Gender Road is–commercial,” Milliken said. “People have places they need to get to buy things.” While voting to send the rezoning ordinance on to Canal Winchester City Council for consideration, Councilwoman Jill Amos still feels there are too many issues in order to approve the request and wanted to take a look at the traffic survey before making a decision. PAID ADVERTISING SWACO expands drop-off recycling program with two additional locations important to recycle right. The SWACO drop-off sites only accept plastic bottles, tubs and jugs; metal cans; carton containers; glass bottles and jars; paper and cardboard. Remember to break down and flatten cardboard boxes and keep recyclables loose (don’t place them in plastic bags!). And, remember that leaving anything on the ground outside of these locations is considered illegal and will be investigated by the Environmental Crimes Taskforce. SWACO works diligently with local businesses who graciously host these sites for the community’s use. As such, it’s important they’re used correctly and not abused so that we can continue to offer this program as a community service. Help make everyday Earth Day by recycling right. Find a drop-off location near you, and visit RecycleRight.org for more information about recycling in our community.
www.columbusmessenger.com Update on Madison Township residents’ natural gas bills By Linda Dillman Staff Writer If you are a Madison Township resident, you might have received an unwelcome surprise in a recent natural gas utility bill. According to the township’s utility advisor, Trebel, LLC, and its representative Scott Belcastro, natural gas supplier Volunteer Energy services took steps to charge customers for a purported increase in Volunteer’s costs due to two separate events. “Trebel believes Volunteer’s actions to increase your costs have caused Volunteer to be unjustly compensated by customers and requires your community to take action on behalf of its residents” wrote Belcastro in a letter to Volunteer Energy Services on the township’s behalf. The two events Belcastro said allegedly allowed Volunteer to pass through additional costs over and above a contractual fixed-price adder was a pipeline request by Donate blood The American Red Cross urges individuals who are healthy to make an appointment to donate blood. Schedule a blood donation appointment by downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting Red- CrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device. Blood drives will be held locally at: •Canal Winchester: YMCA Jerry Garver Columbia Gas Transmission (TCO) to increase rates for storage and transmission and the cold winter weather event in Texas. “TCO filed a rate case with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and implemented new rates, subject to refund, to suppliers starting Feb. 1, 2021, which would significantly increase the cost of storage and transmission on the TCO pipeline,” wrote Belcastro. According to Belcastro, while the action affected suppliers in February, the federal rate case application and new rates proposed by Columbia Gas have not yet been approved by the regulatory commission. The current Columbia Gas charge is NYMEX plus $0.107 per cubic foot. “To compensate Volunteer for TCO’s increased Volunteer increased your price of natural gas by adding an additional charge of $0.0715 per ccf to the previously charged NYMEX plus fixed-price adder, beginning Feb. 1,” wrote Belcastro. “Volunteer appears Branch, 6767 Refugee Road, on April 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 6500 Fox Hill Drive, April 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CW Farmers’ Market The 2021 Canal Winchester Farmers’ Market will begin on Saturday, May 29 and run through Saturday, Sept. 25 from 9 a.m. to noon. For information visit www.thecwfm.com. Our Pictorial Past by Rick Palsgrove Photo courtesy of the Canal Winchester Area Historical Society CW baseball, 1905 Pictured here is the Canal Winchester High School 1905 Franklin County League champion baseball team. Team members, from left to right, were: Ralph McGarity, Glenn Thrush, Stanley Tallman, Bill Haffey, Roy Kramer, Louie Saylor, Frank Roberts, John Boyd (manager), Harmon Hitt, and Clarence Ballmer. According to the book, “Canal Winchester: The Second Ninety Years,” by Lillian Carroll and Frances Steube, the team’s ball field was in Gayman’s pasture northeast of Canal Winchester. The Franklin County League in 1905 consisted of Canal Winchester, Groveport, Hilliard, Worthington, and Reynoldsburg. According to Carroll and Steube, “The team traveled to games by the Scioto Valley Traction Line (interurban electric railway), horse and buggy, or Sam Saylor’s covered hack wagon.” Spring City Work Day On April 24, Brockstrong will host a Spring City Work Day from 9 a.m. - noon in Canal Winchester. Join them as they pick up trash and spruce up the concessions stand at Hanner’s Park, work in the community garden at the food pantry and more. To register visit, www.signupgenious.com/go/60b094faaab2e a57-city CONGRATULATIONS KENNEDI MARIOTH Class of 2020 Central Crossing High School SAMPLE Good Luck at Columbus State April 18, 2021 - MESSENGER - PAGE 7 to be claiming that a regulatory event occurred to allow it to take action.” With the additional charge, the cost to customers jumps in April to NYMEX plus $0.170 per ccf. Trebel alleges Volunteer is violating the township contract in that no regulatory event has yet occurred to allow the company to pass through the rate increases and the community and that Trebel LLC was not notified of the increase prior to Volunteer assessing the charges. The shutdown of energy services in Texas due to extreme weather also had a purported impact on the cost of providing gas to Madison Township customers. “Volunteer alleges that due to this cold weather event and shut down that they could not have foreseen, they were required to purchase additional natural gas in the market at extremely high prices,” said Belcastro. “As a result, Volunteer increased your price of natural gas by adding an additional charge of $0.09 per ccf…beginning March 1. Volunteer has stated that it only intends to assess this additional charge on customers’ March bills.” A special Madison Township trustee meeting was held on April 6 by Trebel LLC to discuss the increases. During his presentation to the township, Belcastro said, “Volunteer has since decided to refund back to residents this summer the one-time charge ($13-$15) that it collected from residents on March bills.” Madison Township Administrator Susan Brobst said the “cold-weather” event fee refund will be in the form of a check and that the township is waiting on a timeline confirmation for the refund. “The remaining fee charged is still being discussed,” said Brobst, who previously said the township believes the rate increases are unfair and not permitted by the contract. Art on the Canal Art Stroll The 2021 Art on the Canal Art Stroll will be held on May 15 from noon to 6 p.m. in historic downtown Canal Winchester. According to Destination Canal Winchester, because 2020 was a difficult year for small businesses including artists and fine crafters, those who participate this year will not be charged. For information visit www.destinationcw.org/artStroll. 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