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<strong>Messenger</strong><br />
<strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Class<br />
of<br />
<strong>2021</strong><br />
<strong>June</strong> 13-26, <strong>2021</strong> www.columbusmessenger.com Vol. XXXVIII, No. 26<br />
Federal funds being used<br />
to ensure health & safety<br />
of GM students and staff<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Editor<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Schools officials are<br />
using federal funds to enhance the schools<br />
for the district’s students.<br />
The district received the federal money<br />
from The Elementary and Secondary<br />
School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER).<br />
“This money is used to help the district<br />
prevent, prepare, and respond to the<br />
COVID-19 pandemic,” said <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Madison Superintendent Garilee Ogden.<br />
Ogden emphasized the ESSER money is<br />
federally funded and no money is being<br />
spent from the district’s general fund for<br />
the projects listed below. She also said<br />
there are no plans to ask the voters to<br />
approve an operating levy before 2024.<br />
Last fall <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison received<br />
$1.9 million in ESSER 1 money that was<br />
used to pay teachers working in the<br />
Cruiser Digital Academy as well as provide<br />
personal protective equipment to students<br />
and staff to protect them from the coronavirus.<br />
This spring the district received $8.3<br />
million in ESSER 2 funding that is being<br />
used districtwide this summer to help<br />
fund: the Cruiser Connect program (see<br />
story about this program on page 5 of this<br />
edition of the <strong>Groveport</strong> <strong>Messenger</strong>); pay<br />
for eight instructional coaches for teachers<br />
to help with reading and math instruction<br />
and technology integration in the classrooms;<br />
200 computer tablets for pre-school;<br />
reimbursements for Chromebook computer<br />
Being there<br />
is why I’m here.<br />
losses and repairs; and updating staff<br />
Chromebooks where needed.<br />
“The ESSER 2 funds also are helping to<br />
pay for a ton of facility work at our buildings<br />
this summer to create safer and<br />
healthier environments for students and<br />
staff,” said Ogden.<br />
These facility projects districtwide<br />
include: HVAC improvements that will<br />
help clean the air in the schools by eradicating<br />
viruses, bacteria, germs, and mold;<br />
replacing fluorescent lighting with more<br />
efficient LED lighting (except for the high<br />
school which already has LED lighting);<br />
replacing restroom faucets with touch less<br />
faucets and replacing sinks where needed;<br />
more personal protective equipment and<br />
cleaning supplies; replacing drinking fountains<br />
with new fountains that include<br />
touchless water bottle fillers; additional<br />
furniture where needed, including lunch<br />
tables that will allow for proper social distancing<br />
space, a feature that was requested<br />
by the students; new phonics kits for<br />
grades K-2; six aides (one each for each elementary<br />
school) who will work with kids<br />
who need sensory breaks and a place to<br />
refocus before returning to the classroom;<br />
computer hot spots for students who lack<br />
internet access at home; and vape detectors<br />
in the middle schools and high school<br />
and restrooms.<br />
“The improved HVAC systems means<br />
cleaner air for the kids,” said Ogden.<br />
“It brings more air in and disinfects it as<br />
See GM, page 2<br />
Hats Off to the<br />
Class of <strong>2021</strong>!<br />
Cahill honored<br />
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<strong>Messenger</strong> photo by Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison High School varsity softball player Kendyll Cahill had a successful<br />
season this year and was named: first team Ohio Capital Conference; Ohio<br />
Capital Conference co-player of the year in the Buckeye Division; first team All-<br />
District; and second team All-State. Cahill batted .549, hit six home runs and had<br />
24 RBI this season. As a pitcher she struck out 331 batters. Cahill also pitched a<br />
perfect game against Reynoldsburg on April 15, a game where she struck out 12<br />
batters and she also went 2 for 2 batting, including a home run. (Information provided<br />
by <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Schools.)<br />
City councilman resigns<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Editor<br />
Sain Insurance Agency Inc. Total average savings of<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> City Councilman Chad Grashel will<br />
Lisa Sain, Agent<br />
$ resign from council.<br />
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“My final council meeting will be on Monday, <strong>June</strong><br />
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Grashel is resigning because he will be moving outside<br />
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*average annual household savings based on national 2015 survey of new<br />
SEE PAGES<br />
Grashel was first appointed to council in April 2018<br />
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State Farm Murual Automotive Insurance Company, State Farm Indemnity Company,<br />
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<strong>Groveport</strong> City Council is considering legislation<br />
that would enable the city to seek restitution from people<br />
who cause damage to public property.<br />
“We wanted to formalize a process that provides the<br />
opportunity for us to seek reimbursement for costs<br />
when individuals cause damage to public property,”<br />
said <strong>Groveport</strong> City Administrator B.J. King. “I anticipate<br />
this process will be used mainly for damage from<br />
traffic accidents. On occasion a traffic accident can<br />
result in damage to public property, such as<br />
guardrails, street signs, and light poles. In the past the<br />
city has paid for these repairs. Instead of eating the<br />
cost for the repairs, the city would work with the individual’s<br />
insurance provider to seek reimbursement.”<br />
King said there have not necessarily been a frequency<br />
accidents lately that triggered this process.<br />
“However, we want to have the process and fees in<br />
RESIGNS<br />
GM<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
it moves through the system,” added <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Madison Deputy Superintendent Jamie Grube.<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Communications Director Jeff<br />
Warner said the new, full spectrum LED lighting will<br />
create a better learning environment for students and<br />
result in utility savings to the district<br />
Ogden said the idea for installing vape detectors<br />
came from the students who are worried about vaping<br />
and smoking in the schools.<br />
“The vape detectors can detect smoke from marijuana,<br />
e-cigarettes, cigarettes, and from a fire. They can<br />
also detect loud noise,” said Ogden. “The detector notifies<br />
our administrators, staff, principals, and school<br />
resource officers. If something happens, there can be<br />
an instant response.”<br />
Projects for specific school buildings<br />
Some ESSER 2 funds are going toward work at a<br />
few specific school buildings, including: needed<br />
improved asphalt in paved play areas at Asbury,<br />
Dunloe, Glendening, and <strong>Groveport</strong> elementaries,<br />
which will enable outdoor learning activities as<br />
requested by the students; roof replacement at Sedalia<br />
Elementary; HVAC improvements for the <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Elementary gym and auditorium; and the replacement<br />
of the old, two classroom modular unit at <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Elementary with a new, four classroom modular that<br />
includes restrooms.<br />
“The new modular at <strong>Groveport</strong> Elementary will<br />
provide more space and have better heating and cooling<br />
than the old modular,” said Ogden.<br />
Added Grube, “The replacement modular classroom<br />
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Recouping losses from damage to public property<br />
place for whenever an accident does occur,” said King.<br />
“In the past, guardrails, street signs, and light poles<br />
have been damaged.”<br />
When asked if this ordinance would also apply<br />
when individuals vandalize public property, King said,<br />
“This is geared more toward damage from traffic accidents,<br />
but if someone intentionally damaged public<br />
property, we would do what we could to seek reimbursement<br />
for the cost of repairs.”<br />
King said the amount of money the city could save<br />
if this legislation is enacted is difficult to estimate.<br />
“This is all based on damage to public property,”<br />
said King. “However, this will save the city money any<br />
time damage occurs to public property and we can<br />
recoup the cost for repair.”<br />
Council heard the first reading of the legislation on<br />
May 24 and will discuss it further at its committee of<br />
the whole meeting on <strong>June</strong> 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the<br />
municipal building, 655 Blacklick St.<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
former councilman Marvin Stevens resigned in March<br />
2018.<br />
Grashel’s replacement will fill his unexpired term<br />
on council, which runs through Dec. 31, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
“It has been a blessing to be part of the <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
community and an honor to serve the residents on city<br />
council,” said Grashel. “When I moved here this community<br />
welcomed and embraced me as one of their<br />
own. Some of the best people you will find grew up and<br />
still live right here in <strong>Groveport</strong>. For me and my family,<br />
calling <strong>Groveport</strong> home has been a wonderful experience<br />
and it is a privilege to get to call ‘Central Ohio’s<br />
Hometown’ my adopted hometown.”<br />
Grashel believes <strong>Groveport</strong>’s future is “extremely<br />
bright.”<br />
“It is a healthy community with passionate leadership,<br />
starting with Mayor Westcamp, the city council,<br />
staff, and police department,” said Grashel. “After<br />
growing up in a similar small town I appreciate the<br />
emphasis city leadership has placed on keeping the<br />
charm that makes the town so special, while looking to<br />
the future for ways to make the experience of living<br />
here even better.”<br />
According to the <strong>Groveport</strong> City Charter, <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
City Council has 30 days from the date of Grashel’s<br />
resignation to name his replacement. If council has not<br />
named a replacement within 30 days, then Mayor<br />
Lance Westcamp has the authority to select someone<br />
to fill the seat by appointment.<br />
Council has not yet announced if it will be accepting<br />
applications for the open council seat or how it will<br />
proceed in selecting Grashel’s replacement.<br />
eases pressure on the building, but it is not a long term<br />
solution to our classroom overcrowding for the school<br />
district.”<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Treasurer Felicia Drummey<br />
said these ESSER 2 funds must be used up by<br />
September 2023.<br />
ESSER 3 funding<br />
In March <strong>2021</strong>, the district was notified it could<br />
receive $18.9 million in federal American Rescue Plan<br />
Act ESSER 3 funding that must be spent by<br />
September 2024.<br />
Ogden said the decisions on how this funding is to<br />
be spent requires input from the <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison<br />
Board of Education and the community.<br />
The public is invited to the <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison<br />
Board of Education’s <strong>June</strong> 22 meeting at 7 p.m. in the<br />
administrative offices, 4400 Marketing Place, Suite B,<br />
in <strong>Groveport</strong>, to offer input.<br />
“We are also sending a survey to our district families<br />
with students asking them how they would like to<br />
see this money spent,” said Ogden. “The survey will be<br />
on our website at gocruisers.org and it will also be<br />
emailed to families and staff.”<br />
The plan for the ESSER 3 funds must be submitted<br />
to the Ohio Department of Education by Aug. 20.<br />
The district will also post on its website by <strong>June</strong> 24<br />
its plan for this fall’s in-person return to school.<br />
“Our ultimate goal is getting our kids and staff back<br />
in the classroom in a healthy and safe environment,”<br />
said Ogden.
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<strong>June</strong> 13, <strong>2021</strong> - GROVEPORT MESSENGER - PAGE 3<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Senior Center is back in action!<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Editor<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Senior Center re-opened<br />
in May and will celebrate its return with<br />
an open house on July 10 from 10 a.m. to 3<br />
p.m.<br />
“This will be an open house event,” said<br />
Lisa Zurbriggen, city of <strong>Groveport</strong> senior<br />
services manager. “All are welcome and<br />
invited to come see the center and all that<br />
we have to offer for seniors. There will be<br />
craft demonstrations, sponsor organizations,<br />
chair volleyball demonstrations, and<br />
tours of the facility. It will be a great opportunity<br />
for the community to come see the<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Senior Center.”<br />
Like many places over the past year, the<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Senior Center had been closed<br />
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
“We were closed for most of 2020 from<br />
mid-March until we opened our doors on<br />
May 12, <strong>2021</strong>,” said Zurbriggen. “During<br />
that time, the staff made phone calls to<br />
check on our members each month and we<br />
got to hear their stories. A great deal of<br />
people spoke about how hard it was to be<br />
quarantined and isolated. They spoke<br />
about their fears and even depression<br />
caused by the pandemic. We were able to<br />
offer some drive-thru events monthly<br />
where people could drive their cars to the<br />
center to receive a meal or treat. These<br />
events drew 100 people or more! People<br />
were just so glad to get out of the house and<br />
interact, even briefly, with other people.”<br />
Currently the <strong>Groveport</strong> Senior Center<br />
has 351 members. The minimum age to be<br />
eligible to use the <strong>Groveport</strong> Senior Center<br />
is 55.<br />
“Due to pandemic regulations, the<br />
Center was just able to open our doors to<br />
members to begin activities and events,”<br />
said Zurbriggen. “Each week we are seeing<br />
a few more people<br />
than the week before.<br />
Word is getting out<br />
and people want to<br />
get back to getting out<br />
and being social. Most<br />
of our members have<br />
been fully vaccinated<br />
since the senior population<br />
was the first to<br />
have the opportunity.”<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Senior Center offers<br />
various activities<br />
including social activities<br />
and events, art<br />
and crafting, weekly congregate lunches,<br />
game playing (euchre, hand and foot, billiards,<br />
bingo), a book club, travel opportunities,<br />
physical activities (music and dance,<br />
chair volleyball), life-long learning opportunities<br />
and health screenings.<br />
“As we phase our reopening to ensure<br />
the safety of our members and staff, we will<br />
be adding more activities and events<br />
throughout the year,” said Zurbriggen. “We<br />
are currently working with Columbus<br />
Speech and Hearing to offer education and<br />
screening for members. We will also be<br />
bringing back blood pressure screenings as<br />
we phase back to a full schedule. We also<br />
work with sponsors to offer healthy nutritional<br />
cooking demonstrations and activities.”<br />
Zurbriggen said the <strong>Groveport</strong> Senior<br />
Center important to the community<br />
because it provides a safe and welcoming<br />
space for senior members of <strong>Groveport</strong> and<br />
surrounding communities to gather socially<br />
to enjoy a wide variety of activities and<br />
events that have a positive impact on their<br />
lives.<br />
“The senior demographic continues to<br />
Photo courtesy of the city of <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Chair volleyball is one of the many fun activities at the<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Senior Center.<br />
Blacklick Estates facing water/sewer rate increase<br />
By Linda Dillman<br />
Staff Writer<br />
Blacklick Estates residents could dig deeper into<br />
their budgets in the future to cover water and sewer<br />
costs as Aqua Ohio prepares to ask the Public Utilities<br />
Commission of Ohio to consider rate increases for their<br />
customers across the state.<br />
During a <strong>June</strong> 8 Madison Township trustees meeting,<br />
Madison Township Administrator Susan Brobst<br />
reported on correspondence her office obtained regarding<br />
proposed increases.<br />
“We have received notice from Aqua for both water<br />
and sewer,” said Brobst, who added if an increase is<br />
approved by the commission, it would probably go into<br />
effect the first quarter of 2022. “I’m not sure when<br />
they’re going to the PUCO.”<br />
According to the Ohio Public Utilities Commission<br />
of Ohio, on Feb. 6, 2019, the PUCO approved a 3.66<br />
percent system improvement charge for Aqua Ohio following<br />
a 2018 application. The company also requested<br />
a 3.5 percent improvement charge for households in its<br />
servicing area in 2020.<br />
Ohio law allows PUCO-regulated water and wastewater<br />
companies to establish a system improvement<br />
charge based upon capital improvements and infrastructure<br />
replacements it made since its last received<br />
PUCO authority to increase rates.<br />
“What can residents do to stop this,” asked<br />
Blacklick Estates resident Debbie Miller. “Our water<br />
rates are already ridiculously high. People’s basements<br />
back up continuously. I don’t know what we’re<br />
paying for and I certainly don’t want to pay more.”<br />
Trustee Chairman John Pritchard urged residents<br />
to voice their opinions and concerns to the PUCO<br />
regarding Aqua’s upcoming request.<br />
“If people want to see a change, they need to show<br />
up in numbers,” said Pritchard, “but it has to come<br />
from the residents. The township doesn’t have any<br />
decision-making authority (regarding service/rate<br />
increases).”<br />
Other Madison Township news<br />
•Miller expressed concerns about speeding and<br />
drivers repeatedly ignoring the traffic light at Harbor<br />
and Noe-Bixby. She is afraid a life-threatening accident<br />
is going to happen at the intersection. She said<br />
many of the roads in Blacklick Estates are being used<br />
as racetracks.<br />
“This is happening every day,” said Miller. “On Sunday<br />
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grow and it is very important to have facilities<br />
and programs focused on the needs of<br />
aging community members,” said<br />
Zurbriggen. “Active and engaged senior<br />
center members become active engaged<br />
community members.”<br />
Zurbriggen gave an example of a person<br />
who the <strong>Groveport</strong> Senior Center has<br />
helped.<br />
“When we were making our monthly<br />
check in calls, we encountered a gentleman<br />
that was having a really rough time with<br />
some health issues<br />
and he was struggling<br />
with depression<br />
caused by isolation,”<br />
said Zurbriggen.<br />
“He was no<br />
longer driving and<br />
didn’t have family<br />
close that could help<br />
him. Not only were<br />
we able to spend<br />
time on the phone<br />
with him to encourage<br />
and listen, we<br />
were also able to<br />
deliver a pie to him from one of our drivethru<br />
events. He was so pleased, surprised<br />
and happy to receive the gift and to see one<br />
of our staff members. I’m sure these interactions<br />
were helpful to many of our members<br />
that we talked to.”<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Senior Center is located<br />
at 7370 <strong>Groveport</strong> Road at the <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Recreation Center. It is open the same<br />
hours as the <strong>Groveport</strong> Recreation Center:<br />
5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday;<br />
Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday 8<br />
a.m. to 5 p.m. The Senior Center is staffed<br />
from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through<br />
Friday. For information call 614-836-4599.<br />
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Two documentary films on the history<br />
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Heritage Society and Midnet Media, are<br />
available for viewing online on YouTube.<br />
The films are: “<strong>Groveport</strong>: A Town and Its<br />
People” and “The Story of John S. Rarey<br />
and Cruiser.”<br />
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Reflections on Memorial Day in a small town<br />
The Memorial Day ceremony in<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> was again scaled back this year<br />
due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic,<br />
however, the event maintained its traditional<br />
dignity and spirit.<br />
Editor’s Notebook<br />
Rick<br />
Palsgrove<br />
The ceremony’s<br />
keynote speaker was<br />
Motts Military<br />
Museum Director<br />
Warren Motts, who<br />
brought the meaning<br />
of Memorial Day<br />
home by talking about<br />
its local connections.<br />
Wars are fought on<br />
a large scale involving<br />
nations and thousands,<br />
sometimes millions,<br />
of military personnel.<br />
But each one<br />
of those soldiers, sailors, and airmen have<br />
a family and a hometown. Each one, and<br />
the sacrifice they made, is important.<br />
As American flags softly fluttered above<br />
the many graves of local veterans in the<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Cemetery, Motts said, “We must<br />
always remember the fallen.”<br />
Motts mentioned Lima Company, a company<br />
of United States Marines operating<br />
out of the nearby Rickenbacker Air<br />
National Guard base. He said Lima<br />
Company lost 23 Marines and one U.S.<br />
Navy Corpsman in the Iraq War.<br />
“We must remember all the men and<br />
women who served our country and never<br />
forget the price they paid for our freedoms,”<br />
said Motts.<br />
Motts’ linking the larger<br />
scale of the meaning of<br />
Memorial Day to its local<br />
impact resonated with me.<br />
Memorial Day has a small<br />
town feel about it. Small towns<br />
are places where most people<br />
are familiar with one another.<br />
In small towns, people recognize<br />
family names or can recall<br />
a family’s history.<br />
I’ve been attending<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong>’s Memorial Day<br />
parade procession and the ceremony<br />
in the <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Cemetery since I was a kid. I<br />
know the people who carry the<br />
flowers for the graves as they<br />
walk in the procession down<br />
Main and College streets to the<br />
cemetery. I remember watching<br />
and listening to my sister and<br />
my classmates in the <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Madison High School band play<br />
patriotic music and march in<br />
processional.<br />
The speakers at the ceremony<br />
are familiar as well as the members of<br />
American Legion Robert Dutro Post 486,<br />
which has played a long time active role in<br />
the <strong>Groveport</strong> Memorial Day ceremony. The<br />
Post is named after <strong>Groveport</strong> resident,<br />
Private Robert Dutro, who in 1917 at the age<br />
of 15 joined the 6th Marine Regiment during<br />
World War I. He would later die in France on<br />
July 19, 1918 during the Aisne-Marne offensive.<br />
Memorial Day is personal. Few families<br />
are untouched by the ravages of war. In a<br />
small town if our neighbors hurt, we hurt.<br />
Following this year’s Memorial Day ceremony,<br />
I read the tombstones as I walked<br />
Our Pictorial Past by Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Messenger</strong> photos by Rick Palsgrove<br />
Members of the American Legion Robert Dutro Post<br />
486 rifle squad pray at the beginning of the Memorial<br />
Day ceremony held in the <strong>Groveport</strong> Cemetery on<br />
May 31. See more photos at<br />
columbusmessenger.com.<br />
among the flag decorated graves of the military<br />
veterans in the <strong>Groveport</strong> Cemetery.<br />
There are so many graves. All those last<br />
names etched in stone are so familiar. They<br />
are the names of family members, friends,<br />
neighbors, and fellow townspeople. They<br />
are ancestors who helped build the town<br />
and farmed the nearby fields. They once<br />
lived like us and watched the sun rise.<br />
They gave their all for community and<br />
country. We know them. We will always<br />
remember them.<br />
Rick Palsgrove is editor of the <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
<strong>Messenger</strong>.<br />
Lockbourne Fish Fry<br />
Thurs. & Fri. <strong>June</strong> 17 &18, <strong>2021</strong><br />
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Creamery<br />
Photo courtesy of the <strong>Groveport</strong> Heritage Museum<br />
A stack of butter tubs on the loading dock await delivery by horse and wagon in<br />
this 1907 photo of the <strong>Groveport</strong> Creamery. The creamery was located on Blacklick<br />
Street at Church Street. The building still stands.<br />
Pickerington Central High School senior<br />
Alexander Poth performed “Taps” at the<br />
end of the Memorial Day ceremony held<br />
in the <strong>Groveport</strong> Cemetery on May 31.
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Cruiser Connect<br />
<strong>June</strong> 13, <strong>2021</strong> - GROVEPORT MESSENGER - PAGE 5<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Editor<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison officials and teachers<br />
are seeking to enhance students’ education<br />
in a different way this summer with<br />
the district’s Cruiser Connect Summer<br />
Experience program.<br />
“While we’ve offered summer school in<br />
various formats in the past, this is the first<br />
year for Cruiser Connect,” said <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Madison Superintendent Garilee Ogden.<br />
“Our approach to the program is unlike<br />
what we’ve done before. It will be far more<br />
interactive and fun.”<br />
According to district officials, Cruiser<br />
Connect will take place in several schools<br />
throughout the district: Asbury<br />
Elementary, Dunloe Elementary,<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Elementary, Middle School<br />
North, Middle School South, and<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison High School.<br />
The purpose of the program is to support<br />
students’ academic and social-emotional<br />
growth and development.<br />
“The past year was hard for kids,” said<br />
Ogden. “This isn’t typical summer school of<br />
years past and students won’t be working<br />
on their computers. They’ll be working in<br />
small groups, face-to-face, with a teacher<br />
and with their classmates.”<br />
Ogden said some work will occur in<br />
classrooms and some of it will take place<br />
outside.<br />
“We’ve worked hard to make sure that<br />
it’s interactive and fun because we know<br />
kids need something different from what<br />
they’ve been doing for the past year.”<br />
Ogden said the past 15 months of dealing<br />
with the COVID-19 pandemic has been<br />
difficult for some children. She said that<br />
before March 12, 2020, students were<br />
accustomed to the routines and predictability<br />
of life — a regular school day and face-toface<br />
interactions with friends and family.<br />
The coronavirus pandemic disrupted all<br />
of that.<br />
“(Prior to the pandemic) while computers<br />
were used as an instructional learning<br />
tool, students saw their teachers face-toface<br />
every day,” said Ogden. “They were<br />
accustomed to working in small groups<br />
with their peers, giving live in-class presentations,<br />
and dealing with the normal<br />
day-to-day interactions in which they gain<br />
essential social skills. They also had the<br />
benefit of receiving immediate emotional<br />
support from classmates and the school’s<br />
Alumni Banquet<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Alumni<br />
Association announced it will be resuming<br />
its Alumni Banquet. The next Alumni<br />
Banquet will be held Sept. 18 and will<br />
honor the classes of 1970 and 1971, who<br />
graduated 50 years ago. The following<br />
Alumni Banquet will be May 21, 2022 and<br />
will honor the class of 1972 on the 50th<br />
anniversary of their graduation. The banquets<br />
will be held at <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison<br />
High School, 4475 S. Hamilton Road,<br />
staff.”<br />
In addition to small-group, face-to-face<br />
instruction, Ogden said students this summer<br />
will have counselors who will lead<br />
activities to help students reconnect with<br />
one another.<br />
“With Cruiser Connect, we hope to create<br />
a bridge back to normalcy for our students<br />
so that they’re academically and<br />
socially prepared to resume school in the<br />
‘new normal’ world we’re now living in,”<br />
said Ogden.<br />
According to district officials, 1,253 students<br />
have enrolled in Cruiser Connect<br />
across all grade levels.<br />
“We invited all <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison students<br />
to attend,” said Ogden. “We made a<br />
special effort to reach out to families whose<br />
children would most benefit from the program.We’re<br />
very excited that 100 teachers<br />
have signed up to provide services for the<br />
Cruiser Connect Summer Experience.”<br />
Cruiser Connect runs from 9 a.m. to<br />
noon daily beginning <strong>June</strong> 14 and running<br />
through July 16 (with July 2 and 5 off for<br />
the Independence Day holiday). Students<br />
will get breakfast and lunch daily, and bus<br />
transportation will be provided to any students<br />
who needs it.<br />
Ogden said the program is funded from<br />
federal funds received through the<br />
Elementary and Secondary School<br />
Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund).<br />
The federal government established the<br />
ESSER Fund as part of the Education<br />
Stabilization Fund in the CARES Act.<br />
“In addition, Governor Mike DeWine<br />
asked schools and districts to work with<br />
their communities to help students<br />
advance and make up for any learning that<br />
may have been lost or delayed because of<br />
the coronavirus pandemic,” said Ogden.<br />
“He requested that schools and districts<br />
design plans to meet the needs of students<br />
that could include, but are not limited to,<br />
ending the school year later than scheduled,<br />
beginning the new year early or<br />
extending the school day. Summer programs,<br />
tutoring or remote options also<br />
could be considered.”<br />
Ogden expects Cruiser Connect to be a<br />
success.<br />
“What we expect to see from participants<br />
are children who feel prepared, confident,<br />
and reconnected when they start<br />
(the next school year) on Aug. 16,” said<br />
Ogden.<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong>. The May 21, 2022 date will<br />
resume the normal cycle (third Saturday in<br />
May) for the banquet moving forward.<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> city council<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> City Council holds its regular<br />
meetings at 6:30 p.m. on the second and<br />
fourth Mondays of the month. Council<br />
holds its committee of the whole meeting<br />
on the third Monday each month at 5:30<br />
p.m. Meetings are held in the municipal<br />
building, 655 Blacklick St., <strong>Groveport</strong>.
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GROVEPORT MADISON<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
MADISON CHRISTIAN<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Congratulations & Best Wishes to the<br />
Class of <strong>2021</strong><br />
HARVET PREP<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Congrats to all of this year’s hardworking graduates! Your commitment and dedication have paid off, and today we celebrate<br />
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holds success, happiness, good health and good fortune for you. As you continue this milestone achievement, please be smart and<br />
enjoy the party without drugs or alcohol. We care about your safety!<br />
The Elected Officials and<br />
Employees of Madison Township<br />
Wish You The Best<br />
CLASS OF <strong>2021</strong><br />
M.LAW office<br />
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618 Main St., P.O. Box 127, <strong>Groveport</strong>, Ohio 43125<br />
614.836.3124 614.836.9869<br />
Steven McGann, Managing Attorney<br />
John Mashburn, Retired<br />
Congratulations Class of <strong>2021</strong>!<br />
I love<br />
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<strong>Groveport</strong>, OH 43125<br />
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in a community where people are<br />
making<br />
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of<br />
every<br />
<strong>2021</strong>!<br />
day.<br />
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CLASS OF <strong>2021</strong>”<br />
Much success in all your future<br />
endeavors! Go Cruisers!<br />
Make us proud!!<br />
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580 Main St. <strong>Groveport</strong>, OH 43125<br />
(614) 218-1097<br />
A name you KNOW,<br />
the name you TRUST<br />
Hats off to you,<br />
GRADS!<br />
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Congratulations to the<br />
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to the Class of <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Congratulations to the<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison High School<br />
CLASS OF <strong>2021</strong><br />
CLASS OF <strong>2021</strong><br />
Taylin Aaujon-Johnson Jamiya Brown<br />
Erica Abbington<br />
Trent Bruner<br />
Isaiah Abercrombie Jordan Bryan<br />
Austin Adams<br />
Zachariah Bryant<br />
Preston Adams<br />
Kira Burch<br />
Elyjah Aekins<br />
Isabella Burholt<br />
Dante Aguilar<br />
Chloe Burke<br />
Ulises Aguilar-Rodriguez Je’Nai Bush<br />
Abdul Ghafar Ahmed Alyssa Butler<br />
Sydney Al-Bataineh Davionte Butts<br />
Tariel Alber<br />
Annie Byerly<br />
Demarion Alexander Justice Byrd<br />
Trayance Alexander Alyssa Cain<br />
Ariana Allen<br />
Kelan Caine<br />
James Allen<br />
Richard Calhoun<br />
D’Naijha Allen<br />
Foday Camara<br />
Maurisio Alvarado <br />
Gabriel Aly<br />
Rachel Canty<br />
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Hyvanna Andrade Velazquez<br />
Emani Anthony<br />
Keigan Armour<br />
Reina Arnold<br />
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Mitchell Ashburn<br />
Ezra Ayele<br />
Ala’Yah Ayers<br />
Amira Ayers<br />
Monica Ayers<br />
Aminata Ba<br />
Mohamadu Ba<br />
Neneh Ba<br />
Seynabou Ba<br />
Bailey Bachman<br />
Akili Bailey<br />
Emily Bailey<br />
Naiomi Banchs Ramos<br />
Tori Banks<br />
Khristina Barnett<br />
Hayden Barrett<br />
Amira Bentaibi<br />
Lamin Berete<br />
Babrah Bestman<br />
Traci Bias<br />
Dylan Blackburn<br />
Johnnie Blanton<br />
Jolie Boggs<br />
Kenyon Bowers<br />
David Bowman<br />
Jazlyn Boyer<br />
Haley Brock<br />
Harley Brock<br />
Jaylen Brockman<br />
Isaac Brotzge<br />
Domonique Brown<br />
Madelyne Brown<br />
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Kinberly Cardona<br />
Braulia Carrera<br />
Michaella Carte<br />
Jatonna Carter<br />
Lesley Castorena-Salinas<br />
Bobby Castro-Martinez<br />
Hunter Caudill<br />
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Daniel Charles<br />
Kimberly Chavis<br />
Axel Chekambou<br />
Carrie Chokbengboun<br />
Sallie Christian<br />
Hayden Clark<br />
Kyla Cline<br />
Marley Coconis<br />
Te’Ron Coleman<br />
Isaiah Coleman<br />
Angel Conley<br />
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Brandon Cordle<br />
Kennedy Cowans<br />
Alexis Craig-Baker<br />
Tyleah Crenshaw<br />
Na’Qis Crochran<br />
Chelsea Curry<br />
Jacob Dages<br />
Jason Dalton<br />
Ashley Daniel<br />
Aidan Davis<br />
Kahari Davis<br />
Kevin Davis<br />
Madison Davis<br />
Michael Davis<br />
Monique Davis<br />
Aluda Debessay<br />
Jeremiah DeLong<br />
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Arriyonna Denby<br />
Shaundaya Dennis<br />
Ali Diack<br />
Khadijatou Diallo<br />
Keiner Diaz<br />
Sarah Dickensheets<br />
Moussa Djigo<br />
Destani Dominguez<br />
Tre Domoslawski<br />
Caleb Dowler<br />
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Joshua Dulin<br />
Mozard Dunor<br />
Santonio Eanes<br />
Nautica Edmond<br />
Destine Edwards<br />
Daron Elder Jr.<br />
Sara Elmore<br />
Elyse Emory<br />
Eric Emory Jr.<br />
Lacaisha Enis<br />
Marlene Eustaquio<br />
Corey Evans<br />
Keturah Felix<br />
Maria Felstead<br />
Sabashton Ferguson<br />
Alyssa Fields<br />
Nayeli Figueroa Martinez<br />
Darryl Fisher<br />
Anthony Forrest<br />
Samantha Francis<br />
Demetrius Franks<br />
Kenzington Freeman<br />
Jamier Friedman<br />
Coumba Gadio<br />
Skylor Gallant<br />
Armando Garcia<br />
Mikel Geiger<br />
Miquan Geiger<br />
Kathryn Gibbs<br />
Nash Giesemann<br />
Malachi Gill<br />
Ansaja Givens<br />
Jahleel Glanton<br />
Nathan Glaze<br />
Kenai Goshay<br />
Kyle Gossett<br />
Clarence Gossett IV<br />
Ferdinand Graniela Rodriguez<br />
Samantha Gray<br />
Lillian Green<br />
Mi’khal Green<br />
Atanna Gunnell<br />
Don’Asia Haley<br />
Kameran Hall<br />
Kasandra Hall<br />
Talisa Hall<br />
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Rachel Hardwick<br />
Yasmine Harmon<br />
Makayla Harold<br />
Prycious Harris<br />
DeAnthony Harris<br />
Meashea Harrison<br />
Maya Hatch<br />
Ramel Hawkins<br />
Paris Hayes<br />
Akasha Henry<br />
Alejandro Hernandez Carranza<br />
Matthew Herring<br />
Jayda Herron<br />
Ikia Hill<br />
Jessica Himes<br />
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Noriyah Hogg<br />
Aiden Hogue<br />
Marques Holmes<br />
Mya Holmes<br />
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Aaron Howe<br />
Joshua Hoyte<br />
Jahaad Hughes<br />
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Dustin Hurst<br />
Genevieve Huston<br />
Alayla Hutchings<br />
Aidan Hutchinson<br />
Jasmine Hylton<br />
Kaylie Hylton<br />
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Antonio Ingram<br />
Priscilla Ishola<br />
Algonto Jackson<br />
Sionna Jackson<br />
Kameron Jackson<br />
Nasteho Jama<br />
Marquis James<br />
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Kai Johnson<br />
Samara Johnson<br />
Skyiah Johnson<br />
Zachary Johnson<br />
Neyasha Johnson<br />
Raaya Johnson<br />
Chandler Jones<br />
Erin Jones<br />
Hunter Jones<br />
Kaniya Jones<br />
Malcolm Jones<br />
Jacob Justice<br />
Muhammad Kamara<br />
Naser Karnuah<br />
Joslynn Kelly<br />
Andre Khammachone<br />
Lyla Khanthachack<br />
Crystal Khuon<br />
Jada Kinder<br />
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Monica Knight<br />
Caleb Knotts<br />
Abou Konate<br />
Dejona Koon<br />
Morgan Kuhn<br />
Jonathan Kunkel<br />
Alaysia Lambert<br />
Jason Lambert<br />
Brianna Lee<br />
Diana Licea<br />
Ellisia Little<br />
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Kennedi Lomax<br />
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John Lucas<br />
Tyler Lutz<br />
Aminata Ly<br />
Brooklyn Mace<br />
Alena Maharath<br />
Jason Mahr<br />
Justin Malinowski<br />
Richard Manigoe<br />
Ryan Marcum<br />
Layne Marcum<br />
Justin Marioth<br />
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Grace Marquis<br />
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Allyson Martin<br />
Edgar Martinez<br />
Alejandro Martinez<br />
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Nahrae Masten<br />
Brandon Mattox<br />
Kimberly May<br />
Laurisa May<br />
Matthew May<br />
Jordan Mayes<br />
Ciarra Maynard<br />
John Maynard<br />
Ibrahima Mbengue<br />
Hailey McCallister<br />
Maleja Mccloud<br />
Allison McDonald<br />
Jayonna McElroy<br />
Ashanti McElroy<br />
JaShaun McGraw<br />
Sterling McIntosh<br />
Joshua McKee<br />
Tyler McKee<br />
Jenna McKelvey<br />
MacKenzie McManus<br />
Justinian McNair<br />
De’Vion Meeks<br />
Mason Meier<br />
Ty’Kquise Merritt<br />
Josh Merryman<br />
Laney Michael<br />
Jayanna Mickey<br />
Aaron Milhoan<br />
Anthony Miller<br />
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Jamell Mitchell Jr.<br />
Antonio Mogavero<br />
Donjullian Moore<br />
Jaclyn Moore<br />
Katie Moore<br />
Sydney Morant<br />
Natalie Morgan<br />
Makarius Mosley<br />
John Motton III<br />
Jaquarius Moy<br />
Hakiyah Muhammad<br />
Mikala Mullins<br />
Athena Mullins<br />
Gracia Musa<br />
Ava Myers<br />
Vincent Nanthavongdouangsy<br />
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Rabia Nasir<br />
Seynabou Ndiaye<br />
David Neal<br />
Cole Neeley<br />
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Jacob Nelson<br />
Keith Newman<br />
Thierno Ngaido<br />
Karli Nirider<br />
Autumn Nistelbeck<br />
Danyve Nkongolo<br />
Adi Ntontolo<br />
Lawrencia Nyamekye<br />
Dianira Ochoa Vera<br />
Edward Olusemo<br />
Jose Olvera Ledesma<br />
Gregery Otero<br />
Garrett Ottman<br />
Aniya Owens<br />
Kameryn Owensby<br />
Makayla Parker<br />
Jurden Parks<br />
Deryck Parsons<br />
Michael Paschal<br />
Samantha Pearce<br />
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Jennifer Perez<br />
Yuri Perez<br />
Dorian Perez Jackson<br />
Ilijah Perry<br />
Shianna Pertuset<br />
Shaunta Peyton<br />
Jamarr Pimento<br />
Nicklas Polan<br />
Brianna Poole<br />
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Titus Powers<br />
Russell Price<br />
Courtenay Pryce<br />
Elijah Quinn<br />
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Kayley Ragland<br />
Aliyah Rainey-Wesley<br />
Cameron Rajamountry<br />
Samari Rakes<br />
Abigail Ramey<br />
Mia Ramirez<br />
J’Siah Ray<br />
Aden Reese<br />
Genovesa Resendes<br />
Keaton Riley<br />
Sarah Riley<br />
Jose Rivera Colon<br />
Don Roberts<br />
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Francina Robinson<br />
Victoria Robinson<br />
Dalyn Robinson-Sorrell<br />
Brianna Rodgers<br />
Alexis Rogers<br />
Isaiah Rogers<br />
Kodi Rogue<br />
Constance Rollins<br />
Destiny Rose<br />
Don’Neaka Ross<br />
Dominic Ruble<br />
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Mason Rush<br />
Crystal Russell<br />
Ron Russell<br />
Shai’anne Russell<br />
Damien Ryll<br />
Brendan Saint Victor<br />
Faty Sall<br />
Cassaundra Salva<br />
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Robert Sandridge III<br />
Carlee Sater<br />
Naomi Saum-Molyneaux<br />
Anthony Saunders<br />
Antohn Saunders<br />
Sindy Segura<br />
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Malina Shabazz<br />
Kayla Sheets<br />
Katelyn Shelton<br />
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Veronica Simonson<br />
Leland Slaven<br />
Adreion Smith<br />
Angela Smith<br />
Bradon Smith<br />
Carl Smith<br />
Chandler Smith<br />
Chenise Smith<br />
Makayla Smith<br />
Patrick Smith<br />
Semaje Smith<br />
Steven Smith<br />
Mei-Ling Smoot<br />
Angel Solis<br />
Tyren Sonn<br />
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three came by going as fast as could be and then slammed on their<br />
brakes. It seems to be the same cars. It’s summer and kids are out.<br />
Somehow, we need to put an end to this. I don’t want to be reactive<br />
when a child gets hurt or killed.”<br />
Madison Township Police Chief Gary York said his officers are<br />
working certain areas with stationary radar and recently cited<br />
one of the vehicles referred to by Miller. He said he will ensure<br />
information shared by Miller will be passed along to his officers.<br />
York said while he is familiar with postings on social media<br />
regarding the situation, he encouraged people to call the police<br />
department at 614-836-5355 during business hours to report their<br />
concerns.<br />
“With that information, if we see calls in one specific area, we<br />
can focus on that area,” added Pritchard. “When we see patterns,<br />
we can put officers out there at a certain time.”<br />
•York said Madison Township police officers will conduct<br />
hands-on training for a level one Woman’s Self Defense Class on<br />
<strong>June</strong> 19, 8 a.m. to noon at 4575 Madison Lane. The class is free<br />
for individuals ages 12 and up and is limited to 20 people, who will<br />
learn different tactics such as strikes, kicks and hold escapes to<br />
help defend themselves from an unwanted attacker.<br />
For information about the class, call 614-836-5355.<br />
<strong>Messenger</strong> photo by Rick Palsgrove<br />
At the Memorial Day ceremony on May 31 in the <strong>Groveport</strong> Cemetery, <strong>Groveport</strong> Mayor Lance Westcamp<br />
recognized the 12 local veterans whose images appear on the “Veterans Banners” that are placed on Main<br />
Street at various intersections. The banners will be in place from Memorial Day to Veterans Day and then<br />
be given to the veterans’ families. “These are our hometown heroes,” said Westcamp of the <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
community’s many veterans. The 12 veterans who appear on this year’s banners are: William Butsch,<br />
Richard Featherston, Brent Fridley, Anne Gillen, Mary Ellen Miller, Mayson Newman, Clifford Nutter, Paul<br />
Raver III, Robert Ruetsch, Riley Sedwick, Raymond Southall, Jr., and William Stoots.<br />
Robinson earns Girl Scout Gold Award<br />
Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland awarded <strong>Groveport</strong> resident<br />
Amanda Robinson the Girl Scout Gold Award – the highest award<br />
a Girl Scout can earn. Her project focused on protecting the environment<br />
by safeguarding bats, an important pollinator, from pesticides.<br />
The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest achievement in Girl<br />
Scouting. It recognizes girls in grades9-12 who demonstrate<br />
extraordinary leadership through sustainable and measurable<br />
Take Action projects.<br />
Robinson’s project, Homes for Bats, focused on saving the local<br />
bat population from white-nose syndrome, which has killed millions<br />
of bats in North America. She worked with a younger Girl<br />
Scout troop to build safe bat boxes and place them near a food<br />
source in her community and encouraged the girls to build more<br />
bat boxes in the future. She partnered with the city of <strong>Groveport</strong>,<br />
which put up two boxes Robinson helped troops create and another<br />
two she built herself. As a result of her efforts, the healthy bats<br />
will continue to play a vital role in our ecosystem.<br />
Robinson is a graduating senior at <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison High<br />
School and has been a Girl Scout for 12 years as a member of<br />
Troop 1234.<br />
She will attend Wright State University where she will study<br />
nursing and hopes to become a nurse practitioner.<br />
Fourth of July<br />
The city of <strong>Groveport</strong> will hold its<br />
Independence Day celebration on July 3,<br />
which will feature a parade and fireworks.<br />
The parade will start at 11 a.m. at<br />
Richardson Road and travel west on Main<br />
Street, then turn right onto Hendron Road<br />
and end at Glendening Elementary. The<br />
fireworks will be launched at dusk on July<br />
3 from Palm Pond in Heritage Park on<br />
Wirt Road. Musical entertainment begins<br />
with the Sirens from 7:30 p.m. until 8:15<br />
p.m. and McGuffey Lane from 8:30 p.m.<br />
until 9:40 p.m. There will be food vendors.<br />
The children’s parade will be on <strong>June</strong><br />
29 at 6 p.m. The children’s parade will<br />
begin at Middle School Central, 751 Main<br />
St., then proceed west on Main Street to<br />
Crooked Alley, south to Wirt Road, east<br />
along Wirt Road back to 751 Main St.<br />
ird ursday<br />
The city of <strong>Groveport</strong> will host Third<br />
Thursday, a summer festival series featuring<br />
music, food trucks, vendors, and more.<br />
Third Thursday will take place on:<br />
•<strong>June</strong> 17 - “Family Fun Day” with a<br />
petting zoo and kids’ crafts;<br />
•July 15 - “Americana!” with pony rides<br />
and a bounce house;<br />
•Aug. 19 - “Dog Days” with a dog show<br />
and adoptable pets; and<br />
•Sept. 16 - “Fall Kickoff!” with hay<br />
rides, photo backdrop, and free minipumpkins.<br />
Third Thursday hours are 5-7:30 p.m.<br />
at Cruiser Park, 4677 Bixby Road. For<br />
information email jreeves@groveport.org.<br />
Honorary brick map<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Community Affairs<br />
Department is currently creating a map of<br />
the location of all the Veterans Park and<br />
Heritage Park honorary bricks. The map,<br />
which will enable people to find a particular<br />
brick’s location more easily, will be<br />
placed on the city’s website once completed.
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Work to begin on Saltzgaber, Toy, and Swisher roads<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Editor<br />
Long hoped for improvements to<br />
Saltzgaber, Toy, and Swisher roads will<br />
begin this summer.<br />
For many years, area residents have<br />
been frustrated by the roadways’ poor condition<br />
and the heavy traffic from nearby<br />
commercial warehouses that use these narrow,<br />
formerly rural roads. The residents<br />
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generates trash, and creates congestion.<br />
The three roads fall within several government<br />
jurisdictions including Madison<br />
Township, <strong>Groveport</strong>, Obetz, and Franklin<br />
County.<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> City Engineer Steve Farst<br />
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said the improvements are combined into a<br />
single construction contract to be managed<br />
by the Franklin County Engineer.<br />
Saltzgaber Road reconstruction<br />
According to Farst, Saltzgaber Road will<br />
be reconstructed from its intersection with<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Road to its connection at Toy<br />
Road.<br />
“On Saltzgaber Road, the road will be<br />
widened to three lanes and a cul-de-sac (for<br />
turn arounds) will be located about 170 feet<br />
south of Saltzgaber’s connection to Toy<br />
Road,” said Farst. “The link between<br />
Saltzgaber and Toy Road will be preserved.”<br />
“The limits of construction include<br />
Saltzgaber Road from <strong>Groveport</strong> Road to<br />
the 90 degree turn at Toy Road,” said Carla<br />
Marable, Franklin County Engineer’s<br />
Office director of communications. “The<br />
project includes reconstruction of<br />
Saltzgaber Road to provide a three lane<br />
typical roadway section with a two-way<br />
left-turn lane along the majority of the<br />
alignment. The project will also construct<br />
an eastbound left turn lane, an eastbound<br />
right turn lane, and a westbound left turn<br />
lane on <strong>Groveport</strong> Road at its intersection<br />
with Saltzgaber Road. The project will also<br />
improve the intersection of <strong>Groveport</strong> Road<br />
and Saltzgaber Road.”<br />
Marable said the project was combined<br />
and bid together with the Toy Road and<br />
Swisher Road improvements project.<br />
“The contractor’s low bid for the overall<br />
project was $2.26 million,” said Marable.<br />
“Funding is provided by Franklin County<br />
Motor Vehicle Registration and Gas User<br />
Fees, the city of <strong>Groveport</strong>, Madison<br />
Township, the Ohio Public Works<br />
Commission, the Franklin County<br />
Transportation Improvement District, and<br />
private partners.”<br />
Marable said closure of Toy Road began<br />
on <strong>June</strong> 1. Local access to the residents of<br />
Toy Road, Swisher Road, and Saltzgaber<br />
Road will be maintained throughout construction.<br />
Substantial completion is scheduled<br />
for fall <strong>2021</strong> with a final completion by<br />
spring 2022.<br />
When asked why the reconstruction is<br />
necessary, Marable said, “Saltzgaber Road<br />
is an old township road, currently maintained<br />
by Madison Township and the city<br />
of <strong>Groveport</strong>, that was never expected to<br />
handle the volume and type of traffic it will<br />
see with the increased development in the<br />
area. Nearby recent warehouse projects<br />
will increase traffic. This generated the<br />
need for the proposed two-way left-turn<br />
lane on Saltzgaber Road and designated<br />
turn lanes on <strong>Groveport</strong> Road accessing<br />
Ohio Flags of Honor<br />
Saltzgaber Road.”<br />
Farst added that the reconstruction is<br />
needed because “the existing Saltzgaber<br />
Road is of insufficient condition both in<br />
thickness of pavement and width for current<br />
and anticipated traffic conditions.”<br />
Toy and Swisher roads improvements<br />
“This project provides pavement maintenance<br />
and drainage improvements along<br />
Swisher Road and Toy Road from<br />
Centerpoint Parkway to the 90 degree turn<br />
at Saltzgaber Road,” said Marable. “The<br />
project will also construct Toy Road with<br />
dual cul-de-sacs east of the intersection of<br />
Centerpoint Parkway.”<br />
Marable reiterated this project was combined<br />
and bid together with the Saltzgaber<br />
Road improvements project. The contractor’s<br />
low bid for the overall project was<br />
$2.26 million. Funding is provided by<br />
Franklin County Motor Vehicle<br />
Registration and Gas User Fees, the city of<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong>, Madison Township, the Ohio<br />
Public Works Commission, the Franklin<br />
County Transportation Improvement<br />
District, and private partners.<br />
“The Franklin County Engineer’s Office<br />
took advantage of a private public partnership<br />
by combining funds from the<br />
Saltzgaber Developer and Ohio Public<br />
Works Commission,” said Marable.<br />
Closure of Toy Road began on <strong>June</strong> 1.<br />
Local access to the residents of Toy Road,<br />
Swisher Road, and Saltzgaber Road will be<br />
maintained throughout construction.<br />
Substantial completion is scheduled for fall<br />
<strong>2021</strong> with a final completion of spring 2022.<br />
Farst noted the pavement condition is<br />
degraded and needs improved<br />
Added Marable, “These portions of Toy<br />
Road and Swisher Road are older residential-type<br />
township roadways that are currently<br />
maintained by Madison Township<br />
and the city of <strong>Groveport</strong>. The continued<br />
increase in commuter and commercial traffic<br />
using these roadways has left portions<br />
of the roads in disrepair. The improvement<br />
will repair the roadway so the residents<br />
can safely and efficiently access their<br />
homes. The project provides dual cul-desacs<br />
east of Centerpoint Parkway that will<br />
act as turnaround locations for commercial<br />
traffic. Throughout construction, further<br />
investigation and study of the impacts of<br />
the construction closure of Toy Road by the<br />
Franklin County Engineer’s Office will provide<br />
necessary and critical data to determine<br />
if a long term closure of Toy Road<br />
(between the two cul-de-sacs) will be appropriate.”<br />
The Ohio Flags of Honor Traveling<br />
Memorial honors the men and women of<br />
Ohio who gave their lives in service to<br />
their country. Specifically, those fallen in<br />
the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and the war<br />
on terrorism since Sept. 11, 2001. The Ohio<br />
Flags of Honor Traveling Memorial event<br />
will be held July 2-5. The opening ceremony<br />
is July 3 at 2 p.m. and the closing ceremony<br />
is July 5 at 11:50 a.m. The event will<br />
be held at Madison Christian School, 3565<br />
Bixby Road, <strong>Groveport</strong>.<br />
Farmers’ Market<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Farmers’ Market will be<br />
on Tuesdays from <strong>June</strong> 29 through Sept.<br />
14 from 4-7 p.m. at <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison<br />
Middle School Central, 751 Main St.