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<strong>Messenger</strong><br />
<strong>Groveport</strong><br />
<strong>March</strong> 20 - April 2, <strong>2022</strong> www.columbusmessenger.com Vol. XXXIX, No. 20<br />
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<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Cruiser varsity baseball infielders practice their glove work in a drill called “attacking<br />
the ball.” Read the “Cruisers spring sports preview” article on page 6 of this edition of the <strong>Messenger</strong>.<br />
Police capture theft ring<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Editor<br />
Six members of a gang suspected of<br />
stealing catalytic converters from cars<br />
and box trucks have been indicted on 85<br />
felony counts.<br />
According to <strong>Groveport</strong> Police<br />
Detective Josh Gilbert, the five men and<br />
one woman ranging in ages from around<br />
30 to 45, allegedly stole and scrapped<br />
1,172 catalytic converters in Franklin<br />
(including <strong>Groveport</strong>), Fairfield,<br />
Delaware, Muskingum, and Morrow counties.<br />
Thirty-three catalytic converters<br />
were recovered during search warrants.<br />
“They hit our area pretty hard,” said<br />
Gilbert. “Mainly in our warehouse districts<br />
where they targeted vehicles and<br />
box trucks.”<br />
Gilbert said catalytic converters,<br />
which control emissions and pollution in<br />
vehicles, are valuable because they contain<br />
three precious metals. He said<br />
thieves can got to a scrap yard and get<br />
$300 to $600 per catalytic converter<br />
from a car and $700 to $1,500 from a box<br />
truck. He said it is estimated the suspects<br />
received $431,868 in cash for the<br />
stolen catalytic converters. The thefts<br />
inflicted financial pain on the victims,<br />
causing them to pay $1,300 to $3,000 to<br />
repair their vehicles. Overall, when figuring<br />
in repairs and insurance costs,<br />
Gilbert conservatively estimated the<br />
cost to society for these thefts is $1.7<br />
million.<br />
Gilbert said <strong>Groveport</strong> Police officers<br />
noted a pattern in the catalytic converter<br />
thefts in the city and were able to predict<br />
when the thefts would next occur.<br />
He said last September <strong>Groveport</strong> Police<br />
spotted the suspects and took them into<br />
custody near Commerce Center Drive<br />
and Rohr Road.<br />
“We used intelligence and technology,”<br />
said Gilbert in the police’s methods<br />
to catch the suspects, including monitoring<br />
and reviewing cell phone data,<br />
Facebook, and GPS. He said 15 search<br />
warrants were issued.<br />
“The suspects used Apple Air Tag to<br />
track potential vehicles to hit,” said<br />
Gilbert. “It was a sophisticated approach.”<br />
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Little Italy to move<br />
to new building<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Editor<br />
The Wert’s Grove building will become the new home of a<br />
familiar and long time popular <strong>Groveport</strong> business.<br />
Little Italy Pizza, which has operated at 619 Main St. for 43<br />
years, plans to move into the Wert’s Grove building at 480 Main<br />
St. in <strong>Groveport</strong>.<br />
The new building is part of the city of <strong>Groveport</strong>’s $7.6 million<br />
1847 Main Project, which includes the 14,145 square foot Rarey’s<br />
Port (674 Main St.) building and the 12,184 square foot Wert’s<br />
Grove building. (Delaney’s Diner — a breakfast, lunch, brunch<br />
restaurant — will occupy space in the Rarey’s Port building by late<br />
summer.) Both buildings are city owned and construction on the<br />
structures’ exteriors is expected to be completed sometime this<br />
spring.<br />
“We are hoping to have the new space finished by September<br />
<strong>2022</strong>,” said Little Italy Operations Manager Avery Ward.<br />
“Sourcing of materials and labor has been difficult this year for<br />
us in the restaurant business and we’ve heard the same from our<br />
partners in the construction industry. We are hopeful to be completed<br />
by that date, but are aware we probably will face setbacks.<br />
We will occupy the entire first floor. We hope to have a smooth<br />
transition of our business with only 7 to 10 days of down time to<br />
transition and train our staff.”<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Development Director Jeff Green said Little Italy’s<br />
move to the Wert’s Grove building is a great opportunity for both<br />
Little Italy and the city.<br />
“Little Italy is a popular institution in <strong>Groveport</strong>,” said Green.<br />
“This move gives a business that is loyal to the community an<br />
opportunity to grow and expand. We’re excited about it and it is<br />
going to be really great.”<br />
When asked why Little Italy will make the move, Ward said<br />
that the business has out grown its existing space.<br />
“Our building means so much to my family and is a huge part<br />
of our history,” said Ward. “My grandparents (Chuck and Janet<br />
Ward) as young entrepreneurs set their eyes on our current space<br />
to take over what was Smith’s Market and turned it into Chuck’s<br />
Little Giant. They sold local produce, pantry, household items,<br />
and had a butcher shop that served <strong>Groveport</strong> for over 15 years.<br />
Chuck was given an offer to take over a pizza business one block<br />
east of our location.<br />
He did renaming it<br />
Little Italy Pizza.”<br />
Ward said Chuck<br />
and Janet saw the<br />
sales of the grocery<br />
declining and decided<br />
to move the popular<br />
and successful pizza<br />
business into the<br />
Little Giant building.<br />
“Forty-three years<br />
later we’ve been here<br />
ever since,” said<br />
Ward. “My dad, Nick,<br />
dedicated his life’s<br />
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SWAT made entry to the residence with consent of<br />
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“We are thankful for a peaceful resolution to a situation<br />
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POLICE<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
The police investigation took nine months and<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Police worked with several other law<br />
enforcement agencies including the Franklin County<br />
Economics Crime Prosecution Division.<br />
Gilbert added, “This was also a combined effort and<br />
teamwork between our Detective Bureau and our<br />
patrol officers to catch the suspects.”<br />
Gilbert said three of the six suspects were taken<br />
into custody this month and police are on the hunt for<br />
the remaining three suspects.<br />
MOVE<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
work to this business in this building. From working<br />
alongside his dad through his childhood into his high<br />
school years when he took over the business from his<br />
father after Chuck’s death. My dad built a longstanding<br />
relationship with our customer base that remains<br />
strong today. He passed down those core values to me,<br />
getting to know our customers and building a strong<br />
relationship with our community. It’s with those values<br />
that I was able to take our business to new heights<br />
in the last four years.”<br />
Ward said Little Italy expanded its catering service<br />
with corporate partners in the Rickenbacker and<br />
Central Ohio area, expanded its delivery area, and<br />
offered a faster delivery service with more drivers on<br />
its team.<br />
“We improved our product recipes and practices to<br />
ensure consistency,” said Ward. “With that said, we<br />
have grown our reach and have outgrown our space<br />
that we have. Our team works in a very tight kitchen<br />
juggling what we do so it’s been long overdue for<br />
expansion. We want to provide a fantastic service to<br />
our customers and that includes speed. At our peak<br />
times this last year we can’t meet that goal as it’s too<br />
much volume for our little space to handle. This really<br />
expedited the need for expansion.”<br />
Ward said negotiations regarding Little Italy’s<br />
lease with the city of <strong>Groveport</strong> for the Wert’s Grove<br />
building are ongoing.<br />
“We are still negotiating the finer details of the<br />
terms of the lease,” said Ward. “I can say we will be<br />
signing at a minimum a 10 year lease for the space.<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> is our home and I have zero intentions of<br />
ever leaving this new space. This is going to become<br />
our new home for what is hopefully the next 43 years.”<br />
Green said the city is awaiting the signed lease<br />
before it begins the interior construction work inside<br />
the Wert’s Grove building.<br />
Ward said the new space will enable Little Italy to<br />
bring several new things to town.<br />
“Most exciting that we know the community will be<br />
excited about is hand dipped ice cream,” said Ward.<br />
“We are exploring expanding our menu selection with<br />
more pasta options and salad selections and of course<br />
“It is an extensive case,” said Gilbert, who said<br />
additional indictments are expected as it is thought<br />
the suspects were allegedly involved in other thefts in<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong>.<br />
“This is one of the longest and one of the most costly<br />
in the amount of thefts to society I have ever worked<br />
on,” said Gilbert. “Even if you are not a direct victim,<br />
everyone is affected by crimes like this because it<br />
affects things like insurance rates that everyone pays<br />
for.”<br />
with hand dipped ice cream we plan to bring some<br />
great dessert selections to the table. The new space<br />
will also feature a bar and we will introduce a cocktail<br />
and alcohol menu that complements our house made<br />
specialties.”<br />
He said the new space in the Wert’s Grove building<br />
will be modern, light, and open and will incorporate<br />
the history of Little Italy and the town. He said it will<br />
be a lively, personable experience that welcomes customers,<br />
offers a smooth experience with integrated<br />
technology, and be a place that feels like a connected<br />
community safe haven and organized oasis. The design<br />
will be modern and clean with a nod to local history<br />
coupled with a functional contemporary layout that<br />
appeals to multiple generations.<br />
“We envision this space being a gathering space for<br />
our community,” said Ward. “At the intersection in the<br />
center of town we can’t wait to see the type of experience<br />
this space brings our guests.”<br />
When asked what will happen to the old Little Italy<br />
building at 619 Main St., Ward said, “We are in discussions<br />
with a local couple interested in opening a<br />
coffee house/ bakery/local goods store. We think our<br />
current space will be perfect for this. We will be leasing<br />
out the space to create a new opportunity for someone<br />
looking to bring or open their business in<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong>. After we move out the new business will<br />
have the opportunity to tailor the existing space for<br />
their needs.”<br />
Ward and the Little Italy staff like doing business<br />
in <strong>Groveport</strong>.<br />
“<strong>Groveport</strong> is such a tight knit community.” said<br />
Ward. “Over the years I have seen so much support for<br />
not only local businesses, but support for one another<br />
in times of needs and hardships. This truly is one of<br />
the best towns to plant your roots in.”<br />
Green said the Little Italy move, coupled with other<br />
business development, are creating energy and activity<br />
in downtown <strong>Groveport</strong>.<br />
“Positive things we wanted to happen in the downtown<br />
are happening,” said Green.
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Refinancing saves district money<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Schools<br />
saving “real money”<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Editor<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Treasurer Felicia<br />
Drummey recently told the <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Madison Board of Education on Jan. 26<br />
that the district was able to save money by<br />
refinancing some of its debt.<br />
“It’s real money,” said Drummey. “It’s<br />
real savings.”<br />
She said the refinancing lowered the<br />
interest cost on the new high school from<br />
4.1 percent to 2.98 percent, which is an<br />
estimated total cash savings over the<br />
remaining term of bonds of $5.3 million, or<br />
about $206,790 per year starting in 2023.<br />
Additionally, the refinancing of the<br />
administrative District Service Center<br />
building lowered the interest cost from<br />
3.69 percent to 2.26 percent, which is an<br />
estimated total cash savings over the<br />
remaining term of $813,285, or about<br />
$62,000 per year starting in 2023.<br />
“The high school’s existing average bond<br />
interest rate is 4.10 percent, and the illustration<br />
as of January reduces the rate to<br />
2.98 percent, including refinancing expenses<br />
(bond counsel, underwriting expenses,<br />
etc,” said Drummey. “The refinancing of<br />
the debt saves our taxpayers money, as<br />
fewer taxes would need to be assessed to<br />
repay this debt. Refinancing would result<br />
in a savings of $5.3 million over the life of<br />
the debt (or $206,790 annually) starting in<br />
2023. Since the earliest date to sell at the<br />
market is July 6, <strong>2022</strong>, we are subject to<br />
interest rate risk as market conditions will<br />
change with inflation.”<br />
Drummey said the financing of the<br />
District Service Center was refunded as a<br />
Direct Placement Forward Rate Lock with<br />
Chase Bank at 2.23 percent, including the<br />
refinancing expenses.<br />
“This is a little lower than the projected<br />
rate because we entered into a rate lock<br />
agreement,” said Drummey. “The savings<br />
is $832,829 (or $64,000 annually) starting<br />
in 2023. This savings directly reduces the<br />
district’s operating costs, thereby allowing<br />
us to reduce expenses or redirect the savings<br />
on debt toward long-term permanent<br />
improvements.”<br />
When asked why was it important to<br />
the community for the district to do this<br />
refinancing, Drummey replied, “It is<br />
always our goal to be business-minded and<br />
be good stewards of<br />
the resources we’re<br />
provided. Just like a<br />
homeowner would<br />
refinance their<br />
home to reduce their<br />
monthly mortgage<br />
payment, the school<br />
district can refinance<br />
our debt to<br />
reduce the interest<br />
being paid. This<br />
savings on interest<br />
allows the district to<br />
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reduce expenses or redirect the savings to<br />
purchase more meaningful, long-lasting<br />
assets or improve our facilities.”<br />
Drummey said the refinancing does not<br />
change the existing term by lengthening it<br />
or shortening it. It will expire (be paid off)<br />
as per the original schedule.<br />
“When marketing conditions are favorable<br />
to refinancing debt, it’s the most<br />
responsible thing for us to do on behalf of<br />
our taxpayers and the school district,” said<br />
Drummey.<br />
When asked if this refinancing will have<br />
any impact on the level of property taxes<br />
residents pay toward the debts, Drummey<br />
said the refinancing of the high school’s<br />
bond will be a direct reduction of property<br />
taxes assessed by Franklin County for the<br />
repayment of this debt.<br />
“However, because the amount assessed<br />
is spread among all residents and businesses,<br />
the actual impact on each taxpayer<br />
may go unnoticed,” said Drummey.<br />
“Nevertheless, it’s the right thing to do, as<br />
it’s beneficial to our taxpayers and the<br />
school district.”<br />
She said there are no other similar<br />
debts the district has that can be refinanced<br />
at this time.<br />
“Each debt instrument has guidelines<br />
that govern the type of debt issued and<br />
when,” said Drummey. “For instance, if a<br />
non-taxable bond has a ‘call’ feature, then<br />
the earliest we can refinance the debt is<br />
after the first call date. Otherwise, refinancing<br />
before the first call date would<br />
make the debt taxable to the investor,<br />
which is less attractive and translates to<br />
higher interest rates. As a result, we carefully<br />
time the market to wait to refinance<br />
until after the call date but before interest<br />
rates rise.”<br />
Drummey said district officials have<br />
worked hard to carefully manage and<br />
account for the resources we’ve been provided.<br />
“The district is in a stable financial position,<br />
so we believe we are worthy of a credit<br />
rating upgrade from ‘Good Quality’<br />
(Moody's A2/A3) to ‘High Quality’ Moody's<br />
Aa3 or Aa2,” said Drummey. “An improved<br />
credit rating is essential. Like an individual’s<br />
credit rating, it determines what<br />
interest rate is paid when borrowing<br />
money. We submitted a credit rating application<br />
and we expect to meet with the credit<br />
rating agency in May to present our<br />
financial position and case for an upgrade.”<br />
580 Main St.<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong>, OH 43215<br />
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<strong>Groveport</strong> history films<br />
Two documentary films on the history of<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong>, produced by the <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Heritage Society and Midnet Media, are<br />
now available for viewing online on<br />
YouTube.<br />
The films are: “<strong>Groveport</strong>: A Town and<br />
Its People” and “The Story of John S.<br />
Rarey and Cruiser.”<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Heritage Museum<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Heritage Museum contains<br />
photographs, artifacts, and documents<br />
about <strong>Groveport</strong>’s history.<br />
The museum is located in <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Town Hall, 648 Main St., and is open during<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Town Hall’s operating<br />
hours. Call 614-836-3333.<br />
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A look at <strong>Groveport</strong> from above<br />
Seeing things from a viewpoint high above offers one an interesting<br />
perspective.<br />
At the <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Editor’s Notebook<br />
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Heritage Museum,<br />
648 Main St., we are<br />
lucky to have a large<br />
aerial photo of <strong>Groveport</strong> from 1952 (see<br />
photo below). I believe the photo was authorized<br />
by Franklin County officials and taken<br />
by a photographer in either a plane or a helicopter.<br />
The photo is wonderful because, from that<br />
aerial viewpoint, it reveals both the layers of<br />
history visible in the <strong>Groveport</strong> landscape as<br />
well as the then modern changes taking place<br />
in the town 70 years ago.<br />
One can see how transportation systems<br />
shaped <strong>Groveport</strong>. In the photo, the remnants<br />
of the 19th century era Ohio and Erie<br />
Canal can be seen as its route cuts through<br />
the eastern edge of town from the northeast<br />
to the southwest. The route of the early <strong>20th</strong><br />
century Scioto Valley Traction Line electric interurban railway is<br />
visible coming from the west to Blacklick Street and then east<br />
toward Canal Winchester. The railroad curves into town from the<br />
northwest crossing College and Front streets and then heads east.<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> School (now <strong>Groveport</strong> Elementary) stands out in the<br />
photo because of its sheer size. The school’s old oval cinder running<br />
track is plainly visible to the west of the school, but the two small<br />
baseball diamonds in its infield that we know today were not yet<br />
built in 1952 as that ground encircled by the track was still being<br />
used as the high school football field. (However, the large baseball<br />
diamond was there just east of the track.) The current football<br />
field behind <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Middle School Central did not yet<br />
exist as it would not be built until the mid to late 1950s. Just east<br />
of <strong>Groveport</strong> School one can see a newly built free standing gymnasium.<br />
That gym was the first phase of a project that in the mid-<br />
1950s added classrooms and a cafeteria to it to become a new high<br />
school. That school eventually became what is now Middle School<br />
Central.<br />
A striking thing about the aerial photo is how <strong>Groveport</strong> is surrounded<br />
by open farm land as well as the open areas within the<br />
town limits. Lesleh Avenue looks newly constructed and only one<br />
house was in place on that street. One can see that Cherry and<br />
Canal streets were extended to connect to Lesleh Avenue and<br />
these extensions also did not yet have houses along them.<br />
Further west, the Kessler Addition subdivision looks newly<br />
built encompassing Madison, Kessler, and South streets.<br />
Mohr Avenue, Holton Street, and Clark Court did not yet exist<br />
and that area was open land when the aerial photo was taken.<br />
West Street ended at Canal Street to the south.<br />
Glendening Elementary and <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Middle School<br />
South were not there and that area appeared to be farm land.<br />
Large familiar buildings stand out in the photo, such as the<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> United Methodist Church and <strong>Groveport</strong> Town Hall<br />
along Main Street as well as the former Catholic Mission at the<br />
end of Naomi Court.<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Cemetery was visibly smaller than it is now<br />
because of the presence of more graves in the past 70 years.<br />
Neighboring Heritage Park did not exist and the Palm’s Pond area<br />
looked like a wetland.<br />
Along the streets of town there were vacant lots awaiting houses<br />
that would be built in the coming seven decades.<br />
Near the edges of town the houses thinned out and farm fields<br />
began to dominate. The town’s agricultural character at the time<br />
is emphasized by the two rows of several grain silos visible on<br />
ground on the northeast corner of South Hamilton Road and<br />
Corbett Road.<br />
Photos capture specific moments in time, but I feel this aerial<br />
photo seems to do even more than that as one can see the past,<br />
present, and future co-existing in one place.<br />
Rick Palsgrove is editor of the <strong>Groveport</strong> <strong>Messenger</strong>.<br />
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Guns vs. Hoses softball<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Recreation Department<br />
is planning a charity slow pitch softball<br />
game between the <strong>Groveport</strong> Police,<br />
Madison Township Police, and the<br />
Join us at Scott Antique Markets!<br />
With such a large variety from our exhibitors,<br />
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Merchandise may include: rugs, furniture, jewelry,<br />
collectibles, toys, coins, home décor and<br />
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There will be around 800 booths with vendors<br />
Madison Township Fire Department to be<br />
played in the late spring or early summer<br />
in <strong>Groveport</strong> Park, 7370 <strong>Groveport</strong> Road.<br />
More details about the game will be available<br />
soon.<br />
Easter Egg Hunt<br />
The city of <strong>Groveport</strong> will hold an<br />
Easter Egg Hunt on April 9 from 10 a.m. to<br />
noon in Heritage Park, 551 Wirt Road. The<br />
egg hunt for kids ages 0-4 will start at 10<br />
a.m. at the log house.<br />
The egg hunt for kids ages 5-10 will<br />
start at 10:30 a.m. at Palm’s Pond. The<br />
event features kids’ crafts, bounce house,<br />
farm animals, and free snacks. Get a photo<br />
with the Easter Bunny at the log house.<br />
For information call 614-836-3333.<br />
Rain date is April 16.<br />
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<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Cruisers spring sports preview<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Editor<br />
Spring is here and that means it’s time<br />
for <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Cruiser High School<br />
athletes to break out the bats, balls, gloves,<br />
and racquets, and also to hit the track running.<br />
Baseball<br />
The Cruiser varsity baseball team is<br />
looking to have a strong season.<br />
“The strength that I’ve seen on this<br />
year’s team is our pitchers,” said Cruiser<br />
head baseball coach Tommy Snyder. “In<br />
the past we have counted on one or two<br />
guys. This year we have six guys who can<br />
start on the mound for us, which will allow<br />
our guys a break.”<br />
Snyder mentioned shortstop/pitcher<br />
Kyle Jennings, leftfielder Keller Weston,<br />
rightfielder/pitcher Price Cooper, and centerfielder/pitcher<br />
Ryan Pettay as some of<br />
the team’s top players this season.<br />
“Our offense has to come together,” said<br />
Snyder. “We have to be able to score runs.<br />
Our hitting needs to improve for us to stay<br />
in the games.”<br />
Snyder said every team dreams of winning<br />
the Ohio Capital Conference Buckeye<br />
Division title.<br />
“We are no different,” said Snyder. “The<br />
Buckeye Division is loaded with talented<br />
teams. I know Lancaster and Newark will<br />
give us some trouble.”<br />
Boys Track<br />
“The strength of this year’s boys track<br />
team is how deep we are in the sprints,<br />
jumps, and throws,” Cruiser head boys<br />
track coach Ryan Alton. “After scraping by<br />
in 2021 (coming off the lost 2020 season)<br />
with a roster of only 28 boys, we have more<br />
than doubled that with a majority of our<br />
competitors coming over from the football<br />
team. These boys are fast, strong, and<br />
explosive, which should help a great deal in<br />
the aforementioned events. It will be such<br />
a luxury to be able to spread the talent out<br />
so that we don’t run guys into the ground<br />
just to field a team or live in that fear of<br />
where to turn if someone goes down with<br />
an injury.”<br />
Alton said some of the team’s top performers<br />
include returning sprinters senior<br />
Markell Holmes and sophomore Elijah<br />
Simmons, along with hurdlers seniors<br />
Jordan Lisath and Nevin Montgomery.<br />
“These will be the guys I lean on the<br />
most to lead the new participants,” said<br />
Alton. “Our distance team will be led by<br />
juniors Ibsa Liben and Clayton Perez. I am<br />
excited to see newcomers junior Thomas<br />
Andrews and sophomores Lucas Reed, Jace<br />
Nincehelser, Marcus Davis and Raishad<br />
King. Young throwers freshman Jaylen<br />
Joyce and sophomore Lane Hanes have the<br />
Mary Lou Bartmess, matriarch of our Bartmess<br />
family, departed on a Saturday, February 19th from<br />
Colorado.<br />
My Mom was born 17 February 1939, so had just reached<br />
83 years. She grew up in Parkersburg, West Virginia and<br />
attended Parkersburg High School as Mary Lou Meyer.<br />
She married Larry Richard Bartmess of Marietta, Ohio<br />
whom she met roller-skating.<br />
My Mom, Mary, is survived by sons, David Alan Bartmess and Michael Craig Bartmess; David’s<br />
daughter Denise Elizabeth Seifert and granddaughter Alexa Marie Seifert; Michael’s sons Severin<br />
Michael Bartmess, Seann Bradley Bartmess and Calvin Hobbes Bartmess; brothers William (Butch)<br />
Meyer and Richard McHenry; and sister Ellen Smith.<br />
My mom and dad, Mary and Larry, bought their first home in Galion, Ohio where Mary worked<br />
for Bell Telephone and Galion Ironworks. They moved from Galion to Columbus, Ohio and then<br />
to <strong>Groveport</strong>, where Mary worked last and longest for the Federal Probation Office. Mary and<br />
Larry moved to Colorado after Mary retired from the federal government.<br />
My Mom loved working near the riverfront of downtown Columbus and running the Federal<br />
Probation office activity.<br />
My Mom was a rabid supporter of the <strong>Groveport</strong> High School band and of high school football<br />
and wrestling during our high school years and upon retirement moved to Colorado to be closer<br />
to her five grandchildren.<br />
She always talked about the times I took her for drives in the Colorado mountains and she talked<br />
incessantly about the dogs in her life that she held in high esteem.<br />
In my youngest years I remember my mom singing while she baked. She had a very sweet and<br />
gentle voice.<br />
My Mom was one of those cooks who mostly never measured ingredients. I can recall no time<br />
when she created something that came out bad. We loved her cooking.<br />
My Mom was frugal and consistent in her beliefs, a middle-class American with duty to family<br />
and friends. She was a constant in our lives, a matriarchal rock. We will think of her when the<br />
cozy remembrances of daily life lift us to be more. We will remember her when we gather for<br />
holiday festivities she took so much to heart. We will remember her whenever family gathers.<br />
We will miss her in our everyday.<br />
We will be holding a memorial when the Spring flowers re-emerges in Colorado. Contact Michael<br />
at 719-238-0791 for more information.<br />
potential to follow in the footsteps<br />
of last year’s state qualifier<br />
JaShaun McGraw in the shot<br />
put.”<br />
Alton said the OCC Buckeye<br />
Division is loaded with talent.<br />
“It’s hard to say which school<br />
will provide the most competition<br />
to us without it feeling like a<br />
slight on the other teams,” said<br />
Alton. “Pickerington Central and<br />
Lancaster are historically deep<br />
and strong across the board. I<br />
feel Reynoldsburg typically mirrors<br />
us in the way their strength<br />
comes from their sprints and<br />
jumps. As far as winning a division<br />
title, we really have our<br />
work cut out for us, but that is<br />
always the goal. We’re at a good<br />
place with our numbers where<br />
we have the guys to do it. It’s on<br />
us as coaches to get them ready<br />
to compete and peak in mid-May<br />
when the title is on the line.”<br />
He said the biggest challenge<br />
is going to be taking the team’s<br />
new, raw talent and shaping it<br />
into what the team could be.<br />
“We are fairly young and inexperienced,”<br />
said Alton. “In looking at the<br />
underclassmen and down the line at the<br />
middle schoolers coming up, the future of<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison track has never been<br />
brighter. For the <strong>2022</strong> season, our challenge<br />
is going to be teaching and getting<br />
these guys up to speed so we can be legitimate<br />
OCC contenders right now.”<br />
Girls Track<br />
Cruiser girls track head coach Jason<br />
Brooks is in his 13th year as a head coach,<br />
but his first as a girl’s head coach.<br />
“So this year has been a big change,”<br />
said Brooks. “The girls have been so much<br />
fun to work with and we are extremely<br />
young. We have one senior on the team,<br />
Kalista Miln, who is my senior captain and<br />
will be one of my best athletes. She can do<br />
almost anything. She holds our pole vault<br />
record and will continue to smash that this<br />
year. She is also a 5 foot high jumper, a 100<br />
foot discus thrower and can be in multiple<br />
running events as well.”<br />
Brooks said the team’s strength this<br />
year is in sprints, relays, and jumping<br />
events.<br />
“With Kalista’s leadership leading the<br />
way in jumps, my star sprinter is Aniyjah<br />
Bryant,” said Brooks. “She is a junior and a<br />
returning letterman who struggled with<br />
injuries last year but has crazy potential.<br />
Running 26.21 at districts hurt in the 200<br />
she can possibly be one of the favorites this<br />
year in this region. Joining Aniyjah will be<br />
Braylan James, junior long jumper and<br />
sprinter, and Nijah Montgomery, junior<br />
sprinter and long jumper.”<br />
He said other notable runners include<br />
junior captain and distance runner Alexiz<br />
Golden and sophomore Eva Walton who<br />
Brooks described as “awesome leaders who<br />
<strong>Messenger</strong> photo by Rick Palsgrove<br />
Cruiser assistant varsity baseball coach Blake<br />
Snyder pitches to Kyle Jennings in the batting cage.<br />
work extremely hard.”<br />
Brooks said the team is young and consists<br />
of mostly underclassmen who will be<br />
facing competition in the OCC Buckeye<br />
Division, which is “incredibly tough”<br />
“So this year we will have some individual<br />
success and some team success, but we<br />
are not ready to win our division,” said<br />
Brooks. “My biggest challenge this year is<br />
to get our athletes in the best position for<br />
success. To get the runners in events that<br />
they have the best potential for success. We<br />
have to grow as a team. This is always the<br />
toughest challenge for any coach.”<br />
Softball<br />
Cruiser head softball coach Chris<br />
Downing said having Kendyll Cahill back on<br />
the pitcher’s mound this season is a big plus.<br />
“She had 331 strikeouts last year and<br />
earned second team All-State honors,” said<br />
Downing. “Also, with Addison Cothern<br />
returning as the everyday catcher is huge.<br />
Tai Resendes as the leadoff and as centerfielder<br />
is another big plus.”<br />
As far as the Cruisers’ toughest competition<br />
this season in the OCC Buckeye<br />
Division, Downing said, “Lancaster and<br />
Pickerington Central are always tough, but<br />
Newark has a group of juniors back who<br />
have been playing together since their<br />
ninth freshman year.”<br />
He said the Cruisers’ biggest challenge<br />
this year is scoring enough runs and staying<br />
healthy.<br />
“We do not have a lot of depth if we want<br />
to compete at the varsity and junior varsity<br />
level,” said Downing.<br />
Boys tennis<br />
No reply was received from the boys’<br />
tennis coach.
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A bi-monthly feature celebrating our community’s senior citizens<br />
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Times have changed from the early years, but<br />
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informed decisions. Workshops are only being offered through Zoom at<br />
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Registration is required. To register, email Andy Haggard, COAAA<br />
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residents of the district to attend athletic<br />
and performing arts programs showcasing<br />
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city of <strong>Groveport</strong> is recognizing honorably<br />
discharged military veterans from all<br />
branches of service who reside in Franklin<br />
County. The exhibit includes items from<br />
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<br />
Franklin County Board of Commissioners: President Kevin L. Boyce • Commissioner John O’Grady, and Commissioner Erica C. Crawley<br />
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners and The Franklin County Office on Aging join with the <strong>Messenger</strong> Newspaper in providing this update on aging issues in Franklin County.<br />
We are providing HOPE<br />
HOPE, Helping Our residents, and families with Purposeful Engagement,<br />
is a new initiative by the Franklin County Office of Aging to support<br />
senior residents and their families. For the duration of the HOPE campaign,<br />
our agency will be reaching out directly to seniors, families, and<br />
caregivers to check in on their health and inform them about services<br />
available through the Office on Aging.<br />
Each month, we will showcase several agency programs and services that<br />
have assisted senior residents and their families since 1993. This month,<br />
we are highlighting the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine, and providing<br />
information on vaccines, boosters, and transportation. We will also<br />
discuss resources that are available to help caregivers and give an overview<br />
of our Senior Options Program. In April, we will highlight the<br />
Kinship Support Program and the Home Repair Program. Lastly in May,<br />
we will share the significance of our Adult Protective Services department,<br />
and how members of the public can help in ending elder abuse.<br />
Currently in Franklin County, 66.92 percent of the population has received<br />
at least one dose of the vaccine. In reviewing the data and zip codes with<br />
low vaccination rates from the January 12, <strong>2022</strong>, Ohio COVID-19<br />
Vaccine Administration by County & ZIP Code Report, our agency recognized<br />
the emergent need to provide opportunities to increase the total<br />
percentage of vaccinated individuals within Franklin County and apply<br />
targeted focus on homebound older adults and their families living in zip<br />
codes that have the lowest vaccination rates. Our agency also saw the need<br />
to provide vaccine access to homebound adults, who otherwise would not<br />
be able to get vaccinated. By working with Equitas Health, Franklin<br />
County Public Health and Columbus Public Health, we have been able to<br />
increase the number of homebound residents who received the vaccine.<br />
Through our agency’s Senior Options Program, transportation to medical<br />
appointments, including appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine and<br />
booster shot, is being provided to older Franklin County residents. Not<br />
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• Home Care Services<br />
• Nutritional Supplements, Incontinence Supplies, and Durable Medical<br />
Equipment<br />
Senior Options is not the only department within the Office on Aging that<br />
is providing incredible resources to seniors and their families. Our Caregiver<br />
Support Program provides short term support and services to families<br />
to enhance and restore independence to the resident and the caregiver.<br />
With over 53 million people in the United States in the role of an unpaid<br />
family caregiver, and over 1.5 million of those people living in Ohio, we<br />
have never seen the need higher than we are now. Our agency can provide<br />
caregivers of older adults 60 years and older, who are non-paid, and who<br />
have a demonstrated need for home care assistance, with resources to<br />
help. We can also provide services to non-paid parents or relatives 55<br />
years or older, caring for an adult child who has disabilities and show a<br />
demonstrated need for home care assistance.<br />
Program services include:<br />
• Adult Day Services<br />
• Caregiver Counseling<br />
• Durable Medical Equipment<br />
• Incontinent Supplies<br />
• Institutional Respite Care<br />
One of the many goals of our agency is to provide necessary resources to<br />
our senior residents, and their families, so that they can remain independent,<br />
safe, and together for as long as possible. In the upcoming months,<br />
look out for our agency to continue to share resources including information<br />
on our Kinship Support Program, Home Repair Program, and our<br />
Adult Protective Services department. If you or someone you know needs<br />
the services or programs listed above, and has not yet received a call from<br />
us, please contact the Franklin County Office on Aging at 614-525-5230.
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By Rick Palsgrove<br />
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Want to learn about coyotes?<br />
Coyote Run, a 900-acre privately owned<br />
farm and conservation project located just<br />
south of Pickerington, will host a free presentation<br />
about coyotes on April 7 at 6:30<br />
p.m. at 9270 Pickerington Road. The presentation<br />
by Marne Titchenell, extension<br />
wildlife program specialist for the Ohio<br />
State University in the College of Food,<br />
Agricultural, and Environmental Science,<br />
will explore the myths and facts about coyotes.<br />
“Coyotes are a part of many communities<br />
in Ohio and living with a large predator<br />
raises many questions,” said Titchenell.<br />
“It’s important to talk about what coyotes<br />
are doing and why, and address resident<br />
concerns. The end goal is a peaceful coexistence,<br />
which is possible.”<br />
David Hague of Coyote Run said a presentation<br />
like this important to the community<br />
because, “Coyotes are often misunderstood.<br />
The lack of understanding contributes<br />
to unnecessary fear. The more<br />
folks know about coyotes, or the natural<br />
world in general, the better chance of<br />
peaceful coexistence.”<br />
Hague added, that except for humans,<br />
coyotes are a top predator.<br />
“They help keep the balance between<br />
predator and prey,” said Hague.<br />
The April 7 presentation will go into<br />
detail about how people should conduct<br />
themselves around coyotes and how to protect<br />
pets and livestock.<br />
“We know that our behaviors impact<br />
coyotes,” said Hague. “We don’t want them<br />
to get too comfortable, especially in our<br />
backyards. Harassment can be an effective<br />
strategy to keep coyotes out. It’s also<br />
important to eliminate any potential food<br />
that could attract a coyote, such as pet food<br />
left outside or a bird feeder that attracts a<br />
lot of rodents. Keep cats indoors and monitor<br />
small dogs when they are outside alone.<br />
There are a variety of options for keeping<br />
livestock safe, such as fencing, harassment,<br />
and use of guard animals to name a<br />
few. It depends on the situation and the<br />
animals you are trying to protect.”<br />
The estimated number of coyotes in the<br />
southeastern Franklin County and northwestern<br />
Fairfield County areas is not<br />
specifically known.<br />
“We know they are there, but do not<br />
know how many,” said Hague.<br />
Photo courtesy of ODNR Division of Wildlife<br />
A coyote in its natural habitat.<br />
When asked if coyotes are considered<br />
dangerous, Hague said, “There is risk<br />
involved when coexisting with a top predator.<br />
Conflicts with coyotes do occur, however,<br />
we can influence their behaviors both<br />
good and bad. Research on urban coyotes<br />
has shown us that coexistence is possible.”<br />
About Coyote Run<br />
According to Hague the goal of Coyote<br />
Run is to restore its several hundred acre<br />
property to as close to pre-European settlement<br />
as possible and preserve it in perpetuity<br />
for 500 years.<br />
“Last year a portion of the property was<br />
dedicated as the 140th State Nature<br />
Preserve,” said Hague.<br />
Public access is through group events<br />
through the Ohio Department of Natural<br />
Resources, The Ohio State University<br />
Extension, Fairfield County Park District,<br />
and various other organizations. Coyote<br />
Run provides outdoor labs for Ohio State<br />
University and the Pickerington Library.<br />
Coyote Run also offers other programs<br />
including bird walks, mushroom forays,<br />
wetlands exploration, night hikes, tree<br />
identification walks, celestial events, dragonfly<br />
walks, wildflower walks, and bio<br />
blitzes.<br />
“We’re known for our vernal pools,<br />
which feature salamanders,” added Hague.<br />
Nature talks on various topics are<br />
offered throughout the year. Events are<br />
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August from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in Cruiser<br />
Park, 4677 Bixby Road. The event features<br />
food trucks, more than 40 vendors, a petting<br />
zoo, kids’ craft tent and bounce house,<br />
a dog show in August, and live music. The<br />
music schedule is: June 2 - Lee Gantt; July<br />
7 - Jack Middleton; and Aug. 4 - The<br />
Morning Lumber Co. There will be giveaways<br />
to the first 200 attendees each date.<br />
Giveaways are: June 2 - <strong>Groveport</strong> tote bag;<br />
July 7 - hand sanitizer; and Aug. 4 - travel<br />
bowl. For information call 614-836-3333.<br />
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meetings at 6:30 p.m. on the second and<br />
fourth Mondays of the month. Council<br />
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<strong>Groveport</strong> Madison begins to plan for future of its schools<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Editor<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison Board of<br />
Education approved contracting with SHP<br />
Architects for facility planning regarding<br />
the potential renovation, expansion, or<br />
replacement of the district’s existing elementary<br />
and middle schools.<br />
According to the contract, SHP<br />
Architects will: review and update assessments<br />
of existing schools in the district;<br />
assist with the analysis of enrollment projections;<br />
facilitate advisory team meetings;<br />
research existing site information on properties<br />
owned by the district as well as<br />
potential new building sites; facilitate the<br />
development of the district’s Master<br />
Facilities Plan and locally funded facility<br />
plan options; and engage with the community<br />
to share facility and site conditions,<br />
needs and opportunities; participate in formulating<br />
an educational vision to identify<br />
where the district wants to be relative to<br />
trends in education; how the district might<br />
respond to the Ohio Department of<br />
Education’s Strategic Plan for Learning;<br />
identify how new or renovated learning<br />
spaces can support the district; and identify<br />
Master Facilities Plan preferences all at<br />
a cost of $77,000.<br />
The board already approved contracting<br />
with Cropper GIS for a demographic and<br />
capacity/utilization study of the district at a<br />
cost of $35,500. That work is now underway.<br />
The board also voted to not accept funding<br />
this year from the Ohio Facilities<br />
Construction Commission.<br />
“This will allow us to have time for proper<br />
facility planning and community<br />
engagement,” said <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison<br />
Superintendent Garilee Ogden.<br />
The reason for postponing acceptance of<br />
OFCC money is that, if the district accepted<br />
the funding now, it would need to have<br />
its Master Facilities Plan completed by<br />
mid-May, which does not give the district<br />
sufficient time to complete its planning,<br />
research, and community engagement.<br />
Ogden previously noted such a short<br />
amount of time does not allow time to figure<br />
out building attendance boundary<br />
realignment and prepare a campaign for<br />
three potential election cycles to try and<br />
pass a bond issue. She added <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Madison is at the top of the OFCC’s list for<br />
segmented projects “so it is likely that they<br />
will come to us next January again with<br />
funding even if we say ‘no’ right now.”<br />
Timeline<br />
Now that the SHP Architects contract is<br />
approved, facility analysis, community<br />
engagement, and educational visioning<br />
begins. After that, discussions about facilities<br />
planning, what the new schools could<br />
look like, where buildings would be, what<br />
the community wants, building grade configurations,<br />
and building attendance<br />
boundaries can take place as well as<br />
informing the community about the Master<br />
Facilities Plan. (The building attendance<br />
boundaries do not refer to the entire district’s<br />
actual boundary. It refers to the<br />
attendance boundaries within the district<br />
for each individual school building regarding<br />
which school building students attend<br />
based on where they reside.)<br />
District officials indicated a completed<br />
Master Facilities Plan and a board resolution<br />
for the OFCC would be needed by<br />
April 2023 in order to receive funding<br />
approval from the OFCC.<br />
A bond issue for new buildings could<br />
appear on the November 2023, May 2024,<br />
or August 2024 ballot.<br />
Ogden noted the bond issue must pass<br />
by August 2024 or else the district would<br />
have to reapply for OFCC funding.<br />
She also said the district’s five year<br />
renewal general operating levy is tentatively<br />
scheduled for the November 2024<br />
ballot as that is latest date it can be<br />
approved for the district to start collecting<br />
money in 2025.<br />
Buildings’ capacity and enrollments<br />
As of October 2021, the district had<br />
6,271 students. In comparison, enrollment<br />
was 5,569 in 2015-16.<br />
Warner said overcrowding is the central<br />
issue facing the district, but other factors<br />
to be considered in the facilities planning<br />
process include the age, condition, efficiency,<br />
adaptability, and cost to maintain the<br />
existing elementary and middle schools.<br />
To deal with student overcrowding, the<br />
district has 24 modular classrooms in use,<br />
including a single quad-classroom unit at<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Elementary, two double-classroom<br />
units at Asbury Elementary and<br />
Dunloe Elementary, and six double-classroom<br />
units at Sedalia Elementary.<br />
Here are the capacity and enrollments<br />
(as of December 2021) for <strong>Groveport</strong><br />
Madison’s elementary and middle schools<br />
(a new 240,000 square foot, 1,500 student<br />
high school opened in 2018):<br />
•Asbury Elementary — Built in 1963<br />
with additions in 1968 and 1969.<br />
Enrollment, 476. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•Dunloe Elementary — Built in 1967<br />
with additions in 1968 and 1969.<br />
Enrollment, 448. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•Glendening Elementary — Built in<br />
1968 with addition in 1974. Enrollment,<br />
455. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•<strong>Groveport</strong> Elementary — Built in 1923.<br />
Enrollment, 417. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
Placed on the National Register of Historic<br />
Places in 2009.<br />
•Madison Elementary — Built in 1967<br />
with additions in 1968 and 1969.<br />
Enrollment, 354. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•Sedalia Elementary — Built in 1969<br />
with addition in 1974. Enrollment, 562.<br />
Functional capacity, 446.<br />
•Middle School North — Built in 1975.<br />
Enrollment, 495. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•Middle School South — Built in 1975.<br />
Enrollment, 466. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•Middle School Central — Built in stages<br />
as a high school between 1952-56.<br />
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Enrollment, 448. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
Placed on the National Register of Historic<br />
Places in 2009.<br />
Since December, <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison<br />
Communications Director Jeff Warner said<br />
now every building in the district, except<br />
for Madison Elementary, is over capacity.<br />
(Functional capacity is 85 percent of original<br />
design capacity and reflects modern<br />
requirements for classroom space and programming.<br />
Source: <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison<br />
Schools.)<br />
Dr. Sacheen Garrison<br />
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<strong>Groveport</strong>, OH 43125 614-836-0500<br />
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Photo courtesy of the <strong>Groveport</strong> Heritage Museum<br />
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Front Street. The large, brick warehouse at the right still stands today. At left is the<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> railroad depot, which was torn down in the 1960s. When the Ohio and<br />
Erie Canal fell into disuse in the late 19th and early <strong>20th</strong> centuries, the railroad<br />
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A worker power washes the bricks on the new Rarey’s Port building. The city<br />
owned building, along with the new Wert’s Grove building, are part of the city of<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong>’s $7.6 million 1847 Main Project. The 14,145 square foot Rarey’s Port<br />
building is located at 674 Main St. and the 12,184 square foot Wert’s Grove building<br />
is located at 480 Main St. Construction is expected to be completed on the buildings<br />
in the spring of <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
Concert in the Park<br />
The city of <strong>Groveport</strong>’s Concert in the<br />
Park summer music series will be held the<br />
last Saturday of the month in June, July,<br />
and August in Heritage Park, 551 Wirt<br />
Road. Bring a picnic dinner, a blanket or<br />
lawn chair, and invite your friends and<br />
family to this free concert series. Food<br />
Trucks will be available to purchase food<br />
and non-alcoholic beverages from 5:30-8<br />
p.m. Bands play from 6-8 p.m. Scheduled<br />
bands are: June 25 - Mama Drama; July 30<br />
- Rob Adam; and Aug. 27 - Willie Nelson<br />
Mande. For information call 614-836-3333.<br />
Princess Party<br />
<strong>Groveport</strong> Town Hall, 648 Main St., will<br />
host a Princess Party for ages 3-12 on April<br />
23 from 10 a.m. to noon. The party features<br />
singing, finger foods and dessert, crafts,<br />
dancing, nail painting, and a fashion show.<br />
Cost is $5 per person. One adult per<br />
princess. Register and pre-pay by April 18.<br />
For information call 614-836-3333.<br />
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The airport’s international tonnage<br />
handled was up 44 percent year-over-year,<br />
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Adding to its successful year, it served<br />
as one of the few non-passenger hub airports<br />
to accommodate converted passenger-freighters,<br />
surpassing 1,700 of these<br />
all-cargo flights since the beginning of the<br />
pandemic. The airport also recently welcomed<br />
two new operators, Apex Logistics<br />
and Maestro International Cargo (now<br />
part of Alliance Ground International).<br />
Cruisers on the air<br />
The <strong>Groveport</strong> Sports Network and Rick<br />
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of <strong>Groveport</strong> Madison High School athletic<br />
contests. The broadcast includes high definition<br />
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Each broadcast begins 25 minutes prior<br />
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Tune in after the game for interviews<br />
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The schedule - softball:<br />
<strong>March</strong> 26 at 11 a.m. vs. Westerville North;<br />
April 9 at 11 a.m. vs. Gahanna; April 11 at<br />
5:15 p.m. vs. Lancaster; April 15 at 5:15<br />
p.m. vs. Newark; April 30 at 10 a.m. vs.<br />
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in the Council Chambers of the <strong>Groveport</strong> Municipal<br />
Building, 655 Blacklick Street, <strong>Groveport</strong>, Ohio.<br />
This Council Meeting is open to the public. The Codified<br />
Ordinances are on file in the office of the Clerk of Council<br />
and posted on the website at www.groveport.org.<br />
Ruthanne Sargus Ross, CMC<br />
Clerk of Council<br />
Public Notices<br />
PLANNING AND<br />
ZONING COMMISSION<br />
***NOTICE OF MEETING***<br />
MONDAY, APRIL 4, <strong>2022</strong> 6:00 P.M.<br />
GROVEPORT MUNICIPAL BUILDING<br />
COUNCIL CHAMBERS—2ND FLOOR<br />
#<strong>2022</strong>-01 A request by Aaron Carroll for a<br />
Rezoning at 325 Main Street, Parcel #185-000443<br />
(tabled from the February 7, <strong>2022</strong> meeting).<br />
#<strong>2022</strong>-02 A request by Aaron Carroll for a Final<br />
Development Plan at 325 Main Street,<br />
Parcel #185-000443<br />
(tabled from the February 7, <strong>2022</strong> meeting).<br />
The public is invited to attend and participate.
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Lockbourne to honor the Tuskegee Airmen<br />
By Linda Dillman<br />
Staff Writer<br />
In 1946, Lockbourne Army Airfield was<br />
home to the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of<br />
Black service members under the leadership<br />
of Colonel Benjamin Davis, Jr., the<br />
first African-American officer to command<br />
an Army Air Force Base.<br />
The village of Lockbourne never forgot<br />
the airmen’s dedication and precedent-setting<br />
service to their country and is preparing<br />
to install a memorial in the village’s<br />
Veteran’s Park in the center of town to the<br />
Tuskegee Airmen and others who served at<br />
the base.<br />
“Lockbourne Air Force Base was named<br />
after the Village of Lockbourne,” said<br />
Lockbourne Mayor Christie Ward. “We<br />
believe that it is a part of our history, not<br />
only in the village, but Hamilton Local<br />
Schools and throughout Hamilton<br />
Township. There was so much historical<br />
building and the base history has been<br />
destroyed with the development in and<br />
around Rickenbacker. We want to make<br />
sure that the history is not lost. The memorial<br />
is a great way to preserve the history<br />
for generations to come.”<br />
During Lockbourne’s Memorial Day<br />
parade and ceremony, the village highlights<br />
the history of Lockbourne Air Force<br />
Base as part of an effort to share all that<br />
“We have built a strong relationship<br />
with the Ohio Memorial<br />
Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen<br />
and are collaborating with them<br />
to tell their story. Lockbourne Air<br />
Force Base was their last home.<br />
The chapter is celebrating Ohio<br />
Tuskegee Airmen Day with a<br />
special event at the National<br />
Veterans Memorial and<br />
Museum on <strong>March</strong> 29.”<br />
- Christie Ward, mayor<br />
Village of Lockbourne<br />
was accomplished at the base.<br />
“We have built a strong relationship<br />
with the Ohio Memorial Chapter of<br />
Tuskegee Airmen and are collaborating<br />
with them to tell their story,” said Ward.<br />
“Lockbourne Air Force Base was their last<br />
home. The chapter is celebrating Ohio<br />
Tuskegee Airmen Day with a special event<br />
at the National Veterans Memorial and<br />
Museum on <strong>March</strong> 29.”<br />
The memorial project is spearheaded by<br />
Rediscover Lockbourne, a 501C(3) organization,<br />
which is raising money for the<br />
Greatness just<br />
got even closer.<br />
<strong>Messenger</strong> photo by Linda Dillman<br />
Lockbourne Mayor Christie Ward is eager to start moving on the village’s next historical<br />
endeavor, a wall in Veteran’s Park saluting the service at Lockbourne Air<br />
Force Base of the Tuskegee Airmen. Part of the fundraising effort includes sales of<br />
Crossroads of Liberty, a pictorial tribute of the air base written by Robert M. Stroup.<br />
Copies are available at the village office Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m.<br />
to noon For information call 614-491-3161.<br />
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$300,000 to $360,000 project through several<br />
fundraising events, including sales of<br />
“Crossroads of Liberty,” a hardcover book<br />
by Robert Stroup chronicling the history of<br />
Lockbourne/Rickenbacker Air Force Base.<br />
Black granite panels etched with text<br />
and pictures comprised the memorial,<br />
which forms a wall of 10 to 12 panels along<br />
the east side of the park and features the<br />
history of the base, including the accomplishments<br />
of the Tuskegee Airmen.<br />
Ward is hopeful some of panels are<br />
installed before the Columbus Air Show in<br />
June 2023.<br />
She said this would give air show attendees<br />
an opportunity to get a sneak peak of<br />
the vision of the project.<br />
“Lockbourne, Hamilton Local Schools<br />
and Hamilton Township have a rich military<br />
legacy and Lockbourne/ Rickenbacker<br />
Air Force Base was a major part of that history,”<br />
said Ward. “We want to remember<br />
the Tuskegee Airmen, the Women Air<br />
Service Pilots and all of the rich history at<br />
Lockbourne/Rickenbacker Air Force Base.<br />
Their story is important to tell and we are<br />
in a position to be the voice for them.”<br />
Carved out of farm land in southeastern<br />
Franklin County, the base was activated in<br />
1942 and initially provided basic pilot<br />
training and military support as the<br />
Northeastern Training Center for the Army<br />
Air Corps. It was later renamed<br />
Lockbourne Air Force Base and was the<br />
home to bomb and fighter wings.<br />
Lockbourne AFB nearly doubled in size<br />
in the 1950s during the Korean War.<br />
The number of service personnel<br />
reached 18,000 in 1967 during the Vietnam<br />
War. Renamed Rickenbacker Air Force<br />
Base in 1974, the base lost two-thirds of its<br />
jobs four years later when SAC transferred<br />
operations to other bases.<br />
In 1979, parts of the base were transferred<br />
to the civilian Rickenbacker Port<br />
Authority and the Ohio National Guard. In<br />
1994, Rickenbacker Air Force Base officially<br />
closed after all active duty operations<br />
were transferred.<br />
The Ohio Air National Guard and the<br />
Naval Reserve still maintain a presence at<br />
Rickenbacker Airport.