Westside Messenger - January 15th, 2023

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January 15 - 28, 2023 www.columbusmessenger.com Vol. XLIX, No. 14
Photos courtesy of Nathan Weidner
Westside resident Nathan Weidner is pictured here (center) with film students who worked on the feature film “The Name of the
Sun.” The film was shot locally and in Glacier National Park in Montana.
The art of making a feature film
By Rick Palsgrove
Managing Editor
This past summer, Nathan Weidner, a
westside resident and video production
teacher at Canal Winchester High School,
conducted an exercise to give current and
former students of his the experience of
shooting a feature film.
The students took what they learned in
the classroom and created an ambitious
and interesting feature film entitled, “The
Name of the Sun.” The film was shot locally
in Columbus, Canal Winchester, and
Mansfield, and then in Whitefish,
Montana at Glacier National Park. On
Dec. 30 it was shown at the Lennox 24
movie theater.
The film is about a social media influencer
who gets stranded in the wilderness
of Montana.
The students who created the film
include:
•Adam Scott - class of 2021 - studying
acting at Pace University - writer, producer,
director, actor;
•Javier Vallejo - class of 2021 - studied
audio engineering at Conservatory of
Recording Arts and Sciences - writer, coproducer,
audio mixer;
•Addison Parker - class of 2020 -
studying filmmaking at University of
Alabama - cinematographer;
•Stevyn Butts - class of 2022 - studying
filmmaking at Capital University - audio
recordist;
•Cade Edens - class of 2018 - graduated
2022 from Ohio University in filmmaking
- editor;
•Keegan Gayagoy - current Canal
Winchester senior - production assistant;
and
•Dominic Neu - current Canal
Winchester senior - production assistant.
“I came up with the idea of the project,
but after writing the first 30 pages I needed
help knowing what to do with the
character once he got stranded in
Montana, so I sat down with Javier and
Adam, and the three of us came up with
an outline for the rest of the film in three
hours,” said Weidner.
Weidner, who is a 1988 graduate of
West High School, said there are two
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Hilltop, the city’s first in 2023. The property
has been connected to a multitude of
police runs and complaints related to drug
trafficking, violence, shootings, and even a
fentanyl-related overdose death of a 1-
year-old child. Columbus Police executed
an order to board up the property at 70 S.
Harris Ave.
“This is the first drug house we shut
down in 2023, and it won’t be the last,”
said Klein. “The city has made it our priority
to take out drug houses and go after the
criminals that make our neighborhoods
less safe. One by one, we’re making our
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things that influenced the writing of the film.
“The first was a list I made on my 40th birthday,
entitled ‘10 things I learned in my 30s,’” said Weidner.
“One of those was, ‘Cities are places where it is difficult
to focus on God, because you are surrounded by things
made by the hands of man.’ The second was when I
viewed the Marilyn Monroe film, “The River of No
Return,” and the opening shot of the mountains of
Alberta took my breath away, as if nature itself was
declaring the glory of God. I wondered if someone who
has no thought of God were dropped in the middle of a
place like that - would it change his mind?”
According to Weidner, college film students study
feature films, but only get to work on shorts.
“This was an opportunity for them to create a feature
film from start to finish while on their summer
break,” said Weidner. “Also, there are very few media
programs at the high school level that would ever
engage students in production work of this magnitude.
I have found that opening opportunities like this gives
high school students real-life exposure and experience
to feature filmmaking and helps them to determine
whether or not this is a field they might want to enter.
For the college students involved, it helps them to hone
their skills and to pinpoint those aspects of production
that they want to focus on in their career.”
Weidner said Adam Scott took on a lot by asking to
help produce the film.
“We pulled meetings every Monday via video conference
to establish shooting locations, locate actors,
acquire props, and every other aspect of pre-production,”
said Weidner. “Most of the students had been
involved in some level of creating videos, but they had
never pulled the lengthy days required to shoot feature
films. Once we were in Montana, we were often up
before 5 a.m. hiking through the woods and setting
things up for the day. They were resilient, though, and
they faced the challenge with vigor. I am so proud of
what they accomplished.”
Getting to the Montana filming site required a 29
hour drive by car.
“Once we arrived we were housed by a wonderful
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safer for children, families, and every Columbus resident.”
According to court documents, Columbus police
were dispatched a number of times to the Hilltop property
beginning in 2021 on the reports of a wanted felon
on the premises, domestic disputes, shootings, and an
overdose.
On April 28, 2021, CPD responded to a report of a
shooting at the premises. The shooter was identified as
David Johnson, and the victim, Derek Ponder, was
taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced
dead hours later. Johnson was charged with murder.
In February 2022, CPD detectives made controlled
purchases of crack cocaine and fentanyl at the premises.
CPD INTAC detectives then obtained and executed
a search warrant at the premises, recovering fentanyl,
crack cocaine, powder cocaine, heroin, firearms,
firearm magazines, ammunition and more than $1,800
in cash. Later that month, CPD detectives contacted
the property owner, notifying them of felony drug
offenses occurring at the property. The owner filed an
eviction of the then-current tenants.
In August 2022, CPD responded to a report of a 13-
year-old male shot at the premises. The victim was
transported to Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
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Film students work on a scene from their feature
film, “The Name of the Sun.”
couple, Bob and Pat Jepsen, who allowed us stay with
them free of charge,” said Weidner. “Bob and Pat were
very instrumental in helping us to locate where to
shoot in Montana and they fed our crew every day. I
cannot thank them enough for their generosity.”
According to Weidner, the film cost $17,000 to produce.
“We raised $10,000 of those funds through an
Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, and I paid the balance
of what we didn’t raise,” said Weidner. “The students
each received a scholarship for their participation
in the project. Any money that the film makes will
go back into a fund to help produce another student
film. I do not take any money from these films.”
Currently the film is being shown at private
screenings at local venues. Weidner said they are also
submitting it to be put on Amazon Prime Direct. They
plan to take the film to a number of student film festivals.
“I would like to shoot a student feature film every
summer during my break,” said Weidner. “We are currently
in discussions about what the next project
would be.”
Reports also indicate that Franklin County Children
Services had recently removed a 10-year-old child from
the home.
On November 18, 2022, CPD officers were dispatched
to the premises on report of an overdose of a 1-
year-old child, who was transported to Nationwide
Children’s Hospital and pronounced deceased hours
later. Testing revealed the infant was positive for fentanyl.
The suspect in the two fatalities at the property,
David Johnson, was charged with involuntary
manslaughter for the overdose death of his 1-year-old
son. He was also charged with murder in the death of
26-year-old Derek Ponder, who he is accused of shooting
during a fight in the Hilltop neighborhood.
“Advancing safe neighborhoods begins with good
neighbors, people who reach out to say something
when they see something. We’re thankful for the
reports of neighbors and the work of law enforcement,
which allowed us to build this case and take out a dangerous
drug house that has wreaked havoc in this part
of the Hilltop for too long,” said Assistant City
Attorney Zach Gwin, the city’s lead attorney for nuisance
property cases on the westside.

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Hilltop Spotlight
Appointed seat filled in Hilltop
By Dedra Cordle
Staff Writer
A familiar face will be coming back to serve on the
Greater Hilltop Area Commission.
At its meeting on Jan. 3, the commissioners accepted
the nomination of James White to fill an open
appointed seat. His original term, which was also by
appointment, ended on Dec. 31, 2022.
“I haven’t been away from the commission for very
long, but it is good to be back,” he said.
White said when he moved to the westside nearly
six years ago, involvement in local politics was not at
the forefront of his mind.
“I have always had an active role in my community,
but I never gave that political aspect much thought,”
he said.
That mindset changed, however, when he started
attending these area commission meetings in order to
address the issues he saw rising in the community.
“I noticed a lot of blighted properties, a lot of criminal
activity, and even some prostitution,” he said.
“They had my concerns in mind and I knew that, by
then being residents too, they were doing the best they
could and reaching out to organizations that could
help.
“I really liked what they were doing and I wanted to
get involved on an area commission too so I could try
to help out this community in any way that I could.”
White added that he was happy to accept the nomination
and is excited to start his new term.
“I’m looking forward to the next three years and
making a positive impact on the Hilltop,” he said.
White was nominated for the open appointed seat
by Rachel Wenning. She said she has been “proud to
serve alongside him” and believes he will continue to
make positive changes within the community as a
member of the area commission.
“He has done a really great job, especially with the
park (and recreation committee) by implementing new
processes and really advocating for changes to our
parks, which are really beneficial to our community,”
she said.
No commissioners expressed objections to his nomination,
nor did any other commissioner nominate an
individual to fill the open appointed seat. Area commission
bylaws state that only currently seated commissioners
can nominate an individual to fill an open
appointed seat.
In other news, the commission selected its officers
for the new year. Dan Fagan was selected to continue
serving as chairman while Victoria Bates-Frye was
selected to serve as vice-chair. Joseph Argiro will serve
as the secretary and Josh Paxton will serve as the
treasurer.
Assignments for the nine committees will be
announced at next month’s full commission meeting. It
will be held on Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hilltop
Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, 511 S.
Hague Ave.
Hilltop RISE names its
first executive director
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“The next chapter of Hilltop RISE
Economic CDC will be building from our
community’s strengths, centering stakeholder
voices, and reimagining our impact
on the Hilltop,” said Betty Jaynes, chair of
the Hilltop RISE board. “DeBoth’s background
in the non-profit sector, along with
her experience in program design and
implementation, grant management, and
collaborative leadership style, make her
uniquely qualified to begin the work of
Hilltop RISE.”
“I am excited to dig into the work by
developing new and established pathways
for current and upcoming business owners,
community investment, building trust, and
opportunity in alignment with the goals of
Envision Hilltop,” said DeBoth. “I am committed
to the Hilltop and Columbus’
greater westside and look forward to
engaging groups, agencies, and Hilltop
stakeholders to drive economic development
along our commercial corridors.”
The community is invited to an open
Morgan DeBoth
house to welcome DeBoth into her role at
Hilltop RISE. The open house will be held
from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 8 at The Third Way
Cafe, 3058 W. Broad St. in Columbus.
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By Christine Bryant
Staff Writer
For the first time in more than a decade,
Prairie Township has raised its fees for its
Alton and Galloway cemeteries.
At the Dec. 28 board of trustees meeting,
board members approved the new fee
schedule effective Jan. 1, 2023.
Township residents will now pay $750
$259.00
per grave, which is up from the previous fee
of $600. Non-township residents will now
pay $1,250, up from $1,000.
Other fees include:
●Opening and closing on weekdays:
$400 for township residents and $800 for
non-township residents
●Opening and closing on Saturdays
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●Cremation on weekdays: $300 for
township residents and $600 for non-residents
●Cremation on Saturdays and holidays
until noon: $450 for township residents and
$750 for non-residents
Holiday rates will be in effect on the day
that the township designates as employee
holidays. A complete list of the township’s
cemetery fees can be found online at
www.prairietownship.org.
Prairie Township road superintendent
Dave McAninch said the change in fee
structure is the result of rising maintenance
and other related costs. Resident
grave costs have not changed since 1999,
while resident opening and closing costs
have not changed since 2006, he said.
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Government Focus
Prairie Township changes its cemetery fee schedule
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther
joined leadership from the city’s public
safety forces to share 2022 crime data,
which shows a 33 percent drop in homicides
over 2021 as well as reductions in
burglaries, felonious assaults, robberies,
and rapes.
“This progress speaks to the effectiveness
of our updated Comprehensive
Neighborhood Safety Strategy,” said
Ginther. “By leveraging a broad range of
prevention, intervention and enforcement
tactics to reduce violence and address its
root causes, we are making great strides
toward improving neighborhood safety
while strengthening trust and collaboration
between our officers and the public.”
Columbus saw the biggest percentage
drop in homicides among the 20 largest
U.S. cities, in addition to Cincinnati and
Cleveland. The national average for murders
in big cities was a 5 percent reduction.
In addition to a dramatically reduced
homicide rate in 2022, several other categories
saw improvements when compared
Several other fees have not changed in
price since 2012.
In other news, at an earlier special
meeting at Prairie Township Fire
Department’s Station 241 that evening,
township trustees performed the swearing
in of nine full-time firefighters. The new
positions are being funded through the
Staffing For Adequate Fire and Emergency
Response (SAFER) grant, which the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) established to help increase or
maintain the number of trained, front-line
firefighters in communities.
SAFER grant funds can only be used for
funding personnel positions and are provided
directly to fire departments and volunteer
firefighter interest organizations.
At the special meeting, trustees also
approved an automatic aid agreement
renewal with Washington Township.
City sees decrease in crime
Blood Drive
The American Red Cross will host a
blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jan.
23 at OhioHealth Doctors Hospital, 5131
Beacon Hill Road in Columbus. To schedule
an appointment, call 1-800-448-3543 or
visit www.redcrossblood.org.
Hilltop Legal Clinic
The Legal Aid Society of Columbus will
host a Hilltop Legal Clinic every Monday
from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Columbus
Metropolitan Library Hilltop Branch, 511
S. Hague Ave. in Columbus. A legal aid
community events
to 2021:
•Robberies decreased by 32 percent
•Burglaries decreased by 21 percent
•Felonious assaults decreased by 16
percent
•Rapes decreased by 5.7 percent
“Nothing matters more to the Columbus
Division of Police than the safety of our
community,” said Chief of Police Elaine
Bryant. “Last year (2022) was a year of
great progress for us, and we will continue
to work hard and protect our city in 2023.”
Gun violence continues to have an outsized
impact on the city’s homicide rate,
accounting for nearly 90 percent of homicides
in 2022. The Columbus Division of
Police, however, has demonstrated success
in reducing the number of guns throughout
the community, taking more than 3,300
firearms off city streets within the last year
alone — a record for the division.
“The safety of our community is on the
line,” said Ginther. “We’ll do everything
within our power to ensure that Columbus
becomes the safest big city in America.”
attorney will be available to answer questions
regarding landlord and tenant issues,
public benefits, consumer debt, and family
law. To receive free advice, you must have
a gross household income below 200 percent
of the Federal Poverty Level. For more
information, call Legal Aid at 614-241-
2001.
Produce giveaway at YMCA
The Hilltop YMCA hosts a fresh produce
giveaway the third Wednesday of each
month from 4 to 6 p.m. at 2879 Valleyite
Drive in Columbus. For more information,
call the YMCA at 614-276-8224.

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Athletic hub celebrated
at Franklin Heights
Messenger photos by Dedra Cordle
The Franklin Heights High School community is celebrating
the end result of a year-long fundraising effort to update its
indoor training facility for student-athletes. On Jan. 10, dozens
of alumni, current students, district officials, and local business
leaders attended the public dedication of a new athletic
performance center located within the Falcon’s Nest.
According to Kevin Mulvany, the head football coach who
spearheaded the fundraising effort, more than one hundred
donors raised $120,000 to build a new athletic hub at the
school’s recreation center. “I am so thankful to this community
who put in so much time and money to help us create a new
era of health and wellness for our student-athletes for
decades to come,” he said. Mulvany, shown here at the left celebrating
with members of the football team behind him, and
principal Tim Donahue and athletic director Brock Mullins at
the far right, said the new athletic performance center has 10
benches, five double-sided racks, more than 7,000 pounds of
weights and dumbbells for lifting, durable turf for speed training,
and stations for plyometric training and injury prevention
and recovery. “This is seriously nicer than the stuff I had when
I was at Kent State,” he quipped.
Seth Byas, a senior at the
school, showcases some of
the exercises that can be
done at the interlocking
bench station. Mullins said
equipment outfitter Straydog
Strength helped set up the
design of the training hub in
such a way as to maximize
the performance for all student-athletes.
“There will be
no more standing around and
waiting for your turn to use
the equipment,” he said.
Kevin Mulvany and alumni donor Roger Rawlins pose for a picture
near the new benches. Rawlins, a 1984 graduate who
played baseball and golf during his time at the school, said he
wanted to become involved in this fundraising effort as a way
to give back to the community he loves.
Dave Dobos
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
The Work
Has
Started…
By the time this issue of the Messenger is published,
I will have been sworn in as a member
of the Ohio House of Representatives. Our
first session of the 135th Ohio General Assembly
took place on January 3rd in the
House Chambers. The main orders of business
were to swear in members, vote for the
respective House leadership positions, and
approve various procedural resolutions so
the House can operate. The House reconvened
later in the afternoon in a joint session
with the State Senate to witness the formal
announcement of the popular vote results for
the state executive branch offices of Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
Secretary of State, Auditor, and Treasurer.
Although the House meets in its chambers in
the State House, House Members are provided
offices in the Riffe Tower (NW corner of
High & State Streets—across from the State
House) to work individually and meet with
constituents. My office is on the 11th floor,
my office phone is 614-466-9690, and my
email address is rep10@ohiohouse.gov (I represent
the new 10th District). By the end of
the week, we should have learned our committee
assignments and begun to meet to
consider our respective agendas for the next
two years.
Each representative is allotted a legislative
aide. My aide is Bria Meisse (pronounced my’
see). She is a recent honors graduate of Ashland
University, did an internship research
project with the Federal Reserve Bank of
Cleveland, and played varsity soccer at the
university. Her areas of interest are economic
growth and education. So, our priorities
match up well. She also can be reached at the
number and email above and, in most cases,
probably will be the first of us to respond to
your questions and concerns.
In past years, the House of Representatives
has not convened much in January after the
first week. That would appear to be different
for this General Assembly. We have been
scheduled to meet throughout January, with
the exception of the week of January 16th.
The intent is to get a jumpstart on the work
and to complete some of the unfinished business
of the last General Assembly. In future
weeks, I will provide more details about portions
of that work.
(Dave Dobos represents the new Ohio House
of Representatives 10th District, which consists
of most of the west and southwest sides
of Columbus, parts of the south side of
Columbus, Grove City, Urbancrest, and
Franklin Township. He reports to us regularly
via this column, which is paid for by Dobos
for Ohio.)
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New officers selected for South-Western school board
By Dedra Cordle
Staff Writer
New officers have been selected to lead
the South-Western City Schools Board of
Education.
At its organizational meeting on Jan. 2,
the board approved by a majority vote the
nomination of Anthony Caldwell to serve
as its president and the nomination of Lee
Schreiner to serve as its vice-president for
2023.
Since joining the board three years ago,
Caldwell has served as an officer just once
during his elected term — that of vice-president
during the 2022 calendar year. Since
his original appointment in 2013,
Schreiner has served as the vice-president
of the board twice and its president in
2018.
Both board members said that they
were grateful for the opportunity to serve
in the highest leadership roles.
“I just want to continue to help support
the students and staff of the district and
help continue to deliver a quality education
for the 22,000 plus students we have in the
district,” said Caldwell in an interview
after the meeting.
He added that as the individual in
charge of the operations at the public meetings,
he wants the students and parents to
be assured that they will continue to have
a “voice at the table.”
“I think that we have always had a
board that listens to the community and I
want to continue on in that tradition by
making sure that everyone feels like they
have a voice to share what their vision is
for this community,” he said. “I also believe
that students and parents should have an
expectation that we as a board are working
together to make the best informed decisions
for the students, staff, and parents in
our district.”
Also receiving votes for the role as president
and vice-president of the board,
respectively, was Chris Boso, who was
nominated by Kelli Martindale. Boso has
been a member of the board since 2022.
In addition to the selection of its president
and vice-president, the board also
approved a fiscal action to set aside
$35,000 from the general fund to establish
a board service fund for the fiscal year
2023-24. Under the terms of the Ohio
Revised Code, the board service fund can
be used to pay expenses the board incurred
in the performance of their duties or for
those of their official representatives.
The board also adopted its calendar for
the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.
In the 2023-24 calendar year, the first day
of school will take place on Aug. 21 for
those in grades 4-12 and for those in grades
K-3 with the last names that begin with A-
G only. Students whose last names begin
with the letters H-O will have their first
day on Aug. 22 and students whose last
names begin with the letters P-Z will have
their first day on Aug. 23. The last day of
school for all students will be May 30. The
tentative high school graduation date is
slated for June 1, 2024.
During the 2024-2025 school year, the
first day of school will take place on Aug. 21
for those in grades 4-12 and for those in
grades K-3 with the last names A-G only.
Students in grades K-3 whose last names
begin with H-0 and P-Z will have their first
days on Aug. 22 and Aug. 23, respectively.
The last day for all students will be June 3.
The tentative high school graduation date
is slated for June 7, 2025.
Classes will not be held on any scheduled
Election Day during the 2023-2024
and 2024-2025 calendar year. When the
board discussed the calendar at a public
meeting last fall, members of the Council of
Parent Teacher Associations implored the
district to consider adopting a policy in
which all schools used as a polling location
be closed on all election days in subsequent
years.
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Local students compete in Comet Classic
Evan Montgomery of Bishop Ready matches up against Adam Robinson of Central
Crossing High School. When the dust settles, Montgomery will take win by a score
of 13-1 and will go on to claim the second place spot of the 165-pounders taking
part in the 10th Annual Comet Classic, held on Jan. 7 at Central Crossing High
School. There were 18 teams and over 200 wrestlers taking part in the tournament.
Central Crossing would finish second and Bishop Ready fourth, while Versailles
took the top spot. Other area high schools competing were Westland, finishing in
11th place, and Franklin Heights, finishing in 14th place.
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all five of his
matches and is
shown here on
his way to a pin
over Blake
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Pet Corner
Pets of the week
Mariam was found
as a stray in a storage
unit. She loves to
nap and enjoys attention.
Mariam will paw
at your hand or arm
until you pay attention
to her. She will
also lick or nibble
your fingers to get
your attention. Mariam is very sweet, but quiet
and would do best in a home without young
children. She does get along with other cats,
but not dogs. Adopt her from Friends for Life
Animal Haven
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Betsy is a 6-monthold
who was rescued
from a shelter in West
Virginia. She is a
sweet and loyal girl
who just wants to be
with her person. She
is great with other
dogs and is respectful
of cats. Betsy is
spayed, microchipped,
current on vaccines and housebroken.
She loves to be outside no matter the
weather. If you are interested in adopting
Betsy, contact Colony Cats and Dogs.
FYI: colonycats.org
Dog license renewal runs through March 31
Dog license renewal season is under
way, and licenses are now available for
purchase without penalty at the auditor’s
office.
The dog license renewal period will run
through March 31, an extension of two
months to increase the rate of licensing. As
in past years, licenses may be purchased at
doglicense.franklincountyohio.gov, or at
the auditor’s office license counter, 373 S.
High St., 21st Floor in downtown
Columbus. The counter is open Monday
through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
One-year, three-year, and permanent
dog licenses can be purchased through
March 31. After the deadline, the cost to
Breakfast at the Lodge
to benefit Special Olympics
The Westmeath Masonic Lodge #623 is
preparing breakfasts once a month to benefit
the Special Olympics. The public is
invited to have breakfast the second
Saturday of each month at 2925 West
Broad St. Adults eat for a donation of $6,
children age 3 and above pay $3. Serving is
from 9 a.m. to noon.
Free lunch at Hilltop Methodist
The United Hilltop Methodist Church
Cookie is a gorgeous
torti who is
about 5 months old.
She was rescued
from a life outside
and would love to find
a family of her own.
Cookie is spayed,
microchipped, and
up to date on her vaccines.
Meet her at the
Colony Cats cagefree
adoption center.
FYI: colonycats.org
community events
These furry friends are available
for adoption at local
rescues and shelters
Reid is all about having
fun. He loves
adventure and would
make a great running
partner. After joining
the shelter’s Run
Club in October, Reid
quickly became a
favorite among Run
Club volunteers. He is
great on a leash, matches your pace and will
stay right by your side whether you are running
or walking. Reid recently went on a dogventure
with a volunteer, who also noted that
he was great in the car and was eager to
explore new places. Meet him at the Franklin
County Shelter.
FYI: franklincountydogs.com
purchase a license doubles. The office will
also offer licensing at expanded locations
across the county, including at pet vaccination
clinics, the Franklin County Dog
Shelter, and at other community events.
In addition to being required by state
law, dog licensing ensures that a dog has
been vaccinated against rabies, which is
required in Franklin County. It also
ensures any lost dog is returned quickly to
their owners. License fees help support the
Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption
Center.
Visit doglicense.franklincountyohio.gov
for more information.
will host a free community lunch every
Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The church is
located at 99 S. Highland Ave.
Wellness and foot care
for senior citizens
Liberace Alliance provides a nurse at
the Prairie Township Community Center
weekly to provide free foot care and other
wellness services. To schedule an appointment
or for more information, contact the
wellness office at 614-437-2878.
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process
As we approach 2023, your auditor’s
office is completing a monumental undertaking
- the Mass Property Reappraisal,
during which the office reappraises every
property in the county to determine appropriate
current values.
As we conduct the reappraisal, as
required by state law, I am dedicated to
leading an office with programs and initiatives
that will help existing homeowners
afford to stay in their neighborhoods as
well as promote more affordable housing.
The auditor’s office wants to engage residents
and make them an integral part of
the reappraisal process, ensuring their
voices are heard about their home values.
For the first time ever, the office is conducting
a Neighborhood Survey, where
residents tell us about their neighborhoods
to help appraisers assign more accurate
home valuations. No one understands a
neighborhood better than the people who
live in it, and in seeking the direct input of
residents before tentative value are established,
the auditor’s office seeks to eliminate
bias in the reappraisal process.
After appraisers have determined tentative
values in the fall of 2023, the office
will again offer opportunities, both in-person
and virtual for Informal Value Review
sessions, where homeowners who feel their
values are too low or too high can have
one-on-one meetings with auditor’s office
appraisers. You’ll hear more about these
sessions throughout the year.
The auditor’s office will continue to
serve Franklin County residents and businesses
with forward-thinking initiatives
and programs that help make our community
the very best place to live and work. I
look forward to engaging with the community
throughout 2023 and taking the
opportunity to help Franklin County residents
as we complete the reappraisal.
To participate in the survey, visit
franklincountyauditor.com/neighborhoodsurvey.
Michael Stinziano
Franklin County Auditor
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In Entertainment
“M3GAN” is a fun and thrilling film
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Amused. Intrigued. Repulsed. Those are
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Like most of the general public, my first
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via a genius social media campaign by
famed horror studio Blumhouse
Entertainment to drum up interest in their
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onto the masses several months ago, it
showcased the titular character dancing
around in a manner that would make all
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everlasting shame. Bizarre as it was to
watch an individual gyrate as if they had
no bones in their body, it was made all the
more baffling and entertaining because the
person in question was a blank-faced AI
doll with ice-blue eyes that was designed to
look as if she were a demented child.
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dropped sparked some outrage from certain
corners of the Internet, it largely set
off a whirlwind of memes from content creators
who were inspired to superimpose
those now iconic moves into classic music
videos and beloved pop songs throughout
the ages.
Fun as this was to witness, Blumhouse
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ramped up the marketing for this film by
establishing social media pages for
M3GAN where she quickly began to pick
fights with other cinematic murder dolls
like Chucky and Annabelle. And as if that
were not enough, the studio then hired
actors and models to dress like the character
while attending sporting events, giving
vacant and bone-chilling stares into the
lens of the camera whenever it panned onto
their doll-like faces.
Although there was a genuinely brilliant
marketing campaign behind this upand-coming
film — if you have not seen the
clip of the film’s human stars conducting
interviews at a morning show with dozens
of M3GAN clones catching from a window
in the public square, please do — one could
not help but get the sense that the overall
product would never be able to live up to
the hype that was generated pre-theatrical
release. After all, films rarely can live up to
that amount of buzz and it also had another
knock against it because it was set to be
released in January.
The first month of the year is notorious
because it has long been seen as the time of
year when studios release their complete
duds: It didn’t get the reputation as being
the “graveyard for films” for nothing. But
this particular studio has changed that
narrative a bit by offering good, if not
decent, horror and thriller films for several
years now during the winter doldrums.
Their latest film is not just decent, it’s pretty
great, actually.
“M3GAN” is the sort of film that people
will brush off as being too dumb. And it is,
truly, but it’s the best kind of dumb film
because it is so entertaining. Despite having
roots in the horror genre — its writing
team of Akela Cooper and James Wan set
the standard with “Malignant” — it’s not all
that violent despite the plot that revolves
around a killer AI child toy. Instead, the
film leans more on the satirical side of the
dangers of technology, the woes of parenting,
and how we busy ourselves with distractions
to mask our pain and emotions.
It’s whip-smart and fun and just so amusingly
and unapologetically crazy.
At the center of the film are two
humans, a child named Cady (Violet
McGraw) and her aunt Gemma (Allison
Williams). Because of Gemma’s heavy
work-load as a robotistic at a multi-billion
dollar toy company, the two rarely have
time to see each other but her aunt can
always be counted on to provide the latest
gadgets to her 8-year-old niece. While traveling
to a ski resort with her parents, Cady
and her family are involved in a tragic car
accident, leaving Gemma as her primary
guardian.
It is clear from the get-go that Gemma is
in no way, shape or form ready to care for a
child. Although she can provide for Cady
financially, she is admittedly in over her
head from the moment Cady walks into her
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tech-filled home. “I
can’t even take care
of my plants,” she
admits to a coworker.
Given the jarring
requirements of parenthood,
Gemma
sinks all of her energy into building an AI
named M3GAN, or a model 3 generative
android, to provide companionship for her
grieving niece. At first, M3GAN (voiced by
Jenna Davis and physically portrayed by
Amie Donald) lives up to her billing as “a
child’s greatest companion and a parent’s
greatest ally” but she soon begins to take
her responsibilities to protect Cady from
any physical or emotional harm a bit too
literally.
One of the things that make this film
work as well as it does is the audience can
see from the very beginning that M3GAN
is up to no good but the adults who are creating
this AI companion do not. It’s actually
quite funny to watch how long it takes
Gemma, a brilliant engineer, to glom onto
the fact that M3GAN has a mind of her
own, and a malevolent one at that. But
whereas this is funny within the realm of
this film, it also offers a bit of pointed commentary
at tech CEOs and start-up companies
who are creating things to “make life
more convenient” while also putting other
people at risk through their creations.
Although the film does make those
observations from time to time, it is not too
tied up in those elements. Screenwriter
Akela Cooper and collaborating partner
James Wan put enough thought into the
world that they have built to make it make
sense, but they don’t overplay their hand
and get too bogged down in the tech stuff
and how they could be both the savior for
and the downfall of our society. Instead,
the focus is more on being fun, making people
laugh, and allowing the audience to
have a great time with a cinematic murder
doll that reads stories, sings lullabies, and
rips the ears off of naughty boys who can’t
keep their hands to themselves.
Genuine horror hounds may be a bit disappointed
by the lack of scares within (I
heard of a rumored R-rated director’s cut
floating around) but there is a great balance
with the rest of the thrills to make
this movie live up to its pre-release hype of
being amusing, intriguing, and occasionally
repulsive.
Grade: B+
Dedra Cordle is a Messenger staff writer
and columnist.