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Troubles at State Route 317 and Groveport Road 

By Rick Palsgrove 

Groveport Editor 

A severe accident recently closed down 

part of a busy road in Groveport. 

According to the Groveport Police, on 

Feb. 7 around 10:30 a.m., an injury accident 

involving a flatbed semi-truck and 

two cars occurred at the intersection of 

State Route 317 and Groveport Road. The 

accident resulted in the temporary closing 

of Groveport Road between State Route 

317 and Greenpointe Drive. 

“Upon arrival, we found the road 

blocked by a load of steel pipes lost from a 

flatbed semi-truck and one of the cars on 

fire,” said Groveport Police Lt. Josh Short. 

Short said a passerby pulled the female 

driver from the burning vehicle and she 

was later transported to the hospital in 

stable condition. The Madison Township 

Fire Department confirmed that one driver 

had minor injuries and was treated on the 

scene while another driver was transported 

to a local hospital in stable condition. 

“The person who pulled the woman from 

the car made a selfless and brave decision 

to pull the victim from her car while it was 

on fire,” said Madison Township Fire Chief 

Derek Robinson. “His actions made a difference 

and put her in a position not to sustain 

any more injuries or potentially death. 

At this time, we do not have that individual’s 

name.” 

“The Madison Township Fire 

Department was very quick to the scene to 

put out the car fire and treat injured drivers,” 

Short said, adding that Groveport 

Road was closed from State Route 317 to 

Greenpointe Drive for three hours while 

crews from Long’s Towing helped get the 

road cleared. 

The accident remains under investigation. 

Fire department takes action 

Robinson said one of the Madison 

Township Fire Department crews (Engine 

181) was at a nearby grocery store and saw 

the police response and smoke at the intersection. 

“They responded over to the scene to 

investigate even before they were officially 

dispatched,” said Robinson. “Their being in 

the area, as opposed to the fire station 

located off Hamilton Road, allowed personnel 

to quickly mitigate the situation by 

extinguishing the auto fire and providing 

medical care for the injured driver. They 

did not encounter any challenges outside of 

the normal ones that our first responders 

face on a motor vehicle crash scene.” 

A busy intersection 

Groveport Police Chief Casey Adams 

said the area near the intersection of State 

Route 317 and Groveport Road has been 

the scene of some other recent accidents, 

including a couple resulting in fatalities. 

One was when a driver from Hamilton 

Township lost control of their vehicle on 

State Route 317 south of Groveport Road 

another was when a Columbus man was 

killed during a failure to yield accident at 

the intersection of State Route 317 and 

Groveport Road. 

According to the Groveport Police, in 

2022 there were 22 non-injury auto accidents 

and seven injury auto accidents in 

the State Route 317 at Groveport Road corridor. 

This includes the intersections of 

Groveport Road and State Route 317, 

Groveport Road at Greenpointe Drive, and 

the traffic light in front of the Groveport 

Kroger Plaza. 

Adams said the most common citations 

for accidents at or near the intersection of 

State Route 317 and Groveport Road are 

See TROUBLES, page 2 

City shares wealth with schools 



The city of Groveport continues to share 

the wealth with Groveport Madison 

Schools. 

At Groveport City Council’s Feb. 13 

meeting, Mayor Lance Westcamp and 

council presented Groveport Madison 

Schools officials with an income tax revenue 

sharing check for $1.1 million. 

“We started this partnership between 

the Groveport community and Groveport 

Madison Schools many years ago,” said 

Westcamp. “It’s a great partnership and it 

helps the schools.” 

Groveport Finance Director Jason Carr 

said the income tax revenue sharing agreement 

between the city and Groveport 

Madison began in 2005 and since its inception 

the city has shared more than $21 million 

with the school district. 

According to Carr, the check is generated 

from income tax withholdings for companies 

that may operate within the city’s 

Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) #1-5. 

See WEALTH, page 2 

Photos courtesy of the Groveport Police 

According to the Groveport Police, on Feb. 7 around 10:30 a.m., an injury accident 

occurred near State Route 317 and Groveport Road resulting in the temporary closing 

of Groveport Road between State Route 317 and Greenpointe Drive. 

Madison 

Township 

firefighters 

at the 

scene of 

the accident. 


Road was 

closed for 

three 

hours.

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City of Groveport officials presented Groveport Madison Schools officials with a $1.1 million income tax revenue 

sharing check at Groveport City Council’s Feb. 13 meeting. Pictured here, from left to right, are: 

Groveport Madison Superintendent Jamie Grube; City Council President Jean Ann Hilbert; Groveport 

Madison Treasurer Felicia Drummey; Groveport Madison Board of Education President LaToya Dowdell- 

Burger; Groveport Madison Board of Education Vice President Seth Bower; Mayor Lance Westcamp; City 

Councilman Scott Lockett; City Councilwoman Becky Hutson; City Councilman Jack Rupp; Groveport 

Madison Deputy Superintendent Paul Smathers; City Councilman Shawn Cleary; and City Councilman Ed 

Dildine. 

He said the city issues income tax revenue sharing 

checks to Groveport Madison Schools once per year. 

Per the Ohio Department of Development, a CRA is 

“an economic development tool administered by 

municipal and county government that provides real 

property tax exemptions for property owners who renovate 

existing or construct new buildings. Community 

Reinvestment Areas are areas of land in which property 

owners can receive tax incentives for investing in 

real property improvements.” 

Groveport Madison Schools Treasurer Felicia 

Drummey said the money from the income tax revenue 

sharing agreement will go into the school district’s 

general fund and that there are no restrictions on its 

use. 

“This money is important because when property 

taxes are abated the school loses that tax revenue,” 

said Drummey. “As the city tax base grows from the 

resulting new development, it receives income taxes 

from the new workers and city revenue grows. So 

TROUBLES 

when the city generously shares their growth in 

income tax with the school district it replaces the real 

estate tax revenue lost from abatement without placing 

any additional tax burden on property owners. It 

helps balance things out.” 

Groveport Madison Superintendent Jamie Grube 

said the district is appreciative of the district’s partnership 

with the city. 

“It helps support what we do,” said Grube. “We all 

work together.” 

Groveport Madison Board of Education President 

LaToya Dowdell-Burger added, “The income tax sharing 

agreement with the city of Groveport helps to protect 

the school district from a loss of revenue due to 

negotiated tax abatements between the city and the 

developers. We appreciate that, as our city leaders are 

looking to attract new commercial development opportunities, 

they also are looking out for the best interest 

of the school district.” 

“Drivers being in a hurry and driver inattention 

are factors.” 

- Casey Adams 

Groveport Police chief 

Continued from page 1 

assured clear distance (drivers not allowing enough 

space between them and the car in front of them) and 

failure to yield on left hand turns. 

“Drivers being in a hurry and driver inattention are 

factors,” said Adams. “Also, people are not gauging the 

speed of oncoming traffic well on left hand turns. 

Vehicles in traffic are moving faster than drivers think 

they are.” 

Adams noted that recently, on the over night shift 

in two separate incidents, Groveport Police officers 

cited two drivers on State Route 317 for traveling at a 

high speed. 

“One was going 120 mph and the other was going 

110 mph, that’s twice the speed limit for the road,” 

said Adams. “When stopped, the drivers said they had 

just gotten off work and were in a hurry to get home.” 

Adams said high traffic volume in the area is also a 

factor, especially at shift change for the nearby warehouses 

between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. 

According to Groveport City Engineer Steve Farst, 

“Based on data from MORPC, taken back in 2018, and 

then factoring in a reasonable traffic growth factor, it 

appears about 27,000 vehicles per day enter/leave the 

intersection from all directions.” 

Adams said drivers can safely get through the intersection 

by slowing down, allowing for the proper distance 

between vehicles (a standard is two car lengths 

between you and the car in front of you), and paying 

attention.


February 26, 2023 - GROVEPORT MESSENGER - PAGE 3 

Traffic in area could get a bit crazy this summer 



Three events this summer and fall in 

and near Groveport could cause some traffic 

tangles. 

Big stuff coming through 

Groveport Police Chief Casey Adams 

said, from late summer to the end of the 

year, huge pieces of equipment and infrastructure 

headed to the big Intel project in 

Licking County will pass through the area 

on local roads. He said the items - which 

can be 23 feet high, the length of half a 

football field, and weigh a million pounds - 

will be trucked from Manchester on the 

Ohio River and up through central Ohio to 

Licking County. 

“They’ll be massive,” said Adams. 

He said the big items cannot use freeways 

because they will not fit under the 

overpasses, so side roads will be used. This 

will involve raising traffic signals and electric 

lines to allow the humongous items to 

pass under them. 

“It’ll be like when someone moves a 

house on the roads,” said Groveport City 

Councilman Ed Dildine. 

Groveport City Administrator B.J. King 

said there are concerns that the huge 

weight of the items being trucked could 

Photo courtesy of 

Motts Military Museum 

Army 

ambulance 

restored 

for Motts 

Museum 

damage area roads. He said the city should 

secure a bond from the developers to 

ensure the city is reimbursed for potential 

road damage. 

Adams said the exact route and roads 

the massive items will pass through the 

area on have not yet been determined. 

The Air Show and Pelotonia 

According to Adams, the Air Show at 

Rickenbacker Airport from June 16-18 and 

the Pelotonia bicycle tour on Aug. 5 “will 

create heavy traffic congestion in and 

around Groveport.” He said the events will 

also increase pedestrian foot traffic and 

more bicycle traffic. 

“This will require our police department 

to devote resources to expedite and block 

traffic flow in Groveport,” said Adams. 

He said Air Show organizers are looking 

at ways to bring vehicles and spectators 

into Rickenbacker Airport quickly as well 

as dispersing traffic efficiently and limiting 

wait times. He said the city’s GREAT 

Transportation system and COTA buses 

dropping off passengers (primarily workers 

from the area’s warehouses) at the 

Marathon gas station at State Route 317 

and Alum Creek Drive will be impacted by 

traffic from the event. 

Regarding the Pelotonia bicycle tour, 

Motts Military Museum 

recently received 

a 1969 Vietnam 

Army Ambulance that 

was restored by Dan 

Boots Longenette 

(shown here driving 

the ambulance) and 

his associates. According 

to Motts 

Military Museum officials, 

the restoration took many hours to complete. Most of the materials were 

donated and the museum was not charged for the labor. “What a great job they 

did,” said Motts Military Museum Director Warren Motts. “With the help of volunteer 

Annie Gillen, we hooked up her trailer in the freezing cold which we needed to 

go pick up the ambulance. We loaded it, tied it down, and transported it back to the 

museum. We unloaded it and, with the help of volunteer Denny Badgerow, we 

moved vehicles around and placed the ambulance in safe storage.” It took five and 

a half hours to complete the mission. “Thanks to Boots for the restoration and the 

volunteers Annie and Denny for making this happen,” said Motts. “Watch for us in 

parades, we hope to have it with us and our vehicles soon.” Motts Military Museum 

is located at 5075 S. Hamilton Road in Groveport. For information visit mottsmilitarymuseuminc.com 

or call 614-836-1500. 

which is a fund raising event for cancer 

research, Adams said that Bixby Road and 

Groveport’s Cruiser Park are along the 

bike tour route. He added set up for the 

event could affect the city’s First Thursday 

event on Aug. 3 in Cruiser Park. 

Adams asked Pelotonia organizers to 

include the Groveport Police in their planning 

sessions so the officers know what 

times the bicyclists will be passing through 

the area on Aug. 5 and how many special 

duty officers would be needed. 

Other news 

•Grass and weeds better beware 

because Groveport City Council approved 

the purchase of a state of the art tractor 

and mowing deck assembly for the city’s 

public works department. 

The New Holland tractor costs $87,637 

and the mowing deck assembly that goes 

with it costs $65,474. The equipment will 

be used for roadside mowing and other 

tasks as needed, according to city officials. 

“The tractor replaces a 1986 model tractor 

that is becoming increasingly unreliable 

and difficult to repair,” said King. 

The mowing deck assembly has a boom 

arm mower that will make it possible for 

workers to mow behind guardrails along 

roads. 

Groveport history 

•Two documentary films on the history 

of Groveport, produced by the Groveport 

Heritage Society and Midnet Media, are 

available for viewing online on YouTube. 

The films are: “Groveport: A Town and Its 

People” and “The Story of John S. Rarey 

and Cruiser.” 

•The Groveport Heritage Museum is 

located in Groveport Town Hall, 648 Main 

St., and is open during Groveport Town 

Hall’s operating hours. Call 614-836-3333. 

Council passed the legislation to make 

the purchases as emergency measures. King 

said, this is due to ongoing supply chain 

issues regarding vehicles and equipment. 

“Time is short to assure we can receive this 

equipment due to availability,” said King. 

Added City Council President Jean Ann 

Hilbert, “When we have one that’s available 

we have to jump on it.” 

•The city of Groveport’s income tax revenue 

year-to-date as of Jan. 31 was $2.4 

million, which is 6 percent higher than the 

same time in 2021, according to Groveport 

Finance Director Jason Carr. Carr noted 

the general fund balance was $9.9 million 

as of Jan. 31, which is $3.7 million higher 

than the same time last year. Income tax 

revenues year-to-date comprised 75 percent 

of all city revenues, the largest part of 

all the city’s revenues. 

•Council is considering legislation to 

allow Birch Tavern, 639 Main St., to have 

two parking spots in the municipal parking 

lot behind the tavern be designated for carryout 

order parking. 

•Groveport City Council meets at 6:30 

p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of 

the month. Council holds its committee of 

the whole meetings on the third Monday of 

the month at 5:30 p.m. 

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The joy of school recess 

When you’re a kid in elementary school, few sounds are as welcome 

as the bell ringing for recess. 

I recall as a kid attending Groveport Elementary in 1960s that 

when that bell sounded we were off and running and bounding out 

the doors to get outside 

to the playground. We 

had two short recesses 

of about 15 minutes - 

one mid-morning and 

one mid-afternoon - and then a long recess at 

lunch time of about 45 minutes or so. We 

gulped down the food that tumbled out of our 

lunch boxes as fast as we could so we could get 

outside and maximize the amount of fun we 

could squeeze out of that noon time recess. 

We would go outside no matter the weather 

(except if it was pouring down rain.) It could be 

hot, cold, drizzling, snowing, or wonderfully 

pleasant. We were not to be deterred from 

expending our crazy kid energy. Once outside 

we had lots of things to choose from to do. 

There were two sets of monkey bars on the 

playground - one that was rounded and that I 

thought looked a bit like an abstract spaceship; 

and other one shaped like a cube. On both you had to be aware of the 

various crossbars so you would not bang your head while playing tag 

on the monkey bars. 

Swings, with wooden seats and hung with heavy chains, were popular 

as were the tall metal slides. On a hot day one had to be careful 

not to get burned by the sun heated metal slide. 

Teeter-totters were plentiful, but be wary of getting on one with 

someone who was bigger than yourself because, just for fun, they 

might sit there and use their weight to leave you stranded up high. 

There were also two of what some of us 

called “merry-go-rounds.” One was wooden 

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with metal bars to hold on to and was low to 

the ground. The other was bigger, all metal, 

and rather industrial looking in appearance. 

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McClure 

to the 

hoop 

Groveport Madison 

Cruiser Gene McClure 

is shown here going 

to the basket for a 

score during a varsity 

basketball game 

against Hamilton 

Township at 


High School during 

the 1955-56 season. 

The Cruisers finished 

9-9 that year. 

This game was played 

in what is now the 


Middle School Central 

gym. 

Pecking order dictated that the kids in the higher grades used the big 

metal one. Kids would spin these contraptions so fast that riders 

would fly off them. Sometimes there would be battles to see which 

group of kids could control the big metal merry-go-round and claim it 

as their territory. 

On a day winter’s day when snow blanketed the playground, some 

of us town kids would go behind the former grocery store on 

Groveport’s Main Street on our way to school and grab discarded 

cardboard boxes from the store’s trash bin. We then stashed the boxes 

on the playground until recess. Once recess came we flattened the 

boxes into cardboard “sleds” that we rode down the small hill and the 

asphalt ramp by the school (there was no fence there in those days). 

Up and down the hill we would go until we packed the snow into an 

icy slope. The more we slid down it, the slicker and faster it became. 

Good stuff. 

The playground also had a good basketball court as well as ball 

fields for football and baseball. Depending on the season, before I left 

for school in the morning I would either stuff my basketball into my 

bicycle frame or put my baseball glove in the bike basket for the 

games at recess. (Side note: I had a beautiful black cowhide baseball 

glove that my parents got me from Bolenbaugh Hardware in Canal 

Winchester. It was a great glove. When it came to Bolenbaugh’s, my 

dad always said, “If Bolenbaugh’s doesn’t have it nobody does.”) 

The grassy playing fields also were the scene of occasional “chicken 

fights” where bigger kids would carry smaller kids piggyback and 

then we would all try to knock each other down. Why they were called 

chicken fights I do not know. 

Through all this there was a melding of sounds of kids laughing, 

yelling, and talking that formed one big puff of chatter sound that 

wafted through the nearby neighborhoods. 

During the noon recess we knew when we heard the noon siren 

sounding in the distance from the firehouse that recess was almost 

over. The bells would ring at the end of our recesses and, after exercising 

our bodies, we’d scramble back to our classrooms to exercise our 

brains. 

It was all so joyous. 

Rick Palsgrove is editor of the Groveport Messenger. 

Our Pictorial Past by Rick Palsgrove


Cruiser eatre Co. 

Groveport Madison High School’s 

Cruiser Theatre Co. will present, “Monty 

Python’s Spamalot (school edition),” on 

March 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. and March 25 

and 26 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 general 

admission and $8 for students and seniors. 

For ticket information visit 

www.onthestage.tickets/ or go to the 

Cruiser Theatre Co. Facebook page. 

Cruiser students at VASCE 

The Eastland-Fairfield Career & 

Technical Schools Graphic Design program 

announced the winners of this school year’s 

Visual Arts Student Contest and Exhibit 

(VASCE) contest, highlighting the works of 

local youth artists in grades 7-10. The contest 

is broken down into four categories: 

Traditional Art & Illustration, Computer 

Art, Graphic Design, and Photography. 

Each category has two age groups that 

have a first and second-place finish, and a 

best of show, which features the top submission 

between the two age groups. 

Groveport Madison students receiving honors 

included: 7th and 8th grade: Jesse 

Mascorro, second place; and Mathew 

Estudillo, second place. 

Cheer champs 

The Groveport Madison High School 

competition cheerleading team, led by 

Coach Krena Hubner, recently earned the 

right to participate at the OASSA state 

competition after a flawless performance 

on Feb. 4. They followed up that performance 

with a 2023 AmeriCheer Division 

Championship the weekend of Feb. 11. 

Cruisers take titles 

The Groveport Madison seventh and 

eighth grade basketball teams won Ohio 

Capital Conference middle school championships 

the weekend of Feb. 11 in Newark. 

The seventh grade team is led by Coach 

Kolly Adebanjo and the eighth grade team 

is led by Coach Simon Davis. 

Students exhibit robots 

Groveport Madison Middle School 

Central students recently presented their 

PAST Foundation Sphero projects. The 

students programmed robots to avoid 

obstacles in their path and stop on a target. 

Students showed creativity in their course 

design and problem-solving. 

State of the Schools 

Groveport Madison Schools will present 

its State of the Schools Celebration on 

March 14 at 7 p.m. at Groveport Madison 

High School, 4475 S. Hamilton Road, 

Groveport. Superintendent Jamie Grube 

will give a presentation on the district’s 

accomplishments and what to look forward 

to in the future. Treasurer Felicia 

Drummey will provide an update on the 

finances. Student performances, District 

Art Show, community partners, and 

refreshments from the Eastland-Fairfield 

Culinary Arts program will be featured. 

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Badge One transfers 

By Linda Dillman 

Staff Writer 

Firefighter Larry Baugess runs in 

marathons, but his days of running into 

fires and saving lives is coming to an end 

following his retirement from the Madison 

Township Fire Department. 

At the Madison Township trustees’ Feb. 

9 meeting, Baugess handed over Badge 

One–worn by the most senior member of 

the department–to Firefighter Ed Dildine, 

who became the longest serving active duty 

member of the department following 

Baugess’ departure. 

“We all have badge numbers,” said Fire 

Chief Derek Robinson. “This (wearing of 

Badge One) was started years ago. His 

father (Ed Dildine, Sr.) was the first one to 

receive Badge One.” 

Baugess stepped down after a 33.5 year 

career, but he is not slowing down. The 

avid distance runner is pursuing a distinction 

many fellow runners can appreciate. 

“He is about to complete his second 

round of running marathons in every state,” 

said Robinson. “He’s like a free blockwatch 

because he’s always out running.” 

Dildine started as a volunteer with the 

Madison Township Fire Department in 

1990 and was hired on a full time in 1994. 

He also serves on Groveport City Council. 

Alum Creek Drive project 

Brad Foster, chief deputy of operations 

for the Franklin County Engineer’s office, 

reported on a proposed project improving 

Alum Creek Drive from State Route 317 to 

Groveport Road, with a projected construction 

time frame of 2028 to 2029. 

The estimated cost is $58.5 million, with 

80 percent covered by federal dollars and 

the remaining 20 percent from $11.5 million 

in local money, including public and 

private funds. 

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Incoming Badge One recipient Madison 

Township Firefighter Ed Dildine (left) 

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to Alum Creek Drive without major interruptions 

to traffic are key pieces of the 

project. Foster said many of the shipments 

heading to the new Intel facility in Licking 

County will pass in and out of the 

Rickenbacker airport. 

“Alum Creek Drive is a major thoroughfare,” 

said Foster. “We need all stakeholders 

(Columbus, Groveport, Obetz and 

Madison and Hamilton townships) on 

board.” 

Other Madison Township news 

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Groveport Police statistics 

January crime statistics, according to 

the Groveport Police: 10 accidents, 0 

assault, 2 burglaries, 12 domestic disputes, 

1 domestic violence, 0 OVI and alcohol, 12 

thefts/robberies, 2 stolen/unauthorized 

use, 1 missing persons, 4 weapon related 

calls, 0 narcotic related offenses, 10 

threats, 0 vandalism, 7 juvenile complaints, 

189 traffic citations, 0 sex related 

crime, 29 school related calls,21 suspicious 

vehicles/persons, 29 suicide attempts/mental 

health calls. 

Arrest made by MTPD 

According to the Madison Township 

Police, on Feb. 10 at 9 a.m., Madison 

Township Police Officer Kranz was flagged 

down by the guardian of a 12-year-old 

Groveport Madison Middle School North 

student who said the juvenile female was 

coerced by an adult male to enter his white 

Chevy pickup truck as she walked to 

school. 

According to Madison Township Police 

Chief Gary York, MTPD officers immediately 

canvassed the area for the vehicle. 

Franklin County Sheriff’s detectives and 

Madison Township officers conducted 

interviews and collected surveillance video 

of the crime. Images of the suspect’s truck 

were posted on MTPD’s social media pages 

seeking the public’s assistance in identifying 

or locating the individual. Thanks to 

the tips received, Joseph Ennemoser, 48, of 

Sugar Grove, Ohio, was identified as a 

potential suspect due to similarities to the 

events uncovered in a recent Hilliard 

Police Department arrest of the same individual 

for felony child enticement. 

According to a statement from the 

Madison Township Police, through this 

joint investigatory effort, Madison 

Township Police and Franklin County 

Sheriff’s detectives arrested and charged 

Ennemoser with kidnapping and importuning 

on Feb. 12. 

Traffic signal on Rohr Road 

Groveport City Engineer Steve Farst 

reported that the Franklin County 

Engineer’s Office has installed the foundations 

for the new traffic signal support 

poles at Pontius and Rohr roads. The county 

plans to have the new traffic signal at 

this intersection in place by this summer. 

This is a county project, not a city of 

Groveport project. 

Did you know? 

•The Groveport Public Service 

Department replaced 24 manhole lids and 

inspected 25 manholes as part of its report 

to the Ohio EPA in January. 

•That 247 rounds of golf were played at 

the Groveport Municipal Golf Course in 

January, which is the most rounds of golf 

played there in the month of January in 

the past eight years. The lowest amount of 

rounds in the month of January over the 

same period was 12 in 2022. 


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Cruisers win OCC 

Photo courtesy of Groveport Madison Schools 

The Groveport Madison High School Competition Cheerleading Team won the Ohio Capital Conference 

Buckeye Division varsity championship this season. “The strength of our squad is the girls’ perseverance 

through many set backs,” said Head Coach Krena Kouns-Hubner.” She praised the team for working hard 

as well as the work of the assistant coaches. “Lexi and Logan bring a fresh perspective to our team like 

a calm before a storm for all of us,” she said. “Roni adds love and nurturing to us all as well. We have found 

who we surround ourselves with brings us the biggest benefits from tumbling to practice to choreography. 

It all plays a huge role in the grand scheme of things.” She said the support from families, the athletics 

department, school, school board, and community were positive factors. “Nothing pushes you harder 

than knowing you have so much support and love from everyone,” she said. The squad’s coaches are: 

Krena Kouns-Hubner, Lexi Lindic, Roni Leport, and Logan Hubner. Team members are: Braylan James, 

Rayanna Thierry, Saniya Buck, Jada Hubbard, Modesty Cunningham, Olivia Williams, Dalajia Lindsey, 

Anazha Bell, My’Ana Yancey, Tiera Jones, Nylaya Miller, and Mi’Angel Cochran. 

Sweetheart Concert 

Photo courtesy of Groveport Town Hall 

Prior to Valentine’s Day, Groveport Town Hall, 648 Main St., hosted the Sweetheart Concert on Feb. 11 featuring 

music by the band HangTime, dancing, and tasty refreshments. For information about events at 

Groveport Town Hall, call 614-836-3333. 


Eastland-Fairfield superintendent retires 

After a 30-plus year 

career in public education, 

Eastland-Fairfield Career 

& Technical Schools 

Superintendent and CEO, 

Dr. Kimberly Pietsch 

Miller, announced her 

intent to retire effective 

July 31, 2023. 

The Eastland-Fairfield 

Board of Education accepted 

her resignation for the 

purpose of retirement at 

the district’s Board meeting 

held on Jan. 11. She 

will continue to serve in 

her role as superintendent 

and CEO through the 

duration of her contract, 

which expires at the end of 

July. 

“I am so grateful to have 

had the opportunity to 

Photo courtesy of Eastland-Fairfield 

KIMBERLY PIETSCH MILLER 

work with the students, staff, and families of Eastland-Fairfield as 

well as our partner school districts and business partners,” said 

Miller. “The accomplishments of our district over the past three 

years are many, and I am thankful to the board of education for 

their support, their visionary leadership, and their partnership. 

The work of our public schools is paramount to our success as a 

nation, state, and in our communities. It has been my honor to 

serve students, staff, and communities in Ohio for more than 30 

years.” 

Miller said events in her personal life have led her and her my 

husband to determine it is time to return to their family in 

Cincinnati. 

“Columbus has provided both professional and personal successes 

over the past nine years, but I miss my family,” said Miller. 

“I look forward to continuing to serve our district and communities 

through the remainder of my contract.” 

Miller was hired to lead Eastland-Fairfield in September 2020 

and took the reins on Jan. 1, 2021. Under her leadership, 

Eastland-Fairfield built and instituted a new five-year strategic 

plan that will continue to guide the district’s work. More programming 

has been made available to high school students through the 

introduction of Robotics & Automation, Firefighting, STNA, and 

Sports Medicine programs. Multiple programs have experienced 

expansion with the creation of additional sections including 

Teaching Professions, Employability Prep, and Pre-Nursing. 

Beyond the student lab experience, the EFCTS academic curriculum 

has been reimagined to tap into students’ interests by 

including more inquiry-based learning opportunities. This work 

plus an effort to improve the EFCTS student experience has led to 

more high school students being presented with an opportunity to 

receive a career-technical education experience, as seen through 

the district’s record enrollment numbers entering the 2022 school 

year. 

Adult Workforce Development programming also experienced 

growth with the addition of two new opportunities in the trades, 

Plumbing and Facilities Maintenance. The vision has been set to 

offer State Tested Nursing Assistant and Licensed Practical 

Nursing programs in Fall 2023 as part of an adult medical pathway, 

as well as an Industrial Automation program in 2024. 

Miller’s focus on community engagement has resulted in a dramatic 

increase in business partnerships, work-based learning 

opportunities for students, and an elevation in the school’s profile 

around Ohio. 

In addition, Eastland-Fairfield successfully completed a district-wide 

rebranding effort that highlights its strategic plan, new 

logo, colors, and image. 

At the Feb. 9 board of education meeting, the board voted to 

retain the services of the Ohio School Board Association to help 

conduct the search for the next superintendent/CEO of Eastland- 

Fairfield Career & Technical Schools.


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USED VEHICLES 

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CARPET SALES 

CARPET 

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Block Foundations 

Driveways • Sidewalks 

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Minor Plumbing & Electric 

Install Hot Water Tanks, 

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All Interior Remodels 

Also Fencing & 

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Free Est. ~ 18 Yrs. Exp. 

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614-732-7852 

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SEWING MACHINE 

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work gtd. 614-890-5296 

TREE SERVICES 

Warren Brewer Tree Service 

• Tree Removal 

• Tree Trimming 

• Stump Grinding 

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• Bucket Truck Services 

Best Prices • Same Day Service 

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in The Groveport or South/Canal Winchester Messenger 

The page will print in our March 26th issue 

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Friday, March 17th at 2:00 pm. 

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Grace Ministries 

464 Rathmell Rd., Columbus, OH 43137 

Visit us at www.graceministries.org 

Easter Sunday, March 27th 

Sunrise Communion Service - 7:00 am 

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Easter Service - 10:30 am 

Easter Egg Hunt immediately following 10:30 service 

with over 5,000 eggs and prizes 

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Blacklick Park and the flag 

Thank you to Rick Palsgrove for his 

interesting article, “Groveport’s first city 

park,” published in the Feb. 12 Groveport 

Messenger about the history of Groveport’s 

Blacklick Park and for including Mack 

Harris’s efforts to have a flag there. It 

brought sweet memories of his raising and 

lowering the flag and folding it precisely 

often with the help of grandchildren. That 

lead to the city’s parks commission 

installing lighted flagpoles in all of parks. 

Priscilla Harris 


Never too late to be great 

I have stage four kidney disease. I go to 

dialysis three times a week. My pancreas 

stopped working in November 2022. I wear 

a insulin pump every day. I need both a 

kidney and pancreas. I was once very 

involved in my southside community by 

being a educator and a recreation leader. I 

had to quit due to my health condition. I 

want to find a match for me, but to do so I 

must find someone who has become a 

organ donor. I encourage every one to 

become a organ donor. So many can be 

saved or preserved by doing so. Blood, 

marrow, living organs are always needed. 

It’s never to late to be great. By donating 

life through organs you will be great. 

Brandon Talley 

Columbus 

ASBURY 

SOUTH UMC 

4760 Winchester Pike 

Columbus, Ohio 43232 

Telephone: 614-837-4601 

Rev. Sherri Upchurch Blackwell 

Sunday Worship 10 a.m. 

Inside and Parking Lot 

Sunday School 9 a.m. 

Be a Part of Our Local Worship Guide 

Our Worship Guide is geared toward celebrating faith and helping readers 

connect with religious resources in our community. Make sure these readers 

know how you can help with a presence in this very special section distributed to 

more than 19,000 households in the Groveport area. 

Contact us today to secure your spot in our Worship Guide. 

614.272.5422 • kathy@columbusmessenger.com 



Old Glory 

GROVEPORT ZION 

LUTHERAN, NALC 

Christ Centered, Mission Driven 

Traditionally Grounded 

6014 Groveport Rd., Groveport, OH 43125 

(Across from Kroger, main parking in the back) 

PHONE: 614-836-5611 

PASTOR BRIAN MCGEE 

Sunday Worship 11 A.M. 

In person service in sanctuary, or in 

parking lot via radio (92.7) 


Photo courtesy of Marylee Bendig 

The Groveport Public Service Department is shown here 

hanging flags along Main Street in preparation for Presidents 

Day. 

Irish music 

Groveport Town 

Hall, 648 Main St., 

will host a free 

Irish music concert 

featuring the band 

the Ladies of 

Longland on March 

4 from 11 a.m. to 

noon. Doors open 

at 10:30 a.m. Enjoy 

live music and 

sample Irish 

themed refreshments. 

Space is 

limited. Call 614- 

836-3333 to register. 

Heritage 

Society 

The Groveport 

Heritage Society 

will meet in the 

Log House in 

Heritage Park, 551 

Wirt Road, 

Groveport, on Feb. 

28, at 6 p.m. This 

is the first meeting 

of the year and the 

organization will 

make plans and 

form committees 

for programs and 

projects.

Groveport Messenger - February 26th, 2023

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