Westside Messenger - March 26th, 2023

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Messenger photo by Pat Donahue 

On March 9 the Bishop Ready Silver 

Knights boys basketball team took on 

Zanesville Maysville for the regional 

semi-final game at the Convocation 

Center in Athens. Ready extended their 

record to 27-0 with a 61-38 win. Their 

record was 28-0 after the following game 

with a win of 48-33 over Lancaster 

Fairfield Union. Bishop Ready was 

defeated for the first time this season in 

the OHSAA state semi-final game on 

March 17 against Akron Buchtel with a 

final score of 60-50. The game was 

played in Dayton. Here are some highlights 

from the regional semi-final game 

against Maysville: 

Top right, all eyes in the arena were on 

Charlie Russell as he sinks a three pointer. 

The senior forward scored 17 points 

in the win over Maysville. 

Planning for the 

future of Eakin Elem. 

By Dedra Cordle 

Staff Writer 

The Columbus City Schools board of 

education removed a ballot initiative last 

year that would have asked voters to 

approve a bond issue and a permanent 

improvement levy in order to find a new 

elementary, middle, and high school build 

project in collaboration with the state. 

Among the new schools that were slated to 

be built in one of the first phases of the 

project was Eakin Elementary. 

The initial facilities master plan called 

for the demolition of the former middle 

school building located adjacent from the 

elementary school site; the construction of 

the new elementary school on those 

parcels; and the former Eakin Elementary 

building to be used as a location for swingspace 

as the district continued with its new 

build project. 

See EAKIN ELEMENTARY page 2 

Inside 

Senior forward Kaleb Schaffer (below) 

takes it in for two of his 16 points. 

The team and the cheerleaders celebrate the victory with the crowd. 

Pets of the Week .................. 11 

The Reel Deal ........................ 12 

Pay-to-Play 

South-Western plans to reduce its 

participation fees Page 3 

Reading with Rover 

Local library hosts an event that featured 

kids, dancing, and dogs Page 4 

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OneField ribbon cutting event 

Prairie Township will host the OneField ribbon cutting 

event from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. April 8 at the 

Galloway Road Sports Complex, 1503 Galloway Road. 

The OneField is a brand new turf soccer field designed 

to be used for special needs children. The field is also 

designed to reduce impact that can lead to concussions. 

In addition to the ribbon cutting ceremony, the event 

will include a one-mile walk, food trucks, and the 

chance to explore the field. The event is free and open 

to the community. 

EAKIN ELEMENTARY 

Continued from page 1 

According to district officials, there were no longterm 

plans put in place for the site beyond the temporary 

housing of students. 

The lack of long-term planning for the 6.5 acre property 

concerned area residents and members of the local 

area commission who worried that it could become 

“another vacant eyesore” within the community. 

Believing that there could be better uses for the 

property, the Greater Hilltop Area Commission asked 

city and school officials to meet with its human services 

and education committee to discuss how the space 

could be better utilized to serve the entire community. 

The first in what could be a continued series of conversations 

over the potential uses of the Eakin 

Elementary site took place on March 15. 

During the meeting, commissioner James White 

shared with city and school officials some of the ideas 

the advisory board and the local residents have envisioned 

for the property should voters approve a new 

school build project in the immediate future. 

According to White, they would like to see the building 

reconfigured in such a way that multiple services 

could be operated out of the one location. For instance, 

he mentioned they would like to see recreation space 

be made available for children and adults while another 

area of the building could be used to house educational 

or safety services such as another library branch 

or a police substation. 

“There is a real opportunity here to serve our most 

vulnerable community and we can do that by getting 

some of these services right here in our own backyard,” 

he said. 

In attendance were representatives with the city’s 

department of public safety and the Columbus 

Metropolitan Library. Dan Giangardella, the deputy 

director of the department of public safety, said it 

might be difficult to build and operate a police substation 

within that location as it costs millions of dollars 

to do so, but added they “never say no to solutions and 

new ideas.” 

Donna Zuiderweg, the chief community engagement 

officer for CML, said there are no immediate 

plans in the short-term or even the long-term to build 

a new library in the Hilltop. She added that they would 

be interested in providing more community programming 

in order to better serve the 17,000 children and 

adults who live near the school site. 

“The idea of another library location is probably a 

little further out of reach, but I think there still could 

be a lot of opportunities here,” said Zuiderweg. 

Ultimately, the final decision on what could be 

located within the Eakin Elementary School building 

or housed on the property lies with the local school district 

who owns the building and the land. White said 

while the commission and the committee did not want 

to “overstep” with the school district in regard to their 

own ideas for the potential uses for the property, they 

around the westside 

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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 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. 

also felt that they needed to add their voice in future 

discussions for the site at 4774 Eakin Road. 

“It’s just one of those things where we’re trying to 

get in front of it now and not have it done to us or take 

that risk of ‘We didn’t say anything quick enough,’” he 

said. “We just really do not want to be left behind (in 

the discussion on potential future uses of the property).” 

School officials said they understood the rationale 

and thanked the commission for reaching out to 

request the meeting in the first place. 

“Thank you for being proactive as a community and 

really thinking through what it is your neighborhood 

needs,” said Jennifer Adair, president of the CCS 

board of education. “I think the board and the district 

share the same spirit in the way we are evaluating all 

of our properties and we really believe that we have 

the opportunity to work with our sister governments to 

try to provide space, facilities, and places of community 

where these kinds of shared service models can 

occur on our property.” 

She said that while it could be possible for the district 

to open up the space to the recreation and parks 

department or other city and county entities, there can 

be no cementation of plans until a bond issue and permanent 

operating levy is placed on the ballot and 

approved by voters. 

“In order for any of these plans to happen, 

Columbus City Schools needs to be able to do something 

with this property,” said Adair. “And we cannot 

move on anything until we decide to put something on 

the ballot. That is our goal. We want to do that.” 

She reiterated that in the aftermath of a ballot initiative 

being approved by the voters, the site would be 

used as swing-space for other schools nearby. She said 

although they may be limited in what they can offer 

afterward due to state law, they will continue to keep 

open the line of communication with the commission, 

the city and the county, potential business partners, 

and the greater Hilltop community. 

“We know that these spaces are great for academics 

and community and it just makes sense (for it to be utilized 

to benefit the entire community when it no longer 

operates as a school),” she said. “We want to be able to 

bring other aspects to the area because we want to be 

a great partner.” 

She said that in her opinion, the location would be 

perfect for an educational or recreational facility that 

also houses a community health clinic. 

She added that the district is not interested in selling 

the property. 

“We are not going to divest ourselves of a lot of our 

property,” she said. “But we want to be better community 

asset holders and create spaces that support the 

whole child because we know that when they are supported 

in the community they do better in the classroom.”


In Education 

March 26, 2023 - WESTSIDE MESSENGER - PAGE 3 

South-Western to reduce pay-to-participate fees 

By Dedra Cordle 

Staff Writer 

South-Western City School officials 

have agreed to make additional modifications 

to the pay-to-participate fee schedule 

for the 2023-2024 school year. 

At its meeting on March 13, the board of 

education approved a motion that called for 

the current pay-to-participate fee schedule 

to be reduced by 25 percent. 

Although some members of the board 

said that while they would have liked to 

have seen the participation fees for athletics 

and other extracurricular activities 

eliminated outright, they called this unanimous 

decision “a compromise” on a promise 

the board made to the community more 

than a decade ago. 

“I would like to get rid of them all the 

way,” said board member Chris Boso, “but 

I think as a board we came together to talk 

about this issue and came to the solution 

that it should be cut in half.” 

The pay-to-participate fees were established 

in 2009 when the board approved a 

ballot initiative for a 7.4-mill continuous 

operating levy. As an assurance to use tax 

dollars wisely, the board said a pay-to-participate 

fee schedule would be created to 

offset some of the operational costs 

incurred through athletic and extracurricular 

programs. 

Initially, the pay-to-participate fee 

schedule was set as followed: families with 

children who participated in middle school 

and high school athletics would pay $75 

and $150 per sport, per student, respectively, 

and families whose children participated 

in the high school marching band and 

clubs would pay $100 per year and $10 per 

club, respectively. The family pay-to-participate 

cap was set at $500. 

During the 2020-2021 school year, those 

fees were reduced by 50 percent due to lost 

competitive opportunities caused by the 

introduction of the novel coronavirus and 

the financial impact that was felt by most 

families due to the introduction of the coronavirus. 

As most families are still feeling the 

financial impact caused by the pandemic, 

the board has agreed to keep the 50 percent 

pay-to-participate fee reduction in place 

three times. Their decision to further 

reduce those prices means the board will 

have reduced the pay-to-participate fees by 

75 percent since the start of the pandemic. 

Under the newly modified pay-to-participate 

fee schedule, families with children 

who participate in athletics at the middle 

school and high school level will pay $18.75 

and $37.50 per sport, per student, respectively, 

and families whose children participate 

in the high school marching band and 

clubs would pay $25 per year and $2.50 per 

club, respectively. The family pay-to-participate 

cap is set at $125. 

Board member Cathy Johnson said that 

families who are struggling to pay the fees 

can seek scholarships from Success Beyond 

the Classroom for additional financial 

assistance. Families are encouraged to contact 

their schools for more information on 

scholarship opportunities. 

The board of education also agreed to 

keep in place the student fee schedule for 

the 2023-2024 school year. These fees were 

also reduced at the start of the pandemic. 

Under the reduced student fee schedule, 

the instructional fee will be set at $10 

rather than the typical $20. Other fee 

reductions for courses include the arts, the 

sciences, and several career technical elective 

programs. Art courses offering one 

credit lab courses will be $17.50 plus the 

cost of personal items and projects; halfcredit 

courses are set at $10 plus the cost of 

personal items and projects; and science 

fees are set at $5. Students who are taking 

family and consumer science courses, such 

as principles of food , culinary fundamentals, 

global foods, textiles and interior 

design, and textiles and construction and 

maintenance will be charged $10. 

Students who are seeking courses or 

actively enrolled in the career-technical 

program will be sent literature listing lab 

fees and uniform expenses. 

High school students looking to reserve 

a space in their school’s parking lot will be 

assessed a fee of $25. That fee will be 

waived, however, if a parking pass was 

purchased at Columbus State Community 

College for on-campus courses. Students 

must show proof of the existence of their 

current pass in order to have the parking 

fee waived. 

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Free legal advice 

at Westland Library 

The Legal Aid Society of Columbus will 

offer free legal advice the first Monday of 

each month at the Westland Area Library, 

community events 

4740 West Broad St. Representatives will 

be on hand from 4 to 6 p.m. to discuss noncriminal 

legal matters like health benefits, 

medicare, and landlord issues. Fore more 

information, call the library at 614-878- 

1301. 


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Reading with Rover 

Messenger photos by Dedra Cordle 

On Tuesdays, the Westland Area Library welcomes dozens of children for their 

popular program, Music and Movement Storytime. For close to 45 minutes, the 

youth services librarian leads the pre-school aged children through a song and 

dance routine and then reads a number of interactive books to spark their curiosity 

while burning off some extra energy. Occasionally, the activity-filled program 

will welcome a few special guests that slither and hop and make other kinds of 

noises that are sometimes heard at the event even without featured stars in place. 

At the March 14 Music and Movement Storytime, the children and library staff welcomed 

a 5-year-old black Labrador Retriever named Mia and a 7-year-old 

Newfoundland named Theo to their festivities. In addition to encouraging the 

youngsters to read books – especially the reading material about them! – they also 

lapped up the affection and attention everyone lavished upon them during their 

first foray at the event. Here, westside resident Jade Miller snuggles up with Theo 

after the program. Theo’s humans, Denise and Roger Mengerink from Galloway, 

said he would soon be re-energized after he gobbled down a few chicken nuggets 

that were waiting for him. 

Mia, a 5-year-old black Labrador Retriever from Grove City, hangs out with Hunter 

Jones, 4, and the awesome dog mask he made after the program.

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Community Focus 

Messenger photo by Sarah Slayman 

Ester Flores, founder of 1DivineLine2Health, poses with AJ Vanderelli, owner of the Vanderelli Room, in front of their donation based 

Art Gallery to raise funds for anti-trafficking efforts. 

Raising funds for victims of human trafficking 

By Sarah Slayman 

Staff Writer 

Esther Flores began 

1DivineLine2Health in 2021 with the hope 

of providing safe spaces for victims of 

human trafficking to heal, particularly in 

the Hilltop. It is a registered non-profit 

that provides two safe homes and one dropin 

center that is the only site open in 

Columbus at night. This accessibility 

draws a lot of traffic, and Flores provides 

holistic care. 

Flores is quick to remember that these 

people are someone’s child and defines this 

demographic not as prostitutes, but as 

“destitute people who lack love.” 

Flores herself grew up in a traumatizing 

environment in the Bronx and witnessed 

drug abuse, prostitution, and domestic violence. 

Because of this, she now has the 

desire to let the power of love help heal victims 

of human trafficking who are exposed 

to the same things. She sees their craving 

for a purpose-driven life and brings attention 

to the need for compassionate people 

who can help redirect them. 

This March, Flores has partnered with 

AJ Vanderelli, owner of a long-standing 

South Central Spring Cleanup 

The 21st annual South Central Hilltop 

Block Watch Spring Cleanup will be held 

from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 6. Participants 


gallery and event space, the Vanderelli 

Room, to host an art gallery fundraiser for 

the organization. Together they’ve curated 

a gallery featuring 94 donated pieces to 

help raise funds for 1DivineLine2Health. 

According to the US Department of 

Justice, human trafficking is “the recruitment, 

harboring, transportation, provision, 

or obtaining of a person for labor or services, 

through the use of force, fraud, or coercion 

for the purpose of subjection to involuntary 

servitude, peonage, debt bondage, 

or slavery.” At any age a person can be 

exploited in different forms by being forced 

into prostitution while being drugged in 

the process. 

Ohio nationally ranks fourth for human 

trafficking and second for opiate overdoses, 

and the Hilltop exemplifies both of these 

issues. 

“The new ‘pimp’ is the dope man,” said 

Flores. “When you don’t have a place to 

heal, you are hopeless and stuck in a dead 

cycle.” 

The non-profit 1DivineLine2Health 

believes that you need a safe place to call 

home in order to heal, and tends to these 

women’s trauma with a holistic approach. 

They provide tangible needs such as clothing, 

hygiene products, medical supplies, 

Narcan, and food, but also meet them emotionally. 

Flores sees the power in simply giving 

them a safe space to belong and heal. They 

develop friendships and participate in simple 

healing activities such as art therapy, 

cooking, exercise, etc. Flores sees how 

these things all emit a sustainable and 

healthy dopamine response, which is what 

these women are seeking after all. 

“As dirty and dark as this is, we’ve got 

some hope,” said Flores. 

The team has witnessed countless stories 

of grateful women who are now sober 

and out of their destructive environments. 

One single mom was struggling with addiction 

and trying to make ends meet. Flores’ 

team equipped her with the support and 

resources she needed to obtain sorority and 

build to what is now a profitable jewelry 

making business. A common effect of 

humanizing these people is sobriety and a 

healthier life built elsewhere. 

Vanderelli said that, “You watch the 

light return to their eyes.” 

To donate, purchase art, or to learn 

more about the organization, visit 

1dl2h.org. 

will meet at the neighborhood park behind 

Burroughs Elementary School, 551 S. 

Richardson Ave., to spread out and pick up 

litter in the area. Keep Columbus Beautiful 

will provide the cleanup tools, but volunteers 

are welcome to bring their own trash 

picker and favorite pair of gloves. For more 

information on the spring cleanup, look up 

the South Central Hilltop Block Watch on 

Facebook. 

House District Companies 

Eye Expansion; 

Funds Approved for 

Westland Shopping Center 

Demolition 

Three Grove City companies here in our Ohio 

House District are emerging as worldwide leaders 

in their respective industries. Collectively raising 

over $500 million in venture financing, the 

combined companies intend to add well over 

1000 jobs to our community over the next couple 

years. 

Forge Biologics, started in 2020, is establishing itself 

as the leader in gene therapy development. 

It manufactures therapeutics and pharmaceuticals 

to treat rare diseases and conditions. It currently 

is installing equipment that will allow it to 

manufacture at a capacity unmatched anywhere 

in the word. It will triple its employment levels 

over the next three years. 

Tosoh Ohio, a division of the Japanese parent 

company Tosoh, manufacturers the specialty 

metals wafers that comprise the computer chips 

made by Intel and Samsung. Its manufacturing 

process includes precision machining and superpure 

common and rare metals like aluminum 

(common) and titanium and scandium (both 

relatively rare). Because of the success of the 

current enterprise and the anticipated Intel facility 

in Licking County, the parent company recently 

committed the resources to triple its 

manufacturing capacity. Local management 

already is hiring machinists capable of training to 

work with state-of-the-art equipment. 

American Nitrile has just opened four additional 

lines to manufacture PPE gloves for medical, 

research, and industrial applications. Soon it will 

open six more lines to bring its capacity to 

approximately 3.5 billion gloves annually. With 

its modern equipment and cutting-edge 

processes, the company is bringing back highpaying 

manufacturing jobs to the US—and, most 

importantly, here to our community. 

All three companies are characterized by forward-thinking, 

action-oriented senior managers 

who work to create growth opportunities for 

their businesses as well as their associates. 

The Ohio Department of Development (ODD) has 

approved the allocation of $7.2 million for the 

demolition of the Westland Shopping Center site. 

ODD is assisting communities throughout the 

state to prepare sites for future business development. 

The 77-acre Westland site is considered 

an ideal location for commercial and/or manufacturing 

development because of its proximity to 

I-270, city utility infrastructure, mass transit lines, 

and residential areas with a ready and able workforce. 

A fence already has begun to be erected 

around the perimeter of the former shopping 

center buildings. 

(Dave Dobos represents the 10th District in the 

Ohio House of Representatives, which consists of 

parts of West, Southwest, and South Columbus, 

Grove City, and Urbancrest. He reports regularly 

on his activities in this position and his campaign 

has paid for this communication with you.) 

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Westminster Presbyterian 

Church, PC(USA) 

222 Schoolhouse Lane, Columbus 

(across from Prairie Lincoln Elementary School) 

www.westminstercolumbus.org 

Pastor Doug Browne 

“What Will We Do With Jesus?” 

Maundy Thursday Service, April 6, 7:30 pm 

Easter Service, April 9, 10:30 am 

both services will include Holy Communion 

Westgate United 

Methodist Church 

61 S. Powell Ave., Columbus, OH 

614-274-4271 Nancy Day-Achauer, Pastor 

April 7 - Good Friday Service combined 

worship at Glenwood UMC 6:30 p.m. 

April 9 - Easter Sunday Service at 

Westgate UMC 9:00 a.m. 

www.westgateumc.org 

Parkview 

United 

Methodist 

Church 

344 S. Algonquin Ave. 

Columbus 

Across from Westgate Park 

Sunday Service 10:15 a.m. 

“a church of many doors valuing the sacred worth of each person.” 

PASTOR DAWN TRAPP 

Come Join Us! 

Celebrate Holy Week! 

April 2, 2023 

PALM SUNDAY at 10:45 a.m. 


GOOD FRIDAY at 6:30 pm 

Guest Speaker: REV. Karen Cook 


EASTER SUNDAY 

W/Communion at 10:45 am 

Watch the services on our 

YouTube Channel or 

Join us for In-Person Worship 

225 Schoolhouse Lane 

Columbus, OH 43228 

614-878-7800 

HOLY WEEK SERVICES SCHEDULE 

Palm Sunday, 4/2/23 @ 10:45 AM Procession of the Palms 

Maundy Thursday, 4/6/23 @ 7:00 PM Divine Service 

Good Friday, 4/7/23 @ 7:00 PM Tenebrae 

Easter Sunday, 4/9/23 @ 10:45 AM Divine Service 

Easter Brunch @ 9:30 AM 

Hillcrest 

Baptist Church 

2480 West Broad St.,Columbus, OH 43204 

614-274-4333 

www.hillcrest-baptist.com 

Thursday, April 6 at 6:30 p.m. 

“Messiah in the Passover Experience” 

Easter Sunday, April 9 Includes 

7:00 a.m. Sunrise Service 

at Westgate Park 

8:00 a.m. Breakfast at 

Hillcrest Baptist Church 

Easter Worship Service at 10:15 a.m. 

St. John Evangelical 

Lutheran Church 

2745 W. Broad St., Cols., OH 

PALM SUNDAY, April 2nd 

Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. 

Worship Service - 10:00 a.m. 

MAUNDY THURSDAY, April 6th 

Worship Service - 6:30 p.m. 

GOOD FRIDAY, April 7th 

Worship Service - 6:30 p.m. 

EASTER SUNDAY, April 9th 

Worship Service - 10:00 a.m. 

REFUGE OF HOPE FAMILY 

WORSHIP CENTER 

179 N. Huron (Corner of Steele Ave. & Huron) 

614-732-5517 

10:00 a.m. Sunday School 

11:00 a.m. Sunday Worship 

6:30 p.m. Thursday Bible Study - Facebook 

All are Welcome 

United Methodist Church 

775 Galloway Rd. 

Galloway, OH 43119 

614-878-4530 

www.wherefriendsaremade.org 

Senior Pastor 

Dwayne Shugert 

Good Friday Service 

Friday, April 7th, 2023 

at 7:00 pm 

Easter Morning Services 

Sunday, April 9th, 2023 

9:00 am – Contemporary Service 

10:30 am – Traditional Service 

& Choir Cantata 

PALM SUNDAY 

MASSES 

April 1 | 4 pm 

April 2 | 8 am, 10 am, and 12 pm 

MONDAY, APRIL 3 

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Active Lifestyles 

A bi-monthly feature celebrating the 

wisdom, experience and contributions of our community’s senior citizens 

Outdoor activities that are perfect for seniors 

According to researchers with the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s Forest 

Service, human beings benefit both physically 

and psychologically from spending 

time in nature. Such experiences can 

reduce stress and help lower heart rates, 

potentially decreasing individuals’ risk for 

cardiovascular disease. In addition, the 

Forest Service notes that spending time 

outside in green spaces has been linked to 

a lower risk of depression. 

Seniors who are retired or even aging 

empty nesters who are still in the workforce 

can make great use of their free time 

by venturing into the great outdoors. The 

following are a handful of senior-friendly 

outdoor activities that provide a great reason 

to get off the couch and take in all that 

Mother Nature has to offer. 

• Hiking: Hiking provides a great workout 

and an ideal opportunity to spend time 

in an idyllic setting. The U.S. National 

Park Service notes that hiking helps individuals 

build stronger muscles and bones, 

improves their sense of balance, has a positive 

effect on heart health, and can 

decrease the risk of certain respiratory 

problems. Hiking is an especially attractive 

outdoor activity for seniors, as many parks 

feature trails with varying degrees of difficulty, 

ensuring there’s a trail for seniors 

whether they’re seasoned or novice hikers. 

• Water aerobics: The Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention notes that 

water-based exercises can be especially 

helpful individuals with chronic diseases, a 

category many seniors fall into. The CDC 

notes that one study published in the journal 

Arthritis & Rheumatology found that 

improves the use of joints affected by 

arthritis without worsening symptoms. 

The U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services also notes that swimming 

can lead to improved health for people with 

diabetes and heart disease. Seniors can 

reap these benefits by going for a dip in 

their own backyard pools or a local body of 

water, such as a lake or ocean. Many swim 

clubs also offer discounted memberships to 

seniors, making these another great and 

affordable way to reap the benefits of swimming. 

• Fishing: Of course not all outdoor 

activities need to make seniors huff and 

puff. Fishing provides a great reason to get 

outdoors, and many individuals devoted to 

fishing report feeling less stressed after a 

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Teenage drivers long for the day they earn 

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dad riding shotgun, while aging drivers want to keep 

driving as long as possible so they can come and go as 

they please in their golden years. 

There’s no formula drivers and their families can 

employ to determine when it’s time to take the car 

keys away from senior citizens. Thankfully, fatal collisions 

involving older drivers have declined considerably 

in recent decades. According to the Insurance 

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among drivers ages 70 and older declined by 15 

percent between 1997 and 2018. A host of factors have 

contributed to that decline, including lane-assist technology 

and forward collision warning systems that 

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As much as technology has helped make driving 

safer for everyone, aging drivers should still keep an 

eye out for certain signs that may indicate their skills 

behind the wheel are diminishing and potentially compromising 

their ability to drive safely. According to 

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Frequent close calls and narrowly avoiding collisions 

when other drivers stop suddenly indicate reduced 

response time that can put aging drivers at an elevated 

risk of being involved in an accident. 

• Becoming easily distracted while driving: 

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drivers. However, aging drivers who are easily distracted 

also pose a safety risk to themselves and other 

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• Decrease in confidence while driving: Only drivers 

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• Having difficulty moving into or maintaining the 

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Franklin County Board of Commissioners: President John O’Grady • Commissioner Kevin L. Boyce, and Commissioner Erica C. Crawley 

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners and The Franklin County Office on Aging join with the Messenger Newspaper in providing this update on aging issues in Franklin County. 

Play Ball! Office on Aging Day with the 

Columbus Clippers Scheduled for June 8 

For the past 21 years, the Franklin County Office on Aging has partnered 

with the Columbus Clippers to host their annual Office on Aging Day at 

the award-winning Huntington Park. Office on Aging Day with the 

Columbus Clippers provides seniors aged 60 and older a chance to gather 

with their family and friends for a fun-filled day at the ballpark through 

discounted ticket prices. 

This year’s Office on Aging Day with the Columbus Clippers is scheduled 

for Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 12:05 p.m. in which the Columbus Clippers 

will go head-to-head with the Louisville Bats. Ticket prices for seniors 

will be $5.00 for bleacher seating and $6.00 for reserved seating, and the 

ticket price also includes a boxed lunch as well as a chance to win a variety 

of raffle prizes. Seniors who have a group of 10 or more can also 

request free transportation through the Office on Aging by calling (614) 

525-8832 by no later than Monday, May 8. 

This event also provides seniors the chance to connect with community 

organizations that provide resources to older adults. In the past, seniors 

have been able to get connected to resources regarding tax preparation, 

kinship support, mental health and other valuable services that make 

aging in place possible. This year seniors and their families will once 

again be able to connect to a variety of resources from community providers 

that help support aging in place, including Mid-Ohio Food Collective, 

the Franklin County Auditor’s Office, and the Veterans Service Commission 

among others. Franklin County’s Health & Human Services mobile 

unit will also be in attendance, which includes representatives from the 

Office on Aging, Job and Family Services, Justice Policy & Programs, and 

Child Support Enforcement Agency. The mobile unit helps residents get 

the assistance they need all in one place, including help with food assistance, 

Medicaid, rental assistance, employment opportunities, child 

support, re-entry support and more. 

Lastly, the day will also include pre-ceremonial activities including a 

warm welcome from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners’ President, 

John O’Grady, as well as a ceremonial first pitch. Past local celebrities 

for the first pitch include former 10TV Anchor, Jerry Revish, Professional 

Baseball Player, Allan Lee Anderson, and Community Leader and 

Civil Rights Activist, Don Elder. This year fans can expect to see the 

Office on Aging’s first African American female director, Chanda Wingo, 

to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. 

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CFD gains gold 

standard status 

The Columbus Division of Fire (CFD) 

has once again achieved Accredited Agency 

status with the Commission on Fire 

Accreditation International (CFAI), the 

gold standard for measuring the quality of 

fire and emergency services. Last week, 

CFD representatives traveled to Orlando 

where the agency was recommended for 

reaccreditation. This process requires 

extensive self-assessment and documentation 

of not only what the division is doing, 

but why the division is doing it. Though 

voluntary, the Columbus Division of Fire 

deems this proof of performance to be a 

valuable public accountability tool. 

Accreditation is important as it ensures 

Columbus Fire is utilizing industry best 

practices when determining community 

risks and safety needs, evaluating performance 

against its peers, and improving 

its operations. Additionally, it can help 

CFD with its Insurance Services Office 

(ISO) rating, a score reflecting how well a 

fire department can protect its community. 

A strong ISO rating has the potential to 

impact homeowners by lowering property 

insurance costs. The better equipped a fire 

department is to put out fires, the less likely 

your home will be destroyed by fire, 

making it less expensive to insure. 

Currently, CFD has an ISO Class-1 rating, 

representing the highest level of protection. 

“We are very proud to achieve reaccreditation 

because it demonstrates the 

Columbus Division of Fire’s commitment 

to providing the highest quality of service 

to our residents,” said Fire Chief Jeffrey 

Happ. “The accreditation model helps 

ensure we maintain this standard of excellence 

by continuously evaluating what we 

are doing well, what we can do better, and 

how we can make Columbus a safer city for 

all people.” 

The commission first granted the 

Columbus Division of Fire international 

accreditation in February of 2007. This 

was a significant milestone in the division’s 

history. At the time, the Division of 

Fire became the second-largest fire department 

in the United States to achieve 

accreditation. Today, only 12 percent of the 

U.S. population is protected by an accredited 

agency according to the Center for 

Public Safety Excellence. 

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Adam Miller 

STATE REPRESENTATIVE 

News from the 

Statehouse 

The General Assembly begins every even 

year taking up Ohio’s 2-year budget. The 

Federal Government has yearly budgets. 

Ohio’s 2-year budget is around $45 billion 

every year, but the federal government 

spends about $1.8 trillion. Of Ohio’s $45 billion 

budget, about 1/3 of the funding comes 

from the federal government mostly in the 

form of grants. 

While there is some debate as to who first 

stated “budgets are moral documents”, the 

phrase, made popular by Dr. Martin Luther 

King, is still true today. The two highest expenditures 

in the budget (HB 33) are K-12 

education ($10 billion) and Medicaid ($21 

billion). And, much of the Medicaid spending 

is mandated matching funds required 

by the federal government. The 3rd and 4th 

largest expenditures are on higher education 

($3.2 billion) and corrections ($2.6 billion). 

The fact that we spend about the same 

on higher education as we do on prisons 

should trouble every Ohioan. Budgets are 

moral documents indeed. 

Some of the items are encouraging, but the 

4300 page bill it is not all good. We need 

more money for affordable housing and 

mental health. We need greater investment 

in public education and programs that help 

our most vulnerable find employment in 

high need industries. 

I am also very disappointed by the failure to 

restore veterans service organization funding 

which was quietly cut in previous years. 

I will do my utmost to restore funding to 

Veteran's organizations. They provide essential 

services to those who have served our 

country. 

I urge you to go to www.ohiohouse.gov and 

review the budget for yourself. Come downtown 

and testify before the Committees 

taking up the budget. It is important that 

our legislators know budgets are about 

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I do not often watch animated movies but when I do 

I tell myself afterward that I really should watch more 

animated movies. Not only do I find the art design 

extremely pleasing to the eye, but they almost always 

feature a story with an uplifting message that I need 

to hear — or that I need to remember. 

Because I do not usually heed my own advice, I 

often neglect my vow to watch more animated movies 

when I have the chance and I frequently pass over the 

opportunity to review them in favor of a live-action 

(read: more adult, allegedly) option. But I have to 

admit that out of all of the new theatrical releases that 

were presented to me this weekend, there was just 

something about “The Magician’s Elephant” that I just 

could not say no to. 

As someone whose interaction with children is limited 

to work assignments at libraries and schools, I had 

not heard of the beloved 2009 novel by Kate DiCamillo 

on which this film is based but the promotional trailers 

attached to the material made it look warm and inviting 

for people of all ages — even the ones without little 

humans running around the house. 

Although the tale within and the way it is written 

and depicted on screen by scribe Martin Hynes and 

director Wendy Rogers is quite simple, the movie as a 

whole is enchantingly endearing and one cannot help 

but fall under its spell of sweetness. 

The film is set in a vaguely European town called 

Baltese where the aftermath of a recent war has 

brought despair and stagnation to a community and a 

people that was once lively and robust and full of 

promise and hope. Then one day, a young orphan boy 

by the name of Peter (voiced by Noah Jupe) finds a 

mysterious tent in the middle of the town square with 

a sign attached that says it will give an honest answer 

to a hard question for anyone who dares to ask. When 

Peter enters the tent, he finds a fortune teller (voiced 

by Natasia Demetriou, who also narrates the story) 

who speaks in riddles but tells him that the sister he 

thought to be dead is still alive. In order to find her, 

she says, all he has to do is “follow the elephant and 

she will lead you there.” 

Since Baltese is a town without a zoo — it doesn’t 

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clouds that hang overhead — 

Peter is not sure where exactly 

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that he has started to feel something 

he had not felt in quite 

some time; pure, unadulterated 

hope. 

As Peter’s guardian, a strict former soldier named 

Vilna (Mandy Patinkin), tries to dissuade his charge 

from living with such a dangerous emotion, a terrible 

magician (voiced by Benedict Wong) performing across 

town accidentally conjures an elephant out of thin air. 

This disturbance in the force, if you will, not only takes 

Peter on an adventure filled with once-thought impossible 

tasks to find his long lost sister, but it also 

inspires the people living in the town to start shedding 

the hollowness that has been inside of them since the 

start of the war. 

Although the movie can sometimes feel a bit overbaked 

with sentimentality, there is more mature content 

within the tale — mostly revolving around the elephant 

which had been pulled from its herd in a faraway 

land — it manages to balance out the saccharine 

message that sometimes tries to overtake “The 

Magician’s Elephant.” 

With a rich visual design that is brought to life with 

dynamic and varied human characters and animals, 

“The Magician’s Elephant” is a warm and engaging 

movie about trying to believe in the impossible and 

being brave enough to take a step forward to find 

something that brings you happiness. 

Grade: B+ 


In Entertainment 

“e Magician’s Elephant” is warm and engaging 

The Reel Deal 

Dedra Cordle 

Dedra Cordle is a Messenger staff writer and columnist. 


Concert features songs 

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The Grove City Chamber Singers will 

perform their spring concert “Passport of 

Music,” a presentation of songs from 

around the world, on Sunday March 26. 

Music from England, Scotland, Venezuela, 

Norway, Germany, and the U.S. are among 

the countries represented. The venue for 

the concert is the Grove City United 

Methodist Church, 2684 Columbus St. The 

doors open at 3 p.m. with the concert starting 

at 3:30 p.m. The concert is free. For 

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W/SW 

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MOWER 

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TREMONT 

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Hot Tub Cleaning and 

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Falcons perform at Disney 

Members of the Franklin Heights High School marching band and orchestra had the opportunity to perform 

at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. from March 15-20. In addition to performing, the students took 

part in a workshop with Disney music directors. 

ONLY $65.00 

Participants wanted for neighborhood survey 

The Franklin County Auditor’s office is conducting 

a Neighborhood Survey, where residents are encouraged 

to tell the office about their neighborhood to help 

assign more accurate home valuations. 

The Neighborhood Survey, which closes on March 

31, gives residents the opportunity to provide additional 

information about their neighborhood to the auditor’s 

office. This information will then be used to help 

the auditor’s office establish the most accurate and 

equitable property values possible as part of the 

upcoming 2023 mass reappraisal. 

“The Neighborhood Survey takes about 30 seconds 

to complete and is a great opportunity for all county 

residents to have their voices heard,” said Franklin 

County Auditor Michael Stinziano. “No one understands 

a neighborhood better than the people who live 

in it, and resident input on the data will help ensure 

accuracy in our property value reappraisal this year.” 

As required by state law, this year the Franklin 

County auditor must complete a property value reappraisal 

of all properties in Franklin County. A variety 

of data-driven techniques are used by Franklin County 

auditor’s office appraisers to determine property values. 

The results from the Neighborhood Survey will be 

used in conjunction with this data, to help illustrate 

the information gathered from these sources. 

In August, when the initial reappraisal is complete, 

a letter will be sent to all property owners in Franklin 

County with a notice of their proposed property value. 

This will be followed by property value reviews and 

then final property values issued in December by the 

Ohio Department of Taxation. 

The survey can be found online at 

FranklinCountyAuditor.com/NeighborhoodSurvey. 

Hilltop History 

& Heritage 

This undated postcard features the 

Nurses’ Home at the then-named 

Columbus State Hospital (ultimately, 

the Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital) 

located at 1601 West Broad St. The hospital 

was founded in 1838, then rebuilt 

in 1877 after a fire destroyed most of 

the property in 1868. This hospital was 

the largest building under one roof in 

the United States until the Pentagon 

was completed in 1943. The hospital 

closed in the late 1980s and the buildings 

were demolished. New office 

buildings constructed shortly thereafter 

now house the Ohio Department 

of Transportation and the Ohio 

Department of Public Safety. If you have 

a photo to share, contact Stacy 

Berndsen-Campbell at stacyberndsen12@gmail.com.

Westside Messenger - March 26th, 2023

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