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City shares tax revenue 

with Groveport Madison 

Royal Princess Party 

Photo courtesy of the city of Groveport 

Princess Rapunzel is shown here smiling and talking with a group of young 

princesses at the Royal Princess Party held at Groveport Town Hall on April 20. 

There were 52 princesses in attendance plus their adult chaperones. Rapunzel 

conducted princess training where the young princesses learned to say please, 

thank you, and you’re welcome (just like princesses do). Each girl was crowned a 

princess by Rapunzel and together they sang a song. Other activities included: 

nail painting, face painting, ice cream sundaes, snacks, and three crafts - a wand 

to decorate, making Rapunzel’s tower, and a Pascal craft (a chameleon character 

from the Disney film “Tangled,” which is about Rapunzel). 

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City of Groveport officials recently presented 

Groveport Madison Schools 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,” 

Groveport Mayor Lance Westcamp stated 

previously. “It’s a great partnership and it 

helps the schools. Our community is a 

great place to live and our schools help us 

to succeed.” 

According to Groveport Finance 

Director Jason Carr, city has shared $24.2 

million in income tax revenue with the 

school district since the program began in 

1999. 

Carr said the money is generated from 

income tax withholdings for companies 

that may operate within the city’s 

Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) #1- 

5 and have active real estate tax abatements. 

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 City Administrator B.J. King 

Transit buses purchase 

Groveport City Council authorized City 

Administrator B.J. King to enter into 

agreements to purchase three transit 

buses for the city’s transportation department 

for an estimated total cost of 

$240,000 to $250,000. 

Currently, the city has two, 2016 model 

transit buses with mileage between 

130,000 to 140,000 miles. A third existing 

transit bus is a 2019 model with about 

60,000 miles on it. 

“They are getting older and have had a 

lot of use,” said King of the transit buses. 

said the revenue sharing agreement is a 

necessary partnership to keep Groveport 

competitive in the economic development 

arena. 

“Any developer of large scale projects 

will request a tax abatement,” said King. 

“Without being able to provide an abatement, 

Groveport would be at a severe disadvantage. 

In order to grant a tax abatement, 

the city and the school district must 

approve. Additionally, the sharing agreement 

assures that the district continues to 

receive money, via income tax sharing, 

during the abatement period. Once the 

abatement expires, the school begins to collect 

100 percent of the property tax that 

they are due. Essentially, to secure economic 

development projects, the city and 

schools must be in agreement of the need 

for an abatement to remain competitive.” 

Groveport Madison Schools 

Communications Director Ty Debevoise 

said the money from the income tax revenue 

sharing check from the city will go 

directly into Groveport Madison Schools’ 

general fund. 

“The money we received through the 

income tax revenue sharing allows those 

funds to go into our district’s general fund 

for a more short-term or immediate 

access,” said Debevoise. “This is made possible 

from the newly created jobs by way of 

a city’s tax abatement. As per a typical tax 

abatement, a school district will forgo the 

property taxes (a main source of revenue) 

in exchange for the income taxes from new 

jobs associated with a new building/business 

coming to the area.” 

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Shelterhouse project moves ahead 



Planning is progressing on the 

city of Groveport and the Groveport 

Madison High School’s construction 

trades program’s collaboration to 

build a shelterhouse in Cruiser Park. 

According to Groveport Building 

Official Mike Poirier, will be 16x20 

feet in size and be located just west 

of the Cruiser Park (4677 Bixby 

Road) parking lot. The shelterhouse 

will be a wooden structure on a concrete 

pad. 

“We’re waiting for the school district’s 

formal application for the project 

for more details,” said Poirier, 

who said building, zoning, and floodplain 

must process first and be 

approved before construction can 

commence. 

He added the permits are good for 

six months. 

The city will fund the materials 

and the students in Groveport 

Madison High School’s construction 

trades program will do the design and 

construction work. 

“We’re waiting a cost proposal 

from the school district for materials,” said Groveport 

City Administrator B.J. King. 

A private company could donate the concrete for the 

project. 

According to Groveport Madison Schools Director of 

Business Operations Dave Hausmann work on the 

shelterhouse is tentatively expected to begin in August 

or September. The completion date is to be determined. 

“It’s a great opportunity for the students to learn 

about plans, permitting, construction and inspections,” 

said Hausmann. 

“This is a volunteer effort by the students,” added 

King. “It is a learning experience for them and a source 

of pride for them in the community. They are learning 

valuable skills in construction and learning about the 

permit process, which will help them in their future 



Developers have reintroduced plans to build a 

212,000 square foot freezer/cold storage facility on 18.6 

acres on the north side of Groveport Road just west of 

Saltzgaber Road. 

The request had been withdrawn earlier this year 

by the applicant so some details could be worked out. 

The proposed development also includes a 1.86 

acre outparcel that could be marketed for other future 

use to be determined. 

“Clous Road Partners and Sansone Group are committed 

to a successful project in Groveport,” wrote 

Clous Road Partners Director Max Davis in an April 

10 letter to the city of Groveport. 

The letter states the developers expect to invest $50 

million to construct the freezer and cold storage warehouse 

and estimate that this development could support 

“as many 100 employees with an annual payroll of 

approximately $5.6 million.” 

When the proposal was first brought forth last year, 

representatives said the facility could handle items 

Photo courtesy of 

Groveport Madison Schools 

A student in Groveport Madison 

High School’s construction 

trades program at work on a project. 

occupations. This project will teach 

them about all the processes 

involved in projects like these.” 

When asked if the city and the 

high school construction trades program 

could work on more projects 

together in the future, King said, 

“The hope is, ‘yes.’ We can get together 

at the beginning of the school year 

and identify what can be built and 

talk it through.” 

Construction trades program 

The Groveport Madison High 

School construction trades program, 

which began in 2018, prepares students 

for careers in designing, planning, 

managing, building, and maintaining 

commercial, industrial and 

residential structures and infrastructures. 

Students in the program 

may continue into registered apprenticeship 

or traditional post-secondary 

programs. 

The students in the construction 

trades program have built several 

structures, including: the new visitors’ 

concession stand at Cruiser 

Stadium at Groveport Madison High 

School; a concession stand for the 

high school Cruiser baseball field; “cubbies” created in 

the dugouts of the Cruiser softball program where 

players can store batting helmets, batting gloves and 

field gloves; a playhouse for Little Cruisers Preschool; 

a deck at the softball concession stand; Adirondack 

chairs; garden sheds; a project for the Groveport 

Madison Area Community Choir; 10x10 barn sheds; 

raised planters; birdhouses that were donated to the 

wildlife department; projects at the high school for 

classrooms; and personal projects students keep. 

According to construction trades program instructor 

Chad Gibbs, jobs in the construction fields are in 

demand. Companies offer paid apprenticeship programs 

and paid post education. 

He said companies pay high dollars for students 

skilled in the trades fields. 

Cold storage facility back on track 

such as food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and nutritional 

products. It would use freon as its cooling agent. 

On April 22, Groveport City Council heard the first 

reading of an ordinance to rezone the location from 

rural to planned industrial park for the project. 

Council will consider this legislation further at upcoming 

meetings. 

The Groveport Road corridor west of State Route 

317 is currently a mix of warehouses, small businesses, 

churches, and residences. 

A couple of years ago, the city contracted with the 

IBI Group to create a Groveport Road Corridor Study 

to review west Groveport Road between Groveport and 

Obetz from State Route 317 to Bixby Road. The report 

noted that the western portion of the road located in 

Obetz is primarily residential while the eastern portion 

located in Groveport is mostly commercial/industrial. 

The study also stated the average daily traffic 

count for west Groveport Road in 2020 was 11,000 to 

12,000 vehicles, but that number will rise by 55 percent 

to 17,000 by 2040.


Resident offers another 

idea for KidSpace 



Groveport City Council recently unanimously 

voted to approve the demolition of 

Crooked Alley KidSpace later this year to 

make room for more downtown parking, 

but at council’s April 22 meeting, a resident 

floated another idea. 

Groveport resident Diana Kurey proposed 

that city officials consider building a 

new, smaller community center on the 

KidSpace site after it is torn down. 

“The need for it is inescapable,” said 

Kurey. “KidSpace is used beyond just kids’ 

programs. It is also used for adult programs, 

blood drives, and as a voting location. 

KidSpace is a multi-use building.” 

Kurey said moving the existing 

KidSpace programs to the second floor of 

the Rarey’s Port building above Delaney’s 

would not solve the parking issues in the 

downtown area. She said what the city 

thinks will alleviates parking congestion in 

the municipal parking lot along Wirt Road 

will just create a parking problem in the 

parking lot by Delaney’s and Ace 

Hardware. 

“People attending KidSpace programs 

in the space above Delaney’s will be there 

for long periods of time and that takes 

parking spaces away from paying customers 

at Delaney’s, Lissy Bee’s, and Ace 

Hardware,” said Kurey. 

Council members did not respond publicly 

at the meeting to Kurey’s idea. 

Background 

Council had to decide between demolishing 

the KidSpace building — at an estimated 

cost of $30,000 — or repairing it at 

an approximate cost of $800,000. 

According to Groveport Public Services 

Director Brian Strayer, the existing 

KidSpace building needs the following: a 

new roof, new electrical panel, upgraded 

HVAC, exterior brick tuck pointing, 

repairs to a “significant” crack on the east 

side of the building, repairs to the main 

floor which has settled and cracked, window 

replacements, repairs to rusted window 

transoms, new gutters, interior and 

exterior painting, and elimination of mold. 

The 3,100 square foot KidSpace building, 

located at 630 Wirt Road, was built in 

1955 and was originally the Groveport 

Municipal Building for many years and 

later was home to the senior center. 

KidSpace moved into the building in the 

early 2000s after the senior center moved 

to the Groveport Recreation Center. 

City officials said demolishing the building 

allows for the creation of expanded 

public parking in the downtown area. City 

Administrator B.J. King said several 

downtown area businesses have expressed 

a need for more public parking in the city. 

Currently the downtown public parking 

lots south of Main Street along Wirt Road 

are often full. 

“KidSpace is a multi-use building.” 

- Diana Kurey 

Groveport resident 

Another downtown public parking lot 

with about 99 spaces is located on the 

north side of Main Street near Ace 

Hardware and Delaney’s. 

On April 8, council approved two pieces 

of legislation to address the situation. One 

authorizes King to solicit bids and contract 

for the re-alignment and expansion of the 

existing municipal parking lot situated 

along Wirt Road, Crooked Alley, and 

Cherry Street. 

Groveport City Engineer Steve Farst 

said this parking expansion will increase 

the parking capacity in the lot to approximately 

100 to 112 spaces from the current 

60 spaces. 

“The plan associated with this project 

includes the demolition of KidSpace and 

the closure of a portion of Cherry Street to 

combine these properties with the existing 

municipal parking lot property,” said King, 

who added there will be curb cuts on the 

newly designed parking lot to access Wirt 

Road. 

The second ordinance authorizes King 

to contract with Leukco Construction for 

the buildout of the second floor of the 

Rarey’s Port building on Main Street 

(above Delaney’s Diner). 

“That space will be used as the new 

location of KidSpace activities as well as 

conference room space,” said King, who 

added work on the buildout of the second 

floor of the Rarey’s Port building could 

begin in three months and take an estimated 

five months to complete. 

King said the KidSpace building will not 

close until after the Rarey’s Port building 

project is completed and ready for 

KidSpace activities. 

Construction of the new parking lot will 

not begin until the KidSpace building is 

demolished. 

KidSpace voting location 

Residents who normally cast their votes 

at the polling place in KidSpace have 

expressed concerns about where they will 

be able to vote on Election Day when 

KidSpace is demolished. 

King said city officials are talking with 

the Franklin County Board of Elections 

regarding the issue and that a new voting 

location will be found. 

“No one will be left without a place to 

vote,” said King. “Every eligible voter will 

be able to vote.” 

For voting information contact the 

Franklin County Board of Elections, 1700 

Morse Road, Columbus, OH 43229; phone: 

(614) 525-3100; and website: vote.franklincountyohio.gov 

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Be a beekeeper 

The Fairfield County Beekeepers 

Association recently marked its fifth 

anniversary with a new meeting place and 

full Beginner Beekeeping classes. 

FCBA formed in 2019 to give beekeepers 

in or near Fairfield County a place to mingle 

with other beekeepers, learn about best 

management practices, provide outreach 

to the community about honey bees and 

the environment, and attract and train 

new beekeepers. When the club was told 

last November that it needed to find a new 

meeting place, the Central Ohio Coon 

Hunters Club, located on Coonpath Road, 

offered their club house as a meeting place 

and a big open field for FCBA’s apiary. The 

Coon Hunters Club does conservation projects 

and plan to create an insect-friendly 

field of wildflowers. They were hoping to 

attract some bees and other pollinators to 

their property. 

Each November, news about the FCBA 

Beginner Beekeeping Scholarship goes out 

to local schools, 4-H and agriculture 

groups and also to military veterans. The 

club offers scholarships covering a class, 

hives and bees, plus year-long mentoring 

for the scholarship recipients. 

Then in early spring, before the bees 

come out of their winter clusters, FCBA 

offers day-long educational trainings about 

how to begin beekeeping. The club helps 

newcomers get their woodenware hives and 

order bees. Once the warm spring weather 

comes, the club offers twice monthly training 

in their training bee yard (apiary) for 

the new beekeepers. Experienced mentors 

are also assigned to those “NewBees” that 

want them. 

The club meets monthly, providing an 

educational speaker at each meeting, a 

chance to win a bee related door prize (all 

donated) and time to hang out and talk 

bees with other beekeepers. FCBA member 

volunteers do many outreach activities, 

like presentations for adult or young people’s 

groups and provide a huge display of 

hands-on artifacts about bees, activities for 

kids and a live observation hive at many 

festivals and fairs around Fairfield County. 

The club had a honey bee booth at the 

Earth Day Fair in Rising Park in April and 

will do the same at Hocking County Ag 

Days at the Hoking County Fairgrounds, 

May 11 and 12. FCBA will have a live 

demonstration in the bee yard and a huge 

booth of hands-on artifacts for the Central 

Oho Coon Hunters Family Day in June. 

FCBA also sells raw, local honey from its 

members. 

FCBA meets every month except 

December on the third Tuesday , at 7 p.m. 

The training bee yard is scheduled to meet 

at the club apiary on the property, at 6 

p.m. on the Tuesday of the club meeting. 

There is typically another training yard 

demonstration on another Tuesday in the 

month, at 6p.m. Information about scheduled 

bee yard dates are announced on the 

group’s Facebook page. 

Visitors are welcome to attend a meeting 

to learn more. Information can also be 

found on the club website at fairfieldcountybeekeepers.org 

and on their Facebook 

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Groveport city council 

Groveport City Council holds its regular 

meetings at 6:30 p.m. on the second and 

fourth Mondays of the month. Council 

holds its committee of the whole meeting 

on the third Monday each month at 5:30 

p.m. Meetings are held in the municipal 

building, 655 Blacklick St., Groveport. 

School board meetings 

The Groveport Madison Board of 

Education meets the second Wednesday of 

the month at 7 p.m. at the District Service 

Center, 4400 Marketing Place, Suite B, 

Groveport. The board may also schedule 

special meetings, as needed. 

Groveport history films 

Two documentary films on the history of 

Groveport, produced by the Groveport 

Heritage Society and Midnet Media, are 

now available for viewing online on 

YouTube. The films are: “Groveport: A 

Town and Its People” and “The Story of 

John S. Rarey and Cruiser.” 

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Groveport Park filled on April 21 as community members supported the annual Legacy of Love 5K Run/Walk honoring the impactful 

life of Alexandria Goodwin. Her mother, Sara Sherman, hopes for the race promotes the same acts of kindness that Alexandria 

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Groveport artist at Best 

of 2024 craftsmen’s show 

Three ceramic sculptures by Groveport 

artist Juliellen Byrne are featured in the 

“Best of 2024,” Ohio Designer Craftsmen’s 

41st annual juried members exhibition, on 

view May 5 to July 6 at the Ohio Craft 

Museum. Byrne’s work was awarded the 

Sue Cavanaugh Memorial Award for 

Excellence. 

The “Best of 2024” showcases contemporary 

fine craft by 65 artists. Juror 

Jaqueline Nathan, gallery director at 

Bowling Green State University (1985 to 

2022), selected 78 works in clay, glass, 

metal, wood, fiber and mixed media from 

over 300 entries. Sixteen artists received 

awards of excellence. 

After closing at the museum on July 6, 

selections from the exhibition will travel to 

the Decorative Art Center of Ohio in 

Lancaster, Ohio, where it opens Sept. 21. 

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are Monday—Friday, 10 a.m.—5 p.m.; 

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Photo courtesy of the 

Groveport Heritage Museum 

Downtown, 

1908 

Pictured here are some businesses 

on Main Street in downtown 

Groveport in 1908. This view is of 

Main Street looking west from 

Front Street. Note how the town 

still had the appearance of being 

a frontier town. The buildings 

shown here include a farm equipment 

store, a barbershop, a pharmacy, 

a shoe store, a grocery, 

and a tavern. Note the hitching 

posts for horses along the 

street. Main Street was still a dirt 

road and would eventually be 

paved in 1911. 

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Groveport Garden Club to 

hold plant auction and garden tour 

•The Groveport Garden Club will host its annual plant auction 

on May 14 from 6-8:30 p.m. at Groveport Zion Lutheran Church, 

6014 Groveport Road, Groveport. Refreshments and the auction 

preview will be available starting at 6 p.m. and bidding will begin 

at 6:30 p.m. All auction proceeds support the Groveport Garden 

Club. 

•The Groveport Garden Tour will be June 23 from noon to 5 

p.m. (rain or shine). Tour tickets are free. 

“Last year the tour featured only garden club member gardens,” 

said Lacy Cooper, president of the Groveport Garden Club. 

“However, the tour is not for members only. Some wonderful gardens 

in Groveport belong to residents who aren’t members of the 

garden club and we'd love to include them as part of the tour, too.” 

Gardeners can contact groveportgardenclub@gmail.com for 

additional details on participating as a tour stop or for information 

on how to get tickets. 

Tour tickets will also be available for in-person pick-up at 

Groveport Town Hall, Groveport Recreation Center, and the 

Groveport Senior Center beginning June 11. 

•The Groveport Garden Club is also participating in a few gardening 

activities around the city. 

“We will be maintaining the herb garden at the Nature Center 

(log house) at Heritage Park,” said Cooper. “The herb garden will 

feature both culinary and medicinal herbs commonly grown and 

used in the Ohio River Valley in the early 1800s and when the 

house was built. We’ve also rented a plot at the Groveport 

Community Garden where we will grow some produce to donate to 

the Groveport Food Pantry.” 

The garden club is always looking for active gardeners to help 

it grow. 

For meeting and activity information contact groveportgardenclub@gmail.com 

or find them on Facebook. 

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Township extends electric rate agreement 

By Linda Dillman 

Staff Writer 

The Madison Township trustees locked 

in an agreement that should save residents 

from electric rate increases until May 

2026. 

The township is moving ahead with an 

Electric Master Service Agreement with 

Archer Energy, which extends a May 31, 

2024 agreement extension from May 31, 

2025 through May 31, 2026 at a fixed rate 

of $0.066 per KWh. 

“We did accept the rates initially two 

months ago, but waited to see if they would 

go lower,” said Madison Township 

Administrator Susan Brobst. “Since then, 

rates have gone excessively high.” 

The agreement is exclusive of capacity, 

which will be a cost pass-through when 

established by PJM Interconnect. The 

amount is applied to all AEP bills, just as 

it was done in the past. 

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Other Madison Township news 

•A pair of replacement vehicles are joining 

the township police department fleet, 

albeit after they are built next year, after 

the trustees approved the purchase of two 

2025 Ford Explorer Interceptors on a state 

bid. 

The price is $43,564 per vehicle, less a 

$100 dealer discount and an additional 

$2,590 for delivery, taxes and other fees. 

Another contract for $33,421 was 

approved for public safety equipment to 

outfit the two vehicles. 

•Public Works Superintendent Dave 

Watkins told the trustees his department 

is asking the Franklin County Engineer’s 

Office to help with submission of an Ohio 

Public Works Commission grant for 

improvements to Atkinson Road. 

While this is the first step in the process, 

if approved, the project would include a full 

depth reclamation of the road, which 

Watkins said is rated very poor and is the 

Esports team successful 

The 2024 Esports season had all three 

Groveport Madison High School teams 

(Overwatch, Fortnite, and Super Smash 

Bros Ultimate) qualify for the Esports 

Ohio Central-Southeast Regional 

Tournament at Ohio University. Fortnite 

competed in the State Tournament and 

finished ninth out of 32 teams. 

Groveport Madison High School 

Esports coaches are Kyle Bergman and 

Scott Wilson. 



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•Brobst reported on a county engineer’s 

speed study of the Groveport and 

Lithopolis roads intersection prompted by 

a number of crashes. 

“They were able to make some recommendations,” 

said Brobst. 

Changes include lowering the speed 

limit from 55 mph to 50 mph and new signage 

plaques temporarily alerting drivers 

to the change. 

Township staff also asked for additional 

signage indicating “Cross Traffic Does Not 

Stop” installed at the intersection of 

Lithopolis and Richardson roads. Aligning 

the intersection with pavement markings 

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Groveport Municipal Building 

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The Housing Report 

Is Out 

As Chair of the Senate Select Committee on 

Housing, I am pleased to announce the release of 

our official Housing Report. As of April 17, the 

digital copy of our comprehensive 94-page 

report is now available for download on the 

Senate's website in PDF format under the meetings 

tab. 

The Senate Select Committee on Housing (SSCH) 

was commissioned by Sen. President Matt Huffman 

to address Ohio's housing challenges. Since 

its inception in August 2023, the SSCH has 

conducted extensive research, including 12 livestreamed 

meetings across Ohio, hearing over 35 

hours of testimony from more than 200 

witnesses. Through this process, we gained 

valuable insights into Ohio's housing landscape 

and the challenges it faces. 

The report represents the voices of Ohioans 

statewide and offers a framework for future 

housing policy discussions. It highlights the 

complexity of Ohio's housing challenges, ranging 

from economic, social and policy factors and how 

it impacts both urban and rural areas and the 

need for affordable housing solutions across the 

state. Our recommendations, outlined in the 

report, emphasize a multifaceted approach to 

address Ohio's housing challenges. 

These include strategies to increase the supply of 

available, affordable and accessible homes. Moreover, 

the report underscores the importance of 

bipartisan collaboration, recognizing that housing 

affordability is a humanitarian issue that transcends 

political divides. I extend my gratitude to 

all who contributed to this endeavor, including 

fellow Senators, legislative aides, witnesses, 

stakeholders, and constituents. 

The report's executive summary and recommendations 

are available starting on page 84, highlighting 

key initiatives such as the Ohio Housing 

Dashboard, Ohio Housing Toolkit, Third Party 

Reviewer Services, Ohio Housing Accelerator, 

Ohio YIMBY Campaign, and Ohio Housing Capacity 

Building Grant Fund. 

Results Matter, so be sure to read the recommendations 

in the report. Stay connected to my office by 

subscribing to the website for alerts and notifications. 

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1893 — 2024 


130th Annual Alumni Banquet 

May 18, 2024 

Registration: 4:30 PM Dinner 5:00 PM 

Hey There Groveport Madison Alumni! 

Don’t wait around for another class reunion. 

• Good Food • Good Memories 

• Invite all your classmates and friends from all graduating classes 

The 130th Annual Alumni Banquet to be held May 18, 2024, at the Groveport Madison Middle School Central School, 751 Main Street, 

Groveport, Ohio 43125. Dinners are $25.00 each and will be served at 5;00 PM. Your dinner ticket (your name tag) will be available that 

evening at tables inside the door. Reservations must be made no later than May 11, 2024 and will not be accepted after this date. 

There will be NO EXCEPTIONS! 

HONORED CLASS 

This year’s honored class will be the great CLASS OF 1974, celebrating their 50th Anniversary. 

Come celebrate this milestone with them. 

SCHOLARSHIPS... Two scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each will be available each year to a Groveport Madison High School graduate. Eligible 

applicants must meet the criteria and have a family member who graduated from Groveport Madison High School. The Scholarship may be used 

at any accredited college or trade school. Additional information will be available from the High School Counselors. 

MAILING UPDATES... If you know of any marriage name changes, address changes, deaths, etc., please submit them at 

phyllis.davy@gocruisers.org, or send them to the GMHS Alumni Committee at the address below. 

CONTRIBUTIONS... Our sincere thanks to all alumni who have made contributions in past years so that we might continue our Annual Banquet 

tradition. We are again asking for your support to help defray the banquet expenses – mailing and printing costs, scholarships, and our Hall of Fame 

plaques. The Alumni Committee is now designated as a 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization by the Internal Revenue Code Section. 

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CW’s Art on the Canal 

Canal Winchester’s 13th annual art 

stroll - Art on the Canal - will be held May 

18 from noon to 6 p.m. in historic downtown 

Canal Winchester. 

Check out the variety of artistic works 

from central Ohio artists as well as music, 

dancing and performances. There will be 

painters, sculptors, wood workers, and 

jewelry makers, just to name a few. 

There will be fun for the children, too, 

from free splatter paint to a paint wall. 

Grab a bite to eat from one of the food vendors 

or stop in one of the downtown restaurants. 

The event is in the DORA district so 

grab that adult beverage to go if you wish. 

Downtown shops will host their own 

Makers on the Canal Craft show and local 

brewer Loose Rail will host its Crafters 

Corner during the art stroll. 

Visit Canal Winchester’s Historical 

Complex which includes the one-room 

Prentiss School building and the Hocking 

Valley ‘Queen of the Line” railroad to see 

what the historical society is doing to celebrate 

Founders’ Day. For information, go 

to https://www.destinationcw.org/Art- 

Stroll.html or call 614-270-5053. 

Wagnalls Memorial Library 

Wagnalls Memorial Library is located 

at 150 E. Columbus St., Lithopolis. For 

information call (614) 837-4765 or visit 

www.wagnalls.org. 

Boy Scout Troop 71 

Groveport area scouts of Boy Scout 

Troop 71 meet at Groveport United 

Methodist Church, 512 Main St. Cub 

Scouts, boys and girls in grades K-5, meet 

on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. Boy Scouts ages 

11-18 meet Tuesdays at 7 p.m. The Girls 

Troop ages 11-18 meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. 

For information visit Beascout.org or contact 

Tina Dillman at 

christinadillman@aol.com. 

Commemorative bricks 

Honor a veteran or active military 

member with a personalized brick paver in 

Groveport’s Veterans Park or Log House 

Memory Walk. Commemorative bricks 

may be purchased by calling Groveport 

Town Hall at 614-836-3333. Deadline to 

order is Sept. 1. 

Golden Cruiser Club 

Groveport Madison Schools invites senior 

residents of the district to attend athletic 

and performing arts programs showcasing 

the talents of its students. The 

Golden Cruiser Club is a free program for 

residents of the Groveport Madison School 

District who are age 60 and older. 

Membership provides free access to all 

school and district sponsored athletic contests, 

plays, concerts, and other events. To 

become a member of the Golden Cruiser 

Club, obtain an application at 

www.gocruisers.org, at any of the school 

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Area schools host job fair 

Canal Winchester Schools, Groveport 

Madison Schools, and Whitehall City 

Schools will host a combined job fair on 

June 5 from 4-7 p.m. at Canal Winchester 

High School, 300 Washington St., Canal 

Winchester. 

The event aims to fill support staff positions, 

including paraprofessionals, bus 

drivers, aides, and custodians. The partner 

schools are prepared to offer qualified candidates 

positions on the spot. 

“The partner schools are looking for 

dedicated individuals who are passionate 

about making a difference in the lives of 

students,” said Dr. Chris Green, Director of 

Diversity, Engagement, and Human 

Capital at Groveport Madison Schools. 

“Working at a school offers a desirable 

schedule, excellent benefits, and the opportunity 

to contribute significantly to our 

community.” 

No teaching license is required for these 

positions. Interested individuals are 

encouraged to attend the combined job fair 

to learn more about the available positions 

and the benefits of working in education. 

For information about the combined job 

fair, contact Megan Anthony at manthony@cwls.us. 

Full rottle ursdays 

Obetz’s Full Throttle Thursdays return 

to Fortress Obetz, 2015 Recreation Trail, 

from 6-9 p.m. from May 2 to Aug. 22, every 

Thursday (weather allowing). The event 

features live musical performances, local 

food trucks, vendors, and weekly giveaways. 

Four bars are strategically placed 

throughout the venue. It also showcases 

cars, trucks, jeeps, exotics, and motorcycles. 

Admission is free. 


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Telephone: 614-837-4601 

Rev. Sherri Upchurch Blackwell 

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Arbor Day in Groveport 

The city of Groveport celebrated Arbor Day on April 26 by planting a tree at 

Glendening Elementary and at Groveport Elementary. Pictured here is Mayor 

Lance Westcamp as he reads the Arbor Day proclamation to Groveport 

Elementary students. The proclamation, emphasized the significance of trees in 

sustaining our environment and enriching lives. The Groveport Parks Department 

planted a White Oak at Glendening and a Pacific Brilliance Pin Oak for Groveport 

Elementary (the tree was planted at nearby Middle School Central). 

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PRIDE Soccer Club (PSC) is thrilled to be celebrating 

20 years of developing soccer players 

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club in the Canal Winchester area. Over the last 

20 years, PSC has become one of the most successful 

and respected clubs in Ohio, developing 

teams that have excelled at the State and Regional 

levels in addition to producing hundreds of 

Collegiate level players. PSC has over 600 players 

on 40 different teams, ages 6-18. 

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Ohio Victory Gardens 

Ohio’s movement to promote urban and 

rural gardening is back and bigger than 

ever. The Ohio Department of Agriculture 

(ODA) and Ohio State University Extension 

are partnering once again to encourage 

Ohioans to cultivate their own produce. 

The popular Ohio Victory Gardens program 

is back for its fifth year and due to 

high demand, the program is expanding to 

include 64 counties. OSU Extension offices 

will be handing out the free seed sample 

kits to the public to get people planting. 

The office in Franklin County began giving 

out the sample kits on April 10. The office 

is located at 2548 Carmack Road in 

Columbus and is open Monday through 

Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

“We want all Ohioans to experience the 

pride of growing their own food,” said ODA 

Director Brian Baldridge. “Planting those 

seeds, watching that produce grow, and 

being able to provide those nutritious foods 

for your family is a wonderful opportunity 

to be involved in agriculture. We encourage 

all folks to plant their own victory garden.” 

This year’s program will benefit up to 

19,200 Ohioans. Each of the participating 

counties will receive 300 sample seed kits 

that contain carrot, cucumber, lettuce, and 

sunflower seeds. 

“Our partnership with ODA on the Ohio 

Victory Garden program allows Ohioans to 

learn about agriculture and where their 

food comes from,” said Dr. Cathann Kress, 

vice president of agricultural administration 

and dean of The Ohio State 

University’s College of Food, Agricultural, 

and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). “It 

provides a glimpse into the science and 

dedication involved by those who work in 

the food system every day to bring fresh 

produce into grocery stores, farmer’s markets, 

and restaurants.” 

OSU Extension is the community-based 

outreach arm of CFAES, with programming 

that addresses agriculture and natural 

resources, community development, 

family and consumer sciences, and 4-H 

youth development. Extension professionals 

throughout the state bring people and 

ideas together to help CFAES sustain life. 

Extension’s educational outreach is 

enhanced by more than 3,200 master gardener 

volunteers, who support the Ohio 

Victory Gardens program by providing gardening 

advice, helping with community gardens, 

and promoting local food production 

among their neighbors throughout the state. 

All Ohio Victory Gardens participants will 

be eligible to win a free starter gardening 

toolkit by completing a short online survey. 

Victory Gardens originated during 

World War I as an answer to a severe food 

shortage at the time. The idea was wildly 

successful, growing an army of amateur 

gardeners and serving to boost morale and 

patriotism. ODA and OSU Extension 

revived the effort and are, once again, 

encouraging people to plant seeds, realize 

the fruits of their labor, and share their 

harvest with others if inspired. 

This program is funded through a 

USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant. 

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I say this knowing I will sound like a 

flower child who just got back from a weeklong 

festival out in the desert, but I believe 

that music is one of the closest things we 

have to magic in this world. 

Just think about it for a minute. 

How many times have you heard a specific 

lyric, note, or song and were immediately 

transported back into a particular 

period — or a moment — in your life? 

For better or worse, music has the ability 

to unlock a part of our brain and allow 

us to relive that day and experience the 

emotions as if it were happening all over 

again. 

In the new romantic fantasy film, “The 

Greatest Hits,” writer and director Ned 

Benson takes the occasionally wistful 

music-induced jump into the past and 

treats it literally, creating a world in which 

the lead character can travel back in time 

to see their recently deceased partner at 

the drop of a needle on a vinyl record. It is 

a premise that admittedly sounds rather 

corny but the movie mostly works because 

it is an earnest exploration of grief, love, 

and our efforts to move on after heartbreak. 

The film begins with a vivid montage of 

long-time partners Harriet (Lucy Boynton) 

and her boyfriend Max (David Corenswet) 

that captures their most blissful moments 

together. 

We see them frolicking on the beach 

with their sweet and scruffy dog, playing 

card games when inclement weather keeps 

them inside, spending lazy days snuggled 

up on the couch or in bed, and attending 

numerous concerts together because they 

share a love of music. 

This idyllic sequence is swiftly interrupted 

by the muffled sound of crunching 

metal and then it transitions into a blankfaced 

Harriet curled up on the couch alone 

in a dimly lit apartment, staring at a bulletin 

board with dozens of pictures of her 

and Max together in happier times, the 

time when he was alive. 

Upon closer examination of the material 

in the room, we see there is something different 

about the bulletin board and the 

dimly lit apartment. 

Scattered across the floor are dozens of 

crates of vinyl records marked ‘tested’ and 

‘untested’ and pinned across the bulletin 

board are strings and sticky-notes full of 

scribbles. 

It looks like something a conspiracy theorist 

would have when trying to link ideas 

together, but we soon discover the reason 

for her apparent descent into madness. 

During the car accident that took Max’s 

life, Harriet was injured and spent six days 

in a coma. 

The traumatic brain injury she sustained 

somehow rewired her synapses and 

she can now travel back in time to relive 

moments of her relationship with Max — 

but only when she hears the specific lyrics, 

notes, or songs that are attached to those 

memories. 

Sounds romantic, right? 

Well, not so much. 

In the two years 

since Max died and 

Harriet gained the ability 

to time travel, she 

has become both obsessive 

and reclusive. In 

addition to constantly 

playing the records 

that will allow her to 

dip into the past, she 

has become obsessed 

with the theory that 


An ode to the power of music 

The Reel Deal 

Dedra 

Cordle 

there are songs out there that could change 

his fate. 

At the same time, she is terrified to venture 

outside of her apartment because 

hearing a specific lyric, note or song could 

propel her into the past and cause her 

harm in the present. 

Since she knows her life has become 

extremely unhealthy — a fact that her best 

friend Morris (Austin Crute) repeatedly 

points out to her — she has started to 

attend grief support meetings to try to 

come to terms with her sorrow and the 

guilt associated with her inability to alter 

Max’s death. 

While there, she meets a kind and sweet 

man named David (Justin H. Min) who 

tries to help her see that life can be good 

again even with all the heartbreak and 

tragedies. 

Although we know that the budding 

relationship between Harriet and David is 

doomed from the start, Boynton and Min 

have such great chemistry together that it 

makes this romantic dramedy even more 

bittersweet. 

As with most other time traveling 

movies, there are a few inconsistencies 

with the rules but “The Greatest Hits” does 

manage to provide simple explanations of 

the mechanisms and how conceivably 

Harriet could save Max’s life. Some have 

argued that the continued attempts to 

alter the past goes against the overarching 

message of grief being temporary but I 

found that it fits into the mindset of the 

lead character. 

“The Greatest Hits” is only streaming 

on Hulu as of right now — occasionally 

physical copies of original films on streaming 

platforms will end up in the library system 

— but if you ever get the opportunity to 

watch this movie, please do. 

It has a unique premise, charming and 

effective performances and is a serene love 

letter to our brain’s relationship with 

music. 

Grade: B- 

Dedra Cordle is a Messenger staff writer 

and columnist.



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MRS. POWERWASH 

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2 Tier deck $99+tax 

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BURT PAINTING 

Celebrating 25 Years 


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ROBINSON ROOFING 

&REPAIRS 

30 yrs exp. Lifetime Cols 

Resident. Reas. Rates. 

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614-330-3087, 732-3100 

SEWING MACHINE 

REPAIR 

REPAIR all makes 24 hr. 

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work gtd. 614-890-5296 

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on Staff** 

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Fifty years on 

Upon graduating from high school, we 

do not think about such things as our 50 

year class reunion. 

Instead, in our youth the thoughts are 

of the promise of the future ahead, adventures 

to come, and taking one’s place in the 

world. 

All the while time rolls on relentlessly 

until suddenly it is 50 years later and with 

it are incorporated the joys and sorrows, 

accomplishments and failures, and excitement 

and boredom life brings. 

Over these years some classmates 

remain close and some drift apart as life 

presents its choices and distances. But 

there always remains within the members 

of the same graduating class a little spark 

of shared experiences from the time of our 

youth in school. So much so that when we 

meet up again decades later we easily 

reconnect with just a look, a word or two, 

and shared memories. 

This year my graduating class, the 

Groveport Madison High School class of 

1974, is celebrating its 50th year of graduation 

in two ways - at the annual 

Groveport Madison Alumni Banquet in 

May and at a class reunion in September. 

Class of 1974’s 50th class reunion 

The 50th Groveport Madison High 

School Class of 1974 Reunion will be held 

Sept. 14 (an Ohio State football bye week) 

at The Pointe on Main Street, 1192 Noe 

Bixby Road, Columbus, from 6-11 p.m. 

Register online at: 

https://forms.gle/eEmPxBpUFWnJ1HNR8 

Cost is $35 per person. One can pay 

online or send a physical check. 

Groveport Madison Alumni Banquet 

The 130th annual Groveport Madison 

Alumni Banquet will be held on May 18 at 

5 p.m. (registration at 4:30 p.m.), at 

Groveport Madison Middle School Central, 

751 Main St., Groveport. This year’s honored 

class at the alumni banquet is my 

class, the class of 1974, celebrating its 50th 

anniversary. Dinners are $25 each. 

Reservations must be submitted to 

Groveport Madison Alumni Association, 

P.O. Box 382, Groveport, OH 43125. 

Reservations must be made no later than 

May 11 and will not be accepted after this 

date. There are no exceptions. Make checks 

payable to the Groveport Madison Alumni 

Association. 

Also at the alumni banquet, the new 

Groveport Madison Alumni Hall of Fame 

member will be announced. 

The Class of 1974 

Now back to the class of 1974. We are 

“baby boomers” who came from all around 

the sprawling Groveport Madison school 

district - Berwick, Edgewater Park, Brice, 

Edwards Station, Blacklick Estates, 

Groveport, Obetz, the countryside, and 

other neighborhoods. We funneled through 

six different elementary schools till we 

reached junior high where we came together 

in the late 1960s to spend seventh and 

eighth grades in a new building being constructed 

along South Hamilton Road. This 

building became the high school in 1970-71 

Editor’s Notebook 

and remained under 

construction the 

entire time the class 

of 1974 spent there. 

It functioned as the 

high school until 

2018 until it was 

demolished to make 

way for the current 

new high school. 

It’s a strange feeling 

to outlive your 

high school - a school 

that was brand new 

in our youth and a 

structure that seemed 

Rick 

Palsgrove 

so permanent - but we did. The classrooms, 

the halls, the cafeteria, the band room, and 

the gym, now are all gone, but we’re still 

here. 

Our old high school on South Hamilton 

Road, was never beautiful with its beige 

brick and utilitarian, blocky, architectural 

style and windows that looked back at you 

blankly. (The rectangular windows also sort 

of look like the holes in old computer punch 

cards.) It was a building without ornamentation, 

without flourishes. Though it was a 

kind of ugly duckling, it was our ugly duckling. 

It took decades for the trees in the barren 

looking front lawn of its early years to grow 

into the wonderful leafy shade givers they 

became before they had to be cut down for 

new construction. Likewise, it took years for 

the grass to take root and thicken on the 

playing fields behind the building. 

The school had its quirks. Even when the 

building was new the clocks throughout the 

school often did not synch up, when they 

worked at all. Leaks squirted through the 

flat roof from the start. The parallel, two 

“main” hallways in the sprawling building 

were really long. The gym was smaller than 

at most other high schools. But despite these 

quirks, academics, the arts, and athletics 

flourished there. The building is now a ghost 

that only appears in our personal and collective 

memories and in photos. 

Those photos portray the energy and 

changes we experienced there as well as the 

joys, the sadness, and even the boredom. 

Moments matter and the moments shared 

among classmates remain imbedded in our 

memory. 

Along with its sister school next door - 

Eastland Career Center - our high school 

was a no nonsense place to work and learn. 

School buildings and alumni age together. 

Though our high school is gone, its alumni 

live on and continue to make their impact on 

the world even after 50 years. 

In the end, a school is just a place. But it 

is a place that provides the common shared 

experience and bonds upon which we build 

our lives and community. 

Rick Palsgrove is editor of the Groveport 

Messenger.

Groveport Messenger - May 5th, 2024

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