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<strong>May</strong> 5 - 18, <strong>2024</strong> www.columbusmessenger.com Vol. XLIII, No. 14<br />
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<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> residents and guests from<br />
neighboring areas came out by the hundreds<br />
last weekend to beautify the community<br />
– and learn a few tips on how to<br />
keep it cleaner and healthier – through<br />
two Earth Day events that highlighted<br />
the importance of protecting and preserving<br />
the local environment. On the<br />
morning of April 20, dozens of people<br />
walked the parks and main thoroughfares<br />
picking up litter found in the creek<br />
beds and along the side of the roads as<br />
a part of the annual Keep <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Beautiful Cleanup event and later that<br />
morning dozens more came out to Town<br />
Center Park to partake in educational<br />
and enjoyable activities for the entire<br />
family at EcoFest. Hosted annually by<br />
the city of <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> and the <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Parks and Recreation Department,<br />
EcoFest had more than two dozen agencies,<br />
businesses and organizations on<br />
site to promote greener living and environmental<br />
education and conservation.<br />
Among the vendors that were featured at<br />
the event was RecSchool, a local early<br />
childhood education program whose<br />
mission is to nurture children’s self-confidence<br />
and love of learning through<br />
play, meaningful classroom experiences<br />
and a connection to the natural world.<br />
Here, RecSchool coordinator Michele<br />
Demmy proudly displays artwork children<br />
made to commemorate the solar<br />
eclipse that took place earlier this<br />
month.<br />
One of the most popular stations at<br />
EcoFest was the ‘build-your-own backyard<br />
bird feeder’ hosted by the Gardens<br />
at Gantz Park volunteers. Right, Xavier<br />
Ice, 4, dips a Crisco covered pine cone<br />
into bird seed to take home.<br />
Nero, a 7-year-old mixed breed, enjoys<br />
the floral arrangements from Kat’s Cut<br />
Flowers.<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> residents<br />
take on the Hotshots<br />
By Sarah Huffman<br />
Staff Writer<br />
Long-time <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> residents take<br />
ownership of Columbus Ohio’s first professional<br />
pickleball team within the National<br />
Pickleball League (NPL) and will begin<br />
competing in <strong>May</strong>.<br />
Paul and Jeff McKnight are breaking<br />
ground by being the first father and son coowners<br />
within the NPL by leading the<br />
Columbus Hotshots, one of six new expansion<br />
teams for the <strong>2024</strong> season. The NPL is<br />
a league uniquely for champions age professionals,<br />
50 years and older.<br />
Jeff McKnight spent a lot of time at the<br />
pickleball courts at Windsor Park in <strong>Grove</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong>. He and friends would gather to play<br />
See HOTSHOTS page 2<br />
Inside<br />
Pets of the Week ................. 16<br />
The Reel Deal ..................... 16<br />
School News<br />
South-Western and OhioHealth team<br />
up for new student program Page 5<br />
Transportation and Growth<br />
ODOT and MORPC seek support<br />
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HOTSHOTS<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
and became hooked on the game. As months passed, he<br />
grew in skill and sought new opportunities to compete<br />
in tournaments.<br />
He eventually learned of the National Pickleball<br />
League. McKnight was visited at one of the tournaments<br />
by his father, Paul McKnight, who had also<br />
begun playing recreationally. Though this is new territory,<br />
the pair have a history of investigating potential<br />
family business opportunities, and began dreaming of<br />
making something more of their newfound love of pickleball.<br />
Last year was the first year of the league and the<br />
McKnights knew it was looking to expand. They were<br />
ultimately awarded the opportunity for ownership of<br />
the Columbus Hotshots to enter the league in the coming<br />
<strong>2024</strong> season. Jeff is additionally playing on the<br />
team and will serve as general manager, something he<br />
described as a “lifelong dream.”<br />
“I hope to show people it’s a life-changing sport with<br />
many social and health benefits at really any age in<br />
life,” said McKnight.<br />
The team hopes to gain momentum throughout<br />
their first season as a respectable ambassador of the<br />
sport, particularly by Columbus itself.<br />
“We’d love to be another team in the Columbus<br />
sports landscape that produces winners and earns<br />
community support,” said McKnight.<br />
The Columbus Hotshots are composed of 14 team<br />
members who will exclusively compete in doubles.<br />
Seven men and seven women make up the roster.<br />
NPL teams are filled with the top competing champions<br />
age professional players from all across the<br />
nation, many of which make a living from their participation.<br />
The season’s tournaments will run from <strong>May</strong><br />
through October in various cities, giving a variety of<br />
crowds the opportunity to attend.<br />
June 21-23, the NPL comes to Columbus to compete<br />
at a new indoor facility, Paddle Taps, in Worthington.<br />
Community members are encouraged to attend and<br />
Jeff McKnight plays pickleball professionally after<br />
spending much time at the courts at Windsor Park in<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
support the Hotshots live.<br />
Follow the Columbus Hotshots on Instagram<br />
@columbushotshots or visit their website at columbushotshots.com<br />
to get updates on their season. All<br />
matches are live streamed on YouTube.<br />
More information on the NPL can be found on<br />
nplpickleball.com.
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The <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Art Concern will display the photographs of Neal Lauron through <strong>May</strong><br />
in an exhibit at <strong>City</strong> Hall. This is a photo Lauron took for the city of <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> in 2014<br />
at the final celebration for Beulah Park.<br />
Photography exhibit at <strong>City</strong> Hall<br />
Neal Lauron is memorialized as the featured<br />
artist for the <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Art Concern<br />
exhibit during <strong>May</strong>, with the help of his<br />
wife, Elizabeth. His photographs graced<br />
the pages of newspapers worldwide, including<br />
the cover of Time, Sports Illustrated<br />
and Newsweek magazines.<br />
Lauron covered the Philippine national<br />
revolution and the tragedies of 9/11 at<br />
Ground Zero in New York <strong>City</strong> as a fulltime<br />
staff photographer for the daily newspaper<br />
in Columbus. The exhibit is open to<br />
the public weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,<br />
or by appointment by calling Tami Kelly,<br />
clerk of council at 614-277-3065.<br />
The <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Art Concern was founded<br />
in 1991 and sponsored by <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Council. The Art Concern exhibits promote<br />
arts and culture in the <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> community.<br />
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SWCS and OhioHealth partner for work-based program<br />
<strong>May</strong> 5, <strong>2024</strong> - GROVE CITY MESSENGER - PAGE 5<br />
OhioHealth, a nationally recognized,<br />
not-for-profit, healthcare outreach of the<br />
United Methodist Church, announces a<br />
new working relationship with South-<br />
Western <strong>City</strong> Schools to find the next generation<br />
of young talent.<br />
With the new collaboration, OhioHealth<br />
will work directly with the school district<br />
through a Work-Based Learning program,<br />
creating formal critical-roles pathways for<br />
seniors. The goal is to prepare students for<br />
roles in nursing, pharmacy, patient service<br />
associate, medical assistants and more.<br />
The program has already hired two dozen<br />
student interns from the district and other<br />
educational organizations in a Patient<br />
Support Assistant-intern (PSA-i) role.<br />
“To continue to be the leader in local<br />
healthcare, we have to be the leader in<br />
finding the best and brightest young talent,”<br />
said Mindy Sanford, OhioHealth<br />
senior advisor, workforce development<br />
partnerships and programs. “We believe<br />
with this collaboration with quality education<br />
entities, we have tapped into a young<br />
professional pipeline, with an eye to a long<br />
healthcare career, and a desire to serve our<br />
patients and live the OhioHealth mission<br />
and values that make our organization special.”<br />
Pre-nursing students will apply, interview,<br />
and have the potential to be selected<br />
into the OhioHealth program. In this program,<br />
pre-nursing students complete their<br />
state tested nursing assistant certification<br />
by the end of their junior year. The senior<br />
year will be half classwork, the other half<br />
working in their paid PSA-i role.<br />
In June, OhioHealth and Columbus<br />
State Community College announced an<br />
innovative partnership that will double the<br />
number of professionals trained in five<br />
healthcare fields, addressing a critical<br />
need for patient care specialists throughout<br />
central Ohio. As part of this new collaboration,<br />
the program will serve as a potential<br />
feeder program to the larger<br />
OhioHealth and Columbus State<br />
Community College partnership.<br />
“We are thrilled for our South-Western<br />
Career Academy (SWCA) students to partner<br />
with OhioHealth on innovative solutions<br />
to address the health care and workforce<br />
needs of our community,” said<br />
Christine Galvin, director of career-technical<br />
education at South-Western <strong>City</strong><br />
Schools District. “This relationship will<br />
provide our students with invaluable<br />
hands-on clinical experiences by allowing<br />
them to go directly from the classroom to<br />
the hospital floor. OhioHealth and South-<br />
Western <strong>City</strong> Schools have a shared focus<br />
on fostering the next generation of health<br />
care professionals for tomorrow’s workforce.<br />
As we look to double the number of<br />
graduates from our pre-nursing program<br />
heading into <strong>2024</strong>, this partnership will<br />
provide SWCA students with affordable,<br />
accessible, and sustainable career opportunities<br />
through work-based learning.”<br />
The goal is to grow this opportunity<br />
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Bill, Part III<br />
As I wrote in a previous communication with you<br />
in February, I introduced House Bill 364, a<br />
measure to allow the noncommercial distribution<br />
of milkweed seeds to promote monarch butterfly<br />
population growth, in the Ohio House of<br />
Representatives. The idea for the bill originated<br />
with David Donofrio, <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> resident and vice<br />
president of the Ohio Prairie Association (OPA).<br />
As is part of the legislative process, the measure<br />
was referred to the House Agriculture Committee.<br />
HB 364 had its first hearing in the Agriculture<br />
Committee on February 6. As is customary, the<br />
first hearing was reserved for sponsor testimony,<br />
which means that the authors of the bill summarize<br />
it for committee members and answer their<br />
questions about it. The measure’s second hearing<br />
took place on Tuesday, April 23. Because no<br />
opposition to the bill has surfaced, the committee<br />
chair, Rodney Creech from Preble County, decided<br />
to schedule both proponent and<br />
opponent testimony for the same day, which is<br />
customary when no opposition is anticipated.<br />
Because a representative of the OPA answered<br />
questions during the first hearing, the only additional<br />
proponent testimony submitted for the<br />
second hearing came from conservation and<br />
gardening associations. The two written testimonies<br />
(folks have the option of presenting testimony<br />
in person or in writing) cited the<br />
assistance the measure would provide for the<br />
monarch butterfly population and that their volunteer<br />
organizations would welcome the opportunity<br />
to distribute milkweed seeds among their<br />
members. Rep. Creech cited the dozens of supportive<br />
emails he had received from folks around<br />
the state and said that he had heard not one opposing<br />
comment about the proposal.<br />
The next step in the process will be a vote by the<br />
Agriculture Committee in its next meeting, which<br />
probably will occur in early <strong>May</strong>. If approved, the<br />
bill then will proceed to the entire House for its<br />
consideration. Stay tuned for continued updates<br />
on the progress of HB364.<br />
Last week the House acted on a number of bills.<br />
The most prominent among them was HB 230, a<br />
measure that increases penalties for fentanyl trafficking,<br />
requires schools and colleges to incorporate<br />
instruction and policies on fentanyl<br />
awareness and abuse prevention, and authorizes<br />
the collection of oral fluids as evidence in OVI<br />
cases. The bill has the full support of law enforcement<br />
and is one method of combating the proliferation<br />
of this illegal drug that continues to<br />
make its way across the U.S. southern border.<br />
(Dave Dobos represents the 10th District in the<br />
Ohio House of Representatives, which consists of<br />
parts of West, Southwest, and South Columbus,<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>, Urbancrest, and portions of Franklin<br />
and Jackson Townships. He reports regularly on his<br />
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Jackson Township<br />
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Residents of Jackson Township, the city<br />
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will be permitted to drop off their unwanted<br />
household items at the Jackson<br />
Township Administration Building, located<br />
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Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., holidays<br />
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4.<br />
Items accepted include residential bulk<br />
community events<br />
trash, bulk items, scrap metal and tires.<br />
The latter item is limited to four per vehicle<br />
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E-waste, with the exception of monitors<br />
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Residents can call the township office at<br />
614-875-2742 or send an email through its<br />
website at jacksontwpfranklinoh.gov for<br />
more details regarding items that are<br />
accepted or not accepted.<br />
Although anyone within the township,<br />
the city, or the village can participate in<br />
the community cleanup campaign during<br />
normal hours of operation, township officials<br />
have requested participants sign in at<br />
the office and let them know which materials<br />
they are seeking to dispose of.<br />
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The 31st annual Gardens at Gantz Herb<br />
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Gantz Park, 2255 Home Road in <strong>Grove</strong><br />
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Gardens at Gantz volunteers’ will be on<br />
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According to the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning<br />
Commission (MORPC), one million new residents are<br />
expected to call central Ohio home by the year 2050.<br />
More residents will mean a greater need for public<br />
transportation.<br />
“We are expecting growth but not expecting much more<br />
roadway,” said Kelsey Ellingsen, the local government<br />
affairs director with COTA, at a recent <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Council<br />
meeting.<br />
Ellingsen and Elliott Lewis, with MORPC, attended the<br />
council meeting to engage community stakeholders about<br />
the funding needed for future growth.<br />
“Affordability of living in central Ohio is changing,” said<br />
Ellingsen. “We have seen a 45 percent increase in the cost<br />
of housing alone since 2020. If we want our neighbors to<br />
stay our neighbors, we have to think about how we arrest<br />
the growth and those costs.”<br />
Ellingsen spoke about LinkUs, central Ohio’s comprehensive<br />
transportation initiative to help address growth,<br />
affordability, and opportunity gaps in the community. This<br />
program will create faster, more reliable public transportation<br />
through Bus Rapid Transit corridors, as well as<br />
safer and expanded bicycle and pedestrian paths.<br />
“If we are going to implement LinkUs, we are going to<br />
make historic infrastructure investments,” said Ellingsen.<br />
COTA has already planned to move forward with three<br />
corridors for the Bus Rapid Transit plan. One will run<br />
along West Broad Street from the downtown area, through<br />
the Hilltop, all the way to Prairie Township. The other two<br />
that have already been determined are East Main Street<br />
and a northwest corridor. COTA plans to choose two more<br />
corridors this summer.<br />
According to COTA, with a Bus Rapid Transit system,<br />
customers would pay fares before getting on and will no<br />
longer have to step up into the vehicle. The boarding platform<br />
will be level with the floor. This level boarding also<br />
allows riders to roll a bike into the vehicle and stow it in<br />
an on-board bike rack. Once customers are inside, the<br />
doors close. Unlike noise pollution created by most vehicles,<br />
the buses will be electric and easy on the ears. Rapid<br />
transit vehicles will zip through the region in dedicated<br />
lanes with traffic signal priority, meaning public transit<br />
will have priority at intersections.<br />
Ellingsen said this is part of an overall $8 billion revenue<br />
plan by 2050.<br />
COTA is currently funded by a 0.5 percent sales<br />
tax. The organization will be looking for federal<br />
grants as well as considering the placement of a<br />
levy on the ballot in November. Ellingsen said both<br />
Cleveland and Cincinnati have a sales tax of 1 percent<br />
for its public transportation system. Columbus<br />
would like to follow suit.<br />
There are also plans to expand the COTA Plus<br />
service, with up to 16 new zones by 2050.<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> was COTA’s pilot partner for this<br />
program.<br />
COTA Plus was launched as a pilot program in<br />
July 2019. The shuttle service provides customers<br />
on-demand rides via a mobile app. Like other<br />
rideshare services, COTA Plus transports customers<br />
from point A to point B. The service is delivered<br />
by COTA operators using a fleet of branded,<br />
ADA-accessible vehicles. This provides customers<br />
with access to jobs, healthcare and more.<br />
“We love that <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> brought this concept to<br />
life with us,” said Ellingsen.<br />
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In addition to the transportation aspect of the initiative,<br />
Lewis said MORPC is looking at a mobility initiative. He<br />
said most people cannot walk out their front door to a bus<br />
stop. They use sidewalks to get to that stop.<br />
“If there is no sidewalk or it is crumbled, that makes it<br />
more difficult for people to access public transportation,”<br />
said Lewis.<br />
According to Lewis, MORPC will be looking at 500 plus<br />
miles of safer and expanded bike and pedestrian paths<br />
throughout its coverage area. The organization is working<br />
with municipalities to identify local areas of concern.<br />
For more information on central Ohio’s comprehensive<br />
transportation plan and LinkUs initiative, visit<br />
morpc.org/linkus.<br />
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To create a positive environment for the development and success of business<br />
Farmers’ Market<br />
to begin on <strong>May</strong> 11<br />
The 3<strong>5th</strong> season of the <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Farmers’ Market kicks off on<br />
<strong>May</strong> 11 in the Historic Town Center of <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
Kicking off on Mother’s Day weekend, this year’s first Market<br />
is Mother’s Day at the Market. Numerous special activities will be<br />
available including a DIY flower bouquet bar, photo ops, food<br />
trucks, and special one-day-only gift vendors just for Mother’s<br />
Day. This is all in addition to the various food and locally-made<br />
product vendors present for the spring market.<br />
This year’s market will run every Saturday with Sept. 14 being<br />
the final date for the <strong>2024</strong> season. Availability of produce will be<br />
determined by the weather and growing season of Ohio, with<br />
early season produce making an appearance, while summer<br />
favorites such as sweet corn and various melons will arrive further<br />
into summer. In total, over 90 vendors will participate at<br />
some point in this year’s Farmers’ Market. Some vendors may not<br />
be at the Market every week, but follow along on Facebook to stay<br />
up with announcements or to ask about your favorite vendors:<br />
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Many sponsors and volunteers come together to make 19<br />
weeks of this year’s Farmers’ Market possible, including presenting<br />
sponsor Mount Carmel <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> and farm-to-table sponsor<br />
Wright-Patt Credit Union.<br />
The most up-to-date details on vendors and even a market map<br />
can be found on the Market’s website:<br />
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GCACC supports Logan County tornado relief<br />
The <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Area Chamber of Commerce and greater <strong>Grove</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> community came together on short notice to support Logan<br />
County communities impacted by the late February tornadoes.<br />
Quickly, this effort came together with the help of the<br />
Chamber’s partners within the city of <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> and at E.E.<br />
Ward Moving and Storage. E.E. Ward served as a donation dropoff<br />
site (in addition to the Chamber’s own office/garage here on<br />
Broadway) and additionally contributed the time, labor, and a<br />
truck for delivering all collected items.<br />
With just a few days to both promote the donation drive, and<br />
collect donations, the response was an unknown but hopes were<br />
high for filling the truck that would head north by the end of the<br />
week.<br />
To put it simply, <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> showed up for Logan County!<br />
Contributions of all sizes came from all sorts of places as the community<br />
banded together to take care of another community as if<br />
they were our own. But we are all Ohioans after all.<br />
The Chamber would like to extend a big thank you to everyone<br />
who contributed. It’s so encouraging to see our community come<br />
together in support of a cause, in this case another Ohio community.
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Caroline Shroyer is no stranger to the<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Area Chamber of Commerce<br />
having previously served on the Chamber<br />
Board, as Board President for a term, and<br />
as a Chamber Ambassador.<br />
And, if by chance Caroline is a stranger<br />
to you, she won’t be one for long if given the<br />
chance. In our hour-long lunchtime chat I<br />
felt as if I’d known her for much longer as<br />
we covered everything from Chamber<br />
involvement, professional lives and mutual<br />
acquaintances.<br />
Caroline’s journey with the GCACC<br />
began earlier in the 2000s when she found<br />
herself running the former <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Tree<br />
Service business. With a background in<br />
real estate (her current career field), running<br />
a tree and landscape business was a<br />
whole new ballgame but she wasn’t without<br />
a game plan or a next step.<br />
“I just walked right into the Chamber!”<br />
Caroline recalled of how she first joined<br />
and got involved with the GCACC by simply<br />
walking in the front door of the office on<br />
Broadway.<br />
Eventually Caroline’s professional side<br />
of membership pivoted as she re-entered<br />
real estate in 2015 and then sold <strong>Grove</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Tree Service in 2017. But even as her<br />
professional life had changes, her commitment<br />
and involvement with the Chamber<br />
didn’t change. Caroline served as the<br />
GCACC’s Board President in 2016. While<br />
she no longer serves on the board, she can<br />
still be spotted at events and keeps a pulse<br />
on what’s happening in the GCACC.<br />
Real Estate Life<br />
Since her re-entry to real estate,<br />
Caroline has built up her own team with<br />
Keller Williams, The Shroyer Group, and<br />
works her business full time. With a<br />
repeat-and-referral mode of business,<br />
Caroline maintains relationships with her<br />
past clients; even if they personally may<br />
never need a realtor again, they’re still<br />
likely to pass along Caroline’s name.<br />
Caroline has seen waves of new home<br />
owners and has had the pleasure of working<br />
with and guiding them to the home<br />
that’s the right fit for them.<br />
“It’s so rewarding when you get to see<br />
someone get the keys to their first house.”<br />
In addition to her clients, Caroline takes<br />
care of and supports her team by coaching<br />
them to achieve their goals. Coaching her<br />
team “feeds a need to educate” as she<br />
works with individuals to meet their next<br />
goals. As with any goal, accountability is<br />
key and Caroline is willing to step into the<br />
role. She’ll reach out to team members to<br />
check in on their progress toward a recently-stated<br />
goal. And, to keep herself on<br />
track, Caroline too has someone she counts<br />
as her accountability partner when working<br />
on her own goals and tasks.<br />
“I like to help people grow,” she said of<br />
her enjoyment of coaching.<br />
Giving Back<br />
Pages could be filled about our conversation<br />
that covered many corners of giving<br />
back, from the little-but-big things that<br />
pull our heartstrings (homeless shelters<br />
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love candles and wash cloths), to focusing<br />
online “retail therapy” in support of community<br />
groups instead of ourselves (buy<br />
from a non-profit’s wish list instead of your<br />
300th drink cup or mug). If you’ve already<br />
read our “Non-Profit Spotlight” piece in<br />
this issue of Chamber Business<br />
Connection, then you’ve gotten a taste of<br />
Caroline’s passion for serving the community<br />
and spreading that love.<br />
“The Shroyer Group Gives Back” is the<br />
name for Caroline’s team’s many community<br />
outreach initiatives. They’ve partnered<br />
with groups for winter coat/hat/mitten drives<br />
and school supplies collections. Just<br />
about anything to serve the community<br />
goes, and team members are encouraged to<br />
find an initiative that excites them and<br />
jump in to serve.<br />
While a few community outreach events<br />
or activities went dormant during the pandemic,<br />
Caroline is excited each time another<br />
returns to its pre- 2020 version.<br />
Organizations that rely on in-person volunteers<br />
are back to operating ‘like normal’<br />
but likely need more volunteers than<br />
before due to increased need.<br />
Her team, her clients, and her community<br />
all benefit from Caroline’s energy and<br />
passion for the many ways she serves others.<br />
From leading the Chamber board, to<br />
maintaining client connections, and organizing<br />
community efforts, she clearly doesn’t<br />
do something ‘halfway’.<br />
“If I’m in, I’m all the way in!”<br />
3 Tips for Newer<br />
Members/Businesses<br />
We asked Caroline for three things<br />
she’d tell the newest Chamber members,<br />
what she’d say to someone who just walked<br />
right into the office as she did years ago.<br />
Here’s her three:<br />
1) Know your target customer–who is<br />
going to buy your product or use your service?<br />
Determine this then target your marketing<br />
efforts toward them.<br />
2) “Don’t think an idea is too out of the<br />
box.” Think outside the box, but then act on<br />
those outside-the-box ideas instead of casting<br />
them aside or writing them off.<br />
3) Get involved with the community!<br />
Get involved with the Chamber and leverage<br />
and make use of every opportunity.<br />
“That was a good move on my part.”
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GC Chamber Foundation<br />
awards spring scholarships<br />
The <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Chamber Foundation<br />
awarded its spring round of scholarships<br />
in late April, with scholarships going to<br />
high school seniors in the class of <strong>2024</strong>,<br />
and various students affiliated with the<br />
Chamber.<br />
At the award reception, $17,000 was<br />
awarded to 33 students. To date, this<br />
brings the total the Foundation has awarded<br />
since its founding in 2012 to $187,000<br />
and 303 recipients.<br />
Eligible high school students are graduating<br />
seniors who currently attend/will<br />
graduate this spring from a school in the<br />
South-Western <strong>City</strong> School Attendance<br />
area (public or private), or will graduate<br />
from a school outside the attendance area<br />
but reside in <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
Eligible affiliate students fit one of the<br />
following descriptions: are a current<br />
employee of a Chamber member<br />
business/organization, are an existing<br />
individual Chamber member, or are an<br />
immediate family member of such an<br />
employee or individual member. This type<br />
of scholarship has become popular for<br />
employees of Chamber member businesses/organizations<br />
to pay for technical certificate<br />
training, to finish a bachelor’s<br />
degree, or pursue a master’s degree.<br />
The Foundation would like to recognize<br />
and thank the many sponsors who make<br />
awarding these scholarships possible,<br />
including those who have chosen to support<br />
the Foundation with a named scholarship<br />
either for their business or to carry on<br />
the memory and legacy of a loved one.<br />
The Foundation is pleased to congratulate<br />
the following students who were<br />
awarded the following scholarships at the<br />
spring reception.<br />
•Chamber Affiliate Scholarship recipients:<br />
Alex Blain, Kaleb Coakley, Ava<br />
Holser, Nicholas Garcia, Shaina Rowe,<br />
Abbygail Tier, Kara Wilmoth.<br />
•Designated/Named Scholarships:<br />
Heart of the Foundation in the name of<br />
Sharon Downs: Rohit Basu.<br />
Creative Mobile Interiors: Aiden Louis<br />
Eckel and Landon Vandegrif.t<br />
Credit Union of Ohio: Kalyan Henson<br />
and Evan Rardon.<br />
Franklin County Banking Center:<br />
Anyelis Gonzalez-Guilarte.<br />
Fred Jahn Reiner Memorial: Abby<br />
Fisher.<br />
Gary Gabriel: Ava Garringer.<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Smiles: Hannah Rauch.<br />
KEMBA: Juan Valle Neito.<br />
Shirley Spellman Memorial: Savannah<br />
Gullion.<br />
Telhio: Emily Knapp.<br />
WELEAD: Madison Dunn.<br />
WesBanco: Austin Issacs and Jude<br />
Kasan.<br />
•High School Senior Scholarships:<br />
Layne Becerril-Barrera, Bryce Escue,<br />
Danica Harbin, Aubree Hester, Olivia<br />
Noonan, Angeliz Rivera-Martinez,<br />
Katelynn Rock, Stehen Sheets, Jocelin<br />
Shoopman, Benjamin Turek, Leonela<br />
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Caring and teaching <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>’s next generation<br />
Meet Kiddie Academy, one of the many<br />
businesses who now call <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> home,<br />
or one of their homes. While Kiddie<br />
Academy has locations across the US (and<br />
in Hawaii!), each location is unique to its<br />
town. We met up with some of the team<br />
behind Kiddie Academy, who have expansive<br />
experience in education, childcare, and<br />
even Kiddie Academy itself.<br />
The business<br />
Brand new to <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> (right down to<br />
the building), Kiddie Academy on Buckeye<br />
Parkway opened its doors for children in<br />
late January, and in mid-March celebrated<br />
their new business.<br />
Mahmudur Rahman, along with his<br />
wife, bring ample business and Kiddie<br />
Academy experience to <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>’s location.<br />
The couple began their Kiddie<br />
Academy owner/operator journey 16 years<br />
ago in establishing the Lewis Center location,<br />
the first in the Midwest.<br />
Mahmudur told us at that time he and<br />
his wife were looking to change careers<br />
from engineering and education respectively,<br />
and jumping into business would be<br />
their next move. In determining what kind<br />
of business they would open or operate,<br />
they remembered Kiddie Academy from<br />
their days of living and working in New<br />
York. With the franchise model, they could<br />
open a location of a business they were<br />
familiar with and bring it to a new part of<br />
the country.<br />
Owner Wahida Sultana is newer to this<br />
role in business but is certainly no stranger<br />
to the care and nurturing of children as<br />
education has essentially been her life’s<br />
work. She’s taught in public schools and<br />
began her career in education teaching preschool.<br />
Wahida is soaking in this new<br />
avenue of education as she continues to<br />
connect with families and children, with a<br />
smile she says she only misses ‘the breaks’<br />
from the public school system.<br />
Teachers don’t go forgotten at Kiddie<br />
Academy between the support from location<br />
leadership, to the parents and children.<br />
Mahmudur discussed how teachers<br />
with Kiddie Academy will receive training<br />
specific to their curriculum to aid them in<br />
carrying out their daily work. He noted it<br />
can be challenging to hire and retain teachers,<br />
making it important to make sure<br />
teachers have what they need and feel<br />
appreciated.<br />
“Make sure each one is happy,” he said<br />
of ensuring teachers, and parents, are satisfied<br />
with Kiddie Academy.<br />
As Mahmudur mentioned and then<br />
Wahida showed us, bulletin boards allow<br />
space for sharing teacher recognition submitted<br />
by parents. Some may come in the<br />
form of an email or message sent from the<br />
parent, other times it might be a note of a<br />
compliment a parent provided in person or<br />
over the phone.<br />
Kiddie Academy <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> continues to<br />
hire as it continues to grow in numbers as<br />
word gets around of the care and education<br />
they provide. Mahmudur estimates they’ll<br />
have created 25-30 jobs once they are closer<br />
to or at capacity for children, which is<br />
just over 150.<br />
The education & childcare experience<br />
Kiddie Academy has its own developmentally-appropriate<br />
curriculum for the<br />
varying age groups of children they serve<br />
(as young as six weeks and as old as age 12<br />
for after school care). With plenty of handson<br />
learning, children will grow in independence,<br />
develop and fine-tune motor skills,<br />
and grow in experience with the other children.<br />
Assorted enrichment classes are avail-<br />
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able that focus in on specific areas such as<br />
art or music. Specialty days are also available,<br />
such as the recent STEM event.<br />
Kiddie Academy’s team all looks forward to<br />
warmer weather where special guests can<br />
visit and learning expand into the community.<br />
Kiddie Academy makes use of technology<br />
available and utilizes the Tadpole app.<br />
This app serves as another connection<br />
between teachers and parents, allowing<br />
teachers to share updates and other notifications.<br />
During our visit, the parents who<br />
came still engaged in good, old-fashioned<br />
face-to-face conversation with their child’s<br />
teacher and even Wahida herself.<br />
Health and safety are paramount at<br />
Kiddie Academy. Teachers and staff are up<br />
to date on health policies and trainings,<br />
and the buildings and outdoor grounds feature<br />
assorted safety features. Features<br />
range from ‘buzzing in’ to visit, how to<br />
access the play area, and even safe surfaces<br />
and structures of play equipment.<br />
Blending health with child development<br />
is meal time. Kiddie Academy includes two<br />
snacks and lunch. But, it’s not just “what”<br />
children eat, but also “how”. Mahmudur<br />
and Wahida shared that children ages<br />
three and up will dine family style with<br />
their peers. This allows children to learn<br />
how to serve themselves, make food choices,<br />
and is ample opportunity to work on<br />
table manners.<br />
From the dining table, to the classroom<br />
space, to the playground, children enrolled<br />
in the future, and the children already in<br />
attendance at <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>’s Kiddie Academy<br />
foster new friendships and building life<br />
skills that will serve them well for their elementary<br />
school years and beyond. We<br />
closed out our visit and chat with Wahida<br />
out on the playground as a pre-school aged<br />
group enjoyed the surprise March sunshine.<br />
As it was time for one child to head<br />
home, the group all exchanged goodbyes<br />
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community events<br />
Blood drives in <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
The American Red Cross will host several<br />
blood drives in <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> including:<br />
•<strong>May</strong> 16 from 12 to 6 p.m. at <strong>Grove</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Vineyard, 3005 Holt Road<br />
•<strong>May</strong> 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the<br />
<strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Evans Center, 4330 Dudley<br />
Ave.<br />
•<strong>May</strong> 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The<br />
Naz Church, 4770 Hoover Road.<br />
To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-<br />
448-3543 or visit www.redcrossblood.org.<br />
Free community meal<br />
Bethel Lutheran Church, 4501 Hoover<br />
Road in <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong>, will host a free community<br />
meal every third Saturday of each<br />
month. The food will be served from noon<br />
to 1 p.m. For more information, call the<br />
church office at 614-875-0510.<br />
S.A.L.T. at Evans Center<br />
The <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Division of Police host<br />
Seniors and Law Enforcement Together<br />
(S.A.L.T.) meetings at 10 a.m. on the second<br />
Thursday of each month at the Evans<br />
Center, 4330 Dudley Ave. Adults of all<br />
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As Chair of the Senate Select Committee on<br />
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“e Greatest Hits,” an ode to the power of music<br />
I say this knowing I will sound like a<br />
flower child who just got back from a weeklong<br />
festival out in the desert, but I believe<br />
that music is one of the closest things we<br />
have to magic in this world. Just think<br />
about it for a minute. How many times<br />
have you heard a specific lyric, note, or<br />
song and were immediately transported<br />
back into a particular period — or a moment<br />
— in your life? For better or worse, music<br />
has the ability to unlock a part of our brain<br />
and allow us to relive that day and experience<br />
the emotions as if it were happening<br />
all over again.<br />
In the new romantic fantasy film, “The<br />
Greatest Hits,” writer and director Ned<br />
Benson takes the occasionally wistful<br />
music-induced jump into the past and<br />
treats it literally, creating a world in which<br />
the lead character can travel back in time<br />
to see their recently deceased partner at<br />
the drop of a needle on a vinyl record. It is<br />
a premise that admittedly sounds rather<br />
corny but the movie mostly works because<br />
it is an earnest exploration of grief, love,<br />
and our efforts to move on after heartbreak.<br />
The film begins with a vivid montage of<br />
long-time partners Harriet (Lucy Boynton)<br />
and her boyfriend Max (David Corenswet)<br />
that captures their most blissful moments<br />
together. We see them frolicking on the<br />
beach with their sweet and scruffy dog,<br />
playing card games when inclement weather<br />
keeps them inside, spending lazy days<br />
snuggled up on the couch or in bed, and<br />
attending numerous concerts together<br />
because they share a love of music. This<br />
idyllic sequence is swiftly interrupted by<br />
the muffled sound of crunching metal and<br />
then it transitions into a blank-faced<br />
Harriet curled up on the couch alone in a<br />
dimly lit apartment, staring at a bulletin<br />
board with dozens of pictures of her and<br />
Max together in happier times, the time<br />
when he was alive.<br />
Upon closer examination of the material<br />
in the room, we see there is something different<br />
about the bulletin board and the<br />
dimly lit apartment. Scattered across the<br />
floor are dozens of crates of vinyl records<br />
marked ‘tested’ and ‘untested’ and pinned<br />
across the bulletin board are strings and<br />
sticky-notes full of scribbles. It looks like<br />
something a conspiracy theorist would<br />
have when trying to link ideas together,<br />
but we soon discover the reason for her<br />
apparent descent into madness.<br />
During the car accident that took Max’s<br />
life, Harriet was injured and spent six days<br />
in a coma. The traumatic brain injury she<br />
sustained somehow rewired her synapses<br />
and she can now travel back in time to<br />
relive moments of her relationship with<br />
Max — but only when she hears the specific<br />
lyrics, notes, or songs that are attached to<br />
In Entertainment<br />
those memories. Sounds romantic, right?<br />
Well, not so much.<br />
In the two years since Max died and<br />
Harriet gained the ability to time travel,<br />
she has become both obsessive and reclusive.<br />
In addition to constantly playing the<br />
records that will allow her to dip into the<br />
past, she has become obsessed with the<br />
theory that there are songs out there that<br />
could change his fate. At the same time,<br />
she is terrified to venture outside of her<br />
apartment because hearing a specific lyric,<br />
note or song could propel her into the past<br />
and cause her harm in the present.<br />
Since she knows her life has become<br />
extremely unhealthy — a fact that her best<br />
friend Morris (Austin Crute) repeatedly<br />
points out to her — she has started to attend<br />
grief support meetings to try to come to<br />
terms with her sorrow and the guilt associated<br />
with her inability to alter Max’s<br />
death. While there, she meets a kind and<br />
sweet man named David (Justin H. Min)<br />
who tries to help her see that life can be<br />
good again even with all the heartbreak<br />
and tragedies. Although we know that the<br />
budding relationship between Harriet and<br />
David is doomed from the start, Boynton<br />
and Min have such great chemistry together<br />
that it makes this romantic dramedy<br />
even more bittersweet.<br />
As with most other time traveling<br />
movies, there are a few inconsistencies<br />
The Reel Deal<br />
Dedra Cordle<br />
with the rules but<br />
“The Greatest Hits”<br />
does manage to provide<br />
simple explanations<br />
of the mechanisms<br />
and how conceivably<br />
Harriet<br />
could save Max’s<br />
life. Some have argued that the continued<br />
attempts to alter the past goes against the<br />
overarching message of grief being temporary<br />
but I found that it fits into the mindset<br />
of the lead character.<br />
“The Greatest Hits” is only streaming on<br />
Hulu as of right now — occasionally physical<br />
copies of original films on streaming<br />
platforms will end up in the library system<br />
— but if you ever get the opportunity to<br />
watch this movie, please do. It has a unique<br />
premise, charming and effective performances<br />
and is a serene love letter to our<br />
brain’s relationship with music.<br />
Grade: B-<br />
Dedra Cordle is a <strong>Messenger</strong> staff writer<br />
and columnist.<br />
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All Interior Remodels<br />
Also Fencing &<br />
Int./Ext. Painting<br />
Free Est. ~ 18 Yrs. Exp.<br />
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614-284-2100<br />
SINCE 1973<br />
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Windows & Siding<br />
Decks, Kitchens, Baths<br />
Room Additions,<br />
Flooring, Roofing<br />
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Deal With Small Non-Pressure Co.<br />
47 Yrs. Exp. - Refs. Avail.<br />
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Charlies Handyman<br />
Service<br />
Over 40 yrs. exp.<br />
Plumbing & Hot Water Tanks<br />
Doors & Locks<br />
Kitchen/Bath Remodels<br />
Dishwasher Installs<br />
Roofmg & Siding<br />
Porches & Decks<br />
614-319-6010<br />
LAWN CARE<br />
SOWERS LAW N CARE<br />
Mowing-mulching-trimming<br />
Spring cleanup-614-397-0566<br />
MASONRY<br />
R&L<br />
MASONRY<br />
&CONCRETE<br />
* Stone * Brick * Block<br />
Concrete Sealing<br />
Masonry Repairs<br />
Powerwashing<br />
614-917-8227<br />
5/12 A<br />
3/31 A<br />
PLUMBING<br />
ROY’S PLUMBING & DRAINS<br />
30+ years of service<br />
All plumbing repairs &<br />
drain services<br />
Inside gas lines, water lines,<br />
hot water tanks<br />
Also main water & sewer line repairs<br />
Free Estimates - <strong>City</strong> Licensed<br />
$25 Off with this ad<br />
614-738-1669<br />
MOWER<br />
REPAIR<br />
LAWN MOWER DR.<br />
“House Calls Only”<br />
Overall Checkups<br />
Oil Change & Filter,<br />
Spark Plug &<br />
Blades Sharpened<br />
MINOR REPAIR<br />
John<br />
614-395-7909<br />
johnellis0333@sbcglobal.net<br />
PLUMBING<br />
All About Drains & Plumb.<br />
Will snake any small drain<br />
$145. 614-778-2584<br />
MYERS<br />
PLUMBING<br />
Licensed Expert Plumbing<br />
New Const. & Fast Repairs<br />
Water * Sewer * Gas<br />
614-653-3285<br />
CHRIS’<br />
PLUMBING<br />
“Plumbing & Drain Professional<br />
That You Can Count On”<br />
24 Hrs., 7 Days/Week<br />
No Overtime Charges<br />
24 Yrs. Exp. in Plumbing &<br />
Drain Cleaning Field<br />
Call For A Free Phone Estimate<br />
$100.00 For Any Small Drain<br />
614-622-4482<br />
30% OFF with AD<br />
POWERWASHING<br />
5/26 A<br />
MRS. POWERWASH<br />
Any house wash $149+tax<br />
Single deck $69+tax<br />
2 Tier deck $99+tax<br />
Best Wash in Town<br />
Over 45,000 washes<br />
Ashley 614-771-3892<br />
ABURTO<br />
PRESSURE WASHING<br />
•Homes •Roofs •Gutters<br />
•Driveways •Sidewalks<br />
•Parking Lots<br />
Quality • Free Estimates<br />
Competitive Prices<br />
614-927-8968<br />
5/12 A&M<br />
1/7 A<br />
PLUMBING<br />
PAINTING<br />
BURT PAINTING<br />
Celebrating 25 Years<br />
Free Estimates<br />
614-539-3412<br />
BESTQUALITY<br />
40 yrs exp. I do the Work!<br />
Daniel - 614-226-4221<br />
ROOFING<br />
ROBINSON ROOFING<br />
&REPAIRS<br />
30 yrs exp. Lifetime Cols<br />
Resident. Reas. Rates.<br />
Dennis Robinson<br />
614-330-3087, 732-3100<br />
RETIRED<br />
ROOFER<br />
BBB “A+” Rating<br />
All Types of Roof Repairs<br />
• New Roof Installation<br />
• Flashing<br />
• Chimneys Rebuilt<br />
• Flat Roof Specialist<br />
• Roof Replacement<br />
avail. upon request<br />
All Work Guaranteed<br />
614-352-7057<br />
retired-roofer.com<br />
Free Estimates<br />
SEWING MACHINE<br />
REPAIR<br />
REPAIR all makes 24 hr.<br />
service. Clean, oil, adjust<br />
in your home. $49.95 all<br />
work gtd. 614-890-5296<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
Warren Brewer Tree Service<br />
• Tree Removal<br />
• Tree Trimming<br />
• Stump Grinding<br />
1/7<br />
A&M<br />
• Bucket Truck Services<br />
Best Prices • Same Day Service<br />
614-878-2568<br />
Arbaugh<br />
Tree Service<br />
Deadwood Thinning<br />
& Shaping of Trees<br />
Removal &<br />
Stump Grinding<br />
Bucket Truck Service<br />
614-837-1316<br />
Free Estimates<br />
5/12 W/SW<br />
5/12 A
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WELCOME TO 3995 Broadway<br />
This building is the Jewel of the <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Town Center. Quality<br />
structure that shows well and has mostly longer term tenants.<br />
Building has three tenants. Close to a 7% cap rate at<br />
current pricing. This is a rare opportunity. Also a great investment<br />
for an owner user. $1,399,000 MLS#: 224003042<br />
WELCOME TO 4052 & 4056 Broadway<br />
Located in the heart of the <strong>Grove</strong> <strong>City</strong> Town Center. Price is for<br />
two buildings being used for commercial purposes. The two<br />
story historic home is 1856 square feet and the one story<br />
building is 2571 sqaure feet. Buildings are well cared for and<br />
are functional. Great for an owner user or investor.Bring your<br />
best ideas and lets talk. $699,900 MLS#: 223037625<br />
WORK WITH THE BEST!<br />
sales@soldbyskinner.com<br />
SKINNER GROUP<br />
Evan & Greg Skinner, Realtors<br />
614-537-1994 614-546-8354<br />
Discount Commissions Every Time!<br />
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, RESIDENTIAL