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09 city reporter News and Information from the City of Westerville

16 faces playing by Ear Blind band hones its musical style

18 in focus Grant Me Strength Unique educational initiatives are still target of revamped foundation

22 pipe Dreams Local lessons help Westerville residents learn the bagpipes

25 Civic Scholarships College scholarships offer Westerville students a boost

26 living A tale of two Stories Multi-level addition transforms century-old house

28 on the table Scrumdiddlyumptious Family tradition goes into candy-maker’s every creation

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March 2 Lions Club Pancake Breakfast8-10:30 a.m., American Legion Post 171, 393 E. College Ave., www.westervillelions.orgThe proceeds from this an-nual breakfast help provide eye exams and glasses for children in need.

March 2-29Accessible Expressions Ohio 2013Westerville Community Center, 350 N. Cleveland Ave., www.vsao.orgVSA Arts of Ohio, an organi-zation dedicated to empower-ing people with disabilities through the arts, puts its 90-plus piece 2013 art exhi-bition on display. A Day of the Arts for All, the exhibition’s opening ceremony featuring awards presentations and performances, runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 2.

March 2Children’s Concert3 p.m., Westerville Central High School, 7118 Mount Royal Ave., www.westervillebands.orgThe Westerville Concert Band’s show features kid-friendly music and an instru-ment petting zoo.

March 7-16Otterbein Department of Theatre and Dance presents After the Fall8 p.m., Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall, 30 S. Grove St., www.otterbein.eduArthur Miller’s play After the Fall features a man trying to make peace with his own history and re-examining his life as he attempts to decide what future to follow.

March 15Rick Steves7:30-9 p.m., Westerville Public Library, 126 S. State

St., www.westervillelibrary.orgTravel expert Rick Steves, known for his European travel guidebooks and his shows on public television and radio, offers a wealth of tips on making the most of every travel excursion.

March 16Half Pint Hullabaloo9:30 a.m.-noon, Westerville Community Center, 350 N. Cleveland Ave., www.westerville.orgParents and preschoolers are welcome to this event fo-cused on fun, family-friendly and budget-friendly activities.

March 17Fish Fry and Chicken Bake11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Otterbein Campus Center, 100 W. Home St., www.westervillerotary.comThe Rotary Club of Westerville hosts an all-you-can-eat fish, chicken and hot dogs meal to support its high school scholarships.

March 22Jerrie Mock and Other Women in Flight7:30 p.m., Westerville Public Library, 126 S. State St., 614-882-7277 ext. 2160Susan Reid is the featured presenter in the Westerville Historical Society’s program on the first woman to fly solo around the world – who hailed from central Ohio – and her contemporaries.

March 22-April 7Curtain Players Theatre presents All My Sons8 p.m., Curtain Players Theatre, 5691 Harlem Rd., Galena, www.curtainplayers.orgThe Curtain Players perform Arthur Miller’s award-winning play criticizing the “American Dream” as a family deals with a mysterious disappearance.

March 24 Otterbein University Concert Choir7:30 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church, 100 E. Schrock Rd., 614-882-7968The Otterbein University Con-cert Choir performs as part of the A Joyful Noise concert series.

March 25-29Spring Breakwww.westerville.k12.oh.usWesterville City School District students are out for spring break.

March 25-April 4Juried Student Art ExhibitionMiller Gallery, 33 Collegeview Rd., www.otterbein.eduThe 16th annual juried exhi-bition of Otterbein University students’ art features a re-ception and awards ceremony at 3 p.m. March 28.

March 30Bunny Hop 5K and Spring Eggstravaganza8 a.m., Hoff Wood Park, 556 McCorkle Blvd., www.westerville.orgWesterville’s Easter celebra-tion begins with the Bunny Hop 5K Run/Walk in and around Hoff Woods Park. The adult race starts at 8 a.m. and the youth race follows at 9 a.m. Following the races is the Spring Eggstravaganza egg hunt, sponsored by the Westerville Lions Club, at 11 a.m.

March 30Special Needs Easter Egg Hunt11 a.m.-noon, Westerville Community Center, 350 N. Cleveland Ave., www.westervillecivitan.webs.comThe Westerville Civitan Club’s Easter egg hunt is organized specifically for special needs children.

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April 7Westerville Symphony presents Poetic Landscapes7 p.m., Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall, 30 S. Grove St., www.westervillesymphony.orgPerforming pieces by Brahms and Chopin, the Westerville Symphony puts on the second show in this sea-son’s Masterworks series, featuring Nick Ross, Otterbein University’s new associate professor of piano.

April 8-May 17Senior Art ExhibitionsMiller Gallery, Art and Communication Building, 33 Collegeview Rd., www.otterbein.eduWeekly exhibitions by graduating art majors from Otterbein University are open to the public.

April 13Katie Dunning Spring Dance7-9 p.m., Westerville Community Center, 350 N. Cleveland Ave.,

www.westervillecivitan.webs.comThe Westerville Civitan Club’s spring event is a dance for special needs children designed to help them enjoy social interaction.

April 18-20Westerville North High School presents HarveyWesterville North High School, 950 County Line Rd., 614-797-6200The award-winning comedy by Mary Chase is about a man and his friend: a 6’3” invisible rabbit.

April 19Taste of Westerville7-10 p.m., The Lakes Golf and Country Club, 6740 Worthington Rd., www.westervillechamber.comThe Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce presents its annual smorgasbord of local dining op-tions, also featuring a beer and wine tasting and a silent auction.

April 21Children’s Garden Day: Sunflower Power2-4 p.m., Inniswood Metro Gardens, 940 S. Hempstead Rd., www.inniswood.org Enjoy family-friendly activities, make garden art, meet baby ani-mals and learn about the benefits of growing sunflowers.

April 25-28Westerville South High School presents Legally BlondeWesterville South High School, 303 S. Otterbein Ave., 614-797-6000South’s theater department presents the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend but soon finds merit in her new legal skills.

April 26OhioHealth 4th Friday: Uptown Alive!6-9 p.m., Historic Uptown Westerville, 614-794-0401Come explore the vibrant retail district in historic Uptown Wester-ville and enjoy free community events, including art, entertainment, children’s activities and business vendors.

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Westerville Utilities Launch Commercial Advanced Metering

Kriss Rogers, owner of the specialty home and garden store Outside Envy in Uptown Westerville, says she would not have paid much attention to the instal-lation of an updated utility meter in her shop. That is, until the meter alerted the City of Westerville to a water problem.

The new digital meter system in Rogers’ shop is part of the City’s Commercial Ad-vanced Metering program. As one of the replacements in the commercial Uptown district, the automated device alerted staff to a water flow issue in the building that may have otherwise gone undetected.

“The installation and pres-ence of the meter almost goes unnoticed until you have a situation like mine where it detected the issue,” said Rog-ers. “Then, the ‘people’ part comes into play. The Water Division came in first to be sure that the water supply was not being jeopardized by my issue, but then went the extra mile and help solve the problem that I was experiencing in-store.”

The commercial advanced metering program is now nearly 1,000 meters, or approximately halfway, into the project. A significant portion of commercial/in-dustrial locations in Westerville have had utility meters replaced and updated from the analog meters, which required man-ual readings. With new digital meters, businesses in Westerville have access to new features provided by this technology, including improved customer service, immediate alerts of outages and flags that indicate potential problems.

It’s another key advantage to doing business in Westerville, according to City Manager David Collinsworth. “For more

than a century, the City of Westerville has remained among the few central Ohio municipalities to own and maintain their own utilities, which includes the water and electric service,” he said. “This allows the City to provide our own support as well as maintain the quality and cost con-trol that have historically been among the most competitive in the region.”

The Westerville Electric Division and Water Division serve more than 36,000 residents and a daytime/business population nearly double that. With ad-vancements in technology, electric and water systems have been moving toward advanced metering systems that measure and report data directly to the utility. The technology, having evolved from the manual to automated process, has expanded utility providers’ capability for providing near real-time information for business owners so that they can monitor and control their own usage of electricity and water.

In Westerville, the current program is limited to commercial accounts.* The replacement schedule continues through June, with a new online Customer Care portal available by the end of the year. This program will give customers direct access to their usage, along with a variety

of tools to modify, adapt or change usage patterns.

The meter replacement effort is focused on pairing business services and technol-ogy to best serve Westerville businesses. “It’s those kinds of people and service that make Westerville an excellent place to do business,” says Rogers.

For more information on the Com-mercial Advanced Metering Program, please visit www.westerville.org.

*The Westerville Electric and Water Divisions are accept-ing residential volunteers for meter replacements. There is no charge to the resident, and users will be enrolled in the Customer Care portal on the same timeline as commercial

accounts. To place your name on a wait list, please contact the Westerville Electric Division at 614-901-6700.

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Ed townsend Named 2012 Employee of the year

Each December, the City of Wester-ville recognizes outstanding employees who have demonstrated excellent per-formance, productivity, loyalty, pride and responsibility. “Employee of the Year” candidates are nominated by their peers and/or supervisors. A commit-tee comprised of City staff reviews the applications, selecting recipients of the Excellence in Service Award and one Em-ployee of the Year. The City of Westerville is pleased to announce Ed Townsend, Customer Service Representative from the Finance Department/Utility Billing Services, was named the 2012 Employee of the Year.

Congratulations on this achievement. What does this award mean to you?

It’s such an honor. I know many of the past award recipients and have the utmost respect for them. It is unbelievable that I am mentioned in the same group as them. And I greatly appreciate that my hard work has been recognized. I would like to thank Dave Collinsworth; Lee Ann Shortland; Gina Love; my immediate supervisor who nominated me, Caryn Dachner; the committee that selected me and all my co-workers.

Where are you from originally?I was born and raised in Westerville. I

have seen a lot of changes since the early year of 1959.

How long have you worked for Westerville? When did you get started?

I have worked for Westerville for 14 years. I started as a part-time meter reader in February 1999.

What is a typical day for you in the Utility Billing division?

I basically go over all the meter reads from the residents and businesses of Westerville that come in to the office every day to make sure they are accurate. I also answer the phones and help customers with their questions and problems. I also enter exchanged meters into the computer, so I work closely with the zoning, electric and water departments.

What is the most rewarding experience you have had in nearly 14 years with the City?

I remember that I helped a customer whose mother had passed away. She had sold her mother’s house and I helped her with what she needed to accomplish. She wrote a letter saying that I helped her through a very rough and difficult period. What was so special about that letter was that she took time to praise my actions. Usually, people only write letters to complain. That was very nice of her to acknowledge someone doing the right thing.

What stands out as one of the most challenging experiences, and how did you overcome it?

We only have three full-time employees, one part-time employee and my supervisor in our department. Last year, we lost one full-time and our part-time employees. We are also deploying new meters to our commercial accounts. I learned to work with co-workers more closely, and priori-tize daily tasks to make the day go more smoothly.

What is something about the pro-grams you manage that people may not know?

We bill more than 16,000 accounts each and every month.

What do you do in your leisure time? I have adopted one special needs

child and I’m in the process of adopting another special needs child, so there is not much leisure time. I do love to play and watch sports, and I love to go to Disney World as I am a Disney Vacation Club member.City Manager David Collinsworth presents the Employee of the year award

to Ed townsend.

Congratulations to the 2012 Excellence in Service Award WinnersJoe Bargdill, Planning & Development

Aaron Dickison, Division of Police

Nick Jones, Division of Fire

Sandy Kitzmiller, Division of Fire

Dan Koch, Westerville Electric Division

Nancy Mattiello, Mayor’s Court

Margi Rundio, Parks & Recreation

Rebecca Stalnaker, Finance

James Tharp, Division of Fire

The 2012 Safety Matters Award was presented to the Westerville Electric Division. The criteria for the award are not limited to actual accident or incident occurrences over this year, but accumulated points for safety trainings, institution of safe practices and policies, safety-related staff meet-ings, and adherence to the City’s injury reporting procedures. Consistently high marks in these areas are evidence of a strong culture of safety within the Electric Division. Congratulations!

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Westerville Citizen’s Academy Goes Behind

the ScenesThe City of Westerville has launched a new

program that offers participants behind-the-scenes access to known and little-known City services and programs. The Westerville Citizen’s Academy (WCA), a citizen-oriented experience, is based on the concept of Westerville’s successful academy pro-grams from the Westerville Divisions of Police and Fire. The model is also popular in other cities as a community engagement program to give residents an opportunity to interact with City departments, staff and services.

WCA is a seven-week program that takes place two times a year, in the spring and fall. Participants take part in a two-hour class one night a week during the term of the course. Each week is focused on interactive features, such as exploring equipment, tours, demonstrations and hands-on activities.

“Any question from what happens during a power outage to how our community water is sourced and treated will be answered during this experience,” said David Collinsworth, City Manager. “This program is designed for the Westerville resident, to show them every aspect of how their community services are put to work.”

All residents are invited to participate, especially those who have an interest in serving the community on a Board or Commission.

For more information, or to access the WCA application, please visit www.westerville.org/WCA or contact us at 614-901-6400.

WEEK oNE: tour Westerville. Tour Westerville by bus with the Economic De-velopment team and learn more about Westerville history and the City’s form of government.

WEEK tWo: Westerville Division of Fire and Westerville Water Department. Tour the Water Plant and use and explore equipment while seeing the community fire safety and protection service in action.

WEEK tHREE: Westerville Electric Division and WeConnect Community Data Center. Tour the City’s municipal power system and learn how the City is using technology to serve Westerville businesses.

WEEK FoUR: Westerville planning and Development and public Service De-partments. Focus on construction projects and city planning, and get hands-on with equipment used in your neighborhood.

WEEK FIVE: Westerville Division of police and Mayor’s Court. Tour the station, and interact with our public safety officers to learn more about community policing.

WEEK SIX: Westerville parks and Recreation. See the Westerville Community Center like never before, with a close look at our recreational programming and land use priorities.

WEEK SEVEN: Graduation. Recognition at a Westerville City Council meeting for successful completion of the program.

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Forms are available on the City of Westerville website for 2012 income tax, due Monday, April 15. Visit www.wester-ville.org/incometax or look for links from the front page of the site to access forms and helpful links. The Income Tax Depart-ment offers assistance to all filers, including form preparation, expanded office hours and e-filing services. For more information, contact the department or stop by the office to speak with a representative.

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Mobile App for City ServicesNow Available

Your guide to City services is now just a download away on your smartphone. The City of Westerville mobile application, or “app,” is now available for Android devices and iPhone through Google Play and the Apple App Store, respectively.

The app is an extension of the City’s mo-bile website, which has been available since 2010 when the City launched a new public website. The platforms work together to keep information, alerts and news from the City up-to-date, consistent and user-friendly.

“Cities have done applications on large and small scales,” said Todd Jackson, Chief Information Officer for the City of Westerville. “Our objective for this app was to package the most intuitive options to City services that people want to launch from their phones. We used the technol-ogy in which we’ve already invested and created functionality that works easily on the go, when and where most users may

be accessing it.”Users of the app can quickly find

City contacts and building locations, as well as maps and sites of parks and trails. Shortcuts to news, events and

social media networks are also included. The app offers quick access to permits

and forms, as well as a link to submit a ser-vice request. Local information, including weather and local gas prices, are also but-tons accessible from the welcome screen.

The City featured two areas of town for special emphasis, particularly for the ben-efit of visitors or new residents. The Up-town district, known for unique shopping, entertainment and dining, is featured in a directory-style format, along with tips for parking. Westerville’s high-profile access to health care along the Cleveland Avenue corridor, dubbed the “Medical Mile,” is in-cluded with a listing of the major medical and health providers in that region.

The app is in its first version, and will be regularly reviewed to expand and enhance its functionality. For more information, or to send feedback to staff, please email [email protected].

Leadership Westerville presented the eighth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration on Monday, Jan. 21. Recipients of the Miriam Alston Award were Myron and Linda Ware, owners of the McDonald’s restaurant on Cleveland Avenue near West Main Street. Westerville City Schools recog-nized three students with the William Fouse Award: Kennedy Dixon, Des-mond Fernandez and Kristen Sellan. Janet E. Jackson served as the keynote speaker. Learn more about the event and the award winners at www.leader shipwesterville.com.

pictured left to right: Sellan, Dixon, Fernandez, Jackson, Linda Ware, Myron Ware Photo courtesy of William Bretthauer


The Bunny Hop benef i ts the Westerville Parks Foundation Schol-arship Program, which provides finan-cial assistance to Westerville residents in need for Parks and Recreation programs and activities. The event is presented by the Westerville Parks Foundation and Premier Sports and sponsored by Mt. Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital.

After the race, head over to the ball fields for the annual Spring Egg-stravaganza egg hunt, sponsored by the Westerville Lions Club. Colored eggs and special prizes are spread throughout the fields for an 11 a.m.-sharp dash. Arrive early to find the right field (kids line up according to age) and bring a basket. The event is held rain or shine, so dress for the weather.

5,940Number of students in the

Westerville City School district impacted in 2012 by the Westerville Energy Education partnership.*

*The Ohio Energy Project, City of Westerville Electric Division and Westerville City Schools make up the

Westerville Energy Education Partnership. Their programs promote energy efficiency

in the Westerville community. For more information, call the Westerville Electric Division

at 614-901-6700.

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Half Pint HullabalooMarch 16, 9:30 a.m.-noon$3 per child at the doorWesterville Community Center

Keep your little ones entertained in a budget-friendly way. Half-Pint Hul-labaloo is for parents and children ages 1 to 5. This award-winning event features activities and games.

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The second annual Bunny Hop 5K goes in and around the park, including portions of the leisure/bike paths. The scenic route is good for walkers and runners alike. And the event is family-friendly, so participants may bring jog-ging/walking strollers.

The adult race begins at 8 a.m. and the youth race starts at 9 a.m. Registra-tion fees are $30 in advance and $35 the day of the race. Each participant receives a tech T-shirt, a finisher’s medal, prizes, coupons and refreshments. The top five male and female finishers will win gift cards to Fleet Feet.

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All for One, Fun for AllCivitan club provides new experiences for special needs community

By Morgan Montgomery

Now might be the time to get involved with the Westerville Civitan Club – if you like dancing, pizza or Easter egg hunts, that is.

In March and April, the club, which is just one year away from its 50th anni-versary, sponsors and hosts three fun and popular events in Westerville.

All three support the club’s overall mission: to serve the local community

with an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities.

The 31-member club meets twice a month.

While some people join the club with a few reservations, club President Ken Adkins suspects, they choose to stick around thanks to the autonomy they have within the club. Members pick which events they get involved

in, and the club ensures they have plenty of opportunities from which to choose.

“I feel my responsibility as president is to ensure that my members have plenty of opportunities to serve and volunteer,” Adkins says.

Adkins’ favorite part of the club is the fellowship among members – he looks at them as extended family.


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“We all come from different back-grounds, but you would never know it,” he says. “I am a better man just from being around them.”

The club’s springtime happenings in-clude the Special Needs Easter Egg Hunt and the Katie Dunning Spring Dance. These two events will be held at the Westerville Community Center and are or-ganized in partnership with the Westerville Parks and Recreation Department.

The Easter egg hunt, set for March 30, is geared specifically toward children with physical and developmental disabilities, giving them the opportunity to hunt for eggs in a safe environment. There are au-dio sounding eggs for children with visual impairments, and each pre-registered child receives an Easter basket filled with candy, toys and stuffed animals.

On April 13, the club sponsors the Katie Dunning Spring Dance, which celebrates its 10th year in 2013. This dance allows special needs teens and adults to experience the type of dance they might not have the opportunity to attend in school. More than 200 guests attend, and volunteers from Civitan clubs around central Ohio help out.

As a fundraiser, the club sells pizzas and subs twice a year, and the first chance to buy is ap-proaching. With the help of their Cub and Boy Scout troops, vol-unteers make about 200 pizzas and 230 subs from scratch. The order form is officially posted on March 10, and the day to pick up orders is March 20.

Orders can be called in at 614-899-2491 or submitted online at the Westerville Civi-tan Club’s website, www.westervillecivitan.webs.com.

Morgan Montgomery is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

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Playing by EarBlind band hones its musical style

tHE MEMBERS oF INNERVISIoN WILL never get to see the adoration in audience members’ faces, but that doesn’t stop them from playing the best music they can.

All three members of the Westerville-based cover band are blind.

“We’re trying to inspire others,” says member Sam Shepherd.

Westerville residents Sam, Andy Love and Genene Blackwell started performing together in 2009. All perform vocals, often singing three-part harmonies during shows. Andy, 26, plays bass guitar; Genene, 22, plays keyboard; and Sam, 22, plays trom-bone, harmonica and some guitar.

Tailoring their song selections to their audience, the three have put their unique spin on oldies, patriotic, gospel, country and contemporary Christian music. While they typically perform around the Colum-bus area, the band also has visited such northeast Ohio locations as Youngstown, Canton and Canfield.

“We’ve been all over the place,” says Paula Shepherd, Sam’s mother and In-nerVision’s musical adviser.

The trio met at the Ohio State School for the Blind, where they played in the school’s marching band: Genene played bells, Andy played sousaphone and Sam played trombone and upright bass. For six

or seven years, the three would sit together during the hour-long bus ride to school singing songs playing on the radio.

“Just because you have a disability doesn’t mean you can’t try stuff,” Paula says.

InnerVision showed an affinity for music early in life. At only age 3, Genene began playing piano after she heard it at church. Sam started taking piano lessons when he was 4. Andy, who was always singing as a child, started taking formal singing lessons at age 14 or 15.

Genene, Sam and Andy all had com-plications as a result of premature birth, each weighing less than three pounds upon arrival. Genene and Andy were born blind, while Sam lost his vision at 4 months old. Andy has pervasive developmental disor-der, a form of autism, while Genene has a touch of cerebral palsy.

Despite these challenges, all found they had musical gifts.

“When they lose one of their senses, another one seems to be heightened,” says Patti Love, Andy’s mother.

Their memories seem particularly uncanny. Andy, for example, memorizes whole stories and movies. Because music is not available in Braille, the three instead have memorized more than 125 songs just by listening to them.

“I just start picking things up,” Sam says.If his mother gives him a 16- or 17-

song set list, Sam memorizes the titles in five minutes.

Paula feels fulfilled helping the trio develop their musical skills, she says, and the “sometimes tricky social skills of being blind in a mostly sighted world.”

“This adventure has shown them that hard work and lots of practice pays off,” she says.

That adventure started with Ge-nene, who, as a student at the School for the Blind, often performed for retirement centers. In the summer of 2009, she recruited Andy as a backup singer. When Patti asked Sam if he wanted to sit in on a rehearsal, the trio was complete.

InnerVision members, from left, Sam Shepherd, Genene Blackwell and Andy Love

InnerVision performs at the Schottenstein Center during Walk Now for Autism Speaks.


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Now, Paula receives booking calls al-most daily. InnerVision had 15 shows in December, seven planned for January and five for February.

“In the beginning, they would tend to get frustrated, but now they are confident that they can learn and arrange and memo-rize any song and any style of music,” Paula says. “The biggest area of growth that I’ve seen is that they all now really enjoy stretching themselves musically.”

InnerVision had the opportunity to expand its horizons when the band partici-pated in the Columbus Jazz Council Jazz Academy Workshop last summer.

The environment gave them the chance to hear new music styles, Genene says.

“We can all learn from each other,” she says.Even prior to the workshop, Genene

enjoyed putting her own creative flair into her performances, playing, for example, the guitar solo in Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” on the piano. At the workshop, though, she learned to incorporate jazz chords into her routine, playing “Some-where Over the Rainbow” in a completely different way.

Similarly, Andy expanded his vocal abilities, learning a bit of improvisational singing, or scatting. Sam, who was used to the more traditional trombone style used in marching band, was exposed to a variety of complex notes.

“I’m already starting to play it differ-ently,” he says.

“I think it really sparked their creativ-ity,” Paula says.

As the parent of a child with a disability, Paula says she often grieves that her now adult son cannot be as independent as he would like to be.

“But when I hear him sing and play, and I see the reaction on the faces of his audience, the grief gets swallowed up in joy,” she says.

Sarah Sole is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

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Grant Me StrengthUnique educational initiatives are still target of revamped foundation

WHAt Do HyDRopoNIC GARDENING, composting, waste reduction, video editing and mobile blackboard technology have in common?

They’re all part of ongoing educational programs in Westerville City Schools, and they’ve all been supported by grants from the Westerville Education Foundation.

The nonprofit, all-volunteer group provides funds outside traditional dis-trict budgets for worthwhile initiatives in the schools with grants of up to $1,000. The foundation typically awards about $5,000 per year and has given out about $118,500 over its two-decade existence, $30,000 of it over the last four years as efforts have ramped up.

The foundation was formed in 1993. Though its membership roster was short, what it lacked in manpower it made up for in dedication, says Dave Kotary, a foundation board member since 1994.

“The reason for the success is the at-titude,” Kotary says. “There’s an underly-

ing sense of purpose at each meeting, but there’s an overlying sense of fun.”

Board members come from all walks of life and rarely leave, Kotary says. All members are volunteers.

“A lot of organizations have a paid ex-ecutive director,” says board President Jeff Tubaugh. “We have no paid employees.”

The foundation recently underwent some significant structural changes aimed at raising more money to give out more grants. After a retreat last year, the board was reorganized into a set of committees intended to increase members’ participation. Each of the 26 board members must serve on at least one committee.

The new committees are Marketing, which focuses on branding and aware-ness; Development, which is focused on corporate and individual solicitation; Grants, which is revamping the founda-tion’s grant process and also seeking grants from other organizations; Finance, which deals with budgeting and keeps financial records; and Events, which is responsible

for such annual foundation events as the Community Bowl-a-thon each February and the Community Mini Golf Outing each May, as well as public appearances such as those at OhioHealth 4th Fridays in Uptown Westerville.

Among the major changes is a switch in the foundation’s main method of fundraising away from events. They will continue, but the goal is to use a capital campaign as the primary means of fundraising – a cornerstone of the most successful such foundations, says Tubaugh. Work has already begun on the campaign.

“We’re trying to do our homework on companies ahead of time,” he says.

A new mission statement, logo, website and promotional video are also part of the revamp plans.

The foundation solicits grant applica-tions in March, usually receiving 20 to 30 per year.

One program that received a $500 foundation grant is the Zero Waste at Home Plate initiative at Westerville North

the robotics program at Westerville Central High School is one recipient of a Westerville Education Foundation grant.

Westerville North High School students prepare to work on their rain garden, another program that has received a foundation grant.


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It has first set its sight on baseball games. When North’s baseball season begins on April 2 with a game against Columbus’ Centennial High School, the class will send a handful of students to each game to promote the program.

Some will stand by new containers for compostables and recyclables near existing trash cans, give directions as to which items go where and encourage at-tendees to use them. Each can will have graphics on it showing what can to put in it in case any are unattended. Other students will speak to fans in the stands about the initiative.

“We’re going to make it as easy as pos-sible,” says senior Jacob Dumford.

If the program is successful at baseball games, the goal is for it to branch out to football and other sports.

The students have also worked with the concessions crew to encourage them to buy cups, plates and other materials that can be recycled, and with Athletic Direc-tor Vicki Saunders to arrange for signage. They even wrote the grant that was sent to the foundation.

The program was inspired by a similar program at Ohio State Buckeye football games.

Another beneficiary of the foun-dation’s funding is the hydroponic gardening program at North, which received a $1,000 grant – along with four high-pressure sodium grow lights donated by the Westerville Division of Police – in 2007. Not only has the pro-gram educated students on hydroponic gardening and produced produce for local restaurants and charities, it has branched off into other endeavors, including composting, raised planting bed gardening, recycling and even sale of worm castings, worm excrement from the composting process that is useful as a soil amendment – all further educa-tional opportunities.

“That project is really the embodiment of what the foundation hopes to do with the funds it provides,” says Greg Viebranz, executive director of communications and

the North students spearheading the Zero Waste at Home plate initiative, another grant recipient, work in the school’s compost pile. photo by North junior Andrew Sullivan


technology for the school district and a member of the foundation’s Marketing Committee.

Other foundation grants have gone toward such causes as:

• Anti-bullyinginitiatives;

• Highschoolroboticsprograms;

• Note-recording smart pens in specialeducation classrooms so students can play back what the teacher is saying;

• Video equipment and green screentechnology for Genoa Middle School’s morning announcements;

• Apple TV units that allow studentsto use an iPad carried around by the teacher to work problems on a pro-jector screen without leaving their desks; and

• Inflatableexerciseballstoreplaceclass-room chairs, which help students focus in class.

Garth Bishop is editor of Westerville Magazine. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

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By Duane St. Clair

EACH WEDNESDAy EVENING, tHE hectic hubbub in Central College Pres-byterian Church includes a handful of teenagers huddled to quietly learn to play a loud instrument.

Wednesdays mark the weekly rehearsal sessions of the Cyril Scott Pipe Band, and each rehearsal is preceded by a class for young and aspiring bagpipers.

As they meet for a 45-minute session with teacher Glenn Mackie, the students

in January 1997 as a competition group. In 2002, as he was preparing to take over the band, Mackie surveyed the membership and thought, “Holy cow. We’re all 50 years old. This band is going to die.”

The solution: find younger players by giving free lessons and, eventually, organize a pipe band not targeted at national and inter-national competition, as was the original group. Hence, the beginning of the free weekly lessons, the only ones for teenagers in central Ohio. Mackie backs those with private les-sons at his home for $20 an hour, “a bargain for music lessons,” he notes.

Because the band played at Cen-tral College’s functions, the former pastor, Richard Ellsworth, invited it to practice at the church. It has since become the band’s unofficial headquarters.

The idea is for students to spend several months learning, gradually increasing their skill on the chanter before playing a bag-pipe. Mackie tells new students they don’t need to practice the chanter more than five minutes a day. He’s “old school,” he says, believing that bagpipes should be fun.

“I don’t want you to feel like you have to practice an hour a day,” says Mackie. “Five minutes will turn into 10, and 10 to 20, and pretty soon it will be an hour.”

It can take up to a year until Mackie feels a student is ready for his or her parents to invest $1,200 in a bagpipe, an instrument that’s not available in this area to rent for lessons, Mackie says. He believes that’s enough time for a student to memorize five tunes, also important for a piper who doesn’t use sheet music when playing. Often, students are anxious and get their instrument sooner.

Gabbi Gualtieri, 10, a Westerville resident who is a student at Clintonville

Pipe Dreamsuse a chanter, a flute-like instrument, to learn the finger moves involved in mak-ing music on a bagpipe. Their sounds are muted in contrast to the band’s bombastic bagpipes and drums, which will fill the church for the next two hours. The band music wafts in the hallways and backdrops the voices of kids playing basketball and meeting-goers coming and going.

Mackie, a bagpiper for at least 20 years, is pipe major of the band, which was formed

Lining up for their weekly lesson are Cyril Scott pipe Band students, from left, Gabbi Gualtieri, Charley Goodwin, Robbie Gualtieri and Gabbie Bird.


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Academy, is already playing her bagpipe, though she briefly took the free chanter lessons.

“She started at a really young age (begin-ning at 8 ½),” Mackie says, largely because her brother, Robbie, a St. Francis DeSales High School junior, had been a student and piper since the sixth grade. He enrolled because his mother wanted him to.

“I didn’t like it at first, but I got to like it,” says Robbie. He’s now a piper and a member of the band, which is Mackie’s goal for his students.

Gabbie Bird, 12, a student at Genoa Middle School, is just beginning lessons at the urging of her mother (who) “wanted me to take bagpipe.”

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March and is an enthusiastic piper – like Robbie, she takes private lessons from Mackie once a week. She has been part of the band’s 20-22 piper line-up for two years. She took Mackie’s lessons for six months before getting a bagpipe.

She aspired to be a piper because “I’m really Scottish. My grandfather wanted one of his family members to play the bagpipe.” As a pastime and hobby, “I love this,” she says. In high school, she has lettered in soccer, bowling and academics. Next year, she will enroll in the school’s two-year in-ternational baccalaureate program to earn a year of college credit before graduation.

She and Robbie expect to keep playing the bagpipe in college should they choose a school that has an active group, as some do.

For public appearances – for which the band is paid $400 to $800 to cover expenses, such as travel, kilts and uniform parts – Mackie expects 12 to 18 pipers to appear along with many of the nine drum-mers. To teach up-and-comers in the corps, Mackie found a volunteer, Alex Harper, a music and percussion major at Otterbein University, whom he met on a weekly trip to play in a Cleveland pipe and drum corps. His lessons are given weekly as the band practices.

Charley happily describes the band’s busy time. During this year’s St. Patrick’s Day observances – prolonged because March 17 is a Sunday – the band will be in the parade in downtown Columbus. It will split in two, and groups will visit various establishments in Columbus and environs on St. Paddy’s, some more than once.

The band will be quite busy during the July 4 observance period, too, with appear-ances in parades in Portsmouth, Lancaster and Worthington Hills on the schedule. Mackie expects the band to perform at a bicentennial celebration in Johnstown and to make its annual appearance at the Dub-lin Irish Festival. And the band likely will go to a half-dozen competitions for similar groups. “They’re like mini-vacations,” Mackie says, because many members take their families for those weekends.

The Cyril Scott Pipe Band, one of four central Ohio pipe bands and probably the largest in the Columbus area, occasionally adds to its roster with audience members who become interested after seeing a performance. Still, Mackie relies on the younger students to help fill the ranks. Five former students have gone to college, and Mackie hopes someday they’ll come back.

For more information on the band, visit www.cyrilscottpipeband.com.

Duane St. Clair is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

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AS EVERyoNE KNoWS, pAyING FoR CoLLEGE IS A tRyING tASK, So WEStERVILLE civic organizations are doing what they can to ease the burden.

Five of the city’s main civic organizations – the Westerville Lions Club, Westerville Sertoma, Westerville Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club of Westerville and Rotary Club of Westerville Sunrise – offer scholarships to local students looking to make a dent in in-timidating tuition costs. Academic strength, extracurricular activities and commitment to community service are among the values the clubs seek to reward.

“Since Westerville is such a large school district, (we) wanted to help and do what we could,” says Ray Bertelson, a Kiwanis board member.

“Westerville deserves this,” says John Olivieri, a member of Sertoma’s board of direc-tors. “There is a sense that this is a community that tends to help itself.”

Each club has a specific process for applicants to go through, but most ask the students to provide information on their service activities, academic success and extracurricular activities, as well as letters of recommendation and a short personal statement.

Scholarships Awarded

Kiwanis ClubRobert Hughes Scholarship: one-time, $1,200 award to a Westerville South High School senior

Robert Hawk Scholarship: one-time, $1,200 award to a Westerville North High School graduate

Westerville Central Kiwanis Scholarship: one-time, $1,200 award to a Westerville Central High School student

Rotary Clubs (both Noon and Sunrise)Otterbein Scholarship: $2,000, renewable for up to four years, to an Otterbein University student

Westerville Rotary Club Scholarships: Three $750 scholarships, renewable for up to four years, for students to attend Ohio colleges or universities

Lions ClubLions Memorial Scholarships: One-time, $1,000 awards to six students, two from each Westerville high school

SertomaWesterville Sertoma Scholarship: One-time, $1,000 scholarships to three students, one from each Westerville high school

Allison Dalrymple is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

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A Tale of Two StoriesMulti-level addition transforms century-old house

WHEN SUZANNE AND KEVIN MEtZGER decided to upgrade their living situation about two years ago, they planned to move.

During the house hunt, though, the couple found themselves noticing not what they liked about the prospective homes, but what they would change. Eventually, they realized that in order to stay in Uptown Westerville and to finally make their dream home a reality, they would have to tailor it themselves.

So instead of packing up and moving, the couple began the task of planning the renovations and addi-tions that would culminate in a more open, spacious living area for themselves and their family of two sons and one dog.

“We wanted to have more space for our family to get together, for when our kids start having kids,” Suzanne says.

In the end, the two-story addition added up to about 1,000 square feet, including a new master suite, family room and gourmet kitchen, as well as some exterior renova-tions, one demolished back porch and two removed chimneys.

From February to July of 2012, the sealed-off work zone, which included the entire old kitchen, hosted a slew of crews

– carpenters, electri-cians, masons, plumb-ers – as the area that had once housed the “rickety” back porch was transformed into the new addition.

The Metzgers em-barked on the proj-ect with some goals in mind. Specifically, they wanted their home to be cohesive: to create a bigger kitchen that opened into the new family

room, as well as a master suite with a full bathroom. They also scoped out a builder who could retain integrity of the home, which was built in 1914.

“For us, it was about matching what we were working with rather than trying to create something new,” Suzanne says.

WMB Builders owner Walt Morrow, who worked closely with the Metzgers in remodeling the space, preserved the existing trim in the house while replacing all windows, matched the old style oak plank floors of the existing kitchen to its addition and generally “freshened up” the exterior with paint and new siding.

“It’s an older house, so the owner wanted to preserve its character while doing these modern additions,” Morrow says.

The modern additions in the kitchen include a convection oven, a deep freeze refrigerator, a pantry and an island adorned with granite countertops and a five-burner cook top, which has two hanging aluminum lights on either side. All appliances are stainless steel.

The kitchen opens into the new family room, which claims 500 of the 1,000 square feet. For the Metzgers, this open family area

was key. Transforming the formerly closed-off kitchen into a continuous space allows the cook, or the after-dinner cleaner, to be part of the action in the family room.

“Before, when my husband would cook dinner, he’d want someone to come in and talk to him, but we’d all be in the living room, watching TV or doing home-work,” Suzanne says. “Now, the chores don’t seem like chores because we are all together.”

Above the kitchen, the second story of the addition consists of the master suite, wholly tailored to the tastes of the owners. Their preferences started with the closet.

“Our old bedroom had a nice size closet, but really it was a nice size closet for 1914,” Suzanne says. “I kept my clothes in the util-ity room downstairs.”

So the walk-in closet’s two doors, one for him and one for her, became the basis for the furniture arrangement in the room. The bed is nestled between the two doors amid the blue bedspread and décor.

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Across from the bed, a two-sided fire-place straddles the bedroom and the con-necting bathroom. The bathroom boasts a pedestal tub, two sinks, a shower, a make-up area and some shelving.

While designing their renovations and additions, the Merzgers shopped around for inspiration by attending National As-sociation of the Remodeling Industry home shows. When their home was finished, it appeared in the Home Improvement

Showcase put on in September by NARI’s local chapter.

Andrea Frazier is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

the new family room opens directly into the kitchen, allowing the cook and after-dinner cleaner(s) to interact with the rest of the family.

Left: An island with granite countertops and a five-burner cook top is the center-piece of the modernized kitchen. Above: the all-new bathroom features a shower, a pedestal tub, a make-up area and two sinks. top: A two-sided fireplace is on either side of the door from the master bedroom to the bathroom.

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Family tradition goes into candy-maker’s every creation

KIMBERLy HoNDEL DIDN’t NEED A chocolate river, a great glass elevator or an army of Oompa-Loompas to open her own candy factory.

She just needed the right experience, the right determination and a king-sized drive to succeed.

The Westerville resident is a single mother with a full-time job at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, but she still found the time to found home-based Hondel Haus in 2004. She developed the plan that would eventually become Hondel Haus while working to earn her MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University.

The desire to make the company a reality was driven by a desire to gain en-trepreneurial experience and by Hondel’s deep, abiding love for cooking and baking.

“Every year for Christmas, I made a variety of candies for my family and friends,” she says.

Hondel hails from Kentucky where she “grew up helping (her) mother and grandmother make regional treats like pulled cream candy, molasses taffy and potato candy,” she says. She’s continuing the family tradition with her two sons, who

are often involved in production – not to mention taste-testing.

Because all of the products are made in the Hondels’ kitchen, the boys are learning all about time management and responsi-bility. Keeping the company close to home is important to Hondel, so she purchases the ingredients from independent stores such as Weiland’s Gourmet Market, Hills Market, Cake Craft Co. and Happy Hostess House Cake Decorators.

“I’m a proud ‘Ohio Proud’ member, so I support my fellow Ohio companies as much as possible,” Hondel says.

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Soften peanut butter and butter at room temperature until workable.

Mix peanut butter, butter, and vanilla until smooth. Gradually mix in dry ingredients until thoroughly blended. Mixture will be very thick, with the consistency of clay.

Chill peanut butter mixture at least two hours or until firm.

Form peanut butter mixture into balls about the size of a walnut and dip into melted chocolate. Set on wax paper until chocolate sets, then place in sealed container.

Yields approximately 160 buck-eyes.

Hondel Haus goodies include Deer Candy (buckeyes), Doe Eyes (caramel dipped in chocolate), Fawn Eyes (choco-late-covered marshmallows), Squirrel Eyes (chocolate-covered espresso beans), Choco Cherries (chocolate-covered cherries) and gourmet buckeyes, which are similar to peanut butter truffles. All are sold indi-vidually or as holiday and special event packages, and are popular party favors at weddings and tailgates, Hondel says.

While the company does not have a storefront, its treats are available at Cel-ebrate Local at Easton Town Center, the Ohio Statehouse and the Ohio Historical Society. Goods can also be ordered by emailing Hondel at kimberly@hondel haus.com.

Holly Butcher is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

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School Days Around the World (juvenile nonfiction reader)By Catherine Chambers Color photographs and chapters high-lighting children in different countries enliven this “read-ing alone” leveled reader from DK Publishing.

50 Early Childhood Literacy Strategies (juvenile parent teacher)By Janice J. Beaty Pre-service and in-service teachers alike get practical, up-to-date strategies and activities in this guide to teaching literacy to 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds.

Little White Duck: A Childhood in China (juvenile fiction) By Andrés Vera Martínez and Na Liu In this graphic novel memoir, the author uses eight short sto-ries to recall grow-ing up with her sister in 1970s Wuhan.

Code Name Verity (teen fiction) By Elizabeth Wein In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage and great courage.

How To: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know Fully Illustrated By Jennifer McKnight-Trontz Graphics and very little text show you how to do a variety of both silly and serious things, from using chopsticks to parallel parking.

A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me about Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter By William Deresiewicz Share in the life lessons hidden within Jane Austen’s works as you hear one man’s story of discovering him-self and the world around him.

1001 Ways to Pay for College: Practical Strategies to Make Any College AffordableBy Gen and Kelly Tenabe Financing higher education can be daunting. Learn both the basics and some creative strategies in the new edition being released later this year.

The Ultimate Scholarship Book: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes By Gen and Kelly Tanabe High school, col-lege, graduate and adult students will find 700 new award listings and tips on how to con-duct the most effec-tive search, write a winning application and avoid scams.

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