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There are many subdivisions in Gahanna Ohio. Some of these subdivisions include: Gahanna Grove Condominium, Woodside Green, Canongate, College Park, Woods At Rose Run, Royal Manor, Farm Creek, Hamilton Heights, Gahanna Oaks, Crossing At Mckenna Creek, Laurel Ridge, Stratshire Meadows, Woodstream, Cherry Wood Pl Crossing @ Mckenna, Saratoga Estates, Gahanna Grove, Private, Cherry Bottom Gardens, Stonegate Estates, Cherrybottom, Brenthurst, Rose Run, Ravine At Strawberry Farm, Woodside Meadows, Willows At Preserve Crossing, Cherry Run, Longstreth 3, Rathbone Woods, Bagshaw Heights, Creek Ridge, Windward Trace, Academy Ridge, Dickerson, Rocky Fork Estates, Strawberry Farms, Amberlea Village, Sycamore Mill, Polo Club Villas, , Hensel Woods North, The Ravines At Strawberry Farms, Virginia Terrace, Strawberry Patch, Collingwood Pointe, Sycamore Woods, The Lofts At Creekside, Bercley Woods In Gahanna, Cherry Bottom Sec 03, Gahanna Hts, Broadview Farms, Saxon Place, Cherry Park, High Meadows, Brentwood Estates, Pipers Glen, Royal Manor Lot 269, Hensel Woods, Springbrook Farm, Rivers Edge, Sunbury Lake, Imperial Rise, Blendon Estates, Wellington Glen, Woodside Green South, Foxwood, Blendon Park, Garmercy Park, Tanager Woods – Sunbury Heights, Longstreth, Bercley Woods, Ambassador Commons, Waterford Park, Foxboro, Brentwood, Woodmere Place, Tanager Woods, Courtyard At Beecher Crossing, The Woods At Shagbark, Daryngton Place Condos, Creekside Green, Grammercy Park Estates, Village At Sterling Pines, The Villas Of Gahanna, Strawberry Fields, Woodmere, Villas Of Gahanna, Founder’s Ridge, Hunters Ridge, Pinnacle Woods, Gramercy Park, Clarman Heights, Cherry Bottom, Rathburn Woods, Chesterfield Estates, Preserve Crossing, Deer Run, Gahanna Heights, Ravines At Strawberry Farms, Founders Ridge, Heritage, Stratshire Meaows, Rocky Fork Heights, Rathburn Village, Bryn Mawr, Hamilton Parke, Tanager Woods Ii, Cameron Ridge, Creekridge, Ravine At Blendon and Woods At Shagbark.
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Suburbs’ rec centers making it
By Dean Narciso The Columbus Dispatch Saturday January 28, 2012 6:08 AM View Slideshow Shari Lewis | DISPATCH Swimmers hang on for a quick rest before pushing off during a swimming lesson on Thursday at the Worthington Community Center. From left are Lauren Fedorko, 5; Anna Tinnerello, 5; and Joey Paschal-Igel, 6. The city recovers 78.3 percent of the cost of running the center. In the mid-1990s, the economy was surging, the suburbs were expanding and cities were looking to accommodate their fitness-crazed residents. Today, 10 years after most of the area’s modern recreation centers opened, cities report that they’re thriving. And Whitehall, planning to build a $10 million recreation center — a project made possible only by the passage of an income-tax increase two years ago — is looking to its suburban counterparts for reassurance. Similar centers in Dublin, Groveport, Westerville and Worthington appear to be more successful than the national average. As aging outdoor swimming pools became expensive to maintain, flashy modern recreation centers were sprouting up, said Bill Beckner, research manager for the Virginia-based National Recreation and Parks Association. “And with year-round usage, there was a model out there that said that you could at least recover part of your expenses.” Few centers break even. In fact, the national average for cost recovery is about 65 percent, said Beckner. Membership fees alone aren’t enough to pay the bills. Westerville recoups less than a third of its $2.8 million operating costs from memberships. Dublin recoups about one-fourth. When Worthington opened its community/recreation center 10 years ago, city leaders hoped that healthy membership fees would offset expenses. “There was a sense that the facility would generate a high percentage of income in order to help pay itself,” said former Worthington City Councilman Courtney Chapman. Today, less than half of [...]
Read More >>Suburbs’ rec centers making it
By Dean Narciso The Columbus Dispatch Saturday January 28, 2012 6:08 AM View Slideshow Shari Lewis | DISPATCH Swimmers hang on for a quick rest before pushing off during a swimming lesson on Thursday at the Worthington Community Center. From left are Lauren Fedorko, 5; Anna Tinnerello, 5; and Joey Paschal-Igel, 6. The city recovers 78.3 percent of the cost of running the center. In the mid-1990s, the economy was surging, the suburbs were expanding and cities were looking to accommodate their fitness-crazed residents. Today, 10 years after most of the area’s modern recreation centers opened, cities report that they’re thriving. And Whitehall, planning to build a $10 million recreation center — a project made possible only by the passage of an income-tax increase two years ago — is looking to its suburban counterparts for reassurance. Similar centers in Dublin, Groveport, Westerville and Worthington appear to be more successful than the national average. As aging outdoor swimming pools became expensive to maintain, flashy modern recreation centers were sprouting up, said Bill Beckner, research manager for the Virginia-based National Recreation and Parks Association. “And with year-round usage, there was a model out there that said that you could at least recover part of your expenses.” Few centers break even. In fact, the national average for cost recovery is about 65 percent, said Beckner. Membership fees alone aren’t enough to pay the bills. Westerville recoups less than a third of its $2.8 million operating costs from memberships. Dublin recoups about one-fourth. When Worthington opened its community/recreation center 10 years ago, city leaders hoped that healthy membership fees would offset expenses. “There was a sense that the facility would generate a high percentage of income in order to help pay itself,” said former Worthington City Councilman Courtney Chapman. Today, less than half of [...]
Read More >>Suburbs’ rec centers making it
By Dean Narciso The Columbus Dispatch Saturday January 28, 2012 6:08 AM View Slideshow Shari Lewis | DISPATCH Swimmers hang on for a quick rest before pushing off during a swimming lesson on Thursday at the Worthington Community Center. From left are Lauren Fedorko, 5; Anna Tinnerello, 5; and Joey Paschal-Igel, 6. The city recovers 78.3 percent of the cost of running the center. In the mid-1990s, the economy was surging, the suburbs were expanding and cities were looking to accommodate their fitness-crazed residents. Today, 10 years after most of the area’s modern recreation centers opened, cities report that they’re thriving. And Whitehall, planning to build a $10 million recreation center — a project made possible only by the passage of an income-tax increase two years ago — is looking to its suburban counterparts for reassurance. Similar centers in Dublin, Groveport, Westerville and Worthington appear to be more successful than the national average. As aging outdoor swimming pools became expensive to maintain, flashy modern recreation centers were sprouting up, said Bill Beckner, research manager for the Virginia-based National Recreation and Parks Association. “And with year-round usage, there was a model out there that said that you could at least recover part of your expenses.” Few centers break even. In fact, the national average for cost recovery is about 65 percent, said Beckner. Membership fees alone aren’t enough to pay the bills. Westerville recoups less than a third of its $2.8 million operating costs from memberships. Dublin recoups about one-fourth. When Worthington opened its community/recreation center 10 years ago, city leaders hoped that healthy membership fees would offset expenses. “There was a sense that the facility would generate a high percentage of income in order to help pay itself,” said former Worthington City Councilman Courtney Chapman. Today, less than half of [...]
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Read More >>Scientist: Temperate freshwater wetlands are ‘forgotten’ carbon sinks
The study compared several wetlands at two Ohio wetland sites: one composed of mostly stagnant water and one characterized by water regularly flowing through it. The study showed that the stagnant wetland had an average carbon storage rate per year that is almost twice as high as the carbon storage rate of the flow-through wetland. In addition, the scientists came up with measures of carbon storage in the stagnant wetland that exceed carbon measurements recorded in recent years in various types of wetlands, suggesting to the researchers that temperate freshwater wetlands may have a significant role in worldwide strategies to offset greenhouse gas emissions. All types of wetlands deserve more credit than they receive as carbon sequestering systems in global carbon budgets, the researchers say. However, they also say that boreal peatlands wetlands containing deep layers of organic matter in subarctic regions should not be the only wetlands favored in policy considerations. “These numbers are a lot higher than those often used to determine policy about wetlands. All of our numbers are, in general, considerably higher than average rates of carbon sequestration for boreal peatlands, but the boreal peatland numbers rule the roost in climate change,” said William Mitsch, senior author of the study and an environment and natural resources professor at Ohio State University. “Wetlands make up 6 to 8 percent of the landscape, but they hold much more than 6 to 8 percent of the world’s carbon. They are the forgotten carbon sink.” Mitsch completed the study with Blanca Bernal, a graduate student in Ohio State’s School of Environment and Natural Resources. The research appears online and is scheduled for future print publication in the journal Global Change Biology. Mitsch and Bernal collected soil core samples from a forested wetland in Gahanna, in central Ohio, and [...]
Read More >>Gahanna employees in line for 3 percent raises
Gahanna City Council is mulling over a proposed 3 percent salary increase for the city’s 51 full-time and 35 part-time nonunion employees. Sue Wadley, the city’s human resources director, presented a compensation plan to City Council at a Jan. 9 committee meeting. Council members were expected to discuss the salary increases during committee meetings Monday, Jan. 23, with a vote on the issue expected by Feb. 6. Wadley said the 3 percent increase would cost the city $105,492 in payroll and benefits. The employees include administrative staff, supervisors, directors and regular part-time employees who are not part of the city’s bargaining units. “Employees in these positions have not received salary increases since 2009 and many have assumed additional duties and responsibilities over the last few years due to attrition and layoffs,” Wadley said. “If the ordinance is not approved, 2012 would be the third year with no increase.” She said the city of Gahanna has one of the lowest employee-to-resident ratios in Central Ohio, at 1-to-250. “One of Gahanna’s strategic goals in human resources is to maintain external equality, ensuring we are paying a competitive market rate,” Wadley said. “This goal lessens the cost of turnover and is vital to recruiting and retaining quality, professional employees, who directly impact the quality of services delivered to the citizens. “Another strategic goal is to maintain internal equity among the employees, including the bargaining units,” she said. She said the city conducted salary studies in 2005 and 2008 that indicated Gahanna salaries were 2 percent to 3 percent below the market rate that similar and surrounding municipalities were paying for similar positions. “Not giving our employees this proposed increase would intensify that gap,” she said. Wadley said Gahanna does not pay its employees’ portion of retirement contributions, which some cities have begun to [...]
Read More >>Vice Pres. Biden Discusses College Costs During Gahanna Visit
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Read More >>Temperate Freshwater Wetlands Are ‘Forgotten’ Carbon Sinks
Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study comparing the carbon-holding power of freshwater wetlands has produced measurements suggesting that wetlands in temperate regions are more valuable as carbon sinks than current policies imply, according to researchers. The study compared several wetlands at two Ohio wetland sites: one composed of mostly stagnant water and one characterized by water regularly flowing through it. The study showed that the stagnant wetland had an average carbon storage rate per year that is almost twice as high as the carbon storage rate of the flow-through wetland. In addition, the scientists came up with measures of carbon storage in the stagnant wetland that exceed carbon measurements recorded in recent years in various types of wetlands, suggesting to the researchers that temperate freshwater wetlands may have a significant role in worldwide strategies to offset greenhouse gas emissions. All types of wetlands deserve more credit than they receive as carbon sequestering systems in global carbon budgets, the researchers say. However, they also say that boreal peatlands – wetlands containing deep layers of organic matter in subarctic regions – should not be the only wetlands favored in policy considerations. “These numbers are a lot higher than those often used to determine policy about wetlands. All of our numbers are, in general, considerably higher than average rates of carbon sequestration for boreal peatlands, but the boreal peatland numbers rule the roost in climate change,” said William Mitsch, senior author of the study and an environment and natural resources professor at Ohio State University. “Wetlands make up 6 to 8 percent of the landscape, but they hold much more than 6 to 8 percent of the world’s carbon. They are the forgotten carbon sink.” Mitsch completed the study with Blanca Bernal, a graduate student in Ohio State’s School of Environment [...]
Read More >>Scientist: Temperate freshwater wetlands are ‘forgotten’ carbon sinks
The study compared several wetlands at two Ohio wetland sites: one composed of mostly stagnant water and one characterized by water regularly flowing through it. The study showed that the stagnant wetland had an average carbon storage rate per year that is almost twice as high as the carbon storage rate of the flow-through wetland. In addition, the scientists came up with measures of carbon storage in the stagnant wetland that exceed carbon measurements recorded in recent years in various types of wetlands, suggesting to the researchers that temperate freshwater wetlands may have a significant role in worldwide strategies to offset greenhouse gas emissions. All types of wetlands deserve more credit than they receive as carbon sequestering systems in global carbon budgets, the researchers say. However, they also say that boreal peatlands wetlands containing deep layers of organic matter in subarctic regions should not be the only wetlands favored in policy considerations. “These numbers are a lot higher than those often used to determine policy about wetlands. All of our numbers are, in general, considerably higher than average rates of carbon sequestration for boreal peatlands, but the boreal peatland numbers rule the roost in climate change,” said William Mitsch, senior author of the study and an environment and natural resources professor at Ohio State University. “Wetlands make up 6 to 8 percent of the landscape, but they hold much more than 6 to 8 percent of the world’s carbon. They are the forgotten carbon sink.” Mitsch completed the study with Blanca Bernal, a graduate student in Ohio State’s School of Environment and Natural Resources. The research appears online and is scheduled for future print publication in the journal Global Change Biology. Mitsch and Bernal collected soil core samples from a forested wetland in Gahanna, in central Ohio, and [...]
Read More >>‘Rowdy Readers’ group shares more than just books
By Marla K. Kuhlman ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 11:16 AM Gahanna’s Rowdy Readers book group has discussed more than 360 books over the past 30 years. Members have shared more than just literature, though. “Together we’ve gone through the births of children, the deaths of children and our parents,” said Grace Thiel, an original member of the club. “We’ve gone through a lot together.” “That has been as important as the books,” 20-year member Mary Kin agreed. The group has met on the third Wednesday of the month for the past three decades. The book club officially launched, thanks to the late Jean Criswell, former director of the Gahanna library branch who served as the original moderator. The first meeting was held in 1982, and the inaugural book discussion was based on “Tisha,” by Anne Hobbs. “The library used to be where the senior center is now located,” said Nancy Nungesser, who formerly worked at the library and succeeded Criswell as moderator. “It was a tiny building, and the meetings were in the manager’s office. There were bookshelves to divide the spaces, and they would start talking and laughing. They were told they were being loud every once in a while. I’d have to tell the ladies they were being too rowdy.” The scolding gave the club of about 10 women its name. When it started, the group comprised several Gahanna housewives who had children in school, Nungesser said. “A lot of them had known each other from being in the same church groups,” she said. “At least five current members have been there from the start. They have this history that really goes back. They’re like herding cats because they want to talk about their kids and grandkids.” The current club members range in age from [...]
Read More >>Ten years later, band of local teachers still ready to rock
You could be Addicted to Love, a Daytripper or even Hard to Handle and still rock on with “the finest teacher band in all the land.” The Lords of Literature rocked the house Jan. 14 at Rick’s Coaches in Gahanna to celebrate the band’s 10th year, presenting “professional sound, big fun and no homework,” said Lincoln High School English teacher and band member Joe Mischler. Outside of class, Mischler jams on rhythm guitar with fellow Lincoln High School English teacher Mark Miller on drums, math teacher Mary Vonck on keyboards and vocals, and and Assistant Principal Art Prince on lead guitar. High Point Elementary School music teacher Brian Behary rounds out the band on bass and vocals, with Damon Mollenkopf, who teaches social studies at Westerville North High School, as lead singer. The band played at the Creekside Jazz and Blues Festival in June; at Cocktails at the Conservatory at Franklin Park Conservatory in August; and at Gahanna’s Creepside Halloween festival in October. Mischler said the band performs frequent happy-hour shows at Rick’s Coaches, including an occasional Saturday night gig. “Given all of our family, teaching and coaching responsibilities, we keep the performance schedule pretty light during the school year,” Mischler said. “But in the summertime, we love to get out to as many events and festivals as possible and spread the gospel of the Lords.” Mischler said getting up on stage and performing “used to terrify me.” “It’s now an absolute blast,” he said. “The band has been a fun, rewarding project over the past 10 years. After several personnel changes, we now have a stable lineup of six musicians capable of putting on a really good show.” Mischler said he began teaching at Lincoln High School in the mid 1990s and “soon learned that the bookish chap who [...]
Read More >>Thieves Target Gahanna Drive-Through
Gahanna police were looking for a thief Wednesday after nearly $7,000 in cigarettes was taken from a carry-out. Police said that the thief cut a 2-foot-by-2-foot hole in the garage of the Alpine Drive Thru on Granville Street, 10TV News reported. Investigators said that the thief used that hole to remove the cigarettes and possibly beer and lottery tickets. The business did not have surveillance cameras and police said there were no witnesses. Anyone with information is asked to call the Gahanna police at 614-342-4240. Watch 10TV News and refresh 10TV.com for more information. Article source: http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2012/01/25/Gahanna-Cigarette-Theft-Granville-Street_.html
Read More >>Grandview council supports Olentangy watershed growth plan
By Alan Froman ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 12:39 PM Grandview Heights City Council approved a resolution Jan. 17 supporting the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission’s Olentangy Watershed Balanced Growth Plan. David Rutter, watershed coordinator for MORPC, presented an overview of the plan during the recreation, services and public facilities committee meeting held prior to the council session. Grandview is one of 27 participating jurisdictions in the watershed area, which spans Franklin, Delaware, Morrow and Marion counties, Rutter said. The plan was developed through a watershed planning partnership comprised of the jurisdictions, he said. It has gone through an extensive public review process and MORPC is now seeking resolutions of support from each of the participating jurisdictions, Rutter said. A total of 75 percent of the jurisdictions, representing 75 percent of the watershed area’s population and 75 percent of the total acreage within the watershed, must support the plan in order for it to be presented for state endorsement, he said. The high threshold of support needed for the plan helps ensure “that one community cannot dominate another area,” Rutter said. Thirteen communities had passed resolutions of support as of Jan. 17, and three were set to vote that night, he said. The remaining communities will be voting on whether to support the plan next month, Rutter said. Most of Grandview is included as a priority development area in the watershed. The plan shows priority conservation areas, priority development areas and priority agricultural areas throughout the Olentangy watershed, Rutter said. In the designated development areas “we wanted to encourage development where investments have already been made,” he said. “I believe the map should match up well with the planning and zoning you have in Grandview.” The administration supports the plan’s recommendations, said Patrik Bowman, the city’s director of administration/economic [...]
Read More >>Planning commission backs retail bakery concept
By Alan Froman ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 12:43 PM The Grandview Heights Planning Commission Jan. 18 gave its approval to a concept to construct a retail bakery business on the greenspace that now exists between the Deyo-Davis Funeral Home on West First Avenue and the Grandview Heights City School District property at Fairview Avenue. Applicant Jeffrey Davis, director of the funeral home, said his wife’s “cottage industry” of preparing baked goods has outgrown their home kitchen. The plan for the bakery would be for the back half of the building to house the kitchen facilities and the front half to contain the display counter and a small seating area for customers, Davis said. Other family members, including a niece and the Davises’ son, would also likely participate in operating the bakery, he said. Tim Hawk, an architect with WSA Studio, said the design of the bakery building would have aesthetic characteristics similar to the funeral home building. Planning commission president Dorothy Pritchard praised the bakery idea, but said she would like to see the final plan include an outdoor patio seating area. The applicant will bring a more detailed major site plan preview to the commission at a later date for its approval. Vice president Robert Wandel recused himself from the discussion and vote on the matter because he has a contractual relationship with the architect. The commission also reacted favorably during an informal discussion regarding a future conditional use application to allow Rogue Fitness to locate in the back portion of the Style-Line building at 901 W. Third Ave. Lori Propheter appeared before the commission on behalf of her husband and Style-Line owner, who was unable to attend the meeting after undergoing surgery. Rogue Fitness is a Gahanna-based gym that provides its members with a fitness [...]
Read More >>Superintendent to leave Gahanna-Jefferson schools
By Collin Binkley The Columbus Dispatch Tuesday January 24, 2012 11:48 AM The superintendent of the Gahanna-Jefferson school district announced today that he will resign at the end of the school year, cutting short his contract by a year. Mark E. White announced his resignation effective July 31. After a nearly 30-year career in education, he plans to pursue “new professional challenges,” White said in a statement this morning. “Also, I must find more time to spend with my family in Texas,” he added. According to a district release, he has not accepted a job elsewhere. The Texas native was named superintendent in 2010, following roles as assistant superintendent and principal of Lincoln High School, the job he first took in the district in 2001. The three-year contract that he signed in September 2009 includes an annual salary of about $150,000. As superintendent, White led the district to an improved ranking by the Ohio Department of Education, from an A to an A-plus. He also oversaw the development of Clark Hall, an annex to the high school where teachers focus on using innovative teaching methods. Members of the district’s school board will seek input from the community on choosing a replacement, district spokesman Michael Straughter said. cbinkley@dispatch.com Article source: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/01/24/gahanna-superintendent.html
Read More >>Gahanna, other cities consider sharing fleet maintenance
By Marla K. Kuhlman ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 11:14 AM Gahanna City Council is considering a fleet-maintenance sharing agreement with Columbus and seven central Ohio suburbs. City services director Dottie Franey said Gahanna has been involved in a regional partnership initiative with many central Ohio communities since 2011, and a fleet subcommittee was formed as a result of that relationship. “The fleet managers group meets quarterly to compare parts contracts,” she said. “We’ve modified our code so we can purchase parts from other communities.” In addition to Gahanna, the communities involved in the subcommittee are Columbus, Dublin, Grandview Heights, Hilliard, Upper Arlington, Worthington, New Albany and Westerville. Cities’ fleet vehicles typically include trucks, plows, cruisers and other service vehicles. Franey said municipalities in the group had interest in hiring one of the other municipalities to perform their fleet-maintenance services while other municipalities were interested in taking on work. “If anything, we’d offer the services,” Franey told ThisWeek. “Gahanna does not foresee needing to purchase any fleet-maintenance services from any of these municipalities; however, we are completely open to providing services to any of them.” She said Gahanna has performed maintenance for townships for decades. “We do some maintenance for Jefferson Township, and we do Minerva Park police cruisers,” she said. She said the main benefit of the fleet subcommittee would be the sharing of information. “I think it will provide more positive sharing of information to compare what they’re paying for products and services to see who’s getting the best deal,” Franey said. “I think that’s one of the best opportunities.” In discussing their respective fleet operations, including maintenance and repairs, the member cities have agreed in principle that using the maintenance and repair services of a member city could result in efficiencies and/or cost savings. “Each [...]
Read More >>Gahanna to host walk to help Ohio veterans
By Marla K. Kuhlman ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 11:15 AM A 1-mile walk could help veterans with the transition to a different lifestyle. Daniel Hutchison, representing Ohio Combat Veterans, said the inaugural 1-mile “Walk with a Hero” has been scheduled tentatively for 10 am. Saturday, March 3, at Creekside, with proceeds earmarked to help returning veterans transition back to civilian life. The goal of the first walk is to raise $20,000, and $6,740 had been raised, as of ThisWeek’s press time Jan. 24. Individuals or teams may join by registering online at walkwithahero.org. Walkers will have the opportunity to walk side by side with service men and women at the Creekside fundraiser. “One team, one fight” are words veterans live by when they are overseas, and the same motto applies with care for returning vets, Hutchison said. By participating in the walk or making a donation, the public would help to accomplish OCV’s overall mission to show veterans they have support after they return home. Hutchison served in Iraq from 2006 to 2007 as an Army medic with the Ohio National Guard. “As a combat veteran myself, I am passionate about helping my brothers and sisters when they return home from combat,” he said. OCV, founded in May 2011, assists returning veterans in applying for benefits, finding jobs and providing a healthy social outlet. Gahanna was chosen as the host for Walk with a Hero because the organization has been working with the Gahanna Division of Police since last year, Hutchinson said. “We partnered to do training with law enforcement in how to respond to a veteran with post-traumatic-stress disorder,” he said. “We’ve had so much support from Gahanna that we want to call Gahanna home. I wanted it to be where we intend to move.” Gahanna [...]
Read More >>White leaving for ‘new challenges’
By Marla K. Kuhlman ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 11:17 AM After 11 years with the Gahanna-Jefferson Public School District, Superintendent Mark White announced Jan. 24 that he would resign effective July 31 to pursue new career opportunities. White met with central-office staff and building administrators Tuesday morning (Jan. 24) to tell them about his decision, noting that he looks forward to other professional challenges and wants to spend more time with his family in Texas. He told ThisWeek it’s odd for a superintendent to step away from a district as fine as Gahanna-Jefferson.“I’ve never been one to always do what others do,” he said. “What I’m doing is stepping in another direction. I don’t know what I want to do. I would like to pursue new challenges. I’ve been here 11 wonderful years, and there comes a time in every career where you need new horizons.” White said the timing is good because the district isn’t negotiating a teachers contract and has no proposed ballot issue.“I’m announcing now so the board has time to find a new superintendent,” he said. “I expect us to attract quality candidates from our reputation. This has been a tough decision.” White said he would consider all kinds of professional options in the future. “I want to take some time off to decide what I want to do with my career,” he said. “I love Ohio. I love the people of Ohio. I’m open to all situations right now. I plan to stay here, but we’ll see what happens.” White has spent 29 years in education, including 16 as an administrator.He’s in the second year of a three-year contract, with an annual salary of $149,450 plus benefits. White began serving the Gahanna community in 2001 as principal of Gahanna Lincoln High School. [...]
Read More >>Gahanna, other cities consider sharing fleet maintenance
By Marla K. Kuhlman ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 11:14 AM Gahanna City Council is considering a fleet-maintenance sharing agreement with Columbus and seven central Ohio suburbs. City services director Dottie Franey said Gahanna has been involved in a regional partnership initiative with many central Ohio communities since 2011, and a fleet subcommittee was formed as a result of that relationship. “The fleet managers group meets quarterly to compare parts contracts,” she said. “We’ve modified our code so we can purchase parts from other communities.” In addition to Gahanna, the communities involved in the subcommittee are Columbus, Dublin, Grandview Heights, Hilliard, Upper Arlington, Worthington, New Albany and Westerville. Cities’ fleet vehicles typically include trucks, plows, cruisers and other service vehicles. Franey said municipalities in the group had interest in hiring one of the other municipalities to perform their fleet-maintenance services while other municipalities were interested in taking on work. “If anything, we’d offer the services,” Franey told ThisWeek. “Gahanna does not foresee needing to purchase any fleet-maintenance services from any of these municipalities; however, we are completely open to providing services to any of them.” She said Gahanna has performed maintenance for townships for decades. “We do some maintenance for Jefferson Township, and we do Minerva Park police cruisers,” she said. She said the main benefit of the fleet subcommittee would be the sharing of information. “I think it will provide more positive sharing of information to compare what they’re paying for products and services to see who’s getting the best deal,” Franey said. “I think that’s one of the best opportunities.” In discussing their respective fleet operations, including maintenance and repairs, the member cities have agreed in principle that using the maintenance and repair services of a member city could result in efficiencies and/or cost savings. “Each [...]
Read More >>Gahanna to host walk to help Ohio veterans
By Marla K. Kuhlman ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 11:15 AM A 1-mile walk could help veterans with the transition to a different lifestyle. Daniel Hutchison, representing Ohio Combat Veterans, said the inaugural 1-mile “Walk with a Hero” has been scheduled tentatively for 10 am. Saturday, March 3, at Creekside, with proceeds earmarked to help returning veterans transition back to civilian life. The goal of the first walk is to raise $20,000, and $6,740 had been raised, as of ThisWeek’s press time Jan. 24. Individuals or teams may join by registering online at walkwithahero.org. Walkers will have the opportunity to walk side by side with service men and women at the Creekside fundraiser. “One team, one fight” are words veterans live by when they are overseas, and the same motto applies with care for returning vets, Hutchison said. By participating in the walk or making a donation, the public would help to accomplish OCV’s overall mission to show veterans they have support after they return home. Hutchison served in Iraq from 2006 to 2007 as an Army medic with the Ohio National Guard. “As a combat veteran myself, I am passionate about helping my brothers and sisters when they return home from combat,” he said. OCV, founded in May 2011, assists returning veterans in applying for benefits, finding jobs and providing a healthy social outlet. Gahanna was chosen as the host for Walk with a Hero because the organization has been working with the Gahanna Division of Police since last year, Hutchinson said. “We partnered to do training with law enforcement in how to respond to a veteran with post-traumatic-stress disorder,” he said. “We’ve had so much support from Gahanna that we want to call Gahanna home. I wanted it to be where we intend to move.” Gahanna [...]
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