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Contested Suffolk police-van contract goes to NC firm – The Virginian
SUFFOLK After reopening bidding in response to a court challenge, the city Wednesday awarded a contract for a police vehicle costing nearly $600,000 to the North Carolina company that filed the lawsuit. Matthews Specialty Vehicles of Greensboro submitted a winning bid of $589,998 to build a police mobile command vehicle. Matthews had challenged the original contract award to Farber Specialty Vehicles of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, contending that the city did not abide by its rules and state law in awarding the contract in September. Farber had submitted an initial bid of $589,000, nearly $65,000 less than Matthews’ original proposal. A third company’s bid also was rejected during the first round of bidding because the city said it did not contain all of the requested information. A Circuit Court judge last month delayed the purchase from Farber pending the outcome of the lawsuit. Matthews withdrew the lawsuit after the city agreed to reopen bidding. After a second round of bidding, Farber again was awarded the contract on Jan. 13, with a bid of $579,000. The city withdrew that award last week, however, saying Farber’s second bid contained “material misrepresentation” regarding its filing status with the Virginia Corporation Commission. Matthews’ bid was the only one remaining. An attorney representing Matthews said the company felt vindicated. “This is certainly the goal we have been attempting to reach for months now, through both the formal bid process and subsequent litigation,” said attorney Fred Taylor of Suffolk. “We were confident that Matthews’ bid was the most responsive to the city’s request.” Money for the purchase was provided by a $656,503 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The vehicle will serve as a mobile command center during emergencies. Jeff Sheler, 757-222-5563, jeff.sheler@pilotonline.com <!– –> Article source: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/contested-suffolk-policevan-contract-goes-nc-firm
Read More >>C-TEC students test skills at Zen Garden
NEWARK — Lydia Harrison always has been interested in becoming a licensed massage therapist, but she was struggling to find a program near her Reynoldsburg home. The recent Licking Heights High School graduate was thrilled when she stumbled upon a pamphlet for the new massage therapy program at the Career and Technical Education Centers of Licking County. Harrison started the program in August and expects to be finished in October. On Thursday, she had the opportunity to practice her skills at the soft opening of The Zen Garden, a new massage therapy clinic at C-TEC’s Adult Education Center. The Zen Garden officially will open to the public on Feb. 2 and will be open by appointment between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Thursdays. Visitors can receive three types of massages — a 50-minute relaxation massage, a 40-minute upper body massage and a 20-minute chair massage — while helping students practice their skills. “It allows them to build confidence, and it allows them to put into practice what they are learning,” said Lynda Duck, a licensed massage therapist who is the instructor for the program. C-TEC started the program this year because the need for licensed massage therapists is growing, said Erna Holland, heath care coordinator for C-TEC’s adult education program. Besides working at spas, massage therapists are in demand at hospitals, dentists offices and chiropractors, Holland said. C-TEC has been receiving calls from county residents asking for a massage therapy program, Duck said. “They wanted to get something in this area. There was nothing in Licking County,” she said. After completing more than 750 hours of classes, the seven students in the program will take their licensing exam from the state medical board. Part of their training occurs in the classroom where they study the muscles, circulatory system and nervous system. [...]
Read More >>Duck with zip-tied beak on the mend
By Kathy Lynn Gray The Columbus Dispatch Friday January 27, 2012 5:50 AM View Slideshow Eric Albrecht | Dispatch Lisa Fosco of the Ohio Wildlife Center watches over a duck whose beak was damaged by a zip tie. Gayl Weiser said she couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the emaciated mallard pacing in the parking lot of the Reynoldsburg Home Depot. A zip tie was clamped tightly around the duck’s orange beak and had become imbedded. “I could tell he was in bad shape,” said Weiser, 57, of Pickerington, who works at the store. “ He kind of looked at me like he wanted help.” It took four others to help her capture the duck and clip off the zip tie on Jan. 10. Then Weiser drove him to the Ohio Wildlife Center’s hospital for injured wildlife on Billingsley Road in Columbus. The duck is still recuperating at the Wildlife Center. He now weighs more than seven times what he did when he arrived, and his beak is healing nicely, according to staff members there. Dr. Donald L. Burton, the center’s founder and director, said there’s no way to know how long the zip tie was on the duck’s beak. But one thing is clear: Someone did it on purpose. “It’s the cruelty and persecution of wildlife, is what it is,” Burton said. “I am not able to rationalize that kind of attitude toward wildlife.” Neither is Weiser. “They said he was so close to death,” she said. “How could anybody do that?” Burton said the duck’s prognosis is good and it should be released when it gets warmer. Burton said that several times a year the center must care for wildlife that someone has injured on purpose. In recent years, the center has had a Cooper’s hawk whose [...]
Read More >>Helen Louise Smith, 89, Henderson
Helen Louise Smith of Henderson, TN was born on July 25, 1922 in Portsmouth, Ohio, the fifth of ten siblings born to William S. Davis and Mary Elizabeth Burton Davis. She was united in marriage to Elwood T. (Smitty) Smith. Mr. Smith preceded her in death on April 29, 1987. Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and loved her family very much. She was a devoted wife who cared for her husband during his illness and also provided home care to others as a sitter. She was often referred to as an “Angel” to families in their time of need. She enjoyed reading and the Bible was her favorite book. She was on the “Prayer Force” at Church Triumphant in Columbus, OH and had been a member of The Springs Pentecostal Church in Bethel Springs, TN since 2006 when she made her home in Tennessee. Mrs. Smith loved to crochet doilies and handkerchiefs and to nurture house plants. She was famous for her chocolate cake with mock whipped frosting, buckeyes, and sweetheart cookies (recipe cards available). She collected bells and coffee mugs, pictures of her grandchildren, and enjoyed traveling and especially loved to fly. Green was her favorite color and her family will be wearing green representing “Everlasting Life” (John 3:16). I guess you already know there are angels masquerading as people walking around on this planet and Helen Smith was one of them. Survivors of Mrs. Smith include two daughters, Barbara Young and husband Jeffrey of Bethel Springs, TN and Vickie Oliver and husband Mike of Groveport, OH; a son, Larry W. Smith and wife Diane of Portsmouth, OH; two sisters, Hazel Brigner and husband Paul of Sterling Heights, MI and Sue Sharp and husband Jim of Plant City, FL; 15 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild, and a host of [...]
Read More >>Police: Teen Allegedly Asked For Facebook Friends’ Nude Pictures
Police continued to investigate on Thursday reports that a 13-year-old boy requested nude pictures of several of his Reynoldsburg classmates. According to court documents, a mother found that one of her son’s Facebook friends asked her son to send pictures of his private parts, 10TV’s Tanisha Mallett reported. The mother said that the Facebook friend claimed to be a female and said that the person “friended” several boys in eighth to 10th grades in the Reynoldsburg area. Reynoldsburg police said that the request to send pictures was made to every boy who was “friended. Police worked the case thinking the person was an adult, but investigators found that it was a 13-year-old by behind the requests, Mallett reported. Detectives said that they were confident the boy acted alone, but an investigation is still ongoing. Police said parents should always be aware of who their children are connected with on social media sites. Watch 10TV News and refresh 10TV.com for more information. Article source: http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2012/01/26/reynoldsburg-teen-allegedly-asked-for-facebook-friends-nude-pictures.html
Read More >>Ohio struggles to enforce anti-dropout law
An anti-dropout law that President Barack Obama would like every state to have has been difficult to enforce in Ohio, where 23,000 teens dropped out during the last school year. In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, the president challenged state governments to require students to stay in school until they graduate or turn 18. Ohio is among 20 states that already have that requirement, but getting students to school when they don’t want to be there can be a struggle, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Only a small number of last year’s dropouts took advantage of an Ohio provision that lets them “officially” leave school if they’re at least 16, have a full-time job and have permission from a parent and the district. Most of the dropouts were out of school illegally and could face penalties, if they can be found. Mindy Farry, a school-court liaison with the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio, told the newspaper that finding dropouts can be difficult. “It’s hard to know where to start looking for them,” said Farry, who helps school districts reach out to students with attendance problems. Farry received referrals last year for 400 students with at least five unexcused absences, and five percent of those turned out to be truancy cases that were referred to Juvenile Court. Judges can place students on probation, remove them from their homes or suspend their driver’s licenses or permits. Educators are trying a variety of ways to keep kids in school. Some have hired truancy officers to work with teens at risk of dropping out, and alternative programs have been created to help struggling students. Some also have created charter schools aimed at high-school dropouts. “We know there is an economic consequence when a student drops out and doesn’t get a high-school [...]
Read More >>Lenoir-Rhyne Men’s Basketball Downs Tusculum, 51-47
January 25, 2012 Senior guard Kevin Davis leads L-R with a double-double on the night Lenoir-Rhyne senior guard Kevin Davis tallied a double-double, 17 points and 12 rebounds, to lead the Bears to a 51-47 win over Tusculum Wednesday in a conference contest at Shuford Memorial Gymnasium. Box Score Hickory, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne Men’s Basketball Team (9-9, 5-4) bounced back with a 51-47 victory over Tusculum (7-10, 4-5) Wednesday night at Shuford Memorial Gymnasium in a South Atlantic Conference game. Lenoir-Rhyne senior guard Kevin Davis (Charlotte, N.C.) led the way for the Bears with a double-double – a game-high 17 points and 12 rebounds – including 11 points before intermission in the win. L-R junior forward B.J. Beasley (Charlotte, N.C.) finished with 12 points and sophomore guard Hunter McClintock (Durham, N.C.) scored 10 points and hit three treys as the Bears held the Pioneers to a season low in points. Tusculum’s Tommy Klempin (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) scored a team-high 16 points and Nicholas Spinks (Greensboro, N.C.) also scored in double figures with 11 points for the Pioneers in the losing effort. Lenoir-Rhyne’s defense helped the Bears build a 42-30 advantage with 6:08 left in the second half when Beasley connected on a lay-up but Tusculum closed the gap with an 11-2 run to cut the margin to 44-41 with just over a minute-and-a-half left. However, the Bears hit five free throws in the final 39 seconds to hold on for the win. Lenoir-Rhyne also limited Tusculum to just 11 percent (one-out-of-nine) from behind the three-point line and forced 13 Pioneer turnovers in the victory. L-R next travels to Mars Hill, N.C., to face Mars Hill on Saturday in a South Atlantic Conference game beginning at 4:00 p.m. Tusculum plays at conference-foe Newberry Saturday at 4:00 p.m., as well. Article source: [...]
Read More >>Senior Centers Face Financial Trouble
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Read More >>Reynoldsburg ex-superintendent to become Kasich’s education czar
Staff Sgt. Brian Nagy of Columbus got a real military discount: a free car. Nagy, 33, won a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze, the grand prize in Chevrolet’s national Red, White and Cruze sweepstakes. The contest received more than 48,000 entries from active-duty military members and reservists. Nagy, his wife, Meghan, and two sons picked up the prize last week at Dave Gill Chevrolet. Their black Cruze LTZ is valued at $26,990. An Iraq veteran, Nagy is an information technology specialist with the federal government and a member of the Ohio Army National Guard’s 371st Sustainment Brigade. “I didn’t expect to win, so when I got the call, I was pretty excited,” Nagy said in a press release from GM. He said he’ll be taking the car with him when he heads to Ft. Gordon in Georgia for three months of training. “I offered to leave the car home, but my wife said, ‘You won it, you should drive it.’ “ Article source: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/01/26/ex-superintendent-to-work-for-kasich.html
Read More >>In Ohio, dropout law hard to enforce
By Charlie Boss The Columbus Dispatch Thursday January 26, 2012 5:50 AM During Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama urged states to require students to stay in school until they graduate or turn 18 — a law already in effect in Ohio and 19 other states. Still, at least 23,000 Ohio teens dropped out in the 2010-11 school year. And only a small number of those kids took advantage of an Ohio provision that lets them “ officially” leave school if they’re at least 16, have a full-time job and have permission from a parent and the district. Most of those 23,000 were out of school illegally and could face penalties — if they could be tracked down. Local educators are trying a variety of ways to keep kids in school: They have hired truancy officers to work with teens at risk of dropping out. They have created alternative programs to help struggling students earn credits or serve those that don’t thrive in a traditional high-school setting. They have created charter schools aimed at high-school dropouts. “We know there is an economic consequence when a student drops out and doesn’t get a high-school diploma,” Reynoldsburg Superintendent Steve Dackin said. “We’ve got to do everything we can do to make sure kids stay in school.” The district redesigned its high school into career-based academies to help students think about their futures and identify their interests. Reynoldsburg also runs Everest Academy, a charter school that serves students at risk of dropping out. Getting students to school who don’t want to be there can be a struggle. Several school districts work with courts or agencies to help track down students in danger of becoming truant — meaning they’ve missed more than 15 unexcused days — or those that have just [...]
Read More >>Carpenters union pickets outside school offices
By David S. Owen ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 11:18 PM Protesters representing Local 200 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America have been picketing outside the Reynoldsburg City School District’s administrative offices on East Main Street. Passing out flyers and waving banners, the group is protesting against the district’s use of the Builtrite Interior Construction Co., currently working at the high school on East Livingston Avenue. The picketers claim the company employs non-union workers, does not meet area labor standards for craft workers, and does not fully pay for family health and pension benefits. The flyers ask residents to “call Reynoldsburg school Superintendent Steve Dackin to tell him to do all he can to change this situation and see that area labor standards are met for construction work on projects they are involved with.” District business manager Ron Strussion said the Reynoldsburg district is not required to hire union labor. He also said the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission regulates what schools can and cannot do in these situations when hiring contractors for work on buildings. “We bid it the way we were supposed to bid it, with the lowest bidder, and the cheapest ones aren’t union labor,” Strussion said. “All I know is they’re protesting because they’re (Builtrite Interior Construction) not union carpenters É I think they wanted them to join the union and they can’t get them to join,” he said. Strussion said as long as the protestors are on public property, no one can do anything to remove them. After repeated attempts, no calls were returned from anyone at Carpenters Local 200. Jim Norwood, co-owner of Builtrite Interior Construction, said his company is a non-union merit shop that does meet area labor standards. “We’ve got non-prevailing wage work guys from $15 up [...]
Read More >>Logan’s Roadhouse joining Sawmill Road restaurant mix
A new Logan’s Roadhouse is scheduled to open at 7100 Sawmill Road in Dublin on Jan. 30. Dan Eaton Staff reporter – Business First Email The sounds of sizzling steaks and crunching peanut shells are coming to the Dublin area. Nashville-based Logan’s Roadhouse Inc. Logan’s Roadhouse Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Local restaurants cooking up growth; retail strugglesFormer Rod’s Hallmark stores close; restaurants head to Kansas City, Kan.Stream Realty firms up tenant base despite market downturn Follow this company plans to open its third Central Ohio restaurant Jan. 30 at 7100 Sawmill Road. The new build is situated northeast of the Sawmill and Interstate 270 interchange between an Olive Garden Olive Garden Latest from The Business Journals Olive Garden opens first Alaska locationAnalysts think Bob Evans, Bravo Brio attractive acquisition targetsLongHorn Steakhouse comes to Central Texas Follow this company and a new IHOP IHOP Latest from The Business Journals Bay area’s swelling private equity coffers create a ‘culture of success’IHOP jumping into Columbus after circling city with initial restaurantsIn-N-Out buys land for Lake Worth site, plans construction Follow this company that’s under construction. The 6,500-square-foot restaurant will seat 237 and offer customers mesquite-grilled steaks, cold beers and bottomless buckets of peanuts, the shells of which customers are encouraged to toss to the floor. Bring money for the jukebox too. Logan’s Roadhouse has 180 company-owned and 26 franchised restaurants, with seven in Ohio, including one at Easton and one in Reynoldsburg. Parent company LRI Holdings Inc. reported a 1.7 percent decrease in comparable restaurant sales in its first quarter that ended Oct. 30. The company opened seven new restaurants in that period. Dan Eaton covers retail, restaurants, manufacturing, automotive and the advertising/PR industry for Business First. See all your followed company news on your personalized dashboard. To [...]
Read More >>Mesler, Grove City showing improvement
By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 9:59 AM At 6-foot-5, Kristen Mesler provides a strong presence inside for the Grove City High School girls basketball team. However, both Mesler and coach Dale Corbett believe the junior center has room to grow as a player. “I have been told that I’m not aggressive enough; I’m too nice on the court,” said Mesler, who was averaging 6.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.8 blocks through 15 games. “You can always be more aggressive.” Mesler, who began playing basketball competitively in the fourth grade, played junior varsity as a freshman before splitting time between varsity and j.v. last season. She has been in the starting lineup this year and has made improvements to her game as the season has progressed — much like her team, which was 4-11 overall and 1-8 in the OCC-Ohio Division before playing Groveport on Jan. 24. “She’s really a late maturing player in basketball,” Corbett said of Mesler. “The first time she really got serious about basketball was last year. Before that, it was something to do — you’re 6-foot tall, so maybe you ought to play. “But she really started putting some time in last year and she is 100 percent better than what she was a year ago. Her ceiling is really high as far as getting better and she’s just scratching the surface.” Mesler had 16 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks in a 64-62 win over Groveport on Dec. 9. She had 16 points, 16 rebounds and six blocks in a 62-48 win over Licking Heights on Dec. 22. Mesler works on her game when she isn’t studying or playing trumpet in the school band. She first joined a school band in sixth grade. “The band at Grove City is obviously [...]
Read More >>Pickerington North moving on without Bassett-Smiths
By DAVE PURPURA ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 10:27 AM Upon being introduced before every game, one of the first people members of the Pickerington High School North girls basketball team see is Ashley Bassett-Smith. The 6-foot-3 senior forward stands directly in front of the bench, slapping hands with the Panthers’ starters as they take the floor and encouraging them as part of a pregame ritual. But once the game starts, Bassett-Smith and her younger sister, Morgan, are relegated to watching, cheering and consulting from the bench. “It’s never easy to watch your teammates go out and know you can be contributing, but I’m more than happy to coach during the games and help them get better,” said Morgan, a 6-1 sophomore forward. The Bassett-Smith sisters, who transferred to North from Olentangy Orange last September, are ineligible to play for the Panthers this season. Their final opportunity to compete this season was quashed last week when a Franklin County court upheld the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s initial ruling that the Bassett-Smiths’ move from the Olentangy Local School District to Pickerington was made for athletic reasons, which in OHSAA bylaws means the athlete in question must sit out one year of competition. Morgan will regain eligibility next season. But Ashley, who signed to play for the University of Tennessee-Martin in November, will finish her high school career as a member of the scout team, voice of support and a coach of sorts. “If the coaches can’t really get through to the players maybe because the player is caught up in the moment, I get asked as a senior to talk to the post (players) and calm them down and tell them what they can do, little things to make themselves better,” said Ashley, who was voted a captain [...]
Read More >>Suffolk awards $590K contract for police van to challenger – The Virginian
SUFFOLK After reopening bidding in response to a court challenge, the city today awarded a contract for a police vehicle costing nearly $600,000 to a North Carolina firm that filed the lawsuit. The city announced that Matthews Specialty Vehicles of Greensboro, N.C., submitted a winning bid of $589,998 to build a police mobile command vehicle. Matthews had challenged an earlier contract award to Farber Specialty Vehicles of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, charging that the city did not abide by its own rules and state law in awarding the contract in September. Farber had submitted a winning bid of $589,000, nearly $65,000 less than Matthews’ original proposal. A third company’s bid also was rejected because the city said it did not contain all requested information. A Circuit Court judge last month ordered the city to delay the purchase from Farber pending the outcome of the lawsuit. Matthews withdrew the lawsuit after the city agreed to reopen bidding. After a second round of bidding, Farber again was awarded the contract on Jan. 13, with a bid of $579,000. The city withdrew that award last week, saying Farber’s second bid contained “material misrepresentation” regarding its filing status with the Virginia Corporation Commission. Matthews’ bid was the only one remaining. An attorney representing Matthews said the company felt vindicated by the award. “This is certainly the goal we have been attempting to reach for months now, through both the formal bid process and subsequent litigation,” Suffolk lawyer Fred Taylor said. “We were confident that Matthews’ bid was the most responsive to the City’s request.” Money for the purchase was provided by a $656,503 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The vehicle would serve as a mobile command center during emergencies. <!– –> Article source: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/suffolk-awards-590k-contract-police-van-challenger
Read More >>Inspired Newark rallies to beat Reynoldsburg in boys basketball action
NEWARK — To say Newark coach Jeff Quackenbush motivated his team at halftime might be putting it lightly. “It was a huge speech,” Christian Keller said. “He really ripped us,” Daniel Logan added. Trailing visiting Reynoldsburg 25-16 after shooting just 23 percent during the first two quarters, the Wildcats blitzed the Raiders 14-3 in the final five minutes for a stunning 48-41 Ohio Capital Conference-Ohio Division win Tuesday in Jimmy Allen Gymnasium. Newark outscored the Raiders 32-16 in the final two quarters. It looked like the Wildcats (12-3, 7-2), winners of four straight and five of six, might fall again to the physical, athletic Raiders, who won 52-38 on their home floor earlier this season. But the Wildcats used a big third-quarter performance by Keller, stifling half-court defense and clutch long passes — again by football quarterback Grant Russell — to stay in title contention. Reynoldsburg (8-6, 5-4) still led 38-34 with 5:06 left when things turned. Freshman Jordan Dartis scored off a drive, fed Logan for a layup, then stole the ball and scored on a breakaway as Newark took a 40-38 lead — its first since early in the game. With the game tied at 40, the Wildcats took control. Russell hit Keller with a long pass against the press for a tough basket. After forcing a turnover, Dartis pushed the ball ahead to brother Jalen for another layup and 44-40 lead. Yet another Reynoldsburg turnover — it had 21 for the game — led to Russell throwing another full-court pass to Jordan Dartis, whose off-balance jumper went in and he completed the three-point play for a 47-40 lead with just 24 seconds left. “Those were great passes, but how about those finishes?” Quackenbush said. “(Quackenbush) calls out our name, we take off, and being a quarterback, Grant [...]
Read More >>Woman distracts manager, allowing someone else to take items
Reynoldsburg police said they responded to a theft report at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at a business in the 2000 block of Taylor Square. Police said the manager reported a woman entered the store and began putting items into a shopping bag. Another woman soon entered and began asking questions about some items at the back of the store. As the manager assisted the second woman, the first ran out of the store with items valued at nearly $500. The suspect fled in a dark green Chevrolet, reports stated. Police responded to a theft at 5:38 p.m. Jan. 21 at a business in the 2000 block of Taylor Square after a loss prevention officer stopped two suspects. The loss prevention officer told police a man and a woman had been in the store for some time, selecting several items, including a stereo system. The pair proceeded to the store’s self-scan check-out area and scanned several items but left several others in the cart. The woman pushed the cart past all points of sale then was stopped by the loss prevention officer. Both individuals were transported to the police department, where the woman was charged with theft. Police discovered the man had outstanding warrants and he was charged with complicity to theft and falsification. A warrant was issued for a man following a theft Jan. 19 at a business in the 1200 block of Brice Road. A man selected 12 video games then concealed them on his person. He went to the front of the store, passing all points of purchase as he left the store. As employees attempted to stop him, he dropped three of the video games and jumped into a waiting vehicle. Police said the suspect was identified as the person who had committed another theft on Oct. [...]
Read More >>City schools commission gets new leader
By Denise Dick denise_dick@vindy.com Youngstown The commission charged with developing a plan to move the city schools out of academic distress has a new leader for the second time in three months. Richard Ross, retired superintendent of Reynoldsburg Schools near Columbus, announced his resignation as commission chairman this week. Adrienne O’Neill, a commission member, will take his place. Stan Heffner, state superintendent of public instruction, had appointed Ross last November to lead the academic distress commission, the only one in the state. It was established in 2010 after the district failed to meet adequate yearly progress for four consecutive school years. Debra Mettee, superintendent of Springfield Schools, had led the commission since its 2010 establishment but resigned late last year. Ross couldn’t be reached Tuesday. “Superintendent Heffner has asked Dr. Adrienne O’Neill to replace Dr. Richard Ross as chair of the Youngstown Academic Distress Commission,” Patrick Gallaway, an Ohio Department of Education spokesman, said in an email. “Supt. Heffner will appoint a new commission member to ensure that he has three representatives on the commission as required by Ohio law.” At the same time Heffner appointed Ross, he also appointed O’Neill, president of Stark Education Partners, and Michael Garvey of M7 Technologies of Youngstown, to replace original commission members James Hall, retired South Range superintendent, and Sherri Lovelace-Cameron, a Youngstown State University chemistry professor. The change in leadership comes as the school district is awaiting an updated academic recovery plan. The plan, developed under the former commission, is to be updated annually. Heffner rejected the updated version from the previous commission, and the newly constituted commission is to develop a new one. Heffner, at a commission meeting in November, said he approved of the literacy component of the plan, although the new commission hasn’t formally approved that section. But Gallaway [...]
Read More >>Prep notebook: Another Carpenter starring in Ohio
The minute someone hears that his name is Carpenter and that he’s from central Ohio’s Lancaster, they think he’s a football standout. Lancaster Fairfield Christian Academy’s Steven Carpenter is upholding a sterling family tradition in athletics, only in a different sport. The 6-foot-4 sophomore point guard is the first cousin of former Lancaster football greats Bobby, Jonathan, George and Nathan Carpenter, all of whom earned Division I football scholarships. Bobby, the best known of the Carpenter brothers, played on Ohio State’s 2002 national championship team and now plays linebacker for the Detroit Lions. Their dad, Rob, is the long-time Lancaster football coach who spent 11 years as a running back in the NFL. Steven’s father Craig (Rob’s younger brother) earned a football scholarship and lettered at Northwestern. He is now the principal at Division IV Fairfield Christian Academy. Steven, who gave up football after his freshman season to focus on basketball, leads central Ohio in scoring at 25.2 points per game. He also averages 7.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists. 4.1 steals and 1.6 blocks. FCA coach Roger Hooper, who has coached for 30 seasons, has no doubt Carpenter will follow family tradition by earning a major-college athletic scholarship. “He looks like a senior out on the court from a maturity standpoint, and his skills just keep getting better and better,” Hooper said. “Our biggest concern is getting his name out there and getting the right people to take notice. We traveled a lot over the summer and got a lot of positive feedback. We all realize that the more our school and our team gets noticed, the better chance Steven has of getting noticed.” SHOWDOWN II: Rivals Reynoldsburg (15-0) and Pickerington North (14-1), rated No. 1 and 2 in the Division I Associated Press poll, will square off for the second [...]
Read More >>Inspired Newark rallies against Reynoldsburg
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 0–> “They really pressured us, in triangle and two and full court; they were physical, like most teams in our league, and it was hard to get into a rhythm,” he said. “With Ben (Barnhart) still out (with an ankle injury), it was hard to get it inside and we settled for jump shots.” Quackenbush got the Wildcats re-focused at halftime, and the focus was on defense. But first, Keller jump-started the offense with nine third-quarter points, including a 3-pointer, as Newark trailed 35-32 heading to the fourth. The Wildcats hit 59 percent from the floor the second half after going just five of 22 the first two quarters. “With me being a senior, I had to step up and make plays; we can’t rely on just Jordan because he’s only a freshman,” Keller said. “We came out with a head of steam in the third quarter, picked up our defense and played Newark basketball.” “We weren’t ourselves in the first half; I think we played scared,” Logan said. “In the second half, we got help side (defense), covered down and pressured them into turning it over. We know we can come from behind.” Newark prides itself on half-court, man-to-man defense, Quackenbush said. “We were able to pressure the ball, and we did a great job of moving away from the ball,” he said. “It was a great physical and mental effort. This time of year, in this division, there’s going to be a lot of games like this. They’re not real pretty to watch, but they’re fun to play and coach in.” Keller had 15 points, Dartis added 13 points with four assists and three steals, Logan also scored 13 with seven rebounds and Russell had four big assists for the Wildcats. Newark had five first-quarter [...]
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