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West Side Presbyterian Church has new associate family life pastor
The congregation of West Side Presbyterian Church of Ridgewood have hired Penny Hogan as new associate pastor for Family Life with Youth, Children and Parents. This ministry is dedicated to sustaining and expanding West Side’s traditionally strong family life programs and serves a wide range of family needs – those of children, middle and high school youth, and their parents – in a more integrated manner. “In today’s world, families are looking for places to be together in meaningful ways. West Side’s focus on family ministry allows each age and stage to develop spiritually together,” said Liz Junod, pastoral associate at West Side. “Parents who work all week and barely see their children don’t want to ‘get rid of them’ on the weekends. I think parents like the idea of sharing and growing together with their children.” This thought led West Side to look for a “family minister” not a “youth pastor” as has been the model in the past for many churches. “Penny has extensive experience with children and parents,” noted Cynthia Cheesman, co-chair of the Associate Pastoral Nominating Committee, the team of church members who led the 15-month long selection process. “She has demonstrated outstanding organizational skills from tasks as small as weekly prayer groups to those as large as family mission trips to Africa. Through all of this she displays wonderful relationship talents. We are very fortunate to have been introduced to her.” Hogan received a Master of Divinity in 2010 from Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. Before entering seminary, she served for six years the youth, family and mission ministry at the 1500-member La Jolla Presbyterian Church in La Jolla, Calif. Among her many responsibilities, she planned and co-led a youth mission trip to Kenya, co-led multi-generational trip to Malawi, and implemented an annual youth [...]
Read More >>Man Says Cops Went Overboard During Arrest Near UA
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Read More >>Thieves Target Restrooms for Copper Parts
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Read More >>Getting to know DC United’s Robbie Russell
Robbie Russell came to Washington from Real Salt Lake to start at right back fro D.C. United. He also came to reunite with his wife, Tiana, an associate with a prominent Washington law firm. For the first time in their 12-year relationship, they are embracing careers in the same city. This is their story. When you’re finishing reading it, proceed to the continuation of this thread for some fascinating background material about Robbie that didn’t fit into the story….. Russell was born in Ghana. His mother, Fanny Efua-Dontoh, is Ghanaian. His father, Robert Russell, is American. They met while he was stationed in Ghana for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She worked for a Ghanaian women’s development program. Because of his parents’ work, Robbie lived in Ghana, Sri Lanka, Arlington, Va., Greenwich, Conn., and Amherst, Mass. Upon moving to Washington this winter, one of his first missions was to find the neighborhood off Glebe Road where he lived and went to elementary school. He attended high school in Amherst before heading to Duke, where he was a sociology and history major. He also earned a marketing and management certificate and a minor in statistical analysis. MLS was interested in signing him in 2001, but his heart was set on Europe. Aside from being able to rejoin his wife, the trade to Washington allowed him to move closer to his brother, who is a real estate agent in Baltimore, and his father, who — get this — founded Virginia-based Cartoonists Rights Network International. His parents have been divorced since he was 14, and his mother lives in Massachusetts, where she runs a day-care center. The Russell family roots, he said, can be traced to Parley P. Pratt, one of the 12 original apostyles of the Mormon Church. Pratt’s family [...]
Read More >>Don’t cut new Tysons Corner in two
Pedestrians Don’t cut new Tysons Corner in two by Jamie Scott • January 26, 2012 12:17 pm Fairfax County is planning to turn Tysons into a dense, walkable, urban center. This transformation will include the creation of street grid and better bike and pedestrian facilities. But two major thoroughfares will weaken pedestrian circulation and divide the new Tysons in two. Photo by VaDOT on Flickr. Route 123 and Route 7 are major 6-lane roads running through the heart of Tysons Corner. The Silver Line will run along portions of either road, meaning that many pedestrians will be entering Tysons along these arteries. But the construction of the Silver Line through Tysons Corner isn’t the only work being done in the corridor. Fairfax County is currently widening Route 123 from 6 to 8 lanes. The creation of a grid of streets coupled with bike/ped improvements is necessary to facilitate movement within an urban Tysons, particularly to and from the metro stations. The widening of 123, however, moves Tysons Corner in the opposite direction. Route 123 in Tysons Corner. Image from Google Street View. Last night the National Building Museum hosted an event on the Tysons redevelopment plan. Matt Ladd, a Fairfax County planner, said that lanes on 123 are 12 feet wide. The plan calls for a reduction to 11 feet, but that still means pedestrians would have to cross an 88-foot road, not counting any turn lanes. This certainly isn’t impossible. Infrastructure improvements like pedestrian islands and leading pedestrian intervals can make crossing easier. The problem is that crossing major streets like this isn’t attractive and it makes for a pedestrian-hostile space. Ladd also mentioned that the county’s plan calls for wide sidewalks and a double row of trees along 123. These additions will make walking along the [...]
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 >>Cleveland Heights Unemployment Rate Drops
The unemployment rate in Cleveland Heights dropped from 6.2 percent in November to 5.5 percent in December, according to the most recent numbers from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services. It is now tied with Mentor for the lowest unemployment rate in Ohio cities with more than 50,000 people. (Cleveland Heights is still categorized that way with the ODJFS though its population dropped by more than 7 percent to 46,121 from 49,958 in 2000, according to the 2010 Census.) Mayor Ed Kelley said the unemployment rate in Cleveland Heights is usually lower than the average because of the hardworking people in the city and the proximity to University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University and other schools, hospitals, organizations and businesses. “No matter what the economic situation is, whether it’s good times or bad times, the unemployment rate in Cleveland Heights is usually lower,” said Mayor Ed Kelley. “We have a very diverse workforce and people tend to be very hardworking people in Cleveland Heights, and people know that. That’s why they hire Cleveland Heights people to work for them.” The only cities of any size that are included in public ODJFS statistics to have a lower unemployment rate in Ohio were Dublin (4.7 percent,) Upper Arlington (4.9 percent), Westerville (5.1 percent), Gahanna (5.2 percent), Mason City (5.4 percent) and Shaker Heights (5.4 percent). Westlake, Strongsville, Hilliard and Kent also had a 5.5 percent unemployment rate. There are 25,900 people in the Cleveland Heights labor force as of December 2011, and 1,400 are unemployed, according to the ODJFS. However, since August, the labor force in Cleveland Heights has shrunk by nearly 1,000. At that time, there were 26,800 people in the labor force in Cleveland Heights, and 2,000 were unemployed. The unemployment rate in Cuyahoga County also dropped slightly, [...]
Read More >>UA’s 2011 income higher, costs lower than expected
By Lin Rice ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 2:20 PM Upper Arlington’s general fund balance ended up healthier at the end of 2011 than expected, finance director Cathe Armstrong told city council during its Jan. 17 conference session. Armstrong presented a draft budgetary report of the past fiscal year during the meeting, saying that the news was due to a strong performance in the city’s income and estate taxes, along with less spending than anticipated. “In the end, we brought in over 3 percent more revenue than we anticipated going into the beginning of the year,” Armstrong said. “The other part of the good news is that we didn’t spend a lot of our budget. We lapsed over 5 percent of our appropriations, and a lot of that is due to vacancies in personnel that we did not fill, as well as our department directors making sure every dollar that we did spend was spent wisely.” Armstrong said that when the 2011 budget was drafted in the fall of 2010, the city expected to receive annual revenues of about $26 million. At mid-year, the projected revenue was estimated at $26.8 million, but Arlington ended 2011 with about $1 million more than that in total revenues, at $27.8 million. “We thought going into the year that (income tax revenues) were going to be about flat with where we were last year,” she said. “It seemed like the economy was recovering slowly, and we did make some adjustments at mid-year, but we ended up with about $14.7 million in income tax. “If you look from year to year in that trend, 2008 was when we really fell off, 2009 it went further in the hole, and then things began to rebound in 2010,” Armstrong said. “We really came back in [...]
Read More >>Police: Thief Targets Restaurant Bathrooms
Upper Arlington Police said Thursday that someone has been targeting automatic flushers in bathrooms of local restaurants. Handyman John Hahn said that the flushers contain a metal called red brass, 10TV’s Justin Moss reported. Hahn said that red brass can get a good price at scrap yards at $2.50 a pound. Hahn said that automatic flushers can be an expensive repair and that he would like to see a bigger push to cut down on stolen metal by putting safeguards in place for scrap metal. “It’s an ongoing problem, not only a small business like myself, but other businesses and homeowners and someone’s got to step up and do something about it,” Hahn said. Police said that they were investigating similar thefts in Franklin County, including one at Bob Evans in Upper Arlington and another at a Meijer in Dublin. Investigators said that it was not clear if all the thefts in Franklin County were connected. Stay with 10TV and refresh 10TV.com for additional information. Article source: http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2012/01/26/columbus-police-investigate-bathroom-thefts.html
Read More >>Magicians gather at Downtown convention
By Allison Manning The Columbus Dispatch Thursday January 26, 2012 9:52 AM At her high-school talent shows, Kelly Spangler is always the lone magician among dozens of dancers, singers and musicians. But while most of her classmates likely will never perform beyond the confines of the Upper Arlington High School auditorium, Spangler will bring her skills to the stage as one of the featured acts at the Friday Night Magical Showcase, part of the 81st annual MAGI-FEST. Opening today and running through Saturday at the Columbus Renaissance hotel, MAGI-FEST is more than magic acts. More than 600 magicians and magic enthusiasts are expected to attend lectures, workshops and a “dealer room,” which the festival describes as a “magic shop on steroids.” New this year is “WikiMagic,” which, like the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, encourages the sharing of ideas. Topics such as rope magic or coin magic will be discussed. The convention closes with a family magic show, which is open to the public on Saturday evening at the Palace Theatre. For Spangler, who will earn a paycheck for her talents for the first time, the convention is an annual reminder that there are other budding magicians out there. “It’s nice to see people of all ages, and both boys and girls, performing and knowing magic,” said the high-school junior, 16. Jep Hostetler, the longtime MAGI-FEST director who turned over those duties this year to Spangler’s dad, Ron, said one of the things he likes best about the convention is seeing teenagers huddled around a deck of cards, learning a new trick and sharing ideas. Last year, the Hostetler Youth Award was created in his name to highlight a young magician who best exemplifies the future of magic. He looks forward to the junior and senior stage contests, where magicians compete against [...]
Read More >>35% of ’11 residential sales were ‘distressed’
By Jim Weiker The Columbus Dispatch Thursday January 26, 2012 5:24 AM More than one out of three homes sold last year in central Ohio was a foreclosure or a short-sale property, according to a new study that highlights the ongoing role of troubled properties in the market. The Columbus Board of Realtors study found that 6,906 of the 19,700 homes sold in the Columbus area had been foreclosed upon or were sold for less than the balance on their mortgages. Despite the abundance of “distressed” properties, the report noted that such homes play a smaller role than they once did. At the end of the year, 2,378 distressed properties were for sale in central Ohio, 40 percent less than a year earlier and the lowest number since 2007. Real-estate experts have warned of a looming “shadow inventory” of homes that have entered the foreclosure process but have not been placed back on the market. That wave of properties has yet to show up in listings, although foreclosures began climbing at the end of last year and could show up on the market this spring. “Despite rumors about shadow inventory that hasn’t yet been added to the housing market, the fact is, new listings that are distressed declined significantly throughout 2011,” said Jim Coridan, president of the Columbus Board of Realtors. The study illustrates the enormous gap between distressed and traditional housing markets in central Ohio. During the fourth quarter, the median sales price of a distressed home in central Ohio was $65,000. For a traditional sale, it was $163,000. Distressed homes spent an average of 73 days on the market before going into contract compared with 110 days for conventional sales. And while distressed homes can be found throughout central Ohio, they play a far greater role in some [...]
Read More >>Alumni helping guide next UAHS musical
Enlarge Image Chris Parker/ThisWeek Upper Arlington High School musical director Eric Kauffman (center) is surrounded by alumni who have come back to help with the school’s musical. From left, they are Anthony Aleshire, Mike Freeze, David Bahgat and Keith Schnacke. Buy This Photo By Lin Rice ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 2:18 PM For the UAHS students about to perform in this year’s musical, as well as the group of alumni coordinating them behind the scenes, the old axiom still applies: The show must go on. With next month’s production of “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” a number of production roles have been filled by former students, working to share their experiences with this year’s class. February’s production will feature directing by David Bahgat (’04), set design by Keith Schnacke (’07), sound design and engineering by Mike Freeze (’08), and lighting design by Anthony Aleshire (’08). “It’s a pretty cool thing that, from the technical side, these guys have learned and decided to make that their vocations, but they all started in our productions,” said Eric Kauffman, UAHS vocal music director. “When they were students here they all did dual duty. If they weren’t in a scene, they were doing something backstage, or in here on weekends working to get the musicals ready.” Bahgat, who is now acting in New York City, said this year’s production satirizes the way men and women interact in the office. “It’s a commentary on the business world, and it definitely is a satire on the workplace and what women’s roles there are,” he said. “It pokes fun at CEOs and corporate execs, asking if they, or anyone, really ever knows what they’re doing in their jobs. “In this piece, we really decided from the beginning that women are the [...]
Read More >>Latest technology, experienced dispatchers handle calls for help
By Lin Rice ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 2:18 PM Below dozens of state-of-the-art monitors in the UA police division’s dispatching center sits an old, ’70s-style push-button telephone. While the screens constantly update computer-generated maps and pass along information to patrol officers, the city’s dispatchers keep a constant eye on the old phone. “It’s about 50-50 between land-line calls and cell phones in Upper Arlington,” said Colleen Shaw, a permanent part-time communications technician, or “comm tech.” While technology is pushing more and more users to mobile devices, the older nature of the community means the comm techs still get a lot of calls over land lines, Shaw said. With the latter, a hard drive connected to the old phone can instantly mark the callers’ addresses, and alert the dispatchers to any previous situations that have occurred at the address, such as drug-related or domestic violence runs. That information can then be relayed to officers on the street before they approach the residence. While on-duty officers patrol Upper Arlington’s streets, the dispatchers feed them a steady stream of warrant updates, calls from residents ranging from those in immediate danger to missing pets, while at the same time coordinating with the UA fire division and surrounding agencies. Things weren’t always so high-tech in the police station, according to Patti Porter, a full-time UA comm tech who has been doing the job for 31 years. “When I first came here our radio room wasn’t nearly this size,” Porter said. “The playback recorder was reel to reel, and only one person was on duty at all times, initially. We would do check-up calls every hour to make sure (patrolling officers) were OK. “When the system would go down, we’d actually bring in a cruiser to the sally port, and we would have [...]
Read More >>Robotics teams descend upon Wellington this weekend
With the help of past and present students, Wellington School teacher Matthew Spencer is looking to help get Central Ohio on the scholastic robotics map. The Upper Arlington private school has had two FIRST Tech Challenge robotics teams for three years, and this weekend, it will host its first-ever Central Ohio qualifying competition. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27-28, more than 700 people are expected to take over the school;s Gard Gym as 30 teams from across Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana compete for a spot in the FIRST Tech robotics world tournament. Wellington took a team to the world competition in St. Louis last year and placed 21st among 64 teams. Students had to drive a robot and work with other teams to dispose of the most fake bombs in a 12-by-12-foot obstacle field. After winning six awards last season, attending competitions across the East Coast and Midwest and getting credit in a new robotics class that began last year, Spencer said his students are ready to share with fellow schools the benefits the high-level mathematics, engineering and physics have to offer to students. “I love to hear that students use the words research and development to explain what they’re doing here,” he said. “You can tell that this is an authentic and real-world application experience that many other students don’t have and they do the kind of thinking and collaboration that makes students successful — and that’s what colleges are looking for. “I’ve never experienced a more win-win-win program. It has benefits all around.” Former members of the school’s original robotics club, who created the robotics class’ curriculum, will return for this weekend’s tournament. Since the foundation of the class, more and more students have become interested in robotics and it outgrew the classroom. At the beginning of this [...]
Read More >>Copper Restroom Fixtures Stolen From 2 UA Businesses
UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio — The Upper Arlington Police Division is investigating a serious of thefts from the restrooms of two local businesses. Police tell NBC4 that the thieves entered the restrooms at the Bob Evans in the 2100 block of Riverside Drive and the McDonalds in the 3700 block of Riverside Drive and removed the plumbing assemblies. Detectives said they believe the fixtures, which are made of copper, are being sold for scrap. The Upper Arlington Police Division encourages business and residents to be vigilant and to immediately report unusual activity or any suspicious behavior to police. Anyone with information is asked to contact Upper Arlington police at 614-583-5160. For additional information, stay with NBC4 and refresh nbc4i.com.To submit a story idea or news tip, e-mail stories@nbc4i.com. MORE: NBC4 Local News | Local Crime NewsNBC4 SPORTS: Sports News, VideoNBC4 POLITICS: Headlines, Interactives Video Article source: http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2012/jan/25/copper-restroom-fixtures-stolen-2-ua-businesses-ar-910335/
Read More >>Police Alerting Businesses To Bathroom Thief
Upper Arlington Police said someone has been targeting automatic flushers in bathrooms of local restaurants. John Hahn, also known as the Columbus Handyman, said the flushers contain a metal called red brass. The type of metal can get a good price at scrap yards, reported 10TV’s Justin Moss. Hahn said while copper goes for around $3 a pound, red brass can get around $2.50 a pound. Hahn said automatic flushers can be an expensive repair. He would like to see a bigger push to cut down on stolen metal by putting some safeguards in place for scrap metal. “It’s an ongoing problem, not only a small business like myself, but other businesses and homeowners and someone’s got to step up and do something about it,” said Hahn. Police said they were investigating several similar thefts in Franklin County, including one at Bob Evans in Upper Arlington and another at a Meijer in Dublin. Police told 10TV it was not clear if all the thefts in Franklin County were connected. Stay with 10TV and refresh 10TV.com for additional information. Article source: http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2012/01/26/columbus-police-investigate-bathroom-thefts.html
Read More >>Police: Plaques, Bathroom Parts Stolen For Scrap Metal
Upper Arlington police continued to investigate on Wednesday the thefts of three bronze plaques and toilet parts stolen from parks and businesses in Upper Arlington. Police said that thieves stole three bronze plaques from Miller, Tremont and Westover parks in Upper Arlington, 10TV News reported. The thefts all reportedly took place between Tuesday, Jan. 17 and Wednesday, Jan. 18, according to Upper Arlington police. Investigators said that they thought that the thieves were after the metal to sell for scrap. The Miller Park plaque was at the intersection of Cambridge Boulevard and Stanford Road, the Parkway Park plaque was stolen from Tremont Road and North Parkway and the Westover Park plaque was located at Westover Road and Arlington Avenue. Upper Arlington police said that the plaques were worth $4,000. Upper Arlington police also were investigating a series of thefts from public restrooms, 10TV News reported. Police said that thieves have stolen plumbing assemblies from public restrooms at businesses. The fixtures are made of copper and police said that, like the plaques, they were likely being sold for scrap. Watch 10TV News and refresh 10TV.com for more information Article source: http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2012/01/25/Upper-Arlington-Plaque-Bathroom-Theft.html
Read More >>Taggart: Mill Run ‘slowly filling up’
By Gary Budzak ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 1:17 PM According to a man who has been involved with the shopping center’s development since 1994, “Mill Run is slowly filling up.” Jason Taggart, principal and marketing manager of Taggart Management Real Estate Services LLC, spoke about Mill Run at a Jan. 20 luncheon sponsored by the Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce. Taggart has been involved with different aspects of Mill Run since becoming licensed in 1994 as an assistant property manager. “We’ve got a very big developer in contract with the Kroger people, and we are working with them to try and change our parking ratios with the city of Columbus,” Taggart said. “That’s months away.” Relaxing those ratios would allow more retailers and restaurants at Mill Run, he said. Taggart would not identify the developer, but said, “We’re trying to jointly attract a retailer.” Most people think of Mill Run as merely a shopping center, but the entire mixed-use development is comprised of 350 acres that border Hilliard, Columbus and Upper Arlington. Taggart said it includes the 280-unit Arlington Park Apartments, 1.2 miles of freeway frontage, 3.5 miles of walking trails, 1,800 trees, nine ponds, 30 miles of irrigation pipe, 1,700 sprinkler heads, 65 acres of greenspace and an outdoor amphitheater for concerts. Mill Run is within a 10-minute drive for more than 200,000 people; supports a daytime population of 25,000; and 1,500 permanent residents, Taggart said. It is the fourth-largest mixed-use project in central Ohio, he said. When it was originally developed in 1988. Big Bear and Harts was Mill Run’s anchor tenant, Taggart said. “At 125,000 square feet, it was one of the largest big-box deals in the five-county region at the time,” he said. “Everyone asks me, what’s going on with Kroger?” Taggart said [...]
Read More >>Leaders reflect on state of the city
By Lin Rice ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 2:19 PM Upper Arlington’s city council and city manager Ted Staton reflected on the past year and highlighted projects for 2012 during the Jan. 23 State of the City Address. “We begin 2012 with some very serious work ahead of us, but we also begin the year from a position of strength and preparedness that affords us the opportunity and benefit of time to explore and find the right mix of solutions to the financial challenges ahead,” Staton said in his introduction. Under the banner of “Arlington 2.0,” the State of the City Address on Monday evening included a community fair with exhibits erected in city hall by community organizations and city departments, and culminated with the naming of the 2011 Community Awards winners. Each council member addressed a different piece of the city’s recently updated master plan, Arlington’s 10-year planning document that addresses everything from financial policy to housing and safety concerns. “All the components of the master plan are interdependent É but in order for us to achieve our quality of life goals we must keep our economic base strong on a number of levels,” council member John Adams said. “Upper Arlington continues to enjoy Triple A financial ratings from Moody’s and Standard Poors, at a time when other communities, even nations, are being downgraded. This stamp of approval demonstrates that, at this time, our base is indeed strong and our policies are working.” Adams said that in coming years, the city will face more than a 10-percent revenue reduction, stemming from losses in local government funding and the elimination of the estate tax. Making adjustments to the city’s economic development “toolbox,” he said, will be needed to provide support to existing businesses, create an environment that encourages [...]
Read More >>Cards’ Carloni again hits detour on road to state
By PAUL BATTERSON ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday January 25, 2012 11:04 AM As soon as she landed while competing on vault during the McGee Invitational on Jan. 14, sophomore Leah Carloni of the Thomas Worthington High School gymnastics team knew her path back to the state meet just became more difficult. Carloni, who was first on uneven bars (9.25), third on vault (9.1) and second in the all-around (35.05) in the district honor roll last week, felt a twinge in her left ankle after tying for eighth with an 8.8. That twinge turned out to be a broken fibula. Carloni won bars with an 8.9 as the Cardinals placed first (131.425) ahead of Hilliard Bradley (125.7), Hilliard Darby (121.625) and Olentangy Orange (117.45) in a quad meet Jan. 17, but after warming up on the balance beam, her pain persisted and coach Marci Skeen pulled her out of the event. “I’ve always had ankle problems, but this time it just felt weird,” said Carloni, who broke her growth plate in the same ankle midway through last season but returned for the postseason. “Since I broke my ankle last year, I kind of knew how it felt, so I decided to get it checked out.” Carloni expects to be back for the OCC-Ohio Division meet on Feb. 11 at Dublin Coffman. “It’s just a little bump in the road,” she said. “In the meantime, I’m going to the gym every day and conditioning. I need to keep up my endurance and my strength.” Carloni believes she has unfinished business in the state meet, which will be held March 3 at Hilliard Bradley. Last season at state, she finished 21st in the all-around (34.85) and 34th on vault (8.1). Her all-around score included an 8.95 on bars, a 9.25 on beam and [...]
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