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8 Community Calendar
11 faces Right Frame of Mind A career in the arts was always in the stars for David Guion
14 Dublin is ホーム (Home) to a Vibrant Japanese Community
16 in focus A Greener Gridiron Dublin’s college and pro football connections run deep
22 Shutterbugs Life through the lenses of Dublin residents
28 Returning to their Roots Eli Pinney art teacher takes the family to Ireland
30 Golf as a Team, Win as a Team Jerome High School’s girls golf team sets new records
34 Dublin Double-Header Artwork depicting Ireland and Ohio is central to Dublin Area Art League’s annual exhibition
36 where are they now? Sally Raymond Executive Director of Dublin Arts Council, 1989-1994
38 living Into the Woods Coventry Woods residence ideal for Dublin couple’s school-aged children
41 luxury living real estate guide
42 write next door Home Away From Home Dublin has plenty of special connections to Columbus’ Ronald McDonald House
46 bookmarks Recommendations from the Dublin Library
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Forward ProgressProgress Ahead. Be Prepared. You may have seen the
notices around town or heard about it through social media. It’s not just our mantra these days. It’s part of our commitment to keep you informed while we work on vital construction projects designed to keep our town moving forward.
We know that there will be inconveniences for the short term, but it’s the great returns over the long term that will make the improvements to our infrastructure worth the time and effort.
As always, we appreciate our residents’ and business community’s patience during the construction period. Be-cause these projects are being managed through rolling road closures to allow for the best possible traffic flows, we are continually updating our websites and social media channels to help prepare you for your daily commutes.
You can find traffic advisories, news on our ongoing street maintenance program and details on all City projects on our website at www.DublinOhioUSA.gov.
By visiting www.27033interchange.org, you’ll find an over-view of the I-270 and U.S. Rt. 33 interchange project, sug-gested alternate routes, traffic updates and the project timeline.
The $70 million 270/33 interchange investment will improve safety and reduce congestion by eliminating the weaving and merging that is present today. This 40-year-old interchange is expected to attract nearly 45,000 new jobs and $2.8 billion in investment during the next 20 years. The project is a top priority for central Ohio and is being completed through a partnership among Dublin, Marysville, Union County, the Ohio Department of Transportation and Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission.
On the City’s website at www.DublinOhioUSA.gov/riverside, you can get the latest news on the roundabout and realignment of State Rt. 161 and Riverside Drive, and subscribe to project updates. As part of the Bridge Street District, we are transforming Riverside Drive to improve the experience for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.
Riverside Drive will move 250 feet to the east with a four-lane boulevard between Tuller Road and 161, which will feature a new roundabout. The roadwork began this year and will be completed in fall 2016. One lane of traffic in all four directions will be maintained throughout the duration of the project.
You can also stay in touch through Facebook (City of Dublin, Ohio – Gov-ernment) and Twitter (@DublinOhio).
This construction effort is certainly dis-ruptive, but it represents progress ahead. It is our goal to keep you moving.
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Back row, left to right: Amy Salay, Greg Peterson, John Reiner, Tim Lecklider, Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher. Front row: Mayor Michael H. Keenan, Vice Mayor Rick Gerber.
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Children are a vital part of any community. With a look at how the Dublin Jerome High School girls golf team took home its fourth straight state title and the story of an Eli Pin-ney Elementary School art teacher’s dedication to regularly taking his family to Ireland, this issue examines how Dublin’s youth works and plays.
In our annual Shutterbugs issue, we take the opportunity to showcase photo submissions from Dublin residents who have captured the beauty of their families, pets and com-munity. Thank you to everyone who sent along snapshots.
You’ll also find a look at the City’s connection to accom-plished football players, as well as Dublin Arts Council’s current executive director David Guion and the council’s first-ever executive director, Sally Raymond.
As always, thank you for making Dublin a prime spot to live and raise a family.
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AUG. 23Emerald City Quarter & Half Marathon7 a.m.OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital7500 Hospital Dr.www.emeraldcityhalfmarathon.com
THROUGH SEPT. 30Dublin Farmers’ Market3:30-6:30 p.m., WednesdaysParking lot of Oakland Nursery4261 W. Dublin-Granville Rd.www.dublinfarmersmarket.com
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Right Frame of MindA career in the arts was always in the stars for DAC executive director
For David Guion, executive director of the Dublin Arts Council, an appreciation for the arts started early.
Guion, 52, grew up in Lancaster, Pa. where, as a young boy, he was a gymnast, dancer and oil painter. This led to participating in theater in high school and beyond, into his college years.
“I never stopped my involvement (in the arts),” says Guion, who has been involved in arts management for more than 25 years. “It was a natural progression to move into arts administration.”
Guion says it’s impossible to pinpoint an exact moment when he knew a career in the arts was a right fit for him, but says he was drawn by the work of the late realist painter Andrew Wyeth.
During Christmastime, Guion and his family would visit the Brandywine River Museum, a museum of American and regional art in Chadds Ford, Pa. and admire the paintings.
“I wanted to paint like Andrew Wyeth,” Guion says.The Ohio State University’s art education master’s program –
now known as arts administration education and policy – was the reason Guion came to Ohio after he completed his bachelor’s de-gree in hotel, restaurant and institutional management at Penn-sylvania State University, he says.
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By 1989, he found himself drawn to New York City after watching dancer and choreographer Trisha Brown and her com-pany perform at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
“I went backstage and said I wanted to work for her,” Guion says. “It was kind of like your typical un-derstudy story – going backstage and asking for a job.”
Guion interviewed in New York and landed the position of office manager and arts coordinator.
Guion’s work for the Trisha Brown Dance Company helped his career in arts man-agement take off. In 1991, he worked as a development associ-ate for the Alvin Ai-ley American Dance Theater. By 1992, he was serving as the ex-ecutive director of the Erick Hawkins Dance Foundation and, by 1995, he was the di-rector of development for the Cunningham Dance Foundation.
It was in New York City, working for the Cunningham Dance Foundation, that Guion says he received his best piece of advice – advice that he’s carried with him over the course of his career. He says he even uses it as a teaching tool in his OSU classrooms, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses.
One evening, he was preparing for a board meeting. The staff was struggling to figure out how to raise $100,000 to meet budget. They questioned whether or not to approach additional foundations or make an appeal.
“A doctor on the board of directors said, ‘No children have died because of the de-cisions we have made today.’ That really put things into perspective,” Guion says. “Putting things into perspective is key in arts management.”
His career skyrocketing, Guion found himself across the country and 30 minutes south of San Francisco in Belmont, Calif., where he served as the development di-rector of the Charles Armstrong School, a school for children with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia. At the school, Guion’s background in art still had the chance to shine through.
“(The school) had a concentration in arts, theater and music development,”
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Guion says. During his time there, Guion raised over half a million dollars annually through grants and other special events and crafted academic policies.
Guion’s career path led him back to Ohio, where he returned to complete his doctorate in art education – now educa-
tion and policy – at OSU. During his time at the university, he says, he was encour-aged to apply for an open position at the Dublin Arts Council.
He accepted the position of executive director in 2005 and has been there since.
Throughout his time with the Dublin Arts Council, Guion has had the opportunity to be a presenter at con-ferences across the globe, such as the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Annual International Contemporary Dance Conferences and Per-formance Festivals in Bytom, Poland.
He served as a presenter and panel-ist for the National
Council of Culture and Arts in Santi-ago, Chile. In Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Gui-on presented the Dublin Arts Council as a case study for “understanding the multifaceted role of nonprofit commu-nity arts organizations.”
That background will surely help Guion as he continues to expand the Dublin Arts Council’s international reach. He also wants to continue using the Dublin Arts Council as a case study.
“I think we have a wealth of knowledge here,” he says.
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Around 80 professionals are gathered at the Muirfield Village Golf Club for breakfast. Grilled salmon, miso soup and rice are on the menu.
Hideki Matsuyama, winner of the 2014 Memorial Tournament, answers questions from Yoshihiro Hidaka,
president and CEO of Hidaka USA. Both gentlemen speak in Japanese. Even before the conversation is translated into English, more than half the room understands what’s being said and responds with applause, nodding or laughter.
This kind of scene could only play out in Dublin, Ohio. That’s largely due to the fact that nearly 2,200 Japanese nationals live in Dublin, the largest Japanese community in Ohio.
What draws Japanese people to Dublin, of all places? For one, Dublin is home to 25 Japanese businesses. And that’s no surprise, considering Japan is the No. 1 foreign inves-tor in Ohio, with businesses providing about 71,000 jobs, or 30 percent of all employ-ment from foreign companies in the state.
Dublin resident Hidekazu Kogure and his family are among the many Japanese na-tionals who call Dublin home. Kogure moved here from Tochigi, Japan in 2013 along with his wife and two children, ages 8 and 4. They made the move so Kogure could begin working as an engineer at Nidec Elesys Americas Corporation on Tuller Road.
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“My favorite part about living (in Dublin) is that it is safe.”
Hidekazu Kogure
“Dublin is the first place we have lived in America,” says Kogure. “My favorite part about living here is that it is safe.”
The Kogure children are experiencing grade school for the first time in Dublin City Schools. Doug Baker, public informa-tion officer for the district, says the district welcomes students from other countries with open arms.
“The diversity of our student population is one of the district’s greatest strengths,” says Baker. “Our students have the oppor-tunity to attend school with children from around the world.”
The district’s English Language Learn-ing (ELL) Department has more than 1,400 students enrolled, representing around 45 countries and speaking more
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than 60 different languages. The top lan-guages currently spoken by students in the program are Japanese (representing around 20 percent of ELL students), Span-ish, Arabic, Telugu, Korean and Chinese. Conversely, Japanese language classes are offered to English-speaking students who wish to learn.
“The influence of Japanese culture can be found throughout our schools,” Baker says. “Japanese I, II, III and Honors Japa-nese IV are offered at our high schools. We have Japanese clubs for students, there are Japanese moms’ clubs at some elementary schools and our Taiko drum-ming group is visiting and performing in Japan this summer.”
Another champion of Japanese culture in Dublin is the Japan-America Society of Central Ohio. A nonprofit organiza-tion headquartered at the Dublin En-trepreneurial Center, JASCO strives to bring Japanese American communities together through sharing knowledge and providing a forum for informed discussion about Japan-U.S. relations. It also pro-vides helpful resources for Japanese na-
tionals living in Ohio, including a guide that explains schools, medical services, driving safety and other cultural consid-erations for the area.
“JASCO provides a sense of ‘home’ feeling for Japanese families living in Dublin,” says Akisa Fukuzawa, executive director for JASCO. “We also serve as a great resource for all residents through our cultural programs and events. JAS-CO hosts an annual speech contest with high school and university students, as well as a career fair to introduce JASCO’s excellent corporate members from both Japanese and American companies to students and job seekers.”
Naturally, there are challenges in moving to another country. Adjusting to a new culture – at the workplace, in school or around your neighborhood – takes time and patience. The City of Dublin strives to make all residents feel welcome.
“In Dublin, we take great pride in the fact that we are home to more than two dozen Japanese companies and more Jap-anese citizens than any other city in the
state of Ohio,” says Dublin Mayor Mi-chael Keenan.
That sentiment is reflected through the City’s involvement in celebrations of Dublin’s Japanese community, including the Memorial Tournament breakfast with Matsuyama and JASCO’s Annual Recep-tion and Golf Outing Fundraiser. Dr. Ka-zuyuki Katayama, consul-general of Japan in Detroit, is a frequent visitor to Dublin for events such as these.
“International relations require a great amount of work to be successful,” says Ka-tayama. “The leaders of businesses, gov-ernment and the individual residents of Dublin as well have worked hard to form a special relationship with Japan.”
Meanwhile, for the Kogure family, Dub-lin is starting to feel like home. They’ve even warmed up to one of America’s – and Ohio’s – favorite pastimes: football. They are excited to cheer on their 8-year-old this fall when he takes to the field.
Sarah McQuaide is a public information officer for the City of Dublin. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
Left to right: Dana McDaniel, Dublin City Manager; Dr. Kazuyuki Katayama, consul-general of Japan in Detroit; Hideki Matsuyama, PGA golfer; Dublin Mayor Michael Keenan; Keiko Hidaka; Yoshihiro Hidaka, president and CEO, Hidaka USA
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Urban MeyerWhen it comes to football figures with connections to Dublin, the first name on ev-
eryone’s list is Buckeye football coach Urban Meyer.Meyer is on everyone’s mind now for leading the Buckeyes to the national champion-
ship this past season. He also led the Florida Gators to two national championships and has been head coach for the University of Utah and Bowling Green State University as well.
Having signed on in late 2011, Meyer’s first season with The Ohio State University was 2012.
Though real estate agents showed her options all over the Columbus area, Meyer’s wife, Shelley, saw a lot to like in Dublin. The house they chose in Muirfield offered pri-vacy, a reasonable commute and proximity to the Muirfield Village Golf Club, a bonus for golf-loving Urban. It also has an open floor plan – very important when planning large gatherings, Shelley says.
Though the Meyers’ daughters are in college and their son is attending Catholic school – first St. Brigid of Kildare School, now Bishop Watterson High School – the school district was another big selling point, Shelley says. Like several other local foot-ball families, they are parishioners at St. Brigid Church.
Being so close to the Memorial Tournament is a plus too, Shelley says.“As much as I’m not a golf person, I really enjoy that week,” she says. “There’s a lot
of camaraderie.”
A Greener GridironDublin’s college and pro football connections run deep
The prominence of Buckeye football often leads observers to refer to Columbus as a “football town.”
And within the Columbus metro area, there’s no city more deserving of the title than Dublin. Not only has the City sent a number of players to college and pro football, it’s also a top
choice for those football names – past and present – who live in central Ohio.
Another benefit to the area: the proxim-ity of other members of the coaching staff. Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach Luke Fickell is just one other staffer in or around Dublin.
“I think it just speaks to this community and how welcoming it is,” Shelley says.
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Luke FickellNot only does the Buckeyes’ coach live
in Dublin, but the team’s previous coach – Luke Fickell, who led the squad in 2011 between the tenures of Jim Tressel and Meyer – lives in the area as well.
Fickell has filled various coaching roles for OSU since 1999, with the exception of a two-season stint at the University of Akron. A Columbus native, he also played nose guard for the Buckeyes in the 1990s. He was signed to the New Orleans Saints for one season, in 1997, before a torn ACL ended his playing career.
Fickell, his wife, Amy, and their six children have lived in Concord Township, just beyond the borders of the City and within the school district boundaries, for four years.
Not only does it put them closer to school and church – they are parishio-ners at St. Brigid, and their children have gone to school there – it puts them closer to three of Amy’s siblings, who all live in Dublin. One of them is Jill Hoying, wife of former Buckeye Bob Hoying.
The community’s youth athletics are a big point of pride for the Fickells, and it’s nice that they get to play with their rela-tives, Luke says. The proximity of other coaching staff is a big help as well, both for work and social purposes.
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Luke Fickell on the Buckeyes’ 2015 Season“I don’t think the expectations ever change. The people of Columbus … (A national championship) is what they expect, and they’re pulling for it every year. … For our guys, they come to expect this type of situation, this type of pressure, year to year. … There’s definitely not a lack of confidence and belief in what we can do.”
Luke says. “Now, I would say a lot of them have centralized in the Dublin area.”
Though their children attend Catholic school, the Fickells laud Dublin City Schools, as well as the City’s parks and technology.
The Fickells are involved with the Wom-en’s Care Center of Columbus, the Run the Race Club and the 2nd & 7 Foundation.
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Brady Quinn, center, poses with a group of homeless veterans to whom his foundation provided tickets for this past year’s Notre Dame-USC Game.
Hoying found the construc-tion business and the feeling of completing a major project very appealing. The Bridge Street District – the major entertain-
ment, retail, office and residential area under way now – is a prominent example.
Mike Adams: An offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Adams graduated from Dublin Coffman High School in 2008 and played for the Buckeyes in college.
Dave Adolph: A longtime pro and college coach, Adolph served as defensive coordinator for such teams as the Browns, Chargers, Raiders and Chiefs. He retired in 2007 and now lives in Dublin.
Tony Alford: Alford joined the Buckeyes staff as assistant head coach for offense in February. He lives in Plain City, in the Dublin City School District.
Chris Ash: Ash is defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the Buckeyes, a position he has held since 2014. He lives in Bishop’s Run, not far from Dublin Jerome High School.
Nick Goings: Goings played for Coffman for three years, then grad-uated from Dublin Scioto High School. He was a running back at OSU, then the University of Pittsburgh, and played for the Panthers from 2001-2008.
Jim Heacock: Heacock coached for OSU from 1996 to 2012, first as a defensive line coach and then as defensive coordinator. He lives in Concord Township, within the Dublin school district.
Mickey Marotti: The Buckeyes’ assistant athletic director for football sports performance, who lives in Concord Township, has been with the team since 2012.
Bradley McDougald: Wide receiver McDougald graduated from Scioto, then attended the University of Kentucky en route to the
NFL, where he played for the Chiefs. He’s currently on the Buc-caneers’ roster.
Chinedum Ndukwe: Another alumnus of Coffman, safety Ndukwe was Quinn’s college roommate at Notre Dame. He played in the NFL for the Bengals and Raiders, and now, alongside his three siblings, runs the Ndukwe Foundation, which helps young people find solutions for everyday pressures.
Ayodeji Olatoye: Scioto alumnus Olatoye played college ball for the University of Colorado and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He is a defensive back for the Ravens.
Jay Richardson: Current free agent Richardson graduated from Scioto, then played wide receiver for the Buckeyes. He has been signed to the Raiders, Seahawks, Jets and Saints.
Zach Smith: Smith, a Coffman graduate, has been OSU’s wide receiv-ers coach since 2012.
Jake Stoneburner: Coffman graduate Stoneburner played tight end for the Buckeyes from 2009-12. He signed with the Packers in 2013 and is currently part of the Dolphins’ practice squad.
Vince Workman: Workman still holds several rushing records at Coff-man from his tenure there from 1982-84, when it was simply Dublin High School. He played college ball for OSU and pro ball from 1989 to 1996, appearing on the rosters of the Packers, Buccaneers, Panthers and Colts.
Other Dublin Football Names
Bob HoyingKnown as Bobby Hoying in his gridiron
days, the former Buckeyes starting quar-terback and NFL player has called Dublin home since 1998.
And Hoying does much more than just live here: He’s a principal at full-service real estate company Crawford Hoying, which has been involved in a variety of central Ohio projects.
Hoying was starting quarterback for The Ohio State University from 1993 to 1995, and was drafted by the Philadel-phia Eagles in 1996. He played for the Eagles until 1998, when he was traded to the Oakland Raiders, and he retired due to an injury in 2001 with 2,544 passing yards to his name.
Even before he retired, Hoying – who graduated with a business degree from OSU – began get-ting involved with his father, Vern’s, construc-tion company during the off-seasons. That’s how he met fellow principal Brent Crawford. The company built its first apartment complex in 1998, and has been growing and diversifying ever since.
“We say all the time that this doesn’t feel like work to us,” he says.
The Tartan Fields resident and his wife, Jill, were initially attracted to Dublin be-cause it was an easier drive to northwest Ohio, where their families live. But just as important were the quality of the schools,
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the amount of open space and the variety of activities, Hoying says.
“We never thought twice about making Dublin our home,” he says.
Hoying has coached middle school foot-ball the last three years at St. Brigid, where he and his family are parishioners.
“I’ve really enjoyed coaching middle school football,” he says. “It keeps me con-nected to the game.”
Brady QuinnFootball remains a big part of the life
of Dublin Coffman High School gradu-ate and former NFL quarterback Brady Quinn, and though his career has taken him out of Ohio, he returns often to work on projects for his charitable foundation.
Quinn is currently a Florida resident, having most recently been part of the Miami Dolphins’ roster. After playing college ball for the University of Notre Dame, during which time he set 36 Fight-ing Irish football records, he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 2007. He was part of the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets and St. Louis Rams before ending up with the Dolphins.
Having been cut by the Dolphins last summer, Quinn is transitioning into TV broadcasting for pro and college football.
Quinn started the 3rd & Goal Founda-tion in 2010. Its mission: to assist veterans in need of home assistance.
“We do a lot of our projects in Ohio, and in the central Ohio area,” Quinn says.
He was inspired after meeting a group of soldiers who had seen combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and were now having difficulty getting funding from the De-partment of Veterans Affairs to adjust to changes in their lives.
“There were guys who were coming back who were missing limbs … (and) were forced to be in wheelchairs,” among other issues, Quinn says.
Since its inception, the foundation has remodeled homes, renovated kitchens and bathrooms, built new entries and exits, and more. It has also helped find homes for homeless veterans. Recent projects have taken place in Columbus, Westerville and Fostoria.
Quinn’s connections to veterans go be-yond those he has met as part of his foun-dation work. His father, Tyrone, served as a Marine in the Vietnam War. Both of his grandparents saw combat, too.
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Every year, when vacation season rolls around, we all dream of traveling
to some faraway land. Jason Blair, an art teacher at
Eli Pinney Elementary School, has made this a reality for his family.
Jason and his wife, Jody, started travel-ing to County Kerry in southwest Ireland 12 years ago, and now continue the tradition with their two children, 5-year-old Lachlan and 7-year-old Kilian.
Jason says they originally started traveling to Ireland because of family ties.
“My mother-in-law had a house over there,” says Jason.
These yearly trips to Ireland have become an important part of the Blairs’ lives.
“My wife and I were married over there in 2005,” says Jason. “We were married right on the front lawn overlooking the water.”
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tant for our kids to get that perspec-tive and just see life exists outside of
that bubble that you live in.”
Traveling with young children can be a chal-lenge, but Jason says this hasn’t been the case with Lachlan and Kilian at all.
“They’ve been excel-lent travelers since day one,” he says. “They’ve been on a seven-hour plane ride, and they’ve been great.”
In fact, traveling to Ireland has been a memorable experience for Lachlan and Kilian.
“They enjoy it; they have a lot of good mem-ories,” says Jason. “There are times when we go outside, and it’s just rained, and they’ll say it smells like Ireland.”
The Blairs had to skip their trips to Ire-land for the past two years, so Jason worried that Lachlan may not remember Ireland as well as Kilian.
“Last time my son was over there, he was 3, so his memories are kind of fading,” says Jason.
But this was not a concern for long. The Blairs journeyed to County Kerry once again this summer. Athnie McMillan-Comeaux is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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Traveling to Ireland has also given Ja-son and Jody an opportunity to visit other places across the pond.
“We sometimes will travel while we’re over there, because they have really great low-class airfare,” says Ja-son. He adds that, now that they have kids, they don’t travel out of the island as much.
“We’ll rent a car and sort of travel around Ireland and see the sights in the country,” he says.
The Blairs spend much of their time in Ireland outside. There is, of course, the famous Irish rain to contend with, but it doesn’t stop the family.
“(It) never really keeps us back,” he says. “We just throw on the rain gear and the wellies and go on walks.”
Jason also refers to the sense of commu-nity that exists in rural County Kerry, explain-ing how the neighbors will come over and cut the grass and prepare the house each time they visit.
“The people over there, you just don’t meet any people like that anywhere else in the world,” says Jason. “They’re so friendly and outgoing.”
Jason and Jody, who teaches at Upper Ar-lington City Schools, think traveling is a great way to help edu-cate their kids.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to travel a lot,” says Jason. “We both feel that travel-ing is really important (for) education.”
Traveling to Ireland is particularly im-portant for his kids because of the dif-ferences between the community in Ire-land and the community here in Ohio, Jason says.
“I think it’s been important for them just to gain more of a global perspec-tive. Being in Columbus, it’s definitely more urban and there, it’s more rural,” he says. “I think it’s just really impor-
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Top: Jason and his children rest after a hike.
Bottom: A view from a hill near the Blairs’ home
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Having just finished 18 holes of golf at the 2014 state tournament, the Dublin Jerome High School girls golf team gathered together to wait for the final scores.
Moments later, the team would make history as it won its fourth straight state title.
The Dublin Jerome Celtics became the first team in the state to win more than two straight titles after its victory in 2013, and it continued its streak in 2014.
With a score of 626 across two rounds of golf, the girls narrowly defeated the Jackson High School team, which totaled 628. The landmark victory allowed se-niors Sybil Robinson and Maite Erana to complete their high school golfing careers with a championship for each year. Sophomore Mariana Erana returned for her second state title while freshmen Taby Robinson and Abby Kiefer gained their first victories with the team.
“They’ve done something no other high school team in the state has done in any sport,” says Coach C.D. Butcher.
Focusing on enjoying the game without obsessing over winning helped to minimize pressure on the golfers, Butcher says. Each year, the team only sets three goals: stay focused and im-prove, win the O.C.C. Cardinal Divi-sion, and get to the state tournament. In fact, the coach admits the first state title actually came as a surprise.
“We knew we had some good girls but, obviously with not winning before that, we actually thought our time was going to be the next year. But we had the perfect storm, and everything just fell in place,” says Butcher, who has
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been with the Jerome team since 2005 as an assistant coach.
While some high school teams suffer from losing seniors each year, the Celtics have stayed consistently impressive since the start of their championship streak.
“You sort of wonder who will step up the next year, and it became everybody step-ping up,” says Butcher.
Each year, Jerome’s team showcased strong players who were able to function well as a group. The returning players con-tinued to develop and serve as leaders for the rest of the team.
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After a mistake, a judgment-free system of support helps players stay focused. Mariana points out the benefit of com-petition, but stresses the impor-tance of balancing individual goals with a team mentality.
“(The fourth title) meant so much more than winning. It was what we’d gone through all year as a team and, really, as a family,” says Mariana.
Returning for the 2015 sea-son, Mariana hopes she can continue the Celtics’ legacy and serve as a leader to younger players. Sybil, who admits that winning four titles became a goal after her first state champi-onship, says she hopes to make the travel team at Michigan State University, where she will be attending college this fall. Butcher plans to continue pushing the Jerome golf-ers to perform their best, win or not.
“I’m in awe of these girls and how they approach the game and approach their friends,” says Butcher.
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The Celtics never dwelled on win-ning the state title. Instead, the team members aimed to take each shot one at a time and challenge themselves to per-form their best. Still, the players knew that their past victories brought an ex-pectation for achievement.
“We were making history,” says Sybil. “I think each year it became more important to string another (win) on.”
Butcher credits the girls’ talent and hard work as essential to the team’s success. The travel-filled season can quickly become a wearing process, so focus and mental deter-mination are necessary to achieve success while balancing school and other activities.
Above all else, the Celtics function as a team – even a family. The emphasis on unity over individual competition gives the players a system of support.
The players say they are all best friends, both on and off the course. When the sea-son ends, the relationships don’t. Gradu-ated players will even return to golf with their former teammates.
While Butcher and the girls admit that this approach might seem unusual in an individual sport, they insist that the team mentality is vital to Jerome’s success.
“In the end, we all have the same goal: we want to be there for each other, and we want to win,” says Mariana.
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Not everyone is fortunate enough to see Ireland’s beautiful landscape, castles and cottages in person, but getting to
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The Dublin Area Art League (DAAL) puts on a few art shows each year, in addition to having member meetings, guest speakers and outreach programs. This year is the league’s third annual Irish Art Show, which features two-dimensional pieces relating to either Ireland or Dublin, Ohio. Non-members were allowed to submit, and artists featured in the show are encouraged to make their work available for sale.
Jean Moffitt, former president of the DAAL and current chairwoman for the Irish Art Show, says the idea for the show came about a few years ago when an Irish artist was
Top: People’s Choice Winner Sidney Finneran, standing by her painting Karrer Barn and holding her painting 63 S. High Street, Dublin; Left: Jean Moffitt, co-chairwoman, with her photo collage Irish Winter; Right: Karen Jesko, co-chairwoman, with her watercolor titled Ha’penny Bridge Irish Imports
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invited to display his work on a wall of the Dublin Community Recreation Center for the Dublin Irish Festival.
“We were hanging art in the rec center on a regular basis,” Moffitt says.
This was one of several venues around the community in which DAAL members’ work could be found, and it made perfect sense to have a wall dedicated to Irish art each year during the festival.
It comes as no surprise that the event has grown in the past few years. Both cash and ribbon prizes are now offered, and the show is juried, meaning that a judge selects which pieces will be displayed on the wall and which will earn prizes. Getting into a juried show is particularly exciting for an artist, Moffit says.
Judging art is, of course, a subjective experience, but there are some particular aspects that just about any judge will look at. Moffitt lists overall composition, tonal qualities and subject as some of the key factors evaluated.
She notes that the subject of the paint-ing is perhaps most important, because it is the main thing the public notices. For example, some of the artists who have not traveled to Ireland choose to paint or pho-tograph places in Dublin, Ohio – familiar territory for community members.
“People will occasionally see their own street or house hanging up on the wall of the rec center,” says Moffitt. “I think it’s hard for people not to buy that.”
Last year, quite a few of the DAAL members were able to sell their work at the show, including Moffitt herself, who sold a photo collage of a winter scene in Ireland. A painting of an Irish cottage won last year’s show.
Though the DAAL would not mind eventually expanding the show and find-ing more display space, it is very pleased with its current venue and affiliation with the Dublin Irish Festival. The league is ex-pecting another successful year in display-ing and selling its artists’ best Irish work.
Art will be displayed through Aug. 15.
Christina Szuch is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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Executive Director of Dublin Arts Council, 1989-1994
Sally Raymond
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A Columbus native, Sally Raymond returned to her home-town after getting her feet wet in arts ad-
ministration while living in New Orleans. Her skills and her drive would help her become the first executive director of the Dublin Arts Council. Now a certified speaking coach, Raymond discusses her jour-ney with Dublin Life – and offers some expert advice on public speaking.
Dublin Life: How did you become interested in arts management?
Sally Raymond: I said in college that I wanted to be in arts ad-ministration. I’d taken theater and busi-ness classes. I was interested in my finance classes, so I ended up taking a job at Lazarus in its finance department. And I hated it! … I applied for a program in arts admin-istration down in New Orleans. … Or, I thought, I could move to Wisconsin, which was the place to go for arts administration. But I ended up getting an assistantship, and I got to do some work for the New Orleans Symphony and its arts council. I took an internship there.
DL: How did you come to work in Dublin?
SR: I was really looking to work in the arts after doing some work for the New Or-leans Symphony and the Arts Council of New Orleans. My family wanted me back (in Ohio). So I was like, “OK, I’ll come back.” I was tired of looking for jobs, so while I was on a weekend retreat, my sister found an ad (for the Dublin Arts Council) in the newspaper. I applied, and they liked my energy – that’s what they said.
DL: As the first executive director of the Dublin Arts Council, what was one of the biggest obstacles you had to overcome?
SR: The position didn’t have a lot of struc-ture. That was the good news and the bad news. I had to be very innova-tive. The programming wasn’t exactly set in stone, so I tried some new things that didn’t work,
and tried some things that did.The thing about (the Dublin Art in
Public Places program) was that it had to have impact. We wanted it to take on the environment of where it was taking place. So, for instance, Field of Corn – one of the criteria of the project was that it had to have impact when you’re (driv-ing) 35 mph. That’s quite a challenge for an artist, to have that visual impact. (Note: Field of Corn (with Osage Or-anges) was dedicated in 1994 in Frantz Park. Artist Malcolm Cochran included
109 upright human-sized ears of corn, in rows, as a symbol of Dublin’s legacy as a farming community.)
DL: Is there anything from your career with Dublin Arts Council you consider to be your greatest accomplishment?
SR: I think Field of Corn was the most challenging and the most rewarding. I left before it was actually installed, but we had a community event. I wanted people to understand who Malcolm was and what he had created. I wanted them to see what I saw. People came out, and it ended up being a very good event.
DL: Now you’re a certified speaking coach. How and when did you realize this was a calling?
SR: I became a certified speaking coach in 2013. I was just a stay-at-home mom then. … I’d taken some freelance mar-keting jobs here and there, and when that wasn’t coming through, I thought, “Maybe I need to start my own marketing company. I haven’t talked to adults in a re-ally long time. I need to hone my commu-nication skills.” … Now that my kids are in college, I’m reinventing myself at this stage in my life.
DL: What’s your biggest piece of advice for people who aren’t necessarily con-fident in their public speaking abilities?
SR: What happens when you’re not feel-ing confident is that you’re putting all the focus on yourself and what’s wrong with you. What you need to do is take the focus off of yourself and put it instead on your au-dience. Once you focus on what they need from you, it makes it so much easier.
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DL: What about advice for someone who wants to follow a similar career path, specifically in arts administration?
SR: I’m sure there’s an easier way than answering an ad in the newspaper! That’s not really how you get a job anymore. Now that we’re so much more connected, it’s about building those relationships and making those connections. I was young, and when you’re young, you think you know everything … So, have a mentor who’s done what you want to do.
Hannah Bealer is an assistant editor. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
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Dublin couple finds Coventry Woods residence ideal for school-aged children
Into the Woods
BY HANNAH BEALERl i v i ng
When Megan and Mike James made the move to Winchell Court in Dublin’s Coventry Woods neighborhood, the
couple didn’t go far. In fact, they moved only one street away from their former residence on Chad-dington Drive.
That move, Megan says, made a world of difference for her school-aged children. It was important to stay in the same neigh-borhood so her 17 and 14-year-old sons, Bryson and Evan, could stay connected to their friends and continue attending Dublin Coffman High School. The family lived in their Chaddington Drive home for 17 years.
Bryson will be a senior, and Evan an incoming freshman. The couple’s 19-year-old daughter, Mackenzie, is a student at the Uni-versity of Dayton.
Megan and Mike found the home on the mar-ket as a rental and moved in March 2014. In five months, they completely renovated the house.
“We gutted it top to bottom,” Megan says. Now, the home has three-and-a-half baths
and five bedrooms. The entire first floor was redone, as was the laundry room. The kitchen now has a more open floor plan, along with counter seating, which Megan says serves many purposes.
“(The counter seating) is good for sitting with the family between sports,” Megan says. “It’s also great for entertaining guests.”
The layout of the home allows quiet and pri-vate spaces while also assuring that Megan and Mike can supervise their children.
“The areas (around the home) are not so noisy,” Megan says. “The living room is more closed off to reduce noise and activity from the kitchen.”
Throughout the home are five television sets that serve as viewing areas for sports games. The
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Into the Woods
kitchen is home to one of those viewing areas, providing a spot for the kids and guests to snack while watching Cleveland Cavaliers games.
The James’ former home on Chadding-ton Drive was a corner lot without much privacy, Megan says. Now, the kids have a large back yard that keeps them active.
“They play a lot of sports back there,” Megan says. “There’s a lacrosse net. When it rains, there’s a creek in the back that ices over, and they can ice skate on it. Now, there are more private areas for the kids to congregate, like the basement and back yard.”
The yard is used by the children and their friends year round, and Megan says supervising from the home’s new deck is easy and convenient. A three-season room was also added, as well as an expanded driveway for Bryson’s car.
While renovating the basement, Me-gan says, they did not change much. With teens in the house, she and her husband
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On the first floor, what was originally a small bedroom was transformed into a mud-room for all of the kids’ sporting equipment, shoes and jackets. The original family room now serves as a home office.
“We both work from home a lot,” says Megan, who owns MJ2 Marketing Group. Mike is CEO of Fireproof Records.
There are four bedrooms on the top floor – the three bedrooms for the James’ children as well as the master suite, which features one of the home’s bathrooms and a walk-in closet.
“It was really important to me to have all the kids upstairs,” Megan says. “In the old house, they could retreat more (to the bedrooms).”
Staying in Coventry Woods was im-portant to the family, but so was staying in Dublin. Megan cites the “boom and growth” of the city as its main attraction.
As a family, they enjoy biking on the paths and walking to Historic Dublin. All the kids’ friends are in a one-to-two-mile radius, Megan says.
“I love being a part of a city that’s on the move,” she says.
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Home Away from Home
WITH COLUMNIST COLLEEN D’ANGELOwr i t enex tdoor
Pulling up to the Ronald McDonald House in Columbus, I was immediately surprised that the “house” is actually a campus of five houses, a hotel-like building and fenced-in grounds with tons of play space. A statue of the friendly clown Ronald McDonald, with his bright red
hair, sits on a bench outside the main door, welcom-ing all who enter.
This temporary home away from home is for families whose children are hospitalized and seriously ill. My daughter, Catie, and I were given a tour by CEO and Executive Director Dee Anders and board member/volunteer Anne Partridge, both Dublin residents.
It was amazing to see the creative rooms sponsored and decorated by the various Columbus sports teams, such as the exercise room by the Columbus Crew SC, the TV/game room by the Clippers, the bil-liards and playroom by the Blue Jackets and the crazy, fun hallways decorated with Buckeye murals and memorabilia. The Urban and Shelley Meyer Family Playroom was just completed, as was the Matta Meditation Room.
The NHL All-Star Legacy tree house is an amazing transformation of a stairwell, complete with a pretend Zamboni and slide to the penalty box. A beautiful rooftop garden offers a fabulous view of the compound and is available to host your next corporate meeting or cocktail party.
Dublin has plenty of special connections to Columbus’ Ronald McDonald House
Above: The Urban and Shelley Meyer Playroom
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With 4,500 families staying at the Ronald McDonald House each year and only 27 people on staff, you can imagine how important volunteers are to this organization.
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“We used the house for six months,” says Toni. “Bruce or I would spend 24 hours with Mark and then switch. We’d look forward to dinners together at (the house). The people who donate (and) serve food there are unbelievable. It defi-nitely helped us make it through the worst time in our lives.”
The Ronald McDonald House is con-veniently located across from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, serves an average of 350 people daily and is the largest of its kind in the world.
“There is great cooperation between the hospital and the house,” says Mark Phelan, Dublin resident and Ronald McDonald House Charities board member. “Some-times parents can plan their visits when children have chemotherapy treatments or other appointments, but sometimes kids are transported via MedFlight in the middle of the night, and families arrive in pajamas without so much as a toothbrush. That’s why we are staffed 24/7.”
The average stay is eight days, and guests come from all over Ohio, throughout the U.S. and even from other countries.
“We had an Italian family for over a year and an Australian family for two years. Because of those situations, we have re-furbished homes in the neighborhood for long-term housing suitable for entire fami-lies,” explains Mark.
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The RMHC Joe Mortellaro Golf clas-sic is in its 29th year and is the longest running annual fundraiser for the house. Hosted by honorary co-chairs, coaches Thad Matta and Meyer, it’s also the largest charity golf outing in central Ohio. Four hundred participants play golf at one of four Dublin courses or Double Eagle Club before enjoying dinner together at Scioto Reserve Country Club.
The Red Shoe Society is a group of about 200 young professionals with great energy and enthusiasm. They regularly hold fundraisers for RMHC such as the annual Dig it for the House volleyball tournament on Aug. 29 at Flannagan’s on Caine Road, just off Sawmill Road. There will be 52 co-ed teams with three levels of competition so everyone can participate. The Red Shoe Society will also hold its first Red Shoe Run on Aug. 1 at Scioto Audubon Metro Park.
“These are great opportunities for local 20- to 40-year-olds to network, have fun and raise funds for (the house) at the same time,” says Dee.
On the other end of the spectrum, I chatted with the AT&T Pioneers, retired workers who cook and serve dinner at the house once a month. While the meatballs and sauce simmered in the new commer-cial kitchen, they talked about volunteer-ing for the house for more than 32 years and how much they love helping and how the facility has grown.
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After its 2012 release, the book received considerable praise, finding itself on the top of Britain’s best-seller lists.
Editor’s note: To be added to the Dublin Life Book Club mailing list and for more information on how to receive a complimentary copy of the next book, email as-sistant editor Hannah Bealer at [email protected]. Copies will be available on a limited basis. We’ll meet at 7 p.m., Aug. 26, at Shade on Muir-field, 7148 Muirfield Dr., to share our thoughts on the book. Enjoy!
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