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Little Brown Jug
By Adam Cairns/ThisWeekDriver David Miller pumps his fist after crossing the finish line with Big Bad John in first place to claim the Little Brown Jug harness racing event at the Delaware County Fair on Sept. 22.Delaware County’s own Big Bad John wins
Even 46 years after the fact, standardbred trainer Ron Potter still acts the guilty party when discussing his first visit to the Little Brown Jug in 1965.
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By By Chris Parker/ThisWeekAngela Vertucci is the site manager for the Marysville Entrepreneurial Center where the Union County Small Business Incubator is located.‘Incubator’ growing small businesses in Union County
When the Union County Small Business Incubator program relaunched in June, organizers were hoping to refocus efforts to help start-up companies and entrepreneurs.
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By Adam Cairns/ThisWeekEvangelia Philippidis, co-owner of Galleria Evangelia, stands among the art quilts made by members of the Art Quilt Network commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.Gallery’s art quilt exhibit focuses on 10th anniversary of Sept. 11
A special exhibition now on display at Galleria Evangelia in Clintonville seeks to make some sense of the seemingly senseless: the terrorist attacks on the United States just slightly over a decade ago.
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By By Andrea Kjerrumgaard/ThisWeekCarolyn Cordray (left) helps Angela Smith pick out fresh vegetables at the Central College Presbyterian Church on Sept. 17. The Mid-Ohio Foodbank provided the church with pounds of fresh produce for food pantry customers at a free farmers market.Mid-Ohio Foodbank works with church to provide fresh produce
Getting fresh produce to clients can be a challenge for food banks with limited storage space.
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Honda plans $50-million expansion at Russells Point
Honda of America has announced another expansion project for one of its Ohio facilities.
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JEDD board ready to market corporate park
The Pataskala Corporate Park’s “job-ready site” is ready to go.
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Delaware County Fair a bit soggy but popular for 2011
Attendance at the 2011 Delaware County Fair got off to a bit of a slow start under wet and cloudy skies, but soared Sept. 22 for the Little Brown Jug harness race.
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Licking Heights health insurance
District picks Cigna, but rates will rise
Treasurer Jennifer Vanover told Licking Heights school board members Sept. 20 that, like it or not, the district’s health-insurance rates were going to increase.
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If levy passes
Northridge board agrees with Shepard’s outline
Northridge school board members agreed during a special work session Sept. 22 with the recommendations presented by Superintendent John Shepard at their regular meeting Sept. 19.
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Slane fills vacancy on Westland Area Commission
Westland area resident Adam Slane said he hopes he can make a difference in the community where he grew up — and where he wants to grow old.
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Football
By By Ty Wright/ThisWeekBradley’s Tony Harvard (44) holds hands in the huddle with teammates Mickey Bivens (41) and Tevin Anderson (68) during the OCC-Capital opener against New Albany on Sept. 16. Harvard played with a heavy heart after the Sept. 15 death of his father, Christopher Harvard. The Jaguars lost 45-20.Harvard turns to Bradley family
Tony Harvard lost a member of his family, so the senior defensive lineman turned to his extended family on the Hilliard Bradley High School football team.
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Soccer
By By Paul Vernon/ThisWeekCoffman’s Talia Tullis is playing her senior year despite having a torn labrum in her left shoulder. Tullis, a stopper, has helped the Shamrocks post shutouts in their first seven games.Coffman’s Tullis plays through pain
Toward the end of her junior season with the Dublin Coffman High School girls soccer team, pain shot through Talia Tullis’ left shoulder on throw-ins and she noticed her shoulder felt sore after games and practices.
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Football
By By Paul Vernon/ThisWeekGrove City’s Tyler Cowles tries to get past Mike Smith (back) and Ryan Carter of Reynoldsburg during the host Dawgs’ 20-10 loss on Sept. 16.Dawgs’ Davis adjusts to quarterback role
Nick Davis has bided his time since his sophomore year, hoping to take over as the starting quarterback for the Grove City High School football team.
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Girls Tennis
Doubles tournaments valuable for postseason
Les Somogyi didn’t notice many doubles tournaments when he surveyed the high school tennis landscape five years ago, so the Reynoldsburg girls coach decided to start his own.
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Football
Tigers, Panthers to talk on field
Seth Gamby of the Pickerington High School North football team expects the week his team plays Pickerington Central to include its share of lively banter throughout the community.
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Lacrosse
Wolford named assistant coach for MLL's Ohio Machine
Bill Wolford, who coached the Worthington Kilbourne High School boys lacrosse team from 1992-2006, has been named as an assistant coach for the Major League Lacrosse’s Ohio Machine
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THE BEAT
Bear HandsFischer’s Fab 10
Remember those old infomercials? “Now how much would you pay?”
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Table Talk
Global cuisines inspire new restaurant near Grandview Heights
Food and travel have been intertwined in Troy Bellot’s life since he was a little boy, whether he learned to make real jerk chicken from his Jamaican grandmother or spaghetti sauce from an Italian woman in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Menu
Maya Grill in Gahanna offers multi-national Latino fare
Today’s lesson in restaurant math will be an investigation of the following equation (aka the Patacon and Corona Theorem): (El Arepazo/5 + booze + good Mexican eatery/2) ÷ Gahanna = the Maya Grill.
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Awarding $20,000 in scholarships this year! Nominate your student in grades 9-12 today.
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Results are in for the Readers Poll: Columbus Dining
Diners score some major upsets in the annual restaurant survey.
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