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8 Community Calendar
10 faces Lending Voices through a Leading Vision ADAMH CEO David Royer dedicates his life to rebuilding lives
14 Dublin: The Junction of Great Transportation Benefits
16 Putting the Patient First Special Needs Registry keeps the Washington Township Fire Department informed
18 in focus Holiday Gift Guide Great local finds for that special someone on your list
30 Festive Fitness Stay healthy in Dublin during the holidays and beyond
34 Streamlined Service New online service connects people in need with community resources
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38 living A Move that Made Sense New Jersey native relocated to Dublin to be closer to his family
41 luxury living real estate guide
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Run, Walk or Bike: Stay Active This Winter
Roads are not the only priority when the snow starts to fall. With more than 100 miles of bike paths connecting Dublin neighborhoods, parks and facilities, the City makes every effort to assure the paths get special treatment, too.
We know Dublin residents are committed to living healthy lifestyles, and we don’t want to let a little precipitation get in the way of pursuing outdoor activities.
Last summer, the City launched a #RunDublin social media campaign in recognition of the more than 20 races held in our community each year, including the IGS Energy/Dublin Irish Festival 5K & Kids Dash, FORE! Miler and OhioHealth Emerald City Half & Quarter Marathon. The campaign, which debuted at the Emerald City race, engages social media users, while supporting community partners and com-municating pertinent information, including road closures. By using the tag, you can also share your own photos and information when participating in a race or going for a run in Dublin.
We recognize that the weather may slow the pace a bit for the winter, so we are announcing a #WalkDublin version and, next spring, look for a #BikeDublin hashtag to complement the campaign’s efforts. Among the shared information, #BikeDublin will include bicycle safety tips and pathway conditions.
No matter how you choose to get around Dublin, it’s our goal to make sure you have the most up-to-date information to assist you in your healthy pursuits.
And for those days that may be best served by staying indoors, the Dublin Community Recreation Center provides a variety of ways to burn off excess energy, group fitness including classes, an indoor jogging track and sports courts perfect for pick-up basketball games. Be sure to check out the latest edition of Healthy, available on-line at DublinOhioUSA.gov, to discover a variety of activities to keep both body and mind in great shape this winter.
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Leading with more than 25 years of experience, Dublin resident and ADAMH CEO David Royer’s ability to see life through a lens of hope and recovery has helped him navigate the path to where he is now.
Today, Royer is leading an organization that has helped thousands fight adversity and find strength, giving marginalized populations a voice while teaching the community to embrace those affected – regardless of their disability.
ADAMH, the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County, serves more than 40,000 people a year, improving the well-being of the community by providing progressive, effective mental health and addiction treatment, as well as prevention services.
Royer’s unique understanding and skilled experience with mental illness have led him to where he is today. His childhood exposed him to what would soon become his passion in life. He took inspiration from his father, who researched schizophrenia at veterans’ hospitals. As Royer worked in his father’s lab, the challenges of persistent mental illness inspired him to help these people recover.
“He studied the psychiatric casualties of war, not just the physical casualties,” Royer says. “I came to this field because it’s something that I knew. And there’s great pain in persistent mental illness. I devel-oped an affinity for these folks because of the challenges they face.”
Growing up in Maryland and Cleve-land, Royer continued his education with the intention of battling mental issues. He began at Wright State University, study-ing social work, and went on to pursue a master of science degree in health services at Central Michigan University.
Though it may be well-hidden, mental ill-ness is common. One in four people has a mental illness, and even more lives are affected by it, Royer explains. And after Royer’s friends lost battles to drugs or alcohol, he surveyed the aftermath and decided to fight back.
ADAMH CEO David Royer dedicates his life to rebuilding lives
Lending Voices through a Leading Vision
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“Unfortunately, I was at the age where I saw my friends become casualties of drug ad-diction or alcoholism,” Royer says. “Unless someone can recover, there’s generally a road of tragedy and despair. But there are individu-als who can recover with the right support.”
After college, Royer worked at a men-tal health center as a case manager. He brought people back into the community after they were institutionalized.
“I learned a lot about the humanness of people with mental illness. They only wanted what I wanted and what you want-ed. They wanted to live a life no different than you and I in that context,” Royer says.
From there, Royer worked at Cleveland’s Deaconess Hospital, where he ran an inpa-tient program. He learned much about the business of healthcare. After that, Royer worked as a board director at the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of But-ler County for almost a decade before joining ADAMH. He came to Columbus in 2000.
Royer has had several impressive accom-plishments, paving the path toward recovery for many. However, he says, “the most re-warding part is getting to work with people who have the same commitment. We have a strong sense of the spirit of optimism here – the idea that we can do better and believing tomorrow can be better than today. We’re here to improve the quality of life for those who may otherwise be left behind.”
David Royer has been a leader in the Managing for Results initiative, ensuring ef-ficiency, effectiveness and quality services for individuals, but he says his most important accomplishment is simply facilitating the direct services work, making a difference in people’s lives.
“It’s not the buildings you build or the programs you create; it’s the lives that you touch,” Royer says.
Royer’s passion is palpable when he talks about the stigma associated with mental ill-ness in our society.
“We begin to stereotype people with men-tal illness,” he says. “Not only are we faced with that challenge, we tend to see people with mental illness by the nature of the ill-ness, and we don’t see them as a person. It’s important for people with mental illness to have a voice. We’ve worked hard to try to build programs that give them that voice.”
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Royer paves the path to abolish that stigma. Part of ADAMH’s vision is to de-stigmatize mental illness.
“We have a saying here: ‘See the per-son, not the illness.’ They want the same things that you want. They want friends and family. We fight this uphill stream, so to speak, where we tend to focus more on the illness than the person. And that’s stigmatizing,” he says.
ADAMH tries to teach the community that regardless of the disability, how we treat that population matters.
“The more we embrace that they have a place in our society, and that their place is no different than ours, then I think our mission is made easier,” Royer says.
ADAMH conducts activities that re-duce the stigma attached to mental illness and addiction.
“If you have chronic lung disease, we don’t view that person as different.”
But the same is not true for mental ill-ness, Royer says.
“Most people with mental illness are do-ing fine on medication,” he says. “Only in the most pronounced situations is it that we notice a person with mental illness.”
Not only is Royer a leader of ADAMH, he also avidly researches golf course ar-chitecture.
“Very few people know what it is, but I read about it every day,” Royer says.
He describes his reverence, comparing golf architects to artists, seeing the world through their own lens.
“I found it interesting that they can take a piece of land and they can lift it like a blanket, and there’s a golf course laid on a piece of land that most people couldn’t envision. In the classic age of golf archi-tecture, these are the people who walked in a different time and tied ribbons around trees and felt the ground through their feet,” he says.
Royer has three daughters – one lives in Grandview Heights and two live in Cin-cinnati – and eight grandchildren.
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Dublin: The Junction of Great Transportation Benefits
In Dublin, the physical and visual relationship of our roadways to their surroundings is so aligned that drivers and passengers barely notice. Yet, in the same moment, they know they are in a place that
stands apart from so many other cities, towns and villages.This attention to aesthetics, appreciation of the environment and
respect for safety combine to create a place where people want to live, work, ride a bike, visit a neighbor or take a walk in the park. It’s a place where people want to visit, start a company and attend an event. It’s Dublin.
Since the early 1970s, our City leaders have placed great pride and importance in our infrastructure system – from the type of material used to build the roads to the shade trees that line the medians, from the limestone fences designed to respect our heri-tage to the seasonal plantings that provide color and beauty year-round.
Yes, there’s more to Dublin’s infrastructure than just roadways.
The FundamentalsThe aim of many of the City’s planning, engineering and economic devel-
opment efforts is making the trip easier for people and the goods and services Dublin’s businesses produce. This is good for business, but it’s also why Dublin continues to be the place residents want to call home. Safe and easy access for drivers, paired with safe and easy access for bicyclists and pedestrians, makes Dublin an attractive place to do business, and a safe and appealing place to play and live.
One of Dublin’s most fundamental and relevant transportation assets is that it can be easily accessed by three interchanges on Interstate-270: Saw-mill Road, U.S. Rt. 33 and State Rt. 161, and Tuttle Crossing Boulevard. This makes it easy to move both freight and people in, around and through the City. It takes more, however, than well-planned freeway access to cre-
ate a thriving community. Rebuilding the I-270/U.S. 33 interchange, continuously improving local traffic flow and adding more (and safer) pedestrian and bike-friendly facilities are a critical part of the Dublin transportation network.
And the outgrowth of this network is enormous.
Economic DevelopmentCity of Dublin Development Director
Donna Goss notes Dublin’s diverse trans-portation portfolio makes existing busi-nesses want to stay here, attracts new jobs and brings revenue into the community.
“Dublin’s ease of circulation and con-nectivity is a great selling point to busi-nesses considering locating here,” Goss says. “It’s a big tool in our tool kit for get-ting businesses to give Dublin a serious look. When traffic problems do emerge, our team works hard to resolve them as quickly as possible so we retain the jobs we already have.”
Goss points to transportation projects at both ends of Dublin’s 5.6-mile Emerald Parkway as examples. At the southwest ter-minus near Tuttle Crossing Boulevard, traf-fic back-ups were frustrating the many office building owners and tenants in the area.
Dublin and the City of Columbus part-nered to build two new roundabouts in the area to improve rush hour flow and access
Dublin boasts more than 100 miles of shared-use paths.
A pedestrian bridge in the Bridge Street District will rise high above the river banks.
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to I-270 at Tuttle Crossing Boulevard. A key segment of the bike path also was com-pleted. Now, employees spend less time in traffic, and pedestrians and bicyclists can get around more easily, too. Building leases were renewed and jobs were retained.
The eastern leg of Emerald Parkway, which ends at Sawmill Parkway, was com-pleted in 2014. This was the capstone to an 18-year effort to link both sides of the Scioto River and provide a critical east-west connector between Dublin, Co-lumbus, Hilliard and Worthington. For Dublin’s economic development team, it opens up 115 acres of prime land to promote to prospective businesses considering Dublin.
“We can offer these companies high visibility for their brand on acreage that fronts I-270, just like Cardinal Health and 11 other of Dublin’s largest employers,” Goss says. She adds that businesses lo-cated along Emerald Parkway gen-erate about $17 million annually in tax revenue.
Safety is Paramount Dublin’s well-planned transpor-
tation system also includes 105 miles of shared-use paths.
“I refer to it as our bike path instead of bike paths, since, with the exception of a few small slivers, our shared-use path sys-tem is fully connected,” says Matt Earman, Dublin’s Director of Parks and Recreation. “Those paths make it possible for kids and families to get everywhere around Dublin without a car. Kids can ride their bikes to school safely, or hop on their bikes to go fish at a pond or play baseball at a park. We even have parking for bicycles at ma-jor events. I often hear that our beauti-ful bike paths are one reason why people choose to live here.”
Earman says other recent transporta-tion improvements have made it easier for sporting events that attract a lot of out-of-town visitors.
“Most people think about driving to and from work Monday through Friday, but our weekends are very busy, too,” says Earman. “We attract many major sports tournaments for soccer, baseball and even cricket. When our parks are busy, our roads are impacted. In the last several years, the City has made great strides to improve ingress and egress. The new roundabout at Darree Fields and Cosgray Road, in particular, has made a huge difference in improving safety and keeping vehicles moving. Overall, I think the roundabouts make moving around Dublin so much safer and more efficient.”
Earman is quick to add that making Dublin easier to access by car, bike and
foot makes a good impression on those who visit.
“We have more than 2.5 million visi-tors in Dublin each year. When they have a good experience, they want to come back,” Earman says.
Well-Maintained Roadways Set the Standard for Quality
The physical appearance of a City has long been considered a sign of its econom-ic health and prosperity. In addition to ad-dressing safety features, Dublin’s roadway system is designed to be visually appealing with landscaped medians, roundabouts and rights-of-way encompassing plants, trees and public art.
With its emphasis on healthy lifestyles, Dublin also incorporates striped bike lanes with sharrows that are an integral part of the City’s bicycle transportation network.
Dublin Director of Public Works Megan O’Callaghan oversees a team of profes-sionals dedicated to maintaining the City’s transportation needs.
“Our team takes this work very serious-ly,” she says. “We are constantly analyzing crash data, traffic growth, demographic trends, resident and business needs, and public input. We use this information to make continuous improvements in our transportation network. Whether it’s fill-ing potholes and plowing snow to build-ing a new roundabout or bike path, we are dedicated to making Dublin the best place possible to live, work and play.”
The “Greening” of Dublin Begins at our Gateways
The “greening” of Dublin has long been valued not only as a means of beautification, but also for its environ-mental stewardship.
The gateways to Dublin stand out as distinctively as the City itself. Limestone fences and beautiful floral plantings roll out the “Welcome to Dublin” mat at the City’s entryways.
In Historic Dublin, planters and street trees signify beautification efforts, which are replicated by residents in their own neighborhoods. Not only do these efforts add to the natural environment of the com-munity, they also provide visual cues that slow traffic for pedestrian-friendly access.
The New Walkable, Urban EnvironmentAs the City’s transportation network
comes full circle, Dublin looks to its future to bridge history and vision through the development of the Bridge Street District.
This new urban, walkable environment will connect Historic Dublin on the west side of the Scioto River to the east side. Just as the City’s bike paths connect neigh-borhoods and points of interest, Bridge Street will connect residential housing, businesses and entertainment venues on both sides of the river.
A pedestrian bridge will rise high above the river banks, providing residents and visitors alike a way to stay connected to the past and the present, while the new State Route 161/Riverside Drive round-about and connector streets will offer easy access to the new development and the surrounding Dublin neighborhoods.
Dublin and ODOT engineers inspect a full-scale mock-up of a panel for the walls of the 270/33 Interchange. The trees depicted are part of a large panoramic scene that will include the Scioto River, kayakers and waterfowl.
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“If we were to have a fire and somebody is confined to their bed, during the process of getting them enrolled, we can know where they’re located and focus on that part of the house first during our primary search and rescue that individual more quickly. If we need to evacuate an area, if we know somebody has mobility issues or is on home oxygen, we can accom-modate their needs and make sure enough is brought with them to the location,” Johnson adds.
For interested residents, enroll-ment in the registry is thorough. First, the department will send out an information packet and schedule an on-site visit. Partici-pants will then be asked to sign a HEPA agreement so that the de-partment can share the medical and logistical information with emergency responders. The information is entered into mapping software that will inform crews if it is a special needs premise in case of an emergency.
The department also offers home inspections by request, in which responders give participants feedback on safety practices, test their smoke detectors and practice evacuations in the event of a fire or other emergency.
Johnson says the program has strengthened the department’s ties with residents and provided opportunities for continuing education.
“Directly, it has helped us understand the needs of our residents,” John-son says. “There may be situations where having the family involved pro-vides best outcome. We’re able to work together and provide the best care for the patient.”
Jaya Pillai is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].
Flashing lights. Wailing sirens. Panic. Emergencies are scary, but the Washing-ton Township Fire Department employs a
Special Needs Registry to make sure no one gets lost in the shuffle.
The registry, which is open to all residents of Wash-ington Township, aims to inform emergency respond-ers if an individual has a medical condition that would require specialized care. The current version of the pro-gram was inspired by a similar initiative already in place in Delaware County.
“We wanted to model it after a system that was work-ing and had demonstrated sustainability,” says Eric Johnson, a veteran firefighter who now serves as the EMS manager for the department.
Since the program’s implementation three years ago, EMS responders have been trained to adapt care to a di-verse array of situations. For example, in the case of a child with autism, responders would know to turn off sirens and lights that might agitate the child before their arrival.
“It’s geared towards those with any type of medical conditions where it would be helpful for EMS people to be notified prior to arriving, such as mobility issues, being hard of hearing, or any special medical condition where our treatment may need to be more specialized,” Johnson says.
The registry can be used in non-medical emergencies as well, such as fire, floods or other emergency evacuations.
Putting the Patient FirstSpecial Needs Registry keeps the Washington Township Fire Department informedBy Jaya Pillai
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Hide and SeekJewelers plan City-wide scavenger huntBy Hannah Bealer
The holidays have been a little bit happier since Scott’s Custom Jewelers kicked off its third annual Scott’s Secret Santa Scavenger Hunt on Nov. 23.
In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Scott’s signature purple boxes are placed all around the City – from City parks to the library, and even the Dublin Arts Council. Nothing’s off limits.
“I’ve always wanted to play Santa,” says Scott Cevasco, who owns Scott’s along with his wife, Beth. “We have a lot of fun planning, and hiding these gifts each week. It really puts us in the holi-day mood during this sometimes very hectic season.”
Past gifts have included sterling silver bracelets and earrings. Location clues are posted to the company’s Facebook page.
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Outdoor AmusementBiking and baseball may be out, but
there are some perks to chilly weather.When there’s snow on the ground,
the City’s sledding hill – located at Scioto Park, and open from 7:30 a.m. to dusk – is open for business. Bath-rooms are on-site.
There’s also the City’s ice rink at Coffman Park, which opens when temperatures have been below freez-ing for several consecutive days. It’s open 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. on week-ends and snow days, and 3-8:30 p.m. on school days. The pavilion contains fireplaces for anyone seek-ing warmth.
Once the weather becomes inhospitable, a multitude of exercise options are off the table.
And when that weather is accompanied by social gather-ings replete with less-than-healthful eating options – plates
upon plates of Christmas cookies, we’re looking at you – they can form a fearsome alliance aimed at expanding your waistline.
Fortunately, the City of Dublin offers residents a sizable assortment of options for remaining fit, even as the air gets cold and the pas-tries pile up.
Healthful Holiday
Eating Tips
• Don’t skip earlier meals in anticipa-
tion of a big one, or you may super-
charge your appetite
• Chew gum to stave off the urge for
unnecessary snacking
• Keep snacks out of view, particularly
at the office
• Never do your shopping on an
empty stomach, lest you succumb to
the siren’s song of Cinnabon
• Wear tighter clothing at gatherings
so you notice more readily if you’re
eating too much
• Make more healthful items your first
priority, so if you get full, it isn’t all
on junk food
• Keep empty dishes and containers
in sight as visual reminders of what
you’ve consumed
• Keep one hand busy, perhaps with
a drink, to cut down on idly
grabbing food
• Switch between alcoholic and non-
alcoholic beverages to cut down
calories from booze
• Leave the table when you’re done
eating so you’re not tempted to
keep going
Residents can check the Parks & Open Space page on the City’s website, www.dublinohiousa.gov, to see whether the rink is open on any given day. Patrons must bring their own skates.
Parks & RecThe City’s Parks and Recreation De-
partment works hard to keep residents moving during the colder months.
Of course, even if the mercury has dropped, there are plenty of opportunities to use the City’s 60 parks and 100 miles of bike paths.
Indoors, though, the Dublin Commu-nity Recreation Center has 80-plus group fitness classes. Offerings include spin-
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ning, Pilates, Zumba, yoga, step, barbells, kickboxing and high intensity interval training, and that’s not even touching the classes that focus on the mind rather than the body.
“Keep your mind active during the win-ter by participating in a foreign language class, a gardening workshop to prepare for spring, painting with watercolors or a hands-on cooking class,” says Tracey Gee, director of recreation services.
Popular adult programs include Ball-room Dancing, in which participants learn the basics of waltz, foxtrot, tango, swing and more; Kinetic Kitchen, a course on eating right taught by the founders of the Dublin-based Kinetic food truck; and Pot-tery Open Studio, which covers ceramics for new and experienced participants.
A variety of children’s programs is also available at the center. Highlights include Little Ninjas, in which preschool-aged children and their parents learn martial
arts in a playful environment; and Sporties for Shorties, which teaches basic skills such as rolling, kicking, batting, throwing and catching.
The center’s cardio and weight rooms both recently underwent updates and are now full of new equipment. There is also a wealth of classes in the center’s pool.
“The DCRC has a great selection of both deep and shallow water fitness classes for all fitness levels, as well as lanes for lap swimming,” Gee says.
The Winter/Spring edition of Dublin’s Healthy brochure, detailing all of its rec-reation offerings, will be released Dec. 17 on the Recreation Services portion of the City’s website. Among the new items planned are classes on modern dance, In-dian dance and krav maga, as well as an incentive program and late-night hikes.
Visit www.dublinlifemagazine.com to learn more about new classes.
Keep an eye on social media for Dublin’s exercise hashtag campaigns: #RunDublin, #WalkDublin and #BikeDublin. #RunDublin is already in prog-ress, while #WalkDublin launch-es in January and #BikeDublin launches in April.
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Though often done for fun, ice skating is great exercise, es-pecially this time of year, says Jeremy Rogers, assistant gen-eral manager.
“In the winter, when there’s not a lot to do, you’re not go-ing to get outside as much,” says Rogers. “It’s a good fam-ily activity.”
Skating classes are offered, with the next session to begin in early January. The rinks can also be rented for private events such as birthday par-ties. And on Friday nights, the Chiller hosts its Melt-down teen night events, with a live DJ and disco lights.
There’s also Elysium Tennis, which has eight indoor tennis courts and four plat-form tennis courts in addition to its six out-door courts. Nonmembers can take private lessons, participate in Saturday morning
nonmember clinics and even call ahead to reserve courts.
Platform tennis is a unique offering popular in the winter,
says Beth Fitzgerald, Elysi-um manager. It’s played
with special paddles rather than rackets on a court one-third the size of a normal court that is surrounded by
chicken wire.
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New online service connects people in need with community resourcesStory and photo by Amanda DePerro
Streamlined Service
Dublin now has a single website to serve those in need. DublinCAN.org, an online service that connects those in
tough times to organizations around the Dublin City School District, is changing the way the community seeks help.
The website was created by Dublin Faith Community Partners and provides residents with a directory of organizations, from mental health counseling to legal services. It even offers homework help and tutoring programs for students.
DublinCAN’s website is available in four languages: English, Arabic, Chinese and Spanish. Under each listed service, the user is provided with information such as who to contact, the organization’s requirements and a description of its services.
The DFCP is made up of local clergy and social service community organization representatives, says Jean Griffith, DFCP member and executive director of Wel-come Warehouse.
“We started meeting because we wanted to figure out how we could work together to serve people in need better than we were, and what opportunities were out there,” Griffith says. “This is the first big initiative that came out of this group.”
Despite it being relatively new, com-munity members are already seeing the resource’s impact. DublinCAN is making the search for services seamless for both organizations and residents across Dublin.
Hollie Goldberg, DFCP member and director of older adult services and qual-ity improvement at Syntero, was able to direct a client to Welcome Warehouse be-cause she was familiar with DublinCAN. Through the site, she easily found an orga-nization that would suit his needs.
“He was having trouble making ends meet and paying utility bills and that kind of thing,” Goldberg says. “By becoming in-volved with the Dublin Faith and Dublin-CAN, I knew so much more about (Wel-come Warehouse). I was able to send Jean
“We wanted to figure out how we could work together to serve people in need better than we were, and what opportunities were out there.”
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an email and say, ‘Do you think that this person would qualify?’ and she was able to quickly say, ‘Here’s what he needs to do.’”
Barbara Anderson, interfaith out-reach facilitator at Dublin Community Church and DFCP member, can also speak on the benefit of DublinCAN to clients and organizations.
“It will make it easier for our ministers at our church and for our office administrator to better serve people who walk through our doors,” Anderson says. “This website will create a place where our ministers and office administrators can go and say, ‘OK, we may not be able to help you with this right now, here at this church, but here are some agencies that can.’”
This interaction between organizations, Goldberg says, is an important aspect of DublinCAN.
“That’s the kind of neighbor-helping-neighbor kind of thing that we’re trying to generate,” she says. “At least the person knows that, through DublinCAN, they’re going to find someone who will call them back, so I think that’s a very valuable part of our outreach.”
The biggest challenge the DFCP faces is spreading the word about DublinCAN to clients and organizations. DublinCAN encourages organizations throughout Dublin to add their services to the website.
“Really, it’s only as good as the con-tent that’s on it,” Griffith says. “Our goal is to make this a lot bigger and include a lot more.”
Organizations of all kinds are welcome.DublinCAN is the first directory of its
kind in the City of Dublin. There are an estimated 24 organizations and 66 pro-grams listed on the site. The DFCP was inspired by a similar website in Hilliard called Hilliard Helps. Feedback from Dub-lin residents showed the DFCP how need-ed DublinCAN was.
“I was amazed at how quickly the funds were realized to develop this website,” Goldberg says. “I think it just showed that there’s a lot of interest in Dublin civic groups.”
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New Jersey native relocated to Dublin to be closer to his family
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Following the death of his wife, John Tighe traded his 1.5 acres in New Jersey for a Tuller Ridge Drive townhouse in Dublin.
Along with the absence of lawn maintenance, the move al-lowed him to be closer to his three children and nine grandchildren.
“There’s plenty of room for them to run around,” Tighe says of his grandchildren, who range in age from 2-18.
Though Tighe and his wife, Joyce, had talked about moving to the region, Tighe says he doubts it would have actually happened.
When Joyce died in June 2011 from lymphoma, Tighe started working toward making the move to central Ohio.
The move made sense to Tighe. He and Joyce had been visiting their kids – Jim, Mi-chael and Karyn, who live in Hilliard, Westerville and Maineville, respectively – once a month. The trek had been more manageable when handled by two drivers.
Aside from being closer to his family, relocating would also allow Tighe to relinquish the maintenance he had been responsible for at his New Jersey home.
The two-story house had a sizable lawn, which Joyce used to tend.
“I didn’t enjoy it as much as my wife did,” Tighe says.
Colder weather brought its own set of challenges. In the fall, the lawn required frequent maintenance to deal with fallen leaves. Winter meant cleaning ice and snow off the driveway, which stretched over 100 feet long.
In contrast, the Dublin town-house requires little from Tighe in the way of maintenance. Lawn care is done for him, and he’s re-sponsible for just a few flower pots on his porch. The driveway is cleaned for him in the winter.
Karyn helped Tighe look for homes in the area. Tighe signed his contract for the Dublin home in fall 2011, and moved in May 2012. He was able to select cabi-netry in the kitchen, and he also opted to extend the first floor’s hardwood floors to the kitchen and family room.
Tighe’s bedroom is on the first floor. On the second floor are three bedrooms, one of which he con-verted into an office.
While Tighe had a chance to see Dublin grow and change as he vis-ited his children over the years, he actually spent several years living in Upper Arlington with his family in the 1980s.
Before retiring in 2003, Tighe worked for CPA firm Deloitte & Touche. A project brought him to Upper Arlington in 1980, and he
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transferred back to New York in 1987. Since Jim was a senior at Upper Arling-ton High School, the family stayed in Upper Arlington until Jim went to col-lege. Tighe rented a New Jersey apart-ment and flew back to Ohio every week-end for that year before the family moved back to New Jersey.
Now in Dublin, Tighe likes his loca-tion near the junction of State Rt. 161 and Sawmill Road. The AMC Theatre in Dublin is close enough to walk to.
“Everything is convenient,” he says. Tighe walks outside every day. If the
weather is bad, he stays inside on his tread-mill. A football and baseball fan, he enjoys watching the Buckeyes and the New York Yankees on TV. When he’s walking on his treadmill, he likes to pop in a history course DVD.
An avid reader, Tighe enjoys mysteries and thrillers, but he likes to diversify.
“I read one nonfiction book every month, at least,” he says.
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My husband, Tony, was the first golf addict I ever met. Now I have dozens of friends wrapped up in playing 18 holes every chance they get, but in 1991, his love of golf was
unique to me. Soon after our wedding, I came upon a Santa Claus figure dressed in knickers with
a golf bag slung over his shoulder and, thinking of Tony, I bought it immediately. The more I looked, the more golfing Santas I found. I have Santa lining up a putt, Santa swinging through his drive and Santa riding in a golf cart. Who knew St. Nick played that much golf? I thought he just made toys in the off-season, but I guess he has elves working hard, so he hits the links almost as much my hubby.
I own about 35 Santas in golf cleats and display them every year on the bookshelves in my family room. My kids are not into golf and, therefore, not into my collection, but fortunately, they have their own. When all three were born, my aunt started spe-cific ornament collections for each of them. Catie has Hallmark Teddy Bear figurines, Courtney gets Snowbabies and Christopher receives the official White House ornament every year. The kids love to see their collections grow and shared them many times in elementary school. My mom also buys Chris a yearly nutcracker, and he is particularly fond of the New York Yankees one, pinstripes and all.
James KarpacYou may have noticed the decorated windows of Dr. James Karpac’s Historic Dublin
orthodontist office. He gets a lot of enjoyment from decorating for the holidays and has been accumulating items for 25 years.
He even has storage units filled with plastic bins of merchandise and takes photos ev-ery year to use as cheat sheets so he and his staff can decorate more easily. The comical displays put clients at ease and add an ele-ment of fun. People look forward to coming in and seeing what is new in the showcase.
James loves inflatables, and says the Grinch is his favorite.
“Who doesn’t love the Grinch?” he asks. He constantly replenishes his collection as pieces age or get broken. The orthodontist
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usually buys double, as he decorates his Gahanna office as well.
When clients ask if his home is just as decorated he says, “No, there’s nothing at home. I use it all up in the office!”
Lindsay SearsDublin resident Lindsay Sears has about
32 nutcrackers, and has been collecting since she was in high school.
“My mom tried to connect the nut-crackers to our interests, so she gave me a witch because I liked Halloween and a skier because our family loved to ski,” ex-plains Lindsay.
Lindsay has moved nine times, and the giant blue Tupperware container of nut-crackers has moved with her. Her 14-year-old twins, Emma and Bronwen, enjoy unwrapping the figures and setting up a display on the mantel and bookshelves.
“We can’t remember all that we have, and we’re always surprised to discover the ones we forgot about,” says Lindsay.
Holly TuiteHolly Tuite loves all things Christmas.
“It could partially be my name and having a December birthday,” says Holly.
She has seven holiday trees through-out her house, each decorated in its own unique style. There is an Irish tree in the dining room that Holly started acquiring ornaments for when she moved to Dublin 15 ½ years ago.
The Tuites also have a peppermint candy-themed tree in their game room and a family memories tree that contains ornaments from Holly’s childhood, items handed down from grandparents and hand-made mementoes by her children. Around the holidays, Holly displays a gingerbread collection in her kitchen and a snowman collection in the family and dining rooms.
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memory tree that contains photo orna-ments and the collections of all three of her children. The tradition started when the expensive Waterford and Christopher Radko ornaments kept breaking and Patte and her husband, Neil, decided the kids needed their own tree.
“When they were little, only the bottom of the tree was decorated because that is as high as the kids could reach, but they were always allowed to decorate it their own way,” says Patte.
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went to Germany. They also have sailors, bakers, artists, sports and Boy Scouts.
“My sons like to play a game of guessing what theme I have selected for the year,” says Pam. “They tease me, but I think they also appreciate my efforts.”
The WesterheidesKen and Kristine Westerheide always
had the custom of watching National Lam-poon’s Christmas Vacation while decorat-ing their trees for the holidays. Once the three kids came along, they were allowed
to watch the classic Christmas movie, as it was part of the tradition. The collection started with the Blackhawks Griswold #00 jerseys that Ken and son Connor wear. Next came the moose mugs that hold the eggnog. Finally, Kristine purchased the village collection online from the Nation-al Lampoon Christmas Vacation Collect-ibles, complete with station wagon, RV and tons of Christmas lights.
“I think our son Joey will get his own jersey this year,” laughs Kristine.
Pam Kirk’s sons, Ryan and Justin, with her nutcracker collection
Now that Brooke, Mark and Kelly are college age and above, they still love play-ing music, going through their collections and having fun with some of the old em-barrassing photo ornaments.
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