There is a parking problem in North Lewisburg, highlighted by a recent roving box truck. Mechanicsburg Police Captain Scott Bodey offered his monthly crime report to members of North Lewisburg Village Council Tuesday and noted an issue with a specific box truck. The Mechanicsburg department is contracted to provide police coverage to the nearby village. Bodey said the wide commercial truck is parking on village streets, particularly West Maple and South Sycamore streets, for a few days at a time before moving to another location. Bodey said other commercial vehicles attempting to make deliveries to village businesses are sometimes forced…
Author: Chad Williamson
The placement of just one letter creates the difference between a break and a brake, but on the gridiron the difference is two letters – a W or an L. Without a 100-yard rusher or passer and outgained in every offensive catgory, Dublin Coffman still easily handled Marysville 28-9 Friday night, as the Shamrocks took advantage of opportunities while the Monarchs found ways to slow their own momentum. Marysville, still struggling to compete with the elite programs of central Ohio, found ways to kill its own momentum and dropped its seventh straight game to the Shamrocks. “When we needed a…
Carson Smith of Marysville (5) tries to reach a pass during Friday’s game against Big Walnut. The Monarchs pounded the Eagles, 38-10, during the first game in MHS’ new stadium. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) Anticipation can be a gift or a curse. In small doses, it can heighten your intensity and focus. Over sustained periods, the nervous energy that accompanies anticipation can be draining. Marysville football coach Brent Johnson knew that this week as his team prepared to play its first game in its much anticipated new home stadium, that some local officials are already naming one of the…
Memorial Hospital’s new emergency department director realizes that success in the ER is a much about bedside manner as medicine. Christopher Farabaugh said one of his immediate goals is to impress on upon physicians that customer service is an important part of the business, even in the emergency room. He told Memorial’s Board of Trustees Thursday night that patients are increasingly aware that they have a choice in healthcare and if they are not satisfied, they can go elsewhere. Farabaugh takes over for Jason Russell who took a new position at Memorial as the Medical Director for the areas of…
When you get punched in the mouth, you can either fight back or cower. After taking their first loss of the season at Findlay last week, the Marysville Monarchs opted to come back swinging, blasting Grove City 37-3 with a new found physicality. Five different Monarchs scored touchdowns in the game. “Our kids came back (last) Saturday and it was like they wanted to practice,” MHS coach Brent Johnson said. “That’s why I love these guys.” The Monarchs rolled up 337 yards on the ground Friday, while the defensive line controlled the game on the other side of the ball,…
This was the first year Mill Valley Elementary Principal Amey McGlenn did not have any tear-filled separation issues between students and parents during the first week of regular kindergarten classes. The newly created alternative kindergarten program, however, was a different story – and that’s partially by design. The new program is designed for incoming students who are eligible for kindergarten by age, but just barely. The program allows students with birthdays between May 1 and Sept. 30 to participate in a half-day kindergarten classroom. “I absolutely love this program,” teacher Sherri Bauserman told members of the Marysville Board of Education…
To anyone who pays attention, it should come as no surprise that the All Ohio Balloon Festival and the Journal-Tribune share some pretty close ties. Newspaper officials stepped in to operate the festival 14 years ago when other community organizations no longer wanted to put in the time. Since then, perhaps the biggest change brought to the event has been performances by national musical acts. We figured that people’s necks would cramp from looking up all the time, so we gave them something on the ground to look at. The process of securing known entertainers for two nights of the…
Marysville’s Homecoming has been delayed to allow crews to complete construction on the district’s new stadium. Officials believe the stadium would be open already if not for an accident that dropped the press box on an electrical box. While the insides of the box are operational, the housing has been damaged. Officials say the box, which serves as the main electrical hub, is being protected by a tent, shown above, while a new box is fabricated. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kayleen Petrovia) Marysville’s homecoming game is being changed in the face of construction delays which have plagued the district’s stadium renovation…
The Village of North Lewisburg will be taking part in a grant funded program to get Narcan into the hands of anyone who wants it. Stacey Thomas, Director of Nursing for the Champaign County Health District, approached council Tuesday night about being part of the Community Naloxone (Narcan) Distribution Grant Program. Narcan is a drug that can immediately help anyone suffering from an opioid overdose. The drug is administered as a nasal mist and carries no side effects of its own, even if administered to someone not suffering from an overdose. Thomas said the free kits are being offered to…
In one of the more dominant rushing performances in recent memory, Marysville’s Chase Kilgore padded the stat sheet Friday night. The Monarch senior reached the end zone four times and led the team to a 35-14 win over Delaware Hayes. On a night when no other back cracked 45 yards, he rolled to 232 yards with a patient style that waited for his lead blockers to pave the way off-tackle before exploding into the second level. The Monarch ground game usually spreads the ball around evenly, but Friday the coaching staff fed its horse, to the tune of 26 carries.…
Brody Lewis (26) of Marysville stops a Northland ball carrier on this play. The Monarchs rolled past the Vikings, 49-0, on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) When stadium construction delays forced Marysville’s football home opener to be moved to Olentangy, district officials promised to make the Delaware County stadium as much like a home game as possible with banners, a Monarch merchandise trailer and a boisterous student section. It’s also fortunate that someone thought to bring a Marysville victory bell. The Monarchs walked into the unfamiliar stadium Friday night and made themselves right at home, pasting the Northland Vikings,…
Marysville officials say that moving the first two high school football games of the season to other facilities will have a minimal financial impact on the district. Marysville was scheduled to play Northland tonight at home and host Delaware next Friday, but construction delays on the district’s stadium renovation forced the games to be moved. Marysville will play tonight at Olentangy and will play next week’s game at Hilliard Bradley. Former Marysville Athletic Director Ryan Walker, who was involved in much of the planning for the game relocation, said the cost to use each of the fields is about $2,000.…
Memorial Health plans to relocate its human resource department, the board of trustees learned Thursday night. The department is currently housed in a small building on the east side of the hospital campus, the former home of the Union County Health Department. Operations will be relocated to the Morey Medical Building on Morey Drive. The existing facility, which sits just steps away from the new inpatient tower currently under construction, will be demolished to make way for additional parking and greenspace. The project is slated to take more than three months, at an estimated cost of $654,000. Renovation of the…
A Marysville teacher has resigned after admitting to targeting a recent graduate for sexual advances over social media. The board of education accepted the resignation of second-year teacher Jacob Newland, 25, Thursday night, after administrators learned that he had propositioned a 2019 graduate over the weekend. Newland was also a band and show choir instructor at the school. The incidents that lead up to Jacob Newland’s removal are very similar to events that landed his brother, Josiah, who was briefly a substitute at Marysville, in jail after sending inappropriate messages to an Olentangy student. According to Marysville Superintendent Diane Mankins,…
Members of Marysville’s School Resource Officer team were introduced to the Marysville Board of Education during Thursday night’s meeting. Members pictured above are, from left to right, Don McGlenn, Joe Petzinger, Josh Dillahunt, Steve Hardy and Amy Findley. (Journal-Tribune photo by Chad Williamson) —-Thursday night’s Marysville School Board meeting was dominated by topics of police, pigskins and physical education. A pair of speakers approached the board about the ability of the district to allow show choir to count as a physical education exemption. Currently, school affiliated sports and marching band allow students to fulfill their physical education requirements for graduation…