All Aboard Ohio Local Meetings

All Aboard Ohio Local Meetings
 
April 2011

9th/Saturday -- 10 a.m.; CLEVELAND -- Franklin Circle Church UPSTAIRS mtg room, 1688 Fulton Road, Ohio City. Contact Ken Prendergast at 216-288-4883.

9th/Saturday -- 10 a.m.; TOLEDO -- Amtrak station, MLK Plaza, 415 Emerald Ave., Contact Bill Gill at 419-536-1924.

9th/Saturday -- 10 a.m.; COLUMBUS -- Grandview Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave., Contact Larry Robertson at 614-459-0359.

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FYI: consider attending the Ohio Rail Tourism Association meetings on April 9 in Richfield, including a ride on Ohio's busiest passenger railroad -- the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic RR. For details, see:
http://www.ohiorailtourism.org/mtg-annual.php

And, National Train Day in Toledo will be on April 30th this year. The times and location will be the same as last year, however: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Toledo Amtrak Station. For details, see:
http://www.toledo.com/index.php?src=events&category=Community%20Interest&srctype=detail&category=Community%20Interest&refno=591172

 

 

Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org

Technology & Trade College Day - April 30, 2011

 

 

 

 

Community Meeting Flyer

 

 

 

 

Meeting Highlights 4-4-11

 

 

COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS   For Immediate Release: April 4, 2011   For More Information: John Ivanic, (614) 645-6798 Web – Facebook – Twitter

 

IMPROVING CITY STREETS: Columbus residents will soon see improvements to streets throughout the city. Public Service Committee Chair Eileen Y. Paley is sponsoring ordinance 0439-2011 to authorize the expenditure of $5,602,138.28 from the Governmental Build America Bonds Fund for Resurfacing 2011 – Zone 2 street resurfacing project.  The project involves the reconstruction and resurfacing of 30 city streets and the construction of 394 wheelchair ramps.  The work consists of milling the existing pavement, overlaying with new asphalt concrete, the replacement of curb and sidewalks associated with the installation of ADA wheelchair ramps and partial depth pavement repair where warranted.  Click here for a complete list of streets included in the project.

 

KEEPING CITY VEHICLES OPERATING EFFICIENTLY: City vehicles are used every day to provide essential city services to area residents.  Fire engines, police cruisers, EMS vehicles and refuse collection trucks often need repairs due to high usage.  Councilmember Priscilla R. Tyson, chair of the Finance Committee, is sponsoring legislation that will ensure the city’s award winning Fleet Management Division has the parts and supplies they need to keep a variety of city-owned vehicles in the best possible working condition.  Ordinance 0309-2011 will authorize the expenditure of $222,976.21 from the Fleet Management Services Fund for automotive parts, supplies, and services needed to repair the city’s fleet in a minimal amount of time to keep the equipment operational and ready to respond.    

 

PROVIDING INTERPRETATION SERVICES AT COLUMBUS PUBLIC HEALTH:  Thousands of Columbus residents speaking various languages utilize the services offered by Columbus Public Health each year.  Administration Committee Chair A. Troy Miller is sponsoring legislation that will provide language interpretation services for persons with limited English proficiency receiving those services at health department clinics.  Ordinance 0128-2011 will authorize the expenditure of $20,002.50 from the Department of Technology’s internal services fund to renew a contract with Language Access Network, LLC., for streaming video and phone-based interpretation services at the Health Department’s facility located at 240 Parsons Avenue. This contract will be for the fourth year of a five year agreement and will cover services through March 31, 2012.

 

PARTNERING TO PREVENT TRUANCY IN COLUMBUS: Truancy is often times a gateway activity to more serious criminal behavior and can negatively affect a student’s future by keeping them from getting a good education.   Public Safety Committee Chair Michelle M. Mills is sponsoring ordinance 0334-2011 which will authorize the expenditure of $100,000 for the operation of a truancy center under the direction of the YMCA in cooperation with and Columbus Public Schools and Columbus Police.  The program will allow police officers to transport youth that are truant from school during the day to the YMCA of Central Ohio who will supervise them until their parent or guardian can pick them up.  Staff members at the YMCA will work with the family when they arrive to help identify and resolve any issues that may be present and review the truancy law and its implications to both youth and parents.  During the 2009-10 school year, over 1400 students were truant. 

 

Klein supporting after-school programming:  The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department works with various community organizations to provide after school programming to Columbus City School students from low and moderate income families.  The programs are designed to instill a sense of self-worth, academic ability and community responsibility in Columbus youth.  Recreation and Parks Committee Chair Zachary M. Klein is sponsoring ordinance 0365-2011 and ordinance 0435-2011 which will authorize the expenditure of $354,000 to continue funding the after school programs.  The youth programming will provide academic assistance, enrichment activities, prevention units, recreation and socialization, strong family involvement as well as nutritious food services through December 31, 2011. 

 

CRAIG working to increase hiv testing accessibility:  The Columbus Health Department provides HIV/AIDS testing for patients at the STD Clinic and HIV Counseling and Testing Site.  Health, Housing & Human Services Committee Chair Hearcel F. Craig is sponsoring ordinance 0393-2011, to authorize the expenditure of $10,000 for rapid HIV antibody detection test kits.  This test is highly accurate and provides results in 10 minutes. The CDC recommends that the rapid HIV test be used to better ensure that patients receive their results in a timely manner.

 

 

 

 

 

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Reminder: 5XNW Area Commission Meeting Tomorrow Night - 7pm 1100 King Ave, Lower level of the Reitter Bldg.

All:

Reminder: The Fifth by Northwest Area Commission meeting will be held tomorrow night/Tuesday night, April 5th at 7pm, 1100 King Avenue - Lower Level of the Reitter Bldg. In the 40 Plus of Central Ohio (Job search group) meeting space.

We will be discussing zoning applications, tree planting plans, community garden updates, and the Farmer's Market - as well as an update about current crime statistics (we are still one of the safest neighborhood's in Columbus), as well as additional updates as to what is going on in the 5XNW community.

So, check out our Web site at www.fifthbynorthwest.org -- and drop by our meeting tomorrow night, if you live/work/conduct business or play in our area - all are welcome! 

Recent accomplishments:

• We have recently worked with the City of Columbus to plant 7 trees along W. Fifth Avenue, and ultimately would like to have trees all of the way along this connector to the University District Area Commission, Harrison West, Upper Arlington, Marble Cliff and Grandview Heights. 
• King Avenue to be resurfaced & considered for bike-path sharrows ("Share the Road" with bikes arrows as a result), sidewalks to be put in on King and Northwest Blvd., started a community garden thru our civic organization at Blvd. Presbyterian, and completed our Urban Commercial Overlay Zoning documentation/Neighborhood Plan last year.

A recent addition to our area, speaking of business, to check out is Matt the Miller's restaurant newly opened as of this week at the Windsor Bldg. on Grandview Avenue (where the fire was in the Wagennbrenner Bldg.). Check it out - it is a beautiful spot!

Hope to see you all, not only tomorrow night - but our upcoming Neighborhood Design Ctr. meeting with respect to the trees - at the same place/same time on the 26th of April. We would like to get as many property owners/business owners there - from the West Fifth Avenue corridor - to approve putting trees in, and then the City can take it from there! Look for upcoming news coverage on this item soon, in the local media!

Thanks, all!

Becky Obester

Chairperson of the 5XNW AC & Friends of 43212

614/516-8577 - Cell

rebecca2305_1@hotmail.com

www.fifthbynorthwest.com

Monthly meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month at 1100 King Avenue, Reitter Bldg. on the corner of Kenny & King Ave. Entry-way and parking are located on the West-side of the Bldg.

Gottlieb: Non-drivers' losses in B'Creek, 3C show a pattern

I think Ohio is getting closer to some transportation-related legal challenges, especially against communities like Beavercreek for denying citizens a basic civil right. If an ADA-noncompliant curb cut is a violation of civil rights, wouldn't the outright exclusion of public transportation access be considered one, too?

 
Martin Gottlieb: Non-drivers' losses in B'Creek, 3C show a pattern
By the Dayton Daily News | Friday, April 1, 2011, 10:40 AM

Look closely enough and you might see a similarity between Beavercreek's buses-to-the-mall issue and the fight over 3C, the aborted plan for passenger trains in Ohio.

During the 3C fight, one heard again and again that trains — especially slow trains — were not going to be able to woo Ohioans out of their cars. That argument came from leaders of the opposition.

Well, it is certainly true that some train advocates would like to woo people out of cars, for reasons of environmentalism and energy conservation.

But a lot of people don't have to be wooed out of cars. They're already not in them.

 

READ MORE AT:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/opinion/entries/2011/04/01/martin_gottlieb_nondrivers_los.html?cxtype=feedbot

Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org

Rec Sports Member Update - Friday, April 1, 2011

Member Update

Friday, April 1, 2011

1.       Welcome to our New Director, Dr. Don Stenta

2.       2011 U.S. Synchronized Swimming National Championships at McCorkle

3.       Skyhawk’s Spring Break Camp Changed

4.       Work out with Group Fitness

5.       Banff Mountain Film Festival at the Wexner Center

6.       Small Group Personal Training Classes for Spring

7.       Rare Films from the Baseball Hall of Fame at the Wexner Center April 8-9

8.        Blaze the Trail 5K and Family Fun Run 2K—Early Bird Rates End April 3!

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Welcome to our New Director, Dr. Don Stenta

The Office of Student Life and the Department of Recreational Sports are pleased to announce that Dr. Donald Stenta has been named director of Recreational Sports effective April 1. Dr. Stenta joins the department after 18 years at the university, most recently holding a joint visiting assistant professor appointment with the John Glenn School of Public Affairs and the School of Educational Policy and Leadership in the College of Education and Human Ecology.

 

Dr. Stenta holds a BA in psychology from Binghamton University, a master of education from the University of Vermont, and a PhD in higher education and student affairs from The Ohio State University.  He is active in the American College Personnel Association and serves as adviser to three student organizations: Democracy Matters, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, and Ultimate Club.  He has been honored for his service by several Ohio State organizations and received the university’s Distinguished Staff Award in 2005.

 

An active member of Recreational Sports facilities since the opening of the RPAC in 2005, Dr. Stenta looks forward to working with the Rec Sports staff to provide the finest facilities, programs and services to our members.

 

For more information, please contact Marci Shumaker, special assistant to the director, at (614) 688-3983 or via e-mail at shumaker.98@osu.edu

 

2011 U.S. Synchronized Swimming National Championships at McCorkle
The 2011 U.S. Synchronized Swimming National Championships will swim into action on Thursday, April 14. The event, which runs through Saturday, April 16, will feature more than 100 elite athletes competing for national titles in solo, duet, team, and combination events in the nation’s most prestigious competition. 

An Olympic preview will be held on Saturday, April 16. The U.S. National Team will perform two exhibition routines to show its preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England.

The Ohio State Buckeyes will compete in this event after claiming their 27th Collegiate Championship Overall High Point Title at Canisius College on March 19, 2011.  Read more about this event at

http://go.osu.edu/synchro2011

 

Skyhawk’s Spring Break Camp Changed
The Skyhawk's Spring Break Camp originally scheduled April 18 - 22 will not be available this spring. Camp Now and Then will be offered as an alternative April 18-22 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Register your child for individual days, or the whole week. View the Camp Now and Then page at http://recsports.osu.edu/community-programs/youth-family-programs/camp-now-then for more information, or contact (614) 688-8787.

 

Work out with Group Fitness
This quarter’s Group Fitness schedule features something for everyone, from cycling to Pilates, dancing, boot camp, and more! Group Fitness passes are on sale at the RPAC Welcome Center. A single class pass is $5, a half-quarter pass runs $25, and a full-quarter pass costs $50. Check out the complete schedule at http://recsports.osu.edu/fitness-wellness/group-fitness/fitness-schedule-classes

 

Banff Mountain Film Festival at the Wexner Center
Each year, the Banff Mountain Film Festival presents the most creative and inspiring examples of outdoor adventure filmmaking from around the world. This year, the festival, co-sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports Outdoor Adventure Center, will be no different! Make sure to visit the festival on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at 7 p.m. at the Wexner Center for the Arts. The complete festival lineup will be posted at: http://www.wexarts.org/fv/index.php?eventid=5469

 

Rare Films from the Baseball Hall of Fame at the Wexner Center April 8-9

Celebrate the opening of a new baseball season with cinematic treasures from the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This year’s program will entertain baseball fans and cinephiles alike. Featured clips include a 1959 visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame, highlights of the 1954 World Series between Cleveland and New York, footage of Roy Campanella, Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, and much more! For more information, visit http://www.wexarts.org/fv/?eventid=3709

 

Blaze the Trail 5K and Family Fun Run 2K—Early Bird Rates End April 3!
Blaze the Trail on Sunday, April 10, and support The Ohio State University’s Burn Center, which provides education about fire safety, prevention, and arson awareness on campus and assists with care and recovery for victims of fire. This 5K race and Family Fun Run 2K starts at The Ohio State University’s Recreation and Physical Activity Center (RPAC) at 9 a.m. Registration fees are: $10 for Ohio State students; $20 for adults; $5 for children until April 3; rates increase after this date.  Registration includes a T-shirt and post race refreshments. For more information, visit http://go.osu.edu/blaze

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RPAC Welcome Center – 292-7671

ARC Front Desk – 247-8686

Comments to the Director – Don Stenta, stenta.1@osu.edu, 688-4738

Senior Associate Director – Kurt Carmen, carmen.7@osu.edu, 688-3587

Adapted Recreational Sports – Lindsay Bond, bond.217@osu.edu, 688-3693

Adventure Recreation Center & Jesse Owens Centers – Diane Jensen, jensen.8@osu.edu, 688-3988

Aquatic Center – Christine Thompson, thompson.1363@osu.edu, 247-7370

Community Programs – Marci Hasty, hasty.11@osu.edu, 292-5328

Facility/Meeting Room Scheduling - Andrea Hall, hall.794@osu.edu, 292-6481

Group Fitness Classes and Massage – Scott Holmes, holmes.508@osu.edu, 292-8755

Intramural Sports - Ken Hill, hill.521@osu.edu, 292-5292

Lockers, Sport Shop, and Welcome Center Operations - Rob Jech, jech.2@osu.edu, 688-8788

Marketing - Emily Howard, howard.778@osu.edu, 688-4185

Membership - Kris Myers, myers.785@osu.edu, 688-8461

Ohio State Swim Club – Kyle Goodrich, goodrich.89@osu.edu, 292-1303

Outdoor Adventure Center - Steve Hawkins, hawkins.264@osu.edu, 247-8063

Personal Training - John Katsares, katsares.1@osu.edu, 292-5153

Racquetball and Squash Reservations - 292-8590

Recreational Sports Learning – Brendan Greisberger, greisberger.5@osu.edu, 688-3297

RPAC Operations – Dave DeAngelo, deangelo.1@osu.edu, 247-6009

Special Assistant to the Director – Marci Shumaker, shumaker.98@osu.edu, 688-3983

Sponsorship – Kristin Smith, smith.1424@osu.edu, 688-4619

Sport Clubs – Charles Anderson, anderson.1859@osu.edu, 688-3879

Web Site – Katie Thomas, thomas.2407@osu.edu, 292-5287

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