People In Need of Delaware County has seen a large increase in the number of people served due to rising costs. Mallory Sribanditmongkol, PIN’s director of community engagement, said last week that the food pantry is serving 400 families a week, and the number of people served increased by 56% from first quarter 2023 to first quarter 2024. Sribanditmongkol reported PIN provided 158,864 meals from January to March of this year. “Our mission at People in Need, Inc. is to provide relief to our neighbors in their time of need,” Sribanditmongkol said. “Since 1981, we have served as a safety net to ..read more

What a day to be remembered! When I first heard about the eclipse, I pictured something like the one we had seven years ago. As the days came close I thought of the nearby towns flooded with thousands and even millions of people. Though I knew better, I imagined what it would be like, should there have been a mistake and no eclipse would come to capture the attention of spectators across the line of fire. We as a church planned a fish fry in the evening, after watching the rare event of total alignment of sun, moon, and earth. Monday morning dawned beautiful and sunny, I couldn’t help but feel ..read more

The following births were reported by Grady Memorial Hospital: • April 14 — Julia Al Raleh, daughter of Abeer Alahmad and Suhaib Al Raleh of Delaware. • April 16 — Addaylis Merida Mateo Tomas, daughter of Juana Tomas Mateo and Rafel Merida Mateo Cristobal of Marion. Birth announcements are printed with permission. The post Births appeared first on Delaware Gazette ..read more

I had an amazing opportunity to attend an International Symposium on Family Court Reform. Only 35 Domestic relations and family law judges from around the world were invited to attend the symposium. The symposium was hosted by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. The symposium was beneficial as it created a conversation between Domestic relations judges in different parts of the world to discuss issues that affect all of us and to identify ways to improve Domestic relations courts. After the symposium, we were in ..read more

Flicking boogers. Through years of working with people — many people, I’ve noticed this habitual pattern: Nonprofits, faith communities, and corporations (humanity) often flick people with difficult behaviors and situations off to others with referrals, deflecting or excuses related to fit. To be fair, this happens in relationships and even intimate family systems, too. It’s rare in these times of slick branding, quick texts, and online perceptions to have people or systems that go the long haul with you in healing, recovery, change, transformation or anything that goes below this surface leve ..read more

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Ohio Wesleyan University announced plans on April 16 to launch an annual Business Plan Competition this summer with a combined prize package of more than $250,000 – the most valuable contest of its kind statewide. “The Ohio Wesleyan University Business Plan Competition enables us to support entrepreneurs of all ages, across more communities, as we work to cement OWU as a hub for innovation and a home base for founders – not only for Delaware, but also for Columbus, for Ohio, and for the United States,” said President Matt vandenBerg, Ed.D., who announced the competition April 16 at The Delawar ..read more

The Olentangy Liberty boys volleyball team put the finishing touches on a perfect run through league play, improving to 20-1 overall and 14-0 against league foes with Thursday’s straight-set win over host Hilliard Bradley. It was the Patriots’ 17th straight win overall and, well, it wasn’t ever close. Liberty won the opening set 25-11 before sealing the deal with back-to-back 25-6 wins. Caden Whiteside led the attack with nine kills while Jake Koch and Trent Turner chipped in six and three, respectively. Connor Severson ran the show with 23 assists, Austin Mallory anchored the defense with eig ..read more

The Delaware Hayes softball team tossed its second no-hitter of the week, this time courtesy of Hannah McAllister en route to a lopsided 10-0, five-inning win over visiting Franklin Heights Thursday night. It was the Pacers’ (14-4-1) ninth straight victory. It also bumped their league record to a perfect 11-0. McAllister was dominant … facing 16 batters and striking out 12 of them. Kami Pelletier-Harris, meanwhile, led the charge from the dish, finishing a perfect 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI. Other standouts included Bronwynn Leighty, who had a pair of hits; Lizzy Gould, who knocked in ..read more

The Berlin Township Parks and Trails Committee worked with the Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission in 2023 to get a step closer to its goals. Here are some highlights of last year’s meetings: • It was announced at the Jan. 18 meeting that Berlin Township was chosen as one of the recipients of the MORPC Technical Assistance Program for 2023. MORPC would do research and then present a plan. • At the March 15 meeting, a list of stakeholders was drawn up for MORPC. A workshop with the stakeholders was scheduled for May 17. There was hope that the Parks and Trails Master Plan would be completed b ..read more