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July | August 2021
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JULY | AUGUST 2021
22 July | August 2021
A place to play
HOME & FAMILY
Life
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Jenna Ogilvie builds oasis for her family QMIX’s Brittany Gray
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for the city
Kid-Friendly Dining // Summer Cocktail Recipe // Custom Farmhouse // Tennis
On the cover
Brittany Gray
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MEDLEY
8 editor’s note
8 MEET THE TEAM
10 What do you think?
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medley editor’s note
Hello,
I’ve always been bad with goodbyes, so this is a see ya
later! This will be my last issue as editor of Colum-
bus magazine, as I’ve decided to return to freelance
design so I can have a more flexible schedule for my
busy family. However, my time as editor of this mag-
azine will always be a highlight of my career, and I’ve
loved the opportunity.
We have featured some of the most talented,
unique and gracious people during my years as editor.
I’ve been blessed to work with the best team of writers and photographers that our city has
to offer, and now I get to call them friends. Their dedication to this magazine is what makes
it a success, and I know I’m leaving it in excellent hands.
I hope you enjoy reading this new issue of Columbus magazine while you’re soaking up
the summer days. I’ll be seeing you around, Columbus!
Emilee Miller
emiller@aimmediaindiana.com
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Lyndsey Wolfe is a native option, she knew it would be
Hoosier pursuing her bach- perfect for her.
elor’s degree in English with When she isn’t working or in
concentrations in literature and school, Lyndsey serves as the
creative writing. Though she president of Feminism Club at
is currently in her senior year IUPUC, where she collaborates
of college, Lyndsey has been with peers to improve the cam-
Lyndsey editing her whole life. As a pus and the community. In her
child, she was always the one free time, she enjoys making
Wolfe to spot the misspelled words pottery, writing poetry, going
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book and billboard. When she hiking with her husky and
found out editing was a career reading fiction novels.
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Columbus Magazine 9
medley What Do You Think? Compiled By Carla Clark
In each issue of Columbus, we ask people for their opinions on a variety of topics. This month’s question:
What is the city of Columbus missing?
I would like to see improvements to Columbus is a lovely city that prides itself with We would like to see more down-
the current city pool that includes a various communities from all over the world. town places where adults can bring
redesign into a more modern aquatic These people mingle and try out various kids, to enjoy an adult life with kids
center with activities for all ages. cuisines. Columbus could do well with many ... more greenspaces where there is
A water slide, lazy river and water more multi-cuisine eateries. entertainment and games, splash
fountain/pad area would be nice. A clear vision for indoor facilities for pads, etc. For example, Carmel has
Another idea would be to utilize Mill children is an urgent requirement both from restaurants, outdoor events, big
Race Park more with concerts, family health and social angles. The young citizens screen movie nights where people
events, car shows, festivals, etc. can benefit tremendously where they have bring kids and chairs and enjoy an
Since Columbus has such an active facilities available through the year. evening outside.
biking community, it would be great — Devika Pande — Meghan, Lucy and Brandon Macy
to see expansion of the current trails
into surrounding communities.
— Clark Gilbert
I would like to see the Crump Theatre back in For the most part we found
operation. They are raising money to do that, everything we need, but a model
and I think that would be a monumental thing railroad store or a hobby shop
to get done. It could be for everything, from certainly would be an addition.
theater to dance, bands playing and movies — Especially in this year of pan-
For myself, I would like to see make it like a small convention center. demic when you are home doing
a few more upscale restaurants — Bobbie K Owens whatever you are doing in your
and an upscale grocery store basement, I could have used
on the west side of town. some things I had to order online.
— Brad VanPelt — Ron Lane
I know a lot of people who are new hires for Cummins. They are
younger, like in their 20s, and for a lot of the stuff they like to do for
fun they have to go to Indianapolis. I would say that with a little more
nightlife they would find everything they need right here in Columbus.
Other than that, it is beautiful, and I love it. The arts, People Trails,
diversity, lots of different foods you can try. There are things for fami-
lies, but not enough for the young single people.
— Jose Caceres with his son, Leo.
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While Columbus offers lots of restaurant options for grown-
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ate and sense of wonder at the same time. You can expand
young people’s interest in flight or unlock their power of
pretending or take them back to an earlier century.
Pack up your wee ones and see if some of these choices
will make them ask for return visits.
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Columbus Magazine 15taste
• Lucabe Coffee Co. •
310 Fourth st. | 812-799-7183 | lucabecoffeeco.com
“The whole point, when we going to be able to put some
were creating Lucabe, was to kids and toys together, that
make it kid-friendly,” says I had to have a bit more of a
co-proprietor Alissa Hodge. concept,” she says.
She confesses that at first she To that end, they created a
had nothing more than the toddler section to accommo-
broad outlines of that intent. date the kind of exuberance
“A friend who was a de- that folks in that age range
signer told me I wasn’t just tend to exhibit. Upstairs is a
quieter area more conducive
to reading. Then there is an
area dedicated to pretending.
It features a kitchen that staff
calls Little Lucabe.
“You see kids in there rep-
licating what they see in the
front of the shop,” says Hodge.
From a seat at the mom bar,
one can keep an eye on any or
all of the spaces geared toward
the young ones.
The second Lucabe loca-
tion, which overlooks Haw
Creek in Eastbrook Plaza, will
likewise feature a play space
and climbing wall. In keeping
with the fact that the building
served as a branch of a local
bank for many decades, the
play space will also include a
mini-bank for little ones with
a financial bent.
Regarding food offerings at
Lucabe, kids seem drawn to
the cookie. Hodge notes that
it’s not visually fancy. “Our
goal was to keep it classic,”
she says. “Just an oatmeal or
chocolate chip cookie made of
simple, natural ingredients.”
Kids also like the acai bowls
and smoothies.
16 Columbus Magazine• Blackerby’s Hangar 5 •
4770 ray boll blvd. | 812-378-4010 |
blackerbyshangar5.com
Many of the features of the is what brings the kids back.
Hangar 5 experience delight They love to watch planes
the younger set, from the land, refuel and take off.
overhead lights that resem- This is motivation enough
ble a runway to the sidewalk for many to sign up for Young
next to the tarmac where kids Eagles Day, a program of
can play. The Mickey Mouse the Columbus chapter of the
pancake on the kids menu Experimental Aircraft Asso-
is a favorite, as is the Cadet ciation. On these days, held One has to believe that the
Special (one egg, slice of toast, periodically throughout the heavy repeat business that
potatoes and choice of bacon warm weather months, pilots Hangar 5 enjoys is due to
or sausage). from the community vol- some degree to the kids’ vote
The fare in general is rec- unteer to take young people in families looking to dine
ognized by people of all ages ages 8 through 17 for plane out.
as top-rate. The view, though, rides. There are 75 flights on “You see the same families
from the window that spans a Young Eagles Day, and they every weekend,” says manager
the length of the restaurant, always sell out. Caleb Blackerby.
Columbus Magazine 17taste
• Zaharakos •
329 washington st. | 812-378-1900 | zaharakos.com
Enchantment is the name of in our culture. From the attire
the game at Zaharakos. As of the servers to the preserved
the years have passed since its soda fountain, there’s a sense
1900 founding, management of being transported to a long-
has increasingly come to re- lost world.
alize that it is in the business In a sense, kids are exactly
of preserving a charm and the target market for Zahar-
delight that has become rare akos. After all, ice cream, in
all the forms in which it can
be presented, is what this his-
toric eatery is best known for.
“Kids’ faces light up when
they see the tray of ice cream
coming,” says event manager
Jill Anderson. “Interestingly,
they seem to be drawn to va-
nilla with rainbow sprinkles,
although cookies and cream
is pretty popular with that age
group, too.”
The Welte orchestrion, an
elaborate pipe organ much
beloved by Zaharakos patrons
for nearly a century, has great
kid appeal. The train set in the
museum is likewise a point
of interest for the smaller
visitors.
Anderson also notes that
the restaurant forms some-
thing of a trifecta with The
Commons playground and
kidscommons, both of which
are nearby. “Zaharakos is
going to be part of any day
planned for kids enjoying
downtown.”
18 Columbus Magazine• Donut Central •
1504 central ave. | 812-657-7056 |
donutcentralcolumbus.com
Saturdays are the biggest days The display case can take
for patronage from kids at several minutes of a person’s
Donut Central, and according attention, given the array of
to manager Cameron Barrix, colors, shapes and textures
they “walk straight to the found there. Kids are drawn
sprinkles.” A deluxe attrac- to the giant Scrabble board on actual doughnuts offered by
tion along that line is the one wall and a large Connect the establishment, one with
vanilla cake doughnut dipped 4 setup. a blue-colored icing and one
in Fruity Pebbles cereal bits A teacher from White with multicolored sprinkles.
rather than sprinkles. Creek Lutheran School Actually, everything about
Milkshake-type creations reached out to Donut Central a Donut Central experience
that come in chocolate, straw- with the idea for a Design- is designed to enchant a child
berry and cookies and cream a-Donut contest among her and summon forth the child
are the favorites among the students. Two participants in the older patrons who bring
youngest customers. had their visions turned into the wee set in.
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bahama mama
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1 ounce Hard Truth White Rum
1 ounce Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum
2 ounces orange juice
2 ounces pineapple juice
¼ ounce grenadine
Orange slice, Luxardo cherry and lime
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22 Columbus MagazineOgilvie home blends unique finds with modern touches
BY GLENDA WINDERS // photography by ANGELA JACKSON
Columbus Magazine 23home & family 24 Columbus Magazine Sully, Jenna and Rowan
To say that Jenna Ogilvie’s last year — in the middle of
big yellow farmhouse on the the lockdown — she started
northeast side of town is filled the RoSully Flower Farm.
with delightful surprises is “It actually worked out well
an understatement. From the to start a business like that
storm cellar under the mud- during the pandemic,” she
room and the Christmas tree said. “People wanted to send
that stays up all year, to the flowers to their friends be-
loft with its Butler University cause they couldn’t see them.”
basketball floor and the wood-
work etched with the heights Branching out
of the boys who live here, Now that COVID-19 is
this is a house that screams waning, however, her com-
“home.” And that’s just the pany can offer other services
way Ogilvie likes it. beyond the Tuesday deliveries
“I thought, ‘This is my of Mason-jar
house and I plan to stay here bouquets that
forever, so I can do what I got her started.
want,’” she said. She now offers
The lucky children who bouquets that
share her home are sons people can
Rowan, 9, and Sully, 6, from pick up, and
her marriage to J.R. Honeas, her flower-
with whom she built the filled camper
house. appears at
Ogilvie grew up in Co- performance
lumbus and went to Clemson events where
University in South Carolina, audience
where she majored in com- members can
munications. After gradua- purchase floral
tion she worked as a fitness tributes.
instructor in Indianapolis “Spring is
and as a horse handler at the the hardest,”
Children’s TherAplay Foun- she said. “I
dation there. A dedicated usually get up
horsewoman, she has shown early to feed
horses all over the country the animals —
and has an arena on her prop- horses, chick-
erty where she works with the ens, goats,
animals she has now. dogs and cats
When she was ready to have — and water
children, however, she wanted them and the
to come back to Columbus plants. Then I get the flower
to live near her family, with beds ready, plant the seedlings
whom she is extremely close. I started over the winter and
For a while she worked as a get the netting up.”
fitness instructor and retail A large studio in her
manager at Pure Barre, but barn allows Ogilvie to teach
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extends to Banister of Banister Construc-
her out- tion figured it out together.
buildings, “I found the floor plan and
too. The did most of the design work
barn that myself,” she said. “I enjoy in-
houses the terior design and even went to
animals and school for it for a short while
many of her until I decided it wasn’t what I
activities wanted to do professionally.”
also serves Her parents had at one time
as an art been builders, and they built
gallery for the house where Ogilvie grew
paintings up. She and Banister followed
workshops when the outdoor she and her sons have made. her mother’s mandate to use
activity slows down in the fall And who else hangs chande- every inch of space in her
and winter. Groups can come liers in their chicken coops? 5,000-square-foot home with
here to learn how to make With all of this going on storage incorporated into the
pumpkin-and-flower center- outside, another surprise in attic and stairwells as well as
pieces for Thanksgiving and the residence of this kids- artfully exposed in plain sight.
wreaths for Christmas. come-first, do-it-herself In the mudroom, for
farmer is how elegant and example, coats hang on hooks
Styled inside and out serene the interior turns out to and shoes and boots tuck
Her love of fun and whimsy be. Ogilvie and builder Tom into the cubbyholes that roll
26 Columbus Magazineaway to disclose access to the that she found at a thrift shop this table, and I don’t freak
storm cellar. Knowing that for $50 sits in a part of the out about it. That was impor-
animals would always play kitchen near tall windows. She tant to me. I can buy a nice
a big part in her household, selected chairs to go with it at one when they’re older.”
she had crates built in under Pier One, and a warm rug be-
countertops in this room so neath it and a playful chande- Living in color
that random cages don’t have lier overhead set it apart from The adjoining living room is
to be an awkward part of the the work area. the most striking space in the
décor. Builders also installed “I wasn’t going to be wor- home, mainly because Ogilvie
a permanent wooden baby rying about my kids ruining chose to paint an accent wall
gate at the bottom of the main some expensive table,” she navy blue.
staircase. Now it’s used for the said. “They’ve been able to “I never knew navy was my
inside dogs — Stella, a boxer, paint and cut their food on favorite color until I built a
and Remy, a lab-boxer mix
rescue.
Just a year after moving
into the house Ogilvie decided
to take down the wall that
separated the kitchen and
living room in order to create
a larger living space and more
room where the boys could
play. In doing so she also
improved the sightlines out to
the screened porch and pool
and produced an ambience
that reflects her style and sets
the tone of her home. She calls
it “slightly eclectic and slightly
farmhouse before farmhouse
became a thing.”
Customized and cozy
Nowhere is this more ap-
parent than in the kitchen,
with its exposed brick wall
and dark beams. A pot rack
and copper pots hang over a
dark-wood island with granite
countertop that sits on dark
hardwood floors, but the pale
bricks and light cabinets along
with numerous windows in
this area render it bright and
cheerful. A custom distressed
range hood, plate rack and
open soffits filled with antique
pots complete the cozy look.
Ogilvie turned the formal
dining room into a puzzle
and music room (both boys
take piano lessons), and the
guest coat closet is where the
family stores their games. A
dining table with two leaves
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house,” she said, “but I guess meant to be actual windows, of a catalog or magazine.”
it is. It’s a bold color, but it’s a but when that didn’t work She said she and Banister
neutral. It stays true and never out Ogilvie set them on the worked as a team. When he
seems to go out of style. I mantel and knew immediately needed light fixtures she went
think it’s a very classy color.” that’s where they belonged. in search of them. When she
This room, too, is saved She bought the mantelpiece found a treasure, he worked it
from appearing dark by cream itself on eBay, and when it into the plans, and he agrees.
walls, cabinetry around the arrived it was painted with “Jenna is knowledgeable
TV set and carpet. Seating multiple bright colors. She and and good at choosing colors
is largely blue with green her mother refinished it so and finishes,” he said. “She se-
accents, one of which is a that today it is a crisp white. lected all the flooring and the
pair of stained-glass windows “It was fun to look for an cabinetry, and the screened
that lean against the wall on ornate mantel,” she said, “not porch with the fireplace was
the mantelpiece. They were just something you’d pick out all her idea. She was really
good at getting a vision of
what she wanted, and we
were happy to carry out those
requests.”
Letting light in
In the living room, too, win-
dows are everywhere.
“I don’t have a lot of wall
space to hang beautiful pic-
tures,” Ogilvie said, “but win-
dows out here in the country
are really nice.”
Amenities in the spacious
first-floor master bedroom
include a door to the screened
porch, walk-in closet and
spa-like bath. Here the dark
wood cabinets and granite
countertops from the kitchen
are repeated. Cupboards and
deep drawers provide storage
along with another of Ogilv-
ie’s finds — a chest where she
stacks towels. The jetted tub is
situated under a window and
another chandelier.
In the guest room, a bank
of windows at the end of the
bed allows guests to wake up
to sunlight. A window seat
provides a place to put on
socks or just sit and read, and
there’s a full bathroom here,
too.
Another bathroom just
down the hall has pool access
so that swimmers don’t have
to traipse through the house
in their suits. Across from it
is a laundry room accessed
by way of a windowed door
Ogilvie found and refinished.
28 Columbus MagazineThis room, too, is brightened
by a large window.
“There’s no reason to have
a dark, dingy laundry room,”
she said.
Family ties
The entire second floor is a
suite for the boys that Ogilvie
calls their “oasis.” Each has a
bedroom with a full bath, and
they share a common space
where they keep their toys
and watch TV. A large bay
window provides a view of
the farmland that surrounds
their home. The walls in this
area are covered with family
pictures of Ogilvie’s veteran
father (Jim Ogilvie) and the
helicopters he flies. In some of
them his grandsons wear mili-
tary jumpsuits just like his.
“We’re an aviation family,”
Ogilvie said, “so that’s where
the theme of this space came
from. My dad was an Army
helicopter pilot, and I’m sure
my boys will be pilots one day,
too.”
In fact, Ogilvie and her
dad started a nonprofit in
which they use the UH1 1970
Huey he bought and restored
for funeral and memorial
flyovers and other veteran-re-
lated events. They also did a
flyover when Diesel, the police
department’s canine, died
recently.
In this room is also the
Christmas tree that never
comes down. Its colored
lights are set on a timer to
come on each evening, and its “I never knew navy was my favorite color until I
ornaments change with the built a house, but I guess it is. It’s a bold color, but
holidays.
The workout room was a big it’s a neutral. It stays true and never seems to go
surprise, too — perhaps most out of style. I think it’s a very classy color.”
of all to the builder and the
owners. The plan called for a — Jenna Ogilvie
basement that would house
the treadmill, weight bench
and other fitness equipment
as well as an entertainment
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Then they raised the roof to erings and watching TV. Attic
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“It worked out really well,” Ogilvie says the half-bath and
he said. “The neat part is that kitchenette/bar on this level
we went from finished base- will serve her sons well as they
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Columbus Magazine 31Profile
sound
decisions
Brittany Gray runs QMIX with a
focus on community
BY GLENDA WINDERS // photography by ANGELA JACKSONprofile
w When Brittany Gray was a
child, she and her best friend
rode their bikes to one anoth-
er’s houses and played outside
on warm summer days, but
when rain or nightfall drove
them inside, their favorite
activity was putting on pretend
radio shows. They taped
them on her friend’s recorder,
and Gray still has one of the
cassettes.
“I was always the host, and
she was the guest,” Gray said.
“I would interview her about
whatever was on my mind
that day. I’ve had an interest in
radio for a long time. I didn’t
expect it to go anywhere, but
here I am.”
Where she is today is at
QMIX 107.3, the Columbus
station owned by Reising Ra-
dio where she has held several
titles and is now operations
manager. This means that she
is ultimately responsible for
whatever goes on the air, even
if she didn’t say it or produce it.
She also oversees the day-to-
day business of that station
as well as its sister Reising
stations, “making sure every-
thing’s running smoothly.” In
addition, she’s the co-host with
Patra Jones of the “Morning
Show.” just walked over to him and position, which is where she
The path that brought her said, ‘Hey, can I have a job?’ I feels her career actually began.
to this point began just after started two weeks later.” When the man who had hired
high school when she was her left for a position at White
attending the Red, White and Getting started River Broadcasting in Co-
Blue Festival in her hometown Her first task was coming in on lumbus, she took over his job,
of Crothersville and noticed Sunday mornings and pushing and when a job opened at his
someone doing a live broadcast the buttons that would put new station, she moved here
for a small station in Scotts- church services on the air. and took it. Along the way she
burg. Later she hosted a show called attended classes at IUPUC,
“I don’t know what got “Country Classics Afternoon” but when the news director
into me,” she said, “but I before moving on to a news position opened up at Reis-
34 Columbus Magazineing Radio, she jumped at the news person, so he was sur- became a mom and talked
chance to take it. prised a couple of years later about it on the air, and moms
“I was going to school to be when she applied for the job of related to her. Her star got
able to have that job, but I had program director. At first he brighter, and she kept learning
the opportunity to go ahead didn’t take her seriously, but and grew in the job. Now, as
and take it,” she said, “so that’s she didn’t give up. operations manager, she is the
what I did. So much of radio is “She made a list document- main cog in the machine of
learning by doing, just getting ing everything she could do the four radio stations. She’s
comfortable and understand- and why the job should be positive and funny, good with
ing how on-air breaks work hers,” he said. “It blew me details and has great ideas. She
or how to write a news story away. We gave her the position, is one of the best hires — if not
that someone won’t tune out which is a very important po- the best — I ever made.”
of because it’s too long or has sition in the company, and she
too many details. I chose to never looked back. She took Community outreach
give it a whirl. I figured I could the job and ran with it.” One of the reasons King
always go back to school.” The station had never had a admires her is that she is
woman in that position, King passionate about the compa-
Determined to rise said, because no women had ny’s mission to be local and
Mike King, formerly the ever applied, but Gray’s gender community-oriented.
station’s general manager but turned out to be an advantage. “The station does a lot of
now retired, remembers hiring “She made it more of a community events with a lot
Gray because she was a good female station,” he said. “She of different reasons in mind,”
Gray said, “but my favorite
reason is just to give some-
1. 2.
thing back. We do the QMIX
Musical Fireworks every year
as a way of saying, ‘Thank you
for hanging with us. We’re glad
to be a part of your lives.’”
To this end, Gray came up
with the idea for sponsoring
the annual Girly Golf tourna-
ment, which this year raised
$15,000 for Turning Point
Domestic Violence Services
3. 4. (matched by $5,000 from Rich-
ard Hawes Insurance). It will
celebrate its 10th anniversary
next May. She and Jones also
visit schools for “Story Time
With the Q Wakeup Crew.”
Teachers can register on the
station’s website in the hope
of winning such a visit, and
some of Gray’s most precious
possessions are the thank you
1. Q Wake Up Crew from left: Patra Jones, Gray and Harrison Silcox. 2. Storytime with the Q notes the kids write afterward.
Wakeup Crew with Becky Miller’s fourth grade class at Jackson Elementary School. 3. Gray In her private life she is a big
at the first Girly Golf tournament in 2012. 4. Gray presenting Turning Point Domestic Violence
Services with a $5,000 match from Richard Hawes Insurance at the 2021 Girly Golf tournament.
sister with the Big Brothers,
In total, the event raised $20,000 for Turning Point. Big Sisters program.
Columbus Magazine 35profile
Calm in the storm feeling of being an outsider.
Her nurturing character is “When the flood hit, I spent
“She made it more of a female probably why she likes being three days on the air almost
station. She became a mom on the air when the weather nonstop with a few other peo-
is bad. ple here at the station, and I felt
and talked about it on the
“It’s usually at night, and like that changed things,” she
air, and moms related to her. I would prefer to be sleep- said. “People started thinking
Her star got brighter, and she ing and not reading tornado of me as one of them.”
warnings,” she said, “but I That feeling intensified
kept learning and grew in the like being able to be on the air throughout the pandemic year.
job. Now, as operations man- and say, ‘Here’s what I know, “So much of our show is
here’s the information that will based on community events
ager, she is the main cog in
help you and your family stay and programming, and
the machine of the four radio safe.’ I want to be that voice for nothing was happening,” she
stations. She’s positive and someone. I want to say, ‘We said. “We didn’t want to be
are all in this together, and I all-COVID all the time, so
funny, good with details and will be here with you until this we tried to balance the facts
has great ideas. She is one passes.’” with ‘Hey, I saw somebody
Ironically, Gray said, the on Facebook who had a really
of the best hires — if not the 2008 flood was one of the high cool idea about how to keep
best — I ever made.” points of her career so far and their kids entertained during
of her life in Columbus. Even quarantine.”
— Mike King though she had found it a wel- While most of her col-
coming city and enjoyed living leagues worked from home,
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36 Columbus Magazinethe station each day, creating
their own pandemic bubble.
“We tried to be as genuine
as possible,” she said. “We were
going through it, too, and we
wanted everyone to know that.
We didn’t want to fake being
happy, but we wanted to be
positive. We did everything we
could to balance the bad with
the good, but there were some
days when we’d go on the air
and say, ‘Man, you guys. This
is weird.’”
They spent a lot of time
creating a page on their website
where they compiled every-
thing they could about the vi-
rus as well as links to webcam
events they thought children
would enjoy. They also talked
about what they were doing
in their own neighborhoods.
In Gray’s part of town people
were leaving chalk messages to
one another on their drive-
ways. She did that with her
6-year-old-son, Link, and then
talked about it on the show and
added it to the website.
Early mornings
Gray said if there is a down-
side to her job it is when the
alarm goes off at 4 a.m. She
pushes snooze until 4:30 and
aims to get to the studio by 5,
describing herself as a “brush
my teeth and run out the door”
kind of person. Her mother
and Link’s father take turns
coming to stay with him so
that his sleep doesn’t have to be
disrupted.
At 5:30 she and Jones settle
into the studio to begin the
show that will be on the air
until 9.
“The first half-hour we’re
prepping people for the day,”
Gray said. “We might say,
‘Here’s what your weather is
going to look like’ or ‘I made
a mistake and wore flip-flops,
Gray with
and now it’s pouring.’ Maybe her son, Link
we will talk about what we
Columbus Magazine 37profile
did the night before if it was Family time the most important thing I’ve
interesting.” The flip side of her early ever done in my life.”
At 6 they start discussing schedule is getting home in the Gray doesn’t have a lot of
topics they have gleaned from afternoons before Link gets spare time, but she likes to
various sources throughout the home from school and having spend it with her “chosen
previous day, being careful to time with him before the family” of close friends. One of
narrow what they have found evening dinner and bedtime those is Emily Snyder.
to what will interest their target routine. She calls her son “the “I consider myself immea-
audience: young parents and best thing in the whole world.” surably blessed to count Brit-
people who live, work and play He arrived 10 weeks early and tany as part of my extended
in Columbus. Gray said that spent the first eight weeks of family,” Snyder said. “I met her
while they lean toward their fe- his life in the neonatal inten- 11 years ago when I worked
male audience, they are always sive care unit. with her at QMIX. I was so
surprised at how many men “That’s when I learned I impressed with her creativ-
listen and call into the studio. can get through just about ity, intelligence and sense of
“That’s reassuring to me,” anything,” she said. “Some- humor, and I remember being
she said. We are two 30-some- thing about being a mom gave a bit in awe of her. Anyone who
thing women who both tend me a confidence in myself that knows Brittany professionally
to be pretty big personalities I didn’t have before. I don’t understands why she is great at
with a lot of strong feelings know if it was a new sense of her job. Her effervescence and
about things, but we don’t want purpose or that I learned to sense of joy are always what
to alienate anyone. Another be a little bit easier and more stand out to me when I listen
favorite part of my job is doing compassionate with myself to her on the radio.”
the community interviews and because I want to set a good But Snyder said what the
getting to know people from example for him. I want him to listening public doesn’t know
around Columbus.” love who he is. Having him is is what a wonderful friend
Gray is.
“She is unfailingly de-
pendable; she works hard to
show up for the people and
causes that are important to
her, always making sure to
underscore your value in her
life. I cannot recall any major
moment in my life this last
decade that doesn’t feature
Brittany. From embarking on
parenthood and professional
accomplishments to personal
triumphs (and defeats), she
has been a constant in my life.
We should all be so lucky to
have someone like her in our
corner.”
At home
Gray also enjoys reading —
mostly fantasy, such as “The
Lord of the Rings” — and
doing cross-stitch, a skill her
grandmother taught her when
she was a child. She said she
likes to plan trips but usually
38 Columbus Magazine“Something about being a mom gave me Celebrate
a confidence in myself that I didn’t have
before. I don’t know if it was a new sense
with us
of purpose or that I learned to be a little
bit easier and more compassionate with
myself because I want to set a good
example for him. I want him to love who
he is. Having him is the most important
thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
— Brittany Gray
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Despite all of the accolades was not my passion,” she said.
Gray has received from her “A lot of it is sad and depress-
peers, she doesn’t have a shelf ing. I tend to be a pretty bubbly
full of broadcasting trophies, person. I like to laugh and be
probably because she doesn’t silly, and news isn’t really the
enter any of the contests. place for silly.”
“I don’t think of myself as Neither is she interested
a competitive person in that in switching from radio to
way,” she said. “I’m more com- television.
petitive with myself than with “In radio we cover a lot of
other people because I want to the same things as TV, but
make sure we’re always grow- we don’t have the visual,” she 85 years
ing and getting better. One of said. “That’s nice because combined
the things I try to give myself nobody can see my face if I’m experience
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Nearly 4 million more Americans played tennis
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