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The Ohio Jewish Chronicle
Serving Columbus and Central Ohio
Jewish Community forOver60 Years
VOLUME 69
NUMBER 29
JULY 18,1991
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DEVOTED   TO   AMERICAN   AND   JEWISH   IDEALS
Cheses appointed chair
of 65th Annual Meeting
page2
Tisha B'Av ^~ Keeping
the memory alive
page 3
Beth Shalom adopts,
settles New Americans
page 4
Agudas Achim elects
Murray Ebner president
page 5
Zion Lodge to host
Children's Home Day
page 5
Meeting Plans finalized
foundation Annual Meeting
     page 8
CTA float wins
second place in parade
page 14
km In The Chronicle ■«■■
At The JCC 13
, Community  , 4-8
Federation : 15,16
FrontPage  .' •.'............,,, ,2
lifecycle , ..,.;.. lOiU
.Marketplace  12
New Generation ..,.,.' 14 ■
Synagogues ......... AA...... 9,
Viewpoint 3
TRAINING FOR 1992 OLYMPICS
Wrestling has grip on OSU med student
By Judith Franklin
Managing Editor
Ken Chertow is on his way
to the Olympics, and two local
men are doing their best to
help him get there.
Chertow, a 24-year-old,
125-pound Ohio State University medical student and assistant wrestling coach, is currently training for the 1992
Olympic Games in Barcelona,
Spain. He has taken a leave
from medical school in order
to train, explaining, "The focus of my life right now is to
win that Gold Medal."
A member of the U.S. National Freestyle Wrestling
Team, Chertow is no stranger
to the Olympics. In 1988 he
surprised the wrestling world
by defeating, the defending
NCAA and World Cup champions to make the U.S. Olympic team as its youngest member.
From Huntington, W. Va.,
by way of Skokie, 111., he began wrestling in the sixth
grade as an outlet for some of
his boundless energy. "I liked
the challenge of wrestling," he
said. "I was a feisty kid and
didn't like getting beat, so I
worked hard."
The h?rd work paid off. He
was high school state champion two years in a row, high
school national champion and
junior world champion. He
was a Maccabiah Games gold
medalist in 1985 and Pan
American Games champion
in 1987, and for three straight
years, he was N.C.A.A. All
American. At the same time,
he was earning a bachelor of
science degree in biology at
Penn State University, from
which he graduated in 1989
witha3.61G.P.A.
In addition to coaching at
OSU, he is the owner of Ken
Chertow's Olympic Wrestling
Camp and earns extra income
through the sale of instructional wrestling videotapes. "I
gain great satisfaction from
seeing the kids improve," he
noted.
Ken Chertow
His dedication has sparked
local interest. "We have met
with Ken several times and
have found Wm to be an enthusiastic, mature, committed
young man. He is a remark-
able athlete with a tremen-
dpus drive to succeed," said
David Valinsky, vice president of development at Saint
Anthony Medical Center.
Valinsky and Dr. Bruce
Meyer, whose son Matt, a
Bexley High School wrestler,
is in Chertow's wrestling club,
are helping Chertow raise
funds to allow him to concentrate on his training until the
Olympic trials next June. His
basic living and competitive
training needs are simple, according to Valinsky, but will
nevertheless require at least
$13,000.
The two men are hosting an
informal get-together and
fund-raiser at Dr. Meyer's
home, 216 S. Drexel on Tuesday, July 23, from7:30-9p.m.
to give community menibers
the opportunity to meet Chertow and OSU Wrestling coach
and two-time Olympian Russ
Hellickson. Call 251-0451 or
235*868 for more information.