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Galloway Ohio

Galloway Ohio is like any other suburb in Ohio, it has housing developments and cornfields as far as the eye can see. There may be cornfields for miles, but Galloway is just minutes away from downtown Columbus. It is a fairly new community in the central Ohio area and has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. Although it has experienced rapid growth, it is still a small, tight nit community, deep in tradition, where everyone always seems to know everyone.

One of the richest traditions in Galloway is the Uptown Festival, which occurs every forth Friday of every month. At this festival, venders from all over the state come to the Uptown streets of Galloway and sell all kinds of items. This festival is a family oriented event with activities for every age.

The Christmas holiday is celebrated in the streets of Uptown Galloway with a Christmas tree lighting ceremony. This comes equipped with carolers from area churches and free popcorn for all. Even Santa Clause strolls down the street with his elves. At the end of the ceremony nearly every family brings in a gift and donates it to an area charity. These gifts go to help make Christmas possible for under privileged kids.

Rivalry runs deep in tradition in Galloway. There are two major high schools in Galloway. These two high schools collide once a year on Friday night for a football game. Thousands of people flood through the gates and the tension rises between sides. On this night, the town shuts down completely. The town is completely desolate, as if tumbleweeds were blowing in the wind. If you wanted to find anyone, you have to drive to the game. Whoever wins this game gets town bragging rights for the whole year.

Galloway may be a new and upcoming community, not far for the hustle and bustle of downtown Columbus, but it has certainly established itself as a community rich in tradition. It is a community that is there for one another, unless of course, it’s football game.

Connection

For nearly 5 years now I have been a contracted announcer for local sporting events. Every time I step foot in a press box or sit behind a scorers table, I feel an instant connection with the microphone and game going on. The first time I grabbed a microphone to do this, it was in front of over 2,000 people and I was shaking with nerves. After 3 or 4 times of doing it I began to feel a real connection with what I was doing. It felt right. Little did I know, that 5 years ago, when I picked this up just for fun, I would fall in love with it enough to make it my major and hopefully my profession down the road.

This has led to many great opportunities including many job offers. In fact, during my time in high school when I was the announcer, the local media found out about me and with in a couple weeks there was a front page article in the Columbus Dispatch highlighting, Me! After the article had been published, two local news stations, NBC and CBS came to one of the basketball games I was announcing and each did a story on me for the 11 O'clock news. It was certainly an exciting year for me.

After word spread of me and my announcing people noticed I developed a "signature call" during basketball games, and that was, "Traaavviiinnggg Viiioolaattiooonn". I couldn't walk down the halls in my school without someone saying it to me. So, I decided to print this saying on 100 t-shirts and sell them at the games. Little did I know these shirts would sell out before I even printed them. So, at the games, seated behind me, was my own little fan section wearing my signature tee.

I will always have a connection to announcing and I can not wait to pursue this career farther than I already have.

About Me!

My name is Jordan Mills and I am from Pickerington Ohio, which is a suburb of Columbus. I am currently a "sophomore" but, should be a junior. Can we say, fifth year senior? This is going to be my first full year in Athens. I spent a quarter down here last year. My major is Broadcasting, kinda! My G.P.A needs to go up a little so I can get in the E.W. Scripps school of Journalism but Im not to concerned.

I am extremely active in my church where I serve as the announcements director. There, we shoot and edit weekly announcements in an HD studio to be shown during every service. There are over 12,000 members that attend this church, so I consider this a huge responsibility. While I serve as the director of this, I also serve as an on air talent.

My family and I recently went to England to visit my brother who serves in the Air Force. We visited for 2 weeks and it was an amazing trip. I have another brother who currently attends Ohio State, he is older than me and we are the same year, I like to hold that over his head. Before moving here to Athens, I lived with my mom in Pickerington. That is basically me.