Second period unkind to Blue Jackets in loss

Council member hopes facility attracts more people to city to live.

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Mattias Ekholm scored a pair of second-period goals to lead the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.

Juuse Saros made 29 saves for Nashville, a winner of three of the last four games. Saros earned his first victory since Jan. 27. Saros’ fellow Finn Pekka Rinne has taken a larger share of the goaltending duties for Nashville in February.

Cam Atkinson scored the lone goal and Joonas Korpisalo made 31 saves for Columbus, loser of four straight.

Atkinson scored the game’s first goal. From just inside the Nashville blue line, Predators forward Rocco Grimaldi turned over the puck under pressure from Jack Roslovic. The puck came to Boone Jenner on the left side and just outside the crease, he slid a pass to Atkinson for an easy tap-in for his team-leading ninth goal of the season.

Orthopedic Associates is planning to bring their business to Fairborn.

The business, which works on diseases, injuries and illnesses around bones and joints, is planning a 13,500-square-foot building off of I-675 at 1002 Rainbow Court, according to presentations at Fairborn City Council on Feb. 15.

The business currently has 10 locations, including Beavercreek, Centerville, Dayton, Eaton, Englewood, Greenville, Lebanon, Liberty Township, Sidney and Springfield.

At Monday’s city council meeting, members of city council said they were pleased the business was coming to Fairborn.

“It’s nice to see,” said council member Tana Stanton. “It looks like good jobs, so that’s a good thing.”

Council member Rob Hoffman said he hoped it would bring not just business to Fairborn restaurants and shops, but possibly bring more people to live in Fairborn.

“I want to thank the builder and the owner of the business for bringing it to Fairborn,” he said.

It is not currently clear how many caregivers the facility would hold or if additional services would be offered there. It is also not clear how many jobs the new building would offer. Orthopedic Associates did not return requests for comment.

City council members also expressed concerns to the city planner Kathleen Riggs after she said the developer had been asked to do some landscaping around the building. Riggs said the developer had promised to plant 18 trees and one tree currently on the property is coming down during construction.

City manager Rob Anderson said towards the end of the meeting that the city gives out a list of prohibited trees that they provide when people plant trees in the right of way or as part of city engineering projects that does not include invasive species.

All eight members of the city council approved the Preliminary Planned Unit Development (PPUD) on Feb. 15. It is not clear when the building will begin construction.