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Scent of Family Lures Dog Home Morning, July 26, Through 7 P.M FREE FREE TO READ! FREE TO WRITE! Submit your story online by Aug. 1 at wbvobserver.com VOLUME 6 • ISSUE 15 | The Community Newspaper Powered by the Citizens of Westlake and Bay Village | JULy 22, 2014 Porter Library Enjoying a summer sunset Westlake will hold used Enjoying a summer sunset furniture sale youth football by ELAINE WILLIS reorganizes estlake Porter Public Library will by JIM DISPIRITO hold a used furni- W he football field in Westlake is ture sale on Monday, July 28, starting at 9 a.m. and changing. Do you have a child lasting until everything has Twho is interested in playing been sold. Items to be sold football, either tackle or flag? Then this include file cabinets, chairs, news article is for you. tables, a computer worksta- First and foremost, things have tion and typewriter tables. changed over the past year concerning Payment may be made by the youth football programs in West- cash, check or credit card, lake. The old Junior All-Star Football and all sales will be final. League has wrapped up after more Please call 440-871-2600 for than 40 years of service to the city of further information. Westlake. In its place, the new Westlake Youth Football Association has been created. The Westlake Youth Football Asso- Bay Library ciation will serve as the place to go for all ELL third- through sixth-graders who live in D used book sale or go to school in the city of Westlake and July 26-29 want to play tackle football. These play- ers will be broken up into two divisions. The third-graders will play with by LINDA LAMB the fourth-graders while the fifth- and ark your calendar PHOTO BY DENNY WEN BY PHOTO sixth-graders form the other division. for the upcom- A family views the setting sun from Cahoon Memorial Park in Bay Village. During the Both of these tackle divisions will now Ming summer used summer months, the parks along Lake Erie fill up a few minutes before sunset with play in the Little SWC. book sale at the Bay Village spectators hoping to catch a colorful scene as the sun disappears below the horizon. » See FOOTBALL page 4 branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. The sale will run during regular library hours from Saturday Scent of family lures dog home morning, July 26, through 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29. by NANCY BROWN said prayers to patron saints like St. Francis, The event is sponsored St. Christopher and St. Anthony to please by the Friends of Bay Village hen many Bay Village residents keep this little dog safe and bring him home. Library with proceeds from were preparing for and finalizing The city was plastered with flyers, email the sale supporting various WFourth of July festivities, family, blasts, social media and no sightings. The library activities. There is a friends and many with compassionate hearts dog’s bed and food were left out on the porch wide range of children, teen were pounding the pavement in search of a with the light on, and still nothing. and adult books as well as Bay Village beagle named Brutus. Rescue contacts encouraged the family PULLMAN DARCY BY PHOTO Brutus the beagle DVDs, CDs, audio books and Brutus has storm and firework phobia to fan out efforts, resulting in a sighting in magazines. All have been cat- like many other animals and his family, the Westlake. A humane, large dog trap was sidered how search and rescue canines work egorized for easy shopping. Pullmans, and rescue volunteers knew that delivered to Westlake Police, but Brutus and suggested the family hang out laundry Tuesday is bag day when a time was of the essence since firework displays sightings were not consistent enough to set and create a scent trail home. bag full of books can be pur- were set to go off all around the area. Some the trap. Cue a clever beagle lover, who con- » See BRUTUS page 2 chased for $1. Bags are supplied by the Friends. Volunteers are needed to help with the book Finding a fine sale and other library events collectible sponsored by the Friends. Please contact the library at Doug Oltmanns of the 502 Cahoon Road or call 440- Westlake Historical Society 871-6392 if you are interested peruses a selection of in volunteering, becoming a vintage tools and toys at member of our Friends group the society’s 44th Antique, or have a question about the Vintage & Craft Show on upcoming book sale. ELL the grounds of the Clague D House Museum on July 20. Pleasant temperatures drew out visitors to the annual fundraiser to view the booths of more than PHOTO BY DENNY WEN BY PHOTO 60 exhibitors. 2 WESTLAKE | BAy VILLAGE OBSERVER • 22 JULy 2014 Pullman family caught up to him at His family was still out searching for from front page CELEBRATING BRUTUS an intersection and jumped out of the him – but luckily the neighbors spot- car, screaming “Brutus, we love you, ted him, alerted the Pullmans and the Community Powered News 5 YEARS of CITIZEN Brutus’s mom, Darcy Pullman, left come here.” biggest, best beagle reunion happened. Citizens participate JOURNALISM recently worn T-shirts and some pillow The glazed look in his eyes indi- His family could not believe it! He 661 in writing, editing, cases on the porch and took Brutus’s cated he did not know his family, and was skin and bone, smelled like wild- photographing and delivering this newspaper. absolute favorite, dirty socks, and shred- WINNER of the ded a pair and hung them on low lying Ohio School Boards Association bushes and some even higher to create a MEDIA HONOR RoLL 2013 trail from home to the last known sight- for Excellence in Educational Reporting ing in Westlake along the tracks as a lure The Westlake | Bay Village Observer for that famous beagle nose. is a hyperlocal community newspaper Six brutal days and nights on the and website written by, for and about Westlake-Bay Village border, with a the residents of Westlake and Bay Village, providing perspectives and information couple of sightings just south of the about topics and events in our community. tracks, countless calls to police depart- The mission of the Westlake | Bay Village ments with updates and to make sure Observer is to inform, involve and energize the community through citizen participation no dogs had been reported hit by a car. of the 600+ community volunteers. The scarce sightings made the family The views and opinions expressed in this think their little dog would never come publication do not necessarily reflect the home and the family prepared for per- views and opinions of the Westlake | Bay Village Observer staff. manent heartache. Observer Guidelines Then on July 5 when all the fire- PULLMAN DARCY BY PHOTO Want to submit an article to the Observer? works and festivities were over, he came Brutus the wandering beagle is happy to be back home with his family We’d love to hear from you! Here are some out of hiding. He was spotted going and the neighbors who found him, pictured clockwise from bottom, guidelines to keep in mind when writing for Annabelle Pullman, Jacob Pullman, Peter Kraft and Sean Kraft. the Observer: eastbound then westbound on Detroit • Anyone who lives or works in Westlake or close to Columbia, then on Clague, and Bay Village is encouraged to contribute. in and out of King James at least twice. he disappeared into Clague Park, not to life, with paws bloody from running. • Aim for 300-500 word articles. He appeared very skinny, limping and be seen for another six hours. A sighting Remarkably, his vet check was good, • Photos should be jpegs & a minimum of 2 megabytes in size. mouth swollen. at Westlake High School and prevailing no walks for a bit yet and working on • Submit original stories and photos. Don’t Dodging multiple near-hits by breeze made the scent to home really gaining some weight. copy others’ work and remember to credit cars, blowing horns and screeching strong, strong enough to get him on Brutus is happy to be home, glad your sources. • Review our Observer FAQs on our website brakes, Brutus managed to bolt up the other side of the tracks where he his dog bed is back in the house and at: wbvobserver.com driveways and of course pick houses belonged and down Lincoln Road – but that mom brought back all of the dirty • Ask questions! We’re here to help you at without fences or open garages. The no one greeted him when he arrived. laundry. every step along the way. Don’t hesitate to come to us for advice or help with topics, content or the submission process. Staff contact information is listed below. dering strange streets looking for To join in, sign up through the Member What I think Brutus did on his 6-day adventure Center at wbvobserver.com/members to home. When he saw people they submit your stories, photos and events. by ANNABELLE PULLMAN, age 10 realized he was not in his bed and seemed scary so he kept running All content should be submitted through the walked around to figure out where till his paws hurt and he rested. Member Center, not by email. rutus took off at the sound he was. He was easily distracted by Day 6: He didn’t want to get up Letters to the editor (max. 300 words) may of thunder and got turned the wilderness animals to play chase but he had to get home.
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