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www.oldbrooklyn.com December 2008 Volume 30; Number 10 Mmm-- Slices Fabulous Pastries Handcrafted snowflakes by Donn Heckelmoser cake and took it to his wife and child in France [email protected] so that they could taste what he called a “real cheesecake”. brighten poles, windows Slices Fabulous Pastries is the brainchild Currently, Efty’s sister, Sophia, is one of by Amy Craft in varying shades of blue and white. of Efty R. Simakis, lifelong Old Brooklyn res- the five women helping her bake and decorate Executive Director of Art House Cherie Kasier, principal from OBCS’s ident. It's located at 4190 Pearl Road, in the the cakes. Two of Efty’s other employees Storefront windows decorated by elementary school, heart of Old Brooklyn's downtown commer- have been with her for over eighteen years. school children are no longer an activity of and Amy cial district. Efty lives right around the corner from previous generations or Mobley, prin- limited to cipal of Halloween. OBCS’s Thanks to middle collabora- school, tion worked between with Art several House to Old arrange the Brooklyn busi- school visits. The par- ness owners and Tom ticipating teachers rearranged schedules to Collins from the Old Brooklyn Community allow the collaboration to take place. Development Corporation (OBCDC), 3rd, Great fun was had by all! Ms. Allen’s and 4th and 5th grade students from Ms. Almady’s 5th grade students made ban- Constellation’s Old Brooklyn Community ners for the utility poles; Mrs.Turner’s and School (OBCS) worked with Art House Ms. Yeager’s 4th grade students made paper staff last month to decorate maché snowflakes for windows; and Mrs. Old Brooklyn’s central Lewis’ and Mrs. Race’s 3rd grade students commercial district -- made 3-D snowflakes for windows. The Pearl Rd., Broadview students finished their work with glitter, Photo by George Shuba Rd. and Memphis Ave. sequins, pipe cleaners and/or other fes- -- for Christmas. tive appliques. The partnership Through the participation of numerous Efty Simakis, Old Brooklyn resident and owner of Slices Fabulous Pastries, 4190 Pearl Rd. evolved because numer- businesses, Old ous neighborhood profes- Brooklyn Slices Pastries started back in 1993, right her shop, in the oldest house in Old Brooklyn sional/business people having been meeting downtown is in Efty's home kitchen. All her family and (built by Jeremiah Gates circa 1820. Her hus- once a month for breakfast at Dee’s Diner to a little friends said she made the best desserts they band, George Simakis, is a semi-retired attor- brainstorm about the neighborhood’s com- brighter! had ever tasted. At the time, Efty's brother-in- ney whose office is next door to Slices. Their mercial development. Their goal for this Thank you law Mike Loizos and his family owned the two sons, Konstantine (Dean) and Dimitri are project was the aesthetic unification of the to all who Glenn Restaurant (formerly located on the currently grown and living in California, but windows of businesses in “downtown” Old participated: Pearl Rd. and Memphis Ave. corner where when they were younger and at home, Efty Brooklyn during this holiday season -- Ameriflag, Inc.; Charter One Bank; CVS Pharmacy stands today). So Efty's first quipped that they were great taste-testers! increasing shopping traffic during the holi- Deaconess-Krafft Center; Deaconess-Zane commercial venture was baking her delicious They also helped deliver the cakes (and still days and beautifying the area. Center; Dee’s Old Brooklyn Diner; Ewazen cream pies for their restaurant. do when they are back in town). Several months Management; Gavin Lee Party Center; At first, Efty started baking a couple pies Anyone wishing to simplify holiday ago, Don Workman Montalvo, LLC; Speed Exterminating; US a day, but it wasn't long before the fast-grow- entertaining can do so by ordering one of Bank; Westerfield Sales; Wholesale ing business demanded its own separate bak- Slices’ twenty-plus varieties of cheese cakes, from Ameriflag, Inc., John Young Business Furniture; and Yorktown ing facility. With the help of her brother-in- including apple caramel, mocha chocolate Corporation. law Mike Loizos, Efty obtained a small-busi- chip and peach schnapps, and/or over ten vari- from Speed ness loan and opened Slices Fabulous Pastries eties of specialty cakes, including black forest Exterminating, on W. 47th St. and Memphis Ave. with her sis- rhapsody torte and tiramisu. and OBCDC’s ter, Sophia. After a short while, Sophia left to Because Efty’s cakes are made to order Tom Collins had help her husband at the Glenn Restaurant, and and decorated fresh for pickup, they must be approached Art Efty became the sole proprietor. ordered in advance. Dial 216-398-0002 to House to discuss ways Her first storefront was less than 800 reach Slices’ 24-hour voicemail service. the downtown businesses could partner and See photo square feet, and Efty baked a smaller variety Slices requests that you give them at least 24 use art in the empty storefronts. Many of students of desserts than she does today. The mainstay hours notice. lengthy discussions and numerous ideas making of her business, though, was the same as it is Wholesale buyers who would like deliv- later, the partners settled on showcasing the snowflakes on on today -- wholesaling to restaurants, delis and ery are obliged to place a minimum order, but work of young artists from the neighbor- page 12. coffee shops. Some of her earliest customers single cakes are available on a pick-up basis. hood. They agreed upon a snowflake theme included the Jigsaw Saloon and Mr. Z's. Slices does not have space for customers to After about a decade on Memphis Ave., eat there.For more information about Slices, Slices moved to its current location on Pearl visit their new website, Inside the OBN Rd. At the time, Efty's brother, former Ward www.slicespastries.com. OBCDC Board of 15 Councilman Jim Rokakis, owned the (Lynette Filips contributed to this article.) Community Spotlight; Desk of building. Today, Efty owns the building, and Directors News the Executive Director 2 supplies over 70 establishments with her baked goods (one as far away as Sandusky, At their November board meeting, News & Events; Theater Notes 3 which further transports some of it to Port OBCDC’s board of directors appointed Jeff Clinton!). Rhodes as a residential member to the My Point of View; Efty started Slices because she loves bak- board. Jeff lives in Ward 16 and is a tech- Help for the Holidays 4 ing, and felt that she had a gift for it. She has nology education teacher at North since developed her passion into a business Royalton High School. Town Crier; that is known for high-quality ingredients and The Board is also looking for OBCDC Church Clustering 5 attention to detail. Even with rising costs, Efty members to serve on several Board com- will not sacrifice quality to save money; she mittees as members-at-large. There are cur- Commercial News 6 sticks with what tastes good, and keeps the rently openings for community participa- recipes the same. tion on the Finance, Leadership, Personnel Efty has repeatedly entered the Art Community Toolbox; Credit and Development Committees. Please con- Unions; Habitat ReStore 7 Therapy Studios baking competition. The tact Robyn Sandys at 216-459-1000 or competition is always stiff, including such [email protected]. participants as the Renaissance Hotel, the Ritz William Scheele Exhibit at Although OBCDC Board meetings are Carlton and even Lola's. Over the years, Efty Natural History Museum 8 has won two first-place and two third-place usually on the third Tuesday of each prizes. month, in December the meeting will be on Family Fun 9 Efty shared a story about a man who Old Brooklyn native William Scheele paint- Thursday, December 18, from 5:45 to loved her raspberry cheesecake so much that ed this acrylic on canvas rendition of cardi- 6:30 p.m. It will be a shorter general meet- Senior & Church Notes 10 after he tried one for the first time, he found nals when he was the director of the ing because the Board’s organizational Museum of Natural History. out that Slices had baked it, then ordered a planning meeting will follow at 6:30 p.m. Classified & Service Directory 11 Read his story on page 8. PAGE 2 OLD BROOKLYN NEWS DECEMBER 2008 From the desk of the executive director by Robyn Sandys [email protected]

The Cane Shop hands which have lasted all these years. The The end of one year and the beginning Nash’s daughter, Shelly, has worked in the of another one is fast approaching. I know by Donnald Heckelmosser family business for the past twenty-two years. we all ask ourselves, where did the time go? [email protected] tives, like the City of Cleveland and Frank and Dorothy only deal with what To much to do and not enough time to do it Cuyahoga County services, our two great Frank & Dorothy Nash are the longtime is non-fabric related in terms of the repairs; all; to share our hearts with our friends and City Councilman, Brian Cummins (Ward 15) owners of the Cane Shop at 4196 Pearl Rd. they outsource the upholstery segment of the families, to spend time giving back to our The business specializes in re-seating, re-glu- job. Prices for the work vary greatly depend- community, to relax and find time for a and Kevin Kelley (Ward 16), independent ing, and the general repair of all types of chairs. ing upon the type of chair, extent of the repairs hobby or to explore that place we always nonprofit agencies and other local institu- While more of their work involves antique and materials involved. wanted to go. Each year we resolve to do at tions like MetroHealth Systems/Senior chairs, customers bring in modern chairs for In addition to doing repairs, the Cane least one thing differently to feel like we Health and Wellness Center, the Cleveland repairs, too. Shop offers a variety of seating materials for made a change and a difference in our lives. Metro Parks Zoo, as well as an array of local The Nashes have been at this location people to repair chairs themselves, including On a national level, we have a major businesses that give back to their communi- since 1995. When they started in business cane, rush, splint change in our political landscape, which will ty. For a complete list of all of our partners circa 1975, they worked out of their Lakewood and prewoven hopefully spark the spirit within all of us to and family helpers, as well as more informa- home. Their subsequent business locations, seating material make a difference at home. First with our tion on all of our services, check out our before moving here, were on Madison Ave. in and spline. It is family and then if time permits in our com- recent Annual Report on our web site at one of only a Lakewood, at W. 122nd St. and Lorain Ave., munity. http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/AnnualReport few places and on Berea Rd. west of Madison Ave. The CDC is one place to start if you 2008.pdf. Even though these are all relatively near- which still sell want to engage yourself in the place where Our family wants to hear from your by locations, the Cane Shop has customers all these types of you live and or work. We are kind of like a family with what bugs you the most about over Northeast , some as far away as materials. family. Those on our staff and on our board living in this community. What is your top Lorain County, and former Greater To get a quote desire to nurture the place we serve, Old priority for change? What are your sugges- Clevelanders who have moved out-of-state. on a chair which tions for how to accomplish the change you needs work, call Brooklyn and Brooklyn Centre. We want to Frank started his life as an educator, want to see happen? The staff and board of the Cane Shop at help sustain what we have and to create new moved on to being an interior decorator, and OBCDC will be starting a new organization- 216-661-6101 to avenues of growth and development. We are then decided to try his hand at the family busi- al planning process to help set priorities for ness which his great-grandfather had started in schedule an like a family especially many today, who the organization over the next few years. upstate . appointment, or have too much to do and not enough These goals will be placed in line with the Frank learned the trade -- through obser- stop in during resources! outcomes from the Master Community vation, practice and repetition -- from his great- normal business We have 7 full time and 4 part-time staff grandfather while he was growing up. He Samples of seating materials hours. They’re members working on a “family” income of Planning project that is underway and will be delights when he sees pieces his great-grandfa- open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 about $920,000 this fiscal year of which completed in early 2009. ther and grandfather made with their own p.m., and also on Saturdays by appointment. approximately 38% is to provide for family A committee of about 25 people is members (staff) by giving them a decent being formed to work on this planning initia- salary and good benefits for full time mem- tive. We will be starting in December and COMMUNITY MEETINGS bers. And, of course we have to make sure ending in the early spring of 2009. We need some community members who are not on Brooklyn Centre Community Association meet- right to close portions of meetings from public. Call they are working on your behalf, our larger our board or staff to participate. If you have ing, fourth Thursday of each month, 6:30 pm, 216-459-1000 to confirm date. family/community by providing an array of Brooklyn Memorial United Methodist Church, 2607 housing, commercial and community servic- that little extra time to give back to your Archwood Ave. (corner of Archwood and Pearl). Second District Police Community Relations es as well as planning projects that will help community (which we know is hard with the meeting, Tues., Dec. 9th (& every second Tues.), 7 to grow our future. These programs, along many demands you have), please consider Brooklyn Centre Naturalists meeting, Sat., Dec. pm, Applewood Center, 3518 W. 25th St. 13, & every second Sat. Cleve. Public Library, 3706 with producing the Old Brooklyn News and joining our team for this process over the Mapledale Ave., 2 pm - 4 pm. Call Gloria, 216-398- Southwest Citizens Area Council meeting, (every yearly Business Directory account for the next few months. You will learn a lot about 3995, for more info. first Thurs.), 7 pm, Gino’s, 1314 Denison Ave. remaining 62% of our yearly budget. OBCDC and how you can make a difference in the place you call home. For more infor- Old Brooklyn Community Development Our larger family or service area con- Ward 15 Democratic Club meeting, Tues., Dec. mation call me at 216-459-1000 or email me Corporation board meeting every third Tues. of the 23rd (& every fourth Tues.), 6:30 pm, Estabrook sists of nearly 40,000 people or about 18,000 at [email protected]. The first meet- month, 6-7:30 pm, OBCDC meeting room (3344 Recreation Center, 4125 Fulton Rd. households. That is a BIG Family with not a Broadview Rd., upstairs). The Dec. meeting will be lot of resources. But, we do our best to tap ing is on December 18 at 6:30 at our Ward 16 Democratic Club meeting Tues., Dec. on Thurs., Dec. 18th. at 5:45 pm. Meetings open to into other resources that are provided to us office.Have a great Holiday what ever you public for review & comments, but board reserves 16th (& every third Tues.), 7 pm, Gloria Dei celebrate this December! Lutheran Church, 5801 Memphis Ave. on your behalf, our partners on many initia- Season’s Greetings from LoVellee’s Pizzeria 4462 Denison Ave. 216-661-6444 Our Family to Yours! LoVellee’s Pizzeria on the northwest corner of Fulton and Denison Ave. features a full array of Italian-American specialties and pizza. You can dine in, order take out or call for oin our family of satisfied customers. As an independent agency, we tailor the delivery to your home or business. The restaurant and lounge feature a spacious dining area best insurance protection at competitive prices. We represent only the finest and a full bar. LoVellee’s Pizzeria and Lounge offers karaoke for adults on weekend nights insurance companies, like Auto-Owners. The “No Problem” People. and kid’s karaoke on Sundays from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Ask us about the many other advantages of doing business with an Brenda Lovell, the long time owner of Vanessa's Pizzeria on W. 14th St. in the independent insurance agency. Tremont neighborhood (1984-2005), is the owner of the newly rehabbed restaurant and lounge at the site of the former Brookside Inn. Lovell and her family purchased the build- Auto-OOwners Insurance ing in 2005 and spent two years and five months renovating the building. Life Home Car Business Lovell hopes that her many loyal customers, who enjoyed her award-winning food at The No Problem People Vanessa's will now become regulars at Lovellee’s Pizzeria. She invites both them and her new neighbors to visit at her spacious new restaurant and lounge. Breakfast with Santa on Sunday, December 14th from 9 a.m. until noon. Call for 3505 East Royalton Rd. Broadview Hts. Ohio 44147 reservations, 216-661-6444. (440)526-5700 Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday & Saturday: 11 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation Sunday: 1 p.m. – 8 p.m. Closed Monday MISSION STATEMENT: We are committed to uniting, engaging and empowering the community to Free Parking We Deliver improve the economic vitality and quality of life within the Old Brooklyn and Brooklyn Centre neighborhoods Everyone from LoVelle’s wishes you a Happy Holiday Greg Huth, President Lynea Derwis, Vice President This is a paid advertisement Ed Pryll, Jr., Secretary T.J. Lewarchick, Treasurer Robyn Sandys, Executive Director OLD BROOKLYN NEWS 3344 Broadview Rd. Cynthia Cejka, Office Manager Cleveland, Ohio 44109 The Old Brooklyn News Tom Collins, Commercial Program Manager (216) 459-0135 Donnald Heckelmoser, Jr., Residential Services Coordinator will publish its Lori Peterson, Residential Program /Marketing Manager January, 2009 issue on Circulation 15,000 Sheila Quealy-Walter, Code Enforcement Manager Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 Published Monthly Barb Spaan, Community Outreach Manager Sandy Worona, Community Outreach Coordinator/OBNAdvertising & Sales Manager website: www.oldbrooklyn.com email: [email protected]

Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation Board Meetings, are every third Tues. of the The Old Brooklyn News (OBN) is a monthly publication of month, 6-7:30 pm. OBCDC meeting room (3344 Broadview Rd., upstairs). Meetings open to the pub- the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation (OBCDC) lic but the board reserves the right to close portions of the meetings. To confirm call 216-459-1000. and is available free of charge within the community boundaries of Submission Deadlines Brooklyn Centre, Old Brooklyn & City of Brooklyn. The views Old Brooklyn News Display Ads . . . . .Wed., Dec., 17th expressed in the OBN are not necessarily those of its publisher, edi- tor, staff, or of the board of trustees, officers, or commercial, resi- Sandy Worona -- Layout & Ad Manager George Shuba -- Photographer Classified Ads . . . . Fri., Dec., 19th dential, institutional or associate members of OBCDC. Lynette Filips -- Copy Editor; Assistant Copy Editor -- Cynthia Cejka |News Releases . . . Fri., Dec., 19th Reproduction of published material without the consent of OBCDC is prohibited. Advertisers and Agencies assume all legal This month’s OBN writers -- Amy Craft, Maria Dimengo, Lynette Filips, Dana Korosi, For Information call 216-459-0135 responsibility and liability concerning offers, artwork, and any and & OBCDC staff E-mail: [email protected] all text published in contracted display, classified or other advertise- OBCDC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that serves the communities of Brooklyn Centre and Old Brooklyn- ments. The OBN is a charter member of the Neighborhood and For more information regarding services and projects call 216-459-1000. FAX NUMBER 216-459-1741 Community Press Association of . DECEMBER 2008 OLD BROOKLYN NEWS PAGE 3 NEWS & EVENTS Sunday, Dec. 7th & Tuesday, Dec. 9th & 16th WSEM Food Center at Brookside St. Mark Lutheran School Registration St. Mary Byzantine School Registration Christmas Shopping Holiday Food Donations Needed St. Mark Lutheran School, 4464 Pearl Rd. St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Elementary Brooklyn Historical Museum Gift Shoppe, Brookside Center, 3784 Pearl Rd. Drop off Applications accepted throughout school year School, 4600 State Rd., now accepting applica- 4442 Ridge Rd., Sun., 1:30 - 3:30 pm & Tues., food Mon. - Fri., 8:30 am - 4 pm. Holiday food for kindergarten - grade 8. Participates in tions for preschool - grade 8. Before/after 10:30 am - 1:30 pm. Scarves & hats, hand- needed - canned or fresh sweet & white pota- Cleveland Scholarship & Tutoring Program. school services available. Local tuition assis- loomed rugs, Amish jams & jellies, handmade toes, cake mixes, frosting, hams, turkeys, On-site before & after school daycare, hot lunch tance available to all families. Participates in gift cards, potholder towels, baby boutique, chickens, puddings, gelatin, desserts, sugar, program, sports, music, newly updated comput- Cleveland Scholarship & Tutoring Program. toddler pillows & cases, dog blankets, fleece flour stuffing, cranberry sauce & other fruit. er labs, accelerated reader program, interactive Updated computer lab, interactive Smart throws, purses, costume jewelry, hemp beaded Call 216-749-4295 for more info. white boards, Girl Scouts & Cub Scouts. For Boards in all classroom, instrumental music & necklaces & misc. crafts available. Slates, registration info or to schedule a private tour, art instructor, athletics & more. Call 216-749- aprons, runners with napkins, potholders & WSEM Food Center at Brookside call school, 216-749-3545, or visit 7980 or visit www.smbyz.org. glass ornaments featured items for Christmas. Christmas Gifts for Children www.orgsites.com/oh/stmarklutheran. Call Barb, 216-941-0160, for more info. Brookside Center, 3784 Pearl Rd. Drop off toys & gifts for children up to 16 years Mon. - Wednesday, December 10th Fri., 8:30 am - 4 pm. Value of gifts should be Friends of Big Creek Fundraiser between $10 & $25. Call 216-749-4295 for Johnny Mango, 3120 Bridge Ave. 11am.- more info. THEATER NOTES 11pm. The only thing you have to do is eat Cassidy Theatre of Greenbriar Commons $10; student, senior & lunch or dinner & present our flyer. Johnny WSEM Food Center 6200 Pearl Rd. 440-842-4600 staff tickets - $8; Tri-C Mango will give 20% of the sales to Friends of WSEM Food Center at Brookside Center, 3784 students free with valid ID. Group rates Big Creek. Friends of Big Creek relies on vol- Pearl Rd., 216-749-4295. Open Mon. - Fri., 10 “Scrooge” for 10 or more. Call for reservations; visit unteers & donations for all operational am - 2 pm; the last Sat. of the month, 10 am - Fri., Dec. 5th - Sun., Dec. 21st; Fri. & Sat., 8 www.tri-c.edu/theatre/west for more info. expenses. Just print the flyer & hand to your 1pm, except for holidays when WSEM is open pm; Sun., 3 pm. Tickets, $20 adults & $15 stu- server when you pay the bill. If you cannot the Sat. before the holiday. Call WSEM dents & seniors. make this date, mark your calendar for Jan. 28 helpline for food stamp applications, 216-749- The Singing Angels Festival for our next Johnny Mango fundraiser. For 4295. Ask for an appt. with Jaci, who will help Mon., Dec. 8th; 7:30 pm. All tickets, $10. (at the Ohio Theatre) more info call, 216-269-6472 or to download fill out & deliver completed food stamp appli- Advance reservations suggested. Center, 1501 Euclid Ave. the flyer go to www.friendsofbigcreek.org. cations to Dept. of Job & Family Services. 216-241-6000 www.greatlakestheater.org CityMusicConcert at Shrine Church of St. “A Christmas Carol” Take the Lead… Become a Mentor WSEM Child Development Centers Stanislaus, 3649 East 65th St, Slavic Village. Now thru Tues., Dec. 23rd. Evening curtain Looking for caring adults 55+ to serve the fol- Free Child Care for Qualified Families Sat., Dec. 6, 7:30 pm. Selections include times - 7:30 pm; Fri. & Sat. matinees, 1:30 lowing schools at lunchtime twice a week: Archwood Head Start, 2800 Archwood Ave.; music from March of the Turks, Cinderella, Near westside - Denison 3799 W. 33rd; Far free childcare for qualified families. Now pm; Sun. matinees, 3 pm. Tickets, $26 - $57 westside - McKinley 3349 W. 125th; Eastside - enrolling full & part day. Call 216-398-5488. Petite Symphonie, Belshazzar's Feast, Turkish March, Ruins of Athens, the Christmas John W. Raper 1601 E. 85th; Southeastside - 2355 E. 89th St. 216-795-7070 Emile de Sauze 4747 E. 176th; Central - West Side Ecumenical Ministry (WSEM) Concerto, Rosamunde and Hansel and Gretel. Rockefeller 5901 Whittier Ave. Carol Hasek, Enrolling for Early Childhood Education Free admission, but a collection will be taken “Black Nativity” Mentoring Coordinator Experience Corps, All locations for ages birth through age five. up. Call 216-341-9091 for more info. Fri., Dec. 5 - Sun., Dec. 28. Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 216-391-9500, ext. 125, or chasek@rsvp- WSEM offers infant & toddler care, Head Start, 8 pm; Sun., 3 pm. Tickets - Thurs. eve. & Fri. cleveland.org. the Early Learning Initiative (ELI) program as & Sat. matinees, $25; Fri. & Sat. eve., $30. well as a home-based program to meet the 6415 Detroit Ave. 216-631-2727 America Reads Tutors needs of area families. WSEM offers free serv- www.cptonline.org Near West Theater South Brooklyn Branch Library, 4303 Pearl ices to eligible families, health & developmen- “Boom” St. Pat's Club Building, Rd., for elementary school students; Mon., 3 - tal screenings, comprehensive services to James Levin Theatre - Now thru Sat., Dec. 3606 Bridge Ave. 216-621-3242 6 pm; Tues. & Thurs., 3 - 7 pm; Wed., 3:30 - address educational, health, dental, nutrition, 5:30 pm. Call 623-7067 for more info. social, mental health & special needs. Variety 20th; Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 7:30 pm; Sun., 3 pm. www.nearwesttheatre.org of program options & locations. Accepts coun- Tickets, $10 - $20. “Finian’s Rainbow” ty vouchers. Call 216-651-2037 for more info. “The Santaland Diaries” Now thru - Sun., Dec. 7. Thur., Fri., Sat., 7:30 Free Flu & Pneumonia Shots Gordon Square Theatre - Now thru - Dec. pm; Sun., 3 pm. Tickets, $6. For people who live in Cleveland who: are Our Lady of Good Counsel School between 6 months & 18 yrs old; 50 years or Registration for Preschool - Grade 8 20th; Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 8 pm; Sun., 3 pm. Tickets, $10 - $24. Playhouse Square Center older; have a long-term illness (high blood Our Lady of Good Counsel School, 4419 Pearl 1501 Euclid Ave. 216-241-6000 pressure, liver, heart or lung disease, diabetes, Rd,. Preschool for 3 & 4 year old children, “Crumble” www.clevelandplayhouse.com asthma, pregnancy, cancer or a weakened requires $50 non-refundable deposit at time of (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) immune system); live with or take care of registration. Option to extend day until 6 pm. Still “A Christmas Story” CPT Bookstore Theatre - Dec. 4th - Dec. someone who is 0-5 yrs old, 50+ years old or spaces available for kindergarten through grade 8. Bolton Theatre, now thru Dec. 21. Wed. - Sat. 20th; Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 7:30 pm; Sun., 3 pm. has a long-term illness. Offers all-day kindergarten, tutoring program, stu- evening, 7:30 pm; Sat. matinee, 3 pm; Sun. Tickets, $10 - $20. Spring Hill Villa, 4330 Jennings Rd., Mon., dent council, computer classes, Spanish, music, matinee, 2 pm. Tickets start at $43. Dec. 22, 10 am - 12 pm; 216-741-7485. hot lunch program & physical education. Cleveland State University Every Friday, Now thru - Dec. 26, Supportive PTU. Before & after care program Theater Arts Building, 1833 E. 23rd St. “Radio City Christmas Spectacular” McCafferty Health Center, 4242 Lorain (BASE) possible. Registration packets for pre- State Theater, Thurs., Dec. 4 - Sun., Dec. 28. Ave., 8 - 11 am; 216-651-5005. school or K-8 available in school office. Vouchers 216-687-2113 Tickets, $29.50 - $79.50. Times vary. Call 216-664-4621 or visit www.cleveland- accepted. For more info. or to schedule a tour, call [email protected] . health.org for more locations & dates. 216-741-3685 or contact Beverly in parish office, “Aladdin” 216-749-2323. The Beck Center of the Arts Dec. 6-7 & 13-14; 2 pm. Tickets, $10 gener- 17801 Detroit Ave. 216-521-2540 Cleveland Recycles al admission; $5 students & seniors. REDUCE! REUSE! RECYCLE! Ready, Set Grow Preschool www.beckcenter.org The City of Cleveland will pick up Christmas Located in Brooklyn Heights United Church of Cuyahoga Community College “Peter Pan” trees from curbs Dec. 26 - Jan. 30. In spring, Christ, 2005 W. Schaaf Rd. Ages 3 - 5. Western Campus Theatre Dept. Sat., Dec. 5 - Sun., Jan. 4; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 mulch from the recycled trees will be available Learning & social skills for kindergarten readi- 11000 Pleasant Valley Rd, 216- 987-5536 pm; Sat. matinees 2:30 pm on Dec. 13, 20, 27 to Cleve. residents for free, while supplies last. ness. Certified teachers. Registration fee, $25. & Jan. 3; Sun., 3 pm. Tickets - adults, $28; Reuse or recycle holiday wrapping paper & Class times, 9:20 - 11:20 am. Call 216-741- Tri-C West Dance Concert seniors, $25; students 22 & under with I.D., gift boxes. Continue to recycle throughout the 2280 for more info. CCC Western Campus Theatre, T building; Fri., year by dropping off glass, plastic, aluminum, Dec. 14th, 7:30 pm. General admission tickets - $17; children 12 & under, $10. cardboard & paper at any of Cleveland’s con- St. Leo the Great School Registration venient drop off locations. (There are nearby Kindergarten & grades 1-8. Pick up registra- blue bins at Brooklyn Hts. United Church of tion forms in school office, 9 am - 3:30 pm FRESH CUT CHRISTMAS TREES Christ, Discount Drug Mart, Estabrook weekdays. Children must be 5 years old by Blue Spruce MEMPHIS KIDDIE PARK Recreation Center, Old Brooklyn Community Sept. 30th to be eligible to register. Bring child's 10340 Memphis Ave. School, Trinity United Church of Christ, birth & baptismal certificates along with a $50 Canaan Fir, Fraser Fir (corner of Memphis & Tiedeman) William Rainey Harper School.) Call the recy- non-refundable registration fee. Participates in Hours: noon - 9 pm cling hotline for more info, 216-664-3717, or Cleveland Scholarship & Tutoring Program. Douglas Fir visit www.cleveland-oh.gov. County vouchers accepted. Call 216-661-2120 White Pine & Scotch Pine “God Bless America” for more info. PAGE 4 OLD BROOKLYN NEWS DECEMBER 2008 point of view The holidays are a time to give and receive My by Robyn Sandys by Maria Dimengo more than 100 towns. The study showed that Clark Recreation Center - 5706 Clark Ave, [email protected] Cleveland, 216-664-4657 neighborhoods with the highest levels of vol- Say, buddy, can you spare a dime? We all know how much fun it is to give unteerism had less crime, better schools and Food Pantries If you happen to have a parent or relative presents and also to receive them for those we happier residents. American Indian Education Center - 1314 who grew up during the Great Depression, care about. We also know how good it feels to I believe this is already happening now Denison Ave. Suite 102, Cleveland 44109, you might have heard about a popular song be with family and friends during a holiday — where we live — especially for the folks 216-351-4488 called “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” season especially when there is so much deli- who make giving a daily part of their routines. It tells the story of a hungry, desolate man cious food to eat. Yet every holiday there are Just ask your councilmen and the groups who United Hearts Life Mission Center - 3339 who, while standing in a bread line waiting folks who don’t have the means to give pres- regularly attend neighborhood meetings. Broadview Rd., Cleveland 44109, 216-459- for food, questions the years he spent as a ents or to even cook a full family meal. People don’t get involved because they have 9839 laborer and patriot. It is traditional to think of the holidays as to. They genuinely have a passion to change When Bing Crosby made the song a hit a time to give what you can and this year is no Hunger Network, Brookside Center - 3784 their communities, one neighbor at a time. in 1932, banks had collapsed and families different (well maybe it is a little different Pearl Rd., Cleveland 44109, 216-749-4295 Yet if you drive along State, Pearl, were facing grim times. Thousands of people because there are more people unemployed Denison, Archwood, Memphis and had lost their savings and unemployment was and hurting than in previous years). Listed Salvation Army- Ohio City Corps, 4402 Broadview Roads, you will see that there is at an all time high. below are many ways that you and your fami- Clark, Cleveland 44109, 216-631-1515 still plenty of work that needs to be done. So Ironically, we see these parallels more ly can share in giving this holiday season. And, I’m urging all readers of the OBN to get St. Michael The Archangel Catholic Church - than 75 years later. Today in Cleveland, we if you are reading this and need help, or if you involved with a community project that’s hap- 3114 Scranton Rd., Cleveland 44109, 216- face a similar crisis and it seems like the only know someone who does, please contact the pening right now. Dozens of civic groups need 621-3847 way we can lift each other up is to get back to places listed below. help, so if you have some time to spare, please the spirit of the “greatest generation.” They Perhaps the community’s best place to Trinity Assembly of God - 3801 Clark Ave., join one. did so without complaint because it was the call when you need help or want to give is Cleveland 44109, 216-631-6764 Right now, I personally need help with a only way they knew to survive. United Way’s First Call for Help; just dial 211. In addition to the above resources, the plan to create art and revitalize local business- Yes, it’s true that the Great Depression They have an amazing data base of options for Near Westside Partnership Ministries is es (described in the box below this article). changed a lot of people and transformed com- help for the holidays. They are also the place involved with excellent programs this year. Just send me an e-mail at maria1526@earth- munities around the world. Those extraordi- to call as a first step in managing your mort- They are as follows: link.net. I can tell you about all the people nary circumstances paved the way for regular gage debt if you think you might get or are who are coming together, and how you can TOYS to CAMPS people to come together. currently behind with your mortgage pay- help in a big way. Near Westside Partnership Ministries So I don’t know what made me think of ments. Don’t hesitate to call 211 today if you It all starts with one seed, and maybe one (NWPM), with the generous support of subur- that song, but when I looked for the words on need any type of assistance. Many of the really good idea. As our newly elected presi- ban United Methodist Churches (UMC), is the Internet, it was like someone handed me resources below are from their web site, dent, Barack Obama said during his victory sponsoring sales of new toys at several Near the opening lines to read, re-read, and take www.211cleveland.org. speech on election night, we need people all Westside UMCs this December. The primary notice: They used to tell me I was building a across America to listen and take note. goal is to bring new toys at a very low cost to dream. Feed a Family for $30.00 “It can’t happen without you, without a families in this economically challenged com- I think that many of us can relate to this. For only $30 you can feed a family of new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacri- munity. Proceeds from the sales are directed I see a lot of us in this community trying to four a wonderful holiday meal. To make a fice,” Obama said. “So let us summon a new toward NWPM camp scholarships which build a dream, trying to make our lives better donation go to www.thecitymission.org or spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where allow city children to experience fun and faith for ourselves and our children. We needn’t mail your donation to Holiday Food Drive, each of us resolves to pitch in and work hard- at UMC summer camps. Donations of new look across the globe to tell us there is a shift The City Mission, 5310 Carnegie Ave., er and look after not only ourselves, but each toys or money to buy toys are welcome. Please going on. Just look in your own backyard Cleveland, 44103, 216-431-3510 other.” The City Mission also has collection sites contact Jim Wallace, ljwallace4645@sbcglob- here in Old Brooklyn and Brooklyn Centre. al.net, if you can help or send donations to Yet, we need to take one minute out of to donate food. The closest one to our area is Laura’s Home for Women and Children at the Near Westside Partnership office at 2607 our busy day and ask ourselves if we are Rebuilding Old Brooklyn Archwood Ave., Cleveland, 44109. (memo: ready to take on the challenge that our par- One Neighbor at a Time 18120 Puritas Ave. Drop off times are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. and Saturday toys), 216-459-1450. ents’ generation once did. We have to be will- Over the next several months, teams of and Sunday, 1-3 p.m. ing to ask ourselves the really tough questions volunteers from Metro Health & Case Christmastime Breakfast and dig deep to find the answers. Western Reserve University (CWRU) Holiday Donations/Gifts/Toys A wonderful Christmastime breakfast at Are you truly a person of mission, or are will be organized to paint, create & Salvation Army - Salvation Army, main Brooklyn Memorial will be held on St. you waiting for someone else to take action? beautify Old Brooklyn storefronts. office, 2507 E. 22nd St., Cleveland, 216-861- Nicholas Day, December 6th, from 10:30 Are you really doing your part to make our Project plans include: painting murals 8185 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Reminiscent of the community the best it can be? & artwork for businesses along Pearl, “Breakfast with Santa” events held at State & Broadview Rds.; cleaning up Westside Ecumenical Ministry-WSEM at How much do you care about your Brookside Center - 3784 Pearl Rd., Cleveland Cleveland department stores many years ago, neighbors? How do you show it? Do you reg- streets & parking lots; assisting busi- ness owners with storefront revitaliza- 44109, 216-749-4295 this free and delicious pancake breakfast, ularly attend neighborhood block groups? Do tion & beautification; engaging stu- complete with Santa, song, and treats, is open you say thanks to the safety forces who watch dents from local schools to participate Toys for Tots - Estabrook Recreation Center to all children and families in our near your home and your business? & pay it forward; & creating partner- 4125 Fulton Rd., Cleveland 44109, 216-664- Westside community; for reservations please Do you buy your vegetables from a local ships for in-kind donations, corporate 4149 call Brooklyn Memorial UMC’s office: 216- farmer who is just trying to put food on his sponsorships & future funding oppor- 459-1450. Donations of personal care prod- own table? Do you ever patronize a local mer- tunities. Call Maria Dimengo, 440- West Side Catholic Center - 3135 Lorain ucts for adult guests and Nativity coloring chant instead of a national chain? 258-4995, or email maria1526 @earth- Ave., Cleveland, 216-631-4741 books, crayons, mittens or hats for the children This isn’t as much a lecture as it is a plea link.net for more info. CWRU donat- are most welcome. for help. If you have some time, I urge every- ed $1,000 to carry this vision forward. one to climb aboard. Let’s take that Great Depression song and make it our own call to action. How about, Buddy, Can You Spare Some Time? I love the fact that neighborhood groups are meeting over coffee and hanging out in pubs, talking about this generation of change in our community. Many of them are heading out to the parks to organize clean ups, rake leaves for the elderly, or help out a friend who just lost his/her job. We all have an opportunity to be a part of something big just like thousands of commu- nities all across the world. 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The November 15th deadline Church also delivering a dissenting opinion to We’ve written about all kinds of things to for parishes on the west side of Cleveland has the Diocese, at this time, St. Barbara’s has not do over the upcoming holiday season through- passed, and in compliance with the directive, submitted an official protest. As we put together this December issue of out this month’s edition of the Old Brooklyn the clusters have submitted their closing/merg- As he has done with the previous submis- the Old Brooklyn News, we haven’t even cele- News, but sometimes the way that we list things er/staying alive proposals to the Bishop for his sions, Bishop Richard Lennon will present the brated Thanksgiving yet, but still it’s the time doesn’t allow us to give all the details. consideration. proposals from this third group of clusters to for us to wish everyone “Merry Christmas”, In Theater Notes, for instance, there’s not At press time last month, we were not cer- the Vibrant Parish Life - Phase II Committee “Season’s Greetings”, “Happy Holidays” (and room to mention the actors/actresses/musicians tain about what the five-parish cluster (official- for their evaluation. This committee includes maybe even “Happy New Year”). Even more from our neighborhood, which is often the case ly “Cleveland Central West District Cluster parish representatives from each of the thirteen ironically, our first entry this month is about with ’s productions. Their #4”) would recommend to the Diocese, but we Diocesan districts as well as representatives of Halloween... current show, Finian’s Rainbow, runs through now have that information. That cluster, com- the major consultative groups and different Many readers (especially those who live Sunday, December 7, and three cast members posed of Blessed Sacrament, St. Barbara, St. areas of the Diocese’s administration. in Old Brooklyn ) are familiar with Frank are Old Brooklyn residents or people with con- Boniface, St. Michael the Archangel and St. Following their review, the Bishop and Smith (AKA Luther Hegges) of 1608 Merl nections to our community. Janette Patterson, Rocco, was instructed that in the final account- his staff will study the cluster plans, taking into Ave. who, for the past sixteen years, has gone a junior at James Ford Rhodes High School, ing, there could be only three parishes in that consideration the Committee’s thoughts on the “all out” decorating his front and side yards for Grace Schumann, a fourth grader at Old geographic vicinity. proposals. Then, as required by Canon Law, if Halloween. The Old Brooklyn News did a big Brooklyn Community Elementary School, Again a painful, anger-filled scenario any parish closings/mergers are being consid- feature article about him approximately ten and Taylor Slivka, a freshman at Montessori emerges. No one wants his/her parish to close, ered, the priests’ council must approve of them years ago, and since then, this year being one High School at are among but because of the ethnic associations of four before they’re enacted. The Bishop will of those times, we’ve often reminded people to the Rainbow Valley, Missitucky citizens in the of the five parishes in this cluster, the decision- announce these decisions in March. stop by to view his display. play. making process was more difficult here than in Fearing the worst, in some endangered Now Frank’s efforts have received nation- If you want to really do something special some of the other sections of the city. Blessed parishes in our Diocese, individuals have al attention, thanks to his having heard about a this month, consider attending the Historic Sacrament on Fulton Rd.(near the Second mobilized in an effort to save their worship- contest which ABC TV’s “Good Morning Warehouse District’s “Annual Holiday District Police Station), a parish without ethnic ping communities; few have the resources or America” was sponsoring in October. Tour” on Wednesday, December 10th. Similar ties, voiced the least objections, at the cluster stamina necessary to engage the services of a The show was looking for the best to the Gateway’s District’s “Wine and Dine” in committee’s vote that they be closed. A major- canon law lawyer and fight the decisions all “haunted home” (Halloween displays, not in July, this upscale fund-raiser for the the ity of the cluster committee also voted that St. the way to Rome. The Old Brooklyn News will reality!) in the . So that his house Warehouse District’s community development Barbara on Denison Ave. in Brooklyn Centre have another article about this topic and what’s and yard could be considered for that recogni- corporation will feature fabulous food, spirits be the other church to close. being done in our neighborhood next month. tion, Frank submitted a two-minute video of a and tours of condos, apartments and buildings The majority opinion of the cluster was In the meantime, additional information previous year’s display that people could view in this marvelously rejuvenated section of that St. Boniface, which serves the Vietnamese about the clustering process can be found on and rate on fearnet.com. The entry that would . community as well as the neighborhood; St. the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland’s website at come out with the most points would be the The tour will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Michael, which serves the Hispanic communi- www.dioceseofcleveland.org and on the Old winner of the contest, and the lucky person Bridgeview Apartments’ Atrium at 1300 W. 9th ty as well as the neighborhood; and St. Rocco, Brooklyn neighborhood cluster’s site at would not only receive a check for $25,000, St.; it will end with a dessert reception and which serves the Italian community as well as www.nwclevelandcluster.org. but also be featured on "Good Morning entertainment in the penthouse of The Bingham. the neighborhood (and is staffed by Italian Open-minded/progressive-thinking read- America " on Halloween. Admission is $60-$75, but parking is only $2 at priests of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy, the ers might also want to check out the Future While “Heggs House of Horror” was not the Network parking lot on the southeast corner Mercedarians) be permitted to remain open. Church website at www.futurechurch.org. the absolute #1, it did land among the top five of W. 9th & St. Clair. Call 216-344-3937 for St. Barbara’s, which serves the Polish This national organization, founded by a Sister haunted homes nationwide! That merited it more information. community as well as the neighborhood, is of St. Joseph and headquartered in Lakewood, some recognition on national TV on That’s all for this time. Send your ideas for understandably distraught. Thanks to the aims, among other things, to assist parishes Halloween -- ABC ran numerous video clips of future listings in this column to: Lynette Filips, immigrant frugality of their ancestors, they threatened with unwanted closure. 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Old Brooklyn Community School (4430 such as tax credits and/or development The “Tech Belt” will have a geograph- State Rd.) to create snowflake banners for grants that will attract and grow bioscience ic definition, but the boundaries will be soft. utility poles and snowflake sculptures for businesses. Akron, Canton, Erie, Lorain, Meadville, interior windows. The effort will not be limited to bio- Sharon and the many small cities in the area John and Don funded the project, con- sciences, but that is the initial area of con- will all benefit as regional opportunity sites tacted the businesses about placing the holi- centration. The gravity of bioscience will for economic development. day sculptures in windows, encouraged pull in the engineering sciences, chemical The new raw materials that will replace them to add their own holiday decorations, sciences, information technology sciences the former steel and manufacturing raw and ultimately mounted the banners and by Tom Collins and the cutting edge startup businesses that materials will be knowledge, innovation, delivered the window decorations. Amy, [email protected] are born when opportunity is present. technology and entrepreneurial spirit. The assisted by staff members Elizabeth Emery Uh-oh, is it Pittsburgh again? Pittsburgh and Cleveland are both only limit will be found in those who do not and Stephanie Kluk, worked with students Recently five people from the Old internationally known for health and med- welcome change and insist that yesterday and art teachers on design and fabrication. Brooklyn Community Development ical care facilities. This is not an industry will always be better than tomorrow. Downtown Old Brooklyn may not be Corporation attended a one-day conference where one institution can dominate all disci- the shopping district it once was, but it can in Youngstown. For me it was a welcome plines and thereby drive others out of busi- Holiday decorations promote the spirit of the season as vibrantly lesson about the strong economic opportuni- ness. It is an ever evolving science where As OBCDC’s Commercial Program as other neighborhoods do. Thanks to the ty that is quietly growing in the 134-mile, new knowledge and new technology Manager, I also want to add my own com- local artists and businesses who worked too-long-languishing industrial corridor changes service delivery every day. ments to one of this month’s front page sto- together to brighten the many display win- between Pittsburgh and Cleveland. The concentration of knowledge and ries… dows of the center of our community. Pittsburgh may be our sports rival, but as skill will build upon itself, making the Some people talk and some people do. More doers are always welcome. regional neighbors we are as interdependent region even stronger. That is the model that The holiday banners that are waving in the as Brooklyn Centre and Old Brooklyn. built the steel and manufacturing industry in winter wind along Broadview Rd. and Pearl What has seeded the market are the this same corridor, and it is the model that Rd. came from several people who talk and 700-plus companies providing some kind of will bring economic vitality back to the bioscience product, service, support or region. Re$tore Cleveland Progress for the Commercial Districts of research. What is developing is a concen- If you look at learning as an industry, trated effort to identify and promote this here again the region is super strong. There IMPORTANT! Old Brooklyn & Brooklyn Centre region as the “Cleveland-Pittsburgh are over 50 universities, colleges, communi- Before you sign any paperwork with a Technology Corridor”. ty colleges, trade schools and technical For more information contact home improvement contractor (even If someone says “Silicon Valley”, schools in the area. Specialties abound Tom Collins, OBCDC Commercial “Seattle” or “Research Triangle”, a certain within this cluster of campuses. This contractors who advertise in the Old Program Manager image of business or economic identity comes assures that qualified graduates can fill spe- Brooklyn News) be sure to check their 216-459-1000 cialized jobs. It means that continuing edu- to mind. Given time, the words “Tech Belt” rating with the Better Business Bureau [email protected], will come to identify the cluster of businesses cation is available for everyone. It means (BBB). Call the BBB’s automated devoted to life sciences, ecology sciences, that research will support the needs of the Anytime Line, 216-241-7678, and Supported by: environmental sciences, biological sciences “Tech Belt”. It also means that the region punch in the business’ phone number to Cleveland Neighborhood Development and the many associated health- related indus- can attract superior educators to tenured receive a speedy report, 24/7. Coalition Ohio & Erie Canal Association tries. positions. The “Tech Belt Initiative” is a coopera- This part of the country offers a lower tive effort engaging multiple agencies (gov- cost of living than the east coast, the west ernment, non-profit and business) from south- coast and southern urban areas. Commuting western Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. times are shorter than in most cities. Leading this development are the Greater Youngstown, the center of the “Tech Belt”, Cleveland Partnership, the Youngstown- is only 80 minutes from either Cleveland or Warren Regional Chamber and the Allegheny Pittsburgh. The highway system is basical- Conference on Community Development. ly sound and well maintained (although

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by Lori Peterson which you purchased the home, you would [email protected] owe the IRS nothing. The tax credit must be repaid, over a OBCDC With market prices crashing and fore- period of 15 years. For instance, if you earn "It's about your home; closures still on the rise nevertheless, it is a credit of $7,500 then you would pay $500 Community Toolbox it's about your neighborhood." buyers market. And there are a lot of tools to per year over 15 years. This amounts to a take advantage of if you are in the market to zero interest loan from the federal govern- purchase your first home such as, foreclosure ment. If the home is sold before 15 years, Credit union membership can prevention classes, free homebuyer’s classes then the remainder of the credit would be and tax credits. The tax credit or rather the recaptured upon the sale. If the home does be worth hundreds of dollars 0% loan from the government will be looked not sell for enough to repay the credit, then it at in greater detail. is forgiven. ly require a much larger minimum deposit, all by Dana Korosi The U.S. Congress and President Bush The tax credit has an income limit of these programs require only $500 to open. Steel Valley Federal Credit Union passed the Housing and Economic Recovery $75,000 for individuals $150,000 for couples Members with ATM (automated teller Act of 2008, which was enacted October 1, Did you know that you could be saving earning $150,000 on a joint return. However machine) cards and credit cards will experi- 2008. The legislation provides a first-time money – perhaps hundreds of dollars a year – ence additional savings. Credit union fees a prorated tax credit will be given to individ- homebuyer tax credit of up to $7,500 (10 just by becoming a member of your local cred- remain lower than those of other financial uals earning $95,000 or $170,000 filing percent of the cost of the home, not to exceed it union? According to the Credit Union institutions. The most common surcharge fee jointly. For example if a couple makes National Association’s (CUNA) latest mem- for credit union members is either no charge or $7,500). $160,000, the applicable amount of phase bership report, credit unions typically charge $1, while the typical surcharge fee at other In addition, to providing a tax credit to out is $150,000 which the couple is $10,000 fewer and lower fees than other financial insti- financial institutions is $1.50. A credit card qualified first time homebuyers the act pro- over the amount. The amount of $10,000 is tutions. late fee at credit unions averages $14 less than vides other provisions that will help with divided by $20,000 which yields 0.5. Then Of course, the amount you save has a lot the late fee banks charge. Although these preventing foreclosures and reinvigorate the subtract 0.5 form 1.0 resulting in 0.5 multi- to do with your financial habits and the number amounts may seem small, they can add up over housing market. The Federal Housing ply $7,500 by 0.5 and the result is $3,750 tax of credit union products and services you use. the course of a year. Authority (FHA) estimates that over 400,000 credit for the couple. On the average, credit union member house- “Bottom line: If you’re looking for a safe borrowers are in danger of losing their So how does one take advantage of this holds in the United States save about $240 per place to save and borrow, without getting nick- homes and will be able to refinance into tax credit? It is relatively easy, an applica- year. eled and dimed to death, credit unions are the more affordable government-insured mort- tion is not required, simply claim the tax Some of the savings comes from higher best deal - bar none,” says Gary Schatsky, gages by utilizing this act. credit on your federal income tax return and rates on savings products. For example, chief executive officer of Independent The eligibility requirements are simple: be sure the prospective home buyer qualifies according to CUNA’s latest report, money mar- Financial Counselors in New York. The borrower must be a first time homebuy- ket accounts at credit unions earned an average under the income limits and first-time home Credit unions can offer better value er which according to the law means that the interest rate of 1.92%, while the same accounts buyer tests. However if you have more spe- because they are non-profit, cooperative insti- homebuyer must not have owned a principal at banks earned 1.18% interest. Steel Valley cific questions it is recommended to consult tutions, owned by their members. Banks, on residence within the last three years. The sale Federal Credit Union presently offers an out- the other hand, are owned by stockholders who a qualified tax advisor or legal professional must occur on or after April 9, 2008 and standing array of certificate of deposit pro- want solid returns on their investments. about your unique situation. before July 1, 2009. (The purchase date is grams. A four-month certificate is earning Visit your local community credit union, The information for this article was 3.5% interest, a seven-month certificate is Steel Valley Federal Credit Union at the corner the date when closing occurs.) The eligible obtained from the HUD website and the earning 4.00%, and a thirteen-month certificate of Pearl Rd. and Denison Ave., to see how much properties include any single-family resi- National Association of Home Builders web- is earning 4.25%. Unlike banks which general- more you can save by using their services. dence (including condos and co-ops) that site will be used as a principal residence http://www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com. The tax credit means that if you are a If you are interested in finding out more Habitat ReStore moves west -- first-time homebuyer and would otherwise information about refinancing options go to owe $7,500 in taxes, then for the year in to W. 110th St. near Berea Rd. http://www.hud.gov/news/recoveryactfaq.cfm by Lori Peterson proceeds go to Habitat) but to diverting thou- [email protected] sands of tons of usable materials from local landfills by reusing, recycling and reselling Habitat for Humanity is a household building materials and tools. name that conjures up warm feelings of If a home repair project is on your list assisting those in need with homeownership. for a holiday gift you may want to start at ReStore, a name that is not so widely known, ReStore to give a gift that keeps on giving. also provides resources to Cleveland resi- Cash, M/C & Visa accepted. For more infor- dents. It is operated by Greater Cleveland mation on how you can donate items or vol- Habit for Humanity. unteer, visit their website www.cleve- ReStore sells a wide variety of donated landrestore.org tools, appliances and home building products -- some new, some used -- windows, doors, fixtures, trim, tubs, sinks, wallpaper, flooring, The Home Depot Kids tile, lumber, electrical supplies, plumbing Workshop Program supplies, hardware and more. On November Saturday, December 6th and Every 1st 1, 2008 it moved to 2110 W. 110th St. Saturday of the Month Workshops are (between Western Ave. and Berea Rd.) from free, how-to clinics designed for children its former Slavic Village location. aged 5 - 12, available once a month between 9 am & noon at all The Home In these tough economic times, ReStore Depot stores. Children, accompanied by is a place to visit for home remodeling/repair an adult, use their skills to create objects needs because the items are priced at 50% or that can be used in & around their homes more off retail prices. As of December 5, it or communities. The workshops teach will be open to the public on Fridays from 10 children do-it-yourself skills & tool safety a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. & help instill a sense of accomplishment to 1p.m. (except the weekends after & self-esteem. Along with a new project Christmas and New Years). kit, each child receives a kid-sized orange apron & an achievement pin. For more As does Habitat, ReStore has a mission info. visit www.homedepotclinics.com to not only eliminating poverty housing (the

AMERIFLAG DISPLAYS LOCAL ART Old Brooklyn artist Jim Ptacek (right) has once again teamed up with local business- man Don Workman (left) to provide a selection of Cleveland area prints and Christmas cards for the holiday season. The prints consist of local landmarks such as stadiums, ballparks, the downtown skyline, lighthouses, high schools, etc. The Christmas cards are a collection of 20 years of limited edition cards, each signed and numbered by Ptacek. Shop Ameriflag for your gift-giving needs. Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 9 am - 5 pm; Saturday, 9 am - 3 pm AMERIFLAG, INC. 3307 Broadview Rd. 216-661-2608 PAGE 8 OLD BROOKLYN NEWS DECEMBER 2008 Art of Old Brooklyn native featured in Natural History Museum exhibit by Lynette Filips 1920. The family -- Bill; his brother, Ralph; Bill was only 29 years of age at the time. [email protected] and his sister, Ruth -- lived at 3316 Tate Ave. The Natural History Museum’s collec- He attended Dawning School (now the home tions greatly expanded under Bill’s leadership. of Old Brooklyn Community School) for ele- In 1954 it acquired a giant Sauropod dinosaur mentary school, Thomas Jefferson for junior from Canyon City, Colorado. Then in the high school and West Tech for high school. 1960s, right “in our own back yard”, marine (Rhodes had already opened in 1932, but West fossils from the Devonian period were discov- Tech had different courses of study, including ered when researchers excavated the shale more intense art training for someone with the exposed during the construction of I-71 passion for art that Bill had.) Bill graduated (including the Museum’s famous from West Tech in 1938. Dunkleosteus and Cladoselache specimens). In addition to his years in Old Brooklyn, Bill Scheele was also instrumental in the Bill also spent lots of time in Brooklyn Centre. Museum’s acquisition of the world-class Some of the Scheele’s closest relatives -- his Hamann-Todd Osteological Collection of Scheele grandparents, William and Minnie human and non-primate skeletons. (nee Baldi), his aunt and uncle, Frances and In 1958, in addition to helping the Carl Scheele, and his cousins, Carl and Harry, Cleveland Museum of Natural History move to “The Gathering” St. Francis of Assisi lived at 4224 Poe Ave. University Circle, Bill organized the interior Watercolor Series (8”x10”) In his later life, Bill began writing down set-up of the exhibits, arranging them like a Since September 27, Northern Ohioans the memories of his youth, and many of them walk through time in terms of the evolution of have been flocking to a traveling exhibition at concern the times he shared with his relatives the universe. the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and friends in and around our neighborhood. Bill Scheele was a writer as well as an entitled Race - Are We So Different? Perhaps the most interesting stories Bill artist. From 1949 to 1972, he wrote and illus- Organized by the American Anthropological recounted are the experiences which kindled trated a weekly column about natural history Old Brooklyn native William Scheele (1920- Association and the Minneapolis Science his life-long interest in archaelogy and the nat- for the Cleveland Press. 1998) was the director of the Cleveland Museum, it’s a thought-provoking study which ural world. Among them are the “ digs” for Bill also wrote and illustrated seven Museum of Natural History, 1949 to 1972. will run through January 4. It is well worth a books about natural history for school-age visit. readers: Prehistoric Animals (1954), The First have become its study/education areas. Since October 15, visitors on their way Mammals (1955), Prehistoric Man and the Bill was a naturalist in his personal life, into that exhibition room have passed through Primates (1957), Ancient Elephants (1958), too. In the early years of marriage, he and his another less publicized exhibit in the The Cave Hunters (1959), The Mound Builders wife lived briefly in Lakewood, Kirtland and Museum’s Fawick Gallery. Entitled A Passion (1960) and The Earliest Americans (1963). Cleveland Hts., but the growing family for Nature: The Art of William E. Scheele, it, Throughout his adult life, people told Bill (William G., 1948; John, 1951; Paul, 1952) too, is a wonderfully thought-provoking study that exposure to his books in their formative ultimately settled in Chardon. From 1953- well worth a visit, especially for residents of years had fueled their desire to pursue careers 1972 they lived on a seventy-five acre prop- our neighborhood. in the natural sciences. erty on Kirtland-Chardon Rd. which they One of the reasons is that the late William In 1960 Bill launched a quarterly maga- affectionately called “Woodpecker Woods”. E./Bill Scheele was the director of the zine, The Explorer, for the Natural History According to his oldest son, William G., Cleveland Museum of Natural History from Museum, and eventually it expanded to “Besides having our own pond and forest, we 1949 to 1972. During his tenure there the become the membership magazine for a num- were surrounded by the fascinating natural ber of Midwest museums. In addition to Bill’s elements and wildlife of , Museum moved from its original location in “Tiger Study” writing and illustrating many of the articles, which our father was only too happy to help two former “Millionaire’s Row” mansions on Watercolor (12”x14”) Euclid Ave. to its present location at 1 Wade Joann Scheele was the magazine’s editor. us know.” The home’s surroundings were Oval Drive in University Circle. Indian artifacts in which he participated at a often the inspiration for the pieces of Bill’s An even bigger reason that the Old Brecksville Rd. site in Independence before art which appear in the exhibition. Brooklyn News is interested in the Scheele art the “Cloverleaf” highway interchange was Bill Scheele left the Cleveland Museum exhibition is that, we’ve recently learned, Bill built there. of Natural History in 1972, at which time he Scheele grew up in our neighborhood. After West Tech, Bill attended Western became the executive director of the World One of three children of William and Reserve University (a precursor of Case- Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C. Pauline (nee Karl) Scheele, Bill was born in Western Reserve University). While still a stu- Bill subsequently held positions at the dent, Bill volunteered at the Cleveland South Carolina Museum Commission (the Museum of Natural History and worked in the director), the Miami Museum of Science, and Exhibition Department as an exhibits prepara- the Columbus Museum of Arts & Sciences in tor (1939 to 1942). Columbus, Georgia. World War II interrupted Bill’s academic When Bill and Joann retired, it was first and career plans; from 1942 to 1946 he served to Los Angeles and then to Lake Oswego, in Europe with the US Army Corps of Oregon, where Joann still lives today. Engineers. “Snowy Owl Study” The pieces of Bill Scheele’s art in the Bill Scheele married his high school Ink drawing (6”x10”) exhibition at the Natural History Museum are sweetheart, Joann Seubert, circa 1943. from the Scheele family archives. The exhib- After the War was over, Bill returned to Long before ecology and environmental it and the show’s catalogue were organized Cleveland and finished his schooling. He concerns had the public’s attention as they do by his oldest son, William G./Bill, who also graduated from Cleveland School of Art in today, Bill Scheele was already calling for has been intensely involved with the arts dur- 1947. That same year he became the head of action in that area, inviting influential scien- ing his lifetime. the Natural History Museum’s Exhibitions tists and thinkers to the Museum to speak The illustrations accompanying this arti- Department, a position he held until 1949. about the topic. Because of William Scheele’s cle are only a few examples of approximate- That year, impressed with William E. Scheele’s influence, the Natural History Museum ly seventy-five mixed-media pieces, includ- vision for the future, the Museum’s board of acquired land on Kelley’s Island in 1955 and ing books and magazines, in the exhibition. “Brontosaurs” trustees offered him the position of director. Fern Lake Bog in 1956, the first pieces in what It will run through January 11. Ink and watercolor (18”x18”) Merry Christmas!

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Art House, other caregivers & toddlers, have fun with a Sun., Dec. 21; Mon., Dec. 22; Tues., Dec. 23, 3119 Denison Ave., 216-398-8556 11150 East Boulevard variety of books & learning toys. 6 pm. Civil War holiday-history tour through Family Open Studio – Third Sat. of the month, 216-421-7340 www.clevelandart.org Hale Farm & Village. Guided by lantern light, 1 – 3 pm; $5 per person; $18 family of four; Artistic Luxury - Fabergé Tiffany Lalique Preschool Story Time – Every Fri., 11–11:30 visitors will be escorted back to 1863 & meet children 3 & under, free. Family members & Now thru – Sun., Jan. 18. Adult admission, $17. am. Stories & songs for children ages 3-5. Call townsfolk who keep the Yuletide spirit above cost per visit: $5 per adult, free for 2 chil- for specific program requests or more info. alivedespite absent loved ones. Sing carols & dren, $3 for each additional child. No pre-reg- discover the magic of the season during this istration required. Family Open Studio provides Winter Recreation Fun , South Brooklyn era. Fee. Call to register. a safe & fun environment for families to create Enjoy sledding, cross-country skiing, ice fish- 4303 Pearl Rd. 216-623-7067 art together. Self-guided activities at ing & ice skating at various locations. Use cau- Once Upon a Time at Hale Farm - Programs drawing/painting station, clay hand-building sta- tion & proper equipment; use the area only Preschool Storytime - Every Tues., 1:30 pm. for children ages 2 - 6 & their favorite grown- tion & craft station. Craft projects vary each when proper weather/snow-ice conditions Interactive stories, rhymes, songs & other up. Every Fri., 10 am & 1pm. Cost - $8, month. exist. Call any park district facility, 216-635- activities for children ages 3-5. Call to register. child, with one free adult; $7, for WRHS 3200, or visit www.clevelandmetroparks.com. members. Reservations required. Each pro- Saturday children’s classes, after school Toddler Time - Every Tues., 10:30 - 11:30 am. gram consists of a visit to part of Hale Farm & children’s programs, evening teen & adult Cleveland Metroparks Chalet Interactive stories, rhymes, songs & other activ- Village, plus a craft, story & snack. classes - Complete schedule of classes, dates, Valley Parkway, Mill Stream Run ities for children ages 1-2. Call to register. times & fees available on the website, Strongsville 440-572-9990 15th Annual Holiday CircleFest www.arthouseinc.org To register for a class Tobogganing -Now thru Feb. Cost - $8, Play and Learn - Every Fri., 11- 12 pm. Join 216-791-3900 or www.universitycircle.org or workshop call 216-398-8556. Art House is adults; $6, children ages 11 & under. One other caregivers & toddlers. Have fun with a Sunday, Dec. 7, 1 - 5:30 pm, more than 20 open to the public Mon. — Thurs., 10 am – 4 time ride tickets - $3. Season passes - $35 variety of books & learning toys & make new University Circle museums, gardens, galleries, pm, Fri. by appointment & Sat., 9 am - 12 pm. adults & $25 children 11 & under. Family pass friends. Call to register. churches & schools open for free day of music, (up to four ) $100. 20% off season passes if activities & shopping. Winter Lights Lantern Brooklyn Memorial United Methodist Church purchased before Dec. 24. Thurs., 6 - 10 pm; Cuyahoga National Valley Park Festival on Wade Oval - 5:30 pm. Also 2607 Archwood Ave. Fri., 6 - 10:30 pm; Sat., noon - 10:30 pm; Canal Visitor Center, 7104 Canal Rd, opening day of the new ice rink at Wade 216-459-1450 Sun., noon - 5 pm. Call for holiday hours. intersection of Canal & Hillside Rds, Valley Oval - 1 - 7 pm. Areas for both free & paid Christmastime Breakfast - Sat., Dec. 6, 10:30 View. parking; complimentary shuttle buses. am. Free. Breakfast, songs & Santa. Call church Cleveland Metroparks Garfield Park Year round, daily, 10 am - 4 pm; free. office between 9 am - 2 pm for reservations. Nature Center 11350 Broadway Ave. Lake Erie Nature & Science Center 216-341-3152 Cuyahoga Valley Senic Railroad (CVSR), 28728 Wolf Rd. Bay Village 440-871-2900 CanalWay Center, E. 49th St. Wrap It Up Naturally - Sat., Dec. 13, 1 - 4 pm. Rockside Station 800-468-4070 www.lensc.org between Grant Ave & Canal Rd. Decorate sheets of wrapping paper & make gift www.dayinthevalley.com Tale of classic holiday story, The Night Tree, 216-206-1000 tags. Bring presents & wrap them here, or bring Mr. Jingeling’s Holiday Express - Sat. & Tues., Dec. 16, 3 – 4:30 pm; for families with Holiday Songs - Fri., Dec. 19, 7:30 pm. Hank gift bags/boxes. Sun, now thru Dec 14, 10:15 – 11:45 am or children ages 3 & up. Cost: $10 per child. Mallery & Foster Brown perform a varitety of 1 – 2:45 pm. Beloved holiday character joins Enjoy appearances by some of the wild ani- classic & oringinal Christmas songs. Holiday Open House - Fri., Dec. 19, 7 - 9 pm. CVSR on train ride. Tickets: $20, adults; $18, mals featured in the story, prepare delicious Holiday decorations, treats & music from past seniors 65 & over; $13, children ages 3 – 12. treats for the wildlife to eat & savor afternoon Children’s Museum of Cleveland times. Bring holiday tradition stories to share. Call above number to register. snack of holiday cookies & warm beverages. 10730 Euclid Ave. 216-791-543 Peninsula Explorer - Fri., Dec. 6 & 13 & Advance registration required. www.clevelandchildrensmuseum.org Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Nature Sun., Dec. 7 & 14, 10:15 am. Ride the rails, Center 24000 Valley Pkwy. take a hike along the Towpath Trail, explore Backyard Astronomy - Sat., 1 pm; fee - $2. Cooking with Kids Family Workshop - North Olmsted 440-734-6660 the Village of Peninsula, lunch or shopping. View autumn constellations & other celestial Holiday cookies, Sat., Dec. 6, 12:30 - 1:30 pm. Tickets: $15, adults; $10, children ages 3 – 12. objects visible in the Northeast Ohio night sky. Call for reservations. $5 per person. Little Explorers: Rocks - Mon. & Tues., Dec. Call above number to register. 8 & 9, 10 - 11:15 am or 1 - 2:15 pm. Discover Holiday Star Shows & Laser Light "Be a Builder" Kids Only Workshop - Sun., how fossils form & take a walk to look for Scenic Limited - Fri., Dec. 6 & 13 & Sun., Programs - Twinkle Tots - 11 am. Fee: Dec. 16, 12:30 - 1:30 pm. Cost: $10, member; rocks. Registration required. Dec. 7 & 14, 10:15 am & 1 pm. 1–3/4 hr. $1/person. Holiday Laser Lights - 11:30 am., $15, non-member. Call for reservations. excursion through Cuyahoga Valley Park. 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 pm. Fee:$3/per- Paper Recycling Craft - Sun., Dec. 21, 2 - 4 Tickets: $15, adults; $10, children ages 3 – 12. son. Planetarium special holiday dates: Dec., 4th Annual New Years at Noon Celebration pm. Find out how to fold old calendar pages Call above number to register. - Wed., Dec. 31, 10 am - 2 pm. 20, 26, 29, 30, Jan. 2, 3, 4. Family friendly into colorful gift boxes. Materials provided, programs for all ages in our planetarium, fea- but bring old calendar if possible. Christmas Tree Adventure - Fri., Dec. 6 & Charles Mooney School turing seasonal music & animated Skylase 13 & Sun., Dec. 7 & 14, 10:15 am – 3 pm. Laser Lights with jolly holiday flair in addition 3213 Montclair Ave. Family Holiday Hike - Fri., Dec. 26, 1:30 - 3 Ride to Peninsula & Heritage Farms to select to usual planetarium line-up. Free Evening Classes - Schools as a pm.. Explore one of the trails, then snacks & a & cut your own Christmas tree. Tickets: $25, Neighborhood Resource (SNR) Program. Mon., campfire at the outdoor amphitheater. adults; $20, seniors 65 & over; $12, children NASA Wed. & Thurs., 6 - 8 pm, now thru April 2009. ages 3 – 12. Call above number to register. 21000 Brookpark Rd. 216-433-9653 Activities for children & adults. Computers -- M, W www.grc.nasa.gov. & Th; Walkercise/Exercise -- M, W & Th; Yoga-- 3900 Wildlife Way Grand Pacific Junction Space in 3D - Tues., Dec. 30 - Presentations 9 M, W & Th; Basketball -- M, W & Th; Gung Fu 216-661-6500 clemetzoo.com Mill St & Columbia Rd., Olmsted Falls am, noon & 2 pm. Free. Unique view of space -- M & W; Wrestling - Thurs.; Kids Crafts -- M, Zoo closed Thurs., Dec. 25 & Thurs., Jan. 1. 440-235-9277 exploration, with computer driven 3D movies Cooking -- W&Games - Thurs. All classes free. www.grandpacificjunction.com & images showing new spacecraft, rocket test Sign up anytime during the year. Breakfast with Santa - Sat., Dec. 6 & 13, Santa Look-A-Like Contest - Sat., Dec. 6; facilities & jet engines in action. Programs 9:30 am & 11:45 am; $14 per person; $12 for prizes for winners. Entries taken at 1 pm under include 3D imaging history & how NASA Christmas at the Farm - Stearns Homestead, Zoo members; free under 2. Includes meal, the gazebo; judging at 2 pm. engineers have used it to design new technolo- 6975 Ridge Rd., Parma holiday crafts for kids, a visit with Santa, face gy. Free craft activities for children, Eva the 440-845-9770 painting & Get Close Animal Encounters. Holiday Craft Show - Sat., Dec. 6, 10 - 8 pm. Astronaut, digital photos & more. Old-fashioned Christmas, Sat. & Sun., Dec. Registration required; call 216-398-5750. 6 & 7, 1 - 4 pm. Entertainment, refreshments, Family pictures with Santa; Christmas & vintage decorations in two museums & December Days - Dec., 22 - 24, 26 - 30; 11 am crafts for kids - Sat. & Sun., Dec. 6 & 7. meeting cabin. Gifts & bakery items available - 3 pm. Reduced Zoo admission - $6, adults; from Country Store. Visit with Mr. & Mrs. $4, juniors (ages 2 - 11). Children under two & Christmas Tree Sale - Sat. & Sun., Dec 6 &7, Claus. All proceeds benefit Stearns Zoo members free. December Days activities Schusters Greenhouse, 9 am -5 pm. As I see it... Homestead educational & historical programs. included with Zoo admission. For more info. visit www.grandpacificjunc- by City of Brooklyn Noon Year’s Eve - Wed., Dec. 31. 10 am - tion.com or call Shawn at 440-235-0613, noon. Family friendly event includes crafts for Jeannie at 440-235-9277, or email gpjmer- Pastor Jerry Annual Tree Lighting - Fri., Dec. 5th, 7 pm, kids, live animal shows, an alcohol-free toast [email protected]. Brooklyn Veterans Memorial Park. Holiday & ball drop at noon. People often think of heart surgeons music, refreshments, a visit from Santa & Mrs. Hale Farm & Village - 2686 Oak Hill Rd., as the prima donnas of the medical world. Claus & a holiday story read by Mayor Patton. Reduced Winter Admission - Now thru - Bath, 330-666-3711, x 227 www.wrhs.org But those who know Dr. William DeVries, March 31st for Zoo & RainForest. Adult the surgeon who pioneered the artificial Old-Fashioned Holiday Gathering - Sun., admission, $7; children 2 - 11, $5; under two Holiday Lantern Tours - Thurs., Dec. 18; heart, couldn’t disagree more. Co-workers Dec. 7th., 4-6 pm, Brooklyn Senior-Community & Zoo members, free. Fri., Dec. 5, 12 & 19; Sat., Dec. 6, 13 & 20; at Humana Hospital Audubon in Center. Holiday crafts for children, local choirs Louisville, Kentucky, describe DeVries as & holiday music, cookies & refreshments. Night Tracks at the Zoo - Now thru May, 7 the kind of doctor who shows up on Brooklyn residents can bring children for a pm. - 11 am. Overnight adventure for kids, Joyful Keyboard Sundays just to cheer discouraged patients. holiday picture with Santa, Mrs. Claus & the families & groups, with opportunities to track Learning/playing piano He occasionally even changes dressings, traditionally considered a nurse’s job, if a Elves. Compliments of Mayor Patton. & learn about animals using radio-tracking private sessions devices, night vision binoculars, maps & com- patient wants him to stay and chat a bit. Skate with Santa - Sun., Dec. 7th, 2:30 - 3:45 Friends say DeVries is an “old shoe” passses. Children 6 & up; some nights Virginia E. Collins pm, John M. Coyne Recreation Center. Free reserved for families & groups of all ages. who fits in wherever he goes. He likes to Piano/Music Instructor admission for resident I.D. holders & their Overnight programs, $36 per person. Fri. night wear cowboy boots with his surgical guests. Skate rentals & non-resident admission - Sat. morning & Sat. night - Sun. morning. scrubs and he often repairs hearts to the fees charged. Call 216-635-3391 for reservations. 216-398-7743 beat of Vivaldi or jazz. “He always has a [email protected] smile lurking,” say his colleagues. Santa & his helpers visit the streets of Cleveland Museum of Natural History No matter how high you rise, never 1607 Cook Avenue Brooklyn handing out candy canes - Sat., Dec. 1 Wade Oval Dr. 216-231-4600 forget that you started out at ground zero. Even if you were born to great wealth or 13th, south of Biddulph; Sun., Dec. 14th, north www.cmnh.org Cleveland, OH 44109 privilege, you were born as a helpless of Biddulph; noon - 5 pm. Museum - Mon. – Sat., 10 am – 5 pm; Wed. to babe, nonetheless. Real success comes not 10 pm; Sun., noon – 5 pm. Age 2 & under, Virginia E. 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And that, my friends, is Sidewalks” theme -- Twinkling lights, magical nosaur (or possibly nanotyrannus, a close classes/sessions... the real Christmas message. decorations, displays & other surprises. cousin); and “triceratops horridus”, in the encompassing many God’s blessings to you and yours this Experience nostalgia of downtown window Kirtland Hall of Prehistoric Life, a 21-foot needs; all ages. season. displays & see a life-size snow dome. Dozens long, full-sized replica of a dinosaur that lived of fanciful gingerbread creations by skilled 65-68 million years ago. Jerry Madasz is the pastor of local bakers. Gingerbread competition is area’s www.circleofinnerlight.com St. Luke’s United Church of Christ biggest & best display of gingerbread houses. Cleveland Public Library, Brooklyn 216.398.7743 or 216.375.9466 4216 Pearl Rd. Download gingerbread competition entry 3706 Pearl Rd. 216-623-6920 In-the-Now Yoga form to enter the competition. Play and Learn! – Every Fri., 10-11 am. 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Fruit Bingo - Mon., 11:30 am, The Schwab crafted quality products by guest crafters, mod- Rd., 10 am. Service is entitled "Nine Bible Center; & Wed., 10:30 am, Deaconess-Krafft Chair Exercise - Tues., Thurs., 11:30 am, Lessons in Carols" & is patterned after an Center. estly-priced gift items & rummage. The Schwab Center. Thurs., 10:30 am, English Christmas service at Cambridge. Estabrook Recreation. Fri., 10:30 am, Pinochle Playing - Tues. & Fri., 12:15 pm, Saturday, December 13th Everyone invited! Deaconess-Krafft. Deaconess-Krafft. Toy Sale . The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Chair Volleyball - Mon., 10:45 am. Wellness & Strengthening Exercise Program Brooklyn Memorial United Methodist Church, 2607 Archwood Ave, 10 am - 12 pm. New toys Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 4423 Deaconess Krafft. Wed., 11 am & Thurs., The Senior Health & Wellness Center, 10:45, The Schwab Center. for sale at greatly reduced prices. 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BAPTIST LUTHERAN Institute Of Divine Metaphysical Research SWENDENBORGIAN 4150 Pearl Rd. Free Public Lectures. Dr. Martin Luther Ev. Lutheran Church Phone: 216-398-6990 www.idmr.net Swedenborg Chapel Broadview Baptist Church 4470 Ridge Rd. Phone: 216-749-5585 A New Christianity 4815 Broadview Rd, 4505 Broadview Rd. Over 80 yrs. of worship Sun.: 11 am - 1 pm, Mon. & Wed.: 7-9 pm. Phone: 216-351-8093 Pastor David W. Bennett. Sunday worship, All invited & encouraged to attend! Pastor: Rev. Brent Richards, Traditional service 9 am. Praise service Pastor: Rev. Junchol Lee Asst. Pastor: Dr. John Wood 10:30 am. Sunday school, 10:30 am. Palace of Praise Sunday Worship: 11am Phone. 216-351-8414 or 216-431-3515 4274 Pearl Rd. Phone: 216-741-9322 Adult Bible (non-fundamental): Sat., 10 am Christmas Eve Service 7:30 & 10:30 pm. Non-Denomination Weddings- 216-351-8093 Sun. School: 9:45 am. Sun. Worship: 11 am www.LutheranOnline.com/DMLChurch. Pastor: Rev. Joseph Terry Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7 pm A Warm Welcome Awaits You. http://broadview-baptist-church.org Gloria Dei Lutheran Church E.L.C.A. Sunday Worship: 10:30 am website: broadview-baptist-church.org 5801 Memphis Ave. Phone: 216-741-8230 Wednesday Service: 7 pm UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Sunday Worship & Sunday School: 10 am. Miracle Service: Friday, 7 pm Bethel Free Will Baptist Church Archwood U.C.C. 3354 Fulton Rd. Phone: 216-631-9199 Immanuel Lutheran Church POLISH NAT’L CATHOLIC 2800 Archwood Ave. Phone: 216-351-1060 Rev. Freddie Ray, 216-355-2137 Scranton & Seymour Ave. Phone: 216-781-9511 Rev. Stephen Adams, Interim Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 am Service: 10:30 am Pastor: Rev. Horst Hoyer & Rev. John Hoyer St. Mary’s Church Sunday: 11 am (ASL Interpreted) Nursery Corner Broadview & Wexford, Parma Sunday evening service: 6 pm German Worship: Sun. 9 am. English 10:30 am provided ages 1-5. Children's Sunday school Thursday evening Bible Study, 7 pm Pastor: Rev. Roman Misiewicz Phone: 216-741-8154 11:15 am Multicultural Open & Affirming. Good gospel singing & preaching Parma Evangelical Lutheran Church www.archwooducc.org 5280 Broadview Rd. (North & Tuxedo Ave.) Sunday Masses: 9 am English, 11 am Polish Sunday School: 10:00 am Harmony Baptist Church Phone: 351-6376 Pastor: Donald E. Frantz II Brooklyn Heights U.C.C. Sunday Worship 10:20 am Sat. 5:15 pm. 4020 Ridge Rd., Brooklyn ROMAN CATHOLIC Rev. Dr. Lee Holliday Phone. 216-351-3740 Christmas Eve serv: Child 5 pm. Family 7 2005 W. Schaaf Rd. Phone: 216-741-2280 Sunday Worship: 11am & 6 pm. pm. Candlelite 10 pm. Advent soup supper Our Lady of Good Counsel Church Nursery with adult supervision Sunday School: 9:45 am & serv., Wed. Dec. 3, 10, 17, 5:30 pm. 4423 Pearl Rd. Phone: 216-749-2323 Wednesday Prayer 7 pm Pastor: Fr. LeRoy J. Moreeuw, C.PP.S. Sunday Worship & Church School: 9:30 am St. James Lutheran Church Masses: Sat. 4:30 pm; Sun., 8:30 & 11am BYZANTINE CATHOLIC 4771 Broadview Rd. Phone: 216-351-6499 Weekday Masses: Mon.-Sat., 8 am St. Luke’s U.C.C. Pastor: Paul W. Hoffman School Phone: 216-741-3685 4216 Pearl Rd. (corner Memphis Ave.) St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church Sunday Worship: 8 & 10:30 am / Sat. Serv: 5 pm. Phone: 216-351-4422 4600 State Rd. Phone: 216-741-7979 Church of St. Leo The Great Sunday School & Bible Class: 9:15 am 4940 Broadview Rd. Pastor: Gerald Madasz Pastor: Very Rev. Steven Koplinka Website: stjamescleve.com Sunday Worship: 10:15 am Father Deacon: Joseph Hnat, 216-233-4118. Phone: 216-661-1006 Divine Liturgies: Sat. Vigil, 4 pm.; Sunday, Pastor: Fr. Russ Lowe St. Mark Lutheran Church Masses: Sat., 4 pm. Sun., 8 am, 10 am & 12 noon 11 am; Holy days, 9 am. Crystal Chalet 4464 Pearl Rd. Phone: 216-749-3545 United Church of Christ in Brooklyn Phone: 216-749-4504 Pastor: Richard E. Kurth Saint Barbara Church 8720 Memphis Ave: Phone: 216-661-0227 School #: 216-749-7980 Pre-School #: 216-351-8121 Sunday Worship: 10:15 am, Sat. - 5 pm. 1505 Denison Ave. Pastor: Rev. Robert Z. Lahr Sunday School & Adult Bible Study, 9 am Phone: 216-741-2067 Sunday School & Worship: 10:30 am CHARISMATIC Elementary School: grades K - 8 Administrator: Fr. Lucjan Stokowski Masses: Sat., 4:30 pm; Good News Ministires Church Unity Lutheran Church Sun., 9 am, 11am (Polish) UNITED METHODIST 3705 West 36th. (W. 36th & Mapledale Ave.) 4542 Pearl Rd. - Phone: 216-741-2085 Corpus Christi Church Brooklyn Memorial UMC Phone:216-398-4913 Rev. Peeter Pirn - Worship Service: 9:30 am 5204 Northcliff Ave., Pastor: Ernie Green. Sunday School & Adult Study: 11am 2607 Archwood Ave. Phone: 216-459-1450 Phone: 216-351-8738 Pastor: Rev. Pamela Buzalka Sunday Worship, 11 am Preschool/Day Care 3-12 yrs. www.unity- Pastor: Fr. Russell Lowe TV - Tues. 6:30 pm. Ch.21- 9 pm Ch. 26. lutheran.org Sun. Worship: 10:45 am. Sun. school 10 am Masses: Sat., 4:30 pm; Sun., 10 am. Tues., Weekday wonders bible study, 11 am. Fri. 6:30 pm, Ch 21 Time Warner Channel. Weekday Mass: Mon. & Wed., 9 am. Everyone welcome! NON-DENOMINATIONAL Prayer Services: Thurs. 9:00 am Pearl Rd. United Methodist Church EVANGELICAL Circle of Inner Light Spiritual Community PRESBYTERIAN 4200 Pearl Rd. Phone: 216-661-5642 4815 Broadview Rd. Swedenborg Chapel. 216- Pastor: Rev. Paul Wilson Grace Church 398-7743. Ministers, Rev. Virginia Collins & Renielle Sunday Worship: 10:00 am. (Cafe Oasis following) Brooklyn Presbyterian Church (USA) Sunday Worship & Sunday School: 10 am Brooksieker. Spiritualist services, prayer & healing cir- 4308 Pearl Rd. at Spokane Ave. Adult Study & Coffee Hour: 11 am 2503 Broadview Rd. & W. 28th St. cle, study classes, ceremonies (marriage, memorial, Phone: 216-661-8210 Phone: 216-741-8331 Rev. Adrienne Lloyd Free hunger meal Thursdays: 6 pm etc.) Life coaching, Yoga. 6 pm Sun. http://www.gbgm-umc.org/pearl-road-umc Email: [email protected] service.www.circleofinnerlight.com Sun. Worship: 10:30 am. Sun. school 10:15 am Pastor: Jeff Doeringer & Charlie Collier [email protected] Parking at Busch Funeral Home DECEMBER 2008 OLD BROOKLYN NEWS PAGE 11 SERVICE DIRECTORY & CLASSIFIED AIR CONDITIONING/HEATING Call Mike at 216-315-0639. mates, insured. Call Jeff Makkos, 216-661-8234. FOR RENT A1 WING RITE SERVICE. Reasonable 3 BEDROOM DOWN - completely remod- prices, low service charge, guaranteed work. HOME IMPROVEMENT PLUMBING eled. Near MetroHealth Hospital. $500 mn. Central air conditioning. Furnace repair & OLD TYME RESTORATION. Home A1 AFFORDABLE PLUMBING. All plus one mn. security deposit. Call 216-702- cleaning. Senior discounts. Call 216-749-2054. remodel & rehab. Commercial storefront. plumbing problems. Water heaters, gas lines, 4374. Cabinet installation. Painting, masonry, roof- sewers & drains. 216-688-1288. AIR CONDITIONER / FURNACE ing, locks changed, plumbing & electrical. 3 BEDROOM DUPLEX - side by side. REPAIR - REPLACE. Air conditioning sum- Free chimney inspection. Chimney relining. A1 WING RITE SERVICE. Complete Section 8 O.K. $750 mn. plus one mn. security mer tune-up. Low prices. Call 216-771-3042. No Job too small! 216-318-0006. plumbing service. Hot water tanks installed. deposit. Street parking. Call 216-235-1715. Leave message. Drains cleaned. Plumbing repairs. Reasonable INSURANCE prices, all work guaranteed, low service SINGLE FAMILY - Old Brooklyn. 4 bdrm., HEATING & COOLING SERVICE. Low NATIONWIDE INSURANCE is now offer- charge. Senior discounts. 216-749-2054. 1 1/2 bath, newly remodeled. Appliances rates, service call only $49.95. State certified. ing Auto, Home, Life, & Business insurance included. 1st month rent + security deposit. Senior & veteran discounts. Call 216-315-0639. policies as low as $35 a month. Call a local BEN FRANKLIN PLUMBING (Formerly B. Call 216-225-7587. agent at 216-351-5700 today!!! McDermott Plumbing Co.) 4th Generation of APPLIANCE REPAIR Master Plumbers. Bonded & insured. All phas- NICE HOMES FOR RENT in Old A1 WING RITE SERVICE. Reasonable LANDSCAPING es of plumbing new, repair, alterations. Call Brooklyn. 2/3 bdrms., singles, 2 families. prices. Low service charge. Guaranteed work. DESIGNED LANDSCAPING BY OSH. 216-741-5131. Looking for good tenants, fair rents. Security Washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators & dish- Most of your needs. Light tree work, shrubs, deposit. Call 216-324-6007. washers. Senior discounts. Call 216-749-2054. mulch & topsoil, edging, low voltage lighting, KOENIG PLUMBING. 24 hr. service. We beat garden ponds, patios. Fall clean-up. Home . all competitors prices. Call 216-618-1761 or 216- FOR SALE METRO APPLIANCE REPAIR. Low serv- 216-398-9868. Business, 216-402-2861 Senior 281-7899. 2 COCKATIELS - white, gray, with 14/18/28 ice charge, senior discounts all work guaran- discounts. teed. Washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators & SOUTH HILLS HARDWARE. Complete cage. Asking $145, OBO. Call 216-281-6237. dishwashers. Call 216-741-4334. HEDGEMAN TRIMMING SERVICES. For plumbing services. Hot water tanks installed. Serious inquires only. all your trimming needs. We provide the follow- Drains cleaned. 216-749-2121. AUTO REPAIR ing services. Free estimates, hedgetrimming, CLEAN LOT 4000 BIDDULPH AVE. RICHLAND TRANSMISSIONS. Rebuilt & weeding, mulching, light landscaping, low cost. Cleveland 50 ft. x 150 ft. Lot is worth repaired. 216-369-2500. Call Joe at 216-906-1963. TREE REMOVAL $18,500. New low price $13,500. Call Gil 440- TREE SERVICE. Cut down trees, stump 527-1746. AUTO SALES & SERVICE JOHN’S LAWN SERVICE. Lawn mowing & removal. Free estimates. Call Richard’s, 216- RICHLAND MOTORS & SERVICE. trimming. General yard maintenance. No con- 661-7608. HELP WANTED Clean, safety aed pre-owned cars & trucks. tracts necessary. Very reasonable rates with HIRING! If you are willing and able to work Each guaranteed, ASE certified technicians on reliable service. Free estimates. Call John TV SALES & SERVICE duty. Servicing the neighborhood for over 30 440-888-4842. hard - CALL ME. Higher pay if you have a JOHN’S TV. 19” GE, $50; 25” RCA, $70; 46” valid Driver License. 216-661-7608 years. 4653 Pearl Rd. (corner of Pearl & Magnavox, $500. Many more with warranties. Biddulph) 216-741-3324. LIVE MUSIC Service all makes & models. Free estimates. NOW HIRING: Companies desperately need MISTER ACCORDION. Lively Polkas, Visa/ Mastercard. 216-351-9100. employees to assemble products at home. No CONCRETE WORK Waltz’s Country, Old Tyme & more. Now L. A. YURKO CEMENT CONTRACTOR booking for small weddings, clubs etc. Call selling, any hours. $500 weekly potential. For Since 1963. Concrete - brick & block - water- 216-441-3499. more info, call 1-985-646-1700, Dept. OH-6505. proofing. Call Larry at 216-398-7616. Service Directory & MAIDS AND SERVICES Classified Ad rates WANTED DEMOLITION/HAULING AMS MAIDS & SERVICES - CHIPPEWA LAKE & PRODUCERS HAULING. ALLTYPES. Garage Demolition. Residential/Commercial housekeeping, win- MILK ITEMS WANTED. Dinnerware, milk Commercial Rate: $16.00 for the first Call Richard’s, 216-661-7608. dow & gutter cleaning. Visit us at amsmaid- bottles, uniforms, photographs, pins, buttons or 20 words, 25 cents for each additional word sandservices.com or call 216-749-2600. anything else. Call Don Workman, 216-661- ELECTRICIAN 2608. ELECTRICIAN FOR HIRE – Trouble-shooter. PLASTER/DRYWALL Commercial Discounted Rates Install outlets, fixtures, fans, switches & panels. PRICE PLATER & DRYWALL - drywall & Pre-payment for contract time required OLD FISHING TACKLE of all kind. Rods, Reasonable, licensed. Call Dale, 216-883-8934. plaster repairs - new drywall installation & fin- 3 months - $15.00 reels & lures, etc. Call Clarence, 216-749-1016 ishing - ceiling textures - interior painting - 6 months - $14.00 or 216-407-6329. HANDYMAN wallpaper removal - references - insured. Call HANDYMAN. Minor electrical & plumbing, 216-534-9838. 12 months - $13.00 locks changed, concrete repairs, roof repair & THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE gutters, painting, drywall. Call Porter, 216- PAINTING .Residential Rate: $12.00 for the first FAIR HOUSING LAWS 326-9993, for free estimate. MAKKOS PAINTING & DECORATING. 20 words, 25 cents for each additional word. Federal and state laws state that no person shall be discriminated against while seeking to buy, lease or rent hous- Interior and Exterior painting - ceiling and dry- ing regardless of race, color, religion, sex national origin, handicap or familial status. This newspaper will not accept Contact the Old Brooklyn News to run your ad any advertising for real estate which expresses a preference, limitation or discrimination. CLEVELAND TEN- HANDYMAN. Electrical, plumbing, painting, wall repairs - staining - ceiling texturing - faux ANTS ORGANIZATION is a fair housing agency available to persons who believe they have been discriminat- and also receive rates for display ads. ed against. Cleveland Tenants Organization is located at 2530 Superior Avenue. Cleveland, Ohio 44115 and may gutter & yard cleaning, hauling, roof repairs. finishes - quality work guaranteed - free esti- be reached at 363-5270 (discrimination complaint hotline) or 621-1571 (tenant/landlord helpline). All advertise- ments for the sale or rental of a dwelling published in The Old Brooklyn News are subject to the Fair Housing Act Ph: 216-459-0135 Fax: 216-459-1741 which makes it illegal to express a preference, limitation or discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap or familial status. Readers and advertisers are hereby informed that all housing opportu- ResidentialResidential -- ElectricalElectrical e-mail: [email protected] nities advertising this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. Bill Stanton, Licensed Bonded Insured Upgrade to 100/200 amp service Panels, sub panels, new circuits 220 lines. Violations corrected Phone lines and jacks #EL 12170 Security lights Free Estimates 216-398-5306 home 216-392-4276 cell#

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Photos by Elizabeth Emery Through cooperation among OBCDC, Old Brooklyn Community School (OBCS), Art House Photo by George Shuba and numerous Old Brooklyn businesses, our downtown is a little more colorful and festive Kiwanis Club of Brooklyn-Cleveland had installation of officers and new members at their looking this holiday season. Here students at OBCS enjoy creating snowflake banners. recognition dinner at Ridge Manor Party Center on Tuesday, September 23rd. Members pictured (left - right) are Rev. Paul Wilson, Pastor, Pearl Road United Methodist Church; Jodi Donnelly, Executive Director, Kaplan Career Institute; newly elected Kiwanis presi- dent, Len Signer; and Regina Reihard, Director of Admissions, Kaplan Career Institute.

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