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Coventry Library Becomes Mobile Pantry Site This Means There Could Be Two- Competing Issues on the Ballot This Sheryl Banks Food at the Food Bank FREE Volume 12 Number 6 TAKE ONE June 1, 2019 HEIGHTS OBSERVER READ LOCAL. SHOP LOCAL. Published by Written by volunteers for Cleveland Heights and University Heights • Read more at www.heightsobserver.org INSIDE CH soccer player’s trip sparks philanthropic alliance 8 Combat Rosie Ford veteran and family receive When 12-year-old Nate Ford arrived home in CH in Roatan, Honduras, in March, he was looking forward to a brief respite from the Cleveland winter. Ford, from Cleveland Heights, figured he’d spend a lot of time swimming, snor- 9 keling and exploring this Caribbean June 20 is island, about 40 miles off the coast final Noble of the mainland. Little did he know Road project that a chance encounter in a remote meeting Honduran village would spark an idea for philanthropy, close to his heart. CALEB FORD Nate Ford, 12, with some of the many pairs of soccer cleats the Ohio Premier Futbol Club has do- During a cultural tour of the nated to children in Honduras. Ford started Project Pitbull after seeing kids playing barefoot during island, Ford visited Crawfish Rock a trip there this spring. and was introduced to groups of 13 Honduran children by Denise Mazu of these kids face. said, “and when I saw kids my age School vend- of Clearwater Adventures. He had ing machine Ford noticed the kids playing playing the game without adequate the opportunity to see their school, soccer on a makeshift field, mostly equipment, it got me thinking.” dispenses share a meal in a local family’s home, books barefoot with limited equipment. Soccer is certainly Ford’s “thing.” and learn about the challenges many “Soccer’s kind of my thing,” Ford continued on page 9 CH voters may face 17 competing charter Plans for 2019 Music Hop are revisions in November underway Bob Rosenbaum Citizens for an Elected Mayor (CEM), a grassroots campaign to change the structure of Cleveland Heights’ ADAORA SCHMIEDL ADAORA government, has been collecting Members of the Heights Middle School team that competed nationally in Chicago are, standing signatures since mid-May to put a (from left): Tony Jolivette, Nathaniel Tisch, Kenji Sakaie, Laurel Buescher, Natalie Bier, Nikolai Bell, Noah Sears, Arthur Schmiedl, Ella Watterson; kneeling: Malcolm McPherson, Charlotte Benham. voter referendum on the ballot this November. The proposal would revise Heights team competes nationally the city charter to allow residents to elect the mayor directly. Michael Bier In the current system, in place qualified for the tournament after since the original city charter in 1921, Could you name the biological strong showings locally, including citizens elect seven part-time city domain composed of all cells that two first-place finishes in 20-team council members, who in turn hire a have membrane-bound organelles, competitions. full-time city manager to run the city. in less than two seconds, without Eleven of the 13 team members A so-called “weak mayor” is a member using Google? (Keep reading for the made the trip to the national tourna- of council, chosen by council as a first answer.) The Heights Middle School ment. among equals. Academic Team can. The tournament matches teams Meanwhile, the Charter Review Over Mother’s Day weekend, of four players who answer up to 24 Commission (CRC), appointed by they competed at the National “toss-up” questions on a variety of CH City Council, has spent 18 months Championship Tournament in Chi- topics, including science, history, assembling a wide-ranging set of pro- cago, tying for 49th place among 176 literature, current events and math. posed charter revisions—but declined teams from across the nation. The first team to buzz in with a to include the change to a strong The Heights team, comprising correct answer is then offered three mayor. seven students from Monticello and bonus questions about which players City council members will decide FutureHeights FutureHeights Blvd. #105 Washington 2843 Heights, OH 44118 Cleveland six from Roxboro middle schools, continued on page 4 which, if any, of CRC’s proposed re- visions will go before CH voters in November. Coventry library becomes mobile pantry site This means there could be two- competing issues on the ballot this Sheryl Banks food at the Food Bank. A truck will as well, a rate of roughly 18 percent November—one, based on CRC find- usually contain 90 percent produce according to the U.S. Census Bu- ings, recommending dozens of small On May 20, Heights Libraries’ Cov- (fruits and vegetables), including reau,” Kinney said. “Our buildings changes; and the other, from CEM, entry Village branch became one apples, cabbage, greens, sweet pota- have really become the center of recommending a single large change. of the newest sites for the Greater toes, onions, carrots, oranges, melons our neighborhoods, and residents Tony Cuda, 64, is chairman of the Cleveland Food Bank’s Mobile Pantry and more. The remaining 10 percent already look to us for help with all effort by CEM. He teaches sociology program. usually consists of bread, yogurt or kinds of things, so the Mobile Pantry and government at Shaker Heights According to the Food Bank, a another donated item.” is a natural fit.” High School. He grew up in Cleveland mobile pantry is defined as a truck Maggie Kinney, Heights Librar- The Mobile Pantry is the li- Heights and graduated from Heights full of food that is brought to a central ies’ special projects manager, who brary’s latest collaboration with the High. After years outside the city, he location where clients can pick items oversees the program, said the com- Greater Cleveland Food Bank, which has lived here continuously since 2003. up, just like they would from a regular munity’s poverty rate is one reason over the past few years has included Following is a distillation of a May pantry, with a focus on healthy, fresh the library applied to be a pantry site. after-school snacks for kids at the 2 conversation with Cuda: produce: “Mobile pantries distribute “Our community is vibrant and Noble Neighborhood branch and Confidence that CEM’s refer- the healthiest and most nutritious thriving, but we do have poverty here continued on page 12 continued on page 2 Heights Observer June 1, 2019 1 www.heightsobserver.org LETTERS/OPiNiON Letters Policy CH residents should support our council-manager governance structure The Heights Observer welcomes letters to the editor. They must be submitted electroni- Mike Gaynier and Jack Newman our strong support for maintaining Abandoning Cleveland Heights’ cally, along with the writer’s name, phone and strengthening our council- current council-manager structure number and e-mail address, to: www.height- manager structure, and demonstrate in favor of a strong mayor-council sobserver.org/members. The Heights Observer has published news articles and opinion pieces the risks inherent in changing to a form of government, and central- regarding Citizens for an Elected less-accountable and possibly less- izing all executive authority (in- HEIGHTS OBSERVER Mayor, a local group that advocates transparent government. cluding power of veto and political The Heights Observer is a citizen-based news abandoning Cleveland Heights’ exist- Below are some facts comparing appointment) in a mayor rather source published monthly by FutureHeights, a ing council-manager structure in favor strong mayor vs. council-manager than a professional administrator nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization dedicated to civic engagement and quality of life. of a “strong mayor-council” form of structure, in Ohio and around our employed by and responsible to the 2843 Washington Blvd. #105, government. This position is incon- nation: entire council, will not strengthen Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 216-320-1423 sistent with the recommendation • Nearly all lists measuring business the city’s ability to capitalize on Copyright 2019 FutureHeights, All rights reserved. of the Charter Review Commission friendliness and quality of life are opportunities for revitalization and Reproduction is forbidden without written permission. (CRC), which voted 10-2-1 (1 absten- dominated by cities with a council- development. PUBLISHER Deanna Bremer Fisher tion) against adding a strong mayor manager structure that employ an Instead, strengthening the policy [email protected] and 11-2 to retain our council-manager appointed, professional local gov- leadership role of the city council Editor-IN-CHIEF structure. ernment manager to serve as the and enhancing the power of the pro- Kim Sergio Inglis community’s chief executive, rather fessional manager, as provided in our [email protected] The CRC was tasked by Cleve- than a popularly elected, politically First Amended Charter, will move E-NEWS Editor land Heights City Council to answer Jessica Schantz the question: “What is in the best focused mayor. the city forward efficiently, without [email protected] interest of the residents of Cleveland • Nearly two-thirds of Moody’s Aaa- the problems we see throughout ADVERTISING Heights?” bond-rated communities operate much of Cuyahoga County, with Bob Rosenbaum 216-401-9342 The CRC undertook an extensive under the council-manager form. partisan-focused, unaccountable [email protected] 16-month study of our charter and • Council-manager cities—according governance. advisorY coMMITTEE best governance practices for Cleve- to the IBM report, “Smarter, Faster, Cleveland Heights needs both Deanna Bremer Fisher, David Budin, Greg Donley, Judith Eugene, Jewel Moulthrop, Vince Reddy, Bob land Heights, as we look toward our Cheaper”—are nearly 10 percent the leadership of an elected govern- Rosenbaum, Jessica Schantz, Kim Sergio Inglis future. The result was a modern, well- more efficient than those with ing body and the proven-effective, Editors organized charter that residents will strong mayor forms of government. day-to-day oversight of a professional Jamison Babb, Maryann Barnes, Deanna Bremer Fisher, Christine Brucker, David Budin, Fred D’Ambrosi, find easy to understand regarding how They accomplish more and waste and talented city manager.
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