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www.oldbrooklyn.com April 2009 Volume 31; Number 2 Cleveland City Council new ward boundaries affect Wards 15 & 16 by Robyn Sandys new redistricting plan will divide the two Ballot Issue 39 [email protected] current wards into four different wards — 3, began as a recommenda- 12, 13 and 14. This represents a significant tion from the Charter Many of our readers probably don’t change for these two neighborhoods, a Review Commission to remember the cool autumn day that they change that many will have to adjust to, Cleveland City Council. voted by a significant majority (about 60%) including the CDC which will be affected The Commission rec- for the Charter Amendment, Ballot Issue 39, because of the way that most CDCs are ommended that Council that would reduce the size of Cleveland City funded. Currently, each Council member representation be based Council by either two or four Council seats. receives funds to support programs in their on population and sug- The last reduction of Council was in 1981 ward; more on that later in this article. gested a ratio of one when it shrank from 33 to 21 seats. This The new Ward 3 will be covering the Councilperson for every time the reduction will be from 21 to 19 southeast corner of the old Ward 15, includ- 25,000 citizens. Upon seats. ing the South Hills area. receiving this recom- The change will take place January 1, The new Ward 12 will be covering mendation, Council Photo by George Shuba 2010. In the service area covered by Old parts of Brooklyn Centre east of Pearl/West crafted ballot language Robyn Sandys facilitated a small group discussion at the commu- Brooklyn CDC, which is now Wards 15 and 25th St., north to Lake Erie and south to and put it to a vote of the nity meeting on redistricting held Wednesday, March 4th at 16 (Old Brooklyn and Brooklyn Centre), the Henninger Ave., which is just south of the Council. The Council Applewood Center. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. voted to include the pro- The new Ward 13, will posed charter amendment on the ballot with Robert Dykes and his associates were be very similar in make-up voters changing it into law in November of the consultants the City Council used to help to the old Ward 16, but will 2008. determine the redistricting plan. They have stretch a little to the north, Cleveland State University researchers over 25 years of experience with these types including the Zoo and sur- utilized data from the 2000 census with of efforts throughout Ohio. Mr. Dykes and rounding areas. updates through 2007 to determine a popu- his colleagues were also involved as con- The new Ward 14 will lation estimate for the city of 427,000. The sultants with the Charter Review be covering the west side of charter amendment passed in November Commission’s subcommittee that discussed Pearl Rd./West 25th St., stipulated ranges of population. If, as is the the “right sizing” of Council. south to right before the Zoo present case, the population estimate were to The hard part for Mr. Dykes and his and west into portions of the fall between 425,001 and 475,000, then the partners was to draw new district boundaries old Ward 14 which covered size of Council would be fixed at 19 seats. without “politics” being a part of the new schematic. It was not an easy task consider- Photo by George Shuba the Clark-Metro area. To see The amendment also stated that ward ing the fact that City Council members are Bette Meyer facilitated the redistricting meeting with the exact boundaries as boundaries then would be adjusted after each elected and organized as a political body. Councilmen Kevin Kelley, Matt Zone and Brian Cummins. defined by the redistricting decennial U.S. Census, beginning with the map, go to www.cleveland- 2013 municipal election. There could be no citycouncil.org. more than 25 wards and no fewer than 11. See Ward boundaries page 6 Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland announces closings and mergers by Lynette Filips St. Leo’s at St. Leo’s and allowing OLGC to ed on a proposed merger date and up to five St. Barbara's, however, has appealed [email protected] remain as it is (the secondary plan). Both suggestions for a name for the new parish to the Bishop’s decision, asking to be allowed Depending upon the church at which plans allowed St. Thomas More and St. submit to the Bishop. He will then choose to remain open. At the time this article is our Catholic neighbors were attending Mass Charles to remain as they are. the name of the new parish. According to being written, their administrator, Fr. Lucjan on the weekend of March 14 and 15th, they Instead the Bishop chose to allow three Canon Law, the name of the church building Stokowski, has not yet received a response might have heard cheers or they might have parishes -- St. Leo’s, St. Thomas More and will remain what it was when it was dedicat- to the request. witnessed tears when the decisions from the St. Charles -- to remain as they are, and to ed so very many decades ago -- Our Lady of Of course, not all the Roman Catholics Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland re: have Corpus Christi and Our Lady of Good Good Counsel. living in our neighborhood attend neighbor- closings and mergers were announced. (The Counsel parishes merge on the OLGC site. The Bishop did follow the recommen- hood parishes. Others belong to parishes Diocese had delayed the arrival of its letter Corpus Christi and Our Lady of Good dation from the cluster committee of the five outside our environs -- St. Peter, St. Malachi, announcing the decisions by eight days Counsel have decided to accept (i.e., not parishes north of the Big Creek Valley. St. Ignatius, St. Wendelin --also affected from what it had originally stated -- the date “appeal”) the episcopal instruction to merge, St. Michael the Archangel, St. Boniface and with closing/merging mandates. the OBN used in the headline to the article but the date on which they will do so has not St. Rocco will remain open; St. Barbara and By our May issue, appealing parishes about this topic last month.) yet been decided. (The absolute deadline is Blessed Sacrament are instructed to close. should have received responses from the Bishop Richard Lennon chose not to June, 2010.) To the best of our knowledge, Blessed Diocese; this ongoing saga will continue follow either recommendation from the By the 22nd of this month, the pastors Sacrament’s pastor, Fr. Matthew Ischay, has with each parish’s next course of action. cluster of five parishes south of the Big of each parish (Fr. Russell Lowe, Corpus not appealed the Bishop’s directive, even Creek Valley in terms of merging St. Leo the Christi, and Fr. Leroy Moreeuw, C.PP.S., though the parish has “money in the bank”, Great, Corpus Christi and Our Lady of OLGC), along with a new merger committee thanks to good tenants in both its former Good Counsel (OLGC) at St. Leo’s (the pri- consisting of a few people from both OLGC school and former convent buildings. mary plan) or merging Corpus Christi and and Corpus Christi, will have met and decid-

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Membership Community Spotlight; Desk of Community Open House the Executive Director 2 Thursday, April 23, 2009 News & Events 3 Fresh Fork Market; Mary Hillman; Community Meetings 4 OBCDC will be hosting a membership/community open house from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Thursday, April 23, Gavin Lee Party Center, Town Crier; Theatre Notes 5 3315 Broadview Rd. This meeting will include: Commercial News 6 Update of the CDC’s code of regulations regarding our service area. Community Toolbox; Credit Reports; Green Tips; Food Results of planning studies recently completed by OBCDC on Pantry 7 behalf of the area we serve (Master Plan, Transportation for Livable Community (TLCI) and Lower Big Creek. Polish Easter Customs 8 Photo courtesy of Christine Dziedzima Family Fun 9 This picture looks like it could be on the front of Update on OBCDC current and future projects. a Polish Easter card, but actually both the flowers Discussion/Q&A. Senior & Church Notes 10 and the pisanki eggs are “locally produced”. Christine Dziedzina of Broadale Rd., a member Hope to see you there, and if you are not a member of OBCDC, Classified & Service Directory 11 of St. Barbara Church, is both the artist and the please consider joining. Membership applications in the OBN and gardener; she loaned us this photo so that we on line at www.oldbrooklyn.com. Invasive Plants 12 could use it to direct readers to this month’s arti- cle about Polish Easter customs on page 8. PAGE 2 OLD BROOKLYN NEWS APRIL 2009 From the desk of the executive director by Robyn Sandys [email protected] New restaurant, Mexico Lindo, opens Well March was an exciting although long month! Spring is here which is a rebirth by Donnald Heckelmoser old Theo’s Restaurant closed and the location for the earth, and it seems the CDC has given [email protected] was available. Juan checked out the area then birth in a figurative way as well by adding two cooperation with Walk + Roll Juan Valdez is the owner and proprietor of one thing led to another and Mexico Lindo was Councilmen to our service area starting (www.walkroll.com/specialevents). The date is the newest Mexican Restaurant in the Old born. January 2010. And, now there are four! Saturday, July 18 from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. We Brooklyn & Brooklyn Centre neighborhoods. Having grown up in Mexico City and The final Council vote for the redistrict- have a fantastic event in store for not only Mexico Lindo is the name and it is located at working in family owned restaurants’ Mexico ing plan was voted on March 23rd. A plan that those who live here but also those who we 4250 Pearl Road just south of the CVS. Lindo’s menu offers non-traditional Mexican not all are happy with but we will have to live want to attract to our special neighborhoods. Mexico Lindo prides itself on having food (as it relates to the United States). If you with for the next four years at least. I want to See the ad on page 7 of the newspaper for delicious Mexican food at a great price. were familiar with Mexico City and all it has to first thank Councilman Cummins for his effort more details. Please save the date! Mexico Lindo is also family owned and oper- offer then you would be right at home with this working with the Council consultants to Finally, remember to attend the April 23rd ated and has been since they celebrated their style food. As for the Unites States this is a reshape our service area somewhat in order to Membership/Community meeting at the Gavin grand opening on December 18th, 2008. new kind of Mexican food. keep in tact some key planning areas for the Lee Party Center at 6 p.m. We will be sharing Juan Valdez and his family have lived in Mexico Lindo offers a full bar, a full community and the CDC. some great information about the results of the Old Brooklyn neighborhood for the last 24 menu and is open for lunch and dinner. Feel I also want to thank Councilman Kelley several planning studies for the area which years and it has always been his dream to open free to stop in between the hours of 11 a.m. – for working with consultants and Council have exciting recommendations for the com- a Mexican restaurant. When Juan moved to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday. During President Sweeney on the same issues and also munity. We will also be voting on a simple the United States he left behind a family that lunch Mexico Lindo offers a variety of combi- expressing concern to the Council President service area revision in our Code of owned and operated restaurants in Mexico nation plates for $4.99 that is perfect for any regarding how we would be divided up. I had Regulations to reflect the new redistricting City. In turn, restaurants have always been his appetite. Mexico Lindo will also match any a brief meeting with Mr. Sweeney where he plan. life. other Mexican restaurant coupon when expressed support and a clear understanding of Hope to see you all on the 23rd and happy Juan met his wife when he moved to the brought into the restaurant. our plight of having to work with four spring! United States as a young man. For the last 18 For more information please contact Councilpersons in the near future. years Juan has worked in the Steel Industry. Juan Valdez, owner of the brand new Mexico Since I am a glass half full kind of person, 2009/10 This past year, while driving to CVS to get Lindo, family style Mexican restaurant locat- I am very optimistic that we will work well some pop for the family Juan noticed that the ed at 216-351-3435. with all who are involved in helping to build Old Brooklyn the strength, heart and soul of the neighbor- Brooklyn Centre & hoods we serve. I knew Councilman City of Brooklyn Brancatelli fairly well when he was the direc- tor of the Slavic Village CDC and I have a Last Chance great deal of respect and admiration for him Sign up NOW! and his tireless efforts to control “flipping” and the foreclosure crisis. Councilman Cimperman has also done a great deal for the Tremont and Ohio City neighborhoods 20TH Edition We look forward to educating them over BUSINESS DIRECTORY & this coming year on the CDC’s role in working SERVICE GUIDE with all sectors of our service area and look forward to working with them if re-elected in If you’re a business owner and would like November. to be listed or run an ad in the OBCDC Moving on to exciting activities at the 2009/10 Business Directory, please call CDC, we are expanding our Housing Fair this Sandy at 216-459-1000. Directories will year to include a bicycle tour of the neighbor- be distributed FREE to area residents hoods of Old Brooklyn and Brooklyn Centre in and businesses the begininng of June.

Photo by George Shuba On February 10th at Brooklyn High School, the Brooklyn-Cleveland Kiwanis inducted members into Key Club. The new 2009 officers are: (center, cutting cake left - right ) Li Joe Gigante & Sons Mei, President; Amanda Lawrence, Vice President; Yi Mei, Treasurer; and Brett Jereb, Secretary. 4 Generations of Gigantes OLD BROOKLYN NEWS 3344 Broadview Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 44109 in Old Brooklyn The Old Brooklyn News (216) 459-0135 will publish its May, 2009 issue on Circulation 15,000 Friday, May 1st, 2009 Published Monthly website: www.oldbrooklyn.com email: [email protected]

The Old Brooklyn News (OBN) is a monthly publication of the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation (OBCDC) and is available free of charge within the community boundaries of Submission Deadlines Brooklyn Centre, Old Brooklyn & City of Brooklyn. The views Display Ads . . . . Wed., May, 22nd expressed in the OBN are not necessarily those of its publisher, edi- tor, staff, or of the board of trustees, officers, or commercial, resi- Classified Ads . . . . Fri., May, 24th dential, institutional or associate members of OBCDC. News Releases . . . Fri., May, 24th Reproduction of published material without the consent of OBCDC is prohibited. Advertisers and Agencies assume all legal For Information call 216-459-0135 responsibility and liability concerning offers, artwork, and any and all text published in contracted display, classified or other advertise- E-mail: [email protected] ments. The OBN is a charter member of the Neighborhood and FAX NUMBER 216-459-1741 Community Press Association of Greater Cleveland. Front row L - R: Tom, Mark, Joe, Max the dog, Andrea, Joey Back row L -R: Anthony & Uncle George Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

MISSION STATEMENT: We are committed to uniting, engaging and empowering the community to DRIVEWAYS improve the economic vitality and quality of life within the Old Brooklyn and Brooklyn Centre neighborhoods WATERPROOFING Greg Huth, President Lynea Derwis, Vice President Ed Pryll, Jr., Secretary T.J. Lewarchick, Treasurer BASEMENT REMODELING Robyn Sandys, Executive Director Cynthia Cejka, Office Manager Emergency MASONRY Tom Collins, Commercial Program Manager Donnald Heckelmoser, Jr., Residential Manager Sewer Repair GARAGES Lori Peterson, ResidentialSpecialist ROOM ADDITIONS Sheila Quealy-Walter, Code Enforcement Manager Barb Spaan, Community Outreach Manager Sandy Worona, Community Outreach Coordinator/OBNAdvertising & Sales Manager TOTAL HOME RENOVATION Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation Board Meetings, are every fourth Tues. of the month, 6-7:30 pm. OBCDC meeting room (3344 Broadview Rd., upstairs). Meetings open to the LIGHT DEMOLITION public but the board reserves the right to close portions of the meetings. To confirm call 216-459-1000. Old Brooklyn News Sandy Worona -- Layout & Ad Manager; Lynette Filips -- Copy Editor; George Shuba -- Photographer This month’s Assistant Copy Editor -- Robyn Sandys; this month’s Proofreader -- Cynthia Cejka 216-351-0000216-351-0000 This month’s OBN writers -- Greg Cznadel, Lynette Filips, Dana Korosi, Matthew Wilder & OBCDC staff Free Estimates Senior Discounts OBCDC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that serves the communities of Brooklyn Centre and Old Brooklyn- For more information regarding services and projects call 216-459-1000. Licensed Bonded Insured APRIL 2009 OLD BROOKLYN NEWS PAGE 3 NEWS & EVENTS Thursday Afternoons now thru April 9th Saturday, April 18th skills needed, from office/clerical assistance to address educational, health, dental, nutrition, Income Tax Preparation Assistance Garage Sale - Art House spiritual companionship, patient visits & many social, mental health & special needs. Variety Steel Valley Federal Credit Union, 3840 Pearl Community garage sale to benefit Art House, other possibilities. Wed., 5:30-9 pm & Thurs. of program options & locations. Accepts coun- Rd. Income Tax preparation through the IRS 3119 Denison Ave., 9 am - 5 pm. Needs dona- noon-4 pm. To register call 216-902-7352 or ty vouchers. Call 216-651-2037 for more info. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program will tions -- furniture, clothing, art, baby gear, chil- email [email protected] assist in preparing 2008 Federal & Ohio tax dren’s toys, electronics, books, games, sporting Our Lady of Good Counsel School returns. Qualified personnel available by goods, tools, lawn equipment & other miscel- Saturday, May 9th Registration for Kindergarten & Preschool appointment only Thursday afternoons, 4 pm - laneous treasures. Items can be dropped off on Mayor Frank Jackson’s Are you interested in an excellent Catholic 8 pm. Call 216-741-9430, Option 1, to make Sat., Apr. 11, 10 am - 2 pm; Wed., Apr. 15, 10 3rd Annual Youth Summit Education? Call now for a tour & registration appointment. am - 8 pm; Thurs., Apr. 1, 10 am - 7 pm & Fri., Cleveland Convention Center, 9 am - 3 pm. packet for the upcoming 2009-2010 school year. Apr. 17 - 10 am - 3 pm. Call Art House, 216- Call Ada Jackson, 216-664-2222, or email her at Kindergarten registrants must be 5 yrs old by Every Friday now thru April 10th 398-8556, for more info. [email protected] for more info. Sept. 30, 2009. Cleveland Tutoring & Scholarship Tax Preparers vouchers are accepted as well as county vouchers Cleveland Public Library, South Brooklyn Beginning Monday, April 20th Saturday, May 9th for preschool/after care. Call Ms. Patty at 216- Branch, 4303 Pearl Rd.; Fridays, 9:30 am - 1 Free Mulch to Cleveland Residents Annual Trachtenball 741-3685 between 8:15 am & 2:30 pm for more pm by appointment. Tax Preparers help seniors Rosby’s Resource & Recovery, 5400 E. Schaaf Westside Sachsenheim, 7001 Denison Ave., 6 - info. Visit website www.olgoodcounsel.com for & low income people. Call 216-623-7067 to Rd. Cleveland residents receive 1 cubic yard 11 pm. Hosted by Cleveland Saxon Dance up to date info. make appointment. free, while supplies last. Call for directions & Group. Schnitzel dinner; then Cleveland hours, 216-661-6102. Saxon Dance Group will perform, followed by St. Leo Preschool Registrations Now thru April 11th dancing to Hans Schobel und die 2009-2010 School Year Ukrainian Easter Bazaar 2009 Saturday, April 25 Bergvagabunden. Wear your Tracht & join in St. Leo Preschool is located at 4940 Broadview Ukrainian Museum Archives, 1202 Kenilworth Night at the Races the Aufmarsch! Adult dinners, $18; children 4- Rd in the Parish Community Center. The pre- Ave., Apr. 4th - 11th. Sat., 10 am - 5 pm; St. Mary Crystal Chalet, 4600 State Rd. Split 10 yrs., $9. Send prepaid reservations to school offers programs for skill development & Sun., noon - 4 pm; Tues. - Thurs., noon - 6 pm; boards, races & dinner. Beer provided & some Amanda Seiler-Botsch at 18920 Laurell Circle, kindergarten readiness for 3 & 4 year-old chil- Fri., 10 am - 8 pm; Sat. 10 am - 5 pm. Call liquor for a nominal fee. No carry-in alcohol Strongsville, 44136 or call 216-235-5240. dren. A full-day 8 am.-2:30 pm. Mon. - Fri. pro- 216-781-4329 for more info. permitted per state law. Doors open at 6 pm. gram is available, with after school care at an Post time, 8 pm. Call school office, 216-749- Camp June 15th - July 16th additional charge. In addition to the full day pro- Now thru May 1st (Mon. thru Fri.) 7980, for more info. Accelerated Introduction to gram, Mon., Wed., Fri. half-day classes are April 18th (Only Saturday Collection) Manufacturing Camp (AIM) available for 4 year-old children. Tues., Thurs., City of Cleveland Computer Round Up Monday, April 27th - Saturday, May 2nd Max Hayes Technical High School, 4600 half-day classes are available for 3 year-old chil- Division of Waste Collection, 3727 Ridge Rd. & Household Hazardous Waste Collection Detroit Ave.; 5-week camp with option of dren. Children must be of age by Sept. 30. 5600 Carnegie Ave., 9 am - 3 pm. CPU’s, moni- Ridge Rd. Station, 3727 Ridge Rd.. 9 am. - 3- morning or afternoon sessions; 8:15 am - 12 County vouchers are accepted. A $50 nonre- tors, keyboards, printers, terminals, modems, soft- pm. Oil based paints (no latex), shellacs, var- pm or 12:45 pm - 4:30 pm. WIRE-Net's youth fundable fee & a copy of the child's birth certifi- ware, cell phones & ink printer cartridges accept- nishes, polyurethanes, primers & sealers, spray program designed for students interested in cate are required at the time of registration. For ed. Household computer equipment only; no TV’s paint, adhesives, wood stains, paint thinner, learning about career paths in manufacturing more info., call Jeanne Sabol at 216-661-5330. or other electronics accepted. For other drop off mercury, pesticides, insecticides & herbicides, technology. Students eligible to earn up to times, call recycling hotline at 216-664-3717 or automotive products, motor oil, roof tar, fluo- $500; evaluated on participation, behavior, St. Mark Lutheran School Registration log onto www.cuyahogaswd.org. rescent bulbs, household cleaners (oven & punctuality & attendance. Final application St. Mark Lutheran School, 4464 Pearl Rd. drain). Free thermometer (Saturday only); turn deadline, May 23rd. Orientation mandatory Applications accepted throughout school year Now thru June 1st in your mercury thermometer sealed in a plas- for students & guardian on June 11th. Call for kindergarten - grade 8. Participates in Register for Camp Forbes tic bag or container. Limited supply available. 216-588-1440, ext. 123, or email Cleveland Scholarship & Tutoring Program. Estabrook Recreation, 4125 Fulton Rd., for Items not accepted -- tires, latex paint, propane [email protected] for more info. On-site before & after school daycare, hot lunch Cleveland children age 9 - 13. Bring child’s tanks, household batteries. Call the City of program, sports, music, newly updated comput- birth certificate, immunization record, current Cleveland Recycling hotline, 216-664-3717, America Reads Tutors er labs, accelerated reader program, interactive utility bill (within last three months), physical for more info. Cleveland Public Library, South Brooklyn white boards, Girl Scouts & Cub Scouts. For verification. Each child meeting criteria Branch, 4303 Pearl Rd. Tutors available to registration info or to schedule a private tour, allowed to stay one week, free of charge. Wednesday, April 29th help grades K-4 with reading & math. Call call school, 216-749-3545, or visit Registration & applications available at all Lecture -- “Mother Teresa's Prescription” 216-623-7067 to make an appointment. www.orgsites.com/oh/stmarklutheran. recreation centers in Cleve.; call 216-831-5910. OASIS Center, lower level of Macy's, Parmatown Mall, 8001 W. Ridgewood Dr., WSEM Food Center St. Mary Byzantine School Registration Monday, April 6th 1:30 - 3:30 pm; $10. Speaker -- Cardiologist WSEM Food Center at Brookside Center, St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Elementary Cuyahoga Valley Genealogy Society Paul Wright, M.D. Seeking direction, Wright 3784 Pearl Rd., 216-749-4295. Open Mon. - School, 4600 State Rd., now accepting applica- Independence Civic Center, Willow Room, 6363 sought out Mother Teresa, who gave him her Fri., 10 am - 2 pm, & last Sat. of month, 10 am tions for preschool - grade 8. Before/after Selig Blvd., 7:30 pm. Margaret Chaney will pres- prescription. He will share what he learned - 1pm, except for holidays when WSEM is school services available. Local tuition assis- ent “Serendipity In Genealogy”, a self-study in from her & how he found inner peace & hap- open the Sat. before the holiday. Call WSEM tance available to all families; participates in how serendipity plays a major role in genealogi- piness when he began living a life based on helpline for food stamp applications, 216-749- Cleveland Scholarship & Tutoring Program. cal findings. All welcome; coffee & refresh- service & compassion. Advance tickets only; 4295 & ask for appointment with Jaci, who Updated computer lab, interactive Smart ments served. Call president John Stoika, 216- no ticket sales at the door. Limited seating so helps fill out & deliver completed food stamp Boards in all classroom, instrumental music & 524-3472, for more info. reserve seats promptly by mail or in person at applications to Dept. of Job & Family art instructor, athletics & more. Call 216-749- the OASIS office. Contact Daniel Magrey, Services. 7980 or visit www.smbyz.org. Thursday, April 9th Executive Director, OASIS Center, at 440- Antique Collectors Club Meeting 886-1157 or email at [email protected], West Side Ecumenical Ministry (WSEM) Busch Funeral Meeting Room, 7501 Ridge or visit www.oasisnet.org for more info. Enrolling for Early Childhood Education Rd., 7 pm. Topic: “When Kids Played Like All locations for ages birth through age five. Kids” by Glen Beinhardt. Guests welcome. Wednesdays April 29th -May 27th or WSEM offers infant & toddler care, Head Start, Thursdays May 7th - May 28th the Early Learning Initiative (ELI) program as Saturday April 18th Visiting Nurse Association well as a home-based program to meet the Cheer for Hope Hospice Volunteer Training needs of area families. WSEM offers free serv- North Coast All Stars, 93 Karl Rd., Berea, Become a volunteer with the Visiting Nurse ices to eligible families, health & developmen- 9:30 am - 1pm. Join Ashley's Hope (non -prof- Association-Hospice! Wide range of volunteer tal screenings, comprehensive services to POWER WASHING it organization that supports families of chil- by PAUL dren with long term illnesses). Cost - children 3-12, $25; siblings, $15 plus a comfort tote 216-661-8252 item. Includes time to learn cheers, chants & Mobile Homes pom dances, snack, pom poms, t-shirt, snack & Driveways water. Will perform at Parmatown Mall on Sun., April 19th at 4 pm on the mainstage. To Wood Decks register visit www.northcoastallstars.com, Sidewalks email [email protected] or call 216- Boats - Trucks & More 661-6585. Learn more about Ashley's Hope at www.ashleyshope.org. Senior Discounts Free Estimates

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AMERIFLAG, Inc. Dinners Pasta 3307 Broadview Rd. Sandwiches Specials 216-661-2608 Open 4 p.m. - Tuesday thru Saturday PAGE 4 OLD BROOKLYN NEWS APRIL 2009 Fresh Fork Market focuses on local produce Old Brooklyn resident still full of life at 95 by Matthew Wilder farms -- where they were located, what prod- ucts they had available and their prices. by Lori Peterson In 2007, when Trevor Clatterbuck was a Trevor's team from CWRU won the com- [email protected] senior at Case Western Reserve University petition. He returned to school to finish up his (CWRU), he entered into a business concept senior year. Sometimes a person walks into your life competition along with three other students -- On June 4, 2008, not long after Trevor and offers the unexpected. Mary Hillman, 95, Matt Szugye, Kyle Napierkowski, and Bob graduated, Fresh Fork Market was launched. an Old Brooklyn resident for 43 years visits the Gavlak. The team needed to come up with a It's a web-based business, with offices in the Old Brooklyn Community Development viable business concept in five days. Tremont neighborhood, that helps home con- Corporation’s (OBCDC) office and provides sumers and restaurants connect with local laughter, inspiration, joy and wisdom to the foods. Since launch, Fresh Fork has served staff. On a monthly basis she picks up a bun- over 55 restaurants, hotels, hospitals and dle of Old Brooklyn News papers to hand deliv- schools, families and more, get the freshest, er to the seniors in her apartment complex. highest quality local foods. Trevor currently After speaking to this amazing woman one is has about 60 farms supplying his clients. left with a sense that anything is possible. Every farm is located within 75 miles of The Roads are Paved in Gold Cleveland. Mary’s parents came to the United States Photo by Lori Peterson One advantage of Trevor's web site, in 1913 from Hungary because “they thought Mary Hillman www.freshforkmarket.com, is that farmers can the roads were paved in gold”. Her parents sell at the price they want. The agriculture came to America unable to speak English and in various departments where high sales vol- businesses, particularly foreign companies and learned quickly that hard work was the way to ume was anticipated. those on the Pacific coast, set prices that are so be successful. Mary was born a little over a After her father met an untimely death, low that local farmers cannot afford to sell month after her parents arrived in the United Mary’s mother lived with her for the next Trevor Clatterbuck their products at that price. States. When she was a child, she recalls dic- twenty-eight years. While Mary chose to Fresh Fork's CEO, Director of Web- Another undesirable sales avenue avail- tating letters for her mother to send back to the remain single, she is surrounded by over 25 Development & Director of Marketing able to farmers is auctions, which are not reli- “old country”. nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand- In August of that year, the team visited a able because prices might be extremely low at Her father was an accomplished brick nephews. restaurant in downtown Cleveland which fea- one point and very high the next. layer and her mother worked at a bakery. She You’re never too old to learn tured local vegetables on their menu. They fondly recalls her mother bringing home the When speaking with Mary she doesn’t asked a waitress which vegetables were actual- pies that had cracked (at a discounted price) reminisce about “the good old days” but talks ly local. She told him that none of them were for the family to enjoy. The Hillman family about everything she has done in her “recent” because they were hard to get. For other continued to grow with the addition of her sib- past, the last 40 years ( which is a lot for this restaurants that did use local, they sourced lings, Rose, Charles and Gisella. energetic 95 year old). them on Saturday at the farmers market, which Upon entering grade school Mary had to Mary started a good deal of her living is normally the busiest day in the food indus- learn English. Her siblings were fortunate that when she was in her sixties. She began swim- try. This was a problem. she came home and taught them. Mary com- ming at the age of 63. “Mark Spitz was my Trevor suggested that one way to get pleted middle school at St. Emeric School, inspiration”, she thoughtfully said. Mary will fresh vegetables was to establish personal rela- which was supported by the Hungarians and humbly show her ribbons that she won at the tionships with local farmers. However, food- closed its educational doors in 1960. Mary Cleveland State University Master Swim service customers often did not know their continued her studies at the Divine Redeemer Competition. She took first place for freestyle producers, what the producers had, and how to Academy in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania and grad- and the backstroke and 2nd place for the purchase them. Further, they did not have the uated in 1925. breaststroke. Bob Gavlak time to do such research and continually track After graduating high school, Mary held Cuyahoga Community College has been Fresh Fork's COO, running the day-to-day that data. They needed a simple, convenient two positions at the City Hospital, which is a central influence in much of Mary’s learning. operations in the Cleveland market solution for interacting with farmers. now known as MetroHealth Medical Center- At the age of 65 she took her very first class: As a solution, the team proposed a Virtual Main Campus. She was a medical secretary Auto Maintenance for Women. She can Farmers Market - an online marketplace for Trevor's web site provides farmers with a and secretary to the director of social services describe in detail, the primary and secondary buying and selling local foods - to the compe- better option and also supplies their customers for six years. Subsequently, for the next 26 ignition system, how to clean a carburetor, and tition. It would be a web site that would allow with better variety and value. Products can be years, she worked as a medical secretary for a how to change the oil! Her mind stays alert by local farmers to post information about their delivered directly to clients (larger orders), pediatrician at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile taking other classes such as, Fundamentals of who can pay their invoices online and shop 24 Detention Home, which is located between Music and Conversational French. (She hours a day. Customers can also pick-up from Cedar and Central Ave. At the beginning of speaks three languages fluently, English, the Tremont location. World War II she took a night job at The May Hungarian, and French). Fresh Fork Market has recently licensed Company and for the next nine years worked its web-technology to parties along the East See Mary Hillman back page Coast to help others build a similar business to support local farmers. Trevor hopes that their platform can be implemented nationally to COMMUNITY MEETINGS become the "First, Middle, and Last Name of Brooklyn Centre Community Association Meetings open to public for review & com- Local Foods." meeting, fourth Thursday of each month, 6:30 ments, but board reserves right to close por- (Lynette Filips contributed to this article.) pm, Brooklyn Memorial United Methodist tions of meetings from public. 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It’s tion is the highest form of compliment. coming up at the beginning of next month and called Inside Tremont, and until February, had We have a long list of other newsy “bits the Italians will be celebrating in mid-August. been more in the form of a newsletter than a and pieces” to report in this column, but this Because I received good feedback on my newspaper. The publication packed a lot of month Town Crier space is really limited due “You’re so Irish...” article last month, and also information into a small space, though, espe- to everything else going on in the neighbor- because it was so much fun to write, I’ve cially about what’s going on with all their hood. So we’ll hold them over till next month. decided to do a “You’re so Polish...” article block clubs. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is behind us next month, and promote the festivities in More than once we’d heard from TWDC We’re still requesting that you continue to and the Easter Parade is before us. Let’s hope Slavic Village at the same time. When I decid- that they wished they had a paper like we do. send your submissions for this column to: that Easter will be as lovely a day as St. ed to do that, I didn’t even know that part of Wow! To hear that from as cool a neighbor- Lynette Filips, The Town Crier, c/o the Old Patrick’s Day was. the South Hills area would soon be politically hood as Tremont is was really great. Brooklyn News, 3344 Broadview Rd., After writing our front page story last allied with that southeast neighborhood Well, in January TWDC took a month off Cleveland, Ohio 44109 month about the Irish and the upcoming because of changing ward boundaries. The parade, I decided that I’d better head down- city, as well as the world, is becoming smaller. town to take it in this year. While I didn’t see I have already thought of a lot of “You’re anyone I knew on the bus (what an experience so Polish” entries for next month, but if you that was!) or in the crowd, I did spot a number have something in mind which you feel is THEATER NOTES of people with neighborhood connections who important, please call, write or email me. It’s Baldwin-Wallace College were participating in the parade itself-- enjoyable to get interaction from readers in Kleist Center for the Arts & Drama Thurs. & Sun; $20, Fri. & Sat. Fr. Russ Lowe, pastor of St. Leo the that way, which brings me to my next point of 95 E. Bagley Rd. 440-826-2240 Great Church, was in the group of owners of business this month... "As You Like It" Great Lakes Theater Festival Irish wolfhounds, walking his dog, Napolean; In February we received a query from a Wed., Apr. 22 - Sat., Apr. 25, 7:30 pm & Sun., at the Hanna Fr. Michael Gurnick, former associate pastor San Diego reader who’d formerly lived in Old Apr. 26, 2 pm. Tickets: $5-$10. 2067 E. 14th St. bet. Euclid & Prospect at St. Leo’s who’s now the Diocesan Director Brooklyn. He was trying to remember the 216-241-6000 www.greatlakestheater.org of Vocations, was walking with a number of name of a “mom and pop” store on the corner The Beck Center of the Arts the young men from St. Mary’s Seminary in "The Comedy Of Errors" of Pearl Rd. and Northcliff Ave. We were clue- 17801 Detroit Ave. 216-521-2540 Wickliffe; former Old Brooklyn councilman Now thru Sun., May 3. less, so we posed the question to our readers in www.beckcenter.org and Our Lady of Good Counsel Church mem- our March issue. What an amazing number of "The Farnsworth Invention" "The Seagull" ber Joe Cannon was walking with a group of responses we received, not all of which were Main Stage Wed., Apr. 8 - Sat., May 2; evening show men holding a huge “Divine Mercy” banner; from Greater Cleveland! Now thru Sat., Apr. 11, Main Stage. Fri. & Sat., times, 7:30 pm; matinee show times, 1:30 & 3 the St. Thomas More cheerleaders passed by Dozens of people contacted us in one way 8 pm; Sun., 3 pm. Tickets: adults, $28; seniors, pm. Tickets: $13 to $67. in their “Wolverines” outfits, accompanied or another, and the overwhelming majority of $25; students age 22 & under with I.D., $17. by STM’s youth minister, Jeff Stutzman. Playhouse Square Center them said that the name of the store was 1501 Euclid Ave. 216-241-6000 Given the number of high school bands, Cassidy Theatre of Greenbriar Commons “Denny’s” in the 1960s. But at least one per- www.playhousesquare.com members of Irish-American organizations, son said that it had also been “Zoler’s”. 6200 Pearl Rd. 440-842-4600 unions and military units, I suspect that there Thanks to everyone who responded. It’s “A Year with Frog & Toad” Too many touring shows to list; visit website for dates & times. Also look for “Smart Seat” Fri., Apr. 17th thru Sun., May 13th; Fri. & Sat., 8 icons; some shows have limited number of pm; Sun., 3 pm. Tickets: $20, adults; $15, stu- high balcony seats for $10 each (plus han- dents & seniors. A musical for the entire family! dling charge). Cleveland Public Theatre 6415 Detroit Ave. 216-631-2727 The Liminis Theatre Bookstore Theater "The Mineola Twins" "No Child…" 2438 Scranton Rd. 216-687-0074 Thurs., Apr. 9 - Sat., Apr. 25. Preview Thurs., (one block west of Lincoln Park Apr. 9 & Sat., Apr. 10, opening night: Sat., Apr. in the historic Tremont neighborhood) 11; no show Easter Sun., Apr. 12. Thurs., Fri. Fri., Apr. l3 - Sat., May 2; Thurs. - Sat., 8 pm. Sat., 7:30 pm; Sun., 3 pm. Tickets: $10, Tickets: $12 & $15.

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This is an unwelcome and Seizing control of the property stops the More ambitious opportunities can be unmanaged change that must be turned into cycle of the buying and selling speculators developed by using parcels for energy pro- opportunities to rebuild in every neighbor- who deal properties the same way street hus- duction. Some sites could host solar panels hood throughout the city. tlers sell drugs. Making parcels available to to produce electricity. Geothermal wells can “Re-Imagining a More Sustainable neighboring property owners allows current work in residential neighborhoods to heat Cleveland, Citywide Strategies for residents to expand their homes or yards and cool homes. Larger parcels like former Managing Vacancy” is a focused land use thereby remaining in the city. factory sites can accommodate a mix of report adopted by the Cleveland Planning Owner occupied homes are generally options, perhaps even harness wind power. Commission, in December 2008. Prepared the best maintained properties on the block. This is an excellent approach on how to by Neighborhood Progress Inc, Cleveland Allowing people to increase their home deal with vacant properties that should be Urban Design Collaborative and the value through sweat investment is a practi- adopted by every non-profit community Cleveland City Planning Commission it cal solution. development corporation throughout the by Tom Collins addresses new uses for the mounting number Engaging green restoration and/or tech- city. It has grass roots items that can be [email protected] of vacant and abandoned properties. It was nology techniques can bring improvements managed by block clubs committed to stabi- Change = Opportunity/Challenge not intended to respond to redistricting or to neighborhoods. A vegetable garden lizing neighborhoods and steering them All around town people are facing dif- church closings but it could serve as a model places food on the table, helps clean the air toward healthy vibrant urban living. ficult change. City Council has approved a on how to manage changes that are and the soil, produces oxygen and reduces Cost will always be a complicating fac- Ward redistricting plan that reduces the inevitable. storm water run off. Flower gardens offer tor but not a fatal factor. Cities that can After World War II the people of similar improvements. number of council representatives from build sports stadiums, convention centers Europe had no choice but to rebuild cities, A community garden can do all that twenty-one to nineteen. The reduction was and schools can afford to invest in residen- towns and countryside. The damage and over a larger parcel and help build good approved by Cleveland residents who voted tial neighborhoods. destruction of that war was for all practical relations among neighbors. It can even pro- in the general election last fall. The full plan can be found at purposes beyond the imagination of the pre- What was less visible in approving the www.cudc.kent.edu/shrink or at charter amendment was the collateral dam- war populace. It was accomplished over the http://neighborhoodprogress.org/researchre- age that splits neighborhoods and communi- course of the next fifty years, much of it CLEVELAND STOREFRONT ports.php. ty development corporations when fewer within the first fifteen years of post war representatives must represent larger geo- recovery. RENOVATION PROGRAM graphic areas. The challenge to Cleveland is not near- Accompanying this news is the ly as severe. This report clarifies and identi- announcement by the Cleveland Catholic fies purpose and goals that should guide all 40% Rebate Re$tore Cleveland Diocese that seventy churches will be development issues. Vacant homes and for pre-approved renovations Progress for the Commercial Districts of alterred (closed or merged) across the dio- parcels without buildings are opportunities on eligible Old Brooklyn & Brooklyn Centre cese. In Cleveland eighteen churches will as much as they are visible urban infections. be closed and twelve merged. Churches, of The reports states that “…Cleveland buildings. For more information contact any domination, are keystones of neighbor- has the opportunity to use its excess land in Tom Collins, OBCDC hood life. When churches go dark neighbor- ways that: Maximum hoods suffer. * advance a larger, comprehensive sus Commercial Program Manager Yesterday cannot be restored. Change tainability strategy for the city rebate 216-459-1000 requires acceptance and a commitment to * benefit low income and underem $25,000 make it work. Yes, the initial plans should ployed residents [email protected], be challenged when the damage is greater * enhance the quality of urban life Call Old Brooklyn than the gain. Yes, the appeals must be filed * create prosperity in the city Supported by: * and help address climate change” Community Development so that decisions can be reviewed and hope- Cleveland Neighborhood Development fully revised if all the facts were not fully Neighborhood Progress Inc (NPI) intends Corporation Coalition Ohio & Erie Canal Association considered. In the end fairness is elusive to implement pilot projects demonstrating that 216-459-1000 and change will prevail. practical solutions can be implemented.

Ward boundaries from front page Besides being very concerned that the position the neighborhoods to tackle large Service Districts. This is an idea that Ward 15 At a public meeting of City Council redistricting would result in four Council scale projects for the direct benefit of the Councilman Brian Cummins has discussed held on March 20, many members of members being involved in the activities of residents of Cleveland.” several times with the community and other Council stated that they were not happy with OBCDC’s service area of Old Brooklyn and The CDC has received a great deal of Council members while addressing the redis- loosing certain key projects within their cur- Brooklyn Centre, he expressed a major con- support and encouragement from both tricting issue over the past several weeks. It’s rent neighborhood boundaries. They cern about the future funding of OBCDC Councilmen Kevin Kelley and Brian an idea that may be discussed further after the expressed the sentiment that there will and CDC’s in general. Cummins in its efforts to unify services to redistricting plan is sealed. always be winners and losers in any plan that In a letter that was submitted to Council Brooklyn Centre and Old Brooklyn. And Most, if not all, of the Council members redrew district boundaries. They and com- President Martin Sweeney, Mr. Huth stated, both Councilmen tried hard to work with present at the March 20th Council meeting munity leaders both on the east and west “The City must address how major funding the consultants to redraw boundaries so that stressed their desire to work with all CDC’s sides shared a deep concern about on-going sources such as HUD - CDBG funds are the CDC would be in the best position pos- and neighborhood nonprofits on current and community and real estate development allocated. In order for OBCDC and other sible going forward. Councilman Cummins future initiatives. It is now up to OBCDC, projects receiving continued attention as new similarly fragmented community develop- also initiated a community meeting to dis- staff, board and members to educate the new Council members take over their new areas. ment corporations to continue to serve the cuss the redistricting plan before it was Council representatives for the CDC’s service Mr. Greg Huth, OBCDC’s board pres- neighborhoods, the City must change its voted on. The meeting was held earlier in area on all CDC activities, as well as the great ident was given the opportunity to address thinking on how such resources are distrib- March with over 150 people attending and work being conducted by many of the area’s Council at the March 20th meeting. He was uted. Rather than distributing such funds on voicing their concerns. neighborhood associations, block clubs and only one of two CDC representatives who a ward basis, these funds should be allocat- Charter Review Commission members civic groups. spoke at this meeting. The other was Tom ed to neighborhoods.” He went on to state involved in this entire effort also recom- As you read this, the redistricting plan Stone the Director of the Mt. Pleasant Area that “a neighborhood-based system of fund mended last year while deliberating the has been finalized; it is what it is. It is now CDC. Their service area was also divided allocation will better preserve the continuity resizing of Council, the creation of time for OBCDC and the residents of up into four wards. of Cleveland’s neighborhoods and better Neighborhood Development, Planning and Brooklyn Centre and Old Brooklyn to come together to show the larger Cleveland commu- nity our strength and our spirit, why we’ve chosen to live here, why we love this neigh- borhood. For more information on the potential new City Council representatives, view their biographies by going to www.clevelandcity- council.com. Also, see the Executive Director’s column for more on the subject.

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Department Saint Vincent DePaul Ozaman Center Three national credit bureaus — store and gasoline credit cards are also great seeks new location for food pantry Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax — track ways to establish and practice good payment your financial behavior, so it’s important to patterns. by Lynette Filips pay your bills on time. Any delinquencies You should also put your rent and utili- [email protected] encompassing south Cleveland, Brooklyn, Brook Park, Parma, Parma Heights and appear on your individual credit report, as do ties in your name — and be sure to pay them For approximately two and a half years, Middleburg Heights. That translates to positive payment information. You’re enti- on time. Make loan payments on time as well, the Saint Vincent DePaul Ozaman Center approximately 100 people receiving emer- tled to a free copy of your credit report from and pay department store or gas card bills in (food pantry) has been located in the offices gency food rations each day that the Center is each of the three bureaus annually, and can full monthly. Each of these strategies will between the Saint Vincent DePaul Thrift Store open. The Ozanam Center also distributes free request copies at annualcreditreport.com. raise your credit score. If you do so, creditors and the Cleveland Furniture Bank in the new or gently used clothing items including When deciding whether to grant credit, can offer you more credit at lower rates! Now Biddulph Plaza in Brooklyn. The food pantry coats, sweatshirts, hats and gloves. lenders use credit scores calculated from the that’s a winning strategy. has been a tenant of the store but in an effort to Volunteers from eleven southwest area information in your credit report. Some For more detailed information, plan on reduce rental costs, the retail thrift store and Catholic parishes (Assumption of Mary, Our employers and landlords also check credit attending Steel Valley Federal Credit Union’s furniture bank have been consolidating space. Lady of Good Counsel, St. Albert the Great, scores when evaluating applicants. next Financial Literacy Seminar on April 25. Because of the consolidation process, the food St. Anthony of Padua, St. Bridget of Kildare, A credit score is a number assessing the The subject will be “Credit Reports and the pantry will be forced to close on April 9. St. Charles Borromeo, St. John Bosco, St. likelihood that you’ll pay back debt. The Importance of Good Credit”. Call 216-741- The Saint Vincent de Paul Ozaman Joseph, St. Leo the Great, St. Peter the Apostle higher the number, the better; a high score 9430 to reserve your seat! Center’s volunteer staff seeks assistance from and St. Thomas More) have established, sup- the community in helping them find a new ported and staffed the food pantry and clothing location from which to operate. They ask any- outlet, and they do not want the Center to be Help available for homeowners one able to help them find a rental space in forced to close its doors. their area of greatest need (along Ridge Rd., At this point in time, the Center is still State Rd., Pearl Rd., or Broadview Rd. open to serve the needy from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with adjustable rate mortgages between Brookpark Rd. and Memphis Ave.) to on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On by Lori A. Peterson helping people with mortgage issues and will contact Regis Barrett at 216-252-6170. Thursday, April 2, the Center invited commu- [email protected] connect you to the one that best suits your The Center serves needy people in 1000 nity religious leaders and social workers to an needs. OBCDC will be contacting home- households a month — that number is up from open house there. Their hope was that by mak- Old Brooklyn Community owners in the Old Brooklyn and Brooklyn 280 households a month in 2008 — as long as ing more professionals aware of its operation, Development Corporation (OBCDC) has Centre neighborhoods who have an they meet income eligibility guidelines and someone will come up with a suitable new just received information on potential homes adjustable rate mortgage that is re-setting in live in the designated eight-zipcode area location/home for the food pantry. in the Old Brooklyn and Brooklyn Centre the next two years. If you know that your neighborhoods that may face foreclosure in ARM is re-setting within the next 30-90 days the next two years due to adjustable rates. please contact us immediately! Earth Day money saving tips The data indicates that the adjustable rate Remember: never pay an organization by Lori A. Peterson mortgage (ARM) will re-set to a higher inter- or company to intervene to stop a foreclo- [email protected] Walk or bike to work. (The Old est rate between now and December 31, Brooklyn Community Development sure! If you have any questions call Lori 2010. OBCDC is taking a proactive approach Peterson or Donnald Heckelmoser at 216- April 22nd, Earth Day, was founded by Corporation All-Access Home and to assist residents with avoiding foreclosure. 459-1000 or email them at info@oldbrook- Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 is to promote Bicycle Tour will offer bicycling tips for The staff at OBCDC can direct you to lyn.com. ecology and respect for life on the planet as beginners) organizations in the area that specialize in well as to encourage awareness of the growing Add one meatless meal a week. problems of air, water and soil pollution. Buy local products. In observance of Earth Day and during Use a water filter to purify tap water this tough economic time, becoming environ- instead of buying bottled water. mentally friendly can not only help save the Buy secondhand products from services earth but can also save you some money. like craigslist or better yet, check out the The following easy tips can help you “free stuff” www.freecycle.org. become more environmentally conscious: Make your own cleaning supplies. Wash your clothes in cold water. Map out your errands. Line dry your clothes or use dryer balls. The balls will cut drying time. If you have any “green” tips that you Unplug appliances when you aren’t would like to share, contact Lori Peterson at using them. 216-459-1000. Take shorter showers to reduce water Then look for “Your Monthly Green Tip” use. in future issues of the Old Brooklyn News.

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The announcement that the Diocese of school taught the kids how to turn the palms The grade school children carried potted Cleveland has decided to close St. Barbara’s into rings for their fingers, too. flowers (most frequently, hyacinths) in Church (1505 Denison Ave.) and to merge The food at Polish holidays and feasts is leg- the Holy Thursday procession, and chil- Corpus Christi (Pearl Rd. at Archmere Ave.) endary, and the next task during Holy Week dren who were willing to be at church by and Our Lady of Good Counsel (OLGC) was to start making kielbasa, the famous 6:30 a.m. -- the girls had to be in pastel Churches at the OLGC site (4423 Pearl Rd.) is Polish sausage. colored dress and the boys in white about a lot more than additional vacant build- Because Barbarowo/Barbarowa was a shirts and ties -- could be a part of the ings in our neighborhood. It’s also about all neighborhood complete in itself (like today’s Easter Sunday procession. Prior to the people whose hearts will be breaking this Little Italy still is for the Italians), Vatican II, the Mass was in Latin, but the month as they celebrate what may be the last Badarzynski’s on Denison Ave. was one of the Poles also sang traditional Polish Easter Easter in the sacred spaces which hold life- butcher shops where they’d buy the necessary hymns. times of memories for them and their families. pork, beef, garlic and casings. With the passing of the decades, St. Barbara’s has appealed to Bishop Families were very large in those days, though, the west side Poles began mov- Richard Lennon to be allowed to remain open, and the meat grinders were hand-cranked, so Photo courtesy of Christine Dziedzima ing farther and farther out from the city, but at the time this issue of the paper is going making the kielbasa wasn’t just an afternoon In the 1990 Holy Thursday procession at St. first from Tremont to Brooklyn Centre, to the printer, they do not know how he will project. The men and women made many Barbara Church, 7-year-old Alison Bradny and 5 then to South (now Old) Brooklyn, then respond to their request. So this may or may batches of it over the course of a few days, year old Christine Bradny of Parma were among to Parma and beyond. not be the last Easter at St. Barbara’s. keeping it in their ice boxes until later in the the children carrying flowers in the procession. To serve the Poles in the southern Corpus Christi has decided to “go along” week when the smoking process would begin. portion of our neighborhood, Corpus with the episcopal instruction to merge, but the Over the year, people saved the trim- the mid-day Good Friday service often Christi Church was founded in 1935 --the date on which they will do so has not yet been mings from cherry trees, because many crawled up the aisle on their hands and knees same year that the Ampol (American-Polish) decided. (The absolute deadline is June, believed that it was the best wood for smoking to kiss the cross. Club was founded nearby on the east side of 2010.) So 2009 will either be Corpus Christi’s the kielbasa. Christine’s grandparents had a One Holy Week ritual at church which the Pearl Rd. (But its first location was a bit far- last or second last Easter in their current wor- portable smoke house, made of sheet metal, Polish women wouldn’t miss, however, was ther north.) ship space. which they set up in the back yard to smoke the attending one of the two times at which Easter That area of South Brooklyn never As everyone who’s been part of a Easter meat. Batch by batch on Holy Thursday baskets were blessed on Holy Saturday after- became the intensely Polish neighborhood that wake/funeral knows, part of the mourning and Good Friday, they hung the kielbasa in it noon. These weren’t/aren’t the Easter Bunny Barbarowo/ Barbarowa did, but it still offered process is remembering. And this month’s his- until it was smoked to perfection. kind of baskets with which folks not from ethnic amenities like Polish Masses and church tory article is intended to do just that – provide Later in the week, the women also started Eastern European backgrounds are familiar. services and classes in the Polish language and an opportunity for some of the members of baking babka, the traditional Polish Easter These were baskets filled with symbolic foods culture. But “Polonia” was more diluted by these two Polish churches to remember how bread. Leavened with yeast, it was rich with used at Easter dinner (similar to the symbolic the time it reached Archmere Ave. generations of their parishioners have celebrat- butter, eggs and raisins. Christine’s grand- foods at a Jewish Seder dinner on Passover). When asked about Easter memories in ed the most important Christian feast. mother made about a dozen loaves, braiding According to a web site www.zodiacal. their church, current Corpus Christi members, The majority of the Holy Week memories the dough before she put it into the pans to rise. com/brooklyn/index.php5?title=Polish Easter too, mentioned the Holy Thursday procession. from St. Barbara Church in this article came Many Polish women also baked nut and poppy Tradition, created and managed by Sandra Ryan Marconi’s favorite memory of Holy from parishioner Christine Dziedzina. seed rolls for Easter. Wanicki Rozhon, who used to live in the St. Week is “carrying the incense” in it. Although she now lives in Old Brooklyn (the Of course, the hard boiled eggs had to be Barbara neighborhood, the “must haves” and Rose Verdino commented on the prior Jennings Freeway took her family’s home dyed, and in the days before Paas, beet juice their symbolism in a Polish Easter basket are: year’s First Communicants who, like St. when it sliced up Brooklyn Centre), Christine and onion skins were frequently the natural salt (wisdom and hospitality); boiled eggs (the Barbara’s youngsters, also carried fragrant grew up “in the shadow of the church” on W. materials women used to color the shells. Resurrection and new life); ham (richness and hyacinths on Holy Thursday. “They would 15th St. After St. Barbara’s was established Some ladies also spent hours making pisanky abundance); kielbasa (generosity); babka process in and out of Mass, taking up the first in 1905, the neighborhood which surrounded eggs; the Poles, like the Ukrainians and many (Christ, the Bread of Life); horseradish (the two pews in the church – just very touching.” the parish became known as Barbarowo/ other Slavic peoples, used beeswax and dyes to bitter herb of Passover); beets (the Passion of Mary Vallo’s favorite memory is “having Barbarowa; Christine’s grandparents, uncles, decorate eggs with intricate symbols. Christ); butter, molded into the shape of a lamb our children in the Children’s Choir singing at aunts and cousins lived there, too. Some of the roots of the horseradish (Christ, the Lamb of God); and a candle the 10 a.m. Mass, especially when they sang In seriously Polish homes (and into the plants growing in the yard had to be dug up, (Christ, the Light of the World). Each food Rise up with Him.” 1950s and 1960s, when Christine was growing too. Scrubbed and ground (a terribly teary received its own blessing – and a sprinkling of And for Mary Lou Kalista, Easter “years up, everyone who belonged to St. Barbara’s job), and perhaps mixed with beets, it would holy water! and years and years ago at Corpus Christi was was still Polish), preparation for Easter started become one of the traditional accompaniments Of course, only a representative portion of a new Easter outfit — including hat, pinchy on Palm Sunday. to the main dishes at the Easter meal. the food to be consumed on Easter was taken to white patent leather shoes, new gloves, a new These days, many people simply place Although services at church were being church to be blessed. And the contents of each spring coat, a corsage pinned to the coat and the blessed palms they receive in church on held on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, often basket weren’t exactly the same. Other items in the church packed with people waiting for the that day behind religious pictures in their the Polish women were too busy baking and Polish Easter baskets include nut and poppy previous Mass to end so they could get in to homes, but in pre-Vatican II times at St. preparing for Easter itself to attend them. seed rolls; pepper; Pascha (the slightly sweet- the next Mass.” Barbara’s, fashioning the palms into objects Often the women would go to church after the ened Polish Easter cheese); vinegar; a cupcake Obviously the church is no longer the had become an art form. Holy Thursday Mass, though, because the (symbolizing sweetness); and pisanky. Nor center of peoples’ holidays and lives the way There were elaborate arrangements of church was open until midnight for private was all the butter in the shape of a lamb; some that it was in the old days. If it were, we palms in the flowers on the altar; Christine also prayer. The people who made it to church for women molded theirs into a cross. wouldn’t be mourning the possible passing of The basket itself was also important; two congregations and lots of fond traditions made of wicker, it might have been given to in this article. the couple as a wedding present. The embroi- What’s the bottom line, the lesson to be dered cloth inside it had to be just the right size learned? – Cherish the memories and keep the to look attractive when the priest lifted it up at faith! And thanks to the people whose sharing church to bless the food, but still large enough of their Easter memories made this article pos- to cover everything on the way to church. sible.

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Phone: 216-749-2323 Website: stjamescleve.com Pastor: Fr. LeRoy J. Moreeuw, C.PP.S. BYZANTINE CATHOLIC Masses: Sat. 4:30 pm; Sun., 8:30 & 11am Brooklyn Trinity U.C.C. St. Mark Lutheran Church Weekday Masses: Mon.-Sat., 8 am 8720 Memphis Ave: Phone: 216-661-0227 St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church 4464 Pearl Rd. Phone: 216-749-3545 School Phone: 216-741-3685 Pastor: Rev. Robert Z. Lahr 4600 State Rd. Phone: 216-741-7979 Pastor: Richard E. Kurth Sunday School & Worship: 10:30 am Pastor: Very Rev. Steven Koplinka Sunday Worship: 10:15 am, Sat. - 5 pm. Church of St. Leo The Great Father Deacon: Joseph Hnat, 216-233-4118. Sunday School & Adult Bible Study, 9 am 4940 Broadview Rd. Divine Liturgies: Sat. Vigil, 4 pm.; Sunday, Elementary School: grades K - 8 Phone: 216-661-1006 St. Luke’s U.C.C. 4216 Pearl Rd. (corner Memphis Ave.) 11 am; Holy days, 9 am. Crystal Chalet Unity Lutheran Church Pastor: Fr. Russ Lowe Phone: 216-749-4504 4542 Pearl Rd. - Phone: 216-741-2085 Masses: Sat., 4 pm. Sun., 8 am, 10 am & 12 noon Phone: 216-351-4422 School #: 216-749-7980 Pre-School #: 216-351-8121 Rev. Peeter Pirn - Worship Service: 9:30 am Pastor: Gerald Madasz Sunday School & Adult Study: 11am Saint Barbara Church Saturday Evening service 5 pm Preschool/Day Care 3-12 yrs. www.unity- 1505 Denison Ave. Sunday Worship: 10:15 am CHARISMATIC lutheran.org Phone: 216-741-2067 Good News Ministires Church Administrator: Fr. Lucjan Stokowski UNITED METHODIST 3705 West 36th. (W. 36th & Mapledale Ave.) NON-DENOMINATIONAL Masses: Sat., 4:30 pm; Phone:216-398-4913 Sun., 9 am, 11am (Polish) Brooklyn Memorial UMC Pastor: Ernie Green. Circle of Inner Light Spiritual Community 2607 Archwood Ave. Phone: 216-459-1450 Sunday Worship, 11 am 4815 Broadview Rd. Swedenborg Chapel. 216- Corpus Christi Church Pastor: Rev. Pamela Buzalka 398-7743. Ministers, Rev. Virginia Collins & Renielle 5204 Northcliff Ave., TV - Tues. 6:30 pm. Ch.21- 9 pm Ch. 26. Sun. Worship: 10:45 am. Sun. school 10 am Brooksieker. Spiritualist services, prayer & healing cir- Phone: 216-351-8738 Fri. 6:30 pm, Ch 21 Time Warner Channel. Tues., Weekday wonders bible study, 11 am. cle, study classes, ceremonies (marriage, memorial, Pastor: Fr. Russell Lowe Everyone welcome! etc.) Life coaching, Yoga. 6 pm Sun. Masses: Sat., 4:30 pm; Sun., 10 am. service.www.circleofinnerlight.com Weekday Mass: Mon. & Wed., 9 am. Pearl Rd. United Methodist Church EVANGELICAL [email protected] 4200 Pearl Rd. Phone: 216-661-5642 Grace Church PRESBYTERIAN Pastor: Rev. Paul Wilson Sunday Worship: 10:00 am. (Cafe Oasis following) Institute Of Divine Metaphysical Research Sunday Worship & Sunday School: 10 am Brooklyn Presbyterian Church (USA) Adult Study & Coffee Hour: 11 am 2503 Broadview Rd. & W. 28th St. 4150 Pearl Rd. Free Public Lectures. 4308 Pearl Rd. at Spokane Ave. Phone: 216-661-8210 Phone: 216-398-6990 www.idmr.net Free hunger meal Thursdays: 6 pm Sun.: 11 am - 1 pm, Mon. & Wed.: 7-9 pm. Phone: 216-741-8331 Rev. Adrienne Lloyd http://www.gbgm-umc.org/pearl-road-umc Email: [email protected] Sun. Worship: 10:30 am. Sun. school 10:15 am Pastor: Jeff Doeringer & Charlie Collier All invited & encouraged to attend! Parking at Busch Funeral Home APRIL 2009 OLD BROOKLYN NEWS PAGE 11 SERVICE DIRECTORY & CLASSIFIED

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It is quickly escaped cultiva- About one-quarter of the plants growing include: Purple Loosestrife, Common Reed especially common next tion. It prefers wet areas in Ohio originated from other parts of the con- Grass (Phragmites), Garlic Mustard, Japanese to highways, where it by rivers and lakes and is tinent or world. These species are called non- Knotweed, Multiflora Rose, four varieties of catches water runoff. It content to live in the native, exotic or alien and were not known in Honeysuckle, Autumn-Olive, both Glossy and can be seen in the valley shade. Students from Ohio prior to the mid-1700s. European (Common) Buckthorn and Reed along Jenning Rd. and Rhodes High School Under the right conditions, some non- Canary Grass. Over 50 others are termed along stretches of I-176 joined Friends of Big Creek to help eradicate native plants can become invasive. An inva- “well-established invasives” or are on the and I-480. Over the past several years, Japanese Knotweed along sections of sive plant is a non-native plant species that has “watch list”. Weeders-in-the-Wild have nearly eradicated Treadway Creek prior to the Treadway Creek escaped cultivation, is spreading on its own The four targeted invasive species dis- all the Phragmites from the Metroparks’ West Trail’s construction. Five foot high Knotweed and causing environmental or economic harm. cussed and pictured in this article can all be Creek Reservation in Parma. still borders Big Creek at the far end of Invasive plants are usually characterized by found in the Old Brooklyn/Brooklyn Centre Garlic mustard is native to Europe, but Memphis Reservation. fast growth rates, high fruit production, rapid area. The Metroparks/ Metroparks Zoo, also occurs in North For more information about invasive, non- vegetative spread and efficient seed dispersal Weeders-in-the-Wild (a group associated with America, from Quebec native plants, visit http://plants.usda.gov; join and germination. Since these plants are not the Western Audubon Society, accessed at and Ontario south to the Brooklyn Centre Naturalists (BCN); visit native to Ohio, they lack the natural predators (http://www.wcasohio.org/weeders_in_the_wil North Carolina and the BCN’s booth at EarthFest at the Zoo on and diseases which would naturally control d.htm), and watershed groups such as Friends Kentucky. It can be dis- Sunday, April 19th; or read the Metroparks’ them in their native habitats. of Big Creek and West Creek Preservation tinguished from other monthly newsletter, The Emerald Necklace, The majority of invasive plant species in Society volunteer each year to battle these — woodland mustard by its for announcements regarding volunteer Ohio’s natural areas are non-native. Of the and other — invasive species. characteristic odor of opportunities. Depending on the species, it more than 700 non-native species in Ohio, Purple Loosestrife was introduced to the garlic and the 2-4 foot might be a “pull” or it might be cutting off approximately 60 of them threaten natural Northeastern United flower stalks covered seed heads, putting them in bags, cutting areas. Invasive non-native plants can out- States from Europe in with numerous small white flowers in May. A down stalks, and then applying herbicide to grow, replace and otherwise destroy native the early 1800s, either severe threat to native vegetation, it can be what remains. plants because non-native plants usually don’t from ship ballast or seen at the junction of the Cuyahoga River and (Lynette Filips contributed to this article.) have the natural enemies — diseases, insects from seeds attached to Big Creek by Harvard Ave. and other environmental stresses — that keep imported sheep. It was later planted for orna- mental pur- Mary Hillman from page 4 memorized the entire presentation and poses, but by When most people feel they are too old to received a standing ovation from the class. the 1900s learn, Ms. Hillman, at the age of 79, bought an At 95, she continues to stay busy by had escaped cultivation. It grows as organ and took lessons for two years. “Look delivering Hungarian surplus bread and pas- immense fields in wetland areas and at it, it looks like NASA”, she said with delight tries to St. Herman’s House of Hospitality on can be seen taking over some chan- when describing the organ with its red flashing Franklin Blvd., requiring two bus transfers. nelized sections of Big Creek. The lights, a computer screen that displays music Then she takes another bus to take some bread roots of loosestrife form a dense and a CD Rom that makes a soft whirling to her very dear friend. And lastly, she deliv- mat that blocks other plants from noise. Mary plays everything from bluegrass ers the remaining bread to the seniors in her growing. Thirty-five states consid- to rumba and proudly displays her disc of complex. She smiles and says, “I’m sort of er it to be an invasive species. “Mary’s Greatest Hits” that is neatly labeled like a social-worker”. Common Reed Grass on a floppy disc. When asked what keeps her young she (Phragmites) has invaded every As if all of that weren’t enough, at the age said, “I take a teaspoon of honey before bed continent except Antarctica. It is a of 93 she took her first computer class. Mary and have a tablespoon of peanut butter every Bob Gardin and Mary Ellen Stasek, members of Friends tall, perennial grass ranging in recalled, “it involved [learning about] word day. I don’t feel like I’m 95. I guess I’m sort of of Big Creek and Brooklyn Centre Naturalists, pull height from 3-15 feet. The plant processing, excel and power point. And for like Rudolph, I never give up!” Japanese Knotweed near Big Creek at Jennings Rd. and produces horizontal rhizomes that power point my topic was Rudolph the Red And that is what makes Mary Hillman an Valley Rd. (by Zelezniks) at last year’s River Sweep. grow on or beneath the ground. It Nose Reindeer. I had to ‘surf the internet’ to find out everything about Rudolph”. She inspirational Old Brooklyn resident!