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July 2014 Volume 36 Number 5 www.oldbrooklynconnected.com Jim Ptacek donates praying mantis sculpture Riverside Cemetery invites community by Lynette Filips to fourth annual free jazz festival [email protected] by Linda Spiros of his career, Dennis also had the opportuni- The Benjamin Franklin Community ty to work with/learn from artists like Jerry Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd, Lee Lewis, Bobby Vee, Fabian, The Garden (BFCG), located behind the school at will host its 2014 free annual jazz festival on 1906 Spring Rd. with the same name, is the Cadillacs, The Coasters, B. B. King, Muddy Sunday, July 20th, from 1 to 4 p.m. The happy recipient of an original metal sculpture Waters and Robert Lockwood, Jr. afternoon will feature Dennis Chandler and fashioned by Old Brooklyn artist Jim Ptacek Sammy DeLeón is a well-known Latin and one of his sons. As seen in the photo the Stratophonics; the Sammy DeLeón Latin bandleader in northeast Ohio. He plays the accompanying this article, it is of a praying Jazz Project; and violinist Mary Beth Ions. timbales, a twin set of metal-encased, single- mantis. Food and dessert trucks will headed drums with a cow- The “UPCYCLED ART” (the line of Jim be parked onsite. In bell and a cymbal on and his sons’ art which they create from scrap case of rain, the the side. Mr. metal) arrived at the Garden on June 13th. concert will be DeLeón’s music Garden Committee member John Jenkins and rescheduled to encompasses Jim placed it near the east end of the the same time on and adapts Latin Garden, three or four yards south of Sunday, July 27th. jazz, mambo and BFCG’s landmark sign, and between the Dennis Chandler salsa. Mr. DeLeón has the two black park benchs. Gardeners and visi- and the Stratophonics are deeply distinction of having recorded with the late tors should easily spot it as they enter the rooted in the Blues style of music. Mr. Latin jazz pianist Roberto Ocasio. Garden. Chandler’s first guitar instructor was Bo Mary Beth Ions is a first-call solo and “Praying Mantis” stands on legs fash- Photo by Kim Repinski Diddley. Mr. Chandler would watch, listen strolling performer violinist. She has per- ioned from rebar with its front legs together in This new praying mantis sculpture was given to and observe Bo Diddley in the evenings formed with Cleveland arts organizations the pose which gives the insect its name. Jim Ben Franklin Garden by Jim Ptacek & Sons. while he performed at a night club in like the Cleveland Ballet, Cleveland Opera, said that he and his wife, Therese, felt that he Hamilton, Ohio. After one of the many per- To view more of Jim’s recycled works, Cleveland Pops, Lyric Opera Cleveland and should create and donate it to Ben Franklln formances, Bo invited Dennis backstage, to visit the Lorain County Metro Parks, which Ohio Chamber Orchestra. She has also been Garden since they live in Old Brooklyn. review what he observed that evening; on has several of the outdoor pieces on display part of Broadway tours at Playhouse Square Jim and his son, Joe, who now resides in occasion, Bo even loaned his guitar to -- at French Creek Nature Center in which featured artists like Josh Groban, Elyria, have been fashioning recycled Dennis so that Dennis could practice. Sheffield Village and Miller Nature Preserve Barry Manilow and Rod Stewart. In 2013, ‘objects of art’ for several years. They weld The best way to learn the Blues is in the on Route 83 in Avon. They include a six by Ms. Ions received a warm welcome at the together a variety of carefully chosen dis- oral tradition, “come, sit and learn,” espe- eight foot praying mantis, a six foot spider, a third annual Jazz Festival at Riverside, and carded scrap metal pieces to create the metal cially sitting and learning with the masters 250 pound dog and various smaller dogs, the Festival is pleased to welcome her back sculptures. His other two sons, Jim (who of the art, in the way Dennis Chandler this year. works for Larsen Architects) and Dave (who mantises and spiders. learned from Bo Diddley. During the course See Jazz Festival page 8 lives in Nashville, Tennessee), are involved Facebook users can find photos at: in some of their larger architectural projects. Upcycled Art by Jim Ptacek & Sons. Old Brooklyn celebrating bicentennial this summer oldbrooklynbicentennial.com your best shots to [email protected]. Brooklyn Bicentennial Remembered" and The HSOB will post the most memorable listed in the Old Brooklyn News. In honor of Old Brooklyn’s being set- ones, which will ultimately be posted in the Winners will also receive a certificate. tled by people of European descent for 200 appropriate gallery for others to view and There will be a total of 36 photos recog- years (1814-2014), the Historical Society of "like" them. The photos will then become nized, three each month. Old Brooklyn (HSOB) is sponsoring a photo part of the Historical Society's archives of There are twelve categories in which to contest. printed and photographic images. enter photos: Snap photos of your moments to Winning submissions, as decided by 1. PARKS PLANTS, & PEOPLE: For loca- remember from 2014, pictures taken any- Old Brooklyn judges and the viewers, will tions see http://oldbrooklynconnected.com/ time during this bicentennial year, and email be published in a 2015 calendar "Old community/ recreation-parks/ 2. CELEBRATE THE FOOD: For listing of food celebrations click on Bicentennial Events. 3. GOING, GOING, GONE: pictures of decaying, falling apart, rundown things. Show how the old can co-exist with the new. showing how things are today. 4. GENERATIONS APART: Show how the Anyone who has questions should old can co-exist with the new email the Historical Society thru the 5. STREETSCAPES, WINDOW DIS- "Contact" link. PLAYS, & SIGNS: 6. ZOO & BROOKSIDE PARK 7. ARCHITECTURE: (inside or out) 8. EVENTS: Pictures of groups of people Inside The OBN doing things together.today. 10. AT PLAY 11. WEATHER 12. THEN AND NOW: an old picture of anything in Old Brooklyn and a recent one Cleveland 4th of July Fireworks Friday, July 4th, 2014 Executive Director; Community Time: Dusk Spotlight; 2 Shot from where Lake Erie meets the News & Events 3 Cuyahoga River in the Flats. BF Garden; Animal Rules; S. Hills Platinum Pooch Grooming 4 The Town Crier; Recycling; 5 Old Commercial News 6 Brooklyn Tool Box; Stripping Scams 7 Survey Dave Goldense; BCN 8 Go to the web link below, take the survey Family Fun; Theatre Notes 9 and have a chance to win an Old Brooklyn Church & Senior Notes 10 gift certificate from an area merchant. Service Directory & Classified 11 www.surveymonkey.com/s/OBwebsite Don Gi’s; Community Meetings 12 PAGE 2 OLD BROOKLYN NEWS JULY 2014 Aside from college, Don has only lived From the desk of the in four homes. He grew up on Hood Ave. and Canova Ave., lived on Cook Ave. with executive director his grandmother right after college, and shortly thereafter purchased his current by Jeffrey T. Verespej MetroHealth, home on W. 14th St. [email protected] strong recreational amenities, good Don Kasych In many neighborhoods around neighborhood by Jayme Lucas-Bukszar Cleveland, historical emphasis has been pri- schools, tremen- [email protected] oritized on addressing problems; a high pro- dous housing portion of community efforts were intended stock, affordabili- Lifelong resident Don Kasych, in his to “stop bad things from happening.” This ty, walkability, and career as a landscape architect with the City was and still is an understandable and neces- historic buildings of Cleveland, has touched every Cleveland sary approach. – to attempt to meet that latent demand park and recreation facility in Old Brooklyn It is a natural response for a community using the variety of tools available to the — Archmere Park, Goudreau Park, Loew to galvanize when a crisis occurs to stop the neighborhood and the City of Cleveland. Park, Harmody Park (including the next one from happening; examples around That latent demand can be viewed Treadway Creek Trail) and Estabrook the world and locally range from issues of through a few lenses – Recreation Center. national defense to public health epidemics The first is simply the desires of the two Don worked for the City of Cleveland to a rash of break-ins in a shopping plaza. largest populations in United States history: for 26 years, starting as a Landscape This response is critical, but must be met baby boomers and millennials. Each of Architect and moving up to the Assistant Photo by: Jayme Lucas-Bukszar with an equal level of emphasis on incurring these generations (approximately 80 million Director of Capital Projects. He recently Don Kasych positive activity and new demand. people) prefer a lifestyle which Old accepted the position of Planning Supervisor To accomplish this, the collective Brooklyn offers — healthier, more local, for the Lorain County Metro Parks. Don fell in love with working with efforts of stakeholders in a neighborhood and more rooted in place. One of Don’s favorite projects was the plants and the earth when he started working need to focus on demand induction. Second, Cleveland is benefitting from restoration of Historic League Park, the with Skip Cook at the former Cook’s Traditionally, this concept has been one this demand and Old Brooklyn must posi- original home of the Cleveland Indians. Greenhouse at 701 W. Schaaf Rd. when he associated with congestion. For every lane tion itself and present itself as a neighbor- This stadium was where Babe Ruth hit his was thirteen years old.