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Cover photograph The Shaker Heights office of Howard Hanna Smythe Cramer invites its neighbors Marc Golub to an evening of good food and wine, great music, auctions, prize drawings and the renewal local legends: home for gift baskets. of zack bruell 24 bob ginn 32 the holiday 28 How the integration of What’s happening at Our goal is to support Rainbow Babies and Children’s and the Cleveland Clinic Shaker Heights elemen- local restaurants on tary schools changed New Year’s Eve. Children’s Hospitals so they can continue to welcome and care for all children in the community forever. Be here or be square. our community – regardless of financial status. Thursday, December 7, 2006 more departments: City News 3 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. University Hospitals comes Howard Hanna Smythe Cramer to town. And how. Shaker Heights Office Library News 12 Election month reading. 20710 Chagrin Boulevard Out & About 52 Admission: $5 Calendar of events. Free Valet Parking Available Shaker Observer 76 (B)ah Winter.
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For real estate service that is both conscientious and creative, please contact your Howard Hanna Smythe Cramer REALTOR® at 216.751.8550. shaker shaker renters... city news ready to become a life november | december 2006 University Hospitals Accepting volume 24 issue 6 Nominations for Buys Former shaker homeowner? SHAKER LIFE OfficeMax Building MLK, Jr. Award 3400 Lee Road Shaker Heights, OH 44120 On September 19, University The Human Relations Commission Hospitals (UH) and the is accepting nominations for the low-interest Website shakeronline.com City of Shaker Heights Martin Luther King, Jr., Award for down payment announced plans to move Human Relations established as a Email [email protected] 900+ administrative jobs to reminder of Shaker’s continuing assistance loans voice mail: (216) 491-1459 the former OfficeMax site on commitment to living the dream Fax: (216) 491-1408 Warrensville Center Road. of Dr. King. Nomination forms are are available in This exciting news has a available at City Hall, Thornton Park, editor designated Rory O’Connor dynamic impact on Shaker’s Shaker libraries, and shakeronline. [email protected] future. UH projects more com and must be received by 5 p.m. neighborhoods design & production than 900 new jobs at the site Friday, December 1. Jennifer Dial within a year with annual Acceptable nominations include city news editor local income tax receipts individuals or groups whose actions Vicki Zoldessy call 491-1457 [email protected] of $900,000. This directly exemplify Dr. King’s values: benefits the City because its compassion, humility, and service. for more info out & about and library news editor Margaret Simon operating budget is funded primarily by income tax revenues. Nominees must have made a fund for the future of shaker heights [email protected] The Shaker City School System benefits from property taxes generated at the same significant contribution in 2006 shaker schools editorial advisor rate as any other commercial structure in the City. The Schools budget is funded through volunteerism, community enhancing neighborhood diversity since 1986 Peggy Caldwell primarily by property tax revenues. service, and building community Advertising manager And finally, the purchase of the OfficeMax site is a real shot in the arm. It acts as in Shaker Heights. Recipients must John Moore, (216) 531-4044 a catalyst to new retail development nearby as well as additional office activity. It will be residents of the Shaker Heights [email protected] boost current economic reinvestment in the district to more than $60M with the very School District, and may be of any Friends don’t let Ad sales representative Rebecca Wong real possibility of hundreds of millions more in the coming years. age or race. A posthumous award friends make a move As one of Northeast Ohio’s largest employers, UH is investing another $1billion in may be given. Nominees not chosen contributing writers Greater Cleveland. Its move to Shaker reflects the efforts begun two years ago to keep are eligible for resubmission next John Brandt, Jayne Eiben, without calling us first. Rita Kueber, Nancy O’Connor, OfficeMax in Northeast Ohio. It shows what regional collaboration can achieve, and year, with updated information from Beth Friedman-Romell, Sue Starrett assures Shaker’s place as a viable business location on Cleveland’s east side. the nominator, as appropriate. The award will be presented at contributing photographers Shaker’S relocation expertS have: Marc Golub the City Council meeting on January 22 in the Shaker Community • Shaker information packets Jeanne Van Atta & Bill Meckler (Green Street Studio) Tips for Navigating Building at 7:30 p.m. That evening • School & neighborhood Kevin G. Reeves also opens an exhibit of remarkable New Traffic Signals contacts story submissions: photographs, jointly presented by Shaker Life does not accept unsolicited articles or Shaker’s Fair Housing Review Board other editorial material, but story suggestions from Shaker’s new traffic signals bring new and • Certified Shaker rental updates residents are welcome. Send suggestions by (with HUD funding) and the City’s email or letter. Please do not call. We cannot potentially confusing situations. Here are • Details on financial incentives respond to every suggestion or proposal Human Relations Commission. but each will be given consideration. Freelancers: some helpful tips to address frequently asked for eligible home buyers The rarely seen exhibit from Please email the editor for guidelines. questions: Atlanta includes images of Martin •There are new no left turn signs at the rapid subscriptions: Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott Kim Golem, (216) 491-1419 crossings. They only illuminate if a train is King, Jesse Jackson, and other civil SHAKER LIFE is published six times per year by the coming (like railroad crossing signals that deploy Call (216) 491-1332 or visit City of Shaker Heights, Department of Communica- rights activists marching in support tions & Outreach, and distributed free to residents as a train approaches). When the no left turn of open housing in the 1960s. The of the Shaker Heights City School District. signs are illuminated, drivers must stop and wait shakeronline.com photographs also capture many For general City information, call (216) 491-1400 for the train to pass before crossing the tracks. of those who tried to disrupt the or email: [email protected] When the signs are not illuminated, proceed City of Shaker Heights peaceful demonstration. The views of the individuals and organizations across the tracks, with caution, as in the past. 3400 Lee Road interviewed in Shaker Life are not necessarily Shaker Heights, OH 44120 (216) 491-1400 the official views of the City of Shaker Heights. continued on page 6 Affirmatively furthering fair housing for over 30 years © City of Shaker Heights. All Rights Reserved.
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city news coSmoPoLitan Living in northeaSt ohio’S Premier commUnity city news shaker Schedule Changes • In order for the crosswalk signals to cycle, the button must be life To better serve our community of read- • The City of Shaker Heights Finance pressed by the pedestrian waiting to cross the street. They will ers, the publication schedule of Shaker Department was formally recognized not cycle automatically. Life magazine will shift slightly in 2007. by Auditor of State Betty Montgomery • The new crosswalk WALK signals The new schedule jibes more closely with for Excellent Financial Accountability. operate a bit differently. First, pedestrians Recreation offerings, School Calendars Montgomery recently presented will notice the white walk symbol; then the renewal and the changing seasons. Look for the the prestigious Auditor’s Award for of Zack Bruell PLUS winter rec classes a flashing red symbol; then a solid red $3.50 next issue in early February, followed by exemplary 2004 Annual Financial Report
symbol. Pedestrians may cross when the november | december 2006 the April/May, June/July, August/Septem- to the Finance staff, who earned it while 8 Home for the Holiday Celebrate 2007 at Shaker hot spots shakeronline.com white symbol appears and complete their nov1.indd 1 10/18/2006 4:34:48 PM ber, October/November, and December/ under the expert guidance of former crossing during the time that the red January issues. Finance Director Frank Brichacek. flashing symbol appears. Plenty of time Montgomery noted that “fewer than is programmed to get across the street Shaker News Briefs five percent of all the agencies we audit before the solid red symbol appears. are eligible for (this) award. That says a • Lights at most side streets will not • New! on shakeronline.com: Whether it’s information about great deal about the city’s commitment automatically cycle to green any longer. booster shots or bike helmets, you can find it online. Use the to safeguarding taxpayer dollars.” They will only activate to green when a car pulls up to the light. site’s search engine by entering “Health Services.” Find sched- • The Board of the Housing Advocates, This allows traffic on the main streets to keep moving, reducing ules for seasonal flu immunization clinics or year-round blood Inc. awarded Assistant Director of Law neighborhood cut-through traffic. pressure screenings, updates on environmental health monitor- Lisa Gold-Scott the “Fair Housing • The timing sequence of lights at some rapid track crossings ing or directions for obtaining birth and death certificates. Find Achievement Award” in recognition of (such as Shaker and Coventry) is reset so that cars are not stopped revamped Frequently Asked Questions, which cover key health her important contributions to equal on the tracks when the light turns red. concerns such as West Nile Virus, Meningitis, and Pandemic Flu. housing and lending opportunities, not Overall sequencing is synchronized across the City. The Shaker A new Emergency Preparedness section provides resources and only for the residents of Shaker Heights Heights Police Department and City officials thank residents for guidelines to help you keep your family safe. Find useful tips on but also throughout Cuyahoga County. their patience and for advising them of any problem areas. managing severe weather and power outages. Think we’ve missed • The National League of Cities (NLC) something? Be sure to let us know by emailing communica- and CH2M HILL named the City of [email protected]. Shaker Heights a Finalist for the 2006 Awards for Municipal Excellence. The Awards for Municipal Excellence recognize outstanding programs that have significantly contributed to the quality See where your energy dollars are going of life in their city. This year, cities and with an affordable Infrared Energy Audit. towns from 38 states and Washington, DC sent in nominations. Winners of We’ll show you what you can’t see with high the Awards will be announced to the resolution infrared imaging technology. public and recognized formally at NLC’s Congress of Cities & Exposition in Reno, Comprehensive, easy-to-read reports are provided Nevada, December 5-9. to homeowners, inspectors and contractors for cost- effective contractor repair or do-it-yourself projects. Top Seasonal Reminders
The Falling Leaves… Save thousands of dollars by accurately pinpointing …and grass clippings may be placed on sources of: Energy loss, Moisture intrusion, Electrical tree lawns, not in the street, for pickup overload and Construction Defaults. until December 15. Brush collection is suspended during leaf collection.
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Rubbish pickups delayed: Collections Housing transfers between June 1 and July 31, 2006 appear below. The list includes It isn’t too late to consult with scheduled on Thanksgiving, Christmas, only those properties that have had a prior sale within the last 10 years. Excluded are the Department of Neighborhood and New Year’s Day will be one day “quit claim” transfers as well as those resulting from foreclosure, in which the sale Revitalization about making those late. To receive an email reminder when price is not reflective of the property value. energy efficiency decisions that pickup is delayed, sign up for the City’s you forgot about last spring. En- email list at shakeronline.com. 2006 Prior Estimated ergy saving work can be performed Address sale price sale price construction throughout the year. Call 491- 7i½ÀiÊÌ iÊiÝ«iÀÌÃÊÊÃÌi>ÊÊÊÊ Bicycle Licenses: Licenses will be sold cost 1370 to arrange a free assessment >`Ê ÌÊÜ>ÌiÀÊ i>Ì}Ê from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. November 11, 15850 Aldersyde Dr $375,000 $242,900 (1996) $ 15,000 (1938) of your home and to receive infor- `>ÞÊ-«iV> ÃÞÃÌiðÊ"Üi`Ê>`Ê ÌÕiÕ«Ê>`ÊÃ>viÌÞÊëiVÌÊÊÞÕÀÊ i>Ì}ÊiµÕ«iÌ December 9, and January 13, 2007 in 21150 Almar Dr $475,000 $482,500 (2002) $ 40,000 (1961) mation on the Go Green Rebate «iÀ>Ìi`ÊLÞÊ ÀÃÊ>`Ê 3276 Ardmore Road $254,000 $206,000 (2001) $ 11,000 (1924) IÊ Õ«ÊÕÃÌÊLiÊ -6 Êf£x°ää Ê>]ÊvÕÀÌ Ê the Police Department lobby, 3355 Lee Program. «ÀiÃiÌi`ÊÜÌ ÊÞÕÀÊ ",Ê>ÞÊÌ iÀÊÃiÀÛViÊV>I Road. Cost is $5 (re-issued licenses are 2975 Attleboro Road $698,000 $560,000 (2001) $ 15,000 (1936) «>ÞiÌÊÌÊÌiV V>Ê }iiÀ>ÌÊ>Ê 2996 Brighton Road $402,000 $289,000 (1998) $ 11,000 (1921) >ÌÊÌiÊvÊÃiÀÛVi°Ê ÌÊ v>ÞÊiLiÀð 50 cents); please bring the owner’s Social Heating Your Home Û>`ÊÜÌ Ê>ÞÊÌ iÀÊ 22087 Byron Road $265,000 $230,500 (2002) $ 30,000 (1955) `ÃVÕÌðÊ-iÀÛViÊÕÃÌÊ Security number, which will be recorded LiÊ«iÀvÀi`Ê`ÕÀ}Ê 22450 Byron Road $197,000 $163,000 (2000) $ 29,500 (1952) Before problems arise, arrange for À>ÊÜÀ`>ÞÊ ÕÀÃ°Ê on the application. For children, a 22550 Calverton Rd $507,000 $475,000 (2004) $ 15,000 (1934) `>ÞÀ`>Þ°Ê*>ÀÌÃÊ maintenance and cleaning of your >`Ê>LÀÊvÀÊÀi«>ÀÃÊ ÓÓÇÇÊ iiÊ,>`Ê parent’s number can be used. 2780 Chesterton Rd $535,000 $385,000 (1998) $ 60,000 (1958) >``Ì>°Ê"vviÀÊ 2925 Eaton Road $570,000 $649,900 (2003) $ 35,000 (1925) furnace. If a problem has devel- iÝ«ÀiÃÊÎÉΣÉäÇ iÛi>`Êi} Ìà Lost Pets: If you have lost a pet, call the 3003 Eaton Road $586,000 $442,900 (2001) $ 22,000 (1926) oped, it will be easier and cheaper >HGL? OIHCOMKK IMGC^Wdd Public Works Department at 491-1490 19981 Fairmount Bl $165,000 $144,500 (2002) $ 5,850 (1942) to have it fixed now, before the (after hours or emergencies, 491-1499). 22549 Fairmount Bl $284,000 $200,000 (1997) N/a heating season has contractors tied 23820 Fairmount Bl $196,000 $136,000 (1999) $ 36,000 (1958) 0,5-").' (%!4).' !)2 #/.$)4)/.).' "ONDED s )NSUR ED s /( ,)# up. Replace all filters and clear 23750 Hazelmere Rd $259,100 $238,000 (2001) $ 28,000 (1954) items away from the openings to 23851 Hazelmere Rd $241,500 $160,000 (1998) $ 30,000 (1952) 2918 Huntington Rd $293,300 $216,000 (1998) $ 12,000 (1935) help ensure adequate air flow. 3267 Ingleside Rd $268,000 $194,000 (1998) $ 11,000 (1924) 3076 Kingsley Road $875,000 $650,000 (2002) $ 50,000 (1924) Homeowners Win 3291 Lee Road $169,700 $166,667 (2004) $ 82,000 (1990) 2700 Leighton Road $594,000 $571,500 (2005) $ 12,500 (1916) Stars of Shaker 18930 Lomond Blvd $240,500 $210,000 (2005) $ 10,000 (1929) 2006 Awards 19220 Lomond Blvd $250,000 $241,500 (2002) $ 9,800 (1941) 3715 Ludgate Road $ 93,900 $ 80,000 (2005) $ 3,500 (1940) The Stars of Shaker program rec- Citizens Award: The City appreciates 23976 Lyman Blvd $410,000 $300,000 (2001) $ 30,000 (1951) ognizes the owners of homes with nominations from residents for 20011 Malvern Road $465,000 $445,000 (2003) $ 27,000 (1924) the most eye-catching qualities in outstanding customer service – above and 3327 Maynard Road $320,000 $284,000 (2003) $ 14,000 (1924) the neighborhood. The homes are beyond expectations – provided by City 22299 McCauley Rd $673,000 $580,000 (2000) $ 25,000 (1929) a delight - and an inspiration - to employees. Nominations are accepted all 2949 Morley Road $495,000 $346,000 (1996) $ 35,000 (1925) neighbors, who make the nomina- year long for recognition in the spring of 3120 Morley Road $450,000 $340,000 (2000) $ 15,000 (1936) tions. Awards are given for a variety 2007. Instructions can be found in the 3561 Normandy Rd $142,500 $ 94,500 (1998) $ 18,000 (1950) 3535 Norwood Road $210,000 $187,500 (2004) $ 8,500 (1931) of housing styles and by neighbor- Human Resources section of the City 2890 W Park Blvd $617,500 $620,000 (2002) $ 33,000 (1925) hood. Congratulations to the win- website, shakeronline.com. 22226 Parnell Road $725,000 $400,000 (1996) $ 35,000 (1929) ners of this year’s awards: % 3711 Rawnsdale Rd $219,000 $167,500 (1999) $ 8,000 (1935) 25 OFF Parking Ban: Parking is not allowed on 17551 Shaker Blvd $575,000 $455,000 (2004) $ 35,000 (1952) Fernway: your next purchase at the Shaker Heights Shaker streets between 2 and 6 a.m. 3309 Stockholm Rd $160,000 $210,000 (2005) $ 7,000 (1922) Sherwin-Williams store 3632 Sutherland Rd $217,000 $188,000 (2002) $ 11,000 (1929) • Pavlos Pavlidis, 17611 Berwyn SHAKER HEIGHTS Safe City Hotline: To anonymously report 3684 Tolland Road $204,000 $195,000 (2003) $ 9,800 (1941) Road (Overall Curb Appeal, Sin- 16814 Chagrin Boulevard 216-991-8181 any suspicious activity, call 295-3434. 3666 Townley Road $166,000 $187,900 (2003) $ 10,000 (1929) gle-Family) For a store near you, 3654 Traver Road $230,000 $199,500 (2003) $ 9,000 (1935) • Roland and Patricia Arnold, Call 1-800-4-SHERWIN 3574 Winchell Road $207,000 $194,900 (2003) $ 11,500 (1929) (1-800-474-3794) Ask How. Ask Now. Security: The Police Department re- 18231 Lynton Road (Overall Curb Create the Home You’ve or visit sherwin-williams.com. Ask Sherwin-Williams.® 19415 Winslow Road $265,000 $180,000 (1999) $ 15,000 (1929) Expires 12/31/06. Retail sales only. All savings are off regular prices. Excludes minds residents leaving town on vacation Appeal, Two-Family) floorcovering, spray equipment, Color To Go® paint samples, COLOR™ Fan Decks, 2674 Wrenford Road $470,000 $364,000 (2002) $ 15,000 (1940) Always Wanted. Duration® Exterior Coating, Duration Home™, Purdy® brushes and rollers, and to lock securely all windows and doors, to illusions® SandScapes™ and SoftSuede™ Faux Finishes. Must present coupon at continued on next page Turn your house into your dream home with top quality products time of purchase. Void if copied, make arrangements for the house to be Information Source: First American Real Estate Solutions and expert advice from your Shaker Heights Sherwin-Williams purchased, transferred or sold. Not responsible for typographical or artwork store. Right now, get excellent savings on a wide selection of errors. Sherwin-Williams reserves the right to checked periodically, and the newspapers correct errors at point of purchase. ©2006 quality paints, stains, project supplies and more. The Sherwin-Williams Company. and mail to be picked up regularly. 61263MW Shaker Heights, OH Life Magazine Ad Shaker Life Magazine - [email protected] - 10.10 www4.8125".shake x 2.375" r- AFGonl 10.4ine.com november | december 2006 real estate news real estate news FERNWAY, CON’T. • Dr. and Mrs. Richard Cowett, 16333 Parkland Road (Land- and cultural heritage of a Shaker home. IAN W. FREIBERG • Felix and Pilar Martin, 3256 Stockholm Road (Front Porch/ scaping, Single-Family) Winners are announced in May, Na- Entrance, Single-Family) tional Preservation Month, when the Na- General Manager of the • Howard and Diana Geddes, 3380 Norwood Road (Landscap- Sussex: tional Trust and its thousands of partners New Adventure Chrysler ing, Single-Family) • Gwen Thomas and T.J. McCallum, 3608 Norwood Road across the country demonstrate the im- Jeep welcomes all of his (Overall Curb Appeal, Single-Family) portance of the preservation movement Lomond: • Jim and Marie Carr, 18921 Winslow Road (Overall Curb Ap- to our nation’s heritage. friends and loyal customers • Joseph and Anita Miller, 18311 Sherrington Road (Overall peal, Two-Family) Nominations are accepted from any to call or visit him. Curb Appeal, Single-Family) • Suzanne Beatrice, 19442 Winslow Road (Landscaping, Two- group or individual, including property • Robert Cugini, 17601 Winslow Road (Overall Curb Appeal, Family) owners, architects, contractors or neigh- Make Your Best Deal! Two-Family) bors. Nominations can be submitted for • Robert and Valerie Bermel, 3557 Glencairn Road (Landscap- Pictures of winning properties are posted on the City website: single-family, two-family, and multiple- Additional $500 Off ing, Single-Family) shakeronline.com/about/incentive/StarsofShaker2006. family houses, as well as apartment build- With This Ad ings, commercial structures, and religious Moreland: Nominate a buildings. • Charles and Sheila Clark, 3545 Menlo Road (Overall Curb Restored Shaker Home To nominate a property, call the Plan- THE ‘07s 0% Appeal, single-Family) ning Department at 491-1430 for a nom- ARE IN!! FINANCING! • Emma Holmes and son Bruce Holmes, 3553 Ludgate Road The Shaker Heights Landmark Commission is accepting nomi- ination form, or download one from the (Porch/Entrance, Single-Family) nations for its tenth annual Preservation Awards. Shaker’s 2007 City’s website, shakeronline.com (Forms & • Everett Bates, 3642 Pennington Road (Landscaping, Single- awards program is mirrored after the program established by the Permits), or write a letter explaining why Family) National Trust for Historic Preservation. the property is being nominated. Include Shaker’s coveted awards recognize individuals involved in an your name and telephone number as well Onaway: outstanding exterior preservation project completed in the last as the nominee’s name, address, and tele- (Formerly Halpert’s) • Paul Carey, 3161 Huntington Road (Overall Curb Appeal, two years. Recipients are acknowledged for success in preserving, phone number. A high-quality, color pho- Single-Family) rehabilitating, restoring or interpreting the architectural integrity tograph of the property is required. Please 36845 Euclid Avenue 440-946-5700 note that photos become the property of Willoughby www.AdventureChryslerJeep.com the City and will not be returned. The deadline to send nominations is 5 p.m., December 15. Certified Shaker Properties 9OU NOURISH YOUR FAMILY EVERY DAY BUT COOKING DOESNT HAVE TO BE Certified Shaker is a program that rec- ognizes rental properties that meet or A CHORE )F YOUR CURRENT KITCHEN exceed the City of Shaker Heights’ stan- DOESNT INSPIRE YOU WE CAN SHOW dards of excellence, and encourages rental YOU HOW TO CREATE THE KITCHEN OF property owners to make their properties YOUR DREAMS !T 3OMRAK +ITCHENS the best they can be. YOU DREAM IT WELL CREATE IT Congratulations to the new Certified Shaker property owners, listed below. These listings represent some of the best rental properties the City has to offer. 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10 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 11 library news INDIVIDUALITY What Went Wrong in Ohio: The Conyers Re- library news port on the 2004 Presidential Election edited by Anita Miller. Chicago, IL: Academy Chi- Holiday Hours Civil Liberties vs. National Security in a Post- cago Publishers, 2005. This examination Both libraries will close at 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 22, and remain closed all day 9/11 World edited by m. katherine darmer, of the 2004 presidential election process Thursday, November 23, for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Robert m. Baird & Stuart e. rosenbaum. in Ohio was produced by the Democratic Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2004. members and staff of the House Judiciary Both libraries will be closed Sunday, December 24, Monday, December 25, and Mon- This work addresses important issues re- Committee. day, January 1. lated to the critical balance between citi- zens’ freedoms and national security. Both libraries will be closed Monday, January 15 for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Deliver the Vote: A History of Election Fraud, The Bookshelf: Civic Engagement an American Political Tradition–1742-2004 by tracy campbell. New York, NY: Car- Are Privacy Rights Being Violated? edited by Stuart A. Kallen. Detroit, MI: roll & Graf Publishers, 2005. The author Greenhaven Press, 2006. Part of the At Issue series, this book offers a variety of views contends that election fraud is deeply in- on topics related to privacy rights and is useful for student research. grained in American political history, and The Black Laws: Race and the Legal Process in Early Ohio by Stephen middleton. Athens, controversies surrounding recent presi- November’s Local Author OH: Ohio University Press, 2005. This important historical study examines racial dential elections reflect that history. & Book Fair discrimination and civil rights in Ohio. Election Reform by alan marzilli. Phila- Features Writers Workshops Campaign and Election Reform by harry henderson. New York, NY: Facts on File, Inc., delphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004. As part of the Library in a Book series, this volume is a good resource for re- 2004. This point/counterpoint title ex- The Library is hosting a Local Author & Book Fair from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, No- 2804 SOM Center Rd. • Willoughby Hills searching reform issues and steers students to other helpful sources. amines the issues of voting rights and Ph: 440-944-4499 • Fax: 440-944-1335 election laws in an easy-to-use format. vember 19 at the Main Library. The event www.faralli.com is designed to showcase Ohio authors and Law and Election Politics: The Rules of the to provide an audience for them, as well Game edited by matthew J. Streb. Boul- as to provide a one-stop holiday shopping der, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., experience for library visitors. Untitled-1 1 8/17/2006 2:51:47 PM Reader of the Month 2005. This book helps clarify the rela- As an enhancement to this year’s 111th DUNHAM TAVERN MUSEUM andrew morrell tionships between law and politics and event, local authors will present a series their influence on elections. of panel discussions for aspiring authors. ANTIQUES age: 41 The times and topics are: Lives in: Sussex neighborhood Plain Dealing: Ohio Politics and Journalism SHOW Uses: Main Library and Bertram Woods Branch Viewed from the Press Gallery by richard g. 1:30 p.m. Self-Publishing: So You All-time favorite book: Sula by Toni Morrison Zimmerman. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State Want to Publish a Book? NOVEMBER 25 & 26, 2006 Other favorites: Generation X by Douglas Coupland, University Press, 2006. A longtime po- 2:15 p.m. Write in Your Own Back- Saturday,11am-5pm Beloved by Toni Morrison, Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin litical reporter offers a fascinating insid- yard: Local History, Local Stories Sunday, 11am-4pm Likes to read: Media blogs, The Onion, Elmore Leonard, maps er’s view of Ohio politics. 3:00 p.m. Write Now: The Craft and Doesn’t like to read: Theoretical Economics abstracts, tax code, contracts Discipline of Writing Preview Shopping: Right to Vote by Deanne Durrett. New York, what i like best about the library: Enormous resources and friendly staff 3:45 p.m. Writing for Young People: N.Y. Facts on File, Inc., 2005. Written for Saturday, 9am-11am Other interests: Percussion, Apple Computers, running, University of Michigan The Children’s Book Market athletics, water, aviation, Frank Zappa, Formula One students, this appealing volume from the One of the country’s longest-running Family: Wife, Michelle Bolek, Senior Media Relations Manager at the Cleveland American Rights series covers the history The Library has confirmed more than Clinic; Two spoiled American Golden Retrievers, Sammy and Alex, and 2 cats of voting rights from 1789 to 2000. shows featuring quality antiques 40 authors, including Michael Ruhlman, Brief Bio: Andrew Morrell is an eclectic mix: a culturally literate, artistically from 75 dealers Sarah Willis, Loung Ung, Michael Roizen, inclined, former NPR Program Director turned professional photographer with a love Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten returns to Mia Coulton, Joan Plummer Russell, J. of sports and large, goofy dogs. Morrell produced Music from the Hearts of Space in History of Democracy in America by andrew Shaker Gumbel. New York, NY: Nation Books, Everett Prewitt, Marvin McMickle, and San Francisco, was program director of New Hampshire Public Radio, then moved Middle to National Public Radio in Washington, D.C. where he developed NPRTalk for 2005. Election fraud and suppression Les Roberts. Local authors who write for School. Sirius Satellite Radio, one of two 24/7 channels that NPR now feeds the satellite of voters’ rights have a long history in adults, teens, and children will be on hand radio network. In Ann Arbor, Michigan he was program director for the University of our country, and the author offers some to sell and sign books, with a portion of Michigan’s NPR station. He is now settled in Shaker Heights where he developed thoughtful solutions to remedy this per- the proceeds designated for the Library Andrew Morrell Photography (www.andrewmorrell.com) and where he volunteers as vasive threat to democracy’s ideals. Endowment Fund.
Photographer for G.R.I.N. (Golden Retrievers in Need) rescue service. Call either library for details. 216.431.1060 photo by ma r ga et s i mon www.dunhamtavern.org
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Food for Fines Week CelebrASIAN: Passport to Japan November 12–18 Families are invited to celebrate the country and culture of Japan when the library concludes its CelebrASIAN series, 2–4 p.m., Sunday, Bring back your overdue library November 12, at the Main Library. materials plus a non-perishable The Icho Daiko Drummers demonstrate traditional Japanese drumming, food item for each overdue maga- and Edythe Zimmerman zine, book, CD, DVD or video and discusses Life the library will waive your fines and Images: A Child’s donate the food to a local hunger View, part of a cultural exchange center. program between Non-perishable foods in high- American and est demand include canned tuna, Japanese school beef stew, boxed pasta, canned or children. Created by Japanese children, boxed baby food, canned vegeta- the images were bles, and peanut butter. originally curated by Cleveland Museum of Art, and are on display at the Main Library through December 4. Please register for the program by calling the Main Library at 991-2030.
worldview. 6i=Vi]VlVn7gdlcHX]dda!lZVgZXgZVi^c\aZVYZgh XVeVWaZd[hZgk^c\VhX]Vc\ZV\Zcih^ci]ZldgaY Xdbbjc^in#DjgcZl8ZciZg[dg 8VaajhidYVnVi'&+('%-,+,idÒcYdji =7#6 8d"ZY:Vgan8]^aY]ddY$<^gah@"&' Hathaway Brown School19600 North Park Boulevard Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122216 320 8767www.hb.edu 14 www.shakeronline.com library news library news Get Your Jeans on the Main Library for everyone to see! Library Sponsors 9th Annual to be distributed during Black History which expires March 31, 2007. The new 15600 Parkland Drive, Shaker Heights, Registration begins December 30. Call Dr. Martin Luther month. Winners in each category, grades board member would begin duties April Ohio 44120. for this Big Event for the Main Library Teen/Fiction Desk: 991- King, Jr. Writing Contest 3 and 4; grades 5 and 6; and grades 7 and 1, 2007. Completed applications must be Sisterhood of the 2030. 8 will also receive U.S. Savings Bonds. Shaker Library is a school district public returned to the Board of Education by Traveling Pants Fanatics! The library invites youth Contest rules and application forms are library serving the same geographic area Thursday, February 1, 2007. Teen Advisory Board to in grades 3–8 to enter available in the Children and Teen Depart- as the schools, but is a separate political Forever in Blue, the last book in the Sister- Review Books its 9th Annual Dr. Mar- ments at both libraries. The contest ends entity with an autonomous Board. The Books for Discussion hood of the Traveling Pants quartet, is finally tin Luther King, Jr. Stu- December 8 and winners will be notified Board of Trustees is the governing body The Library offers a number of here! Visit the Main Library between 1 For the first time ever the Teen Advisory dent Writing Contest. in January. for the library and establishes policies and book discussion opportunities and 3 p.m. Saturday, January 13, and get Board will participate in Harper Teen Dr. Martin Luther King, The Awards Reception will be held at approves library spending. for residents interested in shar- in on the fun. Publishing’s First Look Program. The Jr. dedicated his life to 4:30 p.m. Friday, January 12, 2007 at the Current members are Emma Benning, ing their reading experience. Decorate a leg publisher will provide Advanced Reader’s teaching the importance Main Library, when the children will read Ken McGovern, Kurt Miller, Thomas of our jeans your their winning entries and receive their Schorgl, Jeanne Shatten, and Donna Copies of new teen titles to the group, of peace and equality. In 2 p.m. Saturday, November 11 way just like Bridg- who will then read and write reviews of prizes. Whyte. The board usually meets at 6:30 one of his speeches he The Keepers of the House by Shirley Grau et, Carmen, Tibby, “tomorrow’s books today.” said, “Sooner or later, all p.m. the second Monday of the month and Lena! Enter to Library Seeks Unimaginable secrets are uncovered in The reviews will be published online at the people of the world will have to dis- from September through June at the Main this southern generational saga when the win your own copy the Harper Teens website. This is an excit- cover a way to live together.” Candidates for Library, 16500 Van Aken Boulevard. of Forever in Blue! Eat family discovers an ancestor had married ing opportunity for our T.A.B. members This year’s contest seeks short contri- Board of Trustees Shaker school district residents his black housekeeper and mistress. munchies and chat to be the first to read popular new teen butions of poetry or prose asking students interested in being considered for the with other Travel- books, learn the art of writing book re- What if...you could make his dream come The Shaker Heights Board of Education appointment can pick up an application 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 14 ing Pants fanatics. views, influence peer reading tastes, and true? In 100 words or less, in prose or is looking for candidates for the Shaker at either Shaker Library and the Board Where God Was Born by Bruce Feiler Then, we’ll hang get free books. poetry, they are asked to write about one Heights Public Library Board of Trustees. of Education Administration building Read about the geographical tour taken by all of the decorated thing they can do to make it happen. The appointment is for a 7-year term, to beginning December 1, or they can address a prominent biblical commentator to dis- “traveling pants” in All entries will be printed as bookmarks fill the term of Mimi Friedman Karon, their request to: Library Trustee Search, cover where God was born. Shaker Heights Board of Education, Expert opinions. Personal service. Larchmere Imports Exceptional windows. The experts in BMW Specialists home window and • Competitive Prices door replacement. One call, and a team of • OEM BMW Parts professionals is at your • ASE Certified Technicians command. 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The Cleveland native has ing soldiers, which pull her back to the police is thrust into the heart of the city’s about growing up in the wings with a fa- had three collections of poetry published: battlefields of France. vast crime network when a colleague’s ther who performed on Broadway and a Blackeyed (Burning Press, 1994), Fem- girlfriend is murdered. mother who fought a losing battle with bles (Heartlands Today, 1996) and White, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 28 mental illness. a Wick Chapbook (Kent State Univer- The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 13 sity, 1997). Other books include: Poetry This satire about sin and salvation is ex- The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Poetry Back in the Woods Power (Silvermoon Press, 2003), Public plained in a series of letters between a se- Success as You Start, Build or Manage a Busi- Education and the Imagination-Intellect: nior demon and a demon-in-training. ness by Martha Stewart At 7 p.m., Tuesday, De- I Speak from the Wound in my Mouth Discuss the domestic diva’s rules for suc- cember 19, musician (Peter Lang, 2002) and Working Hard for 2 p.m. Saturday, December 9 cess. Aaron Hoke will ac- the Money (Bottom Dog Press, 2002), Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress company poets Mary which she co-edited with Larry Smith. by Sijie Dai 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 19 Weems and Katie Daley Katie Daley is an Ohio Arts Council Two boys are sent to a remote Chinese vil- Open Secrets by Alice Munro on the cello and guitar Fellowship recipient and has performed lage for re-education during the Cultural This collection of short stories reveals the at Woods Branch. Hoke poetry in theatres, junkyards, bistros and Revolution and learn a timeless lesson in mysteries and self-deceptions in the or- is a graduate of West- on radio and TV. She was the producer loyalty and friendship. dinary lives of women living in Ontario, minster Choir College in Princeton, New of the sixth Writers and Their Friends Canada. Jersey, where he earned a degree in voice. 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 12 Literary Gala held at the Cleveland Play He is an avid instrumentalist specializing House in June. Since 2001, she has per- A Dangerous Friend by Ward Just Colonialism and idealism clash in this pro- in string instruments. He currently directs formed her show, Full Blast Alive: Voices vocative book set in 1965 Saigon when a the instrumental music program at Beau- from the Ruby Side, at clubs and universi- group of young civilians sets out to reform mont High School in Cleveland Heights. ties around the country. Her publications Vietnam.shaker life 10_5 10/10/06 11:54 AM Page 1 include chapbooks: Coyote at the Wheel, Red Hot Mangoes and Voodoo Juice. She has also produced a CD, Full Blast Alive: Voices from the Ruby Side. “Laurel shaped Dr. Marvin McMickle Laurel helped Jennifer Headlines Kwanzaa the way I navigate navigate her life... let us Celebration at Main Library show you how we can do Kwanzaa was created to introduce and re- — Jennifer Coleman Fluker my life.” the same for your daughter. inforce seven basic values of African Cul- ture, which contribute to building and re- Laurel graduate Jennifer inforcing family, community, and culture among African Americans. These vales are Coleman Fluker is an called the NGUZO SABA, which means architect, entrepreneur the Seven Principles in Swahili. Girls: Kindergarten – Grade 12 Families are invited to celebrate Kwan- and a remarkable woman. Coeducational: Early Childhood Center zaa at 7 p.m. Thursday, December 28, at Owner of Jennifer the Main Library. Reverend Marvin Mc- Mary Lou: A Step Above the Rest Mickle of Antioch Baptist Church pres- Coleman Creative LLC, Why should you care that for the past 20 years I have been Dream... Dare... Do! ents the Seven Principles. Storytellers in the Top 1% within the finest real estate company in she recently founded One Lyman Circle Kharinne Shinaul, Deborah Ike, and Ceco Northeast Ohio? Because supremely satisfied buyers and Shaker Heights, OH 44122 sellers put me there! Those I have helped in the past will be Selinas weave their magic with tales about thrilled to tell you why I should be the one to help you with CityProwl Cleveland, Admission Office • 216.464.0946 the celebration, and a youth band and your real estate needs today and tomorrow. offering digital walking www.laurelschool.org choir provide music. Please call me for references. tours of Cleveland’s The family program is free; however, reservations are requested, 991-2030. neighborhoods. VM:216.999.8411 Off:216.751.8550 website:maryloumchenry.com email:[email protected] 18 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 19 library news Main Library 16500 Van Aken Boulevard 216-991-2030 Corner Bertram Woods Branch 20600 Fayette Road 216-991-2421 Library and Shaker Two Health Programs Woods Branch, Dr. Dennis Landis, a Play and Learn Station at Winter Session: January 9–March 1, 2007 December 18–23: Visit the library and neurologist with University Hospitals of Main Library Family Center Cosponsor End the Library’s 10 a.m. Mondays or Wednesdays at decorate a trio of gingerbread men. Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Cleveland, Inc. speaks about brain health A free preschool literacy program that of- Woods Branch January 22–27: Create a winter wonder- Preschool Fair Programming Year and brain disorders. fers interactive opportunities for parents land. Landis received his undergraduate and or caregivers to explore with their chil- 10 a.m. Tuesdays or Thursdays at Main Shaker Library and Shaker Family Center Dyhann Rhodes, Nurse his medical degrees from Harvard Uni- dren, ages birth to 5 years old. Library American Girl® invite families to a Preschool Fair from Educator with The versity. He trained at University Hospital Kids’ 10 a.m.–noon Tuesdays, Thursdays & In-person registration begins 9 a.m. Saturday, Dolls Through History 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, January 25, Diabetes Association of San Diego County, Peter Bent Brigham Saturdays ; 6–8 p.m. Tuesdays & December 9 for Shaker Heights City School For youth in grades 1–4 on the second floor of the Main Library. of Greater Cleveland, Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Thursdays. No registration is required. District residents. Non-residents may register Meet monthly to explore history through Representatives from area early child- speaks about diabetes and the National Institutes of Health in beginning Tuesday, December 12. Please regis- the eyes of the American Girl® dolls. hood programs share information about with a particular em- Bethesda, Maryland. Landis is board cer- Play and Learn Babies at ter at the library where your child will attend. Listen to a passage from the first book in their programs. Parents have the opportu- phasis on the African- tified in Internal Medicine, Psychiatry and Main Library the doll’s series. Play a game, make a craft nity to meet directors and staff members American population Neurology. A special room filled with literacy-based Preschool Stories and enjoy a snack from that doll’s time Stories and fun for ages 3-, 4-, and 5- and explore the wide variety of options for and the recent increase Reservations are requested, 991-2421. activities just for babies from birth to 18 period. INFO: year-olds. their children. Shaker Family Center in Type 2 diabetes found in teens at 7:30 months and their parents or caregivers. 10 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. Mondays at 991-2023, or Main Library 991-2030. p.m. Wednesday, November 8 at the Main 10 a.m.–noon Tuesdays, Thursdays & Meet Felicity 2–4 p.m. Library. Rhodes emphasizes the keys to Saturdays; 6–8 p.m. Thursdays Main Library Friday, November 10 Main Library 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays or 10 a.m. Thursdays prevention and to the management of the No registration required. Saturday, November 11 Main Library disease. Teen Scene at Woods Branch Meet Josefina 2–4 p.m. Having lived and managed Type 1 diabe- The Teen Center Play and Learn Station for There is no program on November 7. Programs Saturday, December 2 Main Library tes for the past 25 years, Rhodes can speak Ages 12 – 16 Caregivers Only at Main Library end November 16 for Thanksgiving recess and Saturday, January 6 Main Library from both a patient’s and a professional’s Main Library 2nd Floor A preschool literacy program that offers resume the week of January 8. No registration Registration begins two weeks before each point of view. Reservations are requested 3:30 – 8 p.m. Monday – Thursday interactive opportunities for caregivers to is required, however, large groups should make program. by calling: 991-2030. Note: The Teen Center is closed when the explore with their children, ages birth to special arrangements. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 7 at Shaker Schools are closed. 5 years old. Paws For Reading continued 10 a.m.–noon Wednesdays Evening Preschool Storytime For youth in grades 1–4 A one-time registration is required. Please call at Woods Branch Celebrate Children’s Book Week by read- Shaker Family Center at 921-2030. Stories, songs and crafts for 3-, 4-, ing your favorite story to man’s best and 5-year-olds. friend. Meet a member of Therapy Dog Play and Learn programs are co-spon- 7 p.m. Wednesdays, November 1, International, who talks about the pro- sored with Shaker Family Center. December 6 and January 3 gram and assign you to read to one of Registration begins two weeks before each their therapy dogs. Book Babies storytime. Main Library Stories, songs, games, and rhymes for 2–4 p.m. Saturday, November 18 one-year-olds with an adult. Pajama Stories at Woods Branch Winter Session: Stories for children ages 3 and up with or Winter Light Celebration January 9–February 28, 2007 without an adult. For youth in Grades 1–4 Babies 12-18 months old 7:15 p.m. Mondays, November 20, Celebrate seasonal holiday traditions with Fast. Experienced. Caring. (Must be 12 months by Jan. 1, 2007.) December 18 and January 22 stories, crafts and a treat. 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Woods Branch Registration begins two weeks before each Main Library Babies 18-24 months old storytime. 4:15–5 p.m. Wednesday, December 13 (Must be 18 months by Jan. 1, 2007.) Registration begins two weeks before the 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Woods Branch Afterschool Authors at program. 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Main Library Woods Branch In-person registration begins 9 a.m. Saturday, Cool Knights December 9 for Shaker Heights City School A series of fun creative writing workshops For youth in grades 2–4 South Pointe Hospital What you need in an emergency. District residents. Non-residents may register for children in grades 2–5. beginning Tuesday, December 12. Please regis- Winter Session: January 10–February 28 Examine real pieces of armor used by me- Warrensville Heights dieval knights and Renaissance noblemen 216.491.6000 Our team of dedicated emergency care specialists is ter at the library where your child will attend. 4:15 p.m. Wednesdays Registration begins December 20. brought to the library by a representative Sagamore Hills Medical Center ready to care for you and your family at a moment’s Toddlers from the Cleveland Museum of Art. 330.468.0190 notice. EMS units from twenty-four communities call us for help. South Pointe Hospital. We’re here when Stories, songs, and movement for 2-year- Make-It-Take-It Week at 4:15–5 p.m. Tuesday, January 16 www.southpointehospital.org you need us in Warrensville Heights, just minutes olds with an adult. (Must be 2 years old by Woods Branch Woods Branch from the I-271 Harvard Rd. exit, and in Sagamore November 20–25: Visit the library and Registration begins January 2. Jan. 1, 2007.) continued We’re here when you need us. Hills just minutes from the I-271 Rt. 82 exit. make a take-home turkey for Thanksgiving. continued 20 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 21 HV-0600Z_shaker_ VIP 4/6/06 1:28 PM Page 1 library news library news Our Success is Built T.A.B. (Teen Advisory Board) Meeting for all members With a little help On Teamwork! Main Library from our friends... 7:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Tuesdays, Decem- On September 11, ber 12, January 23 Friends of the Shaker amlet i a e Library dedicated a H V IN CHAGRIN FALLS Exhibits on Display new flagpole at the 7 '7 on the Main Library Main Library. The Art Wall project was funded by the Friends with assistance from Through December 4: Life Images: A Child’s View the City of Shaker 7E 3ERVE !LL Heights Neighbor- hood Revitalization December 8 – January 16, 2007: 9OUR &AVORITES Glass, Fog and Fur: Digital Photography Department. by Andrew Morrell Where every Resident is a VIP! !ND -ORE Let Your Meet the photographer • The Red Cross Bloodmobile is at the Main Library from 2–7 p.m. Monday, Spring Rolls (Shanghai or Vegetarian) Success Be 7 p.m. Thursday, December 14 Built with Us! December 11. January 19 – March 2, 2007: • The Library Board meets at 6:30 p.m. Team Up with Reproductions of the Harlem Renaissance Caple-Henderson Painters by Richard Howell Mondays, November 13 at Woods Branch, and on December 11 and January 8 in the Main Library Boardroom. OFFICE: 216.991.8400 End Notes East: Van Aken Center, Shaker Hts. 216.751.8181 suburbanClockNOL2VOICE MAIL: 216.999.8326 10/5/06 (TEAM) 10:58 AM Page West: Beachcliff Mkt. Sq., Rocky River 440.333.9902 • Friends of the Shaker Library meets E-MAIL: [email protected] • Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) continues to offer free, 60- at 7 p.m., Tuesdays, November 14 and minute, one-to-one business counseling December 19, and January 16, at the BecauseTimeisPrecious... Main Library. This Holiday Season, let ...we have made clocks for residents interested in beginning or You Deserve the Very Best and their care our growing a small business. A pre-interview your heart sing with Unity only business for over • Library staff offers a variety of free com- 50 years. form must be completed. Call 991-2030 in Retirement Living of Greater Cleveland. for details. puter classes ranging from How to Use A Join us at Unity of Greater Cleveland for the Clocks – Mouse to Microsoft Access classes. Brochures Hamlet Village offers the very best in retirement lifestyles. Our 47- Gifts for a lifetime! following Holiday Services. All are welcome. • Knit Nights are held from 7–8:45 listing class dates and times are available acre campus in the heart of Chagrin Falls offers a wonderful jour- Since 1953 at the Information Desks at both libraries ney through the seasons, conveniently located near charming village Thanksgiving Day Service & Feast p.m., Thursdays, November 2, 16, and Nov. 23 11:00 AM and online at www.shakerlibrary.org. shops and restaurants. With affordable, maintenance-free spacious For the Best Time 30 at Woods Branch. Bring a project and apartments to choose from, Hamlet offers all of the amenities and Service of Remembrance get or give help. 991-2421. In 2007, Dec. 14 7:00 PM 76 Front Street Berea the library will begin a series of the peace of mind you deserve, including: Just south of Hopkins Airport • The exhibit now on display on the programs that focus on the theme “What Christmas Celebration 440-234-4027 If...?” ■ Full calendar of social, cultural, educational, and recreational activities Dec. 17 9:00 and 11:00 AM www.suburbanclock.com Main Library Art Wall is entitled Life Im- REPAIRS • RESTORATIONS • HOUSE CALLS ages: A Child’s View. ■ “Country Club” style fine dining and private Club House Christmas Eve Candlelighting Dec. 24 11:00 PM ■ Assisted living options and medical care Traditional Sunday Services at 9 and 11 AM Dream Home • Main Library Community Rooms W H A T World Peace Meditation E & F and the Woods Branch Community Find out for yourself why Hamlet Village is in a class by itself. Dec. 31 7:00 AM Construction Room are not available for use on Mon- Call 440-247-4676. Burning Bowl 440-285-8516 • 216-346-8783 day, November 6 and Tuesday, November Dec. 31 9:00 and 11:00 AM Recipient of 7 as they are polling places. Main Library 2006 Life begins at Hamlet Village! Unity of Greater Cleveland Professional community rooms E & F are used as the Rev. Joan Gattuso Remodeler voting site for precincts S, HH and KK. 3350 Warrensville Center Road of the Year HAMLET VILLAGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY Shaker Heights, OH Award The Woods Branch community room is 200 HAMLET HILLS DRIVE | CHAGRIN FALLS, OH 44022 216-751-1198 the voting site for precincts B and V. If ? www.unitygreatercleveland.com What if the library could enhance your PHONE: 440-247-4676 | WWW.HAMLETRETIREMENT.COM • KITCHEN REMODELS • BATH REMODELS Sunday services 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. • BASEMENT REMODELS • ADDITIONS life? Resolve to visit the Shaker Library to Children’s Church 11:00 a.m. • NEW HOMES • CUSTOM WOODWORKING see what’s new and exciting. No Large Entrance Fee. Affiliated with Unity School of Christianity. Visit Our Website: Publisher of Daily Word. dreamhomeconstruction.org 22 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 23 Shaker Heights’ celebrity chef went into retreat after he shook of zack bruell up the foodie world – and his the renewal peace of mind – at Z Contem- porary Cuisine. Older and wiser now, he still turns genius in the kitchen. Ask anyone who’s been to Parallax. by Nancy O’Connor Zack Bruell put Cleveland on the world’s dining map when he opened Z Contemporary Cuisine in Shaker Heights in 1985. A restaurant he de- scribes as “20 years ahead of its time” in both design and California-inspired cui- sine, “Z” earned chef Bruell national acclaim and drew steady crowds of discerning diners for 10 years. Now the Shaker native is at it again with Parallax, the seafood-centered restaurant “with a considerable Asian influence” that opened in Cleveland’s Tremont neigh- borhood in 2004. Local and national me- dia have praised Parallax as a “chic” and “world-class” restaurant with “precise but unpretentious fare.” It’s been billed as “a wonderful gift to the region’s serious diners” 24 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 25 thanks to its “delicate blend of classical French technique and After closing Z in 1995, a worn-out Bru- ell “exited the stage” for several years, Asian-influenced flavors, collected in a seafood-focused menu working a day job at the prestigious Ken that sizzles with intelligence and wit.” Stewart’s Grille in Akron while he sorted things out. During the eight-year inter- But the Zack Bruell of Parallax is a different man than the one lude, he seemingly experienced his own Z aficionados may remember. Still a creative culinary genius “parallax” (defined on a glass panel in the restaurant’s vestibule as “an appar- with high personal and professional standards, today’s Bruell ent change in the direction of an object is no longer driven to be a celebrity chef or his restaurant’s star attraction – roles he played at Z, which, in hindsight, required When he opened Z at Tower him to sacrifice far too much for far too long. East in 1985, “I knew what “People are rediscovering me, and I have reinvented my- I was doing was radically self,” says the older, wiser, and more mellowed culinary artist, different, and I was deter- husband, and father of three, who now spends as much time mined to make it work. I was socializing in the dining room as fussing in the kitchen…and young, naïve, and driven. If I succeeded, Cleveland was all the time he can manage on the golf course. going to go forward.” caused by change in observational posi- The interior was designed by architect Ron Reed of Westlake, Reed & Leskosky. The original ceilings were removed and sound absorbing panels were hung to give the room tion that provides a new line of sight”). more height. Windows that had separated the bar from the dining room were removed While he’s the first to admit he sports to give a sense of flow and energy.photo by kevin g. reeves. Parallax faves: rainbow roll; a large ego, battles perfectionism, and has seared tuna, with green peppercorn and Dijon mustard sauce. photo by marc golub. “an extreme independent streak,” Bruell now sees things differently than when he first set out to conquer the world. During the next four years, the groundwork was laid for how he looks at dining out. After graduating from Shaker High in “It isn’t just about eating. I came to see the restaurant as a stage, each one a different 1971, he headed to the Wharton School type of theater. And I’m an actor on that stage.” of Finance and Commerce at the Uni- Philadelphia was going through a renaissance at the time, he remembers. “Philly versity of Pennsylvania to study business. was like a smaller version of New York City. I became an urban person. I knew the “But I got drafted near the end of the restaurant world was where I wanted to be – every night was a party.” Viet Nam War, yanked out in the middle What he came to realize, however, “was that the party never ends. Worse yet, as the of college. I ended up in the Coast Guard restaurant owner and chef, you’re working the party.” Reserve. I wasn’t going to be firing a gun In time, Bruell moved to California to work as a luncheon chef at an innovative or have someone fire bullets at me.” restaurant his college friend Michael McCarty had opened in Santa Monica. Michael’s He eventually resumed his studies at was fast becoming a world-renowned destination as it broke new ground on many the University of Colorado, graduating fronts. “Up to this point, ‘fancy’ had always meant formal,” Bruell explains. “But not with a degree in business. From there, he at Michael’s. Servers were younger, dressed less formally, and the place was decorated went to The Restaurant School in Penn- with great art and great flowers. The cuisine was light, charcoal-grilled French cuisine. sylvania. “I had always been intrigued by Michael’s drew the power people of L.A. and the world.” restaurants; they were so foreign to me,” It was the early 1980s, a time when, Bruell notes, “chefs were just beginning to he says. “I wanted to know the mystery of become celebrities.” Had negotiations moved more quickly, Cleveland might have lost what went on behind the kitchen wall.” Bruell to New York City, where McCarty wanted his help in opening a second location. While a student at The Restaurant Instead, Bruell was lured back to Cleveland in 1982 when aspiring restaurant owners School, he realized that for the first time offered him “an outrageous amount of money” to work for them. in his life, he was studying something he Three years later, he opened his own place, Z Contemporary Cuisine, in Shaker’s was truly interested in. “I was enjoying Tower East office building at Chagrin Boulevard and Northfield Road. school, not just going through the mo- He chose the suburban location “because downtown Cleveland was just not hap- tions. I also realized I might have a gift for pening then. I wanted to locate where the people were, near where the money was. I this. I ended up staying on to teach and realized that if I was going to be a culinary pioneer, I didn’t need to be pioneering the opened a restaurant with some people in neighborhood, too.” continued on page 36 Philly.” 26 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 27 Home for the fire food and drink Perfectly prepared food and Holidayby the editors drink at reasonable prices, in an exciting atmosphere. Shaker resident Zack Bruell, the subject of the previous article, told 13220 Shaker Square Cleveland writer Nancy O’Connor that his famous Tremont restaurant, Parallax, (216) 921-3473 does not do anything special on New Year’s Eve. It should be obvi- www.firefoodanddrink.com ous that Bruell has always gone his own way. However, the restaurant One seating available for multi- districts nearer to home will be lit up, thanks to a wide array of dining course New Year’s Eve Wine and entertainment options – the most options the area has seen in Dinner. Nick Puin Jazz Trio will perform. Reservations required. some years. Call Graham Girard, ext. 148. There are some suave newcomers, such as Boulevard Blue on Larchmere and Sergio’s Saravá at Shaker Square, that will put on the dog for the occasion. Saravá, for example, will feature some variations on chef Sergio Abramof ’s Brazilian fare, and also will have live Brazil- ian music. Some of the established Shaker destinations – Pearl of the Orient, Matsu, and Rudy’s Pub (formerly Noggin’s) – will feature special menus, tastings, or dancing – or all three. Champagne will be everywhere. Speaking of which: The Italian Café Residents should consider using the Rapid if they plan to greet Classic Italian cooking for every palate. 2007 at one of the local hot spots. The Rapid is inexpensive, fun, and 20153 Van Aken Blvd. a safe alternative to driving. Shaker Heights (216) 752-9994 Larchmere Tavern Upscale American cuisine Boulevard Blue 13051 Larchmere Blvd. Offers an upscale urban Shaker Heights atmosphere featuring (216) 721-1111 contemporary American cuisine. 2718 Larchmere Blvd., Cleveland Dinner specials and regular menu offered until (216) 721-5500 11 p.m. in festive holiday atmosphere with www.boulevardblue.com live music. Reservations recommended but not required. New Year’s Eve Prix Fixe menu Luchita’s on the Square features three- or four-course Authentic Mexican cuisine. meals, with four options within 12112 Shaker Square, Cleveland each course, and optional wine. (216) 561-8537 Live music provided by LT & the Blues Express. Reservations required. 28 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 29 Consulting + Construction Inc. Matsu Japanese Restaurant Rudy’s Pub (formerly Noggin’s) Serving the highest-quality Japanese Featuring the original Noggin’s cuisine in the most beautiful, chefs and local musicians. Need direction on the construction tranquil atmosphere. 20110 Van Aken Blvd. Shaker Heights or renovation of your home? 20126 Chagrin Blvd., Shaker Heights (216) 752-9280 (216) 767-1111 www.rudyspub.org www.matsurestaurant.com New Year’s Eve Buffet Dinner Multi-course New Year’s Eve Dinner & in addition to regular menu. Champagne menu in addition to the Live music, dancing, and regular menu, plus sake tasting and champagne toasts. martini specials. Reservations recom- mended but not required. Pearl of the Orient The first Northern Chinese John Park, President and Szechwan restaurant in Cleveland. 25 years of experience in the building, remodeling, 20121 Van Aken Blvd. Shaker Heights restoration and design of fine homes (216) 751-8181 Networked with the finest Architects, Designers www.pearl-east.com and Craftsmen in Northeast Ohio Regular menu with delicious Bringing sensible management of time, cost and New Year’s Eve giveaways, from egg rolls to dinner service to the trades entrees. Reservations recom- mended but not required. Call JP Compass Consulting and Construction for your next home project 440-389-0028 ...because everyone needs direction continued on page 74 30 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 31 How the struggle to integrate Shaker elementary schools changed the community forever Local Legends: by rory o’connor Bob Ginn It can be argued that racial integration, successful racial integra- tion, has defined Shaker Heights since World War II. Integration began in 1955 in the neighborhoods south of Van Aken Boule- Ivard – Moreland, Ludlow, Lomond, Sussex – that were built be- fore the war for the express purpose of providing starter homes for Shaker’s young (white) professionals. In the ’50s these homes became affordable to black veterans and their families who were benefiting from the post-war educational and vocational oppor- tunities that gave rise to the vast American middle class. Nineteen fifty-five also was the year that a young Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company executive, Robert N. Ginn, and his wife, Barbara, joined Plymouth Church in Shaker so that their children, Ann, Martha, and Tim, could attend its Sunday school. By the early 1960s Bob Ginn was advocating the safe and Robert N. Ginn photo by green street studio. Moreland School sane integration of Plymouth Church. “I’m a liberal Protestant,” students, October 1962. photos courtesy Shaker Heights Public Ginn says matter-of-factly, as if that explains how he thinks. Library local history collection. In a way it does. Plymouth Church in 1955 was Congrega- tionalist, a Colonial-era denomination. The church was founded by a contingent of abolitionist Presbyterians who broke away schools. Ginn’s courageous and principled stand against rac- from the Old Stone Church in downtown Cleveland in 1850 ism, his energetic volunteer service, and his passion for educa- because it would not take an anti-slavery stand. In fact, the name tion as everyone’s right have enshrined him as one of Shaker’s, Plymouth Church was suggested by the famous New York City and indeed one of Greater Cleveland’s, most revered citizens. preacher and abolitionist Henry Beecher Ward, after his own For Ginn and others, the move from neighborhood integra- church in Brooklyn. tion to integration of Shaker’s public elementary schools was a But Bob Ginn is no wild-haired old Freedom Rider. Far from logical progression. it. Nor is he just a mere liberal Protestant. He’s an establishment Since the 1950s and beginning with efforts by the Ludlow liberal Protestant, with an unshakable belief in social justice, and Community Association, residents worked diligently to estab- an equally unshakable belief in the virtues of capitalism. lish stable and diverse neighborhoods in Shaker Heights. For some, those two beliefs are irreconcilable. For Ginn, they By the late ’60s, three of the four elementary schools south are two sides of the same coin. of Van Aken – Lomond, Ludlow, and Sussex – had been suc- On one side, Ginn’s 40-year career at CEI and Centerior cessfully integrated because the neighborhoods themselves Energy Corporation prompted him in the name of capitalism were racially balanced, thanks in large part to housing pro- to help orchestrate the political machinations that drove events grams established by the neighborhood Community Associa- during the Dennis Kucinich mayoral era in Cleveland, an era that tions and the Shaker Heights Citizens Advisory Commission. defined the city for the nation. That determination to address and work through similar issues On the other side, he was in the front lines of the long and marked an era – of 50 years duration – during which the City historic movement to integrate Shaker’s public elementary became a model for the nation. (See sidebar.) continued on page 66 32 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 33 the achievers theAn occasional feature about achievers extraordinary high school students by nancy o’connor photos by marc golub Wesley Lowery An opinionated teenager? Stop the presses! Rewind the life of your favorite newspaper columnist to junior year of high school and he or she would prob- ably be found in a room not unlike Shaker High’s Room 231. Here is where Shaker High’s journalism classes meet and where the school’s monthly student news- paper, the Shakerite, comes together. For Editor-in- Chief Wesley Lowery, Room 231, with its mammoth dry erase boards, sagging stacks of old newspapers, and well-worn folding tables and chairs, has been “home away from home” since he enrolled in Journalism I his freshman year. This Friday afternoon in September, Wesley is lead- ing the Advanced Journalism class with co-editor Al- lison Scharfstein, a fellow junior. Their students, who double as Shakerite section editors, staff reporters, photographers, and designers, are updating the edi- Annie Sivertson tors on the status of their assignments, the deadlines for which are fast approaching. The following Monday Catch a Rising Star marks the start of “deadline week” – the intense five Awe-struck. That’s how she left those gathered at Severance Hall on New Year’s Eve days when the group will devote class time as well as 2004 after performing the Pippin classic “No Time at All” with Carl Topilow and the early morning and late afternoon hours to finalize their Cleveland Pops Orchestra. first issue of the 2006-2007 school year. Chills. That’s what she gave the audience during her solo vocal rendition of John Following brief discussions about the mechanics of Lennon’s “Imagine” at last spring’s Shaker High School Spring Ensemble show. deadline week – of key concern is who will bring what Both performances stand out as peak moments in the budding career of the 17-year- snack which day – the students get down to business. old singer-songwriter-actress Annie Marie Sivertson. Many move to the adjoining computer lab to continue “Receiving a standing ovation in Severance Hall was undoubtedly the highlight in my work on their stories and layout their section pages, singing/songwriting career thus far,” says the soft-spoken, self-assured Annie, a senior while Wesley huddles with sophomore Colin Jackson, at Shaker High. Being someone who greatly admires the lasting impact of the Beatles, one of the editors of the Shaker Speaks opinion page. performing “Imagine” was, she says, “a pleasure, a dream, and an honor.” continued on page 72 continued on page 69 34 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 35 recreation & leisure Zack Bruell continued from page 27 His determination to succeed, he ac- after that, I had planned a Saturday night knowledges, overshadowed all other areas off to attend a father-daughter dance, but of his life. “I’m very driven to the point my replacement was a no-show. That was where everything else disappears around it, right there. I was done. I found a buyer me. I knew what I was doing was radi- and I got out.” cally different, and I was determined to Bruell took a year off to do nothing. “I make it work. I promised myself I would played golf, read books, spent time with winter never compromise what I did artistically. I my family.” His wife Laurie is a teacher was young, naïve, and driven. I looked at at Shaker Middle School, daughter Frede- myself as a barometer of what was going rique is a sophomore at Elon University, to happen to Cleveland – if I succeeded, and twins Julian and Remi are juniors at activities Cleveland was going to go forward.” Shaker High. Then, after eight years serving up Everything about Z was different, from lunches at Ken Stewart’s Grille in Akron, its cutting-edge cuisine to its minimalist Bruell knew “the time had come when I Don't Miss the... decor. “We got a lot of national press be- needed to do something for myself again.” cause of that, and partly because I was He found space in a century-old building 3rd Annual Chuck Rossbach doing it in Cleveland,” Bruell says. “The in the Tremont area and enticed former Z Learn-to-Skate question was always, ‘What the hell are employee David Schneider, cofounder of Competition you doing there?’ ” Chicago’s Bin 36, to leave the Windy City All Learn-to-Skate skaters The restaurant earned glowing mentions and open Parallax with him in November Saturday, December 9 and feature stories not only in the local of 2004. Bruell has since bought out Sch- 2:15 p.m. press but in Esquire magazine, USA Today, neider, who now co-owns several Fatburg- (no open skate December 9) and the New York Times, which called it er franchises in Ohio. For more info: 491-1295 “one of Cleveland’s most fashionable and “We’re way ahead of where I expected popular restaurants.” to be at the two-year mark,” Bruell says “It was exciting,” Bruell acknowledges, of Parallax, and the second run of media 7 Ice Festival! “but all I did was work. Lunch and dinner, attention he’s enjoying “has helped Paral- six days a week, 90 hours a week, for 10 lax to become nationally known.” Like Z Saturday, Jan. 13 years straight. The first meal I missed in Contemporary Cuisine, he says, “Parallax Thornton Park 491-1295 ten years in this business was the day my could stand on its own in any major me- daughter Frederique was born.” tropolis in the world – Paris, New York, or Ice Sculpture demonstrations, He felt at times “like I was in a mara- Tokyo.” snow and ice games, clowns, face thon, but sprinting. Like I was on this The taste of success is surely sweet, but painting, raffles. Watch a special high-speed treadmill and couldn’t get off.” this time around Bruell is protecting him- performanceice by Shaker Figure Slowing down wasn’t an option, he says, self from himself. Parallax’s dinner-only Skating Club skaters! “because it all centered on me. I have a menu, limited seat capacity, and “incred- strong personality and I understood how ible staff” make a huge difference in help- Learn-to-Skate and Open Skate as scheduled. I had to market the restaurant – it had to ing him maintain a personal/professional be all about me. I was the star, the attrac- balance. tion, the artist. But there’s a personal toll “Life is all about timing,” he says. “One Coming Soon... when people expect perfection and you’re month before closing the deal on the Par- 2007fest Camp Brochures will a perfectionist who has to deliver it.” allax space, I won the golf championship be sent home with children in A move to larger quarters in nearby Eton at Lake Forest Country Club in Hudson. I grades K-6 via backpack late center in 1992 doubled the restaurant’s realized the stars were aligned for me.” January. Brochures will also be volume and gross. But within three years, Again. available at City buildings and it also drove Bruell to the breaking point. “One Saturday night, I was standing over Parallax Restaurant | Lounge the libraries. Watch for it! a grill pumping out 350 meals and all of 2179 W. 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Ice skat 45 - adults 50+ / youth Fundaze Thornton Park Community Room Woodbury School Room 114 Sports & Fitness 002 February 25-March 25 002 TU 4-5:30 p.m. (Grades K-8) January 25-March 15 * 8 weeks January 28-March 11* 6 weeks res$45 nres$60 003 TH 4-5:30 p.m. 7 a.m.-6:30 p.m. TH Level I 1-1:45 p.m. SU 2-3 p.m. Art of Self-Defense res$90 nres$105 December 27-29, January 2-5, 15, TH Level II 2-2:45 p.m. res$65 nres$75 (Ages 7+ with adult) Basketball: Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA February 16, 19, March 2, 16 (Prerequisite: Level I completed) Master Mark Siwinski Pee Wee Instructional Fencing: First Time Early registration: res$60 nres$80 Magic Club Tai Shin Doh/Tai Shin Jitsu/ (Co-ed; Ages 5-9) (Ages 6-14) res$32/day nres$42/day (Grades 1-4) Hopkido Karate Denise Duncan & Dave Oliver William Reith Late registration: Chess/Checkers Brad Schreiber res$42/day nres$52/day (Grades 1-6) Instruction for both participants. Belt Basics taught through drills and activi- Footwork, tactics and weapon technique Eric Newberry Professional children’s magician teach- advancement available but not manda- ties. Introduction to fundamental skills. for the beginner. No class Feb. 17. es tricks, history, and development of tory. Uniforms not required. One fee Youth size basketballs used. Children Fine & Performing Arts High School Fencing Room Game tactics covered. Checkers may be magic. covers both adult and child. must be at least 5 years old to register. January 20-March 17 * 8 weeks Ballet Basics played at any time, but class is devoted Schedule is subject to change. Limited Onaway School Multi-purpose Room Middle School East Gym SA Noon-1 p.m. (Ages 5-6) to chess. If possible, please bring a enrollment. No team request. All play- January 30-March 6 * 6 weeks January 11-March 8 * 9 weeks res$90 nres$105 Pia Alesci chess and/or checker set and board to ers must complete registration form. class. Participants should know names TU 4:30-5:30 p.m. TH 7:45-9:15 p.m. Fundamentals of classical ballet. No of pieces and how they move. No class res$55 nres$70 res$90 nres$110 Woodbury School Main Gym Fencing: Parent & Child experience necessary. Plain leotards, on February 18. 7 weeks (Ages 6-14) tights and ballet shoes required. Stage Struck *New! Baseball Series SA January 13-February 24 William Reith Woodbury School Room 114 (Grades 5-8) (Ages 8-10) 001 Girls 6-8 yrs 9-10 a.m. Fee covers parent and one child. Thornton Park Community Room January 28-March 11 * 6 weeks Max Briggs 002 Boys 5-6 yrs report 10 a.m. January 23-March 13 * 8 weeks SU 4:15-5:15 p.m. Principles of acting, improvisation, on Jan. 13 No class Feb. 17. TU 4:15-5:15 p.m. res$65 nres$80 stage movement, character develop- Prepare for the coming season by work- 003 Boys 7-8 yrs report 11 a.m. High School Fencing Room res$65 nres$85 ment, and audition preparation are cov- ing on hitting and pitching techniques. on Jan. 13 January 20-March 17 * 8 weeks Drawing: Young Rembrandts® ered. A showcase of accomplishments Instructor is former Cleveland Heights res$90 nres$110 SA 1-2 p.m. Ballet: Fairy Tales Pre-School Drawing is presented at the last class. No class MVP, LEL player, and recent graduate res$100 nres$120 (Ages 3-4) (Ages 31/2-5) February 18. of CWRU where he was a player on the Basketball: Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA Jennifer Martino baseball team. Players should bring Youth Basketball League Woodbury School Auditorium Field Hockey: Intro Girls Instruction is provided within a posi- own gloves and bats. (Boys & Girls, Grades 7-8) Fairy tales brought to life through the tive and nurturing environment. Skill January 28-March 25 * 8 weeks (Grades 3-6) magic of movement, dance and sto- development concentrates on drawing, SU 1:30-3 p.m. Middle School West Gym Skill development, sportsmanship, Fundamentals for beginners. Sticks rytelling. No prior experience neces- coloring, listening, spatial organization, res$75 nres$85 SA 3-4 p.m. * 3 weeks teamwork, and rules of the game. provided. Registration form required. 001 Hitting January 13-27 y o ut h sary. Leotards, tights and ballet shoes and patience. Discussion surrounding Volunteer coaches needed. Teams y o ut h Theatre Workshop for Youth required. Participants must be toilet- the age-appropriate topic of the week 002 Pitching February 10-24 selected via draft; no team request. Middle School West Gym (Grades 1-4) trained. No class February 19. will be encouraged. Fee covers all 003 Hitting March 10-24 Practices arranged by coaches. Players January 13-February 17 * 6 weeks Brad Schreiber materials. receive NBA-replica jerseys; give (adult) SA Thornton Park Community Room Basketball: Bitty Basketball size at registration. All players must Gr. 3-4 noon-1:15 p.m. M 2:30-3:05 p.m. Shaker Community Building Principles of acting, singing, and dance (Co-ed, 4 years old) complete registration form. Time/loca- Gr. 5-6 1:15-2:30 p.m. January 22-March 5 * 6 weeks January 31-March 7 * 6 weeks are taught by performer and educator. tion subject to change. res$45 nres$55 res$50 nres$65 W 1:30-2:15 p.m. Half-hour performance at last class. No Learn fundamental basketball skills in res$65 nres$75 class February 19. this introductory class. Woodbury School Main Gym Golf: Junior Intermediate Ballet for Preschoolers SA January 20 all players meet for January 29-March 12 * 6 weeks Woodbury School Upper Gym Mike McCon (Ages 3-4) Drawing: Young Rembrandts® organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. 001 Boulevard School Gym SA 12:15-12:45 p.m. * 4 weeks Pia Alesci Elementary Drawing 8 weeks Review fundamentals, preshot routine, M 3:45*-4:30 p.m. 001 January 20-February 10 (Ages 6-12) 001 Boys Gr. 7 & 8 consistency and placement and spe- Play-based introduction to basic ballet 002 February 24-March 17 002 Onaway School 002 Girls Gr. 7 & 8 cialty shots including bunker play. Open positions and movement. Body aware- An innovative, step-by-step drawing res$45 nres$55 Multi-purpose Room res$60 nres$75 to players with prior golf experience. ness and coordination skills are primary method that teaches fundamental draw- TU 3:45*-4:30 p.m. Basketball: Fundamentals of focus. Children also develop social ing techniques through self-expression. Fencing The Golf Dome skills as they prepare to enter kinder- A new subject matter will be presented 003 Fernway School Passing, Dribbling, & Shooting (Ages 6-14) 8198 E. Washington St., Chagrin Falls (Ages 7-12) garten. Plain leotards, tights and ballet each week ranging from animals, land- Music Room William Reith TH 4:30-5:30 p.m. * 6 weeks shoes are required. Participants must scapes, and still life to art history. W 4:15-5:15 p.m. Carlton Mitchell 001 January 11-February 15 be toilet-trained. Fee covers all materials. No class on res$55 nres$70 Learn fundamentals and build confi- 002 February 22-March 29 continued Learn basics then apply them on the February 18. *Report at 3:30 p.m. dence. 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Beginner 40 Podiatry Care 44 Baseball Series 47 Knitting: Series 40 Taste of Shaker 44 Basketball: Bitty 47 Legal Series 40 Tax Assistance 44 Basketball: Fundamentals Money for Life: A Personal of Passing, Dribbling, Shooting 47 Budgeting Course 40 Fine & Performing Arts Basketball: Jr. NBA/WNBA Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - PeeWee Instructional 47 Painting: Beginning Acrylic 44 form of payment: q Cash (in person only) q Check q Credit Card total fees: a Personality Assessment 40 Painting: Masters of Basketball: Jr. NBA/WNBA credit card information: Credit Card type: q MasterCard q Visa Origami 40 mixed Media 44 Youth Basketball League 47 Preventive Home Maintenance: Fencing 47 account number: Exp. date: / Fencing: First Time 47 The Klutz Guide 41 Sports & Fitness Real Estate 101: Basic Fencing: Parent & Child 47 signature Aquatic Exercise 44 Certification 41 Field Hockey: Intro Girls 47 Arthritis Exercise 44 Real Estate 102: Golf: Junior Intermediate 47 Fun with Fitness 44 Quick Refresher 41 Golf: Junior Learn to Play 48 SilverSneakers® Fitness 45 Scrapbooking 41 Golf: Tiger Cubs 48 i}>ÌÊ ÕÝÕÀÞÊ«>ÀÌiÌÊ Û}ÊÊ3HAKER (EIGHTS Swimming: Open Swim 45 Spanish 41 Ice Skating: Learn-to-Skate 48 Table Tennis: Heights Club 45 Valentine Heart Wreath 41 Karate: Intro 48 Voice Overs: You’re on the Air 41 Lacrosse: Skills & Drills Intro 48 Your Home Your Haven 41 Special Events Soccer: Intro Skills Games 48 LAIR (OUSE Volunteer Opportunities 45 Soccer: Micro Indoor League 49 ÊÊÊ*ÊÊÊÊÊÊ,ÊÊÊ/ÊÊÊ ÊÊÊ ÊÊÊ ÊÊ/ÊÊÊ- Second Annual Sr. Fine & Performing Arts Superb Swimmers 49 " holiday Dinner 45 Ballroom Dancing 42 Swimming Lessons 49 Drawing 42 Swimming: Open/Family Swim 49 Quilting 42 Transportation Services Table Tennis: Lessons 49 xÈÊ1µÕiÊ ÕÝÕÀÕÃÞÊ Watercolor Painting 42 TC3 44 Tae Kwon Do (see ad) 39 iÃ}i`Ê£]ÊÓ]ÊÎÊEÊ{Ê Tennis: Youth Lessons 49 i`ÀÊ-ÕÌiÃÊ ÀÊnääÊÊÎ]äääÊõ°ÊvÌ° Sports & Fitness Trip Guy & Ralna of Thornton Park Facility `ÀÊ>À>}i Aerobic Dancing with ÜÌ Ê6>iÌÊ*>À} Jacki’s Inc. 42 “The Lawrence Welk Show” 45 Schedules Basketball: Adult 42 Ice Arena 49 >ViÃÊ7Ì Ê-ViVÊ 6iÜÃÊvÊ- >iÀÊ ÕÌÀÞÊ Bodysculpting / Phenom. Abs. 42 Youth Public Skating/arena schedule ÕLÊvÊ ÕÀÃi Fitness Training: Private 42 Enrichment & Leisure ice Skating: Fall/Winter passes -«>VÕÃÊÀÊ*>à Golf: Adult Learn to Play 42 Driver Education 45 resident ID cards Golf: Simulator Wtr 07 League 43 ice Skating: Daily admission 7Ì Ê7>Ê ÃiÌÃ] £Èä£Ê6>ÊiÊ ÕiÛ>À` It’s A Party! 45 } Ê+Õ>ÌÞÊÝÌÕÀiÃÊ>` Ice Skating: Learn-to-Skate 48 Origami (Adults/Teens) 41 arena contacts >Ê i}>ÌÊ LLÞ Innergy Fitness ® Workout 43 School Age Care 45 rink rental Ó£ÈÉÊ£ÓÎÇÎ Phenomenal Abdominals 42 Public Freestyle schedule ÌÌiÌÛiÊ>`Ê ÕÀÌiÕÃÊ -Ì>vvÊÊ*ÀÛ`}Ê Swim Conditioning 43 1V«ÀÃ}Ê-iÀÛViÊ Swimming: Adult Lessons 43 >`Ê iÌVÕÕÃÊ >Ài 50 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 51 out & about out & about november december highlights highlights Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 1 2 Music in the Fall Orchestra A Voice of my Squirrel’s Nest “Love Actually” Holiday Mornings chil- concert Shaker Own 11/2–4 at Boutique Nature Shaker Community Jewelry Sale dren (birth to 3) High School (pg. 57) Laurel School Center (pg. 57) Building (pg. 61) Artist Lois Becker experience the joy of (pg. 57) 7 (pg. 61) music (pg. 56) 5 6 election day 7 8 9 10 veterans day 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CityMusic Parent University Holiday Concert Celebration of Bowl for Kids’ Environmental Cleveland Photography “Annie” 11/3 & “Hamlet” 11/9–11 Drop-in Play Cleveland Fair- Series Shaker in Dance Shaker Lights Nature Sake Solon Freeway Town Hall Brown Institute of Music Club Nature Center 11/10 Wiley Middle John Carroll Univer- Sessions Shaker mount Presbyterian Family Center. Free! High School (pg. 61) Center (pg. 62) Lanes (pg. 63)8 Bag Lunch Series Opera Theatre (pg. 58) sity (pg. 59) Family Center. School (pg. 57) Church. Free! (pg. 61) photographer & 11/8–11 (pg. 64) Ongoing. (pg. 54) (pg. 61) Writers & social activist Steve Fall Band Concert Readers Series Cagan (pg. 58) Shaker Middle 7 Cleveland Public School (pg. 59) Library (pg. 63) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 hanukkah 16 Be Dazzled by De- CSU Town Hall Babes in Nature Fall Choral Con- “A Bright Room North Union Celebrate the Winter Choral Thornton Park sign Decorating Series Ohio Theatre. Nature Center cert Shaker Middle Called Day” Farmers’ Market Season Celebrate Concert Hathaway High School Nature Walks Showcase Interior President of Tulane (pg. 59)8 School (pg. 59) 11/10–11, 16–18 Shaker Square. the diversity of win- Brown (pg. 62) Hockey design. Benefit for University speaks. Eldred Theatre Ongoing. (pg. 55) ter holidays. Maltz 12/2, 9, 16, 30 Tournament Nature Center Cleve. Orch. (pg. 64) (pg. 65) (pg. 64) Museum (pg. 65) 12/12–17 (pg. 62) Shaker Series: (pg. 61) Honor Those Who What Might Have Holiday Open 8 6 Serve Hear veter- Been Nature Center House Shaker ans’ stories of cour- & Shaker Historical Historical Museum age. Maltz Museum Society (pg. 59) (pg. 62) (pg. 64) 19 20 21 22 thanksgiving 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Artisan Bazaar Holiday Exhibit Dunham Tavern Shaker schools City buildings Play & Learn 11/18–19 Laurel Antique Show Shaker Historical Station Main School (pg. 59) closed thru 11/24 closed thru 11/24 Shaker Middle Museum (pg. 60) Library. Ongoing. School (pg. 60) Local Author & Computer Fun- (pg. 54) Book Fair Main damentals Fairhill 7 Library (pg. 60) Computer Learning University Circle Center (pg. 60) Wind Ensemble (pg. 65) 8 26 27 28 29 30 24 christmas 25 26 27 28 29 30 Mr. Jingeling’s Shaker Lakes Holiday Express Runners Group Shaker Schools 11/18–12/17 Ongoing. (pg. 55) closed thru Jan. 8 Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad 7 (pg. 65) 31 Happy New Year! 52 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 53 out & about out & about A Shaker Business Serving the Shaker Community Ongoing Activities Tuesdays & Thursdays: Drop In Sessions, 2-3:30 p.m., Hanna Ongoing Activities for Adults for Families Perkins Center for Child Develop- ment-Parent/Child Resource Cen- Wednesdays & Saturdays: Shaker Lakes Runners Group Runs, 6 a.m. Mondays: Learning English as a ter, 19910 Malvern Rd. Child’s play & 5:30 p.m., Nature Center. Meet at the front doors of the Nature Center for Family, 6:45 p.m., Shaker Family for infants to age eight and parent or weekly 2- to 5-mile group runs through the Shaker Lakes Parklands. All levels Center. Family literacy session for non- caregiver. Fee info: Karen Gouland- of running experience are welcome. Saturday runs begin at 8 a.m. Info: 321- English speaking families includes weekly ris, 929-0201. 5935. group time for children, adult ESL class and bi-weekly home visits. Info: Wednesdays: Play and Learn for Saturdays: North Union Farmers Market, 8 a.m.–noon, Shaker 921-2023. Home Day Care Providers, 10 Square. Meet your neighbors at the market. Bundle up and buy fresh and local a.m.–noon, Main Library. Drop- produce. Monday & Wednesdays: Drop-in Play in literacy play sessions for home Sessions, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Shaker daycare providers and their children Family Center, Patricia S. Mearns from birth to age five co-sponsored Family Playroom. Parents and caregivers by Shaker Family Center and Shaker with children from birth to three years Heights Public Library. Info: 921- can play, make friends, and network. 2023 or 991-2030. Additional hours are 4-6 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays: for Saturdays: Open Gym, 10 a.m.– Saturdays: Stewardship Saturdays at the Nature Center, 10 a.m.- parents and caregivers with children noon, Shaker Family Center. Chil- noon, Nature Center. Contribute to the Nature Center’s mission by helping from birth to age five. Fees and info: dren ages birth to five, accompanied with outdoor projects and meet others. Be prepared to get your hands dirty Inspired Design, Quality Craftsmanship. 921-2023. by an adult can run and play during and make new friends! Info: Sara Thorne-Briechle at [email protected] the winter months in two well- or 321-5935 x 237. Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays: Drop equipped rooms under the supervi- In Sessions, 9-11:30 a.m., Hanna Per- sion of two teachers. No sessions chimchimneynov06.qxd 10/10/06 1:35 PM Page 1 kins Center for Child Development- 11/25, 12/23, & 12/30). Drop-in Whether it’s your kitchen, bath or an addition to your home, Parent/Child Resource Center, 19910 rates are $7/family with one child and Karlovec & Company will bring clarity to your dreams. From Malvern Rd. Child’s play for infants to $10/family maximum. Discount fam- design through construction we successfully integrate today’s age eight and parent or caregiver. Fee ily passes, available at Shaker Family lifestyle needs with the homes of yesteryear. Call us today or info: Karen Goulandris, 929-0201. Center, are $55/10 visits and $30/5 visit us on the web to see how Karlovec & Company can bring visits. Info: 921-2023. new life to your old home. Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays: james karlovec Play and Learn Station, 10 a.m.– noon, Main Library. Free drop-in, lit- Art About Town eracy-based play for parents and caregiv- ers with children from birth to age five Thru Nov. 30: Wings, Tails, www.karlovec.com ph: 216.767.1887 Chimney co-sponsored by Shaker Family Center Hooves & Scales. Call for artists 18 and Shaker Heights Public Library. Eve- years and older. Juried, regional art ning hours 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays & Thurs- exhibition celebrating animals spon- sored by the Ohio Veterinary Medical days. Info: 921-2023 or 991-2030. Association. Entry forms are available Sweeps at both Shaker Libraries or at www. Masonry Restoration mvcinfo.org. Deadline is Nov. 30. Non- Destinations... refundable entry fee is $25 for up to CHIMNEYS, STEPS, HOMES, PAVERS four digital images. Winners will be TUCKPOINT – GRIND-OUT & COLOR MORTAR Bertram Woods Branch Library Shaker Community Building Shaker Historical Museum Info: 800- BUILDING WITH BRICK, BLOCK, STONE, OR PAVERS 20600 Fayette Road Community Colonnade 16740 South Park Boulevard notified January 5, 2007. 991-2421 3450 Lee Road 921-1201 662-6862 or 614-486-7253. CHIMNEY CLEANING, CAPS, DAMPERS 491-1360 Main Library Shaker Middle School 16500 Van Aken Boulevard Shaker Family Center 20600 Shaker Boulevard Through December 4: Life Imag- Chim Chimney 991-2030 19824 Sussex Road 295-4100 es: A Child’s View, Main Library MASONRY 921-2023 The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes Thornton Park S I N C E 1 9 8 9 2600 South Park Boulevard Shaker Heights High School 20701 Farnsleigh Road December 8–January 16, 2007: 321-5935 15911 Aldersyde Drive 491-1295 Glass, Fog and Fur: Digital 440-780-2442 295-4200 Photography of Andrew Morrell, FREE ESTIMATES, INSURED Main Library. EAST OR WEST 54 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 55 out & about out & about Playmatters, present Good Gift Choices for E XCELLENCE IN R ESIDENTIAL R OOFING University School Events the Young Child in Your Life. Free. A SCHOOL FOR BOYS • AN EDUCATION FOR LIFE for Info: 921-2023. November Fall Orchestra Concert, For 116 years University School has been producing Nov. 2: 7:30 p.m., Shaker High. boys of character who are rigorously prepared for Music in the college and beyond. Discover more on our website November 1: Mornings, 9:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m., A Voice of My Own, or attend one of the Open Houses listed below. Nov. 2, 3, 4: Hanna Perkins Center for Child 7:30 p.m., Laurel School, One Lyman Development Parent/Child Resource Circle. Laurel School students perform. Center, 19910 Malvern Rd. Children Tickets and info: 464-1441. Shaker Campus • K-8 Chris Koehler (right) Nov. 14: 8-10:30am (birth to three) and their parents can ex- General Manager Hathaway Brown School perience the joy of music through group Nov. 3: Jeff Koehler (left) Hunting Valley Campus • 9-12 Admissions Visitation Day, 8:30 Sales Manager Nov. 14: 8-10:30am singing, finger plays and experimentation with instruments and dance. $60/7- a.m.–1:30 p.m. Visit the school for a look week session (Nov. 1–Dec. 20). Info: at the HB experience. “Ohio’s Largest Residential Roofer.” Karen Goulandris, 929-0201. Nov. 3: Meet the Fockers, 1:30 • 66 years in business Nov. 1: Kids Cooking, 4:15 p.m., p.m., Shaker Community Building. • Over 250,000 roofs installed Hanna Perkins Center for Child This PG-13, pre-marital comedy stars Development Parent/Child Resource Ben Stiller, Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoff- (216) 252-0300 Center, 19910 Malvern Rd. Young chil- man, and Barbra Streisand. dren (ages 3-8) enjoy cooking real food Info: 491-1360. S i n c e 1 9 4 0 www.squiresroofing.com UNIVERSITY SCHOOL www.us.edu with a parent’s help and will prepare Shaker Campus • Grades K–8 • 216.321.8260 simple, wholesome recipes. $40/4-week Organ Concert, 7:30 p.m., Hunting Valley Campus • Grades 9–12 • 216.831.2200 Nov. 3: session (Nov. 1–29). Info: Karen Gou- Plymouth Church, 2860 Coventry Rd. landris, 929-0201. Organist James P. Riggs, plays music by Shaker Mag. 1/3 Alain, Bach, Mendelssohn, Widor and Nov./Dec. Nov. 2: Roller Skating, 4 p.m., others. Program repeats Nov. 8 at 11 Hanna Perkins Center for Child a.m. Info: 921-3510. Development Parent/Child Resource Center, 19910 Malvern Rd. Children Nov. 3 & 10: Annie, 7:30 p.m. (ages 2½-8) learn how to roller skate Wiley Middle School Auditorium, safely. Beginning skills include learning 2181 Miramar Blvd. Matinees at 2 p.m. how to get up from the floor, rolling for- on Nov. 4, 11, 18 & 19. ward, and picking up one foot at a time. Tickets and info: 556-0235 or We will use music for simple rhythm and www.heightsyouththeatre.com. movement activities that coincide with skating skills. $60/7-week session (Nov. Nov. 3: The Legend of Sleepy Hol- 2–Dec. 21). Info: Karen Goulandris, low, 7:30 p.m., Shaker Middle School. 929-0201. Saturday, Nov. 4 matinee at 2 p.m. Nov. 2: Maternity & Children’s Nov. 4: Squirrel’s Nest Boutique, Clothing Resale, 4-6 p.m. Shaker 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Nature Center. One- Family Center. Get great prices on stop shopping from a variety of gift stores maternity and children’s clothing (up from local, non-profit organizations. to 5T). All items $1. Tax-deductible Info: 321-5935. donations of gently worn maternity and clothing also accepted. Info: 921-2023. Nov. 4, 11, 18: Nature Walks, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Nature Center. Meet Nov. 2: Parent University Series, at the front door to the exhibit area each 7–8:30 p.m., Shaker Family Center. Saturday for a free, naturalist-led walk Early Childhood Consultant Joan Spoerl around the trails. Info: 321-5935. and Michael Ziegenhagen, owner of 56 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 57 out & about out & about unteer Manager Sara Thorne-Briechle at Nov. 6: Wood Working for Kids, 4 p.m., Hanna Perkins Center for Child [email protected] or 321-5935 Development Parent/Child Resource x 237. Center, 19910 Malvern Rd. Children (ages 4–8) and parents have fun learn- Nov. 9, 10 & 11: Hamlet, 7:30 p.m., Kulas Auditorium, John Carroll presents ing to use tools safely for wood-working projects, including assembling pre- University, 20700 North Park Blvd. cut wood kits as well as constructing Actors from the London Stage (AFTLS) Our 2007 Holiday Club projects from scrap wood. $40/4-week perform Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Tickets: $10-$12/person. Get a head start on next year’s holiday! session (Nov. 6–27). Info: Karen Gou- landris, 929-0201. Open a 2007 Holiday Club account now. Nov. 9: Fall Band Concert, 7 p.m., Shaker Middle School. Nov. 6: Art, 10:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m., Hanna Perkins Center for Conference Day. No Child Development Parent/Child Nov. 10: You Can Join! school for grades K–12. Membership is open to all who Resource Center, 19910 Malvern Rd. Live, Work, Worship, or Attend School Children (ages 2-4) and a parent use Veterans Day. City build- in Shaker Heights...and their Families different art media to explore and learn Nov. 11: about colors, design, and textures. Each ings and libraries open. “Real People, Real Financial Solutions” week children create a new page to com- pile their own portfolio. $35/5-week Nov. 13: Conference Day. No serving our members since 1954 school for grades K–8. session (Nov. 6–Dec. 4). Info: Karen 15808 Chagrin Boulevard Goulandris, 929-0201. Shaker Heights, OH 44120 Nov. 14: Babes in Nature, 10- (216) 752-6111 10:45 a.m., Nature Center. Explore a Nov. 6: Workshop for Parents & ★ Visit us on the web at www.shakercommunity.com ★ Children Using Family Childcare, variety of sensory experiences to intro- 6:30-8:30 p.m., Play and Learn Sta- duce babies, age two months through two years, and their caregivers, to the tion, Main Library. Learn to help your child develop important early learning natural world. $7/non-member strollers; $5/member strollers. Info: 321-5935. x PREP SCCU Shaker Life Ad 11_12.06.pmd 1 9/26/2006, 2:52 PM skills when Yolanda Knight presents Lit- eracy, Cooking and Science in the Kitchen. A light snack and refreshments are served. Nov. 14: Admission Open House, University School, 20701 Brantley Info: Yolanda Knight, 295-3576. Rd. Info: 321-8260. Nov. 7: Election Day. Make your voice heard: vote! Nov. 16: Fall Choral Concert, 7:30 p.m., Shaker Middle School. Environmental Town Hall Nov. 7: Shaker Series: What Brown Bag Lunch Series, noon-1 Nov. 16: Might Have Been, 7:30 p.m. Nature p.m., Nature Center. Award-winning photographer and social activist Steve Center. The Nature Center and the Cagan presents El Chocó, Colombia— Shaker Historical Society present a panel A National Treasure Under Threat, and discussion on what might have occurred speaks about the rainforest area that has if the Clark and Lee freeway plans had become increasingly threatened by war, been successful. Info: 321-5935. gold-mining, lumbering, and industrial Artisan Bazaar, agricultural projects. Info: 321-5935. Nov. 18 & 19: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Laurel School, One Lyman Circle. Shop early for beautiful Nov. 9: Nature Center Photogra- phy Club, 6-8 p.m., Nature Center. handmade items including jewelry, glass, View and review members’ October ceramics, and other fine art work. Sun- photos. For the latest information on day hours: noon–4 p.m. Info: 464-1441. the Nature Photography Club, visit www. shakerlakes.org/photographyclub. Info: Vol- 58 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 59 out & about out & about Our family welcomes yours Nov. 19: Local Author & Book Nov. 27: Computer Fundamentals, Dec. 2:Sugarplum Workshop, Fair, 1–4:30 p.m., Main Library. Meet 1-3 p.m., Fairhill Computer Learning 9-11:30 a.m., Plymouth Church, 2860 to discover the authors, buy books, and have them Center, 12200 Fairhill Rd. Designed for Coventry Rd. Help your children experi- a program as unique autographed. Attend a variety of writing the beginner, this 4-week class for folks ence the joy of holiday giving by making and how-to-get-published workshops. age 50 & better is taught by peers and gifts for family and friends. Crafts range as your child. Free admission. Info: 991-2030. features an introduction to hardware and from .25 to $2.75 with most under $1. software, Windows operating system ba- Info: 921-3510. JDN offers an extraordinary program for Nov. 20: Choosing & Using Your sics, and use of the mouse and keyboard. children, ages 18 months to 6 years. The personal Digital Camera, 9:30–11:30 a.m., $40/person. Info: 421-1350 ext.125. Dec. 2, 9, 16 & 30:Nature and nurturing environment encourages Fairhill Computer Learning Center Walks, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Nature Center. self-expression, confidence and respect, as well 12200 Fairhill Rd. Learn which camera Flyers, Brochures & Meet at the front door to the exhibit area as academic excellence. It embraces all the values Nov. 29: suits your needs and how to use it dur- Newsletters, 9:30–11:30 a.m., Fairhill for free, naturalist-led, themed walks that are central to our home,with kosher food too. ing this 4-week class. $40/person. Info: Computer Learning Center, 12200 around the trails. Info: 321-5935. To find out more about our NAEYC accredited 421-1350. ext.125. Fairhill Rd. Learn to create attractive, programs, call Director Sue Paley Weaver to attention-getting flyers, brochures, and Dec. 2:Cleveland Boy Choir, 1 arrange a personal tour. Toddler, full- and half-day Nov. 21: Holiday Exhibit, Shaker newsletters using MS Word. Mouse skills p.m., Plymouth Church, 2860 Coven- preschool and kindergarten classes. Historical Museum. Decorated trees and basic Word skills required. $30/per- try Rd. Forty-voice choir performs a enhance the Museum’s exhibits at this son. Info: 421-1350 ext.125. holiday concert under the direction of festive time of year. Tuesday-Friday, 2-5 Dr. William and Carol Foley, sponsored p.m. and Sunday, 2-5 p.m. Fees and Nov. 30: Fall Strings Concert, 7:30 by the Women’s Association of Plymouth The Goods info: 921-1201. p.m., Shaker Middle School. Church. Info: 921-3510. FOUNDED IN 1922 Sue Paley Weaver, M.S.S.A., L.I.S.W., Director Nov. 22–24: Shaker Schools Nov. 30, Dec. 1 & 2:Into the Dec. 6:CityMusic Cleveland, 7:30 (216)320-8489 • www.jdnearlychildhoodcenter.org closed for Thanksgiving Recess. Woods, 8 p.m., Shaker High. Shaker p.m., Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 22201 Fairmount Blvd. • Shaker Heights, Ohio 44118 NAEYC ACCREDITED students perform Stephen Sondheim’s 2757 Fairmount Blvd. Mezzo-Soprano New Toddler Classes! Fun and learning for children ages 18 to 36 months. Nov. 23: Thanksgiving. City of- Tony award-winning musical about fairy Jaime Van Eyck, violinist Liana Gourdjia, fices, schools, and libraries closed. tales, real life, consequences, and com- and bassoonist George Sakakeeny, and munity. Preview at 7 p.m. November 29. music by Fauré, Delius, Bartók, Ravel, It Doesn’t Get Any Better Nov. 21: Computer Funda- Tickets and info: 295-4200. Sibelius, Blechinger, and Berlioz. Free. Air condition your vintage home and save by buying at this year’s mentals, 9:30–11:30 a.m., Fairhill price and take advantage of our end-of-the-season closeout pricing. Computer Learning Center, 12200 Dec. 7:Parent University Series, This is a limited availability offer, so call soon! Ask about our new Fairhill Rd. Designed for the begin- 7–8:30 p.m., Shaker Family Center. ner, this 4-week class for folks age 50 & Learn positive discipline techniques when state-of-the-art UNICO “ductless” air conditioning. It’s the perfect better is taught by peers and features an for December Amy Speidel, Family Coach with Peace- way to cool your vintage home without destroying its architec- introduction to hardware and software, December 1:Love Actually, 1:30 ful Parenting, a division of Dr. Shelley tural integrity with Windows operating system basics, and p.m., Shaker Community Building. This Senders and Associates, presents Leaving unsightly, bulky ductwork. use of the mouse and keyboard. $40/ R-rated romantic comedy is set in Lon- the House Without Losing Your Mind. This person. Info: 421-1350 ext.125. don the month before Christmas and stars free event is sponsored by Carol Nursery Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, School. Info: 921-2023. Nov. 25–26: Dunham Tavern Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Antiques Show, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Rickman, Keira Knightley, and Rowan Dec. 8:Holiday Concert in Dance, Shaker Middle School. Browse and Atkinson. Info: 491-1360. 7 p.m., Shaker High. buy some rare and quality antiques. $7 for two-day admission. Saturday preview Dec. 1, 2 & 3:Holiday Jewelry Dec. 8:Shaker High Hockey, 6 Winter Discount Cooling Sale breakfast for $25. Sunday hours: 11 Sale, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 2951 Drum- p.m., Thornton Park. Shaker faces off Ad from: Bellefaire JCB, Liz Ruttenberge,a.m.–4 (216)p.m. 320-8504 mond Rd. (Corner of S. Woodland, against University School in a neighbor- 3 blocks west of Lee Rd.) Artist Lois hood rivalry that’ll heat up the ice. Info: Ad to: Shaker Magazine Nov. 27: Photoshop Elements, Becker debuts a new line of holiday 491-1295. Issue: Feature Family, Goods 9:30–11:30 a.m., Fairhill Computer jewelry featuring necklaces, earrings, Size: 4-13/16" X 4-15/16" Learning Center, 12200 Fairhill Rd. pins, and bracelets, plus inexpensive bead Due Date: 10/17/06 Develop your abilities to enhance, pub- kits for kids who want to make their own E-Mail: lish, and print your digital photos during jewelry. Info: 921-3083. Cost: $450 this 4-week class. $40/person. Info: 421-1350 ext.125. State License #19664 60 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 61 out & about out & about Dec. 9:Celebration of Lights, 6-8 Dec. 14:Nature Center Photog- p.m., Nature Center. Holiday traditions raphy Club, 6-8 p.m., Nature Center. come to light as guides lead 40-minute Bring your favorite photos and an ap- walks along the Stearns Trail and stop at petizer or beverage to Best of 2006 Soirée, GILMOUR stations to illustrate how people from when Photography Club members pres- around the world use lights in cultural ent the year’s highlights. For the latest ACADEMY and religious traditions during the dark- information on the Nature Photography Educating the Mind est days of the year. Cider and cookies Club, visit www.shakerlakes.org/photog- and Heart are served after each tour. $5/members; raphyclub. Info: Volunteer Manager Sara $10/non-members; children 2 years & Thorne-Briechle at thorne@shaker- MIDDLE AND UPPER SCHOOLS under are free. Info: 321-5935. lakes.org or 321-5935 x 237. (GRADES 7-12) (440) 473-8050 Holiday Open House, Hanukkah. Dec. 10: Dec. 16: OWER CHOOL 2-5 p.m., Shaker Historical Museum. L S (MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL AND Enjoy free admission to the museum, Shaker Dec. 25–Jan. 8: TRADITIONAL KINDERGARTEN-6) exhibits, refreshments, music, and shop- Schools closed for Winter Recess. (440) 473-8165 ping in the Spirit Tree Gift Shop. Info: 921-1201. Dec. 25:Christmas. City offices, ADMISSIONS OPEN HOUSE ISEE ENTRANCE EXAM schools, and libraries closed. Program begins at 11:00 AM For students entering grades 5-12 Dec. 10:Workshop for Parents & Sunday, November 12, 2006 Saturday, November 4, 2006 (Scholarship) Children Using Family Childcare, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day. City of- Sunday, February 11, 2007 Saturday, December 9, 2006 6:30-8:30 p.m., Play and Learn Sta- fices, schools, and libraries closed. Gilmour Academy is an Independent, Catholic, Coeducational, College Preparatory tion, Main Library. Learn to help your Day School (Preschool-Grade 12) and Boarding School (Grades 7-12) child develop important early learning In the Circle & skills when Yolanda Knight presents GILMOUR ACADEMY • 34001 Cedar Road • Gates Mills, Ohio 44040-9356 Rhythms, Rhymes and Reading. A light Beyond www.gilmour.org • [email protected] snack and refreshments are served. Info: Yolanda Knight, 295-3576. Nov. 2–9: Nite Club Confiden- tial, Kalliope State, 2134 Lee Rd. Dec. 11:Winter Choral Concert, Cabaret by Dennis Deal and Albert Smylie One Heating Team. 7:30 p.m., Hathaway Brown School. Evans Gurgol. Tickets: $23-$32/person. Upper school students perform. Info: 321-0870. Reliable. Trustworthy. And Just Plain Nice. Babes in Nature, 10- Bowl for Kids’ Sake, 9 Dec. 12: Nov. 5: …that’s why we’re #1! 10:45 a.m., Nature Center. You’re a.m.–3:30 p.m., Freeway Lanes of Solon, never too young to start learning about 33185 Bainbridge Rd. Bowling ben- nature. Explore a variety of sensory efit for the Jewish Big Brothers & Big Shaker Magazine 4-13/16 x 4-15/16 experiences to introduce babies, age two Sisters. Pizza, Pepsi/Diet Pepsi, Flower Due Date October 5, 2006 months through two years, and their Clown, characters, exciting prizes, and Heating Tune-Up caregivers to the natural world. $7/non- the satisfaction of knowing you put a $20 OFF! SKR-706 PRO-MAX smile in every frame! Children under 10 HEATING COOLING PLUMBING member strollers; $5/member strollers. Gas Heating Tune-Up & Info: 321-5935. can bowl free on a team of 4 or 5 adults. Safety Inspection 440•449•HEAT(4328) Bumper lanes are available upon request. Now Only $69.95 With coupon only. Limit one per Info: 320-8311. household. During business hours. Dec. 13–17:Thornton Park Reg. $89.95 Expires 10-31-06. High School Hockey Tournament, SPECIALIZING IN Thornton Park. Breakaway from your Nov. 5: Writers & Readers Series, holiday shopping! 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Tickets: $45/ aMANUFACTURINGrsco COMPANY opera scenes featuring the entire first act person. Division of CEEMCO, Inc. school! of Verdi’s La Traviata. Tickets $15/adults; $10/students. Info: 791-5000 ext. 411. Mr. Jinge- Visit our unique new learning Nov. 18–Dec. 17: • Exclusive! Best enclosure prices! ling’s Holiday Express, 10:15 a.m. Call Frank Botson . . . environment at our new campus • Exclusive! Powder-coated finish or 1 p.m., Rockside Station., 7900 in Pepper Pike. • Exclusive! Design is proven 440.845.2243 Old Rockside Rd., Independence. All to reduce heating costs or 800.543.7040 The Lillian and Betty Ratner School aboard the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Rail- • Exclusive! 6 standard colors, Serving Cleveland Area Homeowners is different by design. Our teaching road for a jingling good time. Reserva- 3 grill styles Since 1950 specialists create an individualized tion required. $20/adults; $18/seniors & curriculum built on each child’s $13/children. Info: 800-468-4070. strengths and interests. From toddlers to teens, our students thrive in a dynamic, innovative environment based on Montessori principles. Call or vist to see how The Lillian and Betty Ratner School will bring out the very best in your child. Nov. 10, 11, 16, 17 & 18: A Bright Room Called Day, 8 p.m., OPEN HOUSE: Eldred Theatre, 2070 Adelbert Rd. Sunday, Nov. 12 - Noon Tony Kushner’s powerful morality play Tuesday, Dec. 12 - 9:30 am is set in Germany during the end of the . Montessori: Toddler, Pre-K, K • Day: Grades 1-8 Wednesday, Jan 10 - 9:30 am 216.464.0033 • www.theratnerschool.org Weimer Republic. 2:30 p.m. matinees Accredited by ISACS • Member of CCIS Nov. 12 & 19. $36/person. Info: 368- 6262. Be Dazzled by Shaker Magazine: Nov/Dec. Nov. 11 & 12: Design Decorating Showcase, 10 Nov. 19: University Circle Wind 1/3 page a.m.–4 p.m., Ohio Design Centre, Ensemble, 2:30 p.m., Harkness 4.8125 x 4.88 Design and restoration since 1952. 23533 Mercantile Rd. Thirty top Chapel, 11200 Bellflower Rd. Gary Specializing in KITCHEN & BATH interior designers design and show- Ciepluch conducts. remodeling and much more. case room vignettes and tablescapes to Working in Shaker Heights for years, benefit the Cleveland Orchestra. Sunday Holiday Circlefest, 1–5:30 references available. Free Estimates. Dec. 3: hours: noon–5 p.m. Tickets: $15. Info: p.m., University Circle. Museums and 231-7557. cultural institutions offer holiday activi- ties, including music, dance, and more. Nov. 12: Honor Those Who Serve, 1–4 p.m., Maltz Museum of Dec. 4:Cleveland Youth Wind MEMBER: CLEVELAND BBB Jewish Heritage, 2929 Richmond Rd. Symphonies I & II, 7:30 p.m., Sever- Meet Americans who served in WWII, ance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave. Gary Korea, Iraq, and other conflicts and hear Ciepluch directs. Tickets $5-$15. Info: their stories of courage. Learn about 231-1111. Jewish-American veterans and the role they played to preserve our country’s Dec. 10:Celebrate the Season, freedom. Make your own flag and write 1–4 p.m., Maltz Museum of Jewish a letter to a soldier serving in the U.S. Heritage, 2929 Richmond Rd. Cel- Armed Forces today. Fees and info: ebrate the diversity of winter holidays 593-0575. with crafts from many traditions. Make Hanukkah candles, Kwanzaa kinaras, and Christmas ornaments. Enjoy special holiday foods, spin the dreidel and play other holiday-themed games. Fees and info: 593-0575. 64 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 65 Local Legends: Bob Ginn Staying Young In His Thinking Lawson put forward a voluntary busing Jr., both solid pro-integrationists. namesake of the Robert N. Ginn Institute continued from page 33 program, the Shaker Schools Plan, essen- Ginn: “So I had to run a second time for Corporate Responsibility at John Car- Bob Ginn’s enormous impact on education and racial equality in tially a student-for-student swap approved – and this time it was a very heated elec- roll University’s Boler School of Business. Shaker Heights will last a long time. He was instrumental in helping by the children’s parents and the schools. tion. A man named Charlie Landefeld ran Ginn’s contribution to today’s Shaker launch the Shaker Schools Foundation and the Fund for the Fu- A white child from any elementary school for Rawson’s seat. We knew we would Heights is consistent with the long-stand- ture. Both programs have brought distinction to the City, its public north of Van Aken Boulevard (Onaway, win, but we wanted to clobber the anti- ing legacy of the community. The 2006 his- Boulevard, Fernway, Malvern, and Mer- integrationists. Only an overwhelming vic- tory of Shaker Heights, written by Shaker schools, and its neighborhoods. cer) would volunteer to go to Moreland. tory would finally shut these people up.” resident, Bruce Marshall, puts it into this The Shaker Schools Foundation was unique in Ohio when it start- In turn a black Moreland student would Ginn and Landefeld indeed were over- historical context: ed in 1981, in that it provides private support to a public school dis- take that white student’s place. whelmingly elected, but it was anticlimac- “Beginning with the North Union set- trict. Money raised by the foundation funds such things as student Two years in the making, the plan was tic because, as Ginn says, the victory was a tlement, residents of this community have awards, instructional technology, and teachers’ special projects. The adopted for the 1970-’71 school year. A foregone conclusion. sought to build an ideal society…The Van Night for the Red and White, the foundation’s annual benefit, has public meeting held at the middle school Winston Richie, who was in the fore- Sweringens’ Shaker Heights continued brought in nearly $1 million since it began in 1992. was especially contentious and way too front of the efforts to keep Shaker neigh- utopian themes…The vision of what an “Twenty-five years ago, the concept of a foundation raising private crowded for the school’s small auditorium. borhoods racially balanced (and who was ideal community should be has changed money to support public schools was novel and even controversial,” The people who couldn’t find seats in the elected to city council in 1972 with Ginn’s from generation to generation, but the says schools superintendent Mark Freeman. “Bob embraced the idea, auditorium were herded into classrooms help) reflects, “By 1972, the die was cast methods of achieving it are similar. Cen- and contributed great vision and foresight to helping the foundation where the intercom picked up the meeting as to what kind of community the resi- tral to the Shaker and the Shaker Heights get off the ground. He saw the potential, anticipated some of the in the auditorium. Amidst the noise, Bob dents wanted. The busing plan worked. method is intense planning aimed at creat- issues we would face, and helped come up with practical solutions. Rawson steadfastly reiterated the board’s If you couldn’t do such a thing in Shaker ing an environment that will bring out the Bob has the ability to stay young in his thinking. He is open to fresh position declaring, “This is what we were Heights, where could you do it?” best in its residents. As the Van Sweringen ideas.” elected to do!” That was then. Moreland Elemen- Company put it, ‘Most communities just The Fund for the Future, launched in 1985, provides low-interest Bob Rawson Jr., a university student tary School long ago was converted into happen; the best are planned.’ ” loans for first-time home buyers to help sustain racially-balanced at the time, now the partner-in-chief of the Main Library, and other elementary Jones Day’s Cleveland office, remembers, schools of those years have closed in the neighborhoods in Shaker. Ginn was a charter member of the Fund’s “Dad received some pretty ugly phone ebb and flow of Shaker’s changing demo- board, as was Winston Richie, a former Shaker councilman. calls, some of them anonymous.” graphics. Lately, the importance of other “Bob and I go way back to when he ran for the school board and It was a tense, unpleasant time for the matters to Shaker Heights and other first- I was first elected to council,” says Richie. “He’s a great guy, his board, but it was a glorious time as well, ring suburbs – economic development, al- heart’s in the right place, and he has always worked for equality and for the board could claim the legal, ethi- ternative housing for an aging population, diversity in Shaker Heights.” cal, and moral high ground, as residents attracting young people, infrastructure came to accept the plan as realistic, practi- – only underscores the fact that school in- cal, and the right thing to do. tegration was a challenge that belonged to Still, when the 1972 school board elec- another era. Integration of Moreland elementary was Rawson’s late father-in-law) repeatedly told ing two four-year terms, the legal limit. tion came around, a vocal contingent of But that does not keep Bob Ginn from to be a challenge. It was predominately anyone who would listen, the school board He remained an influential member of residents vowed to run people for the staying involved. Mark Freeman, superin- African American because the Moreland is elected for no other reason than to make the Shaker Citizens Committee, which re- board who would nullify the plan. tendent of Shaker schools and a long-time Ineighborhood itself was predominately education policy; popular voting on one cruited candidates for the school board. friend of the Ginn family, says that Bob and African American, and the school board particular matter was not an option. Ginn recollects, “So Holmes called up Ginn was called on to run again. Un- Barbara “come to our periodic breakfast did not hold any hope that the neighbor- To adopt this particularly divisive inte- and told me to run for a seat on the school fortunately, Bob Rawson no longer was briefings to keep informed and involved, hood would become racially balanced any- gration policy, the board needed members board. He didn’t ask me. He told me.” eligible to run. By now Sally Griswold and and always have insightful comments that time soon. with stiff spines. Real community leaders Two seats were up for grabs for the G Ollie Emerson had been rotated off and reflect an understanding of, and a commit- The board had known for a long time had to step up. all-important 1968-’71 term. Ginn was replaced by Jean Gaede and Dr. Drue King ment to, today’s students.” He is also the what needed to be done: White children elected to the one vacated by Alan S. Geis- from elementary schools north of Van Bob Ginn’s involvement began in 1967 mer. Rawson ran successfully for his sec- Aken would have to be bused to More-Bwhen he got a phone call from the late Al- ond term. He had been president of the land, and black children from Moreland len C. Holmes, managing partner of Jones, board since 1966. The board now includ- would be bused north of the line. Day, Cockley & Reavis, as it was called ed Rawson, Ginn, Hansell, Sally Griswold It was the first time in the City’s history then. Jones Day now is an international (nee Sally Kenny, a Hathaway Brown teach- that the school board had to adopt such law firm, but in 1967 it was still a Cleve- er), and Oliver F. Emerson, owner of The a drastic, controversial policy. Eventually land law firm, and whoever was managing Emerson Press and chairman of Cleveland some 4,000 residents appealed in writing partner was expected to provide leader- Magazine. They immediately authorized to the board to put the matter to a popular ship in Greater Cleveland. superintendent John H. “Jack” Lawson vote, but, as then-board president Robert Holmes had been on the Shaker and his staff to develop a plan to integrate H. Rawson (Shaker Heights Mayor Judy Heights school board through 1965, serv- Moreland school. 66 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 67 The Achievers: Annie Sivertson continued from page 35 Annie has amassed an impressive list of credits in her short career, including memorable performances as the lovesick Viola in Shaker High’s production of Twelfth Night and the spunky granny Berthe in Pippin. She has also played starring and support roles in numerous Junior and Senior Ensemble performances and student-written and -directed plays. Her love for musical performance runs deep, as does her involvement in Shaker High’s for-credit music and theater programs, which, as she puts it, “collide every other year in a musical production,” enabling her to join her two loves. As a freshman, she enrolled in Junior Ensemble and played “Dead Woman #1” in Our Town. Since then, she has continually studied dance, movement, song, and produc- tion in her Senior Ensemble courses, performed in every major theatrical production at the high school, and been a member of the A Cappella women’s choir. This year, she serves as co-president of the Chanticleers, a voice ensemble that per- forms Madrigals, chamber music, and Broadway show tunes, and she is conducting an independent study program in musical composition. “I think the only way that I could have gotten more from music and theater at a high school is if I had gone to a performing arts school,” she says. “I feel like I’ve been very well prepared, and I’ve been able to create a strong resume for myself because of the things that Shaker High offers. “There is so much that you can do as far as music and theater,” she points out. “You can like theater but not like musicals, so you don’t do the musicals – you do New Stages. continued on next page leikin Motor Companies 38750 Mentor Avenue l Willoughby, OH 44094 440-946-6900 november | december 2006 69 The Achievers: Annie Sivertson continued from page 69 Or you can like theater but want to be a “Berklee was huge,” she says. “I found playwright, so you take the Playwrighting a whole new comfort level playing in front Music Courses at Shaker High course and get involved in Shakescenes. of people there. Now I want to get myself • A Cappella Mixed Choir Or, if you want to do stage management, out there like I didn’t want to before. I was there is the Theater Production Seminar. so concerned before and now I realize you • A Cappella Treble Choir On and off the stage, there’s a place for can’t be concerned. You just have to throw • Chanticleers you in the theater department.” it out there. Some people are going to like The same holds true in the musical it, some people are going to hate it. You only • Men’s & Women’s A Cappella arena, she says. “No matter what type of need one person to like it to get a record ensembles music you like, there really is a place for deal.” • Concert Choir you among the many bands, ensembles, She also recorded a demo CD last sum- and choirs. I think Shaker High is as good mer featuring five of her original songs. • Bands (Marching, Fall Concert, as it gets if you take advantage of what’s She plans to use the CD, tentatively titled Concert, Symphonic Wind Ensemble) offered.” “Next to You in White,” to promote her- • Jazz Ensemble, Combo and Band Annie keeps busy perfecting her tal- self to colleges and talent agents. ents outside of school as well. She takes Meanwhile, Annie is learning that like • Music Composition and Technology weekly piano and voice lessons, and in music and theater, ambitions can also • Chamber Orchestra August used some of her hard-earned collide, making charting next steps dif- • String Orchestra college savings to attend a songwriting ficult. In one dream, Annie sees herself camp at the Berklee College of Music in as a singer-songwriter, seated at the piano • String Ensemble Boston. on a stage, sharing who she is through her • Symphonic Orchestra own songs. In another dream, she’s per- forming on Broadway, singing her heart (Winds and Percussion) out as someone else altogether. But whether she lands at a music con- servatory, at a liberal arts college, or on 4(% another road altogether, Anne is confi- !,7AIN#O dent that music will play a starring role in ).6)4!4)/.3 34!4)/.%29 3).#% her life. “It’s something I’ve known since I was ¢ really young. I’d already made up a stage &OR %VERY 4ASTE %VERY /CCASION name for myself by the time I was five – I 7%$$).' "!2"!4 -)4:6!( ).6)4!4)/.3 wanted to be ‘Billie Boxen.’ Where does 3/#)!, "!"9 !../5.#%-%.43 the name come from? Nowhere, abso- &).% 0%23/.!, "53).%33 34!4)/.%29 lutely nowhere. I was just a crazy little kid. .!0+).3 0!249 !##%33/2)%3 But I do think that I will ultimately have a 2IGHT IN 3HAKER (EIGHTS life in music, even if I have to have another Theatre Arts Courses at Shaker High !-9 7!). '!2.)4: job on the side. Even if I am just playing in little clubs or whatever, I will keep music • Theatre I, II, III in my life.” • Play Production Proud. That’s what Annie, her fam- • Ensemble (Junior, Senior, Volpe Millwork ily, and those of us lucky enough to catch 4500 Lee Rd., Cleveland, OH 44128 her on the rise will be one day when this Advanced, and Management) young Shakerite makes her mark. • Stagecraft and Theatre Design Designers & Manufacturers of • Film as Art Custom Cabinets, Furniture Copies of Annie Sivertson’s CD can be pur- Reproductions, Artistic Accents, chased for $7, with proceeds going to her col- • Acting I, II Wholehouse Interior lege fund. If interested, email amorysiv@ • Playwriting I, II Remodeling & Repair sbcglobal.net and use “CD Purchase” in • Theatre Production Seminar your subject line. (216) 581-0200 • Shakescenes (Shakespeare/classical ensemble) Fax (216) 581-7589 • We Can Turn Your Ideas Into Reality • 70 www.shakeronline.com november | december 2006 71 2006 LeSueur Angel Ad 1/30/06 9:06 AM Page 1 The Shakerite rated You certainly are over achievers! You have a strong, clean layout The Achievers: Wesley Lowery among the state’s finest (one of the best I’ve seen in years of judging!) continued from page 34 student newspapers once Stories and opinion pieces show research, depth and thought. Colin has asked Wesley to read the column he is writing in response to the school’s again at the annual North- Wow! You should certainly be proud of your publication!” new “no hat” policy. Wesley suggests a better transition here, another choice of east Ohio Scholastic Press words here. He talks through Colin’s beef with the rule so that he can better advise him on how to most effectively organize his column. “This is written very well and Association Press Day The award was the second distinction for The Shakerite last school year; the newspaper earned fifth place in the National Scholastic your thoughts are excellent,” says the seasoned editor to the relative newcomer. competition April 5 at Kent “It just needs a little polishing. Another round or two, and it will be excellent.” State University. The news- Press Association Best of Show competition in November 2005 Opinion pieces are Wesley’s passion. “I love writing columns. That’s one of my paper earned a Golden in Chicago. aspirations – to be a syndicated newspaper columnist.” Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times, Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated and The Plain Dealer’s Sam Fulwood are Flash award for best large among the columnists he admires, but it is his own father Mark, a journalist, who school newspaper in the has inspired him most. overall newspaper catego- Column writing comes easily to him, he admits, “because I’m extremely opin- ry. The newspaper earned ionated. I’m also involved in so many hot topic issues. I enjoy debates, I enjoy dis- cussion. I like being able to research my view on something and then express it.” an overwhelmingly positive Issues involving race, religion, and politics are of particular interest to Wesley, critique from the contest and he is comfortable sharing his opinions even when others are unlikely to agree judge, who noted: with him. after working October 3, 2006 • Volume 77 • Issue 1 • Shaker Heights High School • 15911 Aldersyde Drive • Shaker Heights, Ohio 44120 “There’s nothing more gratifying than writing something that you know the ma- w i t h "2).').'å"!#+å jority of your audience won’t agree with, but then getting compliments on it be- “Writing is thoughtful, well- 4(%å$2)6% ). cause you presented your points well.” cathy lesueur researched and vivid. Leads 34!24%$æ).æ4(%æ3 æ $2)6% ).æ-/6)%3æ!2%æ He has used his writing talents to challenge fellow students, school administra- /.#%æ!'!).æ!æ3/52#%æ are exceptionally strong. /&æ7%%+%.$æ tors, and even Sun Press newspaper editors to do better. people tend %.4%24!).-%.4æ&/2æ Your writers have something 3(!+%2æ345$%.43 Last spring, he penned “an extremely critical” column about a Shaker High per- t o l o o k to say and they do it espe- 0!'%å formance he had attended. “The Modern Dance Club pulled off a performance that seemed more like an $8 burlesque show than a high school production,” he at realtors cially well. wrote. He strongly criticized the show’s content and quality because, he says, “this exceptionally well-writ- is my school and I want to see us do the best we can. If we’re going to put the name a l i t t l e ten copy in all areas. ‘Shaker’ on something, including a production, then it must be top quality. For me, Features are lively, of it’s an ownership issue.” differently. (!43å/&&å&/2å In another column, “Fight racism of all kinds,” Wesley accused the school dis- 4()3å'59 interest to students and trict of “continuing to neglect one of its biggest problems by hiding behind its show evidence of multiple 3(!+%2æ30%!+3æ%$)4/2æ Cathy LeSueur is a trusted #/,).æ*!#+3/.æ')6%3æ poster children: the Student Group on Race Relations (SGORR) and the Minority ()3æ4!+%æ/.æ4(%æ.%7æ sources. (!4æ0/,)#9æ(%!$æ/6%2æ Achievement Committees. While these organizations work to improve race rela- Shaker real estate agent with a 4/æ3(!+%2æ30%!+3æ4/æ tions and to bridge the achievement gap, they cannot comprise the schools’ only layout and design is 3%%æ7(!4æ(%æ4().+3æ long history of satisfied clients. !"/54æ4(%æ.%7æ25,% attempts to nurture a truly integrated community.” thoughtful and is used in And she’d like to put her 0!'%å Last summer, he chided Sun Press editor Mary Jane Skala on a follow-up column close connection to the she’d written on the state of civility at Shaker High. “She essentially said that no proven system to work for you. Whether you’re story and is a vehicle for progress has been made. I wasn’t very happy about that, being someone who works looking to put your home on the market or 2ANKED thinking of purchasing new property, she’ll giving more information. AND so extensively with the SGORR program, who covered the civility issue so exten- sively in The Shakerite, and who has worked on the student advisory committee with provide you with a detailed plan that outlines what headlines are not only Mr. Griffith to produce real change. So I wrote her a pretty lengthy letter, which it will take to accomplish your goals as quickly as written to fit, but often cre- 2EADY she ran.” possible. Because the process can be demanding, Wesley says he’ll know he’s done his job well as Shakerite editor “if we continue ative design adds to the !&4%2æ"%).'æ.!-%$æ!æ@4%!-æ4/æ7!4#(æ"9æ ,%!2.å#().%3% Cathy’s customer service provides the guidance 3(!+%2æ%80!.$3æ)43æ to put out a quality paper, one that I can be proud to put my name on.” story’s appeal. 4(%æ#,%6%,!.$æ0,!).æ$%!,%2 æ4(%æ6!23)49æ &/2%)'.æ,!.'5!'%æ necessary to make that process as efficient as &)%,$æ(/#+%9æ4%!-æ(!3æ34!24%$æ/&&æ342/.'æ $%0!24-%.4æ"9æ!$$ Fast-forward 10-15 years, and we’ll all know Wesley has done his job well when Very strong cartoons and ).'æ!æ"%&/2%æ3#(//,æ possible. Call Cathy today at 216-999-8408. #().%3%æ#,!33æ we hear people asking, “Did you read Lowery’s column today?” graphics. She’ll be there for you and with you every 0!'%å Exceptional infographics 2!)$%2æ:/.% æ0!'%æ One-year Shakerite subscriptions (9 issues) are available for $15. 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For a price that Home, unless, of course, you count suiting up your will make you think you bought furniture instead crazy, 83-year-old Aunt Edna for a game of full of kindling, Acme will gladly leave tire marks across SOUTH PARK ROW contact ice hockey without pads. As a public service, your lawn after piling just-cut logs at a 45-degree then, Shaker Observer offers the following guide to angle next to your garbage cans (a pile which will, North Moreland & South Park snow and ice survival for the Shaker Homeowner: inevitably, collapse after the first snowfall). And while Shaker Heights Heat: Your home, like Shaker Man’s, may have it’s true that wet, green wood won’t burn properly Winner of 4 2005 Cleveland Choice Awards been built before the invention of modern conve- (or at all) without gasoline and a propane torch, niences such as windows that seal out drafts and you’ll be plenty warm anyway after re-stacking three furnaces that actually warm entire houses. Instead, cords of it. you might have “steam heat,” which, although clean, Water: The enemy of every Shaker homeowner also requires: in whatever form (ice, snow, liquid, steam) it takes. JAY LOFTS OF OHIO CITY • A bulky contraption called a “boiler,” which uses Particularly dangerous in pipes connected to (or even 2515 Jay Avenue hundreds of dollars worth of natural gas to turn wa- near) outside spigots, as it will freeze, expand, and Cleveland ter into the aforementioned steam. It requires daily then burst said plumbing, creating an unfortunate attention and praise during the winter in the form basement waterfall that, while impressive, will ruin Located in one of Cleveland’s Hippest Neighborhoods of feeding (adding clean water), bleeding (removing both the kids’ computer and their entire shelf of sludgy water), and pleading (Please don’t break down). Lemony Snicket books. Savvy homeowners will drain This makes it nearly as much trouble as a dog, but all such pipes well in advance of the first hard freeze; without the affectionate bits. a forgetful Shaker Man will continue to contribute • A bizarre maze of pipes across your basement generously to his plumber’s annual Hawaii vacation. THE CHATEAUX OF EMERY WOODS ceiling that can only be serviced by experts. Don’t Lawn: Back when Shaker Man was young, fall Emery Road between Richmond & Brainard touch them. yard care consisted of raking up a few leaves and Single-family & Cluster Homes • A collection of radiators that emit not just heat throwing the odd, flattened beer can into the gar- Country Living in the City! but also loud knocks, pings, and whistles that would bage. However, the competitive homeowner will make the Three Stooges proud. Anything you do feel the pressure of next year’s lawn already creep- – feeding, bleeding, twisting so-called “control” ing upon him in November: Turf must be aerated knobs – will just make the noises louder and, even (Shaker Man’s advice: Chain-gang work at best; pay worse, require a visit from a laughing HVAC guy. whatever it takes to get someone else to do it), hostas must THE CLOISTERS IN THE WARSZAWA DISTRICT Take Shaker Man’s advice and remind yourself daily: be tied (Phooey. Haven’t seen one run away to Florida yet), If Moe, Larry and Curly could take it, so can I and mulch must be unmulched (Shoveling out 2,000 E. 65th St. between Fleet & Broadway Fireplace: No Shaker home with old-fashioned pounds of smelly wood chips now, just so you can shovel Townhomes & Carriage Homes heating is complete without an old-fashioned fire- in 2,000 pounds of even smellier wood chips next spring? Cleveland’s Hottest New Neighborhood! place. Not only must you call a chimney sweep (who Forget it!). In gardening, Shaker Man says, as in life, will show up hours late and then grumble incessantly all things come to he who waits; never do today what about 20 #!$*! years of soot), you must also find fire- you can still complain about tomorrow. Visit our website for more information wood, whether from your neighbor’s trees (not rec- Unless, of course, your wife tells you to. ommended), the local park (really not recommended) 216.561.5200 www.heartlanddevelopers.com 76 www.shakeronline.com EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Quality Communities by Cleveland’s Premier Urban Builders CentennialShakerMagazine 3/21/06 2:04 PM Page 1 Celebrate a Century of Smart LivingSM with Judson. The Judson experience is all about Smart Living. It’s living the way you choose. We are passionate people of all ages. You can join in and participate, whether you live at Judson or in your home. 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