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Local elections to be held on May 4 Tri-CToys to For postpone Tots athletics event untilto be Fall held 2022 Kid’sKid’s Corner Corner Toys For Tots event to be held SPORTS VotersThe Friends in of 11 Zack cities Reed willwill sponsor go toits 22ndthe MENU TIPS Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) is Jude Alexander McHale: postponing all Triceratops interscholastic athletic pro- pollsAnnual on 2018 May Toys 4, for 2021 Tots toHoliday cast ballotsParty & onCelebrity Mu- Jude was born on May 17. He is al- Fashion Show with the goal to collect 1,000 toys for the Cavs Almost Jump Start Mornings grams until fall 2022. The decision was reached after needy children of Northeast Ohio. Beverages will be pro- Upset Suns With Breakfast careful consideration of the estimated timeline for achiev- most 3 years old. He loves watching nicipal and School Issues as well as 1 Can- vided with admission. Celebrities invited include: Alec ing widespread immunity to COVID-19, as athletic pro- his big sister and trying to chase her. didateBlackmon, Contest. Andrea Vecchio, Four Tiffanycities inTarpley, the andElection Vanessa grams require student-athletes and coaches to remain in He giggles at puppets and Mickey areWhiting, subject Esq. Doorsto Voting open atLocation 6pm. Admission changes is $10 that at close proximity to one another for extended periods of Mouse. He also likes to go on af- the door with a new, unopened toy for donation (or $20 See Page 4 See Page 5 will affect over 20,000 registered voters. time McHale ternoon walks with Mom and Dad. without a toy). VOL. 42 No.16 Tuesday, May 4, 2021- Friday, May 7, 2021 Daily FREEEASTSIDE NEWSFREE ISSUED FRIDAY READ ON - WRITE ON SERVING: LARCHMERE - WOODLAND, SHAKER SQUARE, BUCKEYE, WOODLAND, MT. PLEASANT, READ ON - WRITE ON LEE & AVALON, HARVARD - LEE, MILES - UNION, UNIVERSITY CIRCLE AREA, WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, VILLAGES OF NORTH RANDALL, HIGHLAND HILLS AND CITY OF EAST CLEVELAND “COVERING THE NEWS TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW” Shontel Brown opens Shaker Square office Shontel Brown is running As of last month, Brown, for the 11 congressional seat va- who was initially off to a slow start cated when Marcia Fudge joined fundraising, reported a signifi- President Joe Biden’s cabinet as cant increase to her totals, raising Secretary of HUD. around $644,000 while spending Brown opened her cam- only around $100,000. She had paign office last Saturday at Shak- $582,000 cash-on-hand to end the er Square with hundreds of well quarter. Don’t Forget To Turn wishers stopping by to support her Brown raised funds from: Your Clock Forward candidacy. $1,000 from 2018 gubernatorial Brown said that she has nominee Richard Cordray, $1,000 always had a passion for public from Cuyahoga County Execu- service. She became the first wom- tive Armond Budish’s campaign, an and first African American to $250 from Ohio Supreme Court head the Cuyahoga County Demo- Justice Melody Stewart, and $500 cratic Party in 2017. from Michael Wager, who chal- Brown received a degree lenged Geauga County GOP Rep. in business management from Tri- Dave Joyce in 2014 and has done C while building a company in fundraising work for Sen. Sherrod sales and marketing. Brown de- Brown. cided to run for public office, serv- The Northeast Ohio busi- ing three years on the Warrensville ness and nonprofit community also Heights City Council before be- donated significantly to Brown. coming District 9 representative United Way of Greater Cleveland on the Cuyahoga President and CEO Augie Napoli In the remainder of her gave $500 and the influential Rat- Nathaniel Martin, East Cleveland Councilman; Thomas E. Day, term, Brown wants to continue ner family of Forest City Enter- Jr., Beford Municipal Clerk of Court; Shontel Brown; and Armond Budish, encouraging voter turnout while prises donated more than $30,000 Cuyahoga County executive enjoyed a sunny day to celebrate the opening of helping to advance the Democratic collectively. Sontel Brown’s campaign headquarters at Shaker Square. Brown is running for U. S. Congress , 11th congressional district, for the seat that was formerly Party’s other objectives through- Brown is looking for vol- Sontel Brown, candidate for Congress, greets Cleveland City Coun- held my Marcia Fudge who now Secretary of HUD in the Biden admisistra- out the region. unteers for her office. cilman from Ward 1, Joe Jones, at the event opening her campaign headquar- tion. ters at Shaker Square. More than a hundred people attended the event which was held last Saturday. The primary election will be held on August 3. Clinton Smith III killed Clinton Smith III, 32, tempted lifesaving measures, but was fatally shot on Saturday Smith died at the scene. morning about 10:00 a.m. on Police said Smith had the lawn of a home at 2953 East been panhandling near the inter- 128th Street. section of East 130th Street and According to a neigh- Buckeye Road before he was bor, the police put a white sheet shot. A male was seen running over his body. It took more than through yards away from the an hour for the medical exam- scene, according to the report. iner’s office to declare Smith No arrests have been dead so that his body could be made, police said. Homicide de- removed from the scene. tectives are investigating. According to the police, Smith had been in an they discovered Smith on the out of jail or Lorain Correctional Police covered the body of Clinton Smith III who was fatally shot in Institution almost every year for sidewalk with gunshot wounds front of 2953 East 128th Street last Saturday morning. No arrests have been to his head and body. Officers -at about six months each year since made in his murder. 2007. ance in more than half a dozen Gasoline prices rise sharply for spring He suffered from mental courtroom in Cuyahoga Coun- Shontel Brown and Michael Shomo, a candidate for Ward 4 Council Gas prices continue AAA forecasts the health issues and was self-medi- ty. See story on page 8 about the opening of the Cuyahoga seat, hold one of the yard signs distributed at the event held on Saturday at to increase, with the national national gas price average to cating. He never received the help Shaker Square. average up nine cents on the increase in March. However, he needed as he made an appear- County Diversion Center. week to $2.72. That is a 30 cent if refineries resume normal op- increase from the beginning of erations, and if crude oil prices February, 28 cents more than a show signs of stability, motor- Phillips, Sutton free after 14 years in prison year ago and the most expen- ists may see some relief at the Kenny Phillips and lips and Sutton were in that sive daily national average since pump towards the end of the Michael Sutton walked out of car. Phillips and Sutton, who August 2019. month. the Cuyahoga County Jail late maintained their innocence The latest price jumps At the close of Friday’s Monday, hours after Cuyahoga throughout the initial trial, are a direct result of February’s formal trading session, West County Common Pleas Judge testified they were in a dif- winter storm that took 26 U.S. Texas Intermediate decreased John O’Donnell lowered their ferent car when a gold car in refineries offline and pushed by $2.03 to settle at $61.50. bonds to 10 percent of $50,000 front of them fired gunshots. refinery utilization from an av- Crude prices rose mid-week in the wake of an appeals court Two other officers at erage of about 83% down to an despite the EIA’s latest report ruling that reversed their 2005 the scene — John Lundy and atypical low of 68%, according revealing that total domestic conviction. Gregory Jones — later said to the Energy Information Ad- crude inventories increased by The two young men had in sworn statements that the ministration (EIA). In its latest 1.3 million barrels last week, spent 14 years in prison for a other officers were not where data, EIA also reported demand bringing the supply level to 463 crime they did not commit. Phillips Sutton they said they were when the at 7.2 million barrels per day. million barrels. For this week, Phillips and Sutton, who initial shooting happened. two people and attempted on. Both were 17 at the time of Both utilization and demand crude prices could rise if the were just 17 years old, were ar- shooting of a Cleveland po- They also said they never rates have not been reported EIA’s next weekly report shows rested on May 29, 2006. the shooting. heard any shots fired as Lentz lice officer. Defense attorneys ar- this low since last May. a decrease in total stocks. The Ohio 8th District The appeals and Keane ran after Phillips Court of Appeals ruled in March gued during the appeal that no and Sutton. court ordered a new trial. physical evidence tied Phillips AAA Fuel Gauge Gasoline Price Survey that Cuyahoga Count prosecu- Cuyahoga County Prosecu- Police and prosecu- or Sutton to the crime and that Northeast Ohio Average for Self-Service Gasoline tors and Cleveland police de- tor spokesman Tyler Sin- tors also accused the duo of the case hinged on the testimo- nied the two men a fair trial. clair said the office would firing shots at Lentz and Ke- Regular The appeals court determined appeal the decision. ny of Cleveland officers Dan- ane as they chased them on This Week ===-07-21) $2.65 that prosecutors failed to tell de- iel Lentz and Michael Keane.