North Hudson March 2018
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4 North Hudson Living • March 2018 March 2018 • North Hudson Living 5 REAL ESTATE Keller Williams - Chervenic Keller Williams - Chervenic SCHOOL This section has been created to give you easier access when searching for a trusted neighborhood vendor to use. Take a minute to familiarize yourself Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realty Realty Seton Catholic School with the businesses sponsoring your newsletter magazine. Family of Companies Philip Leiter Michelle Kramer (330) 342-4200 x226 Cindy Leonard (330) 283-3039 (330) 998-5488 These local businesses are proud to partner with you and make this magazine possible. Please support these businesses and thank them for (216) 401-8470 supporting your community! Keller Williams - Chervenic Penney Real Estate Co. Dianna S. Palmeri Howard Realty (330) 689-0700 Hanna Marie Maier (330) 283-9424 (330) 603-8683 Russell Real Estate (330) 352-5409 ACCOUNTING COCKTAIL LOUNGE FLOORING & LANDSCAPING Keller Williams - Chervenic Keller Williams - Chervenic CPA Inc. Vault DESIGN Allscapes Ohio Realty Realty RESTAURANT (330) 940-3600 (216) 331-6327 Northport Flooring Amerca (330) 212-7798 Tom Walpole Crystal Vig Lager & Vine (330) 923-9988 (330) 472-4042 (330) 571-4443 (330) 650-1717 ADVERTISING DENTIST LAWN TREATMENT Our Neighborhood Papich - Forsyth DDS FRAMING & GIFTS Greensman Inc Keller Williams - Chervenic Keller Williams - Chervenic SALON Magazine (330) 688-0888 McKay Bricker & Framing (330) 784-9655 Realty Realty Nina Michelle Salon Brian Schuller (330) 673-5058 Ted Olson Beth Scott (330) 963-6540 (330) 904-4371 DINING LIVING (330) 650-0050 (330) 650-0050 Blue Canyon Kitchen & FURNITURE & ASSISTANCE/IN- ASSISTED LIVING Tavern HOME DECOR HOME CARE Vista Springs Living (330) 486-2583 Suburban Sit Visiting Angels (330) 400-2517 (330) 342-4128 (330) 733-1532 FINANCIAL GRANITE | QUARTZ | CABINETS | TILE BLINDS ADVISOR GYM / PERSONAL MORTGAGE Budget Blinds of Hudson AXA Advisors TRAINING Independent Bank, Tim GRANITE INSTALLED QUARTZ INSTALLED (330) 289-2762 (330) 618-2285 Snap Fitness 24-7 Endres Price from $29.99/SF Price from $55.99/SF (330) 963-6527 (330) 805-6749 to maximum $74.99/SF to maximum $87.99/SF BOUTIQUE Kyle Langerman, Morgan Scout and Molly Stanley HEATING & PHOTOGRAPHER One-stop Shop Company Come Visit Our (234) 284-2459 (216) 360-4937 COOLING Barbara Stitzer 4,000 SF Showroom! Precision Air Comfort Photography Free 3d Design! CLEANING & FLOORING (216) 640-7176 (330) 714-6261 Free Estimate Now Building Custom Saunas HOUSEKEEPING WCCV Flooring Design SERVICES Center KITCHEN & BATH Visualizations Photography Full Service Sparkling Maids LLC (330) 688-0114 REMODELING Inc Kitchen Or Bathroom Remodeling (330) 328-8043 Berkut Inc. (330) 923-3686 (330) 487-0546
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6 North Hudson Living • March 2018 March 2018 • North Hudson Living 7 editor's note WHERE DOES THIS PUB COME FROM
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I even like driving in the snow! I I’m looking forward to sunny days, credit my father for that! When I birds singing and … seeing our won- was just learning to drive, he put me derful neighbors out walking! behind the wheel and took me out to empty parking lots where he pro- I’ll be seeing you! ceeded to tell me to “give it the gas” and then coach me on how to regain Malinda K. Oakes
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8 North Hudson Living • March 2018 March 2018 • North Hudson Living 9 NEIGHBORHOOD JUNIOR WRITERS! Do you have a knack for writing or simply have a story to share? Would you like to write for the newsletter?
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YOU ARE INVITED! TO BIRTHDAY What: Restaurant Review Free food -- fun social night out with your neighbors! THE When: Thursday, March 8, 6 p.m. NEW Where: Vista Springs Assisted Living, 8400 S Bedford Rd, Macedonia, OH 44056 NEIGHBORHOOD? SHOUT-OUT! We are excited to help make the birthdays and anniversaries in Vista Springs' award-winning Chef Mike and his culinary team are outstanding. You won't want to miss their yummy creations! Are you new to the neighborhood? If so, we want to welcome your household special! RSVP: Space is limited to twenty neighbors. Email [email protected]; call or text 281-541-0768 you! Our job is to help you feel at home and help you get to know your neighbors. Please send your contact information to Send us the name(s), the year being celebrated, the occasion [email protected]. Your neighborhood newsletter (birthday or anniversary) and a picture! team has a “Welcome to the Neighborhood” gift for you, plus you’ll be added to our email list so that you can receive invita- We will feature each one in this column and help you celebrate! Invitation tions to come to our restaurant reviews and special events! Send April and May birthdays and anniversaries ASAP for their upcoming issues! Please email your information and photos to [email protected].
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12 North Hudson Living • March 2018 March 2018 • North Hudson Living 13 athlete of the month By: Malinda Oakes
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NOAH GOAD Noah coaching his younger brother, Adam. Noah Goad has a passion for helping others. Last His WRA hockey team has won the Honey Pot Thanksgiving sional lacrosse players. He likes to do the same for kids who are “The kids there are so appreciative of what you do for them and summer, Noah took that passion Lacrosse the Na- Tournament and his summer lacrosse team won the FLG in 3D younger than him, like when he coaches Adam giving him tips on are so thankful for all the help from the volunteers. It makes you tions to help “Bring Education, Opportunity and Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. Noah has also played for how to lift weights properly. appreciate all of the things you have,” Noah said. The kids are Hope to Kids the World Over.” the Cleveland Barons AAA hockey team! During the summer, he so motivated to learn! They take advantage of every opportunity plays for Burning River Lacrosse, a traveling team. Despite the many awards he has received, Noah’s favorite mo- they can to learn and grow. One Nicaraguan student taught him- Noah is seventeen-years-old and has lived in ment was when he was part of the Lacrosse the Nations mission self how to speak English by watching YouTube videos. Chadds Ford for two and a half years. He and He really enjoys the fun, fast-paced nature of both hockey and trip. He went last summer with his team, Resolute. The trip was his family moved here from Macomb Township, lacrosse and he can play both sports year-round. As you can life-changing for him and one of the best experiences he has The team not only taught the kids to play lacrosse, the team did Michigan. While there, he was very active in imagine, his schoolwork and practice schedule keeps Noah pretty ever had. community service projects like painting and fixing up buildings Nsports, playing midfield position in lacrosse and busy, but when he has time, he likes to relax by watching movies and planting gardens. the player/goalie position in hockey. He won sev- or hanging out with his friends. The team went to Nicaragua to help teach the youth to play eral championships in Michigan -- even receiving lacrosse. When the Nicaraguan youths learn and practice an un- If Noah had the chance, he would tell you, “Make sure you are the MVP award. Noah also enjoys helping to coach younger kids in sports. He familiar sport, it creates an environment where new life lessons having fun with the sports or extracurricular activities you are knows how helpful mentoring can be! He and his younger broth- can be intentionally taught and practiced. This endeavor builds doing. Don’t do something because someone tells you that you In Ohio, Noah attends Western Reserve Academy er, Adam, have participated in lacrosse clinics where they hone the youths confidences and encourages them to take risks to bet- should – you should do it because you enjoy it and it is something (WRA) and is still active in his favorite sports. their skills and gain tips from some big name college and profes- ter themselves. you love to do.“
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16 North Hudson Living • March 2018 March 2018 • North Hudson Living 17 Are you uncomfortable? Call us.
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Doug Tronge - Certified Arborist BOB SMALL www.greensmaninc.com • 330.784.9655 rowing up in the South with an engineering NASCAR and Indy racers and mechanics. Ten years of product father and a Pennsylvania Dutch mother, Bob development and marketing with PPG and Glidden paints cap off his DIY credentials. Small was immersed in a do-it-yourself culture. G From building Heathkit radios and amps with his dad A resident of Hudson and Chadds Ford since 1998, Bob has done to learning about Pennsylvania Dutch crafts and farm- many DIY projects around his own house, including building a ing from his aunts and uncles, Bob had a lot of people mahogany bar, laying and refinishing hardwood floors, and build- showing him how to make things. The southern culture ing an entire apartment onto his house at the beach (with the Private Dining and Personal Catering help of his brother-in-law, Jerry, who actually works in construc- Blue Canyon Kitchen*Tavern offers full-service, on- Creative cuisine and exceptional service have been the added an “if it’s broke, we fix it” emphasis that Bob still tion and knows the codes.) and off-site catering plus private dining. Contemporary has to fight before he can throw away anything broken. guarantee of your dining experience at Blue Canyon. cuisine tailored to your event utilizing only the freshest Expect the same level of quality and hospitality when Currently, Bob is more or less retired though he keeps busy main- seafood, meat, fruits and vegetables and the same type you have us cater your next event. His DIY skills were honed summers during college when he taining his extended family’s cars and giving advice on how to get of service you ve come to know and expect when you Call us at 330.963.4821 or complete our on-line inquiry ’ worked highway construction, built condos and practiced shade those DIY projects done. dine at Blue Canyon. to book your next catered or private dining event. tree mechanics on Detroit iron with his friends. After graduate The LODGE – seats up to 100 school, he got his dream job doing marketing and new product de- North Hudson Living is very pleased to welcome Bob Small onto The TERRACE – seats up to 50 velopment. His ultimate job was marketing for STP where he not our team of contributors! Watch for his "DIY or Not?" articles in 8960 Wilcox Dr., Twinsburg, OH 44087 The PORCH – seats up to 30 only developed products for automobiles, he got to hang with the 330.486.BLUE • (330.486.2583) your monthly publication! The PATIO – seating for 112 (Seasonal/weather permitting) www.bluecanyonrestaurant.com 18 North Hudson Living • March 2018 March 2018 • North Hudson Living 19 more appliances. For example, the microwave listed for $369 but Elizabeth Small and friend in 2005 cost us only $148 after all the discounts. The total list price for diy or not? in 1995 style kitchen. 30-inch wall oven, microwave, 30-inch cooktop and dishwasher was $4944 but we paid $3170.59 including tax and haul away. By: Chadds Ford Resident, Bob Small A good example is the 1995 double wall oven I just replaced. Around Pay the $15 each to have them take away the old oven and dish- two years ago, the main circuit washer. The microwave and cooktop can be donated, if working, board blew up and, as this was a 20-year-old appliance, there or put in the trash. were no replacements. I pulled the board and had it repaired by a place in Tennessee for about what it would cost for a repairman Appliances will be direct shipped from the manufacturer and the to come visit. return process will be Byzantine so make sure you’re happy with what you’ve ordered. Shortly after this, my daughter bought a new technology convec- tion wall oven and I realized that we were really missing out. OVEN UPGRADE Now, I had a different problem: convincing my wife that she would be happier with new technology appliances to replace the Most of the houses in Chadds Ford came with 27-inch ovens. perfectly-running 20-year-old appliances we had. Home Depot and Lowe’s both stock more 30-inch ovens than 27- inch because, if your current 27-inch oven is in a 30-inch cabinet, The Black Friday sales this year were good enough to push us it can be upgraded to a 30-inch oven. over the edge and into modern technology but caused another DIY headache: the sales started November 1! I ordered early so I DIY advice: For a 30-inch, the cabinet opening will need to be cut could install the new stuff in time for Thanksgiving on November out to approximately 28 ½-inches wide. See your oven installa- 23. Delivery delays meant the new appliances didn't show up tion instructions for the exact dimensions. Make sure you check Repairing, Replacing Or Updating until the day before Thanksgiving! the height dimensions. You probably need to move the electrical connection box. This is what our kitchen looked like on November 22, 2017, when my If you have them install the oven, make sure you know what wife got home from work: they’re going to charge for the oven cut out. The basic oven install is $145 at Lowe’s but the cut-out is extra. An installer will come out and give you an estimate before you order. APPLIANCESHaving lived in Chadds Ford since 1998, I’ve done a lot of mod- The second limit is ability and safety: ernizations and upgrades. Most of these I did myself, but I used Most potential DIY projects around the house are fairly simple DISHWASHER professionals when the project required too much heavy lift- and can be done safely, even appliance repairs, provided you turn ing (the stone patio) or too much time (the basement finish to off the power at the fuse box. If you don’t feel comfortable doing Not to worry, everything was in Installing a dishwasher is fairly straightforward but, in my Pres- drywall) for me. In the next few issues, I’ll be going over common them, it’s probably best to hire someone. place to cook Thanksgiving dinner. tige home, the electrical connection came up through the middle Chadds Ford house update and modernization projects that are of the floor so it needed to be relocated from below. The dish- fairly easy DIY or can be done professionally at reasonable cost. That said, you should always check the Internet to find out why washer was located in the catty corner of the standard Prestige your appliance/electronics/whatever is not performing properly kitchen so it didn’t have two walls to screw into on either side. In The normal questions when you own your own house is “Repair -- you might find out that it’s something so simple that you would this case, you can attach it to the counter overhead with screws or replace?” followed by “DIY or professional?” feel stupid for not fixing it yourself. A good example is the need or glue for granite. to reset error codes on ovens at the fuse box -- modern ovens When you live in a +20-year-old house like most in Chadds Ford, contain computers that don’t reboot unless you turn them off at From left to right: Elizabeth Small, DIY advice: Make sure you put the dishwasher on a pad to protect you get to add a new question to your normal “Repair or re- the fuse box. Deb Small, Marilyn Schneider, the floor when you’re sliding it in. place?” - “Are my appliances so old that they are basically junk?” Margaret (Small) Snyder, Kelly The third limit is knowing when to throw away: Clausen, Vickie Garten, Rong Su, MICROWAVE AND COOKTOP Many/most people tend to replace products that could be re- If you become a heavy DIY’er like me, you’ll tend to have the Susan Clausen, Rosemary McKinney paired because calling a repair person is so expensive relative to opposite problem of replacing a product that should be repaired. These are pretty straightforward replacements. Just use new the cost of new. Many of these repairs require cheap parts and You’ll find yourself repairing things that should be thrown away connectors and follow the instructions. You’ll get a lot more fea- are easy to do yourself but there are limits. because they are technologically obsolete. Things you need to know to decide if you’re going to DIY-or-not: tures with a new sensor microwave and hotter gas burners with a modern gas cooktop. The first limit is motivation: I started working in construction in my teens and I am biased to BUY A SUITE OF APPLIANCES FOR THE BEST DISCOUNTS You shouldn’t DIY it if you don’t really enjoy either doing things repairing everything myself -- it gives me an excuse to buy new DIY advice: It’s easier if you have an assistant to hold the micro- with your own hands and/or keeping all the money you save. If tools. Unfortunately, I recently realized that I’d gone beyond We replaced all the appliances in our kitchen except the refrig- wave while you put it in though (I always end up putting them in you don’t enjoy doing things yourself and the money is not a big repair to keeping the technologically obsolete/worn out/just erator because 1. They were all old and/or worn out. 2. The new by myself). Spray the cooktop gas connectors with Windex to deal to you, you’re going to be much happier with either a quickly plain-out-of-style alive. ones all matched and 3. You can get a great deal when you buy check for leaks. repaired item or a brand-new shiny one.
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22 North Hudson Living • March 2018 March 2018 • North Hudson Living 23 Let's Get Your Flooring Project Started Today Is Tweety Bird welcome in your yard? Do you long to hear the chirping of birds each MAKE YOUR morning and see colorful varieties of feathered friends flocking to your backyard? If so, make your BE A DIFFERENCE MAKER. backyard bird-friendly. With a few simple steps, your BACKYARD backyard can become a hotspot for birds:
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