Mamma Mia! Broadway’S Love Affair with Shaker Native Halle Morse
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shakershaker NORTHEAST OHIO’S PREMIER COMMUNITY lifelife Mamma Mia! Broadway’s Love Affair with Shaker Native Halle Morse february | march 2010 $3.50 shakeronline.com contents features + departments on the cover: Shaker native Halle Morse is rocking New York in MAMMA MIA! ON BROADWAY 25 HEIGH-HO, HEIGH-HO TAKING STOCK IT’S OFF TO CAMP IN SPRING 36 THEY GO 30 It’s not too early in There are plenty of the year to start your resources available to home maintenance help you find the right and repair work. fit for your camper. more departments: City News 3 Warrensville/Van Aken receives federal funding. Health News 8 Real Estate News 11 Library News 15 Out & About 55 Calendar of events. THE OLD LIVING WITH Advertiser Index 67 FAMILY HOME 42 CROHN’S 49 By chance or by Q&A with Shaker Observer 68 choice, these Shaker Tocomba Murphy. Sleepless, with Skittles residents are back and Sushi where they started. shaker renters... shakershaker life ready to become a FEBRUARYFEBRUARY | MARCH 2010 VOLUME 28 ISSUE 1 SHAKER LIFE shaker homeowner? 3400 Lee Road Shaker Heights, OH 44120 WEBSITE: shakeronline.com EMAIL: [email protected] VOICE MAIL: (216) 491-1459 low-interest FAX: (216) 491-1408 TTY: (216) 491-3161 down payment EDITOR Rory O’Connor assistance loans [email protected] are available in DESIGN & PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Jennifer Coiley Dial designated CITY NEWS AND REAL ESTATE NEWS EDITOR Vicki Blank neighborhoods [email protected] LIBRARY NEWS EDITOR Margaret Simon call 491-1457 OUT & ABOUT [email protected] for more info SHAKER SCHOOLS EDITORIAL ADVISOR Peggy Caldwell fund for the future of shaker heights ADVERTISING MANAGER enhancing neighborhood diversity since 1986 John Moore, (216) 531-4044 [email protected] AD SALES REPRESENTATIVE Rebecca Wong CONTRIBUTING WRITERS SHAKER HEIGHTS: John Brandt, Beth Friedman-Romell, An outstanding community for those outstanding in their fields. 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Funding for the roads is just MyCom Receives MLK Project Receives $500,000 one piece of the puzzle needed to create Human Relations Award in Federal Funding the transit oriented mixed use district. Mayor Earl Leiken commented, “We The Human Relations Commission The City of Shaker Heights has been are deeply grateful to Congresswoman presented its annual Martin Luther awarded $500,000 in the 2010 Omni- Fudge and Senator Brown for their lead- King, Jr. Award for Human Relations bus Appropriations Act, sponsored by ership in securing these funds, which will to the MyCom South Shaker Youth Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge and help launch redevelopment of this dis- Initiative Team at a public observance Senator Sherrod Brown. The funding trict. This project, which will ultimately of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday allows the City to move forward in re- include the updated road pattern, a state last month. configuring an intersection that has long of the art transit station, and a short ex- The award was presented in recog- bedeviled pedestrians and motorists. tension of the rapid transit, will serve as nition of MyCom’s volunteering and The six-legged intersection at Chagrin a catalyst for economic revitalization in community service aimed at helping Boulevard, Van Aken Boulevard, and our area.” Shaker youth and building Shaker Warrensville Center Road will become For updates on the project and to see neighborhoods so that all youth and a standard four-way intersection, pav- a summary of input and design sugges- families in Shaker Heights have the ing the way for a major redevelopment tions gathered at a public meeting last opportunity to participate in positive of the area. Plans call for the 60-acre January, visit shakeronline.com. and engaging activities. commercial district to become a vibrant The MyCom South Shaker Youth mixed-use, retail and residential destina- City Discontinues Special Initiative Team’s actions focus on tion. Construction of the roads is slated Pickups, Expands Large achieving the same goals that Dr. King to begin in 2012, after completion of Item Drop Off professed throughout his life; peace, environmental and engineering impact nonviolence, equality, brotherhood, studies. In a continuing effort to save operating and social inclusion. The actions of To date, the City has secured $11.5 costs, the City will discontinue special every team member and every youth million in funds for roads, having previ- pickups effective April 1. The City will program are focused on educating ously received a $4 million safety grant save money by not having to maintain a and uplifting the spirit, mind, body, from the Ohio Department of Transpor- dedicated truck for this purpose. Elimi- and intellect of all youth program tation, $4.2 million in NOACA funding, nation of special pickups will also allow participants. and $500,000 from the Cuyahoga Coun- City workers to respond more quickly to Accepting the award for MyCom ty Engineer. In addition, City Council has daily customer service needs and other were John Lisy, executive director of authorized matching funds of $2.3 mil- requests, such as nuisance grass cutting. the Shaker Heights Youth Center, Dr. lion from the City’s economic develop- continued on page 4 Scott Frank, director of the Shaker Heights Health Department, Luren Dickinson, director of the Shaker Heights Public Library, and James J. Paces, executive director of curricu- lum for the Shaker schools. The annual awards ceremony was held at the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Community Building where residents gathered to hear Felton Thomas, di- rector of the Cleveland Public Library and to enjoy a performance by the Shaker Community Band led by Luiz Coelho. WvA intersection. SHAKER LIFE FEBRUARY | MARCH 2010 3 city news Special Pickups Discontinued/ tional artists. “John has a profound un- RITA E-filing is “Fast, Large Item Drop Off Expanded derstanding of the curatorial process and Simple, Secure, and Free” continued from page 3 embraces the important role of a museum in enriching the quality of life in the com- The Regional Income Tax Agency wants The City is compiling a list of qualified con- munity,” said Ann Cicarella, SHS Board residents to know that filing and paying tractors who can provide pickup service at President. their municipal income tax is as simple a comparable cost, and will make the list Commenting on his vision for the Shak- as click and send – and it’s fast, safe, and available to residents after the service is er Historical Society, Klassen said, “I am free. RITA encourages online filing and discontinued. The last day residents may in the process of taking a close look at the payment, because it reduces paper and call to schedule a pickup is March 29. collections, and I plan to re-install the ex- processing costs, saving taxpayers money. Large item drop off will now be avail- hibits to give them a fresh look.” He also To file RITA taxes electronically, you able year-round, beginning April 1. Resi- intends to re-vamp the SHS website, pos- will need the following: dents may bring large items to the Ser- sibly drawing upon the help of volunteers • Social Security numbers for you and vice Center on Saturdays from 8:00 am to through a college internship program. An your spouse 4:00 pm. Proof of residency is required. avid gardener, Klassen is also interested in • W-2 forms from all employers Residents should bring a driver’s license establishing a Shaker-style vegetable gar- • 1099 forms and Federal Schedules C, and current utility bill (within 90 days) or den on the museum’s extensive grounds. E, & F vehicle registration. Acceptable items in- “I am very interested in making con- • Date of move for residents who moved clude appliances, furniture, building ma- nections with local organizations, and in 2009 terials, and household items. Items that would love to hear suggestions from the • Bank routing number and account cannot be accepted include paint, com- community at large,” he says. Klassen can number – for fast refund or to pay elec- puters, insecticides/pesticides, yard or be contacted at the Shaker Historical So- tronically lawn waste, rocks, bricks, or recyclables.