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Infrastructure Levy Renewal for Westlake FREE FREE TO READ! FREE TO WRITE! Submit your story online by June 14 at wbvobserver.com VOLUME 11 • ISSUE 11 | Community News Powered by the Citizens of Westlake and Bay Village | 4 JUNE 2019 'Cahoon in June' celebrates 50 years Infrastructure In addition to many crafts a.m. Food concessions include invited to participate with a levy renewal Event is part of and antiques vendors, Cahoon Carhops Mobile Diner, Island table for their organization Destination Bay in June will feature a display Delights, Dolci d’Italia, Pap’s free of charge. Potential ven- of antique cars and boats, and Kettle Korn and Nothing Bundt dors can call Cynthia Eakin for Westlake on June 15 live musical entertainment by Cakes. Rose Hill Museum, the at 216-213-0312. Proceeds the band OMF from noon to 2 Osborn Learning Center and from Cahoon in June support by DIANA PI by CYNTHIA EAKIN p.m. A free five-mile history walk the Cahoon Cabin will be open. Rose Hill Museum, the Osborn will leave from Cahoon Park at Admission is free. Learning Center and the soci- Westlake levy to renew he 50th annual “Cahoon in 10 a.m. and return at 11:30 Community groups are ety’s student scholarships. a 3/8% income tax for June” fine crafts, antiques A infrastructure such Tand collectibles show as streets, roads, highways, takes place on Saturday, June storm sewers, water lines and 15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Cahoon others, will go on the Novem- Memorial Park. ber 2019 ballot for voter Once again, the event is part approval. This is a renewal of “Destination Bay,” a day of of an existing levy – no new activities around Bay Village. BAY- taxes. arts' annual Art & Music Festival According to Bonnie is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Village Proj- Freeh, the city's assistant ect's Project Pedal fundraiser is director of finance, “Westlake 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Lake Erie Nature has a 1.5% income tax: 1% for & Science Center is featuring free general operations, 3/8% for planetarium programs and tours infrastructure improvements from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Village Bicycle and 1/8% for recreation and Cooperative will be open from 10 community center operations a.m.-4 p.m. Transportation runs and improvements.” between venues. DENNY WENDELL BY PHOTO See RENEWAL page 2 Aqua Girls take first place in Global DIGGING DOVER Destination Imagination competition Moses Cleaveland Trees by KAREN DERBY in Westlake qua Girls, a Desti- by WILLIAM KRAUSE nation Imagination A(DI) team of Bay recent Observer High School juniors, won article by Kay two first-place trophies A Laughlin about at the DI Global Finals Moses Cleaveland trees competition May 22-25, in Bay Village stated held in Kansas City, MO. that the last few origi- The girls competed in an nal Moses Cleaveland arena that included more trees were gone – that than 1,400 teams from 15 they had all succumbed countries. Team members to lightning strikes or are Eliza Aleksandrovic, Lake Erie. This led me to Grace Chilton, Caroline wonder how many were Fowles, Ava Ransom, left in Westlake. Audrey Ray, Olivia Reed The designation of and Patty Yuhas. From left, front: team manager Michele Moore, Eliza Moses Cleaveland trees DI provides unique Aleksandrovic, Caroline Fowles, Audrey Ray, team manager Kim began in 1946 as part of WILL KRAUSE BY PHOTO educational experiences Ray; back: Grace Chilton, Olivia Reed, Ava Ransom, Patty Yuhas. the celebration of the A sycamore in front of Lennox Ridge across seven project- performing community service details are not given out until the sesquicentennial of condominiums dates to around 1790. based Challenge types – Tech- and more. scheduled performance time. Cleveland’s founding in Reserve. nical, Scientific, Engineering, Presentation of the projects This year, Aqua Girls chose 1896, spearheaded by the Early The Committee on Moses Fine Arts, Improvisational, includes a storytelling and a per- the Improvisational Challenge, Settlers Association of the West- Cleaveland Trees of the Sesqui- Service Learning, and Early formance aspect. Challenges and they performed a skit based ern Reserve. The idea was to centennial Commission was Learning. Teams perform tasks are time-constrained, and while on their previous research of identify 150 trees that had been chaired by Arthur B. Williams, that may involve building teams have a general idea of historical figures appearing on growing when Moses Cleaveland curator of education at the Cleve- structures, inventing solutions what will be expected in their coins throughout the world. first arrived in northeast Ohio to land Museum of Natural History. to problems, doing research, chosen challenge performance, See AQUA GIRLS page 14 survey the Connecticut Western See CLEAVELAND page 12 More stories, photos and events online at The Observer – Dedicated to the ideal /wbvobserver wbvobserver.com that volunteers define a community. 2 4 JUNE 2019 • WESTLAKE | BAY VILLAGE OBSERVER infrastructure will continue to RENEWAL be needed certainly for at least CELEBRATING from front page the 15-year-life of the proposed Community Powered News 11 YEARS of Citizens participate CITIZEN renewal, especially with anticipat- JOURNALISM The replacement cost of West- ed cutbacks in funds from federal, 1,080 in writing, editing, photographing and delivering this newspaper. lake’s roads, sewers and other state and county sources, even infrastructure is in the hundreds with the possible higher gas tax.” The Westlake | Bay Village Observer is a hyperlocal of millions of dollars. The levy will Potential projects have already community newspaper and website written by, for and about the residents of Westlake and Bay Village, generate about $8 million annually been identified. providing perspectives and information about topics until 2037, when it is set to expire. At the city council meeting on and events in our community. The mission of the In the May 9 Financial Com- May 16, the resolution to place the Westlake | Bay Village Observer is to inform, involve mittee meeting, Mayor Dennis levy on the November ballot was and energize the community through the participation of the 1,000+ community volunteers. All Westlake and Clough stated that “the 3/8% approved unanimously. C o g n m i Bay Village residents are invited to participate. m i l u a n S i t y g & R o w i n To join in, sign up through the Member Center at wbvobserver.com/members to submit your stories, HEALTH & WELLNESS photos and events. 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