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Volume 7, Issue 6, March 22, 2011 Schools Name New Assistant Superintendent by Christine Gordillo an academic expert who pro- as a reason for his relocation. City Schools, Bright held vari- The Lakewood Board of duces astonishing scholastic During his tenure at ous leadership positions with Education has named Mason results … With the addition Mason, Bright implemented a the Findlay City Schools, (Ohio) City School District of Dr. Bright to the current number of innovative curricu- including assistant superin- Superintendent Kevin L. administrative leadership, lum and instruction strategies tendent, director of personnel Bright as the next assistant Jeff Patterson has assem- that helped bring the district and junior high principal. He superintendent for Lakewood bled a ‘dream team’ that will up from one struggling in aca- started out his career as a social City Schools. Bright will continue to build upon the demic performance to a district studies teacher in the Lucas replace Jeff Patterson, who reputation the Lakewood City rated “Excellent with Distinc- Local Schools near Mansfield. will succeed Superintendent P. Schools has for demanding tion” by the state. Mason has Bright holds a BA from Joseph Madak when he retires academic excellence.” also been the home to four The Ohio State University, an on July 31, 2011. Bright, who was assis- national Blue Ribbon Schools MA and PhD in Educational Bright, who has headed tant superintendent in Mason during Bright’s stewardship. Administration from Bowling Newly selected Assistant the Mason City Schools in before becoming superinten- Prior to joining Mason Green State University. Superintendent, Kevin Bright. southwest Ohio for the past 13 dent in 1998, oversaw explosive years, comes to Lakewood with Achievement Growth in Ohio. growth in the city of Mason Geigers’ Reputations Intact impressive credentials over a In addition, the district has and the district, which went 37-year career that includes been given the “Making Your from an enrollment of 2,500 being named state Superinten- Tax Dollars Count” award for when he joined the district in dent of the Year in 2003. excellent financial account- 1990 to more than 11,000 stu- Other awards and accom- ability from the State Auditor’s dents in its six schools today. plishments he has garnered are office each of the five years While enjoying great suc- a testament to Bright’s leader- since the award’s inception. cess at Mason, Bright was ship of the Mason Schools in “Dr. Bright’s experience looking for a change in his sur- both financial and academic will be invaluable as we lead roundings and a new challenge. aspects. Mason is currently the district through some “Lakewood has a wonder- ranked 5th in the State of uncertain times in public edu- ful reputation. I always wanted Ohio in student achievement cation,” said Patterson. “He has to come to an area with a more while spending below the state an outstanding background diverse population and more average in pupil expenditure. in curriculum and instruc- urban area. I look forward to Bright has earned the Buck- tion, and with the operations bringing my knowledge and Patti and Chas Geiger enjoying a night out at Starry Night. Cleared of eye School Administrators of a school district.”Added expertise to help this district,” charges Chas and Patti look forward to happily continuing their lives. Association’s Barney Dunnan Board President Matthew John said Bright, who also cited closer by Jim O’Bryan for several weeks proved to be Award for Greatest Student Markling: “Dr. Kevin Bright is proximity to some of his family In what was a bizarre case premature and unfounded. “It of mistaken identity, Charles was pretty crazy,” said Chas in a Harding 8th Grade Girls Capture and Patti Geiger were cleared of conversation with the LO, “We any involvement in an accident knew we were innocent but Basketball Championship that was later deemed an assault, everyone else was acting like we with charges being filed. From were guilty.” the night the incident occurred Chas has asserted that he was at The Melt at the time of the inci- dent. Video evidence proved his alibi was accurate. The local media feeding frenzy that followed the Geigers Hixson’s Aids Victims Of Japanese Disasters by Bill Hixson I come?” The third missive Many years ago I was soon came to me announcing asked to teach floral arranging that they had 100 students and in Japan. I agreed, reluctantly again, “When could I come?” I as all of my background and decided to answer quickly, set- interests at that time were in ting dates before all of Japan Europe. I said that I would would meet me at the airport. need at least 20 students for Off I went and that time me to come. Within one week there were over 100 students to teach. I thought it would be for The Harding 8th grade girls’ basketball team capped off an 18-1 season by winning the Northeast Ohio I received notice that they had one time only, but once there Conference Middle School League Championship. Team members are: Front Row (Left to Right): 20 students and, “When could I was charmed by the moods, Emma McKeon, Taylor Shaw, Madison Clause, Anna Kessler, Fiona O’Donnell and Katie Ribar, Back I come?” Before I could choose Row (Left to Right): Mikayla Harper, Marissa Lewis, Amy Ritschel, Kelsey Kvasnicka, Madeline Mul- a date, a week later they had len and Coach Michael Harper Not pictured due to illness was Lisa Vandervort. 40 students and, “When could continued on page 11 Page 2 The Lakewood Observer Volume 7, Issue 6 March 22, 2011

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Thursday, March 24 Monday, March 28 The Lakewood Department of Human Services, Division of Ag- Income Tax Preparation Clinic ing, Intergenerational Tea Party 12 - 3:30 PM, Lawther Center, 16024 Madison Ave. 4:00 - 6:00 PM, The Womans Club Pavilion at Lakewood Park Offered Monday & Tuesdays through April 18th. Hosted by The City of Lakewood- Our Intergenerational Tea Party is an annual event enjoyed by mothers, daughters Division of Aging and AARP. Open to anyone filing uncomplicated tax returns, and granddaughters throughout the area. This year we are hostng a Hawaiian themed regardless of age, residency, and income or whether they are AARP members. Volun- party in honor of the newest American Girl doll, Kanani Akina. This event is sold out. teers will meet individually with interested participants to assist with the completion of the year’s tax returns. Appointments are by reservation only. To make a reservation, Orientation about Hard Hatted Women 6:00 - 7:30 PM, 4220 Prospect Ave., Cleveland call 216-521-1515. Hard Hatted Women is a non-profit organization that started 1979 by three women in Tuesday, March 29 the Non-Traditional Trades - a telephone installer, truck drive and steel worker. Our Lakewood Observer Outreach & Development Community goal is to introduce women and girls to non-traditional careers. Our Mission State- Conversations ment is: Empowering women to achieve economic independence by creating work- 7 - 9 PM, Beck Cafe, Detroit Ave. place diversity in trade and technical careers. www.hardhattedwomen.org Always wanted to write, but not sure where to start? Curious about what is going on Healing Power of Drumming For Those Touched by Cancer in your neighborhood? Want to make a difference in our community? Then join The 7:00 - 8:30 PM, The Gathering Place West, 800 Sharon Drive, Westlake Lakewood Observer for some conversation. It’s a chance to sit down with other en- This interactive drumming circle will teach the healing powers of drumming and gaged citizens and talk about ideas, challenges, community issues, etc... And the coffee help those touched by cancer decrease stress. Drums will be provided or you can is on us! There will also be time set aside to focus on you- the contributors (or aspiring contributors)- and what you need from us as a writer, photographer or editor. bring your own. Families welcome. Program co-sponsored by Hospice of the Western Reserve. Advanced registration is required. 216.595.9546. www.touchedbycancer.org. Thursday, March 31 Downtown Lakewood Business Open House Friday, March 25 5:00 - 7:00 PM, Deagan’s Kitchen & Bar, 14810 Detroit in their meeting room. Are you a business owner or manager of a Downtown Lakewood Business? Come to Live pro wrestling returns to Lakewood with NWA World Deagan’s Kitchen & Bar. Meet your business neighbors, find out what’s happening in Heavyweight Champion the Downtown district, and how the DLBA can help your business. Light appetizers, 7:00 - 11:00 PM, St. Gregory’s Byzantine Hall, 12920 Madison Ave. cash bar, good conversation! Absolute Intense Wrestling Presents Battle Bowl. See Page 15 for details. Financing Your Very Small Business Regional Premiere! Jerry Springer: The Opera 7:00 - 8:30 PM, Main Library Auditorium, 15425 Detroit Ave. 8:00 PM, Studio Theater, Beck Center for the Arts, 17801 Detroit Ave. What options do you have when your startup is unable to secure traditional financ- Showtimes Friday & Saturday 8PM, Sundays .7PM. Last weekend. Call 521-2540 or ing? Representatives from the WECO Fund invite you to participate in a workshop purchase tickets online at www.beckcenter.org. that covers everything from business plans to tax returns. You may be the right candi- date for a microloan. Saturday, March 26 Saturday, April 2 Earned Income Tax Credit Clinic 2nd Annual Spring Fling at The Furry Nation 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Lakewood Public Library, 15425 Detroit Ave. 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, The Furry Nation, 15800 Detroit Ave. Trained volunteers will help you, at no charge, apply for the money you have earned. Help us celebrate our 2 year Anniversary. We will have many rescues, artists,Pet In order to qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit, your earned income and photography,a free year of free food for dogs and cats. A large Charity Raffle with over adjusted gross income (AGI) must meet income eligible requirements. Clinics will be 40 baskets totaling over $5000.00 in donations from local merchants all to benefit held at the Lakewood Public Library also March 26, April 2 and 9. Appointment times Lakewood’s Own All Dogs Heaven Rescue. www.thefurrynation.com. on these dates will be 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM. To register call at Mud In Yer Eye Monthly Contra Dance at Masonic Temple (216) 226-8275 x 127. 7:00 - 11:00 PM, Lakewood Masonic Temple, 15300 Detroit Ave. Glass Tile Pendants Class at Crafty Goodness Cleveland The band Mud in Yer Eye with caller Carol Kopp perform a contra dance in the beau- 6:00 - 7:30 PM, Crafty Goodness, 15621 Madison Ave. tiful ball room of the Masonic Temple every First Saturday of the Month. Singles and In this class you will create five glass tile pendants to wear using a variety of images couples, age 7 to 100 welcome! No previous dancing experience necessary. At 7pm the caller goes through most of the steps to expect during the night and then again before from vintage books/dictionaries, maps and other decorative papers. A fun and easy each dance. Wear comfortable shoes and clothing. $6 charge at door to help pay for way to create wearable art! A fun mother/daughter class. Price: $20. Kit includes: five the hall. Lessons begin at 7pm. 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Lakewood City News More Changes To Council And Its Leadership by Christopher Bindel Council had to select a new Council first was an ordinance that would give maybe push 12, but 14 was not going to The March 7, 2011 Council meet- President. The Committee of the Whole the City the right to sell bonds in the happen. The developer argued that the ing was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by recommended that Councilwoman amount of $2.1 million dollars to pay economics of the deal do not work at 12 Council Vice President Mary Louise Madigan finish out 2011 as Council Pres- for capital improvements throughout houses, and the Mayor said that they may Madigan. As former Council President, ident and that Brian Powers replace her the City. The items that followed were not, however in that case the develop- and Ward I Councilman, Kevin Butler as Council Vice President. After Coun- specific certificates that indicated what ment just does not happen. stepped down to become the City’s new cil received the communication from some of the money would be spent In any case, the Mayor said that if law director, Councilwoman Madigan Councilwoman Madigan, Councilman on, including street repairs, Detroit it does move forward the plans would (Ward IV) was to act as President until Brian Powers (At-Large) moved to elect Avenue improvements including new have to go before the Planning Com- Council elected a new one. her as Council President. Seconded by traffic signals, and improvements to mission and then the Architectural The meeting opened with five Boy Councilman Thomas Bullock (Ward II), the municipal garage ventilation. All of Board of Review as well, as there are Scouts leading everyone in the Pledge the motion was put to a vote and Madi- the items were referred to the Finance sure to be several community meetings of Allegiance. Councilwoman Madigan gan was unanimously elected as the Committee for further consideration. to discuss the impact of the possible then began the agenda by announcing new Council President. Councilwoman Coming to the end of the agenda development before any decisions the selection of David W. Anderson to Madigan then moved to elect Council- items, there was just one member of the would be made. He does not see any fulfill the Ward I Council seat left vacant man Powers to Vice President, and was public to speak. She spoke on behalf of impending deadline forcing a hasty by Butler. Before the meeting could pro- seconded again by Councilman Bullock. her fellow residents on Beach Avenue approach to the issue and plans to take ceed with Anderson in his new official Powers was then unanimously elected to and complained again about the Rock- an orderly approach to handling it. role, he had to be sworn in. Judge Pat- the position of Vice President. port development. Instead of discussing Councilman Powers thanked the rick Carroll was on hand to conduct The next item on the agenda was the conditions of the vacant lots, she Mayor for his update and said that the official swearing in. Surrounded by presented by Councilman Powers chose to discuss the makeup of the even though nothing concerning the his wife Andrea and children Brianna, and regarded leashed dog-walking in development itself. The current develop- possible development would come to Reese, Luke and Benjamin, who all par- Lakewood and Kauffman Parks. Last ment consists almost entirely of housing a vote at Council, it is still something ticipated, Anderson took his oath and year an ordinance allowing leashed dogs units. She said she believed that with gas they are interested in and concerned officially became the Ward I Council- in Lakewood and Kauffman parks was reaching nearly $5 a gallon, people soon about. He continued saying that his man. He took his seat as Councilman passed on a trial basis, to see if it could won’t be able to afford to drive out to the personal preference would be to see Anderson, and the meeting proceeded. be done without any financial strain to malls to do their shopping. Therefore an individual purchase the home and Mayor Mike Summers recognized the City and with no incidents in the she believes that Lakewood’s Planning renovate it to its previous splendor. He the five Boy Scouts who helped with parks. With the trial period coming to and Development Department should understands however that that is not the Pledge of Allegiance in the opening a close without any problems, Council- be pushing the development to build his call, although he said anything he of the meeting. Because each one had man Powers submitted an ordinance small stores for mom and pop shops can do to convince someone else to do recently completed the highest rank in that would make the change permanent that can sell necessities such as clothes that he would. He even went as far as Boy Scouts, Eagle Scout, the Mayor pre- and asked Council to consider it and so people wont have to drive to shop- to say that if he could purchase it him- sented each of them with a resolution send it to the Public Safety Committee ping centers to get their necessities. self he would. Although he cannot, commending and thanking them for for review. Councilman Powers made a Next Councilwoman Monique he hopes everyone in the city comes their hard work on their service proj- point to mention the hard-working citi- Smith asked the Mayor about a pro- together and tries to find someone ects. The Mayor continued saying that it zens that made the pilot year a success, posed development on Edgewater who will. However if no one does, and is not every day that Boy Scouts achieve and the fundraising they did to make Drive. There is currently a house worth property is purchased by a developer, the rank of Eagle Scout, and pointing out it possible. Without either it could not just under a million dollars for sale on the City cannot tell them how they can that it is much more rare that five do it have happened. He also pointed out that Edgewater Drive. A property developer or cannot use that property. Provided all at once. He wanted to make sure to the leashed dogs in the parks issue was is interested in the property, but only they work within all the proper zoning recognize the troop leaders as well as the originally brought forth by Councilman for the almost two an a half acres of and building codes, the developer can parents of the individuals, as he said it Powers and although he is no longer the land. The Mayor explained that they are do with it what he likes. However, he would not have been possible for them to Chair of the Public Safety Committee interested in raising at least two struc- said the City can at least let them know achieve this honor without their support. that he is more then welcome to con- tures on the property to make way for what their preferences are. Next, Councilwoman Madigan read tinue to be a part of the process. Council a development of 14 single-level homes. The Mayor then said the issue a communication from the Committee then referred the proposed ordinance to The developer, Abode Living, held a Lakewood has to consider is that it is a of the Whole (the committee that con- the Public Safety Committee for further community meeting for neighbors of community of mostly older two-storey sists of all members of Council) regarding consideration. the property at Emerson Elementary homes in a time where an aging popula- Council leadership. With Council The next several items on the to discuss their plans. During the dis- tion is seeking more single-level homes, President Butler having stepped down, agenda were all finance-related. The cussions reservations and concerns with a bedroom and bathroom on the were raised by several of the residents. first floor. These types of homes are The Mayor said that after that meeting something that Lakewood is seriously he met with the developer to work on lacking in, and many in Lakewood who some of the issues regarding the prop- go searching for such homes often end up erty. After extensive talks he said that in places like Strongsville and Westlake. they agreed to disagree, and are looking The Mayor continued, saying that one towards the next step, which the Mayor of Lakewood’s challenges is taking prop- said is not clear, or if there even will erty that no loner has a strong market be one. The developer is also looking demand, such as a million dollar home, at some other parcels in Lakewood for and repurposing it for a type of housing development, including one on Sloane, that there is a strong market demand for, by the curve to Lake, where there are such as single-floor homes. He said it is three vacant rental properties for sale. a difficult transition and one the City The Mayor continued saying that will have to work through as a commu- in complex developments such as the nity. He restated that one of his goals as ones being looked at for either Sloane or Mayor is to reposition Lakewood’s hous- Edgewater, there are many things to look ing for the city’s second century. He said at and several steps to take. Some of the that the second century has a different things they need to look at are whether view than the first did, but that the com- the development fits the neighborhood, munity needs to figure out what the new if it fits into the zoning requirements, view is. He thinks the situation on Edge- and if are there modifications to the zon- water could be a part of figuring that out. ing requirements that are appropriate. With no further comments from In the case of the Edgewater proposed the Mayor, or any of the members of development, the Mayor said that the Council, a motion to adjourn was heard zoning allows for about 11 houses. They and the meeting ended at 8:10 P.M. are asking for 14. He said the city could continued on next page

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Lakewood City News 22,600,000 Steps And Counting…Mark Your Calendar For The 10th Annual Lakewood Hospital Ambulance Chase by Kris Griesmar volunteer or participant… it doesn’t Celebrate 10 years of running, walk- matter what you do, just come join ing, wellness, community spirit and us on May 1!” exclaims Jan Murphy, support of Lakewood Hospital at the president, Lakewood and Fairview Ambulance Chase on Sunday, May 1. hospitals. “And help to support patient “This is a fabulous event, not to be care at our community hospital- missed,” notes Ken Haber, Lakewood Lakewood Hospital.” Hospital Foundation President. “The Presented by Donald Martens & Ambulance Chase is for all, from the Sons Ambulance Services, event fes- youngest among us in the Children’s tivities are at Lakewood Park and Chase to participants well into their registration begins at 7:30 AM. eighties. And the bonus is the differ- For more information, call 216- ence that has been made in patient care 529-7009 or visit lakewoodhospital. at Lakewood Hospital due to the funds Ambulance Chase is a favorite of Lakewood runners. This photo is from last year. org/foundation. To register online raised through the event.” from stroke victim to stroke survivor of his therapists, he is now running half visit hermescleveland.com The rehabilitation program at to Lakewood Hospital’s Rehab Services marathons. “My first race was last year’s Lakewood Hospital gave me my life program. “For the past year and a half, Ambulance Chase, and I am running back,” states Bill Forester, stroke survi- I have had the great fortune of intensely again this year- with an improved stride vor and 2011 Race Committee member. focusing on my physical, occupational and a sense of great pride in giving back Timothy P. Laskey On August 17, 2009, Bill’s life changed and speech therapy. The hospital thera- to Lakewood Hospital, because it gave forever, suffering a massive, debilitating pists and members of the stroke support me my life back,” notes Bill. certified public accountant stroke that affected his speech, and the group have become my community.” Since its inception in 2002, the use of his arm and leg on his right side. As part of his therapy, Bill began a Ambulance Chase has raised nearly “I ate healthy, didn’t smoke and was very serious running regime, something he $300,000 for a myriad of programs Tax Preparation & active...it made no sense. It just goes to had done very little of before the stroke. and services at Lakewood Hospital, Accounting Services show that this can happen to anyone.” Through his hard work and endurance, ranging from SeniorCare Services to Bill credits his successful journey and the dedication and encouragement Teen Health Center to the emergency individual • small business department. In keeping with Lakewood corporate • estate More Changes To Council And Its Leadership Hospital’s Vision for Tomorrow, this year’s race will benefit patients in need continued from previous page meeting will be held on April 4, 2011. of post-acute rehabilitation and out- 12511 Madison Avenue Council meetings are held every For a copy of the agenda or for any other patient physical, occupational, and Lakewood, OH 44107 first and third Monday of the month at information regarding the Lakewood speech therapy services, as well as sev- P: 216/521-2100 7:30 P.M. in the City Hall Auditorium. City Council, you can find it at onelake- eral other initiatives. F: 216/521-3258 The next regularly scheduled council wood.com/citygovern_council.html. “Walk or run, 5K or 1.5 miles,

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Lakewood Public Library Events All Events and Programs Are Free And Open To The Public

Wednesday, March 23 Wednesday, April 6 MEET THE AUTHOR: Dan Coughlin MEET THE AUTHOR: Neil Zurcher Crazy, With the Papers to Prove It: Stories About the Most Unusual, Eccentric Tales from the Road: Memoirs from a Lifetime of Ohio Travel, Television, and More and Outlandish People I’ve Known in 45 Years as a Sports Journalist After a million miles and four decades, Neil Zurcher has a lot of great stories Dan Coughlin is not crazy, but for 45 years he covered sports in Cleveland, to tell. He met Prince Charles in a bathroom, and tripped and fell on President which means he lived life under a full moon. In this book, the award-winning Plain Gerald Ford. He raced on an elephant, piloted a glider, and hung from a trapeze. Dealer and WJW-TV reporter reflects on the most unusual, eccentric and outland- He survived a hotel fire, a tornado, and countless stunts for the camera. During his ish people and events he covered. “I never met a wacko I didn’t like,” Coughlin says. “One Tank Trips, he visited every corner of Ohio and beyond and met hundreds Not only did he write about them, they became his lifelong friends. Every day was of unusual people, making him one of the most popular personalities in Cleve- an adventure, but it wasn’t all laughs; some of his boxers went to jail, his softball land television. In this book, with his familiar folksy style, Neil shares dozens of players got shot, his race car drivers were killed. Luckily, Coughlin kept notes! Any his favorite personal stories. Many will cause a chuckle, some will surprise, and all Cleveland sports fan will enjoy meeting these memorable characters. Books will be recall an era of television and of Northeast Ohio that was full of color and charac- available for sale and signing at the event. ters. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event. 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium Sunday, March 27 Thursday, April 7 SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: The Circle East Ensemble MEET THE AUTHOR: Diana Tittle Introduced by Dr. Alan M. Tartakoff, Violinist, The Circle East Ensemble will The Severances: An American Odyssey, from Puritan Massachusetts to Ohio’s come West to perform a thoughtful selection of classical music for audiences of all ages. Western Reserve, and Beyond 2:00 p.m. in the First Floor Multipurpose Room Although the book covers nearly four centuries of this remarkable family’s Monday, March 28 history, the author’s lavishly illustrated talk will put special emphasis on how the experience of designing and furnishing “homes beautiful” in Cleveland Heights Stress Management and Back Injury Prevention transformed John L. Severance and his sister Elisabeth Severance Prentiss into seri- Dr. Jay-P Fite shows you how to battle physical, emotional and chemical stress- ous patrons of the arts who endowed the Western Reserve with some of our most ors with proper lifting, sleeping and bending techniques. Find new ways to deal distinguished civic buildings. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event. with emotional stress and limit your chemical intake. 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium BOOK GROUPS: Tuesday, March 29 Thursday, March 24 Wabi Sabi: The Holistic Home for Stress Free Living BUSINESS BOOK TALK with Tim Zaun and Friends Simple uncluttered spaces, rustic furnishings and organic materials are the hall- Get down to business with like-minded Lakewoodites. Visit www.timzaun. marks of Wabi Sabi, the design aesthetic of ancient Japan. Cara Gallagher will show comor go to www.lakewoodpubliclibrary.com/bookclubs to learn more. us how these simple ideals can be applied to make us appreciate the materials we Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future by Robert B. Reich already have in our homes and live in a more environmentally responsible manner. Clinton’s Secretary of Labor outlines nine ways to save America’s middle class 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium in his latest book. Wednesday, March 30 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room LAKEWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Clevelanders in the Civil War LEARNING LAB CLASSES: With good humor and dramatic zeal, Marge Wilson tells the stories of sig- Reservations for computer instruction classes begin the first of each month. nificant Clevelanders before, during and after the war. Famous names range from To register, please stop in or call (216) 226-8275, ext. 127. We ask that all stu- future president James Garfield to the son of Cleveland’s grand gentleman, Jeptha dents come to class with a working knowledge of the mouse. If you need help, visit Wade. Rockefeller’s little brother joined up at age sixteen. And who could for- the Technology Center and ask the staff to set you up on our Mouse Training Pro- get early settler superwoman, Rebecca Rouse? Other folks include one of Lincoln’s gram. It’s fun, easy and essential to becoming computer literate. All classes take guards, a survivor of Andersonville, Confederates and more. place in the Main Library Learning Lab on the 2nd floor. 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium UPCOMING MARCH & APRIL CLASSES: (Class sign-ups for March begin Thursday, March 31 on Thursday, March 1) Financing Your Very Small Business Saturday, March 26: E-MAIL BASICS @ 3:00 p.m. What options do you have when your startup is unable to secure traditional Thursday, March 31: INTRO TO DATABASE SEARCHING @ 7:00 p.m. financing? Representatives from the WECO Fund invite you to participate in a Saturday, April 9: WORD PROCESSING BASICS@3:00 p.m. workshop that covers everything from business plans to tax returns. You may be Thursday, April 14: JOB HUNTING BASICS @ 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. the right candidate for a microloan. Saturday, April 16: INTERNET BASICS@3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium Saturday, April 23: WEB SEARCHING BASICS@3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2 Saturday, April 30: E-MAIL BASICS@3:00 p.m. FILM NOIR IN THE FIFTIES: Cops, Commies & Corruption CHILDRENS & YOUTH SERVICES: D.O.A. (1950) Directed by Rudolph Maté Not Rated AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS: A man walks through the long corridors of a police precinct until he finally HOMEWORK ER: For students in kindergarten through eighth gradeNeed a reaches homicide headquarters. “I want to report a murder,” he says. “Who was little extra help with your homework or just want a cool place to work? Come to the murdered?” they ask. “I was.” Sometime during the past 24 hours, someone slipped Homework Room for help and resources. No need to register. *Homework ER will CPA Edmond O’Brien a mickey of slow-acting poison. With the help of his secre- be closed for school holidays and vacations.* tary/fiancée, Pamela Britton, he spends the rest of the film looking for an answer to Tuesday, September 7 – Thursday, May 26 the existential question at the heart of film noir: “Why me?” Monday – Thursday, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., in Main Library Children’s and 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium Youth Services Sunday, April 3 Monday – Thursday, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Madison Branch SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: The Teahouse Sounds of Silk and Bamboo TEEN HOMEWORK CENTER: For students in sixth to twelfth grade The Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble recreates the atmosphere of a faraway Looking for a place to work on your homework or class projects? Feel free to teahouse with ancient and modern forms of Chinese music played on traditional come by with friends to work and chat at the same time. Library staff will be present wind, string and percussion instruments. An assortment of hot teas will be pro- to help answer questions with assignment directions or guide you to appropriate vided for the audience to sample as lush, lyrical “silk and bamboo” pieces are materials for your research. punctuated by lively festival music for an unforgettable experience. Drink up. Ongoing through Thursday, May 26 2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium Thursdays, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the Main Library Multipurpose Room Monday, April 4 IT’S PUZZLING Road Scholar: The New Face of Elderhostel !Ready to challenge your brain after school? Check out the Library’s puzzle sta- George Shinas invites you to take part in the adventure of lifelong learning. Dis- tion. A variety of puzzles will be available, and correctly completed puzzles will be cover thousands of educational tours spread across fifty states and more than ninety entered into a monthly prize drawing. countries that are offered by the not-for-profit leader in educational travel since 1975. Ongoing through Thursday, May 26 Experience in-depth and behind-the-scenes learning opportunities, from cultural Monday – Friday, 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., in Main Library Children’s and tours and study cruises to walking, biking and more. Mr. Shinas will answer your Youth Services and at the Madison Branch questions and share experiences from his own adventures—thirty-one and counting. 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

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Lakewood Public Library The Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble Serves Up A Tea Infused Concert by Martha Wood sound that is meditative and relaxing, There is more to China than what and just the sort of music you might you read about in the financial papers. hear at a tea house. What’s more, every There is an ancient China that has selection they are playing at the con- worked for 4000 years on the perfect cert will have something to do with the cup of tea. A China where making this beloved brew. cup of tea is considered high art, along Xue “Snow” Yu, a vibrant soprano, with poetry and the traditional music is the guest vocalist. Yu, a master stu- of the tea house, known as Sizhu, or dent at Kent State University will be “silk and bamboo”. On Sunday, April singing a very traditional ballad about 3rd at 2:00 pm in the Main Audito- drinking tea and a relatively modern rium, Lakewood Public Library is one from a 1930’s Chinese movie. delighted to welcome the Cleveland The ‘tea’ theme will also be Chinese Music Ensemble for a mysti- reflected in the selected poems that will cal teahouse concert that promises to be read in their original Chinese by The Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble refresh you in mind, body and spirit. Zhiyi Xu, an octogenarian grandfather Like Irish pubs or cafés in Paris, from Hangzhou. An English transla- art which has to be seen to be believed, drink up the tea house atmosphere at the Chinese have tea houses. Chinese tion of the same poems will follow. and the performance of an authentic the Lakewood Public Library on April tea houses are scattered throughout As a special treat, a benefactor from Tea Ceremony, this concert should not 3rd at 2:00 pm in the Main Auditorium. China and are usually found along the Province of Anhui near the lower be missed. “We want to create some- As always, this free event is generously bridges as a respite for travelers. It is end of the Yangtze River has supplied thing the audience will never forget”, funded by Cuyahoga County residents customary to bring your caged song- rare and prized teas from the Anhui says Badagnani. through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and bird with you to hang on long poles region to be served at the concert. Now So come, enjoy the music and the Friends of Lakewood Public Library. that stretch across the ceiling of the tea these aren’t your average grocery store house, order your tea and listen to the teas we’re talking about. These are teas Destination: tea house musicians. worth hundreds of dollars served in tra- According to musician and ditional clay pots for you to enjoy along founder David Badagnani, the Cleve- with watermelon seeds (a specialty) and Lakewood Public Library land Chinese Music Ensemble uses Jujube, a type of date that has been cul- by Chris Weaver traditional string and wind instru- tivated in China for 4000 years. It is unlikely that the phrase “One ments such as the erhu, the pipa, a With the addition of a beautiful Tank Trip” brings to your mind any- guzheng, a sheng and dizis to create a blossoming tea, a handmade work of thing besides the image of a smiling man in a red and white convertible The Severances: traveling the highways and byways of Ohio. The man you are thinking of is A Cultural Legacy Neil Zurcher, of course, and his famous by Andrea Fisher suggestions for hundreds of quick, eco- The Golden Age of philanthropy nomical outings to wonderful nearby brought us families like the Rockefell- attractions. ers and Carnegies. Cleveland has the Having logged more than a mil- Severance family, whose generosity lion miles in his travels, Mr. Zurcher’s brought an enduring legacy of arts and next stop is Lakewood Public Library’s culture to the city, most notably with Main Branch Auditorium on Wednes- the magnificent home of the Cleve- day, April 6th at 7:00 p.m. land Orchestra: Severance Hall. Diana This evening will revisit and go and other newsworthy events he cov- Tittle, author of The Severances: An beyond his Trips as Mr. Zurcher also ered in his early journalism career. American Odyssey, from Puritan Mas- recalls his early days in TV and radio A recipient of both the Distin- sachusetts to Ohio’s Western Reserve, contributed generously to the College news, before he became an icon of travel guished Service Award from the and Beyond will be at the Lakewood of Wooster and Oberlin College, as well reporting. Taking stories from his new Society of Professional Journalism Public Library on Thursday, April 7 at as Case Western Reserve University. book, “Tales from the Road: Memoirs and the Silver Circle award from the 7 p.m. in the Auditorium as part of our Louis’ children, John L. and Elisa- from a Lifetime of Ohio Travel, Televi- National Academy of Television Arts Meet the Author series. beth, had a taste for high culture and sion and More,” this Ohio Broadcasters and Sciences, this visit by Zurcher is John and Abigail Severance came the arts, and were eager to cultivate Hall of Fame member will highlight not to be missed. Books will be avail- to America like many of the other this love in the city of Cleveland. With- storm chases and high-speed chases, able for sale and signing at the event. 21,000 Puritans that fled England, out their generosity, Cleveland would seeking freedom to practice their reli- not have Severance Hall, Cleveland gious beliefs. The Severances originally Museum of Art’s Court of Armor and Carabel Beauty Salon & Store settled in the Massachusetts Bay Col- Tapestry, and other pieces that were Attention Perm Virgins get a new look ony in the 17th century and remained given to the museum after their deaths. Long hair try the beach wave. Medium length hair try there as farmers for a number of gener- Elisabeth established the Allen Memo- a large curl messy bob. Short hair get control and ations. Tragedy eventually brought the rial Art Museum at Oberlin College, direction with a partial perm. family to Cleveland, generations later and also invested millions in health- check with ID or Cash in 1830, when four young Severance care institutions in the city. Your Feminine boys came to Cleveland to live with a In this well-researched book, 216.226.8616 Connection cousin’s family after their parents died Diana Tittle uses the hundreds of his- 15309 Madison Avenue • FREE PARKING of tuberculosis. torical documents, letters and records One of the orphans, Solomon, of multiple generations of the fam- would die before his time just like his ily. Don’t miss this chance to learn parents, leaving his young wife with more about the Severance family, two young boys, one of whom would whose history is traced from their become a Standard Oil millionaire. humble Puritan beginnings to their Louis started as a cashier for Rock- transformation into industrial tycoon efeller’s company, and worked his way descendants and generous benefactors up the ranks of the company. He used of the Arts and Medicine in Cleveland. his fortune to invest in The Arcade, As always, this Library program is free founded a hospital in Seoul, Korea, and and open to the public.

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Lakewood Schools Harding 8th Grader Wins Top Award In National Art Contest by Christine Gordillo judged on the following criteria: orig- Harding 8th grader, Jacob Corder, inality, technical skill and emergence has been named a national Gold of personal vision or voice. Medal winner - the highest honor - in Corder’s pieces have special the prestigious Scholastic Art & Writ- meaning to him as he created them as a ing Awards presented by the Alliance tribute to his family. The ring includes for Young Artists & Writers. This is a three felt “hills” with faces that repre- national competition with more than sent his mother, his sister and himself. under his belt, in addition to this most 185,000 works submitted from more The earrings, one of which is a cloud recent honor. He took second place for than 50,000 students in grades 7-12 with sunshine and the other a cloud a silk painting he entered when he was Jacob Corder from across the nation. with rain, are a tribute to his mother. 11 at the Starry Night art exhibition Corder won his Gold Medal, “The cloud earrings represent held on the eve of the Lakewood Arts which represents the most outstand- good and bad times,” Corder said. Festival, and sold one of his papier the regional level also had their work ing work in the nation, in the Jewelry “My mom is a single mom and she’s mache animal creations to Pioneer judged at the national level. Senior category, for two pieces submitted gotten us through a lot of good and Savings Bank to hang in their lobby. Peter Barlow won his regional Golden together, a felted ring with metalwork bad times and these were a thank-you Many of Corder’s pieces can Key for a film titled, “Last Hope” and base and felted earrings. He will be to her.” be found at Local Girl Gallery in senior Danielle Curran for a painting honored along with the other national And how does Mom feel about Lakewood, which will be hosting a titled, “Purple Hart.” winners at a ceremony in May at Carn- that? “It reduced me to tears,” said show of his work in June. The Scholastic Awards were egie Hall. The national winners were Julie Corder. “It was the most touch- In addition to Corder, two founded in 1923 to offer recognition selected from the 1,500 that advanced ing thing I’ve ever heard.” Lakewood High school students who and scholarships for students for their from their regional competitions in Corder, who began taking art were named Golden Key winners at artistic talents. January. classes at the Cleveland Institute of Entries were judged by profes- Art at age 11, already has a few other sionals in visual and literary arts and significant art accomplishments Kindergarten And Open Enrollment Hayes Kindergartners Help Those In Need Registration Is March 23 by Christine Gordillo full and notarized by land lord/prop- Kindergarten registration for the erty manager (only when numbers 1, 2, Lakewood City Schools will take place and/or 3 cannot be provided). in all 7 of our elementary schools on 5. Residency and Custody Affida- Wednesday, March 23, 2011 from 2 vit completed in full and notarized by p.m. – 7 p.m. Parents may register resident. children at their neighborhood ele- 6. Official Documentation mentary school on this day only. On of Custody (required only when March 23, kindergarten classrooms child does not live with birth parents). will be available to tour after 3:15 p.m. March 23 is also the date the district when current students have been dis- will begin accepting applications for open Kindergarteners in Katie Papp’s class at Hayes Elementary recently brought into focus missed for the day. This will allow enrollment for students in grades kin- the importance of giving to your community and helping others as they raised money parents and youngsters to see the cur- dergarten through 5th. The Lakewood to buy eyeglasses for patients in need at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. rent kindergarten classrooms in their City Schools are organized around the The class sold bags of trail mix for 25 cents during their lunch period during the first neighborhood school. concept of neighborhood schools. Each week of March. The class was able to donate $85 to Metro and thanks to their efforts, If you are unable to register on school has a designated attendance area about 85 more people will have functional eyeglasses! March 23, you will need to register at based on street addresses. If you live in a the Lakewood Board of Education, school’s attendance area, you are guaran- FREE ADMISSION! Student Services Department on the teed a place in that neighborhood school. 2nd floor, 1470 Warren Road. Regis- The Lakewood Board of Education has Repair Remodel Improvement tration at the Board of Education is a policy that allows parents to apply for Landscaping Gardens held between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. every open enrollment to another elementary Woodworking working day. Children enrolled in school. These applications are approved Interior Design Beautification Lakewood City Schools pre-kindergar- only if space is available in the requested ten program are already enrolled in the school and grade. Please understand that Bringing Lakewood home-related district and do not need to re-register. open enrollment requests must be pro- resources & businesses together to Parents may register a child who cessed very close to the beginning of the serve the needs of Lakewood homes & will turn 5 years of age on or before school year and only after the district the residents who care for them. September 30, 2011. You will need to is able to judge what the neighborhood provide the following documents at enrollment will be. Saturday, April 16 registration: If parents need to make arrange- 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Child’s Information: ments (childcare, carpooling, etc.) Harding Middle School Gym 16601 Hilliard Rd., Lakewood * Certified copy of birth certificate based on where your child will attend Huge home-improvement Exhibitor registration (U.S. Passport or Visa) school, you should make your plans door prizes. information & form is at: * Social Security card (optional) on attendance at your neighborhood * Immunization record, doctor’s school where your child is guaran- Many more booth raffles Lakewood Hardware & giveaways. 16608 Madison Ave., Lakewood name and phone number teed a place. Open enrollment requests 216-226-8822 Parent Information: should not be based on any school clos- 55 local exhibitors knowledgeable & experienced www.lakewoodhardware.com * Valid driver’s license/picture I.D. ing as that timetable and transition in old homes. * Residency (provide two): plan have yet to be fully created. The Free Madison Ave. Business Brought to you by: 1. Current gas/electric bill – por- final date to submit an open enroll- Directory with House Fair tion showing your name & address. ment request for the 2011-2012 year is exhibitor listing. 2. Faxed confirmation of new utility August 11, 2011. Lunch, beverages, baked good service: (216) 529-4104 (Attn: Ms. Griveas). If parents have any questions samples available. 3. Fully executed lease: includes regarding the enrollment process, Something fun and landlord contact information and all neighborhood school status, or any interesting for everyone persons living at this address. other item please contact the Division of including the kids. 4. Owner Affidavit completed in Teaching and Learning at 216-529-4203.

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Lakewood Schools From Lakewood Recreation New And Improved Summer Youth Programs by Mike Callahan cess allows registration for individual The Recreation Department is weeks. Register for 4 or more weeks busy preparing for an exciting summer. and receive a free swim pass. Also, Many of the traditional programs have breakfast will be served daily by the been enhanced and there are plenty of Lakewood City Schools Nutrition Ser- new activities for children of all ages. vices Department, and is included in Here are some of the highlights: the registration fee. Ranger Baseball Parents’ Night Out Leagues are available from 4 year- This article isn’t entirely for the old Tot T-ball to 15U (ages 13-15) kids! Parents, leave the babysitting to Ripken Prep. The Ripken Prep Divi- us and enjoy a night out on the town on sion is new for 2011. Also, a new team July 9 or August 6. Kids will start with formation policy and coaches’ packet dinner, a movie, and gym activities with roster form has been developed. and then we’ll walk as a group to the Registration ends March 31. municipal pool for swimming. Chil- Jungle Terry visits Lakewood Recreation Kids Connection last summer Running Rangers dren will be supervised by summer day This new program seeks to prepare camp staff and lifeguards. those entering grades 6 through 8 for the Ranger Sports Camps ball, Soccer, and Volleyball. Parent and Child Etiquette fall cross country season. If your middle The Recreation Department works Aquatics New to Lakewood Recreation, join schooler is interested in cross country, closely with Lakewood High School Summer swim passes and learn- Mr. Dick Blake and his wife for one of this program will let them try it out. Athletics, and the various varsity to-swim registration are available Mr. Blake’s most requested classes over Participants will be instructed in the coaches at LHS. This summer, children beginning May 1. Looking for a differ- the years. Children learn the social areas of training techniques, diet, and have the opportunity to enhance skills ent activity in the pool this summer? skills and table manners that not only running form, in addition to distance in many sports under the direction of Try water polo! This program will teach them to act like young ladies and training runs. Included in the registra- the Ranger coaching staff. Summer introduce students to the game, work gentlemen, but also help them to be tion is participation in a local road race. camps and clinics include Baseball, on skills, and include scrimmages. successful throughout their lives and Participants will also receive a t-shirt. Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Foot- The program is great for beginners-- in future careers. Parents get to share students should be in Level 4 or higher the experience and maybe learn a lit- learn-to-swim, although the class will tle something, too! The class will take Lakewood Students Shine At be held in shallow and deep water. The place on Sundays, May 29 and June 5 at Department offers many other aquat- Harding Middle School. NE Ohio Science Fair ics programs including American Red Above are just a few highlights of the by Christine Gordillo The 10 participants from Hard- Cross Lifeguard Training, Lifeguard Recreation Department’s summer youth Sixteen students from Lakewood ing Middle School also fared well. The Instructor Training, a USA Swim- offerings. For more details, including High and Harding Middle School students and their placement awards ming-affiliated competitive swim fees, times and locations on these and all attended the 58th Annual Northeastern among the Grades 7-8 participants are: team, the entry-level Ranger Summer other programs, visit www.lakewoodrec- Ohio Science and Engineering Fair at 2nd Place: Renee Klann Swim Team, and more. reation.com, or call 216-529-4081. Look Cleveland State March 14-17 and all came 3rd Place: Madison Clause, Ann Kids Connection for the Recreation Department’s Spring/ away with recognition of their projects, Elaban, Colby Karel, Pat McMahon, The classic summer camp, Summer booklet due out to homes in late including a first-place award for sopho- Grant Senger, Sarah Smith, Shawn Sovie Kids Connection, is back with some March. Lakewood Recreation, where the more Hannah Kiraly in her category. Honorable Mention:Maggie Pizzo, upgrades. A new registration pro- fun never ends! More than 600 students from Sean Weddell nearly 100 area schools competed at the Special Awards: fair in nine categories, which are subdi- Madison Clause – Austen BioIn- Students Meet Cleveland Cavaliers, Hear vided by grade levels. NEOSEF awards novation Institute one 1st place, and multiple 2nd place, Ann Elaban – American Meteoro- Healthy Message At West Side Market 3rd place and honorable mentions per logical Society by Mike Callahan subdivision. Students also compete for Sarah Smith – American Meteo- Current and former Grant and over 300 Special Awards totaling more rological Society & Association for Roosevelt Elementary School students, than $15,000 that are donated by com- Women GeoScientists including many from the Recreation panies, societies and organizations. Senger also was given a special Department’s Ranger Basketball Kiraly, who also placed first last writing award along with 42 other par- league, went on a field trip to the West year at the fair, won in the Biology ticipants for his explanatory report Side Market Saturday, March 12. The Grades 9-10 division for her project that accompanied his project. He now West Side Market, a 99 year-old Cleve- titled: “Can Integrating the Concept of is eligible to compete in a national land landmark, is without doubt an Intercropping with GMO’s (Genetically competition with the chance to win an intriguing place. But it was the special Students from Lakewood Recreation Modified Organisms) be Beneficial to all-expenses paid trip to Washington, guests that the students met, and the and Lakewood City Schools with Alonzo the Agricultural Industry.” First-place D.C. transportation to and from, that will Gee and Joey Graham from the Cleve- winners received $100 in addition to a Established in 1953, the NEOSF make the day hard to forget. land Cavaliers at the West Side Market medal and blue ribbon. Joining Kiralyi began with the goal of getting young The group was picked up from on Saturday, March 12. in awards recognition are the following adults interested in science and engi- Grant Elementary School by several vehi- LHS students: neering by participating in a science cles including a stretch limousine, and groups and sent on a scavenger hunt to 3rd Place: George Harkenrider, and engineering competition. The fair driven to their destination. Upon their purchase items for several recipes. The Jacob Zbin has been held every year since 1954 and arrival the students were introduced items were paid for by the Cavaliers, Honorable Mention: Hugh Camp- is affiliated with the Intel International to representatives from the Cleveland and then donated to a local charity. bell, Sameena Khan, Victoria Milicevic Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Cavaliers organization and Cleveland At the conclusion the students Special Awards: During the four day event students Clinic. After hearing a bit about the his- were given gift bags from the Cavaliers George Harkenrider – Antique set up their science fair displays, dis- tory of the market and an overview of the and driven back to Grant Elementary. Automobile Association and Parker cuss their projects with 260-plus judges healthy eating message of the day, special If that wasn’t enough, the students and Hannifin Corp. for his project, “Lift and compete for more than $20,000 guests Cavs forwards Joey Graham and their families were then given tickets to Relative to the Camber of a Wing” in prizes. One of the most rewarding Alonzo Gee were introduced. the Cavaliers game on Sunday March Sameena Khan - Cleveland Clinic aspects of NEOSEF is the opportu- The students then joined their 13. The tickets had been purchased by Department of Pathobiology for her nity for the students to discuss their new friends for a tour of the market. Cavaliers players as a part of the team’s project, “The Effect of Surface Temper- research with professional scientists Along the way, Cleveland Clinic dieti- community outreach program. atures on Fingerprints” and engineers from the local area. tian Kate Mone spoke about different The event was a part of the Cleve- Hannah Kiraly – Trustee Award healthy foods and good eating habits. land Clinic’s “Just Move It!” campaign for Outstanding Project After the tour, all were divided into continued on page 13

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Lakewood Cares 3rd Annual Junk2Funk To Benefit North Coast Health Ministry by Jeanine Gergel Local Girl Gallery, at 16106 Detroit Avenue, will be an eclectic art lover’s mecca on Friday, April 15, from 7 to 10 p.m., for Junk2Funk, as artists and designers will be raffling off “new” chic sustainable art and fashions to benefit North Coast Health Ministry, the West Side’s free clinic for the low-income uninsured. At the 2010 Junk2Funk event (from The Junk2Funk Benefit is pre- left to right): Martin Madigan, Mary sented by Local Girl Gallery and stArt Griffiths, NCHM Board Chair John Soul Food Event Organizers: Jason Weiner, Leah Kubiak, Paula Maeder Connor. Neo. It will benefit North Coast Health Griffiths, Bridget Elias, and John Elias Ministry while touting the four Rs of life: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and The April 15th gala evening fea- Soul Food Donations Fund Meals Respect, during the city’s month-long tures a silent auction and Chinese For Lakewood Families Earth Day celebration in April. raffles, wine and cheese, hors d’oeuvres by Kristine Pagsuyoin of supporters this year and was excited For the benefit, Northeast Ohio and pastries from local restaurants, His favorite was the shitake mush- to report to me that they were success- artists are asked to design one-of-a- and organic, fair trade coffee from room puffs on a stick and mine was the ful in raising more money this year. kind art or wearable fashion, from Coffee for a Cause. Mediterranean stick- or maybe it was Funds raised will support hun- clothes to jewelry to sculpture, all made Fashion designers, artists, res- the fruit, or maybe the caramel-coated ger relief and other health-promoting with recycled materials. Respect and taurants and companies looking to apples and bacon on a stick. activities. “Many responses from support for those without health insur- support this benefit should contact Last Saturday night my hubby and among community meal guests indi- ance will be imbedded in each design, Ruthie Koenigsmark from stArt Neo I ventured out without the kids- a rare cated that a meal at Trinity is their only as designers choose their supplies from at 216-521-2894 or rkoenigsmark@ treat- to support the Trinity Lakewood meal for the day,” said Pastor Paula, discarded materials. These items will yahoo.com no later than April 5. Cre- Community Outreach (TLCO) event referring to the paper plates that hung have their beginnings as “trash”, but ations should be dropped off at Local Soul Food: Feed the Hungry, Feed from the ceiling at the event. She went will be transformed into unique, gor- Girl Gallery no later than April 10 to be the Soul. Amidst a room of twinkling on to say that dinner guests are, “Glad geous, one-of-a-kind art pieces. part of the auction. Arrangements can lights we were joined by about 200 for companionship around the table, Ruthie Koenigsmark, president of also be made to have donations picked energized guests of Trinity Lutheran and that community meals allow them stArt Neo, presenting sponsor of Junk- up at the artist’s convenience by calling Church where we enjoyed wonder- to use money they would have spent for 2Funk, says, “Art is how we express our Ruth Koenigsmark or Jeanine Gergel at fully creative and delicious appetizers food, to purchase items that they might individual style and values every day- 216-228-7878, ext. 107. (every appetizer was on a stick) created not have been able to have otherwise -contributing artists are in a unique Tickets for the event can be pur- by chef, Matt Somich. Fantastic music (i.e. toothpaste, toiletries, etc...). position to promote the message of chased in advance and are $12 each. To by XeLa provided the backdrop for the According to the Pastor, in a recent sustainability and help to others by order online, go to North Coast Health party-like atmosphere and exciting live survey at one meal, TLCO learned that participating in this event.” Ministry’s website: http://nchealth- auction of some incredible art donated half of the attenders are Lakewood res- Five Guys Hosts Junior ministry.org. Tickets are $15 on the by local artists. idents. “We are serving our neighbors Class Fundraiser day of the event, as available. Artists This was the second year for Soul and are glad to be doing so.” Pastor who produce a piece for the auction are Food, which raises money to help feed Paula was a happy to announce that admitted to the event at no cost. those struggling with hunger. Paula this event will be scheduled again for About North Coast Health Ministry Maeder Conner, pastor of Trinity next year. For hubby and me, we will North Coast Health Ministry is Lutheran and one of three of the event’s look forward to another nice night out the West Side’s free clinic for the low- organizers, commented on the increase for a great cause. income uninsured, serving more than by Crystal Green 2,500 patients who have no other The Lakewood Human Services Series On Thursday, March 10, Five Guys route to health care. With the sup- by Alicia Bowen crocheting, card games, special events, Burgers and Fries held a fundraiser to port of approximately 120 volunteer We live in a unique city that pro- NEO Senior Citizens of the Deaf, benefit the Lakewood High School Class physicians, nurses and other caregiv- vides us with services that many other Lakewood Photographic Society, and of 2012. The entire staff would like to ers, NCHM is able to provide primary cities don’t provide. One of the most AARP Tax prep services thank the junior class student council health care, specialty referrals, pre- important is the City of Lakewood’s Health and Wellness: Health Edu- and also a big CONGRATULATIONS scription assistance, and health Department of Human Services, which cation, walk in clinic, Board of Health on the success of it.Over 240 people education to the medically under- provides a range of services to families, flu vaccines, Happy Walkers Club, and dined at Five Guys, resulting in the served. Founded in 1986, North Coast youth, and seniors. Our community Sittercise junior class earning over $600! Thank Health Ministry is a bridge to better is very fortunate to have the Division Intergenerational: Ohio Reads, you to the community of Lakewood for health for our medically underserved of Aging, the Division of Early Child- Grandparent Read to Me, Growing their outstanding support! neighbors in need. hood, and the Division of Youth-all of healthy together, spring fling, grasp, which provide pertinent resources and and tea party support for Lakewood residents. Congregate meals and home deliv- During the next few months, I will be ered meals, Subsidized housing, senior writing a series of columns in which I will living facilities, social work, home- be highlighting each of these programs making, seasonal, and transportation Saturday, April 16 of the Lakewood Department of Human Early Childhood Services. You will become familiar with Toni Gelsomino, Program Mngr. Tickets $8 Adult - $5 Children under 12 those who deliver the services, as well as 17400 Northwood Ave., Tickets available at door those who benefit from the services. (216) 521-5018 Reservation Deadline is April 13 What follows is a general intro- Childcare Scholarship assistance, duction to these Divisions, and some Family Room drop-in’s, early child- of the programs they feature: hood care and education provider, 216-214-1740 Aging greater Cleveland family support con- thelakewoodfoudation.org/H20 Senior Center West, Kathleen & Rob- sortium, and toy lending library ert Lawther Center, 16204 Madison Ave. Youth Senior Center East, 12400 Madi- Mary Hall, Assistant Director son Ave. (216) 521-1515 12900 Madison Avenue Activities/Programs: Craft group, (216) 529-6870 gold coast follies, Gray pride, low The Lakewood Collaborative, vision support group, sewing group, H2O, and Wrap Around Lakewood Art League, knitting and

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Lakewood Cares Hixson’s Aids Victims Ministerial Musings: Of Japanese Disasters A Fist Or An Embrace by The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III, Ph.D. continued from page 1 cranes as an offering to pray for peace just as many other people have done. “For just as the body without the Communicating with my Hiroshima spirit is dead, so faith without works standards and kindness of all the Japa- student friends, I find that they con- is also dead.” ~ James 2:26 nese I came into contact with. That was sider these most recent earthquake and in 1964. 1 have gone each year since tsunami experiences to be as horrific It was a Saturday afternoon. to teach for about one month. I never as what they experienced in the past. I was sitting in Root Café in thought that my teaching would be so They also worry about the fallout from Lakewood putting the final touches well received and that I would still be the damaged nuclear buildings one on my sermon for the next day. A going even through this year. through five. young man (let’s call him Jim) Over the years I have taught mainly The Japanese will rebuild the introduced himself. He saw that in Tokyo, Osaka and Hiroshima, but also destroyed towns and cities. Homes I had a Bible and wanted to know in Kobe and Sendai. Students have come and buildings will be more earthquake why. I told him who I was and what to my classes from places as north as resistant. Hopefully, the new commu- I was doing. Jim, who was fresh out Hokaido and from cities at the southern nities will be located in tsunami safe of college, was scoping out the area. tip of Japan. areas. Surely there will be more disas- He hopes to launch a new, nonde- The first time I was in Japan I expe- ters in the future. Earthquakes will nominational church with some rienced an earthquake. It happened to occur in Japan again, perhaps more me at my hotel during the night. Wear- close friends. He wanted to know than 100 years in the future. disagree. ing my nightclothes, I rushed to the more about Lakewood and asked Now we need to do what we can I went back to my seat and read window to see what people were doing for some advice. to help the Japanese people. I have had the second chapter of The Letter outside. I saw no one. I called to the We spoke for about fifteen min- Japanese antiques, art and artifacts for of James. I also recalled the teach- hotel desk only to find out it was a com- utes and then he inquired about the sale in my shop, Hixson’s, in Lakewood ings of Jesus: “Not everyone who mon small earthquake and that I should church I serve (Pilgrim UCC). I for many years. I wish to offer an entice- says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter return to bed to sleep with no worry. gave him the “Cliffs Notes” version. ment for people to come and buy some the kingdom of heaven, but only the Needless to say I did worry and could He then wanted to know the basic at a 20% discount. For each purchase one who does the will of my Father hardly wait for the morning to come. “content” of my weekly homilies. of one of the Japanese items, I will give in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). I also Once I was up and meeting my He wanted to know if I preach “the 20% of my portion of the sale to a Japa- recalled the parable of the sheep and Japanese friends, I was told that almost Gospel.” I told Jim that I do preach nese aid group. The sale is in progress the goats. Why do the sheep enter weekly in Japan there were similar Jesus’ Gospel of radical inclusiv- now with additional items to be added God’s glory? It isn’t because of what small earthquakes. Yamaguchi sensei, ity, unconditional love, and profuse as time allows. If you have no interest in they say or believe. It is based solely the person who first came to my Ohio grace. acquiring a Japanese piece, remember on what they do; how they min- class and persuaded me to come to It did not take long for me to there are many reliable aid organizations istered to Jesus when they served Japan, told me of her experience in the realize that we interpret the Gospel such as the Red Cross you may wish to “the least of these.” (For a refresher, early 1900’s with the last major earth- a bit differently. make a contribution to. reread Matthew 25:31-46). quake. She was a young girl at that time Jim believes that preachers Having faith in God and believ- and was able to rescue her younger sis- need to constantly remind their ing that Jesus is one’s Savior should ter from the ruins of the family home. flocks they must accept Jesus as be viewed as a loving embrace, not Miss Yamaguchi believed she would be their personal Lord and Savior or a cocked fist. I love and serve Jesus never experience another earthquake Grand face the fires of eternal damnation. Christ, because I know he loves me as strong as the one of her childhood. I tried to explain to him that the Opening without reservation and that he Unfortunately it was not to be so. Jesus I believe in is a Lord of love, offered everything for me. That’s Yamaguchi sensei is now over 90 years New & not a wrathful God I need to fear. Good News! It is also Good News old and experienced this last one. She Gently Used “Look at it this way,” I said. “I have that my faith is made richer by serv- lives close to Tokyo’s outskirts and did three children. I love them with all Clothing ing God in the service of others. not have any damage other than broken of my heart and soul — and they For Women, James is right, “Faith without shelves and dishes. This summer when I know that. I want them to love me works is dead.” go to teach she will introduce me to audi- Men & in return because they know this, The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio ences when I give lecture-demonstrations Children not because they fear they will be III, Ph.D. is a musician, scholar, there as usual. I will learn first hand what punished if they do not love me.” I preacher, and poet. He serves Pil- it means to her to have experienced yet also told him that if I, as a broken, grim United Church of Christ in the another terrible earthquake event. 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Lakewood Talks Ed Favre: 37 Years, 4 Months, 19 Days - Retired by Jim O’Bryan fessionals in many walks of life could During these past 37 years, not live out of the closet in 1979. Lakewood has seen Edward Favre “There was a group of people that become somewhat of a Renaissance preyed on gay men and women,” he Man, serving on the School Board, The recalls. According to Favre, they would Grow Lakewood Committee and other befriend them, beat them up and rob committees that looked at housing and them or try to extort money. “These economic development, as a member guys could not make reports, they were of many fine groups like Lakewood prominent bankers, lawyers, doctors. Kiwanis, Lakewood PTA, and Ameri- So I worked with a Cleveland police- can Legion to name a few, as well as man, to form a list of contacts for the being a champion for children, seniors LBGT (Lesbian Bisexual Gay Trans- and alternative lifestyles. gender) Community. At the time I took In this first of a multi-part series of some heat for it, but it paid dividends. Lakewood’s civic leaders, we look at Ed The main thing was that people that as a retired police officer and his feel- were victimized by crime, and I mean ings for Lakewood, then and now. beaten, had a cop that would go about I first met Sgt Ed Favre after start- solving the crime without embarrass- ing the Lakewood Observer; we ran into ing them. We are talking some brutal each other at events, school meetings, crimes,” he said, “I am particularly Kiwanis, and even, on occasion, crime proud of the fact that we solved crimes scenes. Over the years, I have forged and protected reputations.” what I would call a somewhat interest- Lakewood has been seen for ing relationship with Ed, as I come very decades as “cool” because we can much from the streets he patrolled. I accept others. I asked Ed quite seri- have always enjoyed our conversations, ously if he thought his actions helped as Ed is also a person who can easily to build Lakewood’s wonderful history understand that some people might not of being accepting of diversity. Ed’s agree with you, and at that point, both simple answer, “I would like to think parties should talk, and discuss the it helped.” When you get a chance, facts. After that, if there is no consen- ask some of your diverse friends and sus, move on, but do not let differences neighbors why they are here. photos by Jim O’Bryan close doors, or stop trains of thought. As the conversation wandered we You must always be willing to keep the hit on many interesting stories and I conversation alive. As long as the con- Sargent Edward Favre on a call during his last week on the road. asked how he got so involved with kids, versation is alive there is a possibility of which ultimately led to his work on learning, and maybe coming together share: Lakewood needs tinkering, not tor’s Office. Viewing the scene, it did the School Board. He traces it back to for a common solution. a major overhaul. What attracted him not take us long to realize that it was when the oldest of his three kids were What I noticed most about Ed dur- here, is keeping him here, as is the case staged and we immediately suspected 7 and 5, and he had been working as a ing our conversations were the same with many of his friends. There is no the Finance Director at the time, Mary Juvenile Detective. He could see first- reoccurring themes that underline huge shift in 1973 Lakewood, to 2011 Saunders, of setting it up.” Their suspi- hand that an educated, active child was the paths he took in life: working with Lakewood. cions were confirmed, and that started a child he would probably not have to kids, seniors, and his commitment to a He is extremely proud of a couple an investigation of Lakewood City Hall put through the legal system later. continued good life in Lakewood. things he certainly should be proud of. that saw seven City Hall officials and His children benefited from a Please note I say “continued.” Ed In his years both as a detective and a ser- many vendors charged and convicted great family life with his wife Gladys. has served on the Lakewood Police force geant assigned to the detective bureau, of various crimes. Both living and working in Lakewood under 8 mayors and 5 police chiefs. Dur- he has made catching the criminals One woman in particular, Janice caused him to be a firm believer in ing that time, he has acted on special that prey on others his number one Dickerson, took years to capture. She structured family and community assignment to the Mayor’s Office, work- priority. Not that he ignored domestic would blow through town every couple activities. He could see first-hand at ing alongside his longtime friend Mayor violence, traffic, etc, but he really felt of years, prey on a handful of elderly home, and outside of his house, that Tom George. His thorough knowledge best chasing down the forger, the scam people, then hit the road. “There were every child did not have the same of Lakewood landed him on the Grow artists and uncovering corruption in scams, bank scams...,” said Favre, “They advantages, and has worked to even out Lakewood committee, which was put city hall. He recounted one particular always seem to prey on the elderly and some of those inequalities in the police together in 2004 to study what would be case to me saying, “On a quiet Satur- those that can least afford it. There and on the School Board. needed in the city over the next couple day morning, May 11, 1991, myself and was this one, Janice Dickerson a.k.a. One of the most serious moments years. With all of his years of experi- John Crane were the detectives on duty. Pamela Berdard. I chased her for two of the afternoon of the interview ence, I believe he walked away with the We were called to City Hall on a report years. I joined up with a detective from occurred when he was speaking of the same general thought that many of us of a break-in at the Finance Direc- Euclid, Ted Shafer. He and I would cycle of abuse, and how he has seen it chase her every time she hit town. We here in Lakewood. “I have been here had warrants for her, finally some police long enough that I have seen three gen- Lakewood Dog Park Victory Celebration department in Arkansas got her. We by Kent Cicerchi & Karen Karp rounded up as many living victims as The Friends of Lakewood Dog Park, Inc., is hosting an event to celebrate the we could.” He went on reminiscing, City of Lakewood’s recent win in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. The “At her trial, because of her mouth and City successfully defended the Lakewood Dog Park in a three-year lawsuit filed in her interesting uses of adjectives, Judge 2007 by the neighboring City of Rocky River and four of its residents, who claimed Patty Cleary had her mouth taped shut. that barking from the dog park constituted a public and private nuisance. The She was found guilty and sent to jail.” court heard arguments in July, 2010, in an eight-day trial, and ultimately disagreed, Ed smiles and adds, “You know that issuing a decisive victory to Lakewood on February 1, 2011. really made me feel good. I loved being The victory celebration will take place at The Avenue Tap House, 18206 Detroit an advocate for the elderly.” Avenue (at Phelps) in Lakewood, Ohio, on Sunday, March 27, from 3 to 6 pm. The Another thing he is most proud celebration will include a drawing for door prizes donated by area pet stores and of is something that was born out of a retailers and a beer-tasting featuring the Thirsty Dog Brewing Company of Akron. terrible crime. In 1979, a professional Although tickets may be purchased for $10 at the door, advance sale tickets are individual who was gay was, “Hacked recommended and are available through the FLDP web site: www. LakewoodDog- up and castrated at the Edgewater Tow- Park.org. Friends of the Lakewood Dog Park, Inc., is the group of volunteers that ers,” in a crime that is still not solved. maintains the dog park and provides programs of interest to dog-owners; it is a Ed realized the problem was that pro- tax-exempt 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

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Lakewood Talks Ed Favre, “I Have Drunk Plenty Of Bad Koolaid”

on patrol at Detroit and Highland Ave- nue (W. 117th’s real name) this car goes flying past going southbound just haul- ing. I floorboarded that police car to try to catch this guy... He caught the light at W.117 and Berea, and it took me by the incinerator to catch him. So I call in the plate, and we do not have the tech- nology we do today. So I walk up to the students have very little interaction window and this guy starts to pull out with the police anymore. piles of FOP cards and I notice it is Kevin While I knew the names of many McTaggert,” (Danny Greene’s hit-man). police officers I have interacted with, and I could tell he was drunk and asked him pondered if that was a good or bad thing, to get out and he was reaching for the Ed said, “I felt it was my duty to stop at glove box, I pulled my gun, just as my children’s Koolaid stands, and buy some photos by Jim O’Bryan backup arrived and the box opened Koolaid. And I was a big tipper... that which had a gun in it. We booked him way I had a chance to meet the children Sargent Edward Favre in his office for almost 40 years. Now he is hoping to move his on weapons and drunk driving.” on friendly terms, and I could teach them office to the other side of City Hall. As we ended this first session, he safety tips like, never walk the Koolaid said that while he sees room for improve- over to the car. You stay in front of your erations of men abusing the women in yeah, we used to have flea bag hotels ment in Lakewood, he also sees that we house. This is something I continued the family. I knew Dad abused Mom in in town, the Yorktown, and Lakewood are better today than we were yesterday through my entire career... Let me assure front of the sons. The sons went on to be Manor,” where the Jose Mesa case and he has some ideas about where we you, I have drunk plenty of bad Koolaid!” abusive to their wives, and their grand- started- another case he was in on. can look in the future for answers. He It is nearly impossible to summa- sons are now abusive to their wives.” When I said, “Blue Fox type hook- understands the connection from police, rize a 37-year career in a single article, He admits those are the moments that ers?” I was hoping to hear, Yes. (The Blue to community, to City Hall to schools. especially one from someone like Ed. really are tough and make for some Fox was an interesting “classy” night- This is a person who really loves this We did not even touch on his School unhappy days on the force. club on on W 117th and Clifton, where community and its assets. Board career, committee work, City But he remembers the teenagers CVS is now, on par with the Theatrical When talking of his earliest days Hall work, family life, and his other that were bound and determined to on Short Vincent Downtown, and like on the beat, he spoke of how it was his real passion, boating! see a dead body and Daniel’s Funeral that club it had many “high rollers” and duty to check in on every store, know So as this is not a eulogy, I will be Home with a smile. “The Funeral mobsters). But he said, “No, they were the streets and reach out and interact having ongoing discussions with Ed Home was upset,” he said, “But I not high class hookers!” The Blue Fox with everyone from children to busi- Favre and other civic leaders. Look for just had to chuckle, these kids really was another legendary spot where gang- ness owners. He expressed regret that Ed’s continuing conversation with me wanted to see a dead body embalmed! sters-- not gangstas-- hung out. Real with the exception of DARE (Drug about Lakewood, then and now, and They thought it would be cool.” live mobsters. Which prompted another Abuse Resistance Education), most about how we all can do better. When we breezed through interesting story from Ed. “One night some of our typical topics, like how Lakewood has changed, Ed indicated Lakewood Youth Forum: that Lakewood is really in more of a constant state than people realize. Cer- Finding Our Place As Teens tainly there is more domestic abuse by Chamarra Bentley 2010 called Recess Rocks. It had activi- fun geared toward teens. reported, he said, but that’s because I was recently a part of the Youth ties for kids and families to have fun Overall, I had an extremely won- of lower tolerance than in the past. He Forum held at City Hall. It was an and learn about healthy living. Now derful experience at the Youth Forum. said that with so many victims’ rights opportunity for teens to inform adults you see, it was for kids. What about us I met very intelligent and truly amaz- groups there is better awareness and about our experiences, feelings, and teens? I thought maybe there could be ing people. I met students with all types more of a network to help. So while thoughts about our Lakewood com- a day or weekend dedicated for teens of backgrounds, stories, opinions, and domestic violence, and DUI’s seem up, munity. The subjects that I focused on using the same idea. There would be lifestyles. I always find it interesting they were merely unreported in the were what actions youth could take to stations set up in the park, just like that no matter where you live, your eth- past or did not make the headlines. change the minds of adults that do not for Recess Rocks. The only difference nic background, or level of education, He remembers a time when Bird- have a good impression of us, especially would be that the activities would per- people either want to help or be helped town was much rougher than it is today. teens of color. I informed the audience tain to teens instead. I think a station in some kind of way. People desire this, He sees that it has had ups and downs that there are not many activities for on healthy eating, with recipes and even if it is the smallest issue, teens not like all of the housing in Lakewood teens to participate in. Everybody is food for us to try would be a good idea. having anything to do is certainly one today. But Ed sees Lakewood and Bird- not able to pay, or is not even inter- There could also be the basic volley- of these issues. I just want to show that town as being in better shape now than ested in sports, so I suggested the idea ball, basketball, football, etc. I think not all teens are “bad.” There are many in the past. According to him, there of a teen center. I thought about mak- a Zumba instructor would be fun to teens like me who enjoy the satisfac- was real gang activity in Lakewood in ing the teen center out of a Lakewood teach us some moves. I strongly feel tions of others, and will give any time the past. When I asked the kind of gang school that is currently not in use. One that this could be a great beginning of of the day to help and see smiling faces. trouble he had in mind, he started talk- room could be for music, another for ing about the Hell’s Angels and biker art, another room for movies, etc. bars, also a guy that was “muscle” for I think it would be positive for teens Students Meet Cleveland Cavaliers, Hear Danny Greene. I clarify, mentioning in Lakewood to collaborate with organi- new gangs, and he says that Lakewood zations that already exist in Lakewood, Healthy Message At West Side Market is still good at working together to such as LEAF (Lakewood Earth And continued from page 9 and four parent chaperones for the event. keep serious crimes down--that block Food). LEAF grows fruits and vegetables and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ “Fit as a “I don’t know if you realized it but watches, citizen awareness and an in community gardens and provides a Pro” campaign. The opportunity for when the limo pulled into the parking engaged community have helped to way to sell CSA (Community Supported Lakewood students to be involved came lot at drop off, several of the parents spare us, with a couple of exceptions. Agriculture) shares of food in front of the about when the Cleveland Cavaliers’ had tears in their eyes when they saw I asked about his days working Library. We could also serve food to the Community Relations Coordinator how happy their kids were,” wrote Vice and he mentioned some things needy at local churches, conduct local car contacted Lakewood Recreation. The Trentel in an email after the event. including “hookers.” I know this is washes to help raise money for the com- Department then turned to volunteer “Corey Canant told me, ‘Mrs. naive, but I said, “Hookers?” Growing munity, and even volunteer at the animal parent and Coach Janet Trentel, who Trentel, that was awesome!’ He was one up I only had heard of one, that lived shelter. There are a lot of things for teens helped organize the group of students of many kids who said the same thing,” off of Detroit Avenue. She was a legend to do that are positive, productive, help- who attended. As a volunteer coach with Trentel said. while I was in school, like a mythi- ful, and an extra way for us to gain our the Recreation Department and volun- Although the Cavaliers didn’t play cal thing to young boys. I had never self-worth. teer at Grant Elementary School, Trentel their best the next day, it was all smiles thought, “HOOKERS.” He said, “Oh There was an event in September was able to secure twenty-four students in the students’ section at the Q.

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Lakewood Business The Centennial Gala: Celebrating 100 Years of Business In Lakewood by Valerie Mechenbier and the Vintage Ladies Estate dia- The Lakewood Chamber of Com- mond and platinum ring (valued at merce is celebrating its 100th birthday $2000, sponsored by Broestl & Wal- in 2011. In partnership with The lis Fine Jewelers). Proceeds from the Lakewood Historical Society and sup- Vintage Jewelry raffle will benefit The ported by our Centennial Sponsor, Cox Lakewood Historical Society Ohio Business, the Chamber will be hosting Chautauqua programs. The Centennial Gala on April 9th, 2011 The celebration of the Cham- at the Beck Center for the Arts. Join the ber’s 100th birthday will continue all Chamber as we celebrate 100 Years of year long with stories of Lakewood Business in Lakewood. businesses, video tributes, Cham- The evening will begin with cock- ber member recollections, and more. tails and hors d’oeuvres at 6pm. Gala Check the Centennial Gala website attendees will enjoy music of the era – www.lakewoodcentennialgala.com while enjoying delicious food provided – as new stories are added throughout by four of the Chamber’s finest catering the year. Information regarding Gala member-organizations: Nature’s Bin, Lakewood Chamber members Anne Zagaros, R. C. Hyre, Brian Bowman, Dr. R. tickets, Vintage Jewelry raffle tick- Italian Creations, Brennan’s Catering, B. Crawford, Amos Kauffman, Edward Wiegand, Edythe Perlman, Alice Evans at ets, the Cake Decorating Contest and and Gatherings Kitchen. Cakes entered Detroit Ave. and Warren Rd., 1931. sponsorship opportunities can also be into the Centennial Gala Cake Deco- found on the Gala website. sentation of the Thurber Award, and, birthday cake (courtesy of Create-A- rating Contest will be on display after Enjoy this evening of theater, fine at 8pm, our Host Sponsor Beck Center Cake), plus the awarding of several judging takes place by our esteemed food and celebration as the Lakewood for the Arts will present The Under- fabulous prizes. Each decorated cake panel of experts: Kenny Crumpton of Chamber of Commerce begins its sec- pants, Steve Martin’s contemporary will be raffled off, and winning tick- Fox8News, Janet Nguyen of Cleveland ond century of serving the business adaptation of a 1910 satire by German ets will be drawn for a Lakewood Swag Metromix.com, and Chef Rob McG- community. Expressionist Carl Sternheim. Basket, the Centennial Heist $1000 orray of Ranger Catering. At 7:30pm, The evening will also include cash prize (sponsored by PNC Bank), a short program will include the pre- DidThe You Chamber Know? of Commerce is Chamber Spotlight: not a government agency and is not Cox Communications Offers financed by city government. The Free Calls to Japan The Thurber Chamber is made up of local busi- nesses and is financed in large part by by Stacie Schafer with Cox Long Distance. Calls placed membership dues. Cox Communications has Award to Japan will automatically go through by Valerie Mechenbier announced that calls placed to Japan free of charge for these customers. Frank Leslie Thurber, a man of Lakewood Chamber with Cox Digital Telephone will be “We want to make it easier for spirited public service and leadership, of Commerce free of charge through March 31, 2011. our customers to get in touch with was the first president of the Lakewood This program includes Cox Digital their friends and family members in Chamber of Commerce in 1911. To pay Upcoming Events Telephone calls to both landlines and Japan and to stay informed of the situ- tribute to Mr. Thurber and to celebrate cellular telephones dialed to country ation during this terrible tragedy,” said the 100th year of the Lakewood Cham- Saturday, April 9th, 6pm code 81. Free Cox Digital Telephone Doreen Studley, vice president of mar- ber of Commerce, the Thurber Award The Centennial Gala, Beck Center calls to Japan will be retroactive to keting, Cox New England-Cleveland. “I will be presented at The Centennial for the Arts March 11, 2011. am very proud of our employees’ com- Gala on April 9th at the Beck Center In Partnership with The Lakewood The program is for all residen- mitment to the communities we serve, for the Arts. Historical Society tial Cox Digital Telephone customers and this program exemplifies our com- The Chamber is now accepting Supported by our Centennial mitment to Cox communities.” nominations for the Thurber Award. 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Out and About Lakewood’s Shellie Sedlak Finds Happiness, Hope And Hollywood In Cleveland’s Gordon Square by Jenny Spencer after three decades of closure, she arranging “Capitol movie nights” with Longtime Lakewood resident was ecstatic. “I really admire Detroit groups of friends. She plans to continue Shellie Sedlak is a passionate champion Shoreway [Community Develop- volunteering both in Lakewood and in of her West Side lifestyle. A native of ment Organization, the owner and Gordon Square. “Cleveland and inner- New York City, Shellie shows her affec- developer] for bringing the theater ring suburbs like Lakewood should take tion for her adopted hometown in a back after it was abandoned for thirty hope from the Capitol Theatre’s reopen- variety of ways. Among other commu- years,” Sedlak said, “The Capitol’s ing. In a big box world, we have to have the nity activities, Shellie has been a long reopening is made very poignant this courage to try to renovate our old neigh- time participant in Keep Lakewood year by the fact that we’ve just lost our borhoods and bring them back to life.” Beautiful; she won the Governor’s historic Detroit Theater. The Gordon The Capitol Theatre is located at Award in 1993 for helping to start the Square folks get that. They understand West 65th Street & Detroit Avenue in City of Lakewood and Lakewood Hos- what it’s like to have businesses close, the Gordon Square Arts District of pital recycling programs. Like any and they understand loss.” Cleveland (www.gordonsquare.org). good New Yorker, Shellie also appreci- Shellie decided to get more During the month of March, the Capi- ates Lakewood’s density, walkability, involved in Gordon Square in Octo- tol is offering a Lakewood Resident historic architecture, and mix of retail. ber 2009, when the Capitol, a 1920s-era Discount: $6 admission with proof of Shellie’s West Side home away silent film theater, re-opened as a three- residency* in the 44107 zip code. from home is Cleveland’s burgeoning screen all-digital cinema. She joined *Acceptable forms of residency Gordon Square Arts District, whose Lakewood’s Shellie Sedlak the Board of Detroit Shoreway C.D.O. include state issued photo ID or utility epicenter at West 65th Street and and became active in a grassroots vol- bill showing current address. Detroit Avenue is less than a ten-min- Shellie first became involved in unteer group called the Friends of the For showtimes, call (440) 528-0355 ute drive from most parts of Lakewood. Gordon Square because of her pas- Capitol Theatre. or visit www.clevelandcinemas.com. “In addition to everything that sion for modern theater. In 2002, she “We [the Friends] quickly real- The Capitol Theatre features: Lakewood has to offer, I love that I began volunteering for Cleveland Pub- ized that work had to be done to get * The best Hollywood, foreign & can drive a few minutes east and have lic Theatre. Currently, she serves as the word out about the Capitol’s open- independent films a night out of avant garde theater or the volunteer chair for CPT’s annual ing. We want people to come down to * Free parking catch a movie at the Capitol Theatre. “Pandemonium” fundraiser and is a experience movies in a unique urban * Digital 3D projection & digital Gordon Square just adds to everything member of their Board of Directors. environment.” Sedlak also noted the sound that already makes my Lakewood life When Shellie heard that the Capitol’s special offerings such as a * Beer & wine at the concession wonderful,” says Sedlak. Capitol Theatre was being renovated partnership with the Cleveland Cine- stand matheque and a monthly classic movie * Monthly Sunday Classics Brunch Live Pro Wrestling Returns To Lakewood series, additions to its regular schedule & Movie Series With NWA World Heavyweight Champion of Hollywood and independent films. * Melt Bar & Grilled Late Shift Shellie’s work as a Capitol The- Series by John Thorne largest Pro Wrestling Companies in atre “Friend” has included leafleting at * Expanded legroom in upper On March 25th in Lakewood, long the world such as WWE, TNA, and the summer festivals across the region and auditoriums time Absolute Intense Wrestling per- now defunct WCW. The title has been former and former WWE superstar, held by several pro-wrestling greats Colt Cabana, will be competing for a and legends such as Ric Flair, Terry chance to add another Pro Wrestling Funk, Sting, Dusty Rhodes, Harley Championship to his collection as he Race, Bobo Brazil and so many more. competes in AIW’s Battle Bowl for a Battle Bowl Rules are as follows: chance to wrestle for AIW’s intense - 24 men will participate in Battle division Title on June 26th. Bowl, 12 tag- teams will be created in a Earlier this month in Los Angeles, randomly drawn “Lethal Lottery.” This Cabana competed for, and won, the will create 6 Tag Team match ups. The Two Dads Do It Right For Restaurant, Catering, and Take-out prestigious NWA World heavyweight winning teams will then advance to Every Member Of The Family Championship which is considered one The Battle Bowl Battle Royal. 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Lakewood Is Art Curtain Goes Up On Steve Martin’s, “The Underpants” At Beck Center by Fran Storch his comic genius and sophisticated lit- rity when her bloomers accidentally fall Tickets for The Underpants are Beck Center for the Arts pres- erary style to Sternheim’s classic 1910 down in public. Steve Martin uses saucy $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and ents The Underpants, Steve Martin’s farce. His hilarious version opened Off- jokes, witty wordplay, and slamming older), $17 for students (with valid ID), contemporary adaptation of a turn- Broadway in 2002 to critical acclaim. doors to lampoon our contemporary and $10 for children (12 and under). of-the-century satire by German The New York Times called the show culture’s fascination with fame. An additional $3 service fee per ticket Expressionist, Carl Sternheim, on the “laugh-out-loud funny” and the Village The Underpants is based on Stern- is applied at the time of purchase. Pre- Mackey Main Stage, April 1 through Voice said it was “hilarious and bawdy.” heim’s controversial play, Die Hose, view night on Thursday, March 31 is 23, 2011. Showtime’s are 8 p.m. Fridays A farcical send-up of middle-class his first major success as a playwright $10 with general admission seating. and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. The snobbery and conformity, The Under- and the first in his cycle of plays about Group discounts are available for par- performance on Saturday, April 9 is pants tells the story of a puritanical the moral sensibilities of the German ties of 13 or more. sold out for a private event. bureaucrat and his attractive, young bourgeoisie. The original production For tickets, call the Beck Center In The Underpants, Martin brings wife, who becomes an instant celeb- of Die Hose was banned by the German box office at 216.521.2540, ext. 10, or government, not just for its suggestive purchase seats online at www.beckcen- setup, but for its biting satire criticizing ter.org. Beck Center is located at 17801 Erie Light middle class society. Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten “Directing Sternheim’s The minutes west of downtown Cleveland. by Kristen Dutton Underpants is an exciting opportunity Free onsite parking is available. for me to explore a unique and very Beck Center’s production of The Fireflies out tonight important chapter in world drama, Underpants is presented through special German Expressionism, when great arrangement with Samuel French Inc. You will see the Erie light geniuses like Max Reinhardt, Erwin and is sponsored by FIT Technologies, Piscator, and others were literally forg- Cox Communications, Ohio Arts Coun- Floating out to sea ing the modern theater,” says director cil, and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Matthew Earnest, who directed last Beck Center for the Arts is a not- On my back, waves crash season’s acclaimed comedy, Is He for-profit 501(c)3 organization that Dead? at the Beck Center. Earnest offers professional theater produc- The orange moon behind me adds, “Whereas Sternheim’s original tions, arts education programming in play was radical and a bit dangerous for dance, music, theater, visual arts, early Abyss before me the times, in Martin’s hands the piece childhood, and creative arts therapies Calm before the storm becomes a freewheeling spoof of the for special needs students, and gallery American middle class.” exhibits featuring regional artists. You will see the Erie light Chasing me tonight Blessings Of Lake Erie

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Lakewood Observer Grinding It Out by Casey Ryan get smashed for whatever reason, then think it can’t happen to you. I made friend, and others–when in jail, you are On November 6 of last year, I was sober up for some length of time til the that mistake. I thought my luck would not there for the people who need you. cited for a DUI by Cleveland Police. next episode. hold. It didn’t. Eric Wedge, former Indians man- After a couple of postponements And then there are folks like me, And since this is my third offense ager, used to say that the baseball secured by my lawyer, I was convicted somewhere in between. Sometimes we (it took 16 years, but who’s count- season is a long one, and you have to of that offense on January 18, and as of drink; often we don’t. We may have ing?) I will have multiple penalties. grind it out, day after day. And that is Tuesday, February 8, 2011, I will have just a few, we may have more than that. There will be jail time. I have already what a criminal offense can become–a been sentenced to whatever the judge We drink to celebrate – it could be sought counseling and through that grind. One must go through the court- deems appropriate. anything – but we usually don’t cry in have resolved the major issues in front ordered processes, satisfy the judge and Needless to say, I have had better our beer. We feel okay about drinking, of me. I will be on probation for 1–2 court, and deal with the consequences holiday seasons. since it doesn’t affect our jobs or family years. There will be numerous fines, of one’s mistake on a daily basis. The Most people who drink go life. And we usually get by without seri- and of course legal and court fees. I penalties seem to pervade every aspect through life as social drinkers, without ous consequence. will likely have to attend Alcoholics of your life. running afoul of the law. They have a But not always. Trouble can and Anonymous meetings for a year or so. I Every day, over and over, I think glass of wine with dinner, a few beers often will catch up to us. It may be legal totaled my car the night of the offense to myself how different, how much with friends, or hoist a few during trouble in the form of a DUI, or some (and miraculously walked away) but better, things would be for me had I the game. Others go off the deep end other offense resulting from a bad deci- when I get a new one–which will take a not made the mistake of drinking and and become addicted, unable to get sion made under the influence. It may while since my income will be diverted driving that November night. And not through a week or even a day without be coming home to an empty house to my legal troubles–it will in all like- just for me, but for all the people in my a drink, or unable to face daily ordeals after a loved one has had enough and lihood require an ignition interlock to life who have been adversely affected– or even pleasures without the brac- left. It has caught up to me and now operate and special plates. my girlfriend, my mother, my sisters, ing of a cocktail or shot. And there are there will be hell to pay. All these things come at my and friends. Without that mistake, I binge drinkers, who go out and simply Whatever you may think, don’t expense. And there is more. My license could get to work without the bus and is, of course, suspended, and I will have go places afterwards if I chose. I could to pay to get it back. In the meantime I have driven to Pittsburgh to be there have to get a state ID which, yes, I must for my friend the night his wife sud- A magical place pay for. I must use public transporta- denly passed away. I could do so much where you feel right at home!! tion to get to work. I have to walk to my more for Mom and Maryde (said girl- girlfriend’s house–have you noticed friend) if I could drive and get from  how cold it’s been? I must walk to the here to there–go to the store, meet here  grocery store, the AA meetings, the or there instead of needing a ride, pick  library, or anywhere else I go. I used to up this or that, be the one to drive so  walk to the local pub, but, well, I gave someone else doesn’t have to…dozens  that up. of things we often take for granted. On top of all this we–my girlfriend So when you go out for a beer and I–had to put her dog Baxter down or cocktail tonight, get a designated a couple of weeks ago. I was able to driver or take a cab, or just don’t have walk to her house to see him the last too many. Whatever you have to do to few weeks of his life, and she was able stay out of trouble, do it. to drive the short distance to the vet. And the grind will continue. Like But had my jail sentence started sooner the baseball season, the process is a and I was unable to be there, I would long one. But someday it will end, and have been devastated. The same thing unlike the baseball season, I will not be applies, obviously, to my mother, girl- back for another one.

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Lakewood Perspectives Facing Adversity At Home And Abroad

My heart and my prayers go out by Bret Callentine always clear. We might get a little tremor, to the people of Japan. But at the risk or the river might crest just before it spills of sounding callous, a part of me actu- over the levee. But eventually, our desire ally envies their situation. Not that I sense, manipulated the conventions of broke. That’s like saying yes, the bank to master our domain leads to that one wish that kind of death and devastation economic theory, and skirted the rules has repossessed your house and your last engineering feat that produces cata- upon anyone, nor do I long for the over- and regulations that made this coun- car, but since you’re still getting credit strophic failure. Like Icarus, eventually whelming heartache and hard work that try great, all to serve our own selfish, card offers in the mail, don’t worry, we fly too close to the sun and are quickly lies before them. But when it comes to short-sighted interests. because apparently you’re still finan- brought back down to earth. adversity, I’m beginning to think that In no way do I intend to demean cially stable. Arrogantly, we more often elect the overcoming the known difficulties of the unbelievable amount of pain and Even if we can agree there’s trou- politicians that promise us solutions a natural disaster might be simple in suffering faced by the people of Japan, ble, good luck trying to come to some over ones that actually demonstrate comparison when facing the unknown or of those in Haiti, or even New sort of consensus as to how serious it knowledge of the problems. We all want obstacles of an un-natural one. Orleans. Rather, I’m suggesting we may is. Are we facing Tokyo-sized setbacks, the ocean front property but don’t want For as bad as things will cer- be grossly underestimating the possi- where shops are replacing some win- to be bothered with talk of flood plains tainly be in Japan for years to come, ble difficulties that lie before us in our dows and restocking shelves? Or are we or hurricanes. We live on fault lines and they are faced with problems that all man-made disaster. living next to the Nuclear Power Plant in the shadow of active volcanoes and have straightforward and attainable The difficulty starts with even rec- that’s threatening to melt down? That’s blindly ignore the odds of earthquakes solutions. With the earthquake and ognizing there is a crisis looming. In the problem, no one really knows. and avalanches. We tell ourselves every- tsunami wiping out the coastline, the Japan, no one in Tokyo can deny the dev- What’s worse is that our trust in our one should own a home, have a job and country can quickly unite to meet astation in the northern territories. And elected officials is so diminished we get an education but rarely pay heed to the basic needs required for survival: therefore, all are willing to accept their probably wouldn’t believe them even if the difficulties in how to pay for it. We potable water, durable shelter, and the roles. Here in Ohio, many don’t accept they had the guts to admit it. all see the trappings of an opulent soci- staples of a minimal diet. Once the that there are problems, and therefore The trouble with pushing through ety and are all too eager to believe that basics have been met, they can move to seem unwilling and almost unable to legislation like State Bill 5 isn’t that it’s too those we elect can sustain it without our the next level on Maslow’s Hierarchy of even discuss possible solutions. harsh or too tame or that it restricts this own personal sacrifice. needs; roads can be cleared, buildings A recent article in the Wall Street or doesn’t solve that; it’s that ANY course I do pray for the people of Japan, re-built, and power lines re-strung. Journal suggested states such as Wis- of action seems drastic when you’re not and my heart is breaking for them. I Although the scars will always remain, consin and Ohio were not, contrary convinced that action is required in the also pray just as hard for us, because eventually, the country will rebound. to popular belief, in any financial cri- first place. If our elected officials had any unlike in Japan, our failures are less Unfortunately, the problems fac- sis, since their bond ratings were still sense, they’d figure out that you’ll never obvious and our path less clear, but the ing this country are a little less certain. sound. The argument was essentially get people out of the building unless they pending disaster that will shake the The disasters we face are unnatu- this: since the States could still borrow believe you when you say it’s on fire. very foundation of our society is every ral ones, and the causes are our own. more money, they were not, in fact, Sometimes Mother Nature isn’t bit as inevitable. We’ve ignored the laws of common Cheating All The Way To The Top by Richard Tidyman a budget, hasn’t been tempted to ben- “normal,” it’s no wonder many kids in are partially formed by levels of integ- We want our kids to be success- efit from another’s mistake? Example: school cheat. The reason? “No one is rity. Cheaters must hang with cheaters. ful. We tell them to work hard and The cashier accidentally gives you getting hurt. Everyone else is doing it. Kids with integrity hang with other get good grades. Higher grades will too much change. This is a moment I have to get a good grade if I’m going kids with integrity. It makes perfect be rewarded, we say. That may or may for some quick rationalization, all of to get into college. If I don’t pass, my sense that it should be that way, though not be true. There ARE rewards, how- which is observed and recorded by the parents will ground me.” of course there are exceptions. Who ever, at the high school level. There are child at your side. Who does cheating hurt? Every- does your kid hang out with? potential scholarships and prestige at We tell our kids to do the right one. Caught or not, cheaters develop a Maybe we need to spend less time stake for those with high GPAs. thing, but we don’t drive the speed dependency on having an unfair advan- telling our kids to get good grades and Let us not forget that we teach by limit because no one else does. We see tage. It might even prove to be addictive spend more time instilling in them the example, and they are watching us ever non-handicapped people parking in and qualify for a 12-step group. sense of honesty and fairness and the so closely. They observe and record handicapped spaces. For those minor Whatever happened to instilling peace of mind that comes with it. How all the little hypocrisies in our lives-- untruths and financial advantages, we integrity in our kids? Growing up, I about “work hard, work smart and win all the “white lies” we tell, and maybe tell our children it doesn’t matter. No one had religion to instill guilt, and the the prize honestly”? When cheaters even ways in which we steal. In addi- got hurt (other than a mega-multi-bil- fear of purgatory. But what happens win, as they sometimes do, our kids can tion, we may even enlist them to lie for lion dollar company who won’t miss it, when faith in a higher power holds no stand tall and be proud of their honest us. The phone rings…“Tell him I’m in and it was someone else’s fault anyway). sway (teens still do question their faith, effort. What greater success is there? the shower and can’t talk right now.” Considering what most kids see at don’t they? Or was that a ‘60’s thing?)? What parent, especially one who is on home, added to the media portrayal of Maybe we should focus more on the fundamentals of true happiness Slife Heating and Cooling and psychological well-being. I wish I knew as a kid what I know now-- Lakewood’s Finest that my sense of personal self-esteem in HVAC Installation, depends on perceiving myself as trust- Repair & Maintenance... worthy, capable, respectable, and loved for who I really am, or as Pinocchio “That’s What All The People Say!” says, “a real boy.” By cheating, I am robbing myself of that pillar of emo- tional well-being and peace of mind. It might be safe to assume that people who cheat fear getting caught (which reduces happiness), but what Serving Lakewood For 20 Years! about guilt? Doesn’t guilt get in the way of pride and self-assurance? Cheating Slife Heating & Cooling hurts our sense of self. It feels natural to abhor cheating, and if I cheat, do I abhor myself? Have you noticed “Birds of a feather…?” It seems to me that cliques

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Pulse Of The City Public Employee Unions... America’s Last Defenders Of Rights In The Workplace For The “Hireling”? “No refuge could save the hireling by Gary Rice and slave, Those concepts are born in struggle The fundamental principles of being workplace should be something that From the terror of flight, or the and dispute, and through very real able to negotiate for better conditions all Americans should cherish. gloom of the grave,” The Star Span- battles that are either won or lost. in the workplace has long been con- I truly believe that there always gled Banner, Francis Scott Key 1814 Unions were the way that everyday sidered an American right, and one, needs to be some system of commu- Anyone who’s come within a men and women could band together by the way, that we have seen to have nity checks and balances constantly county mile of a news source in the to be sure their voices would be heard, been eroded deeply by the loss of so evaluating and addressing what last month or so knows that this when as individuals those voices could many of our manufacturing jobs over- works, and what needs improving, country is again experiencing a social otherwise have been lost in the roar of seas. With the issue of public employee whether that would be with our public revolution, the likes of which we have factory machinery. unions now before us, and with so schools or in our workplace environ- not seen in many a year. While I sus- Before long, unions developed in many employment rights and benefits ments. To that end, unions, advocacy pect that many of us have been happy the public sector, as well, and that’s having already been taken from us as organizations and others do indeed to sit on the sidelines and watch the where the present controversy appears Americans, do we really believe that provide a significant counterpoint to world go by, there have also been quite to be developing in our nation. Those even more employee rights should be “top-down only” ill-considered direc- a few very dedicated people who have unions helped to insure that teach- taken away, whether that might be in tives, whether that would be from been working hard on some very rev- ers, police, fire personnel and other the public or the private sector? some “boss,” or from our politicians, olutionary plans so that our society public employees would have some The good thing about labor nego- or from agenda-minded “reform” could soon be changed to their way of protection through due process hear- tiations is very simple: In order to movements, whether those might be thinking. ings against arbitrary administrative arrive at an agreement, BOTH sides left or right wing. Well, as has often been said, actions. They helped to bring in new have to agree, so it’s not that a “union” In a free society, I believe it is America is a revolutionary nation, safety equipment for the safety forces, is able to achieve anything they want essential for each citizen to be given born of a revolutionary experiment and to negotiate for sick leave and pen- without the other side signing off. It’s the opportunity to speak out, and with what Thomas Payne referred sion plans for the injured or disabled. the “give and take” of negotiation that when necessary, organize and join to as the “Rights of Man.” Just what They helped to establish a fair sys- often results in win-win situations for others in order to effect change in that phrase means exactly has been tem of salary schedules, often based all concerned. their workplace lives for the better. an issue since the foundations of our on seniority and education, and they As far as the idea advanced by We do, however, need all sides country. A number of the Founding helped to insure that all sides would some that unions might be a part of in this critical discussion about our Fathers were more than a little leery of be given a fair hearing in any labor the political “far left”? That, to me, workplace rights of course, and to pure democracy as something akin to dispute that might arise. is pure nonsense. Standing up for the me, yes, that does include the unions. mob rule, so we ended up with a rep- For a long time, however, and American worker does not necessar- Their rights... are your own rights, resentative democratic system called a even these days in some parts of ily mean that one is slipping down a after all is said and done. (By the way, “republic.” our country, there is, and has been, slide into “socialism,” any more than I can only guess that if we, as a state, Still, America ended up with a philosophical resistance to pub- being a “conservative” means that one think that it’s costly to do “collective more rights for the everyday person lic employee unions. The anti-union necessarily has “fascist” tendencies. bargaining” with public employee than had been common at that time argument seems to go that public Forget about left-right politics for a unions at the present time, I can only around the western world. Ironically, employees are public servants, and moment, if you will. Human rights imagine how expensive this epic battle the Iroquois Confederation of Native that with the current financial issues are human rights. The right to speak could get for all sides involved in the Americans already had established facing states, the only way that states up and to better one’s lot in life in the foreseeable future.) many rights and procedures (includ- can effectively address those issues ing women’s rights) that America’s would be if unions were out of the government would later ensure. Before way, or at least, that their power would long, France and other nations would be reduced. experience revolutions of their own, It is also felt by some of the cur- as more and more people demanded a rent government leadership around voice in their public and private lives. the country that the best way to cur- Around that same time in his- tail what they perceive as the political tory, the Industrial Revolution began. strength of “union power” is through Entrepreneurs hired people of virtu- the legislative process, rather than ally all ages to work in their factories, through negotiation. That’s where mills and mines, at times for 14 hours the current controversy arises. While a day, and often for starvation wages. there are a small number of states Small craftspeople were soon replaced where public employee unions have by huge factories. Before long, com- little negotiating leverage (or may not Give us a call. pany towns developed, where workers even exist!), others, like Ohio, estab- Together, we can maximize depended on the company stores and lished the rights of public employees your output in a single bound. housing available. The term “wage to negotiate long ago. slaves” came into vogue to describe The trouble in a nutshell seems to With Cox Business’ advanced products, workers who, through debts or be that once workers’ rights have been you get invincible service and substantial other economic circumstances, were either granted or established, having a support in a powerful combination of trust, chained to their jobs just as effectively government force them to give those loyalty and excellence. And having a as if those figurative “chains” been rights up becomes a scary thought for dedicated partner means more time – actual chains of iron. many Americans. Although, like other and profit – to look after your business. Over the years, and often with aspects of life, I’ve found things that bloody results, a labor movement was I’ve liked, and have not liked, about born. Ever so slowly over many years, unions, the fact that they stand up for child labor was limited, an eight hour the working people is something that day was established, and the rights of I appreciate. women and minorities in the work- After all, what part of “due pro- place were established. Job benefits cess, employee rights, and collective came along, as well as the right of an bargaining” could we possibly have employee to have a due process hear- an issue with, whether regarding pub- ing before dismissal. Most of these lic or private unions? As has already advances happened because workers been stated, many of the advantages had started trade unions. It is a simple that workers in virtually every field of and well-known fact that political and endeavor in this country have bene- economic power and human rights are fited from have come either directly or seldom, if ever, either granted from indirectly by victories won by unions. on high or relinquished voluntarily.

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Lakewood Observer The Precession Of Simulacra?... Or, The Subversion Of French Theory, The Rockport Square Project, And My Own Backyard by Lyz Bly, Ph.D. city officials on the Rockport project, a In 1979 French theorist Jean statement from Planning and Develop- Baudrillard published, “L’ordre des ment Director Thomas Jordan (who no simulacres.”[1] In this germinal essay, longer holds this post) in a letter dated Baudrillard asserts that the profusion October 2, 2006 taunts me: “Under the of screened signs and images would current timeline all phases of the project not just mask a reality, but they would will not be completed until July 2008.” become reality. The image would be so Three years past this deadline my neigh- fully entrenched in our psyches that borhood remains unchanged. While the it would take the “real” out of culture city and Forest City cannot be blamed entirely. Like so many French think- for an economic recession, they should be ers, Baudrillard’s ideas are spookily held accountable for creating an eyesore, prescient; if you are skeptical of his for isolating a community of apartment theory, scan your Facebook friends— dwellers, for devaluing my Fry Avenue how many of them have you seen “in neighbors’ and my family’s properties, the flesh” in the last month? and for poor, irresponsible planning. Facebook aside, Baudrillard’s the- Commercial Property Available sign at the corner of Detroit and Beach Avenues. About six weeks ago Forest City sent ory creeps into my life on a daily basis, its minions to clean up the vacant lot yet over the last month or so, I have ques- between my house and Detroit Avenue. tioned it every time I look out my dining My spouse and I joked that something room window. This is because my family must be happening with the project— and I have a front row seat to the debacle over the years we have learned that such that is the Rockport Square development instances are the only times they main- project on the city’s east end. Our house tain their property. The workers replaced is situated on the south west corner of most of the fence, removing the barbed- Fry Avenue. The reality is that when we wire; they plowed snow into mounds in bought it in May of 1999 the neighbor- the center of the lot; they removed many hood was an entirely different place. Our years worth of refuse. “Something really neighbors included Fairchild Chevro- must be up,” we mused. let and, while businesses do not always Within a few days, the irony of all make the best neighbors, on summer ironies appeared on almost all of new evenings our son learned to ride his bike chain-link fence—a banner depicting a in their parking lot. We knew the own- white picket fence, along with a few signs ers, salespeople, and staff; they did not with the words, “Commercial Property complain when we cut through their lot What the neighbors get to see. Available.” Again, we cynically mused, while walking our dogs. Nor did they though more dejectedly than usual, care when elderly apartment dwellers on was emptied and fenced off, the houses rate development.”[3] Ken Lurie of Rysar “Such great minds—sheer marketing Beach Parkway made their daily treks abandoned. After numerous crimes in came to the meeting in a sports car and genius—the flimsy façade-image of a around shiny new cars to buy groceries and around the vacated homes (includ- was dressed in designer jeans, a freshly homey white picket fence will surely draw and prescriptions at Drug Mart. Across ing a fire that burned one of the home’s pressed linen shirt, and Italian loafers. Eli potential buyers to the property!” This the street on the east side of Fry Avenue, garages to the ground), my neighbors and Miller of Forest City was less ostentatious brings me full circle, back to Baudrillard our more traditional neighbors included I pressured the city and the corporations in his dress, but his presence was no less and simulacra; façade and simulation a teacher with a penchant for growing to tear down the houses immediately, condescending. The lowest point in the require that no one recalls the truth, or unkempt herb gardens in her front yard leaving an open field. Thankfully, Forest meeting came when an elderly, disabled the reality behind the constructed image. and a young couple for whom my son City (who, by the time the houses were resident of the apartments on Beach Park- As someone who has watched it unfold in would dogsit. These were the kind of demolished—in the fall of 2006—ousted way asked if it would be possible to open my backyard, I am privy to the truth: the people with whom you shared yard tools, Rysar to take “control [of the project…] the Fairchild lot so that she could more Rockport Square project is—at least in they were people who helped you move to put the Forest City brand on it”[2]) easily access groceries and prescriptions at part—a failure, one that taxpayers have furniture and shovel sidewalks. did not fence off this lot, which provides Drug Mart. Lurie snidely nudged Miller helped finance. But you do not have to Five years into our life on Fry (on a place for neighborhood kids to play in and said, “Well, you just give Eli here a call believe me. Look for yourself; the white August 13, 2004) Rysar Properties and the summer. and he’ll come over and give you a ride.” picket fence banner is already peeling Forest City courted the City of Lakewood Such is not the case with the former That comment alone compelled me to away from the chain-link, in some spots with a proposal for a multi-phase, multi- Fairchild lot, which, for years has been begin a campaign demanding account- flailing in the cold wind. year project involving townhouses and fenced off and left largely unattended. The ability from the city and the corporations retail development in a roughly six-block lot is a sore spot, as it calls to mind events on the project. While I was able to garner radius on the north and south sides at a meeting my neighbors and I planned media attention to the matter (with the of Detroit Avenue. The corporations in June of 2006 to, as our flyer declared, help of Lurie, who made it easy with his bought Fairchild’s land and the three “[address] what we expect from [Rysar predilection for calling Scene reporter houses across from my family’s home, and Forest City] so that our neighborhood Lisa Rab names in public), the project and within two years the parking lot is not neglected at the expense of corpo- continued to stall and, in lieu of an acces- sible path for Beach Parkway residents, Footnotes/Bibliography we ended up with a trash-littered expanse [1] The English translation appears here (and in numerous volumes and spanning a full city block surrounded by internet sites): Jean Baudrillard, “The Precession of Simulacra,” in Art After Mod- chain-link, barbed-wire fence.[4] ernism: Rethinking Representation, Brian Wallis, editor (New York, NY: The New Fast-forward to February 2011. The Museum of Contemporary Art, 1984, 253-282), 254. empty, littered, fenced lot remains. The [2] Henry J. Gomez, “It’s all Forest City’s project now: Rysar bows out of Rock- space where the three houses on the south port Square in Lakewood,” The Plain Dealer (Tuesday, September 12, 2006), C3. west corner of Fry and Detroit Avenues used to stand is still barren. And prom- [3] This meeting was reported on by Lisa Novatny in the Lakewood Sun Post ises of residential-retail storefronts, and and Lisa Rab in Scene Magazine (see “Air Cleared on Rockport,” Thursday, June 8, later, an Appleby’s Restaurant and a park- 2006, page 1, and “Lurie’s Fury,” June 14-20, 2006, page 5 respectively). ing garage, on the north side of Detroit [4] Lisa Rab, “Man with a Past,” Scene Magazine (June 28, 2006), http://www. between Fry and Beach Avenues, were clevescene.com/cleveland/man-with-a-past/Content?oid=1495301 (accessed Feb- broken long ago. As I peruse my file of ruary 23, 2011). newspaper clippings and letters from

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Lakewood Living Meet Your Killer Face To Face: with us altogether) on Saturday, April “This film is one of a small but 2 at 6:00 p.m. in the Lakewood Pub- important subgenre of film noir, where lic Library Main Auditorium with the the hero begins the film at or near Film Noir In The Fifties bizarre 1950 classic, “D.O.A.” death’s door. ‘Sunset Boulevard’ and Stroking his snow white beard ‘Double Indemnity’ are two others.” by Ben Burdick grown special features set the tone for thoughtfully, Meehan describes his The significant differences One of the great pleasures of thoughtful discussion without bogging first selection as follows: “Frank Big- between noirs of the forties and the watching an old film noir at the Library down the viewer’s personal enjoyment elow is an accountant who goes to fifties are debatable—that’s why the is listening to our friend Terry Meehan or spoiling the ending. Of course, San Francisco for a short vacation and Library hosts these discussions in the introduce the evening with humor, many people attend just for the unpre- finds that he has been poisoned and first place. Meehan points out that, insight and short subjects. The film- dictable discussions that follow each may soon die. He figures he has a week. “Film buffs and scholars argue end- maker and film professor is known to film. Meehan seems to attract a nice What would you do if you were told lessly as to whether certain films are prepare his own original documen- friendly film crowd that likes a good you had a week to live? He does not go really film noir. It is difficult to say, taries to show before each feature. argument as much as a good laugh. gentle into that good night, but trans- because when noirs were being made With rare interviews, film clips and The professor will begin his second forms himself from a CPA into a film in the forties and fifties the filmmak- historical background, these home- film noir series (his fourth film series noir detective. There is only one thing ers were not consciously contributing on Bigelow’s bucket list: find out who to a genre called ‘film noir.’ The term St. Charles-Onondaga Warms Up With Chili poisoned him and why.” did not come into general use until the And A New Website seventies, nearly two decades after the classic noir period ended.” by Christina McCallum was, “Extremely pleased with the turn- “After having done a series on the On Friday, March 4, members of out,” and thinks it definitely should be forties and another one on the fifties, the St. Charles-Onondaga Block Club repeated in the future. “It was great to meet I could still think of at least a dozen gathered to sample each others’ best people new to the neighborhood,” she said. more films I could add to the list. After batches of chili and to view the block Club Co-Captain Kyle Krewson the classic film noir period ended in club’s new website, http://www.sites. debuted the new website. It allows the late fifties, many filmmakers began google.com/site/scoblockclub/. members to catch up on news specific to consciously emulate the style, cre- The variety of chili was wide, with to the neighborhood plus information ating a new genre that has come to be everything from classic beef to white relevant to the broader area, as pro- known as neo-noir.” bean with chicken represented. Beth vided by a number of feeder sources. It seems as if Meehan is already Ann Komara contributed a spicy hot Members can sign up to receive newly contemplating his next series of films. Mexican black bean variety, while posted block club announcements at a However, he won’t make any final Barb Daniels’ black bean chili featured preferred email address. decisions until he sees where the conver- butternut squash. Rounding out the Some content will be limited to St. sation at the next couple of films leads unusual ingredient category was a hot Charles-Onondaga Block Club mem- him. You can join the conversation by chili containing pineapple, brought by bers. These pages feature photos of past attending “D.O.A.” on Saturday April 2. Chris and Kara Swansiger. club events and a member directory. A pet To learn about other free films at The meal was a great counter to directory is under discussion, to help iden- the Library, visit lakewoodpublicli- the cold, windy and rainy weather that tify and locate missing animals quickly. brary.com/film. All are made possible greeted the club. Members were happy If you’re interested in what’s going by the generous support of the Friends to escape their homes and the recent on in our neck of the woods, check out of Lakewood Public Library snows to catch up with neighbors. the St. Charles-Onondaga website- www. Co-captain Debbie Hokin said she sites/google.com/site/scoblockclub/. Nowhere To Go But Up! by Kathryn Tatnall Docter and Bob Peterson, “Up” stars Ed On Saturday, March 26th, Family Asner as Carl and Christopher Plummer Music and More will present the Dis- as Charles Muntz in this delightful tale ney Pixar film, “Up”. Released in May of for the whole family. 2009, “Up” is the story of Carl Fredrick- Family Music and More is a monthly son, a 78-year-old lonely widower, who program that runs September through Presents decides to fulfill the life-long dream he May each year. We strive to provide qual- Dr. John Bertschler, Psychologist & Mediator shared with his wife Ellie. The two met ity family entertainment with emphasis as children and were drawn together by on the kids. On the fourth Saturday of their mutual love of adventure, and a the month we get together to enjoy live Dr. Bertschler will be talking about matters of shared admiration of the explorer Charles local talent or a good movie that makes the aging process and will explore conflict Muntz. As they grew up their friendship us laugh. Our goal is to provide enter- resolution strategies that will engage seniors in became love and the two married. It is tainment for the wide age range that the decision making process seventy years after that first meeting that families typically encompass. We try to Carl takes off on the adventure of a life- have a performer from the Northeast time. Carl is ordered by a judge to move area as often as possible. Since we cater When: TONIGHT, Tuesday March 22nd, into a nursing home because he hit the to families and are very aware of public 6:30pm construction worker who knocked down school schedules and holidays, we rarely Where: 1341 Marlowe Ave, his mailbox. Faced with the prospect of schedule a performer close to a holiday leaving the home he shared with Ellie or a school vacation. Thus, we have to Lakewood, OH 44107 behind, he uses his considerable skills reserve these dates for our movie nights. to tie several thousand balloons to his So if you are still in town for the begin- Please RSVP to Annette Kelly at: home and sets sail for Paradise Falls. A ning of spring break, join us for “Up.” 216-927-4395 hilarious adventure ensues with a stow- The movie will be presented in the Main away Wilderness Explorer, an exotic bird, Library Multipurpose Room at 7 o’clock a talking dog, and a former hero who is and is free and open to the public. not so heroic anymore. Directed by Pete TOP CHOICE PAINTING All Types of General Repair Commercial & Residential Specializing in No Job Too Big Stop in to tour Northwesterly Assisted Living •Painting or Too Small •Epoxy Garage Floors today and see our newly renovated community! •Power Washing Decks & Fences Call Today! •Carpentry www.northwesterly.com & www.bloomfieldseniorliving.com •Aluminum Siding Refinishing 216-401-8575

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Lakewood Living Avoid Frustrating Exterior Paint Problems by Sara Hobbs equate conditions. start early in the season, as contractors Sara provides preservation consult- Peeling - Excessive moisture or usually get busy by early summer. Also ing services, outreach and support for applying paint to wood that has not keep in mind that the cheapest painting the Cleveland Restoration Society (CRS) been primed. Solution: Same as above bid is not always the best. The only way and oversees the CRS Heritage Home Required Prep For Exterior to scale down the cost of the bid is by Program that the City of Lakewood Painting eliminating labor and prep work, which participates in. This program provides Once you have diagnosed the type are the keys to a long lasting paint job. free technical consulting to all resi- of paint failure and the reason for its fail- new paint. A paint job that is prepped cor- dents that have properties 50 years old ure you can begin to correct it. Whether 4. Prime all bare wood. rectly and uses quality products is one or older. CRS also holds regular edu- you are performing the work yourself Priming bare wood is essential of the best ways to highlight the great cational workshops at the Lakewood or hiring a contractor, there are some when applying new paint. New paint architectural beauty of an older house, Public Library about common issues important steps that should be taken to should not be applied to bare wood and should last for years to come. important to older homes. The Cleve- ensure a good paint application. without applying an oil or water based Some Cautions: land Restoration Society’s program staff 1. Remove loose or failing paint. primer first. Primer will help to neu- DO NOT use any type of sandblast- is able to discuss any improvements you New paint won’t stay on a house tralize any unknowns on the surface ing. This is extremely harmful to any are considering for your home. Call 216- when it is put over top failing old while also assisting with proper adhe- surface whether it be wood, stone, or 426-1000 for additional information on paint. Use a sharp scraping tool and sion. Primer also helps to provide an masonry. Blasting with sand, corn cobs, our low interest loan product and free remove any failing paint until you even undercoat so that the top coat almond shells, or any other kind of aggres- technical assistance. have reached a sound surface – either covers consistently. Now you are ready sive abrasive causes irreversible damage to Identify Reason For Failure previously applied paint or bare wood. to apply your finish top coat! the surface and leaves it more susceptible Many homeowners are faced with There shouldn’t be any paint popping It is important when hiring a con- to moisture and deterioration. the common problem of paint failure off or flaking away from the surface. tractor or purchasing a paint product DO NOT paint bare wood with- on their older home. Help with paint- Take care not to scratch or gouge the that you understand the warranty that out priming first. ing issues is one of the services most wood when scraping. is being provided to you. It is typical for DO NOT paint without thorough requested of the Cleveland Restoration 2. Sand to feather edges. a contractor to provide a year-long war- surface preparation. Society’s technical staff. Paint can fail for Sanding is important for several ranty for new paint applications in the DO NOT paint masonry or stone. a variety of reasons and sometimes seems reasons: 1) it will help to remove any event that you should have unexpected Masonry and stone are porous breathable to fail without any reason at all! The first additional residues or impurities that paint failure in the first twelve months. materials that need to release moisture step in addressing a paint problem is to may undermine the new paint; 2) it will Paint companies now provide five-year, and natural contents. If they are painted, pinpoint the underlying reason for the ensure good adhesion of the new paint ten-year, and even lifetime warranties. the paint prevents this natural process failure. Here are some types of failures, by lightly scuffing the surface; and 3) it Be sure that you read the fine print and from occurring. Over time the stone or their typical causes, and solutions: will help to feather and soften the edges understand that the companies are only masonry will win out, getting rid of the Cracking & flaking - Older, brit- of any scraped areas, improving the guaranteeing the paint, not the surface moisture and minerals somehow - often tle paint with many layers. Solution: look of the new coat of paint. Be sure not that they are applied to or the way that by forcing the paint off of the surface. Removal of the failing paint down to to use a grit that is too abrasive, as this they may be applied by a contractor. When you paint masonry or stone you bare wood or a sound surface. could create grooves or scratches. With that many variables, take a paint not only inhibit the health of the stone, Alligatoring - Age; It is a sign of 3. Clean off the dirt and dust. product warranty with a grain of salt. but also create a maintenance situation old thick paint that has lost its flexibil- You will want to be sure to clean Exterior painting is more than that is doomed to failure. ity. Solution: Same as above. away all dirt and debris from the prep- just a cosmetic issue. Keeping surfaces CRS will be presenting two of their Blistering or Wrinkling - Paint- ping process before applying paint. well painted is one of the best ways to workshops at the Lakewood Old House ing in inadequate conditions such as Wiping down the area with a tacky ensure against rot and deterioration. Fair on Saturday, April 16. The Old intense sun or moisture. Solution: cloth or even vacuuming dust and dirt Check painted surfaces once or twice a House Fair will run from 11 a.m. to 4 Remove the failing paint & avoid inad- will help to prepare the surface for the year, and when painting is needed, don’t p.m. at Harding Middle School and wait too long before you start the pro- admission is free. Presentations will cess. The longer the paint deteriorates, begin at 1:30pm and will be on “Paint- Last Call For Old House the better the chance for damage to ing Your Old House” and “Choosing Fair Exhibitors occur. If you need to find a contractor, Colors for Your Old House.” by Mel Page Proud to have worked on over 50 Lakewood homes in 2010 The Lakewood Old House Fair Licensed (previously known as Home Fair Expo) Bonded Insured will be Saturday, April 16, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Harding Middle School ROOFING • PAINTING • REPAIRS on Madison Avenue. Any and all local Interior Painting/Drywall • Roof Repairs • Ice Removal home-improvement or home-beauti- fication businesses including repair, Hire local FREE SAME DAY company for ESTIMATES remodel, landscaping, gardens, wood- distributed at the fair and is included storm damage. (216) 376-2404 on all calls working, interior design, and retail of in the published 2011 Madison Avenue home-related merchandise are wel- Business Directory booklet. A total come. This unique community event of 6,000 copies will be printed and serves to bring local home-related distributed throughout the year (pri- Tree & resources and businesses together to marily along Madison Avenue). serve the needs of Lakewood homes Exhibitor Information and the Landscape and the residents who care for them. Registration Form can be picked up For a $50 registration fee and five at Lakewood Hardware, 16608 Madi- Services LLC hours on a Saturday you will be able son Ave., open seven days a week. to reach residents representing nearly You may also go online and print the 400 local households particularly look- information and form at www.lake- • Spring Clean-ups ing for help with home-related services woodhardware.com. You can call the • Lawn Maintenance and goods. Gain job leads, set estimate store at 216-226-8822 for further infor- • Sod & Seed Installation appointments, and network with other mation. The deadline to be included in home-improvement businesses. This the Old House Fair Directory is Satur- • Decks & Fences fair caters to Lakewood’s small busi- day, April 9. This event is being brought • Large Tree Pruning nesses. All exhibitors with contact to you by Madison Avenue Merchant • Tree Removal information and business descriptions, Association, Lakewood Community will be listed in the Old House Fair Recreation and Education Depart- exhibitor listing. This listing will be ment, and The Lakewood Observer. 216-526-3954

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Lakewood Living Vintage Lakewood Corner by Rhonda Loje The Lakewood Historical Soci- ety, in conjunction with the Lakewood Observer, is reaching out to all of Lakewood, present and past, whether you live here now or used to call Lakewood home, to help us remem- ber Lakewood’s history in photos. Each month, we will post a different photo of Lakewood’s past, along with the story that goes with it, to help everyone remember what Lakewood was, and get a feel for how the past informs the times we are living through now. These photos reflect the work of Above: Viktor Schreckengost’s “The Early Settler” over the front of LHS Viktor Schreckengost, an industrial Civic Auditorium is one of Viktor’s more impressive works. Right: Viktor designer of bicycles, toys, lawn chairs working the leg of the Early Settler. and pedal cars, as well as a painter, the least. the Vintage Lakewood sculptor and ceramic artist. One of his While the confusion still lin- Corner, submit them to most famous pieces is the Jazz Bowl, an gers among Lakewoodites, you can be the Vintage Lakewood example of Jazz Age art designed for assured that the sculpture depicts and Facebook page (at http:// Eleanor Roosevelt during his associa- is called, “The Early Settler.” www.facebook.com/ If you have physical photos and tion with Cowan Pottery (which started What stories do your pictures home.php#!/pages/Vintage-Lake- don’t want to digitize them, send them in Lakewood). In Lakewood, he is most have to tell? If you would like to see wood-Ohio/303047936066) or to the to Rhonda Loje, care of the Lakewood famous for his creation of an architec- your pictures of Lakewood’s past in Lakewood Observer online. tural sculpture for the exterior of the Observer at 14900 Detroit, Suite 205, Civic Auditorium at Lakewood High Lakewood, and remember to send School, which opened in 1955. The a self-addressed stamped envelope, Early Settler, commonly and wrongly Lights Out, Lakewood Celebrate so your photos can be scanned and referred to as Johnny Appleseed, was returned to you. commissioned by the Lakewood Board Earth Hour March 26th The Lakewood Historical Society by John Litten of Education. will choose a picture for each month’s On Saturday, March 26th at 8:30 While the artist initially referred Vintage Lakewood Corner and publish pm, the City of Lakewood will be par- to his sculpture as Johnny Apple- it in the paper, along with posting it to ticipate in “Earth Hour.” This is one seed, from the beginning, the Board the Vintage Lakewood Facebook page, hour of the year devoted to turning off of Education wanted an Early Settler, whichever format you prefer. Come join as many lights, appliances and any- representing the earliest residents of us in celebrating Lakewood’s history. thing else electrical as possible. Keep Lakewood and loosely based on Jared Lakewood Beautiful, in conjunction Potter Kirtland. The opening pageant with the City and other groups, is pro- P R E M I E R booklet for the Civic explained, “The moting the event “virtually” this year. For more information on Earth LANDSCAPING Early Settler represents the desirable Look for this article on the LEAF and Hour, visit earthhour.org, then features of Lakewood – he established EcoLakewood Facebook pages and promptly power down your computer! a home, reared a family, tilled the soil, “like” it. Your “like” is your pledge to Keep Lakewood Beautiful is plan- improved the species, organized gov- turn off the lights on Saturday night. ning another dual event in April. The ernment to serve his needs, and built Our goal is getting 200 households Great American Clean-Up and Earth churches and schools…In this build- to participate, but it is really about Day are being combined into one event ing…let us sow seeds of culture…that much more than that. Given the drive on April 30th. From 9-11:30 am, groups all who enter will reap a harvest from of Lakewood residents, it is antici- will be able to clean up an area of the ideas which are planted here.” Now is the time to design and pated that this goal will be rather easy city, then at 12:30 at the Women’s Pavil- The 18-foot sculpture stirred plan for a spring project! to accomplish. The challenge will be ion, there will be tables with tons of much controversy at the time, with looking “beyond the hour” to find ways information regarding how YOU can Call us today for a GREAT DEAL some residents calling it ghastly and to conserve energy going forward. The “live the green life” in Lakewood. If Let Premier do the work for you! horrid. And despite the insistence of results of one hour’s energy savings are interested in the clean-up, having a table the Board of Education that it depicted minuscule compared to what can hap- at the Earth Day event or just have ques- (216)228-6916 an anonymous early settler, many resi- pen if we all make a concerted effort to tions, email [email protected]. [email protected] dents complained that it was Johnny be more energy-conscious. premierlandscapinglakewood.net Appleseed, a “seedy” character to say

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