INSIDE East Meets West at This Year's Asian Festival June at Sterling Library: by Bronson Peshlakai Hungry Caterpillars, Phat Rhymes & Fun Food
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JoinUs!∂ In The New Community Paper For The Campus District! Help Celebrate This Wonderful Neighborhood With Us, Your Neighbors VOLUME TWO • ISSUE SIX JUNE 2012 INSIDE East Meets West At This Year's Asian Festival June At Sterling Library: By Bronson Peshlakai Hungry Caterpillars, Phat Rhymes & Fun Food .............. Page 3 Done In A Day: Federal Employees Volunteer ............... Page 4 Fresh Produce: From Farm to City .... Page 9 "presence/absence” New Exhibit at Morgan Conservatory ......... Page 6 East Tech basketball coach, Brett Moore, along with senior Jimmy Horton, who recently signed a letter of intent with Ohio Christian University. Photo courtesy Lighthouse, Inc. A record crowd enjoyed the sights, sounds and entertainment at this year's Asian Festival. Top and bottom right photos A Rising Star: by Bronson Peshlakai. Left bottom photo by Charles Fong. East Tech High School Throngs of people The free event brought crowds, estimated to be lot of the growth has to do celebrated with the Asian people from all backgrounds about 50,000. with community outreach. Senior Raises GPA, Earns community May 19 and 20 to the eastern fringe of the “The crowd at this fes- We let all the surround- College Scholarship at the 3rd Annual Asian Campus District to celebrate tival keeps growing every ing communities know Festival, held at Asia Plaza the “Year of the Dragon” year,” said Ken Kovach, that this festival is open to By Rockette Richardson situated at East 30th Street on a weekend where great chairman of the festival’s the public and everyone is and Payne Avenue. warm weather drew record outreach committee. “A CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 East Tech senior Jimmy Hor- ton signed a letter of intent this May to continue his education and play basketball at Ohio Christian University (“OCU”), a private, four-year Christian university, just south of Columbus. What makes this accomplish- ment even more remarkable is that, until relatively recently, Hor- ton was not academically eligible The Cleveland Energy $aver program will use both blower door and infrared camera technol- to play. Previously, he struggled in ogy. The blower door shown above simulates a 30 mph wind and magnifies areas where air leaks infiltrate your home. Photo courtesy Cleveland Energy $aver Program school, earning a 1.18 GPA, and considered dropping out in his sophomore year. New Energy Saver Program Helps That all changed after he joined CSU Farmers Market Returns June 7 the Heaventrain AAU program, City's Homeowners Reduce Energy sponsored by American Income CSU's Farmers Market returns to the Campus District on Thursday, June 7. "We are crossing our fingers that we’ll have strawberries for opening day, along with maple syrup Life, two seasons ago. “To be on the Consumption, Save Money gathered late winter, honey, spring lettuces, greens, beets, zucchini, yellow squash, cucum- team, you have to go to school,” bers and our fantastic local lunches," said the market's director Donita Anderson. Visit the CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 market, located in the 1900 block of Euclid, on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. through ON PAGE 5 the fall. Photo courtesy North Union Farmers Market. PAGE 2 CAMPUS DISTRict OBseRVER Opinion Changing the Future of Education CAMPUS in Cleveland’s Central Neighborhood ISTRICT By Susan Hyland D OBSERVER In April 2010, Rich search, Guidestone chose Academy truly unique is grams, to give students Frank, Guidestone the Central Neighborhood its rigorous curriculum, additional instruction. 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Upcoming Publication EMAST eets WEST AT THIS Submission Date YEAR'S ASIAN FESTIVAL Deadlines Continued from Page 1 Wednesday, June 20 Friday, July 6 For advertising information, call invited to this celebration.” (216) 344 – 9200 or email us at publisher@ Visitors to the Asia Plaza were campusdistrictobserver.com.. able to sample many different foods from 18 food booths sponsored by local restaurateurs and businesses The Campus District Observer is in what is now considered “Asia powered by: Ninth Estate Software Town,” Kovach noted. Samples of cuisine from the Orient were available Publisher from places like Cambodia, China, Rockette Richardson Japan, Philippines and Thailand. Editor Inside the plaza, local health care Rachel D. Wilson providers offered free screenings for glucose, blood pressure and bone den- A Program of Campus District, Inc. sity to educate the public. Campus District Observer Community Advisory Board: A headliner to the festival was Ann Bell, Bernard Doyle, Delores Gray, “Instant Noodles,” a dance group who Taryn Gress, Jack Hagan, Jimeka Holloway, finished as MTV’s Top 5 America Joan Mazzolini, Shirley Mette, April Miller, Dance Crew. Karen Perkowski and Fred Seals A grand celebration for this commu- Webmaster: Jim DeVito nity brought a melting pot of people to enjoy and sample this part of the city. Graphic Design: Steve Thomas “The diversity of the people that are Contributing Photographers: here - if you’re looking at the audience Sam Hubish, Joan Mazzolini, Dan Morgan, or at the people walking the streets Matt Perko and Bronson Peshlakai at the festival, it’s just not Asian peo- Contributing Writers: Fred Dolan, ple. There are people of all ethnicities Mary Donnell, Lee Fields, Susan Hyland, and all nationalities, which is one of the Susan Kelley, Joan Mazzolini, April Miller, Dan Morgan, Kristen Mott, Brenda Parks, goals of this festival - to bring a lot of Matt Perko, Bronson Peshlakai, Fred Seals, different people together,” Kovach said.