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From the ultimate healing environment: features a broader spectrum of care.

University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center is an acute-care hospital offering a vast array of inpatient and outpatient services, with an emphasis on wellness and preventive medicine. These include:

• Minimally invasive, robot-assisted and • Neurology as part of the University traditional surgery Hospitals Neurological Institute • Adult and pediatric emergency • Gastroenterology services including services 24/7 those of the University Hospitals DOING INSPIRED SPLASH! 43 Digestive Health Institute • State-of-the-art diagnostic imaging WORK 32 The Masters swim club and radiology services • Urology services including those of Cellular Technology Limit- gives residents good rea- the University Hospitals • Orthopaedic services ed’s presence in Shaker has sons to get in the water at Urology Institute helped the City’s economic five in the morning. • Cardiovascular care as part of the University Hospitals development strategy move Harrington-McLaughlin Heart & forward. Vascular Institute feature: For more information or to request an appointment, call 1-866-UH4-CARE (1-866-844-2273) or visit UHAhuja.org. IN WITH THE NEW 26 Shaker Historical Society & Museum: remaking itself as a dynamic institution.

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THE STATE OF THE Real Estate News 15 SCHOOLS REPORT 2012 50 SURVIVING YOUR KITCHEN REMODEL 38 The Schools look to the Library News 16 Shaker contractors and residents offer advice on how to make the future with a renewed Out & About 61 process as painless as possible – and even a positive experience. commitment to rigorous Calendar of events. academics, high achieve- Located at I-271 and Harvard Road ment, and continued fiscal Advertiser Index 75 in Beachwood, Ohio vigilance. UH Ahuja Medical Center is Shaker Observer 76 considered in-network for all major insurance plans Prettynormal Activity in the region. Please visit UHAhuja.org/insurance to view a complete list of insurance plans. on the cover: Like all public structures built in Shaker Heights between 1920 and 1940, City Hall was designed in the Georgian Revival style. The architect was Charles S. Schneider of Cleveland.

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From Our Readers Congratulations on your publication of This particular variety, “Autumn Beau- Shaker Contemporary Living. I enjoyed ty,” is not the very tall single-stemmed va- I just received the Centennial issue of reading it from cover to cover, and want riety that needs to be held up with a stake. Shaker Contemporary Living. Thumb- to thank all who participated in this out- Autumn Beauty is a branching plant, pro- ing through the old pictures of Shaker standing effort. ducing as many as 20 or 25 blooms at Heights High I see a picture of the On another level, one of the best deci- once. 1932 football team and there is my fa- sions my late husband Morrie (founder of More sunflower seeds are available free ther in the first row (no. 30)! Truly a “Shoes for Kids”) and I made was to buy from the Shaker Historical Society and little gift of delight. a lot on Sulgrave and build our home. We Museum, across the street from Horse- wanted our children to attend the Shaker shoe Lake Park. Let’s light up all of Shaker Robin Kovachy, SHHS ’66 schools and they did – from Mercer to By- with the brilliance of Autumn Beauty this Littleton, CO ron and the High School. year! Although I am now alone in the house I That’s me in the picture at the bot- feel safe and secure because I am enrolled One Hundred Years of tom of page 42. The details are as fol- in the Fire Department’s “Life Safety Shaker Heights History? lows: I was the outgoing student coun- Alert” program. There’s an App for That cil president at Ludlow School – the year was 1956 (not the 60s), when the Alice Sayer Did you know that the farmhouse at newly elected president for the second Sulgrave Road 19620 Chagrin is reputed to have served semester was Sandra Charlotte Drig- as the toll station for the Kinsman Toll gins, the first black student council Road in the late 1800s? Or that free park- president in Shaker Heights. We were ing was first offered at the Green Road in sixth grade, so there’s no mistaking RTA station during the Great Depression the year. It was our first exposure to as a way to entice fare-paying riders? National Brotherhood Week. I thought Centennial Activities & Events These are just a few of the interesting it was President Eisenhower who “in- tidbits found on the Cleveland Histori- vented” it. Plant those Centennial cal smartphone app, which now features The photo shows me on the left, Sunflower Seeds information about nearly 50 landmark shaking hands with Sandra (also my properties in Shaker Heights. best friend at the time). The late Lee This issue of Shaker Life contains a pack- The app puts Shaker Heights history at Walter Owen is holding the poster (I et of ‘Autumn Beauty’ sunflower seeds. your fingertips. Developed by the Center think he was V P. He moved away be- The Centen- for Public History + Digital Humanities fore high school). nial Commit- at Cleveland State University, Cleveland Ludlow was a unique community. We tee has pro- Historical includes information about the had several black families at our school vided the seeds City’s 45 individual landmarks, two local before integration. They lived over the to celebrate landmark districts (Winslow Road and border in Cleveland, mostly on 137th the ingenuity Shaker Square), and the Shaker Village Street, since Shaker was restricted to of the original National Register District. whites only at the time. It was before Shakers, who Cleveland Historical is a free mobile the bombing on Ludlow. There were were the first to develop the seed packet software application for both iPhone and still areas of Shaker where Jews were business. The committee hopes that resi- Android devices that curates the history not welcome either. I received my first dents will plant them to create a Shaker of the Cleveland area through stories, his- hate phone call the night that picture Centennial Sunflower Garden to share toric and current photographs, oral his- appeared in The Cleveland Press. I was with friends and neighbors. Tours of the tory, audio clips, and archival film footage. scared, angry and proud.... gardens are planned as part of the Come Download the app on your smartphone or Back to Shaker Labor Day Weekend. Fol- visit clevelandhistorical.org for more in- Jill Annette Levy Targer, SHHS ’62 low the planting instructions printed on formation. Santa Maria, CA the packet and they should be at their This collaborative project was orga- peak by then. nized to coincide with the City’s Centen-

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nial, and was a partnership between the circulation. Cleveland Botanical Gardens Shaker Heights Landmark Commission Community book discussion schedule: 11030 East Boulevard and the Shaker Heights Public Library, Cleveland funded by grants from the Ohio Histori- TUESDAY, MAY 8 Date and time to be determined cal Records Advisory Board and the U.S. MAIN LIBRARY, 10-11:30 AM Free Department of the Interior’s Historic TUESDAY, JUNE 19 Preservation Fund. BERTRAM WOODS LIBRARY, 7-8:30 PM Just in time to plant your veggies, a practi- The project also included the creation WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 cal talk in the garden with answers to your of a free online database of the Build- BOOK AND BREW AT ACADEMY TAVERN, questions: how and when to prepare the ing Index Cards for Shaker Heights 7 PM garden for planting, how to get proper residences. A dedicated team of Shaker THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 drainage, how often and deeply to water volunteers scanned over 10,000 original PEARL OF THE ORIENT, 7 PM plants, the truth about fertilizers, how to Building Index Cards and spent hun- WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 use mulch, and much more! To register, dreds of hours entering information LOGANBERRY BOOKS, 7 PM visit http://bit.ly/EandERecipes. into the database. Database information typically includes an image of the original Elegant & Edible Series: Hands-On Planting Veggies & Fruits building card, plus year of construction, Sunday, May 20, 2 PM architect, original owner, and materials Making the Most – and Least – Shaker Historical Society used. Search for your home’s informa- of Invasive Weeds Ron Zayac 16740 South Park Boulevard tion now at shakerbuildings.com. April 11, 7 PM Free Location to be determined Shaker Reads: Free Watch or learn by doing from experienced One Community, One Book food gardeners as they demonstrate plant- Why are dandelion greens sold at the gro- ing a food garden. Pick up tricks of the The Centennial Education and Learning cery store? Why do the French buy one of trade, such as how to give your tomatoes a Committee announces the Shaker Reads our lawn weeds at the market, and which faster start, which flowers keep bugs away project, titled “One Community, One weed is it? What are ramps, anyway? Many from your edibles, and what “hilling up” Book.” The committee invites the com- invasive weeds are both free and delicious! means. A family friendly event. To register, munity to unite in the reading of Pulit- Learn which to eat and how to prepare visit http://bit.ly/EandEHandsOn. zer Prize winning author Tracy Kidder’s them. And learn how to keep the rest out moving portrait of Northampton, Mas- of your garden. To register, visit http://bit. Centennial Community Service Day: sachusetts, Home Town. ly/InvasiveWeeds. Earth Day at Doan Brook The committee selected the book after reviewing numerous suggestions. Discus- Adding Edibles to your Elegant Garden Community members are encouraged to sions of Home Town are planned at various April 2012, 7 PM join volunteers from the Nature Center at locations and times to engage residents Location and date to be determined Shaker Lakes, Plymouth Church of Shak- from throughout the community. The Free er Heights, Eastside Welcome Club, and committee encourages Shaker’s many Case Western Reserve University to help book groups to join in reading and dis- Many edible plants are easy to grow and celebrate Earth Day at the annual Doan cussing the book within their own groups very ornamental. This illustrated lecture Brook Spring Stream Sweep on Sunday, as well as at one of the five community introduces ways to incorporate edible April 22 from 1-4 pm. book discussions listed below. plants into your garden without tradition- Individuals or groups can volunteer to Loganberry Books, at 13015 Larch- al rectangular beds of crop rows. Planted clear a winter’s worth of trash and debris mere Boulevard, will sell the book at a your sunflower seeds yet? Sunflowers from the stream corridor, ranging from 10 percent discount. In addition, Friends provide food for humans and birds, and the lower reach of Doan Brook in Univer- of the Shaker Library has purchased 40 even clean pollutants out of the soil! To sity Circle to the Shaker Parklands area. copies of the book to be made available register, visit http://bit.ly/AddingEdibles. Volunteers can meet at the Nature Cen- in one set of 20 for book groups (only ter at Shaker Lakes, 2600 South Park Bou- through Main Library) and 10 cop- Recipes for Success levard, or at the Rockefeller Park Lagoon ies at each Shaker Library for general Kelly Barrett Gazebo in University Circle. Registration

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is ongoing throughout the afternoon. For are the key to Shaker’s past, present and High School Art Show Opening more information, contact Victoria Mills future. Welcome aboard! Friday, April 27, 7 PM at 216-321-5935 or Adam Hange, Youth Shaker Heights Main Library Minister, Plymouth Church, at 216-921- Other Events Honor 3510, [email protected]. Shaker’s Centennial Ice Cream Social & Band Concert Gloves and trash bags will be provided, as Presented with support from the Shaker Schools well as refreshments. Thriving through Adversity: Foundation Shaker Heights 1930-1955 Tuesday, May 1, 6:30 PM Shaker Cooks: Exhibit Opening Shaker Heights High School The Centennial Cookbook is for Sale Sunday, April 8 Front Lawn Shaker Historical Society The recipes are ready! More than 250 Night for Ninth Grade History Day: well-loved block party recipes and fam- An Evening of Jazz The World of 1912 ily favorites have been compiled in Shaker Wednesday, April 11, 7 PM Tuesday, May 22, 6 PM Cooks, a Centennial cookbook now for sale. Shaker Middle School Auditorium Shaker Heights High School The book also includes recipes from Shak- Large Auditorium er’s well-known resident chefs, Jonathon Quest for Peace and Justice through Sawyer (Greenhouse Tavern), Zack Bru- Compassion, Creativity and Community “One Hit Wonders” Celebrate our ell (Parallax, Table 45, L’Albatros, China- Sponsored by The Peace and Justice Ministry of Shaker Centennial to, Cowell & Hubbard), Michael Symon Heights Christian Church Thornton Park Ice Show (Lola, Lolita, B Spot), Rose Wong (Pearl Friday, April 13, 7-9 PM ($20) Friday, May 18, Saturday, May 19 of the Orient), and Donita Anderson Saturday, April 14, 10 AM-3:30 PM ($45) 3301 Warrensville Center Road (North Union Farmers Market). (Both/$60) and 7-8:30 PM (Free) Copies are available at the Shaker His- Plymouth Church Tours torical Society, Schools Administration Shaping a Culture of Diversity: Memorial Day Weekend Building, Shaker’s libraries, and online. The Integration of Shaker Heights 2860 Coventry Road Visit the shakeronline.com Centennial A talk by Virginia P. Dawson, PhD Call 216-921-3510 Merchandise page to place your order now Tuesday, April 17, 7:30 PM Heights Christian Church Seeking Centennial Volunteers: 17300 Van Aken Boulevard Memorial Day Weekend in Bring Enthusiasm Free Shaker: Commemoration and Celebration A cadre of enthusiastic volunteers and Sponsored by the Fund for the Future of sponsors has proven Shaker’s claim to a Shaker Heights and the Fair Housing Re- As in years past, Memorial Day in Shaker remarkable community. The activities and view Board of Shaker Heights. Heights brings together a grateful commu- events planned for the Centennial year re- nity to memorialize the nation’s war dead, quire hours of work and dedication and Concert in Dance and to honor local heroes serving in all there has been no shortage of individuals Friday, April 20, 8 PM branches of the military. eager to be of service. Saturday, April 21, 4 PM Plan to meet in front of City Hall at 9 As the year progresses, those talents will Shaker Heights High School am on Monday, May 28 for placement of continue to be needed, as will financial Large Auditorium a wreath at the war memorial, gun salute, support, to keep the quality of experience and a brief ceremony of commemoration. at Shaker standards. If you haven’t found Theatre Spring Ensemble Show Following the ceremony, the annual an opportunity to participate, there’s still Thursday, April 26, Friday, April 27, Memorial Day parade will proceed east to a place for your talents. Saturday, April 28, 8 PM Thornton Park in the westbound lane of To make a donation, volunteer, or pur- Shaker Heights High School Van Aken Boulevard. chase Centennial merchandise, visit the Large Auditorium Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy the City’s website, shakeronline.com and go Tickets: 216-295-4287, or www.tix.com remarkable Shaker Heights High School to the Centennial Merchandise page. You marching band and the special Centen- nial parade participants, including local

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businesses, the ubiquitous Rocket Car, a Two community sponsors are already on Wheels for almost 30 years has been a horse-drawn carriage, and lots of other board to support this gala event: Heinen’s very rewarding experience. Working with home town features. Fine Foods and Ohio Savings Bank. Fur- caring, reliable volunteers is a pleasure. If you haven’t already registered your ther sponsorship opportunities are avail- Many have delivered meals without miss- group, organization, or float for participa- able; contact Marketing Communications ing a day for 30 years.” tion in the parade, there’s still time to do Manager Vicki Blank (vicki.blank@shak Baldwin also enjoys interacting with the so by visiting shakeronline.com. Volunteer eronline.com) for more information. many interesting seniors she has encoun- servicemen and women are needed to Last year’s Festival was a rousing suc- tered. “I marvel at their positive outlook carry flags from their branch of service, in cess, drawing large crowds on both days on life, their strength to put up with the uniform if possible. who enjoyed fine arts and crafts at the ju- aging process, and acceptance of losing Stick around at Thornton for the offi- ried show, superb musical entertainment, some of their independence. That’s why cial pool opening (at 11 am) and for the and great food from local restaurants. This Meals on Wheels is such an important Centennial Carnival, including fun for the year’s event, coinciding with the City’s service – we help them to be independent whole family. Look for University Hos- Centennial year, promises to be another a little longer.” pitals, the Centennial’s lead sponsor, to opportunity to shop, dine, dance, and en- Those interested in donating their time play a part in the Carnival’s healthful fo- joy the company of your Shaker friends or talents to the organization are encour- cus. Also part of the holiday will be the and neighbors. aged to contact Baldwin at 216-991- Pancake Breakfast at Thornton Park from Watch the next issue of Shaker Life for 6376, or to send a check made payable to 8:30-11:30 am. more information about the event, and Meals On Wheels, 3550 Northfield Road, visit shakeronline.com often as details be- Shaker Heights, 44122. For more infor- Historical Tours of Plymouth come available. mation, visit www.mealsonwheelsshaker. Church Memorial Day Weekend org. Meals On Wheels Celebrates 30 Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights of- Years Serving Area Residents Remember the Rules fers guided tours of its historic site over for Grass Clippings the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Situ- Meals on Wheels, a volunteer, non-profit ated at 2860 Coventry Road, the distinc- organization that delivers nutritious meals The EPA prohibits collection of yard tive red brick Georgian building stands to clients with limited mobility, is cel- waste in combination with rubbish. To on land donated by the Van Sweringen ebrating its 30th anniversary of serving ensure we do our part, please follow these brothers, which they designated for use the residents of Shaker Heights, Shaker guidelines for the disposal of grass clip- by a church for the community. Plymouth Square, University Heights, and Beach- pings throughout the growing season: Church has served Shaker Heights, Shak- wood. The non-profit organization strives For the month of April ONLY, public er Square, and nearby communities since to serve all clients, regardless of their abil- works crews will pick up leaves and grass, 1916. It has a history of engagement in ity to pay. hedge trimmings, and garden waste from a variety of community activities and ser- Meals on Wheels receives no govern- tree lawns (never in the street). Please vices in addition to its spiritual mission. ment funding, relying solely on nominal keep grass clippings and leaves separate Tours are free, but reservations are fees and charitable contributions through from brush. requested at least one week in advance. fundraising or corporate sponsorship. Lo- From May 1 to October 15, place grass Donations are appreciated. Call 216-921- cal sponsors include the First Unitarian clippings in paper leaf bags (available at 3510. Church of Cleveland in Shaker Heights, area stores) and leave on the tree lawn the Cleveland Clinic’s Whole Foods Market, same day as your scheduled refuse col- Save the Date for Arts & and California Pizza Kitchen. The Mc- lection. The City will collect a maximum Music Festival: June 16 & 17 Gregor Home provides the food for the of ten bags per pick-up. Please have your program. grass bags out on the tree lawn by 7:30 am Sponsored by the City, the Shaker Arts A small army of 75 volunteers delivers on your regular rubbish collection day, or Council, and the Ohio Designer Crafts- nearly 10,000 nutritious meals each year, no sooner than the night before. There is men, the annual Shaker Heights Arts & in addition to helping with the prepara- a 40-pound weight limit per bag. Music Festival returns Father’s Day week- tion of the meals, fundraising, and cleri- Please note that during this season, end, Saturday, June 16 and Sunday, June cal support. Says program director Shirley there are two separate collections: one 17. Baldwin, “Being involved with Meals on for rubbish and one for grass bags. At no

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time may leaves, grass, rubbish, or brush be placed on center strips, park areas, or in the street. Specializing in Shaker Architectural Style Changes to Large Item Drop Off Custom Stonework, Creative Designs & Plantings at Service Center

The Service Center currently accepts large items for drop-off on Saturdays at 15600 Chagrin Boulevard, from 8 am to 4 pm. Unfortunately, a small but growing number of customers have brought very large quantities of building material debris, some of which is from non-Shaker building sites. The dumping of these extra amounts of building material and large items has not only caused long delays for our nor- mal drop off customers, but has increased the amount of debris going to the landfill, bringing increased removal fees and caus- ing costly damage to service vehicles. To ensure that the drop off remains a Details Make the Difference valuable service to our residents, the fol- See our portfolio at www.eastside-landscaping.com lowing changes have gone into effect: • Residents may drop off large items one time per quarter per household, and must use personal vehicles only. • Drop offs may be delivered only in cars, minivans, SUVs and personal pick up trucks. • Cars with trailers, rental trucks, and other types of trucks or vans are prohib- ited from using the service. • As in the past, residents must provide a driver’s license and current utility bill (within 90 days) to drop off items.

Residents with unique, one-time situa- tions may submit a special email request one week in advance explaining the circumstances to the Director of Public Works at public.works@shakeronline. com. Acceptable items for drop off include appliances, furniture, building materials, and household items. Items that cannot be accepted include paint, computers, in- secticides/pesticides, yard or lawn waste, rocks, bricks, or recyclables. Special col-

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lection times are offered throughout the eronline.com. year; see shakeronline.com for a sched- Beginning in September, the Health ule. Department will offer flu shots for any- one six months and older. Watch for Nominate a Tree! more information in future issues of Shaker Life and at shakeronline.com. Residents have until Arbor Day, Friday April 27, to nominate trees for the Tree Ready, Set, Grill! Advisory Board’s 2012 Heritage Tree awards. Residents are invited to nomi- With Memorial Day around the corner, nate trees in the following categories: outdoor chefs are ready for the bar- beque season to begin. Before you throw • Association with a famous person or the first burgers on the grill, the Shaker significant event. Heights Fire Department has these im- • Historical landmark. portant safety reminders: • Unusual in size, form, age, or other Propane and charcoal grills should only unusual quality. be used outdoors, and kept 15 feet away from the home. Keep grills clean by re- Nomination forms are available at moving grease or fat buildup, and never shakeronline.com, from the Public Works leave the grill unattended. Department, 15600 Chagrin Boulevard, For charcoal grills, be sure to let coals or by contacting the Superintendent of cool completely before disposing in a Forestry, Pat Neville, at 216-491-3285. metal container. Never use any fluid oth- Residents wishing to learn more about er than charcoal lighter fluid, and follow the health and wellbeing of Shaker’s trees directions carefully. Never add lighter flu- may find answers to frequently asked id to an open flame. For extra safety, use a questions at shakeronline.com (search flameless, electric starter – with a proper keyword: forestry). extension cord for outdoor use. For gas grills, be sure to check the gas Avoid the Wait by Scheduling tank hose for leaks before using for the School Immunizations Now first time each season. Apply a light soap and water solution to the hose and check The Shaker Heights Health Department for bubbles, which can indicate a leak. If can provide all required and recom- the grill produces a gas smell, but does mended back-to-school immunizations not light, have the grill serviced by a pro- and TB skin testing for children up to 18 fessional before using. When lighting the years of age. This includes the mandatory grill, keep the top open. If the grill does TDaP vaccine for incoming seventh grad- not light in the first few attempts, wait ers. Immunizations and TB testing are five minutes to allow gas to dissipate. $12 each. It is not too early to call and Never store a propane gas container in- schedule immunization appointments; doors. please call 216-491-1480 now to avoid For any questions about fire safety and long wait times. prevention, contact the Shaker Heights The Health Department also offers Fire Prevention Bureau at 216-491- adult vaccines including Tetanus (Td, 1215. TDaP), Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, the combination vaccine Twinrix, and others. Paving the Way for For a complete list of vaccines offered Hungry Families and their fees, call the Health Depart- ment at 216-491-1480 or check shak- Gregg Korponic, owner of Star Paving,

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apr.indd 8 3/5/2012 4:38:31 PM CITY NEWS repair would like to thank Shaker residents once Auto Parts Store Opens in Shaker again for their generous contributions to the food drive he conducts each holi- Advance Auto Parts, the second-largest day season to benefit the Cleveland Food automotive aftermarket retailer in the Bank. U.S., opened a location at Shaker Town This was the fourth year Korponic has Center in March. The store is in the collected food items and donations, and space vacated by CiCi’s Pizza, between restore his most successful collection to date. “I Park View Federal Savings Bank and Ra- raised a record amount of money, beating dio Shack. our previous record by one thousand dol- The venerable company, founded in lars,” says Korponic. “This translates to Roanoke, Virginia in 1928, has been 12,080 meals provided for needy families publicly traded since 2001 and debuted in the area. I am very thankful for the gen- on the Fortune 500 list in 2003. It has erosity of the Shaker residents, as well as more than 3,500 stores nationwide, renovate the warm welcome they provide.” with about two dozen around Greater choose... Cleveland. “It’s a great place to work,” Business News says the Shaker store’s manager, Mal- colm Cloud. Grow your Business through “We are extremely pleased to have

the Shop Shaker such a dynamic company at Shaker Building relationships through Campaign Town Center,” says Tania Menesse, the honesty & hard work City’s economic development director. 216-254-3920 Attention: Shak- “We have great hopes for their success er Home Based SHOP here.” Businesses. The SHAKER City plans to Sound Investing at launch a Shop Buckeye State Credit Union Shaker campaign through an online searchable database of The Buckeye State Credit Union is in- businesses accompanied by a mobile ap- vesting in upgrades to its 15808 Cha- plication. All retail, service, and profes- grin Boulevard address to transform it sional businesses will be able to include into the only “fast branch” in Northeast business specific promotions on the site. Ohio. A fast branch provides a full ar- We want to include home based business- ray of services to members from other es in the action. credit unions belonging to the shared We would also like to welcome home nationwide branching network. In based businesses to participate in a Home Ohio, 106 credit unions belong to the Based Business Fair at the Centennial’s network. There is just one other fast Come Back to Shaker Labor Day Week- branch in Ohio. end Birthday Party at Horseshoe Lake. Changes to the property include cre- All businesses that do not require food ation of a vestibule for a walk-up ATM, preparation are invited to participate. The relocation of the front entrance, expan- Centennial Committee will provide tables, sion of the parking lot and addition of a chairs and a tent; you bring the rest. driveway entrance off of Ludgate Road If you’d like to be included in the Shop to improve traffic flow. The property Shaker database and/or would like more will also be landscaped to highlight the information about the Home Based Busi- colonial architecture and enhance curb ness Fair, please fill out a simple form appeal. at http://bit.ly/ShopHBBizFair or email Chief Information Officer Charles [email protected]. Stanfield says, “We are excited to bring

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these changes to this branch. It will en- Law School Clinic Assists Jim Neville, Vice Chair hance Shaker’s business community and LaunchHouse Entrepreneurs Bruce Jackson keep us viable in the City for years to Richard Bauschard – Alternate come. We service a lot of the Shaker com- Shaker LaunchHouse (SLH) entrepre- Marc Ciccarelli – Alternate munity. We are trying to make this a more neurs have yet another community re- William Oeflein - Alternate user friendly experience.” The Buckeye source in their corner: the Milton A. Christopher Wynn - Alternate State Credit Union expects to complete Kramer Law Clinic Center of Case West- the renovation by early summer. ern Reserve University’s law school now Board of Appeals provides free legal assistance to Launch- Marguerite Bibb J. Pistone Opens Early for Breakfast House clients. Two Case students work Vincent L. Cheverine under the supervision of adjunct faculty Michael E. Jackson Whether you’re meeting for a power member Todd Behrens, a partner with the Arun J. Kottha breakfast or just need a welcoming spot law firm Medley, Behrens & Lewis LLC, to Jeffrey Baddeley – Alternate for that first cup of java, J. Pistone now provide counsel in the area of intellectual Steven H. Slive – Alternate opens at 6:30 am, Monday through Sat- property law – a must for any startup. urday. The popular market and gathering With Behrens’ guidance, students draft City Income Tax Board of Review place is located in the “small mall” at the patent applications and render patentabil- Leon Gabinet corner of Warrensville Center and Almar ity opinions, among other services. Those roads, and offers breakfast, lunch, and services can add up to a large savings for City Planning Commission – bakery items, as well as prepared foods LaunchHouse clients, as legal fees asso- Board of Zoning Appeals and catering services. ciated with drafting and filing a patent John Boyle The breakfast menu includes a frittata application can run between $10,000- Kevin Madison du jour, hearty baked oatmeal, egg and $20,000. The law students also benefit David Weiss cheese wraps, and breakfast paninis. A tremendously from the opportunity to ply wide range of specialty teas and coffees are their skills in a real world setting. Civil Service Commission also available throughout the day. J. Pis- “Case Western Reserve University law Sandra Kiely Kolb, Chair tone is open until 7 pm Monday through school involvement has been a great asset William Gaskill Friday, and until 5:30 pm Saturdays. For to LaunchHouse,” says Todd Goldstein, Lee Trotter more information, visit www.jpistone. a founder and managing partner of SLH. com or call 216-283-3663. “The students and the young companies Communications & Outreach/ working together can learn a lot about Human Relations A Refreshing New Business at entrepreneurship, education, and innova- Barbara Andelman Shaker Town Center tion.” Lisa Farmer Cole Deborah Holston Goode Refresh Dental opened a new office at Shaker News Briefs Lynn-Ann Gries 16651 Chagrin next to Heinen’s grocery Bob Zimmer store, consolidating two offices formerly City Boards, Commissions and located on Lee Road and Shaker Square. Council Committee Assignments Community Life & Health Lead dentist Dr. Brian Jackson says Shaker Rodney Dial Town Center was chosen for “ease of ac- The following Shaker residents will serve Rochelle Kirby cess to our patients with its central loca- on City Committees, Commissions, and Kevin McCardle tion and proximity to bus and rapid lines.” Boards in 2012. Some are re-appoint- Chris Ramsay Three dentists provide adults and children ments, many are new appointments. All Judy Allen – Library Representative with the latest technologies in dentistry serve at the request of the Mayor who, and specialty services in oral surgery and along with City Council and City staff, ap- Economic Development Task Force periodontics. For hours of operation, visit preciates their time and hard work. Michael Deemer gorefreshdental.com. The Lee Road of- Henry Goodman fice is now Refresh Dental’s Orthodontic Architectural Board of Review Ross Halloran Center. Sandra L. Madison, Chair Steve Joseph

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Dustin Klein Long-time Shaker resident David B. Block Party Requests: Register at least Paul Levin Dawson has retired as the deputy director two weeks in advance to close streets for Ed Long of the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland after block parties, races or parades at shak- Neema Mayhugh 40 years of service. eronline.com. Brad Meacham He attended Vanderbilt University Law Steve Strnisha School where his focus was public interest Child Care Seats: Is your child buckled Tom Sudow law. After interning for an NAACP coopera- up safely? The Fire Department offers free David Weiss tive law firm in Memphis, he took his first safety checks on car and booster seats re- and only job in Cleveland, with Legal Aid. quired by the State, by appointment only. Fair Housing Review Board He worked as a staff attorney on a wide Call 216-491-1200. Appointments are on Al Foster variety of cases, including both civil and Fridays, subject to technician availability. Gail Gibson criminal cases for low-income families and Ann Millette individuals. Contractors: While the City cannot rec- Reginald Williams ommend contractors, lists of contractors Dave and his wife Ginnie have lived on registered with the City can be viewed at Finance Glencairn for more than 40 years. Both shakeronline.com. Lists are updated regu- Martin Kolb of their children attended Shaker Schools. larly. Trent Meyerhoefer Shaker resident Andy Leach is direc- William Toomajian tor of the newly opened Library and Ar- Fire Hydrants: The Fire Department chives of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will flush hydrants from April 16 through Landmark Commission and Museum. The Library and Archives April 28. See the Calendar at shakeron- Jan Devereaux opened its doors to the public on Janu- line.com for streets schedule. If you have Kevin Dreyfuss-Wells ary 17, and its grand opening dedication any questions, please call the Fire Depart- Meghan Hays will take place on April 9, during the week ment office at 491-1200. Ron Reed of events leading up to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2012 Induction Ceremony. Grass Ordinance: Grass may not be Neighborhood Revitalization The Rock Hall’s Library and Archives is taller than six inches. Tall grass and weeds Felicia Melton the world’s most comprehensive reposi- that are spreading or maturing seeds, or Kim Pappell tory of materials relating to the history of are about to do so, including ragweed, Myra White rock and roll, and Leach has overseen its goldenrod, poison ivy, or poison oak are Brian Yusko establishment since relocating from Chi- declared nuisances. cago and joining the Rock Hall in 2009. Records Commission Andy lives in the Fernway neighbor- Landscaper Registration: Landscapers Paula Rownd hood with his wife and two children, and and tree maintenance and removal con- they plan to enroll their son in kindergar- tractors must register with the Building Safety and Public Works ten at Fernway Elementary School in the Dept. ($100 fee). Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells fall. He also plays guitar with local bands Carl Ewing Brent Kirby and The Lost Fortunes and Trash Delays: Collections scheduled on Ron Fountain The New Soft Shoe, both of which also or after Monday, May 28 (Memorial Day) Brad Steinberg feature drummer and Shaker resident Jon will be one day late. Call the Public Works Niefeld. Department, 216-491-1490, to report Tax Incentive Review Council a missed pickup. Calls must be received Patricia Barz Seasonal Reminders the next business day. To receive an email William Gaskill reminder about trash collection after a Bicycle Licensing: Licenses are sold holiday, sign up for the City’s email list at Tree Advisory Board from 9 am to 3 pm in the Police Depart- shakeronline.com. Lauryn Ronis, Chair ment lobby, 3355 Lee Road. New licenses Ami Horowitz are $5. Re-issued licenses are 50 cents. For more information about the City’s Codified Kathy Smachlo, MD Call for specific dates: 216-491-1220. Ordinances, visit shakeronline.com.

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Future Nobel Laureates? ful women who have interesting careers available. in science, they might begin to consider Orders must by placed and prepaid by On a snowy December afternoon, 25 those careers for themselves,” she says. check or credit card by May 8. There are Middle School girls are sitting in Clara “Who knows where tomorrow’s Nobel three ways to order: Pelfrey’s science classroom after school. Laureates will start out? Maybe right here It’s not detention; they have elected to in Shaker.” • Pick up an order form at any of the come and hear Serpil Erzurum talk to Shaker school buildings or public library. them about lung health. The Cleveland • Download an order form from the Clinic specialist in pulmonary, allergy, and High School PTO page at shaker.org. critical care is the latest volunteer to ad- • Order and pay online by credit card by dress Pelfrey’s popular Young Women in visiting www.PayForIt.net. Click “Fund- Science club, which meets after school raisers.” several times throughout the year. Club meetings typically draw between Flower and plant pick-up dates are 25 and 40 seventh- and eighth-grade girls Friday, May 18, from 5-8 pm and Satur- who come to learn how women in our day, May 19, from 8 am-noon at Shaker community have found their career bliss Heights High School in the North Gym. in science, engineering, or medicine. Last Optional delivery is available for $15. For year, Linda Rae, a Shaker parent and pres- questions or more information, contact ident of Keithley Instruments, treated the Lauren Bowen at 216-392-1438 or ll- girls to an insider’s tour of the company, a [email protected], or visit the Face- leading manufacturer of electrical testing Members of the Middle School’s Young book page for Shaker Heights High School equipment. Rae explained to the girls how Flower Sale. her engineering background led her to the Women in Science club ask questions of Dr. Serpil Erzurum, a Cleveland Clinic pul- Help us preserve the history of the position she holds today. monary, allergy and critical care specialist, flower sale! Records documenting the Ge- Earlier this year, Kath Bogie of the during an interactive presentation on lung ranium Sale, as it was originally known, Cleveland VA Medical Center gave an in- health. date only to the 1970s, but local lore sug- teractive presentation about technology gests the fundraiser has a much longer his- advancements in wound care. tory. We need your help to preserve the At the December meeting, Erzurum Annual Flower Sale: A Piece of Shaker History legacy of this famous Shaker tradition. If helped the girls conduct an experiment you have any information, photos, or doc- using drinking straws to simulate the uments about the genesis of the fundraiser symptoms of asthma. The girls first re- The High School PTO Annual Flower or the people behind it, please contact lo- corded their respirations while breathing Sale celebrates the Centennial of the cal history librarian Meghan Hays at the normally through the straws, then again Shaker schools and community with a Shaker Heights Public Library, 216-367- while holding their noses closed as they pewter-toned commemorative Centennial 3016 or [email protected]. breathed through the straws. By compar- Pot, specially created to mark the occa- ing their breaths per minute, pulse, and sion. This longstanding annual fundraiser, blood oxygenation, they learned how a originally known as the Geranium Sale, person’s physiology can impact the re- provides support to more than 25 student sponse to asthma. Erzurum also took the clubs, activities, parent programs, and opportunity pass around a tissue example newsletters. of a smoker’s lung to demonstrate the In addition to the Centennial Pots, this devastating effects of smoking. year’s sale offers a variety of annuals in Pelfrey’s prior experience as a median assortment of colors to beautify your cal researcher at the Cleveland Clinic home: geraniums, petunias, New Guinea motivated her to help draw more young impatiens, and shade impatiens, as well women into the sciences. And for many as purple fountain grass, spikes, and vinca For the latest news and info about girls, early adolescence can be the turning vines. the Shaker schools, visit shaker.org. point. In keeping with the celebratory theme, To receive regular e-news updates, “As a woman scientist, I’ve seen first- confetti hanging baskets will also be of- hand many of the challenges women face fered, as well as colorful planted 12-inch subscribe at shaker.org/news. in scientific fields which are often domi- patio pots for either sun or shade. Trays facebook.com/ForShakerSchools nated by men. If these girls see success- of assorted tomatoes and herbs are also

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Iqbal Makes an Impact High School Theatre Ensemble Show Thursday, April 26, Friday, April 27, and Woodbury Principal Randall A. Yates as- Saturday, April 28 at 8 pm in the Shaker signed homework over the winter break: Heights High School Large Auditorium. All faculty, staff, Shakerfest Celebrates (Free senior adult preview on Wednes- students, and the Centennial day, April 25 at 1 pm.) Tickets may be their families Each spring, the Shaker schools open their purchased by calling the Shaker Theatre were asked to doors to the community for Shakerfest, a Box Office at 216-295-4287, or online at read the book showcase of our students’ musical, theatri- www.tix.com. Iqbal, by Fran- cal, artistic, and academic talents. Many of cesco D’Adamo, this year’s events also celebrate the Centen- Ice Cream Social & Band Concert for Woodbury’s nial of the Shaker schools. We invite you to Tuesday, May 1 at 6:30 pm, on the High first-ever all- come see our students in action at a variety School front lawn. A Shaker family tradi- school book read. of venues. Here’s a sampling: tion! Bring a blanket or lawn chair and Iqbal is a novel enjoy the music, along with ice cream and about a real-life An Evening of Jazz birthday cake. Presented with support hero, Iqbal Ma- Wednesday, April 11, at 7 pm, Shak- from the Shaker Schools Foundation. sih, a 13-year-old boy who was murdered er Middle School auditorium. Enjoy a in 1995 after speaking out about his ex- wide range of selections from the ac- Join us! Admission is free unless other- perience as a bonded child laborer in a claimed High School, Middle School, and wise noted. For a complete schedule of carpet factory in Pakistan. In his brief life, Woodbury jazz bands. events, visit www.shaker.org/shakerfest. Iqbal made a tremendous impact by trav- The schools’ Centennial kicked off with eling to the United States and Sweden to High School Art Show Opening a special concert by the High School A raise awareness about the plight of child Friday, April 27, at 7 pm, Shaker Heights Cappella Choir, Wind Ensemble, and laborers, receiving an international award Public Library, 16500 Van Aken Bou- Chamber Orchestra on February 15. for his bravery. levard. Paintings, sculpture, ceramics, On the program was the world premiere Nearly 400 students, families, faculty, jewelry, and more from Shaker’s award- of a piece set to the poetry of Langston and staff members attended the book dis- winning student artists will be on display Hughes. View video clips at youtube.com/ cussion in January. “For a first-time event, through May 11. shakerschoolsohio. it was amazing to see the number of families involved with the discussion,” says Yates. Parents Emily Geier, Meg Weingart, An Uplifting Experience and Me’Lani Joseph helped make the evening a success by coordinating a pizza dinner and childcare. They also recruited volunteers to help lead small groups using a discussion guide developed with the help of faculty coordinator Ruth Heide. Students responded well to the book, despite its difficult subject matter. Says sixth-grader Alex Feeling, “The book was a good read for kids because you learn that other kids in the world are truly suffering and starving.” Margaret Bartimole agreed. “I think that the book discussion was inspiring and meaningful. I was opened up to the fact that some carpets and products you see every day are made by kids in slavery. I am also happy that there are organizations that help kids in slavery.” Woodbury students from Betsy Brindza and Carola Drosdeck’s fifth-grade classes -per formed two authentic Native American dances they learned in a residency project made The Woodbury PTO collected vol- possible by a grant from VSA Ohio, the State Organization on Arts and Disability. Brindza untary $1 donations at the door, raising and intervention specialist Sara Cole wrote the grant to provide an inclusive experience for nearly $400 to be donated to an organiza- students with a wide range of abilities. The students made costumes and demonstrated tion working to end child slavery. the steps and drumming patterns for the Sun Dance and the Eagle Dance (shown here).

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Career Transition Center questions, and how to discover what the beer, wine, and soft drinks as we roll Open for Business employer seeks so your answers differen- back time to the days of card catalogs and tiate you from other candidates. hand-stamped checkouts. The Library’s Career Transition Center, Plan Your Work/Work Your Plan work- Shaker residents and past Friends pres- located in the Community Entrepreneurial shop is offered from 10 am-noon, May idents Susan Gall and Christine Bretz Office at Main Library, is a place for job 10. This workshop helps participants are co-chairs of this event and welcome seekers. Staffed by professional career learn how to set achievable goals and to all book lovers. Invitations, designed by coaches, Bonnie Dick and Ann Hunter, develop a daily and weekly action plan for Susan Cristal, have been mailed to Library the CTC is open from 9:30 am–5 pm self-assessment and to monitor progress. supporters. If you have not received your Monday through Thursday and from 10 Learn how to establish a routine and a invitation, please call the Library at 216- am–3 pm Fridays. plan of action to increase your self-worth 367-3005 or email library@shakerli- Bonnie Dick, founder of CTC, also and productivity while accommodating brary.org. moderates a weekly Monday Morning your own personal style. Jumpstart program, which meets from All classes are free. For more information, Shaker Library History 10 am-noon at Main Library. Participants call the Career Transition Center at 216- meet and gather leads through network- 991-2030 ext. 3011. Shaker Library’s history begins with the ing and discuss job-search techniques, first meeting of the board of trustees new trends, job fairs and open positions. Friends of the Shaker Library on April 27, 1937, with David Green Each month a featured speaker offers Celebrates the 75th Anniversary serving as president. The longest-serving a special presentation. Monday, May 21 of Shaker Library president was David Dietz (1943-1976), at 11 am Suzanne Carle speaks on how to after whom the Bertram Woods Branch create a customized action plan as a first Friends of the Shaker Library invites Community Room is named. Today’s pre- step in the strategy of landing a new job. the community to cel- siding officer, Jeanne Shatten, is the 21st Participants in this class will develop their ebrate the 75th anni- trustee to serve as president. own action plans, with a brief look at the versary of the Shaker In 1938, Ellen Ewing was named the past and focus on the future. Library – The Jewel first director, and the first Library was Suzanne Carle is president and of Shaker – with an opened June 24 in a storefront on Lee Founder of Suite Spot, a business devel- informal evening of Road near the current Main Library. opment firm. She has expertise in strate- fun and festivities According to the late Mary Lee Sperry gic planning, crisis management, profes- from 7-9 pm Friday, April 20 at the Main Scriven, an original employee, that first sional development, marketing, public Library when it honors Library donors space “was designed to have an inviting and media relations, sales, and fundrais- and doers who have helped the library atmosphere. At the rear of the room were ing. grow. Enjoy music, light hors d’oeuvres, a fireplace flanked by couches, tables with The CTC also offers a variety of job seeker workshops in April and May. Results-Oriented Resumes will be offered from 10 am-noon Thursdays, April 12 and May 24. This workshop teaches job seekers how to sell themselves and focuses on how a job seeker can capture an employer’s attention and gain an interview. Improving Interviewing Skills class is offered from 10 am-noon Thursdays, April 26 and May 31. This workshop teaches job seekers how to learn about the company and the job, how to pre- Shaker Library circa 1938-40. Mary Lee Scriven staffs the Circulation Desk. pare answers to difficult and probing Photo donated by Pete Scriven.

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lamps, a rug, draperies at the long win- continue to grow, including the all-time at Main Library. dows, and easy chairs.” record circulation of 1,369,165 items in Evans calls her book the “ultimate orga- Tragedy struck the director in 1949. 2008. He has also overseen expansion of nizer.” First published in 2001, the guide Another former employee, Ruth Mealand Internet bandwidth and computer services has been updated to include space for user Schwartz, remembers, “Miss Ewing took as the Library continues to blend physical names and passwords for social media sites a vacation cruise on the Great Lakes. It and virtual services. and other Internet accounts and websites, cost her life as she was asphyxiated by Help the Shaker Library celebrate its and is now available online at mysurvivors- smoke in her room, from a fire on the 75th anniversary by joining us for our guide.net. While this program is offered ship.” special “after hours” celebration from 7-9 in celebration of Senior Adult Month, the Virginia Robinson was then appointed pm Friday, April 20, at the Main Library, presentation and information is important director, serving until 1969. She oversaw 16500 Van Aken Boulevard. for all ages. construction of a new 25,000 square foot library on Lee Road, which is now Meet the Authors John Backderf, also known as “Derf,” will the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Community be at Bertram Woods Branch at 7 pm Building, in 1951. So, you have an estate plan, a living will, Tuesday, May 8. A Shaker resident, Derf is A bequest from the estate of area and end-of-life instructions. Do your heirs a nationally known artist whose syndicated native Bertram Woods made it possible know where they can find this informa- comic strip “The City” appears in over 50 to build a branch library on Fayette Road. tion? Don’t leave this world by leaving newspapers, including The Plain Dealer. It was named after Mr. Woods when it your relatives confused and scrambling for He has published several anthologies and opened in 1960. your documents. Meet Nikki Evans, author comic stories, including Trashed, a mem- Margaret Campbell was the first branch of My Survivors’ Guide – All You Need to Know oir of his time working as a garbage col- manager. She was named director in 1969 When I’m Gone, at 7 pm Wednesday, May 2 lector; Punk Rock and Trailer Parks, which and helped pass the Shaker Library’s first operating levy in 1974. She instituted regular Sunday hours in 1975 before leav- Reader of the Month: Bette Bonder ing and being replaced by Barbara Luton. Under Luton’s leadership, the Library LIVES IN: Mercer Area was automated and joined the CLEVNET USES: Main Library consortium in 1983. She negotiated a lease agreement with the City and began LIKES TO READ: Fiction, Mystery, History, renovating the former Moreland School Cookbooks/Food books building, which opened in 1993 as the ALL-TIME FAVORITE BOOK: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman new Main Library. FAVORITE AUTHORS: Sharon Kay Penman, P.D. James, and James McPherson Francis Buckley served as director LIBRARY SERVICES: I use many of the Library’s varied services, but what I like best from 1994 through 1998. In 1996, the about the Library is its sense of community. As president of Friends of the Shaker Library exceeded 1 million items for the Library, I encourage my community members to become involved in this volunteer first time, and a joint bond issue with the organization. Shaker Schools was successfully passed in OTHER INTERESTS: Cooking, knitting, walking, movies 1998. When Buckley accepted the position FAMILY: Husband Patrick Bray, semi-retired MD and volunteer teacher at Horizon of U.S. Superintendent of Documents Science Academy; sons Aaron Bray (SHHS ’02), paramedic with the City of under the Clinton administration, Edrice Cleveland, and Jordon Bray (SHHS ’04), writer and graduate student at Columbia Ivory became the Library’s first African- College in Chicago, Illinois. American director. She supervised the VOLUNTEER WORK: Friends of the Shaker Library, Cleveland Public Library, and renovation of the Bertram Woods Branch Horizon Science Academy in 2003 and helped to pass another bond BRIEF BIO: Bette grew up in Cleveland Heights. She is a Professor of Health Sciences issue with the Shaker Schools in 2004. and Psychology at Cleveland State University and is the former dean of its College of Ivory was succeeded by the current Sciences and Health professions. She is co-author of Culture in Clinical Care (second director, Luren Dickinson, in 2005. Dickinson has seen circulation numbers edition) forthcoming from SLACK, Inc.

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apr.indd 17 3/5/2012 4:38:39 PM LIBRARY NEWS “one-two... is set in the Akron punk rock scene in In addition, readers can borrow a set of 1980; and most recently a newly revised the books (up to 20 copies) for their book version of My Friend Dahmer, about his discussions. high school friendship with the serial The Library also offers opportunities killer Jeffrey Dahmer. For more informa- to discuss the book at 10 am Tuesday, May tion about this author, visit his website at 8 at Main Library, and at 7 pm Tuesday, derfcity.com. June 19 at Woods Branch. Following the programs, the authors will sell and sign books. It’s Not Your Mother’s ...I can bend over and Politics II: Finding Your Voice tie my shoe.” Hot Picks Magazine Collection The Library, the Shaker Heights League After surgery, injury or Hot Picks is a new collection of magazines of Women Voters, and the Flora Stone illness, the smallest tasks at Main Library. These magazines are Mather Center for Women at CWRU good, quick sources of information and have joined forces to present a second It’s can sometimes seem entertainment and offer readers a way to Not Your Mother’s Politics program, from insurmountable. keep up with current trends. Magazines in 6:30-9 pm Thursday, April 26 at Laurel But at Montefiore, you have the collection include Better Homes and School at One Lyman Circle. an entire team of people – Gardens, Cleveland Magazine, Cooking This year’s program focuses on how doctors, nurses and rehab Light, Essence, InStyle, Martha Stewart women find and use their political voices. Living, Men’s Health, O: The Oprah The interactive panel discussion will be therapy professionals – who Magazine, People Weekly, Prevention, moderated by Linda Lalley, member of will help you get back to living Real Simple, Shape Magazine, ShopSmart, the Public Engagement Committee of your life. You’ll get stronger, Sports Illustrated, and Weight Watchers. the Cuyahoga County better, ready to go home. Thanks to the Friends of the Shaker transition team and Choose Montefiore and you’ll Library, there is a new spinning rack for the Board of New these Hot Picks located near circulation Cuyahoga NOW. The enjoy personalized care, a by the Main Library entrance. They are keynote speaker is Dr. private room with bathroom available to circulate immediately with no Dorothy C. Miller, and wireless Internet. limit to the number a customer can bor- director of the Flora If you or a loved one needs row. Miller Stone Mather Center post-hospital care, call now for Women and clinical associate professor at the Mandel for a personal tour. Centennial Read (See City News p. 3) School of Applied Social Sciences at CWRU. As part of its Centennial celebration, the Panelists include Grace Drake, director City invites the community to join in of the Ohio Center for the Advancement Shaker Reads, a one-city, one-book pro- of Women in Public Service at the Maxine motion. Read and discuss Home Town by Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs; Tracy Kidder, a story about the disparate Jill Miller Zimon, Pepper Pike City characters and qualities that hold a town Council member; Elizabeth Hijar, con- together. While Home Town is set in sultant at Global Cleveland Initiative and Northampton, Massachusetts, the book coordinator of Convencion Hispana; and montefiorecare.org rings true for any home town that inspires Mexie Wilson, hip-hop activist. 216-360-9080 allegiance. The panelists will share what politics The Friends of the Shaker Library is means to them, how it has affected their One David N. Myers Parkway helping the Shaker Reads initiative by lives, and how the current political cli- Beachwood, OH 44122 underwriting the purchase of forty copies mate has shaped their voices. of Kidder’s book. Te n copies are available Register online at shakerlibrary.org at both Main Library and Woods Branch. or call Flora Stone Mather Center for

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Women, 216-368-0985. more information or to register for the program, call 216-991-2030 ext. 6. Recent Donations to the Library “three-four... If These Walls Could Talk: Contributions to the Library in December Researching Your Shaker and January were received from Randy Home’s History Kammer, who contributed to the Marilyn Kammer Memorial Fund in memory of Your Shaker Heights home has history. Minerva Decker and Bema Denilauler. Have you ever wondered who lived in ...I can stand up and Betty Jarmusch made a donation to your house before you, or who designed walk to the door.” honor the memory of Mary Dowling it? Celebrate National Preservation Daley. Gilbert Brucken honored Lois Month and learn about the resources, After surgery, injury or Brucken and Joan Steinberg honored both tangible and electronic, that can illness, the things you used to Kate and David Burleigh with contribu- help you discover the story of your Shaker tions to the library. home, at a special presentation cospon- do easily can sometimes seem Other generous contributors includ- sored by the Shaker Heights Landmark next to impossible. ed Elliot Morse and Eileen and James Commission at 7 pm Tuesday, May 22 at But at Montefiore, you have Wilkoff. Patricia Freiberg and Steven Main Library. an entire team of people – Schulman donated to the Bertram Woods Shaker Heights Planning Department doctors, nurses and rehab Landscaping and Garden Fund in memo- senior planner Ann Klavora moderates therapy professionals – who ry of Helen and Donald Freiberg. a panel discussion featuring Cuyahoga will help you get back to living County Archivist Judy Cetina, Jim your life. You’ll get stronger, Dubelko, Cleveland State University American Sign Language better, ready to go home. Instruction Offered at graduate assistant at the Center for Public Main Library History and Digital Humanities, and Choose Montefiore and Shaker Library’s local history librari- you’ll enjoy personalized American Sign Language teacher, Valerie an Meghan Hays. Learn about the new care, a private room with Williams, will teach basic signing using online Shaker Building Card database bathroom and wireless role-play and other fun activities in this and the Cleveland Historical mobile app Internet. class appropriate for adults and children featuring Shaker Heights landmarks. ages 10 and older in the company of an If you or a loved one needs adult. What’s it Worth? post-hospital care, call now The class meets the second and fourth for a personal tour. Wednesdays of the month from 6:30- Wondering what that old mantel clock 7:30 pm beginning April 25 at the Main would fetch at auction? The value of a Library. Registration is required. Call collectible depends on its availability, its 216-991-2030 ext. 6. Residents can reg- condition, and the current market for a ister online or at a library Information particular item. Desk. Friends of the Shaker Library is spon- soring its second antiques appraisal eve- Heads Up on Body Language! ning from 6-8:30 pm Thursday, May 10 at Main Library. Experts, including So much of our communication is non- Marc Goodman and Linda Katz of Marc montefiorecare.org verbal – posture, gestures, facial expres- Goodman’s Antique Mall on Larchmere, sions, and even eye movements. Learn to will be on hand to give residents a ver- 216-360-9080 be a better nonverbal communicator at 7 bal appraisal of what their treasures are One David N. Myers Parkway pm Tuesday, May 15 when Holly Klinger worth. If items are too large to carry into Beachwood, OH 44122 visits Main Library. Klinger is an instruc- the Library, residents should bring clear tor at Bryant & Stratton College and has photographs of their items noting any certification in Nonverbal Analysis. For special markings.

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Appraisals cost a small fee. Watch the Friends’ bulletin board at both libraries Book Discussions in April & May at Main Library for more details on this event.

New in town? A good way to meet people is by joining one of the Library’s Friends Offers a Bonanza many book discussions. Morning and evening opportunities are available. of a Spring Book Sale Register and pick up your books at the Main Library Information Desk. Friends of the Shaker Library Spring Book Sale offers a bonanza of bargains. Volunteers have worked throughout the TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 10 AM TUESDAY MAY 8, 10 AM winter to organize a huge sale of gently Line By Line by Barbara Hacha Home Town by Tracy Kidder used books on the second floor of the Main Library. Meet the author when she joins in Join us for our Shaker Centennial The sale begins with a Members the discussion. Ohio author Hacha citywide read! (See City News.) The Preview Sale from 4-8 pm Thursday, April presents a well-researched coming of Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes 19 when Friends’ members get first dibs age novel about life on the rails dur- us inside the everyday workings of on a wide selection. Non-members may ing the Great Depression through the Northampton, Massachusetts, a place join at the door. The sale continues from eyes of a young woman who survived that seems to personify the typical 9 am-4 pm Friday, April 20 and Saturday, as a hobo. American hometown. The residents’ April 21, and ends with the popular Bag stories take us behind the town’s Sale from 1-3 pm Sunday, April 22, when TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 7:30 PM facades and reveal how individuals all bags of hardback books sell for $5 and On Borrowed Time by David Rosenfelt shape the social conscience of a com- a bag of paperbacks sells for $3. munity and how a disparate group of For more information or to volunteer Accompanying his girlfriend to individuals can find common causes for the sale, sign up on the volunteer Kendrick Falls despite rumors that and core values that transform a forms available at the circulations desks at no man has ever gone to the falls place into a home. both libraries. with her and come back the same, Richard suffers a car accident on the TUESDAY MAY 8, 7:30 PM Art Exposed III journey, only to discover that his girl Bad Blood by John Sandford has disappeared. The Main Library will open after hours When a murder suspect commits for artists from 7-9 PM Friday, April 27. TUESDAY APRIL 24, 7:30 PM suicide after his arrest for killing a Residents can meet the talented Shaker Unbroken: A World War II Story of soybean farmer, Minnesota Bureau of Heights High School art students and Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Criminal Apprehension agent Virgil enjoy an exhibit of oil painting, portrai- Laura Hillenbrand Flowers uncovers a multi-generation, ture, pastel, charcoal, jewelry, and more. multi-family conspiracy involving a The exhibit, managed by Shaker High This is the gripping, true story of a series of monstrous crimes. School Art Department chair, Daniel U.S. airman who was the sole sur- Whitely, will be on display through May vivor after his bomber crashed into TUESDAY MAY 22, 7:30 PM 11. the sea during World War II. He had Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen to face thousands of miles of open Simonson Free Computer Classes ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering in April and May raft, thirst and starvation, enemy A retired major and a Pakistani shop- aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even keeper are drawn together by their Spring ahead with new computer skills. greater. love of literature and the loss of their Free classes are offered each month in the respective spouses in this unconven- Main Library Computer Center. Sign up tional love story. online or call 216-991-2030 ext. 3185 to reserve your place.

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BASIC WORD PROCESSING April 17: Using the Internet, Search nize, and manage multiple sources of 10-11:30 AM MONDAY, APRIL 2 tools, setting up an email address, and information. Learn to format documents using using email. April 24: Types of Internet Microsoft Word 2010 software. Class resources, Search Tools and how to use FORMULAS FOR SPREADSHEETS topics include: formatting text and them. Participation in the ECO grant 10-11:30 AM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 paragraphs, text alignment, the use of requires providing some personal infor- Learn to make formulas, which do the toolbars, menus, and context-sensitive mation to Connect Ohio for its grant calculating work in a spreadsheet, and menus. Participants must be comfortable reporting. sample some spreadsheet programs to using the mouse. become familiar with how a formula is INTRODUCTION TO PUBLISHER 2010 constructed, how it works, and how to INTRODUCTION TO POWERPOINT 2010® 10-11:30 AM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 make new ones. 10-11:30 AM TUESDAY, APRIL 3 Explore the Microsoft Office 2010 desk- 10-11:30 AM WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 top publishing tool and learn to use it to FORMS IN MICROSOFT ACCESS 2010® Learn to create a slide show with text and create flyers and brochures. 7-8:30 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 19 graphics, edit slides, and add sound and Learn to make forms do two things in animation. Participants must be able to TABLES IN MICROSOFT ACCESS 2010® database programs. They make data entry use the mouse. 7–8:30 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 12 less risky and allow users to see data. Learn to design and use tables in an WORKING WITH WINDOWS 7® Access database. MACROS IN WORD® AND EXCEL® 10-11:30 AM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 10-11:30 AM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 7-8:30 PM THURSDAY, MAY 10 EVERY CITIZEN ONLINE Create and explore the uses of macros This class is designed for those who can 10 AM–1 PM SATURDAY, APRIL 14 & 28 in Microsoft Office 2010 to accomplish navigate the Internet and work with This set of classes meets two times. April tasks more efficiently. programs, but are not comfortable using 14: Mouse, Computer Literacy, Using multiple windows. Topics include open- Windows, Using and Maintaining Files QUERIES IN MICROSOFT ACCESS 2010® ing, moving, resizing and arranging win- and Folders, Using the Internet and web 7-8:30 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 26 dows, copying and pasting, as well as tips browsers. April 28: Getting an email Queries are questions asked of databases. and tricks for using the keyboard to make address, Using email, Types of Internet Learn to ask the questions correctly. some activities easier. Participants must resources, Search Tools and how to use be able to use the mouse. them. Participation in the ECO grant CHARTS AND GRAPHS IN EXCEL 2010® requires providing some personal infor- 3-4:30 PM SATURDAY, APRIL 28 INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT ACCESS mation to Connect Ohio for its grant 7-8:30 PM THURSDAY, MAY 24 2010® reporting. Explore the ways that Excel can dis- 7-8:30 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 5 play data as charts of visual information. 3-4:30 PM SATURDAY, MAY 26 INTRODUCTION TO EXCEL 2010® Learn the basic ways data can be charted, Learn the basics of building a relational 3-4:30 PM SATURDAY, APRIL 14 and review chart types to understand how database, which connects varieties of data 7-8:30 PM THURSDAY, MAY 17 they are used and with what kind of data. through a field called a key. A birthday Learn the basics of spreadsheet construc- Some familiarity with Excel 2010 spread- can be a “key” that connects or relates tion, including formatting and design, sheets is expected. separate sources of information (e.g. printing options, creating and using basic medical history, school history, and polit- formulas. Participants must be comfort- MAILMERGE IN MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 ical party affiliation). A Social Security able using the mouse to drag and high- 10-11:30 AM MONDAY, APRIL 30 number might be a very useful “key” to light. MailMerge uses list and address informa- include in a database. tion from many sources, like Word tables, INTRODUCTION TO ONENOTE 2010® Excel sheets, and Access Data Tables. A EVERY CITIZEN ONLINE 10-11:30 AM MONDAY, APRIL 16 form letter can be sent to a list of con- 10 AM-NOON TUESDAYS, APRIL 10, 17, 24 Remember when you organized your tacts, envelopes and labels can be created Series of three classes. April 10: Mouse, binder report? Learn to do it electroni- from the list information, and catalogs of Computer Literacy, Using Windows, cally. Use Microsoft's tool to create and items or directories of people can be cre- Using and Maintaining Files and Folders. store digital notebooks to collect, orga- ated using MailMerge.

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MAIN LIBRARY 16500 VAN AKEN BOULEVARD 216-991-2030 EXT 3141 Kids’ Corner BERTRAM WOODS BRANCH 20600 FAYETTE ROAD 216-991-2421 EXT 2241

PLAY AND LEARN STATION NESTLINGS (Birth-15 months) PAJAMA STORIES AT WOODS BRANCH AT MAIN LIBRARY It’s never too soon to start sharing books Stories for children ages 3 and up with or with babies! Enjoy songs and rhymes, without an adult. Play and Learn programs are a partner- books and bounces in this class for 7:15 pm Monday, April 16 ship with Family Connections. babies from birth to 15 months with an 7:15 pm Monday, May 21 adult. Register in person, by phone, or online two A free preschool literacy program offer- Spring Session: Through May 8 weeks before each program. ing interactive opportunities for parents 9:30 am Mondays at Main Library or caregivers to explore with their chil- 9:30 am Tuesdays at Woods Branch TREE TALE TELLERS CELEBRATE ARBOR dren, ages birth to 5 years. No registration required; groups must make DAY (For 3, 4 & 5 year olds with an adult) 10 am-noon Tuesdays, Thursdays & special arrangements. Join us for stories told by a Tree Tale Teller Saturdays from Holden Arboretum in celebration of 6-8 pm Tuesdays FLEDGLINGS (15 through 23 Months) Arbor Day. No registration required. Experience the wonder of words with 1:30 pm Tuesday, April 17 your child through stories, songs, move- at Woods Branch PLAY AND LEARN BABIES ment, puppets, and fun in this story time 10 am Wednesday, April 18 A special room filled with literacy-based for children from 15-23 months with an at Main Library activities just for babies from birth to 18 adult. 10 am Thursday, April 19 months with their parents or caregivers. Spring Session: Through May 8 at Woods Branch 10 am-noon Tuesdays, Thursdays & 10:30 am Mondays at Main Library Register in person, by phone, or online begin- Saturdays 10:30 am Tuesdays at Woods Branch ning April 3. No registration required. No registration required; groups must make Play and Learn Babies will be closed the special arrangements. KINDERMUSIK OF CLEVELAND week of April 16 during the Friends of AT WOODS BRANCH the Shaker Library Book Sale. TERRIFIC TWOS Free demo classes of musical fun and Stories, songs, and movement for 2-year- learning. PLAY AND LEARN STATION olds with an adult. Friday, May 18, 9:30-10 am for babies FOR CAREGIVERS Spring Session: Through May 9 from birth to 18 months with an adult, A preschool literacy program offering 10 am Mondays & Wednesdays at Woods 10:30-11 am for toddlers ages 1½ - 3½ interactive opportunities for non-parent Branch with an adult. caregivers to explore with their children, 10 am Tuesdays at Main Library Register in person, by phone, or online begin- ages birth to 5 years. No registration required; groups must make ning May 4. 10 am–noon Wednesdays special arrangements. A one-time registration is required; please call BUTTERFLY HANDS AT MAIN LIBRARY Family Connections: 216-921-2023. PRESCHOOL STORIES (Grades K-4) Stories, rhymes, and fun for children 3, Learn basic signing skills for children with FAMILY FUN FRIDAYS AT PLAY AND LEARN 4, & 5 years. certified signer Nancy Barnett and her FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Spring Session: Through May 10 signing puppet, Sammy. Facilitated play time every Friday with 1:30 pm Tuesdays & 10 am Thursdays at Spring Session: April 2–May 7, 4:15-5 your special needs children ages 3-5 Woods Branch pm Mondays years. 10 am Wednesdays at Main Library Register in person, by phone, or online. 1-3 pm Fridays No registration required; groups must make For information, please call Family Connections: special arrangements. BUTTERFLY HANDS AT WOODS BRANCH 216-921-2023. (Birth to age 5 with an adult) Learn basic signs through songs, finger-

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ONLINE JOB HUNTING 10-11:30 AM TUESDAY, MAY 1 plays, flannel boards, and interaction is Wednesday, May 16. The Homework This class is designed to help job seekers with certified signer Nancy Barnett and Center is funded by MyCom. develop the Internet and computer skills her signing puppet, Sammy. needed for online job hunting. Discover Spring Session: April 5-May 10, 10:45- AFTERSCHOOL ARTISTS AT MAIN websites that can help create resumes; 11:15 am Thursdays LIBRARY (Grades 2-4) learn about local online resources, and Register in person, by phone, or online. Show your true colors as an artist! get tips for investigating local companies. Create your own art in the style of Mouse skills are required for this class. READ TO KING AT MAIN LIBRARY Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Seurat, and (School-age students) other great artists. The program meets EVERY CITIZEN ONLINE Sign up to read for 15 minutes with the first Thursday of each month. 3-5 PM THURSDAYS, MAY 3, 10 & 17 a furry friend! King is certified with 4:15-5 pm Thursday, April 5 Series of classes. May 3: Mouse, Computer Therapy Dogs International and loves Register in person, by phone, or online. Literacy, Using Windows, Using and to listen to stories. Bring a favorite Maintaining Files and Folders. May 10: book or choose one from the library MEET AMERICAN GIRL DOLL REBECCA Using the Internet, Search tools, setting shelves, and make a bookmark while AT WOODS BRANCH (Grades 1-5) up an email address and using email. May you wait. Travel back in time and learn what life 17: Types of Internet resources, Search 10 am-noon Saturday, April 14 was like for Rebecca in 1914, as you Tools and how to use them. Participation Register in person, online or by phone. listen to a chapter from one of her in the ECO grant requires providing some books, watch a DVD, make a craft, and personal information to Connect Ohio WRITERS CLUB AT MAIN LIBRARY enjoy a snack. for its grant reporting. (Grades 2-4) 2:30-4 pm Saturday, April 28 An enriching program that encourages Register in person, by phone or online begin- REPORTS IN MICROSOFT ACCESS 2010® children to express themselves using ning April 14. 7-8:30 PM THURSDAY, MAY 3 their imaginations and words. Poetry, An Access Report takes data from a creative fiction, letters, postcards, BE KIND TO ANIMALS AT MAIN LIBRARY database and presents it by your design. newsletters, menus, and maps are just (Grades K-5) You decide how the records will appear some of the literary forms young writ- Learn about kindness to animals and in the report, how they will be ordered, ers will explore. bite prevention. Meet some animals and what information will/will not be Spring Session: Through April 24, when the Geauga County Humane included. 4:15-5 pm Tuesdays Society's Rescue Village visits the Register in person, by phone, or online. Library. GRAPHICS IN POWERPOINT 2010® 4:15-5 pm Tuesday, May 1 10-11:30 AM WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 THE HOMEWORK CENTER AT MAIN Register in person, by phone or online begin- Learn to create effective PowerPoint pre- LIBRARY (Grades 2- 6) ning April 17. sentations by inserting clip art, Word Art, Free homework help provided by teach- digital pictures, and text boxes into slides. ers under the supervision of Cheryl MEET AMERICAN GIRL DOLL KIT Basic familiarity with creating slides and Darden. An adult must be present to AT WOODS BRANCH (Grades 1-5) slideshows is expected. register the student at the first visit, Travel back in time and learn what life and students must be picked up by was like for Kit in 1934, as you listen to EVERY CITIZEN ONLINE 6:30 pm. a chapter from one of her books, watch 10 AM-1 PM SATURDAY, MAY 12 & 26 4-6:30 pm Mondays, Tuesdays & a DVD, make a craft, and enjoy a snack. This set of classes meets twice. May Wednesdays, Meeting Room F (second 2:30-4 pm Saturday, May 12 12: Mouse, Computer Literacy, Using floor) Register in person, by phone, or online Windows, Using and Maintaining Files The final date for the Homework beginning April 28. and Folders, Using the Internet and Center for the 2011-12 school year

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Free Computer Classes GOOGLE DOCUMENTS™ Teen Scene (Grades 7-12) continued from page 23 10-11:30 AM TUESDAY, MAY 22 Main Library Second Floor Using a web browser, work on docu- 3:30-8 pm Monday-Thursday web browsers. May 26: Getting an email ments, spreadsheets, and databases over address, Using email, Types of Internet the Internet, and invite others to edit PSAT FREE PRACTICE TEST resources, Search Tools and how to use the documents and work collaboratively. AND STRATEGY SESSION them. Participation in the ECO grant Mousing and Internet skills are needed. The Princeton Review will administer a requires providing some personal infor- Some familiarity with productivity soft- PSAT Practice Test, score it , and offer mation to Connect Ohio for its grant ware is useful. testing strategies the following week. reporting. Bring two #2 pencils, a snack, and a ONLINE SCAMS AND SPAM calculator. You must be registered to WINWAY RESUME WRITING 10-11:30 AM WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 take the test. No one will be admitted 3-4:30 PM SATURDAY, MAY 12 Criminals and thieves use the Internet to the test once the doors close. Learn to create a professional looking to bilk people out of money. Learn to 9:15-11:45 am, Saturday, May 5 PSAT resume with Winway Resume Deluxe 14, recognize and avoid these scammers and PRACTICE TEST a program that offers video segments for spammers. 1:15-2:15 pm, Saturday, May 12 learning, a manager for contacts and job PSAT STRATEGY SESSION leads, and search functions that gather USING OFFICE 2010 Register in person, by phone, or online at shakerlibrary.org, beginning April 21. resources into a single page. Participants 3-4:30 PM THURSDAY, MAY 24 must be comfortable using the mouse. This is an Introduction to the suite of

YOUR PLACE IN THE WOODS software programs called Office 2010. OPENOFFICE.ORG AT WOODS BRANCH (Grades 7-9) Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Join friends in the Community Room 10-11:30 AM MONDAY, MAY 14 OneNote will be introduced through after school. Can't afford the high cost of software? Tr y quick demos, with an emphasis on the 3-4:30 pm Mondays OpenOffice.org, a free suite of software inter-operability of each with the others. No registration required. This program with features and functions much like the ends Monday, May 21. others. Some familiarity with word pro- Endnotes cessing, spreadsheets, and presentation FINAL TAB MEETING AT MAIN LIBRARY software is helpful, but not required. • Main Library is closed Easter Sunday Teen Advisory Board members receive April 8. Certificates of Participation and GOOGLEMANIA™ • Sunday, April 29 is the last day for Community Service Hours. 10-11:30 AM TUESDAY, MAY 15 Sunday hours at Main Library until 11-11:45 am Saturday, April 21 Learn advanced Internet searching strate- October 7. gies using the Google™ search engine, • Both libraries are closed Monday, May EREADERS, TABLETS & TEENS, OH MY! including tips and tricks for finding better 28 for Memorial Day. See the new electronic gadgets and information more quickly and efficiently. • The Library’s Morning Needlework eReaders and give them a tr y. Participants must be able to use the Group meets from 10 am-noon 4:15 pm Wednesday, April 18 in the mouse to click, drag, and highlight. Basic Wednesdays, April 4 & May 2. Knit Nights Teen Center, Main Library Internet skills are also required. are held from 7-8:45 pm Thursdays, April 3:15 pm Monday, April 30 at 19 & May 17 at Bertram Woods Branch. Woods Branch ANIMATION IN POWERPOINT 2010® • ABLE/GED Classes are offered from 9 No registration required. 10-11:30 AM WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 am-noon Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Learn the objects that can be added to a Main Library Teen Center. To register END-OF-YEAR CELEBRATION slide and the menus that control them. for these classes, call ABLE at 216-371- IN THE TEEN CENTER Participants should be familiar with the 7138. Special snacks, crafts, and prizes. 4:15 pm Wednesday, May 23 basics of creating a slide show, including • Celebrate National Poetry Month when Register in person, by phone, or online adding new slides and using graphics. Poetry in the Woods features poets Grace beginning May 9. Using the mouse and searching on the Butcher and Te r r y Provost reading their Internet are required skills. original poetry at 7 pm April 24 at Woods Branch.

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apr.indd 25 3/5/2012 4:38:41 PM In With The New The Shaker Historical Society If your first foray into American history tion, the museum will tell the story of the and Museum has rung in the involved a teacher insisting that you had development of Shaker Heights in exhibits City’s Centennial year by to memorize battles and dates, you might throughout this year. remaking itself as a dynamic think you would not especially be interest- “Ann is making the museum more and relevant institution. ed in the Shaker Historical Society (SHS) compelling for Shaker residents and the and Museum. Well, think again. community at large,” says trustee Presi- Ann Cicarella, the SHS executive direc- dent Keith Arian. “She has been design- BY HYLA WINSTON tor since July 2010, has breathed new life ing dynamic exhibit spaces and, moreover, PHOTOS BY JANET CENTURY (of gale force) into the 65-year old organi- partnering with outside organizations to zation. expand the museum’s offerings. We’re see- As a landscape designer and former ing a growing number of people of all ages Shaker Historical Society & Museum president of the SHS board of trustees, taking advantage of what we have to offer.” 16740 South Park Boulevard Cicarella has an artistic eye and an appre- Last summer, youngsters from the SHS 216-921-1201 ciation for the history of this wonderful, Bee the Buzz! Adventure Camp, the Cleve- shakerhistory.org century-old community. land Botanical Garden’s Green Corps, and “We hope to draw visitors into the the Shaker Lakes Nature Center Summer compelling stories of people and events Camp helped transform the backyard of that make Shaker Heights unique and vi- the SHS grounds. Nestled on South Park brant,” she says. Boulevard near Lee Road, the former My- Cicarella established the museum’s first ers estate has been home to the SHS since permanent exhibit, “The Van Sweringen 1969. Built in 1910, the home’s 2.3-acre Legacy: Shaker Heights, The Rapid and lot extends from South Park Boulevard Terminal Tower.” And in conjunction with through to Shaker Boulevard. The proj- the Shaker Heights Centennial celebra- ect provided plenty of space for campers 26 WWW.SHAKERONLINE.COM

apr.indd 26 3/5/2012 4:38:45 PM Mingling at the opening of the SHS permanent Van Sweringen exhibit, January 2012. Opposite page: Shaker Mayor Earl M. Leiken chats with SHS member Joe Begenfelden. Right: SHS Executive Administrator Patty Cogan, Leslye Arian, SHS Executive Direc- tor Ann Cicarella, SHS Education Director Lynne Hutchinson. Below: Christine Gint Auginas, executive director of the Shaker Schools Foundation.

to plan, create, plant, and maintain veg- Grants Plus, a fundraising consulting firm, ing an economic framework so that the etable, herb, and flower beds. provided the board with suggestions for SHS can flourish,” Arian says. Students from Cleveland State Uni- the fund development process and cre- Board member Rick Smith says he sees versity, Kent State University, and Ursu- ated guidelines for approaching funding “a new vigor and courage to embark on line College are furthering their studies sources. The SHS formed a Development new paths. Before, visitors could count in historic preservation, public history, Committee, implemented eTapestry, a on seeing all they needed at the museum and museums with internships and other donor software program, and is establish- once a year or so. Now we’re finding that educational opportunities at the museum. ing a donor recognition program. visitors return at least three or four times Recently, a small group of students vol- “With Ann’s leadership we are form- throughout the year to see seasonal ex- unteered for the time-consuming task of photographing the museum’s entire collection and entering the photos with de- scriptions into Past Perfect, a museum software program for cataloging. Past Perfect will eventually be a resource for people anywhere to access the photos and information of the SHS. The SHS also is attractive to organizations seeking partnerships. For example, when the Viktor Schreckengost Founda- tion approached Cicarella about a collaboration, the museum proved to be a perfect venue for an exhibit of the paintings, sculptures, home furnishings, and toys created by the famous Cleveland artist. The SHS staff – Cicarella, Education Director Lynne Hutchinson, and Execu- tive Administrator Patty Cogan – and the trustees are innovating and modernizing so that the museum and its offerings are viable not just for today but for the future. To that end, there has been a crucial focus on redefining fundraising goals, in terms of operating budget and endowment.

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hibits and attend programs.” To keep everyone abreast of museum goings-on, Smith has upgraded the SHS website (shakerhistory.org) and made it interactive. Traffic on the website has doubled as users have found a wealth of history plus a calendar of events and de- scriptions of new SHS-sponsored activities. Among these are: Open House: May 12, 10:30 a.m. Proud to be a landmark in historic Hudson for 186 years. • Self-guided Shaker walking tours with Discover why students from 21 states and 17 countries, maps and explanations of points of inter- describe WRA as an intimate community of the finest est. teachers and students engaged in education of the highest • Bike Shaker guided tours, including caliber. Call 330.650.9717 or find us at wra.net. bike rentals. • The “Traveling Trunk,” a portable, hands-on exhibition.

A good reason to visit is the new permanent Van Sweringen exhibit. Amid striking oil portraits of Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen, the exhibit tells the life story of the two boys who rose from the poverty of their home in Wooster, Ohio, to become visionary developers and build- ers in Cleveland. The Van Sweringens set their sights on the bucolic setting of the Shaker Lakes and the surrounding area to build an “Eng- lish garden suburb” – Shaker Heights. They purchased 1,366 acres of the former North Union Shaker community for artistically $1,000,000, dreaming of an exclusive inspired community with elliptical boulevards and park-like streets, with strict regulations designs regarding architecture, color, and placement of homes. The Van Sweringens knew that easy access to downtown Cleveland was vital to their plan so they established the Shaker Heidi O’Neill Rapid Transit and then built the 52-story Registered Landscape Architect Terminal Tower, which was completed in 1930. 216.536.7600 www.HeidiONeill.com [email protected] continued on page 30

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apr.indd 28 3/5/2012 5:01:25 PM Exploring the Museum Visitors to the new permanent Van Sweringen exhibit and the Centennial exhibits should allow time to explore the rest of the museum. Artifacts that the North Union Shakers used for beekeeping, spinning, farming, and other daily activities accompany a 17-minute video about the North Union Shakers and the development of Shaker Heights. A bedroom staged with authentic North Union Shaker items allows visitors to feel as though they are traveling back through time and might catch a glimpse of the young Shaker girl whose hooded cloak hangs on a peg near the bed. The Jack and Linda Lissauer Gallery on the second floor generally features rotating art exhibits from local artists, galleries, and schools. Recently, the photography work of students from the Cleveland School of the Arts was highlighted. The current installation supplements the permanent Van Sweringen exhibit, and presents the artistic (in language and design) marketing sheets that helped the Van Sweringens sell homes in Shaker Heights. Smaller items from the North Union Shakers’ daily life, which were in storage for several years, can be viewed in the Collection Room. From farm tools to dishes and cups, the large collection is arranged by theme and is a window into a simpler time. The Elizabeth Nord Library, named for the museum’s first curator, contains an Keith Arian, president of the SHS board of extensive collection of books and archival materials about Warrensville Township, trustees. the Shakers, and the development of Shaker Heights. The library is open, by appointment, during museum hours, 2-5 pm. Sundays and 2-5 pm Tuesday through Friday. The Spirit Tree Museum Shop is open during museum hours. It sells Shaker-style boxes, baskets, miniatures, jewelry, ceramics, crafts, Centennial merchandise, and much more.

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apr.indd 29 3/5/2012 4:38:58 PM This page: Michael Cicarella and Dick Parke examine old photos at the SHS Van Swerin- gen exhibit. Opposite page: Charles Winslow Davis looks at historical material about Uni- versity School at the museum.

The brothers never married and were described as shy, private, industrious, generous, and modest. Their simple personal lives belie the grandeur they created. To - day, 80 percent of Shaker Heights is located in the Shaker Village National Register Historic District. Each of the four Centennial exhibits, with their historic and even kitschy artifacts, reveals the evolution of Shaker Heights within a larger regional and national context. The exhibits also feature important cultural aspects of each time period, accompanied by special events. The first Centennial rotating exhibit, “1905-1930: The Selling of Peaceful Shaker Village” was on display through March. It focused on the Van Sweringen’s purchase of the North Union Shaker land to develop a suburban haven for business and professional people working in Cleve- land. In their attempt to attract affluent families, the Van Sweringens embarked on an extensive community planning and marketing campaign. They were com- mitted to a fine public school system, yet knew that enticing some of Cleveland’s private schools to the new suburb would help to sell homes. The brothers were able to negoti- ate new campuses in Shaker Heights for Hathaway Brown School, Laurel School, University School, and John Carroll University. They donated land for the Shaker Heights Country Club and Plym- outh Church, and made land available for the Troop A Riding Club, the Cleveland Tennis Club, Moreland Courts, Shaker Square, and more than 300 acres of parks. The second Centennial exhibit, “1930- 1955: Thriving Through Adversity,” from April 8 through June 29, addresses the growth of Shaker Heights, the effects of World War II on the community, and the beginning of national recognition for Shaker Heights and its school system. The lead role that Shaker Heights took to thwart white flight and encourage racial

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apr.indd 30 3/5/2012 4:46:58 PM integration is described in the third Cen- tennial exhibit, “1955-1980: Celebrating Community Spirit,” on display from July 8 through September 30. It also describes the successful grassroots movement to oppose the Clark Freeway being built through the City, and the City’s continued evolution. “1980-2012: Pathways to the Future,” the final Centennial exhibit, focuses on the rich diversity of the community and economic strategies aimed at ensuring a strong future. This exhibit will run from October 7 through December 30. “We are eager to tell the stories that have shaped this area,” says Ann Cicarella. “Our goal is to make the SHS a more ac- tive, engaging place.”

Admission to the Shaker Historical Society and Museum is $4 for adults, $2 for children ages 6-18, and free for children under age 6. Annu- al membership, providing free admission to the museum and its library, the quarterly newsletter, and a 10 percent discount at the Spirit Tree Museum Shop, is $60 for a family and $35 for an individual.

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apr.indd 31 3/5/2012 4:47:02 PM Doing Inspired Work Cellular Technology Limited’s presence in Shaker has helped the City’s economic development strategy move forward. by Jennifer S. Kuhel Photos by Paul Sobota

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apr.indd 32 3/5/2012 4:47:07 PM When it came time for Paul Lehmann to choose a new home for his growing biomedical company in 2007, he could have settled anywhere. But Lehmann chose Shaker Heights. The 55-year-old founder, president, and CEO of Cellular Technology Lim- ited (CTL), a biomedical company whose products monitor the human immune system, isn’t a Shaker resident and he wasn’t from Shaker. In fact, he was born in Hungary and educated in former West Germany and Switzerland followed by a post-doctoral training period at UCLA. So why Shaker Heights? Because Lehmann, a medical doctor, researcher, and Case Western Reserve University professor who has spent much of his life researching the immune system, believes that life is about balance. Balanc- ing heart and brain. Balancing work and life. Balancing new and old. And for Lehmann, Shaker is a community with balance. “We so often separate the intellect hang out, to walk, to live. Here there is a and the soul. But they’re not separate. framework for all of it.” If you’re not inspired, if you don’t have Lehmann is literally building on the a positive environment, you can’t do in- framework he sought and values in Shaker. spired work,” explains Lehmann from the In recent months, after completely reno- three-story office building at the corner vating the building from inside, CTL em- of Chagrin Boulevard and Helen Road barked on a project also visible to passers- that CTL calls home. by, an updated main entrance on the west “Many think of the intellect and soul as side of the building where the company’s contradictory masters, but for me, they 60-some employees work. must not be separated. In Shaker Heights Once completed, the new foyer will add you have a feeling of community with three stories worth of natural light to a houses and walkways. There are places to building already flooded with light, con-

CTL’s primary business is the manufacture and sale of products that show how well the human immune system is functioning. At left: Shaker resident and CTL employee Jodi Hanson; above: founder, president, and CEO Paul Lehmann.

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apr.indd 33 3/12/2012 11:29:28 AM tributing to the feel of openness that pre- vails throughout the company. “Light and views were critical for me when selecting this building,” says Lehm- ann. The new entrance, which costs approximately $1 million, comes on the heels of an estimated $2 million the company has already invested in improvements to the building.

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A painting hanging in a CTL hallway best describes what the company does for those who aren’t plugged in to the world of immunology. In successive rows, the painting explains in a simplified way what the company does: “We examine little spots, enlarge the picture and measure the spots.” Lehmann has redesigned the interior of CTL to make employees feel at home. Simply put, CTL’s products – namely its ImmunoSpot™ Analyzers with accompanying software and test kits – show how well the immune system functions by ac- curately measuring how T- or B-cells (the main components of the body’s adaptive

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apr.indd 34 3/5/2012 4:47:20 PM immune response system) respond to “anti- gens” such as allergens, microbial proteins, or cancer cell constituents. Those qualitative and quantitative measures play an important role in vaccine development for infectious diseases, cancer, and diagnostics of multiple sclerosis. CTL is an internationally recognized play- er in the field of immune monitoring and works with the Who’s Who in the biomedical industry. The company’s technology has enabled more than 1000 clients worldwide – including the Cleveland Clinic Founda- tion, Harvard, Yale, and Johns Hopkins uni- versities – to perform this testing. The privately held company, which Lehm- ann founded in 1998, had revenues around The right start lasts a lifetime $10 million for 2011, earned through sales of its analyzers, consumables, and contract Hanna Perkins School PRESCHOOL • KINDERGARTEN • TODDLER PROGRAmS research services. The company’s products are sold around NOw eNROlliNg fOR fall 2012 the world, through its distribution offices, with major sales successes in Europe and a fOcuS ON: Asia. CTL makes all efforts to secure the • Lifelong academic learning • Building relationships majority of the components locally. Hun- • Curiosity and creativity dreds of the components are manufactured • Mastery of feelings/self-control in North Royalton and even their wooden • Problem solving • Self advocacy shipping boxes are produced by local Amish craftsmen. Assembly of the analyzers takes feaTuRiNg: place at the company’s Chagrin Boulevard • Daily fresh, local, natural lunch • Outdoor playgrounds • Indoor gym headquarters, as well as research and devel- • Community garden opment and contract research services. • Bright, spacious classrooms Lehmann started developing the technol- • Convenient location ogy behind his company at UCLA and then • Abundant parking refined it while working as a professor at Case Western Reserve University, which he Schedule a visit to learn about our individualized curriculum and unique team approach. Call joined 18 years ago. His background as a Educational Director Barbara Streeter at (216) 929-0194. researcher and scientist helped him stay at the forefront of the field and maintain an in- 19910 Malvern Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44122 ternational leadership role. He remains an adjunct professor at Case’s Department of (216) 991-4472 • www.hannaperkins.org Pathology, with collaborative ties to former colleagues. The contract research operation is led by Dr. Magdalena Tary-Lehmann, who is also a medical doctor, PhD researcher, and a former associate professor of pathology, who also maintains an adjunct professorship at Case. She says the strength of the contract research operation is its academic foundation in immunology, combined with the ability to adopt the technology to customers’ specific needs and conduct high throughput testing under Good Laboratory Practice conditions.

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apr.indd 35 3/5/2012 4:47:21 PM Attracting the That kind of positive impression is mix that the City identified during our Biomedical Sector precisely what the City’s Economic De- economic development planning process velopment Director, Tania Menesse, in 2010. Biomedical and software com- If there’s any doubt as to Lehmann’s hopes will help attract more investment, panies that build off of Cleveland's strong fondness for Shaker Heights, consider particularly from the biomedical sector. medical and research community are a how he gets to and from work: He walks Shaker’s location makes it ideally situated core focus of the plan,” says Menesse. from his home in Cleveland Heights. for biomedical entrepreneurs who want “With the road restructuring at War- “When we chose the building, there to remain tied into the region’s medical rensville/Van Aken and the transportation were a couple of criteria that were impor- research base. study on Lee, we are creating the condi- tant for me,” explains Lehmann. “It had “We are just up the hill from Univer- tions for private investment in our com- to be reachable without a long commute, sity Circle and the HealthTech corridor. mercial districts. It is this kind authentic, ideally by foot. While walking to work Our goal is to create a cluster of second- mixed use environment that entrepre- takes him 40 to 50 minutes, “it is won- and third-stage technology companies, neurs are looking for.” derful exercise and rejuvenates the mind, many of which will have grown out of Dar Caldwell, a managing partner at particularly when strolling these beautiful the biomedical sector. These clusters are Shaker LaunchHouse, the business in- little streets.” planned at Chagrin/Lee and the Van Aken cubator near Lee and Chagrin, says his Lehmann says that Shaker’s charm of- district,” says Menesse, referring also to organization actively pursues biomedical ten gives clients – who visit for training University Hospitals’ Administrative Of- and healthcare-related companies as infor up to a week – a warm impression of fices on Warrensville Center Road. vestments. Cleveland. “Often we take them for walks She says the City ultimately expects to “It’s the success of companies like CTL in the parks, dine them in local restau- have more than 250,000 square feet of that will provide a good reason for a com- rants, and share the cultural richness of office space in the two districts to support pany to locate in Shaker,” Caldwell says. the area.” says Lehmann. “And most of restaurants, retail, and vibrant neighbor- “Their success story can help create this them are surprised how beautiful and liv- hoods. snowball effect for Shaker and can make able this area is.” “CTL fits perfectly into the industry it more attractive.”

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apr.indd 36 3/5/2012 4:47:22 PM The Soul of CTL repair choose... Just as Lehmann is helping shift the para- digm for the types of companies the City would like to attract, he is also busy shift- restore ing paradigms within CTL’s walls. “Laboratories are often located in base- ments or dark corridors where one can- Building relationships through not tell if it is day or night with equipment honesty & hard work humming around. It is a work environ- 216-254-3920 ment to which you could not even subject laboratory mice nowadays,” Lehmann renovate quips. “So when we started the company, it was very important to create a pleasant environment. You want people to feel at home.” Lehmann has created an at-home feel by filling CTL’s public spaces and offices alike with plants and, as mentioned, natural light. The company’s walls are lined with original artwork, some reflecting CTL’s name in the styles of various artists (think Roy Lichtenstein, for example) by Hungarian artist Gabor Pesthy, while other large murals created by German artist Bela Horvath Morvai are painted in muted, calming tones. Shaker Heights resident Jodi Hanson has a special appreciation for the homey JFSA Care at Home. feel at CTL. Hanson, a researcher, joined CTL last summer and lives just steps away A Lot More Than Home Care. on Helen Road. JFSA Care at Home offers a complete range of services that continued on page 60 enable older adults to remain independent and safe in their own home: • Nursing • Lifeline Emergency • Therapy (Physical, Speech, Response System Occupational) • Kosher Home Delivered • Medical Social Worker Meals • Home Health Aide • Individual and Family Companionship Counseling Transportation • Home Making and Deep • Personalized Home Cleaning Management • Care Coordination

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apr.indd 37 3/5/2012 4:47:25 PM Surviving Your Kitchen Remodel

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If the kitchen is the heart of the home, a major kitchen remodeling project might seem like invasive surgery. It’s sure to cause some initial pain and anxiety, but the results can be highly beneficial, both for the enjoyment of your home, and for its long-term value. For homeowners who have spent the winter months dreaming and planning for a new kitchen, spring and summer present the ideal time to take the plunge and get the project underway. But before the crew shows up with sledgehammers in hand, there are many important things to know – and do – to help the process go as smoothly as possible.

TheChoose most importantthe Right factor Contractor to a successful kitchen remodel, of course, is selecting a contractor you can trust. Says Frank Marvaldi, president of Gerome’s Kitchen and Bath Design, “Make sure you are dealing with someone who has the proper creden- tials. They should be certified by the National Kitchen & Bath Association as kitchen

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apr.indd 38 3/5/2012 4:47:27 PM designers, have a good professional repu- “Most people put their energy into the tation, and be in good standing with the aesthetics, but it’s equally important to Better Business Bureau.” know how many outlets you will need Bob Somrak, Jr., vice president of op- and where they will go.” erations and owner of Somrak Kitchens, echoes this advice. “In this economy, there are many contractors who have mi- grated from new-home construction to OnceKnow you What’shave selected Expected a contractor in remodeling, and it’s very important to whom you have trust and confidence, make sure that the people at the helm of it’s time to do some logistical planning. the ship know what they are doing. Get It’s safe to assume that your kitchen will references, check to make sure they’re be out of commission for at least six to on the list of registered contractors at eight weeks, from the time of demoli- Kitchen Remodel City Hall, and if the quote seems too tion to what contractors call “substantial good to be true, it probably is.” completion,” when enough of the work Both contractors feel that offering a is done to restore functionality. showroom to their customers is an im- The first order of business is to sign portant piece of the puzzle. Says Mar- off on a completed design and budget. valdi, “You need to be able to go see and Randa Hilal, owner of RH Kitchen and For Tom and Jane, the items that make their touch the materials before you make Bath, Ltd., offers this observation from kitchen special are a hi-tech range hood and your final selections.” her experience: stainless steel backsplash, specially curved He also cautions homeowners not to “So many times, a homeowner gets countertops that matched their curved doors, overlook the mechanical requirements. this rush of energy to get the work done, and a beverage center for Tom.

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apr.indd 39 3/5/2012 4:47:31 PM perhaps in time for a major holiday, and they push to get started too quickly without having a solid design in place. Don’t start the demolition until the design is finished – which includes having the final layout done, cabinets ordered, appliances chosen, sink and lighting fixtures selected, and flooring decisions made.” Hilal points out that certain materials have a long lead-time from order to deliv- er y, such as custom cabinets and high-end appliances, which must be factored into the timing before setting the demolition date. “No one wants to sit around with their kitchen demolished just waiting for materials to arrive,” she says. Once D-Day has been set, there are myriad details to put into place. John Volpe, president of Volpe Millwork, Inc., provides this helpful checklist for homeowners prior to beginning work: Heating Cooling Plumbing Electrical • Pack up personal items and move them to a safe storage area. • Go over dust control plans with your contractor. • Work out a plan for your pets during the Heating Cooling Plumbing Electrical remodeling process. Meet • Let your neighbors know about the remodeling project, including working hours, Rick and provide them contact information for your contractor. Coates... Heating Cooling Plumbing Electrical • Check to make sure that permits have (440) 449-4328 been posted. • Check to make sure that your general www.smylieone.com contractors’ and any sub-contractors’ insurance policies are up to date, and get copies Providing Comfort the easy Way, for your records. With fujitsu duCtless mini-sPlits air Conditioners! • Check with your insurance agent about your homeowner’s insurance coverage for in your shaker heights home...today! remodeling. • Discuss a plan for trash removal with your contractor. For over 35 years, we have been Pro-Max Cooling Tune-Up & Safety Check making the hottest places cool & the “These are just a few of the main items,” coolest places more comfortable. $20 OFF says Volpe. “There are many others.” • Easy Installation • Individual Zoning Now Only $79.95 • No Ductwork Necessary • Heats & Cools Over 30 Points of Inspection Valid thru 5/31/12. Limit one per household. During business Be Prepared hours. Not valid on prior sales. Can not be used in conjunction with Hilal advises clients to begin preparing a few OH LIC #18265 any other discounts. Electric Forced Air Systems Only. weeks in advance by clearing out unwanted kitchen items, and packing away those that are used infrequently. “I also remind them to account for the Mini Ductless Split Systems fact that their meal budget may increase due

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apr.indd 40 3/5/2012 4:47:33 PM to eating out. If they are on a tight budget, they might consider making as many meals ahead of time as possible and putting them in the freezer for easy re-heating in the microwave,” she says. Establishing a temporary kitchen is a must. Contractors generally advise moving the refrigerator to the dining room, basement, or garage, and setting up a microwave, coffeemaker, dishes and dish- washing area in a separate location with running water. Doing the renovation in the warmer months also makes it easier to grill and eat outside, which can help cut back on the added cost of eating out. When Jane and To m Lassar decided their 50-year old Shaker home was due for a kitchen makeover, they found themselves cleaning out much more than the kitchen. “I think I had some general anxiety about my home being taken over, and I felt the need to have the rest of the house be as orderly as possible,” says Jane, pub- licist for Gray & Company, Publishers. There is also a practical benefit to purg- ing other areas of the house; your contractor will likely need to commandeer space in your garage or basement to store materials throughout the construction process. “I think it’s good to be prepared both physically and psychologically before the construction starts,” she says. For Jane, part of that psychological preparation was hiring a contractor she knew and trusted. “Somrak had done some other projects for us, and we were very comfortable knowing that they would look at everything ahead of time and tell us what to anticipate, so there were no surprises,” she says.

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apr.indd 41 3/5/2012 4:47:37 PM is not the case, make sure there is a plan for com- feel good about the decisions you are making.” munication between the two entities.” Somrak firmly believes in educating customers before the job begins to make sure they understand To m Lassar, a cardiologist with University Hospitals, the entire process. “When they come to the show- Have Fun! was equally involved with Jane in their kitchen re- room, they are seeing the completed product. When model. He recommends that homeowners do plenty we start, they are getting a lot of separate pieces, and of homework on the design and materials selection, it’s important that they understand how it will all go yet be willing to make compromises and be flexible together.” throughout the process. “You should plan on ex- Jane Lassar found it helpful to keep a list of ques- ceeding your budget, but draw a clear ceiling. Don’t tions to go over with the crew at the end of the work- skimp, but don’t break the bank, either. It’s okay to day. “If the question wasn’t urgent, I would send an splurge on a few things that really make the project email, just so I wouldn’t forget about it. I didn’t want sparkle.” to constantly interrupt the workers while they were For To m and Jane, the special items that made doing their jobs. It’s like any good relationship – their kitchen unique were a hi-tech range hood and there has to be some give and take, and keeping a stainless steel backsplash, specially curved counter- sense of humor is essential.” tops that matched their curved doors, and a beverage Jane also found it helpful to have a positive sup- center for Tom. port network of friends to talk to, and walk with, Ultimately, says Jane, “It’s important to trust your when she needed some time out from the noise and instincts, and to have a good time with it. Going in, mess of the construction process. “It was almost like I was determined the make it a positive experience. when your kids are young, and you need that moral Now, not a week goes by that we don’t remark on support, someone to hold your hand and help you how happy we are with our kitchen – we just love it.” GETreadY Outstanding academics. Innovative programming. Character to learn more, development. Getting Hawken students ready for anything. Visit Us! think bigger, uPPeR SChOOL PaRenT VISIT daY wednesday, april 11, 2012 Grades 9-12 | 9:00 a.m. | Gates Mills reach higher. LOweR & MIddLe SChOOL OPen hOuSe Sunday, april 15, 2012 Grades PS–8 | 1:00 p.m. | Lyndhurst [email protected]

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apr.indd 42 3/5/2012 4:47:39 PM Splash! The Masters swim club gives residents good reasons – beyond rigorous exercise – to get in the water at five in the morning: fun and camaraderie.

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apr.indd 43 3/5/2012 4:47:42 PM The Shaker Masters swim on Mondays, Wednes- Saturdays. Watch a practice and within days, & Fridays, 5:45 to 7:15 am, at Shaker minutes, you’ll notice it: the between-sets Middle School; Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:45- chatter; the bursts of laughter; the con- 7:15 am at Woodbury School, and Saturdays spicuous camaraderie. This group is having a lot of fun. from 7 to 8:15 am at Woodbury. In June and “This is such a positive group,” says July, all sessions are held at Thornton Park. Peterson, who also teaches swimming at (August is an off-month.) For information, in- Woodbury School, is head coach of the cluding membership fees, contact Eric Peterson Shaker High swim team, and runs the at [email protected] popular youth version of the Masters, the Shaker Sharks. “They work well together While most of us are hitting the snooze and encourage each other.” button, Shaker’s Masters swimmers are For those unfamiliar with how the wide awake and in the water, pulling on sport is organized in Shaker, the term their goggles for a 90-minute workout. “Masters” might conjure up a picture of And that’s a workout with a capital W. a retired Michael Phelps or Dara Torres “We make them a little tired by the time racing back and forth across the pool. they leave,” says coach Eric Peterson. Not true, says Peterson. “It’s for any- Tired indeed. During a recent Sat- one 18 and over. Many of our members urday session at Woodbury School, the swam competitively, but many did not.” If club’s “main set” – which in swim par- you can swim only a length or two, you’re lance means the main part of the workout welcome to join. – was more than 50 25-yard lengths of The Masters club roster includes the pool, freestyle, in sets of 200, 100 and members who took up the sport within 50 yards. And that’s after a warm-up of the past year to those who have been 16 lengths, plus a few additional lengths swimming for most of their lives. Mem- of drills or kicks with a board, and it’s fol- bers range in age from their early 20s to lowed by a cool-down of eight lengths. In their mid-60s. all, a typical workout is in the neighbor- Member Jaqi Hummel points out that hood of two miles. the Masters membership includes Shaker But it’s not just for the exercise that residents from all walks of life: “transplant Masters swimmers are willing to show up surgeons, lawyers, consultants, teachers, at 5:45 am Monday to Friday or at the NASA engineers, social workers, former comparatively leisurely hour of 7 am on college swim stars, triathletes, a mother

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apr.indd 44 3/5/2012 4:47:46 PM of triplets, and others just looking for a great cardio-vascular workout.” With Shaker’s long tradition in swimming – a men’s High School team was founded in 1941 and there was a local women’s club, The Sharcs (yes, with a “c”) as early as the mid-1930s – it may come as a surprise that the Masters club got its start just nine years ago. But it was strong off the block, as swimmers say. It all came together over the summer of 2003. Residents Chuck Lawrence and Margaret Bayless were regulars at early-morning lap-swim sessions at Thornton. “We would swim with the lap swimmers, but would try to do the workout that the Shaker High kids were doing,” explains Lawrence. (The High School team works out at Thornton during the summer, as do the Shaker Sharks.) “When Eric saw us doing that, he invited us to swim with the High School team. We felt like we were really moving up in the world,” he adds. As the summer was drawing to a close, “we asked Eric if he would start a Mas- ters team,” explains Bayless. “He gave us three mornings a week and said, ‘We’ll see how it goes.’” Bayless and Lawrence spread the word and on the first official day of practice, more than 20 swimmers showed up. Within a couple of months, the number of swimmers doubled; within a year it doubled again to over 80, where it remains today. In 2007, Peterson added three practices to the club’s schedule for a total of six per week. Practices are held year-round: from September to May, the Shaker Mas- ters train “short-course” (25-yard lengths) at Woodbury and the Middle School; during the summer, they train “long-course” (50-meter lengths) at Thornton Masters Pam LeRose (previous page) and Park, a particular treat says Bayless. “You’re outdoors, the sun is rising and the Jackie Matthews, Gina Suozzi, Beth A. weather is beautiful. Even when it’s raining it’s fun.” Casey, and Nathan Levitan.

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apr.indd 46 3/5/2012 4:47:56 PM Swim coach and motivator extraordinaire All Ages, All Levels Eric Peterson.

To accommodate such a diverse group of swimming enthusiasts, Peterson orga- nizes them into six lanes based on ability. “Eric tailors the workout for each level,” explains Bayless, who began swimming in the 1980s and now works out with the Masters six days a week (she clocked 550 miles last year). “Speed-wise we are all over the place, so the fast lane may do eight of something that my lane may do six of.” Swimmers can switch lanes as they improve, or if they just want to take it easy. “We’ve got a wide range of abilities and a wide range of goals,” says Peterson, who notes that building the endurance that 90 minutes of swimming requires, no matter the skill level, takes time. “Many of our swimmers started out in the slowest lane doing one or two lengths at a time. They’ve built up and now are swimming faster and doing all four strokes and all the lengths. But that can take weeks, months, or even years.” That was certainly Jaqi Hummel’s experience when she joined the Masters a couple of years ago. “When I started, my goal was to stay in the water for 45 minutes. It was only this past summer that I finally made it to the end of a practice. It took a long time to develop that stamina,” she says. Shaker resident Deborah Peters tells a similar tale. “I swam in high school, but then stopped for 20 years, so I started in the slow lane and just got better.” Peters swims five mornings a week and last year logged 500 miles. “I get up at 5 am. At first I was like, ‘What am I doing? It’s dark out.’ But now I love it. I have so many friends here and it gets my day off to a great start.”

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apr.indd 47 3/5/2012 4:47:59 PM p.nd48 apr.indd 48 Masters vigorousworkout. Sarah Dietrich WWW.SHAKERONLINE.COM takes ashortbreakfromthe believe whatyou’vejustaccomplished.” come andErictellsyouwhattodoat7:15 whenthepracticeisover, youcan’t just impossible.’Andifyouhadtodoitbyyourself, itwould beimpossible.Butyou goesoff, youthink, ‘Ican’tdothis.Thisis whenthealarm morning, rence: “Every and theSharks. Coach oftheYear forhiscoachingoftheShakerHighteam formanyyearsrunning highest givenbytheorganization.Peterson hasalsobeennamedLakeErieLeague ming inrecognitionofhisworkwiththeShakerMasters;awardissecond Jensen. that comesfromworkingoutinagroupyoudon’tgetasanindividual,”says motivational,” saysBayless. raderie ofthemembers–andCoachPeterson. workout alonethatswimmerssaykeepsthemcomingbackformore.It’sthecama Cleveland isalsopopularwithmembers. ing Shaker. Atwo-mileopenwaterswimheldeachsummeratEdgewater Park in Masters Swimming,whichismadeupof11NortheastOhioclubs,includ- byLakeErie the membershaveparticipatedinareaswimmeets,includingthoserun same teachers,sowe’veallgrowntogetherovertheyears,”saysKurt Jensen. land.“Somanyofushavekidsinthesameschools,with can catchupondry coach runs deep.SaysChuckLaw Among theswimmers,appreciation fortheircoachruns Last year, Peterson theKerry wasawarded “When youhaveagreatcoach,yourlimitsarestretched,andthereisalsopush “Just knowingthatyour friendsaregoingtoshowupandEricwillbethereisso At Meanwhile, ifyou’recompetitively inclined,theMastersoffersthattoo.Manyof There’s alsoaone-Saturday-a-month-after-practice breakfast,wheremembers theendofday(or, inthiscase,atthebeginningofday),it’snot O’BrienAward byU.S.MastersSwim //024:48:04PM 3/5/2012 - - -

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As the Shaker Heights Schools celebrate earning a score of three or higher on a 100 years of leadership and excellence in five-point scale. All students taking AP public education, we look to the future courses are required to take an AP exam. with a renewed commitment to rigor- About one-third of Shaker students take ous academics, high achievement for all at least one AP course during their time students, unmatched student opportuni- at Shaker. ties, and continued fiscal vigilance. This report provides a snapshot of the Dis- • A 2011 graduate was named one of trict’s recent accomplishments, current three Presidential Scholars from Ohio, challenges, and future directions. For the second year in a row that a Shaker more detail, visit the District’s website student has received this designation. at shaker.org for a wealth of data about Two other Shaker students were selected finances, student performance, and stra- as candidates for the program. tegic initiatives. Through collaboration with the City • In 2011, the number of African- of Shaker Heights, we are able to pub- American students taking the ACT col- lish this report to all residents of Shaker lege entrance exam increased signifi- Heights using the most cost-effective cantly, matching the number of white printing and distribution. students taking the exam for the first time. The mean score for African-Amer- Continuing the Tradition ican students rose by a full point (on a of Excellence 36-point scale), and white students’ scores stayed steady. Shaker students and faculty members continue to distinguish themselves in • The class of 2012 outperformed the numerous academic areas each year. Fol- state and national averages on the SAT lowing is a small selection of recent ac- and ACT by considerable margins. The complishments: graph below shows how Shaker’s SAT scores stack up against national averages. • A record 159 Shaker students were named Advanced Placement Scholars • In the 2011 National History Day in 2011 – the highest number in school competition, Shaker students captured history. Last May, 444 Shaker students 23 out of 29 slots to advance to the state took 984 AP exams, with 73 percent competition, where they went on to win

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apr.indd 50 3/5/2012 4:48:08 PM 12 out of 18 slots to compete at the na- School in 2012. tional event. Shaker students took several top-ten places at the national event, • Four Shaker students won first-place including a first-place win in the original blue ribbons in the 2011 Cleveland Clin- website category. ic Art eXpressions Program for artwork they created based on scientific research. • Shaker was named a “Best Commu- nity for Music Education” by the NAMM • Six Shaker students participated in Foundation for a third year in a row. the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Sum- mer Internship program, and numerous • Hundreds of Middle School and High other students were selected to partici- School students won awards for their pate in various Saturday internship pro- performances on national language ex- grams with area medical and scientific ams in French, German, Greek, Latin, researchers. and Spanish. Putting Strategy into Action • A Shaker student advanced to the Na- tional Geographic Bee in 2011. In 2009, the Board of Education and administration launched a major stra- • Four out of 10 finalists in the 2011 tegic planning initiative to establish the Maltz Museum’s “Stop the Hate” Essay vision for the Shaker schools. As part of Melissa Becerra, second-grade teacher at Bou- contest were Shaker students. the planning process, residents, parents, levard Elementary School, uses an interactive staff, and students throughout the com- computer program called AIMSWeb to track a • A Shaker student received the 2012 munity were asked to talk about their student’s progress toward meeting the specific Gold Medallion Hispanic Heritage Youth hopes and dreams for the schools. Last learning objectives they have set together. Award for Science. April, the Board voted to adopt the Stra- tegic Plan. • Shaker students won top honors at The faculty and staff are now imple- regional and national competitions, in- menting specific action items from the cluding Science Olympiad, VEX Robot- Plan, which reflect the major themes and ics, Poetry Out Loud contest, Math- ideas brought forth through the commu- Counts, Model UN, and the Scholastic nity feedback process: achievement for Art competition – which produced a re- all students; high quality teachers and cord number of 51 awards for the High curriculum; engaged, hard-working stu-

In 2011, the NAMM Foundation named Shaker a “Best Community for Music Educa- tion” for the third year in a row.

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apr.indd 51 3/5/2012 4:48:12 PM dents; enhanced parental involvement; • Faculty and staff are developing tar- current and accessible technology; en- geted intervention plans to involve par- hanced participation in co-curricular ents with students who are in danger of activities; and expanded facilities. receiving a failing grade in any subject area. By intervening early and enlisting A cornerstone of the Strategic Plan, en- parents in the effort, teachers hope to compassing all these themes, is adoption reverse sliding performance. of the highly regarded International Bac- calaureate program at all grade levels. In- • According to data from the Ohio De- ternational Baccalaureate is designed to partment of Education, students who help students develop the intellectual, have been in the District for three years personal, emotional, and social skills to or longer achieve at higher levels on av- live, learn, and work in a rapidly glo- erage than those with less time in Shaker. balizing world. In addition to its global In order to help new students get up to focus, the program emphasizes creative speed as quickly as possible, the Regis- problem solving, hands-on projects, trar’s office now assesses the academic inquiry-based learning, and community progress of incoming students in grades service. 5-12. At the K-4 level, new students are Following is a sampling of the ways assessed at their school. This rapid as- the community’s aspirations are reflect- sessment helps the schools plan more ed in Shaker classrooms. effectively for appropriate placement, instruction, and support services if “Achievement for all students” needed. Bus driver Fred Taylor encourages students to embrace the IB learner attitude of “confidence” (displayed above the driver’s seat) as • The Strategic Plan emphasizes the “High quality teachers” he greets them each day. Two attitudes are need to provide more learning time for displayed at a time on every Shaker school students who are encountering difficulty. • A long-term professional develop- bus, on a rotating basis. In response to this need, the Middle ment plan is in place for all faculty mem- School has added more structure and bers, to ensure that their teaching prac- support to its after-school homework tices align with state content standards, center in the school library. Staffed by International Baccalaureate principles, certified teachers and volunteers, the and research-based best practices. center offers both tutoring and homework help. Students who are struggling • Teachers have been trained in new can be assigned to the center; students technology and data-interpretation tools are also welcome to drop in. to help them advance their own professional skills, as well as to help them work

Longtime resident Henry Chisholm brings an engineering degree from Yale and years of experience to bear as he works with a student at the Middle School tutoring center.

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apr.indd 52 3/5/2012 4:48:16 PM directly with students to establish and titudes on all Shaker buses, which was monitor individualized goals. Frequent made possible by a generous alumni gift progress monitoring allows for prompt from the class of 1961. intervention when a student falls behind. “Enhanced parental involvement” • The District is tapping into federal Race to the To p funds to support teach- • The District has expanded the vehi- ers’ professional growth in areas that cles used to communicate with parents, dovetail with the Strategic Plan. To date, including a more user-friendly website, a these funds have helped educate teach- new mobile website that can be accessed ers on new state curriculum standards, by smartphone, and more frequent and overall curriculum alignment, Interna- targeted e-news bulletins. tional Baccalaureate training, and online professional development tools. • In partnership with the PTO, the Dis- trict is piloting the use of social media to “Engaged, hard-working students” connect with parents of incoming kindergarten students. • Research shows that students perform better when they have a clear un- • The schools continue to expand the derstanding of teachers’ purposes and use of ProgressBook (an online grade expectations. To this end, teachers are book) so that parents can keep track of now posting the learning objective for their students’ progress and communi- each lesson in the classroom, providing cate with teachers. visual reinforcement of the "big idea" being covered. Students are expected to • Incoming High School students and understand the objective well enough to their parents are provided with practical discuss the relevance of the lesson. information about what it takes to succeed at Shaker and how to recover when • All staff in the District, including fac- academic performance slips. ulty, support staff, and substitutes, are reinforcing the qualities of character “Enhanced participation in co- known as the International Baccalaure- curricular activities” ate learner attitudes in their daily inter- actions with students, from the moment • Participation in co-curricular activi- The rapidly rising use of smartphones led the they step on the buses each morning. ties helps students succeed academically District to develop a mobile version of its web- The Shaker Schools Foundation helped and socially. To find out why some stu- site. A 2011 report by the Pew Research Cen- coordinate signage depicting the at- dents are not participating, an assess- ter indicates that 83% of all U.S. adults own a cell phone, 42% of whom are smartphone users. The study found that mobile phones are the primary source of internet access for at least one-fourth of all smartphone users.

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apr.indd 53 3/5/2012 4:48:17 PM ment of the co-curricular opportunities Cost-Cutting Helps Offset currently offered to students in grades Loss of State Funds 5-12 is in progress. Using surveys and focus groups, staff members are setting Aggressive cost-reduction measures have out to identify student interest and bar- allowed the School District to overcome riers to involvement. deep cuts in state aid and a declining local tax base to bolster an already strong • New databases are being developed to financial position. connect students with expanded oppor- A key to the robust financial outlook tunities for community service, service is that the District is achieving millions learning, and senior projects. The data- of dollars in savings in wages and ben- base will include listings of community efits as a result of collective bargaining members who are willing to share their agreements reached last year. professional expertise with students and Those agreements, made possible help foster career awareness. through the cooperation of employees, Servingp Award Winning Our Cuisine have enabled the community to sustain Shakerp Carry Out Heights Next Steps a high-caliber educational system in the p Catering face of revenue challenges brought on by An independent external review will be the nation’s worst economic conditions Community conducted after the end of the 2011-12 in 80 years. school year to monitor the overall prog- The District’s tradition of finan- ress of the Strategic Plan. This written cial stewardship has been recognized at For More Than review will examine progress toward home through strong voter support of Van Aken Center each of the performance indicators to necessary property tax levies. Externally, Decades!20121 Van Aken Blvd., Shaker Heights identify emerging challenges, strengths, the Ohio Auditor of State has regularly 216.751.8181 and opportunities and will serve as a acknowledged the strong financial man- 3 www.pearl-east.com guide for adjustments to goals and action agement of the Shaker school district, plans. This external review process will and in recent years major national bond be repeated at the end of the 2012-13 rating agencies have cited its sound fi- school year. nancial performance. In February, amid The Strategic Plan and the Account- the difficult circumstances imposed by ability Report and Fact Book (a statis- cutbacks in major revenue sources, Stan- tical compendium) are available on the dard & Poor’s affirmed the District’s District’s website, shaker.org, or by call- AA+ bond rating – which remains at an ing 216-295-1400. all-time high.

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apr.indd 55 3/5/2012 4:48:19 PM Reducing Health Care Costs In essence, the contingent premium was an attractive option because the Dis- The Shaker schools continue efforts to trict had a greater upside benefit than control health-care costs. A series of downside risk if claims amounts exceed- changes will offset a projected 11-per- ed projections. The results were quite cent annual growth rate in health insur- favorable. Records show that the plan ance costs this year and the fiscal year saved $1.6 million from 2001 through ending June 30, 2013. 2009, when measured against paying a Effective in January 2012, the em- 100-percent premium. ployee share of the premium rose from The Shaker schools took two other eight percent to 12 percent. In addition, significant steps that have resulted in deductibles and co-payments increased. long-term savings. First, the “working The net impact of plan changes is esti- spouse” provision took effect in 2007 mated at $833,000 per year in ongoing and requires working spouses of Dis- savings. trict employees to use their employer’s The District’s self-insurance plan plan for primary coverage. According to went into effect in February 2010 after District records, more than 200 spouses a thorough analysis indicated it would be were shifted from primary to second- the most cost-effective plan going for- ary coverage and 23 employees changed ward. Except for an 18-month period in from family to single coverage on the 2005 and 2006, the District selected a schools’ health insurance plan. The contingent premium option from 2001 changes save the District an estimated until 2010. $250,000 a year.

Thirty-six Shaker Heights High School seniors have been honored as National Merit Semifinalists (NMS), National Achievement Semifinalists (NAS), National Merit Com- mended Students (NMC), National Achievement Commended Students (NAC), and Na- tional Hispanic Recognition Scholars (NHR). These scholastically talented seniors are considered top candidates for admission to the most selective colleges. Pictured left to right, front row: Hannah Lyness (NMC), Aleksa Kaups (NMS), Hannah McCandless (NMC), Claire Lo (NMS), Burcu Kahriman (NMC), Lukun Zhang (NMC), and Maneesha Pimplikar (NMC). Second row: Rachel Jensen (NMS), Kristen Amaddio (NMC), Rachel Shafran (NMS), Audrey Steiner-Malumphy (NMC), Joan Thompson (NMC), Shoshana Bieler (NMC), Diana Ponitz (NMC), Rachel Shaw (NMC), Morgan Hammonds (NAS), and Jackson Laskey (NMC). Third row: Matthew Krantz (NMS), Nia Morgan (NAS, NMC), Brianna Stack (NMC), Spencer Seballos (NHR, NMC), David Levitz (NHR), Noah Eisen (NMC), Benjamin Walker (NMS), Joshua Barnett (NMS), Vincent Gassman (NMC), and Ian Limoli (NMC). Top row: Jiawei He (NMC), Nathan Sun (NMS), Terence Conlon (NMS), Karim Ragab (NMC), and Brian Benton (NMC). Not pictured: Anamaria Boyd (NHR), Benjamin Claus (NMS), Jack Lawrence (NMC), Rachel Shands (NAS).

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apr.indd 56 3/5/2012 4:48:23 PM A dependent audit, completed in October. The district paid $1,500 per 2010, resulted in annual ongoing savings bus less than it would have by purchasing of $70,000 by removing from the Dis- the vehicles directly from a vendor, ac- trict’s health care plan employees’ de- cording to Business Administrator Rob- pendents deemed ineligible for benefits. ert Kreiner. The District’s transportation divi- Operating Efficiencies sion is using technology to ensure that the fleet of 44 buses operates as effi- Around the same time, the District out- ciently as possible. For instance, buses sourced its food-service operations and are equipped with a system that moni- saw immediate improvement to the bot- tors idling to cut down on fuel consump- tom line. Even with one-time equipment tion, and the majority of buses run three purchases that make it possible to offer routes in the morning and afternoon. hot lunches in five elementary schools, the District realized a net savings of Declining State $100,000 last year and anticipates saving and Federal Aid $350,000 annually into the future. Through the years, the District also Under Ohio law, school districts are has made extensive use of the Ohio mandated twice a year to issue five-year Schools Council cooperative to purchase financial forecasts, which serve as plan- school buses, library books and materi- ning tools. als, insurance, and utilities. In the District’s most recent fore- The Shaker schools have participated cast, adopted by the Board of Educa- in several electricity consortia over the tion in October, Treasurer Christman years, including a program that began underscored the importance of budget in the fall of 2009. As a result of state reductions going forward and called for legislation that partially deregulated the additional annual budget savings of $1.5 delivery of electricity in Ohio, the Ohio million, starting in the fiscal year ending Schools Council negotiated a contract June 30, 2013. with a supplier that brought a 14-per- These budget reductions are essential cent reduction over rates established in light of significant cuts in state aid. by the Public Utilities Commission of For the two-year period ending June 30, Ohio. According to District estimates, 2013, the Shaker schools will receive the reduction translated to approxi- about $8.3 million less from the state mately $280,000 in savings over two than the amount for the previous bien- years. nium. In another recent example of the pur- That lost revenue includes approxi- chasing power of the schools council co- mately $1 million a year in federal operative, the District saved $6,000 to stimulus funds that came to the District buy four buses that went into service in through the state and about $2.75 mil-

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apr.indd 57 3/5/2012 4:48:25 PM lion a year through the accelerated place among the top school systems elimination of the tangible personal in the state for dollars reimbursed. property tax and public utility reim- In another example, the District bursement payments. has protected the local tax base by Looking ahead, the District will contesting residential and commer- lose about $21 million over seven cial property tax reductions when years, including the $8.3 million over the facts indicated the request wasn’t the current biennium. reasonable. These efforts yielded a Those numbers illustrate the im- net savings of $915,000 in tax dollars portance of maximizing other reve- from 2009 through 2011. nue opportunities whenever possible. The treasurer’s office also closely Fortunately, the District has a strong monitors expenditures and revenues track record in that regard. during the year, a fact borne out by From 2007 through 2011, the dil- looking at the District’s performance igent documentation of reimbursable – actual revenue and expenditures expenses has allowed the District to versus budgeted amounts – over the Saint Co. bring in $3.1 million from three pro- last five years. During that span, the Jon grams that serve students with spe- District averaged nearly $2.6 million cial needs. The District continues to in favorable budget variance that was Painting Specialists Quality Decorating for 30 Years Interior & Exterior Historical Restoration Faux Finish & Plaster Repair Fully Insured / References Available 440-735-1500

Approximately 600 students were among those who had the opportunity to see President Obama in person when he spoke at the High School in January – his second visit to Shaker since taking office.

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apr.indd 58 3/5/2012 4:48:27 PM available to carry over to the next fiscal ceive this award. year. The Shaker schools have received It is this kind of vigilance and aggres- similar awards of excellence in financial sive cost-cutting measures that have per- reporting for 13 consecutive years from mitted the District to avoid a return to the Government Finance Officers Asso- the ballot before 2013, or perhaps even ciation of the United States and Canada 2014 despite the drastic reductions in and the Association of School Business state funding. Officials, International. In its February affirmation of the Exemplary Stewardship District’s AA+ bond rating, Standard & Poor’s assigned a stable outlook that “re- The Shaker schools continue to receive flects our expectation that officials will recognition for accuracy and integrity in continue to successfully manage the dis- financial reporting. The audit for the fis- trict’s levy cycle while maintaining stable cal year ended June 30, 2011, is the lat- financial operations and good general est in a long line of “clean” audits. The fund reserves on cash basis.” District recently garnered another Audi- This affirmation may come into play tor of State’s Excellence in Financial Re- soon, helping the Shaker schools save in- porting Award and has been so honored terest costs on borrowing to finance an- each year since 2006. This honor is given ticipated improvements to buildings and to governments that publish a compre- grounds. hensive annual financial report in com- Comprehensive financial informa- pliance with a strict set of standards. tion is available on the District’s website, Fewer than three percent of public enti- shaker.org, or by calling the Treasurer’s ties audited by the Auditor of State re- Office at 216-295-4316.

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“Now that I’m really into the job, I realize how lucky I am,” she says. “I’ve had jobs at The Cleveland Clinic and downtown. Both of those involved a lot of com- muting. Our kids had things going on at school and I always wanted to be close by. I really enjoy the flexibility and freedom.” Working at CTL has been a perfect fit for Hanson’s career and family life, she says, adding that Lehmann is genuine in his commitment to building a sense of community in Shaker Heights. “Paul had a chance to go anywhere and decided to stay here because of his love for the area. CTL truly is a little gem in Shaker,” she says. Lehmann envisions a time when the company will outgrow the Chagrin Bou- levard office space, but adds with a smile, “There’s an old saying that if you want to amuse the gods, you tell them your plans.” So for now, Lehmann is content with CTL’s ongoing construction and improvements to its space. “We are proud to be in Shaker and we put our money where our mouth is. We live here. We work here. We showcase to visitors our pride in this community.”

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Ongoing Activities for Families

MONDAYS, TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS: and caregivers with children birth months thru April 14 (No ses- Free Homework Help, 4-6:30 PM, to age 5 co-sponsored by Shaker sion April 8). All children must be MAIN LIBRARY. Free homework help Library and Family Connections. accompanied by an adult. FEES AND for children in grades 2-6 provided Evening hours: 6-8 pm Tuesdays. PASS INFO: 216-921-2023. by teachers under the supervision INFO: 216-921-2023 OR 216-991-2030. of Cheryl Darden. An adult must SATURDAYS: Make Room for be present to register the student at WEDNESDAYS: Play and Learn Daddy, for Families Raising the first visit. Last Homework Help Station for Home Day Care Children 3-5 with Special session is Wednesday, May 16. INFO: Providers, 10 AM-NOON, MAIN Needs, TWO SATURDAYS PER MONTH 216-991-2030. LIBRARY. Free, drop in literacy play 10 AM-NOON, THE PATRICIA S. MEARNS sessions just for home day care FAMILY PLAYROOM AT SHAKER FAMILY MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS providers and their children birth CENTER. Free, drop-in, facilitated & FRIDAYS: Parent and Child Play to age 5, co-sponsored by Shaker playgroup for fathers with chil- Sessions, THE PATRICIA S. MEARNS Library and Family Connections. dren ages 3-8 with special needs. FAMILY PLAYROOM AT SHAKER FAMILY INFO: 216-921-2023 OR 216-991-2030. Grandfathers or siblings under 5 are CENTER. Stay cool in the air-condi- welcome. INFO: 216-921-2023. tioned playroom, where parents and FRIDAYS: Family Fun Fridays for caregivers with children ages birth Families Raising Children 3-5 BIRTHDAY PARTIES: Birthday Parties to 5 years old can play and make with Special Needs, 1-3 PM, PLAY are available for children birth-6 friends. Playroom is open Monday, AND LEARN STATION AT MAIN LIBRARY. years, SATURDAYS 11:30 AM-1:30 PM Wednesday & Friday 9:30 am-noon Free, drop-in, facilitated playgroup OR 2:30-4:30 PM, and SUNDAYS 11 or Monday, Wednesday, Thursday for parents with children ages 3-5 AM-1 PM OR 1:30-3:30 PM. SHAKER & Friday 4-6 pm. Use of gym and with special needs. Special activities FAMILY CENTER. The perfect place to muscle room during specific hours held on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Friday of hold a birthday party for your young also included. FEES & INFO: 216-921- the month. INFO: 216-921-2023. child. Enjoy private use of the gym 2023. with riding toys and equipment. SATURDAYS: Saturday Gym, 10 FEES AND INFO: 216-921-2023. TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS: AM-12 NOON, SHAKER FAMILY CENTER. Play and Learn Station, 10 A place for parents and children, Ongoing Events for Adults AM-NOON MAIN LIBRARY. Free, drop- birth-6 years, to climb, jump, ride in, literacy-based play for parents trikes, and play during the colder THRU APRIL 26: Barbara Luton Art continued on page 64

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STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES SHAKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Destinations... COMMUNITY BUILDING / & MUSEUM BERTRAM WOODS BRANCH LIBRARY COMMUNITY COLONNADE 16740 South Park Boulevard 20600 Fayette Road 3450 Lee Road 216-921-1201 216-491-1360 216-991-2421 SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL MAIN LIBRARY FAMILY CONNECTIONS AT 20600 Shaker Boulevard 16500 Van Aken Boulevard SHAKER FAMILY CENTER 216-295-4100 19824 Sussex Road 216-991-2030 THORNTON PARK 216-921-2023 THE NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES 3301 Warrensville Center Road 2600 South Park Boulevard SHAKER HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL 216-491-1295 15911 Aldersyde Drive 216-321-5935 216-295-4200

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apr.indd 61 3/5/2012 3:31:31 PM CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS april Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The State of the Toy Donation Weight Watchers Knit Morning Used Toy Sale The Seven Edible Books Universe: A Drop-off Ongoing. 5:30 pm, 10 am, Main 6 pm, Shaker Family Last Words Festival Cosmological 4/2-3 St. Peter’s Church. Library. (p. 64) Center. (p. 64) 1 pm, Christ Episco- 1 pm, Loganberry Update 9 am, Shaker Family (p. 64) pal Church. (p. 64) Books. (p. 64) 9:30 am, First Center. (p. 64) Unitarian Church. Owl Prowl at Lake (p. 64) View Cemetery 7 pm. (p. 68)

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Shaker Heights Parent & Child Mystery Book An Evening Pestival! Spring Eggstrava- 1930-1955: Play Sessions Discussion of Jazz 6 pm, Nature ganza 1 pm, Thriving Through Ongoing. Shaker 7:30 pm, Main 7 pm, Shaker Center. (p. 68) Horseshoe Lake Adversity Family Center. Library. (p. 65) Middle School. Park. (p. 66) Exhibit 4/8-6/29 (p. 61) (p. 65) Nathan Carterette Shaker Historical on Piano Society. (p. 64) 7 pm, Christ Episco- pal Church. (p. 65)

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 From There Monday Morning Shaping a Cul- Welcome Spring Knit Night The Jewel of Organ Recital to Here: Local Jumpstart ture of Diversity: Luncheon 7 pm, Bertram Shaker: 75th 3 pm, Plymouth Immigrants in Ongoing. 10 am, The Integration 12:15 pm, Tubbs Woods. (p. 66) Anniversary Church. (p. 67) Transition Main Library. (p. 64) of Shaker Jones Community Celebration of 9:30 am, First Heights Building. (p. 66) Shaker Library Saturday Gym Unitarian Church. 7:30 pm, Heights 7 pm, Main Library. Ongoing. 10 am, (p. 66) Christian Church. (p. 67) Shaker Family (p. 66) Center. (p. 61)

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Free Homework Female Mimi Testen Spring Ensemble Family Bird Hike Help Ongoing. Entrepreneur Designs Jewelry 4/27-28 10 am, Nature 4 pm, Main Library. Summit Open House 8 pm, Shaker High Center. (p. 68) (p. 61) 7:30 am, Mayfield 11 am. (p. 69) School. (p. 69) Village. It’s Not Your Giant Garage Sale (p. 73) 1 pm, Heights Chris- Mother’s Politics tian Church. (p. 69) II: Finding Your Voice 6:30 pm, Lau- rel School. (p. 69) 29 30 The Rapid Through the Years 4 pm, Shaker Historical Society. (p. 70)

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13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Les Délices Heads Up on Parent & Child Knit Night Shaker Spring Ice Community Meal 4 pm, Plymouth Body Language Play Sessions 7 pm, Bertram Spectacular: One Noon, Christ Church. (p. 71) 7 pm, Main Library. Ongoing. Shaker Woods. (p. 71) Hit Wonders Episcopal Church. (p. 71) Family Center. 5/18-19 (p. 71) (p. 61) Thornton Park. Yoga (p. 71) Ongoing. 6:15 pm, Plymouth Church. (p. 64)

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Heights Chamber Shaker Heights If These Walls Poetry in the Yappy Hour Larchmere Orchestra High School Could Talk: Woods 5:30 pm, Thornton Boulevard 7:30 pm, Christ Senior Art Show Researching Your 7 pm, Bertram Park. (p. 72) Sidewalk Sale Episcopal Church. Thru 6/29 Home’s History Woods. (p. 72) (p. 72) (p. 71) Main Library. (p. 72) 7 pm, Main Library. (p. 72)

27 28 29 30 31 Memorial Day Transformative Free Homework Observance and Toastmasters Help Ongoing. Parade (p. 72) Ongoing. 6:30 pm, 4 pm, Main Library. Christ Episcopal (p. 61) Church. (p. 64)

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Exhibit, MAIN LIBRARY. View the art your neighbors. INFO: 216-751-7656. APRIL 4: Used Toy Sale, 6-8 PM, juried into this year’s annual art SHAKER FAMILY CENTER GYM. This is the competition. INFO: 216-991-2030. real best buy. Huge bargains in chil- Events for dren’s toys. Sale continues from 10 MONDAYS: Monday Morning april am–noon April 5. INFO: 216-921-2023 Jumpstart, 10 AM-NOON, MAIN OR FamilyConnections1.org. LIBRARY. A Jobs Club for those seeking employment moderated by Bonnie APRIL 1: Spring Recess. Shaker APRIL 5: 6th Annual Altered Dick, Founder of Career Transition Schools closed. Classes resume April Book Group Exhibit Gallery- Center. Participants gather leads 2. Opening Reception, 6-8 PM, ANNEX through networking and discuss up- GALLERY, LOGANBERRY BOOKS, 13015 to-date job search techniques, new APRIL 1: The State of the LARCHMERE BLVD. The Altered Book trends, job fairs, and open positions. Universe: A Cosmological Group meets monthly to share ideas INFO: 216-991-2030 EXT 3011. Update, 9:30-10:45 AM, FIRST about making art with books. The UNITARIAN CHURCH OF CLEVELAND, 21600 painters, musicians, writers, fabric TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS: ABLE/GED SHAKER BLVD. Evalyn Gates, execu- artists, and potters have focused Classes, 9 AM-NOON, MAIN LIBRARY tive director and CEO, Cleveland on the theme of “Identity” for this TEEN CENTER. Pre-register for these Museum of Natural History, speaks year’s exhibit. INFO: 216-795-9800. classes through ABLE at 216-371- about the strange, dark substances 7138. that fill the cosmos and what we APRIL 6: Good Friday. Shaker know about dark matter and ener- Schools closed. TUESDAYS: Weight Watchers, 5:30 gy. She also discusses our changing PM, ST. PETER’S CHURCH 18000 VAN views about the past history and APRIL 6: The Seven Last Words, AKEN BLVD. Weigh in begins at 5 pm evolution of the universe and our 1 PM, CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 3445 followed by meeting at 5:30 pm. own galaxy. INFO: 216-741-2320. WARRENSVILLE CENTER RD. A service of INFO: 800-651-6000 OR 800-374-9191. poetry and music featuring Haydn’s APRIL 2 & 3: Toy Donation string quartet, The Seven Last Words TUESDAYS: Yoga, 6:15 PM, PLYMOUTH Drop-off, 9 AM-5 PM, SHAKER FAMILY of Christ, an excerpt from the St. CHURCH, 2860 COVENTRY RD. Flexible CENTER GYM. Family Connections will Matthew Passion, and new poems instructor can help you find your accept tax-deductible donations of by Byrdie Lee. Nancy Cooke and karma. $10/class. INFO: 216-921-3510. gently used or like-new children’s Gino Raffaeli, violin; Luane Lasky, toys, books, games, puzzles, riding viola; Diane Mather, cello; Jonathan TUESDAYS: Transformative toys, baby equipment, etc. Items Cooper, baritone. INFO: 216-991-3432. Toastmasters, 6:30-7:30 PM. UNITY must be in working order, clean, OF GREATER CLEVELAND IN CHRIST containing all pieces/parts, and age APRIL 7: Edible Books Festival, EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 3445 WARRENSVILLE appropriate. Please include batteries 1 PM, LOGANBERRY BOOKS, 13015 CENTER RD. The club meets every if required. Donations are accepted LARCHMERE BLVD. Have your cake and Tuesday. Open to all. INFO: 216-751- in the Shaker Family Center gym. eat it too at this fun afternoon 1198. Plush animals and car seats will not where participants create edible art be accepted. INFO: 216-921-2023. that has something to do with books. WEDNESDAYS: Heights 12-Step INFO: 216-795-9800 or loganberry Meeting, 8 PM, PLYMOUTH CHURCH, APRIL 4: Morning Needlework, books.com/edible-books. 2860 COVENTRY RD. Take the first step 10 AM-NOON, MAIN LIBRARY. A morning here. INFO: 216-921-3510. complement to Knit nights! Bring a APRIL 8 THRU JUNE 29: knitting or crocheting project and Shaker Heights 1930-1955: SATURDAYS: North Union Farmers work with others. Refreshments and Thriving through Adversity. Market, 8 AM-NOON, SHAKER SQUARE. the friendly assistance of an expe- SHAKER HISTORICAL MUSEUM. The sec- The market returns with fanfare to rienced needlewoman is available. ond exhibit in the Centennial year the open air on April 7. Buy fresh INFO: 216-991-2030. series. In 1935, 152 homes with a and local and enjoy shopping with median cost of $10,500 were built;

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World War II united the community in creating Victory Gardens; Gruber’s Restaurant opened in 1952 and became the gathering spot for athletes, celebrities, and high society. INFO: 216-921-1201.

APRIL 10: Book Buzz, 10-11:30 AM, MAIN LIBRARY. Read and discuss Line By Line by Barbara Hacha, a coming-of-age novel about life on the rails during the Great Depression as seen through the eyes of a young woman who survived as a hobo. The author will attend and participate in the discussion. INFO: 216-991-2030.

APRIL 10: Board of Education Meeting, 6 PM, LOMOND SCHOOL. Regular meeting of the Shaker Heights school board.

APRIL 10: Mystery Book Discussion, 7:30 PM, MAIN LIBRARY. Read On Borrowed Time by David Rosenfelt and discuss whodunit. C HAGRIN R IVER C OMPANY,INC. INFO: 216-991-2030.

APRIL 11: An Evening of Jazz, 7 PM, SHAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Enjoy the sounds of the award-winning student musicians from the Shaker Schools.

APRIL 12: Gene’s Jazz Hot, 7-9 PM, LOGANBERRY BOOKS, 13015 LARCHMERE BLVD. INFO: 216-795-9800.

APRIL 13: Nathan Carterette on Piano, 7 PM, CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 3445 WARRENSVILLE CENTER RD. Carterette plays works of Bach, Medtner, Quentin Kim, Bartok, and Liszt. $10/person suggested donation; students free. INFO: 216-991- 3432. Fine Kitchen, Bath and Room Additions

APRIL 14: Last Day to Purchase 8437 Mayfield Road, Suite 101 Early Bird Pool Passes. THORNTON Chesterland, Ohio 44026 Design / Build PARK. Dip into your wallet today for a 440.729.7270 discounted pool pass that won’t sink www.chagrinriverco.com

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your budget. INFO: 216-491-1295. APRIL 15: From There to Here: Review Board of Shaker Heights. Local Immigrants in Transition, INFO: 216-491-1457. APRIL 14: Read to King, 10 9:30-10:45 AM, FIRST UNITARIAN AM-NOON, MAIN LIBRARY. Enjoy reading CHURCH OF CLEVELAND, 21600 SHAKER APRIL 18: Welcome Spring to a furry friend! King is certified BLVD. Kim Adams, director of the Luncheon, 12:15 PM, STEPHANIE with Therapy Dogs International Cleveland office of U.S. Citizenship TUBBS JONES COMMUNITY BUILDING. and loves to listen to stories. Sign up and Immigration Services, speaks Enjoy a catered lunch followed by for a 15-minute time slot and make about the thousands of immigrants short dramatic readings by Shaker a bookmark while you wait! INFO: the U.S. attracts annually, includ- resident Peter Lawson Jones. $8/ 216-991-2030. ing undocumented workers, and the person; paid reservations required services provided to locals seeking by April 11. No refunds. INFO: 216- APRIL 14: Spring residency and citizenship. How does 491-1360. Eggstravaganza, 1-2:30 PM, the system work for legal immigrants HORSESHOE LAKE PARK. Eggsceptional versus those whose status is less APRIL 19: Knit Night, 7-8:45 family fun for children ages 8 and clear? INFO: 216-741-2320. PM, BERTRAM WOODS BRANCH. Bring a under. Search the park for treat- project and get or give help at this filled eggs. Ta k e home a balloon APRIL 17: Shaping a Culture session led by experienced knitter, sculpture by Flower the Clown, of Diversity: The Integration of Fern Braverman. INFO: 216-991-2421. guess the number of jelly beans in a Shaker Heights, 7:30 PM, HEIGHTS jar for a special prize, and search for CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 17300 VAN AKEN APRIL 19-22: Book Sale, 4-8 PM, the elusive golden egg, which holds a BLVD. A talk by Virginia Dawson spon- MAIN LIBRARY. Friends of the Shaker summer 2012 pool pass for a family sored by the Fund for the Future of Library begins its bonanza of a of four. Free INFO: 216-491-1295. Shaker Heights and the Fair Housing book sale with its popular Preview

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Sale for members. Not a member? Join at the door for first dibs on a huge selection of books at bargain prices. The sale continues 9 am-4 pm Friday, April 20 & Saturday, April 21. Sunday, April 22 Bag Sale hours are 1-3 pm when all bags of books cost $5. INFO: 216-991-2030.

APRIL 20: The Jewel of Shaker: 75th Anniversary Celebration of Shaker Library, 7-9 PM, MAIN LIBRARY. Friends of the Shaker Library celebrate the library’s 75 years of community engagement! Co-chairs Susan Gall and Christine Bretz invite the community to a festive evening to help keep Shaker Library dazzling! Tickets: $15-$75/person. INFO: 216- 991-2030.

APRIL 21: Community Meal, NOON, CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 3445 WARRENSVILLE CENTER RD. Enjoy a deliciously prepared, free meal in an OFF atmosphere of friendship, commu- DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE! nity, and dignity. All are welcome. SEASON INFO: 216-991-3432. No Duct Work? APRIL 21: Organ Recital, 3 PM, PLYMOUTH CHURCH, 2860 COVENTRY RD. No Problem! Kyle Ballantine performs. INFO: 216- Air condition your vintage home while 921-3510. preserving its architectural integrity.

APRIL 22: Sustainability and Energy: A Long Term Approach, 9:30-10:45 AM, FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF CLEVELAND, 21600 SHAKER BLVD. Roger Saillant, executive director of the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value at CWRU’s Weatherhead School of Management, discusses how sustainability can help our economy without compromising our life- style. Interdisciplinary work, newly formed “sustainability circles,” and INFO: To learn more about peer-based learning play a role. ™ 216-741-2320. The Unico System call us at 440.248.2110 or visit

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TUESDAYS: Stone Oven Days, 2267 Coquette Patisserie, fire food and the afternoon, with gloves and trash Lee Road. Botany good food lately? drink, The Greenhouse Tavern, J. bags provided, as well as refresh- The Stone Oven offers a tasty selec- Pistone Market and Gathering Place, ments. Volunteers are encouraged to tion and donates a percentage of the Mackenzie Creamery, Noodlecat, register in advance as signed waivers day’s sales to the Nature Center. SASA, Sergio’s/SARAVÁ, and Spice are required. INFO: MARY RYAN, 216- of Life Catering Co. VIP Hour, 6 to 321-5935 EXT. 234 OR EMAIL: ryan@ APRIL 6 THROUGH JUNE 29: Art on 7 pm, $75/person. $50/person gen- shakerlakes.org. View: Painting with Thread, eral admission from 7 to 9 pm. Passion for Embroidery. APRIL 28: Family Bird Hike, 10 Embroidery “paintings” by Eugenia APRIL 16: BIG/little: Earth Friends, AM-NOON. Bring the family to learn Vainburg. Artist’s Reception: 5:30- 10-11:30 AM. April 22 is Earth Day. about the colorful birds that visit the 7:30 pm Friday, April 20. Free. Have fun learning how to help the Nature Center in spring. Work on Earth. $8/members, $12/non-mem- binocular skills and check on local SUNDAYS, APRIL 15-MAY 20: Audubon bers. nesters. Limited number of binocu- Spring Bird Walk Series, 7:30 lars available on a first-come, first- AM. Rise and shine and take a cheap APRIL 17: Environmental Town served basis or BYOB (Bring your hike. Free. Meet in the parking lot. Hall: “The Kings of Flint,” 7-9 PM. own Binoculars). As part of the Chagrin Documentary APRIL 6: Owl Prowl at Lake View Film Festival, watch “The Kings MAY 3: Pollinators, 6:30-8 PM. Cemetery, 7-8:30 PM. Nature of Flint,” featuring karate masters Cleveland Museum of Natural Center naturalists lead a night hike Jacky and Dora King. After teaching History field naturalists Judy Semroc at Lake View Cemetery. Learn the self-defense to the youth of Flint, and Larry Rosche lead a photo- habits and habitats of owls. $7/per- Michigan, the Kings decided to focus graphic journey into the fascinating son; reservations required. Call Lake on farming to help their community. world of pollination. Learn who is View Cemetery: 216-421-2687. $5/person. pollinating and what they need to be successful. Techniques for improv- APRIL 9-13: Spring Break Camp, 9 APRIL 19: Tales n’ Trails: Spring ing gardens and meadows to attract AM-3 PM. Children in grades K thru Wildflowers, 2-3:30 PM. Look to the more pollinating species will be dis- 5 gain an appreciation of nature ground for a spring inspiration of cussed, and important plant species during a week filled with adven- colors, from wildflowers to red-and- known for their attractant attributes ture and discovery, hikes, games, black salamanders. $2/person. will be presented. $8/members, 12/ crafts, interactive learning, and fun. non-members. Register for one to five days. Bring APRIL 22: Annual Stream Clean Up a lunch; snacks provided. Extended of Cleveland’s Doan Brook, 1-4 MAY 8: Babes in Nature: Birds care available from 3-5:30 pm. PM, NATURE CENTER. Celebrate Earth Bursting in Song, 10-10:45 AM. Day and make a difference. Volunteer Listen for the tweet sounds of nature APRIL 10: Babes in Nature: Wake as an individual or a group to clear as we look for birds in the treetops. Up, Spring!, 10-10:45 AM. Bring a winter’s worth of trash and debris $5 per stroller/members, $7 per your little buds to see what’s new in from the stream corridor, ranging stroller/non-members. nature. $5/stroller for members, $7/ from the lower reach of the brook stroller for non-members. in University Circle to the Shaker MAY 12: Plant Sale, 9 AM-1 PM. This Parklands area between Cleveland year’s Plant Sale offers a variety of APRIL 13: Pestival!, 6-9 PM. I smell and Shaker Heights. Volunteers may affordable native plants, perenni- a party! This cocktail-style recep- also meet at the Rockefeller Park als, annuals, herbs, and vegetables. tion features creative cuisine made Lagoon Gazebo in University Circle Annuals can be purchased individ- from garlic mustard, the edible herb by Martin Luther King Jr. Drive ually or in pre-arranged hanging pulled from our grounds. Pestival and East 105 Street. Registration baskets and container gardens. For participants include chefs from at both sites will be ongoing during pre-orders delivered to your home,

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APRIL 23: Monday Morning APRIL 26: It’s Not Your Mother’s Jumpstart: How to Research Politics II: Finding Your Voice, please order by April 16. Catalog Your Job Search, 11 AM-NOON, MAIN 6:30-9 PM, LAUREL SCHOOL, ONE LYMAN and order forms available at the LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB. The Monday CIRCLE. An interactive panel discus- Nature Center or on the website. Morning Jobs Club moves to the sion moderated by Linda Lalley, past Computer Training Lab for a class president of the League of Women MAY 13: Second Annual Mother’s in using the Library’s reference Voters of Ohio and member of the Day Family Bird Hike, 2-4 PM. resources to help in a job search. No Public Engagement Committee Bring Mom and look for mother registration required. INFO: 216-991- with the Cuyahoga County transi- (and father) birds to see who is 2030 EXT. 3011. tion team. Keynote speaker is Dr. nesting here. Limited number of Dorothy C. Miller, director, Flora binoculars available on a first- APRIL 24: Poetry in the Woods, Stone Mather Center for Women come, first-served basis. No perches 7 PM, BERTRAM WOODS BRANCH. Enjoy and clinical associate professor at necessary; it’s free. poetry read by regional poets Grace the Mandel School of Applied Social Butcher and Te r r y Provost. INFO: 216- Sciences at CWRU. MAY 17: Tales n’ Trails: Abuzz 991-2030. The program is co-sponsored with Colors and Sounds, 2-3:30 by the Flora Stone Mather Center PM. Look to the trees for their APRIL 24: Tuesday Evening for Women at CWRU, the Shaker bright colors, listen to the melodi- Book Discussion, 7:30 PM, MAIN Library, and the Shaker League of ous calls from their foliage, and LIBRARY. Read and discuss the book Women Voters. INFO: Susan Troia, check the marsh to see what’s Unbroken: A World War II Story of 216-991-7186. blooming. $2/person. Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. INFO: 216-991- APRIL 27 & 28: Spring Ensemble, MAY 17: Environmental Town 2030. 8 PM, SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL. Students Hall: “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold write, direct, and perform their own and a Land Ethic for our Time,” APRIL 25: American Sign playlets. 7-9 PM. Join us for an encore Language Instruction, 6:30-7:30 presentation of the documentary PM, MAIN LIBRARY. American Sign APRIL 27: Art Exposed III about Leopold and his extraordi- Language teacher Valerie Williams Gallery-Opening Reception, 7-9 nary career that shaped and influ- will teach basic signing using role PM, MAIN LIBRARY. Shaker Library enced the modern environmental play and other fun activities in this opens after hours for artists. Meet movement. Leopold remains rel- class, which is appropriate for adults the young and talented Shaker evant today, inspiring projects that and children over 10 with an adult. Heights High School students and connect people and land. After the The class meets the second and enjoy an exhibit of their artistry, movie, join in a discussion of living fourth Wednesdays of the month. including oil painting, portraiture, the land ethic in our diverse com- Registration is required: 216-991- pastel, charcoal, jewelry, and more. munities. $5/person. 2030 ext. 6. Exhibit is on display through May 11. INFO: 216-991-2030. MAY 21: BIG/little: Froggy Time, APRIL 26, 27 & 28: Mimi Testen 10-11:30 AM. Don your mukluks and Designs Jewelry Open House, 11 APRIL 28: Giant Garage Sale, 1-4 get hopping as we look for frogs AM-7 PM, 24060 WIMBLEDON RD. Shaker PM, HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 17300 and learn about their habitats. $8/ High graduate (1972) and lifelong VAN AKEN BLVD. Enter at Winslow Road members, $12/non-members. Shaker resident Mimi Epstein Testen door. Over 50 tables of bargains plus opens her jewelry design studio and a furniture section, Tiffany tables, MAY 21-26: Marsh Planting Week, showroom. Bring a friend and receive household goods, children’s clothing 9 AM-NOON. Volunteers are needed 15 percent off of your purchases. and toys, flea market/thrift shop, to help plant native species for our Cash or check, no credit cards. and food court, country kitchen, and Marsh Restoration Project. INFO: Refreshments provided by Lucy’s homemade baked goods. Admission: BRANDON HENNEMAN, 216-321-5935 Sweet Surrender. INFO: 216-751-8624. $1/person. INFO: 216-561-4800. EXT. 237.

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APRIL 28: Baroque Trumpets, the band for a smashing student choral music of Howells, Par r y, Organ and Timpani, 2 PM, CHRIST centennial celebration for Shakerites Bruckner, and Rose with organist EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 3445 WARRENSVILLE of all ages. Todd Wilson. Reception follows. CENTER RD. Cleveland Orchestra INFO: 216-991-3432. trumpeters Michael Miller, Lyle MAY 2: Morning Needlework, Steelman, and Jack Sutte join organ- 10 AM-NOON, MAIN LIBRARY. A morning MAY 8: Book Buzz, 10-11:30 ist Barbara MacGregor and timpanist complement to Knit Nights. Bring a AM, MAIN LIBRARY. Join in the Shaker Josh Ryan in a collection of heroic knitting or crocheting project and Centennial citywide read! Read and music and trumpet concerti. $10/ work with others. Refreshments and discuss the book Home Town by Tracy person suggested donation $5/stu- the friendly assistance of an experi- Kidder and share your thoughts dents. INFO: 216-991-3432. enced needleperson will be available. about what gives a place a sense of INFO: 216-991-2030. home. INFO: 216-991-2030. APRIL 28: Meet American Girl Doll Rebecca, 4:15-5 PM, BERTRAM MAY 2: My Survivors’ Guide, MAY 8: Board of Education WOODS BRANCH. Students in grades 7 PM, MAIN LIBRARY. Nikki Evans of Meeting, 6 PM, ADMINISTRATION 1-5 can travel back in time and learn Spotlight Writing has written a help- BUILDING, 15600 PARKLAND RD. Regular what life was like for Rebecca in ful workbook detailing the impor- meeting of the Shaker Heights school 1914. INFO: 216-991-2421. tant papers you need to leave for board. loved ones. Following her program, APRIL 29: The Rapid Through books will be available for sale. INFO: MAY 8: Cleveland Chamber the Years, 4 PM, SHAKER HISTORICAL 216-991-2030. Music Society, 8 PM, PLYMOUTH MUSEUM. Local author Jim Toman CHURCH, 2860 COVENTRY RD. Tenor talks about the history of the Rapid’s MAY 2: Lunch & Learn: Taking Lawrence Brownlee accompanied by route from Shaker Heights to Public Care of your Feet, 12:15 PM, Martin Katz. Tickets are required Square, how the Shaker Rapid has STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES COMMUNITY and available online at ticketsales@ changed over time, and the differ- BUILDING. Dr. Edward Nemet from clevelandchambermusic.org. ent fleets of street railway cars that South Pointe Hospital’s Wound have served it over the years. Free/ Healing Center explains how to man- MAY 8: Meet the Author: “Derf,” members, $5/non-members. INFO: age diabetes-related foot problems. 7 PM, BERTRAM WOODS BRANCH. Shaker 216-921-1201. Lunch sponsored by The Woodlands author John Backderf, aka “Derf,” is of Shaker Heights and South Pointe the nationally known creator of the Events for Hospital. Call 877-390-1732 or visit syndicated comic strip “The City.” clevelandclinic.org/HWC. Free with He has published several antholo- may reservations. INFO: 216-491-1360. gies and comic stories. Following the program, books will be available for MAY 6: Paul Newman: The Man, sale and signing. INFO: 216-991-2421. MAY 1: Be Kind to Animals, The Movies, and The Legacy, 4:15-5 PM, MAIN LIBRARY. Children in 4 PM, SHAKER HISTORICAL MUSEUM. MAY 8: Mystery Book grades K-5 can meet the animals Celebrate the Centennial learning Discussion, 7:30 PM, MAIN LIBRARY. when the Geauga Humane Society’s about one of Shaker’s most famous Read the multi-family conspiracy Bad Rescue Village visits the library. natives. Learn about Newman’s Blood by John Sandford, and discuss Learn all about bite protection and childhood in Shaker Heights and his whodunit. INFO: 216-991-2030. how to care for animals. Donations legacy through spirited vignettes and of cat or dog food to the animals of movie clips. Free/members, $5/non- MAY 10: What’s It Worth?, Rescue Village are appreciated. INFO: members. INFO: 216-921-1201. 6-8:30 PM, MAIN LIBRARY. Friends of 216-991-2030. the Shaker Library presents its sec- MAY 6: Choral Evensong, 4 ond annual antiques appraisal event. MAY 1: Ice Cream Social & PM, CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 3445 Bring up to three items that you Band Concert, 6:30 PM, SHAKER WARRENSVILLE CENTER RD. Christ can carry and have them informally HIGH SCHOOL FRONT LAWN. Strike up Church Choir sings the sublime appraised by the experts at this

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event. FEES & INFO: 216-991-2030. ilyconnections1.org. MAY 18 & 19: Shaker Spring Ice Spectacular: One-Hit Wonders. MAY 10: Gene’s Jazz Hot, 7-9 PM, MAY 13: Les Délices, 4 PM, THORNTON PARK. In honor of the LOGANBERRY BOOKS, 13015 LARCHMERE PLYMOUTH CHURCH, 2860 COVENTRY Shaker Heights Centennial cele- BLVD. Enjoy the jazzy sounds in a cool RD. Debra Nagy directs Games & bration, enjoy performances from bookstore. INFO: 216-795-9800. Diversions featuring guest soprano beginners to experienced figure Ellen Hargis. Tickets at the door or skaters. TICKETS & INFO: 216-491-1295. MAY 12: Meet American Girl at lesdelices.org. Doll Kit, 2:30-4 PM, BERTRAM WOODS MAY 19: Community Meal, BRANCH. Students in grades 1-5 can MAY 15: Heads Up on Body NOON, CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 3445 travel back in time and learn what Language!, 7 PM, MAIN LIBRARY. It WARRENSVILLE CENTER RD. Enjoy a life was like for Kit in 1934. INFO: goes without saying. Learn what deliciously prepared, free meal in 216-991-2421. your body language says about you, an atmosphere of friendship, com- what to do and what not to do dur- munity, and dignity. All are welcome. MAY 12: Carnival Themed ing an interview or presentation. INFO: 216-991-3432. Benefit, 7-11 PM, TAYLOR HALL AT INFO: 216-991-2030 EXT. 6. HIRAM HOUSE CAMP. Join us for a fun MAY 20: Heights Chamber adult night of dinner, drinks, carnival MAY 17: Knit Night, 7-8:45 PM, Orchestra, 7:30 PM, CHRIST EPISCOPAL games, and silent auction. Proceeds BERTRAM WOODS BRANCH. Bring a proj- CHURCH, 3445 WARRENSVILLE CENTER benefit Family Connections’ pro- ect and get or give help at this ses- RD. Justin Miller, organ, conducted grams for families of young chil- sion led by experienced knitter Fern by Anthony Addision. Selections by dren. Reservations are required. Braverman. INFO: 216-991-2421. Humperdinck, Jacob, Rheinberger, TICKETS & INFO: 216-921-2023 or fam and Dvorak. Free-will offering fol-

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lowed by a reception. INFO: 216-991- Month, Shaker Heights Planning MAY 25: Yappy Hour, 5:30-7:30 3432. Department senior planner Ann PM, THORNTON PARK. Community Life Klavora moderates a panel discus- and PETCO offer a fun-filled social MAY 21: Shaker Heights High sion about the resources that can event for canines and their resi- School Senior Art Show, MAIN help you discover the story of your dent families. Yapatizer special avail- LIBRARY. The works of talented Shaker home. Learn about the online able: $10/resident dog. Reservations Shaker seniors, available for pur- Shaker Building Card database and requested: 216-491-1295. chase. Exhibit continues through the Cleveland Historical mobile app. June 29. INFO: 216-991-2030. Co-sponsored by the Shaker Heights MAY 26: Larchmere Boulevard Landmark Commission and the Sidewalk Sale. Stroll the Boulevard MAY 21: Monday Morning Shaker Library. INFO: 216-991-2030. and browse in boutiques filled with Jumpstart with Suzanne Carle, antiques and uniques. 11 AM, MAIN LIBRARY. Get some busi- MAY 22: Tuesday Evening Book ness tips from certified facilitator Discussion, 7:30 PM, MAIN LIBRARY. MAY 28: Memorial Day. City, and professional development coach Read and discuss the unconventional Schools and Libraries closed. Join in Suzanne Carle, president of Suite love story Major Pettigrew’s Last the spectacular Centennial Memorial Spot, a business development firm. Stand by Helen Simonson. INFO: 216- Day Parade. You won’t see one like Free. INFO: 216-991-2030 EXT. 3011. 991-2030. this for another 100 years. Celebrate at the Thornton Park All-You-Can- MAY 22: If These Walls Could MAY 24: Poetry in the Woods, Eat Pancake Breakfast, 8:30-11:30 Talk: Researching Your Home’s 7 PM, BERTRAM WOODS BRANCH. Enjoy am. Proceeds benefit the Recreation History, 7 PM, MAIN LIBRARY. In cel- poetry read by regional poets. INFO: for Youth Scholarship Fund. $7/ ebration of National Preservation 216-991-2030. adults, $5 children 5-12, $3/chil-

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dren under 5. INFO: 216-491-1295. OVAL. Professor Quetzil Castaneda Writers Center Stage: Anne of Indiana University presents The Lamott, 7:30 PM, OHIO THEATRE, In the Circle and Beyond Universal Citizen Heir: Archaeology PLAYHOUSE SQUARE, 1511 EUCLID AVE. and the Tourist in the Modern Anne Lamott is the author of many APRIL 3: Pianofest, 7:30 PM, MIXON Museum. Free with a reception to novels and nonfiction. Her lat- HALL, CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC, meet the speaker following the talk. est novel, Imperfect Birds, was pub- 11021 EAST BLVD. Directed by Paul INFO: 216-231-4600 OR case.edu/artsci/ lished in 2010. Tickets: $30/person Schenly, Pianofest features CIM stu- clsc/casmain. with proceeds to benefit Cuyahoga dent and faculty performances with County Library Foundation. INFO: lively commentary, bringing great APRIL 13: New York Gypsy All- 216-664-6051. piano literature to life. Reception Stars, 7:30 PM, GARTNER AUDITORIUM, follows. $5/person, students with ID CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART. Part of the APRIL 25: Female Entrepreneur free. INFO: 216-791-5000 EX. 411. Viva! series, this performance blends Summit, 7:30 AM-5 PM, 700 BETA traditional Gypsy and Turkish melo- BANQUET AND CONFERENCE CENTER IN APRIL 5: Opening Day, 3:15 PM, dies with a jazz and funk sensibil- MAYFIELD VILLAGE. Cleveland Business PROGRESSIVE FIELD. Cleveland Indians ity, creating an exhilarating sound. Connects magazine and Ursuline open the season against the Toronto Band members hail from Macedonia, College host an all-day summit Blue Jays. Tickets: fieldboxoffice. Greece, Turkey, and Brooklyn, New featuring keynote speaker Arianna com. York. $39-$44/museum members, Huffington of the Huffington Post, $40-$45/non-members. INFO: 216- who will speak from noon-1:30 pm APRIL 11: Cleveland Archaeology 421-7350. followed by a Q&A session. Tickets: Society Lecture, 7:30 PM, CLEVELAND $195 for CBC magazine subscrib- MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1 WADE APRIL 17: William N. Skirball ers, $295 for non-subscribers. INFO:

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MAY 1: William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage: Colm Toibin, 7:30 PM, WAETJUN AUDITORIUM CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY. This prolific author counts many novels, short story collections, and plays among his published works, and is currently the Leonard Milberg Lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton University. Tickets: $30/person with proceeds to benefit Cuyahoga County Library Foundation. INFO: 216-664-6051.

MAY 9: Cleveland Archaeology Society Lecture, 7:30 PM, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1 WADE OVAL. Professor Mary Miller of Yale University presents A Millennium of Maya Painting. Free with a reception to meet the speaker following the talk. INFO: 216-231-4600 OR case.edu/ artsci/clsc/casmain.

MAY: 11-12, 17-19: Chicago, 7 PM, WILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, 2181 MIRAMAR BLVD. Heights Youth Theatre presents the dark musical comedy. Tickets: $10/person, cash or checks only. Box office opens 45 minutes prior to performance. INFO: heights youththeatre.org.

MAY 19 & 20: Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon Weekend. A race for everyone: Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, and kids’ run. INFO: cleve landmarathon.com.

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apr.indd 75 3/12/2012 11:31:39 AM SHAKER OBSERVER Prettynormal Activity BY JOHN R. BRANDT So often we look in faraway places, “Thatiz Knotmidish,” says 15, 19 and 15: “NOOOOOOOOOO!” when what we seek is all around us. who unfortunately doesn’t realize Take paranormal activity, for exam- that the marinara on his pinky is the Paranormal Activity: Perhaps most ple; you could, of course, fly an air- same color as that in the offending disturbing is the fact that Shaker plane through the Bermuda Triangle, bowl, leaving him caught red-handed. Man’s 89-year-old house is now full or dimwittedly call out for vampires Almost as red, in fact, as Shaker of mischievous poltergeists. Just last in a Transylvanian forest, but why Man’s face. week, for example, a third-floor win- travel when equally eerie Mysteries of “I got this, Dad,” says 15 quickly. dow inexplicably blew open in the the Shaker Household are so close to Next morning, however, our hero middle of the night, banging loudly home. To wit: can hear Dr. Itwuz laughing in the against the house. In an unsettling distance: “Mwahaha…” twist, the window’s latch, which The Kitchen Force Field: Shaker should have held tight, appeared to Man first noticed an insidious mag- The Haunted Basement: There have suddenly rusted through after netic charge near the kitchen sink are few things scarier than the inhab- not being painted for 15 years. when his children were small. Oddly itants of Shaker Man’s basement: Shaker Man: “That’s strange.” enough, this force only strengthened • A 34-year-old, rusted boiler that 19: “Oh, it’s a mystery, all right.” as his offspring became taller, repel- whines, whistles, screams, leaks, Other unearthly doings follow. A ling their every attempt to put dirty bangs, and generally sounds like towel rack, improperly installed seven plates, cups, and silverware into the Curley of the Three Stooges (Nyuk- years ago and wobbly ever since, dishwasher. Indeed, this energy is Nyuk! Weebeebeebeebeebeebee!). drops to the bathroom floor in the now so powerful – especially its effect The last HVAC specialist to visit middle of a party, for no apparent rea- on Shaker Man’s six-foot-one, gun- shook his head for five minutes before son. Three plants, unwatered for four boat-shoed, 15-year-old son – that saying, in a whisper like a priest about months, wither and die, for no apparent it sometimes flings dishes into the to perform a particularly terrifying reason. farthest corners of the house, where exorcism: “This is a catastrophe wait- The most dramatic paranormal they remain hidden – by scram- ing to happen.” evidence comes late Thanksgiving bled gamma rays? An alien cloaking “Come on, how bad can it be?” night, after all are in bed, when a device? – for weeks on end, only “I’ll pray for you.” 150-pound light fixture/pot rack falls revealing themselves when moldy • A 23-year-old washer-and-dryer from the kitchen ceiling, crushing milk fumes pierce the force’s power- combo (clad in festive baby-poop several pots and leaving deep scars in ful fog. yellow sheet metal) with only enough the wooden floor where, just hours Although experts differ, Shaker knobs left to run one at a time. “It’s earlier, the entire family was standing. Man believes the force can be attrib- like a nursing home for 1980s appli- This is especially odd since Shaker uted to one of the lesser-known ances,” marveled one repairman. Man permanently fixed the exact X-Men, Dr. Itwuz Knotmee, along “Where’s your glitterball?” same light fixture-pot rack not three with her clumsy henchman, Dr. Shaker Man’s kids find other relics days before. Thatiz Knotmidish. He knows this even more unnerving. 15: “What’s in “That’s spooky,” says Shaker Man, because their names have been the black box, Pops?” surveying the wreckage. invoked in every conversation (ever) “That’s my manual typewriter.” “Oh, absolutely,” says 19. about kitchen clean-up: “You’re kidding. Wow, you are “Uncanny, even. I mean, really: What Shaker Man: “Hey, which genius old.” are the odds?” thought it was a good idea to leave “That’s nothing,” says 19. “Look “It’s like we have a ghost who this [banana peel, bowl of cake batter, at these record albums. Who’s Peter doesn’t know how to use a wrench,” wok full of garlic tofu] on the [coun- Frampton, Dad? And why do all these adds 15. ter, table, new living room chair]? guys have such big hair?” Shaker Man nods: “Itwuz “Itwuz Knotmee,” says his 19-year- “That was the style. Here’s a pic- Knotmee…” old daughter. ture of me with long h—”

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