COMMUNITY HEALTH ENTERTAINMENT Planting flow- Happy Hippie Movie reviews ers in downtown Mama Euclid PAGE 26 PAGE 30 PAGE 7 FREE TO READ! FREE TO WRITE! Submit your story online by June 25th at EuclidObserver.com Proud Member of the Observer Media Family of Community-Owned and Written Newspapers & Websites Volume 10 • Issue 6 June 2019 GI Makes Special Visit to OLL School Memorial Day 2019 Lt Katie was thrilled to meet her student penpals from OLL School and thank them for their letters and their prayers. Commander Bill Halloran and Polish Legion American Veterans leading the parade. by Bev Caldwell to Ohio to visit the students in their class- by Kirsten Holzheimer Gail those who served our country. Grateful resi- On May 3, the students in Cathy Gentile’s room, to let them know how much their sup- The Euclid Memorial Day parade is one of dents and family members lined the beauti- third-grade class got the biggest surprise of port and prayers meant to her. She answered the longest running and best parades in the ful, newly paved E. 222nd Street which is now the year -- a very special visit from a very spe- all their questions about how she joined the area! The 89th Euclid Memorial Day Parade proudly lined with Hometown Hero Banners cial penpal. army, and her experience serving our coun- and services started with graveside services honoring local service men and women. All year, these Our Lady of the Lake stu- try. They learned a lot -- and it was a wonder- at Euclid Cemetery and St. Paul’s Cemetery Following the parade, the Joint Veterans dents have been sending letters, photos and ful experience for Lt Katie and her family as followed by a ceremony and breakfast at Re- Council held a very moving memorial service prayers to Lt Katie, to let her know they sup- well. What a great way to bring the world into cher Hall (the first home of the Euclid Vet- at the Veterans Monument next to City Hall ported the important work she has been do- the Our Lady of the Lake classroom! erans Association). The parade kicked off at with wonderful remarks by guest speaker ing in Afghanistan, representing the United To see the heartwarming video of Lt Katie 10:00am and featured our honored local vet- Major Tom Jenks, Cuyahoga County Joint States and working to make our world a safer meeting with the students, visit Our Lady of erans organizations. Euclid Police, Fire, City Veterans Council Chairman - also a Euclid place. the Lake School’s website at www.OLLEu- Officials as well as a variety of Euclid commu- resident! Last, but not least, the Euclid Veter- Lt Katie and her parents came all the way clidSchool.org. nity members, organizations, churches, and ans Association gathered at their monument community groups also marched to honor ( continued on page 22 ) Euclid In 1959—A Grand Birthday Celebration Neighborhood Pools and School The festivities began with a Coronation Ball in Pool Closing TRW’s ballroom where the “Sesqui-Queen”, Dorothy Hearn and her court were named. It ended more than a week later after the eighth and last outdoor performance of the dramatic historical spectacle “Euclid-Rama” in DiBiasio Stadium, fea- turing 500 residents as cast members. The pro- duction traced Euclid’s history beginning with “Along the Indian Trails” to the “Mutiny at Con- neaut Creek” and later Willow Pool will not have it’s colorful mushroom spouting water for neighborhood swimmers this year. by Paul Oyaski from the “Iron Horse,” by Kurt Steigerwald “Sesquicentennial” is a word meaning “The Roaring Twenties” until ending with In a letter posted on the City’s website May “This is something I felt we should have 150th anniversary. In Euclid, sixty years “The Day of the Satellites.” It was only 20, Euclid announced the closing of two done before,” said Stephens of the closings ago this June, it meant the biggest and best shortly before that time that first Russia neighborhood pools. Willow Pool located of Willow and Roosevelt Pools. “Both loca- party in Euclid’s long history. with its Sputnik and, shortly thereafter, the in of Willow Park on Willow Drive and tions have experienced a lack of attendance Euclid Township was organized in 1809 United States blasted off into the skies. Fit- Roosevelt Pool on Arbor Avenue are being over the past several years. If the pools and one hundred and fifty years later, an tingly, the celebration ended with a grand shuttered due to cost constraints accord- were being utilized, I would want to keep eight-day extravaganza with all sorts of fireworks show just after the curtain came ing to Euclid’s Recreation Director Mac them all open.” In addition to sagging at- special events to celebrate the special birth- down. Stephens. The previous year Glenbrook tendance at the neighborhood pools, a day were organized by event chairman The Sesquicentennial was filled with -pa Pool was closed, other than rental parties, major factor for the closing of Willow and Robert C. Palmer, twelve committees and rades, dances, and special days for it experienced only 12 visitors throughout Roosevelt Pools was the cost of mainte- about 1000 volunteers. ( continued on page 8 ) the summer. nance requirements. ( continued on page 8) The Friends of the Euclid Public Library Board Members with Women in History’s Susan B. Anthony in March Page 2 The Euclid Observer Volume 10 • Issue 6 The Euclid Observer Volume 10 • Issue 6 Page 3 June 2019 June 2019 DIALOGUE EUCLID LIBRARY From the desk of the Mayor June Programs at Euclid Public Library Euclid Voters Approve Issue 2 I am truly proud town Heroes Banners that lined the parade 426-3116 or www.heritagehomeprogram. Proud Member Of The Observer Media Family Of Community Owned Newspapers & Websites to serve the City of route. What a tremendous way to show our org) Euclid as its Mayor. pride for those who served! • Special Projects Division of the City of YOUR INDEPENDENT SOURCE FOR One of the greatest I am proud to live in Euclid and proud Euclid provides assistance for income eligi- EUCLID NEWS & OPINION honors as Mayor is to be part of my neighborhood association. ble residents with vinyl siding, wheelchair Published monthly with a current circulation of to participate in the How do we show our pride? Some wear ramps, and removal of dangerous trees 10,000+ copies. The paper is made available free Memorial Day pa- T-shirts that with a school name, team, as- (216-289-8562) of charge and can be found at business locations rade and services. sociation, or club. Some take photos and • Home Repair Resource Center helps teach within the City of Euclid and on our web site. The This year was the share them. Some talk about what they knowledge and skills needed to maintain views and opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions 89th annual parade are proud of/ share stories. When you are your home and also offers a Tool lending of the publisher and staff. and Memorial Day proud of something, you take care of it. A service (216-381-6100 or www.hrrc-ch.org) services – what a great tradition to honor great place we all can show our pride in Eu- Interested in beautification, maybe add- Copyright 2014—The Euclid Observer, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reproduction is forbidden those who served and sacrificed for our clid is by taking care of our property (keep- ing flowers or landscaping? Check out our without written permission. freedom. We are so fortunate to have an ing your yard, house, apartment, neighbor- great local resources Cavotta’s or Home Depot. Want to help beautify your neigh- The mission of The Euclid Observer is to attract, active Joint Veteran’s Council and strong hood looking good) and our community. I articulate and amplify civic intelligence and com- local Veteran’s organizations who continue am glad to see many people out doing yard borhood and our community? Keep Euclid munity good will in the City of Euclid and beyond. to support and serve our community in so work, planting flowers, adding landscape, Beautiful can assist and provides many op- by Ashley Gowens components of a Hollywood blockbuster BECOME AN OBSERVER! many ways. I am also grateful to all the and working to improve their property. portunities for you to show your pride (call Summer Reading Kick-Off with unforgettable characters who bravely community organizations and residents This is a great way to show your pride. As a 216-289-2786) Mark your calendars: you MONDAY, JUNE 3 fought for equal rights in the face of those As a product of citizen journalism, The Euclid Ob- who participated in the parade or came reminder, we have several resources avail- can check out some of Euclid’s most beau- server is looking for people, ages 3 to 100, to get 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM promoting a repressive antigay agenda involved in the paper and the city. We are looking to watch and pay respect to our veterans. able to assist those who want to improve tiful yards at the Euclid Pond and Garden Stop by the library from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM while combating racism, sexism, ho- On May 7, Euclid voters approved Issue 2, the Library’s 5.6 mill operating levy. for volunteer writers, photographers,designers Special thanks goes out to the Service De- their property: Tour, sponsored by the Euclid Shade Tree to experience balloon fun from The Twister mophobia, and transphobia in the process.