FREE Volume 11 Number 7 TAKE ONE July 1, 2018HEIGHTS OBSERVER READ LOCAL. SHOP LOCAL. Published by Written by volunteers for Cleveland Heights and University Heights • Read more at www.heightsobserver.org INSIDE Summer lunch program returns to Heights Libraries 7 University Jay Rosen Height’s Walter Stinson Summertime can mean hunger for honored for some young people in our community, service who no longer have access to free meals at school. Heights Libraries is ready to serve these children and teens, age 18 and younger, by once 10 again hosting the Greater Cleveland Public forum Food Bank-sponsored free summer explores “front lunch program at its Lee Road and porch” commu- Noble Neighborhood branches. nity building The Lee Road branch’s lunch pro- gram began June 4 and runs through Aug. 10, and is offered Monday LIBRARIES HEIGHTS COURTESY through Friday, 1–2 p.m. Heights Libraries Security Officer Keith Acey and Special Projects Manager Maggie Kinney chat Heights Libraries’ Noble Neigh- with young diners during lunch at the library. 15 borhood branch will provide lunches lunch (11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), Mon- fered free summer lunch programs in Heights cosme- on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30–2:30 day through Friday (through Aug. 10), recent years, Heights Libraries recog- tology students p.m., through Aug. 9. at Boulevard Elementary School and nized the need to act fast to fill the void. donate hand- If kids can’t make it to the Lee Heights High; and Monday through “We’re grateful to have re-estab- crafted wigs Road or Noble Neighborhood branch- Thursday at Gearity (through July 12) lished our summer lunch program so es, or need breakfast in addition to and Noble (June 25 through July 19) quickly,” said Nancy Levin, director of lunch, the Cleveland Heights-Univer- elementary schools. Heights Libraries. “We have a strong sity Heights City School District is With the recent closing of the partnership with the Greater Cleve- 21 offering free breakfast (8–9 a.m.) and Heights Youth Club, which had of- continued on page 8 Cleveland Heights has Cleveland Heights new poet Press Club honors Heights Observer laureate CRC votes to retain Bob Rosenbaum council-manager The Heights Observer took second form of government place in competition for the title of Ohio’s best non-daily commu- Robert Brown nity newspaper. The award was an- nounced June 1 at the 2018 All-Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards, At its June 21 meeting, a majority of sponsored by The Press Club of members of the Cleveland Heights Cleveland. Charter Review Commission (CRC) voted to recommend retaining the Media nominate themselves for cally abbreviated fashion—“Its very city’s current council-manager form the awards. More than 750 entries words showcase the community’s of government, comprising seven were submitted across all categories commitment to each other.” part-time council members elected of the competition, which were The Cleveland Jewish News was at large (citywide) and an appointed divided by size and type of media. the first-place honoree in the same city manager. In addition to non-daily commu- category. Among the other winners Proposals to change the form of nity newspapers, categories included were Akron Beacon Journal, best large government in Cleveland Heights, large daily newspapers (more than daily newspaper; Medina County Ga- to one led by a popularly elected 75,000 circulation), small dailies, zette, best small daily; Ohio Magazine, mayor and with some council mem- business publications and trade best magazine; and Columbus Alive, bers elected by ward or district, journals, alternative publications, best alternative newspaper. were rejected by the CRC. magazines, digital media and student A complete list of honorees CRC members took these votes media. can be found on The Press Club of after six months of deliberations A panel of journalists from out- Cleveland’s website, www.pressclub- and community input. At the April side Ohio judged the competition. cleveland.com. 19 community forum sponsored In selecting the Heights Observer, “I’m thrilled that the Heights by the CRC, 53 attendees indi- FutureHeights FutureHeights Blvd. #105 Washington 2843 Heights, OH 44118 Cleveland the judges wrote—in their typi- continued on page 7 cated they favored changing to a popularly elected mayor, while 31 Rev. Don King to retire after 40 years of ministry favored staying with the current council-manager government. In Jessica Shields Road in Cleve- the Greater Cleveland community the CRC’s online survey, 95 respon- land Heights in many and various ways. He was dents favored a popularly elected The Rev. Don King, currently serving in September the chair and communicator of the mayor, while 16 favored the council- Peace Lutheran Church on Mayfield of 1999. King Heights Interfaith Council for many manager government. Road, will retire Aug. 1 after 40 years served at Hope years, helping to plan and host sev- Of the 15 CRC members, 10 HIELDS of ordained ministry in the Evan- for 18 years until S eral interfaith Thanksgiving services, voted against the proposal for a gelical Lutheran Church in America Hope and Beth- as well as prayer vigils when tragedy popularly elected mayor: Craig (ELCA). lehem Lutheran struck our community. Cobb, Michael Gaynier, C. Ran- King was ordained in June 1978. Church merged JESSICA COURTESY In 2010 he was recognized by the dolph Keller, Howard Maier, Jack The Rev. Don King He had served pastorates in various their congrega- city of Cleveland with the “LGBT Newman, Vince Reddy, Maia Ruck- settings in Michigan, Pennsylvania tions in July 2017 to become Peace Shining Star Faith Leadership” er, Katherine Solender, James Vail and Ohio, including a pastorate with Lutheran. award. and Sarah West. Two, Carla Rauten- the campus ministry at Cleveland With an awareness and compas- He served on the board of Lu- berg and Allosious Snodgrass, voted State University. He began a call at sion for the needs of others, King theran Metropolitan Ministry in to support the proposal; and one, Hope Lutheran Church on Taylor has served Cleveland Heights and continued on page 10 continued on page 11 Heights Observer July 1, 2018 1 www.heightsobserver.org OPINION Letters Policy The Heights Observer welcomes letters to Looking back at a decade of Heights summers the editor. They must be submitted electroni- cally, along with the writer’s name, phone key issues and recruiting candidates to the Cedar Lee Theatre Build- number and e-mail address, to: www.height- “with new ideas who will promote ing, and Lee Silsby Compounding sobserver.org/members. OPENING positive growth and change in Cleve- Pharmacy, which moved into the THe ObseRveR land Heights.” former fire house at Lee and Silsby. HEIGHTS OBSERVER The Heights Bicycle Coalition Intern Camille Davis introduced The Heights Observer is a citizen-based news formed in July 2010 to promote a us to Cleveland Heights’ new city source published monthly by FutureHeights, a Deanna Bremer Fisher more bicycle-friendly city, McDon- manager, Tanisha Briley, while nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization dedicated to civic engagement and quality of life. ald’s passed the first of several hurdles Editor-In-Chief Kim Sergio Inglis 2843 Washington Blvd. #105, In July summer is in full swing and to opening a location in University told us of Superintendent Heuer’s Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 216-320-1423 Heights residents are generally think- Heights, and a “fracas” at the annual resignation, just four years after Copyright 2018 FutureHeights, All rights reserved. ing about summer reading programs Coventry Village street fair marked accepting the position to lead CH- Reproduction is forbidden without written permission. at the library, concerts at Cain Park the beginning of the end for that UH schools. Cleveland Heights PUBLISHER Deanna Bremer Fisher and outdoor festivals. July also sig- long-standing hallmark of summer. also offered its first Chicken Coop [email protected] nals the start of the election season Intern Lewis Pollis wrote about Tour, documented by photographer Editor-IN-CHIEF as local candidates seek to connect the 16 arrests made at the 2011 Gabe Schaffer. Kim Sergio Inglis Coventry Village street fair and Articles in the is- [email protected] with residents at block parties. The July 2014 the introduction of a new juvenile sue remembered Rebecca Alison E-NEWS Editor Heights Observer is often fortunate to Jessica Schantz have the service of college-age interns curfew proposal in the July 2011 Ob- Meyer, a Fairfax Elementary School [email protected] during the summer, who enjoy writing server. The street fair has now been student who died at the age of ADVERTISING replaced by a successful music and 6, and celebrated the naming of Bob Rosenbaum about the real-world issues our com- 216-401-9342 munity faces as a means to sharpen movie series in Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Cleveland Heights’ first teen poet [email protected] their skills and improve their future Park, but the curfew remains in three laureate, Moonisa Halim. advisorY coMMITTEE job prospects. Cleveland Heights business districts: A year later, the July 2015 is- Deanna Bremer Fisher, David Budin, Greg Donley, Judith Eugene, Jewel Moulthrop, Vince Reddy, Bob By July 2008 the foreclosure Coventry Village, Cedar Lee and sue recognized the completion of Rosenbaum, Jessica Schantz, Kim Sergio Inglis crisis had begun to hit the Heights Severance Town Center. several Fairfax Elementary School Editors hard, and the top story in the fourth In July 2012, intern Yelena playground projects, including a Jamison Babb, Maryann Barnes, Deanna Bremer Fisher, Christine Brucker, Daniel Budin, Greg Donley, issue of the Heights Observer told how Tischenko wrote about the Dog Little Free Library, built to honor Jewel Moulthrop, Vince Reddy, Bob Rosenbaum, Jes- Heights residents were beginning to Project, and how a group of Cain both Meyer and 10-year-old Trishka sica Schantz, Kim Sergio Inglis, Clare Taft.