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Community Spotlight; Desk ofthe Executive Director; LentenFish Fries 2

News & Events 3

Ben Franklin GardenFundraiser & Signup; Seniorof the Month 4

Town Crier; Theater Notes 5

Commercial News 6

Senior Lawn Care Program;Pop Up Pearl; Income TaxScams; NewBridge 7

Family Fun 9

Senior & Church Notes 10

Classified & Service Directory 11

BCN Cookbook; Brooklyn CentreOrchard 12

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Irish and Irish “wannabees” to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with prayers, parade and fun by Lynette Filips

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Benjamin Franklin Community Garden

2nd Annual Fundraiser

All you can Eat & Drink!Pizza, Wings, Beer & Well Drinks

Saturday, March 26th6:00 - 8:00 pm

Tickets - $20 in advance, $25 at the door - Limit 175

($10 tax-deductible) Chinese Raffle50/50 Raffle

Door PrizesSide Boards

For tickets or to donate an item for the raffle, contact Jeff at 216-218-4095Proceeds go towards operation of the garden

Cleats Club Seat Grille3995 Jennings Road in Old Brooklyn

Although Old Brooklyn is not decid-edly Irish in the way in which some westside Cleveland neighborhoods are (e.g.,West Park and Kamm’s), nevertheless, for atleast the past several years, the March issueof the Old Brooklyn News has featuredsomething related to the city’s Irish heritage.

In the past we’ve talked about the histo-ry of the St. Patrick’s Day parade in bothAmerica in general and in Cleveland in par-ticular, the historical St. Patrick, our Irishcouncilmen and, of course, the details aboutthe current year’s parade.

We also borrowed an idea from a con-test which appeared several years ago in thenow defunct Cleveland Free Times called“You’re so Cleveland if…” and converted itto “You’re so Irish if…”

That “You’re so Irish if…” article wasthe first of numerous nationality articles(Polish, Italian, Jewish) we’ve since run, andit will also be the main theme of this year’sSt. Patrick’s Day article. We can think of aseemingly infinite list of attributes and his-torical contributions of Clevelanders whoseheritage is Irish! But first, the details of thisyear’s parade –

Cleveland’s 145th (though not in thesame way we know it today) St. Patrick’sDay parade on Thursday, March 17th, willstep off at 1:04 p.m. at the intersection of E.18th St. and Superior Ave. As has been thecase for the past two years, the parade willtravel west to East Roadway (on the eastside of Public Square), then north one blockto Rockwell Ave., and then back east to E.6th St.

One of America’s largest St. Patrick’sDay parades, thousands of GreaterClevelanders — in bands, drill teams,marching units or otherwise on foot, onfloats or driving a variety of vehicles — willbe participating in it. Visit the parade’swebsite, www.clevelandsirishparade.org, formore information.

And now, before we return to part II of“You’re so Irish if…” let me remind you thatyou can reread my thoughts about beingIrish from two years ago by visiting the OldBrooklyn Community DevelopmentCorporation’s website, www.oldbrooklyn.

com, and clicking on the link to the OldBrooklyn News. In the online archives thereyou will find the March 2009 edition of thepaper; the story about the Irish begins on thefront page.

So again I propose that “You’re so Irishif…”

K …you consider St. Patrick’s Day tobe a national holiday and you start preparingfor it in February;

K …your family has its own “spot” onthe St. Patrick’s Day Parade route; some ofyour family members may even be partici-pating in the parade;

K …either way, you know many of thepeople in the parade and think nothing ofcalling out to them as they pass by;

K …at any social gathering, you can’tresist relating what you think is an amusingvignette; in fact, you can’t wait for the otherperson to stop talking so that you can starttalking;

K …for as long as you can remember,the men in your life have been telling “Patand Mike” jokes — some with genuinebrogues, some with incredibly good imita-tion brogues — at social gatherings;

K …at least one of your cousins is apolicemen and another of them, a fireman;

K … you know the old class distinc-tions of Lace Curtain Irish (the educated,upper class) and Shanty Irish (the workingclass poor who may not have even had cur-tains!);

K… you’ve attended events at both theIrish American Club — East Side, at 2270Lake Shore Blvd. in Euclid, and the WestSide Irish American Club, 8559 JenningsRd. in Columbia Station;

K … you know that a branch of theCelts were the original inhabitants of theEmerald Isle, having migrated there fromcentral Europe circa 300 B.C., and that thename of the tribe of those early folk whowent there (as well as to present-dayScotland and the Isle of Man) was the Gaels;Gaelic refers to the culture and the languageof the Gaels, though eventually their Englishrulers wouldn’t let the Irish speak theirnative Gaelic tongue;

K … although you don’t speak Gaelic,you know that “Céad Míle Fáilte” meansyou are welcome a thousand times over

wherever you come from, whosoever yoube;

K … you’ve been to Ireland and kissedthe Blarney Stone (in addition to being fullof blarney yourself);

K … you’ve purchased at least onefisherman knit sweater and one piece of Irishlinen at the duty free shop in ShannonAirport on your way home from a trip to“the olde sod”;

K … you know that many of theCleveland Irish are descendants of peoplefrom County Mayo;

K …one of your female ancestors wasan Irish “washerwoman” (a lady who earnedher living by washing other peoples clothesand linens); another was on the housekeep-ing staff of one of the mansions which oncelined Euclid Ave.;

K … you are accustomed to answeringthe question, “To which Brennan/Burke/Byrne/Carroll/Casey/Cavanaugh/

Collins/Connolly/Cullen/Cunningham/Daly/Donnelly/Duffy/Dunne/Farrell/Fitzgibbons/Fitzgerald/Fitzpatrick/Flanagan/Flynn/Gallagher/Grady/Griffin/Kelly/McIntyre/Higgins/Hughes/McMahon/MacNamera/Maguire/Maher/Maloney/Mahoney/McCarthy/McDermott/McDonnell/McLaughlin/Moran/Murphy/O’Brien/O’Callaghan/O’Connor/O’Doherty/O’Keeffe/O’Leary/O’Malley/O’Neill/O’Reilly/O’Rourke/O’Shea/Quinn/Ryan/Sheehan/Sullivan/Sweeney/Walsh, etc. fam-ily do you belong?”;

K …because you have a much widerthan average circle of family and friends,you start paying attention to the deathnotices in the paper at a much younger agethan most people do; you call them the “IrishSports Pages” and read them religiouslyevery morning;

See St. Patrick’s Day page 8

New Old Brooklyn Connected Wi-Fi tested over three-day President's Day weekend

An important milestone was passed inFebruary as the Old Brooklyn ConnectedWi-Fi underwent its first live testing. ThisPresident's Day weekend test of the OldBrooklyn Connected Wi-Fi was performedin the neighborhood surrounding EstabrookRecreation Center, north of Memphis andbetween Fulton Pkwy. and Ridgeview Rd.Nearby areas may have also been able to 'getconnected' during this testing phase.

Households in this area received flyersand robocalls prior to the test to let themknow that they should boot up their wirelesscomputers and give the network a try. Earlyreports from the test weekend show thatmany residents were able to get online withrelative ease, connecting to the networkSSID (name) "OldBrooklyn".

After the test weekend the networkreturned to "invisible" mode to continuetesting, but residents might still see the net-work listed as "Unnamed Network" and beable to connect by typing in the SSID"OldBrooklyn".

Dozens of residents took the next stepand helped to improve our network by com-pleting the short survey posted on our web-site, www.oldbrooklynconnected.com. Thefeedback they provided has already helpedthe network technicians to determine whichareas to focus on as the network pushestowards completion.

Many residents have begun to inquireabout the availability of the CPE antenna, orwireless modem. We are continuing todevelop a distribution plan. Depending onthe needs of each household, different mod-els will be available for in the $35 to $70range. (We are not sure of exact pricing yet.)

For households with multiple comput-ers, or those desiring the highest level ofservice throughout their home, the moreexpensive model is recommended. Forthose with one computer, the $35 model maybe adequate. More information about CPEantennas will be at our website, www.old-brooklynconnected.com, soon and in futureeditions of the Old Brooklyn News.

For more information, please contactChristopher Lohr at 216-459-1000 or [email protected].

by Christopher [email protected]

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We are all trying to March towards spring.We had the taste of warmth for a few days inFebruary, all the snow melted and then bam wegot hit again with another reminder of thatwinter feeling.

The same kind of thing happened with ournew community web site. We were marchingtoward getting it on our system so it would belive for all to view by mid-February and thenwe hit a few snags with the technology to get itconnected. It should be available for all to seein early March if not before.

This time I am not going to make anyclear cut promise. Sorry I did last month. But itwill happen and it is a tremendous web site forour Old Brooklyn community and beyond. Ican’t wait to get your feedback on it.

On President’s weekend we tested thenew Wi-Fi system for Ward 13 and it is mov-ing along nicely. More information regardingthe results is in the article on the front page.

We are gearing up for a spring and sum-mer chock full of events for all ages. The firstwill be on May 21st where we are going totransform a portion of Pearl Rd. north andsouth of Broadview into the kind of retail dis-trict we would all like to see someday. It is now

being called “Pop UpPearl, Building a BetterBlock.” On the same daythere will be a bicyclingevent “Pedals for Prizes” where bicyclists willgo to many retailers and other Old Brooklynspots in the area to encourage learning moreabout our assets. More details on these eventswill be coming soon.

Remember if you want the most up todate information about our events and activi-ties; sign up to receive our email newsletterwhich comes out a few times a month. To beon this list (not sold or distributed to anyoneelse) email your email address to Lori Petersonat [email protected].

We are pleased to report that we have asales contract for our home on W. 50th St.Hopefully the deal will be completed withinthe next month. The next home we will berehabbing for sale is on 1428 Denley Ave. It isa smaller cute home, perfect for one or twopeople. It should be available later this springor early summer.

One of the homes that we turned over to acontractor to rehab is now on the market andthey did a terrific job on this home. It is at3618 Leopold. More information about thishome is on page 4.

From the desk of theexecutive director

by Robyn [email protected]

I was asked to record some history aboutBrooklyn Memorial United Methodist Church(BMUMC) after it closed in December .

It is very difficult to find accurateaccounts of the history of any event. I havespent twenty years or more researchingMethodism is the Cleveland area and havebeen led in so many directions over the years.I have written many articles which at the timeI thought were authoritative only to find laterthat I had been led astray one more time.

Religious services had begun inCuyahoga County as early as 1814 with biblestudy and prayer meetings in the home ofOzias Brainard. They included the Fish andBrainard families and Christians from both aMethodist and a Congregational persuasion.

About nine months after the organizationof the Brooklyn Methodist Episcopal Church(BMEC), a church made up of folks who wereCongregational in background was formed.This original church was Presbyterian becausethe Presbyterians and the Congregationalistshad divided the Western Reserve into areas ofinfluence which included both Presbyterianand Congregational preachers.

So what we know now as the ArchwoodUnited Church of Christ was for a while servedby Presbyterian preachers.

Tthe following excerpt from the Journalof the North East Ohio Conference of theMethodist Episcopal Church of 1907 shows thebeginning of our Mission work west of theCuyahoga River --

In 1817 Jacob Ward, a local preacherfrom Brunswick, found four Fishes and fourBrainards and organized the BrooklynMemorial Church, the mother Church.

Mr. Ward also organized a number ofpreaching points throughout the western part ofCuyahoga County.

At the Annual Conference of 1817 theReverend John C. Brook was appointed to the“Huron Circuit”. But Brother Brook, findingample room for a four weeks’ circuit east of theBlack River, did not go west of the BlackRiver. He called this circuit the “CuyahogaCircuit”.

In the Conference year, 1818-1819, inwhat is now the “Tuscurawas District”, CharlesWaddell, Presiding Elder, appointed EzraBooth and Dennis Goddard to the “CuyahogaCircuit” with BMEC as the northernmostpreaching point.

In 1908 the Presiding Officer addressedthe members of the Annual Conference by say-ing:

For two years in succession ClevelandDistrict has had the honor of entertaining theNorth Ohio Conference. We welcome you mostheartily to the Queen City of Ohio; to ourChurches and to our homes, for we expect thatthe homes of our Churches will receive greatinspiration from your presence in them. Yourcoming enables us to celebrate the ninetiethanniversary of the organization of ClevelandMethodism.

(The “Cuyahoga Circuit” later becameknown as the “Brooklyn Circuit”.)

On April lst, 1930, Leonard GurleyFoster of 3007 Archwood Ave., then ninetyyears old, wrote a short history of the fourchurch buildings of BMUMC which he’dattended:

When four or five years old I went withmy father Ebenezer Foster to attend the firstmeeting place of the Methodist church people.It was located about twenty feet inside fromthe entrance of the old Brooklyn Cemetery. Itwas a small one story building about 16 by 24(feet), it had a sawdust floor and woodenbenches to seat about one hundred persons.The women were seated on the East side andthe men on the West. The Minister had a chairand had a table in front – on the north side. Ilearned that some took off their shoes beforeentering, they doubtless had read and believed(Viz) – ‘Take off thy shoes for this is holyground’. This meeting place was of shortduration. Mr. Ebenezer Fish, father of JohnFish, who gave the cemetery land, gave thecorner lot on Newburgh and Twenty-fifthstreets (site of the Shell Station) to theBrooklyn M.E. Church to build a large twostory Church. They built and used it – formore than fifty years. In those early daysmany were converted and received – love, joyand peace.

In regard to this first two story Church onthe corner of 25th and Denison, I rememberthis incident very distinctly. When about eightor nine years old, on going home from school,I stopped near the Church, and I saw DanielFish standing on the peak of the Church, andsoon Levy and Ozias Fish came along – fromhunting. They stopped on the south side ofNewburgh St to view the Church, and Danielcalled to them and said, “I have just put on thelast shingle”. And Levy said “Hold up a shin-gle and see me put a hole through it.” AndDaniel took a shingle in his left hand, and fac-ing south, he stretched out his hand with theshingle. Then Levy fired and put a holethrough it. They all seemed glad that the shin-gles were all on, and the Church completedand ready to occupy. After many years theM.E. Church built two other large Churches,one on Twenty Fifth Street and one onArchwood Avenue.”

by Rev. Neal Wilds

Former pastor sharesBMUMC early history

Brooklyn Heights UCC, 2005 W. Schaaf Rd.,Fri., Mar. 11th - April 15th, 5:30 - 7 pm.Fish, fries, coleslaw, rolls, dessert, beverage -$7.

Dr. Martin Luther Evangelical LutheranChurch, 4470 Ridge Rd., Brooklyn. Fri.,Mar. 18th & 25th; Apr. 1st, 8th & 15th, 4 -7 pm. Walleye, cod, shrimp, pierogi & more.Call 216-749-5585 for more info.

Mary Queen of Peace Church, 4427 PearlRd., Parish Hall. Fri., Mar. 11th - Apr. 15th,4:30 - 7 pm. Adult dinners - $7; Seniors &children - $5. Breaded baked fish, non-bread-ed fish, homemade pierogi, battered shrimpwith choice of two sides. Eat in or take out.

St. Leo Church, 4940 Broadview Rd., Fri.,March 11th, 18th, 25th, Fri., April 1st, 8th,15th, 4:30 - 7 pm. Adult dinners, $8. Fish,shrimp, pierogi or combo dinners with choice of

LENTEN FISH FRIES1 side (fries or baked potato) & cole slaw or applesauce, roll & butter. A la carte items - pierogis,pizza, macaroni & cheese, cabbage & noodles,soup & dessert. Kids’ meals, $3.50. Carryoutsavailable.

St. Mary Catholic Byzantine School PTU,4600 State Rd. Every Fri., Mar. 11th - Apr. 15th,6:30 pm. Dinners start at $7 for battered cod,breaded shrimp, pierogis, cabbage & noodles,french fries, pizza. Items also available a lacarte. Call school office, 216-749-7980, 9 am- 2 pm for more info.

Cleveland Maennerchor, 4515 State Rd., Fri.5:30 - 8:30 pm. Fish, shrimp, scallops,schnitzel, bratwurst, pierogis, potato pancakes,German potato salad. All dinners include bread& butter & choice of potato salad or french fries& apple sauce, coleslaw or salad. Specialsevery Fri. Call 741-7728 for more info.

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NEWS & EVENTSThursday, March 3rd

and every 1st Thursday now thru JuneCleveland Astronomical Society Lectures

Leonard Krieger, Canalway Center ofCleveland Metroparks, Ohio & Erie CanalReservation, 4524 E. 49th St., 8 - 9 pm.Speaker: John Ruhl, Professor of Physics &Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University.Call 216-206-1000 or visit www.clevelandas-tronomicalsociety.org for more info. Free;open to the public.

Monday, March 7thCuyahoga Valley Genealogy Society

Independence Civic Center, Willow Room,6363 Selig Blvd., 7:30 pm. (Christmas inMarch because December program was can-celled due to bad weather!) “Myths andTraditions of Christmas” presented by CVGSpresident Don Koslowski. Call him AT 440-526-7105 for more info. Also annual, butoptional, food collection for the needy, as wellas business meeting & refreshments.

Thursday, March 10thAntique Collectors Club Meeting

Busch Funeral Meeting Room, 7501 Ridge Rd., 7pm. Carole Wooten speaking about antique quilts -- history/meaning of dif. styles; guests welcome.

Friday, March 11thRock & Reggae Festival

Free Medical Clinic of Greater ClevelandBeachland Ballroom & Tavern, 15711Waterloo Rd. Headliners include reggae leg-ends Carlos Jones & the P.L.U.S. Band in theballroom & The TwistOffs in the tavern.Features 6 hours of live rock & reggae musicin one place. Proceeds enable The Free Clinicto continue providing quality health care freeof charge to the uninsured. [email protected] or call MelissaGhoston, Director of Volunteer & ExternalRelations, 216-707-3438, for more info.

Saturday, March 19thBrooklyn Centre Naturalists

SPRING Recipe Swap & Cookbook PartyCleveland Public Library, Brooklyn Branch,3706 Pearl Rd., 2 pm. Neighbors invited tojoin BCN for recipe swap & food tasting.

Sunday, March 20thSpaghetti Dinner Benefit

Fundraiser for the Second DistrictCommunity Relations Committee

OLA/St. Joseph Center, 2346 W. 14th St.,Tremont. Donation - $5; all ages. Includes din-ner of spaghetti & meatballs, salad, rolls &butter & beverages. Tickets available inadvance & at the door. Proceeds benefit chari-table activities of Community RelationsCommittee. Contact Bob Shores at 216-781-3222 or [email protected] for more info.

Now - April 15th EITC/VITA Free Tax Preparation

Westside Housing Center, 6604 Detroit Ave.EITC/VITA tax site offers professional taxpreparation free of charge to those who quali-fy. Single filer can have income up to $42,000& have taxes done for free. Tues. & Thurs., 4 -

OBCDC Green Space Committee sponsoringnative plant sale. Price - $3 each; 3 for $7.50.Plants grown by Stucker Meadows in HolmesCounty. Plants available -- Butterfly Weed,Wild Blue Phlox/Garden Phlox, PurpleConeflower, Black-Eyed Susan, CardinalFlower, Liatris, Asters, Foxglove, Goldenrod,Blue Lobelia, Blue Vervain. Orders due byMay 20th; pre-payment is required. Plantsdistributed in Sept. Contact Amy Roskilly,216-524-6580, ext. 22, or [email protected] to order. Order forms at www.cuyahogaswcd.org; phone orders accepted.

City of Cleveland, Division of Police, Citizen On-line Reporting System

File your own police report on-line for the fol-lowing types of incidents/crimes -- lost proper-ty; damage to property; criminal damaging;petty theft/theft from a motor vehicle; supple-mental reports. These types of reports may bemade only if there is no suspect, suspect vehi-cle, or serial number information. Make an on-line report at www.city.cleveland.oh.us/police& click on the crime reporting link. You mustbe 18 years old & have an e-mail address.

Volunteer Drivers & Runners neededfor Meals on Wheels

Senior Citizen Resources. We deliver Mon. -Fri.to Old Brooklyn residents. Only one hour ofyour time is needed between the hours of 10:45& 11:45 am. All routes originate from 3100Devonshire. Please help with this worthwhileopportunity & call Rosemary at 216-749-5367with any questions.

Volunteers Needed at Manna from Heaven(Outreach ministry of Fruitful in a Desert PlaceMinistry), 4490 Pearl Rd. Individuals 16years or older should stop by during outreachhours, Tues, & Thurs., 2 - 6 pm. Whether youare a senior in high school & need servicehours for graduation or you just like to help,Manna from Heaven would like to meet you.

West Side Ecumenical Ministry (WSEM)Enrolling for Early Childhood Education.Early Head Start, Head Start & Universal Pre-Kindergarten for children ages birth - age 5.Offers a home-based program to meet theneeds of area families. Free services to eligiblefamilies & also accepts county vouchers.Comprehensive services to meet educational,health, dental, nutritional, social, mentalhealth & any special needs of children. Severalprogram options & locations. Contact recruit-ment hotline, 216-961-2997, for more info.

WSEM Food CenterWSEM Food Center at Brookside, 3784 PearlRd., 216-749-4295. Food service availableMon. - Fri., 10 am - 2 pm. Resale shoppe openMon, Wed. & Fri., 10 am - 2 pm. Call 216-749-4295 for appointment for help with com-pleting food stamp applications, or walk-in &

ask to speak to an outreach advocate.Applications will be completed & delivered toDept. of Jobs & Family Services. Other out-reach services available; call for details.

Ready, Set, Grow PreschoolLocated in Brooklyn Heights United Church ofChrist, 2005 W. Schaaf Rd. Ages 3 - 5. Learning& social skills for kindergarten readiness. Certifiedteachers. Registration fee, $25. Class times, 9:20- 11:20 am. Call 216-741-2280 for more info.

Mary Queen of Peace School Registration for Preschool thru 8th Grade

(Formerly Our Lady of Good Counsel.) Call for tour& registration packet. Kindergarten registrants mustbe 5 years old by Sept. 30th. Cleveland Scholarship& Tutoring vouchers accepted; county vouchers OKfor preschool & after care. Offers a curriculum toprepare 3 & 4 year-old children for kindergarten.Fulltime: 8 am - 2:30 pm with extended care; part-time: 8 am - 11 am. Call Ms. Patty, 216-741-3685,between 8:15 am & 3 pm for more info.

St. Leo Preschool & School Registrations2010-2011 School Year

St. Leo Preschool, 4940 Broadview Rd., in ParishCommunity Center; accepting applications for 3 & 4year-olds half-day & full-day programs. Call LisaMersek, 216-661-5330, for more info. Also accept-ing students grades K-8. Part of the ClevelandScholarship & Tutoring voucher program. Vocalmusic & instrumental band program, visual & studioart program, physical education & sports; new PCcomputer lab. Before & after-school care available.Call Mrs. Eileen Breitmeyer to arrange a tour, 216-661-2120.

St. Mary Byzantine School RegistrationSt. Mary Byzantine Catholic Elementary School,4600 State Rd., accepting applications for preschool- grade 8. Before & after school services available.Local tuition assistance available to all families; par-ticipates in Cleveland Scholarship & TutoringProgram. Updated computer lab, interactive SmartBoards in all classroom, instrumental music & artinstructor, athletics & more. Call 216-749-7980 orvisit www.smbyz.org.

Advanced Technology AcademyCuyahoga Community College. What is Tri -C'sAdvanced Technology Academy? (ATA)recruits Cuyahoga County youths, ages 18 - 21,who have completed high school or haveearned a GED. We help them decide what theywant to do & then pair them with local employ-ers. Through classroom instruction & hands-onexperience, we train participants to meet theentry-level needs of these employers. We alsorecruit local companies that work with us tosponsor internships, allowing Academy partici-pants the opportunity to work in real-life settingsFor more info. call Robert Stewart, 216-987-3347 or email [email protected]. orRehina Savchuk, 216-987-6304 or 216-5541038. www.TrainingOurWorkforce.com.

7 pm & Sat., 11am - 3 pm. Call 216-961-4242,ext. 268, for more info.

Friday, March 18th & Saturday March 19thCity Music Concerts

Fri, March 18th, 7:30 pm, St. Ignatius ofAntioch Church, 10205 Lorain Ave.; Sat., March 19th, 7.30 pm, Shrine Church ofSt. Stanislaus Church, 3649 E. 65th St.Program: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D,Op.35 & Bizet’s Symphony in C. Free; dona-tions appreciated. Visit website, www.citymu-siccleveland.org for complete details.

Tuesday, March 22ndWestern Reserve Rose Society Meeting

North Royalton Public Library, 14600 State Rd.,7 pm - 9 pm. Speakers -- Dr. Gary Rankin &Monica Valendovic talking about fungal dis-ease prevention & cure. Everyone welcome!Contact 330-220-2213 or email [email protected] for more info.

Sunday, March 27thCub Scouts Pinewood Derby

Mary Queen of Peace Church, 4423 Pearl Rd.,Parish Center, 1 pm.

Sunday, March 27thArts Renaissance Tremont - Trio Terzetto

Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2592 W. 14th St., 3 pm. Visit www.trioterzetto.com.

Saturday, April 30thThe Master Gardeners of Cuyahoga

County Spring Seminar'From Garden to Table', Happy Days LodgeCuyahoga Valley National Park, 9:30 am - 3pm. Fee - $32; includes homemade bakery,catered lunch, handouts, door prizes & raffle.Seminar topics -- vegetable, fruit & herb gar-dening with a focus on the unusual; extendingthe growing season; pest & disease controls;farming in the Valley; gardening in smallspaces; cooking demonstration by one ofCleveland's local chefs. Herbs & perennialplants available for sale from Mulberry CreekHerb Farm. Call Mary O'Rourke,[email protected] or Greg Cada,[email protected] for more info. VisitMaster Gardeners of Cuyahoga County’shome page, http://cuyahogamg.org/, to print aregistration form & get directions. Anyoneregistering after Apr. 15th charged $37.

4th Annual Photography Competition Sponsored by The Ohio Cemetery Alliance Photos must be taken in a cemetery located inthe U.S.A. for Category 1 & an Ohio cemeteryfor Categories 2 & 3. Prizes awarded in threecategories - cemetery landscape, people, mon-uments/statuary. Deadline for submitting pho-tos -- Sat., May 7th. Opening reception &announcement of winners, Sat, May 28th, 1pm, Shaker Heights Public Library, 16500 VanAken Blvd. Photographs displayed at LibrarySat, May 28th, thru Sat, Jun.18th. Moredetails at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohca.

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The Benjamin Franklin CommunityGarden (BFCG), located behind BenjaminFranklin School, 1905 Spring Rd., may beburied under snow, but preparations for theupcoming growing season are well underway.Since the Garden closed for the season in mid-October, members of the Garden Committeehave been meeting several times each month toprepare grant applications, review GardenRules, write operating procedures and planevents.

A fundraiser to support operation of theGarden will be held on Saturday, March 26,2011, at Cleats Club Seat Grille, 3995 JenningsRd. In addition to free pizza, wings, beer andwell drinks from 6 to 8 p.m., the event will fea-ture door prizes, a Chinese Raffle, a 50/50Raffle and Side Boards. A limited number oftickets are available — $20 in advance and $25at the door; $10 of the cost is tax deductible.Anyone who’d like to attend or donate a raffleitem should contact Jeff Kostura, vice chairmanof the Garden Committee, at 216-218-4095.

Applications to reserve garden plots forthe 2011 season are being mailed to returninggardeners; they must be returned with paymentto the Old Brooklyn Community DevelopmentCorporation (OBCDC) office, 3344 BroadviewRd., by Monday, March 28th.

Applications for new gardeners will beavailable after Tuesday, April 5th; they must bereturned with payment by Wednesday, April20th.

The Benjamin Franklin CommunityGarden has 206 plots and ranks as the largestcommunity garden in Cuyahoga County. Eachplot measures roughly 20 x 25 feet (500 squarefeet) and has access to water. The plot fee is$30.

All new and returning gardeners shouldplan to attend the Garden Kick-off Meetingfrom 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 5th, at theBrooklyn Senior Center, 7727 Memphis Ave.in Brooklyn. The Kick-off Meeting will pres-ent the plot diagram for the season and providean opportunity for gardeners to pick up the freeseeds provided by the Garden Committee andthe City of Cleveland’s Summer SproutProgram (administered by the Ohio StateUniversity Extension Service). The agendawill also include a 50/50 Raffle and sale ofGarden T-shirts.

Weather permitting, the Garden generallyopens circa May 15th. Each season BFCGgardeners not only grow produce for them-selves, relatives, friends and neighbors, butalso donate between 5,000 and 6,000 pounds offresh herbs and vegetables to local foodpantries and kitchens including the BrooksideCenter, St. Herman’s House of Hospitality andSt. Augustine Church’s Hunger Center.

For additional information, contact SandyWorona at OBCDC, 216-459-1000.

(Former Garden Coordinator Tom Sargentcontributed to this article.)

by Hallie Forcinio

BFCG schedules fundraiser & 2011 signup Senior of the month: Margie Dobrovichby Jay Gardner, Executive Director,

Senior Citizen Resources, Inc.

Thanks to the many people who called orstopped by to nominate this month’s Senior inthe Spotlight, Margie Dobrovich.

Margie has been with Senior CitizenResources for over fourteen years, has beenone of our Meals on Wheels volunteers for atleast thirteen years, and has been a member ofour advisory board for the past six years. Shevolunteered in the kitchen at Estabrook and hastaught pierogi-making to some of our seniors.

Margie has five children, ten grandchil-dren and four great-grandchildren; her fifthgreat-grandchild is on the way. She is veryactive in the community -- she belongs to herneighborhood Crime Watch, the SouthwestCitizen’s Group and the Isabella Guild.

Margie was a long-time member of St.Barbara’s Church until its closing, and is nowa parishioner at Mary Queen of Peace. Shekeeps her body and mind active with weeklybowling and Scrabble games, and enjoys visit-ing some of SCR’s seniors who have movedinto nursing homes and/or care facilities.

Margie spends a lot of her time baking nutrolls and poppy seed rolls, cakes and makingpierogies. She, of course, brings many of thesetasty treats to SCR, but Margie also volunteers

at local churches to teach pierogi making as afundraiser.

One of Margie’s favorite pierogi fundrais-ers is at the Lakeview Church of God in ParmaHeights, where the parents and children gettogether and make upwards of 300 dozenpierogies in one day, and then use the proceedsto send the children to summer camp. 2011 willbe the fourth year for this very successfulfundraiser.

Margie’s advice to all of us is to “Helpeach other, be good to each other, enjoy eachother’s company… and if you can put a smileon someone’s face, it’s a good day.”

Thanks, Margie, for putting so manysmiles on all our faces!

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Riverside burials starting to be indexed Members of the Cuyahoga Valley

Genealogical Society (CVGS), with assistancefrom other genealogy groups, have started toindex the 53,000+ burials at RiversideCemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd. The hours open forvolunteering at Riverside are Monday thruFriday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Interested individuals who would like tohelp CVGS with this indexing project areasked to contact John at 216-524-3472 and lethim know the day or days they are available tovolunteer.

Each of the seventy record books atRiverside contains 700 to 800 names. Eachvolunteer will be assigned a book to work on;he/she must have his/her own laptop computerto use for the project.

CVGS is using an Excel spreadsheet torecord the name, date of death, date of burial,and lot, section, grave and page number of

each person in the record book. Several of theCemetery’s record books have already beencompleted.

Volunteers are also needed to proof-readthe data extracted from the Cemetery booksand entered onto the computer spreadsheets.These volunteers will not need to bring theirown laptops for proof-reading.

The indexing at Riverside is a communityproject. When it’s completed, it will helpgenealogists locate their ancestors more easily. The Cleveland Cemetery Indexing project isnow finished and can be accessed online at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcdrt/clecems/index.html

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“There’s grass again,” I heard a littleneighbor girl exclaim during the “Februarythaw” week which preceded this again cold,snowy, icy week when we readying the Marchissue of the Old Brooklyn News for the printer.

True to their name, my snowdrops hadactually been blooming under the snowdrifts; Ihadn’t realized that any spring bulbs do that,and was delighted to find them when the snowcovering them melted. (By this time nextmonth, the crocus will probably have bloomed,too.) But now they’re buried again.

We’ve included some February photos onpage 6. The one of the ice-coated trees ishauntingly beautiful, but it doesn’t tell thewhole story of residents who had drivewaysblocked by huge downed tree limbs or werewithout power because of the ice storm.

I often begin this column by sharing somefollow-up news we’ve received from the lastissue. This time, though, the follow-up I’mabout about to relate was from two issues ago,

because I didn’t have room for it last month.It’s one of those small world stories...

A major article in our January edition wasan obituary about the three former DeaconessHospital chaplains who had passed away with-in a year of each other -- Rev. Herb Reichert,Fr. Raymond Schultheiss, C.PP.S. and Fr.John Bolan, C.PP.S. Since Rev. Reichertlived in Greater Cleveland, I got my informa-tion about him from his in-town family. But Ihad to contact a woman who works in theMissionaries of the Precious Blood’s (i.e., theC.PP.S.) provincial office in Dayton for infor-mation about the two Catholic priests.

After the article was published, I mailed acopy of the January paper to the C.PP.S.officeand received in return an amazing responsefrom contact person Catherine Babcock --

Not only is Catherine a formerClevelander, but until the Sixties, she and therest of the Babcock family had lived in Parmaright next door to the Reicherts! The familieshad kept up for quite a while after theBabcocks relocated, but lost touch in recentyears. Our obituary turned out to be life-givingin eliciting a flurry of email activity betweenthe now-grown Reichert and Babcock children.

There was some back and forth emailingbetween me and one of Catherine’s brothers,too, after we made the further connection thatBob Babcock, a Padua grad, was one of mybrother’s housemates at the University of

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Dayton in the Seventies and, after graduation,an attorney who did legal work for us.

(Not every good work which the OldBrooklyn News performs has to do with com-munity development issues!)

And while I’m on the topic of hospitalchaplains, we’ve learned that the RomanCatholic chaplain at MetroHealth MedicalCenter, Fr. Arthur Snedeker, retired March1st. While at Metro and until Our Lady ofMercy Church in Tremont closed in mid-May,Fr. Snedeker lived at that parish; then hemoved to St. Thomas More Church.

Despite repeated attempts, at press time Iam still waiting to find out who the Diocese ofCleveland will send to MetroHealth to replaceFr. Snedeker, and whether or not he will con-tinue to live in our neighborhood. He’d beenchaplain at Metro for almost eleven years,since April 28th, 1998.

In mid-December St. Peter Chanel HighSchool sent me an email informing me that forthe first time it their history, the school’s boys’soccer team, the Firebirds, had played in theDistrict Championship game.

As I often do when I receive such emails,I shot back an email to their PR person with thequestion -- “Do any of the players live in OldBrooklyn?” Yes! came the person’s enthusias-tic reply -- senior Tim Dubbs.

In addition to being good sportsmen, theFirebirds are also good students. Because theiraverage GPA exceeds 3.6, they are consideredan “All-Ohio Academic Team”.

The space available for Town Crier is lessthan usual this month, so that’s all we canrelate this time. Send your submissions forfuture columns to [email protected] mail them to Lynette Filips c/o OBCDC,3344 Broadview Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44109.

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“Big [BOX] 2011” Now - Sun., Mar. 6th; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 pm;Sun., 3 pm. Over eight weekends, thirteenartists are given keys to the theatre & free-dom to transform the space for the presenta-tion of their work. Tickets - $15, generaladmission; $2 discount for students & sen-iors.

The Store Front Studio“Darwinii: The Comeuppance of Man”Thurs., Mar. 3rd - Sat., Mar. 19th; Thurs., Fri.& Sat., 7:30 pm; Sun., 3 pm. Tickets -- $10 -$25.

Great Lakes Theater Festival1501 Euclid Ave., Suite 300

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“Twice Told Tales of the Decameron”(a free, travelling production)

Mon., Mar. 7th, 7 pm, Lakewood PublicLibrary, 15425 Detroit Ave., 216-226-8275,ext. 122.

Tues., Mar. 8th, 7 pm, Fairview Park Public

THEATER NOTESLibrary, 21255 Lorain Rd.,440-333-4700. For more dates & loca-tions, call or visit website.

(Hanna Theatre, 2067 E. 14th St.)“Works: The Complete Works of William

Shakespeare (Abridged)” Fri., Mar 11th - Sun., Mar. 27th; Thurs., Fri.,Sat., 7:30 pm; Sat., 1:30 pm & 7:30 pm. Sun., 3pm. Tickets -- $15 - $70.

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(Kennedy's Theatre, 1501 Euclid Ave.) “Flanagan's Wake”

Now - Sat., Apr. 30th; Fri. & Sat., 8 pm; alsoSun. matinees, Mar. 6th & 13th, 4 pm. Tickets -$20 - $23.

(Palace Theatre, 1501 Euclid Ave. )“Shrek the Musical”, Mar. 1st - Mar.13th;

“Stomp”, Mar. 18th - Mar. 20th;“The Color Purple”, Mar. 25th & Mar. 26th;

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CUSTOM DENTURES

COMMUNITY MEETINGSBrooklyn Centre Naturalists - No meetingsuntil April 2011 but see article about BCN’scookbook project on page 12.

Brooklyn Genealogy Club, Sun., Mar. 20th, 2pm, Brooklyn Historical Society Museum, 4442Ridge Rd. (instead of usual location, BrooklynFire Station, 8400 Memphis Ave. at Roadoan).Program -- tour of the Museum as well as usualbusiness meeting & refreshments.

Brooklyn Historical Society “MembersWelcome Back Spring Luncheon”, Tues., Mar.29th, noon, Brooklyn Historical SocietyMuseum, 4442 Ridge Rd. Call president BarbStepic, 216- 941-0160, by Fri., Mar. 26th toRSVP.

Historical Society of Old Brooklyn meeting, 7pm, Fri., Mar. 11th, Pearl Road United MethodistChurch, 4200 Pearl Rd. (Use rear entrance offparking lot.) Previously scheduled speakerunable to honor his commitment; at press time,replacement speaker not yet found. Businessmeeting; refreshments. Call president Constance

Ewazen, 216-398-8969, for more info.

Old Brooklyn Community DevelopmentCorporation board meeting, Tues., Mar. 22nd,6 pm, OBCDC meeting room (3344 BroadviewRd., upstairs). Meetings open to public forreview & comments, but Board reserves right toclose portions of meetings from public. Call216-459-1000 to confirm.

Second District Police CommunityRelations meeting, Tues., Mar. 8th (& everysecond Tues.), 7 pm, Applewood Center, 3518W. 25th St.

Southwest Citizens Area Council meeting, everyfirst Thurs., 7 pm, Gino’s, 1314 Denison Ave.

Ward 13 Democratic Club meeting, Tues.,Mar. 15th (& every third Tues.), 7 pm, GloriaDei Lutheran Church, 5801 Memphis Ave.

Ward 13 Republican Club meeting, Tues.,Mar. 8th (& every second Tues.), 7 pm,Calvary Chapel, 6770 Brookpark Rd.


by Tom [email protected]

employees and private operators who havekept the streets and parking lots open deserve a

thank you for good service.Yes, there are inconveniences in finding

the bus stop and driveway buried by the mostrecent snow plow but all in all these peopleworking long hours in hazardous conditionshave kept us moving. Thank you.

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CLEVELAND STOREFRONTRENOVATION PROGRAM

Trolling the World Wide WebEvery now and then it is just good prac-

tice to browse the Internet for sites that canhelp build business. If your business experi-ences a slow period in late winter then takesome time to look at web sites that focus onbusiness development.

The U S Small Business Administrationcan be found at www.sba.gov. This web site ispacked with practical information. Whetheryou are seeking business start-up assistance oradvice on how to expand an existing businessthis is the library of all the things needed. Theoptions are well defined and easy to navigate.New information is introduced regularly so thisis a site that should be visited every fewmonths.

Click on the main selections, then drilldown to find the precise topics pertaining toyour interest. The sections on small businessloans and growth capital are as useful as canbe. You can follow up by talking to a staff per-son who is knowledgeable in the applicationand review process. The SBA’s mission is tohelp grow the economy and that is done byhelping business grow.

There are counseling and training pro-grams offered on-line, in seminars or evenmentoring. There are sections on emergencypreparedness and disaster assistance. Even ifyou have no current need for such informationit is useful to know what it covers should youneed it in the future.

Like turning the pages of a good maga-zine, you can be absorbed in what you are read-ing. Visit the site for fifteen minutes and takesome notes on what you want to learn more

about, then make an appointment with yourselfto return and look in detail at the topics benefi-cial to your business.

Maybe you are not someone who owns abusiness but is looking for employment oppor-tunities. Or perhaps you do own a business andneed to hire someone with specific skills. Visitwww.tri-c.edu, select Workforce Solutions andlook at the array of programs offered. Tri-C isthe training ground for preparing an educatedpopulation for today’s and tomorrow’s jobs.Many of the instructors are both professionaleducators and practitioners in the field thatthey teach.

We live in a period when employment is achanging proposition requiring continuingeducation and career change. Tri-C is the col-lege focused on monitoring industry changesand preparing people for new opportunities.This web site will open your mind to whatthose new opportunities can be for you.Cuyahoga County Community College createsbusiness growth through its education mission.

Graffiti RemovedIn February this column reported a new

graffiti removal program sponsored by the OldBrooklyn Community DevelopmentCorporation (OBCDC) and facilitated by vol-unteer Anthony Petti. It got off to an immedi-ate start despite the severe cold. He hascleaned two locations in Old Brooklyn and isscheduled for two more.

When Anthony volunteered to teach someresidents in Tremont how to remove graffiti thePlain Dealer took interest and ran a picture andstory about his work to remove the lingeringblight that this act of vandalism delivers.

Mr. Petti is the first to tell people that heis not alone in his work. He readily acknowl-edges that Jack Amburgey who operatesDiscount Paint and Hardware at 4199 Pearl Rd.donates some of the materials required for thiswork. Thank you, Anthony and Jack, for yourcontinued efforts to make Old Brooklyn a goodplace to live and work.

Snow RemovedIt is late winter and it has been a winter of

lots of snow. Snow removal is necessary to thedaily workings of the city. Although not pri-marily thought of as an economic developmenttool, it in fact does serve that purpose. Seeingthat people can get to and from work every dayis essential to the local economy. The City

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(Upper left photo) Neither snow nor ice can stop Joseph Ali from getting out on his bike todo errands. Typical Cleveland weather in late winter -- (upper right photo) warm andsunny one week; (bottom photo) cold and overcast with ice and snow the following week.

Free Graffiti RemovalFree Graffiti RemovalIf the commercial building you own or occupy has been vandalized with graffitiOld Brooklyn CDC is working with a volunteer group who can remove or coverthe graffiti. Graffiti will only be removed with the owner’s permission after a volunteer has ana-lyzed the surface of the building, the substance used for the graffiti and discussed the options

with the building owner, agent or tenant. There is no charge for this service.

For more information or to schedule anappointment with the graffiti removal groupcall: 216-459-1000 and ask for either

Barb Spaan or Tom Collins [email protected] or

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Volunteer Anthony Petti paints overgraffiti on the side of a vandalized com-mercial building in Old Brooklyn.



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(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — AttorneyGeneral Mike DeWine today warned Ohioansto watch for e-mail messages and letters thatclaim to be from the Internal Revenue Service,but are actually scams designed to capture per-sonal information.

"Scam artists know that this is tax season,and they are trying to confuse consumers whoare preparing to file their taxes," AttorneyGeneral DeWine said. "The IRS will not com-municate with you via e-mail to tell you abouta problem with your taxes, and you should notclick on links in any suspicious e-mail mes-sages."

A Franklin County resident said hereceived an e-mail message that appeared to befrom the Internal Revenue Service. The e-mailindicated that the consumer was late in submit-ting his W-2 form and instructed him to clickon a link to send the updated form. Fortunately,the consumer recognized that the e-mail was ascam, and he did not click on the link nor pro-vide any personal information.

Another consumer from CuyahogaCounty reported receiving a phony 1099 formin an envelope marked "important tax returninformation." The bogus form stated that theconsumer had won $61,000.

Consumers should watch for signs of a taxscam, including:

Messages from the "IRS" about a problemwith your tax forms.

Requests for personal information, such asyour Social Security number.

Forms or letters that indicate you have wona lottery or sweepstakes.

Instructions to click on links that may directyou to a third-party website.

Poor grammar or illogical statements. Threats that you will not receive your tax

refund if you fail to respond. If you receive a suspicious e-mail claim-

ing to come from the IRS, forward it to the IRSat [email protected]. Remember not to clickon any links in the message.

Consumers also can report scams to theOhio Attorney General's Office atwww.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/ReportaScamor by calling 800-282-0515.

NewBridge Center for Arts & Technologyis place for new beginnings and hope

by Lori [email protected]

NewBridge Cleveland Center for Arts &Technology (NewBridge), located on theEuclid Ave. corridor along RTA's Health Lineat E. 36th St., is a dynamic new initiative foryouth arts education and market-driven adultcareer training. The classes are held in a con-temporary high-tech building, filled with artand light, that's fully equipped with class-rooms, computer labs and art studios.

NewBridge offers students -- mostlyCleveland Metropolitan School District, butnot limited to them -- a chance to learn and beinspired with their after-school programming.

The program starts with ninth graders andwill add a grade each year. Theprogramming is fun andeducational and istaught by highlyqualified teachers( m u l t i p l eGrammy winnerand a filmmakerto name a few).The followingclasses are offeredfree to students:

Ceramics - In this course,students will use the potters' wheel to make one-of-a-kind waresthat are both functional and artistic.

Photography - This course will introducestudents to techniques that will help makecompositions believable, intriguing and any-thing but ordinary.

Digital Arts - The Adobe Creative Suite ofprograms, including Photoshop and Illustrator,is an industry-standard digital imaging pro-gram used for creating, manipulating andenhancing images and text. In this course, stu-dents will use these tools and filters to create afantastic world of images, colors and organicand geometric shapes.

Music Mixing & Production - This classwill introduce students to the world of com-mercial quality digital recording and mixing.This program, written by a 25-year industryprofessional, pairs state-of-the-art equipmentwith practical, working knowledge.

NewBridge also provides job trainingprograms intended to give unemployed andunder-employed adults with a high schooldiploma or GED, the skills needed to securemeaningful, good-paying jobs in the health sci-ences and other professions, and provide themwith the academic support needed to succeed

in the programs. These programs are offered at no cost to

participants, with no hidden fees. NewBridgeonly requires its students to attend classes andhave a strong desire to work. The programswere developed after researching the types ofjobs that Cleveland is lacking:

Pharmacy Technician Program -Pharmacy technicians help licensed pharma-cists prepare prescription medications, providecustomer service and perform administrativeduties within a pharmacy setting. They mayretrieve, count, pour, weigh, measure andsometimes mix medication as well as establishand maintain patient profiles and prepare insur-ance claim forms.

Phlebotomy/Specimen CollectionProgram - Phlebotomists collect

blood samples used formedical testing or

transfusion. In therapidly growingmedical field, aph lebo tomis thelps to reduce

the workload ofdoctors and nurs-

es by focusingexclusively on blood

collection, particularly inhospitals and blood drives. Studies in

phlebotomy also provide students with a foun-dation should they choose to pursue moreadvanced fields, including work as medical labtechnicians.

Based on the highly successfulManchester Bidwell model established over 40years ago by MacArthur Genius Award winnerBill Strickland, NewBridge's after-school artsprograms aims to motivate high school stu-dents to remain in school and encourage themto view learning as a lifelong process.

Bill Strickland's believes that environ-ment shapes behavior. "Change the environ-ment. Change the assumptions. People arecapable of extraordinary things"

Each year at Manchester Bidwell 85% ofadult graduates get jobs, 90% of youth in itsarts program graduate from high school andmany continue on to college

NewBridge Cleveland joins three centersnationwide, replicating Manchester Bidwelland Strickland's theories of adult and youthtraining. The others are in Cincinnati, Oh.; SanFrancisco, Cal.; and Grand Rapids, Mich.

Anyone desiring more information onNewBridge visit their website: www.new-bridgecleveland.org

Senior lawn cutting program taking applications for 2011

The City of Cleveland’s Department ofAging is now accepting applications for the2011 grass cutting service for senior citizens.A combination of full-time and part-time staffand Court Community Service workers willprovide this valuable service to seniors.

The service will begin on April 18th, con-tinue through October 28th and be providedapproximately once a month. This is a freeservice; however donations are accepted andare used to provide future services for seniors. The qualifications are:

Everyone in the household must be 60years of age or older. The only exception to thisrule is if a member or members of the house-hold is/are functionally disabled. If they aredisabled they must provide a medical certifi-cate confirming the functional disability.

The house may be a single or two-familydwelling; it must be owner-occupied and locat-ed within the city of Cleveland.

Priority is given to frail, isolated, disabledand very low-income persons (using HUDguidelines).The clients’ responsibilities are:

Pets must be secured. Property should be cleared of animal

waste.The client must notify the office when the

service is NOT needed.Clients should call when services are

needed.Contact the Department of Aging’s Chore

Office at 216-664-3998 or 216-664-4694 toreceive an application.

Pop UP Pearl coming soon to downtown Old Brooklyn

Our historic downtown district is about toget a great boost this May when Pop UP Pearltakes the stage. On May 21st, the Old BrooklynCommunity Development Corporation and itscommunity partners are taking the opportunityto create a demonstration "complete street".Complete streets are those that accommodateall users whether they are old, young, disabled,transit users, automobile drivers, cyclists orpedestrians.

When an area commits to completing itsstreets, it makes a commitment to the safetyand security of its residents, while also creatinga street ideal for storefront retail. Pop UP Pearl

is modeled on the Better Block project, firstundertaken in Dallas in 2010, and will create atemporary "complete street" with lively pop-upshops, vibrant street life and a clear vision ofwhat downtown Old Brooklyn can be.

Although temporary, the Pop UP Pearlevent is tied to the in-progress redesign ofPearl Rd. between Wildlife Way and State Rd.As such, it acts as a catalyst for the project anda demonstration of what it may look like uponcompletion.

Pop UP Pearl will feature local artists andentertainers, temporary bike lanes and caféseating. If you would like to participate, eitheras a volunteer or as a participant, please contactLori Peterson, Christopher Lohr or DavidWaldman at 216-459-1000.

By Christopher [email protected]


As I see it...by

Pastor Jerry

On her birthday, little Katy wasthrilled to find a beautiful golden-haireddoll from her grandmother. "She's so pret-ty!" Katy squealed excitedly, hugging hernew doll. She rushed to hug her grand-mother, repeatedly crying, "Thank you!"

Katy played with her new doll mostof the day, but by evening she put it downand sought out an old doll. She gently cra-dled the tattered, dilapidated old doll inher arms, overlooking its matted hair, bro-ken nose and missing arm.

"Well, it seems that you like your oldDolly better," grandma commented. "Oh,no, grandmother," Katy explained, "I real-ly like the beautiful doll you gave me, butI love this old doll more because if I didn'tlove her, no one else would."

We all know the saying, "Beauty is inthe eye of the beholder." A similar sayingmight be, "Love is the choice of thebeholder." When we see faults in others,we can choose to look beyond them. Wecan choose to love them regardless of theirannoying attributes, faults, or quirks.

Jerry Madasz is the Pastor at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ,4216 Pearl Rd. (corner of Pearl & Memphis)

St. Patrick’s Day from front pageK …when people in your family pass

away, their wakes are held at west side “Irish”funeral parlors like Berry’s, Chambers,Corrigan’s and McGorray’s;

K … you think that the major differencebetween an Irish wake and an Irish wedding isone less person drinking;

K … you very possibly feel that youbecome intensely poetic after a few beers;

K… unfortunately, more than one mem-ber of your family has had a weakness for “thecraiture” (whiskey) and has used alcohol totheir own and their family’s detriment;

K … you know what it means whensomeone says, “He died of a terrible thirst”;

K … your uncles (family legend has itthat even your “priest-uncle”, who kept hisparish afloat during the Great Depression inthis manner) were into betting on the horsesand were in close contact with their “bookies”;

K … your grandmother often referred toyour grandfather as “Himself”;

K … your mother utters/uttered exclama-tions like “Perish the thought!”, “Mercifulheaven!”, “Saints preserve us!” and “HolyMother of God!”; she no doubt learned themfrom her own mother;

K … you know the meaning of theexpression “Irish twins” – children born to thesame mother less than a year apart (some sayeleven months apart, some say nine monthsapart);

K… you can spell shillelagh (a short,heavy stick made from a knotty piece of black-thorn, oak or another hardwood which was

subsequently smeared with butter and placedup a chimney to cure, giving it its typical shinyblack appearance) and know that although itsgentler purpose was to be used as a walkingstick, its other purpose was to be used as aclub-like weapon;

K … you own Waterford and/or Shannoncrystal and Beleek and/or Royal Tara china; atleast one of the pieces has shamrocks on it; infact, you’ll buy almost anything which hasshamrocks on it;

K … you can explain that shamrockshave been a symbol of the Irish since the timeof St. Patrick because he used the image ofthree leaves on one stem to explain themystery of the Trinity to thepagans he wanted to convertto Christianity;

K … you realize,however, that Patrickis not the only Irishsaint, and can rattleoff the names ofother Irish saintslike Aiden,Brendan, Brigid andColumba.

K … youbelieve, as do manyhistorians, that “theIrish monks saved civi-lization” during the bar-barian invasion of Europe;

K … you’re convincedthat the Kennedy era in governmenttruly was the American version of Camelot;

K … you grew up knowing the impor-tance of “Faith, Family and Friends” before itbecame a popular phrase (and the faith couldonly be the Catholic faith);

K … your mother was a fan of Fr. PatrickPeyton, CSC, and his “Family RosaryCrusade”; she liked his slogan, “The familythat prays together stays together” and she gotyou to recite the rosary together as often as shecould; (The nations of today would do well toheed another of his slogans, “A world at prayeris a world at peace”.);

K … you know that the first CatholicChurch in Cleveland was built for the Irish –Our Lady of the Lake, a.k.a., St. Mary’s on theFlats;

K … you can name all the Irish bishops ofthe Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland —Richard Gilmour, John Patrick Farrelly,Edward Francis Hoban, James AloysiusHickey, and of course, the current “ordinary”,Richard Gerard Lennon.

K … you prefer that all your priests – andcertainly your pastor — be of Irish descent;

K … you went to grade schools staffed byIrish orders of nuns – the Sisters of theIncarnate Word on Pearl Rd. in Parma Hts. orthe Sisters of St. Joseph on Rocky River Dr. inCleveland. If you are a woman and lived any-where close to St. Joseph Academy, youattended that high school;

K … even if you never lived in Chicago,you love reading Fr. Andrew Greeley’s manybooks which are steeped in the culture of IrishCatholicism;

K … some of your other favorite contem-porary “reads” have been The Thorn Birds (byColleen McCullough, 1977), Angela’s Ashes

(by Frank McCourt, 1996) and The Princes ofIreland (by Edward Rutherfurd, 2004);

K … you are captivated by the music ofcontemporary Irish vocalists like Enya;

K … not knowing the words to a songdoesn’t stop you from singing;

K … you have very fair skin, probablywith freckles, and you don’t tan well; in fact,the closest you get to a tan is a burn, or perhapslooking like you are tan because all your freck-les have connected with each other;

K … you have Kelly green carpet in yourliving room, dining room, and up the stairs tothe second floor; (and even if green is not your

favorite color, you know that it’s stillthe best color!);

K … you favor Irishbreeds of dogs – Irish set-

ters, Irish terriers, Irishwolfhounds;

K … you have aset of Irish coffeemugs and use themfrequently for thatdelectable drinkmade from sweet-ened hot coffee andIrish whisky, topped

with whipped cream;K … you shop

for gifts with an Irishtheme at places like Gaelic

Imports, 4229 Pearl Rd. inOld Brooklyn; Shamrock &

Rose Creations, Inc. at Grand PacificJunction in Olmsted Falls; and Gannon’sReligious Goods, 5600 Ridge Rd. in Parma;

K … you like to frequent the Irish estab-lishments which Laura Taxel mentions inCleveland Ethnic Eats (now in its eighth edi-tion) – Flannery’s Pub (downtown), The Harp(Detroit-Shoreway), Nighttown (ClevelandHts.) and Sullivan’s Irish Pub and Restaurant(Lakewood), as well as the Flat Iron Cafe (westbank of the Flats) and the Public House -- andneighboring watering holes (Kamm’s);

K … you know that corned beef is aJewish deli food, not an Irish food, though bothethnic groups eat cuts of meat which have to besimmered for a long time to tenderize them;

K … you’ll be joining a group of friendsto attend a production of Flanagan’s Wake,which is running through April 30th atKennedy’s Theater at Playhouse Square (seethe listing in Theater Notes); you know that it’sa unique interactive theatrical experiencebecause you also saw it a few years ago whenit was presented at the Powerhouse Pub in theFlats;

K … you say “Safe home” to your familyand friends when they leave your house, whichis the same thing we are wishing you at the endof your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations this year;

And now here’s the information for thereligious side of St. Patrick’s Day —

The St. Patrick’s Day Mass at St. PatrickChurch, 3602 Bridge Ave., will be at 9:30 a.m.Auxiliary Bishop Roger Gries, OSB, will bethe principal celebrant. The ClevelandFirefighters Memorial Pipe and Drum Bandwill again play the bagpipes.

The Mass at St. Colman Church, 2027W. 65th St., will be at 10:30 a.m. Fr. DanBegin, former pastor of the closed St. CeciliaChurch and now an associate at the newCommunion of Saints Church will be the cele-brant; members of the West Side Irish-American Club will be in attendance.

The special St. Patrick’s Day Mass at theCathedral of St. John the Evangelist, at thecorner of E. 9th St. and Superior Ave. down-town. will be at 10 a.m. At press time, the cel-ebrant had not yet been determined. TheCathedral will also have its regular noon week-day Mass.

The Irish American Club – East Side willsponsor a 10 a.m. Mass at Ss. Robert andWilliam Church at 367 E. 260th St. in Euclid.Fr. Gary Hoover, OSB, will celebrate the Mass.

As is the case every day, St. MalachiChurch, 2459 Washington Ave., north of theDetroit-Superior Bridge, will have Mass atnoon. The church once served the Irish com-munity who lived and worked in that neighbor-hood, “the Angle”.

Because the church is closed until itreceives a decision from Rome regarding itsappeal to remain open, St. Patrick Church onRocky River Dr. in West Park will not be ableto have a St. Patrick’s Day Mass this year.

St Pat’s parishioners will, however, bemarching in the St. Patrick’s Day parade, andparishioners from the closed St. CasimirChurch have already committed to marchingwith them. St. Pat’s welcomes anyone elsefrom a parish which has been recently sup-pressed to join them, too.

“Everyone,” some folks say, “is Irish onSt. Patrick’s Day” and while many enjoy cele-brating with them, others don’t understandwhat all the fuss is about, or why descendantsof this immigrant group receive so much atten-tion.

Regardless of what your opinion is aboutthat topic, it would be hard to deny that thedaughters and sons of Ireland have maintainedtheir ethnic identity as few others have.

And what makes it even more remarkableis that, after the English (the New Englanders),they were the first significant group of “for-eigners” in Cleveland (c.1826, to help build theOhio and Erie Canal), yet still their cultural tiesremain so strong.

Erin go braugh! (Ireland forever!)

(Acknowledgments: Although the majority ofthe thoughts in this article are mine, I mustconfess to “a little help from my friends”, mostespecially my Irish friends, with some of the“You’re so Irish if…” entries.)

IrishSaint Patrick’s Day

ToastsSaint Patrick was a gentleman,

Who through strategy and stealth,Drove all the snakes from Ireland,

Here’s a toasting to his health.But not too many toastings

Lest you lose yourselfand then

Forget the good Saint Patrick

And see all thosesnakes again.

‘Beannachtam naFeile Padraig!’

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!


F A M I L Y F U N !pretty, are useful & untie almost as quickly.Learn basic knots, their uses & more. Ages 10years & up (with participating adult); fee - $8.

Cleveland Metroparks Hinckley ReservationBuzzard Roost, at State Rd. & West Dr

Return of the Buzzards - Sun., Mar. 20th, 9am - 2:30 pm; free. Hikes -- 9:15 & 10:45 am& 12:30 pm. Bus Tours of HinckleyReservation - 10:15 & 11:15 am; 12:15 & 1:15pm. Platform Presentations - Live Birds ofPrey Programs - 10 &, 11:30 am & 1:30 pm.Storytelling - 9:30 & 11 am & 12:30 pm. TentActivities - Live Music with “The BuzzardBoilers”: 10 am & 1 pm • Buzzard Bingo: 9, 10& 11 am, noon, 1 & 2 pm • EarthWords NatureShop selling unique buzzard merchandise.Exhibits & other activities. Call 216-635-3200for more info.

Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River NatureCenter/Frostville Museum, Rocky River

Reservation 24000 Valley Pkwy., North Olmsted 440-734-6660

History of Maple Sugaring - Sat., Mar. 5th &Sun., Mar. 6th; Sat. Mar. 12th & & Sun., Mar.13th, 11 am - 4:30 pm. Maple Grove PicnicArea; free.

Frostville Museum Pancake Breakfast - Sun;Mar. 6th, 13th & 20th, 9 am - 1 pm. Pancakes,sausage, syrup, orange juice & coffee, take-outorders available. Unlimited pancakes; addi-tional sausages, 3 for $1; additional juice, 50cents. Cost - $6, adults; $4 children 10 &under. Call 440-779-0280 for more info.

Froggy Full Moon - Sat, Mar. 19th, 7:30 -8:30 pm. Join Naturalist Bethany Majeski for afun night hike. If the weather's right, listen forthe sounds of the first amphibians singing theirspring breeding songs. Dress for rain & mud.Call for more info.

Cleveland Metroparks West CreekReservation, 216-341-9225

Talking Tracks - Thurs., Mar. 10th, 9:30 -10:30 am. Join Naturalist Jen Brumfield on ananimal tracking expedition through the fields& woods. Although tough to find, we may dis-cover mink & coyote tracks among other spe-cial animal signs in Parma’s “big backyard.”Adults & families. Terrain: moderate; mostlyflat; 1.25 miles.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo3900 Wildlife Way 216-661-6500

clemetzoo.com

Reduced Winter Admission - Now - March31st; both Zoo & RainForest. Adult admis-sion, $7; children 2 - 11, $5; under two & Zoomembers, free.

St. Patrick's Day at the Zoo - Thurs., Mar.17th, 10 am - 5 pm. Be green & save somegreen. Drop off old cell phone & charger forrecycling, drop it off at Zoo ticket office onMar. 17th, & receive one free admission to theZoo that day. Plus, anyone who wears green tothe Zoo on St. Patrick's Day will receive half-off the admission price that day ($3.50 per per-son; $2.50 for kids ages 2 - 11; free for chil-dren under 2 & Zoo members). These specialoffers redeemable Mar. 17th only. One dis-count per person. All proceeds from cell phonerecycling drive will benefit Zoo's conservationprograms.

Summer Day Camp - Jun. 20th - Aug. 19th;children ages 5 - 14. Different camps offered

for each age group so kids can sign up for oneor all of the weeklong sessions, each filledwith opportunities to see Zoo animals up close.Spend part of summer vacations learning aboutanimals & the environment with experiencedcamp counselors, while taking part in fun &educational daily activities. Zoo members signup starting Mar. 1st. General registrationbegins Mar. 15th. Space limited so check withthe Zoo’s Conservation Education Dept. atclemetzoo.com or call 216-635-3391.

Cleveland Museum of Art11150 East Blvd. 216-421-7340

www.clemusart.com

Hours: Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun, 10 am - 5 pm.Wed. & Fri., 10 am - 9 pm. Closed Mon.; free.

Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Dr. 216-231-4600

www.cmnh.org

Museum - Mon. – Sat., 10 am – 5 pm; Wed.until 10 pm; Sun., noon – 5 pm. Adults, $10;ages 7-18, college students with IDs & seniors60 yrs. or older, $8; children ages 3-6, $7; age2 & under, free. Wed. evening admission, $6after 5 pm; Tues. & Thurs., 3-5 pm, free forchildren 12 & under. Planetarium shows -- $4plus general admission.

Exhibit - Extreme Mammals: Biggest, small-est & most amazing mammals of all time.Now thru Sun., Apr. 17th; included with regu-lar Museum admission.

Target Free First Thursdays - Free admissionfirst Thurs. of month thru Mar., 2011. Explorepermanent exhibits & watch outdoor gallerieswhere owls, bobcats, otters & more are busy allyear. Free admission doesn’t apply to school orother groups, other programs or special exhibits.

Cleveland Public Library, Brooklyn 3706 Pearl Rd. 216-623-6920

Play and Learn! – Every Wed., 11 am. Joinother caregivers & toddlers; have fun withbooks & learning toys.

Preschool Story Time – Every Wed., 11:30am. Stories & songs for children ages 3 - 5.Call for specific program requests/more info.

Cleveland Public Library, South Brooklyn4303 Pearl Rd. 216-623-7067

Preschool Storytime - Every Tues., 10:30 - 11am. Interactive stories, rhymes, songs & otheractivities for children ages 3-5. Call to register.

Play and Learn! - Every Thurs., 11- 12 pm.Join other caregivers & toddlers. Have funwith a variety of books & learning toys &make new friends. Call to register.

Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus, 11000 Pleasant Valley Rd

Family Fun Day Sundays - Mar. 6th & Apr.10th, noon - 4 pm. All families & ages invitedto use Tri-C Western Campus pool & gym.Parents must accompany children at all times.$10 per family, per visit. Parking available indesignated visitor lots for $1 for a two-hourtime block, or hangtag permit can be pur-chased for 75 cents. Contact Rita Shearer, 216-987-5456 or [email protected], for moreinfo.

Cuyahoga Valley National ParkVisitor Information 216-524-1497

www.nps.gov/CUVACuyahoga Valley National Park. Meet staff,get questions answered. Learn about scheduledevents & places to visit. Pick up relevantbrochures, maps & passport stamps. Hours forthese parks - daily 10 am - 4 pm:Happy Days Lodge, 500 West Streetsboro Rd.(SR 303), Peninsula; 330-657-2909, ext. 119.

Boston Store Visitor Center - 1548 BostonMills Rd, east of Riverview Rd, Peninsula.

Art House3119 Denison Ave., 216-398-8556

www.arthouseinc.orgAll Ages Family Open Studios - 3rd Sat. ofevery month; 1- 3 pm. Make individual piecesof family art works. Each month has a theme;Art House provides materials. Children mustbe accompanied by an adult. Visit website forother programs or more info.

Beck Center of the Arts17801 Detroit Ave. 216-521-2540

www.beckcenter.orgSuper Saturdays at Beck Center - Sponsoredby The Lakewood Arts Festival Association.Mar. 19th, Westfield Great Northern Mall. Apr.9th, Beck Center Visual Arts. May 7th,Usbourne Books. Have fun, be creative & nur-ture the artist in you & your family. Call to signup for classes. Mon. - Thurs., 9 am - 8 pm; Fri &Sat., 9 am - 5 - pm; Sun., closed.

CanalWay Center, E. 49th St. between Grant Ave & Canal Rd.

216-206-1000

Hunt of the Month - Through Mar. 31st, 9 am- 5 pm. Stop by & test your luck. This month’stheme - Irish. Search throughout CanalWayCenter for 20 hidden clovers.

Woodcock Watch - Tues., Mar. 29th, 7 pm.Male woodcocks return to northern Ohio inspring & begin nightly performance of calls &aerial dances to attract a mate. Search for thiscommon, but elusive bird & watch his “sky-dance.” Wear hiking footwear & dress for theweather.

Children’s Museum of Cleveland10730 Euclid Ave. 216-791-5437

www.clevelandchildrensmuseum.org

Hours: Mon. - Sun., 10 am - 5 pm. Exhibitareas close 15 min. prior to Museum closing.Cost - $7, children age 1 - 12; $6, adults &children 13 & over; free, under 11 months.

Cleveland Metroparks Winter Recreation Fun

Enjoy sledding, cross-country skiing, ice fish-ing & ice skating at various locations. Use cau-tion & proper equipment; use area only whenproper weather/snow-ice conditions exist. Callany Park district facility, 216-635-3200, orvisit www.clevelandmetroparks.com.

Cleveland Metroparks ChaletValley Parkway, Mill Stream Run

Strongsville 440-572-9990

Tobogganing - now thru first weekend inMarch; Fri., 6 - 10:30 pm; Sat., noon - 10:30pm; Sun., noon - 5 pm. Cost - adults, $8; chil-dren ages 11 & under, $6. One time ride tickets,$3. Family pass (up to four) available. Family 4Pack - Sun., Mar. 6th; $30 for 4 toboggan pass-es, 4 hot dogs & 4 sodas.

Cleveland Metroparks Garfield ParkNature Center 11350 Broadway Ave.

216-341-3152

Leprechaun Hunt - Thurs., Mar. 17th, 3:30 -4:30 pm; 3 - 8 years, with adult. NaturalistStacey Allen shares story about how lep-rechauns give us the trees, then go on shortself-guided leprechaun hunt. Participantsrewarded with “gold”! Registration required --216-341-3152.

Knot Tying for Families - Wed., Mar.23rd,6:30 - 8:30 pm. Good knots tie easily, look

Canal Visitor Center - 7104 Canal Rd, inter-section of Canal & Hillside Rds., Valley View.

Frazee House - 7733 Canal Rd., 4 miles southof Rockside Rd, Valley View.

Hunt Farm Visitor Information Center -2054 Bolanz Rd., between Riverview & AkronPeninsula Rds, Peninsula.

***NPS Park Headquarters - 15610 Vaughn Rd.,intersection of Vaughn Rd. & Riverview Rd.,Brecksville. Year-round: Mon. through Fri., 8am - 4:30 pm.

Peninsula Depot Visitor Center - 1630 MillSt., off Akron-Peninsula Rd, north of SR 303,Peninsula. Mon. & Tues., 10 am - 4 pm;Wed. - Sun., 9 am - 7 pm.

Cuyahoga Valley Senic Railroad (CVSR),800-468-4070 www.cvsr.com

Now thru the end of May, CVSR runningweekends only. All trips depart Canal VisitorCenter at 10 am & 1:30 pm; BrecksvilleStation,10:15 am & 1:45 pm; & AkronNorthside Station,11:35 am. Cabin fever pric-ing for $10 per person.

Grace Church2503 Broadview Rd. 216-661-8210

Kidz Church, Wed., nights, 7 - 8 pm, ages 5 -12. Bible stories, games, music, fun. Food,6:30 pm; $2 per person. Parents & grandpar-ents welcome. Adult classes available.

Great Lakes Science Center601 Erieside Ave. 216-694-2000

www.GreatScience.com

NASA Glenn Visitor Center relocated toGreat Lakes Science Center. Free generaladmission to NASA Glenn & Science Centeron Tuesdays to youth 18 & under or any stu-dent up to the 12th grade accompanied byadult. Regular admission ranges from $7.95 -$9.95 a person. Free admission for members.Mon. - Sun., 10 am - 5 pm.

Free Tuesdays for Youth - On Tuesday, youth18 & under admitted free when accompaniedby an adult. Watch big science shows & dis-cover legacy of space exploration with NASAGlenn Visitor Center. Offer does not includeOMNIMAX Theater.

Lake Erie Nature & Science Center28728 Wolf Rd., Bay Village

440-871-2900 www.lensc.org

Log Cabin Discoveries - Mon, Mar. 21st, 10- 11 am or 1 - 2 pm. Children ages 4 - 6, $15child; members, $10. Become a nature detec-tive; explore hiking trails & gardens, encounteran animal, sing, dance to music or listen to astory. Pre-registration required.

Animals A La Mode - Sun., Mar. 20th, 11 am.$5 per person; children one & under, free. Liveanimals take center stage in upbeat, interactive& educational show with collection of livecreatures to captivate entire family. Also serv-ing delicious ice cream. Animal program runsabout 30 minutes. Pre-registration required.

St. Patrick’s Day - Thurs., Mar. 17th, 10 -11:30 am; ages 1 - 5 with an adult, $5. Take aholiday “play-cation”! Learn about St. Patty’sDay, meet an animal, make a craft, read a story& play. Free-flow program allows you & yourlittle one to move at your own pace, make newfriends & focus on what you enjoy best. Pre-registration required.

Playhouse Square Children’s TheaterSeries; Ohio Theatre

1501 Euclid Ave. 216-241-6000 www.playhousesquare.org

“Harold and the Purple Crayon: A DanceAdventure -- Hubbard St. 2”

Sat., Mar. 26th, 11 am & 2 pm; $10- $14.

Home of the Frosty Mug

Happy HourMonday - Friday 11 am - 7 pm

$2 Domestic Beer$2 Mixed Drinks

Daily Specials - Open for LunchMonday: Buy One 1/2 lb Burger, get the second at half-priceTuesday: Jumbo Wing Night $4.80 per dozenWednesday: 10oz Strip Steak Dinner: $8.95Thursday: Jumbo Wing Night $4.80 per dozenFriday: Original Wexler’s Fish Fry:

8oz. Center-Cut Cod Loin, Fries & Cole Slaw: $9.99Add Homemade Potato Cheese Pierogis: 2 for $2.99

Saturday: Weekly Dinner Specials

Hours: Mon. - Thurs: 11 am - 12 am Fri. & Sat 11 am - 2:30 am Sunday: Closed

4555 State Rd. 216-3398-55000

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Sign up for food stamps and other servicesOld Brooklyn Community Development Corporation, 3344 Broadview Rd., will be host-

ing The Empowerment Center of Greater Cleveland (ECGC) on Monday, March 14th, 1 -3 p.m. The Center assists low-income individuals in Cuyahoga County with basic humanneeds. ECGC’s goal is to empower, educate, advocate, and guide people to resources. ECGCoffers utility assistance (CEI and First Energy ONLY). Qualified individuals can get FREEeye glasses with a prescription

These days it seems as though people have to do everything on line, even applying foremployment. Have no fear; ECGC offers a free computer course (Journey to EmploymentPathways to Success). Students receive classroom training, self-directed computer learning,job search/ job readiness training and computer literacy training. They also help people qual-ify receive discounts from AT & T’s Lifeline Ohio; assist with Food Stamp applications; andadvocate for clients having an issue with their caseworkers. Stop by to see if you qualify forthese services. For elderly or disabled call 216-432-4770 for a home visit .

CHURCH NOTES


LUTHERAN

Church of St. Leo The Great4940 Broadview Rd. Phone: 216-661-1006Pastor: Fr. Russ LoweMasses: Sat., 4 pm. Sun., 8 & 10 am & 12 noon,Children’s Liturgy of the Word, Sun. 10 am. Mon - Thurs 7:30 am, Fri. 8:30 am, confessions2:45 - 3:30 pm Sat. www.saintleoschurch.org

Mary Queen of Peace4423 Pearl Rd. Phone: 216-749-2323Pastor: Father Douglas BrownMasses: Sat., 4:30 pm. Sun., 8:30 & 11 am. &Children’s Liturgy Sun.11am. Weekday Masses:Mon- Sat 8 am. mass. www.maryqop.org

St. Thomas More Church4170 N. Amber Dr. Phone: 216-749-0414Pastor: Rev. William G. Bouhall.Masses: Sat., 4:30 pm. Sun., 8am , 10 am & 12 noon.Confessions: Sat. 3 - 4 pm.Weekday Masses: M, W& F 7 am, T & Th. 8:15 am

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PRESBYTERIAN

Broadview Baptist Church4505 Broadview Rd. Pastor: Rev. BrentRichards, Asst. Pastor: Dr. John Wood.Phone 216-351-8414 or 216-431-3515. Sun.School: 9:45 am. Sun. Worship: 11 am. Wed.Night Bible Study: 7 pmhttp://broadview-baptist-church.orgwebsite: broadview-baptist-church.org

Westside Anglican Fellowship2607 Archwood Ave. (Worship Brooklyn Memorial UMC)Father David Smith, Jr. Holy communion,Sun., 1 pm. Coffee fellowship following serv-ice. 440-871-6201 (St. Barnabas office)ww.clevelandAnglican.com

Bethel Free Will Baptist Church3354 Fulton Rd. Phone: 216-631-9199Rev. Freddie Ray, 216-355-2137. Sun. School:10 am. Service: 10:30 am, Sun. eveningservice: 6 pm. Thurs. evening Bible Study, 7pm. Good gospel singing & preaching

Harmony Baptist Church4020 Ridge Rd., Brooklyn, Pastor: DavidWojnarowski. Phone. 216-351-3740Sunday Worship: 11am & 6 pm.Sunday School: 9:45 am; Wed. Prayer 7 pm

Galilean Baptist Church4520 W. 11th St., Brooklyn, Between Schaaf& Spring Rds. Rev: Carson Hall, Pastor Phone: 216-749-7787 or 216-392-4653Sun. School: 10 am; Worship:11am & 6 pm.Wed. 7 pm

Grace Church2503 Broadview Rd. & W. 28th St.; 216-661-8210Pastors: Charlie Collier & Jeff Doeringer Sundays: 9 am. Bible Study, 10 am. Service,Wednesday: Kid’s Church 6:45 - 8 pm.Thursday: Youth Night 6:45 - 8 pm.Email: [email protected]

Pearl Rd. United Methodist Church4200 Pearl Rd. Phone: 216-661-5642Pastor: Rev. Paul WilsonSunday Worship & Sunday School: 10 amCoffee Hour: 11 am. Wed. Bible Study: 9:30 am.Free hunger meal Thursdays: 6 pmhttp://www.gbgm-umc.org/pearl-road-umc

Swedenborg Chapel 4815 Broadview Rd, Phone: 216-351-8093Pastor: Rev. Ron Brugler Sun. Worship: 11am, adult class Sun., 10 amWeddings & Baptisms - 216-351-8093A place to find love and acceptance.

SWEDENBORGIAN

Our Churches Welcome You

St. Mary’s ChurchCorner Broadview & Wexford, ParmaPastor: Rev. Roman MisiewiczPhone: 216-741-8154Sunday Masses: 9 am English, 11 am PolishSunday School: 10:00 am

POLISH NAT’L CATHOLIC

ORTHODOX WESTERN RITEArchwood U.C.C.

2800 Archwood Ave. Phone: 216-351-1060Rev. Sara Ross Pastor Sunday: 11 am (ASL Interpreted) Nursery provided ages 1-5. Children'sSunday School 10 am. Multicultural Open& Affirming. www.archwooducc.org

Brooklyn Heights U.C.C.Rev. Dr. Lee Holliday 2005 W. Schaaf Rd. Phone: 216-741-2280Nursery with adult supervision Sunday Worship & Church School: 10 am

Brooklyn Trinity U.C.C.8720 Memphis Ave: Phone: 216-661-0227Pastor: Sue TamilioSunday School & Worship: 10:30 am

St. Luke’s U.C.C.4216 Pearl Rd. (corner Memphis Ave.)Phone: 216-351-4422Pastor: Gerald MadaszSunday Worship: 10:15 am

BYZANTINE CATHOLICSt. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church4600 State Rd. Phone: 216-741-7979Pastor: Very Rev. Steven KoplinkaFather Deacon: Joseph Hnat, 216-233-4118.Divine Liturgies: Sat. Vigil, 4 pm.; Sunday,11 am; Holy days, 9 am. Crystal ChaletPhone: 216-749-4504School #: 216-749-7980 Pre-School #: 216-351-8121

Good News Ministires Church3705 West 36th. (W. 36th & Mapledale Ave.)Phone:216-398-4913 Pastor: Ernie Green.Sunday Worship, 11 amTV - Tues., 6:30 pm. Ch.21 & 9 pm Ch.197.Fri. 6:30 pm, Ch 21 Time Warner Channel.

Dr. Martin Luther Ev. Lutheran Church4470 Ridge Rd. Phone: 216-749-5585 PastorDavid W. Bennett. Sunday worship,Traditional service 9 am. Praise service 10:30 am. Sunday school, 10:30 am.www.LutheransOnline.com/DMLChurch.

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church E.L.C.A.5801 Memphis Ave. Phone: 216-741-8230Pastors Bela Berhardt & Jon Paulus. SundayWorship 10 am. gloriadeicleveland.org

Immanuel Lutheran ChurchScranton & Seymour Ave. Phone: 216-781-9511Pastor: Rev. Horst Hoyer & Rev. John HoyerGerman Worship: Sun. 9 am. English 10:30 am

Parma Evangelical Lutheran Church5280 Broadview Rd. (North & Tuxedo Ave.)Phone: 351-6376 Pastor: Donald E. Frantz IISunday Worship 10:20 am Sat. 5:15 pm. Sunday School: 9 - 10 am. Coffee, 8:30

St. James Lutheran Church4771 Broadview Rd. Phone: 216-351-6499Pastor: Paul W. Hoffman Sun. Worship: 8 &10:30 am / Sat. Serv: 5 pm. Sun School & BibleClass: 9:15 am. Website: stjamescleve.com

St. Mark Lutheran Church4464 Pearl Rd. Phone: 216-749-3545Pastor: Stephen Shrum. Sun. Worship: 10:15 am,Wed. 6 pm. Sun School & Adult Bible Study, 9 am.Elementary School: grades K - 8

Unity Lutheran Church4542 Pearl Rd. 216-741-2085. Rev. Peeter PirnWorship Service: 9:30 am. & 7 pm.Sunday School & Adult Bible Study: 11am.www.unity-lutheran.org

Brooklyn Presbyterian Church (USA)4308 Pearl Rd. at Spokane Ave. Phone: 216-741-8331 - Rev. Adrienne LloydSun. Worship: 10:30 am. Sun. school 10:15 amParking at Busch Funeral Home

SENIOR NOTESSenior Citizen Resources (SCR)

Deaconess-Krafft 3100 Devonshire Ave.(Must be 60 and over ) 216-749-5367

Mondays: Chair Bowling- 10 am. Wii -11 am. Canasta- 12:30 am

Tuesdays:Crafts - 9:30 am, Crochet Group - 9:30 am,Horse Racing - 10:30 am, Pinochle - 12:15pm, Line Dancing- 1 pm.

Wednesdays:Trivia - 10 am., Bingo - 10:30 am, Canasta -12:30 pm.

Thursdays:Crafts - 9:30 am, Chair Volleyball - 10 am,Arm Chair Exercises - 10:45 am.

Fridays:Current Events - 10 am, Corn Hole - 10:30am, Wii - 11 am.Book Club - Call 216-749-5367 to register.

Volunteer Drivers & Runners neededfor Meals on Wheels

Senior Citizen Resources. We deliver Mon. -Fri.to Old Brooklyn residents. Only one hour ofyour time is needed between the hours of 10:45

Brooklyn Heights UCC2005 W. Schaaf Rd. 216-741-2280

Sun. Mar. 13th - Book Club, 6 pm. JohnGrisham, The Confession. Everyone welcome.

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church5801 Memphis Avenue 216-741-8230

Wed., Mar. 16th, 23rd, & 30th, Apr. 6 & 13th- Soup Dinner, 5 pm; Lenten series, 6 pm.All welcome.

Mary Queen of Peace Church4423 Pearl Rd. 216-749-2323

Fri., Mar. 4th - First Friday Mass &Eucharistic Adoration, 8 pm; lower chapel.

Sun, Mar. 6th - Girl Scout Sunday (a recog-nition of all Girl Scouts); 11 am Mass.

Mar 9th - Ash Wednesday Masses - 8 am &7 pm. Prayer Service with distribution ofashes -- noon.

Mar. 11th, 18th, 25th; Apr. 1st, 18th, 15th -Stations of the Cross, 7 pm.

Fri., Mar. 11th - Family Fridays - 6 pm;Lower chapel & Marian Lounge. Specialevening for homeschool families. Potluck, 6pm; rosary, 7:30 pm; Mass, 8 pm.

Sat., March 12th - Ladies Lenten Day ofReflection - Marian Lounge in lower church.Lunch provided. 9 am - 2:30 pm

Sat., March 12th & Sun., March 13th -Spiritual Book Trade after Masses.

Sun., March 20th - Community meal - allwelcome. 1 pm - Parish Center.

Sun., March 20th - The Keller BrothersFree musical performance in the church

Sat., February 26th - Mardi Gras Partysponsored by Mary Queen of Peace BoyScouts; 8 pm, Parish Center.

St. James Lutheran Church4771 Broadview Rd. 216-351-6499

Wed., March. 2nd & 16th - Fifty Plus Groupmeeting, in upstairs Gathering Room. Mar.2nd - bring your own bag lunch & representa-tive from the Cleveland EMS will give freeblood pressure checks, glucose & cholesterolreadings followed by fruit bingo. Mar. 16th -free lunch served; Presentation -- "Right atHome." Anyone 50 years or older invited toattend.

Wed., Mar. 9th - Two services on AshWednesday. 10:30 am & 7:30 pm. Both serv-ices have Rite of Imposition of Ashes. Lentenservices continue for five weeks on Wed. at10:30 am & 7:30 pm until Mar. 28th. Lentenluncheon after all morning services at 11:30am in upstairs Gathering Room. Evening din-ners before evening services, 6 pm. Freewilloffering will be taken.

Sun., Mar. 13th - “Cookin for Christ”, 11:30am - 12:30 pm. Menu - beef goulash over noo-dles, salads & dessert. Cost: $7, adults; $4,children under 10. Call church office, 216-351-6499, by Thurs., Mar. 10th, to RSVP.

Wed., Mar. 16th - Mr. Ryan Karp of ChosenPeople Ministries, a Christian mission forJewish people, at the 7 pm Lenten servicespeaking about "The Joy of the Sabbath" &explaining what the Sabbath is all about.Freewill love offering taken for this ministry.

Tues., Mar. 22nd - Widows and Widowersluncheon, noon. Menu features ham, broccoli-rice casserole, salads & desserts. Cost - $3 perperson. Reserve a place by contacting churchoffice, 216- 351-6499. Bring a friend!

St. Thomas More Parish4170 N. Amber Dr. 216 749-0414

Sun., Mar. 20th - Tues., Mar. 22nd, 7 pm.Parish Alive Mission - Three one-hourevenings. Topics: Claimed & Called; Blessed,Broken & Given; & Called & Sent. Free.

Church of the Four Winds4316 Pearl Rd. Pastor Leslie Elston, 216-659-9957. Worship service, (Sabbath) Sat., 12noon. Every 3rd Fri.; 7pm. Shabbat. celebration, teaching, fellowshiphttp://churchofthefourwinds.org

Institute Of Divine Metaphysical Research4150 Pearl Rd. Free Public Lectures. Phone: 216-398-6990 www.idmr.net Sun.: 11 am - 1 pm, Mon. & Wed.: 7-9 pm. All invited & encouraged to attend!

St. Patrick of Ireland Church4208 Newark Ave.(behind St. Brendan House)Phone: 216-939-9186 Pastor: Bishop SimeonAnderson. Divine Services: Sun. 9 am.coffee& fellowship following service.Daily morning prayer 9 am., Evening 7 pm.

& 11:45 am. All routes originate from 3100Devonshire. Please help with this worthwhileopportunity; call Rosemary at 216-749-5367with any questions.

Registration Opens for 2011 Senior Olympics26th year for the Senior Olympics; registrationbegins Mon., Mar. 14th. Event jointly spon-sored by Senior Citizens Resources, Inc. &MetroHealth South. Opening festivities onWed., May 11th; most activities at EstabrookRecreation Center; Victory Luncheon on Fri.,May 20th. Eight-day event designed for indi-viduals 60 years & older; open to residentsthroughout Northeastern Ohio. InterestedSenior Olympians should contact Kathleen at216-749-5367 to register. Register early.Spots limited to first 500 registrants.

Senior Living GuideProvides professionals & consumers with com-prehensive & current information about longterm care resources & facilities. Distributedquarterly. For a free copy, stop at the OBCDCoffice, 3344 Broadview Rd.

Casino Trip to Presque Isle - Wed., Mar.30th; 8:45 am - 7 pm. Cost $28. Call JulieSantamaria, 216-351-9970, for more info.

1 Bedroom $494 - $5602 Bedrooms $608 - $689

INCLUDES

Call (216) 398-4430 TTY 800-750-7300for more information

SMC MANAGEMENT CO. Office Hours: Mon - Fri 9-5

Valley Road Villa Senior Citizens Apartment55 & older

Some applications avai lable for immediate rental .Others taken for wait ing l ist .

4146 Valley Road

All Utilities Carpeting Electric Range Refrigerator Beauty ShopVisiting Nurse Monthly Party & Game Rooms Cable Available

Library Planned Social Activities Pets Allowed

The Great Commission Christian Church3232 W. 25th St. Phone:216-269-0223Pastors Lois & Kevin Wolf Sun. Worship 10:30 am.; Tues. Bible study 7pm.; Thurs. Ministry school 7 pm.

SERVICE DIRECTORY


“NOBODY BEATSOUR PRICES”

Class 1 Pavers & Remodelers

Asphalt & ConcreteRoofing, Siding, Gutters, Windows

Porch Repair

216-397-6349Financing Available

CLASSIFIED

BATHROOM SPECIAL$3880

KITCHENS 30% Off

FURNACE REPFURNACE REPAIRAIRA1 WING RITE SERVICE. Furnace clean-ing & repair. Reasonable rates, gauranteed. 25yrs. serving the Old Brooklyn community. 216-749-2054.

GUTTERSGUTTERSMONDE HOME IMPROVEMENTSeamless gutters/gutter toppers. Call John,216-986-0600.

HANDYMANHANDYMANHANDYMAN. Minor electrical & plumbing,locks changed, concrete repairs, roof repair &gutters, painting, drywall. Call Porter, 216-326-9993, for free estimate.

HOME IMPROVEMENTHOME IMPROVEMENTHOME REPAIR & RENOVATIONS -Electrical outlets, light fixtures, ceiling fans,sinks, vanities, faucet's, toilets, disposals,water tanks. 30 yrs experience, low prices, freeestimates. Call 216-406-5606

JOE GIGANTE & SONS - driveways, water-proofing, basement remodeling, masonry,garages, room additions, total home renova-tion, light demolition, emergency sewer repair.Residential/Commercial. Free estimates, sen-ior discounts. Licensed, Bonded, Insured. Call216-351-0000.

OLD TYME RESTORATION. Homeremodel & rehab. Commercial storefront.Cabinet installation. Painting, masonry, roof-ing, plumbing & electrical. Free chimneyinspection. Chimney relining. No Job toosmall! 216-318-0006.

*EPA Lead Certified Contractor.*

LANDSCAPINGLANDSCAPINGHEDGEMAN TRIMMING SERVICES. Forall your trimming needs. We provide the follow-ing services. Free estimates, hedge trimming,weeding, mulching, light landscaping, low cost.For spring clean-up call Joe at 216-906-1963.

DESIGNED LANDSCAPING BY OSH.Most of your needs. Light tree work, shrubs,mulch & topsoil, edging, low voltage lighting,

AIR CONDITIONINGAIR CONDITIONING & HEA& HEATINGTINGCAMPBELL HEATING & AIR COND. CO.Repairs & installation. Furnaces & AC units.Hot water tanks, humidifiers, air cleaners &chimney liners. Licensed, Bonded, Insured.Senior discounts. 216-252-8292.

APPLIANCE REPAPPLIANCE REPAIRAIRMETRO APPLIANCE REPAIR. Low serv-ice charge, senior discounts all work guaran-teed. Washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators &dishwashers. Call 216-741-4334.

BABATHROOM REMODELINGTHROOM REMODELINGCUSTOM BATHROOM REMODELING -New tub/shower surrounds. New tile, toilets,sinks. New bathtubs, GFCI’S. New bathroomconstruction. Senior Discounts. BBB. Fullyinsured. Careful, considerate and neat. Call216-324-5646.

DEMOLITION/HAULINGDEMOLITION/HAULINGHAULING - ALL TYPES. Garage demolition.Call Richard’s, 216-661-7608.

DOMESTIC SERDOMESTIC SERVICESVICESAT YOUR SERVICE - House cleaning, light-painting. Spring yard clean-ups. Experienced,references. Starting at $16 hr. up to $20. CallBob at 216-401-4029.

ELECTRICIANELECTRICIANELECTRICIAN FOR HIRE – Trouble-shooter.Install outlets, fixtures, fans, switches & panels.Reasonable, licensed. Call Dale, 216-883-8934.

NORTH STAR ELECTRIC - First in Residential- upgrades - New circuits. Violations corrected.Panel - Sub panels. EL12170. Licensed, Bonded,Insured. Free estimates. Call Bill Stanton at 216-398-5306 or 216-392-4276.

EXTERIOR MAINTENANCEEXTERIOR MAINTENANCEJOE OLDJAJOE OLDJA

WIND & ICE DAMAGE REPAIRS - chim-ney, steps, roofs, gutters, siding. garage roofs,concrete repairs. All work guaranteed. Freeestimates. Call 440-243-2134. No Sundaycalls.

ROOMS FOR RENT (MEN & WOMEN)Share bathroom & kitchen. $340 mn. + securi-ty deposit. Call 216-299-5527 or 216-280-7484.

ONE, TWO & THREE BDRM. APT. FORRENT - from $300 - $600 mn. No pets. Call216-905-6328.

HELPHELP WWANTEDANTEDACCEPTING APPLICATIONS - RiversideCemetery 3607 Pearl Rd. Outside manual laborin all weather. Seasonal work. Valid OH driv-ers license required. Apply in person Mon.-Sat.8am - 3pm.

WWANTEDANTEDCHIPPEWA LAKE & PRODUCERS MILKITEMS WANTED. Dinnerware, milk bottles,uniforms, photographs, pins, buttons or anythingelse. Call Don Workman, 216-661-2608.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ANY CONDI-TION - Cash paid. Will pick-up. Call 216--956-9096 (cell) or 216-459-9270 (home).

WANTED OLD FISHING TACKLE of allkinds. Rods, reels & lures, etc. Call Clarence,216-749-1016 or 216-407-6329.

garden ponds, patios. Spring clean-up. Home216-398-9868. Business, 216-402-2861 Seniordiscounts.

PPAINTINGAINTINGCUSTOM PAINTING & REMODELINGBy John Zitiello - Interior painting $125 perrm. 10’ x 10’. 2 coats walls/ceiling. We arecareful, considerate & neat. Fully insured.BBB. Call 216-324-5646.

INSURANCEINSURANCENATIONWIDE INSURANCE is now offer-ing Auto, Home, Life, & Business insurancepolicies as low as $35 a month. Call a localagent at 216-351-5700 today!!!

PPAINTINGAINTINGMAKKOS PAINTING & DECORATING.Interior and Exterior painting - ceiling and dry-wall repairs - staining - ceiling texturing - faux

finishes - quality work guaranteed- free esti-mates, insured. Call Jeff Makkos, 216-661-8234.

PLUMBINGPLUMBINGA1 AFFORDABLE PLUMBING. All plumb-ing problems. Water heaters, gas lines, sewersand drains. 216-688-1288.

BEN FRANKLIN PLUMBING (FormerlyB. McDermott Plumbing Co.) 4th Generationof Master Plumbers. Bonded & insured. Allphases of plumbing -- new, repair, alterations.Call 216-741-5131.

SOUTH HILLS HARDWARE. Completeplumbing services. Hot water tanks installed.Drains cleaned. 216-749-2121

TREE REMOVTREE REMOVALALTREE SERVICE. Cut down trees, stumpremoval. Free estimates. Call Richard’s, 216-661-7608.


Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation

2011 Neighborhood Safet2011 Neighborhood Safet y Summity SummitIn Cooperation with Second District Police

Mark Your Calenders to participate For more information call Barb Spaan 216-459-1000

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011Estabrook Recreation Center

4125 Fulton Road

10:30 AM to 12:30 PM FREE

EVENT

GUN DROP OFFGUN DROP OFFNO restrictions NO questions

Just leave your unwanted firearm

Free door prize raffle!

April2nd

Something of Interest for Everyone

DemonstrationsInformation

SafetyHealth

SecuritySmoke House

Shred Truck on Site

216-351-0000216-351-0000Free Estimates Senior Discounts

Licensed Bonded Insured

Joe Gigante & Sons

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

MASONRYBASEMENT REMODELING

LIGHT DEMOLITION

WATERPROOFINGDRIVEWAYS

GARAGESROOM ADDITIONS

EmergencySewer Repair

TOTAL HOME RENOVATION

ALL CUSTOM GARAGESAll Sizes - Wood or Brick

BASEMENT WATERPROOFING &HUGE SPRING SALE!

In lieu of conducting another RiversideCemetery Tour for a fundraiser, this summerthe Brooklyn Centre Naturalists (BCN) planto publish a cookbook. Although theRiverside tour was a moneymaker for thegroup, chairperson Sharon Martyn stated, "Itis time to take a break. The event is scheduledfor a Sunday afternoon, but the time commit-ments required of our volunteers andCemetery personnel takes a toll. We plan tocontinue our partnership with RiversideCemetery, so stay tuned for future events."

Believing that the fantastic cooks inBrooklyn Centre and Old Brooklyn are will-ing to share their favorite recipes, the BCNcookbook committee hopes that many OldBrooklyn News readers will join their list ofcontributors and share three to five recipes for

the BCN cookbook. Because many recipes have been handed

down for generations or have traveled fromaround the world, contributors should feelfree to share origins, stories and tidbits aboutthe recipes they submit. (The committee real-izes that not all stories can be used, but theyhope to include enough to give the cookbookfamily and community appeal.)

Recipes may be submitted by category oras a complete menu.

Categories include: appetizers and bev-erages; soups, stews, and salads; main dishesand sides; breads and pastries; "sweet things"(cakes, cookies, candy, and desserts) and "thisand that" (jams, jellies, pickles and otherrecipes which do not fit into one of the afore-mentioned categories).

Menu-based recipe submissions includea favorite holiday brunch, Sunday dinner,

Brooklyn Centre Naturalists seeking contributors for cookbookby Gloria Ferris

Brooklyn Centre Naturalists

Many people want to revitalizeCleveland and there are many different ideason what to do. One of the most recent was theRe-Imagining Cleveland grants that wereawarded to re-purpose vacant lots into usefuland productive lots for neighborhoods.

The program is a joint venture betweenthe City of Cleveland, NeighborhoodProgress Initiatives and the Kent State UrbanDesign Collective. The projects ranged fromsingle lot expansion to market urban farming;all of them created sustainable land reuse andadded value to the neighborhood.

One of these projects, the BrooklynCentre Community Orchard, was recentlycompleted at W. 34th St. and Louisiana Ave.The Orchard was a collaborative effort ofmany local volunteers who were dedicated toimproving their neighborhood. The projectsleaders were Johanna Hamm, Darren T.

Hamm and Brian Avery.The vacant lot where the Orchard now

stands was for many years a vacant lot ownedby Norfolk Southern Railway. The lot hadfallen into severe disrepair with high weedsand garbage. It was also a site for criminalactivity.

After a lengthy process NorfolkSouthern Railway agreed to allow theOrchard to be planted on the lot. Many hard-working volunteers dedicated their time andexpertise to designing, cleaning-up andplanting. In addition to the trees the groupput in a path, solar powered lamp posts and afence with an arbor.

Their work paid off last October whenthe commemorative ribbon cutting at theOrchard was held. The fruit from the treeswill provide a great harvest and a source ofpride for the community on what was former-ly a blight in the neighborhood. Visit theOrchard to witness the “fruits” of a neighbor-hood dream.

Brooklyn Centre Community Orchard,a project of Re-Imagining Cleveland

by David [email protected]

backyard barbeque or family picnic. Be sureto mention the occasion for which the menu isserved if recipes are submitted in this way. Since BCN intends to promote the use of sea-sonal fruits and vegetables and the abundanceof farmer's markets in Cleveland, it would behelpful to indicate if the recipe uses spring,summer, fall or winter produce and where themarket at which the ingredients can be pur-chased is located.

Please include the following contactinformation with submissions (required):name, phone number and/or email address;(optional): address and/or neighborhood.

Send submissions [email protected] by Sunday, March20th (the last day of winter). Contact them atthe same email address, or by phone at 216-351-0254, with any questions.

Who: YOU! We designed this eventfor everyone… especially you!

What: A glimpse of the FUTURE,building on our HISTORIC past.

Where: Downtown Old Brooklyn - Pearl & Broadview .

When: Saturday - May 21st - Noon til Dusk.

Why: To Revitalize, Recharge,and Rethink what Downtown OldBrooklyn is and, more importantly,what it can be.

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