PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN

Monday, May 29, 2023; Memorial Day Hike on Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park – near Hunt Farm Trailhead: Samuel Lord, Matthew Nicholson and Max Faass are marching 22 miles carrying forty-pound packs to bring attention to the need to address the high suicide rate among United States veterans. The trio of friends, who are members of an Ohio Army National Guard unit headquartered in Stow, Ohio, said the twenty-two miles commemorate the twenty-two United States veterans who commit suicide each day.

PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON

Saturday, June 17, 2023; Roberto Clemente League Saturday games; Roberto Clemente Park, 3690 Seymour Avenue: Members of the Los Lobos team and their coaches Genesis Alvarado and Jose Alvarado are ready to compete in league play in the 7-9-year-old baseball team bracket. Their opponent will be La Familia Cultura.

PHOTO BY ERIK AULT

Thursday, June 8, 2023, Word on the Street Block Party, Carnegie West Branch of the Cleveland Public Library, 1900 Fulton Road: Officer Big George, Cleveland Mounted Police Department’s newest horse, with his handler Officer Derek Davis, inspecting the activities and keeping the children and families safe at Word on the Street the Block party at the Carnegie West Branch of the Cleveland Public Library.

PHOTO BY ERIK AULT

Thursday, June 8, 2023; Rock the Block Party, Carnegie West Branch, 1900 Fulton; Kisha Nicole Foster performing original poetry for block party attendees. The party was thrown to celebrate literacy and cultural diversity with live music, free food, and activities for families.

PHOTO BY ERIK AULT

Wednesday, June 21, 2023; Summer solstice, Wendy Park, 2800 Whisky Island Dr; The solstice sun setting on Lake Erie as onlookers of a passing sailboat gaze on. The summer solstice is the day with the most sunlight. From this point forward, there will be incrementally less sunlight until the winter solstice in December.