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  • COMMUNITY BOARD

    AUGUST 2014 A listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side. ARTS AND CULTURE 2 artists + 2 spaces / 4 weeks = TAG: Round 2 Like a game of tag, there is no real competition or winner, just a playful framework through which the artists’ unscripted dialogue changes…

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  • PLAIN PRESS CLASSIFIED:

    (Plain Press, August 2014) $10 for 12 words and 30¢ for each additional word. To advertise count the words and mail a check or money order with your ad to the Plain Press, 2012 W. 25th #500 Cleveland, OH 44113. For more information call Tom Sheehan at (216) 621-3060 or email plainpressads@yahoo.com. BLOG WHO HAS…

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  • Summer Camp prepares students for life at Max Hayes High School

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2014) Forty-one students celebrated the completion of the Take it to the Max! Summer Camp at Max Hayes High School, 4600 Detroit Avenue on June 26, 2014. The three-week camp for eighth grade graduates entering the ninth grade, focused on teaching students skills in communications, computer aided design, machining,…

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  • Recent moves by area organizations

    Recovery Resources (Plain Press, August 2014) Recovery Resources, an addiction, substance abuse and mental health program, has moved from W. 29th and Detroit Avenue to a building in the former Deaconess Hospital complex on Pearl Road near just north of State. La Providencia Hispanic Services Office (Plain Press, August 2014) La Providencia Hispanic Services Office,…

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  • July 2014 Issue of the Plain Press

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  • Activists gather at PJ McIntyre’s to drink cold brews and to discuss climate change

    (Plain Press, July 2014) Environmentalists and alternative energy advocates gathered at P.J. McIntyre’s Irish Pub at 17119 Lorain Avenue on Sunday June 1st to drink cold brews and discuss climate change. State Senator Michael Skindell said that Senate Bill 310, just passed by the Ohio legislature, wasn’t just about freezing timelines for alternative energy requirements.…

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  • Correction

    (Plain Press, July 2014)  The photo with the three police officers on page 7 of the June Issue of the Plain Press misidentifies Deputy Chief Wayne Drummond as Chief Calvin Williams.

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  • United Building Lobby mural

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Monday, June 16, 2014; United Building Lobby, 2012 W. 25th Street: A part of a mural showing a street scene with a horse and carriage and a streetcar passing the Cuyahoga County Court House. Artist Jessica Newell began sketching and painting the mural in the domes above the first floor lobby…

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  • Funds promised Cleveland school children cut, while Cleveland stadium allocation is increased

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, July 2014) On June 28, 1995, Cleveland City Council passed resolution number 1025-A-95 allowing that revenue from levying a  parking facility tax, and revenue from increases in the motor vehicle lessor tax and the admissions tax “can be used to fund recreational, cultural and extracurricular programs within the Cleveland School…

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  • Board of Zoning Appeals approves Loren Naji Gallery’s parking variance request

    by Rich Weiss (Plain Press, July 2014) At a 9:30 a.m. hearing on Monday, June 23, on the 5th floor of Cleveland City Hall, The Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA) approved a parking variance request for the Loren Naji Studio Gallery, located at 2138 W. 25th Street. The BOZA room was empty around 9 a.m.,…

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