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  • Issue 7 Sin Tax called “absurdity of absurdities”

    To the Editor: (Plain Press, May 2014) This issue is the absurdity of absurdities.  Let me get this straight: the purpose of the Sin Tax is to gouge those who purchase alcohol and cigarettes not because anyone is trying to discourage consumption but rather so the County can use that money to pay for sports…


  • Pizza Party at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Friday, April 11, 2014; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, W. 70th and Detroit Avenue: Kindergarten student, Arihanna Aqqad, age 6, enjoys a piece of pizza. She nods her head affirmatively when asked if she read a lot of books this year and says, “That’s why we got to have this…


  • Pony Ride and Spring Celebration, Denison Avenue United Church of Christ,

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Palm Sunday, April 13, 2104; Pony Ride and Spring Celebration, Denison Avenue United Church of Christ, W. 99th and Denison: Zahara Ibrahim, age 6, rides the pony Ariel, while her brother, Joe Abrahim, age 10, walks along the side. Two staff members from Coventry Farm in Strongsville guide Ariel.


  • Enrollment jumps at Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy

    CMSD News Bureau 4/23/2014 (Plain Press, May 2014)Trouble breaks out half a world away, and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s (CMSD’s) Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy in the Stockyard neighborhood of Cleveland feels the impact. The school, which opened in 2010, is for students in kindergarten through 12th grade who come to Cleveland from other…


  • Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance’s Opening Day Protest March

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Friday, April 4th, 2014; W. 25th and Detroit Avenue, Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance’s Opening Day Protest March: Philip Yenyo, Executive Director of the American Indian Movement of Ohio, speaks to Members of the Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance and their supporters as they begin…


  • Race to the MAX, Max Hayes High School

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, April 6, 2014; Race to the MAX, Max Hayes High School, 4600 Detroit Avenue: Curt Bachus, age 48, finishes first in the 5k (3.1 mile race) with a time of 17 minutes and 21 seconds. Runners traversed a route from the current Max Hayes High School to the site the…


  • Three Luis Muñoz Marin students win NBA Math Hoops State Championship

    (Plain Press, May 2014)In early April, three seventh-grade students from Luis Muñoz Marin School won the first National Basketball Association (NBA) Math Hoops State Championship in the grades 6-8 bracket. Students Antonella Vera, Hector Castro, and DaShaun Brooks were honored at halftime of the Cleveland Cavaliers game on Saturday, April 5th after winning the competition…


  • Art Ledger named to Ohio Taxidermists Hall of Fame

    (Plain Press, May 2014)Art Ledger, owner of A & K Taxidermy on W. 48th Street in the Stockyard neighborhood is a 2014 inductee into the Ohio Taxidermists Hall of Fame. Ledger is the first African American to be inducted into the Ohio Taxidermists Hall of Fame. He is the co-founder of Ohio’s First Taxidermy Association…


  • Be Your Own Hero 5KRace and 1 mile run

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, April 12, 2014; Be Your Own Hero 5KRace and 1 mile run, West Side Community House, W. 93rd and Lorain Avenue: Winners of the Best Costume were Karen Pavlisko as Mario and Mike Grande as Luigi of the Nintendo Video game Mario Brothers.