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Ignatius Basketball Association league offers young athletes lessons in teamwork and sportsmanship
Ignatius Basketball Association league offers young athletes lessons in teamwork and sportsmanship At the Ignatius Basketball Association (IBA) Championship Night on March 15, 2014 at St. Ignatius of Antioch School at West Boulevard and Lorain Avenue eight teams faced off in championship games in the IBA’s four leagues that serve students from the 3rd to…
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Trials For Hope helps to improve quality of life for those in need
Using donations and volunteer labor, for the past four years Trials For Hope has been pursuing its mission “to encourage individuals struggling to get through the day to have a better quality of life… by assisting them with a few basic needs that are often taken for granted.” Trials For Hope founder Jonathan Gray has…
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MetroHealth opens Teen Health Clinic at Lincoln West High School
On Thursday, March 20th in its third week of operation, the MetroHealth Teen Health Clinic served a steady stream of students coming in for health care services. Clinic staff said most of the students it has seen in the first few weeks of operation have come to receive physicals required to participate in school sports.…
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FOOD & WATER WATCH
PHOTO COURTESY OF FOOD & WATER WATCH March 10th Food & Water Watch activists stand with Ward 3 Councilman Joe Cimperman, Council President Kevin Kelly, Director Karen Butler of the Cleveland Department of Public Health, and Mayor Jackson at Cleveland City Hall after Councilman Cimperman introduced a resolution calling for federal action on the issue…
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Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization celebrates 40th annual meeting
On February 27th, Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization (DSCDO) celebrated its 40th Annual Meeting. As is custom, the awards ceremony, was the major focus of the meeting. Councilman Matt Zone presented the Sustainability Award to Michael Webster for his involvement in creating a neighborhood garden at W. 63rd and Bridge Avenue. Detroit Shoreway Community Development…
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Students in Salvation Army’s after school program study science with OSU Extension Service
Some of the older students from the Salvation Army’s Ohio City Branch’s afterschool program on Clark Avenue are participating in a three-part science program this year. In the first part of the school year before the Christmas holiday the students received instruction in science from Case Western Reserve University staff. In the second half of…
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Clevelanders asked to take a stand against child abuse
To the editor: As of the writing of this letter, the heating situation at Lincoln West is still not resolved. The district claims it is waiting for parts. It has been one month since the board approved the funds to make the repairs. Because of this children are still being subjected to temperatures from 50…
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Lack of parking at the West Side Market
Open letter to Steve Bitto, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications at GCRTA: Suggestion to alleviate parking problem at the West Side Market To the editor: One of the biggest issues there is lack of parking – all the merchants will tell you. And what about a shuttle between market and red line? And sell…
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Tend-R-Lean Steak Company closes its doors
Thirty-seven years after he started working at Tend-R-Lean Steak Company, owner Marty Kreinberg has decided to close down the company and sell the building at 7106 Lorain Avenue. Kreinberg said he had been negotiating with a potential buyer for the business, but the sale did not materialize. Kreinberg will continue to work in the neighborhood…
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COMMUNITY BOARD – APRIL 2014
ART TWO NEW SOLO EXHIBITIONS that use photography to explore the complexities of narrative and perception are showing at the Transformer Station: Peckerwood: Photographs by Christian Patterson and SUPERBLACK: New Work by Jordan Tate. Tate Artist Dialogue: May 1 at 7 pm. For more information, visit www.christianpatterson.com., www.jordantate.com, www.TransformerStation.org or call the Station at 216/938-5429. Always…