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Student dress code will remain in place
Student dress code will remain in place (Plain Press, September 2012) The strict student uniform and dress code the Cleveland Metropolitan School District put in place in August 2007 remains policy for the 2012-13 academic year. The dress code was designed to eliminate what some perceived as a barrier to student learning. Taking a conservative…
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New bus plan to shorten children’s walks to school this fall
New bus plan to shorten children’s walks to school this fall (Plain Press, September 2012) Parents who have worried about the distance their children have to walk to catch transportation to school will be happy with the bus routing system the Cleveland Metropolitan School District has in place for the 2012-13 school year. Under the…
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NAMI Volunteers
PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Thursday, April 19, 2012; NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) office at the United Building, 2012 West 25th Street: Sally Follett is the Volunteer Coordinator at NAMI Greater Cleveland. May is Mental Health Month.
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Scott Adamson Memorial Peer Award
PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Friday, April 20, 2012; NAMI Greater Cleveland Annual meeting, Hilton Garden Inn, 1100 Carnegie Avenue: Board of Directors Treasurer, Dianna Bell (right) and volunteer Sakeenah Francis (left)–the recipient of The Scott Adamson Memorial Peer Award
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NAMI Executive Director
PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Thursday, April 19, 2012; NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) office at the United Building, 2012 West 25th Street: Michael Baskin is the Executive Director at NAMI Greater Cleveland. NAMI is dedicated to helping improve the lives of people affected by mental illness.
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NAMI Greater Cleveland helps to combat the stigma surrounding mental illness
by Lynne Meyer (Plain Press, May 2012) Catherine Zeta-Jones. Abraham Lincoln. Ludwig van Beethoven. Winston Churchill. Ernest Hemingway. Isaac Newton. Michelangelo. Terry Bradshaw. Mike Wallace. Buzz Aldrin. David Letterman. Actress, president, composer, political leader, writer, scientist, artist, sports star, news reporter, astronaut and talk show host. These individuals are from all walks of life.…
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NAMI Staff
PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Friday, April 20, 2012; NAMI Greater Cleveland Annual meeting, Hilton Garden Inn, 1100 Carnegie Avenue: NAMI Greater Cleveland staff. Top Row (L-R): Bridget Murphy, Special Events Coordinator; Becky Fela, Peer Support Specialist; Michael Baskin, Executive Director; Evelyn Rivera-Mosquera, Bilingual Outreach Coordinator; Ellen Riehm, Community Education Coordinator. Middle Row (L-R): Terri Miller,…
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Interest in Ohio City Inc.’s board of trustees election draws crowd to annual meeting at Breen Center
Interest in Ohio City Inc.’s board of trustees election draws crowd to annual meeting at Breen Center by Renee Borghesi (Plain Press, May 2012) The Breen Center at St. Ignatius High School was brimming with Ohio City residents for the Annual Meeting of Ohio City, Inc. on Wednesday night. Earlier in the day of April…
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Agencies work to bridge the gap in services for mental health clients in the wake of Bridgeway’s closing
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, April 19, 2012, James L. Stricklin Crisis Center, 8315 Detroit Avenue: The James L. Stricklin Crisis Center, closed briefly in early April after Bridgeway, which ran the mental health crisis center, announced it was closing. The Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board, which is responsible for planning,…
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City of Cleveland welcomes proposals for new methods of managing municipal waste
City of Cleveland welcomes proposals for new methods of managing municipal waste by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, May 2012) Cleveland City Council voted 15-2 at its April 9th meeting to pass an ordinance extending the deadline for Request for Information and Qualifications for various methods to manage municipal solid waste disposal to July 31, 2012.…