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Scam targets area churches and businesses
(Plain Press, June 2014)Sister Judith at St. Rocco’s parish wants to alert area businesses and churches about a scam that is targeting local churches and businesses. She said the scam involves someone calling a company or a church and telling them their baby is sick, or they need a home or apartment and a sister…
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Residents seek explanation of sudden resignation of Commander Keith Sulzer
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, May 2014)Over 150 area residents came to the Second District Police Community Relations Committee on April 8th hoping to learn the reasons behind the sudden resignation of Second District Commander Keith Sulzer on March 24th. Cleveland Chief of Police Calvin D. Williams gave a brief outline of the conversation he…
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SCFBC Program Director Megan Meister heads to Neighborhood Family Practice
(Plain Press, May 2014) Stockyard Clark Fulton Brooklyn Centre (SCFBC) Program Director Megan Meister will be leaving the organization on May 2nd to take a community based position at Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization Executive Director Jeff Ramsey made the announcement in an April 24th email to friends of the Stockyard Clark Fulton Brooklyn Centre…
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Volunteer tutor sings praises to Seeds of Literacy
To the editor: (Plain Press, April 2014)This letter is in response to the article in the March issue of the Plain Press “2013 Seeds of Literacy graduates make history: Largest Class Ever To Graduate From Program”. I spent a brief time with Seeds of Literacy as a volunteer tutor back in the Summer/Fall of 2009. …
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Express Laundry Center celebrates grand opening in Clark Fulton neighborhood
(Plain Press, March 2014) Residents of the Clark Fulton neighborhood, joined with staff of the Stockyards, Clark Fulton Brooklyn Center Community Development office, Ward 14 Councilman Brian Cummins, and other guests to celebrate the grand opening of Express Laundry Center at 4401 Clark Avenue on Tuesday, February 11th. Express Laundry Center owner Joe Olivo served…
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Redeemer Crisis Center receives “Matthew 25: Neighbors in Need” Grant
(Plain Press, February 2014) Redeemer Crisis Center, 2970 W. 30th St., Cleveland, OH, 44113, recently received a $5,000 “Lutheran Community Matthew 25: Neighbors in Need” grant from the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation. The funding was awarded to Redeemer based on its effectiveness in addressing physical, emotional and /or spiritual needs in the local community…
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Lincoln West students shine in the city of Brotherly Love
Lincoln West students shine in the city of Brotherly Love (Plain Press, January 2014) In November of 2013, two Lincoln-West High School students, Kamelia Premsook and Amber Douglas, made presentations at the Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC) in Philadelphia, PA. During the Poster Presentation segment of the three-day regional meeting, Amber Douglas, a Lincoln West…
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Italian Sausage at the St. Rocco Festival
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 1, 2012; St. Rocco Festival: St. Rocco Parishioner Joe Bucci serves up an Italian sausage.
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Plans to convert former convent to a residential alcohol and drug treatment facility cause stir in Ward 14
Plans to convert former convent to a residential alcohol and drug treatment facility cause stir in Ward 14 by Jerleen Justus (Plain Press, May 2012) A proposal to turn the former convent at the property of Community Care Network, 2202 Prame, into a residential alcohol and drug treatment facility has drawn both opposition and support.…
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Merrick House continues to serve youth in Clark Fulton area at new location
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2011) At the end of March 2011, when Merrick House closed their West location in the Lin Omni Center at 3167 Fulton Road, their board and staff promised to continue services to the Clark Fulton neighborhood. The primary program they promised to continue in the neighborhood was the Merrick…
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