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  • Madison’s Pathway Garden of All Seasons brightens corner of W. 105th and Madison

    (Plain Press, September 2014) Neighborhood residents have transformed the corner of West 105 and Madison into the Madison’s Pathway Garden of All Seasons. The effort to change a vacant lot into a flower garden began in 2010 when W. 105th Street resident Clarissa Thompson approached Cudell Improvement Executive Director Anita Brindza to seek permission to…

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  • Standardized tests drive Cleveland Transformation Plan

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2014) Under current local, state and national educational policy, Clevelanders are being asked to measure their public and charter schools and judge their teaching staffs based on the scores on standardized tests. While the standardized tests may help to compare schools, they do little to help individual students to…

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  • July 2014 Issue of the Plain Press

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  • School Board passes draft of facilities plan extension

    (Plain Press, July 2014) After a series of Facilities Plan Open Houses where residents and stakeholders were asked to rank various scenarios in their school’s cluster, the Cleveland School Board met for three hours, on Monday June 23rd, to discuss various options and vote to approve a draft of a facilities plan extension at its…

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  • Hillary Clinton meets Westside Community House Teenagers

    PHOTO BY PAUL JEFFREY FOR UNITED METHODIST WOMEN April 26, 2014; United Methodist Women’s Assembly, Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville, Kentucky: Hillary Rodham Clinton greets 13—year old Christina Robinson and other members of the Summer of Sisterhood, a musical group from the Westside Community House in Cleveland, Ohio. Clinton, a lifelong member of United Methodist…

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  • Senior Luau

    PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY HOUSE Friday, May 9, 2014, West Side Community House, 9300 Lorain Avenue: Sherwin Williams’ volunteers and Senior Center members who participated in the Best Costume Awards at the Luau de Mayo. Sherwin Williams’ volunteers served as the judges in the contest. Volunteers also helped with the games, interacted…

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Helping Hands

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, December 17, 2013; Winterfest, Cudell Recreation Center, West Boulevard and Detroit Avenue: (L-R) Linda Collins, Paet Burcham, and Joanne Newbury, members of Helping Hands, prepare to join Santa and Mrs. Claus in distributing 238 sets of hand made hats and scarfs to children from Marion C. Seltzer and Madison Community…

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  • Cleveland Lumber begins using solar power to help power its buildings

    Cleveland Lumber begins using solar power to help power its buildings by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2013) Cleveland Lumber is now using solar panels to help power their buildings. Owner Vince Valentino says he hopes to save from 10% to 20% on the cost of electricity for his company. In early October, a Near…

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