Plain Press

  • July 2014 Issue of the Plain Press

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  • Hula-Hoop Contest

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, June 12, 2014, Edgewater LIVE, Cleveland Metroparks Edgewater Park: Lourdes Adkins, age 12, (above) came in first in a hula-hoop contest. Her brother Damien Adkins, age 8, placed second. Both Lourdes and Damien, were each awarded two tickets to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

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  • Party in Gordon Square

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, June 14, 2014; Party in Gordon Square, Artisan Collective Cleveland show, 6706 Detroit Avenue: An untitled work by sculpture Anthony Bocchicchio. A plumber by trade, Bocchicchio, used left over pieces of copper piping to create this sculpture.

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  • Open House at 78th Street Studios

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, June 13, 2014; Open House at 78th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78th Street: Artist Susie Frazier of Earthminded Style stands by a display holding some of the natural materials she uses in her art.

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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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  • Max Hayes Car Show

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 24th, 2014; Car Show, Max Hayes Career and Technical High School, 4600 Detroit Avenue: Jim Ables of Columbia Station gives this 1928 Pontiac 2-Door a rubdown. Ables says he has owned the vehicle since 2000.

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  • Springtime brings transitions for several area organizations and individuals

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, May 1, 2014, Megan Meister Moves On Party, Los Dos Fronteras, 3292 Fulton Road: (L-R) Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization Executive Director Jeff Ramsey, Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone, Megan Meister, Ward 14 Councilman Brian Cummins, and Ward 12 Councilman Anthony Brancatelli.  Friends of Megan Meister gathered to wish her…

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  • Bound for Gordon Square, Near West Theatre stages big musical farewell to its 36-year home

    (Plain Press, June 2014) It all started in 1978 with 13 teens, an $800 budget, a young director named Stephanie Morrison-Hrbek and a production of Godspell in the St. Patrick Catholic Church Club Building in Ohio City. Near West Theatre has grown and grown since then and is headed for a new home in the…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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