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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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  • Mitchell’s Ice Cream

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Wednesday, April 23, 2014; Mitchell’s Ice Cream, 1871 W. 25th: Mitchell’s Ice Cream opened its new ice cream shop, headquarters and production facility on Monday April 21st, after completing an extensive renovation of a building that originally housed the Rialto Theater. The facility opened in time for the Ohio City celebration…

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  • The Dyngus Day Parade

    PHOTOS BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, April 21, 2014: Dyngus Day Cleveland celebration, W. 58th and Detroit Avenue: The Dyngus Day Parade returns to W. 58th and Detroit after a march through the neighborhood. Dyngus Day has been celebrated for thousands of years on Easter Monday in Poland and other Easter European cultures. It marks the…

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  • Miss Dyngus Day

    Miss Dyngus Day, Kim Hanko-Dale, poses with Rudy, the Dyngus Dog.

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  • Accordion player

    Accordion player marches in the parade adding music to the festivities

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  • Fire Truck

    An old fire truck participating in the parade, is filled with Dyngus Day celebrants.

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  • April 2014 Plain Press

    April 2014 Full Issue

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  • St. Patrick’s Day

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, March 17, 2014, St. Colman Church, 2027 W. 65th Street: Fife and drum players step out of the church doors after the St. Patrick’s Day Mass.

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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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