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  • Education advocate urges a change in national and state educational policy

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, February 2013)  At the January meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, Jan Resseger, Minister for Public Education and Witness for the United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries, spoke of the folly of a national educational policy geared toward test based accountability without demanding investments to provide quality education…

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  • New park construction at Zone and Cudell recreation centers

    (Plain Press, August 2011) In late June, city officials and community members gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking at Zone Recreation Center, 6301 Lorain Avenue, and the ribbon cutting at Cudell Recreation Center, 1910 West Blvd., both for the construction of new park features. The new and improved features planned for Zone include: two renovated ball…

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  • A bright streetlight is a thing of beauty for Henry Senyak

    by Joe Narkin (Plain Press, April 2011) If a streetlight malfunctioned on the Near West Side of Cleveland over the past couple of years, chances are that Tremont community activist Henry Senyak discovered it through a regular inspection process and reported it to Cleveland Public Power (CPP). After making a report, Senyak also monitored each…

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