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Celebrating 5 years in Bedford!

Bedford High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame

Kenn Thellmann began his law enforcement career with the Village of Walton Hills in 1979 as a part-time police dispatcher and spent the next 35 years rising through the ranks to his current position as Walton Hills Chief of Police. He rose from dispatcher to part-time police officer to full-time police officer by 1985. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1990, to Lieutenant (Executive Officer) in 1999, and to Police Chief in 2011.

Kenn was a member of the Southeast Area Law Enforcement Task Force (SEALE) SWAT Team for 17 years, three years serving as Commander. He was a D.A.R.E. Officer for 12 years and served as a Juvenile Officer, Communications Officer and a member of the Police Negotiations Committee.

He researched and implemented a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System and Computer network system for the WHPD and village hall and the installation of mobile data terminals (MDT) in police cars. He organized and coordinated OVI Task Force Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols for impaired motorists and was recognized in 2011 as “Top OVI Cop” by the Cuyahoga County DUI Task Force. He instituted a Senior Citizens’ Police Academy to help village seniors gain a better understanding of police operations and units.

Kenn earned a BSAS (Bachelor of Science in Applied Science) from Youngstown State University, majoring in Law Enforcement Administration. He is also a graduate of the FBI

National Academy (175th Session) in Quantico, Va. Other advanced training includes completion of an Ohio Peace Officer Training Course (Cuyahoga Community College); Certified Examiner through the National Institute for Truth Verification’s CVSA (Computer Voice Stress Analyzer) training; and Certified ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) Safety Instructor through the ATV Safety Institute, a division of the Specialty Vehicle Institute of America. He has received numerous commendations and awards for his service with the police department.

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Northeast Ohio Clergy Sign Letter of Support of Increasing Minimum Wage for Ohio Families

In a recent letter, 50 faith leaders called on Congressman David Joyce today to take the “Live the Wage” challenge, which encourages members of Congress to live on the current minimum wage ($7.25 per hour; well below the poverty line), in order to bring attention to the daily struggles of families in their district. According to Oxfam America, 51,000 workers in Congressman Joyce’s district would directly benefit from an increase to the minimum wage.

Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour and indexing it to inflation would not only decrease poverty and strengthen Ohio’s economy without costing jobs, but would also save taxpayer money by reducing the need for safety net programs like food stamps.

Dear Representative Joyce,As faith leaders, we believe that work is

worship. Through work, people serve their neighbors, provide for their families, and

fulfill their God-given potential. Although Scripture states that all

workers are entitled the fruit of their labor, 51,000 of your constituents are paid an unconscionably low minimum wage that is insufficient to make ends meet and live with dignity. This is a moral failure that demands redress.

At the end of a hard day’s work, no one should have to go home to a stack of unaffordable bills or face the crushing burden of not being able to feed their children. Elected officials, especially those who claim to defend family values, have a solemn responsibility to ensure that all workers are paid enough to support their loved ones. Wages should enable working families to thrive, not just barely survive.

Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour and indexing it to inflation will not only directly benefit your constituents and decrease poverty, it will strengthen our

economy without costing jobs and save taxpayer money by reducing the need for safety net programs like food stamps.

Even though most Ohioans support raising the minimum wage, and faith leaders have consistently supported doing so, our cries have fallen on too many deaf ears in Washington. Perhaps if you walked in your working-poor constituents’ shoes for a while, you would be more inclined to vote in favor of paying them a family wage. Toward that end, we respectfully invite you to join us in living on a minimum-wage budget for one week, just as 51,000 of your constituents do all year. We pray that experiencing their struggles and privations even for a short time will open your heart and move you to do the right thing by supporting an increase of the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour and indexing it to inflation.

Sister Martha Walsh, St. Monica/St. George, Mount St. JosephSister Sandra LoPorto, Sisters of St. Joseph, Garfield HeightsReverend/Pastor Howard Humphress, East Ohio Conference, CantonReverend/Pastor Jerome Hurst, Southeast Seventh-day Adventist, ClevelandReverend/Pastor Lorenzo Norris, Concord Baptist Church, Cleveland HtsReverend/Pastor Melissa Carvill Ziemer, Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent Reverend/Pastor Eugene Anthony, Present Truth Seventh-day Adventist, StowReverend/Pastor Valentino Lassiter, United Church of Christ, Shaker Heights

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Cleveland Curator Discovers 19 New Speedy Praying Mantis SpeciesA scientist has discovered 19 new species

of praying mantis from Central and South America. The new species of bark mantises were discovered in tropical forests and also found among existing museum collections. Dr. Gavin Svenson, curator of invertebrate zoology at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, described the new species and published a revision of the genus Liturgusa in the open access journal ZooKeys.

Svenson collected the insects from eight countries in Central and South America, as

well as gathered hundreds of specimens from 25 international museums in North America, South America and Europe. Many of the newly described species are known only from a few specimens collected before 1950 from locations that are now heavily impacted by agriculture or development.

“This group, the Neotropical bark mantises, are incredibly fast runners that live on the trunks and branches of trees,” said Svenson of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. “This violates the common

perception of praying mantises being slow and methodical hunters.”

Like most praying mantises, they are highly camouflage. However, this group is flattened in appearance and is very difficult to locate because of their adept mimicry of bark, moss and lichen. They often evade discovery by running to the opposite side of the tree before being noticed, an escape tactic also seen in many tree dwelling lizards.

“This is an amazing behavior for an insect

because it shows that they are not only relying on camouflage like most insects but are constantly monitoring their environment and taking action to run and hide,” said Svenson. “In addition, some species leap off the tree trunk to avoid capture and play dead after fluttering down to the forest floor since none of the species are strong fliers.”

Lutheran Church of the Covenant Farmer’s Market

The Lutheran Church of the Covenant, 19000 Libby Road, Maple Heights, OH 44137, will be hosting its fourth annual Covenant Farmer’s Market Saturdays from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm and will continue every Saturday thereafter through September 25, 2014. The market will operate in the parking lot behind the church. Products that will be available at the market include fresh fruits and vegetables, plants and flowers, jam, jellies, bakery, prepared foods and ready to eat items as well as craft items, books.

Lutheran Church of the Covenant’s goals for the farmer’s market include: making fresh agricultural produce and other foodstuffs available to the residents of Maple Heights and the surrounding areas at affordable prices;

providing a means for local farmers and vendors to sell their produce directly to the consumer;

creating an entertaining, friendly and welcoming atmosphere that builds bridges between the church and the community;

promoting care for the earth, concern for the environment, and love of neighbor;

reaching out to those who are in need of Christ in their lives and are trying to make sense of their lives in the world.

For further information call the church at 216-662-0370.

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Music Therapy enhances seniors’ quality of life in University Hospitals Bedford Medical Center’s “Age Well, Be Well” club

University Hospitals (UH) Bedford Medical Center, a campus of UH Regional Hospitals, has expanded its music therapy program. In addition to offering music therapy to inpatients, the hospital has opened the specialized program to members of its Center for Healthy Aging “Age Well, Be Well” club in an effort to encourage seniors’ self-expression and social engagement.

Music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music by a board-certified music therapist to address non-musical goals within individual or group settings. “Music therapy is a remarkable tool to serve our mission of optimal health for body, mind and spirit,” says Francoise Adan, MD, Medical Director, UH Connor Integrative Medicine Network, which oversees the program. “Our therapists are recognized experts in their field and are part of one of the largest music therapy programs in the nation.”

UH Connor Music Therapist Seneca Paul Block, MT-BC, provides this specialized form of wellness therapy to inpatients at both UH Bedford and Richmond medical centers. This spring, Robert G. David, President of the hospitals, proposed that Block launch a bimonthly music therapy program for “Age Well, Be Well” members on the UH Bedford campus.

“In May, we began songwriting sessions with well elders, most of whom have never written music or lyrics,” says Block, who has developed what he calls a “seed sheet” which helps participants with the songwriting process. “We start with a main idea, the group works together to evolve the idea into lyrics,

then they choose a style and tempo and I set it to music.” During the session Block and the seniors perform and record the new composition, and each participant leaves with a copy of the finished song burned to compact disc.

“The seniors come out of their session so proud of what they’ve accomplished during those two hours,” says Lori Robinson, Coordinator, “Age Well, Be Well” program, UH Bedford Medical Center. “They are empowered by their musical experience and more enthusiastic about joining together for other activities.”

The free “Age Well, Be Well” music therapy sessions are open to any member of the club on a first-come signup basis. The sessions typically take place from 1 – 3 p.m. on the second and last Friday each month in room B70 of the Medical Office Building on the UH Bedford campus. Groups are limited to ten participants per session.

“Music therapy adds another unique dimension to the way we deliver care each day,” says Robert G. David, President, UH Bedford and Richmond medical centers. “Our patients and ‘Age Well, Be Well’ members respond to Seneca’s work; he makes a positive impact on them every day.”

To join the “Age Well, Be Well” club and participate in a wide range of activities including music therapy sessions, area residents age 50 and older can call the Center for Healthy Aging at UH Bedford Medical Center at 440-735-4200.

Bedford Historical Society Flea Market

The Bedford Historical Society will hold it’s annual summer flea market on Saturday, August 9, on the Bedford Commons. The traditional event opens at 9:00am and lasts until 4:00pm. Admission and parking are free.

There are sure to be bargains galore for everyone with a wide variety of items for sale including collectibles, antiques, books, records, toys, clothing, tools, and plenty of household misc. The Historical Society will have a table full of items for sale, including their gift shop items and the newly published Images of America book, Bedford and Bedford Township.

The Historical Society is inviting anyone wishing to sell items to purchase a spot at the event in advance for $15.00 per 10ft. space, or $20.00 paid the day of the flea market. Bring your own tables and chairs. It will be held rain or shine. Interested sellers should contact Chris Sweet at (440) 439-7470.

Household Hazardous Waste Round-UpAugust 1st through August 31st -

Items may be dropped off at the Service Garage, 100 Solon Road, between 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (no after hours drop off ).

The following can be dropped off: oil or solvent based paint, sealers, primers, or coatings - Varnishes, polyurethanes, shellacs - Paint thinner, mineral spirits, turpentine - Pesticides, herbicides,

fungicides - Caustic household cleaners - Automotive fluids, motor oil, car batteries - Adhesives, roof tar, driveway sealer - Kerosene, gasoline, lighter fluid - Mercury, florescent bulbs.

No latex paint accepted.Bedford residents only. Any

questions, contact the Service Department at 440-735-6583.

Computer Round-UpAugust 1st through August 31st -

Items may be dropped off at the Service Garage, 100 Solon Road, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. (no after hours drop off ).

Items accepted: CPU’s, monitors, keyboards, mice, printers, terminals,

modems, software, ink cartridges, cell phones and accessories.

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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s Animal Care staff has had a busy summer! The expert keepers, animal curators and veterinary staff have been caring for a number of different babies including a giraffe calf, baby black howler monkey, two meerkat kits and the first ever crowned lemur baby born at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

The crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) is an endangered species native to Madagascar. The baby lemur, which is yet to be named, was born on June 2 to mom Kesi and dad Azizi. The Zoo has exhibited crowned lemurs since 2010 but this was the first time two of them successfully reproduced. The Zoo exhibits several species of lemurs, including ring-tailed, red-ruffed and mongoose, all of which can be found in the Primate, Cat & Aquatics Building.

“The Zoo is especially excited

about the birth of our crowned lemur,” said Executive Zoo Director Chris Kuhar. “There are only 25 of these endangered species in six American zoos, so a new baby is certainly something to celebrate and not something you can see just anywhere.”

The female Masai giraffe calf, recently named Adia, (Ah-dia) the Swahili word for “gift,” was the 47th giraffe calf born at the Zoo since 1955. She was born on June 22 to first-time mom Jhasmin, and father Travis. Giraffes are native to the savannas of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Masai giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) are found in Kenya and Tanzania, near the Masai Mara National Reserve. Adia can be found in the Zoo’s African Savanna area with the rest of the herd, including females

Zoo welcomes baby meerkats, howler monkey and its first-ever birth of an endangered crowned lemur

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ZOO FROM PAGE 4Jada and Grace.

Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) are also native to southern Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. They live in family groups called “mobs,” and the Zoo’s mob was joined by two newborn meerkat kits on June 24. Kits are often hidden in the mob’s tunnels in order to protect them from predators, but they can be seen occasionally as they explore their new home in the Zoo’s African Elephant Crossing exhibit.

The Zoo’s latest baby was born July 12 in the Primate, Cat & Aquatics

Building to black howler monkey mom Springer and dad Dante. The baby, whose name and gender have yet to be determined, is on exhibit and doing well. Black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) are native to central South America, south of the Amazon River basin. Howler monkeys have enlarged lower jaws which accommodate egg-shaped resonating chambers that allow them to make the very loud, reverberating sounds which give them their name.

Maintaining a healthy and genetically diverse population of zoo

animals is the goal of the various Species Survival Plans administered by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, the accrediting organization the Zoo belongs to. The Zoo participates in the SSP for Masai giraffes, black howler monkeys, crowned lemurs and meerkats, helping to ensure sustainable zoo populations for these and other animals.

Northeast Ohio’s most-visited year-round attraction, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily with hours extended to 7 p.m. on weekends and holidays

from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Admission is $12.25 per person, $8.25 for kids ages 2 to 11 and free for children younger than 2 and Zoo members. Parking is free. Located at 3900 Wildlife Way, the Zoo is easily accessible from Interstates 71, 90 and 480.

Start your Engines and Rev up for Touch-a-Truck in MetroParksWith nearly 23,000 acres, Cleveland

Metroparks needs a lot of different equipment to keep the parks, trails, greens and beaches well maintained.

Learn more about the vehicles and equipment that keep the Park District running smoothly at Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, August 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Strongsville Park Operations building in Mill Stream Run Reservation.

With over 30 pieces of equipment on-site, kids can enjoy climbing on and in the trucks, and learning why each piece of equipment is used. Departments with equipment on display will include: Park Operations, Specialty Crews, Golf,

Natural Resources, Rangers, and Outdoor Experiences.

Kids can enjoy playing in a huge sandbox with tons of sand brought in by the Golf division. Children can build sandcastles or design their own pieces of equipment in the sand.

Bring your recyclable empty aluminum cans for a steamroller d e m o n s t r a t i o n !

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Ellen Augustine, M.A.

What’s up, America?

Is Economic Growth Widening Economic Inequality?

If it was just a matter that the Koch brothers and the Waltons were obscenely wealthy, that may not affect your life much. But there is growing evidence that not only is the wealth of the 1% coming directly from your declining finances, but the viability of the planet for future generations is being diminished by their methods of amassing profit.

A recent discussion between Dr. Jason Hickel of the London School of Economics (LSE) and Alnoor Ladha of TheRules.org focuses on the increasing negative consequences of economic growth. http://truth-out.org/news/item/24697-are-economic-growth-and-social-justice-incompatible#.U7YGvmT-hB8.email Excerpts follow.

Alnoor Ladha (AL): “Economic growth is one of the most powerful and pervasive ideas of our time. We’re told that it’s essential to improving our well-being and to reducing poverty. It’s always cast as a win-win situation: it has the status of an absolute truth. It’s never questioned. But it doesn’t take much thought to realize that we have a model of economic growth that is in fact profoundly destructive.”

“Consider the fact that for every dollar of new wealth that has been created in the United States since the financial crisis, 93 cents has gone to the top 1%. So in this sense economic growth itself is driving inequality. And consider the fact that because our present economy is fueled almost entirely by carbon, all growth contributes to climate change.”

Jason Hickel (JH): “We’re constantly bombarded with the claim that we have to keep the global economy growing at 3% per year. Anything less than that and economists tell us we’re in crisis. But think about what this means: it means that next year we have to turn more than $2 trillion worth of natural resources and human labor into commodities and sell them. In order to achieve this rate of growth year on year, we’re going to cause catastrophic climate change and massive resource depletion. Clearly there’s something wrong with this model.”

“People commonly think of totally free markets, where the state retreats from the scene and abandons interventionist policies. But in reality, it’s just a different kind of interventionism. Think about it. In order to create a global free market order you have to invent a totalizing global bureaucracy: the IMF, the World Bank, the WTO and so on, all backed up by the military power of the United States and other dominant countries. In other words, you need an enormous expression of state power in order to force countries around the world to open their markets against their will.”

“What exactly are the ‘free market’ policies that this system imposes? Low inflation, which usually means increasing

unemployment. Cutting public spending and channeling the savings to creditors on Wall Street. Privatizing public services and assets. Curbing labor regulations to reduce wages. Eliminating trade barriers to allow multinational corporations to expand into new markets, undercutting local producers.”

AL: “The result of this process is that we have a global economic system that favors the biggest corporations; it grants them access to ever-cheaper resources and labor around the world. The system bends in favor of maximizing corporate profits at the expense of everything else. That’s why of the 175 largest economic entities in the world, 110 are corporations, not countries. The revenues of mega-corporations such as Shell and Walmart are greater than the GDP of many countries.”

“We’re told that we should be grateful to corporations for creating jobs for the masses. But this is a myth. As the Walmarts of the world expand across the globe, they destroy far more jobs than they create.”

“And what’s interesting is that the fortunes of corporations are totally delinked from the fortunes of the rest of the world. The 2008 financial crisis devastated hundreds of millions of people, but the following year Wall Street revenue hit $60 billion, a historic high, thanks in large part to the massive injection of public money they received. Average wages have dropped since the crisis, but the median pay of CEOs in the US now exceeds $10 million. A CEO now makes about 257 times more than the average worker’s salary, up from 181 times in 2009.”

JH: “We can see this level of corporate power being advanced even further by the new free trade agreements that are in the pipeline. Take the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), for example, which is set to become a global version

of NAFTA. It includes what are called ‘investor-state dispute mechanisms’ that allow corporations to sue sovereign governments for passing laws that reduce corporate profits. Corporate lawyers will judge these cases in secret tribunals that operate above the laws of any nation.”

“So let’s say politicians in Malaysia pass a law that increases the national minimum wage. This means that sweatshop owners will lose some marginal part of their profits, which gives them the right to sue the government of Malaysia for lost future earnings. What’s amazing about this is that it essentially gives corporations the power to regulate democratic states, rather than states regulating corporations.”

AL: “The logic we’re normally fed is that corporate profits are good for society because they get taxed back into public coffers. But this is increasingly untrue. Last year multinational corporations siphoned about $1 trillion out of developing countries in the form of illegal tax evasion. That’s an enormous figure - it’s almost 10 times the size of the global aid budget. And that doesn’t account for legal forms of tax avoidance, which are estimated to be roughly the same amount.”

“Right now there’s $32 trillion sitting in tax havens around the world. That’s one-sixth of the world’s private wealth, or the equivalent of half of global GDP.”

“If we’re going to talk about abuses of corporate power, we really have to consider the rise of the lobbying industry. There’s a study that came out of Harvard recently that points out that every dollar invested in lobbying the US Congress yields a $220 return - that’s a 220% return. The very idea of democracy is under threat. A recent study by scholars at Princeton and Northwestern shows that the interests of economic elites in the US almost always prevail in government policy decisions, even when

the vast majority of citizens disagree. And the same can be said for many other countries.”

So where does this information leave us?

Firstly, the staggering amount of money in tax havens by individuals and multinational corporations is money that is desperately needed for education, health care, green job creation, repairing infrastructure, remediating the environment, and affordable housing among many other things. I pay my fair share of taxes—the ultra wealthy should pay theirs, too. If you feel the same way, let Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman, and Representative Marcy Kaptur know that you want them to co-sponsor the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act. You can reach them all toll-free through the Capital switchboard: 866-220-0044.

Secondly, consider what large and small actions you can take to extricate your life from the grip of the multinationals and the 1%. Buy only what you need, preferably sustainably-made durable items. Purchase organic food. Remove your money from the Big Banks and put it in a credit union. Support local small businesses. Start a cooperative company with other like-minded people. Do volunteer work. Make your opinion known in civic matters. Walk, bicycle, or use public transportation when possible. Spend more time with family and friends instead of in front of screens. Once you start thinking in this way the options are endless!

Ellen Augustine, M.A., is a speaker and author on national currents and the emerging sustainable economy. She may be reached at [email protected], 510-428-1832, www.storiesofhope.us. Questions, feedback, and topic ideas for future columns are welcome.


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The Southeast branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library is located in Bedford at 70 Columbus Road, 440.439.4997

(Programs where registration is required/requested are marked with an *)

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*Fab ‘50s Cleveland Style: Glorious Sports, Gory Murder, Glamour

Girls & Gas Guzzlers: Saturday, July 26th / 2:00 p.m. Re-live 1954, the year the Indians, Browns, and Barons were all in championships, Marilyn Sheppard was murdered and Marilyn Monroe was married.

African-American Authors Book Group:Tuesday, July 29th / 7:00 p.m. Join us

to explore all genres of African-American writing. All adults are welcome. We will read African American classics, historical fiction, science fiction, mysteries, autobiographies, nonfiction, fiction and urban fiction. Copies of the book are available one month before the discussion date. July title: Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped by Cissy Houston

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Afternoon Book Discussion: Wednesday, August 6th / 1:30 p.m. The

Southeast Branch holds a monthly book discussion on the first Wednesday of the month at the library. Copies of the book will be available at the Southeast Branch one month before the meeting: August title: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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*Pen 2 Page Writing Crew: Saturdays, July 26th, August 9th, 23rd /

3:00 to 4:00 p.m. (Grades 6 – 12) Ink it up in this creative writing club for teens. We will provide writing prompts and exercises to help you improve your skills and provide

a welcome place to share your work and practice your craft.

G2P: Animé Club: Wednesdays, July 30th & August 13th/

7:00 p.m. (Ages 11 – 18) Join us to play video games, board games and Yu-Gi-Oh trading card duels, as well as participate in craft projects.

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Family Storytime: Wednesdays, thru July 30th / 6:30 p.m. (Caregivers and their children ages Birth – 8 years) Join us for rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and stories.

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August 7th / 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. (Kindergarten thru 3rd grade) Explore the five pillars of good fitness in this high-energy dance class that demonstrates the joy that comes from being healthy and fit! Parents are required to sign release forms prior to their child entering camp.

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Access to Education: Thursday, July 24th / 2:00 to 4:00

p.m. The Educational Opportunity Center Student Advisers will be available to provide academic advising, help with completing financial aid, and career exploration. Stop by anytime between 2 and 4 to take advantage of the services available.

Summer Lunch at the Library: Monday thru Thursday, thru August

7th / 11:45 am to 12:30 p.m. Are you 18 or younger? Looking for a place to have lunch this summer? Come to the library where we will be serving brown bag lunches provided by the Cleveland Food bank. While supplies last

Ice Cream Social: Monday, August 11th / 7:00 p.m. (All

ages) Get together with your neighbors for an evening of music and ice cream. The event will be held outdoors if weather permits. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Southeast Branch.

Southeast Library Spotlight


Linda J. How, Elder Law Attorney “Making Sense of the Law”

I CAN HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF LEGAL PLANNING, FROM THE SIMPLE WILL TO THE SOPHISTICATED TRUST. Have you asked yourself questions like --

Is a Will enough? Or do I need a Trust? Who is in charge of my $tuff if I become disabled? What happens if I need to go in a nursing home? When

will Medicaid begin to pay? Can Medicaid say “no”?

For an office appointment, call (440) 786-9449 OR email [email protected].

Attend a FREE no-obligation Workshop, “Seven Threats to Your Family Security”

Monday evening, August 11, 2014, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, August 13, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Workshop presented in Bedford, Ohio.

(Location to be arranged; please call to save seats.)

The Cleveland Museum of Art presents The Believable Lie: Heinecken, Polke, and Feldmann, an exhibition focusing on relationships among the photographic work of three artists active during the 1970s that drew on ideas of surrealist/Dada culture of the 1920s and 1930s and influenced succeeding generations of photographers and media artists. The artists— Robert Heinecken, Sigmar Polke and Hans-Peter Feldmann— hail from different backgrounds: two Germans and one Los Angeles native who all matured in the decades following World War II. The exhibition is on view now through November 30, 2014 in the museum’s Photography Galleries.

A corrective to the egocentric model of the 1950s artist was due; hence the photograph, pervasive and democratic in its accessibility, became a lightning rod for artists seeking new forms of expression. The Vietnam era provoked a certain skepticism toward the media by artists in America and Europe that extended into a prolonged investigation of the photograph as truth, questioning its documentary nature. The barrage of popular imagery – from lush magazines to color television – became fodder for work aimed at exposing the cultural hegemony. As a time marked by underground political dissent, the 1970s was a decade when artists began working small, working privately and working beyond the boundaries of commercial gallery system.

“Although the three artists each have significant exhibition histories, this is the first exhibition to bring their photographic work together, shedding light on the iconographic and formal choices they made when photography ascended into the contemporary art

arena,” said Lisa Kurzner, The Believable Lie guest curator. “Each embraced photography as one element of an artistic practice guided as much by literature, philosophy and an attention to popular culture as by classical formal concerns of the medium. Yet, photographic process and context remained important to them.”

A p p r o p r i a t i o n , collage, serial narrative, the elevation of the anonymous photograph: each artist explored these concepts in increasingly sophisticated work throughout the decade. Strategies that emerged earlier in the circles of the surrealists and New Vision photographers – the untutored “photographic mistake,” photography as a form of literary pointing – adopted by the artists in this exhibition have subsequently been absorbed by the contemporary generation using photography as conceptual art, from Gabriel Orozco to Hank Willis Thomas.

The Believable Lie: Heinecken, Polke, and Feldmann on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art

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New Approach to Hip Replacements Can Boost Your Physical Outlook – FAST

Robert Hampton, DO

Time and again, orthopaedic surgeon Robert Hampton, DO, sees patients whose arthritis has drastically limited their activity. “One

patient was an avid horsewoman who wanted to return to her

surgical method. Since this is a muscle-sparing procedure some

“While this surgical approach to hip replacements has only recently become popular in the U.S., it has been widely used in

surgeon who practices at Hillcrest and South Pointe hospitals and

including advanced training in the anterior approach, Dr. Hampton

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to resolve a patient’s problem and see them return to activities they

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Hampton or another Cleveland Clinic orthopaedic surgeon, call 216.444.2606. For a complete listing of locations, go to clevelandclinic.org/ortho.

Team NEO Recognizes FitzGerald Administration with Two Awards for Leadership in Economic Development

Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald applauded his economic development team after they were recognized with two awards from Team NEO.

“The most important priorities we have right now are to create good-paying jobs for working men and women and to get Ohio’s economy back on the right track for everyone,” said FitzGerald. “I am proud that Team NEO has recognized our innovative and effective approach to economic development with these awards. The strategy we have implemented here at the county-level provides valuable guideposts that the rest of our state can use.”

In addition, the Cuyahoga County Department of Development received this year’s award for Regional and Cross-Border Collaboration following its work on NASA Glenn Research Center’s Adopt-a-City program. Along with the City of Cleveland and the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET), Cuyahoga County helped NASA provide technical assistance for eight Northeast Ohio manufacturers – the project ultimately helped to create 32 new jobs in the region.

“Providing Northeast Ohio manufacturers with technical assistance is one of the most effective ways we can ensure they are able to thrive against global

competitors,” added Cuyahoga County Director of Development Larry Benders. “It’s critical that every level of government work together to support job creation, and that’s exactly what we’re doing here in Cuyahoga County.”

Team NEO presented Cuyahoga County with the 2014 award for Asset Creation as a result of the FitzGerald administration’s work to open the 32,000-square-foot Global Center for Health Innovation ahead of schedule and under budget. Project partners who shared in the award included BioEnterprise, City of Cleveland, Cleveland Clinic, Greater Cleveland Partnership, MetroHealth System, Positively Cleveland, Sisters of Charity Health System, and University Hospitals.

The Global Center for Health Innovation is the only facility in the world that displays the future of health and health care. Global Center spaces showcase the latest research, product development, branding, sales and service results for companies and serve as a spark for medical innovation, education and training programs, and virtual offerings. With the Global Center for Health Innovation as the centerpiece of our world class health-care economy, Northeast Ohio is on its way to becoming the nation’s Medical Capital.

The Board of Education has passed the required resolutions authorizing the district to place a 4.9 mill levy on the November 4, 2014 ballot.

Voters last passed a levy more than five years ago, in May of 2009, a little over five years ago. Since that time revenues have fallen almost 5% due to the economy and State of Ohio funding cuts. Expenses have

been held in check, increasing at an average rate of just three-tenths of one-percent annually. In order to maintain the academic gains the district has made, the Board has determined that additional funds will be needed.

More information about the levy will be shared in the weeks leading up to the November ballot issue.

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