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The Heights November 26 - December 10, 2015Volume 5 :: No. 22

Community News

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Garfield Heights and Maple Heights

Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

2015 Holiday Lighting CeremonyArea residents enjoyed a musical

performance by Councilman Matt Burke, Christmas Carols by Garfield Heights Girl Scouts and a visit from Santa Claus.

Seniors Donate to Operation Christmas Child

Garfield Heights Seniors generously donated shoeboxes filled with gifts for Operation Christmas Child, an annual project of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief program. The group partners with groups worldwide to reach boys

and girls. The gift boxes are filled with school supplies, personal hygiene items, puzzles, books, games, etc. and sent to children across the globe.

Public Skating Rink Now Open The Dan Kostel Recreation Center

Skating Rink is now open for the season. Session 1 of Learn to Skate/In house hockey begins Saturday. October 3rd for 9 weeks.

For information regarding public sessions, programs, ice rental, etc., call 216-475-7272 or visit the Recreation page.

Garfield Heights Curbside Clothing RecyclingThe curbside Simple Recycling program

began this week. Residents are reminded to review the information packages sent to their household.

Items that can be recycled include clothing, socks, shoes, linens and towels, stuffed animals, handbags, and more. Collection will be the same day as trash

collection each week. Items should be placed in the green Simple Recycling bag and placed on the curb next to the Kimble trash and recycling totes. Do Not Put the Bag inside the Kimble Totes.

For more information, visit www.simplerecyling.com or call 866-835-5068. This is a free service.

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Help for Garfield Heights families is just a phone call away. The new Family Resource Center at the Garfield Heights Civic Center, 5407 Turney Road, has information to assist families with drug treatment, counseling

and prevention services, support groups, and other needs. Office hours vary, so it is best to call and make an appointment.

Call the Help Line, 216-475-1103, or e-mail [email protected] for assistance.

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Buyers no longer will be required to put repair funds into an escrow account for violations cited during the point-of-sale inspection. Repairs still must be made by the deadline set by the city’s building

department. Buyers will receive a one-year family recreation pass, limit one per family. Members are still required to purchase an identification card at the recreation center.

Garfield Heights New Homebuyer Incentives

Attention allparents of preschool age children!

The Maple Heights School District will begin on Monday, April 20, 2015, accepting preschool applications for all regular education preschoolers for our 2015-16 ECE program. You can apply by downloading a preschool application packet (new packet from previous years) from the website at www.mapleschools.com. All applications have to be submitted to the Curriculum Department with all the necessary

d o c u m e n t a t i o n , reviewed and accepted before you can enroll your child in the program. Once accepted into the program, you will be notified of acceptance and that you need to fill out the enrollment packet to complete the process. If you have any further questions please contact the Curriculum Department at 216-587-6100 ext. 3401.

Support the Garfield Heights Family Resource Center by recycling your paper products in the River Valley Paper Company bin at the Civic Center, 5407

T u r n e y Road. The Resource

Center helps at-risk families and youth and offers referral services. Items accepted include newspaper, mail, phonebooks, office/school

paper, magazines, catalogs, paper bags, hard and soft bound books and cardboard. All proceeds generated from the yearlong paper drive will benefit the Resource Center. For information about the resource center, call Ruth Pollack, center

manager, at 216-475-1103 or e-mail [email protected]. For information about recycling, call Pat Salemi at 216-475-1100, ext. 2425 or e-mail [email protected].

Yearlong Paper Drive

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Cuyahoga County Office of Emergency Management Achieves Emergency Management Accreditation

The Cuyahoga County Office of Emergency Management (CCOEM) has become the first county Emergency Management Agency (EMA) in Ohio, and the 26th local EMA in the nation, to achieve accreditation by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP).

“Accreditation demonstrates that Cuyahoga County continues to make public safety a priority,” said George Taylor, Cuyahoga County Director of Public Safety and Justice Services. “The Office of Emergency Management has devoted significant time and energy to ensuring that public safety agencies throughout the county are prepared for disaster or emergency. We are proud to be the first county-level emergency management agency in Ohio to be accredited.”

The two-year process required the Office of Emergency Management to comply fully with 64 separate performance standards that cover all aspects of emergency management including planning, training, communications, operations and administration. The capstone of the process was a week-long assessment visit by a team of EMAP assessors who painstakingly evaluated all aspects of the county’s emergency management program.

“Having gone through the EMAP accreditation process here at Ohio EMA, we recognize the significant effort it takes, as well as the tremendous benefits of going through this process,”said Sima Merick, Executive Director of the Ohio Emergency Management Agency. This is a fantastic accomplishment and a testament to the work Cuyahoga County’s emergency managers do each and every day.

Barb Graff, Director of the Seattle Office of Emergency Management and Chair of the EMAP Commission, added that accreditation demonstrates a community’s “commitment and desire to prove to their communities that their safety is the priority.”

Accreditation is valid for five years. CCOEM must maintain compliance with EMAP standards and be reassessed in 2020 to maintain accredited status.

The Cuyahoga County Office of Emergency Management’s mission is to protect lives, property, the environment, and the economy. For additional information, contact us at 216-443-5700 or online at http://ja.cuyahogacounty.us/en-US/emergency-management.aspx

Chagrin Valley Dispatch Center Winner of 911 Leadership AwardThe Chagrin Valley Dispatch

Center, a state-of-the-art emergency dispatching agency that serves 12 municipalities within the Chagrin Valley area, recently won the National 9-1-1 Leadership Award from the Association of Public Safety Communication Officials.

To initiate, coordinate, and dispatch first responders, Chagrin Valley Dispatch certified staff members use advanced communication systems. The 9-1-1 system is used by all of

Cuyahoga County, which was built with room for expansion to include contiguous counties.

Congratulations to the Chagrin Valley Dispatch Center on winning the 9-1-1 Leadership Award,” said Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish. “We are proud of the work our dispatch centers are doing across the County. Government that gets results is a core strategy in all that we do. Centralization and collaboration of services and the leveraged benefit

of upgraded services has allowed us to offer more, for less. We are proud of the work our dispatch centers are doing across the county.”

Chagrin Valley Dispatch prides itself on ensuring safe and effective emergency services are available to all residents of Cuyahoga County when they need it.

“We owe a debt of gratitude to Lt. Nick DiCicco, who had the vision to conceive and create the center,” said Kathy Mulcahy, Mayor of Orange

Village. “We are very proud of the first class safety service this provides to our residents.” “

We are so proud to work with the people like Lt. DiCicco, who have incredible vision and technical ability,” said Moreland Hills Mayor Susan Renda. “We are where we are today because of his leadership.”

Cleveland Metroparks Toboggan Chutes OpenCalling all thrill-seekers! Cleveland

Metroparks toboggan chutes open Friday, November 27 through Sunday, March 6 at the Chalet Recreation Area at Mill Stream Run Reservation in Strongsville.

Cleveland Metroparks toboggan chutes are the tallest, fastest toboggan chutes in Ohio! While riders prepare for the icy thrill, the Chalet’s lift system effortlessly transports the toboggans uphill where they are unloaded by Chalet

staff. The twin toboggan chutes plunge down a 70-foot vertical drop and travel along 700-feet of ice while reaching speeds of up to 50 miles per hour. And, all season long, each chute has its own speed-reader so riders can record their top speeds.

In between toboggan runs, warm up inside the Chalet while enjoying a hot chocolate from the snack bar by the fireplace. The Chalet features two fireplaces, a large-screen TV and a loft

with video games.Grab friends, family and neighbors

and head to the Chalet Recreation Area this season! Toboggan hours are as follows:

Thursdays: 6 - 10 p.m. (January

- March 2016) Fridays: 6 - 10:30 p.m. Saturdays: noon - 10:30 p.m. Sundays: noon - 5 p.m.The refrigerated ice chutes operate

with or without snow, but if temperatures exceed 50 degrees or if there is heavy rain, tobogganing may be cancelled. Call the Chalet at 440-572-9990 for updates. For more information on holiday hours, admission and season passes, visit clevelandmetroparks.com/tchutes.

The Chalet Toboggan Chutes are located in Cleveland Metroparks Chalet Recreation Area, 16200 Valley Parkway, in Mill Stream Run Reservation, between routes 42 and 82 in Strongsville.

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Columbus & Ohio4 The Heights StandardNovember 26 - December 10, 2015

As a new school year begins and summer slowly turns to fall, I think about how the world is constant-ly changing. For some people, change is feared and avoided, for others change is exciting and seen as presenting new opportunities. Whichever view you have, change is certainly inevitable.

Those of you who have been patients of Jane L. Dodson, DDS & Associates may have noticed changes in our office.

After meeting your dental needs at 88 Center road for the past 29

years, Dr. Dodson is making a change. She is transitioning into a new career about which she is very excited. We wish her well in her new adventure and know that she will be very successful. I am proud that she has chosen me, Dr. Mychael Davis, to carry on the tra-dition that she has established over these many years. High quality dental care in a caring atmosphere will continue to be the focus of our practice. I have practiced in this area for 29 years, and am honored that you have accepted me as your new dentist.

We’ve had some other staff chang-es as well, all with the never end-

ing goal of improving our service to you. And we’ve made a slight change in the name, to Bedford Dental Associates, to emphasize our commitment to our community and to you.

Thanks for your continuing con-fidence in us and for letting us be a part of your health care team.

Yours in Health,Mychael E. Davis, D.D.S.Dr. Mychael Davis

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Southeast Library SpotlightThe 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 *)

Adult

Affordable Healthcare: Assistance with the Healthcare

Marketplace will be available at the Southeast Branch on Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

Afternoon Book Discussion:

Wednesday, December 2 / 1:30 p.m. December title: Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb.

Children’s Programs

Family Storytime: Wednesdays / 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. (For

Caregivers & their children ages Birth - 8 years old) Join us for rhymes, songs, finger plays and stories.

Video Gaming Open Sessions: Wednesdays / 3:00 p.m. (Grades 3-6)

Play video games after school. Gaming systems include Kinect and Wii.

Make-It Take-It Craft: Monday, December 7th / 2:00-7:00

p.m. Drop in to create a North Pole Measuring Stick for winter snow.

Teen Programs

Anime Gaming Club: Wednesday, December 30 / 7:00—

8:30 p.m. (For teens ages 11-18) *Learning to Code for Scratch

Games: Wednesday, December 9 / 7 :00p.m. Join us in celebrating Computer Science Education Week by learning

how to code with Scratch to create a Pong game.

Mixed Ages

*Pen2Page Creative Writing Club: Saturday, December 12 / 3:00—

4:30 p.m. (Grades 4—10) If you enjoy writing stories, poems or song lyrics, we’ll provide writing activities and exercises to help you improve your skills.

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Columbus & Ohio The Heights Standard November 26 - December 10, 2015

University Hospitals is proud to introduce

its newest physician, Paul R. Bures, DO,

to Independence Family Practice.

He offers comprehensive quality care

and expertise in the area of family

medicine for men, women, children

and seniors. Dr. Bures has a passion

for military medicine and served over

four years as a U.S. Marine Battalion

Surgeon and Medical Officer at

Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

Now accepting new patients.

For an appointment,

call 216-524-8883 for Independence

and 440-886-3150 for Parma.

Most insurance plans are accepted.

6571 Brecksville Road

Independence, Ohio 44131

5672 Ridge Road

Parma, Ohio 44129

© 2015 University Hospitals BIO 00576

Welcome our

newest expert to

your neighborhood.

About Paul R. Bures, DO

MEDICAL DEGREE:Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

RESIDENCY:UH Richmond Medical Center, a campus of UH Regional Hospitals

BOARD CERTIFICATION:American Board of Family Medicine

Things Everyone Needs to Know about 9-1-1

Know WHEN to call 9-1-1. 9-1-1 is for emergencies only. You should only be dialing 9-1-1 if someone is hurt or in danger, or if you are in immediate need of police, fire, or medical assistance. If you aren’t sure if your situation is an emergency, you should err on the side of safety and call 9-1-1 and let the expert who answers your call make the decision whether to send help or not.

Know WHEN NOT to call 9-1-1. Don’t call 9-1-1 just because you burned dinner and your guests are arriving any minute, or because you are late for a meeting and need help finding an address. While those situations may count as emergencies for you, they aren’t for public safety. Inappropriate use of the 9-1-1 system wastes resources and ties up the lines at the 9-1-1 center, and nobody wants to be on hold when they are in the middle of a real crisis. Not to mention that in most states harassing or making prank calls to 9-1-1 is a crime, and you don’t want law enforcement showing up at your door.

Know the capabilities of the device you are using. 9-1-1 can be contacted from pretty much every device that can make phone calls (traditional landline, ell, VoIP), but the callback and location information that accompanies your call to the 9-1-1 center can vary drastically amongst technologies and between geographic regions. 9-1-1 and telecommunications professionals are hard at work to make sure 9-1-1 works the same on all devices in the future, but until then it is your job to be knowledgeable about benefits and limitations associated with various technologies. Contact your service provider(s) for more information.

Know where you are. This is probably the most important information you can provide as a 9-1-1 caller, so try to be aware of your surroundings. Make a real effort to be as detailed as possible. If you are outside and don’t know the street address, take a look around and try to find landmarks or cross streets. If you are inside a large building or one with multiple levels, you can help emergency services by letting them know which floor you are on, which apartment you are in, etc.

Stay calm. When you are on the phone with 9-1-1, you are their eyes and ears. Even though you may want to, try not to panic. If you are crying or yelling, it can be hard for the 9-1-1 operator to understand you. If you are able to stay strong, pull yourself together, and answer all of the 9-1-1 operator’s questions, the faster they can get the right services to your location.

Never hang up. You may have called 9-1-1 by accident, or your situation may have resolved itself, but it is important to let the 9-1-1 operator know this. If you end the call abruptly, the folks at the 9-1-1 center are going to assume that something has gone very wrong and will either call you back or send help anyway. This will take away from the 9-1-1 center’s ability to take calls and dispatch services to on-going emergencies, so make sure the 9-1-1 call taker tells you it is ok to disconnect before you hang up. And keep in mind that the call taker can dispatch responders to your location without disconnecting from the call, so, until you are instructed to do otherwise, make sure to hold the line so that you can provide any necessary information or assistance to the 9-1-1 operator.

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INTRODUCTION: If you are older, you may worry about going into a nursing home someday. Of course, no one likes to think about that. Well, read on – because today’s column contains the most important information you’ll ever learn about Medicaid.

SONNY AND CHER were a married song-and-dance team. It was great while it lasted. But then the kids came along, and Sonny and Cher needed regular jobs to make ends meet. As old age settles in, Cher develops severe dementia, and Sonny becomes her full-time caregiver. They sell their home and move into a senior’s apartment. Their adult children are having hard times too. Sonny gives $15,000 to daughter Cleopatra to prevent her home from being lost to foreclosure. Sonny gives $10,000 to son Caesar after he loses everything in a nasty divorce. Sonny gives $6,500 to daughter Chastity to get a used car after her old one falls apart. All the kids promise to pay it back, but they never do. Then tragedy strikes! Sonny gets killed in a skiing accident, and Cher has to go into a nursing home!

THE NEED FOR MEDICAID The AARP estimates that seventy

percent (70%) of people over 65 will need to go into a care facility. Long-term care in a nursing home in the Cleveland area

costs $6,300+ a month! There is only ONE government program that will pay for your care in a nursing home after you become impoverished. It’s called Medicaid.

(Medicare is entirely different from Medicaid. Medicare is health insurance. Medicare pays for doctor visits and when you’re in the hospital. Medicare might cover short-term care in a care facility, but Medicare will not pay a dime for long-term nursing-home care.)

Sad to say, Medicaid is very complicated. That’s why you need to learn about it now, BEFORE you need the nursing home, BEFORE your mind goes, BEFORE the crisis happens.

THE MEDICAID PROCESS Cher is in the nursing home, and

daughter Cleopatra applies for Medicaid on Cher’s behalf. Cleopatra is shocked to learn that she has to provide financial paperwork for Sonny and Cher for the prior five years. This is a mountain of paper! It takes weeks to get all this together. In the meantime, the nursing home is charging $250 a day!

A Medicaid caseworker studies the financial paperwork of Sonny and Cher. Why? What is Medicaid looking for?

Remember, Medicaid is welfare. It’s financial aid for the poor. So, Medicaid will want to verify how poor you are. Medicaid’s attitude is, “If you could afford to give money away, then don’t count on help from us!”

Medicaid discovers the gifts that Sonny gave to his children in the past five years. These are called “improper transfers.” The

total is $31,500! What happens now?

MEDICAID PENALTY PERIODS Cher had some savings, but it’s all

been paid to the nursing home while her Medicaid application is pending. Now Cher has only $1,500 left, and so she’s finally poor enough to get Medicaid. But Medicaid refuses to pay. Why? Because Sonny gave away $31,500.

Medicaid imposes a “penalty period.” Medicaid won’t pay for Cher’s care for a period of time equal in value to $31,500. Medicaid divides $31,500 by $6,300 (which is the average cost of the nursing home for one month). The result? A penalty period of five months!

And when does this five-month penalty start? When Cher is “poor enough” to get Medicaid. In other words, just when you need financial help the most, NO Medicaid for you!

WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU If you cannot get Medicaid, there is NO

State money to pay for your care. You could be “dumped” out of the nursing home. If you’re sent to a hospital, it will “dump” you too. You could become homeless. You could die. Am I exaggerating? Here is a comment from a report called “Patient Dumping,” published in 2014 by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights:

“[People have] slipped through the holes in the Medicaid/Medicare [safety] net. Such persons are at greater risk of being refused [hospital] service, because it is in the hospital’s financial interest to do so if they are uninsured and unable to pay. Put only somewhat differently,

such persons in theory (and sometimes in practice) run the risk of being left for dead.”

CONCLUSION: Do you see how serious it is to make “improper transfers”? Is it better to let your daughter’s home be foreclosed upon, to give money to your divorced son, to help your daughter buy a car – or to be dumped from the nursing home, to become homeless, or to die? If YOU worry that you might have created a Medicaid problem by making gifts, talk to an elder-law lawyer now. There may be ways to deal with this.

THE AUTHOR: Linda J. How is an elder-law lawyer in Bedford, Ohio. She provides Medicaid counseling and estate planning. She has legal training from the national organization, Medicaid Practice Systems (now known as Lawyers With Purpose). For the fall 2015 semester, Mrs. How is teaching a course called “Medicaid: From Application to Renewal” at Cuyahoga Community College’s Senior Enrichment Program. Also, to help people understand the value of legal planning, Mrs. How presents FREE estate-planning workshops called, “Seven Threats to Your Family Security.” UPCOMING EVENING WORKSHOPS: Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 from 6 to 8 p.m. UPCOMING AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, from 2 to 4 p.m. To find out where the Workshops will be presented and to reserve seats, Mrs. How may be reached at [email protected] or 440-786-9449.

When the Safety Net FailsMaking Sense

of the LawLinda J. How, J.D.

Bike Raffle Benefit

All proceeds from the bike raffle will benefit the Garfield Heights Family Resource Center.

Call 216-475-1100 for more informationTicket drawing is December 16.

Enter for a chance to win a 26-inchRoadmaster Mountain Bike

Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00Tickets available at the

Garfield Heights Civic Center5407 Turney Road

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Cuyahoga County leaders announce new efforts to remove crime guns from our communities

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, along with the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office and Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County Coordinator Bill Jelenic, announced a new Crime Stoppers Crime Gun Initiative.

The goal of the Crime Gun Initiative is to remove crime guns from our communities—firearms that have been illegally possessed and used to commit a crime.

“We are witnessing an explosion of violent crime, and we are offering a program to help stop the killing,” said County Executive Armond Budish. “There is no one, simple solution. This is a complex issue that needs to be attacked with urgency and vigilance, and we hope this program provides the motivation to get people from every aspect of our society involved, so we can, together, work to make our streets safer.”

Details of the Crime Gun Initiative include the following:

• Crime Stoppers has established a dedicated hotline, 241-TIPS (8477), specifically for tips related to crime guns.

• Tips can remain anonymous and are eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $250, for a tip that leads to an

arrest or indictment. • This is NOT a replacement for 9-1-

1. This hotline should not be used to report crimes in progress or emergency situations

“It’s important that we find new strategies in eliminating crime guns from our neighborhoods. As we continue to collaborate between federal and local resources, our most important resource is YOU.” said Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County Board of Directors President Dr. Rustom Khouri. “An initiative like this cannot succeed without the support from our residents. If you know or suspect that a crime gun has been illegally possessed and used in a crime, do the right thing and let Crime Stoppers know.”

Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County operates as an independent o r g a n i z a t i o n , dedicated to providing local

law enforcement with information about crimes and criminals. Reward money paid out by the program is raised through fundraising and private donations, and $100,000 allocated by the county over the biennium to kickstart the program. Crime Stoppers has proven itself to be a successful program, not only in Cuyahoga County, but nationwide.

For more information about Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County, please visit:

www.25crime.com

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