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A Day for Women Veterans — Nov. 10 at Louis Stokes VA Med Center!

YOU SERVE … YOU DESERVE: A DAY FOR WOMEN VETERANS  CLEVELAND, Ohio –You Serve – You Deserve: A Day for Women Veterans, a FREE event for women who have served in the armed forces, active duty and reserve, will be … Continue reading

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Onandaga Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio 44107

Two daytime break-ins on this lovely side street. I don’t know what was taken in the second, but in the first, thieves entered the back door, took a 40″ telly off the wall, scooped up cash, credit cards, jewelry, and … Continue reading

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Connie, Connie, Connie Re-Assigned to Police Beat

The Plain Dealer’s Putz Prize winning columnist, Connie, has been stripped of her column and re-assigned to the Police Beat. “I’m so excited,” the long-haired Senator’s wife said. “It will give me a chance to get up and close and … Continue reading

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Mayor Frank Jackson Honored for Trans-Atlantic Vision

(Cleveland, O.) —- Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson home from a Paris holiday, released his “Report From Paris.”  Jackson traveled with a number of city officials and sought to develop Cleveland as a tourism destination for Parisians. The mayor presented the … Continue reading

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FTF Candidate Makes Big Impression as Write-In Candidate

(Cleveland, O.) — Mary Surratt, the hard-driving, no-nonsense, housewife from Elyria, Ohio, made such an impression on political party leaders, all are considering adding a plank to campaign platforms. “Let them,” she said. “They add a plank for me and … Continue reading

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Time to Take Down the Garden

“Good sleeping weather,” is the way my Mom described the beginning of autumn. The late Cleveland Press photographer, Herman Seid, would notice and comment on the clouds. Big, heavy clouds, he said, signaled the end of one season and the … Continue reading

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Golf, Poker and Whiskey: The Guys’ Guide to Ohio Golf Getaways (Paperback, 256 pp., Orange Frazer Press, Publisher, $14.95

A mere sixty years ago, the Ohio Legislature created the Department of Natural Resources. Talk about your foresight. In addition to an incredible amount of property and to the myriad programs it administers (and they are very, very impressive,) are … Continue reading

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So long, Miss Miller, it was nice working for you and Tom

Tom Urbansky and his wife Doris (Miller) ran Miller’s Dining Room in Lakewood.  Miss Miller died a few days ago. Somewhere in history there is a married couple that worked harder than Tom and Doris. I won’t bother looking for … Continue reading

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Love is Where You Find It

The bank teller looked like a sweet, reasonably innocent, young wife. I asked her about her nationality; in this town,  always a good question. She said she was one half Polish and one half Slovak. Interesting, I said. So is … Continue reading

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A Few More Simple Pleasures … But Pleasures They Are

1. When I see a young couple, child in tow, at the West Side Market, I stop to tell them that my Mom and Dad used to bring me and the odd sibling to the Market.  Just like them. A … Continue reading

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