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Will ‘Right-to-Work’ bill come to Ohio
Michigan recently became the 24th state to
enact a so-called “Right-to-Work” law; will Ohio be
next? Activist are working to gather signatures to put
the Workplace Freedom Amendment on the ballot. The
measure would make it illegal to force a worker to join
a union. That duplicates current law, but where it differs
is that employees would no longer be required to pay
a portion of dues for collective bargaining. Amendment
supporters have said it is a matter of freedom of choice.
Child abuse research requires teamwork
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Mecca Renee Wilcox is the
daughter of Renee Sabir and the granddaughter of Shafeeq and Jowaarah Sabir.
Mecca, who is three years old, enjoys
playing with Mickey Mouse and Minnie
Mouse. She has a hearty appetite and her
favorite food is cheerios.
Professionals in child abuse investigation and
treatment are meeting this week in Alabama. At the National
Symposium on Child Abuse, the latest research on traumafocused therapy, sex trafficking and online exploitation will
be presented. Many youngsters in abusive situations are seen
at the Advocate Centers, where they are interviewed by specially-trained investigators and received medical treatment
and counseling. According to the executive director of the
Advocacy Center, Chris Newlin, it’s less stressful for kids to
be able to receive these services in a single place.
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“COVERING THE NEWS TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW”
Center holds Black History event
By PAT WHITE
The 15th Annual
Black History Celebration
was recently held at the Zelma W. George Recreation
Center, 3155 Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd.
‘Let’s Stay Together’
was the theme of the event.
Mary Smith, the
mistress of ceremony, was
presented with a bronzed reproduction of a letter from
President Barack Obama.
Obama wrote to the Zelma
George seniors to thank them
for their letters of support.
“Each day, I am inspired by the encouraging
messages of hope and determination I have received
from people across the country. With the magnitude of
challenges we face, we will
only overcome them if our
imagination is joined to common purpose,” Obama wrote.
Benedictine
High
School Basketball Coach Albert Wilson brought his team
to the event. The athletes,
dressed in shirts, ties, dress
slacks and sports jackets,
served the seniors lunch.
“It was lovely. No
senior had to worry about
standing in line or carrying a
tray,” Smith said.
According to Smith,
one senior, Dorothy Wilson
who will be 89 years old,
was so impressed with the
kindness of the team, that she
requested that they help at her
birthday party later this year.
Students from Charles
W. Elliott Elementary School
participated in the program
with dance, reflections, and
singing.
Marva White, and
Shirley Williams presented
selected readings, and Gloria
DeLoach told her family’s story.
Jan Ridgeway was the
guest speaker for the event.
She is the interim volunteer
director for the Garden Valley
Neighborhood House, 7100
Kinsman Road.
‘I had heard about their
celebration of Black History
Month, and I was honored to
be the guest speaker this year,”
Ridgeway said, “The program catered to not only
a diverse population, but
also an inter generational
one with the high school
and elementary school
children.”
Horace Allen was
presented the Zelma W.
George Man of the Year
Award.
Garnet Jamison,
center manager, Shirley
Gray, Sue Ray, Cynthia
Felder, Mae Brown, Smith,
and community businesses
supported and sponsored
the event.
The plaque with
the letter from President
Obama is displayed in the
center’s community room.
In the second case, a Cleveland prosecutor recommended misdemeanor charges against Box after
a woman reported he was sexually
aggressive with her.
Amer-I-Can, one of the
sponsors of the Get OnTrack program, canceled the city’s contract in
October. Ed Ferenc, a court spokesman, said that they were terminating
the contract because of the “serious
nature of the allegations” against
Box.
According to police spokesman Sammy Morris, the department
didn’t know about the complaints until January 10, and he believed the incident took place in Shaker Heights,
but additional information lead to the
second woman who had been allegedly victimized in Cleveland.
On March 9, Shaker Heights
Police Chief Scott Lee said his detectives learned about the accusation
from Cleveland sex crimes detectives
who said that they were looking into
both reports because of the similarities but would forward information
to Shaker if needed.
“They have not provided us
with any information, to my knowledge, we don’t even know who the
victim is or we would reach out to
them.,” Lee said.
Reggie Rucker, a former
Cleveland Brown player, who heads
local operations Amer-I-Can said he
talked to Box following the cancellation of the contract. Box did not
know where the allegations were
coming from.
Before becoming a community activist and city employee, Box
had served time in prison for aggravated robbery.
In 1995, he pleaded guilty
to sexual imposition after an exgirlfriend he had a child with said he
forced her to have sex with him.
Department who never served
the warrant because theycould
not locate an address for Box.
In dismissing the indictment, Griffin wrote, “The
lack of attention the state gave
to this case is particularly disheartening, considering that it
involved the rape of an 11-yearold girl.”
Dorothy Wilson and Mary Smith were honored at the 15th Annual Black History Celebration at the Zelma W. George Recreation Center. (ESDN
Photo by Omar Quadir)
Cleveland City Council President Martin J. Sweeney
will present his newly drawn
district map which will reduce
the number of council seats, and
may splinter historic district, and
disenfranchise minority voters.
If Sweeney is unable to
get his plan through council by
April 1, the authority to redraw
the districts would cede to Mayor Frank Jackson.
The city charter re-
quires the size of council to shrink
from 19 wards to 17 on account of
population loss since the last resdistricting.
With Councilman Jay
Westbrook retiring, one council
seats still needs to be eliminated.
Councilman Jeffrey Johnson and Kevin Conwell could face
off as their districts are condensed
into one district. In the process,
Councilman Eugene Miller would
gain the southern portion of Collin-
The 15th Annual Black History Celebration was recently held at the
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the event: Horace Allen, Mae Brown, Cynthia Brown, and Mary Smith. Q Nice,
who is a poet, recited poetry. (ESDN Photo by Omar Quadir)
James Box was indicted on 10 counts
By PAT WHITE
A Cuyahoga County
grand jury recently indicted James
Box, 51, on 10 counts that include charges of kidnapping and
attempted rape of two women as
well as attempted sexual battery,
gross sexual imposition and soliciting of one of the women.
According to city spokeswoman Maureen Harper, Box has
been suspended without pay from
his position as project director in
the city’s Community Relations
Department.
Initially, Blaine Griffin, executive director of Cleveland’s Community Relations Board, placed Box on desk
duty. After learning of the reports
in January, Box went on family
medical leave, but now has been
suspended from his duties.
Box, whose criminal record has caused him public controversy before, was hired by the city
in 1999. His duties include street
outreach and crisis intervention
within the Community Relations
Box
Department.
The most recent charges
stem from 2011 accusations that
he kidnapped and attempted to rape
two women who were involved
with a Cleveland Municipal Court
program called Get On Track in
which Box was a facilitator.
According to the police
report, one incident happened after
Box offered to help a woman who
was having car trouble.
Gasoline prices in area increase
Northeast Ohio gas
prices have increased 6.4 cents
this week to $3.73 per gallon.
Today’s national average price for a gallon of regular
unleaded gasoline is $3.69. This
price is a penny less than one
week ago, two cents less expensive than one month ago and 15
cents less than the average price
one year ago.
As the national average price at the pump has drifted
lower, motorists across the country have experienced varying
degrees of price relief. Drivers
in 28 states pay less than one
month ago. While the recent
price movement has varied by
state, the year-over-year savings
have been nearly universal. Mo-
torists in almost every state pay
less than the same day last year.
Ohio prices are down almost 4
cents year-over-year.
After declining during the second half of February,
West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
crude oil prices have posted
slight gains in recent weeks on
positive economic news. Crude
oil futures are priced in U.S. dollars. When economies weaken
overseas, the dollar strengthens
and the price of oil becomes relatively more expensive. While the
value of the U.S. dollar did rise
today, WTI futures managed to
eek out a gain as well on Monday, settling 29 cents higher at
$93.74 at the close of formal
trading on the NYMEX.
AAA Fuel Gauge Gasoline Price Survey
Northeast Ohio Average for Self-Service Gasoline
This Week
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Judge Burt Griffin dismissed a 1988 child-rape charge
against Box in 2004 because the statute of limitations had run out on the
15-year-old case.
According to court documents, the alleged victim’s mother
gave Box’s name to Cleveland police officers who passed the case to
the Cuyahoga County prosecutor,
which got a grand-jury indictment.
The charge then went to the Sheriff’s
City’s Wards redistricting questioned
Judge steps down from case
By PAT WHITE
Councilman Zack Reed
will be holding his 13th State
of Ward 2 address on Tuesday,
March 26. Reed will focus on
the on-going projects in his
Ward.
Reed is dealing with
the fallout from his drunk driving arrest on March 5.
Reed was recently removed from his council committees by Council President Martin
Sweeney.
“Upon hearing the
decision of Council President
Sweeney to remove me of all
council committee responsibilities, I will now take this opportunity to continue to spend even
more time with my constituents
and work on their behalf as well
as work on my own personal issues,” Reed said.
Cleveland Municipal
Court Judge Pinkey Carr stepped
down from Reed’s case citing a
conflict of interest.
With 11 other judges
requesting not to hear the OVI
case against Reed, retired Judge,
Larry Allen, from Willoughby
has been appointed by the Ohio
Reed
Supreme Court.
During Reed’s arrest,
there were claims of special treatment by Lieutenant Elizabeth Hester, and she was given a written
warning because she didn’t document when Reed went through his
property, and she didn’t allow police to do the fingerprinting.
Prior to his arrest, Reed
had been vocal in the media about
having a thorough investigation
into the use of deadly force by the
Cleveland police following the November 29, chase that resulted in
the death of two people.
wood.
Glenville, a historic black
enclave would be dissected into as
many as four council wards.
According to NAACP
spokesman, Ceasar Powell, the organization has no comment at this
time on the redistricting issue.
State representatives, city
council members, and residents
are upset at Sweeney’s plans to
fragment historic neighborhoods
and ethnic populations.
State Sen. Shirley Smith
and State Rep. Bill Patmon have
demanded a meeting to discuss
Sweeney’s plans for dividing
Glenville.
Smith sent letters today
to Ohio Attorney General Mike
DeWine, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty and
Cleveland Law Director Barbara
Langhenry.
“I have encountered no
ordinance or provision that gives
the president the authority to unilaterally draw the lines in consultation with a contracted firm, to do
so in a nonpublic manner, and to
present the redrawn boundaries to
council for a vote without time for
sufficient public debate,” Smith
wrote.
Smith warned that communities are weakened without a
clear leader advocating on their
behalf.
Residents in the Collinwood neighborhood have started
a letter writing campaing to keep
their historic district entact. Sweeney said that he is confident he has
the 12 votes for the plan to pass
on the first try. A legal challenge
on behalf of Ward 14, home to the
city’s only Hispanic voting bloc,
may disrupt the process while
awaiting a ruling under the federal
Voting Rights Act.
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Congresswoman
Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11)
announced today the appointment of Ginger Baylor
to her district staff. A longtime resident of Akron, Ms.
Baylor, will serve as the
Eleventh Congressional District Office Coordinator on
Summit County.
In that capacity,
she will manage day to day
operations of a district office
in Akron, assist constituents
and community stakeholders with concerns regarding
federal government issues
and programs, and serve as a
liaison to other district staff.
“I am pleased to
welcome Ms. Baylor to my
staff and introduce the com-
munity to my representative
in Summit County. Ginger
brings a wealth of talent and
leadership skills to this assignment that is matched by
her enthusiasm and impressive dedication to serve the
residents of our district.
Her experience addressing the educational
needs of our young people
is appreciated and will assist
me in my work on the House
Committee on Education and
the Workforce on behalf of all
children.”
“I am committed to
bringing effective outreach
to my constituents in all areas of the district. Ms. Baylor’s efforts will complement
the work of my other district
Baylor
staff that will continue in
Cuyahoga County.”
Ms. Baylor earned a
bachelor’s degree in Business
and Organizational Communications from the University of Akron and a master’s
degree in Education from
the University of Phoenix.
She recently served as the
interim/part time Executive
Director of the ZM Family
Life Service Center. She is
a former Assistant Lecturer
at the University Akron and
former employee of the Akron Public Schools.
In accepting the
appointment, Ms. Baylor resigned from her office as a
Member of the Akron Board
of Education. Her assignment is effective immediately. She will be based out
of the district office in Warrensville Heights until the
official opening of the office
in Akron which is anticipated
in the next several weeks.
He went on to write
several critically-acclaimed
books, one of which (Trick
Daddy) was adapted for film.
This fascinating documentary explores how Beck’s troubled childhood affected his
decision to start pimping at
age 18 and how he struggled
to separate from his past long
after he gave it up.
The film
also focuses on his incredible
influence on modern culture,
featuring an impressive list
of guests, including Ice-T,
Quincy Jones, Snoop Dogg,
Chris Rock, Henry Rollins,
and Katt Williams.
Jorge
Hinojosa is a producer and director from Los
Angeles, California. For the
last 28 years, he has managed
the career of hip-hop artist
and actor Ice-T. Together
they formed the production
company Final Level Entertainment in 2010. Hinojosa
is also the executive producer of Ice-T’s reality show,
Ice Loves Coco.
The Race Food &
Justice conference, which
will analyze the urban food
movement through the social justice lens, will be held
on April 25 and 26, at Case
Western Reserve University.
“Soul Food Junkies” will be screened on
Thursday, April 25, from
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the
CWRU Storsacker Auditorium, 2125 Adelbert Road.
The film was produced by
Byron Hurt and explores the
soul food tradition and its
relevance to black cultural
identity.
Erika Allen, Mistinguette Smith, and Malik
Yakini will speak on Friday,
April 26, from 6:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m. in the Allen Memorial Library Ford Auditorium.
Allen heads the
non-profit organization and
land-trust, Growing Power,
that provides equal access
to healthy, high-quality and
affordable food in disadvantaged communities.
Smith has traveled the country collecting
stories about southern farm
land, urban city-scapes, and
public green spaces.
Yakini is the director of the Detroit Black
Community Food Security
Network which operates a
seven acre farm in Detroit.
Following
the
event will be the grand
opening of The Natural
Effect, a Colonial Marketplace, 530 Euclid Ave. on
April 27 from 12:00 noon
to 4:00 p.m.
The event is free
and open to the public. Register at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/331102
or call Kim at 216-9614646 ext. 104 or Shelley at
216-368-7568.
Film on Iceberg Slim at film festival
Rap Legend and
Producer Ice-T and Director,
Jorge Hinojosa document
the story of the life of Robert Beck, a reformed pimp
turned African American literature icon. The film tells
the story of Beck’s early days
split between prison and the
ghettos of Chicago where
he committed petty crimes,
pimped prostitutes, and fed
a severe drug addiction.
After serving a
stretch in solitary confinement, he decided he’d had
enough and retired from the
game at 42. In 1969 Beck
recounted his experiences in
Iceberg Slim
the book “Pimp: The Story of
My Life,” which poetically
detailed the bleak realities of
the criminal underground.
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evening was capped off with
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2nd North American Tour of
Wicked, which will be delighting Cleveland audiences
once again with its return in
December.
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an assortment of fan-favorites and some fresh awardwinning works which will be
making their Cleveland debuts. Prior to the announcement, Vernaci noted “PlayhouseSquare is delighted to
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Wicked, December
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Flashdance
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - Friday, March 22, 2013
Islam In The Community
Abusing the word Islam (What is not Islam)
Editor’s Note: This
article is in two parts and this is
part two.
By HASHIM A. KHALIQ
Hello neighbors. In
hopes to defuse some confusion that many have about Islam
and Muslims we have taken an
excerpt from a website we visit
frequently.
“The Hour will not
come... until nearly thirty “dajjals” (liars) appear, each one
claiming to be a messenger from
Allah.” (Sahih Bukhari, Sahih
Muslim)
Shortly after the death
of Prophet Muhammad, an man
named Musailama, a claimant to
prophethood, was fought against
togher with his followers for their
apostacy.
It is worth noting that
Musailama did not deny theh
prophethood of Muhammad
(peace and blessings on him) and
nor did his followers.
It is also worth noting
that it was misinformation that
led the tribe of Banu Hunaifa to
accept Musailama’s false claims.
Nevertheless, the consensus of the companies was to
declare them apostates and wage
a war against them.
This is evidence
enough to declare the Ahmadiyyas as non-Muslims.
Another example of
the Ahmadiyya’s rejection of
the Qur’an and Sunnah is their
contention that Jesus died, and
that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was
an incarnation of Jesus.
In fact, according to the
1985 Encyclopedia Britannica,
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed
to be not only Jesus but Prophet
Muhammad, the Mahdi, and the
Hindu god Krishna.
It suffices to refer back
to the essence of Islam which is
the Uniqueness of God: any concept of man becoming god, worse
yet a Hindu good who is one out
of many, is false according to the
Qur’an.
On this, Islam is uncomprising, hence this error of
the Ahmadiyyas is the foremost
indication of their exit from Islam.
Finally, the Ahmadiyyas also rejected jihad, a tactic
which was designated to elimi-
A Look At My World
The proper etiquette for eating an icecream sundae
By DR. JAMES L. SNYDER
Not everybody realizes how important it is to
follow protocol. Many Philistines in our society do things
so haphazardly that it is a real
affront to those of us who
know better. There should be
a law forbidding such perfunctory behavior. We have a
law for everything else, why
not this? Plus, it would better serve our country and help
maintain civilized behavior
among our citizens.
I will be the first to
admit that, throughout my
lifetime, I have not always
been committed to civilized
behavior. It took me a long
time to realize what civilized
behavior really was. Before I
got married, I had an idea of
what I thought civilized behavior was. Unbeknownst to
me I had wandered about in
sheer ignorance.
Looking back, I
think of those times and
know why somebody said,
“Ignorance is bliss.” And to
be sure, I was very blissful.
In fact, I did not know how
very blissful I was.
Then came the time
when I was willing to throw
away all that bliss for the, “I
do,” of a certain young lady I
chanced to meet. It was then
that my idea of bliss radically
changed forever.
After getting married I realized just how uncivilized by behavior had
been up to this point. Fortunately, for me, my bride was
more than willing to take up
the challenge of nurturing me
to a more civilized behavior.
I would not say that
she has been overwhelmingly successful in this attempt,
however. I am a lot more civ-
ilized today than I was prior,
which has to count for something.
One of the things
that she attributes to civilized behavior has to do with
cleanliness, in particular,
clean clothes. For some reason she has a fetish that everything has to be cleaned.
In my uncivilized days, I had
more of a fetish about saving water. Through the years,
her persistence has paid off
and I have come to the place
that I really appreciate clean
clothes.
Of course, there is a
discrepancy in what each of
us deem as clean.
For me, clean is
when it passes the sniff test.
As long as I cannot smell
anything on my shirt, I consider it clean. My wife, on the
other hand, believes that if
you wear a piece of clothing
one time it ceases to be clean.
Then there are
spots. If a spot is on my shirt
where nobody else can see
it, I consider the shirt clean.
After all, appearance is what
really counts. However, my
wife believes any and every
spot renders a shirt unclean.
This brings me to
the subject at hand. That is,
the proper etiquette for eating an ice cream sundae. It
appears, so I am told, that
the correct way to eat an ice
cream sundae is not to get
any on your shirt.
My favorite ice
cream sundae is hot fudge,
which is humanly impossible
to eat without getting something on your shirt. No matter how careful, I always drip
hot fudge on my shirt. The
cleaner the shirt, the bigger
the smudge.
It is for this reason
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that the Gracious Mistress of
the Parsonage has laid down
some very strict rules when it
comes to ice cream sundaes.
No ice cream sundaes!
Period! For the most
part, I do not let her catch me
eating an ice cream sundae.
It is more for her good than
for mine that I keep this a secret. Whenever she discovers
I have had an ice cream sundae it affects her blood pressure, not to mention the wear
and tear on her vocal cords.
(I will not even mention my
eardrums.)
I have tried everything under the sun to master
the etiquette of properly eating an ice cream sundae. No
matter what I do or try, the result is always the same. Some
little smidgen of fudge on my
clothing somewhere.
I recently came to
a milestone in my pursuit of
ice cream sundaes. At first, I
thought it was an ingenious
plan. In the beginning, it
looked promising. It went
simply like this. Since a hot
fudge sundae usually drips on
my shirt evidencing the fact
that I indulged in the forbidden delicacy, I switched to
strawberry sundaes where
there is absolutely no chance
of smearing your shirt with
fudge.
This plan of mine
worked for several months
but came crashing down this
past week. I had indulged in
a very delicious strawberry
sundae and thought I had gotten away with it. When I got
home my wife looked at me
and then said, “What is that
stain on your shirt?”
Knowing that if I
confess I had an ice cream
sundae I would be in deep
trouble the thought occurred
to me until I took my chance.
“I think it’s lipstick,” I said with a smile on
my face.
“Oh, I thought it was
strawberry syrup,” she said. I
am not sure what that means
but I did not want to pursue
the subject at the time. I am
learning that some things
are not worth the effort. The
apostle Paul thought this too.
“All things are lawful for me, but all things are
not expedient: all things are
lawful for me, but all things
edify not” (1 Corinthians
10:23 KJV ). There is a
proper way of doing everything and some things are not
worth doing at all.
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nate Muslim resistance to British
colonialist rule.
The International Community of Submitters:
The Submitters are followers of the late Rashad Khalifa,
a man who claimed to be a Messenger of Allah.
This claim in itself is
sufficient to remove the Submitters from Islam as the Qur’an
states (translation):
“O people! Muhammad
has no sons among ye men, but
verily, he is the Messenger of
Allah and the last in the line of
Prophets. And Allah is aware of
everything.” (33:40)
The true Prophet of
Islam, Muhammad, observed:
“The tribe of Israel
was guided by prophets. When
a prophet passed away, another
succeeded him. But no prophet
will come after me; only caliphs
will succeed me.” (Sahih Bukhari)
Much of Rashad Khalifa’s misguidance can be traced to
his obsession with numerology,
an obsession which has misguided many different people
throughout history.
Khalifa alleged that the
Qur’an contained a mathematical
code which revolved around the
number 19.
He went to the extent
of removing two verses from the
Qur’an because according to him
“the word ‘God’ ..is not a multiple
of 19, unless we remove it [it],”
and the “sum of all verse numbers
Orchestra to perform
The Cleveland Orchestra presents its inaugural
neighborhood residency in
Northeast Ohio from May 11
through 17, in Cleveland’s Gordon Square Arts District. During
this first residency, the Orchestra
will offer more than 15 events
for the community throughout
the week, including performances by Cleveland Orchestra musicians, ensembles from the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
and Youth Chorus, a Cleveland
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educational programs for local
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students about their careers.
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and restaurants. Our neighborhood will be filled with the gift
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The Cleveland Orchestra at home in Gordon
Square begins with performances by Cleveland Orchestra
musicians on Saturday, May 11
at Gypsy Beans & Baking Co.
at 10:30 a.m. and at Stockyard
Meats grocery store at noon. A
30-minute narrated and interactive performance for children
ages 3-6 will be presented at 11
a.m. the same day at La Sagrada
Familia.
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chamber ensemble will perform
at Battery Park Wine Bar on
Sunday, May 12, at 6 p.m.
The Capitol Theatre
hosts a screening of a portion
of The Cleveland Orchestra’s
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 performance filmed at the beautiful
baroque Abbey of St. Florian,
near Linz, Austria, on Monday,
May 13, at 9 a.m. Prior to the
screening of the Orchestra’s performance, Gordon Square residents and artists will be seen onscreen in a brief neighborhood
residency preview produced
by Ohio City’s Northwater
Partners.
A special City
Club of Cleveland live radio
broadcast on 90.3 WCPN/
ideastream’s program Around
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impact of arts and culture on
neighborhood.
where the word ‘God’ occurs is...
19x6217 ...If the false verse 9:129
is included, this phenomenon
disappears.”
By rejecting a single
verse of the Qur’an, the Submitters bring themselves under the
judgement of another verse.
Do you believe in part
of the Book and disbelieve in
another part?
And what is the reward
of those who do so save ignominy
in the life of the world, and on the
Day of Resurrection
they will be consigned to the most
grievous doom ... (2:85)
It is interesting to note
that Khalifa was a numerologist
who did his blighted profession
justice: he predicted the end of
the world. However, Allah says
in the Qur’an:
They ask you about the
(last) hour, when will be its taking
place? Say: The knowledge of it is
only with my Lord; none but He
shall manifest it at its time; it will
be momentous in the heavens and
the earth; it will not come on you
but of a sudden.
They ask you as if you
were solicitous about it. Say: Its
knowledge is only with Allah, but
most people do not know. (7:187)
The Submitters also
reject the Sunnah of Prophet
Muhammad (saws)- not part of
it, but the whole of it. For the
Submitters, the Sunnah is not a
source of Islam.
The problem this presents are overwhelming, for by
doing so the Submitters have
effectively destroyed their ability
to perform:
Salaat (obligatory
prayers), the second pillar of
Islam, Zakat (obligatory tax), the
third pillar of Islam, Sawm (fasting), the forth pillar of Islam, and
Hajj (pilgrimage), the fiftjh pillar
of Islam.
With four out of the
five pillars of Islam removed,
the Submitters have little to back
their claim to being “Muslim.”
The true Messenger of
Islam (saws) warned Muslims of
falling into this trap.
Narrated AbuRafi: The
Prophet (peace be upon him)
said: “Let me not find one of you
reclining on his couch when he
hears something regarding me
which I have commanded or forbidden [i.e. from the Sunnah -ed.]
and saying: ‘We do not know.
What we found in Allah’s Book [i.e. the Qur’an] we
have followed.” Book 40, Number 4588 of Sunan Abu-Dawud
The Nitty-Gritty
Mirror, mirror on the wall...
By KIM SMITH
Yoo-Hoooo!
I’m
Baaacck!! You know--it’s me,
Barack Obama again! KimSmith wanted to cover another
topic, but I nagged, hollered
and pouted until she gave in.
Yay. I just had to share some
more of my genius with you!
Now, you’ll love me more than
ever.
I found out this past
week that many people in this
country believe that I really,
really care about “the little
people”. You know, the poor,
the jobless, the sick and the
helpless. Yay, again. I truly
am a genius. I don’t think I
have ever laughed as hard as I
did when I realized that, once
again, my plan had worked
big-time! You see, the real
truth is...I couldn’t care less
about “the little people.”
I don’t care about
them any more than a boot
cares about stepping on a fly.
Just how did I fool so many
people? Why, I told them what
they wanted to hear! Tell them
the “truth”? Oh, pullease. I
told them how Papa Barack
would look out for them, and
take care of them. (I also used
this as an opportunity to trash
“them”--you know--anyone
who disagrees with me, giving
countless speeches about how
“they” are heartless and uncaring...) I worked hard to end
the “welfare to work” laws,
intending to allow welfare recipients to just relax and draw
benefits.
Dang it. This plan
didn’t work because “they”
won the battle. Now, (sob!)
people on welfare have to jobtrain, or hunt for work. How
cruel. (Tee-hee!
Here’s where my
brilliant Plan is working beautifully, though: I have succeeded in convincing a large portion of the population that they
“deserve,” or are “entitled,”to
endless government assistance
and benefits. I have “staged”
the distrubition of these benefits in escalating and lengthier
amounts in order to create a
“hunger”for dependence on
the government. The more
dependent they are on me, the
less “trouble” they will give
me as I strip one freedom after another from them. Let me
give you an example:
A son is born to a
husband and wife. As parents,
they are expected to feed,
clothe, and train their son, all
with the eventual intention of
his reaching adulthood and
leaving home as an independent, capable person, self-supporting and capable of solving
his own problems. This parental process is identical to the
former
process of being an American
citizen. Now here is a second
scenario: This sameson is born
to a husband and wife. They
feed and clothe him, but they
offer little to no training, and
few life skills. Time rolls on,
and the son contributes little to
nothing to the household. His
hand is ever-out, demanding
money and more from his parents. He is now 20. He barely
graduated from high-school,
and has a sense of entitlement
of the charts: “You owe me,”
“”the world owes me”...) He
lives at home, completely dependent on his parents. Then
he turns 30. Then he turns 40...
Get it?
This is my amazing
plan--to make you totally helpless and dependent on me so
I can have all the control and
power! And you’re buying
it! And you actually believe I
care! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Oops!
Ahem...
Oh. Before I go, I just
want to give you three more
quick examples of how much
I care about you, and how incredibally competent I am as
your dicta--I mean president:
First, I sent $250 million in aid
to a country that spits on us-Egypt. Second, I’m going to
spend $250 million towards revamping Git-Mo in Cuba. (See
how much I care about you!)
And lastly, because of my brilliant Obamacare, 6 out of 10
medical doctors are planning
an early retirement due to the
magnificent mess it is causing!
Hooray.(Wait a minute--got to straighten that darn
tie again. OOO. There I am in
that mirror again...Me! Me!
Me!)
Hugs and Kisses-Barack
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful
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Legal Court Interpretation
You And The Law
Juvenile sentencing and how it differs from adults
Ohio’s 3rd grade students must pass reading test for promotion
By JUSTICE PAUL E. PFEIFER
In the Ohio criminal
justice system, juvenile proceedings are fundamentally
different from adult criminal
trials. Those differences were
the focus of a case that we
reviewed – at the Supreme
Court of Ohio – involving a
juvenile we’ll refer to as J.V.
In June 2005, in accordance with a plea agreement, a trial court found J.V.
delinquent and guilty of one
count of felonious assault,
and one count of aggravated
robbery. Because J.V. had
used a gun in committing
his crimes, the charges also
included firearm and seriousyouthful-offender specifications.
The court imposed a
blended sentence: at least two
years at the Ohio Department
of Youth Services (“DYS”)
and an adult sentence of three
years. The adult sentence was
stayed, meaning that if J.V.
behaved during his two years
at DYS, he wouldn’t have to
serve the additional time. But
near the end of his DYS sentence J.V. was involved in a
fight that led the trial court to
invoke the stayed adult sentence.
In response, J.V.’s
attorneys appealed, but the
court of appeals affirmed the
invocation of the stayed adult
sentence. After that, his case
came before us for a final review.
On appeal, J.V.’s
attorneys presented several
arguments, the first of which
claimed that the invocation of
an adult prison sentence upon
a juvenile violates the United
States and Ohio Constitutions.
The Ohio legislature
authorized the imposition of
blended sentences in 2002 in
order to give juvenile courts
more flexibility in handling
violent juvenile offenders.
Prior to that, juvenile courts
had the choice of two extremes: it could treat the child
as a juvenile, committing him
to DYS until he turned 21, or
it could treat the child as an
adult and transfer the case to
the common pleas court, depriving the child of a chance
at rehabilitation and exposing
the child to an adult sentence
in an adult prison.
But J.V.’s attorneys
argued that the juvenile-sentencing law violated J.V.’s
right to a trial by jury because
it allows the judge to substitute his own judgment instead
of relying on the findings of
a jury. In making that argument, they relied on a series
of court decisions that state
that “any fact that increases
the penalty for a crime” must
be submitted to a jury.
But we determined
that those cases do not apply to J.V.’s situation. Why
not? J.V. was sentenced to a
blended sentence. The adult
portion of the sentence was
stayed, “pending the successful completion of the traditional juvenile” sentence.
When the juvenile court invoked the stayed sentence –
after J.V. failed to complete
his juvenile sentence – the
judge did not increase J.V.’s
sentence; he merely removed
the stay. The sentence had already been imposed.
Furthermore, juveniles do not enjoy a right to
a trial by jury. That’s not to
say that juries play no role,
but they’re not required. That
is one of the main differences
between juvenile and adult
courts.
We therefore concluded that when an invocation hearing is properly conducted – as it was in this case
– the juvenile’s right to a trial
by jury is not even implicated, let alone violated.
J.V.’s attorneys also
took issue with the juvenile-
sentencing law’s burden of
proof requirement, which
is a “clear-and-convincingevidence” standard. They argued that when invoking the
adult sentence, the burden
of proof should be the same
as it is in a criminal trial –
the “beyond-a-reasonabledoubt” standard.
We disagreed. The
invocation hearing is not a
criminal proceeding. Therefore, the fact-finding need
not be according to the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt
standard that is required in
criminal trials.
The
clear-andconvincing-evidence standard of the juvenile-sentencing law is less rigorous,
though stronger than a mere
“preponderance-of-the-evidence” standard. The clearand-convincing-evidence
standard requires the judge to
have a firm belief or conviction about the facts presented. We concluded that there
is nothing fundamentally
unfair about a law that authorizes a judge to reach conclusions about facts according
to a clear-and-convincingevidence standard.
In this case, J.V.
had notice of the invocation
hearing, he was present at the
hearing, he had legal representation, he had the opportunity to present evidence at
the hearing, and he had the
opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses called by
the state. The court complied
with the requirements of the
law.
We therefore determined that J.V. was not
denied due process based on
the fact that the trial court
reached factual conclusions
according to a clear-and-convincing-evidence standard.
J.V.’s
attorneys
made one other argument
regarding his sentence: they
maintained that the juvenile
court did not have jurisdiction over J.V. when it sentenced him in of February
2010.
In making that argument, his attorneys relied
on the section of the juvenile-sentencing law which
states, “The juvenile court
has jurisdiction over a person who is adjudicated a delinquent child prior to attaining 18 years of age until the
person attains twenty-one
years of age.”
This language is
straightforward. It states
that juvenile courts have jurisdiction over adjudicated
delinquents until they are 21
years old. The obvious flip
side of that statement is that
juvenile courts do not have
jurisdiction over adjudicated
delinquents once they are 21
years old.
We determined that
there was no need for us to
interpret the language of that
law; we only needed to apply the facts of this case to
the law. J.V. turned 21 on
March 11, 2009. Accordingly, the juvenile court had
no jurisdiction over him after that date. Nevertheless,
in February 2010, it held a
sentencing hearing to correct
the original juvenile sentence, which did not mention
postrelease control.
However, based on
the plain language in the law,
the juvenile court did not
have jurisdiction over J.V.
On this issue we determined
– by a five-to-two vote – that
there was no doubt that the
juvenile court acted outside
its jurisdiction and therefore
that the sentence issued in
February 2010 was void.
It was an unfortunate result, one that was not
intended when the law was
enacted, but as Justice Yvette
McGee Brown noted, “This
case has revealed a gap in
the law that should be addressed by the legislature.”
Weekly Wealth For Your Health
In 2012, the Ohio
legislature enacted the Third
Grade Reading Guarantee.
This law requires schools to
identify reading deficiencies,
create specialized reading
improvement and monitoring
plans, and provide intensive
reading interventions. With
some exceptions, the law requires third grade students to
achieve a minimum score on
state reading assessments to
progress to fourth grade.
Q: My daughter has
always struggled with reading. What will this law mean
for her?
A: Beginning in
the 2013-2014 school year,
all third grade students must
achieve a minimum score
of 392 on the Grade Three
Reading Ohio Achievement
Assessment (OAA) in either
the fall or spring of their third
grade year to be advanced to
fourth grade. The initiative
calls for raising the minimum
score each year until it reaches
400, the score at which a student is considered “proficient”
in reading.
All Ohio public
schools must administer an
English-Language Arts diagnostic assessment test every
September and identify students’ reading abilities. You
will be notified in writing if
your daughter fails to meet
benchmark grade level scores.
Once she is identified, the
school (with support from you
and the classroom teacher)
must provide reading intervention and develop an individualized reading improvement and monitoring plan
within 60 days. The school
will assign your daughter to
a school-identified “high-performance teacher” (one whose
students perform very well).
Your daughter will receive at
least 90 minutes of reading intervention daily. She may also
receive small group instruction, reduced teacher-student
ratios, more frequent progress
monitoring, tutoring or mentoring, extended school days
or summer reading programs.
Q: If my daughter
does not pass the Ohio reading
assessment, will she be held
back in every subject?
A: No. If your
daughter demonstrates proficiency in another subject,
such as math, writing, science or social studies, she
must receive appropriate
grade level instruction in
that area. If she is at grade
level for all subjects except
reading, she may advance to
fourth grade in all subjects
except reading. She will continue to receive intensive remediation services until she
reads at grade level. If your
daughter is retained, the district must offer and pay for
reading intervention services
from one or more approved
outside tutoring providers.
The school district also must
establish a policy to promote your daughter to fourth
grade whenever she demonstrates that she is reading at
or above grade level.
Q: Are there any exceptions to this rule?
A: Yes. Students
may advance to fourth
grade without meeting the
minimum score if they:have
limited English proficiency
and have had less than two
years of instruction in a U.S.
school; have received intensive remediation for two
years and were previously
retained in kindergarten
through third grade; demonstrate reading competency on
an alternative reading assessment approved by the Ohio
Department of Education; or
are in special education programs whose individualized
education program (IEP)
teams exempt them.
Q: My child receives special education
services under an IEP. How
does the Third Grade Reading Guarantee affect him?
A: The goal of the
Third Grade Reading Guarantee is to address reading
weaknesses in both general
education and special education students. Like other
special education students,
your son must take the reading diagnostic test each fall
in kindergarten through third
grade, without accommodations whenever possible, unless his IEP teams excuse him
and allow him to take an alternative assessment.
A reading assessment based on this new initiative is separate from a
student’s IEP and creates
separate intervention requirements. Like any student, if
your son is not reading at
grade level, he will receive
immediate interventions, including a reading improvement and intervention plan.
The plan should be separate
from, but in line with, his current IEP. He will receive intensive reading interventions
above and beyond whatever
reading support is in his IEP.
The school district should
document the reading assessment results on his special
education evaluations and his
team should review his plan.
Your son can be kept
in third grade if he does not
achieve the minimum score
on the OAA. However, he
may be exempt from retention if you and the school
decide that his curriculum is
significantly different from
grade level or he requires
testing accommodations beyond those allowed on Ohio
assessment tests. If he is eligible for exemption, it must
be noted in his plan.
Q: My son is in
third grade in the 2012-2013
school year. Must he pass
the reading assessment to advance to fourth grade?
A: If, as a current
third grade student, your son
does not achieve a score of
390 (the 2012-2013 school
year minimum score) on the
OAA by June 2013, he can
still advance to fourth grade
if the principal and reading
teacher believe he is ready
based on other evaluations or
that he can succeed with supplemental reading assistance.
This “Law You Can
Use” column was provided by
the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA). It was prepared
by attorney Kerry M. Agins, a
partner in the Cleveland firm,
Siegel & Agins Co., LPA.
Economic activity has
increased in Ohio counties as a
result of shale exploration and the
early-stage production of oil and
gas from shale reservoirs, according to a new study by Cleveland
State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.
The study analyzed local sales receipts and total employment in areas categorized as
strong shale counties – namely,
the eastern Ohio counties of
Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Cochocton, Geauga,
Guernsey, Harrison, Mahoning,
Portage, Stark, Trumbull and
Tuscarawas.
Among the key findings:
Total sales activity in
strong shale counties increased
21.1 percent, from $12.3 billion
in 2011 to $14.9 billion in 2012.
The rebound in sales
activity in strong shale counties
began in 2011 and continued
strongly through 2012.
The growth in sales
activity among strong shale counties is occurring in a part of Ohio
that has experienced little investment over the past several decades.
Employment growth in
strong shale counties is not yet
evident.
In 2011, strong shale
counties began to experience a
positive growth trend in terms
of estimated sales receipts. This
trend continued and strengthened through 2012. Strong shale
counties not only reversed negative average sales trends from
the previous three years, but
also outperformed moderate
shale counties, weak shale counties and non-shale counties.
There is a clear positive trend in sales receipts, the
employment data show a modest
increase of 1.4 percent in the av-
erage employment yearly growth
rate for strong shale counties
between 2011 and 2012. Over
a same period, moderate shale
counties and non-shale counties
experienced similar increases of
1.4 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively. Trends at the county
level hold true at the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) level.
Strong shale MSAs experienced
an average sales receipt increase
of 17.3 percent between 2011
and 2012, outpacing moderate/
weak MSAs (11.0 percent) and
non-shale MSAs (6.4 percent).
Avoiding post-disaster scam artists Study finds increase economic activity in shale counties
By JASON ALDERMAN
Have you ever
turned on the light in a dark
basement and shuddered as
cockroaches scurried away? I
get that same sense of revulsion whenever I hear about
unscrupulous swindlers taking advantage of the victims
of natural and manmade disasters.
The Better Business Bureau
has dubbed these human
cockroaches “Storm Chasers” because they creep out
of the woodwork after every
major storm or disaster. In
fact, because fraud was so
widespread after Hurricane
Katrina, the Department of
Justice created the National
Center for Disaster Fraud, a
central information clearinghouse for more than 20 federal agencies where people can
report suspected fraudulent
activities tied to disasters of
all types.
One
common
scam is where supposed repair workers blitz impacted
neighborhoods, hoping to ensnare frazzled homeowners.
Their typical line is, “We’re
really slammed but with a
cash deposit you can ensure
a spot on our busy schedule.”
Or, they’ll scare people into
thinking their home is dangerously unsafe, sometimes
actually creating damage during their “inspection.”
Often, these Storm
Chasers just take the money
and run. Or, if they do show
up and make repairs, their
work or materials are shoddy.
This could leave you on the
hook financially since your
homeowners insurance probably won’t cover unauthorized or fraudulent repairs.
Here are a few tips
from the Better Business
Bureau to avoid becoming a
Storm Chaser victim:
Ask your insurance
company about what’s covered under your policy and
specific filing requirements.
Also ask them to survey the
damage and see whether they
have approved contractors.
Never hire a laborer
or contractor on the spot. Get
at least three estimates based
on the same specifications
and materials. Check their
references, licensing and registration information with the
National Association of State
Contractors Licensing Agencies (www.nascla.org/licensing_information); also read
reviews posted by the Better
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Require
written
contracts that specify work to
be done, materials to be used,
start and end dates, responsibility for hauling away debris, and costs broken down
by labor and materials. Verify that the contractor’s name,
address, phone number and
license number are included,
as well as any verbal promises and warranties.
Read the fine print.
Some shady contracts include clauses allowing substantial cancellation fees if
you choose not to use the
contractor after your insurance company has approved
the claim. Others require you
to pay the full price if you
cancel after the cancellation
period has expired.
Ask your contractor
to provide proof of current
insurance that covers workers compensation benefits,
property damage and personal liability.
You’ll probably be
asked to pay an upfront deposit to cover initial materials – one-quarter to one-third
is reasonable upon delivery
of materials to your home
and once work begins.
Never pay in full in
advance, and don’t pay cash.
Have the contract specify a
schedule for releasing payments, and before making
the final payment, ask the
contractor to provide proof
that all subcontractors have
been paid – if not, you could
be liable for their fees.
And finally, remember the adage, “If it
sounds too good to be true,
it probably is.” If someone
uses high-pressure sales tactics, requires full payment
upfront, asks you to get necessary permits or offers to
shave costs by using leftover
materials from another job –
run.
They’re
potentially disastrous to your bottom line – and you’ve been
through one disaster already.
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directs Visa’s financial education programs. To participate in a free, online Financial Literacy and Education
Summit on April 17, 2013,
go to www.practicalmoneyskills.com/summit2013.
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OSU wins Big Ten gets 2nd seed in NCAA
By Karl Bryant
Ohio State got into gear in the Big Ten Tournament and put up
three straight victories over Nebraska , Michigan State , and Wisconsin to
take the conference’s tourney title. The B1G Championship Game 50-43
win over Wisconsin was some semblance of revenge for the 22-point throttling that the Badgers had handed the Buckeyes earlier this season. Since
that loss in mid-February, the Buckeyes turned things around and have been
playing their best basketball of the year – winning eight in a row. In the
title game, both defenses had the inside track – each allowing just 38%
shooting for the other team. OSU made up for horrendous 1 of 16 shooting
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EAST SIDE DAILY NEWS
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House, 380 North Mulberry Street, Mansfield,
Ohio on Saturday, March 23, at 6:00 p.m. For
tickets, call Jeff Salser at 419-709-7768.
Cavs’ collapse mars lead
By KARL BRYANT
The Cavaliers put
on quite a show for 33 minutes into their game against
Miami before suffering a collapse of historic proportions.
The ragtag Cleveland team,
whose bench is chock full
of injured players in street
clothes, improbably had a 21
point halftime lead against
the team that currently has
fashioned the 2nd longest
winning streak in NBA annals.
The Cavs even came
out of the locker room after
intermission with further energy and bumped their lead
up to 27 points. It was then
that the Florida sinkhole
opened up and swallowed
them as hot Miami shooting,
smack-your-head bad referee calls, and eye-blinkingly
foolish turnovers allowed
the Heat to catch them, pass
them, and take the lead by
nine astonishingly, the shorthanded Cavs then mounted
their own comeback and cut
the deficit to one point before
getting another bogus call
that pretty much sealed the
98-95 loss. The 27-point lead
was the largest one wasted in
team history.
The Heat came into town
sporting a 23-game winning
streak, and of course, Cleveland back-stabber LeBron
James as their main weapon.
A goofball fan even ran onto
the court mid-game, imploring James to return to Cleveland when his contract is up.
So it was against this juggernaut that the cobbled-together
Cavs - without Anderson Verajao, out for the year, Kyrie
Irving, out for three weeks,
and Dion Waiters, out for the
next week - took the court.
But first, the proceedings
were delayed by over ½ hour
due to the flaming scoreboard
dripping “condensation” from
a CO2 cylinder. As the repair
work went on, a wag posited,
“This is like the grounds crew
making up the field to their
team’s advantage. This is
good for the Cavs. They have
no set pattern, while Miami ’s
game preparation is step-bystep. This puts a wrench in
the works.” There’s probably
a degree of truth to this as the
Cavs don’t know each other
well-enough to have an established pre-game regimen.
Conversely, Miami has a set
routine they use to psyche
themselves.
Once the game started,
Miami did seem out of sync.
The Cavs were the ones playing like a 50-win team. They
rolled out to an eight point
1st quarter lead and then a
21-point halftime lead. Even
after the Heat comeback began, the Cavs still led by nine
at the end of three. Unfortunately, that lead vanished in
minutes as James scored 11
Zips fail in NCAA bid
By Karl Bryant
The Akron Zips
dream of winning a NCAA
title failed when it mattered,
humbly falling victim to Virginia commonwealth, 88-42,
on Thursday night at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan. This was the the Zips’
third NCAA Tournament appearanve in five years.
By virtue of their
throttling of Ohio University
in the Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship Game, 65-46, Akron
earned the MAC’s automatic
bid to the NCAA Tournament. Akron had beaten Kent
State by three in one semifinal and Ohio had beaten
Western Michigan , 71-60,
in the other one. Many people had thought that the Zips
would fall short because their
star point guard, Alex Abreu,
had been suspended from the
team after a drug-related arrest, but the team regrouped
and took home the title.
Interestingly, after
the MAC final win, Akron
Coach Keith Dambrot said,
“We’ll probably be paired
against VCU, who presses
you all over the court, and
we don’t have a point guard.”
Well, it seems like someone on the NCAA Selection
Commitee must have seen the
comment and had an ulterior
motive because, lo and behold, VCU was named as the
Zips’ opponent in the NCAA
2nd round!.(The NCAA
considers the four “play-in
games” of March Madness to
be the 1st Round.)
Virginia Commonwealth , which reached the
Final Four last season, is
coached by Shaka Smart, a
former assistant to Dambrot.
Akron (29-6), a 12th seed,
will play VCU (26-8), a 5th
seed, Thursday at the Palace
of Auburn Hills outside of
Detroit .
The three other MAC
semifinalists also got postseason bids. Ohio , who was
given an NIT bid, just lost
their 1st Round game to Denver University . D.J. Cooper,
who was 0 for 8 from the
field with three meager points
against Akron in the MAC
final, recovered to score 16
points for OU (24-10) against
Denver , which was led by
Brett Olson’s 15 points.
The other two MAC teams
are still playing. Kent State
went to the CollegeInsider.
com tourney, where they beat
Fairfield , 73-71. Randal Holt
led KSU (21-13) with 18
points and Derek Needham
led Fairfield with 22.
Central Michigan
went to the College Basketball Invitational, where they
edged North Dakota State,
72-71 in overtime. The teams
had been tied at 62 after regulation. Shayne Whittington
scored 18 for CMU (21-12)
and TrayVonn Wright, 23 for
NDSU.
The
Horizon
League’s Youngstown State
beat Oakland (MI), 99-87,
in the 1st round of the Col-
legeInsider.com
tourney.
Kendrick Perry scored 31
points for YSU and Blake Allen added 27. Travis Bader
scored 30 for Oakland . The
Penguins set a school record
with 18 three-point baskets. It
was the first ever post season
win for YSU (18-15) at the
Div. I level.
points on a layup and three
long range shots. In fact, it
wasn’t Miami ’s inside domination, but 12 of 29 shooting
from the perimeter that fueled
the rally.
The Cavs apparently mistaking Miami ruddy jerseys
for their own and throwing
stupid passes had a lot to do
with the loss. But the turning point came actually a few
minutes into the 3rd quarter,
when Tristan Thompson stole
the ball from Chris Bosh and
was grabbed while starting
to dash to the other end. The
refs could’ve called a clear
path foul, but after reviewing
film for a couple of minutes,
declined to do so. If the team
roles were reversed, that call
would’ve been made. There
were also Miami flops that
would have inspired Europe
’s best soccer pretenders. And
then, there was the cause celebre that all but handed the
Heat the “W.”
The Cavs had incongruously battled back to within
a point when a ball was
whacked out of bounds under
their own basket with just under five seconds left. The referees looked at video for several minutes, as did the crowd
on the scoreboard, of Alonzo
Gee touching fingers on the
ball as James’ entire hand
was grabbing it before it went
out of bounds. Of course, the
Chateau Elan Jr. shootout to be held
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Georgia April 6-7 for the Chateau Elan Junior Shootout. The event will
be hosted by the Chateau Elan Golf Club in Braselton, GA. This will
be a very competitive field with a lot at stake for the players. Winners
of the boy’s and girl’s 15-18 age divisions will be rewarded with four
AJGA performance stars which will grant them an exemption into an
AJGA event. Winners of all four divisions will receive an automatic bid
for the 2013 Tour Championship and a free pair of golf shoes courtesy
of Kikkor Shoes. Top ten finishers in all divisions will receive points
towards year-end honors including All-HJGT Teams and the Hurricane
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Two of LeBron James’ 11 points in a minute and a half of
the 4th quartwe that finally overcame the Cavs’ 27 lead. James’ 25
points led Miami, Wayne Ellington’s 20 led the Cavs. (ESND Photo
by Bill Moore)
ball was awarded to Miami
, James was intentionally
fouled on the inbounds play,
and made the two sealing free
throws. C.J. Miles three point
attempt to tie was destined to
miss by the fates.
Following the game, after
things had simmered down,
friendly face Norris Cole
from Cleveland State, a backup point guard for Miami,
after telling this reporter he’s
doing well, said, “I keep up
with Coach (Gary) Waters.
I still try to follow the team.
Yeah, it was tough (for CSU)
this year, but things will be
better next year.” Hope it’s
true for the Cavaliers, too.
Boxing Nostalgia
By JIM AMATO
Jose Torres explodes on the boxing scene
There was a time in
the mid 1960′s that revolved
around who would be Muhammad Ali’s next opponent.
The former Cassius Clay was
chewing up and spitting out
challengers with alarming
ease. His hold on the heavyweight title was reaching the
point of fan boredom. Few
could see any serious contenders on the horizon.
Then a tremendous
boxer-puncher of Puerto Rican heritage exploded on to
the scene. He was really a
blown up middleweight with
an extensive and successful
amateur background, but boy
could he fight.
He was a thing of
beauty to watch. Hands held
high in front of his face in
the peek-a-boo style taught
to him by his mentor Cus
D’Amato. The flashing combinations, the burning body
shots and his business like
command of the situation inside the ropes. He was quite
simply, a fighting machine.
When Jose Torres lifted the world’s light
heavyweight title from Willie
Pastrano on March 30, 1965
he was truly great. Who will
ever forget the picture perfect
body shot that sent a pained
Pastrano to the canvas. Only
Pastrano ’s undeniable gameness kept him in the fight until the ninth round.
Almost every conceivable positive boxing
adjective was heaped upon
Torres after his stellar performance. Rightfully so as
Torres seemed destined to a
bright and illustrious future.
Let’s go back to Torres’s early pro career. This
young man appeared to have
Torres
success stamped on his forehead. He turned professional
in 1958 and won all nine of
his fights that year. In 1959
he scored four straight kayos
two of which were over rugged Joe Shaw and talented
Al Andrews. He finished the
year by drawing with future
welterweight king Benny Paret.
In 1960, he stepped
up in class and was forced to
go the distance three times.
Twice against the clever
Randy Sandy and once versus tough Tony Dupas.In
1961 and 1962 Torres put
together an impressive ten
fight knockout streak that
led to his coming out party.
On May 26, 1963 Torres
took on the feared Florentino
Fernandez in San Juan. Fernandez had unsuccessfully
challenged Gene Fullmer
for the middleweight crown
in 1961. He was still very
much a threat the night he
met Torres. Time would have
to wait for Torres.
Fernandez gave him a very
rude welcoming to the big
time halting an overmatched
Torres in six rounds. The loss
seemed to make Jose even
more determined. Less then
five months later he returned
to out score Don Fullmer.
Jose picked right back up in
1964 reeling off seven very
impressive wins. Among the
victims were Jose Gonzalez,
Wilbert McClure, Gomeo
Brennan and a crushing one
round blitz of former middleweight king Carl ” Bobo ”
Olson.
Next came Pastrano and the championship. Then a foray into the
heavyweight ranks to cop a
verdict over Tom McNeely.
Three solid defenses of his
crown followed against capable challengers Wayne
Thornton, Eddie Cotton and
Chic Calderwood. The future
seemed vast and unlimited.
Then came December 16, 1966. Where did it all
go wrong? It was supposed to
be a routine defense against
the respected former middleweight king Dick Tiger. If a
stuffed welterweight named
Emile Griffith proved to be
too much for Tiger in taking
Tiger’s middleweight title,
how could he beat Jose? Answer? Tenacity, conditioning and a burning desire and
relentless will to win. Torres
was just outworked. It was
close and debatable but nevertheless a loss.
The rematch five
months later was almost a
carbon copy of the first engagement. Neither fight will
go down in the annals of classic encounters but little did
anyone suspect that Torres
only had two more dates on
his dance card.
Almost a year after
his second setback to Tiger,
Torres traveled to Australia
and beat a useful Bob Dunlop. Fifteen months later he
emerged in New York. The
colorful but erratic Charlie “Devil” Green all but
knocked Torres out cold in
the opening stanza. Call it
guts, pride or whatever, Torres came out in the second
round and he downed the
“Devil “for good. It was high
drama but also the curtain
call. Torres would never box
again.
What Torres has
done in his post boxing career is a tribute to the man
himself. He has established
himself as a fine writer and
humanitarian. He is a hero to
the Puerto Rican people and
rightfully so. I can give you
my account of what I saw of
Torres, the man. It was June
of 1998 and I was attending a
fight show during the festive
International Boxing Hall Of
Fame weekend in Canasota,
New York. Many former boxing greats entered the ring to
have their pictures taken. Torres was among them.
The photo was taken
by Mike Greenhill and I have
it in my office at home. It
shows over 20 smiling warriors enjoying the companionship of their peers. In one
corner of the photo I notice a
frail and aged Beau Jack. The
now late former lightweight
champion was not in the best
of health at the time. What I
see behind him is a man who
is not worried about smiling
for the camera. I see concern
etched on his face thinking
only of watching out for the
once robust champ.
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On The Town
MOVIES * MUSIC * THEATER * DANCE * RESTAURANTS * NIGHT LIFE
'Sister Act' play less than movie
By KARL BRYANT
The touring Broadway production of “Sister
Act,” based on the 1992
smash movie of the same
name, opened its cloister
doors at Playhouse Square
. Whoopi Goldberg, who
played the movie’s heroine
- a worldly entertainer who
sees a mob hit and is placed
in witness protection at a
convent - is a producer of
the play. Although this musical, with songs by Alan
Menken, is still fine entertainment, it’s not quite up to
the level of the movie.
Deloris van Cartier, as Sr.
Mary Clarence-in-hiding,
changes the fortunes of the
inner-city convent, by taking over as choir director
and transforms the church
into the area’s must-see
entertainment destination.
Ta’Rea Campbell as Deloris has spunk and good
vocals, but Goldberg can
take solace in the fact that
her performance was superior. Speaking of superior,
Mother Superior is played
by Hollis Resnick, as almost
too much of a stickler-tothe-rules. The inestimable
Maggie Smith, now starring
in PBS’ “Downton Abbey,”
played the original head of the
convent and set a very high
bar.
In fact, the movie had inspired casting that’s hard to
replicate. If you’ve seen the
movie, it’s impossible to get
those
delightfully-written,
well-established characters
out of your perception. Expert
comic bad guy Harvey Keitel
was Deloris’ mobbed-up main
squeeze. In the play, which is
set in 1978, Kingsley Leggs,
who originated the role on
Broadway, pays a Shaft-style
character, Curtis Jackson, except that he really, really is
bad.
In the movie, Kathy Najimy
was the plump, jovial Sister Mary Patrick and veteran
character actress Mary Wickes
was the dour, wisecracking Sr.
Mary Lazarus. Here, Florrie
Bagel and Diane Findlay take
a decent stab at those two significant roles. Lael van Kueren
is a body double of the film’s
Wendy Makkena as novice
Sr. Mary Robert, and gets a
chance to show off her pipes.
There’s a good line when Deloris is told that Mary Robert
is a “postulant” (a sister candidate) and misunderstanding,
says, “There’s times I’ve need-
ed money too, but I never had
to turn to that.”
In the fim’s climactic scene,
the sisters are running around
a casino trying to save Deloris, but in this musical, it’s an
odd Keystone Cops scene at
the convent itself, complete
with multiple doors opening
and slamming shut. One improvement is that of a mob
henchman – TJ, played by the
rotund Charles Barksdale. All
that’s missing is, “Hey, hey,
hey, it’s (bad) Fat Albert.”
Barksdale steals scenes with
his singing, dancing, and
overall characterization.
While the movie actually
was a celebration of sisters in
religious orders, the play sort
of takes a swipe at them as
being anachronistic. Since the
numbers of nuns is shrinking
all of the time, they certainly
don’t need any bad PR.
But, there are pluses. The
“Papal Visit,” now that the
Papacy is at the center of the
news, received huge applause.
And, if you can set aside seeing glittery nuns’ habits and a
rhinestone-encrusted Virgin
Mary, you’ll enjoy the handclapping singing, which is
uplifting in itself. After all,
singing to God is supposed to
be praying twice.
The touring Broadway production of “Sister Act,” based
on the 1992 smash movie of the same name, opened its cloister
doors at Playhouse Square
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Chris' Cinema Trivia &
Movie Match Up
By CHRIS APPLING
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TRIVIA - (Romance)
1. African American
acting legends Harry Belafonte
and the late, Dorothy Dandridge
are best remembered for their
sizzling performance as tragic
lovers in Otto Preminger's 'Carmen Jones' (1954), but what film
marked Belafonte's screen debut
as he and Dandridge played opposite each other as a smitten,
elementary school principal and
a school teacher?
2. In the movie 'For
Love of Ivy' (1968), black
actress Abbey Lincoln is a
suburban housekeeper who is
matched up with a black businessman by her white employers' son, but who is the acting
icon that plays the businessman
in this motion-picture?
3. In 'A Raisin in the
Sun' (1961), Louis Gosset, Jr.
made his film debut as the suitor
of Afro- Centric Diana Sands
(who finds him too proper and
middle-class), but in what movie did Gossett and Sands reunite
as a troubled black couple who
own an apartment building in
which Gossett is outraged when
he discovers his wife (Sands) is
impregnated by a

white tenant?
4. In 'Sounder' (1972),
the motion-picture told the story
of a poor, black, sharecropping
family in the 1930's in Louisiana,
and how the film's matriarch/
mother attempts to keep the
family together after the father
is imprisoned for stealing food to
feed them but who are the lead,
African-American actor and
actress who won Oscar nominations for their movie portrayals?
5. What motionpicture
starred late actor Howard Rollins in his Oscar nominated role
of 'Coalhouse Walker', a black
pianist of the 1920's who, in grief
over his wife's (Debbie
Allen) senseless death and later
the humiliating degradation
of his Model T car by racist
firemen, loses control of his
wounded pride and becomes
a militant who takes a library
hostage?
ANSWERS: 1. Bright Road
(1953) 2. Sidney Poitier 3.
The Landlord 4. Cicely Tyson
and Paul Windfield 5. Ragtime
(1981)
MOVIE MATCH-UP - (Interracial Romance)
FILMS:
1. Island in the Sun
(1957)
2. A Patch of Blue (1965)
3. Aaron Loves Angela
(1975)
4. Jungle Fever (1990)
5. Zebrahead (1992)
ACTORS/ACTRESSES:
a) Michael Rapaport & N'Bushe Wright
b) Harry Belafonte and Joan Fontaine,
Dorothy Dandridge and John Justin
c) Kevin Hooks
and Irene Cara
d) Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra,
John Turturro and Tyra Ferrell
e) Sidney Poitier and Elizabeth Hartman
ANSWERS:
1, b; 2, e; 3, c; 4, d; 5, a
Several nationally recognized plays to be performed in New Ground Theatre Festival
From May 2-11,
Cleveland Play House (CPH)
will showcase a variety of new
work from nationally recognized artists in its annual New
Ground Theatre Festival. The
centerpiece of this showcase
of new work by America’s
most exciting playwrights is
the world premiere production
of Rich Girl, written by Victoria Stewart and directed by
CPH Artistic Director Michael
Bloom, featuring Tony Award-
nominated actresses Dee Hoty and
Liz Larsen.
A festival highlight this
year is an interdisciplinary presentation in partnership DANCECleveland of three performances of
The Better Half by Chicago-based
Lucky Plush Productions, with the
help of funding from Arts Midwest Touring Fund with support
from the National Endowment for
the Arts, and National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts.
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For the second consecutive year, the Roe Green Award
brings a leading American playwright to Cleveland to develop
a new project. The 2013 winner
is Jordan Harrison, who will be
developing his script Marjorie
Prime, culminating in a public
reading starring Cleveland’s own
Dorothy Silver.
This award is made
possible by the generous support
of New Ground Theatre Festival
Honorary Producer Roe Green.
Past Festival interdisciplinary collaborators have included The Cleveland Orchestra,
GroundWorks DanceTheatre,
Just
Jazz
By NANCY ANN LEE
Johnny Hartman
Renewed interest in
singer Johnny Hartman has
been sparked by The Bridges of Madison County film
soundtrack which introduces
a new generation of fans to his
mellow style.
Born July 3, 1923, in
Chicago, Hartman sang with
his high school jazz orchestra
and studied music at Chicago
Musical College before World
War II intervened. In the late
1940 after his military discharge, Hartman worked with
Earl Hines, Dizzy Gillespie,
and Erroll Garner.
He was a favored soloist in clubs and on television
during the 1950s. Hartman's
forte was the romantic ballad.
He was inventive in his rich
baritone style, yet remained
true to lyrics.
Among several recordings, Hartman's most captivating (and enduring) albums
was a 1963 session (reissued
by MCA/Impulse in 1986)
with saxophonist John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner (piano),
Jimmy Garrison (bass) and
straightforward renderings of
"Lush Life," "My One And
Only Love," "You Are Too
Beautiful," and more.
Hartman is at his best
on this gorgeous album.
and Verb Ballet. CPH’s partnership with DANCECleveland
is the first between these two
arts organizations. For the 2013
New Ground Theatre Festival,
they join together to present the
Cleveland debut of Lucky Plush
Productions, an interdisciplinary company that is rooted in
theatre. Founded in Chicago in
1999, Lucky Plush Productions
has become known for its playful and witty commentary on
contemporary culture and its artful integration of dance, theatre
and visual design.
Adding a theatrical element to modern dance, this acclaimed dance theater company
will perform The Better Half, a
lively and witty spin on the noir
film classic Gaslight with elements of The Bourne Identity
and Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes
from a Marriage tossed in for
good measure. Created by company Founder and Artistic Director Julia Rhoads with Leslie
Burbaum Danzig of 500 Clown,
The Better Half is a playful look
at contemporary relationships,
combining dance and theater in
a work that is emotionally rich,
funny and full of revealing surprises.
In addition to Rich
Girl and The Better Half, the
New Ground Theatre Festival
WMJI Majic 105.7
FM recently announced today it will host the 2013
Moondog Coronation Ball
on Saturday, March 30th at
7:00 p.m. at Quicken Loans
Arena. This year’s event will
mark the 61st Anniversary of
the original Moondog Coronation Ball held at the Cleveland Arena in 1952. Moondog 2013 will be presented
by Runyon & Sons Roofing
in Association with Klaben
Autostores.
Moondog 2013 will
feature The Doobie Brothers, Three Dog Night, “The
Temptations Revue featuring
Dennis Edwards” and The
Spencer Davis Group. Tickets for Moondog 2013 are
$67.50, $52.50 and $37.50
and are on sale at The Q Box
Office, online, charge-byphone at 888-894-9424 and
all northern Ohio Discount
Drug Marts. For more information, visit www.wmji.
com.
Aside from a few
years of inactivity in the
mid-eighties, The Doobie
Brothers have continued to
perform, create and record
for more than four decades
including their upcoming release, World Gone Crazy.
With
founding
members Tom Johnston and
Pat Simmons, and 30 yearplus veterans, John McFee
and Michael Hossack, The
Doobie Brothers continue
to honor the band’s legacy.
The group first hit the charts
in 1972 and since then their
songs have become anthems
for a generation and include
Listen To The Music, Long
Train Runnin’, China Grove
and Black Water.
Legendary music
icons, Three Dog Night, celebrate their fourth decade
bringing with them some of
the most astonishing statis-
lineup includes a public reading
of a new play by Jordan Harrison, the 2013 winner of the annual Roe Green Award awarded
to a nationally recognized playwright. The award includes a
$7,500 cash prize; a week-long
residency including rehearsals;
a Master Class with CPH Playwrights’ Unit, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland
State University students; and
a public reading of a new play.
Harrison was selected for his
script Marjorie Prime, and the
reading will star Cleveland’s
own Dorothy Silver in the title
role.
New Ground will also
feature the reading of a play that
is being considered as a fullystaged production for the 2014
Festival -- Informed Consent by
Deborah Zoe Laufer. Rounding
out the Festival are performances of Becoming Liv Ullman, a
hilarious play featuring the star
of Rich Girl, Crystal Finn; and
Margie and Mike, CPH’s Classroom Matinee show for children
written by CPH Director of Education Pamela DiPasquale.
Tickets to New
Ground Theatre Festival are on
sale and discounts are available when seeing more than one
event, for CPH subscribers. For
tickets call (216) 241-6000 or go
online @www.clevelandplay-
Edwards
tics in popular music.
From 1969-1974, no
other group achieved more
top 10 hits, moved more records or sold more concert
tickets than Three Dog Night.
With such hits as Mama Told
Me (Not To Come), Joy To
The World, Black and White
and One, Three Dog Night
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hits, 11 Top 10s, 18 straight
Top 20s, seven million selling
singles and 12 straight RIAA
Certified Gold LPs.
Dennis
Edwards
was the first new Temptation
to enter the group after their
“classic five” heyday, when
he replaced David Ruffin
as lead singer in July 1968.
The Temptations officially
introduced Edwards on July
9, 1968 on stage in Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania. With his
rougher, gospel-hewn vocals,
Edwards led the
group through its psychedelic, funk, and disco periods; two of the Temptations
songs he appears on, “Cloud
Nine” (1968) and “Papa Was
a Rollin’ Stone” (1972), won
Grammy Awards. Edwards
was the lead singer on many
other Temptations hits, including “I Can’t Get Next To
You,” “Ball of Confusion,”
and “Psychedelic Shack.”
The Temptations
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Hailing from Wales,
Spencer founded the famed
Spencer Davis Group in
1963, producing a dozen
top 10 hit songs, including
Gimme Some Lovin, Somebody Help Me, I’m a Man
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Touring with The
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when they were still working clubs, having after-hour
drinks with The Beatles, jamming with John Baldry, Charlie Watts and Long and Jack
Bruce were heady days for
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I-X Indoor Amusement Park returns with a splash
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The I-X Indoor Amusement Park returns until
April 14, offering a day of family fun, at a low price.
The I-X Indoor
Amusement Park, presented by Marc’s, returns
March 22 - April 14, to the
I-X Center in Cleveland.
This annual springtime
event offers a full day of
smiles, thrills and family
fun, all at a budget-friendly price that is lower than
last year.
Great news prices have dropped in
2013 to make the I-X Indoor Amusement Park one
of the best entertainment
values around. And, there
is more fun to be had this
year
as the I-X Indoor Amusement Park is open more
days and more hours to
make the most of spring
break in Northeast Ohio.
Between March
22 and April 14, the indoor
amusement park is open
nearly everyday, with the
exception of April 8-10.
There’s no better time to
blow off some steam, get
the kids out of the house,
enjoy a funnel cake and
make some great memories.
“I am pleased to
announce we have lowered our individual ticket
pricing this year to the I-X
Indoor Amusement Park,
while also adding new entertainment and two new
rides,”said, Amy Girton,
show manager and marketing director. “If you
haven’t been to the Park
recently, or maybe you
come every year, this is
the year to visit and SAVE
money, while also enjoying two new rides and our
new Mutts Gone Nuts Dog
Show that is both cute and
funny for the whole family
to enjoy.”
New rides are
sure to be a hit this year!
Start by getting your
“splash on” with the new
White Water Ride. This
ride is perfect
text for families
and friends to journey together through some soggy turns, then down a hill
into the “splash zone!” If
taking to the air is
more your speed, don’t
miss the new Soaring Eagle Zipline, which takes
a pair of riders soaring
high above the I-X Center
floor at almost 70 feet. You
can’t beat the view. Both
new rides, and all rides,
are included with the price
of admission.
Family entertainment is a huge part of
I-X Indoor Amusement
Park fun. Mutts Gone
Nuts makes its I-X Indoor
Amusement Park debut as
part of the daily entertainment lineup. A hilarious
combination of canines
and comedy will charm
you as these lovable mutts
perform an array of tricks
– usually on their owners.
Roberto
the
Magnificent brings his
comedy stunt show back
with more animation and
skill than ever before.
Watch as he juggles, balances, and performs jawdropping tricks while joking and interacting with
the audience.
The I-X Center
is filled with 20 acres of
rides will whirl and twirl
patrons big and small,
from the biggest daredevils to pint-sized riders. Thrill City brings on
the speed with rides that
flip, rotate, drop, spin, and
fly. Fan favorite Freakout
swings riders up to 70 feet
high and guarantees to
churn out the screams. The
amazing Spinning Coaster
dazzles the daring with
non-stops spinning cars
and unexpected speed –
be sure to have friends to
hang on to.
Mega Bounce
does just that, spinning
riders while giving them
jolts of fun.
Vertigo may look
like just another swing
ride, but don’t be fooled –
this one takes you a good
90 feet in the air. Want to
get a good scream out of
your friends? Climb up
into the classic Zipper and
flip around as you rotate
through the air.
Kidzville is a
dedicated children’s area
that features more than 25
rides and a petting zoo perfect for kids. The 3D Mystery Manor offers a fun
and not-too-scary experience that children of all
ages will enjoy (a nominal
fee is required for children,
but parents are always
free). The whole family
can explore the nooks and
crannies and the dizzying
fun in the 3D Vortex Tunnel while watching out for
friendly ghosts! Moms and
Dads will find they can
join in on some of the tra-
ditional rides too, including the State Fair Slide,
Dizzy Dragons, MerryGo-Round, and I-X Center
Ferris Wheel.
Themed weekends make for a great
“staycation” at the I-X Indoor Amusement Park.
Spring Jam Christian Jam
Weekend, in partnership
with Jehovah Nissi Productions, is April 6 & 7,
with live performances
from local choirs and
bands. Gospel acts and interpretive dance routines
will also make this an
engaging and spiritually
uplifting event. If Latin
music gets you moving,
you won’t want to miss
the 8th annual La Fiesta
Latina April 14 and 15,
sponsored by Julia de Bur-
gos Cultural Arts Center
and Latinocleveland.com.
The very best of Hispanic
heritage and culture with
national and local acts,
dance, food, arts and entertainment are all part of
the event highlights for
patrons to enjoy.
Spring
break
starts at the I-X Indoor
Amusement Park. Don’t
miss out; you’ll be the
only one.
The I-X Indoor
Amusement Park is held
at the I-X Center on Route
237, adjacent to Hopkins
Airport. It is easily accessible from I-480, I-71
and the Ohio Turnpike.
For more information call
1.800.897.3942 or visit us
online at www.ixamusementpark.com. website for
details.
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