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| Dugway Brook Watershed Festival |
| June 26, 2010 |
The 2nd Annual Dugway Brook Watershed Festival will take place on Saturday, June 26, 2010 from 11am to 3pm at the Forest Hill Park Boat House in East Cleveland. This free event will feature family-friendly activities, demonstrations, free food samples, and arts and crafts for kids. Come learn about the Dugway Brook and how you can impact our environment!
Contact the Cuyahoga County Board of Health at 216-201-2001 x1223 or visit www.ccbh.net for more information. |
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| Missing Dog |
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| On March 11, Zoe, a female black and tan miniature pinscher, got out of her yard on Blackmore. She is often mistaken for a chiuaua because she is a little plump (approximately 16 lbs) and her ears are not cropped. She has severe spinal arthritis and requires medication for it. If you see her, please contact Nia Walters at 813-758-6903 or niawalters@gmail.com. |
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| Rockefeller Book Signing at Visible Voice Books |
| March 12, 2010 |
 Visible Voice Books, in the historic near-west side neighborhood of Tremont, will be hosting an author signing with Sharon E. Gregor, author of “Rockefeller’s Cleveland,” a book about the life and times of oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller. Books will be available for purchase and autographing on Friday March 12 from 7pm to 9pm. Visible Voice Books is located at 1023 Kenilworth Ave. Cleveland 44113. Learn more at www.visiblevoicebooks.com.
John D. Rockefeller arrived in Cleveland in 1853 a boy of 14 and spent six decades in his adopted hometown. With the Standard Oil Company's incorporation in 1870, Rockefeller became the city's most well-known industrialist and, from 1885 to 1917, its foremost summer resident at his Forest Hill estate. Here he raised his children, laid the foundation of a financial and industrial empire, and established a commitment to charitable giving. At the end of the Civil War, Cleveland was a crucible from which would be cast the fortunes of many. Rockefeller's Cleveland captures the visual panorama of a dynamic city that literally reinvented itself in the 1800s and in doing so emerged a major business and industrial center.
The book's author, Sharon E. Gregor, coordinated the effort that placed the 81 Rockefeller homes on the National Register of Historic Places. She is a founder of the Forest Hill Historic Preservation Society, served as its first president, and recently chaired the City of East Cleveland's historic preservation board. |
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| Reilly Creates Forest Hill Video |
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| Forest Hill native Lindsey Reilly has created a video encapsulating the many advantages of our community and featuring several Forest Hill residents. Click here to view the video. Lindsey is the founder of Reilly Films, specializing in restoring and preserving your memories in a unique and interactive way. To learn more, visit them on the web at www.ReillyFilms.com. |
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| Gregor Authors New Book |
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| Forest Hill resident Sharon Gregor has written her second book for Arcadia Publishing. Titled Rockefeller's Cleveland the book draws on a series of historic postcards to identify and illustrate the many landmarks and sites in Cleveland that have an association with John D. Rockefeller and "captures the visual panorama of a dynamic city that literally reinvented itself in the 1800's and in doing so emerged a major business and industrial center." The book is available from local bookstores or from Arcadia Publishing. |
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| Spring Trustees' Meeting |
| March 9, 2010 |
| The spring trustees meeting of Forest Hill Home Owners, Inc. will be held: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at The A.M. McGregor Home, 4900 Private Drive, East Cleveland beginning at 7:00 PM. Trustees are encouraged to attend and all residents are welcome. |
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| Forest Hill is Now on Flickr |
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| You can now view and post Forest Hill related images on the photo-sharing website Flickr. Visit the site and view what your neighbors have posted here. We've added some pictures to get started, but we need neighborhood photographers to add more! You can join Flickr for free and post your community related photos for everyone to enjoy. To facilitate searching the group pool, please tag your images with one of the following categories: Homes; Events; History; Nature. We look forward to your contributions and plan to recognize the best submissions in the next newsletter. |
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| Thank You Volunteers! |
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| Thank you Dick Secor, Percel Davis , Nate Wright, David Richardson, Martha Wright and Sally Miller for your help with the Burlington lot and Triangle clean-ups. Thanks also to Jeff Dross, our newsletter editor, and volunteers Sally Miller, Jan Milic, Karen Murray, Betty Farnfield, Nate and Marva Wright, Hatti Helm and Trina Prufer who all helped label and sort the fall newsletter mailing. |
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| Street Light Outages |
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| Please report burned out street lights to FirstEnergy’s automated outage reporting line at 888-LIGHTSS (888-544-4877). You will need a street address or pole number (on the side of most street lights) to request maintenance. Although the city also reports light outages, residents are often the first to notice when a light is out. Many street lights in Forest Hill were out after the storms late this summer, but we found the electric company to be quite responsive once they were alerted to the issue. |
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| Independence Day Parade |
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 Burlington, Blackmore and surrounding streets celebrated our nation’s birthday this year in their usual style. The decorated bike parade was started by a musket shot from Dick Secor in full revolutionary garb and the Flower Clown added his special balloon creations and unicycle antics. Thanks to Mark Feingold for capturing the event with his camera. [Click here to see more photos from the parade] |
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| Holiday Lights Shine in Forest Hill |
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 Holiday spirits and unusually warm weather have combined to make this winter lighting season particularly festive in Forest Hill, inspiring local amateur photographer and association chairman Dick Secor to record the display. [Click here for more of Dick’s holiday lighting photos] |
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| Requiem for a Turkey |
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 On a dark and icy late October evening the Forest Hill turkey met his end. Our wild turkey guest had been with us since early summer and many of us had become quite fond of him. Sadly his demise came as a result of his complete lack of fear of traffic. As Forest Hill resident Cornell Moore told a Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter, "He was marked for time. He was living a dangerous lifestyle." He will be missed. |
