Cleveland Connection
Sunday, July 1, 2007

The summer travel season could be the busiest since 2001. Doug Koman, the Shareholder Director of the Transportation Security Administration in Cleveland has good advice for you if you have plans to fly this summer.
http://www.tsa.gov/

A little girl from Avon Lake is struggling with a brain tumor. Her parents have established a foundation, for their daughter Maria, and for other children who suffer with gliomas. Kevin Vignale is a spokesman for the “Prayers From Maria” foundation, which is holding a fundraiser in July.
http://www.prayersfrommaria.org/ http://www.prayersformaria.com/


Nancy Sheehan is a Pulitzer Prize winning author who was in Cleveland this week for the Community Care Network. Nancy Peppler, Development Director of CCN explains that Bridgeway and Cleveland Christian Home comprise CCN, Cleveland’s newest and largest nonprofit behavioral health care provider organization serving children, adults and families. Sheehan talks about her book, “Is There No Place on Earth for Me?”


Author Will Allison’s first novel, “What You Have Left,” is a well-crafted story.
http://www.willallison.com/

Cleveland Connection
Sunday, June 24, 2007

Tour tickets are now on sale for the 2007 Lake County YMCA Dreamhouse. Executive Director Steve Hunneke explains how you could win a house worth more than $400,000 for $12.
www.lakecountyymca.org

Dr. Brenda Stringer is with the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Center in Middleburgh Heights.
www.fibroandfatigue.com

Dan Vedda, a veteran musician and owner of Skyline Music in Westlake, asks “Wanna Play?”
www.namm.com

Geocaching. It’s the term for a high tech treasure hunt, explained by Graeme McGufficke of Asheville, North Carolina.www.exploreasheville.com www.geocaching.com

Cleveland Connection
Sunday, June 17, 2007

“Play Until Dark at Wendy Park” is an event scheduled for June 30th. Christine Bucknell is Executive Director of the Wendy Park Foundation. Wendy Park is on Whiskey Island, along Cleveland’s lakefront, and the foundation is trying to raise funds to connect the Park to the Towpath Trail.
www.wendypark.org


The Fitness Clinic is the project of Cleveland-area trainer Terry Kavalec.
www.thefitnessclinic.com

The Boston Mills Arts Festival takes place the last weekend of June and the first weekend in July. David Petlowany and Mark Sudduth are two of the artisans who will be displaying and selling their work this year.
www.bmbw.com

Champions for Life is a ministry that caters to the prison population in the United States. It was started by former Cleveland Browns player Bill Glass, and it’s coming to Cleveland this summer. Jeff Aten is in charge of the Cleveland program.
www.billglasscfl.org

Cleveland Connection

Sunday, June 10, 2007

A baseball clinic will be held on Saturday, June 16, as part of the Great Lakes Science Center's exhibition "Baseball as America." President Linda Abraham-Silver describes the exhibit.

www.glsc.org

Michelle Zavatsky is co-author of "Kids Love Ohio," a travel guide for families.

www.kidslovetravel.com

The Launch program at Playhouse Square has spawned the production, Unbeatable," a musical about one woman's journey with breast cancer. Co-creator and Producer Laurie Frey has a preview, and Linda Jackson explains the Launch program.

www.playhousesquare.org

Humorist Dave Schwensen has researched two historic concerts in Cleveland, the Beatles concerts of 1964 and 1966. He attended the latter show, thus sparking his interest in writing about "The Beatles in Cleveland: Memories, Facts and Photos About the Notorious 1964 and 1966 Concerts."

www.thecomedybook.com

Cleveland Connection

Sunday, June 3, 2007

The exhibition "Diana: a Celebration" ends its Cleveland run June 10th. John Norman is the producer who brought the show to Cleveland.

The Cleveland Furniture Bank is approachig its first anniversary. Director Tom Gaghan explains the concept, who is helped, and how you can contribute.

Dr. Neil Korman, a Professor of Dermatology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, makes a compelling case for staying out of the sun.

Former Plain Dealer Sportswriter Russell Schneider continues to write about sports in his 12th book about the Indians, "Whatever Happened to Super Joe: Catching Up With 45 Good Guys from the Bad Old Days of the Cleveland Indians."