Cleveland Connection

Sunday, June 1, 2008

The Race for the Place takes place on Sunday. "The Place" is "The Gathering Place," a resource for cancer patients and their families. The Beachwood facility has been helping people since 2000, and this summer, a west side location is set to open. Dan Gunther is its director.

www.touchedbycancer.org

The Phoenix Mars Lander is well on its way to becoming another success story for NASA, after it landed successfully last week. Jay Reynolds, the Director of the Schuele Planetarium at the Lake Erie Nature and Scince Center, is also NASA's "Solar System Ambassador."

www.lensc.org

www.nasa.gov

Vatican Splendors is an extraordinary exhbition at the Western Reserve Historical Society. It runs through September 7th. Mark Greenburg is President of Evergreen Exhibitions, producers of Vatican Splendors.

http://www.vaticansplendors.com/en/cms/?23

Cleveland Connection

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Joe Roman of the Greater Cleveland Partnership discusses the new marketing campaign known as Cleveland +.

http://www.clevelandplus.com/

Sr. Carol Keehan is President of the Catholic Health Association, and discusses the group's ideas for health care reform.

http://www.chausa.org/

Albert Einstein is the subject of the newest exhibit at the Great Lakes Science Center.

President Linda Abraham Silver explains what's involved.

http://www.glsc.org/

Dr. Roy Ritzman is a Biologist at Case Western Reserve University, and chairman of this year's international symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines. He talks about the latest developments in the development of robots.

http://www.amam.case.edu/

Cleveland Connection

Sunday, May 18, 2008

The 31st Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon will be held today. Race owner Jack Staph reacts to last week's article in the Plain Dealer, and explains why he thought it was misleading. He also outlines some of the changes that have been made.

http://www.clevelandmarathon.com/

The American Lung Association is staging a fundraising walk on May 31st to benefit asthma research. Leigh Ann Casarona is development Director for the ALA Ohio.

http://www.asthmawalk.org/

Rebuild Together Cleveland is an effort to help a dozen poor homeowners in Cleveland get their houses and yards whipped into shape in a single day. Executive Director of Rebuilding Together, Cleveland Sheila Lee explains it is a massive undertaking.

http://www.rebuildingtogethercleveland.org/

The Cleveland Sight Center's "White Cane Walk" takes place at Crocker Park in Westlake on Saturday, May 31st. Terry Kebbel and Trapper Jack, both legally blind, discuss the event, their sight problems, and the ways in which they have been helped at the Sight Center.

http://www.clevelandsightcenter.org/

Cleveland Connection
Sunday, May 11, 2008

Team UCP (United Cerebral Palsy) is teaming up with the Cleveland Triathalon to raise funds for UCP. Kritsen Minnick is a mom who is in training to compete this August, and will have her 3-year old daughter with her during the last leg of the race. Trish Otter is spokesperson for UCP in Cleveland.

Dr. George Kellis is chief of surgery for University Hospitals Geauga Medical Campus, but he says surgery should be the last resort for people suffering from pain.

School psychologist Mary Shafer is hoping her new book, "When in Doubt," will be an inspiration to women everywhere.

Best-selling author Carla Neggers has a new book. "The Angel" is set in Boston and Ireland.

Cleveland Connection

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Kent Geist discusses the WVIZ Auction.

www.wviz.org

The Sing Out for the Rape Crisis Center is coming up. Retired judge Peggy Foley Jones is joined by Megan O'Brien, Executive Director of the Rape Crisis Center.

www.clevelandrapecrisis.org

Glen and Lynley Wernke have dedicated their lives to the memory of their daughter Hannah, who died at age 8 of an undiagnosed ailment.

www.hannahwernkememorialfoundation.com

Christine Moravec is President of the Northeast Ohio Science and Engineering Fair.

www.neosef.org