10.31.2005

So one of Akron's fine dining restaurants in downtown is closing down, do think their business would have been saved if they would have had some tables outside? Do you think that would have gotten the young professionals out in droves?

Are all your recommendations based on the same one study that you published? Do you really talk to people in the community? Not the people the chamber sets you up with, but the real people who actually live in the city.

So have you ever really made a city cool?

Skepticism also has emerged in the snarky blogosphere. A 24-year-old Akronite who blogs at rubberbuzz.com sardonically observed, "I'm so glad we don't have to worry about economic development, business incentives or other boring stuff like that. Instead we get to focus on al fresco dining!"

(joe :: Missing Rebecca Ryan)

Respected Urban Planner to speak at Highland Square Townhall Meeting

David Hudson, Executive Vice President from the Congress for the New Urbanism, will address a special Townhall Meeting hosted by the Highland Square Neighborhood Association at 7 p.m. on Nov. 10, at King School located at 805 Memorial Parkway.

Hudson's presentation will deal with Highland Square's needs for creating design and development standards for creating a more livable urban environment and how residents can work together with the city and with developers to establish such guidelines. Hudson'’s insights come from his experience as a professional urban planner and his work at the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU). CNU is a non-profit organization that works with architects, developers, planners, and residents in the creation of cities and towns, teaching them how to implement the principles of the New Urbanism. These principles include coherent regional planning, walkable neighborhoods, and attractive, accommodating civic spaces.

The Highland Square Neighborhood Association is committed to preserving our neighborhood's unique and vibrant character and is dedicated to protecting and fostering continued growth in its community through establishing guidelines for its development and design. The neighborhood now faces development without regard to both citizens'’ input and the Comprehensive Revitalization Strategy recommendations that was partially paid for with our tax dollars. Development with out these guidelines could prove negative to the square. The association urges greater cooperation with both developers and with the city for managed growth that reflects the needs of the community and the desire to maintain Highland Square's diverse community.

Any one with an interest in Highland Square is invited to this open meeting. For more information, go to www.highlandsquare.org or contact Lisa Hofmann at 330-375-1605.

(joe :: Square News)

10.28.2005

on MON 10-31 the Akron Police will start using an automated speed enforcement device at selected school zones and crosswalks. This will record vehicle speed and photograph vehicles - owners who speed will be getting citations. King and Portage Path Elementary are on their list of possible school zones. We should always remember to SLOW DOWN and obey the school zone speed limits.

(joe :: Speed Trap)

10.25.2005

(joe :: Why I don't want to be President)

10.24.2005

Ward 1

Daniel Horrigan (D)
Age: 42.
Family: Married with three children.
Employment: Teacher at Stow-Munroe Falls High School.
Political history: Incumbent since 2000

Mary Conti (R)
Age: 57.
Family: Married with one son, no relation to at-large Councilman John Conti.
Employment: Retired secretary in retail/banking.
Political history: This is her first run for office.

Ward 2

Bruce Kilby (D)
Age: 54.
Family: Married with one daughter.
Employment: Retired special education teacher for Department of Youth Services and former Akron Public Schools teacher.
Political history: Akron Ward 10 councilman from 1994 to 2002.

Republican candidate Brian Townsend Deeken did not respond to a request for information.

Ward 6

Terry Albanese (D)
Age: 45.
Family: Married with three children.
Employment: Assistant professor at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine.
Political history: Incumbent since 2001.

Gus Charnas (R)
Age: 62.
Family: Married with daughter and son.
Employment: Retired welder from Babcock & Wilcox.
Political history: This is his first run for office.

Ward 7

Tina Merlitti (D)
Age: 34
Family: Single.
Employment: Community relations specialist, Summit County.
Political history: Appointed to represent Ward 7 in 2005.

Jill R. Flagg (R)
Age: 25
Family: Married with one child.
Employment: Self-employed lawyer.
Political history: This is her first run for office.

Ward 8

Bob Keith (D)
Age: 55
Family: Married with three children.
Employment: Owner of Summit Tailoring.
Political history: Incumbent since 1997.

Michael Kormushoff Jr. (R)
Age: 57.
Family: Married with four children.
Employment: Vice president of advertising agency.
Political history: This is his first run for office.

Ward 9

Mike Freeman (D)
Age: 49.
Family: Married with four children.
Employment: Director of planned giving for the Salvation Army
Political history:
Incumbent since 2002.

Republican candidate Timothy Powell did not respond to a request for information

(joe :: The Vote Nears)

Champagne Wishes and Cadillac Dreams
at the Akron Art Museum's 2005 Beaux Arts Ball

On Saturday, November 5, 2005, Dave Towell Cadillac-Saab on West Market Street will open its showroom doors for the Akron Art Museum's 2005 Beaux Arts Ball: Champagne Wishes and Cadillac Dreams. This venue presents the Beaux Arts Ball committee with the unique opportunity to host an unforgettably elegant evening in the ultra-modern, industrial showroom setting of one of Akron's favorite car dealerships!

Ball guests will savor the uncompromising excellence of a four-course meal created by Executive Chef and Proprietor Roger Thomas of Piatto restaurant. The cocktail hour will feature live music by the Bobbie Selvaggio trio and guests may dance into the later hours with DJ Larry Smith of All Occasions Sound or retire to the Saab showroom after dinner for a cordial.

Cocktails begin at 7 p.m., dinner and dancing at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $190 for Honored Guests; $275 and $500 for Patrons. Prior to the Ball, Patrons are invited to attend a special cocktail party hosted by Ham and Beth Amer at their Bath home.

Event Co-chairs Myriam A. Haslinger, Bunny Oldham and Dan Sarvis, along with the Towell Family, look forward to welcoming everyone. Space is limited, so reserve early! For more event information or to reserve your spot, contact the Development Office at 330.376.9186 x242 or by email at kwidness@akronartmuseum.org.

2005 Beaux Arts Ball Sponsors:

Seville STS Sponsors
Dave Towell Cadillac Saab
FirstEnergy Foundation

Coupe de Ville Sponsors
Akron Children's Hospital
CFBank
J.W. Didado Electric, Inc.
Hemminger Construction
Meccon, Inc.
Stark & Knoll Legal Professional Assoc.

Corporate sponsorships and Corporate Table sponsorships are still available and welcomed. Contact the Development Office for more information.

(joe :: More From the Art Museum)

Have you been driving by the Akron Art Museum construction site, peering out of your window in order to catch a glimpse of the new museum taking shape? Now is your chance to learn more about the building from one of its creators. On Thursday, November 3 at 6:30 pm, the Akron Art Museum is pleased to present preeminent architect Wolf Prix to speak at the Akron-Summit County Public Library.

Prix co-founded Coop Himmelb(l)au, the Viennese architectural firm that designed the new Akron Art Museum building, in 1968 with Helmut Swiczinsky. The firm has won a number of awards in the United States and Europe, including the German Architecture Prize in 1999, and most recently, the competition for design of the headquarters for the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. The firm is also known for its adaptive re-use of historical buildings, such as the “Gasometer” project in Vienna, which converted a 19th century industrial structure into a functional working and living space.

Born in 1942 in Vienna, Austria, Wolf Prix was educated at the Technical University of Vienna, the Architectural Association of London and the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. Along with his role in Coop Himmelb(l)au, Prix has served as the professor of Architecture Masterclass at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna since 1993. He has also served as a visiting professor at the Architectural Association in London and Harvard University as well as an adjunct professor at UCLA and faculty member at Columbia University since 1998. Prix is a permanent member of the Austrian Art Senat. He is also a member of the Architectural Associations of Austria, Germany and Santa Clara, Cuba.

The lecture will take place in the auditorium of the main Akron-Summit County Public Library in downtown Akron, 60 S. High Street. Parking is free in the adjoining High Street deck for visitors entering after 6 pm. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door and will cost $5.00 for Akron Art Museum members and students with I.D., $10.00 for non-members. Payment may be made by cash, check, Visa or Mastercard.

(joe :: Art Museum!)

10.19.2005

While the state share of per-student funding has dropped $1,611 over the last three years, the student share has grown by $1,311, said spokesman Bret Crow of the Ohio Board of Regents, the coordinating body for higher education in the state.

``There's almost a direct relationship between state support and the amount that students pay,'' he said.

Regents Chancellor Rod Chu said Ohio's costs ``have always been up there in the top quarter of the country'' and in the top 10 for the last several years.

The College Board said students at four-year public colleges in Ohio are paying an average of $7,040 this year; students at Ohio's two-year colleges are paying $3,650.

Ohio's private colleges did better when compared with their peers, although such schools' costs still are much higher.

The average tuition cost of $18,910 was well below the national average of $21,235. That put the state in 18th place in the rankings, which weighted tuition prices by the institution size.

(joe :: The College Years)

10.17.2005

Made of pink cloth and molded plastic, Pinkie is a welcome gift to all Children's Hospital inpatients 2 to 12 years old. The hand puppet provides quiet comfort to ailing youngsters and accompanies them home when they're feeling better.

Pinkie resides in just about every neighborhood in Summit County. More than 250,000 puppets have been handed out since the program began.

The Friends of Children's Hospital, a volunteer group that is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, is responsible for making the popular puppets.

(joe :: Hospital Toys)

10.14.2005

The Akron institution announced a joint project with the History Channel to search for America's next great invention.

It starts this fall with a national competition and ends next spring with a television presence.[...]

The competition marries Modern Marvels, a television series on man-made wonders, with Invent Now, a hall program that led to a 2004 national exposition of amateur inventors.

Their offspring is ``The Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge,'' which intends to name a 2006 Modern Marvel of the Year.

From now through Dec. 31, people can submit their inventions, which will be judged on originality and ingenuity.

The winner will get a $25,000 grant to help them develop or market their idea.

(joe :: Inventors Hall of Fame)

10.12.2005

Judith M. DeSarno, president and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, told a gathering of social workers, ministers and educators that 89 percent of Ohioans believe it is important for women to have access to contraception.

And 84 percent, according to the poll conducted in September, support federal funding for birth-control programs aimed at low-income women, DeSarno said.

The poll of 800 Ohio voters was conducted by American Viewpoint Inc. for DeSarno's association. A May survey found similar numbers nationwide.

DeSarno cautioned leaders that they should avoid programs that preach abstinence without offering facts about contraception. By their senior year, she said, nearly 61 percent of teens are sexually active.

(joe :: SEX!!!!)

Mary Forfia had just entered the fifth grade at the time of Matthew Shepard's murder.

She understood homosexuality; a relative had come out to the family years earlier.

But Forfia couldn't comprehend why Shepard had been killed for being gay.

``I don't think you can understand hate unless you're taught it,'' she said. ``You also can't fight something you don't understand.''

``Prevention is more about everyday action -- just stopping it when you hear it and being there for people who are affected by it,'' said the 17-year-old. ``There's nothing worse than feeling alone.

``It's important to show that people still remember.''

(joe :: Out in the 'Kron)

10.10.2005

Call for Akron Artists to display their wares and participate in the Akron Holiday Art Bazaar and Runway Show, "In Your Own Skin!" Thursday, December 1, from 6 p.m-11p.m. at 1947 W. Market Plaza (behind CVS Pharmacy)

Space is free of charge, artists need to supply own table, lights for display

Runway show, "In Your Own Skin," is for artists to create their own design to reflect their art medium, whether whimsical or serious or somewhere in between

The event is to highlight the best in the local art scene, raise funds for Epitome Magazine, and to overall have a great time!

Consider donating a piece of work for raffle!

The public will not be charged to browse the Bazaar

There is a $10 fee to gain entry to the runway show; the fee also offers free goodies from Wineside, Enjoy! Cafe (Lou and Hy's cheesecake recipe is featured!), and from Roc's Smokin' BBQ

Food and wine will be offered for purchase

Committed Artists are John Sokol, Theresa Wolfe, Bridget Ginley, and others

Join Us!

Details: contact Judy Hanna 330.668.0056
judyanthoshanna@yahoo.com

(joe :: Call for Artists)

Out of the Box Exhibition Opening at Summit Artspace Gallery

Out of the Box, an exhibition of more than 50 decorative boxes designed by local artists, will open with a public reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 27th at Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St., Akron. Many of the artists will be on hand to talk about their boxes, which will be on display October 25 - November 1, 2005.

The Out of the Box exhibition is a sneak preview of the boxes that the Akron Area Arts Alliance will auction during its Arts Alive! benefit gala on Saturday, November 12, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel Akron City Centre.

In addition to the auction, the gala will include an Academy Awards-style ceremony to announce the recipients of the 2005 Arts Alive! Awards. The Akron Area Arts Alliance has named 68 nominees in 13 categories spanning visual and performing artists to arts educators and volunteers. The November 12 gala will also include a cocktail hour, dinner and grand dessert.

Tickets for Arts Alive! 2005 are $125. To receive an invitation, contact the Akron Area Arts Alliance at 330-376-8480 or akronareaarts@bright.net.

This is the Akron Area Arts Alliance's third Arts Alive! benefit gala and awards ceremony. The first, in 2001, honored such award recipients as sculptor Don Drumm and pianist Margaret Baxtresser. In 2003, award winners included Dolores Parker Morgan, painter Craig Lucas, and Ann and David Brennan.

The Akron Area Arts Alliance was founded in 1991 by Ann Amer Brennan and Mary Ann Jackson to foster cooperation among arts and cultural groups in the greater Akron area of Summit, Portage, and Medina counties. The membership has grown to include 41 area museums, theaters, performing and visual arts groups, educational arts programs, and 58 individual artists and arts supporters.

(joe :: Akron Area Arts Alliance Press Release)

(joe :: Escrow)

10.04.2005

I thought again about cutting off the bracelet before it was too late. But I couldn't.

Long before the emotional spikes of the last couple of weeks, this had become one of my favorite Indians teams ever. This season had such a dramatic arc. We watched individual players, the manager and the whole organization grow and change, the way we watch our own children, amazed at how much they evolve over the course of six months.

So I watched Sunday, turning the bracelet slowly in my fingers, as they lost the final game and their season died.

Rather than cut it off, I'll probably wear this green-and-red band until the strings fray and fall away. It reminds me how much this season was like watching one of my own children. One of the defining aspects of parenthood is putting faith in a child you know is going to fail. Because if they don't have you, they don't have anyone.

(joe :: Davie G. Vs The Gilmore Girls)

(joe :: I'm "Prolific")

Around noon Sunday, Zachary had been playing by himself in his top-floor bedroom in the Newton Tower apartments.

Frye said Zachary had just popped into the living room and said, ``Hi, Mommy'' and ``I love you.'' Then he went back to his room.

She said she heard a noise, then silence.

The mother went to the boy's room and found the screen missing from the window. When she didn't find her son in the room, she knew what had happened.[...]

The boy suffered a collapsed lung and bruised lungs, kidneys and liver, but is expected to make a full recovery and leave the hospital within a week, said his doctor, David Andrews.

(joe :: Wow.)

10.03.2005

Myth, Fantasy and Fairy Tale: Saturday Family Workshops Presented by the Akron Art Museum

As summer comes to a close and children return to school, they may continue to fantasize about the wizards and witches of Harry Potter novels or daydream about far away galaxies as they sit at their desks. If this is the case, Myth, Fantasy and Fairy Tale: Saturday Family Workshops are the perfect activity for your young daydreamers.

The Akron Art Museum has teamed with Summit Artspace to present fantasy-filled workshops from 1-3 pm every Saturday in October at Summit Artspace. Local artists and educators will assist families in creating art of mythic proportions based on traditional fairytales, myths and dreamlike surrealist fantasy worlds. These classes are for children ages five to14 and their families.

Workshops take place at Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St. in Akron. Registration, which is first come/first served, is required along with payment at least one week in advance of the start of class. Download a form from the museum web site at http://www.akronartmuseum.org/programs or call 330.376.9186 x230 for more information.

Classes are $7 for members and $10 for non-members. Enroll for all 5 classes now and pay only $32 for members and $47 for non-members. A paying and participating adult must accompany children under 12.

October 1 Mythological Masterpieces with Cheryl Shepherd
Make mythological sculptures inspired by Greek legends.

October 8 Amazing Mazes with Anne Alexander
Produce three-dimensional labyrinthine assemblages from found objects.

October 15 Defining the New Superhero with Matthew Kolodziej
Transform yourself into superheroes with special abilities and put your super powers into action to create superhero watercolor resists.

October 22 Projecting Magic with Jesse McGuinness
Stained glass inspired collages will be projected on an overhead to create fantasy environments.

October 29 Do the Robot with Alison Caplan
Build robot sculptures using recycled objects such as empty containers and nuts and bolts.

(joe :: Family Time)

Gov. Bob Taft's already feeble approval rating among Ohioans has fallen to 15 percent, a new poll indicates.

The poll, conducted by The Columbus Dispatch, finds support for Taft lower than the three most unpopular U.S. presidents in the history of polling and possibly the lowest of any Ohio governor.

The Republican governor's approval rating is worse than that of President Truman after he fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur, President Carter during the Iran hostage crisis or President Nixon during Watergate.

(joe :: Sad Times for Taft)

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