Let Heights Libraries know what youd like to see at Coventry PEACE Park: Press Run – cleveland.com

Seeking your input on the PEACE Park: Heights Libraries is taking steps to ensure that its PEACE Park remains an accessible public resource for the community, and is asking you, the users of the park, what youd like to see there.

The Library has contracted with landscape architects Andrew Sargeant and Jim McKnight, at a cost of $9,000 each, to prepare sketches and develop an overall plan for the property, including cost estimates. The architects will also coordinate and gather public input about the park, located across from the Coventry Library branch, 1925 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, via three separate public events.

The first event will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, June 27 at the PEACE Park. The Coventry PEACE Park Design Jam encourages community members to visit five stations and engage in activities that will help Sargeant and McKnight determine what the community wants from the popular public space. Refreshments will be served. Those five stations will include: Predict Your Park: Take an interactive survey; Share a Story: Share your park memories; Mark the Map: Show us your favorite places; Find Your Favorites: Rate our ideas; Picture a Park: Kids can create their dream park.

The second event, from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, July 24, will be an open house at the Coventry Village branch, where Sargeant and McKnight will display preliminary design proposals and answer questions from the community about the potential designs.

The third event, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20 will have Sargeant and McKnight presenting final plans for the park, including costs.The plans could include an accessible playground, a walking storybook loop, an amphitheater, and outdoor seating areas.

Fundraising for the project will be needed before any construction can begin. Fundraising will be handled by the nonprofit Fund for the Future of Heights Libraries.

Our PEACE Park is popular, and well loved, so were hoping we get plenty of input from our community so we can improve it and make it an even better public asset for all, said Heights Libraries Director Nancy Levin, in a release.

Since 2018, when Heights Libraries obtained the park from the CHUH School District, the Library has made small improvements, such as new trash cans, regular trash pick-up, repair of the existing playground, new concrete walkways and pads for benches, a bicycle repair station, and parking lot upgrades, including improved lighting.

College news: Being June, theres lots to report from our nations college campuses that pertains to our Sun Press coverage area students. So, here we go.

-- Among the graduates from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., are Cleveland Heights residents Charlie Espy, who earned a bachelors degree in chemical engineering, and Molly Paine, whose business administration degree is in accounting and financial management. Also graduating from Bucknell, with a bachelors degree in international relations, was Shaker Heights Elizabeth Stack.

-- Beachwoods Natali Polonsky graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in interdepartmental studies.

-- Down at Ohio University, in Athens, those achieving deans list status for the spring semester included Ann Baldwin and Paige Campbell, of Cleveland Heights; from Beachwood, Lyric Albert, Tanner Mayfield, Jocelyn Trostler, Jesse Wu and Zoe Zilbert; from University Heights, Lula Everett and Avery Pope; and from Shaker Heights, Demetrius Gest, Jr., Olivia Graham, Maddie Henning, Aliyah Houston, Amira Hunter, Karyn Price and Paris Trowsdell.

-- Local Ohio University spring graduates are Ann Baldwin, Nicholas Borkey Hayley Eichenlaub and Lee Price, III, of Cleveland Heights; Evan Cherchiglia, Jaime Freiburger, Aliyah Houston, MacKenzie Reece, Kristen Ruckstuhl and Abby Samuel, of Shaker Heights; Sam Connor and Shawntina Lewis, of Beachwood; and, from University Heights, Lula Everett, Londo Farmer, Wesley Hofstetter, Avery Pope and Briana Story.

-- Local graduates from Baldwin Wallace University include Beachwoods Darjon Bentley and Karen Doran; Shaker Heights Kayla Blake and Keith Slater; and Cleveland Heights Brandon Taylor.

-- Named to the presidents list at Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pa., was Shaker Heights resident Adam Slovikoski.

-- Mary Sikorovsky, of Shaker Heights was named to the presidents list at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va.

-- Achieving the deans list at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. were Sara Weisman and Darien Hersh, of Beachwood, and Noah Jalango, of Shaker Heights. Also, Lehigh graduates during May 24 ceremonies included Cleveland Heights Lilly Herschman, who earned a bachelor of science degree in psychology, with high honors, and Noah Jalango of Shaker Heights, who earned a bachelor of arts degree with a major in journalism, also with high honors.

-- Making the spring semester deans list at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, was Caroline Kiker, of Shaker Heights.

-- Added to the spring semester deans list at Lock Haven University in Lock Haven, Pa. was Beachwoods Gabrielle Ciulla.

-- At the College of Charleston in South Carolina, Cleveland Heights residents Madeline Ashby and Kerrigan-Tierney von Carlowitz earned spots on the presidents list.

-- Making the deans list for the spring semester at Georgia Tech was Cleveland Heights Gerard Daher.

National Council of Jewish Women of Cleveland honors three: The NCJW/CLE has honored three women, Niki Resnick, of Moreland Hills; Rita Rome, of Pepper Pike; and Barbara Yaksic, of Concord.

Resnick took home the Arline B. Pritcher Award, which is given for outstanding direct community service. Pritcher was a dedicated volunteer in Cleveland in the 1960s and left a legacy of devotion and enthusiasm to NCJW/CLE. In 1976, her husband, Nathan, and their children established the Arline B. Pritcher award as a tribute in her memory, and her father, Irwin Bellin, perpetuated the award.

Resnick is currently co-chair of NCJW/CLEs Share What You Wear program, a project creating personally-shopped, gender- and size-specific clothing and toiletry bags for distribution to children in need or in crisis locally through school and agency social workers. She is a Beachwood High School graduate.

Rome and Yaksic received the Alice and Eugene Weiss Esteemed Service Award, given for outstanding, non-direct service for advocacy, fundraising, or education. Rome currently takes a leadership role in many NCJW/CLE advocacy-related committees, including Promote the Vote, Protect the Vote; Understanding the Issues; Reproductive Rights and Health Committee; Reduction of Gun Violence, and the Lois Zaas Advocacy Lecture. A native of Washington, D.C. and former art teacher, Romes husband brought them to Cleveland when he accepted job at Case Western Reserve University at the Medical School in 2004.

Yaksic is co-chair of NCJW/CLEs Promote the Vote, Protect the Vote Committee, a board member, and a member of the Stop Human Trafficking, the Family and Sexual Violence, and the Understanding the Issues committees. The retired lawyer is a Beachwood High grad.

More Jewish Federation Microgrants announced: The Jewish Federation of Cleveland has announced its next cohort of Young Leadership Division (YLD) Microgrant Program recipients. Through its Microgrant Program, YLD looks empower Jewish young adults to build community and have an impact by hosting innovative experiences for Jewish Clevelanders, ages 22-45.

YLD Microgrant Program recipients will receive up to $1,000 per calendar year to support their projects. Projects connect young adults to Jewish Cleveland through one of the Federations four priorities: care for one another, prepare for the future, share our perspectives, and repair our world.

This years YLD Microgrant program recipients showcase the creativity of Jewish Clevelands young adult community, said Abbie Pappas, YLD board chair, in a release. The YLD Board and I are honored to be able to select programs that are engaging, diverse, and will reach a significant number of Jewish Clevelanders.

Recipients include: American Jewish Committee (AJC) Cleveland ACCESS, which will host Conversations with Clevelands Leaders, an opportunity for Jewish young professionals to connect with Cleveland leaders from the civic, diplomatic, interfaith, and intergroup communities; and Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temples Fairmount Young Professionals, who will host Jew Years Eve, a meaningful event for young professionals to celebrate the high holidays.

Also, Bnai Jeshurun Congregation ATID, which will host Kick off the New Year with a Hole in One, a program to welcome new Clevelanders in their 20s and 30s to the community; Henry Samuels of Cleveland, who will host An Interactive Look at Jewish Music: From Beta Israel to India, a workshop to introduce young adults to different Jewish music from around the world; Moishe House and Partners in Torah, which will host Torah on Tap, a program for young professionals to participate in Jewish learning and dissecting Torah text; and Samia Mansour, of Richmond Heights, and Ngozi Williams, of Medina, will host Jews of Color: Cleveland, an intentional community for Jews of Color in Cleveland to partake in Jewish rituals together.

Lifelong Learning programs scheduled: Case Western Reserve Universitys Siegal Lifelong Learning has announced a series of remote classes for July and August.

Upcoming are Modern Storytellers: The Short Stories of Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Others, from 1-2:30 p.m. Thursdays from June 24 to July 29; Salt, A World History, from 1:30-3 p.m. Thursdays from July 1 to Aug. 5; a Virtual Interfaith Tour of Israel, from 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays from July 6 to Aug. 24; and Sail the Seas with Queen Elizabeth I, Her Spies and Privateers, from 1:30-3 p.m. July 6-27.

For details and prices, visit case.edu/lifelonglearning.

Get your Dippy Whip at Legacy Village: Dippy Whip has opened for business at Legacy Village, at the corner of Richmond and Cedar roads. Dippy Whip features famed frozen custard once served at now long-gone Cleveland area amusement parks, as well as a mix of 20th and 21st century treats and fun.

Dippy Whip is pure joy, and the perfect addition to the Legacy Village community as we get out and celebrate warmer weather with family and friends, said Legacy Village General Manager Susan Windle, in a release. Were excited about sharing this beloved northeast Ohio legacy with new generations of fans.

The new addition to Legacy Villages Restaurant District is located adjacent to the Legacy Village lawn, next to Wild Mango, and is open from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; noon to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and noon to 7 p.m. Sundays.

We were fortunate to have obtained the original recipe from one of Clevelands beloved parks, said Joe Tomaro, known as one of The Euclid Beach Boys, and owner, along with his wife, Kathy, of the Dippy Whip Custard shop. This one-of-a-kind custard, hands down, the absolute best vanilla custard in the Cleveland area for generations until the park closed. There is no better time than the present to immerse ourselves in the timeless memories of childhood, and share them with the next generation.

Check out Parks virtual Mandela exhibit: Park Synagogue invites the community to virtually tour Mandela: Struggle for Freedom at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 11, via Zoom.

The new exhibit is being featured at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie, and traces the history of apartheid in South Africa, with Nelson Mandela as the central character. With immersive environments, such as a recreation of Mandelas cell on Robben Island, Mandela promotes human rights with a central message: All people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

The event is free and open to the community. Pre-registration is required to receive a Zoom link by July 7. Register at parksynagogue.org, or by contacting Ellen Petler at epetler@parksyn.org or 216-371-2244, ext. 122.

At the Heights Libraries: Coming online via the Heights Libraries are these three events: Word Part 5 -- Tables, from 7-8:30 p.m. July 1 (register here); Zoom Meditation Tuesdays, with Christine Valadon, from 6-7 p.m. July 6 (register here); and, for children and families, ABCs of Kindergarten, from 6-7:30 p.m. July 6 (register here).

Also, the University Heights branch will host, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. July 7 at Walter Stinson Park, Arts & Crafts in the Park for school-age children (register here).

Have you thought about a career in plumbing?: Neptune Plumbing of Bedford Heights is growing their business while also giving back to its community by holding a community-wide open house for prospective hires and community members. The event is an opportunity for the business to give neighbors a steady career opportunity while donating to local charities who have done so much for those across the region.

Neptune Plumbing will give back to the community by making sizeable donations to the local Salvation Army and Ronald McDonald House for applications received and prospects hired. In addition, new hires will receive a $1,000 hiring bonus, matched by a $1,000 donation to charity.

Free coffee and donuts will be served for breakfast, and barbecue is on the menu for lunch.

The event takes place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24, at 25440 Miles Road in Bedford Heights.

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