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Bay Village
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Rocky River
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Westlake
Helping out
Westgate
New BOE member
Kathy Tedrick, a science teacher at Bay High School,
has formed a group to provide students at inner city
Cleveland schools with the simple necessities of life.
The future of the mall is still a hot topic both in the
mall and with public officials.
Thomas Smanik was appointed Jan. 26 to fill the
open board of education seat.
QUESTION
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happen to Westgate Mall?
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by Friday, February 4.
The Award-Winning Westshore Weekly
FEBRUARY 2, 2005 • VOL. 65, NO. 18
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Leaders hopeful
Gemini will pass
Inside
By Kevin Kelley
FAIRVIEW PARK
Out of the blue
Not even the seniors believed it to
be possible but Bay found a way
to win the Blue West for the fourth
year in a row.
Page 19
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The Great Ganseys
It isn’t fiction, the Gansey brothers
can hoop. Both Mike and Steve are
having success playing D-I college
basketball.
Page 20
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SWC Previews
We cover both the pool and the
mat as teams prepare for the final
showdownss before the conference splits.
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Index
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8
Man on the Street . . . . . . Page 9
Cops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14
A new Gilles-Sweet Elementary School for grades K-5 will be built if
the Gemini project passes Feb. 8. (Drawing courtesy of Architectual
Vision group).
Nashar retiring instead
of seeking re-election
By Jeff Gallatin
OLMSTED FALLS
Ward 3 City Councilman
George Nashar is ready to hit
the road.
After serving in his post
since being appointed to replace
Ron Wilamowsky in 1990 when
he was appointed personnel
director for the city, Nashar said
he is not seeking re-election this
year.
“It’s time,” Nashar said. “My
wife (Donna) will be retiring
from teaching at the end of this
school year and we want to do a
little traveling. I don’t want to
have to worry about what’s on
an upcoming agenda or about
having to get back for an
upcoming meeting.”
Nashar, who retired from
General Motors in 1993, said he
and Donna are looking forward
to moving around a little bit.
“We’ll visit our three daughters’ families and look forward
to seeing our grandchildren at
their homes,” Nashar, who has
eight grandchildren, said. “We
also like going to different
places and seeing some different
things around the country.”
Originally from Michigan,
Nashar said there are no plans
to move from North Olmsted.
“We’ve been in Ohio almost
40 years now and North
Olmsted is home, we’re just
going to have a little more time
for ourselves and our family,”
Nashar said. “I’ll still be
involved in the community, it
just won’t be on city council. I’ll
be involved in charities and
events around the city.”
Nashar recalled how he got
involved in the city as a
precinct chairman for the
Democrats.
“It got me interested in what
was going on and how the city
runs,” he said.
Then after then Mayor Ed
Boyle appointed Wilamowsky to
the personnel job, Nashar
sought the open council position.
“I thought I could do some
good for the community,”
Nashar said.
Through the years, Nashar
was known among other things
for holding meetings on developments or changes in his ward
and the city as a whole.
“I’ve never seen a better
councilman for communicating
with his constituents or keeping
people in his ward informed as
to what is going on,” said
Councilman-at-large
Michael
Gareau Jr. “George is very easy
to work with on projects. For
selfish reasons, I’ll miss him on
council. But, I understand there
comes a time when someone
wants to do some other things
with his life. I know he and
Donna want to do some things
together and enjoy traveling a
little, so I wish them well.”
Nashar said that communication with citizens and other
council members is important to
him.
“I always felt you have to
keep people informed as to
what is going on,” Nashar said.
“It’s important because its people homes, families and businesses that are affected. They
want to know if any of those are
affected by changes, so you
need to get information to
them.”
Nashar said he thinks many
things have been accomplished
in the city since he took office.
He is currently chairman of
the streets and transportation
committee of council and he
thinks there have been advances
in that area. One project that he
pushed for many years was getting traffic signals by Interstate
480 by Clague Road last year.
“People wanted that for a
long time for safety reasons,”
Nashar said. “It’s made it easier
to travel over there, that’s for
sure.”
Nashar also said he’s glad the
Crocker-Stearns road project
should be getting underway for
the city within the next year or
With just days to go before the Feb. 8 election,
city leaders expressed optimism the $50 million
Gemini Project will be approved by voters.
On Tuesday, Fairview Park residents will decide
on two bond issues. Issue 1 is a proposed .5 percent
increase in the city income tax to fund construction
and operation of a new 87,000 square-foot recreation
center to be built just east of the public library.
The center will include a competition-sized pool
and basketball and volleyball courts which will be
reserved for use first by the high school and middle
school during the school day but be available to the
public at other times. Other features of the center
which the public will always have access to include
aerobics rooms, weight rooms and a running track.
Annual membership fees for the rec center will be no
more than $100 for an individual and $240 for a family, city officials said.
Issue 3 is a 4.9-mill capital improvement levy by
the school district to pay for a new Gilles-Sweet
Elementary School, which would house kindergarten
through grade five. Grade six will move to Mayer
Middle School, which will receive a $3.6 million
two-story, 17,000-square-foot addition. The high
school would also see extensive renovations. The
city would take control of the high school athletic
field and replace the grass with state-of-the art artificial turf.
The school district levy would cost a homeowner
$12.51 a month per $100,000 valuation of property.
Both bond issues, which run for 25 years, must
pass for the Gemini Project to move forward.
Mayor Eileen Patton told West Life she is very
optimistic the issues will pass. “This has generated a
lot of hopes and excitement throughout the city,” she
sid.
Gemini Project co-chair Bob Kreps also said he
expects Gemini to pass handily. His optimism is
See GEMINI p. 17
Task Force calls for
2005 school levy
By Kevin Kelley
WESTLAKE
A Financial Advisory Task Force created by the
school district in December recommends placing an
operating levy on the ballot sometime this year.
“The committee agrees that a new levy is unavoidable,” stated the group’s report, submitted to the
board of education at its Jan. 26 meeting. The task
force’s preference is to pass a levy in 2005, when the
millage would be about 4 or 5, compared to waiting
until 2006, when the required millage would be
about 6 or 7. Waiting until 2006 would only put the
district in a more stressful financial situation, the
report stated.
A back-up plan needs to be made by the district if
a levy is not passed in 2005, the task force also said.
The district last went to voters in 2000 for a 5.5mill levy. At the time, projections were that the levy
would provide sufficient operating funds through
2004. Because of the board’s fiscal management, the
levy revenue lasted one additional year, the report
noted.
The report also called for improved communication about finances with the community because
many residents are confused about many aspects of
school finances. For example, many people don’t
realize the $8.7 million bond issue passed in 2002
was earmarked to build the Westlake Schools
Performing Arts Center and cannot be used for operating expenses. Others are not aware that the school
district likely will not get significant revenue from
See NASHAR p. 18
S E R V I N G
T H E
W E S T S H O R E
C O M M U N I T Y
See TASK FORCE p. 18
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Magnificat fires basketball coach, Hagan steps down in support
Last Friday afternoon, an hour before practice
started, Magnificat fired head basketball coach
Marianne Mangan.
The school released the following statement:
“Ms. Meghann Hubach was appointed acting
varsity basketball coach at Magnificat High School,
effective Friday, January 28, 2005. She will serve in
that role for the rest of the season.”
Hubach was in her first season as the JV coach.
The team won her first game as varsity coach on
Saturday against Eastlake North 46-34.
Under Mangan, the team was 4-11 but had
played one of the most demanding schedules in the
state of the Ohio. Mangan had served as varsity
coach previously during the 2001-2002 season. This
summer she replaced John Becker as head varsity
coach.
Rocky River Ward 4 councilman Brian Hagan
had served as Mangan’s assistant coach. He said he
was asked to stay on as the acting head coach but he
turned it down.
“They called me asked to me to stay on,” Hagan
said. “I love the school but my loyalty is to
Marianne. We have coached together for 15 years.
She is the reason, I came into the program.”
Hagan said that school officials did not give him
a reason for Mangan’s dismissal. Hagan and Mangan
were involved in the program during its glory years
including a state title appearance. After time away,
they returned to the program recently. Mangan had
served as the JV coach the last two years.
Mangan said that over the summer, school offi-
cials insisted that she take over as varsity coach.
“They demanded that I take the job,” Mangan
said. “Now they fire me with five games remaining.
I have never heard of anything like this.”
Mangan said the only explanation school officials would give her was “that it just wasn’t working out.”
Mangan is an alumna of the school and had been
honored as one of its top 40 alumni a few years ago.
“I have proven myself to the school for 15
years,” Mangan said. “They asked me to resign and
I refused. I had to ask if I was then fired.
“I am floored. I have always treated kids with
respect and I have always been fair. I have had a ton
of phone calls today from people that I respect.
That has meant a lot to me.”
Cleveland Pops, high school bands, choirs to perform inaugural weekend
By Kevin Kelley
line for ticket orders is Feb. 21.
The Performing Arts Center, designed by
van Dijk Westlake Reed Leskosky Architects,
features an 825-seat auditorium in addition
to the television studio. The facility also
houses a spacious rehearsal room, dressing
rooms and scene shop for building and storing sets. Located adjacent to Westlake High
School, the center has its own lobby with
direct access from the outside. It was
designed for use as an educational space for
live or amplified music as well as theatrical
performances.
Voters approved an $8.7 million bond issue
in 2002 to build the center.
On Jan. 26, the school board hired Douglas
Warnke as coordinator of the Performing Arts
Center. Warnke, currently production manager
for the Karamu Performing Arts Theater, will
provide technical support for stage productions, manage facility operations and instruct
student production crews.
A resident of Avon Lake, Warnke holds a
bachelor’s degree in interpersonal public communications with a minor in journalism from
Bowling Green State University. He has worked
with the non-profit Karamu Theater since 1998.
Warnke, who starts his new job Feb. 14, also
is a contributing writer for the Avon Lake Press,
one of West Life’s sister publications.
WESTLAKE
A concert by the Cleveland Pops Orchestra will
highlight the opening weekend of the Westlake
Schools Performing Arts Center.
The grand opening weekend — March 5 and 6 —
is being called “A Celebration on Center Stage.” It
begins that Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1 p.m. followed by guided tours of the theater
and the new studios of the student television station, WHBS-TV.
Westlake High School’s performance ensembles
— Symphonic Band, Symphonic Choir, Orchestra,
Company D Show Choir and the Drama Club — will
present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Reserved tickets
are required for this concert and will be limited to
four per family. To reserve tickets, contact Scott
Rovniak at 899-3075 Ext. 2313 or e-mail [email protected]. Reserved tickets can be picked up at
the Box Office the evening of the concert.
A gala, black-tie-optional benefit concert by the
Cleveland Pops Orchestra will be held the evening
of March 6. A reception with hors d’oeuvres and
dessert by Executive Caterers of Landerhaven will
precede the concert at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the
Sunday evening event are $65, with proceeds benefiting Westlake arts education programs. To order
tickets, send a check payable to the Westlake Board
of Education and mail to Treasurer, Westlake City
Schools, 27200 Hilliard Blvd., Westlake. The dead-
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Funding
Both issues must pass for The Gemini Project to proceed.
Issue 1 - Recreation
A proposed one-half percent income tax
increase by the city would raise about
$21.7 million in bonds to pay mainly for
the recreation center.
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A 4.9-mill capital improvement levy would pay for
$28.5 million in bonds to fund the school projects.
The levy would cost a homeowner $12.51 a month
per $100,000 va luation of pro perty.
Facility
Now
Under Gemini
1
New Recreation Center
To be located just east of the new
Fairview Park branch of the Cuyahoga
County Library
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87,000 square foot facility would be ow ned and
operated by the city; Schools would have priority use
of pool and gymnasium.
2
Fairview High School
Grades 9 - 12
Grades 9 -12
Pool would be removed and gym renov ated, plus
numerous other renovations. Athletic field would be
put under control of city and renovated.
Grades 7 and 8
Grades 6, 7 and 8
$3.6 million, 17,000-square foot addition add ed to
south side, plus numerous other renovations.
4507 W. 213th St.
3
Lewis F. Mayer Middle School
21200 Campus Drive
4
Gilles-Sweet Elementary School
Alexander and West 220th
Space leased to
other
educational
organizations
Grades K - 5
Current building would be demolished and modern
building constructed on site.
5
Coffinberry Early Education Center
Kindergarten,
pre-school and
daycare
Building would likely be demolished and land rezoned
for residential development.
Grades 1- 3
Building would likely be demolished and land
redeveloped.
administrative
offices
Building would likely be demolished and land
redeveloped.
Grades 4 - 6
Location of administrative offices, pre-school and
daycare programs. Building would be available for
possible future expansion.
park
Tennis courts from high school would be relocated in
park.
19020 Coffinberry Blvd
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Garnett Elementary School
4275 W. 208th St.
7
Board of Education headquarters
20770 Lorain Road
8
Parkview Elementary School
21620 Mastick Road
9
Morton Park
GEMINI from p. 1
based on the number of pro-Gemini
signs, turnout at public meetings and
the response of people he has spoken
with.
“The more people know about this,
the more they like it,” Kreps said.
Some people who are reflexively
opposed to more taxes came around to
supporting Gemini after learning about
it, he said.
If the Gemini issues fail, don’t expect
to see them again on the May or
November ballot. Kreps has said Gemini
is a one-shot deal.
Kreps said the Gemini Project is the
only solution to the trap of either raising
taxes or cutting services that many fullydeveloped suburbs like Fairview Park
find themselves in. He also noted Issue
1’s tax increase applies only to earned
income, not income from Social
Security, pensions, interest or dividends.
Kreps said Gemini would be a wise
use of taxpayers’ money.
“If the property value in Fairview
Park goes up by one-sixth of one percent
per year more than it would without the
project, then the tax money you paid is
returned to you in your property value,”
Kreps said. “Conversely the opposite is
also true. If we don’t do this, and as a
result we have school facilities that are
in need of a great deal of repair, and the
absence of a rec center, and those factors
slow the appreciation of your property
by one-sixth of one percent per year, in
effect you’ve paid for this project but
you don’t have it.”
MORE MEETINGS: Residents will have
two more opportunities to question city
and school leaders about the Gemini
Project. Public meetings will be held in
the community room at City Hall tomorrow evening at 7 and Saturday morning
at 10. Backers of the Gemini Project
have held public meetings to inform the
public about the ballot issue every
Thursday evening since early December.
More information is online at
www.fairviewgemini.com.
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WEST LIFE, August 31, 2005
Fairview’s Ward 1 seat contested
By Kevin Kelley
FAIRVIEW
PARK
A single seat is being contested on
Fairview Park City Council in the
November election.
The seat, now being held by Ward 1
Councilman James Robatin, is being contested by Karen M. Voinovich, who held
the seat from 1988 through 1993.
Robtain, a Republican, told West Life
he plans on campaigning on his record
and what the city has accomplished in his
first term, such as passage of the Gemini
Project, completion of the Wooster Road
sewer project and the work of the citywide sewer task force, which he worked
on.
“I think the city is headed in the right
direction,” Robatin said, adding that he
will continue his efforts to involve and
inform residents of his ward in important
city matter.
Voinovich, who is the niece of Sen.
George Voinovich, said she enjoyed serving on council before and many residents
have asked her if she would be running
again. The city still has sewer problems
that need to be addressed, she said.
“Unfortunately we still have residents
who are experiencing flooding,” she said.
Voinovich, who said she supported the
Gemini Project, also served as councilperson at large from 1993 to 1995. She ran for
mayor in 1995, losing to incumbent Karl
Kubb.
Voinovich, 41, recently served as a
member of the Ohio Republican Party’s
central committee.
Maureen Sweeney, 43, currently the atlarge member of council, is seeking election as council president. Norm Bringman,
the current council president, announced
earlier this month that he will not seek reelection because of the need to devote
more time to his private practice as an
audiologist.
“It was unexpected with Norm’s decision not to run,” Sweeney said of her pursuit of the council presidency. “After talking with the administration and my collegues, they asked me to consider running
for the spot.”
In Fairview Park, the council president
does not vote except to break a tie.
Nevertheless, Sweeney said she believes
she will have input in the decisions council makes. “I believe my voice will be
heard,” she said.
Peggy Cleary, 49, is running for
Sweeney’s at large seat. A licensed social
worker, the Democrat is making her first
run for public office.
On Nov. 8, Fairview Park residents will
also vote on the renewal of a quarter percent income tax dedicates to street repairs.
Voters will also be asked to approve the
rezoning of two school district properties
– Garnett School and Coffinberry Schools
– for residential development. Under the
Gemini Program, the district plans to
vacate both properties after a new GillesSweet School is built.
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home game of the season Sept. 16. The field is currently undergoing phase one of a renovation plan, which includes installation of a new synthetic turf surface and resurfacing of
the running track. (Photo by Kevin Kelley)
City nows owns high school stadium
By Kevin Kelley
FAIRVIEW
PARK
The contract and agreement
between officials from the city and
school district signed Aug. 22 marked
a major milestone in implementation
of the Gemini Project approved by
voters in February.
Under the contract, the district
transferred ownership of the athletic
field east of the high school to the
city, which is paying for its renovation. The price for the property – one
dollar. The district also agreed to
spend nearly $72,000 on improvement to parking lots the city and
schools will share. The city will pay
for demolition and renovations at the
football field.
The agreement on joint use of the
new community recreation center
runs through 2035 and automatically
renews for an indefinite number of
additional 10-year terms unless both
parties agree to end it. The document
basically states the schools get first
right to use the recreation center
(which the city is paying to have
built) and football field during school
hours; rec center members can use
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The district will pay the city
$15,000 for each of the next two years
for use of the football field. Once the
recreation center is built, the district
will pay the city an annual fee to use
the rec center determined using a formula based on the center’s annual
operating budget and the number of
middle and high school students in
the district. The district anticipates
paying roughly $60,000 per year,
Assistant Superintendent Katherine
Manwell told West Life.
School board President Tom Davis
said the district estimates it is reaping
about $100,000 per year through the
agreement when field maintenance
savings and student use of the rec center is taken into account.
The football stadium at Fairview
High School will be ready for the
Warriors second home games of the
season Sept. 16 against North
Ridgeville, the city announced last
week. A formal dedication ceremony
will be held at the team’s third home
game Oct. 7.
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WEST LIFE, September 14, 2005
F AIRVIEW P ARK
C HATTER
By Kevin Kelley
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON: After a break
for summer, the Fairview Park Chamber of Commerce
resumes its monthly luncheons today at 11:30 a.m. at
the Fairview Village Apartments Club House, 20000
Lorain Road. The chamber will unveil its new Web site,
which will include information about members,
upcoming events and community links. Don Shadrake,
vice president and chief information officer of The
FocIS Group, a division of The Reserves Network, will
be guest speaker. Shadrake will answer members’ questions and explain how companies can use the Web for
business.
The new Web site is at www.fairviewparkchamber.org.
New scoreboard, new field
Sports returned to the Fairview High School athletic field Saturday as the school’s junior varsity soccer team defeated Firelands 6-0.
The varsity team later lost to Firelands 1 to 0. The first phase of the field’s renovation, part of the $50-million Gemini Project, included installation of state-of-the-art artificial turf and a new scoreboard. Football returns Friday against North Ridgeville at 7:30 p.m. A
formal dedication ceremony will be held before the team’s third home game Oct. 7 against Grafton Midview. (Photo by Kevin Kelley)
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Cocktails, appetizers and door prizes will be available.
Members are asked to RSVP John Sobolewski at 7797396.
BALLROOM DANCING: Fairview Senior Center, 20769
Lorain Road, will host ballroom dancing Monday from
1 to 3 p.m. Music will be provided by the Mike Jacobs
Band. Refreshments are included with the $3.50 ticket.
FAIRVIEW PARK HISTORY: Priscilla Daugherty Mead,
the granddaughter of the city’s fourth mayor, Joseph M.
Daugherty, is researching the history of her family and
is looking to Fairview Park residents for help.
Mayor Daugherty served from January 1928 through
December 1931. He and his wife, Gertrude, lived at
20820 Lorain Road, currently the site of Corrigan’s
Funeral Home.
Mead, who lives in Columbus, is hoping for pictures
of the home, her grandfather doing mayoral duties such
as cutting ribbons, as well as stories from his administration. Fairview Historical Society President Sharon
Guinaugh, who received the request for information
from Mead, reports the organization doesn’t have much
about the Daugherty administration its archives.
Persons with information or photos of the Daugherty
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WEST LIFE, October 19, 2005
It’s no trick – that’s really a helicopter over there
By Jeff Gallatin
NORTH OLMSTED
It won’t be a trick Oct. 31 when you
see a large helicopter over the North
Olmsted Recreation Center picking up
and lowering machinery.
City officials said the Sikorsky helicopter will be taking old HVAC
(Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning)
units from the rec center and then setting in place the new ones as part of the
ongoing work and renovations at the
facility.
Safety Director Duane Limpert said
the helicopter is expected to be work-
ing for about two hours.
“We’ve blocked out the entire morning for the work to be done just in case
they need more time.” Limpert said.
“They don’t anticipate any problems
but they want to make sure that they
have adequate time and room to get the
job done.”
He acknowledged that having a large
helicopter hovering over the recreation
center as well as flying too and from the
area with large pieces of machinery is
not an everyday occurrence in North
Olmsted or the West Shore.
“The last time I can recall anything
like this happening in the area is when
the (Great Northern) Mall had a very
large Chinook Helicopter putting in
skylights at the mall a number of years
ago,” Limpert said. “I don’t think
they’ll need a helicopter as big as a
Chinook to get this done but it still has
to be a pretty good size to get the HVAC
units.”
Limpert said the helicopter is being
brought in by LK Heating and Cooling,
the Dover Center Road firm which got
the city contract to replace the old
HVAC units at the Center.
“We didn’t have to do anything else
because LK has done all the work to get
it as part of their contract with the city,”
Limpert said.
He said the Recreation Center would
also be shut down during the work as a
precautionary measure.
“It’s not something where you want
non-workers near the site and they really don’t want a bunch of people standing around nearby watching it for safety reasons,” Limpert said.
Paul Barker, chairman of city council’s recreation, public parks and buildings committee, said he’s glad to see the
work getting done.
“We have a lot to get done and fixed
at the rec center and in all our facilities,” Barker said. “I’m glad we’re getting this work done as part of some
ongoing maintenance at a vital city
facility.”
Coffinberry Association to host candidates night
By Kevin Kelley
FAIRVIEW PARK
The Coffinberry Association will host
a candidates night Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. in
the gymnasium of the Coffinberry
School, 19020 Coffinberry Blvd. The
forum is open to the public.
Candidates for the Ward 1 seat —
incumbent James Robatin and challenger Karen Voinovich, who held the
seat from 1988 through 1993 — are
scheduled to participate.
Fairview Park Board of Education
candidates will also be attending. Three
candidates are running for two four-year
term seats on the Fairview Park City
Schools Board of Education. Current
board member Chuck Kullik is not seeking reelection. Incumbent Anne
Goddard is seeking reelection. Joe
Shucofsky, who was appointed earlier
this year to replace Tom Faska, is also
running for one of the four-year seats.
Faska, who quit his board seat to become
the district’s athletic director, had been
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appointed to succeed Maureen Cundiff,
who died in December 2004. Dennis
Rehor is also running for a four-year
seat. The top two vote getters will win
the seats.
Two candidates are running for the
unfulfilled term of Cundiff, which runs
until the end of 2007. They are Joyce
Gusman and Brad Lamb.
Jim Kennedy, the city’s service and
development director, will speak on the
ballot issue seeking to rezone the
Coffinberry School property to residential.
If Issue 42 passes, the Coffinberry
School site would be changed from civic
and recreational to single-family residential. A majority of voters in the city
as well as in Ward 1 would need to
approve the rezoning for it to take effect.
Coffinberry currently is home to the
district’s pre-school and kindergarten
programs. The district plans to vacate
Coffinberry School as part of the Gemini
Project by the fall of 2007.
The rezoning is a big issue with residents in the Coffinberry neighborhood,
said Patrick Manning, president of the
Coffinberry Association.
“The other big issue is the election of
the school board members,” he said, noting the newly elected officials will have
the job of completing the Gemini Project
and making sure a good developer is
selected for the new Coffinberry-area
homes, assuming the rezoning issue
passes.
The Coffinberry Association is a voluntary organization made up of about
170 residents in the northeast section of
Fairview Park. The 30-year-old organization has been holding candidate nights
on a regular basis for several years,
Manning said.
The turnout for previous candidate
nights has been between 50 to 120 people, he added.
Residents will have an opportunity to
direct questions to the candidates concerning neighborhood issues, Manning
said.
“It’s not anything like those ridiculous, scripted debates they have on TV,”
he said.
The Coffinberry Association candidates night will be the second major
political forum held this month. The
League of Women Voters – Cuyahoga
Regional Area – Fairview Park will
sponsor its own candidates night tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the city council chambers of City Hall, 20777 Lorain Road.
Rosalyn Talerico of the LWV will moderate the program.
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