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THE WEDDING OF Crystal’Ann Stanich and Heiko Landgraf brought family and friends together from all over the world to the Wasserchloss Castle in Chemnitz, Germany.
A world class wedding Local family celebrates nuptials in castle in Germany
German and American customs created an international wedding for Crystal’ Ann Stanich and Heiko Landgraf on Jan. 14. The couple was married in the Wasserschloss Castle in Chemnitz, Germany. Guests ...
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RAISED IN CLEVELAND and now living in beautiful Sydney, Australia, Adam Dodson is a man whose love of church music and yearning for a life in Australia led the 30-year-old to Hillsong International Leadership College, in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia. There, Dodson met the love of his life, Katie, who became his wife in a wedding ceremony in Savannah, Ga.
A calling to Australia: Why one Cleveland resident felt drawn Down Under
Adam Dodson felt a calling to go to a place he had never gone and make music with a people he had never known — in Australia. His unusual yearning to live in a country he would later call his hom...
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ROGER PARKS, a teacher at the Teen Learning Center in Cleveland and coach at Cleveland High School, said nothing makes him as happy as teaching, something he was delighted to return to after spending 16 years in the private sector. Banner photo, WILLIAM WRIGHT
Roger Parks: A teacher’s tests become a lesson
When what you love feels more like a calling than a career, then work becomes more than a job, but your joy, according to Roger Parks, a teacher at the Teen Learning Center in Cleveland. Parks,...
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ASHLEY RABURN, above, has his collection of Masters of the Universe memorabilia on display in the library at Cleveland State Community College through February. “I also have on display new figures that Mattel puts out once a month,” Raburn said. “They are like re-imaginings of the original figures with a modern-day toy-production mentality. They’re well done and well imagined.” Raburn is also showcasing a production copy script and copy of a She-Ra storyboard with his She-Ra collection which is also on display in the library.
Finding joy in a toy exhibit
A toy exhibit that may appeal to children as well as the young at heart is featured at the Cleveland State Community College Library through February. The line of toys manufactured by Mattel showc...
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GINA TOLBERT, Top left, owner and personal trainer of Spectrum Health and Fitness at 3384 Keith St. N.W., said to lose weight permanently, you must make a commitment to gradually adopt a healthier way of life. Tolbert, seen training Cathy Rose, said, “We focus on strength training, cardiovascular conditioning and proper nutrition — the whole spectrum. It’s fitness for life.”
Gaining by losing weight The best ways to lose weight and keep it off
The ritual of resolving to improve one’s health at the beginning of the new year may have more positive benefits than was once imagined. Although resolutions are easy to start but sustaining the...
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SARAH COLEMAN received the Bradley County Bar Association s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award on Dec. 16, 2011.
And justice for all: Local attorney’s pro bono work helps balance the scales of justice
Taking on legal work for a client with low or no income may have few rewards, but attorney Sarah Coleman did not become a lawyer for fame or fortune. The Cleveland resident was recently awarded Br...
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THE CLEVELAND PILOT CLUB will roast Jonathan Cantrell, right, on Jan. 31. Debbie Williams, president of the Pilot Club, left, is coordinating the event.
Pilot Club to roast Jonathan Cantrell
Jonathan R. Cantrell, president of Caldwell Paving, Charleston, is going to be the focus of a roast. The fundraising event is sponsored by the Pilot Club of Cleveland and will be held at the Elks...
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BRANDI MEACHUM, a certified nursing assistant at Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital in Frankfort, Mich., will be moving south this month and later to Cleveland where she was impressed with the cozy, down-home hospitality for which the South is famous. Above, Meachum is about to wheel Dawin Maginity to the dining room.
Brandi Meachum: A taste of the South has Northerner on the move
Born and raised in Lansing, Mich., Brandi Meachum has made it her aim to move to East Tennessee and enjoy the hospitality for which the South has become legendary. The 21-year-old certified nursin...
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A cocktail party for 50 at Holly Hill estate in Charleston, above, will be the major auction item at the Grape Escape Wine Dinner and Auction for the Museum Center at FIve Points.
‘Grape Escape’ will be Jan. 29
For an evening of great food and selected wines with a fun auction of wine and other related items, the Grape Escape Wine Dinner and Auction at Café Roma will have all the flavors for anyone to sav...
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JUDIE BAKER, a member of the Cleveland Storytelling Guild, has learned how to take her listeners on journeys as exhilarating as riding down the Ocoee River, seen in the background. “My goal is to be one of the new voices in the National Storytelling Festival held every year in Jonesboro,” Baker said.
Meet Judie Baker: A storyteller whose own story is worth telling
The man sat in the laughing crowd without cracking a smile. The storyteller hit each punch line and the solemn man never moved a muscle. Judie Baker, a member of the Cleveland Storytelling Guild...
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