Plain Press: The Community Newspaper Serving Cleveland's West Side Neighborhoods

Photos from the Ashbury Townhomes project, youths from the SmArt in the City Summer Art Camp at West Side Community House, National Convention of the Polish Legion of American Veterans and Auxiliary (PLAV) in Independence, 2nd District Night Out Against Crime at Steelyard Commons, a cyclist's view of West 3rd Street in the Industrial Valley, 1st District Night Out Against Crime at Cudell Recreation Center, the Burning River Festival, Nuevo Luz Urban Resource Center KaBOOM! playground, and A Special Day for Kits at Kids of the Future Day Care.

Fairview Park Breakdancing Workshop, BrookStock at Brookside Park, Cuyahoga County Engineer’s Office’s Tour of Veterans Memorial Bridge and Subway, Our Lady of Mount Carmel West Italian Festival, Tremont Pointe Round Table, Hispanic Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program (HUMADAOP) Luncheon, and Fairview Park Ice Cream Social.

Photos from the American Indian Educational Center Festival, Stockyard Neighborhood Bike-a-thon, Second District Safety Fair, Senate Athletic League Championship, KaBOOM playground design in Cudell, Cleveland Jobs with Justice protest, and Israel "Jerry" Wingo.

This month's photos are from Riversweep 2008, the groundbreaking for the Capitol Theatre, Veteran Administration’s Transitional Residency Program for Homeless Veterans, and Midwest Railway Preservation Society’s B&O Roundhouse Open House.

Photos from the Earth Day Celebration at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the Downtown Cleveland skyline from the Industrial Valley, the St. Rocco Student Art Show, and Clark Metro annual meeting.

Photos of the community forum the proposed Clark Metro cabaret, an automobile that collided into the new Matinee night club, Community Dialogue about Congressional Proposal to help 10 million working immigrants, and closing of Tremont's fire station.

Photos from the Youth Voices High School Students’ No Vote No Voice Voter Registration Campaign, Celebration of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year: TET 2008 – Year of the Rat, St. Procop Fish Fry Dinner at St. Procop Church, Tremont West Development Corporation (TWDC) Membership Meeting, SAFEighteen Winter Public Safety Conference, and Near West Theatre’s 2008 Benefit to Celebrate 30 years of ordinary people creating extraordinary theatre.

Photos of Police Chief McGrath speaking at Cudell Improvement, Inc.'s annual meeting, the Ohio Liquor License hearing for the renewal of El Tropical's liquor license, Great Blessing of the Water at Edgewater Park, Earth Day contest winner's display, ice skating at Halloran Park, and Joyful Noise Neighborhood Music School

January 2008
Photos of the Special Holiday Giving Event at Orchard School, Candlelight Memorial Service for the Homeless at Franklin Circle Church, and St. Herman’s House of Hospitality St. Nicholas Day Spaghetti Dinner at St. Malachi’s Parish Hall.

December 2007
Photos from the Fir Street Cemetery Clean-up, Councilman Joe Santiago's speech regarding his recall petition, the concerns of the Ward 14 recall supporters, the Near West Theatre's production of Beauty and the Beast, Representative Michael Skindell at speaking at the Step It Up Cleveland rally, St. Colman Day Celebration, Franklin Circle Church's Thanksgiving Day Community Meal, and the presentation of a check to the West Side Ecumenical Ministry for its Food Center.

November 2007
Photos from the Second District Safety Summit, Historic Haunts Tour in Detroit Shoreway, Farm's Fall Open House Party, and Civil War Re-enactment in Tremont.

October 2007
Photos from the Tremont Unite Vigil, the Greased Pole Climbing Competition at the St. Rocco Labor Day Festival, St. John Cantius Catholic Church Polish Festival , Grand Opening Celebration at Steelyard Commons, Tremont Art & Cultural Festival, and Second District Commander Keith Sulzer.

September 2007
Photos of Cleveland's Rebuilding Together event, activities of Merrick House's youth summer job program, Ohio City resident's efforts to curb prostitution in their neighborhood, and the West-Bethel Youth group tending plots in an urban community garden.

August 2007
Photos from the Ingenuity Festival, Smart in the City Summer Arts Program at the West Side Community House, Cleveland Hope's Fresh Coat Cleveland program, Edgewater Park, Summer Performing Arts Camp at the Denison Avenue United Church of Christ,and St. Colman's Multicultural Family Fiesta.

July 2007
Photos of the American Indian Education Center Powwow and Festival at Edgewater Park, St. Ignatius School Walk for Diabetes, St. Augustine Manor Child Enrichment Center Graduation, Memorial to Cleveland Police Officer Robert J. Clark II in the Cudell Neighborhood, James Mahon Green Dedication Ceremony, Esperanza Open House, Tremont Farmers’ Market, Feast of Corpus Christi at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in the Detroit-Shoreway Neighborhood, and Lincoln West High School vs. James Ford Rhodes High School Baseball Game at Jacob's Field.

June 2007
Photos of the Neighbors of Mittal Steel bike ride for clean air, Denison School Parent Safety Patrol, Ward 17 Youth Art Show, Fundraiser for the West Side Community House’s Beverly Corrigan Learning Lab, Northeast Ohio Alliance for Hope Banquet, City Serve, and WIRE-Net’s Cleveland Shoreway Classic Car Show and Career Opportunities Showcase.

May 2007
Photos of the Scranton Castle proclamation, open house for Dual Diagnosis Residential Program, Easter at St. Herman's, Save Clark Metro Development Corporation Vigil, RTA Community Cirrulator at Steelyard Commons, and Step It Up 2007 rally.

April 2007
Photos of the Neighbors of Mittal Steel press conference, SafetyNet painting over bridge graffiti, Tony Gordon's Barber Shop, and IBA Basketball Championships at St. Ignatius of Antioch Church.

March 2007
Photos of sledding at Edgewater Park, the Friends of Clark Field first-annual Awards Night, and 165th Anniversary Celebration at Franklin Circle Church.

February 2007
Photos from African Refugee birthday party at West Side United Church of Christ, Halloran Park skating rink on West 117th Street, St. Colman 125th Anniversary House, holiday decorations in a yard in the Cudell neighborhood, the Blessing of the Water event at Edgewater Park, and Lakefront Hardware located at 7427 Detroit Avenue.

January 2007
Photos from C-Space, the Weed & Seed Christmas Party, the Candlelight Vigil for those persons who have died as a result of homelessness in the past year, Clark Metro Development Corporation's storefront window decorated for the holidays, and Shared Ministry's Christmas Caroling.

December 2006
Photos from the After School Program in the Beverly A. Corrigan Learning Lab at the West Side Community House, Halloween Party at the Zone Recreation Center, Thanksgiving Dinner at St. Augustine Church, Cleveland Mediation Center’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, and Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones' pre-election political rally

November 2006
Photos from the Historic Haunts Tour in Detroit Shoreway, Northeast Ohio Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign rally, The World Can't Wait protest rally, Hats off to CMSD Kids Day, Merrick House School Age Child Care Lights On Afterschool Open House, and Artist Katherine Chilcote's West 25th Street Mural

October 2006
Photos from the Grease Pole Climbing Competition at the St. Rocco Festival on September 4, 2006

September 2006
Photos from Clark-Metro neighborhood Savelot store, Wendy Park Foundation's Boat Building Program, Weed & Seed Youth Safety Fair, Multicultural and Health Festival at Archwood and Pearl, and new murals at West 28th underpass

August 2006
Photos from 2006 Ingenuity Festival, March for Lead Safe Living, Lady of Mount Carmel 80th Annual Italian Festival, National Truth Commission, Puerto Rican Cultural Festival parade, Dog Park at Clark Field, and Max Hayes High School Shop Room