PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Saturday, September 27, 2008, West Side Community House (WSCH) Fun Day, WSCH, 9300 Lorain Avenue: West Side Community House Day Campers Chris Manning and Larisha Tolbert.

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Tuesday, October 21, 2008, Fire Station 21, 1801 Carter Road: Cleveland Fireboat Anthony J. Celebrezze lies unsupervised at dock on the Cuyahoga River as Fire Station 21 is closed by brownout .

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Saturday, September 27, 2008, West Side Community House (WSCH) Fun Day, WSCH, 9300 Lorain Avenue: West Side Community House Volunteer Father's Group Leader Chris Manning and Diasaya.

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Saturday, August 23, 2008, Retirement Party for Blackie the Hippo, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way: Zookeeper Eliot Burton provides fruit treats for Blackie at the 54 year old hippo’s retirement party.

PHOTO BY JOHN CARTWRIGHT
Saturday, October 18, 2008, Monroe Cemetery, South of Lorain Avenue off of Fulton: Members of the Monroe Street Cemetery Foundation and Friends of Monroe Cemetery stand in front of the cemetery gatehouse dressed in period clothing used to help re-enact images some of the more prominent residents of the cemetery. Front row (L-R): Paula Slimack, Joan Pulaski and Julie Kentock. Back row (L- R):  Michelle Day, Dave Dennis, Ben Hoffman, and Russ Cendrowski.

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Monday, October 6, 2008, Louisa May Alcott School, 10308 Baltic Avenue: Principal Eileen Stull stands in front of a display of artwork by students at the school.

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Wednesday, October 15, 2008, Grand Opening of new offices of Cudell Improvement Inc., The Southwest Savings and Loan Building, 9821 Lorain Avenue: Ward 19 Councilwoman Dona Brady, Ward 18 Councilman Jay Westbrook, Cudell Improvement Board President Melanie Shakarian, and Cudell Improvement Executive Director Anita Brindza cut the ribbon for the new Cudell Improvement Headquarters in the restored Southwest Savings and Loan Building.

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Thursday, October 16, 2008, Southeast Corner of W. 30th and Chatham: Todd Zalud of 2935 Chatham Avenue stands before his RV that was partially swallowed by a large sinkhole. Residents report a steady leak along the curbline for several weeks without a response from the Cleveland Water Department until large quantities of water began to gush from a manhole cover in the middle of street on Saturday, October 11th. While water workers stopped the water flow and marked the street for repair crews, no action other action was taken before the road collapsed.

PHOTO BY BILLY DELFS
Saturday, October 4, Ohio Campaign for Change voter registration rally, Willard Park by the Free Stamp -- next to City Hall, Northwest Corner of Ninth and Lakeside: The sun shines down of the voter registration rally on the last day of voter registration. The General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 4th. Residents of Cuyahoga County can view a sample ballot before voting by visiting the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections website at http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us.