Regional Features: Archive by Date

June 2008

Marching to China
Posted Thursday, June 19
A group of groggy East Cleveland teenagers filed into the Cleveland Hopkins Airport terminal, early this morning, as they prepared for a fourteen-hour trip, halfway around the world. Shaw High School is one of only five in the country that are sending their marching bands to China for pre-Olympics festivities. ideastream®'s David C. Barnett has more on the scintillating sound coming from Ohio's poorest city.

Charter Review Commission Hears From Public
Posted Thursday, June 19
Members of a special commission listened last night as Cleveland residents offered their thoughts and suggestions for changing the way the city does business. The hearing was part of a formal review of the city's charter that comes around every 20 years. ideastream®'s Dan Bobkoff reports.

Group Calls For Increased Funding to NIH
Posted Wednesday, June 18
A national health care group is using the economic development angle to push for more health care funding. Ideastream's® Rick Jackson reports.

Charter Review Ready for Public Comment
Posted Tuesday, June 17
While ideas to reform Cuyahoga County’s government have generated a lot of headlines in recent weeks, the city of Cleveland will soon be considering its own reforms. There’s a public hearing about it tonight at Tri-C and ideastream®’s Dan Bobkoff has the details.

Electrical Medicine Gives Brain and Spinal Cord Injured Patients New Freedom
Posted Tuesday, June 17
We often think of medicine as surgery or pills. But some local engineers are forging a whole new type of treatment they call electronic medicine. Much the same way a pacemaker uses electricity to shock the heart – doctors are using implantable electronic devices to stimulate damaged nerves and muscles, helping patients to walk, and regain their independence. ideastream® health and science reporter Gretchen Cuda has more.

U.S. Reps Hear Foreclosure Stories in Cleveland
Posted Monday, June 16
Congress came to Cleveland to hear about Ohio’s foreclosure crisis. At a field hearing at Cleveland State University, U.S. representatives heard testimony from leaders from affected communities and some of their lenders. ideastream®’s Dan Bobkoff has more.

Akron Canton Airport Continues Growth
Posted Monday, June 16
Even as Cleveland Hopkins airport is grappling wtih major reductions in service by Continental Airlines, the regions' other commercial airport is feeling no such loss - and is positioning itself to become a larger player in Northeast Ohio travel plans. We thought that's worth examining. ideastream's® Rick Jackson reports.

Is Mandatory Sick Leave Unhealthy For Business?
Posted Friday, June 13
A proposal to require most Ohio businesses to provide at least seven paid sick days a year to employees is working its way toward November's ballot.

Continental Announces Cuts at Cleveland Hopkins
Posted Friday, June 13
Airlines are drowning in red ink due to rising fuel prices and they are starting to take drastic action to stem the flow. Continental announced yesterday that it's ending Cleveland service to Sarasota, Washington Dulles, Detroit and more than 20 other cities to cut costs. ideastream®'s Gretchen Cuda Reports.

Cleveland Colleges Teach CSI to Woo High School Science Buffs
Posted Friday, June 13
Baldwin Wallace College and Cleveland State University have paired up with local high schools in an effort to get teenagers excited in the study of science. Class gets underway this weekend. ideastream®'s Kymberli Hagelberg has details.

Parade The Circle Steps Off
Posted Friday, June 13
The second Saturday in June is upon us - and with it - Cleveland's annual Parade The Circle Celebration, one of Northeast Ohio's largest artistic festivals. ideastream's® Rick Jackson has details on this year's celebration.

Back To School May Help Those With Alzheimers
Posted Thursday, June 12
Dr. Peter Whitehouse gives his elderly patients with memory loss an unexpected prescription: Stay socially active. Some of his favorite advice is to perform volunteer work, and he has even created a school where they can do just that. NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports on a charter school in Cleveland where it's common to see the school's young students working with older volunteers.

Building a Wall of Sorrows
Posted Wednesday, June 11
For centuries, the deaths of famous people have been commemorated in iron and stone. These statues sit in prominent places across our cities. But, many smaller memorials for the less-than-famous also show up on our city streets, using handmade signs, drawings and stuffed animals to remember those lost to urban violence. ideastream®'s David C. Barnett has the story of a memorial wall being built on the east side of Cleveland that recalls the lives of young murder victims in Northeast Ohio.

Sutherland Steps Up Campaign for Commissioner’s Seat
Posted Wednesday, June 11
Targeting what she calls the bloated payrolls of Cuyahoga County government, Bay Village Mayor Debbie Sutherland stepped up her campaign to unseat county commissioner Peter Lawson Jones. ideastream®'s Dan Bobkoff has more.

Ohio Lawmakers Approve Great Lakes Compact
Posted Wednesday, June 11
In a major breakthrough yesterday, lawmakers in Columbus unanimously approved the Great Lakes Compact. Among other things, it aims to stop large scale diversions of lake water to dryer states. ideastream®'s Dan Bobkoff has more.

Foreclosure Impacts Area Homeless
Posted Wednesday, June 11
Advocates for the homeless introduced new information today about families vulnerable to being left without a place to live. ideastream®'s Rick Jackson reports.

Engineers Look to Biology to Build Better Robots
Posted Wednesday, June 11
The Terminator, R2D2, and science fiction cyborgs are the robots of our Hollywood inspired imaginations. But in real life, scientists are building robots inspired by much more simple creatures –things like bugs. Last week biologists and engineers from around the world converged on Cleveland to unveil their latest robots – and as ideastream health and science reporter Gretchen Cuda discovered, their inventions may show up everywhere from operating rooms to outer space.

Decision Expected This Week on New Voting Equipment
Posted Tuesday, June 10
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections this week expects to pick new voting machines for the fall election and beyond. ideastream®’s Dan Bobkoff has the details.

Akron Bus Line Wants to Lure Drivers
Posted Tuesday, June 10
The gas crunch has made public transportation more attractive to people who before now wouldn't have dreamed of riding the bus. ®ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg has details on Akron Metro Regional Transit Authority's plan to lure those prospective customers.

HEAP Program Slashes Budget
Posted Tuesday, June 10
Plans by state officials to cut back on summer home energy assistance funding has local officials scrambling to make up the difference until the program kicks in on July First. ideastream®'s David C. Barnett has details.

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