PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN
Saturday, December 6, 2008, Detroit Shoreway Community Development Annual Neighborhood Holiday Party, Gordon Square Arcade, W. 65th & Detroit Avenue: Elijah Glaze, age 3 months, rests peacefully on Santa’s lap. Over 400 neighborhood children attended the event enjoying visits with Santa, refreshments and music spun by a DJ to entertain the teenagers in the crowd.

PHOTO BY FRANK BARNETT
Bob Zak, Ward 19 Crime Watch Coordinator

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Friday, November 28, 2008, Big Top Boulevard Circus Display, Western Reserve Historical Society, University Circle neighborhood: Members of the St. Ignatius Circus Club (l to r) Dylan Waickman, John Bozak, and Mathew Armbruster perform at the opening ceremony.

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Monday, November 24, 2008, Ward 14 Community Forum, St. Rocco’s Parish Hall, 3205 Fulton: Mayor Frank Jackson and Ward 14 Councilman Joe Santiago watch the performance of Grupo Isla Del Encanto.

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008, enclosure along Starkweather and Kenilworth along I-90: Pretty Boy, a white tailed buck also know as Bucky, in photo taken five days before his disappearance from his Tremont home.

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
December 9, 2008, Demolition of Frank Giglio’s house, 2288 W. 14th Street: This historic house lost protection from demolition on November 14th when the Landmarks Commission reversed a previous decision and a majority of the members voted to allow the house to be demolished.

PHOTO BY FRANK BARNETT
Gretchen Moore, Commercial Program Director at Westown Community Development Corporation

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Monday, November 24, 2008, Ward 14 Community Forum, St. Rocco’s Parish Hall, 3205 Fulton: Ward 14 resident Henry Senyak protests the browning out of Fire Station 21.

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Wednesday, December 3, 2008, Cudell Improvement Candy Cane Convertible Cruise on Clifton Avenue: Jeff Meyers of Elegant Ice Creations in Broadview Heights puts the finishing touches on an ice sculpture of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Sunday, November 23, 2008, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2592 W. 14th: Adam Apple, Performance Artist and TransFamily Spokesperson, telling his story during his performance.

PHOTO BY JOE NARKIN
Sunday, November 23, 2008, Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil Procession in Lincoln Park in the Tremont neighborhood: Jake Nash, Executive Director of TransFamily Cleveland (front right) and supporters walk through Lincoln Park in route to a vigil at Pilgrim church.

PHOTO COURTESY OF METRO CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Monday, November 24, Early Childhood Center, St. Boniface Campus, Metro Catholic School, 3588 W. 52nd: Preschool students learn some songs and some sign language while working with Ohio Arts Council artists in residence Vicki McCrone and William Morgan.