3-B L.K? THE PLAIN DEALER JUNE 2, 1997 Metro MONDAY IT'S A FACT ABOUT CLEVELAND hips major have role in played the a city's history, dating to the first permanent settler, Lorenzo Carter. In 1808 he built a 30-ton schooner, the Zephyr, for lake trading. By 1890 shipbuilding was a prominent local industry, with eight shipbuilding and drydock companies employing more than 2,000 workers. The industry helped establish Cleveland as a major center for manufacturing, shipping, transportation and distribution. Central trustee resigns By BARRY KAWA PLAIN DEALER REPORTER A Central State University trustee from Beachwood has resigned in protest over the Senate's restrictions on the financially troubled school.
Julian Earls, who led the search for a school president, resigned Saturday during a sixhour trustees meeting. Earls was the only trustee to vote against accepting the state's conditions last week. "My resignation is a personal decision and not designed to make any statement other than I do not believe that any other university in the state of Ohio would be treated similarily under the same, conditions," Earls told board members at the meeting. "The situation at Central State University is unusual at best. Unusual remedy, is in order, but there are limits even to the unusual." On Thursday, the Senate approved $28 million for Central State's operations during the next two years.
Central State, Ohio's only publicly supported historically black university, must pay off its $8.6 million debt and make cuts in academic programs, faculty and athletics. If the school fails to meet any of the conditions, the Ohio Board of Regents will close the college. The bill will return to the House and may end up in a joint conference committee for revision. In a letter to Gov. George V.
Voinovich, who appointed him to the board in August, Earls, deputy director for operations at NASA's Lewis Research Center, said he agrees with most of the Senate's restrictions since they are consistent with those previously decided by the trustees. But he said he disagrees with the threat of the university's closure if it fails to meet any one of the Senate's provisions. Other trustees at Saturday's meeting reluctantly accepted the restraints. "I understand, and I'm disappointed it had to come to this," board Chairman Fred Ransier said. ON THIS DATE YEARS AGO A the rnold ale Cleveland Pinkney, school board president who lost as the Democrats' candidate against Mayor Ralph Perk in 1975, considered accepting a draft by a party convention to run again.
Pinkney was not regarded as a likely candidate but said a good showing in two polls, encouragement from friends and the absence of a leading candidate were making him reconsider. In the end, he did not run, Perk was ousted in the primary and Dennis Kucinich won in November. COMING TO A STOP Caliper brakes commonly found on bicycles have brake shoes that can squeeze against a wheel rim to stop the bike. Stopping is done by two sets of brakes, one in front and one in the rear. Brake cable Brake lever Handlebar For Tire location see detail Brake Wheel below shoe rim Caliper unit BRAKE LOCATIONS Two brake levers Rear brake Front brake PLAIN DEALER Bike rider's accident spurs fears By GRANT SEGALL DAVID I.
ANDERSEN PLAIN DEALER PHOTOGRAPHER Dijana Sabljic, a native of Croatia; Peggy Nga Fong, formerly of Hong Kong, Maria Elvina Occhino, Colombia; Giyi Mwee Taw, Burma; and Masako Spain of Japan stand during the national anthem at the beginning of a ceremony yesterday in which they became U.S. citizens. They were among 25 the World Celebration" sponsored 25 new at their By MARK ROLLENHAGEN PLAIN DEALER REPORTER It has been nearly 20 years since Kanagaraj Ganesh Kumar left India as a young man and came to Case Western Reserve University to continue his study of medicine. "I thought I would go back," he said. But yesterday, Kumar, now a professor at the CWRU School of Medicine, took an oath that cemented the fact that he is now an American.
He and 24 others swore their allegiance to the United States and officially became U.S. citizens in a naturalization ceremony in the social hall at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church on St. Clair Ave. "I think I stayed here long enough.
It's become my home," Kumar said while his 15-yearold son, Shyam, a U.S. citizen because he was born here, people who received Certificates of by Mayor Michael R. White that Cultural citizens didn't let the swearing-in, part of brought him cake during a reception for the new citizens. The swearing -in of new citizens by Robert Brown, district director of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, was part of what Mayor Michael R.
White billed as the first annual Flags of the World Celebration. The event highlighted the addition of city flags to the cultural gardens along East Blvd. and Martin Luther King Jr. where flags of various nationalities already fly. White presented a city flag to John Borkowski, president of the Polish American Congress, and a proclamation to Helen Karpinski for her efforts to improve the cultural gardens.
The mayor also praised the work of Richard Konisiewicz, the former ethnic liaison for the city. Polish music and dancers entertained the crowd of about 200. The birdwatchers' fledgling prodigy Jenny Brumfield, 14, is with her almost encyclopedic By JAMES F. McCARTY PLAIN DEALER REPORTER AKRON One of Ohio's top birders, Larry Rosche of remembers the first time Jenny Brumfield caught his attention. It was about seven years ago half a lifetime for the 14-yearold ninth-grader while he was staking out a feeder at the Seiberling Naturealm on Smith waiting for a Lincoln's sparrow to arrive.
After a few minutes, the grayand-brown bird returned to the seed, as expected. But at that very instant, before xi Rosche could say a word, a little voice piped up: "Oh, there it is, right there!" It was Jenny. If that wasn't evidence enough of a prodigy in his midst, Rosche said he encountered the precocious birder a few days later on the frigid lakefront at the E. 55th St. docks.
As the group scanned gulls. and ducks in flight, Rosche was surprised to spot an immature pomarine jaeger, a gull-like Arctic predator rarely seen on the south shores of Lake Erie. After the bird had flown away, Rosche heard a familiar voice ask him: "How could you tell? It had blunted tail feathers." Although she had never seen a jaeger before, Jenny had studied her field guide long enough to know that mature jaegers sport spiked feathers in their tails. Few field guides carry photographs of the immature birds, which have blunted tails. Naturalization at St.
Philip Neri church in Cleveland in a "Flags of was relocated from Rockefeller Park because se of the rain. enri enrichment ent weather rain on their parade Flags of the World Celebration The new citizens were re- housekeeping staff of a hotel quired to take an oath of alle- and cleans an office building at giance to the United States and night, said she believed it was to renounce their allegiance to her duty to become a citizen of the countries in which they the country she has made home. were born. "I want to vote for president," The group included people she said. Belarus, India, Some of those who became from Poland, Croatia, Hong Kong, Colombia, citizens newcomers yesterday compared are to relative Kumar anon and other countries.
and Przywozna. Taiwan, Vietnam, Canada, Lebto have Sergei Valerievich GapoThe ceremony was nenko, who was born in Belarus, been conducted in the Polish has lived in the United States for Cultural Garden across the about four years. He met his street. Rain pushed the cere- wife, Candace Galat, a Fairlawn mony indoors but did not doctor, while she was in Russia dampen the spirits of the new on a humanitarian relief mission citizens. and he was working as an is a big day for me," preter for the group.
said Krystyna Przywozna, 42, Dijana Sabljic moved to who was born in Poland and said Cleveland from Croatia about she first came to the United five years ago after she met her States 17 years ago to visit her husband, Nick, while he was vasister. cationing in Europe. "I love this country, SO I de- "My husband is an American cided to stay," she said. citizen, so I want to be one, too," Przywozna, who works on the she said. Patagonia Rcst Roadside bund comt Summer the 2 Viart ntor by me JAMES A.
ROSS PLAIN DEALER PHOTOGRAPHER Two weeks at a young birders camp in the mountains of southeast Arizona provided Jenny Brumfield the opportunity to combine her artistic skills with her fascination for the unique birds of the region, displayed here in a journal of the trip. Her eyes are trained to notice the slightest movement. Camp Chan Chich in Belize in Central America. She earned the $1,200 cost of the camp by selling her own pen-and-ink bird greeting cards and an Arizona bird journal at craft shows and Wild Bird shops. The camp is supposed to be restricted to teens 15 to 17.
"They're making an exception and letting me go," Jenny said, not the least self-consciously. Jenny was barely out of diapers when her father began taking her along on hikes in a backpack and pointing out birds from her backyard window, then comparing them to the illustrations in the Golden field guide. She recalls going to bed each night studying and memorizing the different bird pictures. PLAIN DEALER REPORTER John the bicycle repairman has been riding a bike with no brakes. "I got the brakes at home," the, Clevelander says.
"I just haven't: had time to put them on." Don't fret over John. "It's just work bike, just to get around." If" he wrecks it, he can always buy another that is, if he's still in shape to ride it. Brakes have been on the minds. of many local bicyclists when Demitrius a 12-year-old runaway from Shaker Heights, slammed into a. truck in Cleveland aboard a' turning birders' heads memory of birds The Jennifer Brumfield admiration society is growing in birding circles across the country.
Her father, David, a science teacher at Copley-Fairlawn Middle School, has grown accustomed to taking a back seat to his talented daughter, who attends the same school. More than once, some of the leading birders in the nation have asked him: "Oh, are you Jenny's dad?" Few birders have experienced more or turned more seasoned heads at such a young age. When Jenny was 11, she so impressed nature-tour leader Victor Emanuel with her knowledge of birds and her artistic ability that Emanuel made an exception and invited her to at'tend Camp Chiricahua in southeast Arizona. The 12-day camp for young birders is normally limited to boys and girls ages 12 to 17. On May 10, Jenny and birding buddy Nick Barber, 14, of Mayfield Heights, a freshman at St.
Ignatius High School, teamed up with two other teens to compete in the 14th annual World Series of Birding in Cape May, N.J. Over 24 hours, Jenny's team spotted 161 species of birds to place 18th among 60 teams of teenagers. Jenny regularly leads bird walks sponsored by Wild Birds Unlimited stores and plans to attend this summer's nine-day mountain bike with disconnected hand brakes. Demitrius became one of about 1,000 Americans year to pedal to their deaths. No one is sure why Demitrius's brakes were disconnected.
Some police and bicycle sellers say the boy may have followed a fad of disconnecting brakes in a show of bravado. Still, people agree on this much: Parents should check their child's bicycle often and fix ever is wrong. "Just like a car, it needs lar maintenance," says Jeff Tres tera, who owns Garfield Bike Shop in Cleveland. Some experts say most bikes they inspect are in good repair; Others say local bikes can frightening. "We see some kids; riding some real junkers, some real death traps," says Doug derson, who owns Western serve Cycle Sport in Chardon.
Bicyclists without hand or brakes try to slow down by drag, ging their feet on the pavement the tires. Bicyclists without brakes are asking for trouble, according to Greg Skoda, who owns Bicycle. "You can't stop a bike that's rolling at a pretty good clips with your feet enough That's like suicide." Some people blame the brake less bikes on a trendy way to show off. "Just a macho sort bf thing," says Mike Winemiller, Fridrich's Bicycle in Merchants say cyclists start checking a bicycle the day they wheel it from the store. They say some of the less expensige, models from cheaper stores need fine-tuning at once.
Among other things, spin the wheels to make sure they are straight, tight and smooth. Test the brakes to make sure they'll stop on a dime. The second time to check within a month. The parts on new. bicycles loosen or stretch fast.
The next time to check a least once a year, or better, every 60 to 90 days. It's not enough to look the bike over. Test it or bring it to a prom fessional. Keep in mind the dif;" ferences between an adult's body' and a child's. A brake may respond to the one but resist the other.
Maintenance is not necessarily expensive. Fridrich's Eric Cranmer says a typical brake pad costs 50 cents; a cable, the installation, maybe $5. "It's a lot cheaper to repair your bike than your child," he says. "When we went out into the field, it would just click whenever I saw a bird, and I would know what it was," Jenny said. Her father boasted: "She's my walking field guide." Jenny has seen 467 different birds in her life but still is looking for her first American bittern.
"I keep missing that one," she said. There's not much else that this quick study has missed in her birding career. Her eyes are trained to notice the slightest movement, and she has an almost encyclopedic memory of North American birds. Not surprisingly, she said she hoped to spend her adult career as a guide on birding tours..
