Judy
Beveridge smells the cosmos plants in her Canterbury Road garden.
Beveridge’s vegetable garden won the third-place award at the
annual Westlake In Bloom awards reception Thursday at LaCentre
Banquet and Conference Center.
Bloom
contest introduces top award to honor Walter
WESTLAKE The top judge in the annual Westlake In Bloom gardening
contest says the competition encourages even residents and businesses
that don’t participate to do a better job with landscaping.
Levy
failure means busing slashed NORTH
OLMSTED Board officials will cut busing to the state minimum
standards after the operating levy failed by a 54-46 percent margin.
Also, a fall pay-to-participate program for middle and high school
sports and activities will go into effect.
Local
business holds benefit for gulf oil spill WESTLAKE
A Sunday benefit
at Danny Vegh's at Crocker Park aided the National Wildlife Federation's
efforts to help birds and animals injured by the BP oil leak. Businesses
and residents donated items for a silent auction; guests had a chance
to enter and win a number of contests for prizes, including autographed
sports memorabilia.
Westlake
teen catches ear of rocker Sting
WESTLAKE Fourteen-year-old Morgan Farrow had an experience
this summer that probably few of her peers can come close to matching
— singing on stage with a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Girls
golf continues to grow throughout Westshore The
program at Magnificat has mirrored that growth in becoming one that
competes at a high level year in and year out. And a number of other
teams, like those at Bay and Rocky River, have positioned themselves
for postseason success as well in 2010.
Insights
Staging,
maintaining hillside garden becomes a challenge A
retaining yard in Connie Kappus' yard needed shoring up to stabilize
the sharp grade change. West Life's Thea Steinmetz says the redesigned
garden possesses "a harmonious flow within the disciplined
design that lets the eye wander pleasantly from tier to tier."