Shaker High School Teacher Emily Shrestha on working and living in Shaker Heights

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Shaker
High School
Teacher
Emily Shrestha
on working
and living
in Shaker
Heights
Spring 2015 $5.25
Shaker Heights, Ohio
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Shaker Heights English teacher
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ON THE COVER: Shaker Heights High School English teacher Emily Shrestha. Photo by Kevin G. Reeves
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It’s warm! It’s sunny!
Grab your gear and our
eye-popping illustrated
map and Take it Outside!
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Shaker’s annual all-city, outd o or
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Shaker’s own Celeste Ng is in the Air
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Shaker
And there you have Exhibit A regarding the importance of emergency
preparedness, no matter where you live. The thing about emergencies is that you
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never know when or in what form they will strike, so you
have to be prepared.
And prepared we are, thanks in large part to the
Shaker Heights Health Department and its partner, the
Fire Department.
With expertise and a calm public voice, the Shaker
Heights Health Department stepped in to steady the nerves
of residents worried about contracting Ebola. Years of
emergency preparedness planning
enabled staff to act swiftly. Within
hours, the Epidemiological
Response Plan protocol was
initiated, and well-established
plans to address possible exposure
were underway.
Health Department
staff coordinated with public
health partners across the region and convened multi-
departmental meetings within the City to review all roles
Living in
and responsibilities, including communications protocol
and the specifics of transporting infected patients, if
a Healthy necessary. Assistant Director of Health Sandi Hurley
contacted the Shaker resident every 12 hours as part of
the monitoring protocol and communicated regularly with
Community
the Ohio Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control.
Fortunately, this story had a happy ending. No cases of Ebola developed. It
did provide an excellent real world opportunity to initiate emergency plans and
procedures enabling the Department to test and tweak them in preparation for the
Always Prepared
next event.

Emergency Preparedness seems like Community Emergency
something you only have to worry about if
Response Team (CERT)
you live in an area prone to hurricanes or
Ready to Respond
wildfires. In a place like Shaker, you might
ask, “What emergencies?”
Well, remember last fall when Ebola Since 2007, the City’s Health and Fire departments have co-sponsored the
came to Ohio? Shaker Heights Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), another critical
For so long, the virus was a distant piece of the City’s overall emergency preparedness plan. CERT is a federal program
worry, in a distant land. Until it wasn’t. that educates community volunteers about disaster preparedness and trains them
When it suddenly hit the United States, in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team
worry closed in quickly and spread fast. organization, and disaster medical operations.
It came home to Northeast Ohio via an The Shaker CERT, currently with 18 active members, serves the City by
infected person on a plane and it crept ever working at Point of Distribution (POD) drills, the Fire Department Open House,
closer when we learned a Shaker resident the annual Take to the Lake boating event, patrolling downed power lines,
on the same plane could have been exposed. evacuating people during power failures, and educating the public on emergency
The worry suddenly landed in our own preparedness. Members of the Shaker CERT are force multipliers for City staff
backyard. Questions about risk of exposure, and are critical team members filling both routine health and safety roles, and
incubation period, symptoms, and infection emergency roles when the need arises. For more information about CERT, contact
containment flew around town. Sandi Hurley at 216-491-1480.
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Emergency
Preparedness
Funding
Since 2003, the Shaker Heights
Health Department (SHHD) has
received nearly $400,000 in federal
grant dollars for Public Health
Emergency Preparedness activities.
Funds have been used to manage
the potential Ebola outbreak, support HB.
summer
the CERT program, and address
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the 2009-10 H1N1 Pandemic by
conducting five vaccine
distribution clinics. Visit our ALL NEW website to
Funding has created a Health quickly and easily create your
Department uniquely qualified
to handle a range of public health own summer adventure.
emergencies.
Academics, Athletics, Performing Arts,
Are you Day Camps, Specialty Programs, Unique
prepared? Experiences & MUCH MORE!
Check out the Health Department’s
resource guide to prepare for
any emergency: shakeronline.com/
cityservices/health-and-safety/
emergency-preparedness.
Customize
DETAILS
your summer!
For details on all
services offered by the We can meet your family’s needs.
Health Department, visit
Call 216.320.8085 to inquire
shakeronline.com/
departments/health about flexible scheduling.
or call Tammy Bell,
administrative assistant,
at 216-491-1480.
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North Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, Ohio
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Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28
Return of the Shaker Heights Arts & Music Festival
New (temporary) location on Shaker Boulevard
in front of Shaker Middle School
The 2015 Festival promises all the fun, food, music, art, and entertainment of previous
years but with the added benefit of a spacious Shaker Boulevard, closed to traffic from
just east of Warrensville Center Road to Belvoir Oval, with ample on-site, RTA, and
on-street parking. The fun starts on Saturday at 10 am and goes until 10 pm (artist
booths close at 8 pm), and continues on Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm. Bands include
Blue Lunch, Red Light Roxy, and Cats On Holiday.
This year, the Craft Fair component of the Festival will include Shop Shaker and
Beyond, a focus on artisans with local roots. Don’t miss this opportunity to give local
talent some love.
Construction to reconfigure roads and to redevelop the Van Aken district is
responsible for the relocation, but the plan is to return permanently to a redeveloped
and welcoming Van Aken as soon as it’s ready for us.
Spend Saturday and/or Sunday at the Festival with your neighbors, friends, and
family. There’s something for everyone. The Festival is brought to you by the City of
Shaker Heights, the Ohio Designer Craftsmen, and the Shaker Arts Council, who thank
the following for their support:
The residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Festival Ambassadors ($2,500)
The Equity Engineering Group, Ohio Savings Bank (A Division of New York
Community Bank), RMS Investment Corporation.
Festival Advocate ($1000)
MotoPhoto & Portrait Studio
Festival Friends ($250)
Arnstine Orthodontics Inc., Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Graffiti Inc.,
Howard Hanna, Sisu Salon.
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A Call to Action: Interested?
Citizens Police Academy Here are the details
“The knowledge and dedication of our first responders are truly impressive! The 24th Citizens Police Academy,
The Citizens Police Academy classes are very interesting, but an even greater benefit sponsored by the Shaker Heights Police
is getting to know our police as people,” says recent CPA graduate Lois Annich. and Fire departments, begins August 20
Here’s your chance to get to know the police officers and firefighters who and runs for 12 weeks. Classes are held on
serve and protect our city. Through lectures, field visits, and a ride-along, CPA is an Thursdays from 7 to 10 pm at the Police
opportunity for Shaker residents to better understand the pressures, complexities, Department. It is open to anyone over age
and operations of police and firefighting work. 20 who lives or works in Shaker Heights.
Shaker Life caught up with Annich, a Pastoral Counselor and Life Coach, to get Graduates are invited to join the Citizens
her thoughts on the program. Police Academy Alumni Association, whose
members volunteer thousands of hours in
SL: What motivated you to participate in the CPA? support of the City.
To apply, visit shakeronline.com/
LA: I initially signed up for the Citizens Police Academy because I am active with departments/police/police-academy, pick
the Block Watch in my neighborhood and wanted to learn more about how our up an application in person at the Police
police department works. Department, or call Police Chief Scott Lee’s
office at 216-491-1240 for more informa-
SL: What makes the CPA important and relevant? tion. Mail completed applications to D.
Scott Lee, Chief of Police, Shaker Heights
LA: We are at a critical juncture in our nation in terms of complex relationships Police Department, 3355 Lee Road, Shaker
between police departments and the communities they serve. I firmly believe that Heights, 44120, or fax to 216-491-1243.
making the human connection is an essential first step toward bridging the divide
that concerns us all. The program fosters an understanding
of law enforcement, but does not
SL: What would you say to other residents who are thinking about grant any police authority to
enrolling in the CPA? Academy graduates.
LA: Shaker Heights is unique in its longstanding commitment to such a program
and I encourage residents to take advantage of this offering. In a wonderfully
diverse community like Shaker Heights this program gives everyone the
opportunity to role model good citizen-police relations. On a lighter note, it was
just plain fun to meet new people and learn about their work!
For details on the activities of the alumni association visit
shakeronline.com/departments/police/police-academy/police-alumni.
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