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Facts and figures and gossip about people who used to play and work at The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, once Ohio's largest paper. Send your postings -- news and photos -- to rmkov@msn.com or mfrazer51@gmail.com

Monday, May 31, 2010

Zina's back in town

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From Zina Vishnevsky: I'm back in Ohio this summer, but only one week in Cleveland, for Cleveland Clinic stuff. The rest of the time wil...
Friday, May 07, 2010

Jane Scott celebrates 91st

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From Reader Rep. Ted Diadiun's day note: " JANE SCOTT: 91 AND STILL GOING STRONG Our ageless former colleague Jane Scott celebrat...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

Regina Brett book tour

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Want to get your personalized copy of Regina Brett's "God Never Blinks"? Check out this list of her upcoming book signings in ...

May 4th, 40 years later

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The Press Club of Cleveland presents: “May 4th, 40 Years Later - Reporters Who Were There” May 4th, 2010 from 7:45- 9AM KIVA Student Center,...
Friday, April 16, 2010

It's spring luncheon time, Friday April 30

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PD Editorial Retirees & Expatriates Casual unstructured lunch troupe Gather for lunch on the last Fridays of January, April, July and Oc...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Anyone remember Ron Kaye?

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PD reader rep Ted Diadiun asked that question in his daily morning note to the editorial department. There's an interview with Kaye, now...

Dianne Griggs, calm among the chaos

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Cheerful, unflappable Dianne Griggs, secretary to editorial editors Brent Larken and Mary Anne Sharkey, died Tuesday at the Hospice of the W...
Thursday, April 08, 2010

Paul Baumgartner found dead

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Paul Baumgartner covered bowling, harness racing and more for The Plain Dealer Visitation will be Monday April 12 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Gl...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Bill Hickey remembered

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Bay Village -- Bill Hickey claimed to have taught a famous singer to sing, roomed with a famous actor and covered a Korean football game cal...
Friday, March 05, 2010

Hatch is back

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After several years in his home town of Altoona, Pa., former PD reporter and Guild Executive Secretary Steve Hatch is returning to Greater C...
Thursday, March 04, 2010

David Dugan, Irma's husband, dies

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David R. Dugan, 93, husband of former PD garden editor Irma Bartel, died March 1, 2010, after a lengthy illness. He had served as Lake Count...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Who are these guys?

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Found in an old file drawer, this photo taken by Frank Reed, on July 29, 1977 when they held a party for the closing of the old jail at Clev...
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A really nice person needs a card

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Dianne Griggs, secretary to editorial director Brent Larkin before she took the buyout in 2006, is in the Hospice of the Western Reserve, 30...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Jim Nichols on the move

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Jim Nichols reports that he left the PD just before Christmas after 19 years as a reporter, editor and sycophant. He moved over to a new job...
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Send a card

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Bill Hickey, former tv critic and instigator of the infamous Sake Bowl, is battling cancer, reports Dan Coughlin. You can send Bill a card a...

All his sources are in jail

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Reporter Joe Wagner said he had to retire from the PD. All his sources are in jail, he told about 50 people at Massimo de Milano Thursday, J...

Look who you missed

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About 30 mostly PD alumni gathered for their quarterly luncheon at Der Braumeister on the West Side Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. In the crowd: ...

Eat and greet

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More faces at the lunch: Jud Shelnutt and his wife Marty; Patti Graziano and husband Tim; "It really happened," Don Bean tells Chr...

More diners

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Among the diners were Richard Conway, Bill Wynne, Bob Finn, Tom Gaumer and Helen Cullinan, top; Donna Hayes, right. Millie and Vince Matt...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Chris Pettridge retires!

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Here's a note from Chris: Yes, I bailed out at the end of the year from the Post-Gazette, and it feels very strange now, living a deadli...
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