1.
 Swing True
Issue: March/April 2010
Author(s): By Jason Lloyd
Winter can wreak havoc on your golf game. So GolfTec’s Top Instructor for 2009, Nick Paez, offers some tips for tuning up that swing.
2.
 Better Together
Issue: December 2007 Issue
Author(s): Karin Connelly
Cheryl Davis is a private person. As vice president and corporate secretary at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, she's also a very busy person. But when it comes to The Gathering Place, a resource in Beachwood for people touched by cancer, Davis puts aside her personal life to make time in her hectic schedule to volunteer. "I think it's just a wonderful place," says Davis, who serves on the board of directors and chairs the strategic planning committee. "It's a place where you can walk in the door ...
3.
 Living on the Edge
Issue: November 2007 Issue
As the sun sets in a quiet Avon neighborhood, crickets begin to chirp and a bullfrog lets out a deep croak. And from one backyard, a constant thud, thud, clank joins the evening's melody. That unusual sound is made by Bruce Ross, vice president of marketing for The Plain Dealer, as he stands 10 feet away from a plywood target that he is throwing knives toward — sticking them twice and then missing the third. Knife throwing is a casual hobby Ross picked up a year and a half ago and brought wit...
4.
 It's the PITS, and More
Issue: October 2007 Issue
Author(s): Joe Jancsurak
Unlike most business owners, Jay Schabel isn't afraid to muddy the waters. In fact, he wants others to join him in the slop he creates. Then he wants everyone to hang out, listen to folk music, eat some food, go for a balloon ride, get a massage and enjoy an outdoor movie — all in the course of a single day. No, Schabel isn't operating some sort of new age spa, just a family-friendly, multicharity, all-day event known as the Shadow Woodstock Festival, which features all of the previously mentioned...
5.
 A Work of Art
Issue: August 2007 Issue
“This house has been an absolutely wonderful house,” begins Susanne Casgar in the foyer of her Shaker Heights home. If this affluent neighborhood is known for one thing, it is the beautiful, historic mansions along Van Aken Boulevard with large, welcoming entranceways and winding staircases. And the home of Casgar, editorial director for Art Business News, is no different. Her abode is 85 years old, but has “a young spirit,” she notes. The youth behind the years is mainly due to ...
6.
 Thrill Seeker
Issue: July 2007 Issue
At 4 a.m. one Thursday in May, Harry Sykes was dressed and in his car ready to start his day. But before the tech consultant with Independence-based Ajilon Consulting Cos. would head to his current SAP software support position with The Timken Co., Sykes first had one pit stop to make. Getting on the highway from his home in Parma, the roller-coaster enthusiast was headed toward Sandusky.   Soon Sykes greeted nearly 100 friends. As he was strapped into a cart, there was barely time for anticip...
7.
 Breaking the Mold
Issue: June 2007 Issue
Solon couple Ed Evans and Sandy Giallanza decorated with bold colors and warm earth tones to welcome guests into their home that is anything but cookie-cutter.    
8.
 Antique Abode
Issue: May 2007 Issue
Cross the threshold of the Chagrin Falls home of Christian Boehm and you will take a step back in time where French-colonial style meets modern-day amenities. Set back on a private cul-de-sac, Christian, vice president and director of marketing and merchandising for the Tom James Co., has made the 4,850-square-foot mansion a home with his wife, Kelli, and two daughters Madison, 10, and McKenna, 8, and countless antiques most would have to travel thousands of miles to see. Their two-story French colonial...
9.
 On the Run
Issue: May 2007 Issue
A gym bag always sits in David Gilbert's car just in case. After his daily two-hour morning workout, Gilbert, president and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, never knows when he will get the opportunity to squeeze in a quick run during the day. Gilbert is seemingly always training. For most, running is a way to stay fit. But for Gilbert, it's a passion that has inspired him to run nearly 20 marathons and, in the past few years, compete in triathlons. "It is such a great mental release - mo...
10.
 Meet ‘Angel’ Attorney Darrell Clay
Issue: April 2007 Issue
Author(s): Joe Jancsurak
His smile. That’s what Walter & Haverfield attorney and flying enthusiast Darrell Clay remembers most about the boy he flew from Youngstown to Harrisburg , Pa. , as the first leg of a two-part journey to a New Jersey hospital. Some might say the 9-year-old’s grin that day went from ear to ear, but that would be only half true. For underneath the knit cap he wore on that cold February day last year, Lawrence Dunmire had no left ear — at least not the exterior — for he suffered fro...