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Volume 9, No. 8
Friday, March 3, 2023
Down the Block Gears Up for St. Patrick’s Day
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By Donna L. Robinson editor@karlovecmedia.com Down the Block in Kirtland might have a flair for Italian, but that won’t stop it from embracing the Irish March 17. The restaurant at 9209 ChillND KIR TLA icothe Road will be serving its signature St. Patrick’s Day dinner, said owner and manager Frank Wagner. “Our corned beef is extremely tender and juicy and cut thicker than many of the deli-style places,” Wagner said. “We also make our Rueben sandwich on garlic ‘Italiano’ rolls for an added kick. We will offer both Wagner said subs and dinners. We St. Patrick’s Day is one of the busalso serve our homemade noodles with cabbage, which is out of this iest days of the year for the restauworld. The recipe is right from my rant, which does mainly carryout great-grandmother. We will also be and delivery. “We do it just a little differentserving a unique potato dish, which you will have to wait for.” ly than most and it has gone over
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Frank and Mimi Wagner, proud owners of Down the Block in Kirtland, pose in front of their restaurant. INSET: Down the Block’s signature St. Patrick’s Day dinners.
great the past two years,” he said. “I think the cabbage and noodles push us over the top.” While it opened its doors during an uncertain time at a location that has had many lives, Down the Block has both survived and thrived over
the past two years. Wagner and his wife, Mimi, opened the restaurant on Aug. 1, 2020, and immediately fell in love with the community. “We … have made many friends. It is a beautiful location with many opSee Down the Block • Page 6
Kirtland Opts-In to National Opioid Settlement By John Karlovec john@karlovecmedia.com The Kirtland City Council took action at its Feb. 22 meeting to opt-in to the National Opioid Settlements, unanimously waiving the normal three required readings and passing a resolution on an emergency basis. The move paves the way for the city to share in settlement funds. The settlements require the parties, two pharmaceutical manufacturers — Teva and Allergan — and three pharmacies — CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, to pay billions of dollars to abate the opioid epidemic. The settlements total over $20 billion. Of this amount, approximately $17 billion will be used by participating states and local political subdivisions to remediate
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Kirtland City Council voted to opt-in to the National Opioid Settlements at its Feb. 22 meeting. Law Director Matt Lallo said it likely be at least one year before the city learns what it’s share of settlement funds will be.
and abate the impacts of the opioid crisis. Depending on participation by states and subdivisions, the settlements require: • Teva to pay up to $3.34 billion over 13 years and to provide either $1.2 billion of its generic version of the drug Narcan over 10 years or an agreed upon cash equiv-
alent over 13 years; • Allergan to pay up to $2.02 billion over 7 years; • CVS to pay up to $4.90 billion over 10 years; • Walgreens to pay up to $5.52 billion over 15 years; and • Walmart to pay up to $2.74 billion in 2023, and all payments to be made within 6 years.
But as Law Director Matt Lallo explained to council, the city needed to opt-in to the settlements in order to be eligible to receive funds. “It all depends on state participation and the local level participation as well,” Lallo said of potential payouts, adding the state of Ohio has opted-in, which triggers the See Settlement • Page 6
What do a pancake breakfast, a 5K race and city budget appropriation have in common? Answer — each is taking place in Kirtland this March. All three are worthy of an update but only one is state law. On March 4, 5, 11 and 12, the Kirtland Kiwanis, in partnership with the Lake Farmpark, will be serving a pancake breakfast. From 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the park located at 8800 Euclid Chardon Road, Kiwanis will be cooking and selling pancakes with the Farmpark’s own delicious homemade maple syrup. As always, proceeds from the Kiwanis event will assuredly be directed back into the Kirtland community. Then on March 26, the second annual Shamrock Shuffle and Shenanigans will be held at Kirtland City Hall. The day begins with the sounds of a bagpiper at 10 a.m. near the starting line of the 5K race and will be followed by live music, food See Mayor • Page 7
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