Come join us at our new location at: 9100 Valley View Road, Unit A, Macedonia, Ohio 44056. The ribbon cutting will be at 10 a.m. CROSSFIT demonstrations throughout the day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please visit our website to learn more about who we are at: MolonLabeCrossFit.com

Contact us via email: Spartan1@molonlabecrossfit.com or Phone: 330-998-3111

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Live Band Starts @ 8:00

Free popcorn and Sno-Cones

Free candy and glow sticks

DATE: Friday, August 3rd, time: 8-11:00 pm

Movie begins at dusk

Fireworks begin after the movie!

Location: Longwood Park Field A ,1494 E Aurora Rd. Macedonia

So I am sure some of you are saying: What is Foursquare?

It is a location based game that you play with your friends using your smart phone device. To play the game requires that you download the free app.  To check in, you open click on your Foursquare app. Your device knows where you are and will displays locations around you. You select where you are from the list or add if the venue it is not listed.

When you check in you can leave a tip (for example you will see “Order the Linguine Tutto Mare. Awesome!”  when you check into Casa D’Angelo’s in Macedonia ) or say what you are doing (“Having a meeting about taking over the world!”) or do not enter any thing. By checking in you earn points. You are competing with your friends to see who can earn the most points. If you check into a location more than any one else, you become mayor (as I have stated at the beginning of this article). You also earn badges! Free fun! You can also check in (off the grid) so you still earn points but no one knows where you are – very stealth.

What I love about Foursquare is that it is always evolving. Now you can compose your own Top Restaurant list or (Best Shoe Stores). Local businesses have the spot light on them when you look at where your friends are at any given time.  One thing I can say is, just because it says your friend Janet is at Best Buy, it does not mean she is still there, it really means that was her last Foursquare check in. Sometimes I check in to a place when I am leaving. So you really can’t use it to stalk  people. It is not a good indication of where people are.

You can also post your checkin to Facebook and Twitter, but do this sparingly. I only do this when I am somewhere cool, like The Rock and Roll Hall of fame.

There are even more fun options on Foursquare, recently I was in a new city and wanted to find a Chipolte. I just went to my Foursquare apps and hit the Explore icon. It showed me all of the “Food” places near me and gave me the option to search within the list. I very easily found the restaurant and it told me how far away it was.

So dive in and battle it out with the locals!

Do you use Foursquare? What is your favorite feature?

Julie D’Aloiso

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January 30, 2011
Kristie Hendricks

The Nordonia area homes a large assortment of commerce.  Local business has ebbed and swelled in the past few years, but 2011 welcomed many new faces in our community.  Business growth offers us an opportunity to experience new things, or witness changes in the community.  New business ventures create jobs in our area and hopefully, new products or services for us to enjoy.

One new business for 2011 is Spinnerz Internet Sweepstakes Café; it is nestled between Pepper’s and Wing Warehouse in NorthfieldVillage.  Inside the café, there are many comfortable office chairs accompanying tables with large touch-screen computers, warm colored walls and décor, and artsy blue ceiling lights.  A refreshment area and office occupy the center of the space.  Customers are welcome to coffee, soda, and snacks.

Spinnerz’s manager, Stephanie Pieronek, has successfully nurtured a clean, non-drinking, hangout for locals since the opening in May.  Spinnerz offers long distance calling cards, including international cards, for people who don’t have nationwide cell phone coverage.  They also offer internet time, copying, faxing and other business services within.  Some of their products come with free points to play casino-inspired games, and each outcome has a pre-determined ticket number which may result in more points.

Pieronek has worked in the hospitality industry since age 13, and says she loves interacting with people.  Her heart is focused on the enriching the Nordonia area.  Everyone working for Spinnerz is from the area.  The extrovert also supports local businesses by using area restaurants and stores to cater the complimentary lunch and dinner meals at Spinnerz.  The support of local businesses helps to strengthen our community and links us closer together.

When asked why she decided to open in this community, Pieronek stated that she grew up in the area and often found there wasn’t much to do after 11pm.  Although Northfield has many bars, she found the night life lacking.  Spinnerz is open everyday, but from Thursday at 8am they don’t close until 2am Monday morning.  Spinnerz has a weekly cash drawing on Thursdays and on other nights they have given away prizes anywhere from Kindles to vacations.  Pieronek takes pleasure in running the Northfield location and two others: in Bedford and Geneva-on-the-lake.   In particular, Ms. Pieronek enjoys organizing new promotions, seeing networks of people expand before her, and maintaining relationships with her regulars.

So, we’ve gained a locally-operated place to conduct business services and have some fun!  Spinnerz is one of many new business endeavors in the area.  Any addition to industry helps sculpt our community’s identity.  In future articles, we will continue meeting members of the new business influx.

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” – Estee Lauder