THE VISION ISSUE - City of Shaker Heights
THE VISION ISSUE - City of Shaker Heights THE VISION ISSUE - City of Shaker Heights
The Khayat brothers: Tim, Kevin, and Clark. PHOTO BY GREEN STREET STUDIO. 32 WWW.SHAKERONLINE.COM
will step on the field with the Shaker Heights High School marching band in a few short years. And thus, the next generation of band members and groupies is born. “I loved growing up in Shaker. I always felt like it was a special place. It had an intangible quality aside from the architecturally beautiful homes,” says Jennifer. “There is very much the same sense of community and connection,” Laura adds with a smile, “We don’t see differences; we are a community. There is love in the air here.” As they contemplate what Shaker might be like for their children’s children, Jennifer says “I don’t think Shaker will change much in the future. As we give these same experiences to our children, and they pass them down to theirs, much of the fabric will stay the same – people are happy to be here. Citizens care deeply about it and it shows.” Khayats: Living and Re-living the Dream Thumbing through the “Ks” in the Shaker Schools directory, it is hard not to notice that the Khayats take up almost a column of their own. Among three boomeranging brothers and their spouses, there are seven Khayats enrolled in Shaker schools from elementary school to the high school, almost enough to field a baseball team. It is with visions of neighborhood baseball fields and well-worn gloves dancing in their heads that twin brothers Tim and Kevin (SHHS ’86) and their younger brother Clark (SHHS ’89) recall their days in the Onaway neighborhood in the 1970s and ‘80s. The tri-campus area was an ideal location for free play at Onaway, Woodbury, and on the High School ball fields, as well as Boulevard, Southerly Park, and the Duck Pond. And, play they did. “We left the house in the morning and didn’t come back till night,” says Tim. “Baseball was a really big part of our life,” says Kevin, who recently returned after more than 20 years in England. “We knew a lot of the Shaker baseball players when we were growing up because we lived near the ball fields and they were around all summer. We were honorary batboys,” he says with a smile. “We learned to play baseball by playing all the time. There wasn’t a lot of coaching, just playing,” adds Clark. They loved the carefree days of summer when they had the run of their neighborhood, and later most of the city, thanks to the “loop bus” which ran on a circuit around town throughout the summer. “You could hop on it up near the high school and go up to Thornton or go to sports camp at Byron,” recalls Tim. In boomeranging back to Shaker from various places in the state, the country, and the world, the brothers Khayat are re-living the days of their youth through the eyes of their children and feeling satisfied that what existed for them decades ago still thrives today. Tim and Kevin, who now live in Fernway and Clark, a Boulevard resident say the unique sense of community and connectedness still defines the city. While the loop bus is gone, the neighborhood and block parties still beckon the energetic youngsters. The block parties on Daleford Road, where Tim lives, are weekly and legendary. “People are so surprised that we do this every week. We even have a happy hour signup sheet. Adults hang out and socialize and the kids run all over the street. We embrace this; I would never want my kids not to have it,” says Tim. With his brothers nodding in agreement, Clark sums up the essence of their deep connection to Shaker and what they hope their children will absorb by living here: “One of the really unique and compelling things is that there is a ton of diversity and difference on the surface, but the funda- SHAKER LIFE DECEMBER | JANUARY 2013 33
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The Khayat brothers: Tim, Kevin, and Clark. PHOTO BY GREEN STREET STUDIO.<br />
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