Jan. 25, 2012
Eagles Receive Warm Welcome When Cheryl and shop in Pennsylvania, but Malcolm Rockwood moved when he went to pick them to a quiet stretch of Burton up, they were gone. He tried Windsor Road just west of to track them down, but Route 528, they shook things knows only that they were up a little. In their front yard last somewhere in Bradford, two commanding eagles, Pa. carved from solid blocks of The majestic eagles, pink granite, stand over 7 who match each other feet high and 5 feet wide. exactly, down to the feather, Some of the Rockwood’s stimulate the imagination Amish neighbors now refer and even helped inspire a to their neighborhood as horror story that is included Eagle Heights. in Bill Devol and Michael The Rockwoods have Seese’s book, “Haunting moved the 118-year-old Valley: a Collection of Strange eagles before, but they Supernatural Spectral Stories found this move to be Malcolm Rockwood with one of his two sculpted, 118-year-old, 5,000-pound from the Chagrin Valley.” particularly smooth. Mike eagles. Post Photo/ Christina Porter. One story in the book tells Jones from Chapel Valley how the stone birds came to Crane in Ashtabula moved the birds, each weighing 5,000 pounds, life at night and grabbed whatever or whoever moved -- for their from Newbury to Huntsburg and had them in place on the supports dinner. The collection can be found at the Fireside Book Shop in built by Middlefield’s Wengerd Construction in just one hour. Mr. Chagrin Falls. Worried about vandalism, Rockwood used to wait in Rockwood reports that both companies did excellent jobs at very the bushes and keep a careful eye on his regal birds each Halloween, reasonable rates. but being egged was the worst thing that ever happened to them. Sculpted in 1893, the eagles were originally part of a foursome Rockwood said his Amish neighbors seem amused by the that stood on 10-foot high pedestals in front of the Cleveland mammoth birds of prey, and have been extremely warm and Chamber of Commerce building. When the building was razed welcoming. He feels they’ve adopted him and his wife as one of to make space for a parking lot around 1952, the eagles were their own. The Rockwoods weren’t able to move into the house as purchased and moved to Haskins Road in Bainbridge. A golf course soon as they had hoped, and their neighbors kept an eye on the was opened on the site and later failed. Mr. Rockwood, who spent property for them and made sure the house was heated during 56 years working as a real estate appraiser, was called in to assess the entire brutal winter. Once he did move in, Rockwood and his the 40-acre property where the eagles perched in the mid-1960s; neighbors fell right into trading services. The neighbors help him and he wound up buying them and installing them on his Fields cut his weeds and shovel his snow, and he’s always happy to pull Road home in Bainbridge. In 1991 he moved two of them to his new out the pickup truck when they have something they need to tote home in Newbury, but, years later, when he went back for the other and haul. It seems that the Rockwoods and their eagles have all two, they had been sold. He managed to trace them to an antique found a very comfortable place to roost.
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By Nancy Huth Wedding days are often wrought with to Italy was also in gratitude for Kay’s enduring nervous preparations that involve any number of and overcoming a 2008 bout with cancer with its relatives and sometimes accompanying radiation leave us “glad that day is and chemotherapy. behind us,” but wedding They chose the tour anniversaries allow us group Trafalgar which to commemorate and they had heard about celebrate in a way that is through the American special just to us and our Automobile Association partner. (AAA). There were 44 One local couple along on the two-week saved for 12 years trip, with most of their to take their trip of a traveling companions lifetime. Kay and Claire coming from Australia Zurbuch met when both and New Zealand. were undergraduate Claire said, “I e-mailed and graduate biology them my photos and students respectively they e-mailed photos at Kent State University. back of their beautiful In 2010 they reached (l-r) Claire and Kay Zurbuch in the Coliseum homeland. We even their 40th wedding received a video of the celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. anniversary. Kay had earthquake devastation always wanted to go to Rome because of its rich in New Zealand.” The Zurbuchs were extremely background in art, history and religion. Their trip Continued on page 2
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