? Halle Berry ‘Demo Dame’ + Parish Fest Chaos + Lake Erie Rescue

Today’s news-you-need-to-know lineup features heart-warmers and tear-jerkers.

• Halle Berry gives back to her Cleveland grade-school teacher ?
• Brawl at St. Mary Magdalene Parish Festival
• Coast Guard rescues two from Lake Erie

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1) Halle Berry Gets Emotional As She Makes Over Her Fifth-Grade Teacher’s Cleveland Home

“Demo dame” Halle Berry surprised her fifth-grade teacher in Cleveland with a total home makeover courtesy of HGTV’s “Celebrity IOU.” Yvonne Sims, 71, took a 10-year-old Halle under her wing four decades ago, and the two have remained close ever since.

• “She saw that I needed to be mentored and she stepped in,” the Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress told the show hosts, the “Property Brothers” Drew and Jonathan Scott. “She quickly became more than a mentor, almost like another mother.”
• Sims, whose house was built in the 1920s, and her husband Rufus have lived in the home for 34 years. She is a wife, mother and grandmother.
• Two other former students inspired by Sims joined Berry to tell the retired teacher how much she inspired them. “I am so proud,” an emotional Sims told them. “God is amazing. And He has allowed me to be a part of this.”

The episode will air again June 13, June 18 and other dates

2) Sunday night’s parish festival for St. Mary Magdalene in Willowick turned into a chaotic brawl among teen-agers and led to several arrests. Police said hundreds of teens taunted police and fought with each other in the streets.

• Officers from Willowick, Willoughby, Willoughby Hills, Wickliffe, Eastlake and Kirtland responded to quell the violence.
• Father Steven Breck, pastor at St. Mary Magdalene, said: “Your intention is to provide something fun and then to have an event where people of all ages are being terrorized should not have happened in this community or any community.”
• “I’m actually really sick to my stomach that this happened,” Chief Brian Turner said.

Fox 8 News

3) The Coast Guard rescued two people from Lake Erie Monday after their boat capsized near the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. A distress call went out at around 3 p.m. Coast Guard officials say the boat lost power, then took on water and flipped over because of the waves.

3News WKYC

4) On the 78th anniversary of D-Day, Robert “Bud” Sabetay, 97, of Akron, received the French Legion of Honor — the highest order of merit in France — for his service during World War II. Sabetay fought in the Battle of the Bulge at the age of 19. He wrote a book about his war experience, titled “Memoirs of an American Jewish Soldier.”

3News WKYC

5) A 10-year-old boy is dead after his aunt accidentally fired a Glock into the living room ceiling of a Cleveland home on East 77th Street Sunday night. The bullet entered an upstairs bedroom, ricocheted off a mirror and struck Cayden Williams in the head. A cousin was showing off the weapon when the aunt took it and the gun discharged. The aunt has been arrested.

Cleveland.com

5 Headlines You Need To See

• WWE Monday Night Raw returns to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Fox 8 News)
• Ohio City bike shop gains new customers amid record-high gas prices (Cleveland 19 News)
• Cleveland chooses former Cuyahoga County sheriff to run internal affairs unit (cleveland.com)
• After News 5 Investigation, pool contractor pleads guilty, AG calls for harsher laws (News 5 Cleveland WEWS)
• Ohio Democrats pick retired electrician to fill Cleveland state senate seat vacated by Sandra Williams (cleveland.com)

3 Things To Do

• The classic musical “My Fair Lady” opens in Playhouse Square at the State Theatre on June 7 and runs until June 26. The schedule includes weeknight performances as well as weekend matinees before evening performances. Find more information here. Tickets are available here.
• Cleveland photographer Gabe Wasylko hosts Capturing Cleveland, a photography charity event during which 15 large canvases will be auctioned off to support 15 local organizations. The event takes place at Limelight at Electric Gardens in Tremont, 425 Literary Road, from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets are free; RSVP required
• The Asian Lantern Festival will return to Cleveland Metroparks Zoo from July 6 to Aug. 21. People can walk through the exhibit Thursdays through Sunday, 6:30 to 10 p.m. Drivers can drive through on Wednesdays. Learn more and buy tickets here

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More Ice Cream Shop Recommendations

Yesterday, we shared some local hot spots for cool treats recommended by Cleveland Daily readers. Here’s another one:

• CP’s Cooler, Willowick: “They not only have some of the best homemade ice cream, but the owner cares greatly about her staff and their well-being. She routinely holds sales where the proceeds go to support the higher education needs of her teen employees, and will partner with other local businesses for ice cream accompaniments like cupcakes and no-bake cookie dough.”