🍔 Owner Respects His McTeam + Guardians All-Stars + Slyman's Closed + Boat Crash

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• ❤️ I'm lovin' it! And I bet you'll love this McDonald's owners values, too
• ⚾ 3 Guardians make All-Star Game roster
• 🥪 Slyman's closes in Orange

Plus, Cleveland Burger Week 🍔 starts Monday.

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Owner Paid Employees While His McDonald's Was Closed: 'I Have To Take Care Of Those Who Take Care Of Me'

1) The owner of a Mayfield Heights McDonald's closed his restaurant for remodeling in March — and he kept paying his employees the entire time his fast-food franchise was closed. "I have people here that make a living here and go from week-to-week pay," Tony Philiou told 3News WKYC. "How can I tolerate for them to not have a paycheck?"

Philiou told Breitbart News that the prospect of anyone losing their livelihood kept him up at night: “I was up at 2:30 in the morning, trying to sleep, thinking, ‘I have to pay them.' ... I have to take care of those who take care of me."

Here are 5 more things to know about 90-year-old Tony Philiou.

1. Philiou came to the United States from Greece as a child in 1947.
2. He began working part-time at the Mayfield Heights McDonald's in 1961. He lived across the street.
3. He worked at TRW's Valve Division in the 1960s and served in the Korean War before buying his first store in 1977.
4. He's owned as many as seven McDonald's restaurants.
5. Some of his McDonald's employees have worked in his restaurant for decades.

The Mayfield Heights store reopened July 6.

3News WKYC

2) Three Cleveland Guardians will appear in the MLB All-Star Game — José Ramirez, Andrés Giménez and Emmanuel Clase. Ramirez — making his fourth All-Star Game appearance — leads the American League with 66 RBI and is the Guardians' most important player. Giménez is batting .299, the best batting average for a second baseman. And Clase leads the American League in saves with 19 and has a 1.53 earned run average.

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3) Slyman's Tavern — serving corned beef in Northeast Ohio since 1964 — has closed its Orange village location. The building will become a Restoration Hardware. Fans of Slyman's should visit the remaining Independence location at 6901 Rockside Road.

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4) Four people were seriously hurt when a 24-foot boat crashed into a breakwall at Edgewater Park in Cleveland at about 1 a.m. Sunday. Cleveland firefighters and the Coast Guard responded. Six people in total were aboard the boat. The four injured people ranged in age from 37 to 45 and were taken to a local hospital.

3News WKYC

5) Pennsylvania's attorney general says Tioga violated state law when the borough failed to do a background check on the man who killed Tamir Rice in Cleveland and offered him a job anyway. Last week, Timothy Loehmann withdrew from the job after the people in the little borough of 700 residents objected to his hiring. Loehmann was fired from the Cleveland police force in 2017 because he lied on his application, failing to disclose that he'd been fired from a previous job as a police officer.

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5 Headlines You Need To See

• Cleveland Burger Week starts Monday; here’s where to find the $6 special (Cleveland 19 News)
• Single mother, victim of scam at Cleveland apartment complex, asks 19 Troubleshooter for help (Cleveland 19 News)
• Suspect at large after leading East Cleveland police on chase in stolen car (photos) (Cleveland 19 News)
• City of Mayfield Heights condemns Mayfield Gardens Apartments, evacuates residents (WKYC.com)
• How Cleveland brought Rush into the limelight (cleveland.com)

3 Things To Do

• The Cleveland Guardians host the Chicago White Sox for four games to start this week. On Wednesday night, July 13, the first 10,000 fans will get a cooler bag. More info
• Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, opens Tuesday, July 12, at the KeyBank State Theatre. Nominated for 12 Tony Awards, Ain't Too Proud tells the thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty, and betrayal, as the group's personal and political conflicts threatened to tear them apart during a decade of civil unrest in America. The show runs through July 31. Tickets range from $10 to $119. More info
• Celeste Barber: Fine, Thanks Live Tour is at Connor Palace, Friday, July 15, 7 p.m. Hailed as the “Australian Queen of Comedy”, Celeste’s original celebrity parody Instagram account has attracted over 8.1 million followers. She is currently shooting a Netflix dramatic comedy series. Tickets start at $54. More info

Cleveland Chatter

• "The galleries and artworks at the CMA are beautiful, but may we point out that the architecture is equally captivating... There's always something new to discover during a visit: cma.org General admission is ALWAYS FREE." (Cleveland Museum of Art via Instagram)
• "Asian Lantern Festival presented by Meijer is back! Get your tickets now at FutureForWildlife.org/lanterns" (Cleveland Metroparks Zoo via Facebook)
• "Can we get a little commotion for the glasshouse? It’s so magical to experience on a sunny day! 🌸" (Cleveland Botanical Garden via Facebook)
• "🌊 More than 700 kayak, canoe and stand-up paddleboarding enthusiasts are expected for the fourth annual Blazing Paddles Paddlefest July 23. 🛶" (Cleveland Magazine via Facebook)
• "RTA CLE app users can purchase passes/tickets until midnight on July 31, 2022, in the RTA CLE App. Beginning August 1, 2022, mobile ticketing purchases must be made using the new Transit with EZfare mobile ticketing service." (Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority via Facebook)

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