Eddi Parker makes page A1

Eddi Parker, formerly on the LifeStyle staff at the Beacon Journal, made Page A1 of the newspaper on Thursday, Jan 12, 2006

There was a photo of Eddi showing a photo of her late father Murray Parker and quotes from her in a story by Rick Armon on plans to raze Parker’s old complex called the Hillcrest Inn in Green Twp.

“Eddi Parker can't visit the Hillcrest Inn anymore, “ Armon wrote. “She can't even drive by. It's just too painful.”

The sprawling complex -- a labor of love that her father built in stages starting more than 60 years ago -- is vacant and in disrepair. Windows are broken or missing. Some doors are boarded over. And gaping holes exist where room air conditioners used to be.

The Hillcrest site has a colorful past that includes stints as a pastoral home, chicken farm, hotel and country western bar, and even an illegal gambling house.

The East Turkeyfoot Lake Road property, which includes 14 acres near Cottage Grove Road, was purchased at a Summit County foreclosure auction late last year for $400,000. Developers Rick Williams and John Chlebina plan to raze the buildings and literally shave down the pronounced hill for future development, according to the city.

Read all about it by clicking on the headline above.

And there are more links on Ohio.com to previous articles about the place.