🧡 Joe Thomas Becomes A Browns Legend + A Corky & Lenny's Birthday

Joining Brownie the Elf on the field Sunday will be another Browns favorite — retired left tackle Joe Thomas — as he's inducted into the Browns Legends program. Thomas has long-suffering fans top of mind as he accepts this honor.

“I feel like I need to be grateful at every moment of every second of every day to the fanbase for accepting me and remembering me,” Thomas said, “even though we went through some really, really hard times together.”

What else have we got for you to start Friday?

• 🎂 Gloria Kurland, the woman behind Corky & Lenny's, celebrates a special milestone, too.
• 📹 Video shows how a toddler broke his leg at Sweet Kiddles daycare.
• 🎣 Pink salmon shouldn't be in the Rocky River, should they?

The Minnesota Twins are in town this weekend for a critical series with the Guardians.

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Joe Thomas Will Join The Browns Legends Sunday

1) When Joe Thomas was drafted No. 3 overall by the Cleveland Browns in 2007, he went fishing instead of going to the NFL draft spectacle. On Sunday, the retired left tackle will show up at FirstEnergy Stadium with his family for induction into the Browns Legends program. The toughest of tough guys and a 10-time Pro Bowler, he played for 10,363 consecutive snaps. “This is a really special step for me to be recognized by the organization and put my name amongst the greats of whoever wore a Cleveland Browns uniform,” Thomas said, “which when you look at all the Rings of Honor and the Legends clubs throughout the NFL, the Browns are almost incomparable.” Next year, Thomas is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. He retired in 2018.

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2) Happy birthday, Gloria Kurland, who turned 90 on Sept. 5. For the last six decades, she has worked at Corky & Lenny's, the famous deli her husband Sanford "Corky" Kurland started in 1956 with his partner Lenny Kaden. "I’ve always worked and I’ve always helped out, and I love people and people know me because I’ve been here that long," Kurland said. "And I think that’s what keeps me going." Her son Kenny now runs the restaurant, but she still works six days a week.

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3) A caregiver at Sweet Kiddles daycare in Avon Lake is facing felony charges after a toddler in her care suffered a broken leg. Video shows the woman, Emily Coghlan, picking the 15-month-old boy up by one arm and swinging him away from her. “Like, she just dropped him. Throws him. Throws him. Let’s be real on that,” said the boy's mom, Nadine Porcelli. “She throws him on the floor and then doesn’t do anything about it. Just walks away. And he’s trying to get up this whole time and nobody’s doing anything about it.”

See Ed Gallek's report and video on Fox 8 News

4) The culinary artist behind Trentina, The Greenhouse Tavern and Noodlecat in Cleveland will be the first contestant on Bobby Flay's new Food Network competition: "Bobby's Triple Threat." Jonathan Sawyer, a James Beard Award winner, left the Cleveland area in 2020 and moved to Chicago, his hometown. The show premieres Sept. 27.

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5) A woman who threw a dead raccoon and eggs at an abortion clinic, and later struck officers in the courthouse, has been indicted for felony assault. Melissa C. Strelec, 34, of French Mill Run, also faces charges of criminal mischief for her actions last month at the Northeast Ohio Women's Center in Cuyahoga Falls. Clinic workers blocked her egg tossing with umbrellas. She's due back in court Sept. 30.

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5 More Stories You Need To See Today

• A pink salmon native to Alaska was pulled out of the Rocky River by a Cleveland Metroparks sampling crew. Pink salmon were accidentally introduced to the Great Lakes in 1956 through Lake Superior (3News WKYC)
• "Saturday Night Live" adds two new cast members with Cleveland ties (Cleveland.com)
• Committee convened by Cleveland State president recommends name change for John Marshall Law School (Ideastream Public Media)
• Cleveland attorney in contempt of court over disclosures in University Hospitals fertility case (Cleveland.com)
• General Electric plans to demolish vacant lamp factory complex dating to the 1880s on Cleveland’s east side (Cleveland.com)

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9 Things To Do

• Woodstock Rave, Twist Social Club, Cleveland, Sept. 16 | Details
• Cleveland Guardians vs. Minnesota Twins, Progressive Field, Sept. 16-19 | Details
• Boy George & Culture Club, Northfield Park, Northfield, Sept. 16 | Details
• Cleveland Jewish Film Fest, Mandel Jewish Community Center, Sept. 16-18 | Details
• Cleveland Pickle Fest, Mall B, Sept. 17 | Details
• Annual Head of the Cuyahoga Rowing Regatta in the Flats, Cleveland, Sept. 17 | Details
• Cleveland Browns vs. N.Y. Jets, FirstEnergy Stadium, Sept. 18 | Details
• 43rd Heights Heritage Home & Garden Tour, Cleveland Heights, Sept. 18 | Details
• Cleveland Wing Week, Sept. 26-Oct. 2 | Details

Cleveland Chatter

• Blind kitty finds a loving home: "Applesauce, the 4-month-old kitten was brought into the Cleveland APL after a Good Samaritan found her in their driveway with severely infected eyes. Our team had to surgically remove her eyes and she went to the home of a loving foster care volunteer to heal. Now, Applesauce is living with her forever family, but she was given a chance at a healthy life thanks to your donations." (Cleveland Animal Protective League via Facebook)
• Gaylord Perry was one of the greats: "Happy Birthday to Hall of Fame inductee Gaylord Perry!" (Cleveland Guardians via Facebook)
• From suffering to playing like a puppy: "Nina, the 7-year-old Pit Bull mix, was found abandoned and left in a filthy house with no food or water for a week before the Cleveland APL's Humane Society Agents brought her in. Now, she has gotten all of the care she needs and is looking for a loving family to call her own." (Cleveland Animal Protective League via Facebook)
• Check out this butterfly video: "During monarch migration, park naturalists tag butterflies and record data to help international conservation efforts. This female monarch was tagged at Wildwood Marina in Euclid Creek Reservation this morning. Hundreds of monarch butterflies were seen nectaring on the native flowers throughout this reservation." (Cleveland Metroparks via Facebook)

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