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minor debate broke out on the Toledo Talk message board this week. There was a question bout Toledo Free Press’ qualification to receive and publish legal ads from government bodies. In October 2011, Gov. John Kasich signed into law Ohio House Bill 153, which broke the monopoly daily publications held on legal notices purchased with public money. I have covered this ground before, but it bears repeating. The bill eliminated the limitation that links charging for newspapers with being permitted to publish legal notices. It opened the legal publication business to any newspaper of general circulation that publishes at least once a week and meets other criteria, all of which Toledo Free Press satisfies. The bill also requires a participating newspaper to offer its best classified rate for such publications. Allowing newspapers such as Toledo Free Press to publish these notices is intended to ensure that the best rate Thomas F. Pounds offered by any participant in this market will be competitive. The result should be substantial savings for all who are required to publish legal notices. A number of agencies have begun taking advantage of our lower rates to reach Lucas County taxpayers. Late last year, Toledo Free Press began the process with Lucas County Auditor Anita Lopez to compete for delinquent property ads. Eventually, Lopez sought an opinion from the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office, which, on Oct. 16, ruled, “[Toledo] Free Press would now qualify as a paper of general circulation.” Shortly after, Lopez opened bids for the delinquent property ads. The Village of Ottawa Hills, City of Toledo, City of Sylvania, Lucas County Auditor, Monclova, Lucas County Metropolitan Housing Authority, Toledo Public Schools, Washtenaw County and the Metroparks of Toledo Area have all published legal notices in Toledo Free Press, saving taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars without sacrificing exposure. Too many Lucas County officials are stuck in old models and counterproductive ways of thinking. There is a new reality, and while many fear and resent the changes, those changes are happening in many counties and will continue to chip away at reckless spending of taxpayer money. Gov. Kasich amended this law because of the tough economic situation that municipalities face today. He recognized that it was not in the townships’ or residents’ best interest to limit public notices to paid publications. Your primary reason to choose us for your legal notices is that we more than fulfill the legal requirements and can save your citizens thousands of dollars in the process. O Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

LIGHTING THE FUSE

he audience at Screen 13 at the Westfield Franklin exact date they first saw Springsteen, and to be able to vividly Park Cinema on July 22 was small but enthusi- describe the inner reaction that inspired lifelong fandom. “My favorite album changes but usually it’s ‘Darkness astic. Gathered (at $15 per ticket) to view a speon the Edge of Town,’” Dolgin said. “My cial screening of the Bruce Springsteen favorite songs are ‘Drive All Night’ and documentary “Springsteen & I,” the crowd ‘Thunder Road.’ laughed, clapped and sang along with the It’s not hard for Dolgin to prove “Thunder film. But a particularly loud burst of apRoad” is her favorite song; her license plate plause broke out from one row when a reads “THNDR RD.” woman was shown during a montage of fans Dolgin said she has seen Springsteen “72 thanking Springsteen for his music. times and counting,” which may seem obsessive Jan Dolgin, a personal trainer and Hulato some but in the world of Springsteen fandom Hoop teacher in Toledo, is one of the people probably ranks her in the lower mid-tier. featured during the “thank you” montage. “Springsteen & I,” directed by Baillie “I discovered Bruce in college (Ohio State, mid-’70s) from a lot of East Coast Michael S. miller Walsh, is a compelling compilation of fan-submitted testimony and rare archive friends,” she said. “I first saw him live at Joe Louis Arena on Aug. 11, 1981, fell in love with him and footage of Springsteen performing during the course of his 40-plus-year career. went up the next night and saw him again.” It is not unusual for fans like Dolgin to remember the n MILLER CONTINUES ON 4 Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

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Downtown in perspective I

Jan Dolgin in the photo she submitted to ‘Springsteen & I’ producers.

n MILLER CONTINUED FROM 3 The film manages to avoid the “Star Wars” geekdom such fandriven projects can become mired in, as its subjects are so clearly emotionally connected to Springsteen’s music in an organic way that transcends idol worship. The film features fans telling stories of distant followings and intimate interactions with The Boss. One man worked his way onstage in Philadelphia to sing with Springsteen and the E Street Band by dressing like latemodel Elvis Presley. Footage of the actual appearance are interspersed with the man and his wife telling the story, with the incredulity and surrealism as if it happened last week. The film is not a talky history of Springsteen, but a series of love letters from people literally all over the world. More than any other American rock star, Springsteen has cultivated a base of cross-generational, multiclass fans. One man, who mows the grass at a stadium where Springsteen is performing, waxes nostalgic about being a 9-year-old boy at his first Springsteen concert. He eventually gets to meet Springsteen, and his misty, intense reaction to receiving a small token from the musician is one of the film’s highlights. The well-chosen testimonials (the film was produced by Ridley Scott) include an Asian truck driver

with a master’s degree, a beleaguered spouse who thinks Springsteen’s concerts last too long and a street busker who convinces Springsteen to pick up a guitar and duet on a few streetcorner songs. The film also includes six songs from last year’s Hyde Park concert with Springsteen and Paul McCartney, shown in stunning highdefinition on the big screen. Dolgin said she first heard about the documentary from the fan website Backstreets.com and Facebook. “I submitted a five-minute piece (that was what they had asked for),” she said. “The producers sent me an email at the end of May letting me know that the part where I say ‘Thank you’ to Bruce would be included. I loved the movie; it was just extra special that I was included even if it was only for a couple seconds.” Dolgin said her friends and family have been very excited for her as they know what a big fan she is. Will she be back at the theater when “Springsteen & I” is replayed at 7:30 p.m. July 30? “Yes, I will see it again,” she said, “and of course buy the DVD when it comes out.” O Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Email him at mmiller@ toledofreepress.com.

’d like to take a moment to share some personal observations and compare Toledo to other cities that may be comparable in proximity, traits and geography. I sell wine for a living. My territory covers Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Missouri. I have also spent quite a bit of time in Indiana and Wisconsin. I lived in southern California for about seven years. A large part of my day-to-day experience is interacting with restaurant owners in each of the cities within my markets. I have gained a fairly intimate understanding of the cities I cover. I see parallels on a daily basis. I also see some of what this city has done right and what this city has done wrong. I live in Springfield Township, which is about as far from Downtown as you can be. When we chose our area eight years ago, it was based on neighborhood and schools. If I didn’t have kids I would live in the city, and on some level, I regret not landing closer to the city center. I do however, spend tons of time Downtown and love to be down there. There a few things we can all agree on: Adam Toledo has a declining population, just like Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton and many more cities. Toledo’s economy is changing and has been struggling on some level comparable to, and in some cases, much more than the aforementioned cities. There has also been some degree of “white flight” in virtually every industrialized city in our part of the Midwest. This shift to the suburbs is pervasive; in fact, someone once told me the only city this never happened to is Portland, Ore. So let’s assume that the “downtown was once bustling and is now dead” phenomenon exists on some level in most major U.S. cities (please save the list of the exceptions, I’m sure there are several). Toledo, therefore, is not alone so far. So while declining, Toledo’s economy and population will always support some degree of entertainment (including dining, drinking, concerts, sporting events, etc.). Practically every city I call on (Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Detroit, Kansas City, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Toledo) has undergone some degree of a downtown revitalization. Downtowns emptied, turned to crap before groups of people decided to turn them around. All the while, the population lives outside the city. The exceptions to this are the college towns (Ann Arbor, Madison) and a handful of smaller communities (Grand Rapids, etc). Why does anyone want to revitalize a downtown area? What is the benefit? The answer, as far as I can tell, is almost all emotion. Having a strong downtown creates civic pride. It is also an opportunity to reclaim our history and protect the city’s legacy. It helps us to collect our efforts and energies and centralize venues and resources. It is also, largely, an escape. These may not be very logical reasons to want to revive a downtown, but they are at the heart of why we like to live in any given place: the sense of community you can only get from centralizing and bringing people together. A quick word about restaurants: Restaurants fail at a crazy high rate. We all know this. After working in and around the business for 20 years, I can tell you this — some people should be in the business and some people shouldn’t. Attrition eventually takes care of this. Unfortunately, they have become the “canary in a mine shaft” as to the overall health of the city and Downtown specifically. It’s a tough business and a very difficult one to observe anecdotally and draw any conclusions as to the health of an area. Being that I care so deeply about this industry and

this city, I feel like I have a good perspective on where we stand relative to the other cities. Toledo’s restaurant scene right now is very dynamic. If you take a poll of the young people in this city and ask them to name their 10 favorite restaurants, I promise you, eight of them weren’t open three years ago. If you gave this same poll three years ago, it would have been filled with chains. This city has changed and is changing very quickly. I’ll also say this: I’ll take our top three or four restaurants and place them ahead of the best restaurants in Detroit, Columbus and Indianapolis. This may sound outrageous, but I’ll be happy to compare your list to mine. Government-led revitalization rarely works as planned. Chaos theory tends to jump in and redefine areas. Cleveland and Cincinnati tried to establish areas within their downtown that would be filled with hot bars and restaurants. Both were right in their timing, but picked the wrong part of downtown. Capitalism ruled in each case. Michael Symon opened Lola downtown seven years ago, forever changing the enMAHLER tertainment scene in downtown Cleveland. No one predicted the most racially controversial neighborhood north of the Mason/Dixon Line would have become the hottest neighborhood in Ohio (Over the Rhine) but that has happened, in the last 18 months. It can happen fast, without government planning. However, red tape, old zoning and politics can really gum up the revitalization works. Cities need to have business friendly practices that generate revenue for the city as well as the businesses. This included being sensitive to the complexity of navigating old laws and zoning, being open to parking challenges and transportation as well as city maintenance, and construction. You don’t need grocery stores. They are a luxury. There is no grocery store in downtown Cincinnati or Cleveland. Whole Foods just opened in Detroit; it is too soon to see how it will do. It’s really fairly low on the revitalization list. Instead, Cleveland, Detroit and Cincinnati all have great, year round farmer’s market. Toledo was right about this with Erie Street Market, but it failed for number of reasons, part could have been the models they were trying to match had been around for generations. There will be a time in the near future when this idea gets revived; hopefully next time it’s executed better. We’ve had plenty of bad projects or projects that didn’t work for a number of reasons. This has happened everywhere. Monorail in Greektown? Tower City? The Flats? The Mall within the walkways in Cinci? Everyone fails. Rebuilding a downtown is hard. You can’t just act like a beaten dog. You need to keep things in perspective. So who has a fully revitalized downtown? So far — no one. Cleveland is probably the closest. But no one is really there yet. Downtowns, we assume, are a place where we should work, live and play. So far, most have achieved work and play on some level. Housing may not be critical to a downtown’s success. Living Downtown could instead just be a reflection of a successful revitalization. It’s really important that we keep an eye on our neighbors to see how they are doing it, warts and all. If we could do that more often, we’d see a pretty accurate reflection and perhaps a road map for overcoming some obstacles. Our Downtown is slowly re-emerging. We, as a community, may not know what the next step is, but the best thing we can do is not be afraid of the extra 10 minutes it may take to get Downtown and do a little exploring and supporting. Who knows what will happen next? O Email Adam Mahler at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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orty-three years ago, when I was 9, I was abducted and raped by a man claiming to be

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a police officer. Although my perpetrator threatened to harm me if I ever told anyone, he decided to release me and spare my life. Still, I was terrified enough by his threat that I told no one what happened for 21 years. In this way, I felt very much a captive

and I continue to recover from my harrowing ordeal. A bit more than 43 days after Gina DeJesus, a victim in the recent Cleveland kidnapping case, was freed, I decided to visit her family as a fellow Puerto Rican female and

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as a member of the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network’s (RAINN) speakers’ bureau. I’d talked myself out of making the trip twice before out of fear. But, ultimately, I realized that because my captor let me live, I should be offering support to fellow victims whenever possible. The fact that I share the same culture with Gina made me hopeful that her family would be willing to speak to me. Fortunately they were, and so there I found myself in Gina’s home for almost an hour with her mother, Nancy, her father Felix and her brother Ricardo. They told me Gina wasn’t home, but I’ll never know if she was listening from her room upstairs, still too afraid to speak about what she’s been through. I told them that I’d made the two-hour trip because I wanted them to know my story of trauma and recovery so they could best help their daughter with her healing. I described how terrifying my abduction and rape were and told them to ask me anything they wanted to know about what Gina was going through. When her mother explained that Gina was seeing a psychiatrist once a month, I politely let her know that I believed her daughter needed much more counseling than that, based on my personal experience. I also told her about my soonto-be published book about my rape, “NEWYORICANGIRL … Surviving my Spanglish Life,” because I go into gritty detail about the day I was raped and my painful journey ever since. I told Nancy I wrote it so that other victims and their

families could use my book as a resource while navigating their own similar crises. I went on to highlight that my related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and diagnosis waited more than 30 years to present, so that they should be prepared for Gina’s lifelong journey of recovery. I also asked them how they were dealing with the ordeal. While it was clear to me that they are struggling, Gina’s mother reiterated over and over again that the only thing they could do was to continue taking life one day at a time. She also stressed she was grateful for her neighbors and how they are surrounding the DeJesus family with a tightly woven blanket of support, protection and comfort. Ariel Castro, Gina’s alleged perpetrator, was in court the day I visited them. Gina’s parents said they hoped their former family friend would plead guilty to all charges so that their daughter’s recovery could be easier. When I asked them what they would do if Gina’s case ended up going to trial, they told me they planned on being in the courtroom every single day. Unfortunately for Gina, her fellow victims and her family, the Cleveland kidnapper monster who abducted three innocent young women and held them against their will for more than nine years pleaded “not guilty” in the case. His trial begins Aug. 5 and this makes me even more empathetically concerned for Gina, Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and for their families who are victims, too. O Contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-(800)-656-4673 (sponsored by RAINN).

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Students in a fourth-grade class at Newbury Elementary in Toledo’s Old South End were assigned to find pictures of what they wanted their futures to look like. One of those students, Anita Lopez, came to school the next day with pictures of a massive house and a Lamborghini snipped from the pages of a magazine. Her teacher told her only two careers could get her the things in the picture: law and medicine. The teacher suggested she become a lawyer, since she “had the gift of gab.” Eventually, she did. Lopez graduated with a law degree from the University of Toledo in 1997. Lopez is once again aiming high, running to be Toledo’s next mayor. While her determination to become a lawyer was initially driven by her fourth-grade desire to get behind the wheel of a Lamborghini, Lopez said something more serious is fueling her mayoral campaign. “I’ve had this desire to always help others,” Lopez said. “It is my passion.” Running on a platform of job creation, safety and economic development, Lopez hopes to be the city’s first Hispanic mayor. And while she has faced heavy criticism from her opponents, Lopez said she is ready take on the challenges the city is facing.

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Lopez takes on challenges of city, opponents

‘Got the bug’

Lopez grew up in the Old South End with six brothers and sisters and her parents, both migrant workers. She began working at the Boys & Girls Club when she was 14 years old as part of the Private Industry Council, which provided income for teens from lowincome families. Checking ID cards at the front desk, Lopez said, proved to be a pivotal experience for her. “I got the bug. You show up to work, be nice, come to work prepared and dressed properly, and do whatever they tell you to do, which was follow the rules,” she said. “I had to control money, and I loved it.” After attending Central Catholic

Lucas County Auditor Anita Lopez is a graduate of Central Catholic High School and the University of Toledo.

High School, Lopez studied political science at the University of Toledo. It was there that she first became involved in politics. “I was president of the Latino Student Union, and was involved in student government on campus. I had to get elected, and it was my first real-life mini election,” Lopez said. “I had a platform of what we were going to do. I really enjoyed it, and I learned early

on about university politics.” Lopez later went on to law school at UT. After graduating, she worked with the Toledo Fair Housing Center, Adelante and Lucas County Children Services. She was elected to the Toledo Public Schools Board of Education in 2001. “I think there was some blessing in the fact that I worked in all these fields,” Lopez said. “That’s what I re-

ally wanted to do, is understand the challenges facing children. But I realized very quickly that if you’re not the person running the office, and you don’t have the final say, it’s very difficult to get people to come together as a majority and do what’s in the best interest of ... the people we serve.”

‘Not just a job’

Lopez became Lucas County Re-

corder in 2004. She was elected Lucas County Auditor in 2006 and was reelected in 2010. “It’s just not a job. It’s just not a paycheck,” Lopez said of being Auditor. “I love to take an office and make it work for the people that we serve. And make it so that people understand that there should be consequences to our performance.” n LOPEZ CONTINUES ON 8

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n LOPEZ CONTINUED FROM 6 Lopez said the things she has seen as auditor made her decide to run for mayor of Toledo. “I think as auditor, this is what has really pushed me over the edge: Citizens call the auditor’s office for help with the city because they know they’re not responsive. They call to get a tree trimmed down,” she said. “I’m going to bring a responsive and intouch government.” And Lopez said she has seen that happen while in office as auditor. “I think that what we’ve done at the auditor’s office is we’ve taken government to the people. We go and we take our office, our computers, our staff, and we serve them and answer their questions about auditor’s concerns,” Lopez said. “I can’t believe what people have done in government. They have a knack of making it complicated [for] us.” Lopez’s first priority once elected is something she says she learned during her time as auditor. “Customer service. Right across the board,” she said. “I always tell citizens as recorder and auditor, if you have a problem with how my office operates, you felt that it was not dealt with the way I made my promise, you have the right to speak with me. And I will talk with them. And I think they don’t know who’s in charge in departments. I don’t think employees know what should be the minimum level of customer service you should give and provide to citizens and businesses. And I’m great at it. I’m great at getting a policy, rewriting it, training staff. If you were to speak to the majority of citizens, they would say the customer service in the auditor’s office is outstanding.”

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District, “The Driveway to Nowhere,” noting that taxpayers shelled out $43 million for cleanup and infrastructure costs in the area with little results. “There’s no activity. No results here,” Lopez said. “I can assure you this will never happen again.” Lopez said she plans to implement bench marks into city contracts, as well as consequences if those benchmarks are not met. “You will see deliverables that must happen at three months, six months, nine months and 12 months,” Lopez said. “We will put in language so that does not happen, so that we are not waiting for something to happen. That property, those dollars will be protected.” As part of her plan, Lopez vowed that within her first 100 days in office she would revise the city’s procurement policies to give local businesses preference, establish a business hotline, appoint a business advisory committee, create an Internet business portal, hire up to 10 “business liaisons” based in specified areas of the city, and design a training program to improve customer service for all city employees. “We are going to take government to the businesses so they can focus on being ready to create jobs,” Lopez said. “As mayor, I will streamline how businesses interact with the city so businesses will save time and money, and businesses can focus on hiring workers, not red tape.”

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Lopez is dissatisfied with the lack of economic development in the city. “We’re going to be fighting so that this is a business friendly, responsive government,” Lopez said. “Businesses will be treated and will have a director that is specifically assigned to them. And business will be able to know who is their service provider. And instead of having to contact the general line, they’ll have actually a line dedicated solely to them. They’ll have the cell number of their director so that if there’s a problem with the water, or there’s a problem with crime or there’s a problem with streets, they’ll be able to reach them.” At a news conference on July 19, at the Marina District, Lopez released her own economic development plans for the city. She called the Marina

goals: hire more police, implement a community policing plan, and create Toledo Neighborhood Teams, which would provide service to citizens on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis. “We will be creating a new approach on how we view safety, and most importantly the strength of our neighborhoods where our families live and our children play,” she said. “We must recognize that without safe and strong neighborhoods where citizens can feel safe, we will not have a future for the city of Toledo.” One of the three parts of her plan is to hire additional police officers. She said the city has not hireed enough new police to up with the number of officers retiring. Although Lopez said she didn’t have numbers on-hand as to how many officers were currently employed by the Toledo Police Department (TPD), she said she wanted the number of officers to increase to “the minimum be above the 700 number, closer to the 800, 900 number.” According to TPD, there are about 586 sworn officers currently on staff. When asked about how she plans to potentially hire hundreds of officers, Lopez said she would “have to find creative ways to create incentives to increase the personnel of the police force.” She added: “My plan later will give greater details, specifically of how we’re going to recruit and increase personnel without having to increase our budget.” On Facebook July 24, Mayor Mike Bell responded, “It’s good to know that since we’ve hired more officers & firefighters than the previous 12 years combined Ms. Lopez agrees with our plan. n LOPEZ CONTINUES ON 9

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n LOPEZ CONTINUED FROM 8 We made a commitment to do this and we’ve made good on it. Further, we’re not done. 65 or so more will be hired before the end of this year.”

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At the July 24 news conference, Lopez expressed her frustration with the number of police officers.

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“There’s not enough police officers even to report to the scene of the crime where a breaking and entering has occurred. When your car is broken into, and when your home is broken into, they do not take fingerprints. They do not have the time to respond,” she said. “When you ... really get an accurate description of the number of breaking and enterings that are taking place, the number of

random acts of crime that may not be reported because citizens are just frustrated and moving out, then I’ll be able to give you the true number [of police officers] that we should be at.” But according to Toledo Police Sgt. Joe Heffernan, Lopez’s statements aren’t true. “I would not call that completely accurate,” Heffernan said. “The only part that’s a little accurate is that we

don’t respond to every call. If it’s in a misdemeanor type case where there’s no suspect and you need a police report written, and need some documentation for your insurance, we can do that over the phone. If you want a unit to come out, we can and we will.” He also said that all patrol officers carry fingerprinting kits with them, and that a number of crimes are solved with fingerprint evidence. Lopez said one recent incident in Toledo hit home for her: the murder of 1-year-old Ke’Ondra Hooks. “If I was mayor during the Moody Manor killing that occurred of a child in our community, I would have been in court, and I would have been one of the individuals telling the judge that a child was killed in our community, and I want this court to understand that we can never allow anyone to think that anyone’s life should be taken for granted,” Lopez said. “When a young, innocent child is caught up in the crossfire, the harshest penalty

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Lopez said she also hopes to create Toledo Neighborhood Teams (TNT), which she described as “someone the neighborhoods can speak to every day in their neighborhood.” The TNTs would focus on specific areas of Toledo, and would be staffed by existing employees from One Government Center. “This will effectively create directors without increasing payroll and without adding paid positions,” Lopez said. “What we will do is put existing positions actually into action in the neighborhoods.” These staff members would come from a variety of city departments with varying areas of expertise. “We’re going to find individuals who are experts in their area of expertise,” Lopez said. “They can specialize in areas. You need experts who are in touch with Toledoans and businesses in their areas.” Lopez also plans to find money in the budget for these positions. She said that although these employees will still be working for the city, they won’t be working in One Government Center. “Instead of them starting their day at their desk drinking their coffee, they’re going to report out to the neighborhood,” she said. “We’re going to respond to where the need is, rather than reporting to our ivory tower at One Government Center,” Lopez added.

Answering criticism

Lopez said that she has been dealt blows from opponents during past electoral races. But she said she feels she is facing much more scrutiny in this election, on issues ranging from her personal finances to the way she prepares for interviews. “Of course you’re going to be naturally defensive when you’re dealing with interviews and suddenly you have to try to stick to your message because you want to resonate with citizens. But that’s not being scripted,” Lopez said. “I’m definitely on guard now. I don’t know any person that cannot be on guard with any interviews when you start off with the campaign like this.” Lopez released her financial information several weeks ago, which included her credit score and her debt. “I kept my promise that I would be transparent, and I provided it within the same week as everyone else. And I think I’ve consistently kept my promise of being transparent. n LOPEZ CONTINUES ON 10

10 Community n LOPEZ CONTINUED FROM 9 “When people saw that I had late payments, there’s nothing in there that says that I do not pay my bills,” she said. Lopez said most Toledoans are not in the same place financially as the other mayoral candidates. “I’m in touch with Toledoans. I understand that every dollar spent goes to my children and goes to my parents and goes to my home,” she said. “I don’t have a trust fund. I don’t have a $205,000 pension that my spouse and I live on. I couldn’t even imagine earning that money. If that’s on retirement, what did they earn when they were working? I’m not Mike Bell, who is earning $200,000 in retirement. Most people in the city of Toledo don’t earn that kind of money. Lopez has also been criticized for having members of her staff work on her campaign. “If employees want to volunteer on my campaign, I’m honored by that, that they would want to support me to be the next mayor,” she said. Despite the criticism, Lopez said she knows she is qualified to be mayor. “None of my opponents have had experience in being able to walk the talk. None of them have had to deal with budget cuts annually like I have at the auditor’s office and still make ends meet,” she said, “They don’t have that experience, and all three of my opponents are in leadership positions at the City of Toledo.” One of those opponents, Toledo City Councilman D. Michael Collins, said Lopez is “entitled to her opinion.” “In terms of my ability to run for mayor, I will leave her opinion to herself. Ultimately, the voters’ opinion is what really counts,” he said. Bell said that he believes his administration can handle budgets as well as Lopez can. “We had a $48 million deficit that we had to deal with when I became mayor. We successfully navigated around that particular issue, and we currently BELL have a $5 million surplus. So if that does not validate that the current administration has an understanding of finance, I don’t think anything else does,” he said. Bell, who is running for re-election, said he has only worked briefly with Lopez. He said he would prefer to focus on his own campaign. “I can’t really say she’s on my mind at all. I’m just focused on trying to do the right thing for the right reasons for the citizens of Toledo,” Bell said.

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A Toledo tradition since 2005 ToledoFreePress.com “I don’t focus on the candidates. If I’m doing the right thing, I’ll be okay.” Toledo City Councilman Joe McNamara, a fellow mayoral candidate and Democrat, has been an outspoken critic of Lopez. “I’m just surprised and disappointed that she didn’t want to do a Democratic debate to talk about the issues. And I was very surprised at how scripted she is in terms of having her handlers write her talking points for her, and that’s what she says,” McNamara said. “I think Toledo deserves someone who can answer questions without being written a script.” Alan Cox, Mike Kronwinski, Opal Covey and write-in candidate Don Gozdowski are also running for mayor of Toledo. Lopez said that although she has campaigned before, she still is not used to the sparring involved in a mayoral election. “I’ve never had a candidate constantly sort of attack, attack, attack from a Democrat. And that type of oncoming attack is very new to me,” she said. “Citizens ultimately decide individually. I’ve said to my opponents, ‘OK, you know pretty much everything about me now. Let’s talk about what we’re going to do for the city. And let’s challenge each other to come up with the best ideas of how we’re going to make the city better, put it out there, and let citizens judge,’” she said.

Heavy union support

Lopez has garnered support from some of the city’s most influential voters. Last week, she added the Toledo Port Council, Boilermakers Local 85, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1059 and The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Local 379 to her list of union supporters. Endorsing Lopez are a dozen local unions, including the AFL-CIO, AFSCME Council 8 and the Northwest Ohio Building Trades Council. “I’m honored to get as many endorsements from everyone and I’m honored to receive labor’s endorsement, particularly knowing that I made significant changes in the recorder’s and auditor’s office, that they trust me and they respect that I will be fair,” she said.

Motherly instincts

One thing that sets Lopez apart from most of the other mayoral candidates is that she’s a woman. And that, Lopez says, gives her an advantage. “Being a mother, and as a woman, I think there’s a natural tendency for us to be caretakers. And I think that when you combine that with knowledge and experience, that is unique,” Lopez said. “Maybe I do feel more in touch because I have two young chil-

dren, and I do participate in church activities and school activities. You talk to other mothers and you talk to parishioners.” Lopez has two sons: Armand, 12, and Andres, 10. “I think it’s the year of the woman. I think it’s good for us to be challenging these roles and saying that we are going to serve everyone,” she said. “If I can carry a child for nine months and run for office, this city is going to

look great after I’m done with it.”

Ready to run

While this is not Lopez’s first election, she did say she is ready to have the campaign over with. “It’s almost like, ‘Can we just get through the campaign so I can start working?’ That’s what it’s like. It’s 61 days left till the primary, then I have another 60 days until the general. That’s the most frustrating part,” she said.

That is not to say she is not excited about the mayoral race. “It’s opened up this whole level of challenges for me. And it’s exciting to me. It stimulates me,” Lopez said. “I get excited. I’m still passionate. And now it’s like I’m overstimulated right now because I’m so excited about all the opportunities that exist and make it more efficient, to work smarter and bring that knowledge and experience that I have.” O

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Two Toledo men were recently convicted of water theft as part of a citywide crackdown. “If you choose to steal water from the City of Toledo we’re gonna come after you and prosecute you,” said Director of Public Utilities Dave Welch. Jai Dix pled no contest and was found guilty of water theft July 9 with a sentencing set for Aug. 7. Randolph Waldron was found guilty of water theft and tampering July 12 with a sentencing set for Aug. 8. Welch said the stolen water cost between $5,000 and $8,000. These were the first two convictions of the crackdown. Department of Public Utilities (DPU) officials decided six months ago to begin aggressively investigating water theft. They have filed about 20 cases in court since then. The DPU began implementing stricter policies and hired former Toledo Police detective Harold Mosley to investigate water theft. When residents do not pay their water bill, the DPU sends a crew out to shut the water off. The theft occurs when residents turn the water back on using special tools or when they steal their neighbors’ water. Welch said that before the crackdown, water crews would go out six or seven times but now they only visit two or three times before prosecuting. Welch said turning off the water earlier has already

saved at least $100,000 and possibly much more. “What we’re doing is [more] aggressively going after folks sooner than we used to,” Welch said. “That way they don’t rack up a large water bill.” The DPU has several water theft cases pending. The department receives tips daily about illegal water activity. Welch said residents take extraordinary measures to steal water. He said they will use special “water keys” to turn their water back on. “We’ll put a cement box over it and they’ll dig it back up,” Welch said. “Sometimes there’ll be a hose connected from one house to the house next door. They’ll kick in the door of a vacant house next door and turn on that water and run it to their house with a hose.” According to Welch, water prices will increase 13.2 percent annually for four years starting in January. In 2018, the price will increase 4.5 percent. These revenue increasing measures come as a result of Environmental Protection Agency requirements that the water plant make $314 million in improvements in the next five years. “It’s an old plant dated back to 1941 and 1956 and we’re still working on some of that original equipment,” Welch said. Welch said the stricter policies are for thieves, not struggling citizens. “Those people that find themselves in difficult economic times just need to call us,” he said. “We’ll work on a payment plan. We’re willing to work with people. They just need to let us know and not take the drastic step of stealing water.” O

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Local nonprofit Food for Thought and the Toledo Farmers’ Market recently formed a partnership aimed at providing more nutritious food to local families in need. Starting July 27, Food for Thought will have a booth at the Downtown farmers market, located at Erie Street Market, 525 Market St., every Saturday. The group will accept donations of produce purchased from local farmers at the farmers market. Monetary donations will also be accepted. “Essentially the idea is it will be a reverse farmers market,” said Sam Melden, Food for Thought’s chief thought officer. “It’s a way for local patrons to buy from local farmers and support a local food pantry. It’s just like this clean circle and we can take it back and integrate it into our food pantries the very next day.” Food for Thought operates a pantry out of New Harvest Christian Church in Oregon as well as a mobile pantry that visits 11 sites. The group will soon acquire a second mobile pantry and expand service to six to

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money to people in need.” Bergman also expects farmers who know they won’t have another chance to sell leftover produce to donate it to Food for Thought so it won’t go to waste. “It just makes sense,” Bergman said. “A lot of other farmers markets all throughout the country do this. We don’t have a full-time person working for the farmers market, so these are the extra things that take a while to get going. But hopefully it works out.” If the partnership is successful Downtown, it may expand to other farmers markets, Bergman said. “The people at the farmers market often are interested in two things: They are interested in health and they are interested in the local food economy,” Melden said. “All our table is there for, all we are doing in that space, is saying we agree and we believe even if someone isn’t here shopping they should have access to this quality of food and so we want them to help us pull that off. I think it’s going to be great.” The Toledo Farmers’ Market is open year-round: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays May through November and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. December through April. For information, visit feedtoledo. org or toledofarmersmarket.com. O

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With the deadline to submit candidacy petitions approaching, eight Toledoans have begun campaigning for spots on the Toledo Public Schools (TPS) Board of Education. Three board members’ terms are up this year: board president Brenda Hill, Larry Sykes and Bob Vasquez. Vasquez plans to run for re-election, while Sykes is planning to run for Toledo City Council. Hill will not seek re-election. It looks to be an eventful year for who ever fills the three vacant seats, as well as the other board members. Superintendent Jerome Pecko’s last day was this week, and Romules Durant will step in as the interim superintendent at the beginning of the month. Durant has been acting as interim superintendent since April. Also on the agenda for TPS is a five-year, $6.5 million renewal levy, set to come before voters in the November election. Board member and former board president Vasquez said it is imperative

to TPS that the levy pass. “It’s a renewal, so all budgets have a five-year forecast. They have in them money from the levy renewal,” Vasquez said. If the levy doesn’t pass, Vasquez said the Board will have to make cuts, but that they haven’t yet determined the source of those cuts. “We are constantly receiving less and less from the state and federal level, and unfortunately, that has to be put on the local taxpayers,” Vasquez said. Still, he hopes those taxpayers will vote for the levy’s renewal, and feels the district is showing it is worth taxpayers’ dollars. “We have gone through a performance audit, trimmed the budget by millions and hopefully we can trim more over the next five years. We’re always looking for ways to be more effective,” Vasquez said. “Toledo Public Schools has made considerable progress in the last six years, and we’re moving in the right direction. The levy needs to be passed in order to continue progressing, and for the Transformation Plan. We can’t afford to stop or go backward.”

The following candidates have also begun circulating candidacy petitions. They will need to be certified by the Lucas County Board of Elections.

Aji Green

TPS parent Aji Green said he is seeking election because of his daughter, a student at the Old West End Academy. “I’m running to make her educational experience better for her,” Green said. “As a parent, you want the best educational experience for your kids.” GREEN Green said one of the board’s biggest challenges will be passing the November levy, as well as regaining students who have left the district. “The majority of our kids are leaving in favor of charters and parochial schools. I bring something to the table to bring those students back,” Green said. “Charter schools are not ac-

countable to the public like public schools are.” Green also wants to see the district engage students by “meeting them with new technology and new ideas.” Green ran unsuccessfully for school board in 2009 and City Council in 2011. Green said he wants to run because “the position would give me the opportunity to do what I’m passionate about, which is to be active in the community and be a voice for the community.”

Tina Henold

Homeschooling mom Tina Henold said she knows she isn’t “the normal kind of person that runs for school board.” But Henold, who has homeschooled all three of her children, said she became interested in local politics, specifically the board of education, when she started feeling frustrated with last year’s national and state races. She said she has been at every school board meeting during the past year, and “had a hand” in TPS’ performance audit. Henold, who lived in Romania with her family as missionaries for a time, said she believes that

a strong educational system will help turn the city around. “We’re not going to have businesses come unless the school system draws them. If we don’t have a population that is educated, they won’t come here,” Henold said. “The school system is connected to our property values. If we don’t have w e l l - e d u c at e d kids, the property HENOLD values are going to drop. That’s the foundation to everything else improving.” Henold said she “made a mistake” and wishes she “had taught [her children] evolutionism and creationism side by side,” as opposed to strictly creationism. She said she has no intention of pushing for creationism to be taught in Toledo Public Schools. She said she will spend the next few months “knocking on a minimum of 15,000 more” doors in Toledo, hoping to speak with voters before the election. n TPS CONTINUES ON 15

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Perry Lefevre

Perry Lefevre, who is also a TPS parent, is hoping to take on a new role in the world of education. He teaches social studies at Northview High School and is the president of the Sylvania Education Association, the district’s teachers union. Lefevre, who has taught for 28 years in both Texas and Ohio, said he has worked in “virtually every aspect of educaLEFEVRE tion.” But being on the board of education would be a first for him. “I feel this is a different hat,” Lefevre said. “I’m not going in as a labor leader. I’m going in as a taxpayer, as a parent who can make a difference.” “If I can make a difference and make some improvements, it’s worth it,” he added. Lefevre is also the president of the Arlington Neighborhood Association.

Maynard Porter

Maynard Porter says he is a proud TPS alumnus. But the Waite High

School grad knows there are many graduates of Toledo Public Schools who don’t feel the same way he does. And that is something he hopes to change if elected. “I want to make sure every student is proud to be a TPS product,” Porter said. “I want to make sure people are proud of our community, and people are sometimes ashamed of where they went to school.” Porter wants to improve the tutoring and mentoring programs in the district, and wants more TPS students “to be able to be gainfully employed.” The former freshman football coach at Waite said that the district lost too many students after it cut freshman-level sports. “We’ve had drastic enrollment losses to parochial and charter schools,” Porter said. “We lost out on that. We’re still trying to get those numbers back.” Porter also has one person on the board he knows well: Interim Superintendent Romules Durant, who played football at Waite during Porter’s time as coach. Porter also is a basketball official for both boys’ and girls’ games. In addition to his athletic activities, Porter works as a dock worker at FedEx’s freight division and is involved with his church, St. Martin de Porres.

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Polly Taylor-Gerken

Polly Taylor-Gerken knows a bit about Toledo Public Schools. She worked for the district as a secretary for 18 years, and as a school psychologist for 12. After years with the district, Taylor-Gerken says she’s ready to return. “I think now is the TAYLOR-GERKEN time to engage my passion and expertise for moving the district through imminent transformation. I’m ready to see things move forward,” she said. Taylor-Gerken attended a vocational program through her public high school that prepared her for office work. Working with TPS was only her second job out of high school. She eventually became a school psychologist for TPS. Taylor-Gerken said she feels this is an exciting time for the TPS Board of Education. “The community is coming together to really show that our schools can be transformed.” Gerken is the wife of Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken.

Chris Varwig

Chris Varwig first became involved with Toledo Public Schools when her daughter’s teacher asked for a volunteer to lead a Girl Scout troop. From there, her involvement snowballed. She became the president of the Parent Teacher Organization at Beverly Elementary, Byrnedale Junior High and Bowsher High School. “I’ve been able to get a good feel for what the district has to offer,” Varwig said. Varwig said she feels there is “such an attack right now on public education,” and also wants to foster parent engagement within the district. “We’re working on that process, but we can do more,” she said. With her daughter headed to college, Varwig said the time is right for her to run for election. “I’ve been asked year after year to do this,” she said. “But it’s time to take it to the next level.”

Bob Vasquez

As the only incumbent in the race, Bob Vasquez says he has unfinished business to take care of. “In my time on school board, I initiated a lot of things with board members and administrators, including the Transformation Plan,” Vasquez said. “I want to make sure those ideas are car-

ried out to their end.” Vasquez said he would like to see ideas implemented from the performance audit the district underwent this year. Vasquez said he is extremely qualified for re-election. He holds a masters in public administration and is a past president of the board of VASQUEZ education. As president, Vasquez said he helped balance the budget twice and was responsible for the Transformation Plan. Before he became a board member, Vasquez worked at the Department of Youth Services, Lucas County Children Services and St. Anthony’s Villa. “I’ve worked with young people my entire life,” Vasquez said. “I understand how important a good educational experience is for young people.” Art Henry IV has also pulled petitions to run for a spot on the TPS board. He was unavailable for comment at presstime. The deadline to submit petitions to the Lucas County Board of Elections is Aug. 7. O

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More than 90 people paid $249 each to hear leading experts on finance and the future of America’s economy at the Liberty Mastermind Symposium in Dallas. They also saw 17-year-old Elijah Johnson took the stage. “I did a couple of plays before so I knew kind of what it felt like,” Johnson said. “After the first couple of minutes I felt really good about it and was more comfortable being there and speaking in front of people.” Johnson was one of 15 speakers at the June 28-29 event. Johnson, who is home-schooled, spoke on the problems with public education and the benefits of home-schooling in a speech titled “Homeschooling: The Ultimate Liberty of Learning.” “You think critically about everything you take in when you’re home-schooled,” he said. “It’s not so much of a factory setting. With homeschooling you can take learning seriously. Instead of reading endlessly about Yellowstone National Park, we took a field trip to experience it.” Johnson was the youngest

speaker at the event. He hasn’t finished high school but he started a YouTube channel two years ago. His channel, Finance and Liberty, has more than 200 videos and nearly a million total views. “I’ve been interested in money and monetary systems pretty much my whole life,” Johnson said. Robert Ian and Kerry Lutz, who organized the inaugural symposium, said they plan to have Elijah back for their next conference in Las Vegas from Jan. 24-25. Ian said many in the audience had watched Johnson’s YouTube channel. “I think people were very impressed with Elijah’s presentation and his intellect and his knowledge and the way he asks questions and organizes information,” Ian said. Ian said the conference brought in several speakers, each with their own niche in the financial world. “An important fact to know is that if you go to conferences similar to this, the demographics are 75 percent of the people are 50 and up,” he said. “The younger generation really hasn’t gotten into the topic of gold or silver. What Elijah brings is he opens up a whole generation to these topics we discussed.” n JOHNSON CONTINUES ON 17

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was not familiar to us and one that we could not introduce to him but that he is able to function on a level that is able to help a lot of people in our community as well as in the country and around the world,” said Elijah’s father Lee Johnson. Elijah’s parents said they encouraged him to pursue his interest and took him on field trips to learn more.

“When he started asking us questions that we couldn’t answer … my husband just said that you need to do a report on this,” said Elijah’s mother Susan Johnson. “He ended up educating us.” Elijah made a discovery in the summer of 2011 that surprised him and fed his passion for finance. “I learned that the Federal Re-

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Her four sons haven’t donned a Perrysburg jersey for more than 30 years, but June Sweede can still regularly be found in the fan section at school sporting events — especially the home football games at Steinecker Stadium. Sweede, 78, of Perrysburg has a Senior Stinger Pass issued by Perrysburg Schools, which offers free admission to middle school and high school home regular season sporting events, plays and musicals for district residents age 60 and older. Toledo Public Schools (TPS), Maumee City Schools and Washington Local Schools are among the other area districts that offer senior passes. “I got one as soon as I was eligible,” said Sweede, who has lived in Perrysburg for 45 years. “They made it very easy to receive it.” Although her children and grandchildren live outside of the district, Sweede said she enjoys going to school events to visit with old friends and support current students. n PASSES CONTINUES ON 19

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n PASSES CONTINUED FROM 18 “It’s just a nice thing for the school district to offer for folks,” Sweede said. “Whether they’re our own [children or grandchildren] or other people’s, we want to encourage them all.” Football is her favorite, but Sweede also enjoys baseball, basketball and wrestling. “I’ve reSWEEDE ally gone to all of them at one point,” Sweede said. “Of course, the plays and musicals are absolutely wonderful, too and I get in on those when I can.” The passes are popular, said Rachel Johnson, coordinator of institutional advancement with Perrysburg Schools, which has issued the passes for more than 20 years. “It’s a great program,” Johnson said. “Just in the last two weeks I’ve had three appointments from folks hearing about it and coming in. A lot of them are alumni or current grandparents, but it’s open to anyone as long as they live in the district. They all love it.” The district organizes community

events a couple times a year at senior housing facilities, senior centers or libraries to spread the word about the program. “Pretty much whenever we hold an event out in the public, we get about 30 people signed up,” Johnson said. “We do about one pass a week on average.” Sweede said she encourages other seniors to get their passes. “They take very good care of the older folks,” Sweede said. “There’s special parking. You feel comfortable going to the games. Between good school friends, school officials and boosters, there’s always someone there to watch out for you. You feel safe when you go to the events. I feel good about going. If you need it, there’s quick help and lots of kindness. It’s a good feeling.”

TPS

TPS offers its Golden Apple Card to district residents 60 and older or retired TPS employees of any age. “The biggest thing is when people come in when it’s their grandson or granddaughter playing in a big game and they get to cheer them on,” said TPS spokesperson Patty Mazur. “It’s just a thing the district does to give back to the community.” The cards can’t be used for all-

A Toledo tradition since 2005 star games, city championships, state tournament events or the Shoe Bowl. Admission to plays and musicals is decided by each school, Mazur said. When filling out an application, seniors are also asked about their interest in volunteering. “We’re always looking for volunteers so that works out nicely,” Mazur said. “We can pass it on to the principals.”

Maumee

Maumee City Schools has offered its Golden Panther Card for more than a decade, said district spokesperson Nancy Sayre. “We do it to thank our community and encourage them to come out and support the students,” Sayre said. “The kids who are participating love to have people in the stands and we love it. We have lots of grandparents who are residents. We love to have them come out and support our students. “We get an excellent response from the community,” she said. “The program is well-received and well-used.” Among those who regularly use their Golden Panther cards are Sayre’s parents, Dave and Gail Lindsay, who have lived in Maumee for 45 years. The Lindsays particularly enjoy attending track meets and volleyball and basketball games to watch their

Back to School 19 grandchildren. They occasionally go to football games with friends. “It’s wonderful to get to go to plays and athletic activities,” Gail said. “There’s just a whole lot of stuff that’s available to us at no charge. It’s great.” The cards are helpful for seniors on fixed incomes, Gail said. “My granddaughter played volleyball twice a week. At $6 a game, $12 a week, $50 a month — that can add up,” Gail said. “So it gives them a way to get out there rather than stay at home because they can’t afford to do things. It also helps them realize how much the schools are doing for the kids. So it benefits the seniors and I think also helps the schools. I just wish more seniors knew about them.” For more information or to make an appointment to get a pass, contact Maumee City Schools at (419) 8933200, Ext. 201; Perrysburg Schools at (419) 874-9131, Ext. 2156; TPS at (419) 671-8263; or Washington Local Schools at (419) 473-8433. Seniors will need to bring proof of age and proof of residence, such as a driver’s license or other photo ID and a piece of mail with their address. In most cases, school staff will take their photo and produce a photo ID card while they wait. The passes are valid for life. O

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hough it hardly feels like another year has passed and summer is coming to a close, it’s already time for back-to-school specials and gearing up for fall. Before we know it, leaves will be falling and Thanksgiving turkeys will be pardoned. Before this season gets away from us, it seems a good time to sit back, kick our feet up and lend a little consideration to the purpose of education. All too often we find ourselves bogged down in homework, projects, papers, tests, football games, marching bands, school budgets and levies. In all the hustle of short-term issues, it’s easy to lose sight of the farther-reaching implications of a public education system. After all, the real purpose of education is not to consume time with menial tasks nor is it all about “the three R’s” — and even less so about the popularity contest that is senior prom. The real goal of education is to help mold young Americans into productive, civically minded citizens. Admittedly, the question of whether our current educational system is successful with either of those goals will almost certainly re-

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Trading degrees for dollars? According to a remain a source of major cent study from CNN, debate, but that’s another the average American issue. For now, it’s worth graduating from a fourfocusing on the producyear university has activity of young Americumulated $35,200 in cans, including how it is student debt by the time defined and how it can he or she graduates. Obbe fostered. viously those who opt Over the past halfto skip post-secondary century an assumption Ben TREECE academia and begin has developed among working immediately do American academics and parents that every child should go to so without that debt, so they’re already college. There is a tightly held belief $35,000 wealthier than their collegethat higher education is necessary for trained counterparts. Now, the average starting salary Americans to lead full, prosperous lives. Unfortunately, while college is of a college graduate in the United certainly a great step for some, it al- States is roughly $45,000, according to most certainly isn’t for many others the National Association of Colleges — in fact, in the long run it can prove and Employers (NACA). Assuming extremely detrimental to their long- he or she is hired right away (which isn’t guaranteed in this job market) term security. Consider, for example, two young and dedicates 10 percent of his or her Americans: one who attends a four- steadily rising salary to pay off college year university and graduates with debt, our newly minted college grad a bachelor’s degree before seeking can be debt free in about 10 years (per employment and one who graduates simple calculations at Bankrate.com). In those 10 years, our tool and from high school and shifts immediately into the job force by working in a die maker (starting as a level one, skilled trade, say, a tool and die maker. progressing to level two) has made,

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according to Salary.com, roughly $43,000 per year. If the grad is able to save just 10 percent of that salary each year for investing — the same portion our college grad is using to pay off their debt — and earn an average 8 percent annual return on those investments (which certainly isn’t out of the question) around the same time our college-graduated friend is becoming debt free, our tool and die maker has grown his or her investment account to just over $100,000. Around this time our college grad (now 32 years old), after annual 5 percent pay raises (which is aggressive), is probably making about $73,000. It only seems natural that our hardworking level one tool and die maker will have been promoted to a level two maker, increasing his pay to $51,000 annually. Now that our collegiate is debt free, we can hope that he continues deferring 10 percent of his annual income, this time for investing. To keep things fair we’ll assume he earns the same 8 percent return as our skilled tradesman. With steadily increasing pay and compounding savings, our white-

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n TREECE CONTINUED FROM 20 Ten long years later (now 62), our college graduate has finally started watching dollars roll in, with his or her investment account finally topping the half-million mark. Of course, this pales in comparison to our tool and die supervisor, now ready to step up to a level two supervisor for the last several years of his of her career, which pays all of $73,000 annually. Of course, by this time his or her investment account totals more than $1.6 million. Take these projections out another three years to 65 — a typical retirement age. At this point our anonymous college grad is earning a startling $366,000 per year, with more than $600,000 in savings. Certainly this is enough to live on through retirement — although it will likely require substantial lifestyle changes. Our skilled

tradesman, though? That person will be living the good life in St. Bart’s. Having ended her or his 48-year career making a maximum $73,000, he’s now living off a staggering $2.3 million retirement account. Who was it that wrote that book “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten?” Maybe he was on to something there ... O Ben Treece is a 2009 graduate from the University of Miami (Fla.), BBA International Finance and Marketing. He is a partner with Treece Investment Advisory Corp (www. TreeceInvestments.com) and a stockbroker licensed with FINRA, working for Treece Financial Services Corp. The above information is the express opinion of Ben Treece and should not be construed as investment advice or used without outside verification.

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have never had student loans. I fortunately paid for college with scholarships and working. (I saved by commuting.) While earning my master’s, I had an assistantship, which paid for my tuition and fees. I know this is not the case for most people. Federal student loan debt is soaring. As of June, it exceeded $1 trillion nationally. But I didn’t escape school debt completely. I married into my husband’s school loan (for better or worse, right?). I started looking into ways to pay it down faster and learned about two loan forgiveness programs. Both are worth considering, although the parameters are strict and many people will not qualify. Brandi The first is called the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). This is for people who work in the public service sector. For instance, people working for the City of Toledo could qualify for this if they have a Federal Direct Loan. Someone who works for a nonprofit like the Toledo Area Humane Society would also qualify. The nonprofit has to be a 501(c)(3). Loans under the Federal Family Education Loan Program or Federal Perkins Loan are ineligible, but if people consolidate them into a Direct Consolidation Loan, they could possibly take advantage of PSLF. The one thing that a lot of people overlook about this forgiveness program is the requirement of making 120 monthly payments while working at a qualifying public service organization. This means nothing will be forgiven until working at a qualifying agency for 10 years and making every payment, every month, on time. While people might specifically go into jobs to get loan forgiveness, those who are on a 10-year standard repayment plan would obviously not benefit. Those interested in this program should repay on the Income-Based Repayment Plan, Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan or the

Income-Contingent Repayment Plan. An attorney with loads of student debt who wants to be a public defender might be a great candidate for this program, for instance. The impetus behind loan forgiveness is to make sure people can pursue jobs in the public sector, even if they don’t pay as well as a private company. Chris Greene, spokesman for the Office of Federal Student Aid, said as of June, 48,000 borrowers have sent in their information and “we are tracking their eligibility.” No one has benefited yet because this program started in 2007, which means the first forgiveness will come in 2017. “Given the investment required to pursue BARHITE higher education, these are great benefits to help students manage their repayment obligations,” Greene said. Another possibility is Teacher Loan Forgiveness, which I looked into because my husband is a teacher. This requires five years of teaching in a school that serves low-income families. Up to $17,500 on the following loans would be forgiven: direct subsidized and unsubsidized loans and subsidized and unsubsidized federal Stafford loans. Some teachers might be eligible for loan cancellation if they have a loan through the Federal Perkins Loan Program and they teach at a low-income school or teach a certain subject. Yes, this is complicated, but that shouldn’t stop people from at least exploring the eligibility. My husband didn’t meet the qualifications, but yours might. “They should absolutely look into it,” Greene said. “These are great programs and great benefits, but they need to look at the details and the requirements for qualifying. The whole purpose is to help kids manage repayment obligations while pursuing a career they are passionate about.” For more information, visit http://studentaid.ed.gov and click on Repay Your Loans. O Email Brandi Barhite at bbarhite@toledofreepress.com.

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Charlie Daniels Band to play Monroe County Fair By Vicki L. Kroll

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The hat, the beard, that fierce patriotism and that fiery fiddle playing. That’s Charlie Daniels. And he’s a blog-and-tweet man. On charliedaniels.com, the country superstar has blogged on everything from Paula Deen to the passing of George Jones, from NASCAR to immigration. “I’ve gotten a real kick out of it,” he said. “I started that around when I started having a website. One of the guys who helped design it said, ‘You know, you’re opinionated; we’ll start a little section on this and we’ll call it your soapbox and we’ll just put your opinions up there.’ “I did one [blog] a week for a while, and readership picked up once I started doing it. I do two a week now. I really enjoy writing it; it gives me a chance to kind of get everything out. Another thing too is I show my humorous side once in a while.” Daniels said he also enjoys Twitter and Facebook, where many of his

posts end with, “Let’s all make the day count.” “I started [tweeting] — of course, I’ve been dragged kicking and screaming into every kind of technology that I’ve gotten involved with,” he said and laughed. “My son got me started on Twitter, so I wanted to be a little different from the other things that I’ve seen on Twitter; I want to go my own way with it. “I just started one day with a little personal saying, whatever the saying happened to be, what I called my words of wisdom for lack of a better title, ‘Let’s all make the day count.’ Of course, I do one every day now. Those sayings, the good Lord sends me one of them every day and I put it up. It’s kind of got to the point where people know that’s part of what I do, so they look for me to do it every day.” Just like folks expect the music legend to stand up for America. In 2012, he released the single “Take Back the U.S.A.” “I feel that it is incumbent on me to be patriotic. I’m not going to say it’s a requirement; it’s a joy, actually, to talk about our nation and what it means to

DANIELS me,” Daniels said during a call from a tour stop in Myrtle Beach, S.C. “I’ve been enough places to know that I have no desire to live anywhere else. There’s no place that compares

with [America], no place that has the rights, the freedoms. We have so much. I hear people talking about what’s wrong with the nation; just stop and think about what’s right with it.” The singer-songwriter also is known for pouring Southern storytelling over rock and country: “The Legend of Wooley Swamp,” “Still in Saigon,” “Simple Man,” “The South’s Gonna Do It Again,” “In America,” and “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” “I felt that [‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’] was special; I had no idea how special,” he said. “You just give it your best shot and go for it. I felt that it would do well at the radio we were playing on at the time — [it] was called AOR, albumoriented radio — I figured it would do well on that, but I didn’t know it would break over into the pop stations.” In February, the Charlie Daniels Band paid tribute to its roots with “Hits of the South,” which includes “Can’t You See,” “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Freebird” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.” “These are songs by bands that for the most part we toured with a lot that were friends of ours. It was natural

for their music to become part of our lives, and our music has probably been part of their lives,” the fiddle player and guitarist said. “There’s nothing complicated about it. It’s fun to listen to [Southern music]. It doesn’t have a go-bad date on it.” The Charlie Daniels Band will play at 8 p.m. July 29 at the Monroe County Fair, 3775 S. Custer Road, Monroe, Mich. Tickets are $25 and $35. The 76-year-old Grammy Awardwinner has been in the business 55 years and has been honored as a BMI Icon and with the Academy of Country Music’s Pioneer Award. He has no plans to slow down — not even after receiving a pacemaker in March. “My heart is very healthy, the muscle part of my heart. The problem I had is the electrical part was goofed up and it was making my heartbeat slow and out of rhythm. So basically what the pacemaker does is when it starts doing that, between it and some medicine, it makes it kick in and do what it’s supposed to do,” Daniels said. “The battery is supposed to last for 12 years, so hopefully we won’t have any problems with it for 12 years.” O

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At first Andy Shasser only went to church because his girlfriend invited him. It took a breakup two years later to finally bring him to his knees. “I knew I didn’t have anyone to turn to, I was devastated,” Shasser said. “It was kind of your classic breakup. I needed someplace to turn to and CedarCreek was that place to turn to. They welcome you in with open arms and say ‘Hey, God loves you.’” CedarCreek Church baptized 507 people at their Mother of All Baptisms (MOAB) event July 21 amidst

fireworks, free food, inflatable bounce houses and a live band. “Baptism for us is really just a simple, public statement that Jesus has changed your life,” said Regional Campus Director Ben Snyder. “We call it like a wedding ring. The wedding ring doesn’t make you married. It’s just a public symbol of a commitment that has already been made.” Shasser was among the hundreds who took the fateful plunge at MOAB. “First you give your life to Christ and the next step is to get baptized,” he said. “It was humbling, that’s for sure. It was a commitment. It was a feeling of commitment. Basically

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surfaced to cheers and laughs from their kids who were delighted to see their parents sopping wet. Then it was the kids’ turn. Two sons, two daughters and two nephews all linked arms with nervous grins and leaned back together. They came up smiling, coughing and laughing. “What father wouldn’t want his kids to grow up and know Jesus?” the

family’s father asked Derrick. CedarCreek offered a baptism class to explain the meaning of baptism and answer any questions. Those baptized at MOAB wrote a paragraph explaining why they wanted to be baptized. Testimonies like those hang on the wall of the church with the author’s picture above. The Johnsons’ oldest son Devontay is 11. “I said I want to get all my sins

washed away and Jesus be my forever friend,” he said. Shasser said he’s uncertain what will come next but has hope for the future. “We’re all gonna make mistakes,” he said. “We have to keep moving through life and I think the closer of a relationship that you have with God the less mistakes you’re going to make.” O

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Gary Miller was baptized and then turned around to baptize his 14-yearold daughter, Meckenzy. His daughter said it has improved their relationship. “We used to aggravate each other,” she said. “I mean, we still do but not as much. It’s encouraging because I see how he loves God and it makes me want to love God more. I think

it’s really awesome.” After Gary baptized his daughter he kissed her on the head and told her he loved her. “It’s all because of Jesus Christ that I have that love,” Gary said. The baptismal pool got a little crowded when the Johnson family was baptized. First, mom and dad hopped in and, arms linked, were plunged beneath the water. They re-

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