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SUPERNATURAL THING

Jared Padalecki stars in the WB’s ‘Supernatural,’ created by Toledo’s Eric Kripke, page 25

TOLEDO HOLD ’EM

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JACK FORD “We are spending $10 million less than my predecessor spent in 2001. If I was a corporate CEO, I would be getting a bonus for this performance.” page 11

NDERS

“I know you don’t like taxes but you’ve got to support our schools. If you’re unhappy with the district, get rid of the superintendent, replace the members on the board of education.” page 6

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“I think the head coach has to take a step back and look at both sides of the football and special teams without taking over either side of the football, to be a guide.” page 22

OPINION

September 7, 2005

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Sex and the Glass City

hey’re attractive, intelligent, employed women, with all the right things in all the right places. They’re also single, and puzzled by it. I joined the three of them for lunch last week. It took about 30 seconds before I felt like the gay guy at the “Sex and the City” table, listening to the gals talk about men, life and the eternal dating struggle. I confirmed my heterosexuality by mentally undressing two of the three women and imagining them in the first few moments of a heated pillow fight, but that didn’t help their plight. They recently met some niceseeming guys at a Toledo drinking establishment (I don’t remember the guys’ names; Larry, Moe and Curly, I think), but the pairings did not last, as a flurry of boorish male behavior led to the guys’ departure. The ladies’ exasperation led to some good old-fashioned male-

Michael S. Miller bashing, with various anatomical and barnyard animal metaphors flying across the table. I don’t take it personally, as I am married, and presumably an official “good one,” as in, “all the good ones are taken.” Marriage is a magical rite of redemption. Just a few years ago, several local women would have included me in the “Insensitive Jerk” category; at least two of you are reading this right now, your lips pursed downward, your pupils narrowing to jaundiced slits, your fingers unconsciously raking sharp nails along the table. But a little platinum wedding band and a quick

“I do” are all it takes to turn even the most froggish man into an offthe-market prince, a “good one.” My lady friends have tried the bar scene, the blind-date scene, the conjugal-visit scene and the onlinepersonals scene, until the scenes have run together into a montage of hurt feelings, near-misses and just a hint of bitter frustration. “Do I have ‘Loser Magnet’ tattooed on my forehead?” one asked. I assured her I did not see any such label, although one never knows what is revealed under the black lights of a dance club. The women started trading stories of men who, in the terminology of my high school days, possessed foreign attributes — Roman hands and Russian ﬁngers. Why do these men assume that because a woman is willing to date them, she is willing to bed them? There are, according to my gal pals, a lot of mullet-wearing, badteeth showing, ﬁrst-date-sex-de-

manding, uncivil men in Toledo. And that is the answer to the mystery: it’s a buyer’s market. There’s no dearth of supply, so even the lowliest buyer can afford to be a jerk. He knows there are open houses everywhere. I’m not defending these Neanderthals, or saying it’s fair, but it really is that simple. What are Toledo’s ﬁne young women to do? I suggest they all coordinate a 90-day “reduce the supply” strategy. Drive that demand right up and force the Glass City’s loser Lotharios and rougish Romeos to clean up their acts. Maybe a long dry spell is what the boys need to better appreciate what’s on the market. And it will be fun to see smug smiles on the faces of the married men, for a change.

Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. He may be contacted at (419) 241-1700 or by e-mail at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

COMMON SENSE

Katrina aftermath showed worst side of humanity

t’s not so much what happens to you that’s important, they say. It’s how you react to what happens to you. Assaults. Looting. Arson. Shooting. Rapes. That’s how we reacted to what happened to us. In the terrifying days that immediately followed Hurricane Katrina’s direct hit on the Gulf Coast, we saw the worst that humanity had to offer. And in the days that followed those, we saw worse than that. The storyline that accompanied the widespread violence went something like, “They were angry and frustrated because no one was helping!” If that’s what they’re selling, I’m not buying. Just one day after Katrina hit, NBC’s Martin Savidge dispelled the anger-fueled-bydelayed-response excuse. Broadcasting live from a Wal-Mart store being emptied by looters, Savidge spoke to two cops — as they filled shopping carts with shoes. “I’m just doing my job,” one officer told him. “By stealing shoes?” Savidge asked. The woman in uniform paused. “Well, you’re here, too!” You see, we’re not talking about those in survival mode here, taking food and basic necessities from grocery stores. We’re talking about the criminal element that began to rise up the moment the winds and the water came. We’re talking about robbery. Televisions. Stereos. Jewelry. Guns. Racks and racks of guns. This was not anger. This was greed. And local law enforcement was unwilling to quash it in its infancy. The real victims of last week’s devastation were victimized twice — once by nature and once by gangs of anarchists who quickly decided to turn tragedy into opportunity. Meanwhile, as chaos descended on a leaderless city, local and state officials in Louisiana were busy blaming the federal government for not doing enough to help survivors. Yet it was those local leaders who ignored the

Bob Frantz state’s own disaster preparedness guidelines, failing to evacuate thousands of the city’s poorest residents with public transportation. The state’s own disaster plan reads, “School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles ... may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuation.” Yet one of last week’s most enduring images is the shot of hundreds of buses, parked neatly in lots adjacent to the Superdome. Under water. Untouched. New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin beat his chest loudly on Thursday, urging the Bush administration to “Get off your asses and do something!” But where was he when it was time to load poor people onto those buses? Did he ignore them because they were black? Oh, wait. Mayor Nagin is black. Must be some other explanation. You see, the only person who would have ignored poor black people is President Bush. Right? Yes, President Bush has been branded a racist by such luminaries as Rev. Jesse Jackson, Michael Moore and rapper Kanye West, who used a nationally televised Hurricane Relief concert to declare “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” Yes, that must be it. President Bush just wanted to see black people dying. Or maybe not. Rarely reported in the press

is that five Navy ships and eight maritime rescue teams were deployed on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after Katrina struck and federal authorities realized local officials had lost control of the worsening situation. So why was the actual effectiveness, in President Bush’s own words, “unacceptable”? Because of race? Or were rescue efforts delayed by ... something else? “The evacuation of the Superdome was suspended ... after shots were reported fired at a military helicopter and arson fires broke out outside the arena.” (The Associated Press) “Police shot and killed at least five people ... after gunmen opened fire on a group of contractors ... on their way to make repairs.” (AP) “Gunfire and arson blazes disrupted the evacuation of 25,000 ... as National Guardsmen in armored vehicles poured into New Orleans ... (bringing) the number of troops to more than 28,000 ... the biggest military response to a natural disaster in U.S. history.” (AP) Perhaps it’s simply difficult for rescue workers to do their jobs quickly and effectively when they’re fearing, and fighting, for their own lives. Truth be told, no one in America was ready for the devastation of Katrina, from President Bush to the locals who refused to evacuate so they could “ride it out” like they’ve done many times before. But it isn’t the hurricane strike that’s important. It’s how we reacted to it. Blaming. Politicizing. Race-baiting. Hating. That’s how we reacted to it.

Bob Frantz hosts “Bob Frantz and the Morning News” each weekday on WSPD 1370 AM. He may be contacted by e-mail at letters@toledofreepress.com.

OPINION

September 7, 2005

Robertson comments’ humor lost on Chavez

was in New York a few weeks ago, giving a foreign friend a tour. We started at the Staten Island Ferry, which, it seems to me, veers a little further from Lady Liberty than it used to. Still, the statue looks pretty darn grand and even with the skyscrapers of Manhattan and New Jersey in the distance, you can imagine the poor and huddled masses catching their ﬁrst glimpse of freedom. What a sight that must have been, even though the what-came-next, the personal transformations from shetl to prosperity, have no doubt been idealized in our national mythology. From the ferry we subwayed to Trinity Church. In its yard sits the stump and roots of a giant sycamore. The tree was felled in the Sept. 11, 2001, blasts, but because of the way it landed, a church across from the World Trade Center was shielded from damage. An artist named Steve Tobin is casting a sculpture from the remnant, which will be unveiled this week. Among other metaphors, the work is meant to embody the ideas of destruction and endurance, protection and growth, spirituality and the forces of nature. That something lovely can emerge from something ugly is another belief that

Michael Punsalan Maybe Chavez missed the one where Robertson compared the destruction of evangelical Christian America by liberals directly to the persecution of Jews by the Nazis. He claimed American Christians endured the “worst bigotry” that was “more terrible than anything suffered by any minority in history.” Minorities around the globe laughed hysterically at that one. I’m not sure how Chavez’s constituency missed it. The bottom line is Robertson has apparently been a misunderstood comic genius. I’m not sure what percentage of America takes his comments as jokes or, more dangerously, which ones take them as face-value truths. Now that Robertson has turned his comments from causes of terrorism to invoking terrorism, the Venezuelan community is no longer laughing. Attempting to better the recently declining relationship between the United States and Venezuela, Rev. Jesse Jackson made a trip to Caracas this week. In supporting Chavez, Jackson said Robertson’s statement was “illegal and immoral.” Apparently, the United States government misunderstood Robertson as well. One thing is for sure; the State Department might better relations if they appointed Chris Rock as a diplomat.

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Barbara Goodman Shovers keeps us going. “Where was the World Trade Center?” my friend asked. I looked around and identiﬁed it by its absence. There’s not much empty space in Lower Manhattan. We walked over to the authorized viewing area, which looks like a big, benign construction site. If you didn’t know its story, you’d pass right by. As we walked, we read signs that told the stories of the Towers’ construction and destruction. The people who built them, and the people who perished, are referred to as heroes. I have a problem with that

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word. The men and women who died on Sept. 11, 2001, even the ones who rushed into, not out of the buildings, were victims. But in America we dislike being perceived as even remotely vulnerable. We continued our tour to the Stock Exchange Building. Draped in a three-story American flag, it’s hard to miss. But it’s also hard to get to. Security bumps and blockades prohibit traffic. Hundreds of armed security types patrol the sidewalks. The flag taunts would-be terrorists: “Come and get us.” The gunmen respond: “But don’t you dare.” The exterior of the neo-classic Stock Exchange shouts democracy. The flag is wrapped around a façade of Corinthian columns, and the columns are topped by a Greek-style frieze titled “Integrity protecting the works of man.” The inside, of course, is all about money. Taken as a whole, this space is a metaphor for everything we think the 9/11 terrorists hated about us. But when you add in the SWAT teams, I fear it also cancels out the hope on which the country was founded. All along our route, my friend snapped photos. This was her first trip to the States. But I wonder, what America will she keep

in her memory? My mind is kaleidoscoping. We are four years from 9/11, 120 from the Statue of Liberty, more than 300 since the founding of Trinity Church. America continues to evolve. But now we want to keep the huddled masses out, religion is devolving from the spiritual to the political and guards and stanchions keep us away from the sites of our heritage. Sept. 11, for me and for many people, is a day of reflection. Reflecting, yes, on the victims (or heroes, if you insist). But reflecting even more on where our country’s going. It’s great to accentuate the positive, to keep your head up through adversity. But you can no longer see the WTC from the Staten Island Ferry and reports state that subway passengers are about to start getting wanded. Let’s just hope that the beacon in the harbor won’t soon be rechristened the Statue of Reduced Liberties and that the roots of peace long endure in Trinity’s yard.

Barbara Goodman Shovers is contributing editor for Toledo Free Press. She may be contacted at bshovers@toledofreepress.com.

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PROFILE OF EXCELLENCE: KEN

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Owens Community College Alumnus

When Ken Alt attended Owens Community College in 1965, so many things were different. Owens, which at the time was called Penta County Technical Institute, had just opened its doors to the Northwest Ohio community.

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an’t Hugo Chavez take a joke? Everyone knows Pat Robertson’s assassination plea for the Venezuelan president was nothing more than a hilarious one-liner from America’s top comic. Why is Chavez threatening to extradite Robertson on grounds of a “terrorist” or criminal act? Apparently, Chavez is not aware of the “700 Club” spokesman’s knack for knock-knock jokes and misunderstood political slap-stick wisecracking. Hadn’t Chavez heard of the time Robertson warned Disneyworld and the City of Orlando against flying rainbow-banner flags for “gay days?” Even though city officials voted on flying the flags during the privately sponsored event, Robertson screamed threats of “hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, terrorist bombs and even possibly meteors” that would destroy the Florida town and attraction, due to the outright morally wrong action of flag waving. Disneyworld got the joke. Heck, even Mickey and Donald had a chuckle. Maybe the Venezuelan president was on vacation when Robertson and comedy sidekick Jerry Falwell deemed that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were a result of America’s inclusion and promotion of “pagans, abortionists, feminists, the ACLU, gays and lesbians” or anyone else who was trying to secularize America. Chavez must have heard that one somewhere, right? Women around the world loved the time Robertson said the feminist movement wasn’t about equal rights, but was simple encouragement for women to “leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” You’d think Robertson had a ghostwriter for these jokes, but I assure you: he’s just truly that funny.

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Ken, who is now a father of six and a grandfather of two, was one of the ﬁrst students to enroll in the Mechanical Engineering Program at Owens. In the two years that he was an Owens student, he knew all of his fellow classmates, maintained an impressive 4.0 GPA and taught an Owens logarithm class for key area apprenticeship programs. In May of 1967, he obtained an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. In doing so, he and 43 classmates made history by being members of Owens’ inaugural graduating class. After graduating from Owens, he continued his education at a four-year institution where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1971, as well as a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1976. Since 1972, Ken has been a dedicated employee at Detroit Stoker Company in Monroe, Michigan, which is a leading supplier of stokers and related combustion equipment for the Ken Alt Director of Engineering and Quality Assurance Detroit Stoker Company 1967 Owens Graduate

production of steam used in heating, industrial processing and electric power generation around the world. There, he puts his knowledge and training to use each day as the Director of Engineering and Quality Assurance. In addition to his full-time position at Detroit Stoker, Ken also serves as a part-time instructor at Monroe County Community College. “I’ve taught technical subjects like hydraulics, math, and strength and materials at Monroe County Community College for quite some time now,” Ken said. “I think my decision to teach part-time has a lot to do with Owens. I had the opportunity to teach there and learned that I really enjoyed it.” A native of Leipsic, Ohio, and now a resident of Temperance, Michigan, Ken doesn’t venture to the Toledo area all that often anymore. He did, however, take the time to drive through Owens’ Toledo-area Campus about a year ago and was a little surprised by what he saw. In 1967, nearly all of Owens’ current campus was vacant farmland. “When I was at Owens, the student union was the last building they were talking about building,” Ken said. “The campus has grown so much. Even the redwood tree that the Class of ’67 planted is about 30-ft. high! It’s deﬁnitely nice to know how important higher education is to this community.” And, although he doesn’t keep in touch with many of his former classmates, he will always remember his time at Owens and all the people who affected his life and career for many years to come. “I had good teachers who had a lot of practical experience,” Ken said.

“I remember the classes were small and I liked the hands-on type of approach.”

On September 13, 1965, Owens opened its doors to less than 200 students. On September 13, 2005, we will be hosting a celebration in honor of the 40th anniversary.

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Guilty

Concealed-carry advocate Bruce Beatty is found guilty of violating Toledo’s ban of guns in parks, page 9

HURRICANE

EDUCATION

Finances challenge TPS progress By Russ Zimmer Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Superintendent Eugene Sanders said funding will be the central challenge toward continued progress for Toledo Public Schools this year, as it has in the past, but some are asking what Toledoans are getting for their tax dollars. The district received the “Continuous Improvement” rating from the Ohio Department of Education for the second-consecutive year, making it the only urban school district in the state to attain this rating. “If you’re looking for an example of an urban district continuously improving, it’s Toledo,” Sanders said. To achieve a Continuous Improvement rating, a school must: meet at least 12 of the 23 academic testing standards, have a performance index of at least 80 or meet the Adequate Yearly Progress goal. Parents for Public Schools, a community watchdog group, has raised some doubts about the comprehensiveness of AYP. “Waving the flag of ‘Continuous Improvement’ is another case of public relations over substance. They’re celebrating because they got another ‘C‚’ Joe Zielinsky, PPS co-president, said. TPS met four of the 23 standards. Its performance index improved 1.5 points to 76.5, leaving it short of the score of 80 needed for the rating. However, TPS met the AYP goal of showing improvements in six categories separated along divisions of race and income. Sanders said, during his five years as superintendent, there has been an improvement in some proficiency scores. “Anything from reading to writing scores, we can point to double-digit improvements over the last five years,” Sanders said.

Deciding factors

One of the biggest deciding factors for parents — or prospective parents — looking to relocate to a new city is the quality of education their child will receive from the public school system, Zielinsky said. Adequate funding is necessary to provide a quality education and since the beginning of the century, money has been the most difﬁcult issue for TPS, Sanders said. “Our biggest challenge is to identify more

Support for aid strong By Myndi Milliken Toledo Free Press Managing Editor mmilliken@toledofreepress.com

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Eugene Sanders said 60 percent of TPS revenue comes from the state. economic resources for the district,” Sanders said. Stafﬁng at TPS has dropped from 5,000 to 4,300 since Sanders took the helm. This year, 194 teachers have been laid off from the TPS payroll; 91 last year and 232 two years ago. “At this stage in the Sanders’ tenure, teachers would welcome a more visible expression of value for the work they accomplish,” said Francine Lawrence, president of the Toledo Federation of Teachers. By law, TPS must operate within a balanced budget and Sanders is worried without funding from the upcoming levy, academic gains could be in jeopardy. With budget forecasting, TPS can identify funding problems about a year or two in advance, Sanders said, but often adjustments have to be made on shorter notice. “This year, they balanced the entire budget by assigning employee cuts,” Lawrence said. On March 31, 2006, the agreement between TPS and TFT is set to expire, and Lawrence will look for more reassurance

and security from Sanders and the TPS board of education. “Our focus will be on what matters most: student achievement. Part of that is a teacher workforce that is paid competitively and provided working conditions in their classroom that assists in their efforts,” Lawrence said. Sanders said 60 percent of the district’s revenue comes from the state. When the state is in a financial crisis, TPS feels the pinch. With most of the country coming out of economic difficulties, the state, especially Northwest Ohio, has been slower to see the recovery, Sanders said. In the 1990s, when the economy was booming, the district did not have any financing problems, Sanders said. TPS was seeing consistent increases in its budget. “Now the state is saying ‘You’ll be lucky to get the same amount as last year’ ” he said. In November, Sanders and TPS plan to put another levy on the ballot. Increased

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An outpouring of donations and volunteerism continues in the Toledo area more than a week after Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast, killing as many as 10,000 people. Businesses, volunteers and children have stepped forward to give their cash and time in an effort to restore hope and give help to an area ravaged by one of the nation’s worst natural disasters. At press time, American Red Cross spokeswoman Kristen Cajka said seven volunteers were deployed to assist the effort. “It’s an incredible scene,” she said. “Already we have 6,000 people in the Cajun Dome. The need is going to be very great.” Cajka said the response is the largest mobilization for a natural disaster the American Red Cross has ever undertaken. “It’s overwhelming, but I’m told spirits are high; it’s going to be a long road, but there’s hope,” Cajka said. The Red Cross is still assisting hurricane victims with immediate needs such as food and shelter, therefore cash donations are needed. “Everyone in the shelters have been given a pillow, blanket and, if they’re lucky, an air mattress,” she said. “We’ve served 174,000 meals within a 24-hour period. We are doing the best we can.” Response to assist the victims has been great in the Toledo area. “We’ve raised thousands of dollars, from companies making contributions to kids who bring their change,” she said. A fund-raiser with WTOL News 11 brought in more than $100,000 in one day. Other companies have committed donations, including Dana Please see AID, page 9

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Sanders Continued from page 6 funding is necessary because TPS cannot continue to cut employees and programs and continue to have higher academic expectations, Sanders said. “I know you don’t like taxes but you’ve got to support our schools. If you’re unhappy with the district, get rid of the superintendent, replace the members on the board of education,” Sanders said. Sanders was a finalist for the superintendent position at District of Columbia Public Schools last year. Recently, his name came up as a candidate for the same position at Cleveland Public Schools. Sanders said he is flattered to be considered for the job, but his interest lies in TPS and he is looking forward to more improvement in his sixth year at Toledo. “It’s a reflection of leaders in Cleveland recognizing the success we’ve had in Toledo,” Sanders said.

In the midst of the $820 million Building for Success program, Sanders said he does not want to have to shut down more schools. The program — the biggest construction project in the history of the state — calls for the 57 new buildings and renovations of three others during the next eight to 10 years. Ottawa River Elementary, which opened Aug. 24, is the ﬁrst step in the program. The building is “the most technologically advanced school in the district,” according to the school’s principal, Jeffrey Taylor. The $4-million building features 32 cameras and three identity-card readers for security measures and DVD and projectors in every room. Through each projector, Taylor can broadcast morning announcements from his ofﬁce. The district plans to hold meetings via the projectors, from which Sanders can talk to every teacher in the district. “As we add new buildings, tech-wise they will be like the Ottawa River school,” Sanders said. Zielinsky said he is concerned that money requested by the district will not solve

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the academic problems that have been lingering for years. “Maybe a question somebody should be asking is ‘What are we spending money on that is not academic?‚’ ” Zielinsky said. Though he said PPS would not necessarily reject a levy, Zielinsky said he wants to see more accountability with taxpayer money. He suggested ﬁnding other sources of revenue besides local property taxes. “Why would people want to move to Toledo if its [schools are] in continuous improvement — you can ﬁnd that anywhere — and its property taxes are high,” he said. Parents in Toledo have other options — private or charter schools. Charter schools have eaten into the enrollment of TPS during the past few years and Sanders said he intends to be more aggressive in attacking their motivations, successes and failures. “[The emergence of charter schools] is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in education I’ve ever seen,” Sanders said. Charter schools’ low test scores and their

secrecy are why children should attend schools in their own neighborhoods, according to Sanders. He wants the issue to be addressed more seriously at the state level because of the tax money flowing into charter schools without information about progress flowing out. “TPS gets taken to the ballot every year but charter-school money also comes from us. It amounts to taxation without representation,” Sanders said. Sanders and Zielinsky agree public schools need to present themselves more effectively to the community to counter the allure of sending children to academies. Zielinsky puts the blame on TPS leadership for creating a void that charter schools exsist moved in to fill. They exist because somebody saw the failings of TPS and decided to create alternative choices for Toledo parents, Zielinsky said. “Folks that belong to PPS have a significant amount of passion. We don’t see that same passion in our TPS leaders,” he said.

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Residents driven to distraction by construction project By Dan Bumpus Special to Toledo Free Press

Some West Toledo neighbors say a construction project on North Detroit Avenue near Gramercy Avenue was putting lives in danger. The problem involves the turn lane. For years, that part of Detroit Avenue had ﬁve lanes; two on each side, and a place to turn in the middle. But out of nowhere, that middle lane disappeared. People trying to turn ended up in the line of upcoming trafﬁc. Driving Detroit Avenue home is a regular routine for longtime resident Esther Brown. “I go into the turn lane and

take a left-hand turn onto my street, after the trafﬁc is clear,” Brown said. But the other day, she came face to face with danger. The turn lane was gone. “Some gentleman almost hit me head on,” she said. The turn lane stopped, replaced by a temporary centerline. There was no warning and there was nowhere to go. “No indicator at all that anything has changed in anyway. It’s just like, surprise,” she said. “You could get rear-ended if you stop. If you don’t stop, you’re gonna get hit by oncoming trafﬁc.” “I think somebody could get

killed very easily. You see how fast they are all driving down the road to begin with,” Esther’s husband Jerry Brown said. Jerry Brown said they tried to contact the city for help, but nobody was listening. So they contacted Call 11 for Action. After News 11 became involved, a crew was on the scene a few hours later, re-striping the turn lane, and making Detroit Avenue safe for drivers. The city, which hired the crew, planned to put the lane back eventually, according to a spokesperson. But after News 11 pointed out how dangerous the situation was, the re-striping was put on the fast track.

Company strong despite wane in agricultural pursuits By Myndi Milliken Toledo Free Press Managing Editor mmilliken@toledofreepress.com

Farm equipment and implement store Fred Ott Inc. celebrated its 85th anniversary in August with a turnout of supporters that nearly doubled the population of its resident town, Berkey. On the western-most edge of Lucas County, Berkey is defined by flat land begging to be harvested of its corn, soybeans and hay. The village stands with few other Lucas County areas which can be termed agricultural. According to Joe Liggett, spokesman for the Lucas County Auditor’s Office, Berkey has resisted but is not immune to the sudden growth spurts of development experienced by areas such as Monclova and Springfield Township. He cited the 70,000 acres of farmland out of the county’s 220,000 acres is a “definite decline from past years.” The fact that farmland is continually giving way to development is visible from Berkey’s limits: mansion-like homes and clustered developments make its way closer to the village from Sylvania each day. Still, it didn’t stop nearly 600 people from celebrating a company rooted deep in agricultural pursuits. The celebration echoed the company’s past with a display of antique tractors, mule plowing demonstrations, a chicken dinner and kids pedal pull. The event also featured demonstrations of the latest technology in farming implements.

Toledo Free Press photo by Myndi Milliken

Fred Ott Inc. recently celebrated its 85th anniversary. Tom Ott said his grandfather Fred Ott started the family-run business in 1920 because agriculture was booming. “A farmer by trade, he saw the need for a quality supplier of farm machinery for the growing number of surrounding area farmers,” he said. As the landscape changes, Ott said he cherishes the legacy his grandfather founded. “It started with a young farmer with a vision of how he could better serve his family and neighbors’ needs,” he said. “The faces have now changed, but the quality, service and name has not.”

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News 11. He can be reached by e-mail at dbumpus@wtol.com.

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Aid Continued from page 6 Corp., Owens-Corning, and the Mud Hens. Fifth Third Bank has designated itself as an official donation location to those wanting to help. There has also been a wave of response from local people wanting to volunteer their labor in the areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Cajka said there will be a disaster volunteer training Sept. 10 and 11 at the Downtown Library. For information, call (419) 329-2900. Donate at www.americanredcross.com, by calling 1-800-435-7669, or by mail: ARC, P.O. Box 595, Toledo, OH 43697-0595. First Energy has sent several crews and trucks to Florida and Mississippi locations. According to Tony Hurley, director of operations support services, crews will continue to go to affected areas to help restore power, replaced broken poles, put up conductors and performing circuit sweeps. Hurley, who will go with crews Wednesday to Mississippi, will oversee operations as First Energy assists Entergy Electric Company. “We are going to have about 80 personnel down there,” Hurley said. “We’ll do whatever work is needed to restore power there.” In cooperation with FEMA, ProMedica will assist rescue workers, medical teams and victims of Hurricane Katrina in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. ProMedica Health System has a number of employees involved in hurricane relief efforts and will be coordinating two teams of 100 medical volunteers that may be deployed to the disaster area. ProMedica Air and crewmembers are on standby and officials are taking inventory of medical supplies that are available to give to rescue teams in affected areas. Officials say The Toledo Hospital and Flower Hospital are ready to accept patients from areas affected by Hurricane Katrina and ProMedica has donated $5,000 to the American Red Cross. “As a non-profit health care organization, it’s our mission to support others in their time of

need,” said Bill Mueller, ProMedica chief disaster management ofﬁcer. “We are in full coordination with state and federal agencies to help them when called upon. Our thoughts and prayers are with those in the areas affected, including the medical community working to help the sick and injured.” Local veterinarian Jennifer Tate, a member of the Federal Veterinary Medical Assistance Team, is requesting donations and supplies to support the animals in need that have been affected by Hurricane Katrina. The Sylvania Veterinary Hospital, Tate’s place of employment, has volunteered to coordinate efforts to support the cause. Tate reported the following items are desperately needed: crates and kennels for dogs and cats, litter pans, cat litter, canned dog and cat food, dog and cat food bowls, dog leashes and collars, bleach, water hoses, trash bags, fans, extnsion cords, scoopers, paper towels, empty spray bottles, and monetary donations to cover the cost of gas and travel to Mississippi. A volunteer has offered to drive and provide the truck for all donations collected. Donations will be accepted at the Sylvania Veterinary Hospital, located at 4801 Holland-Sylvania Rd., Sylvania, 24 hours a day. ISOH/IMPACT has several item drop-off locations in which to donate needed items or money. A spokesperson for the agency said donations of money and purchased bottled drinking water as still needed. Other items currently accepted by ISOH/IMPACT are: tarps, ropes, canned fruits and vegetables, canned meats, cleaning supplies, ﬂashlights and batteries, diapers, large garbage bags, manual can openers, bug repellant, toilet paper, paper towels, baby wipes, and baby formula. The organization asks that no glass or clothing be dropped off at this time. Drop-off locations include: ISOH/IMPACT, 905 Farnsworth Rd., Waterville; Cathedral of Praise, 3000 Strayer Rd., Maumee; Collingwood Presbyterian, 2108 Collingwood; Foodtown, 8926 Lewis Ave., Temperance; and Mayberry Square in Sylvania. For additional ISOH/IMPACT locations, call (419) 878-8584.

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Beatty may appeal Zmuda gun ruling Toledo’s ban on carrying concealed weapons onto area metroparks withstood a challenge Friday by Luckey resident Bruce Beatty, who appeared in court to face a citation stemming from an incident in April. Toledo Municipal Court Judge Gene A. Zmuda found Beatty guilty, fining him $50 and court costs, but allowed him 30 days to begin an appeal process to overturn the conviction. The case involved Ohio’s recent enBEATTY actment of a concealed-carry law, which delineates specific locations where carriers must remove their firearms before entering. The law lists public properties such as schools and courthouses, but does not include parks. “Although I lost this round, this is far from over. The real losers are

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the citizens of Toledo and the rule of law,” Beatty said in a statement released Sunday. “If Judge Zmuda is correct, the lowest-level unelected bureaucrat working for the city now has the ability to override the intent of the state legislature, the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the rule of law. “My biggest mistake was to put trust in what I believed was an honorable public servant who would rule according to law. Instead, I found just another politician with little regard for the rights of the people.” Bill Stephenson, Beatty’s lawyer, said he was shocked and surprised that Judge Zmuda decided there is no conﬂict between Toledo’s park ban and Ohio’s concealed carry law, House Bill 12. “I would compare it to the denial of civil rights in the South,” Stephenson said. Toledo City Senior Attorney Paul Syring said, “[Judge Zmuda] based his decision on the opinion of the appeals courts. We think it was the right decision.” — Scott McKimmy

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Task force to negotiate ‘point-of-sale’ details By Myndi Milliken Toledo Free Press Managing Editor mmilliken@toledofreepress.com

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A task force has been assigned to negotiate details of Mayor Jack Ford’s proposed “point-of-sale” legislation. The group will hold its first meeting at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 8 in the council chambers at One Government Center. In its current state, the legislation would require non-occupying owners to comply with City building codes before selling a residence. The owner must give the prospective buyer either a certificate of code compliance for the property or enter into a binding agreement with the buyer, which escrows an agreed sum of money sufficient to cover costs of correcting major code violations. Violators of this ordinance face a misdemeanor charge and a fine of $10,000. Members of the City’s Community and Housing Committee, headed by Councilman Michael Ashford, met Aug. 29 with proponents and opponents of the legislation. During that meeting a task force was selected to look into the ramifications of such legislation and report the findings to City Council. Ford said he expects compromise from the task force, which is

divided for and against details of the issue, as they “knock off the rough edges of the legislation.” There was a general consensus from Ford and members of the task force and council that something needs to be done about the City’s blighted properties, but the parties remain divided on how best to achieve higher quality in Toledo housing stock. “Everyone agrees we should improve the overall housing stock,” Ashford said. “One of the challenges is how to transfer quality housing. This issue is as important as predatory lending legislation and the smoking ban.” Ashford said Ford’s plan, full of good intentions, is “a hypothetical ordinance which needs work. We don’t want to ruin free enterprise but we want safe, quality housing.” Opponents of the ban fear the housing market in Toledo would be negatively affected if local government is permitted to dictate speciﬁcally how real estate transactions progress. The point-of-sale legislation is an ill-advised approach that will be difﬁcult to enforce and will cause many negative unintended consequences,” said Patty Camacho, Please see SALE, page 10

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Sale Continued from page 9 executive director of The Property Rights Coalition, which is comprised of the Associated General Contractors of Northwest Ohio, the Home Builders Association of Greater Toledo and the Toledo Board of Realtors. “We stand ready, willing and able to assist the City Administration and City Council in meaningful programs to improve the quality of housing

in the City and to remove blight. The real estate industry wants this issue to be resolved and we want an agreement amongst stakeholders to develop a fair and effective law.” Harlan Reichle, who will serve on the task force representing the Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce, said he disagrees with the legislation’s power to control what should be agreements between the buyer and the seller. “We do not oppose inspectors or seller full disclosure,” he said.

“The City is going to dictate how issues are resolved.” Reichle said the oversight would prevent situations where “sweat equity” encourages ﬁrsttime buyers or those who are handy from buying ﬁxer-uppers. He also said it could prove discouraging for investors to buy properties within Toledo’s limits. He said Ford’s intention of protecting unwary homebuyers is a separate issue. “Buyers should have the education and support they need to know

September 7, 2005 what they are getting into, but this is not how you go about it,” he said. “No one likes the government pushing down on something they derive a proﬁt from, but if it can be rectiﬁed, it makes sense to solve the problem,” Ford said.

Councilman Rob Ludeman said the proposal is full of details that need to be worked out — from how the City would ﬁnd qualiﬁed inspectors to preventing incentives to purchase real estate from drying up.

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■ Profiles and statements from candidates running for Toledo City Council, www.toledofreepress.com. Editor’s Note: Toledo Free Press is interviewing all seven mayoral candidates who have filed petitions with the Board of Elections (Opal Covey (July 27), Carty Finkbeiner (Aug. 3) , Don Gozdowski (Aug. 10), Rob Ludeman (Aug. 17), Martin Okonski (Aug. 24), Keith Wilkowski (Aug. 31), and Jack Ford. We will profile one candidate per week up to the Sept. 13 primary election. Each of the candidates will answer a series of standard questions, but the conversations will also include other topics the mayoral hopefuls see as important for Toledo voters. By Michael Brooks Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

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In the span of 120 minutes, Toledo Mayor Jack Ford conducted an interview with Toledo Free Press, took two phone calls, gave a short press conference on city measures to conserve gasoline usage and participated in a conference call with dozens of mayors on the crisis in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. This pace belongs to a mayor

criticized by his opponents for an alleged lack of accomplishments since being elected in 2001. “I have not spent enough time pointing out our successes,” Ford said. “I always assumed that my accomplishments would speak for themselves; this campaign has taught me that the message does not always get out on its own.” On his qualifications to be mayor: Ford said his experience in government at the state and local level are reasons voters should re-elect him. “My campaign opponents are fine people,” he said. “I have the advantage of having served as state House Minority Leader, and I understand how a city government is part of a larger system.” On a new sports arena: The candidate initially preferred an East Side location, but he said he understands developer preference means that a Downtown site is most likely. “What we need to focus on for the East Side is a suitable substitute for an arena,” he said. “The Marina District could benefit from the presence of a destination retailer, and we have been in negotiations to make this a reality.” On hurdles Toledo must overcome: Ford said his opponents are campaigning on negative perceptions of Toledo, and the city’s best days are yet to come. “This city is on the cusp of an eight-to-ten year cycle of prosperity,” he said. “We have over

$3 billion in new development in the pipeline, including seven new supplier plants for Jeep, the new Toledo Museum of Art facility and the development of the steam plant. There is no city in Ohio with this kind of new investment.” The mayor also touted the success of the Clean Water Initiative. “Not only will we have cleaned up the environment with this $180 million project, but there have been many good-paying jobs as a result,” he said. On lowering crime rates: A top priority of a second Ford administration would be a new police class, but the mayor said his administration has already spent a higher proportion (76 percent) of the city’s budget on public safety than his predecessors. “We will make sure that the city has a sufficient number of officers on the streets,” he said. “We will be hiring 15 officers and 14 communication operators to replace officers who performed desk jobs.” Ford said there is more to a safe community than simply hiring more police officers. “We have increased the number of Block Watches in Toledo from 59 to 180 since I took office,” he said. “We are also looking at the introduction of street camera systems, such as those used in Chicago, to deter certain crimes.” On the city’s neighborhoods: The mayor said the revitalization of Toledo’s neighborhoods has

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been an important focus of his administration. “We just passed the 200 mark on the demolition of abandoned houses,” he said. “We have also seen a dramatic increase in the amount of new home construction in the past three-and-a-half years. It was not that long ago when there was almost no new housing being built in the city.” On the city budget: Ford pointed to his successes in balancing the city budget as another reason for voters to elect him to a second term. “We balanced the budget without raising taxes, cutting essential services or by laying off safety personnel during very tough economic times,” he said. “We are spending $10 million less than my predecessor spent in 2001. If I was a corporate CEO, I would be getting a bonus for this performance.” On his reasons for seeking a second term: Ford said one of his reasons for running again is to see that his projects keep their momentum. “I am proud of developing projects like CareNet,” he said, referring to the health-care program that serves more than 6,000 people who would otherwise be without health insurance. “There are so many projects we have been working on that are just now coming into their own, and I want to make sure that they come to fruition.” On the “Toledo Works” advertising campaign: Ford dismissed claims by his opponents that this ad campaign was a political stunt. “I got the idea when I traveled to Stuttgart, Germany,” he said. “The Germans are very proud of their workforce, and they run similar campaigns to recognize their Daimler employees. I thought that this would be a great way to promote Toledo’s workforce and show them that they are appreciated.” Ford found a certain irony in being criticized for having his name on signs. “The City spent a lot of time at the beginning of my administration replacing “Welcome to Tole-

FORD do” signs that featured the name of my predecessor,” he said. On the flurry of 2005 road construction projects: Ford denied intentionally delaying some resurfacing projects to create the impression of a “busy” city government just before the election. “The previous winter was very destructive on city streets,” he said, adding that 56,000 tons of salt were used last winter. “In addition, tax revenues were up, which allowed us to address some projects that we just could not afford to complete in the previous years.” Ford said his record on road work should be considered an accomplishment, and not a source of criticism. “By the end of 2005 we will have repaved 110 miles of Toledo streets,” he said. “No other Toledo mayor that I’m aware of has been this successful.” On the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Ford said he was shocked at the catastrophic destruction in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast cities. The mayor and his staff plan to offer as much assistance as they can arrange. “Chief [Mike] Bell and I are working the details out on sending a group of Toledo firefighters to New Orleans,” he said, adding that the volunteers would likely be paid under administrative leave.

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Community Voices speak out on politics, development Next forum scheduled: ■ The next Community Voices forum will take place at 2 p.m. Oct. 13 at Owens Community College (College Hall Atrium). By Scott McKimmy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Toledo Free Press welcomed two guests to the premiere meeting of Community Voices, an open forum for Toledo-area residents to discuss issues important to them and their communities. The first meeting took place Friday at Dave’s Home Cooked Foods on Reynolds Road. Tom Nowak and John Sawvel, both from West Toledo, expressed their opinions on a range of topics from politics to economic development to education. Nowak opened by addressing the media coverage of Ohio Governor Bob Taft’s failure to report gifts in the form of golf fees as well as an example of public officials not accounting for their activities, both above and below board. Describing himself as a Christian conservative and “political junkie,” Nowak said, “I don’t want to infringe on what little free time officials have, but if they’re on official

business, what are they doing, who are they doing it with, who’s paying, and who’s trying, perhaps in some instances, to pay for play?” Nowak expanded the issue of how government officials spend their time to include local officials at every level of government, from Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, to state legislators and county and city leaders. While Kaptur “pops up everywhere” to speak to constituents, he said, it’s rarely publicized until after the fact. His take on local officials echoed the same sentiments. “Locally, at the county level and the city level, I assume that there’s a lot that goes on that’s not reported. And it’s not just what are they doing wrong, but what are they doing and how hard are they trying?” Nowak said. Sawvel, operator of toledotalk. com, a Community Voices sponsor, focused on the lack of interest in topics such as technology and the arts. He said the arts, especially, haven’t generated enough response to continue promoting the topic, which reflects an area-wide gap in the link between cultural and economic development. “[The arts] has been one of Mayor Jack Ford’s issues he started all along; they’ve been pushing that,” he said. “They had these monthly meetings back

in 2002, bringing in artists, business leaders. In 2003 they came up with their big arts plan. That was November 2003 when they brought in Dr. Richard Florida. He’s the guy who promotes something called the ‘creative class.’ He said you don’t rebuild a city by giving tax incentives to companies; you don’t rebuild a city by trying to bring business by giving away a lot for money. He said he thinks you build it by promoting the arts. “A lot of it makes sense.” Michael S. Miller, editor in chief of Toledo Free Press, said the low turnout of the ﬁrst forum will not deter future efforts. “This is an experiment; we’re offering an open forum for people, and it may be a concept that will take time to sink in,” he said. “We’ll try different times, days and locations and see what happens.”

About Community Voices Toledo Free Press, along with www. toledotalk.com, will sponsor a rotating series of monthly “Community Voices” forums. No pre-determined topics. No forced themes. Just you, your neighbors, a tape recorder and a couple of hours to talk. Some generous local businesses have offered to open their doors (and coffee makers) for us to meet with you in an informal setting designed to bring unexplored issues to the forefront. The format is simple: We’ll meet you in a corner of the restaurant, turn on the tape recorder and listen as you tell us, and the Northwest Ohio community, what is on your mind. What issues are deﬁning or deﬁling your neighborhood? You are welcome to air your complaints, but we hope to record a constructive conversation that will provide insight to city leaders and Toledo Free Press readers. We’ll collect tales good and bad, story ideas for future issues and general feedback. In the next week’s issue, we’ll report what you said, as you said it.

Resident may sue City of Toledo over gun seizure For more information:

■ Visit www.toledofreepress.com for the Aug. 10 story ‘Fighting Back,’ which offers the details of Thomas Szych’s story. By Zach Silka Special to Toledo Free Press

One battle seems to be over, but another may be beginning for one North Toledo resident. Thomas Szych, who has faced high levels of gang and criminal activity in his Lagrange Street neighborhood this summer, said he is working with a lawyer on possibly suing the City of Toledo. The possible lawsuit stems not from the juvenile/gang troubles, which Szych said have “quieted down” in the past few weeks, but from an altercation Szych had with Toledo police Aug. 3. Ofﬁcers seized Szych’s gun after they arrived at his home at 532 Bronson Ave. following a call reporting a man with a gun in the alley between Bronson and Dexter streets. According to police, Szych was videotaping his neighbors cleaning up garbage in the alley when he brandished his gun in front of two children. Szych admitted to having a gun with him, which he was licensed to carry, but he denied ever leaving his front porch or taking the gun out of its holster he said was attached to a belt under his shirt. Police took an aggravated menacing report from the boys’ mother, Amelia Gray, but the prosecutor’s ofﬁce declined to issue charges. The case instead was sent to the Citizens Dispute Settlement Program for mediation.

Police are still holding the gun under “safekeeping” and as evidence, Sgt. Bob Maxwell said, even though Szych was not charged with a crime. “The mediator said for [the two parties] to stay away from each other for 90 days, and there won’t be any criminal proceedings,” Maxwell said. “He threatened those kids with that gun, so that is evidence. Until those 90 days expire, we won’t give his gun back. If he violates the guidelines that the mediator has set forth, he can be charged criminally for aggravated menacing.” According to representatives from Ohioans for Concealed Carry and the Buckeye Firearms Association, the police holding Szych’s gun without a criminal charge is illegal. Some members went so far as to begin raising money to purchase a new gun for Szych and to help with the bills for his possible civil lawsuit. “[Without a civil lawsuit], there’s not a whole lot you can really do,” said William Pelish, a member of Buckeye Firearms Association. “He can petition until he’s blue in the face, but the Toledo police are going to try and destroy that gun. Basically, it comes down to how far [Szych] is willing to go with it.” Szych said the only thing keeping him from filing suit immediately is money concerns. Szych’s lawyer, Daniel Ellis of Fuller & Henry, is working pro bono until he is sure Szych will come out as the winner in a civil lawsuit. “If I sue the city, I don’t even want any money out of it,” Szych said. “I’m not in it just to get money. I’m just in it to prove my point that what they did was wrong.” Ohio’s Concealed Handgun Law reads, “If a law enforcement officer stops a person to question the person regarding a possible violation of this section, for a traffic stop, or

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for any other law enforcement purpose, if the person surrenders a firearm to the officer, either voluntarily or pursuant to a request or demand of the officer, and if the officer does not charge the person with a violation of this section or arrest the person for any offense, the person is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and the firearm is not contraband, the officer shall return the firearm to the person at the termination of the stop.”

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What arose 18 years ago as “Some guys that wanted to just park their cars and wax them” has become an annual event drawing about 50,000 people and 3,000 stock and custom vehicles. General Motors Powertrain/UAW Family Recreation Park will host “Park ‘n’ Shine 2005,” a free public event on Sunday, Sept. 11, which sprawls across the 26-acre park on Jackman Road. “Over the years, we’ve grown and grown to become the biggest free car show in the state,” said Gary Hutt, plant personnel director at General Motors Powertrain. An incentive for many planning to attend may be the drawing for the final key in an ongoing raffle of a 1973 Cor vette, plus a grand prize giveaway of a 350-cubic-inch crate motor built custom-ready for modification. Festivities run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the public, while show cars may enter from 9 a.m. to noon. Featured will be 2006 General Motors NASCAR vehicles, including Jeff Gordon’s #24, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s #8 and Jimmie Johnson’s #48. Visitors also can enjoy interactive displays as two GM mechanics tear down and rebuild a 4L65-Corvette transmission and a 3.5 in-line 5-cylinder engine used in Hummers. Hutt said that plenty of activities will entertain the kids, most specifically the UAW-GM Motorsports display, which includes

two NASCARS and a 1/24-scale racetrack. On- hand will be local radio stations K-100; Star 105; Sports Radio 1470 The Ticket; Oldies 93.5; 106.5 The Zone; 94.5 XKR; and Tower 98 with live remote broadcasts. “The number of vehicles are huge,” said Burt Wagner, shop chairman of UAW Local 14. “It’s a showcase not only for the vehicles but for the transmission itself. “In excess of 95 percent of them are vehicles that are owned by our own members here at Local 14, and most of them have built them from the ground up,” he said. Both GM Powertrain and UAW Powertrain Unit of Local 14 has been the driving force for the event, according to Joe Farinella, plant personnel director. He serves as an ambassador in facilitating good relations with supporters and meets with local GM dealers who sponsor the gathering. He credited the organizers for pulling all the pieces together for a show that “takes up virtually every square inch of our beautiful GM-UAW Park.” “To pull together a show that involves as many as 50,000 people and 3,000 vehicles really says a lot about their organizational abilities and the skill that they bring to the whole project,” Farinella said. — Scott McKimmy

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Sí, vino España By Adam Mahler Toledo Free Press Food/Dining Editor amahler@toledofreepress.com

decade ago, the mere mention of Spanish wine invariably received mixed emotions. This enigmatic wine region had been overlooked for far too long, and today, the United States wine market is beginning to reflect that sea of change. Is this a passing trend, or are we staring at the next bona fide wine region superstar? History has a funny way of shedding light on a current situation: 140 years ago, the disease phylloxera hit France thanks to an Ohio wine grape farmer. As this disease infested every winemaking region of France, the people in the French wine industry followed the jobs right to Spain (Spain didn’t get hit as hard by phylloxera because of the Pyrenees Mountains). The French brought some of their favorite varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay and Mourvedre. After 40 years, the French went home, but their influence remains, nowhere more than the “international” grape varieties commonly used there. Fast forward to 1975 — Franco dies, and tyranny ends, opening up wine trade in Spain for essentially the first time. At this point, there were a few regions exporting (Rioja,

Adam Mahler Ribera del Duero), but many were of questionable quality. The wine revolution in Spain had begun. Irrigation became legal in 1996, opening up a new world for winemakers in La Meseta (the center of Spain deﬁned by arid climate and high elevations). Winemaking prowess has continued to improve, as has viticulture. A seemingly collective conscious toward high quality and exporting have made Spain the No. 1 nation in the world under vine. With 5,500 wineries and 2.64 million acres planted to the wine grape, the Spanish wine revolution is upon us. To truly understand the diversity of Spanish wines, one must ﬁrst explore the grapes employed throughout this vast winemaking region. We previously discussed the “International” varietals, but that’s only part of the story. Spain is proud of its many noble varietals, and some are among the best in the world. Please see VINO, page 17

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ut ‘eat chocolate’ at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you’ll get one thing done.” — Unknown I’m not sure when my love affair with chocolate began. I’m going to guess it was probably when I had my ﬁrst Charlie Chips chocolate chip cookie as a mere lassie. I believe chocolate and I were destined to be simpatico. My love of chocolate progressed from passion to chocoholism. The world changed for me when I discovered imported European chocolate. I suddenly craved the ﬁner things in life. There was a world outside of Hershey’s and Nestles. I left them behind like my Barbie dolls and saddle shoes and never looked back. I had become a choco-snob. The food we know as chocolate starts out as cocoa beans. The beans come from pulpy pods that grow on the trunks of trees only found on a narrow band of land around the equator. The beans are picked and laid out in the sun to ferment and dry before they are shipped to chocolate makers around the world. This unassuming bean is transformed to one of the most sensual, enjoyable foods on earth — that rich, creamy, complex food of the gods,

a substance known to make women swoon, is born. The Olmec Indians of Central America were the ﬁrst known users of chocolate some 3,000 years ago. They drank it as did the Mayans and the Aztecs. They poured it in its liquid form from one pot to another to produce froth. Cocoa beans were also used as currency by the ancients. The Europeans discovered chocolate as a drink through missionaries and conquistadores; it became fashionable with the aristocracy, who added sugar to it. Chocolate bars as we know them came along in the 1800s. America’s average annual consumption of chocolate is a hefty 12 pounds per person (mine is much higher). People in Switzerland consume more chocolate per capita than any other country in the world. Fortunately, there are artisans who share my sweet addiction for chocolate. These artists create extraordinary, delicious, beautiful and sensual confections using chocolate as their medium. To help me understand what an artisan chocolatier is, I spoke to Ann Blackwood, owner and pastry chef of Casually Elegant of Norwalk. “It hits the mind and taste buds together and

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does well in warmer regions, particularly where oxidization can be an issue. It has elegant low acidity, and a nice ﬂoral character. Verdejo: The grape of the famous Rueda. It is often blended with Sauvignon Blanc. Xarel-lo/Pansa Blanca: Another important component of Cava, this grape is most notably grown in Penedés. Early ripening, this can be an intensely distinctive grape. Check out Adam Mahler’s Wine Blog at http://untangledvine. blogspot.com.

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Janell Lang and Bill Ivoska can remember when Owens Community College teachers conducted lessons in a trailer in the middle of a parking lot.

Owens marks 40 years of comprehensive growth By Matt Zapotosky Special to Toledo Free Press

Janell Lang, dean of the School of Health Sciences at Owens Community College, can remember when she had to teach students out of a trailer in the middle of a parking lot. Bill Ivoska, vice president of Student Services at Owens, can remember when he had to move rain buckets off the chairs in his office before he could advise students. Though Ivoska and Lang have not changed schools in more than 25 years, they now both use state of the art classrooms and office facilities at a college with more than 20 buildings, 368 acres and campuses in two cities. “[Owens is] kind of like an organizational teenager that’s starting to fill out,” Ivoska said. “My office was in an army barracks with rain buckets on the carpets,

chairs, tables and floors ... Now I’m in a beautiful building with air conditioning and a door. My standards are probably low because of the humble beginnings we had.” As Owens prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary next month, Ivoska said the school’s immense growth and change does not surprise him. “It’s a naturally expected outcome,” Ivoska said. “It’s a sense of wonder that we’ve accomplished so much.” Owens opened in 1965 as Penta County Technical Institute on a 50-acre plot of land known as the Rossford Army Depot. At that time, teacher offices were housed in two red-brick army buildings known as “the barracks” and classes were held in parking lot trailers. “My first classroom was a trailer that was in the middle of the parking lot at Penta,”

said Lang, who began her career at Owens in 1971 as a faculty member teaching developmental reading and writing. “Certainly the atmosphere of the college changed.” In 1972, Owens constructed College Hall, the ﬁrst permanent building on campus, and by 1978, the school had eight different buildings, including an Industrial Technologies Building (now the Transportation Technologies Building) and a Student Activities Center (now Alumni Hall). In 1983, Owens opened a Findlay-area campus with about 200 students on four acres. Another Findlay area campus will open this year. Enrollment began to increase at Owens; in 1965, the school began with 230 students. In 1975, enrollment was about 2,000 students. Enrollment now stands at about 45,000 students.

Lang said Owens’ decision in 1994 to become a comprehensive community college — as opposed to a technical school — paved the way for this massive enrollment increase. Becoming a community college allowed students to transfer credits seamlessly from Owens to four-year institutions, Lang said. “That one event in and of itself provided so much more access to the residents of Northwest Ohio,” Lang said. “All of those [Owens] credits would be transferred carte blanch so [students] could obtain a bachelor’s degree.” Lang said this change affected the demographic of Owens’ students — more college-age people started coming to the school instead of older people looking for technical training.

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Owens Continued from page 19 “We were getting far more traditional-age, college students (in 1994),” Lang said. “We certainly became a diverse institution. We were no longer just serving a pretty slender group of white students with an average age of 29 to 30.” However, Lang said, with growth came problems — speciﬁcally, ﬁnding new classrooms to serve the new students and house the new academic programs that came with them. “Attached to growth are prob-

lems, but they’re good problems,” Lang said. “It’d be boring if it were the same.” As Owens has grown, another local college has taken note. But leaders of that school said they’re not intimidated; they’re pleased. “Forty years is a fabulous achievement,” said Jeanne Hartig, executive director for marketing and communications at the University of Toledo. “We look at them as a complementary institution, one that plays an important role in Northwest Ohio in terms of workforce education and job training ... We both need to be in the marketplace.”

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New partners named Joel Dollarhide and Melanie Komon have been named partners at the CPA firm Tucker, Kissling & Associates. Komon, of Sylvania, is a graduate of UT and has been with the firm for five years. Dollarhide, of Oregon, is also a UT graduate and has been an associate with the firm for eight years. Tucker, Kissling & Associates, located in Toledo and Oregon, has a staff of five CPAs with a combined 114 years of tax and accounting experience.

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SPOTLIGHT

Momsen chosen for OSU Hall of Fame By Dave Woolford Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

DEVILS LAKE, Mich. — The sign next to the entrance of his driveway reads, “Buckeye Fans: Ohio State Parking Only.” Another sign depicts a fisherman, outfitted with all of the necessities. It says, “Old Fisherman Crossing.” Now the “Old Fisherman” can park with renewed pride. Bob Momsen, angler extraordinaire, has landed the athletic achievement catch of his life. The former OSU first-team All-American tackle from Toledo was recently among 12 former Buckeyes named to the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame by the Varsity “O” Association. The Class of 2005 will be introduced at halftime of the OSU-San Diego State football game in Ohio Stadium on Sept. 17. Momsen, 76, said he was “shocked” after he was informed of the honor. “I almost fainted because 15 or 20 years ago Ray DiPierro (former OSU football player and Libbey graduate) said he nominated me and then Dick Elwood (former OSU football player) said more recently he nominated me,” Momsen said. “I can’t understand why Vic Janowicz (OSU Heisman Trophy winner) was the only guy from our 1950 team to be selected to the Hall of Fame. It’s the greatest honor I’ve ever had in athletics.” The 1950 “Snow Bowl” against Michigan was the greatest game of his life, Momsen said without hesitation, even though the Buckeyes lost 9-3. The game was played in a blizzard with all of the scoring the result of blocked punts, one by Momsen in the first quarter, which led to a field goal by Janowicz. Michigan countered with a safety following a blocked punt by Janowicz. OSU led 3-2 after the first quarter and Momsen said ev-

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Momsen in 1950. eryone thought that was how it would end. He had 20-20 vision at the time. He’s now legally blind, but said his sight now isn’t much different than his vision on that exceptionally cold and blizzardly Saturday in 1950. But it was another Momsen, Bob’s older brother Tony, playing for Michigan, who blocked a Janowicz punt and recovered it in the end zone for the victory. The Wolverines won despite failing to complete a pass or convert a ﬁrst down. “After the game we couldn’t stand up in the shower because our feet were so frostbitten,” said Momsen, who is also a member of the Libbey and Toledo City League Hall of Fame. Momsen said the thing that had the biggest impact on him during his Ohio State experience is the loyalty OSU alumni have toward their alma mater. Certainly not many have been more loyal than Momsen. He served as president of the Lucas County Ohio State Alumni Association for almost 10 years starting in 1980 when he moved to Devil’s Lake. He is still on the board of directors. Momsen also has a scholarship Please see MOMSEN, page 22

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Amstutz sets lofty goals for 2005 Rockets campaign Exclusively online: ■ A recap of UT’s victory over Northern Illinois with stats and player highlights By Scott McKimmy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

UT head coach Tom Amstutz didn’t spent a lot of time on his goals this year; they were likely just a passing thought as he headed into his sixth season at the helm. But how long can it take to decide to win the West Division of the Mid-American Conference, the conference title and be invited to a bowl game? “They’re our goals each and every year,” Amstutz said. “Most of the teams in our league share the same goals.” With the task of goal-setting behind them, the Rockets can focus on assimilating Tim Rose, their new defensive coordinator, and John Shannon, his not-so-new offensive counterpart into the mix. With a 62-14 victory last week against Western Illinois, the Rockets are well on their

Broncos ride into Glass Bowl

Stack up the statistics and the Rockets appear to have a sure victory Saturday at the Glass Bowl. In 2004, UT finished first in the MAC; Western Michigan finished last. The Broncos found themselves outmatched against their opponents in almost every offensive category,

Momsen Continued from page 21 in his name, the Robert Momsen Lucas County Ohio State Alumni Scholarship Endowment, which started in1984. It has raised more than $100,000 to beneﬁt a high school senior each year from Lucas County who has enrolled at Ohio State. Momsen is one of three football players from Toledo to be inducted into the Ohio

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way to “gelling” their coaching staff. Rose arrived with 35 years experience in coaching, capping his resume with a major upset against Louisiana State University while head coach at Miami, Ohio during the 1980s. Shannon’s tenure during the last two seasons as UT receiver coach has been described as “the most productive in [school] history,” which may explain his quick, upward mobility. Amstutz interprets the coaching changes as extra work for the team and a little bit of transition. He hedged on making predictions of any kind and said he’s not looking beyond the next game. “Although I was a defense coordinator for a lot of years,” Amstutz said, “The head coach has to take a step back and look at both sides of the football and special teams without taking over either side of the football, to be a guide with an extra pair of eyes for both of my coordinators.” A strategy adopted, perhaps, from his years coordinating the defense under UT head coaches Chuck Stobart, Dan Simrell, Nick Saban and Gary Pinkel. Each, he said, has inﬂuenced him as much as all the other line, back, receiver and special teams coaches with whom he has worked. including yards lost by rushing, number of kickoff returns and number of punts. On the positive side, Western Michigan outperformed its 2004 foes in rushing attempts, total offensive plays, thirddown conversions and yards per return. Considering the rout Western Illinois, which previously had been 4-0 against the MAC, suffered at the hands of the

State Athletics Hall of Fame. The others include Jim Parker (Scott) and Rufus Mayes (Macomber). A 1947 graduate of Libbey High School, Momsen was also a second-team All-State selection. He was recruited by Bear Bryant when Bryant was starting his coaching career at Kentucky. But when OSU Heisman Trophy-winner Les Horvath came knocking on his door, Momsen was sold on the Buckeyes. After his graduation from OSU, Momsen

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The Hens celebrate their second division title in the past four years.

Rockets last Thursday, this years’ stats for the Broncos may be right on track with last season’s. Western Michigan Head Coach Bill Cubit said, “The balls will be ﬂying up in the air; it’s going to be aggressive, high pressure. We plan on putting in different formations, putting the ball in the air and getting our best people the ball.” — Scott McKimmy

was recruited by the Detroit Lions, where he played for one year. He was then traded to the San Francisco 49ers, where he played for two years. That’s when he realized he could make more money teaching and coaching. Legendary OSU football coach Woody Hayes helped get Momsen his ﬁrst coaching position at Northland College in Ashland, Wis. Momsen returned to Toledo in 1956. He coached at Libbey, Waite and Macomber high schools before retiring in 1980.

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Playoffs to be slugfest

AMSTUTZ

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If the season series is any hint, Toledo Mud Hens fans are in for a five-game slugfest as the first round of the International League playoffs begins Sept. 7 between the Mud Hens and the Norfolk Tides. The Hens earned their playoff berth after clinching the IL West division title for the second time in four years on Aug. 29. The postseason will be even sweeter for the Hens after they finished the 2004 season with the worst record in the league. The first two games of the best-of-five series will be played in

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Norfolk, but the Hens return home for Game 3 at 7 p.m. Sept. 9 at Fifth Third Field. The final two games of the series will be played, if needed, at 7 p.m. Sept. 10 and 11 at Fifth Third Field. The teams split their 12-game season series, but the Hens are riding a five-game winning streak against Norfolk. “Playing a team in a five-game series, a short series like that, it’s usually who pitches the best and plays the best defense and doesn’t give up the runs comes out on top,” said Mud Hens Manager Larry Parrish, who was named the 2005 IL Manager of the Year. “A lot of times games are a little bit more low scoring [in the playoffs].” Pitching is at a premium for both teams, as the Hens and the Tides have a combined seven pitchers ranked in the top 20 for lowest ERA in the IL. Both teams are the only two in the IL with a team ERA under four. Toledo is led by starter Kenny Baugh, who owns a 12-8 record with a 3.31 ERA. He is joined in the league leaders in pitching by three other Mud Hens starters: Andrew Good (9-5, 3.68 ERA), Zach Miner (5-8, 3.71 ERA) and Jason Grilli (12-9, 4.10 ERA). As a staff combined, the Mud Hens have a league-best 3.69 ERA. Norfolk is paced by ace starter Jason Scobie, a Toledo native, who has a league-best 14 wins and a 3.44 ERA. He is complemented in the rotation with Eric Junge (10-7, 3.80 ERA) and Jose Santiago (7-5, 4.32 ERA). “That’s a good ball club over there [in Toledo],” Norfolk manager Ken Oberkfell said. “They’ve got good pitching. The top two pitching teams in the league are us and Toledo, so I figure it’ll be a pretty good [series].” Offensively, both teams also provide some significant punch in Please see HENS, page 24

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No time to rest on laurels: Early Saturday morning, less than 12 hours after the end of the game, Anthony Wayne coaches dissect the game ﬁlm as the team listens intently and answers the inevitable question, “What are you doing on this play?”

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Glory is ﬂeeting; it’s only as durable as the next play, the next quarter, the next game. Your opponent celebrates early domination. The tide turns and the game is yours. But they come back to tie. The game — and the jubilation — is yours on a dominating drive late in the game that proves the invincibility of team spirit that springs from a solid foundation of senior leadership. It all fades early Saturday morning, watching ﬁlms in the locker room. Every success is recorded and praised, but so is every mistake. It is the mistakes that are exposed and dissected, used by the coaches as a tool for improvement.

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Hens Continued from page 23 in their lineups, with the Hens known for their power and the Tides known for their speed. Toledo third baseman Mike Hessman leads the team with 28 homers, with slugger Marcus Thames and second baseman Ryan Raburn close behind with 21 and 19, respectively. While Norfolk has no batters with more than 16 home runs, the Tides make up for their power deficiency with exceptional speed on the basepaths. Norfolk shortstop Anderson Hernandez and center fielder Angel Pagan are each in the top 10 in the IL in stolen bases. Pagan is seventh with 27 steals, and Hernandez is ninth with 24, though he

has played in just half as many games after being called up from Double-A in the middle of the season. The last time the teams met at Fifth Third Field, the Hens swept a two-game series of impressive outings from Baugh and Miner, each facing a major leaguer in the other dugout. The Tides countered with former All-Star pitcher Steve Trachsel, who was performing a Major League rehab assignment for the New York Mets, and former Chicago White Sox closer Shingo Takatsu, the reigning runner-up in Rookie of the Year balloting last season. “It’s better to win a few against the team you’re going to play rather than struggling with them all the way,” Parrish said. “But really when the playoffs start all that will be out the door anyway.”

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Kripke goes for ‘Supernatural’ chills By Lauri Donahue Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Local viewers may notice something odd about the first episode of “Supernatural,” the new WB series that airs at 9 p.m. Sept. 13. Although the debut is set in California (and filmed in Vancouver), every road, street and bridge mentioned is from Toledo. That’s because 31-year-old co-showrunner Eric Kripke is a Toledo native, a Sylvania Southview graduate who went on to the USC School of Cinema-Television in Los Angeles, and wrote the hit horror movie “Boogeyman” and the short-lived WB series “Tarzan.” “Supernatural” is described as “The XFiles” meets “Route 66.” It’s about two 20something brothers (played by Jared Padalecki of “Gilmore Girls” and Jensen Ackles of “Smallville”) who drive cross-country in their ‘67 Chevy Impala looking for their missing father, while fighting terrifying creatures out of folk tales and urban legends. Kripke took a few minutes out from his 90hour work week to talk with Toledo Free Press. TFP: What’s the first original story you ever wrote, and when did you decide to work in film?

EK: I wrote short stories while growing up, starting in first or second grade. They were always about monsters that killed and ate people. I decided in fifth or sixth grade to try to write a novel and got 17 pages in when the story sort of ended. I wrote for my high school newspaper and was in a lot of plays. I directed the “Cougar Review,” which is a big show at Southview. EvKRIPKE ery time I had a paper assigned, I always asked if I could do a video instead. From 8th grade on, I was always forcing my friends to act in videos. My first video camera was tethered to the VCR by a cable, so everything was set in the living room. I first saw “E.T.” when I was eight or nine and came home and announced to my mom that I wanted to be a director. That’s the first real thing I can remember wanting to be, other than a stop sign and a goldfish. TFP: Why did you decide to go to USC? EK: USC was the only film school whose

name made it back to Toledo. I knew George Lucas had gone there. I found a short story at age 12 or 13 and decided that I’d make it my thesis film at USC — and that’s what I ended up doing. TFP: Was USC the heaven you imagined as a kid? EK: No, not really heaven. I loved it for different reasons than I thought I would. I love it for the group of friends I made: people who love films and are passionate about filmmaking. Any real career progress I’ve made I can trace back to those people. It’s a support system I couldn’t have succeeded without. I was a little disillusioned with the curriculum and the faculty. I had two teachers who were as good as any I’ve ever had, but too many of the faculty were interested in telling you what you couldn’t do rather than let you explore and find your voice. For example, when it came time to make my senior thesis film, it was this 12-page script with 23 locations, car crashes, explosions. We knew the school bureaucracy would never OK it, so we took out loans and did it on our own. The administration didn’t realize that young, hungry, passionate people can Please see KRIPKE, page 28

POP CULTURE

Newman song echoes Katrina disaster History repeats itself, so it’s natural that the artistic reflections of history sometimes twist to foreshadow subsequent major events. During the first few days after Sept. 11, 2001, the 1976 Billy Joel song “Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway,” with its imagery of fallen skyscrapers and a crushed Big Apple, was my mental soundtrack to the pictures of Ground Zero NEWMAN devastation. This week, as the flood waters drowned life and reason in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, I was reminded of the masterful 1974 song by Randy Newman, “Louisiana 1927.” In his landmark book of criticism, “Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock and Roll Music,” Greil Marcus described the song: “A beautiful Stephen Foster-

like string intro, close to something out of Walt Disney’s ‘Song of the South,’ kicks it off, guiding a ﬁrst line that in its mystery and simplicity — ‘Art,’ to quote Kathleen Cleaver, ‘that conceals art’ — is as pure an American language as anyone will ever hear. “To begin a song about a ﬂood, Newman sang: ‘What has happened down here, is the wind have changed.’ And then, as one of the people that happened to, he tried to tell you what it meant. It was, the song struggled to say, no accident; the country, providence, nature or God, was taking revenge on the South.” Although the song is sung from the point of view of a white land owner, the sentiment that this has been done on purpose is shared by Katrina’s many victims. What used to be a description of history now seems like an aching anthem of the loss and pain that will undoubtedly inspire future verse, as history, fate and death cycle and recycle, forever and ever, amen. — Michael S. Miller

Lousiana 1927 What has happened down here is the wind have changed Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain Rained real hard and rained for a real long time Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline The river rose all day The river rose all night Some people got lost in the ﬂood Some people got away alright The river have busted through clear down to Plaquemines Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline Louisiana, Louisiana They’re tryin’ to wash us away They’re tryin’ to wash us away President Coolidge came down in a railroad train With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand The President say, “Little fat man, isn’t it a shame what the river has done to this poor cracker’s land.” Louisiana, Louisiana They’re tryin’ to wash us away They’re tryin’ to wash us away — Randy Newman

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I’ve seen Amsterdam, Athens, Cairo, Dublin, London and Edon, but the strangest thing I’ve seen in Ohio was this. After scoring an interception touchdown, UT Rockets Cornerback Morris Nigel leaps to celebrate and finds Western Illinois Leathernecks quarterback Steve LaFalce jumping to meet him mid-air with a friendly belly-buck. Perhaps it was the giddy feeling of being in Toledo without having to go to the trouble of traveling all the way to Spain. Or perhaps Mr. LaFalce is the most gracious guy in college football. Either way, this display made Thursday’s home game one to remember. Technical information: this shot was taken at 1/400 sec., ISO 1600, f/2.8 and 200mm with a Canon EOS 20D. DM Stanfield is photo editor of Toledo Free Press. He may be contacted at dmstanfield@toledofreepress.com.

The Toledo band is rounded out by Dan Fowler, lead and rhythm guitarist and bassist and Rick Acker, drummer. The name of the new disc can be found on a map. “I’m a realistic writer,” Beck said. “Stillwater is about myself and a girl and what’s gone on the last six months. It’s the name of the street she lived on when I met her, and it could be a very visual thing — looking at calm water gives you a somber feeling.” The band is feeling optimistic about the future. “We sold more than 1,000 units of our last record [Machine] in a year just in Toledo,” John Fowler said. “We’d love to make a living playing music.” “We kind of think this album as

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one step closer to letting us quit our jobs,” Beck said. Stillwater will be sold online, and the group is working on a deal that would put the disc in independent record stores across the country. Resonant Soul will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 10 at Club Bijou, 209 N. Superior St. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Fate of Apollo will open. — Vicki L. Kroll

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Toledo band to throw CD release party The cover of Resonant Soul’s third release, Stillwater, is intriguing. It shows ﬁve men in a car, one in the backseat blindfolded. “It’s symbolic in a sense, cool imagery — the concept of being taken for a ride and not knowing where you’re going,” said Anthony Beck, lead singer, keyboardist and guitarist. Buckle up and enjoy the rockin’ ride. “Our music is very vocal-driven and guitar-driven. It’s really harmonic. Everything comes together as one piece,” said Josh Bock, bassist and rhythm guitarist. “We draw from jazz and heavy metal, but we all have a common interest in classic rock,” John Fowler, lead guitarist and bassist, said.

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Can you still rock in America?

ith gas expected to top $4 in the wake of Katrina’s devastation, nearly everyone will feel the pinch (except, surprisingly enough, oil company board members, still bloated from 2004’s record profits — but that’s a topic for a different section of the paper). I posted a question on a musician-friendly message board I frequent: will your band still tour at that gas price? Several musicians embarking on alreadybooked tours expressed fears of making it out and back without hardship. Others said they were planning to stay home and wait this situation out. A few people (none of whom have actually booked or embarked on a tour) said bands should just shut up and keep rocking, as if we were spoiled crybabies for not wanting to incur twice the expense for the same already-laughable wages on the road. One guy suggested clubs will need to start keeping the big gear (amplifiers and drum kits) on hand, so that bands can tour in fuel-efficient cars with just their guitars. This is already the norm at a number of New York clubs, enabling bands to travel to their gig by subway, but it's not ideal — most rock bands are particular about gear and guitar tone. Obviously, this isn’t the burning issue of the day, with people still being rescued from New Orleans rooftops and refugees fanning out across the country. But it's my job to chronicle this one little dark alleyway of pop culture — and if the changes coming to our social landscape are as vast and permanent as I think they’re gonna be, I'll be among those writing its eulogy as well. And that sucks.

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Thursday, Howard’s Club H in Bowling Green hosts Rock and Roll Soldiers, a batch of early 20-somethings from Oregon who claim to do battle “against a plethora of local hippie folk rock jam bands who badmouth the Soldiers saying that they are nothing but teenage drunks.” Sounds like my kind of band. And speaking of drunks, Animal Animal is opening the show, despite having broken up a while back. Let’s hope the band plans to stick around; they’re a lot of fun. You can see Rock and Roll Soldiers again Friday in Toledo, at the Underground, with bawdy two-chick duo The Dirty Damn Band. I normally wouldn’t plug the same show twice, but there ain’t jack-else going on. Saturday is the birthday of Todd Swalla, the local quasi-legend who drummed for seminal punks The Necros. His band, Muschi, is playing (he also keeps time for Streamlined and Boogaloosa Prayer), so stop out to Mickey Finn’s and wish him many happy years of aging disgracefully. Phantasmagoria, Wee and the always-entertaining Lance Hulsey (ex-Hillside Stranglers, Rocket 88) also throw down.

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Kripke Continued from page 25 accomplish the impossible if there’s no one to tell them they can’t do it. We were lovably stupid and charged forward with enthusiasm. There’s very little you learn in film school that you couldn’t learn from three or four books. Filmmaking is a craft like carpentry: you learn by doing. The people at school who went out and actually worked on movie sets, whether or not they got paid, were always more successful. TFP: Talk about that 1997 thesis film, “Truly Committed,” that ended up winning the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival. EK: It’s a dark comedy about an annoyingly-in-love Ozzie-andHarriet-type couple. He’s wrongly convicted of murder, and she can’t live without him so she goes out and shoots someone too. It’s about a couple struggling to get executed on the same day, “O. Henry” with a body count, via Tim Burton. TFP: You also had a film that year at Sundance? EK: That was a short called “Battle of the Sexes.” It’s about a guy trying to pick up a girl in a bar. She runs into the bathroom and all of these computers pop out so she can run a background check on him. TFP: How did these early films lead to a two-picture deal at DreamWorks? EK: Fate and luck. Mostly luck. To have films in both festivals was a rare thing that got written up in the “Hollywood Reporter.” My agent called around to promote this. At the time, I had a full-length version of “Battle of the Sexes” ready to go. So we sent out the script. It was a resounding failure. Then, out of the blue, DreamWorks called and said, “Would you be interested in writing two screenplays?” I only wrote one: “Little Green Men,” a comedy version of “E.T.” It was my first professional script and it was awful. But it was very exciting. I was 23 years old, working as a professional screenwriter, going into studios for meetings ... Then I spent the next five to six years hustling. Projects fell apart, I had to pick myself up and dust myself off. TFP: How did you come to write “Boogeyman”? EK: I wrote “Boogeyman” out of frustration. I was writing comedies up to that point and had one failure after another. No one had done a film about the boogeyman, and I wanted to come up with creative and violent ways to kill people in order to blow off steam. I wrote it for myself, as an exercise, with no intent of getting it made. It sat on the shelf for two or three years. A producer friend was in a meeting with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, who said they were looking for horror movies in the $10 million range. Two months later, my script was in

pre-production. TFP: How did it feel to have the No. 1 film at the box office? EK: I was dumbfounded, shocked but very grateful. It’s done wonderful things for my career. It really means something when you walk into a room and you’ve had a movie open at No. 1. TFP: How did you get the idea for “Supernatural”? EK: The subject matter behind it is something I’ve been thinking about since college: an exploration of urban legends. I find them fascinating, scary, funny, dark. There’s a very rich American mythology that I’ve always been interested in. TFP: How did you get the gig writing the show? EK: I’d worked with Warner on “Tarzan,” and they invited me to pitch show ideas. TFP: Do you write all the episodes yourself, or do you have a team? EK: There’s a team with me and five other writers. Everyone writes scripts and my primary responsibility is to give notes so that all the scripts have the same voice. TFP: Do you have someone to help with the research? EK: We have writers’ assistants. I can tell them, “Find me every urban legend about bugs.” TFP: What else does a showrunner do? EK: It’s kinda like being the boss, unfortunately. There’s a new episode shot every eight days. We need to get the scripts out and make sure the directors are shooting the footage we need. We sign off on costumes, locations, actors. We work with the editors. We make sure the network is happy. TFP: Are you happy with the 9 p.m. slot after “Gilmore Girls”? EK: I love that slot, actually. There’s no WB show that’s failed in that slot, and “Gilmore Girls” is one of their big shows. 65 to 70 percent of horror movie ticket buyers are young women, so it’s the same market. TFP: How will you measure whether the show’s a success? EK: WB is very patient with new shows. We can get modest numbers and still be a good success, like if we hit a four or five share and get our target demographic. Obviously we want to do better than that. TFP: Do you plan to have any episodes set in Toledo? EK: I just wrote a script set in the Toledo suburbs. It’s about seeing “Bloody Mary” in the mirror. TFP: Do you plan to stick with TV, or do you have a dream movie project in mind? EK: Originally I wanted to do “Supernatural” as a movie, but this is as close to a dream project as I can get. It’s exciting to wake up every morning. I would love to direct features eventually, but for now I’m going where the opportunities lie. I’m having the time of my life. I’ll stick with it until the end.

September 7, 2005

and Horoscope

By Vicki L. Kroll Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Sept. 8 - Sept. 15, 2005

Events: 1st - 2nd quarter Moon; Venus enters Scorpio on the 11th.

Aries (March 21-April 19) An older woman needs assistance. Small crises vie with looming concerns on the 8th-9th; do a life-style triage session. Slow down over the weekend to absorb subtleties and contrasts. Although some projects seem stalled, the 13th brings swift resolutions and progress.

Libra (September 23-October 22) Introduce old friends to new friends. Create a slick blend of business and pleasure through the 11th. Ignore immature behavior over the weekend — seek underlying causes. Other people’s delays may frustrate you; the best day to zoom ahead is the 13th.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Absorb the details of new environments. Conﬂicting demands tug at you through this period — it’s a real trick to keep everybody happy. Avoid being cast in an adversarial role by refusing to argue. Stay focused on areas of true productivity, and resist provocation.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Good choices build good lives. Welcome, if surprising, messages from friends/ kids arrive on the 8th. Earn brownie points on the 9th by providing practical logistics for wild ideas. After the 12th, lies or deviousness pile up like a train wreck, with reverberating consequences.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) Past patterns reveal future results. Appearances cannot conceal warning signs on the 8th - 9th. Honest assessments and an open mind help smooth domestic adjustments over the weekend. Be willing to follow good advice after the 12th, although you may not like it.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Universal truths line the fabric of experience. Your current experiences mirror the concerns and emotions of many — ﬁnd a form of expression. Fast-track opportunities compete with caretaking after the 12th, and you must stretch to accommodate demands.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19) Balance the old with the new. Reliable, faithful people may be quirky through this period. Cultivate new resources and support systems after the 11th. The 13th can bring a bounty of fruitful results for your efforts, as well as love and pleasures.

Sympathy can be exhausting. Your circumstances should be on a good track; others may not be so fortunate. Health, legal or money problems require caution. Get expert advice if necessary. The 13th brings exceptional and wondrous things to light.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Rise above the mundane with faith and hope. New prospects have glittering allure, but old jobs still need doing. Children/pets are a source of turbulence. Best days for positive progress are the 13th and 15th. Prioritize carefully, and know a tempest in a teapot when you see one.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Aquarius (January 20-February 18) Keep a philosophical attitude. A turning point with ﬁnances on the 8th-9th helps, but underlying concerns need practical solutions. Avoid spiteful arguments over the weekend. Well-connected friends assist after the 11th, but options require a ﬂexible attitude.

The Arrogant Worms. If the name of the Canadian trio doesn’t tip you off, the song titles will — “Carrot Juice Is Murder,” “Trichinosis,” “William Shakespeare’s in My Cat,” “Jesus’ Brother Bob,” “Winnebago!” “We generally describe our stuff as jokes that rhyme,” said Chris Patterson last week from Toronto. “We take as many musical styles as we can, but we want to make people laugh at the jokes.” That shouldn’t be a problem. Consider “New Car

Smell”: “Our love is like a new car smell/ Sooner or later it all goes to hell/ Somebody farts or spills some Taco Bell .../ Our love is like a Meat Loaf song/ It has its moments but it’s way too long/ Like a bat out of hell it all goes wrong ...” “I wanted to write a love-gone-wrong song,” Patterson said. “Lots of love songs compare things — love is like a rose. What about comparing love to things that don’t last forever or that last too long.” The Arrogant Worms have been together 14 years. Patterson plays bass, Mike McCormick is on guitar, and Trevor Strong joins in on harmonica and mouth harp. All three sing. They’ve released 10 albums in Canada and a best-of compilation, “Gift Wrapped,” in the States.

The band's comedic inﬂuences include the Smothers Brothers, Monty Python, Tom Lehrer and the Muppets, Patterson said. The band will return to the studio in a few weeks. “We’ve been road-testing new songs all summer,” Patterson said. “Trevor wrote a lullaby for his son, ‘Go to Sleep, Little Leech.’ Mike has a song about his new pressure washer, and I have one about being abducted by mimes.” The Arrogant Worms will be at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts at Owens Community College, 30335 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg, at 8 p.m. Sept. 10. Tickets are $16, $10 for students.

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September 7, 2005

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APPLIANCES AA-1 APPLIANCES Washers $70 & up. Refrigerators & ranges $100 & up. Appliance repair. Mention this ad and receive 10% off. 3328 Lagrange. (419) 244-0202

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SPAS/HOT TUBS 7 PERSON SPA Loaded. $96/mo. Cover & warranty. Can deliver. 1 (866) 776-0999

APARTMENTS FOR RENT OLD WEST END 1 & 2 bedroom apartments. Oak ﬂoors and woodwork, decorative ﬁreplace, professional decor. Willing to customize to meet your needs. We love your pets!!! Ask about our 3-Star program. $385 & up. (419) 304-1013 (419) 244-0727 JACKMAN/ALEXIS AREA Clean, newly remodeled, 1 & 2 bedroom apartments. $350-$460 plus utilities. Bus line, patio doors. Call Jennifer for your private showing. (419) 270-0019

FOR RENT DECORATOR HOME 6103 Buchanon Washington Schools. 3 BR & attached garage. New gourmet kitchen w/breakfast counter. Dining room w/sliding door out to cement patio. 1st ﬂoor laundry room w/cabinets. New bath & shower. Huge private fenced rear yard. Only $850/month! Anna (419) 283-8427

UNITS FOR RENT 638 Leonard 1 bedrm., appliances, heat included. $375. 579 Yondota 2 bedrm. lower $395. 579 Leonard 2 bedrm. upper $350. More available! (419) 836-8612

FOR SALE “UNHOLY TOLEDO” & THE PURPLE GANG 3717 Beechway 13 rooms, 5 BR, 3 ﬁreplaces, lead glass & French doors, 3-room master suite. Full 3rd ﬂoor. Over 3,550 sq. ft. 5car carriage house with 1000 sq. ft. apartment. Great room & island kitchen. Fireplace, wood ceilings. Buy history! $200’s (419) 283-8427 CHEAPER THAN RENT! 1734 Delence 2 bdrm w/new furnace, privacy fence & garage. In the $40’s! Call Anna (419) 283-8427.

CASTLE ON A HILL 4921 Bales Full of character in Washington School District. 3 bedrm., formal dining, bult-in bookcases, updated furnace & a/c. Sided exterior. Separate shop big enough for garage. Ready to move in! $80’s. Call Anna (419) 283-8427 MANUFACTURED HOME Clean, well-maintained manufactured home located on low traffic street is ideal for a family. 2-3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, fireplace & garden tub w/whirlpool jets in the master bedroom suite. Appliances included. Located in Erie, MI (2 miles from state line). $30,000 or best offer. Call Keith at (419) 841-3811 Hurry! Won’t last long! COMPLETELY REDONE 304 South Street 3 bdrm., 2-story with 1st floor master & laundry. Privacy fenced yard & garage. $40’s Anna (419) 283-8427

DISCOURAGED LANDLORD — DONE WITH TENANTS! 1252 South Street Disposing of rental with large master, newer kitchen, heat, & electric. WAS perfect before tenant moved in! Dropping to $20’s. Anna (419) 283-8427

LAND FOR SALE WATERFRONT LOTS 2 FOR 1. St. Marks Luna Pier Borders water on 2 sides! Dead end street. Previous variance for 24 x 40 house. $30’s Call Anna (419) 283-8427

CLEANING/JANITORIAL THE FRENCH MAID Will clean your house and you will be pleased! Free estimates. (419) 873-0400

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LANDSCAPE VAUGHN’S TREE SERVICE Tree removal by bucket. Tree topping, trimming, pruning. Lot clearing. Licensed & insured. Free estimates. (419) 466-9632

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