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CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

An exclusive interview with the producer of “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe,” page 30

■ Commentary

New voices Debut columns by Ernie Berry, page 4 and Troy Neff, page 18

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■ Politics

Ethics policy Toledo councilman Frank Szollosi proposes ethics training for public employees, page 12

■ Sports

Kazmaier’s Heisman Local legend recalls winning college football’s ultimate prize, page 27

Car dealers and local experts discuss health care and legacy costs Story by Matt Zapotosky, page 6

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OPINION

December 7, 2005

LIGHTING THE FUSE A publication of Toledo Free Press, LLC Vol. 1, No. 39, Established 2005

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t least the bad guys have the courtesy to let us know who they are.

Their white hoods and swastikaemblazoned brown shirts are warning signs for the rest of us, like a diamondback’s rattle or a cobra’s fanned hood.

“Hey,” these uniforms say, “We ain’t right. Stay away from us for your own good.”

What misfiring brain synapses make one think it is OK to proclaim other people are inferior because of their heritage, skin color or lifestyle?

What childhood trauma allows you to wish entire races of people would disappear?

What chemicals in a person’s brain slosh around and expire to the point where joining the Nazis seems like a good idea?

The Nazis.

Bill White and his Gestapo boy toys are coming back to Toledo on Dec. 10, hoping for a repeat of the riots that broke out during their Oct. 10 tea party. They are allowed to march and goosestep and spew hate, because our country correctly protects their right to call their brand of verbal defecation “free speech.”

I also have the right to free speech. I can say, for example, that

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Nazis suck Michael S. Miller White and his strutting band of jackals are unimaginable bastards.

I can say they are sub-human, sewer-dwelling stains on the human race. I can say their ideology is so twisted and perverse, their souls must be empty, rotted sockets without sunlight, abandoned pits of despair and evil so rank and foul that the smell coming from White’s home in Virginia could gag a maggot at 40 yards.

I do not believe you can reason with people who are so lost and clueless they adopt as heroes hell residents such as Adolf Hitler.

Adolph Hitler.

There is no negotiating with such enemies of logic and love.

In Washington, D.C., the United States Holocaust Museum stands as a fortress against the ignorance of denial. Unlike many of the cap-

itol’s museums, which study the past and allow visitors to bridge history to the present, the Holocaust Museum takes your present and drops you into a living past, where haunted eyes and tortured victims are real and bleeding.

When you enter the museum, you give a computer a few facts about yourself, and it produces a card with the name of a person from the Holocaust era who matches your main traits. As you proceed through the exhibits, you occasionally check your card into a computer that tells you where your fellow traveler was during the Holocaust.

Very few people leave the museum with the name of a survivor.

Most people do not even make it to the end of the first year.

At the museum, prisoner uniforms from Auschwitz and other concentration camps line the walls, with letters and personal effects of people who were killed for no greater reason than someone decided they were “superior.”

There are exhibits blocked off from children’s eyes, details of torture and “medical experiments” that make one weep with compassion for strangers who were cut apart for the amusement of their Nazi captors.

To exit the museum, you have

to walk through a train car that once held hundreds of prisoners being shipped to Auschwitz.

It’s only about five steps to cross through the middle of the box car.

It takes years off your life.

It is cold, lonely, aching with spiritual traces of bewildered people on their way to slaughter.

People whose deaths created sixmillion lights in the memories of those who continue to mourn them and stand vigilant against the worst atrocities the human mind can conjure.

I expect none of these descriptions to faze or deter Bill White and his fellow hatemongers.

They are beyond compassion and understanding. They are braindead, walking corpses animated by bile and spoiled blood, heartless and incapable of empathy.

They are wasting their days on earth, just biding time for their eternity in hell with Hitler.

May their worthless souls burn a quadrillion years for each person they hate and plot against.

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.

Flaming bags of filth

e all know what’s coming, we all know when it’s coming and we all know where it’s coming from. But what you may not know is how much power we actually have to stop it.

Saturday afternoon, the City of Toledo will be forced to endure a rally held Downtown by the same National Socialist Movement whose presence led to the riot that destroyed a significant portion of the city’s North End in October. The price tag for that day of shame stood at roughly $336,000 taxpayer dollars, along with the cost of Toledo’s dignity, which simply cannot be measured.

This time around? It’ll be worse.

Unless we stop them.

The question is how to stop them.

The answer? We know it’s not with rocks, bats or bullets — enough people tried that.

The answer is with humiliation. Humiliation through isolation.

To truly understand what it takes to humiliate the Neo-Nazis, we must first understand their goal. If you believe nothing else about their plan on Dec. 10, believe that they have no intention or desire to storm Toledo looking for a fight. These people are cowards, plain and simple, and cowards want nothing to do with physical encounters with their enemies.

Rather, their goal is to push the racial buttons of this community and turn the victims of their hatred on one another. All while they stand on the sideline, watching. And laughing.

When I was a kid, I knew of some teenage punks who liked to go into different neigh-

Bob Frantz borhoods and cause trouble. You probably remember them, too, don’t you? The young punks who would go out late at night, sneak up onto people’s front porches and put a bag of dog doo on the porch? Yeah, that’s them.

Then they’d light the bag on fire, ring the doorbell and go hide in the bushes.

And you’ve seen the story play itself out enough times to know what happens next: Someone eventually answers the door, sees the fire and stomps all over it to put out the flames, creating a filthy, disgusting mess in the process.

The siding is splattered, the porch is stained, maybe some shoes or some pants are ruined.

And the punk kids? They’re rolling around in the bushes or they’re driving away, laughing their fool heads off at the poor guy who lives there, cleaning up the mess.

Would you like to take a guess as to who was laughing and driving away from Toledo in October, as nearly a thousand people tore a neighborhood apart?

That’s right, the Neo-Nazis pulled one over

on us in October, and that’s exactly what they intend to do again on Saturday. Their entire goal this weekend is to slip back into town, light another bag of filth on Toledo’s front porch, then run and hide while we tear the city apart trying to put it out. They’ll chant and they’ll goose-step and they’ll “Sieg Heil” and they’ll get us so angry that we’ll start throwing things at them, before turning on one another, again. And on police, public property, vehicles, and everything else we can find.

Then they’ll drive away, laughing all the way back to their homes, talking about how fun it was to mess with the idiots in Toledo again.

What’s the best way to discourage the kids with the flaming bags of filth from coming back to your house again? It’s simple: stay inside.

When that doorbell rings Saturday afternoon, we stay inside, right where we are, secure in the knowledge that the burning bag on the steps of One Government Center will burn itself out without doing any damage whatsoever.

Imagine a couple dozen grown men in brown shirts and arm bands, spewing their hate and chanting their chants, all to the sounds of ... silence. No protestors. No counter-chants. No yelling. Just crickets chirping.

How long do you think they’d stay out there, all alone and humiliated, before they’d look at one another, shrug and drive away?

Then it’ll be our turn to laugh. We’ll laugh our heads off at the punks who just found out that Toledo’s no fun to play with anymore.

Respond to letters@toledofreepress.com.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Supporting troops

TO THE EDITOR, I want to thank Toledo Free Press for printing a more positive article about our soldiers and what they are accomplishing over there (“Hello from Fallujah,” Nov. 22). As the mother of an American soldier, I’ve had to stop watching and listening to a lot of the media outlets, because I can’t handle all the negative doom and gloom. I think it is really important to show our support for our troops by letting the general public know that they are accomplishing some good things over there!

KAREN IRWIN, Toledo

Spa kudos

TO THE EDITOR, I would just like to thank Toledo Free Press and Scott McKimmy for the wonderful article (“Spa owner started from scratch,” Nov. 16). Out of all the papers that we have been in, this was truly the best written.

It is very hard to get a business off the ground, especially when it isn’t even in the phone book yet. I also want to say that I think Toledo Free Press is a fine newspaper. I am so glad this paper started in Toledo.

DIANE ALCORN, Dia’ Spa and Salon, Holland

Changing lives

TO THE EDITOR, With all of the bad news, I thought your readers would like some “positive” news for a change.

Specifically, how Toledo Free Press and Jody Zink’s realty column changed our life for the better.

My wife and I were apartment dwellers. It was only going to be temporary, but you know how inertia sets in; temporary turned into four years. For the past couple of years, we worked with a Realtor or two and looked at some houses and condos but nothing ever was “just right.”

One day I picked up Toledo Free Press and read Jody Zink’s column. I was intrigued by her fresh, positive writing style and decided to e-mail her a question.

Not only did she e-mail back, she followed up with a phone call.

My wife and I decided to look again.

Wow, are we glad we did! Jody was a joy to work with; positive, upbeat, hard working and helpful.

To make a long story short, we are now homeowners! We will soon be leaving the rental trap. Thank you to Jody Zink. I encourage all of your readers to give her a try. You will be pleased with the results.

LARRY and SUSAN WAGNER, Holland

December 7, 2005

NICK ANDERSON

Silence Nazis though solidarity

TO THE EDITOR, I read Myndi Milliken’s Nov. 30 story about Misty Fisher’s father (“She had no appeals, says father of slain child”). It was a well written piece.

The judge at the 6th Federal District showed tremendous perversion of the law when she stated, “If she hadn’t fumbled with the safe lock she would be here today,” to which I would have replied, ‘Your honor, if Mr. Madrigal had not entered the establishment packing a gun intent on robbing and intimidating the local citizenry, she would be alive today.”

VINCE WUWERT, Toledo

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Remembering Misty

Minimum Frantz

TO THE EDITOR, Bob Frantz hasn’t been paying attention (“Raising minimum wage,” Nov. 30). Jack Ford created jobs in Toledo, Bob Taft created jobs in Ohio and George Bush brags about the number of jobs he created. When that petition is shoved in my face, I’ll know “Joe and Pete” will have more money to help the economy and poor “Stan” will probably get one of those great jobs our politicians have created. Hell, there are so many jobs out there, Bush wants Mexicans allowed in the country to fill them. Have a nice day and if you pay close attention to what’s happening around you, you might get the urge to sign a petition, too.

JOYCE SMALL, Toledo

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GUEST OPINION

Perversion of law

TO THE EDITOR, Thank you for the sweet and poignant story about Misty Fisher, a fine student and young woman. It is fitting that the world remember her.

As one of Misty’s former teachers, I can attest to the quality of person she was. Her death was a painful blow to myriad others far beyond the scope of her own family. Her life touched many, and still does. Perhaps that is part of her continuing legacy.

Thanks, too, to Mr. Ray Fisher for his commentary about the justice system. He is eloquent from a position of unceasing pain and anger that only a parent can understand. The justice system is NOT just, at least not for victims and their survivors.

Misty remains in my classroom, even to this day. In fact, I speak of her occasionally to my English and journalism classes, remembering exactly where she sat.

MACIA PUNSALAN, Oregon

OPINION

December 7, 2005

JUST THINKING

How to use your famous name to win an election

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enetics predestine the physical, psychological and mental attributes of a person from conception. They determine if a person will have blond or brown hair, blue or green eyes.

This is decided as soon as an embryo is fertilized. Genetics is also responsible in determining who will hold public office.

Ernie As long as a child is born into a family with a recognizable last name, they’ll have a place reserved for them in public service.

It seems as though the more familiar a person’s name, the higher they can climb in politics. A wellknown individual needn’t have a solid platform; they can run for public office whenever they feel by slapping their esteemed name on the ballot. That’s all the voter needs to know!

What ever happened to meritocracy? Maybe it never existed. Taking into account the Roosevelt, Rockefeller and Bush dynasties, coupled with the Taft, Kennedy and Clinton monarchies; it’s as if we live in a familial oligarchy.

Just because a man or a woman was successful in a leadership position does not necessarily qualify their offspring to hold such an office.

Look at the incompetence in the Ohio Gubernatorial mansion.

Is it too much to ask citizens to start voting

for people with backgrounds in policy decision making and who are able to make good decisions under pressure?

Let’s turn our attention to a name that 50 years ago was relatively unknown in political circles: Finkbeiner, a name synonymous with passion for the City of Toledo.

Carty is a man who solidified his place in Toledo government by Berry numerous grassroots campaigns in which he tried to knock on every single door in Toledo before the second Tuesday in November. The name game never bothered Finkbeiner, and even after he had engraved his name in the minds of every citizen, he didn’t rely solely on his name recognition, but campaigned like he had to meet and greet 300,000 people for the very first time.

The latest phenomenon is to continue using one’s unmarried last name after marriage.

Is anybody familiar with Tina Skeldon-Wozniak or Karyn McConnell-Hancock? Apparently somebody failed to inform Hancock that the McConnell name could not transcend temper tantrums over parking violations.

Of course, I would be hard-pressed to relinquish my privileged place in society if I were endowed with a prestigious last name. Perhaps I should marry one of the Bush twins.

Contact Ernie Berry at ernie@ernestberry.com.

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STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!

o they’re coming back. Yes. The neo-Nazi idiots who didn’t march through the North End Oct. 10 are going to pay us a return visit. This time they will hold their “we-hate-hate-youfor-being-different” demonstration at One Government Center.

That way, they can spew their “purebred” vomit through a megaphone and be confident that the Toledo Police Department will protect them.

What should we do about this unfortunate development?

To begin with, we should recognize and appreciate their right to be bigots, and to shout their views from the steps of One Government Center. Freedom of speech in America is not reserved for those who have intelligent things to say.

As the fictional President Andrew Sheppard put it, “Freedom of speech means defending a person’s right to stand up and advocate at the top of his voice that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.”

Good line, and a great principal, but when people as backwards and twisted as these neo-Nazis who want to get up and spread their hate, what should we do? Between now and Dec. 10, you will hear a great deal about this “demonstration” and how people think you

Steve Hartman should react to it. Most people, politicians, church leaders and other community activists will probably suggest that the best way to deal with this demonstration is to ignore it. Don’t give them the attention they want. Perhaps attend a peace rally or unity march in some other part of town.

Those ideas are nice, but I think there is a better way to deal with this demonstration. Attend it. But don’t just go; take a friend, and make that person brings a friend. Organize the people who live on your block to go together. Enlist your co-workers, family members, golfing buddies or whomever and go down to One Government Center on Dec. 10.

Bring a sign, or bring several. The bigger the better. If you are not sure what to put on your sign, you could try “Tolerance,” “Erase the hate,” or “Go away, you

simple-minded fools.” Bring a bullhorn if you can find one. We don’t need to start a riot, or to have a High Noon showdown on Jackson Street.

But let’s get enough people to surround One Government Center and make enough noise that we drown out whatever racist, sexist, bigoted crap these good ol’ boys want to talk about. We should come together as a city and show these people that while we accept and respect their right to speak their views, we have views, too, and together we can show them if the messages of tolerance and acceptance is strong enough and loud enough that it will completely overshadow their hate speech.

That, I think, is the way to deal with these people. Let’s surround One Government Center, and whatever “demonstration” they have set up, and every time one of them opens his mouth the whole city of Toledo will shout and scream about the fact that we do not want their hatred among us. That way, we can let them espouse their views, but no one will have to listen to a single word they say.

I firmly believe tolerance is stronger than bigotry, acceptance is larger than hatred, and if enough of us show up with that in mind, we could turn their demon-

PROFILE OF EXCELLENCE: CHRISTINE Owens Community College Alumna

In 1997, Christine Maas, a current medical student at the Medical University of Ohio, did the unthinkable. Nearly 10 years out of high school, she courageously quit her full-time job with decent benefits to pursue higher education as a nontraditional student at Owens Community College.

“It was a very big decision,” Christine said. “I looked at it as a big leap forward. I knew that I was capable of more and wanted to make a solid investment in my future. I had always wanted to go to medical school so I could someday have a job that I loved.”

Christine, the first woman on her dad’s side of the family to even graduate from high school, grew up in rural Putnam County. She graduated from Perry High School in 1988 and chose to not immediately pursue higher education, following the path of her family and friends before her.

After working as a housekeeper and forklift operator for a number of years, Christine enrolled at Owens in 1997.

She started at the Findlay-area Campus and eventually commuted to the Toledoarea Campus to further her studies before transferring in 2001 to a four-year university.

Christine graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology in 2004 and immediately enrolled in medical school at the Medical University Christine Maas 2001 Transfer Student Medical University of Ohio Medical Student

stration of hate into a celebration of tolerance. We can show these people, and the rest of the world, we are bigger than that, and we, as a community, will not sit idly by while they tear at the foundation of one of our most cherished premises, that all of us are created equally.

I’ll see you Dec. 10.

Columnist Steve Hartman may be contacted at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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of Ohio. Today, she is enrolled in the five-year medical program at MUO and is in the process of exploring different medical specialization areas to pursue before graduating in 2009. And, although, she’s no longer attending Owens, Christine continues to feel an Owens connection.

“As a second year medical student at MUO, it has been very heartwarming to see all of the welcome signs here for Owens faculty members and students,” Christine said. “I feel very strongly that the new relationship with Owens and MUO is a win-win situation!”

In addition to being a full-time medical student, Christine is also a wife to Rodney and a mother to four beautiful children – Andrew (14), Joshua (10), and twins, Sarah and Sami (7).

An inspiration to would-be non-traditional students everywhere, Christine strongly values her Owens beginnings and has become somewhat of a rallying force for her alma mater.

“It has become my personal quest to spread the word to other non-traditional-aged persons about how feasible it is to attain higher education – especially with a local college like Owens,” Christine said. “As a non-traditional student, I began college at Owens due to the excellent tuition, competent faculty, nurturing and supportive environment, and the flexible class schedule.

I was also able to complete nearly all of my undergraduate work there.”

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Christine added, “I am convinced that the education that I received from Owens was equal – if not better – than that of my fellow medical students. The supportive staff and faculty made all of the difference. I really don’t know if I would have been able to do it without them.”

“I feel very strongly that the new relationship with Owens and MUO is a win-win situation!”

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Toledo braces for return of Nazi protesters, page 13 Group says Toledo has major problem with raw sewage overflow, page 15

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Local experts discuss impact of health care, legacy costs

DR. JOHNATHON ROSS has a solution for General Motor’s financial troubles, and it has nothing to do with building cars.

GM’s biggest problem — auto industry experts agree — is health care costs. Last year, GM paid $5.2 billion for health care, equating to $1,525 per vehicle.

Ross’s solution? A national, single-payer health care program.

Statistics indicate Ross’s solution might be appropriate, as GM has no trouble building cars.

According to reports released by J.D. Power & Associates and Harbour Consulting — groups which analyze quality and productivity respectively in the automotive industry — GM is producing vehicles more efficiently than ever and with fewer problems, in the long and short run.

Story by Matt Zapotosky Photography by DM Stanfield

OSCAR BUNCH, United Auto Workers Local 14 president, said General Motor’s plan to cut 30,000 North American jobs by June 2008 is a misguided effort to “downsize to success.”

For local car dealer Andrew McNeill, the cuts are too little, too late.

“The cuts are about 10 years late and about half what they need to,” said McNeill, the owner of McNeill Chevrolet-PontiacBuick in Swanton. “We need to get rid of wasteful jobs.”

Several car dealers in Toledo and the surrounding area said GM’s plan to cut 30,000 North American jobs is an appropriate move.

“From a car dealer’s perspective, we’re happy,” said Marianne Ballas, owner of Ballas Buick GMC. “They have to right-size at some point.”

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GM Continued from page 6 Ross, a doctor at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo and a member of Physicians for a National Healthcare Program, is one of a growing number of doctors favoring a single-payer system. In 1990, Physicians for a National Healthcare Program had fewer than 1,000 members.

Now, there are more than 13,000.

Under the system proposed by Ross, all companies would pay a tax into a national fund for health care, and this fund would cover every U.S. citizen’s medical expenses. Insurance companies would be eliminated, and so would overhead costs associated with non-health related functions such as billing and determining who is covered under what plan. According to PNHP, these costs account for about 20 percent of healthcare expenses in America.

No automaker — including GM — has spoken out in favor of such a system. But as health care costs continue to increase — some estimate they have risen 73 percent in the past 5 years, compared to a 15 percent increase in wages and a 14 percent increase in inflation — GM is not speaking out against such a system, either.

“We have not really said that we are supporting national health care,” said Stefan Weinmann, a spokesman for GM. “We believe the federal government has an important role to play in improving health care quality and making healthcare more affordable.”

The United Auto Workers have supported a national health care system for years, and with GM recently announcing the elimination of 30,000 jobs nationwide, UAW Local 14 President Oscar Bunch said it is time the federal government created a national health care program.

“We have union lobbyists in Washington that work around the clock to try to lobby for national health care,” Bunch said.

“That’s what we’ve lobbied for for years.”

Access to a waiting line

Automakers openly admit the issue of national health care goes well beyond them.

Though a national health care system might take the cost of health care off the auto manufacturers, many argue it would increase cost to taxpayers and create myriad other problems —including long lines and a lack of incentives to develop medical technology.

The American Medical Association has been a critic of national health care.

“If you do have a national system where everyone comes in, unless it’s pretty richly

funded, you’re going to have rationing of care,” said Dr. Jeremy Lazarus, vice speaker of the House of Delegates for the American Medical Association. “In most systems where there are single-payer systems, there are longer lines ...Would it be access to care or access to a waiting line?”

Lazarus disputed Ross’s claim that a single-payer system would be simpler and more cost effective, saying the cost to convert to such a national system would be large.

“We have a pretty complex system and you think about converting that whole thing — the cost would be enormous,” he said.

Lazarus said there are alternate ways to reduce the rising cost of health care, including expanding information technology and focusing more on preventative care and healthy lifestyles. He said smoking, drinking and unhealthy eating were large drivers of rising health care costs.

“Those are all things that are preventable and lead to a huge cost to society,” Lazarus said.

“(The cost of health care) wouldn’t be industry specific,” Moore said. “That would tend to equalize the relative advantage foreign producers have over domestic producers ... The question is, ‘do you pay for health care cost as an input cost for autos?’

“In the current U.S. system — a system which puts the burden of health care on employers — health care costs account for a large portion of the cost of producing a car.

This is especially true for American companies such as GM, Chrysler and Ford, with UAW contracts giving workers lucrative health benefits. GM pays $1,525 on every car for health care, Chrysler pays $1,300 on every car and Ford pays $1,000 on every car.

All three American companies have similar contracts with the UAW in which manufacturing workers receive an average wage of about $27 per hour and full medical and dental coverage. Workers pay between 7 and 10 percent of the cost of health care through co-pays, though GM and the UAW last month negotiated a new health care plan that increases the percent workers ������������ pay by adding a monthly premium. The ����������������� Health care as an input ������� new contract saves GM about $1 billion in However, a national health care system ��������������������������������� cash each year, but GM has yet to calculate would eliminate the competitive advanthe cost burden borne by workers. tage of foreign auto manufacturers, said Dr. Gary Moore, an����������������� associate professor of finance at UT.

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Experts praise GM quality, efficiency Despite General Motors’ sagging sales and recent decision to cut 30,000 jobs by 2008, the company’s car quality and worker efficiency continue to improve.

This year, GM earned five J.D. Power and Associates awards for initial vehicle quality — second only to Toyota, which had 10 — and earned a company record eight awards for long-term vehicle quality. GM also improved in plant productivity — trimming more than eight labor hours per vehicle since 1998 and operating four of the top-10 most productive plants in the country, according to the Harbour Report, which measures productivity in the automotive industry.

“It gives us a lot of confidence that we are on the right track with our product,” said GM spokesman Stefan Weinmann.

GM is not without its productivity and quality faults. Of all auto manufacturers in North America, the Harbour Report, ranked GM the lowest in terms of capacity utilization, which measures the percent that GM plants are producing relative to what their maximum, two-shift production could be. GM’s plant average in capacity utilization was 85 percent. Comparatively, Toyota’s plants produced at a 107 percent capacity utilization average using overtime workers.

From a sales standpoint, GM is also doing poorly. The company lost $4 billion in the first nine months of this year, and, according to the Harbour Report, lost an average of $1,227 per vehicle in the first six months of this year.

Though quality and productivity are not hampering GM, rising health care costs and a falling market share are. Because of intense foreign competition, GM’s market share fell to 26.2 percent this year, down from 33 percent ten years ago. This trend is in line with an overall decrease in sales of American cars. According to the Harbour Report, American cars accounted for 57.8 percent of North American automo-

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tive sales in the first quarter of 2005. Comparatively, American cars accounted for 65.2 percent of North American automotive sales in 2000.

“You also had a shift away from large size SUVs and pickup trucks,” said Greg Gardner of Harbour Consulting. “The market share fell.

They’re [GM] making fewer vehicles.”

Gardner and industry experts agree GM’s major problem is health care costs. The company spent $5.2 billion on health care in 2004, which equates to $1,525 on every vehicle.

But another problem — indicated especially by rising vehicle quality and sagging vehicle sales — might be a marketing failure on the part of GM; specifically, a failure to inform consumers of the quality improvements.

“Perception probably lags reality a little bit,” said John Tews of J.D. Power and Associates.

“The quality is certainly getting much better.”

Gary Moore, a professor of finance at UT, said GM’s problem is mainly that its past vehicles were of poor quality, and it is difficult to change consumers’ past perceptions. In 2001, GM captured only two J.D. Power and Associates vehicle awards for initial quality, and most of its nameplates — including Chevrolet, GMC and Pontiac — reported more than the industry average of 382 problems per vehicle in a vehicle durability study.

“They [consumers] still believe there’s a substantial difference,” Moore said. “They [GM] need to trump the few winners that they have.”

GM adopted a new marketing and sales approach in June, spokesman Weinmann said.

The new approach puts more attention on America’s coastal regions where sales are particularly lagging and makes prices more in line with market prices, using extra vehicle features as more of a “clothing tool,” Weinmann said.

“It just takes a while until all the consumers are aware the products we’re building are top notch,” he said.

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Dealers Continued from page 6 Mainly because of sagging sales and rising health care costs, GM lost nearly $4 billion in the first nine months of this year, and its market share has fallen to just 26.2 percent, down from 33 percent a decade ago.

GM’s stock is trading at about $21 a share — about half of its 52-week high of more than $40 a share — and ratings associations have downgraded GM’s bonds to “junk” status amid the company’s $276 billion debt, $31 million of which is related to its automaking operations.

The recently announced cuts should help reduce costs. The job cuts and corresponding plant closings and reductions are part of a plan to slash $7 billion from GM’s $42 billion annual BALLAS bill for operations by the end of next year. The cuts include $3 billion in health care costs, $1.5 billion in manufacturing cuts and $1 billion in savings on materials.

But as Robb Brown, president of Brown Automotive Group, points out, there is a problem with downsizing: GM already faces enormous fixed costs paying health care benefits and pensions to 459,000 retirees.

Comparatively, Chrysler has about 100,000 U.S. retirees, foreign automaker Honda has less than 1,500 U.S. retirees and foreign automaker Nissan has about 400 retirees.

“As they [GM] get smaller, unfortunately, they spread their fixed costs over a

smaller number of cars,” Brown said.

Bunch puts the problem of GM getting smaller in even simpler terms.

“I don’t know how you can downsize to success,” he said.

Despite GM’s financial problems, most local car dealers said they are not afraid the company will declare bankruptcy. If GM were to declare bankruptcy — which analysts for Bank of America called “inevitable” in a Nov. 10 report — the company would no longer have a contractual obligation to pay health care benefits to retirees.

“If the U.S. government goes bankrupt, I’ll worry about [GM going bankrupt],” McNeill said. “They’re just as big.”

Stefan Weinmann, a spokesman for GM, said GM is not considering bankruptcy.

Brown said he is concerned GM might declare bankruptcy, but he said it is an unlikely possibility and he did not think much would change if it happened.

“They’ll use that as a tool to get some of the concessions [from the unions],” Brown said. “I would be surprised if they declared bankruptcy because they still have cash in the business.”

Brown also said a bankruptcy would not be disastrous for GM, citing Northwest Airlines as a company that has continued to function through a declaration of bankruptcy. However, GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner has said publicly the airline industry and the auto industry deal with bankruptcy in different manners and bankruptcy could hurt GM sales.

“When you’re buying a car it’s a very different thing,” Wagoner told the Associated Press in October. “It’s a massive financial commitment. You expect to own it for a long time, and [bankruptcy] is something that’s going to have an impact in the

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Robb Brown, president of Brown Automotive Group, said GM faces huge fixed costs. consumer’s mind.”

Local car dealers gave varying opinions on how their sales have performed in the midst of GM’s job cuts. Of the five interviewed for this article, three said sales were unaffected in the Toledo area — mainly because no jobs were cut in GM’s two Northwest Ohio plants — and two said sales were slightly affected. Of these two, one said his sales already had picked up and the other said his sales would pick up when the Toledo economy pulled out of recession.

Though no jobs were cut in either of GM’s two Northwest Ohio plants, workers in the Toledo Powertrain Plant — which employs about 3,500 people — have been

asked to volunteer for temporary layoffs starting Dec. 12. Those workers would still be paid about 95 percent of their take-home pay because of their UAW contract. Workers in the Defiance Powertrain plant have been taking voluntary layoffs since spring.

All five car dealers said they expected GM to gradually recover.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt about that,” said Paul Ansted, general sales manager at Dave White Chevrolet. “I think you’ll see GM back strong in the market and very healthy.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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GM Continued from page 8 Foreign auto manufacturers Nissan, Honda and Toyota do not break down health care costs per vehicle, and only Toyota was willing to release its total expenditure on health care — about $210 million annually. All three of those companies offer full coverage to employees with co-pays on prescription drugs ranging between $5 and $10. The American companies have similar co-pays.

Legacy costs

Though the large benefits in the UAW contract contribute to American auto manufacturers’ health care costs, the much larger problem is those companies’ age and size. Because the American companies have been operating since the late 1800s and very early 1900s, they have a much larger pool of workers and retirees. Toyota, Honda and Nissan launched North American operations in the late 1950s and have

a much smaller pool of workers and retirees in America.

GM has a total of 459,000 retirees, and a ratio of 2.5 retirees to 1 worker. Comparatively, Honda has less than 1,500 retirees, Nissan has about 400 retirees in manufacturing and Toyota has less than 100 retirees in manufacturing.

“The reason they (foreign manufacturers) don’t have legacy costs is they have not been there that long,” said Jerry Dubrowski, a spokesman for GM. Legacy costs are the amount of money paid to retirees.

The legacy costs are exacerbated by GM’s declining market share, which hit 26.2 percent this year, down from 33 percent 10 years ago.

The declining market share means fewer workers are producing cars to fund benefits to retirees.

“As they get smaller, unfortunately, they spread their fixed costs over a smaller number of cars,” said Robb Brown, president of Brown Automotive Group.

Weinmann said GM was not surprised by this decline in market share, and he blamed the growing burden of GM’s legacy

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“I don’t think it took us by surprise,” he said. “The growth rates (of health care costs) are just unsustainable.”

In addition to the growth of health care costs, GM has seen a serious slump in sales. The company lost $4 billion in the first nine months of this year and is $276 billion in debt, leading Bank of America to speculate that bankruptcy for the company is “inevitable.” While GM officials have repeatedly denied the possibility of using bankruptcy as an option, bankruptcy would remove GM’s financial obligation to pay health care benefits to retirees.

Unlikely solution

Despite GM’s financial woes — mainly due to health care — legislators and others say a national, single-payer health care system is an unlikely solution.

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur said while health care is certainly an issue with national prominence, her colleagues are unwilling to help GM and other auto manufacturers because their employees receive greater health care benefits than the average citizen. Kaptur also said big companies with large international operations have themselves to blame for moving their economic resources to other countries.

“They shipped out their production to other places, and I’m not sure at the beginning they thought it would catch up to them,” Kaptur said. “The economic wherewithal to create wealth to produce benefits has been outsourced ...They expect

Toledo Free Press ■ 11 the country now to absorb the cost of doing business.”

Moore said he would support a national health care system but he, like Kaptur, did not think it had enough legislative support and did not think American consumers would be willing to pay more taxes to sustain the KAPTUR lucrative benefits of auto workers.

“Because the U.S. consumer is not benevolent, he is not willing to pay for the U.S. autoworker’s health insurance,” Moore said.

Moore also said insurance companies and doctors had far more money to lobby against national health care than the UAW. “The dollars are with the Medicare system,” he said.

A spokesman for Senator George Voinovich said the senator was concerned a national health care system would reduce medical technology innovation, and a spokesman for Senator Mike DeWine said the senator did not feel strongly one way or the other on a national health care system, but was open to all options.

While many felt a national health care solution would be impossible, there was a strong sentiment among auto industry officials, health officials, analysts and legislators that something should be done to fix the U.S. health care system.

Kaptur said the passage of a bill she is sponsoring would expand coverage of the uninsured

— which now total about 40 million people in America.

Moore said GM and the UAW needed to address the issue of benefit cuts — that is, reducing health care benefits to reduce costs.

“Ultimately, because we haven’t paid for these things, we have to address the issue of benefit cuts,” he said. “You cannot give unlimited health care without a plan to pay for it.”

Joel Miller, senior vice president for operations for the National Coalition on Health Care, said his organization sees four options to improve American health care.

Besides a national health care program, the group would like to see an expansion of public programs like Medicare; creation of new public programs targeting specific demographics of uninsured; and/or creation of employer and individual mandates — requiring everyone to have health care.

“We just can’t rely on improvements in quality and improvements in safety,” Miller said. “We need to slow down the rate of escalation in terms of health care costs and health care premiums.”

But for Dr. Ross, those solutions are simply not as comprehensive as a national health care program. To him, the biggest problems in passing a singlepayer law are businesses being tied to ideology and citizens being ignorant to the relief a national health care program could bring.

“There’s incredible ignorance out there,” Ross said. “The fact is the market will never work ... This [resistance to national health care] is all about ideology.

Not about what’s good for business. Not about what’s good for stakeholders.”

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POLITICS

Szollosi drafts ethics policy, training for public employees

By Russ Zimmer Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Public outcry over high-profile corruption cases — on the local, state and national levels — has prompted Toledo City Councilman Frank Szollosi to draft an ethics policy for the council, that would include ethics training for all public employees.

“It’s my feeling from talking with citizens that there has been deterioration in confidence SZOLLOSI and faith in elected officials,” Szollosi said.

Mayor Jack Ford and previous mayors have “beefed up” their ethics policies in recent years, Szollosi said, but those policies do not apply to city council members.

In addition to ethics training, Szollosi said he wants to create an ethics handbook for all city employees that would detail acceptable and unacceptable behavior, such as receiving gifts and entering into business relationships.

Szollosi said he would like to see all the new bureaucrats in mayorelect Carty Finkbeiner’s administration go through ethics training because “the laws are complicated and he’ll no doubt be bringing in new people from the private sector.”

Many other cities have ethics commissions to supplement the state-level Ohio Ethics Commission, Szollosi said, and he would like Toledo to join those ranks.

“People from the private sector, the academic sector and from other parts of the community can basically sit and advise and, if need be, sit and judge actions or potential actions of public employees and elected officials,” Szollosi said.

He said he wants to have a public hearing to garner input and recommendations from the community and also plans to encourage watchdog groups — such as The Center for Public Integrity based in Washington, D.C. — to give feedback on the ethics measures.

“I would ask citizens across Toledo to write their councilman and the mayor-elect and encourage them to invite a cleaner government and ethics package,” Szollosi said.

Szollosi said his proposed ethics policy already has the support of some of his contemporaries on the council but Finkbeiner has yet to respond to a memo he sent him a couple of weeks ago.

“I can’t imagine that any of my colleagues would be against accountability, transparency and restoring confidence, in our body and the city,” Szollosi said.

Dave Schulz, the leader of Toledo Citizens Organized to Bring Reform and Accountability, said he supports Szollosi’s ideas, but would add other measures to the policy.

“We need a tougher conflict of interest policy. We need campaign finance reports from councilmen because they are getting a lot of their money from developers,” Schulz said.

Schulz, who ran unsuccessfully for an at-large seat in last month’s city council race, said he wants to see a clarification of the

term limits law as part of the ethics package.

In the last month’s city council elections, District 3 councilman Democrat Bob McCloskey was elected to an at-large seat on the council — swerving around a city law that limits council members from serving more than three consecutive four-year terms.

Republican Betty Shultz was also deemed eligible to run and won another term as an at-large councilwoman despite a similar situation.

COBRA has sent a letter to all 12 council members to speak to amendments to the city charter — which Schulz said he hopes will be on the ballot next year.

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Police, officials brace for return of Nazis

By Michael Brooks Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

The National Socialist Movement, whose Oct. 15 rally was cancelled after violence erupted, is returning to Toledo Dec. 10 for a rally at One Government Center.

Local costs associated with the first rally totaled $336,000, not including damages to private homes and businesses. More than 140 people were arrested for riot- and curfew-related violations.

Toledo police are keeping details of the next event close to the Kevlar.

“For security reasons, we are not able to provide any details,” said Lieutenant Ron Navarro. “I can say that there has been a great deal of planning involved in reducing the likelihood that there will be a recurrence of the violence that happened last time.”

A source in the department, who requested anonymity, said there will be at least “double” the number of officers at this rally compared with the one in October. Police are also expected to have a wide buffer

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Local members of the anti-Nazi coalition declined to provide estimates of the number of protesters who might show up, but one spokesperson said that there will be “significantly more protesters than October 15,” and that groups will be coming from places as distant as Texas.

The spokesperson also said the antiNazi protesters will gather at noon at local library branches, and further instructions will be relayed by cell phone. Most of the groups have pledged non-violence, but at least one is “keeping its options open,” said the spokesperson.

The unknown factor is the number of Toledoans not affiliated with a particular group who might show up to swell the ranks of the protesters. Hundreds of residents turned out to protest the Oct. 15 NSM rally, including members of local gangs.

City officials and community leaders have been urging local residents to stay away from the rally.

“We are trying to get the word out to people to find other things to do Saturday,”

said TPD’s Navarro. “The fewer people who show up, the better we can keep things under control.”

Pastor Mansour Bey reiterated that call.

“For those who want to stand up for peace, we are holding a consecration ceremony the day before the neo-Nazi rally,” he said. “We will gather at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 9 to bless One Government Center.”

Bey urged those planning to attend the rally to reconsider.: “I understand the mind of an individual who is opposed to racism and hate, and who wants to confront the Nazis,” he said. “However, we believe it would be counterproductive for people to show up.”

COSI Toledo will remain open Dec. 10.

Lori Hauser, the director of the facility, said the center “will carefully monitor information that is given by the City,” and make any necessary adjustments to its programming.

The Downtown branch of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library will close Dec. 10. Jeff Sabo, the library’s security coordinator, said the decision was made by library officials.

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Sources close to the planning have indicated the Ohio Highway Patrol will be in charge of the grounds around the Government Center, and TPD will be responsible for the area outside of the perimeter. One Government Center is managed by the Ohio Building Authority and is state property.

Communications vans will be located around the area to help coordinate actions by police officials, and a knowledgeable source said radios between the various departments will be linked to better communicate potential trouble zones.

Neo-Nazi supporters and protesters may be gearing up for a bigger show of force.

Members of the National Socialist Movement told city and state officials that they expect between 80 and 100 members, with some coming from as far away as the state of Washington.

Members of the NSM have been passing out flyers in several areas in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan to drum up support for the rally.

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United Way makes annual local goal

By Myndi Milliken Toledo Free Press Managing Editor mmilliken@toledofreepress.com

The United Way of Greater Toledo announced it has exceeded its annual campaign fund-raising goal for the first time in seven years.

“It was really an accomplishment in light of everything that has happened this year,” said Jim Murray, regional president of Toledo Edison and chairman of this year’s United Way campaign.

Murray said some of the money came in during the final hours; just this MURRAY week, projections were nearly $200,000 short of goal.

“We could have folded the tents, but we went to the war room and found $200,000,” Murray said.

The United Way set a goal of $13,343,000 this year.

It raised $13,345,262.

Murray said corporations, businesses and employees were all an integral part of the campaign; some raised 20 percent more than last year.

“People only have so much disposable income,” Murray said, “yet, look what they give. It’s satisfying

to know that, by exceeding the goal, it’s going to help a lot of needy people.”

Bill Kitson, United Way president and CEO, congratulated Murray at a celebration in the lobby of Toledo Edison Dec. 1.

“It’s a testament to Jim’s hard work and his community leadership that he’s able to achieve such dynamic results,” he said.

Murray said the credit goes to supporters of United Way’s mission.

“Hospitals, banks, the county employees, Realtors and many companies pledged their support,” he said. “I even called on past chairmen of prior United Way campaigns and they came through for us.”

The United Way reported 75 new companies and more than 280 companies upped their giving from last year.

Eight individuals pledged more than $10,000.

High-performing companies and employees included Behavioral Connections of Wood County, BGSU, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Fifth Third Bank, Kroger, UAW Local 12, HCR ManorCare, Wood County Hospital and Sunoco.

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can request ages of the children or size of the families. Sponsors are given a wish list made by the family or caseworker that provides clothing sizes and suggestions on gift ideas.

“All of our kids love gift cards because they all like shopping for themselves,” said Sherry Dunn, public information specialist for FLCCS. “These are just wish lists.

[Sponsors] aren’t obligated to go out and get what is on the form.”

Dunn said she believes the program does more than just raise awareness.

“This gives families hope that somebody cares about them,” she said.

The deadline is Dec. 9, but gifts will be accepted after that.

— Sandra Whitta

ON THE WEB www.friendsofkids.org

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We are looking for healthy adults who have difficulty falling and/or staying asleep, and who wake up feeling tired and unrefreshed.

Participants must be: • 18 years of age or older • In good health • Experiencing symptoms of insomnia for at least three months

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The Friends of Lucas County Children Services calls for community involvement in their holiday gift program, which brings joy to those who would otherwise go without.

In collaboration with the Lucas County Children Services, the FLCCS coordinates the program.

The goal is to “provide at least two gifts for every child on the agency’s caseload. That is generally about 2,000 kids,” said Clare Armbruster, president of the FLCCS board of directors.

Many of the children live in the care of relatives or foster parents, while others have been recently reunited with their families.

The gifts donated through the program may be the only presents these children receive.

Those wanting to help can sponsor a child or a whole family.

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Qualified participants will receive: • Study related medical examinations at no cost • Study related sleep studies at no cost • Compensation for time and travel

Group works to force reporting of sewage overflow

By Scott McKimmy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

A public interest advocacy organization is working to force government agencies to report sewage overflows while urging communities to separate sewage systems from storm drains.

Selena Hoffman, field organizer for the Ohio Public Interest Research Group, cited a report released by her organization focusing on 11 communities in the Lake Erie watershed basin that contributed to 8 billion gallons of untreated sewage flowing into waterways in 2004. Toledo ranked second to the metropolitan Cleveland area on the list of the worst violators of raw sewage overflow.

“This is a huge problem because it causes a huge range of human health problems, wildlife destruction and beach advisories,” she said.

She said many communities have begun projects to overhaul their sewage systems to prevent contamination after heavy

the Clean Water Act because they are not reporting to the public when this happens.”

Ohio EPA spokeswoman Linda Fee Oros said the Clean Water Act does not require detailed monitoring of every outfall in the state, however, and the organization has been addressing individual community’s overflows at their facilities by accepting plans to deal with the problem. She said so far, about 50 of at least 100 facilities have separated storm sewers from sewage systems, but money have difficulty finding financial resources.

“It’s very, very expensive,” Fee Oros said. “We did a survey of all the sewer systems in the state of Ohio as was required by federal EPA and the most recent results show that it’s over $3 billion just for the combined sewer overflow problem for improvements in infrastructure for sewage plants. Just Ohio.”

City budgets strain over current expenses in maintaining systems, let alone replacing entire systems to prevent sewage contamination during heavy rains.

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Hoffman commended municipalities including Toledo and Napoleon for their efforts in addressing the problem, but solutions won’t be realized for years.

During that time, she asserted, local governments and the Ohio EPA should provide information to the public through means such as a Web site or toll-free hotline. Ohio PIRG is helping Rep. Scott Oelslager to draft legislation requiring consistent and timely reporting of sewage overflow.

“In the long term, we would like to get rid of combined sewer overflows all together,” Hoffman said. “That’s of course a very long-term goal. In those 15 years, it’s really important that the public be notified in real time when these sewage overflows occur.

Right now the Ohio EPA is not enforcing

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EPA tries to help locate federal funding, which is available, according to Fee Oros, but not in great quantities.

While Toledo has committed itself to making the upgrades needed, too many other local governments have avoided facing the issue of sewage contamination in storm water systems, according to Sandy Bihn, Western Lake Erie waterkeeper.

Private industries must report spillage, and Bihn said public entities should follow suit. Much of the problem has been decreasing in the past of sewage overflow, but current statistics have shown a rise in the amount of sewage entering waterways, and one of Toledo greatest assets is at stake.

“We see the trend of a long-term decline for the past 15 to 20 years in terms of nitrates and phosphorous staying at lower levels and ebbing off now beginning to increase,” Bihn said. “So there is a concern that this can really affect the vitality of the water, if you will, the ability of the water to produce if we’re not careful.”

Domestic violence studied

By Sandra Whitta Special to Toledo Free Press

Formed in 1992, Lucas County Family and Children First Council works at supporting strong, nurturing and healthy families by creating and sustaining a collaborative, accessible and effective system of services.

To fulfill this mission, the council has three main initiatives.

One is the coordination of systems and services.

“The council is about building bridges across community agencies to better coordinate services and end the duplication of services,” said David Kontur, director of Lucas County Family Council.

“It is like the new bridge going up.

It is really critical to have somebody playing role of coordinating the project, otherwise you’ll have 20 different bridges going halfway across, but nothing getting there.

Can you imagine being a family trying to navigate 20 different bridges? The council has offered a way to keep people focused.”

The second initiative is community problem solving related to child and family issues. “We’re actually looking at bigger-picture problems in the communities to figure out how they can get solved. It is difficult. They don’t give us answers,” said Dean Sparks, council chairman.

One problem the council is working on is a study of domestic violence in Lucas County. “The study will be brought to the executive committee in January and in February the council will decide which recommendations it wants to take action on,” Kontur said.

The third initiative is the development of an early childhood system that targets children from

DEAN SPARKS pre-natal to 3 years. This Help Me Grow program is mandated by state code, but “our county has gone beyond many other counties by extending these services to children ages 3 to kindergarten with a focus on school readiness,” Kontur said.

“I don’t know if any council can or will fill all their purposes, but we’re doing a good job,” Sparks said. As chairman, Sparks’ goals are to “meet all our mandates.

[I] want to focus the attention of council on things we can impact, continue to work to coordinate the services on specific individualized kids, try to figure out what we are supposed to be doing and get it done, and try and look at things from all different sides.”

“Our council is doing a very good job. It’s an ongoing battle and there is always room for improvement,” Kontur said.

These are just some of the ways the council aids families and children.

ON THE WEB www.lucascounty familycouncil.org

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John DeBruyne, director of psychiatry at Flower Hospital, will present “Holiday Depression” from 11 a.m. to noon Dec. 14 as part of the 2005 Bay Park Community Hospital Lecture Series.

The lecture will cover stress, financial constraints, shopping demands and death during the holidays.

The lecture will help provide ways to make realistic expectations for the holiday season, explain ideas to view the holidays in a different perspective, and discuss options for potential treatment.

The lecture will take place in the Great Lakes Conference Center at Bay Park Community Hospital and is free and open to the public.

Complimentary food and refreshments are served.

For further information or to reserve a seat, call (419) 690-7505.

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A Local woman said her car was being held hostage, by the police.

The trouble started when the woman’s daughter borrowed the car.

She was supposed to keep it in the Toledo area. But the next thing the owner knew, the vehicle was found abandoned in a Michigan field.

The police would not give it back, calling the car evidence.

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She said yes, thinking nothing of it, but police later found the car in a field, across the state line in Lenawee County.

The daughter apparently got it stuck, and took off before help arrived. That’s because there’s an old Michigan warrant in the daughter’s name. Police gave her mom an ultimatum.

“Until she turned herself in, or I got her turned in, I could not have my car back,” Michaux said.

The Grand Am was impounded

at an Adrian tow lot.

Michaux’s 23-year-old daughter has been staying away from home, afraid she’ll be in trouble.

But police say no daughter, no car, making it tough for her mom to get to work.

“The mother’s been without her car since last Friday. That, in and of itself, is a burden to a lot of people,” said Sergeant Bob Sinclair of the Michigan State Police.

After we contacted Sergeant Sinclair, he agreed to release Michaux’s vehicle.

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cocted a drink called “Tropical Berry Fantasy.”

Randi Dressel received second place with “Mocha Punch,” and Debbie Wolf received third place with “Cranberry Nog.” Crosby received three hours of limo service from Total Image Limousine and dinner for two at The Docks. All contestants received a gift bag filled with goodies from area vendors.

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AAA of Northwest Ohio reported nearly half of fatalities during the holidays are alcohol-related. In an effort to promote safe celebration, AAA of Northwest Ohio sponsored a “Don’t Drink and Drive” awareness campaign headed by a non-alcoholic holiday drink recipe contest.

The contest has been held for seven years and recipes are judged based on taste, appearance, creativity and ease CROSBY of preparation. Top recipes are combined in a booklet, which is distributed at AAA branch locations, Toledo Children’s Hospital and area restaurants.

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By Myndi Milliken Toledo Free Press Managing Editor mmilliken@toledofreepress.com

A former CEO of Mercy Health Partners has started an online business to help assist people who have hospital-related complaints.

Darryl Lippman, former CEO for Mercy Health Partners and St.

Dr. Jerry Corsi is author of the book “Black Gold Stranglehold.”

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1-800-GOT-JUNK? takes unwanted ‘treasures’ away

By Myndi Milliken Toledo Free Press Managing Editor mmilliken@toledofreepress.com

One man’s trash is a nuisance when there’s no one to sift through it, sort it out and dispose of it properly. Service companies such as 1-800-GOTJUNK? do just that.

The business began when Brian Scudamore, a high school dropout from British Columbia, began his own business in 1989. What started as a telephone number on the side of a truck is now a franchise of more than 170 companies nationwide.

The success of the business rests on small entrepreneurs such as Ryan Knight, who opened a local branch of the company in May. “We are a full-service junk removal business,” Knight said. “Whatever you want to get rid of, we will take.”

Knight has two trucks and four employees to help him haul away what people no longer want.

Knight said the company, by design, recycles as much as possible.

“We recycle about 50 percent of what we get.

It helps keep our costs down and keeps things out of the landfills,” he said. Items such as furniture, clothing and appliances that still can be used are sent to local donation centers.

“It’s always been a company-wide policy to recycle,” said Don Barda, navigator, estimator, and all-around junk guy for the company. “If there’s something that can be donated, we donate it.”

Having the name of the business the same as the contact number is an effective marketing tool, Knight said.

The service has filled niches for older people who cannot move things on their own, and for those who just don’t have the time.

“We’re not just a junk-removal business,” Knight said. “We are there to help organize people and unclutter their lives.”

Troy Neff: Your latest book is like telling people who believe the world is flat, that it’s round.

Dr. Jerry Corsi: We’re telling people oil isn’t a fossil fuel.

We explain the science that oil is produced within the earth on a constant basis. It’s bionic in origin. That means no biology, no ancient plants, no dead dinosaurs were needed.

TN: Once you think about the amount of oil we’ve used, how many dead dinosaurs would you have needed to produce that much oil?

JC: Think of the millions of gallons of gasoline spent everyday. It’s fairly CORSI ridiculous to think all the dinosaurs migrated to Saudi Arabia at the end of the Mesozoic age and died there. From the science we are presenting, the mammals generate hydrocarbons, methane, oil, a variety of products, and they seep up through the mammal coming from fractures in the bedrock, then pool in the sedimentary rock. That’s why people have been confused. Pooling in the rock, it picks up biological debris from the rock it passes through.

That doesn’t mean it was created by the biology it contains. It just got picked up along the way.

TN: From the beginning, people underestimated the reserves.

JC: You can go to the 1800s and find predictions we were going to run out soon. There are 1.28 trillion barrels of proven reserves, according to the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy, despite doubling consumption since the 1970s.

TN: Is your belief that oil is plentiful and not a fossil fuel, believed by at least a sizable minority of scientists worldwide?

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Vincent Mercy Medical Center, has launched HospitalComplaint.com to assist people who have issues with a hospital service.

“I have had many people inquire me about how to resolve their issues because of my background,” Lippman said of why he got into the consulting business. “Pursu-

ing a hospital problem can be very frustrating and time consuming for patients and their families, so we assist them with achieving a quicker and more favorable outcome.”

While his services are forprofit, Lippman said his expense scale is flexible, depending on the amount of time and resources

Spousal IRAs: A Savings Plan That’s Twice as Nice

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Troy A. Neff JC: I’d say worldwide, the theory is embraced in general, very broadly. It’s been the predominant Soviet theory since the end of World War II. In the U.S., most geologists are hostile to the idea. They even made attempts to suppress the book. Amazon.com was selling the book and they had objections from professional geologists who felt threatened.

TN: I wonder why these oil companies don’t understand this could be good for them and challenge the environmentalists who make it so difficult for us.

JC: There are a lot of “Big Oil” interests that want people to believe it’s scarce. It’s a way to charge higher prices. If it were abundant, it would be much harder to convince people that eventually we’re going to have a world without oil.

TN: With the war on terror, how could changing our thinking help us in our fight?

JC: We are sending a quarter of a trillion dollars overseas to buy oil. We’re buying it from countries where the money is going into terrorism. Bin Laden is waging an economic war against us. He wants the price to go up. If Iran gets nuclear weapons, we’re going to see oil extortion coming out of that country, worldwide. We don’t need to be dependent when we have abundant resources here.

Troy Neff is managing director of Advanced Retirement Solutions.

He also hosts “The Troy Neff Show” each weekday 6 to 9 a.m. on WCWA 1230 AM. He may be contacted by e-mail at Troy@TroyNeff.Com.

Consistently funding an IRA with $4,000 every year is a reliable way to add to your retirement nest egg. It follows then that saving $8,000 a year would be twice as nice. If you are married, your nest egg could double through IRA contributions even if only one of you has earned income. For 2005, every married couple with at least $8,000 in earned income can contribute $4,000 to each of their own IRAs and benefit from tax-deferred savings for retirement, and possibly other financial goals as well. Additionally, those who are over age 50 can contribute an extra catch-up contribution of $500 (rising to $1,000 in 2006).

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Visions for Adams St.

Port Authority loans completed

By Shannon Wisbon Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority completed two loans given to Lucas County small businesses last week, which included the largest SBA 504 loan ever made locally.

Allshred Services, among the top 25 largest document-shredding companies in America, received a $1,299,000 SBA 504 loan with National City Bank providing an additional $2,016,000. This is the largest of the 79 SBA 504 loans completed by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, according to Port officials. The loan assisted in the financing of the land at 3940 Technology Dr. in Maumee, the new home of Allshred Services.

“Toledo is the home of state-of-the-art shredding materials,” said Tom Huth, vice president of operations at Allshred Services.

“Now, we have the Taj Mahal of shredding material buildings.” Allshred Services provides a security system for documents for the states of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.

Allshred Services plans on adding new jobs as the workflow increases.

Cameo Countertops, a company that makes custom kitchen countertops, received a $250,000 loan under the Ohio 166 Regional

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Toledo Free Press photo by Shannon Wisbon

Allshred Services is located at 3940 Technology Dr. in Maumee.

Loan Program with Comerica Bank providing an additional $400,738. This loan assisted Cameo Countertops in purchasing the facility they had been leasing at 1610 Keiswetter Road in Holland. The business employs 32 people and plans to add eight employees during the next three years.

“Loans are given to those who qualify,” said Laurie Cantrell, loan program administrator at the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. “As long as they meet the credit criteria, everyone is welcome. The loans

must be used for real estate and equipment and must retain or create new jobs, they should not be used for inventory, refinancing, or working capital.”

With the completion of these two loans, the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority has completed 244 loans to small businesses.

“We also issue fixed interest rate revenue bonds, conduit revenue bonds, and infrastructure financing,” Cantrell said. “We offer a number of great opportunities for all small businesses located throughout Northwest Ohio.”

Westmoreland historic home tour ‘shows off’ neighborhood Six families in the Westmoreland historic neighborhood, off Parkside Boulevard between Dorr and Bancroft streets, will welcome visitors to the 2005 Holiday Home Tour from 3 to 7 p.m.

Dec. 11. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at any home on the tour.

Guests may park at the Gesu Catholic Church and shuttle to the tour, according to Dawn O’Donnell, chairwoman of the Westmoreland Association. She said the tour takes place about every two years, alternating winter and summer seasons. Each tour supports a different local charity, this season with the Epilepsy Center to receive 50 percent of the proceeds.

It also “shows off” the neighborhood and

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funds beautification and maintenance projects as well as neighborhood gatherings sponsored by the association.

“We like to show the neighborhood off. When we have a tour it allows us to show Toledo how beautiful our neighborhood is,” O’Donnell said.

“It also allows us to raise money for a charity of our choice.”

Among the homes on display will be the first constructed in the neighborhood by real estate developer William B. Welles in 1919, who cofounded Westmoreland with Badger C. Bowen.

The partners modeled the neighborhood after East Virginia County, the birthplace of George Washington.

The homes offer a mix of architecture, O’Donnell added, on streets named after Virginia namesakes such as Richmond, Potomac and Shenandoah.

“A lot of the people come to look at the architectural design of the homes as well as the holiday decorations,” O’Donnell said.

Each home on the tour will bear a flag welcoming visitors who will receive a brochure of sketches and descriptions of architectural styles and old-world craftsmanship. Tickets are available at Herb ‘n Spice Company; Erie Street & Vines; The Birds and The Bees; The Paula Brown Shop; and Classic Antiques and Collectibles.

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Manhattan Restaurant at 1516 Adams St. is a bright spot Uptown. Owner Marty Lahey recently spoke about Uptown’s condition and his vision for the future.

Edward Slack: What’s the history of your business?”

Marty Lahey: My son and the original chef met and worked in New York restaurants for several years. I bought the building, and my wife and I helped them get this place running by December 2002 as a New Yorkstyle Bistro.

ES: What obstacles LAHEY did you encounter?

ML: We had to do extensive remodeling since it was just a bare building. We’re almost entirely a destination restaurant because at this end of town, there are few established residences. During the daytime, our customers come from further Downtown. At other times, people drive in from different neighborhoods in Toledo.

ES: Uptown has been designated as the Arts and Entertainment District. How are you involved?

ML: I chair the Uptown District Association Committee. We raised funds to conduct a design

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s I stroll innocently through the brightly lit aisles of my friendly neighborhood Target, I see tons of nice, affordable furnishings I’d just love to have in my home for the holidays: a new down comforter. Bose speakers for the Ipod. A nice, new leather ottoman (I love putting up my feet during “The Apprentice”). A marble chess set (I’ve never played).

I take time to smell the candles. Listen to some music.

I cruise towards the checkout and begin to eye the candy and J. Lo tabloid photos. That’s when I start hearing the voices.

I hear my mom (who learned it from my grandpa): “Ask yourself if you really need it.”

If you do, well then, buy it. If you don’t — don’t.

Jody Zink I’d like to apologize publicly to all the Target team members (in various states) who’ve stumbled upon my shopping carts filled to the brim with “stuff ” left abandoned through the years. It was me. I was the one. It’s just that my best friend’s birthday card — the single item I walked in for — winds up costing me more than a hundred bucks.

What’s this have to do with real estate? It draws attention to mistakes homebuyers often make. When determining your ability to qualify for a mortgage, a lender looks at your “debt-toincome” ratio: the percentage of gross monthly income you spend on debt.

This includes monthly housing costs (that’s principal, interest, taxes and insurance), and monthly consumer debt (credit cards, student loans, car payments.) Any large purchase can negatively affect your “debt-to-income ratio,” making it harder to qualify for a loan. And sometimes little things (i.e. beer, Starbucks, the bunny slippers we couldn’t live without) really add up.

“Generation Broke” is becoming the new nickname for those

aged 25 to 34. Mom always said you aren’t supposed to spend money you don’t have. I’ve received the lecture and continue to get the lecture (just last week, in fact).

Not everyone, however, is getting the lecture. One of the world’s richest divas under 40 (according to Fortune) appears to be one of them. Reports of J. Lo’s credit card being rejected twice at a celebrity-studded fundraiser in NYC last week demonstrates one example (Rest easy. The tab was eventually settled and she left with her four dresses).

The average household last year paid $1,000 in interest on money borrowed. The amount of interest our nation shelled out could have purchased the entire inventory of 5,000 Lexus dealer-

ships. Studies show Gen-Xers have the highest rate of bankruptcy and spend a quarter of every dollar earned on debt payments (I’ll pause here for some uncomfortable self-reflection on my last Visa bill).

The next time you see an abandoned cart at your favorite store, think of how you, too, could be helping to improve your credit.

Think about how much you could save and invest for something bigger in the future (Like a house, maybe?)

Ask yourself, “Do I really need it?”

Jody Zink is a licensed Realtor in Ohio and Michigan with the Loss Realty Group.

She can be reached at jodyzink@lossrealtygroup.com.

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ES: Where do you see the District in two to five years?

ML: Within two years, you will see very clear signs of development; the building blocks, a clear definition of how this area is going to develop.

In five years, a significant increase in people living here and in number of retail businesses locating here.

ES: What would it take to turn those attitudes around?

ML: Anyone who is investing in a retail business in or around the Downtown area is a pioneer right now because retailers follow residential developments. We must have a vision for how we are going to spur market-rate residential development in the Downtown, otherwise, these pioneer efforts will sputter out. There should absolutely be no more subsidized residential development Downtown; no more Section Eight housing; no more homeless shelters. Downtown Toledo is saturated with such development.

The City doesn’t create jobs or cause economic development; they should enable development.

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Katrina damage limits hotel space

By Scott McKimmy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Accommodations for the UT Rockets and their fans traveling to Mobile, Ala., for the GMAC Bowl on Dec. 21 have been secured despite difficulties arising from hurricane damage to area hotels.

Several rooms are not available because of repairs being made not only this year, but also from last year’s hurricane season, according to Bob Kauffman, who coordinates reservations for the GMAC Bowl. He described how breakwaters, wind and rain required repairs in as many as 100 of 275 rooms in one hotel alone. Other rooms have been occupied by residents from as far as Atlanta and New Orleans, who were displaced by the storms.

“We normally set everything as soon as the bowl game’s over from the year before,” Kauffman said.

“Then that spring we try to get everything done. But then again, we don’t know what’s gonna happen.”

To complicate matters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency extended contracts beyond their Dec. 15 end date to January 2006 after renovations moved more slowly than anticipated. In one case, a hotel had planned to provide 100 rooms for

In a collision of top scorers, Anthony Wayne senior forward Kris Koval goes up and over Springfield’s Steve Decker.

WEEK TWO Last weekend, it was the boys’ turn to debut their basketball season. Anthony Wayne hosted Springfield’s Blue Devils Dec. 3. The Generals came out on fire, dominating both ends of the floor through the first half, burying eight three-pointers. The Devils turned things around in the second half, outscoring the Generals 47 to 29; enough to finish with an 80-72 win.

Art Weber may be contacted at aweber331@adelphia.net.

Don Moreau’s Winning Edge Baseball Camps, will host a holiday instructional camp for children ages 7 years through high school. Maumee Valley Country Day School, 1715 Reynolds Rd., will host sessions in two gyms from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. daily Dec. 26 through Dec. 29. Play situations included in each session are taught and filmed to make a difference in fulfilling one’s potential. For info, visit the Web site www.dmwinningedge.com.

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travelers from the Toledo area, but could only promise 40 rooms due to the reconstruction.

In other cases, Kauffman said hotels change ownership, and new owners deny any knowledge of existing contracts with the GMAC Bowl, creating additional difficulties. Kauffman said new owners of a downtown Mobile hotel denied availability of rooms GMAC expected to be reserved for the UTUniversity of Texas at El Paso matchup.

UT is offering ticket packages for fans to attend the bowl game, charging $999 per person for double occupancy and $1,148 for single guests. The packages include roundtrip airfare from Toledo Express Airport, all shuttles, two nights’ stay and admission to a mayor’s luncheon, Mardi Gras parade and an Alumni Association pregame tent party.

Although Mobile suffered no direct hit by the hurricane, the downtown area was affected by water damage from the nearby Mobile River. Kauffman said he had to scramble to resolve accommodations after UT received its invitation last weekend.

“It’s important for the bowl to try to present a great image for the universities. It just so happens that Mobile is in a hurricane region area of which they’re affected.”

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Kazmaier won Heisman the old-fashioned way

By Chris Kozak Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

More often than not, winning the Heisman Trophy results from a campaign, akin to a high-level presidential election. The hype reaches epic levels, including billboards, T-shirts, DVD highlights and, in the case of University of Memphis running back DeAngelo Williams, diecast models of a NASCAR in Tiger colors with Williams’ number and picture in the hood.

It wasn’t always a part-performance, part-PR campaign. The Heisman Trophy, back in the day, was won the old-fashioned way: on the field.

In 1948, a graduate of Maumee High School, Richard ‘Dick’ Kazmaier, arrived on the campus of Princeton. At the time, Maumee High School had 150 students, 72 in his graduating class.

He left his small town of 4,500

to play football and get an Ivy League education. He earned the Heisman Trophy and an impressive resume.

In 1951, with 17 previous winners receiving the famous Frank Eliscu sculpture, Kazmaier won the award. Able to beat you with his arm or his legs, Kazmaier excelled at halfback in Princeton’s singlewing offense. Though just 5-11 and 155 pounds, he led the Tigers to undefeated seasons his junior and senior years. His ‘51 team finished the season ranked 6th nationally.

He led the nation that year with 1,827 yards of total offense.

“They may stop Kazmaier from passing, they may stop him from running, but they can’t do both,” his coach, Charlie Caldwell, said at the time.

At the end of the season, in addition to winning the Heisman, the last time it was captured by an Ivy Leaguer, Kazmaier was named

AP Male Athlete of the Year, Ivy League Player of the Decade and Princeton’s Player of the Century.

He was on the cover of Time.

“I was on campus, and got summoned to the dean’s office.

One of the public relations people told me that I had won the Heisman Trophy,” the psychology major said. “I couldn’t do more then thank them for telling me. I went back to doing what I was doing: I had to go to a class.”

Declining the calls of Chicago Bears owner George Halas, Kazmaier turned down professional football.

“I said, before the start of my senior year, in the summer of 1951, that I was not going to play professional football. I was going to go to business school,” Kazmaier said.

“Mr. Halas drafted me anyway. He called me a month and a half after the draft, asked me if I changed my mind. I told him I hadn’t, thanked him and that was the end of the conversation.

“Compensation for a first round draft choice was $7,500 a season. And that didn’t seem like a lot of money for me. I was going to be a Princeton graduate.

It was really not something that held a lot of merit for me, from a career standpoint.”

Following a three-year stint in the military, Kazmaier enrolled in Harvard, where he received his MBA. From there he started Kazmaier Associates, Inc. a marketing and financial services business with investments in

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Richard Kazmaier and his father, Richard Sr., after a 1952 game. the sports and leisure industry; served as a director of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry and trustee of the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association; has been a trustee of Princeton University and chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under Presidents Reagan and Bush; he has been director of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame, where he was enshrined in 1966.

He is an avid sports fan, and, as the perks of a Heisman winner allows, will attend this year’s award presentation in New York City.

“When you see the candidates when they come in, in the realm of possibly winning, you

don’t have much of an opportunity to interact with those young men. And once the winner is announced, the rest of them go home. And the winner, from that point on, is one of the winners.”

“Professional football is a much different opportunity for young people today then it was in 1952,” Kazmaier said. “These players are going to be professional football players; that’s their objective.”

The Maumee football team plays its home games at Kazmaier Stadium. He gets back to Maumee on an annual basis in support of the Kazmaier Open, a golf outing at South Toledo. This year’s event is scheduled for June 19. Funds raised go in support of the Richard Kazmaier Scholarship Fund.

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Ballet founder returns to ‘Nutcracker’

By Myndi Milliken Toledo Free Press Managing Editor mmilliken@toledofreepress.com

For 64 years, the Toledo Ballet has brought to the stage the wintertime favorite “The Nutcracker.” As dancers perform complex, classical movements with ease and grace, the performance will mark the longest-running production of this holiday ballet in the United States.

The Toledo Ballet’s founder and current board member, Madame Marie Vogt, has come out of a 10-year retirement to serve as Toledo Ballet’s Artistic Director Emerita. The Ballet’s first “Nutcracker” production, in 1940, was under her creative direction.

“In the first production, there were VOGT just a few dancers presented and we had piano music as accompaniment,” Vogt said, noting that a full score wasn’t even available from Russia in the early years. “In 1949, the symphony took the stage, and they were literally on the stage.”

Vogt remembers the production being held in the now-

extinct Paramount Theater.

“We filled it up with 3,000 people and had 1,000 in the aisles. We turned 1,000 away,” she said.

This year, Vogt promises the ballet will have distinct differences from recent productions.

“The choreography is from St. Petersburg Ballet Company, strictly a Russian approach with witty, lovely arm movement, or Port de Bras,” she said. “There will be changes in the scenery as well.”

While the famous Peter Tchaikovsky score will be used, the ballet will strive to use different parts of the composer’s long scores throughout the production.

“It’s amazing music,” she said. “Through the years, the music never ceases to amaze me. In the snow scene, you can hear the brittle icicles and feel the cold air. And don’t ever underestimate the ‘Waltz of the Flowers.’ ” Vogt has traveled the world, and has brought a little of those travels back with her for the production.

“I am bringing back the 42-foot long Chinese dragon,” she said. “And I have brought clothing back from China,” she said.

Vogt said her joy is in watching the dancers grow and progress through productions such as “The Nutcracker.”

“Ballet is music, dancing, art and literature,” she said.

“I try to impart that to my dancers. I watch the dancers feed off their own performances, because they want to do their very best.”

“Because of Madame Vogt’s passionate commitment to the Toledo Ballet and its dancers, generations of Toledoans have fond memories of her close attention to them as they danced,” said Mari Davies, development manager for Toledo Ballet. “While many have long ago tucked away their ballet slippers, they have taken with them the life lessons Madame Vogt imparted appreciation for great music, focus, discipline and integrity.”

Vogt will be joined this year by Arkadiy Orohovski as the Ballet’s artist-in-residence and interim school manager. Orohovski is a native of Ukraine and has been a professional dancer since 1988.

Guest artist Soili Arvola will stage this year’s “Nutcracker,” with choreography by her husband, Leo Ahonen.

From Finland, Arvola has received numerous awards.

More than 150 performers will take part in the production, which will be performed at 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 10 and 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Dec. 11. A special children’s version will be performed at 11 a.m. Dec. 9. For tickets, call the Stranahan Theater at (419) 381-8851.

POETRY

Poet offers personal vision of the seasons

By John Dorsey Toledo Free Press Staff Writer events@toledofreepress.com

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Local poet Michael Hackney’s eyes burn bright with an economy of emotion. In 2003, Hackney, a graduate of BGSU’s English department, was awarded a grant from the Toledo Arts Commission for his collabHACKNEY orative book, “Learning To Write,” issued by Hudson Valley Publishing Inc. of Ann Arbor and written with his former high school English teacher, George Schmidt.

Hackney said he has experienced life’s ups and downs, including the day-to-day emotional problems that seem to come along with the trade.

His words call upon memories of seasons spent in the cradling arms of loves lost, romantic or otherwise.

Here are a few lines from the poem “A View From The Storm,” which opens Hackney’s section of “Learning To Write.”

“Fireflies slap tiger lily, gone tangerine behind the house, The sky is lighting up, beyond porches throughout the town.

Soft, umbral figures read books in dorm room windows, Cool north brings rain, sends crickets to garden shelter.”

In a recent reading to promote his soon-to-be-published collected works, Hackney talked about how despite his need to hold down a day job — he is a waiter by trade — poetry is where his heart is.

Seeing him read his work, is like watching a spellbound child with a bag full of magic tricks which seem almost as new to him as they do to his audience.

Hackney said he has genuine concerns about the state of his chosen art form.

Hackney said he believes the true art of poetry is an economy of words, such as those written by his influences, Ezra Pound, and T.S. Elliot, and not prose posing in its place.

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FILM

‘Narnia’ producer: film was ‘amazing experience’

By Mark Tinta Toledo Free Press Staff Writer events@toledofreepress.com

Now that the film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” have cemented their status as cinematic classics, Hollywood has moved to another beloved fantasy series: C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles MOORE of Narnia.”

Dec. 9 sees the release of the highly anticipated “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe,” from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media. Walden Media is a film company that focuses educational entertainment for children.

The film was a labor of love for all involved, especially for coexecutive producer Perry Moore, a former Walden Media associate who began working on the project while at the company. Moore has chronicled the experience of making the film in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion,” published by HarperCollins.

“This whole thing was an amazing experience,” Moore told Toledo Free Press in a phone interview. “It was important to us, and to the estate of C.S. Lewis,

that this film be done right, and I think we did it.”

While at Walden Media, Moore discovered another studio had optioned rights to the half-centuryold book, and planned to update it to modern-day Los Angeles.

“I made a vow right then and there,” Moore said. “This had to be done right, and that meant staying faithful to the book.”

Brought on board to helm the project was “Shrek” director Andrew Adamson, who also advocated taking the faithful adaptation approach. Playing the Pevensie children are four new faces: William Moseley (as Peter), Anna Popplewell (as Susan), Skandar Keynes (as Edmund) and Georgie Henley (as Lucy).

Moore estimates he and casting director Pippa Hall auditioned 4,000 children before settling on the final four.

“All four of the young stars are equally important to the film,” Moore said. “They carry this movie. They’re so good, and they worked very well with Andrew, who really had a special bond with them and was almost like a father to them. It was a very special thing to see.”

Aside from voice work by Liam Neeson and Rupert Everett, the biggest names to act in the film are Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent as Professor Kirke and Tilda Swinton in the pivotal role of Jadis, the White Witch.

“If you’re a fan of Tilda Swinton, then you’re going to love her

in this,” Moore said of the actress, best known for her work with the late underground icon Derek Jarman and cult films such as “Orlando,” “The War Zone” and “The Deep End.” “The great thing about Tilda is that she’s a fiercely independent thinker, and it’s not even in her being to go near a cliché. She’s also the complete opposite of her character. She’s really this sweet mother of twins, and she’s afraid she’ll have kids shrieking away from her in terror for the rest of her life.”

It was important to Moore that the film have good actors, but not “big” actors. There were published stories during pre-production that Nicole Kidman had been cast as Jadis, which Moore found amusing.

“We wanted the title to be the star of the movie,” he said.

“The whole Nicole Kidman thing happened because both she and Andrew happened to be at the airport in New Zealand at the same time. He was scouting locations and she was looking at real estate. Andrew has long, blond hair, and from the back, I guess he was mistaken for Nicole Kidman, and the media went ahead and assumed that because they were both at the airport — not together, mind you — she must be in the movie. We saw a report on the AP wire that Nicole Kidman was in our movie and we’d never even met with her. I also saw some reports that Michelle Pfeiffer was going to play Jadis.

Nicole and Michelle are fantastic

actresses, and we do have The Lady of the Green Kirtle in ‘The Silver Chair,’ so when we do that one, I hope they give us a call.”

Because of Lewis’ writings on Christianity, “The Chronicles of Narnia” is being marketed in the same “grassroots” way of “The Passion of the Christ” (one story even called it “The Passion of the Christ for Kids”) and other evangelical-themed films such as “Left Behind” and “The Omega Code.”

“I’m not really involved in the marketing,” Moore said. “This is the kind of book that, yeah, there’s certainly a deeper, spiritual meaning in the story if you choose to see it. But if you don’t, it can still be appreciated just on the story. That’s also the case with the movie.”

There are several other books in the “Narnia” series, and Moore said he hopes to turn them all into films.

“I’d like to do ‘Prince Caspian’

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IN CONCERT

Local trio heats it up at the Village Inn this winter

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

Playing at an establishment where TVs are showing several NFL games every Sunday might not appeal to some bands. But Bobby, Frank and George are up

to the challenge.

The local trio had people lifting their beverages and singing when they launched into The Doors’ “Roadhouse Blues” on a recent evening at the Village Inn, 4984 Holland-Sylvania Rd. in Sylvania.

“Our goal is to make the

people there happy, including ourselves,” said Bobby May, guitarist and lead singer. “We always want to play good and when people like it, that makes us happy.”

Drummer George Leist agreed.

“We really like to play music; it just happens to be in front of

people. It’s neat when people like what you’re doing,” he said.

The band serves up several styles — rock, reggae, surf, country, bluegrass — and takes requests.

“If you don’t like what we play in the first 15 or 20 minutes, stick around and we’ll change it up,” Bobby told the crowd.

The group, which includes Bobby’s son, Frank May, on bass, tore through covers of songs by The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Sam Cooke and Neil Young.

The fantastic fretwork of Bobby, the striking play by Leist — which included using a metal lampshade — and the pulsating performance by Frank inspired

spontaneous dancing.

“We pretty much pick songs that we like and we think other people will like, too,” Leist said.

“George, Frank and I like all kinds of music. My son turns me on to new stuff, too,” Bobby said.

“We’ve always liked a little bit of everything. At times in the past, that’s been sort of a detriment, to not be focused on one thing. Over the years, it’s become a strong point.”

Bobby and Frank also play in Dry Bones Revival, and Bobby joins Pat Lewandowski in Two Big Guitars. Leist also is a member of the Maxx Band.

Bobby, Frank and George will be at the Village Inn every Sunday at 6 p.m. this winter.

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TARTA explores poetry in motion

A great place for wine has gotten cheaper: With competition from every wine-growing country, global wine quality has improved dramatically and prices have stabilized, good news for a working-class economy.

4. Personalities: In my brief but glorious year, I have met some amazing, exhausting, exhilarating, inspiring, bitter and brilliant personalities in the wine business.

People who are true pillars to what is happening in the wine community, and people who, years ago, began to steer this ship in the right direction. Every one of these people has put a premium on customer service and understands the power of a great wine recommendation.

You can find these people in the wine shops and restaurants around Toledo; you will find them at charity events and tastings. And you will find them leading Toledo toward an improved wine culture.

3. A chance to taste the wine: With wine-tasting events in every nook and cranny of Toledo, practically every night, Toledoans are afforded every opportunity to kick the proverbial tires before purchasing wine. This is also a great chance to ask questions and learn about wine.

2. Restaurants that get it: In the last year, we have seen the rise of the wine list. Restaurateurs that provide not only wine, but wines that are wellthought out and appropriate for pairing with an exceptional menu.

1. Retail, retail, retail: With The Andersons (three locations), Walt Churchill’s Market, Churchill’s, The Vineyard, Joseph’s Beverage Center, Maumee Wines, Aficionado’s, Sautter’s and many more independently owned wine stores in the Toledo area, Toledoans have a staggering selection of wines to choose from. All wines are chosen by the area’s most educated and most talented wine people, all in hopes of bringing you and your friends a special bottle of wine at every price.

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On Dec. 4, representatives from TARTA and the Arts Commission came together again for the second annual opening exhibit of art and poetry developed by the Young Art-

By John Dorsey Toledo Free Press Staff Writer events@toledofreepress.com

Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers.

Bluegrass jams coming Two days of bluegrass music will mark the 16th celebration of Bluegrass in Super Class, Jan. 1314 at Holiday Inn French Quarter, Perrysburg. The event will feature old favorites and new faces, with acts such as Bluegrass Legends, The Wildwood Valley Boys, Dean Osborne Band and Lily Mae & The Dixie Gospelaires.

“Two full days of music is enough to warm up a cold winter, no matter what the wind chill is outside,” said “Mr. Bluegrass,” Robert White. White said the con-

In the fall of 2003, TARTA Transit Planner Jason P. Binder received funds in the form of an artistic enhancement grant. After considering a number of options,

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Special room rates are available by calling (419) 874-3111 and mentioning the festival.

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It really depends on what you want. Nearly ever yone has recieved mail from the National Librar y or an e-mail from www.poetry.com.

Real fame is possible: Dylan Thomas got his first book contract as the direct result of a newspaper poetry competition.

It might be best to either try a university press, which will also charge a fee, but that’s a bullet worth biting at that level, perhaps a magazine you know and trust, see www.glimmertrain.org. You may also want to consult a publishing reference volume, such as Writers Market, which is available in most bookstores. In the end, the ideal solution may be selfpublishing — it worked for Walt Whitman.

The deadline for the Broadway Bards Anthology is Dec. 31. E-mail hgking@sbcglobal. net for further details.

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sion Committee chairman; Mary Dawson of the BGSU Graphic Design department; UT; and local media by using their annual writing competition as a means for the selection of the included work.

Paying tribute to Toledo musical icon Art Tatum, the theme for this year’s exhibit is jazz. Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the piano legend’s death from kidney failure at the age of 47. Working with Levy and graphic designers Ben Morales, Chris Burke and Matthew Finkhausen, the students and a small selection of adult winners condensed their poems, read during the exhibit opening by local poet Nick Muska, to eight lines or less.

The theme for next year’s exhibit is “glass.”

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moved back to my hometown of Toledo about a year ago.

Before that, I spent a lifetime (seemingly) in California in the wine biz. I bought and sold for many years, and when the time came to return home to roost, a sudden terror came over me. Is there a place for me and/or wine in Toledo, or do I need to finally finish school or learn a trade?

The answer then was, um, wait and see. But after a year, I can honestly say Toledo is not a wine purgatory as is purported. I believe that the wine culture can thrive in Toledo where it may fail in other places. Here is my optimist’s top 10 list of why Toledo can be (and is) a thriving wine culture.

10. Freedom of choice is on the march: With 20 distributors now servicing the Northwest Ohio market, we have choices beyond the giant conglomerate distributors and wines. Ohio has actually laws of distribution to place small companies and large companies on a level playing field.

9. We drink a lot: Toledoans drink their share of alcohol, so puritanical efforts to limit availability usually fall on deaf ears. We also have more disposable income than any major market in Ohio.

8. Food TV Rules: Nationally, we are becoming a culture of foodies. Emeril, Rachel Ray, and the like have found huge ratings, especially in the Midwest, where all we have to do all winter is eat and watch TV. Wine and food go hand in hand.

7. I remain employed: My day job is selling wine, and to be able to continue my career in Northwest Ohio had many naysayers saying, well, nay. But I, or rather, you, have proved them wrong. You love wine, you really, really love wine.

6. Wine is the new black: Wine is surging in popularity, growing about 7 percent in increased bottle sales year in and year out for the last 10 years.

5. Cheap wine has gotten better, and good wine

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MUSIC NOTES FRI DEC 9 Agora Theatre, Cleveland

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must DO TAKE ACTION AABA Trucking & Hauling is sponsoring an art event and fund-raiser, “Take Action: Community”, from 5 to 11 p.m. Dec. 11 at Manhattan’s Restaurant, 1516 Adams St. Artists Terry A. Burton, Jerry Gray and Kerry Krow will present original paintings and prints for sale in a silent auction, with half of the proceeds going to the Lighthouse Community Center. Members and friends of ALMA Drum & Dance (will perform African-inspired rhythms, along with Toledo drummer, Jim Trout. A community drum jam begins at 9 p.m. and is open to the public.

Suggested donation at the door is $10 for the buffet, and $5 for the drum jam.

Whitetail Winter

Enthusiasts of all ages can look for whitetail deer from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Dec. 10 at Side Cut MetroPark, Riverview Area. For children ages 3 to 5, there is a special program, “Oh Deer!” at the Swan Creek Preserve, Yager Center.

Kids and their adult companions learn how deer survive winter, make a craft and go on a short winter hike to look for signs of deer. To make reservations, call (419) 407-9700.

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The Ark, Ann Arbor

Del McCoury Band Bronze Boar

Russel Martin & The Relics

1 ‘tis the season The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, 325 Michigan St., will come alive with “Sounds of the Season,” a holiday concert series. The lunchtime concert series begins December 12 and will run through Dec. 22. During the concerts, Library patrons are encouraged to bring their brown bag lunches or purchase a lunch in the Library Café by Eddie B’s, located at the garage level of the Main Library. The concerts are free and open to the public.

Sylvania Northview High School Jazz Band will play at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 12; Scandia String Quartet at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 13; Toledo Symphony Jazz Trio at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 14; Deveaux Junior High School Ensemble and Jazz Band at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 15; Waite High School Ensemble and Show Choirs at 12:30 p.m.

Dec. 16. For more information and a complete schedule, call (419) 259-5256.

2 Archaeological find Dr. Winifred Creamer, professor of anthropology at Northern Illinois University, will discuss the research on the coast of Peru, where large-flat-topped pyramids were built around open plazas between 3000 and 1800 B.C. The lecture will discuss ancient civilization, cultivation and ceremonies. The event is free and open to the public at the Maumee branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Library; (419) 530-2193.

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Christmas celebration

The Notre Dame Academy will present its annual Christmas Concert at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at Notre Dame Performing Arts Center, 3535 W. Sylvania Ave. The NDA Jazz band, will play selections such as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “Let It Snow.”

Free; (419) 475-9359.

The Air National Guard Band of the Great Lakes, 555th Air Force Band will perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at Place Emmanuel Baptist Christian School, 4607 Laskey Rd. Free and open to the public; (419) 346-3075.

Toledo Symphony will play at the Huntington Bank Neighborhood Concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at Cornerstone Church, 1520 Reynolds Rd., Maumee. “A Christmas Celebration!” is free and open to the public; (419) 725-5000.

Headliners

Alliance Francaise, Deutsche Trachten Gruppe, Teutonia Maennerchor & Damenchor University of Toledo Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall

The Opera Workshop Upper Deck

Old Newsboys paper sale The Old Newsboys Goodfellow Association will be on the streets Dec. 9 selling its annual Charity Paper to raise funds for needy children.

Sellers will be at banks, malls, stores, factories and many other locations. Their goal is to raise more than $200,000.

Donation stations have been set up at Westgate, corner of Central Avenue and Secor Road; the corner of Heatherdowns Boulevard and Reynolds Road; Downtown at the corner of Monroe Street and Michigan Avenue; and Westfield at Franklin Park at all entry points.

Online donations can be made at www.toledonewsboys.org.

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House of Blues, Cleveland

Village Idiot, Maumee

Howard’s Club H, Bowling Green

Macaroni & Chas, Help Wanted, Sarasine, Picciuto Majestic Theatre, Detroit

The Nu-Tones

Westgate Chapel

“A Christmas Celebration” with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra

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Aiden, Hawthorne Heights, Jack O’Shea & Anthony Raneri of Bayside, Silverstein

The Ark, Ann Arbor

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Frostbite Blues

Big Blues Bob & The Thin Ice Band

Mickey Finn’s Pub

Fox Theatre, Detroit

Martin Sexton Camp Holiday CD release show Bronze Boar

The Zimmerman Twins, Big Buildings, 8 Weeks Out

“Radio City Christmas Spectacular”

Murphy’s Place

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Cakewalkin’ Jass Band, The Murphys with Roosevelt Hatcher Palace of Auburn Hills

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Sodbuster, Sylvania

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Brian Setzer Orchestra

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Fox Theatre, Detroit

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Grog Shop, Cleveland Headliners

Fan Appreciation Show featuring OnceOver, Selfles, Sworn Secrecy, New Found Element, Imperium, Montauk, The Heart of Juliet Jones, Dying to Know, The Separation Tree

Howard’s Club H, Bowling Green

Resonant Soul, Building Kites Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Tom Joyner Mistletoe Jam featuring Aretha Franklin, CeCe Winans, Faith Evans, Yolanda Adams Majestic Theatre, Detroit

Iron & Wine, Calexico

The Three Irish Tenors, The Irish Divas

MGM Grand Detroit

The Shelter, Detroit

“The Nutcracker” featuring the Toledo Ballet, Toledo Symphony Orchestra

Blood on the Wall, Psychic Ills Stranahan Theater

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Toledo Holzhacker Buam, David Kohler, Jubilatores

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Rob Thomas, Anna Nalick

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The Irish Sopranos Murphy’s Place

The Nicole Heitger Quartet, The Murphys with Glenda Biddlestone The Odeon, Cleveland

The Heartless Bastards University of Michigan Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor

Dianne Reeves Upper Deck

MAS FiNA The Winchester, Cleveland

A Static Lullaby, Funeral for a Friend, Hopesfall, Paramore

Tie Dye Harvest

Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Perrysburg

The Ark, Ann Arbor

“The Christmas Box” Pirate’s Cove, Cleveland

Karma Has Kelly, Quickening, The Company Line

SUN DEC 11 Chris Knight

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“Radio City Christmas Spectacular” House of Blues, Cleveland

Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland

Reverend Horton Heat, Split Lip Rayfield, Supersuckers

River Raisin Centre for the Arts, Monroe, Mich.

Lourdes College Franciscan Center, Sylvania

U2, Institute

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Christmas Choral Concert

Stranahan Theater

Toledo Museum of Art Great Gallery

Reel Talk The Way Public Library will continue its Reel Talk classic film series with “I’ll Be Seeing You,” at 10 a.m. Dec. 15. This 1914 sentimental wartime story finds Joseph Cotten as a battle-fatigued soldier who meets Ginger Rogers on a train as she is on her way home for Christmas.

The film, produced by David O. Selznick, also features a teenage Shirley Temple.

Mike Hough, film and program coordinator for the Historic Ohio Theatre, will discuss the film. Free; (419) 874-3135.

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UT Choir Concert

The Ark, Ann Arbor

Kristin Hersh

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Bronze Boar

Alvin’s, Detroit

Halifax, I Am the Avalanche

Chris Knopp & Friends

Manhattan’s

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“Radio City Christmas Spectacular”

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The Homeville Circle, Those Transatlantics, Cars Can Be Blue, Woody Whatever

Magic Stick, Detroit

David Melillo, Hellogoodbye, Hit the Lights, The Rocket Summer

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Christmas Band Concert

TUE DEC 13 The Ark, Ann Arbor

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s Wild & Swingin’ Holiday Party

Quartet Bernadette The Murphys St. Joseph Catholic Church, Sylvania

“A Christmas Celebration” with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra University of Toledo Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall

Jelena Cingara, piano

Bronze Boar

Box of Cats Fox Theatre, Detroit

“Radio City Christmas Spectacular”

‘The Christmas Box’ A national best-selling novel will come to life onstage this holiday season as Owens Community College’s Center for Fine and Performing Arts presents “The Christmas Box” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10. Based upon and inspired by Richard Paul Evans’ novel, “The Christmas Box” is the tale of a widow and the young family who moves in with her together discovering what the holiday season is really all about.

The show will feature longtime actor Tom Dugan serving as the story’s theatrical narrator, while original music will be led by nationally known composer Paul Cardall and his five-piece ensemble.

Tickets $25 for the public, $22 for senior citizens and Owens employees, and $15 for students.

To purchase tickets visit www.stagetix.com or call (567) 661-2787.

David Melillo, Hellogoodbye, Hit the Lights, The Rocket Summer

Rogers High School Chorus and Jazz Band Christmas Concert, The Ryan Erard Trio

University of Toledo Doermann Theater

Murphy’s Place

The Winchester, Cleveland

Randy Daniels

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AUDITIONS Waterville Playshop’s “Arsenic and Old Lace”: 7 to 9 p.m.

Dec. 9 and 11 at the Old Waterville Firehouse on Rt. 64. The production has a cast of 11 men and 3 women but some of the male parts can be cast with women. Rehearsals will begin in January. Run dates are April 7- 9.

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Survival Techniques 9 to 11 a.m. Dec. 10 at Pearson Metropark, Packer Hammersmith Center, 4600 Starr Ave., Oregon; (419) 691-3997.

EXHIBITIONS “Persona non Persona”:

through Feb. 26 at Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. Included in the exhibition are images of human presence that reveal no specific face; (419) 255-8000.

HOLIDAY Winter Festival of Crafts:

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 10 at the Franciscan Center, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania. Free; (419) 824-3997.

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W

e don’t even have it as bad as some people, in our cushy position west of the snow belt and south of the North Pole, but we Toledoans still kick into survival mode when there’s talk of a wintertime rock show.

“Who would be foolish enough to unload gear out of a rusty van in this weather?” we wonder. Couldn’t they, you know, wait ’til spring to rock ’n’ roll?

Winter can do bands in as surely as it thins out the homeless population. Ever try playing guitar for three hours in an unheated garage?

Ever skid out on ice and hit a guardrail while driving a 1984 Club Wagon full of your band’s combined lifetimes’ worth of gear?

Yet somehow, natural selection leaves us the hardiest (or foolhardiest), most tenacious bands to go see in wintertime.

We’re still waiting for a bar to wise up and offer hot spiced rum drinks, or otherwise combat the cold, but until then, we’ve got a lot of rocking out to do this weekend. More than we have time for, in fact!

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A classic rock and roll dilemma unfolds Saturday. Do we go see Highbinder and The Highgears at Mickey Finn’s Pub, or do we head Downtown to the Underground to see the Heartless Bastards and the reactivation of the Deadbeat Moms, one of this town’s raddest bands, one we’d been told was sadly defunct?

On one hand, you’ve got Dayton’s Heartless Bastards, a power trio signed by the uber-cool Fat Possum Records, led by the awesome Erika Wennerstrom, who lays down the indie rock vocals and the plaintive guitar lines like she was in some other, much more rock-friendly, country. On the other hand, you’ve got two young bands at Finn’s with more heart between ‘em than you’d find in any ten boxers, bands who’ll show up anywhere, any time, in the service of the higher calling of rock.

The Heartless Bastards sport not only the once-defunct Deadbeat Moms as openers, but the Dirty Damn Band, whose twogirl bawdiness should already be legendary.

The Highgears/Highbinder show features opener Ginger Fig, a very cool Michiganbased quartet with female vocals and a little goth influence.

If either of these bars had committed to serving a consistent $2 draft beer, I’d have given them the decision based on that alone. As it is, I’m forced to admit I’ll be scurrying back and forth between the two that night, undoubtedly missing something awesome in the process, but also enjoying the fact that my rock-starved town is hosting two must-see events in the same night.

If we can muster up this much righteous rock when it’s 15 degrees, maybe we have something to look forward to next summer after all.

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If you can’t remember the last time you heard the Spin Doctors, you’re probably not alone. The band that put out such monster hits as “Two Princes” and “Little Miss Can’t be Wrong,” graced the cover of Rolling Stone, played Saturday Night Live, jammed at Woodstock ’94, earned Grammy nods and sold 10 million copies of Pocket full of Kryptonite did BARRON not simply disappear.

After a bad breakup of the original members, the band’s albums were marked by slipshod record sales and decreased media attention. By 1999, the man who sang “If you want to call me baby, just go ahead now” faced a horrible bout with a rare vocal cord disease that left him utterly voiceless and depressed.

The best days of the Spin Doctors seemed to be history.

With the original members, and the release of a new album under a new label, the Spin Doctors are ready to make another run at the charts.

Lead singer Chris Barron recently spoke with Toledo Free Press.

Barron, the bearded hippie wailing about Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong, talks with an easy temperament.

The new album, Nice Talking to Me, is a daring return to the game that skyrocketed him to fame and then sentenced him to relative obscurity.

“In a person’s career, you always want to approach the high-water mark of anywhere you’ve been before,” Barron said. “I would love to get back to where we were before, but I don’t know if I’d define it as a feeling of pressure to do that. I’m a little older and a little wiser, and I know there’s a lot of different ways to define success.”

Success, apparently, never went Barron’s head.

“I love singing songs like ‘Two Princes,’ he said. “That song took me from prep cook to musician. I will always be grateful to that song. I know how to count my blessings. I lost my voice for a little while and couldn’t sing, so being back in the Spin Doctors is amazing.”

After a show in 1999, Barron awoke in his New York apartment without his voice.

Doctors called it vocal cord paralysis and told Barron there was a good chance he may not ever speak again, much less sing.

“I had a couple of really dark weeks where I was like, ‘Wow. I had better start thinking about another profession,’ “ he said.

It was soon after that his record label, Universal, dropped the band.

“I considered mule-skinning. Culinary arts. I didn’t know what I was going to do. I had nothing to fall back on,” Barron said.

Through rehabilitation, Barron regained his voice. With the original members of the band invited to do a reunion gig in 2001, an album was inevitable. The problem was getting the foursome to work together again.

“We were four distinct individuals with four distinct personalities, trying to get back together with a lot of water under the bridge,” Barron said.

Artistic conflicts, Barron contends, are just as intense as romantic relationships.

“Imagine a relationship, but replace romance with something as ego-bruising as heartfelt ideas, and then make the relationship go four ways. Then throw in managers, handlers, lawyers and other kinds of people intervening with their own interests. It’s incredibly complicated,” he said.

Nice Talking to Me shows fans and critics the Spin Doctors can still drive home that bluesy-rock sound.

While songs such as the title track and the bitter but humorous “Margarita” still conjure a pop hook sensibility, the eightminute “Can’t Kick the Habit” shows they’re adept at soft yet piercing ballads.

The band linked up with legendary producer Matt Wallace.

“We knew going into a studio with a producer we all respected was going to be a really crucial move in making this record,” Barron said.

The payoff?

“A lot of people have been saying this is our best album since Pocket Full of Kryptonite, and to be at a juncture of your career like that, coming back with a band that has been off of the scene for awhile, it’s pretty gratifying,” he said.

“What I think the Spin Doctors represent is the human element in music,” Barron said. “We’re four musicians who play our instruments and work hard. We try to keep our music fluent but not highfalutin’, as we try to keep a sense of humor to it.

The music’s fun, but not dumb. We try to make it just right, like Goldilocks and the three bears. One bowl of porridge is too hot. One is too cold. This one is just right.”

Discography ■ Up for Grabs ... Live (1991) ■ Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991) ■ Homebelly Groove ... Live (1992) ■ Turn It Upside Down (1994) ■ You’ve Got to Believe in Something (1996) ■ Here Comes the Bride (1999) ■ Just Go Ahead Now (2000) ■ Nice Talking to Me (2005)

Line-up ■ Chris Barron (lead vocals) ■ Eric Schenkman (guitar, vocals) ■ Mark White (bass) ■ Aaron Comess (drums)

Top 40 songs “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong,” No. 17 “Two Princes,” No. 7

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Events: Mars direct station (12-9); Mercury enters Sagittarius (12-12); Full Moon in Gemini (12-15).

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

Take small steps toward big goals. The 9-10th are power days, when you can grab the future with both hands. Family communications improve through the weekend. The pace speeds after the 12th, with successes through well-connected partners on the 14th.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Fate is in the driver’s seat. Your effectiveness improves after enlightening discussions on the 9th.

Physical energy and mental motivation increase over the weekend, inspired by celebrations with friends. Fix errors on the 12th; personal triumphs on the 14-15th.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Nur ture sparks of inspiration. Pay close attention to the obvious on the 9th and the subtle on the 10th. A river of events sweeps through this period, leading to climactic and transformative events on the 14-15th. Choices test inner coherence and determination.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Repel little irritations. The 9th brings welcome changes, but progress seems too slow. Still, people reveal surprising insights over the weekend; alliances solidify. The 13-15th bring more visible progress and exciting invitations; prepare to shape-shift when the time is right.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Mysteries under the moonlight. Your focus of activity shifts through this period: tasks and areas of concern are resolved, freeing you to shift to holiday activities and personal interests. Others stop dithering and reach points of resolution as the moon becomes full.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Contact far away family and friends. Your hunches start to manifest after the 9th. Great opportunities are around every corner if you can spot them. Avoid over-indulging or over-spending on the 10th-11th.

Hectic activity from the 13-15th increases enthusiasm about the future.

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Love is nourished by inner peace. Making arrangements flows like melted butter on the 9th. The weekend offers harmony and sweetness. Partners, their interests, and assets, drive a mutual agenda after the 12th. Problem solving relies on transformative thinking.

Gatherings offer joyful satisfaction. Family and friends burst with good news and excitement as this period begins. Saturday night is extra special for sweetness and amusement. Push through paperwork and required tasks by the 15th. Accuracy is critical, so double-check.

Leo (July 23-August 22) Healthy growth requires fertile soil. The 9th is a high-octane day for luck and timing. The weekend features amusing odds and ends for quirky humor.

After the 12th, consider things needing resolution, as the end of the year closes a cycle of personal challenges.

Aquarius (January 20-February 18) Make magical combinations. Magnetism, charm and charisma are fully charged and functional after the 8th.

Use your new super-powers to do good, make friends, and attract opportunities as the 15th approaches. Use active imagination for visualizing possibilities.

The holidays are upon us, and so is the onslaught of letters and packages sent through mail delivery services.

The United States Postal Service reported it expects to process more than 20 billion cards and packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. “I believe Dec. 19 will be our busiest day,” said Craig Cummings, customer relations coordinator for USPS. “On that day, we will probably cancel one million cards here in Toledo.”

Cummings warns that procrastinators need to get their gifts in the mail now for standard deliver y by Christmas.

And for those who are last-minute shoppers, USPS does offer express ser vices with overnight deliver y, even on Christmas Day. He offers tips on delivering your presents by mail: ■ If you are sending toys that have batteries, remove the batteries. “Then things aren’t popping and buzzing, and the bomb squad doesn’t have to be called in,” Cummings said.

■ Don’t wrap packages in flimsy wrapping paper or tie with twine. All

delivery services offer assistance with preparing parcels to mail, if needed.

■ Fix or write a clear address on the box, and be sure there are no other addresses on the box.

■ Make sure your packages are properly insured, just in case.

“The earlier the better,” said Karen Beamish, owner of The UPS Store, located at 6724 W. Central Ave. “Even with guaranteed shipping, if there is adverse weather, the guarantee goes out the door.”

UPS offers next-day shipping and can deliver through Dec. 24. It helps not to procrastinate — more expedient shipping comes at a higher cost.

Fed Ex is predicting their busiest day of the year will be Dec. 12.

“We believe Fed Ex and Fed Ex Ground will ship 8.5 million packages on that day,” said Allison Sobczak, Fed Ex Ground spokeswoman.

Sobczak said the company recommends packages be shipped by Dec. 16, but express services are available through Dec. 22.

Due to the holiday rush, many shipping centers have extended hours. Local post offices will have additional hours on Saturdays. Many transactions can also be performed online.

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Accept a gift from a generous woman. Your pace shifts dramatically. Possessions or money can trigger emotional reactions on the 9th. Romance or shared interests flavor the weekend. From the 1315th, home and family activities intensify with many choices at hand.

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Virgo (August 23-September 22) Children and pets bring gentle delights. Attitudes and emotions evolve through this period. Friends or lovers offer comfort and support over the weekend. A thorough grasp of details will help remold the big picture and heal wounds as the Full Moon approaches.

party instead he of the food. A holiday season common pitfall is standing by is right around the food table. the corner and so is the threat This can get you into trouble of that feared because, as you weight gain. It is hard to steer are conversing, you do not realclear of those Gregg Schwartz ize how much unhealthy foods you only get you are eating and you are not monitoring your porat this time of year. tion sizes. Also be aware that alcoIf you think you are the only one with this problem, do not worry. hol increases appetite and lowers inhibition. There are also a lot of The average American weight gain between Halloween and New Year’s excess calories in alcohol. is between 5 and 8 pounds. It is very As you are preparing for this difficult on your body to gain weight holiday season, try to take time out for yourself. A good workout in that short amount of time. If you are worried about gaining those exwill help relieve holiday stress. tra pounds, there are two important Try to leave the sampling to your guests. As you are preparing your things to keep in mind.

You need to continue exercisholiday dinner, it is so easy to try ing to burn those extra calories, the meal before it even makes and you need to eat and drink it to the dinner table. The average Thanksgiving dinner can be with moderation. This doesn’t mean you have to deprive youranywhere between 2,000 and 3,000 self of all those goodies, it just calories. Keep in mind that there means you need to make smart are 3,500 calories in one pound. choices. It is important when Work off those extra pounds eating the foods you enjoy not to before you put them on. In a oneoverindulge yourself. Here are hour workout you can potentially some tips to help you get through burn 500 calories. Be smart and the holiday season. be safe this holiday season.

If you have any questions It is important to prepare healthy holiday foods when you on how to take off those exgo to a party. This will give you a tra pounds and keep your stress level down during this healthy choice to nibble on when you get hungry. Once you fill up holiday season, contact me at on healthier foods, you can go GreggSchwartzPT@yahoo.com. back and get a small portion of the unhealthier foods. When you Gregg Schwartz is a personal get together with family, concentrainer at Wildwood Athletic Club, 2865 N. Reynolds Rd. trate on the social aspect of the

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