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Jan. 4, 2015

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Visions and social media anxiety

Sarah Ottney on what’s ahead for the region in 2015 and Jeff McGinnis on the stress of crafting that perfect tweet. page 3

Development

Visions

Commentary on regional economic development from: O D. Michael Collins O County commissioners O Wendy Gramza O Paul Toth O Jay Black O Dean Monske O Lou Hebert, and more. page 11-20

Diet and Fitness

Star

Black is back

Comedian Lewis Black will return to Toledo for a gig at the Stranahan. page 23

EYE ON HEALTH Todd and Tamera Ovall of CrossFit LifeSport are among those aiming to help area residents reach year-round diet, fitness goals. By Joel Sensenig, page 6

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DON LEE

Visions

ach year at this time, Toledo Free Press asks local economic development leaders to share their thoughts, plans and visions for Toledo and the region in the coming year. We want to know what they think are the biggest successes to build on, the biggest challenges ahead and what they are most excited about. It never disappoints.

“Toledo’s best days are still to come,” Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins declared, pledging to continue his focus on job creation and his support to local companies considering expansion.

Toledo Chamber of Commerce President Wendy Gramza focused on the chamber’s talent attraction and retention efforts, encapsulated by the slogan, “It Matters Where You Make It.” “People are the No. 1 asset of any company,” Gramza wrote. “We must be able to grow local talent, recruit talent from other Sarah Ottney regions and hold on to talent when recruiters want to lure it elsewhere.”

The Lucas County Commissioners touted their efforts to streamline economic and workforce development efforts with the creation of the Department of Planning and Development and a partnership with the Regional Growth Partnership (RGP) alongside Wood, Ottawa and Monroe counties called Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. They also plugged Work Ready Lucas County, an initiative that helps measure, identify and close skill gaps in the workforce.

Northwest Ohio Regional Economic Development (NORED) President Hans Rosebrock of FirstEnergy used his company’s $600-million steam generator replacement and refueling project at Davis-Besse as an example of how large-scale private sector investments can make a big impact on our regional economy.

RGP President and CEO Dean Monske talked about his agency’s role in pitching and selling Northwest Ohio’s assets to domestic and international site consultants looking for places to expand, while Toledo African American Chamber of Commerce President Jay Black focused on ways to help promote growth and development of African-American-owned businesses, which stabilizes neighborhoods while helping the region as a whole.

The University of Toledo’s Molly Reams Thompson, Rhonda Wingfield and Jessica Sattler jointly recapped successes in innovation at UT. Roost, Nextronex and Blue Water Satellite were among startups that made a splash in 2014.

This year is shaping up to be one of the most exciting for Northwest Ohio in decades, concluded Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority President and CEO Paul Toth, citing low interest rates, oil prices, unemployment rates and more — “all signs that our economy is moving in the right direction and that further investment in the region is imminent.”

Finally, TFP’s Lou Hebert offers his solution for the “riverfront riddle” of the Marina District — a park.

“Let it be what it is now and what it wants to be: a park,” Hebert wrote. “Whatever it is, it should be grand. We should have no quarter for little plans. We need to do something to stir our souls. Toledo needs to make a statement — a bold one to the rest of the world and to ourselves. This is our chance. This is our challenge.

This waiting and vacant piece of our riverfront is our opportunity.”

Here’s to 2015. Cheers. O Sarah Ottney is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. Contact her at sottney@ toledofreepress.com or find her on Twitter at @sarahottney.

FALLING FORWARD

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Yet a blank screen stares at me, and I am powerless stare blankly at my smartphone. At moments like this, I’m certain it actually is smarter than I am. I haven’t before it. I can’t think of anything to write — at least said anything on Facebook or Twitter for a few hours anything that people would actually want to read. I am paralyzed between the desire to share now. I need to add a comment, joke, clever a thought and the lack of any thought observation or link for my followers to visit. to share. You often hear about writer’s I want to say something that will add a smile block, that bane of the creative. If this to their day, something they can acknowledge particular lack of movement has a term, with a like, comment or — Lord willing — that it would be akin to SMA — Social Media cherished repost or retweet.

Anxiety. And I have suffered from it for I want to post something good. Funny. No, a long, long time. more than funny — brilliantly funny. I want to It wasn’t always like this. Back when I post something that will go down in the annals first began to dip my toe into the waters of of social media. A note that, after the inevitable Friendster, MySpace and their now-obsoInternet Hall of Fame is built, will be enshrined Jeff McGinnis lete brethren, social media was a bit of a on a plaque somewhere. Fans of wit or wisdom will gather around to speak of it in hushed tones, wondering mystery. In those early days, the platforms just seemed like of its origin. “He went by the handle ‘jeffmac813.’ No one a fun and harmless way of keeping in touch with my pals knows what inspired this seminal work. We only know it has and occasionally making new ones. enriched the lives of generations.” n McGINNIS CONTINUES ON 4 Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

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My grandfather’s watch

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wear my grandfather’s watch.

It’s an Accutron from Bulova with a simple gold face. The underside has his name, Don Roepke, engraved along with dates that mark 25 years of service at the factory where he worked.

My mother gave it to me just after he passed away in September 2013.

At first I couldn’t figure out how to make the days of the week line up with the date. The clear, quartz cover was very scratched and even had a small crack in it. I got that fixed. I also replaced the golden, stretchy metal band with one made of brown leather. It’s not worth hundreds of dollars, but it’s a nice watch and it means a lot to me.

But you know, even with all the tweaks and changes I’ve made, there is still this sense that Sam Melden I am wearing Grandpa’s watch. I didn’t get a new watch. It was someone else’s and now I simply look after it. And, if I can take care of it, keep it clean and working, I might be able to pass it on one day, too. I have been thinking recently; my grandpa’s watch reminds me of the mindset of really great leaders.

“Leader” is unfortunately a confusing word in our culture. Most of us are well aware of self-centered, incompetent and even corrupt people who have grafted the title of leader to their persona without first earning the required respect, trust and credibility. We are tempted to associate “leader” with other words like success, prestige, money, fame, etc., losing the true meaning of the word. There are other words though. Other words that describe other leaders.

One of my favorite authors and leaders, Parker J. Palmer, defines leadership this way: “A leader is someone with the power to project either shadow or light upon some part of the world, and upon the lives of the people who dwell there. A leader shapes the ethos in which others must live, an ethos as lightfilled as heaven or as shadowy as hell.”

The reason my grandfather’s watch on my wrist reminds me of great leadership is because I believe the best leaders are stewards, not owners.

Trust has been given, influence granted, and the leader is faced with the question of how to handle this gift. Does she consider this status as something to be used for her own benefit, or does she understand the “here today, gone tomorrow” component of leadership? Is the goal to get his name in lights, or create a light-filled reality for whoever will take his seat next? As leaders, do we hold our influence with tight fists focused on scarcity? Or do we accept the open-handed invitation of abundance?

As I said earlier, we are all too familiar with negative leadership examples. However, there are great examples of leadership as well, and we can especially spot them when we look for those who are living as stewards, those who build something that stretches much further than themselves.

It’s like the CEO who relocates his company headquarters Downtown to help accomplish much more than simply running a profitable business.

Or the pope, in his first address, saying to the world: “Pray for me.”

Or the school superintendent who walks the halls engaging each seventh-grader he sees as if they were a board member or a voter in levy season.

Or the neighbors who care for the house they are renting because they respect the neighborhood and the landlord.

Owners use, spend and consume their way forward. Stewards preserve, share and collaborate their way into the future. Our entire conversation regarding conservation and environmental responsibility comes down to understanding stewardship. When we understand the idea of stewardship we support our schools long after our own kids have graduated.

Stewardship is tantamount to good leadership. And at The Center for Servant Leadership, we believe understanding yourself as a steward, not an owner, of the influence, power and status you currently hold is a key step in becoming a servant leader. This is an aspect of our work: teaching leaders how to uncover stewardship in their lives.

Stewardship is inspiring. When I do finally hand off grandpa’s watch to the next person, they will understand that it was given to me and now I give it to them. It is not theirs to own. They are simply looking after it for a time. O Sam Melden is executive director of The Center for Servant Leadership. He can be reached at sam@servantleader.org.

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A Toledo tradition since 2005 ToledoFreePress.com n McGINNIS CONTINUED FROM 3 As someone who clings to people I care about like a barnacle, it was a great way of maintaining connections to people who had long since departed Northwest Ohio.

I didn’t put much thought into what I was posting at that point — my comments were the usual “feeling glum” or “just ate at so-and-so” that everyone writes. But somewhere along the way, I began noticing the kind of users and status updates that I loved reading, and longed to be more like them. These were the individuals using these platforms not just to exchange simple observations, but as a creative outlet.

People like my friend Jessica Joy (@ J2thaJOY), whose off-center thoughts on the universe never cease to make me smile. (“If Jesus doesn’t sing on your album, why are you thanking him for your Grammy?”) Comedians whose work I’ve always admired, like Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) and Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo), who find a way to be brilliant and funny even when confined to 140

characters. New friends like the remarkable Babsbat (@BabsBat), a cosplayer from Britain whose remarkable costume work is surpassed only by her blindingly wonderful wit.

These kinds of writers inspired me to up my game. To use Facebook, Twitter and their ilk as a forum not only for miscellaneous thoughts on the events of the day, but to contribute a smile or two to the people who cared enough to follow me. And as time has gone on and my number of friends has grown, it’s an obligation I take increasingly — some would say worryingly — seriously.

No, for real. I work almost as hard on my Twitter and Facebook updates as I do on most any other form of writing I do, and I take just as much joy in a job well done. When I get a beep from my phone notifying me that someone commented or replied to something I posted, my heart glows a bit. If someone who I admire has “liked” one of my lines, I feel a surge of pride. Seriously, it’s insane.

I’ve even started signing up for new websites, just so I don’t get

left behind. I signed up for Vine even though I have never had any interest in filming videos. I signed up for Instagram, though I loathe having my picture taken in general. Seriously, look at me. I know a shot of my mug accompanies this column. Look at it — tell me I don’t have a face for radio.

And yet, I keep going. I try to learn the new obsessions, I make new jokes, I suffer through those paralyzing bouts of SMA. I am an addict, I admit it. But in my mind, it’s all worth it. Because unlike most addictions, which are purely selfish in nature, the end result of this one brings a sliver or two of joy into the lives of people I care about. And if I can do that, it’s worth every agonizing second spent staring at a blank smartphone screen. @jeffmac813. Let me know how I’m doing, would you? O Jeff McGinnis is pop culture editor of Toledo Free Press. He can be reached at PopGoesJeff@gmail.com or on Twitter at @jeffmac813.

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January 4, 2015

By Joel Sensenig

Toledo Free Press Managing Editor jsensenig@toledofreepress.com

Modern exercise routines, equipment, apps and trends abound. CrossFit only dates to the beginning of the 21st century, but its philosophy of fitness and diet goes back to our roots. Like, back to our hunter and gatherer roots.

Todd Ovall got into CrossFit before most people had heard of it.

The former YMCA trainer opened CrossFit LifeSport, now at 3128 Douglas Road, in 2008. His “box” (CrossFit gym) was the 986th in the world. Today, there are more than 10,000 across the globe, including at least four in the Toledo area.

“CrossFit is part of the ancestral fitness movement,” said Ovall, 42. “It’s the convergence of a bunch of different sciences — exercise science, biochemistry, anthropology and all kinds of other things — shooting toward the same conclusion, which is if we emulate our hunter/gatherer forebears the best that we can realistically and the closer we get to most of what they did, the healthier things seem to get for us.”

At its core, the CrossFit lifestyle combines a Paleo (think natural, non-processed, sugar-free foods) diet and an exercise regimen of three to four one-hour WODs (“workout of the day”) a week.

WODs may consist of deadlifts, squats, pushups, pullups, flipping tractor tires, rowing machines or more.

Another Toledo-area box, Black Swamp CrossFit, 7335 W. Sylvania Ave., Sylvania, got its start in 2012 when husband-wife duo Abbey Mortemore and Michael Sachs, who had been into CrossFit for a couple of years, decided it was time for a career change.

Mortemore had been working for the Ohio Attorney General when she decided they should open up a box — their “happy place,” as she called it.

“It’s a subculture more than just a fitness regimen,” Mortemore said. “It

creates some sort of odd community. I think it’s because of the difficulty of it, and people go through it together.”

She does not regret the career shift.

“Every day I go to work, I work with people who want to be where I’m at,” Mortemore said. “People are there for such positive reasons.”

The CrossFit box aesthetic is a rather stark one. Exposed plywood and cement blocks are common.

“It’s not going to be posh because the business model demands we get a garage or warehouse space essentially and keep the overhead relatively low so that we don’t price ourselves out of existence,” Ovall said.

Ovall eats about 80 percent Paleo, a high but manageable level for many people, he figures.

“I ask people to try it for a month,” he said. “It’s always a game-changer. …

They find out they have reactions to food they never realized they had. They have toxic reactions to some things that we’ve all grown up as thinking of food and it’s really not food. It’s nothing that a human is genetically predisposed to. It was never in our environment until 50 years ago.

“We’re fighting against the scourge of the modern food culture in the West,” he said. “Paleo is totally doable if you have a grill and you make good choices at the store. If you grab the cheese puffs at the store, you’re probably going to eat them. If you don’t, you’re probably not.”

The diversity of members was evident in one trip to the box. Jarvis Gamble and Doug Doherty were the sole members of a recent 7:30 a.m. class at CrossFit Lifesport.

They did six rounds of rowing 250 meters, followed by 20 pushups.

Gamble is 69. Doherty is 76.

“I liked the concept of CrossFit,” Gamble said. “It challenges you, works on a lot of different things. It’s not just aerobic. … I have better balance, more endurance and more strength.”

Doherty is into Paleo — about 85 percent, he said. He’s lost 38 pounds in the four years he’s been doing CrossFit.

Many are surprised to learn someone born in the 1930s goes to a box.

“They say, ‘CrossFit? I understand that’s a real butt-kicker.’”

CrossFit isn’t the cheapest fitness plan. Ovall says more traditional gyms keep costs low because they know many memberships will go completely unused. CrossFit boxes want people to show up, he said.

In Toledo, memberships generally run between $100-200 a month, depending on the length of membership.

“But with that, you get workout buddies,” Ovall said. “If you don’t have a workout buddy, your likelihood of achieving your goals is significantly reduced from what I’ve seen in my 25 years of training.”

“CrossFit cannot be devalued,” Mortemore said. “It’s group personal training. We program for people, we coach them, we train them.”

Tracy Plumb-Ruiz, 36, of Toledo got started in CrossFit two years ago.

“I was looking for something different and more challenging than the standard gym. I had plateaued with diet and exercise and was having trouble finding the motivation to go.”

Six years ago, she lost 150 pounds.

She’s kept it all off, using CrossFit to improve her physique.

“It requires so much more of my body and I had to work so much harder than the standard machines,” she said. “I had been doing cardio for an hour, working certain muscles at each workout. In CrossFit we work everything, every workout. A lot of times, in a much shorter time period.”

At the end of the day, CrossFit’s mantra is essentially “Just show up.”

“All you’ve got to do is get to the door,” Ovall said. “Get that far and we’ll make it happen. You’re not going to get in amongst a group of your peers and say, ‘Eh, I just don’t feel like it today.’”

Mortemore said of CrossFit, “It may not be for everyone, but anyone who wants to do it, we can make it for them.”O

TOLEDO FREE PRESS PHOTO AND COVER PHOTO BY CHRISTIE MATERNI

CrossFit takes fitness back to our roots

n TODD AND TAMERA OVALL, OWNERS OF CROSSFIT LIFESPORT IN TOLEDO. THE BUSINESS WAS THE 986th CROSSFIT BOX in the world WHEN IT OPENED IN 2008.

TODAY there are more than 10,000 WORLDWIDE.

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Toledo woman makes healthy strides via ProMedica program

By Joel Sensenig

Toledo Free Press Managing Editor jsensenig@toledofreepress.com

One year ago, Shelly Banet was dealing with several heavy life issues.

Stress came from nearly all corners

of the 53-year-old Toledo woman’s life. She was struggling at work as she moved into a full-time position as a pediatric occupational therapist at ProMedica. She was still reeling emotionally after her best friend’s death from cancer the year before. Her mar-

riage was on the rocks.

The once physically fit woman was left with little energy to cater to her own needs. Her weight ballooned to nearly 250 pounds.

Several times each week, she pulled into the drive-thru lane of a fast-food

restaurant.

“My husband used to call me the ‘fast-food queen,’ and I used to get so upset about it but he was right,” Banet said. “I was so stressed that I would subconsciously go through the drivethru as a way of getting someone else to take care of me. Because I was taking care of everybody else.”

Then she got an email from ProMedica seeking employees to take part in the company’s six-month wellness program. She decided to give it a shot.

Faced with completing a health risk assessment with a slew of questions regarding health, diet and exercise, Banet came face-to-face with some of the sources of her unhappiness.

She got together with a wellness coach in February and put together a list of goals.

One of her goals was to lose 25 pounds. Another was simply to walk several flights of stairs at work each day.

In the spring, she saw a couple of female peers walking out of Powerhouse Gym and was taken aback.

“Are there really people in there like us?” she asked, surprised that anyone not looking like a bodybuilder would frequent such a place. “Well, yeah,” they told her.

In July, she worked up the nerve to walk in herself. That day, she met her fitness coach.

The pounds started coming off, and she started doing more things she actually enjoyed: sewing and spending time with girlfriends.

“The more I took care of myself and met my needs, the more energy I had for others,” Banet said. “I used to look forward to getting home and sitting on the couch. I never imagined I would be the person who says, ‘I’m sorry folks, I’m leaving. I’m going to yoga fusion and it starts at 6:30.’”

B e c k y Bouillon, a wellness nurse at ProMedica, said Banet is similar to many women she works with.

“They’ve always wanted to BANET do these things, but they’ve never given themselves permission because they’re so busy taking care of everybody else,” Bouillon said.

The wellness program is now BOUILLON being offered to people outside ProMedica. It addresses a variety of health needs, from diet and exercise to smoking cessation and stress management, incorporating the expertise of nurses, dietitians and exercise specialists.

Today, Banet is 35 pounds lighter than she was when she filled out those survey questions. Now, when she’s having a hard time, she’ll choose the gym over the drive-thru lane.

“That’s why she is such a success story,” Bouillon said. “In light of all these huge life changes, she has made the commitment to herself that ‘I’ve got to do this.’”

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Toledo group bikes through winter

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oledo Area Bicyclists (TAB) knowledge and have fun while getis an all-volunteer organiza- ting some good exercise. It was so tion, active for over 30 years in popular that the guys wanted in as Northwest Ohio. Our mission is “to well, and now the Monday Whitehouse Ride is our promote cycling in our second-best attended community.” We are acgroup ride. tive in community educaOur biggest ride is tion and support the Methe flagship Thursday troparks, promote safety Night Ride out of in group rides and mentor Side Cut Metropark, new riders. featuring four groups I first joined as a newat different levels, incomer to road riding, cluding a designated borrowing my father’s beginner group. extra bike and building Cindy DiVitto From May to Ocskills and fitness over the tober, TAB offers rides every day past seven years.

It was hard work at first, trying to of the week except Friday. Weekend stay with the experienced riders only rides continue a little longer into to fall behind. A few nice souls came the fall and a Winter Ride Series on back to check on me and ride the rest Saturdays is attracting a good group of the route with the newbie. As time during these cold months.

It features both road and offprogressed over that first spring and summer, I saw that after each ride I road riding with points and prizes awarded. A spin class for TAB was stronger on the next effort.

Each Sunday outing meant a members was started at the Sylvania better result on Thursday’s ride and YMCA/JCC two years ago. It is one soon I could keep up with the group. night a week and a great way to keep Now we have designated novice fit and in touch with cycling friends groups where newcomers can be over the long winter.

TAB had a good year for comtutored in ride and traffic etiquette, munity outreach this year, orgatechnique and training tips.

A few years ago, a group of nizing riding clinics, safety training women put together a Monday and helmet fittings for both young Night Ladies Ride, which was a great and adult riders.

We mentored Bike to the Bay way to make new friends, exchange

riders before their big event, instructed our own members in group and traffic safety and instructed at several scout and school groups.

Our annual fundraiser is the Mad Anthony River Rally, an organized ride with several options for distances, from a 10-mile family ride to 100 miles.

It is a huge volunteer effort led by two chairwomen and the numerous helpers needed at registration, food and rest stops. This event allows us the budget to contribute to the community efforts.

This year our annual banquet will be Jan. 25, featuring speaker Frankie Andreu, a former professional rider making news recently for his and his wife’s refusal to cave to pressure and lie in the doping scandal at the highest level of the sport. He will speak about the past and future of racing, both the good and the bad, and share his insights as a current Tour de France commentator on television. The banquet is open to both members and nonmembers and is a good way to get to know the club and see if it would be a good fit for you.

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Mercy program helps teens achieve better health

By Joel Sensenig

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Being a kid can be hard.

Being a kid struggling with weight issues can be even harder.

Over the past year and a half, staff

at the Mercy Weight Management Center, 3930 Sunforest Court, have been trying to ease the pain for overweight adolescents and their families.

The center’s adolescent weight program is a six-month, research-based program that focuses on helping teens and their families make better choices

on nutrition, behavior and exercise.

Each week, families meet with Mercy staff for two hours, in addition to an hour of exercise.

“This program really gives the teenagers confidence to go out in the community or in their school and participate,” said Jenny Nelson, program

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Jammal Lee is on the front lines of teen obesity. As an exercise specialist at the center, Lee knows that many teens are intimidated by exercise.

“When they come in, they understand that exercise is strenuous, that exercise is no fun, that exercise takes work and I try to eliminate that thought process,” Lee said.

Not that he takes it easy on them.

The program starts with five-minute, high-intensity workouts.

“I’m not a fan of working out a really, really long period of time,” Lee said. “These kids automatically have this fear, automatically are very uncomfortable when it comes to working out, so if I can keep that down to a minimum with the high-intensity level, they’ll understand that ‘Wow, first of all, that was really, really hard,

but second of all, I conquered it,’” Lee gradually works the teens’ workouts up to 25 minutes in five-minute increments. Eventually, they find something in the program they enjoy.

“They’ll say, ‘Hey Mr. J, can we do that again?’” he said. “That’s what it’s all about. Finding what you love, and going after it hard.”

A team of health experts helps identify the issues each child and family may be facing.

“I find out that some of these kids are spending 12-15 hours of screen time a day, which is virtually their whole waking day on some sort of electronic device,” said Sheri Desmond, a certified nurse practitioner who conducts a medical review of each teen. n MERCY CONTINUES ON 10

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Kim Snyder decided to enroll her daughter Allie, 14, in the program after attempts at home failed.

“It just seemed like we weren’t seeing the results we wanted,” Snyder said. Allie will soon enter Phase 2 of the program, a more strenuous continuation of Phase 1. Allie has lost 22 pounds in six months.

Allie encourages other teens to look inward when making a commitment to becoming healthier.

“It’s really never OK to change who you are for someone else, but it’s OK to change yourself because you want to,” she said.

Lexi, 16, another teen in the program, has been involved since it began in 2013.

“The first day I came I thought, ‘This isn’t going to help me at all.’ But after the course of maybe a month I did see some type of results. ... I got more into vegetables and fruits. I had my water bottle by my side. I was always on the treadmill. My mom and I cut out going to restaurants.”

Snyder said the program was exactly what her family was looking for.

“I didn’t want her to go on a diet.

I didn’t want her to go into Weight Watchers. … I wanted her to understand this is a way of life.”

The program costs $100 per month, with scholarship funds available. Mercy Weight Management Center is hosting free informational sessions to learn more about the program at 6:45 p.m. Jan. 14 and Feb. 11.

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Private School Guide Through this Private School Guide, we will be taking an in-depth look at private schools in our area including their history, a comparison to public education and a glimpse at what is being taught.

We will also talk about the benefits of attending private school, to both students and parents, and learn about why investing in a private education for your child is a gift that lasts a lifetime.

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n 2014, the effects of the Great Recession could still be felt, with perhaps the single greatest indicator of this economic downturn seen in the per capita income of the average Toledo citizen.

The most recent data demonstrates that the average Toledoan earned less than $20,000 per year. Of all of the political subdivisions in the State of Ohio, Toledo ranked in the bottom half in terms of per capita income. This is simply unacceptable.

To combat this stark reality, the city’s economic development department has focused its efforts on fundamentals.

Studies have shown that 80 to 90 percent

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of all economic growth comes from the existing business core. Accordingly, the city is focusing its energy and resources on an outreach program to Toledo businesses to provide support for those companies considering expansion. In partnership with the Regional Growth Partnership, more than 300 businesses were contacted in 2014.

This outreach program has already proCollins duced results. As of Dec. 20, 712 jobs have been retained and 648 jobs have been created in the community. From an income tax standpoint, these jobs will generate more than $1.6 million that will flow directly into the general fund.

Job creation will continue to be a

focus of my administration. Job creation is the result of private businesses feeling comfortable investing capital in an environment where there is an appropriate labor force and land and facilities to accommodate their business models.

Toledo has a rich history of an exceptionally skilled workforce. This is why the slogan “It Matters Where You Make It” is so powerful. Any business engaged in manufacturing must consider Toledo as a location for its production facility.

In 2015, the city, in conjunction with its economic development partners, including the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, is going to work to ensure that these skills remain sharp. A specific example of this can be seen in the relationship between the Northwest Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, the contractor community and the residents of the city. A

number of programs are being developed that will provide training and employment opportunities for the youth of Toledo. The emphasis here is providing a career that will increase the per capita income for our residents.

Toledo’s industrial legacy has been a double-edged sword for our community.

On the one hand, a skilled workforce has been assembled to advance this manufacturing cluster. However, this industrial legacy has left strategically located properties in need of environmental remediation before they can be put back into the stream of commerce.

Between the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and the City of Toledo, more than 350 acres of property have been acquired and remediated so that jobs can be created. Most recently, the city closed on 30 acres of property near Fiat Chrysler’s Toledo North As-

sembly Plant. In 2015, this land will be remediated and redeveloped.

In 2015, an increased emphasis will be placed on quality of life issues. Efforts continue to make our Downtown a vibrant, safe and socially friendly environment. The city is working with the Mud Hens, the Toledo Museum of Art and the Toledo Zoo on bike trails that will allow Downtown residents to have better access to some of the community’s most significant treasures.

Outside events forced many previous mayors to manage decline. I am confident, however, that through the hard work and passion of our residents and team members, I will have the honor of being in a position to lead and inspire economic growth in our community.

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D. Michael Collins is mayor of Toledo.

RGP trumpets NW Ohio assets to domestic, international companies

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he Regional Growth Partnership manage the site selection process.

These services include: comprehen(RGP) is the lead economic desive site and facility velopment group searches; incentive serving the Toledo region packaging; project and 17 counties of Northdevelopment, planwest Ohio. ning and expediting; As a privately led orfacilitating projects in ganization, the RGP focollaboration with recuses on meeting the site gional and state partselection needs of corponers; and providing rate clients in a confidenaccess to Northwest tial, innovative and timeOhio’s premier venture sensitive manner. capital firm.

The RGP offers a full MONSKE To support these range of traditional business development services, working in business development efforts, the RGP conjunction with our partners at the re- serves as the network partner in Northgional and state levels, to most effectively west Ohio for JobsOhio, a private,

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state-created corporation leading Ohio’s job-creation efforts. The RGP partners with JobsOhio to provide project management and administration resources throughout the 17 counties it serves.

The RGP’s business development efforts are focused on six cluster industries: advanced and alternative energy; advanced materials and manufacturing technologies; automotive; food processing/agricultural business; transportation and integrated logistics; and bioscience.

Site consultants are the primary audience for the RGP because of the central role they play in the site location process. Our business development team focuses on direct outreach

efforts to this target group. This includes direct market visits and hosting consultants for special events.

The RGP’s business development efforts also include an international component focused on cultivating the region’s infrastructure to serve both foreign-owned businesses and companies looking to expand in the global marketplace. Much like domestic business attraction, the international investment strategy is geared toward site consultants and targeted industry executives.

As chief marketing arm for the region, the RGP takes a lead role in pitching and selling Northwest Ohio’s assets to a national and international audience. Our editorial marketing campaign

has generated coverage for the region in such prominent outlets as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, ABC World News, CNN and Newsweek.

To help foster technology development, the RGP created Rocket Ventures, which serves as Northwest Ohio’s top resource for entrepreneurs and startups seeking capital and commercialization assistance. Client companies are eligible for funding consideration and access to a professional team which offers unparalleled knowledge and assistance and a track record of success in launching early-stage tech companies. O

Dean Monske is president and CEO of the Regional Growth Partnership.

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his past year, the Board of Lucas County Commissioners streamlined its economic and workforce development efforts with the creation of the Department of Planning and Development. With this step, economic and workforce development in our county began anew — focused on driving economic growth through a data-driven, results-oriented process with a special emphasis on matching employers’ needs with potential employees’ skills.

Work Ready Lucas County

While we are encouraged by lower unemployment figures in Lucas County, we recognize too many people are being left behind and too many businesses are having difficulty recruiting skilled workers. Businesses looking to improve, expand or relocate to Lucas County demand a strong workforce with demonstrable skills.

That is why we were proud to launch Work Ready Lucas County.

It seems only fitting that the board begins its second decade of workforce development programming by ushering in this new initiative. The framework allows us to quantify and improve the skill levels of our workforce

through a standardized skill credential and a robust data infrastructure that helps measure, identify and close skill gaps — part of a national strategy for work readiness.

Over the next two years, Work Ready Lucas County will endeavor to certify over 2,000 citizen job seekers and nearly 200 businesses. Once we hit that goal, our county will have earned its own certification. We will prove to the world that Lucas County has an excellent workforce with demonstrable skills — and businesses will take notice. Work Ready Lucas County is fully integrated into the county’s economic development efforts. We believe workforce development helps drive our region’s economic engine — and Lucas County isn’t going to step off the gas. For more information, visit OhioMeansJobs.com/lucas.

Urban revitalization

Lucas County has a proven track record when it comes to urban revitalization, having invested nearly $200 million in Toledo’s Downtown core. As the owner of Fifth Third Field and Huntington Center, we remain committed to the success

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of Toledo. Lucas County is proud to be a major partner of Hensville.

We believe Hensville will help transform this rapidly growing neighborhood into a showcase for our region, which will attract even more residents, employees and visitors.

Most recently, the Lucas County Commissioners directed our community improvement corporation to purchase and demolish the former Hotel Seagate. We are busy forging a private-public partnership to ensure the elimination of this blighted building from Downtown’s skyline, provide a clean site for redevelopment and encourage further investment. We are also working with the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority to attract a strong nationally branded hotel Downtown.

Lucas County has been working to facilitate the growth of local businesses in our community. Some recent examples include facilitating Allermuir’s new North American headquarters in Monclova Township, helping Matrix Technologies add dozens of engineers in Maumee and ensuring that The Andersons new corporate headquarters will be situated in Lucas County. We also supported less traditional economic development strategies such as playing a major role in connecting local businesses to cutting-edge technology through the NASA Roadshow, hosted by the University of Toledo in June.

Regional strategic planning

The modern global economy has ushered in a new era in which regions must work together to achieve their potential. As a means of enhancing our global competitiveness, Lucas County joined the Regional Growth Partnership, alongside Wood and Ottawa counties in Ohio, and Monroe County, Michigan, to create a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for our region.

The CEDS will provide our region with an effective means to coordinate

infrastructure, workforce, business and other capital investments and policies into a regional vision and plan of action, whereby projects, activities and decisions are prioritized and integrated to maximize economic development outcomes.

Going forward in 2015

Lucas County and our region offer incredible opportunities for economic prosperity and an outstanding quality of life. We will continue to work with our local economic and workforce development partners to ensure we provide a unified, regional approach to development. We are committed to furthering economic prosperity by enhancing our workforce, investing in urban revitalization efforts, growing local businesses and engaging in regional strategic planning.

On behalf of the Lucas County Commissioners, we look forward to working on these and new opportunities, as resources permit, for the benefit of our citizens throughout the New Year. O Carol Contrada, Tina Skeldon Wozniak and Pete Gerken are Lucas County Commissioners.

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n recent years, The University of Toledo has stepped up to the plate to help drive economic development throughout Northwest Ohio and 2014 was no exception. This past year marked some exciting changes that impacted the entire innovation ecosystem in our region. In 2015, UT is poised to take its passionate commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship to another level.

At the core of this change is the newly branded UT’s Rocket Innovations enterprise (formerly UT Innovation Enterprises). Rocket Innovations consists of an investment fund, a technology transfer office and the LaunchPad Incubation program, which all work together to stimulate economic development.

Rocket Innovations’ focus is to invest in technology-based pre-seed companies in three sectors: IT, biomed and renewable energy. The new structure will enable UT to more effectively leverage assets and resources and collaborate with partners, including Regional Growth Partnership and Rocket Ventures to drive job growth, capital investment and wealth creation to Northwest Ohio.

LaunchPad Incubation, a program that provides intensive assistance to tech-based startups, underwent a complete makeover in 2014. The result was a 400 percent growth in clients that helped launch 20 new companies and generated over 30 new jobs.

LaunchPad also experienced two graduations. Roost, an IT-based push notification company that recently attended the prestigious Y-Combinator accelerator program in Silicon Valley,

Molly Reams Thompson Rhonda WINGFIELD Jessica SATTLER graduated in August. Nextronex, an alternative energy-based company that manufactures inverters for solar arrays, graduated in September. Both were also finalists in the Seed Financing category at the inaugural VentureOhio Awards event in September, which acknowledges significant milestones in earlystage startup firms in Ohio. Nextronex came out on top as the winner.

Another notable company in UT’s portfolio is Blue Water Satellite (BWS), an IT company that has developed a proprietary algorithm using satellite imaging to detect specific mineral contents in water and on land. This startup, now part of the LaunchPad Incubation program, was created at Bowling Green State University. Growing exponentially, BWS has been selected as a Trusted Tester by Google and has garnered some terrific press lately, partially in response to the Lake Erie water issues.

In addition to modest funding through investment (Rocket Innovations) and grant awards (LaunchPad Incubation), the focus in 2015 for both programs will be to provide business assistance, management services and

mentorships to startups, and experiential learning through Student Entrepreneur In Residence opportunities.

Through these activities, students and faculty are given the opportunity to receive hands-on experiential learning through active engagement in research, technology commercialization and economic development in our region.

UT was also chosen as one of the first four National Science Foundationbacked Innovation Corps (I-Corps) sites in the nation. The program allows interdisciplinary students from engineering, business and law to work collaboratively with industry to research the market and create new products through the use of a new maker space, which is a joint partnership with UT’s College of Engineering, the I-Corps program at UT and LaunchPad Incubation.

Our end goal for 2015 is to continue to leverage the assets available within UT and Northwest Ohio; develop essential resources such as time, talent and treasure (access to capital); foster engagement among students and the community partners who can help make the biggest impact to the companies we serve; and further build the programs and partnerships to provide the biggest impact to the region. O

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n my new role with the Toledo Re- belief that a region that is influenced gional Chamber of Commerce, I by diverse young professionals is a rehad the opportunity to spend time gion that can attract and retain them.

In 2009, the with even more chamber Toledo Region members than usual in 2014. branding initiative Without fail, every comwas developed to pany cited talent attraction promote the region’s and retention as one of its quality of place and key challenges. This came as economic assets. no surprise, as people are the Last year, the initiaNo. 1 asset of any organizative enhanced its tion. We must be able to grow message with a new local talent, recruit talent campaign: It Matters from other regions and hold Wendy GRAMZA Where You Make It. on to talent when recruiters In 2015, the chamber’s main want to lure it elsewhere.

As a first step toward connecting goal is to help companies in the with emerging talent, the Chamber region with their efforts to recruit created EPIC Toledo in 2007. EPIC, top talent by promoting the diwhich stands for Engaging People, verse opportunities and benefits of Inspiring Change, is based on the working and living in the Toledo

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region. We will accomplish this in two key ways. The first is to promote the diversity of jobs within the region, while the second is to showcase the quality of life that can be attained for those who relocate or choose to remain here.

For those who wonder if there is a regional economic development strategy and if “all of those organizations talk to each other,” rest assured there is and we do. While many groups throughout the region have economic development as a part of their mission, this does not necessarily mean that there is confusion or duplication. The business of growing our economy is complex and requires focus in key areas.

When each organization focuses on what it does best and communicates regularly with the others, success is not only possible but likely.

The chamber is proud to play a key role in this regional effort through our advocacy efforts and member services. Our team is eager to move into this next phase of talent attraction and recruitment in 2015 as we illustrate for the world exactly why “It Matters Where You Make It.” O Wendy Gramza is president of Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.

014 was certainly a year in which economic impact of $944 million to economic activity in the North- the state of Ohio in 2014. This figure west Ohio Regional Economic includes direct, indirect and induced impacts along with fiscal Development (NORED) influences on state and region accelerated. local governments. Total Significant office state and local tax impact developments were anis estimated to be $13.2 nounced for the Toledo million. area, including Dana, As can be seen by this ProMedica and The Anexample, considerable dersons headquarters monetary benefits are deprojects. In the manurived from such projects facturing sector, projects and this is exactly why at Toledo Refining, Fau- Hans Rosebrock collaborative economic derecia, GT Technologies and Allermuir U.S. represent note- velopment efforts are needed at the worthy expansions of production ca- local, regional and state levels to help pacity. In the outlying areas, Standard facilitate more like it.

If all commercial indicators can Technologies of Fremont, TRW Automotive in Fayette, Webster Industries be trusted, similar economic deof Tiffin, Valfilm North America in velopment projects in the NORED Findlay and FirstEnergy Davis-Besse region should continue unabated. nuclear power plant near Oak Harbor GDP grew at an annualized rate of 3.9 percent in the third quarter of made considerable investments.

FirstEnergy’s $600 million steam 2014. Ohio’s unemployment fell to generator replacement and refueling 4.5 percent in November. Consumer project at Davis-Besse — which I had confidence in November, as meaextensive involvement in — provides sured by the University of Michigan/ a perfect example of how large-scale Reuters, was the highest since July private sector investments impact our 2007. These trends combined with regional economy. At the height of the lower fuel prices and added automoproject in February, 3,200 contract tive purchases, which are now prepersonnel were employed to install dicted to hit close to 17 million units two 470-ton steam generators, com- in 2015, bode well for the NORED plete ancillary work associated with region in the coming year. O these heat exchangers and refuel the plant’s reactor.

Hans Rosebrock is president of NORED This project, along with the plant’s and manager of economic development regular operations, provided a total and external affairs at FirstEnergy.

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Port Authority will continue momentum into 2015

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ver the past year, the Toledo- ment for the property, which has rail Lucas County Port Authority access via Norfolk Southern, myriad has made great strides in the pipelines serving the Midwest petrochemical industry, redevelopment of Overdeepwater port access land Industrial Park and via the Maumee River Ironville Terminal, pasand heavy load truck senger increases at Toledo access via Front Street.

Express Airport, cargo This property redeincreases at the Port of velopment represents Toledo, and fostering ecoa convergence of all nomic growth in Northmodes of transportawest Ohio through the tion, creating new and Port Authority’s financing unique development programs and its Betteropportunities for our reBuildings Northwest Ohio Paul TOTH gion. The addition of the (BBNWO) energy effiIronville dock has been a catalyst for ciency program.

Construction at Overland Indus- an overall increase in port tonnage of trial Park’s 100,000-square-foot spec more than 15 percent in 2014, and an building began this fall and is expected impressive 89 percent increase in gento be completed this spring. This eral and miscellaneous cargos.

Toledo Express Airport continued building is anticipated to be a catalyst its slow and steady rise in 2014 with an for future development at Overland.

The Port Authority and Midwest increase in passenger enplanements Terminals of Toledo opened the new of more than 11 percent through NoIronville Terminal at the Port of Toledo vember. This year’s increase, along this spring. The first phase in redevel- with the 11 percent increase in 2013, opment of this 180-acre former re- will mark the first two consecutive finery site is a public-private partner- years of increased passenger traffic at ship that has culminated in more than the airport since 2004. On-demand $20 million in infrastructure invest- cargo activity also increased in 2014,

and all buildings and hangars at the airport have been fully leased.

In spring 2014, the Port Authority’s Northwest Ohio Bond Fund received a Standard & Poor’s rating increase from BBB+ to A-. This marks the first A rating in the bond fund’s 26-year history, allowing the Port Authority to offer more competitive rates for borrowers looking for long-term fixed-rate financing to locate or expand their business in Northwest Ohio.

In 2014, the Port Authority provided $7.2 million in financing for projects from the Northwest Ohio Bond Fund, which included $4.9 million to Keller Logistics and $66.2 million in bond financing outside of the Bond Fund for two student housing projects at the University of Toledo. The Port Authority also had a record year for its SBA 504 and Ohio Regional 166 loan programs, providing more than $7.38 million to support various businesses in the region, including an SBA loan to support the construction of a new Hampton Inn & Suites hotel on Secor Road.

BBNWO, the Port Authority’s energy efficiency program, continues to finance and promote energy efficiency upgrades to buildings in Northwest

Ohio. Several projects were completed in 2014, including a $1 million energy upgrade to Toledo School for the Arts, and installation of new rooftop units and a state-of-the-art control system for the 100-year-old Toledo Club. Since 2011, BBNWO has completed improvements on 100 buildings with an investment of more than $25 million, and has created the equivalent of 35 full-time jobs.

2015 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting years for Northwest Ohio in several decades. Interest rates continue to be extremely low, oil prices are half of what they were in 2013 and companies are starting to expand and invest some of the cash reserves they amassed over the past several years.

Unemployment rates in Northwest Ohio have dropped from 13 percent in 2009 to less than 5 percent in 2014 — all signs our economy is moving in the right direction and that further investment in the region is imminent.

We have seen continued investment in transportation with the 2014 announcement of a $43-million expansion of the CSX Intermodal facility in North Baltimore, the current expansion of the FedEx freight facility in Perrysburg, the $20 million investment

in the Ironville Terminal at the Port of Toledo that opened for business in the spring of 2014, and the anticipated expansion of Norfolk Southern’s Airline Junction Intermodal located next to the University of Toledo’s Scott Park campus. In addition, Norfolk Southern will complete the $160-million expansion of its Bellevue Yard in 2015, creating more jobs and economic impact in the region. Home Depot will open its 1.6-million-square-foot distribution center in Wood County in the first quarter of 2015, representing another $100-million-plus investment tied to transportation in our region.

The Ohio Department of Transportation’s investment in road and bridge improvements in our region will exceed $1 billion and will provide much needed highway capacity to support the continued expansion of commerce moving through the area.

These positive trends and investments all point to a vibrant and growing Northwest Ohio economy, which is poised to continue its positive momentum into 2015 and beyond. O

Paul Toth is president and CEO of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority.

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Supporting black-owned businesses helps stabilize communities

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he Toledo African American Chamber of Commerce (TAACC) advocates and promotes the economic growth and development of African American-owned businesses by focusing on the development of business opportunities, business alliances and legislative advocacy.

There are several tactics that will

help create an environment of economic stability and help create jobs for one of Toledo’s most underserved communities. If we can help our businesses grow and expand, they in turn will hire those within our community who want to turn their lives around and those whom mainstream businesses do not employ.

These tactics have worked successfully in

other communities around the country and can work here.

It is a well-known fact that our community has traditionally been among the most marginalized and underrepresented. It has the highest rates of unemployment, lowest per capita individual income, highest crime rates, highest teen pregnancy rates, lowest life expec-

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tancy rates, one of the highest rates of not. The library has refused to adopt homelessness, the most uneducated and similar written inclusion polices and unhealthy group and the highest rate of has refused to release evidence of its underfunded businesses. procurement perforAs you can see from this mance to underserved list, the needs are great. communities even These conditions exist though it is public for a variety of reasons information. The Me(including conditions troparks have indiwe have caused within cated for more than our community). The two years now that entire community will they intend to adopt be strengthened as some a policy but have not. of the issues that have Jay BLACK O Unite and work plagued our community together to develop plans for decades are addressed and elimi- that address blight, safety, infrastructure nated. The tactics are as follows: improvement and the delivery of serO Recycle our dollars as many vices in and to our community. times as possible within our commuO Refrain from aligning with people nity by patronizing our businesses. who do not have a proven track record We can help create jobs in our own of supporting economic initiatives that community by helping our businesses have benefited our community. This grow. This growth cannot occur includes elected officials, political candiwithout consistent and sustained sup- dates and levy sponsors. port of our local businesses.

O Require that politicians and orO Ensure that our businesses have ganizations we support with our votes the same level of access to public con- and dollars reciprocate by supporting initiatives that focus on investing their tracts as other groups.

O Work with governments, public resources in our community. institutions and others to develop job O Set the leadership tone by recreation strategies that include our questing that corporate welfare (such as community. For instance, the Univer- tax abatements, development assistance, sity of Toledo, City of Toledo, Lucas public grants and block grant allocaCounty Commissioners, Mercy, To- tions) be given only to those entities that ledo-Lucas County Port Authority, have a proven track record of including Neighborhood Health Association underserved communities in their and the State of Ohio have all made hiring and procurement processes. commitments in writing to include TAACC believes that if we do more minority-owned businesses in their to help ourselves, along with the support procurement processes. These orga- of those outside our community, the nizations understand the importance entire Northwest Ohio community will of granting underserved communities benefit, grow and prosper. O the opportunity to grow their businesses by doing business with them. Jay Black is president of the Toledo Other organizations, like the Toledo- African American Chamber of ComLucas County Public Library and Me- merce. He can be reached at (419) 407troparks of Toledo Area apparently do 6697 or jblack@toledoaacc.com.

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In 1895, one of the top parks in the he next time you’re on the East Side of Toledo, take a turn off city was Walbridge Park along the riverMain Street down Riverside front, drawing hundreds of thousands of Drive. It’s the street that runs the length visitors a year. It still does. In West Toledo, in 1896, when Banof the so-called Macroft Street was still a dirt rina District along the road, Ottawa Park was in Maumee River. its undeveloped infancy.

If you’re there in It was a 280-acre acquisithe daytime, you’ll tion that was highly conlikely find at least a troversial at the time, with dozen cars with people critics claiming spending inside, eating lunch, public money on such a talking on a cellphone large rural tract of land, or contemplating life. far beyond the heart of the Oftentimes, people get city, was a foolhardy waste of out of their cars to take Lou HEBERT money and that no one would ever use a stroll down to the river.

As talk grows louder about a possible the land for recreation.

After parks and public golf crusader repossession of this taxpayer-improved riverfront site — owned but ignored by Sylvanus P. Jermain was able to get a Chinese investors — we will likely need golf course built in the park, followed to get serious very soon about what by ball fields and an ice rink as well as a the city wants to do with this property. shelter house, the park became the most Opinions and ideas are sure to run the popular in the city, drawing close to a gamut. So here’s mine. Let it be what it million visitors a year. The voices of the naysayers were silenced and the rest, as is now and what it wants to be: a park.

With minimal investment, this they say, is history.

So let’s make more history. Think could become a premier park venue for Toledo. It may be a far better investment about giving Toledoans another park. in the long term than just pouring more And not just “another” park, but a money and concrete into a “mixed de- “special” park. One that could become velopment” project of retail and housing the centerpiece of a new commitment to recognize and develop our love for that may or may not be successful.

The last thing Toledo needs is an- the greatest natural resource in the other “failure.” We need positive mo- city: the Maumee River.

It could be that one signature mentum. A new riverfront city park would give us that. And it would be a venue that defines our city, helping much greater investment in the city’s to create a quality of life that makes future. Parks in general have been, the city more attractive in the eyes of prospective companies looking for with few exceptions, success stories.

Toledo’s major city parks are still a new home, or people looking for a just as popular as they were when great place to live. Or those Toledoans they were developed 100 years ago. looking for reasons to stay.

Toledo has the best riverfront on Even back then, park promoters and visionaries had to convince the nay- the Great Lakes. We need to embrace sayers this was money well spent and that. We need to say it loudly every day. And we need to use our riverfront was a necessity, not a luxury.

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to our best advantage and not give in to those who would give this public treasure away to yet another private developer to soil with yet another a flavor-of-the-month mall concept.

So let’s start with the seeds already planted at the north end of the Marina District property: the new and popular National Museum of the Great Lakes.

From those seeds it’s not an impossible stretch to think Toledo could grow and nurture a park-like setting that could easily include other museums, activities and facilities that are centered on celebrating the city’s heritage.

Whatever it is, it should be grand.

We should have no quarter for little plans. We need to do something to

stir our souls. Toledo needs to make a statement — a bold one to the rest of the world and to ourselves. This is our chance. This is our challenge. This waiting and vacant piece of our riverfront is our opportunity. O

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BLACK IS BACK

Comedian Lewis Black returns to Northwest Ohio for gig at Stranahan. a sensation with his trademark angry delivery, finding outrage in almost every corner of American life. But offPopGoesJeff@gmail.com stage? Black is calm, soft-spoken, pahe stereotype is that the best tient, introspective. This is a man who comedians don’t really have a takes his art seriously.

“When I was just starting out it “character” — they essentially play themselves onstage, but with felt like my feet were on a frying pan and that I had to keep moving them the volume turned up.

This may never be more true than so as not to suffer third-degree burns it is for the great comic Lewis Black. to my frail confidence,” Black said in For over 30 years the Maryland na- an interview with Toledo Free Press.

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in a pool of sharks. Now, after years of performing and learning somewhat the craft of comedy, it’s like what I imagine surfing is like, if I could surf. And when it’s really going well, you feel as if you and the audience are one. That you are merely the voice of the room. It’s exhilarating and it’s insane.”

The level of vitriol he expresses in front of audiences the world over may be amplified for comic effect, but there is no doubt it strikes a chord

with audiences everywhere. Black, who will perform at the Stranahan Theater on Jan. 11, said that the development of his unique comic voice came over time.

“I think the hardest thing in comedy is finding out what makes you funny. You can write the jokes, but if you don’t know how to deliver them you are screwed. For the longest time, I wrote angry material but I wasn’t presenting it as angry. I was sitting on my anger, which can be

very strange.

“After years of trying every which way to find my stage persona, a fellow comic, Dan Ballard, told me that I was angry, so when I got on stage next time I should yell my act. I should be angry up there. So I tried it. It worked.

And I spent years refining it. Quite simply, I am funny when I am angry and sarcastic. It took years for me to realize something that was always a part of me.” n BLACK CONTINUES ON 24

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n BLACK CONTINUED FROM 23 He came to comedy relatively late in life, compared to many contemporaries who seem to have had designs on stardom when they were barely out of high school.

Black’s first career was as a playwright, after earning a Master of Fine Art in theater from Yale in 1977. His first stage experience as a comedian came as a lead-in to plays he had written. Like most overnight sensations, it took years of fine-tuning and perseverance before he broke through to a mass audience after committing to his act full time. When did it really become apparent to Black that something big was happening?

“Sometime between receiving a very complimentary phone message from George Carlin and winning the American Comedy Award for Best [Male] Stand-up,” he said.

“George told me he liked my work and thought I was funny. I wasn’t well known at all at that point, but

the fact that George Carlin, a comic hero of mine, thought I was funny, I felt more successful than I ever imagined. When I won the award, I knew that the public had started to notice me. To this day, George’s compliment has meant more to me than any awards I have received.”

Black found his audience through appearances on Comedy Central, both in his own standup specials and his regular “Back in Black” segments on “The Daily Show,” where, introed by the driving beats of AC/DC, he railed against whatever injustices had caught his eye. Given their shared roots on Jon Stewart’s late-night news satire, Black expressed his support for Stephen Colbert as he prepares to take over for David Letterman on CBS’s “Late Show.”

“I think he will be brilliant as the host. Stephen Colbert is at heart one of the most extraordinary entertainers I have ever met. He will

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Not that Black has a slow year ahead, himself. He will star as one of the emotions in the head of a young girl in the Pixar film “Inside Out”

this summer. (His character, naturally, is Anger.) In addition, whenever possible, Black streams the last 15 minutes of his stage appearances at the website www.therantisdue. com, giving audiences their fix of that trademark Black outrage whenever needed. Does he think his audience’s need for the kind of catharsis

he provides will ever wane?

“I hope not. Especially if the idiots who run the world keep the insanity going in high gear. But I wish that they would all get a grip and I can go back to just bitching about the weather.

“People deserve a lot better than what they are getting.” O

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More murals planned for city in 2015.

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As Toledo continues to fight its blight problem, Art Corner Toledo (ACT) continues to help in the battle by investing, planning and executing murals throughout the city.

For 2015, murals are planned at four different blank walls meant to help revitalize the neighborhoods in which they appear.

ACT will hold four public meetings, one at each location, to gather public input on what type of mural the community would like to see.

“We find that when we do put a mural in otherwise neglected neighborhoods, it beautifies and revitalizes and gets the neighborhood to realize they can invest in their own space,” said ACT founder Rachel Richardson.

Richardson said ACT has not hired any artists yet or decided on any designs for the murals, but will gather community input and go from there.

Community members are invited to attend the following meetings add their voices to the discussion: 5:30 p.m. Jan. 8 at Lighthouse Landing, 4441 N. Summit St., in Point Place; 5:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at Seed Coworking, 25 S. St. Clair St.; 5:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at the West Toledo Branch Library, 1320 Sylvania Ave.; and 5:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at Mad Ave Collective, 1600

Toledo City Councilwoman Lindsay Webb, artist Ahmad Jacobs and Rachel Richardson of ACT by a mural in Toledo.

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Madison Ave. The murals are made possible by funds provided by the city and county.

Toledo City Council passed a measure this year to spend $15,000 on murals for the city. That money matched $15,000 offered by Lucas County, with all funding going to ACT. “Murals are a great way to capture the heart of a neighborhood and express it visually,” Councilwoman Lindsay Webb has said. “It’s a part of developing and identifying and dealing with blight.”

In another project, two railroad bridges on Bancroft Street will be covered, with a mural on each side of the two bridges. Richardson plans a public call to artists in February through a contest from which the top four designs will be selected. The winning designs will be

chosen by Councilman Tyrone Riley.

The idea is to have the phrase “Toledo Alive!” incorporated into the murals.

The Collingwood Arts Center has been supporting ACT by providing space for muralists to paint on panels that are later installed at locations around the city. The help is allowing artists to work outside the normal season.

“We can paint them all throughout the year,” Richardson said.

ACT was founded in 2010 with a mission to promote Toledo as a socially conscious city and began creating murals to illustrate that, Richardson said. So far, the organization has completed 20 murals.

“An abandoned lot or a building gets developed in the wake of one of our murals,” Richardson said. O

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What’s what, where and when in NW Ohio

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MUSIC

Bar 145º

$5 cover. 5304 Monroe St. (419) 593-0073 or bar145toledo.com.

O $5 martinis and burgers: Wednesdays.

The Blarney Irish Pub

601 Monroe St. (419) 418-2339 or www.theblarneyirishpub.com.

O “Toledo’s Best Singers” Karaoke: 7-11 p.m.

Wednesdays.

Blind Pig

208 S. First St., Ann Arbor. $3-$20. (734) 9968555 or blindpigmusic.com.

O Mittenfest IX with Emily Jane Powers, Double Winter, Disinformants, Hollywood Makeout, Isles of ESP, Casual Sweetheart and Rebel Kind: Jan. 3-4.

O Hit List Battles presents Contract Billing, co-hosted by Snap Tite: 9:30 p.m. Jan. 8. $10.

Bronze Boar

20 S. Huron St. (419) 244-2627 or www.bronzeboar.com.

O Open mic with Steve Finelli and Oliver Roses: Mondays.

O Open mic and Steve Kennedy: Thursdays.

O Crucial 420: Jan. 2.

O Zodiac Click: Jan. 3.

Dégagé Jazz Café

301 River Road, Maumee. $5 weekends for cafe seating. (419) 794-8205, degagejazzcafe.com O Gene Parker: Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

The Distillery

4311 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 382-1444 or www.thedistilleryonline.com.

O Trivia with Team Lunchbox: Tuesdays.

O Name That Tune: Wednesdays.

Doc Watson’s

1515 S. Byrne Road. (419) 389-6003 or docwatsonstoledo.com.

O Sporcle Live Trivia: Thursdays.

facebook.com/blarneytoledo

601 Monroe St. Right Across from Fifth Third Field

Durty Bird

2 S. St. Clair St. (419) 243-2473 or www.yeoldedurtybird.com.

O Twisting Tarantulas: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Jan. 2.

O N.O.P.A. (New Orleans Party Asylum): 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Jan. 3.

O Groove Plexus: 1-4 p.m. Jan. 4.

O The New Mondays: 7-10 p.m. Jan. 5.

O Clifford Murphy & Mike Whitty: 7-10 p.m.

Jan. 6.

O Jeff Stewart: 7-10 p.m. Jan. 7.

O Zac Kreuz: 7-10 p.m. Jan. 8.

French Quarter J. Patrick’s Pub

Live entertainment after 9:30 p.m. FridaysSaturdays. Holiday Inn French Quarter, 10630 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg. (419) 874-3111 or www.hifq.com.

O The Late Show: Jan. 2-3.

Hollywood Casino Toledo

The Hollywood Casino offers musical distractions from all the lights, noise and jackpots.

777 Hollywood Blvd. (419) 661-5200 or www. hollywoodcasinotoledo.com.

O MAS FiNA: 9 p.m. Jan. 2.

O UFC Fight 182 and DJ Sample: Jan. 3.

Jazz on the Maumee

The Art Tatum Jazz Society will provide smooth, cool “Twilight Jazz” along the river, appetizers included. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Grand Plaza Hotel’s Aqua Lounge, 444 N. Summit St. $5-$15. (419) 241-1411, www.arttatum society.com.

O Kyle Turner & Friends: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 8.

Kerrytown Concert House

This venue focuses on classical, jazz and opera artists and music. 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor. $5-$30, unless noted. (734) 769-2999 or www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com.

O Wall To Wall: Jan. 7.

O Renaud Garcia-Fons: Jan. 8.

Name That Tune

O The Oarhouse, 5044 Suder Ave.: 8-10 p.m.

Mondays.

O Ralphie’s Sports Eatery, 6609 Airport Hwy.: 8-10 p.m. Tuesdays.

O Jed’s Barbeque and Brew, 855 S. Holland-

Sylvania Road: 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays.

O Pat & Dandy’s Sports Bar & Grill, 3344 W. Laskey Road: 9-11 p.m. Wednesdays.

O Ralphie’s Sports Eatery, 5702 Monroe St.: 7-9 p.m. Thursdays.

O The Oarhouse, 5044 Suder Ave.: 6-8:30 p.m. Fridays.

One2 Lounge at Treo

Live music starts at 7:30 p.m. 5703 Main St., Sylvania. (419) 882-2266 or treosylvania.com.

O The New Fashioned: Jan. 2.

O Stonehouse: Jan. 3.

The Ottawa Tavern

Casual meals and bingo and trivia nights with weekend entertainment. 1815 Adams St. (419) 725-5483 or www.otavern.com.

O Sinai Vessel, Pillow Talk, Keep, S***** Neighbors: Jan. 3.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop

4038 Talmadge Road. (419) 725-5037 or www.potbelly.com.

O Jaime Mills: Noon-2 p.m. Fridays.

SWINGMANIA

With its focus on swing music, Jeff McDonald’s group of musicians provides a peek into another era. The group provides music for all occasions. (419) 708-0265, (419) 874-0290 or www.swingmania.org.

O Trotters Tavern, 5131 Heatherdowns Blvd.

(419) 381-2079: 8 p.m. Tuesdays.

The Village Idiot

309 Conant St., Maumee. (419) 893-7281 or www.villageidiotmaumee.com.

O The House Band: Fridays.

O Dooley Wilson, Bob Rex and friends: Sundays.

O Frankie May and friends: Mondays.

O John Barile & Bobby May: Tuesdays.

O Andrew Ellis: Wednesdays.

O Dragon Wagon: Jan. 2.

Ye Olde Cock n’ Bull

Featuring 30 draught beer selections, daily drink specials and live entertainment daily. 9 N. Huron St. (419) 244-2855 or facebook.com/

cocknbulltoledo.

O Danny Mettler hosts Open Mic Night: Wednesdays.

O Tore Down Blues Jam Band: Sundays.

O Bobby May and John Barile followed by The Eight Fifteens: Jan. 2.

O Distant Cousins: Jan. 3.

O Elixer: Jan. 6.

O Danny Mettler: Jan. 7.

O Captain Sweet Shoes: Jan. 8.

EVENTS Eastwood Theater

The historic landmark is screening movies for $5. 817 East Broadway. For more information, call (419) 720-5199 or visit eastwoodtheater. com.

O “Free Family Flicks” with the purchase of a concession item: “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”: 1:30 p.m. Jan. 3.

O “Gone Girl”: 6:30 p.m. Jan. 2, 7:15 p.m. Jan. 3 and 4 p.m. Jan. 4.

O “Edge of Tomorrow”: 9:15 p.m. Jan. 2, 10:15 p.m. Jan. 3 and 7 p.m. Jan. 4.

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fond memories from those summer days are filled with me always.” The gallery is available for viewing Tuesday through Saturday from 4-9 p.m. until Jan. 5. Some work is featured in Registry Bistro as well. For more information, contact Jim Zaleski at jim.zaleski@yahoo.com.

Toledo Walleye Winterfest

Season Two debuts 1 p.m. Jan. 4 on WGTE FM 91.3. Encores can be heard at 10 p.m. every Monday, airing through May 2015.

The 10-day bash presented by the Toledo Walleye features an outdoor hockey rink at Fifth Third Field, 406 Washington St. (419) 725-9255. www.toledowalleye.com.

O Walleye Winter Brewfest: Fifth Third Field Outdoor Rink. 6:30 p.m. Jan. 2.

O BGSU vs. Robert Morris: Fifth Third Field Outdoor Rink. Noon Jan. 3.

O Share The Warmth Mitten Chain: Toledo Steam Plant: 2:30 p.m. Jan. 3.

O Toledo Alumni vs. Fort Wayne Alumni: Fifth Third Field Outdoor Rink. 4 p.m. Jan. 3.

O Toledo Walleye vs. Fort Wayne Komets: Fifth Third Field Outdoor Rink. 6:30 p.m. Jan. 3.

O Fireworks (Fifth Third Field), Jersey Auction (Fifth Third Field Indoor Batting Cage) and Community Open Skate (Fifth Third Field Outdoor Rink): postgame, Jan. 3.

O Walleye Winterfest Tournament: Fifth Third Field Outdoor Rink. 12:30-10:15 p.m.

Jan. 4.

Secor Building

The Toledo Zoo

Model Train Clinic

This event ensures that model trains are in tip top shape for the next year. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Fremont. 1-4 p.m. Jan. 3. For more information, contact (419) 3322081.

‘New Music from BG’

The Secor was once the finest hotel in the city.

The Secor Gallery features work from local artists and Registry Bistro is under the direction of Chef Erika Rapp. For more information, contact Keith Corder at secorartistnet@gmail.com. 425 Jefferson Ave., corner of Superior Street.

O Skot Horn’s “Flower Power”: “In the days of my youth, our home was filled with fresh flowers from mom’s garden,” Horn said. “Many

Happy New Year From The Blarney!

2700 Broadway St. $11-$14. (419) 385-4040 or toledozoo.org.

O Free-flight Butterfly Exhibit: Free with zoo admission. Open daily.

O Lights Before Christmas: through Jan. 4.

If you would like your event in The Pulse, contact Matt Liasse at mliasse@toledofreepress.com.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The community is invited to attend the Public Hearing on the first draft of the Five-Year 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan on: Monday, January 26, 2014 6:00 – 7:00 P.M. McMaster Center Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Main Branch 325 Michigan St., Toledo, OH 43604 The Consolidated Plan will be the basis for the allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds within the City of Toledo. These federal funds are entitlement dollars allocated to the City of Toledo Department of Neighborhoods through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for neighborhood development and supportive services for low and moderate- income citizens.

Persons of low and moderate income who may benefit from program funds as well as non-profit community agencies and organizations planning to apply for CDBG, ESG or HOME funds are encouraged to attend the Public Hearing.

The Department of Neighborhoods engaged a Planning Steering Committee in the preparation of the 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan. Steering Committee members represented the following sectors: government, economic development, education, public and social service agencies, homeless services, utilities, public housing and religious organizations.

The Public Hearing will be held to review and receive input on the first draft of the proposed 20152020 Consolidated Plan. Information presented at this Public Hearing will include a needs assessment, market analysis and listing of priority needs, as well as goals to meet the needs as developed by the Steering Committee based on citizens input and statistical information. Activities eligible for CDBG funding must meet one of the identified goals in the Draft Consolidated Plan. Activities eligible for ESG must meet one of the identified goals for Homeless Services in the Draft Consolidated Plan.

Applications for CDBG and ESG funding will be available to agencies interested in applying at a MANDATORY meeting as follows: ESG/CDBG (for Homeless Service Providers): Tuesday, February 10, 2015 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Toledo Business Technology Center (Conference Room, 4th floor) 1946 N. 13th Street, Toledo, OH 43604 CDBG (for Non-Homeless Service Providers): Tuesday, February 10, 2015 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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THE FOLLOWING STORAGE UNITS WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION BY LOCK-IT-UP, LLC ON OR AFTER 1-20-2015 AT LEONARD’S AUCTION SERVICE 6350 CONSEAR RD OTTAWA LAKE, MI RICHARD LEONARD AUCTIONEER. 3316 DUSTIN ROAD OREGON OH 43616 5050 DJUAN COPELAND P.O. BOX 80402TOLEDO OH 43608 HOUSEHOLD. 8021 HENRY E MISCHKA JR 20951 THORPE ST WILLISTON OH 43468 HOUSEHOLD. 7044 ASHLEY SMITH 5105 WYNN PARK DR HOUSEHOLD. 7030 ZULEMA LEONARD 2855 SEAMAN RD HOUSEHOLD. 3032 AIRPORT HWY TOLEDO OH 43609 2001 KANISHA NEAL 548 COLBURN ST HOUSEHOLD. 2006 EDWIN ZYWOCKI 2ND 604 IVY CT LEXINGTON KY 40505 HOUSEHOLD. 3518 SCOTT PAUL 837 BARTLEY PLACE HOUSEHOLD. 4110 BRITANY JOHNSON P.O. BOX 140391 HOUSEHOLD. 5000 & 5004 CHARLES NAVE 2534 PLUM LEAF LN HOUSEHOLD & VEHICLE. 7226 TIFFANY JONES 4130 RIVERSIDE DR NORTH EAST CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52411 HOUSEHOLD. 8003 LATOYA HARRIS 2120 CALUMET AVE HOUSEHOLD. 8107 CONSUELO MARTIN 810 CLIFTON BLVD HOUSEHOLD. 8135 ANTONIO BELL 1146 PALMWOOD HOUSEHOLD. 7109 LARRY CARTER 2154 ½ MAPLEWOOD HOUSEHOLD. 1046 SOUTH BYRNE TOLEDO OH 43609 6005 ABBIE BROWN 502 BRIGHTEN AVE HOUSEHOLD. 2031 ALIREZA ZIAKAM 6325 GARDEN RD #78 MAUMEE OH 43537 RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT. 1020 DEBORAH FINN 302 HANOVER ST HOUSEHOLD. 1022 TWILA FERGUSON 2034 WYNDHURST RD HOUSEHOLD. 802 SOUTH REYNOLDS TOLEDO OH 43615 3305 HAROLD MOSLEY 1435 INDIANA HOUSEHOLD. 3408 DORTHY YOUNG 1232 WENZ RD 202 HOUSEHOLD. 1047 ROXANNE LEROUX 4760 VILLAGE LN APT 6 HOUSEHOLD. 27533 HELEN DRIVE PERRYSBURG OH 43551 2704 ROCK WESTFALL 232 WEST WOODSIDE TERRACE HOLLAND OH 43528 HOUSEHOLD. 6424 MEMORIAL HWY OTTAWA LAKE MI 49267 2028 CHRISTOPHER BENNETT 9760 HEAD O LAKE RD APT 1 HOUSEHOLD. 11147 DIANE HOPPE 6485 WHITEFORD RD HOUSEHOLD. 4601 JACKMAN RD TOLEDO OH 43612 3312 JANELLE M HOLMES 939 COLLINS DT HOUSEHOLD. 6017 & 2045 BONITA BEKIER 1414 GOULD HOUSEHOLD. 6135 RONALD JOHNSON 9211 BLOOMDALE RD WAYNE OH 43466 HOUSEHOLD. 2803 ALETA L FOSTER 1802 ALVIN HOUSEHOLD. 5002 JILL THOMPSON 610 STICKNEY AVE APT 4106 HOUSEHOLD. 5401 TELEGRAPH TOLEDO OH 43612 1014 PATRECE TOLBERT 1495 CRESTWOOD RD HOUSEHOLD. 2029 OLLEE JOHNSON 3915 HOILES ST HOUSEHOLD. 5008 LAMARR ISAAC SR 1919 UPTON AVE HOUSEHOLD. 5515 ISIAH TURNER 3062 N ONTARIO ST HOUSEHOLD. 6013 AUSTIN STERLING 4460 SUDER HOUSEHOLD. 12400 WILLIAMS RD PERRYSBURG OH 43551 9036 RANCE WILLIAMS C/O SOUTHVIEW ESTATES 12865 FIVE POINT RD HOUSEHOLD. 6013 MARK HAEFNER 90 WEST FOX RUN HOLLAND OH 43528 HOUSEHOLD. 5018 ROBERT JONES P.O. BOX 1213 HOUSEHOLD. 1082 LOUANN BEIER 2519 BROADWAY ST TOLEDO OH 43609 HOUSEHOLD. 1005 ANDREW BEIER 26374 EMERALD LAKES DR HOUSEHOLD.

A+ Self Storage at 1324 W. Alexis Toledo, OH 43612 will offer for public sale at 3:30PM on January 28, 2015 the following units: Unit 323, Tony Myrice 3804 Upton Ave Toledo, OH 43613: Bicycle, Storage Tubs, Air Conditioner; Unit 332, Jeff Wenger 2710 Alexis Rd. Toledo, OH 43613: Fishing Equipment, Futon, Speakers; Unit 410, Rachel E Whitaker 921 W. Stateline Apt 12 Toledo, OH 43613: Luggage, Stroller, Vacuum; Unit 434, Anne Sczublewski 4740 Box Lane Sylvania, OH 43560: Sofa, Bags, Cooler; Unit 615, Detra L Harris 1037 Clymena St. Toledo, OHIO 43612: Storage Tubs, Boxes, Bags; Unit 818, Kelly Johnson 4359 W. Alexis Rd. #6 Toledo, OH 43623: Chest of Drawers, TV, Loveseat; Unit 844, Stefanie Widanka 3901 Burton Ave Toledo, OH 43612: Recliner, Boxes, TV; Unit 925, Ericka Burns 2530 Heather Hills Apt D Toledo, Ohio 43614: Bicycle, Luggage, Storage Tubs; Unit 1002, NaShawn Sample 1312 Craigwood Rd Toledo, OH 43612: Desk, Mop, Mop Bucket; Unit 1010, Tracy Ellis 3241 ½ Cherry Toledo, OH 43608: Sofa, Boxes, Mattress; Unit 1018, Christine Vargo 1821 Christian Ave 522 Toledo, Oh 43613: Boxes, Space Heater, Ping Pong Table; Unit 1036, Cavaughan Overton 5905 Tetherwood DR. Toledo, OH 43613: Christmas Tree, Chest of Drawers, Ornaments; Unit 1211, Darla M Turner 4630 South Park Lane Toledo, Oh 43614: Sofa, Two Flat Screen TV’S, Kitchen Table and Chairs; Unit 2111, Alan E Moses 5733 Phillips Ave Sylvania, OH. 43560: Boxes, Guitar, Microwave; Unit 2112, Kristin Fisher 3704 Watson Toledo, OH 43612: Bassinette, Toys, Sofa; Cash and Removal. Call ahead to confirm: 419-476-1400

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All real estate advertised in this paper is subject to the federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, in the sale, rental, or financing of housing.

This Publisher will not knowingly accept any advertising that violates any applicable law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this paper are available on an equal opportunity basis. If you believe you have been discriminated against in connection with the sale, rental, or financing of housing, call the Toledo Fair Housing Center, (419) 243-6163.

INVITATION FOR BID Sealed bids will be received by the Fallen Timbers Field Office of Toledo Area Metroparks, 6101 Fallen Timbers Ln., Maumee, Ohio 43537, no later than 1:00p.m. local time, on Monday, January 15th, 2015, and thereafter will be publicly opened, read, and recorded for Painting Services work at various Parks through the Toledo Area Metroparks.

Scope of Work: The successful bidder will provide Metroparks of the Toledo Area with interior and exterior painting services on an as needed basis.

Approximately $70,000 of Painting Services is anticipated through the award of the contract for 2015. Metroparks intends to award the bid based on the following: 1. Price per hour for a two (2) person crew up to 20’ elevation.

2. Price per hour for a two (2) person crew for elevated work 20’ to 55’.

All bidding documents may be obtained by bidders, at Toledo Area Metroparks Planning and Construction Headquarters, 6101 Fallen Timbers Ln., Maumee, Ohio 43537 free of charge or by emailing jim.cassidy@metroparkstoledo. com. If you have any problems accessing the information, please contact the Park Services Department at 419-460-1289 or by e-mail.

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Patricia Ann (Gardner) Burris Patricia Ann (Gardner) Burris was born in Toledo, Ohio, on June 19, 1937, to William Randolph and Minerva Elizabeth (Good) Gardner.

She passed away Dec. 26, 2014, at Birch Tree Place in Birch Tree, Missouri, at the age of 77.

Patricia was united in marriage to Dewey H. Burris on Feb. 2, 1959, in Toledo, Ohio. To this union two daughters were born.

Survivors include her daughters, Lorrie E. Lewis and husband, Gregory, of Galva, Kansas, and Nancy J. Reed and husband, David, of Mountain View, Missouri; and two grandsons, Ian M. Lewis of Mountain View, California, and David R. Reed Jr. of Mountain View, Missouri.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Minerva and P.F. Cook.

Patricia attended Waite High School in Toledo, Ohio, and later graduated with an associate degree from Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. She was a registered nurse and worked for many years at

Burris Birch Tree Place in Birch Tree, Missouri, and West Vue Nursing Home in West Plains, Missouri. She was a member of Faith Assembly of God in West Plains, Missouri. Patricia was an avid gardener and bird watcher, and she loved to sing. She will be missed by all who met and knew her.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at Yarber Mortuary, Mountain View, Missouri.

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$ .00 ORIGINAL CHICKEN

BK BIG FISH

The New YUMBO® Limited Time Offering. Price and Participation may vary. Fries and Drinks extra. Valid at all participating restaurants in the Greater Toledo, Ohio area.

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