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JANUARY 16, 2011

Monkey business

TPS: What not to do

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s Toledo Free Press and United Way launch the Education Champions series this issue, and Toledo Public Schools (TPS) draws attention through the media-generated controversy over WSPD host Brian Wilson’s criticism, education is very much on our minds. The Jan. 12 birth of my new daughter, Harper June, is also focusing my attention on the quality of education available to those of us who live in the city.

One of the most compelling conversations on the topic we have had was with David Rohrbacher, an attorney with Rohrbachers Cron Manahan Trimble & Zimmerman, who serves as legal counsel to Toledo Free Press.

Rohrbacher said his thoughts were provoked by a December study, “The Economic Value of Higher Teacher Quality” by Eric A. Hanushek of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Hanushek concluded that removing the weakest 5 to 8 percent of teachers and replacing them with just average teachers would have a $100 trillion positive effect on our national economy over the long term.

“That is one followed by 14 zeros, more than 7.5 times our GDP annually,” Rohrbacher said.

Thomas F. POUNDS The study inspired Rohrbacher to write this list of things TPS should not do if it wants to improve its plight.

1. Don’t do anything. This a certain winner. Taking no actions now or in the near term assures that TPS will fail, and probably sooner than later. When you have the single greatest concentration of union participation in any school district in the entire country, no meaningful change can occur until and unless the unions take a leadership position. This isn’t just about teachers; in TPS, nearly all employees — administrators, clerical staff, building services — are represented by various unions. And, most members have no real say whether they want union representation or not.

2. Keep building new schools. Even though the number of students in TPS facilities is in a near free fall, new schools keep popping up. At the present rate, TPS may be destined to have the smallest class sizes of any urban school district. Smaller class size means more teachers are needed, at least until enrollment declines to a level where keeping a facility open is no longer an option. But the buildings are at least for the most part attractive.

3. Avoid measuring anything. Even though establishing standards is basic in the private sector, asking teachers and/or students to be accountable to objective standards is problematic at best without the endorsement and commitment of those constituencies. If we desire to continue to lose our ability to compete on a global basis, we need to avoid the adoption of meaningful standards. We all know how difficult math and science are — and the ability to communicate is best practiced by text messaging.

4. Maintain the independence of TPS. We all know that redundancy is safety. Having multiple units of government doing many of the same tasks surely leads to long-term full employment.

Rohrbacher’s tongue is pretty firmly in his cheek as he comments on his suggestions, but there is a lot of food for thought here.

As we launch Education Champions, we invite you to send your thoughts and comments about the future of education and TPS. ✯ Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

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oledo is not the hub of industry it once was, but if The of them Black, one Hispanic. Did it not occur to him that any Blade continues to manufacture stories like its recent Caucasian people would be offended? Troy quotes Rev. Kevin Brian Wilson series, the Glass City’s production will Bedford, president of the NAACP; Larry Sykes, whom Troy describes as an “African-American member” of the TPS Board of rival Pittsburgh’s during the steel boom.

Wilson, the program director, news director and after- Education; and Bob Vasquez, the president of the TPS Board of noon host for 1370 WSPD, is an unrelenting critic of The Education. Why did Troy feel compelled to describe Sykes as an Blade. He mocks its publisher, its unsigned editorials and “African-American?” Journalism 101 teaches the importance a number of its reporters by name, including Blade poli- of not labeling sources by race or other traits unless is it imtics writer Tom Troy. Because of this adversarial relation- portant to the story. You would never read in The Blade, “Mike ship, Troy should never report news involving Wilson; how Bell, the African-American Mayor.” Was identifying Sykes’ skin could Troy’s work be objective when he is writing about a color important to illustrating his “outrage?”

All three men excoriated Wilson; of man who publicly derides him? course they did. They were given a 14-second And yet on Jan. 8, The Blade published a quote and most likely told by the reporter story attributed to Troy, “WSPD host comthat the quote was directly referring to TPS pares TPS students, monkeys; Wilson denies students. More prudent men might have racism.” What unfolded during the next few asked for a larger context or asked to speak days was a striking example of journalistic with Wilson before they condemned him. malice and recklessness.

Here is another quote from the story that Troy’s article began, “A radio talk show reeks of bias: “Contacted later by phone at host’s reference to ‘little monkeys’ while his home near Lynchburg, Va., Mr. Wilson talking about students at Toledo Public Schools on Friday generated outrage that the Michael S. MILLER sloughed off the criticism of those who read racism into his diatribe about public education.” language was insensitive to African-AmerThere’s that second Virginia reference. And check ican students, and all students.” out these loaded words: “sloughed off,” which implies arLet’s break that down.

■ “A radio talk show host’s reference to ‘little monkeys’ rogance and insensitivity (“disputed” would carry more while talking about students at Toledo Public Schools.” That neutrality) and “diatribe,” which implies senseless ranting sure sounds definitive, doesn’t it? No qualifiers such as “al- (“monologue” or “comments” would be more objective).

Troy goes on to drag in a Wilson use of the phrase leged” or “interpreted” or anything that makes the reader doubt the equal sign between “little monkeys” and “stu- “plantation mentality,” and then adds this detail: “During the interview he used another animal metaphor, saying dents at Toledo Public Schools.”

■ “generated outrage” That makes it sound as if a mob, that American education follows a model established in pitchforks in hand, took it upon itself to break down the Germany to train ‘young minds to be good little governstudio doors at WSPD. That was not the case. The station ment lemmings’.” That would seem to show Wilson has a reported it did not log a single complaint after Wilson’s Jan. habit of using animal analogies, which would take some 7 monologue. Where did the outrage originate? Apparently, steam out of the notion he used “monkeys” to specifically from Troy and his editors. degrade TPS students; I wonder if Troy took the time to ■ “insensitive to African-American students, and all Google “lemmings,” hoping that animal could be negatively students” The first web version of the story I read did not equated to some human racial group. include the qualifier, “and all students.” Troy’s original version equated Wilson’s supposed offense to just African- Stirring the outrage American students. The written quote attributed to Wilson, On Jan. 9, “Wilson’s remarks stir more outrage” appeared, “certainly, teaching little monkeys to peel bananas and so on attributed to Mark Zaborney. Zaborney’s lead: “Remarks by and them learning to do it correctly on cue does not mean a radio talk show host that were considered insensitive to that they’ve learned everything except a funny parlor trick,” African-American students in the Toledo Public Schools does not reference TPS students, or African-American stu- reverberated throughout the community Saturday.” dents. But Troy’s opening paragraph linked the two, and that Notice that we are back to Wilson only offending Africanis all the evidence The Blade offered. A 14-second audio clip American students; Zaborney must have missed Troy’s reviof that phrase was embedded in the story online. sions. Note also the dramatic “reverberated throughout the Troy, in the first of two references, writes that Wilson community,” as if every segment of Toledo’s population was was “broadcasting the show from Virginia where he now preoccupied with this nonsense. Zaborney does remember to lives.” That must be important to the narrative for Troy to remind readers that Wilson’s broadcast “originated from his include it twice in one story. home in Virginia,” so he got that part of The Blade’s mission.

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A4. ■ TOLEDO FREE PRESS ■ MILLER CONTINUED FROM A3 Zaborney’s story centers on a protest meeting: “The Parent Congress has called a news conference ... at the Thurgood Marshall Building on Manhattan Boulevard — the Toledo Public Schools headquarters.”

It was certainly friendly of TPS to open its headquarters for such a news conference on a Sunday, wasn’t it?

In addition to recycling comments from Troy’s sources, Zaborney adds that Toledo Mayor Mike Bell called for Wilson to apologize. Zaborney adds his opinion to the news story with this sentence: “Mr. Wilson doesn’t limit incendiary remarks to the airwaves. Atop his Web site is a picture of a microphone aflame.”

What does that have to do with anything? Well, it gives Zaborney an opportunity to quote Wilson making some “incendiary” blog comments about NW Ohio residents.

Hitting the brakes During the first two days of Blade coverage, no one quoted had heard anything except the 14-second audio file helpfully shopped around by The Blade. That segment of the Jan. 7 show was not available on the WSPD website. So unless you heard the comment live (which apparently none of the quoted leaders did), or caught it overnight during the Web streaming repeat of the broadcast, your only source for the content was The Blade’s race-baiting reporting.

On Jan. 8 and 9, I talked to Wilson (from his home in Virginia!) two or three times, hoping to get the file of the full segment so I could hear the context for myself before I decided if Toledo Free Press would report anything on the controversy. I tried to get Wilson to talk about The Blade’s story and provide the audio clip, but he told me he was not talking to the press and did not provide the file.

Toledo Free Press and WSPD have a hot-and-cold history. The radio station is an ally, and I have guesthosted shows a dozen or so times, but a few philosophical breaks have kept us from being full-fledged, instep partners. I still wanted to hear Wilson’s comments in full, so I pursued a few back channel contacts and eventually obtained the five-anda-half minute audio clip. I played it on my BlackBerry. Then replayed it.

Then played it again.

While the audio clip on The Blade’s website contained the supposedly offending reference to monkeys, it did not include the setup, in which Wilson criticized the concept of teaching through repetition without teaching independent thinking, nor did it include this crucial next sentence: “Similarly with children, just because

you can teach them the answers to what are the capitals of the 50 States in America, that’s a fun exercise but it doesn’t teach them how to think, doesn’t teach them how to be objective, doesn’t teach them to be entrepreneurs and individuals and things along that order.”

There was no way an intelligent, discerning person could interpret Wilson’s “monkey” comment as anything resembling a direct reference to humans, much less TPS students.

I sent the clip to Toledo Free Press contributor Lisa Renee Ward and asked her to send it to sources included in The Blade’s coverage to seek comment. Toledo Free Press provided the transcript of the segment to those who had made statements calling for Wilson to apologize and/or asked Clear Channel Communications to discipline him, including TPS Superintendent Jerome Pecko, who had appeared at the Jan. 9 news conference; Bell; TPS Board Vice President Lisa Sobecki; President and CEO of the Greater Urban League John C. Jones; the NAACP’s Bedford; and Chris Varwig, past president of TPS Parent Congress.

Despite clear evidence that Wilson had not called TPS students “little monkeys,” Sobecki and Varwig stuck by their statements.

The first crack in The Blade’s mission to sink Wilson came from Bell, when Jennifer Sorgenfrei, public information officer for the City of Toledo, said, “[The mayor’s] statement was in direct response to the portion of audio he was provided by The Blade,” the first public indicator that this mess originated with the daily paper of record.

For the next 24 hours, the only public place to hear the full context of Wilson’s comments was on the Toledo Free Press website.

I am not a monkey The Jan. 10 Blade story, its third front-page story in a row, “TPS parents: WSPD’s Wilson must apologize,” was authored by Jennifer Feehan.

Notably, The Blade coverage begins to soften here, but not much. Wilson’s comments are merely “decried” and Feehan writes “some took” them as a “blatant racial slur.” No need to write like a political pamphleteer when you have everyone stirred up, right?

Feehan does make sure she notes that Wilson “lives in Virginia,” but that might have been written by Troy, who contributed to Feehan’s story.

For the first time in three reports, The Blade quotes someone who actually thinks before he reacts: “Denny Schaffer, a former Toledo radio talkshow host who was contacted by The Blade Sunday night, said he would have to hear more of Mr. Wilson’s show Friday to comment on whether

his words crossed a line.”

Good call, Denny.

In the printed version of The Blade, the Wilson story jumps from Page 1 to a page filled with coverage of just the Tucson shootings tragedy, linking the two stories in a way that shows The Blade was ahead of the curve in linking conservative talk radio to the massacre. In a separate Jan. 10 story on Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s reaction to the Tucson shootings, Troy quoted Kaptur condemning Wilson’s comments and, startlingly, calling for a listener boycott of WSPD. It is interesting to note that one of the photos published with Feehan’s story shows a Rogers High School student holding a sign that reads, “I am NOT a monkey!” After publication of that photo, the boy’s mother posted a Facebook message to abc13 reporter Kristian Brown that read, “did you see the front page of the Blade today and that little monkey? LOL.”

Pecko’s persistence On Jan. 10, the Urban League’s Jones called into Wilson’s show, and while he stopped short of agreeing with Wilson that The Blade had “duped” him, honorably made it clear that he no longer believed Wilson’s comments were directed at TPS students. During his broadcast, Wilson said he was sorry if anyone was offended by his remarks — which isn’t the same thing as being sorry for making the remarks.

On Jan. 11, a fourth reporter was stained by this epic libel (and it’s fair to ask — had any of these journalists bothered to listen to the full Wilson segment, or were they relying solely on Troy’s reporting?). “TPS’ Pecko says Wilson’s apology over comment is insufficient,” attributed to Christopher D. Kirkpatrick, gives the TPS chief something to talk about besides a $38 million deficit. Now that the full audio had been available on the Toledo Free Press website since Jan. 9 and on WSPD’s website since Jan. 10, there seemed to be far fewer people willing to go on the record condemning Wilson.

Here is Kirkpatrick’s lead sentence: “Public Schools Superintendent Jerome Pecko said he doesn’t buy an apology Monday from WSPD-AM, 1370 radio personality Brian Wilson, who on Friday compared the district’s instructional methods to the same type of rote instruction that succeeds in teaching little monkeys to peel bananas.”

In four stories, The Blade evolved from Troy’s opinion-laden reporting to Kirkpatrick’s more fact-based description, which is notable for not placing quotation marks around its “little monkeys” reference.

Pecko told Kirkpatrick late Jan. 10, “he had not heard the entire Friday broadcast,” even though Toledo Free

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Press had provided it to his office midSunday afternoon. Even after he listened to it and commented to Toledo Free Press on Jan. 11, Pecko insisted that Wilson’s comments were racial in nature and aimed at TPS students; he renewed his nonsensical and censorship-leaning call for the FCC to review WSPD. He was joined in his racial context belief by Blade Managing Editor Dave Murray, who told 13abc that “the paper stands behind the story and felt it was put in proper context.”

The reversal I wonder how Pecko, Murray and others who continued to stand by The Blade’s libelous series felt when they read the opening sentence in The Blade’s Jan. 12 editorial, “Free, responsible speech”: “No, Brian Wilson did not call Toledo Public Schools students ‘little monkeys’.” Mea culpa!

Here is the next line from the editorial: “But the talk-radio host and his defenders ought not complain that this newspaper yanked his recent observations about public education out of context, and at the same time try to ignore or deny the broader context of local leaders’ criticism of his remarks.”

But when the “broader context of local leaders’ criticism” comes from a slanted, 14-second clip, why shouldn’t that context be ignored and discounted? None of the myriad people hoodwinked by The Blade on this story are going to publicly admit to being played for fools, but they were. Twice.

First when they knee-jerk commented in their rush to criticize Wilson, and again when The Blade left them standing all alone after it changed its mind.

The unsigned editorial also includes this puzzler: “Comparing humans with lesser primates is, of course, a standard racial insult.”

Really? Think about the stunning

implications of that statement. There’s no outrage in it, just a ho-hum admission that “That’s just the way it is.”

Maybe that is the way they think in The Blade newsroom. Someone mentions monkeys, and the people there think of race. If I say Toledo Free Press threw a monkey wrench in The Blade’s scheme to harm Wilson, will Blade editors think we hired an AfricanAmerican mechanic?

The editorial admits, “there is no evidence that was Mr. Wilson’s intent.”

But Tom Troy and his editors sure thought there was, for four consecutive days of front page stories.

The hardest word They have no real governing authority, but perhaps the Associated Press, Ohio Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists and the Toledo Press Club should closely examine their membership guidelines and compare them to The Blade’s conduct in this case.

And, hey, city leaders, the next time The Blade calls, shopping around an inflammatory quote, how about doing some research before you open your mouths and condemn someone? If you jump anyway and then discover you were wrong, how about being a man and apologizing as loudly as you criticized?

This is the second time The Blade has taken a major swing at its nemesis Wilson, following a number of stories on the host living in Virginia, and it is the second time Wilson has walked away. In this case, that 800-pound gorilla at 541 N. Superior St. looks a lot less like King Kong and a lot more like Captain Huggy Face. ✯ Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. E-mail him at mmiller@ toledofreepress.com.

OPINION

JANUARY 16, 2011

SHREDDING THE CURTAIN

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y a majority vote on Jan. 11, Toledo City Council took a step toward regional delivery of services in voting to merge the fire departments of Ottawa Hills and Toledo, and gave the go-ahead to seeking proposals to create a countywide trash collection service.

The newly appointed council member for District 4, Paula HicksHudson, who replaced now State Rep. Michael Ashford, cast her vote for the merger. Ashford was not leaning toward supporting the merger; had the other votes remained the same, his no vote would have created a tie. It’s safe to assume Mayor Mike Bell would have broken a hypothetical tie in favor of the merger.

Hicks-Hudson also joined the seven who voted in favor of the resolution allowing Toledo and Lucas County to explore a county trash system. Whether she will continue to take different stances than Ashford — and what the end result will be — remains to be seen.

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A matter of trust Economic development is the easUnigov is not always the outcome of regionalism. There are three main dif- iest concept to promote. Most agree it ferent types of regionalism; regional is logical to reduce or stop competicooperation on development, regional tion within urban areas and to concentrate on bringing in delivery of services and more development to the metropolitan governentire region. ment (unigov).

Delivery of water Those who voted services has been done against the trash resoregionally with suclution — D. Michael cess in other comCollins, Lindsay Webb, munities. County fire and Adam Martinez — departments or joint say they are not against fire districts have also the concept of regional cooperation; their con- Lisa Renee WARD been done in many cerns in this instance were related areas. Some, like the Los Angeles to the lack of information. Phil County Fire Department, serve Copeland’s main concern was how the areas outside of the larger city; this would impact the workers who some cover larger areas than Toledo. The Central Ohio Joint Fire are also city residents.

The Lucas County Improvement District (COJFD) was created in Corporation (LCIC) is one example 2000. It covers a 180-square-mile of regional cooperation of economic area that’s home to approximately 8,000 residents. development.

Lucas County is 340.6 square Not every township supported LCIC, and that is one of the dangers of miles and has 463,493 residents as of any of the three regionalisms — does the 2009 census. While some inside the benefit extend to all or does one sources have expressed the belief that Bell envisions a county fire departbenefit much more than the others?

ment, a county trash collection system could be less complicated.

Jennifer Sorgenfrei, public information officer for Toledo, said there are no plans that she is aware of for a county fire department.

“Ottawa Hills came to us. The merger made sense with the cooperation of services already in place. With a countywide trash service, a mechanism is already in place with the Lucas County Solid Waste Management District,” she said.

Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken has expressed interest in cooperative efforts with Toledo and the outlying areas as a Toledo City Councilman and a Commissioner. In 2004 when campaigning for Commissioner, he told several media outlets he wanted to see political subdivisions move into areas of cooperation.

Examples of regional government that have been cited by others, including Gerken, have been Indianapolis and Minneapolis. Indianapolis is at one end of the spectrum with 25 district City-County

Profile of Excellence: Elisa Rodriguez Owens Community College Alumna Elisa Rodriguez grew up in Perrysburg, Ohio. Her father was an immigrant from Mex Mexico and always had high hopes for his daughter.

He taught her the val value of an education when they visited his home. Rodriguez’s Rodriguez father took her to pick tomatoes. She knew after a few mi minutes that it wasn’t the career for her.

Her father was disappointed disap when at the age of 16, Rodriguez w pregnant and dropped out of high found out she was school to ge get married and care for her child.

After hav having her second son, Rodriguez decided to earn h her GED. In 1988, she passed the GED. In 1989, she enrolled at Owens Community College to discov discover a career.

I was a good student in high “Even though t school, I was too intimidated to go to a fourschool said Rodriguez. year university,” u She liked working in an office and joined the secretarial program. During her time as a secr student at Owens, she became a student stu worker and had the opportunity to work in wo several office settings. se El Elisa Rodriguez Ad Administrative Coordinator, Student De Development, Owens Community College 19 1991 Graduate

“I learned so much in the student worker positions. I learned how to type and work in an office setting. I loved the opportunity to help students and learned to handle the responsibility,” said Rodriguez.

council members and four at large members. Minneapolis is at the other end, with a commercialindustrial tax-base sharing plan, created in 1971 as the Charles R. Weaver Metropolitan Revenue Distribution Act. While the experts and the politicians continue to debate the different visions they have for regionalism in our area, for residents of Lucas County as a whole, it comes down to two words — “trust” and “control.”

How much trust do voters have in those seeking control? How much local control do they trust to let go of ? Can those outside of Toledo, trust Toledo won’t have too much control?

Those are just a few of the questions that the answers to will ultimately decide how far regionalism in Lucas County and the region goes.

We can’t go the distance with too much resistance. ✯ Toledo Free Press contributor Lisa Renee Ward operates the political blog GlassCityJungle.com.

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In December 1991, she earned an associate’s degree majoring in information processing/secretarial.

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“My dad came to the ceremony and was so proud of me on graduation day. I had completed the education he always wanted for me,” said Rodriguez.

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In 1992, she applied and was hired at Owens Community College in a grant-funded position as a secretary. Soon a full-time permanent position opened up and Rodriguez was hired as a secretary in Enrollment Services.

“I love working at Owens because I have the opportunity to mentor our student workers now. So many come back and tell me how they are doing in their careers and I love being a part of that,” said Rodriguez.

In 2000, she decided to go back to school for a prebusiness administration transfer degree. In 2005, she graduated from that program. Now, she is working on her bachelor’s degree in business and is the Administrative Coordinator for Student Development at Owens and happily married for 30 years.

“I loved the opportunity to help students and learned to handle the responsibility.”

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Program helps pregnant teens with prenatal care Editor’s Note: Toledo Free Press, United Way of greater Toledo and 13abc’s “Bridges” with Doni Miller are profiling 12 education initiative programs in Northwest Ohio.

By Caitlin McGlade TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Danea Pittman is a 16-year-old single mother, but raising her son Damarion has been anything but a solo task.

She knows that help is there when she needs to travel to and from the doctor, or if she needs diapers or toys. She knows how to gauge whether her 18-month-old child is up to speed with average childhood development.

And she knows that yelling back at him when he yells at her won’t stop his temper tantrums.

Pittman credits much of her teenmom success to a cutting-edge county program aimed at reducing the number of babies born below healthy birth weight, or less than 5.5 pounds.

“If I wouldn’t have come here, there would be a lot of things wrong with my motherhood,” Pittman said.

Called the Lucas County Initiative to Improve Birth Outcomes, informally known as Pathways, aligns major health care agencies that offer medical and social aid to high-risk pregnant women. ZIP codes 43604, 43607 and 43610 are targeted because low birth weight rates reach 18 percent in Central Toledo.

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Southwestern College changed its name to Lincoln College of Technology effective Jan. 1. The college is owned by Lincoln Educational Services; the company decided to rebrand the Southwestern College institutions to unite all schools under one umbrella name.

“Lincoln is our major institution and we think it’s more powerful for the students as well as for ourselves to have all of our schools with the same name,” said Scott Shaw, chief administrative officer for Lincoln Educational Services.

The name switch should not have any effect on alumni of Southwestern College or current students as the programs offered remain the same, Shaw said.

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DANEA PITTMAN IS A 16-YEAR-OLD MOTHER RAISING HER SON, DAMARION.

Pittman attends Polly Fox Academy, a school for parenting and pregnant girls in Toledo. Polly Fox refers girls to the Pathways program.

The 4-year-old program is the answer to The Toledo Community Foundation’s 2005 request for a solution to fight local low birth weight rates.

Lucas County has hovered consistently above state averages of low birth weight births from at least 1997

to 2007, reaching as high as 9.8 percent in 2004, compared to the 8.5 percent state average. Only eight other counties had higher average percentages of babies born underweight when the initiative started, according to March of Dimes data.

About one in 14 infants in Toledo were born to mothers who received late or no prenatal care around that same time, according to the data.

The initiative faces an upcoming year with promising numbers. About 600 women have enrolled since the program’s inception and each has averaged about eight prenatal visits. In 2010, 6 percent births resulted in low birth weight, down from 15 percent in 2009, according to initiative data.

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Rather than waiting for women to come in for help, outreach workers hit the streets to recruit them.

Some go door-to-door, ask neighbors or talk to local pimps to find out who is pregnant, said Jan Ruma, project director of the initiative and vice president for the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio, which organizes the program. “The health care system services those who seek it but those who seek it aren’t those who often need it the most,� Ruma said.

Some studies suggest that individuals who were born with low birthweight may be at increased risk for certain chronic conditions in adulthood.

These conditions include high blood pressure, type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes and heart disease. When these conditions occur together, they are called metabolic syndrome. One study found that men who weighed less than 6 .5 pounds at birth were 10 times more likely to have metabolic syndrome than the men who weighed more than 9.5 pounds at birth.

It is not yet known how low birthweight contributes to these adult conditions. However, it is possible that growth restriction before birth may cause lasting changes in certain insulin-sensitive organs like the liver, skeletal muscles and pancreas. Before birth, these changes may help the malnourished fetus use all available nutrients. However, after birth these changes may contribute to health problems. The cost of a low birth weight baby in the first year is $40,000. “That’s a very expensive way to come into the world. You are at risk for a lot more issues when you start out small,� Ruma said.

Once women are inducted, they become connected to an outreach worker who ensures they have transportation to and from doctor visits, have enough food and other products.

Workers also aid mothers after they give birth, Ruma said.

In Pittman’s case, she and Damarion will receive help from the Neighborhood Health Association until he is 2 years old. Some of the perks also

involve parenting education. “Danea’s case is one of our success stories,� said Michelle SmithWojnowski, supervisor of the association’s perinatal outreach services.

The association has had a lowbirth weight program for 10 years and, like the other agencies involved, offers incentives such as gift cards and baby supplies to stick with it. The county initiative program has helped the association target women in the specific ZIP codes at highest risk, SmithWojnowski said.

The Toledo Children’s Hospital has also operated a program to reduce the number of underweight babies, but Pathways provided funding to drum up incentives to participate, like gift cards or bus tokens to get to doctor appointments, said Christy Colony, who is a clinical supervisor of Help Me Grow with the ProMedica Health System.

Colony said the only problem is that the initiative limits eligibility to those three ZIP. Across the country, the percentage of babies born underweight rose more than 9 percent between 1997 and 2007. Ohio’s average rate has steadily risen as well, according to the March of Dimes.

Programs like the local county initiative are modeled off an idea called the Pathways Model, which started in Mansfield, Ohio. Pathways, an increasing trend in the state, has become somewhat of a “buzzword� lately, said Lisa Holloway, program director for the Ohio chapter of March of Dimes.

Toledo is one of a few that have started up statewide, Ruma said.

The Toledo Community Foundation sees the program as a success thus far, said Christine Dziad, the program officer.

The foundation is one of the major contributors that has helped bring the annual budget to about $240,000. “We’re a community that has a lot of poverty,â€? she said. “There are issues around access to service, or lack of nutrition, or whether or not people have housing that is unstable. Being pregnant becomes sort of a side activity.â€? âœŻ

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ur community is at a critical at grade level that we show when a juncture. As many people are public figure makes an ill-thoughtcoming to realize, not enough out remark that’s taken out of conkids are graduating from high school text. Let’s advocate as strongly for and the effects are rippling across the all schools to access federal funds entire community. We must graduate for nutritious school lunches as all kids from school prepared for work strongly as some advocated against the levy. Let’s remember, and life. Period. while it sounds trite, it This is why United truly is about the kids Way is focusing on and getting them across education as our top the graduation stage. priority and why we It is going to take continue to push — every one of us pitching hard — for accelerin to make a differated cooperation, colence. It will take a local laboration, and progbusinessman volunress between Toledo teering a few hours of Public Schools (TPS), Bill KITSON time every other week nonprofits, neighborto teach kids how to behood groups, businesses come financially stable. It will take a and the entire community.

The first phase has included in- stay-at-home mother volunteering to creasing awareness and sparking con- tutor a child in reading for an hour versations around the education issue. every Wednesday while her kids are Last October, United Way hosted a at school. It will take you writing a screening of the education documen- letter to your superintendent advotary “Waiting for ‘Superman’.� The cating for every single school to take screening and subsequent community the steps to access federal funds for discussion, presented by O-I, were healthy breakfasts and lunches. There meant to be conversation starters. is a way each and every one of us can And boy, have they inspired some in- leverage our time, talents and abiliteresting discussions. Social services. ties to help.

Toledo Free Press is doing its part.

Schools systems. Administrators.

Teachers. Unions. Parents. You. Me. They have committed print space so How can we all work together to en- you can learn more about successful community programs whose work sure our students are succeeding?

United Way also announced at the can be replicated in other areas of community discussion our endorse- the community. Programs you could ment of Issue 5, the proposed TPS levy. even take part in. These stories may To borrow a quote from my own guest also shed light on the challenges they editorial at that time, “We have chosen faced to become successful. That’s a to endorse the levy because we can’t good thing.

I hope you follow this series afford not to.� Not only has United Way invested considerable time, en- during the next 12 weeks. I hope you ergy and resources in our education share in the excitement we feel about initiatives and programs — many of the achievement from many of these which serve TPS students — but our programs. I also hope you share in community as a whole cannot afford some of the frustration we have felt to keep losing kids, which is exactly as you learn about the challenges what is happening to the majority of impeding our progress. Most imporstudents who drop out on a daily basis. tantly, I hope your excitement and/or When these students drop out, frustration gives you hope and prothey often become a product of the pels you to action because we truly streets or the prison system. They need you.

To find ways to get connected, begin a cycle of poverty few ever break. And the effects of this cycle on please feel free to contact the feaour region’s economic development tured programs directly. You can also visit our website at www.unitedwayare absolutely devastating.

Although education frequently toledo.org/volunteer or dial 2-1-1 at remains at the forefront of con- any time to get connected to volunversations and news, it is unfortu- teer opportunities. âœŻ nately often for the wrong reasons.

Let’s show the amount of passion Bill Kitson is president and CEO of for helping our kids learn to read United Way of Greater Toledo.

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Former Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner’s administration had a vision for Downtown restaurants along the Maumee River. After approaching 24 different local and national restaurateurs, including chains such as T.G.I. Fridays and Dave & Busters, Tom and Eileen Cousino took a “risk” and made an investment with the first restaurant at The Docks, Finkbeiner said.

After nearly 15 years in business at The Docks, Front Street Ventures, run by the Cousinos, closed the doors at the Navy Bistro, Tango’s Cantina and Courtyard at the Navy.

“It’s a tragedy that they’re out of business,” Finkbeiner said. “It doesn’t matter who replaces them, if it’s a big chain or Toledo restaurant. A company that has been with Toledo that long, was the first company to reside at The Docks, it breaks my heart that they’re not going to be there in 2011.”

The City of Toledo, which owns The Docks, was notified Jan. 6 that Front Street Ventures would shut its establishments at the waterside location due to financial problems.

Front Street Ventures had been in arrears on its rent obligations to the City for the spaces, so in January 2009 the company entered into a payment plan.

Each month, Front Street Ventures was supposed to pay $13,000 for the facilities; it owes $99,000 in back rent.

“Everyone feels for Tom and Eileen, for what they have brought for the city and the region. The Cousinos helped East Toledo and Oregon,” said Dean Monske, deputy mayor of external relations for the city. “It’s sad that the economy would lead to this for them.”

“As their landlord, we don’t want to see them depart.

We’d much rather see that they’re full and vibrant,” he said.

Tom Cousino told Toledo Free Press on Jan. 6, “We had 15 nice years and gave Toledo every ounce of energy we had. We are proud of our restaurants and what we created.

I just want to thank Toledo for the past 15 years.”

He declined to reflect further on his business ventures at The Docks since he’s “still in the midst of everything.”

History at The Docks Navy Bistro, once called Old Navy Bistro, opened in 1996 three years before another restaurant opened at The Docks. In 1999, Eileen’s Wine Bar opened within in the Navy Bistro and in 2000, Tango’s opened.

Cousino also helped manage Gumbo’s Bayou Grille, later known as Dockside Grille, for several years.

“You really have to thank Tom Cousino. Without his courage and entrepreneurial spirit, there wouldn’t be any Docks,” said Toledo City Councilman Mike Craig, whose district includes The Docks.

Craig said the venues were “excellent” places to eat and entertain at and their closing is a true loss for the city.

Prior to housing restaurants, the land that is currently The Docks was home to a city garage. In 1995, the city began converting the space to a commercial zone.

To date the city still owes $1.66 million of the roughly $2.7 million in bonds for The Docks project. The bonds were to be paid back by rent from the property.

The Real Seafood and Zia’s Italian Restaurant, both owned by Mainstreet Ventures, and Metropolis are still open at The Docks. Julie White, director of marketing for Mainstreet Ventures, said the company’s restaurants at the Docks have been up in sales during the past year.

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Speculation as to why the restaurants would fail include the troubled economy and road construction.

Between 2000 and 2008, off-and-on construction to the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge may have hindered patrons from reaching The Docks. “[Sales] were definitely slower when the bridge was closed,” said Kelly Becker, general manager of the Real Seafood Co. “It was more challenging for the guest to get to us.”

Becker said she was surprised when Front Street Ventures announced the closing of its three locations.

“I was sad. They’ve been down here at The Docks longer than we have and have been such great neighbors. I didn’t realize they were struggling. Our business has been increasing steadily every year,” she said.

Moussa Salloukh, president of the Northwest Ohio Restaurant Association, worked between Navy Bistro and Tango’s for nine years.

Salloukh said he’d guess that bridge and road construction would be the main causes for the business failing.

“It was always a struggle with people being able to get over to us,” he said.

Salloukh said many independent restaurants are struggling because of the economy right now, and that could be another cause for the failure.

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Moving forward

The Docks won’t sit empty for very long, said Cathy Miller, interim president of Destination Toledo.

The closing of any restaurant so near to the conMONSKE vention center is always a blow to tourism, but Miller believes strongly that the space will fill, she said.

“It’s prime real estate; riverfront view, with places for people to dock off Lake Erie and the Maumee River. It’s a sure thing it won’t sit for very long,” she said.

If history is any indicator, Miller’s prediction will come true. Throughout its short history The Docks has seen several tenants come and go.

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River Mediterranean Cuisine, The Dirty Martini Lounge and Flaming Pit Barbeque & Blues all were tenants of The Docks.

The city is working to find a tenant for the property, Monske said. Since announcing the closing of the Front Street Venture properties on Jan. 6, the city has received calls from roughly a dozen parties interested in the space, he said.

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“Anything that brings tenants into that facility is definitely a benefit to the city; if it’s us who owns it or even someone else,” he said. “Right now, we’re not collecting any rent and that’s costing taxpayers more money.”

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Former Blade editor appears in new Twain autobiography

By Sarah Ottney

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After years of false starts, American author and humorist Mark Twain concluded that the perfect way to write an autobiography is to “start it at no particular time of your life; wander at your free will all over your life; talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment; drop it the moment its interest threatens to pale, and turn your talk upon the new and more interesting thing that has intruded

itself into your mind meantime.”

Former Blade editor and owner David Ross Locke was among those friends and acquaintances who apparently held Twain’s attention LOCKE long enough to make an appearance in the first volume of his autobiography, currently No. 5 on the New York Times bestseller list.

“Autobiography of Mark Twain,

Volume 1,” published in November, is a lengthy and rambling collection of thoughts and anecdotes, dictated for the most part during the last few years of Twain’s life.

When he died in 1910, Twain left instructions that the work be published in three volumes, starting 100 years after his death.

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In a segment titled “Lecture Times,” Twain marvels that Locke appeared to have little need of creature comforts.

“He had the constitution of an ox and the strength and endurance of a prize-fighter,” Twain wrote. “Express trains were not very plenty in those days. He missed a connection, and in order to meet this Hartford engagement he had traveled two-thirds of a night and a whole day in a cattle-car — it was mid-winter — he went from the cattle-car to his reading-desk without dining; yet on the platform his voice was powerful and he showed no signs of drowsiness or fatigue. He sat up talking and supping with me until after midnight, and then it was I that had to give up, not he.”

Twain also recounts a humorous anecdote in which Locke spends so

many consecutive days delivering the same lecture that on a day off, out of habit, he finds himself thundering out his opening line at the appointed hour, even while sitting at home by the fire.

In another segment, “Mr. Clemens’s opinion of critics, etc.,” Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, takes offense at being compared to Locke in personal appearance.

“That lie began its course on the Pacific coast, in 1864,” wrote Twain, who refers to Locke as Nasby throughout the book. “For twentyfive years afterward, no critic could furnish a description of me without fetching in Nasby to help out my portrait. I knew Nasby well, and he was a good fellow, but in my life I have not felt malignant enough about any more than three persons to charge those persons with resembling Nasby.”

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Wilson critics responded to Blade edit, not full transcript

By Lisa Renee Ward

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

WSPD afternoon host Brian Wilson spent a weekend under fire for comments he supposedly made regarding Toledo Public Schools (TPS) students, but none of his most outspoken critics initially heard the comments in full context.

In a Jan. 8 Blade story, “WSPD host compares TPS students, monkeys; Wilson denies racism,” credited to Tom Troy, it was reWILSON ported, “radio talk show host’s reference to ‘little monkeys’ while talking about students at Toledo Public Schools on Friday generated outrage that the language was insensitive to African-American students” [“and all students” was added to a subsequent version of the online story.]

Troy, who has often been the target of derision on Wilson’s show, reported that Wilson said, “certainly, teaching little monkeys to peel bananas and so on and them learning to do it correctly on cue does not mean that they’ve learned everything except a funny parlor trick.”

A full audio file obtained by Toledo Free Press places the comments in the following context: “Then you’ve got as far as solving the problems of education in Toledo, you also have to look at the curriculum, which pretty much sucks, dictated by the federal government especially under the No Child Left Behind business, which now has teachers teaching answers to the tests, not concept, not individuality, not entrepreneurialism, not anything like that, of course some of that hasn’t been taught for years. But certainly, teaching little monkeys to peel bananas and so on and then doing it correctly on cue,

does not mean that they’ve learned everything except a funny parlor trick.

“Similarly with children, just because you can teach them the answers to what are the capitals of the 50 States in America, that’s a fun exercise but it doesn’t teach them how to think, doesn’t teach them how to be objective, doesn’t teach them to be entrepreneurs and individuals and things along that order.

“So the curriculum then becomes an issue and while there are great teachers throughout every school system, there are some losers in TPS and they need to be extracted one way or the other, of course that brings us back around to the teachers unions.”

Wilson has maintained he was not referring to TPS students, or any students, as “little monkeys,” but making an analogy comparing education standards to teaching tricks to animals through repetition..

A number of officials have publicly criticized Wilson, but those contacted

by Toledo Free Press said they were responding to the 14-second Blade audio edit, not the five-minute segment of the Jan. 7 program.

Toledo Free Press provided the transcript of the segment to TPS Superintendent Jerome Pecko, Toledo Mayor Mike Bell, TPS Board Vice President Lisa Sobecki, President and CEO of the Greater Urban League John C. Jones, Rev. Kevin Bedford of the NAACP and Chris Varwig, past president of TPS Parent Congress.

Jennifer Sorgenfrei, public information officer for the City of Toledo, told Toledo Free Press Jan. 9, “The mayor was not listening to Brian Wilson’s show at the time the statement was made. [The mayor’s] statement was in direct response to the portion of audio he was provided by The Blade.

He said the comment was a lightning rod regardless of the racial tone and he feels the students are the ones who deserve an apology.”

TPS Vice President Lisa Sobecki said on Jan. 9 in a phone interview

with Toledo Free Press that she had not heard the entire context of what Wilson said, but in talking to those who had, “As a parent and vice president, I am personally offended because I see firsthand what our students are taught, they are challenged every day with their critical thinking skills, whatever they decide to do in life, they will have the needed foundation. TPS graduates bring their skills to the workforce and are proud of their educational roots.

Both of our recent mayoral candidates were educated at TPS.” She issued an invitation for anyone from Clear Channel to visit any of the TPS schools.

“In my years on the school board I have never seen anyone from Clear Channel visit our schools to see what staff and students are doing day in and day out,” Sobecki said.

Sobecki told Toledo Free Press Jan. 9 she stands by her initial comments and said that if WSPD or Wilson were concerned about the comments being taken out of context, they could have provided that material to the public.

After being provided a copy of the transcript, Varwig said via e-mail Jan. 9, “I have been provided with an accurate assessment by friends that did hear the broadcast so I feel comfortable standing by my earlier comments.”

Jones said in a Jan. 9 news release that Wilson should apologize and be disciplined, but admitted he had not heard the full broadcast.

“In our attempt to ensure we understood ‘the context,’ we attempted to listen to the entire show again via podcast from WSPD’s website, but ironically it was not available,” he said. “Notwithstanding, statements of this manner carry a historically racial context which we find appalling and demeaning, and of which we are confident JONES

that Mr. Wilson, WSPD Radio, and Clear Channel are clearly aware.”

Jones told Toledo Free Press Jan. 10 after listening to the full audio clip, “It was clear from the audio that Wilson was not directly referencing TPS students as ‘little monkeys’. If Brian Wilson had used dolphins or some other animal, we probably would not be having this conversation.

“If he had to do it all over again, I’m sure Wilson would have used different words,” Jones said. He said in the complete context of the audio segment there were portions of what Wilson said he agreed with, though the monkey reference was still a concern.

A revised release was sent out by the Greater Toledo Urban League on Jan. 10 that said, “However, we have been able to listen to the entire five minute segment since our original statement was made. The context provided from this review allows us to better understand that Mr. Wilson’s actual comments were more of an attempt to critique the system of public education and not a direct shot at our youth.”

TPS Superintendent Jerome Pecko told Toledo Free Press he listened to the audio of the Jan. 7 segment on Jan 11. When asked if his opinion on the accusation that Wilson had referenced TPS students as “little monkeys” had changed after listening to the audio, Pecko said, “I can see his interpretation, but even as I review it critically, it’s all couched right in the middle of a number of criticisms leveled at TPS, that’s stuck right in the middle of it.”

Pecko said he supports freedom of speech, but in this situation, “it’s more the racial overtones of the comments that were made, not just that one, but the reference to the plantation mentality. Those kinds of things suggest there may be some intent, but Brian Wilson is the only one who knows.”

Pecko provided a written statement to Toledo Free Press on Jan. 11 that said, “During the Friday broadcast of his show, Brian Wilson talked specifically about the Toledo Public Schools.

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He made critical remarks about its bureaucracy, its teachers’ union, its curriculum and its parents. In the midst of those comments, he stated that the curriculum ‘sucks’, and blamed the federal government’s ‘No Child Left Behind business’ as forcing teachers to teach PECKO the test ... ‘certainly teaching little monkeys to peel bananas and so on ...’

“In yesterday’s broadcast, Mr. Wilson claimed that he did not intend his remark about the monkeys as a direct reference to students of TPS. However, since it was delivered in the context of a diatribe about the Toledo Public Schools, and he made no distinction, there’s reason to doubt his intent. It’s worth reviewing by the FCC.” A TPS staff person is investigating the options for pursuing a complaint with the FCC and will advise Pecko when more information is available.

In a Jan. 13 e-mail, Bedford wrote, “I stand by my original statement that Mr. Wilson’s word choice was ‘absolutely deplorable and should not be tolerated.’ Mr. Wilson’s decision to compare school children to ‘little monkeys’ was not wise. Without question, Mr. Wilson was wrong.”

On Jan. 11, a Blade editorial stated, “No, Brian Wilson did not call Toledo Public Schools students ‘little monkeys’.”

The Radio and Television Business Report wrote about the issue on Jan. 10, and stated, “We don’t see any room at all for the FCC in this dispute — its area of regulatory action kicks in when the content gets indecent, and even that authority is currently being wounded in the judiciary. Fortunately for all Americans who love and respect the First Amendment, the FCC has no authority over statements that may have merely been in bad taste.” O

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Son’s attention turns from tragedy to more normal pursuits Editor’s note: Toledo Free Press will follow the Blank family of Millbury for the next year as they rebuild their lives after a June 5 tornado destroyed their Main Street home.

By Brandi Barhite Toledo Free Press Associate Editor bbarhite@toledofreepress.com

Casey Blank will be days away from becoming a licensed driver when his family marks the one-year anniversary of a tornado destroying their house.

It is a much-desired milestone for the 15 ½-year-old whose year has been filled with loss.

The sophomore at Lake High School has recently started driver’s education at Toledo Driving School and has begun to fill the requirements of driving with his parents for 50 hours during the daylight and 10 hours at night.

“I am looking forward to driving, so I can go places with my friends,” Casey said, who received his temporary license Dec. 11.

Casey turned 15 on June 8 – three days after the tornado. His birthday party was the night of the tornado, but the guests had just left when his family retreated to safety in the basement.

Since the tornado, Casey and his family have lived with friends and then moved into a condo in another city while their home was rebuilt. They moved into their new house Dec. 19.

In addition to losing his home, Casey also lost his high school. He is attending the temporary Lake High School in a building owned by Owens in Northwood.

“I have gotten used to it,” Casey said. “It seems like my school now.”

Ever the jokester, his dad, Ed Blank, said he has tried to think of ways to design a car with a brake BLANK on the passenger side.

“He is getting better, but he has the major misconception of the gas and brake. He means to hit the brake, but he hits the gas,” Ed said, laughing.

“He almost took down the condo we were living in and almost took down his brother’s mailbox.”

Ed has been through the angst of his other boys getting their licenses, but it never gets easier. Between Ed and wife Julie, they have four sons. Casey is the youngest.

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795, he asks me, ‘What is the speed limit?’” Ed said.

Casey said he prefers to drive with his mom, although his dad “is fine, I guess.”

“I might be getting my mom’s car or getting a used or old car ... I hope I get a used or old car,” he said.

Casey said returning home has been wonderful. When the high school is rebuilt for his senior year, he will only be a few minutes away.

With the school in Northwood, Casey’s commute is 20 minutes.

“It is going to be pretty cool. The school is FAMILY: going to have a whole new design and stuff,” Casey said.

The bonus room in the new house is his favorite room and it is becoming “my place,” he said. With a television and couch, the room is perfect for hanging out and inviting friends to watch movies. The room also has the perfect accessory — his Xbox.

“It feels like we have been gone awhile, but it feels good to be back,” Casey said. O

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Coping with hearing loss in a social or business setting

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Untreated hearing loss has been associated with a number of psychological and sociological problems, including depression, loneliness, diminished job performance and earning power, isolation and withdrawal from social situations, and impaired memory.”

(ARA) — Ignoring hearing loss is easier when you’re alone. You can turn up the volume on the TV or radio as loud as you want, and you don’t have to ask anyone to repeat what they just said. But how do you cope with hearing loss when you’re in a social or business setting?

The question is far from academic; one out of every six baby boomers has a hearing problem, and one in 14 members of Generation X has a hearing problem, according to the Better Hearing Institute (BHI).

Hearing loss affects about 10 percent of the American population.

The difficulties associated with hearing loss can be more pronounced and troublesome when experienced in a social or professional setting.

Whether you’re attending a holiday party, listening for your flight number to be called in an airport, or participating in a high-power board meeting, not being able to clearly hear what’s going on around you in a public setting can have serious repercussions.

Untreated hearing loss has been associated with a number of psychological and sociological problems, including depression, loneliness, diminished job performance and earning power, isolation and withdrawal from social situations, and impaired memory, according to BHI. While assistive devices like hearing aids can help improve your hearing, nothing can really restore your hearing to its original, undamaged state. Fortunately, it is possible to cope with hearing loss.

Accepting the challenge

It’s not uncommon for people to deny or ignore their hearing loss.

But the first step toward coping with the problem is to accept that it exists. Some hearing assistance professionals suggest that if you suspect you have hearing loss — or have been told by others in your life that your hearing is faulty — ask yourself these questions: n Do you find yourself turning

up the volume on the TV or radio, especially when no one else is around to tell you it’s too loud? n Do you often miss hearing the doorbell or telephone ringing? n Do you frequently need to ask others to repeat what they’ve said? n Do you misunderstand or “forget” conversations? n Do you cup your hand behind your ear to hear better?

These signs may indicate a hearing loss. Your doctor and/or an audiologist can help determine the degree of your hearing loss and establish a course of treatment.

Use assistive devices

Hearing aids can help people with hearing loss reconnect with other people — and with everything going on around them. In the past, some people with hearing losses might have avoided hearing aids because they associated the devices with old age, or because they felt hearing aids were too bulky, visible or even ineffective.

Advances in hearing aid technology have made the devices easier than ever to use. Some are virtually invisible to others because they fit entirely within the ear canal. The right hearing aid may help wearers hear better in a variety of settings, from one-on-one conversations with a loved one, to a teleconference with professionals from around the world.

Not every hearing aid will be right for every person. Your lifestyle and degree of hearing loss will influence what type of hearing aid will be most helpful for you. A hearing care professional can help you determine the right style and technology level for your needs

Coping strategies

In addition to finding the right assistive device, you can take some simple steps to cope with your hearing loss in public situations: n In a public setting, such as parties or business meetings, move as close to the speaker as possible.

n Choose your seating location to maximize your ability to hear. Try to sit away from high-traffic areas such as main doorways, kitchen doors or buffet areas in restaurants, and phone banks or electronic devices in business settings.

n Don’t be afraid to ask for accommodations. For example, ask for a seat away from the stereo at the dinner party and suggest the host wait until after the festivities to run that noisy dishwasher. In an office meeting, ask others to postpone

phone conversations until after the meeting is over.

With the right assistive device and coping strategies, you can minimize the impact your hearing loss has on your personal and professional life. O

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By Kristen Criswell

Toledo Free Press Special Sections Editor krapin@toledofreepress.com

Multifocal contact lenses have been around for roughly two decades, but have grown in popularity in recent years.

“I would say there’s been an increased interest in multifocal contacts as there’s been an increase in cell phone use. People want to look at them quickly without having to put on glasses to do so,” said Dr. Michele Schlagheck, an optometrist with Vision Associates who has a special interest in contact lens fitting. “People used to say, ‘I can’t read this.’ Now, it’s, ‘I can’t see my cell phone or smart phone.’”

Schlagheck also noted that the demand for multifocal lenses has also increased as the population ages.

Individuals have grown up using contact lenses and want to continue with their contact usage rather than switch to glasses.

Multifocal contacts, also known as bifocal contacts, are more “natural” than bifocal glasses and offer more freedom, Schlagheck said.

“You can look around any direction and still see up close as well as see far,” she said. “You’re not restricted to looking through a certain area of the glasses.”

In recent years, an increased option of multifocal contact lenses has become available, Schlagheck said. n LENSES CONTINUES ON A19

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Other multifocal lenses utilize the monovision route with one eye for seeing things that are near and the other for distance.

Schlagheck said no one type of lens works for

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Around the ages of 40 to 45 individuals may begin to experience presbyopia, the gradual weakening of the eyes with age and need bifocal glasses or multifocal contact lenses.

“Ultimately, if a person is needing to see both distance and near at the same time and they don’t want to mess with taking glasses off and on then that’s the time to go into bifocal contacts or glasses,” Schlagheck said.

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“It is very important that the patient wants to do it. It takes time to learn how to use them and get used to them,” she said.

Initially with the lenses, patients can experience blurred vision as the brain and eyes learn to work together, Schlagheck said.

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e bid farewell to the embark upon (preferably one that year by toasting several doesn’t make us feel as though cocktails with friends we are ready to, literally, bite our and eating enough food to feed friends’ heads off)? Liquids are a small country. Then, we remedy naturally easier on our digestive this problem by welcoming the system, which is why during most cleanses you don’t eat new year with promises solid foods. So, how to of healthier eating clean up my cells and and perhaps trying maintain a liquid-based your hand at one of diet for a few days those “cleanses.” without feeling like We have to do someI’m losing my mind? thing to rid our body Drumroll, please … A of the 200-plus frosted juice cleanse! And no, sugar cookies, truck I am not talking about loads of chocolate pepdrowning yourself in permint bark, holiday Monica the sugary, syrupy orham and eggnog (before MIKOLAJCZYK ange juice from the we look in the mirror closest grocery store and don’t recognize the Santa-shaped cut-out cookie with chain. I mean delicious, fresh, natfrosting and sprinkles that we have ural juices made in the comfort of your very own home with your very shamefully become).

What to do? Many of us have own juicer.

Juices created from fresh proheard of the Master or Lemonade Cleanse (basically water with duce (think local, a farmers market lemon, maple syrup and cayenne or Claudia’s on Secor Road) are full pepper), and maybe some of us have of all kinds of enzymes. Enzyme? even given it a shot. I sure gave it a An enzyme is a protein molecule shot, and another and another. I lost that works in our body to increase a few pounds, but fought a mental the rate of different chemical reacbattle at least five times a day so that tions. For instance, enzymes speed I wouldn’t eat my own arm. There up our digestion, give us energy, has to be a better, healthier way, to break down carbs and turn them cleanse my body and give my diges- into glucose, and proteins into tive system a rest (it hates me after amino acids. Trust me, they are the sugar and alcohol diet I took important. However, the enzymes up for a month). As always, this in several of the foods we eat have inspired me to research this latest been killed through processes like pasteurization. “cleansing” fad.

So, normal bodily functions move First topic to figure out: Why cleanse? Think of a computer’s hard slowly, or worse, don’t happen at all. drive. The more cluttered it becomes The juice combinations you create will the more slowly it operates. We down- taste delicious, give you energy and load countless programs and games, clean you out (even incorporating one surf the Web and save what we find, juice into your daily routine will work and occasionally end up with a virus. wonders). Your cells are holding all of Sometimes, we have to have the hard this excess waste, and the juices with drive wiped clean, or buy a new com- their miracle-working enzymes will puter. Now, imagine the cells in your flush all of this waste away (waste = body are all little hard drives that toxins, weight, bacteria that cause illoperate this magnificent computer — ness, etc.).

It is true, you can cleanse and which is you.

Our cells want to be clean, heal your body (and even shed a few speedy and healthy but unfortu- of those holiday pounds) simply nately we consume too many empty and naturally. A juicer that will calories (sugar) and a large amount do the trick can be found almost of toxins (preservatives). Unfortu- anywhere. Brevilles and Champion nately, all of that holiday cheer gets juicers are said to be top of the line, lodged in our cells and slows every- but I personally have an Oster that thing down (and contributes to the is a real champion (ha). Venture winter blues). So, we must cleanse in into any bookstore and you will order to rid our precious little cells see several informative books on of this toxic build-up and bring us juicing and juice cleanses that are designed for the novice juicer to back up to speed.

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R-P Marketing has added four new employees and 2,400 square feet of office space. The firm is 17 years old.

Marketing firm grows through artistic touch

By Caitlin McGlade

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Beneath the high ceilings and among the mess of building expansion at R-P Marketing Public Relations, you’d never know the economy is lagging.

The Hollandbased business is adding four new employees and 2,400 square feet of office space. President Martha Vetter said the comVETTER pany will probably hire five to 10 more employees in upcoming years.

R-P, which has nearly two dozen clients and 35 employees, started with three

women and less than $8,000 to invest.

“So many people say, ‘I wish I could start my own business,’” Vetter said. “But it’s all about just jumping in. We could save our money but what good would that do?”

Vetter’s 17-year-old success story comes at a time when unemployment hangs around more than 9 percent nationwide. So what’s the secret?

She and her friends Anne Roman and Jennifer Wilson worked for a marketing agency in Toledo before they started R-P. The three had always wanted to branch off.

Thus, the decision was simple; they figured that failure wouldn’t mean the demise of their careers.

“We thought, ‘Why not? What do we have to lose?’” Vetter said.

So Vetter borrowed money from her mother and the other two contributed about the same amount.

They knew how much they had to make to succeed and how many clients they needed. They were determined to provide quality designs for advertising to businesses — but they weren’t going to be the cheapest on the block, Vetter said.

The trio landed a deal designing for Borders Books fairly quickly.

Within the second month, they made a profit. The other two women have since left.

The company focuses on the arts, building products and health care.

One of its largest clients is Mercy Health Partners, for which R-P designed a cross-medium ad campaign emphasizing caring and personalized staff.

“It’s storytelling, it really is,” said David Proudfoot, the creative director.

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Proudfoot said R-P has helped Mercy transform advertising from product-focused to more servicedriven. Proudfoot got into the art business as a kid, when his brother didn’t want to take art classes his mother had bought. He liked the classes so much he made a career out of art, he said.

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While the company continues to take on clients across the country, Vetter said she has no interest in expanding into a mega-business.

“So often businesses have a history of getting really big and contracting and expanding,” Vetter said. “We would rather stay smaller, have fewer employees and work harder so if the economy gets bad we don’t have to lay people off.”

Kelley Yoder, one of the new hires, left her marketing manager position at O-I for a public relations spot at R-P. She will focus on building product clients.

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Firms receive grants for worker training

By Duane Ramsey

TOLEDO FREE PRESS SENIOR BUSINESS WRITER dramsey@toledofreepress.com

The Ohio Department of Development (DOD) announced $1.3 million in Energizing Careers Program grants for six Ohio companies to train more than 700 employees in advanced energy manufacturing. Three of the companies chosen for grants are located in Northwest Ohio.

The $6 million Energizing Careers Program was launched in 2010 to assist companies in the wind, solar and biomass industries by providing training to improve worker skills and help them remain competitive in advanced energy manufacturing.

The program is administered by the DOD’s Workforce and Talent Division with State Energy Sector Partnership and Training grants funded through the U.S. Department of Labor and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “These training dollars ensure our workers are highly skilled in manufacturing that supports the evolving technologies that help our economy flourish.

By training employees in advanced energy manufacturing, these companies will see continued growth and success,�

Lisa Patt-McDaniel, director of the Ohio DOD, stated in a press release announcing the grants.

The program reimburses companies up to $6,000 for the cost of customized training for full-time employees with preferential project funding to companies located in the 44 counties most af-

fected by restructuring of the automotive industry, according to the DOD. Three Northwest Ohio companies were selected to receive training grants in the second round of funding. Four of the five companies that received first-round grant funding in October were from Northwest Ohio.

Willard & Kelsey Solar Group LLC of Perrysburg will receive $700,981 for training workers to manufacture frameless Cadmium TelluMURPHY ride photovoltaic solar panels which ensure cost-effective production and installation for residential, commercial and industrial power generating facilities.

The company plans to train 50 current workers and 250 new employees with the Energizing Careers Program funds, said Mossie Murphy, chief financial officer of Willard & Kelsey.

The company began commercial operations BANKEY recently and is ramping up for production at its new 250,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Perrysburg, Murphy said.

The company is planning a major

expansion with a 750,000 square-foot build-out for 16 new production lines that could employ 500 new workers by 2012 and as many as 3,600 within six years, according to Murphy.

Dow Chemical Company in Findlay will receive $162,437 for training workers to manufacture Polyolefin Encapsulant Films, which can enhance efficiencies in photovoltaic solar panels.

The films improve the reliability and extend the service life of the solar panels leading to lower conversion costs, according to the company.

Dow Chemical is retrofitting an existing building at the company’s manufacturing site to produce the Polyolefin Encapsulant Films. It plans to train 70 current workers in control logic and power distribution with funds from the Energizing Careers Program.

Both companies worked with Owens Community College to prepare and submit the grant applications.

Owens will work with both firms to develop customized work force training programs to meet the grant requirements, according to Michael Bankey, vice president of Workforce and Community Service at Owens. “We’re excited about helping these companies get the grant funds and develop custom training programs. It will help make their employees more productive and will be great for this region,�

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ost people have good intentions to start each new year with a new attitude and a new determination to improve and accomplish more goals. The end of the year is a time for reflection on what was accomplished and wasn’t.

The beginning of the year is a time to start working toward a new set of goals. As The Retirement Guys, we are excited about this year and what can be accomplished for our clients and those who are part of “The Retirement Guys Network.� Our mission is to help all Americans become financially independent. We truly believe that by exercising certain disciplines, both financial and physical fitness can be attained.

Let’s talk about physical fitness first. Why do we feel it is important to be financially and physically fit?

Mark The answer to that question is probNolan ably pretty obvious. Working on physical fitness creates good health, which leads to the person feeling better. Those positive feelings can make a person have a better outlook on life, which leads to better quality of life.

Nolan, his wife Karen and sisterin-law Liz have been an inspiration to The Retirement Guys’ office by going on a strict diet to start living a healthier lifestyle. They have each lost 25-40 pounds and feel a lot better for doing it. This has inspired others in our office to follow suit. The key to feeling good is to be in tune in both mind and body. Being 25-40 pounds lighter sure makes you feel good physically and does wonders for your state of mind. You have a lot more energy and feel much more motivated to start working toward your new goals.

Get moving! The way to accomplish anything is through action and energy = action and action = results. Renew that health club membership or join a support group that will help you with your diet or do both. You will be glad you did. I, Mark became so inspired by what Nolan and Karen accomplished with their weight loss that I decided to follow their example. So far, I have lost about 20 pounds and it is amazing how much better I feel. I feel more energetic, clearer in my thinking and I am generally more positive.

How about financial fitness? We

as The Retirement Guys truly believe we are in a more different time than ever before. As the saying goes, “Things just ain’t what they used to be.� It used to be that if you found a good job with a good company meant a lifelong career. Today in the difficult economic times we hear every day about people we know being laid off or terminated from their jobs. Companies go through cycles downsizing in challenging economic conditions.

It also seems scary when you get a little older and near retirement and start to worry about being replaced by a younger person who may be willing to work for a lot less money. In the past, when people worked for a company they could much count on a company pension.

These days a good pension cannot always be counted on.

If a pension cannot CLAIR be counted on, the 401(k) or retirement BAKER account savings becomes all the more important. What happens if we experience another 2008 and see the market decline 40 percent right before you retire? How about Social Security? Do you think it will be there forever? The way the government spends these days does not instill a lot of confidence in being able to pay for government programs.

These conditions that are present like no other time in history makes our mission of financial independence for all Americans all that much more important. Know what the purpose is of every financial account that you own. Have an exit strategy in place to protect the account from significant losses. Even better, have a Plan B ready to go. In our office, we call this approach the Independent Income System. Take control, this is your year.

You will feel a whole lot better. O For more information about The Retirement Guys, tune in every Saturday at 1 p.m. on 1370 WSPD or visit the website www.retirementguysradio.com. Securities and Investment Advisory Services are offered through NEXT Financial Group Inc., Member FINRA / SIPC. NEXT Financial Group, Inc nor its representatives provide tax advice. The Retirement Guys are not an affiliate of NEXT Financial Group. The office is at 1700 Woodlands Drive, Suite 100, Maumee, OH 43537.

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ferent schedule, it is easy for the a lot about this team and just how public to lose track of what has good they are.

5. Rogers: The Rams are one team transpired in the world of prep basthis season who could be a surprise ketball in the Glass City.

Here is an up-to-date look at the team in the CL final four. Earl Morris’ teams in the City League and their high octane offense is built off of predicted order of finish for the end of the fast break, and it could present matchup problems for the season. other teams. Speedsters 1. St. John’s Jesuit: Damond Powell and While the Titans’ dreams Glandoy Hill are key of an undefeated season to a successful season, ended at the hands but the team’s lack of of Baltimore Mount height won’t be easy to St. Joseph during the overcome. holidays, St. John’s still 6. Start: Start has looks like the team to been another surprise beat. Led by sophomore Marc Loving and seniors Chris SCHMIDBAUER team this season. Led by former Libbey Cowboy Cheatham Norrils and Zach Steinmetz, the team from Air- Maurice Taylor, Gil Guerrero’s team port Highway has been impressive has used its speed to upset some in every game it has played locally. teams. The Spartans aren’t very deep That includes a big win Jan. 7 versus which could cost them, but don’t unthe Start Spartans. As of press time, derestimate this squad.

7. St. Francis: Knights first-year games against Central Catholic, Whitmer, and Bowsher still loom on head coach Brad Britton has had a the horizon for Ed Heintschel’s team. tough road to travel this season. St. While it is quite a test for the players, Francis only had one player, who they still seem the team to beat in played significant minutes, return this their final City League season. season. The job the new coach has 2. Whitmer: The Panthers are the done has been pretty solid, but a lack last remaining unbeaten team in the of talent might derail any hopes of a City League right now, and the maize Cinderella ending. and blue have gone through some 8. Waite: The Indians are another very tough competition to achieve team that could surprise some of the that mark. Even more impressive for other teams this season. Returning Whitmer is it is still learning to gel starters Ke-Sean Harris and Dijon after getting a late start because of Harris are one of top duos in all of the the football team’s deep run into the area. But a lack of consistency has cost state football playoffs. Coach Bruce Waite some games early this season.

Smith’s squad has won based off a 9. Scott: After just a four-win season team effort centered around sopho- last year, new Bulldogs head coach more sensation Nigel Hayes. The Chris Dames hasn’t had a great start. team’s early success has put it in a Scott is winless this season, but one good position to steal a CL title. thing the team can be proud of is it has 3. Bowsher: Perhaps no team shown toughness this season. benefited more from the closure of 10. Clay: The Eagles have just one Libbey High School than Bowsher. win this season and it was against The Rebels already had scoring ma- Woodward. Clay had just three wins chine Robert Davis, but the additions last season and with only four starters of Maurice Birdsong and Lonacy returning, this season is only going to Utley have made Bowsher one of the get tougher. favorites to win the league. After a 11. Woodward: The highlight of loss at Anthony Wayne in the team’s the Polar Bears season has been the season opener, the Rebels haven’t opening of the school’s new gym. lost a game. That could change with Other than that it has been a tough a Jan. 14 matchup at home against start for the Jason Moss’ team. âœŻ Whitmer and games against St. Johns and Central Catholic.

Chris Schmidbauer is sports editor for 4. Central Catholic: Jim Well- Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free ing’s team has gotten off to a great Press Star. He is also the co-host of start losing just one of its first six the “Odd Couple Sports Show� on Fox games. Led by seniors Drew Lehman, Sports Radio 1230 WCWA and can be Dareon Jones and a slew of others, heard every weekday from 10 a.m. to the Fighting Irish would love to re- noon. He can also be seen weekly on the peat as league champions in their “Friday Night Frenzy Tailgate Show� on final go around in the CL. The Jan. NBC 24’s America One. Contact him at 13 contest against St. John’s will tell cschmidbauer@toledofreepress.com.

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New, used car sales increased in 2010

By Duane Ramsey TOLEDO FREE PRESS SENIOR BUSINESS WRITER dramsey@toledofreepress.com

New car sales increased by 5 percent and used car sales by 6 percent in Lucas County in 2010 versus 2009, according to the number of titles recorded by the County Clerk of Courts.

“We hit rock bottom in 2009 but car sales rebounded in 2010. Hopefully, things are going to continue to improve here,” said Bernie Quilter, Lucas County Clerk of Courts.

New cars sold in 2010 numbered 20,003 compared to 18,997 in 2009. Used cars sold by dealers increased to 32,767 in 2010 from 30,757 in 2009.

Used cars sold by private owners remained steady with about 51,580 sold in both years.

Some local dealerships experienced even larger increases in new and used car sales in 2010 than the county’s numbers.

At Ballas Buick GMC, new car sales increased by 40 percent and used car sales by 27 percent in 2010 versus 2009. The best-selling models included Buick LaCrosse and Regal, the GMC Terrain and Acadia, according to Marianne Ballas, owner of the dealership.

Ballas looks forward to selling the new Verano luxury compact sedan introduced at the International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10 and the Regal Grand Sport that will be available later this year.

Ballas may be the dean of local car dealers as she celebrates her 40th year in the auto business this year. She has worked in the Ballas dealership since 1971 and has run it since the death of her husband George in 2002.

Brondes Ford experienced a 20 percent increase in new car sales in 2010 versus 2009, making it the No. 1 Ford dealer in Northwest Ohio, said Rob Whitner, general sales manager of the dealership.

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New cars sold in 2010 numbered 20,003 compared to 18,997 in 2009. Used cars sold by dealers increased to 32,767 in 2010 from 30,757 in 2009. Used cars sold by private owners remained steady with about 51,580 sold in both years.”

The best-selling models included the Ford Fusion, Escape and F-150 pickup. Half of its car sales are to customers in Michigan and not reflected in the number of titles issued in Lucas County, he said.

“We recruit the top Ford sales people at Brondes, who are attentive and kind to their customers. We work hard to make it a great experience. Our customer service index numbers are off the charts as a result of those efforts,” Whitner said.

Grogan Towne Chrysler Dodge Jeep experienced strong new and used cars sales since last March, finishing 2010 with increases of 21 percent in new car sales and 28 percent in used car sales versus 2009, reported Denny Amrhein, managing partner of the dealership.

Amrhein said Grogan bought the Dodge brand from Vin Devers in 2009 and were awarded the Jeep brand in 2010, which took the dealership from a single Chrysler brand to three brands.

Grogan also owns and operates Charlie’s Dodge Chrysler Jeep in Maumee.

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Amrhein may challenge Marianne Ballas for dean of local car dealers. He said he started at the former Pappenhagen Olds dealership in 1970.

Rob Brown reported that the Brown dealerships experienced an 11 percent increase in sales in 2010 versus 2009, despite losing the Pontiac brand last year. Sales of Honda, Hyundai and Mazda models with the addition of Mitsubishi and Isuzu trucks in 2010 helped to make up for the loss of Pontiac, he said.

“I’m very optimistic as we’re seeing a gradual increase in sales and expect it to continue over the next few years. The manufacturers are producing the right amount of cars for the market now and more people are feeling good about the economy and buying cars,” Brown said.

Tom Schmidt, president of the Ed Schmidt Auto Group, said that new and used car sales were substantially better in 2010 than the two previous years for their dealerships. The Schmidt dealerships in Maumee and Perrysburg sell Chevrolet, GMC, Hummer, Jeep, Saab, Volvo and Volkswagen brands.

Schmidt said the feeling was better in Toledo overall in 2010 and it was reflected in more people buying new and used cars.

Dave Wittenmyer, general manager of Jim White Toyota Scion, said it had a good year in 2010 with a 9 percent increase in sales overall and 14 percent for Scion. He reported that all Toyota and Scion models including the hybrids sold well in 2010.

“We’re recovering from all the recalls and looking for double digit increases this year,” Wittenmyer said.

All the local dealers interviewed expressed continued optimism for car sales in 2011. ✯

Stuart F. CUBBON

Do state minimum insurance limits protect motorists?

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etsy and Ross are newly married and have bought their first car together. As they are obtaining a new title to the car at the county clerk of courts title office, they are required to sign a sworn affidavit that they maintain state minimum insurance limits on their Ford.

What are state minimum insurance limits? It turns out that each state has enacted statutory amounts of automobile insurance that every driver must have. These are intended to offer at least minimal protection for the other driver if Betsy or Ross causes an accident.

Ohio has among the lowest state minimum insurance limits in the land: $12,500 per person/$25,000 per accident for bodily injuries and $7,500 property damage. Being on a budget, Betsy and Ross take out state minimum limits. State minimum limits allow them to get their driver’s license and a title for their car. It is illegal to drive without any insurance, and someone caught doing so risks losing their license and will incur a costly reinstatement fee if they eventually get insurance.

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■ LIMITS CONTINUED FROM A24 Sadly, Betsy learns the hard way that texting Ross a quick message while driving is dangerous and foolhardy, as she runs a stop sign and Tbones George’s minivan, totaling both vehicles and sending George to the hospital with a broken wrist, where he amasses $15,000 in medical bills.

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State minimum insurance limits kept Betsy and Ross legal — they were able to obtain a title to their

car but they didn’t get enough insurance to cover the damages of an accident. Now they’re going to be paying this off for years to come.

And by the way, they’ll be taking the bus to and from work while they pay George off because their state minimum insurance only covers other cars. It didn’t cover Betsy and Ross’ car, which was totaled, too.

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Toledo School for the Arts schedules Jan. 22 open house

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On any given day at Toledo School for the Arts (TSA), students can be found choreographing dance routines, practicing guitar riffs or putting the finishing touches on their latest paintings.

Since 1999, the public charter school Downtown has helped hundreds of creative students, including recent “American Idol” runner-up Crystal Bowersox, nurture their gifts in music, dance, theater and visual arts alongside core academic subjects.

At first, the school drew mainly from the Toledo area; now it draws students from 27 school districts, said TSA development director Dave Gierke. To kick off its next enrollment period, TSA will host its annual open house starting at 10 a.m. Jan. 22, the first day applications for the 2011-12 school year will be accepted.

Teachers, parents and students will be available to answer questions, 20-minute informational tours will start every half hour and student artwork and club information will be on display, Gierke said.

Gierke advises prospective students to download an enrollment packet from TSA’s website or pick one up at the school before coming to the open house.

“Open house used to be a time to talk and check it out, but now it’s almost become a day to be here with your stuff in hand and ready to go,” Gierke said. “We start scheduling placement interviews that day.”

TSA, which has 560 students in grades six through 12, has openings for 85 sixth-graders and a few openings in other grades, Gierke said. Last year, the school received 300 applica-

tions for 115 openings, of which 80 were for sixth-graders.

“So few kids ever leave that usually if they don’t get into the school in sixth grade, they won’t get in,” Gierke said.

Alumna Caitlin Stoner, a 2007 grad who came to TSA in 10th grade, said the school helps build confidence.

“I felt in my previous schooling I was just being pushed along, but here I was being developed,” Stoner said.

“It’s a healthy and encouraging atmosphere for creative kids.”

TSA’s diverse, liberal environment with high levels of autonomy is not the right fit for every student, but many who find a home at TSA report they have trouble finding another place that nourishes them so completely, Gierke said.

“It’s a very different culture,” Gierke said. “Students become very ingrained.

Students are here after school a lot. It’s not unusual for teachers to be here late into the evening.”

“Pretty much everything” about TSA is different, from the jazz-clubinspired cafeteria décor to the classes, Gierke said.

“We believe creative students do better here when arts are infused into education, meaning you may go to science class and be learning the science of sound, which may help you understand your instrument better,” Gierke said.

Stoner, who attends Bowling Green State University, where she designed her own music major, said she enjoyed that classes at TSA were tailored to the artistic mind, whether it was writing plays in history or creating geometric art in math.

“Every aspect of the school understands there are other ways to learn,” Stoner said.

While Bowersox may be the school’s most well-known former student, she is

by no means the only successful alum, Gierke said. TSA grads are dancing on Broadway and working for highly regarded graphics companies; locally, they can be found on stage at symphony concerts and involved in art shows.

“I believe we’re preserving a cul-

ture, a culture of creatives,” Gierke said. “Every time a school cuts arts programs, it makes the demand for TSA even greater in our community.”

TSA, located at 333 14th St., has been rated excellent by the Ohio Department of Education for the past

five years and named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, according to its website.

About 75 percent of graduates go on to higher education, Gierke said.

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BY ELIZABETH HAZEL

Events: Full Moon in Cancer (19th); Sun enters Aquarius (20th), Jupiter enters Aries (22nd)

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Aries (March 21-April 19)

Libra (September 23-October 22)

Keys to the castle. Lucky opportunities come from the secret corners of your life. It’s time to decide who and what you serve, and to choose where your loyalties are given. As the weekend arrives, certain people are magnets that attract and pull you to their sides.

Artful dodge. Tuesday and Wednesday bring critical situations to a boil. Follow your gut instincts and leverage past experiences to arrive at a comprehensive and definitive solutions. Inch by inch, you’re moving into new life patterns, and your attitudes reflect this.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Great debates. Areas of your life are in super-growth mode.

With greater status comes greater demands, but upgrading is worth it. People show great appreciation and support, but you can get flustered when everything seems to happen at once.

Irritating competitor. You arrive at the bottom line Tuesday and it’s a springboard for transforming the nature and focus of your efforts under the Full Moon. As the weekend arrives, new projects and interests need new tools and strategies to succeed.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Complete the program. A period of upheavals and transitions is easing. Examine the new shape of your world.

You’ll have chances to test methods and plans this week.

Write down ideas and look for travel options. Powerful forces are creating fresh patterns.

Glittering lights. Consider what must change or remain.

Integrate new partnerships or avenues of participation; group outlets are a powerful way of sharing information.

New friends keep you motivated and add fresh input and inspiration.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Salt of the earth. After a turbulent holiday season it’s your time to shine. Other people’s situations are still in flux, but your own projects can flourish and thrive. The Full Moon churns emotions midweek; take 10 to rebalance. Notice what attracts your attention.

Family orchestration. This can be a wonderful week for you as forward momentum is favored. Personal relationships flourish midweek, especially when exchanges are equitable and decisions are shared. Longing for sunshine prompts plans for a mid-winter vacation.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Cake topper. Your closest relationships are evolving.

Discussions about deep issues help greater understanding unfold. A good financial option appears midweek. After Thursday, weigh the importance of the individual versus the good of the group.

Weighty matters. People talk about you as the week starts. You may be feeling feisty, snappish or embattled or particular issues may be provoking lots of head noise. Skills, past experience and wide networks are the keys to positive options and leadership potential.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

Round the bend. Loved ones are transforming in noticeable ways. By midweek, swift interactions demonstrate who is conditioned for dominant or subordinate roles. Consider your need for independence in certain areas and where you’re happiest as part of the group.

The ladder of life. The Full Moon coincides with the culmination and completion of projects and efforts. People share joys and triumphs, and those you love benefit from your gains. Fresh options are on the horizon and your connections with others help pave the way.

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JANUARY 16, 2011

St. Luke’s Perspective January 14, 2011 Dear Residents of Northwest Ohio: The Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to dismantle the joining of St. Luke’s Hospital with ProMedica Health System is not in the community’s best interest. The FTC’s heavy-handed actions, which are indisputably intended to terminate the deal, leave the employees of St. Luke’s – and the patients we care for – wondering what’s next.

Simply put, for St. Luke’s to remain viable, the partnership with ProMedica, a not-for-profit, locally based, locally governed, mission-driven organization, must remain intact.

It’s important to note St. Luke’s sought to join ProMedica, which was announced more than four months ago. At the time, the hospital was losing money on most patients treated. We have lost money on operations from 2007 through the time of the agreement; $15 million alone in 2009. This is in stark contrast to the FTC’s portraying St. Luke’s as a viable entity the past three years.

The FTC is misleading when it charges the merger will drive up area healthcare costs. Whether it merged or not, St. Luke’s had no choice: It would need to increase its prices to health insurance companies, or close vital services – or both. Regardless, St. Luke’s survival as an independent community hospital would have remained in jeopardy.

Some of the basic principles of healthcare reform encourage, even mandate, healthcare organizations to come together to coordinate services more efficiently and effectively.

That is what ProMedica and St. Luke’s are doing. Unfortunately, instead of becoming a model for others to follow nationally, the FTC is making us an example for government intrusion, blocking progress and preventing the community from working together for healthcare reform.

We live here. We work here. We are your neighbors and friends. We believe partnering with a local healthcare provider is in the best interest of our patients, enabling us to continue to provide them with high-quality, affordable, compassionate care.

We believe the FTC is wrong when it suggests that the joining of St. Luke’s with ProMedica will cause harm to this community. Being a part of ProMedica will have tremendous benefits, including preserving patients’ access to care, enhancing our ability to coordinate and facilitate care, and creating efficiencies in providing care for our patients.

In a region of the country still recovering from the devastating economic downturn, we continue to believe, as we have throughout this process, that joining ProMedica is the right thing to do. We have been working with ProMedica for more than a year, and have been part of their organization now for more than four months.

Every experience we have had during the last year confirms to us that joining ProMedica is right for St. Luke’s, our community and, most importantly, our patients.

Through this partnership, St. Luke’s will continue our commitment to keep patients first.

Please let us know how you feel. E-mail your thoughts about St. Luke’s joining ProMedica to patientsfirst@stlukeshospital.com

James (Jamie) E.A. Black, II Chairman, St. Luke’s Hospital Board of Directors

Dan Wakeman President/CEO, St. Luke’s Hospital

And Members of the St. Luke’s Hospital Board of Directors

John Bachey

Rev. Stephen Bauerle

Stephen Bazeley, MD

Arthur DePompei

Louito C. Edje, MD, FAAFP

Jean Emery

Robert Friess, DO

Timothy Goligoski

Thomas Houston, MD

Ricardo King, Esq.

Scott Libbe

Barbara Machin, Esq.

Lalaine Mattison, MD

Joseph O’Hara Jr., Esq.

Richard Paat, MD, FACP

Edward Shultz

Timothy Wagener

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