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JANUARY 22, 2012
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ot quite a year ago, Toledo City Councilman Adam Martinez initiated a great idea. Martinez was working on an idea to alter how Section 108 loans are handled in Toledo. According to a news story reported by Toledo Free Press on Feb. 15 of last year, he “organized meetings with for-profit and nonprofit executives discussing such goals as a $100 million revolving loan fund.” Section 108 loans must be approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as an advance on future Community Development Block Grants only available to formula cities like Toledo. In Martinez’s plan, a 108 loan, instead of being used for a single Thomas F. POUNDS project, could be used for several projects through bonds. This could be achieved by allowing the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority to leverage the nearly $20 million received annually and increase it to a $100 million revolving loan fund. Martinez reported he was working with representatives from Toledo’s Department of Neighborhoods and Department of Economic Development, LISC, ABLE, LCIC, LMHA, several community development corporations and Councilman Rob Ludeman, among others. According to our initial report, “Martinez said in addition to creating a larger pool of available dollars, underwriting criteria would be established. Bonding, personal guarantees, a letter of commitment, a 5 to 10 percent cash equity requirement and a yet-to-be-determined debt coverage ratio have been discussed.” We strongly endorsed the exploration of this plan and hope it has not been forgotten. Given the recent news about the Councilman D. Michael Collins-led investigation into the Department of Neighborhoods, this is a particularly timely issue. We are told the idea is still alive, just moving slowly. It should be a priority as the city seeks ways to bring development to its neighborhoods. ✯ 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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do not have the balls to be a United States Marine. Does a dead body is not in same category of offense as dragging it through the streets or decapitating it), the images still that mean I am not allowed to criticize them? The video showing four U.S. Marines urinating on raise several questions. Maybe the GI Joes of the Greatest Generation celthe bodies of dead Taliban fighters is disturbing to civilian ebrated the occasional Nazi kill by unzipeyes. Not as disturbing as images of dead ping their fatigues and urinating on the U.S. soldiers being dragged through fordead man’s swastika, but there was no eign streets, murdered American contracInternet to spread the image across the tors hanging from bridges, office workers globe in minutes. Everything negative that jumping 1,200 feet from the upper floors of radicals say about Americans is preserved the World Trade Center or American civilin that video. If that’s how modern troops ians being beheaded as they beg for their blow off steam, that’s not for me to judge. lives, but disturbing nonetheless. But why record it and take the chance on United States soldiers are in the same catfurther igniting tensions? egory as police officers and firefighters, but Do you remember, within hours of the on an even higher plane of respect. The voluntary sacrifices military men and women Michael S. MILLER fall of the World Trade Center, the broadcast images of Palestinians in Lebanon, dancing make are more than an inspiration; they are in the streets and firing guns in the air in celebration? Do the foundation of freedom. My father served in the U.S. Air Force during the Ko- you remember how angry that made us? We had not had rean War, as an airplane mechanic. He argued strenuously time to collect the bodies of our dead mothers, fathers, sons that the end of the Draft in the early 1970s was the begin- and daughters, and they were throwing a party to celebrate ning of America’s moral decline and the downward slide our spilled blood. There is no comparison between the innocent vicof the quality of its young men. He strongly urged my brother and I to join “the service,” and I almost did; I had tims of Sept. 11, 2001, and the dead Taliban soldiers in an appointment with a recruiter to take the physical in July the golden showers video. But remember that feeling of 1985. The morning I was scheduled to go, our apartment needle-in-the-red outrage the next time you see or disbuilding burned to the ground. I took that as a sign and did cuss the Marines video. Americans also need to ask if we are going to allow the not pursue a military career. I would not have lasted very long. I can handle some enemy to set the standard for our behavior. My wife and I pain but I do not seek it. I have fired guns but remain wary teach our 3- and 5-year-old sons that no matter what the of their power. I am fearless in rhetorical arenas but would other kids do, it is their own behavior they are responsible be chickenpoop-scared in combat. I am not full metal for and it is their own actions they are accountable for. jacket; I am full dinner jacket. And while (as the song says) Other kids may hit or bite or be nasty; that is not a license when I fight authority, authority always wins, I have dedi- for our kids to follow suit. The enemy has added horrific dimensions to the barcated 30 solid years to the fight anyway. I do not doubt that some drill sergeant somewhere held the power to help me baric qualities of war. Does that mean Americans and understand the value of conformity, but I would have died American soldiers have an excuse to lower their standards? I am thankful for and in debt to the Marines who killed doing pushups for talking back or failing to climb the obthose Taliban fighters. I do not believe they should face stacle course rope wall. While all of that disqualifies me from judging the ma- more than the lightest punishment for their wartime disrines who expressed their joy in victory by emptying their play of emotion (although they should certainly be spoken bladders on dead enemy soldiers, it does not stop me from to about recording and disseminating those displays). But I do not accept those actions as representative of the being bothered by their actions. I have tried to imagine myself in those boots, but that’s a fool’s game. Hollywood- America they are fighting for. I do not believe those actions manufactured images can not possibly come close to the represent the best interests of Americans. I could never be a U.S. Marine, but we’re on the same reality of the horrors of war. 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DON LEE
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Toledo’s historical blunders: A plea for preservation By Ryan A. Bunch FOR WWW.TOLEDO.COM letters@toledofreepress.com
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he thing about history is that it’s historic. The history of history is its own cogent appeal for its worthiness to exist. A thing existing for a period of time creates a sense of validity, and the longer the period of time a thing exists, the more valid it becomes. Being valid and being valued do not always go hand in hand, though, neither monetarily nor morally. Perhaps this seems fairly obvious, perhaps it’s confusing. Yet, it seems to be a lesson that Toledo, in all it’s boozy wisdom, just can’t seem to learn — history matters, and tangible evidence of history matters more. Yet, the ill vein running through our local history is one that places great emphasis on destruction, and just a mere shoulder shrug toward preservation. This is more evident nowhere else than in Downtown Toledo, where the compositional infrastructure is akin to the jagged orifice of a jaw-jacked bum, sporting a post-punch-in-theface smile of broken and lost teeth. It’s rough, dirty, full of holes — but it is a bright and endearing smile. The streetscape of a city should never reflect the mouth of its most slovenly inhabitants. But, if you sat Toledo down for a beer and asked for its life story, the poor bastard would be the first to tell you, its youth was a real bang, a helluva party, damn good times … and then it’s just been getting hammer-punched in the face for the past 50 years. Worse, the culprit is altogether sly and unexpected; he does his brutal business right in plain sight, yet no one seems to be the wiser. Or, are too apathetic to care much.
Brutal truth I know my Toledo cheerleader friends hate to hear me speak ill of the city. And I’ll be the first to clarify: What I love about this town is its curmudgeonly, brutal truth. Toledo is about as honest of a city as you could ask for, despite the fact that some downright seedy, dangerous and dishonest malarky goes down pretty regularly right in its womb. Nonetheless, by and large, the town itself is a
10-minute factory smoke break where nothing’s off limits, including the flask stashed in your back pocket. The conversation isn’t meant for grannies or babies, but it doesn’t really matter if they hear it anyway. I’m in love with and fascinated by the fact that a complete and utter should-be-crap-hole is somehow arguably the most magical, whimsical and friendly place on Earth (at least from time to time). But there is a dark “Twin Peaks”-ish current that flows through the sewers here, a swirling sucking beast that pulls people to the wrong side of the tracks and won’t let them free. It’s something to be embraced, to preserve the ardent gruffness of our culture, but not too closely. If you don’t stave it off, the son of a bitch will bite you. Hard.
Rule of the Bottom Line Toledo’s missing teeth are the reflection of this battle — casualties, if you will. Oddly, and Toledo-appropriate, the insurgents are too often the city’s own army. The reason this city has been tossed over, the reason its greatest triumphs wind up in trash heaps, is that for the latter half of the 20th century, those doing the bidding in the city have been businessmen and women (predominantly and hopelessly white) who’ve looked at individual city assets antagonistically, justifying the ruin with the everimposing Rule of the Bottom Line. What I mean is that Toledo has been plagued with a gross absence of regard for its tangible history for the better part of its existence. Culture in this city, and specifically architecture, has been, and continues to be, abandoned and tossed as casually as soiled rubbers at a frat party. Some of Downtown’s most gleaming gems were razed and hauled away without care or thought. In the early 1900s, Toledo’s streets looked, in places, almost European, with public fountains and sculptures, roundabouts, and breathtaking stoops pouring elegantly out the front of buildings onto the tree-lined sidewalks. There were historic theaters with marquees that’d make New York blush, and buildings with the smallest of hand-carved details that’d take a lifetime to tally up. Now, in the whole of Downtown Toledo, roughly a
10-square-mile area (including Historic East Toledo) there is only one intersection left where the four original buildings put there still stand. This is the corner of Madison Avenue and Huron Street, where the once-remarkable Nasby Building sits like haggard lump, covered in some idiot’s past vision of the future, which convinced him to glue hideous checkerboard panels over delicately carved stone, which is rotting and crumbling underneath from where water has leaked in and chewed at the facade for decades.
Self-serving mutilation The darkness in this city is persistent. As if the past 50-plus years of architectural blunders weren’t lesson enough, the dismantling goes on. It’s become an absurd and sick part of our local culture. Toledo is a cutter — some awkward teenager stashed away in the locker room slashing at her arm for reasons she doesn’t understand. She wants to quit, but she keeps finding herself back there with the pen jabbed in her skin. It’s a selfserving mutilation, and I think for the parties involved, it’s like poking a sore tooth; you know you shouldn’t, but the pain is weirdly satisfying. To date, we’ve lost the massive Paramount Theatre, the magnificent Federal Building which housed the Downtown Post Office, Tiedtke’s, the former Produce Exchange building, the original stone fortress of the public library, the stunning lobby of the Hotel Secor (thankfully, the building still
stands and is being redeveloped), and countless other mansions that once connected Downtown to the Old West End (where, despite preservation efforts, even more homes have been lost or fallen into disrepair). Not to mention the paving of both the Erie Canal and the entire city’s trolley line. Those are gone, they are not coming back, and now we can add Libbey High School — and just about every other namesake historic school in the city — to that list. Also remember the Bijou Theatre, one of the last original movie houses in the entire city, crushed to build the new arena on top of (had they built the arena one block east, they could have torn down an unremarkable ’80s parking structure and preserved the Bijou and its entire block of historic buildings). I won’t bother going on. The list is far too long. But the point is, it shows no sign of slowing down. Just as the wrecking balls are wreaking havoc on more irreplaceable gems, Deputy Mayor Tom Crothers was quoted in an article in the Jan. 11 edition of The Blade calling for the moving or dismantling of the Washington Street Bridge, claiming it an eyesore too expensive to maintain. The Rule of The Bottom Line rears its snarling, idiot head again. Businessmen (predominantly and hopelessly white) love the bottom line. They love it because it is calculable, and if you’re of a decidedly pre-evolutionary mindset and lack the cognitive presence to consider validity not in terms of monetary value, then the bottom line is a very helpful guide for
life decisions. It’s kind of how people who know they are too lazy to mind children buy those weird leashes for their kids. They don’t really consciously consider “Yes, this is absurd, but I am lazy,” something in them just knows they aren’t smart or motivated, and so they buy the kid a leash, never considering the mental impact they’re having on the restrained child. This is how Toledo’s historic blunders have come to root out and work against the very thing that makes it livable. Crothers’ silly (and, I suspect fabricated) numbers are justified as so: 1. We are broke, 2. This is a little bit expensive for potentially a long time, 3. It should go away. Nevermind the fact that dismantling and/or moving the bridge will be massively expensive, costing five-to-10 years worth of the proposed annual maintenance fee, and forget that the bridge was built right here in Toledo, has been in the same place since 1920, and has a historical connection to the Middle Grounds land that Owens Corning now occupies. For nearly 100 years, countless Toledoans have crossed over or under that same hunk of odd steel; to me, that’s important. You can’t buy or build a connection to your city like that. It has to be worn in, and earned. And forget too the fact that it’s an interesting aesthetic element in one of the last decent bastions of Downtown that quickly gives way to decrepit deterioration just a quick clip south of where the bridge sits. ■ PRESERVATION CONTINUES ON A5
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read with considerable excite- proach to effective regional economic ment and pride the Jan. 15 edition development. Dean Monske, president/CEO of Toledo Free Press, dedicated to the collaboration of agencies of eco- of the RGP, wrote about a “renewed nomic development in Toledo and spirit of collaboration among all reNorthwest Ohio. It may have been the gional entities” and how that has first time I’ve seen all of the develop- helped communications and fostered ment agencies “on the same page,” “a willingness to partner and utilize literally, publicly presenting the new joint resources.” Monske went on to era of “working together with unity describe their “eagerness to share in of purpose.” These agencies include successes” and their “commitment to the Office of the Mayor, University of excel.” It is also important to note the Toledo, Regional Growth Partnership, strong, new emphasis at the RGP emToledo-Lucas County Port Authority, bracing the international dimension in their economic deLucas County Improvevelopment strategy. This ment Corporation and move is long overdue but Northwest Ohio Recomes in time to support gional Economic Develthe multiple internaopment Association. tional initiatives under One might argue that way at the University of this may be the single Toledo, in Toledo and most important accomelsewhere in the region. plishment of these orgaConnecting Toledo more nizations and their leaders and effectively to in recent years. Can you Dan JOHNSON strongly regions of strength in the remember ever reading or hearing any mayor of Toledo touting global economy must be a key element the “collective” “collaborative,” work of of our regional economic development the city’s economic development “part- strategic planning. Paul Toth, president/CEO of Toners”? Or talk about members of Toledo’s “economic development team?” ledo-Lucas County Port Authority, It was refreshing to read and I found likewise showed his support of enhanced collaboration among his peers myself thinking, “Right on!” But the story doesn’t end there. and fellow professionals in economic You also have the University of To- development. His commitment to colledo “merging education and entre- laboration is reflected in his statement, preneurship” with tangible results in “It is imperative that our regional ecothe form of the creation of Rocket nomic development agencies continue Ventures LLC, a collaborative initia- to work cooperatively” if we as a region tive between UT’s Innovation Enter- are to capitalize on the opportunities for prises, the economic development greater growth. Toth went on to point arm of the university — with the out concrete steps that have been taken Regional Growth Partnership (RGP). to improve the effectiveness of our colRick Stansley, chairman of the Board lective efforts. “As a region,” he says, for Innovation Enterprises, describes “the economic development partners this as the “philosophical model” for have identified several goals and objecinteractions with the City of Toledo, tives that we will cooperatively work Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, toward completing in 2012. These goals Toledo Regional Chamber of Com- will provide a concentrated strategy merce and other organizations. This which will be measurable and provide collaborative venture represents, I accountability to the community and believe, a giant step in the right di- clearly define where we focus our colrection toward a more coherent ap- lective resources.” The measurability
and accountability of these efforts and commitments make them more than theories or philosophies of economic development. These are concrete actions that will benefit the region in tangible ways. Ford Weber, president/CEO of Lucas County Improvement Corporation, reinforced the theme that “regional collaboration is improving.” Ford called attention to the Toledo Region branding initiative (www.ToledoRegion.com), which he described as “one of the best examples of our new regional collaboration.” Like other economic development leaders, Weber noted the critical importance and strong mix of our region’s educational institutions. Our schools, colleges and universities are central to the economic well-being and future development of the region. The quality and alignment of their programs must always be front and center in our economic development discussions, planning and strategies.
Our community and region should be pleased with these important steps toward a more openly collaborative approach to economic development. Even if it is just the first step, it is a giant step toward a more coherent, integrated and effective approach to regional economic development. Our community leaders and the various boards of directors that oversee these agencies and institutions should encourage their CEOs to follow through with these new beginnings and, further, hold them responsible for increased collaboration where such efforts will bring a greater return on the community’s investment. With the continuing success of these collaborative efforts, Toledo and Northwest Ohio will be in a position to take on even more challenging initiatives that will improve our region’s economic growth and development. Such initiatives should include greater
integration and alignment of the region’s work force development and education programs, more effective leadership and management of the region’s key economic clusters, and positioning the Toledo region as a true center of education, learning, innovation and entrepreneurship. Toledo Free Press deserves a lot of credit for highlighting the progress of our region’s economic development agencies toward a more collaborative philosophy and approach to growing the economy. It is an appropriate and positive way of promoting a stronger economy and a stronger and more engaged community. ✯
■ PRESERVATION CONTINUED FROM A4 This is the part that sets absolute fire to every bit of contemptible love I have for this shaggy old bitch of a city. Not one of these miraculously ambidextrous numbskulls considers the historic or cultural value of keeping the damn thing, or any of these bits of golden architecture. They don’t know how to punch in on their calculators the fact that the reason the city is broke is because the city broke its own cultural integrity. They don’t understand the priceless value of keeping a thing, or that you can’t calculate the historical
shape the hunk of broken junk our deficiently industrious city forefathers left us, Crothers’ remarks are debilitating. There is a lot of progress happening in Downtown Toledo, and there is a selfless group of people sworn to revitalizing the city, there is even some substantial redevelopment and revitalization creeping back into the picture, but this obsession with removal makes me, and I’m sure many others, wonder, Why am I so committed to something that has no commitment to itself? Why do I want to live in a place where the city government — which
should be championing preservation and cultural and aesthetic vitality and integrity more fiercely than a stray East Side pit bull — is dumbly and willingly selling off and destroying itself. For Christ’s sake, I’m in love with a suicidal prostitute. My friends in other cities are screaming, “Get out! Get out! She’s bad news for you, man. She’s not gonna change!” But dammit, I love her. I know she’s better than this; it’s a wildly frustrating thing to contemplate. Gnawing on the goddamn bone of living in this town is hard enough at times, and news like
this is a sucker punch right jab to the mouth that splits your lip open. Go ahead, spit that blood out, there’s another broken tooth in there. Another one lost, and Toledo just keeps smiling like the drunk old ugly loveable son-of-a-bitch it is. We can’t afford to lose anymore of what we were, this vapid tradition of historical blunders has to stop. I implore, why not now? ✯
worth or cultural validity of something that simply continues to exist. These structures are points of civic pride, the legacy of our heritage, yet they’re nixed with deplorable carelessness. People have moved away from and abandoned this self-doomed dump for just this reason. I’m not ignorant to the many factors involved in our notunique post-industrial Rust Belt conundrum, but the truth is, bad, idiotic and regrettable decisions are a healthy heap of the mess. For those of us who’ve committed to sticking it out here and trying to re-
Dan Johnson is director of global initiatives, president emeritus and distinguished university professor of public policy and economic development at the University of Toledo. Email him at letters@toledofreepress.com.
Ryan Bunch is performing and literary arts coordinator for the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo.
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Toledo attorney leading effort to amend law that keeps disabled from suing airlines TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER cmcglade@toledofreepress.com
More than a year has passed since a US Airways official told Johnnie Tuitel he was too disabled to fly. He said recovering from the humiliation took months. The motivational speaker — who has racked up half a million miles traveling across North America — balanced depression with countless media interviews. Speaking engagements dwindled because venues assumed he wouldn’t be able to make the trip. Simultaneously, he took calls from at least 70 families who had similar stories. A woman with a disability missed a job interview when officials took her off the flight from Wisconsin to Texas. A boy with a terminal blood disorder missed his last vacation because staff removed him from the plane. A family heard a pilot refer to their daughter as “a retard,” complaining that he didn’t want her on board. Tuitel wondered, though, why he had not heard from a lawyer. When he met Toledo-based attorney Mark Skeldon he learned why. Tuitel can’t sue.
The law The Air Carrier Access Act, passed by Congress in 1986, was designed to protect people with disabilities. The law asserts, among other things, that carriers may not refuse to fly people based on disabilities and may not limit the number of people with disabilities on board. Airlines may refuse to fly someone if officials deem the person a health or safety risk, or if the needs of that individual violate the Federal Aviation Administration or foreign government safety rules. For example, a quadriplegic who could not evacuate the plane in case of emergency might be considered a safety risk. These assessments are made on an individual basis, said Steve Lott, spokesperson for Airlines for America. The organization often speaks on behalf of a number of airlines, including Delta. People with disabilities can file a complaint with the Department of Transportation if they feel discriminated against. The department reviews the complaints, often rolls them in with others and imposes a fine on the airline if officials determine the company violated the law. The money goes
to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, said Bill Mosley, a spokesperson with the department. But the law says nothing about the right to take private cause of action – or, to sue. Although there is no clause prohibiting private legal action, the last three district court rulings have concurred that the omission means individuals do not have that right. The 11th Circuit Court ruled in a 2002 case that judges ought not imply that the right exists without a definitive mention in legislation. “Without it, a cause of action does not exist and courts may not create one, no matter how desirable that might be as a policy matter, or how compatible with the statute,” the court decision reads. Precedent makes it difficult for other lower courts to rule differently. And the U.S. Supreme Court would likely not take the case until another district court disagreed, Skeldon said. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was revised in 2009 to include a clause about private cause of action, said Nathan Facey, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur's deputy chief of staff. But Tuitel can’t invoke the ADA, because the Air Carriers Access Act usurps that on airplanes. It’s a policy problem that allows people with disabilities to fall through the cracks, Tuitel said. “It bothers me that there is a law in which its purpose is to protect people with disabilities and it doesn’t,” Skeldon said. “Not as well as it should.”
The fight If Skeldon, Tuitel and his girlfriend Laura Folsom have anything to do about it — the law eventually will. Skeldon and Tuitel met in September and have been busy planting a grassroots campaign to convince legislators to put a clause about private cause of action on the books. Folsom and Tuitel are working on the blueprints for a nonprofit called the Disabilities Leadership Network that would promote their cause. The clause’s absence has forced disenfranchised airline clients to get crafty. Seventeen people with disabilities banded together against 10 airlines in 2004. de La O, Marko, Magolnick & Leyton, the Florida-based law firm representing the group sued the airlines under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination based on disability within pro-
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grams that use federal dollars. In 2001, airlines received a total of $15 billion in bailout grants and loan guarantees. This, the lawyers argued, made the airline industry a program that uses federal funding, said Charles Ferguson, an attorney in the law office. But that didn’t work, either. The District Court of Southern Florida ruled against them. Tuitel said gaining the definitive right to sue isn’t about money, but is about empowering individuals to hold airline officials accountable. United Cerebral Palsy, an organization that educates and advocates for people with cerebral palsy, has heard all too often the trials of boarding an airplane with a disability. “Removing a person with a disability from an airplane is both a basic civil rights issue and an equal opportunity issue,” said Chris Thomson, vice president of corporate affairs, in an email. “There is no way our society can move forward if someone is considered ‘too something’ to travel on an airplane.” Making changes at the Congres-
sional level could be tough. Congress could potentially amend the Air Carrier's Access Act while approving the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Bill. That is a bill that needs to be renewed every five years. However, Congress is two and a half years behind and there are so many contentions wrapped up in the legislation that a single congressperson bringing up the private clause amendment would likely go nowhere, Facey said. Testifying before a committee would likely work best, he said. Tuitel and Skeldon have been in contact with Kaptur's office. Kaptur wrote in an email that it troubles her that the number of disability-related complaints have risen 23 percent in one year. “We simply must do more to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities and allow those who have had their rights violated to seek redress from the offending airline,” Kaptur wrote. “It is what is right and what is fair.” ■ FLIGHT CONTINUES ON A9
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Nearly 350 trophies, pictures and plaques from Libbey High School’s glory days rest in storage — and the school’s alumni are asking what will happen to them. Edward Drummond Libbey High School rung its first bell in 1923 and its last class graduated in June 2010, when it was closed by Toledo Public Schools (TPS). Before demolition began Jan. 9, the trophies, along with their cases, were taken out of the building and put in storage, according to TPS. Libbey High School Alumni Inc. (LHSA), a group seeking to keep the memory of Libbey alive, is planning to post an inventory of the memorabilia on its website, www.site.toledolibbeyhsalumni.com. This is so individuals who received trophies or their families can come forth and claim items. “Say someone from your family won ■ FLIGHT CONTINUED FROM A8
The penalties The department of transportation fielded 21,001 disability-related complaints in 2010. According to complaint logs, airline employees refused to board 209 passengers based on an array of disabilities, with the bulk of these clients being oxygen-dependent and 20 of them wheelchair bound.
a trophy, and it’s in a box at TPS; you’d want that on your shelf,” said Warren Woodberry, a community activist who protested Libbey’s demolition. As of now, the memorabilia is in a TPS storage unit with Libbey-OwensFord, said Lisa Sobecki, vice president of TPS Board of Education. Two display cases, also rescued from Libbey, house 18 Libbey trophies in a hallway at the board. Larrie Baccus, president of LHSA, said he has not contacted TPS about posting the list and doesn’t plan to. “We didn’t feel like we would get any results calling them for a bunch of lip service,” he said. The inventory had not been posted by press time. Sobecki said she hopes the group contacts TPS before posting the list. “I hope they would reach out to the school district. There’s got to be coordination of making sure [the trophies] are going to the correct individual,” she said. “At the end of the day, these are items held by the Toledo Public School district.” She added that if individuals con-
tact TPS for their trophies, the district would accommodate them. Baccus said LHSA plans to contact libraries, businesses and other organizations to see if they would display memorabilia received by teams. Baccus said this would be a fair way to handle trophies received by more than one person. However, one alum, Shawn Jackson, said he’d rather team trophies be given to an individual on the team. “[Businesses, etc.] weren’t really a part of it. I feel [the trophy] should go to someone who is part of the team and worked hard to get that trophy,” Jackson said, adding he’d be fine with another teammate getting the trophy. “As long as I know the trophy is going to be taken care of, I have no problem with it,” he said. Jackson put his name on a list of individuals seeking trophies during a walkthrough of Libbey about a year ago. He is specifically seeking a trophy from when the Libbey football team played Scott High
Other common complaints include the airline’s failure to provide aid to customers who have trouble seeing or hearing, those who are quadriplegic, use a wheelchair or are mentally impaired. Four airlines were slapped with fines in 2011. Delta Airlines had to pay the most — $2 million for a slew of “egregious” violations, as noted in the consent order. Atlantic Southeast
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School in 1984 and a few individual track trophies. “I don’t know what they’re doing with them. They’re tearing the school down as we speak,” said Jackson, who has not heard from LHSA or TPS since the walkthrough. TPS plans to seek a place where it can display Libbey trophies along with memorabilia from other area schools that have closed, Sobecki said. Sobecki said TPS would also be willing to speak with businesses or organizations that would want to display the memorabilia. “We have been very accommodating in many fashions. It may not be the outcome that folks would like to see, but at the end of the day we have always be accommodating and open to conversation,” Sobecki said. At press time, Baccus was seeking input from other members of LHSA to see if they would be satisfied with having Libbey trophies displayed amongother schools’ in the future. Baccus said he doesn’t think the
potential transfer of the trophies will go without a hitch. “If it’s anything like any of our other correspondence with [TPS], it will take a while and it won’t go smoothly,” he said. Sobecki disagreed. “The district has worked with the association with any concerns they’ve had. We’ve been very open to sitting down,” she said. Baccus said ideally, he would find homes for all 336 pieces of memorabilia, but that his group will focus on historic items and trophies from Libbey’s bigger wins, amounting to 20-30 items. Baccus said LHSA is also seeking a bronze plaque received by Robert Craig, a Congressional Medal of Honor winner and World War II veteran. Sobecki said she did not know of the plaque in particular, but it is listed on the inventory of items in storage. Those interested in housing trophies can contact Jim Gant, TPS chief business manager, at (419) 671-8414. ✯
The unpredictable flight New Hampshire resident Chris Dainiak is following Tuitel’s pursuit for personal reasons. His 8-year-old son Nicholas was diagnosed with Batten Disease in 2008. That year, Chris and Heather Dainiak learned that this nervous system disorder would render their child weaker as he grew older, both physically and mentally. Nicholas didn’t exhibit any signs of illness until he was 4 years old, when he started having seizures. As the disease progressed, the young boy needed more help moving around. Now he uses a special car seat to maintain a comfortable posture because he cannot hold himself up well. Flying had never been a problem before Dec. 23. That’s when the family boarded their plane to head home after a trip to Disney World. After other passengers boarded, a flight attendant approached the Dainiaks and pointed out that Nicholas’ seat was not FAA approved. Dainiak said that a supervisor told his family that they had to either get off the plane or relinquish the car seat. “So there were 130 passengers on there and everyone’s witnessing this and they’re delaying the flight for takeoff,” he said. “There was no other way to do this unless we physically (held) him up for three hours.” And that is what Chris and Heather did. Because the family had flown to Disney World with the same airline and without problems, Dainiak
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When Toledo City Councilman D. Michael Collins asserted in November that council should investigate potential foul play within the neighborhoods department, he felt his appeal was dismissed as “political grandstanding.” But Collins’ involvement in the investigation goes much deeper than that call for action. In August, contractors approached Collins with stories of bid rigging and intimidation from the city department. He said he listened and COLLINS started digging through public records. As word began to spread about his research, calls flooded in with more tips. He and his legislative aide, Lisa Renee Ward (a former Toledo Free Press Web editor), compared bids and found that two separate proposals were nearly identical. He found that an accountant group working on a city deal had walked away from a community development corporation, citing the city was not cooperating with required records transfers. He conducted crossexamination interviews with contractors about bid rigging and found that all of the stories mirrored each other. As a District 2 councilman with little experience with community development corporations, Collins said he relied on his 20-plus years of experience as a police investigator to muck through all of the numbers, interviews, receipts and contractor bids. He didn’t ask for help. But around the same time, Councilman Adam Martinez — who chairs the neighborhood department committee — had heard rumors. And Councilman Steve Steel told Toledo Free Presshe had actually started working on some research of his own. Martinez said the buzz he’d heard was just that: a rumor. When the poor economy is bearing down on contractors, they generally tend to get disgruntled if their bid isn’t chosen, he said. No contractor had approached him directly so he assumed that the contractors did not fully understand the bidding process. “I had only heard rumors and hearsay and allegations but nothing concrete,” Martinez said. “Had I had any fi rsthand knowledge that was concrete and credible, I certainly would have
Sam Khalaf of Csk Construction said he approached Steel after a mysterious folder appeared in his mailbox detailing a bid that was chosen over his. The fi le had nearly identical line items. Prior to this, Khalaf had lost three bids that he had submitted. Steel said meeting the contractor prompted him to start researching. He also mentioned what he’d heard to Martinez. But Steel’s public records request took longer than he thought and the story broke by the time he started zeroing in on his findings. Khalaf later contacted Collins. He said he was not the first contractor to report to councilmembers, but that he feels justice is being done. “I appreciate what [Council] did,” he said. “Things got a little bit hard working the last year.” By November, Collins was ready to release his story. He said if he had found anything that warranted a criminal investigation, he would have gone to the prosecutor. He gave his research to the media instead of Mayor Mike Bell’s administration because he didn’t think he would be taken seriously. Also, reviewing various documents had made him lose trust that the administration would investigate. The two incidences that convinced Collins to bypass the Bell administration involved former Housing Manager Jody Prude and former rehab specialist Toni Thomas. Collins said a police officer told him that her supervisor directed her not to charge Prude with falsification aft er she wrecked her car, left the scene and reported it stolen. Collins notifi ed a city official but nothing was done. The other decision that bothered him related to Thomas. A community development corporation (CDC) reported that Thomas was being too
overbearing and the administration dealt with the complaint by curtailing all of Thomas’ interactions with that CDC, instead of investigating how she handled others, Collins said. “I fi rmly believe that had I not taken the steps I took, nothing would have ever been revealed to the extent that it is today,” Collins said. “I fi nd it both disappointing and disturbing that an elected official with knowledge of problems in any city department would choose to use that information for media grandstanding as opposed to reporting it through the appropriate channels to ensure the issues are addressed,” said Jen Sorgenfrei, the mayor’s spokesperson.
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Egregious infractions Th e administration has since launched an investigation, demoting Thomas and Prude. Department of Neighborhoods Director Kattie Bond and Housing Commissioner Mike Badik were fired. Bond and Badik held those positions throughout former mayor Carty Finkbeiner’s administration. Collins said his research revealed that the most egregious neighborhoods department infractions have struck more recently, under Bell. “I found nothing that could compare with what was going on under the Bell administration,” he said. “For [Prude and Thomas] to be still employed and for Michael Badik, who did nothing wrong, to be placed in the situation he’s in, in my opinion, is characteristic of creating a scapegoat,” Collins said. Sorgenfrei asserted that the administration has not found any concrete examples of bid rigging or criminal activity. Collins said this ordeal hasn’t made him any more popular on the 21st floor of One Government Center, where Council offices are located. “My public statements can be conveniently described as an attempt to build a political staircase in seeking the offi ce of the mayor of the City of
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Officials from the Ohio Department of Development’s Office of Redevelopment hosted a regional information session on the Local Government Innovation Fund (LGIF) at Owens Community College on Jan. 18. About 100 local government and public officials attended the session about the new program that will provide financial assistance to Ohio government subdivisions for planning and implementing projects that could improve community services. The program is designed to help create more efficient and effective delivery of government services. It encourages local collaboration by multiple entities on projects to reduce costs. The LGIF program has $45 million
earmarked for local projects with $36 million in revolving loan funds and $9 million for grants up to $100,000 per project application. The funding will begin July 1 with the start of the state’s 2013 fiscal year. “We’re looking for quality projects more than quantity of projects to fund,” said Thea Walsh, deputy chief of the Office of Redevelopment, who made the presentation. Walsh said their office will begin accepting applications for grants and loans Feb. 20, with all applications due by March 1. Notifications for the first round will be made in June, she said. Additional application rounds will take place in the summer, fall and winter of the 2013 fiscal year for grants and loans, Walsh said. “Any opportunity to provide better services to the public is a plus,” said Anita Lopez, Lucas County auditor.
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he greatest day in any child’s life 6.5 inches of discrepancy. If yyou want to play a great ongoing is the snow day, that special dayy p game with co-workers when Mother and you love fantasy Nature closes schools sports, start a Fanand forces students to tasy Weather league. It take a well-deserved works the same as other mental day off ! The leagues, except this one best part of the snow focuses on predictions day is the anticipation and actual amounts of leading up to it, as kids precipitation. Draft your who never watch the favorite local meteorololocal news suddenly gists and wait for the become semi-profesJeremy BAUMHOWER storms/games to begin. sional meteorologists. On Jan. 12, I kept track of what ToYoung weather enthusiasts listen for key words from their ledo’s weather personalities were pretrusted weathermen, like “accu- dicting about Friday’s potential storm. mulation,” “hourly forecasts” and Here is what they said. The 13abc Storm Team, which “triple doppler.” Children who normally complain about their science included Jay Berschback, Stan homework formulate forecasts and Stachak and Blizzard Bill Spencer, predicted between 2 and 4 inches of predictions. Last week was supposed to bring snow by Saturday. WNWO’s Norm Van Ness prethe perfect storm, the one that would have given Toledo’s youth a dicted between 2 and 4 inches of four-day weekend, when you figure snow through Friday. But “WNWO in the MLK holiday. This perfect Today’s” Jon James predicted less than one-day storm was supposed to 1 inch by Friday morning. Same team, start bringing snow early Friday two different forecasts. WTOL’s Robert Shiels predicted morning, which generally means school closings and delays. But light snow, 1 inch or less by the when Toledo’s bright-eyed hopefuls morning commute. FOX Toledo’s Doug Moats predicted peered outside, they learned a different kind of lesson — TV weather 6 to 7 inches for the total snowfall. The amount of snow that fell on forecasters can make mistakes. According to research, weather is Jan. 13 was ... less than 1 inch! WTOL is claiming victory in the the most desired information from TV newscasts. This is the No. 1 first “Winter Storm of 2012” in a reason viewers watch the local news. promo that declares Robert Shiels the It’s also the No. 1 reason local TV sta- most “accurate.” 13abc’s marketing tions lose their collective minds when department quickly answered the there is even the slightest chance of salvo with a promo of its own touting bad weather. TV programmers un- ratings, or in sports vernacular yelling derstand that bad weather equals “Scoreboard!” The one station that big ratings. To get those ratings, you is oddly quiet is FOX Toledo. I susmust first inform viewers that “White pect Doug Moats’ over-guestimating Death” is headed toward us, that the snowfall by 1,300 percent is not worthy of a chest-beating promo. Snowpocalypse is destined. Some may say that the difference After the warnings have been issued, it’s time to cover the stories that of a couple of inches doesn’t matter, feed their forecast. The news becomes but trust me, it does! live reports from grocery stores, whether the city will have enough salt Fantasy Weather League and reporters doing “live shots” from ODOT. To further prove my point, scoreboard: ODOT hired former TV news per- 1. Robert Shiels, WTOL: 5 points sonality Theresa Pollick to be its local (win-tie) spokeswoman. 2. Jon James, WNWO: 5 p oints Last week was a miniature ver- (win-tie) sion of TV Stations Gone Wild. To 3. 13abc Storm Team: -3 points be fair, the stations were not in “Full- 4. Norm Van Ness, WNWO: -3 points Blown White Death Coverage” but 5. Doug Moats, FOX Toledo: -6 points it was definitely the lead story on all four newscasts for 48 hours. The pre- Jeremy Baumhower is a self-proclaimed dictions ranged from a half-inch to 7 media expert who writes and produces inches of snow. for morning radio shows across the That’s right: From four stations country. Please follow him on twitter@ with seven forecasters, there were jeremytheproduc.
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Koala Berry Premium Frozen Yogurt & Ice Cream, a “design your own dessert” concept eatery, plans to host a food drive, starting at its ribboncutting ceremony Jan. 28. The storefront, which opened in mid-December at Toledo’s Regency Plaza, offers 18 yogurt and soft-serve ice cream flavors and 50 toppings. Nonperishable items collected at the location will be donated to the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank. As part of the “Drop Off, Save Big” program, anyone who donates gets 20 percent off any purchase and the promotion’s end date hasn’t been set. Koala Berry co-owners Kenneth Breier and John Robie decided to use the ceremony to help business and charity. “We had heard that the food bank was in need and we thought it would be a good idea to develop some community interest with the food bank and incorporate that into our ribboncutting,” said Breier, who aims to collect 1,000 items. “We think [the food drive] is wonderful. The more we can receive the better. There cannot be a better time to commit to the struggle against hunger,” said Laurie Cohen, grants/ special events coordinator for the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food bank. She added that although donations peak during the holidays, “Hunger is not just one part of the year. It affects people every day.” Koala Berry is self-serve so customers can make their own creations. “It’s a fairly new concept. It developed East Coast, West Coast and ended up migrating to the middle of the country,” Breier said. The location seats about 25 patrons and is painted in calming blue and purple. Breier and Robie signed their lease in September. The pair originally wanted to open a “mom and pop” ice cream shop, but were drawn to the self-serve concept. Breier likes the variety self-serve presents. “[Customers] can go as big as they like, they can go as small as they
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like; they can use as many or as few toppings as they like; they can keep it very healthy or keep it very tasty; it’s up to them,” he said. When customers are done making their desserts, the creations are weighed and priced at $0.45 per ounce. Flavors include unique options like amaretto cherry liqueur and frosted birthday cake. Toppings feature standards like chocolate and candy as well as many fresh fruits from local vendors. Still, with all the special products, Breier’s favorite is a classic: “Peanut butter with hot fudge, it’s hard to beat,” he said. The fact that Koala Berry is an independent store enables it to have a better product, Breier added. “We’ve gone to many vendors for our dairy and we’ve settled on a couple and we have no allegiance. We can pick and choose the best flavors or the best tasting product,” he said. This is Breier’s and Robie’s first foray into owning a retail business. Breier has worked in printing for several years while Robie is in health care insurance. While some expressed their worry about the pair opening a business in the recession, Breier is confident in
his new venture and said business has been good so far. “People ask ‘What on are earth are you doing, opening a new business in this economy?’ Well, the concept came forward, the space was available, the opportunities just kinda presented themselves and we were interested in it so we went forward,” he said. Depending on the store’s success, Toledo could see more Koala Berry locations in the coming months. “We would love to expand and open more stores in the immediate future,” Breier said. Last year, the food bank distributed 6 million pounds of food. Some of the most-needed items right now include peanut butter, saltine crackers, 100 percent juices, applesauce, dry pastas, tomato sauce, canned chicken, tuna, spam and beef, soups, dried beans and canned vegetables. The “Winter Blast” Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony is at noon Jan. 28. Store hours are Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from noon-8 p.m. Koala Berry is at 6710 Central Ave., Suite 7, Toledo. Visit www.koalaberry.com for more information. ✯
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esolution: a resolving to do something; a plan for something to be done. The last column I (Mark) had the opportunity to write, I discussed the idea of how at the beginning of a new year, we have the tendency to make “New Year’s resolutions.” (Go back and read “Same Ol’ Resolution?” if you missed it. We all intend to get back on track, to get our act together and do the right things instead of the wrong things. We intend to. We mean to. The problem is that usually by March, even if we had gotten off to a great start, we have fallen back into our old bad habits or just don’t feel as motivated as we did in January. I had the opportunity to attend Cedar Creek Church on New Year’s Day and it took some doing after gorging myself on good food and drink the night before, to get up and be in church on Sunday morning. I am sure glad I did. Barb Roose, who is the spiritual formation pastor was the speaker and had some great things to say. I am inspired by Barb and appreciate her passion and enthusiasm. By the way, Barb, I am stealing some of the points from Mark CLAIR your message, so I hope you don’t mind. Nolan BAKER The main point Barb made was that commitment leads us to success. Commitment: an agreement or pledge to do something in the future; the state of being obligated or emotionally impelled. Notice the words in this definition. Agreement, pledge, obligated, emotionally. With a resolution we have a plan to do something. We intend to do it. This does not necessarily mean that we will follow through. Doesn’t being committed to something sound much more solid than intending to do something? An obligation. A pledge. As parents, Lisa and I have tried to teach our children the importance of commitment. If you make a commitment you should do everything in your power to keep it. Not keeping a commitment is likely to let someone down. You can pretty much count on someone that is committed. Notice another term that was used in the definition of committed, “emotionally” impelled. Commitment involves emotion. One of Barb’s points iwas that “You will stay committed when you passionately believe in the outcome.” Passion. If you are passionate about something it is much more likely that you will reach your goal. It is also more likely that you will enjoy the process. As The Retirement Guys, Nolan and I are passionate about educating all Americans on how they can become financially self-reliant. We believe strongly in our cause and as a result are committed to reaching our goals and are enjoying the process. CedarCreek Church happens to believe that its cause is the greatest cause on the planet. I happen to agree. So do many others who share the same views. Barb also stated that “when we are passionately committed together, we can change the world.” We shared earlier how The Retirement Guys participated in the Race for the Cure this year and how we were amazed at how many people showed up in Downtown Toledo to support this cause, an example of many people passionately committed together out changing the world. What are you passionate about? Have you made a resolution or are you committed? Do you want to reach your goals? Do you want your resolutions to come to pass? If so, get committed. You will be amazed at what happens. ✯ For more information about The Retirement Guys, tune in every Saturday at 1 p.m. on 1370 WSPD or visit 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. (419) 842-0550
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Inflation versus prices
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or a while now I have taken some flack from people around me and from some people who listen to the different radio shows I do, who claim that I am wrong on inflation. This mainly stems from the definition of inflation that I have as opposed to the definition of inflation that other people have. According to Henry Hazlitt in his book “What You Should Know About Inflation.”: Inflation, always and everywhere, is primarily caused by an increase in the supply of money and credit. In fact, inflation is the increase in the supply of money and credit. If you turn to the American College Dictionary, for example, you will find the first definition of inflation given as follows: “Undue expansion or increase of the currency of a country, esp. by the issuing of paper money not redeemable in specie.” However, more and more people
think that inflation is a substantial rise in prices due to the expansion of the money supply or bank credit. Obviously, these are two different definitions of inflation. The original use of the term inflation was solely used to describe the quantity of money. This meant that the amount or volume of money was expanded or blown up, hence inflated. Gary L. If you think of inflation as only the rise in prices, it causes one to look away from the real cause and consequently, the real cure. When the supply of money increases, people will have more dollars to spend on stuff. If the supply of the stuff they want to purchase does not increase then the price will rise. (That is called a shortage in the supply/demand cycle)
Every dollar you own or each dollar in existence becomes worth less because there are more of them and each one will purchase less than before. The price will go up because the ratio of a dollar to a unit of stuff changes. The federal government can manipulate these numbers in a more fantastic way than it skews the unemployRATHBUN ment numbers. First of all, it has this basket of goods that it prices from time to time and compares the cumulative price of these goods to the previous cumulative price. If the total basket price increases then it annualizes the number and that is our inflation number for the month. To make the numbers more palatable, the government can carve specific things out of the basket, like
food and energy due to their volatility, and then re-measure; this is called the “core inflation.” It is kind of like Maxwell House keeping the price of coffee the same but selling it in a smaller container, so you get less for the same price. Stealth inflation. Another method the government uses to distort the numbers is refusing to take into consideration that companies will change the size or quantity of the items in the basket. For instance, a loaf of bread is a loaf of bread. If last year a loaf of bread was 18 ounces and this year a loaf of bread is 16 ounces it is still counted as a loaf of bread even though it is 11 percent smaller. So we could have an 11 percent increase in the price of bread and yet have zero reported increase in prices. This is the danger of using pricing as your definition of in-
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OPINION: POP GOES THE CULTURE
God admits: ‘I don’t care about football’
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n a stunning exclusive interview soundly beaten by the New England with Toledo Free Press, God ad- Patriots, 45-10. Many observers were mitted to being completely disin- stunned by this turn of events, given terested in the career of quarterback the presence of the man many had been viewing as Denver’s (almost litTim Tebow. “I gotta be honest, I really don’t eral) savior. But God said that He was not very ... care about football,” “She.” God said. “Seriously, evPardon? eryone, just calm down. “I’d prefer to be It’s just a game. Why referred to as She, if would I want to interfere you don’t mind,” God in some meaningless stated. “Well, I mean, sport where who wins or if you want to get techloses doesn’t effect the nical I’m really above universe at all? I mean, all such classifications, I’ve got planets to keep aren’t I? I mean, for moving and gravity to Jeff McGINNIS Me’s sake, I’m supmonitor and stuff.” posed to be the Alpha The Almighty’s surprising admission flies in the face and the Omega, I’m the supernatof many observers, who viewed ural creator of the universe, so I’m the openly religious Tebow giving not really male or female, right? “But if you have to use a pronoun symbolic thanks on the field — a gesture that has become commonly somewhere in the story, I’d much known as “Tebowing” — and as- rather be referred to as She. I mean, sumed that the Lord had, at the you know, the whole Mother Earth, very least, a rooting interest in the creating life thing — it just seems to fit. Plus, I like to throw a monkey Denver quarterback. “Not at all,” God insisted. “Hon- wrench into people’s perceptions of estly, it’s been years since I even things every now and again. It helps watched a football game. I mean, I to shake up the status quo sometimes, have other stuff to do on Sundays, after you know, just to put the fear of Me all. I can’t very well take time from my in them.” Fair enough. God said that She busy schedule to pay attention to every single little game people are playing. was not concerned with influencing Anyway, I like curling better. Do you sporting events — or, indeed, most any human endeavor. like curling? I like curling.” “Really, I thought I had spelled On Jan. 14, the Broncos’ season came to an end after they were out the whole ‘free will’ thing pretty
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That’s up from the old record of 10.6 years in 2010, and it continues a trend that dates to 1995, when the average age of a car was 8.4 years, according to a study of state vehicle registration data by the Southfield, Mich.-based Polk automotive research firm. However, Polk Vice President Mark Seng says that a rebound in sales last year and expected growth for the next couple of years is likely to slow the growth rate in the age of cars as a whole in America. Polk has not predicted if or when the age will start to drop, but Seng doesn’t see that happening for at least two or three years, if not longer. “It’s going to take the good economy several years of very high sales again, and people being willing to let go of those older vehicles that they’ve been holding onto,’’ Seng said. Last year, auto sales rebounded a bit to 12.8 million vehicles, especially in November and December, when sales were unusually strong. In 2010, U.S. sales totaled 11.6 million after hitting a 30-year low of 10.4 million in 2009. Polk expects sales around 13.7 million this year, rising by about 1 million per year through 2016, when they reach about 16 million. That’s back to around what industry analysts consider normal, and approaching the U.S. sales peak of 17 million in 2005. But even a 1 million per year sales increase will have little impact on the average age because there are more than 240 million cars and trucks on the roads in the U.S., Seng said. The aging of the American auto fleet has been a big boon for repair shops and companies that sell replacement auto parts, and Seng expects that to continue. He said people can hang onto their cars longer because auto-
makers are making them far better than they did in 1995, the first year that Polk began tracking the average age. Polk also says the number of vehicles in the U.S. has been falling since 2008, but that trend reversed itself last year. In 2010, there were 240 million cars and trucks registered in the U.S. That grew slightly to 240.5 million last year, the company said. The aging vehicle trend and relatively slow sales have kept auto companies and parts makers from hiring new workers in great numbers, and that helps to hold unemployment at relatively high levels. Last month, the unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent — still high, but the lowest level in three years. But that started to change last year as sales started to rebound. Last January, Ford said it would hire 7,000 workers over the next two years. During the summer, GM said it would add 2,500 at the Detroit factory that makes the Chevrolet Volt electric car. Volkswagen hired 2,000 for a new plant in Tennessee, and Honda added 1,000 in Indiana. Just last week Chrysler announced plans to add 1,250 jobs at two Detroit factories next year, mainly to build a diesel version of the Jeep Grand Cherokee. That comes on the heels of major Jeep investments in Toledo. Based on annualized figures from the first quarter of 2011, new-car spending totaled $206 billion, Commerce Department data shows. That compares with $166 billion in 2009. Polk said the average age of a car in the U.S. last year was 11.1 years, while the average truck was 10.4 years old. In 2010, the average age of a car was 11 and the average truck was 10.1 years old. ✯
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Four new restaurants will be among the local eateries participating in the second annual Restaurant Week Toledo. Bar 145 near Sylvania, Burger Bar 419 in South Toledo and Bobby V’s American Grill in Holland all opened within the past nine months while Spicy Tuna Sushi Bar and Grill in Holland celebrated its first year of business in December. During the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 18 area restaurants will feature special menus — priced at $10, $20 or $30 (drinks, taxes and gratuities not included) — with a portion of proceeds donated to nonprofit Leadership Toledo to benefit its youth programs. The event is also meant to showcase the variety of local culinary options and promote dining locally. Also participating are The Blarney Irish Pub, Caper’s Restaurant and Bar, Dégagé Jazz Café, Fifi’s Reprise Restaurant and Lounge, The Hungry I, ICE Restaurant and Bar, LaScola Italian Grill, Manhattan’s, Plate 21, Poco Piatti, Rockwell’s, Rosie’s Italian
Grille, Tea Tree Asian Bistro and Ventura’s Mexican Restaurant. Becca Gorman, co-chairwoman of Restaurant Week Toledo, said organizers are thrilled and thankful for the support from each of the participating restaurants, but were especially excited to have the support of so many newcomers to the local restaurant community. “It builds excitement for the overall event, which in turn will help all of our participating restaurants,” Gorman said. “People get curious when they see a newer restaurant’s name on the list and they want to check them out. We hope it will help build a customer base for these newer restaurants.” Dave Schlaudecker, executive director of Leadership Toledo, said the new restaurants have been some of the most eager and enthusiastic supporters of the event. “They are all really excited for the opportunity to get their names out in the community and be associated with established restaurants,” Schlaudecker said. “They look at it as a great marketing opportunity. They were actually some of our easiest ones to get on board.”
Bar 145 Bar 145 co-owner Jeremy Fitzgerald aims to bring Put-in-Bay’s party atmosphere to Toledo. “Toledo is Put-in-Bay’s No. 1 audience,” said the 30-year-old Fitzgerald, whose family owns Mr. Ed’s Bar and Grille on the island. “A lot of people from Toledo go to Put-in-Bay, but none of the bands were really doing it. We want to bring Put-in-Bay entertainment to Toledo, focusing on out-of-town bands that have big followings at Put-in-Bay.” Named after the temperature of a perfectly cooked medium-rare burger, the gastropub, which opened in May at 5305 Monroe St., features “burgers, bands and bourbon,” including live entertainment six nights a week, ranging from the popular dueling pianos on Wednesdays to full bands on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The menu is full of gourmet burgers, including the opportunity to “stack your own” from a list of five buns (including an everything bagel from Barry Bagels), 12 cheeses, 21 sauces and 24 toppings, ranging from locally grown lettuce and vineripened tomatoes to bourbon-smoked
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bacon and sautéed wild mushrooms. Veggie patties are also available. The eatery, which features a 50seat oval bar that partially extends into its seasonal patio, also offers specials like $5 martinis on Wednesdays, endless toppings on Mondays and daily happy hours from 1:45 to 6 p.m. “We’re like something you’d see in a big metro area— very modern, trendy, good ambience,” said
Fitzgerald, who co-owns the venue with local business owner George Simon. “The biggest thing that sets us apart from burger joints is that we’re a bar as well. It’s both a great restaurant and a great place to have a night life. People come early to have dinner and then stay and watch the bands. It’s very unique to the city of Toledo.” ■ RESTAURANTS CONTINUES ON A22
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Since opening in June, Bobby V’s American Grill, located at 8165 Airport Highway, has been preparing American comfort food from scratch and serving it up in a refined casual atmosphere, said dining room manager Kyle Dumkow. Mama’s Chicken — sautéed chicken breast with dried Michigan cherries, shiitake mushrooms and fresh basil in a white wine reduction sauce — is one signature dish from chef and owner Kevin Bowers, formerly head chef at The Real Seafood Co. The menu includes homemade mac ’n’ cheese, handcut fries, sliders and apple fritter bread pudding. Specials at the eatery, which was named after Bowers’ grandfather and longtime Toledo restaurateur Bob Verbon, include $4 burgers and $1.25 domestic bottles on Mondays starting at 5 p.m. and a 12ounce prime rib for $15 on Saturdays starting at 5 p.m. The eatery’s full bar includes six rotating beers on tap and a wine list, but its $1.50 margaritas are especially popular. “That’s all day, every day, all the time,” Dumkow said. “People love it. It’s easily, hands-down the most ordered drink from the bar.” The 26-year-old Dumkow, who grew up in Ottawa Lake, Mich., and 29-yearold Bowers, who hails from Sylvania, met in Maryland when they both worked for Mainstreet Ventures, which operates The Real Seafood Co. Dumkow was previously dining room manager at The Real Seafood Co. in Ann Arbor. Dumkow said he wants Bobby V’s to be a local place where people feel comfortable. “We’ve got tablecloths on the table but we don’t want people to feel like they have to dress up to come here,” Dumkow said. “We just hope people come in and enjoy themselves and relax, whether they’re having a glass of wine, dinner, or an appetizer at the bar.”
Taglined “Good flippin’ burgers,” Burger Bar 419, located at 4400 Heatherdowns Blvd., also opened in May. Following a mantra of simple, fresh and delicious, co-owners Moussa Salloukh and Tony House strive to keep things local, displaying local artwork and offering homemade, handcrafted and locally grown menu items, including vegetarian options. The eatery offers “comfort food with style,” featuring its popular and
Li Yu, owner of Spicy Tuna Sushi Bar and Grill, which opened at 7130 Airport Highway in December 2010, said he wanted to participate because he believes in giving back to the community. “Even in just the short period of one year, we have been involved with many different organizations as far as charities and donations,” Yu said. “Basically we believe in giving back to the community that we serve. We thought [Restaurant Week] was a good idea because of the focus on local restaurants.” Opened at the site of the former Fu Yi Chinese Restaurant by the son of the former owner, the eatery features a full sushi bar as well as a mix of “Asian Fusion” and American cuisines, including more than 30 entrees from the former Fu Yi menu, Yu said. “We’re getting a good crowd and a lot of word of mouth from people finding out we’re part of the former Fu Yi family,” Yu said. “They are very thrilled we’re back and serving some Fu Yi menu items. That’s a good portion of our crowd. I’d say 60 percent for sushi and 40 percent coming in for the old Fu Yi dishes.” Spicy Tuna’s full bar includes a variety of sake and imported Asian beers. The eatery also offers a game room, carryout and catering services, and daily specials. These include happy hour from 2:30 to 6 p.m. daily, half-off select sushi and sake on Wednesday nights, live entertainment and half-price martinis on Thursdays, karaoke on Saturdays, discounts for veterans, police and firefighters, and more. “Our mission statement is to exceed guests’ expectations,” Yu said. “We want people to have the most fun and the most value for the money they spend.”
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Sylvania considers cultural, historical and arts district By Brigitta Burks TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com
A broad plan for potentially upgrading downtown Sylvania was presented to City Council members, the
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Loma-Linda’s
“BIEN VENIDOS AMIGOS”
Specializing in Mexican Food since 1955
419-865-5455 10400 Airport Hwy. (1.2 Mi. East of the Aiport) Lunch & Dinner, 11 a.m. to Midnight Closed Sundays & Holidays
FRITZ & ALFREDO’S Original Recipes from Both Mexico and Germany
419-729-9775 3025 N. Summit Street (near Point Place) Mon. - Thurs. 11-10 p.m. Fri. - Sat. .11-11 p.m. Sun. 3-9 p.m. Closed Holidays
January 24, 2012
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BARRON’S CAFE Everything Mexican From Tacos to Enchiladas to Delicious Burritos
419-825-3474 13625 Airport Hwy., Swanton (across from Valleywood Country Club) Mon. - Thurs. 11-11 p.m. Fri. - Sat. .11-12 a.m. Closed Sundays and Holidays
• 20TH ANNIVERSARY •
THE ORIGINAL MEXICAN RESTAURANTE & CANTINA IN TOLEDO
419-841-7523 7742 W. Bancroft (1 Mi. West of McCord) Mon. - Sat. from 11 a.m. Closed Sundays & Holidays
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Ent Insider Middle Suburg. Family Happy Revenge “Charade” News Nightline Wheel Jeopardy! Criminal Minds Criminal Minds (N) CSI: Crime Scene News Letterman The Office How I Met American Idol (N) (CC) Touch “Pilot” (N) (CC) Fox Toledo News Seinfeld The Office Jdg Judy Jdg Judy Whitney Chelsea Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU News Jay Leno NewsHour Business Nature (N) (CC) (DVS) NOVA (N) (CC) (DVS) Inside Nature’s Giants Charlie Rose (N) (CC) Storage Storage Storage Storage Dog Bounty Hunter Dog Bounty Hunter Dog Bounty Hunter Tabatha Takes Over Top Chef: Texas Top Chef: Texas Top Chef: Texas (N) Happens Top Chef 30 Rock 30 Rock Futurama Futurama South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk Daily Colbert Austin Good Austin ›› Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) Good Austin Good College Basketball Villanova at Louisville. (N) College Basketball Duke at Maryland. (N) SportsCenter (N) (CC) Another Cinderella Story (2008), Drew Seeley A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011) The 700 Club (CC) Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Rachael v. Guy Hunters House Property Brothers (CC) Income Kitchen House Hunters Property Brothers (CC) Monster Monster Monster Monster 24 Hour Catwalk (CC) Dance Moms (CC) Dance Moms (CC) Made “Rocker: Jason” Jersey Shore (CC) Teen Mom 2 The Challenge: Battle The Challenge: Battle Seinfeld Seinfeld Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Big Bang Big Bang Conan (N) There’s No Business Angela Lansbury ››› Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Death Law & Order Law & Order “Hitman” Law & Order “Hubris” Law & Order Southland (CC) NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS (CC) NCIS “Moonlighting” Royal Pains (N) (CC) Covert Affairs (CC) Big Bang Big Bang One Tree Hill (N) (CC) Remodeled (CC) Sunny Sunny Cash Cab Cash Cab
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ED SZYMANSKI “We need your gold for our Manufacturing Needs Diamond Broker We pay for diamonds big & small!” SAYS:
WRIST AND POCKET WATCHES Wristwatches and Pocketwatches All Time Periods, All Kinds, All Types Rare Watches Worth A Fortune In Cash! Looking For : Regular Watches • Dudley Chronograph Watches E. Howard & Co Repeating Watches • Elgin Musical Watches • Frodsham Chiming Watches • Gallet Moon Phase Watches • Gruen Stop Watches • Gubelin Unusual Function • Hamilton Unusual Dial • Illinois Unusual Shape • International World Time Watches Jules Jurgenson Jump Hour Watches LeCourltre • Doctor’s Watches Longine • Pocket Watches Movado • Ladies Watches Omega • A. Lange Patek Phillippe Audemars piquet • Rolex Ball Seth Thomas • Breiting Tiffany & Co • Cartier Ulysse Nardin • Columbus Vach eron & Constantin Corum • All Others • Ditishiem
STERLING SILVER GOLD & SILVER (All Kinds And Time Periods) Silver Jewelry, Flatware Sets, Single Flatware Items Tea Sets, Antique Items (All Kinds)
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FINE JEWELRY
OLD COSTUME JEWELRY 1960 and Older (Buying Only Finer Quality Items)
Paying up to $300 for the following: Necklaces • Amber Items Sets Hat Pens • Compacts Mosaic Items • Cinnabar Items Jewelry Boxes From Jewelry Stores (pre-1940) Marcasite Items • Silver Boxes Bakelite Items • Earrings Glass Beaded Purses Purses (all kinds Pre–1950)
PAYING TOP DOLLAR!!
We are now buying selected pieces of fine jewelry for a future jewelry museum. All time periods, all kinds, all types. We are looking for the following: Silver Jewelry • Brooches Pendants • Necklaces Cocktail Rings Charm Bracelets • Earrings Bracelets • Cameos • Victorian Art Deco • Enameled Cufflinks • Pins Gold-Filled Jewelry (1920 & Older) Pearl Items Geometric Design • Ring Art Nouveau • Crossover Rings Lavaliers • Garnet Jewelry Bakelite Items Fillgree Rings • Floral Design.
“Estate Jewelers gave me $3200 for my jewelry, Other Buyers Offered only $600 Thank you Estate Jewelers!” – Mrs. Robinson
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