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OPINION

JANUARY 31, 2010

BlackBerry whine

On the job

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oledoans should have been disturbed by the Jan. 24 Toledo Free Press news story, “Council members missed 219 meetings in 2009.”

As we reported, the 12 Toledo City Council members missed a combined 28 council meetings and 191 committee meetings. There were 26 regular council meetings and three special meetings held in 2009.

Former council members Frank Szollosi and Betty Shultz had the most excused absences in 2009 with six a piece. Phillip Copeland followed with four absences, Tom Waniewski had three absences and Lindsay Webb had two.

Council members Michael Ashford, Wilma Brown, D. Michael Collins, Mike Craig, Steve Steel and Mark Sobczak all missed one council meeting. Councilmen George Sarantou and Joe McNamara did not miss any council meetings.

In addition to biweekly council meetings, there were 98 committee meetings and 26 agenda review meetings that count toward committee absences. Council members who missed the most excused committee meetings were Szollosi (57), Shultz (33), Ashford (18), Thomas F. POUNDS Webb (17) and Brown (16). Committee meetings missed by the rest of council were; Copeland (15), Craig (9), Sobczak (7), Sarantou (5), McNamara (4), Steel (4), Collins (3) and Waniewski (3).

With mounting debt and critical social concerns at stake, these numbers are unacceptable. The commitment required to be on city council should be self-evident. Kudos to those council members with strong attendance records and shame on those with major blots on their records, especially those like Ashford who have aspirations for higher office.

Every employer knows that life gets in the way sometimes. Illness, conflicts, the uncontrollable events that change a day. But employers also know that excessive absence quickly leads to a breakdown in process and results.

The City of Toledo can ill afford any further delays in its recovery, and that starts with government.

Our elected officials are allowed to make mistakes, but not showing up for the job is inexcusable and will be watched closely.

Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Consider Southwyck for alternate casino site velop a clean energy project (like the new arena), not to mention a boost in employment for Toledo.

We are at a critical point as we enter a new economic and energy era. Let us find the best options to address both.

Write, e-mail, Twitter and call your local officials to challenge them to look at alternatives for the new casino.

CHRIS CREMEAN, Toledo

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

TO THE EDITOR, Does anyone else see that the former Southwyck Mall site would be better to build the new casino? Columbus is debating alternative sites that will be best for its community. Why isn’t the Toledo area doing the same?

Think about it: Access to the turnpike, more potential for renovation of a depressed area, opportunity to de-

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Now, I can glance over once in t would be impossible to choose which of my two sons I love awhile and look for that flashing red more, but I know which earthly light that indicates a message of history-altering imporentity comes in fourth, tance is waiting and give after the boys and my the missive a quick scan wife: The BlackBerry without ever leaving Curve phone I carry the room. It does pull everywhere. my attention away for a I have delayed few seconds, but I have writing an ode to this learned to wrestle with most convenient of one son, while pinning conveniences for an exdown the other for a ceedingly long time, not diaper change without wishing to parade our relationship in public Michael S. MILLER missing so much as a comma. for fear of diminishing I often wonder if the BlackBerry it through the application of mere words. But its influence and perma- is so omnipresent that my 18nence are indisputable, and I am ready month-old son thinks of it as a family to stand in the harsh light of day with member, but that is an issue for him my BlackBerry unashamed to confess and his future therapist to work out.

And I do my best to downplay my my devotion.

The device is sometimes referred love and dependence for the Blackto as a “crackberry,” in reference to its Berry in front of my sons, although pervasiveness and addictive nature. they have heard me grumble that the There is even a Web site for aficio- BlackBerry doesn’t fight me about nados, www.crackberry.com, which meals, baths, bedtimes and how much offers the latest news in applications, TV is acceptable.

Plus, I have found a clever way to updates, news and reviews.

My BlackBerry is in my left hand so integrate some of my quality time with often, the trademark BlackBerry “B” my sons and my quality time with my logo is imprinted into my palm like BlackBerry. One of the kids’ favorite the Staff of Ra headpiece was burned books, “Jamberry” by Bruce Degen, is into the Nazi Arnold Toht’s hand after a fun romp through wordplay about he grabbed it from the fire during the the many kinds of berries that can be fight with Indiana Jones at The Raven picked and shared. It twists and rolls through such Seussian rhymes as in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” To have access to all e-mail and the “Three berry/Four berry/Hayberry/ Internet on a phone still amazes me; I Strawberry/Finger and pawberry/My am, after all, old enough to remember berry, your berry.”

And right in the center of this 8-track tapes, typewriters and pay phones in public places. To have a fun-to-read-aloud book comes, device as compact as the BlackBerry “Quickberry!/Quackberry!/Pick me serve as the portal to all things online, a blackberry!/Trainberry/Trackberry/ and plus such wonderful applications as Clickety-clackberry/Rumble the music service Pandora, is a tre- ramble/In blackberry bramble/Billions of berries/For blackberry jamble.” mendous boon.

Reading this passage aloud not A significant portion of my job requires following news and com- only entertains the kids, it lets my municating with story sources. I BlackBerry, which sits patiently in the used to have to leave my kids and other room, know that it is never far wife for an hour or so every evening from my thoughts.

The device is also reasonably and sit in front of the computer tough, especially when nestled inside catching up and keeping track.

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its black leather case embossed with the trademark BlackBerry “B” logo. I have dropped the phone a number of times and it has recovered each time, unlike my 18-month old, who cries if you drop him and lacks an easily accessible battery compartment for reboot purposes.

I did experience one unpleasant moment of worlds colliding, when my older son, who is now turning the corner on 4 years but was then just 2, picked up my precious and dropped it in a toilet. BlackBerries, it turns out, are not waterproof.

There was some solace in the situation, as the bathroom is often the “BlackBerry Utilization Center” I will resort to when I need a few moments of quiet time with my precious. Odds are, if you have communicated with me after 7 p.m., some of these messages have originated from the cool tile surroundings of the upstairs bathroom.

I am guessing some of the messages I receive have similar points of origin.

I have been guilty, once or twice, of becoming lost in the BlackBerry’s seductive thrall (Live play-by-play sports coverage! Blog updates! Box office results for “Avatar!” Forwards from friends! Facebook updates!

Breaking AP news! Nigerian lottery winnings! Spam from Viagra and Cialis!) and slipping away from my wife’s attention. I know that is rude and when I am caught, I do not protest; the BlackBerry goes back into its case and my attention goes back to her. I’m distracted, not stupid. I know she deserves my full attention, love and support, and nothing that ever appears on my precious is going to compare to her words, gestures and needs.

So, my wife takes center stage and the BlackBerry goes in the corner, out of reach, where it rests untouched and out of the way of our relationship.

As long as my peripheral vision can see that red light when it flashes.

Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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OPINION

JANUARY 31, 2010

SHREDDING THE CURTAIN

The New Corporatocracy Conflicts and emergencies

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hope I never hear another so- line. The paltry amount of cash that called conservative talking head working men and women have as start spouting drivel about “lib- disposable income to donate to caneral” activist judges. After the recent didates or causes will be completely Supreme Court ruling, any scintilla ineffective against these monetary of credibility they ever professed juggernauts. Hate your big banks? to have on the subject is shot to Too bad! They’ll have the best politihell. Talk about legislating from the cians money can buy. Mad at the oil bench! Evidently, it’s the Constitu- companies? You’re nuts if you think tion be damned, welcome to the New any politician is going to stand up for your concerns against Corporatocracy. the pressure they can The Roberts Court bring to bear. Insurhas set a new standard ance companies? The for hypocrisy. This trough is open, and is the guy who said we’ll be at their mercy. during his confirmaReform will come to tion hearings that mean anything that injudges were like umcreases the bottom line pires. It was not their of any special interest. job to make law, but Corporate governance to interpret it, while is here. A government paying close attention Don BURNARD of the company, by the to precedent. They then took a narrowly focused case company, and for the company.

What do you really think our and used it to overturn more than 100 years of precedents in campaign founding fathers intended? Were these finance law and to declare that cor- newfound corporate rights simply an porations have the same rights that oversight? That’s what the Supreme Court would like you to believe. individual citizens have.

Thomas Jefferson had a quote that So much for any credibility the five justices who were in the ma- the five Supreme Court justices overjority ever had. Of course, this was looked or willfully ignored in their accompanied by the usual blath- zeal to grant the New Corporatocracy ering about how this was what the control of our government. He said; “If the American people ever allow Founding Fathers had envisioned.

Now let’s take a look at what these private banks to control the issue of so called jurists have wrought. With their money, first by inflation and then this decision, they have opened up by deflation, the banks and corporathe corporate coffers to influence, tions that will grow up around them nay completely control election (the banks) will deprive the people of outcomes. I’m sure some of you are their property until their children will saying, “But unions can do the same, wake up homeless on the continent and you’re a union member, so why that their fathers conquered.” And Jefaren’t you pleased with this ruling?” ferson, I’m sure, never even heard of a Unions do not have near the money derivative or a hedge fund. I wonder to spend on elections that the cor- what he’d think today of our “too big porate interests have. Traditionally, to fail” banks. It doesn’t matter. Now unions have been outspent by 10 to the banks will have the ability to effect 15 times by business interests under elections so no meaningful reform of the old rules, and are pretty much any kind will ever see the light of day.

Lastly is the impact on what tapped out with available funds. By contrast, the Fortune 100 spends you’re going to be seeing near eleca fraction of 1 percent of its $605 tion time. If you think there are too billion in profits to buy politicians, many ads on now, wait until you see according to Jonathan Alter in the what’s coming soon to your living latest issue of Newsweek. room. Negative ads will rule the airSimply put, the New Corpora- ways, probably 24/7. tocracy has the ability to buy up all The only way I see out of this the advertising time in any race, be mess is to institute something I’ve it state, local, or federal, judicial or advocated previously: public finonjudicial, anywhere in the country. nancing of elections. If we’re going Then, presumably with a straight face, to keep our voices heard, we need to they claim that this will help stop cor- take the money out of politics, not ruption in politics! They don’t even flood it with corporate cash. have to target every race, they can just make examples of a couple of E-mail columnist Don Burnard at politicians and the others will fall in letters@toledofreepress.com.

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hen legislation is presented will say, “suspension” with a roll call to Toledo City Council, the of names by the assistant clerk of phrase “and declaring an courts; “emergency” with the roll call emergency” is often included. The word and then “passage” with the actual “emergency” conjures up something voice vote from each member.

Not everything can be an emerurgent, requiring a call to 911 or some gency. The city charter states: “No type of action that just cannot wait.

In government, their definition of measure making a grant, renewal, or “emergency” is more procedural than extension of a franchise, or of a spepredicament, and the request is not cial privilege, or regulating rates to always granted. An assignment of first be charged for service by any public utility, shall ever be dereading or to a committee clared an emergency for further public input measure.” can take place instead.

Council members At the Jan. 26 agenda must vote at a council review meeting, Mike meeting, unless there is Bell’s administration a conflict of interest in presented several pieces which they must abstain. of legislation with the Two possible conflicts of emergency clause. Perinterest were voiced at mission to enter into a contract with Lott Indus- Lisa Renee WARD the Jan. 26 agenda review meeting. tries Inc. for the purpose Councilman Rob Ludeman asked of providing seasonal employment opportunities was one of them. Council about a potential conflict of interest opted to list this as a first reading item in his voting on the city’s selection of Fifth Third Bank and KeyBank for instead of an emergency.

Two pieces of legislation on the banking and custodial services, since discrimination settlement claims of he does business with both banks.

Perlean Griffin and Dwayne Morehead Councilman D. Michael Collins said also contained the emergency clause. his wife being on the board of Lott InAfter returning from executive session, dustries could be a conflict of interest which excludes the public and media, in voting the proposed contract for the meeting adjourned without council seasonal workers.

Possible conflicts related to taking action. The three magic letters that would make this go before council spouses and family members as well as an emergency, “SEP,” were not heard. as other professional relationships can According to Gerald Dendinger, To- create gray areas. City Law Director Adam Loukx said he would speak to ledo clerk of council, SEP is defined as: S = suspension of the requirement for Ludeman in more detail to determine if a conflict exists. two readings; The Ohio Ethics Commission has E = emergency measure, effective set rules in place; it also issues adviupon mayor’s signature; P = final passage of the ordinance or sory opinions when a question exists that can not be answered by in-house resolution.

SEP was granted for several legal counsel like Loukx.

The general principle sounds pieces of legislation on Jan. 26. One was for a month-to-month contract simple as cited by the ethics commisfor biosolids recycling and disposal sion: “a public officer may not particiat the water reclamation facility pate in matters that involve his own fiuntil the formalized contract was nancial interests, or those of his family in place. Funding for the Basement or business associates.”

Flood Remediation Grant Program The pages and pages of advisory is another piece of legislation that opinions show how complicated it can was given SEP. be in determining what is a true conAs the “E” in “SEP” indicates, if flict of interest. the legislation is approved at the next Our desire for government transscheduled council meeting, it goes into parency could be compared to pareffect as soon as the mayor signs it. enting and teenage relationships. You Nonemergency legislation goes into ef- want the door to the room left open. fect 30 days after the mayor’s signature While you are not always going to in most cases. watch every movement, the door Even when the SEP is given, it being open lessens the chances of takes more than a simple majority anyone messing around. of council for it to be passed as an emergency; it requires two-thirds Lisa Renee Ward is Toledo Free Press support on the roll call for emer- fact checker and operator of the politgency. At council meetings, the chair ical blog Glass City Jungle.

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JUST BLOWING SMOKE

Saving Toledo’s ship of state E

ven in the midst of winter, we continue to sail the waves here in Toledo; and like any ship plying its trade in such weather, we search the horizon for ice.

There is little doubt as to why we do so, having suffered so long under the captaincy of Mayor Carleton S. Finkbeiner. For while he was praised in some quarters as the city’s No. 1 cheerleader, there is little doubt that his true legacy will be that of a misogynist misanthrope and maniacal ego-maniac who terrorized coworkers, antagonized business owners and neighboring governments and abused perhaps his best and only friend (a dog). He was truly a danger to the ship he sailed.

This image first came to mind as I listened to Brian Wilson on WSPD discussing the inaugural speech by Mike Bell, as he talked about taking charge of a sinking Titanic. There is much to recommend this comparison. I believe his point that this ship of state must first have the hole in its side plugged if any of the passengers aboard are to be saved is a valid one. I would take it even one step further perhaps, and say that it must first be recognized that there is a hole in the ship before we can begin to plug it.

Many of our local politicians have paid lip workers, even in the midst of this impending service to this impending doom, talking about crisis, which called for apparent sacrifices by finding a way to deal with the ever mounting some of Toledo’s unions, but their offerings were debt of the city, but few have made concrete illusory and temporary, with future budgets to proposals to deal with it. Pouring city money bear the burden of shortsightedness on the part into the Erie Street Market, the Imagination Sta- of both unions and city negotiators alike. But how could unions take the piteous tion (COSI for those of you who cries of the city seriously when don’t recognize the new name there was always money for swimyet), Southwyck and the Marina ming pools or flowers? How could District hardly seems the way. Yet anyone be asked to take the city’s such behavior seemed to pass with mounting debt seriously when little notice or objection by City those minding the purse strings of Council members during our rethe city so recklessly ignored it? cent past as they continued to pile Our new mayor cannot be congood money upon bad for one tent with paying lip service to the nonsensical project after another. issues, playing the same tired old Those doing with less alas were Tim HIGGINS tune (like the band on that ill-fated the taxpayers, paying increased trash fees to get a system of rotating trash days vessel) in yet another attempt to distract us while and finance trash cans and trucks that none the ship of state slowly sinks beneath the waves. seemed to want, while calls to privatize the For much like those traveling on that great liner, system went unheeded. Unheeded as well, went there are not enough lifeboats for all of us, and calls to go back to private ambulance service and any help that comes is still beyond view in the eliminate the need for the overtime budgets of distance. He cannot be a hidebound captain in dealing with the situation. Levying higher taxes city firefighters to fill the gaps in service.

New contracts were negotiated with city and decreasing city services will serve no better

than pumping the water out of the bilges and into the cabins of the ship.

He cannot expect to keep the vessel afloat with the temporary patches of selling some of the city’s real estate holdings. While they will perhaps buy him a year’s time, doing so in a depressed real estate market will do nothing to affect the long term sinking of the ship.

I have to say that I am happy with the state of the lifeboat drill going on in the City of Toledo. Before we know what departments might be thrown overboard to lighten the burden of the ship, we are warned that there might be new sacrifices to be made. Before the mayor can truly know how great are the resources the city might yet possess, he begins to float proposals to take more from its citizens.

Yes, Bell and Wilson are right that the ship of state must have the wound in its side plugged, but I fear that much of what we are seeing may prove of little use in the process. This time, Captain Bell, “more of the same” will not fill the gaping hole visible to all and save this ship of state.

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Jacobs is a retired prosecutor from the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office Civil and Juvenile Division. Zimmann is an assisting pastor of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Temperance, Mich. The board oversees procedures, policy and funding. Children Services works to protect children at risk for abuse and neglect.

SUPER BOWL XLIV

By Chris Schmidbuaer TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Lance Moore is used to being underestimated. It is something the New Orleans Saints wide receiver has been dealing with since he first set foot on a football field.

“It has been the story of my career ever since I was younger,” Moore said.

“People told me I was too small and that I couldn’t do this or I couldn’t do that.”

The Columbus, Ohio native never let the detractors get the best of him.

The 5 foot-9 inch, 190 pound receiver turned the negativity into a positive.

“I just used all of that doubt as motivation,” Moore said. “I kept working as hard as I could to try and achieve all of those things that people told me that I would never be able to do.”

Moore has made a habit of proving people wrong, but his biggest statement looms; on Feb. 7, he will hit the field in Miami to take part in Super Bowl XLIV. A day after New Orleans’ thrilling 31-28 overtime victory against the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game, Moore said the magnitude of it all still has not set in.

“It is still a little surreal, and it hasn’t really hit me all the way yet,” he said.

“But as the game approaches and we go through some of the practices, I think it will start to sink in. Once we hit the ground in South Florida, I think it will hit me then that I am getting ready to play in the Super Bowl.”

Rocketing to the top By football standards, Moore is not the prototypical wide receiver. Compared to his counterparts, Moore is small to play the position in college,

let alone the pros. But that did not stop former UT head coach Tom Amstutz from recruiting him out of Westerville South High School.

“He is a player that jumped out at you when you looked at the film,” Amstutz said. “You don’t make plays because of how big or small you are.

You make plays on the football field because you work hard, and that is what Lance does.”

Amstutz said he and his staff realized in 2001, after Moore accepted a scholarship to play for the Rockets, that they had found a “diamond in the AMSTUTZ rough.”

“He was definitely a guy that we had to have on our football team,” Amstutz said.

Moore did not disappoint. Moore left UT as its all-time leading receiver in yards and catches. The records stood until this year when Stephen Williams broke them both.

Amstutz said that while Moore was a star on the field for the Rockets, he was just as much of one off it.

“I have never coached a more respected player than Lance Moore,” he said. “Lance inspired our guys to play harder and to give their all for us. He did everything he could to help our teams out, and he was determined that he was not going to be outworked by anyone else,” Amstutz said.

Moore is just as grateful for the opportunity the Rockets gave him.

“My time in Toledo was just unbelievable,” he said. “I won three conference championships while I was there, and the things that I learned on and

off the football field have prepared me for who I am today.”

While the Mid-American Conference does not get as much attention as some of the other football conferences, Moore is a staunch defender of the competition it presents.

“We always faced good, tough teams” he said. “From an offensive standpoint, I felt that it made me appreciate how sharp you have to be to compete. I feel that has definitely given me a leg up so far in the NFL.” Amstutz agreed.

“I think the style of football we play in the MAC is a very exciting style of football,” Amstutz said. “You look at guys like Lance and Ben Roethlisberger and they both played in our conference. That shows that our brand of football in the conference prepares guys for that next level.”

The NFC championship game between the Saints and the Vikings meant that two of coach Amstutz’s former players would face off against each other for the right to play in Miami.

Chester Taylor, a former running back for the Rockets, played for the Vikings.

After the Saints won the game, one of the first people to call Moore to congratulate him was his old coach.

“I just told him to enjoy himself and to soak in the moments that the next couple of weeks would present to him,” Amstutz said. “I am excited for him because this is a chance of a lifetime for him. I couldn’t be more proud and happy for him.”

Moore said he is thankful for the unique relationship he shares with Amstutz. The two still talk often.

“Coach was always there for me, and I wish I could talk to him more,” he said. “I am glad we are still so close.”

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Sidelined The 2009-10 season was supposed to be the one in which Moore took the next step. After a breakout year during the 2008-09 campaign, Moore was expected be a crucial piece in the Saints’ pass-happy offense.

Unfortunately for Moore, ankle and hamstring injuries sidelined him for much of this season. “I had never missed a game, let alone nine games like I did this year,� he said. “But I didn’t have much of a choice.�

Moore said the mental anguish was just as difficult to deal with as the physical injuries. “I had to work through many of the mind games. I knew that it was only a matter of time before I played again, and I just had to keep working hard to get back out there.�

Despite Moore’s injury, the Saints won their first 13 games in a row, en route to a record of 13-3. Even though New Orleans was the top seed in the NFC, they were still not a favorite to reach the Super Bowl. “We knew many of the analysts were not giving us a chance to get to Miami,� Moore said. “I think that we kind of surprised many people, but we were confident all along that we were going to get there.�

The Saints will face the Indianapolis Colts, the champions of the AFC, in the Super Bowl. The Colts are led by Peyton Manning, who was named the NFL’s most valuable

player for the fourth time. Moore and the Saints know they are going to be in for a test come Feb. 7. “Any time you have to face a guy like Peyton Manning, you know you are going to be in for a fight,� he said. “Their defense has been playing extremely well as of late, too. We are definitely going to need to show up ready to play.�

As if facing the Colts was not enough of a challenge, Moore and the Saints will face all of the extra events and hoopla that come with being a participant on Super Bowl Sunday. However, the fifth year receiver is confident that New Orleans will be ready to deal with the added distractions. “Luckily, Coach (Sean) Payton has been to a Super Bowl before when he was an assistant with the New York Giants,�

Moore said. “So he knows what it is like, and I am sure he will have a great plan to handle all the extra things that go with playing in a Super Bowl.�

Moore has not allowed his mind to wander too far ahead, but he and the Saints have one goal in mind come kickoff of Super Bowl XLIV: “We just want to win it all,� he said.

When asked if he had dreamt of catching the winning touchdown pass to win the big game, Moore’s answer, as always, embodied the spirit of being a team leader. “I just want to win,� he said. “It does not matter if I catch four touchdowns or if I stay on the sidelines most of the time. I just am going to go out and do whatever I can to help my team bring home a championship and hoist the Lombardi Trophy.�

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Win one for the Bayou When Lance Moore signed with New Orleans in the fall of 2005, the Saints were a team without a home. The city was still reeling from the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, and the Saintsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; home stadium, the Superdome, was still in ruins after the storm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I signed with the team, it was a couple of weeks after the storm, and they were stationed in San Antonio at the time,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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For a city that has not had much to cheer about as of late, the Saintsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Super Bowl berth has become a source of pride for the still-recovering city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This team had never won anything before and has never been to a Super Bowl before. The possibility of giving these fans and this city something that they have never had is something we want to do.â&#x20AC;?

Moore said he could not help but think what a championship would mean to this city that has suffered so much hardship in the last five years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want the fans to be able to say that they witnessed and were a part of history. This city has struggled since I have gotten here, and to be able to give a championship to these people is a great opportunity and I am excited to be a part of the effort.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chris Schmidbauer

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Bell tells task force to ‘think outside the box’

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At the first two Citizen’s Special Investigation (CSI) meetings, Jan. 25 and Jan. 27, Toledo Mayor Mike Bell encouraged members to “think outside the box” when it came to ideas on how reduce city expenditures.

“Everything is on the table. In pursuit of moving forward, options are wide open,” Bell said.

The CSI task force will make recommendations on how Bell’s administration can tackle a nearly $44 million general fund shortfall for 2010, which includes a $9 million carry-over deficit from 2009.

The two meetings covered what Bell’s administration has been examining within the budget as well as discussions of what the CSI group’s role would be.

Steve Herwat, deputy mayor for internal operations, shared that the administration had been looking line by line through former Mayor Carty Finkbeiner’s proposed 2010 budget and that the CSI’s job would be to make “bigger picture” suggestions.

The city has been exploring ideas to increase resources in the taxation division to more aggressively go after the $21 million of outstanding income tax, is looking at benefits the city would gather from selling certain properties and is examining new tactics for collecting red light camera violations, including legislation to boot cars or keep drivers from getting their

license renewed. The city is also examining concessions with union and non-union employees on health care and pension benefits.

Bell has not proposed any layoffs to help balance the budget because taxpayers are paying for a service and they should get what they pay for, he said. If the city cut all nonessential employees it would gain $13.5 million toward balancing the budget.

However, Bell noted that cuts may be BELL necessary for the city to be operating as lean as possible.

When presenting the balanced budget to Toledo City Council, the cuts are going to start on the floor of the mayor’s office, Herwat said. The mayor’s office currently works at $256,000 less annually than former Mayor Finkbeiner’s office, even with promotions and raises for a few employees.

Bell acknowledged the city may have to increase taxes to help cover the budget shortfall. The city has an income tax at 2.25 percent, a number that hasn’t increased since 1983.

“We have to face a reality about our current tax; it hasn’t been raised since 1983. How many things do you know haven’t risen in cost since 1983?

So that’s part of the issue. We haven’t raised anything, we’ve had people

leave our city, we’ve had businesses leave our city. We have to be able to balance this budget,” he said.

If voters approve an increase in income tax from 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent, the city could generate $7.5 million by July 1.A proposed tax increase would have a sunset clause associated with it that starts once Toledo was out of economic difficulty it would cease, Bell said.

When it came to generating ideas to combat the budget, Bell told the CSI committee to speak openly and feel free to “rip” the city if need be.

“It is important that you challenge us. This is exactly what we’re trying to get done. The people out there are going to challenge us,” Bell said. “If you have those red flag questions, get them to us so we can start looking for ourselves. If something sounds like B.S. ask us to explain and justify it.”

At the Jan. 25 meeting, CSI members suggested the city consider examining the city’s 60 capital funds as sources of revenue for things that are coming out of the general fund.

At the Jan. 27 meeting, the city determined that Herwat’s salary, which is funded 100 percent by the general fund, could be funded by other areas, with only 20 percent coming out of the general fund.

Other suggestions made by CSI members included a possible entertainment tax, having citizens pay for their trash cans and selling back taxes to a third party to collect similar to

what the county did previously. Additionally, the task force suggested the city examine the properties they lease and consider having the lessees cover utility costs instead of the city.

Bell asked CSI members to forward ideas on how to balance the budget.

He said his office will meet Jan. 30 and Jan. 31 to compile a preliminary list.

“We need to start pulling the trigger. Put something on paper so we have a list of what we’re proposing and will be discussing,” Bell said.

The task force consists of 13 individuals. Members include union leaders, professors and business leaders.

The group will meet twice a week while developing recommendations for Mayor Bell’s administration on how to balance the budget.

The city must submit a balanced budget to city council and have it approved by March 31.

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Forums collect public input on ‘branding’

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Toledo Brand Initiative hosted community forums on Jan. 25, Jan. 26, Jan. 27 and Jan. 28 to gather feedback from area residents to help “brand” the region.

The public and private partnership aimed at “branding” Toledo hosted the summits to engage local residents to share what is good and bad about the region. Through the summits the group hopes to define how the region sees itself and in turn develop a campaign to market Toledo.

“So far folks have really participated and have had great opinions. We’re not trying to do this in a vacuum. I think the feedback so far has been fabulous.

Our big fear was no one would be willing to talk, and our second big fear was that comments would be negative but it’s been exactly the opposite of that,” said Keith BURWELL Burwell, president of Toledo Community Foundation and committee member of the Toledo Brand Initiative.

Applied Storytelling, a brand development firm based in Berkeley, Calif., facilitated the public forums.

“The caliber of discussion and the insight people are bringing is really substantial,” said Eric La Brecque, a principal at Applied Storytelling. “It is enormously valuable. Even to the point of not only ideas, which people are discussing and taking different views on, but even specific phrases resonate.”

The forums allowed residents to give their feedback about the region through discussions and interactive surveys.

“Toledo is our town. This is our home. Toledo is it,” said Don Monroe, a Toledo resident who attended the community forum at the library. “I said everything about the city is great and it is. There are just so many people that piss and moan there is nothing to do, but I disagree.”

Fritz Hany, a judge, drove from Port Clinton to participate.

“I think this is so positive,” he said. “There’s so much we all have in common and we have to come together because we shouldn’t be competing against each other... We need to set aside our differences because we’re competing globally.”

Regionalism and uniting different areas was a common theme.

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gether and making Northwest Ohio and the Toledo area be all it can be,” said Sue McHugh, a Sylvania resident who attended a forum at Olander Park.

Two more public forums will take place, Feb. 2 at Maumee City Hall

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By Kristen Rapin TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR krapin@toledofreepress.com

Toledo Christian Schools (TCS) preschool through 12th grade, will host an open house from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 6.

“I think it’s important for parents to see the changes at TCS this year. It behooves parents to see the physical changes, as well as the growth we continue to make in academics and the Biblical-based teachings,” said Mike Chivalette, superintendent of TCS. “They’ll see we’re really excited about everything that is going on and they should get excited and want to be involved as well.”

The open house will allow students and parents to meet the schools faculty and staff, tour the facilities and learn about academics, athletic and extracurricular programs.

The schools have an aggressive three-year plan geared towards academics, spiritual growth and leadership, Chivalette said.

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The school recently constructed a new parking lot and drop-off area, changed the landscaping and revamped the elementary school library.

The school will re-do the gymnasium in the next year and will offer courses in the high school for college credit, Chivalette said.

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The Fetterman Training Center, UTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new indoor multipurpose athletic facility, will be introduced to the public with an official dedication Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m.

Fans with tickets to the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball game against Buffalo that night will have the opportunity to attend the dedication and tour the facility before the game. UT President Dr. Lloyd Jacobs and Athletic Director Michael Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien will speak at the dedication. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fetterman Training Center is a natural extension of the renovated Savage Arena and symbolizes our desire to provide the best for our student athletes as they mature into tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaders,â&#x20AC;? Jacobs said in a statement released before the dedication. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fetterman family has set an excellent example for our students on what it means to give back to oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community,â&#x20AC;? he stated.

The new facility is named after Hal and Susan Fetterman who donated $1 million toward the $9 million cost of the project. The Fettermans, who re-

side in Florida for much of the year, will not attend the dedication. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our gift is our priority and not any recognition for it. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud that all students will benefit from that gift,â&#x20AC;?

Hal said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;God has been good to us and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy to give something back to the community.â&#x20AC;?

Fetterman didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to college but his daughter, two sons-in-law and a grandson are UT graduates and another grandson is a senior there. He was a successful businessman and resident of the Toledo area for many years before retiring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re deeply grateful to the Fettermans whose generous donation helped make construction of this new facility possible,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien said.

The remainder of the project was paid for with institutional funding as part of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building Championsâ&#x20AC;? campaign conducted by UT. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the completion of this center, renovation of Savage Arena and addition of the Sullivan Athletic Complex to the Glass Bowl Stadium, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re comparable to all schools in the MAC when it comes to athletic facilities,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien said. â&#x2013; FETTERMAN CONTINUES ON A15

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JANUARY 31, 2010 ■ FETTERMAN CONTINUED FROM A14 The 90,400 square-foot facility features a 100-yard football field with the same FieldTurf surface as in the Glass Bowl, a regulation basketball and volleyball court, sprint lanes and a long jump pit for track and a golf practice room with lockers rooms for the men’s and women’s golf teams.

The project includes improvements to the adjacent outdoor track with permanent bleacher seating, elevated viewing

platforms, and a press box for viewing both outdoor and indoor events.

The practice field can be used by football, soccer, baseball, softball and other sports.

It includes goal posts, a game scoreboard and a 65-foot high ceiling at its peak to allow for kicking and punting during practices.

The enclosed basketball/volleyball court has two portable and four fixed baskets with a game scoreboard. It will be used primarily for basketball and

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The former wooden floor from Savage Arena was refinished and saved $150,000. Two new locker rooms will be used by visiting teams playing in Savage Arena.

The 3,500 square-foot golf practice area located below the basketball practice court features driving cages, chipping and putting areas with customized turf and a video swing analysis center.

The center, which is connected to

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The Fetterman Training Center drew praises from the coaches and players who will begin using the new facilities for spring training.

“These facilities are important when coaches are recruiting athletes who are considering playing here,” O’Brien said. “They can even help recruit coaches who will want to coach here when they see these facilities.”

The center includes many “green” energy-saving features and environmentally friendly materials, according to Chris Ewald, vice president of SSOE Inc., architect of record for the project.

SSOE also designed the renovation of Savage Arena and was retained to provide the design work for the Fetterman Center, said Ewald, senior project manager for both.

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The geothermal heating and cooling system includes 42 wells running 300 feet deep under the practice field. Water is circulated through a closed-loop system to heat the facility in the winter and keep it cooler in the summer.

The geothermal system requires 50 to 70 percent less energy than traditional systems and the savings will pay for it in approximately three years, Ewald said.

The “cool roof ” made of a light colored material doesn’t increase the temperature inside the building.

Custom lighting reflects off the inside of the roof to provide more natural light, Ewald said.

SSOE served as construction manager for the project. Another local firm, Rudolph/Libbe provided the pre-engineered structure and general trades contracts for the facility.

Numerous other local companies served as contractors or suppliers for the project.

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City more active in regional economic plan

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

The City of Toledo intends to take a more active role in regional economic development and other business issues that affect the community according to Dean Monske, deputy mayor for external affairs.

“The City of Toledo is back at the table for collaboration on economic development,” Monske said. “Mayor (Mike) Bell and I are in 100 percent agreement on this.”

“The mayor understands that Toledo’s future is tied to Northwest Ohio’s future and vice versa. We plan to share and utilize the region’s resources working with the other great partners on that team,” Monske said.

Monske accepted the new position with Bell’s administration after being part of the collaborative effort in his previous position with the Regional Growth Partnership (RGP).

Monske was involved in RGP’s participation in the development of the original Meta-Plan with MONSKE the Chamber of Commerce, Port Authority and UT. That plan has evolved into the Toledo Regional Economic Plan.

“We’re ecstatic about working with Dean Monske and the City of Toledo.

We have received a 100-percent com-

mitment from Mayor Bell for the city’s involvement in moving forward with the economic plan,” said Paul Toth, president and CEO of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, after meeting with Mayor Bell and Monske Jan. 22.

Steve Weathers, president and CEO of RGP, said that Monske’s move to the city “is a win-win for everybody. It was a loss for RGP but good for Toledo and regional economic development.”

“We’re delighted the city has expressed a new willingness to be a more active participant in that forum. We’ve got to speak in a unified voice as a region. Having the city be part of that voice will be very helpful,” said UT President Dr. Lloyd Jacobs.

He believes it’s necessary to have collaboration between academic sector, led by UT, private business, and the

public sector including all government units to be successful in improving the region’s economy and quality of life.

“We’ve been a leader in developing the idea that a great university is a sustainer of the community in every way, providing education, research and outreach with its technical knowledge base to raise the quality of healthcare and life,” Jacobs said.

D’Naie Jacobs-Hart, associate director of economic development and engagement at UT, is involved in its activities with economic development agencies in making the university’s resources available to the community.

“The city would have a role in every one of the key areas of the Toledo Regional Economic Plan,” Toth said.

Those five strategic areas include:

1. Brand Northwest Ohio as a mega-region for energy, manufacturing and transportation.

2. Pool resources in the region’s industry clusters to create a globally competitive market.

3. Retain local graduates and retrain the work force.

4. Invest in assets restoring prosperity to the core city development areas for business attraction and expansion.

5. Create resources for joint development of the region’s economic delivery system.

The region has identified five cluster areas of strength for Northwest Ohio that include advanced and alternative energy, advanced manufacturing and materials, biosciences, transportation and logistics and architecture, engineering and construction.

Cooperation in tough economic times promises brighter future

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ore than one year into the most grim to the region. Economic development organieconomic situation in generations, To- zations are partnering to attract investors and ledo and Northwest Ohio remain as firms to Northwest Ohio.

You probably recognize most of hard-hit as any community in the the players in the Toledo Regional United States. Local, state and fedEconomic Forum — the Toledoeral budget holes leave elected offiLucas County Port Authority, the cials forced to make painful cuts in Regional Growth Partnership, the services or adopt policies that may Toledo Regional Chamber of Comretard economic recovery. Unemmerce, the Toledo Metropolitan ployment remains high.

Area Council of Governments, the The eventual comeback will be Lucas County Improvement Corp., uneven and frustratingly slow at the City of Toledo, and UT. times, but this city and this region UT has taken on a unique role have laid the groundwork to take Rick STANSLEY in local economic development advantage of that recovery to a dethrough UT Innovation Enterprises, a separate gree not seen in this community before.

Even before the recession hit, the goals and 501(c)(3) that serves as the institution’s economic efforts of economic development organizations development arm. As important as incubating and in Northwest Ohio were starting to align. Ob- commercializing technology from university retaining credit for attracting jobs to the region is searchers is, the effort by Innovation Enterprises no longer as important as simply attracting jobs also serves as a gateway for entrepreneurs, business

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leaders and venture capitalists who have ideas or capital but aren’t sure how to reach into the university’s vast economic development resources.

Innovation Enterprises hopes to be one “spoke of the wheel” of many economic development organizations in the community that is assisting existing companies to develop new technologies and helping attract new companies to our area. We are more likely to be successful as we create a streamlined economic development “ecosystem” that is easy for everyone to understand and navigate.

The development of this “ecosystem” along with the use of knowledge-based economic development has proved fruitful. Millions of dollars in solar and alternative energy research funding to UT researchers during the past two and a half decades has led to Toledo becoming central to solar research and production.

That research has helped create a critical mass with its own gravitational pull as more solar experts look to Toledo for innovation in the field.

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The same is increasingly true for other areas, or clusters, of industrial strength, including advanced materials and manufacturing, the biosciences, transportation and logistics, architecture, engineering and construction services. Like solar and alternative energy jobs at companies that include First Solar and Xunlight, many of these clusters take advantage of the region’s manufacturing expertise.

While it still feels like we’re running through knee-deep water right now, once the tidal wave of this recession recedes, the region is well-positioned to come together as a team to take advantage of better economic weather. It will mean more jobs, more businesses, a stronger tax base and a community in ascendance.

Rick Stansley is chairman of the Board for University of Toledo Innovation Enterprises and previously served as a UT Board of Trustees member, including three years as its chairman.

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Federal stimulus funds put intermodal development back on track

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This document shows lawmakers that the people here know what they want and have a plan for how to get there. TMACOG also hosted the third Ohio Conference on Freight, the only conference of its kind and one that fosters cooperation and innovation among all modes of freight movement.

Promoting the Transportation Legislative Agenda and presenting the next Ohio Conference on Freight are part of our work in 2010. We are also preparing for a second round of ARRA funds. This will again be on a very fast track, requiring TMACOG and local governments to move quickly through the steps of identifying projects, evaluating, estimating costs, bidding and getting under contract. Having our local goals clearly in mind helps all parties make good, confident, decisions.

TMACOG will also be addressing the goals of our region’s long term transportation plan: “On the Move: 2007-2035 Transportation Plan.”

Approved in 2007, it’s now time for a community review to see if our goals are still the same and to

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oledo Metropolitan Area Chamber of Key projects planned for the future include Governments (TMACOG) contributes improvements to our regional freeways, rail to the Toledo Regional Economic Plan as system, seaport and airport. One such project, the lead transportation planning widening of Interstate-75 between agency, coordinating plans for all Perrysburg and Findlay, will add transportation modes in Northwest extra lanes to safely accommodate Ohio and Southeast Michigan. For increased truck traffic anticipated the past several years, community from the CSX intermodal hub leaders and transportation profesnear North Baltimore. Work is sionals in the region have spoken also moving ahead on the Norloud and clear about the opportufolk Southern Airline Junction nities that will be created through Intermodal Yard. In passenger rail development of a solid intermodal news, Ohio has funding to advance system. Business and governments Anthony REAMS engineering studies on the Ohio are steadily improving facilities in all Hub. The hub is the long-term modes — roads, rails, seaports, airports — and we plan for a network of high-speed passenger rail routes connecting Ohio cities and connecting have sound plans to tie them together effectively.

In the past year, allocations from the Amer- to neighboring states and provinces.

In other actions to promote the region’s inican Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) have allowed us to press ahead on the goals of termodal system, TMACOG and all regional the Toledo-Regional Economic Plan, including transportation stakeholders are finalizing the important elements of an intermodal system. 2010-2011 Transportation Legislative Agenda.

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The everyday commuter who is coping with the inconvenience of a highway project can take heart in the knowledge that our regional transportation plans make sense and are real improvements. In our region, the $1.7 billion transportation logistics industry is a critical cross-cutting cluster that knits our entire $73.7 billion regional economy together. Our investments in regional highway, transit, rail, air and water transportation systems provide unparalleled access to work, recreation, education, healthcare, and all the activities that sustain our economy and enrich family life. Our goal is a fully developed intermodal system that is integrated with commuter and passenger systems. Such a system has the potential to be an economic engine for the whole region.

Anthony L. Reams, president, Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG).

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Regional Growth Partnership will continue proactive outreach

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uring the past 100 years, business development will continue Northwest Ohio has built an its proactive outreach to national site extraordinary reputation as a consultants, promoting our regional successful manufacturing giant on the advantages for business and will also strength of a dedicated, committed and target major corporations in key industry clusters. productive work force.

In its effort to help in Yet in today’s global creating a knowledgeeconomy, we recognize based entrepreneurial that long-term growth environment, the RGP will not come from just offers considerable rethose traditional manufacsources through its turing sectors. It is critical major technology prothat our region identify grams — Launch and growth areas where we Rocket Ventures. can be more competitive, Launch is a program particularly in the knowl- Steve WEATHERS designed to provide edge-based industries.

To become more innovative, we must business assistance services, at little commit to transitioning our economy or no cost, to early-stage technology to one that is growing, more diverse and companies in Northwest Ohio. Many technology-related firms have alglobally competitive.

The success of transforming the re- ready taken advantage of Launch sergion’s economy will depend on the col- vices to help their companies grow laborative efforts of many private, public and create new wealth and goodand academic organizations and indi- paying jobs. During the past few viduals, and the Regional Growth Part- years, Launch has helped in creating nership (RGP) is committed to working 130 technology-related jobs, paying with all partners across the region to an average annual salary of $52,000.

In addition, Launch has generated stimulate this transition and growth.

Those partnerships start with the an economic impact in excess of $78 RGP’s business development team, million, which includes income, inwhich works collaboratively in its ef- vestment and grants.

Rocket Ventures is a pre-seed earlyforts to facilitate economic development and communicate with key site stage venture fund for technologylocation decision makers. In 2010, based entities and companies in Ohio.

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Through its first two years, Rocket Ventures has commercialized 63 companies, leading to the creation of more than 400 jobs. Rocket Ventures has also made nine investments in technology companies worth more than $3.7 million. In addition, the venture fund has awarded 29 Ignite Development Grants totaling $1.4 million.

To best communicate the successes and assets of our region, the RGP has

utilized a national and international editorial marketing program. In four years, this direct outreach program to reporters and editors has generated positive stories about Northwest Ohio in such top-tier outlets as Newsweek magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox Business News, ABC World News, The Economist and The Financial Times.

While the RGP is proud of its ac-

complishments, we will continue to set higher standards by implementing an aggressive strategic plan focused on results and achievements. With the commitment and collaboration of partners across the region, we will continue our successful transition toward an innovative, globally competitive economy.

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Port Authority refocuses regional efforts T

he Toledo region, along with many communities throughout the country, experienced challenging times in 2009.

We saw unemployment rise and jobs in most employment sectors con-

tinued to be shed. However, these difficult times have forced many public agencies and private companies to refocus their missions and resources. The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority is no exception. In

2009, the port authority eliminated more than $1 million in expenses.

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fected passenger travel, Toledo Excreation efforts.

The port authority has also re- press Airport remains an attractive focused its efforts on its mission of alternative to the congestion and long developing the community’s most waits at larger airports. The average significant transportation assets. In wait time for going through security at Toledo Express Air2009, the port authority port is under 15 minutes. was the recipient of For business travelers more than $30 million time is money, so Toledo in grants for the develExpress is an attractive opment and expansion option for local compaof the port of Toledo. nies. In addition, TransWhile the port authority portation Security Adhad previously identiministration screeners fied this redevelopment at Toledo Express are as one of its major iniamong the highest rated tiatives back in 2008, Paul TOTH in the country for their the port believed that thoroughness, profesthis process would take up to 10 years to complete. With the sionalism and customer service. For infusion of these grant dollars, this further information on flights out of development window should be re- Toledo Express Airport, go to www. duced to approximately three years. toledoexpress.com.

At Toledo Express Airport we This means that the port’s ability to are also diversiexpand on its ecofying the activinomic impact to to expand the the community Redevelopment of ties development of will occur much cargo traffi c.

In sooner. the port will allow the 2009, the port auThis redevelopment of the port Port Authority and its thority, along with its partner in the will allow the port Lucas County Imauthority and its partner, Midwest provement Corpartner, Midwest received Terminals, to bring Terminals, to bring poration more than $6 milmore diverse cargo to the facility. more diverse cargo to lion in grants to develop air cargo More diverse cargo capacity at Toledo translates into the facility. More Express. more opportuThese funds nity for additional diverse cargo translates will be used to employment and economic impact. into more opportunity expand on BAX Global’s ability to One example of this can be seen in for additional employ- offer transportation solutions to the acquisition of clients and seek new, more efficient, ment and economic its new cargo opporequipment that can move more signifi- impact. One example of tunities. Perhaps just as significant tonnage, such as wind towers and this can be seen in the cantly, these grant funds will help the blades.

With the re- acquisition of new, more community retain more than 800 development of and add new the port and the efficient, equipment.” jobs jobs in the future. creation of shovel Looking ahead ready sites associ— Paul Toth to 2010 and beated with the port and its transportation assets, the yond, there are a number of reasons community is uniquely positioned to to have optimism. Northwest Ohio take advantage of new development should be proud of the fact that opportunities, especially those that while faced with this economic adare being created in the alternative versity, we are choosing to refocus energy field. These types of oppor- upon our most important goals and tunities must have several options in find creative ways and collaborative terms of transportation of its product means us to accomplish those goals. and access to a diverse and skilled Together, we will. work force. The port of Toledo has an abundance of both.

Paul Toth is president and CEO of the Though economic times have af- Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority.

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Small Business Development Center helps retain jobs

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hat started in 2007 as the Economic Meta-Plan — a joint planning exercise between the major economic development organizations — has evolved into the Toledo Regional Economic Plan.

The plan simply coordinates the interrelationships among various agencies to eliminate duplication and increase effectiveness by targeting Mark the delivery of economic development services.

One of the results of the plan is the [on-going] monthly meetings between the principals of the various economic development groups to discuss development opportunities for the community, eliminate or minimize obstacles, share development information and plan for improvement of not only the process of economic development, but of the climate for business growth as well.

Another result of the early metaplan process was the identification of industry clusters. Through his research, Neil Reid, director of the

UT Urban Affairs Center, identified some logical local industry clusters.

Clusters are businesses that have a relationship or are connected through buyerseller relationships or share a common market, labor force skills or natural resources.

One such cluster that has been extremely important for the Northwest Ohio economy includes the many architectural, V’SOSKE engineering and construction businesses in the region. Subsequently, an association called TRACE — Toledo Regional Architects, Contractors and Engineers — was formed to provide the structure enabling the numerous TRACE partners to collaborate on local, regional, national and international projects.

By joining together, TRACE companies can better compete with anyone in providing complete project delivery services — meaning increased jobs and revenue into our region.

Each of the economic development organizations involved in the Toledo Regional Economic Plan have certain

strengths such as marketing and business development, business retention services, financing programs, workforce development and training programs, technology transfer assistance and others. The Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce has had a particular impact on the development of small businesses.

The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce works in close partnership and coordination with all of the regional economic development resources to assist area businesses. Its reach includes all of the nine counties in Region 2 with subcenters in Defiance and Fremont, as well as the Manufacturing SBDC and the International Trade Assistance Center at UT. In the past, 80 percent of the clients were startup companies.

However, due to the impact of the country’s economic downturn, that number is now reversed with eighty percent of the clients being existing businesses needing help to remain in business.

In response to the need, the SBDC developed a team of high-level consultants to work with the clients on an

as-needed basis. The team includes CPAs, CFOs, attorneys, IT professionals and sales/marketing consultants who are providing financial reviews and development of cash flow projections to help owners to operate their businesses more effectively.

They also provide an analysis of how businesses can access new markets or re-engineer their product to open up new opportunities.

Ohio University annually measures the total economic impact of the SBDC network. The most recent report just for Region 2 shows 5,226 jobs created and retained representing a payroll of more than $258 million and an economic impact of those jobs in the economy of $1.3 billion.

Continuing the collaboration, sharing and targeting of efforts, and communication among all of the economic development organizations that started back in 2007 will continue to reap economic benefits for our region and position us for even more success as the national economy improves.

Mark A. V’Soske is president of the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.

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Ohio University annually measures the total economic impact of the SBDC network. The most recent report just for Region 2 shows 5,226 jobs created and retained representing a payroll of more than $258 million and an economic impact of those jobs in the economy of $1.3 billion.”

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Toledoan reinforces ‘warrior’ creed: The buck stops here

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ecently, the Retirement Guys had an opportunity to attend a business conference in the city of San Diego. It was sure nice to get a break from the cold weather in Toledo. The temperatures were in the 70’s each day and although we were inside attending meetings much of the time, we had the chance to enjoy some rays of sunshine.

At the conference, we attended various business strategy sessions and came away with some great ideas on how to better serve our clients. We even had one of our meeting sessions aboard the U.S.S. Midway. This meeting raised money for a great charity called Special Ops Warrior Foundation. The organization pays for the college education for children

of special operations military soldiers who have died serving our country.

We had the opportunity to meet a young lady whose father died serving our country. And guess what? Her name is Melinda Petrignani originally from Toledo, graduating from Clay High School in 2004.

What are the chances of running into her in San Diego? Her Mark father, Michael D. Nolan Rudess from Oregon, Ohio, was killed in a training accident in 1986. Shrapnel from a demolition exercise struck him

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near the heart. He served in Company A in the 1st Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment and received the Army Commendation Medal.

Melinda was less than a year old when her father passed away and was his only child.

Melinda attended DePaul University in Chicago, and graduated in 2008 with a Bachelors of Business AdminisCLAIR tration. She is living BAKER in Scottsdale, Ariz. and studying to take the GMAT so that she can study for an MBA.

The conference had several excellent speakers, among them David Walker who was the former comptroller and head of the Government Accountability Office; Scott McKain, an expert in customer service; and Andy Andrews, bestselling author of the book “The Traveling Gift.”

While we enjoyed all of the speakers at the conference, I (Mark) was especially struck by Andrews. He had a way of talking that captivated the audience. He spoke with a southern accent and was extremely funny in delivering his speech. His book is a fiction book that illustrates the seven principles that are keys to success in life. I have obtained a copy and am currently part way through it. As the Retirement Guys, we are constantly looking for

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ways to advise our clients on how best to achieve the relaxing and successful retirement that they deserve. Of the seven principles, I am through the first four and believe that they can be used to help our clients and how our clients plan. We always say on our radio show that we are all about information and the key is obtaining good information and applying it.

The first principle in “The Traveling Gift” is “the buck stops here.” In other words, nobody is responsible for your life and your circumstances.

The sooner you accept this, the sooner you can begin to plan to make your life better. You won’t gain anything by sitting around complaining about bad things that have happened. The second principle is “seek wise counsel.”

In other words, find a good source and get the information you can use to better your situation. Our Web site is full of free information and a schedule of upcoming educational meetings.

Please feel free to take advantage of it. The third principle is “be a person of action.” This goes back to what was mentioned earlier about not only getting the information, but applying it.

The fourth principle is “make a decision.” So many people get the information and do not make a decision on how to apply it. This is like getting the football down to the 1-yard line and then quitting the game and failing to score a touchdown.

I don’t know what the fifth, sixth and seventh principles are yet, but if they are good ones, I will let you know. Our friend Melinda has taken responsibility for her life even though she has experienced the tragedy of losing her father. She is acquiring education to give her the necessary skills to help her make decisions that will lead to a good life. No matter what stage you are in life, what are you doing to improve your life? My 94-year-old grandfather told me he is still learning and improving. I was amazed and thought what he told me was wise advice. Seek wise counsel, make a decision and take action. The buck stops with you.

Got a question for The Retirement Guys? Send your e-mails to letters@ToledoFreePress.com or you can reach them by calling 419-8420550. Securities are offered through NEXT Financial Group Inc., Member FINRA / SIPC. The Retirement Guys are not an affiliate of NEXT Financial Group. Their office is located at 1700 Woodlands Drive, Suite 100, Maumee, OH 43537.

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Authors relate business theory to football

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

While America is watching the Super Bowl on Feb. 7, many things fans will see on the field are great lessons for people in business, according to the local authors of the book, “The Two-Minute Drill: Lessons for Rapid Organizational Improvement from America’s Greatest Game.”

The textbook for achieving rapid change in business was published by three local academic and business leaders, Clinton Longenecker, Greg

Papp and Timothy Stansfield.

“The two-minute drill is a perfect analogy as it relates to organizational change and improvement,” Marvin Lewis, head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, wrote in the foreword for the book.

“In the book, Clint, Greg and Tim have made a very strong case that the practices associated with a two-minute drill in football have direct application to real and rapid improvement in the workplace,” Lewis wrote.

When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell read “The Two-Minute Drill,”

he wrote the authors, stating “Glad you used football to teach so many valuable lessons organizations can use. Brilliant! This is a great example of the game giving back to the fans.”

The two-minute drill model captures the essence of the critical elements surrounding the final two minutes of a football game in which one team needs to move the ball quickly and score to win the game.

Each of the elements of the model applies directly to organizational change initiatives in business, according to the authors.

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Based on the two-minute drill model, the book combines legendary football finishes with a series of actual business cases to help readers learn and apply skills for creating and managing successful change initiatives.

“The Two-Minute Drill” is designed to give business leaders a vehicle that they can use to drive real improvement when the stakes are high, time is short and real results are needed,” stated the authors about their concept.

“We emphasize the importance of making effective change is leadership and to be serious about change requires a game plan,” said Longenecker, a professor in the College of Business at UT. “It’s impossible to affect change without good leadership.”

“Leadership is the first step in affecting change in business as well as football,” said Papp, president of Cube Culture Corp.

The ultimate success rate for both a football and an organizational twominute drill is highly dependent on the skills and attitude of the quarterback, according to the book.

“Effective change requires one quarterback on the field in control of the game, especially in the two-minute drill. If you want change to happen, leadership must support it completely,” said Stansfield, president of IET Inc. “Most successful change is done faster with a sense of urgency, while focusing on the defined goal with great leadership. The two-minute drill is a mindset that can direct teams or companies to achieve significant change,” he said.

The book provides numerous business cases to help readers learn and apply skills for creating and managing successful change initiatives.

Each chapter focuses on key elements of the process for rapid change, offering momentum builders that are essential to making real change happen in business.

“Having played quarterback and run the two-minute drill in college, it is no different in business. Organizational change and transformation demand action, so define winning, prepare, communicate, seize control, adjust quickly, and above all, execute,” John Meier, chairman and former CEO of Libbey, Inc., was quoted on the jacket of the book.

“I made the ‘Two-Minute Drill’ part of my playbook and you should also. The clock is ticking on all of us.”

Meier stated.

“I’m a huge football fan and believe there are many parallels between team sports and business. ‘The Two-Minute Drill’ is one of them that really works.

Approach your next change with the two-minute drill and you’ll see what I mean,” Jani Miller, CEO of Central

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“Effective change requires one quarterback on the field in control of the game, especially in the twominute drill. If you want change to happen, leadership must support it completely,” ” — Timothy Stansfield President IET Inc. Travel in Toledo, stated in the book.

Miller said that she and her company have worked with Longenecker for many years on strategic planning for their business.

He helped Central Travel to develop an employee appraisal program, called Performance And Review System, which they continue to use.

“We’re so fortunate to have that level of expertise locally,” Miller said.

The authors have consulted with many local, regional and national companies teaching the theories of the two-minute drill, including Cooper Tire, Marathon Oil, HarleyDavidson, La-Z-Boy, Johns-Manville, and ProMedica.

“Thinking about change as a twominute drill can help leaders energize their people and make better use of both time and talent. It works!”

Randy Oostra, president and CEO of ProMedica, stated in the book.

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The fundamentals of the twominute drill apply to all types of challenging business situations, such as product launch delays, quality problems, profitability shortfalls or distribution issues.

“Businesses can accelerate their organizational changes or improvements if they approach the problem-solving process with the two-minute drill mindset,” Longenecker said.

For the past decade, the authors conducted ongoing research on both successful and unsuccessful organizational efforts at change. The book chronicles the driving forces for successful transformations, as well as some of the failures.

The authors used various methodologies of data collection, including interviews, focus groups and surveys. Their sample of more than 1,000 managers in all of those methods included 31 percent senior management, 36 percent middle and 33 percent front-line managers.

The authors reported they have reached 12,000 to 15,000 people with talks, seminars and workshops since the book was published in 2007.

One presentation was made to 800 human resource leaders in Michigan last year.

They have numerous seminars and workshops scheduled in 2010 in Detroit, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis and other locations, Longenecker said.

The three authors, who have known each other for 25 to 30 years, converged in 2005 to discuss rapid change in business. The relationship to the twominute drill in football was originally Papp’s idea.

The trio started writing material for the book in August 2006 and completed the text for it in January 2007 after several reviews and revisions, “and we’re still friends,” they said .

They chronicled more than 1,000 change initiatives and put together a book proposal. It was published in the fall of 2007 by Jossey-Bass of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The book has been on a number of bestseller lists for businesses that are making a difference, such as the American Management Association’s best-selling books of 2008, Longenecker said.

They have published six journal articles to help spread the word about “The Two-Minute Drill,” including “Effective Manufacturing Improvement” in the January 2009 edition of Industrial Management, and “Quarterbacking Real and Rapid Organizational Improvement” in the Winter 2009 publication of the Leader to Leader Institute.

For more information, go to www.twominutedrill.org or contact Clint Longenecker at clinton.longenecker@utoledo.edu.

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While the LCIC’s focus is on stimulating the economy and enhancing the quality of life in Lucas County, we recognize that Toledo and Lucas County’s success is inextricably linked to the region and vice versa. As a result, the LCIC expands its partnerships to include the Northwest Ohio Regional Economic Development AssociaWEBER tion (NORED). In December, Lucas County and Wood County made joint presentations to Fiat and several of its suppliers in Turin, Italy. Our unified approach was extremely well-received, and I

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e are in the midst of the most challenging economy since the Great Depression. While we in Northwest Ohio are accustomed to cyclical recessions, the depth and breadth of the current downturn is unique. And yet, Northwest Ohio has virtually unlimited potential.

Our transportation and logistics capabilities, abundant fresh water, talented workforce, educational and cultural institutions and quality of life are tremendous reFord gional assets. Assets that other regions would love to have.

But our biggest asset is the resiliency and creativity of our people.

Upon becoming president of the Lucas County Improvement Corporation (LCIC) five months ago, one of the first things I did was meet individually with a wide range of people. I was extremely interested in hearing their perspectives on the local economy and how we can better diversify our economic base. I was afraid I would hear a chorus of doom and gloom. After all, Toledo, Detroit and Cleveland are ground zero in this recession. Instead, I heard loud and clear that our region is generating a remarkable number of new products, new ideas, and new businesses. I also heard that identifying our strongest opportunities and collaborating regionally are major keys to achieving our potential.

Necessity is not only the mother of invention; it is the mother of collaboration. We must work together to develop and implement creative solutions to our problems, whether they be local budget deficits, bringing new technology to market, or enhancing and exploiting our competitive assets. But creativity and collaboration should not be limited to periods of crisis. We need to use the current economic and budget crisis to establish a new culture. We have a right to expect and demand creativity and collaboration from our political, civic and social service institutions. The old way of doing business in institutional silos isn’t good enough — and in most cases isn’t even “good.” We need to generate synergy and harmony. Soloists can’t do that.

UT should be applauded for convening a regional economic development planning process.

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e don’t even have to go be- has to do with the city of New Orleans yond the two team’s nick- itself, and its recovery from the devasnames to illustrate the tation it incurred from Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. romanticizing that surThe Saints and the Surounds the Sentimental perdome have served as a Bowl, or Super Bowl, on rallying point for the city, Feb. 7 in Miami. much of which is situated Saints versus Colts. below sea level. Katrina Holiness versus hoofs. tried to sink it further, This is a story that maybe forever, flooding has been written beabout 80 percent of New fore a rough draft, a Orleans. It sent many of movie that has preceded its residents to last-chance the preview.

Dave WOOLFORD shelters such as the SuperIn one corner, displaying a logo that represents protec- dome, which, too, was almost totally tive footwear for a horse, is the In- destroyed by Katrina. It’s an endearing dianapolis Colts, who won the Super story of survival and revival.

Lance Moore, one of the leading Bowl three years ago, defeating Chicago’s Bears. They’re led by quarterback pass catchers in UT history, was part Peyton Manning, who recently was of that revival as a member of the named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player Saints’ practice team in 2006 when for an unprecedented fourth time. the team had to play in other facilities, He’s arguably the best quarterback in while the Superdome was undergoing a $200 million restoration. The Saints NFL history.

In the opposite corner we have the had left New Orleans following Hurformer “Aints”, at least that’s what it ricane Katrina and had already moved said on the bags fans wore over their twice — to San Jose, Calif., and then heads at games while their team got to San Antonio, Texas, — when Moore joined them. sacked on a regular basis.

“We practiced in the Alamodome, The Saints’ logo is the fleur-delis, its literal French translation, “lily but they had house shows, cheerleading competition and other things flower.” Let’s leave it at that.

New Orleans has never been to the so we couldn’t always practice there,” Super Bowl in its 43-year NFL exis- Moore said. “We also practiced at a tence. This was only the ninth winning nearby high school, but we got kicked out of there occasionally when they campaign in franchise history.

The Saints’ quarterback is no had volleyball or other events. Our Peyton Manning, but maybe Drew locker-room was inside the baseball Brees is better. He completed an dugout and sometimes we had to NFL record 70.6 percent of his passes do our walk-through in the school this season and in 2008 fell just parking lot. You would never believe 15 yards short of Dan Marino’s single- it was the NFL. We had no hot tub and season NFL record passing total just one single-person whirlpool. We certainly didn’t have things other NFL of 5,084 yards.

But the crux of this comparison teams had. No one liked it, but you

had to go with the flow.”

The Saints played four games in Baton Rouge, three in the Alamodome, and even a home game against the New York Giants in Giants Stadium, the proceeds of which went to Hurricane Katrina victims.

“Most definitely it was a crazy year,’’ said Moore, who led the nation in receptions in 2003, averaging 8.56 catches per game. “It’s been a wild experience but I’m getting to play football in the NFL and that has always been my dream.”

Moore caught one pass for five yards in the Saints’ awe-inspiring 3128 overtime victory against the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC championship game on Jan. 17 and has 17 catches for 164 yards and two touchdowns this season. Even Colts’ rookie coach Jim Caldwell got caught up in the Saints’ most meaningful inspirational victory before a crowd of more than 71,000 in the Superdome. “I think it’s a great story,’’ Caldwell, who used to recruit New Orleans heavily as a coach at Southern Illinois, told Bob Kravitz of The Indianapolis Star. “That region was absolutely devastated, and [the Saints] brought a lot of pride back, a lot of civic pride. The enthusiasm that you could see surrounding that team is incredible. You saw the pictures of Bourbon Street and Canal Street after that win and it was absolutely unbelievable.”

If ever a city, if ever the jammedpacked Superdome, if ever civic pride needed an inspirational triumph, it was to materialize against Minnesota.

This was for the parish of St. Tammany to the north, St. Bernard to the east, Plaquemines to the south and Jefferson to south and west. The Big Easy had reason to be a little more at ease.

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Picayune, unleashed rare biased behavior with its Sunday morning banner headline stating: “Our Team.

Our Town. Our Time.”

Sorry, Colts. Destiny has chosen its darling and it’s not you. You’ll probably win the game, and if you do just know that your opponent is already a winner so there will be no loser.

“It’s surreal,” Brees told The Washington Post’s Sally Jenkins. “Coming

here four years ago, post-Katrina ... It’s unbelievable, it’s unbelievable. You can draw so many parallels between our team and our city. In reality we’ve had to lean on each other in order to survive.

The city is on its way to recovery. We’ve used the strength and resilience of our fans to go out and play with confidence on Sundays. It’s been one step at a time, and we’ve had to play through plenty of adversity. Just like this town has.”

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his is the Jack Buck moment of my career.

It’s hard to believe it will be my last chance to round the bases with you.

Just as difficult will be the task of summing up my past three and a half years covering the Toledo sports scene and experiencing some of the most amazing moments, not just of my career, but also my life.

Less than a month after I joined the NBC24 Sports department in the summer of 2006, the Glass City was the epicenter of sports during the fourth of July weekend.

The Jamie Farr Tournament and Triple-A All-Star baseball game converged on Toledo.

Never had I worked harder, never had I sweated more, never had I been so blessed to be right in the middle of the action.

Later that year, the Mud Hens raised another Governors’ Cup trophy over their heads at Fifth Third Field. As I told Jim Tichy and Eric Haubert on more than one occasion during that postseason run, I reeked of a New Year’s Eve celebration as the champagne showers flowed.

Though the champagne remained on ice inside the Tigers’ locker room later that fall, I jumped at the chance to chronicle the festivities outside Comerica Park as the Motor City Kitties clawed their way back into the World Series.

Remember the woman who put herself up

on eBay looking to exchange a dinner date for a ticket to the World Series? I do.

A month later, I remember kneeling in the end zone at Ohio Stadium capturing moment after breathtaking moment as No. 1 OSU took on No. 2 Michigan in the greatest rivalry in sports. Future Buckeye and Central Catholic alum Dane Sanzenbacher was watching from the stands that night and now is a main part of the Buckeyes’ air attack arsenal.

I will never forget the BGSU women’s basketball team’s dramatic run into the Sweet Sixteen the following spring. The Falcons proving a mid-major conference could hang with the top programs in the Ryan country. Curt Miller could coach anywhere he wanted, but he chose to stick with the Brown and Orange.

[NBC 24] sent me down to the bayou in January 2008. Sports director Eric Haubert and I had the dicey challenge of covering not one, but two bowl games. We hopped off our plane in Biloxi, Miss., and for the next six days our rental car shuttled us between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans. The BGSU Falcons GMAC Bowl was one we’d rather forget. And though the Buckeyes got off to a fast start against

the Bayou Tigers, yeah, we’d probably rather forget that game, too. But again, experiences I will treasure.

And then there is Elliott Mealer. The big ol’ football player from Wauseon High School is my favorite athlete of the past three and a half years. I’ve written two Toledo Free Press articles about Mealer and his dramatic story of internal strength and unwavering faith. He is what athletes should aspire to be on a daily basis. With Elliott, it’s not about the big contracts, but possessing a big heart. It’s not about show time, but family time. The Mealers have been through an FOWLER awful lot the past two years, but a family that has become stronger because of it. At the core is Elliott, and his desire to wear the maize and blue and run out that tunnel on Saturday afternoons at the Big House. He is what makes covering sports so fun. Elliott embodies and embraces it all as a gift, not something he is owed.

I will miss Friday nights in the fall and winter the most. NBC24’s “Friday Night Frenzy” is without question the top high school sports production in the area. The highlights, the inter-

views, the bands, the humor, the Frenzy has it all.

It’s why I ended my tenure at NBC24 with one final Frenzy. Northwest Ohio’s prep sports scene has been a treat to cover.

I would like to thank Toledo Free Press Publisher Tom Pounds, Editor in Chief Michael S. Miller and Special Sections Editor Brandi Barhite for the past two years. I am grateful for the opportunity and the ability to use this media platform to convey my opinion and inform my readers of the great sports stories right here in Northwest Ohio.

My thanks to 106.5 FM “The Ticket” sports director Norm Wamer for a weekly invitation to join him during his “Front Row” sports talk show.

And last, but certainly not least, my thanks to NBC24 WNWO. Jim Tichy and Eric Haubert brought me in to the “Friday Night Frenzy” family and for that I am a better person and stronger journalist. To the rest of my NBC24 family I wish you luck in the near future and down the road. I will cherish the fun times around the newsroom when the red light was off.

I truly can’t believe what I just saw.

Thanks, Toledo.

Ryan Fowler is now the digital content editor for Cincinnati-based www.whatifsports.com.

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COMEDY

By Vicki L. Kroll TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER vkroll@toledofreepress.com

When it comes to improv comedy, Brad Sherwood and Colin Mochrie just click. Especially when they are blindfolded and barefoot on a stage covered with mousetraps.

The funnymen who gained fame from “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” are up for anything during their unscripted live shows.

From pilgrims trying to play Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” on Guitar Hero to tourists lost in New Zealand who can only ask for directions in iambic pentameter, if the audience requests it, the imaginative duo is always ready.

“We start with audience suggestions for all of the games, so really they’re sort of the puppet masters, putting us through our paces, and we’re taking all their information and using them on stage and turning it into comedy,” Sherwood said during a phone call from his Los Angeles home.

And the more bizarre, the better.

“Everything is odd. We’re always in the state of making it up and taking completely different suggestions, so when you’re working from that, when you’re working from the place where nothing is planned and everything is different, pretty much that’s always a

state of being odd,” he said.

In 1992, Sherwood joined the British version of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and met Mochrie. Both later crossed the Atlantic for the American show, which was hosted by Drew Carey.

They have been touring as a twoman improv team since 2004.

“We get along well, we travel well.

I handle kind of all the little bugs and details on the tour, and he just shows up and looks pretty,” Sherwood said of Mochrie. “And we both have very similar senses of what we think is funny, then we come at it from different perspectives. So it’s complementary and then different enough so it’s not all the same thing.”

Sherwood and Mochrie will bring their creative chemistry to Stranahan Theater for an 8 p.m. show Feb. 6.

Tickets are $28.50, $34.50 and $42.50.

“I think in today’s economy, everybody needs a laugh,” Sherwood said.

“Laughter is so therapeutic; it makes you feel good, it elevates endorphins.

So if we can make [the audience] laugh for two-plus hours really hard and they’ll walk away saying that was one of the funniest shows they’ve ever seen, then we did our job.”

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Photography collection showcases Gordon Parks

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For millions of people, the name

Gordon Parks will forever be connected to the 1971 film “Shaft.” But as the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA)’s latest exhibition shows, his career can be viewed from many different

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“Though I was PARKS somewhatfamiliar with Parks, the tough part of working on this show was all of the research, just bringing myself up to speed,” said TMA Exhibit Curator Tom Loeffler. “We first received the exhibition proposal from the Cantor Center in late 2007, and that’s when I really started examining his life and

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Parks, who got his start as a freelance fashion photographer in St. Paul, Minn. would gain prominence in Chicago, after coming to the attention of the wife of heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis and later winning a photography fellowship with the Farm Security Administration. Parker died in March, 2006.

“I absolutely think that Parks’ work is just as socially relevant in today’s culture because the themes that he spoke to, racism, inequality and other social injustices are still things that we deal with today,” Loeffler said.

“Bare Witness: Photography by Gordon Parks” will remain on display through April 25. The exhibit is free.

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Play it Forward collects full truck of toys for Toledo Day Nursery TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR krapin@toledofreepress.com

Play it Forward, a toy drive hosted at Levis Commons, collected a truck full of toys for Toledo Day Nursery.

The number of toys collected is still being calculated but the toy donations nearly filled a 26-foot truck, said Casey Pogan, marketing director for The Town Center at Levis Commons, Hill Partners Inc. “We’re thrilled at the success of this

first year event,” Pogan said. “People brought out educational and high quality toys that will last for years.”

Individuals who participated in the three-day toy drive came out with cars full of toys, she said.

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Toledo Day Nursery is an earlychildhood program that helps nearly 400 Toledo families each year.

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News 11 News Fortune Cash Front of the Class (2008) Patricia Heaton.

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Sealed bids will be accepted by the Board of Education of the Toledo Public School District until 1:00 p.m. on February 24, 2010, at the Toledo Public Schools Treasurers’ Room 3, 420 E. Manhattan Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43608, for all labor, material and supervision necessary for the demolition of the Larchmont Elementary School, as more fully described in the drawings and specifications for the project prepared by SSOE Group and will be opened publicly and read immediately thereafter.

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YOUR TAROTGRAM AND HOROSCOPE

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Aries (March 21-April 19)

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Official status. There’s powerful pressure to overcome obstacles, but it could seem impossible. Discuss methods and means with clever people on Tuesday; two heads are better than one, and fresh viewpoints help. Unexpected allies and offers appear as the weekend arrives.

Earth mother. Realities are forcing you to come to terms with your own limitations. Rather than bemoaning this, consider how it allows others to shine in their turn. Asking for help can be a gift of confidence in another’s abilities.

Mutual support puts icing on your weekend cake.

Seeker and sought-after. Expect some pains as hatchlings break out of the egg. If realities are overwhelming, tap into your hidden reservoir of strength. Crank up the tunes, put on your big girl panties and then embark on a spontaneous adventure as the weekend arrives.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Sword of truth. Managing your load presents challenges this week. Someone points out your greatest strength Tuesday – this is your key to success if you grasp it. Selfimage is malleable now. New and growing relationships reflect your inner changes.

Missing pieces. Things or people could abruptly appear or disappear this week. Talk to the wisest or smartest person you know on Tuesday for rock solid advice. As the weekend arrives, choose to be happy and enthusiastic so Grumpy Gus darkens another doorstep.

Three musketeers. External forces and authorities apply great pressure to change. Matters shift to a new level on Tuesday, signaling that it may be time to shift loyalties or break traditions. A growing sense of freedom and optimism flows as the weekend arrives.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Libra (September 23-October 22)

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Pearls of wisdom. Sustaining daily discipline is the hardest part of fundamental change. A motto, image, or song that catches attention midweek can be a mantra to reinforce will power. Unusually intense, wise or eccentric people turn up to amuse you as the weekend arrives.

Due diligence. You’re at a crucial milestone as January yields to February. Your inner arbiter may surprise you midweek, as true feelings are challenging conditioned responses. After Thursday, insights from others help you better comprehend your process of evolution.

Swan song. Closures and finalities affect everyone. Fresh possibilities come up during midweek discussions.

Insights gained on Thursday help you shift gears as the weekend approaches. Abandon pointless worries and make a leap into enthusiastic participation.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

Resigned acceptance. Some things cannot be changed.

Embrace the lesson in these situations and work with what you can change. As the weekend approaches, seek contact with people who support, stabilize, sympathize and minimize uncomfortable associations.

Outer reflects inner. You’re sensitive to contrasts and extremes: right/wrong, good/bad. If the world seems like a hostile mess, do one practical thing to make it better.

Fixing your own corner will have a ripple effect after Thursday. Random kindness brings abundant rewards.

A romantic soul. Hard times paradoxically offer opportunities for the greatest displays of strength and wisdom. Certain people prove to be remarkable souls this week. You’re at the center of a transformational collective uprising during dramatic weekend gatherings.

Elizabeth Hazel is a professional tarotist-astrologer and author. She gives readings every Wednesday at Attic on Adams above Manos Greek Restaurant.

She may be contacted at ehazel@buckeye-express.com (c) 2010

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was quite pleased when my 6-year- tice that had befallen fellow Ameriold approached me about throwing cans based solely on the color of their a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration skin and Dr. King’s triumphant role in on his Monday off of school honoring helping end it, all to the best of his firstgrade ability. Still, such the civil rights leader. We an odd feeling came invited a few classmates, over me. It was the first decorated some cuptime he had ever differcakes and prepared the entiated anyone in such computer to play King’s a manner. famous “I Have a Dream” Somehow skin color speech. I was more than as a topic of converready to formally introsation had just never duce Jack and his friends come up these past six to the significance of the years. It is certainly not civil rights movement Shannon SZYPERSKI something that we have and the importance of ever mentioned to our children. And, racial equality.

Not surprisingly, my still-quite- despite friends, classmates and public young son had never seemed to take figures coming in all various shades, much interest in the holiday nor its our children have never asked.

My elementary school years were meaning before, despite my yearly requests for a full recap of what he filled with the theory of the United had learned about Dr. King in school. States as a melting pot held up in high His answers to my “Why do we cel- esteem, with all differences left at our ebrate Martin Luther King Jr.?” line borders in order to create one big stew of questioning usually ranged from of amalgamation. By junior high, how“I don’t know” to “I think he helped ever, the melting pot was slowly giving some people.” Likely wanting to fi- way to the idea of America as a salad nally end my inquisition and prove bowl, a cohesive whole made up of varhis knowledge about the obviously ious, unique parts. By high school, the important historical figure, he excit- salad bowl had again given way to the edly came to me just before party time demand for a celebration of diversity, a and informed me that he had, in fact, plea to take greater notice of our differlearned in school why we celebrate ences more so than our commonalities.

I dependably took my seat on Dr. King.

“I know why Martin Luther King is each of the proverbial bandwagons famous, Mom,” he said. “Because he and followed the politically correct movement of the time. When it came was a black man!”

He went on to explain the injus- to raising my children, however, I de-

cided that their most impressionable years should be filled with the idea that everyone is created absolutely equal. Giving color blinders to the youngest opinion-formers among us doesn’t seem like a bad idea when attempting to fulfill Dr. King’s dream.

Apparently, 6 years old is when things get to be a bit tricky. As important as it is to establish the insignificance of race in the way we wish our children to view those around them, explaining the significance it did play in the past is still an eventual necessity.

Assuming that those who do not learn history are, in fact, doomed to repeat it, passing along the lessons our nation has learned from its embarrassing years of inequality is an absolute must.

There is a complicated line we must walk in continuing to make Dr. King’s vision of the United States a reality. For one, we have changed. I found that what has become an inappropriate word to the ears of most the past 40 or so years was strongly peppered throughout even Dr. King’s most memorable of speeches without the slightest hint of his own unease about it. What has recently become a point of contention for its use in an official U.S. capacity was once sung out with pride and conviction by Dr. King himself. There is no doubt occasional confusion when it comes to the promotion of human equality.

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