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Yes on Issue 1

Colonial cool (It takes a Village)

e have said before that if Toledo is going to turn around and trade its potential for reality, there are going to be sacrifices and hard decisions. A month from now, on March 6, voters will be faced with the first of those decisions — whether to renew the city’s ¾ percent payroll tax. As Toledo Free Press Staff Writer Brigitta Burks reported Jan. 31, Mayor Mike Bell and members of Toledo City Council gathered Jan. 31 to outline reasons to support the tax. The “extremely important” tax helps support city services like the police and fire departments, Bell said. If passed, the renewal is expected to provide more than $51 million to city coffers. To put that in perspective, Bell said that the fire department has a budget of $59 million. “It’s very important that citizens and Thomas F. Pounds voters take a good look at this issue,” said Councilman George Sarantou. “This levy has been with us since 1982,” Bell said. Rather than make the tax permanent, Bell added, the administration wanted to give voters the option to renew it every four years. “We’re not taking anything for granted,” he said. “We are very much excited to be able to move forward.” As Burks reported, when the levy first appeared it was designated for fire, police, capital improvements and refuse services. Although the city’s refuse collection was recently privatized, Council President Joe McNamara said $4.4 million still comes out of the city’s general fund to pay for it. Passing the levy is “vitally important” to city services, McNamara said. He added that the issue is nonpartisan and has the support of both parties on Council. “You also have to understand we’re still recovering from the Great Recession,” Sarantou said. Bell urged voters to turn out for the election. “We cannot do it without public support,” he said. For too long, Toledo’s potential has been trumped by its actions. There are signs of forward motion with the recent sales of Downtown property, the imminent opening of Hollywood Casino Toledo and the spate of small business openings that Toledo Free Press reports on almost every week. We urge voters to vote yes on Issue 1 to keep our fragile momentum going. O Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

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ou and I are unlikely to agree on the definition of what and become a nighttime destination. “You can’t buy a parking space at this end at night,” Shumakes something “cool,” but I lean on the definition offered by music critic Dave Marsh: “Cool is defined fritz said. “Between Burger Bar 419, Shawn’s and American by that which expends the least amount of energy defining Martial Arts, there is always a crowd of people. We get a itself.” In other words, the harder you try to be cool, the less lot of what we call ‘tourists,’ people waiting for a seat at one of the restaurants who normally might likely you are to achieve your goal. not come into a comic book store. But they During my time in other cities, I searched look around, see what we have and hopefully for and usually found a cool part of town, spread the word.” somewhere to park the car and spend a few Burger Bar 419 is an especially exhours hanging out and indulging my interciting addition to Colonial Village Plaza. ests. In Pittsburgh, that place was Squirrel A restaurant with the gourmet choices and Hill, with its one-of-a-kind restaurants, carefully prepared sandwiches featured at bookstores, small movie theater and quirky Burger Bar 419 should be enough to make retailers. During my brief West Coast stint, I even the most ardent vegetarian’s mouth fell in love with Sausalito, the town across the water. The restaurant even features three bay from San Francisco with its breathtaking views and eateries. In Washington, D.C., I Michael S. miller ketchup choices (try the spicy berry) to top such burgers as the Carolina BBQ (barbecue would spend hours in Georgetown, which provided block after block of windows and opportunities sauce, cheddar cheese, sweet and tangy slaw, topped with for discovery. In south Florida, I would spend Saturdays in fried onion strings); The Heater (romaine lettuce, tomato, Las Olas, a long retail and entertainment strip that for me onion, pepper jack cheese, green chilis, grilled jalapenos and serranos); the Musty Have (Bibb lettuce, grilled towas like a greatest hits of the previous cities I explored. These places provide a destination for solo exploration mato, Taleggio cheese, portabella mushrooms and balsamic or group fun. They can be modest, and may not qualify as glazed red onion); and the Three Little Pigs (ground pork, hip, but to me, they were endlessly cool. There is no single smoked cheddar, barbecue pork shoulder, with sweet and element that makes them cool; it is the sum of the individual tangy slaw). There are more than a dozen such creations; the owners could provide a public service by adding a parts that creates an atmosphere and flavor of interest. In Toledo, the city that forged my baseline for such “sampler platter” to the menu that would allow diners to things, I used to enjoy trips to Westgate. Just steps from try wedges of four or five specialty burgers. Shawn’s Irish Tavern (previously Shawn’s Back Door) each other, Boogie Records and Thackeray’s Books provided the anchor for an afternoon of browsing and catching provides the after-burger drinks spot to watch the game. If you feel the need to stretch your legs and walk off your up with friends in the pre-Facebook era. burger, the Encore used bookstore offers a neat selection But we know what happened to that lineup. Recently, I discovered another cool place to park the of books at reasonable prices. There is also a Dollar Gencar and spend some time. I feel compelled to defend my eral that seems to have twice as much stuff on display as its praise of Colonial Village Plaza (4400 Heatherdowns Blvd. square footage should allow. Adding to the shopping convenience are a Wixey at Key Street) as a middle-age father-of-two’s choice. It’s not as restaurant and event driven as the Blarney-anchored area Bakery and a Meats and More store, which features an exaround Fifth Third Field or as gallery heavy as the Ware- ceptional wine cave where you can get a bottle to take home house District or as music driven as Adams Street (or the and enjoy with your used books and new comics. And if you run out of cash for all these options, there’s a Frankie’s domain on the East Side) and it is certainly not as hip as whatever place the kids know about that is so far Key Bank branch within easy walking distance. If Colonial Village Plaza adds any kind of CD or record beyond my awareness it might as well be on Mars. But the Colonial Village Plaza has filled itself with some of the types store to go with Monarch and Encore, it would have a pop culture triple crown to go with its other claims to fame. of places I dig. (“Dig,” kids, means “appreciate and like.”) Like Toledo itself, the shopping plaza is humble, diverse The main attraction at Colonial Village Plaza is Monarch Cards & Comics. I would browse the racks at Mon- and a down-to-earth pleasure to spend time in. It may not arch back when it was on Airport Highway. Owner Steve have Sausalito’s view, Georgetown’s urbane atmosphere or Shufritz moved the store to Colonial Village Plaza in 1995. the casual hip of Squirrel Hill, but for a quick park, shop Monarch offers a well-lit and organized array of comics, and eat trip not based on clothes and fashion, Colonial Vilgraphic novels, hardcover collections, back issues and lage Plaza is the recommended destination. O collector odds and ends, plus fountain of knowledge Ed Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Katschke behind the counter. “We carry cool things for kids of all ages,” Shufritz said. Toledo Free Press Star. 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lmost a month into the 2012 tory spending programs, while putpresidential primary race, the ting a cap on them. It also calls for a Republican field has been nar- balanced budget amendment to the rowed to four candidates. For nearly Constitution. Romney would also six months, each candidate has been increase free trade, particularly with involved in countless debates, televi- countries in the Pacific Rim. He would sion ads and campaign rallies. Through cut the corporate tax as well. Former Sen. Rick Santorum has the entire campaign muddle, it can be difficult to understand where each can- placed a heavy emphasis on revamping didate stands on the most salient issues America’s manufacturing sector. As president, Santorum would reduce the of this year’s election. According to CNN exit polls from corporate tax rate to zero for manuthe early primary contests, the economy facturers. He would also allow for 100 is the most important issue this year. percent expensing of new business High unemployment rates, calls to re- equipment for manufacturing companies. Santorum believes form the tax code and a that tapping into dolooming federal deficit in mestic energy resources the trillions are all issues like natural gas with little that have been discussed government regulation in the economic debate. will increase American leaders Republican production and lower have been adamant energy costs overall. He, about cutting taxes for along with Gingrich and businesses to help the Romney, would approve economy. President of the Keystone Pipeline Obama and other DemoBen OSBURN if elected. Finally, Sancratic colleagues have backed government-subsidized proj- torum would increase the Research and ects, like investments in alternative Development Tax Credit from 14 to 20 energy and national infrastructure, as percent, to help spur economic growth. On the economy, Congressman a means of providing jobs. Each GOP candidate has taken a distinct stance on Ron Paul is the renegade. His economic stance has been largely defined how to fix the economy. Former House Speaker Newt Gin- by his views on the Federal Reserve. If grich’s economic plan revolves around elected, Paul would eliminate the Fedcutting taxes and eliminating many eral Reserve entirely, citing that it is government regulations to allow busi- unconstitutional. Paul has been one of nesses to burgeon. Gingrich would the most audible opponents of raising eliminate both the capital gains and the debt ceiling, voting twice against estate taxes. He also would make the it. Referring to America’s shrinking Bush tax cuts permanent and lower the dollar value, Paul is an advocate of recorporate tax rate. A centerpiece of his turning to the gold standard. Here is a list of how the candidates plan would be to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency and replace fall on two other frequently discussed it with the proposed “Environmental issues. Readers can also go to each canSolutions Agency,” which would coop- didate’s website for a comprehensive list. erate with businesses to create environmental regulations while considering Foreign policy the cost to businesses. Gingrich has Romney: also advocated the repeal of the DoddO Has said he will act with Frank Act and would like to strengthen “clarity” toward nations and allies, so the U.S. dollar by curbing inflation. that the world will always know where Mitt Romney frequently touts his America stands. experience in the private sector to O Promised to seek a foreign gain credibility on the economy. He policy that is congenial to open marwas once CEO of Bain & Company, kets, representative governments and a management consulting firm, and human rights. co-founded Bain Capital, a private O Believes it is unacceptable for equity investment firm. Romney has Iran to possess a nuclear weapon and been a large supporter of the “cut, cap views military involvement as an opand balance,” plan to curb the federal tion to deal with them. deficit. The plan was introduced by the Gingrich: House last year, and involves cutting O Believes America is involved in money for discretionary and manda- a long war with radical Islam.

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O Said he will compose a “grand strategy” for defeating radical Islam. O Defines the purpose of American foreign policy as being to ensure its survival and to protect nations that share its values. Paul: O Against an expansionist approach to foreign policy. O A critic of both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. O Seeks to cut all foreign aid. Santorum: O Favors interventionalist approach. O Believes Iran is a threat to Israel. O Believes in expanding humanitarian aid to Africa.

Health care

Romney: O Has promised to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). O Seeks to eliminate health insurance discrimination for people with pre-existing conditions. O Proposes capping noneconomic damages in medial malpractice litigation. Gingrich: O Proposes repealing the PPACA. O Wants to allow health insurance to be sold across state lines. O As president, would increase access to health savings accounts (HSA).

Paul: O Favors allowing health insurance to be sold across state lines. O Wants to repeal the PPACA. O Also seeks to increase HSA access. Santorum: O Wants to turn Medicaid into a block grant program. O Is an advocate of medical liability reform. O Believes in providing tax credits to those who buy health insurance individually. O Columnist Ben Osburn is a graduate student in political science at the University of Toledo. Email him at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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MEDIA WATCH

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They don’t make ads like these anymore

Orris Tabner appears with Bob Kelly, left, and the late Dennis Staples in a commercial for Video COnnection.

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

While national commercials may be the stars of the Super Bowl for many of today’s viewers, there are classic TV commercials for local companies that people still remember. One local advertising agency, Don Lea Associates Inc. in Sylvania, had a hand in creating and producing many of those classic commercials for local businesses. The late Don Lea founded the agency in 1969 and it became a source for creative local commercials. “Don always said it was the oldest ad agency in town that hasn’t had a name change or reorganization,” said Dave Brown, who succeeded Lea as president of the firm after Lea’s death in 2006. Lea began producing commercials for local businesses in the 1970s and continued into the next century. His daughter-in-law, Laura Lea, is a partner in the agency with Brown today. “They were very effective and a lot of fun to do,” Brown said about some of the spots they created for many local clients over the years. “People watched the commercials because they were entertaining.” Brown said he thinks it all started when the agency began creating commercials for Brondes Ford. In days when commercials were produced on live TV, the Brondes brothers, Don and Phil, were “smashing prices” as they smashed cars’ windshields with a large sledgehammer. The folks at the ad agency got into the act occasionally, such as when Lea modeled the “Super Bee” costume

Dave Brown in a ‘House of Meats’ ad the Brondes brothers used in their commercials. Lea also recruited Brown, who joined the agency in 1975, to play “high-price Harry” in the spots. Brown said the brothers called them over to film a house that was being moved down Secor Road to use in the commercial where Phil would remark, “We’ll take anything in trade at Brondes Ford.” Brown said it was amazing that commercials for one client led to doing spots for another client in the neighborhood where the agency was located. Don Lea Associates began producing commercials for Modern Floor, which was located on Secor Road just north of Alexis Road. It led to a spot in which owner/founder Dick Knight said, “We may be hard to find but if you’ll yell ‘Modern Floor’, we’ll come out and get you.” n COMMERCIALS CONTINUES ON A8

his Sunday, it’s estimated that = 1 happy CEO. But here’s the thing — can anyone more than 110 million people — 400,000-plus in Northwest name a commercial that airs locally Ohio — will turn on NBC and watch right now that is worth $10,000 even if 400,000-plus people the greatest day of see it? I can not. I suscommercials this year. pect Monday morning Some may even pay atin Toledo the water tention to the game. coolers will not be more Reaching buzzing about a local than 110 million company’s 30-second people does not come commercial. So it cheap. The price begs the question: If tag this year for a you spend $10,000 on 30-second Super Bowl a Super Bowl comcommercial is $3.5 mercial and no one is million, and NBC an- Jeremy BAUMHOWER buzzing about it, was it nounced it’s sold all the spots. The dollar amount is just to worth the money? In the past 20 years, local TV adbuy the airtime; that doesn’t include the cost of making the commercial. vertising has changed dramatically. Production could double the air- Messages went from very personable/ time costs because many ads have funny to more subliminal/simple. celebrities like Matthew Broderick, Long gone are the days of grown men Donald Trump, Regis Philbin, Deion donning capes and smashing windSanders, Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno. shields of used cars or upside-down Products like Pepsi, Honda, Toyota, signs in businesses. Today’s commerDoritos and Century 21 all want to cials are about HD graphics, sound guarantee you’ll remember their chimes and volume. Very rarely do commercial, especially if it cost $10 we see the entertaining local commillion. This is truly the Super Bowl mercials like we did in the past. Riding the bus home from St. of advertising. The biggest difference between Clement School, I saw firsthand the this year and years past is the viral effect of great local TV commercials. effect. With YouTube, advertisers Every day we would pass the corner of are getting way more bang for their Alexis and Secor roads and some classbuck. Previously, if you wanted to mate would roll down the window and see your favorite Super Bowl com- yell “Modern Floor!” As we turned mercial more than once, you would left on Secor Road heading south, we wake up on Monday and hope the passed Janney’s Ace, which had an “Today Show” or another media upside-down sign. The loaded school outlet would replay it. Honda re- bus then proceeded past TV’s craziest cently released a 10-second promo local hero, Super Don Brondes. that advertised its Super Bowl “Ferris Bueller” commercial — it advertised Cutting through the static an advertisement. As of Feb. 2, the Super Don Brondes is the perfect Honda CRV commercial has more example of cutting through TV static, than 8.5 million views on YouTube. entertaining viewers and getting your company’s name out there. Super Don Local access tackled the local problems of high Locally, NBC24 is the benefi- used car prices by smashing windciary of Super Bowl XLVI, with 14 shields with a sledgehammer. Brondes 30-second commercials that air Ford was instantly put on Toledo’s map during the game. Industry insiders and in our hearts. Who in their wildest dreams in Northwest Ohio say the going rate for a 30-second commercial is be- would ever imagine that a company tween $7,500 and $10,000. WNWO that installs flooring would be reCEO/General Manager Chris Topf membered forever? Modern Floor confirms the dollar amount is in had a frontage problem; it had a great that range, but would not give exact business but a terrible location. To numbers. Topf also confirmed that combat its location issue, it simply NBC24 was very close to selling out created one of the most iconic commercials in local TV history. the available slots. Quick math : 14 X $7,500/$10,000 n BAUMHOWER CONTINUES ON A7

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n BAUMHOWER CONTINUED FROM A6 The commercial featured owner/ founder Dick Knight standing on Alexis Road, dodging cars and yelling, “Just yell ‘Modern Floor’ and we’ll come out and get you.” How many of you were ready to punch the Affordable Chiropractic guy strumming his guitar, wanting to make his “pain-free” existence a little less enjoyable? I don’t know who my father would have punched first in a room, the Affordable Chiropractor or John from Banner Mattress. As I researched this piece with phone calls to discuss the disappearance of these type of commercials, one word kept coming up over and over again: “Annoying!” Many local advertising insiders used words like “annoying” or “irritating” to describe these commercials of Toledo’s TV past but I choose a different word: effective. Ask anyone older than 30 what Super Don’s last name was, or simply stand on the corner of Alexis and Secor roads and witness how many people still yell “Modern Floor!” Currently, Steve Taylor is doing the best job with his ad campaign, as far as being memorable (effective). He has great saturation and an even catchier slogan. If I asked any of my children what Steve Taylor wants, they would

all yell, “To see-ya in a Kia!” Marketing and advertising agencies have numerous jobs that include branding, message and top of mind awareness, to name a few. Ad agencies also control the number of times you see a client’s commercial. The problems with these great commercials of Toledo’s history is they were played way too much, creating annoyance and irritation. Today’s local TV campaigns are more subtle, almost subliminal. The commercials feature great jingles, straightforward messages and tightly orchestrated video shots. The local spots today are less likely to be annoying and irritating but are more likely to be forgotten. If I had to choose subliminal or entertaining, the latter is the only way to go. I believe that reaching 400,000 people in Toledo is worth $10,000 if you do it right. I challenge any local business to get “old-school” creative and steal the water cooler chat for Super Bowl XLVII in 2013. It won’t be that hard, just expensive. Spending $10,000 to entertain and reach almost half a million regional viewers on a day when they want to see commercials is just good business. Just do Toledo a favor; don’t play your great commercial 1,000 times a week for the rest of our lives. O Follow Jeremy Baumhower on Twitter @jeremytheproduc.

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dick Knight lets viewers know if they yell ‘Modern Floor!’ he’ll come out and get them in this TV ad.

Profile of Excellence: Tracy Seeger Owens Community College Alumna

Tracy Seeger grew up in Toledo, Ohio. She attended Notre Dame Academy.

In 2001, Seeger graduated and took her nursing board exam.

Seeger always wanted to be a nurse. Instead, she took a job working in a dental lab, got married and started a family.

She was hired by Flower Hospital as a nurse intern in the operating room. She was one of the first nurse interns that they had ever hired right after graduation.

After seven years, she began working at an oral maxillofacial surgeon’s office. She handled the front office and scheduling. She loved her job, but never forgot her desire to become a nurse. When Seeger was 35, she decided that her boys were old enough and she was ready to pursue her dreams of becoming a nurse. She took her time to research her options and toured various schools. She instantly liked Owens Community College the best. She began part time and worked on her prerequisites. Then when she reached her core classes, she began attending full time. She was still working full time as well. “The clinical experience at Owens was phenomenal. They used every available second to teach us. The faculty wanted us to succeed,” said Seeger. She was able to get all the extra help she wanted, including extended hours in a skills lab and outside help in the Math Center. Tracy Seeger Registered Nurse and Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse Wildwood Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital

She quickly moved to pre-operative holding and found that she loved it. “Getting ready for surgery is a stressful time for patients. I found that I was able to calm their nerves and really make a difference,” said Seeger. In August, Seeger moved to the newly built Wildwood Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital, one of only 30 free-standing orthopedic hospitals in the nation. She still works in pre-op and continues to love her job. She credits much of her success to her great start at Owens, along with devoting herself to her career. “I have heard so many nursing directors say that they wouldn’t hesitate to take an Owens student because they are so well prepared,” said Seeger.

“The clinical experience at Owens was phenomenal.”

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n COMMERCIALS CONTINUED FROM A6 Knight later moved the business to its current location at Secor and Alexis roads, but still uses the same message in their commercials and people continue to yell “Modern Floor.” “It’s one of those advertising hooks that’s still very effective,” Brown said. The Brondes brothers often had breakfast with Knight and Joe Janney, former owner of Janney’s ACE Hardware store located at Secor and Alexis. Lea and his team were soon creating commercials for Janney’s that are remembered today. The ads featured one of the Janneys saying, “We’re going to turn the hardware business upside down,” such as a product for 99 cents that would then sell for 66 cents. That beginning led to turning the Janney name upside down on the outside of the store. That upside-down sign can be seen in the background during the outside Modern Floor commercials. Lea and team also created commercials for other neighbors such as All-American Coach and House of Meats, located on Alexis near their agency’s offices. Tom McGuire, owner of AllAmerican Coach, was taking photos of his daughter and other St. Francis

cheerleaders for an ad in the school’s sports programs. He called Lea and asked the agency to come over and shoot video of the cheerleaders sitting on top of a motorhome. Those same cheerleaders are still seen cheering “All-American Coach!” in TV spots for the RV business today, Brown said. The agency created commercials for House of Meats in which Brown appears holding a burning hot dog. Those spots still run every summer and Brown said people recognize him on the street as the man with the burning hot dog. “The key is to be entertaining and memorable,” Brown said. Lea also produced some early commercials for John Oswald and The Appliance Center. To this day, Oswald appears in commercials for the retail business in Maumee. Lea’s team was also responsible for putting Jim Earl inside a transmission in early commercials for Earl Brothers Transmissions and Auto Repair. Brothers Bob and Jim Earl continue to appear in their own commercials today. Another memorable commercial featured local radio personality Bob Kelly playing “Perry Chair” for Perry House Furniture from 197586. Chuck Allen was involved in cre-

ating the quirky spots featuring Kelly dressed as a lounge chair. “I made very little money but got a lot of notoriety as people still remember Perry Chair,” Kelly said. Kelly also recorded a number of commercials for Video Connection with his longtime radio partner, the late Dennis Staples. Don Lea Associates produced a commercial for Jim White Honda that aired locally during the Super Bowl broadcast last year. Local spots are available this year on NBC affiliate, WNWO. The going rate for those 30-second commercials is reportedly between $7,500 and $10,000. “Today, most advertisers won’t take a chance with something off the wall in this economy. They want something that will produce instant gratification in sales,” Brown said. “However, there are many more options in media today where you can target your audience with a rifle rather than a shotgun approach,” he said. Brown said the agency is still creating advertising and commercials for about 25 clients. “We treat all of our clients as good friends and we enjoy it. We’re fortunate to have survived when our automotive clients cut back during the recent recession,” Brown said. O

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A clown’s chilling stare and an acrobat’s dejected eyes search the back room of Peggy Grant’s home. The tuba player next to them has his back turned. The trio, standing before a cloudy backdrop that creeps across their shoulders and arms, was painted on canvas decades ago. The image hangs in Grant’s home, among stacks of portraits, scenes and figure sketches completed by her late husband Adam throughout his lifetime. Longtime friend and consultant Janet Schroeder said that within every one of Adam’s paintings is a story. Brian Byrn, a curator at the Midwest Museum of American Art in Elkhart, Ind., said many of the paintings evoke an air of mystery. “The underpinnings of maybe sorrow and sadness is permeating his work,” he said. “[The figures] are suspended in this animation of concern and maybe some would even say, in some cases, dread.” But this is not hollowed-out doom. The “dread” is tangled with a sense of uplifting strength, as immortalized by the blocky brush strokes that could symbolize building blocks. That could represent rebuilding one’s life, Byrn said. This conflict — this burden buried within paintings of celebratory figures like acrobats or tuba players — is rooted in Grant’s history. In the early 1940s, he watched his peers rise in the morning only to slave away. He watched their gnarled hands, thinning by the hour, grasp shovels and hammers and soil. He watched them drop dead. Adam Grochowski Grant survived the Holocaust because he could paint. Grant grew up in Warsaw, Poland, in the 1920s and ’30s. His father Anthoni, a physician and a painter, raised him on a steady diet of art history, skill and intellectualism. Anthoni joined the Polish army when Nazi Germany began to rise but he, along with 14,500 other Polish officers, was executed in 1940 in a forest called Katyn.

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Peggy Grant, wife of late artist Adam Grant, displays his work in her studio.

Adam struggled to continue his education under the crushing hand of the Nazis. He and his friends’ families and teachers met for “tea parties” or “lunches” to study school material in secret. He continued to dream of becoming a painter. In 1942, Adam’s mother had tuberculosis and was confined to an institution. When he went to visit her, she feared that he would miss too much school and advised him to take the next train home. When he got to the station, he was rounded up with 800 others and taken to a prison in Warsaw called Pawiak. Adam was 18 years old. By 1943, the Nazis trucked Adam off to Auschwitz. But the guards soon realized the young man’s talent. They gave him nothing more than watercolors, crayons and paper and ordered him to paint for them. He later moved to another camp in Austria called Mauthausen — a much-dreaded slave site on a granite quarry where a typical prisoner survived about two weeks. While he was forced to work grueling hours too, he was given lighter duties in exchange for his painting skills. He painted some pieces reflecting worker conditions and hid them in his barracks.

Peggy wonders just how many hundreds of his paintings are scattered across Eastern Europe, handed down after Nazi Germany fell. Her spouse had to paint portraits of guards, scenes of the countryside and sketches of guards’ loved ones from home. He even had to paint a mural depicting bountiful arrangements of food that hung for starved prisoners to see. Still, Adam could have barely survived another week by the time Americans liberated him in 1945. The U.S. Army’s displaced person camp became his home. He had no one. “After Adam was liberated, he found that his home was gone, his family was gone, his country was gone,” Peggy said.

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Adamant about moving to America, he waited in the camp until he found a stranger to sponsor him so he could leave Europe. He was 25 years old by the time he moved to America. He never went back to Poland — but his artwork would. Grant settled in Detroit at first. He found a job designing for one of the first paint-by-number companies. His renditions of famous paintings traveled

across the country. One of his most well known is the ever-popular “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci. “He had a connection to all of us because he designed paint-by-numbers — having translated masters’ works to millions of Americans,” said Schroeder, who has helped Peggy publicize Adam’s work. “The whole point was for people who didn’t have artistic ability to unlock some of that.” In Detroit, Adam met Peggy. An artist herself, she worked for the paintby-numbers company. They married a few years later and her outlook on life was forever altered. “I didn’t know the ramifications of World War II until I met Adam,” she said. Peggy witnessed Adam’s many stages. There was the depressive stage in which the Holocaust haunted his dreams and dogged his emotions. He painted dark and sinister works to reflect the horror. Even decades later, Adam painted “The Pale Horse,” which is an emaciated white horse standing among rubble and a building shell. The atmosphere is a menacing red hue. Peggy said Adam painted it because “death comes on a white horse.” n HOLOCAUST CONTINUES ON A11

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FEBRUARY 5, 2012 n HOLOCUAST CONTINUED FROM A10 But during his other stages, his painting reflected hope. He often focused on the female figure because he saw it as a symbol for rebirth. He painted a series of stark white and black scenes with such fine lines they resemble woodcuts — a collection Peggy calls “The Renewed Hope Series.” “One could philosophize of seeing the world in black and white and good and evil, and there is a certain surrealism to them,” Byrn said. His other inspiration was the circus. He painted dancers and costumed characters, acrobats and musicians. Each painting places the subjects in silent interaction with each other, sitting or standing by props portrayed in muted colors. Peggy and Adam moved to Toledo in 1955 after they were laid off. The company for which they worked had filed for bankruptcy, but the Donofrio brothers of Toledo purchased the business, moved it to Toledo and brought the pair to the new site. They raised two sons and lived together until Adam’s death in 1992. Peggy has since made it her life’s mission to get Adam recognition for his work. And she has succeeded. Peggy’s passion combined with Schroeder’s skills at networking and raising money enabled the pair to hang Grant’s work

at Jagiellonian University in Poland. Grant’s work has also been shown at nearly 30 exhibitions in more than five states and a couple of other countries. A room in the Polish Embassy in Saudi Arabia is named after him. Art collectors from Ohio to Florida to Virginia and beyond own his work. For Peggy, who is art director at Toledo’s 20 North Gallery, each exhibit is a chance to walk viewers through a narrative of Adam’s life. She gets to do this again this spring. The Midwest Museum of American Art will host a three-month exhibition of Adam’s work, April 6 through July 8. The museum will display about 40 paintings, which will weave through the different stages of Adam’s life, Byrn said. The museum has been a longtime fan of Grant’s work, said Director Jane Burns. For both Adam’s mystical style and his compelling story, visitors who have encountered these paintings in the past were hooked instantly, she said. “We can put ourselves in his place and say, ‘Would I have to guts to do that? Would I have the fortitude to do that with no money and no family either?’” she said. “The Nazis took everything.” For more information, visit www. adamgrantart.com and www.midwestmuseum.us. O

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Church offers Sunday night meals for local families in need By Brigitta Burks Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

When Liz Lacy noticed a lack of community meals on Sunday nights, she decided to do something about it with her parish, Collingwood Presbyterian Church. Lacy, who has been a parishioner for five years, has experience with needing a meal Sunday evenings. She became homeless about six weeks ago when she couldn’t find work. “[The Toledo homeless population] is much larger than you would expect. Being in the situation myself, I realized that Sunday nights, there’s no place to go to eat. If you’re already in the shelter, yes, you will have a meal. But as far as if you’re on the street or living in your car, and families are living in their cars, Sunday night comes and boom, you’re stuck,” she said. Lacy and co-chair Lynn LaPlante organized Collingwood’s Jan. 29 community meal. The family-friendly meals are set for the last Sunday of each month and each has a theme. January’s was soup and “next month, we’re doing family favorite, casseroles. I’m hoping in the summer to do barbecue outside,” Lacy said. The meal is modeled off of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church’s Sunday night meals. “I went to St. Mark’s several times last year because I lived in the Old West End and I wanted to see what they were doing and how they were doing it,” Lacy said. Originally, Collingwood wanted to take a different day, but after St. Mark’s merged with Trinity Episcopal Church last month, Collingwood decided it would keep the tradition of serving the meal on the last Sunday. Collingwood prides itself on reaching out to the community, said Interim Pastor Bob Anderson.

“Jesus was big on hospitality and caring for the needy and welcoming the stranger,” Anderson said. “There’s abundance in this world that needs to be shared.” The parish’s Dreamscape program looks at ways the church can better serve the community, something that Collingwood has done since its beginnings in the 1800s, Anderson said. Collingwood houses homeless families through the Interfaith Hospitality Network, a program the church began 22 years ago. “[The community meal] is one of the ways we’re trying to revive that and live into that vision. We’ll create a larger presence in this community as a neighbor,” Anderson said. The meal is nondenominational, Lacy added. “It’s not meant to be and I hope it doesn’t become a Collingwood Presbyterian dinner. It’s a community dinner; it just happens to be here in the church,” Lacy said. At the first community meal, people brought about two dozen soups. Roughly 30 volunteers helped feed about 150 people, a number Lacy hopes to increase. “It’s not as many people from the community as we would have liked, but that’s OK because through word of mouth, we’ll be able to generate more people,” she said. Lacy, who has degrees in French and journalism, plans to begin culinary training soon and eventually go into catering, she said. Already, she is a go-to person for all things foodrelated at the parish and the dinner received rave reviews. “Everything I heard was positive, like, ‘When can we do it again?’” she said. The next dinner will be 4 p.m. Feb. 26 at Collingwood Presbyterian Church, 2108 Collingwood Blvd., Toledo. To donate an item or volunteer, call (419) 243-3275 and leave a message for Lacy or LaPlante. O

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New Metroparks director understands city/parks dynamic By Brigitta Burks

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Stephen Madewell, who takes over as executive director of the Metroparks of Toledo Area on April 2, learned to value nature as a child. He recalled his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reaction to the debut of nonreturnable pop bottles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember my dad looking at one and saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This makes absolutely no sense.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Madewell, currently director of Lake Metroparks near Cleveland, also remembered his father pointing out spaces where he used to hunt that had been converted into shopping centers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These things all factored into my upbringing, leading me to this career,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They instilled a sense of conserving open spaces at a very early age.â&#x20AC;? Madewell, 56, was one of five finalists for the position overseeing 11,000 acres of park space in Lucas County. Waverly Partners, an executive search firm, began looking for a new executive director after former director Don Rettig Jr. took a job at Owens Corning in June. Since then, Cathy Marinelli has served as interim director. Marinelli, who is also the director of human resources and volunteer services, did not apply for the executive director position, said Scott Carpenter, public relations director for Metroparks. Madewell and the other finalists were interviewed by the Board of Park

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Commissioners, made up of President Scott Savage, Lera Doneghy and Fritz Byers. The board voted unanimously to place Madewell in the $130,000 a year position. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Madewell] was a clear choice and what stood out were a couple things. One, his understanding of our mission and history of preservation,â&#x20AC;? Savage said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Secondly, the breadth and depth of experience he had throughout his career.â&#x20AC;? Madewell, who grew up north of Dayton, received his degree from Miami University. During his freshman year of college he decided to work in environmental education after â&#x20AC;&#x153;life-altering experienceâ&#x20AC;? while working at a private nature center. It was Madewellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job to care for the children of migrant workers at the nature center, many of whom spoke Spanish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I found myself finding ways to communicate the value and the importance of the nature center,â&#x20AC;? he said. After college, Madewell worked as a naturalist aid at the Greene County Recreation and Parks Department. He worked his way up as a park ranger, naturalist and environmental interpretation and resource protection manager. Madewell went on to serve as director at Geauga Park District before becoming Lake Metroparksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; head of resource interpretation and protection from 1988-1990. He was deputy director at Lake Metroparks from 19912009 and then director after spending a year as interim director. During his time at Lake Metroparks, the district doubled in size, largely from grants and outside sources. Although Madewell has worked with several Ohio park districts, this is his first with an urban core. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dynamic that occurs between the city center and the outlying area and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been in a park systems in one of the outlying areas,â&#x20AC;? he said. Lucas Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s system also has 3,000 more acres than Lake County. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the fourth park district in Ohio Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had the opportunity to work with. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m fairly familiar with park district law in Ohio. There are some similarities, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all just a little uniquely different,â&#x20AC;? he said. Madewell, who is married with three adult children, enjoys songwriting in his spare time. He has released two CDs and often writes about natural resources. He also uses his free time to get in touch with nature when he beekeeps. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make [honey], but I steal it from them. I enjoy interacting and interfacing with nature like that.â&#x20AC;? Madewell said he is excited about

the move to Lucas Country and plans to focus on learning about the area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I certainly am looking forward to getting to know the ins and outs of the park system and the strengths of

the staff and the philosophy behind the system and organization,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really looking forward to understanding how the park system interfaces with the community as a whole.â&#x20AC;?

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Museum director, football coach offer motivational speeches, share strategies By Caitlin McGlade

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Most early morning business meetings probably don’t involve the director of an art museum, a football coach, some cheerleaders and a man in a scantily clad female body suit. Savage & Associates team get-togethers usually don’t, either. But this year’s kickoff meeting drew all of the above to the Toledo Museum of Art’s (TMA) Glass Pavilion. About seven or eight times a year, the financial consulting firm gathers its agents for meetings to share methods and motivate each other to improve. Character-building is vital to keep the more than 50-year-old company flourishing, said Co-President Dan Steinberg. Brian Kennedy, the art museum’s director, began the meeting with a speech about visual literacy. Matt Campbell, University of Toledo’s head football coach, closed with a speech about the importance of character and passion. A number of agents talked between the presentations. One of the last ones dressed in costume — the top sewed onto the body suit read “KEG” — but asked his fellow agents to take him seriously as he gave tips about business success. The crowd, dressed in firmly pressed suits or pencil skirts, wasn’t bashful about bursting into laughter, all the while talking seriously about diversifying skills and how to best comKENNEDY municate with clients. Kennedy, a Dublin native, became director of TMA in September 2010. He began his talk by admiring his new home. He has worked in Dublin, Brussels, Canberra, Australia, and Hanover, N.H. Noting that Toledo is the most welcoming place he has lived, he reflected on what makes a place “special.” “A number of people told me, ‘When I was a kid, I came to this museum,’” he said. “People value the institutions here.” Perhaps this is rooted in relevancy, sustainability and innovation, he said, advising the agents that a successful business, like the art museum should adopt these three elements. Rooted in all of these components is the ability to consider how we see the world around us, he said. He used the elements of design as a metaphor for a business’s wellness. “There are so many other aspects of your business that come from the principles of design,” he said. “Like harmony, balance, rhythm, unity. Scrutinize your business from these angles.” Kennedy’s second point, sustainability, has meant seeing people as assets as well as reducing energy use. TMA uses less energy than it did in 1992. Among other new technologies, the museum will soon switch to LED lights. The museum’s 2,000 lights currently have to be replaced every six months, he said. Innovation, the third pillar, is not just about new ideas but about changing

how we see. For example, Kennedy said the museum staff has to visualize thoughts by writing them down or drawing them. Being inspired by spacial memories and closely observing our surroundings is key, he said. Kennedy said many of us are not trained to be visionally literate, which basically means that many people do not truly take in and analyze what their eyes see. He asked his audience to close their eyes and remember what color the person sitting nearby was wearing. He later held up his watch. He told the agents to look at it and interpret what they saw. “You know it’s a watch, but it’s not a watch — it’s a shape, a line, it has a body,” he said. “When you start seeing you can start describing and only then. Look, see, describe, analyze, interpret. Do it for your business. Do it for your life.” A few agent speeches later, cheerleaders bounced into the room. The UT mascot joined them. Campbell, the university’s 32-year-old head coach, followed and gave a speech about the importance of good character. When he took the job, he questioned what he wanted the program to stand for and how he could separate the team from the pack. He said he adheres to three principles: recruit, retain and develop. When recruiting, Campbell said he said he makes sure to draw in players who are not just good football players, but who have polished reviews from the community that watched them grow. His recruiters check with everyone in CAMPBELL the school about the prospective player — including the lunchroom staff. “We are going to be a character-driven football team, from the coaches we bring in to the players that touch our program,” Campbell said. “I think it’s lost in our society today. It’s lost in your business. It’s lost in our business.” Passion on the field and excellence in the classroom are other qualities he seeks. He said he has community leaders checking performance in class, and is determined to ensure that his players are sitting in the front two rows. Development and retention are about creating a culture of family and giving the players an opportunity to experiment with and understand faith. Community service also helps build understanding about a player’s crucial role in the city, so that he is doing his best to serve ‘Toledo Pride,’ he said. “We cannot just be about business and football games,” Campbell said. “It has to be about creating a sense of values.” John F. Savage started Savage & Associates in 1957 and it has since grown to house more than 60 agents in five offices across northern Ohio. Agents advise clients about anything from minimizing financial risk to improving business performance. Although one might expect the financial downturn to force potential clients to tighten their belts and decide against making any business moves, Savage & Associates has seen an uptick in individuals seeking its services. “I think our value is higher now than in the ’90s,” Steinberg said. O

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n RETIREMENT CONTINUED FROM A14 Upon trying to collect as the spouse, he was shocked to find out that his wife had filled out her beneficiary form 27 years ago. This was four years before Anne and David even met. Anne never took the time to update her beneficiary form, on which she named her mother, uncle and sister as beneficiary. Anne’s mother and uncle had already passed away, leaving the nearly $1 million to her sister. And as you might have guessed, Anne’s sister was not too inclined to give David the money. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the sister, saying it could only go by what Anne had put in writing on her beneficiary form regardless of what her will stated. Throughout the years, Mark and I have spent a lot of time educating local residents and advisers around the United States about the importance of properly named beneficiary designations. In meeting with hundreds, if not thousands, of people we have discovered some of the most common mistakes that people make with their forms. A major mistake many people make is assuming the custodian or the company your account is with has the correct information on file. A family should keep copies of beneficiary forms along with their other important documents. If you don’t have the forms in a handy location for all of your financial and insurance accounts, call each company and request that they send you a copy of the beneficiary designation form they have on file. Don’t just ask them on the phone for the information, get it in writing. Neglecting the recent law changes for retirement accounts could also be a major mistake. Under the old rules, when money was left to anyone besides a spouse, very

limited payout options were available. This often created a lump sum fully taxable distribution, resulting in taxes of 41 percent or more of the retirement account. That is correct. In a blink of an eye, nearly half of the retirement account can be gone in the form of taxes. New rules known as multigenerational or stretch-out options exist that can help avoid this tax trap. Yet these rule changes are voluntary, not mandatory. It is important to check with the custodian of the retirement accounts to find out if they offer multigenerational retirement accounts or stretch-out options upon death. If the company does offer multigenerational options, it is important to check to see if your signed custodian documents are updated with the new rules. Just because they offer it now doesn’t mean the account that was set up before the rules existed will be automatically updated. Again, get it in writing. Other common issues we see usually affect grandchildren, same-sex partners and blended families. Each situation is unique and wishes can vary from one family to another. For a complete list of the 15 common mistakes we see families make along with a checklist you can use at home, visit www.retirementguys radio.com. Remember, beneficiary forms cannot be changed after the fact. O For more information about The Retirement Guys, tune in every Saturday at 1 p.m. on 1370 WSPD or visit www.retirementguysradio.com. Securities and Investment Advisory Services are offered through NEXT Financial Group Inc., Member FINRA / SIPC. NEXT Financial Group, Inc. and its representatives do not provide tax or legal advice. The Retirement Guys are not an affiliate of NEXT Financial Group. The office is at 1700 Woodlands Drive, Suite 100, Maumee, 43537. (419) 842-0550.

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BX Solutions begins operations Ohio Gov. John Kasich joined employees of BX Solutions and community guests for the official ribboncutting ceremonies Jan. 27 to celebrate the beginning of its operations in the former BAX Global facility at Toledo Express Airport. “Today, we reflect on the tremendous success we’ve achieved here in such a very short time,” said Chris Marshall, president of BX Solutions. “It’s been a wonderful team effort between our employees, the community and state to get to this point.” Marshall thanked the 250 employees and their families for their dedication to help transform the complex into a multimodal transportation facility. All employees receive medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits from the company, he said. He reported that 201 of the employees formerly worked for BAX Global, which closed the facility last year. BX Solutions was formed by some of those employees to continue operations there. BX Solutions will pay $8.5 million in wages, $4 million in taxes and benefits and spend $9 million for equip-

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he definition of inflation is a very hotly debated After years of extremely low issue among investors, economists and, of course, politicians. Longtime readers will know I’ve velocity, the economy is picking up. written about it many times before, but given recent developments I feel the need to provide a brief refresher More and more data shows course to help investors understand the risks quickly emerging in financial markets. that a very substantial recovery Inflation was defined as expansion in money supply for years and years — and it still is by economists from is on the way. What’s more, the Austrian school of thought. However, in the early 2000s the Federal Reserve conveniently stopped keeping the Fed hasn’t yet contracted track of M3 — the broadest measure of money supply, which most had used to gauge inflation. its balance sheet in anticipation.” To fill the void, most economists (including those at the Federal Reserve) substituted various metrics to track prices, the argument being that rising prices equal its balance sheet by a few hundred percent in order to inflation. The truth being that these metrics were simply absorb assets that would have otherwise been dumped easier to manipulate. The problem is that the Fed’s pre- on the market, pushing prices even lower. While the Fed sumption is untrue; rising prices don’t equal inflation, may not be using much ink for these operations, it is though inflation usually accompanies — though not al- effectively printing money. The saving grace — so far — has been that because the economy slowed to such a ways — rising prices. The true nature of inflation as an expansion in the crawl, the velocity of money has fallen too and remained money supply has never changed, despite the trickery at historical lows. Translation: The Federal Reserve has of the Federal Reserve. However, even if printed lots of money and put it all in the money supply expands, inflation only ocbasement; none of the new bills have been curs if the velocity of money remains conmaking their way out to flow around the stant or escalates. economy. Huh? Now, friends, we’re facing a real In other words, despite all the harping problem. After years of extremely low vefrom Ron Paul and the Tea Party, the Fedlocity, the economy is picking up. More eral Reserve can print money until it is blue and more data shows that a very substanin the face, but if money isn’t circulating tial recovery is on the way. What’s more, through the economy, inflation won’t result. the Fed hasn’t yet contracted its balance And that’s exactly what happened between 2007 and the present. Dock David TREECE sheet in anticipation. All that new money they created may be about to start making When the housing bubble burst in 2007, the value of assets collateralizing a huge amount of its way into the global economy. Read: Helicopter Ben Bernanke is cranking up the debt fell substantially. A lot of people who had borrowed money to buy homes and other assets suddenly rotors. And if all the new money he’s created in the found themselves with negative equity — they owed past four to five years starts making its way into the economy, all the ingredients have come together. Get more than the underlying assets were worth. Adding to this already horrific problem is that there ready for Jimmy Carter-style inflation. A wise investor would do well to prepare. O was also a wave of defaults by people who had been convinced to buy assets using teaser rates or other adjustable rate lending mechanisms. So much excess Dock David Treece is a partner with Treece Investment Adsupply had been built up on debt — and so much was visory Corp. (www.TreeceInvestments.com) and is licensed being dumped back on the market — that prices fell with FINRA through Treece Financial Services Corp. He provides expert content to numerous media outlets. The above precipitously. It’s a process known rather calmly as debt deleveraging. information is the express opinion of Dock David Treece and should not be construed as investment advice or used without In other circles it’s just called a cluster****. Fast-forward four years, and the Fed has expanded outside verification.

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Ohio panel approves draft road projects proposal By JoAnne Viviano Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) draft plan that delays several road and bridge projects by up to 19 years received the approval Jan. 31 of the state panel that oversees funding for high-cost transportation projects. The Transportation Review Advisory Council voted 9-0 to accept the major project list recommended about two weeks ago by transportation department staff. The plan now goes to the public for a 45-day written comment period. The list is an “honest and fiscally responsible list of current and new construction projects,’’ said ODOT Director Jerry Wray, who also chairs the advisory council. “What we are doing right now is trying to provide communities with a realistic and honest look at the amount of money ODOT anticipates having in future years and balancing that with major new and

important transportation construction projects throughout Ohio,’’ he said. “The result is that many projects are pushed back years and, in some cases, decades.’’ Thirteen projects are delayed by one to nine years and 21 projects are delayed by 11 years or more. All cost more than $12 million and are considered new — such as plans to add capacity, relieve congestion, boost economic development or build bypasses. The projects that could see the longest delays are a $37.5 million plan for a U.S. 33 interchange in Franklin and Fairfield counties, and a $165 million project for a portion of work on Interstate 90 in Cleveland. Both had been planned for 2017 and are now planned for 2036. Wray has said the changes are necessary because previous administrations made project commitments without adequate funding. An email message seeking comment Jan. 31 was not immediately returned by the chief of staff who served under

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The quaint wooden house that sits atop the grand steps at Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) might be tiny, but it stands for something much bigger. These little homes on wheels are making appearances across the country in increasing numbers, from the depths of mountainside forests to the backyards of residential lots. The idea is to decrease one’s carbon footprint, avoid lengthy mortgage payments and embrace mobility. “It does speak rather universally to the time we are living in, where we are living in the middle of an economic downturn that came on the heels of a huge housing bubble, that saw a huge growth out of proportion of what people needed,” said Amy Gilman, curator of the Small Worlds exhibit and TMA’s associate director. “There is a movement in the other direction.” The museum’s tiny house — to be auctioned on eBay starting March 8 — is 65 square feet. It stands 12 feet, 6 inches tall and is 6 feet, 4 inches wide. Two space heaters are all it takes to warm the interior to a cozy climate. A futon sits against one wall below a window, facing a counter with a desk chair and rows of storage racks. Step a couple of inches forward and you’ll see the kitchen counter, inlayed with a sink and sitting above a small refrigerator while tiny frying pans dangle from the ceiling. If you turn around, you’ll see the bathroom: a miniature toilet facing a showerhead. A ladder leads to a loft where a queen-sized air mattress rests.

Collapse provoked growth

Jay Shafer, who owns Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, said the housing market collapse helped his business grow, as hundreds of new clients disenchanted with the traditional housing industry flocked to buy his floor plans. He started out in the late ’90s, when he built one for himself. During his first year he sold only two or three plans but now he is selling at least 100 a year. He will speak at the museum’s Peristyle, on March 8 at 7 p.m. But he and other designers, home owners and prospective tiny house dwellers are running up against a wall of regulations. Just where would you park one of these things? And just how legal is it? When Shafer first moved into a tiny house, he bought a small home, rented the house out and parked his

89-square-foot home in the backyard. He lived there for five years. This, however, would be illegal in Toledo, according to building codes and zoning laws. Regulations forbid someone from living in one of these tiny houses on the lawn of a property, even if the property belongs to the tiny house owner, said David Golis, chief building official for the city. One could theoretically move a tiny house into a mobile home park. Most of these places require that mobile homes on-site are Housing and Urban Development approved, which would mean that tiny house owners would likely have to ensure their homes comply, said Tom Lemon, administrator of planning. The tiny house living conundrum has not presented itself to many mobile home communities in Toledo. Blog sites about tiny houses contain a few posts from individuals looking for tiny houses in Northwest Ohio, but the posters have not responded for request to comment. Ella Jenkins, a 23-year-old living in Southern California, worries about where she’ll park her tiny house when she finishes building it. She has been working on it in her parents’ backyard for months. Her little wooden home has a 10-foot high ceiling and is 6 feet wide. The wheels were the answer to another regulatory roadblock, Shafer said. Housing codes in many areas forbid people from living in something so small. According to Ohio residential codes, legal dwellings must have at least one room no smaller than 120 square feet and no room can have any dimension shorter than 7 feet. Golis said the size regulations are to control odors, moisture and disease transmission.

Moving off the grid

Roadblocks aside, these little dwellings are becoming popular among young couples, singles, retirees and environmentalists. A wealth of tiny house forums span the Internet, with commenters writing about simply “moving off the grid” in tiny houses. Think Walden Pond, only imagine Henry David Thoreau retreating back to a little wooden cabin with a tin roof, furnished with a propane-fueled stove and a shower inside. Tiny Green Cabins, a Minnesotabased company that started in 2008, posts photos of cozy cabins nestled beside streams and snow-capped mountains. “Simplify, Simplify, Simplify” — one of Thoreau’s popular quotes — is Founder and CEO Jim Wilkins’ mantra. Wilkins said some clients use the

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The museum’s tiny house will be auctioned on ebay starting March 8.

tiny green cabins for a writing hut or an outdoor office space. But those who actually live in his cabins full time tend to have jobs for which they need to move frequently. He’s even receiving a lot of requests for three to five member families. “Especially with young people, they don’t want to have debt put into a structure,” he said. “They can buy a tiny house and take it with them so it’s a one-time investment.” Jenkins can appreciate that. Having just graduated college, she is tired of having to pack up and move from lease to lease every year. When she moved back to California, she started apartment hunting but balked at the prices. Perhaps investing in a tiny house would be cheaper in the long run, she thought. “I have to keep telling myself that, but it gets a little hard when you spend $1,000 on a water heater,” she said. She’s put about $13,500 worth of work into the house and has barely finished the inside. Plans from Tumbleweed Tiny Houses can cost anywhere from $99 to more than $850. Add in all of the construction expenses and you’re looking at tens of thousands of dollars.

But here’s the kicker: Utility bills are practically nonexistent. When Wilkins moved into his tiny house, the winter electric bill was $25 a month or less. During the summer, he was charged the minimum fee. There are other ways to get crafty with appliances. Jenkins will use a stove that operates on denatured alcohol. Shafer used solar panels on his roof. That fact gets to the root of why so many people wish to move out of big homes and into tiny ones. “Perhaps what you have is a beautifully designed space and it doesn’t need to be 25,000 square feet,” Gilman said. “I think that’s a dialogue people need to have and we encourage our community to have that conversation.”

Struggle to build

Gilman sought to bring a tiny house to TMA’s Small Worlds exhibit to extend the art outdoors, to show how art and design can influence the real world. The museum bought plans from Tumbleweed Tiny House Company and The Lathrop Company constructed the house, while modifying some details. The Andersons donated at least 90 percent of the materials,

even down to the eating utensils, said Julie Payeff, community commitment manager for The Andersons. Construction was a struggle that took six to eight weeks to complete, about four weeks longer than expected. The Lathrop Company had to have every piece of the project custom built, from the trailer that the house sits upon to the couch cushions to the ramp that workers cut to fit the art museum steps. Only one worker could fit inside at once, said Paul Lulfs, general superintendent at Lathrop. One worker had to lie on his back and drill every ceiling board in its place above the loft, Lulfs said. But looking back, Lulfs, Sofia Eich, assistant engineer on the project, and Raymond Benjamin, manager of special projects, laugh about the amusing challenge that the task became. The trio said they’d probably do it again — as a hobby. “It would be hard to lose something in there,” Lulfs said. “It’s so small you have to go outside to change your mind.” Benjamin added, “You’d have reduced belongings — you’d become a minimalist immediately.” O

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The Atlanta Rhythm Section is keeping it real. “This is my fourth time with the band,” said Rodney Justo, the original lead singer. “I don’t want to mislead anybody: The real hits were sung by Ronnie Hammond, and I was a fan of Ronnie, and I recommended Ronnie for the job.” Hammond, 60, passed away last March. “I didn’t want the band to turn into a tribute band, and the only one left was Dean [Daughtry], the keyboard player. How many people are going to show up to see the keyboard player?” Justo asked during a phone call from Tampa, Fla. “So when Paul Goddard, who was the original bass player with us and probably the most recognizable guy in the band, decided to come back and there was an opportunity for me to come back as well, I went, ‘Well, this could be a lot of fun.’” Justo, Goddard and Daughtry will be joined by drummer Jim Keeling and guitarists Steve Stone and David Anderson when the Atlanta Rhythm Section plays a 7:30 p.m. show Feb. 10 at Monroe County Community College’s La-Z-Boy Center Meyer Theater. Tickets are $35 and $25.

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A fire may have claimed seven months and a roomful of precious mementos from their Waterville business, but Tom and Tina Kuron plan to have the last laugh. The owners of Chowders ‘N Moor, which reopened Jan. 23 following a June 2011 fire, are designing a T-shirt. The back shows a chicken holding a match, running away from the restaurant on fire, and reads “I ain’t gonna be no chicken chili,” while the front reads, “We survived. The chicken didn’t.” “We’re poking fun at the fire, that a chicken lit the building on fire because he didn’t want to go in the chili pot,” Tom said, referring to the white chicken chili that is the eatery’s signature dish. The grand reopening was exciting and emotional, the Kurons said. “All night we just thanked people,” Tina said. “We shook hands, we walked around the dining room and were just glad to see people back. That’s been every single day this week actually. People are actually thanking us for opening back up. They are happy to be here. It was nice to see people come back.” “What was funny was that after a few hours it felt like we never even closed,” Tom added. “It was the same people, sitting in the same spots. It was exciting.” The Kurons, who also operate a Chowders ‘N Moor restaurant in Holland, said many Waterville customers have come to the Holland location, and many Holland customers have come to Waterville since the reopening to show their support. n CHOWDERS CONTINUES ON A22

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The Kurons were able to keep some workers, including Gibbs, at the Holland location, but about 75 percent were on unemployment, Tina said. “Everyone here is like a big happy family, whether you go to Holland or Waterville,” Gibbs said. “Everyone knows everyone and gets along really great. As much as I love Holland, it feels good to be back where I started. It’s good to see familiar faces and meet new regulars. We’re doing great and it should only get better.” Although they never anticipated it would take seven months to reopen, the couple took advantage of the closure to experiment with recipes and make updates, such as improving handicap-accessibility. New food options includes a monthly chef ’s steak special, steak fingers appetizer, fajitas on Mexican Mondays, soup bread bowl, chicken and rice spinach salad, house steak salad, hand-battered shrimp and more. Both eateries now serve $2 margaritas seven days a week and offer a 3-6 p.m. happy hour Monday through Friday featuring half-off appetizers and drink specials. Other specials include 75 cent tacos on Mexican Mondays; a halfpound loaded steakburger for $2.99 on Tuesdays; smothered chicken breast served over linguine with a vegetable of the day and dinner salad for $13.99 on Wednesdays; an 8-ounce center-cut sirloin steak with one side and dinner salad for $10.99 on Thursdays; a half-pound Lake Erie perch dinner with fries and coleslaw for $14.99 on Fridays; an 8-ounce centercut sirloin steak chef ’s special topped with homemade sauce and served on rice pilaf with a vegetable of the day and dinner salad for $16.99 on Saturdays; and open-faced roast beef with mashed potatoes, gravy and vegetable of the day for $8.99 on Sundays. Waterville hours are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. Holland hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit www. chowdersnmoor.com. O

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every corner, more wing sauces than we could ever consume and someone to bring us a reasonably priced frosted mug of our favorite beverage. Whatever it is, sports bars hold a special place in our hearts. In Toledo, the term often implies one of the numerous national or regional chain restaurants, which are by most accounts fine and good — even great at times. But there are some spots — like the one situated behind an old screen door on a busy corner in downtown Maumee — that demand equal attention. Welcome to Dale’s Bar and Grill, a narrow, long, Cheers-ish sports bar pairing well-worn hardwood floors

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Any sports bar worth its weight in grease should pay tribute in some way to the city’s most famous sports team. The Mud Hen, a grilled, marinated chicken breast covered with molten Swiss cheese, bacon and a tangy barbecue sauce on the side, hits it out of the park. It’s everything you want chicken, cheese, bacon and barbecue sauce to be — interacting harmoniously inside your mouth. We also tried the Buffalo Bill, a deepfried chicken breast doused in Buffalo hot sauce and covered in cheese. It was solid, if a bit unremarkable. A side of mayonnaise or ranch dressing would have moistened it up a little. Proving Dale’s isn’t afraid of expanding to the tubed meat realm, the Rocky Balboa is a spicy Italian sausage topped with sautéed green peppers and onions. While the sausage itself was flavorful and tantalizing, the cold temperature of the toppings proved a little distracting. Sports bars aren’t known for their vegetarian fare, but one of my cohorts tried the Gardenburger Ivy Leaguer ($5.25), which the menu says is “grilled just right (or should we say left!).” Cute, right? The burger was about what you’d expect, according to my liberal-minded sidekick. It’s good to have the nonmeat option, at least. The bar’s respectable beverage offerings include 24 bottled varieties of domestic beer and wine coolers, 15 imported bottled beers, eight beers on draft and four wines. A rotating draft lineup on our Saturday night visit included brews from Toledo’s own Maumee Bay Brewing Company as well as Samuel Adams and Great Lakes Brewing Company. Offering some much-needed old-school character to the abundance of mostly sterile, predictable chain sports bars in the area, Dale’s is an elder statesman in the culinary scene that deserves to get some quality playing time. O

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Area residents enjoy nearly a million Magic Wok egg rolls each year, but many don’t realize the familyowned chain is local. “A lot of people from out of town — and even people here in Toledo — don’t realize Magic Wok was actually founded in Toledo,” said Marketing Director Annie Pipatjarasgit, whose father-in-law, Sutas Pipatjarasgit, started the business in 1983. “We started putting ‘Founded in Toledo’ on our ads because people thought Magic Wok was a national brand. “The main thing is, I want people to know we are part of Toledo. We are local, we support local organizations and we hire local people. We take pride in what we do. If you are from Toledo, you know how many restaurants come and go, open and close. We’ve been here a long time and we’ve built our reputation. We are proud to be here.” The first Magic Wok opened in the food court of what is now Westfield Franklin Park. The newest restaurant, at 5145 Monroe St. in Toledo, opened in 2009. The family has a goal of having 30 stores by 2015. “I think in Toledo we’ve filled the market pretty good, but we still see room for a couple more,” Annie said. There are eight Magic Wok locations in Toledo and Maumee as well as three in Michigan. The chain has

even gone international, with three locations franchised in Bahrain. The family later added the Tropical Grill & Juice brand, which has two locations, one at Westfield Franklin Park and the other at a mall in Michigan. When he immigrated to the United States from Thailand in 1968, 25-yearold Sutas, who is ethnically Chinese, had only $300 to his name. He quickly landed a job at a Chinese restaurant in New York City, where he learned to cook. He also drove a taxi, tended bar and worked in a factory. “I was never scared. Coming to a new country, you always get excited,” Sutas said. “Money was no problem at that time. When you lived in New York City, you always can walk. I walked all the time, even though it was so cold in January. I had a lot of energy in that time. That was fun at that time.” When it came time to raise a family, Sutas moved to southeast Michigan, where several attempts to start restaurants failed. One wiped out his savings and he had to start over, starting as a bus boy at a Chinese restaurant and working his way to manager. Still nursing the dream of owning his own restaurant, Sutas and a partner opened Gourmet of China, a sit-down Chinese eatery in Toledo. The venture was successful, but Sutas had a vision of a Chinese eatery that offered fast, hot, fresh, healthy customizable entrees prepared in an open kitchen style. When

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an opportunity came to sell his half of Gourmet of China, he did so and opened his first Magic Wok. His second Magic Wok location, on West Laskey Road, featured a drive-thru window. “It was really, really new at the time for an Asian restaurant to offer food through a drive-thru window,”

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less oil, with more vegetables, less meat. You can customize your meal just the way you like it.” Noodle dishes, like Lo Mein dishes and Pad Thai, have been gaining in popularity lately, Annie said. “We introduced Pad Thai five or six years ago, and it just now seems to be really catching on,” Annie said. “It was popular at UT from the start, but other stores seem to have taken a while to catch on. It’s a new flavor to the market. It was part of our goal to expand our menu from just Chinese to other Southeast Asian flavors. Because we’re from Thailand, we like to fusion Thai culture and Thai food into our brand.” Sutas, now 69, is semi-retired, but still visits restaurants daily. “I love to do it,” Sutas said. “I love to talk to the kids and see how they are doing, I love to walk into the store and see what they are doing, see if it’s how it’s supposed to be. I’m lucky because they’re all good kids.” Annie said the company sets high standards for itself. “We not only pride ourselves on good, hot, fresh, tasty meals, but also strive for good service,” Annie said. “What people know about Magic Wok is the convenience and we strive for that, too. Our goal is to get customers through the drive-thru window within three minutes. We strive for 100 percent satisfaction.” For more information, visit www. magicwok.com. O

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perate to bring a dog into the family, carefully guarded himself against the possibility that we had brought him to a room full of adoptable dogs just to torture him further. Elaine, our middle child, reacted just as I should have predicted (but didn’t predict, because I apparently like to be surprised each time). She is very slow to transition to just

about anything, so the major addition of a new family member did not exactly elicit a “Yeah, let’s do this thing!” response. She looked one-third annoyed, one-third terrified and one-third disappointed. The disappointment stemmed from Mike telling her that he had a surprise and her assuming that meant a trip to Chuck E. Cheese, which,

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The following Storage Units will be sold at Public Auction by Mr. Storage and South Toledo Self Storage at the addresses indicated below, on Saturday February 25, 2012 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Storage, 717 S Reynolds Rd. Toledo, OH 43615 – Richard Leonard Auctioneer:

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public notice A+ Self Storage at 1324 W. Alexis Toledo, OH 43612 will offer for public sale at 3:30PM on February 28, 2012 the following units: Unit 317, Carmella O. Rodriguez 2051 W. Alexis Rd. A-6 Toledo, OHIO 43613: Stereo Equipment, Boxes, TV; Unit 722, Devon M. Cumberland 334 Winthrop St Toledo Ohio 43620: Chest of Drawers, Boxes, Toys; Unit 816, Elizabeth Cousino 2420 Roseview Toledo, OH , 43613: Mirror, Rocking Chair; Unit 1009, Tamara Fuller 1216 Oakwood Ave Toledo, OH 43607: Sofa, Boxes, TV; Unit 1012, Calvin Skipper 205 Austin Toledo/OHio 43608: Mattress, Stereo Equipment, Chair; Unit 1218, Cornelio A Vasquez 131 Eastern Toledo Toledo Ohio 43609: Clothes, Bags, Speakers; Unit 1312, Elaine Woodward 829 Searles Toledo, Ohio 43607: Desk Chair, Exercise Equipment, Boxes; Unit 1912, Joseph Ringling 913 Prouty Toledo, OH 43609: Headboard, Desk Chair, Boxes. Cash and Removal. Call ahead to confirm: 419-476-1400 THE FOLLOWING STORAGE UNITS WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION BY LOCK-IT-UP, LLC ON OR AFTER 2/28/12 AT LEONARD’S AUCTION SERVICE 6350 CONSEAR RD OTTAWA LAKE, MI RICHARD LEONARD AUCTIONEER 4601 JACKMAN TOLEDO 43612 1023 PRESTON STEWART 4437 BEAVER POND LOGANVILLE GA HOUSEHOLD. 2910/11 LISA KNIGHT 642 ASHWOOD HOUSEHOLD. 3110 JUANA WINSTON 2716 HOEHLER HOUSEHOLD. 802 S REYNOLDS TOLEDO 43615 1026 JP TRAYNOR PO BOX 245 MASPETH NY HOUSEHOLD. 2201 CHRISTOPHER KINCADE 4220 BURNHAM HOUSEHOLD. 10009 DANIEL LANE 3700 CAPITAL CIRCLE SE #1023 TALLAHASSEE FL HOUSEHOLD. 3032 AIRPORT HWY TOLEDO 43609 3329 ROBERT TAFT 2336 ELM ST HOUSEHOLD. 3517 DEONTAE DAVIS 5522 ALEXIS #12 HOUSEHOLD. 5415 ALICIA MONTELONGO 51 JAY HOUSEHOLD. 5517 JEFF WILLIS 1208 BROOKVIEW #20 HOUSEHOLD. 5706 QUENTIN BURNETT 962 WOODLAND HOUSEHOLD. 8102 YVETTE TURNER PO BOX 2714 HOUSEHOLD. 8230 ANTOINETTE COUSINS 5839 THUNDER HOLLOW HOUSEHOLD. 5401 TELEGRAPH RD TOLEDO 43612 2504 BRENDA TAYLOR 2126 HORTON HOUSEHOLD. 1008 LORETTA THANASIU 2213 BROADWAY HOUSEHOLD. 1013 ANNISE BARNER 442 BRONSON HOUSEHOLD. 2013 ANANIAS SNIPES 3239 FAIRMONT STOCKTON CA HOUSEHOLD. 1023 RODNEY WILLIAMS 630 CARVER HOUSEHOLD. 2018 THOMAS MOTON 218 METLER HOUSEHOLD. 2608 JAMES MOSLEY 3940 AIRPORT #125 HOUSEHOLD. 4107 SHELBY HAYES 135 MEL SIMON #3 HOUSEHOLD. 3316 DUSTIN RD OREGON 43616 8030 HEATHER HYMORE 3029 NAVARRE APT G HOUSEHOLD.

At Mr. Storage – 717 S Reynolds Rd: Unit 12 Keith Moore 1819 Marne Household. Unit 106 Patrick Hipp 1635 S McCord Apt 73 Holland OH 43528 Household. Unit 136 UMADOAP 2447 Nebraska, Household, Unit 148 Sandra Feasby 7265 Whiteford Center Road #807 Ottawa Lake MI 49267, Unit 213 Joel Hayden 2420 Sherwood Household, Unit 217 Kelly Duby 4045 Hillandale Household, Unit 221 Nanci Moseley 5702 Angola Lot 297 Household. Unit 239 Laniece McLane 806 Palmwood Household. Unit 247 Shawnetta Pullom 756 Hilltop Ln Household, Unit 506 Nicholas Gast 2401 Eastbrook Household. Unit 525 Susan Flowers 2513 Lawrence Ave Household. Unit 542 Velvet & DeShawn Goodwin 1171 Pinebrook Apt 101 Household. Unit 601 John Edwards 932 Linden Ln Household. Unit 604 Karen McElvene 1502 Lincoln Ave Household, Unit 607 Richard Arens III, 115 McTigue Dr Household. Units 504, 612, & 618 Kai Yang 221 Madison St Apt 12 New York NY 10002 Household. Unit 642 Karl Friesner III 5001 South #174 Household, Unit 713 Susan Smith 5643 Clover Lane Household, Unit 723 Lateisa Fonseca 4337 Hill Ave #14 Household. At Mr. Storage – 2800 Glendale: Unit 33 Janet Martinez PO Box 9034 Household, Unit 39 Christopher Craig 2830 Eldora Apt 4 Household, Unit 194 John Lowery 404 Kopernik, Boat, Unit 197 John Lowery 404 Kopernik, Boat, Unit 329 Kendra Wilson 604 W Sophia Maumee, OH Household, Unit 429 Mary Willmarth 4620 N Park Ln Bldg 7 Household, Unit 505 Pamela Schunk 1302 Pennelwood Household, Unit 516 Kendra Wilson 672 Spencer Household, Unit 602 Jamie Woo 2623 W Village Household, Unit 609 Lori Bailey 1319½ Western Household, Unit 617 Maryann Sanchez 4836 Douglas Apt 10 Household, Unit 628 Tschann Haynes 1520 Pinewood Ave Household, Unit 630 Michael McWilliams 3245 Stanhope Household, Unit 633 Heather White 1302 Pennelwood Household, Unit 642 Michaela Brown 844 Pinewood Household, Unit 653 Michael McWilliams 3245 Stanhope Household, Unit 656 Matthew McElfresh 5505 Grey Sylvania, OH Household, Unit 718 Lamont Bagrowski 816 Northgate Household, Unit 747 Robert Hahn 105 Mercer Court Apts Ln, Beulaville NC 28518, Household, Unit 756 Melissa Whittecar 1041 Whittier Household, Unit 769 Russell Smith PO Box 4565, Household, Unit 902 Joseph Streets 179 Spencer Household At South Toledo Self Storage – 3770 S Detroit: Unit 99 Erin Albring, 3459 Cheltenham, #9 Household, Unit 106 Amber Dorn, 5829 Spring Hollow Household, Unit 303 Richard Szumigala, 865 South St. Household, Unit 415 Brandy Baccus 1310 Vance Household, Unit 417 Kathleen Hubert, 1942 Airline, Apt. 2 Household, Unit 510 Khalig Kartier Abdur Raqib, 970 Post Household, Unit 630 Brooke Dotson, 1701 Brierheath, Household, Unit 704 Leslie Barry, 3343 Collingwood Household, Unit 720 Effram Smith, 715 Thomas Street Household

wanted WANTS TO purchase minerals and other oil & gas interests. Send details P.O. Box 13557, Denver, Co 80201 All real estate advertised in this paper is subject to the federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, in the sale, rental, or financing of housing. This Publisher will not knowingly accept any advertising that violates any applicable law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this paper are available on an equal opportunity basis. If you believe you have been discriminated against in connection with the sale, rental, or financing of housing, call the Toledo Fair Housing Center, (419) 243-6163.

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for sale stamp collection Extensive stamp collection of over 5000 stamps available. Dating back to the Civil War. US and foreign. Books, numbered blocks, special commemorates. Mint and cancelled. Many 40’s and 50’s. Serious inquiries only. Ask for Mark @ 419-866-5388. Will not break up collection.

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