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Kasich and the coke plant T T

oledo Free Press stood beside Toledo’s media outlets in 2005 when Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, Oregon Mayor Marge Brown and several officials gathered for a symbolic ribbon-cutting announcement for a new FDS Coke Plant to be built on the Port of Toledo on Maumee Bay. The project would include a 135-megawatt greenpowered electrical plant to supply energy generated from excess steam to Ohio municipalities to be delivered by American Municipal Power in Columbus.

It was an optimistic announcement, with talk of jobs, new technologies, jobs, a near-billion-dollar investment and jobs.

Yet here we are, half a decade later, and there has Thomas F. POUNDS been little progress in constructing the plant.

That is not through any fault of FDS. The company has promoted new technology involving the control of mercury emissions in its cooperative dealings with the Environmental Protection Agency. Last March, the Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission granted summary judgment to FDS, concluding that the FDS Coke Plant’s Permit to Install has not expired. That was thought to be the last hurdle in the long battle to get the plant built. There is plenty of support for the plant.

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and the City of Toledo support the construction; funds from Lucas County were used in the early stages of the process.

But ongoing litigation from the Toledo Sierra Club led by Oregon City Councilwoman Sandy Bihn and residents of the Village of Harbor View have kept the plant from moving forward.

“We think they should be investing in wind and solar components or other alternative energy that would be cleaner,” Bihn said.

The opponents have stalled this jobs-generating plant for too long, and now FDS officials are appealing to Ohio Gov. John Kasich to cut through the controversy and issue an executive order that would allow the plant to proceed.

When we endorsed candidate Kasich, we praised him for pledging to seek direct input from business owners and private enterprise, and for “offering a clear logic that trumps unfulfilled promises.”

There would be no better example, no better message to send, than for our new governor to review both sides of this case, and hopefully conclude as the Port Authority, city and EPA have: The FDS Coke Plant should proceed without further delay.

We respectfully urge Gov. Kasich to expedite this construction, before more time melts away and the greater opportunity is lost. ✯ 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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he Toledo Public Schools (TPS) plot to demolish population. Dwindling resources. Crumbling infrastrucLibbey High School is an act of institutional terrorism. ture. Community apathy.

Back in September, after touring my high school alma If someone were to describe a scenario in which an authoritative body funded by the public entered a mater one last time, I wrote a prematurely dismissive goodnearly 90-year-old institution, scattered its people, gutted bye to the school. I discussed the memories and people who its neighborhood’s identity and threatened to demolish its made Libbey what it was.

“But those moments were not shared with a brick or a building, your mind might flash to Sarajevo or Fallujah.

But this atrocity is being waged in the South End of Toledo. hallway,” I wrote. “It was the people at Libbey who made it In Iraq and Afghanistan, people scheming to eradicate special, and their spirit, through the alumni association and a way of life through fear and violence are rightly branded hall of fame, will not crumble when the wrecking ball hits. as extremists and enemies of society. In Toledo, this un- Their love and fellowship will not die, even as the fortress passes into dust.” forgivable scenario is being perpetrated by That was written from a mindset of sadthe school system and its board members. ness and acceptance. After closely following Rather than blowing shrapnel through flesh, the efforts of Sue Terrill and Warren Woodthey shrug their shoulders with indifference. berry, two of the people leading the effort to Rather than plant bombs underfoot, they preserve Libbey, my passive emotions have nod their heads and take notes. Rather than been replaced by anger. If it weren’t for Terstanding and firing bullets, they look into rill, Woodberry and those who stand beside cameras and cite statistics. them, Libbey would be turned to dust acThese calumniators wear business ties companied by only whispers of resignation. and pantsuits, but they are just as responsible for their actions as any bomb-strapped insur- Michael S. MILLER The group working to save the building is instead mustering a roar of protest that should gent. It’s a passive-aggressive approach, destruction through neglect, but when all is said and done, the wake all of us from our slumber of surrender and remind members of the TPS Board of Education — Bob Vasquez, us that there are things worth fighting for, no matter how Lisa Sobecki, Larry Sykes, Jack Ford and Brenda Hill — will long the odds.

Toledoans are accustomed to standing by helplessly as forever have Libbey’s blood on their hands. By placing the short-term financial considerations of TPS above the long- the past is erased — homes, schools, malls, restaurants, theterm needs of the community, the board members have aters. Terrill, Woodberry and their soldiers may not have betrayed their constituents, their responsibilities and the money or easy solutions, but they are standing and fighting, and that deserves respect and consideration. future of an entire neighborhood.

Terrill and Woodberry know there are more questions Once a giant such as Libbey has fallen, it is easier for the assassins to close other schools in their mission of “rightsizing,” than answers. Should all of Libbey be saved, or just its more modern elements? Are supporters correct when they say a phrase so Orwellian, it is shocking it’s not used in “1984.”

A wrecking ball blasting through the walls of Libbey it could be a “business and community center, providing a High School will not have anywhere near the national im- place to develop new technologies and jobs for our commupact on life and liberty as an airplane hurtling into an of- nity and our city”? Where will the money come from, not fice framework or a truckload of fertilizer exploding into just today but in the following years and decades? Is there a federal building, but the damage blistered into Western such a thing as a high school being “too big to fail?” Would this energy and attention be better devoted to schools that Avenue will create its own crater of permanent loss.

When terrorists attack, there are heroic first responders still serve children? Would neighbors rather see an empty willing to risk their own lives to help. Firefighters, police field than a closed school? Is it too late to save Libbey? Is it too late to save the neighborhood and its people? officers and people of all walks of life rush to offer aid.

These questions are thin battle cries against the plan to The only defenders standing between Libbey and its destruction are a handful of people who understand that destroy Libbey High School and decimate its struggling the day Libbey becomes rubble is the day that a significant neighborhood. But in this fight, the terrorists are in plain number of South End residents are going to realize they sight and their methods are well-known. Even if questions have been symbolically torn into pieces by an institutional are not enough to slow and stop the destruction, their suicide bomber. Those people will not fight by taking up echoes will forever haunt the legacies of those who actively arms; they will choose flight by taking to their feet, leaving shepherded Libbey’s demise — and of those who stood by the area to further sink into boarded-up houses, closed passively and allowed them to triumph. ✯ businesses and abandoned people.

Everything that troubles TPS can be viewed through the Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo lens of what went wrong at Libbey High School. Declining Free Press Star. E-mail him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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EDUCATION

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

A group of concerned citizens and alumni are fighting the demolition of Libbey High School.

The grassroots effort, which calls itself the Libbey Community Preservation Association, has been working for several months to save the building. It also wants the Toledo Public Schools (TPS) Board of Education to give the group more time. Many members feel the school district is trying to hurry and demolish the school. Members of the group said they would like to have at least six months to explore alternative options for Libbey.

“It would give us more time to find prospective uses and give interested parties more time to evaluate whether they can take on preserving and maintaining the building,” said Larrie Baccus, president of the Libbey Alumni Association and 1973 graduate.

According to the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC), the district must begin the demolition process

by Dec. 31 to receive funding from the Ohio Board of Education. OSFC will assist TPS with 77 percent of the demolition costs if that deadline is met.

If the district waits, TPS will incur costs to run and maintain the building, and then, if it is later demolished, pay the full price, $2 million to $4 million, said Lisa Sobecki, chairwoman of the OSFC committee.

“There are a few select people that think we’re not being proactive with the building. It’s not about being for or against Libbey,” Sobecki said. “My obligation is to do what’s in the best interest of the taxpayer dollars.”

“We’re not going to stop our demolition process on a hope and a dream, because if no one comes forward, we don’t want to be responsible for the full price of demolition,” she said.

No charter interest Before proceeding with demolition, the OSFC requires the district to offer the facility to charter schools for 60 days. Twenty-six charter schools have been contacted; none have shown any interest as of Jan. 31, Sobecki said.

The charter schools have until March 3 to respond. If no charter school is interested in the facility, the district will proceed with requesting proposals for abatement and demolition of the school, Sobecki said.

Both the abatement and demolition bids could be sent at the same time and those bids would be awarded six to eight weeks later, she said. The

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SUPPORTERS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIBBEY HIGH SCHOOL STAND IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING WITH THEIR “THIS PLACE MATTERS” SIGN.

plan is to have the school completely demolished by Dec. 12, she said.

Sobecki said that during the bidding process, the district can still sell the property to an interested party without being subject to soft costs from contractors.

“We can send out the bids, but we don’t have to award anything,” she said.

“The critical time is when we go to vote and approve those contractors.”

Sobecki said anyone or any business interested in purchasing all or part of Libbey’s facility should contact the TPS business office right away.

Sobecki said she has spoken with Bob Vasquez, TPS board president, and the TPS board would host a special meeting if an offer comes in to purchase the building.

Community center Warren Woodberry, who helped fight to save Scott High School, said TPS shouldn’t move so quickly and just tear everything down. The South Toledo neighborhood needs the facility to be intact, rather than just an empty space, Woodberry said.

“It could be the Libbey Cowboy Community Center. You could host football, baseball and play league soccer, almost like giving them the YMCA,” he said. “Right now they have nothing in that area. When they look out their doors, there’s nothing to the left or right and they can go back inside and watch TV or join a gang.”

Advocates for the facility said they would like to see all or portions of the school, such as the skills center and field house, utilized. In addition to a community center, some suggested uses for the building include a Toledo/

Northwest Ohio Museum, a health care facility, an after-school activities center or a place to feed the hungry. Some in the neighborhood would also like to see manufacturing jobs at the facility.

“I’d like to see sewing and having things made in our community, because [Libbey is] on a bus line and in walking distance for many. The 43609 ZIP code is one of the lowest income ZIP codes in Toledo and surrounding suburbs. Our people want to work, but don’t have jobs,” said Dawn Hall, a neighborhood resident, at a recent preservation meeting. “Instead of people getting welfare, they’ll earn their money and earn their health care.”

Libbey Community Preservation Association is gathering petitions and has hosted a rally to show support for saving the school. The group has also been working to place Libbey High School on the National Register of Historic Places.

Baccus, who had been working to make Libbey a historic site prior to the school closing, said the group is in revision stages with the Ohio Historic Preservation Office and hopes to submit final materials needed for the application soon.

“Our role is to stop the wrecking ball and put Libbey on the national register and make the public aware of the historical significance and why we should preserve it,” he said.

If Libbey is placed on the national register it could qualify for substantial grants and funding that could be used to repair the building, Baccus said.

Sue Terrill, a Libbey alumna who is leading the preservation effort, said, “We need to slow this process down.

There’s no reason to wreck this beautiful

school when there’s an option to save it.

We’re trying to buy more time to come up with a plan. You’re asking people in the poorest part of town, who are suffering the most, for solutions. We need time for leaders to step up; those with connections who can create opportunities for this building.”

Toledo City Councilman D. Michael Collins, who is participating in the group as a private citizen and alumnus, said Libbey deserves to be made a historical site.

“I truly believe that to destroy our past is to challenge our future. Libbey should remain in legacy for alumni who became prominent in their profession and in the memory of Edward Drummond Libbey and his wife Florence Scott this building must be saved,” he said. “I’m not saying every older building in Toledo is worthy of being saved, but there are specific landmarks in the city that are and one is Edward Drummond Libbey High School.”

Collins said if Libbey is made into a historical site it makes it more difficult for the district to demolish. The Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board meets next in April.

Working together Another way the group is working to save Libbey is by bringing people together. Since December, Woodberry has also been working to get business leaders, politicians and community organizations together to discuss possible uses for Libbey.

On March 4, this group of planners, politicians, businessmen and local community organizations will meet to discuss options for Libbey.

“We plan to hold a dialogue to see

what can be done to save Libbey. If any plans make sense to do,” Woodberry said. “They’re trying to look at all the options, all the things that can go in, and how they can help find funding.

All ideas are on the table.”

Libbey Community Preservation Association will be collecting one-page proposals from community members and businesses interested in the facility to bring along to that meeting, Baccus said.

An auction date has not been set for Libbey. A meeting to discuss possible dates was canceled due to snow.

Sobecki said the district will try and hold off on the auction because some of the things someone who might want to purchase Libbey would want could be sold at auction.

“I’ve been at an auction where they removed hand railings and ceiling tiles. If someone is interested in buying the school building for activities or something to do with education, they might want lockers,” she said. “We want to try and keep it intact for as long as possible to sell it.”

Following a recent tour, some alumni were concerned about trophies and plaques still in the building that were labeled as trash, but at a Jan. 31 OSFC meeting, Sobecki asked Jim Gant, business manager for TPS, to visit every room of the school and remove those items. At the suggestion of Brenda Hill, vice chairwoman of the OSFC, those trophies will be archived and a list of names from the trophies will be available on the TPS website for alumni to claim with proper ID, Sobecki said.

For information, visit www.toledo libbeyhsalumni.com. ✯

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TPS announces proposal for ‘complete transformation’

By Emily Gibb TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Toledo Public Schools (TPS) Board of Education members announced its proposal for a “complete transformation” of the TPS system.

The Feb. 1 proposal, based on eight goals for improving the district, would combine elementary and middle schools into kindergarten through eighth grade “neighborhood schools.”

The high schools would be redesigned into magnet schools with focuses such as performing arts or technology, as well as the option of a traditional high school experience, said Jim Gault, interim chief academic officer.

“The plan is completely studentcentered. It educates our students for the 21st century,” said Bob Vasquez, president of the TPS Board.

While the proposal has a balanced budget for 2011, a full implementation of the plan would require the district to seek additional funding in 2012.

If the transformation proposal would turn into a concrete plan, it will take at least three years until all changes are fully implemented, TPS

Superintendent Jerome Pecko said.

The board will hold the first of several community meetings on Feb. 8.

It will be its first chance to hear how parents feel about the potential upheaval and PECKO redesign of the school system.

“We’re hopeful that they will be receptive to these ideas,” Pecko said.

The goals The board’s first goal is to build strong learning communities through creating the K-8 neighborhood schools. Gault said board members hope they would improve academic performance and increase attendance and parental involvement.

“Schools are moved to where the students are,” he said.

High school courses would be offered to sixth through eighth grade students who need an academic challenge. Extracurricular activities would also be rebuilt with seventh and eighth

grade athletic programs for each neighborhood.

Another factor in implementing neighborhood schools is to help with the transportation issues in the budget.

There would still be buses for students outside the walk zone, but the hope is that most students will live close enough inside the walk zone, Gault said.

The second goal is to provide “educational choices and equal opportunities,” that board members hope will help increase enrollment, as well as attract students from outside the district.

Starting in fall 2011, struggling students would have the option of alternate hours after the regular school day to make up necessary credits. The board would address low-performing schools, as well as individual students, by expanding the services of the agencies working with the schools, like the YMCA and Boys and Girls Club, to address students’ needs.

In fall 2012, transformed high schools would take shape.

Magnet schools The high schools would become magnet schools so students in the TPS district and beyond can choose

schools that fit their needs. However, the board has not set a plan for transportation for students to the different schools that might be outside their historical school boundaries.

Redesigned schools include a STEMM Campus at DeVilbiss; Old Orchard would become a lab research school, making use of its proximity to University of Toledo; and the South End would have an international program for students whom English is a second language. The international program would integrate culture, business and language.

The board also wants to look into working with the juvenile court system and agencies to provide a boarding school for at-risk youth at the old Leverette building.

Rogers High School’s core concepts would teach the health-related fields with an emphasis on sports medicine and management and health and allied sciences. Bowsher High School’s core concept would be performing arts.

Waite would also integrate its diversity by becoming an international school with a focus on foreign language and business. Start High School would offer an International Baccalaureate program.

Profile of Excellence: Dennis Meacham P Owens Community College Alumnus Dennis Meacham grew up in T Toledo, Ohio. When he graduated from Woodward High School, he decided to attend a four-year university degree in psychology. univer un ersity locally to pursue a d

He graduated with a degree in financial management in 1984. He was the first in his family to graduate from Owens.

“Most of my classes had more than 100 students and that wasn’t Meacham. the environment for me,” said M

Because of the encouragement of his professors and advisors, he transferred back to his initial university where he excelled and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

After two qu q arters,, he decided to t stop attending college until his quarters, father brought him a brochure from Owens Community College.

One of the programs listed liste was financial management and he knew instantly th that it was a program and a place where he could excel. ex average grades in my psychology “I went from a classes to ho honors because of the environment at Owens,” ssaid Meacham.

He found th that he could communicate personally with his professors and they were positive in influences in his life.

“Owens helped h me to learn how to learn.

The people peop helped me to believe that I could succeed, suc not just in an educational setting, b but in a career,” said Meacham.

Dennis Meacham Revenue Analyst, Tenneco, Inc. Graduate 1984 Gr

After graduation, he moved to San Diego, California, to work for a large bank.

Eventually, he moved back to the area, held a variety of jobs in the financial arena and now works for Tenneco, Inc. in Monroe, Michigan, where he is a Revenue Analyst in charge of accounts totaling $1 billion in receivables annually.

“I was highly discouraged when I left my first university experience, but Owens changed that for me,” said Meacham.

His wife and two daughters also graduated from Owens.

He is now encouraging his youngest daughter to learn more about Owens before she makes her college plans.

“Owens helped me to learn how to learn.”

Scott High School would become a teacher prep academy. Woodward High School would focus on social service and public safety while learning from Toledo safety services and law enforcement.

The long-term goal of having schools based on focus areas like teaching and public service is that after students graduate, they will come back and work with TPS and within the community, Gault said.

The other six goals are to establish Toledo as the school district of choice for students in the region; increase the graduation rate for all students and prepare them with skills for competing successfully in a global economy; replicate effective programs and eliminate or reform unproductive practices; develop a district-wide culture of high expectations for student success; hold everyone in the district accountable for their performance; and “rightsize” the district so it is efficient and effective.

Part of “rightsizing” the district would include shifting boundary lines for East Side Central, LaGrange and the second DeVeaux building and moving Crossgates to Byrnedale. ✯

Come Join The Fun Join the Alumni Association today and experience cultural events, community service, legacy scholarship opportunities and more.

Reconnect with Owens online at www.owens.edu/alumni.

Celtic Blaze March 11, 2011 Join fellow alumni at the Owens Center for Fine and Performing Arts for a night of Celtic food, music, dance and storytelling with Celtic Blaze.

Visit owens.edu/alumni for more information.

For a complete calendar of events, please call Laura Moore at (567) 661-7410, e-mail alumni@owens.edu or go to www.owens.edu and click the Alumni and Donors link.

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CDC Viva South faces uncertain future

By Lisa Renee Ward

Toledo Free Press Web Editor news@toledofreepress.com

Viva South notified the City of Toledo on Dec. 21 that its board had voted Dec. 20 to suspend operations.

It stated that a default judgment sought by Adam Martinez for services to A2 Lawn Care was “the last nail in Viva’s coffin.”

Martinez, a Toledo city councilman, said he is no longer the owner of the company that filed the lawsuit.

Hernan Vasquez, Viva South board president, told Toledo Free Press on Feb. 1 “Viva continues.”

Vasquez said three board members had resigned, but he and four others were committed to remaining with Viva with one employee staying on as a volunteer, with the hope her position could become a paid one once the organization merged with another Community Development Corporation (CDC).

“We are in negotiations with Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS). We met with Bill Farnsel and Matt Sutter; we want to keep our independence for the South Side, keeping Viva semi-autonomous,” Vasquez said.

Vasquez said the City of Toledo was not notified of the change since the Dec. 21 letter, but would be.

Viva South owns more than a dozen pieces of property. Two projects, a rehabilitated home at 565 Orchard St. and a new home at 306 Crittenden Ave., began in 2005. NHS was the co-signer for part of the funding that was obtained. The Orchard Street home is being rented; the Crittenden Avenue home is vacant and for sale.

Executive Director of NHS Bill Farnsel confirmed to Toledo Free Press on Feb. 1 that discussions had taken place with Viva South’s Executive Director Celso Rodriguez and Vasquez.

Farnsel said the discussions were at the “very preliminary stages” and that due diligence would be required before anything was decided. “[NHS Board President] Matt Sutter and I got a small peek. We don’t have any financial records as of yet.

We have to look internally to see if we have the cash flow,” Farnsel said.

Farnsel said there are debt service payments owed on the Orchard Street and Crittenden Avenue homes. NHS anticipates having those properties transferred to them since it appeared NHS was going to have to make the payments.

The credit union crunch

In 2003, when Viva South was Heritage South Commercial Revital-

ization Association, discussion began on finding a credit union to locate in South Toledo.

Heritage South obtained the former South Toledo Library building in 2005. In September 2010, it was announced Nueva Esperanza Community Credit Union was given its charter after being in the planning stages since 2006.

Viva South planned for Nueva Esperanza to lease the first floor of the library building.

“We are still excited about the credit union, our desire is that we pass the title to NHS so they can get credit for the const r uc t ion,” Vasquez said.

MARTINEZ He said NHS had recently participated in discussions with Viva South and some of the board members of Nueva Esperanza, related to a leasing price.

“Nueva Esperanza is going to sign the lease. They said they could not afford the preliminary budget, then NHS stepped in. NHS said if they take ownership of the building it becomes a project not for profit,” Vasquez said.

Farnsel described the credit union conversation as “hypothetical.”

“The lease price was $1,200. The federal regulator said $1,000 was on the high side, so I asked ‘Would that mean $1,000 is too high?’ It was kind of a reverse bidding situation,” Farnsel said.

He said the credit union is under pressure to move into a location and has other places it could lease, but it had been waiting for Viva South.

“The library building is very nice.

There has been extensive remodeling to the first floor, the utilities are on, but it’s not handicap accessible.

Total completion of the lower level is lacking about $100,000, but that would not stop the building from opening. If they had the money it could be solved in a week or two,” Farnsel said.

NHS could opt to become involved with the library building since that would be considered an economic development project separate from a proposed merger with Viva South.

Financial complications

Consilium Investments LLC dba (doing business as) A2 Lawn Care filed a suit in Lucas County Common Pleas Court on Nov. 1 against Viva South for $19,309.75 for services owed from 2007 to 2009. Martinez had a contract

with Viva South to provide services.

Martinez was the executive director of Viva South from 2004 to 2006. Ohio Secretary of State business filings show that Consilium Investments LLC filed a transfer on Dec. 28, 2009 from Martinez to Alexis DeAnda as the primary agent.

Vasquez said Roman Arce, the attorney for Viva South, and Joe McNamara, the attorney for Consilium, were working on a settlement.

“Celso Rodriguez is looking at drawing down on money from the city to be able to pay it in a lump sum to settle,” Vasquez said.

He said he met with Martinez and his partner, Alexis DeAnda, along with Rodriguez, last year for lunch and that they had made an offer to settle the lawsuit and were waiting for an answer on their settlement offer.

“Then we found out about the lawsuit, they deserve payment, the problem was the accuracy of the charges.”

Martinez told Toledo Free Press on Feb. 1 that while small adjustments were made on some of the billings, the adjusted amount was the amount being sought in the lawsuit. He said he was not aware of any recent settlement offer. On Feb. 2, he said he was not actively involved in the lawsuit, that his partner was the one responsible for the business dealings of A2 and Consilium. He said he sold the business to his partner in October 2009.

The lawsuit was scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Feb. 3 before Judge Gary Cook. McNamara, who is also a Toledo city councilman, confirmed on Feb. 2 that his client in the case was Consilium but he would not further comment on the case.

While Martinez said he is not involved in the business operations of Consilium, he and Vasquez are both on the Nueva Esperanza board and Rodriguez is on NHS’s board. Martinez said on Feb. 1 that he would abstain on any vote involving a Viva South lease.

Farnsel said the financials were more complicated than just the suit.

“Viva South has a contract to provide services in the neighborhood,” he said. “As a block grant contractor, you have a certain amount allocated and ito spend that money down, you have to submit a set of reimbursables to the City monthly, you have to have the money upfront, then you wait for the City to pay you and if they don’t pay you, then you have to find funding to create the next set of reimbursables.”

Farnsel said it generally takes Toledo 45 to 60 days to remit payment,

but one time last year it took five months.

“We had to have private funds, the city caught us up in one lump sum, but if you don’t have the money to continue to create reimbursables, you don’t provide services and whatever you didn’t draw down, you don’t get,” Farnsel said.

The city requires all property taxes and taxes related to employees are paid. “You have to provide paid invoices, this puts a big burden on organizations, unless they have a source of backup funding,” he added.

“NHS would have to find the cash to pay Viva’s expenses, then create a new set of reimbursables,” Farnsel said. He said there were also property taxes due on the library building and the contractor was still owed money.

The future

Vasquez said he dreams of purchasing land to create a “grassy parking lot in front of the church on South Broadway Street to open the architecture of the church. I see an empty lot as an opportunity,” Vasquez said.

“Hernan has a lot of optimism, he’s very dedicated, but I’m not sure he understands the whole process,” Farnsel said.

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Egyptian people may need humanitarian aid in the form of food and medical supplies from the international community in coming weeks.”

Other Egyptians in Toledo are worried about their families in Egypt.

The government had shut down land lines and cellular phones several times during the past week.

Maha Berti Guirguis’s immediate family lives in Cairo.

“Trying to contact my family has been gradually becoming more reliable. On Friday, even land lines were off at some point which was extremely terrifying. But since Saturday I have been able to call them every day on their land line. They tell me not to worry but they don’t sound well,” said Guirguis, a senior at UT. Many communities in Egypt have been forming neighborhood watches.

“This collaboration shows the kinship between all Egyptians and how they are willing to work together to protect their country. This simply authenticates the spirit of this revolution,” Guirguis said.

Many Egyptian Americans in Toledo are raising awareness through social networking and organizing protests.

Ahmed Hassabelnaby, a sophomore at UT, has been organizing solidarity protests in Toledo.

“Primarily using YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook and communicating with family and friends in Egypt via phone lines, many of us are doing our best to relay information from inside of Egypt to the rest of the world despite the media blackout that has been imposed by the regime,” he said.

UT freshman Lina Elsamaloty is brainstorming ideas.

“I hope to start a canned food

drive to help the people in Egypt ... making them aware of what is going on as well as giving them a chance to stretch a helping hand to such an unprecedented revolution,” Elsamaloty said. “We are all working on setting up a committee to head fundraising events as well as a possible mission trip to Egypt to help the people.”

At least 200 people have been killed in the past week and thousands injured in clashes between police and protesters. There have also been reports of clashes between pro Mubarak groups and anti-Mubarak groups.

“Thugs are being paid and hired

by Mubarak’s regime to kill innocent peaceful protesters to make it look like the people are out of control,” said Sharin Afifi, another Egyptian student at UT. Egyptians are staying positive.

“I can’t stress enough how proud I am of my people. It’s game over for Mubarak, because the people aren’t going to be fooled any longer. I am mostly proud of our youth, [they] are leading this revolution,” Afifi said. “They are impassioned to see a New Egypt, an improved and better Egypt for their future. It’s not just Toledo either, you can count on all Egyptians worldwide, young and old, standing up hand in hand with the people in Egypt.”

Toledo native Kassem agrees.

“We must keep fighting, for those who are no longer with us. I was astonished when I was saw protests in other countries and in the states,” Kassem said. “It’s amazing and we truly appreciate their support and ask that they continue to back us against a tyrant and for an establishment of a true democratic country.” O

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Young Egyptian Americans in Toledo are concerned about their families in Egypt.

Anti-government protests in Egypt have been ongoing since Jan. 25.

Protesters have called for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled Egypt for 29 years. Egyptians continue to protest corruption, unemployment and poverty. Within the country of 80 million people, almost half of the population lives on $2 a day.

Dina Kassem, a University of Toledo graduate, has been teaching in Egypt for almost one year. She said the Internet in Egypt was shut down by the government on Jan. 27 and was restored Feb. 2.

Curfews have been set across most districts in Egypt.

“I’ve been home for six days,” she said. “I was going to go crazy. What has happened in the past week is unforgivable in my opinion, because it’s getting harder by the minute. People are dying. Banks, stores and everything is closed. Food supplies are short and there’s no work.”

Although Mubarak announced on Feb. 1 that he will not run in the presidential elections in September, many Egyptians are unsatisfied.

“The demand for the collapse of the Egyptian regime is synonymous with the demand for basic human rights and the right to build and secure the future for all forms,” said Suad Hani, a UT graduate student.

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On Feb. 6, Super Bowl Sunday, a crowd will gather at Central Park West in Toledo to honor Chris Drouillard.

That crowd, made up of friends, family and even some strangers, will eat spaghetti, brats and burgers to raise money to aid Drouillard and his family as he battles cancer.

The event was organized by Drouillard’s friends, siblings and in-laws to raise money for the Chris Drouillard Cancer Fund. This fund, according to a message from Drouillard himself, will benefit his family if needed but will also contribute to research for the type of cancer Drouillard suffers from.

His condition, Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma (MEC), was first detected after Drouillard developed a lesion in his mouth following a wisdom tooth extraction. When the lesion did not heal on its own, a biopsy was taken and the diagnosis was made. started radiation Drouillard therapy immediately. Toward the end of his treatment, he underwent a chest X-ray that showed the cancer had spread to his lungs. Radiation was halted and chemotherapy began.

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Drouillard’s doctors suspended his radiation and moved to chemotherapy. Jennifer said the doctors “got the big guns out” for his treatment.

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Even though his treatment is difficult and tiring, Drouillard said he does what he can to stay positive. He said that although some people with cancer choose to keep their battle more private, he has preferred to surround himself with as many supportive people as possible.

“One of the things I’ve learned the most is to lean on the strength of others,” he said.

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Drouillard said that support system has been crucial to his ability to maintain a positive attitude.

“It’s hard to be down when you have so many people supporting you.

For me, involving a lot of people has done a lot to lift my spirits,” he said.

Those who attend the benefit will have the opportunity to sign a memory book with a message of support for Chris and his family. The big

game will be shown on a big-screen TV, and attendees can buy squares for the game. Prizes will be awarded to anyone with the correct numbers for halftime and final scores.

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Blanks receive help from Genoa Custom Interiors Editor’s note: Toledo Free Press will follow the Blank family of Millbury for the next year as they rebuild their lives after a June 5 tornado destroyed their Main Street home.

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

Julie Blank wasn’t looking forward to redecorating the inside of her house.

The tornado had destroyed what she thought would be her forever home and she did not want to bother with paint BLANK swatches when she had a life to rebuild.

But when interior designer Cheryl Grosjean, owner of Genoa Custom Interiors, began to help, the task didn’t seem so dreadful.

“I didn’t treat them differently than anyone else. I did have empathy for them because of what they have been through, though,” Grosjean said. “Julie already knew the colors that she wanted, but I helped her fine-tune them.”

Grosjean worked with Julie to find warm colors like gold and red and sage green for the first floor.

“She wanted to have a warm and cozy feeling,” Grosjean said. “They aren’t really dressy people. They are casual and she had those types of colors in mind.”

Ed Blank said the house is more colorful than it was before the tornado.

He knew Julie wasn’t motivated about

decorating, but after she met Cheryl, “they were always talking,” he said.

“Genoa Custom Interiors really stepped up,” Ed said. “Cheryl helped Julie with our draperies and blinds.

She actually helped Julie pick out all the colors of the walls.”

Grosjean also lent her expertise to choosing colors for the master bathroom, which Julie wanted to feel like a spa. They settled on a blue-green color to achieve that feel.

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Grosjean, who owns Genoa Custom Interiors, with her husband, David, said they began working with the Blanks because their company affiliates itself with Rigg Builders, who built the Blanks’ house.

“Also, Julie knows people who I have worked with and she had referrals,” Grosjean said.

The tornado brought more business to the Grosjeans.

“You hate to get it that way, but I was happy to help. It was nice to get people into their houses before Christmas,” she said. “Some people wanted exactly the same things and some people wanted something completely different.”

Grosjean and her husband have two locations that customers can visit.

Her place at 647 Main St. features furniture, accessories and window treat-

ments. The store is a big house, “so it is all set up like a home, which makes it easier to see what it looks like,” she said.

Her husband is at 644 Main St. where he sells floor coverings and wallpaper. The Blanks bought their floor coverings from the Grosjeans.

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The Sylvania Historical Village’s newest building is helping two of the site’s star attractions weather the winter in style.

A brick car barn — a scaled-down replica of a Sylvania original—was dedicated in October, just in time to provide a winter home for the Village’s restored 1915 locomotive engine and 1924 caboose, said director Joyce Armstrong.

The engine was in use through the 1960s, first on the electric interurban rail line that ran through Sylvania and later at the Acme Power Plant in Toledo, where it hauled coal.

The shelter will make the caboose — a favorite of school groups — accessible in colder months, said site assistant Sarah Groves.

“If the steps were icy, we couldn’t take kids in the caboose and then they’d be really disap-

pointed, but now we don’t have that problem,” Groves said.

Sylvania is rich in railroad history, Armstrong said. The track that cuts through the village was the first railroad west of the Allegheny Mountains, the first in Ohio or Michigan, the first to go between two states and the first to carry U.S. mail.

The depot building, built in 1858, is the oldest in Ohio. Area solders left for the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and Korean War from the depot, which closed in 1956.

“The minute I have somebody come into the depot I make them sit down and tell them you’re sitting exactly where those people sat,” Armstrong said. “Look at the changes in the world since preCivil War and all the soldiers that left from there and not all of them came back. It just sends little chills, you know? Think if walls could talk.”

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The Village has since grown to include a 1840s log home, a blacksmith carpentry shop and a replica schoolhouse, Armstrong said. All the buildings are heated.

About 9,000 people visited Sylvania Historical Village in 2010, Armstrong said.

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“We try to keep kids involved, not just sitting and listening. We keep ramping up our programs,” Groves said. “There’s a whole lot more going on here than people think.”

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Editor’s Note: Toledo Free Press, United Way of Greater Toledo and 13abc’s “Bridges” with Doni Miller are profiling 12 education initiative programs in Northwest Ohio. This is the fourth story in the series.

By Sarah Ottney Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Attendance, test scores and “Sherman pride” are all on the rise at a North Toledo elementary school thanks in part to a unique partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo (BGCT).

BGCT’s North Toledo Club (NTC), located inside Sherman is Elementary, one of only a few Boys & Girls Club programs in the nation fully integrated within a school, said BGCT executive director Dave Wehrmeister.

Club space was built into the design of the new school building, which opened in August 2008, resulting in the first partnership of its kind in Ohio, Wehrmeister said.

“It was something our board had been looking for, but couldn’t find the right vehicle until TPS and Building for Success came along,” Wehrmeister said. “It was great timing and made good perfect sense, business sense, to make this model work.”

Based on the success at Sherman, plans are set for BGCT’s South Toledo Club to relocate into the new Marshall Elementary building, currently under construction, Wehrmeister said.

Sherman principal Anthony Bronaugh said at first he didn’t understand the full scope of what such an integration would look like, but now he can’t imagine his school without it.

“It’s a huge asset,” Bronaugh said.

“As the first ever in Ohio, the pressure is there to make sure it works, to make sure we are academically achieving, to make sure discipline stays down.

In this case, all those things have happened.”

Sherman improved in nine of 11 academic indicators its first year, progressing from academic emergency to academic watch, Wehrmeister said.

It’s a change Bronaugh attributes to many factors, including the close collaboration between Sherman teachers and NTC staff.

“It’s a wonderful extension for us,” Bronaugh said.

Students can come to the club after school without leaving the building, making excuses about forgetting homework moot, said NTC unit director Kelly Duling, one of two full-time staff members.

The club, which also employs nine part-time staff members, utilizes 14,655 square feet at Sherman. That includes 2,510 square feet of club space,

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including a game room and offices, and 12,145 square feet of shared school space, including the art room, media center, library, cafeteria and gym.

Some Sherman teachers were apprehensive at first about sharing the school, but most were on board quickly, Wehrmeister said.

“They see the impact we’re having on the school and all the additional resources we’re bringing to that building,” Wehrmeister said. “It’s worked remarkably well.”

Kimberly Schroeder, a kindergarten teacher at Sherman who also works part time at NTC, said she sees firsthand the difference in students.

“Several students, the very first year, you’re like ‘Oh my goodness, they’re like a time bomb,’ but you can’t do that here,” Schroeder said. “They calm down, get along with others, deal with anger issues and that carries over into the school day.”

A rule that students who miss school cannot come to the club has helped dramatically improve attendance, which averaged 95 percent last year, Bronaugh said.

Test scores have also been on the rise, although NTC cannot claim sole responsibility, Wehrmeister said.

“It’s the teachers, administrators, Boys & Girls Club staff, the socialemotional learning programs, all coming together to achieve the impact,” Wehrmeister said.

Not only measureable indicators, but intangible factors as well have improved, such as a more positive outlook at the school, Wehrmeister said.

The positivity has extended to the community, Bronaugh said.

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Students interact at the Sherman Elementary Boys and GirLS club.

“Five or six years ago people would have thought of Sherman as a dangerous area, and rightly so, but our kids aren’t necessarily a part of the environment they come from,” Bronaugh said. “We have been able to make the community a reflection of the school instead of the school being a reflection of the community.”

The club operates after school Monday through Friday until 7:30 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. over the summer and during school breaks.

Bronaugh said working parents like knowing their children are safe and others have said the club saves them money on groceries by serving dinner.

“We change lives each and every night at Boys & Girls Club, but we never know how or when that’s happening or what kind of impact we’re having on a family,” Wehrmeister said.

NTC, one of four club locations in Toledo, has about 700 registered members, Duling said. An average of 147 students per day attended the club during the 2009-10 school year, with a daily average of 86 during the summer, Wehrmeister said.

Membership is free to Sherman students and about 75 percent of students attend regularly, Bronaugh said.

The club is open to any North Toledo student aged 7 to 12 for $3 per year.

BGCT is funded through private donations, the United Way, endowments and government grants.

Bronaugh said Sherman still has a long way to go, but is on the right path.

“When people think of successful schools, Sherman will come to mind and that’s our goal,” Bronaugh said.

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

FDS Coke Plant LLC is seeking support from local officials all the way to Gov. John Kasich for its proposed coke plant project on the Port of Toledo on Maumee Bay. George Weber, president of FDS Coke Plant, sent a detailed letter to Kasich Jan. 18 seeking his and the state’s support of the project, describing it as “a tremendous opportunity to kickstart the State of Ohio’s economic resurgence in 2011.”

The project consists of a manufacturing plant that would supply raw material to Midwest steel plants ,serving the domestic car and finished product industries and thus create jobs and revenues in Ohio, according to the letter.

The project would include a 135-megawatt green-powered electrical plant located at the site to supply energy generated from excess steam to Ohio municipalities. It would be delivered by American Municipal Power in Columbus.

There would be a capital investment of more than $950 million during construction with an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 direct construction jobs, plus material purchases, subcontractors, supplies, equipment rentals, and labor costs estimated at $900 million, according to Weber’s letter to Kasich.

The final financing would include Toledo-based broker insurance, infrastructure to the site and Ohio Air Quality Development Authority bond issuance.

In the letter, Weber said, “The project will act as an ongoing economic engine for continued growth in Northwest Ohio with an estimated 220 on-site manufacturing jobs.”

Ohio sales and income taxes are estimated to be $45 million with additional local property and school taxes, according to FDS. “We have not heard from the state or governor’s office about it,” said Tom Kovacik of TLK Consulting, who has been working on the coke plant

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project with the FDS team of Weber and Bill Garber.

Weber said the project has been delayed for the past six years by “Ohio’s environmental permitting hurdles and by ongoing litigation sponsored

by Ohio opponents.”

During those six years, FDS has spent $20 million on the completion of detailed engineering plans, construction contracts and power plant electric grid interconnection activities, according to Weber’s letter.

The final financing has been delayed due to ongoing litigation from the Toledo Sierra Club led by local resident Sandy Bihn and residents of the Village of Harbor View, located adjacent to First Energy’s Bayshore coalfired power plant and the BP refinery.

“We support the use of steam to generate electricity from the proposed plant,” said Bihn, who lives on Bayshore Road in Oregon near the project site and serves on Oregon City Council.

Bihn said the main problems opponents have with the project are that

they have no idea who will own and operate the facility, the technology for it has not been used anywhere else and the investors appear to be marketing the permit for the plant.

Bihn said the design of the facility has changed since the permit was issued in 2003 and construction did not start on the project as required by the approved permit.

“We would like to have everything out in the open with a transparent process and that has not been the case,” Bihn said. “We don’t know who the investors are, but they seem to have a lot of clout in the state.

“It’s a bad way for the region to do business. For the amount of land and pollution involved, we think they should be investing in wind and solar components or other alternative energy that would be cleaner,” Bihn said.

Mayor Carl Stanoyevic of the Village of Harbor View could not be reached for comment.

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legal record before the Environmental Review Appeal Commission (ERAC) and the 10th District Court of Appeals as having no technical, public health, or environmental issues with the Ohio EPA Air Quality Permit to install a metallurgical coke plant in Toledo,” Weber stated in the letter.

“It took six years to get through ERAC instead of the usual 60 days.

The district judge sent it back to ERAC,” Kovacik said.

All Ohio regulatory and statutory rules and regulations were satisfied with the issuance of the permit by the Ohio EPA, review of the attorney general with approval and issuance by the governor’s office, Kovacik said.

The plant would be owned by bond holders using the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority with bank underwriters such as Merrill Lynch.

It would be operated by a bonded and experienced industrial operating company satisfactory to the banks and Ohio municipalities.

Kovacik reported that the tech-

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The FDS Coke Plant project has received the support of local governments and economic development groups in Northwest Ohio.

“The port authority supports this project which has passed every environmental review known to man. This argument is about a few individuals who are opposed to the project for nonenvironmental reasons,” said Matt Sapara, director of operations and property development for the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority.

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“The project is also a catalyst for additional development on property owned by the port authority,” he said.

It would increase the coal handling capacity of the Port of Toledo.

The City of Toledo is in full support of the FDS project. Mayor Mike Bell spoke to Kasich Jan. 31, expressing his support for the project and the importance of it to the region, according to Deputy Mayor Steve Herwat.

Kasich is scheduled to visit Toledo Feb. 7 to speak at a joint lunch event sponsored by the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club of Toledo at the Park Inn, according to Connie Wehrkamp, deputy press secretary for the governor.

Herwat said the mayor and city officials hope to discuss the project with the governor during his visit.

Toledo and Oregon have a joint economic development agreement

and will share payroll taxes generated by the project on a 50-50 basis, reported Herwat.

If the project proceeds, the City of Oregon is prepared to participate in the joint revenue sharing agreement with the City of Toledo, said Oregon City Councilman Jerry Peach.

Toledo City Councilman Rob Ludeman wrote a resolution in support of the EPA granting the permit for the FDS project that was passed by Council Jan. 25.

The Northwest Ohio Regional Economic Development Association (NORED) recommended the construction of the coke plant project in a recent letter to Kasich. It stated that “the continued delay by a very few activists at the expense of thousands is not only hurting the economic recovery of Northwest Ohio but the State of Ohio.”

The project was endorsed by the Ohio Contractors Association signed by members of its executive board, Kovacik said.

“This is the cleanest plant for producing coke in the country,” said Kovacik, who said the industry is now forced to get coke produced by pollution-generating plants in China to make steel here.

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Indiana, Chicago pursue Chinese investment

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

Toledo isn’t the only place in the Midwest pursuing Chinese investment.

A new nonprofit, the America China Society of Indiana, aimed at promoting trade and investment between Indiana and China, was recently formed.

The group is praised by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard as being essential to creating jobs in the global economy.

On Jan. 20 and 21, Chinese President Hu Jinato made a visit to Chicago, and Mayor Richard Daley claimed he’d like Chicago to become the friendliest U.S. city to China.

“Here we are with this opportunity after this one trip with opportunities and interest. This puts us head and shoulders further out than some,” said Dean Monske, deputy mayor of external affairs for Toledo.

Monske said investment in The Docks and future investments from China could be a positive thing for the city if citizens allow it to be.

Monske said he’s embarrassed by some of the bigoted and racist comments that have appeared on news sites and blogs about the Chinese interest in The Docks. He said it’s been a knee-jerk reaction, but if people keep up with their negativity it could cost the city future investments.

“If we decide no, we don’t want Chinese investment as

a community, then I’m sure Indianapolis, Chicago, Columbus or Cleveland will be happy to take those dollars, and Toledo will still be the same as it was 20 years ago 20 years from now,” he said.

Monske said those making the comments need to be more educated about the fact that the Chinese investors want exactly what we want. “To be successful and secure.”

The city and the country won’t lose its identity if China invests in it, he said.

The City of Toledo has announced investors from China are interested in acquiring the property known as The Docks.

Dashing Pacific Group Ltd., an Ohio LLC established by the real estate investors from China, has offered the city $2.15 million for The Docks.

“When you talk about economic development and being able to turn Toledo around, you’ve got to have people who want to come to your city,” said Mayor Mike Bell during a press conference.

The mayor said the interest in the property is a direct result of relationships built during his administration’s trip to China.

If City Council approves the sale, this will be Dashing Pacific’s first investment in the United States, said Scott Prephan, a representative for the group.

“I feel, and the group feels, that this is just the start of what may prove to be a long-term relationship well beyond The Docks, which will be of great benefit to Toledo and the region as a whole,” he said. ✯

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Competitive balance proposal could change athletics

By Chris Schmidbauer

Toledo Free Press Sports Editor cschmidbauer@toledofreepress.com

According to its mission statement, the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) prides itself on regulating and administering interscholastic athletic competition in a fair and equitable manner. With a new proposal, to be voted on in May, the Buckeye stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prep sports governing body is trying to rebalance the competition.

On Jan. 13, OHSAA announced the introduction of the Competitive ProBalance posal, which is to be voted on by the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high ROSS school principals, that looks to restore equal footing to all athletic teams that participate in high school sports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were a significant faction of our constituents who feel that we have a competitive balance issue within our state athletics programs,â&#x20AC;? said Dan Ross, commissioner of OHSAA since 2004.

The proposal calls for a new way of determining an athletic count based on four factors: enrollment, school boundary, socioeconomics and tradition. Each will be weighted to deter-

mine the new athletic count. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each factor tries to address the issues that were throwing the balance off in competition,â&#x20AC;? Ross said.

The athletic count will always start with the current enrollment in a school and then use the other three parts to come up with a new count.

The school boundary factor takes into account from where the schools pull students and who they allow to enroll in classes.

The socioeconomic factor uses the percentage of students who participate in the free lunch program.

The tradition factor examines a schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four year window in a given sport and determines how successful the program has been based upon the number of appearances made in regional finals, state championships, and state finals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think our committee did a tremendous job with what they came up with, and I think this was the best solution to the current problem,â&#x20AC;? Ross said.

If the proposal passes, it would take effect in 2013.

Concerns

Ross said the initial concern was raised in early 2010 after an independent survey found that more than 60 percent of superintendents, athletic directors and school administrators found there to be a problem with the parity of competition within high school sports.

The survey was conducted by a group of superintendents from Northeast Ohio. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the survey came back with that high of a percentage in the affirmative, I was very surprised,â&#x20AC;?

Ross said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That told us that the problem needed to be looked into.â&#x20AC;?

FRANTZ Another study showed that 43 percent of state championships won in select team sports between 1999 and 2010 were won by nonpublic schools. Nonpublic schools make up just 17 percent of the total OHSAA membership base. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We formed a committee made up of athletic directors, superintendents and school administrators from around the state to figure out the problem, and this was the best solution that has been brought forth,â&#x20AC;? Ross said.

Eric Frantz, managing editor of the high school sports website JJHuddle. com, said it seems as though this is more of a knee-jerk reaction to what is a cyclical issue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think people saw the results from the state football playoffs this year, and there was this irrational reaction,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Frantz said just three years ago a

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similar committee was formed, and that group said there was not a competitive balance issue in state athletics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They said it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a problem then, and I am not sure how things have changed that much in a short amount of time.â&#x20AC;?

Coming to a decision

While not a part of the committee that generated the proposal, St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jesuit Athletic Director Brian Miller was heavily involved in the construction of the Competitive Balance Proposal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dan Ross is good friends with my father-in-law, and he was looking for a connection with someone from a private school,â&#x20AC;? Miller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I was asked to help out.â&#x20AC;?

Miller said Ross and OHSAA assembled a think tank to address the issue, and he said the process of coming up with a solution was a long and arduous one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal was to find a solution to the problem that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to make a drastic change for any school,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were many ideas that were thrown out there and considered by the group,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This recommendation was not come to hastily.â&#x20AC;?

Other potential solutions were lowering or raising the minimum enrollment for divisions and adding an extra division.

Miller said most of the other ideas had some drawbacks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of the suggestions had added cost and expenses for OHSAA, and that was something they did not want to do.â&#x20AC;?

Once the recommendation was made, OHSAA went to work ironing out the details of the proposal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was really the best idea. The alternative is public school versus private schools, and this idea was equal to all schools, and it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drastically change the system in place,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Local reaction

As expected, reaction is mixed among athletic directors in Toledo.

Terry Reeves, athletic director at Bowsher High School, is a fan of the current proposal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Things arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t balanced right now,â&#x20AC;?

Reeves said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is heavily swayed towards private schools. We can only pull so many kids in right now from our district because of our boundary.

The private schools can take kids from anywhere in the area.â&#x20AC;?

Reeves cited a few other advantages private schools have over public schools.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have private donors that can help with their teams. Plus their facilities are always state of the art,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very lucky with what we have here at Bowsher, but not all public schools are as lucky. That certainly attracts kids to go to a school versus another.â&#x20AC;?

Dick Cromwell, assistant athletic director at St. Francis, has seen this debate come up before. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This has been raging ever since I came to St. Francis,â&#x20AC;? he said. Cromwell has been at CROMWELL St. Francis for roughly 27 years.

Cromwell said that St. Francis is very happy with the current format and that no proposal will ever be the perfect solution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is never going to be a formula that will be fair to all parties involved, so we feel that there really is no need to change at this point,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Perhaps most critical of the proposal was Chad Rutkowski, Cardinal Stritch athletic director. Unlike its other private school counterparts, Cardinal Stritch competes at the lowest level in athletics.

With an enrollment of 250 students in the high school on Pickle Road, Ritkowski said the proposal would â&#x20AC;&#x153;killâ&#x20AC;?

Cardinal Stritch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We already have trouble competing at the lower levels in athletics,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no way we would be able to compete in a higher division.â&#x20AC;?

Rutkowski said he has already done the math for his school, and the Cardinals would compete in a higher division for most sports.

The Cardinals football program competes in Division VI. If the proposal were to pass, the school would be assigned to Division IV, where local high schools like Genoa compete.

The Comets were one of the most dominant teams in high school football this year, and Rutkowski said that it would not be fair to ask his team to compete with Genoa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our best isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as good as Genoaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst right now, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anyone would dispute that.â&#x20AC;?

Miller said that he feels for smaller schools like Cardinal Stritch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, this really isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to affect us,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are still going to be Division I no matter what.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2011 ■ COMPETE CONTINUED FROM A15 Rutkowski said with enrollment already hurting at Cardinal Stritch, losing athletic programs won’t help the cause.

“Kids don’t want to come to school and get beat in every game they play in,” he said. “Losing all the time isn’t fun for anybody.”

If the proposal passes, Frantz said some private schools have threatened

to branch off from OHSAA and form their own state tournament.

“That’s a very real possibility,” he said. “Some of these schools feel as though they are being singled out for winning, and they could elect to start their own tournament.”

Rutkowski said he would be in favor of splitting from OHSAA and having a separate state tournament.

“The multiplier format that is pro-

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posed is one of the worst ideas, and I think a separate tournament would be much better.”

St. John’s Miller was opposed to a separate tournament.

“I think we have a great relationship between public and private institutions locally and at the state level as well. I would hate to see that end.”

St. Francis’ Cromwell said all avenues should be explored, but would

not be for a separation between public and private schools on the athletic fields.

“All solutions should be looked at, but we are happy with the way things are so I wouldn’t MILLER change it,” he said.

Cromwell said there is still much to be determined before the May vote.

“There’s still a lot of feeling about that needs to be done,” he said. “May is still a ways off.”

That didn’t stop him from voicing a decision: “We would vote no today.”

Rutkowski said Cardinal Stritch would vote down the proposal as well.

“I have already talked to the principal and I have advised to vote against the proposal.”

Bowsher’s Reeves said he would endorse voting for the proposal.

“There could definitely be some tweaking here and there, but overall I think this is a fair solution to the problem.”

Frantz said no matter what the outcome of the vote, the public versus private debate will rage on.

“This is an issue that has been hotly debated forever, and even if this passes, someone will still think more should be done to level the playing field for all teams,” he said. ✯

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Anyone who has ever gone to a Japanese hibachi restaurant for dinner can attest it is not the dining equivalent of a spectator sport. You do not go there to watch the show — you go there to be a part of it.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re shy or quiet or don’t really want the shrimp that the spatula-wielding chef behind the grill is trying to fling into your mouth. You’re there, so you’re going to try to catch it.

Toledo is lucky enough to have several Japanese restaurants in the area, two of which boast hibachi grill dining options. Sakura Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Lounge and Nagoya Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi both offer patrons a dinner and a show — both at the same time. n JAPANESE CONTINUES ON A20

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Guests can choose from a wide range of menu options, from a vegetarian or chicken dish all the way to filet mignon or lobster.

The chefs there flip their utensils and light brilliant fires, much to the delight of the guests seated around the hibachis.

Nagoya, located at Levis Commons in Perrysburg, features a large main dining room full of hibachi grills. Its also have a smaller room that can be closed off for a more private dining experience. The menu features a wide range of choices for hibachi meals, including fresh vegetables, scallops and even swordfish.

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A Temperance bar and grill staged its own “Next Iron Chef ”

competition Jan. 31, with the winning entries added to the menu board the next day.

M.T. Loonies Pub and Grill owner Michelle Bork said she decided to host the event as a fun way to get her

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Bork said. “I wanted to put some new things on the menu and to get my employees to be more creative.

They always come up with new things so I decided to make a contest out of it.”

Six employees took part in the contest, most competed in both the appetizer and entrée categories, Bork said. The dishes were judged by five regular customers, including one chef.

“It was awesome; we had such a good time,” Bork said. “The judges took their jobs very seriously. It was so much fun.”

The winning entry in the appetizer round was a spicy baconwrapped chicken chunk bite made

by Kelly Keyes and Erica Owens.

“They worked together as a team,” Bork said. “They are two waitresses that decided to jump into the contest the last couple days and they ended up winning the appetizer round. The cooks weren’t too happy about that.”

The entrée category ended in a tie between the waitress team and cook/bartender/manager Kevin Leiter, so Bork had to break the tie with her vote. Leiter prevailed with his chicken and mushroom panini with balsamic vinaigrette.

Contestants could use any ingredients already found in the restaurant or bar and were allowed to bring one extra ingredient from home.

Each dish was judged for taste, appearance and originality on a scale of 1 to 10. Bork said the winning entry also had to be cost-effective, be easy to make in a timely manner and be “something different.”

“They really thought outside of the box and came up with some really cool stuff just using what we have here,” Bork said.

The scene was set with colored lights, music and white tablecloths placed over two long tables, Bork said.

Bork said the employees were excited about the contest and talked about it nonstop in the weeks leading up to the event. Most of the other employees and even some regular customers came out just to watch, Bork said.

Besides being added to the menu, winning entries also won $100, Bork said.

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eople always say that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” but when you work at 5 a.m. like I do, breakfast generally ends up being a bag of chips out of the vending machine Don or a banana on my way out the door.

Since the “most important meal of the day” usually gets the short shrift during the week, I occasionally like to treat myself to a nice hearty breakfast on the weekends.

I have a couple favorites that I generally hit up for some sausage and egg type goodness, but I recently heard through the grapevine that Dudley’s Diner had re-opened and that they had some pretty good breakfast offerings.

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As my wife and I walked through the front door, it was as if we had just walked out of that phone booth time machine from “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” and into Al’s Diner from “Happy Days.” Potsie Weber’s band wasn’t playing a sock hop, Fonzie didn’t have an office here and there was no Ralph Malph to be found.

However, as we entered we were greeted by a warm “hello” and the sound of ’50s music playing softly in the background. The booths looked like the back seat of a ’57 Chevy. n DUDLEY’S CONTINUES ON A23

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n DUDLEY’S CONTINUED FROM A22 The floors were black-and-white checkered and lots of chrome light fixtures and trim added to the classic motif. The walls were decked out with grand murals of days gone by. My favorite — the giant re-creation of what the restaurant looked like back in the days when the Jesse James Drive-In was next door. Classic cars lined up all in a row in front of the giant screen like tin soldiers; it made me wish I was born a few years earlier.

Our waitress was a friendly and boisterous woman named Tammy.

She knows what most customers’ orders are before they even sit down, is quick with the refills and is a blur as she travels from table to table. She has been at Dudley’s for the past 10 years and it doesn’t seem like there’s any place she’d rather be.

We didn’t have to wait long for our food — our order arrived in under 10 minutes.

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Omelet, which came with grilled onions and mushrooms and a side of pepper sauce. It was outstanding.

I went with the “Skillet” from the “Hot off the Grill” section of the menu. It’s three eggs with your choice of any three items; sausage, ham, bacon, onions, mushrooms, or green peppers. Your concoction comes laid out atop a bed of hash browns and is smothered in melted cheese. I went with sausage, bacon, and ’shrooms — and it was a winning combination. However, it became epic once I added a little bit of my wife’s pepper sauce. The sauce looks like red relish; its tiny chopped peppers and pepper seeds really unlocked a ton of flavor in my skillet.

When most people think of Dudley’s, chili dogs, burgers, milkshakes and malts come to mind. Those staples are still on the menu, but since I was focused on getting breakfast, I didn’t have a chance to sample those or the rest of the diverse lunch/dinner menu. Dudley’s has branched out a

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Every Friday, Dudley’s Diner offers an all-you-can-eat fish special.

bit since coming under new ownership in December.

In addition to the burgers, sandwiches, specialty hot dogs, chicken dishes, spaghetti, steak, and hot roast beef you’ll find on the menu, it now offers daily specials that include Mexican, Greek and Indian food if you feel like mixing it up a bit. Also, every Friday they offer all-you-can-eat fish — great for those who don’t want to wait until Lent to “get their fish fry on.”

Next time I eat at Dudley’s, I have my sights set on “The Torpedo” — a quarter pound hot dog, wrapped in

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bacon, deep fried and topped with cheese, homemade chili sauce and onions. My taste buds are exploding just thinking about it.

Dudley’s is more than a place where you can get some good food at an easy-to-handle price, it’s a place where you can walk in and order “the usual” and the waitress knows exactly what you want. It’s a place where the coffee is free (as long as you order something) and a chili dog will only cost you $1.69.

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ou’re digging the holistic health idea, and you have begun to test the water of this lifestyle, but you still have a few questions, such as: What is a whole food?

Well, grasshopper, it is a food that has a very short path from its source to your lovely little kisser.

Basically, there is no processing involved and there are no additives or preservatives. So, foods that don’t come in packages (fruits, Monica vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, whole grains, etc.) are usually whole foods.

If you are into holistic health, this is a no-brainer, but if you are just a baby foodie, then this is valuable information.

A huge aspect of a holistically healthy lifestyle is what we are putting into our bodies, which can be maintained with trips to the farmers market, local health food stores and our backyard gardens in the warmer months. Let’s be real though, there are several nights when us Toledoans head out for a bite to eat (because, ahem, we have more restaurants per capita than any other city). Where can we go to chow and still make überhealthy choices? Allow me to enlighten you.

In my trips out on the town, I have taken note of a few places that I can eat incredibly healthy (whole-food-

style), effortlessly. Is anyone a fan of hummus? Tabbouleh? Fattoush? I certainly am. The best part about these dishes is that they contain several herbs and spices. Little factoid for you: Herbs and spices contain heaps of antioxidants, perhaps even more than fruits and veggies.

Lebanese entrees are cooked using lemon juice and olive oil, as opposed to butter, which are both quickly and easily digested.

If this isn’t enough to win you over, Lebanese restaurants load their salads with more vegetables (i.e. more than just iceberg lettuce) than can be comfortably consumed in a sitting.

Guess what? Toledo has two local Lebanese restaurants, Byblos (est.

1989) and The Beirut (est. 1977), where the majority of the menu contains my personal dietary staples.

For the more casual occasion, a great place to check out is Organic Bliss Deli and Bakery. This locally owned spot uses fresh, local and organic ingredients and has more vegan and vegetarian items than PETA could pray for. Also on the menu are glutenfree dishes and baked goods, a rare find in this neck of the woods. As an avid juicer, I often stop here to pick up a fresh juice, (yes, there is a juicer

on-site and juices are made-to-order), and I sometimes grab a veggie burger on sprouted grain bread (yum). For all of you health gurus, they have shots of wheat grass available, too. I’m telling you, this place needs more attention, it is one-of-a-kind in Toledo (meaning, eateries like this belong in California

or New York). You can quickly grab some grub to go, or relax and dine-in.

This place is, well, blissful.

Hip, hip hooray, Toledo! Some of these restaurants weren’t even aiming to be healthy; it is just in their nature.

For the special-needs foodies out there, it is nice to know that we don’t

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For many people with busy lifestyles, making dinner every night just isn’t in the cards. The easy solution is to turn to fast food, but with all the warnings about the poor health condition of many Americans, that solution doesn’t seem like the best one.

That’s where personal chefs come in. They bring their services right into their clients’ homes, and there are some in the Toledo area who are ready to ease the workload for area citizens.

That’s My Chef is one such personal chef service — but with a twist.

Chef Dennis Wilhelm has teamed up with a licensed massage therapist (his wife, Kim Markiecki) to provide a doubly special service.

“We do an intimate dinner for two and a couples massage,” he said.

That’s My Chef employs three chefs and six massage therapists who can be hired to come into a client’s home. Wilhelm said most people book this service as a gift for their significant other.

“We print up a gift certificate and a menu, and people give that as the gift.

Then they book the actual dinner and massage for another significant date.

That way they get the benefit of the gift twice,” he said.

On the day of the dinner and massage, a chef and two massage therapists come to the clients’ home. The therapists set up their tables next to each other so the couple can both re-

ceive their massages at the same time.

While the couple enjoys a one-hour relaxation massage, the chef goes to work in the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Once dinner is ready and plated and the massages are complete, the chef and therapists leave so the couple can enjoy their intimate dinner.

“From the time we walk into the door to the time we leave is usually around one hour,” said Wilhelm.

He said that while they are more than happy to take requests for a specific menu, it could also be beneficial to let the chefs have more freedom.

“You can say ‘I want a beef entrée’ or ‘I want a seafood entrée’ and let them run from there. All my chefs are well-trained and very creative, and that lets the chef use his creativity and it fits into the uniqueness of the service,” he said.

Wilhelm also offers a more traditional personal chef service where a client can hire a chef to do everything from grocery shopping to preparing meals. Regardless of which type of service That’s My Chef is hired for, Wilhelm said they always leave the kitchen at least as clean as it was before the chefs arrived, if not more so.

Another personal chef service in Toledo, called Chef ’s Galley, also offers a more traditional experience.

Owned by chef Bill Baker, Chef ’s Galley will prepare customized menus, grocery shop and leave the kitchen clean. The business website said this process generally takes approximately six hours. O

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Pure Prairie League to ride into Monroe

By Vicki L. Kroll

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer vkroll@toledofreepress.com

Pure Prairie League is known for its country-rock sound — and a certain mustachioed cowboy who wears a wide-brimmed hat, red bandana and vest.

“Luke has been a faithful friend and companion and our mascot over the years,” said bass player and vocalist Mike Reilly. “We had a brand since 1971, and it had to do with that cowboy.”

Every album, from the self-titled debut in 1972 to 2005’s “All in Good Time,” has featured Luke.

“The band was called The Omars before we took on the name Pure Prairie League, and RCA liked the idea of the name because of the kind of thought it invoked,” Reilly explained during a phone interview from his home in Sag Harbor, N.Y. “The name of the band came out of an old Errol Flynn movie from 1939 called ‘Dodge City.’

“Our art director at RCA was a friend of Norman Rockwell, and he suggested a Rockwell cover from 1927 to be our first album cover. So he contacted Rockwell and got permission, and we got permission from Saturday Evening Post to use their copyrighted script for our name.”

It was the aptly titled “Bustin’ Out” from 1972 that shot up the charts with the hit “Amie.”

While the band’s lineup changed over the years and included Vince Gill, Pure Prairie League continued that laid-back sound with songs such as “Let Me Love You Tonight,” “I’m Almost Ready” and “Still Right Here in My Heart.”

“Great musicianship is really important, and we love the fact that we sing very well together, and we like our style of harmony,” Reilly said.

“I think [our music] sounds better now than it did back then because we’re all a lot more mature, our voices are better, our attitudes are

better, our egos are less inflated.

“We love what we do, and we go out and do good shows. We’re out there and realize how lucky we are to be able to do this in our 42nd year.”

Pure Prairie League — Reilly, guitarists and vocalists Craig Fuller

and Donnie Clark, drummer Rick Schell and pedal steel guitarist John David Call — will play a 7:30 p.m. show Feb. 12 at Monroe County Community College’s La-Z-Boy Center. Tickets are $20 and $30.

Reilly said the guys are working

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Local musicians gather to honor Joan Russell

By Sarah Ottney

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

A group of local musicians will

perform at a tribute to Joan Russell, Toledo’s late jazz matriarch, to be held Feb. 12 at Murphy’s Place.

“Love, Life, Music: A Tribute to Joan Russell” will feature a lineup

of jazz singers with all proceeds from the evening benefiting Murphy’s Place, said event coordinator Glenda Biddlestone.

The 77-year-old Russell died Jan. 2

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“Nine singers that Joan hired through the last 15 years of having Murphy’s Place are wanting to express their love and respect for her,” Biddlestone said. “Ramona Collins and I had talked about it and I started calling different singers and they said, ‘We’d love to do it.’”

Performers will include Biddlestone, Collins, Jean Holden, Joan Crawford, Lori Lefevre-Johnson, Kim Buehler, Nicole Heitger, Rachel Richardson and Ellie Martin. Claude Black, Renell Gonsalves and Russell’s longtime partner Clifford Murphy will serve as musicians. Eric Hillenbrand will be the master of ceremonies.

The first set of music will start at 9 p.m., followed by a 20-minute break and then another set of music, Biddlestone said. Cover charge is $10 and there will be $5 drink specials all night.

The evening will close with Murphy performing one of Russell’s favorite songs, “That Lucky Old Sun,” Biddlestone said.

“Joan adored that song,” she said.

Russell was an incredible woman, Lefevre-Johnson said.

“Joan was an amazing, energetic, passionate supporter of jazz who loved the music, loved the musicians and did everything she could to further support jazz music and jazz musicians,” Lefevre-Johnson said.

Many musicians got their starts at Murphy’s Place, learning from master musicians, Biddlestone said.

“She kept two of the finest musicians — Claude Black and Clifford Murphy — playing every night. These gentlemen could play anyplace in the world, with anyone. Their repertoire is so huge. They’re just phenomenal musicians. And she kept them working here and kept young people coming in to study with them,” Biddlestone said. “That’s why jazz is taught not only by paper and not only in schools, but taught doing it onstage with pros

JOAN RUSSELL like Claude and Clifford. Joan made all that happen.”

Both Biddlestone and LefevreJohnson had known Russell for more than 25 years.

“She was my dearest friend. I adore her,” Biddlestone said. “I talk to her every day. I think she’s going to be our guardian angel.”

Murphy’s Place is “a jewel in Toledo,” Lefevre-Johnson said.

“We all need to make sure we keep not only jazz alive but keep this wonderful place going and support Clifford and his efforts to keep the club going and continue to support live jazz in Toledo,” Lefevre-Johnson said.

Also coming up at Murphy’s Place will be Murphy’s 79th birthday party Feb. 5 with a $5 cover and $5 drink specials.

Located at 151 Water St. in Downtown Toledo, the club is open 5 p.m. to midnight Tuesday through Thursday and 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Music starts at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

For more information, visit www. murphysplace-jazz.com or call (419)241-7732. O

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INTERESTED BIDDERS: TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS – KEYSER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEMOLITION & NEW WORK, & WHITNEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DEMOLITION Sealed bids will be accepted by the Board of Education of the Toledo Public School District until 1:00 p.m. on February 24, 2011, 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 Keyser Elementary School and Whitney Vocational High School, as more fully described in the drawings and specifications for the project prepared by The Collaborative, Inc. and will be opened publicly and read immediately thereafter.

Bid Documents for the project may be examined at the F.W. Dodge plan room in Columbus, Builders Exchange in Toledo, University of Toledo – Capacity Building, E.O.P.A. – Hamilton Building, Northwest Ohio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and The Plan Room in Ann Arbor, Construction Association of Michigan, Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce and Ohio Construction News.

Bidders may obtain copies of the documents starting February 2, 2011 which can be purchased from Becker Impressions, 4646 Angola Road, Toledo, Ohio 43615, phone: (419) 385-5303. Drawings may be obtained on CD-ROM for no cost with the purchase of the specifications.

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Gator will need a patient owner who has the time to provide him with some training and can give him a good deal of exercise. Just being out in a yard will not be enough to calm him down. He will need interactive activities that will encourage him to run. Active games of fetch, chase or an enthusiastic jog around the block will help him meet his exercise needs.

Gator gets along well with other dogs and would benefit from a canine companion. Doggy day care or a regular doggy playgroup will help relieve some of his excess energy. Gator has been neutered, examined by a staff veterinarian, is current on his vaccinations and is microchipped.

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A MANDATORY PREBID MEETING is scheduled for February 11, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. at the Toledo Public Schools Board Room, 420 E. Manhattan Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43608. Site walk-throughs at Keyser and Whitney will commence after the pre-bid meeting according to the schedule provided at the meeting.

If you have any questions or a need for additional information, please direct all questions in writing patrick.stutler@lgb-llc.com , by phone at (419) 776-5600, or fax at (877) 281-0784.

Bid Package – Keyser Elementary School: Bid Item No. 1 Keyser Elementary School Building Demolition Bid Item No. 2 Keyser Elementary School Site Restoration Total for Keyser Elementary School:

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Toledo Free Press publishes classified ads and cannot be responsible for problems arising between parties placing or responding to ads in our paper. We strongly urge everyone to exercise caution when dealing with people, companies and organizations with whom you are not familiar.

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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Chef Nigella Rachael Ray’s Giada Giada Cooking Aarti Party Cooking Dinners Holmes on Homes Holmes Inspection Head Disaster Yard Income House Hunters Hour of Power (CC) J. Osteen Paid Prog. Chris Chris Dark Beauty (2008) Elizabeth Berkley. (CC) Life, Liz Life, Liz Life, Liz Life, Liz My Life as Liz Teen Mom 2 Jersey Bowl (CC) Must Love ››› Michael (1996) John Travolta, Andie MacDowell. (CC) ›› Failure to Launch (2006) (CC) ››› Conquest (1937) ››› Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) (CC) ››› The Jolson Story (1946) Larry Parks.

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Bones (CC) Bones (CC) Bones (CC) Rizzoli & Isles (CC) Rizzoli & Isles (CC) NCIS “Chimera” (CC) NCIS “Requiem” (CC) WWE Monday Night RAW (S Live) (CC) White Collar (CC) Two Men Two Men 90210 (N) (CC) Gossip Girl (N) (CC) Entourage Curb Scrubs Scrubs

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Ent Insider No Ordinary Family V “Concordia” (N) Detroit 1-8-7 (N) (CC) News Nightline Wheel Jeopardy! NCIS (N) (CC) NCIS: Los Angeles (N) The Good Wife (N) News Letterman The Office The Office Glee (N) (CC) Raising Traffic Fox Toledo News Seinfeld King-Hill Jdg Judy Jdg Judy The Biggest Loser Valentine’s Day temptation. Parenthood (N) (CC) News Jay Leno NewsHour Business Pioneers of Television Secrets of the Dead Frontline (CC) (DVS) Charlie Rose (N) (CC) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (CC) Real Housewives Real Housewives Real Housewives Real Housewives Real Housewives Daily Colbert Billy Gardell: Halftime Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 (N) Onion Daily Colbert Wizards Wizards Wizards Good Good Deck Wizards Wizards Sonny Sonny College Basketball Indiana at Purdue. (Live) College Basketball Tennessee at Kentucky.

SportsCenter (CC) Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos The 700 Club (CC) Flay Best Thing Challenge Cupcake Wars (N) Chopped Private Chefs Hunters House First Place First Place Hunters Selling NY House Hunters Property Property How I Met How I Met Reba (CC) Reba (CC) Kids Kids One Born Ev. How I Met How I Met Life, Liz Life, Liz Life, Liz Life, Liz Teen Mom 2 Teen Mom 2 (N) Life, Liz Teen Mom Seinfeld Seinfeld The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office Conan (N) ››› The Caine Mutiny ››› Gaslight (1944) Charles Boyer. (CC) (DVS) ›››› Kramer vs. Kramer (1979, Drama) (CC) Bones (CC) ››› The Bourne Supremacy (2004) (CC) Southland (N) (CC) Memphis Beat (CC) Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU White Collar (N) (CC) Royal Pains (CC) Two Men Two Men One Tree Hill (N) (CC) Hellcats (N) (CC) Entourage Curb Scrubs Scrubs

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Deadline Nancy Reagan Need to Know (N) (CC) Charlie Rose (N) (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) ››› Ocean’s Thirteen (2007) George Clooney, Brad Pitt. ››› Ocean’s Thirteen (2007) Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Comedy Presents Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Wizards Fish Phineas Deck Deck Deck Wizards Fish NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks.

NBA Basketball: Suns at Jazz Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos The 700 Club (CC) Chopped Diners Diners Food Best Thing Unwrap Unwrap Property Property Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Hunters Reba (CC) Reba (CC) Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (CC) How I Met How I Met I Used to Be Fat Jersey Shore (CC) ››› Baby Boy (2001) Tyrese Gibson. ›› Bedtime Stories (2008) Adam Sandler. (CC) ›› Bedtime Stories (2008) Adam Sandler. (CC) ›››› The Graduate (1967) Dustin Hoffman. ››› Forrest Gump (1994, Drama) Tom Hanks. ›› Shooter (2007) Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña. (CC) ›› Righteous Kill (2008) (CC) NCIS “Broken Bird” CSI: Crime Scene CSI: Crime Scene CSI: Crime Scene Smallville “Beacon” Supernatural (N) (CC) Entourage Curb Scrubs Scrubs

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Ent Insider Wipeout (N) (CC) Grey’s Anatomy (N) Private Practice (N) News Nightline Wheel Jeopardy! Big Bang Dad Says CSI: Crime Scene The Mentalist (N) (CC) News Letterman The Office The Office American Idol (N) (CC) Bones (N) (CC) Fox Toledo News Seinfeld King-Hill Jdg Judy Jdg Judy Commun Couples The Office Parks 30 Rock Outsource News Jay Leno Business (Off Air) Charlie Rose (N) (CC) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (N) (CC) Beyond Scared Beyond Scared Million Dollar Listing Real Housewives Million Dollar Listing Top Chef (CC) Happens Real Daily Colbert Futurama Futurama Futurama South Pk South Pk S. Park Daily Colbert Wizards Wizards Starstruck (2010) Sterling Knight. Deck Wizards Wizards Sonny Sonny College Basketball Teams TBA. (Live) College Basketball Teams TBA. (Live) SportsCenter (CC) Funniest Home Videos ››› Matilda (1996, Comedy) Mara Wilson.

Funniest Home Videos The 700 Club (CC) Flay Best Thing Iron Chef America Iron Chef America Cakes Unwrap Chopped Hunters First Place First Place First Place Selling NY Selling NY House Hunters House Hunters How I Met How I Met Reba (CC) Reba (CC) ›› Disappearing Acts (2000, Drama) Sanaa Lathan. (CC) How I Met I Used to Be Fat Teen Mom 2 Jersey Shore (CC) Jersey Shore (N) (CC) Jersey Jersey Seinfeld Seinfeld ››› Mean Girls (2004) Lindsay Lohan.

Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Conan (N) ››› Star! (1968) ››› Annie Get Your Gun (1950) Betty Hutton. ›››› An American in Paris (1951) Gene Kelly.

Bones (CC) NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics.

NBA Basketball NCIS “Internal Affairs” NCIS “Obsession” Royal Pains (N) (CC) Fairly Legal (N) (CC) White Collar (CC) Two Men Two Men The Vampire Diaries Nikita (N) (CC) Entourage Curb Scrubs Scrubs

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SportsCenter (CC) ›› Legally Blonde (2001) Reese Witherspoon. ›› The Wedding Date (2005) Debra Messing. The 700 Club (CC) Flay Best Thing B. Flay B. Flay Worst Cooks Restaurant: Im. Diners Diners Hunters House Property Property House First Place Hunters Holmes Inspection Vanilla How I Met How I Met Reba (CC) Reba (CC) Intervention (CC) Intervention (CC) How I Met How I Met Pranked: I Used to Be Fat Life, Liz Teen Mom 2 I Used to Be Fat (N) I Used to Be Fat Seinfeld Seinfeld Browns Browns Payne Payne There There Conan (N) The Fortune Cookie ››› Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) (CC) ›››› Cavalcade (1933) Diana Wynyard.

Bones (CC) Bones Suspects. (CC) Bones (CC) Bones (CC) Southland (CC) NCIS “Stakeout” (CC) NCIS “Double Identity” NCIS “Jurisdiction” NCIS “Moonlighting” Fairly Legal (CC) Two Men Two Men Nikita (CC) The Vampire Diaries Entourage Curb Scrubs Scrubs

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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Wipeout (CC) ESPN Sports Saturday Sports anthology.

News ABC Entertainment ’Night Wipeout (CC) ››› Hairspray (2007) John Travolta.

News Anatomy College Basketball Kentucky at Vanderbilt.

PGA Tour Golf AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Third Round.

News News Wheel Lottery NCIS: Los Angeles CSI: Miami (CC) 48 Hours Mystery (N) News America Air Buddies (2006) Patrick Cranshaw.

Outdoors McCarver The Unit (CC) The Closer (CC) Bones (CC) Simpsons Simpsons NASCAR Racing News Seinfeld Fringe “Immortality” Skiing Action Sports (S Live) (CC) Rugby USA Sevens World Series. From Las Vegas.

News News News Paid Chuck (CC) Law-Order L.A. Law & Order: SVU News SNL This Old House Hr Pepin Quilting Great Performances (CC) Sun Stud Getaways Art Steves Rudy Lawrence Welk Pioneers, Television Antiques Roadshow As Time... The Vicar of Dibley (CC) To Be Announced Beyond Scared Beyond Scared Beyond Scared Beyond Scared Beyond Scared Matchmaker Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. Real Housewives House (CC) House “5 to 9” (CC) House (CC) House “Black Hole” House “Knight Fall” House (CC) Scrubs Scrubs Scrubs ››› Little Miss Sunshine (2006) (CC) ›› Accepted (2006) Justin Long. (CC) ››› Wedding Crashers (2005) Owen Wilson. (CC) ››› The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) (CC) Employee-Mnth Good Shake It Hannah Hannah Deck Deck Deck Deck Wizards Wizards Hannah Forever Deck Deck Phineas Fish Fish Wizards Wizards Hannah Forever Phineas College Basketball College Basketball Teams TBA. (Live) College Basketball Teams TBA. (Live) College Basketball Teams TBA. (Live) College GameDay College Basketball Pittsburgh at Villanova.

SportsCenter (CC) Ella ›› Cheaper by the Dozen (2003, Comedy) › What a Girl Wants (2003) Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth. ›› Nanny McPhee (2005) Emma Thompson. ›››› Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ››› Enchanted (2007) Amy Adams.

Contessa Contessa Worst Cooks Chopped Cupcake Wars Iron Chef America Challenge B. Flay Food Cupcake Wars Cupcake Wars Cupcake Wars Iron Chef America Unsella Get Sold Block Design Colour Buck Candice Sarah Dear Color Spl. Designed To Sell Hunters House Candice Color Spl. Dear Block House House Hunters Hunters A Valentine Carol (2007) Emma Caulfield. ›› She’s the One (1996) Jennifer Aniston. ›› The Lake House (2006) Keanu Reeves. › Because I Said So (2007) Diane Keaton. ›› Nights in Rodanthe (2008) Richard Gere. One Born Ev. Jersey Shore (CC) Jersey Teen Mom 2 Teen Mom 2 Life, Liz Pranked: Jersey Shore (CC) ››› Baby Boy (2001, Drama) Tyrese Gibson.

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