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t certainly will not attract the attention that last year’s Senate Bill 5 controversy did, but the debate concerning Ohio Senate Bill 271 merits discussion and support. The telecommunications bill would remove the Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) requirement in areas deemed “fully competitive” by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Under COLR restrictions, a carrier “is required by law to provide service to any customer in a service area that requests it, even if serving that customer would not be economically viable at prevailing rates.”

This is a left over restriction from the telecommunications monopoly days, which have long been forgotten in our hypercompetitive marketplace.

Th e new legislation also provides safeguards for the consumer if a market area reverts back to being noncompetitive.

According to telecommunication industry testimony before the Ohio Senate, “The motive to do away with the COLR obligations is simply to be able to invest the limited private sector capital where it is better utilized and provides needed services to the consumer. Currently the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) (think of it as the local phone company) must Thomas F.POUNDS provide service to the consumer in that territory regardless of how distant and regardless of the number of lines or the number of customers. Thus, if there were a small subdivision or a lone rural home that required a couple miles of phone lines to service them, the ILEC is obligated to incur the expense and provide the service, regardless of whether there are other providers available.” As Gov. John Kasichseeks to bolster Ohio as a “businessfriendly” environment, there should be no place for such an outdated restriction.

AT&T invested more than $1.4 billion in its Ohio wireless and wireline networks from 2009 through 2011 with a focus on improving the company’s mobile broadband coverage and the overall performance of its networks. Like Columbia Gas of Ohio’s $18 million investment in new capital in 2011 to upgrade infrastructure in Toledo and another $20 million in 2012, such community investment should be encouraged, not restricted.

Critics of the bill, such as the Offi ce of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) say the legislation “goes too far too soon ... the General Assembly already provided a solution for the carrier-of-last-resort issue. That solution is the waiver process that was enacted in SB 162. The existing waiver process of SB 162 is better for consumers than the process proposed in SB 271 whereby telephone companies can use a weak test for competition to withdraw regulated basic telephone service for customers.”

But according to Charles Moses, president of the Ohio Telecom Association and its 45 member companies, “Ohio’s telecommunications landscape is changing dramatically, and it’s changing for the better. Updating Ohio’s telecom regulatory environment will provide even more voice, video and data access service choices for Ohio consumers through increased competition and will protect continued investment in the Ohio telecommunications network. Seven states have passed COLR relief legislation, and it is currently being considered in several more.”

More than a dozen Ohio senators are co-sponsoring SB 271; that indicates broad support. We applaud this effort and urge the passage of SB 271. ✯ 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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AN ABANDONED BOAT IN AN ALLEY OFF BROADWAY STREET. THE SHELL OF JONES JR. HIGH IS VISIBLE IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER.

Los Miserables orbes Magazine recently placed Toledo on its list Haunted and rotting of “America’s most miserable cities.” A recent The area was not a thriving paradise when I lived there visit to the South Toledo neighborhood where I in the mid-1980s, but I was able to walk to the grocery store, lived during my high school years shows Forbes doesn’t library or laundromat without feeling like I was creeping know what it is talking about; “miserable” does not through Mumbai. Today, there are parts of the neighborbegin to describe some of South Toledo’s blighted and hood that feel haunted; there are broken windows, smashedabandoned areas. in doors and piles of urban rubble. It’s like “Wretched” might. “Hellish” might. someone airlifted Salem’s Lot and dropped it Describing parts of South Toledo as “misnear Jones Jr. High, which has been stripped erable” is like characterizing a gaping, hemand readied for demolition but stands as a orrhaging chest wound as “unpleasant.” skeletal tombstone. Newbury and Beverly As soon as one leaves Downtown Toschools also sit empty and half-smashed, porledo and drives west on Summit Street, the tentous testimony to a vanished population. decay is evident. The street that connects Behind the Jones corpse, a row of Downtown to Broadway Street looks like nearly a dozen abandoned houses sits rotit was shelled by German airplanes during ting and ransacked, mocking the memoWorld War II and left to sink into the ries of those who once lived there. Behind earth. It is shameful that the main eastern Michael S. MILLER one, a large boat sits, half blocking the artery into Downtown’s riverfront area is a alley, filled with garbage and God only first impression wreck of pitted, dangerous potholes and knows what else. It is surrounded by discarded evicrumbled asphalt. dence of children: a collapsed wading pool, a broken car Perhaps Mayor Mike Bell’s recently approved plan to booster seat, a wasted plastic picnic table. It is difficult fix local roads will start with the gateway to Downtown. to imagine that youthful laughter once emanated from The Broadway Street stretch to South Avenue and a bit the junk-filled backyard that now serves as a boat dock, beyond features closed and boarded businesses, four semi- but all those squandered kids’ items testify that someone demolished schools and a shuttered library. When did once called the building a home.

South Toledo turn into Gotham City?

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DECISION 2012

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

DON LEE

Santorum shocks GOP

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ick Santorum has come from in Midwestern states, Santorum can very little to become a major credibly say he is a true anti-Romney contender in the 2012 Re- candidate, and has the potential to publican presidential primary race. perform well nationally.

This year’s Missouri contest has On Feb. 7, Santorum won the caucus states of Minnesota and Colorado, and been a mess. Initially, the state GOP a largely symbolic primary in Mis- wanted to hold its primary before souri. Of the eight primary contests so March 6, in violation of Republican National Committee preferences. far, Santorum has won four.

When the Missouri legislature Minnesota and Colorado hold nonbinding caucuses, which means tried to change the date to March, the legislation got vetoed. the delegates chosen Other legislative efforts by the voters are not to change the date stalled legally bound to vote and with the original for the candidate they primary date quickly represent. Both states approaching, the legisrelease delegates prolature decided to keep portionally, meaning the February date and delegates are allocated use a caucus on March by the percentage of 17. Thus, the voting in votes a candidate gets.

Missouri was symbolic In Colorado, a state and no delegates were Mitt Romney won in Ben OSBURN awarded to Santorum.

2008, Santorum won with 40 percent of the vote. This gave However, the win did provide mohim 17 of the state’s 33 delegates, mentum for Santorum, especially rewhile Romney ended with 13. Not garding fundraising. That night, the only was this a surprise to the party, campaign raised $250,000 through it was a major setback for Romney. the Internet. Although still nothing Minnesota will not release many of its in comparison to Romney’s money, delegates until March, which means Santorum’s win provided a cash boost. that Santorum will likely get many Santorum received 55 percent of the more, if not all, than the six he won vote in Missouri.

Although it is difficult to decifrom the state that night. He received 45 percent of the votes in Minnesota. pher how Santorum won, as no exit The victories provide a breath of polling is available for these contests, fresh air for Santorum. After a dis- much of it has to do with Santorum’s appointing performance in Nevada, campaign strategy. He spent much Santorum was out to prove he could more time in Colorado than Romney perform well in caucus states. San- did. Santorum’s campaign events are torum’s campaign-long message of more personal than Romney’s, which being the only true conservative on may be seen as a sign of likability. A the ballot resonated well with the typical Santorum campaign event small caucus electorates. However, comes in the form of a town hall, make no mistake; the Romney cam- where voters are encouraged to parpaign wanted to win Minnesota, a ticipate. Romney’s campaign events state he won in 2008 on a platform appear to be more grandiose and it very similar to Santorum’s. Advisers seems as if he talks to the voters, as to the Romney campaign now down- opposed to talking with them. Addiplay the importance of the state, but tionally, Romney’s stances on issues Romney spent campaign cash on are often hard to define. For example, “robo-calls,” blasting Santorum’s re- Romney’s plan for jobs and growth cord and had plans to stop there after can be found on his campaign webhis win in Nevada. Those plans were site, and is 160 pages long. Santorum’s scrapped after it become clear that economic plan comes in the form of 32 easy-to-read bullet points. There Santorum would win.

Santorum’s Colorado win means was also a large concentration of more than his win in Minnesota. evangelical voters in Colorado, which Colorado is a swing state in the gen- favored Santorum.

The Ron Paul campaign will look eral election and his win gives him an advantage over Newt Gingrich as for momentum in Maine, where he being the “anti-Romney” candidate. is predicted to win. Beyond that and Gingrich has only won South Caro- next month’s Washington caucus, his lina, and has shown that his campaign campaign may be in jeopardy. ✯ is more regional as he concentrates on Southern states that typically vote Re- Ben Osburn is a graduate student in publican. With his solid performance political science at the University of Toledo.

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The numbers don’t lie

n Feb. 3, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) re- force last year. If a person has “dropped out of the labor leased its most recent batch of data showing that the force,” he or she is no longer considered unemployed for private sector created 243,000 new jobs. Economists statistical purposes.

The clearest proof we have that more people are not have been reveling in the numbers and taking these new figures as a sign that the economy is ready to go on a tear. The gaining employment comes through tax receipts. When we look at federal tax receipts we can see bad news regarding this figure is that it was that they have been relatively flat since April, fabricated out of thin air; the government lied. which forces the question, how can tax reIt is no shock that the government manuceipts be steady when more people are supfactures and manipulates data; it has been posedly in the workforce and paying payroll doing it for decades. taxes? The answer is that more people are in Most economists are intelligent enough fact not being employed. to verify or discredit government numThe federal government is trying to paint bers by doing independent research, but this pretty picture going in to an election year many well-known professionals have been to keep the incumbent in power. That is not blindly accepting these government-mana politically charged statement, but merely a ufactured statistics (The best example of Ben TREECE fact of life. Whether it be Republican, Demothis was Suze Orman on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” gushing over this data). It is a shame that crat or independent, black, white, brown, purple or orwith all of the degrees they have, books they’ve written ange, Washington always wants to see the incumbent and supposed intelligence they posess that these “best back in power. They are more predictable and easier to and brightest” of the financial industry can be so naïve influence. The federal government has been doing this for decades, it is no longer a surprise and the market and stupid.

According to Lee Adler and the Wall Street Examiner does not buy into it, however many prominent econo(via WashingtonsBlog.com), when you examine the raw mists do. The lesson to be learned here is to never take data you can see that January 2012 was a horrendous month published figures at face value. As Ronald Reagan said, for job creation. To quote WashingtonsBlog.com, the total “Trust, but verify.” ✯ number of employed persons fell by 737,000 last month.

January also showed a steep decline in labor force Ben Treece is a 2009 Graduate from the University of Miami participation rates and a record number of people (Fla.), BBA International Finance and Marketing. He is a leaving the workforce, such as persons who have given discretionary money manager with Treece Investment Adviup looking for employment, employees who have ac- sory Corp (www.TreeceInvestments.com) and a stockbroker cepted part-time work but would like full-time employ- licensed with FINRA, working for Treece Financial Services ment, persons whose unemployment benefits have run Corp. The above information is the express opinion of Ben out, etc. Popular financial blog ZeroHedge.com pointed Treece and should not be construed as investment advice or out that 1.2 million people dropped out of the labor used without outside verification.

OPINION

■ MILLER CONTINUED FROM A3 It is clear that Toledo Public Schools and the City of Toledo have abdicated their responsibilities to this area of South Toledo, like deadbeat fathers who seduce, rut and molest to their satisfaction and then disappear like wisps of smoke. If there was a shred of interest in the future of these streets, why would three crumbling schools, scores of atrophied houses and piles of junk like a foundered boat be strewn through the neighborhood?

To drive around the zone of Broadway Street, South Avenue, Western Avenue and such side streets as Field Avenue and Walbridge Avenue is to tour a landscape of urban waste and desolation.

I did not have the heart to cross the Anthony Wayne Trail to witness the destruction of Libbey High School.

And yet …

And yet, in the midst of collapse and ruin, there are people who believe in a better way, people who believe in the future, people who believe in salvation. And that cannot be factored into Forbes’ injudicious list.

Pastor David Kaiser and his wife, Kelly, operate Western Avenue Ministries and the South Toledo Community Center, literally in the shadow KAISER of Jones Jr. High (across from that abandoned boat, which sticks in my memory like a horrific talisman in a zombie movie).

The Kaisers belong to that group of people who seem blissfully unaware of the path of least resistance. They choose the cracked, hammered road choked with weeds and unspeakable obstacles. Why? Because they know

that is where they are needed.

The South Toledo Community Center offers free hot meals, takehome groceries, clothing and opportunities for education and betterment, ranging from GED classes to parenting help.

Kaiser estimates there are 6,600 households in the “South Toledo Kids Zone,” which lies between the HighLevel Bridge to the Toledo Zoo and the Anthony Wayne Trail to the river.

The demographics are horrific. ✯ It is a young area. The median age in the S.T. Kids Zone is 29. Onethird of the people who live there are younger than 14. ✯ It is an impoverished area: 35.3 percent of the residents are below poverty level (the Ohio average is 13.4 percent); 16.6 percent have income below 50 percent of the poverty level (the Ohio average is 6.2 percent); and 60 percent of S.T. Kids Zone households are led by single females living in poverty. ✯ It is a poorly educated area: 39 percent have no high school diploma (the Toledo average is 20 percent and the Ohio average is 17 percent); www. neighborhoodscout.com rates educational achievement on a scale of 1 to 10. The U. S. average is 5, with 10 being the highest. The S.T. Kids Zone neighborhood is rated at 1.

Plan of action The Kaisers’ ministry is working on a 20-year-plus plan to transform the S.T. Kids Zone, focusing on essential services (food, clothes, education, health care), a “transformational pipeline” (based on the successful programs the Harlem Children’s Zone and Urban Impact of Pittsburgh, emphasizing parenting classes, preschool, tutoring, college preparation and a potential charter school) and infrastructure changes (creating a community development corporation, fixing or removing shuttered houses, creating jobs in repair

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and security and developing a commercial corridor to capture the attention of commuting workers).

The ministry has received a growing number of accolades, which it has earned through its actions. It bought and demolished a crack house and two abandoned properties to create an urban agriculture zone, in cooperation with Toledo GROWs. The ministry’s leaders and volunteers have donated more than $150,000 in the past four years.

The ministry spends $2,500 a month to maintain essential services, untold tens of thousands on education opportunities and is working on purchasing its $250,000 building, which drains $1,500 in monthly rent.

There are partnerships with too many organizations to list here, but ProMedica and Cherry Street Ministries are driving forces.

Pastor David and Kelly are hopeful

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and optimistic, fueled by their faith, but they are realistic. They fully understand the challenge the S.T. Kids Zone faces, with its 14-year-old mothers, violence, drugs, abusive attitudes toward women and survival needs trumping niceties such as education and vocational training.

And yet they believe, and they love, and they try.

The S.T. Kids Zone is engaged in a losing round of whack-a-mole, with problems and neighborhood issues popping up with alarming frequency.

It’s a miserable situation with no easy remedy and no short-term comfort.

But as miserable as the blight might be, as miserable as the decay might be, there are people like the Kaisers who are willing to put their shoulders against the encroaching boulder of misery, to slow it, to at least try to slow it. Whether they — and the S.T. Kids Zone — get crushed beneath

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

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that boulder depends on how many people are going to join them in the effort to push back, to fight, to make a difference.

Western Avenue Ministries is embarking on a “One of 100” campaign to raise funds for its work. $25 a month from 100 people will cover the costs of the community center’s essential food and clothing services.

A subscription to Forbes costs about $25. The ministry works in the South End to ease misery and solve problems for us. Forbes works in Manhattan to celebrate misery and create problems for us.

Which entity will you reward?

David Kaiser: (419) 344-5844.

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1812 BICENTENNIAL

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

1812 BICENTENNIAL

By Kathryn Milstein

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He grew up in Ohio surrounded by war. He valiantly fought for his people in the War of 1812. When he died in the Battle of the Thames, the controversy over who killed him was born.

Frank Kuron, founder of Kuron Publishing, has written a book to answer the question of who killed Tecumseh, leader of the Native American Shawnee tribe, in time for the War of 1812’s bicentennial.

The book, “Thus Fell Tecumseh,” includes a brief summary of the War of 1812 but focuses on journal entries and letters written about the leader by more than 160 people who knew him.

While history credits Col. Richard M. Johnson with killing Tecumseh, Kuron said the entries and letters name at least three other people who could have killed him.

Kuron said he included more than 200 extended excerpts and transcriptions of the entries because he did not want to simply paraphrase the material.

“I didn’t want it to be a bland, textbook-type read, without any fiction in it,” he said. “It’s really a lot of stories that I found about how they were so hungry and the diseases they had to fight. Our area was called ‘The Black Swamp,’ and it carried diseases and they had to walk through that.”

The American Gen. William Henry Harrison, who went on the presidency, wrote one letter Kuron found. Harrison describes looking behind him while marching with troops in the snow and seeing pink because the lack of quality winter shoes had left his soldiers’ feet bloody.

Compiling the letters and writing the book took Kuron six years.

“I love the research. It was kind of like finding buried trea-sure for me. It was fun findingg actual letters written by peoplee years ago,” he said. “For me, it was a creative outlet to try to put it in a very readable form instead of a textbook form.”

His letters came from various sources, including the Kentucky Historical Society, the Ohio Historical Society and the Library of Congress.

Larry L. Nelson, a history professor at Bowling Green State University,

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called the book “local history at its best.”

“I thought this book was terrific,” Nelson said. “Frank starts the book with ‘I’m in love with history,’ and I think that’s the best part of the book. His love for the history is evident throughout.”

Kuron, who will contribute an 1812-themed column to Toledo Free Press throughout the bicentennial year, said he creyea ated Kuron Pubate lishing to selflish publish the book. pu He wanted it finished ish in time for the th bicentennial of the war called “the second “t American revoA lution. ” lu Kuron said other locations o are a preparing to celebrate, the bi bicentennial, including l b t th t Old Frankfurt, Ky., Fort Niagara in Youngstown, N.Y. and Monroe, Mich.

Visit www.kuronpublishing.com for more information about “Thus Fell Tecumseh” or to purchase a copy. For information about the bicentennial celebrations, visit royal.scots.tripod. com/warof1812eventslist/id12.html.

Kuron ‘1812’ presentation set for Feb. 16 at Fort Meigs Kuron will present the lecture “Thus Fell Tecumseh” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Fort Meigs visitor center.

The presentation is free and open to the public. This is part of a yearlong series of lectures commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812 (2012–15).

This presentation will review many of the eyewitness testimonies to Tecumseh’s death at the Battle of the Thames in October of 1813.

Richard M. Johnson rode the wave of credit for having killed the Shawnee war chief all the way to the vice presidency of the United States. However, there is an overwhelming amount of evidence suggesting someone else did this deed.

Fort Meigs’ Visitor Center is located at 29100 W. River Road in Perrysburg.

The program is sponsored by the Anderton Bentley Fund in memory of Christopher Perky, who served at Fort Meigs during the War of 1812.

For more information on this and all of the events at Fort Meigs, call 800-283-8916 or visit www.fortmeigs. org or www.ohiohistory.org. ✯

ess up. Before seeing the cover of this week’s Toledo Free Press, you didn’t know this is the bicentennial of the War of 1812, did you? Do you know who fought it? Do you know who won? Do you care?

I’ll assume a few of you, probably very few, are history buffs. If the rest of you sense anything remotely hinting of a high school history class (where the only thing you learned was how to sleep with your eyes open) you’re gonna turn the page, aren’t you?

Well, hold on a minute. First, this is the 200th anniversary of a war that has been referred to as our second war of independence. It lasted about three years. It pitted the Americans against the British and their American-Indian allies. As for who won, most historians consider it a draw, but that is debatable. All across the country this year and through 2015, commemorative events are being scheduled to remember and honor the participants in this episode of our country’s infancy.

Second, this war was a nationwide conflict, but as it happened, many key events happened Frank KURON right here in our own backyards. And I mean that quite literally for some of you. If you asked around, you’d find that numerous cannonballs, arrowheads and other artifacts have been found by our neighbors here, in what used to be called the Northwest Territory. This area included Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin; but within a 200mile radius of Toledo, a lot of action took place.

Third, the results of the war, and the culture of the 1812 era, are still with us in secret and subtle ways. Some of our best-known folk heroes and villains really did walk our streets — when they were just paths. Waterways, counties, towns, roads … you name it, and it’s been named for people who fought or lived here circa 1812. We may not think about it much, but many things in our world of 2012 have their roots in the lives of the pioneers who chose to dwell and fight in our little corner of the 1812 wilderness.

Still here? Good.

The focus of this series will be on the people of the 1812 era — how they lived and what they lived through. This will include details of famous and overlooked historical personalities, battles, hardships and common daily activities.

I love early American history and I love to write. My history interests began as a kid watching TV shows about Daniel Boone and Westerns starring John Wayne. But I was a bit jaded early on. When I hit that certain age of knowing the truth about everything, around 10 years old, my parents took me to a pioneer reenactment. They had me shake hands with a guy dressed up as an Indian. Up till then, I was convinced Indians were ONLY in the movies.

This personal Indian encounter was one of many triggers leading me to read more and more about our frontier era.

My studies led me to write my first book in 2011, “Thus Fell Tecumseh,” which covers the war in our area and the controversy over who actually killed Tecumseh in 1813.

When my children were little I used to tell them stories about the history of our region. Unwittingly, I must have referred to the escapades of “Mad” Anthony Wayne a few too many times, for one day it began — as I was gleefully enlightening my kids yet again about something historical, they shouted in unison, “Anthony Wayne!” I corrected them, explaining that I wasn’t talking about him and continued. But they yelled again, “Anthony Wayne!” I was confused, but went on until they interrupted my story a third time with their refrain. Finally, I realized that “Anthony Wayne” was code for “Dad! Boring! Hand us a noose, already!”

I hope you choose to give this column a try in the weeks ahead. My goal is simply to entertain and enlighten, and maybe even put a smile on your face.

Every effort will be made to point out historical sites that are still accessible for you to visit, as well as special events and lectures about the War of 1812 as they are scheduled.

I hope this conversational approach will make you comfortable enough to email with any feedback you may have. And should you find it annoying, a simple “Anthony Wayne!” will do. ✯ Email Frank Kuron at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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After decades of trial and error, the City of Toledo is — at least for now — forfeiting its foray into the embattled field of public market managing.

Food vendors moved out years ago.

The Superior Antique Mall left after that. And now the brides and the business conventions and the fundraisers have to leave too, after the city sent letters to at least 10 clients to cancel their events scheduled in the building.

The Libbey Glass Outlet is the only business left in the century-old building. Its lease expires in September.

Between lease income totaling about $120,500 and other income from space rentals and sales adding up to $97,930, the market made about $218,430 in 2011. But utilities, contracting fees, security guards, supplies, cleaning services and other elements to keep event booking afloat cost about $466,890.

That’s more than a $248,400 deficit.

Jen Sorgenfrei, the mayor’s spokesperson, said a private business could

probably run the place more efficiently.

“It’s kind of like talking at a eulogy,” said Kris Berger Long, who contracted with the city to book events at the site.

Connie Hoffmann, who managed the market for seven years, said she too has a personal attachment to the place. She now owns Uptown Art and Antiques on Adams Street.

“It was a blow to me when they called me in the morning that the letters went out, even though I’ve moved on,” she said. “I understand with my head why it has to be done, but it’s my heart that hates to see this.”

The building was constructed in the early 1900s to house a wholesale food market. The spot quickly gained popularity among city dwellers as world-renowned acts came to the stage at the auditorium. Virtuoso pianist Vladimir Horowitz played there.

Orson Welles lectured there. Elvis Presley rocked the stage.

The market was home to everything from garden shows to high school proms, said Fred Folger, a local historian.

But in 1966, the city shut it down to use the space for vehicle and main-

tenance storage. The building sat that way for a few decades until the mid1990s, when the city and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development pumped more than $4 million into renovations and marketing to facilitate a new market for unique local grabs. The market manager at the time said she wanted the Erie Street Market to be Toledoans’ grocery store, according to records at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s history department.

Some 40 vendors set up shop and accounts of this period show that the site was the hip place to shop and socialize. But even then — and this trend dates back to the 1930s — the endeavor leaked hundreds of thousands of dollars.

“It would take somebody with deep pockets to keep that afloat,” Hoffmann said.

When the market was getting its legs in the ’20s and ’30s, the city was renting out spaces for free. Of 67 days rented in 1930, 10 were offered at no cost. In 1931, 27 events were rented out at no cost. This continued until 1936 when City Council passed a law

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mandating a minimum $45 fee to rent. And this was when the place was booming with shows and galas.

Officials familiar with the building have said that it is in need of repairs, such as improved roofing.

In the early 1970s, news clippings revealed similar tensions. The canopy over the civic center had apparently started breaking apart in large chunks so the city spent $163,000 to make it look how it does today, ac-

cording to records at the library.

By 1997, it was reported that the amount of money the city and HUD had allocated for the market left out some unbudgeted expenses, for to the tune of about $400,000 for replacing sewers and leaky roof spots.

Although these are brief glimpses into the long history of the Erie Street building, one debate has seemed to rage on throughout the decades.

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He spoke out against contracting to book events at the site last year.

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The strength of the Erie Street Market lay within its flexibility regarding caterers, she said. Whereas most event venues will require a bride to use the catering service the venue provides, the bride could choose any caterer she wished to come to the Erie Street Market, Berger Long said.

But she struggled with getting the market advertised. She booked some 50 events essentially by wordof-mouth. But even then, she could barely break even on events. “It has a lot of structural issues and the cost to keep it running far outweighed anything we could make at an event,� she said.

Berger Long began contracting with the city to book events to bring life to the empty bays, she said.

When Hoffmann started managing the market, it was still vibrant with vendors. She was responsible for bringing in the Black Keys and a number of other concerts. But she said

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She said the city didn’t make solid contracts with most vendors — even though ten percent of the BERGER LONG vendors’ sales would go to the city for overhead — so the venture was always in flux. In addition, the bar in the concert hall zapped money from the city.

Sorgenfrei said the recent decision to stop booking events is not a reflection of Berger Long’s quality of work.

This is a matter of operating costs outweighing income, she said.

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

The dirt mounds and deep holes dug out of the earth on Brighton Avenue in South Toledo are signs of a $2 billion project to update gas pipes across the state. Columbia Gas officials announced Feb. 9 that the company is kicking off 2012 with seven projects spanning the Toledo area.

Columbia Gas’ $20.4 million investment will upgrade natural gas infrastructure for more than 6,000 customers. Each of the seven projects will cost an average of $2.9 million.

The company is replacing nearly 50 miles of old, bare steel lines with plastic pipes, increasing gas delivery pressure to medium from low and is moving indoor meters to the outdoors, said Chris Kozak, spokesperson for the company.

The change will not have an effect on gas prices, he added.

At a news conference, Mayor Mike Bell and Regional Growth Partnership President Dean Monske expressed gratitude toward Columbia Gas for fitting Toledo with the most up-to-date pipeline technology.

Councilman Mike Craig, who represents District 3, said four of the seven projects are located in his district.

“They’re replacing the infrastructure before it fails,” he said. “They’re doing a good job to do this before it’s a crisis.”

The largest project in Toledo surrounds Yates Street, which will impact 1,206 customers and cost $4 million.

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One-hundred-and-twenty-five business, government and community leaders gathered at a Mercy event Feb. 7 to view a presentation on the future of health care.

Mercy’s Community Leader Breakfast, emceed by Chrys Peterson of WTOL 11 at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Glass Pavilion, featured talks by Andrea Price, Mercy president and CEO, and Bradford S. Koles Jr., executive director of the Advisory Board Company, a health care research firm.

Despite tough economic times and a changing American dream, Price said Mercy is still innovating with its use of tomosynthesis, a new 3-D mammogram technology, digital records and management styles that involve physicians.

“Every day, the health care industry is on the frontier,” Price said. “I see something wonderful on the other side of reshaping health care.”

PRICE “There is no room for worry; we are focused,” she added. “We haven’t turned our attention to health care just because it’s an election year.”

Mercy employs 7,400 people and has net revenues of $900 million, she emphasized.

Koles, a Toledo native and industry expert, was the keynote speaker. His talk focused on health care changes in the coming years, especially with tightened budgets.

“For Mercy, the implications are very straightforward: lower-rate growth,” he said. The country also faces its largest generation, the baby boomers, coming into their Medicare years, he stressed.

“Medicare was designed for a completely different country,” he said. “People talk about a world of Medicare — that is becoming a reality faster than you would think.”

Koles pulled up a slide of several celebrities whose age makes them eligible for Medicare. “Take a minute to relish that you are paying for Donald Trump’s health care,” Koles said.

Many also face having to cover health care with private insurance and are struggling to cover costs. Koles said 95 percent of physicians reported patients recently forgoing treatments. He pointed out that the future of health care depends largely on who wins the presidential election, pointing to a slide of President Barack Obama, former Gov. Mitt Romney and Gov. Rick Perry’s health care philosophies. Koles joked he didn’t have time to update the slide with the changing GOP landscape.

Additionally, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will impact the future of health care, Koles said.

“If you and I had been sitting in a room a year ago, we would only be talking about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” Koles said.

Koles also asked “the biggest existential question of all: What will happen to the benefits market?” He said more companies may move toward giving employees stipends, which may not keep up with medical inflation, instead of picking benefits up.

Still, Koles said there is no reason for panic. “Nothing I have shown you is sudden; nothing I have shown you is a catastrophe. It is a slow squeeze that frankly has to happen.”

Mayor Mike Bell, who was in the audience, deemed the presentation “excellent” and praised Mercy. “[Mercy] is extremely vital in our future in being able to contain these costs in the large population they deal with,” he said. ✯ — Brigitta Burks

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They might not have known her name was Jackie Greunke, but they knew the optometric assistant was friendly and interested in their lives.

“Jackie was the light of the office,” said Amy Green Parker, a Brandi Pinnacle optician. “She knew every patient by name and knew details about their lives.”

On Feb. 19, the Pinnacle staff will host a benefit at 151 On The Water (the old Murphy’s Place) from 2-6 p.m. Since Greunke’s death, people have asked how they can help her 9-year-old son Logan. This is how: Buy a ticket to the benefit and participate in the raffle, Parker said. Tickets are $15 and include a lasagna dinner and music by Skoobie Snaks and MAS FiNA. During the benefit, a variety of prizes will be raffled, including a LASIK eye surgery, a West Coast trip

and many types of gift baskets. Raffle tickets will be $2 each or three for $5.

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Greunke died Nov. 13 from a heart defect complication. The 34-year-old had a headache that day, which was normal for her, and she was resting. Her mother found her dead when she went to check on her. Logan was with his dad that BARHITE night and now lives with him permanently, said Greunke’s sister, Michelle Hill.

“She had open heart surgery when she was 6 months old. She hadn’t had any heart problems for the past 30 years. She had a cardiologist and saw him in the summer and everything was fine,” Hill said.

Money raised at the benefit will go toward necessities Logan might need like braces, a car and college tuition.

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Hill said she knew her sister had a lot of friends, but she has been overwhelmed by the support for Logan, who attends Holland Elementary School.

“He is doing really well. He still talks about his mom, but he is doing really, really well,” she said. “I try to see him about once per week. I talk to him every day if he will answer his phone. He is a typical boy who likes to play video games.”

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Ready U session to introduce vegetable gardening basics

By Sarah Ottney TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com

For those interested in starting a vegetable garden but not sure where to begin, a good place to start might be

the Ready U presentation on Feb. 13.

“From Plant to Plate: Planning Your Victory Garden” will introduce basic vegetable gardening techniques for the backyard, community or container gardener.

The free, hour-long session will

start at 7 p.m. at The Andersons Activity Room, 1833 S. Holland-Sylvania Road in Maumee. Presenters will be Extension Educator Amy Stone and Program Assistant Patrice PowersBarker of the Ohio State University Extension office in Lucas County,

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which developed the presentation. letting them know about the resources in the area for help as they get started Kristin Emery of 13abc will host.

Ready U, a yearlong series pre- and for all the steps along the way.”

One resource is the Extension’s sented by the Red Cross of Greater Toledo and the Lucas County Emergency horticulture hotline, staffed 10 a.m.

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The Toledo There are Botanical Garmany reasons den’s annual seed to grow your swap is another own vegetables, good way to get including for advice and get enjoyment, to EMERY POWERS-BARKER started, Emery save money on said. This year’s groceries and to event will be noon-3 p.m. introduce more vegetable Feb. 25 at the Erie Street variety to your diet, PowersMarket, 237 S. Erie St. Barker said.

Emery, who also hosted “A lot of people are interlast year’s Ready U session ested in vegetable gardening, on victory gardens, said the but don’t always know where event was well-attended by to start,” Powers-Barker said. beginners and experts.

“We think it’s great people “Community gardening want to do vegetable garand urban gardening are dening and we want them to STONE really catching on,” Emery be successful.”

The presentation is designed to in- said. “If you can grow your own, why form and inspire gardeners of all skill spend all that money buying organic levels, focusing on easy-to-grow, eco- pre-cut produce?”

Powers-Barker said she hopes nomical, edible plants, Powers-Barker said. It will cover everything from people come away from the presentachoosing seeds or transplants to har- tion excited for the upcoming growing vesting your produce to washing, pre- season and armed with the informaserving and preparing simple, tasty, tion and resources they need to turn their ideas into reality. healthy recipes.

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Long-married couples to be honored for volunteerism

By Sarah Ottney TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com

Three long-married Northwest Ohio couples will be honored for their commitment to volunteerism by the Ohio Department of Aging at a Valentine’s Day ceremony in Columbus.

Joined Hearts in Giving honors Ohioans who have been married 40 years or longer and who share a commitment to volunteerism and community service. The annual awards are presented by the first lady of Ohio at a reception at the governor’s residence.

Among the 17 couples to be honored this year will be Ellis and Sheila Mascareno of Holland, Stanford and Sheila Odesky of Toledo and David and Lois Zoll of Fostoria.

Eligible couples have been married at least 40 years and at least one of the spouses must be age 60 or older. This year’s honorees range from 40 to 70 years married, 61 to 94 years old and from one to 65 years of volunteer service, according to a news release from the Ohio Department of Aging.

“These couples embody a level of commitment that should be celebrated,” said first lady of Ohio Karen Waldbillig Kasich, in the release.

“Both as devoted spouses and volunteers, these ‘Joined Hearts in Giving’ are role models for us all.”

The Mascarenos The Mascarenos of Holland have been married 44 years and have two

ELLIS AND SHEILA MASCARENO

STANFORD AND SHEILA ODESKY

children and four grandchildren.

They moved to Holland from central Ohio eight years ago and started volunteering to get involved and meet people.

They both serve with the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) through the Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio, helping wherever they are needed.

Sheila, a retired nurse, volunteers at St. Luke’s Hospital, talking to patients.

“I guess I’ve been a caregiver all my life and this is another way I can help people and keep myself active,” Sheila said. “I think it’s important to give back to others.”

Ellis, a retired mechanical engineer, also helps eligible seniors lower their prescription drug costs through Medicare, helps WGTE with mailings

and helps coordinate volunteers at disaster sites.

“The self-satisfaction of having helped somebody is the primary drive,” Ellis said.

The Mascarenos said the recognition is an unexpected honor.

“It was a big surprise for us,” Sheila said. “I guess I don’t think we do that much, but maybe we do more than we think. We don’t keep track of how much we do. We just do it. We’re just honored they nominated us and we’ll keep on volunteering.”

The Odeskys The Odeskys of Toledo have been married 48 years and have two daughters and five grandchildren.

Stanford, a graduate of Scott High School and the University of Toledo,

is a member of the Lucas County Citizen Review Committee, Toledo-Lucas County Convention & Visitors Bureau advisory committee, general chairman for Scott High School’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2013 and has volunteered at the Jamie Farr LPGA golf tournament since its inception. He is also a past president of the Toledo Opera Association, University of Toledo Alumni Foundation, Toledo Board of Jewish Education, Jewish Community Center, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation.

Stanford, who worked for consumer research group National Family Opinion for 25 years before starting his own business, Stanford H. Odesky & Associates Market Research, said he enjoys volunteering because he likes seeing people and organizations grow.

“Along with what the group is ac-

complishing, I like to see people grow and take responsibility,” he said. “They come in with trepidation and move out as leaders, accomplishing things.

You end up training a lot of people.”

Sheila is retired as director of grants at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, where she volunteers weekly in the gift shop and is a member of the hospital’s Auxiliary. She is also a member of the board of trustees at Mercy St. Vincent, Family Service of Northwest Ohio, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library and Temple Shomer Emunim in Sylvania. She is also a member of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure grant review committee, Toledo Museum of Art ambassador and a member of the memory journal committee for Rabbi Edward Garsek’s retirement from Congregation Etz Chayim in Toledo.

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Sheila said she enjoys volunteering because she likes to help people.

“I worked all those years and now that I’m not, I’m able to give back, so I enjoy that,” Sheila said. “It’s interesting, it’s fun. You meet nice people.

You learn a lot. You give back. You feel

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The Zolls said they started volunteering to stay active after they retired.

The couple helps operate “Feed My Kids,” a summer lunch program that served nearly 3,000 meals to area children and families in 2011. They help procure funding, buy food and plan, cook and serve meals. They also deliver meals through Meals on Wheels and sell homemade baked goods at a local farmers market to raise money for their church and other local nonprofits.

“When you see something to be done, we do it and we enjoy doing it,” Lois said. “People need help and we enjoy helping people. We have been very blessed. By the grace of God, we have been able to do it and a lot of people aren’t able to.”

David, a retired instrumental music teacher, also plays “Taps” at military funerals and performs with the Zenobia Shrine in Toledo.

Lois, a retired special education teacher and office manager, also serves on the board of Good Shepherd Home retirement community and has tutored reading in schools.

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“I just wish people that could would do it because it’s just a fantastic thing to do,” Lois added. “I don’t know what we would do now that we’re both retired without having things like this to do. There’s just nothing else that’s as important, I don’t think, or that makes you feel so good.”

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Recognizing the need for outside help in caregiving

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aregivers often don’t recognize when they are in over their heads, and often get to a breaking point. After a prolonged period of time, caregiving can become too difficult to endure any longer. Short-term the caregiver can handle it. Long-term, help is often needed.

A typical pattern with an overloaded caregiver may unfold as follows: ✯ 1 to 18 months: the caregiver is confi dent, has everything under control and is coping well. Other friends and family are lending support. ✯ 20 to 36 months: the caregiver may be taking medication to sleep and control mood swings. Outside help dwindles away and except for trips to the store or doctor, the caregiver has severed most social contacts. The caregiver feels alone and helpless. ✯ 38 to 50 months: Besides needing tranquilizers or antidepressants, the caregiver’s physical health is beginning to deteriorate. Lack of focus and sheer fatigue cloud judgment and the caregiver is often unable to make rational decisions or ask for help.

It is often at this stage that family or friends intercede and find other solutions for care. This may include respite care, hiring home health aides or putting the disabled loved one in a facility.

Without intervention, the care-

giver may become a canthat hiring profesdidate for long term care sional care provider as well. services can provide Now is a perfect time valuable ongoing supfor family and friends to port to an overloaded step up and provide some caregiver. A financial respite time and careplanner, care specialist giving help. Whether it or a reverse mortgage is provided personally or specialist may find arranged as a gift of serthe funds to pay for Debra ROIDL vices to be provided by a professional help to professional respite company or home keep a loved one at home. A care care provider, it is a welcome gift. manager can guide the family and An article in Today’s Caregiver the caregiver through the maze states, “Nearly one in four caregivers of longterm care issues. The care of people with Alzheimer’s disease manager has been there many and other dementias provide 40 hours times — the family is experiencing a week or more of care. Seventy-one it for the first time. percent sustain this commitment for An elder law attorney can help more than a year, and 32 percent do iron out legal problems. And an so for five years or more. elder mediator can help solve disOne of the best gifts you can putes between family members. give someone caring for Alzheim- There are also cash benefits for veter’s is something that relieves the erans, who served during a period stress or provides a bit of respite for of war, that could pay for home care the caregiver. or assisted living.

If you are the one providing daily The gift of time care for a loved one, you owe it to “Cost-effective and truly mean- yourself to seek help.

Take care of yourself and your ingful gifts are self-made coupons for cleaning the house, preparing needs, both physically and mentally. a meal, mowing lawn/shoveling Seek out professional help that will driveway, respite times that allow ease your burden and look for comthe caregiver time off to focus on munity service organizations that offer respite help. what he/she needs.”

The National Care Planning CounIt is also important to note

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The financial blind spot T

he other day my wife and I were driving to lunch. We were just cruising along, enjoying the day. I was obeying all the laws, going the speed limit, keeping a safe distance in front of us and was staying in my lane. Then all of a sudden my wife said “Watch out!” She even for a second went to grab the wheel and nudged us out of harm’s way, as the car in the next lane about sideswiped us. I never even saw the car coming into our lane because it was in my blind spot.

Luckily we avoided getting into an accident. Instead of spending our lunch hour filling out a police report or spending the day in the hospital — besides a little elevated blood pressure — everything was fine thanks to my wife protecting my blind spot.

Oftentimes, the same thing happens financially for investors. Everything is going fine and an investor is just cruising along when all of a sudden, a danger appears out of nowhere in the blind spot. That is why it is a good idea to have someone along

for the ride, someone who can see things from a different perspective.

Many investors cannot afford to have another wreck financially. To get a different viewpoint, investors should talk with a financial professional about the risks lurking in their blind spot.

FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, defines systematic risk as “market risk and relates to factors that affect the overall economy or securities markets.” A couple of main risks we see right now are interest rate risk, inflation risk and geopolitical risk. Here are some ideas on how to deal with those risks.

Interest rate risk continues to affect many savers and investors who are living off fixed income investments, and according to recent talks by the Federal Reserve, this risk could continue for years. For those with debt, this is an opportunity to pay less on borrowed money. An example is the fact that I’m refinancing my mortgage to a 15-year fixed loan at 3 percent interest rate. Yet, for savers and investors,

Mark CLAIR Nolan BAKER these decade-low interest rates mean that after factoring in taxes and inflation, an investor in most fixed-rate investments is losing money safely. A way to address this risk is to look at other alternatives that can still provide an investor with the correct amount of safety and income with more upside potential. Alternatives such as fixedindexed annuities, structured FDIC insured CDs or government bonds are options to consider.

Inflation risk is affecting seniors and retiree’s. For many younger Americans,

inflation is not a major risk right now.

In fact, in several categories such as electronics, prices continue to decline.

Where we see risk for a senior, retiree, or someone who is approaching retirement is rising health and living expenses. One way to address this issue is to purchase investments that mature at different time frames during the next three to 10 years. This strategy is known as laddering a portfolio, with a goal of giving an investor a “pay raise” along the way. To address the risk of rising health care costs use “levertrage.” Although that is a word we created, it is one part leverage and one part arbitrage, meaning an investor takes unproductive assets and immediately creates benefits in absence of time, taxes and risk.

Geopolitical risk around the world is also important to pay attention to.

The problems overseas that were headline news last summer still exist today.

The worldwide debt time bomb is still ticking and may blow up. An investor could deal with this risk by using

proper asset allocation, diversification, and having a clear exit plan in place for when risk gets too high. The goal of diversification is to reduce risk, although it doesn’t guarantee an investor against loss. Diversification can be accomplished by increasing the number of holdings or purchasing investments that are different from one another.

Dealing with risk is a normal part of everyone’s day. We take risks getting out of bed and getting in our car to go to the store. Dwelling on risk can be very unproductive. It is best to deal with risk head on, be brave enough to face the risks, get knowledge from others to avoid blind spots and take action to eliminate as much risk as possible. ✯ For more information about The Retirement Guys, tune in every Saturday at 1 p.m. on 1370 WSPD or visit www. retirementguysradio.com. The Retirement Guys are not an affiliate of NEXT Financial Group. The office is at 1700 Woodlands Drive, Suite 100, Maumee, OH 43537. (419) 842-0550.

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Ingredients for inflation: stirring the pot

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efore I begin, a quick note that this week’s article is largely to the lowest level on record. The fact that money supply continued a continuation of musings from last week, “Ingredients for to expand was, therefore, irrelevant in inflationary terms.

However, looking again at those same two charts (M2 velocity inflation.” In that article, I wrote about the coming wave of and M2 money supply) will give us a great idea of inflation that will result when the velocity of money what is headed our way. accelerates in the United States and all the new money Rather than looking at more recent data, look printed by the Federal Reserve begins to circulate. back to the 1970s, a period to which we’ve drawn endAs many are aware, and as I discussed last week, less similarities in both economic and political terms. the Federal Reserve has greatly expanded its monThis was a time of rampant inflation — inflation that etary base during the past several years — mostly in was recognized because money supply was expanding an effort to shore up this nation’s banking sector in at the same time that velocity was on the rise. response to the financial crisis sparked in 2008.

Given velocity’s precipitous fall to all-time lows, However, despite the rampant printing of growth it’s clear that the same thing is about to happen now.

— which usually leads to inflation — the impact has After seeing money supply expand over the past sevbeen relatively small to date because all this new money has failed to permeate our economy. New dol- Dock David TREECE eral years, we are finally on the verge of seeing a reversal of velocity; and once that happens, get ready for lars haven’t been used to buy houses or TVs or gasoline but have instead been sitting in the Fed’s digital vault, supporting inflation like this country hasn’t seen in more than 30 years.

Obviously this development will have far-reaching implications banks’ weakened balance sheets.

In other words, velocity — or a lack thereof — has kept infla- for investors; they aren’t to be ignored or written-off. While I’ve tion from running rampant. To borrow a phrase from one of last written before that I don’t give readers many specifics about what’s coming in the markets — after all, clients pay me for that knowlweek’s readers: “If it doesn’t circulate, it can’t inflate.”

Looking at data from the St. Louis Federal Reserve we can see edge — I wanted to make this week’s article a little clearer.

After all, investors stand to make or lose fortunes based on these that in the last quarter of 2011, the velocity of M2 money (the broadest measure of money supply still measured by the Fed) fell developments. Obviously, while I prefer to have clients paying me

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to make them fortunes, I hardly want to see unsuspecting market participants lose fortunes either.

So, in an effort to make this week’s article a little more actionable for investors, I wanted to say that given the economic circumstances we see coming, hard assets are an absolute must.

Let’s be clear — I am not in any way shape or form encouraging investors to pick up the phone the next time they see a Goldline commercial and place an order. Nor am I suggesting that investors clear space in the garage for barrels of light sweet crude.

What I am saying is that because of what I see coming, it is imperative that investors allocate more capital than normal to those investments that will maintain or increase their value an in inflationary environment. Note: This also isn’t to say that investors need to sell all their denominated assets and buy investments priced in yen, since inflation isn’t necessarily synonymous with a weak dollar.

As always, changing economic conditions require changing investments. ✯ Dock David Treece is a partner with Treece Investment Advisory Corp (www.TreeceInvestments.com) and is licensed with FINRA through Treece Financial Services Corp. He provides expert content to numerous media outlets. The above information is the express opinion of Dock David Treece and should not be construed as investment advice or used without outside verification.

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A VIEW FROM THE GULCH

Choosing a president or a physician

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s I was listening to the State of the Union Address in connection with all of the campaigning of the Republican candidates, I couldn’t help but think about what we base our political choices on and if we would use similar criteria for choosing a physician.

Let’s say you need a new doctor and you start interviewing them. Each one promises you wonderful health and a long life if only you will choose him as your doctor. Now let’s take the next step and say that you know there is something wrong and it feels serious. Do you want a doctor to tell you the truth or do you want to hear something that is intended to placate you but not really fix the problem?

I hear the politicians tell me that they will lower my interest rate on my mortgage, provide me health care, lower my college Gary L. tuition, educate my children, eliminate the interest on my student loans, create me a job, provide me a comfortable retirement, provide cheap energy, feed me and my children three meals a day, give me a free cell phone, eliminate fees for bank services, make my house weatherproof, protect my investments from losing any value, lower the national debt, eliminate the annual deficit, prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons and, finally, provide a settlement on the moon within eight years.

There are surely many more, but I started my day today by giving up my fourth amendment rights to the TSA on my way to the land of sunshine where people think 30 miles per hour is fast.

Are we really going to elect our president or re-elect our president based on the promises above that might appeal to us?

America is sick. We need strong medicine to get well. More importantly, we need a doctor/leader who will oversee the treatment and do what is necessary.

You cannot cure obesity by increasing your caloric intake. You cannot lower your cholesterol by increasing your intake of red meat or lower your sugar by eating M&Ms. Similarly, you cannot lower the deficit by spending. You cannot lower the national debt by

borrowing more money.

However, you can lower the unemployment rate by shrinking the workforce every month. You can lower inflation by not counting the items most affected by increasing the money supply. You can create jobs by extending unemployment benefits, and of course you can administer justice by suspending habeas corpus.

Using the same logic, you can cure the disease by killing the patient, eliminate tooth decay by extracting someone’s teeth and cure baldness by shaving everyone’s head.

The can is now too large to kick any further down the road. We need to deal with this problem now and we need to deal with it realistically and decisively or RATHBUN we will never be able to recover and be the America that we once were and the America the world needs us to be again.

The cure is very simple, although not very easy: Encourage the freemarket to do what it does. As I said last time, 98 percent of all of the companies in this country have fewer than 100 employees. It is in these companies that all of the new jobs will be created. They received no bailouts nor do they want any. They are not large enough to control the market in their sector and hence not large enough to be involved in crony capitalism with the government.

They just want to be left alone to produce their product or service. They are not greedy, they are ambitious. Regardless of what the government does we need to invest in these companies, both from an investment standpoint but also from purchasing their goods and services. ✯ Gary L. Rathbun is the president and CEO of Private Wealth Consultants, LTD. He can be heard everyday at 4:06 on After the Bell with Brian Wilson and the Afternoon Drive, and every Wednesday and Thursday evening at 6 throughout Northern Ohio on Eye on Your Money. He can be reached at (419) 842-0334 or email him at garyrathbun@privatewealthconsultants.com.

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Toledoan Griffin Van Nest enjoys playing hockey in his free time, but he is being enshrined among many football legends. Van Nest was one of five fans inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Feb. 5 as the boldest fans of the game.

“I’m on Cloud Nine,” he said. “I keep waking up in the middle of the night and can hardly sleep. It’s great. I’m blown away. I’m going into the Hall of Fame before Jason Taylor.

That doesn’t seem right, but what are you going to do.”

Van Nest blogs regularly about the Miami Dolphins on the team’s website, TheFinsiders.com. The Pro Football Hall of Fame contacted the website looking for the boldest fan in the game. Van Nest was nominated in a landslide.

He has been a Dolphins fan since 1971. In his work as a traveling therapist, he often leaves Ohio for Miami, sometimes without a job lined up, to catch games at SunLife Stadium in his pristine seats.

“I got invited to what they call the Deep End in SunLife Stadium,” he said. “It’s kind of the equivalent of the Dawg Pound in Cleveland. I sit in row one behind the goalpost. I got invited into this group because of some of my antics in previous games that they caught wind of.”

The antics that got Van Nest invited are commonplace at NFL games today, but he stood out from the crowd back then.

“What was the exception has now become the norm,” he said. “Ever since 1985 I started going to any Dolphins games around Toledo. I’d go to Buffalo, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Detroit. I would do face paint and put a costume on. In Cleveland, they don’t treat people from the opposing team too kindly. I rolled through Cleveland fully painted up.

I made a costume. I took an old beige sports coat and spray painted it teal. I mohawked my hair and made that teal.”

All it took were a few images of those costumes to earn an invitation to the Deep End. “The fanatics in Miami put up a post asking how crazy would you be to get free tickets to a football game,” Van Nest said. “I had all kinds of pictures. I forwarded some to them, like me walking around Buffalo dressed up as Gene Simmons from KISS with teal eyes and an orange rock hair wig. They private messaged me back. They said, ‘Normally people are petitioning us to get in the section, but we’re recruiting you. If you’re in Florida, we want you to be part of our group.’”

Van Nest is also part of a group of Dolphins fans in Toledo that meets at Pat & Dandy’s. One of the members ended up in his wedding, where his wife surprised him with a Miami Dolphins ice sculpture.

“She loves going to the games,” Van Nest said. “Prior to meeting me, she wasn’t much of a football fan. She supports me and she enjoys going. We have a great time. She goes into the Deep End and puts on costumes with an orange wig and designs painted on her face. She buys into it.”

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He went to his first game in 1985 when the Dolphins played in Detroit. His mother rented a motorhome and took a big group to the game.

“That was when Marino was just coming into his own,” Van Nest said. “The Dolphins lost the game, but it left such an impression on me that I knew I loved going to the games.”

In 2010, Van Nest participated in the inaugural Dolphins Cycling Challenge. He rode 170 miles on a bicycle in two days, and far exceeded his quota of $750 by raising $3,200 for the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

“The majority of the money came from strangers who read my stories on the blog,” he said. “I was humbled by that.”

For his dedication, Van Nest received a trip to Indianapolis on Super Bowl weekend and was honored with an authentic bronze bust at a ceremony on Super Bowl Sunday at O’Reiley’s Irish Bar. The bust will be on display in Guinness’ wing of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Maumee Assembly & Stamping, known as MAS, continues to grow operating out of the former Ford stamping facility in Maumee, despite a recent media report that the plant was vacant.

“We’re alive, well, growing and expect to keep growing in the future,” said Gene Swick, president and CEO of MAS. Swick said that MAS has doubled its volume each year it has in business and plans to double it again in 2012.

The company generated $20 million in sales in 2011, he said.

However, confusion over two companies both known as MAS resulted in an erroneous media report.

“We just want to put the negative stuff behind us and focus on the future,” Swick said.

After Ford closed its stamping facility in 2008, Stan and Kathryn Chlebowski bought the property, plant and all the equipment in January 2009.

Stan leased the plant to a group of former stamping plant employees led by Keith Obey, who invested their money in an attempt to reopen the 800,000-square-foot facility as Maumee Authority Stamping, Inc., also known as MAS. That company had a small contract to produce catalytic converters for Ford. However, it was evicted from the plant in April 2009 for nonpayment of rent without producing any parts, according to Paul Bachmeyer, chief financial officer for the current MAS. Bachmeyer said Chlebowski decided to reopen the facility and produce the catalytic converters for Ford beginning in May 2009. The new

company landed its first stamping customer the following month.

Because there was already a large sign with MAS on it in front of the plant, Chlebowski established Maumee Assembly & Stamping and used MAS to identify it.

“It caused a lot of confusion for our customers, suppliers and the community,” Bachmeyer said.

Despite the confusion, the current MAS is operating the large assembly and stamping facility with 64 employees. About 12-15 of those employees worked in the former Ford stamping plant, Swick said.

“If it wasn’t for Stan, this place wouldn’t be here today. He invested a lot in it at very difficult economic times,” Swick said.

Both Bachmeyer and Swick also credited Huntington Bank for helping the company finance its business and growth.

Joel Jerger, senior vice president and commercial region manager at Huntington Bank, said the company is well-positioned as a manufacturer and the bank was pleased to help it grow and expand.

Swick joined MAS as president and CEO in October 2010 because he liked the potential of “the high-growth manufacturing business.”

If that name sounds familiar, Swick played quarterback for the UT Rockets from 1973-75 and held numerous career and season passing records until Bruce Gradkowski broke them. Swick was named first-team All-America in 1975 when he set an NCAA career total offense record with 8,074 yards.

After his football career and 30 years of experience working in the manufacturing business, Swick returned to Toledo for the second time to run MAS.

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Swick previously worked at Toledo Stamping, later known as Toledo Technologies, a highly automated assembly and stamping operation. He helped that company grow from $30 million to $210 million in volume over five years.

Swick worked with Phil Caron at Toledo Technologies and Ice Industries in Toledo. Caron was working in business development at MAS and introduced Swick to Chlebowski who hired him to run the company.

Swick said he learned his profession in manufacturing management

while working at a Rockwell International plant in Newark, Ohio. That facility employed 2,000 employees who produced truck axles.

Swick is now running the MAS operation that produces parts for customers in the appliance, automotive and truck industries.

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Overhead cranes with 35-50-ton capacities operate above the production area. The plant includes an underground scrap removal system that is unique in the industry, Swick said.

The company is currently installing additional presses for the anticipated increase in stamping business this year, Swick reported.

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Star of ‘Jersey Boys’ is real-life Jersey boy

By Sarah Ottney TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com

A real-life Jersey boy will be among the leading men to hit the stage as “Jersey Boys” comes to Toledo.

Brad Weinstock, who portrays Frankie Valli in the Tony Award-winning musical, was born and raised in northeastern New Jersey and now calls Hoboken, N.J., outside New York City, home when he’s not on tour.

“Jersey Boys,” the story of legendary music group The Four Seasons, portrays the ups, downs and coming-of-age experiences of four blue-collar kids — Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi — from their starts on the streets of New Jersey through their rise to singing stardom.

Although the two come from different backgrounds, Weinstock said home state pride helps him identify with The Four Seasons’ frontman.

“Being from Jersey I have a unique, innate connection to him, but he’s from a pretty rough and tumble area of New Jersey,” the 27-year-old told Toledo Free Press during a tour stop in Dayton. “I would be exaggerating if I said I was from the streets like he was, but I think a lot of people from Jersey have major state pride. Also, as someone who is still touring at age 77 right now, we have that in common. Just a love of what you’re doing — the singing and the performing.

You submit yourself to this life on the road, but you love it because it’s the only thing you’ve ever known.”

“Jersey Boys” opened in Toledo on Feb. 7 at the Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd., as part of the Broadway Series presented by the Theater League. It will run through Feb. 26.

The show is divided into four “seasons,” each narrated by a different band member to showcase four different perspectives on the events portrayed, Weinstock said.

Valli’s high singing voice was instrumental to the success of The Four Seasons, Weinstock said.

“His unique voice, his freakish ability to sing in this falsetto, which is what

he ultimately became so famous for, was a unique sound people hadn’t heard before,” Weinstock said. “A man singing that high was the hook that differentiated The Four Seasons from the other four-person groups at the time.”

“Jersey Boys” is full of hit songs from The Four Seasons, including “December 1963 (Oh, What A Night),” “Working My Way Back To You,” “Who Loves You,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Sherry” and more.

Weinstock, the understudy for the role of Valli in the Las Vegas production of “Jersey Boys” last year, said people usually come to the show for the music, but end up loving the story as well.

“I think people initially come because of all these hit songs that people are very familiar with, but then I think what they don’t expect is it’s a fascinating story about these four guys who came from the wrong side of the tracks and went on to become one of the top-selling groups in rock music history,” Weinstock said. “They did not take an easy way to the top. It was not a straight line to success. There were definitely a lot of ups and downs.

It’s really an intriguing story.”

Weinstock, who graduated from Northwestern University with degrees in theater and communications, was first hooked on theater when he was about 10 years old, after trying it on a whim while bored at summer camp. Weinstock said his favorite part of portraying Valli comes near the end of the show.

“You’d be hard-pressed to talk to someone who has played Frankie Valli who doesn’t love singing ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,’” Weinstock said. “It’s near the end of the night and all the action has built up to that song, so people are really excited to hear that. It’s a great moment.”

“Jersey Boys” contains smoke, gunshots, strobe lights, drug references, sexual situations and profane “authentic Jersey language” and is not recommended for all ages, according to the show’s website. Tickets range from $33-$128 and are available by calling the Stranahan Theater box office at 866-381-7469, Ticketmaster at 800-982-2787 or online at www.theaterleague.com.

For more information, visit www.jerseyboys info.com. ✯

Toledoans can walk the red carpet the same night as Meryl Streep and George Clooney at OSCAR Night 2012, benefiting the Greater Toledo Area Chapter of the American Red Cross.

“OSCAR Night is one of our biggest events of the year. It’s an opportunity for people to get together and enjoy grazing and entertainment,” said Communications Officer Jason Copsey.

The Feb. 26 event at Owens Community College’s Center for Fine and Performing Arts gives guests a chance to watch the 84th Academy Awards on a movie screen while sampling appetizers from 20 area eateries, including Cake in a Cup, The Beirut, Java Sensations and Super Suppers.

When guests enter the black-tiepreferred event, they walk a red carpet complete with an interview by WTOL’s Chrys Peterson and Jerry Anderson — and a crowd of cheering volunteers to fawn over them celebrity-style.

“It’s a way to come out and walk on the red carpet while you’re watching celebrities walk on the red carpet,” Copsey said.

Owens goes all-out transforming itself into a version of Kodak Theatre.

“The Center for Fine and Performing Arts gets decked out in Oscar decorations,” Copsey said.

Guests have a chance to win jewelry from Harold Jaffe Jewelers, a $400-valued Martha Stewart gift basket and a football signed by Urban Meyer at a raffle and auction. Hepcat Revival and Johnny Rocker and the Hitmen will also entertain guests.

OSCAR Night has long been a staple on Toledo’s social calendar. The event went through “a few different versions” before settling on an Academy Awards theme about nine years ago, Copsey said.

“OSCAR Night has turned into an event people look forward to all year,” he said. Last year about 500 attended OSCAR Night, which typically raises between $75,000 and $80,000.

Event sponsors include Mercy, Columbia Gas of Ohio and KeyBank.

The Toledo Chapter of the American Red Cross educates the public on first aid and CPR and responds to natural disasters, among other activities.

OSCAR Night 2012 is 6-10 p.m.

Feb. 26. Tickets are $100, $50 of which is tax deductible. To purchase tickets, call (419) 329-2619. ✯ — Brigitta Burks

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lthough I maintain political independence, my guess is that most people would peg me as fairly conservative on a personal level, and I would agree for the most part. I co-lead a nuclear-type family and I’m a big fan of order. I have no qualms about taking personal responsibility and I love me some good old-fashioned tradition. That being said, I’m not bothered by things like middle fingers and exposed nipples. I’m just not.

I suppose I’m expected to be all up in arms that rapper M.I.A. showed my three innocent children her middle finger during the Super Bowl. I should probably be declaring my disgust on Facebook and vowing that our family will never fork any of its hard-earned money over to the likes of her or anyone who supports her. I suppose I should be banging down the doors

of NBC and the NFL until my voice is heard.

Instead, for my voice to be heard on the matter, I need only quote Jerry Seinfeld circa 1990: “It seems like such an arbitrary, ridiculous thing to just pick a finger and you show it to the person. It’s a finger. What does it mean? Someone shows me one of their fingers and I’m supposed to feel bad? Is that the way it’s supposed to work?”

Indeed, a middle finger did seem highly offensive to the young me being raised in a society that was highly offended by being shown a particular finger. However, after thinking about it years later I fail to see the merit in trying to protect my own children from such a thing. If we want to be a thinking society, we need to take a minute and consider the true horrors set in motion by an

extended digitus medius. I can’t re- would have fazed him in the least had he actually spotted it. Even if a nipple ally think of any, can you?

The M.I.A. “incident” is being com- had made an encore presentation at this year’s Super Bowl, pared to Janet Jackson’s he still likely wouldn’t infamous 2004 Super think much of it. If anyBowl “wardrobe malthing, after eight years of function” in which she recognizing that breasts exposed a nipple to my make milk, he would innocent then-9-monthprobably just wonder old son. Perhaps I should where the nipple lady’s talk myself down from baby was. Yet, if he the middle finger didoes eventually find insaster by declaring that terest in breasts beyond at least it wasn’t another Shannon SZYPERSKI the food source thing, nipple. The problem is which then allows me that, in addition to not caring about a middle finger, I wasn’t some grandchildren on down the really offended or outraged by Ms. Jack- road, I’m OK with that.

While we’re talking taboo, might son’s supposed impropriety either.

My son was still seeing a woman’s I suggest that we go so far as to let nipple (i.e., mine) several times a day the “F” word have its last three letat that point in his life, so I doubt it ters back? At this point I’m only

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protecting my children’s ears from it in observance of historical convention rather than out of it actually bothering me. I suppose it bothers me when someone uses it repeatedly, but it also bothers me when someone (e.g., my 6-year-old) says “apparently” a few too many times a day or I watch too many episodes of “The Smurfs.” The “F” word has as much meaning left as the word “Smurf,” so I’m ready to let it go free-range until the general public loses interest in it altogether.

If memory serves from junior high and high school, where I experienced raised middle fingers, interesting cleavage displays and colorful language on a daily basis, the main point is attention-getting. Considering all of the truly attention-deserving ills of the world, I’m not so sure that policing things like fingers, nipples and F-bombs completely warrants the time and energy it saps from society. I wouldn’t be happy if my own children were the offenders, as I do think a society’s mores deserve respect from its populace. However, I also don’t mind if the conventions that don’t make a whole lot of sense are allowed to simply fade away. ✯ Shannon Szyperski and her husband, Michael, are raising three children in Sylvania. Email her at letters@toledo freepress.com.

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Cool Red Cross ‘Fire & Ice’ event to scorch Wood County news@toledofreepress.com

Attendees can forget the wintry temps with music, food, raffles, auctions and a celebrity bartending contest at Fire & Ice: Rock ‘N’ Roll for the Red Cross on Feb. 17.

“The event was created three years ago as an opportunity for people to support the Red Cross of Wood County and really enjoy an evening out with family and friends,” said Chris Diefenthaler, director of the American Red Cross of Wood County, of the event at the Clazel Theater.

“Fire” in the event name refers to the Red Cross’ relationships with local firefighters and emergency responders.

“We do support each other quite heavily when we’re responding to someone affected by natural disaster in their homes,” Diefenthaler said.

“We rely on [the Red Cross] in cases when people suffer a fire loss and are unable to provide for themselves in the short term,” agreed Captain Tom Sanderson of the Bowling Green Fire Division, also a member of the American Red Cross of Wood County Advisory Board.

“Ice” calls out to the time of year and Winterfest, an annual Bowling Green celebration, Diefenthaler said.

Jerry Anderson of WTOL will host the event and The Bourbon Street

Band will play classic rock and dance music while guests sample appetizers from six restaurants: Qdoba Mexican Grill, South Side 6, Blue Pacific Grill, JB’s Sarnie Shoppe, Myles Baker Street and The Doughnut Box. A cash bar will be available as well.

Several raffles and auctions will occur during the night, including a 20-item silent auction with Walleye and Mud Hens tickets, Pandora bracelets and more. A $2,500 diamond necklace from C Sterling Jewelers will also be raffled off. For $25, each raffle participant gets a key that may or may not open the box that holds the necklace.

Last year’s sold-out Fire & Ice raised $22,000 for the American Red Cross of Wood County, a figure Diefenthaler expects to surpass this year with more sponsors, including presenting sponsor, Rudolph|Libbe.

An awards ceremony and video presentation honoring those who participated in natural disaster aid during the past year is also planned.

Sanderson emphasized the importance of the Red Cross. “A lot of people think the Red Cross only provides blood services and disaster relief, but they also do considerable services for military families in Wood County and they were there, of course, when the tornado hit in Lake Township,” he said.

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Cash and Removal. Call ahead to confirm: 419-476-1400 THE FOLLOWING STORAGE UNITS WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION BY LOCK-IT-UP, LLC ON OR AFTER 2/28/12 AT LEONARD’S AUCTION SERVICE 6350 CONSEAR RD OTTAWA LAKE, MI RICHARD LEONARD AUCTIONEER 4601 JACKMAN TOLEDO 43612 1023 PRESTON STEWART 4437 BEAVER POND LOGANVILLE GA HOUSEHOLD. 2910/11 LISA KNIGHT 642 ASHWOOD HOUSEHOLD. 3110 JUANA WINSTON 2716 HOEHLER HOUSEHOLD. 802 S REYNOLDS TOLEDO 43615 1026 JP TRAYNOR PO BOX 245 MASPETH NY HOUSEHOLD. 2201 CHRISTOPHER KINCADE 4220 BURNHAM HOUSEHOLD. 10009 DANIEL LANE 3700 CAPITAL CIRCLE SE #1023 TALLAHASSEE FL HOUSEHOLD. 3032 AIRPORT HWY TOLEDO 43609 3329 ROBERT TAFT 2336 ELM ST HOUSEHOLD. 3517 DEONTAE DAVIS 5522 ALEXIS #12 HOUSEHOLD. 5415 ALICIA MONTELONGO 51 JAY HOUSEHOLD. 5517 JEFF WILLIS 1208 BROOKVIEW #20 HOUSEHOLD. 5706 QUENTIN BURNETT 962 WOODLAND HOUSEHOLD. 8102 YVETTE TURNER PO BOX 2714 HOUSEHOLD. 8230 ANTOINETTE COUSINS 5839 THUNDER HOLLOW HOUSEHOLD. 5401 TELEGRAPH RD TOLEDO 43612 2504 BRENDA TAYLOR 2126 HORTON HOUSEHOLD. 1008 LORETTA THANASIU 2213 BROADWAY HOUSEHOLD. 1013 ANNISE BARNER 442 BRONSON HOUSEHOLD. 2013 ANANIAS SNIPES 3239 FAIRMONT STOCKTON CA HOUSEHOLD. 1023 RODNEY WILLIAMS 630 CARVER HOUSEHOLD. 2018 THOMAS MOTON 218 METLER HOUSEHOLD. 2608 JAMES MOSLEY 3940 AIRPORT #125 HOUSEHOLD. 4107 SHELBY HAYES 135 MEL SIMON #3 HOUSEHOLD. 3316 DUSTIN RD OREGON 43616 8030 HEATHER HYMORE 3029 NAVARRE APT G HOUSEHOLD. 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.

At Mr. Storage – 717 S Reynolds Rd: Unit 12 Keith Moore 1819 Marne Household. Unit 106 Patrick Hipp 1635 S McCord Apt 73 Holland OH 43528 Household. Unit 136 UMADOAP 2447 Nebraska, Household, Unit 148 Sandra Feasby 7265 Whiteford Center Road #807 Ottawa Lake MI 49267, Unit 213 Joel Hayden 2420 Sherwood Household, Unit 217 Kelly Duby 4045 Hillandale Household, Unit 221 Nanci Moseley 5702 Angola Lot 297 Household. Unit 239 Laniece McLane 806 Palmwood Household. Unit 247 Shawnetta Pullom 756 Hilltop Ln Household, Unit 506 Nicholas Gast 2401 Eastbrook Household. Unit 525 Susan Flowers 2513 Lawrence Ave Household. Unit 542 Velvet & DeShawn Goodwin 1171 Pinebrook Apt 101 Household. Unit 601 John Edwards 932 Linden Ln Household. Unit 604 Karen McElvene 1502 Lincoln Ave Household, Unit 607 Richard Arens III, 115 McTigue Dr Household. Units 504, 612, & 618 Kai Yang 221 Madison St Apt 12 New York NY 10002 Household. Unit 642 Karl Friesner III 5001 South #174 Household, Unit 713 Susan Smith 5643 Clover Lane Household, Unit 723 Lateisa Fonseca 4337 Hill Ave #14 Household.

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Ent Insider Last Man Cougar The River (N) (CC) Body of Proof (N) (CC) News Nightline Wheel Jeopardy! NCIS “Secrets” (N) NCIS: Los Angeles (N) Unforgettable (N) (CC) News Letterman The Office How I Met Glee “Heart” (N) (CC) New Girl Raising Fox Toledo News Seinfeld The Office Jdg Judy Jdg Judy The Biggest Loser (N) (CC) Parenthood (N) (CC) News Jay Leno NewsHour Business Tupperware!

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Austin Good Austin Austin SportCtr NBA NBA Basketball Dallas Mavericks at Philadelphia 76ers. (N) NBA Basketball: Suns at Lakers ›› Scooby-Doo (2002) ››› Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Daniel Radcliffe. The 700 Club (CC) Best Thing Best Thing Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Crave Hunters Hunters Cash, Cari Cash, Cari Pop Shop Pop Shop House Hunters Hunters Hunters Amer. Most Wanted Amer. Most Wanted Amer. Most Wanted Amer. Most Wanted Amer. Most Wanted Ridic.

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