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Toledo media personalities are leaving the airwaves amid cutbacks cutbacks..

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OPINION

MARCH 1, 2009

PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

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number of local business people, government officials and candidates are discussing alternative energy as one pathway to Toledo’s much-needed economic salvation. While many companies are actively making their names in this field, one of our local corporate giants is greatly distinguishing itself.

This week, Owens Corning CEO Mike Thaman traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend The Center for American Progress Action Fund’s “National Clean Energy Project.”

Thaman joined a few dozen business leaders in a roundtable discussion Thomas F. POUNDS to look into ways of utilizing more clean energy in the United States and lessening America’s reliance on foreign oil.

“Homes and commercial buildings consume 40 percent of our nation’s energy and 74 percent of all electricity consumed,” Thaman said. “There are 80 million underinsulated homes in the United States. Any comprehensive energy policy must include energy efficiency and improved insulation in existing and new homes and buildings.”

With participants such as Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Robert Kennedy Jr. and T. Boone Pickens at the event, Thaman had access to key leaders in environmental planning.

Kudos to Thaman and Owens Corning for leading this effort and stepping up to keep Toledo part of the conversation.

Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press.

Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

LETTER OF THE WEEK

Curious doctrine TO THE EDITOR, Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Mayor Finkbeiner’s push to reinstitute the ill-named Fairness Doctrine is curious in light of the victory in November of everything conservative talk radio is against.

Liberalism appears to be alive and well in spite of the irritant this medium has become to that steamroller of forces represented by ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, The New York Times, The Blade and others — all of which figuratively

displayed a banner proclaiming “Mission Accomplished” on Inauguration Day. Conservative talk radio has taken up the task that was long ago abandoned by the press and the major news networks, that of being watchdog against government abuse.

To somehow say that in the interest of fairness, this medium should be silenced is to remove the last unfiltered voice of the people and the last check on government excess.

DAVE HOLT, Toledo

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

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ucas County Republican Party chairman Jon Stain- over the crowd like a Jetsons car; I was so looking forbrook recently said on a FOX Toledo “Talk Back” ward to doing the Queen Elizabeth wave during the sevsegment that he often tapes telephone conversa- enth inning stretch. Anyway, see you then, and keep me posted on who’s seeking endorsements. tions. Stainbrook said these conversations Oh, and by the way, Satan said no, you are taped because he is a “journalist.” Putcan’t have any more cash advances against ting aside the fact that Stainbrook’s conyour soul. He says that’s all tapped out.” tributions to journalism are on par with ■ “Jon, it’s Tom Noe. Just wanted you my contributions to designer fashion and to know I’ve been reading the Bible a lot in Arctic exploration, the catch is that the here and learning a lot about forgiveness. people being “interviewed” apparently do The Lord wants me to forgive those who not always realize they are being taped. brought about my humbling and those This paranoid habit came to light rewho tried to capitalize on it like leeches cently when Stainbrook shared with The Blade a taped conversation he had with Michael S. MILLER clamped on a sunburned leg at summer camp. So, I’m making these calls to let the Republican Board of Elections member Lynn Olman. Olman described the conversation as “pri- leeches know I’m working on forgiving them.”

■ “Jon, uh, Mr. Stainbrook, sir, it’s Carty again. Just vate,” a high-road way of saying he did not know he was being taped and did not know his comments would be checking in about that endorsement. Call me.”

■ “Hey, Stain, it’s Aaron Lewis from Staind. Just calling played for a Blade writer. But many people have been aware for a long time that Stainbrook tapes phone and to remind you there are a number of new T-shirts and in-person conversations and carries a video camera to items on our Web site. Bottle openers, hats, wristbands, tape everything from former Lucas County GOP di- all kinds of good stuff for sale. We’re playing near Niagara rector Joanne Wack trash-talking (unaware she was soon; stop by for tix at will call and maybe after the show, being taped) to his own appearances on local television. we’ll all go out to the Falls and stand close to the edge.”

■ “Jon Stainbrook? This is Ed Begley Jr. I’m going Many people shy away from confronting Stainbrook because he is a career litigant who specializes in nuisance to have to pass on that offer to play you in your script lawsuits. Toledo Free Press has successfully endured two for ‘Savior: The Jon Stainbrook Story.’ I don’t want to get such experiences, but it’s no fun, and it’s costly. Well, it typecast as wacky.”

■ “Jon, are you there? Are you screening? It’s Carty. was free last time because the plaintiffs were ordered to Come on, pick up. Call me back, damn it!” pay our costs, but it still takes time and energy.

■ “Hey, pal, it’s Joe Kidd. Any yard signs left if I make anNow that Stainbrook’s J. Edgar Hoover tendencies have been made public, an e-mail campaign has been other run at council? Could you make me mayor? Call me.”

■ “Stainbrook, you @#%@$#, call me back or I’ll launch started to ... blah, blah, blah ... it doesn’t really matter, because Stainbrook and his pal, Blade Publisher John Block, into your ass like D-Day! Nobody makes me wait! Nobody! have things just the way they want them, which is to say, I’ve been running this city since you were filling your diaunder a shadow of fear and loathing so thick it could clog pers. I’m Carty Finkbeiner, you @#%@$@. Call me!”

■ “Hey, Jon, it’s Jan Scotland. Just wanted to remind a subway tunnel. That the GOP in Lucas County isn’t strong enough to end this situation speaks volumes about you my birthday is coming up. I know you’re not very its lack of leadership at local and state levels. good with remembering dates.”

It’s easy to imagine Stainbrook in a locked room sur■ “Jon Stainbrook? This is Michael Miller of Toledo rounded by shelves of carefully labeled audio and video Free Press. I heard you say on Lee Conklin’s show that the tapes, compiled to embarrass people. It’s also fun to Free Press ‘stole your book,’ but I’ve looked all over my ofspeculate what might be on some of those tapes ... fice, and I can’t find a copy of ‘OxyContin Addiction for ■ “Jon, uh, Mr. Stainbrook, sir, it’s Carty. Carty Fink- Dummies.’ If one shows up, I’ll get it back to you.” beiner. I, uh, wondered if you’ve heard anything yet ■ “Jon, it’s Carty. Sorry about that last message. from Pittsburgh about that endorsement if I switch back I’m just getting anxious for a call from Pittsburgh. Hey, to being a good ol’ Republican. I know J.R. wants Ben if it helps, I know that Mud Hens hover car thing fell Konop in my office, but Jon, uh, Mr. Stainbrook, sir, I through, but I could give you guys piggyback rides if it tell ya, I’m still the man for the job. I can turn this ship would be any consolation. Call me.” around if I can get four more years. Call me.”

■ “Stainbrook, it’s Satan. I need your attorney’s ■ “Smithers, it’s J.R. Block. All the arrangements for number. And thanks for the Mud Hens tickets. Looking Mud Hens opening day are set. The new scepter should forward to seeing you soon, pal.” be in by then, and the suite is being recarpeted with the hides of our enemies. I’m disappointed that the Mud Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press.

Hens couldn’t figure out a way to get our suite to hover Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

Michael S. Miller, Editor in Chief mmiller@toledofreepress.com

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CONNECTING THE DOTS

MARCH 1, 2009

THURBER’S THOUGHTS

Facing Facebook Living wage hurts, not helps

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’m going to take a break from and I send them friend requests. bureaucrat bashing this week And they’ve got hundreds of friends and write about a little novelty I have to sift through. I have to. I’m stuck, and nothing short of a squad that I’ve been introduced to.

Facebook: A great way to re- of Navy SEALS can release me from kindle old relationships and make Facebook’s unrelenting grasp. And I know I’m not new ones. An even alone. When I ask better way to get very someone to be my little done while you’re Facebook friend at work. (in the middle of Online social netthe workday), I working sites are not get their “friend something that I’d natconfirmation” (in urally be attracted to. I the middle of the kinda like the give and workday). take of normal “meet Sound like an ’em for breakfast, get addiction? You to know ’em through Jim HARPEN bet.

Within a work, joust with ’em at the gym” type relationships. But couple of days, I began to get rea bunch of my cousins persuaded quests to be “friends” from people me to get on Facebook a couple of I knew, people I didn’t know and a weeks ago. And life as I know it whole lot of people who probably don’t know me. Hell, who doesn’t might never be the same.

The sign-up process was want more friends? I began to feel simple. My name, some other the satisfaction that comes only stats, and an e-mail address to from the meaningless six-digit (sort of) confirm I am who I say scores you chalk up playing pinI am. Then came the usual ques- ball. “How many ‘Friends’ do you tions, which I passed on for the have? I’ve got more than 2,000!”

John Glenn had 1,452 friends moment; my zodiac sign, marital status and whether I’m looking when I was added to his friends for women or men. (That last one list on Facebook last week. (Yeah, wouldn’t have been a question that John Glenn. Is that cool or back when I was a teenager.) Just what?) I don’t believe for a minute for the record, single and defi- that this former astronaut, U.S. nitely not looking for men. Not senator and all-around American that there’s anything wrong with Hero remembers me or our interviews years ago. My guess is that anything else.

Here’s where the job ineffi- the former senator’s staffers handle ciency thing comes in: I’m in the his Facebook friends applications.

Even as I write this, my inbox office maybe half of any day, and I have all of my e-mail programs is filling with more “Facebook going. When I hear the BONG- Friend” invitations and confirmabong of an e-mail coming in, tions. Four in the last half-hour. If I check it out right away. Since my Facebook-friend constituency my introduction to Facebook, continues to grow at the current I’ve been getting e-mails out the rate, I’ll be at one degree of sepawazoo. “So-and-so added you as ration from Osama Bin Laden in a friend on Facebook.” Then you no time at all. We’ll be scheduling have to click on the link to con- tea in some cave. “Hey, OBL! As firm them as a friend, or ignore Facebook always asks, ‘What are it and cast this “friend applicant” you doing right now? Or better, into a cyber-self-esteem waste- where are you doing it?’ ” It was worth a try. land. What’s a nice guy to do?

Now that I’ve revealed my By the time I view the e-mail, click on the link, then “confirm Facebook membership in this them as friend,” I’m only maybe publication with a circulation of two minutes past what I was 130,000, I might be getting a whole working on. But my momentum is lot more “friend” invitations in the stunted and my mind miles away. coming days. Bring ‘em on. Getting work done when I’m at work Might as well take an early lunch.

But no, I’m already on the is overrated anyway.

Or maybe I’ll just duck and Facebook site, so I might as well go ahead and see who my “friend’s run to Twitter. friends” are, right?

The cascading slide into insanity E-mail columnist Jim Harpen at has begun. I find other people I know, letters@toledofreepress.com.

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s part of the explanation for instituting a “living wage” in Lucas County, the commissioners claimed that they would be helping the “poor.”

That their new regulation will probably hurt those they’re most trying to help seems to be a possibility they ignore.

We’ve been fighting the “war on poverty” for decades and still we have poor among us. Even Jesus taught, “For ye have the poor always with you,” so we should not be surprised. In fact, considering the varying skills, abilities, ambitions and interests, we will always have those who have “more” and others who have “less.”

Maggie Knowing that no society or civilization has ever eliminated poverty, the question is what to do about it. Sadly, how to address such situations becomes mired in political rhetoric, campaign promises and conflicting approaches.

Liberals believe the best way to help the poor is for the government to do so. They see the obligation to help those less fortunate as a task of the nation, administered through the bureaucracy of government.

Conservatives believe that the obligation to care for others is an individual one — not one that can be abdicated to government.

These two positions are diametrically opposed, and both sides think the other is wrong.

Liberals purport that the scope of the problem is so large that only government is capable of addressing it, that programs such as Medicaid could never find an effective alternative in private compassion or in the work of such entities as individual churches.

In reality, churches, individuals and charities are capable of meeting the needs of the poor, and in a much more personal and direct way. There are usually no lines to stand in when requesting assistance from your church, unlike the lines and processes inherent in a facility like the Department of Jobs & Family Services.

The problem comes in when individuals who would normally give of their resources — money and/or time — fail to do so for any number of reasons. Some see their obligation for charitable acts as optional. Others, seeing that their funds are taken in the form of taxes, come to believe that they are helping in a broader way by “giving” to the government who then “gives” to those in need.

As more people come to rely upon the government to provide such care, the government grows in the care it provides, coercing “charity” by levying even more taxes to pay for the services they claim are so desperately

needed. It becomes a vicious cycle.

Of course, we all know that government programs are far from efficient and rarely as effective as privately run ones. And politicians in charge of such programs use them and the funding for them to “buy” support, constituencies and votes.

Marvin Olasky, in his book, “The Tragedy of American Compassion,” identifies several principles that mark a successful charity: ■ Charity should encourage affiliation with the needy person’s local community, THURBER church and family; ■ It should form a bond between the needy and the charitable; ■ It should organize the needy into different groups, depending on their type of need; ■ It should seek to establish the needy person in a long-term job; ■ It should emphasize the freedom of being able to provide for oneself; and ■ It should recognize the spiritual and not just material needs of the poor.

Government cannot do these things, but individuals and local charitable organizations can. Most people, regardless of political philosophy, will agree that private charity is superior to government charity. If that is the case, why has government found it necessary to step in and do what we know it is not good at?

Could it be that those who profess to believe in the obligation to be charitable have failed to practice what they preach?

Rather than bemoan the increasingly intrusive role of government, we all need to step up and make the need for such “nanny-ism” as limited as possible. We do that by volunteering, donating and performing the acts of charity that meet the needs of those less fortunate. We also need to encourage our fellow citizens to take on the individual responsibility for helping others so that the government sees a decreasing need — not an increasing one.

We cannot accept the fact that, because government is using our tax dollars, we no longer have such obligations. We do not have to passively accept an ever-expanding role of government. But if we do not want to see government assume even more of these responsibilities, we have to perform them ourselves.

Former Lucas County Commissioner Maggie Thurber blogs at thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Plumbing the depths I read your Feb. 22 “Joe the Plumber” article with interest and believe his views are shared by many of us in Northwest Ohio. However, I’m greatly concerned with the following statement made by Miriam Wilson, visiting instructor of political science at the University of Toledo: “Wilson said Wurzelbacher captured the ‘American Dream in his head but not the American reality’ and that he would have been better off voting for Obama instead of pursuing an ideal situation where he

could work hard to get ahead.”

What? Is Wilson implying that Joe (and by default, all of us) should not work hard to get ahead? That’s not an ideal situation? Is she implying that Joe should have voted for Obama because, once elected Obama would “take care” of him, and that self motivation to get ahead would no longer be necessary? Unless Wilson was quoted out of context, that is how I read her words.

Does Wilson take this attitude to the classroom? Does she give all her students an “A” (let’s take care of them), or does she perhaps “spread

the wealth” from her “A” students to the “D” students, thereby creating a class of “C” students? This type of thinking will lead this country and its people down the path to mediocrity and, dare I say it, socialism.

There’s no other way to say it: When the populace wants a government that “takes care” of them rather than making it on their own, we become socialists.

I hope Wilson is afforded the opportunity to clarify her comments and look forward to hearing them.

KEITH PELLETIER, Sylvania

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FROM LEFT, AARON BRILBECK, TOM WATKINS, KEVIN MURPHY AND REBECCA SOLOMON ARE AMONG THE FAMILIAR TOLEDO MEDIA FACES WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE ECONOMIC CRUNCH.

Media personalities join Toledoans pinched by economy

By Barrett Andrews TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

The stories Toledo media personalities used to tell about their viewers and listeners are becoming their own.

Amid industry cutbacks, familiar faces and voices are disappearing from the airwaves.

“I think it’s the toughest downturn that’s happened in modern television, modern broadcasting, modern media, for that matter,” said Jim Blue, former primary anchor at WNWO-TV NBC 24 and Toledo Free Press contributor. Blue was one of the first visible casualties at the station when his contract was not renewed in 2008.

Later the same year, when

interviewing for her position, former sports and news reporter Rebecca Solomon said she was told there had been 20 layoffs at the station in April.

“I knew that things weren’t going to be happy, merry- go-lucky at NBC 24 when I got there,” she said.

Solomon lost her job in the station’s second round of layoffs in December — only three months after

being hired. Also on the chopping block were a reported handful of behind-the-scenes employees and Aaron Brilbeck, who had been the station’s investigative reporter.

“I’ve been laid off so many times, it’s pitiful,” Brilbeck said. “I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve been laid off. I’d have to sit down and count them.”

That is the nature of the broadcast

industry, Brilbeck said. He started at a radio station when he was 15 years old, seeing the ups and-downs from the same point of view he is now.

But he, like Solomon, understands this was a business decision.

“They can get another reporter to do the news for a fraction of what they’re paying me,” Brilbeck said.

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MARCH 1, 2009 ■ MEDIA CONTINUED FROM A6 Brilbeck cited a smaller staff more focused on the daily news cycle.

“They paid me to be the guy who’s doing the digging. Well, if there’s no time to do any digging, there’s no sense in paying me well.”

Shenikwa Stratford, who most recently served as the station’s primary anchor, had been with the station more than seven years. Some people thought she, too, had been a victim of the layoffs this winter, until she explained to viewers that her departure was on her own terms.

“The station offered me to stay here as long as I wanted to be here, but I decided almost a year ago that after I had this little girl, I STRATFORD wanted to be able to stay home,” she said in her televised farewell.

According to the station’s Web site, www. toledoonthemove.com, the station has three onair news personalities.

“If anything, I feel bad for them. Not because of where they are or what they’re doing, but because — the definition of a news team, what is that anymore?” Solomon said. “In tough economic times, there’s no news team — I mean, there is, whether it’s three people or 35 people — but in the case of NBC24, it’s three people.”

While it may be the hardest hit, NBC 24 is not alone in feeling the economic sting. FOX Toledo laid off four people in December, including longtime sports director Brad Fanning. The station

also planned to eliminate weekday sports and cut the anchor position left vacant by Karl Rundgren’s departure. WTOL-11 also reportedly laid off several staff members about the same time.

The Blade reduced its reporting and writing staff and recently announced a reduction in the physical size of the newspaper.

‘Radio’s done with me’ Kevin Murphy, host of “Murphy in the Morning” on 106.5 “The Zone,” has been stripped of that title twice now, once in 2003 and again this fall.

And this will be the last time.

“I had a good conversation with my wife and my family and basically said, ‘I’m done with radio, because radio’s done with me, and I don’t want to do it again,’ ” he said.

“To say that it’s struggling is an understatement,” he said of the radio industry. Radio refused to adapt to new technology, including the Internet and satellite radio, and “now it’s too late,” Murphy said.

Toledo radio veteran Tom Watkins traces the downfall back to the 1980s and ’90s, when radio conglomerates began scooping up “hometown” radio stations and lumping them together in one major city.

Local owners had treated their employees like family, and stations had the support of their community, he said. Now, it’s all about the bottom line.

“The guy in San Antonio or Atlanta doesn’t give a rat’s ass who he’s laying off,” Watkins said.

“Up here, they just know the number.”

Watkins had been the host of “Toledo Today” on Super Talk 1560 WTOD-AM, owned by Cumulus Media Inc., in a part-time capacity. He opted to end the program, which ran for two

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years, rather than taking a pay cut.

“Homey don’t work for nothin’, ” Watkins said.

Cumulus Toledo, which owns eight stations, laid off nine full-time staff members in November and 11 employees in February. During his final show, Watkins said traffic reader Kelly Carter, a Toledo Free Press contributor, and board operator Tod Crabtree were among the layoffs.

Clear Channel Communications Inc., which owns six Toledo-area stations, reportedly laid off 22 employees — 10 full-time — in late January.

The Future “It’s going to be a different world. Print, broadcasting and the Web — we’ll all find a new natural order,” Blue said, explaining how newspapers are now posting video online, and television reporters are learning how to write in print format for Web publishing.

Blue was recently hired as the news director and primary anchor of WFFT FOX Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Ind. “Our goal will be to meld the Web and on-air coverage into a unique source for local information,” he said.

Expectations of the media industry getting out BLUE of the current rut are unrealistic, he said.

“I think to expect to get out of it, or to return somehow to what was once the way it once was — that’s just not going to happen.”

Barrett Andrews is a reporter/photojournalist at FOX Toledo.

Profile of Excellence: Rebecca Ray Owens Community College Alumna Rebecca Ray grew up in Fort Myers, Fla. She always wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse, but wasn’t sure how to put that plan into action. In 2003, she and her husband decided to move to Perrysburg, to be closer to his family.

One hot day in August, shortly after they moved, she and her three children were playing at the pool in their apartment complex. She was talking with a neighbor about her dream of becoming a nurse.

Her neighbor told her about the nursing program at Owens Community College. She went home that day and researched Owens on the intranet. Within weeks, she had begun her classes.

“The transition from stay-at-home mom to fulltime student was so easy for me because Owens made it easy,” said Ray. She worked full time at Mercy Health Partners, attended Owens, cared for her children and maintained a 3.8 GPA. Ray loved her time at Owens and felt it was the best place to prepare her for a career in nursing.

with a nurse in her desired field. She chose to complete her training at the Labor and Delivery Department at St. Charles Mercy Medical Center with a nurse she met through her job at Mercy.

The time she spent there convinced her further that Labor and Delivery was the place she was meant to be. She was told they didn’t hire new grads, but was recommended to spend a year in medical surgery to gain experience and then check back to see if there were any openings.

She worked for about a year in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center.

In November 2008, there was an opening at St. Charles in Labor and Deliver and Post-partum care.

She jumped on the opportunity and has loved every minute of it.

“It is humbling to be a part of someone’s birth experience. Every time I am part of a birth, I know that is why I am here and I have Owens to thank” said Ray. Ray is dedicated to learning more about her field and making the birth process easier for her patients.

During her last semester at Owens, she was required to do 120 hours in four months working Rebecca Ray 2007 Graduate Labor and Delivery Nurse, St. Charles Mercy Hospital

“Every time I am part of a birth, I know that is why I am here and I have Owens to thank.”

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Rebecca Solomon filed for unemployment, expecting that the search for her next job will be tougher this time around.

“I just did this three months ago, and now I have to do this again,” she said. “It’s stressful, but I have a lot of great support, and I’ll do it.”

She’s not looking at getting out of the business entirely. Solomon is a one-woman-band reporter who shoots, writes, edits and presents her story on her own.

Even though the job market nationwide is becoming more saturated with veteran news anchors and reporters, having that ability gives her an edge, she said.

Tom Watkins said he will see what develops in the local market but now can enjoy “an early tee time” on the golf course.

Kevin Murphy is employed at Signature Harley-Davidson and continues to record voice-overs for commercials.

Meanwhile, Aaron Brilbeck is working on a per diem basis for News Talk 1370 WSPDAM. The station is offering him as many hours as they can, but “times are tough.”

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

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Toledo Community Foundation to launch new fund in March

By Julie Ryan TOLEDO FREE PRESS NEWS EDITOR jryan@toledofreepress.com

Basic-need providers are about to get a boost.

The Toledo Community Foundation’s Safety Net Grantmaking Program will kick off March 2. The program will accept applications from nonprofit groups providing food, clothing and shelter to the c o m m u n i t y.

Applicants will be matched BURWELL with a grant from funds raised by the foundation

and United Way of Greater Toledo.

“We looked at the current economic condition of our community and we deemed that there is a greater need in our community than before for basic needs and a basic safety net,” Keith Burwell, president of the foundation, said.

Joanne Olnhausen, the Foundation’s communications officer, said the foundation and United Way have each designated $100,000 for the fund.

With that money, the Foundation will match 50 cents to every dollar (up to $2,000 per individual donation) donated by the community.

“We told the community, ‘We are going to respond to this need, and if you want to respond, we will match your money,’” Burwell said.

Olnhausen said it wants to get

the donations out to the community as soon as they come in.

“We want to make the money and get it out,” she said. The fund is temporary and aims to help nonprofit groups’ needs at a time when less government funds and donations are coming in.

Nonprofit, charitable organizations that have a tax-exempt status can send applications to the foundation beginning March 2. The foundation’s staff and board of trustees will review the applications and they intend to accept them through 2009, Olnhausen said.

The foundation will look at the organization’s ability to serve the basic needs of the community with priority given to nonprofits that can offer direct and immediate assistance.

Living wage approved by county commissioners The Lucas County Commissioners voted 3-0 to adopt a Lucas County Living Wage Policy at an open meeting Feb. 24. The policy raises the living wage to $11.66 per hour for businesses that offer benefits and $13.78 for businesses without benefits.

Businesses that do not adhere to it could lose any Lucas County funding they receive.

Commissioner Pete Gerken said the commissioners will continue to be transparent and let the public know which steps they will take.

Five weeks ago, President of the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce Mark V’Soske wrote a letter to Commissioner Ben Konop stating a Lucas County Living Wage Policy “will be just one more poke in the

eye to the efforts for attracting, growing, and expanding businesses — and the jobs they create for our citizens.”

V’Soske wrote that the ordinance will end up hurting the people Konop is trying to help.

Gerken said he has been a proponent of a raised living wage since 2000, when he worked for 12 months to raise the living wage. He said he believes the raised living wage works to “bring people out of poverty” and wants to mirror Lucas County and the municipality of Toledo.

Konop said living wages reduce poverty and helps businesses. He said taking home more money gives the employee “a better life.”

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When the call for help came, Gabrielle Davis made a difference in

the lives of dozens of domestic violence victims. In March, the Toledo native will receive the 25th Sister Ann Joachim Award from Siena Heights University in recognition of her work.

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Davis, unsure of how to make improvements, attended “Take Back the Night,” an event that raises awareness of sexual assault and abuse, and found inspiration.

“I was very moved by the stories people told about the legal system in connection with domestic violence,” she said. “Those stories were mostly negative.

“It made me realize that people turn to the legal system for assistance for these very difficult times, and in many instances, the system wasn’t equipped to help.”

Nine years later, Davis has received national attention for her work with students in the courtroom on domestic violence cases.

The Sister Ann Jaochim Award, however, is special to her as it comes from her alma mater.

“Sister Ann was a legendary professor at Siena Heights and she was a lawyer before she became an Adrian Dominican sister and she was also a bit of a pioneering woman,” said Jennifer Hamlin Church, associate vice president for advancement at Siena Heights. “She was the first woman religious to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court.

“The award that is given in her name is specifically given in recognition of contributions to the community, the kinds of contributions that show strong leadership, the ability to get things done and the ability to confront issues head on while showing values cherished at Siena Heights.”

Davis’s contributions began with the Domestic Violence Clinic she started at UT. She said the clinic began by asking people who work in domestic violence to identify the need.

Almost unanimously they said they needed help prosecuting domestic violence cases.

The core of the program happens in the classroom and the courts, she said. The students work with court advocates, police, health care providers, children services, adult protective services, Jobs & Family Services and social service providers.

Davis said domestic violence doesn’t end when the courts issues its verdict. The clinic helps the victims get their names changed, a Social Security number, child custody, housing and divorces — free of charge because they are a teaching clinic DAVIS and a course designed to teach law students about the courtroom.

“I love it; this is the best job on earth. I like it because I am able to have the best of both worlds: I am a classroom teacher, but I also supervise students in real cases. I have a foot in both doors,” Davis said.

After noticing an increase in domestic violence fatalities, Davis started a domestic violence review team and, with a grant from the Department of Justice, spent 2007 doing research and issued a report, “Shattered Lives.”

Davis said the study found that 80 percent of the people killed were killed at or after the time they left.

“It’s not that they are going back for more; sometimes that’s the only way to stay alive,” Davis said.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at UT College of Law Daniel Steinbock said Davis’ work has influenced developments in the field and trained students in the court of law.

“It’s made quite a difference, first of all in the lives of dozens of women and secondly she’s become a regional and national presence in the field,” Steinbock said.

“The bottom line for me is that we have to start figuring out ways to stop this violence before it starts.

The legal system can only go so far. We only get cases after they’ve started,” Davis said.

Davis will receive the Sister Ann Joachim Award on March 19 during the Siena Heights Alumni Awards Day ceremony in Rueckert Auditorium in Dominican Hall at 4 p.m.

Toledo attracts new conventions The Greater Toledo Convention and Visitors Bureau announced Feb. 24 that Toledo has been selected to host two conventions in 2009 and 2010 at the SeaGate Convention Centre.

■ 3DYC is a youth convention sponsored by the East Central, Michigan, and North Central districts of the Missionary Church. The convention will take place Dec. 27-30 and will attract an estimated 2,400 youth participants from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

■ The North American Deer Farmers Association will host their March 17 to 21, 2010 convention in Toledo.

The two conventions are estimated to have an economic impact of nearly $750,000.

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By Brandi Barhite TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR bbarhite@toledofreepress.com

Toledo Free Press and FOX Toledo are sponsoring a song writing contest to put a positive spin on Toledo.

The contest is free and open to amateur and professional songwriters interested in promoting Toledo as a great place to live.

The winner will receive several prizes, including the song being submitted to be named the official song for the city of Toledo and Lucas County for one year. The winner will also receive free studio recording time from Strawberry Fields Recording Studio in Swanton and will receive stage time at Columbia Gas Smoke on the Water — Ribs for the Red Cross, July 31 through Aug. 2.

Negotiations to have the winner receive an opening slot for a national act in front of 80,000 fans at Michigan International Speedway are taking place.

The top five finalists will appear on FOX Toledo’s “Toledo Idol,” which features a local band or musician each week during the “American Idol” season. The song writing contest winner will be revealed on the same night that the winner of “American Idol” is announced in May. “I am really excited to see the crop of talent that comes out of this contest,” said Allison Brown, FOX, Toledo news reporter. “Since I have worked with plenty of Toledo musicians during our ‘Toledo Idol’ segment, I know that there are some exceptional artists out there.”

The finalists will perform on “Andrew Z in the Morning” on 92.5 KISS-FM, and Andrew Z said he is working on gathering more high-profile prizes for the winner.

The winner will be chosen by a panel of judges: Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop; Toledo City Councilman Tom Waniewski; Columbia Gas community relations manager Chris Kozak; Toledo Free Press Editor in Chief Michael S. Miller, Face of FOX Toledo Julia Johnston; Andrew Z;

and Bob Grebe, a musician and national account manager for Job1USA in Toledo.

The judges will whittle entries to a top five before selecting one winner.

Grebe suggested the contest to Toledo Free Press after reading about the newspaper’s music project, “Legacy: Songs in the Key of Toledo.” The two-CD collection contains historical recordings from or about Toledo. The CD was inspired in part by musical downers like the Randy Sparks’ song “Saturday Night In Toledo Ohio.”

“I know that this town is loaded with extremely talented musicians,” Grebe said. He said a winning song will include great lyrics, a catchy melody and a good hook.

All genres are welcome, including pop, country, rock, rap, jazz and blues, Grebe said.

Entries for the contest can be accessed at www. toledofreepress.com or picked up at the Toledo Free Press office at 605 Monroe St. Submissions will be accepted through April 3.

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To help soak up the suds, food from Shorty’s and The Original Gino’s Pizza will be available for purchase. Live entertainment will be provided by 56 Daze.

Advance tickets for the event, which runs from 5 to 11 p.m., are $25 and available by calling 419724-BREW or at The Andersons.

Tickets at the door are $30 ($20 for military members, police and firefighters). The cost includes 12 3-ounce pours, with additional pours being $5 for six. “We’re really appreciative of the support of the community, both from sponsors and those that come out to the event to support two local charities,� Wells said. “All of the money stays in Northwest Ohio and

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The Northwest Ohio Hemophilia Foundation addresses the needs of individuals and families impacted by bleeding disorders within a 22county area.

The organization provides family networking activities, trips to camp for both youths and adults, a family crisis fund and educational programs and workshops.

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Owens hosts Smart Consumer Resource Fair Northwest Ohio residents are invited to learn about becoming better-informed consumers at the Smart Consumer Resource Fair, “Nuts and Bolts: Tools for Today’s Economy,� March 3 at Owens Community College.

The event is taking place in conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week (March 1 through 7) and will occur from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Math/Science Center on the Toledo campus.

All activities are free and open to the public. Attendees will be able to learn about topics such as identity theft, specific details hidden in the fine print, predatory lending, income tax scams, stolen Social Security numbers and sweepstakes offers, among many other areas.

State and federal agencies will include the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel, Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Social Security Administration, Ohio Housing Finance Agency, Toledo Fair Housing, Legal Aid of Western Ohio/Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, the Better Business Bureau and the Ohio Department of Insurance.

Owens’ Smart Consumer Resource Fair is part of a statewide initiative focused on educating individuals about consumer advocacy. Smart Consumer Resource Fairs are occurring in Columbus, Marietta, Cleveland, Dayton, Reynoldsburg, Colerain, Athens, Fairview, Akron, Canton and Youngstown. — Duane Ramsey

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New and expanding businesses at The Town Center at Levis Commons are creating job openings at the shopping center in Perrysburg.

“We’re pleased to report some positive news with new and expanding businesses at The Town Center at Levis Commons,” said Casey Pogan, marketing director for the center managed by Hill Partners Inc. Pogan reports that 87 percent of the retail space and 80 percent of the office space at Levis Commons are leased.

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Bravata Financial Group Bravata Financial Group moved into new offices on the second floor of the Meigs Building in February.

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Key is the only bank on the list.

“We’re delighted to receive this award from BusinessWeek,” said KeyCorp CEO Henry L. Meyer III, “because it says that our continual efforts to strengthen customer service are paying off. We were rated on customer feedback about multiple aspects of our bank, including perceptions of our employees. I’m proud of everyone at Key for their part in contributing to our success.”

JB’s Sarnie Shoppe JB’s Sarnie Shoppe will be the newest place to eat when the deli and sandwich shop opens in midMarch at the corner of Levis Commons and Mosser Lane.

JB’s Sarnie will offer a selection of fresh baked breads, sandwiches, salads, soups and pastries, as well as traditional Cornish meat pies.

“Sarnie” is slang for sandwich in England, and entrepreneur Gareth Jones brings recipes from his native England to the deli.

Jones and his partner Bruce Bansbach comprise the “JB” in the name of the first enterprise for both of them.

The men worked together before, became friends and shared a common interest in opening a business, which led to JB’s Sarnie Shoppe.

The deli will offer daily specials, with three soups and 10 regular sandwiches on six kinds of bread with a variety of meats and cheeses.

Sandwiches will be made to order for takeout or can be eaten at the deli, which seats 25.

The deli will also sell bread, meats and cheese by the pound for people to take home. Homemade desserts like carrot cake and individual pies will be available, too.

“We will also offer catering of the full menu for banquets, parties, office meetings and tailgating,” Bansbach said.

The business is hiring 10 to 12 part-time workers and received a large response from an ad placed on the Web, Bansbach said.

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BRUCE BANSBACH AND GARETH JONES JB’S SARNIE SHOPPE AT LEVIS COMMONS.

add a banquet room and retail shop for specialty beers and wines.

There is a demand for smaller space to host banquets, parties, rehearsal dinners and other events for 40 to 80 people, according to Poco Piatti’s owner Elias Hajjar.

“We don’t charge for the room but require a deposit down that applies to the total bill for 20 or more,” he said.

Food from the menu is available buffet or family style to accommodate people and their needs, Hajjar said.

The retail operation offers 30 or more varieties of wine sold for about $20 a bottle. Wine can be purchased by the bottle in the restaurant, where it also sells wine and a specialty sangria drink by the glass.

“People can now buy a bottle of wine and take home what they don’t drink. We plan to hold a few wine dinners this spring,” said Hajjar, who grew up in the family business that owns and operates the Beirut

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Trace Routes Another new business, Trace Routes, will sell electronics equipment for business communications, with voice and Internet service provided by Medina VoIP, both owned

by Jim White of Broadview Heights.

The business will include Internetbased teleconferencing equipment and service for small to medium-sized businesses in the area. It will feature a video conference demonstration and training room.

“We will provide training with the products where people actually get to use the equipment before they buy it,” White said. “We think it’s the only one of its kind in the country,” Trace Routes will open in the 4,000-square-foot space located in the entertainment district at Levis Commons in early March.

The business will employ five to 10 people to start.

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• March 26, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. homebuyer workshop with Ottawa Community Development Corporation at Monroe Street Methodist Church, 3613 Monroe St. There will also be workshops scheduled in April and May.

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Kaptur pleased NW Ohio will benefit from stimulus

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

Northwest Ohio residents will benefit from the economic stimulus package, according to Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur’s office.

The largest single component of the stimulus bill is a total of $288 billion in immediate and sustained tax relief that will benefit 95 KAPTUR percent of taxpaying American people and small businesses, according to Kaptur.

President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law Feb. 17.

“I voted for the stimulus bill because our nation faces its most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression,” Kaptur said.

“The economy is clearly in recession. Unemployment has reached the highest leveling in many years

and is now approaching double digits in the 9th District. Our economy is threatened as never before in our lifetimes.”

Working taxpayers will benefit from lower withholding tax with an average of $13 per week, $60 per month or $676 in 2009. The withholding tax savings would be reduced to $8 per person each week in 2010.

Middle class workers will benefit from the “Making Work Pay Tax Credit” by receiving $400 per worker and $800 per couple in 2009. An estimated 4.5 million Americans will receive tax relief through this benefit, according to State Sen. Teresa Fedor.

The bill also called for a one-time payment of $250 for most senior citizens and retirees.

The tax breaks were designed to infuse the economy with muchneeded spending power, according to supporters of the economic stimulus package.

But the tax breaks are not enough to make people go out and spend money on goods and services, according to Congressman Bob Latta,

who voted against the federal economic stimulus.

“The president believes government can solve this problem by borrowing and spending more money, while the country’s debt continues to grow,” Latta said.

Other tax relief in the package include an extension of the child tax credit for 16 million families, expanded earned income credit for working families and a new $2,500 credit for families of college students.

An increase in the first-time homebuyer’s tax credit to $8,000 is hoped to stimulate housing sales.

Kaptur said tax deduction for state and local taxes paid on the purchase of new cars, light trucks and sport utility vehicles is particularly important for the economy of Northern Ohio.

The Toledo/Lucas County CareNet program could benefit from $400 million allocated to the Social Service Block Grant. CareNet was created by former Toledo Mayor Jack Ford to help needy citizens of Toledo.

Additional tax relief provisions will benefit small businesses. These include the extension of the bonus

depreciation of new plants and equipment, enhanced small-business expensing and a 100 percent increase in the amount that small businesses can write off for capital investments and purchases of new equipment in 2009.

It also includes a five-year carryback of net operating losses and cuts in capital gains tax for qualifying investors.

The $25 weekly increase in compensation for some 9 million unemployed workers will provide an additional $90,000 into the Northwest Ohio area per month, according to Fedor.

Lucas County is expected to receive an estimated $6 million from federal stimulus money and the State of Ohio’s Workforce Investment Area. About $1.3 million would be spent on training adults, $2.4 on youth and $2.6 on dislocated workers.

It is estimated the stimulus package could create or save 133,000 jobs in Ohio during the next two years with the 9th District gaining 7,300 jobs, according to Fedor.

“Small businesses remain the en-

gine of job creation. I wish the bill would have focused more on shortterm job creation,” Kaptur said.

Toledo is expected to receive an estimated $11.76 million in the distribution of highway infrastructure funds to large urban areas, according to Fedor.

“I am encouraged by the commitment to infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, green energy projects and high-speed rail,” Kaptur said.

The $8 billion investment in high-speed rail will stimulate development of the Chicago-ToledoSandusky-Cleveland corridor that could create hundreds or thousands of new jobs and eventually make the region more competitive, she said.

Kaptur was instrumental in having this corridor designated as one of 13 major corridors in the nation for high-speed rail development.

Kaptur is hosting a briefing for law enforcement and first responders on March 2 at Maumee Bay State Park to discuss what is in the stimulus package for them through the Department of Justice.

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Know where to turn for help during hard times

In a world that runs on clean communication you are doing your customer a disservice when your questions are ambiguous. It is possible to be both direct and polite.

It shows a modicum of professionalism when you are able to realize that getting to the point shows a level of understanding and deference to those with whom you are talking.

The questions that we ask our customers rarely have anything to do with what we really want to ask. We ask questions like, “Did you receive the samples that I sent?” when both our customer and we know that the real question is, “Did you like any of the samples we sent enough to buy our product?”

Or, perhaps you’re trying to ask for an appointment in some convoluted, backward way. If you use ambiguous, wishy-washy language, you are going to get ambiguous, wishy-washy responses. If you ask the wrong questions, you will always get the wrong answers.

An effective, direct question has two major components — a statement of what you want, and a reason that they should care. Direct? Yes. Effective? You bet.

There is no shame in being direct. You are not being pushy; you are being an effective communicator. Take the guesswork out of your language, and you will discover the ability to provide your customers with the help, answers and solutions that they are looking for.

After all, that is what you are truly selling, isn’t it?

By Michael Driehorst TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Paying an overdue utility bill, putting food on the table or securing another month’s rent is possible with the right knowledge.

Resources available in the recession-ravaged Northwest Ohio range from unemployment and jobsearch aid to taking care of basic life necessities of food and shelter.

With its connection to more than 1,300 Toledo and Northwest Ohio organizations and charities, United Way of Greater Toledo said it has a handle on the needs of the area and available resources.

From October through January, United Way made 63 percent more referrals for food than it did during the same period a year earlier. For the same time comparison, it made

52 percent more referrals for utility assistance.

Without United Way’s reach, many would still find resources but might miss other opportunities, according to Maricela Alcala, technology resource manager.

“They may not be able to know of all the programs they may qualify for,” Alcala said. “For example, a person may not qualify for rent assistance, but in talking to the person, a United Way representative may be able to suggest a program for food assistance that would free up money for rent.”

United Way of Greater Toledo offers a toll-free 2-1-1 service to call for information on financial and other resources. Cell-phone and pay-phone users should dial 800-650-HELP (4357).

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Help at a Glance United Way of Greater Toledo: 2-1-1, or 800-650-HELP (4357) Lucas County Job & Family Services: (419) 213-8999 Ohio Department of Job & Family Services: 877-852-0010 Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency: 800-638-3995 Catholic Charities’ Family Emergency Services: (419) 244-6711 Toledo Edison: 800-447-3333 Home Energy Assistance Program: 800-282-0880 Salvation Army (assistance to pay utility bills): (419) 241-3549 site www.unitedwaytoledo.org. The 31-page document includes suggestions and hints for dealing with stress, managing reduced finances and assistance for insurance and health care. It also includes telephone numbers for assistance and charity programs in Erie, Lucas, Ottawa and Wood counties.

Often, the private sector offers assistance in a variety of ways, too.

“We understand that times are tough,” said Toledo Edison spokesman Mark Durbin. “If customers are having difficulty paying their bills, call us immediately.”

Durbin pointed to several state and company programs to ensure people maintain their electric and utility services when money is tight.

For example, HEAP — Home Energy Assistance Program — is a federally funded, state-administered program that provides grants to residents from October through

April to prevent service from being disconnected or to restore it.

“We highly recommend that people call as soon as possible if they think they might need assistance because there isn’t an infinite amount of funding in the program,” Durbin said.

Columbia Gas of Ohio also offers assistance plans for its customers.

To gauge qualification for the HEAP grant, call 800-282-0880. Other programs include the Percentage of Income Payment Plan, which helps those who qualify — households with income levels at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level — to pay past-due balances on utility bills.

There’s also a Winter Reconnect Program where, through April 15, customers make only a one-time $175 payment regardless of the amount owed to maintain service.

Brian Rome is Family Emergency Services program director for the Toledo Diocese’s Catholic Charities. Rome said his program is designed for those facing eviction or foreclosure and provides financial help up to $500 for Lucas County residents. To learn more about the program, call (419) 244-6711.

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n the past four months, the government has been an open checkbook, printing money faster than a speeding bullet, and many are taking the hit.

We feel terribly for many of our friends, neighbors and clients who have lost, or are at risk of losing, their jobs in this mess. We have always believed it’s a good idea to help people get on their feet, but we also believe in people helping themselves.

Remember what can and cannot be controlled. Keep focused on taking advantage of the opportunities and avoiding money traps. Don’t dwell on the past; focus on the future and make smart financial decisions.

Learn about little-known strategies to tap into retirement funds and avoid tax penalties if you are under 59 ½, and learn how to tap into your 401(k) if you are older than 55.

Consider a Roth Conversion for long-term retirement money.

If you own a traditional retirement account, you can lock in your retirement tax bill and build tax-free money in the future.

Be wary of salespeople who try to switch your investments without proper planning. We realize how important it is to get control of financial affairs, but rushing helps no one.

There is no one financial product or investment that makes sense for all of your money. Take time to go through a detailed planning process.

Focus on now and the goal for the future. Look at current needs, fiveyear goals, 10-year goals and longterm needs. Build a financial road map and then make a decision.

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he reason I lose interest in the MAC regular season undesports video games quickly is feated. And yet ... I’m only sort of the sheer ease by which I beat excited over that feat.

If our reality is God’s Xbox, he the computer opponents. accidentally set BGSU I’ll play a season of season’s difficulty on baseball, have 12 All“easy.” No, check that, Stars, win every award, he set it on “cakewalk.” sweep the World Series It was fun and exand only have one suciting watching their perstar suspended for overtime wins over steroids.

Northern Illinois and I’ll play a college Western Michigan. football season as, say, It was even more Eastern Michigan, go thrilling seeing the in12-0 and win the OrMatt SUSSMAN tensity around the team ange Bowl. Dominance, as impressive as it can be, usually as they beat Toledo on Feb. 12. defaults fans’ interests. This is why Then they had a couple more routs Roger Federer, Jimmie Johnson and against MAC opponents. Then it sometimes Tiger Woods can be clas- was ... yawn, I think I’m going to get some sleep now. sified as boring.

Perfection — or at least a long It’s also why I’m having a hard time rallying around this extremely stretch without a loss — can really dominant BGSU women’s basket- inflate a team’s ego to dangerous proportions. But BGSU coach Curt ball team.

There’s no other explanation for Miller, much like New England Pathis. After all, any other women’s triots coach Bill Belichick, knows basketball squad would be another how to wield the psychological lame footnote in my personal sports Ginsu knife and pop any possible world, but these girls are attending overconfidence swelling in the my alma mater. Usually that’s sup- locker room.

That’s nice for the team, but — posed to help one’s interest.

It’s not like they’re underper- and I really hate saying this — I reforming, either. Coming into the ally hope they lose one of their final last weekend of February, the Fal- games before the MAC tournament. cons are 24-2, with those 24 wins Any kind of defeat after the regular all happening after a 0-2 start. season and a certain supernatural Three more wins and they finish being might change the game diffi-

culty to “WNIT.” Or maybe it’s not the perfection. Maybe it’s the magic from the 2006-07 team that is still fresh in my mind. I vividly recall, while on a business trip, driving 30 minutes out of my way to an almost empty sports bar with satellite TV just so I could watch the Falcons’ second round NCAA tournament win over Vanderbilt. It may not be fair to compare this 2008-09 team to the Sweet 16 girls, featuring Kate Achter’s endurance, Ali Mann’s leadership and Liz Honegger’s incredibly catapultlike shooting technique, but unfortunately that’s the yardstick against which they’ll be measured.

Again, it’s not that this team is bad. Or lazy. They’re highly motivated, well-disciplined and watching them should give any human with a central nervous system the chills.

But I’m sorry that two-year memory is just shining brighter.

I guess the Falcons are just going to have to advance further in the NCAA tournament this year, assuming they qualify for it.

And once the Falcons reach their eighth straight Final Four in 2017, I will again grow weary and recycle this article for you to read, while updating all the names, numbers and dates. Please plan accordingly.

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The 5-10 senior guard is also close to passing 1,000 points for his career. He currently has 993 points and is averaging 19.8 points per game this year. Sonic congratulates Tommy Kralovic and Rossford for their outstanding performance.

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Coaches encouraged to grow tennis rosters

By Scott McKimmy TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Many high school athletes competing for spots on their tennis teams no longer need to worry about not making the squad thanks to the No-Cut Initiative, a program encouraging coaches to keep every player who shows up with a racket.

The initiative officially began under the United States Tennis Association (USTA) based in White Plains, N.Y., which according to a release, has drawn more than 2,400 coaches across the country to sign on.

In the Toledo area, however, the practice has been more common due to a lower interest in the sport.

Libbey High School girls coach Thom West explained that his team

hosts exhibition matches following play, allowing younger kids to gain experience and improve their skills.

The longer players remain in the program during their careers, the better their opportunity to vie for spots on the roster.

“In any given season, I’ll have probably between seven and 10 kids who are match-ready,” West said.

“And they generally compete to play, sometimes on a weekly basis, sometimes not quite that often, depending on the quality of the kids.”

A member of USTA and South Toledo Tennis Association, West helps efforts to spur interest in the sport. Although graduation causes a rollover effect, he noted a growing interest by area youth to become involved in tennis programs. Girls high school tennis

takes place from August to October, but other programs continue throughout the year.

Ottawa Hills High School Athletic Director Tim Erickson also cited higher turnout and anticipates nearly 20 players to show for practice beginning March 9. Unfortu-

nately, despite a no-cut policy, the field sometimes drops, with fewer players challenging for a limited number of singles and doubles positions available.

“There’s been some years that we’ve only had 12 or 13 kids come, but others, nearly 20,” Erickson said.

“Usually what happens is sometimes kids when they see who’s coming out, they will elect not to play because there are only so many spots between the JV and the varsity that are typically going to play.”

For more information, visit www.USTA.com/no-cut.

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“It’s a very big thing for Toledo opera because ‘Salome’ is a huge undertaking. It’s magnificent but monstrously complex and huge. Very few companies outside of the major capitals like New York and Chicago would even attempt it,” said Thomas Conlin, the conductor.

Amy Johnson, who plays the role of Salome, said the opera was inspired by the Oscar Wilde play.

“It’s based on a really fascinating play,” she said. “It has many more similarities to traditional theater than preconceived notions one might have to a traditional opera.”

The opera follows Salome, a Biblical character used by Wilde for inspiration. Johnson said Salome is very disturbed and a part of a family “just waiting for the ‘Dr. Phil’ show.”

Salome encounters the imprisoned John the Baptist and is fascinated by him, even though her parents hate him.

“There’s something different about him,” Johnson said. “He has a spiritual realm about him and unconditional love — she’s never experienced anything like that before.”

Johnson said Salome mistakes the love for something sensual, and when she tries to seduce John the Baptist, he only responds with the need she has for Jesus Christ. The rejection causes her to have a psychological breakdown, and she asks her parents for his head on a silver platter.

The opera incorporates dancing, acting and singing, Johnson said.

“This is the German composer Richard Strauss, who is one of the all-time greatest and most prolific composers of opera and other music for the voice. He also contributed to the art and science of orchestral playing,” Conlin said.

Conlin said Strauss was around orchestras all his life, and the sound of modern orchestra owes a lot to him.

“We have 17 soloists plus a dozen no singing parts — dancers and actors — all of whom are local. The

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AMY JOHNSON PLAYS THE TITLE ROLE IN THE TOLEDO OPERA PRODUCTION OF ‘SALOME.’

singers come from all over: Germany, Korea, Italy, Brazil and five or six other countries. Opera is truly an international art form,” Conlin said.

General and Artistic Director Renay Conlin travels to New York each year to audition and cast singers for the Toledo Opera’s performances.

“I hear hundreds of singers and from those auditions I assemble a cast,” Renay said. “Each role is cast individually; it’s not like a traveling road show.”

Conlin said a Toledo artist,

Clayton G. Peterson, is designing the sets. The set combines many elements, including Biblical themes, but remains timeless in feel, he said.

The opera’s lighting is by Tláloc López-Watermann who, along with Peterson, is making his debut at the Toledo Opera.

Conlin said they chose to put on “Salome” for its challenge and have been rehearsing nine to 12 hours, six days a week, for one month.

“Everything works; there’s never a dull moment in it,” Conlin said. “I

would say there might be a piece you would hear sometime that might make you yawn, but not at ‘Salome.’

It never keeps you waiting, there’s never a lull.”

Performances of “Salome” will be at The Valentine Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

March 14 and 20 and 2 p.m. March 22. Tickets are $29 to $95 and can be purchased online at toledoopera.org or by phone at (419) 255-7464. “Salome” runs 90 minutes and will be sung in German, with English translations projected above the stage.

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IN CONCERT

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

Duncan Sheik doesn’t believe in ghosts, but he does find spirits entertaining.

“When I was a kid growing up in South Carolina, we used to go on camping trips to Daufuskie Island, and my friends’ parents, you know, we’d sit around the campfire roasting marshmallows and they would tell ghost stories and try to freak us out,” he recalled. “I have fond, spooky memories of that, but I never really bought into it 100 percent.”

He did find inspiration from those nights for “Whisper House,” an upcoming theatrical project and his new disc released in January.

Sheik’s friend, Keith Powell, an actor on “30 Rock” and director, asked the singer-songwriter to work on a musical theater piece.

Then playwright Kyle Jarrow came aboard.

The trio worked on “Whisper House,” which tells the story of a boy, Christopher, whose father is killed in

World War II and his mother ends up in a sanitarium. Christopher goes to live with his aunt in a Maine lighthouse, which is haunted.

“It was nice to be able to write from this persona of a musician who drowned off the coast of Maine in 1912 and then haunted this lighthouse during World War II, and having this little bit cynical and whimsically malevolent point of view,” Sheik said during a tour stop in Fort Worth, Texas.

“I wasn’t thinking of [‘Whisper House’] as my next album. It turned out that there were people who made a convincing argument that it should be,” he said. “It’s kind of become this strange hybrid of a theater-oriented cast album and ‘normal’ singersongwriter record.”

While the 39-year-old may be best known for his self-titled 1996 debut, which featured “Barely Breathing,” his collaboration with Steven Sater on “Spring Awakening” lit up Broadway. The 2006 musical won eight Tony Awards, including two for Sheik, and a Grammy Award.

“I think musical theater, and actually just using music in the context of any narrative form, it’s what’s really creatively interesting to me these days,” Sheik said. “It can actually make the songs more powerful when you have this kind of story there and, conversely, the music really makes the story kind of land emotionally for the audience.”

He said “Whisper House” should make its stage debut in early 2010 in San Diego, but fans can enjoy his performance at his interactive web site.

Sheik will perform songs from “Whisper House,” “Spring Awakening” and his solo career when he plays a 7:30 p.m. show March 8 at The Ark in Ann Arbor.

Lauren Pritchard from the original Broadway cast of “Spring Awakening” will open the concert and join Sheik for songs from the musical. Tickets are $20. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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In the world of professional glassblowing, Tom McGlauchlin is a living legend. McGlauchlin, who has been exhibiting his work around the world since the 1960s, will be opening his first solo exhibition for the 20 North Gallery on March 6.

“Tom has a very long history with our gallery. Over the years, he has participated in a number of group exhibitions, but this show which contains about 30 pieces of his newer work, is his first solo exhibit with us. In fact, it will kick off our 17th season. The show is simply breathtaking; it is Toledo glass at its best,” said Associate Art Director Condessa Croninger.

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He co-founded the movement with renowned local artists such as Harvey Littleton, Fritz Dreisbach, Edith Franklin, and a host of others. McGlauchlin served as a professor and director of the University of Toledo and Toledo Museum of Art joint Glass Program from 1971 to 1984.

“Tom is not only a dear friend, but also a wonderful, creative thinker whose work I have always admired. I’ve known him since the first studio glass workshop and I am always amazed by his willingness to try new media and new techniques.

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There had been about dozen prominent artists working in the field since the 1920s, until the early 1980s, when advances in technology opened things up creatively making it much easier to work with,” McGlauchlin said.

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After buying a computer, he taught himself what was still very new technology,” said Franklin.

“I’ve started working with fused glass about three or four years ago largely because the field was so new and very exciting to me as an artist.

Glauchlin’s exhibit will run from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibit will run through April 25. McGlauchlin will also be giving an artist talk at the gallery on March 21, at 2 p.m.

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his is about train travel, Euro- because in about three weeks we’ll be on a train stopping at Crewe on our pean-style. And an epiphany.

And while, in our biased way between Glasgow and London.

But no, we view, trains are a won’t be colfascinating topic lecting train at any time, today’s numbers. ruminations were Rather, we’ll prompted by a seprobably be ries of seemingly remembering disparate events. how, a long time Like the fact ago, we came to that “Slumdog be seduced by Millionaire” won the railway. an Oscar for Best Roger HOLLIDAY The year was Picture in the 1983.

Or maybe Feb. 22 award cerClaudia FISCHER 1984. And we had emony. Having actually been to this movie (the only decided, for journalistic purposes, one we saw all year, in fact!), we to deviate from our usual two-week know that the triumphal Bollywood driving tour around Europe, staying finale takes place in a railway station at inns, bashing relentlessly across France or Germany en route to in Mumbai.

We also know that its enthusi- Spain, meandering the castles of the astic director, Danny Boyle, another Rhine and the Danube.

Instead, that year we planned Oscar recipient, directed the 1996 movie “Trainspotting,” which has our trip by rail using Eurail passes, teenagers collecting railway engine a Thomas Cook’s European Timenumbers at major British railheads table, small carry-on bags and focusing on a few base cities. like Clapham Junction and Crewe.

Frankly, we didn’t hold out much Spotting trains and collecting engine numbers was indeed an im- hope for the idea, recalling the mensely popular hobby in Britain rather slow, smelly and even smoky back in the 1950s and ‘60s, along trains of our respective youths. But with cigarette cards and stamps and nothing ventured, nothing gained. such, and while we never personally And whatever the outcome, it would stood on drafty railway platforms certainly make for good copy, espewaiting for trains to chug through, cially if the results were as disastrous the subject does have relevance here as we expected.

As it turned out, they weren’t.

Au contraire, we loved every single minute of our trip. Rode effortlessly and comfortably between cities.

Were able to relax. Eat. Read. Nap. Watch scenery. All from the comfort of our own carriage. And then make connections, however tight, to the remotest of outposts, via other meticulously coordinated trains, trams, buses or boats.

Also, we had absolutely no responsibilities. No worries about traffic jams. Or racing drivers. No fretting about bad weather. Or trucks up our tailpipes. Or finding parking places. Or paying for highpriced fuel. Or locating a hotel in the confusing maze of a major metropolis. And best of all, we didn’t fight. About anything. Maps.

Directions. Driving techniques.

Nothing. And we reached our destinations still good friends, fresh and ready to explore.

It was indeed an epiphany.

Since then, we’ve taken hundreds more rail journeys to every corner of the continent and beyond. And the initial seduction has continued as we’ve seen the steady improvement and expansion of the European rail system.

From the gentrification of its railway stations. The upgrading of equipment.

The development of high-speed rail, 200 mph and more. And the boring of tunnels under oceans (The Chunnel) and through tall mountains.

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We’ve seen modern technology such as the Internet, video players, built-in board games and swivel chairs come to ever more comfy carriages, and watched as increasing speed, smoother tracks, reliable timetables and a proliferation of rail passes make train travel a real bargain even in the face of fierce competition from budget airlines.

Sure, there are occasional problems. Like strikes. And mechanical failures. And some rather grotty trains are still being used on suburban commuter routes. But overall, and especially in Western Europe,

the system works seamlessly from Scotland to Sicily, as millions of train miles are ticked off every day with speed, comfort and style.

We can only hope that one day efficient, frequent and regular train travel will come to this part of the world. Some references to highspeed rail in the recent stimulus package seem to offer hope. In the meantime, however, we’ll just have to go elsewhere for our rail fix.

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pring is nearly upon us and it is a great time to think about servicing your car and equipment. My wife is already beginning her spring cleaning, and I have begun the regular ritual of maintenance I perform every spring. Our vehicles, the diesel and gas lawn mowers, the tractor, the gas powered blower and even the chain saws all need to be serviced.

I will get up early Saturday morning and make my way to the parts supplier and buy all the necessary oils and filters and greases necessary to perform the quarterly maintenance on my equipment. When I leave my local parts store, the back of my vehicle will be filled to capacity. There will be enough space on the floor of the front passenger seat for the beer men; don’t fret.

I enjoy the ritual. I feel good when I know I have done all that I can do to ensure my equipment is greased and lubed properly. The maintenance routine gives me an opportunity to check out the condition of my equipment.

Performing the maintenance routinely has saved me lots of money over the years, too. I have been able to catch potentially serious problems before they actually turned into major problems.

You don’t need to be a master technician to perform routine maintenance. Almost every piece of equipment comes with detailed maintenance instructions that are easy to follow. As a bonus, if you are really studious and willing to flip back and forth between pages, you may even be able to master a foreign language at the same time.

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Come to think of it, while you’re at the parts store, better pick up some hand cleaner.

Of course you’re going to need a lot of room in your garage to perform the maintenance work, so you’ll have to clean it up a bit before you actually start. If you’re like me, the garage seemed to grow boxes of “stuff ” over the winter. Oh well, a few trips to the storage shed will handle the boxes. At any rate, cleaning the garage shouldn’t take all day to get done, and you will feel good about it when done.

Oh yeah, don’t forget to pick up Before actually performing the maintenance, we also will need to more floor-drying compound at the parts store while gather our tools and you’re there. Once the get them in order. tools are all gathered, That means we have we can actually get to to weed through the work on the maintekitchen drawers for nance. We can attack some of the tools the the first project right wife and kids “borafter supper. Yippee! rowed” since last fall.

It is a good idea to Be sure to look in drain the oil on your the silverware drawer equipment when it for your missing Nick SHULTZ is warm, so you may screwdriver. It will be there behind the large spoons. Don’t want to run the equipment for a bit ask me why gentlemen, that’s just outside before you bring it into the where women put the screwdrivers. garage to actually drain the oil. Be Deal with it. You will find the adjust- careful; the oil will be hot. You may able wrench either under the sink or want to have a few rags handy for in the bottom drawer of the bath- this step. You will find the rags in one of the boxes you moved out to room vanity.

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Mice are attracted to the warmth of the engine compartment on our vehicles. When we park them at night, the little critters make their way under our hoods and build their nests and raise their young. It really must be a comfortable environment for them because almost all of my equipment will invariably have mice nests somewhere in them.

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Bleach mixed with water in a spray bottle helps knock down the smell of the mice.

Yes friends, I find the spring maintenance routine relaxing. It’s an opportunity to really learn our equipment and organize a few things around the house, too.

Nick Shultz is an instructor of Automotive Technologies at Owens Community College. He is an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau who specializes in cases involving the Ohio and Michigan Lemon laws.

He is a certified master automotive technician by ASE, General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. Shultz will take automotive technical questions from readers at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automakers reported a sharp plunge in production for January, the latest evidence of how severely the country’s mainstay auto industry is being hit by the global slowdown.

Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s biggest automaker, said its worldwide production slid 39.1 percent from a year earlier to 487,984 vehicles in January. Toyota’s production in Japan was down 34.6 percent, while overseas production dived 44.2 percent, the maker of the Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models said.

Worldwide vehicle production at Honda Motor Co. declined 33.5 percent in January to 226,551 vehicles.

It was the third straight month in which global production for Japan’s second biggest automaker fell from a year earlier.

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March 1-7, 2009

Events: Venus retrograde in Aries (6th)

ANSWERS: 1. a tightrope 2. a hat 4. a high swing used for acrobatics 5. a net, to catch people who might fall and protect them from hitting the ground 6. balance 7. circle (ring)

BUZZWORD

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Libra (September 23-October 22)

Gathering storm front. Influencing and persuading powerbrokers is a central focus this week. People seek sources of healing and a bridge to better circumstances.

The Venus retrograde (March 6 – April 17) compels you to reconsider what you most love and value in life.

The bitter end. Phases and cycles are ending for you and those close to you. Verbalized hopes and wishes reveal true, if unrealistic, desires. Relationships reach turning points as the weekend arrives. Try to hear with your ears and head, but listen with your heart.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Curious serendipity. In dealings with men this week, you’ll find that attitude and behavior determine the outcome. It’s time to reconsider options previously dismissed as unworkable or tainted by unfortunate past experiences, especially in relationships.

Faint hope. You are entering a period where it is necessary to reorient to changing environments, priorities and objectives. Be willing to shop around for a while before settling on a particular solution, even if it means temporary uncertainty. Haste will prove costly.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Kind or cruel. This week is a laboratory for interpersonal chemistry. People are in sync or they clash. Past financial matters limit current decisions. As the weekend approaches, changing tactics elicits different responses in stale or frustrated relationships.

Alien environment. Different areas of your life intersect this week, or you may be synthesizing old items into fresh material. Stay alert to subtleties and undercurrents.

Old friends or loves reappear, and here, too, there’s more going on than what meets the eye.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Formal clothing. This week’s encounters result in a strange spectrum of outcomes. People have different reactions to mandatory compliance or mass transitions.

Don’t be surprised by abrupt exits, postponements or last-minute changes as the weekend arrives.

Gifts given and received. If you’re faced with a stumper as the week begins, ask around; a colleague may have a dandy solution to share. Your focus on your home and family intensifies; beautify high-traffic areas, including garage or parking spaces.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Man and his dog. Children and people with technical abilities are a main focus this week; double check that priorities are clear. After Wednesday, you may be clearing out old stuff. Sentimental feelings are strong, but the need to lighten the load may be stronger.

Mister Moneybags. The week begins with lively or enlightening conversations. Loved ones may struggle with a search for happiness or independence. As the weekend arrives, familiar places and activities will be the most comfortable, as will good old friends.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

Child’s play. The week begins with intense sounds or noisy arguments. People go out of their way to avoid dealing with a difficult personality, or some people are cut out of the information loop. After Friday, attend to personal property and financial concerns.

Wish granted. You’re working at a high pace as the weekend begins; lock in dates for travel on Monday.

Midweek, people are apt to discuss touchy or hidden topics. After Thursday, the action centers on women and kitchens. Clean out drawers and cupboards.

Elizabeth Hazel is a professional tarotist-astrologer and author. She gives readings every Wednesday at Attic on Adams above Manos Greek Restaurant. She may be contacted at ehazel@buckeye-express.com (c) 2009

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he automatic photo counter in my iPhoto program and grandparent photographers don’t seem to yield any recently hit 20,000. Barring a few hundred classics better a photo than two pictures taken with one camera scanned in for 40th birthday DVDs, that’s still al- used to. If anything, the chaos of it all seems to grab less smiling, attentive faces than more. most 20,000 pictures taken and imported Although we may not know for sure over the last five and a half years. And I that at least one of the kids turned their don’t even own a camera phone. head in every single photo until we see it I would like to say that it all started on our computer monitor, photography of with my son’s birth and the advent of decades past was much more of a waiting digital photography. One of the most imgame. My family would stack rolls and portant events in my life, the birth of my rolls of film in the refrigerator (I realize child, coinciding with the popularization now that this probably was as good of an of the easiest form of photography since its idea as shaking Polaroid pictures) until invention seems like a good reason to go our corner drug store had its semi-annual picture crazy. However, my compulsion to Shannon SZYPERSKI film developing sale. It may have been record everything from family holidays to finger-painting began long before thousands of photos weeks or months before my mom knew if she had even managed to squeeze everyone into the frame. could be captured inside a 1-inch piece of plastic.

I sometimes wonder if I actually remember certain I come from a line of family photographers. There was some sort of photographic gene that mutated in my things from when I was little or if I have just seen the mother, and my dad’s mother, actually, that has gener- pictures so many times that I think I remember them. I ated a solid line of amateur photographers in my family. wonder if my children will wonder the same thing. Maybe Although 20,000 photos seems like an absurdly high it doesn’t matter; I suppose it still happened either way.

I admit that averaging 3,500 photos per year is a little number even in the digital world, I have no doubt that there are close to that many photos of my own child- silly. Still, there is just something about the speed of life feeling like it is constantly accelerating that makes me hood stacked in boxes throughout my parents’ house.

Family photography back then took much more ef- want to freeze as many moments in time as possible.

It’s not always the pictures of the big days, such as fort than the click of a button it does today. Making sure the batteries are charged pales in comparison to lugging a wedding or a baby being born, that mean the most. around extra batteries, extra film and flashbulbs. The Sometimes it’s the nostalgia of seeing a favorite piece of time it took to drop off the film, wait for it to be devel- clothing or furniture you don’t have anymore. Someoped and then pick up the finished product was quite times it’s the realization that a picture you snapped of different than the luxury we have today of seeing our someone doing nothing at all was the last before you photos immediately on the display screen. The pressure never had the chance to see them again. Sometimes it’s to encapsulate a group event for all of time was also much discovering that the little things – feeding the squirrels, greater when you likely had only one or two chances to playing Monopoly until someone threw the board across the room, the toy closet at grandma and grandpa’s house capture all eyes open and a smile on each face.

Today taking a picture of all of the cousins together — were the big things. And so I keep snapping away. on Christmas entails at least three or four cameras constantly flashing with the intensity of a group of paparazzi. Shannon Szyperski and her husband Michael are raising The irony is that 48 pictures by three or more parent two children in Sylvania.

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