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Welcome Scarlett, farewell Nimoy and April fools Tom Pounds on becoming a grandfather, Jeff McGinnis on grandfather of geek culture Leonard Nimoy and Gary Kiss on how Lucas County’s new sales tax rate really compares to other urban Ohio counties. pages 3-5

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D. Michael Collins’ widow Sandy Drabik is mulling a run for mayor. page 8

Grieving family Local shop owner grappling with loss of two children in two months. page 9

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Indulge Toledo Holey Toledough, Martini & Nuzzi’s, beer, wine and more. pages 15-19

the craftsman Small business owner Scott Ramsey appointed to fill Toledo City Council District 4 seat vacated by Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson. By Sarah Ottney, page 6 HOLLYWOOD ACTION & EXCITEMENT IS AS CLOSE AS THE BACK COVER CHECK FOR ALL THE FOOD, FUN & MORE THIS MARCH! M u s t b e 2 1 . © 2 0 1 5 P e n n N a t i o n a l G a m i n g , I n c. G a m b l i n g P r o b l e m ? C a l l 1 - 8 0 0 - 5 8 9 - 9 9 6 6 .

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DON LEE

Welcome, Scarlett

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’ve had a lot of titles in my life, but this week I got to add a new one: grandfather.

Scarlett Jane Balch was born at 4:49 p.m. March 2, weighing in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measuring 20 inches long.

Exactly 27 years ago today (March 8) her mother and my baby girl Katy was born. It was as glorious a day as I can remember.

Scarlett was born in Galveston, Texas, because Katy wanted a Texas baby. Katy was born in Texas, as was her brother Austin. Harper, my third child, was born here in the Toledo area and is now an aunt at the ripe old age of 4.

Katy was the first grandchild for my mother and now Scarlett becomes her first great-grandchild.

Thomas F. Pounds You never think of this day when your baby is so little. But most of my friends are now grandparents, and that is a surreal feeling. The fact that Scarlett and Katy are both healthy is the most important thing I prayed for.

Now I pray she does not come up with some goofy name for me. My grandfather was called Bada, because my oldest brother Don could not say grandpa when he was young and that name stuck. My friend Ed Beczynski, who owns The Blarney Irish Pub, told me Polish grandfathers are called Dziadzia (Jah-jah), but that won’t be me. Since this baby was born in Texas, I am sure there will be some attempt to come up with a Texan-styled grandpa name.

Time will tell. The bottom line is we have a new baby coming back to the area in a couple weeks. I will make sure she is a Mud Hens fan. Just don’t call me Dziadzia Muddy! O Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

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My first grandchild, Scarlett Jane Balch, was born March 2.

n the world of pop culture, there are few characters more small roles on TV and film. He said he often relished playing roles that made him feel like an outsider or misfit, like the misdistinctive and memorable than the alien named Spock.

His face is the first many think of when they think shapen boxer he played in his first starring role, “Kid Monk of “Star Trek.” But beyond his presence as an iconic figure, Baroni.” Who among us cannot identify with feeling as though the universe was rejecting them?

Spock’s importance to the franchise as a Eventually, Nimoy’s talents caught the eye guiding force and symbol ­for tolerance, nonof producer/writer Gene Roddenberry, who violence and, above all, an unwavering curihad a plan for a sci-fi series called “Star Trek.” osity cannot be overstated.

Roddenberry felt it was crucial to the show That is who Spock is as a character. But that one main character be obviously alien, to Leonard Nimoy, as an actor, artist and man, was give the audience a sense of the show’s unifar more than that. He was a living icon and an verse-spanning themes. In Nimoy, he saw a inspiration. He was kind to his fans and aside performer who could embody this central role from a few bumpy moments here and there, he while still betraying a core of humanity — or was remarkably comfortable with being eterhalf-humanity, at least. nally identified with the role that made him faJeff McGinnis Spock would become the breakout charmous. The role that he had made famous.

Nimoy had been obsessed with acting long before “Star acter of the series, drawing in loyal fans from across the specTrek” came to him. A Jewish kid from Boston, the young trum of demographics and leaving his mark on pop culture Nimoy came to Hollywood in the 1950s, and found work in long after the show’s initial cancellation in 1969. n McGinnis CONTINUES ON 4 Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

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Leonard Nimoy directing 1994’s “Holy Matrimony.”

n MCGINNIS CONTINUED FROM 3 As the “Trek” cult endured and grew through its airings in syndication, Nimoy admitted to feeling a level of resentment toward the character, because no matter what he did elsewhere, the pointy-eared Vulcan seemed to be close by.

The implication that he “hated” Spock, however, was almost certainly overblown, a byproduct of public misinterpretation of the title of his 1975 memoir “I Am Not Spock.” Twenty years later, he named his follow-up book “I Am Spock,” as a way of reconciliation.

It was Spock who opened doors for Nimoy in the years following the franchise’s resurrection on the big screen. Nimoy would direct the series’ third installment, which saw Spock return from an untimely death. He took the helm again for arguably the best movie of the series, “The Voyage Home,” which demonstrated Nimoy’s deft touch as a comedic filmmaker. It was this aspect that led to Nimoy’s helming the wildly successful 1987 comedy “Three Men and a Baby.”

Following his pseudo-exit from “Star Trek” in 1991’s “The Undiscovered Country,” Nimoy continued to explore artistic pursuits that brought him joy — poetry, photography, etc.

As before, Spock was never far behind; but by this time in his life, it was plain any resentment Nimoy had for that aspect of his existence had long been reconciled.

He appeared as Spock on episodes of “The Next Generation,” acting as a

bridge that helped unify fans of classic and new Trek. His role as an older Spock in JJ Abrams’ rebooted “Trek” series gave those films much needed gravitas. And as he interacted with fans via his wildly popular Twitter account, he ended most every tweet with the signature line “LLAP”: Live long and prosper.

It was through his Twitter feed that Nimoy announced that anyone interested could consider him their honorary grandfather. Appropriate, since to many, he already was. At a time when those passionate about geeky issues found themselves becoming more mainstream, Nimoy helped pave the way via his wildly popular character who embodied and ennobled many of geek culture’s traits — not least of which was that sense of being the eternal outsider, something Nimoy himself so identified with.

That’s why the loss of Nimoy cuts to the bone for so many. He, and the character he created, was one of the first steps toward acceptance for geeks everywhere. And by being an intellectual figure in a universe of brainless action heroes, he inspired countless individuals to study science and technology, paving the way for those who continue to change the world.

For millions, Leonard Nimoy was indeed a grandfather, a role model, a respected artist and a gracious and kind man. And in that spirit, he will never be forgotten. O Jeff McGinnis is pop culture editor of Toledo Free Press. He can be reached at PopGoesJeff@gmail.com.

Many organizations and groups hold rallies and protests o my friends in Toledo media: Please do this city and me a favor and give no daily in our city; rarely do they ever get extensive media coverage. So why would we give any attention to this group, attention to the so-called Nazis. whose only message is to hurt others?

The National Socialist Movement has We in the media choose whether to scheduled an April 18 visit to Toledo. This make hate groups coming to Toledo a appearance is to “celebrate” the 10-year annews story. Last time that choice was niversary of the last time they visited. made, look at what happened. This city If you can remember, in the weeks was baited into events that led to neighleading up to their last visit in 2005, borhood riots, injuries and destruction of media acted as a promotional vehicle, police and news vehicles. As Jim and Lou’s with stories about the group getting the was burnt to the ground, we wound up as permit, where and when the rally would a top story on the national news. take place, etc. All that attention, which The Nazis won that day; the city of hate groups like these crave, made their Jeremy BAUMHOWER Toledo lost. march an event.

Here’s a twist on a famous riddle: If a small group The worst part about this year’s planned visit is the timing. The group is coming on April 18, the of hatemongers marches in a city that ignores them, same weekend as our newest, unofficial citywide do they make a sound?

No. holiday, 419 Day. This time, let’s not be trolled by the lowest pieces of 419 Day is April 19, or 4-19, and is a 24-hour period where residents are asked to show their love for s*** this country has ever known.

Let’s ignore stupidity and put the focus on love. Let’s Northwest Ohio, including on social media. This special day, bolstered in recent years by Instagramers, has choose to not give them any airtime or ink. Let’s not make caught on to the point where bars and local businesses it worth their time to ever step foot in this city again.

It’s been 10 years, and we are a different city. This are now planning events to help celebrate Toledo and time, let’s ignore them. O all those living in the 419.

419 Day was created to show love and pride for our city. The last thing we need are front-page headlines of a Jeremy Baumhower can be reached at jeremytheprorepeat riot, inspired by a group of people who only hate. ducer@icloud.com or on Twitter at @jeremytheproduc.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Column out of character

I read, with curiosity, loyal Toledo Blade soldier Keith C. Burris’ Sunday front-page hit piece on Woodville, Ohio (“Woodville: Worst little town in Ohio?” Feb. 15).

Little Woodville has been a notorious speed trap since I’ve had any memory and I’m over 50 years old. Is The Blade finally going to stand up for citizens against government oppression and overreach by going after “tax collectors with guns”?

It would seem out of character for an organization that has no problem with red-light cameras, public smoking bans, restrictive yet symbolic gun control and the IRS being in charge of health care.

So, as my wife’s stepfather, the old redneck, would say, “That’s the excuse; what’s the reason?”

There is no problem with any tax or government program, big or small, with the editor of The Blade. No, the unforgiveable sin of the authorities in Sandusky County is harming a dog.

So, little guy, you’ll have to

look elsewhere for any support.

It won’t come from the editorial front page of “One of America’s Great Newspapers.” O ­— Charles Zsarnay Monclova

Woodville is home

I just read Sarah Ottney’s column about our town (“Bully Pulpit,” Feb. 22) ... outstanding! I am thrilled that you were encouraged to enter it into The Blade and help the current bullying going on in Woodville. You are a very good writer and it was very evident that you wrote from your heart.

I do not live in Woodville and haven’t for quite some time, but I will always call it home! A job well done! Thank you so much, Sarah. O — Christine M. Rodman Port Clinton

Blade column uncalled for

I just wanted to thank you for the excellent column titled “Bully Pulpit” in the Feb. 22 Toledo Free Press. The Feb. 15 column, “Woodville: Worst little town in Ohio?”

by Keith Burris in The Blade, was totally uncalled for and you did a very nice job of putting him (and

The Blade) in their place.

I wish Toledo Free Press could go to a daily publication. I get so tired of reading about dogs, courthouses and now the Woodville police.

Unfortunately, The Blade is currently the only (daily) in town and they can do whatever they arrogantly wish to do. I think if you guys went to a daily, you would put them out of business in six months. O — Richard Martin Bowling Green

Breath of fresh air

The Toledo Free Press is a breath of fresh air for the Toledo/ Maumee area. Sarah Ottney’s “Editor’s Statement” was right on in the “Bully Pulpit” column Feb. 22. The Blade and columnist Keith Burris overexercise with their supply of ink on paper, trying to persuade the community of their biased views. Thank you for working to keep the community informed in a straightforward journalistic newspaper.

— Bill Coder Monclova

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How does new Lucas County sales tax rate really compare to other urban Ohio counties?

A t their Jan. 20 meeting, the Board of Lucas concerns about what the money would be spent County Commissioners voted unani- on or gave suggestions on how the new revenue mously to authorize a continuous (perma- should be used. Suggestions were given on innent) 0.25 percent increase in the Lucas County creasing government efficiency and cooperation sales tax rate, which will go into effect on April between other government units. The overall impression I took away was that 80 Fools’ Day. This was the final step in percent of the speakers were flat-out a process that was first revealed by against the increase and would vote local media Dec. 1. against it if given the chance.

Sales taxes are a revenue After seeing the PowerPoint prestream used to fund government sentation at the first meeting, I did operations. The Ohio legislature some research on the information it and the governor determine the provided and found errors. A claim tax rates and which goods and that 48 Ohio counties are already services are subject to the tax and charging the maximum 1.5 percent which are exempt. rate was outdated because a tempoAn area’s sales tax has three posGary KISS rary 0.5 percent tax in Erie County sible components. The first is the state’s portion, which is currently 5.75 percent in expired Sept. 30. A county administrator, not a Ohio (a proposal to increase this rate by 0.5 per- commissioner, told a speaker that the transit tax cent has been advanced by Gov. John Kasich). The rate in Cuyahoga County was 0.5 percent when second is a county sales tax, which can range from the tax rate is actually 1 percent. There were also 0.25 to 1.5 percent. The third is a transit authority math errors and discrepancies in cited staffing tax used to fund transit authorities and mass transit levels for Lucas County, which were reduced bedistricts. The transit tax can range from 0.25 to 1.5 tween 2008 and 2014.

Examples showing how major county revenue percent. For every $100 spent in Ohio, you might be subject to a sales tax of $5.75 to $8.75 depending streams have been affected since 2007 did not on the county in which you make your purchase. provide the source of the numbers being used.

County sales taxes can be levied by a vote of the Relying on the official 2013 “Comprehensive Anelectors or imposed by the county commissioners. nual Financial Report for Lucas County, Ohio,” Transit taxes must be levied by the electors, but do I could not find dollar amounts that correlated not need the permission of the commissioners to to the figures used in the charts. A U.S. Census report or a State of Ohio publication can be used appear on the ballot.

On Dec. 21, the Lucas County Commis- to check and verify the county’s numbers. When sioners announced they had started the process no sources are given for the data used, should a to have this tax increase completed and available questioning person just accept those figures as for a vote at the Jan. 20 commissioners meeting. fact when he has found errors in other informaThere were three public hearings held for infor- tion provided by the same people?

The commissioners presented a comparison mation and the airing of comments from residents. The hearings began with a presentation of Lucas County sales tax rates with those of stating the case for support of the tax rate in- other urban counties. Cuyahoga (8 percent), crease. Four residents spoke at the first meeting, Franklin (7.5 percent), Hamilton (6.75 percent) none at the second and about a dozen at the and Montgomery (7.25 percent) counties were third. The third public meeting ended less than selected to show how the new Lucas County tax rate (7.25 percent) would not be out of line with two hours before the vote on the resolution.

I attended the first and third meetings. Only these urban counties.

The misleading part of the comparison is that one speaker was in favor of the tax. Others voiced

each of these counties’ tax rates, except for Hamilton County, includes a transit tax.

To compare apples to apples, exclude the state sales tax and any transit taxes. Comparing only the county sales tax for the top Ohio counties by population shows a less favorable comparison of sales tax rates: O Summit (No. 4) and Stark (No. 7) counties have a 0.50 percent sales tax rate.

O Butler (No. 8) and Lorain (No. 9) counties have a 0.75 percent sales tax rate.

O Hamilton (No. 3), Montgomery (No. 5) and Mahoning (No. 10) have a 1 percent sales tax rate.

O Cuyahoga (No. 1) and Franklin (No. 2) counties have a 1.25 percent sales tax rate.

O Lucas County (No. 6) will have a 1.50 percent sales tax rate.

In addition Warren (No. 11), Trumbull (No. 12) and Clermont (No. 13) counties have a 1 percent sales tax rate.

Ohio counties that have a transit tax are: O Cuyahoga: 1 percent O Franklin: 0.5 percent (0.25 percent permanent and 0.25 percent temporary) O Montgomery and Summit: 0.50 percent O Lake, Mahoning, Portage and Stark: 0.25 percent Will TARTA seek a levy and try to make Lucas County the ninth Ohio county with a transit tax?

Those residents who attended the public hearings and saw the commissioners’ presentation were given three minutes to respond.

Without prior knowledge of what the commissioners had prepared and with little time to form a response, the public was not given an adequate opportunity to form a reasoned rebuttal. If a few evenings with a laptop doing Google searches, taking notes and printing off some articles during TV commercials gave me the information I have accumulated, there is likely much more that a focused group with proper time to prepare could accomplish in rebutting the commissioners’ presentation.

Did the commissioners make a case to raise the sales tax rate? They must have, because they took

less than two hours after the final public hearing ended to unanimously pass the rate increase.

This was the only course available to them because they were up against the clock, and any delay could have collapsed the whole operation. If this group had made their presentation to the panel on “Shark Tank” do you think the entrepreneurs would invest in or pass on Lucas County?

The commissioners did show that, when properly motivated, they could improve government efficiency. It took less than 30 days to impose a permanent sales tax increase that will go into effect at the earliest possible date while following all rules and regulations and avoiding opposition or negative publicity that could have doomed their efforts.

What were some other options available to the commissioners? They could have: O Submitted the tax to a vote by county residents prior to enactment.

O Enacted the tax followed by a referendum at the next general election.

O Made the tax increase temporary for one to three years.

O Dedicated the monies raised by the tax increase to certain operations or functions instead of just dumping it into general operations.

O Capped the amount of new revenue to a specific dollar amount ($2.5 million per quarter and $10 million for one year) which could be used immediately. Additional revenue could be reserved for a specific time (one year) before being used and transferred only at a predetermined rate (25 percent of the surplus balance per quarter) for predetermined purposes.

None of this was done. The commissioners need to be questioned and made to explain specifically why they disregarded each of the above options. Local print, radio, television and other media must pursue answers on this issue with the same zeal they use to report toxic algae blooms, speed traps or the shooting of a dog by a small-town police officer. O Gary Kiss lives in Toledo. He can be reached at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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The morning after he was appointed to Toledo City Council, Scott Ramsey was out of the limelight and his seldomworn suit and back to a more familiar milieu — wearing a well-worn hoodie and beanie, surrounded by boats and half-finished projects in the UpTown restoration shop he owns with his two younger brothers.

Ramsey, 39, of Ramsey Brothers Restorations, is excited for the opportunities his new role brings, but is clearly not yet completely comfortable with the attention. Hearing his name on the local talk radio program playing at the shop, he seemed embarrassed and quickly turned it down.

The political independent was appointed March 3 to fill the District 4 Toledo City Council seat vacated by Democrat Paula HicksHudson, who became mayor Feb. 6 upon the death of Mayor D. MiSTEEL chael Collins.

Ramsey garnered the six-vote majority on Council’s first vote, with support from Democrats Steve Steel, Matt Cherry and Mike Craig, Republicans Rob Ludeman and Tom Waniewski and independent Sandy Spang.

“I’ve never been involved with either party,” Ramsey said. “I’ve generally voted for whoever I thought would do the job well.”

Ramsey will hold the seat until at least May 5, when a special election will fill the seat for the reminder of the year. There will be a primary in September and general election in November for new four-year terms for all six council district seats.

Also at the meeting, Steel was voted in as Council president. Afterward he announced he would step down as chairman of the Lucas County Democratic Party in order to avoid the “appearance of partisanship.”

“I’m confident I can separate the political from the public side but I want to make sure that doesn’t become the story,” he said later. “Council shouldn’t be a story; the work that we do and the accomplishments we have should be the story.

“This is a time we need someone experienced in leadership. We have to have still waters right now.”

For District 4, independent Theresa

Gabriel voted for University of Toledo professor emeritus Stephen Goldman, Tyrone Riley and Lindsay Webb voted for business owner and part-time UT professor David Johnson, Jack Ford voted for Jewell Lightner, formerly of ProMedica, and Larry Sykes voted for former Toledo Municipal Court baliff Yvonne Harper, even though Harper withdrew herself from nomination.

Also vying for the vacant seat were Alfonso Narvaez, who ran for an at-large seat in 2013; 1370 WSPD host Scott Sands; Khali Maddox-Abdegeo; and small-business owner Terry Shankland.

Ramsey will face a fight for the seat if he chooses to run. Harper, a Democrat, and Narvaez, a Republican, were endorsed for the open seat by their respective parties and both said they plan to run in May. During her remarks to Council before the vote, Harper asked for her name to be withdrawn, saying she would get on Council “the old-fashioned way.”

“It will be a very steep uphill battle even to be able to retain this seat in May,” Craig said. “But in the meantime, I think he will be a stabilizing force on Council.”

Rather than deter him, Ramsey said challenges motivate him.

“When people say, ‘You can’t make that part,’ it makes me want to,” he said. “When people say something can’t be done, that’s very often not the case. When someone says, “Well, that’s how it’s always been done,’ that doesn’t mean it has to stay that way.”

Ramsey grew up in Springfield Township and graduated from Springfield High School. He started as an engineering major at the University of Toledo before switching to a specialty degree called entrepreneurship, family and small business. However, UT eliminated the degree before he graduated, so he ended up with a business management degree.

Ramsey and his wife Melissa have lived in the Historic Old West End since 2001. They have two children, Elliott, 13, and Jenna, 10.

Their home was built in 1912 by William Jackson, later known as Toledo’s “builder mayor,” responsible for many Toledo projects, including the Anthony Wayne Bridge aka the HighLevel Bridge.

Ramsey’s love of boats started in fifth grade, when his dad received a 1960 Lyman Islander from his brother.

“We tore it apart and put it together and tore it apart and put it together,” he said. “My wife and I used that boat to boat out to an island to get engaged.”

Ramsey Brothers, at 329 20th St., started in 2005 and offers restoration,

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Council appointee Ramsey ready for challenge

n Scott Ramsey was appointed March 3 to fill the District 4 Toledo City Council seat vacated by Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson. Ramsey and his brothers own Ramsey Brothers Restoration and Dart Boat Company in UPTOWN Toledo.

storage and maintenance of classic boats. Shortly after, the brothers acquired Dart Boat Company, a Toledo manufacturer of mahogany speedboats and components. The handbuilt boats, comprised mainly of locally built parts, take an average of two to three months to build.

“It’s a historic Toledo company we have kind of reinvigorated with modern technology,” Ramsey said.

Their father, Jim Ramsey, is retired and also works at the shop.

The family also organizes the annual Toledo Antique & Classic Boat Show.

Ramsey is soft-spoken but passionate, prone to reading up on subjects that interest him, his father said.

“He’s not afraid. He doesn’t play politics,” Jim said. “What you see is what you get and he tells it like it is. He’s not going to offend people, but he’s going to be very diplomatic, very tactful. He does a lot of reading. If he wanted to learn something when he was growing up, and he still does, he gets a book out and reads. His grandfather and his great-grandfather did the same thing.”

Family and faith is important to Ramsey. He attends CedarCreek Church, but said he also supports a number of other local ministries operated by friends, including Western Avenue Ministries and Toledo Restoration Church.

Ramsey is passionate about neighborhoods, said Judy Stone, a real estate agent with The Danberry Co. who sold Ramsey his home and serves with him on the Old West End Preservation Committee.

“He’s very humble about his accomplishments,” Stone said. “His restoration work is just incredible.

He takes on that type of perfection in anything he does, and that’s really the way he will approach things. He will really look at the total picture, dissect it and put it back together. That’s his personality. It’s that meticulous detail to restoration where nothing is missed and that’s how I think he will approach being on Council.”

District 4 includes Downtown, the Warehouse District, UpTown, the Old West End and parts of north and central Toledo.

Edna Brown, Michael Ashford and Hicks-Hudson were among the most recent Council members to hold the District 4 seat. All are Democrats and African-American.

“It’s a very diverse district,” Ramsey said. “But what people forget is it’s not just a district of residential properties, it’s a business district.

“Regardless of what my race is, my involvement with residential, the waterfront and the business side has given me a working knowledge of how

different areas of the district work.

I think that’s really what this district needs, regardless of any race. It needs someone who can advocate broadspectrum across the district.

“I don’t proclaim I have all the answers but I really would like to focus on both business, neighborhoods and waterfront in our district.

Spang said she thinks Ramsey is a good fit for the district.

“When District 4 was first mapped, there was virtually no one living in UpTown or the Warehouse District, so the district has really changed and the needs are very diverse,” Spang said.

“Scott is one of the young people who have made the choice to move into Toledo and he’s brought his business to District 4. He’s very involved in our waterfront, hosting the boat show, and he’s chosen to raise his family and renovate one of our historic homes in the Old West End, so I thought in Scott we had a candidate who could really serve the full district.”

Craig, who represents District 3, which encompasses East and South Toledo, has worked with Ramsey on the boat show. What really made a lasting impression on him though was Ramsey’s involvement with a garden project through Western Avenue Ministries years ago. n RAMSEY CONTINUES ON 7

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n RAMSEY CONTINUED FROM 6 “That was pretty impressive,” Craig said. “Scott and his brother, even though they live in the Old West End, came to me in the Old South End about seven years ago. They had taken down a couple of vacant houses and made a community garden, because they thought the community needed that. They just took the initiative.

“They are involved in their community kind of in a quiet way. I think he’ll bring a good perspective to Council.”

Ramsey is also a landlord for several properties, all in District 4, which is said has made him aware of neighborhood safety issues.

“We have several properties on one block that have all witnessed

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A Toledo tradition since 2005 break-ins within a short period of time, including many of our neighboring properties, so I think there is a crime issue that is deterring investment in the neighborhood,” he said.

“And I think that’s what the land bank is running into, why they end up accumulating more properties than they can get rid of in many instances.

We have a lot of core city issues we

“If great care were an amusement park ride, you’d be cutting to the front of the line.”

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All without the embarrassing photo at the end.

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need to deal with.”

Ramsey is interested in waterfront development, mixed-use urban development, revitalization of existing commercial properties and “general efficiency analysis coupled with strategic steps to improve city services on a department-by-department basis with the end goal being reduced costs and improved quality of life within our city,” he wrote in his letter of interest to the city for the position.

Like many others, he said he is encouraged by recent Downtown development, particularly ProMedica’s move Downtown.

“ProMedica is huge and I’m excited about that because they are on our waterfront,” he said. “[Promenade Park] is not a park that’s well-maintained right now, so I’m thrilled they are willing to take some ownership of that space. You can enjoy the waterfront and still have businesses right on the water.

“It’s something growing up that we’ve always heard about: revitalizing Downtown, revitalizing Downtown. I was never alive for a vital Downtown, to my knowledge, based on my age.”

He’s hoping small businesses get a boost from the ProMedica excitement.

“I think there is a momentum. The real question is how can we create more opportunities for small businesses in our Downtown area?

“One of the things I have noticed in our Downtown area is we have removed a lot of small storefront space and built big businesses that have then left Toledo or vacated to the suburbs.

So you are left with large commercial structures with no small retail space or commercial space for smaller businesses. I don’t want to say I’m opposed to ever tearing down buildings, but I really think it’s important to maintain small commercial space that’s affordable for small businesses.”

He said he’s inspired by Chicago’s

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“It’s important to maintain a walkable streetscape with things to go to and UpTown is starting to be that way,” Ramsey said.

He’s also impressed by Port Clinton’s use of its waterfront, such as condos with docks.

“We built a casino on the river and there’s no dock there,” Ramsey said. “I don’t like to gamble, but I would dock there and go wander around and eat.”

Anna Kolin, development director of the National Museum of the Great Lakes, works with Ramsey on the Antique & Classic Boat Show, held near the museum. Ramsey’s business has also done work at the museum, including exhibit installation and repair work, she said.

“I couldn’t say better things about him,” Kolin said. “He’s got his eye set on the community and work and bettering the community. I think he’s going to be a huge asset to Council.” O

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March 8, 2015

By Sarah Ottney

TOLEDO FREE PRESS EDITOR IN CHIEF sottney@toledofreepress.com

Sandra Drabik never considered running for office.

Not as a child growing up in Toledo or as a student at Sylvania High School.

Not during her career in law and administration at the University of Toledo, where she met her husband, D. Michael Collins. Nor during her time in high-ranking roles with Gov. Bob Taft and Gov. George Voinovich’s administrations.

Not during her more than a decade of supporting Collins’ campaigns for City Council and mayor.

But on March 4, Drabik admitted she has “made a commitment to myself to explore” a run for mayor to finish her husband’s term. Collins died Feb. 6, five days after going into cardiac arrest while driving in South Toledo. He was 70.

The initial nudge came Feb. 22 when Drabik, 67, still reeling from her loss, answered a phone call at home. It was a “robocaller,” asking who should be Toledo’s next mayor.

She hung up.

“When that happened, it actually upset me quite a bit,” Drabik said. “I would think they would have been able to take D. Michael Collins out of their base. But it upset me so much that I knew I should think about it in the future. I think in my mind I said, ‘I will start thinking about this in mid-March.’

“They called twice, actually. I didn’t respond. But that call made me think that things are happening in this city.

I really wasn’t watching what was happening for quite a while. I didn’t really see the news or read the papers. And that’s from a person who was seeing all the news every day and then talking about it with [Collins] when he came home. I went from that to a compete news blackout.”

The nudge came again after watching the election process for a new Toledo City Council president and District 4 representative. On March 3, Council voted Steve Steel president and appointed small business owner Scott Ramsey to fill the Council seat vacated

by Paula Hicks-Hudson, who became mayor after Collins’ death.

“That reminded me City Council doesn’t get along real well, and there’s a lot of political bartering,” Drabik said.

“The thing about Mike is, I think he made all of that irrelevant. He rose above that. And so it made me think, ‘I should think about this.’ But I still thought, ‘I will think about this in mid-March.’ Then I ineloquently answered a question today (March 4) that brought it all up.”

The admission came during a con-

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Collins’ widow considering run for mayor

n Sandy Drabik, widow of Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins, with dog chloe, said she has Made “A Commitment to MyselF to explore” a run for mayor to finish her husband’s term. She would likely run as an independent, she said.

versation with a Blade reporter.

“This was not planned,” Drabik said.

“But Mike was so transparent. I couldn’t be any different than he was. And there was the question. And I answered it with, ‘I’ve committed to myself to think about it.’ Not that I’m thinking about it.”

Besides soul-searching, Drabik said she also needs to speak with her family, including Collins’ three daughters, before she makes a decision.

“I would never decide to do that without talking to family first,” Drabik said.

No matter who Toledo’s next mayor is, Drabik said she wants to see Collins’ hopes and plans come to fruition.

“I’ll tell you what he said to me on that Sunday morning after we went to Mass and I made breakfast. We were sitting here talking before he went to the meeting about the snow, and he was very excited,” Drabik said. “He said, ‘Southwyck’s gonna go. ProMedica is going already. And Chrysler, that’s so important, it’s going to go.’ I think those are important. But he had many others going on.

“When you talk about those things he was working on, the projects, those are the nuts and bolts and there is a lot of art and science to it. But on top of that was, if we can build trust in government

and the people can know that it’s a great place to live and they tell everybody and we all help each other and we’re all ambassadors. He really believed this about Toledo. And he wasn’t a professional politician so he didn’t let politics get caught up in any of this.

“I do think Mike was a great leader and he already has a legacy. But I would like to see it achieved and even grow.”

Drabik, a registered Republican, said it’s premature to say, but that she would likely run as an independent, like Collins did.

“I think Mike turned me into an independent. I’m for sure Mike did,” Drabik said. “Mike was independent and this agenda is independent. And I can’t even imagine not doing it as an independent. That was something I learned from Mike. That was an important part of his strategy. I think to him the party affiliation was irrelevant and it became irrelevant to me.”

Drabik said she admired her husband’s drive, leadership, problemsolving ability and the way he persevered through a series of crises during his first year in office.

“The real leader in him kept many things moving at the same time as those crises occurred,” she said. “I think there would have been a lot of

people who would have stalled, and he did not let it stall him.

“He was leading a team that was accomplishing economic development at the same time as all this. Because it can’t wait in Toledo. We’re on the threshold of an extremely positive time. And I really believe that’s because people trusted him. And he would live up to that trust.

So they would trust government. I thought he really had it right.”

Drabik said she and Collins rarely disagreed on issues.

“I can’t even think of any case where we agreed to disagree, because I think when we got done sharing information, we got to the same point,” she said.

“The big picture of his vision, I would hope that’d be anyone’s vision for Toledo, that it really is coming into a new prosperous time and that companies will invest here and people will trust government and will love living here. And then the projects will go. So it’s really a time to figure out how to fulfill what the city can do to facilitate all that.”

Although she’s never held public office, Drabik’s job experience, particularly with state government, would serve her well as mayor, said Collins’ campaign manager and family friend Matt Zaleski.

“When you go over Sandy’s career in government, you need to really look at what she did, because the issues she would face as a mayor she’s already handled on a state level,” Zaleski said.

“That’s really where, when we look at her as a possible viable candidate, that’s where it really resonates.”

As director of administrative services under Voinovich, Drabik’s responsibilities included public works, building projects, negotiations, land purchases, human resources, collective bargaining and purchasing, to name a few.

“To be director of administrative services, everything you do is a creature of state law and those are the same issues the city deals with,” Drabik said. “I touched city government in many ways at that time. For example, I was buying the police cars for the state and the municipalities buy off of that. I was supervising the construction of the prison that sits in Toledo. So that’s why I was Mike’s sounding board.”

The role of mayor would be a departure from her usual behind-the-scenes roles, which is part of why Drabik said she needs time to think.

“I don’t think it made me uncomfortable. I just didn’t seek political office.

So I don’t know exactly what it would feel like,” she said. “But I was close to it.”

Collins would often remark that Drabik was more intelligent and politically savvy than he was, Zaleski said.

Drabik demurred modestly when asked about personal characteristics that would make her a good mayor.

“It’s harder to speak about yourself,” she said. “But I will tell you what a friend of mine said about me yesterday. She said, ‘I admire how you can get people to change their mind and they’re not even mad at you.’”

Both she and Collins were known as hard workers.

“I guess we appreciated that in each other,” Drabik said.

The couple met when she was serving as legal counsel and director of administrative services at UT and he was teaching there. He made an appointment with her to discuss funding reports he had to file with the federal government for the university’s Ohio Police Corps program. They hit it off and later made plans to go golfing. They married in 2005.

Drabik said the past month has been the most painful of her life, but she’s starting to feel a little more like herself again each day.

“All of the events surrounding Mike’s death were the hardest part of my life,” Drabik said. “But his daughters, our family, together we got each other through it. Eventually after a while you can start concentrating more on happy memories. It’s still a jolt every day when you wake up without him. But we had 14 years together, 10 years of marriage. Because we met each other later in life we didn’t really take anything for granted. We always said stuff. I don’t have any unsaid stuff to him. And he didn’t to me.

“Each day I am able to concentrate more on the beautiful things that he did for me and his family and the beautiful memories. Each day is hard and I know it will never go away, but I’m back to feeling more like myself for a portion of every day, not all day, and it’s because of faith and family and love. It’s very hard, but even a couple of weeks ago I don’t even think I could have answered your questions.”

Collins’ dog Chloe, a nearly blind and deaf 14-year-old golden retriever, still circles the house looking for Collins, Drabik said. He got her as a puppy shortly before the two started dating.

Now, they lean on each other as each learns to navigate unfamiliar territory.

“I sincerely made a commitment to myself to explore this in the near future.

And I know that those words seem to slide together for some people, but I haven’t explored it. I made a commitment that I will,” Drabik said. “It’s just that I realized my timetable was maybe too generous to me and the city might need to know these things earlier for stability in city government." O

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Shop owner grappling with loss of two children in two months Sandy Kasten’s son and daughter worked hard to help her open ceramics shop Simply Stated and Painted on Glanzman Road in early December.

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Two months later, on Feb. 15, her son Charles “Chip” Kasten IV, 33, also died suddenly.

The causes of both deaths are pending with local health departments.

Kasten said in a Facebook post March 3 that she plans to keep the shop going, but she’s asking for the community’s support.

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3 month anniversary of Simply Stated and Painted, which was but a mere dream in the late fall of 2014. If it wasn’t for my husband saying, ‘You can’t,’ we wouldn’t have.

“My son, Chip, did the painting, built the shelves, the displays for the front windows, the paint center and hung anything we asked him to.

My daughter, Dayna, stocked the kitchen, bought the cash register, took CHIP KASTEN care of the utilities, the credit cards, arranged furniture, unpacked bisque and helped price all of the merchandise. We did it! We opened on December 6th.

“Dayna was going to handle the day-to-day operations and I would work the evenings and weekends until I could retire. But, as most of you know, Dayna passed away just eight days later on December 14th. To say our family was devastated would be an understatement! Dayna left behind her daughter, Regan Faith, age 14, two stepsons, three brothers, nieces, a nephew, uncles, aunts and cousins, and a very large hole in her parents’ heart. She also left shoes to be filled at the store.

“Chip tried filling in during the day, but that only worked for a week or two. What most of you do not know, Chip passed away on February 15th, two months after his older sister. Chip left behind his [fiancée] Heather, a daughter, Emma, age 8, and a son, CJ, age 4, and a grieving family.

“Simply Stated and Painted is the legacy they have left to me! This store means a great deal to me and the family they have left behind. ...

“We have hosted a Sweet 16 Party, a birthday party that wasn’t a party, a party and a Girl Scout troop. I have had the pleasure of meeting and helping several customers — those who said they couldn’t paint have been amazed when they see the finished product. I don’t think I’ve seen a bad finished piece since we opened! But, I need your help — and I’m not good at asking for help. …

“I need your business. I need the store filled with you and your friends!

I need you to sit in the chairs and paint something. While you’re doing that, I bet you’ll have fun, and so will I. Please stop in and look around.”

In January, Kasten told Toledo Free Press she finds peace in the shop.

Her husband doesn’t spend time there because it reminds him too much of his late daughter, but that is what Kasten likes about it.

“We worried what would happen to her when something happened to us,” Kasten said. “This was our way of giving her something that she could do once we passed away, not vice versa.”

The shop is located at 3322 Glanzman Road. Hours are 5-8 p.m.

Wednesdays and Thursdays, noon to 8 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays and closed Mondays and Tuesday. The shop is also open by appointment at other hours.

The cost to paint a piece ranges from $13.95-$59.95.

For more information, visit facebook.com/SimplyStatedandPainted. O

PHOTO COURTESY SANDY KASTEN

From Staff Reports

n Sandy Kasten, right, and her family opened ceramics SHOP Simply Stated and Painted at 3322 Glanzman Road on Dec. 6. On Dec. 14, her daughter, Dayna Kasten-Briggs, 37, left, died unexpectedly. Two months later, on Feb. 15, Kasten’s Son, Chip,33, also died unexpectedly.

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March 8, 2015

By Ashley McMahon

TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

“Don’t underestimate the things that I will do.”

British singer Adele sings this line in her hit single “Rolling in the Deep.” Tyler Wiley of Toledo — arguably the 26-year-old star’s biggest fan — lives by the same motto. Anyone who’s met Wiley quickly finds out he should never be underestimated.

Wiley, 22, said he adores Adele for her beauty, voice and charisma.

He also models her positivity and grace through his own actions. When he’s not listening to music, he’s busy knitting hats for children in need and painting scenes to sell at Shared Lives Studios, a collaboration with Lott Industries in Downtown Toledo.

A graduate of Rogers High School, Wiley has been an active member of the Toledo Public Schools (TPS) community since he was in elementary school. Living with Down syndrome, he inspires and encourages others to respect the disabled community through communication and interaction — as well as his wit and charm.

His mom, Sandy Wiley-Steward, said she had Wiley start speaking at TPS board meetings in fifth grade to help give him exposure to a diverse group of individuals.

“I started taking him to meetings and he would read one little sentence about what he’s doing. Something positive,” Wiley-Steward said. “It was simple, but I was doing it to help him learn to speak publicly.

“If he has something prepared and written, he can read in front of a thousand people. It doesn’t bother

him,” she said. “He overcame a lot of obstacles by practicing.”

Wiley put that practice to great use in November when he presented an original idea to the TPS Board of Education. Wiley inspired TPS to create Tyler’s Travel Pass in collaboration with the Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities (DD).

The program aims to improve the lives of those in the district living with disabilities. This pass allows disabled community members to attend school activities, including sports games and plays, free of charge.

Wiley’s love for sports and the desire to watch his brothers, Aaron and Ian Steward, play basketball inspired the idea.

“He wanted to go to these three games in one week, and I was like, ‘Buddy, you got a check for $18 for two weeks. It’s $6 every time you want to go.’ He said, ‘I’m going to change that,’” Wiley-Steward said.

Wiley’s favorite sports are basketball, baseball and volleyball and he loves watching his brothers participate on the court. Aaron is in ninth grade and plays for Bowsher High School; Ian is in seventh grade and plays for Beverly Elementary.

Support from his family allowed Wiley to move forward with his initiative.

“His family is so supportive of him. They back him up and don’t just accept things how they are. They allow him to chase his dreams,” said Steve Mentrek, manager of Tyler’s Travel Pass distribution with the Lucas County Board of DD. “Tyler has a lot of family support.

When he has an idea, he can run with it,” added Lon Mitchell, manager of public information for Lucas County Board of DD.

Wiley thought the pass would offer the perfect opportunity to enrich not only his own life, but also the lives of all disabled community members living within TPS’ district.

After the initial meeting in November, Wiley used his persistence to ensure his idea came to fruition.

“He was emailing people every day. He’s very persistent,” WileySteward said.

Wiley’s dreams came true when TPS teamed up with the Lucas County Board of DD to approve the resolution for the pass within one month of his presentation, thanks to the essential need for a program of this nature, said Linda Meyers, transformational leader of community relations for Bowsher and Rogers learning communities.

“Tyler’s incredible,” Meyers said.

“He made a huge impact on the board and we all thought this was a great idea.”

“The board embraced it. There is not another district in the region or state, maybe even nationally, that is doing this,” Wiley-Steward said.

This is the only free pass program for disabled community members offered within the Northwest Ohio region, and Wiley-Steward hopes other school districts take notice.

“This is setting the bar,” WileySteward said. “I would love to see all the school districts provide this service for people with developmental disabilities. n TRAVEL PASS CONTINUES ON 11

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n TRAVEL PASS CONTINUED FROM 10 “Anything to help them get out in the community. That’s one of the biggest struggles and, financially, it’s tough.”

Mentrek said he’s thrilled to get these passes distributed.

“I think it’s great,” Mentrek said, “As Tyler’s mentioned, fixed income makes it difficult to do fun, recreational events. Especially with the price tags. Just like you and I, they want to be a part of the community as much as possible.”

Mitchell said integration for those it serves is the ultimate goal of the Lucas County Board of DD and Tyler’s Travel Pass is the perfect way to help achieve it.

“We would like to see more people with developmental disabilities sitting in the stands, sitting beside people who don’t have a disability,” Mitchell said. “The mission of the board is to make sure people with developmental disabilities have the same opportuni-

ties as everybody else.”

Currently, there are 655 students in kindergarten through 12th grade who have a disability in the TPS district, Meyers said. There are also hundreds of alumni living in the TPS district who are eligible to receive the pass.

Community integration is highly beneficial for the city, Mentrek said.

“It gives the general community an opportunity for exposure to individuals with disabilities, which is a huge advantage,” Mentrek said. “When community members have contact and interactions with people with disabilities, it allows opinions and attitudes to positively change.”

This program allows those with disabilities to have a voice and for people to pay attention, Mitchell added.

“It’s a new world for people with developmental disabilities,” he said. “This is something different than we would have experienced in the past, say 10, 15, 20 years ago. It’s a positive change. An opportunity for individuals to interact

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Wiley’s program is already improving the lives of fellow community members with disabilities.

“Tyler is a wonderful example of a self-advocate. [He’s] out there trying to make life better for all,” Mitchell said.

Wiley’s friend BJ Axe, 25, received his Tyler’s Travel Pass last month and said he is excited to take advantage of the opportunities available though TPS. “I think it’s great that Tyler took the initiative to create the pass,” Axe said.

He said he plans to use the pass for sporting events at Bowsher High School, including basketball, baseball and football.

The pass also increases school spirit, according to Meyers and Wiley. Wiley loves leading the cheering section at high school basketball games, his mom said, and the fans follow his lead.

“The cheerleaders love him,” WileySteward said. “He’ll get up and say, ‘Let’s Go, Rebels,’ and then everyone in the stands will start cheering.”

The Lucas County Board of DD is distributing Tyler’s Travel Passes now. Any community member living in the district who is registered with the board is eligible to receive a pass.

People can contact their service and support specialist through the board to fill out a referral form and get approved, Mentrek said. For more information on receiving Tyler’s Travel Pass, contact the Lucas County Board of DD at (419) 385-5771.

“We have roughly 10 requests so far, but with it just being released

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March 8, 2015

n Tyler Wiley, LEFT, with Toledo Public Schools Superintendent Romules Durant and BJ AXE. Wiley and axe are the first two recipients of Tyler’s Travel Pass. According to the Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities, about 10 people have applied for the pass so far.

I am sure we will see that number rise over the next few months,” Mentrek wrote in an email to Toledo Free Press.

According to TPS, the pass will allow the holder to get into all TPS home athletic events for free (excluding All-Star games, City League championships or state tournaments), as well as plays and musical performances at TPS schools by TPS performers.

It was a surprise to Wiley and his family when TPS decided to name the pass after him.

“The fact that they named it after him was completely a surprise. We had no idea,” Wiley-Steward said.

Meyers said Wiley’s charisma and enthusiasm were the driving force behind this passion project, which is why TPS made the pass his namesake.

“It was a natural choice,” Meyers said. O

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March 8, 2015

By Jay Hathaway

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Drone technology for the masses may still be in its infant stages, but several enterprising Toledoans are eager to jump in and explore the role of drones in photography.

James Jackson and Phil Myers are coowners of Toledo Aerial Media (TAM), a business they founded with a third partner, Oregon police officer Brandon Begin. The fledgling company specializes in taking aerial photographs and video using drone quadcopters.

Jackson, a nurse, said TAM began with a common interest among friends.

“We were RAMES both into handheld videography,” Jackson said. “[Myers] said he was going to pick up a drone, and I thought that was really cool, and it all kind of spiraled from there.”

Myers, a Web designer, said being able to easily access drone technology inspired the friends to explore new avenues of discovery.

“After seeing some videos taken with drones, it kind of sparked our interest as tech junkies,” Myers said. “I was always into RC cars when I was younger. It was just a natural thing to progress into, and I thought, ‘What’s the next best thing we can do?’”

Myers and Jackson began to notice other drone businesses forming around them, which motivated them to take their hobby to the next level.

“The more I looked into it, the more I saw other startup aerial businesses,” Myers said. “I thought if we could get some practice time in and see what we can do, maybe we could turn this into sort of a business for us.”

Myers said the trio officially started TAM about four months ago, but have been “messing around” with the idea for over six months.

Since then, TAM has photographed properties for real estate businesses, shot the University of Toledo’s Glass Bowl, and is planning to cover numerous other events during the next few months.

All three are Whitmer High School graduates, and have talked with the school about covering football games next season.

Currently, the world of drone photography is a lot like the Wild West — highly unregulated. However, the Federal Aviation Administration

(FAA) has been scrambling to create some order among the chaos by developing new laws.

For example, Myers said there are currently no official regulations governing the commercial use of drones, though the FAA has issued guidelines that advise against it.

“There are current guidelines, such as not being able to fly over 400 feet in elevation, out of the line of sight, over large groups of people or moving traffic,” Myers said. “They are working on new guidelines. There have been so many people that have bought [drones].”

In the meantime, Jackson, Myers and other entrepreneurs eagerly await an official set of laws, which would likely include a certification requirement to operate drones for business purposes.

“We’re all for that,” Myers said. “We like the idea of stricter regulations, so you don’t get some dummy putting one up in front of an airplane.”

Meanwhile, other local drone owners, such as Shawn Rames, are in it mostly for the fun. Rames runs a website called Exploring Northwest Ohio from the Sky, which highlights aerial photographs he takes with his quadcopter.

Rames has been a professional photographer “on and off ” over the years, but said the personal satisfaction of getting the right shot from the drone is reward enough for him, for now.

“I love making creative images and capturing things others may not have the opportunity to see,” Rames said.

“My goal this past summer was to display Toledo — and really much of Northwest Ohio — in a positive light through photography. I’ve had the opportunity to meet some amazing people and get access to photograph some unique places as a result.”

Rames originally purchased a drone to capture images of ice floes on the Maumee River in January 2014.

Since then, he’s photographed the Glass City Marathon, the demolitions of the Clarion Hotel and the former Toledo Edison Acme Power Plant smokestacks in East Toledo and more.

“My social media pages have become quite popular,” he said.

Rames also said he looks forward to more defined rules on drone flight.

“The current regulations make a few common sense points, but they leave a lot of gray areas,” Rames said.

“In my opinion, the biggest problem with the current regulations is the FAA saying, ‘Absolutely no commercial use.’ They have given permission to a handful of companies to use them commercially, but their current stance is still don’t do it.”

Rames said he’s not interested in professional drone photography, de-

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spite frequent requests. However, he acknowledged that the market is currently ripe for picking.

“I’ll leave the market to [others],” Rames said. “I am content keeping photography and videography as a hobby and using my social media pages simply to help promote our region.”

Until new regulations come, Jackson and Myers are concentrating many of their efforts on

helping teach new drone operators.

The two are part of Drone University, a collective group interested in promoting education and safety in flying drones.

On March 14, TAM will captain the Northwest Ohio team for International Drone Day festivities, a new nationwide event created by ThatDroneShow.com.

The location of the Toledo event is

still being settled, but Myers urges those interested in attending to check the TAM or International Drone Day Facebook pages for updates. Myers plans to perform free live demonstrations and teach attendees about the equipment used for drone photography.

For more information, visit toledo aerialmedia.com, exploringnwo.com and internationaldroneday.com/ team-toledo-ohio. O

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ince the creation of the form jumped into the mobile market with decades ago, the evolution of both feet, bringing ports of their flagvideo games has been an ever- ship titles for players to experience in escalating attempt to capture a feeling the palm of their hand. The latest game of realism. From the first tentative in the “Need for Speed” franchise, and the first game developed steps with the addiexclusively for phones, tion of color, backwill hit smartphones this ground graphics and spring. The game is titled adding new layers of “No Limits” — a name dimension in movethat is supremely ironic, ment to the rise of as we will see in just a 3-D acceleration and moment. more natural-feeling As it turns out, “Need controls, game defor Speed: No Limits” velopers have tried operates under the “freedesperately to give to-play” model that many players the feeling Jeff McGinnis publishers love to employ that you are THERE. The next stage of gaming realism with their mobile offerings. What that has officially been realized: You can means is, you can download the game now pay for gas. Not with fake, in- for free and play it however much you game-world currency either. Real want ... until you run out of gas.

And, if reports from regions where money to power a fake car.

Electronic Arts (EA) has been one of the game has already been released are the most celebrated gaming publishers to be believed, to fill the tank you will for many, many years. Beyond the Mad- have to pay real currency.

Now, you don’t have to pay. You dens and NHL titles that have defined the company, EA has produced several can simply wait. Yes, “No Limits” is other franchises outside the sporting one of those games where you don’t realm. One of the most popular is its have to shell out to continue to have “Need for Speed” series, whose racing fun. But you will have to be patient. games have connected with gamers for Your virtual gas tank will eventually refill on its own, or you can pay now several console generations now.

Like most developers, EA has and race right away.

EA is far from the only publisher to employ such a naked cash grab in one of their titles.

Beyond the “free-to-play” gaming model, which with each passing day is becoming more of a “pay-to-win” model, gamers have been subjected to myriad titles that seem content to hide additional content beyond a paywall even after players shell out up to 60 bucks for the privilege of playing the title at home. More levels, cool new powers, awesome additional characters and more are released down the road in an effort to separate consumers from even more of their cash.

This latest step of charging players for fake fuel makes me wonder if we’re a step away from the next evolution in gaming realism. Real-life fines for in-game infractions.

Picture it: An adventure game where you have hospital stays after an ill-timed jump. A flight simulator where you’re grounded if you crash. Jail time in “Grand Theft Auto” for the crimes you commit. And if you don’t feel like waiting out those days/months/years as you heal or repay your debt to society, not to worry: Just enter in your credit card information and you’ll be back on the road/streets/skies faster than you can say “shameless marketing.”

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has announced it has 28 open salaried positions and numerous hourly positions at its Toledo Assembly Complex in North Toledo.

A spokesperson said there’s no need to read between the lines about what may or may not happen next with Jeep production in Toledo — the open positions are part of its normal business practices.

“These openings are just in order to keep up the business,” said Jodi Tinson, manufacturing and labor communications manager for Chrysler. “It’s fairly standard, and there’s also attrition because there are folks leaving or retiring.”

Among the salaried openings are positions such as maintenance supervisors, dimensional controls specialists, controls engineers and unit leaders. Basic qualifications for these include a bachelor’s degree in a related field. Hourly openings are in skilled trades, such as electricians, millwrights and pipe fitters. Qualifications for these include a high school diploma or equivalent and appropriate certifications. Complete details and qualifications for all positions can be found at chryslercareers.com under “Search Jobs” followed by “Manufacturing Jobs.” O — Tom Konecny

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Port Authority to finance Andersons’ new HQ The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Board of Directors approved a lease agreement Feb. 26 with The Andersons Inc. to acquire and construct an approximately 130,000-square-foot corporate headquarters facility in Northwest Ohio through a number of Port Authority financing mechanisms totaling up to $50 million.

“The Port Authority was able to secure the necessary financing in order to help move The Andersons’ headquarters relocation project forward,” said Paul Toth, president and CEO of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, in a news release.

“By relocating and expanding its headquarters due to the financing mechanisms in place, The Andersons will be able to not only retain existing jobs in the community, but will also be able to create new ones.”

The Port Authority will issue up to $10 million in taxable development revenue bonds through its Northwest Ohio Bond Fund program and up to $35 million in lease revenue bonds that will be sold to a commercial bank or into the capital markets.

JobsOhio is recommending a $5 million 166 Direct Loan, contingent upon the State Control-

ling Board’s approval, bringing the total to $50 million to be used by the Port Authority to construct the new facility.

The Maumee-based company hopes to begin construction this spring and to occupy the new headquarters building by the end of 2016, according to corporate communications manager Debra Crow.

The Port Authority will lease the facility to The Andersons under a 15-year capital lease in exchange for lease rental payments to pay the debt service on the Northwest Ohio Bond Fund bonds, the lease revenue bonds and the 166 Loan recommended by JobsOhio. Upon retirement of all debt, The Andersons will have an option to acquire the facility.

About 450 employees of The Andersons currently working in its leased Maumee corporate office will move to the new location. The firm’s other 700 employees will remain working in Maumee, Crow said.

The Andersons announced plans in November to move its headquarters to a 55-acre site in Monclova Township located north of Salisbury Road and west of I-475. O — Staff Reports

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So far we have talked about tools to use with our money, and the results we may experience. What matters most to you in life? When we ask this question, we get answers like health, family, kids, grandkids, faith, pets, etc. If the tools you use make you a lot of money but you lose your health, will the amount in your bank account help you?

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Holey Toledough owner Chris Ritter is preparing to start selling his gourmet doughnuts in coffee shops and other spots throughout the area.

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Hole Lotta Love Holey Toledough to start appearing throughout the area.

4441 N. Summit St. There, Holey Toledough will give out free samples of its doughnuts as jsensenig@toledofreepress.com well as sell them for the first time.

Point Place’s DK Eats and Treats, hris Ritter knows dough.

The longtime cook behind also at 4441 N. Summit St., is the first the new doughnut shop with confirmed retail location to sell Holey perhaps the perfect name for a Toledough products.

After working in the kitchens of Toledo doughnut business — Holey Toledough — is preparing to dis- chef Rob Campbell at Mancy’s Bluetribute his fried flour products to the water Grille, Revolution Grille and masses. That effort begins 10 a.m. to his current job at Stella’s Restaurant 4 p.m. March 7-8 during the Point and Bar in Perrysburg, Ritter decided Place Business Association Trade to branch out on his own.

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market for gourmet, homemade doughnuts — and because, well, they’re doughnuts.

“I wanted to start off my own business thing, since starting a restaurant is way too expensive,” Ritter said March 3 while making his first batch of doughnuts in his newly rented kitchen space at The Savory Suite, a private dining hall in Perrysburg.

Ritter purchased some used doughnut-making equipment and spent some time this winter working part-time at Haas Bakery in Oregon to get a crash course in pastries.

Early offerings (and approxi-

mate prices) are: vanilla bean glazed doughnut ($1.50), maple bacon ($2.50), apple cider-whiskey glazed fritter ($3) and a doughssant, Holey Toledough’s version of a cronut ($3$4, depending on filling).

“I still get to apply my same creativity that I like about culinary and cooking to the doughnuts,” Ritter said.

“But I wanted to branch out and do my own thing, make more money so I can have the ownership, something I can start marketing that I can have the creative freedom with. I’m taking everything I’ve learned from [Campbell] as far as using what’s fresh, what’s

local, what’s seasonal. … I can do that but with doughnuts.”

Ritter is starting the business with his girlfriend, Michelle Fisher, and their 1-year-old daughter, Olivia. It turns out Olivia has been invaluable as a taster of the goods.

“She really likes doughnuts,” Ritter said. “I’m hoping for it to be a family business, something we can all do together and have more time together.”

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n HOLE CONTINUED FROM 15 “I just want to specialize in this,” he said, looking at a rack of apple fritters about to go into the fryer.

“I just want to make these as awesome as I can. … Doughnuts are in right now. But it’s not like doughnuts are a fad — doughnuts have always been around. I just want to make the doughnut better.”

Don’t expect any of the “just add water” to mixes from Ritter, either.

“I want to be the first one here to make my own recipes, use real apples — not out of a bucket,” he said.

It seems Ritter may be filling a hole in the local baking scene.

He started a Facebook page Feb. 5 with the goal of garnering 300 likes in a month’s time. Five hours later, Holey Toledough had amassed 400 likes. By March 5, that number had grown to nearly 1,700.

Holey Toledough will use Facebook to provide updates on locations and new batches of doughnuts.

Gluten-free and vegan options will often be available, Ritter said.

Freshness will be of utmost importance to the company, said Ritter, who will essentially work third-shift hours to make and deliver his doughnuts to shops before they open their doors each morning — the key word being “each.”

“Wherever I’m selling, they’ll be dropped off fresh that day,” Ritter said. “It’s in the sales agreements that I don’t want anybody selling day-old ones half-off.”

Ritter is in talks with coffee shops in Toledo and Perrysburg about car-

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Vanilla bean glazed doughnuts and maple bacon bars are among the sweet offerings Holey Toledough is preparing to deliver to coffee shops and other locations in the area.

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rying his doughnuts, as well as the Toledo Farmers’ Market.

He’s also discussing the possibility of doing a doughnutbeer pairing event at Maumee Bay Brewing Co. during American Craft Beer Week on May 11-17.

While Ritter plans to continue working at Stella’s for now, he has dreams of making Holey Toledough his full-time and only gig within a year, a goal he admits is aggressive.

“The goal is to start small, doing the little wholesale outlets and the farmers markets,” he said. “Then I want to do a Kickstarter, apply that toward a small business loan and then get a storefront.”

It’s not like doughnuts are a fad — doughnuts have always been around.

I just want to make the doughnut better.

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The dinner, which is $130 per person, is seven courses and will be paired with Mondavi Winery wines for five of the courses.

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Eight months into taking over the kitchen at Revolution Grille, chef Wesley Wright is introducing some ethnic creativity to the menu.

Wright, who is also general manager at the 2-and-a-half year-old eatery at 5333 Monroe St., debuted nine new items to diners in February.

Despite his eight years at Ciao!, those assuming Wright would lean heavily on his Italian dining background would be mistaken.

Instead, the classically trained Wright has sought inspiration from all corners of the globe for his latest offerings, including Canada, Africa, India and Asia. New additions to the menu include: beef bourguignon poutine, chipotle tamarind pork, grilled Caesar salad, croque-madame, curried potato flatbread, Wagyu flank, root beer pork, cauliflower steak and Meyer lemon tart. “[At Ciao!] I was immersed in Italian ingredients, creating Italian specials, working with Italian foods, but I’m classically trained from all around the world,” Wright said.

“People thought Revolution Grille was going to go Italian now. I can assure you, that’s not the case.”

While Wright has gotten a favor-

able response to many items on the list, there are a couple of dishes that have become quick favorites.

Many people are starting their meals off with the beef bourguignon poutine ($10.95), he said. Poutine, which originated in Quebec, Canada, is traditionally French fries topped with brown gravy and cheese curds.

“We’ve taken that and elevated it into a little bit more of a nicer dish where we take fingerling [potatoes], roast those with some herbs, cut them in half and sear them,” Wright said.

“So you get that crunchy texture but it’s not a deep-fried, French-fried product. It’s different, a little more classic.” A beef bourguignon short rib gravy is placed atop the dish.

The Wagyu flank ($23.95) is also attracting a lot of attention, Wright said.

Wagyu is “the king of beef,” as Wright explained it. When it comes to Japanese beef, people know Kobe beef but “this is Papa,” he said with a laugh.

“The thought process behind this beef was that this cow is going to live the most relaxed lifestyle possible,” Wright said. “They would feed it a high-fat diet, they’d give it beer, they’d massage it with sake.

This animal would live like a king.

What this did is enhance the fat, the marbling in the meat.”

Even while serving the king of

beef, Wright looks to shake things up for customers.

“I try to do something different with that set too, because people are like ‘steak and potato, steak and potatoes, steak and rice,’” he said. “I get away from that.”

The meat is placed atop Great Northern beans tossed with bone marrow vinaigrette.

For the non-meat crowd, Wright presents the cauliflower steak ($11.95). Here, it’s presented with a harissa tomato sauce and olive-caperraisin salad.

“We always try to offer something vegan. Not just vegetarian, but vegan,” he said. “Harissa, you see it more and more. It’s a growing ingredient used in sauce a lot. It’s very flavorful.”

Even something as commonplace as a Caesar salad can use a twist.

Revolution Grille creates a grilled Caesar Salad ($7.95) by seasoning and grilling a wedge of Romaine lettuce and adding crispy parmesan, prosciutto crumbles and polenta croutons. The dish may still raise some eyebrows, Wright admits.

"I think people are still at the point where it’s like, ‘A grilled salad? Whoa,'" he said with a laugh.

To finish off the meal, Wright has added a twist of local citrus, of all things, with the Meyer lemon tart ($4.95).

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He gets lemons from Hoen’s Garden Center & Landscaping in Holland, where a large Meyer lemon tree grows inside the greenhouse.

“It’s local, and it’s something that’s not going to sit heavy at the end of the meal,” Wright said of the dessert. “I really try to stay with the seasons, and with local ingredients.”

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He hopes to introduce a little of the 50th state’s flourishing fish scene to Revolution.

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With over 130 breweries and counting, Michigan has become a destination for beer enthusiasts.

Having witnessed that passion for craft beer firsthand while working together at Ann Arbor’s Blue Tractor BBQ & Brewery, Kyle DeWitt and Tim Schmidt decided to join Michigan’s ever-growing landscape of breweries by opening their own in Tecumseh. “[Tim and I] really just sat down, had a couple of beers and talked about what we wanted to do,” DeWitt said.

“We had similar ideas of what we wanted to do and both had unique skill sets that really balanced each other out.”

It has been nearly four years since DeWitt and Schmidt first conceptualized Tecumseh Brewing Company, which now sits at 128 W. Chicago Blvd.

While Schmidt is a native of Tecumseh, DeWitt is from California.

After visiting Tecumseh, however, DeWitt said Southeast Michigan seemed like a natural fit.

“I hadn’t necessarily envisioned being here, but I knew I wanted to stop brewing for other people,” DeWitt said. “Like everyone else, I’ve always

wanted to do my own thing. When we came to Tecumseh, I thought it was great. It’s been pretty easy to get comfortable here, especially after getting to know everyone.”

With the nearest breweries miles away in Ann Arbor and Milan, Tecumseh Brewing Company has the unique opportunity to bring its city some local suds. According to DeWitt, the excitement for the brewery has grown substantially over the four years of planning.

“If we had a nickel for every time someone asked when we’d be opening, we’d be opening a second brewery by now,” DeWitt said. “There have been rumors of this brewery opening in the city for over three years now, so people definitely seem excited.”

Between Tecumseh Brewing Company’s interior and proposed beer garden and patio, the establishment will hold approximately 150 people.

Guests will have the opportunity to choose from 16 taps dedicated to the brewery’s signature brews.

According to DeWitt, the goal is to have all 16 taps up and running by the brewery’s target opening timeframe of early April.

“With 16 taps, there will always be a few hoppy options and a few malty options,” DeWitt said. “We think the IPAs will be popular and other standard beers, but we will probably let

Tecumseh Brewing Company hopes to open in early April. our sales, customers and mug club members dictate what’s on tap. As it is now, we are just filling the taps with as many different beers as possible. We don’t want to have too much structure, so that way it never gets dull.”

In addition to Tecumseh Brewing Company’s signature beers, they will also have a full kitchen.

With the help of former head chef at Ann Arbor’s Melange, Chris Wanke, and former sous chef at Melange, Mike Clayton, Tecumseh Brewing Company believes the food will be as unique as the beers.

“We’ll have a lot more items on the menus than we thought we’d be able to do,” DeWitt said. “Just like the beer, the menu will change out pretty often. We don’t want anything too set in stone.

We are really not that structured here.”

With the anticipated opening about a month away, DeWitt and Schmidt are excited about the prospects for the future.

“We don’t want to shoot anything down for the future,” DeWitt said. “We want to do everything right. We want to keep it simple and focus on serving the town and we’ll see what happens.

You have to grow with the size of your tank. We are happy where we are and are excited to see how we’ll grow.”

For more information, visit tecumsehbrewingco.com. O

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onsumers are always looking for quickly and released to celebrate the tips on navigating the often over- end of the harvest in the third week of November, coinciding with a huge feswhelming wine departments As a result, I’m often asked tival of the same name.

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It’s a name you Beaujolais-Villages is undoubtedly recognize. one of my go-to great Maybe you’ve had Beauvalues. You can expect jolais Nouveau (more to spend between $15on that later), or maybe $20 for a bottle. you just recognize it From good profrom older pop culture ducers, these wines references. Either way, ADAM MAHLER show a ton of depth Beaujolais is making a and are quite fascomeback in a big way cinating. The third right now and sommestep up, Cru Beaujoliers all over the world lais, tends to isolate are tapping into its diverspecific styles and sity and adaptability. differentiates the terBeaujolais is a roirs. Each of the apFrench appellation, pellations is a little diftechnically located within Burgundy, but it’s so far south ferent. The most famous are Brouilly that the distance between Beaujolais (light and fruity), Fleurie (richer, with and the rest of Burgundy is greater than more red fruit), Morgon and Moulinà-Vent (the last two are both earthy the entire remaining appellation.

The villages of Beaujolais occupy the and need a little time).

Also available, although less rolling hills and countryside just north of the gastronomic capital of Lyon. common, are: Régnié, Chénas, Juliénas Beaujolais is typically a red wine, made and Saint-Amour. Great Cru Beaujolais can be found for $20-$25. from the Gamay grape.

About 90 percent of Beaujolais (like Gamay is an offspring of pinot noir, the great red grape of Burgundy (and most things it seems) is made by about now California and Oregon). It shares a half-dozen négociants.

Négociants are basically large much in common with its parent, Pinot Noir, except it ripens about two weeks companies that buy fruit on the open market and blend it all together to earlier. Those are two crucial weeks.

Great pinot noir is a balancing make a final product.

Their wines can be good, but you’re act, with tragic vintages sprinkled in every so often. The most volatile much better off looking for a grower/ time for any grape is in the final producer. There shouldn’t be a huge price difference between the two and you’ll get weeks before harvest.

Because it comes in earlier, it has a much more reward with the grower.

Beaujolais has long provided the different character than red Burgundy.

It tends to be, for lack of a better term, bistro wines of Paris, which might quite grapey. We often discuss wine suggest they are simple. While they flavors in colors — red fruit, blue fruit, are not simple, they are versatile and black fruit — things you associate with dependable. They work with a wide the analogues of berries or other fruits. range of foods from salads and fish to Well, Beaujolais is fairly unique in meats and stews.

I know of at least one great local that it tastes almost purple. Along with that you can, of course, expect to find all restaurant that has replaced their pinot of the other colors, but there is a really noir by the glass with a Cru Beaujolais charming underlying “purpleness” to (hint: it’s Downtown). You can tweet wine pairing or wine shopping quesBeaujolais that is very appealing.

When shopping for Beaujolais, tions to @ampelography O there are three distinctions you will find on the label: Beaujolais Nouveau, Adam Mahler is the founder of AmBeaujolais-Villages or Cru Beaujolais pelography, a wine sales and marketing (with one of 10 allowed villages in- company based in Toledo (ampelogracluded on the label). phywines.com). He can be reached at Nouveau is immensely popular and adam@ampelographywines.com. You is meant to be consumed chilled and can tweet wine pairing or wine shopping immediately. These wines are made questions to @ampelography.

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Cheryl Jiannuzzi, owner of Martini & Nuzzi’s, right, with her grandchildren Tiana Moore and Anthony Jiannuzzi at the restaurant’s second location on North Huron Street Downtown. TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAR PHOTO BY CHRISTIE MATERNI

Suburb & the city Maumee’s Martini & Nuzzi’s to open location Downtown.

By Matt Liasse Toledo Free Press Staff Writer mliasse@toledofreepress.com

Martini & Nuzzi’s, already known for the food, martinis and live music it offers at 6023 Manley Road in Maumee, will soon have a second location open Downtown.

Owner Cheryl Jiannuzzi said she hopes to have the new location at 329 N. Huron St. open in late March, just in time for the Mud Hens season to begin. The expansion is coming at a time when Downtown is revitalizing, she said.

“I just thought that Downtown is picking up and I think that right now is the right time to get in on it,” she said. “We have a lot of different ideas.

We have a lot of good entertainment.

We have loyal customers.”

Jiannuzzi fell in love with the location, which formerly housed The 329, Ole Taco & Tequila and Diva.

The new location underwent renovations (including new floors) before Jiannuzzi chose it. She said

she fell in love with the brick walls and wood floors.

“It’s nice,” she said. “It looks like our bar.”

Its proximity to the Huntington Center made the new location appealing as well. Jiannuzzi plans to capitalize on the business they get from those events.

The neighboring bars and restaurants have been welcoming to Jiannuzzi. She has plans to work with them in the future.

As is the case at the Maumee location, the Downtown bar will host live entertainment. Local acts like Noisy Neighbors, Joe Woods and Chris Shutters have been known to play at the Maumee location.

The new location will also have valet parking and an “Express Menu” for people on lunch breaks who have limited time.

Jiannuzzi planned the menu and the martinis. Some martinis include the Abra Cadabra, the Bananarama and the Green Eyed Monstor. Food items on the menu

include paninis, pasta, pizza and burgers, but Jiannuzzi is particularly fond of the meatballs.

The restaurant is intended to be a family business and Jiannuzzi said she hopes to pass it to her kids when she is gone. She helped work in her own parents’ restaurant when she was a kid.

“I’ve always wanted to do it,” she said. “I’ve been doing this since I was 10 years old at my parents’ restaurant. I made homemade candy.”

Jiannuzzi started to make bigger decisions about her life after a health scare.

“I was in the hospital, I had gangrene of my appendix and my doctor said, ‘Five more minutes and you would’ve been dead.

Whatever you plan on doing, you better do it now,’” she said.

The restaurant plans to shut down the street to celebrate Mud Hens Opening Day on April 16. The event will include a tent and live music.

For more information, visit martiniandnuzzis.com. O

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EPIC Toledo plans eighth anniversary bash March 13 In celebration of its eighth anniversary, EPIC Toledo will host “EPIC’s Emerald Birthday Bash” from 7-11 p.m. March 13 at The Blarney Event Center and a tent set up outside that venue on Huron Street.

The EPIC event will feature networking, entertainment and fun as the organization celebrates another year of engaging people and inspiring change, as its name suggests. Attendees can sip on a signature drink, the Irish Mule, dance to sounds of local band Last Call Heroes and enjoy food from local restaurants. A cash bar will be available.

Sara Swisher, EPIC Toledo director, said the event is a celebration of the organization’s relevance for the area’s young business community.

“It says that we are an organiza-

nity and anyone 21 years of age or older who believes in EPIC’s mission of connecting emerging leaders to each other and the community.

EPIC Toledo was started by the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce to develop future business and community leaders, to provide emerging leaders with a voice regarding the future of the region, and to attract and retain diverse young talent to our region. EPIC Toledo has more than 1,500 individual members and 64 corporate members.

Other upcoming EPIC Toledo events include the Leadership Golf Outing on May 29 and the T-Town Dash on June 18.

For more information, visit www. epictoledo.com. O — Staff Reports

tion that is continuously evolving in order to meet the needs of today’s young professionals and tomorrow’s community and business leaders,” she said.

Tickets are $10 and include a complimentary beverage. Cash payment will be taken at the door or attendees may register at www.epictoledo.com. EPIC’s Emerald Birthday Bash is open to members, young professionals, the business commu-

UT hosting electronics recycling drive March 21 competition that runs through Saturday, March 28.

UT is competing against schools across the United States and Canada to see which can collect the most recycled materials as measured by weight.

Participating in the competition and the e-waste event are part of UT’s Sustainability, Energy Efficiency and Design Initiative.

For more information, contact Mason at brooke.mason@utoledo. edu or (419) 530-1042. O — Cassandra DeYoung

and power tools.

Televisions will not be accepted because they require a different recycling process, according to Brooke Mason, UT sustainability specialist.

Affinity Information Management, an R2-certified recycler, is collaborating with the university during the drive to ensure all electronics are recycled in an environmentally safe manner and in accordance with Department of Defense standards.

The drive is part of RecycleMania, an eight-week national recycling

Toledo Crush football suspends operations Toledo Crush will suspend operations in Toledo for 2015 with the team expected to return in another Ohio market by 2017, according to a post on the Legends Football League (LFL) website.

The women’s 7-on-7 tackle football league, which started in 2009, was formerly known as the Lingerie Football League. The league was rebranded in 2013. Players wear helmets, shoulder pads and cleats — but little else.

Three other LFL teams also suspended operations this year, according to the post, which was titled “State of the Franchise”: O Baltimore Charm: Will return to play in April 2016 with a move to Washington, D.C. /Northern Virginia.

O Jacksonville Breeze: Will shut down operations and relaunch in another Florida market within the next three years.

O Green Bay Chill: Will suspend operations, as the franchise expects a full overhaul prior to its return.

A representative from LFL was unable to be reached for comment.

Al Purdie, marketing manager at the Huntington Center, said no one from

the league has been in touch with him.

The Toledo franchise, formerly called Cleveland Crush, announced in December 2013 it was moving from Cleveland to Toledo. It played two home games at the Huntington Center during the 2014 season.

In 2013, league founder and chairman Mitchell Mortaza said he was enthusiastic about the move to Toledo. Open tryouts were held in early 2014 and a team was put together.

“Cleveland is an incredible sports town and the Q Arena is one of the finest arenas in the country. While it was an incredible combination for us, it simply did not fit within our business model moving forward,” Mortaza said. “Toledo and specifically the Huntington Center is an incredible setting for LFL Football and it also provides proximity to draw athletes, coaches and fans not only from Toledo but Cleveland and Detroit as well.”

The LFL also has leagues in Canada and Australia with plans to launch a league in Europe this year.

For more information, visit www.lflus.com. O — Staff Reports

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By Jeff McGinnis Toledo Free Press Pop Culture Editor PopGoesJeff@gmail.com

It’s like playing the greatest oldschool arcade game that never existed.

You are in control of a small aircraft, flying just above the ground, whipping across a landscape at blinding speed.

The areas you traverse are littered with simple objects like cubes, cones and spheres. You hit any of them and kaboom — it’s a fast end for your fast ride.

This is “Race the Sun,” a new independent video game that combines arresting visuals with endlessly exciting flying and a thrilling chase against the clock. The concept is deceptively simple, yet wildly addictive. It’s the kind of tremendously fun title that small indie developers specialize in, and they don’t get much smaller than “Race” creators Flippfly — a team comprised of two brothers, Forest and Aaron San Filippo. “[I] started out doing graphic design, first for an established retail

business and then as an independent freelancer,” Forest said in an interview with Toledo Free Press.

“And my brother was working for Raven Software here in Wisconsin, which was — and still is — a subsidiary of Activision. So he was working making games like ‘Call of Duty’ and all that stuff. And he was getting to a point in his career — he’d been doing professional game development for about eight years, and he was ready to do his own thing. ...

“So he came to me with this, and he said, ‘We’ve always talked about it. ... Let’s give it a shot.’ And so I jumped onboard,” Forest said.

Though the San Filippos never owned a gaming console growing up, the occasional weekend rental of a Super Nintendo gave them the chance to sample a slew of classic games during the 1990s — including the iconic flying game “Star Fox.” “That aesthetic just got imprinted on us. We just thought that was the coolest game in the world, and I don’t

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know how many times we played through it,” Forest said.

When the brothers first started developing their own titles in 2012, their different points of view and areas of expertise began manifesting themselves in the process by which their work began to develop — Forest on design, Aaron on programming.

“We had just finished up a little children’s app,” Forest said. “Although we liked that, we wanted to make games. ... And at one point, my brother drew this picture in a Google SketchUp. And it was this big, open area, with a couple sparse buildings in there. And he said, ‘Wouldn’t it be fun just to fly through this, really, really fast?’ And that was really the beginning of it.”

The modest success of “Race” on PC has allowed the production of a version for PlayStation systems.

“One of the strong ethics that we have in our statement there is, we are really focused on fun,” Forest said.

“It’s a little difficult as an indie these

Forest and Aaron San Filippo created their own company, Flippfly, which recently released the fast-paced ‘Race the Sun.’ PHOTO COURTESY FLIPPFLY

days to compete in a market where there’s a lot of manipulative gameplay design. And this is nothing new, this goes back to the arcade era. In the arcade era, they were trying to get you to pump in one more quarter.

In our era, they’re trying to get you

to buy that in-app purchase, or pay to get you a little stronger, whatever that happens to be.

“And for us, we just want players to be able to jump in and feel free. That sense of, ‘I’m just here to enjoy this.’ That’s really what we experienced as kids.” O

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What’s what, where and when in NW Ohio

Compiled by Matt Liasse Events are subject to change.

MUSIC

Bar 145º

$5 cover. 5304 Monroe St. (419) 593-0073 or bar145toledo.com. ✯ The Personnel: 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.

March 6. ✯ Put-In-Bay Days Party: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

March 7.

The Blarney Irish Pub

601 Monroe St. (419) 418-2339 or www.theblarneyirishpub.com. ✯ MAS FiNA: March 6. ✯ MAS FiNA: March 7. ✯ NOMO-Northwest Ohio Mini Owners car club show: 6:30 p.m. March 10.

Bronze Boar

20 S. Huron St. (419) 244-2627 or www. bronzeboar.com. ✯ Open mic with Steve Finelli and Oliver Roses: Mondays. ✯ Karaoke with Greg: Tuesdays. ✯ Open mic and Steve Kennedy: Thursdays. ✯ Beg To Differ: March 6. ✯ Jah Rule: March 7.

Culture Clash Records

4020 Secor Road. For more information, visit (419) 536-5683 or visit cultureclash.com. ✯ TOPS: 3 p.m. March 7.

Dégagé Jazz Café

301 River Road, Maumee. $5 weekends for cafe seating. (419) 794-8205 or www. degagejazzcafe.com. ✯ Gene Parker: Tuesdays. ✯ Gene Parker: Wednesdays.

Doc Watson’s

1515 S. Byrne Road. (419) 389-6003 or docwatsonstoledo.com. ✯ Sporcle Live Trivia: Thursdays. ✯ Tom Turner: 10 p.m. March 6. ✯ Steve Kennedy & Uncle Mike: 10 p.m.

March 7.

Durty Bird

2 S. St. Clair St. (419) 243-2473 or www. yeoldedurtybird.com. ✯ Raq the Casbah: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

March 6. ✯ Dr. J (Jason Sloan) CD Release Party: 3-5 p.m. March 7. ✯ Damen Cook & Friends: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. March 7. ✯ Ross Thompson & the Jazz Mix: 1-4 p.m.

March 8. ✯ The New Mondays: 7-10 p.m. March 9. ✯ Ross Thompson & the Jazz Mix: 7-10 p.m.

March 10. ✯ Josh Whitney: 7-10 p.m. March 11. ✯ Lori Lefevre-Johnson: 7-10 p.m. March 12.

Forrester’s On The River

26 Main St. (419) 691-2626 or www. forrestersontheriver.com.

✯ Wine Down Wednesday with The H-Factor Jazz Show: 6-10 p.m. Wednesdays.

Frankie’s Inner-City

308 Main St. (419) 693-5300 or www.

FrankiesInnerCity.com. ✯ Sol Cat, The Susurrans, Shaaka, As Arrows and The Kerplunks: 9 p.m. March 6. ✯ Bizarre from D-12, Jackie Chain, C-Fifth, Tjaks, Shaun Cee, T Diamond, Da North Coast Fam: 9 p.m. March 7. ✯ Norma Jean, For The Fallen Dreams, Sirens & Sailors, Silent Planet, Affairs, Black Swamp Casket Company and Ghost Native: 6 p.m.

March 8. ✯ Darkness Divided, Like Vultures, Into The Wild, Dementria: 6 p.m. March 11. ✯ Glostik Willy and The Groove Protocol: 2 p.m.

March 12.

Glass City Cafe

10 a.m., 1107 Jackson St. (419) 241-4519 or www.glasscitycafe.com. ✯ Old State Line: 10 a.m. March 7.

Hollywood Casino Toledo

The Hollywood Casino offers musical distractions from all the lights, noise and jackpots.

777 Hollywood Blvd. (419) 661-5200 or www. hollywoodcasinotoledo.com. ✯ Kaliedo: 9 p.m. March 6. ✯ Cherry On Top: 9 p.m. March 7.

Iggy’s

128 Main St. ✯ It Lies Within, Conquer Divide, Dethrone The Deceiver, Demonshifter, Full Strike Frenzy and Disturbed Silence: 7 p.m. March 6. ✯ Ohiowa Music presents Cali Phest: 8 p.m.

March 7.

Jazz on the Maumee

5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Grand Plaza Hotel’s Aqua Lounge, 444 N. Summit St. $5-$15.

(419) 241-1411 or www.arttatumsociety.com. ✯ Kyle Turner, Nelson Overton II and J. Ronquillo: 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 12. $15-20.

Name That Tune

✯ The Oarhouse, 5044 Suder Ave.: 8-10 p.m.

Mondays, 6-8:30 p.m. Fridays. ✯ Ralphie’s Sports Eatery, 6609 Airport Hwy.: 8-10 p.m. Tuesdays. ✯ Jed’s Barbeque and Brew, 855 S. HollandSylvania Road: 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. ✯ Pat & Dandy’s Sports Bar & Grill, 3344 W. Laskey Road: 9-11 p.m. Wednesdays. ✯ Ralphie’s Sports Eatery, 5702 Monroe St.: 7-9 p.m. Thursdays.

One2 Lounge at Treo

Live music starts at 7:30 p.m. 5703 Main St., Sylvania. (419) 882-2266 or treosylvania.com. ✯ Paper Canoe: March 6. ✯ TwinPfunk: March 7.

The Ottawa Tavern

Casual meals and bingo and trivia nights with weekend entertainment. 1815 Adams St. (419) 725-5483 or www.otavern.com. ✯ The DeCamp Sisters and Michael Corwin: 10 p.m. March 7.

SWINGMANIA

With its focus on swing music, Jeff McDonald’s group of musicians provides a peek into another era. With combos from trio to full orchestra, the group provides music for all occasions. (419) 708-0265, (419) 874-0290 or www.swingmania.org. ✯ Trotters Tavern, 5131 Heatherdowns Blvd.

(419) 381-2079: 8 p.m. Tuesdays.

The Village Idiot

309 Conant St., Maumee. (419) 893-7281 or www.villageidiotmaumee.com. ✯ The House Band: Fridays. ✯ Dooley Wilson, Bob Rex and friends: Sundays. ✯ Frankie May and Associates: Mondays. ✯ John Barile & Bobby May: Tuesdays. ✯ Andrew Ellis: Wednesdays. ✯ Charlie Parr: March 11.

Ye Olde Cock n’ Bull

9 N. Huron St. (419) 244-2855 or facebook. com/cocknbulltoledo. ✯ Danny Mettler hosts Open Mic Night: Wednesdays. ✯ Tore Down Blues Jam Band: Sundays. ✯ Bobby May and John Barile followed by Arctic Clam: March 6. ✯ Distant Cousins: March 7. ✯ Tore Down Blues Jam Band: March 8. ✯ Elixer: March 10. ✯ Danny Mettler: March 11. ✯ Captain Sweet Shoes: March 12.

EVENTS

Acoustics for Autism

The annual event, started in 2008, raises money for Project iAm scholarships that go directly to the families in need. This year’s event will be at four locations. The event will take place at the heated outdoor Bier Garden Tent (on the Ye Olde Cock n’ Bull Stage), The Village Idiot Stage, Buster Brown’s Lounge Stage and the Silent Auction Tent. More than 30 local musical acts are scheduled to perform, including: Arctic Clam, Dave Carpenter & The Jaeglers, The Eight Fifteens, Jeff Stewart & The 25s, Flabongo Nation, Kyle White, Old State Line, Barile & May, Joe Woods Band, Brian Bocian, Judge Byers, Captain Sweet Shoes, Trey McLaughlin and more. noon, March 8. For more information, visit acousticsforautism.com.

Eastwood Theater

The historic landmark is screening movies for $5. 817 East Broadway St. eastwoodtheater. com. ✯ “Into The Woods”: 6:15 p.m. March 6, 7:15 p.m. March 7, 3 p.m. March 8. ✯ “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”: 8:45 p.m. March 6, 9:45 p.m. March 7 and 5:35 p.m. March 8. ✯ Free Family Flicks: “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”: 1 p.m.

March 7.

Glass City Singles

Holland Gardens, 6530 Angola Road, Holland. For more information, visit www.toledosingles.com. ✯ Hawaiian Luau Fun Inside Night: 8 p.m. to midnight March 6. $8.

Huntington Center

500 Jefferson Ave. (419) 321-5007, (800) 7453000 or www.huntingtoncentertoledo.com. ✯ Monster Jam: 7 p.m. March 6, 2 and 7 p.m.

March 7, 2 p.m. March 8.

Raise The Roof

This spaghetti dinner will raise money for construction needs. VFW Post 2984, 102 West Andrus Road, Northwood. 3 p.m. March 7. Adults cost $10 and children 10 and younger are $5. If you have any questions, contact Nancy Magner at (419) 870-3792.

The Stranahan Theater 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo. ✯ Frank Caliendo: 8 p.m. March 6.

Valentine Theatre

400 N. Superior St. (419) 242-2787 or www. valentinetheatre.com. ✯ “Curious George”: 2 p.m. March 7. ✯ “The Hound of the Baskervilles”: 8 p.m.

March 6 and 7 and 2 p.m. March 8. ✯ “Memphis The Musical”: 7 p.m. March 8.

If you would like your event in The Pulse, contact Matt Liasse at mliasse@toledofreepress.com.

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Today (N) (CC) Meet the Press (N) Van Impe Paid Prog. BodyBeast Paid Prog. NHL Hockey Tiger Tiger Sesame Dinosaur Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You Burt Bacharach’s Best Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Bates Motel “Plunge” Thicker Newlyweds: Where Are Real Housewives of Real Housewives Real Housewives Comedy Work. › Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) Borat: Cultural Learnings of America Pirates Tmrrwland Elves (N) ››› Finding Nemo (2003) (CC) Rebels K.C. Girl Meets Girl Meets SportsCenter (N) (CC) Outside Reporters SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) ›› Stick It (2006) › What a Girl Wants (2003) Amanda Bynes. ›› The Prince & Me (2004) Julia Stiles.

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Friends Friends › Cop Out (2010) Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan. ›› Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) Kevin James.

Guy Joe ››› Gun Crazy (1950) (CC) ››› Grey Gardens (1975, Documentary) Angels in the Outfield Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order P. Chris J. Osteen Dig “Pilot” Dig “Pilot” Law & Order: SVU Show Home Lets Fixer Old House Full Plate Dine Out Raymond Raymond Lose Up to 15

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Ent Insider The Bachelor (Season Finale) (N) (CC) The Bachelor (N) (CC) News J. Kimmel Wheel Jeopardy! Broke Girl Mike Scorpion (N) (CC) NCIS: Los Angeles (N) News Letterman The Office Simpsons Gotham (CC) (DVS) The Following (N) Fox Toledo News TMZ (N) Minute Celebrity FamFeud The Voice Vocalists perform for the judges. (N) The Night Shift (N) News J. Fallon NewsHour Business Victor Borge’s Timeless Comedy! 50 Years With Peter, Paul and Mary (CC) Active The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (N) (CC) Bates Motel (N) (CC) The Returned (N) (CC) The Returned (CC) Vanderpump Rules Vanderpump Rules (N) Shahs of Sunset (N) Happens Charm Vanderpump Rules South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk Archer Archer Daily Nightly Liv-Mad. K.C. ›› 16 Wishes (2010) Debby Ryan. Austin Jessie I Didn’t Liv-Mad. Dog Women’s College Basketball College Basketball SportsCenter (N) (CC) The Fosters (CC) The Fosters (N) (CC) Chasing Life (N) (CC) The Fosters (CC) The 700 Club (CC) Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners, Drive Food Fortunes (N) Diners Diners Love It or List It (CC) Love It or List It (CC) Love It or List It (N) Hunters Hunt Intl Love It or List It (CC) Life Flight: Tra. Life Flight: Tra. Life Flight: Tra. Life Flight: Tra. Born in the Wild (CC) Ridic.

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Eye Candy Eye Candy “FYEO” Catfish: The TV Show Seinfeld Seinfeld Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Big Bang Big Bang Conan Confidntly MGM ››› Nevada Smith (1966, Western) Steve McQueen. (CC) ››› The Thomas Crown Affair Castle “Knockout” Castle “Rise” Castle (CC) (DVS) Bones (CC) Bones (CC) NCIS “Prime Suspect” WWE Monday Night RAW (N) (S Live) (CC) Dig “Pilot” Big Bang Big Bang The Originals (N) (CC) Jane the Virgin (N) Two Men Two Men Fam. Guy Fam. Guy

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FreshRepeat Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Forever (CC) News J. Kimmel NCIS (N) (CC) (DVS) NCIS: New Orleans (N) Person of Interest (N) News Letterman Hell’s Kitchen (N) New Girl Mindy Fox Toledo News TMZ (N) Minute The Voice “The Battles Premiere, Part 2” (N) Chicago Fire (N) News J. Fallon Burt Bacharach’s Best The Big Band Years (My Music) Big Band hits. Women Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Real Housewives Real Housewives Newlyweds: The First Year (N) Happens Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 (N) Kroll Show Daily Nightly ››› Surf’s Up (2007) (CC) I Didn’t Jessie Austin Liv-Mad. Dog College Basketball SportsCenter (N) (CC) Pretty Little Liars (N) Switched at Birth (N) Pretty Little Liars (CC) The 700 Club (CC) Chopped Chopped Chopped (N) Chopped Fixer Upper (CC) Fixer Upper (N) (CC) Hunters Hunt Intl Fixer Upper (CC) Dance Moms (N) (CC) Dance Moms (N) (CC) Born in the Wild (N) Born in the Wild (CC) Real World: Skeletons Real World: Skeletons Real World: Skeletons The Challenge: Battle Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Cougar Conan ››› A Place in the Sun (1951, Drama) (CC) ››› A Raisin in the Sun (1961) Sidney Poitier.

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Broad City Daily Nightly ›› Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) Austin Jessie I Didn’t Liv-Mad. Dog NBA Basketball: Clippers at Thunder NBA Basketball Melissa Daddy › Big Daddy (1999, Comedy) Adam Sandler.

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Ent Insider Last Man Cristela Shark Tank (N) 20/20 (N) (CC) News J. Kimmel Wheel Jeopardy! The Amazing Race (N) Hawaii Five-0 (N) (CC) Blue Bloods (N) (CC) News Letterman The Office Simpsons World’s Funniest Fails Glee (N) (CC) (DVS) Fox Toledo News TMZ (N) Minute Celebrity FamFeud The Night Shift (CC) Dateline NBC (N) (CC) News J. Fallon NewsHour Business Wash Broadway-Moments-Ed Sullivan John Denver: Country Boy (CC) Justin Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) The Returned (CC) Bates Motel (CC) Vanderpump Rules Bravo First Looks ›› Baby Mama (2008) Tina Fey, Amy Poehler. ›› Baby Mama (2008) Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Futurama Futurama South Pk South Pk Archer Archer Dane Cook: Troub.

Liv-Mad. K.C. ››› Despicable Me (2010, Comedy) (CC) Rebels Rebels Jessie I Didn’t College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Basketball ››› Hitch (2005) Will Smith, Eva Mendes. › Zookeeper (2011, Comedy) Kevin James.

The 700 Club (CC) Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Love It or List It, Too Love It or List It, Too Love It or List It, Too Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Bring It! (CC) Bring It! (CC) Bring It! (N) (CC) Preachers’ Daughters Bring It! (CC) Ridic.

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Matrix Revol. ››› The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway. (CC) (DVS) Hawaii Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Big Bang Big Bang Hart of Dixie (CC) TV’s Hottest Two Men Two Men Fam. Guy Fam. Guy

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Today (N) (CC) Paid Prog. Anti-Aging Astroblast Chica Tree Fu LazyTown Poppy Cat Noodle Tiger Tiger Sesame Dinosaur Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You Broadway-Ed Sullivan Dog Criminal Minds Criminal Minds (CC) Married at First Sight (CC) Married at First Sight Ladies of London Ladies of London Ladies of London Ladies of London Ladies of London Key Key ›› Semi-Pro (2008) Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson. (CC) › Good Luck Chuck (2007) (CC) Doc McSt. Tmrrwland Rebels K.C. Jessie Dog ››› Despicable Me (2010) K.C. SportsCenter (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) College GameDay (N) ››› The Mummy (1999) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz. ›› The Mummy Returns (2001) Brendan Fraser.

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Austin I Didn’t Liv-Mad. Dog College Basketball College Basketball Basketball › Big Daddy (1999) Adam Sandler. ››› Hitch (2005) Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James.

The 700 Club (CC) Chopped Chopped Chopped Canada (N) Beat Flay Beat Flay Cutthroat Kitchen Flip or Flip or Fixer Upper (CC) Rehab Rehab Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Movie ›› Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) (CC) ›› Tyler Perry’s the Family That Preys (2008) Broke A$$ Ridic.

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PGA Tour Golf Valspar Championship, Third Round. (N) (CC) News at 6 News Jdg Judy Academic Dateline NBC “While She Was Sleeping” Saturday Night Live News SNL Broadway Rock My Soul (CC) Daniel O’Donnell-Beside Me Victor Borge’s Timeless Lawrence Welk’s TV Treasures (CC) My Yearbook: 1960-1963 50s & 60s Party Songs (My Music) (CC) Justin Married at First Sight Married at First Sight Married at First Sight Married at First Sight Married at First Sight Married at First Sight Married at First Sight Married at First Sight “The Big Decision” Married at First Sight “6 Months Later” Ladies of London Ladies of London Ladies of London Real Housewives Real Housewives Real Housewives Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. ››› Bad Boys (1995) Martin Lawrence. ››› Bad Boys (1995) Chuck › Me, Myself & Irene (2000, Comedy) Jim Carrey. (CC) ›› Couples Retreat (2009) Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman. (CC) ›› Tower Heist (2011) Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy. (CC) Gabriel Iglesias: Fat Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy I Didn’t Mickey ANT Farm ANT Farm Dog Dog Austin Austin Liv-Mad. Liv-Mad. Jessie Jessie Dog ››› Monsters, Inc. (2001) Lab Rats Kirby Austin Dog Liv-Mad. Jessie College Basketball College Basketball Basket College Basketball Basket College Basketball Basket College Basketball Mummy ›› National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007, Action) ››› Independence Day (1996) Will Smith, Bill Pullman. ›› Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ››› The Hunger Games (2012) Jennifer Lawrence.

Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Guy’s Games All-Star Academy Food Fortunes Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners, Drive Best. Ever.

Fixer Upper (CC) Fixer Upper (CC) Fixer Upper (CC) Fixer Upper (CC) Fixer Upper (CC) Fixer Upper (CC) Fixer Upper (CC) Property Brothers Property Brothers House Hunters Reno Hunters Hunt Intl Fatal Honeymoon ›› The Perfect Assistant (2008) (CC) Presumed Dead in Paradise (2014) (CC) Sugar Daddies (2015) Taylor Gildersleeve.

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Father-Part II ›› 17 Again (2009) Zac Efron. (DVS) Friends Friends Friends Friends Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Cougar The Valley of the Kings ›› Bhowani Junction (1956) Ava Gardner. The Princess and the Pirate ››› The Night of the Iguana (1964) Richard Burton. ››› The More the Merrier (1943) (CC) ››› Ride the High Country (1962) (CC) › Biker Boyz (2003) Laurence Fishburne. ›› The Book of Eli (2010) Denzel Washington. ››› Wanted (2008) James McAvoy. Premiere. (CC) ››› The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway. (CC) (DVS) Wanted Ugly ›› White Chicks (2004) Shawn Wayans. › The Back-up Plan (2010) Jennifer Lopez. ›› Enough (2002, Suspense) Jennifer Lopez. Premiere. ›› Safe Haven (2013) Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough. › The Ugly Truth Adven.

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community Public notice THE FOLLOWING STORAGE UNITS WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION BY LOCK-IT-UP, LLC ON OR AFTER 3-31-2015 AT LEONARD’S AUCTION SERVICE 6350 CONSEAR RD OTTAWA LAKE, MI RICHARD LEONARD AUCTIONEER 3316 DUSTIN ROAD OREGON OH 43616 8015/8016 MICHELLE HOFFMAN 2876 PICKLE RD # 347 HOUSEHOLD. 10002 ADAM BASE 2026 GENESSE TOLEDO OH 43605 HOUSEHOLD. 6424 MEMORIAL HWY OTTAWA LAKE MI 49267 30321 JOE POLECCI 6005 SYLVAN GREEN RD SYLVANIA OH 43560 RV. 30418 ROBERTA TOENSING 347 SPENCER ST TOLEDO OH 43609 CAMPER. 30117 STEVEN PRATT 3787 LAKETON TERRACE NORTHWOOD OH 43619 RV. 30238 UNKNOWN MH DISCOVERER DODGE FARGO DESOTO WHITE WITH A GREEN STRIPE. 20215 JOHN POWERS 207 REYNOLDS RD LOT #20 TOLEDO OH 43615 BOAT. 20222 RICKY MILLER 3103 N CHRISTIANA AVE #1 CHICAGO IL 60618 TRAILER. 20129 UNKNOWN WHITE BOAT ON RED TRAILER. 8408 DAVID MATILE 4962BURKEWOOD CT APT #204 SYLVANIA OH 43560 VEHICLE. 8140 RANCE MILLER 5553 HIDDEN PINES TOLEDO OH 43623 VEHICLE. 20137 DARRELL CROSS 7434 CLUB RD SYLVANIA OH 43560 BOAT. 20139 GERALD HELMINSKI 712 WALL ST TOLEDO OH 43615 BOAT. 6345 KEVIN EFF 5747 ROBERTS RD SYLVANIA OH 43560 HOUSEHOLD. 5401 TELEGRAPH TOLEDO OH 43612 5115 & 5208 NANCY WOODS 317 PULASKI RD HOUSEHOLD. 3027 JALEESA WIGGINS 1442 HURON ST HOUSEHOLD. 1017 ROBERT CONNETT 719 MAYFAIR BLVD HOUSEHOLD. 5509 EKELA RIDLEY 1123 NORWOOD AVE HOUSEHOLD. 10740 AIRPORT HIGHWAY SWANTON OH 43558 5005 CHRISTOPHER EATON JR 4361 COUNTY RD D DELTA OH 43515 HOUSEHOLD. 6387 SOUTH AVE TOLEDO OH 43615 7037 DALE MARTIN JR 5731 TIOBON TOLEDO OH 43615 HOUSEHOLD.

7840 SYLVANIA AVE SYLVANIA OH 43560 2213 TINA BINIECKI 7924 WEST CENTRAL # 15 TOLEDO OH 43617 HOUSEHOLD. 1046 SOUTH BYRNE RD TOLEDO OH 43609 3015 SOUTH TOLEDO AREA RECREATION SOCIETY FOOT BALL TEAM EQUIPMENT. 4102 KIMBERLY WOODWARD-SAVAGE 626 NORTH BYRNE HOUSEHOLD. 12400 WILLIAMS RD PERRYSBURG OH 43551 9036 RANCE WILLIAMS 12865 FIVE POINT RD HOUSEHOLD. 1005 ANDREW BEIER 26374 EMERALD LAKES DR HOUSEHOLD. 1082 LOUANN BEIER 2519 BROADWAY ST TOLEDO OH 43609 HOUSEHOLD. 5024 JEFFREY SCHWARTZ 5009 HONORA DR SYLVANIA OH 43560 HOUSEHOLD. 7025 ELLEN WENGEL 136 BACON ST ROSSFORD OH 43460. 4025 BECKY SIZEMORE 12340 ROACHTON RD HOUSEHOLD. 4601 JACKMAN RD TOLEDO OH 43612 1005 LISA GONZALES 4349 BELLEVISTA DR HOUSEHOLD. 1203 TANIA SIELER 3550 EXECUTIVE PARKWAY SUITE 7-267 HOUSEHOLD. 1202 STEPHANIE HENSLEY 4143 COMMONWEALTH AVE HOUSEHOLD. 1094 DARLENE JANCSIL 2005 COOLIDGE PARKWAY #3 HOUSEHOLD. 6005 QUINTIN DEAN HENDERSON 1323 PALMETTO HOUSEHOLD. 3032 AIRPORT HWY TOLEDO OH 43609 1301 MARKINA SCOTT 3458 GABRALTER HIGHTS CC9 HOUSEHOLD. 2006 EDWIN ZYWOCKI 2ND 604 IVY COURT LEXINGTON KY 40505 HOUSEHOLD. 2153 NICKOLE KIRK 208 GIBBONS ST HOUSEHOLD. 2156 CONSTANCE DAVIS 3601 HILL AVE LOT #111 HOUSEHOLD. 2444 EVA HARRIS 616 FOREST AVE HOUSEHOLD. 3107 N RICHARD WITCHER 4060 HERMOSA HOUSEHOLD. 7221 ARLETTA RODGERS P.O. BOX 140481 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.

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

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1. Washington Local high school 6. Indian cuisine on South Reynolds Road 11. “The Greatest” 12. Restroom 13. Largest country in South America 15. Italian cuisine on North Superior Street 17. Mexican cuisine on South Wheeling Street 20. Ages and ages and…

21. ---- Lanka 23. Rocky peak 25. “Shameless” network 27. Billboards and such 30. Chinese cuisine on Airport Highway 31. “Uh-huh” 32. PBS documentary series 33. Period 34. Lipton product 35. Pinnacle 37. Thai cuisine on Woodville Road 41. Middle Eastern cuisine on Talmadge Road 44. Not alfresco

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16. Acting without a script 17. Full of gossip 18. Some undergarments 19. Plumpish 22. ---- Dawn Chong 23. Laid-back sort 24. “---- y plata” (Montana’s motto) 25. “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” singer 26. Rival of 25-Across 27. TV actors union 28. Billy ---- Williams 29. Past fresh 35. Express gratitude 36. Purchase at Craig’s on West Sylvania Avenue 38. Martial arts expert 39. Moore of “The Real Housewives” franchise 40. Progressive pitchwoman 42. Myrna of vintage Hollywood 43. Scooby-(----) 44. ’50s President 45. La la lead-in 46. Sprinted 48. “Quiet, please”

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THE OCEAN Corp. 10840 Rockley Road, Houston, Texas 77099. Train for a New Career. *Underwater Welder. Commercial Diver. *NDT/Weld Inspector. Job Placement Assistance. Financial Aid available for those who qualify. 1-800-321-0298.

A+ Self Storage at 1324 W. Alexis Toledo, OH 43612 will offer for public sale at 3:30PM on March 25, 2015 the following units: Unit 303, Frederick D Victorian III 1112 Bronson Ave. Apt #B Toledo, Ohio 43608: Sofa, Headboard, Chest of Drawers; Unit 719, Pete McMullen 302 N. Brrne Rd. Toledo, OH 43607: Boxes, Dining Room Table, Tools; Unit 1120, Isiah Hutchinson 13814 Coit RD Cleveland, OHio 44108: Refrigerator, Bags, Dining Room Chairs; Unit 1211, Darla M Turner 4630 South Park Lane Toledo, Oh 43614: Fan, End Table, Sofa; Unit 1512, Kathy Brazzill 6017 Rambo LN Toledo, OH 43623: Stove, Trampoline, Toys; Unit 1714, Robert Compton 1233 Cribb St #203 Toledo, OHIO 43612: Storage Tubs, Microwave, Crates; Unit 1916, Sherri DeVaughn Ottawa Lake, Mi 49267: TV, Boxes, Chest of Drawers;; Cash and Removal. Call ahead to confirm: 419-476-1400

Public notice THE FOLLOWING STORAGE UNITS WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION BY LOCK-IT-UP, LLC ON OR AFTER 3-24-2015 AT LEONARD’S AUCTION SERVICE 6350 CONSEAR RD OTTAWA LAKE, MI RICHARD LEONARD AUCTIONEER 3316 DUSTIN ROAD OREGON OH 43616 4022 JANET STRUNK 1122 NEVADA ST TOLEDO OH 43605 HOUSEHOLD. 6424 MEMORIAL HWY OTTAWA LAKE MI 49267 6342 CHRISTOPHER DICK 702 PROUTY AVE TOLEDO OH 43609 HOUSEHOLD. 5401 TELEGRAPH TOLEDO OH 43612 2301 ROGER NOE 832 SOUTHOVER HOUSEHOLD. 27533 HELEN DRIVE PERRYSBURG OH 43551 4210 JOHN SHEARMAN P.O. BOX 8597 TOLEDO OH 43623 HOUSEHOLD. 10740 AIRPORT HIGHWAY SWANTON OH 43558 5021 JEFFERY URBAN 2170 SOUTH BERKEY SOUTHERN HOUSEHOLD. 12400 WILLIAMS RD PERRYSBURG OH 43551 4203 JESSICA SHIFFLER 23034 FOSTORIA RD WOODVILLE OH 43469 HOUSEHOLD. 8709 RICHARD MCCUNE 1511 ELM ST TOLEDO OH 43608 HOUSEHOLD. 802 SOUTH REYNOLDS TOLEDO OH 43615 7028 FLORENCE EDWARDS 4824 TOWNSEND DR HOUSEHOLD. 10102 CALVIN BROWN 2403 CHEYENNE BLVD APT 133 HOUSEHOLD. 10124 MAURICE PARKER 1844 FREEMAN HOUSEHOLD. 3406 DORTHY THOMAS 3304 DARLINGTON HOUSEHOLD. 3032 AIRPORT HWY TOLEDO OH 43609 5311 JEFFREY BARNES 11441 CHAR ANN DR APT A – 3 FORT MYERS FL 33908 HOUSEHOLD. 5301 THOMAS BARNES 30600 NORRIS RD TIPPIE CANOE OH 44699 HOUSEHOLD. 5203 CYTHIA WARNER 1432 GATEWAY DR HOUSEHOLD. 5201 JAMES HINSON 43 EASTERN AVE HOUSEHOLD. 4203 DOMINGO CASTRO JR 127 LAKE SHORE AVE HOUSEHOLD. 2420 SHATERIA BROWN P.O. BOX 70525 HOUSEHOLD. 1204 CHARLES OVERTON 241 16TH ST APT 203 HOUSEHOLD. 2001 KANISHA NEAL 548 COLBURN HOUSEHOLD. 1102 ERIE MOSLEY 419 NORTH ST CLAIR 412 HOUSEHOLD. 8136 LARRY WORMELY 1522 NEBRASKA HOUSEHOLD. 7131 PRECIOUS JOHNSON 1615 PALMWOOD HOUSEHOLD. 4601 JACKMAN RD TOLEDO OH 43612 4223 FREDDIE LOYD JR 2611 CHESTNUT ST HOUSEHOLD. 1103 CHRISTOPHER SAVAGE 18 SOUTHARD APT 204 HOUSEHOLD. 5406 BRENNAN DEAN JOHNSON 324 ROCKINGHAM ST HOUSEHOLD.

Wanted WANTS TO purchase minerals and other oil & gas interests. Send details P.O. Box 13557, Denver, Co 80201

Housing Choice Voucher Program – Project Based Vouchers RFP#15-R007 Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority (LMHA) will receive proposals for Housing Choice Voucher Program - Project Based Vouchers. Received in accordance with law until Fri., Mar. 27 2015, 3 PM ET. For Documents: www.lucasmha.org, 435 Nebraska Ave., Toledo, OH 43604 or 419-259-9446 (TRS: Dial 711).

Proposers required to meet Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity requirements as described in Executive Order #11246. Sec. 3 Compliance Applicable.

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What happens when your tax refund runs out?

JOB-UP to the next level with iSTAR and earn the credentials to qualify for many of today’s Help Wanteds.

Manufacturers are looking for certified automation technicians to keep their equipment running.

Do you have what it takes? Go to istarohio.com to sign up for a confidential interview to see if you qualify for FREE TRAINING that will prepare you for a job in one of the fastest growing job areas in northwest Ohio. Go to istarohio.com or call 419.267.1365 TODAY and learn how you can JOB-UP to find your pot-of-gold. Classes are available in Archbold and Toledo.

ROAD / UTILITY WORKER Sylvania Township is accepting applications for the position of full-time Utility Worker in the Road Department. A list of qualifications and detailed information is available at the following link www.sylvaniatownship.com Sylvania Township is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals who meet the requirements may send a résumé or complete an application in person at: Sylvania Township 4927 Holland Sylvania Road Sylvania, OH 43560 Attn: Human Resources

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Seasonal Manufacturing

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Local company in the Toledo, OH area is seeking hardworking, self-motivated team players to work in our manufacturing plant. 1st and 2nd shift openings. Starting pay is $9/hr. Requirements include work safely, ability to repetitively lift, push, and/or move 50 pounds. Must have GED, reliable transportation, pass math test, drug screen and background check. Please reference “Seasonal Manufacturing” and respond with an updated résumé to: Productionpilot@yahoo.com

March 8, 2015

CARLSON’S CRITTERS

A home for Rico

Looking for someone to bring you some early spring cheer? Meet adorable 8-month-old Rico. This sweet male Chihuahua and rat terrier mix is looking for a special family who will love and adore his shy personality. Rico is still trying to gain some confidence, so he would do best in a home free of children where he can learn more about how to trust humans. Rico is sweet, affectionate and charming — everything you would want in a pup. He is just looking for a family who will help mold him into the best adult dog that he can be. Rico is neutered, up to date on his vaccinations and is microchipped.

Toledo Area Humane Society

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Rico is located at 1920 Indian Wood Circle, Arrowhead Park, Maumee.

Adoption hours are noon to 7 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Call (419) 891-0705 or visit www. toledoareahumanesociety.org. O

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF TOLEDO FIvE-YEAr 2015-2020 CONSOLIDATED PLAN To all interested agencies, groups, and persons: The City of Toledo is seeking comments on the Draft Five-Year 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan, which includes the 2015-2016 One-Year Action Plan and the Analysis of Impediments. The FiveYear Consolidated Plan will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on or before May 15, 2015. The Consolidated Plan will be the basis over a five-year period for the allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds within the City of Toledo. These federal funds are entitlement dollars allocated to the City of Toledo, Department of Neighborhoods through HUD for neighborhood development and activities that benefit low- and moderate-income citizens.

The Consolidated Plan and the One-Year Action Plan include a description of the federal funds anticipated to be received; other resources expected to be available within the City of Toledo for the 2015-2020 program years; and a description of the goals expected to be undertaken to meet the priority needs of the community as identified in the Consolidated Plan Citizens Participation Process.

The Analysis of Impediments is a comprehensive review of barriers in the community that inhibit consumers from acquiring the housing of their choice and results in the development and implementation of a Five-Year 2015-2020 Fair Housing Plan.

The Draft Five-Year 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan, including the One-Year 2015–2016 Action Plan and the Analysis of Impediments, is available for review beginning March 20, 2015 at the following locations: 1) Department of Neighborhoods One Government Center, 18th Floor Downtown Toledo, Jackson & Erie Streets 2) Office of the Mayor One Government Center, 22nd Floor Downtown Toledo, Jackson & Erie Streets 3) Clerk of Council One Government Center, 21st Floor Downtown Toledo, Jackson & Erie Streets 4) The Fair Housing Center 432 N. Superior Street Toledo, Ohio

5) Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority 435 Nebraska Avenue Toledo, Ohio 6) Toledo Lucas County Homelessness Board 1946 N. 13th Street, Suite 437 Toledo, Ohio 7) All Toledo branches of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (Refer to local telephone directory or toledolibrary.org for locations) 8) Dept. of Neighborhoods website: http://toledo.oh.gov/neighborhoods

Two public hearings on the Draft Five-Year 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan, including the 20152016 One-Year Action Plan and Analysis of Impediments, are scheduled as follows: Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

McMaster Center, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library - Main Branch (325 Michigan Street, Toledo, OH 43604) Monday, April 6, 2015, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

McMaster Center, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library - Main Branch (325 Michigan Street, Toledo, OH 43604) The City of Toledo will also receive comments from the public in writing at the following address:

Call 419.241.1700, Ext 230 to place a Classified Ad!

CITY OF TOLEDO DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS ONE GOVERNMENT CENTER, SUITE 1800 TOLEDO, OHIO 43604 ATTN: FIVE-YEAR 2015-2020 CONSOLIDATED PLAN For reasonable accommodations or additional information, please contact Milva Valenzuela Wagner, Administrative Analyst IV, Department of Neighborhoods at (419) 245-1400.

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We’re hosting the longest St. Paddy’s pre-game celebration in Toledo history featuring local craft & specialty beers.

MARCH 13 ★ 9PM Collision Six DJ Rob Sample

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MARCH 16–20 ★ 11AM–11PM

Enjoy game-day snacks like Corn Nuggets with Cheese, Reverse Jalapeño Poppers, Meatball Subs & much more!

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