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LIGHTING THE FUSE

Publisher’s statement

Five and counting The Telethon for Toledo

oledo Free Press published its first issue March 16, 2005. Since that time, we have seen the city stumble over challenges, leap over obstacles and tentatively land on its feet under some of the toughest economic times imaginable. And yet, in this slow market, in this supposedly dying industry, here we stand — not lighting cigars with $20 bills, mind you — but standing, celebrating five years with the launch of a second day of publication with the March 10 debut of the entertainmentThomas F. Pounds focused Toledo Free Press Star. Thank you. Thank you to readers. Thank you to advertisers. Thank you to our staff of sales, editorial, delivery and administrative personnel who treat their jobs more like missions. Thank you as well to those who oppose us and attempt to hinder our progress; your contributions to what you believe to be our “very risky” determination has been immeasurable as we have grown to become the county’s largest-circulation Sunday newspaper and the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists’ “best weekly newspaper in Ohio” in our circulation class. In May, we plan to host a public party to benefit a local charity and celebrate the beginning of our Toledo tradition. I’d like to mark this occasion with a simple inventory of numbers, milestones, trivia and accomplishments. n Number of published issues (including this one): 257. n Number of pages designed: 12,136. n Most appearances on the cover: Ben Konop (8), Carty Finkbeiner (4), Mike Bell (4). n Number of estimated published ads: 24,000 n Number of bands interviewed by Vicki L. Kroll: 270. n Number of columns by Michael S. Miller: 260 n Estimated number of Miller columns about his kids: 35 n Estimated number of Miller columns mentioning Carty Finkbeiner and/or The Blade: 65 Number of letters received from Blade lawyers: Four. We’re looking forward to adding to and boosting those numbers as we join you in working on making Toledo a better place to live, work and raise a family. Well, most of those numbers, anyway. Thomas Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. E-mail him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

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ADE IN: Graphic of the Toledo skyline, sans the United Brennan, Lyfe Jennings, Steve Mix, Marcy Kaptur, John Way building; big band orchestra led by Johnny Knorr Amaechi, P.J. O’Rourke, Arthur Hills, Chuck Ealey, Devin Vargas and Jim Jackson awkwardly staring at silent phones. playing “Strong for Toledo.” The phone in front of Marcy Kaptur begins to ring. And TITLE WORDS: “2010 Telethon for Toledo!” ANNOUNCER (Jerry Anderson): “Ladies and gen- ring. And ring. And ring. KAPTUR: Clears her throat. tlemen, please welcome the star of ‘M*A*S*H’, FARR: “Marcy, are you gonna get that?” ‘Blackboard Jungle,’ ‘M*A*S*H,’ ‘Cannonball KAPTUR: Clears her throat. Run II,’ ‘After M*A*S*H’ and, er, ‘M*A*S*H’ Phone stops ringing. … our host for this evening, Toledo’s own CAMERA CUTS TO: Brian Wilson and Jamie Farr!” Fred LeFebvre standing by the phones, scisCUT TO: Jamie Farr in black tie and sors in hands, trying to cut telephone lines. cocktail dress. WILSON: “If Toledo is going to be saved, JAMIE FARR: “Hey, Toledo! Welcome to it’s not going to be with more public money!” the 2010 Telethon for Toledo! As you know, FARR: “OK, Toledo, we’re going to keep the Glass City has sprung some leaks and we are more the $48 million in the hole. That’s Michael S. miller the entertainment coming while you dig deep. If I understand my producer, we have a lot of Packo’s dogs! (rim shot) Tonight, we are going to bring you the best in Toledo entertainment, Toledo, Spain, via satellite; one of our sister cities is looking live remotes from our sister cities and ask you the viewer to to lend a hand when times are tough. Hello, Toledo?” TV SCREEN: Shows test screen color bars. chip in and help us balance the budget. To donate, call (555) FARR: “Looks like a technical difficulty. Toledo Spain, SAV-FROG. Let’s get right to the show with a satellite feed from Hollywood, California, and Toledo’s own ‘American we’ll come back to you. Moving along, please offer a warm welcome to two of Toledo’s most accomplished lil’ gals, Idol,’ Crystal Bowersox.” CUT TO: “American Idol” stage, close-up of Bowersox Anita Baker and Gloria Steinem!” GLORIA STEINEM: Glares at Farr. under blue spotlight, sitting on a tall stool with her guitar. ANITA BAKER: “Jamie, thank you so much. We’re BOWERSOX: “I’d like to sing these thoughts to the tune going to perform this song to Helen Reddy’s ‘I Am Woman.’ of “Allentown” by Billy Joel: “I’m Toledo, hear me roar Well, we’re living here in Toledo Our city’s coffer’s drained and poor And we’re feeling like we live on skid row And we know too much to go back and pretend Out on Monroe Street they’re killing time ‘Cause we’ve heard it all before Filling out forms, standing in line From on the Twenty-second floor Well, our fathers worked for Jeep at the wheel No one’s ever gonna keep us down again Spent their weekends down at Fifth Third Field Oh yes, we are wise Met our mothers down at Tony P.’s, But it’s wisdom born of pain Bought them a dog Yes, we’ve paid the price (no onions, please) But look how much they gained And we’re living here in Toledo If we have to we can do anything But the self-hatred was handed down We are strong” And it’s getting very hard to stay-ay-ay-ay.” STEINEM: (“Strong”) FARR: “Thank you, Crystal, and good luck on ‘Idol!’ BAKER: “We are invincible” whatever that is. Now, let’s go to the big board and see how STEINEM: (“Invincible”) much we’ve raised! Please welcome our beautiful co-host, BAKER: “We’re Toledo” Toledo’s own Katie Holmes!” FARR: “Thanks, girls! Let’s go back to the big board and see KATIE HOLMES: smiles. Holmes makes sweeping gesture at the board, which how much money has come in at (555) SAV-FROG. Katie?” HOLMES: smiles. reveals “$17.” CUT TO BOARD: Numbers flip to $188. FARR: “C’mon, Toledo, we need you to work those FARR: “That’s the same amount as Katie’s last film’s phones! When I was filming ‘Cannon Ball Run II’ with my close personal friend and Hollywood superstar Burt Reyn- opening weekend! Now, we have a special film clip to inolds, he said to me, ‘How many times do I have to tell you, I spire you to give and help save Toledo, T-Town, the Glass don’t like ice in my Scotch!’ That’s the kind of can-do spirit City, Frog Town. Watch as a film crew follows Block Comwe need to show tonight! Speaking of stars, let’s look at the munications owners Allan and John Block as they tour some of Toledo’s hardest-hit neighborhoods. celebrities on our phone bank.” CAMERA PANS TO SHOW: Jim Leyland, Christine n TELETHON CONTINUES ON A4 Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

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SHREDDING THE CURTAIN

A series of unfortunate events

he City of Toledo has spent Bruce, who at that time was a city $12.5 million on enterprise commissioner responsible for the resource planning (ERP) soft- SAP project, was asked by Counware from SAP. It is the long-awaited cilman Tom Waniewski about the system that will give the city real-time status of ERP. Bruce said, “We are currently budget data. Neither the Jan. 1 nor the looking at a go live for the system, March 1 “go live” dates took place. On March 3 at Toledo City Coun- bringing the system up, March 1, then we will have to cil’s H.R., I.T. & Finance bring in the transacCommittee meeting, it tions that we are runwas revealed that the ning in January and system will not go live February from the Ross until perhaps May. The system. We will load accusation was made those in and we will recby Deputy Mayor Steve oncile between the Ross Herwat that the prior system and SAP and administration forced then we expect to turn staff into misleading Council about when the Lisa Renee WARD the system on for the users March 15.” system would go live. Herwat was at that agenda review During the committee meeting, Councilman D. Michael Collins and he was also present at the Jan. questioned the changes in the go live 21 H.R., I.T. & Finance Committee dates and said, “I asked the ques- meeting when Bruce went through a tion in August of 2009, ‘Is Jan. 1 a detailed schedule of the process and real date?’ and I was told ‘Yes, we are again said, “Then finally on March going to move heaven and Earth’ was 15 we are going to turn the system the exact quote, in order to get there. on for the users. We will have everyWell, apparently heaven and Earth thing up to speed ... ” March 3, after Collins said staff are still in the same locations.” Herwat said, “I would say I first responsible for giving misinformagot involved back in November, tion should no longer be with the when I was the transition director city, Herwat said, “The first week for the mayor, that was my first op- that Mayor Bell was in office, I conportunity to meet with the city’s in- vened the team members of the city ternal SAP team and I sensed a train- working on the SAP project and I asked some hard questions ... It took wreck back then.” Later Herwat said, “My humble awhile for the staff to open up to me, opinion is this council was given that gave me one simple message, misinformation by the previous they were afraid to tell the truth to administration, as of the status of the previous administration, for the that program, we have delved into it repercussions associated with it. “At that point in time I had to deeply since then ... this is yet another unfortunate experience this make an assessment, did we have the right people on the team, now, and administration inherited.” Collins wanted to know why the without interference or fear from the people who were responsible for the 22nd floor could they move forward problems were still involved with and pull this system together? My assessment was yes then, my assessthe project. Herwat said, “The primary contact ment is yes today. I stand behind the person who was involved with this is individuals we still have working on no longer with the city; the person this project. Again, I hate to sound like a broken record, the Bell adminwho was ultimately responsible.” istration did not create this problem, Collins said, “Who was that?” Herwat said, “There were two but we will fix this problem.” Herwat was present, more than people, I would say Theresa Gabriel once, as deputy mayor when Bruce and John Sherburne.” Collins said he disagreed with led council to believe the system Gabriel and Sherburne being the would go live for all users on ones responsible for giving council March 15. It is not accurate for him to claim information. I remembered more than one in- the Bell administration was part of cident of members of council being the misinformation in what has betold that the go live date would be come a series of delays. March 1, after the Bell administration took office. I went back to the Toledo Free Press contributor Lisa Renee Ward operates the political blog audio files to confirm this. Jan. 12 at agenda review, Kerry Glass City Jungle.

n TELETHON CONTINUED FROM A3 CUT TO: Slow, heartbreaking string music played over film of long black limousine speeding through rough neighborhoods, its tinted windows rolled up, speeding through stop signs and screeching around corners. Camera tracks limo rolling into the Toledo Club parking lot. A group of young tough-looking kids approach camera crew, yelling at them to drop the camera. Image goes sideways and then upside down as camera hits the ground to reveal cameraman Jon Stainbrook and sound boom operator Ben Konop running, being chased by kids. FARR: “OK. Well. Huh. Folks, we really need you to give to help Toledo keep providing the services you love: police, firefighters, garbage pickup, all the quality-of-life services you expect from a real city. Let’s check the big board. Katie?” HOLMES: smiles. CUT TO BOARD: Numbers flip to $18. FARR: $18? How can that be? We were nearly at $200. CAMERA CUTS: to Carty Finkbeiner standing by the phones, hands clasped, whistling: “Jamie, I’ve put it toward next year’s telethon.” FARR: “Ah … that’s our Carty! Anyway, here’s our next act, the Toledo City Council Clown Corps., juggling and unicycle circus!” CUT TO: Members of city council in clown makeup, running into each other, falling down, throwing pies at each other, making Three Stooges sounds. This continues for several minutes. FARR: “Spectacular! What an act! Thanks for bringing this to our show!” CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILMA BROWN: “Jamie, can you let us know when the telethon starts? We’re just finishing up some last-minute council business here.” FARR: “Ohhh-kay. Let’s keep the entertainment going with our all-star jam band: Tom Scholz from Boston, Scott Shriner from Weezer and Gary Louris from the Jayhawks, with special guest vocalist Ramona Collins!” RAMONA COLLINS: “Thank you, Jamie. Here’s a new twist on a Bruce Springsteen favorite, ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ Born dressed in a Jeep ball cap The first vote I cast was for a union chap

End up with two kids and a minivan As you send half your pay to the damn taxman, now Born in the 419, I was, born in the 419 I was, born in the 419, Born in the 419 Down by the river and the steam plant shut Out by the closed malls and the brownfield glut I’m 10 years livin’ in close range Still vote the same, see no reason to change Born in the 419, I was, born in the 419 I was, born in the 419, Born in the 419” FARR: “Thanks, folks. Katie, what’s on the board?” HOLMES: smiles. CUT TO BOARD: Numbers flip to minus $48 million. FARR: “For crying out loud! How’d we get in the hole? What? The unions charged us for all their time? I thought they were going to kick in? No? Even I’m getting tired of this (sighs). Here’s our last guest, Toledo Mayor Mike Bell.” MIKE BELL: “Thanks, Jamie. The city greatly appreciates what you are doing here today. As you know, we all have to pitch in.” FARR: “My pleasure, Mayor Bell. But we haven’t exactly dented the budget.” BELL: “Well, we were always going to raise taxes anyway, because, we all have to pitch in. It would have been nice for the good folks to call in their funds, because we all have to pitch in, but through fees, cuts or taxes, we’ll get what we need. As you know, we all have to pitch in. And besides (smiling at Holmes), the night wasn’t a total loss.” HOLMES: smiles. FARR: “Well folks, that’s our 2010 Telethon for Toledo. We appreciate the help of all our guest performers and contributors. Let’s take one more look at the big board, shall we, Mayor Bell? Katie?” CUT TO BOARD: Holmes is not there. FARR: “Katie? Katie? Hey, where’d Mayor Bell go?” BACKGROUND: Sound of motorcycle taking off. HOLMES, wind blowing back her hair: smiles. Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. E-mail him at mmiller@ toledofreepress.com.

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New board name reflects dedication to developmental disabilities work retardation and developmental disabilities to boards of developmental disabilities. Despite changes in laws to protect people with disabilities, the “R” word is a constant reminder of the many negative stereotypes that mask the true talents and capabilities of persons with disabilities. “Retard” has become too commonplace. Young and old people alike use the word, and although many people may not understand its hateful impact, their intentions do not lesson its pain. Most people don’t think of the word “retard” as the language of hate, but that’s exactly what it feels like to millions of people with intellectual disabilities, their families and friends. I choose to believe that most of us are fundamentally good and that we’re just not aware that the word is offensive and that it hurts. So, we are now the Board of Developmental Disabilities. This new name along with our efforts to help individuals become integrated into the community does pose a few challenges. For one, our name. For more than 40 years people have known us under the handle “mental retardation.” And that has always been important to us during a levy campaign because people know and understand the terminology. Less emphasis on the bricks and mortar aspect and the emphasis on community integration mean less identification for us, but, we are still in the picture, just not as visible.

We want to continually enhance the positive perceptions of people with developmental disabilities. That individuals with a developmental disability — be it mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome, spina bifada, or epilepsy — still have hopes, dreams and desires, just like us. So therein lies the theme for March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month — “Just Like You.” Our goal is to increase the public’s awareness and understanding of people who have mental retardation and other developmental disabilities so that these citizens will have increased access in our community to employment, education, housing and social opportunities. It is, after all, often attitudinal barriers that affect everyday life for these individuals. In addressing those barriers, fears and negative attitudes can be replaced with awareness and understanding. I suspect that if Mrs. Lott were alive today she would be impressed with the incredible achievements of people with developmental disabilities. But her work is not done. My challenge to each reader is to identify one way that you personally could shape this community to be a little more accessible, understanding, accommodating and inclusive of people with disabilities. Small efforts can have an enormous benefit. John J. Trunk is superintendent of the Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

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et’s go back to 1938. A woman moves to To- Lott Industries as its employment affiliate — has ledo and is shocked that there are no edu- for more than 40 years provided early childhood cational classes for children with develop- intervention services, supports to school-aged mental disabilities including cerebral palsy, Down children and their families, vocational training, transportation and case management for thousyndrome, and mental retardation. So Josina Lott starts classes in her Old West sands of individuals. We have enjoyed incredible support End apartment dining room. She from Lucas County residents, having argues there are “no uneducable lost only one levy in all those years. children.” The last levy, in 2008, was approved by This was the beginning of what a margin of better than 2-to-1. would become the Lott Day School. And in exchange for this support, Those early efforts by Mrs. Lott the board of trustees has pledged in united parents and Toledo became its most recent annual action plan to one of the hotbeds for a parent provide only the best in services and movement that led to the passage of John TRUNK supports, improved quality of life for state law in the late 1960s creating persons with developmental disabilities and boards of mental retardation. In the early 1950s children who had been trustworthy stewardship of public dollars. Have the services and supports provided with Mrs. Lott were now in their teens and wanted to work. So, Mrs. Lott tried an experi- by county boards of developmental disabilities ment one summer. Young adults with develop- made any difference? Once shut away in large institutions, indimental disabilities were gainfully employed. That was the beginning of Lott Industries. viduals with developmental disabilities are now Lott Industries is now a not-for-profit corpora- working in community settings, living in their tion employing more than 900 individuals with own homes and apartments in non-segregated developmental disabilities with a multimillion settings, worshipping where they choose, particidollar payroll, close to 300,000 square feet of pating in leisure activities in noninstitutional settings and finding their voices as self-advocates. production space, and hundreds of customers. For example, heeding the voices of self-adThe Lucas County Board of Mental Retardation, later the Lucas County Board of Mental Re- vocates, the Ohio legislature recently — unanitardation and Developmental Disabilities — with mously — changed the name of boards of mental

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The Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commission voted 3-to-2 on March 11 to approve the demolition of the United Way of Greater Toledo building. “We’re please the commission voted in favor of our demolition request,” said Bill Kitson, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Toledo. A 10-day waiting period is required before any demolition can commence. United Way has a demolition company, D & R Demolition, waiting to knock down the building.

CITY OF TOLEDO

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When Mike Bell took the oath of office on Jan. 4 to become Toledo’s mayor, he inherited a city under severe financial distress. Since he first set foot on the 22nd floor of One Government Center, Bell and his team have worked to find ways to close the gap on the city’s $48 million BELL deficit. He and his administration’s efforts to balance the city’s budget culminated in the form of the mayor’s budget proposal, which was presented to Toledo City Council NAPOLI on March 1. One of the items included in the proposal was a tax on entertainment and sporting event tickets, and that has several of the city’s entertainment venues upset. “When you consider the fact that ticket sales are down across the board during this recession, raising the price of tickets in this environment is a huge mistake,” said Joe Napoli, president and general manager of the Toledo Mud Hens and Toledo Walleye. The legislation for the proposed tax was sent to council March 5. The bill states that an 8 percent tax should be applied to all admission tickets within the city’s limits. Venues affected by the proposed tax include “indoor and outdoor theaters, cinemas, dance halls, amphitheaters, auditoriums, stadiums, athletic pavilions and fields, baseball and athletic parks, circuses, side shows, swimming pools, outdoor amusement parks and observation towers, race tracks, zoos, science centers, museums and all other similar places,” according to the legislation. The mayor’s office estimates that the tax would bring $1 million in revenue for the city.

“I think all of us were taken by surprise,” said Ashley Mirakian, director of marketing and public relations for the Toledo Symphony. “We all can appreciate the situation Mayor Bell is in, but anything that would further raise the ticket prices would hurt our attendance, which is already down.”

Entertainment consortium

Many of the entertainment venues have banded to fight the proposed entertainment tax; those efforts have been spearheaded by Napoli and Toledo Arena Sports Inc., parent company to the Walleye and the Mud Hens. “Joe Napoli and his group have really led the way on this,” Mirakian said. “They have been great about reaching out to all the members who might be affected by this, and it has been really good for us to talk to each other and get on the same page.” Napoli said that after meeting with the entertainment institutions in the City of Toledo, the consortium came up with a rough figure that 350,000 fewer tickets were sold during 2009. “That to me is a clear indication that the recession has definitely affected our businesses,” Napoli said. Napoli said the damage is not limited to ticket sales. “When you consider that drop in attendance, it also means that there is a drop in other areas as well,” he said. “For us that means a drop in concessions and a drop in souvenir sales, and it has a ripple effect all across the board.” Toledo Arena Sports Inc. is not the only organization affected by the recession. All of the entertainment institutions in town have felt that sting of economic hardship in the past year. Ward Whiting, the executive director of the Stranahan Theater, said the theater has not been immune to a down economy. “Over the past year to year and a half, we have seen a 15 percent decrease in our ticket sales,” Whiting said. “We have also seen a 10 percent decrease in the number of shows that have decided to book a show at Stranahan due to the economy.”

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Mayor, entertainment industry clash over proposed tax

Signage at Fifth Third Field and the Lucas COunty Arena urge Toledoans to protest the proposed tax.

Anne Baker, CEO of the Toledo Zoo, said the zoo was also affected. She said the number of visitors who took advantage of the zoo’s free days increased dramatically last summer. “People are looking for deals right now, and they are looking for anyway to save a penny in these times,” Baker said. “Adding a tax on to that would just discourage patrons more.”

Debating the tax

Most of the entertainment venues around Toledo have said that such a tax would further decrease ticket sales and have a negative impact on the local economy. “This tax is just going to make the matters we face worse,” Napoli said. Toledo Arena Sport Inc. has used the Web sites for the Mud Hens and the Walleye, and its video boards at both Fifth Third Field and the Lucas County Arena, to encourage supporters to voice their displeasure

with the entertainment tax. The company has rebranded the tax as a “Family Ticket Tax.” Napoli said the rebranding is an accurate portrayal of who the proposed tax would affect. “Eighty-three percent of the people who would be taxed would be families, since they represent the majority of attendants to the sporting and entertainment events,” he said.

Mayor disagrees

“We feel that it is definitely an inaccurate representation of the tax,” said Jen Sorgenfrei, the public information officer for the mayor. “We know Toledo Arena Sports Inc. has to protect their interests, but we are trying to protect the overall community by providing police, fire and other necessary services to the citizens of Toledo.” Mayor Bell said he understands that while not all of his ideas are going

to be popular, they all are going to help fund basic protection that the city provides to its citizens. “If we have to make severe cuts that will affect our safety forces and that will affect these entertainment venues as well,” he said. “I have said since day one that we have to figure out what is best for the entire city and not what is best for the smaller groups around town.” According to the state of Ohio, it is estimated that admission tax collections totaled $24.4 million in calendar year 2007. A total of 66 Ohio municipalities (50 cities and 16 villages) levied the tax. Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop said he disagreed with the tax proposal, citing a tax would defeat the purpose of Fifth Third Field and the Lucas County arena, which are both owned and operated by Lucas County. n TAX CONTINUES ON A7

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March 14, 2010 n TAX CONTINUED FROM A6 “The whole reason these venues were built is so that families could afford to go to shows and games at both facilities,” Konop said. “There are better ways to close the gap on this deficit without passing it on to the backs of taxpayers who want to enjoy a baseball game or a hockey game.” Many entertainment venues believe the tax would drive business away from Downtown, which they feel is the antithesis of what the city should be trying to accomplish. “This puts one more obstacle in our way to attract people to Downtown Toledo,” said Steve Miller, SMG general manager of the Lucas County Arena and the SeaGate Convention Centre. “The point is to bring money Downtown; a tax does not help.” Napoli agreed. “If people do not attend a game then that means that they aren’t eating at the restaurants, shopping at the art galleries, or having a drink at the bars before or after games,” he said. “This would be unfair to all of those businesses who have invested in Downtown Toledo if this tax would go into effect.” Entertainment officials also accused the mayor of not conferring with the institutions prior to the introduction of the tax proposal. “We found out about this through

the media,” Napoli said. “I think in the effort to solve this budget crisis, they threw an idea out there without speaking to the people who would be directly affected by this tax.” Miller had similar feelings. “We never were contacted directly by the mayor’s office,” Miller said. “We had to reach out and make that initial contact. Unfortunately we were never given the opportunity to voice our opinion prior to this proposal being introduced.” Bell said that while the situation could have been handled differently, there was plenty of opportunity for the entertainment industry representatives to voice their concerns. “I would have loved to have gone out and talked to everyone about this, but I didn’t have that kind of time to speak with everybody who would be impacted,” Bell said. “We have been discussing these issues at several different meetings, and all have been open to the public. So we feel we have been as transparent as we can be, considering the time restraints that the budget needs to be balanced by March 31.”

A compromise?

Since the mayor’s office and the entertainment industry cannot see eye to eye on the proposed entertainment tax, the question is whether some form of compromise can be reached.

Initial reception to such an idea has seemed frosty. “I don’t think a compromise is possible right now,” Miller said. “It may be too early to tell, but I think we are all doing a good job of bringing people to Downtown Toledo to spend money. Any tax, no matter the percentage would be an obstacle to achieving that goal.” Baker said a tax would lead people to choose venues that would not be affected by the tax. “I think all this tax would do is drive people to spend their money outside of the city limits,” she said. “There are zoos, movie theaters and arenas that are around here that are not going to be affected by this tax. Why would they patron Toledo venues where they have to pay more?” Mirakian said any tax would cause music lovers to boycott the symphony. “We are so reticent to raise prices period, and in fact we lowered our ticket prices last year to entice people to attend the concerts,” she said. “There are plenty of people who would stop coming to the shows if any tax were to go in to place.” Napoli said such a tax would deepen the deficits of all the entertainment organizations. “Every organization has said they have had to cut wages, cut hours, or lessen the amount given to 401(k) pro-

Visit www.toledofreepress.com grams,” he said. “Many of the organizations have said that if they have to absorb this tax they do not know where that extra money is going to come from.” Bell said he is willing to compromise, but with the understanding that it might mean the loss of jobs at the police and fire departments. “We can compromise, but that means it starts to affect staffing numbers,” Bell said. “There is no easy solution to fix this. No matter what I do, someone somewhere is going to be affected.”

Legal action

The latest in this saga occurred March 9 when Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken cautioned Toledo City Council that if the entertainment tax were to go into effect, the county would file a temporary restraining order against the city. Gerken said the county would cite a decision from a 1965 Ohio Supreme Court Case that ruled against Lake County. The case dealt with Lake County’s desire to place a 3 percent tax on greens fees on a golf course that was in the county limits but owned by the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District. Bell’s administration said this statute does not apply in this case. “I think Adam Loukx, our city law director, put it best,” Jen Sorgen-

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frei said. “The case the prosecutor is citing is dealing with entities that have political jurisdiction. The Mud Hens and the Walleye are not entities with political jurisdictions.” Konop does not share a similar view on any litigation against the city. He feels that any court proceedings would be a waste of resources for both the city and the county. “I just feel that is wasting tax dollars,” he said. “The whole region is in dire financial straits and this is just spending money that could be spent in other fashions.” Konop said this matter can be solved through other channels. “A court proceeding is not the right the way to go. I think this can easily be taken care of through the course of the legislative process,” he said. “I am still firmly against passing this tax, but this sets up an ugly situation for the city and the county. I think we need to sit down and discuss the situation, if this was to pass, and try and avoid any kind of litigation.” Sorgenfrei said the mayor and his staff agree, but they will pursue any course necessary to make sure the tax is enforced should it pass. “I don’t think it will get that far,” she said. “But if it is approved and the county was to put a challenge in court, we would reciprocate that.”

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Owens Community College Foundation is hosting “An UnCommon Evening” to raise money for its Success Scholarship Program. The gala is a black tie optional affair and will feature a dinner and live and silent auctions. Additionally, the evening will have entertainment from students in Owens’ Fine and Performing Arts program. “The Success Scholarship Program helps three school districts. The more money we raise the longer we can sustain the program and perhaps expand

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United Way of Greater Toledo is hosting its fifth annual Community Building Event on March 18. “Our hope is for this event to be a great networking experience, that raises awareness for United Way,” said Andy Shawaker, event co-chair. Taking place on the first night of the NCAA basketball tournament, the driving theme of the evening is to “go mad for a great cause,” said Scott Schultz, director of major firms for United Way. The event is open to everyone, from business professionals to basketball lovers. Hosted in the Lucas County Arena club level lounge, the event will be presented by Owens Corning from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. The NCAA basketball tournament games will be played on lounge televisions throughout the evening. “You’re going to go out for the games anyway, you might as well spend your money on a good cause,” said Crystal Why Choose SylvaniaVET? 3 year AAHA certification of the highest standards of the profession evaluation in the following areas:

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Veterans are traveling the country voicing their opinions on clean energy and its relation to national security. Toledo will be the first of five cities visited during the Ohio tour. The goal is to lower greenhouse gas emissions and promote alternative energy, according to Rachel Margo, legislative director of the Ohio League of Conservation Voters. She is working with the Sierra Club, National Wildlife Foundation and Environmental Defense in a group called Clean Energy Works. Clean Energy Works is helping organize the tour. The tour is run by Operation Free, “a coalition of veterans who believe that reliance upon foreign oil makes America’s security vulnerable as well as negatively affecting climate change,” Margo said. “People think about the cost of energy — the lights at their house or the gas in their car, but they don’t think about the security risks we’re taking as a country and how they relate to energy,” Margo said. Operation Free is being hosted by UT at the Clean and Alternative Energy Incubator. The incubator is a facility that offers assistance to developing energy companies. “Incubators provide hands-on management assistance, access to financing and exposure to critical business or technical support services. They also offer entrepreneurial firms shared office services, access to equipment, flexible leases and expandable and affordable space — all under one roof,” according to the UT business incubation Web site. Fifty percent of small businesses fail within the first three to five years, according to the Small Business Administration. The top two reasons are inexperience in management and insufficient capital. According to Megan Reichert, director of the Clean and Alternative Energy Incubator, 85 percent of businesses that graduate from incubation

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At the request of his granddaughters, Carl Kegerreis, a retired railroad police officer, wrote a children’s chapter book. The Sylvania native had previously penned an autobiography for his family when his granddaughters, Megan and Ashley, asked their “pap” to write them a story, Kegerreis said. Following his granddaughters’ request, Kegerreis’ daughter, Carla Berryman, asked him to write something for her to read to her fourth grade class. In January, “Tibby and His Friend’s Big Secret” was published by Outskirts Press Inc. “I feel if I can get boys and girls out there to really enjoy reading and they find out that you can sit down and start reading something and it becomes a great entertainment ... then I feel like I really accomplished something,” he said. Prior to approaching a publisher, Kegerreis received positive feedback from his granddaughter’s fifth grade class in Michigan and decided to give his manuscript another trial run. Kegerreis gave his story to the principal at Highland Elementary

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Star-struck by a world of memories of them is the Stern (or Star) magazine, a popular weekly that began in 1948 and now has more than 1 million readers. The Stern became internationally famous — or infamous — in 1983 when it printed the so-called

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he joyous birth of the bright new Toledo Free Pres Star in the Northwest Ohio media galaxy got us thinking about some of the other stars we have known and loved. Like London’s Evening Star. Growing up in the UK capital in the 1940s and ’50s, we had three competing evening newspapers, The London Evening Standard, The Evening News and The London Evening Star. And I still remember the Cockney cries of “Star, News and Standard!” coming from news vendors huddled outside every single Underground station in the metropolis. Then in October 1960, the Star merged with the Evening News, which in turn was folded into the Standard. Finally ... hurrumph ... in August of last year, a former Russian spy, Alexander Lebedev, bought The Standard, which had been serving Londoners since 1859, and turned it into a free paper, which probably makes it a cousin of sorts. A star of another stripe was heard — rather than seen — in Antwerp, Belgium in 1973 when a friend, who was actually a choral scholar from Cambridge University and should have known better, took me along to a Rolling Stones concert. The grand finale, accompanied by appropriate pyrotechnics and weirdsmelling smoke, was a song called “Star Star.” But the fans, who knew its real title, went wild joining in the chorus of the raunchiest song in the Stones’ repertoire ... which is sadly unfit to print in this newspaper. You’ll have to use your imagination! Another star in the Belgian firmament traces its roots back to 1366 and is still massively popular. In 1926, Stella (Italian for star) was “married” to Sebastian Artois — a famous 18th century brewmaster — thus creating Stella Artois, now one of the world’s bestselling lager beer brands. The beer is marketed in Belgium today under the line, “My home is where the Stella is.” But we’ve always known it as “Stella for the Fellas!” Still, Belgium doesn’t have a lock on stars. Germany also has some. One

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Therapy animals show man’s best friends’ healing power When they’re working with Sunny, they forget they can’t do things.” Therapy animals like Sunny are highly trained and play very active roles in the educational or therapy program they’re involved in. Sunny helps by playing fetch and other interactive games with the students. Children in therapy with horses benefit through interacting with the animals and riding them. A client must be confident to lead and/or train a therapy animal, and this provides an opportunity for growth. Today, animals help out in educational and health care settings so often that the wide array of roles they play can be a bit confusing. For example, within the ranks of assistance animals, there are therapy dogs like Sunny and also visiting animals, which visit the sick in hospitals or nursing homes, providing a warm, soft head to pat.

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(ARA) — When Sunny, a 3-yearold golden retriever, began working for San Diego Unified School District last spring, one of her first students was a fourth-grader with cerebral palsy, mobile only with the aid of a walker. Adaptive physical education teacher Andrea Bazer said as soon as this young student met Sunny, she was eager to take Sunny for a walk — first with the help of her walker, then with Bazer helping, and finally without any assistance. This transformation took several months, but once the student knew she could walk Sunny without the walker, she realized she didn’t need a walker at all. “She walks all over school now,” said Bazer, who has worked as an adaptive physical education teacher for the district for six years. “It’s amazing to see. Sunny gets the kids to do many things that they won’t do for me.

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Bazer works with about 45 preschool to sixth grade children with disabilities at five schools, and she said that Sunny is an asset in her class. Sunny recently helped Bazer achieve a breakthrough with a preschool-aged child who was refusing to open up when faced with a stranger — Bazer. “The child’s first word during the assessment was ‘dog,’ as soon as he saw Sunny,” Bazer said. Sunny is a hard worker as well; she works 40 hours a week at schools, and then Bazer regularly takes her to the Naval Medical Center in San Diego to give a psychological boost to wounded soldiers receiving treatment. Dr. Hayden Sears, vice chairman of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Committee on Human-Animal Bond, said the impact animals can have on hospital and nursing home patients, people with disabilities, children and the elderly in therapy situations is remarkable to witness. Sears worked with therapy animals prior to becoming a veterinarian. “I have also done a lot with horses and people,” Dr. Sears said. “People with multiple sclerosis, people with broken backs, all the way down to children with cerebral palsy, really benefit from working with a therapy horse.” Dr. Sears said that while most people associate therapy animals with a psychological boost for patients, the impact can also be very physical. For example, horseback riding is known to stimulate the nervous system and offer strengthening and mobility therapy for the disabled. Research consistently shows that therapy animals are helpful with multiple conditions, including heart disease, substance abuse, schizophrenia and dementia. The active ingredient in animal therapy is a little-understood concept called the human-animal bond. The AVMA has officially recognized the existence of the human-animal bond since 1982. And the AVMA states that

this bond has existed for thousands of years. “Interactions with animals can provide emotional and physical health benefits for diverse human populations, including the elderly, children, physically disabled, deaf, blind, emotionally or physically ill, and the incarcerated,” AVMA policy states. Therapy animals have a long history, as well. Florence Nightingale recommended the use of a small pet to provide companionship to the sick, and ancient Greeks believed dogs had healing powers. While most therapy animals are dogs and cats, therapists have found success using chickens and even small ruminants like goats. “There have been therapy programs that have worked with cattle,” said Carol Davis, executive director of Paws’itive Teams, a California organization that trains both therapy and service animals. Paws’itive Teams is the organization that trained Sunny. Davis said during the past decade she’s seen the demand for her animals increase and more diversity in the work these animals are asked to do. Today, therapy animals trained by Paws’itive Teams work with foster children during evaluation sessions and with children who have been victimized. “We have one dog that works at a county courthouse with children who have been abused and will have to testify against their abuser,” Davis said. “In some cases, the judge will allow the children to take the dog with them onto the stand for support.” The AVMA policy on therapy animals suggests that the relationship between therapy animals and their human clients must be mutually beneficial, said Dr. Emily Patterson-Kane of the AVMA Animal Welfare Division. “People experience great benefits from living or working with therapy animals, and we must make sure that the animals benefit from working with us,” Patterson-Kane said. “The

real power of the human-animal bond is that people and animals can make each others’ lives richer and more meaningful.”

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What You Need to Know About Fatigue Being tired all the time may be a state of health, rather than a state of mind. Most often fatigue is brought on by excessive stress, poor nutrition, hard work or lack of sleep. To control these causes of fatigue, manage time and your stress wisely. Take preventive steps against feeling rushed. Be physically active, and get six to eight hours of sleep each night. Drink less caffeine and less alcohol. Eat three balanced meals each day. When these self-care measures do not relieve symptoms, something else may be wrong. Depression and anxiety are common, treatable causes of fatigue. Symptoms of these disorders include a depressed mood, feelings of apprehension, eating or sleeping disturbances, or not being able to enjoy life. Fatigue is also common for up to one month after a viral illness. People often return to their busy lifestyles after the obvious symptoms go away and do not realize their body is still recuperating. Fatigue also can be caused by prescriptions or over-the-counter medications.

How aging parents of adult children are able to take care of each other A good friend of mine recently retired. He’s reality of what was to come.” The inevitable. single, lives alone half the year, when his “When I see the elderly, I cannot help but 92-year-old mother is in Florida. During the think to myself, ‘Is this what I have summer/fall months, he is blessed to to look forward to in my old age?’ have his mother with him in the house Having never married, no children, where she raised him. being the youngest of my generaHe wrote to me that he had been to a tion, who will wait for me outside local restaurant recently and described: the bathroom door? I suspect that “It was a heart-wrenching scene to the nieces and nephews will step see the elderly couple walk across the up if the need arises or perhaps I parking lot and into the restaurant. have made some really good friends She was taking small steps using her throughout my life.” four-pronged cane. He was carrying As the notorious “baby boomer” her purse and supporting her under Debra SORENSEN generation ages, the ratio of seniors her arm. After they got through the entry doors, they to “juniors” will create a health care crisis never proceeded to the restrooms. He opened the before dealt with. We think, now, that we have trouble keeping door to the women’s restroom and she went in. He stood outside the door and waited. To me, it good caregivers employed in facilities. Wait until there are three seniors to one poseemed a very long time. He opened the door and tential caregiver. called inside. Add to that 70 percent of children move away Apparently everything was OK because he closed the door and waited some more. After awhile, from their hometown after graduation from colhe called in again, closed the door and waited. She fi- lege, often moving across the country. As a long-distance daughter, myself, there nally appeared and he escorted her to a booth where were quite a few concerns that came along as my she waited while he got their food. “I thought of the vows they must have said ‘for parents aged. My siblings and I had to band tobetter or for worse, in sickness and in health …’ I gether to provide a safety net of care led by my speculated on their lives together, imagining them brother who was closest to them, although still as giggling teenagers and on through 40, 50 or two hours away. I remember, growing up in the ’60s, that the even 60 years of their marriage. But then I felt the

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flower power generation brought back the concept of communal living, of taking care of one another. Perhaps this will be a way to care for one another as we age. We can live in communities, sharing our gifts with each other. Don can still drive us to the grocery store; Melody likes to cook and will help prepare meals. Frank and Jenny like to garden and will lead the vegetable growing club. Retired Dr. Dennis will provide low-key medical services. Former therapist Debra will provide counseling and mediation for problems that arise. But before that dream can happen, we need to become closer to one another. We need to put down the stressful, knee-jerk reactions that seem to abound in traffic, in stores, in work settings. We need to help one another now, care about our fellow humans. Let us flower children of the 1950s and ’60s begin to make some lasting relationships. The love power generation will be taking care of each other, considering the ratio of seniors-to-juniors we’re coming into. Adult parent tip of the week: Do not use the term “parenting my parents” in front of them. If you thought you had a fight on your hands before, you just let the bull out of the pen, my friends.

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Fatigue may also be an early symptom of many types of illnesses including cancer, diabetes, anemia, thyroid dysfunction, hepatitis, heart disease, autoimmune disease such as multiple sclerosis, or alcoholism. To help find the cause of persistent fatigue, please see your primary care physician.

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Dorothy ‘Dottie’ and Paul Kroyer. Dottie passed away on Feb. 6.

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Paul and Dorothy “Dottie” Kroyer were married for nearly 53 years when she passed away Feb.6. “She was always smiling and laughing. Her dimples were always showing,” Paul said. The pair met in Sylvania and for more than 62 years were always together. When Dottie’s family moved to Downtown Toledo, Paul used to hitchhike to see her almost every weekend he said. “Dottie is the love of my life. My first and only love,” Paul said. Dottie had three children and four grandchildren. Dottie’s granddaughter Anna Koyer Cahoon, describes her grandmother as her best friend. “Whenever I needed a friend, Dottie was there, when I needed a confidant, Dottie was there, when I needed a mom after my mom passed all too soon, Dottie was there,” she said in a letter. Dottie was an active member of Central Elementary School’s PTA, a den mother for Boy Scouts and a Brownie and Girl Scouts leader. She enjoyed supporting her children in horse shows and did everything for them, Paul said. Dottie was precinct chairman for the Republican party for more than 35 years and a member of Advent Lutheran Church.

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Many academic, business, and civic leaders recently received an email introducing the Toledo Catalyst, a new electronic newsletter and Web site designed to help promote economic development in the Northwest Ohio region. “Economic development isn’t the task of any one person or group. It is the work of a region collectively deciding to take a proactive role in the futures of industry, jobs and entrepreneurs,” as published in the first edition of the Catalyst. The electronic newsletter is an effort to highlight the cooperation between the public and private sectors, including government, nonprofit, educational and industrial leaders, as well as individuals committed to improving the community by setting a goal toward a more prosperous future, according to the Catalyst. “The Catalyst is an example of that collaboration working,” said Larry Burns, vice president for external affairs at UT. The Catalyst is the product of a collaborative partnership involving Innovation Enterprises of UT, Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, Toledo Lucas County Port Authority, Lucas County Improvement Corporation and Regional Growth Partnership. The City of Toledo plans to become involved in the partnership for the monthly newsletter and Web site. The goal of the organizations partnering in the new electronic forum is to help provide resources, such as capital, financial expertise and marketing prowess, to individuals with an idea waiting to take off. These organizations truly are catalysts providing assistance at critical points in business development than can result in success or failure, according to the Catalyst.

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chairman of the board for Innovation Enterprises and member of the UT Board of Trustees. The article was originally published Jan. 31 in Toledo Free Press. Another article featured the UT delegation that attended the World Future Energy Summit held in Abu Dhabi in January. It also included stories about the establishment of the School of Solar and Advanced Renewable Energy and the Minority Business Incubator at UT.

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Sylvania man enters 1950 Olds 88 Holiday Coupe in Cleveland Auto Show The 44th Annual Cleveland Federated Auto Parts AUTO-RAMA show will take place March 19-21. Sylvania resident Bill Ehrsam entered his restored 1950 alter green and black top Oldsmobile 88 Holiday Coupe in the 1949 to 1957 restored class competition. Ehrsam said his friends told him to compete for the show and he hopes to win first. “They said I can’t just let the car sit in the garage. I thought this would be a good time to compete with the newly restored car,” he said. More than 400 custom cars and motorcycles will be on display at the show. The event will feature an automotive swap meet, toy and model collector’s show and sale and a classic car auction.

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DETROIT (AP) — Bob Lutz, the longtime auto industry executive who led nearly a complete overhaul of General Motors’ lineup, will retire May 1. “My work here is done,’’ the 78-year-old executive said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. Lutz, GM’s vice chairman and a former U.S. Marine aviator who once crashed his personal helicopter at a Michigan airport, has been responsible for overhauling design at GM and has held senior positions at three other automakers during his career. However, Lutz’s role at GM diminished during his last year with the automaker. He originally planned to retire at the end of 2009, but changed his mind after then-CEO Fritz Henderson asked him to lead the GM’s marketing efforts as the company exited bankruptcy protection. But Henderson was ousted from the company in December. His successor, Ed Whitacre, took away Lutz’s marketing duties and made him a “special adviser’’ — an ambiguous position that left him with no one reporting to him. Whitacre said he wanted Lutz to help him learn the ropes at GM. Long a fan of flashy race cars, Lutz has called the Chevrolet Volt, the gas-electric sedan that can go up to 40 miles on battery-power alone, his proudest achievement. Lutz is also credited with leading crosstown rival Chrysler Group LLC to success in the 1990s and spent time at Ford Motor Co. and Germany’s BMW AG. He rejoined GM in 2001. At the Detroit auto show in January, Lutz said he supported opening more factories to produce hot-selling products. That was how Chrysler gained market share in the 1990s, he said. But GM executives ruled that possibility out. Still, Lutz said he would be leaving GM happy with the way the company was running. “The whole organization, top to bottom, now has

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y son called the other day to let me know his vehicle had just quit running and he was sitting alongside the roadway. I can tell you that trying to diagnose a vehicle’s problem over the telephone can be tough. Trying to diagnose a symptom over a cell phone as cars and trucks are whizzing by makes the job even tougher. Nonetheless, without too much trouble, we were able to figure out that the vehicle wasn’t getting any fuel. Why it wasn’t getting any fuel was still up in the air, and needed further diagnosis. My boy doesn’t carry a lot of tools with him and, even if he did, the roadside is not the place to perform in-depth diagnosis. The actual problem couldn’t be identified on the highway. Considering his current circumstances, we determined that a tow truck and a good service shop was the best solution. A little while later I got a call back from my boy, he had found the problem. Apparently, he was sitting in his car awaiting the tow truck’s arrival when he decided to read the owner’s manual. While reading the owner’s manual, he noticed that the fuel pump’s electrical circuit contained an in-line fuse. He checked the fuse and found that it was blown. He installed a new fuse and the vehicle started. He was very happy, as you might imagine, because fuel pumps for late model cars don’t come cheap. When you add in the cost of labor, well, a second mortgage may have been neces-

sary in order to get the car out of hock. The lesson he gained can be shared with all of us; that lesson is simply how valuable the vehicle’s owner’s manual can be. Located between all the disclaimers, warnings and cautions, you will find valuable information. Not only can you find the location of all the fuses and relays aboard your car, you can usually find some very handy troubleshooting charts. Those troubleshooting charts cover a wide range of common vehicle problems. The proper operation of all the different switches and electrical devices are contained within the owner’s manual. How do you set up and operate that combination GPS/six-disc CD player with am/fm radio and voice command logic? You’ll find the entire procedure within the owner’s manual. What should the tire pressure be set at when you’re pulling your boat? The answer is located in the owner’s manual. What light bulb should be used for the blinkers? The owner’s manual lists all the part numbers for every one of the bulbs used on the vehicle. The owner’s manual is your source of information for fluid capacities and fluid specifications for both summer and winter driving. Air filter and oil filter part numbers are also found within the manual. The proper vehicle weight ratings and loading information are contained in the owner’s manual as well. Vehicle maintenance schedules can be found within the owner’s manual.

You will also find warranty information and manufacturer contact telephone numbers. You will find the proper way to wash your car in the owner’s manual. The manual will inform you of the proper soaps and waxes you can safely use on your painted surfaces as well as on your leathers and plastics. If you have all-wheel drive or fourwheel drive on your vehicle there will be an entire section on the proper use of those features. The proper function of the traction control and anti-lock brake systems is discussed in detail. While writing this article, I was perusing my own vehicle’s owner’s manual and found an interesting feature that my car’s interior lighting system has that I was totally unaware of. Apparently, I can have my interior lamps turn off immediately after closing the driver’s door or I can have them slowly dim after the door is closed. I was unaware of this cool feature. I guess I should have read my own owner’s manual rather than assume I knew everything there is to know about my car. Nick Shultz is an instructor of Automotive Technologies at Owens Community College. He is an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau who specializes in cases involving the Ohio and Michigan Lemon laws. He is a certified master automotive technician by ASE, General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.

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A team with the top-ranked player in the United States expects to be a winning enterprise. Waite senior Natasha Howard brings that luxury to the 22-2 City League and district champion Lady Indians. At press-time, they were slated to face Perrysburg (18-6) in the Norwalk Division I regional final March 13. The winner punches its ticket to the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I state final four at Ohio State’s Jerome Schottenstein Center on March 19 and 20. Ranked as the No.2 college prospect by ESPN’s HoopGurlz and other top sources, Howard is a cutting edge female hoops specimen. All 6-foot, 3-inches of her slim but athletic frame does so much game in game out for the Indians that they willingly go through her toward unreached heights. She’s a McDonald’s All-American, national player of the year finalist and a reigning all-Ohio first teamer. But a one-player team does not lead to a state title. The Indians are more profound than Toledo’s latest hoops star. Howard simply stands out among a confluent purple-and-gold quintet that has plenty of chemistry through a unified effort. “These girls have been playing together for at least three or four years,” said 12th-year coach Manny May. “They worked hard together on this [season] all last summer and know each other well.”

Senior forward Mariah Haynes (5’11”) delivered a crucial 20-point performance in a 54-42 win over fellow state-ranked Toledo Start in the D-I district championship at Perrysburg March 6. From that lily pad, the Indians leapt on to a regional berth for only the second time ever and the first since 2006, despite a three-point second half from Florida State-bound Howard. Waite trailed Start at the half but rallied with great defense and a 14-point second half effort from Haynes. “Every game we come out to win because we don’t want our season to be over,” Haynes said. “We’re like sisters. We have team chemistry off the court and that helps us on the court.” Howard scored 28 points, 14 rebounds and six of the team’s eyepopping 22 steals against Lorain Southview in a 73-34 Indians regional semifinal win. But junior post Shanice McNeal (6’2”) provided 21 points and 10 rebounds while Haynes generated 12 points, four assists and four steals to illustrate the team’s amazing depth. Averaging 17 steals a game, the Indians play a blinding press defense with such vigor and success that opponents may as well dribble up court into the setting sun. It allows Waite to thrive in transition. “Press defense is all about dictating what happens in the game and that’s the beauty of it,” May said. Guard Courtney Jackson (5’7”) saw the picture before the season ever began, enough to step out of a role as a primary scoring threat to instead do all those little things as a senior leader. n WAITE CONTINUES ON A29

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ight about now, fishermen get twisting, turn the spool around. a little squirrelly. Ice fishing Hint, if the spool is jumping around season is done, and the walleye on the floor like a fresh-caught trout, won’t get serious about their spring run the line is twisting. Have someone hold the spool (a good for a few more weeks. job for that dumbWhat can you do bell) so that it faces to pass the time? You the reel spool. The line could spend a few should then come off hours on fishing video smoothly. If you fail to games, or better yet, do this properly, you curl up in front of a will be introduced to nice fire and watch a little gremlin called some fishing shows. line twist, and you But if you want to won’t like him. If you work your way out of Lew HORN find it to be too comcoach potato mode, here are a few suggestions to get a jump start plicated, many tackle shops will install the line for you. on the fishing season. If you’re cheap, ah, I mean thrifty, Start a weight program. Don’t laugh. A few minutes with a dumbbell you can take off half the line, and (not necessarily your fishing buddy) using a good blood knot, add about three times a week will save you some 100 yards of new line. Most fish will aches and pains when the season starts. never strip off that much line, and if You might be wondering what they do, well you shouldn’t have been kind of exercises to do. Well, think so cheap! Braided line usually lasts longer about what hurts after your first trip every year and work on those mus- and do not have a memory, but if cles. If you plan to do a lot of early you have an extra spool for your wading in fast water, better do some spinning reel, reverse the line to squats. My lower back always gets give it more life. One hint to prevent me, so I always start with a few sit- slippage is to always use a monofilament backing when loading ups or crunches. A good adage for any weight pro- braided line on a spinning reel. For gram is to mimic the action in your level wind reels, you can stretch out sport. Using a light dumbbell, go the line in the back yard, or fill a through the casting motions. If you’re second reel. Check out your lures and replace like me, you need to go through a good stretching routine, before and after or sharpen all bad hooks. If you’re your workout. That, more than any- really ambitious, retie the squirrel thing, will make those first few days tails and feathers that got mangled last summer. after your trips a little less painful. Don’t forget to look over your rods Next, turn to your attention to your equipment. Probably the most too. Make sure all the guides are on overlooked maintenance involves solid, and that there are no notches putting new line on your reel. We all that may nick your line. Sometimes know we should do it, but chances the ceramic inserts get damaged or are good on your first trip, the line lost, so replace those if necessary. Finally clean and lubricate all your coming off your reel will look like a slinky, and after a few tangles and reels. You should have done that at the a few choice words, you’ll have to end of the season, but probably didn’t. Now, there is a downside to all change it anyway, so why not avoid this. If you get in great shape, your all the trouble? It’s a good idea to switch out mono- equipment is in top-notch shape filament line every year too. It has a and you still lose the first big fish of nasty thing called memory that will the year, you’ll have no one to blame cause it to kink up after being stored but yourself. on a spool all year. This happens more so on a spinning reel than a level wind, Lew Horn is a retired English/journalism teacher who has fished and but I change them all anyway. Be sure to watch how the line hunted in Michigan and Ohio for close comes off the filler spool. If it’s to 50 years.

Star offers St. Patrick’s Day guide The issue of Toledo Free Press Star on newsstands through March 17 offers a comprehensive look at St. Patrick’s Day activities in the Toledo and Bowling Green areas. Other features include news on local clubs, college sports and an interview with hip-hop star Dre P.

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Jer Coons believes in the power of pop. “Even though pop music has been so formulaic and predictable in a lot of senses, there’s still a million more ways to do the same sort of thing differently,” he said. “It’s constricting, in a way, to play pop music, but it dictates necessity for being creative… I like to feel that pressure to remain catchy and poppy.” Critics like the 21-year-old’s 2009 debut, “Speak,” comparing Coons to Jason Mraz and John Mayer. “I really enjoy word play, you know, coming up with new ways to say a similar sentiment,” he said during a call from his home in Burlington, Vt. “I’d be the first to admit that I write a lot of songs that are about love; I’m not the first, and I’m sure I won’t be the last. I think it’s a universally relatable subject.” “All of my songs are pretty much literal, straightforward, taken out of my personal life; I can’t just manufacture it,” he said. “But I think that’s really a positive thing for me emotionally, realism with my music, because I can’t just make something up. Luckily, I’ve got enough going on to write about what I hope is relatively interesting.” Coons is known for his great hooks. “Early Beatles were always playing in the house,” he recalled. “That kind of shaped my appreciation for a threeand-a-half-minute pop song, and certainly catchiness and harmonies.”

The singer-guitarist is an avid student of the Fab Four. “I heard that John Lennon and Paul McCartney used to intentionally not write down songs; they knew that if the songs had legs, had some sort of catchiness if they could remember it the next day. If they both remembered it, they knew the song was worth continuing and finishing,” Coons said. “If I come up with something, it’ll generally cycle through my head awhile, and I won’t write it down, or I’ll write down a fragment of the line on a scrap of paper, and I’ll find it months later. If I’m still remembering how that phrase went or the melody or how I sang that one part, then I definitely go and continue the song and see where it ends up.” Coons will bring a band to The Ark in Ann Arbor for an 8 p.m. show March 20. Tickets are $15. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Expect to hear his cover of The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back.” “[‘I Want You Back’] is one that I’ve been playing for a few years now at shows, and I sort of worked out an acoustic arrangement that evolved over time,” Coons said. “It’s a song that I’ve listened to my whole life and loved… Then when [Jackson] passed away, I realized it would be cool to record it, to finally do a studio version of it, and I end up playing it pretty much every night at my concerts.”

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The Blarney Irish Pub will raise money for Sylvania Firefighters Local 2243 Charity at its St. Patrick’s Day event on March 17. A cover charge of $5 will be collected from noon to midnight with proceeds going to the charity. Firefighters will also be at the event selling beads. “It’s St. Patrick’s Day, a lot of people are out anyway to celebrate. By going to the Blarney people are helping a lot of great organizations,” said D.C. Gallaher, vice president of Sylvania Firefighters Local 2243. Sylvania Firefighters Local 2243 Charity donates funds to charities, including The Muscular Dystrophy Association, Aluminum Cans for Burned Children, Firefighters Burn Foundation, Give Autism the Boot, Old Newsboys and Sylvania Area Family Services. The organization also supports other charities and causes on a case-by-case basis, Gallaher said. The Blarney Irish Pub will be open 8 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day. Johnny Rocker and the Hitmen will play from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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11am. - Midnight Closed Sundays & Holidays

419-865-5455 10400 Airport Hwy.

(1/2 mi. East of Airport)

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(1 mi. West of McCord)

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FAMILY PRACTICE

Three for three

’m not sure why, but when I relay a to pacifiers in her mouth, considering minor aggravation regularly per- the detox/rehab process that is informed by one of my children, more volved when the addiction eventually takes over completely at often than not I en2 or 3 years old. Howcounter a surprised, “Reever, I soon realized that ally? My kid never did pacifiers were the one that.” I am continually thing that deterred my amazed at how many other two children from children never put any completely giving in to foreign objects in their their infantile pica. mouths, ate their way Their prior obsesthrough toddlerhood sion with mouthing without complaint and inedible items became have, according to their Shannon SZYPERSKI even more baffling once parents, slept through my children started the night since the day they came home from the hospital. It as- shunning eating altogether. I did tounds me, really, considering my own just what the experts said regarding food introduction. I offered up a child-rearing experience to date. I am on baby number three and healthy, varied fare and reasonable, have yet to bring a child into the world subtle encouragement. Such a good who didn’t find carpet lint, cat hair and start never fails to fail me, however, random pieces of paper as appetizing once my children determine that as bananas and Cheerios. As soon as their mother really likes to see them they could drag themselves across the well-nourished and that they really floor, all three of my children quickly like to see their mother squirm. Bemade a hobby out of cramming in- tween finding pleasure in holding appropriate items into their cheeks something over my head, and having whenever I turned my head. I was trouble squeezing table time into the semi-pleased at first when Lucy, my grueling schedule of a 2-year-old, the youngest, took the “opt out” approach good eating habits always seem to

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take at least one hiatus, lasting anywhere from a few days to a few years. “Your kids put things in their mouth as babies and then refuse to eat as toddlers?” I know, I know; it’s unheard of. On top of the eating issues, my children also don’t sleep. I realize that your 5-year-old still takes a twohour nap after school each day and is still in bed by 6:15 each night, but I can assure you that this is not the case in my house. For reasons that continue to elude me, my children ditch the napping around 2years of age and never look back. If we used inter-office memos to convey changes in our home, the sleep one would read: “Until further notice (i.e., adolescence), I have decided to cease all daytime sleep. The world has proven itself to be a vast, wonderful and entertaining place and I refuse to miss any of it during daylight hours. If you force my missing even 10 minutes of it through desperate measure, such as a long, warm car ride, I will be forced to make up the playtime lost by pushing bedtime back from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Do you really want to risk not being able to watch ‘Lost’ due to the presence of little eyes and

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ears? I didn’t think so. And don’t think that my dropping my nap will somehow get me to finally sleep through the night. It won’t. So, save me a spot in your big, warm bed, and I’ll see you at 2 a.m. Love, Your Kid” That’s my kid. All of them, actually. Somehow, despite my children all being so different in some ways, they are three for three in many others. Szyperski children put everything in their mouths, need little food and little sleep, respond to baths like they downed a double shot of espresso instead of a calming calamine tea and have at least seven months of brutal teething instead of “a bad night” here and there. Whether I am creating such creatures or whether they are simply following in one another’s footsteps remains to be seen. All I know is that I am also three for three on kids I wouldn’t trade for anything, not even for sleeping through the night or having the ability to be the one to say, “My kid never did that.” Shannon and her husband Michael are raising three children in Sylvania. Email her at letters@toledofreepress.com.

DIY wedding do’s and don’ts

Bring in the recruits, a.k.a. bridesmaids, he goal is to save money. Let’s face it, you’re worth it. Your sanity is worth it to you, your moms and aunts. They are not called “maids of the fiancé, and all others involved in your wedding Bride” for nothing! If they are available and able, ask them to help you tie, assemble, (including your wedding planner). The sort, stack, letter or organize. Every last thing anyone wants is a Bridezilla little bit helps. fashioned from some crazed, thrifty, “Financially it saved us a great penny-pinching, coupon clipping deal of money but more importantly wacko. So its important to evaluate your it was such a special bonding time for DIY projects and determine if the time a daughter and mother to spend toinvolved is really saving you anything. gether preparing for a wedding,” said Save here, splurge there. DIY former client Frances Ehrmin. projects allow you to indulge in the DIY projects also make for great details you wouldn’t normally be able bonding experiences between brides to afford if you didn’t cut costs along Brittany CRAIG and their soon-to-be in-laws. So don’t the line. When planning your wedbe afraid to call his mom, too, for ding determine what’s important to you and your fiancé. And then ask yourself, “If some added help. “One of my favorite memories was attending I can cut back in one area, will this afford me my dream?” Although we saved money, this allowed for a calligraphy class with my mother and motherus to splurge in other aspects. I was able to purchase in-law-to-be to learn calligraphy for the invites,” the William Arthur invites that I wanted, because I Burrow said. Stick with what you know and what you are knew that I would be making the programs,” said good at. Don’t set out to learn a new craft or hobby. formeer client Julia Burrow. Set a budget and do your homework. List the You will only fall short with disappointment. If you components, along with prices, necessary to com- like to bake, then make something sweet for your plete your project. Then give it a test run. Create a guests, or put together a homemade candy bar for sample for yourself. Sometimes all the little things the wedding. If you like to scrapbook and are crafty can add up to more than you planned. A girl can with stationery, then create your own programs, shop! So check online and in the newspapers for menus, place cards or table numbers. Limit the number of projects. I am sorry to tell sales, coupons and wholesale prices.

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I am sorry to tell you this, but you can’t do it all. Nope. So start with a list. Put them in order of importance. Give yourself a deadline.”

you this, but you can’t do it all. Nope. So start with a list. Put them in order of importance. Give yourself a deadline. And if you cannot get them done in time, make arrangements to outsource. And don’t start your projects two weeks before your wedding! Typically, couples are engaged for 18 months. Pace yourself. You should be frosting your face with a nice facial cream the night before your wedding —not your cupcakes! “Everything was more work than I originally imagined, but it all was worth the time and effort because I felt like I had a role in every step of my wedding,” Burrow said. Remember: it’s DIY: Do It Yourself. NOT DYI: Drive Yourself Insane! Brittany Craig is the principle event designer and coordinator for Crowning Celebrations. She specializes in wedding and social celebrations. You can follow her blog at http://www.crowningcelebrations.blogspot.com/.

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