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MARCH 22, 2009

PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

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Wish lists

riorities change, every day, everywhere. It’s no different in government, where demands for dollars shift like sand on a playground.

Late last year, Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner submitted a “wish list” of economic recovery projects to President Barack Obama’s administration through the United States Conference of Mayors. In February, an updated wish list, for basically the same pile of hypothetical money, was submitted to the Obama bean counters as “Toledo’s Federal Economic Stimulus Package Requests.”

It’s interesting to note the changes in the two proposals.

■ A request for funds for the ACME Plant rose from $2 million to $8 million.

■ A COPS hiring grant that was originally submitted for $2 million was increased to almost $35 million; a Matzinger Avenue project was cut from $1.7 million to $682,000; and a request for Cheyenne improvements was reduced from about $1.2 million to $655,000.

Thomas F. POUNDS ■ Noteworthy projects were added: Swan Creek projects for a total of about $63 million and University of Toledo projects for $75 million.

■ Five interesting projects were dropped: Three pipeline projects totaling $48 million; three drainage-related projects for $850,000; seven sewer-related projects for $49 million; three pump station improvements for $866,400; and projects for storage basins in Maumee and Oakdale for $53 million.

There’s no attempt to read the tea leaves here, just an interesting comparison for the sake of discussion.

But there is one project I find to be glaringly absent from both of the mayor’s extensive wish lists. For all of Carty’s public fuss and private maneuverers to save the United Way building, it is nowhere to be found on these funding lists. It is unlikely Carty changed his mind about blocking the building’s much needed and imminent demolition, yet it wasn’t important enough to include on two major wish lists for hundreds of millions of dollars. Priorities change, but this one strikes a discordant and inconsistent note.

Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

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By Lisa Renee Ward SPECIAL TO TOLEDO FREE PRESS

I started with the intention of covering some of the blogs that some of you may not be aware of, but as I was searching I came across a few Twitters of merit.

At the extended version of this

feature only available at www.toledofreepress.com, you’ll discover which police department is using Twitter as a way to communicate with its citizens, and a few new blogs, too.

Lisa Renee Ward operates of Glass City Jungle (glasscityjungle.com).

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Am I protecting my boys or oversheltering them? f marriage is a major redefinition of self in sacrifice for It’s too soon to expose them to Bugs and a greater whole, and it is, then raising his mayhem, but I have a few DVD sets children is an exponentially extreme tucked away I was looking forward to version of that sacrifice. sharing with them later.

It is natural, unless one is sick or imI’ve already been surprised by Evan’s mature, to want one’s life to be a springemerging tastes. Despite early exposure board for one’s children, to wish for the to the preschool Disney shows and the achievements of the parent to be the Sesame Street gang, he has firmly chosen starting point for the child. the Nickelodeon “Noggin” lineup, with This riveting and wholly unoriginal the previously mentioned Dora, Diego, thought was inspired by a 30-second comBlue and Wonder Pets. I never would mercial for “SpongeBob SquarePants.”

We limit our almost-3-year-old’s ex- Michael S. MILLER have guessed such educational and development-based shows would replace the posure to television, but he still watches more than I would have predicted when I was making random antics of Mickey, Pooh and Tigger. With a few pre-birth plans to be with him at the library 12 hours years of Evan and baby Sean growing up learning about each day on our way to the museum for a symphony or geography, animals, the Spanish language and the arts, opera concert. Two working parents + a 9-month-old what are they going to think when I sit them down with baby boy = “Evan, watch a few minutes of ‘Wonder Pets’ some popcorn and show them seven-minute slices of a while I change your brother’s diaper,” or “Evan, go ahead Mexican mouse named Speedy pouring nitroglycerine and see what Diego and Dora are doing while I pry the down Sylvester the cat’s gullet and a rifle-bearing hunter D battery out of your brother’s mouth” or “Evan, check named Elmer Fudd (not to mention Carty Finkbeiner out a little bit of ‘Blue’s Clues’ while I talk your brother template and pistol-packer Yosemite Sam) on murderous missions to slay a wiseacre rabbit? down from the roof.”

I know a lot of it is about age and context, experience During one of these brief TV-sitter moments, a comand Christian values. I just don’t know what the balance mercial for “SpongeBob SquarePants” came on.

“I don’t watch ‘SpongeBob,’ ” Evan said, as the square is or when that balance should be sought.

There are a lot of scary things waiting on the pop yellow fellow on the screen beat himself over the head culture horizon. Bambi’s mom and Dumbo’s mom and with an oar.

“You’re not quite ready for SpongeBob,” I said, jug- Nemo’s mom don’t fare too well. Charlotte the Spider gling the mute button on the remote with a soiled diaper bites the dust alone. There are frightening dragons and I have submitted to the folks at the Guinness Book of evil witches and flying monkeys and insane gollums and World Records as “foulest waste eliminated from a 9- dark lords, and that’s just in local media and politics.

What happens when the kids have access to things month-old baby.”

Then, images flashed through my mind of myself and beyond Disney villains? There’s Leatherface and Jason my brother at a very young age, camped in front of the and films so disturbing and bloody they push the limits Saturday morning TV with bowls of cereal and a lineup of art into exploitation and beyond.

And the music they’ll hear! How fast have we gone that usually centered around 90 minutes of Bugs Bunny from John and Paul’s “I want to hold your hand” to Trent cartoons, encored by an hour or so of Tom and Jerry.

Some of the funniest cartoons I remember are, upon Reznor’s “I want to **** you like an animal” to Eminem’s reflection, horrifically violent and make SpongeBob with “**** my ****, lick my ****** ****** from under my ****”?

My wife and I hope to raise our boys with enough an oar look as impotent as a Lucas County Republican voter. Remember Elmer Fudd jamming a shotgun in sense and self-respect to make smart choices, but I don’t Daffy Duck’s face and blowing away everything except want them to be ignorant of the evil and corruption that surrounds, trips and ensnares even the kindest and most a few feathers?

How about Wile E. Coyote plotting with the patience level-headed people. Is it hypocritical to laugh at the of Hannibal Lecter, a series of Road Runner traps that basest, least defensible joke on “Family Guy,” then gasp included dynamite, arrows, massive amounts of sus- in horror when my toddler son sees a quick second of pended weights and steel traps with shark-like teeth? SpongeBob smacking his pal Patrick?

Maybe we’ll just sell the TVs on eBay and pick up a Tom and Jerry could take a piano, an oven or a pillow mint and fashion incredibly lethal devices that would few good books with no violence or questionable content. You know: Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood, make Jigsaw jealous.

And yet, somehow, millions of us watched these car- Bluebeard, the Juniper Tree ... toons and grew up without dropping an anvil on anyone’s head or painting fake curves in the road that lead Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press.

Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com. to the edge of steep cliffs.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

JUST BLOWING SMOKE

All the news fit to find Rossford mayor addresses water rates

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recently attended what used to be a major gathering of newspaper people from around the world.

Known by various names over the years, this year’s MediaXchange Conference confirmed the abysmal financial state of the newspaper industry.

The New York Times, Journal Register Company and Tribune Company have all filed for bankruptcy in recent Tim months.

Other newspapers, such as the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, The Capital Times in Madison, Wis., and Seattle PostIntelligencer have stopped printing entirely, with some remaining online only.

Many, including the Detroit Newspaper Partnership, have reduced the days for home delivery and the print orders for those days as a consequence.

Far more are combining and consolidating print facilities in the hopes of creating a more profitable environment.

No one, however, knows if any of these moves will ensure longterm viability. To a younger generation, none of this questioning means anything.

“You people who still read newspapers are obsolete,” they say.

“Newspapers are dead, man,” they tell us.

“We get our news from surfing the Internet,” the youngsters say.

The question then becomes: Where does the Internet get its news?

If you look at Google News, most of the stories are from Web sites operated by daily newspapers. Even while newspapers have been dying, they have been trying to salvage a future in electronic media.

Weekly newspapers contribute to news content posted online, too. Their knowledge of the local scene and ability to work longer in between print cycles gives them greater ability to investigate and greater insight than their daily counterparts.

Budget restrictions, however, limit both efforts.

Another source for Web news is television and radio Web sites. They, too, can be informative but are often secondary sources. Because their own

TO THE EDITOR,

staffs have been cut in recent years, the stories reported on TV and radio often also come from newspapers.

What about the wire services like The Associated Press and Bloomberg? They are excellent sources of primary news and are often used by newspapers, but they rely on money generated from the sale of their to newspaHIGGINS product pers and other media to survive.

And then, of course, blog sites “report” news. But do they actually report, or are they merely linking to stories from other sources like newspapers?

Links to press releases by politicians and organizations or transcriptions of city council meetings are important, but blogs will never be able to replace the full form and function of a newspaper.

I believe that those who host blogs sites would be the first to agree. Instead, I believe they are trying to create a forum for discussion that has never existed before, although talk radio has come close.

Furthermore, the opinion pieces from such blog sites will not be able to replace the function of a newspaper for readers. They are at best, one person’s editorial opinion, even when the writer is well-informed. At worst, they become unsubstantiated nonsense not worth the time it takes to read them. Ultimately, if they are to be of any use, they must rely on facts.

Those facts in many cases come from newspapers.

And therein lies the dilemma for newspapers. Financial cutbacks have led to cuts in news departments that leave them with little ability to do their job properly. Editorial bias is becoming a more serious issue every day, with many community members questioning the ability of the daily newspaper to maintain any level of journalistic integrity.

With all of its flaws, however, the question still remains: If newspapers go away, where will we get our news from?

Tim Higgins blogs at http://just blowingsmoke.blogspot.com.

On Feb. 27, 2009, the City of Toledo imposed upon the City of Rossford a non-contract water rate of Toledo first block rate (Toledo resident rate) plus 125 percent, and increase of 140 percent over our recently expired 2008 water contract.

Toledo justifies this increase because the two sides were not able to come to a mutually agreed revenue sharing agreement revision. The revision basically meant agreeing to Toledo’s insistence on raising its already 27 percent share of Rossford income tax collected in a 1992 JEDZ agreement to 40 percent and a phase-in water rate increase of 130 percent over four years. In return, Rossford receives no additional consideration for our increasing costs associated with development in the Crossroads area.

Rossford spent millions of dollars on its own infrastructure, including water and sewer lines to the Crossroads, without Toledo supplying anything but water.

Toledo stressed in its negotiation with the city of Rossford the need to be consistent as it deals with others for water. I, however, have asked the following question during a number of meetings: Can the City of Toledo show us any current municipality/entity with a tax

sharing zone the size of Rossford’s paying a 40/60 percent split on a 2.25 percent income tax rate with its residents paying Toledo’s first block rate plus a 115 percent surcharge. To date, no one in Toledo has been able to answer that question to Rossford.

Rossford has received both verbal and written communication from Toledo telling us they are going to shut off our water to the Crossroads anywhere from one to two years from now. That seems a little heavyhanded to me.

It is unfortunate while the Mayor of Toledo touts regional cooperation, Rossford, who was one of the first to partner with Toledo as far back as 1992 for revenue sharing, now suffers from it. The proposed agreement that Toledo offered places Rossford in a competitive disadvantage to its Wood County neighbors for future economic development. Rossford is willing to pay its fair share of a water increase, but just doesn’t want to be held hostage in doing so.

It appears that the citizens of Rossford will have to endure punitive water rates until Toledo will work with Rossford on a fair and logical approach to water. I don’t believe that is too much to ask.

WILLIAM VERBOSKY JR. Mayor, City of Rossford

YOUNG GUNS

Saving the Republican party

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ationally, we have seen the activism that informed the commedia frenzy surrounding munity of conservative ideals.

I was later named chairman a void in leadership of the of the UT College Republican Party, most Republicans for notably a clash between the 2007-08 school Republican National year, and that led to Committee Chairman helping the campaign Michael Steele and of Toledo Municipal radio show host Rush Court Judge Michael Limbaugh. While the Goulding. Just benational party fights to fore graduation in find its way, the same summer 2008, I was battle has been taking presented with the place in Lucas County for several years. The Joseph PELLMAN opportunity to be the campaign manager Lucas County Republican Party has lost its way, and the for state Rep. Barbara Sears, a younger generation needs to step up journey that brought many lessons and great experiences. and take the reins.

And yet throughout all these I joined the University of Toledo College Republicans in 2006 things, one thing remained the to make a difference in local poli- same: conservative ideals distribtics. I felt that helping at the local uted through grassroots efforts.

The Lucas County Republican level would be the best course of action for effecting change in an Party has lost its core principles otherwise left-leaning campus in recent years. Local Republican standard holders are fighting new and city.

I volunteered for the campaign party leadership, candidates are of then-state Rep. Mark Wagoner, weighing the options of accepting as well as other state and local can- help from the local party or doing didates I deemed worthy. Wagoner it on their own, and party leaders came to a few of our meetings that are feuding through local newspayear, and as we helped stamp enve- pers rather than face to face. This lopes for campaign materials and is not what the Republican Party volunteered to walk in parades on stands for.

Conservatives in Lucas County his behalf, I felt that this was what politics was all about: grassroots should have a collective voice of

principle and character. They deserve that voice.

The first step to solving this dilemma is calling a meeting of all Republican Central Committee members and elected officials in Lucas County. Nothing will be accomplished until grievances are put on the table and debated.

We cannot continue as a party if candidates are faced with the decision of running as a Republican or an Independent.

Candidates should not be afraid of the Republican label in our community.

It is the job of the next generation of Republicans to move forward. Support local politicians who uphold the Republican voice.

Encourage your local central committee member to request a meeting of the group. Organize conservative campus rallies to help build the next generation of Toledo Republicans. Invite media to events to show that conservatism is alive and well in the youth of Lucas County.

Lucas County Republicans have been waiting for a change from the bickering politics of late. It’s time that the younger generation shows them how to take action.

Contact columnist Joseph Pellman at letters@toledofreepress.com.

BRAIN GAIN 2009

Celebrating those who stay in — or return to — Northwest Ohio

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By Lori Golaszewski TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Helping high school students get on the right track for a college education is all part of a day’s work for Joel Todd. Todd is a guidance coordinator for UT’s Upward Bound Program, which helps low-income and first-generation college students make a successful transition from high school to college.

Todd assists students with their college searches, helps them choose their majors and makes sure they complete their ACT or SAT tests and financial aid applications.

“What is rewarding is working with students who may have some challenges or barriers to their own success and helping them to realize their fullest potential,” Todd said.

Born in Washington, D.C., but raised in Mansfield, Todd came to Toledo to pursue his undergraduate degree at UT. He started out in early childhood education, but switched

majors and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2007.

He is studying for his master’s degree in community counseling at UT. “Being a graduate of UT, I am definitely a champion for UT,” he said. “I had a very good undergrad experience, and I like to pass that on to our [Upward Bound] students. We try to remind them that they don’t always have to go far away from home to get a great college experience.”

Todd made the most of his undergrad years by getting involved in numerous student organizations, including the Student African American Brotherhood, Black Student Union and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

He also was a member of Blue Key and Golden Key national honor societies and served as a student trustee on the UT Board of Trustees.

In addition, he volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and traveled to Bay St. Louis, Miss., during an alternative spring break to assist rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina.

“I was pretty active in high school,

but not as much as in college,” Todd said. “I wanted to make my college experience something that would be memorable and also put myself in different positions to have some great networking opportunities and just connect with good people.”

Todd credits his father and grandmother with being instrumental to his success and teaching him to be of service to others in the community.

“My dad and grandmother were always pushing me to that next level,” he said. “Coming to Toledo and being around other like-minded people on campus, and through my church also, pushed me to that next level.”

He strives to offer that same guidance to the two students he mentors at Lincoln Academy for Boys and to his little brother in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Ohio.

Todd is scheduled to graduate from UT in spring or summer 2010, but isn’t sure what the future holds.

“Toledo hasn’t given me any reason to leave; I can say that definitely,” he said.

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Young accountant calculates future

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

Ashly Bower’s life is adding up nicely. The accounting student at BGSU is set to graduate with her master’s in the summer. Afterward, she is considering law school so she will be better able to advise small businesses, her passion.

“I can take my knowledge and help other people. There are so many opportunities to share what I know. By choosing the tax track, I can work with small businesses that have great ideas, but do not know how to run a business.”

Bower, 23, will become a fourthgeneration CPA. Her mother, Janet Bower, is a CPA, following in the footsteps of father, William Frederick Schmeltz, and grandfather, William Herman Schmeltz, one of the first CPAs in Ohio. William Frederick was dean of the College of Business Administration at BGSU. Although Bower intends to leave the area for law school, possibly heading to The Ohio State University, she eventually wants to return to Northwest Ohio.

“Ashly is one of the most motivated, articulate, intelligent and responsible students that I have ever seen,” said Ken Snead, chairman of the department of accounting and management information systems at BGSU. “She was a student of mine in my cost-accounting class. It is a very rigorous and demanding class.

She finished first.”

Bower graduated from BGSU in May, earning a bachelor’s in business administration with a specialization in accounting. She started her master’s in the fall, opting to specialize in taxes because of its ever-changing and challenging nature, she said.

Bower attended UT for its pharmacy program after graduating from Bowling Green High School in 2004. But after one semester, she realized it wasn’t the right fit for her.

She returned to her roots.

“She is really good at researching tax questions and will bring back

what she finds, and we will review it,” said mother Janet Bower, a partner at Schmeltz/Bower CPAs. “I think Ashly and I will work together someday; she has been helping me since she was in sixth grade.”

The young Bower is a student ambassador for the Ohio Society of CPAs. She speaks with students about accounting, dispelling myths and explaining what it takes to become a CPA. It’s not as math-intensive as most people think.

“People think we are bean counters,” Bower said. “We just don’t add up numbers; there is room for critical thinking.”

Bower is working on an article about environmental tax credits for buying energy efficient appliances and solar panels. Snead said when Bower researches, she covers all bases.

“I would not like to come up against Ashly Bower in an adversarial way,” he said, laughing. “She thinks outside of the box.”

Bower said it is more common for women to become accountants these days, although they often don’t take on leadership roles.

When her mom graduated from BGSU in 1979, she was one of a few accounting students.

“I think we have come a long way,” she said, crediting “growing up around my mom — a powerful female who was business-oriented,” as a reason for her success.

Bower said studying accounting these days is exciting because of the many economic ups and downs. She said she believes the economy is near bottom.

“I understand that there are business cycles, and although it is painful now, things will get better.”

Bower said a lot of people end up losing money without the help of an accountant. Although it will cost initially, the long-term payouts are worth it, she said.

“I would like to be able to work with people who cannot afford to hire someone to come in whether a lawyer or an accountant,” Bower said. “My mom puts an emphasis on volunteering.”

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Christine Hopkins used to think that cooking couldn’t be a career. It was something people did to pay their way through school so they could get a real job, she thought.

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When Hopkins enrolled at Owens Community College, she began pursuing a business degree until she finally gave into culinary arts.

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Powell said many people look at culinary arts as a way to pay their way through college, and only when they are looking for a new career do they consider cooking as a career.

“That is the interesting thing about this field; it is one that really chooses you. I am not sure you choose it,” he said.

Hopkins said Toledo residents love to eat, and they have so many options. She has studied an intriguing food movement that she would like to see come to Toledo.

According to Hopkins, chefs go to a farm each day and pick fresh vegetables and ingredients. From an economic standpoint, that could be phenomenal for Northwest Ohio, she said, and it’s her dream to open a restaurant that utilizes that concept.

“We as a society are so fast-paced; we don’t take the time to enjoy real fresh food that is better for us in the long run ... in addition to a great dining experience, you bring people back to earth and back to their roots.”

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school full time and working two jobs, but she knows good food. She enjoys places like Red Wells and Mancy’s restaurants. As part of her studies, she needs an internship and would like one with Mancy’s.

“Unfortunately, it’s grab-and-go for me because I don’t have the time I would like to spend in the kitchen, cooking for myself and what I would really like to eat. What I like about learning to be a chef is I get to do that for [others]. I get to make people happy in some way, shape or form.”

Hopkins grew up in Toledo, moving to Bedford when she was in eighth grade. She graduated from Bedford High School in 1997 and immediately went to work at Cedar Point, where she sold pizza. She later became a sauté cook at TGI Fridays and a line cook at Friendly’s in Sandusky before returning to Toledo.

“I have family here and I liked the small-town atmosphere in Sandusky, but there are so many more opportunities here in Toledo ... It is in me. I am a Toledoan.”

When she told her family about her desire to be a chef, they were surprised, to say the least.

“My mom asked me why I wanted to be Betty Crocker. It was kind of a shock. It is not what they expected.”

But Hopkins has no regrets. She knows she has made the right decision every time she puts on her apron. Chasing bad guys just wasn’t as fun as she thought it would be.

“When I am in school, I am having fun with classes. You have the same instructors in some classes, and the whole program is awesome.

I never had so much in school, even in the police academy.”

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John Peter “J.P.” King is doing his part to help minority males have a better life.

The sophomore at Bowsher High School is president of the Student African-American Brotherhood (SAAB), which “helps people get out of trouble,” he said.

The group meets Tuesday mornings before school and works together to help everyone, King said. All of the Toledo area chapters meet once a month at the University of Toledo Medical Center. The organization is not geared toward only black males; it works with all minority groups, King said. There is also a separate organization for females.

Committees within SAAB help students in different ways. One

works with academics, where students tutor other members who are struggling with certain subjects, King said. They also KING have a social committee that plans events like bowling and going to the movies.

The group hosts a community service activity once a week. Members went to the YMCA to help them wrap presents and they also have served food at the Cherry Street Mission.

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He chose King as president because he is responsible.

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Over time the health care industry underwent major changes that began to impact how PT Services functioned on a day-to-day basis. Concerned that industry demands and evolution would limit the kind of one-on-one philosophy that was the heart of the company they founded, they bought it back and have never regretted it.

Nobody forced Herbert and Adelsperger out of retirement, and there wasn’t a crisis inspiring them. They just did it because it was the right thing to do. Amen.

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Tax time can be, well, taxing. But whether you like to do it yourself or just want someone else to do it all, there’s plenty of local help.

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“For about every four out of five returns we check, we’ll find some type of mistake, whether it’s a wrong number, or the person missed out on a larger refund,” said Dan Jones, a senior tax adviser and office manager of H&R Block, 525 E Manhattan Blvd.

Tax preparation firms like H&R Block and Northwood Tax Service, Oregon, offer a range of services, but you have to know what to look for to get the service you expect.

“You have to ask what qualifications the person has,” said John Hughes, who is in his 21st tax season operating Northwood Tax Service.

“What services does the person offer; does he specialize in any particular type of business; is he an enrolled agent, a public accountant or just a tax preparer?”

Hughes prepared taxes for five years out of his home before starting his company. He has 14 full- and part-time people on staff.

H&R Block’s Jones said other questions to ask include how long the person has been in business and if he or she offers any guarantees.

“For some CPAs, if they make a mistake on a return, you will have to pay for their time to fix it. At H&R Block, there’s no additional charge.

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person doing your return will stand behind it. We don’t want customers to leave the office and worry about their return.”

Most firms offer a range of tax preparation and filing services and are able to complete all necessary forms. Often, the process can be completed in about an hour during one sitting with a tax professional.

The other option is to drop off your income statements and other documents and then pick up the completed form within a day or no more than a few days for most firms.

While firms like Northwood Tax Service and H&R Block have base prices for returns, the price is ultimately determined by the type of form needed, and what schedules and other supporting documentation may be needed. At Northwood Tax Service, Hughes said his service typically starts at $200 and can range up to $800, depending on the complexity. At H&R Block, Jones said the average cost for returns is $150 to $200.

Northwood Tax Service, like other firms, has an “organizer” who walks clients through what they’ll need.

“If they fill out our client organizer, it’ll save them time and money.

It makes tax preparation so much quicker when clients come in with it. But we do have some clients that bring us a garbage bag full of receipts and drop it off,” Hughes said.

However, some firms have services that others may not offer. For example, Northwood Tax Service specializes in working with “truckers and railroaders.” It also does the typical individual returns, as well as for corporations and partnerships.

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In addition to preparing returns in person, H&R Block, which also does corporate and partnership returns, offers online tax services. It started with the 2007 tax year. That service, Jones said, comes with the same “checks and balances as you’d get coming into one of our offices.”

As part of its guarantee, for an additional $30 charge, H&R Block will pay for any back taxes, penalties and interest customers may incur if any mistakes are found on any of its prepared returns.

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Jones said H&R Block recently received a bulletin from the Internal Revenue Service about possible problems with people claiming their federal stimulus benefit. He said common mistakes include filling in the wrong amount.

Tips and new laws Jones and Hughes mentioned include the tax credit for first-time homebuyers who purchased or will purchase a home from April 8, 2008, through July 1, 2009. Also, senior citizens who typically don’t itemize because they own their homes should look into it because they now can claim their paid real estate taxes.

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If there is no passion behind The game moves on; you stare at your cards, shuffle them around a it, there is no belief, and if there bit and eagerly wait for your next is no belief behind it, then there is no real value, and it is a waste turn.

Business success, much like a of time.

Start by figuring out what value game of Go Fish, relies on being able to make a match between means to you. What value do you what you are holding and what personally bring to those you have the person you are talking to is the privilege to serve? It will be difholding. In your hand, you hold ferent even from your co-workers value. The word value has lost its who sell the same product.

Your value is as unique as you real meaning over decades of being are, and you must find out what it is misused and misrepresented.

Value is not the best price, and before you sit down at the table.

So what is your value? Your value it is not something you can learn from your company’s brochure. is anything that you can give that Value is something much less tan- truly provides solutions. Your value gible, yet something that, when could be as simple as your approach to working with customers. present, is obvious.

Regardless of what your value is, it It is an understatement to say that, when customers buy, they all boils down to one thing: giving.

When you give of yourself, you buy because value is present.

Value is not something you can are providing value. When you say; it is not something you can combine giving with unbridled exmemorize and recite, and it is not pertise, passion or empathy, you besomething that you can manu- come valuable.

It is only when you identify facture. If what you believe to be value requires you to talk about your specific channel of pasit, then it is not valuable at all; sionate giving that you will amit will not match the cards being plify your value.

It is at this time you no longer held in the hands of your potenneed to play a guessing game; you tial customer.

The only way to make more no longer need to manipulate. This connections with your current and is the moment you stop pouring future customers is to get in touch your energy into chasing cuswith the personal value that you em- tomers, and you begin redirecting body and transmit every time you your energy into amplifying your passion and making yourself more are with others.

To find your value, don’t look valuable.

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Sure, there is value inside work you Tom Richard is a Toledo-based sales are doing now; there is value in the trainer, gives seminars, runs sales meetings and provides coaching for products and services you represent.

However, the only way it can be- salespeople. For more information, come an effective asset for you is by visit www.TomRichard.com, call (419) 441-1005 or e-mail him via making it your own.

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may not be Irish, but over the past week I sure did feel lucky to have such a great time celebrating with friends, family and thousands of New Yorkers for a few days in Buffalo, N.Y., as Mark held down the office back home.

As I traveled home, most of my thoughts were on the fun things that Mark we did, but then I started to think Nolan about the accident we saw in Cleveland.

At the start of our long weekend vacation, we found ourselves stuck in traffic in Cleveland. At first, I was annoyed at what I thought was rushhour traffic, until I saw it was a motorcycle versus a car.

Like many, when we see an accident, I wondered about those involved. Were they OK? Was anyone killed? I said a little prayer for them and sped away. I was concerned for everyone in the accident, but I kept coming back to the guy on the motorcycle, knowing he probably took the brunt of the accident.

It was only a little more than two years ago when my father-inlaw was run over on his motorcycle while on a Sunday drive. He was

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When there is an accident will everyone be protected with the right insurance? And you can’t buy insurance after the CLAIR fact. Think about all of the challenges BAKER the people in this accident and their families could be facing in the months ahead. Did they gamble on their insurances?

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If the short-term loss of a job didn’t force him into bankruptcy, the long-term medical bills could.

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By Scott McKimmy news@toledofreepress.com

Ryan FOWLER

Hockey is life; everything else is just details hat a way to honor 40 years of tradition. What a way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a school’s last national championship.

What a slap shot in the face.

The rumor mill is swirling at BGSU, and the Falcon hockey program has been swept up in a budget tornado.

As the economy tries to revive itself, reports reveal that BGSU is facing a $10 million shortfall. To help alleviate money woes, BGSU President Carol Cartwright is rumored to have suggested eliminating the hockey program, a school staple since being established in 1969.

It should be noted that in 1994, Cartwright cut the hockey program at Kent State when she was in charge there. So this has happened under her watch before, but it should also be noted that the Golden Flashes hockey history pales in comparison to the Falcons.

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The UT men and women’s basketball programs began their seasons under similar circumstances: each with a new head coach, both playing home games in a new arena.

Months later, however, only the Lady Rockets hung up their jerseys with a winning record at 18-13 overall, 11-5 in the MAC. Toledo reached the semifinals of the conference tournament, losing 79-66 to BGSU. Despite their elimiCULLOP nation, according to head coach Tricia Cullop, the Lady Rockets gleaned more positives than negatives from the 2008-2009 season. The team outperformed expectations by vying for a first-place MAC West Division finish when preseason predictions put them in sixth.

The experience introduced Cullop to a league rife with talent in coaches as well as players.

“What I’ve learned about the MAC is that you better come ready to play,” she said. “I think Buffalo proved that in the conference tournament.

No one thought they were going to go a couple rounds and they did. You’ve got to be prepared every single night to play.”

With season’s end still close in the rearview mirror, the Lady Rockets forge ahead with optimism. All but one player returns next year, which may help maintain the chemistry they have already developed. Cullop said the team never quit, despite losing close contests, such as a 1-point game against Cincinnati and 2-point squeakers against Miami and Akron.

Far from damaging team morale, she added, tough losses merely add motivation to next year’s agenda.

“If today’s any indication,” Cullop said in a March 17 phone interview, “I’ve already got kids in the gym shooting, and we didn’t require it today. So I think that tells you our kids are very hungry for next year.”

Fans have been hungry for the Lady Rockets’ success, too, a fact that pleases Cullop as much as winning. In her last coaching position at the University of Evansville, she said, games filled far fewer seats, even though the Indiana school had made concerted efforts to draw a crowd.

In Toledo, not even inclement weather would keep fans from piling into Savage Arena.

“In my time at Evansville, we broke six consecutive season attendance records, and that was to get us up to 1,500 a game,” she said. “And then I come here, and at our first game we had 2,300 people — and that was in a snowstorm.

“We are trying to not just get wins but build the whole program, and attendance is part of that because you want an outstanding home-court advantage. And for 19 years straight, we’ve owned the attendance record in the MAC, and that’s something that we’re proud of.”

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Upside, downside The men’s team drew a conference-high average of about 5,600 spectators per game during the season, despite suffering a 7-25 overall record and 5-11 MAC finish. Yet, according to head coach Gene Cross, the players progressed throughout the year, improving their game, finding a niche and gradually moving toward a “culture of work.”

Unfortunately for him, like most first-year coaches, Cross had no opportunity to recruit when he arrived in June.

To complicated matters, he inherited a team with injuries to key personnel and more freshmen than all other classes combined.

The formula created an uphill challenge, even for a coach whose résumé includes two years as an assistant at Notre Dame, when the Fighting Irish

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GENE CROSS LED THE ROCKETS TO A 7-25 RECORD.

reached the NCAA tournament both seasons.

“We didn’t have all the bodies that we needed in order for us to be as successful as I would have liked,” Cross said. “We had a few injuries that really handcuffed us. That by no means is an excuse, but it’s just a reality. In order to be successful, you have to be healthy.”

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A18 ■ TOLEDO FREE PRESS ■ FOWLERCONTINUED FROM A17 “I didn’t believe it,” said former Falcon hockey player Ian Duncan. “[We’re] talking about Bowling Green tradition. There’s no reason to do it.

I’m just disappointed right now.”

Duncan was there the last time BGSU won a national championship trophy.

On March 24, 1984, competing on the hallowed ice in Lake Placid, N.Y., the same site as the “Miracle on Ice” team, the Falcons outlasted the University of Minnesota-Duluth in the longest collegiate hockey championship game in history, winning 5-4 in four overtimes.

“To have a Division I hockey program on ice is the best thing for Bowling Green State University,” Duncan said.

Now I will admit, I’m not the biggest hockey fan in the world, but I know how important the sport is to BGSU. During my freshman year, the ice arena acted like a social playground for green-faced, first-year students.

There was something about the building, the aura, the scent and sensation of the ice around you. The simple setting practically sucked you in, even though the action on the ice may have left you craving more.

The Falcons last winning season was in1997 under head coach Buddy Powers. This past season, BG could only muster 11 wins and got knocked out of the playoffs in the first round.

And yet hockey and Bowling Green continue to link this part of the state to the outside world.

“There are not a whole lot of people who know what Bowling Green is,” Duncan said. “It’s like Bowling Green, Ky., or is it BGSU? Most of the time it’s known for its hockey. It travels the most.”

“It’s what we grew up watching,” said Bowling Green native Betsy Dewitt. “It’s what we grew up playing. I knew every player’s name. We are rich in history. We have Stanley Cup players.”

Dewitt started skating at the age of 3. She attended BGSU. She played hockey at the ice arena. She married a hockey coach. Now their kids play hockey. Do you see the attachment of sport and citizen?

I’ll grant that, on a national stage, hockey may trail football, baseball and basketball in popularity, but in Bowling Green, hockey is what sets not only the town, but the university apart.

As much as Urban Meyer tried to pump up the Falcon football program earlier this decade, the school will never draw Notre Dame to play inside Doyt Perry Stadium.

Whereas, hockey coach Scott Paluch can convince the Irish, Michigan and The Ohio State University to travel to BGSU, recently honored Mid-American Confer-

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I’m not the biggest hockey fan in the world, but I know how important the sport is to BGSU ... the ice arena acted like a social playground for first-year students.” ence men’s basketball coach of the year Louis Orr will struggle to get a team from the Big Ten to pay a visit to Anderson Arena.

“When the hockey program goes, we feel we go. We don’t want to go,” Dewitt said.

On March 17, BGSU Athletic Director Greg Christopher released an open letter to Falcon fans saying that, instead of eliminating any sports, there will be cuts across the board to all of the college’s 18 varsity sports teams.

During the 1990s, there use to be popular T-shirts that read: “Hockey is life, everything else is just details.”

My hope is that those details don’t suck the life, identity and tradition out of BGSU.

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■ UT HOOPS CONTINUED FROM A17 With the first season under his belt — one he described as a huge undertaking — Cross looks forward to continuing to instill into his players a mentality of discipline and accountability. He believes they better understand how hard they must work to satisfy his high standards, set new goals and dedicate themselves to achieving them.

Though the 2009-2010 season is months away on the schedule, in reality it began at the final buzzer of 2009, when the Rockets lost to Akron in a 93-92 overtime heart-

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breaker. Cross said the focus shifts to “conducting our business off the court and in the classroom.”

“I think you come in with a basic philosophy as a coach, what you have to do. And what most coaches do is you adapt to your personnel,” he added. “I thought that we were able to figure what guys were good at and what they were poor at, and then kind of keep them away from what they were poor at and keep them successful.

“You’re not just coaching here; you’re mentoring. You’re a psychologist, a sociologist, a leader. You have so many hats that you wear.”

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pset with the high price of ■ Ohio: 52.4 cpg diesel fuel? The biggest share ■ Michigan: 54.0 cpg of the blame falls on state ■ Indiana: 64.7 cpg ■ New York: 67.8 cpg and federal governments.

As with all commodities, the ■ Hawaii: 70.6 cpg laws of supply and demand play an ■ Alaska: 24.4 cpg important role in the cost of fuel. ■ Georgia: 39.1 cpg However, the taxes imposed (user According to the United States tax) on fuel plays a great role in fuel’s energy information administration, high cost.

Diesel-operated vehicles trans- we use more than 100 million gallons of diesel each day port nearly 70 percent within the country. of the nation’s goods.

If we use the figure Businesses pass taxes 50.8 cents of tax per onto consumers in gallon, that equals an the form of higher amazing $18.6 bilprices for goods and lion per year just in services. The effect of diesel fuel sales. This taxation on fuel then does not include the affects the cost of tax on gasoline congoods and services. sumption. Some esIn return, this proNick SHULTZ timates indicate that vides the federal and state governments with additional actual diesel consumption is closer sales tax revenue generated from to 150 million gallons per day. Using the higher-priced goods — a never- anyone’s measure, the United States is collecting nearly $19 billion. ending spiral it would seem.

These numbers are staggering, An independent trucker operating one truck can easily purchase but they pale in comparison to the 125 gallons of diesel each day. A revenue generated from gasoline medium-size trucking company taxes each year.

In 2010, the Environmental Procan purchase 25,000 gallons per day, while a large company could pur- tection Agency (EPA) will mandate that all diesel vehicles use ultra low chase 250,000 gallons or more.

A huge amount of money is gen- sulpher content diesel (ULSD) fuel. erated for the government in the We actually have been phasing in form of tax revenue. And whether the new ULSD since 2006.

Without getting extremely techthe trucking company is large or small, the increased taxes are passed nical, the new ULSD fuels have less lubricating properties than the older onto the consumer.

If you operate a small company diesel fuels, which they replace.

This has required diesel manuor just own a diesel pickup truck, the effects of these taxes hurt. If facturers to completely redesign the you buy 40 gallons of diesel a week, fuel systems on their engines. Of you add more than $20 to the gov- course, the new fuel systems cost ernment’s coffers. The amount of more to produce, and the research money that the government makes and development costs must be caleach day from the sale of diesel culated in as well.

Many foreign governments subalone is mind-boggling.

Does the government have a sidize the research and development vested interest in sustaining this rev- costs to their manufacturers. Howenue-generating source? We are just ever, this is not the case in the free talking diesel fuel sales in this article market here in the United States.

Another major factor in the and not discussing gasoline sales.

The taxes generated from fuel sales cost of diesel is the increased costs alone, each day, in the United States in production necessary to achieve is larger than many yearly budgets the low sulpher levels. A major change in the fuel delivery and for nations around the world.

Combined state, federal and transport infrastructure was also local taxes on one gallon of diesel as necessary — all of which has added of January (national average is 50.8 to the cost of fuel. cents per gallon): ■ AUTO CONTINUES ON A20

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A20 â&#x2013; TOLEDO FREE PRESS â&#x2013; AUTO CONTINUED FROM A19 Not only has the EPA required the use of ULSD fuels, it has also imposed greater exhaust emissions standards that must be incorporated into the new engines.

Yet, this further adds to the cost.

While the U.S. engine manufacturers absorb the costs, foreign manufacturers get help from their governments.

This double standard has prompted at least one U.S. engine manufacturer to stop building smaller diesel engines. The U.S. consumer, regrettably, loses because diesel engines are more cost-efficient than gasoline engines to operate.

The reasons that diesel fuel prices are so high today is a complex subject. A few years ago, diesel cost significantly less than gasoline. Today, it is significantly higher to purchase.

The answer to the question is our own government.

While the European car market is made up of a much higher percentage of diesel-powered vehicles than the U.S. market, we appear to be locked into gasoline engine technology.

We, the consumer, pay for this shortsightedness daily at the fuel pumps. It would be inappropriate to blame this on the manufacturers of engines. It is a direct result of government regulation and taxes.

Unless, and until, U.S. citizens demand accountability from within our governments energyrelated agencies and require of them a legitimate long-term energy policy, we can expect more of the same. The government seems to be willing and able to demand accountability from our school systems, all the while unable or unwilling to demand the same of our so-called watchdog agencies. A thoughtful individual

might ask where are all those fuel tax dollars going.

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energy strategies instead of being used by political parties to garner votes, we can expect more of the same.

There are about 18,000 full-time employees within the EPA. The 2009 projected budget for the EPA is $10.5 billion.

Cost to run the agency works out to be more than $583,000 per employee.

No wonder fuel prices are so high.

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 and Ford Motor Co. Shultz, a Toledo native, will take questions from letters@toledofreepress.com.

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GM, Chrysler bankruptcy not Obama goal mexico WASHINGTON (AP) — A top adviser to President Barack Obama’s auto industry task force said March 16 that bankruptcy is not the goal of the administration’s efforts to restructure General Motors and Chrysler but stressed that the government cannot solve all of the industry’s woes.

Steven Rattner, a Wall Street financier who is advising Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the auto industry panel, said in an interview that the task force was trying to successfully restructure the companies during a difficult economic downturn.

“Bankruptcy is not our goal,’’ Rattner said. “Bankruptcy is not an ideal

place for any company to be. It is sometimes necessary but something that ideally one wants to avoid, and so we’re very focused on solving the problem, not on filing for bankruptcy.’’

General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have received a combined $17.4 billion in government loans to stave off bankruptcy and have requested billions in additional aid. The loan agreements negotiated with the Bush administration set a March 31 deadline for restructuring the companies, with the possibility of a 30-day extension.

Rattner said he expected more work would be done on the restructuring beyond the March 31 dead-

line. “We feel that we do owe it to all the stakeholders here to have something thoughtful to say, ideally, prior to the end of March. But it will not be the last word.’’

Obama’s auto task force has been meeting with company executives, officials with the United Auto Workers, holders of GM’s $28 billion in unsecured debt, auto suppliers and other stakeholders to attempt to reorganize the companies. The task force met March 16 with GM CEO Rick Wagoner and Chief Operating Officer Fritz Henderson, who also met with a top German economic minister about aid for one of its European subsidiaries, Germany’s

Adam Opel GmbH. “It’s our job to determine whether these companies are viable and if so on what basis the government should invest additional taxpayer resources,’’ Rattner said. “And after that, it’s up to the management and boards of these companies to run these companies. We have every intention to keep these companies in private shareholders’ hands and allow them to function as members of our free-enterprise society.”

GM is negotiating with its bondholders to reduce its level of debt by two-thirds and seeking additional givebacks from the UAW. Chrysler is seeking similar concessions.

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Toledo-based SSOE, one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest architecture and engineering firms, is mourning the passing of its founding father, Alfred H. Samborn. Samborn died March 19 in Glenview, IL, at the age of 91. The following biography was provided by SSOE: Born in Toledo April 30, 1917, Alfred Samborn earned a civil engineering degree from The University of Toledo in 1939 and completed graduate study at Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland. He started his career as a structural engineer for a Detroit firm in 1941.

During WW II, he enlisted in the military service and was part of the V7 Program as an apprentice seaman, advancing to the rank of lieutenant in the Civil Engineering Corps (Seabees) of the United States Naval Reserve.

On Oct. 12, 1947 Miriam â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Peggyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mann and

Alfred Samborn were married. Just one year later in 1948 Mr. Samborn founded A.H. Samborn & Associates with a vision of creating a full service engineering and design firm.

His 2 1â &#x201E;2 person company grew into the 900employee firm of SSOE, Inc. with 19 offices worldwide including corporate offices in Toledo.

Throughout his career, Samborn served in numerous professional capacities including President of the Toledo and Ohio Societies of Professional Engineers, director of the National Society of Professional Engineers, a member of the Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, and president of the National Council of Engineering Examiners.

In addition, he was the driving force behind his firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advancement into the application of computers to engineering design and is the author of many technical papers and articles.

In 1984, Samborn stepped down as SSOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CEO and became a civil engineering professor

at the University of Toledo, serving for over a decade. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations including the American Red Cross, the United Way, Old Newsboys Goodfellow Association, Downtown Toledo Associates, Toledo Council for Business, Sight Center of Northwest Ohio, the UT Alumni Foundation, and Tower Club.

In 2007 he was honored with the Toledoan of the Year award for Innovation for his numerous contributions to the region.

Samborn was preceded by his wife Peggy in death and leaves behind two sons Michael (Martha) and Randall (Hope), and their grandchildren Eve, Sarah, and Benjamin.

It is suggested that those who wish to honor the memory Mr. Samborn may do so by making a contribution to: The University of Toledo, Alfred H. Samborn/SSOE, Inc. Scholarship (#300-037) or Alfred H. Samborn Distinguished Lecture Series (#300-261).

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Sylvania students’ work on display at Art Fest The Student Art Fest 2009 will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 28 at the Sylvania Senior Center. Sylvania area students’ art, selected by their art teacher, will be on display. The event is sponsored by the Sylvania Community Arts Commission (SCAC), a nonprofit. The Art Fest is free to the public and located at 7140 Sylvania Ave. For information contact SCAC at (419) 517-0118 or visit www.sylvaniaarts.org.

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Bitch has never been shy.

She’s written songs about sexuality, politics, marijuana.

“It’s definitely my philosophy that you may as well as express yourself because what else are you going to do? You’re just going to die,” the singer said. “Hopefully it’s a message to other people to live free and live true to themselves.

“I do think artists have a responsibility to express political views or how they see the world. I think that’s really why art exists so we can have faith in our collective consciousness for ways to work toward a utopia that we all believe is possible.”

Strong words from the woman who muscled into the music world as half of Bitch and Animal. Ani DiFranco was so impressed by the duo’s 1999 debut she signed them to her Righteous Babe Records, and the two opened for her on tour.

“I was such a kid when we started touring with Ani; I feel like I learned everything from her,” Bitch said. “She’s always been such a teacher of mine. Something about her voice and where she was coming from that I really listened to how unique her voice was — I had never heard anything like that — and I’m not talking just about the way she sings, just the way she turns a phrase and the kinds of things she was talking about were so radical and important for me to hear as a young feminist.

“So touring with her was just like hanging around in whatever church you go to; it was really mind-expanding for me.”

Back with a new band, Bitch and The Exciting Conclusion, the singersongwriter is working on a new disc. She plays electric violin, ukulele and keyboards; Gabriel Kubitz is on bass, and Lee Free is on drums.

“I feel it’s going to be a collection of songs that span all my different styles, which I’m really exited about. There’s a few out-andout rock songs and then a couple good ballads,” Bitch said while taking a break from recording in New York. “I think it’s going to come out in the fall.”

Bitch and The Exciting Conclusion will play some new songs at Frankie’s April 2. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 night of show.

“There’s [a new song] called ‘Happy’ that’s all about being happy about the new administration,” Bitch said. “There’s a song called ‘Lost You,’ which is a beautiful, big-type ballad, which is kind of a heartbreak song ... There’s a song called ‘Catskills.’ I’ve been playing it now for a few years. It’s kind of an Appalachian hoedown-type song.”

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Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) will visit Owens Community College at 7 p.m. March 24 as part of its seven-week, 11-state national tour.

Barbara Barkan, operations manager for the Center for Fine and Performing Arts at Owens, said the New York ensemble will perform various pieces it developed for the tour, mostly balletinspired. DTH is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

“These are some of the most brilliant and highly trained dancers in the nation — in the world — one of the oldest and most prestigious dance companies in the country,” she said. “Anyone interested in the beauty of dance and the performance shouldn’t miss this.”

Keith Saunders, director of the DTH ensemble, said the performance will run 90 minutes, and the audience will see five ballets from its neoclassical repertoire. He said the evening performance will encompass a “behind-the-scenes and educational sensibility,” and the audience will be able to ask questions during a Q-and-A session at the end.

The ensemble from DTH will be at Owens at noon March 24 for a lecture demonstration, Saunders said.

“It will be an hour-long performance on the art of the dance in which we show and explain what we do as classically trained dancers,” he said. “We talk about different elements, such as women dancing on pointe and partnering.”

The lecture demonstration is open to the community, Barkan said.

Tickets for the evening performance are $26 for adults, $24 for seniors and $20 for Owens students and employees. To purchase tickets, visit www.owens.tix.com or call 1800-GO-OWENS, Ext. 2787.

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ONDON — London is looking “luvverly.” Despite dire Googled predictions of rain, cold and even snow before we left for England, the weather has been spectacular.

Daffodils and crocuses are blooming prettily in the parks and gardens, while down on Brighton Beach on Britain’s south coast, Old Age Pensioners (OAPers) by the thousand are sitting in their deck

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■ Given all the horror stories unlimited rides on Central London associated with international travel tubes (metros) and buses anywhere in — delays, disruptions, disasters, etc. London at any time. We’ve been using the system to a fare— getting to the thee-well, leaping UK this time was on and off tubes “easy-peasy,” as and buses with they say here. abandon, and Arriving at find the cards a Detroit Metro the real bargain. Our requisite three cards cost £25 hours prior to ($32) and can departure, our be bought at any check-in was lineu n d e r g ro u n d less and cheerful. station.

Ditto security.

Roger HOLLIDAY ■ For getting Our NorthwestClaudia FISCHER away from London’s Delta-KLM flights to London via Amsterdam (there hustle, we purchased (before leaving the were no direct flights to London on United States) two-day BritRail passes our travel day) were right on time that allow us train travel anywhere in and smooth. The meals were ed- South East England, including such ible, the in-flight entertainment ex- popular destinations as Oxford, Camtensive, the flight staff efficient and bridge, Portsmouth, Bristol, Stratford, the layovers not too tedious. If only Salisbury and Bath.

■ Toledo Free Press readers might the seats had been a little larger, the seatbacks not tiltable and the plane be interested to know that London’s not sold out, the whole thing would first free newspaper, The Metro, is celebrating its 10th birthday this have been close to perfection.

■ London, arguably the world’s year. Launched in 1999, the morning most expensive city, isn’t quite so tabloid has grown in circulation wallet-shattering these days due to the to some 1.3 million, has 3 million current positive dollar-to-pound ex- readers and ranks fourth among change rate. A couple of months ago, Britain’s 10 national newspapers. But it would have taken $2 to buy a single popularity invariably breeds compound. Today you get one for $1.40 or petition, so it’s not surprising that less. So hurry on over but don’t wait too two new evening free tabloids have recently entered the free-paper fray. long. Things can change in a hurry.

■ Another London budget buster The popularity of all three papers, as has always been traveling the city’s ex- evidenced by their commuter usage, tended public transport system, where must be seriously affecting the reada single underground ride could cost ership and the bottom line of the esas much $7. Even one-day passes tablished papers. Hmmm ... never seemed much of a bargain and could only be used during certain E-mail travel columnists Roger nonpeak periods of the day. This time Holliday and Claudia Fischer at we went for seven day Travelcards, RogerHolliday@wcnet.org.

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ig changes are coming to our tiplied into a family room, a garage and household. We are preparing to two bedrooms full of toys and activities break the male-female tie in our appropriate for ages ranging from newborn to 6. A couple of family by welcoming dresser drawers of baby one more little one into clothes have become the mix. We are also pre12 plastic tubs stacked paring to break the one up against a wall in the child to one bedroom basement. And now we ratio with our new adare about to start again dition, begging the from the beginning. question, “Just where We are back to figdo we put everyone and uring out just where to everything now?” put a swing, a bouncy Reorganization is a Shannon SZYPERSKI seat and a rocking constant part of family chair without moving life. The biggest adjustment comes, of course, the first time every other piece of furniture we own little ones’ things need to find their to storage. In a nutshell, it’s a big job place in a home formerly dedicated to and it’s not easy.

Having children calls for a willingadulthood. Extensive music and movie collections, decorative furniture and ness to adapt to each individual’s needs other pre-child luxuries suddenly take in the beginning and as things change a back seat to making way for a crib, a over time. Such change doesn’t stop at changing table and other modern-day material things or space requirements; baby essentials. It is this preparation emotional needs, personal interests for baby that builds excitement and and individual dispositions continumakes the idea of a tiny human being ously come into play. It is a family’s sharing the house even seem possible. responsibility to create a cohesive sum Before we brought our first child of all of its varied parts.

My family and I are not just prehome, all I could think about was one day seeing a tiny coat hanging paring our home for the physical right there on a hook with ours presence and needs of a new person. and miniature shoes lying neatly We are preparing as a family to welbeneath. The day I noticed that my come a new personality. Not only are vision had become a reality was the everyone’s toys and furniture being day I realized that my dream of cre- shifted around, so are our individual ating a family had finally come true. roles and obligations. Our daughter is Jumping ahead six years, we now preparing to become a big sister and have a coat rack solely devoted to child- give up her role as the youngest. And sized outerwear and several pairs of our son, whose little coat first made miscellaneous-sized, various-occasion our dream come true, is readying to shoes fighting for prominence at the take on his role of oldest with even bottom of the coat closet. The small greater responsibility.

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Dateline NBC (N) (CC) Kings “Prosperity” (N) Nova (CC) (DVS) Nature (CC) (DVS)

10 pm 10:30 11 pm 11:30

The Celebrity Apprentice (N) (CC) Masterpiece Classic “Cranford” (CC) (DVS)

News (N) Paid Prog.

Austin City Limits (CC)

Giving Is Good (CC) Half Half

CSI: Miami (CC) CSI: Miami (CC) CSI: Miami (CC) CSI: Miami (CC) ›› Super Troopers (2001) (CC) Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity Craig Ferguson Montana Montana Sonny Wizards Dadnapped (2009) Emily Osment. Suite Life E! News (N) SportsCenter (CC)

Girls Girls Keep Up Keep Up Keep Up Baseball World Classic Semifinal -- Teams TBA. (Live)

Giving Is Good (CC) Monk (CC) CSI: Miami (CC) S. Park Martin Suite Life Montana

Candy Girl The Soup Chelsea SportsCenter (CC)

Secret-Teen Secret-Teen ›› Devil’s Pond (2003) Kip Pardue. (CC)

Secret-Teen Secret-Teen Nora Roberts’ Northern Lights (2009) (CC)

Funniest Home Videos Grey’s Anatomy (CC)

Taking

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UFC Unleashed ›› The Holiday (2006) Love-Splendored Fast and Furious-Drift

UFC Unleashed (CC) UFC Unleashed Ways Die Ways Die MANswers MANswers ›› Last Holiday (2006) Queen Latifah. ›› Last Holiday (2006) Queen Latifah. (CC) ››› A Place in the Sun (1951, Drama) (CC) ››› A Kiss Before Dying (1956), Virginia Leith ›› Walking Tall (2004) The Rock. ›› Walking Tall (2004) The Rock. ››› The Fifth Element

House “Pilot” (CC)

House “Paternity”

House “DNR” (CC)

House (CC)

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Law & Order: SVU

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Insider Dancing With the Stars Celebrities compete.

Jeopardy! Big Bang How I Met Two Men Rules

Castle (N) (CC) CSI: Miami (N) (CC)

News (N) News (N)

Nightline Late Show

Deal No News (N)

TMZ (N) News (N)

News (N) Medium (N) (CC)

Seinfeld News (N)

My Wife Tonight

House “Joy” (CC) Chuck (N) (CC)

24 (N) (PA) (CC) Heroes “Cold Snap”

NewsHour Business

Antiques Roadshow

American Experience The Powder & the Glory (N) (CC)

Law Order: CI Friends Friends CSI: Miami (CC)

Masters of Illusion (N) Magics Secrets Masters of Illusion (N) Magics Secrets Intervention (CC) Intervention “Sharon”

Katie

The Hunt for Eagle One (2006, Action) News (N) Scrubs Fam. Guy Punk’d Paranormal State (N) Paranorml Paranorml

Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity Daily Colbert S. Park S. Park Futurama Daily Colbert Suite Life Montana ›› The Shaggy Dog (2006) Tim Allen.

Wizards Montana Suite Life So Raven E! News Daily 10 ›› Happy Gilmore (1996) Adam Sandler.

Girls Girls Chelsea E! News College Basketball: NIT 2nd Rd. -- Teams TBA SpoCenter Baseball World Classic Final -- Teams TBA. (Live) Secret-Teen Secret-Teen Roommate Sophie (N) Secret-Teen The 700 Club (CC) How I Met How I Met Will-Grace Will-Grace Nora Roberts’ Northern Lights (2009) (CC) Will-Grace Will-Grace TI ››› 8 Mile (2002, Drama) Eminem, Kim Basinger.

From G’s to Gents ››› 8 Mile (2002) CSI: Crime Scn CSI: Crime Scn ››› Training Day (2001) Denzel Washington.

MANswers Seinfeld Seinfeld Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Name Earl Name Earl Seinfeld Sex & City ›› Berserk (1967) Wild Boys of the Road ›› Other Men’s Women (1931) Made Movies Purchase Law & Order The Closer (CC) The Closer (CC) Saving Grace (N) (CC) Law & Order NCIS (CC)

NCIS (CC)

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WWE Monday Night Raw (S Live) (CC)

8:30

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Chaos (2005) (CC)

March 25, 2009

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Insider

Scrubs (N) Better Off Lost “He’s Our You”

Life on Mars (N) (CC)

News (N)

Nightline

Fortune Deal No News (N)

Jeopardy! Survivor: Tocantins (N) Criminal Minds (N) TMZ (N) Lie to Me (N) (CC) American Idol (CC) News (N) The Chopping Block Life “5 Quarts” (N)

CSI: NY (N) (CC) News (N) Law & Order (N) (CC)

News (N) Seinfeld News (N)

Late Show My Wife Tonight

Suite Life E! News SportsCtr. ’70s Show Reba (CC)

Great Performances “King Lear” (N) (CC) Charlie Rose (N) (CC) World’s Fun Shaken Not Stirred (N) › Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000, Comedy) World’s Fun Shaken Not Stirred (N) News (N) Scrubs Fam. Guy Punk’d Dog Dog Bounty Hunter Dog Exterm Exterm Exterm Daily Colbert Futurama S. Park S. Park Martin Daily Colbert

Montana Cow Belles (2006) (CC) Phineas Wizards Montana Suite Life So Raven Daily 10 Heidi Klum: THS ›› Rock Star (2001, Drama) Mark Wahlberg.

Chelsea E! News NBA NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Orlando Magic. (Live) NBA Basketball: Jazz at Suns ›› Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992, Comedy) (CC) Funniest Home Videos The 700 Club (CC) Reba (CC) Will-Grace Will-Grace › What Girls Learn (2001) Elizabeth Perkins.

Will-Grace Will-Grace

From G’s to Gents CSI: Crime Scn Seinfeld Seinfeld Bandit Mitchell Law & Order “C.O.D.” NCIS “Bete Noir” (CC)

Redemption The Real World (CC) CSI: Crime Scn UFC Fight Night Payne Payne Payne Payne ››› Santa Fe Trail (1940) Errol Flynn. ›› Blade: Trinity (2004) Wesley Snipes. (CC) House (CC) NCIS “Pop Life” (CC)

Friday Evening 7 pm Entertain

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The Real World (N) Payne Payne ›› The Bad Man Bones (CC) NCIS (CC)

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Wife Swap (N) (CC)

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The Real World (CC) Ways Die Ways Die Seinfeld Sex & City Hellcats of the Navy The Closer (CC) ›› The Pacifier (2005)

March 27, 2009

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Supernanny (N) (CC)

(CC) Scrubs Montana Daily 10 NFL Live

20/20 (CC)

News (N)

CSI: Miami “Shootout” CSI: Miami (CC) CSI: NY (CC) ›› Employee of the Month (2006) Dane Cook. (CC) Presents Suite Life Phineas Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior Phineas Keep Up Keep Up Candy Girl Candy Girl The Soup Expensive Her Story (N) Series of Poker Series of Poker

Nightline

Criminal Minds (CC) Presents Gerry Dee Suite Life Montana Chelsea E! News SportsCenter (CC)

’70s Show ’70s Show ’70s Show ’70s Show ’70s Show ’70s Show Funniest Home Videos The 700 Club (CC) Reba (CC) Reba (CC) Will-Grace Will-Grace Wife Swap (CC) Wife Swap (CC) Medium “Car Trouble” Taking the Stage FNMTV Premieres (N) True Life True Life Fantasy Beatdown DEA

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CSI: Crime Scn

CSI: Crime Scn

Seinfeld Seinfeld Executionr Shorts Law & Order “Ghosts” NCIS “UnSEALed”

Fam. Guy Fam. Guy ›› Fun With Dick & Jane (2005) Jim Carrey.

Sex & City Sex & City ››› Capricorn One (1978) Elliott Gould. ››› The Dirty Dozen (1967, War) Lee Marvin. ›››› American Beauty (1999) Kevin Spacey. (CC) ››› A Beautiful Mind (2001) (CC) House (CC) Monk (CC) Law & Order: SVU House “Here Kitty”

Real Vice

Real Vice

Disorderly Con.

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Wednesday 8 p.m. on FOX 36 Lie to Me: While investigating a building collapse in a small town outside Washington, Lightman (Tim Roth) discovers a massive cover-up. A dot-com billionaire (guest star Pej Vahdat) asks the team to determine if his girlfriend (guest star Virginia Williams) loves him for the right reasons.

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Entertain Fortune

Insider Jim Jim Jeopardy! NCIS “Hide and Seek”

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TMZ (N) News (N)

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Dancing-Stars Primetime: You The Mentalist (N) (CC) Without a Trace (N)

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Nightline Late Show My Wife Tonight

News Law & Order: SVU

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NewsHour Business

Nova “Extreme Ice”

Independent Lens

Charlie Rose (N) (CC)

Law Order: CI Friends Friends CSI: Miami (CC)

Street Pat Street Pat Jail (N) Jail (CC) Street Pat Street Pat Jail (N) Jail (CC) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (CC)

Frontline (N)

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Scrubs Scrubs Daily Colbert Futurama S. Park Jim Gaffigan Suite Life Montana Minutemen (2008) Jason Dolley.

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Daily Colbert Suite Life So Raven Chelsea E! News SportsCenter (CC) The 700 Club (CC) Will-Grace Will-Grace

Band Taking the CSI: Crime Scn Seinfeld Seinfeld ››› Nevada Smith Law & Order “Floater”

Stage After Dark CSI: Crime Scn Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Jones Night NBA Basketball Detroit

Redemption From G’s to Gents (N) From G’s to Gents Ultimate Knockouts 6 DEA (N) Real Vice Real Vice Fam. Guy Fam. Guy The Office The Office My Boys My Boys Sniffles Hare Dot Jones Phantom Toll Pistons at Chicago Bulls. (CC) NBA Basketball: Rockets at Jazz

NCIS “Enigma” (CC)

House “Distractions”

House “Skin Deep”

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Mother

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Law & Order: SVU

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News (N)

Nightline

College Basketball: NCAA Tourn. Regional Semifinal College Basketball: NCAA Tourn. Regional Semifinal Deal No TMZ (N) Bones (N) (CC) Hell’s Kitchen (N) (CC) News Seinfeld My Wife News (N) News (N) Name Earl The Office The Office 30 Rock ER “I Feel Good” (N) News (N) Tonight NewsHour Business Law Order: CI Friends Friends The First 48 (CC) Scrubs Scrubs

Great-Havana MI-5 (CC) ›› The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) ›› The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (N) (CC) Daily Colbert Futurama S. Park

Suite Life E! News SportsCtr. ’70s Show Reba (CC)

The Luck of the Irish (2001) Phineas Wizards Montana 30 Best and Worst Beach Bodies Girls Girls Baseball Tonight (N) Boxing Boxing 1993 Bowe vs. Holyfield II Below (2006) Paul Walker. Premiere. (CC) Funniest Home Videos Will-Grace Will-Grace ››› Akeelah and the Bee (2006, Drama) (CC)

Montana Daily 10 NFL Live ››› Eight Reba (CC)

Making the Band 4 CSI: Crime Scn Seinfeld Seinfeld Late George Law & Order NCIS (CC)

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Austin City Limits (CC) Charlie Rose (N) (CC) The Hunt for Eagle One (2006, Action) News (N) Scrubs Fam. Guy Punk’d The Beast “Tilt” (N) The Beast “Tilt” (CC) S. Park RENO 911! Daily Colbert Suite Life So Raven Chelsea E! News SportsCenter (CC) The 700 Club (CC) Will-Grace Will-Grace

Taking the Stage Making the Band 4 (N) Taking the Stage (N) Taking the Stage UFC Unleashed TNA iMPACT! (N) (CC) DEA Friends Friends Friends Friends ›› American Pie 2 (2001) Jason Biggs. (CC) ››› The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935) (CC) ››› Things to Come (1936) Raymond Massey.

NBA Basketball Miami Heat at Chicago Bulls. (Live) (CC) NBA Basketball House (CC) House “Forever” (CC) NCIS “Bikini Wax” Law & Order: SVU

Saturday Evening ABC 13 CBS 11 FOX 36 NBC 24 PBS 30 MNT 48 MNT 20 A&E COM DISN E! ESN FAM LIF MTV SPK TBS TCM TNT USA

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American Idol The finalists perform. (CC) The Biggest Loser (N) (CC)

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long-awaited birth of Amy’s (Shailene Woodley) baby, which prompts family and friends to gather at the hospital. While Amy is in labor, Ricky and Ben (Daren Kagasoff, Ken Baumann) sort out their shared relationship as, respectively, the father and future stepfather to the new arrival. At home after the birth, Amy has a tough time transitioning into her new role in the new episode “And Unto Us, a Child Is Born.”

Monday 8 p.m. on FAM The Secret Life of the American Teenager: The first season draws to a close with the

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College Basketball: NCAA Tourn. Regional Semifinal College Basketball: NCAA Tourn. Regional Semifinal Deal No TMZ (N) Sarah Connor Dollhouse “Echoes” News (N) Seinfeld My Wife News (N) News (N) Howie Do Howie Do Friday Night Lights (N) Dateline NBC (N) (CC) News (N) Tonight NewsHour Business Wash Wk Deadline Bill Moyers Journal (N) NOW Plugged In Charlie Rose (N) (CC) Law Order: CI WWE Friday Night SmackDown! (N) (CC) UFC ›› Never Die Alone Friends Friends WWE Friday Night SmackDown! (N) (CC) News (N) Scrubs Fam. Guy Punk’d CSI: Miami Scrubs Suite Life E! News SportsCtr.

Sunday 10:01 p.m. on ABC 13 Brothers & Sisters: Trying to help before Tommy’s (Balthazar Getty) legal troubles get any worse, a desperate Nora (Sally Field) seeks help from the person Tommy hurt the most. Ryan (guest star Luke Grimes) gets a little too close to Rebecca (Emily VanCamp) for Justin’s (Dave Annable) comfort, causing Justin to doubt the motives of his recently found half brother. Rachel Griffiths, Calista Flockhart and Matthew Rhys also star in the new episode “Missing.”

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NewsHour Business Law Order: CI Friends Friends CSI: Miami (CC) Scrubs Scrubs

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Cops (CC) Cops (CC) ›› Warriors of Virtue (1997), Mario Yedidia Friends Friends Monk (CC) Payne Payne

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ABC 13 CBS 11 FOX 36 NBC 24 PBS 30 MNT 48 MNT 20 A&E COM DISN E! ESN FAM LIF MTV SPK TBS TCM TNT USA

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Funniest Home Videos Extreme-Home Housewives Brothers & Sisters (N) News (CC) Movies 60 Minutes (CC) The Amazing Race 14 Cold Case (N) (CC) The Unit (N) (CC) News (N) CSI: NY Hole in the Wall (N) Simpsons King-Hill Fam. Guy Amer Dad News (N) Seinfeld Boston Legal “Gone”

Monday Evening ABC 13 CBS 11 FOX 36 NBC 24 PBS 30 MNT 48 MNT 20 A&E COM DISN E! ESN FAM LIF MTV SPK TBS TCM TNT USA

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News (CC) Monk (CC)

College Basketball: NCAA Tournament NCIS (CC) 48 Hours Mystery (CC) News (N) CSI: NY Raymond My Wife Cops (N) Cops (N) Most Wanted News Seinfeld MADtv (N) (CC) News (N) Paid Prog. Law Order: CI Figure Skating: ISU World Championships News (N) Sat. Night Lawrence Welk Show Monarchy-Royl Antiques Roadshow TimeGoes Keep Up Vicar-Dbly Our Ohio American Idol Rewind ›› Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Alan Arkin Cops (CC) Cops (CC) American Idol Rewind Fam. Guy Paid Prog. ›› Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Alan Arkin The Hunt for Eagle One (2006, Action) Dog Dog Bounty Hunter Bounty Hunter Bounty Hunter Dog Dog Employee-Mnth ›› Legally Blonde (2001) Reese Witherspoon. ›› Beerfest (2006) Jay Chandrasekhar. (CC) Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone Stone Suite Life Cory Suite Life Montana E! News (N) Jenna Jameson: The E! True Hollywood Story Saturday Night Live The Soup Chelsea SpoCenter Baseball Tonight (CC) Basketball Women’s College Basketball: NCAA Tourn.

SportsCenter (CC) Willy Wonka & Chocolate ››› The Incredibles (2004) Voices of Craig T. Nelson.

The Secret (2007) David Duchovny. (CC) Nora Roberts’ Midnight Bayou (2009) (CC) Fantasy Redemption ››› Hustle & Flow (2005, Drama) Terrence Howard.

The Ultimate Fighter

The Ultimate Fighter

The Ultimate Fighter

Funniest Home Videos Midnight Bayou True Life Shootouts

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American Beauty (CC) ››› The Rock (1996) Sean Connery. (CC) ›› Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) Mel Gibson.

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2. What’s worth more: your height in quarters, laid end to end, OR your height in nickels, stacked on top of each other?

3. What is a mintmark?

Does every coin have one?

4. You have three pennies, three nickels, and four quarters in your pocket. If you randomly pull out a coin, what are the odds it will be a quarter?

5. Which two women have appeared on a dollar coin?

6. How many words of four or more letters can you make from NICKEL?

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Aries (March 21-April 19)

Libra (September 23-October 22)

Captain Adventure. A reality check hits hard on Monday morning. Friends, especially women, are incredibly helpful on Tuesday. The new moon brings a slight slowdown midweek. Weekend peregrinations lead to fateful meetings and flashes of inspiration.

Wonder Woman. Tough times bring out the best and worst in people, and you’re in the front row this week.

Miraculous events are possible after Tuesday, as unseen portals open up marvelous possibilities. You’ll have plenty to share during weekend conversations.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Twinkle toes. Stressful situations fray tempers as the week begins. After Tuesday, enlightening conversations offer good ideas, laughter and new clients. Two important people give excellent suggestions over the weekend – listen with an open mind.

Chairman of the board. You begin the week determined to tackle some unpleasant task. Your mood lifts sharply on Tuesday, as some long-awaited solutions come into view. Share progress reports with others over the weekend. Missing items turn up in funky places.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Hens and chicks. Spring’s arrival results in packed schedules, with layers of activities and obligations.

Invitations lure you into unplanned fun midweek, but deadlines slam hard on Friday. Reestablish contact with a long lost friend on Saturday.

State your preference. No more procrastinating: it’s time to do your taxes, or some other detestable job you’ve been avoiding. Once you’re started, everything goes easily and may yield unexpected rewards. A good angel brings you luck or good news as the weekend arrives.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

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Hollow shell. Make peace with unyielding circumstances for now. Redirect your attention to critical meetings and important news flashes midweek. Abandoned notions are re-examined for viability. Discuss concerns with family members over the weekend.s.

Glorious sunshine. You burst out of your winter cocoon now that spring is here. People are willing to make dynamic decisions after Tuesday, and a sticky problem is resolved on Friday. Refresh yourself by spending time outdoors over the weekend.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Instruction manual. Grim determination haunts the workplace as the week begins. Educators and information people are valuable contacts midweek.

Keen concentration is necessary on Friday. Plan activities for a wonderful weekend with loved ones.

Wistful little thoughts. A panicky call hits as the week begins, but don’t get caught in the anxiety storm. This is an incredible week for friendship, love and uniting with others to accomplish goals. You discover something new about a loved one over the weekend.

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Pisces (February 19-March 20)

The blue lagoon. If the chain of command at work is shaky, move carefully this week. Impromptu discussions on Tuesday reveal an insider’s viewpoint. Amazing disclosures arrive on Friday. Have a delightful (possibly romantic) weekend; keep close track of personal items.

Couch potato. A fanciful goal becomes possible this week, if you can arrange all the little details to make it so. Contact with people at a distance is another source of uplifting news. Music, film and art are supreme weekend attractions; shift into culture chameleon mode.

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

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Carrere of “Relic Hunter” Polonius’ daughter Overspend ---- Park (5700 Telegraph Road) Ypsilanti school, in brief Palindromic relative Bell sounds ---- man (unanimously) Gangster’s gun Prepares a weapon Need medical care “---- Hear a Waltz?”

Richie’s dad on “Happy Days,” for short Like many a local school Baby toys Anonymous source “Go, team!”

Sympathy sidekick His pen name was Saki Rugby formation AFL counterpart Polite address Tic-Toe link “---- pig’s eye!”

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ANSWERS: 1. penny - Lincoln, nickel-Jefferson, dime-F. Roosevelt, quarter-Washington, half-dollar - Kennedy 2. There is approximately 1 quarter/inch, or 13 stacked nickels/inch. If you are 5 ft. tall, the value is about $15 in quarters laid end to end, or $39 in stacked nickels.

3. A mintmark is a small letter that tells in which branch of the U.S. Mint the coin was made.

Coins made in Philadelphia, the first branch of the U.S. Mint, don’t always have a mintmark.

4. Chances are 4 out of 10, 2/5, or 40 percent 5. Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea 6. clink, kiln, lice, lick, lien, like, liken, line, link, neck, nice, nick, and others.

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MARCH 22, 2009

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7 piece new queen and style dining set. Upholstered chairs, Still in boxes. $450. 419-707-9970.

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Maumee

Sun 2-4

320 Clinton

2 BR, 1 Bath, 726 sf, 1 Car Gar

$110,000

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419-376-0318

Perrysburg

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984 E. Boundary

3 BR, 1 Bath, 1580 sf, 2 Car Gar

$179,900

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If you’re not completely satisfied with your current Medicare plan, you may be able to make a change.

If you have …

• A Medicare Advantage plan that includes prescription drug coverage • Original Medicare or Medicare Supplement with separate prescription drug plan

You may be able to make a change. But hurry!

You only have until March 31st.

You’re invited to come learn more about Humana Medicare Advantage plans.

Toledo Molly’s Diner 2430 W. Laskey Rd. Monday, March 30th 10:00 a.m.

To reserve your seat, get more information, or for accommodations of persons with special needs at sales meetings,

1-800-372-2188 • TTY 1-877-833-4486 8 a.m. – 8 p.m., 7 days a week

Medicare-approved HMO, PPO and PFFS plans available to anyone enrolled in both Part A and Part B of Medicare through age or disability. Enrollment period restrictions apply. A sales representative will be present with information and applications.

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