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Publisher’s statement

Down on the count

here is no contesting that Detroit and Toledo have some major problems in common. Challenged schools, aging infrastructure and most crucially, a declining population, are threatening the long-term viability of two of the Midwest’s greatest cities. The most recent U.S. Census Bureau count places Detroit at 713,777 citizens, an ongoing drop during the past decade that equates to one person leaving the city every 22 minutes. The census numbers dropped Toledo below 300,000, to 287,208 people. It’s not hard to see where many of those people are going; while not every Toledo suburb is growing, Monclova Township and Perrysburg saw gains. The drop below the 300,000 mark is significant, in terms of federal and state funding, representation apportionment and the psychological letdown of seeing milestone numbers recede. It is also important in terms of how the nation (and businesses across the nation) view our city. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said he plans to challenge the numbers, citing the U.S. Census Bureau history of undercounting urban centers. Detroit contested the 2000 count, and was with a number revised to more Thomas F. Pounds thanrewarded 950,000. Bing has said there could be as many as 40,000 uncounted Detroit citizens, each of whom would bring “approximately $10,000 to Detroit over the next decade for schools, roads, hospitals and social programs.” After the last Toledo census also dropped Toledo to under 300,000 people, then-Mayor Carty Finkbeiner and the city hired a law firm that appealed and was rewarded with a revised count of 317,000. It was initially reported that Mayor Mike Bell would not challenge the numbers, but during a March 23 conversation with his office, Toledo Free Press was told that may change. The Bell administration says it is considering a challenge, as it evaluates the numbers on a block-by-block basis. There is a tremendous amount to gain by appealing the numbers and forcing an accurate census, and we urge Mayor Bell to seriously look at what investment it would take to get a revised count. There may be no question that Toledo has lost residents, but a nearly 30,000-person drop is doubtful and should be challenged. One fellow who would not challenge the population drop is Toledo native P.J. O’Rourke. O’Rourke is a respected political analyst and writer who is often asked to return to Toledo to speak. But one of his recent efforts, a Newsweek column that refers to “failed Toledo” as a “junkyard of American capitalism,” was a harsh and mean-spirited essay about our city’s historical and social travails. “Toledo is a failure,” he wrote. “Actually, Toledo always was a failure.” O’Rourke has every right to his opinion, and as a man who operates in a ruthless arena, he undoubtedly understands there are consequences for expressing that opinion when it comes at the expense of others. So the next time a local group brings O’Rourke in to speak, as a few groups have done in past year or so, remember his thoughts about you and your city. O’Rourke has long been absent from Toledo’s census count, so it shouldn’t be an issue if he is not paid to return for a while — say, until we can get that population count back up to 400,000 or so. O Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Email him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

Thanking Bob Seger

t’s not very often that people are past my 16th birthday, riding in a car given an opportunity to thank their tuned to WIOT 104.7 FM in Toledo, pop culture idols. I’ve captured that I heard a glorious noise that changed everything. lightning in a bottle twice. It started with a clunky crash of While living in Washington, D.C., I reported on a Smithsonian Institu- percussion that laid the foundation for an organ and driving tion tribute to George guitar. The singer atLucas, the creator of tacked the song with the innovative and an energy and conviccheckbook-draining tion that demanded my “Star Wars” movies. I attention, so I reached did not have much time over and turned up the with Lucas, but I passed radio, rattling the car’s him in a lobby and was overworked and inadable to talk with him equate speakers. just long enough to “Yeah, I’m gonna thank him for the kickstart his films gave my Michael S. miller tell my tale come on, come on, give a listen,” young imagination. My creative horizons expanded with the he sang. It sounded like Bob Seger, but I had never heard the Seger of “Night energy and vision he captured. Lucas was demure and apprecia- Moves” and “Against the Wind” sing tive; he has undoubtedly been cor- anything as primal and raw as this. “I was just 13 when I had to leave nered like that thousands of times by thousands of fans, but he still played home/Knew I couldn’t stick around, I had to roam,” the voice confessed, and along and expressed gratitude. In 2004, while serving as news ed- I was hypnotized by the roughness of itor of the Daily Telegram in Adrian, I the sound pouring out of the strainedconducted a telephone interview with to-their-limits speakers. I was primed, paying full attention, rock singer Bob Seger. Quotes from that interview, reprinted in this issue for the next words I heard: “Ain’t good looking, but you know with kind permission from the Daily Telegram, allowed me to settle another I ain’t shy/Ain’t afraid to look you girl, right in the eye.” longstanding debt. The rest of the song blurred by As a teenager, my interest in women far exceeded my experience, knowl- — and didn’t matter. The clouds edge and communication skills with had parted, the world faded away, them. As I entered what should have and those words gathered speed in been the prime of my learning curve, my head, clinging to brain cells and I lacked the confidence to establish a etching themselves onto my DNA. “Ain’t good looking, but you know comfort zone with the female classmates who caught my eye, selectively I ain’t shy/Ain’t afraid to look you girl, right in the eye.” defined as “every single one of them.” There it was. The answer. In a 1969 I played football for four years, but even at my most lean and active, rock song. And what a song, what a record! I possessed a body fairly described as candy-coated, and while my face “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” stands behas never frightened small children, side Joe Turner’s “Shake, Rattle and it hasn’t landed any modeling offers, Roll” and Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole either. The resulting confidence deficit Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” as rock’s kept me from asking women for dates, greatest musical celebrations of slinky, attention or anything more interactive melting, single-minded, joyous, than sharing air in the same ZIP code. testosterone-driven young lust. It is Then, one Friday evening just the essence of the original salacious Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

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SEGER meaning of the phrase “rock ‘n’ roll.” I think I howled with capering glee at being given the keys to the carnal kingdom, even if the howl never left my throat. A decade later, grizzled actor Jack Palance would sum up the philosophy in an after-shave commercial: “Confidence,” he half-purred, half-growled, “is sexy.” But it was Seger who inspired me to adopt a damn-the-torpedoes approach to dating and mating, and during my subsequent collegian conquer-and-divide days, I brandished Seger’s words like a flaming sword. After finishing my 2004 interview with Seger and thanking him for his time, I drew upon that confidence to tell him I wanted to specifically thank him for something, and I related a Reader’s Digest version of my tale. His delighted laughter confirmed he understood, and he offered a hearty, “You’re welcome!” Seger was still laughing as we hung up the phone. And that, my friends, is rock ’n’ roll. Postscript: While writing this article, I discovered that the official lyrics are “Ain’t afraid to look it girl, hear me out,” not “Ain’t afraid to look you girl, right in the eye.” Doesn’t matter. I’m sticking to my version, and my memories. O Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Email him at mmiller@ toledofreepress.com.

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SHREDDING THE CURTAIN

THE HOT CORNER

he reign of our new governor, King John Kasich, is public or the press. It does seem to be wide open to lobbybeginning to make a lot of voters think that maybe ists and corporations. The sad part about this circus act is that the general they screwed up when they voted for him — or didn’t public and press have been thwarted at every turn in trying bother to vote. A recent Ohio poll gives him a 40 percent approval to find the details in any of these grandiose plans. The plans rating versus a 47 percent disapproval rating. Among in- kind of remind me of those glossy brochures you get in the dependents, his disapproval rating is at 55 percent. This is mail about the great deal on some beautiful condo or lush the lowest approval rating in memory, including the Bob land in some paradise that turns out to be worthless swampTaft administration. The poll also showed that if the elec- land when you finally see the actual property. The budget tion was today, Ted Strickland would crush Kasich by 15 was rolled out with great fanfare and four books of noninformation. No actual facts or figures that were relevant were points or so. The buyer’s remorse appears to be setting in. included, and his budget director couldn’t reSo far, the biggest accomplishment the Kaally tell anyone how this snow job was actually sich administration has seems to be racking up going to work to close this $8 billion deficit. these numbers in only its first three months in (That must be why they didn’t want the press to office. The jobs agenda he promised during the be there to ask any pesky questions until once campaign has not only not materialized, but again forced to back off.) Even The Columbus has actually made the job situation worse. The Dispatch, which strongly supported Kasich, orating and bloviating about all his big plans questioned this: “State Budget Director Tim for Ohio have been nothing more than hot air, Keen wasn’t dressed like a magician, but state predicated to advance the corporate agenda of lawmakers wanted to know yesterday how he the real masters he serves. The arrogance of made an $8 billion shortfall disappear, even as the man is simply astounding. It has become Don BURNARD it appears that overall spending increased in readily apparent that he has no respect whatthe new two-year budget.” soever for any middle-class working families. Wasn’t this the same kind of lack of accounting that Here’s a guy who goes out and gives a speech about the “idiot” policeman who wrote him up for a traffic violation, Lehman Bros, etc. used to create the Great Recession? Too and then tries to sell us on the fact that the fiscal problems bad that when Kasich said he wanted to run Ohio like a Ohio faces are largely due to all the money that school business, he couldn’t find a better model. Once you’re king, you make the laws, right? Another teachers, firefighters, police officers, garbage workers and other public employees make. (It couldn’t possibly have example is his Director of Development Mark Kvamme anything to do with him and his Wall Street cronies.) The who had to step down since he was constitutionally barred $8 billion deficit that his running mate Mary Taylor pro- from serving since he wasn’t a resident of Ohio. King John jected must be closed at all costs, so long as it doesn’t cost chalked that up to political motivation, and created a new his friends any more. But don’t worry; it’s all going to be non-Cabinet level post for him. Yep, no smoke and mirrors done honestly and openly because he’s going to have the here! Oh, and by the way Sire, where are the jobs? O most open administration ever. We’re still waiting to hear who it’s going to be open to because it sure isn’t open to the Email Don Burnard at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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bout a year ago I compared mara said March 22. One union in 2010 made a conthe budget process of the City of Toledo with the reality tele- cessionary deal where it deferred payments — at the March 21 H.R., vision show “Survivor.” “While the budget process impacts I.T. and Finance committee meeting, people’s lives, like reality TV there is a Councilman D. Michael Collins asked part of it that is fake, despite the focus is it safe to say Toledo Firefighters and attention, it is a giant paper game. Local 92 did not give a penny in concessions other than We really don’t know deferring overtime until how much revenue will 2011. “That is a fair statecome in, we don’t even ment,” Deputy Mayor really know how much Steve Herwat said. money the city has. It’s Concessions are all based on estimates,” expected to be sought, I wrote. though it’s not clear if The budget has to it will be deals to defer be balanced on paper or permanent cuts. by March 31, but if it goes out of balance Lisa Renee WARD Rumors of exigent circumstances have been on April 1, it doesn’t have to be addressed until the next whispered by more than one government source. budget is approved. Revenue predictions have been The 2011 budget process for the City of Toledo is similar to what took increased to create additional onplace last year. One major difference paper-only money to move around. Deferring overtime or other payis the dollar amount of the deficit is lower for 2011. At one point in ments impacts those who worked March 2010, the deficit was $48 mil- more than what they were paid for lion on March 21, 2011, the deficit and creates an automatic expenwas said to have been $9.1 million diture that has to be addressed at a with adjustments taking it down to later date. Hitting citizens already reeling $4.1 million. In 2010, an increase in the trash with economic survival with infee was passed to create more rev- creased fees or reduced services has enue. Another change to the trash fee an impact on their budgets and our was introduced by Mayor Mike Bell local economy. Toledo is not the poster child of at the March 22 Toledo City Council meeting — the discount for recy- the budgetary paper game — the cling would disappear with residents same thing takes place in other cities paying $12.50 a month instead of $15 and school districts where a balfor those who don’t recycle and $8.50 anced budget is demanded and it happens at the state level as well. a month for those who do recycle. The comparison of “rearranging Those who qualified for the homestead exemption would pay the deck chairs on the Titanic” has $7.50 a month instead of $5 a month. been used more than once to deThis legislation was introduced scribe the budget process at a local so that if Council did not approve and state level. While the motivation behind the switch to a privatized trash collection service managed by Lucas the paper budget game is to reduce County Solid Waste Management cuts or increases in fees or taxes, District, there would not be an ad- how long we can continue to rearrange deck chairs on a ship taking ditional $2.8 million budget deficit. After the passage of Issue 5, To- on water, is a question that could be ledo had the ability to shift more asked of Toledo and Ohio. The poor in steerage are already money from the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to the general starting to go under and the secondfund. Money will be transferred class passengers are getting wet; firstagain in 2011, with the possibility class has to realize what’s headed its of an additional $2.4 million being way. Some may escape into lifeboats, transferred from CIP that still leaves but since those are in limited supply, a $4.1 million deficit to be solved whether we can hold on until the before March 31. Continuing to raid USS Economy tows us into dry dock CIP means less money for infra- remains to be seen. O structure like street repairs. “We can’t keep balancing our Toledo Free Press Web Editor Lisa budget on the backs of our infra- Renee Ward operates the political blog structure,” Councilman Joe McNa- GlassCityJungle.com.

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BRIDGE TO DUBAI

A Middle Eastern perspective on the Middle East

iving in Dubai for nearly three years has been a positive, lifechanging experience. The United Arab Emirates — a crossroads to the East and West — has opened a new world that brings a different and broader perspective on Middle Eastern affairs, the Arab world, Islam and even U.S. foreign policy. Being here at this time in history, a time marked by major social and political changes, has been particularly informative and valuable. As we have said to the more than 30 friends and visitors from Toledo who have been here in recent months, “We wouldn’t have missed this for the world.” Living here, of course, does not make one an expert on Middle Eastern affairs any more than living in any place automatically makes one an expert on that region. What we “know” comes largely from the media — news from various websites, newspapers and television — with all the well-known limitations to which they are subject. But living here also has the added benefit of hearing the local interpretations of the news as well as having Emirati friends and Arab colleagues give you their take on what’s happening and why. These local interpretations are interesting and

informative; in some respects, these Members of each national group tend to interpretations are as important as the stay in close touch with their family and friends back home and, almost daily, news itself. bring information and Our major media interpretations of events sources are two local there to their workplaces newspapers: The Nahere. It is not only very tional and Gulf News; easy to get news reports three television news of regional and world channels: CNN, BBC events from major news World and Al Jazeera; sources, it is also possible and online, The New to find out how families York Times and other and friends of our Syrian, major U.S. newspapers. Iraqi, Kuwaiti and other In addition, there are expatriate colleagues are several major English- Dan JOHNSON being affected by it and, language television news channels sponsored by various nations more importantly, how they feel about including France, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, what is happening. It is a fascinating place where news, interpretations and Iran, South Korea, Japan and others. Based on these sources and rela- impacts reflect the vast range of cultures, tionships, it is possible to offer a few languages and nationalities living and working here. observations about the Middle East. The changes sweeping the Middle People in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are very news-conscious, especially at East and North Africa (MENA) rethis time of rapid social and political gion are much more complex than change. The 180-plus nations making they might appear in many American up the United Arab Emirates popula- news outlets. While it might be easy tion each have their own perspective and tempting to lump the causes of on world and regional events. It is unrest erupting across the region into truly a multicultural society with a a single sentence or paragraph, or attriwide variety and mix of perspectives. bute them all to various forms of demo-

cratic yearnings, the recent protests, demonstrations and changes in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain and other nations vary widely as to their causes and character. A one-size-fits-all response from the West that ignores these important differences would run the risk of further distancing wellmeaning Western nations from the citizens and populations of these very different and complex Arab nations. Just as many Western nations are seeking to advance their understanding of Arab societies and nations, many of the nations of the Middle East and North Africa are searching their souls empowered by new technologies, social networks, global connections and a desire for social progress and social justice that has, in many places, evaded previous generations. An Egyptian friend in his 60s told me that his generation had failed to bring constructive change to his country, but he was very excited by the current youth movement and what it has accomplished. As one recent contributor to the Gulf News wrote, referring to the region-wide unrest in Arab societies, “ … a political revolution is not enough, for we need a social revolu-

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EDUCATION CHAMPIONS

The Learning Club helps struggling students succeed

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The Learning Club of Toledo helps about 250 struggling students succeed in school each year, building students’ confidence along the way. Through seven programs at various locations throughout Toledo, the Learning Club fosters a sense of accomplishment and pride in what students can contribute by becoming independent learners, said Executive Director Deborah Apgar. Apgar is also the director of the program, which is housed at the Zablocki Senior Center on Lagrange Street. Each site is set up the same way, from the table arrangement to the schedule of the session to the soothing classical music, she said. Apgar said she tries to create an environment in first grade through high school where students can thrive, based on social and emotional learning. “From the moment they walk through the door, it’s all about choices and consequences,” Apgar said. Children earn points for their work, tests and bringing in their report cards and progress reports. They can then use those points to “shop” at the store — a table set up with different items that interest the students.

That connection between earning and learning provides a jump-start for students who are falling behind in school because of a lack of basic skills and a lack of motivation. Even though the store is available at the end of each session, students who save their points to buy the more expensive things can earn interest points, similar to a bank account. The more correct math problems and properly spelled words, the more points a student will receive. “It is the driving force initially, but as they [progress], they become self-motivated,” Apgar said. Shane, a fourth-grader who has been coming to the Learning Club for several years, said he likes the Learning Club better than school because at school there is “too much talking and too much fighting at recess,” he said. He only has 55 points now, but he said, “I want 1,000.” Each program serves 28 students. All five sites — Redeemer Lutheran Church, Warren AME Church, Imani Learning Academy, Monroe Street United Methodist Church and the Zablocki Senior Center — donate the space for sessions held two nights a week. “It’s a beautiful story of all these

faith communities working together,” Apgar said. “They all work together to serve kids in the community.” Each program has state-licensed teachers, education majors from the University of Toledo and student tutors to monitor and help. They try to maintain a 1-3 teacher/student ratio. “So many diverse people coming together through one purpose — helping children succeed,” Apgar said. The Learning Club uses an individualized approach, starting with a skills assessment so that students are given books to work at their own level. The books are numbered, but the numbers do not coincide with grade levels so students do not know what grade level their book represents. This method lets students feel proud knowing that they have mastered their book and can move on to the next one, without worrying about what books their peers are on. Since each student works independently, each can work at his or her own pace. “It starts changing your attitude about yourself,” Apgar said. “It builds confidence.” Even though most children who come have some behavioral problems, Apgar said, the problems work themselves out as the children continue

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with the program. “We stress attitude a lot,” she said. “That’s why they are greeted at the door. That sets a tone of ‘Hi, I’m happy to see you. We’re a team.’ It’s a very supportive program.” The Learning Club’s goal is to see each child’s aptitude level in math and reading increase at least one grade level. Last year, students exceeded the organization’s goal. The average grade level increase in math and reading was 1.25. Through constant repetition of material, one fourth-grade student who came in at a pre-kindergarten level has now moved beyond her grade level, Apgar said. “There’s nothing better than to see a child get out of their book,” Apgar said. It’s exciting to tell them “throw it out. You don’t need it anymore!” One-third of funding for the program comes from United Way and the other two-thirds from foundations, corporations and individuals, or, as Apgar said, “wherever I can find a way of figuring out where it will come from.” The Zablocki Senior Center program is funded separately through the Mental Health Recovery Services Board because many of the children there use its services. About one-third of students come back to the Learning Club after their first year. Many times, once parents see what it has done for their child, they want to continue seeing that growth. Plus, if students come early, they can receive homework help.

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It’s a beautiful story of all these faith communities working together. They all work together to serve kids in the community.” — Deborah Apgar Executive Director The Learning Club of Toledo “Parents really value this service,” Apgar said. As the end of the school year nears inside the Zablocki Senior Center, it’s difficult to believe that some students there have severe neurological and emotional issues. It’s a calm room where teachers play classical music; students sit at tables doing their work without talking to one another and patiently raise their hand when they need help. One is an autistic second-grader who once needed constant attention. Another young student used to be so afraid that he would hide underneath tables. Now, both sit and work independently and quietly. “It takes this whole little room of nurturers to make them feel comfortable,” Apgar said. O

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“Can you please fix my teeth?” the little girl asked the dentist who had come to her school, and he was happy to oblige. It’s times like those — a recent exchange with an area kindergarten student — that remind Dr. Michael Stubblefield why he does what he does. “She had 12 to 13 areas of active decay, easily twice as many as I usually see, and she knew she had issues,” said Stubblefield, public health dentist at the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, which operates a mobile dental program at low-income schools. “It’s almost heartbreaking when you see a child that small and they have serious issues.” The health department’s mobile dental program has two parts: a school-based sealant program and a school-based clinic program. The programs set up portable dental offices inside a school, where they remain for a few days to several weeks, depending on the size of the school and response from parents. The 23-year-old sealant program, which places sealants on molars to help prevent cavities, operates in about 60 Lucas and Wood county schools, including 36 Toledo Public Schools (TPS) elementary schools, seven TPS middle schools, eight Washington Local schools and two charter schools, said Dental Program Supervisor Barbara Stichter. It recently expanded for the first time into Rossford, Oregon and Springfield schools. The 10-year-old clinic program operates in TPS schools, providing services like X-rays, cleanings, fillings, fluoride treatments and simple extractions. In 2010, the mobile clinic program saw about 1,200 students, Stichter said. The programs are funded through Ohio Department of Health grants. To qualify, 40 percent or more of students must be eligible for free or reduced lunches. If a school qualifies, all students are eligible for dental services. About 50 percent of students elect to participate, Stichter said. The services are free to students, but Medicaid and other insurances are billed to help cover the cost. “The whole benefit of what we’re trying to do for that family is introduce them to dentistry and lead them to a dental home,” Stichter said. “We’re not trying to be in the schools to be their dentists. We’re trying to take care of immediate problems, get them used to seeing a dentist and then get them into a stable dental home where they can go every six months to get cleanings.” Tooth decay is the most common childhood disease, Stubblefield said. “It’s something that even with advances in prevention, the decay rate has actually gone up,” he said, a likely factor being poor eating habits, especially excessive consumption of pop and candy. Poor dental health can affect a student’s performance in

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school, Stubblefield said. “A toothache is one of the worst pains you can imagine and you’re expected to function in class, which is next to impossible,” he said. By providing school-based dental care, more children receive needed services, stay in school and have greater academic success, Stichter said. “It boils down to a kid that feels well stays in school and if a kid can’t concentrate because of their health, they’re certainly not going to do well,” Stichter said. “A kid that’s not in pain means better attendance and that is going to make for a better student.” Children from low-income families miss nearly 12 times as many school days because of dental problems compared with children in higher-income families, said Kate Sommerfeld, health specialist at the United Way of Greater Toledo. Other local agencies, including the Neighborhood Health Association and the Dental Center of Northwest Ohio, also play important roles in connecting kids to dental service, but the health department’s program is noteworthy because it is school-based, Sommerfeld said. School-based programs override the common barriers of cost, transportation or not knowing where to go, Stichter said. Some parents think it’s not necessary to care for baby teeth. Others have lost jobs or insurance. “It’s hugely important because a lot of these kids just plain and simple don’t go. I’ve had lots of teachers approach me about kids in pain for months. They’re missing entire days of school,” Stichter said. Oral hygiene is also reviewed with each student, Stubblefield said. “A lot of these kids were never taught the right way to brush and floss,” he said. “My ultimate goal is to not be needed. I doubt that’s going to happen, but you do the best you can.” O

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If a sudden disaster struck your neighborhood, would you be prepared? To better equip the public to handle such a situation, the topic of the next Ready U session, “The 72Hour Survival Plan,” is emergency preparedness. The free, hourlong presentation is set for 7 p.m. March 28 at the Main Library, 325 N. Michigan St. Chief Michael Wolever of the Toledo Fire WOLEVER and Rescue Department will discuss steps to be taken in an emergency situation, starting with first aid. “Once those needs are taken care of, then you look at ‘Do I have water? Do I have food? Do I have clothing that will allow me to be warm in the winter and keep the heat and sun off me in the summer? Do I have the medication I need to survive?’” Wolever said. “So those are the kind of things we’ll talk about.”

Sheri Meeker, community disaster education specialist for the Red Cross of Greater Toledo, said she hopes the event will raise awareness and prompt people to think about a plan. “Most people are not prepared,” Meeker said. “When we had flooding and when we had a grain elevator fire and people had to evacuate right away, many people didn’t have a plan for their pets, didn’t know what medications to have.” Catastrophic incidents can temporarily delay emergency response services due to disrupted lines of communication, blocked travel routes or simply the magnitude of the emergency, Wolever said. “I want to make sure people understand that there are emergencies of such magnitude that first responders may actually be family members or neighbors, and they have to be prepared to act as such,” Wolever said. “And then beyond that they have to survive and be self-sufficient for we’re saying 72 hours, but it could be even longer than that. Certainly for the first 72 hours, they very well need to survive without the help they are accustomed to getting by picking up the phone and calling.” The recent tsunami in Japan has tragically highlighted the importance of having a plan in the case of unex-

pected and catastrophic events, Wolever said. “In Japan I’m sure many, many people were aided by their neighbors because the rescue teams were several hours out,” Wolever said. “The U.S. sent two rescue teams over, but they’re not getting there in minutes. For hours and days people had to survive on their own and help their neighbors survive. And we had the same thing in New Orleans and Texas and the same thing here, not to that extent, but in Lake Township last year when the tornado went through. Neighbors were helping neighbors and in a big disaster, that’s where the first responders come from.” Wolever said he hopes people will come away seeing the benefit of preparation. “I hope they take away that one, there are limitations to what public services can do in a disaster, and two, they have to accept some responsibility for their own well-being immediately following a disaster and how to go about doing that,” Wolever said. Blizzard Bill Spencer of 13abc will give a short presentation at the end of the session about severe weather and tornado safety, Meeker said. An example disaster kit will be available to look at.

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Blanks to attend groundbreaking for new high school

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The Blank family is planning to attend the March 27 groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lake High School. The 2 p.m. event will have special meaning for the Blanks who lost their home in the same June 5 tornado that destroyed the BLANK high school. Casey Blank will start his senior year at the new school when it opens in August 2012. “It feels good because it means we can move on and rebuild the school that we have all dreamed of,” Casey said. As part of the ceremony, the Lake High School band and choir will per-

form. Casey sings bass for the choir. Ed said he and his wife will return from a trip in time for the groundbreaking. They wouldn’t miss it. “It is another phase of the rebuild for the community,” Ed said. “It just goes to show that progress is being made everywhere.” The groundbreaking will feature remarks from school officials, the construction company Rudolph|Libbe and the architectural firm The Collaborative. The groundbreaking will be special for Rudolph|Libbe, which is located in Lake Township. n Rendering of the new Lake High School. “It does mean a lot to us, we are a townFAMILY: ship resident,” said Gary tering of Lake’s blue and white colors istrative and district offices. The campus feel will be reinforced with Haas, vice president of throughout the building. The new high school will be a concession building and football Rudolph|Libbe. “It is going to be a very his- slightly larger than the old one. At locker rooms near the field. The project is also environmen144,350 square feet, the building toric event for Lake.” Haas has been in- will include 34 classrooms, a media tally friendly. The building will be volved with the project center and a multipurpose cafeteria constructed over the old footprint to almost since the begin- that can serve as a gym. The school reduce impact to the site. Low-flow plumbing fixtures will be installed in ning. He thinks students December 22,will 2010 also feature a gym with 1,800 like Casey will enjoy the “campus arena-style seats, a 500-seat audito- the school to reduce energy use. The $25.5 million project is set concept” of the design and the spat- rium, as well as centralized adminrudolph|Libbe

Editor’s note: Toledo Free Press will follow the Blank family of Millbury for one year as they rebuild their lives after a June 5 tornado destroyed their Main Street home.

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to start this month with a finish date in August 2012. Haas said passersby will see work being done as early as March 28. A lot of people don’t realize how much work it took to get to this point, in particular with the insurance issues of losing a school to a tornado. “I have so much respect for the administration,” Haas said. “Nobody takes a course in Tornado 101.” O

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Leadership Toledo has been connecting people and fostering personal and professional growth since 1982, giving back to the community along the way. The nonprofit organization offers a yearlong intensive program for adults that is an opportunity for personal growth, professional development and community service. “Let’s just say there are too many people standing on the sidelines waiting for someone else to fix what’s broken. We keep it simple — we help people identify the needs and connect people with time, resources and talents to get the job done,” Dave Schlaudecker, executive director, said. The program takes community

members who are young professionals, individuals established in their career and everyone in between. Leadership Toledo has now expanded to include opportunities for high school students as well with Youth Leadership Toledo (YLT). Dr. Peter Urbanik, a dentist from Brookview Dental in Sylvania, is part of the 2010-2011 class. “You learn things about Toledo you never would have guessed. People in Toledo are phenomenally skilled and amazing. You learn just how valuable our little town is to the United States of America because of its placement, and you get to work with some pretty amazing young people who are coming up in our community,” he said. Beyond just changing people on a professional level, the program tries to shift the negative mindset that many

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people have about Toledo. “I’ve been in Toledo 25 years and I didn’t know what I was missing,” Urbanik said. “You will never see Toledo the same again. You can’t even imagine how cool it is. That’s all I’m gonna say.” Beyond just becoming better leaders, Leadership Toledo graduates give back to Toledo and look for ways of helping others serve Toledo. In the 30 years of the organization, 1,250 people completed the adult program and did 184 community projects and 600 sophomores from 34 regional high schools completed YLT and did 77 community projects. Graduates donated more than one million hours of service and made an economic impact of about $20 million, according to promotional materials. “Leadership Toledo is still one of the best-kept secrets in town. This may be due to the fact that the community and other organizations, not Leadership Toledo directly, benefit from the talents of LT graduates,” Chris Denman, vice president of Devonshire Fund and 2008 LT graduate. One of the community service projects of this year’s class is a prom for special needs students on March 26 put on by the Autism Model School. One of the 2010-2011 class members organizing the prom is Stacy Holman, director of finance for Unison Behavioral Health Group. Her group chose the project after watching presentations by organizations that needed help. Of the 56

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members of the current LT class, she is in a group of eight. “It’s just amazing to me how everyone just pulls together and graciously volunteers their time,” Holman said. “I’m blown away by everyone’s willingness to volunteer services.” While it might not be an average high school prom, there will be different activities for the approximately 40 to 50 students who attend. Jeana Kirkendall, student coordi-

nator for Autism Model School, said they are having an acoustic guitar player and singer, a magician, a video game room and a movie room in case they start getting tired. “Just the looks on the kids’ faces, that’s what I’m looking most forward to. I know that no matter what we go through to get to that point, I know they will be happy and appreciate it and that will make it all worthwhile,” Holman said. O

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eading Community Involve- are doing extraordinary things. Leadership Toledo’s offices are still ment. It’s more than just a tagline under our logo. These are located on the third floor of the historic three of the most powerful words in Trinity Episcopal Church. Our landlord the English language to me and the and Trinity’s rector, the Reverend Elizanearly 2,000 graduates of Leader- beth Hoster, says: “Our support of Leadership Toledo remains a ship Toledo’s adult and key aspect of our comyouth programs. munity outreach.” No The roots of Leaderone could have a better ship Toledo date back to partner than we have 1976 when Trinity Episwith Trinity. Their gift of copal Church created a rent and utilities allows series of forums on issues us to keep our tuition at facing the Downtown a reasonable level and recommunity. The success main an active part of our of these forums led to the vibrant Downtown. creation of ToledoScape, David Although Downtown which in 1982 was reorganized into Leadership To- SCHLAUDECKER Toledo is our home base, we believe that it is important to ledo (LT), a free-standing get our participants out into the neighnonprofit organization. Our past and present LT board borhoods where the greatest needs and members and staff have long recog- issues are identified. A key component of nized that volunteers are an essential every year’s program is the regional tour. Titled “Discovering our Hidden component of nonprofit organizations. We need educated individuals Treasures,” many students were surto fill that need. Our training does that prised this year when one of the first by fostering personal growth, profes- stops took them to the Historic Woodsional development and leadership lawn Cemetery. Tedd Long, principal skills through programs designed to at Findley Davies, suggested this creincrease the community involvement ative way to expose participants to Toof more than 50 adults each year. We ledo’s history — by visiting the resting build their knowledge base and skills places of some of our founding famiwhile creating a network of like- lies. Even those who have lived here all minded individuals who help organi- their lives learned a lot that day. All our sessions are experiential zations get the job done. After 15 years of successfully edu- and motivate participants to practice cating adults, our trustees thought that what they learn. Perhaps the most if our program is great for adults, why rewarding aspect of the Leadership not have one for youth? Thus Youth Toledo experience is the commitment Leadership Toledo (YLT) was created our participants make of their time in 1997 to challenge high school soph- and talents to assisting area nonprofit omores throughout the greater Toledo organizations with selected projects. region to realize what their leadership All of this has helped Leadership Toroles and responsibilities are and how ledo remain a viable, much-needed to impact their schools and commu- element of the Toledo scene. The adult and youth sessions begin nity. Tuition is charged for adults; a small commitment fee is charged to each year in September and culminate youth participants. We raise the funds with graduation programs in late May. to cover the majority of the expenses At least twice during the year’s schedule, the adults and youth met in joint sesassociated with our youth programs. In 1998, Toledo Community sions. The needs of our community do Foundation selected LT to establish not discriminate based on age, and we and operate a youth philanthropy pro- like to give the youth and adults an opgram. Youth In Philanthropy Encour- portunity to learn together. Leading Community Involvement: aging Excellence (YIPEE) was born and helps high school juniors and Want the experience? Applications to seniors establish a lifelong commit- join the 2012 Leadership Toledo class ment to leadership, volunteerism and are now being accepted. The forms can philanthropy. YIPEE is acknowledged be completed at www.leadershiptoledo. as one of the most successful youth org, or call the office at (419) 241.7371. Bringing together people who care, philanthropy programs in the nation. Our newest program, added in those people who are positive about 2009, is Youth Jefferson Awards/ this great city and those who are not Students In Action. A partnership apathetic — that’s Leadership Toledo. O with the Jefferson Awards for Public Service, it helps pass the tradition of David Schlaudecker is executive diservice and volunteerism to the next rector of Leadership Toledo and a 2002 generation of Americans by bringing graduate of the program. Contact him recognition to ordinary students who at dave@leadershiptoledo.org.

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Program provides solace and more By Sarah Ottney Toledo Free Press Special Sections Editor sottney@toledofreepress.com

David Westmeyer, left, and TIRohn Sanders are two local students working with Leadership Toledo.

YLT inspires Toledo Christian Cares By Sarah Ottney Toledo Free Press Special Sections Editor sottney@toledofreepress.com

David Westmeyer is a changed man. The Toledo Christian High School senior admits that, despite leadership potential, he spent his freshman year mainly concerned with “being cool, getting that girlfriend everyone wanted and playing sports.” Today, the 17-year-old South Toledoan, a four-sport athlete, serves as executive student council president and

operates Toledo Christian Cares, a student service organization he founded that mobilizes the school’s students twice a year for a full day of community service. The turning point for Westmeyer was Youth Leadership Toledo (YLT). Since graduating from the leadership training program as a sophomore in 2009, he now sits on Leadership Toledo’s board as a youth trustee and is involved with YIPEE (Youth In Philanthropy Encouraging Excellence), a Leadership Toledo program for high school juniors and seniors focusing on raising money to give back to the community. n WESTMEYER CONTINUES ON A16

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TiRohn Sanders has experienced more loss than an 18-year-old should, but he’s been able to lean on a support system found in Youth Leadership Toledo. Born to a teenage mother and raised without a father, Sanders was close to his grandparents, who lived nearby and later took him and his three siblings in when his mother got sick and could no longer care for them. A few years later, when Sanders was in middle school, his grandfather passed away and he leaned even more on his grandmother. “Granny, she was the matriarch,” Sanders said. “If you needed anything, you went to Granny. If you needed a shoulder to lean on, you went to her. I didn’t have to worry about anything.” During his freshman year, a school administrator sought out Sanders and told him about Youth Leadership Toledo. “At that time at Scott High School, we had four different schools. She was on third floor and I was way in the Skills Center. How did she know me? I have no clue,” Sanders said. “With over 1,500 students at that time, she came all the way down to speak to me.” The administrator’s enthusiasm piqued Sanders’ interest. “Then when I came to orientation and saw all the students that I would have never, ever met otherwise, I said ‘Granny I want to join this,’ and she was just as excited as I was,” Sanders said. Sanders was accepted into the program, but soon after his grandmother fell ill. It didn’t seem serious, but a month later, she died. “My world was in a tornado, with a

tsunami, under a rock,” Sanders said. “It was all taken from me. My security, my safe haven. I had no one. When she passed, I thought it was up, and in fact, I did give up hope. I was like ‘Why, Lord? Why me? My mother’s gone. She practically can’t take care of us. Now my grandmother. Why me?’” Still distraught, Sanders thought about skipping the first YLT meeting, but then remembered a promise he’d made to his grandmother when she came to the orientation with him. “Since she couldn’t be a part of it, she said ‘I want you to tell me what happens in every meeting,’” Sanders said. He mustered the strength to attend, but started crying almost immediately when one of his new classmates asked if he was OK “I said ‘No, I’m not all right,’ and I began telling her all about it, crying profusely,” Sanders said. “And she just reached out and gave me a hug and I looked up and saw all of YLT — and what looked like the whole world — just surrounding me with love and compassion and encouraging me. YLT gave me hope again. When I thought everything was up, YTL was there to lean on.” An uncle moved into the house to stay with Sanders and his older brother, while his two younger sisters moved in with another family member. Sanders went on to graduate from YTL and then started YIPEE (Youth In Philanthropy Encouraging Excellence), a Leadership Toledo program for high school juniors and seniors focusing on raising money to give back to the community. Leadership Toledo Director of Youth Programs Cory Dippold said it quickly became evident that Sanders was someone who gets along with everyone. n SANDERS CONTINUES ON A16

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A16 n Toledo Free Press n SANDERS CONTINUED FROM A15 “We could tell there was something special about TiRohn,” Dippold said. “He talks about how somebody else helped him through a hard time, but for anybody else that was ever down throughout the year, you could always count on TiRohn to lift their spirits, crack a joke or give lighthearted hugs and handshakes. That’s really what stands out about TiRohn, that no matter if it’s his school, his church, his family, TiRohn is who they lean on to brighten the day.” Then, tragedy struck again. In August, at the start of his senior year, Sanders received an earlymorning phone call telling him that his mother had died. She was 34. “Now I’m really, really lost,” Sanders said. “Here I go again, losing my grandmother, now my mom. But because I’d been through it already, I leaned on YLT. They came to my mother’s funeral service, gave me a shoulder to lean on, and said ‘We’re here for you. You’ve been through this

SPECIAL SECTION: LEADERSHIP TOLEDO once before and we never left your side.’ That’s what YLT gave me.” It helps to be surrounded and inspired by YLT classmates, Sanders said. “With people behind you, pushing you on and doing great things themselves, it gives you even more drive to continue on,” Sanders said. “YLT really opened my eyes to a world of endless opportunities in helping others.” Sanders will attend Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he plans to study psychology and counseling, with a minor in education. “YLT really encouraged me to go on to become not the treasurer or the layman, but to take over by becoming the president and the liaison,” said Sanders, who also sits on Leadership Toledo’s board as a youth trustee. “You can look at a textbook of how life goes, but YLT puts you in that situation and shows you how to navigate and how to be a productive citizen and a leader,” Sanders said. “A textbook can tell you, but YLT shows you. That’s it in a nutshell.” O

n WESTMEYER CONTINUED FROM A15 “I went into Youth Leadership Toledo and my whole mindset completely changed,” Westmeyer said. “I realized that I had been given an opportunity to help other people and I couldn’t think selfishly anymore. I always knew I could help people, but they gave me the tools and support I needed to make things happen and to inspire other people to make things happen too.” At first Westmeyer was interested in YLT because he knew it would look good on college applications, but as he learned more about the program, his excitement grew. “Hearing that there would be students from all over — students that were like me, that wanted to grow and wanted to become better leaders — that’s when I knew I really wanted to be a part of it,” Westmeyer said. “It was a really cool way of networking. There’s not a basketball game I can go to in the area and not know someone. You just know everyone everywhere because you know the leaders in schools all over the place. And I knew that was going to happen and I was really, really pumped about that, but I didn’t know it was going to happen to this extent.”

MARCH 27, 2011 YLT students meet in full-day sessions once a month for nine months, each with a different topic. “We learned so much and at such a high pace,” Westmeyer said. “We’re not learning things that you learn at school. You’re learning life.” The students also do a community needs assessment and design service projects to benefit their home neighborhoods. Westmeyer’s group volunteered at Rusty’s House, a nonprofit dedicated to helping youth recover from alcohol and drug addiction. “There’s no one who can tell you what you can and cannot do. It’s in you. You’re the only one holding yourself back,” Westmeyer said. “So that’s one thing I really learned at YLT is that the sky’s the limit.” Toledo Christian Cares, which Westmeyer started in the fall of his junior year, was modeled after a similar program at St. Ursula he heard about through a YLT classmate. The most recent service day drew 250 volunteers who put 1,500 hours of service toward 20 projects and raised $500 in donations for YIPEE. Westmeyer is working with the school’s executive student council to take control of the program so it will continue after he graduates. O

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taurant Week to benefit the local nonprofit and showcase the area’s diverse culinary options. sottney@toledofreepress.com Cory Dippold, director of youth for Leadership Toledo, Leadership Toledo is teaming 3/24/11 with programs 2790 Devers_MB_TFP_311 10:26 AM Page 1 Toledo Free Press to organize a Res- said Restaurant Week is something By Sarah Ottney

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that is done across the country in most mid-size and larger cities. “The main goal is that it is a fundraiser for Leadership Toledo, but it is also designed to bring awareness to locally owned restau-

rants and some of the menu items they have to offer,” Dippold said. Restaurant Week Toledo is set for March 28 through April 3. M o r e than 15 restaurants in Toledo and the surrounding area have created menus especially for Restaurant Week and will offer meals for $10, $20 and $30 or other specials. D i n e r s will have several choices for each course, typically an appetizer, entrée and dessert. Restaurant Week specials are for dine-in only. Beverages, tax and gratuity are not included in the price. For each purchase, an amount will go to Leadership Toledo, a nonprofit organization established in the early 1980s. The group fosters leadership and involvement in the Greater Toledo area, including expanding knowledge and awareness of community issues and opportunities, and preparing area residents

for more active and informed involvement in community affairs. The lineup of restaurants is profiled in a pullout guide in the March 23 Toledo Free Press Star, available in more than 300 locations, including Meijer, Andersons and Kroger stores. The 12-page guide is also available as a downloadable document at www.toledofreepress.com. The list of Restaurant Week Toledo participants includes: Angelo’s Northwood Villa, Black Pearl, The Blarney Irish Pub, Dégagé Jazz Café, Fat Fish Blue, Fifi’s Reprise Restaurant and Lounge, Frog Leg Inn, Hungry I, J. Patrick’s Restaurant & Pub, La Scola Italian Grill, Manhattan’s, Poco Piatti, Rockwell’s, Rosie’s Italian Grille, Tea Tree Asian Bistro and Ventura’s. Other media partners include FOX Toledo and Star 105.5 FM. For information, visit www. restaurantweektoledo.com or contact Leadership Toledo at (419) 241-7371. O

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Toledo business owners have discovered a new way to promote their brands. Creadio offers a custom Internet streaming service, giving businesses a custom radio and television station to promote their brand in-store. The radio service comes complete with disc jockeys spinning music, custom jingles and commercials promoting the business. The television station offers consumers content such as sports, weather and news, tailored to the business. “When we build a new station, we build a station customized for the business,” Creadio creator Will Lucas said. “Everything from the bottom up is individually customized for the customer. What we do is empower brands by replacing traditional background music (like Muzak) with real radio stations.” The 30-year-old Lucas began a career in radio at the end of his high school career in 1998. “I never got into radio to do radio. I was always an entrepreneur at heart,” Lucas said. While shopping in a department store in 2003, Lucas heard a local radio station being broadcast when a competitor’s advertisement came on. Lucas said he realized the absurdity of the situation and put his entrepreneurial spirit to work. He spent a year trying to figure out what technology would best deliver his service. He first turned to customized 90-minute CDs and tested his product in a friend’s business. When the CDs failed to meet his vision, he turned to Internet streaming. According to Lucas, all of the stations are supplemented with voice tracks — prescheduled inserts of a

DJ talking. Live DJs are is available to subscribers at any point. Business owners are encouraged to call into the station with a song request or a birthday wish for an in-store customer. The on-air work is subcontracted to professional DJs — contacts Lucas made during his days working in radio. There is always a DJ on-site who can speak live on air at any time. “We want the customer environment to be custom tailored by the consumer,” Lucas said. In September 2009, Lucas, attended a National Black McDonald’s Operators Association (NBMOA) conference. He turned his locally grown idea into a national business, with contracts in Los Angeles, West Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Maryland and Kentucky, among others. Creadio can be heard in Toledo in The Andersons and McDonald’s. “[Creadio] allows us to continuously do our own advertising as well as provide a good quality music offering to customers shopping in the store,” Dan Anderson, president of the retail group of The Andersons, said. “Our customer reaction to [Creadio] has been pretty darn favorable.” Jon Harris owns eight McDonald’s restaurants throughout the Toledo area and is a subscriber to Creadio. He credits Creadio with the rise in dessert sales because of the in-store advertisements delivered via the radio and TV. “The nicest thing about Creadio is you have the music and you have the TV. You never hear a competitor’s message on there. All you hear is [your business] advertised,” Harris said. The Creadio radio service ranges from $28-$85 permonth and the television service ranges from $65-$95 per month. Call (419) 830-0710 or email will@creadio. com to subscribe to Creadio. O

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For four years, former University of Toledo football star Chuck Ealey dominated the football field during an undefeated college career. Now he is using that success to help local youth gain an â&#x20AC;&#x153;undefeated spirit.â&#x20AC;? Ealey was in Toledo on March 22 to receive a resolution from Toledo City Council honoring his work with the Chuck Ealey FoundaEALEY tion. The foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on establishing mentoring programs at local schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was raised by a single mom back in Portsmouth, and she always stressed the value of a good education,â&#x20AC;? Ealey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am just trying to pass that message on to todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth.â&#x20AC;? The foundation has set up mentoring programs at the high school (St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jesuit) and elementary (Rosary Cathedral, Queen of Apostles, and Lake Erie Academy) levels in Toledo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The program is in its infancy stages, but we focus on pairing kids up with faculty members or other qualified individuals to be mentors to kids in their schools,â&#x20AC;? Ealey said. The former Rocket said the idea for the program comes from his mentor, former baseball player Larry Hisle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Larry really took me under his wing when I was younger,â&#x20AC;? Ealey said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;He really helped me out with dealing with many things in life.â&#x20AC;? While Toledo is not the first city to benefit from Ealeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foundation (he also has started similar programs in schools in Mississauga, Ontario), he sees it as an opportunity to give back to his adopted hometown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toledo has become my home away from home,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My wife is from Toledo, and so is her family. Plus I spent four great years here, so I needed to give back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a duty to give back, period, and I really enjoy working with youths.â&#x20AC;? Ealeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message is simple: Get a good education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today, kids are too focused on things that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realistic,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize that only a small fraction of people are ever good enough to make it professionally.â&#x20AC;? Ealey talks about his own career in the Canadian Football League. While it was successful, the former quarterback only played for seven seasons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once your career is over with, the question then becomes, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What do I have to fall back on?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Ealey said unfortunately, most havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thought that far ahead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are so many issues that people arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t equipped to deal with in their lives. How many of these former pro athletes are broke now?â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An education is the foundation to being able to succeed, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what our mentors try and stress to the kids.â&#x20AC;? After his career, Ealey went on to become a successful financial adviser and motivational speaker, and he credits his education at UT with making that possible.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went to Toledo for a solid academic foundation first, and football just became a byproduct of me going to school there.â&#x20AC;? While there are a limited number of students who could make use of Ealeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program, he said he feels all kids could benefit from having a strong mentor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think all kids are at risk without the right information. There are kids that show wonderful leadership qualities but without fostering them along, they could go in the wrong direction.â&#x20AC;?

Ealey has not forgotten his alma mater. He also announced that womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball senior Melissa Goodall will receive the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Undefeated Spiritâ&#x20AC;? Award for this season. It is an accolade that Ealey is proud to bestow upon a deserving student athlete at UT. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The coaches send me candidates throughout the year on who they think could be a candidate. The student athlete must have a strong sense of team, an inspiring drive, a strong academic record and demonstrate a

strong sense of family values as well.â&#x20AC;? For all his off-the-field success, Ealey says he still is most recognized for his on-field performance. After compiling a 35-0 record at UT, he said fans still see his accomplishments as untouchable, even continuing to campaign for him to get in the College Football Hall of Fame. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With me and with any athlete, sports are just one part of the backdrop to life. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about the success you have, but it is about the significance your life can have on anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life.â&#x20AC;? O

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Bob Seger remembers Lenawee County roots By Michael S. Miller Toledo Free Press Editor in Chief mmiller@toledofreepress.com

Kris Kristofferson called at 1 a.m. “Bob? This is Kris. I’m going to be in Detroit next month and I wanted to talk to you about a benefit concert I’m putting together.” The voice on the Blissfield end of the phone shook off the rust of sleep. “Well, this is a Bob Seeger, but I’m not the Bob Seger,” the man said. Kristofferson apologized, saying he got the number from an operator. “It’s a lot of fun,” being named Bob Seeger and living in Southeast Michigan, the Blissfield resident said. He said hopeful musicians send him CDs and tapes, hungry for a break, and he has fun with people’s reactions when he “calls for dinner reservations or a dentist appointment.” Kristofferson may have dialed the wrong number, but he tapped into a strong local connection with one of Michigan’s most enduring musicians. For more than four decades, rock singer Bob Seger has brought attention and glory to the region. From high school dances in Tecumseh to department-store openings in Detroit to concerts at Toledo’s Sports Arena to worldwide fame, Seger has never lost touch with his blue-collar roots. He will play two concerts at Toledo’s Huntington Center, March 26 and 31, his first Toledo appearances since 1996. In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joining the pantheon of his heroes, including Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly. On the eve of that ceremony, I interviewed Seger for The Daily Telegram about his Lenawee nights. “I played so many places there,” the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter said. “Devils Lake Pavilion, Wampler’s Lake, high schools, Irish Hills, Jackson, Hillsdale College.” Seger said his manager, Punch An-

drews, has kept a file of every concert Seger has played, and that during his late ’60s time in Michigan, “We played about 250 nights a year. If anyone in Southeast Michigan liked music then, they probably saw me somewhere. You could say I was omnipresent.” Seger’s telephone voice gave no hint of the raw, throat-tearing power behind “Old Time Rock and Roll” and “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man.” He was a mellow conversationalist, quick to let loose a hearty, deep laugh that rattled the phone line like a drum solo. Seger said the fans in Lenawee County “were and are unbelievable. We would go back to the same spots, and see so many of the same faces; they just supported us. We were working musicians, and we made our money playing at night. We built a lot of history and good will there.” Seger laughed at Blissfield Bob Seeger’s Kristofferson story. “There are a lot of Bob Seegers in Michigan,” he said. “I have a cabin in Harbor Springs, and there’s a neighbor a quarter-mile down the road whose name is Bob Seeger, with the three e’s,” Seger said. “He has his name on his mailbox, so everybody walks right past my place and visits him.” He laughed again, sweet soul music vibrating through the phone.

Tecumseh footprints

Like a larger-than-life behemoth from another era, Seger left large footprints in Lenawee County. Jan Hunt of Tecumseh was treasurer of Tecumseh’s Teen Club in fall 1968 when her group hired The Bob Seger System to play the school’s winter dance. “I wrote him a check for $1,000, which seemed huge then,” she said. “We went to the principal of the high school to get permission to have the dance in the gym.” Hunt said people were charged $1 for the event, and even at that low price, the group made a profit on the

show; almost 2,000 people attended. “I remember, they had the huge sound equipment, and they played ‘Heavy Music’ and ‘Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man,’ which were my two favorites,” she said. “He played two sets, and we all danced; his music was great dance music.” John Rains of Tecumseh took a date to that winter dance. “I had never heard of them before that night, and really didn’t like them that much; I thought they were too loud, but in all fairness, they were playing in a gym,” he said. Rains began to appreciate Seger after seeing him a few times at Devils Lake. “I often think of Seger and bands like Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes when I shop at the grocery store (Tibbs IGA) that used to be the Pavilion. The stage used to be in the same area where the produce area is today,” he said. “It was pretty cool to be there in the early stages of his career and then see him have so many great songs over the years.” Jamie McWilliams of Tecumseh was the guitarist/singer for The Contempts, a band that played between Seger’s two segments at the Tecumseh dance. The Contempts played songs by The Byrds, The Young Rascals, Creedence Clearwater Reviva and other pop bands of the era. “What I remember most,” McWilliams said, “was the drummer, Pep Perrine, who had two elbows from industrial heat ducts, with bass drum covers, and he played them with mallets. Seger was a good stage band, and put on a nice show. It was a real coup for Tecumseh.”

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Seger’s time in those days was not spent on contemplative songwriting. “I was more of a performer than a songwriter then,” he said. “There was no time to write songs. We were playing or driving to the next gig.” His Southeast Michigan concert days sharpened his performance skills, Seger said.

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Brenda Zimmanck and Peggy LaFollette, both of Blissfield, recount a memory that still lights them up like the high school juniors they were in 1978. The two best friends drove to Toledo to see a Seger show at the Toledo Sports Arena. “After the show, we hung around for a while, then went to the bathroom,” Zimmanck said. “When we came out, the doors were all locked.” As they wandered the arena looking for help to get out, they bumped into members of the Silver Bullet Band backstage. “They wondered what we were doing there, and we told them about getting locked in,” Zimmanck said. “We were looking over their shoulders to see if Bob was still there, but they said he had gotten into a limo to see his mother in Detroit,” LaFollette said. The girls talked to band members for half an hour, and Zimmanck struck up a conversation with drummer David Teegarden. The band signed autographs on a piece of notebook paper, and on the back, Teegarden wrote down his hotel and room number. Zimmanck followed up with Teegarden for a few weeks, but said, convincingly, that he treated her in a gentlemanly manner. “I went to see him twice while he was in Toledo,” Zimmanck said. “But all we did was talk. We talked about

the band and being on the road and music, and what I wanted to do with my life.” Before he left, Teegarden gave Zimmanck a gold chain with gold drumsticks on it. She said she wore the gift for a while, then put it in a small cedar chest with other mementos of that era. “We still dance to his music every chance we get,” LaFollette said.

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As he prepared for his entry into the Rock and Hall of Fame, where he would be inducted by Kid Rock, Seger said he was excited and relieved to be enshrined. “All the guys I golf with are in their halls of fame, football, baseball, hockey, music, whatever,” Seger said. “They kid me about it, but after this week I can finally say I’m in.” Seger said when he gives advice to young musicians, he often reflects on his early concert work. “I tell them, if all you do is play in your basement, you’ll never know what you have until you get in front of people, no matter how small the crowd. Then you’ll know; then you’ll have someplace to build, you’ll build up good will by coming back,” he said. “I tell any young artist, if you are successful, go back to where it started; the audience loves it when you come back.” O

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vious pros and cons about it,” Taylor said of having superstar parents. “It doesn’t do me much good to dwell on the hard stuff. It’s definitely opened up opportunities for me that wouldn’t have been there any other way.” Taking the stage with his dad is one such chance. “[My dad’s] an immaculate professional, as a performer and as a musician, period. So I wanted to make sure that if I was going to bug him to let me come out and introduce me to his fans and such, I wasn’t going to be terrified and green,” Taylor said. “We both figured it would happen organically if it was ever going to happen, and this is when it happened.” The Taylors will play a sold-out show at 8 p.m. April 2 at Stranahan Theater. “It’s a fully integrated set. We’re both going to be onstage all night, playing and singing on all my songs. I’ll sing on all his, and in some cases we even perform each other’s songs,” Taylor said during a call from Tulsa, Okla., where he and his father were rehearsing for the tour last month. The 34-year-old shared how his dad prepared him for the music business. “He said music is a blue-collar job; don’t get into this game thinking that it’s going to be easy. It’s going to be hard, hard work, and it’s going to require plenty of steadfast dedication to be able to make it,” Taylor said. And what advice did he receive from his mom? “She wrote me a book, like a songwriting instructional manual,” Taylor said and laughed. “She said it’s just like poker: Jacks are better to open; don’t start with a boring line.” Not only is music in his DNA, Taylor’s environment was filled with it growing up. “My parents’ music was always around being performed live, and we’d hear the stuff that was in the works. But also my parents both have very good taste in music,” he said. “My dad turned me on to Steely Dan and a lot of Frank Loesser show tunes, you know. We’d drive from New York to Connecticut and listen to ‘Guys and Dolls’ in the car and Cole Porter and Gershwin. “My mother’s a big Gershwin fanatic, too, and Rodgers & Hammerstein and all those classic sort of old jazz standard songs. And also my mom turned me on to The Beatles and The Stones, and my dad turned me on to Howard Tate and Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding. So I love Motown; both my folks love Motown — Marvin

BEN TAYLOR Gaye, Al Green, Bill Withers.” When he was a teen, he heard hip-hop “When I was 14, that’s when The Roots came out with their first album, ‘Do You Want More?!!!??!’ And that completely blew my mind,” Taylor recalled. “Here’s these guys doing live hip-hop music, live drums and being so intelligent and so poetically inventive, so that sort of opened my eyes to what was going on in the urban music world.” His forthcoming disc, “Listening,” features guest rappers. “I’ve got John Forté on there a couple times, King James rapping with me, Jon Dolan on one track,” he said. “I collaborate with hip-hop musicians to whatever extent I can without feeling as though I’m being disingenuous. Obviously that’s not in my background, and I would have a hard time making a hip-hop album and being authentic about it.” Taylor’s 2003 debut, “Famous Among the Barns,” featured folk and funk. On “Another Run Around the Sun” from 2005, he sounded a lot like his father with reflective, acoustic songs. And he mixed it together for “The Legend of Kung Folk: Part One (The Killing Bite)” in 2008. “We’re living in a time now where 90 percent of the songs that you hear on the radio only have three or four chords in them. So I kind of go back and forth between these influences of early Rodgers & Hammerstein, really sophisticated music, and WuTang Clan, which basically just plays the same two chords on a loop for an hour,” he said. “I think there’s a lot to be said for both. There’s a lot to be said from not distracting from the lyrics with too much musicality, and there’s also a lot to be said for not distracting from the music with too much cognitive dissonance.” O

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Rave Cinema Classics Mondays at 1 p.m. at Levis COmmons. Admission $2. March 28: “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” (1949) Stars: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming and Cedric Hardwicke A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, A.D. 528 April 4: “Nancy Drew Reporter” (1939) Stars: Bonita Granville, John Litel and Frankie Thomas Nancy Drew, reporter for the school newspaper, clears a girl of murder charges. April 11: “The Fighting Sullivans” (1944) Stars: Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell and Selena Royle The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II, and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are chronicled in this film based on a true story. O

Prom dress donations

Owens Community College students are helping high school girls make their prom experience special with the school’s first Prom Dress Extravaganza. The college’s Raising Awareness Club is collecting items through March 31 that will go on sale at the Prom Dress Extravaganza on April 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Health and Activities Center Gymnasium. Those who wish to donate gently used dresses, shoes and accessories can drop them off in the Office of Student Activities Room 165 in the Student Healthy and Activities Center located on Oregon Road in Perrysburg Township. For more information, contact Nicole Lance at (567) 661-2569. O

Knight of the Vine The fifth annual Knight of the Vine will pair a gourmet dinner with a fast-paced wine auction on March 29 to benefit St. Francis de Sales High School’s scholarship endowment fund. Cocktails and dinner will start at 5:30 p.m. at The Real Seafood Co., 22 Main St., Toledo, followed by the auction. Tickets are $100 and seating is limited. Auction lots include a week in Paris with champagne tours, a wine and golf getaway to California’s Wente Vineyards and a wine and five-course dinner party at Heidelberg Distributing Company. “These wine lots are very exclusive,” Sweeney said. “They come from all over the world. It’s incredible.” This year’s event will feature a new wine auctioneer, he said. The event is sponsored by Mainstreet Ventures Inc. and Heidelberg Distributing Company. For reservations or more information, contact Ruth Young at ryoung@sfstoledo.org or (419) 531-1618, Ext. 308. O — Staff Reports

To reflect back on 2010, This year more than 4000 individuals and families will rely on the Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities for information, referrals, services and support. We need to deliver a service that assures that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families get the support they need “one person at a time.” Their priorities must be our priorities. And so, we have introduced a new mission and vision that reflects our commitment to helping individuals with developmental disabilities become contributing members of the community. Our Mission identifies that we exist to assure that all individuals with developmental disabilities have the same opportunities as all other citizens. And, we will create possibilities and activities that further this ideal. A community is not a full community until it includes all citizens. The Vision of the Lucas County Board of DD is that through our leadership and advocacy, the norm in our community is one where all individuals with developmental disabilities will have real friends…that families will feel connected to one another...that individuals will decide what a quality life means to them and then make real choices about how to live that life...that the perspective of the community be one that does not notice the disability but welcomes all individuals equally…where high standards and expectations are maintained throughout the entire support network …where individuals are given the opportunity to share their talents. In our 2008 levy campaign the Board made three major commitments: • We would work to eliminate the waiting list for day programs; • We would increase supports to children and their families; and • We would reduce the waiver waiting list focusing on aging care givers. We have made great progress on these goals and they remain top priorities. And we renew our pledge to be good stewards of the public dollars that the taxpayers of Lucas County have supported in our levy campaigns. Our commitment is to budget wisely to ensure that we can continue to provide appropriate quality services and supports to our consumers. On behalf of the Board members and all the staff of the Lucas County Board, I want to thank you for your support and look forward to a year filled with success stories.

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2010 Revenue Local Taxes 60% Federal Funds 22% State Funds 16% Other 2% Total $64.0 million

Highlights of the year: •The Story Tellers series, produced by the Board’s Family & Community Supports Department, brings forward individual life stories of people with developmental disabilities, in their own words. Through this unique effort we increase the awareness and understanding of individuals with developmental disabilities, helping to break down attitudinal barriers … improving the quality of life. View these videos on our website www.lucasdd.org •Our Early Intervention Program in 2010 served approximately one thousand families. In Early Intervention, we help parents learn more about their child’s abilities, make decisions about goals for their child, and discover ways to encourage their child’s growth and development. We also helped support, through our Children’s Options Department, another one thousand school-age children. •Lott Industries marked its 55th anniversary providing employment opportunities for more than one thousand individuals in center-based settings as well as in community-based enclaves and supported employment through a contract with the Board. •The Board opened a new site in downtown Toledo on North St. Clair. The result has been increased interaction between the surrounding community and individuals with developmental disabilities. •The Board continues to maximize Medicaid revenue. The result is an increased number of persons being served and an enhanced system of community-based providers with an zestimated 2,000 employees.

2010 Expenditures Direct Service 91% Administration 7% Quality Assurance 2% Total $60.8 million

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