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10 ways BEN KONOP can save Toledo if he is elected mayor.

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OPINION

MAY 31, 2009

PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

Power Player

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f you could build the model Toledoan, a person who embodies the heart and work ethic of this great city, there are specific attributes you would look to assemble.

You would want a person who could rise from sweeping the floors to running the boardroom.

You would want a person who could mentor fellow entrepreneurs.

You would want a person who is a tireless volunteer, who would serve on boards and community organizations.

You would want a person who has vision and leadership qualities, but who understands the importance of teamwork Thomas F. POUNDS and coalition building.

You might be surprised to learn that person already exists in the form of James Murray. Murray, who is retiring as president of the Ohio operations for First Energy, has made the most of his decade-plus in Toledo.

He has served on boards for the Red Cross and Owens Community College, and chairs or serves on numerous civic and community groups.

Murray’s bio has more of the facts: He was named 2005 Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser by the Northwest Ohio Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals as founding chairman of the Bay Park Community Hospital Foundation, and for other civic work. Murray chaired the 200506 campaign for the United Way of Greater Toledo and was the 2006 chairman of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Golf Classic. He also chairs the Greater Toledo Urban League and the ProMedica Physicians Board.

Murray headed Downtown Toledo Inc., which has grown into the Downtown Toledo Improvement MURRAY District, a leader in the revitalization of Downtown.

Without Murray, it would not exist.

When he headed the United Way campaign a couple of years ago, the campaign showed a year-over-year gain, something that was thought to be extremely difficult.

Murray treats everyone with respect, and that respect has been returned 10-fold.

His love for baseball and golf shows his fondness for civil competition and hard work.

Though he is retiring, Murray and his wife Kay are staying in Toledo, having invested in a new home and several volunteer opportunities. His continued presence is good news for Toledo’s future.

Murray has many, many friends in Toledo, and I am proud to count myself among them.

There are far too few role models, far too few people who say what they mean, mean what they say and boldly lead where others are afraid to even think of following.

If more of Toledo’s corporate citizens lived to the standards Murray has set, Toledo would be a titan of achievement and success.

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

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

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Thurber failed to cite a source, and in the parameters I oledo giveth, and Toledo taketh away.

Last December, a man phoned Toledo Free have set, that’s a one-strike offense. Mistake, oversight Press and left a message on my voicemail. He ex- or sloppiness, it is a disservice to readers and will not be tolerated. Resignation accepted. pressed concern that one of our contribuToledo Free Press paid for an audit of its tors was taking credit for material he was content going back 24 months, checking not writing. The caller left his name and a sampling of each contributor’s work. phone number, and during our subseThat investigation revealed two more inquent conversation, directed me to source stances — Dec. 21, 2007 and Dec. 19, 2008 material that was intended for dissemina— in which Thurber failed to cite a source. tion — with proper attribution. Financial Those articles have been amended online. adviser Troy Neff subscribed and paid We do not blame the anonymous for that material, but turned it in as his messenger for the message; the offense is own work, under his own name. Upon greater than the motives behind the disverifying this with Neff, Toledo Free Press immediately made a public statement and Michael S. MILLER covery process. I may disdain the anonymous sniping that colors local blogs, but I dropped Neff ’s weekly column.

The caller who alerted us to this did so out of respect recognize that we serve and are beholden to those people for Toledo Free Press’ efforts to operate a clean and trans- as much as we are our supporters — maybe more so, as parent newspaper. There was no “gotcha” attitude or glee their criticism and contempt drives our quest to be that much more accountable and transparent. in seeing Neff take a public hit.

Nor do we set our standards by the low and getting A person with opposite motivations posted a notice on SwampBubbles May 22 that accused an opinion lower all the time shoddiness of other local print publicolumn by former Lucas County Commissioner Maggie cations. Print products in this market are often allowed Thurber, “A History of Memorial Day,” of plagiarizing to slide by with ethical standards too low to register on several lines. I checked the post, saw there was cause for any professional scale, but that has never and will never concern, contacted Thurber and told her that pending an define who we are and how we serve you.

Moving forward, we are taking a number of steps to investigation, I intended to pull that column from the Toprotect our publication and its audience from such lapses. ledo Free Press Web site and suspend her contributions.

Before an investigation could be launched, Thurber We are now running every Toledo Free Press submisimmediately e-mailed a resignation notice, which read sion through a Web site filter designed to spot strings of in part, “My Toledo Free Press column, ‘The History of text that already exist.

Memorial Day,’ was a compilation of various facts and We are working with the University of Toledo to information from various sources. Because of the nu- plan a workshop for all new and future Toledo Free merous sources of the same specific facts and similar Press contributors to review the rules of attribution. information, I did not include in the article the various As a prelude, I have personally spoken with all curattributions as I should have. For that, I apologize. rent contributors and fervently reminded them that “Alternatively, in order to avoid any misconceptions, no text from any Web site, news release, published arI could have stated at the start of the article that the facts ticle, e-mail or Chinese fortune cookie may be printed and information which followed were a compilation without proper attribution. from multiple resources. I’m sorry for not making that Lastly, I am reaching out to our readership with this clear. I have the training and experience to know better promise: From this issue forward, if you spot an instance and make no excuse for this error.” in which a Toledo Free Press contributor has used anThurber’s column is a popular destination for Toledo other writer’s work without proper attribution, and you Free Press readers, in print and online. She has been a are the first to notify us, we will make a cash donation to regular contributor since early 2006, and there is no col- the charity of your choice. We will ask that you provide umnist in this market writing the kind of governmental your name, occupation and e-mail or phone number for watchdog criticism at which she excels. our records, along with evidence of the offending mateOn top of her value to our publication and our com- rial and its original source. munity, I like Maggie Thurber. She has taken some deAll we ask of you is what we hope you demand of served public lumps but not gone into hiding, as her us: honor, accuracy, accountability and the integrity to more vocal critics would prefer. She remains a strong and face each other, not behind screen names or anonymous influential voice on radio and in the blogosphere, and it writings — but openly, with respect and the common is my fervent hope that she continues writing about our goal of creating a constructive dialogue. dysfunctional local government.

Because we know you giveth, and you taketh away.

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Advice for unions

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ear union leaders and deci- importance of a union doesn’t matter sion makers: to Finkbeiner exemplified by the It’s not breaking news Toledo Police Department’s union, that union memberthe Toledo Police Paship is in the dumps. trolman’s Association, Your early 1950s (TPPA) being forced membership roles onto the chopping consisted of 32 perblock first because it cent of the nation’s became popular to working population. “save” the city’s budget The year 2008 saw via layoffs. that number jump Political contria few tenths above butions supposedly 2007’s level to a paltry Tom MORRISSEY come without strings 12.4 percent. The attached, but would union heydays seem to be past, but someone give millions to a candiit doesn’t have to be this way. date and expect nothing in return?

The mentality of union workers After receiving a huge chunk of versus nonunion workers is poles cash, would a candidate feel obliapart, according to a recent Ras- gated to the financial supporter in mussen survey. Nearly half of union any way? workers believe that most workers Coincidentally, contributions want to join a union, and only 18 to Finkbeiner’s political campaign, percent of those surveyed disagreed not the union’s social importance, with the statement. However, when forecasted which government union polling nonunion workers, the would get cut the most. Originally, numbers are flipped with 56 percent the mayor wanted to cut police and disagreeing with the statement that fire, but a court restraining order most workers want to join a union based on the manning requirement and 14 percent of nonunion workers for the fire department presented a are on the other side. legal roadblock, so only police were But it gets worse. Your popu- laid off. The TPPA contributed $500 larity among nonunion America is to the mayor’s 2005 campaign, while in the gutter, worse than President the Toledo Fire Department’s union George W. Bush’s basement ap- contributed $5,000. Apparently, these proval ratings. Nine percent of non- contributions weren’t enough. The union workers want to join a union, Ohio American Federation of State, with 81 percent firmly on the other County and Municipal Employees side of union membership. Unions (AFSCME) contributed $7,500, and just aren’t that popular among non- their local unions have avoided layunion America — 87 percent of the offs so far, beyond a handful of memAmerican work force. bers that were unable to transfer to Mr. Union Decision Maker, it’s other positions when the layoff axe time for you to do something, and fell. The Teamsters, who reached with Toledo’s mayoral race warming the platinum level by contributing up, the time has come. more than $10,000 in 2005, have also I am not anti-union, but this 87 avoided layoffs. percent of nonunion workers presUnions need to make mammoth ents a tough challenge. What can contributions to the mayoral race. you do change that huge block of To avoid cuts to union membership, people’s minds? The UAW seems Toledo government unions need to have found the right approach. to contribute. Government unions Forget that 87 percent. need to cut checks larger than $500 Buy politicians. or even $5,000. Large campaign In 2008, the UAW spent more contributions and court orders have than $13 million on political evolved into the only way to preserve elections, with nearly $5 million jobs from budget-cutting politicians. going directly to Barack Obama’s Government unions are in a campaign. This is a legal and wise unique position. You can conbusiness move, and local union tribute to the man who will one leaders should need no motivation day have an important role deto make these smart decisions and ciding whether you take a cut or follow the UAW’s example. whether you can hire. With the The union picture is bleak nation- ability to contribute monstrous ally, and locally, Toledo government sums legally, why hold back? unions are getting the shaft, thanks in part to the “endorsed Democrat,” E-mail columnist Tom Morrissey at Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. The social letters@toledofreepress.com.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Column did not explore abstinence as a choice TO THE EDITOR, The May 24 Toledo Free Press included an article written by “Get Fit, Toledo” columnist Lauren Amstutz, “Local teen pregnancy rates alarming.”

The first part of the article related to the plight of a teenager in respecting the value of life, made a decision to carry her baby full-term facing the challenges of young motherhood.

The second part of the story included extensive commentary from the Lisa Perks, CEO of the local Planned Parenthood, strong pro-choice advocates.

The surprise was that nowhere were there any comments from a pro-life organization, such as the Pregnancy Center of Greater Toledo, which in addition to assisting pregnant women in need of services at no cost, provides an abstinence program that is welcomed in many of Northwest Ohio’s grade, middle and high schools.

To say, as the CEO indicated, that “teaching an abstinence-based curriculum isn’t effective because it doesn’t prepare students for the real world” does not address the many, many positive comments and comitments from past participants of the literally hundreds of programs provided by the center throughout the area.

Many participants have responded with a great sense of gratitude as a result of hearing the message of abstinence instead of just the “protection” message in itself. Not all programs are totally successful, as evidenced by the teenager interviewed in the article. But to say that abstinence isn’t effective ignores the maturity of many of today’s young people who are open to the very safest pregnancy prevention available.

JOHN MIZEREK, Board President, Pregnancy Center of Greater Toledo

GUEST COLUMN

Ohioans are a people of ingenuity

By Dale W. Fallat SPECIAL TO TOLEDO FREE PRESS

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s I wrap up my two years as chairman of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, I’ve witnessed our people and our economy in a very personal and revealing way. I’ve been fortunate to travel Ohio from corner to corner, through all of its 88 counties comprising more than 41,000 square miles of some of the most diverse and beautiful countryside in the world. In many of my stops, I’ve talked about the history and future of Ohio’s business.

It’s hard to believe that as recently as 10,000 years ago, there was almost two miles of ice covering this area thanks to heavy glacier activity. The “melt down” left us with vast smooth areas of future farmland and huge fresh water resources and valuable watercourses to aid travel and trade for our founders and our future.

The fascinating and extremely inventive early Ohio natives were called “mound builders” for the many huge earthen structures they built around the same time the Romans were taking control of the Mediterranean basin. These inventive people were much advanced beyond the “hunter and gatherer” stage and practiced astronomy and metal forming, pottery and art. Early explorers called these early Ohioans “people of ingenuity, industry and elegance”, a description that is still well-deserved by Ohioans today.

Ohio has a rich history of inventiveness, thus the phrase, “home of light and flight.” We do not need lessons in entrepreneurship. They are everywhere in our history and culture.

Let’s look back to 1788, when Marietta is established as the first

outpost of the Northwest Territory by the famous Ohio Company co-founded by George Washington’s brother, Lawrence. Down the Ohio River, in 1837, Bill Procter and Jim Gamble start their soon-to-be-famous soap and candle company.

On Lake Erie, in Cleveland, John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil of Ohio in 1867, long before the auto era. In Akron, Union Army surgeon, B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Goodrich invents rubber substitutes for leather and fabric products. Tires came in 1896. In 1879, Dayton’s James Ritty invents the “Incorruptible Cashier,” a forerunner to the modern cash register, ATM machines and modern data analysis. Also in Dayton, Charles Kettering invents the electric auto starter, the beginning of well-known DELCO (Dayton Electric Company).

No history of Ohio’s inventors would be complete without mention of Thomas Alva Edison, born in Milan in 1847. Edison’s family moved to Michigan when he was 7 years old, but we will always proudly lay claim to this prolific inventor who changed the world in so many ways. Edison’s most instructive and challenging quote advises, “Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Ohioans don’t often give up.

With all this ingenuity and industriousness, Ohio, if it were sovereignty, would rank as the 17th largest economy in the world, somewhere near Switzerland in comparison. The Great Lakes states, if collectively a sovereignty, would be the third largest economy in the world, preceded only by America and Japan and followed by Germany.

With 11.3 million people, we also enjoy the seventh largest popu-

lation in America and can boast seven of the nation’s largest 100 cities while still claiming fourth place in agricultural production.

A recent competitive study by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce saw Ohio rank third in the nation in infrastructure (highways, railroads, airports, fiber optics, etc.). These assets have cost Ohians a lot, but cannot be easily duplicated by other states with whom we compete. We also ranked ninth in innovation resources and 22nd in financial resources. These are all essential ingredients to a modern, productive future for all Ohioans.

So, just where does our industrial/commercial future lie as we continue through the 21st century?

We know we must go beyond manufacturing without forsaking our dominant skills and resources in that essential area. We must continue our long, rich history of innovation and entrepreneurship.

We possess and operate centers of excellence in polymers, medical science, bioscience, solar energy, fuel cell technology, nano technology, information technology, instruments and controls, advanced manufacturing techniques, aviation, propulsion, coal technologies, advanced materials, and the list goes on.

This won’t be the last economic challenge we will face as a state, nation and world, but the resources we have in Ohio, and have always had, will serve us very well in this highly competitive environment.

But, of course, we Ohioans are the people of “ingenuity, industry and elegance.”

Dale Fallat served as chairman of the board for the Ohio Chamber of Commerce April 2007 to May 2009. He is a vice president at The Andersons Inc.

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Konop aims to serve those ‘hungry for a new direction’

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Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop intends to sink his mayoral opponents the same way he sank three-pointers in high school.

He said no one ever believes the 5-foot-9-inch Democrat played varsity basketball at Ottawa Hills High School or was recruited to play collegiate ball at Emory University in Atlanta, where he earned a varsity letter.

He was too short then, too young to run for mayor now. It’s all just motivation for the 33-year-old Toledo native.

“Having a young mayor would be the most powerful message to the younger generation that Toledo welcomes them,” Konop said, “that there is opportunity for them, someone who understands their situation and someone who is willing to encourage and provide resources to help them succeed.”

Konop said he has “a strong base of young people who are hungry for a new direction.” If elected, he will be the second-youngest mayor in Toledo’s history.

Mayor Doug DeGood from the late 1970s would best him by just a few years.

Lisa Brock is one of his supporters on the social networking site Facebook. Konop garnered 1,500 supporters on the site in the two weeks after he announced his bid for mayor March 30.

“I have just recently moved into the city limits and have been here a mere four months,” Brock wrote via Facebook ... “I can tell you since I have been here, my trash day has changed three times; I have been interviewed by 13 Action News for having my garbage out on the wrong day and I never had my leaves picked up ... I am ready for a change.”

Change is what Konop is offering, but his appeal goes beyond those who are technologically savvy, he said. As commissioner, Konop started the 911 Cell Phones for Seniors program, as well as the Veterans Business Resource Center located at the job bank, The Source. He also prides himself on fighting for the working class.

“I have just tried to represent people outside of Government Center. Like I said, there is this clique — connected folks, the good old boys network, who have their voices heard very clearly and they give a lot of campaign contributions and they get seats on commissions and they get no-bid contracts. They are accounted for; I don’t represent them. I have fought against them.”

Konop said Democrat Keith Wilkowski and Independent Mike Bell — the two candidates he considers his most serious opponents — are not what Toledo needs.

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IF ELECTED MAYOR, BEN KONOP WOULD BE TOLEDO’S SECOND-YOUNGEST MAYOR EVER, BEHIND DOUG DEGOOD.

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BEN KONOP

10 points in Ben Konop’s candidacy: 1. He says he offers a new direction.

2. He argues he can help attract knowledge-based jobs.

3. He admits he is young, but stresses he is experienced.

4. He wants to establish a scholarship fund.

5. He promises better communication with city council.

6. He promises accessibility.

7. He says he will put public safety first.

8. He says he is not a “good old boy.”

9. He promises he will fight for the under-represented.

10. He says he is a “change agent.”

■ KONOP CONTINUED FROM A6 Republican Jim Moody is also running. Konop said he believes, based on polling by his campaign, he is the final major candidate to enter the race; Mayor Carty Finkbeiner will not run , Konop said.

“Frankly, the older generation of politicians, who I think Mr. Wilkowski and Mr. Bell belong to, have had their shot ... they have been in power one way or another for 30 years, and look where we are as a community,” he said.

“I am the only candidate who understands the urgency to either adapt or become the next Gary, Ind.”

Knowledge-based economy Konop said he is running for mayor because the economic opportunity that was there for his grandparents and his parents is gone. Many people are to blame, and there’s still no sense of urgency, he said.

Government leaders were complacent, he said, because the auto industry was fairly robust for decades.

They “put things on cruise control,” he said, thinking the economy would be fine and tax revenue would still come in — no one established an overarching plan for Toledo.

“I have obviously thought about it long and hard,” Konop said about running for mayor. “For me, it is in many ways a personal reason. This community has been very good to me and to my family.”

He said public safety has to be the highest priority as far as providing government services.

“I don’t think the mayor has handled negotiations with the police union very well, but I think there has to be concessions on the part of the police union as well.

Economic development is right behind public safety, if not equally important.

“You cannot have long-term public safety without jobs,” Konop said. “The numbers just don’t work out. I think of the major candidates; I have the best understanding of where our economy needs to be and how we need to transition our economy into the 21st century.”

Konop said the good-paying jobs of the future are knowledgebased. When he traveled to China, New York City and Atlanta — on his own dime — business leaders inquired about Northwest Ohio’s work force: they wanted the number of attorneys, writers, engineers and computer scientists, he said.

Konop said he is establishing an $80 million scholarship fund for high school graduates and displaced workers. The fund would provide scholarships for the training/education needed to be competitive in the global economy. The money would come from cost-saving measures on the county-level, including the privatization of emergency medical services, he said.

“It’s not enough to be a hard worker anymore,” Konop said. “If it was just about hard work, Toledo would have a very low unemployment rate.”

Political bug Konop first became interested in politics after serving as a page in Washington, D.C., before his senior year in high school.

Konop described his job as a “glorified gopher.” It was before the popularity of e-mail, so he spent his days delivering memos and delicately waking up elected officials who were taking naps in the cloakroom.

“It was a fantastic learning experience,” he said. “I got to sit on the floor of the House of Representatives every day for a summer and just watch things unfold.”

Konop said Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, who appointed him a page, is a mentor. He worked for Kaptur’s office after his freshman year in college, and then spent the summer at The Blade after his sophomore year. His aunt, Sandy Isenberg, former Toledo city councilwoman and Lucas County commissioner, was involved in politics throughout his life, too.

“I don’t really talk to her about politics very often, if at all,” Konop said. “She is a good aunt in that she takes me out for birthday dinners and buys me a tie here and there and calls to check up on me now and again.”

Isenberg said she did not influence her nephew to run for county commissioner, although explained what the job entailed.

“I am extremely proud of Ben. He has done a wonderful job. He is a very bright, thoughtful, articulate, young man,” she said.

“I certainly plan on helping him any way that I can. I think he brings a new vigor to the campaign and I think he will certainly bring many new ideas ... I think he is a great asset to this area and I am glad he is one of the young men who came home.”

Brain drain Konop almost became one of the casualties of Northwest Ohio.

When he left, he wasn’t sure he would return.

Born March 1, 1976, to Alan and Barbara Konop, the boy with one green eye and one brown eye attended Sylvania Schools until his family moved to Ottawa Hills before seventh grade.

Konop enjoyed being an only child, although had the company of three older half-siblings from his father’s first marriage. He had four half-siblings, but his oldest brother, who suffered from a mental illness, committed suicide when Konop was in grade school.

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Konop graduated from Ottawa Hills High School in 1994 and left for Emory University in Atlanta, where he received a bachelor’s in history and English, also studying history and literature at Oxford University in England. He graduated with his law degree from the University of Michigan in 2000. His father is a longtime Toledo attorney who also graduated from Michigan.

“Becoming an attorney was his choice,” his father said. “I think it is very healthy that he made a choice totally independent of his parents.”

Dad said the young Konop was always interested in politics, although no one thought he would one day run for mayor.

“We were obviously very happy to have him come home,” he said.

“We were always happy to see him enthused about doing positive things in Toledo and Lucas County.”

Konop once dreamed of becoming a shortstop for the Detroit Tigers or a point guard for the Wolverines. Although he played Division III basketball in college, the game was over after that.

“My dad is originally from Detroit,” Konop said. “He raised me a huge Michigan fan ... I knew that the Tigers wasn’t going to work out when I first saw a curve ball thrown at me; and when I stopped

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growing at 5 foot 9 inches, I realized I wasn’t going to be point guard for the Michigan Wolverines,” he said, laughing.

In 2001, Konop moved to D.C. and began to practice corporate law at Fulbright & Jaworski, one of the largest law firms in the country. Konop was leaning toward a job in public service when Kaptur asked him to run against incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Oxley in Republican 4th Congressional District in Ohio.

“It was out of thin air. I hadn’t even thought about it for one second,” Konop said.

He took three days to consider the offer.

“Any political race I run after that will seem relatively easy,” Konop said. “That district has 12 counties, all Republican counties — it goes from Mansfield to almost Dayton.”

Konop lost, but was the first federal Democratic candidate since 1932 to carry Allen County.

“It was a moral victory,” he said.

Back in Toledo After his 2004 defeat, Konop returned to Toledo as a full-time visiting law professor at UT in the 2005-06 school year.

A self-proclaimed urban pioneer, he bought a condo in the Toledo Warehouse District.

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■ KONOP CONTINUED FROM A7 It was nice to be home, even if most of the people he grew up with had left.

“As mayor, I could communicate that to my generation. I know what it is like to live in a big city. I know there are some things you cannot replicate, but here are the advantages of living in Toledo. I am someone who can make the case because I have done it.”

His mortgage is less than his rent in D.C. and square-footage wise, his garage in Toledo is larger than his entire apartment in Washington.

“I love where I live. I love being able to walk to the baseball stadium, walk to The Blarney, walk to the Erie Street Market ... it is a really cool place to live, and I couldn’t have afforded that in D.C.”

The pledge His decision to run for county commissioner was not calculated.

When it became fairly clear to him that Maggie Thurber would not seek reelection, he declared his candidacy.

“Things just kind of pop up and opportunities present themselves,” he said.

He went on to beat Toledo City Councilman George Sarantou in the general election, although the campaign would come back to haunt him.

Konop had made a pledge to fulfill his four-year term if elected county commissioner. He will have served three of four years if elected mayor.

“I am the best candidate to take our community in a new direction,” Konop said. “That was my calculus in evaluating my pledge. It was an equation. What is in the best interest of the community?”

Konop keeps the written pledge in his office at One Government Center. The pledge includes other promises that he said he has kept, including being open and accessible; donating his income from teaching at UT to a scholarship; and implementing evening meetings so

working people can attend.

“You can look at the entire pledge and that is not a bad record,” he said.

Time is right Konop said he wouldn’t have a good case to run for mayor if Toledo was performing better. In addition to a high unemployment rate, foreclosures are through the roof and Toledo residents have some of highest personal debts in the country, he said To help alleviate the city’s budget deficit, Konop has proposed a shortterm merger of five city and county departments like building inspection, economic development and IT, which would save an estimated $5 million to $7 million, he said.

Konop doesn’t want to be a career politician. He wants to be mayor now because this is when his city needs him. In the future, he would consider a job as an innercity teacher or a high school or college basketball coach.

“I could not imagine myself being in politics for 30 years,” he said. “I think it is very hard to maintain a sense of integrity, a sense of understanding of what people want.”

Konop said if elected mayor he would take steps to improve the relationship between city council and the mayor. He said lack of communication between council members and the mayor is a serious problem, and a reason for the haphazard approach to police layoffs and negotiations.

As mayor he would appear in front of council each week for one hour and invite the public and labor unions to ask questions.

“That is a very tangible first step in fostering better communication,” he said.

As commissioner, Konop said he is proud of being a change agent. He demanded accountability from the Lucas County Improvement Corporation, which angered a lot of the good old boys, he said.

“I think my fight to bring more accountability and results to the

board have paid off.”

He’s disappointed several proposals to create jobs in the county have been outvoted 2 to 1.

“I wish I could have done a better job of convincing my colleagues to go along with it,” Konop said. “I will take some responsibility for that.”

He also accepts responsibility for driving without car insurance because of what he calls a “clerical error.” It’s a mistake that didn’t lead to his license suspension, but plenty of headlines. The attention — the good and the bad — is something Konop knows is part of the job.

Konop also took some heat when he replaced his black female assistant, Gabrielle Seay, with a white male, former Blade reporter Joe Vardon.

“My former employee is still an employee,” Konop said of her reassignment. He said he doesn’t think it is proper to vent personnel issues in public.

“She did a great job, nothing based on her performance. It was a mutually agreed-upon move,” he said.

But for all the negative attention, he also receives encouragement.

“I get a lot of young people who come up to thank me for what I am doing and give me their support,” Konop said.

“I have made mistakes. I don’t have all the answers. I probably don’t even have most of the answers.

What I do represent and what my record speaks to is that I am a serious challenger to the status quo, and the status quo is not working for Toledo, Ohio.”

If Konop doesn’t win the mayoral race, he would have to decide immediately about kicking off a 2010 reelection campaign for Lucas County commissioner.

But he’s not worried.

“I think it is a campaign that I will win,” he said. “I am very optimistic ... the overall sentiment is that people are really ready for a serious, new direction and fresh start for Toledo.”

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By Allison Wingate TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Empire Drift was presented with an official Toledo City Council resolution on May 27, declaring “A Good Place to Call Home” the official song of Toledo for one year.

The band was present during the voting of the resolution and SHUGARMAN gave the city council a rare in-chamber acoustic performance.

“Everyone really seemed to like it. The only way to describe it is that everyone was really positive and supporting and it was a relaxing atmosphere,” said guitarist Rick Shugarman. “It was an honor to play in front of our local representatives.”

The Toledo Free Press/FOX Toledo “Song of Toledo” contest winner was named May 20.

On May 21, Empire Drift played its winning song for Rep. Marcy Kaptur and Barack Obama’s “Auto Czar,” Ed Montgomery.

Upon hearing the song, with its shout-out to her, Kaptur said, “I’ve listened to the song twice and now I’m singing along with Empire Drift.

I’m honored to be included in their bouncy score, which aptly describes our community as a wonderful place to live. Again, the arts lift us and speak for us.”

The group will perform its Toledo anthem for the Lucas County Commissioners on June 2 and will be awarded a proclamation. Empire Drift will celebrate its win with a performance on June 5 at The Blarney Irish Pub. “A Good Place To Call Home” can be heard at www.toledofreepress.com.

Other “Song of Toledo” contest entries are receiving exposure for

their work.

Contest contender and former “American Idol” semifinalist Candice Coleman has received national attention since the contest due to her participation in the 2009 All-America City Awards.

Coleman will travel to the conference in Tampa, Fla., on June 17, along with city representatives to take part in the official pres ent at ion COLEMAN on behalf of Toledo.

The Idol alum is scheduled to perform the “Song of Toledo” contest submission “Black Swamp Heartland” during the presentation, with fellow local musician Matt “Dirt” Sayers, who wrote the song, according to presentation codirector Robert Russ.

Coleman will bring the pre-

sentation to life, Russ said, highlighting key city programs with an aim of “trying to make our hometown of Toledo a better place.”

Coleman said she is honored by her participation in the program.

“Toledo should be very proud that we’re being nominated because it really is prestigious,” she said, “I’m really proud to be a part of it.”

“The presentation covers our Neighborhood Block Watch, Toledo GROWs, and CAPA City, a program that is federally, locally and privately funded, which is basically an antidrug coalition.”

The contest participation is at no cost to the city and has been paid for through fundraising, Russ said.

2009 will mark the 60th anniversary of the All-America City Awards, presented by the National Civic League. Only cities that have won the All American City Award in the past are allowed to enter the contest in 2009 — a total of 32 cities are participating this year.

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on June 20.

Russ plans to bring Coleman’s performance to the Toledo stage after the conference.

“I’d like to make a special presentation at One SeaGate for those who helped,” he said.

Copies of a compilation 45-song, twoCD set, compiled by Toledo Free Press, are available for check out at the Toledo-Lucas County Public RUSS Library.

In addition to the five finalists — Empire Drift, Highbinders, Purpose, Wanna Bees and Kyle White — and People’s Choice winner Buck69, this compilation includes recordings by local artists, such as Coleman, Eddie Boggs and Ragtime Rick.

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Brian Holloway grew up knowing he was wired differently.

“I just knew that I didn’t quite fit in, and I couldn’t figure out what was going on,” he said. “Then, I discovered if I had music on or if I was in a loud room with something else going on, it would help. It allowed me in a strange way to focus.”

Holloway, who grew up with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia, said he learned ways to improve — on his way to graduating with honors from high school and Stanford — where he received an academic and athletic scholarship.

He played in the NFL with the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Raiders from 1981 through 1989.

He was the captain of the 1985 Patriots Super Bowl team.

Holloway was in Toledo on May 21 as the keynote speaker for Celebrating Recovery, a Neighborhood Properties Inc. event that honored two people who have overcame addictions or mental illnesses, as well as three people who have done great things in the field of mental illness.

“The most important thing for someone who is struggling with a mental illness is to look at your diet,” Holloway said.

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“If you do those three things, it will make a huge difference,” he said.

“Then, look for ways you can start setting goals so you can put structure in your life, so you don’t spend all your time spinning in this wheel of despair, anxiousness, depression, fear or confusion.”

Holloway, struggled through elementary school, but started turning it around in high school.

“For me to understand what was really going on, I had to read a page three times and take notes. After I finished reading, I had to study the notes and read it again. Can you imagine the volume? At Stanford, I had to read 800 pages a day. Now that I know more and understand more, it would have been a great help to me if I had some strategies

back then that I know now.”

He said reading the 800 pages a day gave him the greatest single feeling of satisfaction in his life because, at that moment, he felt nothing could stop him.

His fourth-grade teacher once told him: “you will never, ever win.

You’re going to have to accept the fact that some people are just born stupid. You are not school material.”

It was then that Holloway reached what he called his “inspirational disgust.”

“It’s the point where you say, ‘I’ve had enough.’ It’s the point where you reach out and get some help and tell yourself, ‘I’m not going to do this alone. I’ve got to change because if I don’t, this is what’s going to happen.’”

Holloway said he was fortunate enough to grow up with a structured environment in sports, where he competed in track and football.

“It played a big part in the structure, support, motivation and encouragement, which is very influential for anyone to succeed and for anyone who thinks differently, is diagnosed differently or anyone who is mentally ill.”

Holloway encourages people to use medicine as a last resort.

“Before I would ever encourage anyone to get medication, I would get the support group, the psychologists, the psychiatric evaluation,” he said. “I think the first and most

simple thing you do is take a look at your diet, nutrition and exercise.

It can make an amazing difference.

You don’t have to be an athlete [to make those changes].”

Holloway graduated from Stanford with a degree in economics and communication. He helped write the free agency agreement in the NFL. He is now a specialist consultant in corporate development.

He is hired by Fortune 500 companies that are going through a change or transformation. He goes in and studies their business models and helps them rebuild, or helps them “drive the change” “Put it this way,” he said. “The stuff I do this week, you’ll read about in the Wall Street Journal in three to four months.”

Another thing Holloway is good at is family. He has eight kids with his wife, Tammy, of 27 years.

“My wife likes me, and I like her,” he said with a smile.

Holloway said if anyone has questions for him, visit his Web site, www.brianholloway.com.

Celebrating recovery Celebrating Recovery, a May 21 Neighborhood Properties Inc. event, honored two people who have overcame addictions or mental illnesses, as well as three people who work in the field of mental illness.

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North Toledoans work on name change

By Kate Giammarise TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

With several recent high-profile crimes and the lingering memories of the 2005 riots, many North Toledo residents are tired of the bad rap their neighborhood has.

So the neighborhood community development and advocacy group United North had an idea — along with the work the group does to improve housing, safety and bring businesses to the area — why not try to change the neighborhood’s name?

More than 100 neighborhood residents met on May 20 at the Chester A. Zablocki Senior Center, 3015 Lagrange St., to talk over potential new monikers. Proposed names included Polaris One, Polaris Flats, ONE (Old North End) Village, Polaris Circle, Skyway North, Toledo Heights, United North Village, Rainbow North, ONE Village Circle, and United ONE. People brainstormed about names and the neighborhood’s past and future. Emilio Ramirez, principal of Woodward High School, said whatever name is chosen, United North will

make sure it isn’t already trademarked and will test it with the media.

Ramirez emphasized United North is interested in more than just a cosmetic name change.

“This is a piece of everything we’re trying to do here,” he said.

United North is working on a number of projects, such as financial assistance for business startups, a mural project for youth, and getting funds for repairs and renovations to homeowners as part of a “curb appeal” project. United North is made up of two community development groups, Lagrange Development Corp. and NorthRiver Development Corp. After having worked together for more than a year, the groups are formally merging.

“Now that both neighborhoods are working together as one community, Lagrange or NorthRiver doesn’t describe the geographic area,” according to a United North statement about the name change.

“Choosing the right name is critical to celebrating the community’s history while laying the groundwork for a successful future.”

Important to the change is replacing the word “north,” Ramirez

said. “North End has a negative connotation. You think of North End riots, North End fights, North End burglaries.”

United North’s Executive Director, Terry Glazer, added, “A new name shows a new direction.”

Opinion was decidedly mixed among the residents at the meeting.

Angel Place resident LaToya Carter said she prefers Skyway North.

“It sounds really nice,” she said.

Allean Williams, who lives in the neighborhood, said she liked the name Polaris Circle. Still, she said, it may take elderly people a while to get used to the name change. Can people who have known the neighborhood as “North Toledo” their whole lives suddenly change because of a re-branding campaign?

Toledo City Councilman Joe McNamara said he thinks it’s possible.

“You’ve got all the community leaders in this neighborhood in the room,” he said at the May 20 meeting, “If they agree to use it, it will catch on.”

Stephen Corzette, who is new to North Toledo, said he liked all the names presented at the meeting, but he added, “No matter what we do, it’s still going to be the North End.”

Owens offers free education to Whitmer grads Owens Community College and Washington Local School District are partnering to give students an opportunity for free college education.

The Success Program is coordinated through Owens Community College Foundation and graduating Whitmer High School students are eligible to apply.

“They graduate from high school and fill out a financial aid form, if they receive a Pell Grant and register at Owens Community College, then the Owens Community College foundation covers the remaining costs of tuition and fees for up to three years. It bridges the gap between the Pell Grant financial aid up to cost,” said Ann Savage, president of Owens Community College Foundation.

This is an expansion of the Success Program, which was launched in 2008 at Woodward and Findlay high schools and then expanded to all high schools in Toledo Public Schools district, Savage said.

Fifteen high schools have partnerships with the program.

“We are doing our program through fundraising through the community,” Savage said. “We have now raised enough to add Washington Local,” Savage said. “The donations we received that allowed us to make this expansion was from the president of our college … Christa Adams.”

To apply, students must complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid and also receive some grant funding. They must be graduated from high school and enroll full time at Owens. Three years will be given to the students to complete the Success Program for an associate degree.

So far, the college received 570 applications from Toledo Public Schools, up from 231 enrollments in 2008.

“So we had a substantial increase from Toledo Public Schools. We certainly think it’s going to be good,” Savage said.

“I think that [students] are going to be very very excited. This helps with costs for education for parents and students,” she said.

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Something needed to be changed in Amanda Ballard’s life — not just her baby boy’s diaper.

The Sylvania mom switched to cloth diapers after the first eight months of his life ended up being quite expensive. When she realized she could help other parents make the same economic switch, she started an online cloth diaper store, Tender Loving Cloth Diapers (tlcdiapers.com). She is hosting a cloth diaper class 10 a.m. to noon June 6 at the Sylvania Branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library.

“I am totally into saving money,” Ballard said … “It started out as an economic decision, and after using them, I realized how much I was wasting.”

According to the Real Diaper Association, “each baby will need about 6,000 diapers during the first two years of life” so the expense for each child can easily be more than $1,500, Ballard said.

Her husband, Justin, was not on board at first. He didn’t want to give up their disposable ways and he refused to deal with diaper duty, she said.

“I tried it and said, ‘This is not bad. This is not hard to do.’”

The initial purchase is probably the most difficult, she said. Ballard began researching on the Internet and discovered that while disposable diapers became all the rage, cloth diapers also became more varied and convenient. Don’t worry about pins, she said. They can be secured easily with Velcro strips or snaps.

“It is a learning process,” she said.

“I recommend people start with a couple of different kinds.”

Ballard ordered her diapers from a lady in Arizona and found that she liked the one-size pocket diapers, which can be used from birth to potty training. The diaper includes a waterproof outer layer, which is stuffed with a microfiber or hemp insert. When the baby is wet or dirty, remove the insert and wash that and the actual diaper, she said. She washes diapers every other day and uses flushable liners if the mess just needs to go away.

Ballard said cloth diapers make sense for her son, now 17 months, because he is prone to rashes, and the cloth ones allow more air to circulate and are a little softer on his chubby legs. She is expecting

a second child in November and plans to use her son’s cloth diapers.

A stash of cloth diapers with all the fixings can run $300, Ballard said.

It also depends how often a parent wants to do laundry. A newborn would need about 10 per day, while a toddler might need seven or eight.

“People are welcoming it more because the economy is so bad,” she said. “A mother of twins is going to use cloth diapers, and everyone thinks she is crazy.”

Ballard said it’s not all or nothing, either. Parents can continue to use disposables when they are out on the town and cloth when they are home.

“Every little bit counts,” she said.

Babysitters might be intimidated by cloth, so that might be a time to go back to disposables, but “my aunt babysits in the house and she uses the cloth with no problem ,” Ballard said.

Lori Wagner of Waterville borrowed a cloth diaper from Ballard and used it for one month, eventually deciding to switch. Her child uses a disposable at night and when going out, but estimates saving $40 per month because of her switch to cloth.

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The Friendly Center is striving to empower families through its new Zoë Project, a family mentoring program.

For too long, the center has just provided food and clothing, but not given families the opportunity to improve to the point where they don’t have to return to the North Toledo center, said Executive Director Morlon Harris.

In addition to the Zoë Project, The Friendly Center is taking on the challenge of feeding the rising population of the newly unemployed. These are the people who usually just want a hand up, not a hand out, according to Sheila Wheeler-Brubaker, basic needs manager. The center received a $3,000 grant through the United Way, which received $200,000 through the American Reinvestment Act, to make this extra food possible.

“People I have never seen before, people driving nice cars and welldressed, who have never ever had to seek services before, are coming to us,” Wheeler-Brubaker said. “It

is very, very sad … it’s people who have worked their whole lives.”

Food is available at the center at 1324 Superior St. between 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Special extended hours for newly unemployed people working on job résumés or going to interviews during the day are 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays.

“Of course, we aren’t going to be able to prevent neighborhood folks to come … but we just want the newly unemployed people to know about this,” Wheeler-Brubaker said.

While proof of unemployment is preferred, it is not necessary, she said.

The center also will provide emergency food to families three times per year.

Harris said providing food and clothing in this down economy is essential for the well-being of the community, but so is giving “neighbors” the chance to get back on their feet. The staff refers to the people it helps as “neighbors” because the center’s target ZIP codes are 43604, 43608 and 43611.

“They are neighbors from the surrounding neighborhood, around the corner, up the street, and so they are in a sense, people that we know

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MORLON HARRIS AND SHEILA WHEELER-BRUBAKER AT THE FRIENDLY CENTER.

and people who are familiar with The Friendly Center.”

The closeness with its clients is one of the reasons the staff started rethinking what it does, Harris said.

Hence, the Zoë Project.

“Its goal is to assist our neighbors in achieving their dreams for their families and to improve their lives in the sense of financial stability, work force development and educationwise,” Harris said. “We want to help

curtail them coming to The Friendly Center for food and what have you, and to empower them to make money or to look into other resources to help them become stable.”

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“My blog is absolutely a form of therapy,” Gibbons said. “I can’t talk to [my kids] like that. When I get news@toledofreepress.com them to bed, it’s the only time I can If you didn’t know it by now, a lot let spew from my head.

“It’s the only way I can keep it all of moms are online.

According to a May 2008 eMar- together and be myself, and still be keter report, moms make up 43.7 respectful during the day,” she said.

Gibbons has two sons, age 3 percent of all females who go online, which is about 35.3 million and 2, and a daughter born April 30. She’s a stay-at-home mom who mommies.

More recently, a May Nielsen on- said her blog earns upward of “a line report stated that “power moms few hundred dollars” a month — women age 25-54 with at least from the ads on it.

She started blogging in Noone child — represent 19.2 percent vember 2007 with a focus on recipes of the active online population.”

One is BareFootfoodie.com’s and Toledo area restaurant reviews.

“At first, I wanted to it to be Brittany Gibbons, a 28-year-old mom living in Delta. Her sarcasti- more local because I didn’t see anycally funny, blunt blog with a bit of thing else like it,” Gibbons said. “But adult language draws 3,100 visits a it was so boring. It was getting lost in FreePress_Splashad.ai PM the sea3:23:52 of legitimate food blogs that month, according to Compete.com.5/27/09

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It was the middle of last year when Gibbons changed the focus.

From then, site traffic and comments really grew to where readers will leave 40, 50 or more comments on each post.

Holly Whitney — more commonly known as “pixie” — started Pixie’s Temple, her first blog, in August 2005. The focus was to document her interest in the Yourself Fitness video game forums she belonged to.

Whitney, 32, of Toledo, has a son, 2, and teaches at Davis College. She started The Wee One blog in August 2007 to document her pregnancy.

She stopped posting at The Wee One within a few months and changed the focus on Pixie’s Temple.

“Once I started seeing changes [during pregnancy] and started writing about preparing for our baby, the blog turned to a way to document his growth,” she said.

“Motherhood was such a huge part of my life that it was unnecessary to post at both blogs.”

During his first year, Whitney posted weekly pictures of her son, posed with a stuffed monkey to show how he’s grown, along with observations and experiences each week. Once he turned 1, Whitney started posting monthly pictures.

“I write a letter every month to him, writing about the changes I see in him and reflections on the past month,” Whitney said.

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about 2,500 visits per month, according to Compete.com.

“My main purpose in my blogging now is to leave a legacy for him to pass on,” said Whitney, who plans to use an online tool at Blurb.com to turn her online content into a book.

Through her blog, she’s able to talk about parenting issues and get feedback.

“I’ve been able to make more connections with other mothers.

It’s like a nontraditional play group.

It’s very therapeutic to get my words

out,” she said.

Gibbons said she is surprised at the impact her blog has made.

“I’m daily shocked that anyone reads what I write and that they’re touched on any level,” she said.

“I stay at home and weird things happen. It’s tough to think that’s normal.

“I get e-mails from people feeling that the same situations are happening to them. The community that’s come out of it is amazing,” Gibbons said.

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needs to happen for you to get your GED?’ ” Harris likened the process to a funnel. At the top of the funnel is everyone who comes to the center for resources.

The more they come, the more likely the staff will talk with them about other ways to help them return or graduate to self-sufficiency,” he said.

“Ever since I have been here, which was October 2007, we have always been busy,” Harris said. “I think we are much more busy because of the down economy.”

The nonprofit Friendly Center has a yearly budget of $600,000, and helps approximately 1,000 families per year.

For more information, call (419) 243-1289.

A family could be considered a parent and a child, husband and wife or an individual who wants to do better, but doesn’t have the necessary resources to take the first step, he said.

Normally, clients are lacking job skills or education. Most are in poverty.

“Our beginning process is to do an assessment to find out where they are and what type of support they need,” Harris said. “Then, we still help them with basic needs of food and clothing, but we take them further in working with them in the sense of ‘Do you have a bank account? What is your credit score? Are you able to gain a GED? And if you aren’t, what

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‘Tutor Doctor’ makes tutoring easier for students

By Aya Khalil TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

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Waterville resident Corina Pfleghaar doesn’t give out lollipops after a visit; she’s already delivered hope.

Pfleghaar started a Tutor Doctor franchise in April. What’s different about Tutor Doctor is the tutors go to the students’ homes, she said.

They don’t come to the tutors.

“We do consultations to match tutors with students and try to get students to be able to interact with the tutors, so they can help them build a relationship and get the most out of their study skills and comprehension,” Pfleghaar said.

“A lot of students are shy and don’t want people to know they are being tutored. This way it’s done in their own home,” she said.

Meanwhile, parents go on with their chores, and there’s no need for extra driving, she said.

Tutor Doctor offers summer programs because a lot of students forget what they learned over the previous year, she said. Many of the tutors are already teachers, and all tutors are trained and certified.

“Students go eight weeks without education and that’s a lot,” Pfleghaar said. “Kids lose an average month of learning during the summer.”

Usually the tutoring is twice a week for an hour each time. Some families with more than one student split the time among their children.

ACT and SAT prep are also available.

Pfleghaar, who worked 22 years in the medical field and owned a business with her husband, saw the need for such a tutoring business.

After all, she raised three children of her own.

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“I like the idea of tutoring at home,” she said. “I think that’s a unique idea. I really strongly believe parents need help with children, especially when parents are busy.”

Will Kanwischer has been with Tutor Doctor for three weeks.

“So far, he likes it a lot; he’s very

comfortable,” said his father, Charlie.

“You can choose the area of expertise of the tutor,” he said. “The tutor talks to Will about math, works with the school teacher [and] contacts the teacher to see what assignments and lessons they have.”

Charlie plans to keep the

Tutor Doctor for Will through the summer. He pays $40 each session and thinks it’s a reasonable price.

“It’s a great service and we’re very pleased so far,” he said.

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By Claudia Boyd-Barrett TOLEDO FREE PRESS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EDITOR news@toledofreepress.com

When Northwood resident Elizabeth Niederkorn thinks about her childhood, she pictures the long, happy days she spent in her grandparents’ backyard, helping her granddad with the gardening, picking dandelions for her grandma and going for walks along a nearby creek.

Now grown up and with a family of her own, Niederkorn wants her children to develop the same love for nature and the outdoors. When the weather permits, she takes children, Cecil, 3, and Lydia, 1, outside in the garden to play with their toys and read books.

In the backyard, Niederkorn and her husband, Tim, have a vegetable garden where their kids get to plant, weed and water their own crop of tomatoes, lima beans and pumpkins.

“Occasionally, Cecil will step on a plant … and Lydia frequently picks leaves off of the plants that we want to keep,” Niederkorn said. “But to me it’s more important that they’re out there enjoying themselves than that every single plant be completely successful.”

In an age of high-tech toys, computer games and cable TV, Niederkorn is one of many parents who want their children to experience the joy of simply being outside. Along with encouraging a healthy lifestyle, Niederkorn hopes her children will grow up to be environmentally sensitive citizens.

“I think the best stewards for the environment aren’t the kids who are brought up being told, ‘Oh we’re destroying the rainforest. And oh this animal’s endangered’,” Niederkorn said. “That’s all very important stuff, but I think the best stewards are the people who just love to be outside.

You protect what you love.”

Heather Norris, who runs environmental education programs for Toledo Area Metroparks, said that many children could benefit from spending more time in nature. She lamented that kids in the schools she and her staff visit often seem to know more about the Amazon rainforests and the Arctic than they do about habitats in Northwest Ohio. This despite the area’s rich variety of rare plant and animal species, including the federally endangered Karner Blue Butterfly reintroduced to the Oak Openings region in 2007, she said.

Norris said parents can do a lot to get their kids clued into the environment by taking them to nearby parks, going on hikes and pointing out plants, birds and animals to their children. She said it doesn’t matter if parents don’t have much knowledge of the environment themselves.

“Just getting the kids out is very important. Parents don’t have to know what’s the name of that bird or the name of that bug,” Norris said. “Just get them out and inspire and let them learn.”

Norris encouraged parents to enroll their kids in nature-related activities outside of school, including

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this year’s Metroparks summer camps. The camps offer children the chance to participate in local conservation efforts and learn about the area’s plant and animal species.

“They’ll get out and learn about their environment, that Northwest Ohio has natural areas, but there’s not necessarily lions and tigers and bears,” Norris said. “We may not have a rainforest here, but we have really spectacular and really rare natural areas.”

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in Maumee, teaching kids about the environment is at the core of the curriculum. School leader, Elizabeth Lewin, also encourages parents to adopt green habits at home.

Among her suggestions are: ■ Setting up recycling bins at home and getting kids to decorate them.

■ Challenging kids to find products made with recycled materials at the grocery store.

■ Getting kids to decorate their own bags to use when shopping.

■ Taking walks and bicycle rides.

■ Taking an extra bag on walks for picking up litter.

For Jennifer Taggart, author of “The Smart Mamma’s Green Guide” about reducing environmental toxins in the home, teaching children to care about the environment is as important as passing on other values like faith and kindness to others. She said parents can use everyday activities, such as shopping at the farmers market or watching movies like “Wall-E,” to discuss environmental issues with their kids.

Taggart said she tries to use the things her children love to teach them about the environment. With her 4year-old daughter, she plays “Green Princesses,” making homemade makeup and chap sticks out of natural ingredients to use in dressing up.

Most importantly, Taggart said, parents need to show concern for the environment themselves, turning off lights and computers when they leave a room, recycling and taking their own totes to the grocery store.

“I think you have to walk the walk in addition to talking the talk,” Taggart said. “If you do what you can to be green, your kids are going to learn from that.”

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By Nicholas Huenefeld TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Soraia Taha struggled in her younger days, but never gave up on making Toledo a home for her daughter.

Taha fell in love with America when she was an exchange student in Appleton, Wis., in 1979.

However, she would have to return to Brazil after one year and she was disappointed.

“I had just fallen in love with this country,” Taha said. “There was nothing here I didn’t like, except maybe the cold. I prefer the hot weather in Brazil.”

She finished her four-year mathematics degree in Sao Paulo, never able to get the United States out of her mind.

“I was really lost,” she said. “I wanted to come back, but I had no way.”

That was until a young child and his father, who owned a business called Open Pantry in Toledo, visited Brazil looking for a translator. She offered her services and they accepted.

“I think they probably thought I wasn’t coming,” she said. “They were probably like, ‘oh yeah, sure, ok.’”

She started working at Open Pantry immediately, and to make a little extra, she took a second job at a local carryout.

“Guess what, though?” Taha said.

“I couldn’t make it. Even though I was working day and night at two markets at the time, I had a small amount of money.”

Facing reality, she was prepared to go home. As one last effort, she took and passed the U.S. Postal Service test.

“I was not nervous at all taking the test because I thought I was going home,” she said. “When they got back to me and said I scored 100 percent, I was in shock.”

She started working for the postal service, and, in 1995, had her daughter Stephanie. It was difficult to raise a child as a single parent.

“I was 34 and a single mom,” she said. “[The father] had left me when I was seven months pregnant to remarry his ex-wife.”

Taha said they have since become good friends and he’s been a great father.

“He’s very precious because he is very handy,” she said, laughing.

“That’s one thing — if your ex is handy, you can’t turn him away.”

After a few more years at the post office, Taha left to become a day trader.

“Big mistake,” she said. “Big lesson, though.”

After Sept. 11, the stocks went

down, and Taha lost everything.

She started cleaning offices, houses and anything that came along. She also got a job as a waitress at The Beirut restaurant.

“I would work there until 10:30 or 11:30 p.m. at night, then clean the parking lot for a couple hours,” she said.

“To me, work, no matter how much they pay, is money,” she said. “No matter how much it is, it’s extra.”

While she was still waitressing and cleaning, she decided to become a real estate agent in 2004. Yet, she still took on more.

“I didn’t want to wait until I needed the money,” she said. “I always work. I do anything I can, so I don’t ever have to be short on money.”

It was at the Beirut where she met Corrine Joseph. The two of them realized they were neighbors and became close friends.

“If you were to give her an A, B, C, D, she would be a double A-plus,” Joseph said. “She is first class and a wonderful person. She would do anything for anyone.”

Taha said she loves life, even its ups and downs.

Today, she is no longer in real estate, but still cleans, while running a business from her home. She continues to help others, too.

“You know how bad I feel when people say, ‘Soraia, can you watch my [elderly] parents?’ It’s heartbreaking to say no, no matter what

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This event could help make someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dreams come true, while benefiting a worthy cause, according to the Michigan office of St. Jude Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Research Hospital.

The winner could pay off a mortgage, put a down payment on a new home, renovate a home, purchase a new luxury car, take a dream vacation or use the $150,000 (before taxes) for any other choice at the winnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discretion, the office stated.

Only 6,500 tickets will be sold at $100 each for the $150,000 and other prizes with the drawing on WNWO NBC-24 television in Toledo on June 9. Proceeds from this event will benefit St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

In addition to the $150,000 grand prize, the drawing will include 12 additional prizes all valued at $1,000 or more. The other prizes include a $1,000 gift certificate to Alan Miller Jewelers and a 42-inch LG plasma screen television.

Alan Miller Jewelers, Toledo Door & Window, K-100 and Westfield Franklin Park Mall are sponsors of the local event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;K-100 is proud to have been the radio partner with St. Jude Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital for several years now,â&#x20AC;? said Harvey Steele of the Shores & Steele morning show on K-100. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy to be involved since Danny Thomas, who grew up in North Toledo, established St. Jude, so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great local tie in there.â&#x20AC;?

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It will conduct a live remote broadcast from Franklin Park Mall on June 7 from noon to 5 p.m.

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FROM LEFT, TOLEDO MAYOR CARTY FINKBEINER, UT PROFESSOR SASIDHAR VARANASI, CITY COUNCILMAN MARK SOBCZAK AND UT’S MEGAN REICHERT-KRAL.

Toledo joins with firm to test ethanol fuel

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

The City of Toledo is partnering with a local startup company, SuGanit Systems, to test the firm’s formula for ethanol fuel produced from non-food cellulose known as biomass material.

The City of Toledo will run a pilot program to test SuGanit’s ethanol fuel in three city vehicles this summer. The program will include tests for emissions, miles per gallon and cost differentials, according to Ken Neidert, commissioner of fleet and facility operations for the city.

SuGanit’s formula for biofuel will be used as a 10 percent mix with gasoline for the pilot program with city vehicles. Once in production, the fuel will be stored

in a double-wall tank at the City’s Streets Bridges and Harbor Facility on West Central Ave. near the Interstate-75 and I-475 interchange.

Neidert also said the City of Toledo will be testing the use of propane to run 10 police vehicles that are Ford Crown Victoria models this year. That test will begin as soon as appropriations for it become available, he added.

SuGanit Systems was founded by Praveen Paripati to develop the ethanol product from research being conducted by Sasidhar Varanasi, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Toledo.

UT developed and licensed the technology to SuGanit and Paripati. Varanasi continues to work on the refinement of the ethanol product in laboratories at the College of Engineering where SuGanit

Systems currently operates from an incubator space.

“The City of Toledo is providing us with an opportunity for a pilot program to test the ethanol made from non-food cellulose biomass,” Paripati said at a May 27 press conference. “We could not have reached this point without the research conducted at the university, and help of [Regional Growth Partnership (RGP)] and the Port Authority.”

RGP and Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority helped SuGanit Systems to obtain a $997,000 grant from the Third Frontier Alternative Energy Program of Ohio’s Department of Development. The funds will be used to test and produce the ethanol product for commercial use.

Paripati said that it would create 20 to 25 jobs for the pilot program and

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later as many as 100 jobs for the production of the ethanol. They expect to produce as much as 20 million gallons per year when full-scale production begins in the next 18 to 24 months.

“It’s as green as it gets using waste products to produce ethanol for fuel,” said Mark Sobczak, president of Toledo City Council, who recognized the partnership involving the city, SuGanit, Port Authority, RGP and UT. “It’s part of the future where Northwest Ohio is going with technology developed at UT,” said Megan Reichert-Kral, director of incubation for the Office of Research Development at UT. “Toledo has been recognized as the Glass city for many years but there will come a day 20 years from now when people will know Toledo as an alternative energy community,” said Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner.

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United Way of Greater Toledo recently announced a $9,000 contribution from Toledo Edison to a basic needs fund, according to a press release.

Each year, Toledo Edison hosts a Harvest for Hunger campaign, rallying employees to help feed needy people in Northwest Ohio.

“Toledo Edison is a key partner in our fight against hunger in Northwest Ohio,” said Bill Kitson, United Way of Greater Toledo president and CEO, in a statement.

“Their employees support our efforts in so many ways KITSON through their generosity and their time.”

The basic needs fund is a joint venture between United Way and the Toledo Community Foundation to respond to SMITH the rising number of essential needs in our community, the release stated.

Each organization contributed $100,000 to the fund, which offers match grants to qualifying organizations. The $9,000 donation from Toledo Edison will be earmarked strictly for food needs.

“I am proud of our employees for their commitment to Harvest for Hunger,” said Trent Smith, regional president of Toledo Edison Company, in a news release. “When the economy’s down and the need is the greatest, our employees put forth an outstanding effort to feed the hungry in our communities.

There is no more worthy cause than helping to feed hungry families and the annual growth of our effort shows our employees are dedicated to this cause.”

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Take a closer look at Glass City Federal Credit Union Let’s face it – most people spend too much money on things they don’t need. The more money we make, the more we tend to spend.

This cycle has led us to confuse “needs” with “wants.” As in: “We need a big-screen TV for our new home theater.” Or: “I need a new pair of shoes to go with my new outfit.” We need to step back, and look at the difference between our “needs” and “wants.”

Our needs are relatively few. We don’t need a lot of stuff. We need shelter from the elements, clothing and food. We need friends and family. We don’t need 500 cable channels, new luxury cars, 5,000square-foot homes in exclusive neighborhoods, lavish vacations, and smart phones that do everything but think for us. There is nothing wrong with wanting these things. But, these things do not make us happy.

Studies have shown that the more advertising a person is exposed to, the more they buy. The more TV you watch, the more magazines you subscribe to, the more money you want to spend on things you don’t really need. Marketers are taught that success comes from selling to meet wants, not needs.

One way to notice your wants vs. needs is to go through your house and find all those objects you “needed” to have, which you lost interest in a few weeks later.

You don’t need to deny yourself every pleasure. Instead, start with simply stopping to think. Every time you are about to buy something, ask yourself whether you really need it. One day, you won’t buy the thing you don’t need. Then it’ll happen again, and after some time you will be very comfortable saying, “No,” because you’ll feel good about making a better choice. Once you learn to live on less, it becomes a habit.

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Changing thoughts requires changing music

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hirty years ago, SugarHill Gang and immediately (and sincerely) made history when its song, discount the preference of others.

As they develop, individuals “Rapper’s Delight,” became the first hip-hop song to become a Top 40 experience periods of intellectual and emotional hit. This success gave growth.

Individuals birth to the hip-hop cling to more than the genre of music and, for music they grew up the first time in history, with — they also hang there are adults all over onto the values, work the world who have ethics, prejudices and grown up listening to principles they learned hip-hop music. within that time.

How many times Much like your have you heard your favorite music, imparents say, “I don’t Tom RICHARD plementing values, know how you can work ethic, prejulisten to that!” and thought the same with regards to dices and principles into one’s your parents’ era of music? Do you life is a choice. There will come a still listen to the music enjoyed time though, especially if you are trying to improve your private life, during your formative years?

Can you believe that the time is when you will need to reflect upon near when Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, those core components and ask if and LL Cool J will all be considered they are helping or hurting your “oldies?” For some who didn’t grow situation. During such reflection, up to these beats, it seems ludicrous you may be surprised to find that, as that these artists are even consid- hard as you may have tried to leave ered a viable music preference, yet, behind the life you once lived, you comparatively, the same was said 30 are still listening to the same music, years ago about KISS, Pink Floyd using the same tools and thinking the same thought patterns that and The Grateful Dead.

Is there really a “best” type of made you think you were invincible music or is it all a matter of personal as a child.

Some of the thoughts that are preference? The truth lies not in the preferences themselves, but in how locked into your head from those these preferences came to exist in developmental years may include the first place. It is natural for people conflicting feelings about money. Do to latch onto the music of their day you feel that you can make money

easily, or do you feel that making money is hard? Do you feel that you have all of the resources you need or are you that person who is always begging/borrowing/stealing? Most importantly, do you feel you deserve to live a happy and successful life?

The answers to those and other questions may be different than the ones that are locked inside your head — the thoughts that were formed when you first developed your taste for music.

There are many ways to change your thoughts. All of them are simple, yet none of them are easy to accomplish. Think of your mind as a game of Operation as you focus upon keeping the good thoughts in, while trying not to get zapped by the negativity of the old thoughts. Identify the thoughts you want to think: Do you want to find new customers every day? Do you want to recruit the best employees in the market? Do you want to be able to deliver a strong speech in front of an intimidating crowd? Write them out as if they are already fact.

Take your affirmations with you, privately, everywhere you go. Look at them often, repeat them aloud to yourself in the mirror and feel great about what you’re telling yourself. As time passes, and it will take time, you’ll begin to develop a taste for new music — the sweet music of personal success.

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There are many ways to change your thoughts. All of them are simple, yet none of them are easy to accomplish. Think of your mind as a game of Operation as you focus upon keeping the good thoughts in, while trying not to get zapped by the negativity of the old thoughts.”

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Central Catholic and Whiteford Valley Club enter into revenuesharing partnership From Staff Reports Whiteford Valley Golf Club and Central Catholic High School have entered into a revenue-sharing partnership. According to a news release, Central Catholic is providing volunteers for daily operation of the West Red Course. Whiteford Valley will in turn donate proceeds from the course to the Central Catholic tuition assistance fund.

Through June 30 at the West Red Course, participants can play 18 holes of golf with a cart for the price of $20 ($25 on Saturdays, Sunday and holidays.)

The West Red Course is located at 8440 Memorial Highway (the old clubhouse at Whiteford) in Ottawa Lake, Mich.

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Government will not be your caregiver T

he Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 had a major impact on long-term care planning. The DRA was passed to help reduce the national deficit by discouraging and making it more difficult for folks to qualify for Medicaid.

Medicaid is a state and federally funded program to help citizens Mark pay for long-term Nolan care if they run out of money. In the past, it was not too difficult with some creative planning to shelter accumulated assets from being exhausted too quickly by the high cost of long-term care. It is appealing to many to hang onto what they have worked a lifetime to accumulate and have the government pay their nursing home bills.

Among the more significant changes was adjusting the â&#x20AC;&#x153;look backâ&#x20AC;? period from 36 to 60 months.

This is a period that Medicaid will look to see if there have been any

â&#x20AC;&#x153;improper transfersâ&#x20AC;? designed to get an individual down to the statemandated level for resources to qualify. Typically, an individual is allowed only $2,000 or $1,500 in assets, depending on the state, and a married couple can keep half of their assets up to a little more than $100,000.

If a person applying CLAIR for Medicaid had BAKER made one of these improper transfers in the 60 months prior to applying, a penalty period will be imposed and is determined by the amount of the transfer.

Another change, according to the DRA, is a limit on the value of a home that would be excluded from being a countable asset for qualifying purposes. In the past there was no limit on the value of a residence that could be owned while still qualifying for Medicaid. Now, depending on the state the Medicaid applicant lives in, the residence value is limited

to either $500,000 or $750,000.

This type of planning is just one more area where financial and legal planning overlap. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to do non-crisis insurance and investment planning when it comes to protecting yourself from a longterm care crisis. Although, there are many steps a family can take when a crisis hits so they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lose all of their assets, being proactive will give you the most choices.

Partnership for Long-term Care Insurance (LTC) programs also grew in many states to provide additional protection for families who purchase longterm care insurance because of the DRA. Essentially, the state will match policy limits once a policy has been exhausted if Medicaid is required. An example would be a single person who had a qualified LTC policy for $200,000 would have an additional $200,000 of protection from Medicaid spend-down if a crisis occurs. Prior to this new partnership, an individual would only be protected up to $1,500 in Ohio.

Those who are considering protecting their assets from a health care crisis should review the partnership plans available in each state. If not,

you still run the risk of depleting all of your assets if Medicaid is ever needed.

If you purchased an LTC policy many years ago or are considering purchasing a new policy, make sure the policy matches the requirements to meet the new partnership program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If your current long-term care policy was purchased on or after Aug. 12, 2002, your insurance company must offer you the option to exchange it for a partnership policy. The insurance company cannot discriminate on the basis of your age or health status when making the exchange offer,â&#x20AC;? according to the Web site for Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Partnership for Long-Term Care Insurance.

Legally and financially, it makes sense to put a long-term care plan in place. Some people feel it will never happen to them. But statistics

prove otherwise. Nearly 60 percent of people over age 65 will require some form of care in their lifetime.

Having a protection plan in place can also give you more control and independence in retirement. The government is not going to take care of you, so plan ahead.

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Even more amazing, WTOD was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;daytimerâ&#x20AC;? that t was a small building with gray shingles sitting in the middle of a corn field in the South End. was on the air only from sunrise to sunset.

Bob â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Musicâ&#x20AC;? Parkinson worked the afternoon Under 1,000 square feet and not much bigger show from 2 to 6 p.m. John Garry did the than the old Koral Hamburg on Detroit midday show, and the morning man was Avenue. The mailing address was and Bob Martz. A true legend in his own time, still is 3225 Arlington Ave. It was in this Bob would have been 77 in May. one story structure that radio history On this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s May 29 edition of Limewas made. light America and again June 3, we will The building was situated behind devote our show to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bob Martz, A SentiSouthland Shopping Center at the corner mental Journey,â&#x20AC;? a tribute originally broadof Byrne and Glendale and was home to cast in 2008 to mark Bobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th AnniverSuperTalk 1560 WTOD-AM. With two sary in radio. broadcast towers spiraling skyward only a Michael SHAW During the show, you will hear many few hundred yards away, it had the classic familiar voices, past and present, talking look of many famous radio stations in the about Robert F. Martz and the impact he had on Toledo 1950s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s.

Did you ever see the shack Wolfman Jack did his radio. It is a heartwarming and hilarious story, and I hope you will listen. show from in â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Graffiti?â&#x20AC;?

As Toledo Free Press reported when Bob passed away It looked just like that.

The station was owned by Booth Broadcasting in De- in 2008, he received induction into the Radio/Televitroit. John Lord Booth, who inherited his fortune from sion Broadcasters Hall of Fame of Ohio in 2004 for his the family newspaper chain, operated seven AM radio work, which began as a disc jockey in 1958 at WSPD. He stations, including WJLB, his namesake in the Motor also served as program director and general manger for other local stations.

City. In Toledo, WTOD stood for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top of the Dial.â&#x20AC;?

His penchant for cleverness and ability to stretch a In 1959, WTOD changed its format to Top 40. Two years later, a wild and brilliant bunch of disc jockeys got radio stationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s limited budget earned him kudos from his together and launched one of the greatest success stories audience and his employers.

Limelight America can be heard on Fox Sports Radio in broadcasting history.

At one point WTOD held a nearly 60 percent share 1230 WCWA-AM, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 5 of the total listening audience, according to Hooper, the to 6 p.m. and online at www.limelightamerica.com only reliable rating service at the time. No other station E-mail Michael Drew Shaw at mds@limelightamerica.com. in America could make that claim.

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Scramble for scholarships The Davis College Foundation will host its ninth annual Scramble “Fore” Scholarships on June 26 at Bedford Hills Golf Club.

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“Scramble Fore Scholarships” is the only fundraiser for the Davis College Foundation.

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History takes a back seat to Castroneves

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“The prices were paid for such eadlines in the Indianapolis Sunday Star were al- hazardous sport and the rewards most gruesome in nature. reaped. The track is now baptized with the blood of the One that definitely was heroes who fearlessly an attention-grabber faced the speed conflict declared: “Throng Sees — the world is given Necks And Marks cause to open its eyes Broken.” Another stated: wider at what steel cre“Three Lives Pay Price ations can accomplish For Closing Auto Races.” when brave men urge It obviously wasn’t them to the limit of a recent edition of the their power and manunewspaper that chronicled every wheel of for- Dave WOOLFORD facturers have learned costly lessons, but pretune and those of misfortune at the infamous Indianapolis cious ones, extracting from the gruMotor Speedway, fondly christened eling performance of their pilots.”

Three people were killed, a riding the, “Brickyard.”

No, the dateline read: “Indianap- mechanic and two spectators, with many other participants and spectaolis, Sun., August 22, 1909.

Lost among the most recent tors seriously injured during a threeheadlines that enshrined Helio race Indy inauguration. The 300-mile Castroneves among the Brickyard’s feature race stopped before its conclumost prominent and popular heroes sion because of all the mayhem.

This isn’t to chronicle devastafollowing his third Indy 500 victory on May 24, was the Brickyard cel- tion but to review history. Indy 500 drivers May 24 could only speak of ebrating a centennial.

An excerpt from that 100-year- the traditions that are the Indy 500 in old newspaper given to me years explaining the Speedway’s history and ago and quickly enshrined under why the Indy 500 proved once again to glass acknowledged: “More than be “The Greatest Spectacle In Racing.”

There were times in recent his30,000 people saw the races at the Speedway yesterday in which necks tory when that illustrious characand records were broken at a diz- terization was in jeopardy, thanks in zying pace. Greater skill and endur- large part to NASCAR’s breakneck ance of brave men have never been speed in growth, which has threatexhibited on a race track in this or ened to pass the popularity of Indycar racing in its own citadel at the any other land, this side of Mars.

corner of Georgetown and 16th.

Tony George, president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, split Indycar racing in half in 1995, forming the Indy Racing League to compete with the existing CART series. George held the Brickyard hostage, demanding the keys to major open-wheel racing in the United States.

George’s vision was to take Indycar racing back to its roots with races on only U.S. soil, only on oval tracks and only with Americanborn racers who would primarily filter from the ranks of sprint car and midget racing. It was also to send away the few wealthy teams, such as Penske Racing, that controlled the sport that George felt was his to rule through his ace in the hole … The Indy 500.

When Castroneves won his first Indy 500 in 2001 and climbed the fence in front of the main grandstands to wave to the fans, a wireservice photo showed some fans waving back with the middle digit of their respective hands, a sign they weren’t willing to accept another foreigner winning their race.

Since 1996, 11 of the 14 Indy 500s have been won by foreignborn drivers, Castroneves on May 24 becoming the fourth in a row.

Two-thirds of May 24’s starting 33-car field was made up of foreign-born drivers. Penske Racing, one of the three wealthy teams that

continue to dominate Indy-car racing, won for a record 15th time. Seven venues on the 17-race IndyCar schedule are not contested on traditional oval tracks and three will be hosted outside the United States, including one in Japan.

All of the top teams left Indy in a huff and a few puffs in ‘95. The “U.S. 500” was organized in 1996 at Michigan International Speedway on Memorial Day weekend in defiance of the Indy 500. It was to become a tradition.

It was a tragedy, lasting one year.

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This Week’s SONIC High School Athletes of the Week Luke Goblirsch, Senior, St. Francis

Cameron Gardner, Junior, Perrsyburg

Luke is a senior and a member of the St. Francis varsity baseball team. He helped lead the Titans to a 8-4 victory against City League rival St. John’s in the Division I district final by going 3-4 with 3 RBIs. St. Francis is 17-7 and earned its first district championship in 10 years. St. Francis advances to face Anthony Wayne in the regional semifinal.

Sonic congratulates Luke Goblirsch and the Titans for their outstanding performance and commitment to excellence.

Cameron is a junior and a member of the girls varsity track team. The junior sprinter helped lead the Perrysburg Yellow Jackets to the Northern Lakes League championship by winning the 100-meter dash in 12.50 seconds. She also won the 200 meters with a time of 25.73 and was a member of the winning relay team that finished first in the 400- and 800-meter relays. Sonic congratulates Cameron Gardner and the entire Perrysburg track team for their outstanding performance and commitment to excellence.

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AT FIFTH THIRD FIELD

Wieters possibly played last minor league game in Toledo

By Nicholas Huenefeld TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Matt Wieters will always remember Fifth Third Field.

Norfolk’s starting catcher was told during the game against the Mud Hens on May 26 that he would make his major league debut for the Baltimore Orioles on May 29 versus Detroit. He celebrated with his teammates in the clubhouse at the end of the game, which they won 9-5.

“It feels great; it’s a dream I’ve always had since I was a kid,” he said.

Wieters is the reigning minor league player of the year, according to Baseball America. He has been a nightmare for pitchers since being drafted fifth overall in the 2007 firstyear player draft.

In his first professional season at Class-A Advanced Frederick, he hit .345 with 15 homers and 40 RBIs in 69 games. After being promoted to Double-A Bowie, he hit .365 with 12 homers and 51 RBIs in 61 games.

This year, he is hitting .305 with five homers and 30 RBIs in 39 games for Norfolk. During the aforemen-

tioned game against the Mud Hens, Wieters went 4-4 with a walk and four RBIs. He is widely considered to be the top offensive prospect in baseball, and possibly the top prospect overall.

Wieters is rare in that few players get the attention he receives. The Web site, mattwietersfacts.com, boasts outrageous things Wieters can do. One saying on the site is that even atheists believe in Matt Wieters.

“It’s guys getting on their blogs and having a good time,” he said. “It’s fun for the fans in the organization.

It’s always a good feeling [to hear things like that], but you still have to go out and work hard.”

For Wieters, baseball is a passion and has been ever since his dad, Richard, a former minor league baseball pitcher, taught him the game. Wieters perfected his swing in a batting cage at his home in Goose Creek, S.C. In many facets, his passion for baseball can be compared to Bennie “The Jet” Rodriguez, the fictional character in “The Sandlot.”

“I’m somebody who loves playing

the game,” Wieters said. “Growing up, I always wanted to be a baseball player. I dreamed of it ever since I was little.”

With his father’s instruction, Wieters has always had a good eye

at the plate. His on-base percentage in the minors is .519. In 2007, at Georgia Tech, he reached base safely in 55 straight games. Wieters said it’s something that he has always done.

“It’s just something where at a

young age I really worked at trying to get a good pitch to hit, and if I didn’t get it, I would try to be patient and take my walk.”

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

Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus was the keynote speaker at the banquet for the NCAA Golf Championships May 28 at UT’s Savage Arena.

The banquet took place following final play of the individual golf championships at Inverness Country Club in Toledo on May 26 through 28. The team play and championship will be determined in play by 30 teams and 156 players on May 29 and 30.

“I have a special fondness and respect for collegiate golf and my experience at Ohio State is something I still cherish to this day. I look forward to sharing an evening with these young men,” Nicklaus said before the banquet.

“They asked me, and I accepted their invitation,” he said when asked about donating his time to speak at the banquet at no cost.

Nicklaus was the NCAA and Big Ten Champion in 1961, representing Ohio State University before his professional career, which included 118 victories and a record 18 major championships.

“This week will be a special one in the lives of these young men, not only because of the level of competition they will face but also because of a venue that has such a rich and storied history attached to it,” Nicklaus said.

“It’s ironic that at age 17, Inverness was the site of my first U.S. Open and first major championship.

I never won here but always enjoyed playing here,” Nicklaus said. “I can only hope these young men can

walk away with the wealth of special memories I did that week.”

On June 1, Nicklaus will welcome the four college champions from NCAA Divisions I, II and III, as well as the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, to the final round of the Memorial Tournament, the PGA tour event he founded and hosts annually at Muirfield in Dublin. The Golf Coaches Association of America’s Player of the Year Awards in all four divisions are named after Nicklaus.

“It’s a nice honor to be recognized by it,” Nicklaus said. “I’ve been involved in college golf for many years and was happy to see the NCAA incorporate match play in its championship because match play toughens players.”

He also said he looks forward to playing with Tiger Woods in a skins game on June 2 before Woods competes in the Memorial.

“Tiger Woods will break my record eventually, and I hope I’m around to congratulate him,” he said.

Nicklaus spoke about his career with the media for about 30 minutes at Inverness before leaving to attend the banquet at UT. “This tournament has been great for UT, Toledo and Inverness. Everyone from UT has been wonderful to work with,” said Jon Miller, president of Inverness Country Club. “The kids are enjoying every minute of it.”

It was the second time UT has hosted the NCAA golf tournament at Inverness since UT first hosted it there in 1944. The next major tournament to be hosted at Inverness will be the U.S. Senior Open in 2011, said Miller. It will be the second time for that event last played there in 2003.

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Jack Nicklaus reminisces about Ohio State days

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It’s his talent and love for the game that makes Wieters a prized signature for autograph seekers, as well. He has even signed several life size cardboard cutouts of himself.

“I get people popping out of cars and getting here six hours before the game starts,” he said. “It’s different, but the fans are what we play this

game for.”

Norfolk manager Gary Allenson said he thinks Wieters might struggle at first in the major leagues, but will overcome it.

“He’s got a lot of tools and he’s got a really good head on his shoulders. He’s a switch hitter who knows how to hit,” Allenson said.

“Also, he’s a pretty good catcher with a quick release and there’s not too many of those guys walking

■ RACING CONTINUED FROM A25 CART teams, led by Ganassi Racing, started to filter back to Indy in 2,000 at the advice of major sponsors who needed the exposure at all costs with openwheel racing quickly coming apart at the welds and fan interest and TV ratings running dangerously low.

CART tried to rebound as Champ Car in 2003, but revenue dwindled, bailouts and stimulus money were still things of the future, and it was fi-

around. So, barring injury, he’s going to be a really good major league player.”

Although he has finally made it to the majors, Wieters said he only focuses on continuous improvement.

“It’s getting there and staying there. The game will let you know whether or not you can still play because it will get you out of it fast if you can’t play. So, I want to stay as long as possible.”

nally absorbed by the Indy Racing League last year.

The moral of the story is that George won, compromising all of his principles without much pain.

Castroneves’ extremely popular victory before an energized packed house reaffirmed that the Indy 500 remains, “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” its entertainment value overriding any bumps in the road, principled or otherwise as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has done for 100 years.

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Sometimes bigger is better

hile doing our research of the two for a particular task.

Let’s take any given vehicle that for the purchase of a new car, we can often find has at least two engine options available to us. One option ourselves reading is a four-cylinder enover detailed techgine with a stated 22 nical specifications. mpg/city and 28 mpg/ Along with other inhighway fuel average. formation, the vehicle The same vehicle manufacturers will with a V-6 engine supply technical data option gets a stated covering a vehicles 20 mpg/city and 26 maximum torque mpg/highway. You output and maximum purchase the fourhorsepower and state Nick SHULTZ cylinder option bethose values at a given cause fuel mileage is a engine rotations per minute (rpm). Further, the vehicle major concern for you. After driving manufacturers will supply the ex- the vehicle for a while you find that pected average fuel efficiency for the your overall fuel mileage average vehicle for both city and highway is 23 mpg for combined city and driving. Many new car buyers will highway driving. You become upset not pay attention to any of the tech- because you thought you would get nical data provided except the miles better fuel mileage with the four-cylinder engine option. The V-6 engine per gallon (mpg) information.

As the miles begin to build up option may actually have allowed on a new vehicle, the consumer may you to achieve a higher overall mpg become upset because they have fuel average. Or it may have equaled never been able to consistently re- the fuel average of the four-cylinder alize the manufacturers stated mpg engine all the while giving you better averages. Consequently, many new acceleration and performance.

The reasons for this fuel mileage car buyers believe that the mpg averages have been “padded” by the advantage from the V-6 engine are manufacturers in order to sell more torque and horsepower. Your particcars. I can understand your rea- ular driving style and the amount of soning, but I think it is much more work you perform with your vehicle likely that you simply did not buy may require, or benefit from, an inthe right vehicle for your needs or crease in torque and horsepower.

Every additional pound of driving style.

If you frequently drive with several weight that your vehicle has to pull passengers, do a lot of in-city driving, down the road requires more power. primarily drive on the highway or fre- Adding even one more pound of quently carry heavy loads or perhaps weight increases the power requiretow a trailer, then an understanding ment of your engine. Any resistance of some of the other technical infor- to the forward movement of your mation provided by the manufacturer vehicle will adversely affect fuel efcould actually help to improve your ficiency as well. Increased vehicle overall fuel consumption and overall speeds and wind speeds will increase overall drag and, therefore, driving experience.

Torque is like a sprinter and can decrease fuel efficiency.

The air conditioning system, help get you up to speed fast. Horsepower is like a marathon runner and when operating, requires more can help sustain speeds for long dis- power. The headlights, when optances. There is a relationship (math- erating, require more power. The ematically and physically) between radio, the GPS, the electronic susthe two, but a proper explanation of pension system, the air bag system, that relationship would take more the anti-lock brake system, they all space than this newspaper is willing use more power when operating. to give me. Torque and horsepower Many of those systems are operare important units of measurement ating whenever the car is turned because they can allow us to save on without our knowledge. There money on fuel all the while sup- is a point at which a larger engine plying sufficient power when we becomes more efficient than it’s purchase the correct combination smaller counterpart.

Driving habits have a great effect on efficiency and performance as well. The rate at which we accelerate our vehicles and how consistent we are at sustaining our speeds can adversely affect the fuel consumption of a given engine. Other factors are the type of transmission (sometimes referred to as the torque box), the size of the final drive assembly (differential) and the tire and wheel size. All can aid in fuel efficiency or all can adversely affect fuel efficiency depending on many variables.

Manual transmissions, when

properly used, are more efficient than automatic transmissions.

Larger wheels will generally lower engine rpm which equates to better fuel mileage. Higher final drive ratios are usually more efficient than lower final drive units. The more valves an engine has, the better it breathes. The better an engine breathes, the better it can sustain power and, therefore, the better the overall fuel efficiency.

There really is no “one size fits all” in the automotive business. An understanding of the mechanical variables

that are in play during the operation of your vehicle can aid in your overall driving experience and fuel efficiency.

Sometimes bigger is better.

Nick Shultz is an instructor of Automotive Technologies at Owens Community College. He is an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau who specializes in cases involving the Ohio and Michigan Lemon laws. He is a certified master automotive technician by ASE, General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. Shultz, a Toledo native, will take questions at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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MidWest Terminal has committed $1.6 million toward the project.

The port authority will also receive $21 million in federal stimulus funding for two other projects. It was awarded $15 million for the modernization of the Toledo Shipyard operated by Ironhead Marine Inc. The improvements will prepare the facility for future business.

Another $6.8 million was awarded for the purchase of a new high-speed crane and reach stacker for the Port of Toledo. The crane will handle twice the workload as the current cranes in the seaport with the ability to move 20 to 35 containers and 40 swings for bulk material per hour.

Last summer, the Port of Toledo signed an agreement with Melford International Terminal in Halifax,

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Toledo is looking to work with Canadian ports because of restrictions established by the Merchant Marine Act of 1920. Also known as the Jones Act, it restricts the movement of goods or passengers between U.S. ports to U.S.-built and -flagged ships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we could ship 12,000 containers a year or 1,000 a month, it would be unbelievable for this area,â&#x20AC;?

Stolarczyk said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to create a supply chain where we get touches of cargo in the middle,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The supply chain needs to evolve and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to achieve. It has to be a collaborative effort.â&#x20AC;?

Several projects at Toledo Express Airport are also under way, including the expansion of cargo facilities to make the airport more competitive for national and international business, according to Paul Toth, interim airport director.

Schenker Logistics, parent company of Bax Global, is investing $1 million to expand a cross-dock facility for loading and offloading trucks and expanding the U.S. Customs facilities at the airport. The Lucas County Improvement Corporation has applied for $7 million in federal funding for the projects, Toth said.

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

On “Super Hero,” the title track from her new disc, Candye Kane belts out the opening line: “I’ve always been a fighter when bad times come around.”

She ain’t kidding.

The singer-songwriter survived growing up with a mom who taught her how to shoplift. She escaped an abusive boyfriend. And last year she had surgery for pancreatic cancer; the Whipple procedure removed part of her stomach and bile duct, gall bladder and a segment of the small intestine.

“I had 150 stitches and I was very weak and I could hardly talk, much less sing,” she said during a phone interview from her Oceanside, Calif., home. “The only thing I could do was strum my guitar, and I felt like maybe the vibration from the guitar would be healing on my incision. ‘Super Hero’ was the first song I wrote when I was healing from that surgery.

“I didn’t want ‘Super Hero’ to be a song just about the healing or surgery or the super hero capacity of the body; I wanted it to be a song that shows how women are superheroes anyway in our life. There’s a line about ‘You can always count on me/ Save your kitten from a tree/ Do it all and still have time to make dinner/ I’m a super hero.’ Because I feel like yes, men believe they’re the stronger ones and, physically, most men are. Emotionally, women are the real torchbearers and foundations of the world.”

The blues singer with the big voice The Washington Post described as “a natural wonder like the Grand Canyon” will show off her powerful pipes when she stops at The Ark

in Ann Arbor for a 7:30 p.m. show June 7. Tickets are $15. Doors open at 7 p.m.

“I truly believe that me getting up on the bandstand singing ‘Toughest Girl Alive’ or ‘Super Hero’ sinks in.

I sing it and it sinks into my psyche and it sinks into the audience, too.

Words are so powerful, and I feel that so I use it to heal myself,” Kane said. “I have this gift of being able to sing and communicate what I’ve been through to others, and hopefully it can heal them and help them when they have struggles.”

A single mom at 17, Kane was a country singer in the 1980s.

“I sang hillbilly music in punk rock Hollywood for years and years.

In those days, being an adult entertainer who also sang hillbilly music was pretty radical,” she said. “When many of my stripping sisters were dancing to Donna Summer’s ‘Love to Love to You Baby’ or ‘Let’s Get It On’ by Marvin Gaye, I was stripping to old-timey blues like Joe Liggins or Lucille Bogan. Once I started discovering blues, it really spoke to me.”

She hopes her days of yore don’t stop anyone from coming to the concert.

“I think people stay away sometimes; they’re afraid, they look on the Internet and they hear things about me, that I was an adult entertainer, and they misunderstand what the show’s about,” Kane said. “The show is really empowering ... Everybody has that strength inside them, the strength to overcome whatever dirty hand we’ve been dealt by fate ... We alone have that power to change our lives, and that’s what I want people to come away with from my show.”

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MEMORIAL

Concert to memorialize ‘Fuji’ Kawashima

By Allison Wingate TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

A collective of musicians are paying tribute to the life and work of Fujiya “Fuji” Kawashima, Ph.D. Kawashima was an Asian Studies professor from BGSU who died from acute leukemia in 2006.

The memorial concert is to benefit the creation and dedication of a Japanese peace garden in Kawashima’s honor in Simpson Garden Park in Bowling Green. It will take place at 7:30 p.m. June 5 at the Kobacker Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center.

The half-acre garden, designed by Mark J. Cyr, a designer of Japanese gardens, will feature a tranquil setting with a waterfall, flowering trees and shrubs, as well as calming ponds,

to achieve a sense of tranquility and inner peace, according to Teri Sharp of the Bowling Green City Parks and Recreation Department.

Sharp said Kawashima’s contributions to the community have had a lasting impact on Bowling Green and Northwest Ohio. As a Japanese native, Kawashima used his connections in Asia to strengthen ties in the United States and was instrumental in establishing the Asian Studies Program at BGSU. Around the time of his death in 2006 at age 67, Kawashima was working toward establishing a Peace Studies Program for the university.

“Fuji was extremely important to relations between Japan and Northwest Ohio because he encouraged businesses from Japan to develop here,” Sharp said.

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Show features Toledo composition

By Allison Wingate TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

A May 31, Chamber Music Toledo concert will feature a piece written on commission exclusively for Toledo Clarinets.

The 3 p.m. performance at the Maumee Indoor Theatre will feature Toledo Clarinets, a quartet of local clarinetists. This performance will feature rarely heard works from North and South American composers and arrangements from local composers.

The ensemble, comprised of Georg Klaas, Jocelyn Langworthy, Shannon Ford and Kevin Schempf, will play select songs from its soonto-be released Toledo Clarinets CD. The concert will begin with the performance piece from composer Sean Osborn, titled “Quartet for BFlat Clarinets,” composed of four movements based on traditional folk melodies.

Klaas and Langworthy, principle and associate principle clarinets in

the Toledo Symphony, will follow these movements with a performance of seven duets from composer Alec Wilder.

The first half of the evening will conclude with a performance of Chamber Music Toledo president and composer Greg Kostraba’s arrangement of “Lyric Quartette” by William Grant Still.

After the intermission, the quartet will perform “De Profundis,” a piece from Oberlin College composer Christopher Dietz, written on commission exclusively for Toledo Clarinets.

The performance will close with arrangements from Harold Arlen’s “Stormy Weather,” and tangos from Astor Piazzolla and the “Sonatina for Clarinet Choir” by Jerome Moross.

Elliot Ross and Lesli McCage will join the Toledo Clarinets for this final three-part piece.

Tickets are $8 in advance, $12 at the door, $5 for students and $1 for students K-12 and are available by calling (419) 246-8000 or at the door on the date of the event.

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Mathey and Sujin Lee, and internationally known pianists Jason Hardink and Kimi Kawashima, Kawashima’s surviving daughter.

She began her career as a pianist at the age of 14 with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and has since continued to pursue music professionally. She has most recently concluded a string of performances with the Utah Symphony, as well as a Schubert program, alongside her husband and fellow pianist Jason Hardink for the NOVA Chamber Music Series.

Kawashima continues her father’s legacy for scholarly growth and is continuing to pursue a doctorate of musical arts for piano performance at the Shepherd School.

Mathey, a Bowling Green native and son of BGSU faculty member Richard Mathey, has recently re-

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Tickets for the concert are $25 and are available at Grounds for Thought: Calico, Sage and Thyme, 115 Clay St. and the Bowling Green Community Center, 1245 W. Newton Road. Any remaining tickets will be available for purchase at the door on the day of the event at 6:30 p.m.

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The Toledo Zoo offers a wide range of special events for the family to enjoy, ranging from the opening of the new children’s zoo to a blacktie affair for adults.

The new Nature’s Neighborhood children’s zoo is scheduled to open June 19.

“Nature’s Neighborhood creates a unique opportunity for children to connect with animals and nature,” said Anne Baker, executive director of The Toledo Zoo. “This fully interactive, year-round children’s zoo is going to inspire children for generations to come, and it’s all possible thanks to the voters of Lucas County.”

Voters approved the zoo’s capital levy request in 2006 that provided funding for the children’s zoo, in addition to other improved exhibits.

Nature’s Neighborhood re-imagines the traditional children’s zoo with a fully interactive and 100 percent “explore-able” exhibit, according to Baker. Youngsters will encounter animals from goats and guinea pigs to exotic birds and insects, learning about the natural world by playing in it, according to the zoo.

A Mediterranean Vineyard Adventure will be hosted May 29 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the zoo’s Rose Garden. Adults are invited to sample wines from that region at a cost of $35 per person for zoo members and $40 for non-members.

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The net proceeds from this event presented by National City Bank directly support the continued development of the zoo’s exhibits and programs.

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A Father’s Day celebration and barbecue will be June 21, when dads are admitted to the zoo for free. The zoo is home to its own dads from Boomer the orangutan to Simon the saddle-billed stork.

The zoo will help celebrate the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act with ADA Day at the Zoo on July 27. The Ability Center of Toledo will hold its annual information fair to educate the public on a wide range of goods and services for people with disabilities.

The annual Arts Gone Wild Festival will celebrate Toledo’s artistic talents on Aug. 7 and 8 at the Toledo Botanical Gardens from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Each day will feature free stationary and strolling performances and hands-on activities with 13 local organizations showcasing cultural experiences.

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aybe it’s the lackluster line- going to cost a million whatevers.

Another of our more recent up of network TV shows that’s to blame. Or our at- HGTV not-to-be-missed hits is “Property Virtention span. But gins,” hosted by more and more a telegenic and often we find ourreal estate-savvy selves dialing up agent, Sandra mini-docudramas Rinomato, “with on cable TV for 12 years expeour evening’s enrience,” who tertainment. Proleads first-time grams like “Project buyers through Runway” on Bravo. the intricate The pasta, pizza, Roger HOLLIDAY maze of home panini and ground ownership. pepper shows on Claudia FISCHER She begins the Food Channel. each and every show by quizzing her And, absolutely anything on HGTV. It’s not that we’re homebodies. clients as to why they want to buy Or particularly house-proud. But we a home, where they want it located just can’t seem to get enough of the and how much they’re willing to chattering about crown moldings pay. Then she shows them three poand granite countertops, hardwood tential places. And pushes them in. floors and stainless steel appliances, Sometimes they buy. Sometimes curb appeal and designer colors. they don’t. Sometimes they get And, oh yes, that large fenced-in cold feet and simply run away. But backyard for Rover. And “enough it’s very informative. And always good fun. space to entertain.”

In fact, it’s not unlike what we’ve Tops on our list, understandably perhaps, is “House Hunters been doing for the past 35 years.

International,” where we jealously Trying to help first-time travelers — look on as the deep-pocketed “Travel Virgins,” if you like — plan search for the perfect Caribbean their first independent overseas trip beach-front hideaway, restored instead of simply signing on to some farm house in Provence or Tus- highly organized package coach cany or one bedroom walk-up in tour of the “If It’s Tuesday This Must Paris, London or Rome ... that’s be Belgium” variety.

We started our re-action by developing a continuing ed class at BGSU (in conjunction with a professor friend) in which we tutored our “students” on every aspect of foreign travel that we could possibly think of ... from proper research and planning and packing light ... to finding affordable accommodations, using public transportation, reading train timetables, renting cars, working with travel agents, handling money and staying safe. And so on.

We continued that education a few years later through our weekly travel columns, leading small group tours and counseling individuals.

And it’s been quite a ride.

But, just like on TV, everything has to begin with a few basic questions. And some serious Self-analysis 101.

Questions like: Where do you want to go? And when can you go? Why do you want to go there? How much do you have to spend? And precisely what will you want to do when you get there? And then, most important of all, perhaps, ... what are your specific interests ... and how can you best work them into a trip?

Only after all that’s sorted can the actual research and planning stage begin.

But, oh my, how things have changed since we began.

In the old days (that would be pre-

fax machines and home computers) basic research was a totally time-consuming and frequently frustrating experience involving writing to national tourist offices in New York or Chicago for brochures, events calendars and hotel lists.

Badgering local travel agents for airline fares and rental car costs and train tickets. Poring over guide books for potential hotels and prices. Then writing actual letters asking a whole list of hotels for possible reservations ... and, if you ever hoped to hear back, enclosing international reply coupons.

Now everything is a mere click of the mouse away. From buying airline and train tickets and renting cars to selecting hotels rooms (that you can

actually preview online), making reservations and even downloading whole guide books onto a Kindle.

This does not, however, mean that the average person actually does a better job of planning. The temptation is to obsess on airfare bargains and hotel deals — very small parts of a satisfying travel experience.

Because in the end it all comes back to asking the age-old who, what, where, when, why and how questions.

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INTERESTED BIDDERS: TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS – OLD BOWSHER HIGH SCHOOL CLEAN OUT Sealed bids will be accepted by the Board of Education of the Toledo Public School District until 1:00 p.m. on June 09, 2009, at the Toledo Public Schools Treasurers’ Room 3, 420 E. Manhattan Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43608, for all labor, material and supervision necessary for the clean out of the Old Bowsher High School, as more fully described in the drawings and specifications for the project prepared by The Collaborative Inc, and will be opened publicly and read immediately thereafter.

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419-353-5800. www.meccabg.com.

$100,000.00

Call 419.241.1700, ext 233 to place a Classified Ad!

GENERAL PRODUCT AMBASSADORS Demonstrate, promote & distribute samples of featured products. No Experience Req. PT Contract work $10/hr.

Meet our team at Meet & Greets on Tues June 2nd 2pm & 6pm Residence Inn Toledo Maumee 1370 Arrowhead Dr. or e-mail maryrenick@yahoo.com

OCEAN CORP. Houston, Texas. Train for New Career.

Underwater Welder, Commercial Diver, NDT/Weld Inspector. Job placement and financial aid for those who qualify, 1-800-321-0298.

SALON

419-724-7437

Never learned to ride as a child? No need for embarassment.

Many adults never did...and it’s never too late to learn!

• For adults and kids • Enjoy a great individual or group activity

Your wallet won’t need a bailout with our Happy Hour Prices!

for private or small group instruction, call or e-mail: (419) 517-3438 • apt@bex.net

$1.00 Domestics & Wells Monday - Friday

FOUR OHIO HOTELS ONE AUCTION ~ ONE DAY

Very busy salon seeking booth renters for hair & nail services. Cost is $125/wk. hair and $90/wk.nail.

Ask for Bonnie at 419.382.3541.

Shear Design Image 1855 South Reynolds Road, Toledo

FOR SALE

NEW YORK STYLE PIZZA

Bicycle Riding Lessons

New Gourmet Pizza and Exotic Drink Specials Every Sunday!

All four properties will go to auction on Friday, June 19, 2009 at 1 pm at the America’s Best Value Inn located at 5608 Milan Ave., Sandusky, Ohio.

Open every Sunday at 5:00pm

Properties will be available between 11 am and 3 pm on Friday, June 5, 2009.

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS DIRECTV FREE 4 Room System! 265+ Channels!

Starts $29.99/month. Free HBO + Showtime + Starz!

Free DVR/HD! 130 HD Channels! No Start Up Costs!

DirectStarTV Local Installers! 1-800-973-9027.

28 South Saint Clair • Downtown Toledo

FOR MORE INFORMATION: CALL 1-317-423-0700 or go to WWW.NHBHOTELS.COM/AUCTION.HTM

FREE DIRECTV 4 Room System! 265 Channels!

Starts $29.99/month. Free HBO + Showtime + Starz!

Free DVR/HD! 130 HD Channels! No Start Up Costs!

Local Installers! DirectStarTV 1-800-306-1953.

ANSWERS: 2. Germany-G 3. alright-H 4. Finland-D 5. Beijing-B

Moore Auction & Reality, LLC.

6. ammonia-A 7. Denmark-D

■ ANSWERS FROM A36

BUZZWORD: BAGHDAD

REAL ESTATE OPEN HOUSES HOUSES AREA

DAY/TIME

ADDRESS

DESCRIPTION

Sylvania

Sun 12-2

5647 Dellbrook

3 BR, 1.1 Baths, 1025 sf, 0 Gar

Toledo

Sun 2-4

2971 Indianola

3 BR, 2.2 Baths, 2606 sf, 3 Car Gar

PRICE

LISTED BY

AGENT

PHONE

$52,000

Assist2Sell

Kris Kryder

419-277-8097

$164,900

Assist2Sell

Jackie Lewis

419-450-3302

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