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LIGHTING THE FUSE

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oledo Free Press was honored to be a sponsor of the May 31 China Business Summit, presented by Communica at The Toledo Club.

With more than 400 million people in its middle class alone, China presents an incredible market.

As reported by Toledo Free Press Staff Writer Morgan Delp, all of the speakers at the event talked about the challenges and benefits of expansion into China.

In addition to the four main presentations, the event included brief remarks from Jim Rush, executive vice president and head of business development at Communica, Debbie Monagan, president of Communica, Mayor Mike Bell and Regional Growth Partnership President and CEO Dean Monske. Minhua Wu from the Confucius Institute at the University of Toledo also presented on the institute’s Chinese language and culture courses, which it offers to teachers, business people and students in the area.

“You cannot be successful in any foreign market unless you know the challenges,” said William Sinn, president of the ClevelandThomas F.POUNDS based Sinn & Company consultancy.

He said these challenges include a language barrier even within the country of China, due to all of the different dialects. When illustrating the drastic language difference amongst neighboring towns in China by comparing them to Ohio cities, Sinn said that unless using the same dialect, “Toledo could not talk to Bowling Green.” He said that acquiring a skilled and reliable translator was essential in overcoming this obstacle.

John Tang, attorney and head of the Shanghai-based Brennan, Manna & Diamond group in Akron, said a big aspect of Chinese culture is that people focus on outward appearances because they are extremely concerned with “saving face,” or retaining a respectable image.

Tang gave the example of the successful American chain, Victoria’s Secret, which tried to expand into China, but had to scale back because the Chinese were not interested in spending money on undergarments that could not be seen by others.

Wei Shen, managing director of BridgeConnect LLC in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., said Americans need to understand that business deals cannot be made on the fi rst visit with potential Chinese clients. She said gaining the respect of potential clients and having patience in negotiations are key to gaining wealth in China.

However, many differing aspects of the Chinese way of life offer promising business opportunities, Tang said.

“China is very polluted due to the factories, and the government knows that, so if you are in an industry with environmentally friendly products, they’ll offer a lot of incentives and open a lot of doors for you,” he said.

Toledo Free Press has long advocated bringing international business to Toledo, and has supported the Bell administration’s efforts to do so. We will continue to support events such as the China Business Summit and urge local entrepreneurs to continue to engage in the global conversation. ✯ Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Star.

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ast week, we reflected on a Toledo Free Pressstory from Lucas County Port Authority.

Barb Meyers was enthusiastic about IKEA, and agreed 2008 that asked readers to name the restaurant and entertainment franchises they would most like to see in Culver’s would make a “wonderful addition. My son-inlaw took us to Culver’s in Ypsilanti, and Lucas County. Some of those — a casino and a I found out they have frozen custard, large-format movie screen — have come true. wonderful stuff that I haven’t had since I Others, such as Trader Joe’s and IKEA, are ruwas a kid.” mored but not yet a reality. During the past Tom Glassmoyer wrote about Firehouse week, scores of emails — and calls during my Subs, praising the food and the chain’s dediMonday hosting gig on WSPD’s “Eye on Tocation to charity and local fire departments. ledo” — contributed to this “most wanted” list.

Romaine asked for a Zingerman’s Deli, a Tori Crowell suggested Quaker Steak and request that came up during the radio show.

Lube and Cosi restaurants and department Jeannine Reilly’s wish list included Noostores Ross and Beall’s. dles & Company, Mad Mex (“Downtown Leah Owell mentioned Sweet Tomatoes restaurant, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, Heart Michael S. MILLER needs a great Mexican restaurant”) and wrote, “When and if the riverfront is ever deAttack Grill, Steamers, a wild game restauveloped, someone should look into bringing back Tiedtke’s, rant, a Moroccan restaurant and a Russian restaurant.

With all due respect to Sonic, Five Guys and Burger Bar making it the center of attraction and try to make it close to 419, many people mentioned In-N-Out Burger and Cul- the original ... how cool would that be?”

A retro Tiedtke’s Downtown? Th at would be very cool ver’s. We mentioned that there is a Culver’s in Adrian, and Thomas Blaha, executive director of the Wood County Eco- indeed, Jeannine. ✯ nomic Development Commission, wrote in to say there is a Culver’s in Findlay. He said it was financed in part through Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and the SBA Regional 504 Loan board, hosted by the Toledo- Star. Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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DON LEE

Walker’s win

o far, 2012 has led the private in- sends down the pike.

In just the past four years the dustry to a phenomenon rarely witnessed across American his- private industry has had to contory: A large number of businesses tend with health care reform and in this country are operating at or repeated talk of Cap and Trade near their full capacity. Just a month legislation of some variety, plus ago, automakers Ford and Chrysler increased bureaucracy among government agencies canceled summer shutand growing complidowns for a number of ance costs. That’s not plants. Chrysler CEO to mention the usual Sergio Marchionne has headaches, which been quoted as saying have lately grown to that Chrysler simply include the increased can’t produce another difficulty in attracting car without expanding skilled workers. its capacity — that Thankfully, busimeans building new ness leaders are finally plants, buying new equipment and hiring Dock David TREECE starting to get a picture of what the environment for new workers.

To the same point, a number of business is going to look like in onr to engineering firms that we regularly three years. Gov. Scott Walker’s viccontact have told us they are being tory in his special Wisconsin election forced to turn down work. Many are is a valid case in point, and it clearly quoting so many projects they tell us shows two things.

First and foremost, public opinion that if they win all their bids, they’ll in this country is undergoing a mashave to turn down half of them.

After the 2008 downturn this sive shift. Unions — particularly country lost a number of suppliers, public sector unions — are losing particularly in the automotive a lot of their power. Americans are sector. Now, years later, produc- finally beginning to ask what these tion is back to or near the precrash unions have done lately for their peak, but capacity and the number members, and they aren’t impressed of suppliers remain reduced. As a with the answers. Membership has result, both are being stretched to fallen pretty much nationwide, regardless of industry, as a result. their limits.

Second, Walker’s win in his recall Many firms, it seems, have been backed into a corner where they are election demonstrates that the voting producing all they can and don’t public isn’t being honest with pollwant to expand — especially if doing sters. Leading up to this special elecso will require borrowing. While tion, polls showed Walker winning, many could pay for expansion in but only by a 1-3 percent margin. At cash, they would likely fund projects last count, it appeared that — when with credit, and they don’t want to all the votes are tallied — he should borrow without a clear outlook on win by 7 percent or more.

It’s also worth noting that when government policy.

For these companies, failure to news of Walker’s victory hit the wires, borrow is not a question of poor Asian markets spiked and American credit. While it’s hard for a lot of indi- futures (our markets had closed for viduals to get loans lately, this is more the evening) jumped nicely. Clearly common among those with poor or these new trends — like them or not limited credit history. The companies — seem to agree with America’s priwe’re talking about have good profits vate sector. Hopefully they will gain and plenty of assets to secure loans. the motivation they need to expand They have adequate access to credit, capacity and continue growing the American economy. ✯ but they don’t want to borrow.

What many business leaders have been eagerly awaiting is a clearer Dock David Treece is a partner with picture of how forthcoming poli- Treece Investment Advisory Corp (www. cies will look. For the past four years TreeceInvestments.com) and is licensed they’ve had to deal with a growing with FINRA through Treece Financial number of anti-business policies Services Corp. He provides expert concoming from Washington, D.C., and tent to numerous media outlets. The they’re in no mood to expand their above information is the express opinion businesses and create jobs without of Dock David Treece and should not be knowing that they’ll be able to sur- construed as investment advice or used vive whatever new rules Washington without outside verification.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Only owner can decide future Closing of Raceway Park is a loss EDITOR, of sexually oriented business TOThTHE ere is much talk and excitement about the new casino.

TO THE EDITOR, I appreciate and share Toledo Free Press’ enthusiasm for the growth of Downtown Toledo. The area Tom Pounds mentioned (“Addition by subtraction,” June 3) surrounding the Monroe/Huron intersection certainly has been energized by private and public investment and serves as a wonderful hub of activity for Downtown.

Adult establishments, classified as “sexually oriented businesses” under the Toledo Zoning Code, are permitted in the Downtown Commercial zoning district subject to spacing requirements.

As noted in your column, these businesses are required to be 500 feet from any residential zoning district, church or use established specifically for the activities of minors, such as schools and parks, and 1,000 feet from any other sexually oriented business.

We checked on the spacing requirements and determined that the business at 715 Monroe is 530 feet from Fifth Third Field and approximately 700 feet from Glass City Academy.

As much as I share your desire to keep downtown “family friendly,” there does not appear to be any legal basis for disapproving the zoning permit.

Your suggestions regarding creating a sexually oriented business-free zone or prohibiting a sexually oriented business within so many feet of a sports arena could not be applied retroactively, so ultimately it will be up to the building owner to decide if the proposed sexually oriented business opens at 715 Monroe. ✯ TOM LEMON, AICP Director, Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions

However, what is being overlooked in all the exciting news stories about the grand opening is the price we paid for the new casino. As some people may remember, Raceway Park is set to close its doors soon.

The new casino, while adding pizzazz and jobs to the other side of the river, has added blight and destruction to North Toledo.

Our concerns about Raceway Park were subdued in the initial casino proposal when Penn National Gaming hinted that the new facility would not adversely affect Raceway Park. Now everyone who visits the new casino is basically saying they are willing to overlook that. I am not.

People will argue that the new casino is a nicer facility than Raceway. They would be correct, although if Penn National put a fraction of the money they put in the new Casino into the Park it would not be so. They might also argue that the new casino provides more jobs than Raceway Park. Again, they would be correct. But what Penn National leaves behind in its wake is the further destruction of the North End. But really, who cares about the North End anyway? North Towne Mall is gone as well as numerous other businesses. Most Toledoans have little or no occasion to visit that blighted area and now with Raceway Park closing one less reason to visit. If we keep playing our cards this way perhaps one day there will be nothing of interest left at all.

Does no one remember we fought a “war” with Michigan for that area? Perhaps we should give it back because it seems we don’t really want it anyway. ✯ DANIEL P. FINKEL Toledo

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THE SOUTH TOLEDO COMMUNITY CENTER HAS OPERATED OUT OF THIS CHURCH ON BROADWAY STREET FOR TWO YEARS, BUT WILL NEED TO FIND A NEW HOME BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

South Toledo Community Center seeks new home

By Caitlin McGlade TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER cmcglade@toledofreepress.com

For two years, the bulky gray church at the corner of Walbridge Avenue and Broadway Street has stood as an uplifting symbol for thousands of Toledoans crushed by the South End’s decline.

But this will likely change by the end of the year, when Cherry Street Mission’s lease expires with Moawad Ball Holdings, LLC, the firm that purchased the building in 2006.

The firm bought the building at 1411 Broadway St. for $140,000 but has since put as much as $15,000 into the property and has ac-

cumulated debt in mortgage and taxes, said William Lowry of the Moawad Group, which operates Moawad Ball Holdings.

The company recently paid off property taxes for the building, after going from 2009 to 2012 without paying any, according to the Auditor’s Real Estate Information System (AREIS).

Pastor called ‘joker’ The South Toledo Community Center, which is run from the church, partners with Cherry Street Mission. The mission pays the rent and Pastor David Kaiser and his wife Kelly of Western Avenue Ministries operate the programs for low-income neighbors and the church services.

Rent costs $1,500 a month and Dan Rogers, president and CEO of Cherry Street Mission, said operating the outreach ministry would be more affordable if the partnership could buy its own building. Kaiser offered to buy the property for what Moawad Ball Holdings paid for it in 2006.

Lowry called Kaiser a “joker.”

“I’ll be darned if I’m going to put more money into his pockets,” Lowry said. He said the firm already subsidizes $1,000 a month of Cherry Street Mission’s rent. The mortgage costs $2,500 a month.

Between the mortgage, the debts and the investment pumped into the building, Kaiser was told he would need $384,000 to purchase it.

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■ CHURCH CONTINUED FROM A6 That’s just not doable, Kaiser said.

“The fundamental thing is that they bought the building in 2006, at the height of the real estate bubble,” Kaiser said. “It feels like greed.”

The building, KAISER with its dated infrastructure, has needed a lot of work throughout the years. When asked why the firm owns the building, Lowry said,“Stupidity.”

Different approach Sam Moawad of Moawad Ball Holdings has a different approach.

Moawad bought the building when a church came to him asking for help finding a place to locate.

“We like to get involved in ministries,” Moawad said. “We’ve been

involved in the community and we know the cash flow and the economy is hard for everybody.”

He also owns a smaller church on Western Avenue that he bought for $22,500 in 2005. Lowry said at least $60,000 in repairs went into that building. Moawad said his company has borrowed money to subsidize much of Cherry Street Mission’s building expenses for the church because the mission does great work for the community.

A new real estate sign stands in the building’s front lawn. Moawad said if he sells the place he wants to sell it to another church group.

Parenting classes have coached almost 130 moms and dads — as young as 14 years old — about discipline, self worth and gearing their kids toward college. Another program has offered hours to at least 60 welfare recipients to clean and cook, so they can meet the government-mandated work requirements to receive cash assistance.

The kitchen sent groceries home

to at least 10,000 households last year.

On average, the South Toledo Community Center serves 167 meals a day.

Outreach workers have knocked on countless doors to connect struggling Toledoans to aid services.

Spanish-speaking workers have hit up the Hispanic neighborhoods, helping to bridge the language barrier between service providers and Toledoans who speak little English.

Talk of a free clinic in the second story had evolved into more concrete plans just last month, with a handful of doctors meeting to discuss logistics and equipment needs. Kaiser had also intended to set up a day care in partnership with the YMCA. “But our hopes to transform the South End are in limbo,” Kaiser said.

“At the end of this year, we’re going to have sort of nowhere to go.”

Kaiser has a few options. The nearby Queen of Apostles offered to host the parenting courses and church services, but Kaiser said he fears that numbers will dwindle without the soup kitchen and food pantry.

Other buildings that might seem like options are older and mostly dilapidated. Kaiser was considering the La Garza building but repair costs could be immense. The block of brick buildings surrounding La Garza was constructed when Abraham Lincoln was president, Kaiser said.

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As for the free clinic? The day care?

It’s all up in the air for now.

“These ideas have been in the brew for so long and I’m so confident with every closed door, a door will open,” Rogers said.

The top priority is to keep services long-term — to implement a 12-to15-year plan so that the outreach can cut through generations of poverty.

The partnership between Kaiser and the mission will continue, Rogers said.

‘I’m going to be lost’ Gege Sprague depends on it continuing. But she has a weak knee and no car — and if the church moves too

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far she’ll have to stop going. Sprague, 52, lives down the street and her morning routine every day for the past two years has included breakfast from the soup kitchen.

“Whenever this church is open, I’m here,” she said. “If they take this away from me I’m going to rot — I’m going to be lost.”

Baby University, the parenting class, has educated her niece and her son. She eats many suppers at the soup kitchen and attends every church service she can. In a life challenged by two deaths — her son and spouse —

and the subsequent years of working two jobs to support her three other kids, Sprague finds solace and healing behind the Broadway Street building’s doors, she said.

Kaiser said many of his attendees face a similar plight: They don’t have transportation. Making it a mile down the road on foot often hinders people in the neighborhood from making medical appointments or getting to the drug store, he said.

“If the new place is not within walking distance, I’m going to have to say goodbye,” Sprague said. ✯

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Arts in Lucas County: State funding down, federal funding up

By Morgan Delp TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER mdelp@toledofreepress.com

As state funding for the arts has decreased in Lucas County, federal funding has increased.

The Ohio Arts Council recently released its 2010-11 biennial report, which details how much funding was given to each county, artist and cultural arts organization in Ohio, from the state and federal governments.

“Our organization has been more aggressively going after federal funding,” said Marc Folk, executive director for Toledo’s Arts Commission.

Lucas County saw its state funding decrease by $25,974 from 2006-07 to 2008-09, from $981,012 to $955,038. In the same time frame, the overall amount granted by the state of Ohio fell by more than $1 million.

From 2008-09 to 2010-11, the county’s state-provided art funds again decreased dramatically, reflecting further decreases in statewide funds as well. In 2010-11, Lucas County received $592,522 of the state’s $13,188,580, a $362,516 decrease, or a 60 percent drop in a four-year span. “(Funding) has been going down over time as the economy has plunged nationally and within the state,” said Kathleen Carroll, president and CEO of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra.

For the previous three biennial periods, about 20 percent of the state’s arts funding has gone to administration while the other roughly 80 percent has gone to general subsidy.

Big setback Folk said the Arts Commission, along with artists and other cultural arts organizations, used to get general operating support from the City of Toledo. The city would provide $600,000$900,000 to the local arts community and the Arts Commission would receive about $100,000, of which they used $40,000-$60,000 to match with private money to be granted to other organizations, Folk said.

Carroll said this changed after 2000-01.

“When the city went through hard times, they eliminated cultural funding,” Folk said. “That was a pretty big setback.”

Folk said Toledo is the only metropolis in Ohio that doesn’t have a dedicated funding stream for arts and culture. As an example, he said cigarette taxes in Cuyahoga County help fund the local arts community.

Since 2006-07, federal funding provided by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has risen. In 2006-07, Lucas County received $2,937 of the federal government’s $1,598,600 arts

funding for Ohio. In 2008-09, Lucas County’s share of the NEA’s $1,788,500 for Ohio rose to $9,404.

2010-11 saw the most drastic increase, as Lucas County received $57,712 of the state’s $2.51 million dollars.

“We’ve been working with a group of the region’s arts and cultural leaders, called the Toledo Area Cultural Leaders (TACL), once a month. We report on federal opportunities with the National Endowment for the Arts,” Folk said.

“The chair of the NEA has reached out to different departments … to create a deeper understanding of how artistic places inspire businesses, draw more talented youth, increase the economy.

They work with other agencies to have art programs added to grants.”

“Organizations must apply to receive grants from the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) either every year or every two years depending on the grant program,” Kelly Barsdate said in an email. Barsdate is the chief program and planning officer for the National Assembly for State Arts Agencies.

“Each OAC grant program has a set of evaluation criteria used to assess applicants. Each application is held up against the evaluation criteria and the applications that are recommended for funding are scored,” Barsdate said. “The scores are averaged and then presented to the OAC’s board members, the only body empowered to approve grant awards on behalf of the OAC.”

revenue from ticket sales and community generosity,” Carroll said.

“It’s not easy, everybody has taken an enormous hit (from the economy),” she said. “We put a plan in place and our musicians took a 6-12 percent cut at the start of recession. Our service has not di-

minished to any degree.”

Carroll said she believes it is the arts culture of Toledo that makes it a unique city.

“Any community can have roads and streets and infrastructure. But when people come to Toledo they

remark about the art museum, the quality of the orchestra, the opera, the zoo, the metroparks, the ballet,” Carroll said. “All of those make us unique, livable, desirable.”

The biennial report is available online at oac.ohio.gov. ✯

Benefits of the arts Barsdate said programs are evaluated to make sure they are serving their intended purpose.

Carroll said she commends the OAC for their push to make the state government aware of the benefits of the arts.

“I’d say that citizens of Ohio should be proud of the work done by the Ohio Arts Council. They have been a force and exemplary [model] for arts councils across the country. In Columbus, the council held its own,” she said.

Folk said the next biennial budget will rise almost $4 million above the $13 million the state provided in 2010-11.

Even with this state increase, Folk said the Arts Commission is looking at ways to increase its funding and expand the arts in Northwest Ohio.

“Our board has made it a priority to find a way to create a funding stream to create grants to support the community and strengthen the arts in Northwest Ohio, whether it be through the endowment or other mechanisms,” Folk said.

The Toledo Symphony Orchestra relies on the government for .01 percent of its operating costs. “[Government funding] is not something we count on. Our biggest source is

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The Civilian Police Review Board, which was created in 1991 under Mayor John McHugh, has been revamped by Mayor Mike Bell and his administration.

The board has acquired new members and rewritten its policies since January 2011, in the hopes of more effectively acting as “an extra set of eyes and ears for the citizens of Toledo,” Chairman Lisa Canales said.

Canales, who has been chairman for close to 10 years and is the education director for NAMI of Greater Toledo, said the board was created because there were so many conflicts and a huge outcry from people who felt like they didn’t have a voice when it came to the Toledo Police Department (TPD).

The advisory board is in place as a last resort for citizens who do not agree with the findings of an investigation made by Internal Affairs.

“If you have a complaint against TPD, whether it be abusive authority, or an officer looked at you wrong, to other more important things, … you request an investigation by Internal Affairs,” Canales said. “Internal Affairs will look at the police report, contact witnesses and begin their formal procedure as far as formal investigation.

Once that is done, they will … decide

if the complaint has any merit.

“They send a letter to the citizen, … telling them that their last option if they don’t agree with the findings is the Civilian Review Board. They have within 14 days to complete that and then we start our investigation,” Canales said. “We go back and look at [the information] and try to decide if we agree with Internal Affairs and their investigation, which is very thorough and very complete.”

Canales said in her experience, the board has both agreed with and at other times disagreed with Internal Affairs’ findings.

“There have been a couple of times where we CANALES have stepped in and asked different questions, like ‘Could you have handled it differently? Could this officer use some sensitivity training?’” Canales said. “It’s a check and balance to make sure everybody is doing their job.”

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Canales said while she feels the board is vital to the community, she does not agree with its role as an advisory board.

“It’s not that it needs a lot of power, but to be an advisory board is not

OK,” Canales said. “If we are to succeed, we need to sit at the same table with the same amount of authority, in a sense. I don’t think it should be a board that defines whether or not an officer should be fired or not fired, but it needs to be [elevated] to have a little more meat to it.”

Canales concedes that the board does have more power than it used to, thanks to a positive collaboration with former Chief of Police Mike Navarre.

She said there was mutual respect between Navarre and the board, and feels the same support from new Chief of Police Derrick Diggs.

“We would get a case 20 or 30 pages thick, and the officer’s name would be marked out so we couldn’t see who the officer was or any of the witness names. That was one of the things Chief Navarre worked with us to fix,” Canales said.

Canales said it was impossible to judge a case without knowing the officer’s name.

“How do we know if it’s the same officer doing everything or one silly complaint about a good officer?” Canales asked. “Now we can infer if it is an officer that has an issue or not.”

A team affiliated with the board has researched similar organizations in other cities and found that many of them are more active and have more of a say in citizen complaints, Canales said.

Shirley Green, safety director for

Toledo, serves as a liaison between the board and the mayor’s administration. She said she does not think there is a need to change the role of the advisory board.

“There would have to be a need for a change to be made and right now there isn’t any need for a change to occur,” Green said. “The board is set up by the City of Toledo Ordinance and its function and responsibility are set by the ordinance, so for [the board] to be changed, [the ordinance] would have to be changed.”

Established through the city ordinance, the board is comprised of mayoral appointments. The volunteer board members serve two- and fouryear terms, and may be reappointed for many years.

Melvin Stachura, a retired Toledo police officer who has sat on the board for a little more than a year, said an advisory board is adequate since the board is not handling a lot of cases right now.

“If they’re going to increase the amount of cases then there should be an increase in power or oversight,” Stachura said. “When you’re only getting a couple of cases a year there’s no reason to have (subpoena) power if it’s going to be lightly used.”

Barbara Laraway, secretary of the board and former executive of Parents Helping Parents, said the group is beginning to work well and come together for the community, the first step toward taking on a more active role.

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If found, this subject will bring happiness all year long.�

Christmas Eve 2011 was his final holiday greeting to his peers.

A few feet away, Sarah McLaughlin’s “Angel� plays behind a video of late Detective Keith Dressel’s funeral from Feb. 26, 2007. A white hearse drives slowly, flanked by Toledo Police Department (TPD) squad cars. Toledoans look on from the nearby sidewalks.

On the opposite wall, a plaque hangs over a wooden mantle. On it are 30 names, all Toledo Police officers. All were killed on duty.

Ogle, Dressel and more of Toledo’s fallen heroes are immortalized inside the stone walls of the Toledo Police Museum.

By Brian Bohnert TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER bbohnert@toledofreepress.com

The voice of the late James “Jimmy�

Ogle echoes through the Toledo Police Museum on Kenwood Boulevard. A speaker projects the former Toledo police officer’s yearly Christmas Eve broadcast, urging anyone on duty to be on the lookout for a red-suited suspect: “Attention all cars and listeners: Be on the lookout for a short, jolly individual dressed in red and trimmed in white, who is constantly saying, ‘Ho Ho Ho,’� he would say. “Subject was last seen operating a sleigh being pulled by eight reindeer southbound from the North Pole. The subject’s method of operation is that he spreads joy and cheer everywhere. If this subject is observed, all units are advised to assist this subject as much as possible.

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Even the mosquitoes were afraid to come out to bother us.�

Cooley, a TPD veteran since December 10, 1993, said officers never forget their start date and they never forget a fallen comrade.

Since TPD’s inception in 1867, 30 men have died while on duty. “We promised that we will not forget,� Cooley said. “We call it our ‘solemn obligation’ to never let time diminish the sacrifices they have made.

That’s the part closest to my heart.�

Remembering those who died too soon, the museum houses kiosks for visitors to read about the fallen officers and the circumstances surrounding their deaths. “We have a kiosk that tells their stories,� Cooley said. “We have all of their names and their end-of-watch dates.�

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“I have always said right now we are glossy front, and the real research and learning comes now.”

Inside, visitors can find everything from a vintage police radio and bulletproof vests to an old jail cell and a 1948 Toledo Police wagon.

Admission to the museum, 2201 Kenwood Blvd., is free.

Resurrection Cooley manages all business operations and the 40 volunteers who work during its hours of operation. The museum is open Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In May 2010, then Police Chief Mike Navarre put Cooley in charge of resurrecting the museum, which originally stood at 525 N. Erie St. from 1985 to 1994, she said. After years of storing artifacts, Cooley and the To-

ledo Police Retirees Association put the wheels into motion and opened the museum eight months later.

“It was a perfect storm in a sense. The mayor helped us with the building, which had been vacant at the time,” Cooley said. “It was next to a police substation so it was kind of the obvious choice. It just looked like a museum waiting to be a museum.”

Close to home On Sept. 18, 1970, TPD Officer William Miscannon was gunned down inside his patrol car during a race riot sparked by the Black Panthers. He was just 33 years old.

His daughter, Diane Miscannon, was only 10 at the time.

After growing close to Detective Dressel’s parents, Larraine and Mike, Diane was not only inspired to help with the annual Dressel Ride, she was also inspired to commemorate the life of her father.

Starting the second year of the Dressel Ride, Detective Bonnie Weis surprised Diane by having all proceeds from the event go to the Officer

William Miscannon Scholarship Fund at Owens Community College.

“I started bawling like a baby when they told me,” she said.

After reading about the museum needing volunteers, Diane jumped at the chance to devote her time to TPD history. Though, she was completely unaware of how fate would play out.

“I did it to be closer to my father, but I didn’t even think about it right away that the day I started at the mu-

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99 to go Cooley said the museum must sustain itself so future generations can experience the city’s rich history.

“We want to be here in 100 years,” she said. “We don’t just want to be here for five years and leave, so it’s important to come up with a feasible plan to sustain ourselves.”

“It’s more comfortable.”

“They’re specially trained to care for seniors.”

Cooley keeps fighting for the history of the Toledo Police Department.

“We have had an amazing history with some cool stuff that no one’s ever known because they’ve just been tucked away,” she said. “Now we have the opportunity to see how our city has grown through eyes of the police department.

When you look back and see history through eyes of police, it helps people understand why we do what we do.

Without that, we’re a little less rich.” ✯

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“People are patient and explain things.”

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Seven months after they helped save the life of their sixth-grade science teacher, four McCord Junior High School students have been recognized by the American Legion Auxiliary for their quick-thinking actions.

Sarah Sabol, Jaret Hoschak, Mark Curtis and Andy Riggs were presented the auxiliary’s Youth Hero Award on June 4 at the school’s year-end academic awards assembly.

The students acted swiftly when their teacher, Connie Root, collapsed in their room Nov. 9. Sarah, using the classroom phone, called a teacher in a nearby classroom. Andy hustled next door to another teacher’s classroom. Jaret and Mark sprinted to the cafeteria where they found the school’s principal, Keith Limes, and Kathleen Theiss, a teacher.

Theiss performed CPR on Root, who had stopped breathing after suffering a severe heart attack. Paramedics from the Sylvania Township Fire Department and Lucas County EMS, who arrived within a few minutes, brought Root back from certain death.

During a five-day stay in Toledo Hospital’s intensive care unit, doctors found Root, amazingly, had not suffered brain damage after her heart stopped.

On Nov. 16, Root walked out of the hospital.

A week later, Evelyn Navarre, treasurer of the legion’s Sylvania auxiliary, Joseph W. Diehn Unit 468, read a Nov. 23 article in Toledo Free Press detailing Root’s ordeal. She was moved to tears by the actions of the students.

“They had a courageous attitude. And they didn’t panic,” she said. “I thought ‘This is amazing. I

have to do something.’”

Navarre submitted the students’ names to the national auxiliary headquarters in Indianapolis, where officials agreed they deserved the award that was established in 2002 for exactly this type of situation.

In introducing the students at the assembly, an emotional, teary-eyed Navarre said: “May you all be reminded of the example of Andy, Sarah, Mark and Jaret, and never hesitate to go and get help when the need arises.

Their teacher, Connie Root, is here today because of their quick actions.”

One by one, the students approached the podium to receive first a certificate from the Sylvania auxiliary president, Marian Darr and then a medal with a red, white and blue ribbon which Mariam Wuwert the auxiliary’s Children & Youth chairman, hung around their necks.

As their families clicked away with their phone cameras, the students couldn’t stop smiling.

“I feel good about it,” said Mark, 12. “I was kind of proud.”

Jaret, celebrating his 13th birthday, said: “At first, I just thought I helped out. Now, with people recognizing me, I think that’s cool.”

Nearby, an overjoyed Root couldn’t stop crying. Gradually, she’s going off the medications required since her attack. Otherwise, she’s receiving good reports from her doctors and said she feels great. She still marvels at her students’ actions.

“It’s just amazing what they did.

Someone was in trouble, and they knew what to do.”

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Ground was broken last month in Waterville for a new assisted living community for people living with Alzheimer’s.

The $3.7 million facility will be called Pathways at Browning Memory Care Center. Ground was broken May 17 and construction should begin by mid-June, said David Subleski, president of Browning Masonic Community, a nonprofit retirement and assisted living facility in Waterville.

Browning’s new 20,000-squarefoot facility will offer 24 private apartments with private bathrooms.

Various design elements will aid with resident safety and independence, Subleski said.

The bathroom light, for example, is set to go on as soon as a motion sensor detects the resident getting out of bed.

The light helps to “cue” memory, prompting the resident to use the bathroom, Subleski said. Heated bathroom floors make the room feel welcoming even on bare feet, encouraging good hygiene, he said.

“We want people to live as independently as possible and function as

well as they can and we’ve incorporated some technologies that help with that,” Subleski said.

The facility will consist of two “neighborhoods” of 12 apartments each, with the two wings connected to allow free movement between. A courtyard in the center of the complex is also enclosed.

“Some people just need to move,” Subleski said. “We wanted to give them places to go where they could be safe.”

The dining area will look, feel and smell like a home kitchen, Subleski said.

“All that is important in terms of stimulating appetite and having conversations,” Subleski said. “We never know where the next connection is going to come from.”

Programming will be available around the clock to cater to each resident’s natural bodily rhythm.

“Not everyone is an 8 to 5 Monday through Friday individual,” Subleski said. “Our trademark program is called Rhythm of the Day. It ties into the natural rhythms we all have. We all have portions of the day we are more physically active and portions we are more mentally active.”

Person-centered care is important with Alzheimer’s patients, said

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“People are not one-size-fits-all.

Anything you can do to make the environment supportive of the individual is great,” Bollin said. “Routine and structure is really important as well as familiarity.”

Activities will adhere to a Montessori-style philosophy, Subleski said.

“If they are part of a group and see something else that looks interesting, they can decide to do something with that or they can come back and be in the group,” Subleski said. “It allows them to have choice. That’s what this is about.”

The facility will also include two respite rooms available for area caregivers to place their family member for a night or weekend.

“Roughly 40 percent of caregivers pass away before those they are caring for because they neglect their own physical and mental health,” Subleski said. “We wanted to be able to provide resources and support for those out in the community to be able to leave their loved one with us and get the attention they need personally and not feel guilty or worried Mom or Dad are not being properly supported and cared for.”

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are living with Alzheimer’s disease, including more than 9,000 in Lucas County and 38,000 in Northwest Ohio, Bollin said.

“The numbers are high and unfortunately the numbers are growing, because what we also know is age is the most common risk factor for developing this disease and we have an aging demographic in this country,” Bollin said. “This disease impacts people of all educational levels, all economic situations, all backgrounds.

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The response to Pathways has been excellent, Subleski said.

“We’ve had enough inquiries already to fill it, but we will wait until closer to the true open date to take applications,” Subleski said. “We know we can’t extend the life of somebody with this disease, but our goal is to try to make that time that remains a better quality of life.”

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Well, when bullying happens on a national level it usually stirs those same emotions. Two hundred years ago, on June 18, the young United States of America had had enough bullying from Great Britain. The Brits were placing embargoes on our foreign trade. Money was lost and vital goods were not received.

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Tecumseh, was killed at the Battle of the Thames. Sir Isaac Brock, the revered British General, was killed at the Battle of Queenston Heights, and Zebulon Pike, aft er whom that mountain peak is named, fell while attacking York (Toronto).

Also, up-and-coming stars of history were born out of this conflict.

Andrew Jackson, in the Battle of New Orleans, and William H. Harrison, leader of the Northwestern Army, both went on to the highest office in the land. Richard M. Johnson, leader of the Kentucky militia, went on to the second highest. And get this â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dozens of elected men, politicians, got out of their cushy chairs, strapped on a powder horn and went to fi ght in the war they voted for. Can you imagine any politician, anywhere, today, ever putting his own life on the line in combat while still in office?

Tributes to the men who served during this two-and-a-half year conflict will begin soon across our country, as well as in Canada.

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in order to protect their lucrative trading posts, they incited Native Americans to wreak havoc on the frontier. We decided to stand our ground and retaliate with our firstever declaration of war.

First approval came from the House of Representatives and then from the Senate. Only then did President James Madison, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Father of the Constitution,â&#x20AC;? sign the historic document.

The war that ensued is forever remembered by the year in which it commenced, but it KURON actually lasted into January 1815.

Few people think about the War of 1812 in the same honored light that shines on the American Revolution or World War II, but it did produce its share of extraordinary historic events. At Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key wrote what became our national anthem, Washington, D.C., was burned by British hands and Commodore Oliver Perry did the unthinkable when he defeated a British fleet on Lake Erie.

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Free workshop A free workshop for those interested in learning how to interview veterans will be 1-3 p.m. June 15 at Owens Community College, 30335 Oregon Road, in Perrysburg, in the Audio/Visual Classroom Center rooms 125-128.

The session will be taught by Tom Barden, Northwest Ohio regional coordinator of the Veterans History Project. No interviews will be conducted during the training.

“It’s an amazing project,” said Barden, dean of the Honors College at the University of Toledo and a Vietnam War veteran. “To me as an academic, all oral history is important.

History is written about the famous people, but to me the more interesting stories are those of the average person and their lives.”

More than 75,000 stories have been collected so far, including more than 500 by retired Sylvania resident Bud Fisher.

“Seventy-five thousand may sound like a lot, but it’s not when you consider how many millions of people served,” said Fisher, who compiled many of his interviews into two books: “What a Time It Was” about World War II and “30 Below on Christmas Eve” about the Korean War. Each of those millions has a story and Fisher enjoys giving them a voice.

“What I enjoy the most is watching these fellows open up,” Fisher said.

“When they came home they didn’t sit their families down and tell them about the war. They took off their uniforms and went back to work or school. A story might have come out here or there, but I provided the means by which they could really open up and talk about their military service from start to finish. I helped to transport them back 60 years to when they were young.”

Copies of the interviews are also archived locally at UT’s Canaday Center or Perrysburg’s Way Public Library. The veteran also receives a copy of the interview.

“That’s like a genealogical treasure,” Fisher said. “When they are long gone, their family can hear their voice, which is priceless. I’d love to hear my grandfather’s voice or my great-grandfather’s voice, even though I know a fair amount about them. It’s like a voice from the past.”

Another local interviewer is Richard Baranowski, local history librarian at Way Public Library.

“Fifty years from now, 100 years from now, a descendent of one of these guys will be able to go to the Library of Congress and see his ancestor on a video camera,” Baranowski said. “If we had that from the Civil War, how valuable would that be? History dies with people. A lot of the people we’ve interviewed have died. It’s a good idea to see what you can preserve.”

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When LaMont Gee was hit in the throat by shrapnel while defending a bridge in Belgium during World War II, his friends thought he was dead.

The 18-year-old was drafted in 1943 and assigned to the Army’s 988th Engineering Treadway Bridge Company, which built bridges to replace those destroyed by the retreating German army. He was injured during an attack by a German airplane attempting to destroy a recently completed bridge.

After a field hospital operation and two months of rehabilitation in England, his voice returned and he rejoined his company in Germany.

“I walked over and the guys just looked at me,” said Gee, now 87, a Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient who served as grand marshal of Sylvania’s Memorial Day parade this year.

“They said, ‘What are you doing here?’

I said, ‘Where’s my duffel bag?’ It was still in the truck. I got it and we just kept on going. When there’s a job to do, you do it.”

The Sylvania resident’s story is among those archived at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., as part of the Veterans History Project. The ongoing nationwide project, which started in 2000, collects audio- or videotaped firsthand accounts of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts from veterans as well as U.S. citizen civilians involved in supporting war efforts, such as war industry workers, USO workers, flight instructors and medical volunteers. The project also collects original documents, such as photographs, letters, diaries and maps.

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“No one has ever said ‘I’m sorry I did this.’ Everybody is happy they did it,” Fisher said.

Fisher, who served during the Korean War, said being a fellow veteran has helped, but anyone can conduct interviews if they know what questions to ask.

“The process is simple. I take my recorder to their kitchen table and we talk,” Fisher said. “It helps to be a student of history, but you don’t have to be knowledgeable about the war.

You just have to know what questions to ask.”

Fisher asks veterans to bring his or her discharge papers as reference.

Barden suggests doing some background research, but then just listen.

“Do your homework, but don’t

use it,” Barden said. “People want to feel like you know what they are talking about, but if you start talking like a historian, they might get intimidated.”

Start with a family member, Fisher suggested.

“Everybody’s got a father or grandfather or uncle who was in the service and you can practice on them,” Fisher said. “Not everybody has to do 500 interviews.”

Some veterans tell him their contributions are not important enough to talk about, but Fisher disagrees.

“I tell them not everybody won the Medal of Honor, but every story is important. If you served, your story is important,” Fisher said.

“Historians talk about the generals and the admirals and the leaders of the country. They don’t talk about the people who did the work. This is a way to finally have a history of the common man, the ordinary GI. We’ve heard enough about Douglas

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Wine tasting marks 40th anniversary of Watergate

By Brigitta Burks TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER bburks@toledofreepress.com

BUD FISHER MacArthur and Adm. [Chester W.] Nimitz and Gen. [George S.] Patton. We know all about those guys, but finally we’re going to hear the stories of the guys who made them famous.”

Toledo Free Press is a media sponsor of the workshop. Other sponsors include U.S. Representatives Bob Latta and Marcy Kaptur, Northwest Ohio Honor Flight and American Red Cross Greater Toledo Area Chapter.

To register for training, visit http:// goo.gl/2T8Wm or contact Erin Partee at Latta’s Washington, D.C., office at (202) 225-6405. For more information, visit www.loc.gov/vets. ✯

Most people will let the 40th anniversary of Watergate pass without a second thought — not Joe Mosier, manager of the wine department at the Andersons’ Woodville Road location.

Mosier has organized “The Watergate Break-in 40th Anniversary Commemorative Wine Tasting” at the store for 1-3 p.m. June 16.

“I actually thought about this five years ago for the 35th anniversary, but WATERGATE HOTEL I didn’t do it,” he said. This time, Mosier rolled with the idea to commemorate Watergate in a fun way.

Watergate refers to the scandal that broke when five men were found attempting to wiretap the national Democratic headquarters at the Watergate Hotel on June 17, 1972. The subsequent events culminated in President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974.

“I thought, ‘Let’s have some fun with this,’” Mosier said of the tasting.

When Mosier saw a chardonnay called “The Chardonnay Conspiracy” in one of his catalogs, he knew he was on to something.

“That kind of tied it together,” he said. The other wines are “Sinister Hand” Grenache, “Plungerhead” Old Vine Zinfandel and “The Prisoner” red. Mosier chose the wines based on the names and “they also happen to be very good wines,” he said.

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Nightly news of banking blunders, like the recent report that incompetence at J.P. Morgan led to a loss of more than $2 billion, frightens many Americans. That national trend is not indicative of local banks that make news with reports like Signature Bank’s announcement, that it had appointed John S. Szuch to its board of directors and an executive officer position.

Szuch’s appointment brought a smile to local businessman Rob Armstrong’s face. Armstrong, executive vice president of Bennett Enterprises Inc., a corporation that operates 21 restaurants and four hotels in Northwest Ohio, said he is one of Szuch’s biggest fans.

“John [Szuch] has been very helpful to our organization for over 30 years,” Armstrong said. “John may well be the most respected banker in Northwest Ohio. For John, going to work at Signature must be just like going home.

“Signature Bank was a great bank before John joined. John is going to be just another feather in their cap.”

Armstrong said he is convinced Szuch’s move to Signature Bank’s staff will only enhance Armstrong’s 10-year association with the bank, a financial institution that he said has done especially well at “presenting us with direct access to any of their people. I can pick up the phone and talk to any individual, from the chairman and president all the way down the ladder.

I even have the personal cellphone numbers of the officers.”

Armstrong’s “going home” reference alludes to Szuch’s work, starting in 1971, at local banking powerhouses that include TrustCorp, Capital and Fifth Third banks.

After 17 years at TrustCorp, now known as KeyBank, Szuch and colleague Bob Sullivan co-founded Capital Bank on July 1, 1988, and opened for business a year later, Aug. 24, 1989.

Twelve years later, in March, 2001, Szuch and Sullivan sold Capital

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JOHN SZUCH SAID SIGNATURE BANK LIKES TO MAKE BANKING ‘SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD AND EFFICIENT.’

Bank to Fifth Third Bank, and both men joined Fifth Third’s staff. A group of Capital Bank executives who didn’t make the move to Fifth Third founded Signature Bank in April 2002.

One month after its 10th anniversary, on May 9, 2012, Signature Bank hired Szuch, their longtime friend and former boss. For Szuch, that meant leaving the corporate world of large banks with thousands of employees who “do a huge volume in a standard format, and have everything channeled through specific people. They’re very good at standard, everything-between-the-lines things. They do it very efficiently and price it well,” he said.

In its place, Szuch enters a banking institution in which all 97 employees focus on personal attention, individual needs and creating a service environment, according to bank President Dave Reed.

“We’re like the old, smalltown banks,” Reed said. “You know the people, they know you, and we try to make it easy.

“There’s a lot of complexity out there in the world. You’d like to be able to count on some people who you know you can come to if you have something unusual, and it will get done. It will get seriously considered quickly, which is a big component of what we do,” Reed said.

Szuch chuckled upon hearing the word “quickly.” “‘Quickly’ is a big word,” Szuch said. “You don’t know how long it takes to get something through at the other places. I mean, weeks sometimes.”

It’s Signature Bank’s timeliness that appeals to Jan Ruma, vice president and executive director of Toledo-Lucas County CareNet for the last 14 years.

“We work with Signature Bank because, simply speaking, they are able

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to meet our needs,” Ruma said. “We have limited staffing, and running to the bank uses up a lot of our resources.

Signature provides simple things, like a courier service.

“Anything we need is just a phone call or an email away. We always work with the same people, and that’s comforting. We don’t call and get a voice recording or extension 262 to contact.

We get a personal response.”

Rick Brunner, with 22 years experience in the banking industry, is Signature Bank’s chairman and chief executive officer. He says the addition of Szuch will enhance Signature’s collaborative approach to customer service.

“John has an enormous wealth of experience in a lot of different facets of banking,” Brunner said. “John has a vast network of people he’s worked with over the course of his career that will help him attract clients to

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Brunner says Szuch’s 41 years of experience will help Signature Bank meet its clients’ unique needs.

“We like to make banking simple, straightforward and efficient, and a big piece of that is the personalized, customized piece of dealing with people, understanding what they need,” Brunner said. “In a lot of different industries, it’s ‘Let me tell you what you need. This is the right product for you.’

Our approach is more, ‘Let’s talk about what you need. What will help you?

Are we a fit for that?’ ” Szuch said he is humbled that Signature Bank created this executive officer position especially for him.

“Is there pressure?” he asked.

“Yes, but the only pressure on me is self-imposed because I want to make sure bringing me here was a good decision.” ✯

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eneral Motors has become the poster child for government bailouts and the intrusion of government in the business process.

Back in 2008, President Bush issued an executive order permitting the Treasury Department to utilize TARP under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act to support the carmaker.

TARP gave GM $13.4 billion and eventually, including the Obama administration endorsement, received $50.2 million total of taxpayer money. This amount initially gave the government a 60.8 percent ownership stake.

The Canadian government owned 11.7 percent, the employees’ VEBA trust owned 17.5 percent and finally the bondholders had the remaining 10 percent.

Gary L. GM eventually had an initial public offering (IPO) which reduced the government’s ownership to 32 percent, which created a realized loss. In order for the government, and the American taxpayer, to break even, the government must sell its remaining stake in GM for $52 a share. The stock is trading around 22 dollars a share.

In 2005 there were 111,000 hourly workers at GM; in 2010 it had 50,000 hourly workers. A little simple math tells us that the government spent a little over $1 million for each job it “saved” at GM. Now if you are a GM worker and your job was saved and you are still able to pay your bills and feed your family, good for you. But if you have no trouble with the fact that the money was taken from other working taxpayers, essentially at gunpoint, to provide this to you and if you have no trouble with the fact that the amount of money was used very inefficiently then I guess you and, unfortunately, I, will get the government system we deserve.

The bondholders, who would normally be first in line in a corporate bankruptcy, not only got screwed but also vilified for wanting what was contractually theirs. Those investors lent their money in good faith to GM, knowing that if everything went south they would get most of their money back; now those investors will be very hesitant to loan money to a public corporation again.

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The answer is, eventually the economy and the country would have been better off. With any growth there will be some sort of destruction. The invention of the car destroyed the buggy industry, in more modern times the invention of the CD destroyed the vinyl record industry. I could name a thousand other industries that were destroyed because of obsolescence or poor management of the company.

If GM had gone under, other companies would have picked up any slack demand in the marketplace and maybe even a new car comRATHBUN pany would have been created. At the very least, there would still be GM cars and trucks to buy from a leaner and maybe smarter company.

The problem is that now we have yet another precedent of government providing a safety net where none is needed. When I was in college Chrysler got bailed out by government loans. I disagreed then even though Lee Iacocca took only $1 in salary (although he did get a fortune in options if he succeeded) and paid back all of the money with interest to Uncle Sam. He turned the company around and made it profitable.

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The media and the news outlets have quickly turned their attention back to Greece causing a possible global armageddon. After such a quick drop, many investors are wondering if we are heading back into a recession and what they should do. Today we are going to give our readers two more tips on what to do now.

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PHOTOS COURTESY AREA OFFICE ON AGING

Area seniors gearing up for 50+ Sports Classic

By Morgan Delp TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER mdelp@toledofreepress.com

When Dorothy Gackstetter attended Genoa High School in the late 1940s, she was told track and field was too hard for girls and not good for their health.

“It was a ridiculous excuse because we were county champions every year and probably would have gone to state,” Gackstetter said.

As the Ottawa County resident approaches her 80th birthday, she will compete in the 50+ Sports Classic at St. Francis de Sales High School on June 9. Gackstetter has participated in the event for nearly 30 years, competing in the 100- and 200-meter race along with longjumping, shot put, discus and javelin.

While Gackstetter was denied the opportunity to attend the state meet as a teenager, she qualified for the Senior Olympics’ state meet in Dayton four years ago and hopes to qualify for this year’s state meet in Cleveland.

“I belong to our health and wellness club, but I don’t go to a gym,” said Gackstetter, who said she once tied former Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner in the 100-meter dash. “I have a bicycle and weights and I do practice lunges at home. I have a horse so I do all those chores, so there’s always something to do to keep me active.”

To train, Gackstetter said she runs around her horse track and uses a sawdust pile as her long-jump landing. She throws a homemade javelin and uses an old cooking stone her mother used while making sauerkraut as a shot put. “(The Sports Classic) keeps me motivated to do exercises and keep limber,” Gackstetter said. “I look at some people in their 70s and I see how important it is to stay limber and keep active. I like to go to the nursing homes and get more people involved.”

Justin Moor, vice president of planning and program development at the Area Office on Aging, which organizes the event, said there are competitors in every age group, although the highest bracket, 90+, has the fewest. Moor said the oldest recent participant was a 92-year-old man who bowled and competed in track and field.

“It’s really inspiring. Some are out there just to have fun and get exercise.

Some are out there to compete with others and improve their times from last year,” Moor said.

Gary Kidd, 65, of Toledo has participated for about four years, usually competing in javelin, shot put, discus and basketball events, which include a

DOROTHY GACKSTETTER three-on-three tournament and foulshooting contest.

“You end up sharing with and coaching the people you compete with.

You’re not just out there to win; it’s more socialization. You learn from other people because you are never too old to learn,” Kidd said. “A lot of my friends have seen me compete and want to be involved because it seems fun.”

Kidd played basketball at Bowling Green High School and competed in track and field at Bowling Green State University. In his first year competing in the foul-shooting contest, Kidd shot 25 for 25 and last year went 23 for 25.

“I know how to go about it psychologically. As we get older we aren’t as fast or jumping high, but we can still do it and we can still function,” said Kidd, who officiates high school baseball, basketball, football, volleyball and lacrosse in the area.

“I keep myself rather active. Part of living a good life is being able to enjoy it, by living an active lifestyle,” Kidd said.

Moor said the number of spectators has increased in recent years, as more and more competitors have been bringing spouses and family members to watch, making it more of a family outing.

Terry Mohler, 82, of South Toledo said, for him, running is a family affair.

“My wife does occasionally [come to watch me] and there are five or six in the family that participate in the road races in the area,” Mohler said.

“My wife is a good runner too and I’ve tried to get her to [participate].”

Mohler said he’s been participating in the Classic for about a dozen years.

He competes in the shot put and all the running events, adding that he would like to do basketball and table tennis, but it would make for too long of a day.

Mohler ran track and cross country at Central Catholic High School and was on a practice football squad at John Carroll University. He coached track, football and cross country at Macomber High School in the ’50s and ‘60s and has been a member of the

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“I did 49 marathons,” Mohler said. “On my bucket list was 50, but I couldn’t make that 50. My last one was four years ago, the Glass City Marathon. I just didn’t have the stamina or time to condition anymore. It was fun and I met a lot of people.”

About 220 people competed in last year’s Classic and 200 have already preregistered for this year’s event. The cost to register is $30, and participants get a T-shirt, lunch and a goodie bag that includes a month-long membership to the YMCA. The day begins with golf at Ottawa Park at 7:15 a.m. and continues with events all day until bowling at 5 p.m.

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PechaKucha to unite ideas, stories, performances

By Brigitta Burks TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER bburks@toledofreepress.com

Toledoans can see slide shows on steroids at the Glass City’s second PechaKucha Night on June 12 at the Toledo-Lucas County Main Library.

In PechaKucha, presenters have six minutes and 40 seconds to share concepts, stories, performances or artwork by sharing 20 slides for 20 seconds each.

“It can be very entertaining because you don’t know what’s going to happen in those 20 seconds, the audience doesn’t know what’s going to happen in those 20 seconds and mistakes do happen,” said event organizer Kimberly Adams.

PechaKucha began in Tokyo in 2003 as a way for young designers to share their ideas.

ADAMS “They started it for architects, because the architects tended to be a little long-winded when they were presenting their designs so they kind of shortened that format for them,” Adams said. Now the nights occur in more than 500 cities all over the world and Tokyo itself has had about 100 PechaKucha Nights. The events even have their own designated space within the city.

Adams, founder of tart :: projects, an artists’ platform, also organized Toledo’s first PechaKucha Night, which took place March 31 at Manhattan’s.

She recently moved back to Ohio after living in Tampa, Fla., where she first observed PechaKucha.

“I’d been to a couple in Tampa and they were really well put-together so I just thought it’d be great to happen here,” Adams said.

PechaKucha almost started in Toledo in 2010, but never officially took off. However, 2012 was a different story for PechaKucha in Toledo. After deciding to bring the events to Toledo, Adams reached out to the PechaKucha organization in Tokyo.

“I had to sign a contract, like a handshake contact. The contract had a picture of the two hands shaking,” Adams said with a laugh. By signing the contract, Adams agreed to organize four nights within the year.

The first Toledo event included 10 presenters of all kinds and 30-50 people attended, Adams said. So far,

the June presentation also looks to be full of variety. “[PechaKucha is] used for like artists, designers, people that are advocating for anything and everything,” Adams said.

The documentarian One of those artists is Tina Gionis, who returned from making a documentary in Taiwan about a month ago. While in Taiwan, she documented the Mazu Pilgrimage and Festival, an annual celebration honoring Mazu, the sea deity of the Taoist faith.

Her PechaKucha presentation will feature images and stories from her trip, she said. “[Filming] was really a good experience, pretty high-pressure. I did a lot of traveling around and the pilgrimage was very fast moving. A lot of times, I didn’t get enough sleep but I managed to get the footage I needed and I was able to get a lot of interviews with the right people and capture the intensity,” Gionis said.

The next step is the film’s editing process. “I believe the making of a film, half of it is actually shooting and capturing footage and the other half is editing. You really tell a story with how you put the shots together,” she said. Depending on funding, the editing process could take up to a year.

This is Gionis’ first PechaKucha night and she is still putting together her presentation, but plans to share some exciting stories.

“I’ll probably talk about how I almost got trampled in a religious frenzy

by Mazu followers,” she said.

Events like PechaKucha Night can make the city stronger, Gionis said.

“It sounds like a really good way to make people aware of different projects artists are working on,” she said.

The movie-inspired poet Imani Lateef, an independent graphic designer and presenter, agreed with Gionis. “[PechaKucha] creates an opportunity for people to share in real time.

It’s so odd with all the technology that there’s so many connections, but we’re still very much separated. This actually gives us the opportunity to step out of our comfort zone so to speak, in ways that social media outlets don’t normally do,” LATEEF Lateef said.

Lateef plans on presenting a poem he wrote based on scenes from the film, “Black Orpheus,” which won the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film was made in Brazil and directed

by Marcel Camus.

“I thought it would be a cool way to use the PechaKucha format,” Lateef said. “[The format] lends itself perfectly to poetry and artistic presentations.”

Lateef first heard of PechaKucha in 2010 and even offered to sponsor a night at his now closed Ground Level Coffee House, but the event fell through. But now the designer is happy to be working on his new presentation. “I enjoy the challenge. I think it’s going to be very interesting to see how people work in the constraints,” he said.

The nonprofit worker Sam Melden, executive director of Food for Thought, hopes to be helped by those constraints. “It’s actually helpful because you know exactly what’s expected. The interesting part for me is I’ve never seen [PechaKucha] done,” he said. If his presentation is successful, Melden may start talking in “20-second bursts,” he said.

His organization, Food for Thought, aims to feed the hungry while investing dignity and respect in them, Melden said. He plans to share the story of the nonMELDEN profit along with “how thought or being thoughtful really matters to the work that you do in the nonprofit type job.”

Food for Thoughtn was founded in May 2007 and Melden joined the organization in August 2011 after working in retail and ministry positions. Food for Thought now operates a stationary and mobile food pantry, a lunch distribution program and gardens for growing healthy foods.

Melden said he hopes to impart some of the group’s philosophy at PechaKucha Night.

“It would be my No. 1 goal just to offer something of value. If [the audience] considers it valuable then I’ve accomplished something,” he said of his presentation.

The out-of-town artist Samantha Hookway has a few reasons to be in Toledo this June: a friend’s

TINA GIONIS wedding, the Glass Art Society (GAS) Convention from June 13-17 and, of course, presenting at PechaKucha.

When she heard of PechaKucha, “I thought, ‘Score!’ because I wanted to come to Toledo and do something but I’m feeling very tight with the wedding and the GAS conference,” Hookway said. She plans to present some of her artwork and background on the slides.

The artist, influenced by how painters interpret windows, often puts the look of a stained glass window on materials like silk.

“I was making [glass art] traditionally … but then as I kept making the work, I realized I wanted to take the stained glass in the leaded window into another world altogether,” she said.

Hookway lives in Columbus and has heard of PechaKucha Nights, but never attended.

“It’s a platform where all the disciplines can find a way to fit together, so that’s a really strong part of it and I’m hoping I’ll learn something I hadn’t considered,” she said.

At press time, other presenters include Karen Ranney Wolkins of the Toledo Botanical Garden, Adam Goldberg of Gathered Studio, Amy Fidler of You Are Here Toledo/ AIGA Toledo and Aesa Bjork, a glass artist. The event is sponsored by To-

ledo Free Press, Erie Construction Mid-West Inc., DoxSystems, Paul R. Sullivan Jr., AIA LLC, Law Office of Gretchen DeBacker and tart :: projects.

Adams is still looking for presenters for June 12. The only requirement of presenters is that they use images HOOKWAY and send Adams a statement to pkn.toledo@gmail. com.

The minimum number of presenters is 10 and the maximum is 16. “[PechaKucha is] pretty wide open. It’s just a platform for people to share their ideas, you know, get it out there. With as much as we’ve got going on here, it’s a great way to inform the community of what’s happening,” Adams said. After June, the next PechaKucha Night is set for September and Adams hopes to get Rep. Marcy Kaptur to present.

PechaKucha Night is 7:30-10 p.m.

June 12 at the Toledo-Lucas County Main Library, 325 N. Michigan St. Admission is free.

For more information, visit www. pecha-kucha.org/night/toledo/. ✯

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BGSU home to Ray Bradbury collection

By Brigitta Burks TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER bburks@toledofreepress.com

Science-fiction writer extraordinaire Ray Bradbury may have died June 5, but he left behind volumes of work — including at the Bowling Green State University’s Jerome Library.

Bradbury, author of “Fahrenheit 451” and “The Martian Chronicles,” died at 91 in Los Angeles. He is largely credited with bringing respect to the science-fiction genre and for weaving eerily precient tales about the future.

A fellow science-fiction writer and friend, William Nolan spent years collecting Bradbury’s work, dating back to 1936 when the author was a high

school student. In 1981, Nolan’s collection found a home at BGSU. The collection includes many of Bradbury’s works, letters, photos, manuscripts and more. More than 120 manuscripts are available in 160 drafts.

The highlight of the collection is the original manuscript of “Fahrenheit 451,” complete with Bradbury’s handwritten corrections, said Lee McLaird, the BRADBURY curator of rare books at the library’s Center for Archival Collections. The collection also features copies of “Fahrenheit 451”

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Other Bradbury collections are at the University of Indiana and UCLA. Such extensive Bradbury collections exist because of the author’s willingness to share, McLaird said.

“He was a very generous person.

Often if someone admired something of his, he was likely to hand them a copy,” she said.

Bradbury in person Author of “Gotham City 14 Miles” and Toledo Free Press Star columnist Jim Beard experienced Bradbury’s persona in person — twice. The fi rst time was at the unveiling of the Ray Bradbury Collection at BGSU. “My dad saw [the donation] was going to happen and he knew how big a fan I was so we drove down to BG,” Beard said. He remembered when Bradbury fi nished his talk and stepped off stage, everyone gathered around him in a crowded hush, giving him books to sign.

“Finally he stops and says, ‘Will somebody ask me a question?’”

Beard said. “Everyone was in such awe of him.”

It was the teenage Beard who asked the first question, about whether a house described in “The Strawberry Window” was inspired by houses in nearby states (Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Ill.).

“He described a house that I swear was like the house I grew up in here on Parkwood in Toledo,” Beard said. “He said something like, ‘It was the house we all grew up in.’”

Beard’s second meeting with the author was in the ’90s when Bradbury came to an event at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library.

“My wife and I went to see him together and that was a more formal thing,” Beard said. “Today, I’m feeling very, very lucky that I got to meet him twice.”

Both McLaird and Beard anticipate a spike in Bradbury’s popularity.

“I’m sad we won’t have any more stories from him but he left us a wonderful body of work and again, I think he bears rereading,” McLaird said.

“When we lose someone like this, it brings to our attention that life is fl eeting and we want to be reminded of people who gave us great pleasure in our reading growing up.”

Beard said he discovered Bradbury around age 13 when he read “The Martian Chronicles.”

“I had never really read anything like that. You’ll always remember your first Bradbury book because he’s such a unique writer,” he said.

Beard and McLaird also noted that science fiction isn’t the only genre Bradbury did. The writer wrote for pulp magazines and even penned slice-of-life tales.

“Ray was always more concerned with the human quotient than the nuts and bolts in a rocket ship to Mars,” Beard said.

Although the items in the Ray Bradbury Collection “are the ones you come to when you want to do heavy duty research,” librarians can bring the items out of archives for patrons to view, McLaird said. Exhibits outside of the archival collections on the fifth fl oor and on the first fl oor are being planned, she said.

The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library off ers 124 different versions of Ray Bradbury’s work in its system, said Rhonda Sewell, media relations coordinator for the library. No memorial has been planned, but a future exhibit is possible.

The University of Toledo Library system has 45 Bradbury titles.

Beard particularly enjoyed one piece of advice Bradbury gave to writers. “He always said he wrote every day no matter what and as a writer myself, that’s really inspiring. I would always say to do that, do what Uncle Ray said. No matter how you feel, get up, write a poem or a song or something,” he said.

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On “Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation),” Counting Crows refract 15 tracks, bending a few favorite songs to create big, bright waves of sound.

Adam Duritz said the group had fun covering songs — and found freedom.

“It was such a great liberating thing to get to work with so many other songwriters, in a way.

I mean, it was like collaborating with people DURITZ without them being there,” he said during a teleconference with some 30 media outlets, including Toledo Free Press.

“Something happened when we made that record. I mean, we just played differently and I’m not sure why, but it affected everybody,” he said. “There was something that was completely liberating about not doing my songs, about just like the fact that the guy that wrote them wasn’t necessarily standing in the room with you and wasn’t necessarily a guy you’d known for all these years, so you owed less to them, in a way.

“I don’t know what happened with everybody, but everybody loosened up in some way. It was really creative, including [for] me. Like, I love the singing on this record; I love the vocals on this record.”

And he loves listening to the disc, which features songs by Pure

Prairie League, Tender Mercies, Fairport Convention, Travis, Bob Dylan, Teenage Fanclub, Faces, Gram Parsons, Big Star and others.

“I feel like putting it on sometimes, walking around the city listening to it.

I dig it. It just keeps surprising me,” Duritz said.

The singer-songwriter and the band — drummer Jim Bogios, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, bassist Millard Powers, and guitarists David Bryson, David Immerglück and Dan Vickrey — are hitting the road in support of their first independent release, which came out in April.

“We were looking for just not playing the sort of same old cookiecutter venues that everybody goes to.

We wanted venues that were a little bit more fun to play and also maybe a little more fun for an audience because we want people to be coming out early and checking out all these bands,” he said.

Counting Crows will bring the Outlaw Road Show to Centennial Terrace in Sylvania for a 7 p.m. concert June 16. Special guests will be Good Old War, Foreign Fields and Filligar.

Tickets range from $35 to $85. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.

The front man with the famous dreads said the group likes to wing it and writes the set list right before the show.

That list might not feature all the rockers’ hits, which include “Mr. Jones,” “Rain King,” “Hanginaround,” “Accidentally in Love,” “Big Yellow Taxi” and “Round Here.”

“If I’m tired of playing something, I’m not going to play it because I think that’s going to make a bad show,” Duritz said.

“You don’t owe [fans] songs, but

you do owe them a quality performance, and I think the best way to do that is to, like, make sure that you’re fully invested in everything you’re doing. And it’s art, so you can’t necessarily guarantee you’re

going to be fully invested in somebody else’s suggestions, but you can pretty much guarantee you’ll be invested in yours.

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30 Rock 30 Rock Phineas Good SportsCenter Movie Diners Diners

King

King Movie The Mentalist

Two Men

Two Men

June 10, 2012

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››› Pretty in Pink (1986) Molly Ringwald. Juice and Lose!

Shark Tank (CC) Ball Boys Ball Boys News ABC Funny Home Videos Secret Millionaire (N) Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition News Insider Paid Paid Lucas Oil Off Road PGA Tour Golf FedEx St. Jude Classic, Final Round. (N) (Live) (CC) News News 60 Minutes (CC) The 66th Annual Tony Awards Honoring excellence on Broadway.

News Criminal ››› Nature’s Grave Formula One Racing Canadian Grand Prix. The Unit (CC) Ugly Betty (CC) Mother Mother American Cleveland Simpsons Burgers Fam. Guy American News Leading 30 Rock Office French Open Paid Perf. Yard Paid Who Gymnastics 2012 Visa Championships. (N) News News Dateline NBC (CC) America’s Got Talent America’s Got Talent News Jdg Judy Energy Love Never Dies A follow-up to “Phantom of the Opera.”

Country Pop Legends (My Music) (CC) John Tesh Big Band Live Story Masterpiece Mystery! A man seeks revenge.

Fiddle Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) The Glades (N) (CC) Longmire (N) (CC) Longmire (CC) Pregnant in Heels Pregnant in Heels Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Orange-Social Housewives/OC Don’t Be Housewives/NYC Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Harold & Kumar Escape Futurama Futurama Futurama ›› Without a Paddle (2004) Seth Green.

Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos Jeff Dunham Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos Jeff Dunham Tosh.0 Work.

Good Good Shake It Shake It Jessie Austin Phineas Phineas Good ANT Farm Jessie Jessie Jessie Shake It Shake It Shake It Shake It Jessie Good Austin Jessie ANT Farm Euro Champ.

Report 2012 UEFA European Championship EURO SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) Baseball Tonight (N) MLB Baseball Detroit Tigers at Cincinnati Reds. (Live) SportsCenter (N) ››› Holes (2003), Jon Voight ››› Ratatouille (2007) Voices of Patton Oswalt. ››› Finding Nemo (2003) Voices of Albert Brooks. ››› Aladdin (1992), Robin Williams ››› Ratatouille (2007) Voices of Patton Oswalt.

Restaurant: Im. Chopped Chopped Chopped My. Din Invention Diners Diners Food Network Star Cupcake Champions Food Network Star “Guy Live” Diners Chopped First Pla. First Pla. Property Property Property Property Hunters Hunt Intl For Rent For Rent Hunters Hunt Intl Holmes on Homes Holmes Inspection Holmes Inspection Holmes Inspection Holmes on Homes Murder on the 13th Floor (2012) (CC) ›› The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2006) (CC) ›› The Stepfather (2009) Dylan Walsh. (CC) Who Killed Allison Parks? (2011) (CC) Drop Dead Diva (N) The Client List (N) Who Killed Teen Teen Mom “Without You” (CC) Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom “Time Out” (CC) Teen Mom “Pros & Cons” (CC) Catching Up Teen Wolf “Omega” Teen Wolf MLB Baseball New York Mets at New York Yankees. (N) (Live) ›› Starsky & Hutch (2004) Ben Stiller. (CC) › Rush Hour 3 (2007) Jackie Chan. (CC) ›› Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) Premiere. ›› Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Jayma Mays For Me and My Gal ›› Girl Crazy (1943) (CC) ›››› A Star Is Born (1954, Musical) Judy Garland, James Mason. (CC) Wizard ›››› The Wizard of Oz (1939) (CC) (DVS) ››› Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (CC) (DVS) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup: Pocono 400. (N) (Live) (CC) ››› Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995) Bruce Willis. ›› The Book of Eli (2010) Denzel Washington. (CC) ›› The Book of Eli (2010) Denzel Washington. (CC) Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU › Couples Retreat (2009, Comedy) Vince Vaughn. (CC) › Couples Retreat (2009) (CC) ››› Die Hard 2 (1990, Action) Payne Chris Chris Big Bang Big Bang Friends Friends Two Men Two Men Big Bang Big Bang ››› Die Hard 2 (1990) Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia.

Scoop Cold Case “Stalker”

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Good Morning News This Week Conklin Bridges Round Full Plate Your Morning Sunday CBS News Sunday Morning (N) Nation Leading Mass Paid Prog. Perf. Yard Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Fox News Sunday Cindy C Paid Prog. Better H20 Paid Prog. ››› Nature’s Grave Today (N) (CC) 2012 French Open Tennis Men’s Final. From Roland Garros Stadium in Paris. (N) (S Live) (CC) Sid Cat in the Super Dinosaur Lawrence Welk’s Big Band Splash (CC) Smith-Energy Longmire “Pilot” (CC) The Sopranos (CC) The Sopranos (CC) The Sopranos (CC) Longmire “Pilot” (CC) ››› Ocean’s Eleven (2001) George Clooney, Matt Damon.

Million Dollar Listing Million Dollar LA ›› Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) ›› Legally Blonde (2001) Reese Witherspoon. Harold & Kumar Mickey Pirates Phineas and Ferb (CC) Good Shake It ANT Farm Austin Wizards Wizards SportsCenter (N) (CC) Outside Reporters SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) UEFA Euro Championship ›› Big Fat Liar (2002, Comedy) Frankie Muniz. ›› Nanny McPhee (2005) Emma Thompson. ››› Holes (2003) Giada Contessa Rachael Ray’s Dinners Guy’s Barbecue Be.- Made Paula Pioneer Income Income Kitchen Kitchen Hate Bath Room Cr. YardCrash Hse Crash Love It or List It (CC) R Schuller Jeremiah J. Osteen Cindy C Dance Moms (CC) Dance Moms (CC) Drop Dead Diva (CC) Teen Mom Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom Friends Friends ››› Madagascar (2005) Voices of Ben Stiller. › Shriek (1998, Horror) Tanya Dempsey. (CC) ›› Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) ››› Strike Up the Band (1940) Mickey Rooney. (CC) For Me and My Gal Law & Order Law & Order Franklin & Bash (CC) Law & Order Countdown to Green Miracles J. Osteen ›› The Transporter (2002) Jason Statham.

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Ent Insider The Bachelorette (N) (CC) Castle “Cuffed” (CC) News Nightline Wheel Jeopardy! How I Met Broke Girl Two Men Mike Hawaii Five-0 (CC) News Letterman The Office How I Met Hell’s Kitchen (N) (CC) MasterChef (N) (CC) Fox Toledo News Seinfeld The Office Jdg Judy Jdg Judy 2012 Stanley Cup Final New Jersey Devils at Los Angeles Kings. (N) News Jay Leno NewsHour Business Members’ Choice The First 48 (CC) Jewels Jewels Jewels Jewels Monster Monster Monster Monster Housewives/NYC Housewives/NJ Housewives/NYC Housewives/NYC Housewives/NYC Colbert Daily Futurama South Pk Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Daily Colbert Good Good ANT Farm ANT Farm ›› High School Musical 2 (2007) Zac Efron.

Shake It Jessie MLB Baseball Boston Red Sox at Miami Marlins. (Live) Baseball Tonight (N) SportsCenter (N) (CC) Secret-Teen Secret-Teen Bunheads “Pilot” (N) Bunheads “Pilot” (CC) The 700 Club (CC) Diners Diners Diners Diners Invention Diners Diners Diners My. Diners Diners Love It or List It (CC) Love It or List It (CC) Love It or List It (N) Hunters Hunt Intl Love It or List It (CC) The Client List (CC) The Client List (CC) The Client List (CC) Drop Dead Diva (CC) Drop Dead Diva (CC) Friend Friend Teen Wolf “Omega” Teen Wolf Teen Wolf (N) Teen Wolf Seinfeld Seinfeld Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Conan (N) ››› Saratoga Trunk ››› The Group (1966) Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett. (CC) ››› Harry and Tonto (1974) (CC) The Mentalist (CC) The Mentalist (CC) The Mentalist (CC) The Mentalist (CC) CSI: NY (CC) NCIS: Los Angeles WWE Monday Night RAW (N) (S Live) (CC) Common Law (CC) Big Bang Big Bang Breaking Pointe The Catalina (CC) Sunny Sunny Cash Cab Cash Cab

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Loma-Linda’s

“BIEN VENIDOS AMIGOS”

Specializing in Mexican Food since 1955

419-865-5455 10400 Airport Hwy. (1.2 Mi. East of the Aiport) Lunch & Dinner, 11 a.m. to Midnight Closed Sundays & Holidays

FRITZ & ALFREDO’S Original Recipes from Both Mexico and Germany

419-729-9775 3025 N. Summit Street (near Point Place) Mon. - Thurs. 11-10 p.m.

Fri. - Sat. .11-11 p.m.

Sun. 3-9 p.m. Closed Holidays

June 12, 2012

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Ent Insider J. Kimmel NBA 2012 NBA Finals Game 1: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) (CC) News Wheel Jeopardy! NCIS “The Tell” NCIS: Los Angeles 48 Hours Mystery (CC) News Letterman The Office How I Met Hell’s Kitchen (CC) MasterChef (N) (CC) Fox Toledo News Seinfeld The Office Jdg Judy Jdg Judy America’s Got Talent America’s Got Talent Love in the Wild (N) News Jay Leno NewsHour Business Members’ Choice Storage Storage Storage Storage Barter Barter Storage Storage Barter Barter Housewives/NYC Orange County Social Housewives/OC Pregnant in Heels (N) Housewives/OC Colbert Daily Work.

Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 (N) Work.

Daily Colbert Jessie Jessie Good Good Adventures of Sharkboy Phineas Phineas Jessie SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) NFL Live (N) (CC) Baseball Tonight (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (CC) Pretty Little Liars (CC) Pretty Little Liars (N) Jane by Design (N) Bunheads “Pilot” (CC) The 700 Club (CC) Cupcake Wars Cupcake Champions Chopped Chopped (N) Chopped Hunt Intl Hunters Celebs Million Design Star (N) (CC) Hunters Hunt Intl Million Dollar Closets Dance Moms (CC) Dance Moms (CC) Dance Moms (N) (CC) Dance Moms (CC) The Client List (CC) Teen Mom “Time Out” (CC) Teen Mom “Pros & Cons” (CC) Teen Mom (N) (CC) Teen Mom (N) (CC) Seinfeld Seinfeld Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Conan (N) Men Are Such Fools ››› Possessed (1947) Joan Crawford. (CC) ››› They Won’t Believe Me (CC) Dead Bones (CC) Rizzoli & Isles (CC) Rizzoli & Isles (N) Franklin & Bash (N) Rizzoli & Isles (CC) Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU CSI: Crime Scene Big Bang Big Bang The Catalina (N) (CC) The L.A. Complex Sunny Sunny Cash Cab Cash Cab

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BARRON’S CAFE Everything Mexican From Tacos to Enchiladas to Delicious Burritos

419-825-3474 13625 Airport Hwy., Swanton (across from Valleywood Country Club) Mon. - Thurs. 11-11 p.m.

Fri. - Sat. .11-12 a.m.

Closed Sundays and Holidays

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Good Morning News Hanna Ocean Explore Rescue Health Food Your Morning Saturday Busytown Busytown Danger Horseland Paid Prog. Paid Prog.

Animal Hollywood Eco Co. Mad Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Kids News Paid Prog.

Today (N) (CC) Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Zula Patrl Shelldon Dragon Babar (EI) Willa’s Pearlie (EI) Sid Cat in the Super Why! MotorWk Michigan Wild Ohio Out Mag. Nature (CC) Flip This House (CC) Sell: Extreme Flip This House (CC) Flip This House (CC) Flip This House (CC) Pregnant in Heels Pregnant in Heels Pregnant in Heels Pregnant in Heels OC Ghost ›› The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) (CC) ›› Drillbit Taylor (2008) Owen Wilson. (CC) Sunny Mickey Pirates Phineas Phineas Jessie Jessie Let It Shine (2012) Tyler James Williams.

SportsCenter (CC) SportsCenter (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) › Bring It On Again ›› Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006, Comedy) Teen Spirit (2011) Lindsey Shaw.

Be.- Made Guy’s Mexican Pioneer Paula Dinner Contessa Giada Chopped Rehab Rehab Property Property YardCrash YardCrash YardCrash Hse Crash Hse Crash BathCrash Hollywood Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Prank Dance Moms (CC) Dance Parental Parental Parental Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom (CC) 10 on Top Teen Wolf Earl Earl Jim ›› Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) › College Road Trip (2008) Martin Lawrence.

The Valley of Gwangi ››› Shield for Murder (1954) ›› Adventures of Rusty (1945) Dick Tracy Law & Order “Coma” Rizzoli & Isles (CC) The Closer (CC) Dallas (CC) Dallas (CC) Paid Prog. Paid Prog. › Land of the Lost (2009) (CC) ››› X-Men (2000, Action) Hugh Jackman. (CC) Raiders Sonic X Sonic X Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Dragon Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! Dog Tales Career

June 16, 2012

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Ent Insider J. Kimmel NBA 2012 NBA Finals Game 2: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) (CC) News Wheel Jeopardy! Big Bang Broke Girl Person of Interest The Mentalist (CC) News Letterman The Office How I Met Take Me Out (N) (CC) The Choice (N) (CC) Fox Toledo News Seinfeld The Office Jdg Judy Jdg Judy The Office Parks Saving Hope (N) (CC) Rock Center News Jay Leno NewsHour Business Toledo Stories (CC) Masterpiece Mystery! (CC) (DVS) Live From Artists Den Sun Stud The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (N) (CC) Cajun Cajun Cajun Cajun Don’t Be Don’t Be Don’t Be Don’t Be Don’t Be Tardy Kathy (N) Don’t Be Tardy Colbert Daily Futurama South Pk South Pk The Comedy Central Roast (CC) Daily Colbert Phineas Phineas Phineas Jessie ANT Farm Shake It Austin ANT Farm Austin Jessie 2012 U.S. Open Golf Championship First Round. (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (CC) ››› Remember the Titans (2000) ››› Remember the Titans (2000) Denzel Washington.

The 700 Club (CC) Chopped Chopped Chopped Sweet Genius Sweet Genius Hunt Intl Hunters Million Selling LA Selling NY London Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Wife Swap (CC) Wife Swap (CC) Wife Swap (CC) 7 Days of Sex (N) (CC) Amanda de Cadenet Friend Ridic.

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Thunder in the Hills Countdown to Niagara Megastunts -- Highwire Over Niagara Falls News Nightline Wheel Jeopardy! Undercover Boss (CC) CSI: NY “Crossroads” Blue Bloods (CC) News Letterman The Office How I Met House “Runaways” Bones (PA) (CC) Fox Toledo News Seinfeld The Office Jdg Judy Jdg Judy Whitney Commun Dateline NBC (CC) News Jay Leno NewsHour Business Wash.

Deadline Great Performances (CC) Sun Stud Charlie Rose (N) (CC) Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Barter Barter Shipping Shipping OC Housewives/OC OC Don’t Be Don’t Be Don’t Be Tardy Employee-Mnth Colbert Daily Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Work.

Tosh.0 Gabriel Iglesias: Fat Half Hour Half Hour Jessie Good Let It Shine (2012) Tyler James Williams. (CC) Gravity Good Jessie ANT Farm 2012 U.S. Open Golf Championship Second Round. (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (CC) ›› The Princess Diaries (2001) ›› The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) The 700 Club (CC) Best Thing Best Thing Diners Diners Diners Diners My. Diners Diners Diners Diners Hunt Intl Hunt Intl My Yard House H. House Hunters Hunters Hunt Intl Hunt Intl Hunt Intl Amer. Most Wanted Amer. Most Wanted Amer. Most Wanted Coming Home (N) (CC) Amer. Most Wanted Friend Friend Friend Ridic.

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Seinfeld Seinfeld Payne Payne Payne Payne ›› Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) Kevin James.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips ›› Gojira (1954) Takashi Shimura. ›› Rodan (1957) Kenji Sawara. ›› Mothra (1962) The Mentalist (CC) ››› Ocean’s Thirteen (2007) George Clooney. Premiere.

Dallas (CC) Dallas Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Fairly Legal “Finale” Common Law (N) (CC) Burn Notice (CC) Big Bang Big Bang Nikita “Knightfall” Supernatural (CC) Sunny Sunny Cash Cab Cash Cab

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Mod Fam Duets “Party Songs” (N) (CC) News Nightline Wheel Jeopardy! Dogs in the City (N) Criminal Minds CSI: Crime Scene News Letterman The Office How I Met So You Think You Can Dance (N) (CC) Fox Toledo News Seinfeld The Office Jdg Judy Jdg Judy 2012 Stanley Cup Final Los Angeles Kings at New Jersey Devils. (N) News Jay Leno NewsHour Business Great Performances A DJ helps a singer get her big break. Music Charlie Rose (N) (CC) Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Barter Barter Million Dollar LA Housewives/OC Million Dollar LA Around the World Around the World Daily Colbert Chappelle Chappelle Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Daily Colbert Austin Austin Jessie (CC) ›› Race to Witch Mountain (2009) Phineas Shake It Jessie MLB Baseball Teams TBA. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Baseball Tonight (N) SportsCenter (N) (CC) ›› A Cinderella Story Melissa Melissa America’s Funniest Home Videos (CC) The 700 Club (CC) Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Food Network Star Hunt Intl Hunters Income Property (CC) Property Brothers (N) Hunters Hunt Intl Property Brothers (CC) Wife Swap (CC) Wife Swap (CC) Wife Swap (CC) House House Dance Moms (CC) Friend Friend Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom (CC) America’s Best Dance America’s Best Dance Seinfeld Seinfeld Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Conan (N) Fingers at the Window ›››› West Side Story (1961, Musical) Natalie Wood. (CC) ››› Black Legion (1937) (CC) Law & Order “C.O.D.” Law & Order Dallas (N) (CC) Dallas (N) (CC) Dallas (CC) NCIS “Internal Affairs” NCIS (CC) Royal Pains (N) (CC) Necessary Roughness Fairly Legal (CC) Big Bang Big Bang America’s Next Model America’s Next Model Sunny Sunny Cash Cab Cash Cab

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Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid News News Wheel Jeopardy! Rules Gentle Hawaii Five-0 (CC) 48 Hours Mystery News NUMB3R ›› Underdog (2007) Voices of Jason Lee. MLB McCarver The Unit “Bait” (CC) The Closer (CC) Bones (CC) MLB Baseball Regional Coverage. (N) (S Live) (CC) News Seinfeld The Finder (CC) Red Bull Series Motorcycle Racing U.S. Open 2012 U.S. Open Golf Championship Third Round. From the Olympic Club in San Francisco. (N) (S Live) (CC) The Firm (N) (CC) News SNL This Old House Hr John Quilting Great Performances (CC) Globe Trekker Steves Rudy Lawrence Welk History Detectives Antiques Roadshow As Time... Wine Masterpiece Classic Dog Bounty Hunter Dog Bounty Hunter Dog Bounty Hunter Cajun Cajun Barter Barter Storage Wars (CC) Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Dog Dog Flipped Off (N) (CC) ››› Ghostbusters (1984) Bill Murray. ›› Ghostbusters II (1989) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd. ›› Hannibal (2001) Anthony Hopkins. Premiere. ›› Hannibal (2001) Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore. ›››› The Silence of the Lambs Sunny Futurama Futurama South Pk ››› Shaun of the Dead (2004) Simon Pegg. › Vegas Vacation (1997) Chevy Chase. ›› Office Space (1999) Ron Livingston.

South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk Good Good Austin Shake It Jessie Jessie Jessie Jessie Good Austin Austin Shake It ANT Farm Let It Shine (2012) Tyler James Williams.

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Bunheads “Pilot” Cupcake Champions Food Network Star “Guy Live” Diners Diners Diners Iron Chef America Restaurant: Im. Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Iron Chef America Elbow Contrac Kitchen Kitchen Kitchen Kitchen Kitchen Kitchen Going Curb...

Hunters Hunt Intl Junk Mom Design Star (CC) Grt High Low Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Dance Movie Lovewrecked (2006) Amanda Bynes. (CC) Sexting in Suburbia (2012) Liz Vassey. (CC) Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012) (CC) Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012) (CC) True Life (N) True Life (N) True Life (N) True Life (N) True Life True Life › Half Baked (1998) Dave Chappelle.

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Events: Jupiter enters Gemini (11th) Aries (March 21-April 19)

Libra (September 23-October 22)

The week may start on a rough note, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great week to build good will with influential people. Make valuable personal/professional exchanges with someone with mutual interests Wednesday. The weekend is a fine time for gatherings and intimate connections.

You could hit a speed bump Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; think fast! The focus of the week is centered on discussions about the future, what ifs, and conjectures. Wednesday brings official paperwork that could open doors for you. Friday and Saturday are fine for intimate gatherings.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Thought chases emotion, so speak carefully as the week begins. You get a valuable commission or recommendation Wednesday. People are in the mood for swaps and bargains as the weekend arrives. Take things at your own pace Saturday; a nap might be nice.

You encounter a world of orange barrels as the week begins â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on the road and with people you have to slide around. A backwash of gossip surfaces Tuesday. A good sale lifts spirits midweek. If you seek love and romance over the weekend, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find it.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

The trend for conflicting zones of prosperity and confusion continues. You may have to make speedy adaptations to unexpected events as the week starts. You can choose if you stand at the edge of the storm, or in the middle. Things are more peaceful after Thursday.

The week begins with disruptions of routine and peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unsettling issues. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see extremes of courage and fearfulness in others, and perhaps other polarities. A partnership makes progress Wednesday. Balance domestic chores and fun over the weekend.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

People shake up or criticize the status quo as the week begins. Travel plans may have to be adjusted due to local conditions. An area of long-term effort gets outside assistance or positive notice midweek. Organizational skills help you manage big weekend events.

You may have to help others navigate roadblocks in life.

Good alternatives appear by midweek. A social or sports group moves into summer activities. After Thursday, these group connections bring you back into touch with people you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen for quite a while.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

People near you are poised at crossroads of choice and location as the week begins. Bad news travels fast. Good news reaches you Wednesday, and encourages further efforts. The weekend favors time spent in nature, grilling, and relaxing with loved ones.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big focus on your friendships and relationships through June. Peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; choices can affect you in big ways. Decide if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acceptable or not. You can reach compromises Wednesday. People are generous and loving over the weekend.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

Newsworthy events in your professional field augur potential future changes. A well-informed person can explain legal or government matters Wednesday. Changes of status or educational requirements may shift. Relax with loved ones over the weekend.

Your interests and talents lead toward fresh horizons, and travel may be on your agenda this month. Steer clear of people who want to trash talk about others as the week begins. A skillful person offers assistance midweek. You find your happy zone over the weekend.

Elizabeth Hazel is a professional tarotist-astrologer and author. She gives readings every Wednesday at Attic on Adams above Manos Greek Restaurant. She may be contacted at ehazel@buckeye-express.com (c) 2012

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