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Relative heroes

Summertime blues

am not a believer in pure luck. The combination of preparedness and opportunity results in what we sometimes call luck, but leaning too heavily on luck is like relying on superstition, and as Stevie Wonder will tell you, superstition ain’t the way. But it does seem that Northwest Ohio has experienced two unusual runs of luck in 2010. For the first half of the year, we rode an unprecedented wave of positive national attention as Crystal Bowersox made her run at the “American Idol” title. Bowersox’s story of humble origin, sky-high ambition and undeniable talent kept the good feelings and national spotlight shining on us as brightly as such an entertainment story will allow. But since Bowersox finished second in her competition, it feels like the region is suffering a wave of bad karma and unfortunate national attention. Just in the past week, consider the following stories, each of which brought negative tidings that were discussed on a national scale. ■ On June 2, Detroit Tigers pitcher (and recent Mud Hen) Armando Galarraga pitched Thomas F. POUNDS what should have been a perfect game, except umpire Jim Joyce — a Central Catholic High School and BGSU graduate — blew what looked like an easy call, thrusting himself and Galarraga into an eternal dance of infamy. The heat was instantaneous, and Joyce’s innocent namesake in Toledo began immediately receiving nasty phone calls. ■ On June 3, Hor Akl and his wife, Amera Akl, were arrested on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely Hezbollah. That brought its own wave of national attention, not one sentence of it helpful in our quest to promote our region. ■ On June 5 and 6, horrific tornadoes tore through the region, killing five of our neighbors and ripping through homes, schools and the material lives of hundreds of people. So, pardon me for feeling our region is a bit cursed since the Bowersox feel-good train derailed. Except ... Bowersox will undoubtedly prevail in the long run, as her talent earns her a shot at a significant career ... Joyce and Galarraga set a new standard for sportsmanship as they handled their nightmare sports scenario with class and the epitome of gentlemanly grace ... untold lives may be saved if the accusations against the Akls are proven true but their efforts are forever thwarted ... and our community has rallied to help the storm victims as we raise our heads to the sky and vow to rebuild the shattered lives and structures. Each of those silver linings shows exactly what makes Northwest Ohio special. We do not need the gold medal to know we are champions. We can face unfairness with maturity and calm. We can surmount the evil that lurks among the good. And when we need to, we can band together and cooperate to take care of those who most need a hand. It seems like a run of bad luck on the surface, but what it may really be is a reminder that luck is nothing more than how prepared our characters are and how we face opportunities, from the sunniest scenario to the darkest storm. Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

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une 5, 2009, The Memorial Tour- pitcher Armando Galarraga by a bad nament, Dublin, Ohio: Just a few umpire call. I have seen the replay a yards away, Tiger Woods stepped dozen times, not to see the call Jim Joyce missed, but to up to putt, took a watch Galarraga’s reacsingle practice swing, tion, a smile and return then tapped the ball 6 to work that belied the feet into the cup. The outrage most people entire moment lasted would have felt. just seconds and there As a notorious sore was no doubt — not loser, I greatly admired from the crowd, not the poise Galarraga from the golfball’s tradisplayed. I curse helljectory and certainly fire at the inanimate not from Woods — that there would be Michael S. MILLER object I stub a toe on; I’m sure I would have any other result. Golf is not my sport, but seeing been a lot more Jack Nicholson than Woods in action was like observing Jesus had I been wearing the pitcher’s Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon or cleats when the umpire robbed me of any other irrefutable achievement of my chance at making history. Even during his long parade of nature. It’s overwhelming. Woods, who would win the tourna- media interviews, Galarraga showed ment, was clearly a hero to many in the humility and good sportsmanship crowd, and no one seemed to mind as above and beyond the call of duty. I witnessed another display of he ignored pleas for autographs as he heroism at the June 5 Point Place made his way to the next hole. As I watch my 2- and 4-year-old Days parade. More than 90 entries sons adopt heroes, from young car- marched and rolled with the parade, toon explorers to the generic concepts from simple walkers to truly inspiring of firefighters and police officers, I am floats. From the many community more attuned to what characteristics leaders who participated to the young baton twirlers, there was a bright and heroes display. On June 2, I enjoyed a lunch at the wonderful community pride on disArbors of Sylvania with Lynne Car- play. The crowd responded to the fireroll, the care facility’s life enrichment fighters, police officers and veterans director, and a dozen or so residents. with patriotic zeal; it is clear who the In addition to enjoying several stories heroes are in Point Place. Just as the parade ended, the gray from lifelong Toledoans about the city’s history and culture, I met Lou and skies split and a light rain began to Pearl Pertcheck, who have been mar- fall. The clouds were heavy and dark, ried for nearly 80 years. They joined but no one could have predicted how us at the table, sitting side by side and much — within hours — the weather sharing the story of how they met with would change lives. When the Tecumseh tornado a freshness of humor and wonder that goes a long way toward explaining how warning sirens woke me up a few they have remained friends and part- hours after midnight, I reached for my BlackBerry and watched the radar ners for so many decades. All of the residents were laughing weather map, then turned on the TV and fully active, shaking off the ef- to see what was going on. We get a lot of severe weather warnfects of the years and the human ings, and to be honest, after years of exbody’s frailty. That same day was colored by the posure to red alerts and false alarms, nonstop discussion surrounding the the warnings lose a sense of urgency. perfect game denied Detroit Tigers I sat there in the dark, not wanting to Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

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wake up my wife, and definitely not wanting to wake up our boys. It looked like it was going to blow over our small town, and sure enough, it did. But after seeing the tornado damage in Dundee and Lake Township, I will never again ignore a severe weather or tornado warning. Seeing the unbelievable damage — twisted metal, houses smashed by a giant fist from the sky and the horrific loss of life — has reawakened my respect for Mother Nature and her random temper. All I had to do to be a hero was wake my family and take them to the basement. I failed in that task, but was mercifully spared punishment. Watching the less fortunate residents of our battered communities begin the cleanup process — which is the start of the rebuilding process — another epiphany of the meaning of heroism blossomed through my mind. June 4, 2010, The Memorial Tournament, Dublin, Ohio: Just a few yards away, Tiger Woods stepped up to putt from the rough, took several hesitant practice swings, then popped the ball up and to the right a useless few feet, deeper into the rough. The entire moment seemed to take forever and there was thick uncertainty — from the crowd, from the traitorous golf ball and, most alarmingly, Woods — that there would be any positive result. Woods’ role — and our perception of him in that role — has been forever altered, and I do not think I was alone in hoping that change could be temporarily forgotten by a force-ofnature performance. Woods, who would finish 19th in the tournament, was still a hero to many in the crowd, but as he semi-moped his way to the clubhouse, he seemed offputting and ungrateful as he ignored pleas for autographs. Heroism, like so many things in life, is all relative. Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at mmiller@ toledofreepress.com.

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AERIAL VIEW OF TORNADO DAMAGE AT LAKE HIGH SCHOOL

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Lake Twp. rebuilds after deadly storms By Brandi Barhite TOLEDO FREE PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR bbarhite@toledofreepress.com

Superintendent Jim Witt hasn’t cried yet. He might never cry. The overwhelming task of leading a tornadostricken district into the upcoming school year has left his eyes dry and his focus razor-sharp. He wants to get back to normal. And not just for the school’s sake, but for the

community’s, which is centered around Lake High School. His oldest son, Casey, will be among the seniors unable to return to Lake High School next year. His middle son, Cody, will be a freshman. The youngest, Aaron, will be in middle school. “Kids need to be kids. They need some sense of life as normal,” Witt said. Already, students are appreciating Lake’s post-tornado approach. Michael Kranz lost his father, Ted, as well

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as his home in the tornado June 5. On June 8, however, Kranz showed up at golf practice with borrowed clubs. Casey Blank, whose house was destroyed, came to practice as well. “They certainly didn’t have to,” said Terry Tansel, varsity golf coach. “Maybe for golf, because we don’t practice at the school, we still have a tiny bit of normalcy, but how normal can it be? I cannot fathom not having a parent.” Kranz politely told Tansel that he would have to miss the practice on June 10 because of his fa-

ther’s funeral. Witt said resolve like that will rebuild Lake. The night the tornado destroyed the high school, Witt’s family got into the car and drove to the school. It was gone. “It was worse in the light than it was in the dark,” he said. “Words cannot adequately describe it.” Witt told his staff to forge ahead. Should summer baseball continue? Yes. ■ REBUILDING CONTINUES ON A6

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Remember yesterday In the days leading up to the tornado, the academic year was wrapping up. The teachers had entered their grades and had had their workday June 3. ■ REBUILDING CONTINUES ON A8

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What about summer school? Of course. Witt even promised at the graduation ceremony that Lake High School would be reunited at the start of the school year. “At this time, we don’t know how, we don’t know where and we don’t know the particulars yet, but I stand here in front of you, giving you my word and the word of the board of education that Lake High School will be together somewhere come August,” he said. This year’s class was supposed to graduate on June 6 — the day after the storm. The field house was set up and ready for the ceremony. After the storm, the diplomas and programs were saved. So, even though seniors graduated on June 8, the programs indicated June 6, a date that wasn’t meant to be. Many have held onto the silver lining that the tornado did not hit during the graduation ceremony. More could have died. The class valedictorian, Katie Kranz, lost her father. Katie, older sister to golfer Michael, wasn’t scheduled to speak at the ceremony like many people had speculated. Lake does it differently. Seniors audition to become the graduation speakers. This year, Dustin Fincher and Nicole Schulte spoke as planned. Their speeches were a mix of thanking the community for their support and typical messages that graduates like to share. “I personally believe that it is in these four years that you truly find out the person you are deep down and the person you have the potential to become,” Fincher said. “I became shy all over again as a freshman entering high school, but broke out of that shell and there has never been a better feeling than becoming confident in who you are. I can honestly say I grew up with and attended school with some of the greatest people I know.” Schulte said a lot of people asked her if she was going to change her speech. She didn’t. “I know how I felt when I wrote this back in November; even after June 5, it is still how I feel today,” she said. Witt said the senior class motto was never more fitting. “Remember yesterday, live for today, dream for tomorrow.”

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■ REBUILDING CONTINUED FROM A6 During that last week Lake High School would exist, senior Brianne Freeman would return to finish a senior video, which contains some of the last footage of the high school intact. “I was kind of dreading working on it, but I ended up being one of the last students in the school,” Freeman said. “It makes me feel good.” Freeman said it was a relief to graduate. Her graduation party is June 12, although she attended a party June 6 for a classmate. “It was different, it wasn’t really celebrating,” she said. The mood would worsen when she went to what remained of her friend Katie’s house. “It was good to see her,” Freeman said. “She was actually surprisingly strong — I was so proud of her. I know that Katie was taking it the hardest because all the media attention was on her being valedictorian.” Jon Reynolds, a 2003 graduate, said Lake has overcome adversity in the past. “They had all the problems with passing the levy and they got over that hump and now something like this happens,” Reynolds said. “That whole community over there has been through some trying times and they have gotten through it.” Jim Nietz graduated from Lake in 2001. He remembers how the community came together when senior Joe Abraham died in a car accident. “When Joe tragically passed away, you saw everyone come together,” Nietz said. “Everyone is pulling together again. That tells us a lot about Lake and the people who live there.” Nietz returned to Northwest Ohio right before he started eighth grade. Two and a half quarters into the school year, he was diagnosed with stage-three non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and the students and teachers rallied behind him. “And I was just the new kid,” he said. But nothing compares to this latest test for Lake. “I turned on the evening news and the national news and here are pictures of my high school just crumbled to the ground,” he said. “It is hard to believe. I keep telling myself it is just a building. Doesn’t compare one bit to those who lost their lives and those who lost their houses and everything in them.”

Live for today School board member Nathan Eikost was working in the Lake Township Police Department when the tornado hit. It was then the 2008 Lake graduate, who was huddled under a stairwell with fellow employees, heard the screams. Bailey Bowman, who graduated with Eikost, died trying to seek shelter in the department. She was with her baby and boyfriend, Gerald Lathrop. “That keeps going back in my

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Everyone is pulling together again. That tells us a lot about Lake and the people who live there.” — Jim Nietz

mind. If they would have been 10 seconds sooner,” he said. In the days since the tornado, Eikost has been working from the Northwood Police Department. He also attended the high school commencement. He is juggling a lot of emotions having so many roles in the community. “I think that we are going to make it,” Eikost said. “Just in the past few days, the community has grown together immensely. In a sense, I would agree. Lake Local Schools is the heart of the community.” Joe Bialorucki said the support the Lake community has shown his sister, Cythnia Kranz, has been amazing. His niece, Katie, has especially needed it. “In her mind, she was originally not going to go to graduation. On Monday, she said she will go, but she wants to sit with the family. On Tuesday, Katie had talked to some friends and she decided to go through with it.” He wants to make sure she follows through with plans to attend the University of Michigan. Life has to move on for the family, he said. Bialorucki said when Ted was missing, the family feared the worst, but no one would utter the possibility. Witt said the school is embracing the Kranz family. “We have made it clear to Cindy and the kids that we are here for them. We told them that we love them.”

Dream for tomorrow As of June 9, teachers were being let back into their classrooms to see what personal belongings could be salvaged. Science teacher Jessie Kubuske is trying to find decorations that can be used for homecoming in October. “Believe it or not, I have thought about it. Where are we going to have homecoming? There has to be some way to make it happen,” she said. If there was ever a year where homecoming was necessary, this is the year, she said. Her daughter, Jayna, graduated this year and was the homecoming queen. “We need to make it as normal as possible,” Kubuske said. “I want the class of 2011 to have it all.” Adrienne Lowe, a senior this fall, said the homecoming dance, painting the rock and home football games are all part of the experience, which is now is in doubt.

“I was really looking forward to my senior year. It was supposed to be an exciting time. It seems like there is a dark cloud hanging over us.” Lowe plays volleyball and softball, which now has no equipment or uniforms. The football team also has nothing, although the weights, which were saved, have been set up on the stage at Walbridge Elementary School. “We have 79 days until our first game,” said head coach Bob Abbey, on June 9, although he doesn’t know where the games will be hosted. Witt said he will continue to push the district to get back to normal; football is part of normal. Plans for next school year will be announced soon. The grass and dirt on the campus will be dug up and replaced because of the debris and glass embedded deep into the ground. But it could have been worse. That’s what people keep telling Witt. Imagine if school was in session. Imagine if it happened on graduation day. “I don’t let myself go there,” Witt said. If he did, he might start crying.

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We called Superintendent Jim am a teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife. That usually means baking Witt, who also happens to be a friend. cookies for students, attending a He answered the phone quickly, and doubleheader and selling tickets to the my husband asked what we could do. Witt said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pray.â&#x20AC;? football game. The next few hours On June 6, it meant were a blur of watching surveying tornado damage television, calling and learning the valedicteachers and hoping torianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad had died hours we were safe in our before commencement Maumee home. was scheduled. By 6 a.m., I could At 1 a.m., my husband no longer convince my and I received a call that husband to stay home. Lake High School had been hit. We turned on the news Brandi BARHITE He had to go to the school to see for himself. and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell from the When he got there, he was ascoverage the extent of the damage. Our initial reaction was to believe tounded. It was worse than it looked on the news anchors were exaggerating; they were just a little too excited television. The high school was basically gone. The field house was about the storm. rubble. The cafeteria was obliterated. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t to be.

Buses were twisted and mangled. The concession stands were cooked. Windows were shattered. All my husband could see in his secondfloor classroom was a Martin Luther King Jr. poster on the wall. And then he started to travel around the neighborhoods we used to call home. We lived in Millbury for nine months after getting married. My husband lived there four years as we dated. One street away from our old apartment was Main Street, the neighborhood torn apart by the twister. Fellow teacher Mike Densic and his family were OK, as was their house. Many of the other houses were gone or severely damaged. Ed Blank had just golfed in a Lake fundraiser the day before. Now, he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find his clubs or anything else. He only had the shirt on his back, a Tigers T-shirt. He and my husband laughed. If a man was to only have one shirt, a Tigers shirt was the right one. The forced laughter would not continue.

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We called Superintendent Jim Witt, who also happens to be a friend. He answered the phone quickly, and my husband asked what we could do. Witt said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Pray.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? We learned valedictorian Katie Kranz had lost her father, Ted. He left the basement to turn on the generator and retrieve a family dog that was too old to walk down the stairs. Tedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was found hours later underneath a chimney. He never made it out of the house.

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The aftermath of the tornadoes on June 5 affects every kid differently, said Jill Sonick, who lives on County Road 7 in Delta. On the way to a baseball game June 8, Jill’s 12-year-old son told her, “I hope it doesn’t get rained out, because if I can play this game, I’ll realize everything will be OK,” Jill said. Jill was home with three of her four children and their friends when the storms hit. They heard no alarm and only knew about the tornado warning because a boy who was staying the night received a text message from his mother, Jill said. “I used to love a good thunderstorm and that’s all it seemed like before [the tornado]. Weather-wise there was no warning as far as I was concerned,” Jill said. “People say the sky turns green or it goes completely still, we would not have guessed anything was wrong.” County Road 7, one of the hardest hit streets, is out of siren distance. The

closest siren to the road is at County roads 5 and D, a few miles away, said Justin Thompson, emergency management director for the Fulton County Emergency Management Agency (EMA). More than 68 homes in Fulton County were damaged by the storm, with half sustaining significant damage or total destruction, according to the Fulton County EMA. In the basement of their home, Jill and the children heard two popping noises with the second accompanied by everyone’s ears popping. Besides the popping, the most distinct noise was Jill’s 10-year-old daughter. “The most obvious sound in our basement was my daughter at the top of her lungs — ‘Please God, save us! Please God, save us!’ Grace just kept yelling it over and over again,” she said. The group could also feel the house shaking back and forth. “It shook so bad we were afraid this was leveled above us and the kids were freaking. ‘We won’t be able to get out!’” Jill said. ■ DELTA CONTINUES ON A12

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barn may have saved the two houses, according to National Weather Service representatives that came June 6. “They said the barns slowed down the tornado and it’s a very good chance that if the barns had not been there that one or both of our houses would look like the ones that don’t exist,” Jill said. The tornado passed between the Sonick home and their neighbor’s

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The Sonick home was not leveled, but sustained damage. The tornado broke many of the home’s windows, a curtain rod was stuck in the dining room wall, the office door was blown off its hinges and the laundry room door was jammed. Walls throughout the house were cracked; debris, insulation and glass

scattered the floors, a garage door was sucked out and the structure of the garage received severe damage. An insurance agent has seen the house, but a structural engineer has not evaluated the integrity of the home yet, Jill said. The family’s truck and van were totaled in the driveway and in the backyard their barn was destroyed. Jill said her barn and the neighbor’s

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house approximately 300 feet away as it traveled toward the street. April Sherick, who was clearing debris outside her brother’s home June 8, said her brother, Don, and his two sons were at their house in front of the Sonicks’ during the tornado. “He was on the phone with his brother-in-law and he’s like ‘Did you know there was a tornado warning out there?’ and Don’s like, ‘Yeah, I hear it,’ and then, like, it is all of a sudden ‘Oh shit, I’ve got to go,’” April said. Don managed to get his two boys from their rooms into the bathtub and then the storm was done, April said. Don’s house is tilted on its foundation and his barn is destroyed. Two trucks and a barn were thrown against the house and only the frame of the family’s camper was found, April said. “Some guy at East Lake and Reynolds Road found my brother’s Boy Scout card in

a plastic bag that was in the attic of the barn. He picked it up, searched the phone book and found my mom’s phone number,” April said. “It’s a good 45 minutes from here. I’m sure there’ll be tons of stuff people will be finding.” Across the street on County Road 7, three houses were leveled and a few received major damage. At one of the leveled houses, owned by the Mills, a young girl was sucked up by the tornado and dropped back out, Jill said. One family, the Circles, found two live horses in their pool that were picked up by the tornado and moved from their home across the street, Jill said. The tornado originally landed near State route 109. It traveled 7 miles and was a half a mile wide at some points, according to Thompson. In addition to homes, the storm also left damage at Oak Openings Preserve, uprooting, chopping and destroying trees.

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Monroe County, Dundee come together after tornado TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS news@toledofreepress.com

People say tornadoes sound like freight trains. Neighborhoods in Dundee were

almost as noisy June 7, the day after a tornado swept through the village. Generators rattled, chainsaws buzzed, wood chippers hacked as they cleared up the debris. “Every place along here, neighbors, families are helping each other.

Got done with one and went to another,” said Richard Rod, a northern Michigan resident who was visiting his daughter in Dundee when the storm hit. “Everybody pitched in,” he said. “I mean everybody, too.”

Volunteer report At 2 p.m. June 7, 17 volunteers and administrators from a dozen different groups met at Dundee Baptist Church to assess damages and pool resources. “There’s no time for us to be duplicating services,” said Major Mary Thomas, corps officer for Salvation Army. Dundee Baptist Church leaders offered the church because it had electricity June 6. The church quickly became the hub of volunteer efforts. It was decided at the meeting to have a one-stop service center at the church from 1-5 p.m. June 8-9. Representatives from Red Cross, Salvation Army and Michigan Department of Human Services would work with individuals and families to assess and meet needs. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers formed chainsaw crews and went all over the village clearing fallen trees. Chainsaw crews had signup sheets and permission forms available at the church. Mary Massie, volunteer for Salvation Army, said June 7 that people in Dundee have been hopeful and helpful. One woman whose car had been tossed around came in to help out, Massie said. “She said there’s people worse off than her,” Massie said. The commnity still needs nonperishable food and hygiene items. Call the Red Cross at (734) 289-1481 or the Salvation Army at (734) 241-0440.

“I waited 40 years to see a tornado” Before June 6, TJ Arnold, 10, was terrified of tornadoes. He watched “Twister” when he was 3 years old — without his mom’s consent, of course — and developed a paralyzing paranoia of the massive storms. He used to cry when it snowed because he was worried a tornado was coming, he said. Then one came to Dundee, his hometown. TJ and his mother, Jenifer, live in a trailer park in Dundee. If not for a call from a worried cousin in Toledo, they would have been in their trailer during the storm. “Are you OK?” he said when he called them. “You’re not gonna be for long. Get out of the mobile home!” The mother and son fled to the basement of the apartment building where their friend, Teresa Rivera, lives. They crowded into a small room with six families and three dogs. Jenifer went upstairs to watch the storm. “I waited 40 years to see a tornado,” she said. “It was pretty extreme.” She said as the storm neared, paper and debris swirled in the air of the room. The miniblinds were whipped up. Then, there was a moment of calm when they simply stood directly out from the wall, and she knew the tornado had come. ■ DUNDEE CONTINUES ON A15

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■ DUNDEE CONTINUED FROM A13 Jenifer ran to the basement at the last moment and had to hold the door closed with her body weight against the gusts of wind. “It was the most tremendous ordeal I have witnessed in my entire life,” she said. Rivera was impressed by how TJ reacted to the storm.

“I gotta say, you handled it better than those teenage girls,” she told him. When they returned to their trailer, they saw that the wind had whipped it around and its foundation needs to be re-set. TJ is not afraid of tornadoes anymore. “I was waiting for the bad part to come,” he said. “I thought it would be 100 percent worse than this.

“Tornadoes aren’t that bad,” he added. “They’re just noisy and that’s about it.” The aftermath has been worse for TJ and Jenifer than the storm itself. Jenifer said some people were looting in their trailer park. Several people had the metal skirting from their trailers stolen. One family’s grill was taken while they were cooking on it.

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Jenifer said she was afraid to leave her trailer for any significant length of time. She said she has baseball bats in every corner of her home to protect herself and her son from looters. “All I have is a little plastic sword,” TJ said. “It’s exhausting,” Jenifer said. “It’s really mentally exhausting.” They went to a Salvation Army mobile canteen with Rivera to get fresh water, and TJ was impressed by what he saw the volunteers doing. “We came up here and he said, ‘I like that,’” Rivera said. TJ said he hopes to volunteer with

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â&#x2013; DUNDEE CONTINUED FROM A15 Uerkwitz said until the tornado, they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know any other tenants, except an elderly lady they would greet in the hallway. After the tornado, however, tenants talked with each other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As soon as it calmed down, people started coming out of their apartments â&#x20AC;Ś started banding together,â&#x20AC;? Tyo said. Tyo and Uerkwitz met one neighbor who turned out to be kinder than they thought. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We thought he was a jerk until the night of,â&#x20AC;? Tyo said. Some residents left to stay with relatives, and tenants who stayed have been checking up on each other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We went door-to-door seeing whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the building,â&#x20AC;? Uerkwitz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were some elderly people on the first floor and we wanted to make sure theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re OK.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nobody was hurt in our complex,â&#x20AC;? Tyo said, and other than a blown-out window in a common area, the building was barely damaged. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So far the only effect we have is no electricity,â&#x20AC;? Tyo said. They said they hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard about looting in their apartment complex, but they did see a small, suspicious-looking car driving around the parking lot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take chances with that sort of stuff,â&#x20AC;? Tyo said. The two came to Dundee Baptist Church to volunteer June 7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We figured we got lucky,â&#x20AC;? Tyo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Other people have it a lot worse.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re missing a roof or anything,â&#x20AC;? Uerkwitz said. Uerkwitz said despite the storm, she was happy to meet her neighbors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take that for people to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or get to know each other,â&#x20AC;? Uerkwitz added.

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Moline neighborhood residents rally around each other By Andy Ouriel TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Susan Bradfield created a list June 8. Moline residents were asked to record damages to their properties,

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on one single-spaced notebook page casually written in blue ink. Bradfield isn’t listing damages. Instead, she is writing down which of her personal belongings survived the tornado. Her house of 20 years was missing.

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drywall and a swing set crumbled. But she is ecstatic her husband, daughter and grandchildren, who live on Moline Martin Road, were all safe during the storm. “We could have had it much, much worse. We are very grateful.” Several different groups are helping the community cope with the tragedy. The Lake Township Police Department is constantly checking in with individuals and making sure everyone is healthy. Local churches, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the Red Cross and Pizza Hut are delivering supplies to each home. The community couldn’t be more thankful for the generosity. “The community has come together,” Bradfield said. “Instead of just being the neighborhood, we are family.” Cundiff said neighbors are also playing a huge part in cleaning up the disaster. They are on-call 24 hours a day to pick up supplies, clean up yards and remove trash from homes. “The outpouring of people has just been phenomenal,” she said. “It just makes you feel proud that still exists today.” In the coming weeks, Moline’s residents will come together to make several decisions about residences in the neighborhood. After the disaster gets cleaned up, the community will make it a priority to move forward. And it will take a bonded community to do so, Albert said. “I think it’s going to bring us all much closer, even closer than we were already,” she said.

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Bradfield’s home was obliterated in the storm. The only part of her home, located on Neill Avenue, still structurally intact is her basement. It’s the location Bradfield, her husband, 4-year-old son and dog hid during the tornado. The rest of the residence is compacted into one long pile of wood in the backyard. The only possessions remaining to Bradfield’s family fit inside a 15-footlong trailer. “Everything was lost,” Bradfield said. “That’s all that we have. It’s going to take awhile, but we have to start all over again. We have nothing. We don’t even have clothes.” Bradfield’s home suffered the worst damage of any houses in the Indian Creek subdivision. A couple of other homes will also need major renovations to areas hit hardest, such as roofs and windows. Sharon Cundiff ’s home of 10 years is “structurally unsafe.” Authorities said her house twisted or was lifted from the original foundation. Cundiff, who is staying at the Hampton Inn with her husband, is returning to her home every day. She has to report damages to her insurance company. She also wants to be in the area. As she steps through her house carefully — she has to with shattered glass littering the floor — she still can’t believe this disaster hit such a small community. The tornado significantly affected Luann Albert’s home on Cherokee Avenue as well. The roof from the front of her house is gone. Her finished basement is flooded, water drenched the

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Many of us have parents who wish to â&#x20AC;&#x153;age in place,â&#x20AC;? at home. Whether that home is where they raised their family or the smaller home or apartment they moved to when they became â&#x20AC;&#x153;empty-nesters,â&#x20AC;? most of us agree that staying at home is preferable to moving again. We also tend to make promises to one another. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never put you in a nursing homeâ&#x20AC;? is a common theme among elderly couples and their children. So, the next best option when one is beginning to have health problems and need assistance to remain independent is to hire inhome helpers. Home help comes in many forms. Medicare pays for â&#x20AC;&#x153;skilledâ&#x20AC;? home care. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when one needs physical or occupational therapy or nursing assistance. This care is only covered by Medicare for a short while; what they call â&#x20AC;&#x153;brief and intermittent.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when the need for care becomes longer term that one must look to the private pay options. Unless one is indigent, home care is private pay. Long-term care seems expensive when you begin to look into the options â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and there are many options. The home care agencies number 30 to 40 in this area, or more, and the prices range from $13 to $22 per hour. There is almost always a two- to three-hour minimum scheduling requirement (no caregiver wants to travel from home to home all day with todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gas prices). The level of care varies from agency to agency as well. Some are companion-only agencies, which will

provide housekeeping, help with errands and companionship. Others will provide personal care, such as assistance with bathing, grooming and dressing. With so many options available, how does one go about choosing a home health or companionship partner? There are many issues to consider. Cost is not the only factor that should factor into the decision. Sometimes the old adage â&#x20AC;&#x153;you get what you pay forâ&#x20AC;? is all too true. The first consideration is to assess whether the person needing care may also need skilled care now or in the future. If so, then a Medicarecertified agency which also provides private duty is beneficial for many reasons. There would be one agency to deal with, continuity in personnel, and a relationship established with the agency which will be to your benefit. Medicare certification attempts to ensure a higher quality of caregiver who has met many state testing requirements. A combination of Medicare coverage supplemented with private pay hours can mean that the same caregiver is able to remain on duty rather than having a frequent change in caregivers. Most agencies do their best to provide continuity in caregivers. At first, the agency may need to send in several different personnel due to prior scheduling commitments. But, over time, a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preferences can be considered and you will get to know your caregivers more and more. If companionship is all that is required, with a few errands now and then, a non-Medicare agency might be less expensive, but not necessarily.

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The Area Office on Aging (AOoA) is hosting the fourth annual 50+ Sports Classic on June 12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The main reason for the event is to promote healthy aging and disease prevention for seniors through exercise,â&#x20AC;? said Justin Moor, vice president of communications and operations for AOoA. More than 150 individuals are preregistered to participate in the sports classic, with registration also available the day of the event, Moor said. Participants range from 50 to 90 years old. Competitions are divided among age groups so individuals may compete against their peers. Brackets for competition are ages 50-54; 55-59; 60-64; 65-69; 70-74; 75-79; 80-84; 85-90; 90+. The classic will feature a wide range of events for individuals to choose from, including track and field, swimming, tennis and table tennis, bowling, softball, 3 on 3 basketball, horseshoe and golf. Participants can sign up for as many sports as they wish. Stephen Coker, 68, said he is â&#x20AC;&#x153;as excited as a kid for this event.â&#x20AC;? Coker is participating in the event because he wants to be a positive role model for his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who will be cheering him on at the classic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see happen is when they get old enough, 68 or 70, that they will continue to pass on the legacy of eating healthy, exercising and doing healthy things, not only for themselves but for the communityâ&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass it on unless Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing it myself.â&#x20AC;? Coker said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about winning or losing, but having fun and doing â&#x2013; HOME CONTINUES ON A20 his best. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to have fun, do my best to

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“We just took it every day at a time,” Betty said. “Before you know it, it’s all these years. You don’t plan to be this old. It just happens.” The couple raised their family of five children, four boys and one girl, in Oregon, which at the time was rural. “It was a nice place to raise kids; they had room to roam,” Betty said. “You

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■ HOME CONTINUED FROM A18 Many companion agencies are as expensive as Medicare certified agencies, and some are even more costly. Some agencies which are lower cost, again, may not be as reliable or professional as your needs demand. However, I have worked closely with many noncertified agencies whose caregivers and professional standards are just as reliable as any Medicare agency. Conversely, I have worked with Medicare-certified agencies which did not perform to the client’s satisfaction. Certification, therefore, is not necessarily a prerequisite. Unfortunately, due to the cost of agency personnel, many people turn to private individuals to hire rather than letting the agency carry the burden of employment. What the public does not understand is that hiring people privately can cause many unknown and misunderstood liabilities. Paying your neighbor’s daughter $20 to run to the store now and then is one thing, but paying someone “under the table” to perform potentially dangerous tasks can put you in a precarious situation. Let’s look at some of the reasons why NOT to hire a nonagency provider: ■ The provider does not receive unemployment insurance or workman’s comp. ■ The person needing care, or the family who hired them may be liable for injuries to the person while performing services. ■ The provider does not pay into the Social Security system, thereby preventing them from benefiting from retirement or disability benefits ■ The provider has no backup system; if they are sick, no one comes to perform the necessary tasks. ■ The person needing care and their family must act as employers to the extent that they need to supervise, train and otherwise manage the caregiver whether or not there is a formal employment contract. As a professional geriatric care manager, I rarely, if ever, recommend a family hire someone without benefit of an employer to back that employee and provide the liability and oversight necessary to ensure the client’s needs are being met. One story that dissuades me is that of a gentleman who had a live-in private duty caregiver for many years who was paid “under the table” or as an independent contractor. When the gentleman died, the caregiver sued the gentleman’s estate for unemployment benefits. She won a large settlement. As expensive as it can appear, home care may be less expensive in the long run than moving to assisted living communities or a nursing home. Or, it may be more expensive. Homework can de-

SENIORS termine whether the real financial cost as well as the emotional and legal costs, are worth it. I often put information on a spreadsheet to show my clients what the cost of care will mean to them in the long run. Creating a budget of income and outflow, showing how much money might need to be accessed from savings each month and how long it will take for that savings to run out, can be extremely beneficial for those who cannot conceive of spending money on long term care. My clients are provided many different scenarios, such as the cost of staying home (with all the inherent costs of maintaining that home) as compared with assisted living, group home settings or extended care facilities. Although unusual to find, there are some forward-thinking seniors who have long term care insurance which can help to defray the cost of long term care. Receiving the benefits sometimes requires a professional advocate to weed their way through the paperwork and verifications required for payment.

But, in general, long term care insurance is exceptionally helpful and those who have it are grateful for the financial assistance. Some long term care insurance actually includes a “care coordination” benefit, and if you’re shopping around now, looks into including that option so that you can afford to hire someone to advocate and manage your plan of care. Also, be sure that your LTC insurance includes a home care benefit — some policies only pay for nursing homes. If home care is required due to a medical condition, check with your tax adviser to determine if the cost of care might be deductible as a medical expense. Earlier in this article, I alluded to a publicly funded home care program. In Ohio, PASSPORT is funded with state and federal funds through the Medicaid system. It is administered by the Area Office on Aging (419-3820624) and there are stringent financial as well as physical requirements.

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One of the most important considerations when it comes to long term care is careful planning. Financial, legal, and psychosocial aspects must all be considered, and the plan must include options for change as a person’s needs change. Seeking the advice of an elder law attorney, a financial planner who understands the Medicaid process, and a professional geriatric care manager will ensure that you have done all you can to protect yourself and your loved ones. Debra Roidl, MSW, member of the National Care Planning Council, is a certified care manager in the local greater Toledo area. Read more about her eldercare services at her website:www.independentcaresolutions.com. Debra is available to speak on a wide array of topics. You can reach her for more information by calling (419) 367-8835 or e-mailing debra@independentcaresolutions.com.

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Feed Your Neighbor has been providing food for the poor in Toledo for more than 30 years. And for more than 20 years, LeRoy St. Clair, 85, has been helping.

St. Clair and Donna Stockmaster, the administrative assistant for Feed Your Neighbor, have different ways of explaining his role in the program. “I’m in the background,” he said. “He’s behind all the operations,” Stockmaster said. St. Clair recently received the top

honor at Medical Mutual of Ohio’s 2010 Outstanding Senior Volunteer Awards, Northwest Region. He was awarded the J.L. Rollen Award for his work with Feed Your Neighbor. The organization’s press release said that when he received the award, St. Clair said, “I am not much for awards. I am one of the be-

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hind the scenes people. I am just the guy that makes sure we got the stuff to give away.” Stockmaster said St. Clair plays an important role at the organization by ordering food, picking it up and coordinating volunteers. “I think he’s a great asset to Feed Your Neighbor —more so than most people would be at 85.” She was not surprised that he took away the top honor. “He was chosen for the top award because he exemplifies what a person of his age — or even younger — wants to do with the rest of their lives. I mean, everybody wants to be

helpful in a certain way, but he has been just amazing.” St. Clair also volunteers for Agape, a ministry of Salem Lutheran Church that provides one meal a week to the needy. He has been involved with that group since it started at the church, for 17 years. He volunteers for six to eight hours every week. He used to work for 10-15 hours every week, but his health has limited him; he can’t lift 60-pound boxes anymore. “He just doesn’t give up. He just keeps going and going and going,” Stockmaster said. “And he will probably until the day he drops over.”

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Keeping your car in good shape can help increase gas mileage in warmer months. In the summer months it’s especially important to check fluids, belts and hoses and keep an eye on tires. “Really, summertime is hard on cars just like winter is,” said Dave Johnson, manager and owner of Quality Mechanic On Duty. “Extremities cause trouble, whether it’s cold or hot.” Gary Pontious, owner of Toledo Auto Care, named five fluids car owners can check without the aid of a mechanic. Brake fluid and power steering fluid should be clean and clear, he said. Transmission fluid should be bright red. “If you put up your nose and smell it, it should not smell burnt at all,” he said. If it’s dark brown or smells burned, or if it’s been 35,000 miles, transmission fluid needs to be changed. For antifreeze, he said, “look for clean and green — or red.” He recommends changing green antifreeze every two years or 35,000 miles and red antifreeze every 50,000 miles. Car owners should have their oil changed every 3,000 miles or six months. Oil should not be black, but can start taking on a deep brown color. Car owners can refill these fluids themselves, said Bob Kazmierczak, operations manager for AAA’s Car Care Plus, but it’s important to double-check labels. “It’s important that [car owners]

just know what they’re looking at, and make sure if they’re topping it off to use the correct fluid.” Pontious said it’s important to check for wear on tires. “As tires age,” he said, “the ultraviolet rays of the sun dry out and weather the rubber on the side of the tires and you should always check them for weathering and cracking.” Pontious said the Department of Transportation recommends replacing tires when the tread gets below 4/32 of an inch. Pontious suggested an easy way to measure tread. “A good way to check that is to take a quarter, and take the head of the president into the tread. If you can see the top of the head, that’s 4/32 of an inch and the tire should be replaced,” he said. Kazmierczak said tires have about four wear bars running straight across the tire and if any are visible the tire should be replaced. Bad tire pressure is the biggest cause of tire failure, Kazmierczak said. Tires with too low of pressure can’t dissipate heat, he said, and overinflated tires wear out the tread. Car owners can check their tire pressure with a tire gauge, Kazmierczak said. Kazmierczak said car owners should expect to pay at least $5 for a tire gauge — cheap gauges give poor readings. Car owners should check belts and hoses, too. Johnson said cracking and dry rotting are signs that belts need to be replaced.

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bers of the group go door-to-door selling the tickets for $6 each. After they are finished, they give the company $3 per ticket, plus the cost of printing the vouchers. The tickets never expire. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Grandma wants to buy 10 tickets and use two a year, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine,â&#x20AC;? said Debbie Hale, the office manager. She said one of the biggest advantages of this type of fundraiser is people selling donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to come back to deliver orders; they carry the tickets with them, so they only have to visit each house once. Many groups sell the tickets regularly to raise money. Usually, 15 organizations participate annually. The company also gives many tickets to groups having fundraising functions like spring carnivals or spaghetti dinners to be raffled or used as door prizes.

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Michigan International Speedway (MIS) has unveiled a new media center for the 2010 racing season. The $17 million, two-story facility was built along Pit Road on the infield of the track. It incorporates the new media center on the first floor and 30 corporate suites on the second floor. The media center features a Deadline Press Room with 122 workstations and an area for postrace interviews with drivers and owners. It includes a Team Public Relations Room with 85 workstations, a Photographers Room with 75 workstations and lockers, rooms for radio stations, television editing and The Associated Press. “The new media center is very exciting for us,” said Dennis Worden, manager of public relations at MIS. “We want to provide the most modern facili-

ties for today’s media.” The media center, along with the press box on top of the main grandstand, will serve 400 to 500 media professionals on major race days, according to Worden. The media center has five conference rooms named for the Great Lakes, two single interview rooms and a media lounge where food and beverages are served during events. Members of the print, radio and television media toured the facilities and were served lunch in the lounge on a recent press tour. Worden said it was decorated with a rustic outdoor décor, including murals of historic racing scenes on the walls of the Deadline Press Room. It includes nearly 12,000 square feet of stone and 20,000 square feet of glass. The entire facility includes 136 TV screens, 179 speakers and 600 data outlets with 40 miles of copper and fiber optic cable, 30 miles of CAT data cable, nearly 4 miles of conduit,

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Speedway is a point of economic development. This also encourages and helps the automotive industry to create talent and infrastructure to attract people to Michigan,” Naamani said. Through July 30, the Progressive Insurance Automotive XPrize will have automakers, start-ups, universities, inventors and high schools compete at MIS to win $10 million for creating a super-efficient vehicle. In the mainstream class, vehicles have to carry four or more passengers, have four wheels and meet minimum Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions standards. The alternative class teams must have vehicles that carry two or more passengers and meet the same EPA standards. Teams that do not meet those standards are eliminated. Remaining teams who meet the requirements and have the shortest amount of time wins.

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MIS offers array of camping By Colleen Kennedy TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Roaring engines, checkered flags and screeching tires arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only images at Michigan International Speedway (MIS). The speedway also offers crackling fires, dew-soaked tents and sunrises in the Irish Hills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a vacation destination,â&#x20AC;? said Dennis Worden, public relations manager for MIS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we are. We have people that take their vacation time and money and bring their families out here and make it a vacation.â&#x20AC;? The speedwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 campgrounds host thousands of visitors annually during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events. With nearly 9,000 individual sites, MIS is the largest registered camp-

ground in the state of Michigan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be able to camp at a racetrack is a pretty unique experience that a lot of other professional sports donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offer,â&#x20AC;? Worden said. The campgrounds offer enough diversity to accommodate guests who favor primitive tent camping or elaborate motor coaches. Campers pay one fixed rate regardless of length of stay. Most of the campgrounds open the Wednesday or Thursday prior to race weekend and all guests must leave by noon the following Monday. Worden estimates that of the 100,000 race attendees, one-third camp at the speedwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campgrounds. Graves Farm Campground, located just across the street from MIS, is open for recreation, as well as race week, through Labor Day. Amenities include

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a playground, tram service to and from the track, a shower house, fresh water and volleyball courts. Sites are approximately 25 feet by 50 feet and cost $170, or $300 for a site with electric. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Break that down over four, five or seven nights and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably no more than $25 to $50 a night,â&#x20AC;? Worden said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay in a hotel for that.â&#x20AC;? Pit Road RV offers guests with ClassA motor coaches the ability to camp in style with exclusive camping situated adjacent to Pit Road. Sites in this campground run $2,100 for two people and include 50-amp electrical hook-ups. But the most popular site at MIS is the newly renovated Infield Campground, which allows guests to camp inside the track and experience raceway action up close. Amenities include showers, fresh water and a Buddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Convenience Store.

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JUNE 13, 2010

BIFF & RILEY

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DIZZY

BY DEAN HARRIS

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