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OPINION

JUNE 27, 2010

LIGHTING THE FUSE

PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

County proposal warrants fair look T T oledo Free Press has a mixed record when it comes to backing the ideas and proposals of Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop. Some of his arts and social ideas have attracted criticism, but were in line with his campaign platform, and we have generally supported them. Some of his economic and development proposals have been less deserving of blanket approval.

Konop’s latest and most far-reaching plan is to adopt a charter similar to that of Cuyahoga County. The changes would eliminate the three-commissioner system in favor of a county executive, 11 geographical representatives and several elected positions being converted to appointed ones.

Because Konop and The Blade are so feverishly supportive of the change, it is understandThomas F. POUNDS able that many local citizens, blog commenters and WSPD pundits are instinctively apprehensive about the plan. But if one can separate the messengers from the message, there is a serious discussion warranted beyond the hype.

Lucas County is wounded and no one seems to be able to staunch the bleeding. A hard look at how county government is organized could result in money-saving and opportunity-developing ideas.

But there are also reasons to be wary. For one, what’s the rush? Why does this have to be rammed before voters while Konop is still in office? If the idea has merit, it should find support and life beyond one politician. The examination should proceed, but with caution and prudence.

As it continues, there are a few things that should be front and center in the discussion. First — and I am sure this will need to be repeated until the Maumee River runs dry — government does not create jobs. Konop seems to think that is one of this plan’s benefits, but it is private enterprise that creates jobs. Government can facilitate an atmosphere that is conducive to development, but mainly by staying out of the way.

I am also leery of any system that takes decision-making out of voters’ hands and gives it to a few people for appointments. Voters may not always get it right, but it is much more difficult to corrupt the voting process than it is to unduly influence a few individuals.

In a city where far too many individuals allow themselves to be directed by fear or appeasement, it is dangerous to take decisions away from the voting public, no matter how small or apathetic that public may sometimes appear.

So, yes, we support Konop in opening the conversation. But we urge a slower approach that plays out with thought and an eye on the long run, not one dictated by the heat of emotion and the urgency of isolated media concerns. As former Lucas County Administrator Mike Beazley points out in this week’s cover story, we have lived with the current form of government for 100 years. So why the full-speed ahead rush to abandon it now?

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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wenty years ago, the young man I was might have of our neighbors’ children.

According to the official Michigan Public Sex Offender looked at the middle-age man I am and shook his head in denial. I am closing in on 10 years of marriage to a pa- Registry, there are 27 known registered sex offenders in Tecumseh. Two of them have multiple convictient and endlessly fascinating woman. We have tions for criminal sexual conduct with incatwo boys, Evan, who is now 4, and Sean, who pacitated victims. is now 2. We recently installed a white picket Shudder. fence around our suburban home. For the boys’ Marvin Lee Ruppert, according to the mid-June birthdays, we gave them a puppy. state registry, has been convicted of criminal So, to recap: sexual conduct in the second degree with Wife, check. a person under 13 and possession of child Kids, check. sexually abusive material. He was reportedly Dog, check. seen on our street within the past few days, Minivan, check. “acting suspiciously” around a group of girls House in suburbs, check.

Michael S. MILLER all under 9 years old. Police have been notiWhite picket fence, check.

I am what I swore I would never be: an American cliché. fied and fliers with Ruppert’s picture and sex offender hisTwenty years ago, I would have thought this status un- tory have been distributed.

On our street, there are six consecutive houses with attainable. Partially because I envisioned a starving artist existence of global exploration and a legacy of tortured ge- children ranging from 2 to 13 years old. Since news of Rupnius writing, broken hearts and an early-30s demise, pos- pert’s alleged behavior has surfaced, the kids on our street sibly at the hands of government assassins, more likely in a are no longer playing in front yards, bicycling, pulling each mundane auto crash on a coastal highway. Mainly because I other in wagons or walking dogs along the sidewalk. All could not envision a scenario in which I would deserve such the kids are now in backyards, sealed within fences, under watchful eyes. The moms in the neighborhood are anxious blessings of normalcy.

From where I stand today, as husband, father and grate- and watchful. There is a low hum of protective energy runfully employed editor, I look at who I was then and vigor- ning through the men on our street; every one of us has ously shake my head in denial. My younger self was about talked and agreed to be on guard.

I have never met or even seen Ruppert; I do not care the excitement of the carnal chase, emotional chaos and if I ever do. But I hate the threat he represents. I hate the writing as primal scream therapy. shadow of evil and malevolence his actions epitomize.

Now, I’m a daddy.

The epiphany is that the security, stability, love and rela- I hate that I no longer see our neighbors’ kids playing tive calm of now is worth a million lifetimes more than one on front porches or chalk drawing on sidewalks. I hate that my sons are no longer out there, either. I hate that minute of then.

Every day, I am more invested in my love for Evan along with all the controllable and uncontrollable things and Sean. I soar when they fly and I crash when they I worry about as a father, I now have to worry about my stumble. Every new word they learn, I relish as if hearing neighborhood like a lifeguard has to worry about a secit for the first time. As the love grows, so does the invest- tion of ocean invaded by a dead-eyed shark with nothing ment in our responsibility for keeping Evan and Sean but pain and shredded flesh on its mind. I hate the safe. The inspiration for the fence was to give the boys sudden, unwelcome awareness I now have of the other 26 a defined boundary in which to run and play without sex offenders who live in our city. I hate knowing there having to worry about them dashing into danger. I think are more, unregistered offenders in our area who have yet about the fence a lot when I am making decisions about to be discovered. I hate that anyone might see our two risk and allowing the boys to explore and assume the beautiful and loving boys and divorce them from their humanity in favor of viewing them as targets for perverconsequences of exploration.

I believe we have set a healthy atmosphere for Evan and sions beyond the imagination of good men.

I hate that I hate.

Sean to make mistakes and learn when it comes to matThere is a gate in our fence, designed to one day swing ters of pushing their limits. Climbing higher stairs, running faster, testing social boundaries and acceptable behavior open and allow our boys to leave us behind, to venture out standards are situations in which the metaphorical fence into the world with the best coping and thinking tools we can provide. I cannot control the evil that lies beyond that keeps them in.

But there are situations that require parents to bolster fence, and I hate that fact most of all. that fence to keep threats out.

On the eve of the party celebrating Evan and Sean’s Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and birthdays, our neighborhood learned that a convicted pe- Toledo Free Press Star. Call him at (419) 241-1700 ext. 223 dophile has been seen acting suspiciously around a group or e-mail him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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The power struggle over racial profiling

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hanges to the Toledo Munic- next item on its agenda. While the ipal Code adding language changes to the current code will be against racial profiling was discussed at the Youth, Parks, Recpresented before Toledo City Council reation and Community Relations on June 22. The actual legislation was committee meeting on July 6, the not discussed; which council com- community should be aware of what mittee should hear the legislation is being proposed.

The current secwas the focus. tion of 525.13 states: Councilman Steve “(a) No public servant, Steel presented the legunder color of his ofislation that would refice, employment or aupeal the current Toledo thority, shall knowingly Municipal Code Section deprive, or conspire or 525.13 and replace it. attempt to deprive any Steel had the legislation person of a constitulisted as going to the tional or statutory right.

Youth, Parks, Recreation (b) Whoever violates & Community Relations Lisa Renee WARD this section is guilty of committee that he chairs.

Part of the reported inspiration interfering with civil rights, a misdefor the proposal, beyond what Steel meanor of the first degree.”

This would be replaced with: stated to council, is that Columbus “(a) No public servant, under and Cincinnati have passed similar color of his or legislation. her office, emC o u n ployment or cilman D. Miauthority, shall chael Collins knowingly dequestioned prive, or conwhy the legisspire or attempt lation was not to deprive any being placed in person of a conPublic Safety, stitutional or Law & CrimSTEEL COLLINS statutory right. inal Justice (b) Racial committee, which Collins chairs.

Steel stated his reasoning “was profiling is a deprivation of a perthe result of discussions I’ve had son’s constitutional or statutory right with the Board of Community to be free of an unreasonable search Relations ... because it grew out or seizure. Racial profiling consists of conversations with the Board of stopping, detaining, questioning of Community Relations, it fits in or arresting a person solely based on with the committee that deals with their race, color, ethnicity, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, community relations.” language spoken, accent or attire.

Collins disagreed. (c) EXCEPTION. Police Officers “The Board of Community Relations does not enforce laws in the can use profiling criteria only when engaged in an active search for an city, public safety does,” he said.

Collins wanted the legislation individual suspected of or witness to moved on that basis. Councilman an offense.”

It has been reported that Toledo Mike Craig suggested there was nothing that prevented hearings at Police Chief Mike Navarre opposes the legislation. both committees.

Now that council has agreed According to Councilman Joe McNamara, a motion would have to be which committee should have at made to relieve it from Youth, Parks, least the first hearing, let’s hope the Recreation and Community Rela- the reasons Navarre opposes it — tions. If it passed, Collins could seek and the reasons Toledo should conto have it placed in Public Safety, Law sider it — will be explored. & Criminal Justice. The motion failed; only Collins and Councilman George Toledo Free Press contributor Lisa Renee Ward operates the political blog Sarantou voted yes.

Council then moved on to the Glass City Jungle.

OPINION

JUNE 27, 2010

WITHOUT RESERVATION

Aha! moments

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itnessing an array of characters walking Tole- of dating. The moment hit me like a boulder in Wile E. Coyote do’s streets, parking lots or local establishments fashion when I realized after three years of marriage exactly what an astounding treasure I had legally locked up. has morphed into a twisted pastime for me.

Her “Aha! moment” might have been one of agony, posI don’t immediately assume someone is crazy; Bluetooth users have given reason to proceed with caution. More than sibly realized after I launched a reckless campaign a few once I have thought someone was engaging me in conver- months into our wedded life. But as I bragged about her sation, almost responded, then stopped myself, mildly em- to others with renewed perspective, I couldn’t believe this wonderful “Aha! moment” — a moment only God could barrassed after seeing the device in their ear.

Recently, I observed someone walking down Secor Road, have been aware of on (and before) our wedding day.

I wonder if my “Aha! moment” has passed regarding the carrying on an intense conversation, complete with wild body City of Toledo. language. I stared rudely, waiting to realize that My experience in Toledo has been a full some device was providing his ears ample reason quarter-century. Toledo has it all, and everyto respond in such fashion. To my great amusething else can be found an hour away. The spirit ment, that “Aha! moment” never came about. that thrives Downtown during summer baseWith the abundance of Bluetooth users ball game days, the thrill at the Walleye games, and iPod listeners, the “Aha! moment” — the electricity that surrounded Crystal Bowerwhen one realizes that there is more to what sox’s “American Idol” visit and the excitement one is observing — is expected. of Toledo summers cannot be replicated.

I have been blessed with an abundance Property prices are incredible for buyers. of “Aha! moments.” My most recent job was The cost of living is magnificent. The winters found by coincidence through an online ad. I immediately learned I had been blessed with Tom MORRISSEY might last too long, but the other three seasons in Northwest Ohio were created to be spent a job with incredible stability, and that “Aha! moment” was combined with the later realization that I was outside. The fabulous Metroparks system cannot be beat. going to miss the great crew I saw every morning before my The list of why this area is wonderful outweighs the list of negatives, but I still can’t find my “Aha! moment. ” sleepy, bloodshot eyes were partially cracked.

In Toledo, anything that has a remote chance of being Beyond employment, I have been blessed with an incredible, stable family — a model I hope to replicate some politicized — from dogs to the YMCA — can and will be day. It wasn’t until I was attending college out of state that politicized to death. Elected goofballs have dotted Toledo’s I realized that my two parents, who were married before political landscape, distracting and disturbing the populatheir first was born and are still married after 25 years, were tion. The barriers to reality are obvious and boisterous.

Unfortunately, Toledo’s distractions are not the ones quite a rarity. Today, 41 percent of all American children are born to single mothers. Let the saddening divorce rate carrying on imaginary conversations, waving their arms, complicate the remaining 59 percent, and the “Aha! mo- and creating harmless, amusing spectacles.

Maybe that’s where my moment was lost. ment” is not only staggering, but humbling.

To add to my “Aha! ” list, when I married three years ago, I had little idea who I was marrying, despite nearly three years E-mail columnist Tom Morrissey at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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By Michael Stainbrook TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Just a few months ago, Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop read the Cuyahoga County charter for a reformed county government. Now he is doing his best to steer Lucas County toward his vision for what he describes as a more regional, streamlined form of government.

The charter is a Board of County Commissioners’ vote, 14,000 signatures and four months away from being presented to voters on Election Day. There are many questions, including how the public will respond.

An interested but wary county has yet to throw its support behind any plan for change as Konop prepares to start circulating petitions.

Function Konop, who has served as a county commissioner since 2006, promotes his plan by highlighting the inefficiencies and lack of accountability he sees in current county governance. His charter, he said, offers an alternative that is an “improvement by leaps and bounds.”

“It just made sense,” he said. “It just looked like a much more streamlined, flexible but accountable way with a focus on economic development. It’s a better way to run government.”

The charter largely mimics plans passed in Cuyahoga (Cleveland) and Summit (Akron) counties, the only two Ohio counties that have adopted such a plan. In 1979, Summit County became the first in the state to reform government in this manner amidst rough economic times. Cuyahoga County passed its measure in 2009 as a result of financial woes and governmental misconduct.

Cleveland attorney Eugene Kramer

drafted both charters. Konop hailed Kramer as “the foremost authority in the state of Ohio in county government.”

“It’s a system of government that has proved effective over a couple of centuries on the federal level and the local level. The county is an anomaly,” Kramer said. “I’m not an expert on Lucas County, but I see no reason why it wouldn’t work in Lucas County.”

Konop said current county government is a common denominator for the area’s struggles. In a presentation he has given to local audiences, he cited Lucas County’s meager economic outlook compared to the state and country as a whole.

“We are the worst major county in Ohio, unfortunately, in some cases by a large margin,” he told the Rotary Club of West Toledo at its June 16 meeting.

“This [charter] is a step forward from those problems.”

Konop also highlights the need for county officials to be “in sync” with one another. At the Rotary meeting, he described the offices within county government as silos that do not communicate with each other, leading to duplication and a lack of focus.

“It’s an almost impossible task for voters to keep track of what’s going on in the county,” he said. “You just have this constant march of nothing happening and everyone blaming each other.”

Konop’s plan aims to increase diversity in representation at the county level. He said while about half of the county identifies as independent or Republican, no elected county officials are of those persuasions. Nor are there any African Americans in an elected county seat. Konop said district representation would solve this issue and allow citizens to take concerns to an individual more in touch with specific communities.

Features The charter is 21 pages long in the version on the Lucas County Commissioners’ website but just 11 pages in Konop’s printed version with smaller type. The charter addresses Konop’s concerns by “refocusing” county government rather than changing its functions. The Ohio Revised Code requires counties to perform numerous duties regardless of the structure in use.

The charter would eliminate the Board of County Commissioners in favor of a single county executive and an 11-member council. The executive would have veto power and a lineitem veto on nonbudgetary matters.

He or she also could appoint officers subject to council approval.

The only other directly elected official would be the county prosecutor, with all other department heads, deputies and assistants being appointed.

Positions, such as the clerk of courts, county auditor, coroner, engineer, recorder, treasurer and sheriff, which are currently chosen by voters, would convert to seven appointed offices.

The recorder and auditor would be combined into a single fiscal officer and a law director would be added.

The other five elected officers would be replaced by appointed positions with titles the same as or similar to the existing offices. The executive, subject to the approval of the council, would appoint these officeholders.

The charter also makes provision for, among others entities, a budget commission, board of revision, department of development, department of health and human services, human resource commission, department of purchasing and an audit committee.

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A6 ■ TOLEDO FREE PRESS ■ COUNTY CONTINUED FROM A5 Elected officials would not take office until January 2013. In the two years before then, current leaders would work to adapt county government so it would be ready to run come 2013.

Konop said the charter, when combined with the Ohio Revised Code, leaves no loopholes in essential governmental functions.

“The key with the charter is that it’s a living document. It doesn’t micromanage. It’s not even that long,” Konop said. “There’s still some flexibility that can be fleshed out and can be presented to the executive and to the council when they take office, and then some of the details can be worked out.”

All elected officials must reside in Lucas County and council members must live in their respective districts. But the charter currently does not require appointed officials to live in the county.

“That could be something that could be clarified, certainly, in the transition period, or required by council, because council has to approve these people,” Konop said. “Personally, I would be in favor of hiring only Lucas County folks, but that very well could not be specifically in the charter.”

Also absent is a stipulation for term limits. Konop said the voters would be the final authority on matters regarding elected offices. Elections and recalls are two avenues by which citizens could remove an elected official without requiring a cap on time in office.

“If there would seem to be a need for it, the citizens could get that on the ballot, vote on it and add it to the charter,” he said.

“And I like that idea. I like the idea of the flexibility of the document, being able to amend itself in that matter.”

Appointed officers serve “at the pleasure of the county executive,” meaning they can be fired legally without cause. Konop does not view that as a problem, however, because the proposed human resource commission would ensure proper hiring

and firing practices.

“They can be terminated, but the council is there as a check on that. And when you’re talking about department heads, the council can override a decision,” he said.

But according to Section 2.03(2) of the charter, the council’s approval would only be required for appointments, not firings, as Konop stated would be possible.

Three of the new positions — the fiscal officer, law director and county treasurer — would have to be filled by a person with five years of experience in a “political subdivision.” Konop said this stipulation was included to ensure the officeholder understood how government played a role in his or her area of expertise.

“Government has a special set of laws governing it,” he said. “It doesn’t make a profit. It doesn’t have shareholders. I think there’s a special set of best practices.

“You need a certain type of knowledge as to how a government really works in order to best serve.”

Konop said he does not plan to be Lucas County’s first county executive.

“I will certainly not be running for it in 2012. In politics, it’s tricky business, so after that who knows, but I certainly would not push this plan and try and run for the executive, no.”

Feedback For the past several weeks, Konop has made rounds, checking the pulse of local opinion, especially among business leaders. It was this segment of the population that served as a catalyst for the Cuyahoga County charter that takes effect in January.

“It’s not going to happen unless the business community is really a driver,” Konop said.

But feedback has been muddled so far. Widespread support has eluded Konop as his “drop-dead date” of petition circulation, June 28, knocks at his front door.

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AT A GLANCE: Ben Konop’s proposed county charter ■ Elected Executive Replaces three county commissioners $125,000 base salary ■ 11 Elected Councilpersons $30,000 base salary Council President: $35,000 base salary ■ Elected County Prosecutor Regularly scheduled election in November 2012 Continues same state-designated roles Serves on the budget commission ■ Fiscal Officer Replaces elected county auditor and an elected county recorder Requires five years of political financial management experience Has nonjudicial powers of clerk of courts ■ Medical Examiner Replaces elected county coroner Must specialize in foresnsics May appoint deputy medical examiners He estimates the cost of putting the measure on the November ballot would be between $50,000 and $100,000. He is looking for most of that from the business community.

“There really hasn’t been any negative feedback to this, but there hasn’t been a lot of folks who have been ready to commit and step up. That’s really the missing piece,” Konop said.

The commissioner said he has discussed plans with “numerous business folks,” but the plan is still just that — a plan. He said he would not release an official budget, list of donors or business partners until an official political action committee has been formed.

Other local leaders are urging a wider level of input that may require extra time.

“County governments across Ohio have generally been organized the same way for well over 100 years.

It’s hard to believe the times haven’t changed to justify a fresh approach or a fresh look,” said Oregon City Ad-

■ Clerk of Courts Replaces elected clerk of courts ■ Director of Public Works Replaces elected county engineer Not required to be a professional engineer Appoint deputies if not an engineer and registered surveyor ■ Director of Law Legal adviser and representative to county executive and council Requires five years experience of advising or representing in a political subdivision ■ County Treasurer Replaces elected county treasurer Requires five years of political financial management experience ■ Sheriff Replaces elected sheriff Requires five years of law enforcement or correctional facilities experience — Michael Stainbrook

ministrator Mike Beazley, who has served more than 25 years in local government, including a five-year stint as Lucas County administrator.

“I think Lucas County owes to its citizens and taxpayers a comprehensive examination of how it works and how it could work better. The jury hasn’t had time to deliberate on the Cuyahoga County plan this is modeled after.”

Both candidates vying for Konop’s commissioner seat this November also support exploring a variety of options. Democratic candidate Carol Contrada CONTRADA said the plan must have input from taxpayers, labor and business leaders, elected officials and education leaders.

“If we can involve the most stakeholders and others in a meaningful

fashion in time for a vote by November, so be it, but I’d rather be right than quick,” she said.

The Republican commission candidate and at-large Toledo City Councilman George Sarantou noted public safety and economic development as the main functions of county government.

“We certainly need to entertain a thorough vetting of this, do our homework and try to come up with a plan,” he said.

At a June 22 public hearing regarding the charter, retired SARANTOU president of the former Medical College of Ohio Dr. Richard Ruppert addressed concerns of overlooking important issues if the process is rushed.

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JUNE 27, 2010 ■ COUNTY CONTINUED FROM A6 “A million issues at least ought to be discussed,” Ruppert said. “People ought to take time to look at these issues and think about them.

“I’m not ready yet to sign on to [Konop’s] proposal.

I don’t know if I’m ready for a single chief executive officer GERKEN and a number of council people.

But I do believe it must be looked at.

The timing is perfect.”

The other two county commis-

sioners also have submitted resolutions. At the June 22 hearing, Commission President Pete Gerken discussed his plan to develop a 15-member elected commission this November to explore the proposal, which then could be put on the November 2011 ballot.

The county executive, council and prosecutor SKELDON WOZNIAK would still be elected in 2012 and take office in January 2013.

Commissioner Tina Skeldon Wozniak proposed open discussion instead of an elected commission. This

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plan also calls for a November 2011 vote on the charter and 2012 elections for officials if the charter passes.

Skeldon Wozniak and Sarantou suggested involving the UT Department of Urban Affairs.

Former Corporation for Effective Government President Olivia Summons also proposed dialogue. Her plan calls for a review from “expert citizens.”

“We all just agree on one thing. We all want what is best for Lucas County,” said Summons, who serves as chairwoman of the UT Board of Trustees.

But agreeing exactly what is “best” is another matter of contention raised by small business owner Joe Andrews.

He used the example of Johnny Carson’s “Carnac the Magnificent” to symbolize how he views the reform process: finding answers before the real question is being posed.

“What I hear is, ‘Here is the solution. We need this form of government, and it will do miraculous things,’” Andrews said. “It seems to me we need consensus first on the issues, and out of that comes a solution.”

The most widely agreed upon problem is economic development, a problem on which Konop focuses in his presentation. He presented it once again at the end of the hearing, stating that the Board of County Commissioners did

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It seems to me we need consensus first on the issues, and out of that comes a solution.”

— Joe Andrews, small business owner

not have a long-term economic plan — at which point Gerken, now sitting among the audience, turned to Skeldon Wozniak, smiled and said, “But we do.”

AFSCME Council 8 staff representative Steve Kowalik said a new plan is not the solution. He prefers retaining the current system of county government and using it to address issues instead.

“You still have to hire someone to do the work that the elected officials used to do, and I question once again, where’s the cost savings?” he said at the hearing.

Konop has not guaranteed his proposal would reduce governmental costs but said savings are likely.

“I would assume a large part of [elected officials’] campaign would deal with efficiencies and how to achieve efficiencies in government.

So I think long term, you would get savings out of this,” he said. “A backof-the-envelope calculation that I’ve done shows there would be savings as well just in terms of the tradeoff of having all these elected officials being replaced by district council people and the salary reduction that entails.”

Dave Schulz of Citizens Organization to Bring Reform and Accountability (COBRA), said 11 elected council members would cause an increase in payroll.

While he is not against having certain offices be appointed, he does not think a single executive is the best solution and cited Toledo SCHULZ as an example.

“The one main reason [Toledo voters] wanted to go to the strong mayor was because of the economic problem. We’ve had a strong mayor for about 20 years and the problems persist.”

Debate will continue at least until the middle of July, when the commissioners plan to vote on the next step.

On the web visit www.co.lucas.oh.us s oh us to t read the proposed charter.

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Children’s Wonderland sold to Sylvania Rec

By Kristen Rapin TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR krapin@toledofreepress.com

Lucas County Commissioners voted to sell Children’s Wonderland to Sylvania Area Joint Recreation District (SAJRD) for $1.

On June 15, the commissioners voted 2-1 to sell the exhibit. Commissioner Ben Konop voted no.

Konop said there were flaws with the SAJRD proposal: it doesn’t prevent it from selling the exhibits off piece by piece, doesn’t mandate a ticket price or guarantee the exhibit will open this year.

“The commissioners just gave away a valuable asset of Lucas County that has given joy for 50 years. They gave it to one suburb of Lucas County to do with what they please,” he said. “I don’t think it was fair to the mass majority of Lucas County citizens.”

SAJRD’s management agency, Sylvania Tam-O-Shanter Sports Inc., will run the Children’s Wonderland exhibit in the winter.

“This event coming to Sylvania is another great asset for the community,” said Jamie Moan, director of marketing for SAJRD. Details are under discussion, but Children’s Wonderland will open this winter season at Sylvania Tam-OShanter and keep the same prices as last year, Moan said.

The county requested proposals twice for the Children’s Wonderland property. The first request for proposals had two bids, $10,000 from Entertainment Development Group LLC and $1 from SAJRD. In April, Peter Ujvagi, county administrator, sent a recommendation from a review team that Sylvania Tam-O-Shanter should receive the Children’s Wonderland exhibits.

At that time, the Lucas County prosecutor’s office advised the com-

missioners that according to the Ohio Revised Code the property must be sold to the highest bidder, said Commissioner Pete Gerken.

Gerken said it was important for the county commissioners to factor in everything, not just money, so the county rejected all bids and started again.

“Recognizing the fact that Children’s Wonderland has a 50 year history in Lucas County, SAJRD gave the strongest proposal. They’re stable, run by a professional group and a group that the taxpayers have supported in the past. They have marketing capabilities, parking and have concessions,” Gerken said. “Sometimes its more than just about money. If it had just been about cash we could have sold [Children’s Wonderland] on eBay piece by piece.”

In May, the county sent out another request for proposals for Children’s Wonderland from political subdivisions within Lucas County. SAJRD, a partnership between Sylvania City, township and public schools making it a political subdivision, submitted the only proposal.

Bob Farley, of Perrysburg, who placed the bid under Entertainment Development Group said there were flaws in the process. “[With the second bidding] I wasn’t buying it because the Ohio Revised Code. I still had the best bid and largest big, but then when you completely eliminate me from the bidding, there’s something wrong here,” he said. “There’s something way off and the taxpayers are the ones who are paying for it.”

Farley had submitted a proposal that would rotate Children’s Wonderland exhibit throughout the community with various charities as benefactors.

According to ORC 307.12 (a) the county must sell its property to the highest bidder, “except that

the board may reject all bids and hold another sale.” Under the same code, section D the county can sell or donate its property, regardless of

value to any political subdivision of the state without advertisement or notification.

Gerken said the county notified

the public of the second bid in case other parties were interested.

SAJRD has 30 days to collect the Children’s Wonderland exhibits.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT

Union, commissioners disagree on layoff plans

By Gail Burkhardt TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Parties involved in budget cuts to the Lucas County Sheriff ’s Office, where 16 people are scheduled to be laid off June 25, disagree on plans to prevent additional layoffs.

The sheriff ’s office must cut about $1.2 million to meet this year’s budget of $33.2 million, which is the lowest it has been in the past five years, according to numbers provided Region 2-B UAW, a union representing employees of the sheriff ’s office.

The sheriff ’s office, county commissioners, prosecutors and UAW discussed concessions that would cut overtime hours and increase furloughs to trim the budget and avoid 2010 layoffs, but the UAW will not agree to the concessions unless commissioners can guarantee there will be no further concessions or layoffs through the end of 2011, said Joe Rioux, international representative for Region 2-B UAW. County Administrator Peter Ujvagi said it is possible to agree to the concessions to prevent layoffs for 2010 but impossible to make a guarantee through 2011 because of the uncertainty of the economy.

The sheriff ’s office already has made cuts this year and found funding alternatives, said Jim O’Neal, Lucas County Jail Administrator.

“I’m optimistic we can find something [to avoid layoffs],” O’Neal said.

County Commissioner Ben Konop said the sheriff ’s budget should not be decreased like other county departments because the sheriff ’s office provides vital safety services to the county, but Commissioner Pete Gerken said road patrol can be cut because it is police departments’ responsibility. In areas where there is no police department, citizens could pay for the sheriff ’s office to patrol the roads, Gerken said.

The decreased budget and the personnel cuts not only hurt individuals, but the safety of the citizens of Lucas County, especially in a poor economy when crime rates rise, said Kenneth Lortz, the director of Region 2-B UAW. “It’s not that we’re not sensitive to the county’s budget, we’re also very sensitive to the safety of the county and our officers,” he said.

Because of the layoffs, Lucas County will stop participating in terrorism, drug and violent crime multi-jurisdictional task forces. There will be fewer security officers in common pleas court, fewer Downtown patrol officers, fewer dispatch officers, fewer inmate services officers and fewer jail/booking officers.

Northwood crime map now available online The City of Northwood recently went live with an online crime map, hosted by www.crimereports.com.

By typing in a Northwood ZIP code, users can find out what crime happened where.

The map is powered by Google and has differently colored squares pinpointing incidents of crime. An orange “A” square indicates assault; a blue “T” square indicates theft.

When police reports are typed up, the information is automatically added to the map. Sgt. Douglas Hubaker, D.A.R.E. officer at Northwood, said he believes all 2010 reports are on the map.

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cords, Hubaker said.

The city is testing the program and officials will decide this fall whether to keep it, chief of police Thomas Cairl said. He said he’s hoping for feedback from citizens.

The program costs about $50 per month, and the city is using fines from drug and alcohol offenders to pay for it, Cairl said.

“It’s not coming out of taxpayer dollars. Actually, the offenders are paying the bill on this,” Hubaker said.

These fines are slated to go toward education, and Cairl said one purpose of the crime map is education.

“We’re just trying to inform the public as much as possible of what’s going on in their neighborhood,” Hubaker said.

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‘Informer,’ the new TPD electronic newsletter, debuts The first edition of The Toledo Police Informer hit inboxes and the Toledo Police Department website this June.

The quarterly publication includes information on TPD’s SafeT-City program for children going into kindergarten, reminders of laws on booster seats in cars and texting while driving, and safety tips for using fireworks.

“The purpose is to provide timely, pertinent information to people that live in the community,” said said Lt. Cheryl Hunt, who wrote and edited the publication.

The publication is only available

electronically, so there are no publication costs for the department, Hunt said.

She said she plans to publish the next issue in August, shortly before school starts.

In future publications, Hunt said she plans to include information on topics such as the Explorers, Block Watch and filing police reports.

She said she hopes to receive suggestions and questions from readers, police officers and citizens.

Hunt said citizens often call the police department with questions like about police issues and The Informer can help answer questions from curious citizens.

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SPECIAL SERIES: STORMING BACK

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“You have feelings of guilt that you made it and your neighbors didn’t.”

— Ed Blank

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

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

Once in a while, for just a moment, Ed Blank and his family will forget ng in the June they lost nearly everything 5 tornado.

It is usually just thee little things, he said d during a round of stormss that hit Northwest Ohio o on June 23.

His wife, Julie, will ll tell him to get his favoritee BLANK Oakley sunglasses onlyy to remember they aree gone. Then, Julie will go o to put on her belt — but ut that is gone, too.

And when Ed saw w sweater vests on a recent nt shopping trip, he thought of his collection. Also, gone.

Even though everything was gone 15 seconds after the tornado hit, it still hasn’t sunk in. A memory or a momentary lapse of reality will have them seeking something that is no longer around.

“Out of normal practice, you take it for granted that it is still there,” he said.

The Blank family is only three weeks into putting their life back together after the tornado destroyed their Main Street home. The potential for another tornado June 23 took them back to the night their life changed. Ed said they will never ignore a warning again.

Besides the material loss, the tornado sent Julie to the hospital with minor heart damage and it catapulted them into a conversation with God. “Why did we live?”

Their neighbors died.

Ryan and Mary Walters said they were tired and going to bed when Ed saw them come home that night.

Ed wishes he had woken them when the sirens sounded, but he didn’t think a tornado would hit his neighborhood. No one thinks that.

“You have feelings of guilt that you made it and your neighbors

didn’t,” he said.

The night of the tornado started out as a celebration. His son — a Lake High School student — was turning 15. Originally, the party was to be from 6 to 11 p.m., but Ed said it was only to go to 10 p.m.

His decision — made one week prior — probably saved lives.

Parents began to pick up their kids at about 10 p.m. Ed told those who drove to hurry home because the looked bad. weather look He told his wife, tthough, “Don’t worry aabout it, honey. They never hit us.” h But he took precauttions. He removed the hanging baskets from h FAMILY: ttheir hooks and put them on the porch. He moved o tthe patio furniture away ffrom the inground pool.

And he put gasoline in A tthe generator.

At 11:10 p.m., the ssirens started going off; then it started to hail. Soon after, he heard the sound of a locomotive, but no horns and whistles. It wasn’t a train on the nearby tracks.

“I sat another couple of seconds and the sky went from black to a bluish green color and about that time, lightning struck or it might have been another transformer going out, and I could see the formation in the field.”

Ed ran into the house, locked the door and flew into the basement, yelling, “Get down, the tornado is on top of us.”

The family, including his grown son, daughter-in-law and grandson, could hear the high winds, but they thought they would only find downed trees and cracked walls.

When the basement began filling with water, they went to leave, but the stairway was blocked with drywall and debris. When they cleared it and peeked out, they looked up and saw the sky.

The next moments were chaotic.

They started screaming to see if neighbors were OK. Everyone was barefoot, except his wife, so they found random shoes in the street and put them on. Using Casey’s cell phone, they called 911.

“It seemed like I was cast into a movie. It was very surreal … the

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Haunted by memories of storms, Blank family rebuilds

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A JUNE 24 PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TORNADO DAMAGE AT THE BLANK FAMILY HOME IN MILLBURY.

whole block was a war zone,” Ed said.

Eventually, the Blanks sought shelter. The weather was still dangerous.

“We didn’t know where to begin, we didn’t know the process,” Ed said. “Do we get ahold of the insurance company?

Do we look for another place?”

By the next morning, they had called their insurance agency and a representative was visiting the rubble.

“As the victim, I think you are in shock and stunned, but as an outsider, someone who wasn’t hit, they are thinking what do I do to help these people,” Ed said.

In the weeks since the tornado, the Blanks have begun the slow process of picking up the pieces. They moved in with family friends, bought two new cars and met with the builder and designer to rebuild their home.

They still plan to go on vacation in July because they didn’t buy trip insurance. At least it will be a place to live and eat, Ed said, laughing. By August,

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A HAPPIER DAY — AN OCT. 24 WEDDING: FRONT ROW, LEFT, GRANDSON NOAH BLANK, ABOVE HIM, SON CASEY BLANK, STEPSON JOEY ISCH, GROOM, SON WES AND BRIDE CRYSTAL, ED BLANK AND WIFE, JULIE AND EDDIE AND WIFE MICHELLE.

they want to move into a condo that a family friend has offered.

The rest will come with time, maybe even the answer to why the Blanks survived and the Walters didn’t.

“With the support of the community and church and friends and family, I am certain that our road to recovery will be long, but I am certain that we will be fine,” Ed said.

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Youth dialogue to center on conflict resolution A local organization is turning to Toledo’s youth to seek solutions to the age-old problem of conflict.

The Board of Community Relations will host a dialogue on diversity from 2 to 4 p.m. July 7, in the Huntington Room at Toledo Main Public Library. “We’ve had events with young people and dialogue since back in 2007-08,� said Juanita Greene, the board’s executive director. “We want to know about any struggles they may be having, especially in the age range of 13 to 18.�

The board is targeting this group because it includes junior high students who will be transitioning to high school. It also contains those already in high school who are preparing to enter college or professional life. “There’s a lot of peer pressure in those groups,� Greene said. “This group is quite important because we

have a youth category on the board.

Our youth are very well noted.�

The dialogue will focus on conflict resolution, especially resolving matters of race. Greene expects the youth to voice their concerns in an environment designed for young people. “Race is not just about the different colors that we are. Race is diversity,� she said.

She said conflict can come in many forms, including hurtful language and disrespect shown to peers. Through conflict resolution, however, these problems can be curtailed with the ultimate goal of creating community.

The attendees will steer the direction of the event. They will be divided into small groups of roughly 15 to 20 individuals. Each group will then choose a leader, who will work with an ice-breaking facilitator to direct discussion.

“We will be listening to them,�

Greene said. “Questions will be proposed to them. What conflict results?

Why is there misbehavior? Why is language used in certain ways with young people?�

The groups will develop their own solutions and probe any other problems that surface during the course of the dialogue. A scribe will record what is discussed and pass on the findings to the board at the end of the small group’s conversation. At that point, the board will combine all of the groups’ recommendations into a report that authenticates the progress that was made. “This way they can remember, ‘yeah, my point was taken. Someone listened to what we said,’� Greene said. “Then, we call them back together and say, ‘How can we resolve this as a community?’ We have to resolve the issue.�

But even when the event ends, the mission will not be complete. Greene said the board will work throughout the year to pursue positive conflict resolution and a deeper understanding among teens. “It’s not just going to be talking on something and then leaving and then that’s it. It’s going to continue,� she said. “What’s very important to me is that we live in a community where there is respect for all.�

The board expects more than 200 attendees. Many youth groups and church groups have already registered, and other agencies are expected to do so as well. Individuals not associated with a group are also welcome.

The deadline to register for the event is Monday, June 28. To RSVP, call (419) 245-1565 or e-mail the board at bcr1@toledo.oh.gov. — Michael Stainbrook

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What Is Swimmer’s Ear? Swimmer’s ear, also called otitis externa, is a painful infection of the ear canal – the opening that carries sounds from the outside of the body to the eardrum.

Despite the name, you don’t have to be a swimmer to suffer from it. It’s often caused by excess moisture in the ear from showering or heavy perspiration.

Chicks for Charity, A Toledobased philanthropic group, will host Chicks Mix ’10 from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

July 21 at Toledo Botanical Gardens.

The event will raise money for The Victory Center, a Toledo-based organization that provides free services for cancer patients and their families.

Laura Waltz, spokeswoman for the group, said she expects about 600 women and girls to attend Chicks Mix ’10. The night will include appetizers, a raffle and, for those 21 and older, drinks.

“It’s really kind of an open mingling. There’s no formal sit-down

The skin of the ear canal is normally protected by ear wax. When water enters the ear, it may bring bacterial or fungal particles. If the water runs back out, the bacteria and fungi don’t cause any problems. But sometimes water remains trapped in the ear canal, washing away the ear wax and allowing the skin to get soggy – a perfect environment for bacteria and fungi to flourish. Cotton swabs may worsen the situation by packing in wax and dead skin.

To prevent swimmer’s ear after being in the water, gently dry your ears with a blow dryer or towel. Also, turn your head to both sides so water can flow out easily.

If you do end up with swimmer’s ear, the infection can be cured with ear drops.

See a doctor if any of these symptoms occur: • Your ears itch or feel blocked.

• The ear canal becomes red or swollen, perhaps even swelling shut.

• A milky fluid drains from your ear.

• The ear becomes very painful and tender to touch.

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Johnson said these services are provided free of charge to anyone who can make it to The Victory Center. Clients do not need referrals and do not need to be Toledo-area residents, she said.

Chicks Mix ’10 costs $37 for those 21 and older — this includes one drink — and $20 for those 20 and younger. For more information, visit the websites www.chicksforcharity. net or www.thevictorycenter.org.

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The concert will benefit the people of Dundee whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the June 5 tornadoes.

“When I called him, he said ‘oh my,’ got online, looked at the photographs, and said ‘I’ll be there,’” said Johanna Walker, director of Tecumseh Center for the Arts.

Ries plays “a little of everything, from jazz to rock” on his saxophone, Walker said. Other performers, including Measured Chaos, Pat Dunn and Matt Selkey, will perform.

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Chicks for Charity selects a charitable organization every one or two years, and its more than 1,600 members host fundraisers for the selected charity. The main event every year is the Chicks Mix. The Victory Center has an annual budget of about $400,000, raised through fundraisers, donations and grants, said Lora Johnson, office manager at The Victory Center. To date, Chicks for Charity has raised more than $90,000 for The Victory Center.

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

InfoStream Solutions of Toledo offers health analysis of websites with a program it developed and introduced at the recent Tech Connect event hosted by the Regional Growth Partnership.

Wearing white doctor’s coats, the InfoStream team performed Web health analysis for companies and organizations attending the event as a special promotion. It graded sites based on a 100-point system with grades 70-plus as great, 50-70 as good, 20-50 as poor and below 20 as bad.

“We developed the Web Health Analysis program because we wanted to use a nontraditional approach to appeal to people,” said Ted Lindsley, sales and project manager for InfoStream.

The program reviewed four main areas: content, optimize, promote and analyze for each of 25 websites represented at the event.

Content included analyzing blog status, Google indexed pages and overall readability.

The optimize portion looked at images, inbound links, last Google crawl date, domain registration, permanent redirect, meta title and description. Promote involved such things as opt-in where visitors can sign-up for a contact list and use of social media — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others to help site traffic with more specific and technical aspects.

Finally, the analyze phase measured traffic rank comparing how much traffic each site generates, and analytics to see what kind of traffic is coming to each website.

“You should consider having analytic software installed on your website,” Lindsley said.

The promotion offered one year

of free Web hosting to the highest rated website.

Treece Investments of Toledo won with a score of 64, “having the most things in place to optimize the website,” Lindsley said.

“We’ve used the Internet in more interactive ways the last few years.

It’s just a crack in the door to get into the room,” said Dock Treece, president of the firm. “It’s not just reaching people but reaching people who are interested in having us manage their money.”

Treece said the big challenge involves the high security of their business dealing with issues of collecting client data online to meet the Security and Exchange Commission’s financial guidelines.

“We want to build our firm as a national player without having offices across the country,” he said.

“Bits and bytes are cheaper than bricks and mortar,” said his son, Dock David Treece, who writes a weekly financial column for Toledo Free Press.

“We want to develop a stronger Web presence but we’re still in the strategizing and planning phases of how to achieve our goals.”

“It would be a self-sustaining global sales force that would drive meeting with clients online,” said his father.

His other son, Ben Treece, said the firm already uses social media to attract more hits by putting links for his father’s radio program podcast on YouTube and his brother’s newspaper columns on the firm’s website.

“Capturing unique content such as those broadcasts and articles should be online because it adds to your credibility,” Lindsley said. “Exponential growth can be realized by tying into social networking sites that are excellent vehicles to drive people to your website. It can be very targeted marketing.”

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founded in 2009 by its president, Tim Saddoris, who assembled a diverse team of specialists in the web field from around Northwest Ohio.

Saddoris grew up in nearby Pioneer and Lindsley is a Toledo native. Erica Jaquay, internet marketing manager, is from Toledo and Andy Boren, Web developer, is from Findlay.

InfoStream is currently working with a firm, Key Ideas in Fremont, to develop a new website, e-commerce and Internet marketing for the launch of the client’s new product.

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“It’s a one-of-a-kind product” that provides a convenient and safe way to keep a thermos in place” she said. It offers different methods for mounting it in vehicles as large as semi trucks and will retail for $19.95.

The company began production of the Thermos Buddy on June 24 at Techniform Industries Inc. in Fremont.

“It’s American-made and keeping jobs right here in Northwest Ohio,” Paradiso said.

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Paradiso said they met Tim (Saddoris) and Erica (Jaquay) at a networking event and told them they needed help creating an e-commerce site that would drive people to it to buy the Thermos Buddy.

“Their Web analysis was very important to us,” Paradiso said.

“They are very team-oriented and have worked well with us on this project.”

InfoStream is developing a new website for Key Ideas that is under construction at www.thermosbuddy.com.

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By Kristen Rapin TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR krapin@toledofreepress.com

The City of Toledo’s Dream to Own is helping to stabilize area neighborhoods by filling vacant homes, keeping property values from decreasing.

“Its purpose is not to house people, even though it’s a housing program.

Its purpose is to uphold the property values where the redevelopment is occurring,” said Michael Badik, commissioner of housing. “The goal is to raise or stop the fall of property values. To help those who’ve done the right thing in their neighborhood and have been lucky enough to have not lost their jobs. They made their payments and maintained their property.”

Secondary benefits of the program include helping people who are

looking for properties to purchase and inspiring others in the neighborhood to make repairs on their homes because they feel positive about the outlook of the area, he said.

Dream to Own is a Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The first round of NSP grants began with Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 and the goal was to stabilize communities that have been affected by foreclosures and abandonment.

HUD has granted two rounds of NSP funding, NSP 1 and NSP 2, both of which the city and a consortium run by the city received.

The city received $12.2 million in NSP 1 funding, granted in 2008, which is already being utilized in four target neighborhoods. The target areas, or

tipping points, are neighborhoods that have a high number of foreclosures.

The consortium, led by the City of Toledo includes two developers, nine nonprofits and Lucas County, hopes to receive its $10.1 million in NSP 2 funding midyear. The money will focus on one tipping point area, Library Village.

NSP funding is used to purchase foreclosed homes to rehab the property and resell it or demo properties as well as create land banks and provide down payment assistance to families.

Houses are purchased by developers, who receive money from the city to rehab the house. Once the house is renovated, the home is sold and money is put back into the NSP, said Kattie Bond, director of the Department of Neighborhoods. For every two houses rehabbed and sold, one ad-

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Through NSP funding the city was able to purchase approximately 50 homes to be rehabbed and resold, and demolished 164 homes, with 350 more demolitions to go. A total of eight homes have been resold to interested buyers.

NSP 2 funding was sought because “a lot more needs to be done.”

In 2008, Bond visited Library Village with Senator George Voinovich.

In just one ZIP code there were 1,400 foreclosed properties. After NSP 1 $2.5 million, accounting for about 25 properties, were invested into Library Village, Bond said.

“If you compare the 25 properties to the 1,400 homes in some form of foreclosure in 2008, we’ve only done just a little to address this problem,” she said.

“It behooves us to make sure that neighborhood is stabilized so those issues don’t spread to surrounding neighborhoods.”

Individuals who want to purchase acquisition rehab housing must meet specific income requirements — the income can be no larger than 120 percent

of the median income, approximately $74,000 for a family of four. Qualified buyers of acquisition housing can purchase a home with as little as $500 of their own funds and the city would provide, through the Dream to Own program, 20 percent toward their down payment and closing costs, Bond said.

In addition to helping stabilize neighborhoods, NSP is helping Toledo Public Schools (TPS). Some developers in the NSP have hired Construction Careers Academy students as interns.

“We have one of our project managers supervise them in a little work group and that gives them some hands-on experience,” said Roosevelt Gant, owner of R. Gant Properties who has used TPS students in his NSP projects. “It’s been great.”

“What NSP allows is a number of different partnering initiatives, such as the one with TPS. We’re hoping to increase that. To try and bring some more students,” he said.

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By Mary Petrides TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Golfers competing in the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic often rely on Toledo area residents for their housing during tournament week.

Host families must provide a place for the golfers to sleep and give them privacy, according to a letter Nora Longthrone, private housing chairwoman, sends to host families. Other than that, there are hardly any rules.

Often, golfers and their host families develop a close relationship, eating dinner together and keeping in contact after the tournament is done.

The Stevens family Anna Rawson is an Australian model and professional golfer — and for the past three years, she’s spent a week living with the Stevens family in Ottawa Hills.

“It’s like having a celebrity,” Cari Stevens said.

Kevin Stevens is on the board of directors for the golf classic, and at the last minute Longthrone called him.

More golfers needed housing and she began calling board members, in-

cluding Kevin.

Kevin, Cari and their three children have enjoyed hosting Rawson — and Rawson has enjoyed staying with them. Last year, Rawson wrote on her blog that the Jamie Farr tournament “is one of my favorite RAWSON events. Probably because I have the best host family —the Stevens.”

Rawson has been to Tony Packo’s and a July 4th fireworks show with the Stevens family and even took the kids out to dinner when their parents were out for the night.

Lindsey Stevens, 16, said Rawson let her listen to a voicemail when Justin Timberlake had left on the golfer’s phone.

Cari said she tries to make things easy on the golfer and will make sure she has her kitchen stocked appropriately when Rawson comes.

“She’s very particular about her diet,” Cari said. “She’s really into clean, whole food.”

One time, Cari said, Rawson gave Cari her cell phone and asked her to

screen her calls. Some male was going to ask Rawson out, and she didn’t want to go.

“I felt a little bit like mother hen keeping eyes on her,” Cari said.

Kevin said he was surprised at how little time Rawson spends at home.

“She travels an incredible amount,” he said. “She goes home every couple months.”

A professional athlete’s life is glamorous sometimes, Cari said, but not all the time.

For every hour of [glamour], there’s 20 hours of work,” she said.

“Anna’s life, is a lot more work than people think.”

The Stevens said hosting a golfer gives them a personal connection to the tournament, and they enjoy having Rawson stay with them.

“She’s really a delight to have,” Cari said.

The Enderlens Jim and Jackie Enderlen had hosted golfers from 1996 to 2001, but took a two-year break. In 2004, they were sitting on their patio discussing whether to ask for another golfer when the phone rang.

It was the Jamie Farr committee and they were looking for a host

family for a golfer with “unusual circumstances.”

The golfer would be bringing along her brother, who caddied for her, and her mother.

“I said ‘Well, let us think about it,’” Jim said. He called back the LANG same evening and told the committee worker that the Enderlens would take all three.

“And that was Brittany,” Jim said.

Brittany Lang, her brother Luke and her mother Pam have been staying with the Enderlens every year except one since then.

“It’s truly like having your child come home — ‘Hey Brittany, how’d you do today?’” Jackie said.

Jackie said the family doesn’t go out for July 4th celebrations in order to make it easier for Lang to manage her time. Golf is her job, Jackie said, and the Enderlens don’t want to interrupt.

“We more or less allow her to dictate her own schedule,” Jackie said.

Lang sometimes goes for bike rides

with Jackie or goes with the Enderlens to a pool for swimming, the Enderlens said.

“Luke and Brittany are both very competitive,” Jackie said.

One time, they set up a putt-putt course in their house and sent the ball ricocheting off walls and around kitchen counters.

The course consisted of one par 8 hole, they said, and the game gave way to a rematch, then a best-two-out-ofthree tournament — then best-threeout-of-five.

The Enderlens don’t remember who won, and neither does Lang. Everyone said it was fun.

“That was hysterical,” Lang said in a June 16 phone interview. “We were screaming, it was so much fun.”

The Enderlens said they have enjoyed hosting Lang.

“Having a golfer … makes the tournament so much more fun,” Jackie said. “You have a personal interest in someone to go follow and cheer on.”

Lang has enjoyed it, too.

“It’s really the upside of the week,” she said. “Staying with the Enderlens is fun: you’re in a house, you get homecooked meals. That’s really the most fun part of the week, no question.”

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New commissioner puts focus on impact, not income

By Michael Stainbrook TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

A year after some of the LPGA Tour’s best golfers gathered in Toledo to call for change, the LPGA is getting down to business—literally.

During the 2009 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic, 15 tour members met at Mancy’s Italian Grill on Monroe Street to discuss tour business.

The group then drafted a letter to the LPGA Board of Directors calling for WHAN c om m i s s i on e r Carolyn Bivens to step down.

“It was a perfect storm,” said current commissioner Michael Whan. “It was a tough time with charities and charitable giving. The LPGA didn’t have any exemption from it.”

Dropped sponsorships plagued the former commissioner, who had poor relationships with many sponsors. She also promoted a controversial plan to require English as the tour’s predomi-

nant language.

Bivens resigned July 13 and was replaced on an interim basis. After a three-month hunt, the LPGA Search Committee chose Whan for the job.

A former executive for various sports equipment companies, Whan spent all of November and December adapting to his new role. He officially began Jan. 4.

The change in leadership did not solve all the tour’s problems. A belowaverage economy and skeptical sponsors have made recovery a slow process that does not always yield financial results. “I found out pretty early in my tenure that this is not a business I’m going to run based on its bottomline profitability,” Whan said.

The LPGA is focused on its partnership with its sponsors, making Whan the right man for the job.

“I’ve been on the other side. I’ve been a sponsor … that’s been my most valuable asset.”

Whan operates under the notion of “role reversal.” He aims to put control into the sponsor’s hands with the goal of building a tournament that best suits the host’s needs.

“If you want to be a successful business partner, you have to think

and act like the other side,” he said.

To advance this initiative, the commissioner has made a couple of changes in how the LPGA runs. At every tournament, players are given a two-page customer profile sheet outlining the sponsor’s business and objectives for the weekend. The handouts sometimes even provide players with a sample positive comment for when media personnel ask about the tournament. Whan is also working with the LPGA Tournament Owners Association to address “five or six key things” that would improve the value of each event. Amateur-professional experiences and media relations with

the sponsor are also focal points in the commissioner’s plan.

“We’re willing to build the tournament you need, not the tournament we need,” he said. “If we’re going to have 30 tournaments, those tournaments are going to be about the sponsor.”

But as of now, the tour has 25 events on the calendar for 2010.

“At the end of the day, my goal is to play more official tournaments than we did in 2010,” Whan said. “We haven’t started talking much about the 2011 schedule because it takes on more focus than the 2010 schedule.”

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though the men’s schedule is more robust and the tournaments have larger purses, Whan wants to keep the focus on the LPGA. “I don’t use the PGA tour as a benchmark,” he said. “I don’t know their business that well. I’m sure their business partners have different goals.”

“Sometimes we can put too much focus on what everyone else is doing, but the LPGA will have success following its own business model.”

One area of focus the commissioner is paying attention to is the game’s international appeal.

The LPGA’s 126 international players hail from 28 countries.

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Increased prize money could be factor in tourney’s future

By Gail Burkhardt TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Organizers, sponsors and members of the LPGA Tour are in talks to continue the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic after the tournament’s contract expires this year.

In 2009, the LPGA Tour extended the Farr Classic’s contract for just the 2010 tournament, which will take place June 28 to July 4 at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania. The tournament’s director, Judd Silverman, and the LPGA Tour’s chief communications officer, David Higdon, said they would like to keep the Farr Classic on the LPGA Tour.

“I don’t think we have to offer [the LPGA Tour] any incentives.

We’re in the process of trying to work out a win-win situation like we have been in the previous 26 years and I’m confident we’ll be able to do so,” Silverman said.

Still, the LPGA Tour is looking for certain terms from the Farr Classic

such as a televised event and more playing opportunities, which could include an increase in the prize money, Higdon said.

“We’re trying to make it work for the sponsors and the city,” he said.

Because of the economy, the Farr Classic did have to make cuts this year, including eliminating ESPN2 coverage and decreasing the prize money, or purse, from $1.4 million to $1 million. However, the Classic will still donate $300,000 to 11 local children’s charities, Silverman said.

The tournament’s expenses are at $3.3 million and Silverman said he hopes the classic will gain $3.6 million to $3.7 million in revenue from sponsorships, ticket sales and advertisement sales.

The purse at Jamie Farr is the lowest out of all of this summer’s LPGA tournaments, according to purse figures listed on the LPGA’s website.

The purse decreased because the classic’s main sponsors, Owens Corning and The Kroger Co. were not

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Owens Corning allocated less money for the tournament because of the economy, said Jason Saragian, a spokesman for the glass fiber company. Neither company would comment on future sponsorship of the Jamie Farr classic.

Higdon said a decision about next

able to donate as much money as in previous years, Silverman said.

Kroger donated the same amount of money, but allocated more to local charities and less to the purse this year, said Cheryl McCormick, public affairs manager for the Kroger Columbus division.

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Volunteers help run Jamie Farr tourney Every year, more than 1,100 people volunteer to help run the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic hosted at Highland Meadows Golf Club.

They are standard bearers, walking scorers, marshals, runners, green reporters, area captains and more. Some take a week off work so they can help with the tournament. Others bring their kids.

Many have been volunteering for five, 10, or 15 years. Some have volunteered at all 26 classics. The youngest volunteers are 8 years old and the oldest are in their 80s. The volunteers have to pay. Being an on-course volunteer costs $55, which covers the cost of the uniform. Off-course volunteers pay $12 for a T-shirt and hat.

“You pay to volunteer, that’s the funny part about it,” said longtime volunteer Bob Standriff, adding that they get access to the lounging tent. “For the 55 bucks, it’s well worth it. With the hat and shirt, you’re a happy camper.”

Standriff has volunteered at the classic for 12 years. He began because he was a member of the Old Newsboys, a charity to which the classic donated some of its proceeds. Jamie Farr is a lifetime member of the group.

“Jamie Farr is just a tremendous guy,” Standriff said.

Standriff is a retired public school teacher and administrator, and works at the tournament for the entire week, which he said he enjoys. He began as a marshal and later became a hole captain, making sure marshals are placed along the fairway and around the green to keep spectators quiet during the golfing.

“The job of the marshals is crowd control, really, to make sure people aren’t yelling and screaming when one of the golfers is getting ready to hit,” he said.

Dave Lick, another member of the Old Newsboys who has been volunteering for about 12 years, is an area captain. He supervises five to six holes, making sure they have enough people and are being properly run.

“It’s not the easiest thing in the world, but I’ve always enjoyed it,” he said.

Standriff likes getting a close view of what’s going on and moving from hole to hole, he said, adding that last year’s tournament was especially exciting because one competitor eagled, or came in 2 under par, to tie for the lead at the hole where he was working.

“You don’t see a lot of eagles,” he said.

Heather Warga, the volunteer coordinator, said that tournament coordinators are always recruiting volunteers. They solicit people by word-of-mouth through other volunteers and have a speaker’s bureau that visits a variety of organizations, including the Lion’s Club, to let people know about volunteer opportunities. She said that while many of the volunteers are drawn to the tournament because of their love of golf, others help because the classic gives so much money to charity.

Volunteering is a lot of fun, she said.

“It’s kind of like an annual rite of summer,” Warga said. “They’re really enjoying themselves, or otherwise they wouldn’t keep coming back.”

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Local charities win at Jamie Farr tourney Golfers benefit from keeping the ball on the fairway, but local children’s charities will reap the fringe benefits of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.

Since the tournament’s inception in 1984, the Jamie Farr has raised $6.5 million for 115 charitable organiza-

tions throughout Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.

The mission never stops, even with an economy that’s had its share of bogeys. The Jamie Farr raised $300,000 for local charities in 2009.

“It was a great year considering the economy,” said Judd Silverman, tournament director. “We were very pleased.”

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The Jamie Farr hosts a number of special events to benefit its charities. The week includes four pro-ams, a putting pro-am and two additional celebrity-pro events. The gala at the SeaGate Convention Centre on June 29 includes a silent

auction and benefits charities as well.

Another way patrons have supported local organizations is the Charity Ticket Program. Fans who bought weekly grounds or clubhouse tickets on or before June 18 could complete an online form designating the charity of their choice. That organization would then receive an amount equal to the price of the ticket.

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The tournament raised about $15,000 for 90 organizations through the ticket program this year. The Jamie Farr also set aside $10,000 for the victims of the tornadoes that ripped through the region earlier in June. The Lake Kids Relief Fund and the Greater Toledo Area Chapter of the American Red Cross will each receive $5,000, Silverman said.

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JUNE 27, 2010 â&#x2013; CHARITIES CONTINUED FROM A24 In addition to the two disaster relief funds, 11 charities will benefit from this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tournament. Most receive funding from the Jamie Farr every few years due to the large number of agencies seeking assistance. The only permanent beneficiary is Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Ohio. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been involved since the in-

ception of the tournament,â&#x20AC;? said Chad Bringman, executive director of the local chapter.â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a special relationship between the two of us.â&#x20AC;?

Ronald McDonald House Charities provides housing for families of children receiving medical care. Because guests are not charged for their stay, donations such as those from the Jamie Farr go toward offsetting gen-

eral operating costs. The tournament has donated more than $1 million to the charity during the past 25 years.

Last year, it gave $50,000.

In response, the charity sends as many volunteers as possible to help out come tournament time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do anything that we can to support the tournament,â&#x20AC;? Bringman said.

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Whitehouse, has been associated with the Jamie Farr for more than a decade.

The camp provides outdoor activities for children with developmental disabilities.

Donations from the tournament offset the cost of attending the camp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do charge for our services, but we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t charge the true cost of what it costs a camper to come to camp,â&#x20AC;? said Executive Director Steve Kiessling.

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The tournament last sponsored Camp Courageous in 2006.

Silverman said all donations to charity are monetary.

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Lambertville Spa to host grand opening Skin Laser and Day Spa will show off its new look June 26 at its grand opening event. The spa, located in Lambertville, recently expanded, adding about 1,500 square feet to its facility. The expansion includes four new rooms and 600 square feet of salon, owner Vanessa Williams said. The grand opening event will include live bands, a beer tent and giveaways. The event runs 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 26 at the spa, 7300 Secor Road in Lambertville, Mich. — Mary Petrides

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By Joseph F. Berenato and Matthew P. Tobias CRITICALMESS.NET Special to Toledo Free Press Star

The Ghostbusters are haunting comic racks this summer, and Toledoan Jim Beard is one of the creative forces behind the book. Beard and Keith Dallas have collaborated with artist Josh Howard to create “Ghostbusters Holiday Special: CONVolution,” available June 23 from IDW. Beard, a merchandise manager for Tony Packo’s who contributes a weekly comic book report to Toledo Free Press Star, has written for several books, including “Hawkman Secret Files & Origins No. 1” (2002), where he collaborated with Geoff Johns on all nine profile pages. Shortly thereafter came his four-page piece “Stormchasers” in 2003’s “JLA/JSA Secret Files and Origins No. 1,” about the android Red Tornado’s oftforgotten time in the Justice Society. In only his second outing, Beard not only got to put words in the mouth of JSA founder Jay Garrick, but also fulfilled every comic writer’s dream: he got to write for Superman. Beard’s non-superhero work includes “Star Wars Tales No. 15” (2003), a story about Luke Sky-

walker’s first brush with space. He has also contributed pieces for “The All-Star Companion, Volume 3” (2008), “The Hawkman Companion” (2008) and “The Flash Companion” (2008).

It was on this last volume, “The Flash Companion,” that Beard collaborated with Dallas for the first time. Dallas was the driving force behind “The Flash Companion,” and is considered a noted comics scholar by many in the industry. In addition to his Companion work, Keith is the writer for two creator-owned comic properties, “Omega Chase” and “Argonauts.”

They recently sat with us to talk about their Ghostbusters experience.

CriticalMess: Co-writing seems like something that would be difficult.

How did you hook up in the first place, and how does your process work?

Jim Beard: I went into this thinking the exact same thing: two people writing one script? How’s that work? I had heard that when Geoff Johns and David Goyer were writing JSA. They plotted the story together, then each took a half of the script, wrote them separately, and then melded the two halves together. That’s what we did. Cool thing is, and I think Keith agrees, we did it to good effect.

And we didn’t kill each other. And it reads as if one person wrote it. And my jokes are superior to Keith’s.

Keith Dallas: Jim describes our collaborative process accurately (except of course that his jokes were really lame and thankfully were edited out of the final product). We plotted out the entire issue page by page over the phone (and had a lot of fun doing it), and then each of us wrote half the script. The two halves of the script came together nicely because we both know what’s happening on every page.

CM: Is there anything you can tell us about the plot, without giving too much away? Why should we pick this up?

JB: Because any actual lifting is good exercise for comic book fans. Beyond that it’s a fun story about comic books and what makes the creators behind them great (except us). I also think anyone who’s ever gone to a comic convention will appreciate what Keith and I have done here — except maybe cosplayers.

And demons. And those long-suffering significant others of comic fans.

KD: I feel Jim and I wrote a funny, entertaining self-contained story, and since Josh Howard is drawing it, you know it’s going to be a great-looking book!

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Fryar joined lead singer and guitarist Brown, fiddler Jimmy De Martini, bassist John Driskell Hopkins, and guitarist and keyboardist Coy Bowles in 2008.

“I showed up and sat down behind the drum kit; musically, it just went really well, like putting on a really comfortable pair of jeans or like your favorite T-shirt. I felt very at home musically and with everybody’s personalities, just immediately felt like I was part of a family. And that was just the audition, and then I got the gig,” Fryar said.

Multi-instrumentalist Clay Cook joined the group in 2009.

In May, the band released, “Pass the Jar,” a DVD and two-CD set recorded live in Atlanta.

“When we get through with the show, we’re all completely exhausted because we’ve given all that we had to give, and we do that whether we’re playing in front of five people or 20,000, it does not matter,” Fryar said.

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July 6 at the Toledo Zoo. The show is sold-out.

“Have we ever played at a zoo?

Well, I don’t know; there’s definitely been some bars that we played at that resembled a zoo, a lot of ape-like activity going on,” Fryar joked during a call from Minnesota on a day off from the tour. “I didn’t realize that was really a zoo. Cool!”

His excitement was genuine, like the simple, good-time, countryflavored music the band has become known for since releasing “The Foundation” in 2008.

Consider lyrics from the group’s first hit, “Chicken Fried”: “You know I like my chicken fried/ Cold beer on a Friday night/ A pair of jeans that fit just right/ And the radio up.” And then there’s “Toes”: “I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand/ Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand/ Life is good today.”

“We have so many different musical influences that we allow to seep in and color the music that we play … to say that we’re just a country band is really not a correct way to describe us because we do have such heavy reggae and rock and funk influences, and we just try to bring it all to the table,” Fryar said.

Fans and critics are eating it up. The group’s debut was certified doubleplatinum in April by the Recording Industry of America. And in January, the band received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

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Funniest Home Videos The 700 Club (CC) Challenge Food Network Star B. Flay Flay Dinner: Impossible (N) Good Eats Unwrap House House Property Property Holmes on Homes House House Ren. First Place Reba (CC) Reba (CC) Reba (CC) Reba (CC) ››› Dave (1993) Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver. (CC) Will/Grace True Life True Life The Hills The Hills The Real World (N) The Real World (CC) Seinfeld Seinfeld Payne Payne There There Browns Browns Lopez Tonight ›› Cimarron (1960) ››› The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956, Comedy) ›› Bell, Book and Candle (1958) (CC) Bones (CC) Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order CSI: NY (CC) NCIS “Deception” NCIS “Caged” (CC) NCIS “Nine Lives” In Plain Sight (N) (CC) NCIS “Road Kill” (CC) Two Men Two Men America’s Next Model America’s Next Model Scrubs Scrubs Friends Bernie

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McCarver Base MLB Baseball Regional Coverage. (S Live) (CC) Simpsons Simpsons Cops (N) Cops Amer. Most Wanted News Seinfeld Wanda Sykes Tennis Turbo Shelldon Penguins Motorcycle Racing Track and Field TBA News News Paid America’s Got Talent America’s Got Talent Law & Order: SVU News SNL This Old House Hr Pepin Quilting Soundstage (CC) Beautiful World Getaways Seasoned Europe Rudy Lawrence Welk Robin Hood Antiques Roadshow As Time... Keep Up Vicar Plugged Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy CSI: Miami (CC) Criminal Minds Cults. Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) CSI: Miami (CC) Housewives/NJ Bethenny, Married Bethenny, Married Bethenny, Married Kathy Griffin: My Life Top Chef (CC) Top Chef (CC) Top Chef (CC) ›› The Legend of Zorro (2005) Antonio Banderas.

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Bids will be received by the Toledo Public School District (the “District or TPS”), at the School Board Office, Treasurers Room 3, 420 E. Manhattan Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43608 for the Bancroft Hills, Burroughs, Chase, Hawkins and Sherman Elementary School and Robinson Junior High School Pre-Demolition Asbestos/HazMat Abatement Project in accordance with the Drawings and Specifications prepared by: TTL Associates, Inc. 1915 N. 12th Street Toledo, Ohio 43604 Phone No. 419-324-2222 Fax No. 419-321-6252 The Construction Manager for the Project is:

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Any Proposed Equal for a Standard shall be submitted to the Consultant, no later than ten (10) days prior to the bid opening. If no Addendum is issued accepting the Proposed Equal, the Proposed Equal shall be considered rejected.

Sealed bids will be received for: Bid Item No. 1: Asbestos/HazMat Abatement of Bancroft Hills Elementary School Abatement Dates: August 4 through August 27, 2010 Bid Item No. 2: Asbestos/HazMat Abatement of Burroughs Elementary School Abatement Dates: August 4 September 24, 2010 Bid Item No. 3: Asbestos/HazMat Abatement of Chase Elementary School Abatement Dates: August 4 through August 27, 2010 Bid Item No. 4: Asbestos/HazMat Abatement of Hawkins Elementary School Abatement Dates: August 4 through September 10, 2010 Bid Item No. 5: Asbestos/HazMat Abatement of Robinson Junior High School Abatement Dates: August 4 through September 10, 2010 Bid Item No. 6: Asbestos/HazMat Abatement of Sherman Elementary School Abatement Dates: August 4 through September 3, 2010

Estimates $29,400.00 $178,600.00 $37,800.00 $153,800.00 $110,500.00 $102,000.00

until Thursday, July 8th, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. (as determined by Stratum clocking (cell phone time)) and will be opened publicly and read immediately thereafter.

The pre-bid meetings will be held on Friday, July 2nd, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. at Hawkins Elementary School located at 5550 West Bancroft in Toledo, Ohio afterwards we will head to the remaining sites in the order below. ATTENDANCE AT THE PRE-BID MEETING IS MANDATORY FOR ALL CONTRACTORS INTENDING ON SUBMITTING A BID. The following is the walkthrough schedule: 1.

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Hawkins Elementary School, 5550 West Bancroft, Toledo, OH Bancroft Hills, Elementary School, 2630 Montebello, Toledo, OH Burroughs Elementary School, 2404 South Avenue, Toledo, OH Robinson Junior High School, 1007 Grand Avenue, Toledo, OH Sherman Elementary School, 731 Sherman, Toledo, OH Chase Elementary School, 3315 Mayo, Toledo, OH

Maps will be provided to travel from site to site. ATTENDANCE AT ALL SITE VISITS IS MANDATORY, A SIGN-IN SHEET WILL BE PROVIDED AT EACH SITE. Bidders will be required to comply with the Toledo Public School District’s Community Inclusion Plan.

Contract Documents can be obtained from Toledo Blue Print, 6964 McNerney Street, Northwood, Ohio 43619, phone: (419) 6619841 for the cost of the printing, to be paid to the printing company at the time the drawings are picked up. CD-Rom copies of the bid drawings are also available from Toledo Blue Print for no cost with the purchase of the specification books.

The Contract Documents may be reviewed for bidding purposes without charge during business hours at the following locations: Maumee F.W. Dodge Plan Room The Plan Room Columbus F.W. Dodge Plan Room 3521 Briarfield Blvd., Suite D 3135 South State St., Suite 210 1175 Dublin Rd. Maumee, OH 43537 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Dublin, OH 43215-1073 PH: 419-861-1300 PH: 734-662-2570 PH: 614-486-6575 FX: 419-861-1325 FX: 734-662-1695 FX: 614-486-0544 University of Toledo Capacity Bldg.

Toledo, Ohio 43606 PH: 419-530-3120 FX: 419-530-3242

Builders Exchange 5555 Airport Hwy, Suite 140 Toledo, OH 43615 PH: 216-661-8300

Construction Association of Michigan 43636 Woodward Ave Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 PH: 248-972-1014 FX: 248-972-1136

Northwest Ohio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 303 Morris St. Toledo, Ohio 43602 PH: 419- 351-1521

E.O.P.A. - Hamilton Building 505 Hamilton St. Toledo, Ohio 43602 PH: 419-242-7304

Ohio Construction News 7261 Engle Rd., Suite 304 Cleveland, Ohio 44130 PH: 800-969-4700 Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce MCBAP 300 Madison Ave. Ste. 200 Toledo, Ohio 43604-1575 PH: 419-243-8191 FX: 419-241-8302

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Your 24/7 Pet Care Destination • 24-Hour Services • Emergency Care • Boarding • Dentistry • Doggie Day Care • Grooming • Exotic and Wildlife Animal Care • and More!

The Toledo Area Humane Society’s (TAHS) adoption program offers a wide variety of animals searching for a new home, including rabbits, hamsters and other pocket pets. Buster is just one of the many rabbits available for adoption at the humane society. He is a 2-yearold, male white rabbit. Buster was rescued from an animal hoarder by one of the humane agents at TAHS. He is a friendly rabbit that doesn’t mind being petted and will even allow you to pick him up. Rabbits are intelligent, affectionate and social animals that need daily interaction with people to keep them happy. They love to eat fresh fruits and veggies like apples, oranges and carrots. They can be litter trained and even trained to walk on a leash.

You can adopt a shelter rabbit for as little as $10.

Olivia is a 9-month-old Australian shepherd mix. She is an active girl with lots of energy. Her previous owner brought her to the Toledo Area Humane Society because she was too large and active for their small house. Olivia loves to run and is quick enough to outrun the most energetic of children. She is very social and loves to play with other dogs. She doesn’t mind cats, but she thinks it is fun to chase them around. Olivia likes to play with all kinds of toys and

should be given plenty of them to choose from. If she gets bored, she will occupy herself by chewing on things that are lying around. In her previous home, she didn’t have to spend much time by herself. She did have her own kennel for the times that she was alone so she won’t complain if she has to spend a little bit of time in a cage. Olivia is a smart girl and will pick up new training quickly. She does have some herding instincts so you can expect some barking if she is around animals that are unfamiliar to her. Olivia has been spayed, is up to date on her vaccinations, has been examined by a licensed vet and is microchipped.

Toledo Area Humane Society is located at 1920 Indian Wood Circle, Arrowhead Park, Maumee.

Adoption hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

Call (419) 891-0705 or visit www. toledoareahumanesociety.org.

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419.885.4421 4801 Holland-Sylvania (at Harroun) Sylvania, OH 43560 www.sylvaniavet.com Accredited member of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) since 1978.

All real estate advertised in this paper is subject to the federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, in the sale, rental, or financing of housing. This Publisher will not knowingly accept any advertising that violates any applicable law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this paper are available on an equal opportunity basis. If you believe you have been discriminated against in connection with the sale, rental, or financing of housing, call the Toledo Fair Housing Center, (419) 243-6163.

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