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Feed Lucas County Children M T hrough July 14, when you shop for supplies at Walt Churchill’s Markets, you will see store employees wearing the badge you see on this page.

You will be asked to make a two-second decision that could make a lifetime of difference.

At dozens of sites every summer, Feed Lucas County Children (FLCC) provides more than 242,000 meals in about 11 weeks.

FLCC Executive Director Tony Siebeneck said the meals are recognized as some of the healthiest in Ohio, using fresh fruit, whole wheat bread and low sodium.

Inspired by an initiative suggested by Columbia Gas of Ohio Communications and Community Relations Manager Chris Kozak, Thomas F.POUNDS Toledo Free Press is again partnering with Columbia Gas of Ohio and Walt Churchill’s Market to do more than talk about this crucial problem; we are going to actively try to make a difference.

Through July 14, there will be a “Round Up Hunger” drive at the Walt Churchill’s locations at 3320 Briarfield Blvd. in Maumee and 26625 Dixie Hwy. in Perrysburg (currently, there is no program similar to FLCC in Wood County, a situation Siebeneckk is assessing).

During the “Round Up Hunger” camunger” campaign, when you purchase groceries oceries at a Walt Churchill’s Market, you will ou will be asked if you can “round up” d up” your purchase to the next dollar. ollar.

That change, from 1 cent to 99 cents, will be donated 100 perercent to FLCC. We are in great debt to our our partners for recognizing the need to help FLCC and for steptepping up with their time, energy gy and resources.

We are not so naive to think we can eliminate hunger in our county, but wecan, can,in incoopcooperation with you, make a difference in thousands of lives during these challenging economic times.

We hope you are compelled by our series to offer whatever you can during the “Round Up Hunger” campaign, to help us show these children they are not invisible to us — that we know they need us, and that we are here for them. ✯

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arsha Dunaway and Albert Flores were both born children, Hannah Berlanga and Cristian Flores; his sister, Gladys M. Flores, as well as many nieces and nephews.” in 1948. They both taught at Libbey High School for Dunaway taught American and world history at Libbey, more than 35 years, influencing thousands of stuwith methodology far removed from Flores’ jabbing chaldents, including those in my 1985 graduating class. They both lenges. Reserved but not demure, she brought great condevoted much of their lives to community service. They both text to her lessons, as a gifted storyteller who died last week, within two days of each other. knew which elements of a tale would most It is dangerous to wax nostalgic about appeal to her audience. That approach was one’s high school teachers, three decades another early puzzle piece in my eventual aft er daily interaction has ended; time has career choice; there were other teachers who a way of smoothing rough edges. The gauze added to the recipe, but they are alive and of sentimentality wraps itself around munwell and I am superstitious about linking dane recollections, muting the complexities them to a eulogy. that color every student-teacher relationFrom Dunaway’s obituary: “Marsha gradship. Death is an additional scrubbing agent, uated from Bowsher High School in 1966 and transforming sinners into saints and saints from the University of Toledo in 1970 with a into supersaints.

Flores was my Spanish language teacher, Michael S. MILLER Bachelor’s in Education. Marsha received her Master’s in Education in 1979. She was an but he was much more than that. He was the first teacher I remember who wasn’t afraid to pull back American and world history teacher for 35 years at Libbey the curtain on the education process, to reveal its flaws and High School. Before retiring in 2005, Marsha helped to lead limitations. I will always remember how, whenever a stu- the Small Schools Initiative through the Bill Gates Foundation at Libbey. With her passion for dent would blow off an assignment or history, Marsha made it her goal to question the importance of a lesson, travel throughout the world, with her Flores would lustily sing the anthem most recent trips being to Northern from Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in Europe and Italy. Marsha was an active the Wall, (Part 2)”: “We don’t need no member of Olivet Lutheran Church; education,” he would mock. “All in all e participating in the choir, Bookworms you’re just another brick in the wall,” y Group and Women’s Bible Study. Left he h would grin, and then redouble his to cherish her memory is her loving eff e orts to teach the lessons. husband of 42 years, Gerald; children, I was a middling Spanish student; DUNAWAY FLORES Brian (Heather), Julie (Jason) Eaton; I loved the vocabulary, never fully brother, Todd (Kathy) Rogers; grandgrasped verb conjugation. But Flores, g who w seemed so wise and worldly to me, drilled the les- children, Katherine and McKenna Eaton; step-mother, sons again and again and taught me well enough to get me Rosie Rogers; mother-in-law, Hilda Dunaway; and many s through my the foreign language requirements I later faced other family members and friends.” t They are not the fi rst of my Libbey teachers to pass away. at a the University of Toledo.

More importantly, Flores encouraged the questioning of Fred Wesolowski and Debbie Wilhelms leftus long ago, and authority, a revelatory philosophy that set me on the path to there are undoubtedly others I would be saddened to learn a have died. my m life’s great interest in journalism.

Dunaway and Flores’ lives were intertwined by birthI won’t raise Flores any higher than that, as I tend to glorify my intellectual inspirations and heroes, but there is dates, careers and dates of passing. And while their influg this, from his obituary: “Albert A. Flores, 63, of Toledo … ence and memories will long live in the hearts and deeds t attended Heidelberg College where he graduated with de- of Libbey graduates, it is another painful reminder that the a grees in Sociology and Spanish. Later, he obtained his Mas- building in which they and so many others spent much of ter’s degree in Gifted and Talented Education from Bowling their lives has been reduced to rubble, nothing more than Green State University. He served as a Spanish teacher for bricks ground to dust.

That does not diminish the strength of the many foun36 years at Libbey High School. In 2008, he was awarded the Diamanté award for his leadership in the Hispanic dations Dunaway and Flores helped build. Their places community. He sat on the board of the University of To- in the wall are now empty, but they left thousands strong ledo EXCEL program as well as other community services. bricks to continue the long, fruitful construction. ✯ He is survived by his loving wife of 34 years, Mary; sons, Antolin (Emily Flores) and Benjamin (Lisa Yearsin Flores), Michael S. Miller is editor in chief ofToledo Free Pressand Toledo and daughter, Sarah Berlanga. Also surviving are his grand- Free Press Star. Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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

Mike Bower started in Ohio, moved to Indiana, then hit Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan and North Dakota.

He’s learned that windmill technicians are rare and valuable, that testifying before state House and Senate hearings is rewarding and that, sometimes, bodies of water expand instead of shrink.

But now he’s back in Ohio. And a homecoming, he has learned, is sweeter than charting new territories.

“Our youth, they’re always looking for something different,” he said. “It’s amazing after living in six states, you find out it’s just as good here in Ohio as it is anywhere else. But it takes moving from one state to another state to another over a period of time to find that out.”

The week of July 1 marked his first few days as president of Owens Community College. Bower has been busy meeting with faculty and department heads, chatting with students and getting accustomed to the area again.

While it’s a little too early for concrete plans, he intends to begin his new appointment by keeping collaboration with area universities on his to-do list, along with continuing credit transfer programs and keeping in close contact with students.

Mary Ellen Mazey, president of Bowling Green State University, wrote in a statement that Bower brings a “breadth of experience to Owens.”

“He is certainly well known and respected in higher education. His business acumen and his dedication to student learning and success will serve him well,” she wrote. “There are many opportunities for collaboration between BGSU and Owens, and I look forward to working with Dr. Bower in the future.”

Hard act to follow Bower is Owens Community College’s sixth president. Chosen from a pool of 300 applicants, Bower will fill the position left open by former president Larry McDougle who retired for health-related reasons in September.

The college’s board of trustees announced a national search last year and Vice President of Finance and Administration John Satkowski served as interim president while the board and a search committee tracked down candidates.

McDougle, who served for about a year and a half, brought stability to

the campus by attending state meetings with other community colleges, meeting students and making himself approachable to faculty and staff. He also managed to preside over a tight budget without making layoffs, said Dee Talmage, chair of the search committee.

“Larry McDougle is a hard act to follow; we loved him — we adored him,” Talmage said.

The search committee chose Bower for his experience in community colleges and business, his leadership capabilities and his high energy. His teaching experience at an Indiana University branch campus is a bonus, Talmage said, because he can empathize with teachers about how administrative decisions affect the classroom.

“He has the ability to network and is very warm and everyone feels like you can stop and chat with him,” she said.

“He’s very open and honest and a very nice, pleasant person to be around.”

Along with the challenge of filling McDougle’s shoes, Bower must face the growing problem all institutions must tackle: shrinking budgets, Talmage said. Cuts in state funding have pushed the 2012 college budget to $97.06 million, down from $103.86 million in 2011, according to information provided by Owens’ spokesperson Brad Meyer.

Although Bower most recently comes from a state that ranks high in economic growth because of oil drilling, he said the tight budget is nothing new because Nebraska state legislatures were frugal. And, thanks to his passion for wind energy, Bower knows all about wrangling on the House and Senate floor.

Devils Lake legacy Bower testified for four years to secure a $7.1 million wind turbine project at Lake Region State College (LRSC) in Devils Lake, N.D. The structure is a 1.6 megawatt, 385-foottall future power source for the campus that will also allow the college to sell energy credits, he said.

Bower also started the college’s wind farm technician program. The classes start simply by challenging students to make it to the top of the wind turbine. He said if they make it, the next step is to send them to the top with tools. If they can achieve that, they enroll in the program and come out with a skill that can earn them a starting salary of about $46,000 a year, he said.

He also initiated the creation of an Office of Institutional Research, led

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LRSC to a longer-term planning processes, expanded the nursing program by adding a simulation lab learning environment, added a student career adviser role and led the college through a Higher Learning Commission visit in 2011, which resulted in a 10-year continued accreditation status, according to an email from Erin Wood, director of marketing and communications for Lake Region State College.

Aside from academics, Bower kicked off some of the LRSC’s first sports teams. Volleyball, baseball, softball, basketball and golf were new additions under his lead.

Bower said he’s happy to be near Lake Erie, where he can continue fostering his hobby of fishing. But that’s not because Devils Lake didn’t have enough fish. In fact, the lake is expanding at a rate crippling to homeowners and farmers who live at its shore. The body of water has quadrupled in size over the past 17 years, rising by 27 feet and consuming 150,000 acres of land by flooding.

The region’s climate became wetter starting in the ’90s and has yet to

shift back. The lake has no outgoing streams to drain it, according to accuweather.com.

How he got here Bower served in the U.S. military from 1971-74, worked at the Ford Motor Lincoln Mercury Division in Cincinnati until 1980 and moved on to Thomson Consumer Electronics in Chillicothe, Ohio, and Marion, Ind., until 1994. He taught technical program classes at Ivy Tech State College and management classes at Indiana University’s Kokomo campus through the ’90s. He served as associate dean, and later became dean of Academic Education & Training Programs at Central Community College in Columbus, Neb., until 2001, when he moved to Eau Claire, Wis., to become campus dean at Chippewa Valley Technical College.

He headed back to the Midwest in 2004 for Mott Community College, where he was the executive dean for extension campuses, continuing education and corporate services. His last

appointment was in Devils Lake, N.D. Before finishing his doctoral degree at the University of Nebraska, he had previously earned a Master of Business Administration from the department of business at Indiana Wesleyan University and a Bachelor of Science in industrial supervision at Indiana State University.

Bower, who grew up in Chillicothe, was accepted to The Ohio State University but didn’t have the money to go. He had secured a full ride to earn a two-year associates in applied science degree at Vincennes University in Indiana, so he decided to start there.

He said he can empathize with students concerned about affordable education. Semester tuition at Owens Community College ranges depending on number of credit hours, from $146 for one to $2,827.60 for 24 credit hours for in-state students.

Out-of-state students pay $276.56 and $5,438.20, respectively.

“The most important degree I have was from a two-year school,” Bower said. “Why? Because I could afford it.” ✯

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JEFF SAILER, NEW DIRECTOR OF THE TOLEDO ZOO, WAS BORN AND RAISED IN INDIANA. HE HAS WORKED AT ZOOS IN MIAMI AND NEW YORK CITY.

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Some children want to be firefighters when they grow up. Some want to be artists or the president of the United States.

Since Jeff Sailer was a child, he wanted to be a zoo director.

Sailer will continue living out his dream as he takes over for Anne Baker as executive director, effective Aug. 1.

“I’m one of those people that’s been blessed with doing what they have always wanted to do,” Sailer, 37, said.

The decision came after a nearly six-month search prompted by Baker’s decision to retire after six years as executive director, said Zac Isaac, president of the Zoo Board of Directors.

Baker will help Sailer transition into his new position, Isaac said.

“We engaged a search firm, Isaacson Miller, out of Boston and Washington, D.C., and they helped us through the

search process,” Isaac said.

A search committee consisting of five board members, the past zoo chairman and three or four other community leaders worked through a process of evaluating resumes and conducting interviews of the top five candidates, Isaac said. Once they narrowed it down to two finalists, the Zoo Board reviewed both resumes and conducted an extensive interview of each candidate before making the ultimate decision.

Isaac said Sailer is the “right person at the right time with the right experience” for the job with duties that include fiscal responsibility, animal welfare, conservation and education.

“It was [Sailer’s] experience and career, No. 1, also his passion for conservation and education in the zoo world,” Isaac said of the board’s decision. “He’ll bring great leadership skills as well as great ideas to take us forward and make us an even better zoo than we are today.”

Fascination with animals Sailer was born and raised in Indiana, where a fascination with animals was cultivated early on through a passion for birds. Sailer began keeping birds when he was 7 years old. He lived on a small farm where his dad kept birds and each of his siblings had their own hobby, Sailer said.

“I always kept birds, not so much as pets but more like a garden in that I didn’t name each of them or anything,” Sailer said. “That interest really helped generate an interest in zoos.”

Sailer, being a “precocious youngster,” tracked down the names of the curators at his zoo and wrote letters to them about the birds, to which the curators responded with information. Little did they know the curious bird enthusiast was a 12-year-old boy.

“They were surprised when I showed up (at the zoo) with my father, who drove me,” Sailer said.

Sailer received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Ball State University before attending the University of Florida (UF) for graduate school.

While earning his master’s degree, Sailer traveled throughout the South Pacific and supported himself by teaching ecology classes to nonbiology students at UF. “Those five years were some of the most rewarding work I’ve ever done,” Sailer said. “I was dealing with people [for whom] biology and ecology were new, so it was exciting to them. I was also getting them when they were out on their own for the first time and in school because they wanted to be there.”

Sailer said each year he had one or two students who, after taking his class, switched their major to biology or at least decided to get more involved with biology. Sailer credits this to his hands-on approach to learning.

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■ ZOO CONTINUED FROM A6 “I always thought, ‘who wants to do a paper or busy work?’ I gave them an option — they could either do a five-page paper or ten hours of volunteering,” Sailer said. “The hands-on stuff got them excited about biology; they got to meet actual scientists doing work. That would be a hook to get people to switch over to biology.”

Sailer’s teaching experience influenced his management style in future zoo careers, he said.

“Zoos have an amazing opportunity to do that as well,” Sailer said.

“With projects and internships … [zoos] really can change lives.”

Upon receiving his master’s degree, Sailer took a position as curator of birds at the Miami MetroZoo. According to a news release issued by the zoo, because Hurricane Andrew had destroyed most of the bird department facilities in 1992, Sailer helped plan and build a 1.5-acre Asian-themed aviary with a world-class bird collection. However, Sailer’s experience in Miami was not limited to birds.

“It may have seemed that way on paper, but with the way the zoo was broken up in Miami, my keepers were

taking care of other animals in my area,” Sailer said, including rhinoceroses and crocodiles.

In 2006, Sailer moved to New York City to become the curator of animals for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo. Shortly after this, Sailer was promoted to director of the Central Park Zoo and later to director of city zoos.

“One of the reasons I went to New York was to get more experience with other animals. I have a great interest in fish, reptiles, amphibians and [many others],” Sailer said. “[Transitioning to director] was even more fun because now I was in the position to provide support to give others the opportunities I had. I really like birds but I really don’t work with birds anymore; but now I get to be the person that allows others to follow the passions they have.”

As director of city zoos, Sailer was responsible for overseeing Central Park, Prospect Park and Queens Zoos, which all together receive about 1.6 million guests a year.

“With every zoo, no matter where it is, you have an amazing amount of responsibility,” Sailer said. “...You have the responsibility for the public coming into the park, you have the responsibility of animal collections

and a staff that is usually putting in 150 percent for 100 percent pay.

You have all those different things weighing on you and you want to do right by all of them.”

Sailer said that while it carries great responsibility, his career reaps great rewards.

“I get to see a toddler see their first elephant or see someone fuel their passion for conservation,” Sailer said.

“It’s a lot of responsibility and stress, but also a lot of rewards.”

Great opportunity Sailer said he is very excited to be moving to Toledo, which he said has everything he is looking for in a city.

“It’s a great opportunity and I will enjoy being closer to my family (in Indiana),” Sailer said. “It’s a smaller community where people know each other. … There’s an amazing amount of cultural and entertaining options here, and you don’t see that in a lot of small towns. … I think the region as a whole offers a lot to do, but in a community where everyone knows everyone.”

Once Sailer moves to the Glass City, he said his priorities are the aquarium and penguin projects at the Toledo Zoo because they are both pretty far along in design and

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are major exhibits that need to be completed. Sailer also plans to emphasize education and staff involvement in zoo projects.

“The education program will receive a lot from me,” Sailer said. “It’s one of the most important missionrelated elements in a zoo. With a lot of facilities, it is not given the importance it deserves. [The Toledo Zoo] has a fabulous program, but there is always room to do more.”

One of Sailer’s main focuses in New York City was staff development, allowing the entire staff to take credit for zoo success. This success includes an increased revenue and attendance over the past six years, according to the news release.

“Whenever possible we did inhouse projects and really involved as much of the staff as possible,” Sailer said. “With some of the animal-related programs, even if there wasn’t a direct role for maintenance and operations folks, they realized how important they were to the program. … They took pride because I pointed out to them that it’s not one-sided, it’s not all about the animal department.

“I’d like to see the same sort of programmatic [approach] here, by finding ways to draw in as many of

Profile of Excellence: Gail Swartz Owens Community College Alumna Gail Swartz grew up in Moline, Ohio and attended Lake High School.

After graduating from high school she began working at a plant assembling corrugated boxes for an auto industry supplier.

After a few years, she moved into the office and starting completing various office functions including some accounting. Because of a recession at that time, her hours were cut. She decided to attend Owens Community College.

“I wanted to get a degree in something I was good at,” said Swartz.

“Accounting seemed like a perfect fit for me.”

She attended classes at night and worked full time during the day.

She took two classes a semester in order to make her schedule work for her.

“I found so many students who were in similar situations.

Most students had time crunches, family responsibilities and work responsibilities,” said Swartz.

About six months before graduation, there was an opening in the Business Affairs Department at Owens for an inventory purchasing specialist. In 1982, she graduated and continued working at Owens.

“I found Owens rewarding and challenging. I was proud to become an employee there,” said Swartz.

Gail Swartz Procurement Specialist, Owens Community College 1982 Graduate

Thirty years later, she is still proud to be a part of Owens Community College. Her position has grown from being a small part of just one department to leading the college to strategic partnerships in the supply chain.

the departments as possible,” Sailer said. “When the staff is building programs, they’re going to take pride in it because it’s something they built.”

Sailer said the Toledo Zoo staff is one of the positive points about his move to Ohio.

“You can see from the quality of the exhibits and the cleanliness of the parks, this group of employees feels very strongly about their zoo,” Sailer said.

One of the most impressive and telling aspects of the Toledo Zoo is the longevity of its staff, Sailer said.

“When I was interviewing here, [the board] was telling me how long they’ve each been at the zoo and I was floored,” Sailer said. “Only two people have been here less than five years, and one person had been here for 42 years.”

Sailer said the variety in his daily duties keeps his zoo career interesting and exciting.

“What’s kept me in this career is that each day is different. Absolutely no two days are the same. … It’s an intersection of dealing with people, animals, weather and the community,” Sailer said. “You can’t get bored doing that. It keeps your creativity high and keeps you young.” ✯

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Now technology plays a role in her daily tasks, made purchasing easier and made tracking spending trends easier. The College belongs to purchasing consortiums in order to save funds and leverage pricing discounts.

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The next trend in purchasing is using software and online ordering to consolidate purchasing. Swartz is testing a new system at Owens called BuySmart, which would allow integrated purchasing College-wide.

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Swartz expects to see savings in time when the purchasing is consolidated to online ordering, expediting purchase orders, next day delivery and a greater ability to leverage pricing discounts.

Swartz is also President of the Support Staff Union at Owens.

She serves as the liaison between the support staff at Owens and the College administration and serves as an advocate for the employees.

Swartz is eligible to retire thanks to her 30 years of service.

“It is nice to have the option, but I don’t have any plans for retirement right now,” said Swartz.

“I found Owens rewarding and challenging.”

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State auditor examining fund that gives sheriffs, county prosecutors ample spending discretion

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

When county budgets shrink, prosecutors and sheriffs can count on at least one source of money: the Furtherance of Justice Fund (FOJ).

But by autumn, they may no longer be able to depend on unfettered access to that cash.

The FOJ is funded by local tax revenue. Officials are free to use the allowance how ever they choose as long as they deem their purchases necessary to perform official duties and “further justice,” according to the relevant statute.

The officials have extensive discretion as to what constitutes furthering justice. The state auditor’s office has a list of permissible purchases but the guidelines are broad. The list includes witness expenses, mileage coverage

during official business, meals, mementos and retirement gifts, law books, training, office equipment, courtroom expenses and a few others. The statute, last modified in the ’90s, is vague, said William Owen, chief legal counsel for the Ohio Auditor’s Office.

For some, “furthering justice” means paying for employee training or law books, office supplies or undercover operaYOST tions. For others, it means paying for luncheons or promotional items. In one case, former Ottawa County Sheriff Bob Bratton used the fund to pay for his clothes, haircuts and Cedar Point tickets.

State Auditor Dave Yost is examining the validity of using the money for chari-

table donations, employee lunches and promotional items. He will commence meetings with the Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association and the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association to discuss new parameters in the coming weeks. Owen said the goal is to put together a bulletin about the changes by fall.

Vague and wide open Some within the Prosecuting Attorneys Association are not happy.

“It’s vague and wide open and I would prefer to keep it that way,” said John Murphy, executive director of the association. “The prosecutor is an elected official and is responsible for what he’s doing and if he’s not using the money properly he can be thrown out of office.”

Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates said it would be impossible to make a list of every possible expense that a prosecutor could defend as fur-

thering justice.

“They want to control everything,” she said. “The buzz comes from when someone does something crazy. You take an oath, you get elected; if the public thinks you are not doing your job because you bought the grand jurors’ coffee with the FOJ fund then they can throw you out of office.”

Bates uses much of her $59,331.50 FOJ fund for supplies, newspaper subscriptions, books, training, member dues and caring for witnesses. This might include buying clothes for a witness if he or she does not have anything nice to wear to court, or covering the transit fees and hotel costs for experts that take the stand, said John Borell, assistant prosecutor.

Bates said her office spends some of the FOJ fund on plaques or awards for employee recognition. Lunch expenses totaled $785.45 in 2011.

As for the coffee? The amount spent

to keep jurors and staff caffeinated during 2011 totaled $3,628.47. Bates’ bill also lists $1,374.90 worth of flowers.

“We’ve had a lot of deaths — not only employees, but employees’ husbands, a kid, brothers, really a lot. And we have six pregnant women here right now; so we use the flowers only for that purpose, for a funeral or a birth,” Bates said. “You might think, ‘Oh, does everyone have an orchid sitting on their counters?’ No. But it’s a way of saying, from our office, ‘We’re sorry.’”

Paying for items with FOJ money is quick and easy. Jeff Grey, president of the Buckeye Sheriff Association likened the fund to a personal checking account. Lucas County Sheriff James Telb said securing money from the annual budget could take up to three or four days, compared to the immediate checks he and his assistant can write from the FOJ fund.

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LUCAS COUNTY

‘Round Up Hunger’ campaign helps feed local children

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

Siebeneck said with the creation of the organization’s new community kitchen, where all the meals will be prepared and distributed, FLCC could possibly be the first county in Ohio to end summer hunger.

Twenty-four thousand kids live at or below the poverty line in Lucas County, and this kitchen would be able to feed 20,000 children a day, Siebeneck said.

“We already have the building [for the new kitchen] identified,” Siebeneck said. “Right now we just need every living soul to redirect their philanthropy to this kitchen, just for one year. It will give back for decades down the road.”

The new kitchen will continue to provide healthy, FDA-approved meals, Siebeneck said.

“When the Ohio Department of Education released higher standards [for school meals] in January and February, we were already meeting or exceeding 95 percent of the standards,” Siebeneck said.

On any given day in June, the number of meals delivered may be 3,400, but it drastically increases to about 6,000 in July, for no identified reason, Siebeneck said.

He said the organization has outgrown its rented space in the old Macomber High School building Down-

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After last year’s “Round Up Hunger” campaign raised $5,975 for Feed Lucas County Children (FLCC), Executive Director of FLCC Tony Siebeneck is excited to see its return.

“I think we’re going to see more funds raised because the public is getting more informed on the child hunger issue,” Siebeneck said.

The two-week campaign will run to July 14. During this time, customers at both Walt Churchill’s Market locations (3320 Briarfield Blvd. in Maumee and 26625 Dixie Hwy. in Perrysburg) will be asked if they want to “round up” their total purchase amount to the next whole dollar, with the difference going to help FLCC build their new community kitchen.

Columbia Gas of Ohio, Toledo Free Press and Walt Churchill’s Market partnered to sponsor this campaign.

“It gives everyone the chance to feel like they’re making a difference. Even if it’s a small amount out of someone’s budget, when we put it together it can make a difference,” said Chris Kozak, communications manager at Columbia Gas. Kunal Dawar, assistant store manager and grocery director at Walt

Churchill’s Market in Maumee said last year one customer donated $50.

“You can definitely give more if you so choose,” Dawar said.

FLCC aims to feed children who live below the poverty line in Lucas County by serving free, nutritious meals at various community locations throughout the day. FLCC serves the community all year long, but its busiest time of the year is summer. Since 2002, the organization has fed more than 700,000 children 18 and younger.

This summer, FLCC is serving from more than 80 countywide locations.

“I was so impressed with what [Tony] does, and the impact he has on the lives of children across Lucas County. It’s inspiring to see someone do something that has that impact.

We’re honored to be a part of the program,” Kozak said.

FLCC had made such an impact on the area that the organization was recently called upon to speak to the state Senate on summertime child hunger.

“I did a conference call when the Senate was in session because they wanted a real understanding of the summer hunger issue and they were impressed by the Lucas County program,” Siebeneck said. “Out of the [88] counties in Ohio, about 10 have no food program in place during the summer for kids.”

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FROM LEFT, TONY SIEBENECK OF FEED LUCAS COUNTY CHILDREN, CHRIS KOZAK OF COLUMBIA GAS AND WALT CHURCHILL.

town on Monroe Street. Siebeneck said FLCC will keep its old equipment and purchase some new, bigger machines, along with two more prep tables and two unloading docks for semitrucks. The approximately 200 volunteers FLCC uses will remain the same, Siebeneck said.

The Perrysburg location of Walt Churchill’s Market is in Wood County, which will soon be receiving assistance from FLCC. “Next year we already know we’re going to be feeding kids in Wood County, south of Rossford,” Siebeneck said. “The percentage of kids eligible for reduced and free lunches is climbing in Perrysburg and Wood County schools. We have already had two groups contact us so we will be feeding kids there next summer.

So the campaign will benefit Wood County as much as Lucas.”

Siebeneck said hunger doesn’t have any boundaries.

“Even if we take other communities like Sylvania, Maumee, Oregon, the number of kids falling into the category [of poverty] each year is increasing,” Siebeneck said.

Siebeneck said by serving food at area community organizations such as churches, schools and other centers, FLCC is providing the foundation for those organizations to grow and increasing its own its visibility in the community.

“It’s a win-win for everybody,” Siebeneck said.

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By Caitlin McGlade and Brian Bohnert TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS cmcglade@toledofreepress.com

At least 500 people packed the Wolcott House lawn Thursday morning but they hardly made a sound until about 11:30 a.m.

And then there was no silencing them.

The mere mention of President Barack Obama’s name ignited chant of “Four more years,” accentuated with much whooping, hollering and fist pumping. When Obama took the podium to kick off his “Betting on America” tour, he acknowledged that the chaotic nature of campaign season might make it tempting to tune out political news.

“I understand it’s not always pretty to watch,” Obama said. “There’s been more money flooding into the system than we’ve ever seen before, more negative ads, more cynicism and most of what you read about or hear about in the news has to do with who is up or down in the polls instead of what these issues actually mean for you and for America.”

The Republicans have raised more than $266.7 million for the presidential campaign and the Democrats have raised more than $255.2 million, according to the Federal Election Commission.

‘Betting on America’ Obama continued by saying that he believes in an America where hard work pays off and responsibility is rewarded through generations.

“I lived it, that’s my biography,” he said. “I had grandparents who served us in World War II... I had a hardworking mom who raised me and my sister right but also had some help so that we could end up going to the best schools in the country even though we didn’t have a lot of money.”

But, he said, this ideal was in jeopardy during the 2008 election.

He commended his followers who joined him during that campaign, the folks who had witnessed people who “behaved irresponsibly make out like bandits” just before the economic crisis struck. He assured his listeners that the crisis did not change America’s character — and that his campaign’s mission is to bring back a sense of security that has been lost.

“What’s holding us back from meeting our challenges is not a lack of ideas, it’s not a lack of solutions, but we’ve got a stalemate in Washington between these two visions of where the

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DISCUSSED THE AUTO INDUSTRY DURING A JULY 5 CAMPAIGN STOP IN MAUMEE.

country needs to go,” Obama said.

He said his opponent believes that prosperity comes from the top down.

“I think they’re wrong about their vision,” he said.

He pointed to loose regulation on Wall Street as the catalyst for the economic crisis. He also called out Romney for a statement he made about “letting Detroit go bankrupt” when the automobile companies nearly failed. The government provided General Motors and Chrysler about $80 billion in loans in 2008 to save them from collapse.

Since then, the companies have declared bankruptcy, begun repaying the loans, started to turn a profit and have rehired many of those laid off during the crisis. All of this came along with employee sacrifices and restructuring. Many of the rehires took pay cuts or surrendered bonuses and extra days off.

“I want goods shipped around the world stamped with ‘Made in America,’” Obama said, later adding, “As long as I’m president, I’m going to be waking up every single day thinking about how we can create

more jobs for your families and more security for your communities.”

Obama outlined some of his successes in office, including passing health care reform with the Affordable Care Act, helping homeowners refinance their houses and pulling troops from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.

He invigorated the crowd by naming the reasons motivating him to run.

“I’m running because I believe, in America, nobody should go bankrupt because they get sick,” Obama said.

“I’m running because after a decade of war, it’s time to do some nationbuilding at home.”

Above the din of cheering, Obama told his supporters he wants to use half the money the country has used in war to “put people back to work” by rebuilding roads, bridges and schools.

‘A Hell of a Job’ Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Marcy Kaptur were among those who spoke before the president took the podium.

Strickland credited Obama for keeping the country out of a Great

Depression-sized crisis and Brown asked his audience to find five undecided friends and “make them (their) projects” for the next few months.

Ina Sidney, a steering column manufacturer, introduced Obama.

She has worked at the Toledo Machining Plant in Perrysburg for about 16 years but a few years ago she found herself out of a job. She said she and her co-workers were told to quit what they were doing and leave, and security personnel stood by as they packed up to make sure no one took anything. While that was heartbreaking enough, she said, the worst part was hanging in limbo during those few months before she got her job back.

She credits the auto industry loans and Obama’s support of the middle class for her turnaround.

“I think he did, excuse my French, a hell of a job considering the mess he walked into,” she said.

Carol Myers, a 59-year-old Toledo-area resident, said she is also pleased with Obama’s performance thus far. She said he’s kept all of his promises by, for example, passing health care reform and pulling

troops from the wars.

Janet Russ Jones, a Maumee resident, isn’t so sure she approves of all that the president has done. She is undecided as to whether she’ll vote for Obama in the election.

“We have to control the spending,” Jones said. “I like the programs he has in mind but sometimes we have to bite the bullet like we do at home.”

The Democratic Party has led presidential elections in Lucas County for years, scoring more than 60 percent of the vote for its candidate for at least the last two elections, according to records at the Lucas County Board of Elections.

‘Promise Gap Tour’ Hours before Obama spoke in Maumee, three prominent Republicans set up in an attempt to defy those numbers. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty addressed supporters of Romney at the Courtyard Marriott hotel in Maumee. The two were joined by Republican Representative Bob Latta.

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JULY 8, 2012 ■ OBAMA CONTINUED FROM A12 The event, dubbed the “Middle Class Promise Gap Tour,” began around 8:30 a.m. and focused heavily on Obama’s perceived broken promises to middle-class Ohioans. The speakers discussed issues ranging from health care and the national debt to unemployment and what they described as China’s poor trade practices.

Obama noted during his speech that his administration filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization against China’s trade practices. “[Obama] is dubbing his tour the ‘Betting on America’ tour.

Well, of course, we should all bet on America, but we shouldn’t double-down on Barack Obama,” Pawlenty said. “His presidency has been a losing hand for Ohio and for America; and, I think we should dub his tour “The Broken Promises Tour’ for America’s middle class.”

Highlighted were economic promises the president made during a 2008 stop to the Buckeye State. Pawlenty addressed Obama’s promise to lower the nation’s unemployment rate in the United States and increase economic stability amongst manufacturing and agricultural jobs in the Midwest.

“When the President was run-

ning last time he said if he can’t get this economy turned around it should be a one-term proposition.

We agree,” Pawlenty said. “He said he would cut the nation’s budget deficit in half. He didn’t cut it in half, he nearly tripled it. They predicted the unemployment rate nationally would go to about 5.6 percent.

It went not just to 8 percent or 10 percent, but higher. Another broken promise … And now today he’s going to come through Ohio and talk about the importance of manufacturing when during his time as president, 559,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost in America.”

Among the aforementioned suffering Ohio businesses is Nagle Companies, a local refrigerated truck business. Ed Nagle, CEO of the company, said Obama’s presidency has forced him to downsize from 80 to 28 trucks, taking both money and job security away from himself and his employees. “[Obama’s presidency] has been detrimental, not only to us as a company, but also to all the families out there,” Nagle said.

Latta criticized the Obama administration for not exploring natural gas, oil, nuclear and electrical energy enough as energy sources.

Pawlenty bemoaned the Afford-

able Care Act, calling the future of health care in America bleak.

The stipulations of the Affordable Care Act include a personal health insurance mandate, (although certain low-income Americans qualify for subsidies), a law that allows grown children to stay on their parents’ insurance until they reach 27 years old and a clause that prohibits health insurance companies from discriminating against people with preexisting conditions.

Jindal expressed concern about Obama’s “broken promises,” calling the president’s current tactics a distraction from his political shortcomings.

“The president cannot run entirely on his record so he’s going to try to distract us; but we’re smarter than that,” Jindal said. “We’ve had enough of broken promises. We can’t afford another four more years of onthe-job training.”

Many concerned Republicans shared the same sentiments. Frank Como, a Wood County resident for nearly 30 years, said he was not impressed with Obama’s first term. He said Romney’s background as a businessperson gives him the financial experience to lead the U.S. back to economic success. “[Obama] spends money on anything and he throws money on any-

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thing,” Como said. “I think [businesspeople] have more care about money.

In business, you have to have a plan or a policy put in place if you’re going to spend money. I think Romney will look at where money should be spent and how it should be spent.”

A Lucas County resident for most of her life, Sandy Boellner said her focus is less political and more social. While her vote will undoubtedly depend on a variety of social and political issues, she said her biggest complaint against the president is his “pro-choice” affiliation.

“If you don’t have a right to life in this country, what do you have?” she said. “There have been over 50 million babies since Roe v. Wade that would’ve been part of the workforce by now. They would have been a part of Social Security, or helping to support Medicare and contributing to our country.”

As for the Democrats’ historic success in Lucas County? Latta said he surmises that voters are ready for a change.

“We’ve got people between 18 and 29 with a 12.1 percent unemployment rate in this country, and people coming out of school with large debts on top of their heads and a 53 percent unemployment rate right now. What has this president done?” Latta said.

“When I go out and talk to a lot of

different groups, I’ll ask this one question a lot: ‘How many of you in this room think that your kids are going to have a better future than you?’ and I’ve been to meetings with over 200 people and not one of them raised their hands. This is the first generation in American history that doesn’t believe the next generation is going to be better off.”

After the Maumee stop, the Romney bus hosted a 12:15 p.m. rally in Parma, Ohio, followed by a stop in northeastern Ohio in the Mahoning Valley.

‘Exhilarating’ Obama left Maumee for Sandusky shortly after his speech. From there, his campaign traveled to Parma as part of the “Betting on America” tour.

At the end of his speech, many of the audience members ambled away looking dazed and bearing enormous grins. Susan, 70, and Patrick Grove, 71, of Sylvania said they waited in line for more than two hours beneath the blazing sun Monday to secure tickets. Patrick canvasses neighborhoods two to three times a week and Susan makes phone calls for the Democratic Party.

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Toledoan Alex Rapp made it through World War II unscathed, but not for lack of action.

The Naval aviator, now 94, was stationed on the USS Yorktown and flew a Grumman TBF. “That was a rugged airplane. It could take an awful beating,” Rapp said. “Our job was to sink ships, blow up hangars, blow up airfields, anything we could destroy. We were all over that ocean. I estimate I killed about 2,000 Japanese myself. It’s a big ocean. They had lots of places and we bombed them all.”

One place in particular he recalls is Truk Lagoon, now known as Chuuk Lagoon, in the Caroline Islands.

“Truk was a big installation in the middle of the Pacific,” Rapp said. “It made our Pearl Harbor look like a little hole in the wall. It was a powerful place. We attacked that four times. Oh boy, that was a dangerous place.”

Although never injured, Rapp had several close calls.

One came when he was lined up for takeoff too close to the end of the carrier’s runway.

“We were supporting landings at Saipan and I was the first of six planes to take off from the carrier, just after dawn. I got down to the end of the deck and I only had 69 knots. It takes 72 knots to fly, so I’m sinking down right to the ocean,” Rapp said. “It takes patience and nerve just to hold everything steady and I finally got that plane up in the air. The dangerous part was I had depth charges. If I would have hit the water, they would have blown me right up. When I came back, the flight officer came up to me and said, ‘I apologize to you. I only gave you 300 feet for takeoff and it should have been 330 feet.’ I could have punched him in the nose.”

Another time, Rapp left with a group of 150 pilots on a bombing mission to Kwajalein, an atoll in the Marshall Islands, but when they arrived

at the specified location, the intended target was nowhere in sight. They soon located the ship further down the coast, but getting there used extra fuel.

“I got right down on the water, right at the ship, dropped the bomb and went over,” Rapp said. “I could see a guy shooting at me from the stern of the ship and, when I went over, why, he hit me underneath and blew a hole in the plane. But that was the easy part.”

Meanwhile, the group of carriers the planes had taken off from came under attack by the Japanese and radioed to say they were moving out.

Already low on fuel from the miscalculated bombing location, the pilots would now have farther to fly to make it back.

“We were expendable,” Rapp said.

“They left us, but we finally caught up with them. We all landed while the Japanese were attacking. We got aboard the carrier and had to find places to hide. I had 23 gallons of gasoline left and these other guys had less. They were patting me on the back saying, ‘Boy, you were terrific to save all that gas.’ So we made it back, but that was a rough day.”

TBFs were designed to carry torpedoes, but the pilots used bombs instead because it was safer. To minimize their chances of being shot down, the pilots would dive at more than 300 mph toward their targets.

“You’d try to get as fast as you could go,” Rapp said. “With torpedoes, you had to fly low and slow, but with bombs, you could go in fast and still have a lot of speed to get out of there.”

Rapp recalled dropping a torpedo only once, near Saipan.

“There were nine of us loaded with torpedoes and we chased this destroyer and caught up with it and attacked it,” Rapp said. “Five planes attacked from the port side and four planes came in from the starboard side and we bracketed that ship. They hit at almost the same time and it was the biggest explosion I’d ever seen. Just like that, it disappeared.”

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“We were about 1,000 miles

away, but we sailed back there and loaded up 11 planes and brought them 11 tons of food,” Rapp said.

“The runway was made out of coral and it was just as white as can be.

I was flying in and thought to myself, ‘Boy, this is beautiful. I’ve never seen anything so beautiful.’ The food came from our ship. We ate a lot of rice after that.”

Five brothers Rapp was the oldest of eight siblings. All four of his younger brothers also served in the military.

“We were all over the world,” Rapp said. “It must have been tough on our parents, all the boys being gone. I think about it once in a while, but my mother and father were tough people. They were im-

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migrants from Europe.”

His brother Gene was drafted into the Army and was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked.

“He said it was terrible and we were not prepared for anything,” Rapp said. “He was at Hickam Field and the Japanese shot up all the planes that were on the runways.”

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drafted, Rapp and another brother, Joseph, joined up.

Joseph served in the Army and Air Force with a B-29 photographic intelligence unit.

“His group had more pictures and knew more about Japan than the Japanese did,” Rapp said.

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Less commotion.”

“It’s more comfortable.”

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

“Everything is easy to read.”

“People are patient and explain things.”

A Lourdes University professor and a local librarian collaborated recently on two projects related to veterans.

Lourdes University professor Holly Baumgartner and Amy Hartman, formerly adult services librarian at the Sylvania Branch Library, created a series of veteran’s writing workshops co-hosted by Lourdes and the library.

They collected the stories into a book, “In Our Boots,” which chronicles the experiences of veterans who served in Iraq, Korea, Vietnam and World War II, according to a news release.

The book is available at the Main Toledo-Lucas County Public Library and Sylvania branch and has also been submitted as one of the many memorialized artifacts in the U.S. Army War College Library and U.S. Army Heritage & Educational Center. ✯ — Sarah Ottney

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A VIEW FROM THE GULCH

Let’s get back to independence A

s I contemplate Independence Day, I can’t help but think back to our Founding Fathers — what they were like and what they would think of us today. My perception of them is of rugged individualists who wanted to be left alone to create and do for themselves. They came here to escape tyranny and oppression and knew the price to be self-reliant would be high.

They worked very hard through very harsh conditions. I can’t imagine how difficult it was to settle a chunk of land with nothing but hand tools, a horse and a strong back.

Banks back then were little more than depositories for people to store their money in a safe place. Loans from banks were nothing like they are today and the modern stock market didn’t exist. There are days when I wish for these much simpler times even though it would be much more work.

Enough of waxing nostalgic. How

can we be more independent today?

In advising my clients, one of the first things I recommend is to get out of debt. Especially on nonappreciating assets, e.g., cars and appliances but also on personal real estate, like your house.

Gary L. There are many advisers who will recommend that you mortgage your home to the max for the longest period you can and lock in the interest rate. The thought process is that we are due for some serious inflation and you will be able to pay off that debt with cheaper dollars in the future.

While mathematically this may be true, there is a psychological aspect to being debt-free. It is very liberating when no one has a claim on you or your property. Owning your own

home free and clear is the very foundation of personal property rights.

Personal property rights are the basis of all rights.

If you don’t have the right to private property, you don’t have the right to much of anything else.

Secondly, those of you who have listened to RATHBUN me on the radio or read other columns know I am a believer in hard assets. Everyone should have some gold and silver investments.

I also think it is a good idea to own some physical precious metals, just in case. I doubt that the U.S. will ever get back to a gold standard for our currency but it doesn’t hurt to have some insurance in case we hit a serious stretch of inflation.

Thirdly, and maybe most importantly, we need to resist the temp-

tation to look to the government for solutions to our problems. Each of us has the power to take control of most aspects in our lives and we should strive to do so. You need to make arrangements to take care of any catastrophic needs you may have in the future that can’t be handled quickly and locally.

Don’t get me wrong; I am not predicting the collapse of the economy.

Nor am I saying that you should build a bunker in the backyard and stock it with a couple of years’ worth of dehydrated food. What I am saying is think about how independent or dependent you are and what would you do in the event of a problem, either personal or community-wise?

When Benjamin Franklin was asked what he and the other Founding Fathers had created in the meetings they were holding he answered, “A republic, if you can keep it.” Can we

keep it? We are definitely at a turning point in history and it is up to us as individuals to keep the republic or lose it. As the German officer Otto Von Bismarck stated, “We march individually but we fight together.”

As you observe July 4 this year, think about where we came from and where we are going and what role do you want to play. Let’s truly celebrate our independence. ✯ Gary L. Rathbun is the president and CEO of Private Wealth Consultants, LTD. He can be heard on 1370 AM WSPD every day at 4:06 p.m. on “After the Bell with Brian Wilson and the Afternoon Drive” and every Wednesday and Thursday evening at 6 p.m. throughout Northern Ohio on “Eye on Your Money.” He can be reached at (419) 842-0334 or email him at garyrathbun@privatewealth consultants.com.

THE RETIREMENT GUYS

Answers to top 10 pension questions

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ark and I have talked throughout the years about the importance of making a pension choice correctly the first time.

In almost every pension, a retiree only gets to make the choice once. Once the choice is made it is final, no changes can be made. Yet right now nearly 42,000 General Motors retirees are getting a chance to make a second choice, a pension “do over” if you will. GM retirees in the GM Salaried Retirement Program only have till July 20 to take advantage of this offer. So here is what those retiree’s — and in fact anyone who may be eligible for a pension — should know.

There is no one right choice for all retirees when it comes to picking a pension option. Everyone wants to give a retiree advice and I’m sure in most cases everyone is trying to help.

Yet, it doesn’t matter what your poker buddies think, what you heard on TV that all retirees should do, what your brother-in-law who used to be an accountant said, or what the old boss thinks is best. You need to run your own numbers before a decision is made. So our first piece of advice is to slow down and get educated on what makes the most sense for you and your family. You can run the numbers by

Security incomes. an unbiased professional who 5. What is the health of the specializes in retirement disretiree and his/her spouse? It tribution planning. is also important to take steps Here are the basics that need to protect the lump sum pento be considered when choosing sion for a health care crisis. a pension option: 6. Does the family wish 1. What is the age of the to leave assets to children or retiree? Assuming the retiree others beyond the spouse? elects a lump sum rollover, difMost traditional pensions ferent IRA rules apply to those focus primarily on the retiree younger than age 59-and-aMark CLAIR with survivorship options, but half and those older than age can leave other wishes out.

70-and-a-half.

Nolan BAKER 7. Does the retiree want 2. Are there other sources of income, and what is the monthly income need more control over his or her retirement funds? now and what it will be in the future? The lump If a monthly payout is selected, usually access to sum pension gives the account owner a lot of flex- the lump sum is gone forever.

8. What is the risk tolerance? The stock ibility to payments. But watch out, spend too fast market can be risky and most fixed investment and the lump sum could run out.

3. Are there other investment assets? In some rates are at decade-level lows, so finding the right cases it may be better to pull money from other mix can be tricky if investing isn’t an area you are accounts first and let the tax-deferred account familiar with.

9. What is the expected return on money? We continue to grow.

4. How much income should be protected recommend that conservative numbers are run, for a surviving spouse? Don’t forget about other 3 to 6 percent.

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Once a retiree takes a look at these top 10 pension questions, the math can be run and a plan can be created to figure out if a lump sum pension or a monthly payout is the best choice. Making a pension decision is extremely important in securing a long and happy retirement and often the choice isn’t as easy as it may seem. Take some time to get educated on how the various choices apply to your own family’s situation. It never hurts to get a second opinion. Don’t assume what everyone else is doing is right for you. ✯ For more, tune in every Saturday at 1 p.m. on 1370 AM WSPD or visit www.retirementguysnetwork. com. Securities and Investment Advisory Services are offered through NEXT Financial Group Inc., Member FINRA / SIPC. NEXT Financial Group, Inc. does not provide tax or legal advice. The Retirement Guys are not an affiliate of NEXT Financial Group. The office is at 1700 Woodlands Drive, Suite 100, Maumee, OH 43537. (419) 842-0550.

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Chicks for Charity event to benefit boxing club

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

Toledo women of all ages will gather July 11 to attend Chicks Mix ’12, a night of mingling and fun.

Proceeds from the event benefit IBC Beat the Streets (International Boxing Club/Institute for Building Careers).

The event is put on by Chicks for Charity, a group that picks a new charity to support every two years.

Women and girls do all kinds of things to raise money during that time, from bake sales to card games, said Sue Hague-Rogers and Rita Mansour, “Chicks in Charge.”

“You have women there that have

millions of dollars and you have little girls who have $20 that they’ve worked weeks for,” said Mansour, a partner at Thomas McDonald Partners and head of Mansour Wealth Management.

Martha Vetter, president of R-P Marketing Public Relations, started Chicks for Charity in 2006. HagueRogers and Mansour have been involved since then and what began as a group of 100 now has about 1,800 “chicks.”

“It brought the walls down for all those people who may just want to put their toe into it and contribute and feel good, whatever that means,” said Hague-Rogers, senior exhibit specialist for 2020 Exhibits, a local exhibit production company.

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“Th e whole idea that it didn’t matter how much you gave, it was really good. It was a spectrum of teaching little girls to adult women the art of giving,” Mansour said.

The group raised $65,000 for IBC in 2011. IBC provides free programming like boxing, sports, leadership training and homework help to give city youth an alternative to drugs and violence. The nonprofi t recently collaborated with Beat the Streets, a national nonprofi t that promotes wrestling as another alternative. It also recently moved to a new facility on Earlwood Avenue and expanded its services to include more girls.

The kids involved with IBC have continually impressed Mansour and Hague-Rogers. “Their demeanor and how they greeted you, it was like ‘Wow’,” Mansour said.

Picking a new charity to support every two years is the hardest part for Mansour and Hague-Rogers.

In the fall, the chicks will select 10 charities from several applicants before narrowing them down to three. A new charity will be named around December.

A charity’s involvement with Chicks for Charity provides more funds and increased visibility.

“A lot of these organizations are more grassroots and they don’t get

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You have women there that have millions of dollars and you have little girls who have $20 that they’ve worked weeks for.”

— Rita Mansour the exposure,” Mansour said. R-P’s involvement with Chicks for Charity helps, she added.

“Martha and her team will never tell you this, but they put so many man hours, woman hours, chick hours, behind this,” she said.

At Chicks Mix ’12 several items will be up for auction and raffle. These include a one-week stay at a villa in Puerto Rico complete with free surfing lessons and a Chicago weekend with tickets to “Dreamgirls.” A “College Chick” basket with university essentials is also available. IBC will also present while men tend the bar.

“You can take your daughter, niece, mom. I take my mom every year,” Hague-Rogers said. Six hundred women attended the event last year.

RITA MANSOUR To learn more or join Chicks for Charity, visit www.chicksforcharity. net/become.html. Chicks Mix ’12 is 5:30-9 p.m. at the Toledo Botanical Garden, 5403 Elmer Drive. It costs $37 to attend for general admission and $20 for those 20 and younger. Tickets are available at the door, although reservations are preferred. Call (419) 2412221 or email ChicksForCharity@r-p. com for tickets.

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IN CONCERT

Singer-songwriter Edwin McCain uses music to cope

By Vicki L. Kroll

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was injured in an accident. It was one of those kinds of moments where it tests your mettle,” he said.

“We just kind of bonded together, put our backs against each other and stood strong through it all, and that’s

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When life was blowing up around him, Edwin McCain found solace in a

song and wrote “Boom.”

“My mom got ovarian cancer, my wife got breast cancer, and my father got prostrate cancer, all within about a six-month window, so it was all kind of piling up. And at the time, my son

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kind of what that song’s about. I wrote that line, ‘Love’s when it’s hard’ on a piece of paper in my truck when I was at the hospital, and it ended up being a song.”

“Boom” is on McCain’s 2011 disc, “Mercy Bound.” He worked with friend and songwriter Maia Sharp on the CD, which also features lighter moments, including “Strange Angel.”

“There’s a line about the Virgin Mary on a cinnamon roll. There’s a coffee shop in Nashville that had a cinnamon roll that looked like the Virgin Mary and then they actually ended up shellacking it and sending it on tour around the world. I found that ironic that there was a cinnamon roll that did considerably more touring than some musicians in Nashville,” McCain joked.

The singer-songwriter grew up in Greenville, S.C., and began singing early.

“Church choir is pretty much like Southern day care,” he said and laughed. “And I sang along to my sister’s records, a lot of Earth, Wind & Fire, a lot of folk music, so that’s where I was influenced.”

It was the late 1990s when Mc-

Cain’s breakthrough came with “I’ll Be” and “I Could Not Ask For More.”

“We were in a climate of the last hurrah of the music industry, and at the time, all of our cohorts — Dave Matthews, Hootie & The Blowfish, Kid Rock, all label mates — everybody was having huge success, so we were hopeful that that would happen for us and happy when it did,” he recalled.

“I’m incredibly lucky and it was really great timing that was involved in the good fortune of our career.”

He’s amazed that the rain continues to fall “angry on the tin roof ” with “I’ll Be.” “How long that song has been on the radio and how it just continues to go and go and go, and how it’s spread to different parts of the world, that’s been the surprise,” he said.

McCain will perform at 8 p.m. July 12 at the Ark in Ann Arbor. Tickets are $20. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

“We’re bringing the full monty; we’re bringing the full band on this run, so it’s going to be a good time,” he said and laughed. O

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EPIC Toledo to host T-Town Dash on July 12

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

EPIC Toledo will host its inaugural T-Town Dash on July 12.

The event will take place from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Quimbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at the Park in Downtown and will feature a scavenger hunt designed to help improve leadership, creativity and problem solving skills for young professionals in the Toledo area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal was to get young professionals into Downtown Toledo,â&#x20AC;? said Desmond Strooh, EPIC Toledo

communications coordinator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to showcase what Downtown Toledo has to offer, why businesses are in Downtown, as well as to help young professionals improve their leadership skills.â&#x20AC;?

Participants in the T-Town Dash will be randomly assigned to teams of four. Each team will begin at Quimbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, navigating to secret locations throughout the Downtown area by solving clues.

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So far, there are 100 total points for the event, but all locations and activities are being kept secret. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Speaking in broad terms without giving too much away, all clues are location-based and all activities may involve things like finding a specific person, taking a photo with them or doing an act of service for someone,â&#x20AC;?

Strooh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all very random.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very cool event.â&#x20AC;?

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Last year, EPIC Toledoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leadership and Professional Development Committee hosted a similar scavenger hunt for committee members only. Katie Rofkar, committee cochair and CEO of Nemsys, a technology support firm, said the success from that event lead to ideas for the much larger T-Town Dash. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It went really well. The venues were wonderful and it was a lot of fun,â&#x20AC;? Rofkar said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were some people who rushed through to get their points, but there were a lot of teams who really took the time to talk to people. They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care if they won or lost, they just loved being able to talk to the business owners and professionals and learn from them. Some of them said they got a lot more out of it than just winning.â&#x20AC;?

While the T-Town Dash is a pointbased event offering prizes for winners, Strooh said the main focus of the event is networking and sharing ideas with fellow professionals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is point-based, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not point-based,â&#x20AC;? Strooh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so much about how many venues you go to, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about how many people you talk to.â&#x20AC;?

The geographic location for the TTown Dash has expanded in relation to last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event. No longer just in the Warehouse District of Downtown,

participants will navigate through Summit Street, onto Madison Avenue, to Michigan Street and down to Lafayette Street, among other locations, Strooh said.

Planning for the T-Town Dash began in February with committee co-chairs Rofkar and Blake Underwood, a professor at Bowling Green State University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was originally just for the 30 people in our committee but we came up with the idea to open it up to all of EPIC and to make it so anyone can participate,â&#x20AC;? Rofkar said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have non-EPIC members, and even people from Akron and Cleveland.

We have people from hairdressers to CEOs and businesspeople. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great exposure for Toledo.â&#x20AC;?

EPIC Toledo was created by the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce. The organization works to â&#x20AC;&#x153;attract and retain young professional talentâ&#x20AC;? to Toledo. EPIC stands for â&#x20AC;&#x153;engaging people, inspiring change,â&#x20AC;? according to the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.

Currently, EPIC Toledo has more than 1,300 members. â&#x20AC;&#x153;EPIC Toledo is an organization that seeks to accelerate the influence and leadership skills of young professionals in the greater Toledo area,â&#x20AC;?

Strooh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have three main pillars, which are networking, community impact and leadership and professional development.â&#x20AC;?

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We had packed a picnic lunch and id you know that just two hours from Toledo near exit enjoyed eating it while sitting on a 173 of the turnpike between bench by the beautiful blue lake. That Cleveland and Akron is Ohio’s first way we would be on hand when the train came. The schedule and only national is posted at the visitors’ park? More good news centers and also at the is that no entrance fee stations. The day we were is required. there, the train came by a In September, my station in one direction husband and I made a about every two hours. day trip there and enThe prior information we joyed it very much. The found on the Internet said park has many hiking that the price was $2 to trails but the two easiest put a bike on the train and ways to explore are by Judy ride back to our starting bicycle and steam train.

The closest part of PFAFFENBERGER point, but the price was actually $3 — still a great the park to that turnpike exit is about 10 minutes away at bargain by our thinking. Snacks are Boston Store. We took our bikes and available for purchase on the train.

No bike rentals were available just wanted to get a little taste of what the park had to offer. The ranger at the where we were in the park but a list of visitors’ center there recommended that rental information is available at www. we take the Towpath Trail south and nps.gov/cuva.htm.

Taking the train on the full then return on the train. That trail follows the Cuyahoga River in some places scenic excursion costs from $20 but mostly follows the old canal that online and $18 walk-up. You can ran parallel. I had assumed since it was board the train at Canton Lincoln a towpath trail, it would be completely Highway Station or Rockside Staflat. For the most part it was, but there tion in Independence.

After our ride, we wanted to check were slight grades here and there.

We went only about eight miles out two waterfalls and the two places since we are not fast riders and it was where it is possible to overnight in already afternoon when we started the park. Stanford House and Farm and certainly didn’t want to take a used to be a youth hostel but is now chance on missing the train back. So a budget inn. Not all of the rooms we rode south to the Indigo Lake Sta- have private baths and prices start at tion, which was the second railroad about $50 for a double. It is located stop from where we started. We were quite near Boston Store. About five there on a Friday and not much traffic miles from there is Brandywine Falls, was on the trail. I read that weekends located next to Brandywine Inn which is in the $200 per night range. The top can be pretty crowded in season.

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of the falls is near the parking area, but getting a good view of them requires quite a few steps down and then back up on a wooden walkway.

Our last stop before heading home

was to see Blue Hen Falls. This was only about a mile from Boston Store.

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All in all it was a fairly inexpensive and enjoyable excursion not too far from home. ✯

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From July 1 through July 15, Walt Churchill’s Markets will participate in a “Round Up Hunger” campaign to raise funds for Feed Lucas County Children. When you shop there, you will be asked to round up your purchase to the next dollar Ågure, All proceeds will go directly to assist in the huge demand for food services placed on Feed Lucas County Children in the summer months.

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9. Is there any likelihood that a not. In fact, I was left with so many questions that I just might need to read straight, childless 26-year-old bilthe next two books in the trilogy. I’m lionaire CEO would know how to braid hair? sure the author intended 10. Do 20-someit that way. My most things know who Bruce burning questions and Springsteen is? observations include: 11. Did James really 1. Are there really “put pen to paper” as people who can’t help the author description but bite their lip repeatclaims? Does she not edly throughout the day? own a computer either?

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Tecumseh, the ‘Panther Across the Sky’

Frank Kuron is author of the War of 1812 book, “Thus Fell Tecumseh.”

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to be about 5-feet-10-inches inches tall, well-proportioned and generally quite handsome. One friend said he was “square, with a well-built form for strength and agility.” One woman noted that he was the “proudest man” she ever met, that in his walk he “seemed to disdain the ground he walked upon.”

Aside from this, Tecumseh was defined by his personality traits. Character topped the list. He was not only admired by his fellow men, but by his enemies as well.

Many noted his vision, honor and eloquence.

He repeatedly proved himself to be brave, charismatic, fearless KURON and fair.

On the battlefield he was fierce and disdained cowardice. Adamantly, he insisted that prisoners be treated humanely. This was evidenced during the siege on Fort Meigs and again at the River Raisin massacre in Monroe, Mich., where one historian notes that he arrived late to the slaughter of defenseless POWs and “actually put to death, with his own hand, a chief who would not desist from murdering the American soldiers.”

Some people just take things too far, don’t they? One chief almost deified Tecumseh, claiming, “Bullets shot at him would go through his shirt and fall harmlessly inside.” His humanity, at least in his youth, becomes clear in an account of him indulging a little too heavily in liquor and then encountering a large, powerful man.

Tecumseh “became very insulting and annoying” said the man, so he “tied him to a tree until he became more sober and quiet.”

Tecumseh was not naïve. He often expressed his sorrow over the inevitable loss of his ancestors’ lands to the ever-increasing numbers of Europeans moving west. He strove to at least delay this influx, and perhaps stop it, by uniting all tribes in this common goal. It was not an easy task, as tribes not yet impacted saw no need to get involved. But by the time Tecumseh was killed in 1813, he had brought together dozens of tribes. Had he survived and garnered support of hundreds more, the lines on a map of North America just might be otherwise drawn today. ✯

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here’s not much better than leaving the world behind and living for a week as our ancestors did — in the woods. I’ve always loved camping. Oh, I hear you naysayers who can’t handle a few daddy longlegs prancing about your stall in those plush campsite latrines. But the opportunity to build your own fire, sizzle bacon over it in the morning, and in the evening gaze up at galaxies that hide among city lights simply makes every bite of a mosquito worth it.

One night in 1768, Shawnee tribesmen in the vicinity of Chillicothe, Ohio, anxiously Frank paced around their campfire as they heard the moans of a mother-to-be emanating from a nearby wigwam. Incredibly, a star shot across the sky just as the cry of new life echoed through the village.

Tecumseh, the panther across the sky, had arrived on Mother Earth.

The adventures of this man are legendary. Tecumseh is arguably the greatest leader his culture has ever produced. Eventually we’ll discuss particulars of his life in our region, but first a few fundamentals should be cited. He was far from any Hollywood Indian stereotype.

Tecumseh had five brothers and a sister. Of all the family members, he certainly garnered the most attention. One brother, known as “the Prophet,” became infamous rather than famous due to his historical antics. Another sibling, Cheeseekau, was instrumental in molding his younger brother into the fiercest of warriors, after their father was killed when Tecumseh was but 6 years old.

Other brothers fought alongside him in frontier conflicts, one being killed at Fallen Timbers.

He treasured his relationship with his sister, Tecumapease. After Tecumseh’s marriage to Mamate had soured his sister raised his son, Paukeesa. There are plenty of claims of relationships and marriages throughout Tecumseh’s life, but because records are vague they must be viewed with a wary eye. One frequently cited account regards his wooing of a white woman living near modern-day Xenia, Ohio. He purportedly offered Rebecca Galloway fifty brooches of silver to be his bride, but she refused, not wanting to join his culture.

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Beverly Hills Nannies The 700 Club (CC) Chopped Chopped Chopped Anne Burrell Sweet Genius Hunt Intl Hunters Celebs Selling LA Sellers London Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Trading Spouses Wife Swap (CC) Wife Swap (CC) Wife Swap (CC) Dance Moms (CC) Friend Friend Awkward. Awkward. Snooki Snooki Snooki Awkward. Snooki Awkward.

Seinfeld Seinfeld Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Big Bang Big Bang Men-Work Men-Work Conan (CC) A Fever in the Blood ››› Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ››› Stormy Weather (1943) ››› Oscar Wilde The Mentalist (CC) The Mentalist (CC) The Mentalist (CC) The Mentalist (CC) CSI: NY (CC) NCIS (CC) NCIS (CC) Burn Notice (N) (CC) Suits “Discovery” (N) Covert Affairs Big Bang Big Bang The Vampire Diaries The Vampire Diaries Sunny Sunny Cash Cab Cash Cab

8 am ABC 13 CBS 11 FOX 36 NBC 24 PBS 30 A&E BRAVO COM DISN ESN FAM FOOD HGTV LIF MTV TBS TCM TNT USA WTO5

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Ent Insider Shark Tank (CC) (DVS) 20/20 (N) (CC) News Nightline Wheel Jeopardy! Undercover Boss (CC) CSI: NY (CC) Blue Bloods (CC) News Letterman The Office How I Met House “Love Is Blind” Bones (PA) (CC) Fox Toledo News Seinfeld The Office Courage. Telethon Whitney Commun Dateline NBC (N) (CC) News Jay Leno NewsHour Business Wash.

Deadline John Leguizamo-Tale American Masters: Pearl Jam Twenty (CC) Barter Barter Barter Barter Barter Barter Barter Barter Barter Barter Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ ››› Ocean’s Eleven Work.

Work.

Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Futurama Tosh.0 D. Cook Vicious Circle Katt Williams Hustle Gravity Austin ANT Farm Jessie (N) Fish Gravity Tron Kings Kings Austin NFL32 (N) (Live) (CC) 2012 ESPYs Baseball Tonight (N) SportsCenter (N) (CC) Willy Wonka & Chocolate ››› Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, Fantasy) The 700 Club (CC) Best Thing Best Thing Diners Diners Diners Diners My. Diners Diners Diners Diners Hunt Intl Hunt Intl My Yard House H. Outrageous Bkyrd Hunters Hunt Intl Hunt Intl Hunt Intl Ghost Story Amer. Most Wanted Amer. Most Wanted Amer. Most Wanted Amer. Most Wanted The Real World (CC) Snooki Snooki Awkward. Awkward. ›› Fame (2009) Asher Book, Kristy Flores.

Worse Worse Worse Worse Worse Worse ›› Yes Man (2008, Comedy) Jim Carrey. (CC) ››› Wait Until Dark ›› I Shot Jesse James (1949) ››› Park Row (1952) Gene Evans. ›› Shock Corridor The Mentalist (CC) ››› Twister (1996, Action) Helen Hunt. (CC) ››› Catch Me if You Can (2002) (CC) Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Common Law (N) Burn Notice (CC) Big Bang Big Bang Nikita “Clawback” Supernatural (CC) Sunny Sunny Cash Cab Cash Cab

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MOVIES

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Ent Insider Middle Suburg.

Mod Fam Mod Fam Final Witness (N) (CC) News Nightline Wheel Jeopardy! Dogs in the City (N) Criminal Minds CSI: Crime Scene News Letterman The Office How I Met So You Think You Can Dance (N) (CC) Fox Toledo News Seinfeld The Office Jdg Judy Jdg Judy Betty All Night America’s Got Talent Law & Order: SVU News Jay Leno NewsHour Business Nature (CC) (DVS) NOVA (CC) (DVS) NOVA (CC) (DVS) Charlie Rose (N) (CC) Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Barter Barter Barter Barter Around the World Housewives/OC Million Dollar LA Around the World Happens Around Harold & Kumar South Pk South Pk Futurama Futurama Futurama South Pk South Pk Futurama Wizards of Waverly Place Toy Story Gravity ANT Farm Shake It Vampire ANT Farm Jessie 2012 ESPY’s Countdown (N) (Live) (CC) 2012 ESPYs (N) (Live) (CC) SportCtr Melissa Melissa Melissa Daddy Beverly Hills Nannies Beverly Hills Nannies The 700 Club (CC) Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Food Network Star Hunt Intl Hunters Income Kitchen Property Brothers (N) Hunters Hunt Intl Property Brothers (CC) Trading Spouses Wife Swap (CC) Wife Swap (CC) Coming Home (N) (CC) Army Wives (CC) Friend Snooki Teen Mom (CC) The Real World (CC) The Real World (N) The Real World (CC) Seinfeld Seinfeld Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Conan (CC) Yellow Rolls ›››› The Sting (1973) Paul Newman. (CC) ››› The Natural (1984) Robert Redford. (CC) Law & Order Law & Order Dallas (N) (CC) The Mentalist (CC) Dallas (CC) NCIS “Reunion” (CC) NCIS “Freedom” (CC) Royal Pains (N) Necessary Roughness Suits “She Knows” Big Bang Big Bang America’s Next Model America’s Next Model Sunny Sunny Cash Cab Cash Cab

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Full Plate Recipe Paid Paid Ball Boys Ball Boys ESPN Sports Saturday (N) News ABC Insider Lottery Extreme Makeover Ball Boys Ball Boys Castle (CC) News Anatomy Juice and Lose!

Coach Coach PGA Tour Golf John Deere Classic, Third Round. (N) (Live) (CC) News News Wheel Jeopardy! NYC 22 (N) (CC) NYC 22 “Schooled” 48 Hours Mystery News NUMB3R Movie MLB Pregame MLB Baseball Regional Coverage. (N Subject to Blackout) (CC) To Be Announced Cops Cops Mobbed (PA) (CC) News Seinfeld The Finder (CC) Red Bull Signature Series (N) (CC) Golf U.S. Senior Open Championship, Third Round. (N) (CC) News News Jdg Judy Jdg Judy American Girl: McKenna Shoots The Firm (N) (CC) News SNL This Old House Hr John Quilting Hammer-Steel Albert King Globe Trekker Steves Rudy Lawrence Welk History Detectives Antiques Roadshow As Time... Wine Masterpiece Classic Jewels Jewels Family Jewels Family Jewels Jewels Jewels Cajun Cajun Cajun Cajun Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Barter Barter Pregnant in Heels Miss Advised Million Dollar LA Million Dollar LA Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/OC Housewives/OC ›› The Wedding Planner (2001) Wedding Plnnr Who’s Your Caddy? South Pk South Pk Futurama Futurama ››› Shaun of the Dead (2004) Simon Pegg. Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Matt Braunger Good Good Austin Shake It Austin Austin Jessie Jessie Good Austin Austin Shake It Gravity Jessie Good Jessie Gravity ANT Farm Good Austin Jessie Shake It Bowling Bowling Bowling NASCAR Countdown NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: F.W. Webb 200.

SportsCenter (N) Auto Racing CrossFit CrossFit Baseball Tonight (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ››› Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, Fantasy) ››› Beetlejuice (1988) Michael Keaton. ››› Edward Scissorhands (1990, Fantasy) ›› Alice in Wonderland (2010, Fantasy) Johnny Depp.

Cupcake Wars Food Network Star Sweet Genius Diners Diners Iron Chef America Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Restaurant: Im. Iron Chef America Elbow Contrac Love It or List It (CC) Love It or List It (CC) Love It or List It (CC) Going Curb...

Hunters Hunt Intl Junk Mom Design Star (CC) Grt High Low Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Home Playdate (2012) Marguerite Moreau. (CC) Adopting Terror (2012) Sean Astin. (CC) ›› Orphan (2009) Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard. (CC) Blue-Eyed Butcher (2012) Sara Paxton.

Unstable (2009) Shiri Appleby. Premiere.

Awkward. Awkward. Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom (CC) Teen Mom (CC) Snooki Snooki Snooki Snooki Awkward. Awkward. The Real World (CC) The Real World (CC) › Half Baked (1998) Dick-Jane ›› Yes Man (2008) Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel. (CC) Fam. Guy Fam. Guy King Friends Friends Friends Seinfeld Seinfeld Big Bang Big Bang ›› Old School (2003) Luke Wilson. (CC) MenMen›› The Law and Jake Wade ›› The Big Land (1957) Alan Ladd. ››› Support Your Local Sheriff! ››› Calamity Jane (1953) Doris Day. (CC) ››› Alice Adams (1935) (CC) The Princess Comes Across No Time for Love ›› A Perfect Murder (1998, Mystery) (CC) ››› Mystic River (2003) Sean Penn, Tim Robbins. (CC) ››› Double Jeopardy (1999) (CC) ›› Clash of the Titans (2010) Premiere. ›› Clash of the Titans (2010) (CC) (DVS) NCIS “Left for Dead” NCIS (CC) NCIS (CC) NCIS “Reveille” (CC) NCIS “See No Evil” NCIS “Deception” NCIS “Broken Bird” NCIS “Toxic” (CC) NCIS (CC) NCIS (CC) Necess. Rough Icons Live Life On Spot Browns Electric Electric Futurama Futurama Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Two Men Two Men ››› The Iron Giant (1999), Eli Marienthal Electric Electric Futurama Futurama Sunny Sunny

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Libra (September 23-October 22)

You can press forward with personal agendas this week, but other peoples’ motives aren’t the same as yours and might seem a bit bizarre to you. If individuals wander away, your luck is quite fine for sudden meetings, renewed friendships, and unexpected results after Thursday.

Concerns about people at a distance persist. You’re able to accomplish a great deal this week. Invitations vastly expand your networks and knowledge base. Anything lost or cancelled will be replaced with something much better as the weekend arrives. Revel in luxuries.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

You persist in activities, although goals can seem uncertain or foggy. Extra wealth surfaces or missing resources return as the week begins. Let career matters take their own course. After Thursday, interpersonal connections turn the tide in your favor. Swift leaps are possible.

Personal and creative goals hinge on the people and possibilities within your environment. Legacies and leadership duties change hands or are transformed. A powerful and dramatic event Friday creates alliances for the future. It’s up to you to persist.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

This is an intense week of personal change and decision, although a long-term issue may still hang in the balance.

After Friday, social activities sweep you off your feet. Love and friendship flourish. Keep a short-term viewpoint, accept temporary arrangements.

Missing people or things hover back into view. People on overload divest the excess. Don’t despair! Retarget your efforts. After Friday, an upwelling of personal connections and renewed friendships provides a range of improved options and good suggestions.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Others proceed with things that leave you uneasy or feeling alienated. Avoid hasty judgments on Wednesday. You turn an emotional corner after Thursday, awakening to new awareness. Your hospitality aids the social flow of the weekend–people want your company.

Manage perceptions and estimations carefully this week.

Insecurities could prompt negative assessments and assumptions. Don’t allow one bad to ruin the general good, and avoid hasty impulses. Matters improve on their own after Friday and exceed expectations in results.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

A loved one hangs on the horns of self-imposed dilemma.

You receive a variety of benefits from your broad personal network this week. Wednesday is rough, but after Thursday a spectrum of social opportunities unfolds. You’re surrounded with admiring, adoring people.

Complicated situations can entangle what seems clear to you. Your creativity and inventiveness is at a peak this week. New friends, love, and alliances are possible. Enjoy returning friends, but don’t give away the shop just yet.

Saturday offers supreme events/results.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

A business associate has to choose between projects and people. Other opportunities are presented through returning former acquaintances. Food and preservation are accented. A beautiful hostess ensures your comfort after Friday. Demonstrations of talent are excellent.

Past, present and future are entwined, and emotions dominate thinking as the week begins. What seems like an ending may only be the end of Act I. Things play out further after Thursday. Great joys and pleasures come your way, but also great responsibilities.

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