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he City of Toledo is having a store might equally be. As I parked the car, I saw person year to remember — a year that started with its worst winter after person leaving The Andersons in history and included the on-duty store pushing a cart loaded with four cases of water. I think deaths of two of its firethe very sight made fighters, a pothole epipeople start to jog from demic, a media-created their cars inside. blight issue and now a I entered the south full-fledged water crisis entrance of the store that left over 400,000 and found my way to residents without safe the unloading dock drinking water. where hard workers in This has been one blue shirts were busy hell of a year. placing cases of water As the news broke in customers’ shopping of Toledo issuing a Jeremy BAUMHOWER “Do not drink” advisory early Sat- carts. As I followed the line of those urday morning on Facebook, local waiting to be next, I was amazed to see stores’ shelves were being emptied by it extended past the food department people buying as many cases of water — the entire span of the store. There were in excess of 150 cusas they could. The area’s bottled water supply tomers with shopping carts waiting was gone before I even woke up at for their opportunity to simply buy a 8:30 a.m. I did not panic; I thought it case of water. One could not help but was somehow being overhyped. An do the math and notice that what was hour later, after hearing reports of in the loading dock would fall way fist-fighting over cases of water and short of the people waiting in line. elevating hysteria, I decided to see Supply versus demand was not in the firsthand what was happening on the consumers’ favor at that hour. I knew we were moments away from an anvery streets where I was raised. There was an energy in every nouncement informing customers the place I walked into; the atmosphere water was gone. I thought I was seconds away was comparable to the moment stores open on Black Friday. There from chaos, an unruly mob, angry, was a feeling of desperation. Stores desperate customers, all quenching a such as Kroger, Walmart and Target need to buy water for their survival; I were already completely empty have never been so wrong in my life. As the announcement was made — no agua to be found. I watched people hurrying in and out of the informing those waiting in line, I businesses on a mission; the walk watched in anticipation of people back to the car empty-handed was hearing the bad news. I felt like the Grinch on Christmas morning, becoming a full-on sprint. Outdated rumors were flying watching a town, expecting the about which places had water, which worst. And just like the green villain did not and which were expecting a before me, I was surprised by what shipment. The most credible informa- took place. There was no outrage, no tion I heard came from a videographer outcry, no complaints, no acts of desfrom 13abc, who said The Andersons peration. The Toledoans who heard was expecting a shipment within the the bad news were smiling, understanding, joking and planning where hour, so I ventured there. There is some science that says to go next. Dr. Seuss himself would the act of yawning is contagious; have been proud of their reaction. I think seeing someone jog into a n BAUMHOWER CONTINUES ON 4

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n BAUMHOWER CONTINUED FROM 3 This is when I was reminded of the character of the place I choose to call home and the people who reside here. As more news spread about the water shortage and people’s hunt to find some, there was a new trend that was emerging — kindness. People from unaffected areas were driving to the parts that were affected, some with a trunk full of water, others just wanting to help. Northwest Ohioans started organizing volunteer groups and mobilizing; we started to remind others to check on their neighbors, the elderly, pregnant women and families with small children. We started handing bottles of water to strangers who were thirsty. Toledo’s heart knew what to do before its elected officials did. As stories of water being donated multiplied, we also started hearing reports and whispers of price-gouging. Social media started to shame those looking to exploit this crisis for personal financial gains. Toledo was now fighting and throwing punches. But for every report of gouging, there were 20 stories of random kindness. Eventually the good deeds stomped out the evil ones, as they always seem to do here. It seems something is trying to kill the Glass City; there is a force trying to finish us off. Toledoans are being tested

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Toledo’s heart knew what to do before its elected officials did … How this city has acted and reacted to each challenge it’s been thrown is beyond inspiring. Not only are we surviving, but our compassion and love for each other and this town is shining its very brightest.” in ways we never dreamed of before, to see how tough we actually are. How this city has acted and reacted to each challenge it’s been thrown is beyond inspiring. Not only are we surviving, but our compassion and love for each other and this town is shining its very brightest.

God just sent the Incredible Hulk to smash our water supply and we are hugging this green beast to death with love. The City of Toledo is said to be many things. Some say we are “ugly,” others claim we are “miserable,” some even go as far to state we are “dead,” but I strongly disagree. Toledo is the very definition of the word “community”; we put each other’s needs first. We are loving, charitable and possess a strong sense of faith; we are very much alive, healthy and well. Our brightest moments come from our darkest times. The easiest way to describe this place is in two words: Toledo Tough. We do get knocked down occasionally, but every time we stand up together. Toledo Tough is something that is in our DNA, an attribute we inherited from generations before. To quote Khalil Gibran, “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” Find me a Toledoan without a scar and I’ll show you a person not from Toledo. The world watched this city for 48 hours and I have never been so proud as to say I am Toledo Tough. Thank you, Toledo. O Jeremy Baumhower can be reached at jeremytheproducer@icloud.com or on Twitter @jeremytheproduc.

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s a kid I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent frolicking in the waters of Lake Erie. My drinking water came from Lake Erie for many years. I have eaten the harvest of Lake Erie. I hope to frolic, drink and eat for many years. But I breathe deeply while I can. Dr. Seuss said it in 1971 in his book “The Lorax” but under pressure from the Ohio Sea Grant College Program removed the line: “I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie.” The original text read: “They’ll walk on their fins and get woefully weary in search of some water that isn’t so smeary I hear things are bad up in Lake Erie.”

The Ohio Sea Grant College Program reportedly wrote to Dr. Seuss, argued the conditions had improved and asked him to take the “Lake Erie” line out. Dr. Seuss agreed and it was removed from future editions. Today, the National Sea Grant College Program is a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the U.S. Department of Commerce. It is a network of 33 Sea Grant colleges working with scientific research, education, training and extension projects intended to help with the conservation and practical use of the coasts, Great Lakes and other marine areas. I see that the more things change the more they remain the same. “UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

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When a toxin was detected in Toledo’s drinking water last week, triggering a do not drink advisory affecting up to half a million people, it was called a crisis, a disaster and a nightmare. It’s also being called a game changer, a tipping point and an eye-opener. Toxic algae in Lake Erie is not new. Scientists have been studying it for decades and environmentalists and politicians have been raising the alarm for years, only to be largely ignored. Western Lake Erie Waterkeeper Sandy Bihn is one of those who has been pushing for action. “This is like my worst nightmare, not being able to drink the water,” Bihn said. “But maybe it’s an opportunity to find the solutions we need.” Last year, Carroll Township in Ottawa County issued a water advisory after detecting unsafe levels of microcystin in its water; the same toxin caused Toledo’s issue. “After Carroll Township, I thought there would be major changes, but there were not,” Bihn said. “That was the first time in Ohio, but [Toledo] is kind of the unthinkable — a major city. That was 2,000 people; this is half a million. I’m hoping the scale will begin to inspire the changes we need. We need to keep the pressure on.” A microcosm of Lake Erie is Grand Lake St. Marys State Park in west-central Ohio, hit hard by algae the past three years, resulting in lost tourism, recreation and business, Bihn said. “The thing about Grand Lake St. Marys that people should look at is ... year after year it’s gotten earlier and worse. So once this stuff gets in your watershed it seems to be a devil to get rid of,” she said. Lake Erie, the shallowest and warmest of the Great Lakes, is the most susceptible to algae blooms and the “dead zones” they can cause. Algae growth peaked in the 1970s, when measures were taken to control the problem. By the mid-1980s, phosphorus loadings had been reduced by more than half and the lake’s recovery was a globally known success story, according to a report released in February by the International Joint Commission. However, by the early 2000s problems with excess nutrient enrichment appeared again in Lake Erie, and have continued to worsen. n Algae CONTINUES ON 7

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n ALGAE CONTINUED FROM 6 Algae has again been a major issue in Lake Erie since about 2003, with the worst year in 2011. The blue-green algae that can be seen lapping many of western Lake Erie’s beaches is called cyanobacteria, which contains the toxin microcystin. When the cyanobacteria dies it splits apart, dumping its toxic load, referred to as lysed. Whole, or unlysed, cyanobac-

teria is still dangerous to drink because it will break open during digestion. Municipal sewage plants were the primary sources of phosphorus runoff into Lake Erie in the decades leading up to the 1970s. Today, it comes mainly from “nonpoint” sources, such as runoff from fertilized farm fields, over-applied manure, lawn and garden activities, construction activities and more, all exacerbated by natural effects like sunlight, warm temperatures, rainfall and more.

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New technology

One local company that could help find a solution is Blue Water Satellite, a startup founded in 2009 in Bowling Green and now based at the University of Toledo’s LaunchPad Incubation Program. CEO Milt Baker said he agrees with Bihn that a report card is needed, but points out one already exists — in the form of satellite images. Baker and his team use patented algorithms to extract digital data embedded in satellite images to track phosphorus and the growth of harmful algal blooms. Similar technology is utilized by the federal government, military and some universities, but Baker believes Blue Water is the only for-profit company using it. Satellite images over the past 20 years show western Lake Erie getting “nothing but worse,” he said. “We’ve tried a lot of things and now is the time to try new things because Lake Erie treatments have not

produced the results that people expected,” Baker said. “We need to start looking at new technology.” The goal is early detection and efficient sampling. The traditional method of scooping a water sample and testing it at a lab gives researchers a single data point; looking at a satellite image offers 200,000 data points per satellite sweep, Baker said. “What we say we’re doing at Blue Water is we move the lab to the sky,” Baker said. “Five to 10 years from now no one will ever do it that way.” Unlike many other countries, testing for microcystin is not mandated by the state or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “You have to give Toledo credit because a lot of these water bodies are not even looking for the toxin,” Baker said. “In America we only react to crises. We don’t worry about prevention. It was always a theoretical thing that the toxins could get in the water and we might have to shut the water down. n ALGAE CONTINUES ON 8

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n ALGAE CONTINUED FROM 7 “Now you have a major metropolitan area with 500,000 people that can’t use water. That’s a totally different perspective. So I think things are going to be completely different from here on out. I might be totally wrong, but I think as a result of this we’re going to see federal regulation and we’re going to pay a lot more attention to it.”

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National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Collin O’Mara happened to be in Michigan near Lake Huron when Toledo issued its water advisory. He decided to check it out for himself. On Aug. 3, he and Bihn took a boat three miles off shore to Toledo’s water intake facility, where he examined a glass of water scooped from the lake, thick with green algae from top to bottom. Such stratified algae can’t simply be skimmed off the surface, making it more complicated to clean up, O’Mara said. Bihn said she was surprised the algae was so thick so early in the algae season, especially considering that July was cool and dry. “If it was 100 degrees I don’t know how we would deal with that,” Bihn said. “Boy, when it explodes in hot temperatures, that’s a scary thought. We really need to get ahead of this.”

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MILT BAKER Toledo’s recent crisis was caused by a perfect storm of excess nutrients exacerbated by environmental conditions. “There’s a systemic challenge that we face here in the Great Lakes that’s actually much bigger than this one crisis,” O’Mara said. “And unfortunately, this crisis could just be the tip of the iceberg unless we begin to address it.” O’Mara said although algae is a known problem, it can be hard to predict or control. “The turning points can happen fairly quickly and all of a sudden you’ll see these fairly broad explosions, where you kind of hit a tipping point and then all of a sudden you have a challenge,” he said. Bihn called Lake Erie’s algae a

“warning sign” for the other Great Lakes, which sometimes appear healthier because they are deeper and appear bluer. “What happens here will happen to the rest of the Great Lakes,” Bihn said. “Here, the lake turns over every 2.6 years. Other lakes are like 75 to 100 years so once it gets there it’s really too late. If we can solve the problem here, they can get ahead of it.” To have a freshwater drinking supply impacted so extensively by something other than a single industrial disaster is rare, O’Mara said. “It wasn’t a single facility that failed that caused this event. This is a series of individual decisions over many, many years,” he said. “The work we do today isn’t going to actually solve this problem overnight. It’s going to take years of this work to try to reduce the amount. “If we don’t get a handle on these problems, folks are going to start having questions about whether it’s safe to enjoy the incredible recreation that is all around us in Lake Erie,” he said. “It’s going to be a huge challenge that Toledo can actually lead on,” O’Mara said. “What you do here in response to this crisis could become a bit of a national model. Folks are struggling with these algae challenges in a lot of places. If we can figure out how to solve this issue right here in

Ohio we can create a model that can be replicated across the country.”

Timeline

The first inkling something was amiss started with an elevated microcystin reading at Collins Park Water Treatment Plant between 5:30 and 6 p.m. Aug. 1. Although the reading of 0.6 microgram per liter was still within the acceptable level of 1.0 microgram per liter for safe drinking water, the city contacted the

Ohio EPA, which advised more testing. That test came back around midnight and the city issued a do not drink advisory around 1:30 a.m. Aug. 2. In all, about 500,000 people were affected by the advisory as Toledo’s Department of Public Utilities provides drinking water to 125,000 residential, commercial and industrial accounts in Lucas, Wood, Fulton and Monroe counties. n ALGAE CONTINUES ON 10

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Around 9:30 a.m. Aug. 2, Collins said additional tests had been ordered and urged residents to remain calm. At 11:40 a.m., the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department recommended restaurant and food facilities using city water close. Throughout the day, amid reports of price gouging and bottled water shortages, water distribution points were organized by both public and private entities. At 9:15 a.m. Aug. 3, Collins announced test results were still delayed. “Factual info will be relayed when we have it,” he posted to Twitter. Ohio Gov. John Kasich arrived in town that afternoon. Throughout the day, test results were promised and then delayed with little explanation, causing frustration for many residents. At 3 a.m. Aug. 4, Collins said two of 30 tests came back “too close for comfort.” He said the two could be anomalies, but wanted to be sure and wouldn’t “isolate part of the city” by lifting the advisory for anyone until he was sure it was safe for everyone. The two areas were later reported as East Toledo and Point Place. “The majority of areas are satisfactory, but we still have two spots of concern,” he said. “I’m not going to take any chances with this community’s well-being and health.” At 9:30 a.m. Aug. 4, Collins an-

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nounced the final tests had come back clean and the advisory was lifted. “Our water is safe,” he said, before sipping a glass of tap water. “Here’s to you, Toledo. You did a great job.”

New standard

Toledo City Councilwoman Lindsay Webb, chair of the Utilities & Public Service Committee, said the advisory forced city, state and federal officials into “uncharted scientific territory.” “Before this happened there was

no agreement on how to accurately test for this toxin,” Webb said. Collins said the Ohio EPA, the U.S. EPA and other agencies were initially “territorial.” Each used its own testing methodology, yielding different and confusing results, he said, but in the end they came to a consensus for a standard test, which will now be implemented throughout the state. “I’m absolutely convinced we have set the stage for what will now be the state standard related to how to test for

this particular toxin as well as laid the foundation for what I believe will be pending USDA regulations related to his particular toxin,” Webb told City Council on Aug. 4. “Unfortunately, it took a disaster to get us to that point,” said Department of Public Utilities Director Ed Moore. The two-and-a-half-day situation cost the city an estimated $130,000 in overtime, chemicals, testing and more, City Finance Director George Sarantou told City Council. That’s not including costs from the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Lucas County Sheriff ’s Office or the cost of flying samples out of the city to testing sites in Cincinnati, Columbus and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Lucas County Health Commissioner Dr. David Grossman said reports of illness Aug. 2 were “a little elevated but nothing outside the ordinary,” but quickly returned to normal levels. Between Aug. 2-5, Mercy and ProMedica health systems reported a total of 229 cases of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, although hospital spokespeople said it’s not possible to conclusively link the cases specifically to water ingestion. On Aug. 4, the Lucas County Commissioners started the process of applying for government aid by retroactively declaring a state of emergency for Lucas County. If approved, local governments and businesses could be reimbursed for costs.

August 10, 2014 Commissioner Carol Contrada sees the crisis as a timely “window of opportunity” to restart discussions among jurisdictions about ways to make the regional water system more efficient and equitable. “We have several proposals that have been developed and haven’t really been seriously looked at by all the participants because they are relatively new,” Contrada said. “There have been a lot of other things that have taken precedence, but now this is a very timely report.” On Aug. 5, officials announced one of the Collins Water Treatment Plant’s six flocculators — paddles that mix water drawn from Lake Erie with chemical treatments — was broken. Moore said the damage occurred after the water advisory was lifted and played no role in the advisory. He also insisted the damage was not caused by stress on the system after the advisory was lifted.

Political response

Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken called the water advisory a “clarion call.” “The plant wasn’t the problem; the lake is the problem. We have not for a decade collectively, as a country or a community, addressed the assault on Lake Erie that’s been going on,” Gerken said. “If this isn’t a clarion call ... I don’t know what is.” n ALGAE CONTINUES ON 11

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n ALGAE CONTINUED FROM 10 Rep. Marcy Kaptur, whose 9th Congressional District stretches for 141 miles along Lake Erie’s coastline encompassing Toledo, Port Clinton, Sandusky and part of Cleveland, agreed. “It’s a wake-up call because it alerts people across the entire region as to the condition of our lake and how we are all connected to it — our lives depend on it,” said Kaptur, a ranking member on the House Subcommittee on Energy and Water. One solution Kaptur advocates: Push more money into the Western Lake Erie Basin (WLEB) partnership. The partnership is a conservation group formed in 2006 by the USDA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers comprised of local, state, regional and federal groups who track the Lake Erie watershed and look for solutions to its problems. The WLEB partnership needs more funding, political power and authority to carry out its work, Kaptur said. The

partnership could use more water monitoring devices, for example, that track the flow of water. When the flow is reduced, algae blooms grow. Kaptur said she has told state officials, including Kasich, about the WLEB partnership and the need to expand it; however, the governor has a lot of catching up to do, she said. KASICH “He doesn’t come from this part of the state, so we have a lot of learning to do,” Kaptur said. Kasich said the state will conduct an investigation into what happened in Toledo, which includes taking a look at the city’s aging water treatment system and figuring out how to reduce pollution that feeds the algae in the western end of Lake Erie. Asked if Kasich planned to sponsor any new legislation in light

A Toledo tradition since 2005 of the recent crisis, press secretary Robert Nichols wrote in an email: “The governor always refers to Lake Erie as Ohio’s crown jewel, and as such, we have implemented a number of new, strict policies to better protect it. When it comes to the lake, we remain vigilant, and as we do our afteraction review of the events in Toledo, we’ll be looking for any new ways and ideas to continue to improve policies that impact the lake.” Sen. Rob Portman talked to reporters during a conference call Aug. 4, five hours after Toledo’s no drink advisory was lifted. He said the first step toward a solution is to identify how elevated toxic levels entered Toledo’s water supply in the first place, calling for more federal oversight and continued cooperation among all levels of government. Portman then pointed to a bill he co-authored last year, the “Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2013,” which calls on federal agencies to make Lake Erie algae blooms a “priority,” from monitoring and research to reduction efforts. “This legislation takes critical steps toward protecting Lake Erie and Grand Lake St. Marys from harmful algae that has become a tremendous problem for fresh water bodies in our state,” Portman said last year. “For the first time, we will prioritize the protection of Ohio’s fresh bodies of water, which is critical for our tourism and fishing industries.” Portman called on the EPA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop an action plan to foresee, control

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People are still asking the question, ‘Is my drinking water safe to drink?’ he said. “It’s not all about Toledo: We’ve got Oregon, Carroll Township, Huron, Sandusky, all within my Senate district. We need to care about every treatment plant,” Gardner said. If there is a way to test lake water before it reaches the intake to the treatment plant we should be doing so, Gardner said. That would tell us sooner whether the water has toxins from an algae bloom and treatment could begin. Gardner is currently working with the EPA to provide funds to treatment plants so they can afford such preventative testing. In January, state lawmakers unanimously passed Senate Bill 150, which aims to reduce the amount of nutrient runoff that is a major cause of algal blooms. Farms of 50 or more noncontiguous acres would have to get state certification to apply chemical fertilizer. However, the rules laid out in the bill will not be mandatory until 2017 and it does not regulate manure as a fertilizer on frozen ground. State Rep. Michael Sheehy tried to introduce an amendment that would have acknowledged manure as a fertilizer, but there was no support for it and it failed to pass, he said. Sheehy hasn’t given up, though, and is currently looking for a co-sponsor. “Green” farmers have been cooperative and responsive with limiting the amounts of fertilizer they use; however there are some “bad actors” out there, Sheehy said. So-called CAFO farms — concentrated animal feeding operations — are the biggest culprits, he said. n ALGAE CONTINUES ON 12

12 Special Report n ALGAE CONTINUED FROM 11 “It’s like a farm factory — enormous amounts of pigs and chicken,” Sheehy said. “They’re trying to maximize the number of product that can be developed on the minimum amount of land and resources. One of the byproducts is a bad thing — it is excess amounts of manure.” Rains wash manure into the water basin and from there into Lake Erie, where algae forms. It’s a problem that has been identified but these farms have not been cooperative in reducing their manure, Sheehy said. A decade ago, many officials wouldn’t acknowledge phosphorus caused the algae blooms, Sheehy said. Now, committee heads are meeting to address the issue and Sheehy believes something big will come from it. “State government is going to do something very serious and very effective and very long-standing to correct the phosphorus load in the Maumee River region,” he said. “This crisis has brought into focus for people in this region how fragile Lake Erie is, and simply put, you can’t continue to abuse the lake when you depend on it as your lifeblood,” said Kaptur spokesman Steve Fought. “This didn’t happen overnight but by the same token we have no reason to believe that it will markedly improve overnight. It’s like that Joni Mitchell song: ‘You don’t

know what you’ve got till it’s gone.’” Toledo City Councilman Larry Sykes said there have been a lot of questions and “balls in the air” since the advisory. Mayor Collins plans to form a committee, Sykes said, but the issues are nothing new. “How long have you been talking about it? Twenty years? And it hasn’t rung a bell?” Sykes asked Sheehy on Aug. 3. “I think that bell has been rung.” Sykes said Toledo has been “ducking a bullet” for years. “We have known for 20 years or more that we’ve had a problem with our water system and algae. We’ve known that,” Sykes said. “I go back to a couple years ago, we tried to address this problem then and [Council] was voted down. [Former Mayor Carty] Finkbeiner fought with the EPA and the city lost and we were forced to go out and build a new water system. We’ve been dealing with water for God knows how long now. If we had looked at this earlier, it would have been less costly.” The city is approaching the final leg of a $521 million sewage project called the Toledo Waterways Initiative. The initiative began in 2003 after a decade of litigation between the city and the federal government for Clean Water Act violations. The violations are against the city for decades of sewage spills into the Maumee River, Ottawa River, Swan Creek and other tributaries that feed into western Lake Erie.

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The idea that any single entity can solve this problem is simply wrong. We’re all going to have to do our part to get at these challenges.” — Collin O’Mara National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Sykes said a big problem is the antiquated system in Toledo. Collins Park Treatment Plant is at least 80 years old, he said. While acknowledging the issue is a difficult one, Collins promised he wouldn’t let it drop. “This is not the simplest of all issues. It is a problem that is really created by a variety of things. There’s no one simple answer to it,” Collins said. “It’s going to take the best science, it’s going to take the best engineering and it’s going to take political will. I can’t, seven days from now, look back over

at this weekend and say, ‘That was then and this is now,’ and go on to my new problem. This is my problem and I fully intend to engage.” But environmentalists like Bihn and O’Mara hope politicians do more than just talk or haphazardly allocate more money. “This isn’t just passing a law or finding a little bit of money, this is actually having folks across the region think about the contributions they are making,” O’Mara said. “A lot of these folks might live miles away from the water itself but that extra fertilizer you’re putting on to get your grass just the right color, that’s contributing to this problem.”

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No one disputes runoff from farms is one major cause of algae growth. However, many farmers, like fourth-generation Northwest Ohio farmer Todd Kapp, 27, were left feeling “a little aggravated” by online commentary during the advisory blaming farmers alone. Most farmers strive to be environmentally responsible, said Kapp, who farms with his father Robert and brother Joe in the Curtice area. “Why would a farmer want to waste their hard-earned money by ‘dumping’ fertilizer into the ditches?” he posted to his wife’s Facebook page Aug. 4. “Lets not just blame the farmers here. EVERYONE including the farmer, city guy

August 10, 2014 and everyone in between needs to step up and help fix this problem. “Our farm has been soil sampling for several years,” Kapp wrote. “We variable rate our fertilizer and place [it] where it needs it. We plant cover crops, we use no-tillage practices when we can. We do not spread fertilizer or manure on frozen ground. I am not saying every farm does this, however every farm has the opportunity to work with local soil & water conservation district like we do to implement better practices on farms.” Reached by phone, Kapp said his livelihood is tied to the land so he wants to protect it and preserve it for the fifth generation, including his 2-year-old son. “Some aren’t as aggressive with it, but I’d say in general everyone is trying to do their share,” Kapp said. “There are a few farmers that still fertilize [with the old methods] and aren’t into the cover crops. They don’t see the benefit, but maybe this will help open their eyes.” Mike Libben, district program administrator with Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District, said he’s seeing growing interest from farmers in conservation programs. One of the easiest methods to reduce farm runoff is the USDA’s Lake Erie Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. n ALGAE CONTINUES ON 13

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n ALGAE CONTINUED FROM 12 The program pays farmers to plant grass filter strips and buffers next to streams, rivers and drainage ditches on their property, creating a border between fields and water, he said. In the past, farmers would apply a blanket amount of fertilizer to the whole field, sometimes enough to last several years. Today, variable rate technology — a process by which soil

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samples are taken and fertilizer applied only where needed — is rapidly becoming a standard procedure. “Instead of putting 200 pounds of fertilizer across the whole field, you put only 25 pounds here, 300 here or nothing here,” Libben said. “It’s like a prescription for the field. “Five years ago, it was a retailer here and there, but in the last few years it’s really ramped up and everybody’s using that technology. We’re definitely

seeing more interest.” The Western Lake Erie Watershed extends from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the west, Sandusky Bay to the east, Findlay to the south and three lower Michigan townships to the north. It encompasses 6 million acres of land drained by the Maumee, Portage and Ottawa rivers, as well as the open waters of Maumee Bay. “For farmers here around the lake, [conservation programs are] an easy sell,” Libben said. “The farther away from

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the lake, it’s out of sight, out of mind. They don’t have as close a tie as we do. “If we held back every drop of fertilizer, we’d still have algae bloom. That sediment is in the lake already. Those conditions are already there. It’s going to take some time for the lake to heal itself,” Libben said. “Zero percent [runoff] will never happen, but we can do everything possible to minimize that. It’s been a wake-up call that we need to make some changes and do some work. “I just want people to realize farmers aren’t doing anything intentionally. They are doing things they were taught over the years. Sometimes it’s just something else we need to be taught about and learn and change.”

The future

Could the crisis happen again? “It’s not debatable. It absolutely could,” Moore said. “This is Mother Nature we’re dealing with. There is nothing we could have possibly done different that would have prevented this.” Blooms will remain a threat until algae season is over, typically by late September. Officials have asked residents to

use water conservatively until then. “The slower we process the water, the greater the opportunity we give the chemicals that are involved to clean it out,” Collins said. “I don’t want to go through this again so I have to take a step of prevention in order to create a pound of cure.” The city has increased the amount of activated carbon and chlorine added to water and is currently testing daily for microcystin. All levels have been undetectable. The challenge will be fixing the problem, not just the symptoms, Gerken said. “We can fix pipes. It’s going to take a whole lot of people and some time to fix a lake. And that’s where we’ve got to go now,” he said. Everyone agrees making forward progress will require teamwork. “The idea that any single entity can solve this problem is simply wrong,” O’Mara said. “We’re all going to have to do our part to get at these challenges and I’m absolutely confident the good people in this part of Ohio can come together and do just that.” O

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Marty Lipka landed in North Africa as a member of the Army 10th Mountain Division in World War II. A year later, he took an English boat to Italy and fought through to Austria. For many years after the war, Lipka, 97, worked in the Sears Roebuck & Co. building located where the Oakland Mall now sits in Troy, Michigan. Today, Lipka lives with caretakers Mike and Yvonne Arnold in their home in Brighton, Michigan, as part of the Medical Foster Home Program with the Veterans Affairs (VA) Ann Arbor Healthcare System. The program pairs veterans who require round-the-clock care with private caregivers. This prevents many veterans from entering nursing homes and helps the families of veterans who may be burdened by the constant care. Currently, there are eight homes in the program — two in Toledo and six in southeast Michigan, serving 12 veterans, said April Bartlett, the program’s manager. Lipka and Mike Arnold, 63, have formed a tight bond since Lipka moved in with the Arnolds two years ago. Arnold has no formal caretaker training, but had taken care of his mother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s. He built a house next door to his own in 2007, but she died a year later,

leaving him with two homes during the economic crisis. He sold his home and moved into the newly constructed house. Because it was built for caretaking, he decided to take in Lipka, who was in a nursing home at the time. “The need was just so great,” Arnold said. “Marty was in a nursing home, and he hated it. He couldn’t go outside; he couldn’t see sunshine. Now he can walk out anytime he wants.” Lipka said he is happy with the Arnolds’ care, that he likes to watch TV and sit outside to watch the ducks and geese. “I’m happy. Most of the time. Mike’s OK. I can’t trade him for a new one,” Lipka said, joking during a recent telephone interview. “When I brought him home, he went outside,” Arnold said. “When I saw that moment, it was just [so touching] and he’s not the only [veteran] who has needs. [The need] is real.” Arnold and Lipka have made many trips and visits together. They even went to a Willie Nelson concert in Kalamazoo. The country star signed Lipka’s photograph, and Arnold hopes to find tickets for another show as Lipka is looking forward to seeing Nelson again. In the past, they have visited The Henry Ford Museum to see the Titanic exhibit and Detroit to see the Thanksgiving parade. They even went to Oak Grove, Lipka’s home-

town where they visited the cemetery where his parents are buried and the seven-bedroom farmhouse where he grew up. Bartlett said the VA is looking for more caregivers like Arnold to join its program. To sign up, a caregiver needs to be at least 21 years of age, have a backup caregiver who must meet requirements, have active CPR certification and live in a home that meets fire and safety standards. When Bartlett places a veteran with a caregiver, she said she does so with the intention and hope that the placement will last indefinitely. Each home is allowed to take up to three veterans. “Some veterans have mobility issues, so we prefer to have homes on the ground floor so they don’t have to navigate the stairs,” Bartlett said. “I’m hoping this will be [their] forever home and [they] will be able to stay indefinitely.” The foster home program combines traditional foster care with a team of caregivers, Bartlett said. Several specialists will visit the home to check up on the veteran, including a nurse manager, social worker, dietitian, physical therapist, recreational therapist, psychologist and pharmacist. Depending on the veteran’s care plan, a veteran could be seen two to three times a week by care providers. n veterans CONTINUES ON 15

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“Those veterans eligible for VA benefits, I’m able to help them apply,” Bartlett said. “If eligible and awarded those benefits, they can use that. Primarily, they use their Social Security benefits to help them afford the care.” Bartlett said the program is so successful, it’s actually saving taxpayers nationwide a million dollars about every seven days because the program

diverts long-term care costs paid by the state Medicaid program. The foster home program began in 2000 in Little Rock, Arkansas, by two social workers looking for care support for veterans in their own communities. A pilot program was created in 2004. Now there are 114 foster home sites across the country, currently serving 747 veterans, Bartlett said.

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as they would in a family unit. Arnold says Lipka can sit in his room or come out to discuss something he watched on TV. The relationship is mutually beneficial, he says. “You do it because you can,” Arnold said. “There’s sacrifices and trade offs. But when they seem to appreciate it, you just know it’s right. And the main thing you know, really, is we’re getting older not younger. And we’re all going to need more help. Maybe the Lord will send someone to us when we get older.” O

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She media coverage. via helicopter to Mercy PROGRESS–JULY 2014 Page 37 2014 Page 37 In a letter to the editor to the troubles would go somewhere else. then could not remember anything in-Bay Police Department betweenPROGRESS–JULY May 5 to July 25, police responded to until she found the man lying on top Sandusky Register, Ken Benjamin, The picture you continue to paint St. Vincent Medical reports of “possible rape,” “intoxicated of her “yelling for her to ‘take her owner of Stonehenge Estate on every day of our community is ugly. female” and “possible drugged female” f***ing clothes off.’” The man then Put-in-Bay, said the reports were Not so and it needs to stop!” Center in Toledo. 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In a windowless office below the gaming floor of Hollywood Casino Toledo, poker room manager Ken Lambert Jr. was keen to talk up his latest and most ambitious project: The Hollywood Poker Challenge. Lambert, the veteran Las Vegas poker tourney organizer, was brought to the Glass City’s gambling emporium by Penn National Gaming about five months ago. Now he’s ready to “bring something to the Toledo area that’s never been here before.” The Hollywood Poker Challenge includes 12 days of poker tournaments beginning Aug. 21 and will feature twin marquee No Limit Hold ’em events with respective guaranteed payouts of $50,000 and $100,000. Lambert has structured the Poker Challenge “to drive the numbers” of players, in his words. Poker aficionados can win seats at either main event through multiple feeder tourneys with buy-ins as low as $15 and $35 running from Aug. 21 to Aug. 31. For example, Super Satellite events, which cost $20 to enter, guarantee 10 seats for the $125 buy-in Mega Satellite tournaments, which in turn feed into the main event, a $1,070 per seat tournament. In order to have success, “a guy doesn’t have to win [the Super Satellite],” Lambert said. “Just make the final table.” “We’ve been very generous with

our guarantees,” Lambert said, conceding recent poker room losses due to poorer than expected participation this summer. For example, a $15,000 guaranteed payout for the recent Fourth of July weekend tournament fell short, he said, costing the casino about $4,500. “I haven’t figured out this market yet,” admitted Lambert, who is licensed to run gambling operations in eight states and has worked in poker rooms from Las Vegas to Mississippi. Still, Lambert, who has a reputation for putting players first, ultimately believes in the “goodwill” those guarantees create. Lambert, a stylish yet low-key presence at the casino, makes a sincere impression. As a teenager, he earned extra cash after getting off work as a bus boy at Binion’s Horseshoe casino in Las Vegas by crossing Fremont Street with ice cream for the high limit players at the poker tables in the Golden Nugget. In the years since, he has built lasting friendships throughout the professional poker world. While detailing the Poker Challenge, Lambert was repeatedly interrupted by texts coming into his phone, including a message from Todd Brunson, son of legendary Poker Hall of Famer Doyle Brunson and an accomplished pro in his own right. Todd Brunson was replying to an invitation by Lambert to come to the Hollywood Poker Challenge. “That’s right before my tournament but let me see if I can swing it,” Brunson texted, according to Lambert. n POKER CONTINUES ON 19

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One poker notable who has already committed is Chris Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker winner. Moneymaker will host a pre-event meet and greet on Friday evening, Aug. 29, before joining area players at the tables that weekend for the main event. Also scheduled as part of the Poker Challenge are Ladies Only and Seniors Only No Limit tournaments, a Seniors Only Pot-Limit tournament and an Omaha 8 or Better tourney. The Aug. 30 Ladies Only tournament is co-sponsored by Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS), a Las Vegas-based organization whose founder and CEO Lupe Soto will be on hand. According to its website, LIPS seeks “to promote and provide poker tournament venues for women poker players seeking opportunities to challenge other women in comfortable, friendly and yet competitive environments.” Lambert called it a “strategic move” to involve LIPS, a 10-year-old organization with promotional resources and an established reputation. Seniors-only tournaments “are a big deal out there” in the national poker world, Lambert said. The idea is to gear an event toward those who enjoy playing poker “with guys who grew up playing old-school,” in contrast to the overwhelmingly online experience of many of today’s younger players. Hollywood Casino’s seniors-only events are open to those 50 and older. To accommodate the event, for about two weeks Hollywood’s 20-table poker room will be expanded into pit six, where roulette and craps tables will be replaced by 10 poker tournament tables trucked in from Hollywood’s sister property in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Additional poker dealers will come up from Hollywood Casino Columbus to help staff the tournaments. Players at the two final tables of the championship will be seated on the H Club stage and their play will be live streamed online, pending approval of the Ohio Casino Control Commission. “Nobody has done a tournament like this in this market,” said Lambert, who is already working on a follow-up event to be held the first half of December. Lambert expects the Poker Challenge’s economic impact on the area to include “a couple hundred” hotel bookings for each of the two weekends involved. He said Hollywood Casino is working with the Grand Plaza Hotel Down-

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Chatting with the affable Al Stewart is as enjoyable as listening to him wield words in song. “I often say I only have two talents in life: I can rhyme just about anything, and I can read a wine list. And as it happens, these are the two things that you need to do my job,” he said and laughed. Most know the artist for the jazzy, piano-driven “Year of the Cat” with its

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a storyteller reveling in history was set. “I write my songs to be like the books and movies that I like,” he said. “There’s usually plot development; a lot of them take place in different countries, different time zones and different centuries even. “And a lot of them have several

different things going on at the same time, so you don’t really know if it’s a historical song or if it’s an allegory. So there’s a certain amount of intrigue.” Stewart will bring that musical mystique to The Ark in Ann Arbor, where he’ll play at 8 p.m. Aug. 15. Tickets are $30. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

“It’s a very unusual job, performing things you’ve made, things you created,” he said. “The fact that you could write songs and somehow pay your way just by doing that is quite extraordinary to me. … I’ve been able to do this for 50 years and make a living at it. It’s a wonderful gift.” O

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This year is the 10th anniversary of the Levis Commons Fine Art Fair. On Aug. 16 and 17, the Town Center at Levis Commons in Perrysburg transforms into an outdoor art gallery. The open-air event is presented by the Guild of Artists & Artisans and hosted by The Town Center at Levis Commons. Admission and parking are free. Fair hours are Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. More than 125 artists from across the country have been invited to show their work at this juried event. Featured artwork includes ceramics, glass, painting, drawing, multimedia, sculpture, photography, fiber, leather, wood, jewelry and more. The fair will also feature a free children’s art activity center presented by the Toledo School for the Arts (TSA). TSA students will help chil-

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Bar 145º

Featuring burgers, bands and bourbon. $5 cover. 5304 Monroe St. (419) 593-0073 or bar145toledo.com. ✯ Noisy Neighbors: Aug. 8. ✯ Captain Sweet Shoes: Aug. 13. ✯ Dan Fester: Aug. 14.

Barr’s Public House

Focusing on craft beer, hand-crafted specialty drinks and martinis, a well-rounded wine selection and an eclectic food menu. 3355 Briarfield Blvd., Maumee. (419) 866-8466. ✯ Chris Shutters: Aug. 8. ✯ Jak Schilb & Mudfoot: Aug. 9. ✯ Ryan Dunlap: Aug. 14.

Bronze Boar

Be sure to check out this Warehouse District tavern’s namesake, overhead near the entrance. 20 S. Huron St. (419) 244-2627 or www.bronzeboar.com. ✯ Open mic: Thursdays and Mondays. ✯ Beg To Differ: Aug. 8. ✯ Bush League: Aug. 9. ✯ Steve Finelli and Oliver Roses: Aug. 11. ✯ Steve Kennedy: Aug. 14.

Centennial Terrace

This venue next to a quarry hosts dance parties, swing bands, country singers and rockers. 5773 Centennial Road, Sylvania. (419) 8821500, (419) 381-8851, www.centennialterrace.org or www.ticketmaster.com. ✯ My Big Fat Indian Wedding: The Festival of India will be on a grander scale this year to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Featuring plenty of color, music, food and dancing from 100 performers, all volunteers. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 10. Free admission.

Dégagé Jazz Café

Signature drinks plus live local performers. 301 River Road, Maumee. $5 weekends for

cafe seating. (419) 794-8205 or www.degage jazzcafe.com. ✯ Cynthia Kaay Bennett: Aug. 8. ✯ Paul Vornhagen: Aug. 9. ✯ Gene Parker: Aug. 12 and 13.

The Distillery

The mic is open on Sundays, but paid entertainers rock out Fridays-Saturdays. 4311 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 382-1444 or www. thedistilleryonline.com. ✯ Live Trivia with DJ Brandon: Tuesdays. ✯ Name That Tune: Wednesdays. ✯ Venyx: Aug. 8. ✯ Hundred Dollar Baby: Aug. 9.

Doc Watson’s

Named in honor of the owners’ forefather. 1515 S. Byrne Road. (419) 389-6003 or docwatsonstoledo.com. ✯ Sporcle Live Trivia: Thursdays. ✯ Rance Crane: 10 p.m. Aug. 8. ✯ Dave Carpenter and Shawn McMahon: 10 p.m. Aug. 9.

Durty Bird

A full bar featuring frozen drinks and multiple happy hours (4-7 p.m.) on weekdays accompany live entertainment four nights a week. 2 S. St. Clair St. (419) 243-2473 or www.yeoldedurtybird.com. ✯ Chris Knopp: 5-7 p.m. Aug. 8. ✯ Distant Cousinz: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Aug. 8. ✯ Kennedy Richards: 5-7 p.m. Aug. 9. ✯ Vintage Mojo: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Aug. 9. ✯ Quick Trio: 1-4 p.m. Aug. 10. ✯ Josh Whitney: 4-6 p.m. Aug. 10. ✯ Barile & May: 5-7 p.m. Aug. 11.

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This two-man band performs Beatles songs acoustically. www.beatlesebooks.com/elixir. ✯ River Café & Marina, 6215 Edgewater Drive, Erie. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Aug. 8. ✯ The Local, 7723 Airport Hwy., Holland. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Aug. 9. ✯ Nick & Jimmy’s Bar & Grill, 4956 Monroe St. 8 p.m. to midnight. Aug. 14.

Frankie’s Inner-City

Toledo’s venue for rock. Tickets vary between $5 and $14, unless otherwise noted. 308 Main St. (419) 693-5300 or www.FrankiesInnerCity.com. ✯ The Ataris Acoustic Tour: 8 p.m. Aug. 8. ✯ Kaos Birthday Bash! with T.F.R., 10/31, Sixx Digit, JO2, Midwess, Restriktid and Shotty: 9 p.m. Aug. 9. ✯ Kingsfoil with Rookie of the Year and SayWeCanFly: 8 p.m. Aug. 10.

Hollywood Casino Toledo

Hollywood Casino Toledo offers musical distractions from all the lights, noise and jackpots. 777 Hollywood Blvd. (419) 661-5200 or www. hollywoodcasinotoledo.com. ✯ Distant Cousins: 9 p.m. Aug. 8. ✯ Denise Davis & The Motor City Sensations: Aug. 9. ✯ Summerland Tour with Everclear, Soul Asylum and Eve 6: Aug. 9, $25.

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Ottawa Park

2200 Kenwood Blvd., Toledo. ✯ Dezire: Aug. 9.

The Village Idiot

Tunes combined with pizza and booze, some would say it’s a perfect combination. 309 Conant St., Maumee. (419) 893-7281 or www. villageidiotmaumee.com. ✯ The House Band: 6 p.m. Fridays. ✯ Bob Rex Band: 6 p.m. Sundays. ✯ Dooley Wilson: Sundays. ✯ Frankie May and friends: 10 p.m. Mondays. ✯ John Barile & Bobby May: 8 p.m. Tuesdays. ✯ Jack and the Bear: Aug. 8. ✯ Andrew Ellis: Aug. 13.

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1815 Adams St. (419) 725-5483, otavern.com. ✯ North: 10 p.m. Aug. 8.

SWINGMANIA

With its focus on swing music, Jeff McDonald’s group of musicians provides a peek into another era. (419) 708-0265, (419) 874-0290 or www.swingmania.org. ✯ Trotters Tavern, 5131 Heatherdowns Blvd., (419) 381-2079: 8 p.m. Tuesdays.

The Toledo Zoo

2700 Broadway St. $11-$14. (419) 385-4040 or toledozoo.org. ✯ Music Under the Stars: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 10.

Featuring 30 draught beer selections, daily drink specials and live entertainment daily. 9 N. Huron St. (419) 244-2855 or facebook.com/ cocknbulltoledo. ✯ Danny Mettler hosts Open Mic Night: Wednesdays. ✯ Bobby May and John Barile followed by The Eight Fifteens: Aug. 8. ✯ Rivets: Aug. 9. ✯ Dick Lange Blues Jam: Aug. 10. ✯ Jeff Stewart: Aug. 12. ✯ Captain Sweet Shoes: Aug. 14. If you would like your event in The Pulse, contact Matt at mattliasse@gmail.com

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

James A. Molnar, film editor: A space opera that entertains until the last frame. Chris Pratt gives an breakout action performance as Peter Quill aka Star-Lord, the ringleader of band of misfits known as the Guards of the Galaxy. Making a fantastic story with a talking tree and raccoon seems a tough task, but director James Gunn knocks it out of the park.

Thursday, August 14th Dave Pfenning Friday, August 15th MAS FiNA Saturday, August 16th MAS FiNA

Watch James discuss movies on FOX Toledo and WTOL -11 on Fridays. Also, listen to James discuss movies on “Eye on Your Weekend” on 1370 WSPD every Friday at 6 p.m.

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