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OPINION: SEPT. 15 PRIMARY ENDORSEMENTS

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PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

Bell for mayor

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here is a world of difference between leading through intimidation and leading through inspiration. Mike Bell is the best of a great field of candidates because he understands that difference.

Bell literally put his life on the line for Toledo, and he has parlayed the respect and experience he earned into a career that took him to Columbus as the state’s fire marshal.

He is a proven leader with experience at the top of city government, and no one else has that the inside view.

I believe Bell “knows what he doesn’t know,” and he will hire people who are experts in their fields, not try to over-reach and perform duties he is unqualified to atThomas F. POUNDS tempt.

His relationships with such leaders as Tom Crothers, executive director of the Downtown Toledo Improvement District, is just one example of the human resources that could be available to Bell as he builds a cabinet.

When he is in the room, Bell has a passion and fire for leadership that is focused and not erratic. He is consistent in his messages of embracing diverse ideas, uniting the people in and around Toledo and making the city a more conducive place to establish and operate a business.

Toledo needs a mayor who has faced the hottest flames and kept his cool, a mayor who does not require a long learning curve. Bell is that man.

Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

Wilkowski for mayor

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arly this year, when he was the only declared candidate there aren’t enough Toledoans to pay taxes,” he said.

Wilkowski has endorsements from many established for mayor of Toledo, I met with Keith Wilkowski for a political and business leaders, and while some of his optalk on politics, the economy and Toledo’s future. ponents see that as a detriment, I have a Wilkowski is a deliberate thinker, one different take on it. Yes, Toledo needs a who seems to process complete thoughts break from politics as usual, but how does a before speaking — “uh” and “um” are not radical, cold turkey fracture with the estabamong his linguistic handicaps. lishment move the city forward? Wilkowski After our discussion — which represents a bridge from the failed ways of touched on communication and transthe past to a hopeful vision for the future, parency in local government, economic a natural transition from the arc of descent development through the Meta-Plan and we are riding to a leveling period and then, the importance of having a mayor who hopefully, a progressively upward slope. can cooperate with local media, but not At our Sept. 8 debate, I asked bow before it — I stood up to exit, offered Michael S. MILLER Wilkowski to combat the perception he a hand to shake, and said what I always say after such meetings, which are educational and not has “Al Gore Syndrome,” which means he is experienced and intelligent in the ways of navigating government, intended for immediate public discourse: “I know, everything we said here was off the record.” but lacking immediate charisma and the inspirational Wilkowski, with no more hesitation than he dis- X-factor that moves people.

Wilkowski responded by discussing his trips traplayed when ordering lunch, responded, “Nothing I said here today has to be off the record. Everything we talked versing the Grand Canyon, his background (“I am the well-adjusted middle child, with an older sister and a about I would say for publication, so feel free to use it.”

In nearly 20 years of covering politics and politicians, younger brother. I’m the peacekeeper,” he said), and his I have never before been told that after a conversation desire to lead the people of Toledo to higher ground.

There is radical inspiration and bold leadership in was completed. That moment has stuck with me as I have watched Wilkowski campaign, and it is one factor in my Wilkowski’s simple desire, and that is on the record. belief he would be your best choice for mayor of Toledo.

He understands Toledo’s financial problem: “It’s Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. not that Toledoans aren’t paying enough taxes, it’s that Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

ON THE BALLOT

A strong ‘yes’ on Issue 1, a reluctant ‘no’ on Issue 2

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s Toledo City Councilman George Sarantou told Toledo Free Press Sept. 5, “We are in a fiscal emergency, and we would like permission from voters to use Capital Improvement Funds (CIP) for safety.”

We believe Toledo voters should give council that permission by voting “yes” on Issue 1 on Sept. 15.

The current division of funds from the three-quarter percent income tax spread money equally among police and fire resources, the general fund, and the CIP, which is used for infrastructure, such as streets and bridges. The proposed change to this system would increase the general fund to one-half of that, with one-third remaining with police and fire and one-sixth going to CIP. Voters should remember that this shift to the general fund gives council the flexibility to shift funds to police and fire as necessary.

We have listened to Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner argue against Issue 1 and listened to Sarantou and City Council President Joe McNamara argue for it.

It strikes us that much of Finkbeiner’s argument rests on supposition of worst-case scenarios and extreme all-or-nothing outcomes, while Sarantou and McNamara offer a more measured and manageable probability.

Passage of Issue 1 will help Toledo meet the Department of Justice COPS grant that maintains the level of officers.

It is unreasonable to follow the mayor’s contention that the CIP will be reduced to zero and that Toledo’s streets will be allowed to fall into further and dangerous states of disrepair.

Council and the next mayor will not idly stand by and let the CIP drain into oblivion.

Issue 1 truly puts “safety first.”

— Michael S. Miller

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e maintain great respect for councilman Tom Waniewski and councilwoman Lindsay Webb in their efforts to reduce government through passage of Issue 2, but we disagree with their stance.

We agree in principle that council can be efficiently reduced in number; it’s how Issue 2 reduces government beyond the vote Sept. 15 that people should be paying attention to.

Currently, there are seven members of Toledo City Council that you vote for, one district person and six at large. If your district person doesn’t respond to your needs, you have six atlarge members you can contact, which increases your odds of seeing your problem solved or at least listened to. If Issue 2 passes, you’ll only have two people to contact, your district person and your “super district” person.

If you live in one of the wealthier districts where there is more election competition/in-

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terest and money to spend on campaigns, you’ll probably benefit from Issue 2 because chances are the “super district” rep will come from 2 and 5, and whichever unlucky districts get paired with them could potentially end up with even less representation than they have now. Why? Because if you are a super district councilperson elected from 2 or 5, where the voter turnout is heavier, it’s common sense that you are going to concentrate on serving those who can get you reelected.

Issue 2 doesn’t tell us who will be in which district, it states the apportionment board will decide and that is a flaw, because whoever is paired with 2 and 5 will not benefit and there is no logical way to pair district 2 and 5 together since they don’t share a border.

Issue 2 could create more problems than solutions.

— Lisa Renee Ward

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CONNECTING THE DOTS

GUEST COLUMN

Simplifying Issue 2

Another one bites the dust

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s I write this column it tate projects and that financing was looks like another curtain the lynchpin to the redevelopment is falling on Downtown of the two buildings. Owning two Toledo. Or, looked at another way, renovated, classy buildings on ada page is turning on downtown jacent corners a couple hundred feet Toledo. The Nicholas Building from the main entrance to the new arena would have — known by most been a real gold mine.

Toledoans as the But owning two old former Fifth Third buildings with less Bank building, or than 50 percent octo older Toledoans cupancy and no bank as the First National financing for renovaBank building — is tion is dead weight. closing for the most “The Nicholas ignominious of reaBuilding is only 10 sons: The landlord percent occupied,” didn’t pay the elecJim HARPEN said Bill Thomas, tric bill.

Ergur Real Estate “We received notice from Toledo Edison that Group’s Toledo manager. “That’s power would be turned off if pay- not enough [rent] to cover our daily ment is not received” the building’s needs.” Nor, apparently, enough to assistant manager told me. “And cover the FirstEnergy bill.

With the banks refusing to lend, payment will not be received.”

The tallest building in Ohio the Ergur Group started months when it was constructed in 1906, ago looking for private financing this feature on the Toledo skyline near and far, including the Middle will be empty by the time most East. “You look at these private eqof you read this column. It’s hap- uity groups” said Thomas, “... they pening that fast. There was little hold all the cards.” And the private notice for the tenants to make the investors weren’t playing.

It might be tough to see a silver move. Fifth Third Bank, which has (had) its main Downtown lining in such a debacle, but let’s branch on the ground floor of try. In the short-term, there’s an the Nicholas Building, sent out instant increase in demand for a news release that it was closing Downtown office space as Nicholas that branch exactly 24 hours and Building tenants are racing to relo39 minutes before they locked the cate. One week ago, the suggestion doors for good. For the rest of the that there would be a spike in detenants, it was like scrambling for mand for space Downtown would lifeboats on a sinking ship. Some have been answered by a nervous tenants filed court motions to keep laugh and maybe a recommendathe power on through the weekend tion to see a psychologist.

I caught up with Nancy Lehman, so they could get their belongings out. Commercial realtors were get- vice president of CB Richard Ellis ting panicked calls from tenants on commercial real estate brokerage, the top three floors who needed to after she spent Wednesday aftermove and move fast before power noon showing a Nicholas Building tenant five places where they could to the elevators was cut off.

The owner/landlord is the relocate. All Downtown.

Ergur Real Estate Group out of San The good news is those busiFrancisco. It bought the Nicholas nesses will be, or are trying to stay Building in January 2008 for the Downtown. The bad news is that relatively paltry sum of $313,600 this is a case of musical chairs.

— that’s 17 floors of Toledo history The same number of Downtown for less than you’d pay for a single- workers in fewer buildings and family residence in Stone Oak. Be- another landmark emptied out. fore you jump to the conclusion that Refilling it will take time. Perthis is just another absentee land- haps, a lot of time. lord scarfing up cheap Toledo real “Its gonna be a year minimum,” estate and milking it for all the cash said Germano Bressan of Signature they could, consider what Ergur Associates, a commercial real estate Group’s plans were: A $200 million firm. “That’s an expensive building renovation of the Nicholas Building to run. Somebody’s going to buy it and the adjacent 10-story Spitzer for nothing, so they can make money Building, also owned by Ergur. with just a handful of tenants.“ Those were the plans. But then came the credit meltdown. The banks E-mail columnist Jim Harpen at quit lending on commercial real es- letters@toledofreepress.com.

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ssue 2 is really quite simple. If you think nine city bill? If you can read a couple of those a month, you’ll council members are enough to do the business of the have no problem understanding Issue 2. Do you want city, please vote for Issue 2. If you think we need 12 nine council members legislating the business of the city or 12? If you think nine is fine, vote yes. people for a city this size, then you should vote 5. District members don’t have the no. There are also public policy considerations interest of the entire city at hand. At our that go along with changing the organization last council meeting, all but one district of council, and honest people can disagree council member voted against raising the about them, but I feel that Issue 2 will not trash fee. All but one at-large member only save money for our cash-strapped city, voted for raising the trash fee and one but also improve representation and increase at-large member was not in attendance. accountability; the best of both worlds.

Based on the flood of e-mails I’ve been getIf, after three months of public debate, ting on the trash fee, I believe the majority you are still not sure how to vote on Issue 2, here are some things to think about based on Tom WANIEWSKI of the city was best served by the vote of the majority of district members. the arguments presented by both sides 6. One thing both sides have agreed on is that it will 1. Will it bring about a better candidate? You’re always rolling the dice there. Who knows? But at least you’ll get save money in the form of salary and benefits for three to know the contenders more closely. There are nearly two council members and some support staff. We have all dozen candidates running for city council. Can you tell me had to downsize in our personal lives and so has government. This cost savings can only be achieved by the two meaningful, relevant things about one of them?

2. Compute the cost of public service. If you have a vote of the people. You are the boss, and on Sept. 15, you strong desire to serve the public, but disdain the politics can vote to streamline city government. We all know the you will have to go through to get elected, the current council would never act to do this on their own. This is system prevents this from occurring. It hurts our city why the people had to put this on the ballot.

In a few days, you will decide. Don’t let me or anyone by depriving it of good leaders. It costs a lot and ties the candidate too closely to the organizations that can else tell you how you should vote. Please search out for offer to erase those costs. Running for council, if Issue 2 the truth and decide for yourself.

One last thing; you should not feel conflicted by passes, lowers the barrier or, I prefer, opens the door for more people who are not part of any political machine. voting for your preferred at-large council candidates this year, while voting to shrink the size of and reorganize It’s not to allow the menial, but to motivate the masses.

3. There wasn’t enough discussion on the topic. I’ve our city council.

There are hard-working, at-large council members. Joe not known government to not talk a topic to death. And this was no different. Send it to this committee for re- McNamara, George Sarantou and Mark Sobczak, before view by another committee ... Yikes! If we did as much he left council, were at every one of my frequently hosted neighborhood meetings. Voters will recognize that. doing as we do talking, we’d do a lot of doing.

4. The language is confusing. Have you looked at your bank statement lately? How about your cell phone Tom Waniewski is a Toledo City Councilman for District 5.

GUEST COLUMN

JUSSC Information Fair to offer help

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ooking around our community, it’s not difficult to see that many, many people need help.

Help with putting food on the table, help paying bills, help finding a job, help staying in a house.

Help is a broad term and the need in our community is just as expansive. I’m excited to chair the Joint Utility and Social Services Committee Walden (JUSSC), a Northwest Ohio collection of agencies and area utility companies that meet regularly to share information and pool assistance resources available within our community.

We see, firsthand, the extent of need in our community. But we also know that there are resources, albeit sometimes limited, to offer assistance.

We also see new faces, new

families, turning to social service agencies for help. Families who are unaware of the kinds of assistance that is available, unsure where to turn or who to ask; they only know that they need help.

On Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Erie Street Market (237 South Erie St.) nearly 30 member organizations of the JUSSC will WILSON come together for an Information Assistance Fair. Through the generosity of our media partner, Toledo Free Press, there is an advertisement in this edition that contains a full list of the participating organizations.

This program is free and open to everyone.

Our goal is to put the agencies that offer help and those in our community in need in the same room. A one-stop shopping, if you

will, of local aid and assistance programs. We don’t want folks to show up waving bills and looking to have them paid. But we’ll offer places, suggestions and opportunities where there may be assistance available.

In June, we hosted a similar event and drew more than 3,000 in a dynamic demonstration of just how many need help at this time. The member organizations of the JUSSC decided to expand the June event, offering information for many, many impactful areas, including utility bills, housing, real estate taxes, foreclosure prevention, home repair and weatherization, home purchasing, rental assistance, food, medical assistance, legal aid, employment and many more.

There is help available, but it’s a two-way street.

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The JUSSC can provide options to cover needs that may free up funds. For example, you many not qualify for utility bill assistance, but could receive food vouchers.

You may qualify for home weatherization, which could lower home energy bills. You may qualify for assistance as a veteran that you may have been unaware you were eligible to get. And with the expanded need, some guidelines for aid, most of which are based on the federal poverty guidelines, have increased; some as much as 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, which for a family of four is $44,100.

I see the need in our community every day. I also know that the member organizations of the JUSSC are ready and willing to help; to point you in the right directions. I invite everyone to join us at the Erie Street Market on Sept. 17 to see what help is available. Through the generous support of Feed Lucas County Children, Inc., a free hot lunch for children 18 and under will be provided from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This is a time when our community needs to come together. While I am saddened that there are so many in our community in need of help, I am proud that those involved with the JUSSC have stepped forward and offered a beacon of hope.

Issue 1 puts safety first for Toledo A

Walden Wilson is JUSSC chairman.

s President of Toledo City Council, it is my money to pay the 533 police officers necessary to job to make sure that we have the resources sustain the grant. If Issue 1 fails, to save $3.9 million to keep the City safe. But local government out of the public safety budget, the mayor would have to lay off 200 police officers (and cannot maintain public safety if we we would lose the grant.) This option do not have enough police officers is unacceptable. fighting criminals and firefighters The three-fourths percent income fighting fires. For this reason, it is crittax is governed by a specific formula ical that citizens vote “yes” on Issue 1 mandating how the money may be — the safety first amendment to the spent. The formula for the threethree-fourths percent income tax. fourths percent for years 2004-08 Issue 1 is not a new tax. Citizens will was more flexible than the formula continue to pay the same amount in for years 2009-12. The previous flexincome taxes no matter which way the vote goes. But passage of Issue 1 allows Joe MCNAMARA ible formula allowed city council to move funds from the CIP to the public council to use $3.9 million to pay for police salaries. Because this money has already been safety budget. This flexibility was repeatedly needed earmarked, nothing needs to be cut from the ap- to balance the budget.

When Mayor Carty Finkbeiner renewed the proved 2009 Capital Improvement Program (CIP).

The City of Toledo is experiencing serious finan- three-fourths percent income tax, he changed the cial challenges. Despite all of the trimming and cuts, formula back to the inflexible version and removed we are still potentially facing a deficit of more than $7 the option of devoting more resources to public safety million in our general fund. The general fund pays when the need arises. The mayor’s preference for the inflexible formula was a mistake and is part of the for the salaries of the police and firefighters.

Quite candidly, we do not have enough police reason why the city is still grappling with a deficit.

Issue 1 asks the voters to return to a more flexofficers. The ratio of police officer to 1,000 citizens is 1.8, which is low compared to other cities our ible formula that gives the mayor and city council size. The Department of Justice recognized Toledo’s more options to stabilize the budget. Finkbeiner needs with the COPS grant that will cover virtually originally supported the Safety First proposal. He all costs associated with 31 officers for the next three repeatedly praised me for authoring the plan. On years. However, the grant requires that the City of July 10th, he signed a resolution strongly urging Toledo maintain a minimum of 564 police officers. voters to approve Issue 1. Recently, the mayor If our policing level drops below this number, we flipped his position and is rallying against it. It’s will lose the grant. Therefore, the city must stabi- not clear why the mayor went from saying at a lize the general fund to ensure that we have enough rare council appearance “the sooner the better”

to saying “never.” But I suspect part of the reason is his frustration in failing to induce city council to pass “revenue enhancements.”

The mayor has not identified an alternative to replacing the $3.9 million that would be used to pay police salaries. If Issue 1 fails and if there are no layoffs, the next mayor and the new council will likely be saddled with this additional debt.

To pressure opposition against Issue 1, the mayor has conjured nightmare scenarios of what the CIP will be in 2010, 2011 and 2012. The mayor claims that the flexibility of the proposed formula will be used to completely shortchange the CIP The mayor has even held press conferences in specific locations clamoring that specific projects will not be completed if Issue 1 passes.

The problem with his fear-mongering is that the budget and the CIP are decided through a lengthy process every year. Next year’s budget and CIP will be created by the new mayor and the new council. Finkbeiner has no more ability to predict the numbers in next year’s CIP than he does the numbers in next week’s lottery drawing. At best, he’s guessing; at worst, he’s confused.

If Issue 1 passes, you will know exactly where your tax dollars are going: to pay to keep our police officers. If Issue 1 fails, $3.9 million of debt will be locked into the 2009 budget. That debt will have to be paid somehow — but no one yet knows how.

Please help keep the city safe — vote “yes” on Issue 1.

Joe McNamara is president of Toledo City Council, representing an at-large position.

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Toledo and the dangers of familiarity

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oledo’s economic, social and find out what they’re really about.

With apathy at an all-time high, crime problems didn’t start today. You can pass blame, especially when it comes to local politics, most consider but one thing is certain: it too much to even Leadership is normally bother and just so the reason why we have much easier to vote for the problems we do. I find the same people and it telling that, recently, hope beyond hope that only one person, Tom things will change.

Waniewski, fessed up to There are many who that on city council. will vote for anyone There are 23 people other than those who running for city council and some of those David WASHINGTON currently serve, no matter who they are. I’ve had names are incumbents.

Others are just local names who are people walk up to me after handing familiar. One thing that Toledo is them a flier and saying, “I don’t know notorious for is voting in the same who you are or what you stand for. people over and over again thinking But I’m going to vote for you because they’ll get different results. That’s we need someone different up there.”

Opponents offer the flip side, the classic definition of insanity. We increase our chances of getting what stating that those unfamiliar are inexwe have now going down that road. perienced. To an extent, this is true.

There’s a reason why people go However, one thing is certain. Incumwith the familiar. Security probably bents have proven that they can’t do tops that list with apathy following a the job by their experience. It’s only close second. Going with someone made things worst, not better.

Now is a time to scrap the way you’re unfamiliar with means you’ll have to do the work and research to we’ve been doing things and appoint

people who have the citizens’ interests at heart. We need to make things simpler, streamlined and uncomplicated in order to be effective. As famed revolutionary Thomas Paine put it: “I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature ... that the more simple a thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered and the easier to repaired when disordered.”

This election season is unique in that the climate is ripe for going in a different direction in this city. People are concerned about their families as job scarcity increases. An opportunity like this is a blessing and we should take it and run with it long and fast.

On Sept. 15, people will have an opportunity to hand pick new potential leadership for Toledo. There is an awakening and a reevaluating of the way things are done on every level of government. We have our shot coming right around the corner. Let’s make it count.

David Washington is a candidate for Toledo City Council. His Web site is www.prezforcouncil.org.

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Correction In the Sept. 6 article “YMCA from 1841 to the early 1980s: The Building Years,” the founder of the YMCA should have been identified as George Williams. Information on the national YMCA organization may be found at www.ymca.net.

POLITICS

Nearly two dozen vie for Toledo City Council seats

By Alissa Romstadt TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

On the Sept. 15 ballot, voters will choose six of 23 candidates for Toledo City Council. The top 12 vote getters will move on to November’s ballot. If Issue 2 passes, that number will be reduced to six moving on to November’s ballot.

Some candidates declare a party; some do not. Toledo’s municipal elections are non-partisan; on the ballot, there will be no party affiliation noted.

■ John Adams Jr. said he joined the race for Toledo City Council to “uphold the Constitution and common sense.” “It’s not good common sense to raise taxes when that is chasing people out” of the city, he said.

Adams’ first goal for city council ADAMS JR. would be to shift funding focus to the “essentials” — police on the streets, fire protection, trash pickup and street maintenance — and then look into fun things like flowers if there is money left over, he said. Long-term goals include examining laws and determining what is still valid and what can be removed.

Adams is part of the group calling itself “Teamwork Toledo.”

■ Terry Biel has spent his entire life in Toledo and watched the city deteriorate, he said.

The Democrat candidate said he plans to “cultivate an environment of entrepreneurship.”

“It’s not a thing we think just anyone can do,” he said. “But it is if you’ve got a good idea and you’re willing to work hard for it and the city provides the right environment for it.”

Biel said BIEL he will use his background in software development and technology to streamline government processes and build capacity.

■ Joseph Carter said he will work hard at rejuvenating Toledo should the city’s residents elect him to council.

“As a councilman, I want to look to the public,” he said. “I want to serve the citizens of Toledo and make the city a better place to live.”

To l e d o possesses untapped potential for success, the Democrat CARTER said.

“The surrounding communities are full of Toledo residents who found something lacking in the city,” Carter said. “It is time to bring morals, ethics and values back.”

■ Mark Clark, a commercial real estate consultant, said he sees his clients literally being chased out of Toledo by the current, business unfriendly administration.

If elected to council, Clark said he will use common sense and accountCLARK ability to reduce taxes, permit fees and red tape.

“The current group of councilmen have had an opportunity to turn this sea around. They haven’t, and I think they should be relieved of their jobs and we should start over,” the Republican said.

■ Phillip Copeland is seeking a second term on city council.

“I enjoy what I’m doing, but I still know that I’m there to bring people together and get work done for the City of Toledo,” the Democrat said.

“I was sent COPELAND there to get a job done.”

Copeland said he is eager to get constituent concerns remedied and stop sending things to committees.

“There are people out there waiting on that stuff and, once it goes to committee, you don’t know when it’s going to come through,” he said. “I’d like to see that change.

Let’s make a decision and do it, get something done.”

Copeland said he is also focused on making Toledo more business friendly to create and maintain jobs.

Businesses make things simple, he said. “If they can step over there and get things done without bureaucracy, they will.”

■ Jeff Cromwell said he knows he can’t change anything if he’s not getting involved.

The issue closest to his heart is the financial situation in the city.

“There’s only so much money and we need to figure out what CROMWELL we can do,” he said.

If elected, the Republican said he will help ensure council and the mayor work together by analyzing situations from all aspects.

“They’re elected to work together to solve problems. You need a balance and compromise on both sides of the fence,” he said.

■ Ty Daniels said he is tired of sitting by the sidelines and yelling at people: “I thought I’d do something about it and man up.”

He said his first priority is to get the budget under control and DANIELS

then follow the city charter as it is written, putting safety first, he said.

After that, start cutting things.

“The government doesn’t need to provide everything for us. We’re wasting a lot of money while taxing,” Daniels said. “No new taxes. We’re already being taxed to death.”

The city needs to take a common sense approach and get back to the basics, the Teamwork Toledo candidate said.

■ Rob Ludeman served on Toledo City Council from 1994 through 2008, when he reached his term limit for the District 2 seat.

He said when he was on council, there were no layoffs, a balanced budget and a surplus in a rainy day LUDEMAN fund, but now funds are depleted, employees have been laid off and the budget is not balanced.

Safety is an issue that affects everyone, no matter where they live, and needs to be a priority of the city, the Republican said, and the mayor and city council also need to concentrate on how to make the community business friendly and look to the entire region as an economic vehicle.

“We can’t separate ourselves from Sylvania and Maumee,” he said. “We have to work tirelessly with all our neighbors.”

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 ■ COUNCIL CONTINUED FROM A6 ■ Tricia Lyons entered the race “on the foundations of personal responsibility and being a good member of the community.”

With une mp l oy m e nt so high, those who are still working are funding everything, she said.

The city needs LYONS to get rid of the Erie Street Market and turn some city-owned enterprises over to the private sector.

Lyons will use her skills and knowledge as a single mother, small business owner and homeowner to balance the budget, she said.

She also wants to see city council members held accountable: “They should be answering to us, but they’re not,” she said.

People vote for the same people over and over and sit back and complain, said Lyons, a Teamwork Toledo candidate. “Go out and make a change.”

■ Adam J. Martinez said he has been involved in community issues his entire life. After working in the nonprofit sector eight years, he has done as much as he can from a grassroots level.

“I need to be a part of the governMARTINEZ mental and city council to have input and have the maximum say,” he said.

Martinez said his first goal is to work to establish a revolving loan pool to help new graduates, small businesses and minorityowned businesses.

The Democrat said he has run a development corporation, utilizing and managing government funding and also owned a small business.

“I have a unique perspective of where the bottleneck is,” he said.

Born and raised in Toledo, Martinez “is a son of Toledo who is, in turn, making it a better place for family and community,” he said.

■ Joe McNamara, City council president, said he will continue to promote job growth, protect public safety and make government more efficient and accountable for Toledoans if reelected.

McNamara said he is working to bring green jobs to Toledo and make the city a leader in the new green economy. He also wants to see more market participation in solar technology.

On council, McNamara co-wrote

the balanced budget amendment to the charter, which will hold the mayor more accountable for his budget. He also wrote the Issue 1 “safety first plan” to allow council to pass more resources to promote police McNAMARA salary, he said.

The Democrat said he will continue demonstrating responsible leadership that builds consensus and puts public safety first.

■ Kevin Milliken will take an “effective, efficient, open and honest approach” if elected to council.

“For too long, there’s been an approach where government seems to know better than the citizens they are supposed to serve. Let’s MILLIKEN engage the citizenry,” the Teamwork Toledo candidate said.

As a journalist, Milliken has spent more than 20 years covering city government as a watchdog.

“Somewhere along the line, of the people, by the people and for the people got lost in the shuffle,” he said.

City government needs to restructure to eliminate duplication of services: “Change is painful, but change is necessary right now,” he said. “We don’t need studies and committees; we need to look at what’s working in other cities.”

■ George Sarantou said he has been primarily involved in cutting and balancing the budget and also worked hard on constituent relations during his time on council.

“I go out of my way to rectify [constituent] concerns and to continue to provide effective quality services,” the Republican said.

SARANTOU Sarantou said he wants to see the intermodal project in South Toledo successfully implemented and a new computer system for the city, which is extremely important: “If you don’t have up-todate information, it’s impossible to make decisions.”

As a husband and father of three, Sarantou said he is dedicated to strengthening neighborhoods and making sure Toledo is a familyfriendly city. He also said he will continue working to lower utility

costs for residential and commercial customers.

■ Hans G. Schnapp is currently secretary of the Lucas County Republican Party and chairman of We Demand a Vote. He entered the city council race to actively make a change in the way the city is operating, he said.

“I feel that I SCHNAPP am the man for the job and the voice of the public,” Schnapp said. “I will make sure the general citizens of Toledo get their voices heard within the government.”

As councilman, Schnapp said he will push for “a less intrusive, more fiscally responsible” government.

He said he will encourage the government to work more closely with micro and small businesses, assisting with business and startup loans.

■ Terry Shankland said that as a businessman in Toledo, he understands the difficulty of staying in Toledo in this business climate. Toledo is not business friendly, he said. If a businessman cannot afford to make money SHANKLAND in the city, he’s not going to stay here.

With less people living in Toledo, the city needs to reduce spending.

“We’re spending more than we’re making,” the Democrat said. “When you wake up and find out you lose your job, you don’t go on a cruise.

You cut back.”

Shankland said he wants to see businesses moving back to Toledo, increase safety and refuse cleanup and reduce the confusion in One Government Center.

“Toledo has everything we need: water, zoo, a world-class museum of art, something to do every weekend,” he said. There’s a lot to do for single people and a lot for older people.”

■ Constantine P. Stamos said Toledo needs to change its leadership to something completely new.

“The same thing has been happening for so long now, we’re in a continual decline,” he said.

City council needs to work with the mayor STAMOS to make it as easy as possible for people to conduct business, he said. Elimination of bureaucracy and red tape will

Visit www.toledofreepress.com attract new businesses which bring new jobs. New jobs lead to a better tax base to keep police and firefighters and reduce crime.

The Republican said he is not afraid to be outspoken with fellow council members.

“The city should be for the people, not the other way around.

I’m not afraid to question the status quo,” he said.

■ Steven Steel was appointed to council July 7 after serving as president of the Toledo Public Schools board of education.

The transition was a natural one, he said, as many issues important to him on the board of education — neighborhood development, parks and recreation and families — mirror those of city council.

Steel said STEEL he has made great strides in a very short time with his work in domestic violence, small businesses and balancing the budget. He will continue to support the economy and the end of the budget crisis.

The Democrat also has experience working with a budget from his time as president of the board of education. “Over the past three years, I was the president of the board of an $800 million corporation,” he said. “Those skills transfer naturally.”

■ Steven Sulewski said he has been attending council meetings for two years.

He started attending meetings after noticing fewer police on his blockwatch.

He wanted to find out where the money was SULEWSKI going that used to fund police.

“A lot of money is being wasted on stupid stuff,” he said.

Sulewski will put that money toward safety. Businesses and people will be attracted to a safe city, the Democrat said.

Sulewski said he also wants to give a tax credit to every business that hires more than five people, not just big businesses.

Sulewski will be a full-time councilman: “I’ll be there at all the meetings, studying everything that comes across, figuring out the good and bad and pushing it through quicker,” he said.

■ Polly Taylor-Gerken said she joined the race because “Toledo City Council needs a qualified woman.”

Taylor-Gerken has skills and experience working with large orga-

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nizations, she said. She is a former board member of Ohio Citizen Action, a large nonprofit, and sits on the board of a small nonprofit serving blacks. She is also a 30-year employee of Toledo Public Schools.

The Democrat, wife of TAYLOR-GERKEN Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken, said she seeks more regional cooperation between regional jurisdiction and people who are already in public service.

“As we face decline in revenue, working within the budget is going to be a big challenge,” she said.

Taylor-Gerken is dedicated to improving Toledo and has family in every corner of the city with the same struggles many community members are facing, she said.

■ Jeremiah Van Buren said he is dedicated to being a public servant and to understanding issues affecting the people.

As an independent journalist, he traveled to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and has seen governVAN BUREN ment infringement on citizens’ lives and rights.

“We need to cut back on government that is unnecessary,” the Republican said. “The budget needs to cut back to the conservative principles of this basic small government.”

■ Stephen Ward said he entered the city council race to give common people a voice, including the homeless, poor and disenfranchised.

“Government should be for the people,” he said, adding that he will host public discussions before making decisions.

The Democrat running as an Independent has a no-monetary donation campaign. Instead, he suggests donating to 1Matters, a nonprofit serving the homeless.

WARD He has also pledged to donate 20 percent of his city council salary to the charity.

“Leaders need to lead by example,” he said. “I’m sincere. I want to help and to give people a voice again.”

He will “reclaim Toledo for all people,” Ward said.

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will support the cause through direct mail.

The Teacher’s Cabinet is an idea that has been implemented in other cities, Fisher said. The Toledo Teacher’s Cabinet idea originated at a Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce event in a discussion of how businesses can connect with teachers, she said.

Fran Lawrence, president of the Toledo Federation of Teachers, released a statement in which she denounced the announcement as “amounting to hypocrisy.”

For more information or to donate, visit teacherscabinet.org or e-mail darlenefisher@darlenefisher.com.

■ Michael R. Watson is sick of seeing the same old people running for office and getting elected: “We need some fresh ideas,” he said.

Watson’s ideas include a repeal of the trash fee, balancing the budget and getting rid of the Erie Street Market: “Sell it to an entrepreneur, even if it’s for $1,” he said.

Watson said WATSON he wants more financial accountability. The city has spent $5 million on renting telephones and a substantial amount of money on membership fees for employees, he said. “No one asked any questions.”

“I don’t feel that the common man has a voice,” the Teamwork Toledo candidate said. “Somebody usually gets to somebody.”

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Cash donations will be used to buy supplies on clearance or re-

duced rates, and teachers will be able to shop for free to save their personal money, Fisher said.

“It’s a win/win for everyone,” said Fisher, who is running for re-election in November.

Columbia Gas pledged $500 to encourage other businesses to get involved, said Chris Kozak, Columbia Gas spokesman.

Office Depot will donate 375 backpacks loaded with school supplies like glue sticks and crayons, said Rich Shippley, store manager.

“Education is critical to the future of our community,” Collins said.

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■ David Washington said “Less is more” is his campaign mantra.

“Cut out being an ambulance service, cut out the Erie Street Market, cut out double dippers,” he said.

“Every little bit is killing us.”

W a s h ington said he would like to establish a tax tier program in Toledo to give breaks to small businesses creWASHINGTON ating jobs.

City council needs people with character, honor and integrity to make the city better, not more politicians. Washington is a public servant, not a politician, the independent said.

“We have a shot at changing the way things are done here in Toledo.

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Mike Bell said his motivations for running for mayor are not about control, money or power, but “bringing people together.” He stuck to that theme in answering many of his questions and said, “unless we start working together, we’re not going anywhere.”

D. Michael Collins said his campaign is built upon strong independent roots. He said he has no accountability or responsibility to any party. Voters and constituents are the only parties who will influence his decision, he said, and his voting record supports that fact.

After listening to a plan presented by Jim Moody that would reduce or eliminate income tax in Toledo, Collins heatedly and repeatedly called Moody “clueless.”

Moody responded that other communities survived without an income tax.

Ben Konop said he is a candidate who plans on making big changes in the city, so “every Toledoan has the opportunity to live the American Dream.” His “bold new agenda” will protect everyone from the single mother who has to choose between her electric bill and health insurance

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to the senior who can’t get his trash to the curb, he said.

Konop and Bell elicited laughter over an exchange in which Konop characterized Bell’s efforts to unite the community as a “Kumbaya” moment, and Keith Wilkowski garnered laughter when he challenged Bell to a basketball game.

Moody said he has built his campaign around answering

three questions: “How are we going to pay for it? How are we going to do it? How soon is it going to occur?” He said he is a strong advocate for openness and transparency, proposing all government spending be open to public debate on the Internet.

Wilkowski said he will build the city through big ideas and bold action. He said he will use

his experience and vision for the future to build relationships with neighboring regions to strengthen Toledo. A mayoral relationship with city council is also vital, he said.

At the library, candidates and audience members mingled before the debate began.

Tristina Allen, a sophomore at Central High School, has been following the campaigns closely.

“I want to hear real answers to questions,” she said.

Maryanne Kinney of Sarasota, Fla., and her friend Jeanne Dietrickson of Toledo came to hear the candidates’ answers. Deitrickson hasn’t been following the campaign as diligently as she should, she said, but it’s been hard to avoid.

Perrysburg resident Denny Barrett said he came to the debate because he is interested in what goes on in Toledo.

The debate was sponsored by Toledo Free Press, Fox Toledo News First at 4 and 10, Columbia Gas of Ohio and Glass City Jungle at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Downtown. Candidates were asked questions by panelists Laura Emerson, Fox Toledo News; Michael S. Miller, Toledo Free Press; and Lisa Renee Ward, Glass City Jungle.

Shaun Hegarty, Fox Toledo News field anchor, served as moderator for the event.

During the initial part of the live blog, the volume of visitors temporarily crashed the server, Ward said.

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The McGilvrays love the Buckeyes so much they converted their once-barren basement into a scarlet-and-gray tribute to The Ohio State University.

Kellie and Brandon McGilvray have spent the past year creating a full-service 1,300- square-foot bar, complete with pool table and popcorn maker, dedicated to OSU football. They even call it “Woody’s Place” after OSU coach Woody Hayes.

“Once we started, we were excited to see what it would look like,” Kellie said.

For the Point Place residents, OSU football is more than a passion, it is an obsession. They were engaged at Hineygate, the largest tailgate party in college sports. They have season tickets and have traveled to bowl games.

Kellie said their friends always call and ask where they are watching the game. If they are home, friends stop by to enjoy the Saturday games with as many as 30 showing up.

“More and more people would just stop by when the game is on,” Kellie said. “We put out rosters and snacks.”

Brandon said he never came up with concrete plans for the basement.

He would get an idea and run with it.

An example is the semi-circle bar, which was built by their friend Todd Hansen. It is actually half of the block O, fully tiled with The Ohio State University logo in the tile.

Behind the bar is a “kegerator” with Buckeye leaf helmet stickers on it.

“I would tell him what I wanted and he would just build it,” Brandon said.

Brandon and Kellie said they tried to do most of the work themselves. They were able to get the correct colors of paint at Home Depot, which sells team colors.

Brandon said they would spend as many as seven hours per day working on the basement.

The walls are painted gray with the helmet stripe circling the room.

The pool table was redesigned with red felt and a mural of three linebackers charging. The mural was an actual photograph that Brandon had enlarged, complete with the three linebacker’s signatures.

The knobs on the bathroom cabinet even have the OSU logo on them.

“I’ve been collecting this stuff for about 12 years,” Brandon said.

Decorating the lounge with collectables was easy because friends

and family always buy the couple OSU gear and collectables for birthdays and at Christmas. Over the pool table is an intricate OSU stained glass pool table light that was a gift. On the front of the bar is a large wooden OSU plaque that was also given to the couple.

“This is what we love,” Kellie said.

The McGilvrays say they still have a lot of memorabilia not yet displayed. The key is finding a spot to put everything.

For watching the game, theater seating was installed. The furniture is red, of course, and tiered so everyone can view the 65-inch flat screen TV. They also have a 32-inch flat screen hanging by the pool table.

Brandon said he plans on adding at least one more television.

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Area Office on Aging kicks off levy campaign The Area Office on Aging of Northwest Ohio (AOoA) kicked off its 2009 levy campaign Sept. 1. “We are not asking for more money,” said AOoA Vice President of Planning and Program Development Mike Kahle.

“We are just trying to maintain the services we have for seniors with the money that we have.” If the levy does not pass, severe cutbacks will go into effect, Kahle said.

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■ Help with health insurance and here are many private, religious and government organi- government entitlement programs .

Private support groups might be zations across the country that the Red Cross, women’s provide supportive serauxiliaries or foundavices for older people. tions. Many religious Many of these sercommunities support vices center around activities for their elhelping people stay in derly members, as well their homes and avoid as nonmembers. Both having to go to live in private and religious an institution or pergroups often provide haps move in with services for free to family. Because of the emphasis on helping Debra SORENSEN people with little income and few assets. people remain independent, many community aging They may, however, charge people programs could be viewed as long- for services who have adequate income or assets. Many of these groups term care programs.

In fact, it’s probably just a matter of may also operate nursing homes and semantics; long-term care and com- assisted-living facilities.

Senior centers are often the focal munity aging services are just two sides of the same coin. Other commu- point for aging services in a comnity services may provide socialization munity. Experts or contact people or training opportunities. Community are housed in senior centers and can provide many services in the center aging programs might include: ■ Meals served in community itself or refer out to other organizations that can help. The community centers or delivered to the home ■ Community Senior Center ac- served meals or congregate meals in senior centers are a means for tivities and training ■ Transportation and shopping attracting older people into the censervices for people who can’t drive ters. Seniors can then be exposed to the many services that are available. or leave their homes Government support for aging ■ Home repairs, snow shoveling, telephone support, caregiver support, services comes from the Older care management, legal services, Americans Act (OAA), passed in energy and weatherization services, 1965. This act, throughout the years, housing subsidies, home health care, has produced a large network of care providers and local government mancounseling and much more agers called Area Agencies on Aging ■ Adult day care (AAA). This network also includes ■ Protection from abuse

federal agencies, state agencies, as well as local area agencies and is called the “national aging network.”

National aging network The OAA establishes an effective interrelationship between the federal government, state aging units and local service coordinators called AAA. All three centers of service, the federal, the state and the local engage in detailed future planning in order to accomplish their jobs.

Input at the local level is received from diversified advisory boards representing stakeholders in the elder community.

Community meetings and feedback from patrons of senior centers are also used in the planning process. During the past 44 years, a great deal of thought and energy and research has gone into devising a delivery system that is efficient and cost effective. In fact, the 29,000 service providers nationwide providing care under the act are the largest single network of long-term care providers in the country.

Local agencies on aging represent geographic areas in a state that can be serviced effectively by that local unit. Area agencies on aging normally contract with local forprofit, or nonprofit or public providers to deliver benefits. An agency may be allowed to provide directly supportive services, nutrition services, or in-home services if it can

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During the past 44 years, a great deal of thought and energy and research has gone into devising a delivery system that is both efficient and effective.”

prove a case for providing these services more effectively. An agency may also provide directly, case management services, and information and assistance services depending on the methods used for such services in that state. Agencies may also use employees from cooperating or sponsoring counties or cities to staff and administer programs such as senior centers.

Much of the work performed comes from dedicated volunteers who are both individuals and employer-sponsored teams. This entire aging network system seems to work very well in accomplishing the goals of the OAA.

Why it is important The decade from 1960 to 1970 was a period of social unrest and change. We lived through an unpop-

ular war, which resulted in student protests and mass demonstrations.

Hippies, it seems, were everywhere and we were experiencing the socalled sexual revolution. It was a exciting time when civil rights were being extended to all Americans.

During this same period, a number of organizations were lobbying Congress for the rights of older Americans. An outcome of this effort was not only the 1965 creation of Medicare and Medicaid, but also the passage of the OAA. The act was designed to protect elderly Americans, including Native Americans, from unfair discrimination in the workforce as well as providing protection and services to help older people stay independent and remain in their homes.

Although the initial emphasis was directed more toward civil rights and recognition of the dignity of the elderly, over the years, new provisions of the OAA have become more focused on providing long-term care services for older Americans.

These benefits are designed to help frail, memory-impaired, disabled, poor and socially needy elderly remain in their homes and avoid the cost of elder care institutions. And more recently, funds were provided under the act to support caregivers of the elderly and elderly grandparents babysitting or raising minor children at home.

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A16 ■ TOLEDO FREE PRESS ■ SERVICE CONTINUED FROM A15 The OAA provides benefits to all Americans over the age of 60. And employment benefits are available for all Americans over the age of 55. The act itself stipulates reauthorization or amendment on an ongoing basis and, since 1965, the OAA has been changed and updated 14 times. The year 2005 was designated as a reauthorization year, and Congress is working on additions to the act. Because of the constant additions, the OAA has become a giant mishmash of thousands of words, redundant sentences and hundreds of rules and procedures.

It’s our guess that the complexity of the act probably requires states to hire attorneys to run their aging departments.

Notwithstanding, members of the care community who provide administration and services with the OAA work around the complexity of its rules in serving the aging community.

Funding for the services required under the OAA is provided

by Congress yearly. These funds are then distributed to states, territories, the District of Columbia, Native American tribes and native Hawaiians on a formula basis that provides minimum funding levels to small population groups and sparsely populated states and proportional funding levels based on state elderly populations of the majority of the other states. Because of its large elderly population, California receives almost 10 percent of the money. And because of its high proportion of older people, Florida is next. Ten states receive 52 percent of the money.

Funds are provided in the form of grants for various programs authorized under the act and states have some limited latitude in administering these monies in local areas. Certain of the mandated programs require matching funds from state and local governments.

Other program funds do not require

matching dollars. Many states chip in additional funds to maintain their programs and these funds often exceed matching requirements. States, counties and cities recognize the value of these services and are often generous in providing additional funds, buildings, office space and other in-kind economic benefits.

For every dollar provided by Congress, local governments provide about $2 in direct money, inkind services from volunteers, com-

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 munity voluntary contributions and cost sharing funds.

The federal appropriation for 2005 was $1.37 billion and the breakdown for specific spending categories is listed below. Notice that more than half of the dollars goes towards nutrition services which are typically weekday meals provided in community settings or delivered at home as well as incentive programs to help the elderly maintain proper nutrition.

■ Congregate Nutrition Services, Home-Delivered Nutrition Services, and Nutrition Services Incentive Program (money from the Department of Agriculture), 52.1 percent ■ Home & Community-Based Services, 25.9 percent ■ National Family Caregiver Support Program, 11.7 percent ■ Grants for Native Americans, 1.9 percent ■ SERVICE CONTINUES ON A17

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By 1961, about 218 senior centers had opened all across the country.

The first senior centers were operated by cities or nonprofit or religious organizations. Funding came from government, community donations and fees from people using the facilities.

In the early days, some federal funding came from Title XX of the

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Social Security Act but funding for Title XX has been decreasing and much of that money today is used for other programs.

In 1972, the OAA was amended to provide funding for senior centers as this was considered to be an important piece of the aging network.

Today, there are estimated to be about 15,000 senior centers across the country, serving about 10 million older Americans annually.

About 6,000 of these centers receive part or all of their funding through the OAA. Senior centers act as a focal point for older Americans to receive many aging services. They are a vital part of the aging network. For AAA, the senior center has become a place where many AAA services can be provided, where outreach and targeting can occur and where feedback can be received from the elderly.

Most elderly people are aware of senior centers in their neighborhoods, but for those who are not familiar with the program, senior centers are listed under that title in the Yellow Pages.

Our local Area Office on Aging has many such programs available for local seniors, and can be reached by calling (419) 382-0624.

Debra Sorensen-Roidl, MSW, member of the National Care Planning Council, is a certified care manager in the greater Toledo area.

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Gross Electric honored for green campaign Gross Electric of Toledo received the TED Magazine Best of the Best award for Integrated Promotional Campaign, according to a news release. This is the second year in a row Gross Electric has been awarded this honor. Gross Electric won the Best of the Best award for its Go Green with Gross Electric campaign, which promoted energy efficient lighting and electrical products and services offered by Gross Electric, the release stated. Gross Electric has headquarters in Toledo, and branches in East Toledo and Ann Arbor.

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Lead paint in homes should never be taken lightly since it is one of the leading causes of lead poisoning in children across the United States.

Lead is a toxic substance found in paint used in millions of homes built before 1978 in the United States, according to building and health industry sources.

Children are exposed to lead in the home by eating loose paint chips or chewing on wood covered with lead-based paint, according to Ryan Sekinger, a lead risk assessor with the Lucas County Health Department.

Sekinger said Lucas County conducts inspections with lead risk assessments of homes with children who have high levels of lead. The county will perform a visual inspection of other homes to check for lead paint, but doesn’t provide lead testing in those cases, he said.

The City of Toledo offers a LeadBased Paint Demonstration Program through the Department of Neighborhoods, Housing Division,

for low to moderate income residents. To qualify, owner occupants must be 80 percent under the area median income and renters, under 50 percent of that level.

The city receives applications from individuals and referrals from the County Health Department and Neighborhood Health Association. The city performs remediation work in homes with children under the age of 6, according to Jody Prude, Housing Manager for the City of Toledo.

Funding for the remediation work was obtained by the City through two Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs. Funds for owneroccupied homes are restricted to less than $18,000 worth of lead hazard control work, with different levels for rentals, Prude said.

Property owners and occupants receiving lead remediation are required to attend a lead education program to learn how to avoid any further lead exposure.

DMD Environmental Inc. of Toledo conducts testing for asbestos or lead paint in residential homes and commercial buildings.

The firm is hired by individuals

who are concerned about lead paint or asbestos in their homes or businesses, according to Gene Ryan, a lead risk assessor with that firm.

The lead testing is conducted at a cost of $400 to $500 for a 1,200 square-foot home and takes about an hour and a half. The fee is attributed to the high cost of an XRay Fluorescence detector known as XRF, which costs about $22,000, Ryan said.

TTL Associates in Toledo doesn’t typically test individual homes, according to Robert Ruse, vice president of the firm. The company has lead risk assessors on staff and conducts HUD inspections of homes for Lucas County and lead testing for commercial clients, Ruse said.

HazCorp Environmental Services Inc. in Toledo uses the XRF instrument to detect lead in paint mostly on larger commercial buildings or apartment complexes, according to John Campbell, a licensed lead risk assessor with that company.

HazCorp doesn’t conduct many home inspections because of the cost of the equipment, Campbell said.

Contractors can be exposed to

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DANIEL SULLIVAN, A LEAD ASSESSOR FOR THE CITY OF TOLEDO, USES X-RAY FLUORESCENCE EQUIPMENT TO LOOK FOR LEAD IN HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

lead by removing or sanding leadbased paint applied before 1978.

Campbell said they assume it is lead paint and use lead-safe work practices whenever doing renovation work in older buildings.

Home lead testing kits are available for sale to consumers as well.

The LeadCheck Household Lead Test Kit offers consumers a simple

and reliable method to test for lead and provides instant results, according to the manufacturer, The Homax Group Inc. LeadCheck instantly detects lead on any surface and can help prevent toxic lead poisoning in the home, according to the company’s Web site.

The kits are available for sale at Home Depot, Menard’s and Lowe’s.

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Local appliance centers are waiting to learn the details about a government-sponsored rebate program.

Jeffrey Podgorski, sales manager at Appliance Center in Maumee, said customers have been positive about possible purchases, telling him, “We’re thinking of getting new appliances, but we’re waiting for the stimulus to kick in.”

According to a U.S. Dept. of Energy press release, $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will provide consumers nationwide with rebates for designated Energy Star-approved appliances.

Rebates will range from $50 to $250.

All states have agreed to participate, and each state will designate qualifying appliances and their rebate amount, the release stated.

Podgorski said he anticipates more customer interest

after the Ohio Energy Office announces the details of the rebate program; some customers are already inquiring.

Mary Minkkinen, of Perrysburg, perused the aisles of appliances at Appliance Center on Sept. 9. She said the program sounded appealing.

“If I needed one, I would wait until the rebate were available,” she said.

She recently switched out an older-model refrigerator with an energy-efficient one. She said she noticed a difference in electricity savings.

“We save $10 a month,” Minkkinen said.

Podgorski said designated washers, dishwashers, freezers, refrigerators, air-conditioning units and water heaters would be among the rebate-eligible appliances.

He will not know what makes and models will be eligible until the Ohio Energy Office releases the details.

He said the program is beneficial for consumers and the government.

“We’re going to get more interest from people who want to save energy and water,” he said.

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Brooke West has fulfilled her dream by purchasing the West Toledo Animal Hospital (WTAH) where she started working at age 14.

West said she grew up in Sylvania with cats, dogs and horses, always loving animals and wanting to be a veterinarian.

“When I was 5 years old, I told my mother I wanted to be a vet,” West said. “It’s funny to look back, starting as a little girl to see myself now as a vet and business owner. It’s exciting, emotional and a culmination of my dreams.”

West wrote a report on veterinary medicine for school in 1994 after visiting the practice of James Galvin, the father of one her classmates, Laura Galvin. She expressed an interest in becoming a vet, and Galvin offered her a part-time job cleaning cages and kennels after school and on weekends.

West worked at the West Toledo Animal Hospital for several years through her graduation from Northview High School. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Findlay, and graduated from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2006.

She returned to Galvin’s practice in Toledo as a veterinarian after graduation. In June 2009, she began the process of purchasing the practice from James and Becky Galvin, who had owned and operated the West Toledo Animal Hospital for 33 years.

Galvin is semi-retired, working one day a week. He is pursuing his dream of setting up a model sanctuary and clinic for big cats in southern Ohio.

“I am confident the level of care and service you have come to expect from WTAH will continue as I have transferred ownership of our practice into the capable hands of Dr.

Brooke West,” he wrote in a letter to their customers Aug. 1.

“We’ve got a good mix of experience with three generations of vets,” West said, referring to herself, Anne Bergstrom, with about 20 years of experience and Galvin with 33 years.

“I’m working with the same people that have been here for 20 years plus.

It wasn’t too big a transition since I’ve been taking more responsibility since coming back as a vet,” said West, now sole owner of the practice.

She wanted to keep the business open in the neighborhood it has served for so many years. Many of their customers come from the area, but also from Perrysburg, Swanton and Waterville.

West said you have to be a vet to be a majority owner of a veterinary practice in Ohio. However, vet students don’t get a lot of business education, and West realized she needed help running it.

West turned to her uncle, Bob Dunlap, who had started, operated and sold several businesses in fields ranging from medical to manufacturing before retiring recently.

“She brought me out of retirement and it’s turned into a full-time job,” said Dunlap, who serves as business manager for the practice. “I was so glad to help her when she asked me. I never pictured working for my niece, but she’s one the only I would do it for.”

West said “Uncle Bob” was involved in evaluating the business when Galvin brought the idea to her. Dunlap helped negotiate the purchase working with the accountants, attorneys and banks, she said.

“It’s amazing to see her juggle being a mother, wife and vet. I used to hold her in my arms and now watch her saving animals’ lives. The whole family is so proud of her accomplishing it at such a young age,” Dunlap said.

The practice has nine employees, in addition to the three vets. It includes three exam rooms, a labora-

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West said she already has plans for expansion and growth. She hopes to open a satellite clinic in an area with more grass and open space for the animals.

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That day hit home for me because my brother, Chris Baker, a captain in the Mark Air Force got stationed at the Pentagon Nolan in August. I immediately picked up the phone and called my brother, but all circuits were busy.

For hours, I got nothing but silence and voicemail. No word, until finally his wife answered the phone, scared and alone in a new town without any word from her husband.

It wasn’t until later that day, we found out he was OK. Chris heard the call for help and put his medical training as a dentist to work and ran to the fiery scene. He spent that morning helping the injured, providing treatment and carrying the injured to a makeshift emergency room.

At lot of financial lessons were learned from that day.

Even when the economy seems to be improving, it can all be shaken back to the ground in almost an instant with an unexpected shock. So remember, with the recent recovery in the stock market and the politicians telling us the future is getting brighter, retirees still need to make sure to take steps to protect their retirement account. We all hope that another 9/11 will never happen, yet there will one day be another shock to our financial system, so be prepared by having a protection plan in place to avoid significant financial losses.

There are several steps that can be taken to put more protection in place. For one, an investor who has had significant gains can look at locking in those gains by moving the winnings to a fixed investment. For an investor not

wanting to sell, but still wanting to protect gains, consider using a “sell stop order” to have an exit plan in place. This can help an investor protect gains or limit losses if the stock price drops below a set price. Not even the smartest on Wall Street can figure out the perfect time to get out. So, locking in winnings along the way or having safety nets in place can make sense.

Keep a backup copy of all of financial documents. I don’t think anyone could have imagined that two of the largest financial buildings in our country would be gone. Imagine all of the financial documents that we lost that day. Although today financial companies have CLAIR new business backup and contingency BAKER plans in place, the investor may have to bear the burden of proof and should have a copy of their financial documents.

Many people often ask us what documents they should keep and what should they discard. The most important copies to keep are original applications, purchase and sell confirmations, beneficiary designations, the end-of-the-year statements and a copy of the most recent statement. When in doubt, give the investment company a call and ask.

Heroes like Chris, as well as past and current servicemen and women, police, emergency workers, fire fighters, and the average everyday people like Todd Beamer who said, “Lets Roll” make America the greatest country on Earth. So this weekend, join us in thanking those around us who give us the freedoms we have today and take some time to learn from lessons of the past.

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Gold hits $1,000 an ounce - but can it last?

I t recently has been relatively quiet in the markets, with the biggest news being gold’s fifth test of the $1,000 mark in the past year and a half.

While gold’s recent strength is certainly no surprise — we have been singing its praises for a decade — it is worth noting that this most recent advance towards $1,000 has taken place as money supply numbers released by the Federal David Reserve (especially M2 and MZM) have actually been falling.

What this seems to indicate is that the Fed has taken action the past month to begin removing excess liquidity from the system that it injected last fall. It is doing so with the hopes of avoiding massive inflation once credit begins to loosen again and all that new money starts making its way through the global financial system.

So far, the Fed’s efforts to remove excess liquidity have not been totally successful, as gold has marched higher since this time last year, nearing $1,000 for the third time since then. It has done so as the dollar has fallen sharply on worries that the international community

will make good on its promise to abandon the U.S. dollar as the world reserve currency.

This concept has been picking up steam since the financial crisis erupted in the United States last year, with the rest of the world being dragged into the pit thanks in large part to their substantial reserves in dollar-denominated holdings.

During the past year, TREECE the reserve currency status of the dollar has been called into question by the likes of the G-8, the International Monetary Fund and, most recently, the United Nations.

The varying dynamics of this year and last have sparked an interesting debate about whether gold or United States Treasury bonds provide a better “disaster hedge.” In a Sept. 9 Wall Street Journal article (“Is Gold the Right Recipe for Disaster”), Peter Eavis addresses both sides of this argument.

Frequent readers will undoubtedly guess where we tend to stand on this issue. And for those who call us fatalists for preferring gold, I’ll point to the 38 percent decline in the value of 30-year Treasury bonds year-to-date, versus the 14

percent advance in the price of gold bullion.

Strangely, other commodities seem to lack the luster in gold’s recent performance. Crude oil has been trading at $70/barrel lately after dipping briefly into the upper 60s.

This is likely because of the relatively slow summer travel season this year, as well as decreased speculation, which played a major role in oil trading more than $120 a barrel this time last year.

Even more significantly, natural gas remains very cheap, trading at slightly more than a third of its price this time last year. This is even more remarkable considering that we are heading into what has been predicted by “Farmers’ Almanac” to be an extremely cold winter.

Some may remember that even last year, which was not as bad as this year has been forecasted, saw Russia cut off the flow of natural gas into the Ukraine due to shortages in Eastern Europe.

As we head into fall, a historically weak period of stocks and strong time for gold bullion, all of these developments have set the stage for what should be an exciting six months.

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dle thoughts while parked in least some disenchantment and even bitterness if you’re trolling for neutral and running on empty: ■ Let’s not dwell on all sensationalism. And how does what Michigan is accused of of the inadequacies doing differ from what that led to Michigan’s just about every major worst football season college football proever last year. Let’s just gram in the universe dwell on one influenpractices? tial statistic that seems I’m beginning to to get overlooked. think Rodriguez is a That would be turnvictim of an instigator overs. The Wolverines of wrong-doing. ranked 114th in the ■ For all you numNCAA for fumbles Dave WOOLFORD bers freaks, here’s one lost (30 fumbles, 18 lost) and 55th in passes intercepted to numb your senses — .0034. Give by opponents (12). Is it any wonder up? That was the difference in winthe UM defense gave up a school- ning percentage between Michigan and Notre Dame, the two leading record 29 points per game?

■ Michigan’s quarterback posi- programs in Division IA in regard tion failed to give the offense any to winning percentage entering the season. It favored the Wolverines. leadership or identity.

■ UT wide receiver Eric Page, Coach Rich Rodriguez says he’ll stay with his three-quarterback ro- a 5-10, 165-pound true freshman tation, which includes starter Tate who played quarterback at Forcier, Denard Robinson, both Springfield High School last year, true freshmen, and junior Nick is providing a great storyline in Sheridan, the most implausible Rocketville after finishing with a spread-offense operator of the UT single-game freshman record three. Thought here is that Forcier 12 catches for 128 yards in the and Robinson should play in the season-opener against Purdue on same backfield on occasion; Rob- Sept. 5.

But the story will have to inson’s speed uncanny.

When a Detroit newspaper be told by others. Page, quoted recently broke the story con- many times while at Springfield demning Rodriguez for practice where he won first team all-state sessions that went beyond NCAA honors, isn’t allowed to speak to time limits and discrepancies the media. New UT coach Tim in supposed “volunteer” work- Beckman does not allow freshmen outs, I was initially incensed and to be interviewed by the press. ready to suggest ramming Rich They can start, they can star, but Rod out after this season. With they can’t express themselves pubsome former and current players licly. It’s an archaic rule deployed supposedly ratting on their own but some other coaches, including coach, the thought here was that Penn State’s Joe Paterno.

It’s a product of paranoia. there can be nothing but anarchy There are so many freshmen in Ann Arbor.

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public relations people and oncampus resource experts to school athletes on how to deal with the media. Most athletes get a quick refresher course before every media opportunity.

Freshmen eligibility rules call for a number of academic requirements. The worthy ability to converse isn’t one of them where the media is concerned. Evidently, for the good of the program, freshman football players just can’t be trusted at UT and some other schools. For the good of those young men, most of whom will never compete professionally, isn’t that a shame?

■ Even though these assessments will be published for the most part subsequent to the Michigan-Notre

Dame and Ohio State-USC football games, the urge to resist was totally unresponsive.

What were the Wolverines doing on the same field with the Fighting Irish, picked to play for the national championship this season?

First, consider the source: Lou Holtz. The former Irish coach, now an ESPN College Football analyst, put the big hurt on his former employer when he picked Notre Dame to play for the national championship.

He based his opinion on a paltry schedule, a veteran-laden team and the supposed emergence of quarterback Jimmy Clausen, now being mentioned as a Heisman Trophy candidate.

Who will Notre Dame play for the national championship? Lou didn’t mention that, so we’ll fill in the blank: South Carolina, of course, where Holtz finished his coaching career in 2004.

USC is overrated. Word is that for those playing the Trojans this season there is probably no better time to sneak away with a victory.

USC is breaking in a new quarterback, Matt Barkley, who became the first true freshman to start for USC in a season opener, there are only three returning starters on defense and a new offensive coordinator is still trying to figure out the intricacies of USC’s breadand-butter running play since time began, “student body right.”

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First-time varsity cheerleader shines in limelight

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Sophomore Makenzie Darah is enjoying her first season under the lights.

The Maumee High School cheerleader made the varsity team for the football season and has the honor of cheering on Friday nights.

“I didn’t think I was going to make varsity,” she said. “When I made it, I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh.’”

Darah first tried out for cheerleading and made the team when she was in seventh grade. It’s silly now, she said, but she went out for the team because she thought all the guys would like her.

“Then, as DARAH I got older, I learned to enjoy it,” Darah said. “I like being in front of everyone and cheering and having everyone look at me.”

Darah began practicing with the varsity squad in August. They met 9 a.m. until noon five days per week. In addition to the dances that accompany the band, the squad learned eight to 10 routines. But practice doesn’t stop after practice.

“I am always cheering at the house and I am always getting into trouble because I guess it gets annoying,” she said.

Darah said she’s come a long way since her flailing arms in junior high: “I really started learning more in high school,” she said. “Everyone takes it more seriously.”

Darah also takes her grades seriously. She said she is an honor roll

student who sticks to a schedule of cheerleading after school and then homework in the evening.

“I pay attention in school,” she said.

“I try really hard. I don’t slack off.”

Her favorite subject is math, while she has no interest in social

studies at all. One day, she wants to work in the fashion industry.

“I cannot even think of any cheerleaders who aren’t on the honor roll,” Darah said. “To be in a sport, you have to have a certain GPA, and for me, I want to do a bunch of sports

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All-Mustang car show brings smiles to children with disabilities

By Alissa Romstadt TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Imagine a car lot filled entirely with classic and contemporary Mustangs. That dream will become

a reality for Mustang fans Sept. 20 as Brondes Ford Toledo clears its Secor Road lot for the Toledo Mustang

Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All-Mustang car show.

Proceeds from the event will benefit Susanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Smiles of Happiness, a restricted fund of the Sunshine Foundation that provides dental care for disabled children.

Mustang owner Kevin Murphy is coordinating the event with the help of Brondes SUSAN HAMILTON Ford Toledo saleswoman Rose Jankowski and Susanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Smiles of Happiness founders Tim Porter and Diane Hamilton.

Murphy said he hopes to see close to 100 Mustangs at the event.

Prizes will be awarded for best in show and also for the best of each decade, he said. The show is open to the public; admission is $10. There will be food and a disc jockey.

Susanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Smiles of Happiness was established by the Hamilton and Porter after their daughter, Susan, died Jan. 5. The organization pays for dental care for the 150 residents of the Sunshine Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home for children with disabilities.

Susan had Angelmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s syndrome, a genetic defect, and moved into the Sunshine Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home when she was 15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Susan was smiley from ear to ear in spite of her own difficulties,â&#x20AC;?

Hamilton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dental care for the kids at Sunshine, over 150 of them, was superficial at best, based on the state money that comes their way,â&#x20AC;? Hamilton said.

Often, children would have to wait until a dentist was willing and able to donate time and expenses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a cavity costs $100, Medicaid pays $48. The dentists not only do not get paid, they lose money. They have to pay their staff and for their equipment,â&#x20AC;? she said.

To date, the fund has raised

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Hamilton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And it will continue to be this way.â&#x20AC;?

The children would have probably received dental care eventually, Hamilton said, but the fund ensures the results are timely. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a handicapped kid, and they all are, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got enough to contend with. Why have a sore mouth? You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t smile when you have a sore mouth,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Hamilton and Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original goal was to provide dental care for the four or five children in their daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room. But that goal soon expanded to encompass all of the residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re committed to do what we can and think of new ideas. To rely on the generosity of people we know and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know,â&#x20AC;? Hamilton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And dentists,â&#x20AC;? Porter said.

Hamilton said they are â&#x20AC;&#x153;truly grateful for the support of Brondes Ford Toledo, Jankowski and Murphy.â&#x20AC;?

Jankowski, a neighbor of Hamilton and Porter, approached Murphy with the idea to do something to help Susanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Smiles of Happiness.

She knew of Murphyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s background in promotions for Cumulus Broadcasting. Jankowski is also responsible for getting Brondes Ford Toledo to agree to empty its lot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keep it simple,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Murphy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about the cars and the charity.â&#x20AC;?

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At 4:30 p.m. Sept. 9, Dave White Chevrolet handed the keys of a 2010 2SS Coupe Camaro to UAW Local 14 to raise money for the Northwest Ohio Make-A-Wish Foundation.

This will be the fourth year Local 14 has assisted in the Make-A-Wish car raffle.

The winner will also receive $1,000 in gas cards from BP. The volunteers travel Northwest Ohio, showing off the car and selling tickets for $10 each. The car is pulled in a trailer so there are limited miles put on it, according to a news release.

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Harry Potter ‘guidebook’ author in Maumee Steve Vander Ark, who authored a guidebook to the entire Harry Potter series, “The Lexicon,” will meet with Harry Potter fans Oct. 1 to discuss “the spirit and excitement of Harry Potter.” The public library in Maumee is hosting the event from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Vander Ark will do some speaking and presenting, as well as book signings. Visit http://www.hplexicon.org/help/lexicon.html to see Vander Ark’s Web site.

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MUSIC

By Laura Kruse TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

It’s been almost 50 years since the Johnny Knorr Orchestra first took the stage to perform and, as far as Knorr is concerned, this Toledobased musical group isn’t taking its last bow anytime soon.

“Music’s been my life,” Knorr said. “I love playing and hearing the music and, as long as I can hang in there, we’ll keep playing.”

Now, as he anticipates the halfcentury anniversary of his orchestra in 2010, the man who has helped keep big band music alive in Toledo is reflecting back on the past five decades of his career.

“There are a lot of memories that stand out,” Knorr said. “It’s hard to even think of picking out certain ones because there are just so many. If you compare my job to a factory job, it’s very different. With a factory job, you have the same routine all the time.

But with mine, that’s not true. We constantly are seeing different people and playing in different venues, and it’s all added up to a great deal of satisfaction and happiness.”

Touching lives Beyond bringing happiness to himself, the sounds of the Johnny Knorr Orchestra have touched many lives both around Toledo and throughout the country.

One man in particular is Michael Shaw, who met Knorr when Shaw was working in radio in the late 1980s. The two men bonded over their shared love of big band music.

Shaw, who describes his friend as “one of America’s most accomplished big band leaders,” decided Knorr deserved recognition for his 50 years in the business. He came up with the idea to create a tribute for the Johnny Knorr Orchestra.

“I own a small interest in an independent record company called US20 Records,” Shaw said. “We’re going to do our share to help preserve some of the great music Johnny has given us through the years. It will be a collection of works performed by the Johnny Knorr Orchestra and will be released this fall.”

The tribute CD will be the second compilation of 2009 to feature the sounds of the group. The first, “Just the Way You Like It,” was released

earlier this year. It is comprised of 22 of the orchestra’s greatest songs, all of which have been digitally remastered. Shaw said the talent of the Johnny Knorr Orchestra is evident simply in the way the new album was created.

“What really blows me away is the precision of the big bands like Johnny’s,” Shaw said. “Most of the 22 tracks on the new album were done in one take. That’s like sinking a 300-foot putt in a sudden death playoff with Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open.”

Shaw said “Just the Way You Like It” seemed to be an easy decision for the new album’s title, as it plays off of the orchestra’s tagline.

“The music you like ... the way you like to hear it,” came from Johnny Desmond, a vocalist with Glenn Miller, who once told Knorr, “You play tenor sax like I like to hear it!”

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Johnny Knorr nears 50 years of making music

Working with legends Beyond receiving praise from Desmond, Knorr said that throughout the past 50 years, he’s been fortunate to rub shoulders with an assortment of musical legends, including Lawrence Welk, Bobby Vinton and Helen O’Connell.

When asked what memory stands out the most, Knorr settled on a night in the late 1980s when Bob Hope made his way to Toledo.

“He came in and did a show at the Stranahan,” Knorr said. “At that time, I had a 32-piece orchestra, and we played for him. Of course, he was the main attraction, but we backed him up. That was special.”

Although the orchestra is smaller today, the band members who play with Knorr have been with him an average of 20 years.

Among those members are vocalist Gay Hobbs; Bob Johnson on the drums; Howard Hill on the piano; Mark Felder on the saxophone, clarinet and flute; John Dana on the bass; Stan Grady on the trumpet; Mike Miller on the trombone; Dave Tippett on the trumpet; Tim Vesey on woodwinds, and Knorr’s son Jerry, who plays five saxophones and the clarinet, in addition to serving as the band’s assistant director.

Lifeline for the band An integral part of the Johnny Knorr Orchestra, Jerry Knorr is re-

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JOHNNY KNORR, LEFT, SAID HIS SON JERRY IS THE ORCHESTRA’S “LIFELINE.”

ferred to by his father as the band’s “lifeline.”

“Without him, I wouldn’t be able to perform with the band,” the elder Knorr said. “Not only is he the assistant director, he also makes sure everything behind the scenes is taken care of.”

Knorr calls his wife Jane another lifeline. Jane has been supportive of her husband’s musical ambitions since the beginning, when she did her part to help create the band’s signature dapper look.

“In 1960, she made red vests for everybody in the band,” Knorr said.

“It’s things like that that helped to keep things running all these years. When I needed something, [Jerry and Jane] were always there to provide.”

Knorr calls Toledo home and Sylvania’s Centennial Terrace the

band’s “home base,” but the orchestra still travels. It recently played for the largest crowd ever to fill St. Mary’s Park, an outdoor venue in Monroe, Michigan, Knorr said.

“There were probably as many as 1,500 people there,” Knorr said, adding that he received a standing ovation for his solo rendition of “Stranger on the Shore.” “When I play my solos, that’s what they like,” he said.

Among other notable performances were the orchestra’s trips to Washington D.C., the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island and Frankenmuth, Mich., where they played with the band from the “Lawrence Welk Show.”

Knorr said his father enticed him to pick up his first instrument, the violin, at “the ripe old age of 9.”

“My dad had a lot to do with my getting into music,” he said.

It was up until his time at Libbey High School that the younger Knorr played the violin, until he discovered there was no place for the string instrument in the marching band.

Enter the saxophone, which is what he picked up his freshman year.

While Knorr said he didn’t think he’d still be performing a half century after his band first took the stage in 1960, he said he can’t fathom his exit from the music scene.

“People say, ‘You just can’t quit, you just can’t retire,’” Knorr said.

“They love the music, and I have to say that I do, too.”

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

GREAT GIVING

Carrie Serber honors husband’s memory by ‘running for life’

W

e often wish we could turn determining his ultimate goal back the clock and spend would be running the 2001 Chitime with someone we’ve cago Marathon. After successfully completing the 26.2 loved that no longer mile run, he went on lives amongst us. Howto tackle the Toledo ever, the best we can do and Columbus long is to cherish the memodistance races beries of those we’ve lost, fore being diagnosed while maintaining the with a brain tumor balance of moving forin 2003. After the ward with our lives and cancerous growth embracing those who was removed, Ryan remain with us. battled the disease Carrie Serber is Julie K. RUBINI with the same venreaching that point in her life, several years following the geance he took on the marathon untimely death of her husband Ryan training, enduring rounds of chemotherapy, radiation and, ultias a result of a brain tumor.

The first time she met Ryan was mately, a stem cell transplant.

He began training for the Chiat Doc Watson’s, while she was on a girl’s night out and he was out with cago 2004 Marathon soon after the his co-workers. She wasn’t initially surgery, which he completed just 10 interested, yet, as was his nature, months after his last treatment. His once Ryan set a goal for himself, running shirt read, “Ryan beat cancer there was no stopping him. They in ‘03, Chicago Marathon in ‘04.” He met in February 2001. They were was encouraged by fellow runners along the way, as he inspired others. married in October 2005.

“He was really upset that he was “I was definitely drawn to him.

He was extremely handsome, and not in control of his body, so he was he was confident and one of those doing everything he could to top it, terrific people that you could in- to reverse it,” Carrie said.

Six months later the cancer retroduce to anybody and he could easily carry on a conversation with turned, and despite his upbeat attianyone. Being a journalist, that was tude, and the firm belief that he was one of his many talents. Also, his going to beat the disease, he died on sensitivity, his thoughtfulness and Jan. 9, 2006. He was 37 years old.

At his memorial services, Mayor perception of other people [were] Carty Finkbeiner suggested the attractive to me,” Carrie shared.

Ryan moved to Toledo as news community needed to remember anchor for WUPW FOX Toledo, and honor him. It didn’t take long to after serving stints in Bristol, Wichita determine that establishing a race in his honor was the solution.

Falls, Austin and then Orlando.

Sept. 20 will mark the fourth anHe took an interest in running a year before meeting Carrie, nual Ryan Serber 8K Classic, an un-

usual distance, in reference to Ryan’s desire to push himself beyond his limits and to encourage others to do so as well. The race, organized by the Toledo Roadrunners Club, along with Ryan’s friends and family, attracts more than 250 runners inspired by his incredible, unforgettable spirit.

“I just wanted to thank you in more ways than you can imagine. It’s your smile, your confidence, your sense of humor, your trust and the help that you do when I can’t do it. It’s been a tough few weeks, but after last year, we can do anything. This will make a good chapter in my book.

I’m just glad you’re by my side and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love you so much.”

Carrie has this love note to hold on to, and her eyes swelled with tears as the sentiment was shared.

“It’s [with] mixed emotions when we start planning the race. It’s tough sometimes to open up and revisit everything. It’s much easier just to go on every day. Yet, at the same time, it’s good. It’s good to share his life with people that knew him and those that didn’t know him. As time goes on you meet new friends and get to tell people about him.”

Carrie’s last marathon was a

tribute run to Ryan at the 2006 Chicago Marathon, accompanied by his sister Loren, and her sister Erica, along with 15 other friends. However, she continues to run, and left soon after the interview to participate in a team 200-mile race, running in shifts within a 24 hour period.

She’ll be running with memories of Ryan in her heart and running to whatever life brings her way.

Ryan would be proud.

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Before Mickey Raphael started jamming with Willie Nelson, the harmonica player played with another Willie — Boxcar Willie.

While growing up, Raphael hung out at a Dallas recording studio, where he made $5 a song playing on the hobo singer’s records.

“It got to where I didn’t even have to listen to the song first; it was like let’s just go, you know, as many songs as you could get in an hour,” Raphael said. “I was 19 years old. I have no idea what [Boxcar Willie] was doing back then, probably some Jimmie Rodgers’ songs.”

A couple years later, Raphael met Nelson.

“Darrell Royal, who was the coach of the University of Texas football team, invited me to a little pickin’ party after the ball game, and there were a bunch of guys passing the guitar around and Willie was one of them,” he recalled. “I’d had one Willie Nelson record, but I really wasn’t that familiar with him.

“I was just really astonished with his musical style.

Hearing these songs he was playing, it was like, ‘Oh, he wrote that?’ So it was an education from the beginning.”

Raphael started sitting in with Nelson in 1973.

“They were never looking for a harmonica player.

Their steel player had left, so there was kind of a hole in the band,” he said by phone from a tour stop in Lake Elsinore, Calif. “And they never said you’re hired, but

they never said don’t show up.”

The mouth organ player has been Nelson’s sideman since. He has recorded with a slew of superstars, including Johnny Cash, Blue Öyster Cult, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, U2, Dave Matthews, Indigo Girls, Ringo Starr, Wynton Marsalis, Mötley Crüe and Neil Young.

He summed up his playing philosophy: “Less is more; don’t overplay; listen and hear; don’t get in the way of the lyrics; play what needs to be played.”

That attitude served Raphael well as producer of “Naked Willie,” a disc released earlier this year. He chose 17 of Nelson’s songs from 1966 to 1970 and “stripped” the strings and background singers from the tracks.

“I wanted it to sound like Willie was the producer.

Because back then, in the ’60s, the artists had no say in the production,” Raphael said. “I took the strings off and left the band on, which is how it would have sounded if we recorded it last week.”

Last month, Nelson released “American Classic” on Blue Note Records.

“It’s just another great record of Willie doing classics.

Tommy LiPuma was the producer, and Joe Sample was the bandleader and played piano, just a small rhythm section and Willie’s guitar,” Raphael said. “I don’t know if it’s an answer to ‘Stardust,’ but it’s kind of in that vein.

And Norah Jones sings on it and Diana Krall, and I get to play on a couple tracks.”

Willie Nelson and Family will play Stranahan Theater Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $36.50 to $56.50. Raphael’s Web site is www.mickeyraphael.com.

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ur schools have been forced stantly slipping through our fingers to become an institutional- and into the hands of others. Perhaps ized version of Microsoft the parent versus society tug-of-war stems from the fact Vista’s “cancel or allow” that we no longer seem permission system. to agree on our fundaThere was a time when mental belief system. schools could assume What was once “one that you would want nation under God” emergency medical now feels more like a services provided to civilized civil war. your child. There was Instead of North a time when schools versus South, it has could assume that you become “it takes a vilwould want your conShannon SZYPERSKI lage” versus “it takes a tact information made available to fellow parents. There was family.” The debate rages on because a time when schools could assume the families no longer trust their vilthat you would want the president of lage and the village no longer trusts the United States to deliver a positive its families. Our late-last-century switchover from a melting pot to a celback-to-school message. ebration of diversity was taken so litApparently, that time is over.

Although I don’t count myself erally that we have lost sight of the ties among them, I do understand some that bind and tend to focus, instead, parents’ apprehension about what in- on where we disagree. Many like to formation was going to be presented buzz about finding common ground, to students during President Obama’s but few are willing to take the first speech to students Sept. 8. What step toward a place of agreement.

Respect and admiration for our should have seemed like an honorable attempt to encourage our nation’s president should be such a place. school children in their educational As adults, we need to push past any pursuits, instead raised red flags for partisan notions we have toward our those living in fear of pared-down leaders and, at the very least, give parental rights. We are parenting at them a position of honor in the eyes a time when everyone else seems to of our children.

No matter what your angle, want a hand in forming our children’s President Obama had some basic, fundamental belief system.

Parents of school children are op- yet powerful, advice to impress on erating in a confusing polar state. We our students. He began their school have to sign over permission for just year by telling them, “Every single about everything, yet we still feel like one of you has something you’re governance over our children is con- good at. Every single one of you has

something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide.”

Sometimes we get so wrapped up in trying to be good parents and good families for our own children that we forget to be a good village.

We forget to be a village that puts aside our fears and our differences for the greater good. We forget to show respect where respect is due.

We forget that even those we disagree with share some common ideals.

In his 1988 speech to students, President Reagan said, “So, in America, it is the people who are in charge. And one day you’ll be those people out there voting and creating the Government.” The students he was speaking to in 1988 are the parents of today, out there voting and creating the government. It was true then and it is true now — we the people are still in charge.

The question is, “How do we want to wield our power?” Do we want to rule from a place of fear?

Do we want to tell our children that the president of our country is not worth listening to? Do we really want to make the assumption that our president will abuse his power to the detriment of our children?

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