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LIGHTING THE FUSE

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n a pure scenario, athletes would play and win games without influence or interference from officials and referees. But officiating — and officiating mistakes — have been a part of sports culture since the first nearsighted caveman put on a zebra skin and merged his cranium with his lower intestines.

But our University of Toledo Rockets faced an on-field injustice that set a new low for botched calls.

As any pigskin fan knows by now, UT’s opponent, Syracuse, scored a lategame touchdown that was followed by a missed extra point attempt. Except the officials on the field ruled the kick good and — even more mystifyingly — a replay official who had access to the game film also ruled it good.

That decision, which gave Syracuse Thomas F. Pounds a three-point lead instead of a twopoint lead, surprised even the Big East announcers covering the game, who were clear and vocal that the kick missed its mark.

When all was said and done, a game UT should have won by a point was lost in an overtime that never should have occurred.

There are those who argue that UT could have done this or could have done that on the field to prevent being in a situation where a blown call decided the game, but that does not address the reality of what happened.

Subsequently, UT coach Tim Beckman, backed by Athletic Director Mike O’Brien, sought an appeal or a reversal of the game’s outcome. That was not going to happen, but kudos to them for standing up for their program and their student athletes by trying.

But the mystery here is why they had to ask at all. Once the Big East officials made a public statement that the call was a mistake, why wouldn’t Syracuse and its Big East officials take the initiative to make things right by vacating the “victory”? What example does the college and its conference set for its students by slinking away in silence instead of being proactive and refusing to settle for a stolen win? Maybe that’s endemic of a conference that has allowed a half-dozen schools to leave for greener pastures.

It may be just a game, but it was an opportunity for a life lesson the not so Big East let slip away. O Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

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pproaching the turn to 45, my definition of “adventure” has changed dramatically. That word used to include a variety of self-indulgent, reckless, crazy, death-defying, spit-in-the-devil’s-face-to-watch-the-spitsizzle double-dog dares. Now, an adventure centers around family activities, like loading the kids in the minivan and going to the park, where words like reckless and death-defying are banned and the lay of the land is far too humdrum for the devil to bother noticing.

So when a friend embarks on an adventure I wouldn’t dream of undertaking, it’s an opportunity to live vicariously through his experiences.

I met Micah Rubin about a decade ago, when he interned with me at a publication whose name never made my resume. Rubin is a tall, thin, almost always smiling Micah Rubin and Joanie at the great wall of china. man with a sharp wit, talent for photography and a healthy, posing structure of Mao’s tomb, north to the gates of the moderate perspective on life. He has been a constant friend Forbidden City, where kings ruled for ages. I continued as the decade rolled by, even as his path took him to pursue south, past the National Performance Center, a modernist orb shaped like a hard-boiled egg that’s been sliced in half. journalism in the big, bad city of New York.

I love talking to Rubin, hearing about Manhattan and The air was a choking paste, but I kept going.”

Rubin, on the Great Wall of China: “At the ends of both his adventures at the national magazines he has worked for. sides of the Mutianyu section was a sign that When my family visited Manhattan for the said ‘do not pass.’ But for us, that’s only an infirst time, Rubin was our patient tour guide vitation for adventure so we walked past the and walkin’ dude. He took my wife and me to barrier and climbed the stairs. The Wall cona rooftop hotel across from the Empire State tinued for another quarter-mile or so until Building, for a spectacular, non-touristy falling into disrepair: collapsed guard towers, view of that incomparable structure. pathways overgrown with trees and bushes, Recently, when Rubin told me he and his loose stones and crumbling ramparts. I felt girlfriend Joanie were quitting their Mantransported to another time, humbled and hattan jobs to take a nearly eight-month amazed at the skill and perseverance of the hiking trip across Southeast Asia, my reWall’s builders — and waited for an ancient sponse was, “@#$& you!” Who gets to walk away from their Manhattan job and loft, put Michael S. miller soldier to materialize from the chalky mountain mist.” their arm around their hottie girlfriend and Rubin, on nearly breaking an ankle and visiting a Chinese take off for a long walk across Asia? Who gets to do that? hospital: “In a way, hospitals represent a country’s benchMy friend Micah Rubin does. That’s why I love him.

Rubin is, of course, naturally, it goes without saying, mark of the population’s health. This hospital was similar to chronicling his adventure on a blog, http://bucketbath. others I’ve visited: bleak white walls stained with dirt, cigatravellerspoint.com. Tracking two vegetarians hiking their rette burns on the floor and lacking that antiseptic cleanliway through the lands of pork and shrimp is a great way to ness that makes us squirm. Despite the unpleasantness of the hospital’s atmosphere, I was impressed by the service. stretch one’s virtual adventure muscles.

Rubin, on the great adventure: “I’m looking forward to Maybe foreigners are treated better or the hospital wanted to the blank slate ahead of us. The pit in the stomach after ar- show off their (and China’s) high standard of care.”

Rubin, on cuisine in Luoyong, China (complete with riving in a new city, no reservation … not knowing where we’re headed or where exactly we’ll end up. It’s human, el- colorful pictures): “Adventurous eaters beware — we might emental survival: struggling to find ourselves amidst the have met your match in Luoyong, China. Heart? Frog? swirl of the new, unknown, explored, but not by us. There’s Bugs? We weren’t quite sure what they were …”

I’m having a great time seeing China through Rubin’s a new person on the other side of this abyss, the most beautiful, alluring, humbling place one could be and I look for- eyes, and look forward to hearing about more when he returns. But his current adventure shares a characteristic with ward to meeting him (and her).”

Rubin, on jogging through Tiananmen Square: “I his city of Manhattan: it’s a nice place to visit, but at this continued north, crossing the street, past vendors selling point in my life, I wouldn’t want to live there. O kites strung up a hundred feet into the air, boiled corn, dumplings and Chairman Mao curios ... through the se- Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Tocurity checkpoint into Tiananmen Square … past the im- ledo Free Press Star. Email him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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t’s a new school year: time to shake off the cobwebs and restart the engines of learning. While teachers and students are back in the classroom facing the challenge of teaching and learning critical thinking skills, Toledo Public Schools just got its state report card grading last year’s performance.

TPS officials released the report card results and discussed their plans, hopes and expectations for the future at a recent news conference. During the past year, a new attitude has been on display at TPS, guided by an ambitious and determined group of young leaders.

Their willingness to embrace the challenges, find solutions, include their critics and tackle the issue of accountability in the classroom and to Steven their students gives us more hope of future success than at any time during the last 15 years.

If the news conference can be considered a barometer of the future, TPS and its new leadership are making strides. The presentation of the report card was a huge departure from the past celebrations of mediocre results.

Yes, TPS administrators talked about success. But in a break from precedent, we also heard about the failures. They focused more in their discussion about how success occurred and what they can do to replicate those successes.

They discussed all results, not just the cherry-picked best of the bunch. They acknowledged their problems and focused on efforts to improve persistently under-performing schools.

We heard that district officials have been meeting with a diverse array of community groups and individuals, including their critics. An acknowledgement that there are critics and they should be included in the conversation is light years from efforts to discredit such individuals. This simple fact is evidence that those responsible for the changes may be genuine in their efforts to create a different district and get us all rowing those oars together.

Meanwhile, the TPS report card showed a mixed bag of results with incremental improvements in some areas and declines in others. TPS met one more standard than last year but still is deficient in 21 of 26 state standards. The overall trend continues upward, but at the current rate of progress, it will take more than four years to move the grade to a low B. While showing adequate and incremental improvement, the report card is a wake-up call to TPS officials.

The same schools again took center stage as examples of a continuing failure to address underperforming schools. There was more bad news as some previous successes appear to have been unsustainable.

Incremental improvement and mediocre performance is unacceptable. We should expect more and those hired or elected to manage TPS must deliver more.

While TPS administrators talked of higher standards and taking ownership of their problems, a lot of heavy lifting will be necessary if future report cards are to be better than just mediocre. C minus just doesn’t make it. It’s not OK when you realize that half of TPS students and most of FLAGG TPS’ disadvantaged students are in failing schools.

Just getting the underperforming schools to an average level of performance would be a major accomplishment and significantly lift the district’s overall report card rating.

I believe the new TPS leadership team deserves our support. There are still numerous contractual issues that plague and distract from the efforts of reform, hamstring flexibility and adaptability in the face of a challenging environment, and result in the general underperformance of the district. Still, great progress on a cooperative level was made in the last contract negotiations and TPS union officials finally seem to be realizing that if they are not part of the solution, they won’t have jobs.

We are seeing real efforts to make substantive changes with researchbased programs. It will take time to see results and modifications will need to be made along the way. It won’t be easy to be patient with so many students failing to meet state standards. Progress will need to be measured and continuous with a sustained sense of urgency.

The report card is a time for introspection but must be part of the evolving process of academic improvement. It is a time to communicate with and engage the community but it must be but one step in a process that has us all rowing the oars together. The simple truth is that our future depends on the success we have in educating our children. O Steven Flagg is a member of the Urban Coalition. Email him at letters@ toledofreepress.com.

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Thanks for recognizing this and shedding some muchdeserved light on my friend and television news colleague.

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Republic Services recently marked one-month of serving Toledo since it took full control of the city’s waste services Aug. 15.

Although the private waste management and garbage collection company has just moved to Toledo, there was interest in Republic taking over the city’s waste twice in the past.

The first privatization opportunity came in 1997. Although it was never acted upon, Republic Sales Manager Paul Rasmusson said he knew it could be done. With the city facing a labor problem 11 years later, Rasmusson came back to Toledo with Allied Waste, Republic’s previous name.

“When I returned to Toledo they were facing some labor strife and they turned to Allied Waste and asked if we could pick some routes up. It was just a natural transition to start the consideration to start privatization,” Rasmusson said.

That experience turned into a bid opportunity when a request for proposals was issued later in 2008. With a 30-day window to complete such a massive proposal, only Allied Waste was able to turn in a bid.

“We were the only one that responded,” Rasmusson said. “We were talking [to each other] through this so we were at the forefront. The proposal was out there and was being considered for seven to nine months until it was finally voted down.”

Full privatization was not in the cards in 2008, but City Council discussed the possibility of giving a portion of the city to a private entity to see how it would function compared to the city-run system.

Ultimately, two issues were the biggest obstacles blocking the transfer of services to private hands — layoffs and trucks.

Allied’s plans included moving toward an automated fleet of trucks, which would eliminate the two sanitation workers in the back of the truck.

“To privatize there are a lot of checkmarks you have to go down and make sure they are covered,” Rasmusson said.

“In the City of Toledo, no one wanted to have anyone’s job displaced.”

Change at the top

In 2011, with Mayor Mike Bell now in office, Allied Waste, now Republic Services, returned to Toledo.

“When Mike Bell came into the administration, some of the players had moved and I received a phone call

from one of the directors who wanted to do some exploring on how they can save some money,” Rasmusson said.

“It just started a dialogue.”

The original two issues had also been faced by the city since Republic’s previous privatization bid. Toledo had moved toward automated vehicles, which caused layoffs.

The dialogue transformed into Republic taking the entirety of the waste pickup in the city, which was described

by Rasmusson as “one of the larger privatization takeovers from a public to a private entity that occurred at one time.” Republic also serves Indianapolis, but only took about 90 percent in the beginning. Around the nation, Republic serves 2,800 municipalities.

To help ease the transition of Republic taking 95,000 customers in Toledo, the business scheduled weekly meetings with the city.

Among the major issues were oneway streets and bulk pickup. They were aided by the new automated trucks, which not only sped up collection but also allowed a new type of employee to join the company.

“The automated trucks opened up a different employee for us,” General Manager of Republic Services David Vossmer said. “Typically if you were strong and you could throw bags of trash for 900 customers a day you could make it. But now, with the automated [system] you didn’t have to be the bulky guy on the block. With that automated arm it’s like a joystick just working your computer at home.

It’s helping the wear and tear of employees. It gave us a bigger pool of employees to pull from and some very good employees.”

With winter approaching, Vossmer and Republic remind Toledoans that if a problem occurs, they can help.

“We will work with you,” Vossmer said. “Just give us a call and let us know that and when the snow flies and if you have issues then or if you have issues now, we will take care of that for you.”

Republic began its “My Republic Rewards” program Aug. 25. It is designed to reward citizens for recycling.

Among the benefits are coupons to places including Imagination Station, The Toledo Zoo, Quiznos and The Andersons. The company’s hope is that the rewards program will help encourage citizens to recycle. In the first week, 10,000 citizens joined the program.

“The phones received unprecedented phone call volume,” Rasmusson said. “We want to keep that momentum moving so that people continue to sign up.” O

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Toledo Bar survey ranks candidates

By Zach Davis

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer zdavis@toledofreepress.com

Stuart J. Goldberg, president of the Toledo Bar Association, announced the results of the Toledo Bar’s judicial candidates survey Sept. 27.

Members of the Toledo Bar were surveyed on whether they would recommend upcoming judicial candidates, with the options “highly recommended,” “recommended” or “not recommended.”

Members were asked to base the candidate’s rankings on their integrity, legal ability, legal experience, fair-mindedness, promptness, professionalism and judicial temperament, public and community service and other qualifications bearing upon their fitness for the office. They were also instructed that they should only vote if they had sufficient information concerning the candidates to form an opinion of their qualifications.

Among those listed: Maumee’s Gary L. Byers (62.6 percent “highly recommended,” 34.1 percent “recommended,” 3.3 percent “not recommended”) Oregon’s Jeff Keller (39.9, 48.7, 11.4), Sylvania’s M. Scott Ramey (44.3, 46.2, 9.5) and Toledo’s Timothy C. Kuhlman (66.7, 31.5, 1.8). Kulhman’s 66.7 percent “highly recommended” rating was the highest of any candidate surveyed.

For the remaining three Toledo Municipal Court spots, the race between Mark Davis, David L. Toska and Michelle Wagner for one spot produced the most eye-grabbing numbers. Davis received members’ votes totaling just 1.8 percent “highly recommended,” 7.9 percent of “recommended” and 90.3 percent “not recommended.” The closest “not recommended” score to Davis’ was Robert Christiansen with 45.8 percent.

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*John Coble was not certified as a candidate for Toledo Municipal Court Judge as of 9/1/11 and therefore, pursuant to the TBA Code of Regulations, was not polled for this survey. Mr. Coble has since been certified as a candidate and a separate poll was conducted from 9/19/11 until 9/26/11, and is published to the left. ** Lourdes Santiago was certified as a candidate for Toledo Municipal Court Judge as of 9/1/11 and was polled for this survey.

She has since withdrawn as a candidate. www.toledobar.org

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OCTOBER 2, 2011 n SURVEY CONTINUED FROM A8 “It’s always been like that, it’s nothing new,” Davis said. “You can read between the lines and see who voted in that poll. There are about 2,000 lawyers in Toledo and only 300 to 400 responded. If you are a prosecutor and you treat the defense bar well and with plea bargains then you are going to get a high rating. If you are going to be tough and you become a judge then you are going to get a lower rating.”

Michelle Wagner led the voting in Davis’ category with 62.5 percent “highly recommended,” the second-highest total of any judge. She also had 32. 2 percent “recommended” and 5.2 percent “not recommended.” David Toska totaled 19.1 percent “highly recommended,” 55.1 percent “recommended” and 25.7 percent “not recommended.”

“David Toska, his numbers were lower because he’s a tough guy — he’s not a softie,” Davis said. “The defense bar, which I’m a member of so I know how it works, makes their money by

telling their client ‘I can get a deal with this judge.’ They think they are going to be able to get the best deals with Michelle Wagner as the judge so they gave her a higher rating. It’s not based on credentials.”

In an email to Toledo Free Press, Wagner responded, “Under Ohio’s Code of Professional Responsibility, lawyers have an ethical duty to assist the voting public in making informed decisions in judicial elections. They are asked to consider the judicial candidate’s qualifications based upon integrity, legal ability, legal experience, fairmindedness, promptness, professionalism, judicial temperament, public and community service and other qualifications bearing upon the candidate’s fitness for office.

“Mark Davis’ numbers speak for themselves. Over 90 percent of responding attorneys do not recommend him for judge based on the qualifications mentioned above. Ninety percent.

“Mr. Davis is incorrect in his portrayal of the Toledo Bar Association members as only criminal defense

attorneys. Participants in this poll include civil attorneys, criminal defense attorneys, prosecuting attorneys and current sitting judges.

“It is only natural that when over 90 percent of those polled do not recommend you for office that you would attempt to attack the poll and other candidates, which is what Mr. Davis is doing.

“The bottom line is 94.7 percent of responding attorneys recommend Michelle Wagner for judge.”

Christiansen (22.6, 31.6, 45.8) and Lourdes Santiago (18.1, 46.2, 35.7) finished with close results in the second Toledo Municipal Court spot and C. Allen McConnell (42.9, 42.9, 14.3) was rated higher than Joshua M. Lanzinger (17.8, 47, 35.2) in the final spot. Santiago has since withdrawn as a candidate. John Coble is facing Christiansen; he was not polled with the original group since his ballot status was in question. Polling for him was done once his status as a candidate was resolved, 60.1 percent highly recommended, 32.5 percent recommended and 7.5 percent not recommended. O

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Danberry charity auction planned The Danberry Treasure Chest is planning its 17th annual charity dinner auction at 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at Hilton Garden Inn at Levis Commons.

The event is open to the public but requires advanced registration.

It includes cocktail hour and a silent auction at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. and a live auction at 8:30 p.m. The event’s emcee will be Melissa Voetsch of WTOL-11 News. Admission to the event is $75 per person.

“Many similar events have a ticket price in excess of $200, making our $75 ticket cost a great value,” Danberry President Dick Baker said.

The Danberry Treasure Chest is an emergency assistance fund to help families with chronically ill children who are struggling financially at Toledo Children’s Hospital. Funds will also be raised for the Great Lakes Collaborative for Autism and the Y-JCC’s Kids in Motion program, which helps prevent childhood obesity.

For more information on attending the event, purchasing raffle tickets or donating items for auction, call Debbie Milnar at (419) 5346592, ext. 1404 or email DMilnar@ Danberry.com. O — Zach Davis

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Way Library in Perrysburg will open its 11th year of Reel Talk, the library’s classic movies series, on Oct. 6 with the seldom-seen MGM musical, “Athena.” Combining the then-novel topic of physical fitness with Hollywood song and dance, the film stars Debbie Reynolds and Jane Powell as daughters in an oddball, healthconscious family. Vic Damone and Edmund Purdom play their smoking, boozing beaux. “Athena,” filmed in

Technicolor, was released in 1954.

Evan Chase, chairman of Toledo’s Lyric Photoplay Society and coordinator of the Maumee Indoor classic film series will be the special guest speaker. The film will be shown at 10 a.m. No reservations are required.

Admission and refreshments are free. The library is located at 101 E. Indiana Ave. in Perrysburg. For information, call (419) 874-3135. O — Staff Reports

Buddy Walk’s 10th year

2011 marks a decade of Buddy Walks in Toledo.

Sherri Rogers, president of the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Toledo (DSAGT), said the walk is meant to provide support for people with Down syndrome and promote awareness.

Buddy Walk, scheduled for Oct. 2, began in Toledo when a mother of a child with Down syndrome heard about Buddy Walk in other locations.

Rogers said a few hundred people were involved when the event first started.

Last year, DSAGT raised $33,000 and had more than 1,000 people attend Buddy Walk. Rogers said the goal this year is to raise at least that much again.

With almost 700 people registered, DSAGT has raised $18,000 so far.

Buddy Walk registration and events are at Rocket Hall on the University of Toledo campus. The walk is less than one mile, and everyone walks together.

Registration is available online at the events page of www.dsagt.org, and walkers can sign-up at the event Sunday. The cost is $15 for adults and $8 for children. Participants who arrive early can get leftover T-shirts from last year. O — Emily Tucker

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n the morning of Sept. 20, for jobs or anything else looking suslike most Toledoans, I was picious. His answers to the questions stunned, shocked and amazed were all “no.” The employee stated he as the first reports of the IHOP raids had worked there for a couple of years hit Toledo airwaves. 13abc first broke and had seen no red flags.

The owner of the IHOPs was out the story about a series of raids happening at numerous IHOP locations of town; Mr. Elkafawi was in Florida across the area. As a father of four, attending an IHOP franchisee meeting. He was not with IHOP being one flying back from Afof my children’s favorite ghanistan carrying restaurants, I was mesplans of future attacks, merized. The report but flying back with featured two words that plans of how to make may forever change the pancakes more delicious. fate of those breakfast Since the raids, I establishments: “Homehave been checking land Security.” daily for any arrests, The raid as shown indictments or anyon TV featured black thing related to IHOP g o v e r n m e n t - i s s u e d Jeremy BAUMHOWER and have seen nothing.

SUVs, like the one Jack Bauer drove on FOX’s “24.” We heard What if no charges or indictments of guns being drawn on employees are filed? What if the investigations entering work at 6 a.m. and FBI in- are only tax-related? Would Toledo terrogations. As further reports came have reacted the way it has with we saw boxes being loaded into SUVs. a complete boycott of the restauThe reporters stayed with what they rants? If you want to see six empty knew — that the City of Toledo was buildings, I implore you to drive by asked to assist in the execution of an IHOP. The one thing Northwest “sealed” search warrants to six IHOP Ohio does not need is six additional empty buildings and 100-plus people locations in Northwest Ohio.

The raid was conducted by the out of work. Sadly, this story has the FBI, the IRS, Immigration Control power to do those two things.

There is a new McCarthyism and Homeland Security. Later reports released the name and address of the happening in today’s times and it targets Muslims. It can make any owner, Tarek Elkafrawi of Sylvania.

I could hear the reaction from headline of a newspaper pop out across the city: “Oh my God, June, we and it surely sexies up the local 6 have al-Qaida serving us Rooty Tooty p.m. news. What media never takes into consideration is the long-term Fresh ’n’ Fruity.”

The IHOP story was the big- effects of its stories. If you use words gest thing in months and with very like Homeland Security, it of course limited knowledge, the media and leads one to assume that terrorism Toledoans were left with our imagi- is involved. If words like Homeland nations, to fill in the blanks and lack Security and IRS are used, people assume illegal funding of terrorism of facts of the story.

As I drove by the Central Avenue is occurring. 13abcreported on what IHOP at dinnertime on Sept. 23, I they knew; they never once claimed/ saw one car in the parking lot and a stated that the owner was involved thought occurred to me: what if the in terrorism but just stated he was two words Homeland Security had being investigated. Toledoans obvinot been mentioned in the story? ously made the jump.

Toledoans during the past week Would Toledo care? Can two words change the course of six buildings and have chosen not to give IHOP their money. How could anyone possibly 100-plus jobs?

The scariest part for myself, spend their money at a place that must being in media, is the “not knowing,” fund, hire or support terrorism, right? and with a sealed warrant that is ex- We have stayed clear of their cinn-aactly what the media have ... a ton of stacks, the bacon n’ beef cheeesburger and every other ounce of goodness “not knowing.”

Later that evening, 13abc featured they serve, but why? We have no idea an interview with an employee, his face what the raids were about; the warhidden, who shared his story of being rants are all sealed. We do not know if questioned by the FBI. The employee they are looking at tax evasion, money stated the FBI asked him if he had seen laundering, failure to remit tax or a lot of cash floating, any unusual in- hiring illegal aliens.

It is the media’s job to report and voices or illegal immigrants applying

for us to decide. Can our own fears and prejudices cost the jobs of 100plus people?

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The Onion famously poked fun at Sept. 11 with stories that included “Not Knowing What Else To Do, Woman Bakes American-Flag Cake,” “U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We’re At War With” and “Rest of Country Temporarily Feels Deep Affection for New York.”

And a lot of people loved The Onion for giving them permission to laugh again.

But one online reader did not think The Onion was funny. He believes the most appropriate coverage includes stories of respect and honor, something Toledo Free Press did in its commemorative issue. He did not think my column’s reference to The Onion was necessary.

Toledo Free Press reader Master Sgt. Jason Kraemer, who I knew many years ago, wrote to me from his home in Virginia.

“I was quite disappointed in any humor found in that day. I was deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base Saudi Arabia.

I had just been released from an 18 hour shift when I was brushing my teeth and was getting ready for bed. I witnessed the second plane striking Tower 2. I looked at my RED phone and it rang.

I had to report right back to work. I spent the next 12 hours launching F-15 aircraft, not knowing what mission we were performing or supporting.”

Kraemer, who graduated from Maumee High School in 1997, said he is not asking people to relish 9/11; he just wants them to understand that the military has never rested since that day.

“I am offended when people make light of 9/11. That day will always serve as a day when I FAILED! I speak only for myself. 9/11 will always remind me that I can never fail again.”

Kraemer finished by saying, “I understand you are a reporter, and report only the news. I just needed to get that out.”

Kraemer makes a good point, but as a reporter I also need to get this out.

Just as your job is to keep us safe, some people work to make us laugh after unspeakable tragedy. The reference to The Onion was to remind us that laughing is some people’s only way to fight, although I certainly value the way you fight. Sometimes we need both. O To ask a question, send a letter to Community Ombudsman, c/o Brandi Barhite, at 605 Monroe St., Toledo, OH 43605, email bbarhite@toledofreepress. com or contact her through www.facebook.com/toledofreepress and www. twitter.com/toledofreepress.

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College student raises dough with cookies

By Zach Davis

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At just 13 years old, some kids don’t even know how to cook. Toledo native Johnathon Bush, however, was creating his own company.

Not Just Cookies was founded in 2006 when Bush began looking for a job. Not old enough to work at food establishments like McDonalds, Bush decided to start his own business.

“I sent 20 letters to family and friends to let them know I was starting a cookie business,” Bush said.

“When I did that it just spread by word-of-mouth.”

Bush first learned to bake from his family. He made his first cookie around age 11, albeit an unsuccessful attempt at oatmeal raisin.

“I read the recipe and just added all the ingredients all at once and mixed it up,” Bush said. “You can’t do that. Oatmeal raisin is a three-step process with the sugar and the egg and the flour.

“I did learn how to follow the recipe exactly how it is supposed to be.”

He sure did.

Since that failed batch of cookies five years ago, the 18-year-old Bush has mastered his recipes and his cookies are now available at five different local

stores. Among them are Walt Churchill’s Markets in Maumee and Perrysburg, Churchills in Toledo and Monnette’s Market locations in Toledo.

Bush’s turtle cookies won the Food Product Development Contest last year for the Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT), which helped him put his product on the market with benefits including nutritional testing, labeling and shelf life testing. He was also granted the use of the Northwest Ohio Cooperative Kitchen in Bowling Green to make his product. The award-winning cookie, however, was never one of Bush’s original recipes.

A customer request resulted in experimentation and the production of his now headlining turtle cookie.

“A customer wanted a turtle cookie and they said a national chain, Spunkmeyer, had a cookie like that,” Bush said. “I created a turtle cookie and it has been the best-selling cookie.”

Bush also recently won the Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics award, receiving top prize in a national competition among five finalists in Los Angeles. He presented his company’s business plan to a panel of judges, including an oral and PowerPoint presentation. For first place, Bush won $2,500 in scholarship money and a Dell laptop.

Bush is in his freshman year at the University of Toledo as a finance major.

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“I hope to continue to grow the business while I am still in school,” Bush said. “I think that will help me do well with the business, just gaining more knowledge.”

In hopes of better selling his product, Bush has begun a cookie dough fundraiser which he hopes will catch on in Toledo area schools. Last year, Bush had two schools enroll and a few high school clubs.

This year, he is hoping to get around 20 schools to participate in the program.

The fundraiser offers a prize program and eight different flavors of cookie dough, including chocolate chip, M&M, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter, sugar, walnut chocolate chip and his award-winning turtle.

“It includes the turtle cookie, which there’s nothing really like that on the market right now as cookie dough,” Bush said. “It’s all natural with no preservatives and the schools can earn up to 50 percent profit. It is for a very good cause and is a good moneymaker for the schools.”

For more information on participating in the cookie dough fundraiser or wholesale orders, contact Bush by email at johnathonbush@gmail.com or call (419) 787-1850. You can also visit his website at www.NotJustCookies.com or his website directly dealing with the cookie dough fundraiser at www.

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Central Travel will celebrate 40 years in business by having raffles for customers and reflecting on changes throughout the years.

Central Travel has eight locations in the Toledo area. CEO Jani Miller said the company has been a member of Ensemble Travel Group since 2009, and it received Ensemble’s Top 25 Award. The company is considered one of the top travel agencies in North America.

Miller said the business model for the company has changed drastically, especially with the Internet, which has made it simple for customers to buy an airline ticket. However, she said researching trips on the Internet can only get you so far.

“Our model deals with assisting with more complex travel,” Miller said. “We have associates that specialize in areas such as honeymoons, destination weddings, Disney, Africa, Australia and other locations. Our people have experienced the world.”

Polly Caumartin, vice president of Central Travel, said the company had to switch over to online booking. Now, they book e-tickets for flights and hard copies of tickets are rarely made.

Keeping up with the cruise industry keeps the associates busy, especially when new ships are built every year, Caumartin said.

“Every year, dozens of new cruise ships are created. There is going to be one that can hold 7,000 or more people,” Caumartin said. “They are literally floating cities.”

Miller said there are no plans to open other branches of Central Travel, but they will continue to hire people with travel expertise.

Miller has worked at Central Travel for 34 years and began as a frontline agent, handwriting airplane tickets and calling suppliers to make reservations. Caumartin has worked at the company for 25 years.

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his fall is certainly shaping up to be interesting, if nothing else. As weeks roll on, the markets have been reacting to an increasing number of factors, and less to fundamentals.

There’s the usual stuff: election season nearing, news of Obamacare going to the Supreme Court, the troubles in Europe, etc. There are also several issues that are less obvious to the public. Case in point: some possible coming changes in the hedge fund landscape.

Sadly, 2011 has been a bad year for hedge funds. Many funds run by John Paulson (who made his fortune in the real estate crash) are down 30 percent or more. Such poor returns have led many to expect there will be sizable redemptions from his funds toward the end of the year.

This means that Paulson will have to start liquidating positions, and many traders have anticipated his poor performance. To turn his losses into their gains, many have been rumored to be trading ahead of him, manipulating the market. This will

only serve to make Paulson’s returns a Wolfgang Schauble.

But what does he know? He’s only more painful.

Of course, in talking about fac- the German finance minister. Appartors impacting global markets this ently Europeans don’t feel that Obama and Geithner are qualifall, Greece is still the elfied to lecture; not after ephant in the room. pushing the U.S. into a It’s unfortunate, but sizeable economic conEurope is quickly betraction, at the same coming a battle of egos. time overseeing an Recently, Obama has explosion in U.S. govtried lecturing on Euernment debt that has rope’s troubles, sugsurged past 100 percent gesting particular policy of GDP. Luckily for U.S. changes. His remarks foreign relations, neither have been criticized by Dock David TREECE Geithner nor Obama reGermans without reserve; the words “overbearing,” “arrogant,” fuse to let the facts get in the way of “absurd,” “pitiful” and “sad” are among good talking points.

As a brief side note: Ireland is now those that have been thrown around rumored to be preparing to abandon in describing the president’s remarks.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy the Euro as a currency, replacing it Geithner has also been met with instead with its own sovereign curhostility. His own recommendations rency. These rumors have been denied of solutions to problems facing the once by the Irish government, but the Eurozone — obviously solutions that rumor mill continues to turn. If we would be consistent with the phi- see two more denials, we can safely losophy of the Obama administra- assume the rumors are correct.

While the Germans have been more tion — have been called “stupid” by

outspoken than usual in recent weeks (responding mostly to American idiocy), the real nation of focus is Greece.

We’ve written in previous columns that there may be more dominoes that fall after a Greek default, but there’s even more to this story.

Effectively, the Greek default is the single most significant referendum on socialism in a generation. Greece may officially be a parliamentary republic, but in practice it looks much more like socialism. To be sure, it’s a prime example of a country that has promised far more than it can deliver to its citizens, and is getting ready to pay the price as a result. It should serve as a lesson to America and other nations that have started down the same path in recent decades, and desperately need to change course sooner rather than later.

What the Greeks are quickly learning — as the Mexicans, Russians, and Argentineans learned before them, which most Americans have long forgotten — is that government promises mean nothing. Put simply, they’re far too easy to walk away from

(for the government that is; they can be very costly to taxpayers). Additionally, promises mean nothing to those politicians who make them; they won’t be around to pay the bill anyway.

Sadly, the lesson to be learned in the next several months by the citizens of Greece, other nations of the European Union, as well as investors and banks who own Greek debt, is one that has been learned before. One need only study history to be well warned to beware Greeks bearing gifts. O Dock David Treece is a discretionary money manager with Treece Investment Advisory Corp (www.TreeceInvestments.com) and is licensed with FINRA through Treece Financial Services Corp. He has appeared on CNBC and numerous radio programs, and also serves as editor of financial news site Green Faucet (www.GreenFaucet.com). The above information is the express opinion of Dock David Treece and should not be construed as investment advice or used without outside verification.

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People like us when we provide something useful and something unique. So when you send out email are you certain that it is clear, concise and full of value?

Most people have an average of 3.1 email accounts (there are 2.9 billion email accounts worldwide) so Kevin CESARZ you are probably part of the group that sends out 188 billion messages each day.

Since email is such a primary contact point for most people, each day you need to make your email more effective. Don’t make readers struggle through dense, cluttered and unorganized writing. They can easily delete or ignore your email.

Every reader who comes across new email asks these questions: O Can this information solve a problem or answer a question for me?

O Is this information good enough to share with others?

O Can I quickly understand and process this request?

Four keys to email

Regardless of the desired outcome, each email message you produce should have: O Clear, accurate and “non-spammy” subject line: Most mail servers use third-party software to scan the subject lines. Make certain that your subject line accurately describes the content.

O Summary message: Email is not long-form. Resist the urge to produce every detail. Keep your message short and on-point. In fact, repeat and boldface the subject in the first line.

O Clear formats and fonts: Use standard capitalization and spelling; avoid odd typefaces; use 10 or 12 point text (Arial, Verdana and Tahoma are professional, easyto-read fonts).

O Complete email signature: Add appropriate URLs for your website, blog, portfolio or product. Verify that the

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MailChimp prepared a study that analyzed the open rates for more than 200 million emails. Open rates ranged from 93 percent to 0.5 percent. Factors that affect how an email is viewed: personal messages, affiliations, timely news are successful with stale newsletters, requests for money and offers too awesome to be true bringing up the rear.

O Avoid trigger words: “Help,” “Percent off,” “Reminder” and “Free” trigger spam filters O Be Local: Personalization, such as including a recipient’s first name or last name, doesn’t significantly improve open rates. Providing localization, such as including a city name, does help.

O Newsletters: Newsletters tend to start with high open rates, but all experience some reduction in time. Newsletters need fresh content. Repeating the same subject line for each newsletter will drop the open rates.

O Subject line length: The rule of thumb in email marketing is to keep your subject line to 50 characters or less.

O Promotional emails: Keep the message straightforward and avoid using splashy promotional phrases, CAPS, or exclamation marks in your subject lines. Subject lines framed as questions can often perform better.

Summary: Be consistent and build all your digital copy starting with emails for maximum readability and usability.

Stand out among the 188 billion. O Kevin Cesarz is Director of Social Media and Web Project Manager at Thread Marketing Group in Maumee (threadgroup.com). He also helps create storytelling content for MrElshMedia (mrelshmedia.com). Find more ideas about social media at klcesarz.wordpress.com.

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THE RETIREMENT GUYS

Will it be a trick or treat on Wall Street this month?

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n our June 24 Toledo Free Press column, we asked the question, “Will history repeat itself?” The purpose of that question was to make sure our readers looked at having an exit strategy in place for the next stock the stock market sell-off. Little did we know at that time the sell-off would start in only a few short weeks.

The other goal of that column was to stress the importance of running the fire safety drill while everything was going good, so an investor could avoid a panic situation. For investors without a clear and well understood plan, the sell-off recently in the stock market could be very concerning. That leads us up to today, as I now ask the same question, will history repeat itself?

First, let us go over the good facts.

For our research, we will use the S&P 500 as our point of reference. This is an unmanaged index of 500 stocks and we feel it is a pretty good reflection of the U.S. stock market. “In the last 20 years (1991-2010), the S&P 500 stock index has gained more on a total return basis during the 4th quarter (i.e., OctoberNovember-December) than it has during the other 3 quarters combined.

The final 3 months of the year have

gained +150.9 percent (total return) vs. a gain of +129.2 percent for the first 9 months of the year over the last 2 decades. The 6-month period from November 1 to April 30 for the S&P 500 has produced nearly 8 times as much total return as the 6-month period from May 1 to Oct. 31 since 1990. The index has gained +344% in the (NovemberApril) period vs. +45% in the (MayOctober) period. The best monthly performance on a total Mark return basis for the S&P 500 during the Nolan last decade (20012010) has occurred in April, October or November in nine of the 10 years.” (source: BTN Research).

Next, an investor should consider how the stock market has done in the third year of the presidential cycle.

“2011 is the 3rd year of the current presidential cycle (2009-12). The last time any “3rd presidential year” resulted in a negative total return for the S&P 500 was 1939 or 72 years ago

(source: BTN Research). Using these facts, if history repeats itself or even rhymes, there could be some great opportunities in the stock market during the next few months.

The bad news is, poof, it’s gone.

Traditional buy and hold investing, which for many investors didn’t work out well in the last decade, may not be working this decade either. The S&P 500 index opened this decade at a price of 1,116 CLAIR and grew to a decade high of 1,363 BAKER on April 29, 2011.

Then in only a few short weeks, the entire decade’s return in the S&P 500 Index disappeared when for a moment during the day on September 22nd the S&P was at 1,114. To make matters worse The S&P 500 closed Sept. 23 at 1,136, down 9.6 percent YTD (total return). Last week’s closing value is 27.4 percent less than the index’s all-time closing high of 1565 which was set on Oct. 9, 2007

or almost four years ago.

Other signs that point to importance of active money management are the rise in volatility, the TED spread, and the recession probability indicator.

Volatility increases when stock prices go up and down rapidly over short periods of time which is what we have seen in the last several weeks, in our opinion this points to higher risk.

Next, as the Ted Spread rises, which it has been doing lately, it creates additional concern for us because it points to lenders believing the risk of defaults is increasing. The recession probability indicator attempts to measure the risk of heading into another recession. In August, it was at 38.74 and it jumped to 46.19 in September, which is one of the largest jumps since 2007. Although no one can predict the stock market, as more signs point to increased risk it points out the need to be prepared.

As we head into the month of October, I’m reminded of an old episode of Scooby-Doo, where Shaggy said, “Hold on man. We don’t go anywhere with ‘scary,’ ‘spooky,’ ‘haunted’ or ‘forbidden’ in the title.” All of those terms could be used to describe the stock

market and the economy right now.

Yet, for the informed investor, who is able to remove their emotions when it comes to investing, looking at history several opportunities and risk are apparent.

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‘Moneyball’ subject Beane played for Mud Hens

By Duane Ramsey

TOLEDO FREE PRESS SENIOR BUSINESS WRITER dramsey@toledofreepress.com

William “Billy” Beane, subject of the new baseball movie “Moneyball,” played for the Toledo Mud Hens and Detroit Tigers during his six-year baseball playing career.

Beane played in 110 games, hitting .235 as an outfielder for the Mud Hens in 1988 when the team was the AAA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. He played in six games for the Tigers that season, getting one hit in six at bats, according to team statistics.

Beane was not available for comment about his playing career in Toledo and Detroit or the film “Moneyball.” Oakland A’s spokesman Bob

Rose said Beane was inundated with requests for interviews following the film’s debut Sept. 19 and could not respond until after baseball season.

Beane’s philosophy for baseball success was the subject of the best-selling book, “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,” by Michael Lewis.

Beane is often asked to speak to companies about his management approach of identifying and using undervalued assets to create a competitive edge.

The movie “Moneyball” focuses on Beane’s success with the small-market Oakland Athletics in 2002, which included a 20-game winning streak. Unfortunately, Oakland lost in the first round of the playoffs that year and has not advanced to the World Series

under Beane’s leadership.

Beane considers “Moneyball” a success for the simple fact that Brad Pitt played him in the film, reported the Associated Press.

“Listen, it’s Brad doing it. How am I going to complain?” Beane said in an interview with the AP. Beane and Pitt were filmed at the Oakland Coliseum Sept. 19 holding an outdoor news conference where they talked about the film’s premiere in Oakland that night. Beane attended the local premier with coaches and players on that off-day for the team.

However, the A’s lack of a World Series championship left the movie, based on the true story of the team’s success, without a dramatic ending.

Since the A’s are no longer winning

Beane’s philosophy, based on economics and baseball statistics, there is speculation that he could leave Oakland to replace general manager Jim Hendry for the Chicago Cubs.

Beane with an ‘e’

John Husman, team historian for the Mud Hens, said he had one personal recollection of Beane — the oddity that he played with another player named Billy Bean (spelled without the “e” at the end of his last name) in Toledo in 1988.

The two players with the same first and last names posed a problem for Mud Hens radio broadcaster Jim Weber.

“I approached them both hoping one of them would deviate from being

called Billy. Both said the only name they would go by was Billy and not Bill because they had never been called anything else. So, I spent the whole season saying ‘Billy Beane with the ‘e’ or ‘Billy Bean without the ‘e’ during the broadcasts,” Weber told Toledo Free Press. “A few years ago, there was an Oakland scout at the stadium who was working for Beane and the A’s at the time. I mentioned Beane’s time with us and he said Beane was going to call him in a few minutes.

“When he called, the scout told him I was there and handed me the phone. We had a neat five-minute conversation and laughed about the double Billy Beane situation in 1988,” Weber said. n BEANE CONTINUES ON A17

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n BEANE CONTINUED FROM A16 Beane also played 32 games hitting .294 for the Mud Hens in 1986 when the team was affiliated with the Minnesota Twins. He played in 80 games for the Twins that season, batting .213 with three HRs and 15 RBIs in 194 at bats.

Beane was drafted by the New York Mets as the 23rd pick of the 1980 amateur draft. He played in 13 games with the Mets in 1984 and 1985, making his MLB debut on Sept. 13, 1984.

Born March 19, 1962, he attended Mount Carmel High School in Rancho Bernadino, Calif., and University of California-San Diego.

Beane finished his major league career playing for the Oakland A’s in 1989. He retired in the spring of 1990 having played in 148 games with a career batting average of .219, three home runs and 29 RBIs in 315 at bats in his MLB career.

Beane joined the A’s front office in 1990 as major league advance scout for the team. He was promoted to assistant general manager in 1993 by A’s former president and general manager Sandy Alderson.

Alderson handed his general manager’s duties to Beane on Oct. 17, 1997.

He is considered by many as one of the most progressive and talented baseball executives in the game today.

Under his watch, the A’s have compiled a .548 record with 976 wins and 804 losses during the past 11 seasons, which is third best in the American League and fifth best in MLB. The A’s won four AL West titles in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2006 and one AL wild-card spot in 2001, posting 90 or more wins in six of the last nine years. O The Associated Press contributed to this report.

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Moneyball’ avoids sports movie clichés

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Billy Beane wants to change baseball forever.

The Oakland A’s MLB general manager, played by Brad Pitt, is looking for wins on a budget. His star players have been scooped up by the majors. How is he supposed to replace them within his paltry $38 million budget (compared to a colossal $114 million budget for the New York Yankees)?

“It’s an unfair game,” Beane says about the money difference. “We have to think differently.”

Here enters newly graduated Yale economics major Peter Brand, played well

by Jonah Hill. Brand’s focus is of the statistics on the game. He cares about getting on base and scoring runs.

Making a sports movie can be tricky. Successful stories don’t necessarily focus on play-by-plays but on the characters and stories behind the scenes. Recent successes of this technique can be seen in 2010’s “The Fighter” and “Secretariat.”

This movie is a little different, refreshingly so. Pivotal moments in the baseball action are removed. Instead, viewers experience them through Pitt as Beane.

The camerawork and framing also achieve a different feel. One scene in particular shows a thoughtful Beane sitting in an empty stadium with his feet on the chair in front of him, listening to a game. The contrast is striking.

“Moneyball” intrigues and excites.

Pitt is reminiscent of Robert Redford in “The Natural.” He is a consummate actor who brings life to this story and is perfectly cast.

Hill as Brand also works. He is funny at times but not distracting. Jesse Eisenberg could learn something here.

In all, “Moneyball” works and recaps the story of the Oakland A’s and Beane’s attempt at a World Series win on a budget. /5. Rated PG-13 for some strong language. O — James A. Molnar, TheGoldKnight.com

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D3’s Corner

NOTE: This is the seventh installment of a weekly series in which staff writer Mike Bauman will follow sixth-year Toledo senior cornerback Desmond Marrow for the 2011 season.

By Mike Bauman Toledo Free Press Staff Writer mbauman@toledofreepress.com

On Sept. 24 at Syracuse, Toledo senior cornerback Desmond Marrow wanted to do his part to help UT leave the Carrier Dome with a victory. Instead, he left on a stretcher.

With less than nine minutes remaining in the third quarter and the game tied at 13, Marrow stepped up to help make a tackle on the Orange’s Antwon Bailey. At the moment of impact, however, his helmet collided with Bailey.

After the hit, Marrow spun off and lay on his stomach.

“It was just a bad angle,” Marrow said. “He was falling forward towards me, and I was trying to just come in and make sure I was making the tackle and just hit him head-to-head, spun out and got knocked out.”

Marrow was taken to the hospital, where he underwent a CT scan and an X-ray. The results came back negative, and he returned to the stadium and flew back with the team. He never got sick or had any headaches, unlike the last time he had a head-on collision in a game. Back in 2008 at home against Fresno State, Marrow suffered a concussion after sliding head first into the Rockets’ cannon outside the end zone.

“It was nothing like that,” Marrow said. “When I hit the cannon, I was, like, woozy, out of it, just started throwing up and stuff like that. Nothing really happened this time; I was out and woke up.

No pain, no headache, no dizziness. When I woke up, I just felt a little pain in my neck. That’s about it, but that went away once I got to the hospital.”

On Sept. 25 and 26, Marrow had to ride a stationary bike for 15-20 minutes to make sure he wouldn’t suffer nausea. He also received neck treatment and took a computerized neuropsychological exam twice, which measures reaction time and

memory recall. Toledo Associate Athletic Trainer John Walters said that every freshman or transfer takes that test when they have their first physical with the team.

“This is why we do the baseline testing, so that we know what normal is for that individual,” Walters said. “We know what a normal reaction time is for that individual. We know what their normal memory recall is, so that way we can compare, are they cognitively functioning as well as they were before they had the concussion injury.”

In addition to that tool for evaluating a head injury, Walters said the staff also performs a SCAT 2 test, which stands for Sport Concussion Assessment Tool. That test includes the athlete’s rating of their symptoms on a 0-6 scale as well as a cognitive assessment, memory recall and balance examination. If an athlete does suffer a concussion, Walters said they must go 24 hours without experiencing any symptoms. Before the staff can start progressing the athlete back into activity. n MARROW CONTINUES ON A20

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ROCKET FOOTBALL

Toledo appeal falls short after blown call

By Zach Davis

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer zdavis@toledofreepress.com

Toledo fell victim to one of the most bizarre plays in recent history Sept. 24 when the Rockets came up just short in a 33-30 loss at Syracuse.

Trailing 29-27 with 2:07 remaining, Syracuse was awarded an extra point when their kicker missed the attempt to go ahead by three. After the call was brought to the replay official to overturn the decision, the official upheld the call on the field despite video evidence clearly displaying it was wrong. The Rockets kicked a 20yard field goal, which would have won the game without the extra point, to send the game to overtime where UT lost by three.

Following the game, Big East Conference Coordinator of Football Officiating Terry McAulay issued a statement acknowledging the error.

“After studying the videos of the Syracuse extra point attempt at 2:07 of the fourth quarter, we have concluded that the ruling on the field that the

kick passed between the uprights was incorrect, and that the replay official made an error in failing to reverse that ruling,” McAulay said. “In reviewing the video, we have determined that the angle from behind the kicking team shows conclusively that the ball passes outside the right upright. Our review of the process determined that the replay official mistakenly focused his attention on the sideline angle, which proved to be distorted. We are confident that our officiating staff will learn from this situation in order to prevent a reoccurrence.”

Toledo Athletic Director Mike O’Brien took action after the game, calling for a news conference the following day. He announced that he had contacted Mid-American Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher to ask him to contact the Big East about vacating the win and awarding it to Toledo.

“I want to make certain that everyone is aware that this was not a missed holding call,” O’Brien said.

“This is about a call that was missed on the field — that happens. However, the opportunity was given to the re-

play officials to correct it, and it was not. The play was reviewed by the Big East Conference and they indicated that it was an incorrect call and put out a statement to that effect.

“I realize this is most likely unprecedented but I think it’s important we show our football team that we truly support them, that we show our football coach BECKMAN and his staff we’re here for them and support them and tell our fan base that it wasn’t a situation where the University of Toledo just lays down.”

Toledo head coach Tim Beckman found out about the Big East’s statement while on the plane back to Toledo, where he got a good look at the footage for the first time. He chose to send two emails, hoping for some help rectifying the situation.

The first email was addressed to Big East Director of Communica-

tions Chuck Sullivan regarding the Big East’s admission of an officiating mistake.

“This is an incorrect call, so what is getting done about it?” Beckman wrote. “Admitting is one thing, correcting is another. I believe in the end of the regulation the score 30-29 is the right call.”

After spending the rest of the night watching football and taking phone calls, Beckman wrote the following email to the Big East: “I am here to fight for our Rocket football team,” Beckman wrote. “70 players made the trip to Syracuse and they played extremely hard to be successful in the end. 70 players that are a part of a Mid-American football program that takes pride in being built around honesty, trust and accountability. The game of football has numerous human errors throughout a game. Players, coaches and officials are all a part of these — that’s football. But when you add technology to a call and it is not used properly, it is injustice.

“The use of instant replay is there

to make a call right and is only there for an official’s use. This has now affected the Rocket football team in two of the last five games it has played dating back to the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl loss. In the last five years, schools have been stripped of wins, championships and national titles due to poor decisions. I believe it is now time for the officials and conferences to stand up when they admit they are wrong.”

The only public response from these requests came Sept. 26 when Steinbrecher announced that in his discussions with the Big East there was no way of changing the outcome.

“Since the conclusion of the ToledoSyracuse game, I have been in communication with Big East Commissioner, John Marinatto, along with Rogers Redding, secretary-rules editor of the NCAA Football Rules Committee,” Steinbrecher wrote. “By rule, once the game is declared over the score is final and there is no recourse to reverse an outcome. (Rule 1, Section 1, Article 3, Paragraph b of the 2011 NCAA Football Rules and Interpretations.) n SYRACUSE CONTINUES ON A20

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A20 n Toledo Free Press n MARROW CONTINUED FROM A18 “The main thing is that we’re not going to return somebody to play unless we are 100 percent confident that they are able to return without any complications,” Walters said.

Duane and Pam Marrow — Marrow’s parents — had attended every UT game this season except for Syracuse and were watching the contest from their home when Marrow went down. Despite not being there, Duane said the moment was not as devastating as when Marrow tore his ACL and meniscus on the opening kickoff at Northern Illinois in 2008.

“There was actually a couple over

from church, and they were sitting there and we were kind of talking back and forth,” Duane Marrow said.

“I was looking over to my left talking with them, and as I swung back to the TV I saw Des laying facedown.”

Duane, who played football at Wisconsin, knew that Marrow was most likely knocked out after the hit and prepared Pam for what was about to take place, knowing that their son would be taken off on a stretcher as a precautionary measure.

“I said, ‘Honey, what they’re going to do is just precaution and we’re just going to have to be patient here,’ but that was awkward,” Duane said. “It

n Syracuse CONTINUED FROM A19 “I share the frustration and regret with our Toledo coaches, student-athletes, administration and supporters of the Rockets football program. Immediately following the game, Bill Carollo, coordinator of officials of the Midwest Football Officials Alliance (MAC, Big Ten, Missouri Valley), reviewed the play and was in contact with Big East Coordinator of Officials Terry McAuley, and both officials agreed that the ruling on the field and replay official both failed to make the correct call.

“As disappointing as this situation is, we are confident that proper action will be taken by the Big East Conference.”

O’Brien responded later that day to let the nation know that although he still felt the error cost UT the victory, the Rockets would accept the ruling.

“While we are obviously disappointed for the student-athletes, coaches and fans that an officiating error played a role in the outcome of our football game at Syracuse, we accept the ruling from the Big East and the NCAA Football Rules Committee that the final outcome of the game cannot be reversed,” O’Brien said. “We appreciate the efforts of those who looked into this matter. We consider the matter closed and now look forward to the remainder of the Rocket football season.”

was awkward in that you’re not there and you can’t do anything. All you can do is pray, and we certainly did that right away.”

Marrow said he was out for a minute or two before waking up.

When he came to, he did not want to leave the field on a stretcher and asked to go to the sideline. As he was carted off, Marrow gave the thumbs up to the crowd with his right hand.

“I could move everything,” Marrow said. “I just wanted to let everyone else know that I was fine.”

“We’re just grateful and thankful,” Duane said. “Obviously, that could have been so much worse.” O

With the loss, Toledo drops to 1-3 for the season with other losses to No. 15 Ohio State and No. 4 Boise State.

The call was the second instant replay review that Toledo’s opposing officials have appeared to get wrong, including a 4th-and-17 first down conversion in last year’s Little Caesars Pizza Bowl which set up the game-winning kick by Florida International.

“My dad said it best when he said ‘We are just snakebitten,’” Toledo junior quarterback Austin Dantin said.

“It’s weird because I could understand if it was a fumble or something that you are not too sure about, but a field goal or extra point is either good or it’s not. That’s where I really still can’t understand how it was reviewed and they still didn’t get it right.”

As for the Orange, Syracuse’s head coach Doug Marrone claimed in his weekly press conference that he had not given any thought to whether Syracuse should vacate the win.

“My time is so tight with my schedule,” Marrone said. “I would be happy to answer that question after the season. I really haven’t put any thought into that.

“I give them credit for standing up. In this game there is human error. Coaches know it as well as anyone. Everyone that is involved in this game I feel awful for them. I know how much they must be hurting.” O

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An area car dealership is doing its part to help fight breast cancer through a new custom detailing campaign.

In honor of breast cancer awareness month, the Monroe Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram Superstore will detail any vehicle with a custom Pink My Ride graphics package through the end of October with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Monroe Cancer Center.

The dealership will install the graphics package on any vehicle, regardless of make or model. It also has several new Chrysler models for sale on the lot with the graphics package already installed.

The detailing costs $98 and customers will also receive a pink hat.

Monroe Dodge co-owner Ralph Mahalak Jr. said the project attracted interest from employees and customers even before the project officially launched.

“If it’s any indication this early on, as we are just now launching, I have a feeling there could be a lot of people who want to pink their rides,” Mahalak said. “We’ll find out shortly, but I think that will be the case.”

Jackie Swearingen, director of marketing and public relations at Mercy Memorial Hospital, said the money raised will be put toward Mercy Memorial’s cancer treatment assistance fund.

“It’s great to have a supporter like Monroe Dodge on our side,” Swearingen said. “Ralph Mahalak and his team have been supportive with

fundraising long before the center even opened.”

Greg Bondy, charity and events manager at Monroe Dodge, said interacting with passionate people is the best part about working with charities.

“Cancer affects virtually everybody’s family,” Bondy said. “It’s amazing how passionate people are in fighting and finding a cure for this disease. The passion is fantastic.”

The Monroe Cancer Center, which opened in June, is a joint venture between the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit, Mercy Memorial Hospital System in Monroe and ProMedica in Toledo.

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Dave White Chevrolet continues its support of youth baseball with a donation of $1,700 in cash and sports equipment to the Sylvania Recreation Corporation.

“Chevrolet has a long history with baseball and we’re glad we were able to bring that commitment for the youth leagues in Sylvania,” said Joe Mehling, general manager for Dave White Chevrolet.

The Sylvania dealership partnered with the Sylvania Recreation Corp due to the league’s proximity to the dealership, according to Mehling.

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equipment bags, ball buckets, dugout managers and T-shirts for the youth baseball leagues in Sylvania.

“We are delighted to be involved with the American tradition of youth baseball. Sponsoring Sylvania Recreation gave us the opportunity to illustrate our commitment to the youth and families in Sylvania. We’re glad to have achieved such a positive outcome for the community,” Mehling stated.

The dealership also donated either a Chevy Cruze or Equinox vehicle to be the top prize in a regional raffle as a fundraiser for the baseball leagues.

The winner of the raffle would get to choose either vehicle as their prize, according to Sylvania Recreation.

Dave White Chevrolet is one of more than 1,400 Chevrolet dealers that participated in Chevy Youth Baseball in 2011. The program has contributed more than $14 million over six years to youth baseball in communities where Chevrolet’s customers live, work and play.

Chevy Youth Baseball is a grassroots initiative that establishes a positive relationship between local dealers and the communities they serve, according to program’s website. O — Staff Reports

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Vin Devers is celebrating its 55th anniversary by sponsoring a drawing to win a 2012 Audi A4, MercedesBenz C300 or $35,000 toward the purchase of any vehicle from the dealership. Only 550 tickets will be sold at

$100 per ticket for the drawing to be held during the dealer’s 55th anniversary party, Oct. 14 from 6-9 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.vindevers.com or by calling the Flower Hospital Foundation at (419) 824-1721.

Proceeds from the raffle will benefit the Hickman Cancer Center and Goerlich Center for Alzheimer’s disease at ProMedica Flower Hospital. O — Staff Reports

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By Vicki L. Kroll

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Talking with Lisa Lampanelli was shocking. The “Queen of Mean” was ... nice. Really.

Maybe it’s because the insult comic, who referred to her past with black men as her chocolate diet, is mellowing as her one-year wedding anniversary approaches.

Or maybe it’s because she’s super-busy; there’s talk of reality TV, Broadway.

Maybe she just is nice.

“Sometimes people go, ‘Wow, she likes the people she makes fun of,’ ” Lampanelli said. “Honestly, I make fun of all the groups that I have fondness for — every race, creed and color.

“Don’t do a lot of French jokes because I’m not crazy about them,” she said and laughed. “If you make fun of one person, you better get them all because it’s equal opportunity.”

The woman known for in-yourface humor recalled her early days of comedy.

“I got my first laugh when I was 8, but I didn’t have the guts to try [stand-up] until I was in my 20s,” she said during a call from her New York home. “I wasn’t technically class clown, but come on — I’m definitely funnier than that little bitch who won it. So I think you know it but are too scared to try it.”

That laugh when she was 8? It’s a story in her 2009 book, “Chocolate, Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat and Freaks.”

“It was a horrible, stupid joke,” Lampanelli said. “I’m at the dinner

table with all my family and my relatives, and there used to be a store — Macy’s used to be called Macy’s and Bamberger’s — so I called it Macy’s and Hamburger’s on purpose, but they thought it was a joke; they thought it was me getting it wrong.

“And I was like, God, I’m so cool because I just manipulated these a-hole relatives of mine into thinking I was stupid, and I got a big laugh. And, of course, I said it again; it got nothing.

“And I learned you cannot milk a joke. Don’t even do it; you’re not even cute enough at 8 to get away with the same joke twice.”

She is hoping Logo laughs at the pilot for “Big Loud Lisa.”

“It’s a reality show. Initially, it was going to be about me and my husband, Jimmy, but we found our married life is completely boring because we don’t fight a lot,” Lampanelli said. “So instead we kind of shifted the focus to what is really going on, which is I’m making this crossover from being an insult comic to developing this Broadway show.”

The 50-year-old is writing a onewoman show for Broadway with Alan Zweibel, one of the original writers from “Saturday Night Live” who worked with Billy Crystal on “700 Sundays.”

“A working title is ‘Bring Back the Fat Chick’ because it’s a story that’s in the show. I always think it’s pretty provocative to put the word fat in a title because fat seems to be the last curse word we really have because women would rather be called the c-word than be called fat,” Lampanelli said.

The response to her book inspired her to keep writing.

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and were saying they learned a lot about themselves through it because it’s a lot about insecurities and codependence, food and men, and weight issues and self-image, and I loved that response.

“And I also loved that they saw that through the humor. So you don’t have to not be funny to make a point,” she said. “Just because it has a little message in there about liking yourself and working on yourself, it doesn’t mean that it’s going to make it some stoic

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Fans can catch Lampanelli at 8 p.m. Oct. 8 at Stranahan Theater.

Tickets are $34.75 for the show for mature audiences only.

“They can still expect the same Lisa without the same jokes; I’d say 90 percent of the stuff I’m doing now hasn’t been on TV before,” she said.

“There’s so much in daily life that you can make fun of and be angry with.” O

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After somehow managing to extract Elaine from the comforts of our happy home each morning, my own tears of guilt, exhaustion and the

plain and simple empty-heart feeling of missing my middle child each day would flow. We worked through the separation anxiety and the days eventually improved enough to settle into a manageable place. As Elaine’s tears dried, so did mine.

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the-school-year activity and struggling curred. My climb-to-the-highestto adjust to my mind and my heart height, put-the-closest-dangerousbeing two different places at once, that object-directly-in-your-mouth kid first month of school was an all-con- is suddenly content to quietly play on the floor by herself. suming blur. When the Some book reading smoke cleared, I came here and there, a couple face to face with my next of games and the occaadjustment: seven hours sional cuddle in mom’s a day alone with just my lap suits my littlest 2-year-old, Lucy. Conone’s daily needs just sidering Lucy’s personfine. I’m just not sure ality, I assumed I would what to do about it. be just as busy at home Do I keep my housewith one as I was with hold chores and pertwo or three. I figured Shannon SZYPERSKI sonal interests on the Lucy would either keep back burner? Do I come me on my toes with mishaps and toddler tantrums or con- up with a seven-hour toddler activity stantly request replacement entertain- schedule? Or, do I actually take the ment when her best buddies went off to time to sit down for an hour, put my feet up and watch an episode of Braschool each day.

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Help your teen realize what’s involved with having a license...

Join us for AAA Northwest Ohio’s 3rd annual Safe Teen Driving Seminar at Parkway Place, 2592 Parkway Plaza in Maumee!

Whether your teen already has their license or will be getting it soon, you’ll want to bring them to this seminar, where driver’s education is taken to a whole new level.

Special guest speaker Jacy Good and her fiance, Steve Johnson, will share their emotional struggle after a distracted teen driver forced Jacy’s college graduation day to take a tragic turn. Safe driving techniques and other safety tips will also be discussed.

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Registration Required

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Seminar includes:

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Parkway Place, Maumee at 6:00 pm

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* Non-members are welcome, but will be charged $10 per person. Non-members may purchase a AAA membership when signing up to receive the member price.

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Forms and payment can be dropped off at your local AAA Branch, or mailed to AAA Northwest Ohio, Attn: Safe Teen Driving Seminar, 7150 W. Central Ave., Toledo, OH 43617.

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