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LIGHTING THE FUSE

Health care and the hot foot

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ood economic news is a rarity as we hurtle into the fourth quarter of 2009, but it is heartening to see some local entrepreneurs continue to step in with their time and capital to help drive the local engines of commerce.

Earlier this year, we applauded Walt Churchill for doubling his market presence with a second supermarket in a former Bassett’s store in Perrysburg. While some grocery chains are closing locations, Churchill is forging ahead to invest in the community.

Banner Mattress is approaching the first anniversary of its new bedding superstore at 5200 Monroe St., and Appliance Center in Maumee recently expanded its services. Architect Thomas Porter recently reopened his firm, Thomas Porter Architects, on North St. Clair Street in Downtown Toledo.

Staff writer Duane Ramsey wrote Thomas F. POUNDS Sept. 13 about Brooke West, who has fulfilled her dream by purchasing the West Toledo Animal Hospital where she started working at age 14.

This summer, Paul Emch and his partner Chris Offenberg opened Frogtown RainTube Gutter Solutions, a new business sells that and installs an environmentally friendly gutter-protection device.

There are even new restaurants springing to life: PizzaPapilis is serving lunch and dinner crowds Downtown. Lesley and Tom Rekkas opened the Spring Gardens Restaurant in the former Big Boy location on Summit Street at the foot of the High Level Bridge in late August, just as the Schiavone brothers, Antonio Jr. and Dean, opened the Flaming Pit Barbeque & Blues restaurant on The Docks at International Park.

In our Sept. 27 issue, staff writer Alissa Romstadt profiled radio personality Andrew Z’s efforts to open a Sportz Pizzeria in Levis Commons. His team called opening the new business a “dream.”

Throw in the new businesses I have inadvertently left off this list, and advances in the local alternative energy and biotech fields (officials of Sphere Renewable Energy Corp. based in California announced plans to develop a wholly owned subsidiary, Buckeye Silicon (BeSi) in Toledo at UT in June. Top that off with the anticipated openings of Imagination Station and the Lucas County Arena (you can bank on the arena having a sponsor name soon), and all of sudden you might be surprised at how much growth and expansion is in the air. There have been setbacks, like the recent decision by California’s Tetra Tech to not develop a riverwalk Downtown, but no entrepreneurial experience, as a micro or macrocosm, is ever all roses and sunshine.

A hearty thank you is due to the people and companies who invest in this community, regardless of the national or state climate. Stepping up when they feel the time is right, not when it is “safe” (a word these people would never use), is what makes them entrepreneurs, and the backbone of our region.

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Anyway, a nurse came in, told us Evan had secondur family has been blessed beyond reason and expectation when it comes to the health of our degree burns, told us not to force the numerous large blischildren. Evan, who is approaching 40 months, ters on Evan’s feet to pop, slathered Silvadene ointment on his foot, wrapped it in gauze and bandages and Sean, who is almost 15 months, have and sent us on our way. The whole experiendured their share of bumps and bruises ence took less than 15 minutes. and bounced back every time.

Evan was calm, solaced by the attention Evan did spend his second Christmas and cooling relief of the Silvadene ointDay in the emergency room with a 105ment. As I picked him up to carry him to degree fever, but when it is taken into conthe car, he said, “Daddy, my foot hurts.” sideration that both boys are active, cuI told him it would for a while, but that rious and fearless, and when it is factored it would be better in time, and we would in that we as parents, or at least I as father, take care of him. have zero experience in shepherding anyThen, he said, “Daddy, why is the merthing more complicated than a gift cactus Michael S. MILLER maid swimming with SpongeBob? That’s through life, we are doing well. not right.”

When our first real crisis occurred, it That’s my boy! was bookended by helplessness; we had no control over Within days, the foot began to heal. Within a few the cause, or the cure.

In mid-August, while playing at a state park in Or- weeks, we stopped thinking about the injury. Now, a few tonville, Mich., Evan, always running several feet ahead, months later, it’s a very small part of our story about a jumped into a sandpit near the swings and slides. Mo- very good summer.

Until this week, when the bill arrived. It read: ments before this innocuous leap, someone had taken Pharmacy: $18 their still-burning coals from an anchored-in-cement Med/Surg supplies: $20 grill and dumped them into the corner of the sandpit.

Emergency Services: $343 Evan, who was wearing little red Garanimal flip-flops, slid Surgery: $424 his right foot into the pile of hot coals and came bounding Total: $805 out of the sand pit, wailing.

Surgery? I am not a physician, but does squeezing SilI am going to pretend that no adult would be evil enough to dump hot coals into a children’s play area on vadene ointment from a tube and then wrapping a foot in purpose. I am going to avoid speculation that someone gauze constitute surgery? We did get to take home what would be cruel and sadistic enough to be amused by set- was left in the tube of Silvadene ointment, but it’s silver, ting such a potential trap. Taking evil off the table leaves not gold, right?

We are extremely grateful for the care Evan received; a few options; a person must be monumentally stupid, cosmically drunk, cataclysmically reckless or some com- the staff was everything you would hope for. And thanks bination of the three to grab the handle of a searing hot to the health insurance that covers our family, through pan of charcoal, look around, shrug and dump it into the the job at which my wife breaks her back (and for which nearest box of sand, without any regard to who else may we pay a heavy premium), our share of the $805 is just $50. If we pay within 21 days, all we owe is $37.50. Again, be using said sand.

As soon as Evan was picked up, it was clear he was we are blessed beyond reason and expectation and I am in trouble. His mostly unprotected foot had slid between not griping about our specific situation.

But is this the American health care system that so hot coals so that the top, sides and bottom of his right foot were already bright red, blistering or without the top many people think is fine and requires no overhaul? A layers of skin. Although he cried, Evan was a lot braver on system in which a relatively minor foot burn requires “surgery” that leads to a $767.50 hit to our insurance company, the outside than his mother and I felt on the inside.

A 24-hour emergency clinic was open in nearby a hit that will eventually be filtered back to us? How does a Oxford, so we raced Evan there. The staff immediately family without insurance navigate that crazy logic?

I do not claim to know the answer, nor do I claim to checked us into a triage room that was painted floor to ceiling with characters from Disney’s “The Little Mer- understand everything President Obama is seeking in his maid” and the crew from “SpongeBob SquarePants.” It was changes. But there is clearly something wrong here, and it a gorgeously rendered mural, and I hated it; no way would needs to be addressed.

Ignoring the health care system’s needs because one Mr. Krabbs and Patrick swim alongside Flounder and Sebastian, unless it was in some alternate-reality universe dislikes the president makes no more sense than painting in which copyright and creative intent were torn from a scene in which mermaids, burger-flipping sponges, Jedi all logic. How could the happy little Ariel find friendship and Vulcans swim and dance together. with SpongeBob? That’s stupid. Why not just paint a space mural in which Darth Vader and Boba Fett are square Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. dancing with Cylons and Vulcans and Hobbits?

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ell, well, did I finally of their own meant to actually strike a nerve? When address a problem, but rather to I wrote the Sept. 20 inflame their followers until such time that something column, “No tea, regrettable happens. thanks,” I thought I Then, they can sit would give you on back on their selfthe Right a taste of righteous behinds your own medicine. and say they sure It’s not pleasant to be never meant that to called names, is it? As happen. Don’t pee for the citations on on my leg and try to fascism, etc., I stand tell me it’s raining. by them. I was parThis country ticularly impressed faces as dire cirby all the dittoheads Don BURNARD cumstances as we’ve who wrote in to say that no one else does their thinking had in our lifetimes in America. for them; they are perfectly capable We should all be trying to address our circumstances with insightful of rational thought themselves.

Really? Then, how about ra- commentary and debate, not intional discussion? Are you ready flammatory slogans and jingoism. for that, instead of showing up It will take everyone going in the at tea bag parties with the signs same direction to get us out of this showing the president as (choose mess. That’s what patriotism is reone) Hitler, the Joker, a lyin’ Af- ally about, not name-calling and rican or with gun sights on his pic- working for political failure of one ture? Can you imagine what would side or the other at the expense of have happened under George W. the people of our country. I don’t Bush if someone showed up with for a moment think that everyone a gun strapped on outside of one who disagrees with the president of his events, calling for the over- is a loon or a racist. I do believe, throw of the legally elected gov- however, that loons and racists are ernment? They’d probably be in adding way more to the discussion Guantanamo now. But that was than is good and that we need to not likely to happen, since his return to some semblance of logic audiences were carefully chosen and civility in our dialogue. If we to include only his diehard sup- don’t, I believe future historians porters, and anyone who disagreed will point to this as the beginning was kept at least a mile away in a of the end of the United States as closely monitored area. How soon a beacon of freedom in the world. we forget. Check out the cover of We run the risk of becoming thirdGlenn Beck’s new book, “Arguing world citizens who were unable to with Idiots,” with him in a Nazi deal with the problems facing us, uniform. Satire? I don’t think so. I leaving our country to the corporate interests. think it’s right on.

I personally don’t believe that The Republican Party used to be capable of erudite discus- everything in this country has to sion on many topics and, while make a profit. Some things we, as both sides may not have agreed, a nation, need to do just because the discussion was at least civil. it’s right. We can’t ignore problems More often than not, some sort of like the soaring cost of substandard compromise could be reached on health care, global warming, and most issues. Sadly, the civility of the myriad other problems facing us the past seems to have gone by the and the rest of the planet because it wayside. Who are the people the won’t make some tycoon a healthy Right have chosen to speak their profit. There are plenty of areas for views? An unlicensed plumber, a capitalism to make profits, but they moose-hunting housewife, a drug- needn’t be obscene profits. Let’s do addicted bloviator who would un- what’s right for all Americans, not doubtedly be in jail if he were black just the top 1 percent. Contrary to or Hispanic and a crying pseudo some who wrote in, I still think that philosopher who thinks it’s time our Founding Fathers would be apto take back “our” country (sniff, palled at our current circumstances. sniff ) from the evil president who I also think back to an old ‘60s hates white people. Feel free to add saying. If you’re not part of the soluany number of other FOX News tion, you’re part of the problem. talking heads. Their purpose is not to add to the debate by helpful E-mail columnist Don Burnard at discussion or even offering a plan letters@toledofreepress.com.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

How we operate

Protest the ‘Refuse Fee’

TO THE EDITOR: On Sept. 20, Don Burnard told us of his views on the tea parties. In the Sept. 27 issue of Toledo Free Press, several letters of response from the free citizenry were published both supporting and castigating Burnard’s view.

This is exactly how a newspaper, working under the doctrine of a free press, must operate. A newspaper has the responsibility to fairly report on issues. It is the citizenry that must decide what the best option for our republic is. To do this, we must have all the information available in order to rely on our own judgment.

One letter made the offensive suggestion that Burnard should be terminated from your newspaper. To do so means that we would be deprived of part of the information we need to select the best option which, among other things, will maintain freedom of the press and our right to agree or disagree with our government.

ERNEST LIPPERT, Toledo

TO THE EDITOR, Toledo: Scream, yell and stamp your feet in protest!

As city council again weighs the issue of the “refuse fee” and again contemplates raising it, the issue is not if it should be raised, but that it is not legal.

Each time the “refuse fee” is discussed, there is a whimper of protest from Toledoans, which quickly dies away. The residents are lulled into believing the City of Toledo must have this money.

We should be outraged; it is not legal and is nothing short of a thief breaking into your homes, stealing your money.

This is a tax disguised as a fee that the Ohio Revised Code forbids unless passed by a majority vote of the residents. I repeat, the real issue is that this “fee” is not legal, not whether council should raise the “fee.” The courts ruled this is a “tax” and is unconstitutional. Now the question is whether the city keeps the illegally collected taxes.

Will the city be required to return the funds? That is the question before the 6th District Court of Appeals; should this be a class action suit and include every resident who pays the “fee?” Once again, I implore city council to avoid the temptation to raise more easy money from residents with this “fee,” which is, in fact, an illegal “tax.”

Once again, I implore the residents of Toledo to file a protest against the fee.

1, Go to Shanahanselect.blogspot.com 2. Click “Trash Tax Protest Form” 3. Print and fill out the form 4. Mail the completed form to the Department of Public Utilities 6. E-mail Trashtax@gmail.com to notify the attorneys representing you in this lawsuit that you filed Every thief justifies his actions claiming he had no other option. Don’t let the city get away with this theft.

Fight it, don’t relent, make your voice heard. If the city needs money, then get it legally.

KAREN SHANAHAN, Toledo

Defining racism TO THE EDITOR, If Don Burnard’s Sept. 20 remarks (“No tea, thanks”) weren’t so frightening, they would qualify as late-night comedy.

Since when was protesting against elected official’s intervention into nearly every facet of my constitutionally guaranteed rights, become a race issue?

I am a 65-year-old registered Democrat, have been since I was 18. I am also a proud tea bagger protesting the erosion of my freedoms by this administration and if that make me a racist in Burnard’s book, so be it!

DEWEY ROTRUCK, Toledo

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GUEST COLUMN

TARPS: 20 years of freedom for the area’s mobility challenged

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ct. 2, the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) joined with the local disabled community to mark the founding of the Toledo Area Regional Paratransit Service (TARPS) 20 years ago.

Imagine how frustrating and demeaning it is to be denied the freedom to go where you want, when you want. That all changed for the local disabled community in 1989, when TARPS began service.

For many of us, if we want to go somewhere, we simply get in the car and go. Others walk to the nearest TARTA bus stop or phone Call-ARide. Not so for the mobility challenged. It used to be they had to go through an elaborate planning process just to go a mile or two.

Prior to TARPS, to go somewhere, the mobility challenged depended on friends and family, or they had to make their way to a TARTA stop. Being disabled is bad enough; but to have to plan each trip carefully — and perhaps inconvenience others — just to get to work, school, doctor’s appointments or church is an added complication.

When TARTA was founded in 1971, accessibility was not an op-

tion. In 1977, TARTA began to add After the fact, ADA mandated equipment to lift wheelchairs and TARPS existence. Without TARPS, riders into and out of its buses. In TARTA would have ceased to receive federal funds. the beginning, there With the advent of were only a few buses TARPS service, more with this capability and more mobility and the person with challenged individuals disabilities had to found it easier not to make it to a regular just get to work, but to TARTA bus stop to find and maintain emaccess the service. ployment. But it wasn’t That is until Oct. just the mobility chal2, 1989, when TARPS lenged who benefited was born. At 7 a.m., from this freedom of a fleet of a dozen spe- James GEE movement. cially equipped vans The community benefited bebegan providing curb-to-curb service to the mobility challenged. To cause, more than ever, the mobility receive service, a client had to call at challenged could earn wages and least 24 hours in advance and make pay taxes. In turn, their wages were reservations. Federal funds provided being spent on local goods and ser14 percent of TARPS budget back vices. Additionally, this group was then, which was used to purchase no longer homebound and was able to share its abilities and perspectives the vans. The fare was $1 each way.

The Americans with Disabilities for the betterment of civic and comAct (ADA) was signed into law a few munity activities.

While much has happened months later and went into effect in early 1992. This wide-ranging leg- during TARPS 20-year existence, the islation prohibited discrimination basic service remains the same. Spebased on disability, including on cially equipped vans offer curb-topublic transportation services oper- curb service to mobility challenged ated by state and local governments. patrons seven days a week from early

in the morning to late at night. The fare now is $2 each way.

TARPS is experiencing the fastest growth rate of any paratransit service in Ohio. One reason, among several, for this growth is the initiation of computerized scheduling in 1997 and several updates since. The most recent scheduling update went online in September 2008 and further refinements are expected before the end of the year.

On Sept. 16, TARPS recorded its first 800-plus trip day, recording 802 trips. That is a far cry from the 5,385 riders the service carried during the last three months of 1989, when it was initiated. TARPS has set new ridership records every year for the past 12 years.

In 2008, TARPS ridership reached 136,446 individual trips.

Based on expanding usage, projections show TARPS reaching 175,000 riders by the end of 2009. That is a 30 percent increase compared to 2008. Additionally, in early Sept., 11 new buses were added bringing the TARPS fleet to 56 specially constructed vehicles, nearly a five-fold increase from the original 12 buses.

The mobility challenged who

Profile of Excellence: Doug Merrill Owens Community College Alumnus Doug Merrill grew up in Bowling Green, Ohio. He graduated from Bowling Green High School in 1989 where he was an average student. After graduation, Doug was unsure of what direction he wanted to take in his life.

After taking a year off to work, Merrill enrolled at Owens Community College where he was a member of the first Owens Community College Baseball Team. Doing only well enough to stay eligible, he withdrew from school after his second year on the team.

In 1997, he returned to Owens with a more focused attitude. His goal was to become a teacher and Owens helped him to reach that goal. In 1999, he transferred to Bowling Green State University. After graduating with a degree in education, he began teaching and coaching at local high schools.

While teaching at Bowling Green High School, the school experienced the suicides of four students, including two baseball players. This was not Merrill’s first experience with suicide.

Since the age of 13, Merrill has lost three friends, three players and two students to suicide. These events made him think about his own personal loss and the issue of mental health. In order to help his students Doug Merrill Associate of Arts General Concentration 1999 Transfer Student

deal with their loss, he began sorting out his feelings by writing the book “Fighting the Demon of Suicide”.

In 2008, the book was published and in spring 2009, Merrill founded the Power UP Foundation. The mission of the foundation is to provide financial assistance to communities across the United States that have programs that promote better physical fitness and mental health.

“I believe that better physical health can lead to better mental health,” said Merrill.

To kick off the foundation, Merrill began an historical run October 4 at Boston’s Fenway Park and will finish in Key West, Fla. on April 3, 2010. The “Run to the Keys” campaign will require Merrill to run six days a week, half marathon a day.

During the run, Merrill will make appearances to discuss the power of better physical fitness and improved mental health.

Merrill hopes this is just the beginning for the Power UP Foundation. Over time he hopes to grow the foundation so they can provide funds to programs throughout the country and build awareness of the positive aspects of physical fitness.

“I believe better physical fitness can lead to better mental health.”

use TARPS say they are riding more because the service has gotten better since TARTA began operating TARPS directly, instead of employing an outside service. As of Sept. 30, 2008, TARPS was integrated fully into TARTA. Riders say they notice the change and appreciate the improvements.

Further, final approval of funding is awaited to begin construction of TARPS’ new 80,000-square-foot facility. The new structure is planned for a 5.9 acre tract near Toledo’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Plaza, home of one of Ohio’s busiest railroad stations. The TARPS site formerly housed the Page Dairy.

As the Baby Boomer generation and those that follow grow older, it is expected Lucas County’s senior citizen population, a major user of TARPS, will nearly double during the next several years.

With this increase in the elder population, TARPS role of providing the mobility challenged with the freedom to move from place to place will increase exponentially.

James Gee is general manager, Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority.

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

The new Face of FOX Toledo is a new face in Toledo.

Ashley Johncola, 22, formerly of Newtown Penn., 40 miles outside Philadelphia, said she brings a fresh perspective on Toledo.

“Everything truly is new and exciting to me. It’s like when you go on vacation to a place you’ve never been. You get the guidebook and it’s like, ‘What am I gonna do next?’’’

Johncola inherits the Face of FOX Toledo position from Julia Johnston, who held the title for two years, following Leah D’Emilio and Abbey Bollenbacher.

“Her enthusiasm and her ability to tell us why she should be the next face definitely helped her get it,” Johnston said.

Johncola, a 2009 NYU grad, has a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and politics. In New York, she interned at FOX News Channel’s morning show “FOX and Friends.”

“That was the moment that I knew that this is the industry that I want to be in,” she said of her internship.

FOX Toledo Creative Services Director Betsy Russell said Johncola was one of the contest’s “Fan Favorite” co-winners, garnering more than 30,000 votes after the field had been narrowed to 15 hopefuls.

“Ashley will be much more involved with social networking on Twitter and Facebook,” Russell said.

“She brings a specific set of skills that

will allow us to build on everything our previous Face of FOX Toledo winners have established.

Russell said several stations in LIN Broadcasting, which owns FOX Toledo, have adopted and adapted the idea, which originated between her and former station manager Ray Maselli.

Ultimately, Johncola wants to be an entertainment reporter or the host of a morning show.

“Anything that allows me to give the news, be myself and have a little fun, and make people smile with it,” she said.

Through her program in college, Johncola learned to shoot, edit and write for print and broadcast news.

The education she received gave her the foundations she is building her career upon.

“They wanted to make sure we could do anything. If someone throws us a camera and says, ‘Go be a oneman band,’ we could,” she said.

At NYU, Johncola met Toledo native Renee Fultz. The two became fast friends, bonding over their similar hometowns while living in New York City. It was Fultz’s mother who saw the advertisement on FOX Toledo for the Face of FOX Toledo auditions.

“She said, ‘Call [Johncola] up and tell her to send in a tape.’ Of course, I did,” Fultz said.

Using her media skills, Johncola shot, edited and submitted a 90second tape answering the question: Why should it be you?

“This is what I want to do,” she said. “This is my dream come true. I

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FROM LEFT, BETSY RUSSELL AND GARY YODER, MOMENTS AFTER TELLING ASHLEY JOHNCOLA SHE WON THE ‘FACE’ CONTEST.

want to be doing something like this forever. I have the experience, the heart, the passion and determination to be the best that I can be ...

I’m really excited to be here.”

Johncola made the cut from more than 115 applicants to the top 15, then the top six. She packed her car with all her belongings and arrived at Fultz’s, where she is living, Sept. 26.

Station Manager Gary Yoder said the Face of FOX Toledo has been a powerful marketing tool for the station, in terms of brand awareness and sales.

ONE SPIRIT.

“Many clients request appearances by the Face of FOX Toledo in their deals,” he said. “The position also gives us a community presence at fairs, festivals and local events; it gives us an accessibility no other station in the market offers.”

Yoder said the judging panel — which included himself, Russell, Johnston, FOX Toledo Chief Meteorologist Doug Moats, FOX Toledo Promotions Producer Cyndy Mackley, Promotion Producer Sarah Downs, FOX Toledo Senior Sales Executive Brad Beebe and Toledo Free

Press Editor in Chief Michael S. Miller — discussed at length the reality that Johncola would be the contest’s fourth consecutive female winner and the first from outside the market.

“The decision has to be based on who is best for the job,” Yoder said.

“The fact that we can attract national applicants willing to move here says a lot about our station, our promotion and the City of Toledo.”

Miller said that as a television “outsider,” he approached the contest from a public relations viewpoint.

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■ FACE CONTINUED FROM A6 “It is impressive how much time, money and resources FOX Toledo puts into this contest and the position. This is serious business for them,” Miller said. “More than 100 people wanted this, and the top 15 and top six groups were carefully scrutinized. The final mix was a talented group of men and women with great diversity, but Johncola’s presentation and ease in front of the camera gave her an edge from a community relations angle.”

Miller said one of the contest’s finalists, Jeff McGinnis, was so impressive with his writing skills and pop culture knowledge, he has been hired to anchor a new Toledo Free Press Arts&Life column in print and a celebrity interview feature online.

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Getting to know Ashley Johncola ■ Sign: Pisces ■ Favorite Color: Pink ■ Media Role Models: Barbara Walters, Kelly Ripa ■ Favorite Music: Everything from Broadway to Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears. John Mayer, Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Kelly Clarkson are some of her other favorites.

■ Favorite TV shows: “The Office,” “Glee,” “Gossip Girl.”

■ Activities: Working out and running at the gym, aerobic dance and dance classes. Blogging on sports for nikewomen.com.

■ Favorite Food: Pizza, spaghetti, Italian food and ice cream.

Getting acquainted So far, Johncola’s Toledo exposure has been limited to exploring the area around her apartment, auditioning for the Face of FOX Toledo and spending time with Fultz’s family. Johncola first heard about Toledo through Fultz. Fultz described the city as a beautiful area and a great place to grow up.

“There’s so much to do around here for families and kids,” she said.

Family is very important to Johncola. She grew up with her younger brother and sister.

She owes everything to her family, she said. Her first phone call with the news was to her mother, “my best friend in the world.”

Beginning at Oktoberfest at The Blarney and PizzaPapalis on Oct. 2, Johncola will train for a month with Johnston.

Johnston said she is looking forward to introducing Johncola to Toledo, making announcements and talking to the crowd. After Oktoberfest, the pair will be at a diabetes walk Oct. 4. “[Johncola is] really getting her feet wet. She’ll come a long way in three days — it will be impossible not to,” Johnston said.

Russell said Johnston has greatly elevated the status and visibility of the Face of FOX Toledo, and she will be missed.

“There’s no replacing Julia, and the station’s fans are going to miss her, but Ashley is going to be a strong addition to our efforts to reach out to viewers and the community,” she said.

Johnston said she has some parting advice for the incoming Face of FOX Toledo.

“No matter what mood you’re in on that particular day, it’s important to come off as if not a thing in the world is bothering you,” she said.

“Smile and go get ’em.”

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D’Emilio, the first Face of FOX Toledo, relocated to New York City in July; she works as a producer for a Rocketboom.com Web show.

In addition to producing, she said she will direct, write and research daily news.

“Being the Face of FOX gave me a good foundation to springboard off of,” D’Emilio said. “It was my first real full-time television D’EMILIO gig and I was able to learn aspects of production, how to be on camera and how to direct talent.”

After being the Face of FOX, Bollenbacher moved to Los Angeles, where she has lived for about a year. She is doing small theater projects and auditioning for TV, film and commercial work. She is working as a tour guide on the Universal Studios Hollywood Tour.

“In L.A., you never know what to expect and that’s what being the Face of FOX prepared me for,” BOLLENBACHER she said. “Flexibility and poise are skills I honed while being the Face.”

Johnston said she in the process of finding an agent and working on obtaining acting jobs, modeling jobs and voiceover work. She is up for a part in a local short film and has been asked to be the lead singer in a band.

“Things are definitely hectic. I paint murals and will keep doing that on the side,” she said.

Johnston said, “It’s going to be very hard to JOHNSTON leave the position and the people at FOX. I really do value my friendships that I’ve made there.”

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Planned Pethood fights growing feral cat population

By Allison Wingate TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

The growing feral cat population in Lucas County is a major concern for Planned Pethood. Executive director Nikki Morey said she is determined to fight it with or without the support of tax dollars.

Planned Pethood, a nonprofit organization with the mission of reducing overpopulation of cats and dogs, aims to get a handle on this growing pet population by providing the community with low-cost spay and neutering.

The organization has been implementing programs like these for the past 30 years.

“There are currently 71,000 free roaming feral cats in Lucas County alone,” Morey said. “And, unfortunately, our tax dollars aren’t spent on cats, only dogs.”

According to the Lucas County dog warden’s Web site, cats are not permitted in the facility due to “health concerns.”

Morey said there are many benefits beyond population control for their spaying and neutering program.

“These cats bring disease to the area,” she said. “We trap them neuter them and then release them to the areas where they came from. If you release the cats, it stops fighting and spraying. Then, you have our rodent population under control and no new cats.”

Planned Pethood stresses that it works toward alleviating pet over-

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“Planned Pethood only focuses on our own backyard; every cat is from the Toledo area, every dog is from Lucas or a surrounding county.”

Working alongside Humane

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“If someone can only afford to reimburse us $5, we’ll accept that.”

Morey said. “People have given to us for 30 years and we’re going to try to give back to them.”

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Eight-year-old Dustin Craig has cerebral palsy and requires a wheelchair for mobility. In August, his wheelchair was stolen, but Toledo Elks Lodge No. 53 presented Craig with a new, customdesigned wheelchair in a ceremony Sept. 25.

“That is my wheelchair,” Craig said. “It has my name on the back.”

“This brings tears to my eyes,” said Earl Price, Craig’s stepfather.

“The Elks jumped right on it.”

Toledo Elks member Marty Shanahan said he heard about Craig’s predicament on the news.

“I was watching T.V.,” Shanahan said, “and I saw the story. [Craig’s] wheelchair had been left on the porch and stolen overnight. I got on the phone right away because this is exactly the kind of thing the Elks helps with.”

Shanahan said Craig’s donated wheelchair is worth $3,000.

“This fit right into our program,” said Elks Exalted Ruler Robert Sea-

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Seawick said the Elks central priority is philanthropy.

“This is a national organization of likeminded people,” Seawick said.

“Helping [Craig] was our primary concern. The Elks getting its name out there is secondary.”

“This is a fraternal organization,” Shanahan said. “We are looking for new members. The Elks started as a kind of boys’ night out, but now we really encourage women and young people to join.”

Shanahan said Brennan Arbogast from National Seating and Mobility Inc. donated labor to customize Craig’s new wheelchair. “[Arbogast] is so good with children,” Price said. “He asked us [Craig’s] color preference and then made the chair metallic blue with the name ‘Dustin’ embroidered on the back.”

“I hope this chair brings [Craig] freedom, mobility and makes life easier,” said Marlene Dudgeon, an Elks chairwoman. “There are good people in the world.”

“We got so many calls,” Price

said. “When the wheelchair was stolen, it was on the 6 o’clock news. By 9 p.m. we had received so much help.”

“I did not realize I was going to come here today,” Craig said about getting his surprise wheelchair. He said that his parents and two sisters told him he was getting a shot at the doctor’s office.

“In order to take [Craig] out of school,” Price said, “we had to offer an excuse, but we really wanted this to be a surprise.”

Price said he and his wife, Julie Price, Craig’s mother, are overwhelmed with the community support they have received.

“I thank the Elks and the news media,” Earl Price said. “This isn’t a shot at the doctor’s office, buddy.

I fibbed.”

“We are righting a terrible wrong,” Seawick said. “[Craig] has to crawl,” Earl Price said. “This wheelchair will make a huge difference for all of us.”

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By Allison Wingate TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

The days of being stumped by your child’s homework could be over.

Armed with an arsenal of every textbook used in the Toledo Public Schools (TPS) system, a team of well-equipped teachers is on call and ready to answer questions by way of the Dial-A-Teacher hotline.

Dial-A-Teacher, sponsored by TPS and the Toledo Federation of Teachers, is a homework helpline designed to assist students with hard-toanswer questions they may encounter in their studies.

The program was established THOMAS in 1986, and teachers have since answered more than 135,000 calls at the Thurgood Marshall Building on its behalf, according to TPS. The lines are open every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. during the school year and is available not only to TPS students, but to parents, other relatives and all students from Northwest Ohio, whether in public, parochial or homeschool.

The teachers who answer the phones have fundamental knowledge that encompasses all major subject areas and serve students enrolled in elementary to high school.

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“We try to help any kids and it really doesn’t matter the subject,” Thomas said. “If the question is about an area of study I’m not familiar with, I’ll consult with another teacher in order to get the best information to the students.”

Thomas finds students often call the helpline as a last resort, especially when due dates for assignments and projects are quickly approaching. She also finds the calls do not increase around standard testing time because teachers assign less homework.

But students looking for teachers to simply give them answers need not call. The Dial-A-Teachers help students with a few problems in order to ensure they’re headed in the right direction, but they insist students complete their own work.

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ntegrating transportation modes. Assuring funding. Showing that moving goods is a good business. These were the priorities at a gathering of freight transportation interests hosted in Toledo on Sept. 22 and 23. The 2009 Ohio Conference on Freight hosted by the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG) brought together professionals from throughout Ohio and more than a dozen other states and provinces to address common issues.

Integrating transportation modes There was a consensus among freight transporters at the conference that we can’t pave our way to success. Using the efficiencies of each mode — highway, rail, water and air — makes the whole transportation system more efficient. An integrated, multimodal system will be faster and better, and will be a source of good jobs.

As an example of public/private cooperation, St. Lawrence Seaway Administrator Terry Johnson, Jr. pointed out that rail and seaway shipping, which have long viewed each other as competitors, are finding common ground. Traditionally, standard shipping containers are off-loaded from ocean-going ships to trains for inland distribution. In discussion, the railroads agreed that some containers might be better shipped by water, including hazardous materials and extremely heavy loads. Anticipating increased movement of shipping containers by river and lake shipping as well as by rail, the Port of Toledo is investing in new cranes that can swing standard containers efficiently.

Government is also fostering partnerships. The Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) is developing Ohio Hubs of Innovation Opportunity (OHIO) which target critical industries including transportation and logistics. Mark Barbash, chief economic development officer at ODOD, said that the department plans to target resources at the OHIO hubs in a “place-based strategy” for business development. According to ODOD’s strategic plan, up to 12 regional hubs will be established. No details were presented about a location for a potential transportation and logistics hub.

Marketing transportation as a source of jobs People and goods share the same transportation system — with varying levels of comfort. People following trucks on the highway or waiting at a rail crossing may see an impediment to their travel, while they could be appreciating that the freight industry is a source of jobs. Janet Kavinoky in the Congressional and Public Affairs Division of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said that industry terms like “multimodal” and “infrastructure” will not sell the average person on the value of freight transportation as an industry. But jobs will. She recommends a campaign to help people see every truck and rail crossing as part of a great Ohio industry.

Funding Fair and reliable funding for an integrated freight transportation system was a big topic at the conference. Everyone agrees that the current systems are fragmented, uncertain, and do not treat transportation as an integrated system. Highways are funded through a gasoline consumption tax. Railroads do not pay a national fuel tax, but on the other hand, railroads build and repair their own tracks.

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Oona Temple and her company, Cosine Technical Group (CTG), became the first occupant of the Minority Business Incubator that opened at UT recently.

UT President Dr. Lloyd Jacobs welcomed Temple and her business at the grand opening of the new minority incubator Sept. 30 at the Campus of Energy and Innovation in the Center for Innovation and Minority Business Enterprise.

“We believe that diversity is a source of strength for the community and university,” Jacobs said.

“We carry out the diversity commitment with actions, such as the opening of this minority incubator for emerging businesses.”

The incubator will provide office space and furniture, data package with Internet service, parking, security and utilities within the ETC building for its tenants. Businesses will have access to financing, management and technical assistance, a mentoring program and seminars.

“It’s a great challenge, but it’s fun reaching my goal of operating my own business,” said Temple, a Certified Personnel Consultant, who began her firm in March 2007.

Temple started the business and operated it from her home until agreeing to occupy offices in the UT incubator. CTG is a certified Minority Business Enterprise and has nine employees, she said.

CTG provides engineering, technical and administrative staffing for clients in the energy business, placing auditors and engineers at a local refinery site. Temple said she is looking to expand those services into the aerospace field.

Temple decided to start the business after undergoing a year of treatment for breast cancer diagnosed in 2004.

“After overcoming that hurdle, I came to the mindset that this was a

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goal to run my own business and took advantage of an opportunity that presented itself,” said Temple, a former Junior Achievement student.

A native of Toledo, Temple graduated from St. Ursula Academy and earned a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Kent State University. Temple worked for executive search firms in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. She said she returned to Toledo 19 years ago to raise her two children here.

During that period, Temple worked for several executive search firms before starting her own business.

The Minority Business Incubator has space to accommodate six businesses at a time. It will serve additional minority enterprises as a resource for information, networking and providing answers to specific business needs, according to Lawrence Burns, vice president for external affairs and interim vice president for equity and diversity at UT. “The mission of the incubator is to foster an environment that offers assistance to minority businesses,” said Burns, who chaired the Minority Business Enterprise and Edge subcommittee of the President’s Council on Diversity at UT.

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The committee developed plans for the minority incubator working with several community partners, such as the African American Bureau of Commerce, Northwest Ohio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.

“UT is the future of Toledo and is seen as the center of economic development for the community, as well as education,” said Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. “We need to empower women, minorities and the university with our public and private strength.”

The incubator also supports UT’s education mission by offering student internships that will provide real world experience and potential academic credit in accounting, finance and marketing fields, according to Rosemary Haggett, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at UT. “Incubators are win-win for the university and community with the interaction that occurs between business and students,” Haggett said.

“Diversity is not something you can teach. You have to catch it and the university has caught it in a big way,” said George Robinson, II, director of the Minority Contractors Business Assistance Program at the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.

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nyone with children has, at That was strong, visual proof.

To find your proof, you must first one time or another, asked the question, “Did you brush decide what you’re trying to prove.

Proof is not a claim your teeth?” Opening or something you say. their mouths wide and Proof is not a guarantee showing their pearly of satisfaction; nor is it whites, my kids rea statement of how long spond by breathing you have been in busion me to demonstrate ness or how many custheir fresh breath. tomers love you.

Breathing on Mom Your proof will be and Dad may work different. As you sift for children demonthe list of benstrating their freshly Tom RICHARD through efits and features of brushed teeth; but, in your own product or today’s business world, most demonstrations are nothing service, turn on any television infomercial and watch the endless litany more than hot air.

In 1853, however, at the New of proof elements that is delivered.

York Crystal Palace during the Infomercials cycle among demonWorld’s Fair, Elisha Graves Otis strations, customer testimonials, performed one of the best demon- and scientific studies. They deliver strations in history, while unveiling the first “safety elevator.” Prior to that time, the nation was afraid of riding on elevators due to a high percentage of accidents. To offset this fear, Otis demonstrated his new elevator by standing on a platform as it was raised to the height of a four story building. Then, in the spirit of dramatic theatrics, he had the suspension rope cut. Instead of plummeting to his death, Otis remained safely in place.

Otis’ historic demonstration changed the elevator industry and Otis Elevators took a prominent position in the elevator industry — all because of one, powerful demonstration proving elevator safety.

Proof has power when it is used properly. Master salespeople always use proof to close sales; though proof has even more power when added to the beginning of a conversation, instead of as an added, subordinate afterthought.

Merriam-Webster defines proof as “something that induces certainty or establishes validity.” I define proof as belief in one’s claim and understanding of one’s value and purpose. So, what are you doing to bring proof into your conversations, presentations and proposals? If you do not have the answer immediately, there is a good chance that you have serious room for improvement of your proof.

To discover and develop your Call proof elements, start by asking 1-877-AT-LIBERTY yourself what you’re trying to prove.

Otis was trying to prove that his elevators were safe. He needed a way to deliver undeniable proof that his elevators were safe, so he climbed onto that platform, raised it into the air, and cut the suspension rope.

all three elements and then repeat variations of each throughout the show. As you watch, ask yourself how you can package your conversations in the same fashion.

Are you promising durability or strength? Demonstrate it. Prove it.

Are you promising fast and accurate deliveries? Demonstrate it. Prove it.

Are you promising significant savings or an increase in sales? Demonstrate it. Prove it.

Take the proof elements that you create and pepper everything you touch with them. Add them to the beginning of your conversation, add them to the middle and add them to the end. Remember to add them to your Web site, your sales letters and your promotions — add proof elements to everything.

You and your business will stand

out in a world of baseless claims and unbelievable offers. No longer will you look, sound and act like all of the competition because, for the first time, you will have undeniable proof and, for the first time, you will no longer be breathing hot air on your prospects like my son does on me when I ask, “Did you brush your teeth?”

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Tom Richard is a Toledo-based sales and marketing consultant, keynote speaker and owner of Bolt from the Blue direct response advertising. Visit www.BoltFromTheBlue.com or call (419) 441-1005.

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Where will new money come from? Kavinoky said the U.S. Chamber is advocating for a user fee that would raise gas and diesel taxes.

She said trucking companies and related businesses are willing to support a user fee if policy and expenditures address transportation issues. She said research shows that an increase in the gas tax of 8 to 10 cents per gallon would go a long way toward creating a secure source of funding.

Adrienne Gildea, representing the trade group Coalition for Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC), said that the members of the CAGTC see a need for a federal freight trust fund that would treat the freight transportation system as the nationally integrated system that it is. She suggests that a fund of $8 to $10 billion per year would be a good start. Ohio Department of Transportation Chief of Staff Steve Campbell said the state has tolling

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Reams pointed to the CSX National Gateway with a critical hub in North Baltimore, the extensive investment in development and equipment at the Port of Toledo, and the Airline Junction Intermodal Yard in south Toledo as examples in Northwest Ohio. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one can build up this industry alone,â&#x20AC;? Reams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw a remarkable commitment to consensus, to sharing resources, and driving forward.â&#x20AC;?

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buckled and cheated on my homehave a confession to make.

From 1996-99, I had an affair. town team.

At first it was fun to seek out It was stupid, it was immature a new companion. and it was a mistake.

So, during football’s But give me a break, I hiatus, I turned to the was only 15 years old.

New England Patriots.

I had no other Now, this wasn’t the choice in the matter.

Pats we know today.

My significant other There was no Brady and had moved on and there was no “hoodie.” so to did my loyalty.

Drew Bledsoe (we Some 10 years later, hardly knew you) was this act of infidelity is quarterback and on my mind again.

Ryan FOWLER the the red, white and blue When Art Modell had replaced the white, ripped the heart out of Cleveland and moved the Browns brown and orange.

I was the Elliott Spitzer of fans under cover of darkness following the 1995 season, my fanhood was and the Patriots were my fling.

When the Browns made their tested. I was not strong.

Not knowing when the Dawgs triumphant return to Cleveland in would get their pound back, I 1999, I ended the affair. My Pats

jersey with Bledsoe strewn across the back found its way into a box in the attic. The honeymoon period between the Browns and I was enjoyable that first year back. The new stadium, new coach and a fresh start were intoxicating.

A decade later, the honeymoon is over and I am left with the same ol’ Browns. The team, the players, the coaches and the organization have left me feeling empty inside.

They take more than they give. Sure they teased us in 2003 with a brief one and out in the AFC Playoffs. But I want more. Cleveland wants more.

We deserve more.

So that leads me to this question: When is it acceptable for fans to file for free agency?

The players are eligible. They aren’t handcuffed to one team their

entire career. And who is to question your fanhood when the spark just isn’t there anymore?

Detroit Lions fans can relate enduing a 19-game losing streak, decades of underachieving and the lack of an identity. Nobody would fault you if a franchise that promotes winning attracted you to switch sides. You deserve better.

I’m aware of several cases where the practice of rooting against the hometown team is accepted.

The prime examples are people from Ohio rooting for the Wolverines even though they’ve never stepped foot in Ann Arbor and Michigan residents chanting OH-IO on Saturday mornings in the fall.

In baseball, the New York Yankees fan base is worldwide, even though more than half of those who

bleed pinstripes couldn’t locate the Bronx on a map.

The Dallas Cowboys are America’s team and sooner, rather than later, they may become my team.

I’m open to fanatic free agency.

The Browns are leaving me few choices as I contemplate my next move. Since I was old enough to chant “Here we go Brownies, here we go!” I’ve been by their side.

But after the first three games this season and all signs pointing to digression instead of progression, this may be the time to go our separate ways.

Their offense is predictable.

Their defense is Swiss cheese city.

Their head coach has the persona of a beaten man who has led this lifeless team for an entire season, not 12 quarters of football.

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But can I do it?

Can I root for a professional football team not from Cleveland?

Is free agency for me?

Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko’s wife Masha’s view on monogamy may lead me to the answer.

Once a year, Masha allows her husband to test “free agency”

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Perhaps polygamy is the way to go come Browns’ season because the saying “cheaters never prosper” is completely true, especially if you are a Browns fan.

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Nathan “Nate” Spitulski has combined academics and athletics throughout his life, so it’s fitting he is the dean of students and an assistant football coach at Rogers High School.

Spitulski grew up in Toledo and Springfield Township. He played football at Springfield High School, graduating in 1996.

SPITULSKI Spitulski went to Defiance College, where he majored in secondary education and played linebacker on the football team. However, his education was just beginning. While teaching and coaching football, he earned a master’s degree in special education from BGSU and is working toward a doctorate in educational administration.

“I haven’t stopped going to school since I was 5,” he said. “And I’ve either played or coached football for most of that time.”

After graduating from college, Spitulski became a substitute teacher.

He soon landed a job teaching special education at Woodward High School, where his father Ronald was a special education teacher and eventually principal.

Henry Delffs, then head football coach at Woodward, soon recruited him to coach the linebackers on a football team with only 13 players.

After two years of teaching, coaching and cutting the grass on the football field at Woodward, Spitulski said it became too much, so he accepted a teaching position at Rogers.

He and his wife Rachel were married May 17, 2008, and live in the house next door to where he grew up in Springfield Township.

Rachel played volleyball at UT and is a volleyball coach at Perrysburg High School.

The couple celebrated the birth of their daughter Mikayla on July 21.

They are juggling parenthood with their careers and coaching sports, he said.

Spitulski began his second season coaching the Rams this summer.

Their record as of Oct. 2 was 4-1.

As dean of students, he is responsible for attendance, the lunchroom, handing out suspensions and recommending expulsions.

“It’s trying, but fun. You’re more than just that title. You’re a parent, counselor, friend, soldier and more,” he said.

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Ohio drunken driving penalty constitutional COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld an additional 10-day jail penalty for repeat drunken driving offenders who refuse to take a breath test when pulled over. The court’s 4-3 ruling overturned a state appeals court finding that the additional penalty for refusing a breath test violated the constitutional ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. Ohio’s laws set a mandatory minimum of a 10-day jail sentence for a repeat drunken driver offender. The law increases the penalty to 20 days if the repeat offender refuses a breath test. Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger wrote that a prior offender had no constitutional right to refuse a “reasonably reliable chemical test.’’

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Steering and suspension issues must be taken seriously

I

often hear from readers about problems order to achieve directional stability.

A problem with either of the two systems associated with the way their cars steer. I take steering related concerns seriously can adversely affect the other. Customers often refer to problems with the dibecause of the obvious dangers rectional stability of a vehicle as associated with a vehicle that “alignment issues.” Although an doesn’t steer correctly. Within alignment problem can cause the automotive trade we refer to a problem with the way a vethe characteristics a car exhibits hicle steers or handles, a given during steering maneuvers as a problem effecting directional car’s “directional stability.” stability may not be alignment A vehicle must exhibit good direlated at all. rectional stability throughout corSome things you may want nering and while driving straight to consider before taking your ahead. The vehicle’s steering wheel Nick SHULTZ vehicle into a shop to have the must easily return to the straight ahead position after all steering maneuvers are steering and suspension system checked out are completed. Failure of the steering system to per- the vehicles tires and tire pressure. Any problem form as designed can lead to premature failure of with tires can adversely affect the way a vehicle the tires, as well as be a contributing factor in col- handles. While it is true that abnormal tire wear lisions. Therefore, any steering related concerns could be the result of defective components within the steering or suspension system, it is should be addressed immediately.

There are two distinct systems that perform also true the tires themselves could be chief contogether in order to achieve good directional tributing factor to directional stability issues. stability. A vehicle’s steering system and a vehi- Tire pressure should always be checked when cle’s suspension systems, although separate sys- steering issues arise.

Low-profile tires are popular. Although tems, work in conjunction with one another in

justments to the vehicle’s caster and camber angles during the alignment procedures that may help overcome a vehicle’s tendency to pull because of this loading concern.

Most roads are built with a crown in the middle, which helps water shed from the roadway surface to the shoulder. Alignment technicians are aware of this and slightly alter a vehicles alignment angles on the driver’s side of the vehicle to help overcome the tendency of a vehicle to pull towards the right.

There is a tremendous amount of engineering that goes into a vehicle’s steering and suspension systems. Many technicians specialize in learning the relationship between the two and work an entire career in alignment shops. Almost every reputable shop has a technician who specializes in steering and suspension systems. If your car is exhibiting a problem with its directional stability, seek out the advice of one of these specialists.

Nick Shultz is an instructor of Automotive Technologies at Owens Community College. He is an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau who specializes in cases involving the Ohio and Michigan Lemon laws.

Help your teen realize what is involved with having a license

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 6:00 pm Hilton Garden Inn at Levis Commons 6165 Levis Commons Blvd., Perrysburg, Ohio 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 speakers, Bruce Murakami and Justin Cabezas, will share their emotional story of how Bruce’s wife and daughter were killed in an accident Justin caused while drag-racing. This seminar will not only be educational, but will also show your teen real life scenarios that could have been avoided by practicing safe driving. The Ohio State Highway Patrol and Promedica Health System will help get this point across.

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they are stylish, they have shallow side walls which can cause a vehicle to ride harsh. If a pothole is encountered while making a cornering maneuver, the vehicle could lose directional stability.

You may want to check the way you load your vehicle as well. Improper loading of a vehicle can cause the vehicle to exhibit unusual steering characteristics. Always try and balance your loads as best you can from side to side and from front to rear. Pickup trucks are engineered to accommodate heavier loads in the rear bed area, while passenger cars tend to be engineered to have most of the weight centered within the passenger compartment. Loading a passenger vehicle heavy in the trunk can cause the vehicle to wander while traveling straight ahead or cause the vehicle to loose directional stability all together while making turns. Use common sense while loading.

Another consideration, although not often talked about, is the weight of the operator or passengers. Excessively overweight operators or passengers can cause a vehicle to pull one way or the other. If this is the case, advise your technician and he or she can make ad-

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Ohio to require car booster seats for children by Oct. 7

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CLEVELAND (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said Sept. 29 a new national contract with the United Steelworkers union will save the company $215 million over throughout the four-year life of the agreement.

Combined with earlier staff-reduction agreements at five plants, the Akron-based tire maker expects $555 million in savings by 2013.

Goodyear agreed to invest $600 million over four years to upgrade plants represented by the Steelworkers. The agreement, ratified in mid-September, covers about 10,300 workers at plants in Akron; Gadsden, Ala.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Topeka, Kan.; Danville, Va.; Fayetteville, N.C., and Union City, Tenn.

Richard J. Kramer, Goodyear chief operating officer and president, North American Tire, said the agreement would allow the company to improve efficiency and flexibility in a quick-changing marketplace.

The agreement gives the company flexibility on vacation scheduling and staffing levels and trims $55 million in wage and benefit costs, according to Kramer. For example, an employee who voluntarily moves to a lower-paying job cannot keep getting paid at the higher rate. Of the plants covered by the agreement, only Union City was left unprotected from a shutdown. Both sides agreed before the national negotiations to allow Goodyear to trim the Union City work force through buyouts. The plant moved from a nonstop operation to five-day production.

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lower when a booster seat was used instead of a seat belt only.

State Sen. Shannon Jones, who sponsored the booster seat bill while in the House, said the government is obligated to protect children.

Jones, R-Springboro, said that when her son grew out of his car safety seat, a type of seat with its own belting system designed for smaller children, she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that simply buckling him into a seat belt wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good enough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a parent, I was learning about this,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t safe for my child, why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t more parents know about the safest way to transport their children?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s law already requires approved car safety seats for children who are age 3 or younger or who weigh less than 40 pounds. The new law, going into effect Oct. 7, requires children who are 4, 5, 6 or 7 years old, weigh more than 40 pounds and stand less than 4-foot-9 to be in federally approved booster seats that work with seat belts.

State lawmakers opposing the law said it intruded on personal liberty, but a suburban Cincinnati mother said safety comes first. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have no problem with the

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CINCINNATI (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Children ages 4 through 7 with specified weight and height requirements must be in booster seats when riding in cars beginning next Oct. 7, when a new state law goes into effect.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urged Ohio and six other states last year to require booster seats for children through age 7. Since then, Ohio and three other states have enacted such legislation, leaving Arizona, Florida and South Dakota as the only states not requiring booster seats for children, the NTSB said.

Of the 47 states that require booster seats, only 26 require them through age 7, the NTSB said Sept. 28.

The NTSB and several automobile safety groups said seat belts built for adults can cut across the throats and abdomens of small children and injure them in crashes. Injuries are less likely if the children are in booster seats, which prop them up so the seat belts fit properly, the advocates said.

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‘Having Wonderful Time’ to screen at Way Way Library opens its 9th season of classic films with “Having Wonderful Time.” This seldom-seen comedy, made in 1937, stars Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. playing a camp’s social director, who falls down the stairs a lot. Evan Chase is returning as the season’s opening guest speaker. The film will be shown at 10 a.m. Oct. 8. No reservations required. Admission and refreshments are free. The library is located at 101 E. Indiana Ave. in Perrysburg. Call (419) 874-3135.

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Comedian to bring characters to new arena

TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Events are subject to change.

Parents should determine events’ appropriateness for their children.

FOLKLORE FRIDAYS AT THE INFIRMARY Guided tours of the former infirmary, lunatic asylum and pauper’s cemetery are offered with a focus on the frightful. 7-8 p.m. in October, Wood County Historical Center & Museum, 13360 County Home Road, Bowling Green. $10. Reservations: (419) 352-0967 or www. woodcountyhistory.org.

FALL FESTIVAL This autumn-focused site offers corn mazes (including one representing SpongeBob SquarePants), farm animal tours (weekends only), a 10-acre pumpkin patch and activities ranging from water balloon fights and corn cannons to train and pony rides. 4 p.m.-dark weekdays, 10 a.m.-dark weekends, Country Lane Tree Farm, 3525 N. Bolander Road, Genoa. $1-$15, based on activities. (419) 461-1298 or www. countrylanetreefarm.com.

■ The Haunted Tree Maze is open Saturdays in October only, with littlekid frights before dusk and darker thrills afterward, until 10.

■ Pickin’ Pumpkins by the “Light of the Harvest Moon”: Get your gourds when the after the sun goes down.

9 p.m.-midnight Oct. 17 and 24; flashlights and insect repellent recommended.

■ Flashlight corn maze: BYOO (Bring your own Off … and flashlights) to try your nighttime navigational skills in this labyrinth. 9 p.m.midnight Oct. 24 and 31; flashlights and insect repellent recommended.

FLEITZ PUMPKIN FARM CORN MAZES Warm up with the 1-acre version, then attempt the 5-acre maze. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. through Oct. 31, 7133 Seaman Road, Oregon. $1-$2 mazes; $1 hayrides. (419) 836-7613 or visit the farm’s Web site at www. fleitzpumpkinfarm.com.

By Vicki L. Kroll TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER vkroll@toledofreepress.com

Jeff Dunham has a lot of baggage. The comedian carts around a supporting cast wherever he goes.

There’s Walter, a bitter retiree; the beer-loving NASCAR fan Bubba J; José Jalapeño, a sombrero-wearing pepper; the hyper Peanut, who hails from an island; and Achmed, the hapless, dead terrorist.

Fans may meet some of these characters when “The Jeff Dunham Show” premieres on Comedy Central Oct. 22.

“The show is a half-hour comedyreality series that takes Walter, Peanut, Bubba J and Achmed out on the streets in real-world scenarios as well as in front of a live in-studio audience,” Dunham wrote in an e-mail from a tour stop in Allegan, Mich.

According to his publicist, the ventriloquist prefers written interviews so he can save his voice for performances.

Like when Dunham brings his Spark of Insanity Tour to the Lucas County Arena Oct. 9. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $45.

The 47-year-old was named to Forbes Magazine’s powerful celebrity list this year. The business publication noted, “Dunham has suddenly become a cash machine ... making him the third-highest-earning comedian in America behind Jerry

Seinfeld and Chris Rock. He had the top-grossing comedy tour in North America in 2008 ... His DVDs have sold more than 4 million copies.”

And his online videos have been huge hits. The skit in which Dunham introduced Achmed has been viewed nearly 200 million times, according to Time Magazine.

“Obviously with Achmed, sad and scary things were going on in our country — and still are — and I thought if I can make fun of those guys, there’s something people can laugh at in our country,” Dunham wrote. “I think folks really want to hear what a dead terrorist would say.

And then when they realize this particular terrorist is a bumbling idiot with problems in life, they realize he’s human.

“And then the big surprise was that I had no idea [the video] would go worldwide.”

While many laugh at Achmed’s holiday song called “Jingle Bombs,” some may be offended by his morose ditty or the stereotypical antics of Dunham’s sidekicks.

“There’s some sort of unwritten license that allows an inanimate object that becomes animate to get away with stuff that a mere mortal never could. Look at Triumph the Insult Comic Dog,” he wrote. “These days if you’re not offending a few people, you’re probably not doing the job right. But if you offend too many, you’ve got no audience.”

PUMPKIN TRAIN Choo-choo-choose the perfect pumpkin during this trip to the patch and back. 1-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 3-25, 11600 County Road 99, Findlay. $1 (pumpkins extra). (419) 423-2995 or www.nworrp.org.

BUTTERFLY HOUSE CORN MAZE A 16-acre maze. 6 p.m.-midnight Fridays, noon-midnight Saturdays and noon-8 p.m.

Sundays through Oct. 31, 11455 Obee Road, Whitehouse. $7-$8. (419) 877-2733 or www. whitehousecornmaze.com.

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JEFF DUNHAM AND HIS PAL ACHMED, THE DEAD TERRORIST.

“THE MOON WITCH” Discusses lunar lore, and participants will take a virtual trip to the moon’s surface. 1 p.m.

Saturdays in October, UT’s Ritter Planetarium, 2801 W. Bancroft St. $5-$6. (419) 530-4037 or (419) 530-2650 or www.rpbo.utoledo.edu.

FOLKLORE TEA The historical society will offer tricks, treats and eerie tales. 7 p.m. Oct. 8, Wood County Historical Center & Museum, 13360 County Home Road, Bowling Green. $3-$12. Reservations: (419) 352-0967 or www.woodcountyhistory.org.

SCARECROW WORKSHOP & CONTEST The Wood County Park District will provide the stuffing and stands; contestants must supply the ideas and props.

The results can be displayed and entered in the Halloween Funfest or taken home. 6-7 p.m.

Oct. 13, Adam Phillips Shelter, Wood County Historical Center, 13660 County Home Road, Bowling Green. Registration: (800) 321-1897 or woodcountyparkdistrict.org.

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THEATER Production offers a darker side of Shel Silverstein

By John Dorsey TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER jdorsey@toledofreepress.com

Shel Silverstein is best known to millions for penning countless bestselling children’s books. The Toledo Rep’s Edgy Rep reading series has chosen to expose local theater patrons to the darker, more adult side of Silverstein’s work. Edgy Rep’s “An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein” will walk on the wild side for one night only at the Owens Community College Fine and Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Oct. 10.

The production consists of a number of Silverstein’s plays. Jeffrey J. Albright is directing.

Silverstein, who died in 1999 at the age of 68, was a man of many hats producing children’s books such as “Where the Sidewalk Ends” and “The Giving Tree,” stage plays and volumes of poetry, original songs (“A Boy named Sue”), cartoons and screenplays.

“This presentation standouts for Edgy Rep in that it’s just wickedly funny, and, I think, at this point in history, more than anything we just need to laugh,” Albright said.

Tickets for “An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein” are $10. Suggested age due the themes of the material is 18 and over. There will be a brief reception before show time at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, call (419) 243-9277 or visit www.toledorep.org.

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“BLITHE SPIRIT” The Way Play Readers Group will read Noel Coward’s comedy about a couple who hold a seance and summon the man’s late wife. 7 p.m. Oct. 26, Way Public Library, 101 E. Indiana Ave., Perrysburg. (419) 874-3135.

FALL INTO ART Kids 9-12 will learn artistic techniques and use household items to create masterpieces. 2 p.m. Oct. 10 and 24, Toledo Lucas County Main Library, 325 Michigan St. Registration: (419) 259-5231.

NIGHT IN THE MUSEUM

PUMPKIN STORYTIME Youngsters will read gourd-y stories, sing songs and create a pumpkin craft. 4-5 p.m. Oct. 13, Kent Branch Library, 3101 Collingwood Blvd. (419) 259-5283.

After-Hours Flashlight Tour. A guide will lead 100 intrepid visitors on a tour of the museum after the lights are out. 10 p.m. Oct. 30, from the Toledo Museum of Art’s Herrick Lobby, 2445 Monroe St. 100 tickets ($7) available Oct. 27: toledomuseum.org.

PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST

“MYSTERY IN THE CLOISTER”

Cider and snacks are provided for the hard work ahead — disemboweling and decorating pumpkins for the Halloween Funfest. 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 15, Adam Phillips Shelter, Wood County Historical Center, 13660 County Home Road, Bowling Green. Registration: (800) 321-1897 or woodcountyparkdistrict.org.

North Coast Theater will present a short comedy involving a diamond, a gun and a ghost. 7 p.m. Oct. 30, Toledo Museum of Art’s Cloister, 2445 Monroe St. (419) 255-8000 or toledomuseum.org.

TOMBSTONE BICYCLE TOUR

This “slice of the Big Apple” in the Glass City provides entertainment most weekends. 1516 Adams St. (419) 243-6675 or www.manhattanstoledo.com.

■ Tom Turner & Slow Burn: Oct. 31 (Halloween costumes welcome).

Costumed cyclers are invited for 38-mile ride past cemeteries, including a stop at Oak Openings Preserve Metropark for a chili lunch. Registration: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Oct. 17, Secor Metropark, 10000 W. Central Ave., Berkey. $20-$25. (419) 861-0220 or www.hitoledo.org.

Reservations: (419) 878-6440 or director@familyhaunt edride.com. Family friendly three-to-five mile trail at Oak Openings call or visit online for details.

“INKHEART” Teens can watch this movie, about a father with the magical ability to bring literary characters to life, and then discuss the movie and book. 3-5:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Way Public Library youth activity center, 101 E. Indiana Ave., Perrysburg. (419) 874-3135, Ext. 109.

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MONSTER MASH Not-too-scary stories, songs and crafts will be shared. 4-5 p.m. Oct. 20, Kent Branch Library, 3101 Collingwood Blvd. (419) 259-5283.

MANHATTAN’S

READ AND TREAT Sixth graders and younger kids who dare to read stories and wear their costumes will be treated. 2-4 p.m. Oct. 31, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, 325 N. Michigan St. (419) 259-5207.

APPLE BUTTER FESTIVAL & CRAFT SHOW Visitors can get their fill of apples and related edibles. Activities will include pony, horse-and-wagon and kiddie rides; entertainment; and an apple pie contest.

11 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 3 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 4, MacQueen Orchards, 7603 Garden Road, Holland. (419) 865-2916 or www.macqueenorchards.com.

THE AUTUMN GARDEN

HALLOWEEN PARTY SKATE Don some skates for scary music and treats. 6-9 p.m. Oct. 20-23, Tam-O-Shanter, 7060 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania. $5. (419) 885-1167 or www.playsylvania.com.

To reserve an Anytime Fitness membership or to find out more about the club, please call Amy Fortner at 419-724-5575, or visit www.anytimefitness.com

Learn the basics of spring bulbs and composting.

2-4 p.m. Oct. 4, 577 Foundation, 577 E. Front St., Perrysburg. $10. Registration: (419) 874-4174 or www.577foundation.org.

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cimer music will serenade visitors, who also will get more vittles and to see an artisan at work. The Summer Kitchen, 4702 W. U.S. Route 6, Helena, is the finale. Catherine Reiter from Healthy Bakes will demonstrate how to infuse tea into recipes as visitors sip and scone it. Gifts and giveaways are planned, too. 1 and 2 p.m. reservations Oct. 4. $10.

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FALL FIESTA Youngsters 9 and younger can celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with crafts, stories, food and a pinata.

Oct. 6, Birmingham Branch Library, 203 Paine Ave. (419) 259-5210.

PARTNERS IN FUN Three- and 4-year-olds and their adults will listen to stories, play games and make crafts based on the weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme. 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays, 577 Foundation,

and a car show. 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Oct. 10 and 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Oct. 11, Main Street, Oak Harbor. (419) 8980479 or www.oakharborohio.net.

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Focused on the historical aspects of life in the Victorian-era canal town, this festival allows visitors to peruse period demonstrations, crafts and displays; listen to a variety of music; and, of course, tr y their hands at stirring the butter y makings of the titular preser ve, to be concocted in three 50-gallon copper kettles.

Organizers said more than 2,300 pints will be up for grabs. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 11, Front Street and surrounding area, downtown Grand Rapids. $8 parking fee; lots, with shuttle ser vice, are on Henr y/Wood County Line Road, Wapakoneta Road, Sycamore Street and Bridge Street. www.applebutter fest.org.

A showcase for the community in service to those with autism and their families, this event will feature childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entertainment, live music, hay rides, straw maze, train rides, a pumpkin bake-off and crafts, as well as the opportunity to participate the farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s therapeutic activities; arts, crafts, agriculture and animal husbandry. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 10, Bittersweet Farms, 12660 ArchboldWhitehouse Road, Whitehouse. $5 parking admission free. (419) 3407638 or fallonthefarm.org.

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Nickel Creek fiddler to play in BG TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER vkroll@toledofreepress.com

What do you get when you combine the fiddle player from Nickel Creek with the bass player from Led Zeppelin? The answer is elemental, music fans.

Sara Watkins’ self-titled debut was produced by John Paul Jones, who made the offer after watching her play a festival with the Grammy-winning acoustic group a few years ago.

“I didn’t expect it to come to the point where we’d actually be in the studio making a record together.

I thought, ‘This is nice, you seem real sweet’ or it’s just a basic compliment,” she said. “And we actually ended up keeping in touch and our ideas were both on the same page, just what we wanted out of those songs. It ended up being the best possible thing for the record.”

Released in April, the 14-track disc melds bluegrass, folk, country and pop. “[Jones’] musicianship runs really deep, and all the musicians involved obviously have huge respect for him,” Watkins said. “I feel that he got the best out of everybody, including myself.”

The 27-year-old wrote or co-wrote eight of the 14 tracks on the CD. “I find that when I have an instrument in my hand, a phrase just sort

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of comes to me and a lot of times it’s something I’m thinking about — a scenario in my life or a friend’s life will come down to one little phrase or thought; I have to sing that, figure out how to say that musically,” she said. “‘All This Time’ started with this little text message that I sent somebody, saying ‘I felt like I just broke up with your memory,’ and I sat down when I had my fiddle and just started singing this line [sings] ‘All this time, all this time, all this time you were on my mind,’ and then I started the song.”

One of the foot-stomping instrumentals, “Freiderick,” was born when Watkins decided to play a song in the key of F, she said.

The singer-songwriter also covers John Hartford’s “Long Hot Summer Days,” Jimmie Rodgers’ “Any Old Time” and David Garza’s “Too Much.”

“I’m figuring out what songs I like to sing, what songs I like to write, try to write them, and try to put my heart and soul into the covers that I sing,” she said. “I’m glad that I get to do both, that I get to do covers and sing my own songs.

I think that’s kind of a rare privilege in music these days.”

Watkins will play Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Clazel Theater, 127 N. Main St. in Bowling Green. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. On the Web: sarawatkins.com.

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“A Taste of Autumn.” A presentation will take those 60 and older on a fall color tour, followed by a stroll to the covered bridge. 2-3:30 p.m. Oct. 14, Ward Pavilion, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, 5100 W. Central Ave. $2. Reservations: (419) 407-9700 or reservations. metroparkstoledo.com.

THE LEAVES ARE TURNIN’ The swamp forest will be at its colorful peak; visitors, including families and strollers, can learn why the foliage has different hues. 5:306:30 p.m. Oct. 15, Packer-Hammersmith Center, Pearson Metropark, 4600 Starr Ave., Oregon. $5. Reservations: (419) 407-9700 or reservations.metroparkstoledo.com.

FALL SPLENDOR EVENING An autumnal amble will precede entertainment and a six-course meal served in the splendor of the Schedel Arboretum & Gardens.

5:30-8 p.m. Oct. 16, 19255 Portage River Road, Elmore. $45.

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FAMILY FALL FESTIVAL Games, crafts and entertainment will take place to celebrate the season. Noon-4 Oct. 17, Wolcott House Museum, 1031 River Road, Maumee. (419) 893-9602 or www.wolcotthouse.org.

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A.B. & Coconut Brown bring ‘energetic’ flavor to M.T. Loonies

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

“Energetic” is a common word used to describe the music of band A.B. & Coconut Brown.

“Hard to describe,” is another phrase, offered by rapper A.B!, whose given name is Adrian Butler, and beatmaster March Forth, born Dawan Harrison.

“People tell us we sound like Black Eyed Peas with no Fergie,” A.B! said. “We have people say we sound like OutKast and The Roots, Gym Class Heroes and N.E.R.D.” The band includes seven members, including A.B! and March Forth, and features a horn section, — saxophone, trombone and baritone — drums, guitars and March Forth’s MPC2000.

“We incorporate so many genres of music,” March Forth said. “It’s just what sounds good. And what sounds good to us is obviously loved by the public.”

The band, from Grand Rapids, Mich., has been together 18 months and will celebrate the release of their CD, “Indeed,” on Oct. 2.

Another CD release party will be held at M.T. Loonies in Temperance on Oct. 10. The show begins at 10 p.m. and is free, said Michelle Bork, owner of M.T. Loonies.

A.B. & Coconut Brown formed after drummer Deshawn “Cold Work” Wilkerson heard A.B! rap with another group three years ago. “He bugged me for about a year to let him be my drummer when I was ready to put a band together. He was kinda annoying

at first, but he’s like my brother now,” A.B! said.

March Forth joined shortly after his neighbor, who did the band’s artwork, suggested he play a couple of his beats for them.

“I was like, ‘Cool man, I’d definitely like to play some beats for them,’” he said.

He went to a show and played for the band. At an EP release party in July 2008, A.B! suggested he bring his beat machine and play live onstage.

“That’s where it started,” he said.

The band’s fan base in Michigan is growing. They are touring and getting play on a local radio station, A.B! said.

One of the things that makes A.B. & Coconut Brown unique is the diversity in its band members.

Some of the horn players were in marching band.

“This is way cooler than marching band,” A.B! said.

A.B! and March Forth and other members have strong hip-hop roots, and still other members came from a rock group when A.B! decided to change the sound.

“We just assembled,” he said.

“Everybody is very different from each other. It’s interesting.”

A.B! said the music has lots of energy and creative things like the structures of the songs. “It’s stuff that you can dance to.” “[It’s] definitely hip-hop based and I am definitely rapping, but there’s a lot more musical quality with all the instrumentation,” A.B!, said.

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A tram ride will display the park’s colorful high points, pointed out by a park naturalist, and the event will conclude with a stroll through the photography gallery. 12:30-4:30 p.m. Oct. 18 and 25, National Center for Nature Photography parking lot, Secor Metropark, 10000 W. Central Ave., Berkey. $5.

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Fall Color. Inspired by nature’s changing shades? Nature Photo Center director Art Weber will help visitors capture it in photos. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Secor Room, Secor Metropark, 10000 W. Central Ave., Berkey. $15. Reservations: (419) 407-9700 or reservations.metroparkstoledo.com.

Dogs and their families can hike to the dunes and enjoy a cookout.

Participating pups must have their shots, get along with other dogs and be leashed. 3-5:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Mallard Lake Shelter, Oak Openings Preserve Metropark, 4139 Girdham Road off Route 2, Swanton. $5. Reservations: (419) 407-9700 or reservations.metroparkstoledo. com.

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TWIGGY WREATHS Crafters will add twigs to grapevine, then add hydrangea, berries, grasses, cinnamon sticks and more in this class. 2-4 p.m. Oct. 25, 577 Foundation, 577 E. Front St., Perrysburg. $18. Registration: (419) 874-4174 or www.577foundation.org.

A MILLION THANKS Children 10 and younger are invited to pick up stationery and write letters to express their gratitude to servicemen and –women in honor of Veterans Day. 4-5 p.m. Nov. 2, Mott Branch Library, 1085 Dorr St. (419) 259-5230 or www. amillionthanks.org.

SEASON OF THE SQUIRREL Learn about these rascally neighbors, then hit the trail to observe their habits and habitats.

1-2 p.m. Nov. 14, Metz Visitor Center, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, 5100 W. Central Ave. Reservations: (419) 407-9700 or reservations.metroparkstoledo.com.

All events subject to change. Parents should confirm age-appropriateness of each event.

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Dancer brings ‘sweet moves’ to arena

By Lisa Renee Ward SPECIAL TO TOLEDO FREE PRESS news@toledofreepress.com

“Sweet new moves from a bygone era” is the phrase that adorns the Facebook page of Evan Kasprzak.

It’s an apt description of what the 22-year-old dancer brings to the stage.

A finalist in Season Five of FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” Evan is on tour with nine other dancers for “So You Think You Can Dance Tour 2009,” which is coming to Toledo on Oct. 10 at the new arena.

The “bygone era” that inspires Evan to dance is Broadway, he said when talking with Toledo Free Press on Oct. 1.

While Evan’s “signature move” of dancing with a hat and flipping it onto his head will not be in the act, a “classic Evan solo” is promised.

“If people can still get tickets, they should check it out,” Evan said. “There are some acts from the show and some new surprises; there is something for everyone.”

Season Five of the series, started out with Evan and his brother, Ryan, as contestants. They ended up competing against each other for the 20th spot on the show.

Evan was the one selected and he ended as one of the final four.

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Evan said they are best friends. In fact, Ryan is the one who inspired him to dance.

Evan focuses on a Broadway style of dance, while Ryan prefers tap dancing. No tap dancer has made it into the finals of “So You Think You Can Dance.”

Ryan aims to be the first.

“Ryan was always there for me,” he said. “Now I’m on tour, so I can’t really be there for him. There is so much competition in the industry. ‘Why compete with each other?’ is how we both feel.”

Evan is following his brother’s progress though, via YouTube when he can’t watch the show being aired.

Other dancers featured on the tour are: Ade, Brandon, Janette, Jason, Jeanine, Kayla, Kupono, Melissa and Randi. The tour began in late Sept. and will continue through 40 cities, ending on Nov. 21 in Everett, Wash.

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ANSWERS: 1-4. All true 5. apple, ash, beech, birch, elm, maple, oak, poplar, and possibly others 6. “I’m falling for you!” 7. Small tasks can lead to big results.

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Aries (March 21-April 19)

Libra (September 23-October 22)

Secret ingredients. The full Aries moon triggers a domino effect of decisions about partners, work situations and fixing processes. Ambitions are fired up Tuesday, but old business clogs progress Thursday. Large events lead to fateful weekend meetings.

Bold invasion. The full moon provokes questions about relationships: someone’s intentions are uncertain.

Trouble comes from an unexpected source Thursday, but the stars favor lucky outcomes to temporary setbacks.

Weekend events lead to new friendships.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Bubble bath. Follow through on plans even if you’re unsure of outcomes. Tuesday discussions are reassuring.

Trimming non-essential extras on Thursday brings happy results. Accept weekend invitations – new friends and sources of inspiration are at hand.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

All about attitude. You’re determined to wrap up old business as the week begins, as attention shifts to new priorities.

A loved one does something idiotic after Wednesday, but don’t sweat it. Accommodations and adjustments turn up unexpected benefits as the weekend arrives.

Nourish and nurture. The full moon stirs enthusiasm for goals and needed support is available as the week begins. Debts or onerous duties occupy Thursday morning, but the evening brings good luck, good news or invitations. Pay attention when driving Friday morning.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Forbidden fruit. The full moon culminates developments around home and career, and you’re extremely busy as the week begins. Slow down on Thursday to avoid injuries, but a key deal is completed that afternoon. A home or family celebration crowns the weekend.

Falling leaves. The full moon shines on changing domestic situations, and you need a revolving door to accommodate entrances and exits all week. A partner’s situation may appear unstable midweek, but dramatic improvements are possible after Thursday evening.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Hope renewed. The full moon illuminates distant people, places, and educational objectives. An adviser offers excellent tips Tuesday. Thursday reminds you that there are some things you can’t control, but decisions bring relief.

Saturday plans benefit from excellent timing.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Repair and replace. You push hard to complete important tasks as the week begins, with notable success Tuesday. A young person, documents or equipment cause concern Thursday, but find good resolution. Swift changes Friday lead to opportunities Saturday.

Boiling cauldron. Multiple priorities pull you in too many directions under the full moon. Progress is admirable Tuesday. After Wednesday, other peoples’ errors cause distress, but a crest of good luck sweeps you toward an excellent, love sparking weekend.

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Solid guarantees. Progress is dependent on communicating with other people; keep track of fast changes as the week begins. Look sharp Thursday morning to avoid injury. After Thursday evening, fickle Fate takes you on a roller coaster ride, but all ends well.

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

World traveler. The week begins with furious juggling of commitments and tasks. Trust instincts that warn you of an impending problem that can be avoided midweek.

After a rough start Friday morning, you cruise toward a great weekend with unusual, fascinating people.

Elizabeth Hazel is a professional tarotist-astrologer and author. She gives readings every Wednesday at Attic on Adams above Manos Greek Restaurant. She may be contacted at ehazel@buckeye-express.com (c) 2009

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resident Obama announced re- making safe, fuel-efficient, relatively cently that American children affordable, truly reliable cars for some need to spend more time in time, while we have continued to school to close the academic gap be- struggle to strike just the right balance. Our students are tween the United States struggling in the same and other countries. I way. Just like the auto think few would argue industry, other counthat there is, indeed, a tries’ school systems gap. But the steps nechave found ways of essary to close the gap producing superior are open for debate. students. We can try to There seems to be pretend that a couple a discrepancy about of extra hours a day or whether American a few extra weeks a year children actually do Shannon SZYPERSKI are going to transform spend less time in school than children in other coun- the whole system, but in reality, it is tries. Although our 180 school days the way we look at education, altoper year average does appear to be gether, that needs to be transformed.

First of all, we need to have more on the lighter side, our students’ cumulative hours of class time per faith in the innate learning capabiliyear most often lands on the higher ties of our children. Children around end. Assuming it is true that our stu- the world are expected to absorb dents are already spending as much more, so they do. They do not untime in school as their global coun- derstand math better and learn terparts, there must be something other languages quicker because else missing from the equation that they are inherently smarter than our children. They learn it because they keeps our students underachieving.

Our educational situation par- are expected to learn it and they are allels our auto manufacturing situ- taught in the most efficient manner.

When looking at our overall eduation in many ways. As much time and money as American car compa- cational picture, it would be unfair nies put into developing and manu- not to consider the role parents and facturing cars, the end product still family situations play in the success paled in comparison to many for- of our students. The things many chileign vehicles. For years, we tried to dren have to deal with on a daily basis convince ourselves that American at home greatly hamper any opportucars were just as a good as or better nity for success in the classroom.

President Obama said he wants than a Honda or a Toyota, though “schools to add time to classes, stay few of them actually were.

Honda and Toyota have been open late and let kids in on week-

ends, so they have a safe place to go.”

Although school may be the only chance some children have to move forward in life, changing the way our entire school system operates in an attempt to make up for family deficiencies would be catering to a few to the detriment of most. Lengthening school hours and opening schools on weekends would only take away from the positive family situations most children are experiencing at home and keep teachers away from their own families in trying to make up for the insufficiency of others.

In figuring out how to academically compete with the rest of the world, we need to figure out the “how” before we figure out “how long.” We cannot just throw material at our children for two hours longer each day and hope that more of it sticks. I have no problem, however, with making school more of a year-round affair. As much as I enjoy having my children home for the summer, there is something to be said for consistency.

There are obvious drawbacks to a year-round school calendar, including economic blows to the travel and recreation industries.

Still, we have to forget what we have known before and find the best possible way to educate all of our children regardless of outside impacts.

The economic impact of a poorly educated populace is far greater.

Shannon and her husband Michael are raising three children in Sylvania. Email her at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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Movie Fam. Guy

To Be Announced The Hills ›› Child’s Play (1988, Horror) Catherine Hicks. The Hills

Scrubs

CSI: Miami (CC)

Criminal Minds (CC)

Criminal Minds (CC)

The Hills The Hills

CSI: Miami (CC)

Sat. Night

Chappelle TBA Cold Case Files (CC) CSI: Miami (CC)

RENO 911 ›› Beerfest (2006, Comedy) Jay Chandrasekhar. (CC)

››› Napoleon Dynamite (2004) Jon Heder.

Twitches (2005) Tia Mowry. (CC) Kourtney Kourtney Kourtney

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Kourtney Kourtney Miami

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Montana Miami

Wizards So Raven The Soup Chelsea

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My Fake Fiancé (2009) ›› A Cinderella Story (2004) Hilary Duff. (CC) ›› A Walk to Remember (2002) Shane West. ›› The Book of Ruth (2004) Christine Lahti.

MTV Special

›› Waitress (2007) Keri Russell. (CC) Band MTV Spec True Life

›› Die Another Day (2002, Action) Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry.

MLB Baseball: NLDS Game 3 ››› 3:10 to Yuma

Army Wives (CC) True Life

››› Hot Shots! (1991) Charlie Sheen.

MLB Baseball National League Division Series Game 3 -- Teams TBA. (Live) (CC)

››› I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (CC) ››› Juarez (1939, Biography) Paul Muni. (CC)

Men Blk 2 ››› Men in Black (1997) Tommy Lee Jones.

NBA Preseason Basketball: Warriors vs. Suns NCIS “Hiatus” (CC) NCIS “Hiatus” (CC) NCIS “Shalom” (CC) NCIS “Escaped” (CC) Psych (CC)

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Each bid shall be accompanied by cash, an approved surety company bid bond, or a certified check upon a solvent bank, made payable to the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority in an amount equal to five (5) percent of the bid, tendered as a bid guarantee (if required) that the bidder will, if the award is made to him, enter into a bona fide contract with Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority for this work and furnish proper guarantee bonding as required under the specifications within a period of ten (10) days after the awarding of the contract. The prevailing wages for this locality, as established by the Department of Labor as Wage Determination OH20080028, as modified, must be paid all persons employed for this work. All bidders shall be required to meet the Affirmative Action requirements and Equal Employment Opportunity requirements as described in Executive Order #11246. Each bidder must insure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, handicap, age, ancestry, creed, or military status.

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DEATH NOTICES SEPT. 25-29, 2009

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IN MEMORIAM

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Christmasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; woman grateful for life

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

Beverly Kanthak made it through her April birthday.

She even enjoyed some of the summer, her favorite season.

But the woman who told Toledo Free Press in a December KANTHAK cover story, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last Christmas,â&#x20AC;? that she did not want the holiday to come because she knew it would be her last, has died.

Kanthak, 62, was given four to six months to live when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last October. She beat the odds, and made it to July 30. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to thank Toledo Free Press for allowing Beverly to tell her story and for her being able to spread the word about not taking â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;noâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for an answer, when it comes to your health,â&#x20AC;? her friend April Throckmorton wrote in an e-mail.

Kanthakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first bout of cancer was in early 2006, when she was diagnosed with stomach and esophageal cancer.

She recovered only to feel that all-too excruciating pain again.

Kanthak went for a PET scan at a mobile unit because she relied

on Medicaid to help pay medical bills. Nothing was found. The pain persisted, and one month later, she had a second PET scan at the Toledo Clinic.

It was pancreatic cancer, and she had a spot on her liver and each lung. She told Toledo Free Press that she often wondered if her fate would have been different if it had been found sooner â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if she had had insurance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have had a good life and I am blessed for every single minute that I have had,â&#x20AC;? she said in December. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am really, truly blessed.

Sometimes I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think this is fair and I get mad and everything, and then I turn around the next minute and all of my blessings show through.â&#x20AC;?

DEATH NOTICES, SEPT. 25 - 29, 2009 SEPTEMBER 29 BROWN, SARAH (SALLY) age 80, Ottawa Hills, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com DANKO, GEORGE age 83, Perrysburg, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com DE RAEDT, LUKE ALEXANDER age 5 months, Toledo, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com DONIHI, GLENNA age 71, Sylvania, OH Thomas Wisniewski Funeral Home METCALF, RICHARD EARL age 76, Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home PATERNITE, ANTHONY C. age 84, Toledo, OH www.CoyleFuneralHome.com PAWLICKI, JULIE age 39, Delta, OH www.barnesfuneralchapel.com VASKO, ALLAN J. age 63, Oregon, OH www.hoeflingerfuneralhome.com VERNON, ROBERT L. age 67, Toledo, OH www.sujkowskirossford.com WELCH, MARY ANNE age 41, Lambertville, MI www.reebfuneralhome.com

SEPTEMBER 28 BARTLETT, EVELYN JUNE age 71, Clermont, FL www.egglestonmeinert.com BUNCE, JUDITH A. MULKEY age 62, Toledo, OH www.egglestonmeinert.com ECKHART, MARK age 52, Toledo, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com FRIESNER, DORIS age 80, Sylvania, OH www.reebfuneralhome.com KLEINERT, DONALD age 71, Lambertville, MI www.pawlakfuneralhome.com KLEPAREK, DANIEL age 66, Toledo, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com KNAPIK, VIRGINIA age 87, Toledo, OH www.sujkowski.com SALAS, RAYMOND age 48, Toledo, OH www.freckchapel.com

SEPTEMBER 27 COLE, LORRAINE â&#x20AC;&#x153;COOKIEâ&#x20AC;? age 78, Toledo, OH www.dalefh.com GOFFE, JULIE ANNE age 24, Perrysburg, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com ISAACSON, TODD age 36, Toledo, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com MCGILL, MARGARET MAY age 78, Sylvania, OH www.reebfuneralhome.com STAGER, PATRICIA age 72, Mt.Gilead, OH www.reebfuneralhome.com WIXSOM, JAMES age 78, Oregon, OH www.hoeflingerfuneralhome.com

SEPTEMBER 26 PARSONS, WILLIE age 85, Holland, OH www.nevillefuneralhome.com QUISNO, WESLEY JAMES age 81, Toledo, OH www.dignitymemorial.com STAGG, HELEN age 96, Toledo, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com STURTZ, THELMA age 91, Toledo, OH www.freckchapel.com

SEPTEMBER 25 GREUNKE, HERBERT age 92, Grayton, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com KAGY, ALICE age 84, Toledo, OH www.sujkowski.com LOTHERY, JACQUELYN age 56, Toledo, OH www.cbrownfuneralhome.com RAMIREZ, FRANK age 70, Oregon, OH www.freckchapel.com SPENCER, GERALD age 85, Toledo, OH www.egglestonmeinert.com STROHL, MELISSA KAY age 32, Toledo, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com TONOFF, LOIS age 75, Millbury, OH www.egglestonmeinert.com

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