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OCTOBER 18, 2009

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

Paranormal inactivity

Emerging differences t sounds like the set-up for a punchline, but it’s no joke: Two guys walk into a debate and answer a question about a bar. The bar, Route 66, has seen some recent gun violence and there are concerns about its place in the neighborhood. One of the guys, Independent mayoral candidate Mike Bell, says the problem isn’t the bar — it’s the men who did the shooting and a depleted police force that hasn’t caught them. Don’t punish the business, Bell says; don’t take away the jobs and contributions of the business. The other guy, Democratic candidate Keith Wilkowski, says there are procedures and government methods in place to shut the bar down if that is the determination, mentioning the power to withdraw a liquor license as one such method. At the Oct. 14 debate presented by Toledo Free Press and FOX Toledo and Thomas F. POUNDS sponsored by SSOE and the University of Toledo, Bell and Wilkowski truly separated themselves in matters of business and their beliefs in government’s role in it, a topic that is crucial to Toledo’s immediate and long-term future. Bell says the old United Way building is owned by a business and if that business wants to demolish it and sell the property, that business has the right to do so. Wilkowski says there are procedures and government methods in place to explore options for saving the building. Bell says mayors do not create jobs; mayors facilitate the job-creation process, a subtle but significant difference. Wilkowski says there are procedures and government methods in place that allow mayors to create jobs. It is increasingly clear that Wilkowski leans toward the type of government meddling in business that has long characterized the city of Toledo and long frustrated its private sector. Bell represents a mindset that will allow the private sector to work within government perimeters, but not be tangled up and slowed down by them. The endorsement on Page A4 this week, by Ben Brown, chairman of the Leadership Fund, a political action committee of the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, states it well: “As business owners and employers, we strive for success. For our region to be successful and move forward, we need to create a positive business climate. We need to create an environment in which businesses are welcomed and encouraged to establish and grow. We need positive leadership that understands the necessity of empowering, not impeding business development.” To some extent, that positive environment means government working with business as a partner, not an overlord. More interference and didactic policy debates that bind up the process of commerce do not help our region — do not help you — grow and thrive. Both men deserve respect and represent a positive change of the region. I have previously expressed support for Bell, and as we draw closer to Nov. 3, I am more convinced than ever that the business community has a greater opportunity to seek its own level of success with him than with his worthy opponent.

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WSPD Program Director Brian Wilson has inspired t’s the season for scary stories, so here’s a local and fans and detractors in equally vocal numbers, but give national tale with haunting similarities. FOX News (the national service), published an the man this much: He saw the priceless content and exposure opportunity Finkbeiner was Oct. 12 story that inspired some déjà unwittingly tossing like a softball in a vu. The article, “White House Escalates slow-pitch kids game, and in terms of War of Words With Fox News,” dissected attracting attention and forging an identhe recent skirmish between President tity for his station, Wilson smacked the Barack Obama’s White House and the cover off the ball and sent it soaring from conservative news channel. the WSPD studios to somewhere deep in Anita Dunn, White House commuWood County. That home run came at nications director, was quoted as saying, some expense to those who like their “What I think is fair to say about FOX talk radio a little on the softer side, but — and certainly it’s the way we view it Wilson isn’t after those of weak constitu— is that it really is more a wing of the Republican Party. They take their talking Michael S. MILLER tion, especially if you capitalize the C. I have never thought Konop earned the station’s points, put them on the air; take their opposition research, put them on the air. And that’s fine. But let’s not wrath in the same manner Finkbeiner did, but Konop never exactly rose to the challenge with grace, either. pretend they’re a news network the way CNN is.” While neither side, in Toledo or D.C., is completely FOX News senior vice president Michael Clemente said in the story, “he likens the channel to a newspaper innocent in the ongoing battle, this is a topic worth exwith separate sections on straight news and commen- ploring because we are just about 12 weeks away from tary” and suggested, “White House officials were inten- having a brand-new mayor. With Stuart so strongly supporting mayoral canditionally conflating opinion show hosts like Glenn Beck date Mike Bell over Keith Wilkowski, in a series of rewith news reporters like Major Garrett. “It’s astounding the White House cannot distinguish peated editorial spots broadcast on Clear Channel stabetween news and opinion programming. It seems self- tions, the potential for a continuing rift is there should Wilkowski prevail. serving on their part,” Clemente said. While we expect politicians to respect the reach of It’s fascinating and disturbing that these two D.C. powerhouses are so publicly fighting and disrespecting media, we do not expect them to kowtow to media, aleach other. Lord knows that media people and politi- though that has long been the way in Toledo. One factor in the upcoming election should be how cians do not have to be pals — it is usually better if they are not — but there needs to be civility and respect if the new mayor is going to work with local media to get the word out about the good things and clarify iseach side is going to do its job in serving the public. If you follow life in Toledo media and politics at all, sues surrounding the negatives. Which candidate will be able to work with the media without bowing to it? you already know the parallel I am about to invoke. This is strikingly close to the situation in Toledo be- Which candidate will be able to heal rifts before they tween WSPD 1370 AM and Toledo politicians Carty blossom into unbridgeable canyons? Finkbeiner brought a lot of the WSPD heat upon Finkbeiner and Ben Konop. WSPD is the city’s most influential talk radio station himself; he unfairly disparaged its hosts and then al— more so now that WCWA and WTOD are politically lowed the argument to escalate into an all-out war that silent — though the extent of that influence is debated distracted his administration with a recall effort that between those who agree with the station’s politics and very nearly ended his time in office. We trust the next mayor will handle all local media those who do not. The long feud between Finkbeiner and WSPD with more diplomacy in the interest of the public good. — which has involved name-calling, character as- Just sitting back with crossed arms and an extended sassination, blocked doors at press conferences, re- middle finger is not intelligent, productive or civil. The conflict is great for ratings, though. porters berated in public and threats to go to Congress And newspaper columnists. — resulted in a recall effort spearheaded by the Clear Channel station’s General Manager Andy Stuart and Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. Take Back Toledo. The discussion in Toledo is remarkably like the con- Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com. versation taking place in D.C. The politician is saying the station is blurring the lines between news and CORRECTION: Last week, I made a flip comment that opinion, and the media outlet is saying the politician is Finkbeiner had flip-flopped on Issue 2. 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THE HOT CORNER

Discourse with the doomed

’ve been discussing the level of to do with the way in which ideas are discourse on various topics of believed than with the truth or falsity great importance in my past few of their content ... The paranoid style columns and have seen the bristling is an old and recurrent phenomenon of many readers who, for various in our public life which has been frereasons, seem to believe that there quently linked with movements of is some vast left wing socialist con- suspicious discontent.” After offering examples spiracy in play with virtually everythroughoutourhistory thing that this ad(Joseph McCarthy, ministration is trying e.g.), Hofstadter ends to accomplish. with this statement: This is nothing “We are all sufferers new. A friend of from history, but the mine in Buffalo, paranoid is a double N.Y. who follows sufferer, since he is my scribbling sent afflicted by not only me an article from the real world, with 1964 that, with some the rest of us, but by name changes, could his fantasies as well.” be as relevant today. Don BURNARD This article was written 45 years I wish I could reproduce the entire article here, but I have a limited ago, but is every bit as relevant today. It could help to explain the thought amount of space. In the article, the author, Richard processes of many of the right wing Hofstadter, a Dewitt Clinton pro- spokespeople who profess that the fessor of American History at Co- world is ending as we know it. This lumbia University, who won the Chicken Little outlook on life is Pulitzer Prize for his book “Anti-In- nothing new; we’ve been here before, tellectualism in America,” cited sim- and undoubtedly, will be again in the ilar behavior dating from 1797 and future. There will always be Joe Mcthroughout our political history to Carthys and Glenn Becks to peddle 1964. The targets of the animosities fear and lies to a gullible public. The important thing is to not let changed with the times, but the basic reactions of the dissenters were re- them drown out the voices of reason markably consistent. The article, “The who want to actually try to do someParanoid Style in American Politics,” thing to try to make our lives better. was published in the November 1964 Coming up with all the old name calling for anything that was around issue of Harper’s Magazine. He states, “American politics has when FDR was in a similar position often been an arena for angry minds. does not add to the debate. RecyIn recent years, we have seen angry cling slogans from the past century minds at work mainly among ex- isn’t going to get us anywhere. We’re going to have to get down treme right wingers, who have demonstrated in the Goldwater move- to business and solve our problems ment how much political leverage the good old-fashioned American can be got out of the animosities and way, with the hard work and ingenuity we’ve used since this passions of a small minority. “But behind this I believe there is country was founded. We’ve done a style of mind that is far from new it before and we’ll do it again. Is and is not necessarily right wing. it going to be easy? Uh-uh. Is it I call it the paranoid style simply going to be painless? No way. Can because no other word adequately it be done? Hell, yeah. This is the evokes the sense of heated exaggera- land of opportunity and we have tion, suspiciousness, and conspirato- an opportunity to come out of rial fantasy that I have in mind ... The this better than ever before, but idea of the paranoid style as a force slogans aren’t going to do it. We need to ignore the Chicken in politics would have little contemporary relevance or historical value Littles and get down to business. Beif it were applied only to men with cause whether it’s health care, global profoundly disturbed minds. It is the warming, the insane wars were in, use of paranoid modes of expression or the economy, we’re running out by more or less normal people that of time. All those old sayings we all heard growing up seem truer today makes the phenomenon significant. “Of course this term is pejora- than in my youth: The more things tive, and it is meant to be; the para- change, the more they stay the noid style has a greater affinity for same. Those who ignore history are bad causes than good. But nothing doomed to repeat it. Hmm. really prevents a sound program or demand from being advocated E-mail columnist Don Burnard at in the paranoid style. Style has more letters@toledofreepress.com.

OCTOBER 18, 2009

GUEST COLUMN

Bell is right for Toledo right now

obs and prosperity are the top issues in the campaign their specific economic development plans. From those interviews, we reached the conclusion for Mayor of Toledo. As the region’s leading business organization, the Toledo Regional Chamber of Com- that Bell is the right candidate for Toledo right now. His plan is ambitious and visionary, but focused merce is committed to improving our busion what we need to accomplish to make Toness climate. But we are at a tipping point. ledo not just survive, but thrive again. Bell’s This is a crucial time for our city and region. experience in managing opposing views, yet That is why the Leadership Fund, a bringing people to a common consensus is Political Action Committee of the Toledo exactly what is needed now. We are past the Chamber, has voted to endorse Mike Bell time of arguing and political power plays. It to be the next mayor of Toledo. is time for all the community — elected ofThe City of Toledo is the center of Northficials, job providers and the citizens — to west Ohio. What happens in Toledo affects work together to bring jobs and prosperity the business climate throughout the region. back to our region. It is time for strong leadership, a mayor who Ben BROWN As business owners and employers, we listens to the concerns of the business community and acts on them. We believe Bell is the best person strive for success. For our region to be successful and move forward, we need to create a positive business to lead the effort that will turn Toledo around. The Leadership Fund met with all the candidates climate. We need to create an environment in which for mayor of Toledo numerous times since January. businesses are welcomed and encouraged to estabThis extensive interview process addressed various is- lish and grow. We need positive leadership that unsues affecting the business climate and those specifi- derstands the necessity of empowering, not impeding cally facing small business owners. These companies business development. The Leadership Fund endorses Mike Bell as the that provide jobs for our region have strong concerns about the declining economy and population and lack leader who will take the region forward. of opportunity in Toledo. After the primary, we interviewed the two remaining candidates and focused on Ben Brown is chairman of the Leadership Fund.

GUEST COLUMN

Addressing the Toledo disconnect By David J. Rohrbacher SPECIAL TO TOLEDO FREE PRESS

here is a disconnect and it’s important to understand and correct it. In our lifetime, this may be the singular most important challenge we have faced. What is this disconnect? According to Forbes.com, in 2009 the Toledo Metropolitan Area is the No.1 worst medium-sized city for job growth among 97 mediumsized cities in our country. Dead last. This is not just the city of Toledo — it includes all of the surrounding suburbs, even Bowling Green. Our area slipped 10 spots in the past year. “Job Growth” for the recent past and now, at an accelerating rate, really means lost jobs and less work. No question that we as a nation face the challenge of lost jobs. Even though it was widely reported in the national media that the recession appears to be over, we lost more jobs nationally in September than the month before. And the average work week is now at its lowest level since that statistic began to be measured, 33 hours. By the most comprehensive measure of employment (U6), we have lost 15 million jobs since the recession began and almost 16 percent of the work force is out of work. It’s just that our area is in even worse shape in job retention and

growth. If we equated our area performance in maintaining employment to the IQ bell curve, our Terman classification would be “feebleminded.” IQ measures intelligence; one good definition is “the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new and trying situations ...” So, the IQ bell curve metaphor may be appropriate. The disconnect that threatens us and must be understood and corrected is that collectively we do not realize the depth of our predicament. As an area and in each of the community components of our area, we continue to act the same way we have for years, any changes are incremental only. We have seen no realistic proposals to streamline government, to eliminate the redundancies in government, to limit regulations and permit processes at any meaningful level. Instead, we have a historical conflict between the governments of Toledo and Lucas County and their neighbors, where mutual trust and an appreciation of the common good are largely absent. This disconnect is further evidenced by the continuation of archaic labor / management relationships within government that have resulted in unsustainable compensation levels and resulting funding deficiencies. There are, thankfully, exceptions. The developing partnerships

between our universities and the private sector and a new level of entrepreneurship provide a modicum of hope. Unfortunately, the funding demands of the public sector, an ever increasing maw demanding to be fed, may crowd out the capital requirements of the private sector, thus curtailing future job creation by the one sector of the economy having a track record of creating net economic value. With the job losses our area is experiencing, what are the prospects for employment by the young people seeking to enter the workforce? Dismal at best. One of the exercises a student pilot practices is purposely stalling his airplane in order to experience the effect and to learn from that experience. A potential danger that must be avoided from a stall is the plane entering a tail-first downward spiral, an effect of permitting the stall to continue too long. If that happens, the plane crashes. The pilot avoids that by acting decisively — pushing the nose of the plane down to end the stall. Our local economy is stalled. Decisive action is required. Without it, we crash. David J. Rohrbacher is an attorney with the Toledo firm Rohrbachers Cron Manahan Trimble & Zimmerman, which represents Toledo Free Press.

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Television appearance shows Kapturâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s silence is consent TO THE EDITOR, Oct. 2, Northwest Ohioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version of Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, was a guest on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Real Time With Bill Maher.â&#x20AC;? Kaptur shared Maherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stage with the nihilistic Janeane Garofalo, Thomas Friedman and fanatical atheist Richard Dawkins. Among the inane blather on the show, the guests expressed the following: Friedman suggested con-

servatives were fomenting assassination of the president among the Republican base, which went along with Garofaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contention that criticism of the president was based solely on racism. Garofalo and Maher repeatedly referred to Tea Party participants with the sexual euphemism â&#x20AC;&#x153;tea baggers,â&#x20AC;? and Garofalo claimed that the Tea Parties were simply a â&#x20AC;&#x153;white power move-

ment.â&#x20AC;? Maher and Dawkins joked that people believing in God were a less evolved, subhuman species. Maher also claimed that America had committed genocide against its own people and that we had no moral high ground, which mirrored Garofaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contention that American foreign policy justified attacks by radicals on our country. In the midst of these vile tirades,

was universal agreement among the guests that Kaptur was one of a handful of â&#x20AC;&#x153;great Democrats in Washington.â&#x20AC;? How grand for her. Throughout most of these ignorant diatribes, Kaptur sat there with a smile on her face and not a word of contradiction on her lips. Her appearance on the show implies tacit agreement with the host and his guests, and her silence during their rants confirms it in my mind. Why would Kaptur otherwise appear on

this show with these people? Has she been in Washington so long she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize her constituents now have cable TV to go along with the indoor plumbing? To paraphrase the adage, you can tell a lot about a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character by the company they keep. Perhaps the voters of Northwest Ohio should give someone else her job, so that she can spend more time with her comrades in Hollywood. Kaptur owes an apology to every one of us. BRIAN K. MEYERS, Oregon

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Owens Health Career Expo planned Owens Community College will host its annual Health Career Expo Oct. 20 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event will allow the public to ask questions about their profession or how to choose a career path in the health field. Area employers will also be in attendance so those attending are encouraged to bring several copies of their resumes and dress professionally. For more information, call (567) 661-7556.

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

Brenda Welling recently purchased Tran-Siberian Orchestra tickets for her family. She used to think such an event was too expensive. “You have to live your life every day,” she said. We l l i n g , 48, discovered a lump in her WELLING breast in September 2008. She had been lax in her yearly mammograms. After her mammogram, the doctors saw calcifications and referred her to a general surgeon. Looking at the microscopic calcifications, Welling told her doctor, “That can’t be what I felt.” The doctor did an ultrasound and found a mass. That afternoon, Welling had a biopsy that confirmed stage II lobular cancer. Her surgeon said the tumor had been growing about five years, Welling said. While her tumor was 2.3 centimeters, almost half of Welling’s breast was infected with pre-cancer. Although her grandmother and an aunt died of breast cancer, Welling said she never thought it would happen to her. She has thought about genetic testing to see if she has cancer genes that could have been passed to her four children.

Welling is grateful for the support she received when she had a mastectomy earlier this year. Her employer put her in touch with another survivor through the American Cancer Society’s Reach to Recovery program. Welling and her mentor live less than a mile from each other. She is looking forward to being a resource to other survivors. Her strong team of doctors is “gonna be my best friends for many years,” she said. Most of all, she said she is grateful for the support of her husband and children. “You reevaluate,” she said. “It’s so clear now what’s important.” With October marking Breast Cancer Awareness month, several local women are sharing their stories to encourage early detection and treatment.

Discovering the lump When Diane Spino discovered a lump in her left breast in September 2005, she thought it would go away. By October, she knew she was in trouble. At 51, she had no children, drank and had smoked. She had been told those put her at SPINO a higher risk. “I called my gynecologist and they squeezed me in within a half hour,” she said. “That day, I was seeing a plastic surgeon.”

Spino was diagnosed with stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma. She consulted with an oncologist and a radiologist who told her if she had a mastectomy, she would not need radiation. “I did not want to do radiation,” she said. After consulting her doctors and friends in the medical field, Spino had her left breast removed. “If [the cancer was] aggressive, I [was] gonna be aggressive right back,” she said. “You need to act quickly. A lot of people are in denial of their problems and wait too long — then it’s too late.”

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Early detection helps local women in breast cancer battles

Risk factors Dr. Charu Trivedi, who practices oncology and hematology at the Toledo Clinic and the Monroe Cancer Center, specializes in breast cancer. She said breast cancer is the most common cancer among women — 194,000 cases a year are diagnosed. Research has advanced in recent years, but has a long way to go, Trivedi said. “We have good ways to prevent breast cancer and treat it effectively when diagnosed early,” Trivedi said. “Detection and prevention are the best treatments.” Trivedi said women who are older and haven’t had children are at higher risk. Other risk factors include being female, of certain ethnicities like Hungarian and Swedish, and a family history of breast cancer. Trivedi said people with multiple first-degree relatives and male family members with breast cancer

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are more likely to develop the cancer. She said people who have had multiple or abnormal breast biopsies or ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancers are at high risk, as are people who drink a lot of alcohol, eat a high-fat diet or have been exposed to radiation. Women who started menstruating younger than 12 years old or have menopause after 55 are also at risk.

Early detection Trivedi said women in their 20s or 30s should do monthly self breast examinations and get clinical breast exams every two to three years. “Be vigilant,” she said. “We see cancer in younger women, too. “Put your fingers together and examine your breast,” she said. “If

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you feel a lump, bring it to the attention of your doctor or gynecologist.” A mammogram is one cheap screening tool, Trivedi said. Mammograms are recommended for women 40 years and older. Women with a family history of breast cancer should start getting mammograms at 10 years younger than the youngest family member was when diagnosed. For women without health insurance, funds are available to help, Trivedi said. The American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen Foundation and some pharmaceutical companies have programs to help with costs, said Gayle Young, marketing specialist for the Toledo Clinic. ■ CANCER CONTINUES ON A7

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OCTOBER 18, 2009 ■ CANCER CONTINUED FROM A6 “These foundations and drug companies are very generous,” Trivedi said. Sue Whatley, 80, was diagnosed with stage zero breast cancer in 1999. She had no family history and had yearly mammograms since she was 25. “I knew from my family doctor that I should be having them every year,” she said. “This is how it was discovered.” Her mamm o g r a m showed abnormal cells and her doctor advised her to return in six months. Whatley said, WHATLEY “No.” “If there’s anything in there that’s abnormal, I want it out,” she said. “I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night wondering: ‘Is it there? Is it growing? Even though I don’t feel anything, if I wait six months ... it’ll get worse.’” She had a lumpectomy to remove the abnormal cells and takes anti-cancer drugs. Whatley’s strict mammogram schedule aided her diagnosis, she said: “They had all these pictures to go by and compare.”

Whatley’s cancer had not spread. After surgery, she said she experienced no pain, even though her doctor told her regaining mobility in her right arm would take time. “Follow your doctor’s instructions to a T,” she said.

Genetic testing “What I see day-to-day is women who have family members with breast cancer or an abnormal gene in family,” Trivedi said. “The majority of cancer is sporadic, but familial is what bothers people TRIVEDI most.” Genetic testing is another tool doctors can use for families with history of breast cancer. Teresa Brickner had a mammogram in 2006 that showed an abnormality. Her doctor told her to come back in six months. “I came back and what they saw prior had greatly increased,” she said. “I went immediately to my OBGYN ... and was in the surgeon’s office in two days.” During her lumpectomy, doctors found a second type of cancer. She

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underwent another surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Teresa had no family history of breast cancer. Her daughter, Jenny Sugg, was diagnosed at 28, after the birth of her second child. Jenny’s cancer was stage IV and attacked her bones, liver and right breast. After Teresa’s diagnosis, she had asked about genetic testing for her girls. Her husband Dave’s mother had died of breast cancer. The doctors said it wasn’t necessary. “If we knew what we knew today, we would have been persistent,” she said. Teresa carries the gene for the BRCA2 mutation and Dave carries the gene for the BRCA1 mutation. Daughter Amy inherited neither mutation, son Ryan carries the BRCA1 mutation and has a 50 percent chance of passing it on to his children. Jenny got both. “My No. 1 advice to anyone [is] if you have a family history on either side, get the early testing done,” Theresa said. “It was devastating when I heard those words myself, but it was far worse when I heard them for my daughter.” Teresa, a nurse, said doctors are getting better about getting complete family histories.

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Talk to your doctor. Don’t just stop taking the pills because you can’t afford them.” — Dr. Charu Trivedi Jenny had had breast exams, Teresa said. Doctors thought abnormalities were because of her pregnancy. “You can’t ask why now. You have to deal with it and make the best of it. We live each and every day to the fullest and the things that were important, or we thought were important, aren’t important,” she said. In June 2008, Jenny’s cancer spread to her lungs and more of her liver and bones. Recent scans show no new cancer and the cancer she has is shrinking. “She is not dying of cancer; she is living with cancer,” Teresa said. “I have my tests and wonder when it’s gonna come back. She has her tests and scans and wonders where it’s at and if she has any new spots. Whatever stage you’re at, you worry about different things.”

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Treatment Breast cancer is either invasive or non-invasive, Trivedi said. Non-invasive is confined to the ducts and lobes of the breast and called stage zero breast cancer. Invasive has spread. “If you discover a lump, immediately go to your doctor,” Trivedi said. “You don’t want to delay it. Your doctor will direct you appropriately.” She said many biopsies are performed by radiologists, eliminating the wait for a surgeon and minimizing diagnostic time. Treatment depends on the stage. “When cancer is detected, we want to see it confined,” Trivedi said. Doctors will remove a lump if they think the abnormality is confined. If not, a better choice is to remove the whole breast, Trivedi said. After removal, doctors evaluate the risk of cancer returning. Drugs are available to prevent cancer recurrence. Chemotherapy drugs are used to treat breast cancer and radiation sterilizes the area surrounding a tumor or affected lymph nodes so abnormalities don’t grow back, Trivedi said. If cost is an issue, help is available. “Talk to your doctor,” Trivedi said. “Don’t just stop taking the pills because you can’t afford them.”

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Toledo woman to celebrate 100th birthday By Jennifer S. White TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Clara Volk Weinblatt will celebrate her 100th birthday on Nov. 18. A Toledo resident for the past 60 years, Clara was born in the small Russian village of Kovel. During her childhood, she experienced traumatic persecution as a young Jewish woman in Russia during World War I. “My father was already in America,” Clara said. “My four sisters and I were left in Russia with my mother. There was an air raid when I was 7 years old, and the Austrians took my mother and sisters and put them on a cattle train. I was left behind.” Clara said an Austrian soldier found her and cared for her. “The soldier located my father’s family,” she said. “I went and stayed with them until my mother and sisters could be located.” “Her mother and sisters went through a lot as well,” said Clara’s son, Charles WEINBLATT S. Weinblatt, a retired UT administrator and author of the Holocaust novel “Jacob’s Courage.” Charles said Clara’s sisters and mother lost transportation when their train was bombed and consequently experienced starvation. “[Clara’s mother and sisters] were skeletal and had shaved heads due to lice,” Charles said. “They had to eat tree bark to survive.” Clara said it was a long process to reunite with her family and her father’s family largely raised her at that point. Clara said she, her four sisters and mother needed to find her father in America. “My mother contacted a solider who found my father. He was in New York,” she said. “We came to Philadelphia on a ship.” Clara said the family eventu-

ally relocated to Columbus, Ohio. It was there that the family grew back together. “My father always made a living for us,” Clara said. “After I graduated from high school, I got a job with [the daily newspaper] The Columbus Dispatch.” She said it was there that she faced discrimination once again. “One day, the manager told me not to come back,” Clara said. “I asked him why. He said, ‘because you are Jewish.’ I was angry, but I walked out.” Charles said Clara lived in a diverse neighborhood and was not used to blatant discrimination. “In those days a person could be fired, and people were not ashamed to admit it was because of anti-Semitism,” he said. “There is a lot of hatred in this world,” Clara said. “God did not create people to hate.” Clara later left Columbus to become a dress buyer in Chicago. She said it was during an Ohio State versus Michigan football game in 1948 that she met her husband, Toledo psychiatrist Dr. Morris Weinblatt. “I did not know he was a doctor,” Clara said. “After the game, he was going to dinner with friends, and he asked me if I would like to go.” She said the pair continued a long-distance correspondence. “I saw him three times before he asked me to marry him,” Clara said. Charles said Clara moved to Toledo after marrying at age 39. “My father was Toledo’s first psychiatrist,” Charles said. “He was a pioneer in the field of neuropsychiatry. When he was first working, Sigmund Freud was still practicing.” Clara said her husband passed away in 1979, just five months after the birth of his first grandchild. “They had 30 good years,” Charles said about his parents. “They were as close as two people can be.” She said she misses her husband, but appreciates her excellent health.

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Charles said Clara’s attention is on her family’s achievements and milestones. “My daughter is getting married, and my son is earning his Ph.D,” Charles said. “My mother is really focusing on that.” “I am lucky to have my son,” Clara said. “My daughter-in-law is so good to me. I have my two grandkids. What more could I want?” Charles said his mother, who has resided at the Kingston Care Center in Sylvania since 2007, is learning to drive for the first time. “She never drove a car,” he said. “Her first experience driving has been in her motorized wheelchair.” Leslie Lucht, a Kingston recreational therapist, said Clara has become the facility’s goodwill greeter. “[She] is always volunteering,” Lucht said. “She loves to talk to

people. She is family-oriented and always concerned about everybody else.” “She is very caring,” said recreational therapist Amanda McBee. “She is fair and loves every one.” Clara enjoys playing games on her computer and bingo. “I like to play bingo because I want to beat somebody,” she said. She has won several prizes and usually gives them away to Kingston staff and her grandchildren. “I want to be active,” Clara said. She does not think about turning 100. Clara does not often look back, but growing up during the Great Depression meant hard work and enjoying life’s simple amusements, such as reading, dancing and fishing. “I have my mind, and I have my vision,” she said. “I still feel young.”

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Issue 4 seeks replacement levy to assist area’s elderly By Kristen Rapin TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER krapin@toledofreepress.com

The Area Office on Aging (AOoA) is seeking a .45 mills replacement levy, Issue 4, in the Nov. 3 election. Due to the economic climate, the AOoA opted for a replacement levy instead of a renewal. “The important thing voters need to know is that it’s a replacement. The levy is not a new tax,” said Billie Johnson, AOoA president and CEO. The AOoA serves ten counties in Northwest Ohio, howJOHNSON ever, the levy dollars will only go to services in Lucas County. The current levy expires Dec. 31, 2009. If the new levy passes it will run from January 2010 to December 2015. The replacement levy will bring in a total of $3.8 million to $3.9 million a year over a five-year time span. The tax will cost voters the same as the previous tax at $13.78 annually for a $100,000 home. “We just think that so little does so much. We’ve already taken a 40 percent cut from state funding. We need this levy passed,” Johnson said.

Senior services The levy funds services for people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia and their caregivers; meals to homebound and frail elderly; health care services to help Lucas County senior citizens remain independent and at home; medical transportation; outreach and chore services; as well as funding 13 senior centers across Lucas County. Between 2005 and 2009, more than 33,400 Lucas County seniors participated in levyfunded programs. Henry Stoklosa and his wife have a variety of health problems that make cooking and day-to-day living more difficult. Their children are already assisting them with daily activities, but Henry said he doesn’t want to become a burden on them. Each week, the Stoklosas receive meals from the organization. “It’s a blessing. I can go home today, tomorrow and the day after that and

know that I can get three full meals a week, thanks to this operation, and so can my wife,” Henry said. On average, 2,511 seniors received noontime meals at 21 locations, and 1,899 seniors had meals delivered to their home per year over the course of the levy.

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Helping caregivers Nancy Dissett-Whitehead and her husband became caregivers for her father, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, when her mother passed away in 2007. Dissett-Whitehead’s father didn’t know how to put on his shoes, had inconsistent behavior and suffered from bizarre hallucinations. The 24-hour care caused strain on Dissett-Whitehead’s husband and her relationship as well as their work. Dissett-Whitehead’s father seemed uninterested in anything and was passive most of the day. In 2008, Dissett-Whitehead’s father started attending the day care center once a week and now attends the center five days a week. DissettWhitehead is grateful to the center not only for the break it gave her and husband, but for the improvement in attitude it has given her father. “The day care center has given my husband and I a life again, while aspects of our father’s previous personality have returned,” Dissett-Whitehead said. “The unit has done so much stimulating to bring his personality back out. He has a purpose in life again. He still needs constant care, but now if you were to come to the house, he’d say, ‘Hi, how are you? Come sit down.’ He wouldn’t do those things before.” The Alzheimer Day Care provided 124 individuals more than 41,500 hours of care in 2008. During the course of the past levy, 23,935 hours of care coordination, 20,881 hours of personal care, and 48,457 hours of house making took place. These services helped 850 seniors, keeping them in their own homes and out of nursing homes. “We hope that the voters understand that we’ve done what we said we’d do with the levy dollars,” said Emilie Owens, vice president of home care options. “We’ve kept very little administrative money, only 4 percent, and all the rest goes directly to seniors. We really believe that the voters understand that and hopefully give us their vote.” Visit the AOoA Web site at www. areaofficeonaging.com.

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Owens president to retire in 2010 Owens Community College President Christa Adams announced Oct. 15 she will retire on Dec. 31, 2010. “It’s the right time, and timing is everything,” Adams told Toledo Free Press. “It’s time for me to have a fresh look at what I’m going to do next. It’s time for the board and the college to get some new eyes to look at the college and develop the wonderful things that we have accomplished.”

Stolarczyk resigns from Port Authority; Toth appointed The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Board of Directors met Oct. 15 to accept the resignation of Michael Stolarczyk as president of the port authority. Stolarczyk resigned for family reasons, according to William Carroll, chairman of the board. The board immediately voted to appoint Paul Toth as president of the port authority.

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A new publication that aims to help the area’s homeless is preparing its debut. Toledo Streets, a local nonprofit publication, launched its first issue and vendor orientation Oct. 14 at The Black Cherry restaurant Downtown. Organizers say the publication is designed to help the homeless and poor have their voices heard while earning money. “The benefits of street newspapers go far beyond economic opportunity. For the vendor, they offer a positive experience of selfhelp that breaks through the isolation that many homeless people experience. They offer the public a means to reach out with their dollar to help a homeless person directly and over time form a caring relationship,” said Andy Freeze, executive director of North American Street Newspaper Association (NASNA). “Street newspapers fill an important role in our communities as they work to provide valuable, useful information on issues of homelessness and poverty. They also provide opportunities of employment for the homeless,” Freeze said. “Toledo Streets will benefit Toledo by providing a voice to the homeless and poor and by breaking down stereotypes about homeless individuals.” Freeze said 25 NASNA-associated street papers exist in the United States, including papers in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincin-

nati. Street newspapers are also located throughout the world with more than 105 street newspapers in 37 countries. Amanda Moore, Toledo Streets director and managing editor, and a volunteer for Food for Thought and 1Matters, said she was searching for different ways to assist the homeless in Toledo and thought a street paper would be “a great idea.” “I hope everyone on all levels embraces it; not just the paper, but the idea of it, and the people that are selling it. People get an opportunity to help make ends meet. This isn’t going to be someone’s sole source of income as far as being able to get a place to get off the streets, but it will help bridge the gap,” Moore said. The papers can be purchased by vendors for 25 cents and then sold for a dollar donation, making each vendor a 75-cent profit per paper. Those interested in qualifying as a vendor can go through a one-hour orientation, Moore said. The orientations take place every Wednesday at The Black Cherry. Moore said only badged vendors should be selling the publication. “I’m not worried about fraud. Selling the paper won’t be a getrich-quick scheme; it takes hard work, patience, persistence and politeness,” Moore said. “There

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will be the Vendor Code of Conduct sellers need to adhere to and there will be consequences should vendors violate it.” The paper publishes monthly. The first issue features articles written by volunteers, Freeze and a formerly homeless gentleman. As the paper grows, it will have more articles written by the local homeless. Toledo Free Press fact checker and Glass City Jungle operator Lisa Renee Ward contributed an article

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C-3PO actor brings ‘Star Wars’ concert to arena From Staff Reports Should it be named “George Lucas County Arena?” “Star Wars in Concert” will feature a symphony orchestra and choir performing composer John Williams’ music from the six “Star Wars” films, Dec. 1 at the arena. The performances will be narrated live by C-3P0 actor Anthony Daniels and accompanied by a three-storytall high-definition screen displaying movie footage synchronized to the live music. “My role is not to be 3P0 in ‘Star Wars in Concert,’” said Daniels in an Associated Press interview. “It is to be the host, to be the narrator. I very simply tell the story in segments. 3P0 certainly features on screen quite a

lot, and there are moments on stage when his spirit shines through.” As part of its worldwide tour, the show will play Dec. 1 at the Lucas County Arena. Tickets for “Star Wars: In Concert” go on sale Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. at the Lucas County Arena box office and Ticketmaster, by phone at 800-745-3000, and at the Web site www.ticketmaster.com. “We’ve taken the key themes from the music and cut together all the images that fit with each theme, so you can really get a sense of how the music played into the images,” said George Lucas, creator of the ‘Star Wars’ saga, in a news release. “The whole soundtrack is a testament to John Williams’ creativity and his ex-

traordinary ability to enhance the emotional aspects of the films.” “Creating the music for the ‘Star Wars’ films has been an exciting and wonderful experience for me, and I therefore have derived particular pleasure in assembling a compendium of themes from all of the films to be presented in ‘Star Wars in Concert,’” Williams said in a news release. “The editors at Lucasfilm have created original film montages to accompany each of the musical selections, and in the process, I believe that a singular and unique ‘Star Wars’ experience has been born.” Accompanying the concert is an exclusive exhibit of Star Wars costumes, props, artifacts, production artwork and specially created

behind-the-scenes videos from the Lucasfilm Archives. Many of these pieces are leaving Skywalker Ranch for the first time. The exhibit features many classic fan favorite artifacts, as well as several new and never-before-seen items, including: ■ Full costumes for Jedi Masters Kit Fisto and Plo Koon will be on display. ■ For the first time ever, pages from John Williams’ original handwritten sheet music for “Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace” will be exhibited for the public. ■ Also on display will be various never-before-seen props from the films, including blasters and helmets from Coruscant, Tatooine and other iconic Star Wars locations.

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Variety is the spice of health, said Abby Youngs, general manager of The Phoenix Earth Food Co-op. The store, at 1447 W. Sylvania Ave., sells locally grown, organic produce and other groceries. There is no single owner. “We’re owned by the community,” Youngs said. “We all become business partners when we purchase a share of the co-op.” The 130-member co-op is governed by a nine- to 11-member board. Any member is eligible to run for the board and vote for members. Lifetime memberships cost $200, payable in installments during that year. That membership cost is fully refundable. “You’re investing in your business,” she said. “That money becomes capital.” While the co-op is open to the public, and even accepts food

stamps, Youngs said membership has its advantages. “Let’s say you are super in love with Jenny’s Macaroons,” Youngs said. “You can purchase a case of it and you get 5 percent off because you’ve purchased in bulk. If you’re a member, you get 10 percent off of the cost.” For members who volunteer four hours a month, those macaroons cost 15 percent off the shelf price. “It’s neighbors helping neighbors,” Youngs said. “We’re all fighting for the same thing, which is real food for everybody at reasonable prices.” The co-op institutes the bulk buying principle. The more members it has, the larger quantity it can purchase at lower prices. “We want to get this food to everybody,” Youngs said. “If it says it’s whole grain, it’s whole grain. It’s locally grown produce, right now in season — milk, eggs and turkeys for Thanksgiving.”

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■ CO-OP CONTINUED FROM A14 The Phoenix Earth Food Co-op was started 17 years ago by a group of people looking to recreate the former Earth Food Co-op, which had closed 10 years previous, Helen Elden said. Elden, 71, is a founding member, grocery buyer and assistant manager. “It’s something I believe in, definitely,” she said. “It’s a community store. Before we opened, I used to go to Ann Arbor for my groceries twice a month.”

Buying local organic produce also has advantages. The food is better, Youngs said, healthier for the environment and consumers. “Even the organic stuff from Mexico is totally different. [Our produce is] picked the day it’s delivered, versus picked and shipped and refrigerated the whole way. It’s like bringing the garden to you. If you can’t have a garden, come here and shop from someone else’s,” she said. The co-op orders from 20-30 local vendors. “You read what’s in a pudding cup, and the top of the container isn’t big enough to list the

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ingredients,” Youngs said. “You look at what pudding is, and it’s like eight ingredients. We have ice cream that is cream, sugar, eggs and vanilla and you can totally taste the difference.” Her father is a diabetic, her mother is pre-diabetic and they’re both on blood pressure medication. “Everyone says, ‘It’s genetic,’ I don’t believe that,” she said. “I’ve seen a lot of people with a lot of problems with their families who are healthier than everyone.” She has felt her own health change since

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switching to eating “real food.” “I just see how well my whole body works and how much sharper I am. And I didn’t even realize I was foggy, but I was. I want as many people to feel as good as I do. It’s amazing.” Youngs said she hopes to continue educating people on the realities of what food is doing to their bodies. “It’s not that difficult,” she said. “We have likeOreos that are really delicious. When you start eating those, Oreos start tasting waxy. Your tastes begin to change and your body starts to crave healthy.”

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The Christ Child Society will distribute winter clothing to needy children on three consecutive Saturdays in November as part of its Clothe-a-Child program. Distribution dates are Nov. 7, 14 and 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Mercy Professional Building, 2238 Jefferson Ave. The group works with local social service agencies to identify clothing recipients who will receive a voucher that can be redeemed during one of the distribution dates. Mary Bell, co-chair of the Clothe-a-Child program, said the goal is to supply underserved children with a new winter coat and a week’s worth of clothing, including hat, gloves, underwear, socks, T-shirts and fleece wear. Clothing is provided for toddlers through children in the eighth grade. Bell said the Christ Child Society distributed 400 winter coats last year, but the requests were greater than the number of available coats. This year, the group plans to distribute 800 coats to meet the increased need within the community. Between 50 and 60 Christ Child members are expected to help with the clothing distribution in November, Bell said. “It’s very rewarding,” she said. “We have received wonderful letters from the children.” Founded in 1887, the Christ Child Society is a national organization dedicated to the welfare of children. The Toledo chapter, formed in 1990, has been distributing new winter clothing to needy children since 1999. It raises donations for Clothe-a-Child and other programs through various fundraisers, including an annual letter campaign and celebrity wait night.

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By Duane Ramsey TOLEDO FREE PRESS SENIOR BUSINESS WRITER dramsey@toledofreepress.com

A number of new businesses are open or opening in conjunction with the debut of the new Lucas County Arena in Downtown Toledo this week. Several bars and restaurants are taking advantage of anticipated business from people attending events at the new arena by opening new establishments or remodeling existing ones. The Hat Trick Bar & Grill at 319 North Superior opened Oct. 3 for the open house at the new arena that weekend, according to proprietor Ahmad Mahmoud. “We had a lot of people, good clientele for the arena’s open house,” he said. “We hope all small business owners can make a living Downtown.” Mahmoud bought the former Spice Bar from its owner in May and transferred the liquor license with it. He previously worked in bars, restaurants and convenience stores, but decided to open his own place. He remodeled the bar and renamed it the Hat Trick Bar & Grill with the Walleye logo featured on the storefront located two blocks from the arena. “We have the best prices of anyone Downtown,” Mahmoud said. The Hat Trick is offering draft beer for 99 cents and bottled beer for $1.99 during happy hour from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with regular prices of $1.99 and $2.25 respectively, according to Mahmoud. The full food menu includes 8-inch sub sandwiches with fries or eight chicken wings and fries

for $5.99. The restaurant opens for breakfast at 7 a.m. and serves lunch and dinner with full bar service. The Plush Ultra Lounge, a Chicago, New York or Las Vegas-style night club, opened three weeks ago at the corner of Adams and Huron Streets, said owner Ahmed Dia. He formerly owned Club Rain Downtown and transferred that existing liquor license for the new club. Dia said the club is a classy place for adults older than 21 who are looking for a place to unwind with a disc jockey, dancing, lights and music from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. The club’s dress code does not allow jeans or tennis shoes, Dia said. “We plan to open earlier in the day for afterwork clientele soon. We should get some people coming before or after events at the new arena,” Dia said. “It’s good to see more new businesses opening downtown.” The Greater Downtown Business Partnership worked with the City of Toledo to create a Downtown Entertainment District to provide more liquor licenses for potential business owners, according to Tom Crothers, executive director of the nonprofit business organization. The city ordinance passed to create the entertainment district bounded by Erie, Monroe, Adams and Summit streets, allowed for ten new liquor licenses at a reduced rate, which must be used within the district and are not transferable, Crothers said. Donna Weiser, owner of Eddy B’s Restaurant in the National City Bank Building at 405 Madison was the first to be granted one of the new liquor licenses from the Ohio Division of Liquor Control.

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Weiser plans to remodel the restaurant completely and add a direct entrance on Madison. The architect’s plans are complete and it is getting bids for the construction expected to take two to three months, she said. The construction will be done in phases, while the restaurant remains open for breakfast and lunch business. Weiser hopes to complete the remodeling project by the end of this year. Weiser said she will change the name of the establishment, but is not ready to go public with it. The new place will feature a full-bar service with a stage for entertainment on Thursday through Saturday nights. The restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. on weekdays and until 2:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The dinner menu will feature great burgers, steak and seafood, according to Weiser. “The arena had the most to do

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mortal and health becomes a bigger and bigger concern. Many fear a health crisis that will require the need for longterm care. This is the type of care needed where you are not necessarily getting better but need help with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, transferring, etc. This kind of care can be CLAIR provided at home BAKER if a quality plan of care is formulated, but many times a nursing home may be necessary. Our family was recently faced with a situation where my father fell and ended up in the hospital unable to care for himself. Mom could not care for Dad, so a decision had to be made about how and where Dad would get the care he needed. This is a tough situation many families face that causes much stress and heartache. Our family had also experienced this in the past

with Uncle Don (Dad’s brother). He experienced three strokes and a heart attack within a year and ended up needing nursing home care. He lived another six years in a nursing home and died at the young age of 58. This was tough emotionally and financially. Much of the life savings Uncle Don had accumulated was wiped out. Along with the fear of losing independence, one of the biggest fears many have is, “How will we pay for this?” Costs can be has high as $7,000 to $8,000 per month. Many run out of money in a few years or even a few months. For married folks this can be scary situation if one spouse is using up a lot of financial resources. What will happen with the spouse who is still healthy and lives at home? Will there be enough money to continue their current lifestyle? Typically, there are two types of scenarios when planning for long-term care. The first is when there is no current crisis and the goal is to plan ahead. We call this preplanning or precrisis plan-

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ow many times have you Becoming a value-adding entity heard, “Things are different has been the root of every success in today’s world?” Whether during the past 2,000 years and this discussing politics, busiwill continue, for the ness or family values, our addition of value is world is not changing timeless. as much as one might Even if our future think. Our perspective exists of space cars, is limited by the fact that the colonization of the we live today, in the here moon and the discovery and now. of new galaxies, the Business environpeople who provide the ments are often noted as highest value will always having changed. It may Tom RICHARD find themselves at the seem this way with a top of the food chain. computer on every desk The tools — the ephemand a cell phone in every pocket, but eral surface items — change with the those objects are simply tools — tools times, not the people. for connecting with others. Thus, Value comes first, in both your acwhile the tools may have changed, the tions and your intentions. If you find connections are still the same as they yourself worried about money, stop worrying and add more value. If you were thousands of years ago. Whether buying a chariot 2,000 find yourself overwhelmed with new years ago or an automobile today, technologies, start finding ways to add people still flock toward value and more value. If you find yourself trying personal relationships. Decisions to plot, plan and scheme to grow your are often based upon a personal set business, stop and evaluate your plans to see if they are adding more value. of values. Real value speaks for itself and Some may point to the dozens of tangibles that they feel are different cannot be adequately described with in today’s business environment but, words, alone. In fact, the act of trying when they dig deeply, they will dis- to find the words to describe the cover that the heart of every business value you are adding is an act that is, transaction still rests in adding value in itself, not adding any value. Real value is added without exto everything they touch.

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Coming into the 2009 high school football season, all eyes in the race for the City League title were on the Central Catholic Fighting Irish. Head Coach Greg Dempsey and his team were in search of a fifth straight league title, someGOINGS thing no team has done in the league’s 83 years of existence. With senior quarterback David Walendar and senior playmaker Nate Hobbs returning, the Irish looked poised to accomplish the history-making feat. But when Hobbs was injured in Central’s third game of the season against Mishawaka High School out of Pennsylvania, the Irish’s chances might have taken a big hit had it not been for junior running back Calebb Goings. “Coming into this season, we had lost our top two tailbacks, and there was going to be a competition for that tailback spot,” Dempsey said. “Calebb just kind of kept plugging along and won that top spot for us.” Through seven games, Goings has quietly established himself as one of the more dominant tailbacks in the City League. Goings ranks third in the league in scoring and fourth in league in rushing yards. “I do not really worry about stats very much,” Goings said. “I just keep following the advice of my coaches and trying to stay focused during the game.” It was that focus that shined through during Central’s game

against St. Francis on Oct. 9 at Gallagher Stadium on the school’s Cherry Street campus. The game was contested in poor weather conditions with high winds and a steady rain making offensive yards a valuable commodity. Goings carried the ball 34 times in the game against St. Francis and racked up 132 yards rushing for the game. His efforts allowed Central to control the clock and momentum in the game, which helped his team to come away with a 10-0 victory over St. Francis and reclaim the coveted Irish Knight trophy for a sixth straight season. “The other night was a night where we really needed someone to step up, and Calebb did that for us,” Dempsey said. “The wind picked up on us in the third quarter and it made passing and kicking very difficult for us. But Calebb kept moving the chains for us and that was a huge part of that game for this team.” Goings and his teammates knew how important the running game was going to be with the adverse weather conditions during the game. “We knew that the ground game was going to be huge in that game. The offensive line really came through for us during the game and I was able to have a good game,” Goings said. The win meant that Central is the only undefeated team left in the City League and officially puts them in the driver’s seat in the race for the City League championship. But the task at hand for the Irish is far from over. The Irish have match ups against the Whitmer Panther (3-1 in the CL, 6-1 overall) and rival St. Johns Jesuit (2-2 in the CL, 4-3 overall) left on their schedule. But coach Dempsey is relishing the spot his team is in. “I told our kids that it is not often

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that you have a chance to make history,” Dempsey said. “I like the fact that our team has these rivalry games at the end of season. These big games keep the kids attention and keeps them focused down the stretch here.” It is players like Goings, whom the Irish will lean on over these final games, to bring home a fifth consecutive league crown.

“We need our guys to continue to step up and we need Calebb and other guys on our team as well. We need him and the others to stay healthy,” Dempsey said. “He’s important to us in all facets of our offense, and we need him to continue to improve. He cannot be intent on one big game. He needs to take it to the next level for us if we are going to have a successful end to this season.”

Much like they have done all season, Goings and his team are zeroing in on the task at hand. “We just have to trust and listen to our coaching staff and intently study our film,” Goings said, “We just have to keep doing what we have been over these past seven games. If we do that then hopefully we can bring home a fifth consecutive title.”

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Exploring the wonderful world of tailgating T hey say you never forget your first time and whoever “they” are, they were right. Tailgating is part of Americana, but somehow the pregame ritual of eating, drinking and being merry was absent from my childhood. My gameday sports ingestion

as an adolescent consisted of going to a game at Municipal Stadium, cramming down a hot dog or two smeared with that zesty Stadium Mustard, hitting the urinal trough that still haunts me to this day, sitting in downtown traffic, where my dad made sure to express who

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some pregame refreshments. Sure, I could stop by for a few minutes and say hello, but I had baggage. And I’m not talking about the annoying girlfriend that hates sports. I’m speaking of the camera on my shoulder and the microphone in my pocket. Saturdays in the fall were my workdays. As sports director of Bowling Green’s campus television station, I had a game to cover. So, the beer and brats would have to Ryan wait another day. As a member of the broadcasting industry who has found a workweek that includes Saturdays my story, along with my chastity, has remained intact the past six years. That was until Oct 3. BGSU Homecoming 2009, it finally happened. Sure, the skies in Northwest Ohio were gray, rain trickled down from time to time, but I was caught up in the moment. At the age of 28, I was about to tailgate for the first time. What happened next is kind of a blur, not because of the beverages consumed, but because I was trying to cram 25 or so years of missed opportunities into one afternoon. The tailgate began with a party of three, myself, my girlfriend Amy and my buddy Adam. Pulling up to our spot just beneath the golf course hill (the only hill in BG), we unloaded the cooler, busted out some chairs, cracked open a few cold ones and began tailgating. It was 12:30 p.m. Kickoff was still 3 and a half hours away. We later merged our group with one of my college roommates who was in town from Cincinnati. I

hadn’t seen him in a long time and it was fun to catch up. His wife, another one of my good college friends, is five months pregnant with twins and the baby bump is in full effect. Twenty or so minutes later, another good friend showed up and couldn’t wait to show off the new cornhole set he constructed. He was so proud of the fresh coat of paint that covered the board, illustrating his love of the Chicago Bears. FOWLER Later, the Kammeyers, in from North Carolina, arrived with Pollyeyes chicken and cheese stuffed breadsticks and good news. They were pregnant with their second child, due next spring. The good news flowed along with the brew. A picnic table was smothered by an array of food that would make your local buffet blush. On the end of the table was a submarine sandwich crafted by my girlfriend and me the night before. Never has a sandwich tasted so good when shared among friends. Those 3 and a half hours before the game flew by caught up in a time tornado of stories shared, trash talked spewed, food grubbed, and how those brewskies tasted oh so good when they touched your lips. After all, isn’t that what tailgating is all about? There was eating, drinking and it was merry. I was the king of the castle, the dirty rascal on this Saturday afternoon. And for one day, I didn’t care who won the game. Ryan Fowler is the weekend sports anchor at NBC24 and can be reached at bgsualum03@hotmail.com.

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Ford, UAW agree to tentative deal on contract DETROIT (AP) — Union leaders from Ford’s factories voted Oct. 13 to recommend that members approve a deal to lower the automaker’s labor costs to match those of its Detroit rivals. The deal, which runs until 2011, gives workers a bonus if they ratify the agreement and guarantees new vehicles for five assembly plants. But it also bans strikes over wages or benefits, freezes entry-level wages and changes work rules to require some skilled-trade employees to do more than one job. UAW President Ron Gettelfinger told reporters that the deal brings Ford Motor Co. on par with Chrysler Group LLC and General Motors Co.

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I wonder how many of our sure do enjoy the convenience and the reliability of these new young readers can understand breed of cars we drive today. “cruising?” I bet the whole concept, that whole lifestyle, But, oh, how I miss is lost upon them. the classic cars of yesI would spend terday. hours on a Friday and When we were Saturday detailing my just kids, my dad, car for the weekend brother and I would nightly cruise. Each drive down the road end of town had its and see who could own definitive cruise identify the most cars route. Cars, laden while driving. I never with teens, would tired of that game and Nick SHULTZ cruise among the I got very good at it. I many stops along the could beat anybody who wanted to challenge me. I found cruise routes. Often the passenger it easy to identify the cars coming at list would change several times us or those we were following. Most throughout the evening as passenoften a studied eye could guess the gers jumped among the cars. How year and model with ease. Not any- the cars would sparkle as they lined more! Most of the cars today are the parking lots of the local McDondesigned in the wind tunnel and the alds and Big Boy’s. The rumble of the engines “air doesn’t care” about style. Sure there are a few cars that are would fill the air as we munched readily recognizable today, but not on a hamburger, fries and we drank too many. I miss those days when our Cokes. We would make our way the car was the king of style. Most between the stops with the sounds of the top designers sought jobs with of the “Mo Jo Man” blaring out on the car companies in those days. But our AM radios and, always, our girls would be at our sides and our those days are behind us now.

friends would be sitting in the rear. Occasionally, the boys would forget about the girls long enough to test their rides against another’s. Between the traffic lights, the tires would screech and the engines would roar. The smell of rubber would fill the air. It was harmless fun. It helped me refine, and define, my trade, as it did many others. For the most part, the police would let us have our fun. When we got too carried away they would reel us in a bit. The excessive noise or speeding tickets were like badges of honor to be shared in the halls of high school. Fuel cost 35 cents a gallon in those days. Good thing too, we didn’t have much money. You could cruise all night long for a few dollars. An extra $5 meant an evening of cruising and a meal. You would see a mixed breed of cars on the cruise. Some would bring the family sedan, while others drove their street rods. It didn’t matter what you drove to the cruise, but it had to be clean. The cars we cruised in defined our loyalties as owners. Most who

drove Chevys remained GM drivers their entire lives. The same is true for the Dodge and Ford drivers. I drove them all! My first cruiser was a Ford. A twodoor hard top ’59 Ford with a 351 cid engine. The Ford had a three-speed manual transmission on the column, “Three on the Tree” and it was a screamer. I replaced the stock in-line six cylinder engine with a 351 motor, which came out of a wrecked car my dad had bought as salvage. That engine really worked well with the nine-inch rear end and 411 gears. It was the first, of many, cars I built and sold. It was also the first car I wrecked. I spun the “Big Blue” Ford out going around a corner the morning of the first snow fall in ’67. I broke the rear axle on the passenger’s side and that’s all the damage there was. Not a bad accident at all, as accidents go, but it happened right in front of the high school. How embarrassing was that? My next project was a Plymouth Valiant. It too had an in-line six cylinder engine when I got it. Obviously that slant six 232 cid had to go. I found a 340 cid engine with twin Holly carbs mounted on

top of an Edelbrock manifold at the scrapyard. The Valiant screamed for that engine. A solid weekend of work tearing the engine out of the wrecked car, tearing the six out of the Valiant and then putting the twin carb’d 340 into the little Plymouth and I was ready for the road before school Monday. Sweat! The Valiant had a push button automatic transmission. The buttons were mounted, inconveniently, on the left side of the dash. It only took a week of driving back and forth to school for me to burn up the trans. I replaced it with a Muncie four-speed manual. A week later, I replaced the blown rear end with a Ford nine-inch and a week after that, I replaced the fried rear tires. You might say I was a tad bit lead-footed in those days. I tell you, folks, that car was a real sleeper. The Valiant wasn’t a sports car by any stretch of the imagination. It was, however, the forerunner of the famous “Cuda.” My how that Valiant could fly! I won more than a few dollars off those unsuspecting souls who thought I had brought my Grandma’s car to a dog fight. ■ SHULTZ CONTINUES ON A25

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OCTOBER 18, 2009 ■ SHULTZ CONTINUED FROM A24 I spent those youthful days building car after car. There were the “Stangs” and the SSs along the way. I even built up Vans and Banana Boats for the weekend cruises. I could fill pages with the tales of each of those rides as each one brings back great memories. I still see the faces of my friends and I can hear the sounds of those mighty engines as I write these words. My generation was, in a great way, formed by the weekend ritual. I could go on and on about those cars and those weekend nights. I wish our children could

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share in those experiences. Perhaps, they would have a better understanding of that which is America. 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. He is a certified master automotive technician by ASE, General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. Shultz, a Toledo native, will take questions from readers at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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from the wall, its images haunting and distinct even now, 80 years since they were first published. The woodjmcginnis@toledofreepress.com carving technique gives each figure am in the Toledo Museum of Art, sharp edges and harsh lines. There but I am not walking by the kind are no shades of gray in the images, of work I am used to seeing in only black and white, which may seem primitive, but this building. work astoundingly My trip is a guided well for the tone. tour through pieces “Masereel, in turn, that, until recently, influenced another probably would never gentleman in the have been given space show, Lynd Ward,” in such a center of Loeffler said, pointing high culture: Works to another series of of such emotion and wood engravings, power, they feel right taken from Ward’s at home among the Jeff MCGINNIS wordless 1929 masartists who traditerwork, “Gods’ Man.” tionally occupy this building. Only their More McGinnis The story is about the struggle of an artist — origins are different. Jeff will post regular one who sells his soul to The exhibit is called arts stories and achieve his dreams. The “LitGraphic: The World celebrity interviews of the Graphic Novel.” at our Web site, www. raw and stark images It is a traveling exhibit toledofreepress.com. convey the pain of a pothat originated at the This week: “Wimpy Kid” etic soul better than any author Jeff Kinney. words could have. Norman Rockwell MuAnother artist inseum in Stockbridge, Coming up: David Alan Grier and wrestler spired by Masereel’s Mass., and will be in AJ Styles. work was Will Eisner, Toledo until Jan. 3. The the man who, in many works exhibited vary wildly in style, subject matter, tone ways, popularized the modern form and composition. The only thing of the graphic novel. Several pieces they have in common is the medium from Eisner’s work are highlighted they come from — graphic novels, in the collection. So is the work or “comic books for adults,” as they of modern Eisner disciple Frank Miller, whose comics read like stoare sometimes called. I’m met by Tom Loeffler, collec- ryboards for movies, Loeffler said. tions manager for Works on Paper. Appropriate, given Miller’s budding He has a great deal of knowledge career as a Hollywood director of and passion on the subject and for “Sin City” and “The Spirit,” the latter the next 40 minutes, he will walk me based upon one of Eisner’s most fathrough the collection, providing mous creations. We walk past work by R. amazing insight and information on every artist. Many of them I know Crumb, the playfully subversive underground artist whose “Keep well; many I do not. We begin chronologically with on Truckin’” became an unintenthe early 20th century work of Frans tional symbol of the ’70s. And here Masereel, a Flemish painter and is Harvey Kurtzman, whose Mad Magazine work inspired a generawoodcut artist. “He was an illustrator of many tion of satirists. And Marc Hempel, books,” Loeffler said. “He wanted to with his evocative and disturbing art do a book, a wordless book. So he for Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman.” Gaiman was in Toledo last week was one of the first people to do a to speak, and I kick myself for wordless novel, images only.” Masereel’s work stares at me missing it. Along with the names I By Jeff McGinnis

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know and cherish, come the names I have yet to discover, those whose works are also highlighted along the museum’s walls. Lauren Weinstein’s, “Girl Stories” virtually pop off the walls with their vitality and humor; Howard Cruse’s work from “Stuck Rubber Baby” paints an evocative portrait of growing up in the era of segregation and a man coming to grips with his homosexuality; Niko Henrichon’s art for “Pride of Baghdad” tells a tale of a group of lions wandering Iraqi streets after escaping from a zoo in 2003 — the figures are uncannily animal, but their emotions are unmistakably human. In addition to the original art and panels that are displayed on the walls, Loeffler has placed examples of many works throughout the exhibit in their original form. Novels greet you on a shelf as you enter, and many sit on tables throughout, waiting for the curious to see their artwork as it was originally published. This is a tremendous touch, for if the heart of these artists can be seen on the walls, the soul of their work still lives in those pages. I mention how the graphic novel, in many areas, is dismissed as a fairly populist form of entertainment, because of the lingering perception of comic books as children’s literature. There are few pieces in this collection that one would consider “kids’ stuff.” Perhaps the display of these works here will inspire others to reconsider their place in the artistic community. “I agree with that,” Loeffler said, “But it was an art form before it ever came here.”

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David Lanz will have a little help from a friend when he returns to play in Toledo. Flutist Gary Stroutsos will join the pianist onstage for a few songs. The two are finishing up a disc, “Liverpool: ReImagining The Beatles.” “It’s been a real odyssey to kind of relive all my musical childhood heroes, to do a lot of listening and kind of recomposing and rearranging,” Lanz said. “I was trying to find material that wasn’t necessarily the super-recognizable Beatles’ songs that everybody does when they cover Beatles’ songs. I wanted it to be something really special and not sound like Muzak.” Songs on the forthcoming disc will include “Things We Said Today,” “Yes It Is,” Lovely Rita” and a medley with “Rain” and “Eight Days a Week.” “The album ends with, at the moment I guess I’m calling it the John Lennon suite; it’s three of John’s pieces, ‘Tomorrow Never Knows,’ which is off of ‘Revolver,’ ‘Across the Universe,’ and then there’s just a tiny, brief moment as the album ends of

‘Give Peace a Chance,’ a way to leave things with a hopeful vibe,” the songwriter said during a call from his home in Bellingham, Wash. Lanz has been practicing the art of writing songs since he was 10. “I really learned early on from Lennon and McCartney, you know, what it takes, the elements of a good song, and it kind of boils down to a few key elements, and the most important one I think is the melody. I think sometimes in instrumental music that kind of gets lost,” he said. “The beginning of the song should have something that invites the person in. And then talking more metaphorically, it’s almost like if you invite someone in, once they’re in the room, you want to describe the color of the room, the shape of the room, maybe even go to another room, but eventually you come back to where you began and you try to tie all the different elements together.” Lanz has released more than 20 records since his debut in 1983. “Cristofori’s Dream” spent 27 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s first adult alternative/new age chart in 1988. “The piano, for me, is, on a personal level, a form or expression

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can express the unconscious... I’ve been playing so long, it’s really a second language for me.” Lanz will perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Valentine Theatre. Tickets

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PUBLIC NOTICE THE FOLLOWING STORAGE UNITS WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION BY LOCK-IT-UP SELF STORAGE ON OR AFTER 11-11-09 AT LEONARD’S AUCTION SERVICE 6350 CONSEAR RD OTTAWA LAKE, MI RICHARD LEONARD AUCTIONEER 6424 MEMORIAL HWY OTTAWA LAKE 49267 3111 DONALD SMITHHISLER 6399 GLENHURST #3 MAUMEE HOUSEHOLD, 7358 D COLEY WARD 333 ADRIAN BUSINESS/HOUSEHOLD, 4601 JACKMAN RD TOLEDO 43612, 1021 MADELAINE PAKULSKI 945 W STATELINE #12 HOUSEHOLD, 2020 DANIEL BEE 1900 N CLARA OAK HARBOR OH HOUSEHOLD, 2105 TAMMY S KOLEFF 4312 HARRIS HOUSEHOLD, 6010 RODNEY SINGER 2250 TORREY HILL #102 HOUSEHOLD, 6135 VIOLA ROSENBERGER 1240 SLATER #102 HOUSEHOLD 802 S REYNOLDS TOLEDO 43615 1017 BARBARA COLEMAN 4425 MERRY LN HOUSEHOLD, 5033 JEFFREY GALVIN 3434 E BASELINE RD #110 PHOENIX AZ HOUSEHOLD, 8304 JEROME COLTRANE 603 BURKE GLEN RD HOUSEHOLD, 3102 CHRISTINA D CLARK 2027 ATWOOD HOUSEHOLD, 7006 BETTY J KING-RUSS 14371/2 POTOMAC HOUSEHOLD, 12400 WILLIAMS RD PERRYSBURG 43551, 2089 SUSAN EISENBRANDT PO BOX 53 HOUSEHOLD 3032 AIRPORT HWY TOLEDO 43609 2424 EDGAR JACOBS PO BOX 70534 HOUSEHOLD, 4107 JAMIE FOSTER 1411 ADDINGTON HOUSEHOLD, 4202 CASSANDRA KOMISAREK 601 LODGE HOUSEHOLD, 8107 KIPP DAWSON 1312 BROOKVIEW #82 HOUSEHOLD, 5401 TELEGRAPH RD TOLEDO 43612, 4006 JAMES MOSLEY 4449 JACKMAN #27 HOUSEHOLD 27533 HELEN DR PERRYSBURG 43551 4020 CARLOS T COSTILLA 1320 BIRCH ST HOUSEHOLD, 3316 DUSTIN RD OREGON 43616, 8001 BOBBIE CURAVO 30630 DROUILLARD #208 HOUSEHOLD

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INTERESTED BIDDERS: TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS – OTTAWA RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL ADDITION RE-BID Sealed bids will be accepted by the Board of Education of the Toledo Public School District until 1:00 p.m. on October 29, 2009, at the Toledo Public Schools Treasurers f Room 3, 420 E. Manhattan Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43608, for all labor, material and supervision necessary for the Ottawa River Middle School Addition, as more fully described in the drawings and specifications for the project prepared by Duket Porter Associates and will be opened publicly and read immediately thereafter. Bid Documents for the project may be examined at the F.W. Dodge plan rooms in Columbus, Builders Exchange in Toledo, University of Toledo – Capacity Building, E.O.P.A. – Hamilton Building, Northwest Ohio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and The Plan Room in Ann Arbor, Construction Association of Michigan, Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce and Ohio Construction News. Bidders may obtain copies of the documents starting October 14th, 2009 which can be purchased from Toledo Blue Print, 6964 McNerney Rd., Northwood, Ohio 43619, phone: (419) 661-9841. Drawings may be obtained on CD-ROM for no cost with the purchase of the specifications. A MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE will be held on October 22nd at 2:00 pm at Toledo Public Schools Board Room, 420 East Manhattan Blvd, Toledo, Ohio 43608. If you have any questions or a need for additional information, please direct all questions in writing toLeShay.Hadley@lbg-llc.com, by phone at (419) 776-5600, or (fax) (877) 281-0784.

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BOICE, WILLIS SMITH age 86 www.walkerfuneralhomes.com CROFT, JANE JOLLEY BAIN age 90 Sylvania, OH www.reebfuneralhome.com CUSHING, DORENE J. age 73 Fostoria, OH Mann-Hare-Hoening Funeral Home GUNN, JOHN EDWARD â&#x20AC;&#x153;BUSâ&#x20AC;? age 58 Toledo, OH www.dignitymemorial.com REGENOLD, VIRGINIA L. age 90 Waterville, OH www.peinertfuneralhome.com SIEBERT, IRENE J. age 90 Toledo, OH www.reeebfuneralhome.com WHITE, MELVIN FREDERICK age 62 Petersburg, MI www.newcomertoledo.com WILLIAMS, CLAUDIA J. age 74 Toledo, OH www.walterfuneralhome.com

GROVE, MARGUERITE age 91 Bowling Green, OH www.witzlershank.com ORSER, CAROLINE MacNICHOL age 80 Perrysburg, OH www.witzlershank.com ROWE, CINDA L. age 89 Toledo, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com SHOOK, ROBERT J. age 80 Temperance, MI www.sujkowski.com STAHL, VIRGINIA MOORE age 88 Toledo, OH www.walterfuneralhome.com TAYLOR, CHRISTOPHER J. age 27 Toledo, OH www.coylefuneralhome.com WALKER, CLEO M. DELONEY age 74 Toledo, OH Tate Funeral Service

CARR, WENDELL BRUCE age 61 Rossford, OH www.sujkowskirossford.com HOOKS, SHARON L. age 68 Oregon, OH www.freckchapel.com JOHNSTON, EVELYN age 72 Toledo, OH www.newcomertoledo.com McGILLIS, ANNA age 95 Sylvania, OH Urbanski Funeral Home OKULSKI, MICHAEL P. age 58 Toledo, OH www.sujkowski.com

OCT. 12 BERGSTEDT, JAMES age 54 Napoleon, OH Rodenberger Funeral Home COUTCHER, GERALD R. â&#x20AC;&#x153;BOBâ&#x20AC;? age 67 Toledo, OH www.freckchapel.com DAVIS, MARIAN D. age 81 Toledo, OH www.ansberg-west.com KNIGHT, FLORENCE MARIE age 88 www.coylefuneralhome.com LINGO, EDWARD H. age 81 Bristol, WI www.reebfuneralhome.com MATTIN, HOPE age 58 Delta, OH www.barnesfuneralchapel.com MUTCHLER, JOSEPHINE EMILY age 86 Perrysburg, OH www.witzlershank.com NEWMAN, DAVID W. age 75 Toledo, OH www.ansberg-west.com WARNER, KENNETH P. â&#x20AC;&#x153;WORMâ&#x20AC;? age 67 Toledo, OH www.dignitymemorial.com WILLIAMS, MARY LOUISE age 82 Toledo, OH Bersticker-Scott Funeral Home WYNN, ROBERT E. â&#x20AC;&#x153;BOBâ&#x20AC;? age 72 Wayne, OH marshfuneralhomes.com

OCT. 11 GANTT, LEVONNE I. age 67 Point Place, OH www.jasinfuneralhome.com GREGORY, ELMER RICHARD Ph.D age 71 Toledo, OH www.reebfuneralhome.com

OCT. 10 BERKEBILE, DOLORES S. age 84 Perrysburg, OH Eggleston-Meinert Pavley Funeral Home BRYAN, SHIRLEY L. age 81 Oregon, OH www.hoeflingerfuneralhome.com BURGOS, MARIANNE SZASZ age 81 Sylvania Twp., OH www.newcomertoledo. com

OCT. 9 DROUILLARD, JUNE age 86 Toledo, OH www.hoeflingerfuneralhome.com KELSEY, MICHELLE GEDERT age 66 Toledo, OH Thomas I Wisnieski Funeral Home HORVATH, FRANK E. age 84 Toledo, OH www.eggleston-meinert.com LONAS, ARTHUR LEE SR. age 57 House of Day Funeral Home MARTINEZ, ANGELO J.A. age 14 Toledo, OH www.newcomertoledo.com

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OCT. 8 (CONT)

SANKIEWICZ, JOHN J. age 79 Oregon, OH www.hoeflingerfuneralhome.com SMITH, JAMES L. SR. age 56 Weston, OH www.eggleston-meinert.com

FULLER, HELEN age 86 Oregon, OH www.hoeflingerfuneralhome.com SLAUTERBECK, DANIEL age 36 Port Clinton, OH www.walkerfuneralhomes.com TOWNSEND, THOMAS WILBUR SR. age 89 Sylvania, OH

OCT. 8 BELL, HERALD R. â&#x20AC;&#x153;BUDDYâ&#x20AC;? age 74 Perrysburg, OH www.witzlershank.com CHAPLIN, THELMA age 80 South Toledo, OH www.berstickerscottfuneralhome.com EWING, AMY JOANN age 52 Toledo, OH www.dignitymemorial.com FREDERICK, MARILYN ELEANOR age 81 Toledo, OH www.newcomertoledo.com

OCT. 7 HOJNACKI, CATHERINE age 87 Northwood, OH www.hoeflingerfuneralhome.com SHOMODY, JOSEPH G. age 95 South Toledo, OH www.berstickerscottfuneralhome.com TAMBY, RAMESH age 57 Toledo, OH www.reebfuneralhome.com QUIGLEY, RICHARD WILLIAM age 88 Sylvania, OH www.reebfuneralhome.com

Veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Appreciation Breakfast and Fair Wednesday, November 11, 2009 In honor and memory of men and women in all branches of the military who have served our country in times of war and peace and those who still protect our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freedom, there will be a Veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Appreciation Breakfast and Fair.

SeaGate Convention Centre 401 Jefferson Ave., Downtown Toledo

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the little things. A friendly hello. A homelike setting. A private moment. A perfect celebration.

Doors open at 7:00A.M. Breakfast/Program at 7:30 A.M. - 9:00 A.M. Fair 7:30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.

All the special touches that money canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy. At Walker Family Funeral Homes, we realize itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tough time with the loss of a loved one. Emotionally, and ďŹ nancially. While others attempt to lure you in with low-cost alternatives, we encourage you to look at all the details when making your decision. Living in the communities we serve, we take a special pride in every detail of your arrangements to provide the little extras you just wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t experience at any other funeral home. Visit with us. Realize the difference.

Colonel David Sutherland Middle East Region, United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Former Commander of 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Keynote Speaker Following the Veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fair and Breakfast, The University of Toledo will dedicate its new Veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Plaza located outside the newly renovated Memorial Field House on UTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Campus.

Walker Funeral Home 7 3YLVANIA !VE s 4OLEDO 419-841-2422 Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home #ONANT 3T s -AUMEE 419-893-7686

There will be no charge for the breakfast, but reservations must be made. RSVP by Wednesday, November 4, to 419-254-4633

www.walkerfuneralhomes.com Sponsored in part by the Lucas County Veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Service Commission

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