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Re-elect Bell and a hike with Mike

Tom Pounds endorses the incumbent mayor and Michael S. Miller walks a mile (or six) in Bell’s shoes. page 3

Six open seats

Michael Konwinski takes a candidate-by-candidate look at the Toledo City Council race. page 4

Election 2013

TPS board, levy

Candidates discuss their plans for local education. page 12

Business Link

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Owens Corning celebrates milestone, stays Downtown. page 17

Politics Star

Classy exit

Suzanne Carroll’s ‘Jazz Brunch’ to end Nov. 3 after 18 years. page 19

Trick or treat?

MIKE BELL and D. MICHAEL COLLINS seek to scare up votes in Oct. 30 Toledo Free Press/WTOL-11/FOX Toledo debate. By Bailey G. Dick, page 8

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Re-elect Bell

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n the surface, this may seem like a relatively safe mayoral election. Both incumbent Mike Bell and challenger D. Michael Collins are reasonable men who have devoted their lives to public service. Both are outside the two-party system (if the sorry state of the Lucas County Republican Party merits inclusion in that description) and both have clear visions for the city.

But as it always is with politics, the truth is more complicated than it seems and a careful examination of the issues leads to only one conclusion: It is imperative that Toledo retain Bell as mayor.

It seems like a long time has passed, but it was only four years ago that Toledo faced a major budget shortfall, soured relationships with our suburban partners and a reputation for making national headlines for all the wrong reasons. Bell made tough, unpopular decisions to control the budget, has worked to bring our neighbors to the Thomas F. Pounds table and has made headlines in national publications such as Forbes as well as international publications for his economic development successes.

There is real momentum at stake, positive energy and results far more important than the petty squabbles and political infighting that make up the bulk of criticism aimed at Bell.

Bell’s efforts to chisel out a place for Toledo on the global stage will have decades of continuing impact.

Bell has acknowledged some of the missteps his administration has made; such concessions are rare in politics and indicative of Bell’s growth as a leader. Try to think of similar mea culpas ever being issued by any of Bell’s public servant opponents.

There are those who continue to combat Bell over his 2010 use of exigent circumstances to cut city workers’ wages and his 2011 support of Senate Bill 5, which would have restricted public employee collective bargaining; even though their side “won” the latter battle, they would advance that ideology over what is best for the city’s momentum.

I have questioned and criticized some of Bell’s budget decisions and continue to be concerned about some of the communication issues between Bell and City Council. But the positives of the past four years far outweigh the negatives.

Bell has restored dignity and action to an office that was sorely lacking both. I respect Collins and believe he has the city’s best interests at heart. But at this time, Bell is the clear choice to keep Toledo moving in the right direction. O Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

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Toledo Mayor Mike Bell on the high-level bridge Oct. 17.

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Walking a mile (or six) in Mike Bell’s shoes

t the apex of the High-Level Bridge, Mayor Mike his cellphone like a wizard clutches his magic wand, promBell shook hands with a Toledoan crossing the ised to get a crew to look at the park. The woman, amused other way. The man leaned close to the mayor and at her luck in meeting Bell in such an unlikely place, moved on, clearly unconvinced her concerns would spoke about his problems as the city skyline be addressed to her satisfaction. strained to compete with the bridge to touch In between the two bridges, during a the cloud-streaked blue sky. Bell took out his two-hour, nearly six-mile walk on Oct. 17, ever-present cellphone and entered the man’s Bell, wearing Nike sneakers, a blue Uniphone number, promising someone from the versity of Toledo Under Armour running city would be in touch. The man, grateful at his suit and a rodeo ballcap emblazoned with luck in meeting the mayor in such an unlikely “Cinch Up and Hang On!” talked candidly place, moved on, clearly convinced his conabout his in-progress legacy, challenger D. cerns would be addressed to his satisfaction.

Michael Collins and many of the criticisms An hour later, at the base of the Craig leveled at his administration. Bell, 58, moves Memorial and Veterans’ Glass City bridges, a woman walking her dog confronted Bell Michael S. miller at a pace many men half his age would envy.

He said the main difference between this run about the conditions of some of the landscaping circling the new park in front of the Schoonmaker and his campaign against Keith Wilkowski in 2009 is not museum ship. She expressed frustration with what she said the opponent; it is him. were prematurely dying trees and flowers. Bell, brandishing n MILLER CONTINUES ON 4 Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

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Filling Council D

uring my almost 31 years with Waniewski) makes the attempt to the City of Toledo, it was a rare understand what he is voting for.

The remaining candidates are: councilmember who underO Jack Ford is a former mayor, stood the budget or inquired as to why an appropriation was needed. During representative and holder of many budget hearings, most would ask ques- other titles. He was an unsuccessful mayor who hired and tions about overtime, promoted many poor adtravel, contractual serministrators and seemed vices and a few other detached from the actual line items that they sort running of the city. He, like of understood, while Carty Finkbeiner, finds it other line items (where difficult to step away from most of the money is the political spotlight. spent) were approved O Larry Sykes is a without question. We TPS Board of Education need councilmembers member. He says many who understand budMichael positive things, but his time gets, understand busiKONWINSKI at TPS has been lackluster. ness, make the effort to investigate issues before voting on I find it hard to get excited about him, them, and are willing to challenge and and it bugs me when I see politicians work with the administration. Here are bouncing from various boards to five candidates I will vote for; I am still Council, and back again, without accomplishing anything noteworthy. undecided about my sixth vote.

O Theresa Gabriel. She may be a O Sandy Spang is a small business owner. I have seen her at every decent councilwoman, with knowlpolitical forum and have talked with edge of how the city functions, but her numerous times. She is hard- do we really need another friend of working, intelligent, understands Carty? I look at her in the same way budgets and neighborhood revital- I look at Ford. It may be time for her ization, knows the obstacles encoun- to ride into the sunset.

O Steve Steel throws great partered by small businesses and will work toward making Toledo more ties during the Old West End Fesbusiness-friendly and the adminis- tival, posts signs about town and is a loyal Democrat. That’s about all the tration more accountable.

O William Delaney is another campaigning he does, and it’s diffismall business owner, famous for his cult to point to any meaningful conopposition to the city’s smoking ban. tributions from his time on Council.

Irascible and intense, he is a cham- Nestor would be more active and pion of individual property rights successful in promoting the same who wants to revise the city’s fee environmental, parks and neighborhoods agenda that Steel professes. structure to help small businesses.

O James Nowak is a lawyer active in O Joe Celusta is a senior manager for a large business and while Point Place. He deserves your considerhe admits that he is inexperienced ation but is hampered by being low-key in politics and city government, and unknown outside of the Point.

O Shaun Enright is a former he does understand how to read a budget and how Toledo can use its union official who was appointed over Ford by the majority of Demoresources to attract new businesses.

O Sean Nestor shows up at every crats on council. He appears to be political event his schedule permits another placeholder Democratic vote.

O Adam Martinez is kind of a and has worked very hard to meet the public and get his name out there. movie extra on Council. I cannot An information technology (IT) spe- think of any major qualities or flaws; cialist, he will bring much-needed he’s just another pliable, loyal Demoknowledge to Council. Although I do crat vote on Council.

Toledo needs an active cooperanot agree with many of his political views, I do agree with much of his tive Council: People who investigate platform. He will be a watchdog on proposals, have a mind of their own environmental, neighborhood and and have experiences they can bring IT matters and will provide knowl- to the city, rather than automatons who follow a party line. O edgeable input on these issues.

O Rob Ludeman is a longtime councilman, one of the few current Michael Konwinski worked for the members who understands bud- City of Toledo for almost 31 years. gets and (along with D. Michael He was the Libertarian candidate for Collins, George Sarantou and Tom mayor in the recent primary election.

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and be able to bring them back to your city.”

Bell said the work on that front is far from complete.

“There’s more to do and I think other cities now are starting to pick up what we’re doing and stealing some of our ideas.

The mayor of Findlay was in Japan last month. The governor of Michigan was in China last month. So obviously we’re not the only ones to see the potential of foreign investment and it’s a competitive world,” he said. “So what I’m trying to do is get Toledo there before anyone else so we can establish those relationships that help us before the other cities soak it up.

“Mr. Collins wants to take us back to where we were.

So if people like that, if they like nonmovement, if they like people not coming to our city, then he’s their mayor,” Bell said. “But it sounds like, once again, he’s uneducated as to the value of a global economy. You can’t talk about world economy and sit in your house. That’s like talking about regionalism and not going out to visit the commissioners or trustees of other cities.”

Collins said he wants to “take the veil of secrecy away” from Marina District developer Dashing Pacific and commit the company to a timeline. Bell said that is the wrong message to send to developers watching Toledo from around the world.

“Dashing is helping us more than we’re helping them.

Dashing isn’t short on cash; Toledo is,” Bell said. “So threatening a company that has paid you for the land and is paying about $100,000 a year in taxes that you’re going to take something away from them — oh, my goodness.

Why don’t we take the steam plant back from [David] Ball and [Jim] Jackson? What if we take the Eyde’s building back? What about other people who invest here? We’re not picking on them. We’re not talking about taking it back from them or running them out of town. So the question is, does my opponent have a blind spot on certain issues?

“It sounds like he’s stuck somewhere in the ’50s and we’re in 2013. And his behavior sometimes reflects that he’s not open to diversity; he’s very stuck in a single dimension and that can be problematic for a city that’s attempting to be international.”

n MILLER CONTINUED FROM 3 “I have more experience from being mayor; this is not my first campaign. I know what to expect a little bit better,” he said. “The key portion is that I have experience.”

It is no secret that, professional courtesy aside, Bell and Collins do not like each other.

“Typically on Council, [Collins] can put the stick in the spokes but nobody really gets a chance to question him back.

He’s sitting there with 11 others and it’s their space,” Bell said.

“When we do these debates, it’s me and him now, so I’m enjoying the heck out of this. He has to be able to explain what he’s doing and it becomes a little bit more clear to people that a lot of times he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

“I’ve been in city government in a leadership position for a long period of time. So if I say something, I know somebody is going to fact-check it so I wouldn’t be making stuff up like his budget deficit claims, something that crazy, if it wasn’t true. And he should know that. But, what I think he’s attempting to do is marginalize how successful we’ve been as an administration to do that — taking the loss from $48 million to $8 million.”

While climbing the incline of the High-Level Bridge, morning traffic rattling the concrete beneath our feet, we saw signs of human detritus where people sleep in the bridge stairwells: clothes, food containers, broken glass. I asked Bell about the criticism that his administration’s cuts have hurt the local homeless population.

“The funding that we have put into rapid housing is a federal mandate. With the issues we had in our Department of Neighborhoods, we’re following every rule to the T. We’re crossing all T’s and dotting all I’s and if they’re telling us this is what we need to do, that’s what we’ll do,” Bell said. “Now if people are in disagreement with that and they think more money needs to be put into the homeless portion, what we have to be able to dois to shift it from the general fund, because there’s not more coming from the federal government. That could be done at any time. But I think what most people want to do is they want to talk about it, they don’t really want to do anything and they want to blame somebody for it. And that’s why we get into this discussion.”

Collins has talked about cutting into the neighborhoods department, getting rid of some of the commissioners and managers, to save money. Does Bell agree with that?

“I absolutely don’t,” he said. “I believe he doesn’t have an understanding of managing any departments in the City of Toledo because he’s never managed anything. So when he makes those comments, it’s not based on any experience.

It’s just based on assumption, no different than somebody who’s never been in the position trying to say — OK, if you’ve never played football, trying to tell the coach what he should do on the field. It’s no different than that. You assume because you watch from a distance that you know all the details that go into that but you really don’t. Think about it. He’s never managed anything. So when he starts saying that stuff, what’s he using for an experience base?

“He was the union president; he’s never had command of any people where he was ultimately responsible. So to make comments on what he would do when he’s never done it, I think, just shows a bigger void in his knowledge of how to run a governmental system.”

Bell has also been credited with strengthening the city’s relationships with the surrounding suburbs.

“People in the suburbs are extremely fearful of this election because they know how much work we’ve done together and it’s starting to work for everybody,” Bell said.

“The idea of changing leadership at this particular point in time is spooky for everybody because we now have actually very civil relationships where it’s actually working out economically for all of us. And so that becomes problematic on even regional growth.

“Look at Ottawa Hills, which didn’t deal necessarily with the City of Toledo; we have absorbed their fire department.

It’s a mutual agreement between both of us, it’s working well and it’s making money for both sides. It cut the debt on their side and gave us a little extra cash on our side. We got 10 firefighters and everybody’s happy about the service.”

Bell said there are discussions with other suburbs about taking over safety services but “politically, I don’t think anybody’s ready to move yet.”

Foreign investment

Supporting cast

Bell and Collins differ sharply on courting foreign investment. Bell has made several trips overseas while Collins said the focus needs to be on supporting Toledo businesses. Bell said the move to international development was inevitable.

“If you go back to 2010, and we’re talking about economic growth, it wasn’t going to come from anywhere in the United States at that particular time. But we had a lot of foreign economic growth occurring throughout the world,” Bell said. “So for me it was just a matter of going where the money is and we covered a couple of areas where there are large sums of money. From India and China to Germany, you go where the economy can possibly support new ideas

Closer to home

Bell said he does not anticipate any major shake-ups in his administration if he wins a second term. Looking back, he said it was a loss to his team when former Deputy Mayor Dean Monske left the city to run the Regional Growth Partnership (RGP).

“He did a heck of a job while he was with us and the biggest part of economic development, a lot of times, is the personality of the person in the position. People like him don’t come around every day so it took a little time to adjust,” Bell said. “But I think we’re starting to get our flow again.” n MILLER CONTINUES ON 6

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n MILLER CONTINUED FROM 4 We stood at the top of the bridge, watching the Maumee River flow along The Docks and Promenade Park. I asked Bell about Toledo’s inability to capitalize on its waterfront, as cities like Lansing and Grand Rapids have.

“When you try to compare us to Grand Rapids, they had a lot of the very rich people who live in Grand Rapids and used their own money to turn that around. We have people here that could actually do the same thing,” Bell said.

“Look at what we’re trying to do at Promenade Park. If you’ve gone along the back of Levis Square we have all these restaurant carts come in so people are sitting outside. Part of the reason we lost our boating traffic is because enforcement got so tough that people wouldn’t come Downtown because they were getting stopped two and three and four times. They said they just couldn’t take it and they’d rather go north than come here, so it stopped our boating traffic.

“The problem is not that we don’t have a pretty Downtown or that there’s nothing going on down here — people didn’t want to come past that span bridge because they knew they’d have to face being stopped two or three times and it just got to be, to them, very harassing. The enforcement people are doing what they thought was their job but there’s got to be a better way to have some accountability.

“We have to have that carrot on the stick to be able to get people back down here and that’s part of why we’re changing the face of what Promenade Park looks like. We know we can do it. And if we team up with possibly the Huntington Center and their concert series and being able to do things in the Downtown area, we got a winner.

We’ve got everything else working.”

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Business-friendly?

Collins has emphasized a perception that Bell’s administration tangles small businesses in red tape.

“What I’m seeing is 30 businesses moving into the city of Toledo in the last year,” Bell said. “If it was that difficult they wouldn’t be moving in. We’re trying to become more user-friendly.

I guarantee we’re better than we were four years ago, but it’s a work in progress. And sometimes people don’t want to follow rules. The rules are designed not for the administration, but for the people we are serving. Once again, it’s very easy for Mr. Collins to say what he would do but he’s never done it.

“There are state rules that apply to some of these things, there are federal regulations; it’s not just Toledo rules.

With the amount of paperwork that comes through our area, it’s a lot different than one little business going out to Perrysburg. We deal with multiple things all at the same time.”

Is there an easier way?

“I would love to see a one-stop shop,” Bell said. “But you’d have to be able to blend two different branches of government, the county and the city. Even though we’ve got the bigger portion say, shifted from the county to us, [the county would say] ‘Uh, we don’t want to lose control.’ And if you shift it the other way, it could become problematic for the city. But I think there’s a way to find a middle ground. You just have to be able to sit down and talk about it. But once again you have to have trust in relationships to be able to do that.

“Let me give an example. We had a guy come in from Texas after reading the Forbes magazine article on what we’re trying to do in Toledo. He’s an investor, he represents an investment company. They want to spend somewhere, they have millions to invest in places like Cleveland. So I got on the phone right away with Dean Monske at the RGP to say, ‘Look, this is at a different level than what we do as the city

but this is right in your wheelhouse.’

So we all chat, the gentleman comes in from Texas, I turn him over to Dean, and he’s been working with him. Before it would have been, ‘That’s not my job but I’m not turning him over to you.’ Why would I do that?

“I’m the guy that Mr. Collins is trying to paint as the anti-business person when I’m the one endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce, I’m the one endorsed by the Rotary, I’m the one endorsed by all these people that do business.”

I suggested we turn around and re-cross the bridge to Downtown, but Bell insisted on moving forward. We entered the stairwell that leads to the East Side and walked along Yondota Street, a neighborhood that does not radiate friendly vibes. Bell walked with the confidence of a man escorted by a pack of armed bodyguards.

I did not.

The Marina District

We traversed the path behind The Docks and walked through the heart of the Marina District. Bell stopped and lingered to talk about the property; he knows this land will ultimately provide a great deal of judgment on his legacy.

“Now this area here, we gained $3.8 million. What people forget is that the economy of Toledo is hurting. So we were having … what some people call a fire sale. Trying to keep our ship moving. $3.8 million,” Bell said. “Now, Mr. Collins and some of these people argue, ‘We put $43 million into it!’ If you put $100,000 into your house and the appraisal comes back at $75,000, you’re not getting $100,000. You can’t use that argument.

It had to be cleaned up before anybody could do anything. The appraisal rate is what Dashing Pacific paid and never at any point in time did the appraisal come back and say it was worth $43 million.

They bought it at the appraised rate.

That’s not even an argument.

“As I said earlier, they’re paying $100,000 in taxes that go to the

county. When Mr. Collins talks about buyback, you’d take city money and give back exactly what was paid, $3.8 million, no interest. And then we don’t collect the $100,000 on taxes and the wind’s blowing through here again because he doesn’t have any ideas for the property. And there’s maintenance costs.”

I asked Bell if he is even sightly disappointed that three years after the groundbreaking there has been little visible progress on the site.

‘No,” he said immediately. “You have to wait until the opportunity occurs. Business is doing what business does. Forbes, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, China Daily, National Journal — all of them understand what we’re trying to do.”

Accentuate the positive

At some point along the Marina District waterfront, our walk evolved from me leading the way, if I ever really had been, to Bell dictating our path, to the new park at the National Museum of the Great Lakes. It is a magnificent area, with an image of the Great Lakes embossed in the center of the concrete.

“We can create here, but it had to be cleaned up first,” Bell said. “So what is happening down here at this end is the Great Lakes museum and the Schoonmaker. It’s unbelievable.”

Union labeled

Bell and I crossed the Craig Street bridge and walked south on Summit Street. He pointed to new businesses with pride and closed businesses with a determination tinged with anger. As we passed a city truck rumbling north, I asked Bell about one of his more controversial moves. Bell knew at the time, and is reminded constantly now, that his 2010 use of exigent circumstances to cut city workers’ wages and his 2011 support of Senate Bill 5, which would have restricted public employee collective

October 27, 2013 bargaining, came at the expense of union support.

“Well, I figure they’re going to hold a grudge against me until some of them die,” Bell said. “I did the right thing for our city because I needed to leverage our unions to be able to get the concessions necessary to keep everybody working. We had 271 layoffs scheduled. But I didn’t lay off any of those 271 people, so I did what I had to do and they’ve got to do what they’ve got to do and I’m OK with that.”

Man in charge

Some have said Bell is an ambassador while Deputy Mayor Steve Herwat is the de facto day-today operations mayor. For the first time on our walk, Bell is dismissive of the question.

“I learned from being a fire chief that on the site of a burning building, the chief stays outside and directs,” Bell said. “A chief who runs into the building and abandons his post risks the lives of every man on the scene.

Does President Obama go into every burning building? Does John Kasich?

The chief, the captain, the mayor has to know his place as manager and has to trust the people he delegates to.”

What’s next

As we approached Bell’s car, parked on Huron Street its intersection with the Monroe Street, Bell, as fresh-looking and energetic as he had been six miles ago, said, “This is my last election. Win or lose, after this I am done. I will not recycle myself on City Council or school board or anywhere else. If I serve four more years, it will be time for someone new.”

“But not yet” I half-stated, halfasked.

“No,” he smiled. “Not yet.” O Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Email him at mmiller@ toledofreepress.com.

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TPS: Children first?

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he Toledo Public Schools (TPS) renewal levy presents some interesting personal challenges.

I am a strong supporter of the members of TPS’ new management team and have been for several years. Interim Superintendant Romules Durant is a stand-up guy, someone I would hold up as a role model for children and adults alike. His team shares those characteristics.

This group has worked to be open and transparent. They have not Steven always succeeded but that is because of the box they are in — the TPS Board of Education.

These administrators have reached out and developed relationships with both friends and those perceived by board members as critics. They have listened, implemented suggestions and responded to concerns. If only the board would follow their lead.

The board has been and remains an embarrassment and community liability that owes its fealty not to voters, but to entrenched self-interests. They are petty grudge-keepers, incapable of working together and finding compromise. Each is more interested in future political advancement than service to the community, resulting in decisions based upon political goals instead of the interests of children and constituents. They hold the authority and thus hold the keys to the box.

Most of the reforms and cost savings in the past few years have come as pressure applied through levy failures.

Savings gained from the transformation plan — whose major impetus was the change to a K-8 model — and the recent performance audit demonstrate that those of us who campaigned against new levies in the recent past were correct. Enormous cost savings have been realized and still exist.

TPS always finds a surplus to support employee raises, or a deficit appears that supports a new levy. It happened again just this summer when TPS adjusted their projections during the fact-finding process to legally justify a wage increase. Granted TPS unions made substantial concessions two years ago on wage and benefit levels agreed to in 2008. But it is now apparent that those increases were not sustainable without significant cost savings or new funds or a combination of both.

I can give you oodles of facts and figures to support these claims.

Some of them can be found at www. toledofreepress.com in a posted copy of the TPS-TFT fact-finder report issued Sept. 18.

The recent performance audit identified $91 million in potential savings over five years and offered many recommendations to improve the district. However, it only opened the door to needed changes. The report never addressed changes in instructional delivery, technology in the classroom, classroom management and other FLAGG areas that would improve overall student academic outcomes. It is far from a perfect document.

Nonetheless, it identified savings totaling about $5 million that could be redirected toward effective programs that are at risk even if the renewal levy passes because federal grants funding the programs are expiring.

Both the Toledo Federation of Teachers (TFT) and the Toledo Association of Administrative Personnel (TAAP) have vehemently criticized the report. A large majority of projected savings must be negotiated with these two unions.

Two of the leading candidates to fill three board seats up for grabs in November are backed by the TFT and do not support the audit recommendations. One sitting board member is heavily dependent upon TFT support. The audit could easily be dismissed in January if candidates beholden to entrenched self-interests win election in November.

Based upon TPS’ own projections, a new levy is not necessary for two years. Two seats on the board will open in two years. Consequently, if the levy passes in November, the community has no leverage for two years — except for public pressure — to put the process back on track. The recently announced audit “advisory” board could easily be dismantled and the process ended.

The board and its TFT handlers hold all the cards for two years. They will bank on a short public memory and be back in two years or less asking for new money despite their failure to realize the savings available.

Do I vote to support the management team? Or do I vote to force the hand of the board? Either way it is easy to see how our children don’t come first. O Steven Flagg is a member of the Urban Coalition. Email him at letters@toledo freepress.com.

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Say hello to inflation

now smaller compared to money supply, there or years we’ve been waiting, and now we are more dollars chasing the same number need not wait any longer: Inflation has fiof goods. As a result, prices rise — this is the nally arrived. Our premise has been that most common symptom of inflation, and the with the economy recovering from the Great one the American public cares about most.

Recession of 2008 and with so many newly The real problems arise as velocity recovers printed dollars now in the system, it was just during an economic expansion. As has been a matter of time until we began seeing the first widely publicized — and politicized — the ripples of what would likely become a tsunami Federal Reserve has printed mountains of new of inflation washing through the U.S. economy. money, reflected in the increase of M2 money And now, it seems the water is rising.

According to economic research released Dock David TREECE supply. This growth in the money supply has outpaced economic growth, measured by GNP, by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, M2 money supply (and keep in mind, this is not the broadest so money velocity has slowed.

In other words, dollars aren’t turning over in the U.S. measure of money supply, M3, which the Fed conveniently stopped reporting years ago) has grown by close economy at the same pace they were one year — or two to 7 percent during the past year. Granted, this is more years or 10 years — ago.

However, as I’ve written before, the U.S. is on the measured than the 8.5 percent growth seen in 2012 and the 10.5 percent growth during 2011, but it’s still a rela- verge of a major economic expansion. When GNP in this country begins to grow faster than money supply tively high growth rate.

During the same time, the United States’ nominal gross (assuming the Fed doesn’t begin pulling money out of national product has grown by just 3 percent, even slower the economy, forcing money supply to shrink, which is highly unlikely and would be potentially devastating for than the 5 percent growth achieved during 2012.

Inflation, as an economic term, is relatively subjective. our economy), the velocity of U.S. money supply — with Quite often, its definition varies based on the economic all those brand-new dollars — is going to accelerate. school of thought subscribed to by the person talking about When that happens, American consumers will really it. Some point to money supply, others point to prices. How- begin to recognize the inflation already occurring. O ever, one thing taught in just about every college economics course is that inflation occurs when money supply grows Dock David Treece is a partner with Treece Investment Advisory Corp (www.TreeceInvestments.com) and is licensed faster than the economy grows (as measured by GNP).

With money supply now growing more than twice as with FINRA through Treece Financial Services Corp. He profast as GNP, the pace at which money supply is circulating vides expert content to numerous media outlets. The above (called “money velocity”) has been falling — more than 3 information is the express opinion of Dock David Treece and should not be construed as investment advice or used without percent in 2012, closer to 5 percent the year before.

Since more dollars are circulating and the economy is outside verification.

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By Bailey G. Dick

Toledo Free Press Politics Writer bdick@toledofreepress.com

Imagine putting in evening hours and overtime, seven days a week for several months. Then imagine that you may not even be hired for the job you have been working for months to get. Some might call it crazy; others might call it committed. Incumbent Mike Bell and D. Michael Collins call it running for mayor.

Collins said he has been putting in 10-12 hours of work each day, and spends three or four nights a week knocking on the doors of prospective voters. Bell’s schedule book has hundreds of events covering its pages. He squeezed in an afternoon snack during his interview with Toledo Free Press.

Since nabbing the top two spots in the Sept. 10 primary, Bell and Collins have kept a dizzying schedule of public appearances, neighborhood forums and screenings for endorsements at community organizations.

Days before the Nov. 5 general election, Bell and Collins are wrapping up their campaigns. With several forums and debates already behind them, the pair will make a final pitch to voters in the last mayoral debate of the election.

On Oct. 30, Toledo Free Press is cohosting a debate between the two candidates with WTOL-11. The televised debate will be shown live on FOX Toledo at 6:30 p.m., and will be available on VOD by midnight that evening.

But before that one last battle of the Mikes, both candidates sat down with Toledo Free Press to talk about what they’ve been up to since the primary, what their plan is to win the race and some of their post-election plans.

Unsurprised opponents

As the results of the September primary rolled in, many local politicians were baffled by what they saw: two independent candidates had secured the two spots on the general election ballot for the first time in history. And while many Toledoans were shocked, the two winners of the race were not.

“I was the least surprised of anybody on primary night,” Collins said.

“I really did go door to door. I didn’t embellish.”

The current mayor wasn’t surprised, either.

“I wasn’t surprised it was Collins,” Bell said. “There were two Democrats [Joe McNamara and Anita Lopez] going at each other.”

Despite their lack of surprise, Bell said that a race between two unaffili-

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Bell, Collins to face off in Oct. 30 TFP/Toledo News Now debate

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Toledo mayor mike bell won his first mayoral election in 2009, defeating Democrat keith wilkowski.

ated candidates — unusual for the city — signifies a shift in the city’s politics.

“It’s a very important moment in Toledo history. Two independents in a town that’s heavily Democratic is important. It shows people are leaning more toward the middle of the road than left or right,” Bell said.

Now that the primary buzz has worn off, both candidates said they are shifting their focus toward their platform issues and deciding how to implement their campaign strategies.

“There’s no shift in strategy. The only thing that’s changed is the number of public forums. There’s a high demand from neighborhood groups,” Collins said. “My focus hasn’t changed, and I’ve been given the great opportunity to deal with platform issues.”

Bell agreed.

“Now I’m more focused. I know who the other candidate is and I can dial things down tighter. I can figure out what he’s personally about and compare who he is to who I am,” Bell said. “You’ve got to play against any candidate at a 110 percent level, like

you want to play in a bowl game. But my strategy and platform are the same.

I want to focus on economic development, education and neighborhoods.”

Deficit debate

One thing the two haven’t been able to agree upon is the issue of the city’s deficit. Regular sparring between the candidates about how much the city’s deficit was when Bell took office marked the early weeks of the mayoral race. Bell has repeatedly said he has eliminated a $48 million deficit since he was elected in 2010. Collins challenged Bell’s number, claiming the original deficit was closer to $8 million.

“What the other candidate has been attempting to marginalize is how bad of a situation we were in before, and how much progress has been made,” Bell said. “My job is to make people understand how much we’ve done. We’ve taken the worst budget in the city’s history, balanced it, and now we have a surplus.”

Collins, who called the deficit debate “comparable to a roller coaster,” said he

is sticking to his guns on the issue.

“The reality wasn’t $48 million, unless the state reports aren’t true. To get into a discussion about it, you have to get into accounting. And that’s challenging for people,” Collins said.

But Collins said he is ready to move away from the argument.

“I’m glad to agree to disagree. Now we can get into more substantial issues,” he said.

Issues up for debate

Both Mikes are hoping to get more in depth with key issues facing Toledo during the Oct. 30 televised debate. The event will be moderated by “Toledo News Now” anchor Jerry Anderson. The panel asking questions will consist of “Toledo News Now” anchors Chrys Peterson and Emilie Voss and Toledo Free Press Editor in Chief Michael S. Miller.

Bell said he hopes to focus on economic development, education, safety and neighborhoods.

“We took a safety force that hadn’t hired in three years, and have hired

190 police officers and 142 firefighters.

We took a system that was tearing down 200 houses a year, and took that to between 300 and 400. Now we’re fixing roads,” Bell said.

Bell said he hopes to highlight how the city has grown during his tenure in office.

“Nothing happens in city government without money. People who work here are employees, not volunteers. Economic development gives us a tax base to do that. We’ve grown by $20 million since 2010, and that doesn’t happen unless we’re doing the necessary things,” Bell said.

Collins said up to this point in the election, many of the biggest issues facing Toledo “have been skirted.”

“We need to take a serious look into improving the quality of life. We need to address public safety and stability of housing,” Collins said.

Collins said a key part of his vision for the city would include changes to the Department of Neighborhoods within his first year in office. n DEBATE CONTINUES ON 9

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n DEBATE CONTINUED FROM 8 “We should be receiving a regular report from [the Department of Neighborhoods]. There are 840 houses on record [as being vacant] but I’m sure it’s three times that,” Collins said. “We’re only as good as the info we have. If we know exactly where we’re at, we can enforce regular notices and notify the title holder, which is a $200 fee per house.”

Collins drew comparisons between his vision of revitalizing blighted neighborhoods to neighborhoods like Columbus’ German Village and Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine.

One issue the candidates have devoted a different amount of energy to during the campaign is the Marina District.

Bell said he doesn’t see the lack of visible development on the site as an issue for voters.

“We’ve taken a big piece of vacant property and collected $100,000 a year in taxes on it,” Bell said.

Collins, on the other hand, said he has major changes in mind for the Marina District if he is elected.

Collins said one of his first tasks as mayor would be to invite Dashing Pacific, the Chinese investment group who has a deal with the city to develop the property, to Toledo.

“I will invite them to come to To-

ledo to explain their plan and their timetables for developing the Marina District. Hopefully they will then present their statements about business. If they refuse, I plan to look for a new development plan and have a seamless transition when we acquire the property,” Collins said. “If they have a reliable plan, that’s great. If they don’t have a plan, or if they have a cavalier attitude, we will resecure the property and move in a different direction.”

Collins said he plans to schedule the visit within his first 90 days in office.

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Money matters

In addition to their differences on a number of the city’s issues, there is another major gap between the two campaigns: money.

According to the Lucas County Board of Elections, Bell had $151,393 available just before the September primary, while Collins had $17,065.

Collins said that even though his stockpile is a fraction of Bell’s, he isn’t planning on holding any events to raise money.

“I have not had one fundraiser and I’m not going to. I don’t have nearly the capital as my opponent, and I won’t have nearly as much. I’m not looking out for the big donors,” Collins said.

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10 Community n DEBATE CONTINUED FROM 9 “And that’s exactly how I’m going to run the city of Toledo.”

Since the primary, both candidates have received endorsements from labor and community groups.

Local UAW, AFL-CIO and Teamsters groups are among the organizations that have backed Collins.

He said the first two endorsements he received were among the most significant for him.

“The first two endorsements I got were police [Toledo Police Patrolman’s Association] and fire [Toledo Firefighters Local 92]. That’s very significant because we have common life experiences,” Collins said. “When you gain the confidence and trust of the police and fire and rescue organizations, that’s a significant statement. They’re not particularly political people, but they had confidence and trust to put themselves at risk politically.

“It’s also a statement because both endorsed my opponent in the previous election,” Collins added.

Bell has received backing from the Toledo Fire Chiefs’ Association, a nod to his past as the city’s fire chief.

Bell also received an endorsement from the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce. He turned down an endorsement from the Lucas County Republican Party.

Independent differences

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How do each of the candidates see themselves?

Bell said he has one major advantage in the race: experience.

“My big advantage is that I’ve done this job. I can speak about facts as opposed to answering questions speculatively. I not only can reflect on my experience, but I can give multiple examples of things we’ve done — all things we’ve done without raising taxes,” Bell said.

He also said his creativity may win over some voters.

“Everybody knows I’m an out-ofthe-box thinker. I keep collaborating with people of vision to create the best vision for the city,” Bell said.

Bell said whether he gets to keep his office depends on if Toledoans see what progress he has made during his time as mayor.

“I think people will vote based on who they think will keep things going. I don’t kick something down the road. I fix it,” Bell said. “I think people know we’re making progress. It’s obvious to the eyes if you’re paying attention.”

But Bell said sometimes, a decision is as simple as personality.

“People are either going to like a candidate or not,” Bell said.

And how does Bell’s opponent de-

scribe the two of them?

“Bell has a charismatic personality, and he has a presence of warmth and friendliness,” Collins said. “I’m a little different in that respect. I’m more down to earth.”

Collins says what drives him is a “passion for the underdog.”

He recalled a pivotal moment from his childhood, from which he said that passion stems.

“When I was in the fifth grade, a black family moved in one block from our house. People in the neighborhood were upset about it, and were burning dummies. I decided to take a piece of plywood and painted ‘Welcome to the neighborhood’ on it.

On the way there, I was gangtackled and knocked to the ground, beat up and went home without the sign,” Collins said.

“When I got home, my mom screamed. I was worried that my dad was going to be mad that I had used his paint. But I will never forget the expression on his face when I told him what I did. My father said, ‘Son, you have made me the proudest man in the world,”’ Collins said tearfully.

“My passion for people hasn’t changed. I’ve always had a passion for the underdog,” Collins said.

Post-election plans

Before voters decide which Mike they’d like to see in the mayor’s office, they might like to hear what both candidates plan to do after the election.

Collins said if he wins the gen-

eral election, he doesn’t plan on waiting until he is inaugurated to implement changes.

“Responsibilities start the day after the election, not in January. I fully intend on having a transition team fully functioning two weeks after the election. They will be individuals with expertise, and they will evaluate how to form a government that matches my platform,” Collins said.

He noted that he has an advantage as a member of City Council.

“I’m lucky because I get to see the budget on Nov. 15, which is an advantage,” Collins said.

On his to do list?

“We want to change the face of the city, and will have a much younger government that will combine new ways and new philosophies. The city will look a lot cleaner. It won’t happen overnight, but I hope it will have a new feeling. And that’s done by example,”

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And if his run is unsuccessful?

“I will be devastated and disappointed, but I will move on,” Collins said.

Another outcome would mean Bell would retain his office, and Collins would return to his District 2 seat on City Council. Collins and Bell have a long history of squabbles, so it is possible that a greater rift could be created between Council and the mayor’s office in the wake of the election.

But that’s something Bell said is just a part of the way our government works.

“What I will do is try to do my best, regardless of what happens, regardless of who is on Council. We don’t always agree, but that’s part of the democratic process,” Bell said.

Collins agreed.

“When the election is over with, we can’t dwell on the past. I’ll always have an open door,” he said. O

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Eight candidates seek three seats on TPS board EDITOR’S NOTE: Candidate Darryl Fingers declined to participate in Toledo Free Press interviews and the 10-question survey published online.

By Kevin Moore Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

As Toledo voters hit the polls Nov. 5, they will make major decisions impacting the future of local education. In addition to the fate of Issue 24, a property tax renewal levy for Toledo Public Schools (TPS), there are eight people seeking three open seats on the TPS Board of Education. Toledo Free Press spoke with seven of the candidates and collected answers from them for an online project (see sidebar, this page).

Aji Green

Aji Green said he entered the race to bring the TPS school board the perspective of a concerned parent who has a long history of community activism.

His daughter is a TPS second-grader and his wife teaches at Pickett Academy.

Having grown up in Arkansas, GREEN Green moved to Toledo in 2001, earned a degree in human resources management from the University of Toledo, and served in the military from 1993-98.

“Some friends and I used to watch the Black State of the Union once a year. We’d talk about the issues affecting the community and then go

back to our lives until the next year. I said to myself, ‘I’m in this community.

I know what’s going on. What am I going to do about it?’”

Green ran unsuccessfully for the school board in 2009 and for City Council in 2011. In hindsight, Green regrets running for city council but said it was a good learning experience.

“I was interested in politics and was encouraged by the [Democratic] party to run. But it got me away from my passion, which is youth and education.”

This year, Green has not been endorsed by labor or the Democrats.

“I consider myself a young progressive and I do support labor and the people’s right to bargain,” he said.

“But I’m all right with not being associated with groups which can distract from the kids.”

Green’s motivation for running is his experience with hardship as a child and wanting a better future for his daughter.

“I’m originally from Arkansas, but the neighborhood was the same.

I saw as a child the same things I see in Toledo today: Kids go to school just for free food, they’re trying to escape an abusive family, they want a sense of protection and a feeling of normalcy for the few hours they’re not at home. I see the drugs and the gangs on the streets.”

Green, a member of Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church and the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, has attempted to address the issues facing inner city kids by tutoring and mentoring students and raising money for the Toledo chapter of the Frederick Douglass Community Association.

Two issues Green wants to address

within TPS are maintaining a focus on children while the district seeks financial stability and making TPS a stronger alternative to charter schools.

Green, now a supervisor at Advance Engineering, worked for Chrysler until 2008. He likens the process of cutting back his family’s budget in the wake of leaving Chrysler to the kind of budgetary mindset he will have on school board.

“If, God forbid, the levy fails, we’ll need an advocate for kids. The administration, unions and workers will have seats at the table. Kids need one too,” he said.

Green said charter schools present a challenge to the district because they give poor and minority families a “false choice and an inadequate education.”

“If charter schools are so good, why are they only in the black neighborhoods, inner city and low-income areas?” he asked. “Nationally, there are some good charter schools, but they have large corporations to fund them. That’s not the case with most charter schools in Toledo. They sell a bill of goods and empty promises, and when kids come back to TPS from charter schools, as they often do, they’re way behind.”

In Green’s view, the only way TPS can deal with the challenge of charter schools is to work on improving its reputation among Toledo residents and to improve its early reading programs.

“I’m invested in the success of TPS. My wife and child go; I’m perhaps the most personally invested of everyone running. That’s the difference. I would never do anything to adversely affect my family.” O

TPS board candidates answer 10 questions

Each Toledo Public Schools Board of Education candidate was asked to answer the following 10 questions. Read their unedited responses at www. toledofreepress.com, along with exclusive analysis by Urban Coalition member Steven Flagg. Candidate Darryl Fingers declined to participate in Toledo Free Press interviews or the 10-quesiton survey.

1. What are the three most crucial issues — in order of importance — facing TPS? What would you do as a board member to address the issues you identify?

2. Why should voters select you to represent them in decisions and matters affecting the education of Toledo’s children in their public schools?

3. What is the primary role of a TPS Board of Education member?

4. The Toledo Public Schools recently completed a performance audit with projected savings of $91 million over five years. Do you agree with and support implementation of the recommendations provided by the audit?

5. TPS will need to negotiate contractual changes to realize a significant portion of the savings recommended in the audit. Do you believe contractual changes can be made to realize these savings and how would you as a board member facilitate negotiations?

6. TPS currently has a renewal levy on the ballot that will raise approximately $16 million annually for five years, or about the annual savings that can be obtained by implementing the performance audit recommendations.

Why should the TPS renewal levy be approved by voters?

7. Ohio statutes require that TPS teachers and principals have regular performance evaluations with student performance on standardized tests a component of the evaluation. Should teachers and principals be held directly accountable for student performance in their individual performance evaluations? Why or why not?

8. Ohio is currently implementing national standards regarding the skills and knowledge all students need for success, referred to as the “Common Core.” Why do you support or oppose the adoption of these standards?

9. What endorsements have you received as a candidate? Do you believe any of these endorsements present a potential conflict of interest with the community you would be elected to represent?

10. Parents today have a plethora of options including private, parochial, charter, virtual and home schooling besides traditional public schools. How are parents to make this decision? And when is the public school option the best choice for parents? O

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earlier this year, are of chief importance for Henold.

“The district keeps coming to the Tina Henold decided to join the race for TPS Board of Education in taxpayers with levies, but the taxorder to repair a rift between the payers need to know that their money school district and the public and to is being well spent,” she said. “I pushed bring a taxpayer’s perspective to the to have an audit done along with the Northwest Ohio Conservative Coalielected body. tion, individual taxpayers and some Henold, who board members. The board has implewas raised in a mented some things, good things, but military family there is no oversight. Taxpayers paid and graduated for the audit; it’s their audit. Average from high school people in the community should be alin Tennessee, lowed to see how it gets implemented.” moved to Toledo Henold’s concern for openness exin 1987. Martends beyond the performance audit. ried for 26 years, HENOLD If elected, she promises to the reashe has been a stay-at-home mom to three children, soning behind her votes.

“The people have a right to know two of whom are now grown. Henold elected to home-school her children, not only how I vote, but why. I want both in the United States and during to break down that wall between the the nine years the family spent as mis- community and school board.”

Aside from budgets and figures, sionaries in Romania from 2001-10.

TPS’ financial difficulties ad- Henold thinks TPS needs to improve dressing and bringing community reading levels and offer a stronger oversight to the implementation alternative to the increasing number schools Toledo of4267 the LCBDD_Levy2_QtrPg_TFP_Layout district’s performance audit, of1charter 10/10/13 1:40 in PMthe Page 1 area. performed by Evergreen Solutions More than 30 such schools can be

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• Programs for infants born with developmental disabilities • Job training and employment opportunities • Transportation services • Residential support services This levy would replace 2 levies: • •

A .3 mill levy originally approved in 1958 and last renewed in 1983.

A .5 mill levy originally passed in 1973 and last renewed in 1984.

And we are asking for one additional mill.

Specifically, the Board is requesting a replacement levy of 1.8 mills continuing.

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“Children are not learning to read, and reading is the foundation of all education,” said Henold, who taught English to children in Romania. “We need to get the community to understand if the schools fail, so does the city. We need to educate the public about the volunteer opportunities to help kids learn how to read.”

Henold believes in competition and said parents have the right to choose where to send their children to school. Charter schools, which many accuse of exacerbating the financial woes of public schools, are funded by transferring the state funds allocated for each child from the public school to the charter school.

“The district puts out signs and advertising saying ‘TPS Proud’ in order to look good. While PR is important, it won’t change the educational issues affecting our kids. I don’t think we’d see all these charter schools if TPS did a better job on education. What can we do at TPS to counter this?” she asked.

As a Christian, Henold is aware of the stereotype that if elected she will promote the teaching of creationism or mandated prayer at TPS. “I will not do either of those things,” she said. “Prayer happens in public school; so long as there are tests and exams kids will be praying, but it should not be mandated. I also firmly believe public school is the place for science, for evolution, and if creationism is going to be taught, that is the parents’ job.”

For information on Henold, visit www.facebook.com/Henold4Edu cation, www.henold4education.org or @Henold4Edu on Twitter. O

Perry Lefevre

In his bid for one of the three vacant seats on the TPS Board of Education, Perry Lefevre brings 28 years of teaching experience in the public school system as well as a background in union leadership.

“I graduated from Baylor University in 1985, and I taught for a year in Texas,” said Lefevre. “When I moved to South Toledo, I began Lefevre working for Sylvania Schools, teaching social studies at Sylvania Northview High School.”

Lefevre is not a stranger to getting involved in issues he believes in. He is currently president of the Arlington Neighborhood Association, a group of concerned South Toledo residents who have worked to hire private security, reduce crime and promote safety in their neighborhood. Within Sylvania schools, Lefevre has been a Quiz Bowl coach and has served the last two years as president of the Sylvania Education Association, the teacher’s union for the school district.

“I have a labor background, and I believe in collective bargaining. Rightto-work conditions are part of the reason I left Texas,” he said.

Lefevre’s two children have attended TPS, and his son will graduate from college next year with a teaching degree.

“I believe in TPS. I’ve never thought it didn’t live up to expectations,” said Lefevre. “In fact, the district has been

at the forefront of public education.

For example, the Toledo Plan, which the district adopted in the ’80s, used concepts we were discussing at Baylor.

Basically this program required new teachers to work under a mentor for two years. It’s now required by the state, but TPS was at the forefront.”

In acknowledging TPS’ accomplishments, Lefevre believes the school board needs to do more to promote the district to the community.

“We need to promote much more pride in TPS. We need to restore pride in the district because it really is something to be proud of,” he said.

However, Lefevre said TPS needs to improve some specific issues such as low graduation rates and student reading levels. According the 2012-13 Ohio school report card, the district had a graduation rate of 64.6 percent.

“One way to fix the low graduation rate is reading. The governor recently passed the Third Grade Reading Guarantee program, and if students are reading at an early age, they’re statistically proven to perform better throughout the rest of their lives. I think we need a First Grade Guarantee. I think our district can meet the Third Grade Guarantee and we can go above and beyond.”

Another issue facing the district comes from charter schools, which Lefevre said are an untested alternative to public education.

“If you look at school performance, charter schools make up the bottom.

But children are leaving public education for these charter schools.”

For more information on Lefevre, visit www.facebook.com/Perry4TPS or @PerryLefevre on Twitter. O

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14 Community Randall Parker III

The Rev. Randall Parker III is the Founder and senior pastor of Manifested Word Church in Toledo and a contender in the 2013 race for TPS Board of Education. This is his first time running for school board.

“In fact, it’s the first time I’ve run for anyPARKER thing,” he said.

Despite being new to Toledo politics, Parker has received the endorsement of the Democratic Party and UAW Local 500.

Parker, a lifelong resident of Toledo and graduate of Start High School, said he was motivated to run for school board by “a desire to see not only my children but all children in Toledo reach their full potential.” Parker has been married for 14 years and has three children who attend TPS. There are three major issues that Parker would like to address if elected Nov. 5.

“I know I can’t change the world,” he said, “but I can focus on changing these three things.”

The first important issue in Parker’s view is a breakdown between the school board and the community.

“I really believe the board has lost the trust of the community. This isn’t just my opinion, I’ve heard this from parents in the community. They feel they have no voice and no input. Some of them have no vehicles to attend meetings. I think the board needs to go out into the community.”

Second, if elected, Parker said that he would work to re-establish TPS’ transportation program.

“The days of walking to school safely are over,” he said.

He said students having to walk through unsafe neighborhoods, especially in the dark during the winter months, contributes negatively to student attendance and performance.

“The way society is now with the high crime rates and increased abductions, children feel threatened and don’t want to go to school. Parents would take them, but many parents work or don’t have a vehicle.”

Finally, Parker said TPS should adopt a local program that evaluates teachers and focuses on the hiring and retention of the best educators possible.

For Parker, who entered the ministry 10 years ago, his role as a pastor has shaped the kind of board member he wants to be.

“I hold a unique position,” he said. “I’m in the neighborhood. I get to hear what the community is concerned about.”

A self-described “man of faith,”

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“My faith is part of who I am; I stand by that. But I don’t want to impose my beliefs on others and I have no desire to offend anyone. I would like to see more kids praying in school, but I feel schools should not mandate prayer. As for my kids, we pray before they go to school.

I firmly believe the foundation we set in our homes affects how our kids will build success at school.”

Outside the walls of his church, Parker is entering his third year as president of the Glenwood Elementary PTO. During his tenure with the PTO, he has helped develop an on-site clothing “store” at Glenwood where students with improper or tattered attire or uniforms can get gently used donated clothing for free.

“Students often compare their clothing with that of others, and this can lead to self-esteem issues or bullying. This is self-image empowerment, and it boosts morale.”

According to Parker, the issues facing TPS are more than just a lack of proficiency.

“We absolutely need to be out in the community talking to parents and addressing their needs for the betterment of our kids. As a parent I can relate to this, and that’s why I’m running,” he said. But no matter the outcome on Nov. 5, Parker said he will still be out in the neighborhood doing what he can to help those less fortunate.

For information on Parker, visit www.facebook.com/RP3forSchool Board. O

Polly Taylor-Gerken

Polly Taylor-Gerken, a native of East Toledo, has a long history with Toledo Public Schools. She is an alumna of the district, her daughter graduated from TPS and she is a grandmother to a TPS third-grader.

A d d i t i o n a l l y, Taylor-Gerken made a 30-year career with the school district, working for 20 Taylor-Gerken years as a secretary. During that time she earned a master’s degree in counselor education from the University of Toledo and then spent 10 years as a school psychologist working on professional development. She is also wife of Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken.

Taylor-Gerken’s decision to run for TPS Board of Education was prompted by her belief that the district is entering a pivotal era of transformation. In fact, “Now is the Time” is her campaign slogan.

“We have an interesting opportunity to transform the school board,” she said. “We have an enthusiastic new superintendent. I think this is a good time to work on barriers between teachers and students.” Romules Durant became TPS’ 30th superintendent on Aug. 1.

TPS’ struggling academic performance and the variable performance levels among socioeconomic groups top the list of things Taylor-Gerken wants to address.

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“We need to boost academic outcomes, first and foremost. This is where kids prepare for work or college and their lives after high school,” Taylor-Gerken said. “The next thing we need to work on is closing the affluence gap. There is a definite gap in academic performance between the city’s affluent and poor and white and minority areas. We need overall improvement in all these groups.”

Taylor-Gerken has worked as a volunteer to address the area’s social issues, serving as a Lucas County Steering Committee member and trainer for Bridges Out of Poverty and as a board of directors member for Covenant Youth Development Program.

According to Taylor-Gerken, the district is also in the position to take advantage of a great opportunity with some of Toledo’s early education programs and nonprofits. She said if TPS can step up its relationship with programs like Head Start, it could go a long way toward getting students academically prepared, especially when it comes to reading, by the time they enter kindergarten.

Taylor-Gerken believes she can work on the ever-present issue of TPS’ financial stability without sacrificing the quality of education by looking at the existing body of research on public education.

“We have the road map. The guesswork has been taken out of it,” said Taylor-Gerken, who has also taught educational psychology at Owens Community College. “We have research on best practices, on exactly what works. We’ll use the

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This year’s campaign race has centered around a single message for Taylor-Gerken: “We need board members who understand there is more at stake here than test scores, even more than public education. The state of the community is on the line with our public schools. It’s time to get together and transform the schools and to support our new superintendent.”

Taylor-Gerken said she is the right candidate at the right time, ready to commit her 30 years of experience and service to the district by becoming a board member who knows how to engage the community and add to the district’s transformation.

For more information, visit www.pollytaylorgerken.com, www. faceb o ok.com/pages/Polly-forSchools/525499474190460 or @PollyforSchools on Twitter. O

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Chris Varwig’s goal in running for TPS Board of Education is to make sure parents’ concerns are represented on the board. Varwig, who has been married for 24 years, is a graduate of Bowsher High School. Her daughter, who is currently attending Bowling Green State University, is also a TPS alumna.

VARWIG “I’ve always been active in TPS,” said Varwig, who has a lengthy resume of involvement in parent and volunteer groups associated with the school district. She has volunteered as a Girl Scout leader, Chess Club adviser, lunchroom helper and tutor, among other things. She has also served as president of several organizations: the TPS Parent Congress, a districtwide parent advocacy group, the PTO at Beverly Elementary and Byrnedale Junior High and the Bowsher High School Boosters.

“I’ve made it a point to get involved in the district, to attend meetings, join committees and build a relationship with the administration,” she said.

The catalyst Varwig’s involvement occurred about seven years ago.

“The district was going to put in a $50,000-$70,000 mobile classroom on the playground of Beverly Elementary that would accommodate seven students,” Varwig said. Beverly was at capacity, but it was the first-choice school for these seven students. I let the board know I thought this was a high cost for a few students to not have to attend their second-choice school.

Also, when they were going to close Beverly in 2005, I helped prepare a presentation and went to the board.

Beverly didn’t close.”

Varwig said TPS’ low graduation

rate is a significant problem. Through her service activities, Varwig helped begin what was known as College/ Career 101 at Bowsher High School as a way to get students thinking about their future after graduation.

“We brought in businesses, community colleges and universities to set up tables and have a college night,” Varwig said. “The program was successful and it became the TPS College Night, which they now hold at UT.” For Varwig, another one of the big issues facing the district is communication between the schools and parents.

“Parents often feel they’re left out and there isn’t a lot of communication,” she said, citing lastminute notice of scheduled school delays as an example in which parents have little time to make plans for their children.

“Our parents’ voice needs to be heard on the board. There needs to be a place for them to share their grievances and concerns. Also, as a school, we need to let the community know what our needs are.”

Varwig hopes voters will see her as a unique candidate.

“I’m a TPS grad who has raised a child in TPS, and I’ve created opportunities for our district through volunteering. I have no political agenda with no desire to run for City Council. Running for school board is a natural progression for me. I’ve been asked by parents and administrators to run before, but I put it off in the past to focus on dayto-day things.

“But now that my daughter is in college, I think the time is right. My passion is for public education, and I want to provide a voice for parents and make great things happen for our kids.”

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Of the eight candidates running for school board this year, Bob Vasquez is the only incumbent seeking re-election. Vasquez was appointed to the board in 2008, served as board president from 2009-11, and was elected by voters in 2009. The other two wouldbe board incumbents are Larry VASQUEZ Sykes, who is running for City Council, and board president Brenda Hill, who is not seeking re-election.

Vasquez, a native of East Toledo and a graduate of Waite High School, has focused his career on issues that affect children. With a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’s degree in public administration, both from the University of Toledo, he worked for 13 years for Lucas County Childrens Services as a caseworker and supervisor of foster care. A licensed social worker, Vasquez has worked since 1996 as director of special projects for the Toledo office of The Twelve Inc., an organization specializing in foster care and adoption services.

Vasquez credits his father, a World War II veteran and single father to four sons, for his faith in the power of education.

“I witnessed my dad’s work ethic.

He told me, ‘If you become educated, if you work hard, you will succeed.’

When you look at education, it has broad effects on housing, economics,

hunger and public administration.

School board can impact a tremendous amount of people for good.”

During his tenure with the board, Vasquez and his fellow board members developed the district’s transformation plan based on five key principles: financial stability, increased community participation, increased use of technology, stable labor management relations and “rightsizing” of the district.

To maintain its financial solvency amidst a shrinking tax base, cuts in state funding and the transfer of funds to charter schools, Vasquez said the district cut approximately $100 million since 2008. The effort combined cuts to athletics, transportation and concessions from TPS employees. The latter prompted the Lucas County Democratic Party and some labor unions to withdraw their endorsement from Vasquez this year, despite having supported him in 2010. Vasquez, who still has endorsements from such unions as International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 8, understands the reaction but stands behind the board’s actions to balance the district’s books.

“We had to meet our obligations, and it was a situation we all had to deal with,” he said. “We cut what we could, but concessions had to make up the difference. But our employees really stepped up to meet our financial challenges so the broader community wouldn’t be affected. I support labor and collective bargaining, and through that process we were able to successfully renegotiate stable twoyear contracts.”

To meet the Transformation Plan’s other goals, Vasquez and his col-

leagues established partnerships with area nonprofits and higher education institutions, created distance learning classrooms that give students more course options and shifted districts to better reflect the city’s changing population distribution, closing some of TPS’ older and more costly buildings.

TPS is also developing “thematic schools” that focus on specialized and vocational education to compete with the options presented by charter schools. Rather than debate the merit of charter schools, Vasquez has adopted a pragmatist position: “The point is they’re here. Let’s focus our energies on making TPS the choice.”

Vasquez said he firmly believes the district’s adoption of the transformation plan has begun moving it in the right direction, and he wants to see that work through to its completion. If re-elected, Vasquez wants to reallocate funds to rebuild TPS’ transportation system.

“Safety has to be a priority,” he said.

Vasquez said in the next term he will focus on increasing parent involvement in education, implementing as much of the performance audit as possible and identifying underperforming schools.

“I was able to provide leadership during one of the most challenging times in TPS history. We’re developing a positive culture and new enthusiasm. We’re not done yet, and I hope to continue on.”

For information on Bob Vasquez, visit www.bobvasquezfortps.com. O EDITOR’S NOTE: Candidate Darryl Fingers declined to participate in Toledo Free Press interviews and the tenquestion survey published online.

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From the shingles on your roof and the cellphone in your hand to the wind turbines and Corvettes you pass on the highway, products containing glass fiber made by Owens Corning (OC) are everywhere.

The Toledo-based Fortune 500 company will celebrate its 75th year in business Oct. 31.

“Throughout its 75 years, Owens Corning and its people have proven to be resourceful, resilient and relentless amid some of history’s most trying and triumphant times,” said Chairman and CEO Mike Thaman in a statement. “The people who built this company had a revolutionary vision to create fibers from glass. That was the beginning of Owens Corning’s legacy of innovation, and now it’s our time to carry that vision into the next 75 years.”

The company is currently in negotiations with the City of Toledo to remain in its Downtown headquarters for “the foreseeable future,” said senior corporate communications leader Matt Schroder. The company’s current lease runs through 2015.

In a statement, Schroder called the proposed agreement a tremendous example of a public and private partnership to benefit the entire region, adding that OC looks forward to maintaining jobs and growing employment when appropriate. Toledo City Council still needs to approve the deal.

The company, which employs 15,000 people in 27 countries on five continents, operates in two segments: residential and commercial building materials (primarily roofing and insulation) and composites — glass-fiber reinforcements and engineered materials for thousands of end-use applications in a number of markets.

Most people associate Owens Corning with building materials, not realizing how many other products contain Owens Corning materials, said Byron Hulls, director of market intelligence for composites.

“They don’t have an ‘Owens

Corning Inside’ label — although we’ve talked about it a lot,” Hulls said.

Glass fiber reinforcement composites is a $7 billion global market, with more than 40,000 applications markets like transportation, industrial products, consumer products, construction and renewable energy, Hulls said.

He estimated the average North American household contains 100 kilograms of glass fibers, which can be found in insulation, showers, washing machines, cushion vinyl flooring, ceiling tiles, window frames and more.

“A composite just means a combination of two materials where the resulting properties are better than the properties of each individual component,” Hulls said.

Materials made with glass fibers are both lighter and stronger than traditional materials like wood, steel or aluminum, smaking cars and boats more fuel-efficient, Hulls said. Fiberglass-reinforced composites also don’t rust, making them good for underground pipes and storage tanks.

Renewable energy is a fast-growing field and fiberglass is a key component in wind turbine blades.

“That’s come to the forefront as a big market,” Hulls said. “Ten years ago, it was almost zero percent and now it’s almost 10 percent — 8 percent in 2012 — of that $7 billion glass fiber market globally.”

OC is continuously working with clients to develop new applications and improve current ones.

“One of the things with this company is there’s always been the ability to find and deliver on future market opportunities,” Hulls said. “Our culture creates ways we can identify and communicate those and people are willing to take those risks. That’s a great statement about the leadership.”

The industry changes so rapidly it’s not possible to predict where the company might be in the next five years, much less the next 75.

“It’s a really dynamic marketplace.

It’s actually a lot of fun,” Hulls said.

Accidental discovery

With Prohibition and the Great Depression reducing the de-

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mand for glass bottles in the early 1930s, the glass industry, including Toledo-based Owens-Illinois (OI), found itself searching for new markets, said Bill Hamilton, an OC retiree who now serves as the unofficial company historian.

While glass is typically thought of as rigid and brittle, in fiber form it is soft and pliable. A marble approximately one inch in diameter can make

more than 1,000 miles of fine glass fibers, yet pound for pound those fibers are stronger than steel, Hamilton said.

O-I didn’t invent glass fiber, but it was the first company to develop a method of making it in commercial quantities and create markets for the product, Hamilton said.

The discovery was made by accident. James Slayter, a consultant hired by O-I to develop architec-

tural glass block, had noticed some glass fibers hanging from the roof joists at an Illinois factory. He realized they might make good insulation material, but didn’t know an efficient way to make them.

Meanwhile, Dale Kleist, a young employee at a plant in Columbus, was frustrated by attempts to weld two halves of a glass block together. n OC AT 75 CONTINUES ON 18

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His boss, John H. ‘“Jack” Thomas, happened to walk by and asked him how it was going.

“Dale said, ‘Not very good. All it’s making is these fibers,’” Hamilton said.

“Jack got kind of wide-eyed, grabbed some and ran out of there like a child with a new toy.”

Thomas immediately recognized the fibers as the insulationquality material Slayter had been looking for.

“That was the discovery that launched the fiberglass business within Owens-Illinois. Later New York-based Corning Glass Works joined them and they worked together,” Hamilton said.

On Oct. 31, 1938, the companies founded Owens Corning to focus exclusively on what they called Fiberglas.

Early days

One of the first big breakthroughs for the new company was making insulation for warships during World War II. It also started making airplane parts.

“Lots of materials like aluminum, steel and rubber were scarce during

the war years so engineers and designers were more open to using new materials,” Hamilton said.

“That willingness to try fiberglass as a substitute for other materials was a big boost for Owens Corning in its early days.”

After the war, the company moved into home insulation and later the transportation industry, including frames for boats and cars, Hamilton said. It also provided materials used in NASA spacecraft and astronaut suits.

Owens Corning also revolutionized the roofing industry, Hamilton said. When at first the industry balked at OC’s new Fiberglas-reinforced shingles, OC set about to change the industry from the inside out.

“Shingles used to be made with an organic felt — it was like very porous thick paper saturated with asphalt. If you didn’t totally saturate it, it could absorb moisture and curl up on the roof, which didn’t look good and didn’t work well,” Hamilton said.

“Owens Corning acquired a nationwide company that made shingles and asphalt and started converting them to make shingles with fiberglass reinforcement. Soon the whole industry changed. I don’t know what the percentage of fiberglass-to-organic is today, but I have to say it’s over 90

A Toledo tradition since 2005 ToledoFreePress.com percent fiberglass and Owens Corning is the leading manufacturer of roofing shingles today.”

The company’s flexibility and resiliency has allowed it to “survive and thrive” through ups and downs, including a declaration of bankruptcy in 2000 following a series of asbestos lawsuits. It emerged from bankruptcy on the anniversary of its founding, Oct. 31, 2006.

“A lot of things that might have taken down other companies they managed to overcome and reinvent themselves, but always around the core businesses of glass fibers,” Hamilton said. “To still be there making glass fibers 75 years later is pretty impressive.”

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OC has several special events planned to mark its 75th anniversary.

On Oct. 28, Thaman and Owens Corning’s senior leadership team, along with the Pink Panther mascot, will be at the New York Stock Exchange to ring the closing bell. On Oct. 30, the company will award $10,000 to a retiree volunteer of the year to present to the charity of his or her choice. Also on Oct. 30, OC will host an evening cocktail event for community leaders, nonprofit partners and more. On Oct. 31, Thaman will host a “town hall” event for employees.

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sales of nearly $5.2 billion last year.

This year’s third-quarter earnings report, released Oct. 23, showed net sales of $1.32 billion compared with $1.28 billion during the same period last year, and adjusted earnings of $63 million, an increase of $23 million from the same period last year.

“Today’s Owens Corning embodies the same confident vision our founders had in 1938: to create a better

tomorrow and to inspire our people to perform at their best every day,” Thaman said in a statement. “Owens Corning has many bright years ahead.

Our success will continue as we anticipate the needs of our customers and grow our people into tomorrow’s leaders. We will meet the needs of the present without compromising the world we leave to the future.”

For more information, visit www. owenscorning.com. O

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On the wall of Suzanne Carroll’s home office in Maumee is a framed saying: “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”

“I love that,” said the 57-yearold host and producer of “The Jazz Brunch” on 101.5 The River.

For 18 years, the Sunday morning show has served as “music therapy” for Carroll, offering a weekly respite from her decades-long battle with the health complications of multiple sclerosis (MS).

“It helped me fight through so much,” Carroll said. “It helped carry me through these years of dealing with this stinking lousy disease, it really did.”

But the “dust” of Carroll’s everyday life — in the form of some serious new health issues — has built up too much for even “The Jazz Brunch” to wash away. On Oct. 13, she announced to her listeners that Nov. 3 would be her last show.

“I have been dragging myself through these months,” said Carroll, who spends 35-40 hours a week working on the show and chooses each song from her personal library of more than 6,000 jazz CDs. “Trying to keep working, trying to maintain my business, trying to stay on the air, trying to maintain the level of professionalism that I’ve set for myself and it has been extremely difficult for me to maintain those levels.”

‘Eye of the storm’

Late last year, Carroll announced a five-month hiatus from “The Jazz Brunch” for health reasons, but vowed to return. She resumed the show March 17, feeling better than she had in decades.

“I went back on the air with such a light heart and with such joy and hope in my whole spirit and attitude and soul. I can’t even describe to you what an amazing feeling it was,” Carroll said.

“I had so much energy and I was so euphoric. I didn’t think I was cured by any measure, but I really thought they had unlocked a secret to my health that was going to allow me to move forward with that level of recovery.”

The feeling was short-lived, however, and she now refers to that period as “the eye of the storm.”

“The week between the third and the fourth shows, things changed dramatically,” Carroll said. “I started to have dramatic symptoms that were frightening, symptoms that I had not had before, new problems that arose

very quickly. Since that week, I have been back on the slow slide to hell.

The MS is now taking me into scary places that I didn’t even know MS could take people.”

In recent months, Carroll and her doctors have been grappling to understand and treat a rare immunodeficiency condition that has arisen. Her weakened immune system leaves her at risk of developing cancer.

“This is way beyond the scope of MS at this point,” she said. “This is into the life-threatening category at this point.”

She is currently being evaluated to see if she is a candidate for a bone marrow transplant.

“This is a tsunami that has come into my life,” Carroll said. “I feel like a sitting duck. It’s a very frightening situation.”

Since the announcement, listeners across the country have come forward in an outpouring of support.

“I was completely overwhelmed,” Carroll said. “I still am. I’m having a hard time responding, not because I don’t have a desire to, but because I haven’t found the emotional footing to yet.

“It was very difficult to face the fact that it was time to let this go. I’m not willing to say the disease won. I’m not willing to say that. I’m just willing to say the priorities have changed and it’s game on. It’s crunch time and it’s game on. The disease now needs my full attention.”

The beginning

Born in Cleveland, Carroll moved to Northwest Ohio during junior high and graduated from Maumee High School. Although she grew up listening to her mother’s jazz and bigband albums, she credits her sister with introducing her to modern jazz.

“She gave me my first jazz album, a Keith Jarrett album, when I was just getting out of high school,” Carroll said. “It really kind of blew my mind. I was like, ‘Wow, what is this?’ and then it evolved from there.”

In the mid-1980s, Carroll was newly divorced with three young children to raise. She moved back to Toledo and started working as a cocktail waitress at a jazz club, Digby’s Pub at the Boody House.

“My entire world changed from the very first night,” Carroll said. “I was totally swept into the Toledo jazz scene. It was just wonderful. I found an instant home there.”

At Digby’s, Carroll met some local radio executives who helped her land her first sales job. In 1989, after several years in radio and television, she founded her own ad agency, Creative Media Productions.

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In 1994, an opportunity came up to work on “The Jazz Brunch” on Smooth Jazz 97.3 WJZE. She soon took over the show, which bounced among several stations in its early years and went off air for a year before finding a home at The River 13 years ago.

Kellie Holeman-Szenderski, Clear Channel’s regional market manager, said a replacement show for Carroll’s time slot has not yet been chosen.

“Suzanne is a very warm, caring and giving individual who refers to herself as the ‘jazzy entrepreneur,’” Holeman-Szenderski wrote in an email. “She is very passionate about her jazz music and the show has been very well-received on 101.5 The River by listeners, advertisers and the community. We are working hard to find a show that will resonate well with our Sunday morning listeners, just as Suzanne’s has. We congratulate Suzanne on her retirement and wish her all the best.”

Advocacy

Carroll has been involved with MS advocacy events, college jazz programs and jazz festivals, like the Sunset Jazz & Art Festival in Grand Rapids, Ohio.

“Although I’m not a big celebrity by any means, [the show has] given me a measure of celebrity to call attention to important things in our community about MS and really be

an advocate,” Carroll said. “Having that platform elevated me and allowed me to open doors and walk through doors and help people make changes that I never would have been able to do otherwise.”

Carroll’s husband, Dennis Witherell, said he’s proud of her.

“The most amazing thing to me is how many of Suzanne’s fans who haven’t even met her have a profound personal attachment to her and what she stands for,” Witherell said in an email. “I’m one of many who will greatly miss the show, but I’m very happy to have her home on Sunday mornings.”

Next, Carroll plans to focus on writing. She is currently penning her life story, “Endurance,” as well as a children’s book series. The first book will be called “A Dragonfly at the Jazz Festival: The Adventures of Dee Dee the Dragonfly.”

Last show

Carroll said she “can barely breathe” when she thinks about the last show.

“It’s going to be dreadful,” Carroll said. “I don’t even know how I’m going to be able to handle it.”

However, she wants it to be a celebration, not a time of mourning.

“I started doing this show not all that long after I was diagnosed with MS and I really didn’t have any idea

where any of this was going to take me,” Carroll said. “Trust me, I’m more upset than anyone. But I really feel like this needs to be a celebration of what can be accomplished in the face of a horrible disease like MS.” Leaving the listeners is the hardest part, she said.

“I’ve shared their hearts and their souls with them, their good times and their bad, their losses, their joys,” Carroll said, fighting back tears.

“They’ve always been there for me even in my darkest hour and they are continuing to be there for me right up until the very end.

“It’s harder than facing down my own mortality — and trust me, facing down my own mortality is a real pickle,” Carroll said. “I’m abundantly grateful that I have ‘met’ each and every one of them because although I haven’t actually met each and every one, I have absolutely spiritually and soulfully met every single solitary one of them. And I am grateful to know them all.

“I’ve always told them and I have continued to tell them throughout the years, they are the best radio listening audience in the entire nation and I will hold that as a truism until I draw my last breath.”

“The Jazz Brunch” airs 8 a.m. to noon Sundays on 101.5 The River.

Listeners outside the Toledo area can tune in via the iHeartRadio app or at www.thejazzbrunch.com. O

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A soft-spoken singer, a polite band rehearsing at night, members drawing on jazz and blues influences — that’s how the melancholy, languid sound of Cowboy Junkies happened.

“I’m a quiet person and in those early, early days, I was very reluctant to sing,” Margo Timmins recalled. “I was really intimidated and very shy, so I didn’t sing loud; I just put my head down and mumbled.

“So in order for the boys to hear me over their loud instruments, they had to turn them down. And we practiced in a garage in a very crowded downtown neighborhood, and we played all night, so we didn’t want to disturb neighbors, so that also kept the volume down.”

Timmins, her brothers guitarist Michael Timmins and drummer Peter Timmins, and bassist Alan Anton were into punk music prior to forming the group in Toronto in 1985.

“Then we discovered jazz and blues, and we were in that blues period.

The music we were listening to was on the quieter side and had a lot of space and open tunings,” she said. “All those things came together to form a sound.”

That sound won both fans and critical acclaim in 1988 with “The Trinity Session,” which included a cover of Lou Reed’s “Sweet Jane.”

Cowboy Junkies continued to create music, charting with “A Common Disaster,” “Angel Mine,” “Anniversary Song” and “Miles From Our Home.”

From 2010-12, the alternative quartet released a four-disc collection called “The Nomad Series.” The most recent CD was titled “The Wilderness.” “‘The Wilderness’ is purely Cowboy

latent recordings

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SHAG ON SPORTS

Halloween tropes make sports scary

“Why are chain saws so ubiquitous in horror movies?”

terms “loud, graphic and efficient” in regards to the NFL. Which team is the chain saw of the league? For that matter, who’s the t was about the hatchet, or the zombie, third inning when or any number of I gave up on Game tropes in the ephemera 1 of the World Series. of horror movies? Since The Boston Red Sox it’s Halloween, let’s run had already opened through them all. up a 5-0 lead over St. Starting with our Louis by that point original question: (would have been 8-0, Who is the chain saw if it weren’t for Carlos of the NFL? Clearly, Beltran robbing a grand slam away from Matt CULBREATH the Denver Broncos.

Big Papi), so instead of subjecting They’re loud, they’re gory, they show myself to two of the most insufferable no mercy. They’ve scored 298 points teams in baseball, I instead flipped this year, far and away the highest on an old classic horror film to watch total in the league. Yeah, Indianapwhile I folded laundry: “Evil Dead olis managed to get in their way last 2.” I really wanted to watch “Army week, but every good horror villain of Darkness,” but that was all .. the gets killed off once, right?

Locally, the Cleveland Browns … way … over .. in … the … DVD … cabinet … and it wasn’t on Net- have got to be the Headless Horseman flix. “Evil Dead 2,” however, was. So of Sleepy Hollow, because their ofI watched Bruce Campbell stumble fense keeps losing its head. It was around in a haunted cabin for an going to be Trent Richardson, but hour and a half. (For the record, the he got traded away. It was going to ballgame didn’t finish until 11:30 that be Brian Hoyer, but he tore his ACL. They were willing to give Brandon night, so I made the correct call.)

The infamous chain saw in Evil Weeden another go, but he’s straight Dead 2 is nothing new to horror garbage. Now it’s the Night of the films, in fact, it rebooted the whole Living Backup, Jason Campbell, who idea from back when “The Texas was already leapfrogged once for the Chainsaw Massacre” was released in starter spot, and has already been 1974. Loud, graphic and an efficient with four teams in his short career.

The Detroit Lions are akin to a killer, the chain saw single-handedly invented the slasher film by favorite tool of the horror hero: the overloading the senses and making sawed-off shotgun. Deadly, but inacevery toolshed in America a night- curate, and likely to shoot your own foot. Yes, when Matthew Stafford mare waiting to happen.

And, because my mind wan- hits Calvin Johnson for a touchdown ders to these types of things while pass, it’s awesome. It’s primal.

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COWBOY JUNKIES formed in Toronto in 1985.

Junkies,” Margo said during a call from her Toronto home. “It’s a collection of very soft and pretty songs, obviously not happy songs, but pretty ones.”

There is a funny track: “F***, I Hate the Cold.”

“It’s the last song. I love that way to end it: OK, this is really how we feel,” she said and laughed. “And it’s always fun to sing. The last time we did it we were up in Alaska, so they were hootin’ and hollerin’ because they have cold.”

The group is featured on “The Kennedy Suite” due out next month.

“The best way to describe it is a rock opera. It takes you through the whole Kennedy assassination period, and each song is sung by a different Canadian singer,” Margo said.

“Disintegrating” is the name of the song by Cowboy Junkies.

“My song is Jackie’s song and she is sitting on Air Force One taking her husband’s body back from Dallas to

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Washington,” Margo said. “The song is what you suppose is going on inside her head as she’s sitting on that airplane and thoughts swirling around in her brain, everything she thinks from ‘When I saw you waving at that girl I hated you at that moment and I wished you were dead,’ and ‘Now that’s when it happened, did I make this happen?’

“Horrible thoughts to ‘My sleeve on this dress is tight,’ the plane engines are making me crazy’ to ‘I heard an aide suggest there’s a plan afoot, maybe the bullet was meant for me’,” she said.

“It’s a sad song that’s beautifully written, and I think it really takes you into her head as a young wife, a young woman, who just witnessed a very violent, horrible thing, not to just anybody, but to her husband.”

Cowboy Junkies will play that new song in Ann Arbor at The Ark’s fall fundraiser concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3.

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TFP among Equality Toledo award winners Toledo Free Press was among the Equality Awards winners at the Oct. 20 annual meeting of Equality Toledo. The LGBT advocacy organization honored Toledo Free Press Editor in Chief Michael S. Miller for “Support and allied work to promote local LGBT news.” Other winners included organizers from Holiday with Heart Charity Gayla, Toledo Pride, Rainbow Area Youth and TAGALA newsletter. O

n SHAGGY CONTINUED FROM 20 Megatron making that catch in triple-coverage last week in Cincinnati?

That’ll be in someone’s nightmares for years. But four dropped passes by Reggie Bush? Three by the now-released Tony Scheffler? Two by Brandon Pettigrew? Stafford’s QB rating has been pretty decent this year, but the rest of the team has got to step up.

Let’s get this out of the way: Both Jacksonville and Tampa Bay are the two kids who go into the abandoned cabin/toolshed/outhouse to make out before being brutally torn asunder.

You know, running off right after they read from a dark, mysterious book written in a long-dead language. Ugh, those kids are the worst.

The “Cat That Jumps Out At The Hero Just To Scare Him (Before the Actually Scary Thing Happens)” is the New York Giants. Not that the Giants were expected to make a whole lot of noise this year, but it’s been a Dumpster fire for the Blue Man Group this season. I know they managed to finally get a win on Oct. 21, but when

your only win is against a one win Minnesota Vikings squad, you’ve got problems. (Minnesota, for the record, is Freddy Kruger. Really scary a while back, but really a one-trick pony that everyone figured out.)

And the murderer that you never expected? Apparently that’s Kansas City. Still unbeaten, but look at who they’ve beaten: only one team that has a winning record this far into the year. Kansas City is tearing through the kids at Camp Crystal Lake right now, but wait until after the bye week, when they face Leatherface twice, not to mention two games against the San Diego Chargers (who I’ll call the Evil Dead of the NFL, having found new life after their initial run) and a game against Indianapolis as well. It’s possible that the Chiefs won’t even make the playoffs, just as it was possible to make a scary movie without Jason. O Matt “Shaggy” Culbreath is sports director for 1370 WSPD. Email him at shaggy@wspd.com.

‘Along Ohio’s Historic Route 20’ author to speak Oct. 27 at Way Library U.S. Route 20 was named a federal highway in 1926. For about 50 miles this blacktop passes through Wood and Lucas counties, slipping through towns such as Perrysburg, Maumee and Toledo. For the first half of the 20th century, Route 20 was the most important east-west route across northern Ohio with Northwest Ohio as a major crossroad.

Michael Till, a retired university professor, grew up along Route 20 and has collected more than 200 vintage postcards depicting views along this main thoroughfare. Ohio village and city scenes, rural vistas and historic sites that drew early motorists to the highway are featured in his book. One section of the book includes historical photographs from Perrysburg, as well as other nearby towns such as Fremont, Woodville, Maumee and Toledo.

Till will speak at 2 p.m. Oct. 27 at Way Library. He will discuss his book, “Along Ohio’s Historic Route 20.” Refreshments will be available. Copies of the book will be available for purchase after the talk. The library is located at 101 E. Indiana Ave. in Perrysburg. Call (419) 874-3135 for more information. O

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An open letter to school bullies

hat’s your favorite part of I would spot. I would parody names the day besides sleeping or in an very unflattering way. I was the playing video games? Is it king of making acne-related jokes; my going to school? Is it checking Face- clearasil references were my comedic home runs. In retrobook or Twitter? Is it spect I wasn’t funny; I riding the bus? For some was an a**hole. kids, going to school, I am not a bad guy. checking social media I believe I have a good or even riding the bus is heart. I was young and their least favorite part had no idea nor underand it’s not because of standing of the damage the homework or the I was doing. I did not learning — it’s because comprehend that every of someone like you. joke I made at someI was born with a gift one’s expense took a to make others laugh. Jeremy BAUMHOWER piece of my victim’s selfWhen I went to school I was always the class clown, the life of a confidence with each laugh.

Some people say “High school is normally boring classroom. From classmates to teachers, my one-liners often the best four years of your life.” I made entertained those in shouting distance that saying not true for many people.

If you are a kid who enjoys making during my academic years. I even developed special relationships with the others laugh and you use fellow stuvarious principals and deans, when I dents as punch lines, please stop. You was sent to their offices for these out- are a bully. If you think you’re funny bursts. Most of them knew me by name, and really love entertaining people with smiled upon my arrival and chuckled your comedy, write your jokes down as to why I was sent. I have somehow on paper, study the craft, watch profesmade a career out of being a class clown sional comedians. If you play basketball, consider it the same as practicing — it’s called morning radio.

But there was a dark side of my foul shots. Instead of making fun of “comedy” when I was younger, one fellow classmates, use celebrities like of the things I am still ashamed of. I Justin Bieber, the Kardashians or Miley made fun of and in my words “picked Cyrus and current events for your maon” certain classmates, in a very ruth- terial. Twitter is a great starting point for you to share your comedic wit and less way and I did it for years.

The bus ride home from school was build an audience. I have never read my venue, my open mic to make my about someone being discovered by a classmates laugh. The laughs were not talent agent while riding a school bus.

When you punch someone it often generated by me telling jokes, practicing some “stand up” or doing “slap leaves a mark, a bruise. Normally after stick.” I got my chuckles and attention a couple of days bruises disappear. by making fun of other kids. I’ve since Our type of bullying leaves a not-soaccepted the term that most accurately obvious sign of abuse and that take years to heal. described my behavior, “bullying.”

I’m not your teacher, I am not I was a bully.

At the time I had no idea I was your parent ... I am your future. I am one. TV had taught me that bullies haunted by the thought of what my gave other kids wedgies, flushed their bullying has done to certain classheads in toilets and took lunch money. mates’ lives. Did my jokes rob them I was not Nelson Muntz or Scut of enough self-confidence to keep Farkus. I never punched anyone. I them from pursuing their dreams, or never put my hands on anyone in an rob them of the courage to ask their aggressive way. I was oblivious to how potential soulmate out?

I read the obituaries every day words can hurt more than fists.

My bullying was so “funny” that praying I do not see certain names of it made other kids completely stop my past punch lines.

As bullying has evolved to incorporiding the bus and walk to school instead. Think about that for a second. rate Facebook and Twitter attacks, vicMy “jokes” were so mean they made tims are no longer have an escape. It is other kids so miserable, so hurt, that constant. This is why we are seeing so they chose to walk three-to-four miles many young people committing suito and from school, just to avoid being cide, like the 12 year-old Florida girl, in my eyesight. During our five-minute Rebecca Sedwick. Rebecca was teased, bus rides, I would make fun of a kid for picked on and made fun of so much how he dressed, for how they sucked she decided to kill herself. She ended at gym class, for any obvious weakness her own life because of words being

said to and about her.

Can you imagine how it would feel to have someone you picked on take their own life? Bullying is the drunk driving of middle school. It’s prevent-

able and can lead to innocent people’s lives ending.

You can stop any time, so why not right now? Please stop today.

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The Story of Film McCabe Miller Castle (CC) Castle (CC) (DVS) Castle (CC) (DVS) Major Crimes (CC) Hawaii Five-0 (CC) NCIS (CC) WWE Monday Night RAW (N) (S Live) (CC) NCIS: Los Angeles Big Bang Mod Fam Hart of Dixie (N) (CC) Beauty and the Beast OK! TV (N) Two Men Fam. Guy Cleveland

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Ravenswood (CC) The 700 Club (CC) Halloween Wars Halloween Wars Restaurant Stakeout Restaurant: Im. Restaurant Divided Buying and Selling Buying and Selling Property Brothers (N) Hunters Hunt Intl Property Brothers (CC) Betty Betty Betty Betty Betty Betty Betty Betty Chasing Nashville Girl Code Girl Code Awkward. Awkward. Snooki Snooki Big Tips Ke$ha Big Tips Ke$ha Seinfeld Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Conan (N) (CC) ›› Undercurrent ›››› Of Mice and Men (1939) (CC) (DVS) ››› The Swimmer (1968) Burt Lancaster. (CC) Supernatural (CC) Supernatural (CC) Supernatural (CC) Supernatural (CC) Hawaii Five-0 (CC) NCIS (CC) Mod Fam Mod Fam › G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) (CC) White Collar (CC) Big Bang Mod Fam Arrow “Crucible” (N) The Tomorrow People OK! TV (N) Two Men Fam. Guy Cleveland

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By Elizabeth Hazel Aries (March 21-April 19)

Libra (September 23-October 22)

It’s a fine week to catch up with necessary tasks that support future changes. Be patient if there are uncertainties or delays connected with opportunities; let things unfold. Focus on social connections after Thursday.

It’s a terrific weekend for parties and gatherings.

Good advice that took a while to sink in turns into practical action. Transitions take work, but elusive resources and desired behaviors finally gain traction. You have reason to celebrate on Friday. Share enjoyment with upbeat, heartwarming companions or loved ones.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Take a retrospective look at the past six months. If something flopped, repeat the effort after Thursday for better results. Friday brings incredible connections and offers; your reputation precedes you. Cultural events and parties have a magic glow on Saturday.

You dive into the deep end of the pool this week. Intense research, explorations, and examinations cut through layers of mystery to incredible discoveries. Your luck is at a peak on Friday. Glamour and glitter bring out your sensual side as the weekend arrives.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Dig into detailed, meticulous tasks you’ve been avoiding.

Family and household matters improve; a tense situation eases a bit through cooperation. Needed benefits or resources arrive on Friday. An intriguing person appears on Saturday evening.

Adapt to necessary job and health transitions. Test the waters before making up your mind, as things may be much better than you originally suspected. Great blessings come your way on Friday. Go to a party and have fun on Saturday.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

The needs of children and close friends ease off for a while. Reconnect with people you don’t see often, and focus on personal interests. Good deals flow on Thursday. Perfect timing helps you make a greatly desired connections on Friday.

Consider options for the future based on what worked (or didn’t work) in the past. If a pet project is fumbling, let it go.

Close a door and another opens. Attractive options appear on Thursday and Friday, and may include great benefits from a partner or close friend.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

A magical dose of patience and wisdom help you deal with confusing situations. Trust instincts and wait before taking action. Attend to neglected little tasks.

Social and romantic connections flow easily as the weekend arrives – look your best.

A slow-down at work offers time to catch up on cleaning tasks that require sorting and organization. People and things from the past evoke memories. A short-term offer provides an unexpected bonus. Saturday highlights social success and tender connections.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

Unattractive options come back around for further evaluation. Attitudes are evolving, and another person may have a strong influence on your thinking now.

Everything comes together in harmony on Friday. Hope for the future is rekindled.

Attention is on lonely-onlies; single adults or children, solo situations, and exceptions to rules. A person who erects barriers is only hurting him/herself. After Thursday, social connections flow easily and lead to amazing individuals in magical settings.

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) 2013

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Charlie is a handsome 1-year-old male Pointer and Labrador mix. Charlie is a happy and energetic boy. His owners had to bring him into the Toledo Area Humane Society because Charlie kept trying to chase after the chickens on the farm. Charlie loves to be with people. He is very cuddly and is happiest when he is in the company of people or other dogs.

Loud noises and fast movements make Charlie nervous. He does not like when children roughhouse with each other and thinks that he needs to step in and keep them in line. He is best suited for a home with adults and older teenagers. Charlie is a smart dog and knows several obedience commands. He can jump over a standard size fence so he will need to be supervised when he is outside. Charlie will be a great dog in the right home. He has been neutered, examined by a TAHS staff veterinarian, is current on his vaccinations and is microchipped.

Betty is a 5-years young grey lady with a beautiful

coat and an even more beautiful heart. Her owner chose to surrender her to the Toledo Area Humane Society leaving her without a permanent home. Betty is eager for a chance at a new life and she won’t hesitate to show you how wonderful a feline companion she can be. She likes to spend time looking out the windows longing for a new family to love. Betty enjoys the company of other cats and likes to be rubbed on the side of her whiskers. If you’re interested in a nice quiet companion, Betty may just be the perfect match for you. Betty has been spayed, examined by a TAHS staff veterinarian, is current on her vaccinations, and is microchipped.

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