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Opinion

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Defending free speech

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hile the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights should be cherished by all Americans (and any society that wishes to emulate our freedoms), the First Amendment is particularly important for people in journalism: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

As the Occupy Wall Street movement challenges the laws and ordinances of communities great and small, and as Toledo Free Press faces its own challenges to its freedoms, the First Amendment has a prominent place in my thoughts.

I am not a journalist. I use this space to comment on issues I feel are relevant to the business community and our region as a whole, but I am first and foremost a business owner concerned with providing what I believe is a valuable service to the community — while trying to make a living.

When I founded Toledo Free Press LLC in 2004, I knew I wanted to establish a newspaper that focused on community journalism — Thomas F. Pounds which I define as stories that focus on people and events not always featured in mainstream media. I wanted to establish a “glass half-full” approach; I wanted to help the community improve and grow, to draw new people and retain its current residents by showcasing the better elements of living here. I know that criticism and commentary are a part of that puzzle, but I do not claim to have insight into creating those knowledge streams. I wanted to provide a vehicle, but I needed someone to help me design it, build it and drive it.

A number of editors I spoke to turned down the opportunity. After a few early 2005 meetings with Michael Miller, who at the time was news editor of The Daily Telegram in Adrian, I believed I had found someone who understood the greater mission.

From the beginning, Michael and I agreed that we needed to collaborate on the business but that I would not dictate editorial content or his commentary.

I have kept that promise and here we are nearly seven years later, having just won our third consecutive Ohio Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) award for Best Weekly Newspaper in Ohio. We have earned some great distinctions in our short history, and I know we could not have done this without Michael and his team, just as they know they could not make their visions a reality without the sales, administration and publishing elements of the newspaper.

I am not a journalist, but journalism is the field that supports my family.

I understand the importance of the First Amendment, now more than ever.

Toledo Free Press will fight for its free speech rights, which means we are fighting for your free speech rights. Any compromise for freedom of the press is a loss for the entire community.

Even a short-term bow to censorship threatens the success of the long run — in a race that has no finish line.

As we thank SPJ for the recognition and continue with our work, we remain grateful for your support and look forward to serving you for many, many years to come. 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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Was it something I said?

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ibyan tyrant Moammar Gadhafi was killed Oct. 20, but attractive to readers or advertisers and certainly offered no challenge or appeal to me. bullying did not die with him.

At no time during our initial conversation, nor at any As the world learned of the dictator’s death, Toledo Free Press learned it was being sued by Block Com- time in the subsequent nearly seven years did Tom ever discuss or share with me the details of his munications, parent company of The Blade separation agreement with the plaintiff. I and other relative antiquities. The 13-page knew he had a noncompete agreement that complaint contains many allegations, forbade him from working at a daily newsranging from microscopic to malignant. paper for a period of time, but I had zero And in addition to suing Toledo Free Press knowledge of any non-disparagement clause LLC and its president and publisher, Tom until I learned about it a half-decade later in Pounds, they are suing me personally. one of the plaintiffs’ annual legal threat misThe background for the suit is allegedly a sives (at least two of which falsely accused provision in the separation agreement Tom me personally of offenses that were stretches signed when he left The Blade nearly eight or outright lies). I was not a party to Tom’s years ago, which provided that he would not disparage The Blade or “take any action, Michael S. miller agreement with the plaintiffs, so my actions cannot breach it. directly or indirectly, intended to harm the plaintiff, its parent, division, subsidiaries, or affiliates or any Initial focus of their directors, officers, shareholders, or employees.”

The plaintiff claims that Tom has used Toledo Free Press One of the primary deals I made with Tom was that he content to breach his agreement, using me as an alter ego or would do what he knows best — sales, circulation, business proxy to accomplish the dirty deeds. According to the suit, — and I would do what I know best — producing a strong I am an “instrument and agent” of Tom’s and I am person- and ethical publication that serves its community instead ally liable for “damages” under the agreement Tom signed of demanding service from it. When we launched Toledo nearly eight years ago.

Free Press, we were a small-circulation paper put on racks I call “bullsh*t.” on Wednesdays. Our current 100,000-plus circulation with Let’s call this what it is: an arrogant “Hail Mary” attempt home delivery was not even in our dreams, much less the to silence my criticism of The Blade and grossly impair business plan. We were focused on making our mark on my First Amendment rights, while perpetrating as much Toledo’s weekly print scene and focused on those competidamage as possible on my employer and business. tors, not the plaintiff ’s daily newspaper.

While Tom and I jointly agree on the general direction Standards and goals and tone of Toledo Free Press coverage, he has never interIn my 25-year career in journalism, I have stubbornly fered with a news story or editorial in these pages. He is and with unwavering consistency adhered to some bedrock not ignorant of our bigger projects, and I do not keep seprinciples. Opinion pages and news pages must be clearly crets from him, but we do not jointly plan coverage. Tom marked and neither should masquerade as the other. Edi- has never once assigned a story, edited a story, censored a torial and advertising concerns should be kept as far apart story, demanded changes in a story or tried to force-feed as possible. Newspapers should hold evil accountable and a story through the system. He reads my column on the assist good. I am not claiming to be batting .1000 at all of layout pages at the same time our deadline copy editors do.

And while I warn him before I wade into hazardous waters, these ideals, but that’s the standard and goal.

I have separated from two Toledo publications because I have never sought permission to tackle a topic, nor has he of ethical chicanery and publisher interference. The road demanded that of me.

Does Tom take any pleasure when I criticize the plainto ethical lapse begins with compromise, so compromise must be held in contempt. When I first met Tom, one tiffs or stand in front of some of their more outrageous January evening in 2005, our primary discussion about the attempts to block a building demolition or falsely malign potential of Toledo Free Press focused on our definitions of someone like WSPD’s Brian Wilson? I don’t know. Maybe. community journalism and the risk a startup free news- Probably. Tom has never given me a bonus for sticking my paper represented. Although I knew Tom had worked at neck out when it comes to the plaintiffs and he has never The Blade, neither that publication nor its plaintiff owners indicated any direction other than our shared desire to be factored into our conversation. Eventually, as we shaped the honest, accurate and take the high road.

What the plaintiffs are suggesting is not only an outrafocus and intent of Toledo Free Press, we discussed the potential hazard of directly taking on The Blade. Our mutual geous attempt at prior restraint on my free speech rights, it determination was that a newspaper that based its content is a clear effort to malign my professional reputation. solely in opposition to The Blade’s stances would not be n FIRST AMENDMENT CONTINUES ON A4 Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

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n First Amendment CONTINUED FROM A3 Toledo Free Press has been named the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Best Weekly Newspaper for three consecutive years and has garnered scores of industry awards for its writing and design (including my three consecutive SPJ awards in the Best Media Criticism category, for three deconstructions of the plaintiffs’ work). To suggest any of that has been accomplished while I was being used as a pawn on a chessboard is to malign my abilities and achievements, a few of which clearly agitate the plaintiffs.

I am Tom’s partner, not his puppet, and there is not one person who has worked for Toledo Free Press who could honestly say otherwise. My guess is that is one of the primary sticking points for the plaintiff; while so many community and business leaders have willingly and by choice allowed themselves to be controlled like marionettes, Tom and I have refused to allow Toledo Free Press to be cowed by the plaintiffs’ threats, backroom arrangements and clear disparagement tactics.

The cartoon in question

Anyone who doubts this is the plaintiffs’ attempt to silence my criticism should look at paragraph 31 of their lawsuit.

“On or about August 21, 2011, Pounds … permitted Toledo Free Press to publish a cartoon that depicted a characterization of John R. Block and Allan Block together with The Blade as casting an eclipsing shadow on jobs, tax revenue, investment and development in Toledo, Ohio.”

The plaintiffs’ suit describes the cartoon as disparaging and harmful.

That cartoon, reprinted at right so you can see what all the fuss is about, did depict the plaintiffs as eclipsing

economic development offered by Rave Cinemas and Hollywood Casino Toledo and was inspired by two “news” stories in the plaintiffs’ publication. An Aug. 5 story, “Multiplex experience takes a toll on moviegoers’ wallets,” pilloried Rave for its popcorn and concession prices, using such unattributed descriptions as “the markup is steep” and “high prices.” The article generally cast Rave in a bad light as a greedy corporate entity bilking its customers.

On Aug. 15, The Blade published a a front-page story headlined, “Future casinos spur addiction concerns,” the latest episode in the ongoing Blade campaign of disparaging casinos since the idea was first proposed for the ballot. The combination of the two stories inspired my idea of the plaintiffs eclipsing economic development with their agenda-driven news coverage. I phoned editorial cartoonist Don Lee and commissioned the cartoon. At no point in the process was Tom involved in the discussion, creation or execution of the cartoon.

The publication of the cartoon fairly criticized The Blade’s own coverage and its owners’ published opinions. As public figures at a public entity, the plaintiffs may be fairly criticized. The plaintiffs’ lawsuit does not deny the accuracy of the cartoon, it just claims that it violates a nearly 8-year-old agreement that was never agreed to by myself or Lee, the cartoon’s creators.

The attempt to silence this criticism should anger anyone who gives a damn about personal free speech and the rights of the press. While The Blade is quick to defend its First Amendment rights, it is telling that it does not extend that defense to others when it is the focus of criticism.

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Concept by Michael S. Miller/Illustration by Don Lee

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Remember, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt’s right to publish a satirical ad that described the Rev. Jerry Falwell engaging in drunken sexual congress with his mother in an outhouse. It’s unlikely I would commission a similar satire of the plaintiffs, but the cartoon on this page, which mirrors the plaintiffs’ published work, does not approach even the most thinly stretched definition of harm as they claim.

As Justice William Rehnquist wrote in the majority opinion of the

Flynt case, “At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions on matters of public interest and concern.

“The sort of robust political debate encouraged by the First Amendment is bound to produce speech that is critical of those who hold public office or those public figures who are intimately involved in the resolution of important public questions or, by reason of their fame, shape events in areas of concern to society at large.”

The cost of the fight

Toledo Free Press is a small company.

A protracted legal fight endangers its future. But we will fight. The larger issue of free speech is more important than our business or financial concerns.

The one small comfort is that we may finally be able to publicly share the stories of true disparagement the plaintiffs have perpetrated by their acts and the acts of the people they control.

And what stories they are … O Email Editor in Chief Michael S. Miller at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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Blade lawsuit is déjà vu all over again

hat has it been ... three months since I first started contributing to Toledo Free Press? Now The Blade is suing Toledo Free Press Publisher Tom Pounds and Editor in Chief Michael S. Miller over a noncompete contract Pounds signed while exiting The Blade’s employ nearly eight years ago. This is not the first time that I have been indirectly involved on the defendant side of a Blade lawsuit, nor will it probably be my last.

The first time I was involved, I was the executive producer of the Mark Standriff and Scott Sloan shows for WSPD AM 1370. The Blade in September of 1999 accused Standriff of “stealing” its news and filed a lawsuit to stop us. At that time, Standriff was just getting traction as WSPD’s morning show host and would use the phrase “I read The Blade,

WSPD General Manager Andy so you don’t have to.”

Stuart called Standriff and me into Clearly, John Robinson his office one morning immediBlock and his wondertwin Allan ately following the show. were not pleased with the daily “Good news — we have come besmirching, so they sued both to an agreement with The Blade the station and parent company and I need your signature,” he Jacor. For the first in a long said, speaking directly to Stantime, the glory of WSPD had driff. Stuart was trying to conreturned. We had every newsvince Standriff and me that it maker on, from the governor to was a good deal and The Blade’s then-Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. Jeremy BAUMHOWER lawyer, Fritz Byers, had assured WSPD was once again a stopping place for real discussion about things him that a small article about the settlement happening around Toledo and Ohio. That, of would be buried in the paper. As Standriff and course, was the real reason The Blade sued I read the “agreement,” I immediately objected.

“Andy, this agreement states that we [WSPD] WSPD — to stop its momentum. There can only be one true news entity in Toledo and in will no longer ‘steal’ The Blade’s news?” I asked.

The agreement also stated that Standriff the Blocks’ minds it will always be The Blade.

could no longer use his “I read The Blade so you don’t have to” catchphrase without further explanation and that anything we used and shared from the The Blade had to be fully credited to the The Blade, including the full headline of the article, the author and the section in which it was published.

This was one of the most ridiculous things I have ever witnessed in radio. Staurt was telling Standriff he had to sign it because it was going to go away, it would be buried in the paper and stop costing us legal fees, etc. I demanded that Standriff refuse and called him some not-so-flattering names in the procress.

But Standriff is an incredibly nice, compassionate and trusting man, so he relented and trusted Stuart. n BAUMHOWER CONTINUES ON A5

Opinion

OCTOBER 30, 2011

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Visit www.toledofreepress.com n BAUMHOWER CONTINUED FROM A4 The next morning, the huge headline on the front page of The Blade read, “WSPD agrees to stop stealing the news,” and that basically was the end of the show. Standriff stayed in Toledo for a couple more years but was always handicapped on what he could and could not say. Standriff later moved his family to California where he now works as the communications person for the state’s Republican party.

In its newest legal action, it appears The Blade is seeking damages from a noncompete exit package that Pounds signed nearly eight years ago.

The more humorous portion is that the suit names Miller as well. Why is that funny? How can an employeeexit agreement by Pounds and The Blade involve any other party except Pounds and The Blade? This is where the answer to The Blade’s legal motives lies. This litigious action is about how the The Blade hates competition and especially competition that makes light of the Blocks.

This is my unsolicited advice to Pounds and Miller: O Do not settle: Toledo has long been starved of an alternative print newspaper with credibility and great intentions for the city.

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Do not settle: Toledo has long been starved of an alternative print newspaper with credibility and great intentions for the city.” drowning you in legal fees. Deep pockets create bigger bullies.

O Don’t stop: Miller must be doing something right if he was named in this lawsuit. Keep the columns and cartoons coming.

Toledoans deserve a printed news source that will champion the city’s efforts to grow and evolve. For way too long, The Blade’s supposed power and reach has kept us from achieving any long-term growth without its written permission. And because of that power, Toledo is in the shape it is.

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DEVELOPMENT

By Zach Davis

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer zdavis@toledofreepress.com

The Bank of Maumee added new local ownership last week after a group of local investors named Winding Creek Holdings purchased 51 percent of the company, pending approval by the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

The man in charge of Winding Creek is Gary Rathbun, the president and CEO of Private Wealth Consultants. He has been in the wealth management field since 1981.

“I have been a charter stockholder at Bank of Maumee since they started in town,” Rathbun said. “I like the idea of a small community bank. There is plenty of room in the market and Bank of Maumee is the perfect opportunity.”

According to Bank of Maumee President Kevin Rahe, the bank has $36 million in total assets with 7.94 percent in equity assets. The bank and its owner, Capitol Bancorp Limited, have been struggling in the current economic climate.

“It’s a real breath of fresh air for us,” Rahe said. “Capitol Bancorp has been struggling and we will truly be a locally owned and operated bank.”

Rathbun said he believed Capitol Bancorp’s decisions were not in the best interest of the local area pertaining to the Bank of Maumee.

“I never thought the best solution to the bank — for building it in the community — was having an out of town owner,” Rathbun said. “A lot of their decisions didn’t take into consideration the local community. n RATHBUN CONTINUES ON A7

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Rathbun leads effort to buy Bank of Maumee

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BUSINESS

By Duane Ramsey

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First Solar stock falls as CEO departs

Toledo Free Press Senior Business Writer dramsey@toledofreepress.com

First Solar’s stock (NASDAQ: FSLR) took a tumble with the sudden resignation of its CEO Rob Gillette, announced by the company Oct. 25.

First Solar stock opened at $58.11 per share Oct. 25 and closed at $43.27, a 25 percent drop in one day, the biggest decline since the company’s initial public offering in November 2006.

The company’s board of directors asked its founder and chairman Mike Ahearn to serve as interim CEO and he accepted the offer. The board has formed a search committee and is initiating a search for a permanent chief executive officer, according to the announcement.

No reason was given for Gillette’s immediate departure, but the board thanked him for his service in a statement. Gillette had served as CEO since Oct. 1, 2009.

n RATHBUN CONTINUED FROM A6 “Capitol Bank had a great model as long as the economy cooperated. The economy changed and it just killed their model and Bank of Maumee has been sucked into that, being owned by them. It has really made it difficult for Bank of Maumee to grow. I looked at that as an opportunity to buy a part of a local bank.”

This wasn’t the first time the Morenci, Mich., native has tried with others to purchase Bank of Maumee.

Three years ago, the bank contacted Rathbun to help raise capital to buy itself from Capitol Bancorp.

“They approached us and we approached a lot of our clients to buy stock and raise capital to buy them out,” Rathbun said. “Capitol Bank was positioned in such a way that there were certain restrictions on the capital raise and it just didn’t work out. The deal fell through.”

From that point, Rathbun kept an eye on Bank of Maumee and remained interested in purchasing it, along with the other investors of Winding Creek, from Capitol Ban-

With respect to Gillette’s departure, Ahearn stated, “We thank Rob for his service, but the board of directors believes First Solar needed a leadership change to navigate through the industry turmoil and achieve our long-term goals.”

The company’s stock was selling for as high as $175 per share in February 2011 but has declined steadily throughout the year.

“It’s going down by what’s going on in the market and a drift away from solar energy more than a CEO stepping down but it certainly doesn’t help the situation there,” said Dock David Treece of the Treece Investment Advisory Group, a columnist for Toledo Free Press.

The solar industry is in poor shape, hit by weak demand, low prices and too many solar panels being made in China, according to a Dow Jones report.

First Solar announced its financial results for the third quarter that ended Sept. 30, 2011 that were originally scheduled for release Nov. 3.

The company reported net sales of $1 billion in the third

corp. A few years later, the time was right to finally make a deal.

“As I saw Capitol Bank get in more and more trouble, I thought, ‘We should try this again’,” Rathbun said.

“I put the investment group together and we approached Capitol Bank about buying out their share. It has taken many months but we were able to strike a deal with them.”

The $1.2 million purchase was approved by the Bank of Maumee’s 304 shareholders Oct. 21. Although the deal is still waiting for approval

by U.S. regulators, Rathbun believes that the new local ownership could have a major impact on the company’s success.

“There’s still plenty of room in the market to grow,” Rathbun said. “I have always liked Bank of Maumee and the concept and when the opportunity came to be a bigger part of that bank and keep it local I jumped on that. I think it will be exciting and a nice complement to Private Wealth Consultants and the wealth management we do for people.”

Winding Creek’s first operation of business is to help Bank of Maumee

become profitable through recapitalization. If the U.S. regulators approve the transaction, a group of local investors brought together by Rathbun will inject $3 million of capital into the bank. They will then focus on loans to professionals and business owners in the community.

“That will allow the bank then to increase their loans to the community at large and within a very short time allow them to become profitable again,” Rathbun said.

After the $3 million is invested into the Bank of Maumee, Winding Creek will no longer own 51 percent of the company. To avoid investors deciding to sell the company later on, Winding Creek will receive preferred stock to protect its investment.

“We will own 51 percent for just a few minutes,” Rathbun said. “We need to inject that money in. The only way to do that without diluting ourselves would be for us to put that money in and we are not going to put another $1.5 million to remain at our 51 percent. Because we are bailing out the bank and recapitalizing, we wanted to maintain a certain amount of say

quarter, an increase of $473 million from the second quarter of 2011 and up from $798 million in the third quarter of 2010.

Third quarter net income per fully diluted share was $2.25, up from $0.70 in the second quarter of 2011 and from $2.04 in the third quarter of 2010.

“First Solar’s performance in the quarter reflects our superior technology, strong execution capacity and integrated business model, all of which have enabled us to weather a difficult market environment relatively well,” Ahearn said in the company’s announcement of its earnings.

“Our goal is not just to survive the current environment, but to transcend it by creating and expanding markets worldwide that do not depend on today’s subsidy programs. This requires that we re-focus our strategy and commit our resources to solving the pressing energy needs that exist in much of the world,” he said.

First Solar employs more than 1,000 workers at its manufacturing facilities in Perrysburg since the 2010 completion of an expansion project to increase production at that location. O

about how the bank is run and, most importantly, we wanted to protect the bank from being taken over or sold. By owning those preferred shares, even though we are not a majority owner anymore, the bank can’t get sold out from under us.”

Despite all Winding Creek’s plans, nothing can happen until the purchase is approved by the U.S. regulators. A timeline on that decision is still unknown.

“It is very anxious because you are stuck in the starting gate,” Rathbun said. “You see where you can do business in the community and you see the business owners that you want as paying customers and you can’t do anything. You are just stuck.

“It’s just very difficult because you don’t have a schedule and you don’t know what progress is being made from one day to the next. You don’t know if somebody is actually even looking at it or not. Just one of these days, the attorney is going to call me up and say, ‘Here’s your closing date, you’ve got to get the $3 million?”

At Private Wealth Consultants, a fee-based wealth management firm,

Rathbun manages money on a daily basis for many individuals. He has also been a guest of afternoon host Brian Wilson on 1370 WSPD for more than two years and hosts the Thursday evening program, “Eye On Your Money.”

Rathbun is taking his work in radio broadcasting to print media as he has begun contributing as a guest financial columnist for Toledo Free Press.

“It seemed like a good fit to start writing a column and doing some work with Toledo Free Press,” said Rathbun, who has co-authored five books. “The information out there that people get, so much of what we read financially is fluff. I want the readers to read that column and walk away with something that they can use or learn.

“It will be interesting because a new group of people will be able to see what I am about and it will give the people who know me, the listeners of WSPD, a chance to get some additional information in a different format. I’m excited to see what we can do.” O Toledo Free Press senior business writer Duane Ramsey contributed to this article.

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PHILANTHROPY

FOCUS hosts annual Fall Event

By Emily Tucker

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

A lucky hand at Texas Hold’em could win someone a one-week stay in Belgium or the Florida Keys at the FOCUS Fall Event.

Kyle Grefe, executive director of Family Outreach Community United Services, said there are two major fundraisers every year. The FOCUS Fall Event has been casino themed for the past few years.

FOCUS is a nonprofit agency that helps those who are homeless overcome obstacles and find safe and affordable housing.

FOCUS supports families in the program for one year and sometimes longer.

The first couple hours of the event consists of casino games such as blackjack, Texas Hold’em, roulette and craps. Then, attendees can convert the chips they’ve won into raffle tickets.

“This event has traditionally netted us over

$30,000 through generous support and sponsorship in the community,” Grefe said.

Lori Quartermaine, grants administrator at FOCUS, said the raffle baskets are worth several hundred dollars, filled with items donated from supporters and board members. One is a sports-themed basket that may include tickets for a Toledo Walleye game, University of Toledo basketball game or other local sporting events.

A quilt sewn by a family member of a FOCUS employee will also be raffled.

Litza Lee, an auctioneer for Pamela Rose Auction Company, will be hosting the live auction. She said she has been to some FOCUS committee meetings and wanted to donate more of her time.

Some of the packages that will be auctioned are a one-week stay at a condo in Brussels, the Florida Keys area or Myrtle Beach, S.C. Quartermaine said two hand-blown glass pieces donated by local artists Shawn Messenger and Jack Schmidt will also be auctioned.

A board member has been chosen the past couple years to be an honoree at the event. This year Joel Hansen is the honoree. Grefe said he has been a board member for five years.

“Joel was selected for strong commitment to furthering the mission of FOCUS by serving on the board and by being very generous with his time and gifts,” she said. “We want to thank him for all the wonderful work he has done.”

The casino and DJ services are provided by UltraSound Special Events, and Premier Catering will supply the food. Quartermaine said the food mainly consists of hot and cold hors d’oeuvres.

“It’s just a fun way to raise awareness and funds for the families that we support here,” Grefe said. “It’s been a really fun event.”

The Fall Event is from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Gesu Sullivan Center on 2049 Parkside Blvd. in Toledo. Tickets are $55 per person, and attire is business casual. For more information, visit the website focustoledo.org. O

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Children Services helps fathers play active roles EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the second in a series of stories about Lucas County Children Services running prior to the Nov. 8 election.

By Joel Sensenig Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

All children have two biological parents. Through its Fatherhood Initiative, Lucas County Children Services (LCCS) aims to ensure those with the Y chromosome play a significant role in their children’s lives.

Through increased programs, services and a major shift in perspective, the organization now looks at fathers as an integral part of the parenting equation, rather than merely an afterthought.

Six years ago, LCCS decided to focus on making fathers more of an emphasis in its parenting plan.

“We felt that, as an agency, we weren’t getting the fathers in to help support their children as much as we needed or could,” said Robert Franklin, manager of the LCCS community development department.

“We started to really reach out to

dads and through making some changes, we started to find out what dads needed. From there, we’ve really evolved and reached out to get them involved in what we offer at children services.”

Getting fathers more involved with their children’s lives first required a change in LCCS’s attitude toward dads.

“We recognized there were some limitations within our organization in how we viewed fathers in the past,” said Keith Robinson, supervisor of the LCCS communityresource liaison unit. “We needed to have a shift here as far as the workers, in being a little more aggressive to reach out to fathers.”

In the past, Robinson said, it was only when mothers had been given ample opportunities to provide for their children and failed that fathers would be seriously considered for parenting roles.

“With this shift in policies and procedures, we are now making a strong effort to engage fathers to recognize the strong role that they play. We’re not waiting for default — we’re asking fathers to be part of the family.”

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... we are now making a strong effort to engage fathers to recognize the strong role that they play. We’re not waiting for default — we’re asking fathers to be part of the family.”

— Keith Robinson, supervisor, LCCS community-resource liaison unit Antuan Johnson, an LCCS parent education caseworker, said, “It brings more awareness to our caseworkers to seek out fathers instead of waiting to see how mom’s going to do. Now you have a lot more caseworkers go out there and try to find those dads, to get them more engaged with services as soon as possible.”

Johnson is on the front lines of

helping fathers play larger roles in the lives of their children. Along with fellow caseworker Harold Stevens, Johnson organizes and runs three 12-week, men-only “fatherhood group” sessions each year. The sessions allow up to 14 fathers to share and express themselves in a comfortable setting, Johnson said.

“We noticed in mixed-gender groups that a lot of males held back a lot of things that they didn’t want to disclose,” Johnson said. “In the men’s group, men feel more comfortable, they have that camaraderie amongst each other of sharing their experiences, which you don’t see in the mixed-gender groups. I do know that fathers are just as loving and caring as mothers. Although us fathers don’t get a lot of credit for that, in that fatherhood group, they get that feeling from one another.”

The groups give fathers a chance to express emotions they otherwise would have no outlet for, Franklin said.

“They laugh together, they cry together, they have shared different frustrations and fears that they would normally never do,” he said.

“Many of them didn’t have fathers when they were growing up and

don’t even know how to be a dad.

Robinson said the fatherhood initiative has been a positive force for the youth as well, many of whom are on the fringes of society due to their criminal backgrounds.

“Some of these are hard-core gangster (types) and are very aggressive in nature. But when you talk to them individually, they will open themselves up and express the need and the desire to have structure in their lives.

They will express that they wish they had a father, and that they’re jealous of individuals who have that in their life.

They want someone to provide guidance and direction in their lives — even when they’re out doing criminal activities, they acknowledge that it is wrong, that it is a path that is going to lead to self-destruction for them, and want someone to provide some sort of intervention. They recognize the need to have a father figure in their lives.”

Julie Malkin, public information officer for LCCS, credited the work of those involved with the Fatherhood Initiative with expanding care options for children under the agency’s custody. n CHILDREN CONTINUES ON A11

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OCTOBER 30, 2011 n CHILDREN CONTINUED FROM A10 “(In) a situation where the kids were removed from the household for abuse and neglect, maybe mom just couldn’t get it together or dad — thanks to the help from these guys — is turning out to be the fit parent and the kids are moving in with dad or being connected to dad’s relatives.

If you think about it, that’s a whole other family that we would have never worked with six or seven years ago.”

Recent numbers show that LCCS’ Fatherhood Initiative is working to reach disengaged fathers. In September, the organization initiated 26 parentchild reunifications, according to Stevens. Fourteen of them were fathers being reunited with their children.

“We just jumped for joy because we have a passion for this and to be that successful, it’s just beautiful to have fathers stepping up,” Stevens said.

“We have fathers who are being reunified with babies, which was unheard of. Usually mothers are the ones who are the nurturers, but we now

have fathers stepping up to the plate and taking care of their kids.”

Before the Fatherhood Initiative took hold six years ago, about one out of every eight children in LCCS custody would be reunified with his or her father, according to Malkin. Now, that figure stands at one out of every three.

“This is a movement that is taking place, and we’re trying to cultivate that,” said Robinson.

A couple of years ago, LCCS started a fatherhood summit, which started the idea to have regular “town hall” meetings for fathers to gather and discuss the issues they experience in trying to be a part of their children’s lives.

In churches throughout Toledo, the meetings are a men-only venue for fathers to openly discuss their experiences with fatherhood. Seven of the meetings have been hosted in the past couple of years. Although mostly hosted in central Toledo, plans are in motion to expand to other churches in the metropolitan area as soon as next year.

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in general,” Malkin said. “It’s a very important role — so many people need the support of their church family to be successful as parents.”

The town hall meetings average about 50 attendees, with the largest one attracting about 150. While the earliest meetings have been largely attended by African-American fathers, the vast majority of those in attendance at the largest event were Caucasian, Robinson noted.

Not all of the caseworker-father interactions take place in classroomlike settings.

Stevens and Johnson will also accompany fathers to free or inexpensive locations, such as the library, to provide some “on the job” training to dads.

“When a kid might start to cry or act up or try to push the limits, Harold and Antuan are there to help the dad and say, ‘Now wait a minute, what are you going to do, Dad?’” Robinson said.

As with many new efforts, the Fatherhood Initiative experiences its share of difficulties, as well.

“There are some situations where when we reunify children, there has been times when they have come back into care. Maybe the father used some inappropriate discipline or something like that. We still have our work cut out for us with that kind of thing, but it’s not a disproportionate number.”

LCCS hopes to expand its services beyond men who have open cases with the organization. For now, resources and funding dictate it stay at current levels.

“This whole fatherhood (thing) is growing and growing,” said Stevens.

“We take great pride in what we do when we help dads.” O

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Dentist buys back Halloween candy Brookview Dental is hosting its 10th Annual “Great Candy Buy-Out” from Nov. 1-3, allowing people to exchange leftover Halloween candy for cash. The exchange rate offered is one pound of pennies for every pound of candy, which equates to about $2. As part of “Operation Gratitude,” the candy exchanged is shipped overseas to U.S. troops. Nearly 100 pounds of candy were collected and shipped last year. One goal of the event is to help reduce the risk of cavities.

Brookview Dental is located at 7135 Sylvania Ave. The collection will run from 8 a.m to 6 p.m. Nov. 1 and from 8 a.m. 5 p.m. on Nov. 2 and 3. O — Jason Mack

Churchill, Monske among DeVilbiss inductees The DeVilbiss Alumni & Hall of Fame Committee has announced this year’s inductees into the DeVilbiss Hall of Fame. The banquet will take place Oct. 28 at The Inverness Club on Dorr Street. Social Hour with a cash bar begins at 5:30 p.m. This year’s distinguished inductees are: O Walter Churchill Jr., class of 1947, of Perrysburg. A grocery (and former sporting shop) entrepreneur. Churchill had a successful track and crosscountry athletic career at DeVilbiss and at the University of Toledo. He was a founding member of the Toledo Ski Club, Toledo Road Runners and the Toledo Rowing Club. He served in the Korean War and continued in the Marines for 20 years before his retirement from the service.

O Mary-Ella Holst, class of 1952, of New York City. She has authored many publications, served on the University of Toledo Alumni Board and founded the NYC Chapter of UT’s Alumni Affiliate; served on many charitable boards; and is a volunteer in numerous capacities.

O Judith Daso Herb, class of 1957, of Barrington, Ill., has taught in three school systems and worked with her family’s business for more than two decades.

O Jeffrey A. Kuhman, class of 1964, of Tecumseh, is the holder of five patents, he is founder, president and CEO of Glycon Corp. of Tecumseh.

O Terry Crosby, class of 1975, of Great Britain and Toledo enjoyed an outstanding athletic career. He was named in the 1986 Guinness Book of World Records for scoring the most points (73) in a British Premiership basketball game.

O Dean Monske, class of 1982, of Toledo, serves on many boards and from 2010 until earlier this year, he was the deputy mayor for external affairs for Toledo. Having previously served as Vice President, he is now president and CEO of Regional Growth Partnership.

O Sheronda Boyd, class of 1987, of Toledo, lettered in three sports all four years at DeVilbiss. She is a teacher at Start High School in Toledo. O — Staff Reports

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Who do we blame when soldiers kill?

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hen I saw that a Northwest Ohio man had been charged with murdering his wife, I read the story, lamented yet another murder and forgot about it. We live in a violent world.

Then, I noticed a comment on Facebook. My sister-inlaw knew the accused murderer.

I returned to the story and looked closely at the photo.

I knew him, too.

Evan Donoho Brandi had dated my husband’s cousin a few years back. She was engaged to him for a time, but they never made it to the altar. I was just the girlfriend back then, so I didn’t keep tabs on his cousins, but I remembered Donoho from family events.

Now, I didn’t recognize his actions.

Findlay police have charged the 26-year-old with one count of murder in the alleged death of his wife, Danielle, after her body was found in a field. He has since pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

The Facebook chatter among those

who knew him began immediately.

“I have to believe that the combat you seen while you were in the desert lead you to where you are right now and I am so sorry for that. So grateful that you served our country and defended our freedom but so angry that we (the military) were not there to help you transition better back into the civilian world,” one person wrote.

I didn’t know he BARHITE had served.

Dr. Linda Myerholtz, psychologist with Mercy, couldn’t speak to Donoho’s specific case, but she said some military people do well, while others struggle when they return from service.

“Coming from such a regimented world, particularly if it is a battle zone, home may feel foreign to them,” Myerholtz said.

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“Obviously being away from family puts a strain on relationships.”

While only Donoho knows what happened, and it would be irrespon-

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“My thoughts and prayers go out to Danielle, her kids and family, as well as the Donoho family.” O

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About 100 business and industry leaders explored opportunities in wind energy development in Ohio at the Wind Farm Construction and Manufacturing Workshop on Oct. 19 at Owens Community College campus in Findlay.

The all-day workshop was conducted by GLWN.org, formerly the Great Lakes Wind Network, and presented by Owens and Findlay-Hancock County Economic Development office in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Development (DOD).

“There are many opportunities for wind energy in the state of Ohio,” said Ed Weston, director of GLWN.org, which is based in Cleveland.

“Wind is an exciting market but it has its challenges and it’s not for everyone,” he said at the workshop.

Ohio is one of the top two hot regions for wind turbines in the U.S. along with Kansas. All of the state’s industrial wind farms are located in Northwest Ohio due to the region having the highest wind speeds in Ohio, according to Weston.

GLWN.org developed the series of workshops on wind energy in partnership with the Ohio DOD to assist manufacturers and building contractors in playing integral roles in the future construction of wind farms. Another workshop is scheduled for Dec. 5 at Zane State College in Zanesville.

Wind turbines are an American invention. The first one was created in Ohio in 1888 when Charles Brush built a 12-kilowatt turbine on his property in Cleveland.

The U.S. is second only to China in leading the world with wind turbine installations. China has 46 percent of the wind turbines operating in the world for a total of 16,500 total megawatts and the U.S. has 14.3 percent for a total of 5,115 megawatts.

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Jim Kennedy of the Henkel Corporation in Findlay was looking for opportunities in the wind energy industry for his company’s engineered adhesives and surface solutions. He wanted to learn how to connect with the right sources in that industry at the workshop.

Participants like Abke and Kennedy had the opportunity to visit with wind industry leaders from Barton Mallow, EverPower Wind Holdings, Iberdrola Renewables, Invenergy, One Energy, TCI Renewables, and Tennessee Valley Infrastructure Group at the workshop.

Jim O’Connor of Iberdrola told attendees that wind developers try to use Ohio contractors and suppliers for projects in the state especially if they

have any experience in that field.

The event included an opening session, roundtable discussions and a panel discussion conducted by wind farm developers, general contractors and other wind energy businesses.

Attendees learned about Ohio’s rules and regulations for wind farms, qualifications for entry into the wind industry supply chain and how wind farm projects are managed.

Wind farm developers and contractors from around the state and across the country participated in the breakout sessions and panel discussion.

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Owens introduced a new associate degree program in Alternative Energy and Sustainable Systems Technology for this academic year. Students utilize the college’s academic resources in solar thermal, wind and photovoltaic power. O

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JP Morgan is No. 1. To put it in perspective, the amount of derivatives JP Morgan holds is greater than the GDP of the entire world as of 2008 and nearly six times the GDP of the United States.

Capitalism is about incentives, but also about disincentives. There must be a downside to the risk. If you make money you should be able to keep it, but if you lose money society should not back you up. That is not a normal economic system. That is some hybrid between capitalism and socialism.

The executives and the rest of the employees will be government employees, with government employees pay scales. Think the post office of banking. The derivative market, at this level, will unwind eventually and the days of Las Vegas-style financial instrument creation will be history.

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Joe Robinson, president of Eagleview Logistics Corporation in Walbridge, was one of three service providers named a FedEx Ground Entrepreneur of the Year at an awards ceremony Oct. 20 at FedEx Ground headquarters in Pittsburgh.

Eagleview Logistics was voted No. 1 for home delivery service out of 9,000 companies that serve FedEx Ground in U.S. and Canada. Robinson personally received the regional and national awards at the ceremony.

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By Duane Ramsey

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The auto industry is leading manufacturing gains in the United States during the gradual recovery from the recent recession. That is according to economists who spoke at the Midwest economic conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Toledo on Oct. 20.

“Global Manufacturing, Supply Chains and Capital Availability: The Impact on the Midwest Economic Base,” was hosted by the Global Interdependence Center of Philadelphia and the College of Business and Innovation at the University of Toledo.

The auto industry leads the manufacturing gains with production increasing as parts have become available, according to Jenny Lin senior U.S. Lin for economist Ford Motor Co. She said she expects auto production to continue its improvement in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Manufacturing employment has increased in the Midwest, comprising 12 percent of all jobs in Ohio compared to 11.9 percent in the Midwest and 8.9 percent nationally, according to the

Center for Automotive Research.

“Manufacturing is still a very important part of the economy in Ohio,” said Sandra Pianalto, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank PIANALTO in Cleveland.

Production has risen recently but not enough to affect job growth or have any impact on unemployment, she said.

Pianalto said the economy is growing at a painfully slow pace due to a lack of consumer spending. She doesn’t expect the pace to pick up and only anticipates 2.5 percent growth in the near future.

The automotive sector has performed reasonably well lately as car and truck production has seen modest growth in 2011, according to Pianalto.

Lin said the aging vehicle fleet in the U.S. presents an opportunity for increased auto sales. The average age of cars is now 11 years and 10 years for light commercial vehicles and trucks so buyers are starting to come back to the market out of necessity, she said.

New vehicle sales in the U.S. have continued to improve since a recent high of 16.5 million in 2007 before a low of 10.6 million in 2009 during the

recession. Auto sales reached a high of 13.4 million in the first quarter of 2011, Lin reported.

Canada continues to play an increasing role in the U.S. auto industry, according to economists.

Canada is the largest trading partner of the U.S. sending 75 percent of its exports to this country. The U.S. imports 25 percent of its foreign oil from Canada and that figure is expected to grow.

The Canadian automotive industry has a strong OEM presence in the U.S. due to the diverse parts supply base and 12,000 direct jobs in Canada, according to Carl Marcotte, vice president of the Transportation Group of Export Development Canada (EDC).

Marcotte sees continued investment of Canadian automotive companies working with OEMs in the U.S. “It’s a lot easier to work with fewer barriers in the U.S.,” he said.

The EDC has facilitated $3.5 billion in investments serving 8,236 companies doing business in 187 countries. The EDC is owned by the government of Canada but financially self-sustaining, Marcotte said.

The EDC has an equity program for investing in startup companies by supporting the training and development of entrepreneurs. It provides working capital to Canadian exporters to enable foreign expansion, he said.

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Manufacturing employment has been in decline since 1988 despite DUNKELBERG a 600 percent increase in manufacturing output.

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Dunkelberg said he was encouraged to see the recent increase in auto manufacturing in the U.S. Manufacturing can no longer succeed with a skilled work force. It needs to find new ways to define the worker’s role with today’s technology, according to UT President Lloyd Jacobs.

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The Rockets are 4-0 in the MAC after defeating Eastern Michigan, Temple, Bowling Green and Miami (OHIO).

Rockets seek perfect record in MAC, revenge on Huskies

By Mike Bauman

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer mbauman@toledofreepress.com

Though Bowling Green is Toledo’s archrival, the Rockets have had many physical games the past several years against another Mid-American Conference opponent with a distaste for UT football. That team is MAC West Division rival Northern Illinois, who visits the Glass Bowl on Nov. 1.

“I honestly believe that everybody shoots at Toledo as their rival,” Toledo head coach Tim Beckman said.

“Everybody plays us as good as they possibly can play, and we try to do the same thing [with] everybody we play.

Yes, Northern Illinois has talked about this being a rival game because they’ve been a great program and Toledo’s

been a great program. So when the two collide, it should be a great game.”

The Huskies’ (5-3, 3-1 MAC) rivalry with the Rockets (5-3, 4-0 MAC) is not just due to the fact that they both compete in the same division, but also because of UT’s consistent success over Northern Illinois University. Toledo leads the series 29-9 and is 18-2 against NIU in the Glass Bowl. However, the Huskies have taken two out of the last three against the Rockets in the series, including a 65-30 blowout in DeKalb, Ill. last season.

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“Oh yeah, it’s been talked about quite a bit,” Beckman said in response to how much last season’s defeat has been discussed amongst his team. “And I’m sure they talked about it down there, [even though] they have a new coaching staff. Yeah, our players understand what that game was all about last year and that we didn’t perform at our level. As a team and as a coaching staff, we need to step it up and be ready for those types of games.

“It was our first opportunity in being in a game like that, and now we’ve got another opportunity, and that’ll be this year’s opportunity.”

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“It’s a big game for revenge,” Morookian said. “I mean, if someone’s not saying we’ve got to have revenge on [their] team then they’re lying, because what happened last year, we didn’t play our game. We can’t have that happen again. It was kind of sad and pathetic how we came out, so we’ve got to turn it around this year. We’ve got to change it up, and I know all my teammates are going to come out and we’re going to play hard and give it all we’ve got.”

One bright spot in last year’s matchup was senior running back Adonis Thomas, who had a gamehigh 152 yards on 10 carries with two touchdowns, accounting for all but 42 of UT’s rushing yards against

Northern Illinois. Thomas will likely have more help this time around as Toledo is coming off a 49-28 win over Miami (Ohio) in which he, senior running back Morgan Williams and sophomore running back David Fluellen combined for 230 yards rushing on 37 carries with four touchdowns.

The Huskies and Rockets rank first and second in the MAC in scoring offense, averaging 38.5 and 36.5 points per game, respectively. On the ground, NIU ranks second in the conference with 244.2 yards per game, while UT is fourth with 186.8 rushing yards per contest. Leading Northern Illinois’ potent offense is senior quarterback Chandler Harnish, who racked up 311 yards of total offense and two touchdowns against Toledo in 2010. n REVENGE CONTINUES ON A19

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Along with junior wide receiver Eric Page, Harnish was a nominee for one of the club’s awards, which named him as the 2010 MAC Player of the Year.

“What a classy kid,” Beckman said.

“I can see why he’s won a lot of football games as a college football player.”

Defensively, the Rockets are tied for eighth in the country with 19 turnovers gained this season, sporting the MAC’s second-best rush defense (116.6 yards per game) while also ranking fourth in the conference in total defense (363.1 yards per game). Senior cornerbacks Desmond Marrow and Taikwon Paige are tied for the team lead with two interceptions each this year, with Marrow earning MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week honors in each of the past two weeks.

“I’ve coached corners a long time in my life, coached secondary a long time, and he’s as good as I’ve been

around,” Beckman said of Marrow. “He does a great job, and his commitment to the team — we can talk about stats, two picks and making great plays and tackles and those sorts of things — but his commitment to come back for his sixth year after having two serious injuries just proves he loves the game and he loves to help lead. He just does so much for us. It can’t even be explained.”

Marrow and Paige will be counted on to help contain Harnish, who leads the MAC with 304.4 yards of total offense per game. And while this contest means a lot to Toledo personally, UT knows the only way to guarantee its goal of reaching the MAC Championship in Detroit is to win every conference game, something the Rockets didn’t do last year.

“This is like a smaller version of the SEC,” Beckman said. “Every game is huge, and you have to be ready and prepared to be able to be victorious.”

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Marrow has heartbreaking history with NIU NOTE: This is the 11th installment of a weekly series in which staff writer Mike Bauman will follow sixth-year Toledo senior cornerback Desmond Marrow for the 2011 season.

Superman has Lex Luthor. Batman has the Joker. Sixthyear Toledo senior cornerback Desmond Marrow has Northern Illinois. For Marrow, who earned Mid-American Conference West Division Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second straight week after leading UT with six tackles and two interceptions in a 49-28 victory over Miami (Ohio) on Oct. 22, the Huskies have been a personal source of pain for three years running.

“It means a lot,” Marrow said of the Rockets’ matchup with Northern Illinois on Nov. 1. “I’ve got a lot of history with MARROW Northern Illinois, mostly bad history.”

A week after Toledo pulled off one of the biggest upsets in program history with a 13-10 win over Michigan at the Big House in 2008, Marrow tore his ACL and meniscus on the opening kickoff at NIU, costing him the rest of 2008 and all of 2009. Marrow had started every game that season after missing all of 2007 with a hamstring injury. Last year, the Rockets got thumped 65-30 by the Huskies on the road in a contest that broke a first-place tie in the MAC West Division, ending UT’s hopes of getting to the MAC Championship at Ford Field.

“There’s a little bit of extra [motivation] going into this one,” said Marrow, who leads Toledo with 48 tackles, 10 pass deflections, eight pass breakups and is tied for the team lead with two interceptions this season. “But just like coach [Beckman] said, it’s just like any other game. It’s just the next one. The next one’s the most important, so if we handle Northern Illinois, then we’ll be fine.”

A victory against Northern Illinois would mean a lot to Marrow, who hasn’t been part of an NIU win since 2006.

“This would probably rank up there with Michigan— not as much as beating Michigan, but this would be just 1a, 1b, so the same thing,” Marrow said.

Three years ago, Marrow had no idea if or when he’d be fine again after going down against the Huskies.

“I had just came off an injury with my hamstring,” Marrow said. “We had just beat Michigan and I was like, ‘Man, why would this happen to me’?”

Luckily for Marrow, he had both the love and the wisdom of his parents to guide him through that experience. His mother, Pam, took time off work to come up to Toledo to stay with him after the surgery. And his father, Duane, knew all too well what Marrow was going through, having torn his ACL when he was a sophomore at Wisconsin.

“A couple weeks before I got hurt my dad passed away,” Duane said in an August interview. “When I got hurt, early on I was told that something may have gone wrong in the surgery, so I had that scheme playing in my mind. And then the rehab was just, oh, my God, the pain and so forth.”

Duane ended up taking incompletes in several classes, and his knee never got back to where he thought it needed to be. All by himself, many miles away from his family in Youngstown and discouraged, Duane returned home, leaving Wisconsin and his football dreams behind.

“You will always have to experience something personally yourself to be able to extract the good out of it,” Duane said. “Going through that, I was able to just say, ‘He can learn about what I went through so he can make it through this.’”

While Marrow is driven to achieve his goals of a MAC Championship and playing in the NFL, knowing what his dad went through has also inspired him.

“It’s a little bit 50-50,” Marrow said. “I would say it’s more so like, I want to make it for myself and I want to accomplish all these things for myself, but my dad, that’s always in my mind. It’s always right there. I always just want to succeed and do things for my dad because I know it was his dream to win championships in college and be a great player.

“He was, like, one of the better players in the nation when he came out, but he got hurt. He always wanted to play in the NFL, but I just want to get there for my dad because I know my dream is kind of like his dream.” O — Mike Bauman

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“Zombie Bank.” “Yo-Yo’s Ma.” “Go Away, Sarah Palin.” “Billy the Squid.”

“Econo-Me-Oh-My.” It’s clear Tom Chapin has fun whether he’s singing for kids or adults.

Consider his latest release, “Give Peas a Chance.” There’s an ode to picky eaters: “Don’t Try It on Me.” “I’ve had picky eaters in my kids and my grandchildren; I’ve been on the other side of it,” he said during a call from his home in Rockingham County, N.Y. “We had great fun with some of the words: tried calamari, tried couscous, ratatouille and baba ganoush.”

Released in June, Chapin’s 12th disc for families is billed as “whole grain music for free-ranging earthlings.”

“I’ve been a board member for WhyHunger, the organization that my late brother, Harry, started 36 years ago. And I’ve become very aware that when you start talking about hunger and poverty, you inevitably begin to talk about food and where it comes from and who grows it and what they grow and why, and who controls the land,” Chapin said.

“I thought this would be really a good thing to talk to the family about in a nonpolemic way, just write songs in the Tom Chapin canon, try to write delightful songs that are really singable and yet have some information in them for parents and kids.”

Chapin also finds amusement writing for adults. National Public Radio (NPR) asked if he’d be interested in penning some political, news-related songs.

“I got together with John Forster, who I’ve been writing the kids stuff with, and Michael Mark, and over

the years we’ve written a bunch of songs that we tried to get on NPR; it’s a specific kind of writing, which John Forster calls ‘musical op-eds,’ ” he said and laughed.

“One got on about testing called ‘Not on the Test,’ which is now actually a website, and we did a video for it because it got such a response, and one about when Oprah started her magazine,” the Grammy Award winner said.

In 2010, Chapin and Forster released “Broadsides,” a collection of songs written for NPR. Another song, “This Pretty Planet,” was played by NASA in 1998 to wake up the space shuttle Discovery crew.

Millions woke up to the Emmy and Peabody award-winning “Make a Wish,” a TV show the formerly mustachioed musician hosted from 1971 -76.

These days, the singer-songwriter provokes thought — and laughter.

There’s that Internet hit about the former vice presidential candidate.

“It was my band and myself riffing on how much publicity she got even after the election, so we wrote this silly little song,” he said and then sang, “Go away, Sarah Palin, go away/ You had more airtime than Britney or O.J./ Your ideas were unspecific/ But your outfits were terrific/ Go away, Sarah Palin, go away.”

“The first time we sang it, someone in the audience at this little club in Piermont, N.Y., videotaped it and put it up on YouTube, and that got a huge life.”

Chapin will play at 8 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Ark in Ann Arbor. Tickets are $22.50. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

“I’ll probably do [Harry’s] ‘Cats in the Cradle’ and I’ll certainly do ‘Circle,’ ” he said. “We have a request line on the website [tomchapin.com], so people can request songs. It’s a nice way of connecting.” O

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y apologies to anyone I may quietly reading a book.

I find her in her room. With a have only half sympathized with as you bemoaned the handful of dimes. Which are covered in saliva. “Did you struggle and frustration put the dimes in your of helping your children mouth?” “Yes.” Time with their homework. It out. P.S. — We are still took me over three years missing a penny. and a second child in I return downstairs school to walk a mile in to find that Elaine has your shoes, but oh how again abandoned her my feet are starting to homework post and is ache now. I’m not sure now thumbing through if I didn’t completely old photo albums. I can believe you or if I just Shannon SZYPERSKI hardly stand the anthought that my kids would somehow be the exception, but, ticipation of finding out how long it either way, I was wrong. To sum up the will take to get her back to the homenightly homework ritual as precisely work table and doing homework. In and concisely as possible, it sucks.

Borrowing from a recent true-life example, an average evening in our home is beginning to look a little something like this: While my third-grader, Jack, works on his upcoming book report, I work on math homework with my kindergartner, Elaine. She is supposed to sort coins. She instead fashions them into the shape of a giraffe. I then tell her to draw each of the coins and walk away with the assumption that her love of art will spill over into enthusiasm for reproducing pocket change on paper. Five minutes later she instead brings me a flower she took the time to color, cut out and tape together. I check her homework paper to find nary a coin drawn.

Lucy, the only one not in school and therefore without homework, is sitting quietly studying a book while simultaneously offering me a lesson in irony.

Elaine finally starts drawing the coins and I move onto helping Jack with his book report. He has to find a word from his book that he didn’t previously know. He begins to read through his book, “Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees,” informing me along the way that he already knows all of the words in the book. “How about yankee? Do you know what a yankee is?,” I prod. He answers me half in disappointed disbelief and half condescendingly, “It’s a baseball team.” Still, I convince him to reconsider “yankee.”

I then turn around to see that Elaine has actually done a decent job drawing the coins. When she finally finishes them, we move onto step two: counting how many of each coin. This is when I notice that many of the coins are now missing.

Time to make contact with 2-yearold Lucy, who is likely no longer

the meantime, she does impressively point out one of her brother’s current friends as a 4-year-old in a group preschool photo. However, she then fails to correctly identify even one of the kids she graduated from preschool with five months ago.

And the beat goes on ...

This is our life now. Not just our Tuesdays or our Wednesdays, but our everyday, weekends not excluded. Homework is supposed to take up no more than 30 minutes of our evening, but so far it is a one to two-hour affair, complete with yelling, tears and the occasional flop on the floor (thankfully only by the kids at this point).

I don’t like it.

Although there is research substantiating the positive effect homework has on academic performance at the high school level and, to a lesser extent, at the junior high level, the same correlation has not been found at the elementary school level. In short, the thing that is increasingly disrupting our home life hasn’t even been proven helpful. To which I say, “Stop the insanity!”

I certainly don’t blame teachers.

Aside from the occasional childless, well-intended newbie or hell-bent, rogue veteran, I’m not sure what sort of masochistic educator would create more papers to grade without ob-

vious merit in plain sight, especially when many of them have to go home and help their own children plow through a stack of homework each night. As for whom to write my letter of discontent to instead, I need to do more research in order to nail down the exact location of my newest archenemy. I plan to get on it right after I finish supervising the completion of some letter “H” homework, some Everyday Math, a moon journal and next month’s book report. O

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